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Zurich Citizens News, 1961-02-09, Page 1ZURIC H No. 6 — FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS HEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1961 __ NEARING COMPLETION — Work on Zurich's new $20,000 post office is rapidly coming to a fin- ish, as workmen are in the final stages of finishing the interior. Shown here are two local trades- men, left, Harvey Clausius, carpenter, and right, Clarence Farwell, painter, who have been employed in the winter works project._ Contractor for the modern building is John B. Erb, of Wellesley.._ Present plans are for the new office to be completed in about three weeks. (Citizens News Photo) Plans Made For Hensall Spring Fair Local Men Are Appointed Directors Tentative date for the Hensall Spring Twilight Fair was set at the annual meting of the South Huron Agricultural Society held in Hensall Monday afternoon, January 30. Date chosen was Friday ev- ening, June 9th. However, secre- tary -treasurer P. L. McNaughtin in- dicated Wednesday that this date might be changed when the group meets again later in February. Reports showed the fair broke practically even on the financial side, but the secretary said it was slipping a bit from previous years. Named president for a further term was Earl Dick. with vice- presidents James Doig, first; Otto Willert, second. P. L. McNaugton was renamed secretary -treasurer. Directors for 1961 are: Hibbert, Earl Dick, James Kinsman; Hen- sall, George Armstrong, Norman Jones, Lorne Hay; Hay, William Decker, Valentine Becker; Steph- en, Russell Brown, Otto Willert; Stanley, Harvey Taylor, Bert Mc- Bride; Zurich, Lloyd O'Brien, Mil- ton Oesch; Tuckersmith, James Doig, Stanley Jackson; Usborne, Sam Dougall, Wiliam Lamport. A committee, composed of Jas. McGregor,Verne Alderdcie and P. L. McNaughton, was named to in- vestigate the feasability of hold- ing another draw. This committee is to bring in a report to the next meeting, February 25, at 2 p.m., in the New Commercial Hotel, Hen- sall. Delegates named to attend the annual meeting of the Ontario As- sociation of Agricultural Societies in Toronto on February 22-23, were the president, Earl Dick, and the secretary - treasurer, P. L. Mc- Naughton. Auditors for 1961 will be Ken Christian and Earl Camp - Atwood Plays Here On Friday Night According to Bob McKinley, manager of the Zurich Lions Juveniles, the team will meet Atwood in the final round for the WOAA Juvenile D champ- ionship..- The first game in the best -of -five series will be play- ed here in the Zurich Arena this Friday night, starting at 8:30 p.m. The local team will be shoot- ing for their second straight championship in the Juvenile division, having won the all - Ontario title last year. Don O'Brien is coach of the local entry, while Bob McKin- ley is team manager, and Earl Yungblut the business man- ager. bell. Election of directors and officers was conducted by Huron County Warden Ivan Forsyth. il1a,e Council M The council of the village of Zur- ich, at their regular monthly meet- ing, decided to call applications for an assessor for the village, to re- place the late Theodore Mittleholtz. The advertisement for this appli- cation can be seen elsewhere in this edition of the newspaper. All applications must be in by Febru- ary 28, Appoint Park Board In other business the council ap- pointed a Park Board, to act for the coming year. Chairman of the board is Ferd Haberer, while the members are: Lloyd O'Brien, Mit- ton Oesch, Herb Turkheim, Don O'Brien, Doug O'Brien, Theodore Bedour and Clarence Farwell. The council felt there should be definite steps taken this spring to have the park put in more suitable apppearance than it has been in the past. Planning Board A community planning board was set up at the meeting, with the fol.' lowing men to act, chairman, Char- les Thiel, and members, Gerald Gingerich, V. L. Becker, Karl Hab- erer, Lloyd O'Brien, Leroy Thiel, William Siebert, Milford Doeer and Don Oke. The council agreed to have the village become a member of the Mid -Western Ontario Development Association, at an annual rate of $38. The Association is an organ- ization whose prime purpose is to promote industry to this section of Western Ontario. Recommendation Given A recommendation was received by the council from the newly -or- ganized Zurich Businessmen's As- sociation, asking for a transient tra- ders licences by-law to be passed. A motion was passed by Milton Oesch and William Siebert that a by-law be prepared to enable the village council to licence transient traders, hawkers and peddlars that canvas the village. The clerk was instructed to obtain legal advice as to the proper procedure to be taken in this regard. The date for Court of Revision was set as February 10, 1961, at eight o'clock. Two delegates were present at the meeting. E. B. Ruston appear- ed before council with a request for them to consider the establish- ment of a village -wide garbage collection system. Mr. Ruston ad- vised council that either the village would have to take over the res- ponsibility of the collection of gar- bage, or else their firm would be discontinuing the service. Charles Thiel appeared before council with a request to finalize the purchase of his property be- tween the Fire Insurance Company and Westlake Furniture. The vil- lage council purchased the