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ZUR8H, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1958
Meet the Business Manager
Of Huron's Newest Weekly
Herbert Turkheim, business
manager of the Zurich C0izens
News has lived all his life in Zur-
ich, since he came there at the
age of two with his parents, Mrs.
E. and the late Rev. Turkheim.
Educated in the Zurich" Public
School and. in; Exeter District
Nigh ,School,: "I-Ierb" will be in
charge of advertising and the
news' gathering of the newspaper.
After spending seven years with
Gascho Bros. in the village, Hera,
went into partnership with Leroy
Thiel, and operateda business
known as T and T Flooring in
•Zurich for two years. Then the'',
business was moved to Exeter for
ane ;year. Since T and T Flooring,
was discontinued, "Herb" has
been with F. C. Kalbfleisch and:
Son Ltd., in Zurich.
IIe married the former Joann
Dietz, of • Zurich, and they .have
two children Douglas three and a
half ;years and Cheryl Ann, four
months, They live in the Zurich
Post Office' Building.
Zurich's, newest newspaperman
is active'; in the village commun
ity life He is .a vice-president of
the Lions Club and a member of
the Zurich Volunteer : Fire De-
partment, Ile belongs to. the
Lutheran Church, where his fath-
er once preached.
Interested' .in. sports, Herb .has
played hockey. himself • with the
Zurich Lumberkings; hascoached
midget hockey, managed inter-.
mediate clubs, umpired and refer
eed both baseball and -hockey.
opular Demand For Newspaper
Made Citizens News Possible
'The,first: newspaper in the. i%1-
" • 7age dv. founded 1900, and haDaniel been con
'� in July, ,
tinuedever since, first by Edmund
E: Zc el}ler, and then in 1914 by
Andrew F. Hess. During that year
Mr. Hess took as . partner, Ches-
ter L. Smith, and from 1930 to
December 31, 1957, Mr. Smith
published the Zurich Herald.
Due to _mechanical failure in
his shop at the end of last year,
Mr. Smith found it necessary to
stop publication, and he sold the
Herald to the Exeter Times -Ad-
vocate, which has 'incorporated
the name with their own, and is
publishing a section in the Exeter.
weekly under the name of the
Zurich Herald.
However, after having a weekly
newspaper for nearly 60 years, the
merchants and citizens of Zurich
felt that they would like to con-
tinue having a weekly of their
own. At a meeting of the Zurich
Lions Club, the members endorsed
a motion to support the efforts of
Herbert Turkheim in the -task of
investigating ways and means.
Merchants gathered together in
support of the project, and the
Zurich Chamber of Commerce re-
tail merchants' committee chair-
man Keith Westlake called a spec-
ial meeting of the Chamber to
further endorse the beginning of a
weekly paper in Zurich.
Mr. Turkheim paid two visits
to the office of the Clinton News-
Record where he talked the sit-
uation over with the publisher
there, A. Laurie Colquhoun. Then.
on Saturday, January 14, Mr. Col-
quhoun, and the editor of the
News -Record, Miss Wilma D. Din-
nin, visited the village, meeting
with the merchants and people of
the village. They were introduced
by Mr. Turkheim.
Members of the council of the
Township of Hay, and of the trus-
tee board of the Village of Zur-
ich, gathered in the Town Hall,
and gave their support to the new
venture. Both municipal bodies
offered their support, andexpres-
sed their opinion that Zurich
needed and could support a week-
ly newspaper of their own.
Reeve Valentine Becker, speak-
ing for the Council, said, "A news-
paper in Zurich is a good thing
for Hay Township, and we're glad
to see it begun. Our best wishes
go to this new publication."
Trustee chairman Lloyd O'Brien
seconded this statement, as he
spoke for the trustee board. "We'll
support you," he said.
When the demand for a news-
paper was found to be so strong,
the publisher of the Clinton News -
Record agreed to publish a weekly
newspaper in Zurich.
