Zurich Citizens News, 1958-03-26, Page 1ZURIC
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RIO CRIPPLER CRIMPER
No. 11 ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1958
12 Pages
RUSHING THE SEASON. A young man
with a shiny new convertible was very popular
in Zurich an Sunday afternoon. The warm,
sunny weather brought out all the young people
around town, and this group was happy with the
idea of a ride in a car with the top down. Owner
of the convertible is Wilfred Hoffman, Zurich,
(Staff Photo)
Reg. Black Honoured; Hay Company
Among Twelve With More Policies
Reginald Black, Zurich, was el- who do have it.
ected an executive member of the
112utual Fire Underwriters Assoc-
iation, at their annual convention
held in the King Edward Hotel,
Toronto; the past week.
As an executive member, he will
become.. president of the 1VJ]FiUA
in four 'Or ` five 'Years/ MIS a
great honour for .the Hay Town-
ship Farmers Mutual Insurance
Company, which is only one of
66 different companies represent-
ed in the association, and has Mr.
Black as their secretary manager.
Attending the convention with him
was Fred Haberer, Sr., Zurich,
who is the president of the local
company.
At the convention it was shown
how the mutual companies which
have inspection service are much
lower in the amount of losses
during the past year than those
which don't have inspection. Hay
Mutual is one of the companies
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Conservation Club
Holding Annual
Meeting Friday
The Blue Water Conservation
Club will be holding their annual
meeting in the Town Hall
on Friday night. All persons in-
terested in fishing or game life
are urged to attend this meeting,
when the election of officers for
the coming year will take place.
A representative of Dow Brewer-
ies will be rpesent to show inter-
esting films.
Unlike most organizations, the
Conservation Club has close to
$500 in their treasury. They are
looking for a worthwhile project
to invest this money in, and prob-
ably discussion on this matter will
take place at the meeting.
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Brownie News
(By Mrs. Norma Parkins)
Brownies were busy practising
the reef and sheet bend knots last
week. Nature Lore was discussed
and each Brownie is preparing a
written and illustrated copy of one
of her favourite subjects from the
()Aside world.
Plans have been made for a Hot
Cross Bun Sale. On this coming
Saturday each Guide and Brownie
will visit your home asking for an
order for Hot Cross Buns which
Hill be delivered to your home
after school on Thursday, April 3.
Buns are to be made by the Tasty
Nu Bakery, and profits from sale
go to Zurich Guides and Brown-
ies. Hope everyone in Zurich likes
Hot Cress Buns.
It was also brought out that
the local company was one of 12
such companies, out of 66, who
showed an increase in the number
of policies over East year. Local
officials attribute this increase to
the ]"'act they now write dual fire
and wind pohcres
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REGINALD BLACK
J Ranine Moves
To Clinton Bank
Jerry Ronnie, Hensel], popular
member of the Bank of Montreal
staff there, has received notice
of a t.ranfer to the Clinton branch.
Last week Jerry received a ser-
ious: injury while playing hockey
for the Zurich Flyers. He suffered
a slight concussion, and has been
confined to his bed since. The
latest report is that he will have
to stay in bed for another week.
Jerry has been very active in
sports throughout this district.
Besides playing hockey for Zurich,
he has been a stalwart on the Hen-
sall ball team for the past few
years. He is also a member of
the Zurich Lions Club.
IJlLCW' Plan Special
Meeting in April
The March business meeting of
the United Lutheran Church Wo-
men was held Wednesday night
after the Lenten service. The
members decided to celebrate the
Golden Anniversary of the organ-
ization of ULOW of Canada Sy-
nod, at their April meeting. Spec-
ial plans for the occasion are in
charge of the Christian Service
Committee of the organization.
Sorry! We Ran
Out of Space
Apologies to many contrib-
utors of news for this issue,
are necessary. Due to the in-
creased advertising brought
about by the election on Mon-
day, it has been impossible to
find room for all of the stor-
ies. We have tried. to print
those which arrived in aur of -
.flee the earliest, and •are sorry
that sable items had to be left.
out. We expect to publish
them next week.
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Vote as You Like
—But Vote!
The Zurich and District Chamb-
er of Commerce is sponsoring an
appeal to electors to get out and
vote on March 31., Pick the man
or party of your choice and sup-
port them.
They urge all Canadian citizens
to exercise their rights to choose
the government of their choice.
VOTE AS YOU LIKE - BUT
VOTE is the slogan.
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Mennonite Men At
Kitchener Dinner
A group ,of laymen of the Zurich
Mennonite Church attended a spe-
cial dinner meeting at Kitchener.
on Saturday, March 22.
The meeting was designed to
initiate the men of the Ontario
churches in their part of a three
year development program at Go-
shen College, Goshen, Indiana. The
rapidly growing attendance at the
college necessitates this expans-
ion program.
