Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-09-09, Page 1Z No. 3 --First With the Local News 01.011 ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1959 Hay Council j pposed To rilling For Oil Along Lake Huron Shores A circular letter from the Township of Sarnia, asking all municipalities to voice opposition to the proposed drilling for oil in Lake Huron, was read to the Hay Township Council at their regular monthly meeting Friday night. Council instructed Clerk H. W. )3rokenshire to write a letter to local member C. S. MacNaughton, MPP, advising him that Hay Township council is definitely op- posed to the drilling in the lake. After viewing the deeds for the Jeffrey-Mernovage sub -divi- sion at the lake front, council authorized the clerk to prepare necessary by-law covering the agreement. They also instructed the clerk to notify the Depart- ment of Planning and Develop- ment that the sub -dividers have complied with all the necessary requirements. A grant of $150 to the Hay Township Agricultural Society, for the annual Zurich Fall Fair, was approved by council. A like grant of $30 to the Exeter Agri- cultural Society was also made. A request was presented from the Community Centre Board, for $500 to make necessary repairs to the arena, and was granted. Court of Revision Held; Te = ders Called For Zurich Drain South A Court of Revision on the Zurich Drain South was held along with the regular council meeting last Friday night, Only one person, Norman Gascho, was present, to appeal his assessment on the drain. He claimed he should not be assessed since the drain was of no benefit to him. After disallowing the appeal, the council declared the court over, and made necessary plans to call for tenders for the work involved. The call for tenders will be found in this edition of the Citizens News. September 15 was the date set for a court of revision on the Stewart Municipal Drain. Tend- ers for the work connected with this project are also being called for in this issue of the paper. The council ordered road super- intendent James Masse to purch- ase five tons of salt from Sifto Salt Company in Goderich, for use on roads during the coming winter. Next regular meeting of the Hay Township Council will be held in the Township Hall on Monday, October 5, at 1,30 pm. 'Tory' Gregg Master of Ceremonies For Horse Show at Local Fall Fair M. L. "Tory" Gregg, London, will be the master of ceremonies l• for the big Horse Show, which will againbe held in connection with the Zurich Fall Fair. The show will take place in the arena, on Monday night, September 28. His presence as announced is all any horse show needs to be a suc- cess, as he has always been a favorite with people in these parts. Rolling along again with the theme, "Bigger and Better than Ever", the directors of the fair board are sparing no efforts to make this year's fair still better than last. The prize money in all the horse show classes has been raised considerably, and judging by the fine show last year this one should be tops. Many of the showmen who were here last year have already indit ted they would be back, so the public can be sure of seeing a first-class show. The program will get under way at 6 p.m. sharp, so the show will not last as long as it did last year. 0 Milk Transport Ownership Change Leroy O'Brien, proprietor of O'Brien's Produce, announced last week he has sold his milk trans- port business to John Steckle. The change became effective on Sept- ember 1. The milk is transported to Parkhill, where it is processed at the Parkhill Creamery, now own- ed by Middlesex Creameries. LOCAL STUDENTS WIN SCHOLARSHIPS RICHARD CHARETTE (left), son of Mr, and Mrs. Dennis Charette, RR 1, Dashwood, has been awarded $1,000 in scholarships, following his graduation from South Huron District High School, Exeter. He will receive a Dominion -Provincial Bursary of $500, an Ontario Gov- ernment scholarship of $400, and the South Huron High School Paper Staff award of $100. Richard plans' on entering St. Peter's Seminary in London, which is affiliat- ed with the University of Western Ontario, MARK BENDER (right), son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Bender, RR 1, Varna, will receive scholarships to the amount of $700, following his graduation from Clinton District Collegiate Institute. He has been awarded a Dominion -Provincial Bursary of $250, an Ontario Govern- ment scholarship of $400, and also had won the Sir Ernest Cooper Scholarship of $50. Mark has entered Stratford Teachers College. His younger brother, Eugene, has also been awarded a Dominion -Provincial Bursary of $100, to advance into Grade 13,. Zurich Chamber Meets 'Thursday In I ornhii.on Hotel The first regular meeting of the Zurich and District Chamber of Commerce will be held this Thurs- day night, in the form of a din- ner meeting, at the Dominion Hotel, at 7 o'clock. Special guest speaker for the occasion will be Father Kenneth Deitrich, who has just recently returned from Rome. Ile will tell the members some of his inter- esting experiences in the Vatican City. The annual election of officers will take place at this meeting. All members of the organization are urged to be present to get the new year off to a good start. 0 First Aid Co 5 rse Starts in Zurich Monday, Oct._ 19 Final arrangements have been made to begin a first aid course, under the St. John Ambulance Corps, in the Town Hall, Zurich, commencing on Monday, October 19. The course is open to anyone interested, and the cost is only three dollars for the six week training, Plans were to have this course last spring, but the season got too late so it was decided to wait un- til this fall. Mr. John Potter, field representative for the Order of St. John, was in Zurich on Thursday last, and completed the final arrangements. Any persons who are interested in taking the course are asked to leave their names at either the Citizens News Office or at the Post Office. The • Zurich Chamber ' of Commerce are the group. 