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Zurich Citizens News, 1959-12-30, Page 1ZURICH 0 et€ HEWS No. 52—First With the Local News ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1959 $2.50 Per rear -5 Cents Per Copy MARRIED 45 YEARS Mr. and Mrs. George Henry Clausius were married 45 years ago on December 23, 1914, in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Zur- ich, by the Rev. H. C. Miller. On December 23, 1959, they cele- brated their 45th anniversary, when all members of their fam- ily gathered at their home for the occasion. Mr. Clausius is a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Claus- ius, Zurich, and his wife is the former Miica Thiel, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. And- rew Thiel, Zurich. Best man for the groom of 45 years ago was Andrew Price, while the bridesmaid was Miss Louise Clausius. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Clausius farmed on the Bronson Line for four years, on the. farm now owned by Clare Geiger. From there they moved to the Blind Line, where they lived for many years on the farm now owned by John Groot. Four years ago they retired to Zurich. Mr. and Mrs. Clausius have six children, four boys and two girls; They are: Harvey, Zurich; Albert, Zurich; Clifford, Zurich; Hugh, Zurich; Mrs. Edmund Becker (Leila), Hay Township; and Mrs. Elmore Beirling (He1 ma), Hay Township; they also have 13 grandchildren. Lutheran Church Receives Another Gift Of Money St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Zurich has been notified they are to receive a gift of $1,127.69, from the estate of th late Matilda Mary Johnson; Kitchener, formerly of Zurich, who passed away a, short time ago. The gift is the third such don- ation to the church from the John- son family. Some years ago, when the church was renovated the children donated a sum of money to purchase new pews, as a mem- orial to their parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson. A little over a year ago St. Pet- er's received $1,000 in memory of another member of the family, Miss Susie Johnson. The family were members of the church here for many years before moving to Kitchener. They lived in the house now owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Decker. Zurich Stores Hold Christmas Draws During Past Week Various stores in Zurich held lucky draws at Christmas, and have announced the winners. At Gingerich's three major priz- es were given away. First was a chest of silverware, and was won by Mrs. Pearl Koehler, Hensall; second was a TV lamp, and was Won by Roy Ryan, Crediton; and third was a camera, won by Bill Elliott, Zurich. A draw for a cam- era held in connection with the purchase of records, was won by Yvonne Gingerich, Zurich. At Westlake Furniture store a draw was made on Christmas Eve, for a Kroehler hostess chair. The winner was Mrs. Elmore Desjar- dine, Grand Bend, and the draw was made by Gregory Armstrong, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Arm- strong, Zurich. A ladies' automatic wound wrist watch was won by Miss Joyce Witmer, Zurich, in a lucky draw held at Albert Hess jewellery st- ore. The draw was made by Glen Having Visitors Or Going Away Over New Years? Are you having visitors at your house over New Years? Or are you planning on going away for the holiday? If you are, why not give us a call so we can make a personal item in next week's paper. Your friends like to know about you. In all the personal items of the village in this week's paper, lmly one party telephoned the news to us. The rest—we had to either phone ourselves and ask, or find out the best way we could, You can all help to give us more local news, by informing us of your activities. Your co- operation will be appreciated. Thiel, Zurich. Mrs. Milton Oesch, Zurich, was the winner of a cartful of groc- eries given away at a lucky draw at Thiel's Superior Store. Mak- ing the draw was Santa Claus himself. PERSONALS Miss Marie Bedard, Detroit, was a Christmas visitor with members of her family in Zurich. Mrs. Anne Sauve, Toronto, was a visitor with friends in Zurich over the Christmas holiday. Dr. Herbert Kalbfleisch, Lon- don, was a Sunday visitor with relatives in Zurich. Miss Dianne Thiel, London, spent Christmas at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thiel. Miss Janet: Gascho, London,was a Christmas visitor at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- win Gascho. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dinnin and son Bill, spent the weekend in Burlington with Mr. and Mrs. Ro- bert Barr and family. • Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Howald, and family, London, were Christ- mas visitors with the former's father, Mr. Henry Howald, in Zurich. Christmas visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hay were Miss Kathleen Hay, Exeter; Miss Erla Hay, London; Mrs. Myrtle Banko, London; and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hay, Zurich. Christmas Day guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Din- nin were: Mr. and Mrs. William Dinnin and Wilma, Brucefield; and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Munn and family, Blair. Rev. and Mrs. Cyril K, Ginger- ich. Willowdale, were Christmas visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Gingerich. Also at the home of her parents for a few days was Miss Gloria Gingerich, RN., Kitchener. Students from university and teachers college who are spending "ll,th' Christmas holiday-- at, Their home in Zurich are: Miss Wanda Lawrence, Miss Marion Yungblut, Miss Marion Fleischauer. Ronald Klopp, Loren Amacher, and Ken Weido. 