The local men serving on this
project are, Neil Gingerich, Lewis
Boshart, Elton Bender, Edwin
Steckle and Kenneth Geseho.
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Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haberer. Sr.,
and Mr. and Mrs Reginald Black,
spent a few days in Toronto last
week. Mr. Haberer and Mr. Black
attended the annual convention of
the MFUA, at the King Edward
Hotel.
Handful of Subscribers Turn Out
For Annual; System Short $10,000
Contrary to expectations, the ers on a quarterly basis, instead of
a yearly one. It gives the system
money to work with during the
year, it relieves the 'township clerk
of extra duties, and it also makes
it easier for the subscriber to pay
in lesser amounts. He also told of
how the system had been gradual-
ly going in the red the past num-
ber of years, that it had not all
happened in the past year, With
the new increase in the rates, he
felt certain that in a few years the
system would be back an a pay-
ing for itself basis.
Some questions were fired at
the council about the rate in-
creases, and the fairness of de-
benture phone rates being as high
as non debentures. It was also
asked how the new rates compared
with other telephone systems.
Another subscriber asked, "Where
are the uncollected tolls from."
annual meeting of the Hay Munic-
ipal Telephone System passed over
very quietly. Only a small hand-
ful of subscribers turned out, in-
stead of the full hall that was an-
ticipated.
In the financial report of the
System, a net loss- of $10,476.77
was shown for the past year.
Reeve Valentine Becker was
chairman of the meeting, and gave
a brief resume of the system's ac-
tivities during the past year. He
explained how, after the death of
the former manager, Harry Hess,
the council had felt it best to
change the managerial set up of
the telephone system. He told .of
the many obstacles the council had
faced in the re -organization pro-
cess. Mr. Becker also explained
the reason for raising the rates;
that the system had lost money
the past few years, and an effort
was being made to bring. it back
on a sound financial basis, In his
address he told of how Grand Bend
was the largest source of revenue
in the system.
A minutes silence was observed
in the memory of the late Harry
Hess, who served 40 years with the
Hay,,Municipal Telephone System.
For the past 30 years he had ser-
ved as manager. Mr. Becker spoke
of the wonderful service that had
been given the system by Mr.
Hess.
Reginald Black, secretary of the
system, reported a gain of 56 tele-
phones in. the past year. There
are 1,151 subscribers, 99 renters,
46 extensions, and 19 pay stations
in the area covered by Hay Mun-
icipal. Mr. Black explained the
reason for billing urban subscrib-
Helping the council answer the
questions were two men from the
Ontario Telephone Authority, Tom
Grindley, the commercial director,.
and Victor Handfarth, the assis-
tant engineering director. They
reported the new Hay rates as be-
ing considerably lower than any
other municipally owned systems.
The meeting was told that SO to
90 percent of debenture phones
are now paid, and the greatest in-
crease in the number of phones
lias been in rentals and extens-
ions. Most of the uncollected tolls
are from Grand Bend. However,
according to secretary Black, a
new sytem of collecting these tolls
on Grand Bend taxes has been
brought in, and there should be
no more troubles. For the past
year the uncollected tolls were
$15,126.77.
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Area Board. Files Letter
Resignation; Plan Schools Visit
The members of the board of
1 Hay Township School Area, at
their regular March meeting, held
on Wednesday, filed away until
June a letter of resignation from
Victor Dinnin, as teacher of man-
ual training in the School Area.
Mrs. Greta Lavender, principal
of the Zurich school. recommended
a list of sports equipment which
she thinks advisable far SS 7, She
also requested to have a rack
made to hold all the school's
sporting goods.
Secretary of the School Area,
Whitney Brokenshire, was instruc-
ted to investigate a controlled
method of taking photographs in
the schools. The board feels it
would be better to make arrang-
ements for one photographer to
do all this work, than having dif-
ferent ones coming around at var-
ious times.
An insurance policy for non-
ownership vehicles was taken out
with local agent, Jacob Haberer..
The matter of transportation
difficulties, as reported by Mrs.
Troyer, was referred to the school
inspector for further action.
The school board decided to con
duct their annual visit of all the
area schools on April 2. They will
be accompanied on this tour by
inspector G. J. Goman, and sec-
retary Whitney Brokenshire.
Chairman of the School Area is
Ray Fisher, vice-chairman Elmer
Rowe, and board members are
Glifford Pepper, Lloyd Hendrich.
and Leonard Erb.
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Edward Deichert, who has rec-
ently been moved to the Sarnia
branch of the Bank of Montreal,
was a weekend visitor with his
parents in Zurich,
NEW ADDITIONS. Donna and Richard Schilbe haven't
made up their minds which new arrival they like best. Richard
is holding his one week old brother, Wayne Arnold, while Donna
stays close to her toy terrier pup, Peggy, which is only five.
inches high and nine inches Iong. The family belongs to Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Schilbe, Zurich. (Staff Photo),