Zurich Citizens News, 1961-10-05, Page 1Uit
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No 40 -- FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1961
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Ihiinstal
INSTALL NEW OFFICERS — Kinsmen
led new officers of the Hensall Kinsmen and
Thursday nght. Shown here, left to right,
Deputy -Governor Whittet, and Mrs. William
Deputy -Governor Wilf .Whittet, of De -
Hensall Kinettes, at a special ceremony last
are, Bill Fuss, the new president of the Kinsmen,
Clement, president of the Kinettes.
(Staff Photo)
ST. JOSEPH and DRYSDALE
IAL. FRED DUCHARME, Correspondent).
Mr, Harry Dietrich, accomp- turned to their home on Sunday
anied by Mrs. Adolph Sopha, last.
of this highway, motored to Mr. and Mrs. F. Ducharme,
Windsor on Thursday last to spent a few days in Dashwood
visit her children in that city, the past week visiting with Mr.
also calling on her grand-daug- and Mrs. Leo Ducharme and
hter, Sister Francis Theresa, their son, David Alfred. Yours
who is stationed at Glandarda. truly also called on Mr. Thomas
From Windsor Mrs. Sopha was Klumpp, an old-time friend.
picked up by her son, Lawrence Mr. Vincent Jeffrey, of Det -
of Detroit, where she stayed roit, spent the part of last
until Saturday and was accomp- week at the Jeffrey home in
anied back by her son, Lawren- . St. Joseph, visiting with his
ce and family. While in Det- mother and other members of
roit her. son, Leonard, of Elgin, the family.
l:lli.nois , came to Detroit to Mrs. Madeline Wessingi,. of
make things all the more pleas- Sarnia, is spending a few days
ant for Mrs. Sopha. In oll, she with her mother, Mrs. Josephine
reports her short visit was a Ducharme, and brother, Isidore.
pleasant one.
Mr. and Mrs. Tyrus Stans-
bury, of Detroit, paid a short
visit with the latter's parents,
your's truly, and Mrs. Duch-
arme, over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Masse
and family, of London, motor-
ed to Tecumseh over the week-
end to attend the Corriveau—
Lesperance weding, which took
place in that town on Saturday.
They had in their company Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Bedard, who
continued their journey to Win-
dsor where they were visitors
with their children. They re -
The Diocese Fund Campaign
took place in this Parish on
Sunday past. It was a charge
of reliable members of this Par-
ish, who had offered their ser-
vices.
Hensall Council
Plan Nomination
The regular meeting of the
Ilensall village council was held
Monday night, with all mem-
bers present excepting Council-
lor Mrs. Minnie Noakes, who is
ill. Wilmer Ferguson was pre-
sent regarding a grant for the
School Fair, which was appro-
ved for $60.
The date for nomination was
set for November 24, at 7 p.m.,
in the 'Dawn Hall, and if an el-
ection is necessary it will be on
December 4.
Officials will be No. 1, DRO,
W. 0. Goodwin; Pole Clerk,
Mrs. Harvey Keys; Not -A, DRO,
George Hess; Pole Clerk, Mrs.
Pearl Passmore. P, L. McNaugh-
ton was appointed to help se-
lect jurors.
The council passed a motion
that all commissions for agents
from the insurance policies un-
der control of the council must
be divided between the three
local agents.
Council announced Hensall
will revert back to standard
time on October 29.
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Honor Bridal Couple
ned in favour of the farmers,
the month of September was
somehow differen than many
past ones, and when the beans
were in their best to harvest,
farmers were given a full two
weeks of dry and warm weather
to well ripen and mature the
beans to what they were when
harvested, probably the best
sample in some years gone by.
