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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1976-04-28, Page 4Page 4 -Citizens News, April 2o/76 69 900 d 0. Farm Safety Association r CM 14101 MB 111 il.1 ,u.ru . .... rr0..y •,e.r.urtrr,*urr0rrr. ■n■■.uu■■{uu.Rn tomallui:nir■usan. ota Be sure ail shields are in place before mowing. :dicoria t omments ..k Need one goal A proposal for sprucing up the downtown area by the Businessmen's Assocation will be presented to various community groups in the near future to get a feeling of the community towards an important question facing the village. Over the past years, the idea of having the village developed with an Alpine theme has been discussed but the only building existing in this style so far is the village municipal office. It is understood that the new senior citizens residence will be of like design and there are one or two others either started or in the very near future. Nick Hill, the planner suggesting an overall look at the village, is not an avid fan of the Alpine design. Mr. Hill intimated that he would far rather bring out the best points in existing buildings through painting and other means. He is by no means alone. Several of the village property owners have expressed a desire to leave their buildings architecturally as they exist and in all cases they act with justification. On the other hand, there are those who seem to favour an Alpine scheme. No doubt it would result in a novel and attract- ive village which might eventually become somewhat of a tourist attraction. At present, it would be ideal if both thoughts co-operated with one goal—to improve the downtown core area in the vil- lage of Zurich. The methods of approaching the problem and the styles of architecture will no doubt vary from building to building with those strong and flavourful remaining somewhat the same as at present while those weak and perhaps even ugly can be transformed. Perhaps the result will be a beautiful shopping centre in the village, perhaps with just a smattering of Alpine. In any event, the work as even those in the down- town area will admit, is badly needed and any efforts in sprucing it up will be well rewarded. FOUR GENERATIONS --Four generations of one family enjoyed the annual family night dinner at the Bluewater Rest Home at Zurich Sunday evening. From the left are Emma Benneweis, a resident at the home; her daughter Irene Wassman with great grandson Jason Wassman and grandson Wayne Wassman.News Photo The c, Last Word by Ted Rowcliffe Driving home from London on Wednesday night, I couldn't help from muttering out loud — "Thank God it's over!" I had just witnessed Theatre London's production of "The Donnellys" which played all Last week to excellent crowds. Many years ago, 1 read Thomas P. Kelly's works on the Donnelly legend, then Orlo Miller's somewhat more his- torically accurate version and even visited the grave south of Lucan where the large tombstone bearing the words "murdered" still rested on their burial site. Even so, it was not until Wednesday night when the parts were taken by live actors that the full impact of the hatred and cruelty of those times were realized. The writer of the Theatre London version, Peter Colley, managed to keep the play light enough through the antics of the drunken Tim Milligan, otherwise the barbaric nature of the tale would no doubt have produced mass nausea. Even with these subtle attempts, the audience was shocked on several occasions as the events of those hate -filled years were once again brought to life. `'Thank God it's over" I said to myself again. My mind wondered to Ireland where the events of the past few years have proven that the hatred has not been fogotten and in fact has deepened curdling the innards of that country like an incurable cancer. Somehow, perhaps through the results of the Donnelly fued, the bitter feelings have almost died here in Canada. That is not to say that the fwo faiths do not still have major differences, perhaps irreconcilable, but at least violence no longer plays a part in the theological split. The Donnelly ;aga is a part of our history; certainly not something to be proud of but perhaps an event to be used in the process of learning how to live together — despite our diferences. From a theatrical point of view, the play was well done. I wasn't able to see the first version done two years ago by Theatre London but according to CFPL drama critic Rick Wellwood, the current version is superior to the initial effort. . The only criticizm I had of the entire production was the lack of strong singing voices during the musical portions of the play. One exception was Charlene Shipp who played in Jacques Brel and Dances At Sea at the Huron Country Playhouse at Grand Bend. Reader wants more attendi Dear Residents of Hensall, Last week the first meeting of the Hensall planning workshop met together with the public. The public consisted of four women and 40 men. I was very disappointed to see so f'ec in attendance. Someone humorously pointed out that the conflict between the hockey game and the meeting was poor plan- ning. There will always be hockey playoffs but will we be offered many more opportunities to look forward and plan for our village's growth and development? It should be of interest to note that almost all of the men present at the meeting were business- men or land investment owners. 11' Hensall's secondary plan will be determined by those attending the workshops, then the residential sector had better be prepared for a plan that will be proposed by, organized and supported by the conlniercial and industrial nen of our com- munity. Why were so few women present at the workshop? The wives and mothers of this village should be equally con- cerned about Hensall's future. We are in all likelihood going to see our public school close because of a declining school aged population. If Hensall doesn't grow, how can our tax dollars support such services as parks,playgrounds, pools and arenas? If you do not participate in these workshops now, very few of you will have any right to criticize and complain about the secondary plan set out for Hen- sall's growth in the future. So many decisions are in the hands of Toronto and Goderich already. Over 800 people work here but those who live here in Hensall are just as important. You should be aware of what changes may take place in this small rural community. Don't allow these decisions to be left up to one segment of the village. Janis Bisback -/)4a[ro©Eh a:?/1//A IGIWs Published Each Wednesday By Huron -Middlesex Publishers Ltd. Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Subscription Rates: $6.00 per year in advance in Canada; $8.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 2:00