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ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1958
12 Pages
Flat Rate Water Heaters In Zurich
Soon; Boxing Day Declared Holiday
Flat rate water heaters will soon
be available to residents of Zurich.
At their meeting on Monday night
the village trustees passed the idea
of the new system of low rates,
as recently presented by Ontario
Hydro. For a 500 watt heater the
rate will be $2.03 monthly; 600
watt heater, $2.43; 800 watt, $3.01,
and 1,000 watt, $3.60. Any person
wanting to come under this new
rate will need to have their tanks
insulated.
In other business the trustees
decided to discontinue the meter
rental charge on demand meters.
The fee had been 50 cents per
month.
Friday, December 26 has been
declared as Boxing Day, and the
council is requesting everyone to
observe it as such.
A grant of $60 was made to the
Zurich and District Chamber of
Commerce, to help them with var-
ious activities they are undertak-
ing in the community.
Many complaints have been re-
ceived by the council in the past
few weeks regarding low voltage,
which is causing considerable in-
terference with television sets. The
situation is to be investigated.
Notices of "No Parking" on the
main streets et Zurich between 2
a.m. and 7 a.m. are again being
Lions Bingo In
Arena To-1\ite
At 8.30 p.m.
The Zurich Lions Club will
be holding their annual Fowl
Bingo in the Community Cen-
tre tonight, Wednesday, at
8.30 p.m. Unlike other years
when they had chickens,
ducks and geese, the Lions
are having only turkeys for
prizes this year. Twenty-five
games will be played for 25
turkeys.
The proceeds from these
bingos is used for the Lions
Club service work in this area.
posted. The reason for this is to
aid in snow removal through the
night. Public Utilities manager
Milfred Schilbe was instructed to
have all piles of snow removed
from the main streets again this
winter.
The council decided to investi-
gate prices on a gasoline engine
which could be used as an auxil-
iary pump for the town water
system in a case of emergency.
DASHWOOD and DISTRICT
(MRS. E. H. RADER, Correspondent)
Dashwood WI
The Christmas meeting of the
Dashwood Women's Institute was
held Tuesday, December 2, with
the agriculture and Canadian . in-
dustries group in charge and Mrs.
Emil Becker convener. Christmas
decorations were on display, in-
cluding the nativity scene, and a
Christmas tree. Mrs. Ervin Devine
presided for the program. Roll
call was answered by stating the
strangest gift ever received.
Mrs, Letta Taylor had as her
motto "Christmas Customs in Oth-
er Lands". Mrs. Harold Rader and
Mrs. Charles Snell sang a duet,
Mrs. Wallace Becker read a poem
and Mrs. Ken McCrae gave a play,
"The. Census Taker". Carol singing
was enjoyed.
Mrs. Kuntz presided for the bus-
iness. Donations of $5 to War
Memorial Hospital, London; $10
to the Children's Aid, Goderich,
for Christmas gifts, and $15 to the
Men's Club, Dashwood, to assist
with the children's Christmas
treats, were made.
It was decided to back the reso-
lution on Daylight Saving Time.
Mrs. Ervin Rader reported on the
district executive meeting held in
Hensall last week.
Santa arrived with gifts for all
and Christmas cookies were served
for lunch.
Czar W. Steinhagen
Czar Steinhagen, only son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steinhagen,.
Dashwood, passed away in St.
John's, New Brunswick, on Wed-
nesday, December 3, 1958, in his
53rd year.
He was born in Dashwood and
attended high school at Exeter and
Parkhill. He entered the banking
profession, being employed with
the Canada Bank of Commerce,
serving at Woodstock, Chesley and
Pt. Dalhousie. While•in Woodstock
he played cornet with the Oxford
Rifle Band. He later became man-
ager of the Provincial Bank at St.
John's, New Brunswick, also serv-
ing at Charletown, Moncton and
Windsor.
Surviving besides his parents are
two sisters, Mrs, Hazen (Lulu)
Dark, Windsor, and Mrs. Thomas
(Betty) Smythe, Byron. Funeral
service was held at the T. Harry
Hoffman funeral home in Dash -
Wood on Monday, December 8. In-
terment was made in the Exeter
cemetery, with Rev. W. F. crotz,
officiating.
Dashwood Trustees Elected
By Acclamation
Ervin Rader, Clifford Salmon
and Harold Schroeder were elected
trustees of Dashwood Police Vill-
age by acclamation, Addison Tie -
man was also nominated, but did
not qualify.
The nomination was held in the
Dashwood Men's Club rooms last
Wednesday night.
