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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-11-05, Page 1No. 43 ZURIC ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1958 To } nship Urges County Action On dies Threat; Discuss Office Site Bay Township council passed a resolution at their meeting on Monday requesting the Huron County council to take immediate action in regards to the current outbreak of rabies in the county. The resolution, which will be pres- ented at the county council meet- ing next week goes on to say that the township council feels that clinics should be established for vaccination of all dogs, and that the bounty on foxes should be in- creased. Carl Decker appeared before council with a request to have a municial drain established on his property. The necessary applica- tion forms were filled out. A request from the town of Ex- eter to forward a resolution to the Minister of Justice requesting am- endments be made to the Canada Temerance Act was filed. Council felt that such a resolution would be of Little value. Retaining fees of $125 for fire protection was ordered paid to the villages of Zurich, Dashwood and Hensel]. A request for fire protec- tion information from the Depart- ment of Lands and Forests was handed over to the village of Zu- 12 Pages rich to be answered, The council felt that since they do not own the fire -fighting equipment it was not up to them to answer the questionnaire. Discussion took place at the meeting in regards to the moving of the township office. A report from the engineer showed that there was not enough land left at the south of the hall to build an addition, so council decided to ask a local builder, Donald Oke, to bring in plans for the renovation of the Town Hall into offices. A tile drainage loan of $600 was approved for Charles Tuckey, and one for $3,000 was approved for Bruce Tuckey. The next meeting of the coun- cil will be on Monday, December 1, at 1.30 p.m. 0 OPEN HOUSE Many friends and relatives at- tended the open house at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hay last Wednesday in honour of their 40th wedding anniversary. Serving tea on the occasion were the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Hay. Blind Campaign Over The Top! People of Zurich and dist- rict are to be congratulated for their splendid response to the campaign for the Canad- ian National Institute for the Blind. The quota has now been reached, and the amount donated has gone to $25 above the $300 amount expected of this community. It is believed that Zurich is the first location in this part of the country that has gone over the top in this drive. Chairman of the camp- aign here is Jack Bannister, manager of the local branch of the Bank of Montreal. Officials Look To Nomination Dav, Few Men Ready To Make Decisions With nomination day only a few weeks away many of the present officials have now voiced their intentions to this newspaper. While it is not definite, it appears as if there may be an election in the township. The present deputy -reeve, Alex Mousseau, has indicated that he may be interested in running for reeve if there is an election. Reeve V. L. Becker has announced his intentions of again asking the peo- ple to return him to the chief magistrate's office. According to Mr. Becker there are a number of Lions Club Hears Deputy -Governor, Donate To Scouts and Springhill District Deputy -Governor Harv- ey Webster, Lucknow, was the guest speaker at the regular meet- ing of the Zurich Lions Club held at the Dominion Hotel on Monday night. He was introduced by zone chairman Bob McKinIey, of the Zurich club. In his address to the club, gov- ernor Webster praised the local group for their activities, and re- <vr MR. AND MRS. CHESTER L. SMITH were honoured at the annual meeting of the Huron County Publishers Association held in the Dominion Hotel, Zurich, lost Sat- urday. An engraved silver serving tray was presented to Mr. Smith in recognition of his 43 years as publisher of the Zurich Herald. J. M. Southcott, of the Exeter Times Ad- vocate, senior member of the association, made the presentation, On the right bock is A. Laurie Colquhoun, publisher of the Clinton News -Record and the Zurich Citizens News, who is president of the Publishers Association. (Citizens News Photo) marked that he was glad to see the organization sponsor minor sports. He told of how the Luck - now club has 95 members, but he feels this is too many, and a smal- ler group can work so much more efficiently. Mr. Webster spoke of the convention which was held in Chicago this past year, and also announced that this year's con- ventions will be held in New York and Windsor. He