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No. 26
ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1959
NO FISH STORY here, they actually caught them. Aaron Restemayer and Lloyd
Rader, both of Dashwood, proudly display the catch they made in a recent trip to
the Key River district. With them were Mrs. Restemayer and Mrs. Rader, and daught-
er, who helped in making the catch of these 40 beauties.
Testing For Water
At Grand " end
According to word received from
the Ontario Water Resources Com -
last week, a contract for
$5,000 has been awarded to the
international Water Supply Comp-
any for test drilling for a water
supply in Grand Bend,
The subject of water supply in
Grand Bend has been under con-
sideration for some time, and at
a recent meeting of the trustees
of the village plans were made for
the going ahead with the project,
esidents Asked To Offer Blood
At Clinic In Hensall On July 22
The Red Cross is making anoth- one, no matter how much is re-
er appeal for blood, so that they
can continue their free service
of life giving blood to all who
need it. Will you spare 30 min-
utes of your time, and three quar-
ters of a pint of your blood to
save a life , .. maybe your own.
Blood transfusions will mean the
difference between life and death
to thousands of patients in West-
ern Ontario hospitals this year.
And this life giving blood will be
provided absolutely free to every-
Cantin's Great Hopes For St. Joseph
Included A. Huron To Erie Canal
As they officially dedicated the
St. Lawrence Seaway last Friday
in Montreal, they could well pause
to honor the memory of the father
of the Modern Seaway.
The man meriting such honor,
but who is quite likely to be over-
looked in the rush of dedication,
is the late Narcisse Cantin. His
son is Joseph L. Cantin, who be-
lieves history will elevate his fath-
er to his rightful niche some day.
Like many men of great vision,
Narcisse Cantin lived 50 years too
soon. He worked most of his life-
time to promote the idea of a ser-
ies of canals and locks to connect
the Great Lakes and Atlantic Oc-
ean by deep -water shipping route.
Cantin ran into difference and
skepticism in the early years of
his effort and into fierce opposi-
tion later, But in the last years
before his death at 70 in 1940, the
fulfillment of his long -cherished
Seaway dream appeared inevitable.
Cantin died before his fantastic
promotional efforts paid off, giv-
ing rise to the thought that he was
ahead of his time. But years of
cultivation often are necessary be-
fore an idea blooms with reality
and it is juSt possible that if Nar-
oisse Cantin had not played his
role when he did that the mighty
Seaway project would still be in
the planning stage.
Before the turn of the century,
Cantin was bombarding business-
men and politicians of Canada and
the United States with arguments
for the deepwater route. These
arguments are largely the ones
that have been voiced in recent
years. Indeed, there was little
change from the points he made
in 1892 to those that finally con-
vinced Canada and the United
States to start the Seaway in 1954.
And many of today's accepted
ideas of the Seaway's construction
stem from Cantin's early speeches
and writings on the subject,
Had all of his Seaway plan been
effected, a canal would have been
cut across the Ontario peninsula
between Lake Erie and Huron.
The 43 -mile cut would have by-
passed the shoal -troubled Detroit
and St. Clair Rivers and trimmed
more than 300 miles from the
round trip between the two lakes.
If such a canal had been dug in
the days that Narcisse Cantin was
agitating for it, the little Lake
Huron community of St. Joseph
might well have figured importan-
tly in Seaway shipping. Perhaps,
even, it would have become the
capital of the Seaway, as Cantin
planned for it to be.
Today, St, Joseph is nearly a
ghost town, three and a half miles
west of Zurich. There are only
a few remnants of the once flour-
ishing village that Cantin built.
Narcisse Cantin was 240 pounds
of promotional genius in a six -foot -
plus frame. He was brought up
in this area by French Canadian
parents whose forebears had mi-
grated west to take advantage of
Lake Huron fishing. When only
17, Cantin married and struck out
on his own as a cattle buyer. At
one time he was a sparring part -
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wined.
Transfusions, previously a costly
expense for patients, can be ad-
ministered without charge because
the hospitals now are provided free
blood ready for immediate use.
The London Area Branch of the
Canadian Red Cross has assumed
the responsibility of supplying
local and district hospitals with
this free blood transfusion service.
