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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-05-27, Page 1mammoznattesaammum MIMUMSNIAMOteigtlataiMittaMMOSawas No. 21 ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1959 $2.50 Per Year --12 Pages MRS. CAROLINE PRICE, formerly of Zurich, and presently staying in St. Marys Hospital, London, celebrat- ed her 97th birthday on May 10. With her in this photo are her only great -great grandchildren, Randy, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Weido, and Teri, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Weido; and their grandmother, Mrs. Percy Weido, all of Kitchener. Mrs. Price still enjoys reading her Zurich Citizens News every week. Huron Perth Baseball Schedule Dashwood Starts .ere Friday At a meeting of league represen- tatives of Huron -Perth Baseball league in Mitchell on Friday night the schedule for the coming season was drawn up. While it had ear- lier been planned on to have nine teams in the league, only six of them were present to have the schedule arranged, and so only six are in the league. The game scheduled for Zurich this past Saturday with the Walk- erton Capitals had to be called off due to wet grounds, and so the first game for the locals will be in Zurich this coming Friday night, May 29, at 6.30, with the Dash- wood Tigers. Following is the complete sched- ule: Friday, May 29— Dashwood at Zurich Saturday, May 30— St. Marys at Goderich Monday, June 1— Mitchell at Zurich Wednesday, June 3— Dashwood at Mitchell Friday, June 5— Zurich at St. Marys Goderich at Dashwood Wednesday, June 10 — St. Marys at Zurich Mitchell at Dashwood Friday, Mune 12— Zurich at Goderich Mitchell at St. Marys Monday, June 15— Goderich at Mitchell Wednesday, June 17— Zurich at Dashwood Thursday, June 18— Mitchell at Goderich Friday, June 19— Dashwood at St. Marys Monday, June 22-- Zurich 2—Zurich at Mitchell St. Marys at Dashwood Wednesday, June 24— St. Marys at Mitchell 'Yhursday, June 25— Goderich at Zurich Lions Car Wash. Saturday, May 30 This coming Saturday after- noon the members of the Zurich Lions Club will be conducting a Car Wash 'in front of the fire hall. For the price of one dol- lar the Lions will completely clean your car, inside and out. Besides getting good value for your money you can assist the Lions Club in their service work by having them wash your car. Twelve Interested Members Enrol In Zurich Calf Club; Keith Rader, Pres. Twelve young people enrolled in the Zurich 4-H Calf Club at an or- ganizational meeting in the Town Hall on Monday night. President of the group is Keith Rader, vice- president, Robert Becker, secre- tary -treasurer, Gail McBride, and press reporter, Bob Hoffman. Dan Rose, summer assistant at the County Agricultural Office, "Education" Topic For Lions Club School Inspector Discusses Subject Glen Gardiner, inspector of public schools for Central Huron, was the guest speaker at the din- ner meeting of the Zurich Lions Club, held in the Dominion Hotel last Wednesday night. He spoke on "Education in Lionism." "The two main factors in educa- tion today," said Mr. Gardiner, "is that it is meant for everyone, and Friday, June 26— Dashwood at Listowel Monday, June 29— Dashwood at Goderich Wednesday, July 1— Listowel• at St. Marys Thursday, July 2— Dashwood at Mitchell Friday, July 3— Goderich at St. Marys Monday, July 6— Zurich at Listowel Mitchell at St. Marys Wednesday, July 8— Dashwood at Zurich St. Marys at Mitchell Friday, July 10— St. Marys at Zurich Listowel at Dashwood Monday, July 13— Mitchell at Dashwood Wednesday, July 15— Zurich at St. Marys Friday, July 17— St. Marys at Dashes od Zurich at Mitchell Wednesday, July 22— Mitchell at Zurich Dashwood at St. Marys Friday, July 24— Listowel at Zurich Saturday, July 25— Mitchell at Listowel Monday, July 27— Zurich at Dashwood Tuesday, July 28— Listowel at Mitchell All games, with the exception of Listowel's home games, will start at 6.30 p.m. sharp. In Lis- towel the games will be played under the lights, -- -0 Attend Meeting Mrs. Bryce Mack and Mrs. Don- ald Oke attended a meeting for the purpose of forming a Foundation for the Study of Cystic Fibrosis. The meeting was held this past Saturday at Toronto, in the lec- ture room of the Sick Children's hospital. The ladies accompanied Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Ivey, London. Citizens News Buys Print Shop From C L. Smith Effective Monday, June 1, 1959, the office building and job printing plant owned by Mr, and Mrs. Chester L. Smith, becomes the property of A. L. Colquhoun, Clinton, publisher of the Zurfeh Citizens News. The Citizens News will con- tinue as now established, and as soon as possible, business man- ager Herb Turkheim intends moving his office into the form- er Zurich Herald Office. A qualified printer will soon be added to the Citizens News staff, who will live in Zurich and operate the job printing plant. Mr. and Mrs. Smith published the. Zurich Herald for 44 years, until selling the paper at Jan- uary 1, 1958. Since then Mr, Smith has continued the job printing shop, Mrs. Smith has been reporter for the Zurich page in the Exeter Time -Advo- cate, a position from which she has recently resigned. Receives Degree it is free and available for every- one." He told of how the schools have changed in the past years, how they are much more modern now than they were years ago. "Most trouble arises in school through misunderstanding," went on the speaker, "a