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Zurich Citizens News, 1980-09-04, Page 1No. 36 FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS SEPTEMBER 4, 1980. McKinley night draws big crowd ay thanks to retired, Over 900 well-wishers presented to McKinley by gathered in Clinton Wed- federal PC whip Kempling. nesday to pay tribute to Reviewing McKinley's retired . Huron MP Bob political. career in an often McKinley. , humorous address was The veteran member of member of the local riding parliament who retired prior association Doctor Tom to this year's election after Jasper of Goderich. 14 years of service, was the Alluding to the former recipient of several gifts and MP's well-known interest in accolades from several harness racing Jasper made prominent members in- reference to McKinley's first eluding Progressive Con- campaign back in 1966; "I servative leader Joe Clark. understand rumours had In attendence were several spread through Ottawa that current and past . MPs or Bob had even financed his MPPs including Bruce campaign with winnings of Haliday of Oxford, Bill one favourite horse -Scion Kempling, Burlington, John Grattan However, Keith Wise of Elgin, Bill Knowles Coates filled me in on the from Halidmond-Norfolk, reliability of race horses for current Huron -Bruce MP it was one night down at Murray Cardiff, Liberal- Mohawk as Scion Grattan MPPs Murray Gaunt and came downthesiretch in the Jack Riddell, Gary Gerbin lead Bob turned to Keith, from Bruce and long-time excited, and said "We're provincial member of going to make a bushel -no, parliament for the area by gosh, a truckfull." Alas, a Charles MacNaughton of sudden break just before the Exeter. finish - Ah well, the un - Among the several gifts predictability of race hor- which McKinley and his wife ses." Audrey received was a Jasper noted that in ad - grandfather's clock hand- dition to lots of work of crafted by Irvin Rader of behalf of his constituents Dashwood. McKinley also McKinley was also involved received a silver tray and a in several government medallion minted in honour committees and represented of former Canadian em- Canada at the United bassador to Iran, Ken Nations in New York, at Taylor. These items were meetings of theNorthAtlantic Treaty Organization and at parliamentary association meetings in Australia and New Zealand. Price per Copy 25 Cents not Aired MP Noting the contribution of the ex -MP's better half Jasper stated- "Being a gracious hostess was only one of your many .roles, Audrey. The large task of looking after this riding has been a family effort." Prior to a spirited attack on the energypricit.gpolicies of western Canaan McKinley Please turn to page 5 iiitLri A ROUND OF APPLAUSE -- It was a touching moment Wednesday when former. MP Bob McKinley addressed the over 900 people in attendance at an appreciation held in Clinton in honour of McKinley and his wife Audrey. Applauding the Zurich area resident prior to his address were MP Murray Cardiff and wife Betty, Mrs. McKinley, MC Fred Darling, Margaret and Roy Bennett and Mrs. loan Jasper. Staff photo Fair comes off without a hitch By Bud Sturgeon There has been a: Fall Fair in Bayfield ever since 1866, and the 124th Annual on Labour Day weekend has been determined another success. Although the attendance seemed to be down for the main events on Saturday, It is estimated that 800-1000 persons braved the ex- tremely hot and humid weather, to go to the fair. The fair got underway earlierin the week, with an entertaining talent " show kicking things off on Wed- nesday evening. Saturday the storm clouds It's 80 years for Zurich newspapers While we tend to discount the value of birthdays as we grow older, there's one blrtlfdayin Zurich which should not go un -noticed. • Last week while goingthrough some files, Citizens News editor Tom Creech came across a photocopy of an article which appeared in the Ztu'ich Herald 30 years ago and which had been given to the editor by Mrs. Ted Mittleholtz some time ago. The story in the Herald which was headlined "Zurich Herald marks 50 years of publication" detailed the history of the newspaper from the first copy published on August 3, 190D until August 31, 1950. In the period since the artele was published there have been several changes in the Zurich newspaper scene with the most important of these taki ' lace For the first two years of :its existence the • Citizens' -News was published by the Clinton News Record with Herb Turkheim as business manager and editor. In "January of 1960 Turkheim purchased the Citizens' -News from the Clinton paper. The paper remained locally owned until 1975 when Huron -Middlesex Publishers Limited, owners of the Exeter "Independent News purchased the paper from "Turkheim. In June of 1976 the paper once again changed hands when J.W. Eedy Publications Limited of St. Marys, owners of the Times -Advocate, bought the assets of Huron -Middlesex Publishers which includ- ed both the Independent News and Citizens' -News. Over the' years there have been ver few in e ate 1957 and early 1958. It was in this period that Chester Smith sold the Herald to the Exeter Times -Advocate who con- tinued to publish the Herald as a supplement to the Times Advocate. In an open letter to the Zurich Readers of the T -A, the Times Advocate welcomed the publication of the ,Citizens News which first hit the streets on January 16. 