urged as many as possible to attend either or both of these two get-togethers. Deputy -governor Webster was thanked by Lion Russel Grainger, and given a small gift in remenib- race of :his visit. Lion Leroy O'Brien gave a re- port on the recent rally held at Arthur, which was attended by a number of the Zurich members. Lion Hubert Schilbe gave a re- port on the Lions sponsored dances which will start on Friday, Nov- ember 14, with Desjardine orches- tra supplying music for the seas- on. The dances will be held every Friday night. A committee of Ivan Kalbfleisch, Lloyd O'Brien, Don Oke, Jake Haberer, Herb Turkheim, and Morris Webb was appointed to investigate the possibility of pur- chasing a home in Zurich and re- modelling it for resale. Donations of $50 each were made to the Springhill Disaster Fundand the Zurich Boy Scouts. Four members of the Parkhill club were present at the meeting as guests. items of unfinished business he would like to see cleaned up be- fore he retires from municipal of- fice. However, Mr. Mousseau has made it clear that he will not cause an election, but if there is one he will seek the reeveship. Two council members have both indicated they will again seek re- election to the council. Karl Hab- erer and Jack Corbett, both new men on the council last year, have stated that they will seek re- election. While he has not con- firmed the report, it is the gener- al belief that if Mr. Mousseau runs for reeve Karl Haberer will step up for the position of deputy- reeve, eputyreeve, The other member of last year's council, William Davidson, has not definitely made up his mind, but says that he will know definitely next week what his intentions are. While it is unknown to most people in the township, a dark horse candidate seems to be possi- ble for the position of councillor, or perhaps even for the job of reeve. More particulars on this matter will be available as nom- ination day draws nearer. ZURICH TRUSTEES In the village of Zurich two of the present trustees have definite- ly stated that they will accept the office for another year, Cousins Harold and Leroy Thiel have both given this paper their intentions of again seeking re-election, while,. veteran councillor Lloyd O'Brien -fix' has not yet decided what ,he wants to do for,the next term. All in all, it appears as if an election could be held in both the township and the village. 0 Luther League Rally Ixn Zurich. The Luther League of the Strat- ford Conference will hold its Fall Rally in St. Peter's Lutheran Ch- urch on Sunday, November 9. The theme for the rally is "Christ and Youth". Professor R. C. Teigen, Waterloo, will speak on. the theme. One hundred delegates are ex- pected to attend. The sessions will be held in the afternoon. The even- ing service will commence at 7.30 o'clock. Publishers Honour Local Couple At Convention In 'Dominion Hotel At a meeting of the Huron Coun- ty Publishers Association in Zur- ich on Saturday, special honour was paid to Chester L. Smith, vet • eran publisher in the county. Pres- entation of engraved silver serving tray was made by J. Melvin South- cott, of the Exeter Times -Advocate, senior member of the association. Since 1914 when he and his wife moved to the village, Chester Smith was publisher of the Zurich Herald, until the end of December, 1957. They are continuing in the trade to a certain extent as Mr. Smith keeps on with his work in job printing. The meeting was in the Dornin• ion Hotel in Zurich. Barry Wenger, publisher of the Wingham Advance -Times is the new president of the Association, with Cyril Snowden of the Sea forth News, the new vice-president. Business of the meeting was chaired by A. Laurie Colquhoun, publisher of the Clinton News - Record and the Zurich Citizens News, now past president of the group, which includes the Goderich Signal -Star, the Huron Expositor, Seaforth News ' and the Blyth Standard. Of great interest to the publish- ers was preliminary discussion of a project whereby the entire his- tories of the communities they ser- ve, as shown in the files of papers published, could be recorded on microfilm in a very small area compared to the present storage space necessary for bound copies of the newspapers. Some of the weeklies in the county are about 100 years old, and files of all issues have been kept. The thought was that possibly the County Historical Committee would have funds available with which they would like to purchase copies of such microfilmed records, It was thought also that local lib- raries might be interested in pur- chasing copies. At the meeting it was decided that the Zurich Citizens News should become a member of the Huron County Rublishera Associa- tion,