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Zurich Citizens News, 1961-10-12, Page 1UR No. 41 — FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS CH ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER. 12, 1961 $2.50 PER YEAR — 5 CENTS PER COPY • PRESENT GIFT A highlight of the Centennial Celebration of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Zurich, was presence of Dr: A. W. Lotz, president of the Canada Lutheran Synod, and Mrs. Lotz. During the Sunday School ho.sr the president visited the children of the school, and in this photo Christine Haberer is shown presenting the couple with a gift from the Sunday School. Left to right are: Rev. E. Heimrich, a former pastor of the congregation, who was the guest speaker at the morning service, Dr. Lotz, Mrs. Lotz, Rev. W. P. Fischer and .Christine. (Staff Photo) ONE MEMBER OPPOSED Following a stormy. meeting of the council of the village of Zurich on Tuesday night, the future of the plans for a new municipal office seems to be quite uncertain. The controv- ersey started when the clerk read a communication from the Ontario Municipal Board, stat- ing that it would be necessary to hold a public hearing before permission could be granted to erect the proposed new build- ing The OMB asked that the vil- lage remit a cheque for $25 for the purpose of conducting the public hearing. They also set up a tenative date of November 22 for the hearing to be held. Councillor Milton Oesch oppos- ed the motion to sendin the $25, claiming it was a waste of money, since there are a great deal of people opposed to the idea of the new building, at a cost of around the $10,000 mark. "Are you in favour of the new building or opposed to it your- self?" reeve Lloyd O'Brien ask- ed Oesch. "If the entire coun- cil is not in favour of the pro- ject, we . better drop the whole idea," chided councillor Leroy Thiel. mayer, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Oesch argued that he was ac- Wolfe and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff ting in the best interests of the Salmon and family, at Key Riv- ratepayers of the village, and that he had been approached by a large number of them who feel the new building is too great an expenditure at the pre- sent time. The council finally passed the motion to send in the $25 for the hearing, feeling that if the people wanted to oppose the idea they could do so at the pu- blic hearing. Debate Water Use Another item which caused some bickering at the meeting was the action of the public utilities committee in allowing the village water to be run out to the net, Co-op building, the Township telephone shed, and the Township truck shed. Ac- cording to the committee, per- youth leaders William Ramey, mission to run the water out to of Virginia and Frank Thomp- these buildings had not been i son, of Wisconsin, held a special granted by them. l youth meeting with Dashwood Another request to run water Youth Fellowship. out of the village has been re- I Thursday evening will be the ceived from Elmore Beirling, closing meeting for old and north at Zurich EUB church Record Crowds Attend Special Events Held at Lutheran Church Centennial Ideal weather conditions and overflow crowds helped to make the 100th Centennial of St. Pe- ter's Lutheran Church, Zurich a decided success. The Centen- nial celebrations began on Sun- day morning, and are continu- ing on through this week. At the morning service on Sunday, a crowd of over 400 people jammed into the church auditorium and basement, to hear the message from a former pastor, Rev. E. Heimroch. Greet- ings were brought to the Chur- ch from the Canada Synod, by the president, Dr. A. W. Lotz. Special music was provided by the Junior Choir, under, the dir- ection of the leader, Ron Heim - rich. Rev. 0. Winter, another, for- mer pastor, was the guest speak- er at the evening service, when the church was again filled to capacity. Honour Sons Sons of the congregation who have entered t h e ministry, along with another son who is a Professor at Western Univer- sity, London, were honoured at a special Thanksgiving supper on Monday night in the Zurich Community Centre. The hon- oured guests were: Rev. Lloyd Kal.bfleisch, Rev.. Ferd Howald, Rev. Albert Datars and Dr. Herb Kalbfleisch. Church, Zurich. Last night, Wednesday, a ser- vice was held in the local Church, at which time the guest speaker was the Dr. J. Reble, past president of the Canada Synod. Music was supplied for the occasion by the Choir of Re- deemer Lutheran Church, Lon- don. Community Night There is still one service left to mark the centennial occasion of St. Peter's Church. On Friday night, the father of the present minister, Rev. E. J. Fischer, will be the guest speaker. This ser- vice is being held as a special community night, when every- one in the community is invited to attend, regardless of religion. Guests have been attending the Centennial from many poin- ts in United States, as well as from various places in Canada. 