Zurich Citizens News, 1975-10-23, Page 1LTID
NO 42- FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1975
ATTEND THANKSGIVING DINNER - Several hundred relatives and friends of residents
at Blue Water Rest Home attended the annual Thanksgiving dinner on Sunday, and enjoyed
a delicious turkey and ham smorgasbord. Some of the visitors are seen here as they line up at
the food table to take their choice of the wide variety of tasty dishes.
CARVING THE TURKEY - Mrs. N. Horn, the head cook
at Blue Water Rest Horne, is shown here as she carves the
tasty turkey which was served at the annual Thanksgiving
dinner on Sunday.
CAS honours parents
(by Shirley J. Keller)
Foster parents who had
given from five to 15 years
of- service to the Huron Coun-
ty Children's Aid Society
were honored Thursday
evening at the annual banquet
in Clinton.
Those who received recogn•
ition for Their assistance in
service were Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Krueger, R.R.2, Cred•
iton; 15 years; Mr. and Mrs.
Hartley Watson, Kincardine,
10 years, Mrs. Mary Camp-
bell, Bluevale, 10 years; Mr,
and Mrs. Leonard O'Rourke,
R.R.4, Seaforth, 10 years;
Mr. and Mrs, Gordon West•
lake, R.R.3, Bayfield, 1C
years; Mr. and Mrs. Aaron
Kuepfer, R.R.2,
Bluevale, five years; Mr. and
Mrs. Franklin Roth, R.R.3,
Kippen, five years; Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Tyndall, R.R.3,
Clinton, five years; Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Schell, Huron
Park, five years; Mrs. Alice
Koehler, Huron Park, five
years; Mr. and Mrs. Terrance
Bauer, Sunset Beach, five
years; Mr. and Mrs. Ear]
Bensette, R.R.1, Brucefield,
five years; and Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Foster, R.R.3, Clinton,
five years.
The director of Children's
Aid Society in Huron, Bruce
Heath, also drew attention
to Mr. and Mrs. Garth, Hamil-
ton, of Goderich who have
been operating the county's
receiving home for the past
three years. As well, Mrs.
Hamilton co-ordinates the
Society's volunteer drivers
and staffs the answering
srvice at nights and on the
weekends.
In his brief address to the
gathering, Mr. Heath expres-
sed grave concern for a stat-
istic which reveals that one 'in
every four Canadian marr-
iages is "on the rocks and on
the way to the divorce courts.'
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Hensall contract let
for sewage project
Following a four and a
half hour meeting in the Hen-
sall Municipal Office on Mon-
day, a contract was awarded
to Bre-Aar Excavating Ltd.,
of London for the complete
installation of a sewage syst-
em for the village. The cont-
ract price is $1,470,006.
Before the final awarding of
the contract the members of
the Hensall council along with
representatives of the Min-
istry of the Environment met
with people from Union Gas,
Bell Telephone, Hensall
p.u.c., Hensall Works Dept.,
and officials of the Ministry
of Transportation and Comm-
unications. Also in attendance
was the consulting enginner,
B.M. Ross, of Goderich.
The contractor hopes t beg -
Bishop Sherlock
open new
Bishop John Sherlock of
London will officially open
the Huron -Perth County
Roman Catholic Separate
School Board office in Dublin
on Wednesday, November 5.
Trustee Michael Connolly,
of Kippen, chairman of the
committee in charge reported
at a board meeting in Dublin
Tuesday night that the dedic-
ation ceremony would take
place at 2 p.m. in the board
room with the Bishop corn-
menting on Catholic educat-
ion. This ceremony is t be
followed by Open House
and tours with refreshments
in the lounge from 2:45 ti
4:30 p.m. and again from 7
to 9 p.m.
Mr. Connolly reported a
luncheon would precede the
ceremonies at Rev. Gordon
Dill's residence in Dublin
at 12:30 p.m.
The new board offices are
located in the former Dublin
Continuation School and
adjoining Ursuline Order
Convent.