1958. The T -A letter stated in part "The Zurich com- munity was apprehensive about the loss of its own weekly newspaper and its leaders have taken steps to replace it. We understand their attitude because we believe, as they do, that a weekly newspaper is a valuable asset to a community and can do much to stimulate progress and encourage community L. spirit. We recognize the fact that it is to Zurich's advantage 'to have its own newspaper." publishers or editors of either the Herald or Citizens' -News with Chester Smith serving in those capacities for 44 years with the Herald. Next in terms of longevity of service as editor or publisher was Turkheim who served with the newspaper for a total of 17 years. Other editors of the Citizens' -News have been Kathy McKinley and Margaret Rodgers. The following is the article published by Mr. Smith on the occasion of the Herald's 50th birthday. "Years come and go" followed by centuries, which pass all too quickly. Time waits for no man, and so the Zurich Herald is turning its first Half - Century (50th Birthday) this August. We had purposed making . mention of this fact, but as a bit of spare time seems so scarce in this fast age, that the weeks were slipping by without us Please turn to page 5 MI MI NM MI IN threatened and rain poured down in the morning, but all was clear for the 12:30 p.m. parade. As usual, the parade route from downtown to the agricultural park was jammed with spectators. The Bayfield fire trucks lead the parade, followed by local dignitaries and the Clinton Legion Pipe Band. The kids in . costume," the antique cars, floats, tractors soon wound their way along the route. By far the largest group in the procession, was the "Save our Stream' protestors who picked up more marchers along the way. Horses, wagons and a military band organ com- prised the finale to an en- tertaining half hours fun. Once inside the grounds, (for only one green dollar) fair goers were treated to a wealth of exhibits en- compassing everything from agrictdture to crafts. And everything wasn't just 'look and see', because spectators were encouraged to become `doers', and participate in the horseshoe pitching, peanut scrambles, egg throwing and many other contests. George Morley of Bluewater Beach was on hand with `George's Organ', a Wurlitzer Military Band Organ which he hauls around to many area fairs. Mr. Morley has had the organ for 20 years after coming upon it in Beaverton (north of Toronto) where with a brocken gear, it was slated to go to the dump. Since 1973 Mr. Morley has travelled the fairs, that being the year he got the 'organ' operational again. This season he is still slated to be at the Alvinston, Forest and Lambeth versions. ' However, seated in his lawn chair, he is only to happy to answer all the questions put to him by the curious onlookers, drawn by the music. The Clinton Legion Branch 140 Pipe Band also entertained the crowd with favorite selections and requests. The horse show and livestock judging drew good crowds all afternoon and long lines of people filed by the many indoor exhibits. As the games of chance handed out their last prizes, the final hotdogs were gobbled up and the kiddies rides ground to a halt, the crowds began to exit and the `minds' behind the whole event were already turning to the 125th annual in 1981. Eat your heart out C.N.E. Few changes at schools There are very few changes in the area's elementary school but enrollments continue to decline._ At Zurich Public School a total of 160 pupils enrolled Tuesday, down seven pupils compared to a year ago. A new face on the teaching staff is Mrs. Gail Buffet who will be in charge of a com- bined grade one and two class. Over at St. Boniface principal Gaeten Blanchette reports that the only new addition to the staff is Mary Jenkins who will be looking after a grade five and six class. Enrollment has declined from 177 pupils in 1979 to 168 this year. On the shores of Lake Huron Mrs. Elaine Coxon made her debute at Ecole St. Marie Tuesday. She is responsible for a combined grade four, five and six class. Enrollment at St. Marie is 48 students, down four from the 1979 figure. There are a couple of staff changes at Huron Centennial outside of Brucefield where Pat Soldan has been named vice-principal. Another addition to the Huron Centennial staff is Rob Snell who was tran- sferred from Colborne Central. At South Huron District High School there has been only one staff change where Gordon Phillips, formerly principal at Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton replaces Herb Murphy as vice-principal. Murphy has been named principal at Central Huron.