misunderstan- ding between the children and the teacher and between the parents and the teacher." Mr. Gardiner added that there is more written about education today than there is about any other thing, except agriculture. "The three main topics of discus- sion are expenditures, passing the buck, and criticism of the modern pupil." In connection with rising expenses the inspector pointed out how statistics prove that on an av- erage, $90 is spent on alcohol and tobacco to every $60 spent on ed- ucation. "The main object of schools noNA is to produce the best possible citizens for the country. Members of all Lions Clubs should be part- ners in furthering the cause of education," concluded the speak- er. Mr. Gardiner, who is a past pres- ident of the Goderich Lions Club, was introduced by Lion Victor Dinnin, and thanked by Lion Bob McKinley. Milfred Schilbe, Ed Datars and Herb Turkheim were appointed as a committee to investigate the possibility of arranging a bus trip to Windsor to attend the conven- tion of the Lions Clubs of Canada, in the motor city. Bob McKinley explained the plans for the Zone Rally of Lions Club which is being held in Zur- ich, on Wednesday, May 27. Com- mittees were appointed for various jobs in connection with the rally, which is expected to attract be- tween 150 and 200 Lions. As a result of an election held, the following will make up the executive of the Zurich Club for the coming year; past president, Delbert Geiger; president, Lloyd O'Brien; first vice-president, Herb Turkheim; second vice-president, Milfred Schilbe; third vice-presi- dent, Alvin Walper; Lion tamer, Don O'Brien, tail twister, Edwin Gascho; secretary, Leroy Thiel, as- sistant, Ed Datars; treasurer, Jake Haberer; directors for one year, Jack Pearson, Ken Parke; direc- tors for two years, Don Oke, Nap Corriveau. 0 Mrs. Jean Elliott conducted the meeting. Previous- ly a meeting had been held and only one or two youths showed up, but this time plenty of enthus- iasm was shown by all present. Mr. Rose explained the various rules and regulations in regards to being a 4-H member, and gave the necessary literature to each person present. Much of the cred- it for the organization of the Club goes to Bert Klapp, manager of the local Co -Op, who has worked hard to interest the young people in the project. The members who enrolled at the meeting are: Keith Rader, RR 3, Zurich; Raymond, Norman, and Audrey Eckel, RR 1, Varna; Larry Merner, RR 3, Zurich; Robert and Charles Becker, Dashwood, Bob Hoffman, Dashwood, Larry Wein, Dashwood; Ron and Gerald Thiel, RR 2, Zurich, and Gail McBride, RR 1, Zurich. Club leaders are Anson McKin- ley, RR 1, Zurich, Herb Kloop, RR 3, Zurich, and Carl Oestreich- er, RR 1, Dashwood. Several parents of the children also attended the meeting. 0 RAYMOND CHARLES CORRIVEAIIJ, C.Ss.R Son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Corriveau, Zurich, a graduate,of South Huron District High School, will receive his Bach- elor of Arts degree from As- sumption University of Windsor at the llth convocation on May 30. Huron =# unicipa�. Officers at Varna New Stanley Clerk Mrs. Jean Elliott, Varna, has been appointed secretary -treasurer of the Township of Stanley. The wife of Harold Elliott, she lives on the first farm west of the village. Mrs. Elliott's application was one of eight received by the coun- cil of the township, for a position made available through the resig- nation of Fred Watson, Bayfield. Decision to hire Mrs. Elliott was reached on Friday evening, May 22, at a meeting of council, head- ed by Reeve Harvey Coleman. Close to 150 representatives of the municipalities in Huron C-'0un- ty attended the annual meeting of the Huron County Municipal Of- ficers Association, held in Varna, on Tuesday afternoon. The morning sessions got under' way with remarks from the chair- man, George Martin, Morris Town- ship. An official welcome to the meeeting was extended all the delegates by Reeve Harvey Cole- man, of Stanley Township, whose group were hosts for the day. W. R. Jewitt, warden of the county, brought greetings from the county. Two representatives of the de- partment of municipal affairs ex- plained changes in the assessment acts. Special recognition was paid to two retiring township clerks, H. Sturdy, of Goderich Township, and Fred Watson, Stanley Town- ship. After the dinner, which was ser- ved by the ladies of the Varna Un- ited Church, Constable Bob Lewis showed the group films on civil de- fence. Another speaker, Douglas Miles, agricultural representative f o r Huron county, gave an outline of work carried on by his department throughout the year. An election of officers for the coming year term resulted as fol- lows: ol-lows: President, J. Harold Pollock„ Gorrie; fist vice-president, Alex Alexander, Goderich; second vice- president, James E. McQuaid, RR 5, Seaforth; executive members, one year, Mrs. C. J. Cardiff, Brus- sels, two years, E. P. Chesney, RR 3, Seaforth; three years, John Liv- ermore, Clinton. Treasurer of the organization is S. H• Blake, Goderich, while J, G. Berry, Goderich, is secretary. Attending from Hay Township was clerk H. W. Brokenshire, reeve V. L. Becker, deputy -reeve, Alex Mousseau, and councillor Jack Corbett. The entire Stanley Township council was present. Bridal Shower A miscellaneous shower will be held in honour of Miss Marion Re- gier, bride -elect of this Saturday, in the Town Hall on Thursday night. All relatives ,freinds and neighbours are invited to attend.