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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-12-02, Page 3No. 48—First With The Local News ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1959 $2.50 Per Yeer-5 Cents Per Copy HAY AND STANLEY FEDERATIONS of Agriculture held their annual meeting and banquet in the Com- munity Centre, Zurich, last Wednesday night. Shown here with the guest speaker, W. P. Roberts, Tuckersmith, are the officers of both units. Left to right are: Elgin Porter, George Reid, president and secretary respectively of the. Stanley group; Mr. Roberts; Herb Klopp and Clifford Pepper, president and secretary of the Hay Federation. Over 300 attended the annual event. (Citizens News Photo) Hay Votes Monday For Reeve And Three Councillors; Haberer Is Deputy The voters in the Township of Hay will go to the polis on Mon- day, December 7, to decide who will be the reeve and three coun- cillors for the coming year. V. L. Becker, p_esent reeve, will be seeking re-election to the office, having as his opponent the dep- uty -reeve of the past two years, Alex Mousseau. Karl Haberer was 'elected to the post of deputy -reeve by acclamation. Nomination for the township was held in the Township Hall, Zurich, on. Friday, November 27, with about 100 in attendance. Five men will contest the three council seats: John Corbett, Wil- liam Davidson, Delbert Ceiaer, Leonard Greb and John Soldan. Both Corbett and Davidson have served on the council for the past two years, while Geiger and Greb are both former councillors. Mr. Corbett was also nominated for deputy -reeve, but declined to st- and for this office choosing to run for a councillor instead. Two members of the Ha_v Town- ship School Area Board were both returned to office by acclamation. They are Ray Fisher and Clifford Pepper. Reeve Speaks Speaking to the ratepayers who attended the nomination, reeve V. L. Becker reviewed work which had been carried on throughout the township during the past year. Thieves Caught In Robbery Attempt At Becker and Son Thieves who broke into the showroom of the V. L. Becker implement building in Dashwood on Monday night received a sud- den surprise when they were ap- prehend minutes later near Port Blake. He referred to the road program, which was probably the biggest in years. Last year's snow remov- al was larger than in any other year, and two new bridges have been built, as well as considerable work being done on the road lead- ing to the beach at St. Joseph. The reeve also described some of the work that has been done by the county council during the past year. He explained the work of the County Horne committee, of which he is chairman, and of the plans for the new addition which is to be built in the near future. Alex Mousseau, the • deputy - reeve, in his remarks referred to the continual battle the county council has to keep salaries down in the county. He claimed that Huron has the highest payroll of any county in Onta°io. In tallzine- about the Huron County Home. Mr. Mousseau felt the farm at the home was not making money, and is a burden to the county. Councillors John Corbett, Karl Haberer and William Davidson each spoke briefly. reviewing the work 'carried out by the council during the past year. One of the new candidates for councillor. Delbert Geiger, criti- cized the county council for spen- ding taxpayers money -too freely, claiming that there is too much building going on in the county program. I -Te added that the edu- cation of the county council must start at home in each township with the representatives that are sent up to Goderich. Two other candidates, John Soldan and Leo- nard Greb, both spoke briefly. (Continued on Page Ten) A neighbour woman, Mrs. Rob- ert Hayter, phoned the Becker home after midnight on Monday, and informed the family she saw someone breaking into the build- ing. -Mr. Becker along with Jam- es Hayter, who was visiting the Becker family at the time, gave chase .and saw the culprits leav- ing town, going west on Highway 83. Following; the car, the two men finally caught up with it at Port Blake, and stopped the suspects. They loaded them into their car and proceeded to the provincial police in Grand Bend, who in turn called the Exeter detachment to take over the investigation. OPP Constable George Mitchell, of the Exeter detachment, is in charge, According to Mr. Becker, they have not been able to find anything missing in the building as yet. Bill Howe, a medical student of Western University, London, was a weekend visitor with Ms uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs, Delbert Geiger. BACK AGAIN DELBERT GEIGER, Who