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Zurich Citizens News, 1961-01-19, Page 1No, 2 — FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1961 THE OLD DOMINION HOUSE THE -HURON HOTEL, as the Dominion Hotel in Zurich was formerly known, is shown here in a__ photo which was taken about 1901 or 1902, when the proprietor was Charles Shoemaker. Of interest in this photo is the old water pump in front of the door at the east end of the building; the water trough for horses in front of what is now the main entrance to the hotel; and the posts along the front for tying horses to. The sidewalk at the time was made of wood. No one has been able to identify the men standing out front. THE NEW DOMINION HOTEL THE DOMINION HOTEL, as Zurich's hotel is now known, is shown here almost 60 years later with a completely new front. The present owner is Ross Johnston. Tonight at eight o'clock will mark the official opening of this modern establishment, which has recently become fully licenced. For details of the grand opening tonight, see pages seven to ten hi this edition of the Citizens News (Citizens News Photo) • So kth Nur 11 )!strict igh Sc Operating Surplus For The The South Huron District High School board are expected to re- port a surplus of about $30,000 in its capital account after payments are completed for the addition which was built last year, secretary E. D. Howey reported at the inaug- ural meeting which was held last Tuesday night. H. Larry Snider was re-elected chairman of the 14 member board, with Kenneth Johns remaining vice-chairman. E. D. Howey was appointed secretary at a salary of $1,500. Cost of the five -classroom and gymnasium will be considerably less than the $160,000 estimated and for which debentures were is- sued. Part of the saving resulted from changes made by the board during construction. It was suggested by the Secre- tary, that the surplus could be us- ed to help finance the operating expenses of the school, until mun- icipal taxes come in next Decem- ber. The board declared a balance in it's current account, at the end of 1960, of nearly $15,000 less than sol Shop s st Year the previous year. This statement still to he audited, was presented by secretary Howey. The balance on hand in 1959 was $61,700, while the surplus for 1960 was $47,000. Total receipts for 1960 were $227,000. Expenditures consisted of $156,000 for instruction; $7,000 for instructional supplies; $8,000 for administration; $18,300 for plant operation and maintenance; $50,000 for transportation a n d $4,000 in capital outlays. The cost of transportation for summer school pupils who atten- ded classes in London was $300. The cafeteria loss amounted to $3,000. Committee chairmen appointed are Roy Morenz, transportation; Carfrey Cann, property; W. F. B. MacLaren management. Joseph Dietrich replaces Ted Geoffrey as the separate school re- presentatives. Other members are Oscar Greb, Hay; Herb Turkheim, Zurich; Clarence Smillie, Tucker - smith; E. L. Mickle, Hensall; Gar- net Hicks, Usborne;Lloyd Lamport, Stephen, and Allan Fraser, Exeter. MPP Correspondent, Mrs. Norman Long Mr. and Mrs. Elston Dowson are spending part of the winter months with Mr. and Mrs. Riley, of Sea - forth. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Faber and Dianne spent Saturday in London. Mr. Theo I-Iauwert, of Dresden, has purchased the property of Hugh McMillan, on the 9th conces- sion of Tuckersmith. He will get possession March 1. Visitors during the weekend with Robert Thomson were Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Schneider and family, of Strathroy, and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Stanlake, of Exeter. The Woman's Missionary Soc- iety of St. Andrew's United chur- ch, Kippen, met in the Sunday school rooms for their January 'meeting. The program was in charge of group two. Mrs. Bert Faber opened the meeting with the worship, the Bible and prayer. The hymn 'Oh for a thousand tounges to sing" was sung. The president, Mrs. John And- erson, conducted the business. Mrs. Morley Cooper gave the treas- urer's report. The Sunshine re- port was given by Mrs. Eldon Jar- rott, Mrs. Ralph Turner, community friendship secretary, read a letter from Mrs. Moote, regarding a wom- ens workshop to be held at Hensall Hay School Board To Meet Teachers The members of the Hay Town- ship School Area Board were sworn into office at their inaugur- al meeting in the council chambers in the township Hall last Wednes- day afternoon. The five members of the board are; Ray Fisher, Elmer Rowe, Lloyd Hendrick, Clifford