HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1975-06-19, Page 1NO -24 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1975
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LIONS DONATE TABLES- The Zurich Lions Club have donated a set of new stacking tables to the local
community centre, for functions to be held in the building. Shown here presenting the cheque for the ex-
penditure to rec committee chairman Lee Regier, left, is president, Dr. Doug Thiel, centre, and vice-presi-
dent Claude Gelinas, right. Total cost of the tables, which will accommodate close to 250 persons. was
$1700. dollars.
MAYORS AND REEVES PHYSIQUE CONTEST- A highlight of the Buffaloburger Fest in Grand Bend
on Friday and Saturday was the pre-olympic physique contest for area mayors and reeves. Winners of
the contest was a former Zurich resident, Maurice O' Dwyer, now mayor of the town of Southampton,
third from the right in the back row. Others entered in the contest are, back row, Bob Sharen, of Grand Bend
reeve Cecil Desjardine, of Stephen Township, mayor Bruce Shaw, of Exeter, Mr. O'Dwyer, Miss Physique,
and councillor Isidore Laporte, of Zurich. Front row are reeve John Baker, of Hensall, reeve Don
Seegmiller, of Thedford, and alderman Dave Hunt, of Stratford.
Bayfield discuss building code
[by Milvena Erickson]
In a. letter read from the eng-
ineers, architects, and building
officers association Monday night
at the regular Bayfield council
meeting, dealing with building
codes, it offered assistance to
senior building officials, with the
hope that municipal councils
would acknowledge the existence
of the E.A.B.A. liason committee
and bring it to the attention of
senior government officials.
A request from Mrs. Charles
Rogers to agree that the encr-
oachment of their property cont-
inue and is recognized by the vill-
age, this was agreed upon with
the same stipulation that is grant-
ed all encroachments on village
property; taht should the existing
building burn or become deter-
iorated to the point where it
must be replaced then it would
have to be built on the own-
er's own property.
A letter from the M.T.C. in
respect to municipal paving
contracts, stated that no escalat-
ing clause shall be allowed.
No subsidy would be granted;for
any escalating clause in any cont-
ract. Council received a letter
from James Gardiner, Ministry
of Consumer and Commercial
Relations confirming their tent-
ative approval of 40 per cent
subsidy of the estimated costs
for the survey of all village
streets and lanes. Correspond-
ence was read from the County
Clerk, Bill Hanly, regarding a
motion passed at the Municipal
Officers annual meeting recom-
mending that every municipal-
ity in the county pass a by-law
regulating the fencing of priv-
ately owned swimming pools.
A letter from Ontario Hydro in
respect to street light bulb replac-
ing stipulated while performing
this duty that no object should
come closer than 10 feet from
any p;ower line of 750 volts,
or over, which is the minimum
distance and only qualified pers
ons shall be allowed on or near
the hydro poles.
Literature was read regard-
ing the province wide education
program for the wearing of seat
belts, and contained a book
let with information in resp-
ect to the use of seat belts. It
has been proposed as a brief to
focus on the attention of wear-
ing these as a safety measure
and to make the information
known through roadside advert-
ising, local action program-
ming and broadcasting advert -
[continued on page 18]
Zurich will apply for
renov: ti, i:p r' vais
At their regular meeting last
Wednesday afternoon, the coun-
cil of the village of Zurich agreed
to undertake a renovation progr-
am at the Community Centre.
The Ontario Ministry of Labour
has directed that the work must
be carried out if the build-
ing is to remain in operation.
Applications will be made to
the proper government depart-
ments for all grants avail-
able under such a project. At
the same time the council will
apply to the Ontario Munic-
ipal Board for approval to issue
debentures covering the costs
Approve
healing
[by Ross Haugh]
The Huron Colunty Board
of Education meeting in a spec-
ial session Monday night auth-
orized the immediate calling of
tenders for repair of the heating
system at the Clinton Public
School.
After hearing from R.A. Egan
a professional heating engineer
that tenders must be called at
once to ensure proper heating for
the school be September 15.
Due to the present steel pipes
rusting below the floor, the
Clinton school realized serious
heating problems during the
past fall and winter.
Egan said the new heating
system would be designed the
sante as a recently installed
system at, South Huron High
School in Exeter with surface
radiation and exposed piping.
The engineer continued,
"Time is of the essence in
getting this job started. In
order to get workmen out of the
class rooms by September 2
and have heat ready by Sept-
ember 15 it is imperative to get
rolling right away."
He estimated the cost at
between $80,000 and 590,000
saying, "Plumbing and heating
rates have gone right through
the roof. The job will require
seven men working non-stop.
With the size of the job and the
speed needed it looks like
an out of town company will be
required."
Egan added, "with this amount
of men the contract will likely
require a non-operative super-
intendent which means another
$5,000 and travelling costs
could also be high."
Egan said he would order the
radiation Tuesday morning to
guarantee delivery by August 1.
Director of Education D.J.
Cochrane commented after the
engineer's report, "We can't
have the same situation as last
year when at times we didn 't
know if there would be classes
until we heard the weather rep-
ort. Heat by September is a
must.
The board agreed to call for
tenders immediately and when
they are opened by the engin-
eer and director, members will
be polled by telephone for their
decision to expedite early compl-
etion of the project.
of the project.
A number of building pewits
were issued at the same meeting.
They were; Doug Erb, 529.,000
for a new home; Robert Farqu-
har, 57200 for an addition
Donald Oke, $3500 for an att-
ached garage; Harvey Clausius,
5500;Delbert Geiger, 5200; and
Victor Dinnin, 5200.
It was decided at the same
meeting to ask for applications
for the position of building
inspector in the village. The
salary is to be negotiable bet-
ween the applicant and the
council.
Council also agreed to call
applications for the position of
custodian for the new mun-
icipal building, on a part-time
basis.
A member of extras were
approved for the new municipal
building in the amount of
5626.11. These items will form
a part of the contract.
In other business council
agreed to notify the Bayfield-
Ausable Conservation Author
ity that a petition for drainage
work of lands within the vill-
age has been received; in the
south-west section of the munic-
ipality.
It was agreed at the meeting
to hold over for further invest-
igation the suggestion for an
increase in the water rates.
Accounts totalling $55,673.96
were approved for payment.
Grant
for seniors
Health and Welfare Minister
Marc Lalond this week annou-
nced the awarding of $7,244 in
a New Horizons grant to a group
of retired people in Zurich.
New Horizons is a Federal Gov-
ernment grants program des-
igned to encourage retired
people to undertake worthwhile
projects which would be of
benefit to them and their com-
munities. Since its introduct-
ion in 1972, a total of 4,033
projects have been funded for
522,805,133. In all, 799,727
retired Canadians are involved.
Zurich Golden Agers will use
the grant to establish a recreat-
ion centre in the basement of
the municipal building. Activ-
ities will include knitting,
crocheting, quilting, leatherwork
and woodworking.
Stephen pians
crackdown on dogs
Officials of the London Humane
Society have completed an
agreement with Stephen Town-
ship to carry out regular dog
patrols in the municipality.
For a fee of $1,200 per year,
London based officers will
patrol the Hurn Park area and
the police villages of Centralia.
Crediton and Dashwood once a
week.
The patrols are expected to
start in mid-June. Any stray
animals will be taken to the
London Humane Society pound.