Bean Crop,
Well, the bean headache for
this year has pretty well pass-
ed away in this neighbourhood
and perhaps in other centres
as well. Farmers at first thought
that if rain and broken weath-
er continued, it would be im-
possible for them to save their
bean crops, at least not until
it had ben damaged. But all tur-
Special Events Will Mark Centennial
Occasion of Zurich Lutheran Church
Starting this Sunday, October
8, the members of St. Peter's
Lutheran Church, Zurich, will
begin a week-long celebration
on the occasion of the 100th
Centennial of their Church. Al-
though the present church
structure was not built until
1877, the original congregation
was formed in 1861, with a
Rev. I. Muenzinger the first
minister.
As well as organizing and car-
ing for the congregation at Zur-
ich, Rev. Muenzinger organized
a Lutheran congregation near
Dashwood, which remained in
affiliation with St. Peter's until
the early 1870's.
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BLAKE
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Louck-
es and daughter, Brenda, of
London, spent the weekend
with the latter's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lucien. Corriveau and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Oesch and
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Gingerich,
accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Lou-
is Boshart to Tbronto on Fri-
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gingerich,
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton Steckle and Mary Ellen,
Mrs. Sarah Gingerich, and Mrs.
Emma Kipfer, motored to Tav-
istock to attend a reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ginger-
ich accompanied Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Erb to Toronto on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Ginger-
ich accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Gingerich, Norma
Jean and Elaine, went to Tavis-
tock on Sunday afternoon to at-
tend a reunion.
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Joint Installation
Of Service Clubs
Kinsmen Deputy Governor
Wilf Whittet, of Delhi, conduc-
ted joint installation of officers
of the Hensall Kinsmen and
Kinette clubs last Thursday ev-
ening.
Kinette officers are: presid-
ent, Mrs. William Clement; past
president, Mrs. Ross Jinks; vice-
president, Mrs. John Heal; sec-
retary, Mrs. Harold Bonthron;
treasurer, Mrs. John Deitz; reg-
istrar, Mrs. Jim Hyde; bulletin
editor, Mrs. Harold Knight;
ways and means, Mrs. John
Heal, Mrs. Jack Drysdale.
Bill Fuss heads the Kinsmen
club. Other officers are past
president, Bill Clement; vice-
president, John Heal; secretary,
Harold Knight; treasurer, Ross
Jinks; bulletin editor, Jack Dry
sdale; registrar, Robert Rea -
burn; directors, Jim Hyde and
Jack Drysdale.
Installation followed the din-
ner meeting held at the New
Commercial Hotel, with ladies
special guests.
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NEWS OF VARNA AREA
__Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jacobi, of
Guelph, a recent bridal couple,
were honored at a reception at
tended by 5Q neighbours and
held at SS 10, Tuckersmith, last returned home after spending a
Friday evening. The couple couple of months in the United
States and Western Canada.
Miss L. McConnell, of Pitts-
burg, Penn., is visiting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Mc-
Connell.
A large number of softball
fans went to Hensall last Satur-
day night to see the final game
of the Central Huron Softball
league, when Bayfield won out
over Holmesville 8-6, and won
the pennant. The community
thanks the boys for giving the
fans a good many nights enter-
tainment and showing good
sportmanship even when the
team lost.
Hay Township Council Requested To
Close Several Streets at St. Jospeh
A delegation consisting of Joe
Cantin and Antoinette Bourque
were present at the Monday
night meeting of the council of
the Township of Hay, request -
ting the council to take action
in closing a number of streets
at St. Joseph, in the north-east
part of the area. The council
instructed the delegation that
their request must be detailed
and in writing, before they
could consider it.
The rate for 1961 warble fly
spray was set at 16 cents per
head far spraying, and 12
cents per head for brushing.
Council accepted the assess-
ment role, as presented by as-
sessor George Armstrong, sub-
ject to any corrections made by
the court of revision. The date
Mr. and Mrs. George Ortwein,
of Great Falls, Manitoba, visit-
ed relatives in Stanley Town-
ship last week.
Alex and David Ostrom have
were preesnte4 with a bridge
table and chaffs, the presentat-
tion address read by Mervyn
Eyre, and gift presented by Bob
Bell.
