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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1975-12-10, Page 21SANTA ARRIVES - Jolly Old St. Nick arrived at the Zurich arena on Saturday afternoon where he was greeted by members of thc Zurich Lions Club and hundreds of area youngsters. Here hre is seen talking with one little girl who can't quite make up her mind what she wants for Christmas (News Photo) MERRY CHRISTMAS - Mrs. Rebecca Clarke, a resident of the Blue Water Rest Home in Zurich gets a Christmas Kiss from her little great granddaughter Becky Morgan of Exeter during the Christmas party held at the home on Friday evening. (News photo) Grand Bend discusses Pinery uses Grand Bend council, is special session Monday, met with MPP Lorne Henderson and represent- atives. of the Ministry of the Environment regarding use planning for Pinery Provincial Park. The Ministry had requested the meeting with council' and with the' .Grand Bend and Area Chamber of Commerce to get local input into planning for the park. The Ministry and Mr. Hender- son both favoured using the park for snowmobiling under control- led conditions. Council also dis- cussed the possibility of develop- ing downhill skiing. In other business, council accepted the tender of Thompson-. Warner for sanding the town streets. The tender price was '3; per hour. Council approved the mun- icipal office closing at noon on December 24 •and all day Dec- ember 25 and 26. The office will also close at noon on December 31 and remain closed on January 1 and 2. Council set March 1 and May '31 as the interim deadline dates for tax purposes. Council also discussed the preliminary draft of the zoning bylaw which is being reviewed prior to it being released td the public sometime early in January. The plan was drafted by Munic- ipal Planning Consultants of Toronto following a public meet- ing held in August. It is expected that council will hold another public meeting Zurich man named head ron education board Herbert Turkheim of Zurich will be the chairman of the Huron County Board of Education for the year 1976. Turkheim who was vice- chairman for the past year de- feated present chairman Wilfred Shortreed in a two-way vote at a special meeting of the Board in Clinton Monday night, The new vice-chairman will be Charles Thomas, who represents the village of Brussels and the townships of Morris and Grey, the same area as Shortreed. The new chairman is com- pleting his third year as a school trustee for the villages of Zurich and Hensall and the township of Hay. He is the former publisher of the Zurich Citizens News and currently production manager for that newspaper and the Exeter Independent News. In gaining the position of vice- chairman Thomas defeated Mrs. Molly Kunder who served this year as chairman of the education committee. iaracgih The education committee chair- man for 1976 will be John Elliott who serves the village of Blyth, the town of Clinton and the town- ships of Hullett and McKillop. Taking over from Clarence McDonald of Exeter as manage- ment committee chairman will be Ken Cooke of Clinton who serves the same area as Elliott. The first meeting of the Huron Board of Education for 1976 will be held on Monday, January 12 at 2 p.m. at the board offices in Clinton. NO. 51 - FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17, 1975 20' PER COPY Council learns LC 0 outlet being set up in by Milvena Erickson It was learned at the regular meeting of Bayfield council Mon- day night that the L.C.B.O. mobile unit had moved into the village and were setting up their establishment on thc Don John- ston property on Highway 21. It was also learned with regret through a letter from the village solicitor, Mr. Van Laughton of Exeter, that he would be retiring from Municipal Law practice by the end of the year. A letter from the Ministry of Treasury, D'Arcy McKeough urged municipalities to restrain public spending, control budgets and pare to the maximum extent in order to cut costs. A letter from the Association of Munici- palities of Ontario Liason Com- mittee stated they endorsed and accepted the spirit of the Federal guideline restraint program and urged implimentation by all m unicipalities. Correspondance from the Min- istry of Energy asked that the public use discretion to help save energy with shorter hours for their outdoor decorative lighting. Invitations were received to attend the Good Roads conven- tion to be held in Toronto on Feb- ruary 23 and the Ontario Associa- tion of Rural Municipalities which will hold its convention Feb- ruary 8 to 10 at the Royal York in Toronto. Reeve Oddleifson reported that he and Clerk Gordon Graham had attended the sod -turning cere- monies at the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in Godcrich on December 6 as representatives of the village. In other business, council de- cided to hire the services of Mr. Nick Hill to do a proposed study for the new library. Council updated the agiernent between the village and Mr. Bud Chaniney to hire him for the waste disposal removal for another year. Council ayfield commended the Bayfield Lionettes for interest in the village for the donation of lighted stars and greenery on the posts in the village for the festive season. Ratepayers were reminded of the upcoming 100th anniversary Torchlight Parade, pot -luck sup- per, free skating and registration for the beard growing contest on January 10, 1976 to start at 5:00 p.m. Don't forget to bring along the food of your choice for the pot- luck supper and your dishes and silverware. Coffee will be supplied. Council members also ex- pressed with sincerity their sym- pathy to councillor Don Warner in the sudden passing of his father. Mr. Alfred Waner on Sunday. New handicraft outlet announces opening Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gingerich of Zurich have been named managers of Self -Help Assoc- iates, a new marketing •agency which will sell handicrafts made in third world countries through commercial outlets in Canada and the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Gingcrich will be in charge of imports, invent- ory, promotion and sales. The head office for the new organiz- ation. a warehouse and a small Self -Help store is located in the Gingerich Block in Zurich. The store is open to the public and information sheets on the proj- ect are available -at no charge. The agency has been set up as a way of helping poor people by a group of Ontario business- men and agencies. Mr. Gingerich said it is hoped that the surround- ing communities would assist on a volunteer basis from time to time when needed. There will be a quilt set up at the store for any volunteers to work on as they arc able. Self Help Associates is to imp- ort handicrafts, initially jute products from Bangladesh, sell them to department stores and other retail outlets and return the proceeds to the project. The jute handicrafts arc made by a women's co-operative in Bangladesh. The Jute Works was set up by four foreign vol- untary organizatins in 1973 to rehabilitate widows and other women affected by war. The women are paid wages according to the standard of the country and the products are exported to about a dozen count- ries, North America, Europe and the Pacific. The purpose of the new organ- ization is to increase the volume of sales and thereby provide jobs for another 3,000 women. At present the Jute Works in Bangl- adesh employ 3,000 women. Most of the jute handicrafts sold in Canada have been market- ed through Mennonite Central Committee offices in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchew- an, Manitoba and Ontario as part of the MCC Self -Help Crafts program. Crafts from more than a dozen countries are sold in the small shops of MCC off- ices and used clothing stores, or by individual representatives. Deadline for next week's Christmas issue of the News will be Saturday NEW CHAIRMAN FOR SCHOOL BOARD - At a meeting of the Huron County Board of Education Monday night, Herb Turkheim of Zurich was named chairman for 1976. Above Turkheirn is being congratulated by vice-chairman Charles Thomas, education committee chairman John Elliott and management committee head Ken Cooke, News photo.