0 LATE SP RTS Word was received late Tues- day night that the Zurich Lions Juveniles will meet the Wilton Grove Juveniles in Zurich on Sat- urday afternoon at 4 p.m., in the first game of a best of three series for the semi-finals of the OBA Juvenile D series. The Zurich team has been idle for several weeks aft•2r eliminat- ing Shallow Lake, while the Wil- ton Grove team has jut finished beating Wyoming in the Southern Counties Baseball Association fin- als. $2.50 Per Year -5 Cents Pew Copy WHO IS GUILTY? Since the ice left the local arena last winter considerable damage has been done to the boards along the ice surface, as can be seen in this photo. In about a dozen different places the boards have been ripped right off, and in other places they have been badly cracked. Arena officials would be quite happy to find out who the guilty parties are, so they could make them stand good for the expenses in- volved, which will probably amount to over $100, (Citizens News Photo) Advance Tickets For Western Fair At Citizens 'News Advance tickets for the Western Fair are now on sale at the office of the Zurich Citizens News. Only holders of these tickets are eligible to win the five cars, which will be drawn for on the final night of the fair, The tickets come in strips of two, and are priced at one dollar. Each strip of tickets is good for two admissions to the fair. Thieves Responsible For Break-ins Arrested Later Near Collingwood Thieves, who last Tuesday even- ing broke into five district busi- ness establishments, including two in Zurich, were apprehended later in the week near Collingwood, where they have been charged with armed robbery. Loss in the break-ins totalled about $20 in change, two guns, about $15 worth of cigarettes, and a small amount of candy. The thieves gained entry through the front doors and win- dows of four gas station on pro- vincial highways, and one store in the Village of Zurich. The thieves were discovered in Zurich, while they were entering the establishtnent of Rader and Mittelholtz. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Rader, proprietors of the store, heard the thieves breaking into their building. Being scared away, they left and returned min- utes later, to grab two guns. When Mrs. Rader phoned through to Exeter to the police the thieves apparently were frightened off, and left: She was fortunate en- ough to see part of their licence number and also get a descrip- tion of the vehicle in which they were driving, which in all prob- ability aided the police in their capture of the three then, At Howard Klopp's service sta- tion in Zurich, the front door was also jimmied open. $10 fn cigar- ettes and about $1.50 in silver was taken; from the station. Two neighboring gas stations at Hensall were hit. At John Reid's Texaco service, where entry was gained by breaking a window and `urning the door lock, some cig- arettes, chocolate bars and $2 in pennies were taken. The men couldn't open the door of Ferg's service station. They broke a window, took only several boxes of ten -cent candy. There was no money in the till. Johnny's Fina Service, Exeter, lost $14.65 in change from a cash register in the stock room. Three or four pairs of sunglasses were also stolen. They entered through the front door of the station on the well -lit intersection of Nos. 4 and 83 highways. When the thieves were caught up with at Collingwood the guns taken from the Rader Hardware were still in their possession. Ac- cording to police, the three men admitted breaking into the five district places. o– Cottagers Complain To Hay Council About Co ditio s at Port Blake A group of cottagers from the lakefront at Port Blake appeared before the Hay Township Council on Friday night, with complaints of rowdyism and disorderly con- duct along their beach and on the road leading to their cottages. They claimed there was no end to the amount of drunken parties held along the beach, and that they had reported the matter to the provincial police and no action had been taken. It was explained to the group that under the Can- ada Temperance Act there was no law against drinking on the beach, or any other public places, and that the police are powerless to do anything about it. They also charged that people would park their cars in front of their cottages and undress in them, to go in swimming, in the daytime, no matter who was a- round. Others, they claimed, Georgetown Man Wins $100 At Grand Bend. At the first fall meeting of the Grand Bend Branch No. 498 of the Canadian Legion, held on September 7, a lucky draw was held for $100 in silver dollars. The lucky winner was Bradley Edgar, 23 Gower Street, Georgetown. Seller of the winning ticket was Reg. Merry, a member of the Grand Bend Legion. A number of men from Zurich and vicinity are members of the branch in Grand Bend. The winning ticket was drawn by Glen Webb, reeve of Stephen Township. Gerald Gingerich Awarded Contract For New Engine would change clothes in front of people on the beach. They felt persons causing a nuisance of themselves in this manner should be charged with indecent expos- ure. One cottage owner who was present claimed that corn roasts were being held along the beach, and broken bottles left where the fire was. He also said he had cut his own foot on a broken beer bottle, and still had the empty botte to prove it. The group requested council to erect signs, marking the road leading to the beach as a dead end road. They reported that a week ago a jeep went down the hill at the beach, and almost hit some campers going to the water. Another request was that council pass a by-law restricting parking along the road to the beach on one side only. After some discussion an the matter, council agreed they would contact Stephen Council in re- gards to erecting signs, since the road is the dividing line between the two townships. They also in- formed the delegation that they would request the provincial po- lice to patrol the area a Little more careful in the future 'At a special meeting of the trustees of the Village of Zurich last Wednesday night, the tend- er of Gerald Gingerich to supply an air-cooled engine for the wat- er system was . accepted. Price of the engine is $673, and the Gin- gerich tender was the lowest of four received. The purpose of the engine is to supply power to pump water in case of a hydro break -down. The trustees had been to Teeswater recently to inspect an installa- tion in that town similar to the one they wanted for Zurich. and found it to be satisfactory for the job. Installation of the new unitis expected to take place in the near future. FAMILY REUNION A reunion of the Baeehler fam- ily was held at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. William Baeehler, on the Bronson Line, this past Sunday. All members of the fam- ily attended the affair. 0 Assessment Roll Shows Population Up In Hay Tw). At the regular monthly meet- ing of the Hay Township Council last Friday night, the assessor,. George Armstrong, presented the roll for the next year. Total assessment for Hay Township is $3,476,263. The assessment for the Village of Zurich is $230,975, and for the Village of Dashwood $159,248. Of the total assessment the school section is 33,034,558, and the sep- arate school is 3441,725, Mr. Armstrong also reported that the population of Zurich is 658, the Hay portion of Dashwood is 210, while the entire township has 1,164 people living in it, After approving the roll, as pre- sented by the assessor, the coun- cil decided to hold a court of re- vision on the matter sometime in October,