Pepper and Len Erb. The board has received a request from the teachers in the area to meet with them in regards to set- ting up a salary schedule. A meet- ing is being planned for in the very near future, and in the mean- time the board decided to contact the boards of Tuckersmith, Step- hen, Stanley and Usborne Town- ships to see what salary schedules they have with their teachers. The matter of picking a chairman for the board was left until a meet- ing which was to be held last night, Wednesday. In other business the board gran- ted permission to the Zurich Lions Club for the use of the closed school op the Bronson Line, which the Lions plan on converting into temporary living quarters for the Elzar Masse family. Secretary H. W. Brokenshire was instructed to write to archi- tects Blackwell and Haggerty in regards as to what could be done with the roof of the School in Zur- ich. 0 Obituary Samuel Gingerich A ghly esteemed,., resident of this area for many years, Samuel Gingerich passed away in South Huron Hospital, Exeter, on Satur- day, January 14, in his 78th year. He had suffered a heart seizure earlier in the day, and was taken to hospital by ambulance. Mr. Gingerich was born in Hay Township on November 1, 1883, and -on December 19, 1905, was married to the former Magdalena Schantz. For many years they far- med in Hay Township, before com- ing to Zurich to retire. Surviving besides his wife, are six sons, Amos- and Roy, Hay town- ship; Ervin, of Zurich; Wallace and Curtis, of Stanley Township; and Reuben, of Ailsa Craig; one daugh- ter, Mrs. Alfred (Verna) Ropp, of Parkhill, and one brother, Solomon, of Ilay Township, There are also 26 grandchildren and 4 great grand- children. The body rested at the Westlake funeral home, Zurich, until remov- al to the Mennonite church, in Zur- ich, at 1.00 p.m., Tuesday, January 17, where a public funeral ser- vice was conducted by Rev. Albert Martin, assisted by Rev. Ephriam Gingerich. Interment was made in the Mennonite Cemetery, Goshen Line. The pallbearers were William and Clayton Steckle, Kenneth, Mel- vin Donald and Jaynes Gingerich. 0 VARNA E `.''}S The Varna -Goshen Hi C met Monday evening, in the Varna Un- ited Church, Bayfield and Bruce - field groups were invited here for the evening. Recreation was led by Carol Taylor and Bayfield led the worship service. Ted Dunn gave a very interes- ting address comparing a car's parts with the human body and its spiritual parts. Varna supplied lunch to all, in a social hour fol- lowing. This is another step in the process that the Hi C groups are endevouring to start, that a con- stant interchange between t -h e groups, to increase the number at' meetings, and to have more pleas- ant and informative meetings, It is the hope that other Hi C groups will follow along with the idea. Mrs. Orrin Dowson has returned home after visiting relatives at Victoria Harbour. Mr. Alex Murray has been on the sick list this past week. The skating rink is in full swing this week. EW $2.50 PER YEAR — 5 CENTS PER COPY Zurich Lions Club Convert Closed School Into Accomodation F r Fire Victims Members of the Zurich Lions Club, on Wednesday afternoon, staged a work bee at the closed school on the Bronson Line, and converted the building into temp- orary living quarters for the Elzar B. Masse family, who lost their home and all their belongings in a bad fire a week ago Sunday. Suitable heating equipment has been installed, and the premises are now ready for occupancy by the family of nine. Plans To Rebuild Meanwhile, Mr. Masse has indi- cated that he intends to go ahead with the building of a new house on the old foundation, and work is to begin shortly. The loss was only partially covered by insurance. Campaign Successful The campaign for help to this stricken family has met with ter- rific response from all the citizens of the area. The members of St. Boniface Church in Zurich, through a special collection held at their parish last Sunday, donated $511 to the family. According to Father Doyle, he expects still more don- ations to come in from his parish- ioners. ' The grand benefit dance held in the Community Centre last Friday night netted almost $300 for the fund. In addition to this, another $150 has been turned into the treasurer, 3: E. Bannister, at the Bank of Montreal. Next Sunday, the members of the Zurich Mennonite Church will be holding a special offering to help the family, according to their pastor, Rev. A. Martin. In order to handle the many of- fers of used funiture which are be- ing made, the committee has ap- pointed