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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-07-01, Page 12PAGE TWELVE ZURICH Citizens NEWS HOW MUCH am I bid, cries car auctioneer George Koch at Pearson's Car Auction held in the Community Park, Zurich, this past Saturday afternoon. With Mr. Koch on the stand is Jack Pearson, popular proprietor of the thriving car business in Zurich, known as the largest one in Huron County, Mr. Pearson termed the sale as being "quite successful". (Citizens News Photo) Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Kalbfleisch, Detroit, were weekend visitors with relatives in Zurich. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Letts, London, were weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kalbfleisch. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Weber and family, Goderich, spent the week- end with relatives in Zurich. Miss Dianne Thiel, London, was a weekend visitor at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thiel. Mr. and Mrs. William Hess, Woodstock, were weekend visitors at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Al- bert Hess. Mr_and and Mrs. Reginald Black Thompson—Ryan Our Lady of Mount Carmel Ro- man Catholic Church was the set- ting for the doill5le ring ceremony on Saturday, June 20 at 10 a.m., of Marilyn Jean Ryan and Vincent Thomas Thompson, with the Rev. Father Kelly - officiating. The bride is the daughter of Joseph Ryan and the late Mrs. Ryan, Parkhill, and the groom is the son of Mr, and Mrs. William Thomp- son, Ailsa Craig. Given in marriage by her fath- er, the bride wore a gown of white lace over satin, which swept to a chapel train. The bodice was styl- ed with lily pointed sleeves and a V -neckline trirnined with sequins. A crown of pearls .held her heir- loom Belgian veil, and she carried a bouquet of red roses and white carnations with ivy. The bride was attended by Mrs, Gerald Thompson, as matron of honour, wearing a yellow flowered dress of nylon over taffeta. Mrs. Bill Mercer, Exeter, and Miss El- eanor Thompson, Ailsa Craig, were bridesmaids, wearing blue flowered dresses of nylon over taffeta; they wore matching head bands and carried baskets of blue and white 'mums. Misses Ann and Susan Erickson as flowergirls, wore dres- ses of pink and yellow nylon respectively, with matching head bands, and carried similar baskets of blue and white 'mums. Ronnie Smith, Zurich, nephew of the bride, was ringbearer. Gerald Thompson, Ailsa Craig, was groomsman for his brother and other . attendants were Bill Mercer, Exeter, and James Houl- ahan, Dashwood. William Smith, Zurich, and Leo Harrigan, Jack- son, Mich., ushered. Paul Dietrich, Parkhill, played wedding music, and accompanied the soloist, Harry Hoffman, Dash- wood. A reception followed the cere- mony at Crediton Community Centre, where the groom's mother received the guests in a light blue chiffon nylon dress with white ac- cessories and a pink rose corsage. For travelling the bride changed to a linen suit of black and white cheek with white accessories and a corsage of yellow roses. On their return the couple will reside at RR, 8, Parkhill. and Miss Kathleen Hess are on a motor trip to the St. Lawrence Seaway. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brisson and family, St. Thomas, are spend- ing a week's vacation at Schade- View beach. Rev. and Mrs. E. Heimrich, Brantford, were weekend visitors in the district with members of their family. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Weido and family spent a few days last week on a trip through the Bruce Pen- insula district. Mrs. Ruth Neve, Los Angeles, California, is spending a few days at the home of her mother, Mrs. Anne Turkheim. Mr. and Mrs. Don Taylor and Dianne, London, are spending a week's vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Datars. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gingerich and family are spending several days at their cottage in the Ches- ley Lake district. Mr. Simon Smith, Hamilton, had an eye operation a few weeks ago and is getting along as nicely as can be expected. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Howald and family, London, spent last weekend in Parry Sound district at the Dinnin cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy O'Brien were weekend visitors in Toronto with their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. William O'Brien. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Buehler and family, Waterloo, are spend- ing some time at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Soloman Baechler. Mr. and Mrs. Quimby Hess, Pet- erborough, and Dr. and Mrs. Fred Hess, Port Credit, are spending a few holidays at the home of their mother, Mrs. Mary Hess. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Meyers and Miss Kathleen Hay were weekend visitors in Oshawa and Streets- ville. Miss Heather Hope has re- turned to her grandparent's home for her holidays. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Cunningham and family, Willowdale, were weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chester L. Smith. Mrs. Cunningham and children will remain in Zurich for a holiday. Mr, and Mrs. Albert Bedard have returned from a trip to Montreal with their daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Fisher, Goderich. Mr. Fisher, who is the mayor of Goderich, had the pleasure of meeting the Queen in Montreal, at a big reception held in that city. Fishing Trip Herb Mousseau, Lee Surerus, and Melvin Shock have returned home after a week's fishing trip to Shwanega and the Key River district. Chamber To Fete Local Pee4Wees This Thursday night the Zu- rich Chamber of Commerce is holding a special night in hon- our of the Pee -Wee hockey team they sponsored this past winter. The event will take place at Cedarbrook Park, and will get under way after the ball game which is to be played in Zu- rich. A special feature of the evening will be the presenta- tion of the Robin Hood Trophy to the player who has been picked as the most valuable to his team. All the members of the Ch- amber are asked to be present for this special event. 