has served on the council of the Township of Hay for several years some time ago, has again entered the municipal political field, and is seeking election as, a councillor for the 1960 council, He is past presi- dent of the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association, and has been quite active in various faun organizations. (Citizens News Photo) Lions Fowil Bingo Thursday Night The Zurich Lions Club will be staging their annual fowl bingo in the Community Cen- tre tomorrow night, Thursday, starting at 8.30 o'clock. Proceeds from this annual event will be used for the an- nual S aita Claus day, which will be held this year an Sat- urday, December 19. Westlake Store Has Lucky Draw Following a month long cam- paign by the Sealy Mattress Com- pany a lucky draw was held at Westlake Furniture Store on Tuesday morning, for a Sealy Posturepedic mattress. The win- ner was A. J. McClinchey, RR 2, Zurich. The draw was made by Mrs. Keith Thiel, a member of the staff of the local Bank of Montreal. Herb Klopp Heads Hay Federation; Elgin Porter Is Named For Stanley Speaking to a crowd of 350 people, mostly members of the Federation of Agriculture, in the Community Centre, Zurich, on Wednesday night, W. P. Roberts, Tuckersmith Township, urged farmers to end their "attitude of defeatism" and change their pol- icy from the defence to the at- tack. He said agriculture today is suffering from a penalty of ab- undance, and it is time to attack with determination for a just share of the consumer dollar. The event was the annual meet- ing and banquet of the Hay and Stanley Township Federations of Agriculture, and those present en- joyed a delicious turkey dinner served by the Ladies Aid of the Evangelical Church in Zurich. In opening his address, Mr. Ro- berts paid special tribute to the women, claiming that it is the hard work done by the women which makes farming acceptable to most men. With a glitter in his eye, the speaker also said women are smarter than men. Penalty of Abundance Referring to the sliding farm prices, the speaker related how the net returns this year are down 15 percent, and how, next year, they would be down another ten percent. "This is what is known as the 'Cost Price Sq- ueeze'," he added. Mr. Roberts went on to say, "Neither the Conscr•-ative nor Lib- eral Boverments want to solve the economical problem of agri- culture. They are only interested in the urban cen+ares, and are not worrying about the farmers." "It is time both the govern- ment and industry realize they must be dependent on the farm- er," he went on to say. "When there are surpluses in industry they are bought by the govern- ment, so why should there not be equal treatment for agriculture, We as farmers are helping to pay high industrial profits, surely we have the right to demand an equal share." Mr. Roberts stated he feels there should be a national agri- cultural planning board set up, since there is no problem in econ- omics that the human mind can- not solve. Unfair Taxation In connection with taxation, the speaker pointed how educa- tional costs have risen in the last ten. years. "The Federation should press the provincial government for exemption of farm land from the public school tax," he said, "since the farmer is paying five times more tax on his land than the urban dweller is on his pro - ;party." He explained how the farmer should only have to pay school tax on his buildings and the land they are built on, to be fair, and the loss in taxation mon- eys should be reimbursed by the government with an additional school grant. In concluding this impressive talk, Mr. Roberts said it is time someone tells the farmer's story in comparison with the industrial story. The guest speaker was intro- duced to the gathering by J. Carl Hemingway, secretary-fieldman for the Huron Federation of Agri- culture, b i - culture, who spoke briefly on the TV Farris Forum, Co -Op insur- ance, and the Co -Op Medical Ser- vices. He was thanked by Herb Klopp, Zurich. NEW PRESIDENTS Both the Hay and Stanley Fed- erations have new presidents for the coming two years. In Hay, Herb Klopp was elected to the post, and in Stanley, Elgin Porter will serve for the next two years. (Continued on Page Twelve) Huron and Perth End Temperance Act With a 2-1 Overall Majority Hay Township gave a majority of 505 in favour of the revocation of the Canada Temperance Act on Monday, following the trend which was evident across the counties of both Huron and Perth. With a total turn -gut of 1,003 voters, in Hay Township, 754 voted in favour of the revocation, The Township of Hay was one of two municipalities in Huron who voted