Winners far progressive eu-
chre were: ladies Bryce Jacobi,
Mrs. Frank Plt'inib, Miss Joyce
Munn; gents, Ernie'' Whitehouse,
Hugh Norris, Ray Lee; ladies
lone hands, Mrs. E. Whitehouse;
gents lone hands, E. White-
house.
Mervyn Eyre and Bob Bell
arranged the presentation. Mr.
Jacobi is a former well known
Kippen president.
the members will honour three
men from St. Peter's who are
at present in the ministry. The
three are, Rev. Albert Deters,
of Brampton, Rev. Lloyd Kalb-
fleisch, of Fort Erie, and Rev.
Ferdinand Howald, of.. Morris -
burg.
Wednesday night will see the
past president of the Canada
Synod present, in the person
of t h e Rev. Dr. J. J.
Reble. Assisting him will be
Rev. N. Keffler, president of the
Stratford Conference. Special
music on Wednesday evening
will be supplied by the choir
of Redeemer Lutheran Church,
of London.
Father of the present pastor
of the congregation, Rev. E. J.
Fischer, will be the guest speak-
er at a special Friday night
Community Service. All the
people of the community, re-
gardless of religion, are being
extended a special invitation to
attend this service.
Considerable work has. gone
into the preparations of this
100th Centennial. The minister,
Rev. W. P. Fischer, has prepar-
The centennial celebration
will begin on Sunday morning,
when the Rev. Dr. A. Lotz, of
Kitchener, president of the
Canada Synod, will be present.
Guest speaker at the morning
service will be Rev. E. Heimrich,
of Ayton, a former pastor of the
congregation. At the evening
service on Sunday, another for-
mer pastor, Rev. 0. Winter, of
Toronto, will be the guest
sneaker.
On Monday night, a congre-
gational Thanksgiving supper
will be held in the Zurich Com-
munity Centre, at which time
News of Kipaen
for court of revision will be set
in the near future.
By-law No. 10, 1961, to pro-
vide for the fixing and levying
of tax rates for 1961, was given
third reading and passed.
In other business the council
cancelled roll No. 637, for an
assessment of $400 on a mobile
home of Archie Mustard, and
roll No. 300, for $400 assess-
ment on a mobile home of Alice
Koehler.
Due to the retirement of Hen-
ry Clausius as caretaker of the
Township Hall, in Zurich, the
council agreed to advertise for
applications for the position,
with all applications to be in
the hands of the clerk by Sat-
urday, October 7 Next meeting
will be held on November 6, at
1.30 p.m.
Local Ladies Take Part in District
Roily of W.i.'s At Elin ville
Mrs. Coulthard, district presi- and created favourable com-
dent of South Perth, addressed. ments. Reports were submitted:
the Huron County Women's In- Children's Aid Bursary, by Mrs.
stitute rally held in Elimville Kenneth Johns; CN1B, by Mrs.
United Church, on Monday, Oct- Otto Popp, Dungannon.
ober 2. A delegate to the FW- Mrs. Lew Short, of CFPL-TIV,
IC second national convention demonstrated physical fitness.
at Vancouver. B.C., she spoke Miss Marjorie Kieffer, RR 1,
on the highlights of the conven- Wingham, student at MacDonald
tion and stated that 500 delega- Institute, Guelph, was the win-
tes attended, representing 4,000 ner of this years WI scholar -
branches from all over Canada. ship, accepted by her mother on
The speaker was introduced . behalf of her daughter who was
by Mrs. Fred Beer president of unable to be present. Mrs. Fred
Beer made the presentation.
Hensall WI. Mrs. Harold Tay Miss Isobel Gilchrist, of Clin-
lor, president of Elimville gave ton, the new home economist.
for Huron County, was introduc-
ed and spoke on girls home ma-
king clubs, short courses and
the welcome, and Mrs. Harry
Strang, of RR 1, Hensall District
president, chaired the meeting.