Dashwood Merry Maids
The 4-H Merry Maids held their
meeting last Saturday at the home
of June and Ruthanne Rader, with
the leaders, Mrs. Sid Baker, Mrs.
Arnold Kuntz, and nine girls pres-
ent.
The meeting opened with the
4-H pledge. Mrs. Kuntz reviewed
the facts about flour mixture. Un-
der the supervision of the leaders,
the girls made date and oatmal
squares and macaroni and cheese.
Home assignment: make one dish
from rolled oats. Prepare a mac-
aroni dish. Hunt up favourite rec-
ipes for fruit loaf. Roll call: "My
favourite recipe for fruit loaf".
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Helen Rader, with
the home economist, Mrs. Shirley
McAllister as guest.
The hostesses served dishes
made with hot cocoa followed by
"God Save the Queen".
Ladies Aid Supper
The combined December meet-
ing and Christmas dinner of the
Evangelical E.U.B. Church Ladies
Aid was held Friday evening with
the husbands and friends as guests.
Sixty-five were present, Mrs. Elv-
en Wiegand was convener,
Following dinner Mrs. Carl Oes-
treicher presided for the business.
It was decided to send $10 to the
Children's Aid at Goderich and al-
so send games. A program follow-
ed.
Stewart Wolfe and Mervyn Tie -
man sang several humorous duets.
Mrs. Don Gaiser, Mrs. Wallace
Becker, and Mrs. Charles Snell
sang, "My Old Kitchen Apron".
Mrs. Elven Wiegand gave a read-
ing. Howard Klumpp showed mov-
ies of local weddings. Mrs, Letta
Taylor spoke on Hawaii, and Mrs.
Klumpp showed movies she had
taken there,
Mr. and Mrs, George Fulcher,
North Bay, spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Genttner
and family.
Miss Barbara Hodgson, Exeter,
spent the weekend with Miss Ilse
Gulens.
Prizes Set For
Decoration Contest
At Christmas
At a special executive meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce on
Monday night plans were finalized
for the "best decorated business
place" and "best decorated home"
contest which is being staged for
the first time in Zurich this year..
In each class the prize money
will be divided as follows: first
prize $10, second prize $6, and
third prize, $4.
Judging of the homes will be
completed the week before Christ-
mas, and the results will be pub-
lished in the special Christmas ed-
ition of this newspaper on Decem-
ber 23.
The contest is being sponsored
jointly by the Chamber of Com-
merce and the village of Zurich,
in the interest of beautifying the
town for Christmas. It is expected
that the competition will build up
each season in the years ahead.
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Hensall. Man Takes
Own Life, Former
Native of Germany
(By our Hensall Correspondent)
Paul Langsum, about 47, a nat-
ive of Germany, was found dead
in his small home near Highway
4 at Hensel]. yesterday evening,
apparently shot by a .22 rifle. Me.
Langsum bought the gun at a vill-
age store last Friday. It is, esti-
Mated `tha't' he hacl' been dead' since
Saturday.
He moved to Hensall from Gode-
rich in 1953 and was employed at
General Coach for some years.
Mr. Langsum lived in a small ce-
ment block home, built cvith steel
rafters, about ten feet square,
much resembling a bomb shelter.
He had never installed hydro.
He had just returned home from
a trip to Western Canada.
The deceased had lived about
80 miles from Berlin, in the Rus-
sian zone, and his mother, brother
and sister still live in Germany.
Constable Cecil Gibbons. OPP,
Exeter, and Constable E. R. Dav-
is, Hensall, investigated. The body
is resting at the Bonthron funeral
home, pending funeral arrange-
ments. No inquest into the death
is expected.
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Christmas Meeting
of C. of Commerce
In. Hotel To -Fite
The Christmas meeting of the
Zurich and District Chamber of
Commerce will be held in the Do-
minion Hotel on Wednesday, Dec-
ember 10, at 6,30 p.m. It will be
in the form of a special Christ-
mas dinner.
Originally it had been planned
to hold the Ladies Night at this
time, but due to the lack of cater-
ers so close to Christmas it was
necessary to postpone this special
night until January or February.
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OiJR APOLOGIES
We owe apologies this week
to a group of Girl Guides and
Brownies, whose picture was
to appear in this issue of the
Citizens News.
Somehow the delivery ser-
vice from London for our plas-
tics got mixed up, and the pic-
tures failed to arrive on time
to be used.
However, we hope to be able
to use the pictures in next
week's issue. There were also
a couple of other interesting
cuts which we had hoped to
use, but which we will have
for next week.
Ice N ow Available hi Local Arena
Free Skating Saturday Afternoons
Christmas Lights
To Be Strung On
Zurich Streets
The main streets of Zurich will
have Christmas lights strung up
within the next couple of days,
it was decided at the Monday night
meeting of the village trustees.
