HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-05-28, Page 1N. 20
ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1958
12 Pages
$15,000 Loss At Etue Barn Fire
70 Pigs Bur: ed; Plans To Rebuild
Fire of undetermined origin on
Sunday might completely destroy-
ed .the 38X56 barn and 30X40
chicken house and pig pen on the
,Barr of Kenneth Etue, RR 2,
Zurich.
Lost in the blaze were 67 to
70 pigs, some of them ready for
shipping, almost 85 bags of fert-
ilizer, ramid a quantity of grain.
Dennis Denrommne, who lives on
the farm and operates it on a
share basis; said he first noticed
the flames about 10.30 p.m., when
he was going out to see a sow
WHAT A MESS! Dennis Ducharme, RR 2, Zurich, tells Fire Chief Milton Deitz,
as he looks over the ruins after the barn fire at Etue's on Sunday night. Dennis had
been working the farm on shares with the owner, Ken Etue, and in this building which
they are looking at, close to 70 pigs were burned. This picture is an end view of the
pig pen and chicken barn, and in the background a portion of the main barn can be
seen. The fire was one of the worst to hit this district for some time. (Staff Photo)
Two Schools In Area To Get New
Heating Systems; thers To Be Painted
As a result of the recent in-
spection tour of township schools,
the Hazy T,awnship School Area
bound .decided ttci ca:12 tenders fax
various robs that are to be done
to the schools ,this summer. Two
of them are to have new heating
syateans, two are to have new
roofs installed, and several ,otih-
ers are to be painted bath inside
and out. All work is to be com-
pleted
onpd ed during the summer holi-
days.
In other business rthe board
gave a slight increase ;in salary
to music teachers Douglas Gill
and Lawrence Wein: Both had
requested the same.
An school pictures this yeas
ase to be taken by Jack Doerr,
photographer, instead of having a
member of different pictures tak-
en by different photographers..
Lions Tour Large
Mobile Home
Plant in Hensall
Members of the Zurich. Lions
Club were privileged to have as
their ,guest at their dinner meet-
ing on Wednesday night William
C. Smith, general. manager of
General 'Coach Works., Hennsain.
After the dinner part of the meet-
ing at the Dominions Hotel, an
the members went over to Hens-
on,
en,ani, where Mr. Smith. conducted
tin, on a tour of the factory.
I'n addressing the club in Zur-
ilch, he told how the mobile home
business an Canada is 'expanding,
and show many towns are spring-
ing up in the north country con-
sisting mainly of annobilte homes,.
Mr. Smith formerly worked far
Generali Coach in their home
plant at Marlette, 112ichigan, and
moved to Henson when the Aaner-
iroan firm started operations in
that mown. the was introduced by
Len Herb Tunakheirn and thanked
by Lian, Ivan Yungbltu,t.
In the tour of the factory, the
clubmembers. saw mobile homes
div ail the various: stages of con-
struction,
ons truction, . They were able rib
view the starting paint of the
assembly line, and follow art throu-
gh Until "t,'he homes. were ce mplllete-
ly f'ialisnae!d.
The board also decided they
would 'erect a new fence between.
the Zurich sohroal grounds and the
larthe.raneeernetery iif the chnurth
wished to have one burnt,
Ray Fisher, chairman of the
board, was in charge of the meet-
ing, held last Wednesday night
in the office of the secretary, H.
W. Brokenshire.
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NEW VETERINARIAN: Di's.
,Coxon and Leitch, Zur"ych,
•have announced the taking
into partnership of Dr. Doug-
las S. Milder, formerly of Fer-
gus. He is a recent graduate
of the Veterinary College at
OAC in Guelph, and will com-
mence his duties immediately.
New PUC Building
Started in Hensall
(lay our Henson Correspondent)
Henson Public Utilities :Com-
mission
Commission started operations on their
new ;building on, Monday. The
building, 70x20, costing aproxi n-
atedy $9,000, will feature •a show
room, office, warehouse and gar-
age. It will be built of cement
block With an attractive front,
and will be situated on the main
street of the village.
Cosaiveau, Construction, Zurich,
are laying the cement blocks and
doing the cement work, and
Libyd's Couastrtiction, Henson, the
carpentry work.
Have Your Car
Washed Clean
By A. Lion!
The members of the Zurich
Lions Club wiiBll a be s+pon-
sasng a CJar asln .;n dhoii.t
of the fire hall on Saturday
afternoon, May 31.
