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50 Years Ago
The pancake supper held rec-
ently in the new drug store,
owned by Dr. MacKinnon in
Zurich, was a huge success,
and many flapjacks were cons-
umed.
C. Fritz and Son in Zurich •
have recently been awarded
an assigned area in which they
can sell the new renowned Ford
cars.
Two veteran fishermen at
St. Joseph, N.A. Cantin and
. Arthur Sreenan, are busy prep-
aring their nets for. the coming
season, which promises to be
one of the best ever,
Earl Yungblut had the mis-
fortune the other day to have
his toe crushed by a cow, but
is now recovering quite well.
Mr. Frank Uttley, of Zurich,
who left for London just a few
days ago, was attacked in
that city by two negroes and
robbed of about $21. He Was
badly beaten and cut about the
face, however, the offenders
were caught and sentenced for
their offence.
35 Years Ago
Rev. J.R. Peters, United
Church minister at Varna,
was injured on Monday while
he was travelling on Highway
4 trying to get to Zurich to
conduct a funeral service,
Alphonse Masse and Norman
Sararas, of the Bluewater
Highway south, motored to
Kincardine on Friday, but due
to the severe snowstorm on
Saturday they had to spend the
evening in Bayfield.
Due to the severe snowstorm
of the weekend, the royal mail
had to be carried to Hensall
by way of Grand Bend, Dash-
wood, and Exeter. The road
from Zurich to Hensall rem-
ained closed for several days.
OF -
YEARS GONE
-BY-
25 Years Ago
About 700 fans were on hand
to watch the exhibition hockey
game between the Forwell Bro-
thers' team of St. Clemens and
the combination of stars of the
Dashwood and Zurich teams.
The homesters won 6-0.
Elmer D. Bell, Exeter Lawy-
er, was guest speaker at the
dinner meeting of Zurich Lions
Club explained some of the
finer points of income tax.
An objective of $15, 000 has
been set for Hay Township
residents to subscribe to the
building fund for the new hosp-
ital located at Exeter.
Last Saturday the mail train
from London went up in flames
near Ilderton, and all the mail
for the northern parts went up
'in flames. Many important
items were lost in the fire.
Funeral service was held on
Tuesday afternoon for Roland
Geiger, prominent Hay Town-
ship farmer, who passed away
suddenly Saturday morning.
For a number of years he was
a member of the Hay Township
council.
10 Years Ago
Architect Ted Haggarty, of
London, last Thursday night
presented to the board plans
for the addition to the Hensall
School of the Hay Township
School Area.
Christine Haberer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haberer,
R. R.1, Zurich, was the lucky
winner of five dollars a week
for one year in the Kellogg
Company.
The Zurich Flyers, intermed-
iate version, last Wednesday
won the South Huron Recreat-
ion League hockey champion-
ship, when they edged Seaforth
Shoes in the final game of the
playoffs, 5-4 in sudden death
overtime.
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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1975
Emmanuel UCW
The March meeting of
Zurich United Church Women
was held on Wednesday, March
12, with a pot -luck dinner and
the day was spent quilting.
Several quilts were quilted and
completed the following day.
During the business a letter
was read from South Huron
Association for Mentally Ret-
arded, and a donation of $50
was made towards this group.
Reports were given by the sev-
eral committees.
Mrs. E. Truemner said Christ-
mas cards and stamps are still
accepted. Miss Olive O'Brien
volunteered to replace Mrs. L.
Jacobe as supervisor of the
Cradle Roll.
Mrs. H. Neeb and Mrs. W.
Neeb were appointed by the
UCW to the "Hundred Plus"
committee.
An invitation from Kippen
UCW to attend their Easter
Thankoffering on April 8 was
accepted.
The president, Mrs. L.
O`Brien, expressed the thanks
of UCW to the visitors who
came to assist with the quilting.
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King Size Tide I Cat & Dog Food
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Wagon Wheels
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LETTUCE
39c
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89c EA
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