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Zurich Citizens News, 1960-07-14, Page 1ZURICH ban NEWS No. 28—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, TF1U1tSDAY, JULY 14, 1960 $2.50 Per Year -5 Cents Per Copy HONOUR RETIRING SCHOOL TEACHER — A crowd of over 500 gathered at the Zurich Community Centre on Sunday afternoon to pay honour to Miss Olive O'Brien, who has retired after 44 years of teaching school. Taking part in the presentations were three gins who were in the school class the past season, and a lady who was one of the first pupils Miss O'Brien taught. Left to right are: Shirley Thiel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thiel, Zurich; Linda Stade, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stade, Zurich; Miss O'Brien; Elaine Westlake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Westlake, Zurich, and standing back of the girls is Mrs. Arnold Merner, Zurich. (Citizens News Photo) Blood Donor Clinic Set For July 27 Wednesday, July 27, has • been set as the 'date the Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic will • be held in Zurich. It will take place from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m„ in the Community Centre. • All the persons who have al- ready filled out cards will ag- ain be notified several days prior to the clinic. Anyone who has not yet signed still • may do so, either at the Bank of Montreal, Zurich Citizens News, or Deichert's Meat Mar- ket. To date close to 150 cards have been filled in and it is hoped to have another 50 by the time of the clinic. Former Students Honour Retiring School Teacher At Sundayreunion Close to 500 persons gathered at the Community Centre, Zurich, on Sunday afternoon, to honour Miss Olive O'Brien, who, has re- tired this year after 44 years of school teaching in the Zurich di- strict. Miss O'Brien taught two years on the Parr Line, and the past 42 years int he Zurich school, The former students and fri- ends who were present also had the priviledge of visiting the school in the village, and reminiscing over years gone by. Hosts and hostes- ses were Mr. and Mrs. Don O'Brien and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haberer Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Bedard and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalbfleisch Lumberkings Finally Win One; Edge Mitchell Lincolns 9 - 8 In Thriller The Zurich Lumberkings final- ly got back in the win column. on Tuesday night when they edged out the Mitchell Lincolns 9-8 in a seven -inning marathon. The game was played in Zurich, before only a 'handful of [loyal fans. After holding a 4-2 lead through most of the game, the Kings saw Mitchell score four runs in the alifth and two more in. the seventh, to, farge ahead 8-4. However, the bils staged a terrific comeback the last inning, to score five rips and win the game 9-8. Zurich -obit Mitchell 8-7. he Kings scored their first two s in the second linning on tre singles and. a hit batter, and then saw Mitchell come back and thecore wth two runs in the third. Zurich added another in the last of the third and made it 4-2 in the fourth. In the sixth inning the Lincolns pushed four runs across the plate on three singles and Bob Sadlers' triple to deep left field. They ad- ded two more in the seventh, on Porky Wallace's homer over the left -field fence. The best rally on the part of the Zurich team in many years took place in. the last of the se- venth when nine men came to bat. Lead-off batter Danny Tru- shinsld walked; Don O'Brien dou- bled; Craig was hit by the pitcher; DASHWOOD and DISTRICT (MRS. E. H. RADER, Correspondent) SUMMER CHRISTMAS TREE The Boy's and Girl's Fellowship of the Dashwood and Zurich BUB Churches met jointly at Dashwood on July 8, for their summer Christmas tree program. The pur- pose of this is to raise heilp for boys and girls in Refugee camps of Hong Kong, and to have it there in time to help them at Christmas. Christmas carols were sung. A Christmas story, entitled "'When the Chimes Rang" was told by Mrs. Newell Geiger, Zurich. Children from both groups took part in sing- ing, choruses, duets and quer- Zurich Juveniles lose 3-0 to Listowel tettes, scripture reading and pray- er. The Dashwood group presented a short pageant "The Christmas Story." .A film •also was shown entitled "The Covered Wagon Ad- venture." The offering was given in small Christmas stockings. Se- venty-five children attended be- sides some of the mothers from both towns. Following the pro- gram various games were enjoyed on the church lawn and a picnic lunch was served by the Dashwood ladies. Miss Marian Newton, of London, is vacationing with Miss Nancy .Willert. