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No. 21 ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1958
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WANT YOUR BUILDING MOVED?, asks Hay Township deputy reeve Alex Mous-
seau as he moves this barn down the road. The building was purchased by Edgar
Steinback, sitting on the tractor to the right, from Gordon Hess, and was moved
to the Steinback farm south of Zurich. Operating the other tractor is Joe Hoffman,
while Alex Mousseau is supervising the job from the rear. Perhaps while Mr. Mous-
seau is in the mood for moving buildings. he will go at the township office next.
(Staff Photo)
rueef field, Vairna-Preseitaetit .'ons
Both Villages To Have Street Lights
Members of the .Stanley Town-
ship Council met in the Township
Hall, Varna, on Monday night,
with al lrnembers present. A peti-
tion was received from rate -pay-
ers of Brucefield and Varna re-
gand6ng street lights for both vile
lazes. Having the required numb-
er of signers, council instructed
the clerk to get in touch; with .the
Ontario Hydro and take necessary
steps to have a 'by-law drawn up
to complete the work.
The clerk was.also instructed
to leave a by-law drawn up, es
per Section 390 of the Ontario
Municipal Act in regards to the
erecting of only one dwelling on
each flet in a sub -division.
General accounts of $1,648.31
and road vouchers of $7,570.41
ordered paid. Council will
again on July 7.
were
meet
0
Attend Graduation
Mrs. Wesley Coxon and Sue
Anne attended the Graduation
Class of Loretto Academy, Strait -
ford, of her niece Joan Overholt,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Overholt, on Wednesday, May 28.
Other guests from. Zurich includ-
ed, Mrs. Charles Thiel and Mary
Ellen, Mrs. Herb Mousseau and
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Black.
Reception was held at the Opti-
mist Hall, Stratford.
Michael O'Rourke Loses Part of Hand
lin Drainage Machine Accident Monday
Michael O'Rourke, RR 3, Dash-
wood, lost most of his right hand
Sate Monday when kit caught in
same machinery with which he
was working in a drainage proj-
ect It happened on his birthday.
The youth ;is employed by Wil-
liam Campbeal, Seaforth, a drain-
age and the contractor. The hand
was examined first in Exeter and
then O'Rourke was taken to Lon-
don for surgery.
Lions Club Raises
$65 Imo. Car Wash
The members of the Zusnidh Lions
Club held another successful carr
wash this (past Saturday after-
noors and realized $65 for their
efforts.
Although the rain held the wash
anp for some time, the same am-
ount of cars as usual. were washed.
Many American visitors who were
in the district took advantage of
the chance to have their cars
cleaned, and helped to make the
event a stuoeess.
Zurich Water Is
Listed as Class A
On April 15, 1958, Mr. W. A.
Steggles, an engineer with the
Ontario Water Resources, made
an inspection. of the Zurich Water
Works System, and in the report
sent back to superintendent Mil-
fred Schilbe, the water sample
is listed as Class A.
In reviewing the changes in the
system since the last inspection,
it is notedthat 500 feet of two
to two and a half inch galvanized
matins had been added to the
system. Two deep wells supply
the water, but only one is in
.operation.
It is also noted on the report
.that the wooden tank reservoir
has a capacity of 65,000 .gallons
of water. There are 237 water ser-
vices in the village, and two hy-
drants, with one more to be added
in the near future.
Culvert and i{ redging Contracts Let,
Lakefront Gives Council Problems
Hay Township Council at their
regular monthiy meeting on Mon-
day night, lent the contract for the
concrete culvert on Percy Camp-
bell's sideroad. to C. A. McDow-
ell Construction: Company, Cent-
ralia. His price was $1,715, Low-
est of .the three tenders received.
Third reading of the Anderson
municipal drain was heard, after
which the contract for dredging
was let to William Lawrence, Zu-
rich, .for the sum of $1,035. It
was the only tender received by
council for this work. .
W. R. Dougal, Hensall, the
weed inspector, brought a report
to council and requested to have
weed spraying done in certain
areas. Discussion took place in
regards to the spraying of weeds
on the roadsides throughout the
township, but no action was taken
on this matter.
Cottages and sud-divisions con-
tinue to be a problem for the
Township Council. Norman Turn-
bull was present again with a re-
quest for the council to come to
a decision in regards to his pro-
posed sub -division, and the de -
'mending ng of their green areas of
same. Another request was pre-
sented by Dominic and Pete Jef-
frey. Clayton Bossenberry, Det-
roit., appeared before council with
a request to repair the road into
William E. Robinson, son of
Mr .and Mrs. Richard Robin-
son, Zurich, has recently been
appointed as Assiiistant Manag-
er .of radio station 'CKSL in
London, Mr. Robinson has been
connected with the radio sta-
tion since it's organization sev-
eral years ago. Prior to his
joining the staff of the radio
station he had spent seven years
working in the bank.
the cottages at Ducharme beach.
