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Zurich Citizens News, 1959-03-11, Page 1No. 10 ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1959 • SLEEPY—Was this the cause of winter returning last weekend? During the warm spell last week Donnie Oesch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Oesch, Zurich, decided outside was a better place to sleep than inside, so he shed his boots, hat and coat, and curled up on the front steps for a snooze. Standing guard over the young lad is his pal, Lassie. Neither dog nor boy was aware of the picture being taken. (Citizens News Photo) Bad Accident East of Zurich Sends Two Local Men To Clinton Hospital Damages amounting to an est- imated $5,000 were caused in a two -car head on crash a half mile east of Zurich on Saturday morn- ing. Two local men, George Deich- ert and Kurt Wall are patients in Clinton Public Hospital as a re- sult of the crash. A blinding snow storm which reduced visibility to zero was placed as the cause of the accident. Apparently a car going west, owned and driven by Ivan Kalb - LUCKY IDOLLAR STORE CHANGES OWNERSHIP There has been a change of ownership in the Lucky Dollar Food Market in Zurich. Owned for the past number of years by Menno Oesch, the business has been sold to Clarence Gascho, ef- fective on Tuesday, March 17. According to Mr. Gascho, who is a newcomer to the food business, the store will carry on much the same way as it has been in the past. The new owner has been living in Zurich for the past few years, since retiring from his farm on the Bronson Line. The store will be closed on Monday, March 16, for the purpose of taking stock. fleisch, met head on with a car going east, driven by Kurt Wall, and owned by Pearson Motors Ltd. They met in the middle of high snow banks in front of the farm home owned by Carl Decker. Mr. Kalb- fleisch and Mr. Deichert were re- turning home from Exeter, where they had stayed overnight, to a- void driving in the snow storm. Both Mr. Deichert and Mr. Wall were taken to Clinton Public Hos- pital in Westlake's ambulance, and are still patients there. Mr. Dei - chert suffered severe cuts to his head and face, caused from his head crashing through the wind- shield. Mr. Wall suffered injuries to his chest, and shock. The driver of the other car, Ivan Kalbfleisch, was taken to South Huron Hospi- tal where x-rays revealed he had several broken ribs. All the in- jured men were attended by Dr. A. W. Klahsen, Zurich. Mr. Kalbfleisch and Mr. Dei - chert were driving in a new 1959 model Buick, while the Pearson vehicle was a 1958 model station wagon. Both vehicles are total wrecks. Theaccident was invest- igated by OPP Constable George Mitchell, of the Exeter detach- ment. Jackpot Increases li i. Weekly Bingo, Now X50, 55 Calls Still no winner of the jack- pot at the weekly bingos sp- onsored by the Chamber of Commerce. The jackpot prize is now raised to $50 in 55 calls, for this Friday night. Winners last Friday night were: Mary Ellen Thiel, Bar- bara Forrester, Robert Prang, William Forrester, Louis Will- ert, Mrs. Norman Fleischauer, Bob Johnston, Mrs. Lorne Ra- der, Mrs. Charles Thiel, Danny Moore, Gregory Willert, and Mrs. Gerald Regier. Winner of the special game played for the jackpot was Gregory Will- ert. $2.50 Per Year --12 Paget Dial System For Grand Bend Under Study; System. Shows Profit in 1958 A decision as to whether or not Grand Bend would get dial tele- phones remained unsettled, follow- ing the annual meeting of the subscribers last Wednesday after- noon. After three hours of dis- cussion the meeting was adjourn- ed, with the suggestion the mat- ter be left up to the telephone board, which consists of the Hay Township council. Only a handful of subscribers were present at the meeting to enter the discussions. Dial service was recommended for Grand Bend by the Ontario Telephone Authority, which rec- ently made a survey of the resort. The survey was brought about by Debentures On New Separate School Being Offered For Sale In Local Area As will be noticed in an adver- tisment on another page of this pa- per, debentures are being offered to the general public on the new three - room Catholic Separate School, which is going to be built this year in Zurich. Amounts of the debentures available range from $100 to $1,000, and will ma- ture in one to twenty years. These debentures will bear interest at six percent per annum on the full amount of each debenture un- til maturity. Contractors are now busy fig- uring on the new building, and it is expected the tender will be let on Wednesday, March 18. Work will then commence as soon as weather conditions will permit. Milf