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller, Ro- bert and Janet, vacationed last week with Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Mueller at Sawyer, Michigan, Mrs. Nora Koessel and Frieda at Ro- selle, 111., and 1VIrs. Frances Koes- sel at Cornersville, Indiana. Mr. Eugene Koessel, of Roselle, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller and fam- BECKER REUNION The 13th annual Becker reunion was held Sunday, Jully 10, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Becker, with approximately 63 at- tending from Crediton, Zurich, Kitchener, New Dundee, Waterloo, Brinsley, London, Seaforth, Fort Erie and DashWood. Winners in sports were: 4 and under, girls, Brenda Becker; boys, John 011ey; 5-7, girls, Marilyn Pfaff, boys, Randy Becker; 8-10, girls, Diane Becker; boys, John Becker; 11-13, girls, Helen Beck- er; boys, Lawrence Becker. A peanut and candy scramble was held for the children. Young men's race, Bobby Becker; young ladies, Helen Becker; married men, Howard Deters; married ladies, Mrs. Howard Datars; kick the slip- per, Iris Becker and Allan Beck- er; hidden spot for everyone, Alb- ert Becker. Several relays were enjoyed. The Zurich Lions Juveniles were handed a 3-0 setback in the lo- cal park on Monday night, by the Listowel Juveniles. The defeat was only the [second of the sea- son for the locals, who were play- ing without two or three of their regulars. Although Zurich outhit the visi- tors 5-3, they could not get a single run across the plate. They left 10 runners stranded on base. Meanwhile the Listowel creW took advantage of every break they could get, scoring one of their runs on three Zurich errors. Wayne Willert led the hitting at- tack for Zurich, clouting out a double and a single in three times at bat. Ron Deichert, John Masse and Dan "The Man" Moore each had. singles. Masse struck out eight batters in the time he worked, while Earl Wagner, who came on in relief, struck out two. R H E Listowel 101 01 — 3 3 3 Zurich 000 00 — 0 53 Hyrners and Lavelle; John Masse, Earl Wagner (6) and Den- nis Amacher. welcomed the guests at the Cqm- munity Centre, many of whom stayed for picnic supper after the program. Chairman for the after- noon was Victor Dinnin, a for- mer principal of the Zurich school, who. referred to Miss O'Brien as one of the finest teachers he had ever worked with. A special visitor for the occasion was Father Richard Bedard, a for- mer student, who addressed the gathering briefly. Father Bedard is one of three former students of Miss O'Brien, who are now priests. In looking over the large crowd, Father Bedard compared the ga- thering with the country of Jap- an, where school teachers are al- ways highly honoured and est- eemed. Leroy Thiel, acting reeve of Zur- ich, welcomed the guests to the village on behalf of the council. A short program was presented by Mary Ellen Thiel, Carol Fischer, and Ron Klapp, which consisted of solos, duets, and piano numbers. Mrs. Harold Stade accompanied the group at the piano.. The highlight of the afternoon was a number of presentations made to Miss O'Brien. On behalf of her nieces and nephews, Mrs. Ken Weber and Linda Webb pre- sented her with an orchid corsage. Three of her last year students, Elaine Westlake, Shirley Thiel, and Linda Stade presented her with towers, a wrist watch, and a purse of money, while one of her first students, Mrs. Arnold Merner Sr., read the address. Miss O'Brien very fittingly re- plied to the honour which was be-. stowed upon her. She also intro- duced to the crowd a number of students who were in her first Class on the Parr Line, and who were; present for the occasion, 1 1 Most of the people who attended signed a guest register, which was given Miss O'Brien as a keepsake. Many of her former students, who were unable to attend, sent inspi- ring messages to her. Bruce Moir flied out to third; Bill Yungblut worked a base on balls; Arn Meyer reached first on a fiel- der's choice, this left the score all tied up at 8-8. With Bill Yungblut on third, manager Don O'Brien chose to bring in Pete Masse for a pinch hittet. Pete belted a long fly ball to deep left field, to allow Yungblut to score from third with the winning run. Doug O'Brien and Bill Craig paced the locals at bat, with two hits each, one of Craig's being a double. Porky Wallace was tops for Mitchell with three hits, two singles and a home run. Arn Meyer started on the mound for Zurich, and gave up only five hits until the last of the sixth. Bob Welsh came on in relief in the se- venth, and gave up two hits. R H E Mitchell 002 004 2 — 8 7 1 Zurich 021 100 5 -.- 9 8 3 George Coveney and Charlie Westman; Arn Meyer, Bob Welsh (7) and Don O'Brien. Prizes were awarded to the younest baby, Brian 011ey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter 011ey; oldest person, Mrs. Martene; birthday nearest picnic, Martin Becker; most recently married, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Pfaff; longest mar- ried and also for coming the far- thest distance, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Heckman, of Fart Erie. Officers for next year are: pre- sident, Wallace Becker; vice-pre- sident, Rudolph Becker; secretary - treasurer, Bill Becker; table com- mittee, Mrs. Harold Kraft and Mrs. Melvin Restemayer; sports com.mittee, Mrs. Clare Deichert and Mrs. Wilmer Pfaff; booth com- mittee, Lorne and Aillan Becker. The family will meet next year at the home of Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Becker. Mr. Siegfried Miller, of Water- loo, spent the week end with