For $,1, one can have his
car completely .cleaned, inside
and out. As well, they will
be donating to a very wonthy
cause,
Proceeds of the car wash
will go to the developing of
the chiidren.'s ;playground in
the new Community Park.
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New 'Phone Books
Arriving Soon
The new 1958 telephone direct-
ories are being delivered to the
district this week. Instead of the
usual picture of the University
of Western Ontario on the front,
this year's book shows a picture
of Allkna College in St. Thomas.
The books are pretty much the
same as in previous years. One
big change, however, is the plac-
ing of dial letters in front of the
numbers for London. After June
1, all London 'numbers will bear
the aettems GE, GL, or HU.
Subscribers are asked to take
care of their books so they will
last for a fulfil year.
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Farm Union Aids
Cancer Fund
Huron's Cancer Fund was bol-
stered by $75 following efforts of
the Huron County Farmers' Un-
ion. Proceeds from an amateurr
and variety show, held in the Sea -
forth District High School F'rniday
night, were •turnned over to the
cancer sooierty.
Fred Dobbs, Exeter, head of the
Huron County cancer organiza-
tion, spoke an the need of money
for research work. He. stressed
that everyone should db their
share to help combat this disease.
He expressed thanks, to the Fann-
ers' 'Intern for their efforts.
Chairman man for the program was
Bob Taylor, Huron director for
the union. On behalf of the union
he thanked those 'that attended
and ,those that panticipattetd and
helped make the show a success.
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GRADUATES : Charles Ed-
ward Albeit KaLbfleisch, Lan-
don, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Herbert Kalbfleisch, London,
received his Bachelor of :Arts
d?gre at„, kir Qllvo tioaa :ef
• University of Western •Ontar-
io on Saturday afternoon Mr.
Ka(Ubfleistch will commence
t'eachliang duties at Norwich
High School this fall.
Baseball pens
Tonight in Zurich
Zurich Lumber'kings will
open their home schedule in
Huron -Perth baseball tonight,
when they take on the Dash-
wood Tigers.
Zurich has won both games
they have played so far this
season, while Dashwood has
won the only game they have
played.
Game time is 6.30 p.m.
which was expected; to have young
ones; He tried to get the door op-
en to the pig pen, but the heat
was. too strong, so he immediately
started clearing things out of the
bacon, which was only a few fent
away from the burnfi;ng building.
He managed to ,get five bead of
cattle out of the barn, and also
pulled a manure spreader, seed
drill, and ,plough out.
Three -Decker Building
The bui'Idi:ng in which the fire
originated was a three -decker,
combination pig and chicken basin.
The roof was sheet metal. At
the east end of this building there
was a .driving shed adjoining, and
it alliso burned down.
The barn, which was 38X56,
was L-shaped, with ,a large straw
shed on the east end. The roof
of it was shingle, and this helped
the ]lire to spread quacldly. Just
seven or eight years ago a new
foundation was set under the
barn, and the interior corniplettetly
re-buidt to accomodate 70 head of
cattle.
Three Fire Trucks
.Fire brigades from Zurich and
Bayfield were called, but by the
,titre- they arrived the fire was too
well advanced to do any goad.
Bayfield sent rtwa trucks down,
one of which wais responsible for
the saving of a barn on the newt
fatran, owned by Norman Overholt.
A strong north wind carried burn-
ing embens quite a distance, and
at ,one time during the bertha
of the blaze the barn on this farm •
bad .caught fire only to be quick1
exbinquurhefl^ 1 ttlne,• BaynetGd” WI—
Bade.
The Zurich brigade stood by at
the Ertare farm, in ease of the
house or any other adjoining
buildings catching fire.
When the fire was at its worst,
people from as far away as 25
miles came and repented being
able to see the blaze in the sky.
The Zurich Fire Brigade, which
was the first on the scene, report-
ed that they could not see any
sign of fire at all until they were
within a couple of miles of the
farm.
The total loss is estimated to
be at least n5,000, probably high-
er. Part of it is covered by in-
surance.
Mr. Etue, who resides in. Sea -
forth, said he pians on erecting
a new barn on the 200 acre farm.
TOUGH GOING! Work is progressing rapidly on the
reconstruction of the Blue Water Highway, west of Zur-
ich. Here workmen are busy breaking up an old cement
buttment to make way for a new bridge, just south of
St. Joseph. Using on air hammer in the trench to break
the cement is Willie Overholt, while behind him is Sam
Masse and another unidentified workman. (Staff Photo)