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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-04-30, Page 1Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. 360 ItanINAZIL ,„x,,16,1..._-.-11.11--1101 No. 16 ZURICH, ONTARIO, APRIL 30, 1958 Centennial Profit Mo ey To Aid Park; Nine an Co mittee to Further Plans The $3,400 debt from :thee Zurich Centennial is to be spent in the developing of the new Community Park, to ethe east of the Arena, it was decided by the publuc meet- ing held in the Town IIadl last Thursday night.. After considerable discussion on various projects and idleeas a vote was taken and showed only three persons opposed to the idea of spending the money on this pro- ject. The three (opponents felt the money sihou'ld be used hi re- pairing the roof .on the Commun- ity Centre, with only the balance to be used in development of the peek. The wish of the meeting was to have a nine man committee set up, with the Lions Club, Ch- amber of Commerce aid Fall Fair board each having three r'apeesr- erntatiives on it. It ds hoped the three organizations will co-oper- ate in making this project a huge success. On Thursday, May 8, this nine man cornrrnirttee is to meet with, the Centennial committee to fur- ther the plans of the turning over of this money to the new project. Ivan Kalbi'deisch, who was prey slident of the 'Centennial, acted as cluairm.an for the meeting, while Wirlbilam Siebert was the secret- ary, _.-o__ J. J. WINTERMEYER TO SPEAK IlERE FRIDAY NIGHT The new leader of the Ont- Wintermeyer will be speaking in the Community Centre, ario Liberal party, John J. Zurich, on Friday, May 2. Mr. Wintermeyer wills be appearing on behalf of Dr. Alex ,Addison, Liberal cand- idate, in the forthcoming by- election Dr. Addison will also address the meeting. Everyone who ,has heard Mr. Wintermeyer reports he lis an outstanding speaker, and the public is cordially in- vited to come out and hear him. Committees Appointed For Fall Fair; This Year To Be Bigger and Better The directors of the Zurich Fall Fair meet in the Town Hall' on Saturday night to appoint come mitltees for all the various depart- ments. Other year this job was left until, a few weeks (before the fair, but in an all out effort to make this year bigger and better than ever, the board is speeding up all the different branches of the eo2 ganizatio'n so 'they may all arrange to have plenty of variety on hand twlhaun.. the beg day. arrivees. AS:has Ibeee 'eprrevueausly- an:eon;uvc- ed, the fair. wwil1 be held an Fri- day, September 20, and Monday, September 22. Various committees set up, with the first named as chairman in each case are: property, Arnold Merhner, Walter Eckel, Dennis Bedard; midway, V. L. Becker, Edward Schroeder, Leroy Thiel; entertainment HerbTurkh'eim, Leroy Thiel, Bert McBride; hor- ses, Edward Schroeder, Bert Mc - Beide, Otto Willett; cattle, Bent Klapp, Carl Willett, Waiter Eek - el; poultry, Leonard Merrier, Mrs. Clifford Pepper; grain, seed and horticulture, Dennis Bedard; domestic, all: the lady associate directors; advertising and public- ity, Herb Turkheam,, Clifford Pep- per. e!p- Carl Oestreicher, a group leader of the 4-H Calf Club was present at the meeting •and told of the activities of their group. He eel- s° elso started that any young boy or girl had until May 1, to join. The possibility 'af organizing a Dairy Calf Club was also discussed. Clifford Pepper, V. L. Becker and Herb Turkheenm were appo"lnu • ted as the three representatives of the Fair Board to sit on a T`B..Association Elects Officers committee for the development of the new Community Park. Much discussion took place in .regards: to .the raising of money to wipe out the deficit the fair board has. While the amount they are in the red' is only about $200, the dir'ect'ors felt it would ,be nice to start the fair this year with no deebts, against it. Inc order to raise some money, a cash bingo Will be hell h the very Wean fut- ure, uture, audit is expected both, the •Lw1'a5: dCll ib enzd;C 1-ra ii boor hit ' Come coerce' will help to promote this event. Judge Frank Fingland, Clinton, was elected honorary president of the Huron 'County Tuberculosis As'socib,tion at its annual meeting. Other officers are: Past presi- dent, Elmer Bell, QC, Exeter; presiedent, Glenn Hays, QC, (G.oderic•1n:; first vice-president, H. A. McDermiett, Fordwich, sec- ond vice-president J,, E. McKin- ley, Zurich; executive secretary, Mrs. J. B. Russell, Seaforth; chair- men of committees, Chrlatmas seas, F. E. 'Madill, Winnghani; re- habilitation, J. E. McKinley; case - finding, D. L. 'Stewart, Seafeeeth; advisory, Dr. R. M. Addis:, Goder- ich. Report 'of the treasurer Show- ed $$12,155.97 in receipts for Chri- stmas seals for 1957, an increase of $480 over the previous year. Guestspeaker was D. M. Mas- on, rehabilitation officer at Beck Memorial Sanatotauni, London. LITS TO CANVASS FOR CANCER TUESDAY The members of the Zurich Lions Club will conduct a blitz of the village on Tues- day night, May 6, to collect for the Canadian Cancer So- ciety. The canvass will start at 7 p.m., and various teams will call on every home during the course of the evening. Have your !donations ready when the canvasser calls, and sup- port this very worthy cause. 