Public utilities manager Milfred
Schilbe was instructed by the
council to set up all the available
lights on Goshen Street from the
Bank of Montreal north and on
Main Street from the bank east
and west.
The Christmas lighting program
will tie in with the plans of the
Chamber of Commerce to beautify
Zurich for the Yuletide season.
Most business places and homes
are now decorated.
With the cold weather we have
been having the past week there
is a fine sheet of ice in the local
arena, and folks have been taking
advantage of it. A large crowd
of children were on hand last Sat-
urday afternoon to take in the
free skating, sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce. On Sun-
day afternoon another good turn-
out was on hand.
People are reminded of the fact
that there is free skating in the
Zurich arena every Saturday aft-
ernoon for everyone wanting to
use it.
Hockey is now in full swing in
this district, and the three minor
teams in Zurich are all seeing ac-
tion. With ice being available ear-
lier this year than ever before
the officials have not scheduled
home games for the local arena
as yet, but they are hopeful of
having an exhibition game here
in the near future, if the weather
stays fit.
Youths C , rged In School Theft,
District Mail Boxes Are Damaged
Three youths appeared in Mag-
istrates Court in London on Tues-
day on charges of stealing a radio
from SS 10, Hay. The theft oc-
cured some time over the past
weekend: : ` '.
There was also three mail boxes
ripped off the posts on the Zurich
road between Zurich and Hensall
about the same time the radio
theft took place. Police are of the
belief that the both acts were com-
mitted by the same gang of youths.
The mail boxes, however, were
recovered later in the ditch in the
swamp east of. Zurich. The. school.
Which was 'broken it ti is iocated .
on the second concession, south of
the Zurich road.
Ontario Provincial Police Con-
stable Hank Reid, of the Exeter
detachment investigated.
Free Rabies Clinics Scheduled In
Huron, In Zurich On December 17
With 17 known cases of rabies
in Huron County, the Health of
Animals Branch, Canada Depart-
ment of Agriculture is taking steps
to have vaccination clinics set up.
Following is a letter sent out by
R. M. Aldis, M.D., D.P.H., Gode-
rich to all municipal councils in
Huron:
Rabies has now been confirmed
in Huron County in 16 cases for
the red fox and one heifer. You
will be pleased to learn, therefore,
that the Health of Animals Divi-
sion of the Canada Department of
Agriculture is making immediate
arrangements to commence vac-
cination clinics.
Howick Township with current-
ly the highest incidence of rabies
in the county, will receive the first
clinics. Dr. J. C. MacLennan,
County Inspector for the Division,
has suggested that the rest of the
municipalities begin to consider
possible locations for setting up
the clinics.
It has been customary to oper-
ate from three or four centres in
a township, having in mind that
any dog owner would be within
about six miles radius of a clinic.
It is also essential that the clinic
location should have electrical out-
lets to operate the sterilizers.
While the Health of Animals
Division is responsible for publicity
about the clinics (posters, adver-
tising), and provides the vaccine
and veterinary services at no ch-
arge, they would appreciate two
or three volunteers (men or wo-
men) for each clinic to assist in
reception and clerical detail.
Each municipality will be con-
tacted in person by the Health of
Animals Division to confirm places
and dates of clinics.
Please bear in mind that the
vaccination is only a secondary
measure in the attempt to control
rabies, and protect the public.
More important is the tie-up of
dogs and if your municipality has
not already done so, you are urged
both by the Health of Animals
Division and the Board of Health
to exercise this control under lo-
cal by-law.
Some by-laws evidently are
worded so that restraint is actual-
ly in force at all times, except un-
der favorable conditions when it
can be lifted by proclamation of
the Head of Local Council. The
authority for the by-law is ob-
tained from the Dog Tax and Live-
stock Protection Act.
Another matter has come to the
attention of the board and that
is that fox bounty claimants are
removing the ears from their ani-
mals and disposing of the carcas-
ses by simply placing them in the
municipal dump. This practice is
dangerous and must cease. Please
encourage all bounty claimants to
take every precaution in protect-
ing the public. Carcasses should
be incinerated or buried. It is
suggested that periodic inspection
of your dump by your road super-
intendent or his staff would as-
sist in keeping hazard here to a
minimum.
While information can be laid
against known offenders in this
regard, it is more important that
the municipality give first thought
to fast disposal of any carcasses
so found. As you are aware unless
the owner is known, the charges
for disposal usually fall upon the
municipality, and most find it
cheaper to Use their own employ-
ees.
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