91 YEARS OLD The oldest resident of Zurich, William Rader, was 91 years old on Sunday, December 27, 1959. He has two children, a daughter, Mrs. Victor Dinnin, and a son, Milne; all of Zurich. Mr. Rader has lived in the village since 1918, and be- fore that he farmed on the 14th concession, where Joe Ducharme now resides. (Additional Personals on Pages Four and Five) Sleet And Snow Storm Disrupts Hydro Service; Causes Heavy Damage Central Huron County was in darkness most of Monday night after breaks in a lightning conduc- tor "sky wire" short circuited a 115,000 volt line running from London to Seaforth. The wire broke under tons of ice deposited by the sleet and fr- eezing rain that swept across Western Ontario on Monday. Hy- dro officials said that four crews had patrolled the 12 mile line on foot before the breaks were dis- covered and the lines cleared. Six Hour Failure Breaks in the skyline occured about one and a half miles south of Seaforth. Hydro went off loc- ally at about five p.m. and came Village Trustees Make Grants At Final Meeting The trustees of the village of Zurich, at their last regular meet- ing of the year last Wednesday night, made a grant of $50 to the Zurich Public Library. Other grants •given at the meet- ing were: Zurich Boy Scouts and Cubs, $25; Girl Guides and Brown- ies, $25. back on at about 11 p.m. Many people went hungry due to the lack of power for cooking, while still others became chilled with no power to operate their heating equipment. Damages Heavy The Hay Municipal Telephone System will suffer extensive losses on their rural lines. On the Bron- son Line, north of highway 84, several miles of telephone wires were broken down from the excess weight of the ice, while in other places a number of poles have also been snapped. An estimated two or three miles of telephone wires and poles are down between Brucefield and Cl- inton. According to agricultural rep- resentatives winter wheat and clover seed in the ground will not be affected by the icing and snow conditions. They claim there was not enough covering to smother the plants. Good Water Supply While many residents of Zurich were without heat and food, there was an ample supply of water on hand. The newly installed auxiliary gas pump was pressed into ser- vice, and kept pressure up to normal while the hydro power was off. Debentures on County Home Addition Sold Quickly; Work Now Under Way It took only three days for teachers, farmers, doctors, work- ers and "people in all walks of life" to snap up over half a mil- lion dollars worth of debentures for an. addition to Huron County Home tee the Aged: Orders For More Another $100,000 worth were ordered but could not be filled. The debentures were sold by HuronCounty Council to finance a $1,087,303 addition of 180 beds to their home in Clinton. Phil Carey, Goderich agent for Nesbitt, Thomson and Company Limited, who sold the $550,000 worth of bonds for council, said he had "never seen anything like it in my life." "People bought them who didn't even buy Dominion bonds," he said. He said people in "all walks of life in every village in the county" bought the bond-% lowest denomination of which was $500. Oenstruction Started Construction on the addition has been started by contractors Con -Eng Construction of London. With the exception of the firm's ,skeleton staff, county labor will be 'hired 'where possible. Con- struction is expected to be com- pleted in 18 months. The Department of Welfare will pay 50 percent of the con- struction cost. County council approved by- laws for sale of the debentures in special session last Wednesday. Council accepted a firm bid of $97.30 for the debentures at six percent for a 10 -year period: Hay Township Reeve V. L.. Becker has been chairman of the Huron County Horne committee during the past year, when; plans for the additions were started. Deputy -reeve Alex Mousseau has also been a member of the com- mittee, during the past year. Looking Over 1959 With The Zurich Citizens News At the end of each year we plan on bringing our readers a resume of the many events which have taken place in Zurich and surrounding community. Each week the pages of the home paper are packed with news of the people you know—and when each year is finished well over 500 pages have been published and enjoyed. Here is the story of your year—the one to be remembered as 1959, the second year of the Citizens News. January 7 — Prominent Hay Township farmer, Bruce Koehler, killed in tractor mishap near Strathroy—Rev. O. Winter, Luth- eran minister, accepted a call to a Toronto church—James Patter- son, clerk -treasurer of Hensall was asked to resign the position he had held for 30 years—Ian Mc- Allister tells Zurich Lions Club of changes expected in farming in yer ahead. January 14—Norman Jones re- signed as reeve of Hensail over firing of clerk James Paterson— Zurich stores decided to close at 9 p.m. for winter months --Citiz- ens News ended first year of pub- lication --Zurich Midgets lost first hockey game of season, to Hen- sall—Inaugural session of Hay Township council held, with Rev. A. Martin conducting the devo- tion. January 21 — Thiel's Superior store held grand opening of com- pletely modernized food market in Zurich -Village trustees decided to install 18 new streetlights throughout the next year—Dennis Amacher earned shut -out as the Midget hockey team defeated Go- derich 7 -0 ----Peter L. McNaughton appointed new clerk -treasurer for the village of Hensall—William Jewitt, Hullett, named warden of Huron. January 28-300 people attend- ed the annual meeting of Hay and Stanley Federations of Agricul- ture to hear en address from Roy Jewell—William. Rader, the oldest resident of Zurich, celebrated