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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1975-11-19, Page 1Meeting on dramn A meeting is being called for Tuesday, November 25 at 8 p.m. to discuss the possibilities of establishing a drain in the John street area to alleviate problems of water in basements. Engineer C.P. Corbett of Luc - an will be providing a preliminary report on the area which could be drained and approximate costs to the village and residents. Seven property owners in the area petitioned council some time ago to have the problem looked into. The meeting will be held to explain to the persons concerned as to what has taken place to date and what the costs could be. Building permits were approv- ed for Orlan Schwartzentruber for a carport and Everett Van Slightonhorst to build a house. In a discussion regarding the proposed senior citizens home, council echoed their disatisfact- ion with the lack of progress in plans. Original plans were first made in 1971 and according to council very little has been accomplished since that time. In recent com- munications with architects, council members had asked for a Swiss design and were told this would cost an additional $5,000 per unit. Council will be getting in touch with the area members of parlia- ment in an attempt to have prog- ress speeded up. Hensall CHIS canvass success Eric Luther has advised the area canvass on behalf of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, realized $1,078.45 which is very close to the target of $1,100. which he set. H e gratefully acknowledged the efforts of the ladies of the following groups Arnold Circle, Women's Auxiliary, Amber Rebekah Lodge and the Women's Institute. The generous consideration of all area contributors is very much appreciated. .�ti�•` a .C�,`�':J �ma. mkt" a-�A�. AN OUTDOOR TRIP — Students of Zurich Public School enjoyed a trip Friday to the B ayfield area farm of principal Ron Jewitt. Above, the principal helps Suzanne Besse, Ellen Shephard and Donna Allison identify ;some weeds. (News photo) NO 46 - FIRST WI'1'1-i THE LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1975 Jerry Finnen new Dashwood Industry he ad Jim Finnen, president of Dashwood Industries Limited announced this week that he will be leaving the area firm to assume a similar position wish a Toronto based company. Finnen, who took over as DIL president in January, 1972 will join the Allont Limited Group with head offices in Toronto, Allont operates the Buidall chain of building supplies. Moving up to replace Jini Finnen as president is his brother Jerry. Both men started with Dashwood Industries when the firm's headquarters were in Dashwood. Jerry joined the DIL staff in 1958 as a salesman in the Kit- chener area. He was promoted to sales manager in 1964 and to his present position of vice-president in charge of sales and marketin g in 1972. He told the News Tuesday morning, "It was 17 years to the day from the time I started with Dashwood until the announce- ment last week of my appoint - ment as president." Jim Finnen started his career withthe local company in 1�9. He stepped up to general mana- ger in 1963 and on to the presi- dent's post almost four years ago. In addition to the main plant located on Highway 4, near Centralia Dashwood Industies operates Glenway Division in Winnipeg and a Western Division in Vancouver. ru.isu part ut me Lanada-wid e Dashwood operation are sale s branches and distribution centres in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal. Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Prince George and in the Maritime S. From a humble beginning in 1958 Dashwood Industries has grown to become the largest wood window manufacturer in Canada and stands about sixth in all of North America. About 400 persons are present- ly employed at the Centralia plant with a total of 700 emp- loyees in the entire operation. Jerry Finnen said the employe- ment figure at Centralia now is the highest •it has ever been at this time of the year. He added, we do go a little higher in the peak summer periods." Since his arrival in 1958 Jerry Finnen was instrumental in setting up the branch systems and developed top industrial advertising programs which won the Sheppard and Charles F. Broad awards in 1968. In 1969 and again in 1973, DIL won the Canadian Building award for an "imaginative dis- play" at the National Home show. Also in 1973, the Design Council of Canada made a form al award to Dashwood Industries, une of three Canadian companies recognized for excellence in design management. The biggest and newest product developed by DIL is the millenium, vinyl covered wood window and door. hounded in Dashwood as a small planing mill by the late Thomas Klumppearly in the 20t h century, Dashwood industries made its debut in wood wiixlow manufacturing in 1948. Maurice Klumpp, son of the founder of the Dashwood Planing Mill is now Chairman of the Board of DIL. In 1959 the company sold its retail operation to concentrate wholly on supplying the whole- sale market and in 1963 purchas- ed additional facilities in Mount Brydges. The present plant near Cent- relia was established in 1964. ELECT STUDENT COUNCIL — The .student council for the 1975-76 school t er m at Zurich Public Schol was named recently. From the left are, president Brenda Miller, Paul Johnston, vice-president, Greg Kirk, secretary Darlene Steckle, Jeff Forrester, Bob Hay and Linda Rawlings. Missing was treasurer Janet McAllister., (News Photo) 204' PER COPY JERRY FINNEN JIM FINNEN Village council approves employee wage jump Zurich village council approved wage increases for several of their employees at the regular meeting Wednesday but decided to hold their own salaries at the present level. The salary of road foreman Carl Thiel was increased to $8,500, clerk Mrs. Betty Oke will receive an annual inc- rease of $500 to $8,000 and arena manager Gerry Rader will rec- eive $10,000 per annum. Under the present arrange- ments the Zurich Public Utilit- ies committee pays part of the clerk's salary. According to Wed- nesday's proposal, the utilities group would be asked to pay 35 per cent of Mrs. Oke's salary. Finance chairman Ray Mc- Kinnon who made the recom- mendations said he felt the rec- reation board should also pay towards duties of the clerk - treasurer. Reeve Fred 1-Iaberer comment - !d "our bylaw clearly states that the clerk is responsible for arena finances." In recent months the various boards have been receiving reports prepared by the clerk. Councillor Isadore Laporte added, "There's been a heck of an imp- rovement in recent statements." Councillor Leroy Thiel said, "Let's find out how many hours are spent by our clerk on utilities work." Mrs. Oke added, "The • dem- mands on clerks have really increased since 1972. In a report from the rec- reation committee, Ray Mc- Kinnon said renovations at the arena should be completed within a week and ice will be prep- ared at the same time. Renovations have been mainly restricted to restructural rep- airs, repairing the auditorium roof, insulating the floor and installing a new furnace. As far as the recreational financial picture was concerned councillor McKinnon said, "we're coming along well. Our net loss to the end of October was $3,500 and we had budgetted for a $15,000 deficit." The clerk told council that a cheque in the amount of $900 was received from Hay township for recreation purposes. Council spent some time dis- cussing the need of a resident police officer in the village. The municipality is now policed by the Exeter detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police with daily patrols. The concensus of opinion was that better policing could be acc- omplished by having one of the Exeter officers live in Zurich.