Apparently a ditching contractor,
Bob Raweliffe, Hensall, had done
some ditch work in the division
and had left the road in poor con-
dition. Another complaint was re-
ceived by Mr. Brock, London, who
was charged on his taxes with
hawing weeds cut around his cot-
tage; he claimed to have cut alll
the weeds himself and did not
think he should have to be taxed
for the same.
A request from the committee
in charge of the development of
the new community park to have
the land deeded Let the name of
Hay Township was heard. After
considerable discussion; the coun-
cil felt they should; delay their
decision on the mutter until their
next meeting.
—Deputy Reeve Alex Mousseau
was not present at the meeting.
0
. Painful Injuries
Allan Thiel met with a painful
accident on Saturday, whsle work-
ing on his father's farm on the
Bron: on Lane. Somehow a steel
pipe pierced his leg, and it was
necessary to take hfan to Dr. God-
dard in Hensaill to have stitches
to close the wound. He was able
to return home after medical at-
tention was given him.
$86,000 to be Spent.
On 'Rend. Harbor
Announcement was made in Ot-
tawa on Monday that $86,000
would be spent on harbor im-
provements in Grand Bend.
lira an effort to assist fishermen
and tourist traffic, another 400
feet of steel pipe wall will be ad-
ded to the east limit of the south
pier. Some 14,000 cubic yards
will be dredged from the harbor
to permit a depth of six feet.
During the past several years
fishing tugs have been having
trouble getting in and out of the
harbor due to the shallow water,
and this should ;greatly help the
problem. Announcement of when
the work will be done has not
been made as yet
Women's Institute Annual At Crediton
Desjardine e -ere tett President-7--
The
esid -
The 36th annual District Meet- printed on alt labels, on bottles
containing poison. 2. Study of
Succession duties for widows. 3.
Rehabilitation of women in Re-
form Institutes. 4. Training for
the Retarded Children or others
needing special !attention.
In the afternoon. session, Miss
Shirley Patterson gave a .talk on
Harm Economics. She mentioned
the gratification, of her depart-
ment for the response to the Local
Leaders Training School which
came into being in the fall of
1957. In Ontario 77 Training
Schools were held, 543 groups
were represented and their in-
structed members returned to
their horne Institutes. where they
taught aver 7,000 women in the
different courses offered. Anyone
is welcome to take part in these
courses but they are expected to
teach others what they have learn-
ed. A course suggested for the
coming fall term. is "Sewing to
Save Dollars and Make Sense".
The course will suggest short
tents in sewing, new ideas for
gifts, and small sewing projects.
Your local institute • would like
to lenow haw many girls or wo-
men, in the district would attend
such a course if a teacher is
provided (membership in the In-
stitute is not necessary) . More
details willl be available at a later
date.
The Guelph Conference reports
were given by the District Dir-
ectors, Mrs. Norma Siebert, Zu-
rich•, Mrs. Wood, Manville and
Mrs. Hilda!brecht, Seaforth.
1957 officers were re-elleoted for
another term. In the Salad Tea
Contest " Grandhnothers Quibt Pat-
ches" Seaforth; and Dashwood w'on
first and second places respect-
ively.
During the day those present
were entertained by two musical
numbers, one rendered by the
Manville ladies and another by the
Dashwood ladies.
A delieious puncheon was served.
The 37th annual meeting, to be
held tin 1959, wild be in Grand
Bend at the invitation of the
Grand Bend Institute
ing orf the South Huron Women's
Institute held in Orediton Thurs-
day, May 29, was opened by Mrs.
Emery Desjardine the district pre-
sident.
Attending members were wel-
comed by Mrs. Lamport, Credit-
on, and her address was replied
to by Mrs. ArnoldKuntz, Dash-
wood.
After the roll call and the min-
utes' of the last annual meet`ng
were read, Mrs. J. D. Hassock,
the Provincial Board director
spoke on ratification of district
directors. Mrs. Alex Hamilton,
Grand Bend, then gave the treas-
urer's report. and informed the
meeting that district institutes had
donated ewer $1,200.00 during the
past year, with donations spread
widely, t.ak%n,g in the Canadian
National Institute for the Blind,
Cancer Fund, the South Huron
Hospital, Children's Aid, and
schools for retarded children.
A report on Agriculture and
Canadian Industries was given by
Mrs. Harry Horton, Hensall. Mrs.
Wilfred Coleman, Seaforth report-
ed on Citizenship and Education
and was followed by Mrs. Wilfred
Mack, Crediton, who talked on
Historical Research and Current
Events. In the course of Mrs.
Mack's report she mentioned that
all branches are competing in the
making of histories of the various
communities in the South Huron
Area. Anyone who miglht have a
family tree or other interesting
information or pictures they might
be willing to lend or donate can
be assured they will be well look-
ed .after and preserved,
Home Economics and Health
was reported on by Mrs. James
Drummond, iKippen.
Mrs. A. Orr, Hensall, talked on
Community Activities and Pub-
lic Relations, after which Mrs.
James Scott commented on var-
ious resolutions and mentioned
that, based on some of these, the
faliowing subjects will be studied
during the coming year. 1. Safety
in the Home, (a) Antidotes be