This means obtaining fresh blood
grouping it, storing it and deliver-
ing it to the hospitals.
Blood cannot be manufactured.
It must come from volunteers,
hundreds and thousands of volun-
teers who will donate a small por-
tion of their blood that others
might live. It is painless and harm-
less, the amount taken will be re-
placed by the body within 24
hours.
Will you give your blood ?
Please do, and contact Jack Ban-
nister, of the Bank of Montreal;
Ross Johnston, at the Dominion
Hotel; George Deichert; The Hay
Township Mutual Fire Insurance
Office, in Zurich, and sign your
blood donors card. And then take
that short trip to Hensall Legion
Hall, on Wednesday, July 22, 3
to 5.30 p.m. and 6.30 to 9 p.m.,
where the Red Cross will have
their blood transfusion unit ready.
It will be fully staffed with tech-
nicians and nurses and the Legion
Ladies Auxiliary will be there to
provide hot coffee, etc.
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4-11 Bean Club
Daniel Rose, Clinton, summer
assistant to the Huron County ag-
ricultural representative, address-
ed the monthly meeting of the
South Huron 4-H White Bean
Club in Hensall Monday night.
Mr. Rose .outlined the various
cultural methods of wheat control,
including crop rotation and culti-
vation. The use of chemicals in
wheat control was also mentioned.
He also discussed some of the
new chemicals out for the first
time this year.
For its July meeting, the club
wiII travel by bus to the Ontario
Agricultural College at Guelph.
All 4-H clubs in Huron County
are making the trip, July 9.
$2.50 Per Year -12 Pages
Petition For Vote To Repeal CTA.
low Loder Way I„ Huron County
J. E. Huckins, Goderich, is chair-
man of a committee formed in
Huron County to work for the
repeal of the Canada Temperance
Act in the county. Mr. Huckins,
ex -mayor of Goderich, was elected
to council in that town last fall
after declaring at nomination night
Frank Uttley
Nies Suddenly
Frank Uttley, well-known Zur-
ich resident, died suddenly at his
home in Zurich on Tuesday, June
30. He was in his 74th year.
Born in Zurich on July 26, 1885,
son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
William Uttley, he served overseas
during World War I, Mr. Uttley
was a painter and paper hanger
for many years in the village.
Body resting at the Westlake
funeral home until Thursday morn-
ing, July 2, when service will be
held in St. Boniface Roman Cath-
olic Church, and interment in the
adjoining cemetery. Father C. A.
Doyle will officiate.
Surviving are two brothers,
Joseph, Paris; Herbert, Zurich;
four sisters, Alma, Mrs. William
Witmer, Zurich; Erma, Mrs. Jo-
seph Wild, Dashwood; Miss Lucy
Uttley, Toronto; and Minnie, Mrs.
Clarence Wild, Crediton.
Rev.. Daniel Gives
Farewell Sermon.
The Rev. Charles D. Daniel,
minister of the Hensall and Chis-
elhurst United churches for the
past four years, who is retiring
to Ingersoll after 44 years in the
ministry, preached his farewell ser-
mon on Sunday.
He presided for the dedication
of a baptismal font, a gift from
Mr. and Mrs. Laird Mickle.
that "every vote you give me, I
will consider a vote for the re-
peal of the CTA." He got 900
votes.
Purpose of the committee is to
establish legal control under the
Ontario Liquor Control Act.
A petition is being circulated
throughout the county, upon which
the committee must get at least
25 percent of the signatures of
the voters appearing on the voters
list at the last election. The com-
mittee expects to get the majority
of the required signatures in the
urban areas of the county. The
petition will be circulated in an
organized fashion, so as to avoid
duplication of names.
Councillor Huckins predicts that
90 percent of the eligible voters
in Goderich will sign the petition,
which is addressed to the Honour-
able Henri Courtemanche, the Sec-
retary of State of Canada as fol-
lows:
"We, the undersigned electors of
the County of Huron, request you
to take notice that we propose
presenting the following petition
to His Excellency the Governor-
General of Canada in Council:
"The petition of the electors of
the County of Huron, qualified and
competent to vote at the election
of a member of the House of
Commons in the said county, res-
pectfully shows that your petition-
ers are desirous that the Order
in Council passed for bringing into
force within the said County Part
II of the Canada Temperance Act,
should be revoked, wherefore your
petitioners humbly pray that your
Excellency will be pleased by an
Order in Council under section 116
of the Canada Temperance Act,
to declare that the said Order in
Council which brought into force
and effect Part II of the said Can-
ada Temperance Act, in the said
County, shall no longer be in
force.