his 90th birthday—Lions Club and Chamber of Commerce in Zurich decided to stage a campaign for funds for new crippled children centre in Toronto. February 4 — Elmore F. Klopp retired as secretary -treasurer of Zurich Fair Board after 35 years service—V. L. Becker elected pre- sident of Fair Board—Varna and Brucefield in Stanley township get streetlights—Zurich firemen hon- oured at banquet Zurich pee -wee hockey team won eighth straight game without a loss — Huron Game Warden spoke to Dashwood Men's Club on rabies threat. February 11 — First steps dis- cussed in regards to the incorpor- ation of Zurich as a village— Members of St. Boniface Church, Zurich to erect a three-room sep- arate school—Fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Masse was not serious, as stove pipes were over- heated—Ruth Weido was seriously injured in an automobile accident in London. —February 18 — Jack Scotchmer elected as a director of Hay Fire Insurance Company—Chamber of Commerce decided to seek the services of a dentist for Zurich— Zurich Lions Midgets won group title, eliminating Hensall in three straight—Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wil- lert, Dashwood, were honoured on 40th wedding anniversary—Public Library reported membership up for year. February 25 -- Fire at John Groot home confined to upstairs wall and ceiling—Harry Strang chosen Liberal candidate for Hu- ron in the provincial election—Mr. and Mrs. Russell Grainger won prize at local carnival for largest family on skates—C. S. Mac - Naughton gave maiden speech at Ontario legislature—Orland John- ston, native of Zurich, passed away in Montreal. March 4—A popular Dashwood athlete, Raymond Wein died sud- denly — Hay Township council granted Community Centre Board $1,600 to repair building—Zurich Lions Midget hockey team won the championship of WOAA, when they beat Mildmay in two straight games—Zurich Peewees ousted Hensall in two games—Lions Club donated $50 to Listowel disaster fund. March 11—Hay Telephone Sys- tem, at their annual meeting, re- vealed a dial system for Grand Bend is under consideration—de- bentures offered for sale on new separate school — $5,000 damage caused to cars driven by Ivan Kalbfleisch and Kurt Wall, when they collided east of Zurich in blinding snow stoma—Clarence Gascho purchased Lucky Dollar Food Market from Menno Oesch. March 18—Sales at the Hensall Co-op set all time high for the year 1958—Chamber of Commerce begins fight for high school in Zurich—C. S. MacNaughton asks government to consider standard- ization of Daylight Saving Time -- Gerald Gingerich opened new branch store in Seaforth—Midgets took two -game lead over Lucan in Ontario finals. March 25—Addition to County Home approved by County Coun- cil—David Ducharme took top honours at public speaking con- test in Listowel --200 pound safe stolen from Spencer's mill at Hen- sall—Hay Township makes plans for the licencing of trailers and parks—Several large trees cut down in Zurich—Work planned for highway 21 during summer months. April 1—Rader and Mittelholtz hardware changed to self -serve style, hold large re-opening—Rev. W. P. Fischer accepts call to Lutheran Church in Zurich—fire causes loss of 1,000 seven -week old chicks at Amos Gingerich fire —Lions Midgets lost out to Lucan in fifth game of playoffs, after winning first two—Mr. and Mrs. Christian Gascho married 64 years. April 8 — Rabid fox found on farm of Russell Oesch, north of Zurich -100th grandchild born to Mr. and Mrs. James Masse—third annual home improvement show sponsored by Gingerich firm—Msr. Jack Pearson elected president of Catholic Women's League, at an- nual meeting—James Wild, ac- countant scountant at local Bank of Mont- real is transferred to Fenelon Falls. April 15 — C. S. MacNaughton chosen Progressive Conservative candidate for coming election— daring robbery at Gascho Bros. and Stade and Weido nets thieves close to $1,000 in goads and mon- ey.—Mrs. Hubert Schilbe appoint- ed secretary -treasurer of Zurich Fall Fair board — Rev. Charles Daniel retired as minister of Hen- sall United Church. April 22 --- Contract for $53,000 separate school in Zurich let to Urquhart Construction Company —all teachers in Hay School Ar- ea offered contract renewals for next term --Ivan Kalbfleisch elec- ted president of Zurich Ball Club —smelt fishing starts, plenty of suckers in the creeks. April 29—Definite decision to incorporate Zurich as a village reached by trustees—A. S. Bolton resigned as associate agriculture representative for Huron — two- year old car driver has accident in Zurich — Huron Perth baseball league re -organized at a meeting in Zurich. May 6—Lloyd O'Brien elected president of the Zurich Lions Chxb for coming year—Evangelic- al Church in Dashwood held dedi- cation service --a highly esteemed resident of the district, Melvin Overholt passed away in St. Jos- eph's Hospital, London—$90 jack- pot at Chamber of Commerce weekly bingos won by Mrs. Ernie Fisher, Goderich, May 13—Tornado causes heavy damages in Hensall area—William Hayter killed in two -car crash— Lions Club collected $250 for con- cer society—South Huron High School levy set at seven mills for 1959—Grand Bend village instal- led 23 new fluorescent street lights —Fred Watson retired as clerk - treasurer of Stanley Township. May 20—County road commit- tee decided to pave Goshen Line to the Dashwood Road—a six-year. old Dashwood boy, Charles Irwin, was killed by a car while driving Home from school on his bicycle —Girl Guides held a successful baking sale in the Town Hall—in surance expert spoke to the Chamber of Commerce and relat- ed the heavy losses in automobile, accidents. (Continued on Page Three)