against the CTA when it was brought in by vote in 1914. At that time this town- ship registered a vote of 246 for the CTA and 405 against it. Bay- field was the only other vote against the CTA. By percentage count, H a y Township voters showed 75 per- cent in favour of revocation on Monday—while Huron and Perth together averaged 66 percent in favour of revocation. There were seven townships against the revocation on Mon- day: Blanshard in Perth County; Ashfield, Howick, Turnberry, East and West Wawanosh and Usborne. SEEKS RE-ELECTION JOHN CORBETT, A member of the council of Hay Township for the past two years, is seeking re-election to that post at the election on Monday, Mr, Corbett operates a farm on the second concession of Hay. (Citizens News Photo) ELECTED DEPUTY -REEVE KARL HABERER Was elected to the position of Deputy -Reeve of Hay Township by acclamation at the nomina- tion meeting last Friday. Pre- viously Mr. Haberer had served on the Township Council for a period of two years. He led the polls two years ago when he was elected to the council. (Citizens News Photo) Dashwood Village Trustees Get Acclamation Monday night was nomination meeting in the police village of Dashwood, at which time the trus- tees are picked for the corning year. The three trustees who served last year were all returned to of- fice by acclamation. Chairman during the past year was Ervin Rader, and members Harold Sch- roeder and Clifford Salmon. A discussion on the activities of the work carried out during the past year in the village took place after the nomination. Stanley Township Voting For Reeve and Deputy Following are results in. Hay Township, poll by poll: HAY TOWNSHIP For Against Poll No. 1 .... 45 24 Poll No. 2 46 16 Poll No. 3A 89 25 Poll No. 3B 111 23 Poll No. 4 194 47 Poll No. 5 51 17 Poll No. 6 112 52 Poll No. 7 31 25 Poll No. 8 75 20 Totals .. 754 249 • Majority for Revocation: 505 STANLEY TOWNSHIP For Against Poll No. 1 57 25 Poll No. 2 56 27 Poll No. 3 35 23 Poll No. 4 81 63 Poll No. 5 46 32 Poll No. 6 53 38 Poll No. 7 37 7 Poll No. 8 153 37 Totals .......... 518 252 Majority for Revocation: 266 Following are results by muni- cipality of the Monday, Novem- ber 30 vote, with a comparison with the 1914 vote which brought the Canada Temperance Act into force in Huron County: 1959 1914 o E o ca o9! 4 ca ,, Ashfield 265 306 354 262 Bayfield , 52 65 Blyth 251 94 99 71 Brussels 274 107 118 91 Clinton 816 359 257 225 Colborne 287 184 291 70 Exeter 763 480 227 179 God, Twp. 367 192 326 125 Grey ... 356 254 493 170 Hay 754 249 246 405 Hens all 302 122 90 80 Turnberry 221 255 276 141 Hullett 350 324 375 221 McKillop ., 368 196 254 225 Morris 300 278 357 205 Seaforth , 718 241 226 211 Stanley 518 252 308 121 Stephen 640 422 424 378 Tuck'rsm'th 611 359 318 178 Usborne 228 357 335 153 E. Wa'nosh 173 275 311 82 •W.Wa'nosh 221 254 253 145 Goderich .2229 670 602 474 Howick 344 512 477 239 Wingham 707 613 296 243 Wroxeter 45 43 Adv. Poll17 1 Grand Total ....12,080 7,354 7,410 4,802 Majority for revocation in 1959: 4,626; majority for the CI'A in 1914: 2,608. There were 8,826 voting for the revocation in Perth on Monday, while 3,183 voted against. There were 12,080 voting for the revocation in Huron County, and only 7,354 against. Though councillors in Stanley Township received an acclamation last Friday afternoon, there will be an election involving the posi- tions of reeve and deputy reeve. Deputy Reeve Harvey Taylor is challenging Reeve Harvey Cole- man for that position, and two councillors Alvin Rau and Jack Scotchmer are vieing for the dep- uty reeve post. Councillors will be Ernest Tal- oot and two new men, Melvin Graham and Elmer Hayter. Lyle Hill, who made the motion nominating Harvey Taylor for reeve noted that after 12 years of service, 11/r. Taylor was worthy of the highest position in the township. Mr. Hill said he was well satisfiedwith the job the council had done in the townshilr in the peat, but felt that when they got up to Goderich, they did not do so good a job .became a bit starry-eyed with regard to sp- ending money. "I don't agree with the idea of the airport. How many SEEKS RE-ELECTION WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Who has served as a councillor in the Township of Hay for the past two years, is again seeking re-election by the rate- payers, when they go to the polls on Monday, December 7, to elect a reeve and three coun- cillors. (Citizens News Photo) in the county will use it?" Ralph Stephenson speaking in support of his motion naming Harvey Coleman said the present reeve is tireless, aggressive and he gets things done. That's what the township needs.