115 attended from branches in workshops. •
West -East and South Huron. Mrs. N. Geiger, of Zurich, fa -
At the morning session the voured with a reading. Mrs. A.
display of hobbies by the South Clark, of Londesboro, was sec -
Huron branches was outstanding retary for the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex McBeath
and Douglas, Mrs. Hugh Hend-
rick, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hun -
kin, of Exeter, Mr. and Mrs.
Ken McLellan, attended a cat-
tle sale at Little Current.
Mr. and Mrs. Elzar Mousseau
and Mr. and Mrs. Ross Faber
attended the 25th wedding an-
niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
Turnbull, of Greenway, o n
September 26.
Eller and Herb Mousseau and
a party of four other hunters
left Thursday morning for El-
sis, north of Sudbury, where
they hope to spend one week
moose hunting.
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Special Speaker
Ambitious Family Develops Swamp hand
A family of Hollanders, Theo
Soudant and three sons, have
proven that a swamy piece of
land can be cleared and crop-
ped to a profitable advantage.
The land in this case is about
150 acres, north-east of Zurich,
in Stanley Township.
Last year, Mr. Soudant and
family arrived at their new lo-
cation from Grand Bend, where
they had spent seven years in
market gardening. They imine=
iately started to clear the land
of stumps and wild brush, and
plowed it. Many people in the
area thought they were foolish
to go to all this work, but this
year, after the wonderful har-
vest they are having, the same
people are beginning to change
their minds.
At present the family is har-
vesting their crop of cooking
onions. They just recently pur-
chased a new machine, which
will pick the onion off the
ground, clean them, and pack
them in bags. The machine will
process about 2,000 bags in one
day. They have about 30 acres
in cooking onions.
The' same machine will har-
vest their 55 acres of potatoes.
Both the onion crop and potato
crop this year are exceptional-
ly good, according to the fam-
ily. Tlhe new machine they have
takes about six people to op-
erate efficiently.
While they have 150 acres of
land, the family still have about
55 acres to clear. They hope to
accomplish this job sometitne
this fall, after their. harvest.
Asked if they planned on pur-
casing more of the swain') land
Brother Miller is a member! sonsin ).e explar ainedure, hatone theyf the
now
ed a centennial booklet, outlin- on the faculty of Goshen College have about all. they can handle,
ing the history of the church. 13iblical Seminary, Goshen, bid the next few hthey
hasbeen used widel... , but inyears
The theme used throughout liana, and Y mayextend their operations,
the entire centennial is One as an evangelist and Bible Tea.)
Hundred. Years With Christ." cher. Several diesel tractors and a
Brother Paul M. Miller will be
the visiting speaker at the Blake
A Mennonite Church, on Sun-
day and Monday, October 8 and
9. Services are planned for
morning, afternoon and even-
ing of each day.
The message will be centred
aronnd the theme "Worship in
Spirit and in Truth," with a
Thanksgiving Day service on
Monday morning
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mall caterpillar provide the
ower for their entire opera -
on. They also have a truck
high they use to transport
their products
The
uilt a
of their property. They intend! The family came to Canada
adding more buildings, as time from Holland about 11 years
goes on. At present one faro ago. Mr. Soudant spent nearly
ily lives in a mobile home, and all his life in the market garcl-
the other in a rented housed ening business while he was in
Soudants have already I but as time goes on they hope( a.
Honad, and since coming to
large storage shed, north !to build their own homes.
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READY FOR MARKET — This photo shows t'io thousands
Soudant farms, as they are being covered to p rotect them from
one member of the family, there is a ready market for cooking
of ha^s cf orions at '"-e
the weather. Accord'n; `o
onions in Ontario
(Staff Photo)
MODERN MACHINERY — This new machine at the Saudant farm, north-east of Zwr:cy
pick up onions off the ground, cleans them and sends them out a shufe into the bags, late
ail it takes about six people to operate the machine efficiently.. The same piece of equip-
ment will be used to harvest the 55 acres of potato crop on the farms, (Staff Photo»