0 Elaine Grainger Describes Trip The Evangelical Youth Fellow- ship of Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church met on Tuesday, June 23, with Miss Helen Grainger in charge of the pro- gram. Miss Norma Geiger acted as pianist. Glen Greb read the poem, "If your Bible could talk." Norma Geiger played a piano solo. Miss Phyllis Schade read the Scripture lesson. Miss Elaine Grainger gave an interesting talk on her recent trip to Portland, Oregon. She took the aeroplane from Detroit to Port- land. Milwaukee, Wis., was the first stop, The next stop was Minneapolis, Minn., which has the largest airport in the United Stat- es. In Montana, they drove into a storm, so they had to fly at a height of 45,000-60,000 feet. They flew over many little lakes. They arrived at Portland two hours late. Portland has a population of 412,000 people. It is noted for its five bridges. It has no straight st- reets. The roses of Portland are very large and of every colour. She at- tended the Annual Rose Festival. Ten girls were chosen to run for Queen of the Festival. The Queen Lions Juveniles Wim. Over G :r' derich In Forfeited Game Zurich Lions Juveniles were lea- ding Goderich Juveniles by a score of 16-2 on Monday night when the game was forfeited to the locals, due to Goderich not having enough players left to finish the game. It was being played in Zurich. Two Goderich youths were eject- ed from the game by plate umpire Arn Meyer in the fourth inning, for using abusive language. This left the team with only seven players. A bad demonstration of poor sportsmanship on the part of the Goderich management and players followed. Zurich jumped on the lake -port- ers early in the game for eight runs on eight hits, in the first inning. They added seven more in the second, and the extra one in the third. Goderich scored once in the first and once in the third. In the three innings they were to bat the Zurich crew pounded out 15 hits. Larry Bedard was top man with the club, smashing out a double and two singles. Johnnie Masse had two doubles, Dennis Amacher a single and double, and Earl Wagner, Ron Dei - chert and Bill Wagner each had two singles. Bob Johnston and Wayne Willert picked up the extra hits. a Juveniles Trounce Sehringville 10-4 Led by Ron Deichert with three hits in four times at bat the Zur- ich Juveniles trounced Sebring- ville 10-4 on Friday night in Seb- ringville. One of Deichert's hits was a two -bagger. Johnnie Masse, as well as hit- ting a home run in the third in- ning, pitched no -hit ball until the seventh, and then held the Seb- ringville crew to only three hits. He struck out 14 batters, and gave up only four bases on balls. Larry Bedard helped the Zurich cause with two hits, and single- tons went to Earl Wagner, Bob Johnston and Wayne Willert. Wag- ner's hits was a double, and John- ston's a triple, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1951 A NEW PARKING AREA hos been provided by the Hay Township council at the beach at St. Joseph. Shown here are just a few of the cars. which took advantage of this new service on Sunday. The parking space provided now will accommodate several hundred cars, and is a decided improvement over the old road which led to the beach. (Citizens News Photo) Petition For Vote To Repeal CTA ow Under Way In Huron County (Continued from Page One) "And that we desire that the votes of the electors of the said County be taken for and against the revocation of the said Order in Council. "And your Petitioners will ever pray." Name, address and occupation of each petitioner is required. There has been no liquor vote taken in Huron County since the Canada Temperance Act was est- ablished in 1914. Since then each had the nine girls for her princ- esses. All of the floats were done with flowers. Daisies were used and orchids. There were 50 floats in the parade. There were many covered wagons, depicting the pi- oneers. The vice-president, John Bul- lock, took charge of the business. It was announced that the Strat- ford District E.Y.F. would hold its meeting at Port Blake on Mon- day, June 29. A letter or thanks was read from Mrs. Milton Mc- Adams. of the 36 counties in Ontario have voted for the repeal of the CTA,, and only Perth and Huron Count- ies have not repealed it. At the present time Perth Coun- ty is circulating a petition re- questing a vote an the repeal of the CTA. It is expected that the required, number of signatures in Huron will be received within two weeks, Then the petition will be filed with the county registrar of deeds at Goderich, and will be subject to public inspection by anyone wishing to scrutinize it. After ten days it will be sent an to the Sec- retary of State of Canada, the Hon. Henri Courtemanche. Then, after consideration by that department, the chief election of-. ficer will set a date for the vote, probably for the latter part of October. A simple majority is all that la required in the vote to repeal the Act, That means 51 percent of those who vote. THANKS ! TO ALL THOSE WHO ATTENDED OUR CAR AUCTION We Auctioned Fro, 12 to 6, But Didn't Sell All Our Cars 48 WERE SOLD Here Are A Few Of The Ones We Have Left AT AUCTION SALE PRICES 1952 CHEVROLET 2 door ONLY $299 1952 DODGE 4 door ONLY 1954 PONTIAC 2 door ONLY 1951 CHEVROLET 4 door ONLY 1949 METEOR 2 door ONLY 1951 CHEVROLET 2 door ONLY 199 1951 CHEVROLET Sedan ONLY 199 TRUCKS! TRUCKS! 1956 DODGE 2 ton Von — LIKE NEW 1956 DODGE 1/2 ton 1952 G.M.C. Pickup — NEW MOTOR 1952 G.M.C. Pickup — REAL SHARP 299 799 399 • ONLY $895 1 r' PEARSON MOTORS LTD. PONTIAC—BUICK—VAUXHALL--G.M,C. TRUCKS ZURICH JACK PEARSON, Prop. EXETER "Huron County's Largest Car Dealer" i:;