lot for the sum of $1,000( and inted build- ing a new clerk's office there some- time in the near future. A grant of $10 was made to the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association, towards the sponsor- ing of their annual Seed Fair at °intents Clinton. A by-law was passed at the meet- ing for the application of road sub- sidy on $2,000 expendiutre this year, Of the $2,000, snow removal is to use up $800, while ashpalt re- pairing is to cost approximately $1,200, Utilities Report A report of the meeting of the hydro and water committee of council was given at the meeting. It was revealed that all salaries are to be split between the hydro and water system, with the hydro pay- ing 60 percent and the water 40 percent, The salary of the com- mitte members is set at $60 per year, Approval was given to pay Ivan Meidinger a stand-by fee of $5 per day, when he is on call for the village. A lengthy discussion took place on the water system, and the ad- visability of raising the rates to the consumers. The committee was given approval by the council to charge an extra $2 per year for all residence having outside faucet, but the feeling was that there should be no increase in the gen- eral rate at the present time. Council also approved the in- creasing of the rate for the Zurich Public School from $25 per year to $45 per year, Utilities manager Milfred Schil- be reported that there are at pres- ent 220 users on the system, and the pump is drawing approximately 40,000 gallons per day. $2.50 PER YEAR — 5 CENTS PER COPY Take Three Straight Zurich Juga The battle is over! The Zurich Lions Juveniles won the group championship in Juvenile "D" com- petition on Tuesday night when they defeated the Hensall team 6-1, to eliminate them in three straight games. A crowd of around 500 were on hand in the local arena to watch the game. Wayne Willert, with two, Bob Johnston, Earl Wagner, Don John- son and Tony Bedard, . with one each, were the marksmen for the locals, while Larry Jones scored the lone Hensall goal. Play was slow and ragged in the first two periods, but finally open- ed up in the third, when the home- sters rapped in four goals in a lit- tle over six minutes. Amacher Stars Stellar netminding on the part of Dennis Amacher during the first two periods prevented the visitors from scoring more than the one goal they did, as time after time he made brilliant saves. niles Win G Captain Wayne Willert opened the scoring in the first, at the 14 second nark, when he slapped in a pass from Overholt and Larry Bedard. At the 13.05 mark, Don Johnston scored unassisted. Larry Jones scored the lone Hensall goal at the 16.30 mark. Neither team could dent the twine in the second, although both had several opportunities. The two teams battled on fairly even terms through the first half of the third session, until the 11.00 minute mark, when the Zurich crew came to life and banged in four quick goals. Willert started the spree, followed by Bob Johnston, Tony Bedard and Earl Wagner. Wagner's goal, coming at the 17.08 mark, was easily the nicest goal of the game. A total of eight penalties were handed out, with Hensall drawing five of them and Zurich three. Zurich: goal, Dennis Amacher; defence, John Masse, Larry Bed- ard; centre, Bob Johnston; wings, 'a up Title Gerard Overholt, Wayne Willert; alternates, Paul Weido, Earl Wag- ner, Russell Klopp, Don Johnson, Tony Bedard, Ron Deichert. Hensall: goal, Moir; defence. Hor- ton, Chipchase; centre, Shaddiek; wings, Kyle, Bonthron; alternates. Jacques, Christian, Smale, Jones, Chapman. First Period 1—Zurich, Wayne Willert (Ov- erholt, Bedard . _ _ .14 2—Zurich, Don Johnson _... 13.05 3—Hensall, Larry Jones _ _ ..16.30 Penalties: Deichert, Jones. Second Period No scoring. Penalties: Earl Wagner, Overholt Chipcase, Jaques. Third Period 4—Zurich, Wayne Willert (B. Johnston) 11.00 5—Zurich, Bob Johnston (Wil- lert, Bedard) _.___.__.__._....12.40 6—Zurich, Tony Bedard (Wei - do, E. Wagner 16.50 7—Zurich, Earl Wagner .... _ _ _17.08 Penalties: Chapman, Shaddick. Deputy -Governor Speaks To Lions l,>eputy-District Governor Russell Grainger paid his official visit to the Zurich Lions Club, at their re- gular dinner meeting in the Do- minion Hotel, on Monday night. Theofficial, who is also a member ,of the Zurich .Club, spoke to the members on `Lionism." The speaker was introduced by Lion Alvin Walper, and thanked and presented with a gift by Lion Bob McKinley. Twelve members of the Exeter Lions Club were present at the meeting, on an inter -club visit. They were headed by Lion Reg Beavers, the president of their club. Another head -table guest was International Counsellor A. J. S'wei- tzer, of the Exeter Club, who re- viewed the history of the Zurich Lions Club over the past 15 years. The Exeter Lions Club were spon- sors of the Zurich Club, when they were chartered. Several musical numbers were provided by Mozart Gelinas and George Mathonia. Mrs. Jack Turk- heim served as pianist in the ab- sence of Mrs. Beatrice Hess, the regular pianist of the Club. First vice-president Milfred SchiI- be was in charge of the meeting. 