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Public School Promotions List
Released From. Ls sal Schools
When school closed for the sum-
mer on June 26, Zurich School had
the highest enrollment in its his-
tory, 166 students were on the roll
in June, with an average daily at-
tendance of 158. In addition about
175 boys and girls from surroun-
ding schools received instruction
in industrial arts and home econ-
omics. Due to the fact, that the
Roman Catholic Separate School
is being built in the village, next
year's enrollment is expected to be
somewhat reduced, The following
is the list of pupils in this year's
reggular classes:
Promoted to ggrade two—Gail
Bedard, Mark Bedard, Terry Black,
Dale Brown, Gwen Clausius, Doug-
las Coxon, Randal Decker, Diew-
ertje DeMooy, Benadette Farwell,
Kenneth, Farwell, Ruth Ann Flies-
chauer, Carol Gascho, Clifford Gin-
gerich, Edward Gingerich, Mary
Ellen Gingerich, Gary Hugill, Vera
Krainik, Debra Merner, Bonnie
Neeb, Tanya Parkins, Ronald Des-
jardine, Marlene Rader, Norma
Shantz, Paul Siebert, Ruth Soper,
Stephen Stark, Michael Walker.
—Mrs, Audrey Haberer, teacher.
Promoted to grade three—Aub-
rey Bedard, Charlene Bedard,
Wayne Beierling, David Brown,
Ronald Corriveau, Sandra Desjar-
dine, Paul Flaxbard, Martha Gas-
cho, John Groot Claire Lawrence,
Paul Maciejewski, Douglas Meid-
Inger, Carl Merner, James Ram-
er; Eugene Regier, Peter Regier,
Richard Schilbe, David Siebert,
Linda Stade, JoAnn Thiel, Shirley
Thiel, Elaine Westlake, Dianne
Zehr, Carl Zimmer, Danita Over-
holt.
Promoted to grade four—Dan-
ny Black, Richard Fisher, Rose
Marie Grenier, Katie Gresch,
Leroy Hoffman, Judy Masse, Mar-
cia Merner, Brian Overholt, Lois
Ranier, David Stark.—Mrs. Carol
Kyle, teacher.
Promoted to grade four—John
Ducharme, Mary Anne Farwell,
Marilyn Gascho, Gary Geoffrey,
Gary Gingerich, Allan Hulbert,
Carol Johnston, Larry Kipper,
Ruth Leibold Edward Prang, Ger-
ald Rader, Charles Regier, Doug-
las Stade, Richard Turkheim.
Promoted to grade five—Mary
Ellen Bannister, Sylvia Bedard,
Gordon Beierling, Paul Corriveau,
Louis Debus, Brian Decker, Dor-
othy Farwell, Gary Flaxbard,
Catherine Gingerich, David Ging-
erich, Peter Gresch, Paul Hesse,
Ross Leibold, Charles Masse, Don-
ald McAdams, Tommy Merher, An-
ne Ramer, Richard Shantz, Lynda
Thiel, Kees VanDaalen, Bert Vis -
cher, Dorothy Wagner, Katherine
Zimmer.—Miss Olive O'Brien, tea-
cher.
Promoted to grade six—Michael
Bedard, Sue Anne Coxon, Paul
Dexiomme, Barbara Forrester, Lin-
da Gascho, Elaine Hugill, Donna
Kipper, Allan Merner, Kathryn
Regier, Sharon Regier, Cheryl
Stade, Richard Thiel, Shirley Wei -
do, Kenneth Westlake,
Promoted to grade seven—Rob-
ert Bannister, David Bedard, Bar-
ry Block, Richard Breakey, Bar-
bara Clausius, Wayne Decker,
Dianne Deitrich, Donald Farwell,
Shirley Flaxbard, Robert Hart-
man, Donald Hoffman, Wayne Kei-
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