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Zurich Citizens News, 1959-11-25, Page 1No. 47 --First With The Local News ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1959 $2.50 Per Year -5 Cents Per Copy PENNY SALE. The first Penny Sale, of what is to become an annual affair, spon- sored by the C.W.L. of St. Boniface Church, Zurich, was a decided success. The town hall was jammed to capacity for the event. Shown here, on the stage, conducting the sale, are left to right: Mrs. Jack Pearson, Mrs. Jack Bannister, Russel Oesch, Tony Charrette, and Lawrence Bedard. Below are some of the girls who gathered the tickets for each draw, making their rounds. (Citizens News Photo) Uoyd O'Brien Will Seek Position As First Reeve of New Village Lloyd O'Brien, chairman of the trustee board of .the police village of Zurich for the past several years, told the Citizens News last Thursday, after the Ontario Muni- cipal Board decision that Zurich, would be incorporated, that he definitely would allow his name to stand as a candidate for the vil- lage's first reeve. To date, no one else has signified their inten- tion of seeking the newly created position, although rumor has it that there is another candidate. Nomination for the village reeve and council will be held on Mon- day, December 14, with •an elec- tion, if necessary, on the follow- ing Monday, December 21. Two members of last year's trustee board, cousins Leroy and Harold Thiel, have both announc- ed their intentions of seeking re- election to the council. Two new candidates will also have to be found to fill the required four seats made necessary by the in- corporation move. As yet no decision has been made regarding the school sec- tion, which will have to be formed between the village and the town- ship. It is• expected that after this is arranged there will be representatives from the village appointed to the school board. No decision has been reached regarding the formation of a public utilities sto this will have be looked after as well. 0 Three New Users On Water System At a meeting of the trustees of the police village of Zurich last Tuesday night, permission was granted to add three new water users to the local water system. Applications were approved for Orville Witmer, Charles Thiel, and Don Oke. 200 Hear John Huckins Blast Away At Statements Made by CTA Group Before an enthusiastic aud- ience of 200 men and women in the community centre, Zurich, on Monday night, John Huckins, Goderich, chairman of the Huron Citizens' Legal Control Commit- tee, charged supporters of the Canada Temperance Act with dividing the people of Huron into two classes. He claimed that Roy- al Moulton, secretary of the Ont- ario Temperance Federation, had said. "only persons who vote to retain. the CTA are 'true Christ- ians'." Huron County votes November 30 on retention or rejection of the Canada Temperance Act. Mr. Huckins addressed the me- eting at the request of the Zur- ich Chamber of Commerce which wenn on record at a recent meet- ing as being in favour of the re- vocation of the CTA. He was in- troduced to the gathering by Ch- arles Thiel, president of the Chamber. Claims Church Used The speaker said outsiders are coming into the campaign on be- half of the CTA committee and are using the church to spread untrue statistics. Mr. Huclzins denied any brewery has 'any part in the campaign. Explaining his reasons for st- arting a campaign to rid Huron County of what he called the "horse -and -buggy" legislation Mr. Huckins said he returned to mun- icipal politics in Goderich on the stand that every vote he polled would be a vote to the revocation of the CTA. Mr. Huckins is a for- mer mayor and now a councilor at Goderich. Referring to a recent letter published in the Citizens News, in which a local clergyman took the stand that the CTA issue should next be .'brought up in church, Mr. H kstated "It is a sad state except one, of CTA meetings, come from within a church." Ottawa Interview Last Saturday's edition of the London Free Press carried a st- ory, referring to amendments to the CTA, and the denial of promises being made by two cab- inet ministers. Mr. Huckins told of a personal interview with the secretary of state. "When I told the secretary of the open drinking in cars and public places in Huron County he was horrified. Elston Cardiff, MP for Huron, verified the statement for me", The CTA committee know in their own hearts they are telling lies, and have no statistics to back up their statements," the speaker added. He told of a case in Brussels recently, where Hub- ert McComrel, a CTA speaker, apologized after the meeting for telling an "untruth", so his state- ment would not be printed in the papers. Referring to the situation in Manitoulin Island and Peel Cou- nty since a vote rejected the CTA Mr. Huckins said there was not a single beverage room in either. "Surely this would indicate that the people only voted for a law and not for liquor outlets," he added. Mr, Huckins said "control be- gins with police arresting boot- leggers selling to minors and ends with the magistrate sending the bootlegger to jail." Mr. Huckins quoted a report from the Alcoholic Research Foundation which said "we can not safely infer from present es- timates that any area has a high- er or lower rate of alcoholism than any other," "Surely," said the speaker "this Would indicate that the CTA com- mittee's claim that Huron has of affairs when all of the reports, (Continued on Page Eight) Hockey Starts In