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NO 39- FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1975
PRESENT OFFICIAL CREST - A highlight of the Open House at the new Municipal Build-
ing last Wednesday was the presentation of this enlarged replica of the official village crest,
for the council chambers. Making the presentation on behalf of the former centennial commit-
tee where the funds came from are Mrs. Thelma Thiel, left and Mrs. Isabel Gascho, while
Zurich reeve Fred Haberer, right, accepts the gift on behalf of the village.
oard plan fo
(by Wilma Oke)
November 5 has been set
as the date for the official
opening of the new Huron -
Perth County Roman Catholic
Separate School Board office
in Dublin when the members
met Monday in their new
board room.
Michael Connolly of Kippen
and William Kinahan of
Wingham will work with
administrative • staff on the
details of the opening.
Effective October 1 the
Board will contribute to OHIP
for all its employees not
covered by the teacher -
board agreement 80 per
cent, up from 75 per cent.
Architect Brian Garrett
of Kyles, Kyles and Garratt
of Stratford attended the
meeting to present to the
board members the finalized
working drawings and specif-
ications for the addition to
St. Patrick's School, Kinkora.
The plans call for a gymnas-
ium, change rooms and
showers and kitchen. Estim-
ated cost is about $200,000.
The board voted by a narr-
ow margin against changing
its bylaw covering the method
of electing a chairman and
vice-chairman as proposed by
Trustee Howard Shantz, of
Stratford.
Trustee William Kinahan
Mennonites dedicate
new church building
"One does not dedicate a
building 'the bricks and the
boards' but instead the use
of the building to the glory
of God." This was the heart of
the dedication sermon preach-
ed by Hubert Schwartzentrub-
er, Elkhart, Indiana, this past
weekend at Zurich Mennonite
Church. He also stressed
that building dedications
should be people orientat-
ed --for after all people make
up the church.
Hubert and June Schwartz-
entruber, formerly of this
community, left in 1957 to
serve in St. Louis, Missouri,
for 15 years. Presently Hubert
is serving on the Board of
Congregational Ministries in
Elkhart, Indiana. He is the
kind of speaker you could
listen to until 10 o' clock,
and then he shuts it down at
9:15.
Also speaking at the dedic-
ation service were Build-
ing Committee Chairman,
Clayton Steckle, who thanked
everyone for their co-oper-
ation with this project; and
labour co-ordinator, Elam
Shantz, who brought out
the fact that over 3,201 hours
of free labour were contrib-
uted during the building and
renovations of the church.
The Sunday afternoon serv-
ice, chaired by pastor Clayton
Kuepfer, was highlighted
by a medley of choruses
sung by the junior depart-
ment of the Sunday School,
under the direction of Ruth
Ann Steckle, and pianist
Grace Martin.
The church was brightened
for the occasion with floral
arrangements by Ervin
Steinman and Lorraine
Schwartzentruber.
Other highlights of the
weekend were services Friday
and Saturday nights with
Hubert Schwartzentruber
speaking on "God's Word --
Alive and Active" and "Serv-
ants of One Master"
and special music by "Hap-
piness Is" . and "The Keith
Gingerich Family."
penin
was named to work with
school attendance officer
William McInnes to formul-
ate a policy covering students
leaving school before reaching
age of sixteen.
The board allotted $1,700
to construct a drain at the new
board offices while the county
is contributing $1,500 toward
the work to be done to the
drain at the road in front of the
school.
The board renewed the five-
year contract with BP Oil to
supply fuel for board owned
buses at St. Boniface and
Ecole Ste. Marie at a dis-
count of three cents per,
gallon off tank wagon price.
Sister Mary St. Louis,
principal of St. James School,
Seaforth, presented a report
on Family Life Education
234' Per Copy
Cut ribbon to mark 7
opening at Hensall
(by Hilda Payne)
About fifty Hensall and
area residents came out on a
cold, damp evening to the
official opening of the re=
decorated ground floor of the
Town Hall. At 7 p.m. the
reeve, John Baker, assisted
by Norman Durst, chairman
of the Huron County Library
Board, cut the ribbon and off-
icially declared the Town Hall
and Library open.
Hensall Town Hall was
built in 1914 and the gloom
of the post -Victorian era
remained in the furnishings.
The old council chambers and
ladies rest room on the west
side have now been trans-
formed into a modern clerk's
office, with a photo -copier
and Gcstetner machine and
a fire -proof room.
Ajoining is a council room
which will stand up to any
found in Huron County small
communities. A folding door
can be opened to make one
large room when needed.
With walnut panelling on the
walls, original table and up-
holstered tub chairs, and nyl-
on carpeting on the floors, we
have a warm, friendly atmos-
phere to offer our council-
lors which we hope will be
carried over to their deliber-
ations.
The library now runs the
length of the east side and
librarian Margaret Ingram is
only sorry that she will not be
working in it much longer.
The brown of the wall panel-
ling and the orange. of the
carpet is repeated in the
drapes and imparts the right
atmosphere of quiet and learn-
ing. On the south end, kind-
ergarten size tables and chairs
in baby blue, give the young-
er ones their own feeling of
belonging. With incadescent
lighting and shelves of walnut
brown the books are easy to
see and there is still plenty of
room for additions in all book
sections.
Materials were bought from
Ball Macaulay Building Sup-
plies, Bonthron Furniture •and
Skiels Library furnishings.
Construction was carried out
by Wayne and Harold Smith;
electrical work by W.H. Fuss
Electric Ltd., and painting
by Morrissey Painting. Total
.cost was over $20,000 and took
over six months to complete,
and we feel every penny
was well spent for now and
generations to come.
Visitors were present from
Exeter, Zurich, Seaforth
and other surrounding mun-
icipalities. To round off the
evening the Women's Instit-
ute served coffee and home
baked cookies and many
compliments were receiveeti.
Lions sp s r
alk °ton
for Olympics
Canadian athletes are urg-
ently in need of funds for
coaching, training, equip-
ment and competition for the
coming -Olympic competit-
ions. Lions Clubs throughout
the country are helping the
cause financially by sponsor-
ing walkathons to raise funds.
Locally the Zurich Lions
Club are sponsoring a Walk-
athon on Saturday, October 4,
from Zurich to St. Joseph
and return. Proceeds from the
event will be split even with
half of the money going to the
Canadian Olympic Associat-
ion and the other half rem-
aining at home to support
local projects.
Anyone wanting further
information on the Walkath-
on may contact Claude Gel-
inas, president of the local
organization.
RENOVATED HENSALL FACILITY The newly renovated Hensall municipal offices
and public library were officially opened Thursday night. Sharing the ribbon cutting honours
are Hensall reeve John Baker, librarian, Mrs. Margaret Ingram and Norman Durst, chairman
of the Huron County Library Board. In the background are Hensall councillors Harold Knight
and Paul Neilands (T -A Photo)
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