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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-08-13, Page 1No. 31 ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1958 12 Pages WILLING WORKERS. This group of hard working fellows paused long enough to have their picture taken, while they were helping harvest the crops at the farm of Clif- ford Weido. They were busy drawing the grain to the barn and elevating it into the granary. Left to right are: Harry Smith, Douglas Shirray, John Soldan, Mac McLean, Albert Shirray, Lloyd Mousseau, Alvin Rader and Glen Weido. (Staff Photo) School Area Board Calls Tenders For Transportation; Hires Teacher pt ,heir regular meeting in the ;,township office last Wednesday 1rt, theboard of the Hay Town- ship School Area s:et a 1958 rate orf ten mills for speoiall school Bevy, the sanre rate as in 1957. Transportation contracts for four different routes in the area are to be called for, and tenders are to be in by the end of this week. The tender will have to supply his own insurance. A .load Money and Alk Bottles Stolen S , turday Morning of about half a dozen pupils from the. at part of 'the township who forriaexiily were taken to SS -'3 will now be brought into the Zurich school. The application of Mrs. Norma Siebert as Home Economics tea- cher in the Zurich school for the coming year was accepted. The board decided to purchase 25 new desks for SS 4. A local :firm, Stade and Weid'o, were given the job to Install new eavestroughs on SS 3 and SS 12. They were aflsa instructed to check the furnaces in both these two schools. A new type of theft Mt the village of Zurich: last Friday night. Milk bottles with the money in tihetn were stolen from more than a dozen different homes. The (places hit were spread out .throughout the entire village. The theft was first noticed on Saturday enarning by the local milkman, Francis Nipper. On one street he came upon •three or four houses in a row where no milk bottles were sitting on the steps, as they ordinarily are. At the residence of Albert Kalbtleisch he enquired to. see it they had set out ,bottles or not, and found out they had been an the steps, ns was customary. From there he checked all the other places where bottles are &usually out, and found they had been stolen. The amount of money stolen is estimated to be around $115,, while Mr. Kipper figures the loss of bottles will amount to six or seven dollars. Police who are investigating have The theory that bottles and money, both, were taken to avoid snaking any noise in shaking the money out. The bottles will in all probability be confiscated. - -o-Professor and Mrs.. Herbert Kabbifiedseh, London, were Sunday rrisirtors in Zurich, also attending the i afrbfleiseh Reunion. at Cedar- grove Park. Special Service At Blake Church A special program tor re- dedication will be held at Blake. A. Mennonite Church •o-n - Sunday, Augqusrt 17 at 130. Opening devotions will be in • charge of Albert Martin, while, Soloman Baechler will give the history of the church building. Gordon E:nb will give a report on behalf of the building .committee, and Hen- ry Yantzi, Tavistock, « 11. pr- each the dedication sermon. The complete interior of the church has recently been ren- ovated, with much of the work being done by volunteer help. Pastor of the congregation is Eiphriam Gingerich. Friends and Neighbours Invade eido Farm, Harvest 70 Acres In Day Twenty-five neighbours and friends invaded the farm of Clifford Weido, two and a half miles east of Zurich, on Saturday, and completely harvested his total crop,. consisting of close to 75 acres. Mr. Weido who was a patient in a London hospital at the time, has since returned to his home. Showing Mr. Weido what true friendship really means, the neigh- bours and friends came to his farm with eight combines and soon had his entire crop in the barn. Six combines were working in one field at the same time when this reporter visited the farm. Shortly afterwards two more came and joined in the bee. While the combines were work- ing there were two wagons draw- ing the grain into the granary. Operating the combines were: Wes Richardson, Hensel], on a combine owned by Ross Richard- son; Gordon Coleman, Wayne Wil- lert, operating Glen Weido's com- bine; Oscar Miller, Dashwood, op- erating Mr. Weido's combine; Laird Jacobe and Charles Robin- son. Later combines owned by Harry Armstrong and Leonard Erb came to assist. Henry Adkins and Ian McAll- ister were operating their wagons and tractors transporting the grain to the barn. At the barn Alvin Rader, Mac McLean, John Soldan and Lloyd Mousseau were seeing to it that the grain got to the right places. All this action started in the morning,- and in the afternoon, other helpers who arrived were 'John Erb, Ian Dick, Doug Dick and Ed Funk. Harry Smith also helped truck the grain to the barn with his truck. A brother of the sick man, Glen Weido, super- vised the work and found some- thing for all the men to do. Cleans Stables Another good friend, Albert Shirray, and his son from Hensall, joined the bee. Feeling there was enough help at the harvesting, Mr. Shirray and his son gave all the stables a complete cleaning. No one put in an idle moment, as was easily seen by the amount of work done. Feeds Group While all this was taking place outside, another job was to be done in the house. Mrs. Weido, along with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Lauretta Weido, were busy getting food ready for the large gang. No doubt after all the work was completed, the men ate a hearty meal. This was the second bee held for Mr. Weida. Last weak, Ed- ward Schroeder,Earl Dignan, Wesley Rader, Ted Steinbach and John Soldan helped Glenn Weida take off his brother's wheat. Village Trustees Let Cement J 11b; Discuss Policeman Meeting in the Township office on Monday night, the Zurich. vil- lage trustees accepted the tender of the Hannah District Co-op to suppfiiy 3501rags• of ,cement for new sidewallks in the village. The work has already begun on the new walks, and should be comp- leted in a couple of weeks. A new stretch is being built on the main street from the Bank of Montreal north to the Deitz block. In other business the council set the 1958 tax rate at 15 mills. Considerable discussion took place in regards to the hiring of a town constable, but a couple of members of the council felt it was not- necessary, and that the town could not afford it. SIX COMBINES were working in one field at the same time when this picture was taken at the farm of Clifford Weido, With additional help later, the men harvested close to 70 acres in the day. From the left are: Wes Richardson, Gordon Cole- man, oleman, Wayne Willert, Laird Jacobe, Ian McAllister, Oscar Miller, Charles Robinson and Henry Adkins. (Staff Photo)