red Overholt Opens Repair Shop In Klopp Building A new business has opened in Zurich. Known as Overholt's Re- pair Shop, the business is located in the former Oscar Klopp build- ing, in the west end of the village. The proprietor of the establish- ment is 'Wilfred Overholt, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Overholt, who has recently moved, along with his wife and family, into the Miller home, across from St. Boni- face R.C. Church. They formerly lived in London. Mr. Overholt will conduct a wel- ding and repair business on the premises he has taken over. He will specialize in both arc , and acetylene welding, as well as re- pairs to all makes of farm machin- ery. According to Mr. Overholt, he hopes to have an agency for new farm machinery in the very near future. Plans are to have the school ready for opening in September, according to Father C. A. Doyle, who is the secretary of the board. 0 Lions Midgets To Meet Lucan In Semi -Final Series The Zurich Lions Midgets will meet Lucan Irish Midgets in a best of five series in the semi-finals of the Ontario Mi- nor Hockey Association Mid- get D series. First game of the series will be played in the Lucan Arena tonight, Wed- nesday at 8 p.m. Zurich was the winner of the WOAA Midget D champ- ionship, and Lucan has just eliminated Plattsville in their second round of OMHA play - downs. The second game of the series will be played in the Hensall Arena on Friday night. All Zurich home games will be played in the Hensall Arena, due to an order from the OMHA that all games must be played on artificial ice. Considerable rivalry has ex- isted between these two towns in the past number of years, and it is expected this series will be a battle royal. A large number of Zurich fans plan on taking in the game in Lucan tonight. Game time in Hensall on Friday night will be 8 p.m. 0 Mrs. Thomas Meyers has retur- ned to her home in Zurich after spending a number of weeks with her daughter in Port Colborne. the protest issued by Grand Bents at the time the rates were raised last year. Chairman of the meeting was V. L .Becker, reeve of Hay Town- ship, who said he felt that ale though the proposed dial systern would be a costly affair the board was faced with the problem of additional office space as well as improved service in the Bend. In asking for an open discussion on the Grand Bend problem, Mr. Be- cker said, "We have been investi- gating nvestsgating improvement on the service at Grand Bend. The outlook there points to even greater growth in the years ahead. We cannot handle the many would-be subscribers on our waiting list, and so something must be done. Whatever we are going to do should be decided to. day." A guest at the meeting was Guy Turner, Forest, secretary of the Canadian Independent Telephone Association, who described the re- cent work that has been done in the Forest district in regards is the changing over to dial system, Two representatives of the Ont- ario Telephone Authority, Rick Hanford and Thomas Griinley, were present and described the survey their company has carried out. The estimated cost of the changeover at Grand Bend would be approximately $250,000. They suggested, at the inquiry of a subscriber, that it would not be a good idea to change over the entire system at once, but rather it would be better to change over as the men and finances were a- vailable. Spokesmen for Grand Bend at the meeting were Reeve James Dalton and Rev. A. E. Holley. They claimed they have been ask, ing for better service for the past flee years, and since it would take another two years to install the dial system they felt it high time Hay Township made up its mind (continued on Page 12) Open House Held. At Zurich School An open house was held at the Zurich Public School last Tuesday, at which time the parents were able to visit the school and view the work being carried out by their children. About 81 parents attended the affair, which was be- ing held in connection with Educa- tion Week. The visitors were taken on a tour of the school, and saw all the various phases of work being done. They were also given the privilege of discussing with the teachers any problems connected with their children. Hours of the open house were 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. NEW ZURICH SCHOOL ---Tobe open- ed in September is the three-room Sr. Boni., face School, to be known as R.C.S.S. No. ;i, Hoy Township. Architect for the 'building is C. H. Gillion, London, and the tender for the construction is expected 4o 'be let next week. The school will be 'located west of the Rectory. Estimated 00t ;.is..l etw.e. $50,000 and $65,000.