This ..paper, the ZURICH Citi-
zens .1\1EWS is printed in •the shop
of the Clinton News Record. The
afti:cZ1-Trigk is at present til
the residence og cete business man-
ager, Herbert Virleheim, in the
Post Office building in Zurich.
Library Board
Annual, ,Thursday
The annual public meeting of
the Zurich Library will be held
in the Township Hall, Thursday,
January 23, starting at 8 p.m.
The nomination and election of of-
ficers for the corning year will
take place at this meeting and it
is the hope of the present board.
that there will be a good turn -out.
After the business portion of,
the meeting the Library Board
has made arrangements for the
showing of coloured slides for
your entertainment. It is expec-
ted that many of these slides will
be of foreign people and scenery
and should be most interesting
and educational to all.
SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY BY
AT'1TENDING THIS MEETING
and at the same time enjoy an
evening of beautiful coloured slid-
es. This will be a tonic after
watching TV so much.
Trustees of the Police Village of Zurich for
the year 1958 are from the left, Leroy Thiel;
(standing) W. H. Brokenshire, secretary -treas-
urer; Lloyd O'Brien, chairman and "Harold Thiel:.
They are pictured in the council chamber of
the .hall. (Staff Photo)
:Village Trustees
Tine Man
Plan To'Hire
The Zurich Police Village Trus-
tees have decided to hire a full-
time maintenance man for the
local Hydro -Electric and Water
System.
At present the Hydro System is
being looked after by 'Exeter
branch 61 Ontario Rural Hydro.
Undoubtedly this new arrange-
ment will be much more suitable
for residents of Zurich. The man
selected for this position will also
look after billing of all local hyd-
ro accounts.
In other business session the
Trustees also approved a "No
Parking Here to Corner" area at
the main intersection of town.
'This will greatly improve the risk
of accidents at this corner, which
sees a tremendous amount of traf-
fic since the new highway is com-
pleted. Extra traffic has also
been coming down the Goshen
Line through town, due to a de-
tour on Highway No. 21, thus
making the main intersection an
awfully busy spot.
Police village trustees for the
coming year are: chairman, Lloyd
O'Brien and trustees Leroy and
Harold Thiel.
Free
Copies At First, But Names
On Fail p List Will Be ,Needed
Over 1,000 householders
throughout Zurich and the Town-
ship of Hay received a copy of
this first issue of the Zurich Cit-
izens News today. It is a coo-
plimentary copy and though it has
not cost them anything, it may
well become a collector's item hi
years to come.
This is the first copy of a news-
paper whose publishers and man-
ager hope will fill a definite need
They feel that it is something
which both merchants and all oth-
er ratepayers will appreciate
through the months and years to
come.
For the first few weeks the
paper will be free. However, it
will be necessary to get down to
business and make it a paid for
newspaper just as soon as pos-
sible. That is the only way to
prove that the paper, is needed. If
readers do not want to pay for
it then it is useless, and will be
discontinued.'
Hay Township Inaugural
Salaries Set, Ap ointments
The inaugural meeting of Hay
Township Council was held in the
council chambers of the Township
Hall in Zurich, on Monday at 11
a.m. The oath of office was sign-
ed by Reeve V. L. Becker, Deputy
Reeve A. Mousseau, councillors K.
Haberer, W. Davidson, J. Corbett
and clerk -treasurer, W. H. Brok-
enshire. Rev. A. M. Amacher con-
ducted the opening devotional
ceremonies, stressing the subject
"Happy are the people who loveth
the Lord."
Reeve Becker, in his inaugural
address to council asked council-
lors to use their best judgement
on all matters to be brought up,
stressing the fact they would be
handling public funds and it is
very necessary to handle the same
with utmost care. The reeve
welcomed three new men to coun-
cil and promised he would give
full co-operation in acquainting
then with municipal affairs. He
informed council of having don-
ated $15 to the Cancer Society in
.memory of the late Thomas Pry -
de, MP for Huron.
After his address a minute's sil-
ence was observed is respect to
the late Mr. Pryde.
