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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-12-10, Page 14e; .48 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. U 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. 0 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. 0 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. 1