Mr. and Mrs. Keith West- lake as co-ordinators of all dona- tions of this sort. Any persons who wish to donate some article such as this are asked to contact the West - lakes. Tuckersmith Reeve Elected Warden Alvin Rau Heads Striking Committee Ivan Forsythe, 57 -year-old Tuck- ersmith Township farmer was elec- ted warden of Huron County at a close fought contest at Goderich on Tuesday. Reeve Forsythe, who is begin- ning his fifth year as reeve of Tuckersmith and his ninth year in municipal affairs, defeated Reeve Clayton Smith, of Usborne by a vote of 20 to 16. ^leer. Tuckersmith Township this is the sixth warden in 113 years of township history. The oath of office was adminis- tered by Judge Frank Fingland, of Clinton, and Rev. G. L. Royal, of Knox Presbyterian Church, Goder- ich, gave the invocation. Reeve James Dalton, of Grand Bend was elected warden of Lamb - ton County. He is the first warden to be elected in the new $2,800.- 000 2,800:000 county buildings. And he is the first warden to be elected from the resort community of Grand Bend, which was incorporated as a village in Lambton in 1951. Huron Appointments Alvin Rau, deputy -reeve of Stan- ley Township, was appointed chair- man of the Striking committee.. Other appointments on the same committee were Reeve William Ball, Seaforth; Reeve John Hend- erson, Hensall; Reeve Clifford Dun- bar, Grey Township; and James Bissett, deputy reeve, Goderich. Reeve Joseph Kerr, of Wingham, was appointed to a five year term on the road committee of Huron County; Reeve Andrew Ritchie, Ashfield Township, to a four year term, and Reeve Melvin Crich, of Clinton, to a three year term on this committee. The criminal audit board consists of Judge Frank Fingland, of Clin- ton, Clerk -treasurer John G. Berry, of Goderich and Reeve Arthur Gib- son, of Howick Township. Residents Of Hay and Stephen r re Warred About Frauds 211 Operation Police are investigating the act- ions of agents for a farmers' dis- count house in Toronto who are giving away merchandise prizes to residents of Stephen and Hay town- ships through an alleged advertis- ing contest. The "free" prizes, valued at about $130, appear to cost the "winners" of the contest about $300. Police sa ythey hove discovered the contest has been conducted be- fore in South Huron but none of the victims has reported the opera- tion until now. Offer Prizes The contest begins with a post- card form, indicating thousands of dollars of prizes will be given away. on which the householder designa- tes items he does not have but would like to own. - Several weeks later the agents come to the door to announce jub- ilantly that the house -holder has won and that they have brought along the $1,000 in prizes. Only catch is the householder must ans- wer three questions. Two of the questions are simple enough (e.g. W''at is the largest city in Ontario? In what province is the capital of Canada located?) but the third is a stickler (What is the population of suburban Mos- cow). Having lost, the householder then is offered a chance to win. lesser prizes if he refers to the firm nam- es of 10 couples who have been married during the past two years. Pay for Referrals The agents say the company will refund $25 for the names of each couple submitted regardless of whether a sale is made or not. In addition. when the fifth name is submitted the housewife is to re-, ceive a sewing machine table and when the tenth is forwarded the husband is presented with a new chain saw. For this, the couple places on deposit $250 with the firm. plus an additional $49 to pay the ag- ents' wages. The actual form, which the householder in one way or another is prevented from inspecting, indi- cates the $25 will be refunded only if a sale is made to the couple whose name is submitted. The for- ms also say that the company ac- cepts no obligations made verbally by its agents, only those in writing on the forms. As prizes, the agent leaves a sewing machine, vacuum cleaner, set of dinnerware and a cookware set, of unknown brands, Police believe at least a dozen farm families have entered into the prposition. (Exeter Times-Adva- cate). 0 Personals Harold Zehr, plant superintend - ant of Hay Municipal Telephone System, attended the supervisor - managers course at Chatham last Wednesday and Thursday. The course was sponsored by the Elec- trical Utilities Safety Association. Wins Groceries Mr.Mr, Herb Uttley was the lucky winner of a large basket of groc- eries at Doerr's Superior Store last Saturday. The draw was held in conjunction with Doerr's get-ac- quaainted sale.