Hensall Friday While the Zurich Flyers opened their season in WOAA Intermediate hockey in Mitchell last night, the first home game of the season will take place in the Hensall arena this Friday night, at 8.30. o'clock. Much effort has been put into the organization of this hockey club, and it is hoped the fans will turn out in good numbers to all the home games. CANNOT VOTE IN TOWNSHIP Ratepayers of the village of Zurich will not be eligible to nominate or elect candidates in the forthcoming nomination and election in the Township of Hay. This change in plans conies about due to the dec- ision of the Ontario Municip- al Board to have the incor- poration of Zurich as a vil- lage take effect immediately. The only chance the Zurich electors will have to voice their opinions will be at the nomination and election, if one is necessary, for the reeve and four councillors of the newly incorporated village. Nomination for the town- ship of Hay will be this Fri- day, November 27, with the date for an election, if nec- essary on Monday, Dec. 7. For the village of Zurich, the nominations will be on Monday, December 14, with an election, if necessary, on Monday, December 21. It Is to be hoped that this explanation will solve any doubts i n anyone's minds about how the incorporation will affect the ratepayers in regards to nominations and elections. Zurich Now Incorporated Effective January 1, 1960, the police village of Zurich will be a village, with a reeve and four councillors. This decision was handed out at the Ontario Munic- ipal Board hearing last Thursday in Zurich, into the application of the trustees to have the inhabi- tants incorporated into a village, instead of a police village, as they had previously been. The municipal board was rep- resented at the hearing by V. Mil- burn, Islington, and W. Green- wood, Port Credit, who took only about ten minutes after the hear- ing ended to reach their decision. The trustees were represented by their solicitor, Elmer D. Bell, QC, Exeter. Acts for Trustees In opening the hearing Mr. Bell presented the case of the trustees to the two officials. He explained in, and how the trustees, along with the healthy situation Zurich was and how th trustees, along with the local Chamber of Commerce, had done considerable ground work on the idea before the dec- ision to apply for the right to in- corporate was reached. "There has never been any dispute be- tween the village and the town- ship of Hay," said Mr, Bell, "and after Zurich would be incorpor- ated things would continue to work out satisfactorily to both parties." Mr. Bell went on to say, Zurich has .a large industry here, in F. C. Kalbfleisch and Son Lum- ber Mills, and also it is the head- quarters for a large transport firm, Ruston Transport. Since the village is located close to the shores of Lake Huron, they have an increased business in the sum- mer," he added. In summing up his case, Mr. Bell said that there would be little trouble in adjust- ing the debenture debts between the village and the township. .. School Situation Explained Asked if they realized there would be extra expenses involved in being incorporated, Mr. O'Brien said they did. He felt there should be a policeman in Zurich, they would have to hire their own as- sessor, clerk, etc., but that the extra money received in the way of per capita grants would take care of these additional expendi- tures. Praises Management It was at this point in the hear- ing that Mr. Greenwood, the chairman, praised the trustee board for the very excellent job they had been doing in serving their town, to be able to have all these up-to-date utilities, and have them all paid for. Township in Agreement Speaking for the Township of Hay, councillors Karl Haberer, William Davidson and John Cor- bett all voiced their approval of the plan, since it would mean pro- gress to the village of Zurich to be incorporated. The only quest- ion that was raised by the town- ship councillors was as to the fut- ure of the Arena and Community Centre, as well as the Town Hall. The Municipal Board officials pointed out that since the village would represent about 10 percent of the total assessment of the Township, they would have the same amount of equity in the buildings in question, and it would have to be taken into considera- tion when the time for making arrangements would come. Little Opposition Only two ratepayers of the vil- lage were present to voice their opposition to the incorporation plan. H. W. Brokenshire, clerk -treas- urer of the Township of Hay, sec- retary of the village trustee board. and also secretary -treasur- er of the School Area, was called lAr)rsi to explain the assessment of the -township and the village. When asked by the municipal board officials how incorporation would affect the school area, Mr. Brokenshire replied that he thought a union school section could be formed for the school in Zurich. John C. Goman, inspector for public schools in South Huron, was present, and asked by the of- ficials how the school question would be worked out. Mr. Goman named two possibilities which could take place. "The first," he said, "would be for the village to set up a school section of their own, and build a new school. The alternative would be for the vil- lage to create a union school sec- tion with the township, under the Public Schools Act." The inspector went on to say that since Zurich is centrally lo- cated, and two new rooms were recently built to the school in the village, he felt there would