The two religious consult-
ants for the board, Miss Ter-
esa Woods and Miss Mary
Kennedy, both of Stratford,
gave reports on their religion
program in the 19 separate
schools in Huron and Perth
based on the book Canadian
Catechism.
The consultants said they
would like to report to the
board at a later date on the
program content as carried out
from Kindergarten to Grade 8.
Miss Woods spoke. of the spir-
itual growth of the teachers
through workshops and a
credit course in scripture at
university level. She said 30
teachers from the board area
are taking the course at St.
Jerome's College in Kitch-
ener.
Student retreat days for
Grade 7 and 8 candidates
preparing for confirmation
were discussed and reported
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facilities
to be favourably approved by
priests, teachers and stud-
ents.
Miss Woods said twil-
ight retreats will be held at
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
on October 16 for Zone 2;
St. Marys School, Goderich,
on October 29 for Zone 1;
St. Aloysius School, Strat-
ford, with the theme Building
Christian Community for
Zone 4, and on November
20 at St. Columban School,
for Zone 3.
The consultants invited
each trustee to attend the
retreat in his zone ''to pray
together for better under-
standing."
Board chairman, David
Teahen, of Stratford, informed
Miss Kennedy and Miss
Woods that the religion prog-
ram is one of the most import-
ant programs in the separate
schools.
The two superintend-
ents of education on the
board, Joseph Tokar and
Alexander Easton and the
'business administrator Jack
Lane were given new admin-
istrative titles. Mr. Tokar
will be superintendent of
special services, Mr. Easton,
superintendentof program,
and Mr. Lane, superintendent
of business and finance.
The board approved its
contribution to the group
life insurance be adjusted
from 75 per cent to 80.
James McDade, teacher
at St. Columban School, was
given permission to be nomin-
ated as a candidate for assign-
ment for a loan of service to
the teachers department of
National Defence Dependants
Schools overseas for a two--
year tour of duty.
Miss Mary Hoy, R.R.1,
Sebringville, was hired as a
music teacher for 20 per cent
of the day.
The school custodians'
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in work on the project late
this week, with a finish date
of November 11, 1976. First
area of the village to be exc-
avated will be west of the
railway tracks, and up to four
work crews will be on locat-
ion at various phases of the
project.
To better acquaint the res-
idents of Hensall with them-
selves and outline the work
procedure, the contractor will
be distributing pamphlets
to every household outling
the various details. The cont,
ractor will also have a compl-
aint department which will
listen to any justified probl-
ems any residents may have
with the overall project.
A representative of the eng-
ineering firm will also call nal
each property owner in the
municipality to determine
where they would 'ike the
connection to come at their
property line.
Further liaison meetings
will be held on October
31 and November 13, at
which time officials from all
the various concerns will be
discussing plans.
The Bre-Aar tender was the
lowest of 14 received for the
project.
Barfield council
make S for
centennial
(by Milvena Erickson)
Bill Riehl of Clinton joined
Bayfield cuncil at their invit-
ation on Monday evening at
their regular meeting and dis-
cussed several souvenir items
for their Centennial of Incorp-
oration in July, 1976. Mr.
Riehl invited the reeve and
councillors to view the num-
erous items on display in
his mobile showroom in order
to familiarize them with his
wide variety of available
articles.
Several letters of interest
were received and read by
clerk Gordon Graham. Among
those was one from the
Liquor Control Board of Ont-
ario station that a mobile
trailer would be moved onto
a suitable location in the vill-
age before the years end,
and indications are that a
permanent store will be built
at a later date.
A letter from Huron County
stated that should there be
a postal strike, the County is
prepared to set up an altern-
ative system to handle the
mails.
A cheque for $3,580 was
received from the Ministry of
Transportation and Commun-
ications for the road subsidy
to the end of September.
In other business; council
purchased a memorial wreath
to be laid by the reeve at the
Cairn in Clan Gregor Square
at the Remembrance Day
Service on Sunday, November
9; received an invitation
from the Bayfield Yacht Club
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