0 Home Show Attended By Over 300 Persons Twelve Pages CLEAN 'EM UP, BOYS. Members of Zurich Lions Club staged a Car Wash on Saturday afternoon, and raised close to $1 00 for community welfare work. Washing this car, left to right are, Delbert Geiger, Don O'Brien, Lloyd O'Brien, chairman of the project, and Doug O'Brien. Another such event is planned for the third week in May. (Staff Photo) Farmers Union to Sponsor Meeting Continuing a practice begun at the Hast provincial election, the Huron District, Ontario Farmers Unionare sponsoring a meeting in the Town Hall, Hensall, on the evening of May 6, when electors of Huron riding may hear both oandndates,i.rie the comeiig by-elec_ A Dr. thou: Alex Addison, Clinton " nton tes t Liberal candidate and Charles MacNaughton, Progressive Con- servative candidate will each have time for a 20 -minute speech, plus a five minute reply. A question and answer period will follow. It is expected that Gordon Hill, Varna, provincial president of the Ontar o Farmers Union will be oresent and Robert Taylor, county director will be chairman. o Lions Wash Cars, Raise Close to 100 The carwash held in Zuriee on Saturday afternoon, sponsored by the Lions Club, was a decided success with :almost $100 being realized from the project. Shortly after one o'clock members of the chub started washing cars, and they worked right through until seven o'clock that night. Chairman of the project was The Hoarse Improvement Show held in tithe Community Centre 'last Thursday night, sponsored by Gerald Gingerich, was a terrific success, with over 350 people be- ing present. Representatives of various companies were present and showed pictures to the crowd, as' well as demonstrating all their different .products. Three lucky draws were held, with the winners ,being; First, Cleveland Gi.ngeridh, second, Neil Gingerich and 'third Thomas Mey- ers. The members of the Lake- view Literary Society served the refreelunents, and free gifts were distributed to everyone present. The staff m'ennbers of Gingerich's discussed problems with different customers who were interested in various articles. 0 Trip To Bracebridge Ke'ilth Westlake and Harvey Rohner delivered a concrete vault to Bracebridge last tiFriday. The firm of Haberer-Westlake have been taking out an average ref seven or eight vaults each week for (the past dew weeks, aid were delivering this one for a funeral home in Windsor. ay Fisher Entertains Chamber; Plans of Fair Board Approved Ray Fisher ,entertained menib- ers of the Zurich and District Chamber •of Commerce at their regular meeting last Tuesday ni- ght' at h's farm. ' Other guests were• members of the TawwYanew Oouncilr'and..alrarf "Ciif'fortd^''user acrid .EEdwar•d•f4,.: oe ua t etre, ing. the Fail Fair board. The•Chacr).bes approved .the idea • MORNING MAIL NOT AFFECTED BY D.S.T. William Siebert, the local postmaster, announces that there will be no change in dispatch and arrival 'time• of mails in the morning due to daylight saving •time. How- ever, the afternoon mail win be leaving and arriving one hair later than ordinarily. At 4.45 p.m. ,the carrier leav- es Zurich for Hensall, and at 5.46 he arrives: back in Zu- rich.. •U1'oyd O'Brien, and the proceeds are to be used for the community park project. Another similar day will be held again in May. Local Ball Team To Hold Annual; Fan Support Needed To Carry On The annual meeting of the Zu- rich Lumber Kings baseball team will be h;e1d in the Zurich Town Hall on Thursday night, May 1. A good turnout at this meeting will 'assnare fans of a good ball club for the coming season. As the warmer weather ap- proaches the baseball fever is starting to hit 'focal sportsmen, and the main topic of coiwersat- ion around town is ball. All of last years team is still ay.ailab'.le, as well as several new players with whom negotiations are now being carried out. Jim Attila., who pitched for Zurich several years ago, is again back in Zurich for a tryout with the local squad. Last year Ivan Kalbfleisch was president of the local group, and Leroy Thiel was secretary-treas'- u2 er. Tom Rawlings was the team manager and it is the hope of local fans that he will again carry on in this capad]ty. The most important factor in the forming of a. club is the sine poet of the fans, and they can show just that by attending this annual meeting (on Thursday ni- ght. On Friday night, May 9, the next regular meeting of the Hur- on Perth League is to be'held in .the Zurich Town Hall. o ---- Of holding the fair this year be- side of the arena, • and also voted their support to the fair in any possible way they could be of .ase, sistande ore'lona • Bte1 it the fide. tat' dbing the pee M1i)eehockey, system - innl Zuricin: during the, past winter. Dennis Bedr!de ,presicdent of the .orga.niza.tion, 'along witht . IKallbfieisdh ;and Ray Fisher Were . appointed to attend the Chamber convention in Kitdhe,ner on May 7, 8 and 9. The reeve and members of the council discussed and explained the set-up in connection with the proposed purchase of the lake property to be used for a Town- ship Park. Albert Kalbfl'eisch very capab- ly 'thanked Ray Fisherfor his splendid hospitality. Premier Frost Coming To Hur n Riding OnMy8 Premier Leslie Frost will be in Goderich on Thursday, May 8, and a reception in the Collegiate aud- itorium in :the county town has been planned for that evening. St is an open meeting. The Premier will give a short address. Charlie' MacNannghFon, the Progressive Conservative candidate will join him in the reception line New Danceland Opens on Friday The (grand opening of the Blue - water Daenceland will take place on Friday night; May 2. Located at the former St. Joseph's Ar - port, this building was the former barracks block, and it has been completely renovated and re -dec- orated to make one of the most attractive dance balls in Western Ontario. There are approximately 2,600 sq. ft. of dancing space a- vailable, 'and there. will also be lunch room faciluties. Desjarcline, Orchestra, will be playing for dancing every Friday night, and (reservaftions can be made for any special events and wedding receptions. A special feature of the opening night its free admission to all ladies. An extra large crowd is expeoted Itis attend :this grand opening event. 0 O'Bri