Mr. and. Mrs. Rudolph Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sturgeon, of Bayfield, and Mr. and Mrs. Den- nis Bisback of Clinton, were Sun- day visitors with Mrs. Matilda Pie- fer. 0 Juveniles Trounce Goderich Boys 9-2 Work Advancing On Construction Of New Bowling Alley The Zurich Lions Juveniles thumped Goderich Juveniles 9-2 on Thursday night in the local ball park, behind the three -hit pitch- ing of lefty John Masse. The lo- cals pounded out seven hits. Masse struck out 16 Goderich batters in the six -inning contest. Earl Wagner and, Dennis Amacher led the •hitting •attack, with two each. Wayne Willert, Ron Deich- ert and John Masse each added one. Masse hit a triple to deep right field in the third inning, to score three runs. • Installation of 16 New Streetlights On Main Street of Zurich Approved Sixteen new four -foot fluorescent streetlights will be installed in the village of Zurich this summer, it was reported by the hydro com- mittee of the village at the regu- lar council meeting on Wednesday night. This is the first step in the plans the village council has to install all new streetlights, over the next couple of years. Construction on the new bow- ling alley at the east end of Zur- ich is proceeding according to schedule, ,according to Ernie Laid- law, who will be proprietor of the districts' finest recreation centre. The cement block walls are now completely finished, and workmen are expected to start the roof this week. As soon as the roof is com- pleted the cement floor can be laid and installation of the alleys can commence. Mr. Laidlaw informed the Citi- zens News that he hopes to have four alleys ready for operation by the first of September. The building has room to accomodate six alleys, if the demand makes it necessary. A lunch counter will be in the front part of the build- ing: Meanwhile, the new proprietor is busy lining up leagues for the fall season. Any person or groups of persons, who are interested in league bowling should contact Mr. Laidlaw as soon as possible. 0 GODERICH ZURICH Bisset and Wagner, John nis Amacher. H E 110 000 — 2 3 3 304 020 — 9 7 3 MacDonald; Earl Masse (1) and Dell - Elder Family Meets An application for water service from Ernie Laidlaw, for his new bowling alley at the east end of the village, was approved. Both water and hydro service will be supplied to the new establishment by the village, although the build- ing is beyond the incorporated li- mits. The committee also reported{ that they have instructed mana- ger Milfred Schilbe to conduct a survey in the village and check on the number of hydro poles be- ing used by the telephone sys- tem. He was also instructed to find what rent other municipali- ties charge for the use of their poles by telephone system, so that they may levy a similar charge against the Hay system. A reunion of thc Elder family was held on the spacious lawns at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Geiger, ,af Zurich, on Sun- day, July 10, with members af the Elder faintly attending from Tilt - son, Arizona, Oshawa, Ailsa Craig, Kingsville, Hamilton, and Hensall. Dinner and supper were served in picnic style. mill rate, all indications are that there will be no increase in the village this year. This will be re- ceived as good news by all tax- payers in the village, many of whom felt there would be an in- crease since incorporation. ening. Clerk Albert J. Kalbfleisch re- ported to council that he had re- ceived the first payment for "per capita" grant from the govern- ment. The total amount to be re- ceived in 1960 is $1,974, which is made up of $3.00 per person in the village. Reeve Lloyd O'Brien, Leroy Thi- el, and clerk A. J. Kalbfleisch were appointed to go to Toronto on Wednesday, July 13, for a meeting with the Department of Municipal Affairs. The council is seeking in- formation as to what steps are ne- cessary for them to go ahead wth their mtmicipal office. 0 Kings Tie St. Marys In Game Played Long After Dark The Zurich Lumberkings and St. Marys Legionnaires battled to an 11-11 tie last Wednesday night in the stone town. The Kings were leading 11-5 going into the last of the seventh, but allowed St. Marys to score six runs in their time at bat. The last inning should never have been played, as the game end- ed at 9:20 p.m., about 20 minutes after darkness had set in. Arn Meyer started on the mound for the locals, and was thrown out of the game early in. the first in- ning for disputing an umpire's de- cision. Don O'Brien finished, giv- ing up but five hits until the disastrous seventh, when they jumped on him for six more. He struck out four. The locals pounded out 11 hits off the slants of Bob Valentine, who was hurling for the stone towners, Bruce Moir led the attack for Zurich, banging out two doubles and a single; Bill Yung- blut bad a single and a double, and Don O'Brien two singles, RHE ZURICH 204 002 3-11 11 2 ST. MARYS 200 030 6-11 11 1 Arn Meyer, Don O'Brien (1) and George Parker; Bob Valentine and Jim Mossip. Although the tax rate for the village could not be at the meet- ing because of the failure of the School Area board to set their se;