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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-03-17, Page 9By Mrs. Irvin Rader Ladies Aid The March meeting of Zion Lutheran Ladies' Aid was held Tuesday evening March 9 with the Lenten se -vice being the topic. The theme was , "The Upper Room". A film strip was shown followed by the sermon by Rev. Marvin Barz. Prior to the sermon the congre- gation sang Amazing Grace and the pastor summed up his sermon by repeating ,.Amazing Grace - how sweet the sound- that saved a wretch like me -I once was lost but now am found -was blind but now I see". The president, Mrs. Arnold Becker, conducted a brief busi- ness meeting following the ser- vice. Fourteen members answer- ed the roll call and one visitor was present. The Altar Guild reported 26 visits and six treats delivered. The new Guild is Mrs. Bill Berends and Mrs. Martha Miller. It was decided to lend money to the church extension fund at a low interest rate. A letter inviting us to attend a production at the Huron County Playhouse as a group was tabled for the April meeting. Dashwood W.I. The postponed meeting of Dashwood W.I. was held Thurs- day, March 11, with the Educa- tion and Cultural Activities group in charge and Mrs. Earl Keller convener. President, Mrs. Ray Rader, dealt with the business. An invitation from Grand Bend Play- house to attend the show Anne of Green Gables was accepted and, tickets will be bought. The ladies were reminded of the' annual meeting in April when all conven- ers must give reports. Secret Pals will ..be revealed when they re- ceive gifts. The curator was given permission to purchase more paper. A card for a sick member was signed by all. Mrs. Keller was chairlady for the program. Roll call was ans- wered by naming your favourite flower. Mrs. Keller discussed the motto, "Education is like a road that never ends; how far down the road we go depends on us". Mrs. Earl Guenther read a poem, „Spring„ A planned trip to Bill Ramme- loo's green house had to be can- celled indefinitely due to the storm so the ladies played Court Whist with Mrs. Irvin Rader winning high prize and Mrs. Greta Schade, low. . The group in charge served a delicious lunch. 4-H Meeting The second meeting of the French Connection was held March 10 at the community centre with all girls present. Mrs. Ray Rader discussed color harmony and Mrs. Earl Keller making a pattern and trans- ferring a design to the "Learning Stitehes" article. The back stitch was demonstrated. The girls then cut out their sampler and their "Learning Stitches" article. The next meeting is March 22. Many stories have come as a result of the ice storm but I think the one that takes first place is this one. Friends of ours were in the midst of their chickens hatching in an incubator when the- hydro herhydro went off. Two eggs had not vet hatched. They placed then in a box wrapped in a towel and placed them between them in bed and when they looked in the morning' there sat a wee chick snug and warm and the other egg was well on the way to hatching. Mrs. Wm. Struyke has return- ed home from South Huron hos- pital, Exeter. 4-H Meeting Dashwood No. 2 homemaking club held their first meeting for the new project "A Touch of Stitchery" at the community centre. The leaders are Mrs. Ray Rader and Mrs. Earl Keller. The election of officers was held with president, Teresa VanRaay; vice-president, Cynthia Willert; secretary Sherrie Stade; press reporter, Joan Finkbciner. Mrs. Keller discussed record hooks, work boxes and material. Mrs. Rader spoke on color wheel and color harmony. The girls cart make place mats, table runners, wall hangings, cushion covers and tote bags. They decided on the nickname „French Connection" for their club. There are 14 members. Hensall personals Mrs. George Dowson under- went surgery last week in Clinton Public Hospital. Mr. & Mrs. Don MacLaren, Jodi & Brooke of Oakville visited this week with Mrs. Bertha MacGregor. Citizens News, March 17/76 - Page 9 GIRLS WIN VOLLEYBALL - 'The district girls elementary school volleyball championship was shared by Zurich and Usborne Central public schools. The Zurich team is shown above. Back, left, Angela Zehr, Charlotte Gingerich, Brenda Riddell, Darlene Desch, Janet McAllister, Ellen Shephard and coach Ron Jewitt. Front, Left, Suzanne Besse, Brenda Miller, Lynda Rawlings, Barbara Rader and Donna Allison. News Photo Few storms in years gone by (by Kathy McKinley) Last week's ice storm seems to have been one of the worst ice storms in the history of this area. References to such storms in the , past are few, perhaps because they did not have such 'devastating effects at a time when hydro was not so import- ant. In February of 1934, temperat- ures dropped as low as -52 deg- rees F., devastating apple orch- ards and badly damaging maple trees. Most of the fall wheat was destroyed. However, in reading about this severe winter, we find few complaints of lost hydro or telephone. People were well prepared to do without hydro - in fact many still didn't have any to begin with. We expect frost in winter, but on August 29 and 30, 1934, heavy frosts severely damaged crops in the Exeter area. Cucum- ber, melon, tomato and buck- wheat crops were almost wip- ed out. In our ice storm, at least, we lost few crops. The winter of 1940 was another bad year with temperatures falling below - 20 degrees F. In January of that year a severe snowstorm struck lasting for seven days. This storm affected hydro more severely, as by 1940 hydro was permitted at standard rate in rural areas providing there were two customers per mile. Hyrdo . was slowly becoming part of rural life. The cost of hydro seemed extravagant to many families in those days and little wonder; Incomes then were much lower than today, but the price of hydro was much the same. In 1919, domestic rates in Exeter were 54 per kilowatt hour for 30 kwhs and 2 1/24 per kwh for all additional kwhs. Today, the domestic rate in Ex- eter is per kwh for the first 50 hours per month and 2,84 per kwh for the next 200 kwhs per month. In Zurich, a 110 volt system was in operation by 1917. No electric ranges were permit- ted until, 1922 and by the end of 1923 Zurich had 75 domestic customers, 43 commercial cust- omers and four power customers. So, while hydro early became important to villages, it was not so important to rural areas. As a result, winter storms such as the ice storm last week, have far more of a damaging influ- ence on us today than they would VAN CENTRE. Centro! 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