0 large Crowds near 99Av. Wes Aurum (By our Hensall correspondent) Two auditoriums in the area were filled to capacity when Rev. Youth For Christ, spoke on Satur- Wes Aarum, Canadian Director of day night at Clinton, and Sunday afternoon at Zurich. Rev. Aarum is no stranger in this area, having been here with the Leighton Ford Evangelistic team and again as music director for the South Huron Crusade for Christ in Zurich four and a half years ago. Mr: Aarum's messages were chal- lenging to young people and adults alike, and in his messages he stres- sed the need of whole -hearted tur- ning to Jesus Christ as a personal Saviour. He said unless God intervenes Communism is planning to take ov- er the whole western hemisphere by 1970, At the Clinton rally Misa Dr 'nthv Parker, of Hensall, was soloist; the Oesch sisters, of Zurich rendered trio numbers. Five teams com- peted in the Bible quiz, and the competition was won by a Wingham team. At Zurich, Sunday afternoon ral- ly, Miss Jean Henderson, of Hen- aa1l, was soloist. Miss Ann West- lake and Miss Louise Talbot, Bay- field, rendered duet numbers. The pianist for both rallies was Miss Marion Triebner, of Exeter. Hay Council Asks Zurich To Pay All Tax Arrears Prior To incorporation At their regular monthly council meeting on Monday, the council of the Township of Hay instructed their clerk, H. W. Brokenshire, to notify the village of Zurich that they will have to pay the township all outsttanding tax arrears as ow- ing by residents of the village to Hay Township, prior to incorpora- tion last year. Having received a drainage peti- tion from Garnet Paterson and Ray- mond Kading for drainage work to be done on the Lake Road west, the council authorized their engin- eer, C. P. Corbett, to present a re- port on the drain at his earliest convenience. Council authorized the installa- tion of a telephone in their shed on the Blind Line. Clerk Broken - shire was instructed to make re- servations in Toronto for the coun- cil to attend the Good Roads con- vention. Call Applications In other business the council agreed to call tenders to perform the spraying of warble fly in the township, according to the Warble Fly Control Act. The tenders are to state a price per head for spray- ing, and also a price per hour for the work. Tenders are also being called for the supply of warbicide powder, and for an inspector to, supervise the treatment of the cat- tle attle for the spray. All tenders are to be in the hands of the clerk -- treasurer by March 4. A grant of $25 was made to the Huron. Soil and Crop Improvement Association, for their annual Seed Fair, which will be held in the Clinton High School. Arena Board Members of the Community Cen- tre Board for the year 1961 were picked by the council at their meeting on Monday. On the board are: reeve V. L. Becker, deputy - reeve Karl Haberer, reeve of the village of Zurich, Lloyd O'Brien. re- presenting the Federation of Ag- riculture. briculture. Joe Hoffman, the Zurich Agricultural Society, Arnold Mer- ner, the Chamber of Commerce, Wes Hugill, and the Zurich Lions Club, Ilubert Schilbe. Stanley Contract Hensall Council To Zurich Firm Pins Road Work The council of the Township of Stanley, meeting in regular session on Monday, accepted the tender of Napoleon J. Corriveau, Zurich for the construction of a new bridge on the 8th concession. The contract price was 1,940, but, according to the township clerk, Mrs. Jean Elliott, the overall cost of the new structure will be $4,500. A grant of $25 to the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association was made, for their 1961 Seed Fair. In other business the clerk was instructed to advertise for tenders for 9,000 cubic yards of gravel. 0 Valentine Carnival Here On Saturday This Saturday night, February! 11, a grand masquerade Valentine Carnival will be held in the Zur- ich Arena. A great variety of pri- 1 zes is being offered for different, classes of contestants. A special feature of the Carnival will be a broom -ball game between the Bluewater Highway and Zurich. A novel class is for the largest fam-1 ily on skates. This promises to be an evening! of wonderful entertainment, andI the judging. of costumes is schedul- ed to get under way at 9:00 p,m. sharp. The event is ,sponsored by the Community Centre board. 1 (By our Hensall correspondent) Hensall council met in re•tul e session Monday evening, with ail members present. Herbert Jones was present, requesting a permit to build a garage, which was granted. Mrs. Fred Beer was present re- garding information of the work of the Hensall Public Utilities Com- mission. The reeve, village solici- tor and clerk were authorized to answer the questionaire regarding the new subdivision, and submit it to the Municipal Board for approv- al. The clerk was instructed to have a by-law prepared for the purpose of closing the portions of road in the new subdivision. The council, in making plans for 1961 road expenditures agreed to pave Wellington street, from King street to Mill street; and excavate and fill in preparation for paving, Nelson street from Oxford street to York street, York street from Nelson street to Albert street. and Albert street from York street to Oxford street. The clerk was also instructed to make application for the remainder of subsidy on 1961 road expenditure. A letter was read from the Work- men's Compensation Board, stating that $3,000 was the rate firemen would be paid compensation on. "o George Deichert left on Tuesday morning with Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Crocker for a three-week trip to Florida and other spots of interest in the south.