Minutes •of the last regular
council were read and passed,
!moved by councillor Mousseau
and seconded by Davidson. Var-
ious items of correspondence ware
!read to council, including the an-
nual report from South Huron
District High School Board. Clerk -
treasurer Brokenshire reported
that $161,000 was collected of a
possible $1.72,000 due in taxes.
After the noon recess council.
again assembled in Council Cham-
bers. The following appointments
were made: school attendance of-
ficer, Bruce Klapp; stock valua-
tor, Bert Klapp; pound keepers,
Jack Ingram, Laird Jacobi, Max
Turnbull, Alvin Walper, Leonard
Merner, Edwin Regier, Clare Gei-
ger, Harold Finlay, Harold Dei -
chert, Allan Greer and William
Watson.
Fence viewers, Percy Campbell,
Lloyd Hendrick, Ted Steinback;
Sauble River Conservation Auth-
ority representative, W i 11i a m
Haugh,; relief administrators,
reeve and clerk; court of Revis-
ion, Hay Township Council; care-
taker of Township Hall, Henry
Ciausius; Community Cent re
Board, V. L. Becker, A. Mousseau,
Del Geiger, Ray Fisher, Lloyd
O'Brien, Ferd Haberer, Arnold
If you wish to subscribe—send
$2.50 to Mr. Herb Twicheim, Box
196, Zurich, or drop in to his of-
fice in his home in the Zurich
Post Office building. You will be
given a receipt, and your Zurich
Citizens News will be paid for
until February 28, 1959.
Perhaps you have friends and
relatives in centres outside of Hay
Township, who would be glad to
receive a copy of the Zurich news-
paper each week, Subscription
rates to them will be the same,
except that if they live in the Un-
ited States, the rate is $3.50 per
year. The increased cost is be-
cause a two -cent stamp is requir-
ed on each newspaper mailed
there.
During the first few weeks,
when complimentary copies are
sent out, perhaps you would like
to have one sent to someone some
distance away. Give the name
and address to Mr. Turkheim, and
he will be glad to forward the
paper, for you.
•
Merner,
Hughill.
James Masse' who has served.
very capably as road superintend-
ent for the past 13 years, was:
again appointed to this position..
Patrolmen to be Harold Campbell,
Bruce Koehler, Leonard Restem-,
ayer, Alvin Walper, Matthew
Denomy and William Watson.
Rates of pay set for road em-
ployees were set as follows: grad-
er and snow plow operators, $1.00.
per hour; two extra helpers, reg-
ular, 85 cents per hour; extra
help hired for erecting snow fen-
ce, etc., and patrolman, 80 cents
per hour,
Township Council set the fol-
lowing salary scale for themsel-
ves: Reeve, $200 per year; Deputy
Reeve and Councillors each $1503
per year. Clerk -treasurer, W. H..
Brokenshire was voted a salary of;
$2,S00, for the coming year while
Assessor George Armstrong will
receive $1,000 per year. Caretak-
er of town hall will receive $250:
per year.
A grant of ten dollars was made,
to the Salvation Army,
Milfred Schilbe, secretary -treas-
urer of Hay Township Community
Centre, gave a report of the year's.
activities. The arena operated at.
a deficit of $500 for the year.
After some discussion on the
moving of the Township Clerk's
Office which is situated on a vil-
lage street, council adjourned.
Week. of Prayer -
Services Held.
Bab McKinley,
Wes.
The Week of Prayer was held:
in the Protestant Churches of
Zurich from Sunday, January~ 5
to Wednesday, January 8. The
first service was held in St. Pet-
er's Lutheran Church wit'il Rev -
0, Wintel' bringing the message, .0""`
On January 6, the servicer
held in the Emmanuel,
Church and Rev. Alberjr Marti
was guest speaker. r'
On Tuesday evenin . Sol-
omon Baechler brow s;h : nes-
sage at the Zuri ,mes-
sage
Church. The closi was
held at the Blak
ite Church, wit
acher a sgue pea lz .c V er
services were well $1
tteE63, 3a c
marked the firste
Week of P yer wohs
the unite ort of
Churche,_