be very little trouble to work out an agreement between the two bod- ies. Explains Reasons Chairman of the trustee board, Lloyd O'Brien, was asked to give the reason for the trustees' decis- ion to ask for incorporation. ",For eight years we have been considering the idea," Mr. O'Brien stated, "and now we felt the time had come when we should make the move. We own our own hy- dro system, which is entirely paid for, we own our water system, which is entirely paid for, all the streets in the village are paved, and we own a $12,000 fire engine, which is entirely paid far." the chairman of the trustees added. The first, Peter Deichert, could not see why, if the village and the township were getting along so well, they should want to break away from the rest of Hay. In ' answer to another question from Mr. Deichert, as to whether any other municipalities the size of Zurich a r e incorporated, Mx. Greenwood advised the gathering that there were many villages smaller than Zurich. Another opposer, Napoleon Be- dard, said he could see no evidence given that there would be any ad- vantage to the change. He asked if the ratepayers would have noth- ing to say about the matter. In answer to Mr. Bedard, the chair- man of the Municipal Board told him that the hearing was being held so any ratepayers could have a chance to voice their op- position. He explained that they would reach their decision by the amount of evidence given at the hearing. Clarence Geoffrey, a member of the Separate School board in Zur- ich, asked what effect the incor- poration would have on their school. He was advised that there would be no change. Kenneth Breakey, local televis- ion dealer, asked what the in- creased costs of being incorpora- ted would be to the ratepayer. He was answered by Mr. O'Brien, who said, "We don't see any pos- sible chance of having to raise the taxes in Zurich. we have studied the situation very carefully, and find that the extra grants receiv- ed will pay for any extra expen- ses.' Voice Approval Two ratepayers who were pres- (Continued on Page Seven) Two -Way Contest for Reeve in Hay, Mousse.:. n Decides to Oppose Becker An election has been assured for the Township of Hay, with the announcement to the Citizens News on 'Friday of the intention of deputy -reeve, Alex Mousseau, to contest the reeveship of the Township, In telling this news- paper of his plans, Mr. Mousseau said, "I have served as deputy - reeve for the past few years, and feel it is now time for me to move up or out, whichever the case may be. There has been a considerable amount of pressure brought to me in the past few weeks by a number of ratepayers, urging me to enter the race for reeve, and it is with this in mind that I have decided to let my name stand as a candidate for that position." Mr. Mousseau will oppose V. L. Becker, who has served as reeve for the past number of years. Prior to an editorial in this news- paper last week urging possible candidates to signify their inten- tions, Mr. Becker had been the only canditdate to advise the Cit- izens News he would seek re-elec- tion. It has also been rumored that, if Mr. Becker is re-elected as reeve of Hay Township he will be a candidate for the Warden of Huron County. Status In Doubt What will happen to the posi- tion of deputy -reeve in Hay Town- ship is still undecided at the time of printing this paper, but a dec- ision is expected before nomina- tion day. Under the change of the number of voters in the town- ship, due to the incorporation of Zurich, Hay will not be eligible any longer for deputy. However, there is some doubt whether or not this ruling will come into ef- fect this coming term. Should the office of deputy - reeve still be available, Karl Ha- bere, who led the polls in the elec- tion two years ago, will be the probable candidate for the posit- ion. In any rate, Mr. Haberer will again let his name stand for a member of the council. Another member of last year's council, John Corbett, has also now indicated he will seek re-el- ection to the council. The other members of last year's governing body, William Davidson, has not indicated what his plans for the next year are. There will still be an opening for another man on the council, even if Mr. Davidson does decide to run. Several men have been named as possible candidates, but there is nothing definite from any of them, Nomination on Friday is from one to two o'clock in the after- noon, after which the proposed candidates will have an opportun ity to say a few words. At the same meeting, two men will have to be named to the Hay Township School Area Board, as two present members' terms ex- pire this year. 0 Banquet Tonight Tickets Available There are still a limited a- mount of tickets available for the annual meeting and hot turkey banquet of the Hay and Stanley Federations of Agricul- ture, which is to be held in the Community Centre, Zurich, to- night, Wednesday. Tickets are available from any of the direc- tors, or from Clifford Pepper, secretary -treasurer of the Hay group. DEDICATION SERVICE. A new church sign for St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Zurich, a gift of the family in memory of the late Mr, and Mrs. Oscar Klopp, Zurich, was dedicated on Sunday, November 15, at the close of the morning service, Taking part in the dedication serv- ice, along with the pastor, Rev. W. P. Fischer, were members of the Junior Choir of the Church. The sign board is illuminated at night, and stands out quite distinctly. Citizens News Photo)