0 Each of the honoured guests spoke briefly at the supper, giv- ing a short summary of their experiences since they left Zur- ich. They were introduced by Rev. W. P. Fischer, pastor of St. Peter's congregation. Another interesting feature of the supper on Monday night was the showing of pictures by Beatrice Hess, taken many years ago by members of the family. One of the photos showed the Church shortly after it was built. Several numbers of entertain- ment were presented at the Monday night gathering by An- drew Thiel, a member of the local Church. About 450 attended the din- ner, which was served by the Ladies' Aid of the Evangelical HENSALL BRIEFS Hunters Beware! By-law Forbids Shooting in Town Pheasant hunters who plan on shooting within the limits of the village of Zurich had better beware! According to a by-law pass- ed in 1960, it is strictly an of- fence to discharge firearms within the corporation of the village of Zurich, and the council plans on having this by-law enforced to the limit. Last year during pheasant season a young Zurich buy walking down the highway was struck on the side of the head with shotgun pellets, and the council is quite con- cerned that such an incident does not occur • again this year. In an effort to see that all violators are prosecuted, the council have instructed both the game warden and the Ontario Provincial Police to enforce the law. Mr. and Mrs. Ross MacMillan and David, Kitchener; Mr. and Mrs. William Mickle, Pamela and Judith; Mr. Charles Mickle and Mrs. Florence Joynt, Bob and Ann, spent Thanksgiving Sunday with. Mr. and Mrs. Laird Mickle. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Corlett, Bryan, Diane and Geoffrey, of Toronto, were Thanksgiving visitors with Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Cook. Miss Ruth Anne Traquair, of St. Thomas, spent the weekend , with relatives in and around Hensall. Mr. and Mrs. Murray McEwen, Carolyn, Jane and Michael, of London, spent Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mc- Ewen. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hedden, Sam and Linda, St. Catharines, Mrs. Harold Hedden, Dresden, were Thanksgiving visitors with Mrs. Catherine Hedden and Herb. ' Charles and Bob Mickle at- tended the Rugby game at West- ern in London on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jim McArthur, of Ingersoll, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snell. necessary by-laws covering the nomination and election. The assessor's role, as presen- ted, was accepted, subject to the terms of the Court of Revision, which will be held early in No- vember. The council agreed to send a delegation to the Municipal Of- ficer's Association meeting, which is to be held in Exeter on October 18. Daylight Saving Time will end in the village on Saturday, October 28. DASHWOQ! and DISTRICT Bus Trip r mg He nse' to1'her Takes Children Arorn Burning Home Before Calling Firernen A mother bundled up her sleeping children and carried 1 them through a smoke-filled! hallway in a 35 foot mobile home, to safety, on Friday mor- ning, after an electric water heater burst into flames. Mrs. Earl Gass said her hus- band had gone to work at 7:00 a.m. and that about 7;30 a.m. she was turning on the heater when the explosion occurred. "Flames shot up from the hea- ter," she said, as she dashed for her sleeping children, Gary 5, Members of Dashwood Insti- I and Brenda, 4. "I carried them tute and friends, totalling 32, enjoyed a bus trip to London, where they toured places of in- terest, including: The London Free Press, The Coca Cola pla- nt, Eldon House and CFPL-TV. Supper was enjoyed at Hooke's restaurant. Mrs. Ken McCrae was conven- er of the trip. Thanksgiving Visitors Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Reste- out to the car," she exclaimed, adding that she then call Hen- sall volunteer fire brigade. Damage was confined to the kitchen area. A cupboard was burned, and the plastic plumb- ing in the mobile home was burned. Firemen entered the unit with smoke masks because of the dense smoke. They said that in another ten minutes the trailer would have been destroy- ed. At 11:00 a.m. that same r::.rn- ing, the firemen were called again to the mobile home. when fire started in the petitions. Concert in Town Hall is Climax to Annual Hensall School Fair Event An evening concert was held Bill Soldan, Hensall PS. Friday night in the Hensall! Judges were Mr. H. L. Stt-rgis, Town Hall, in conjunction with principal of South Huron Dist - the Hensall Community Agri- rict High School, Exeter, and cultural School Fair. It was Mr. Cecil Wilson, also on the well attended. Mr. J. G. Goman, staff. public school inspector, was chairman. Winners, second grade and under, recitation, Wendy Web- ster; Garry Clement; Beverley Cornell; Hensall P.S.; recitation, third and fourth grades, Ken- neth Jones, Donna Forrest, Car- olyn Cook; public speaker, grad- es 6 and under, Bonnie Kers- lake, 7 Hibbert; Brenda Noakes, Kathie Henderson, Hensall; pu- blic speaking, grades 7 and 8, Bruce Forrest, Grant Jones, Flora Lee Johnston, Hensall. Vocal solo, girls under 10, Sharon Lavery, Kathie Hender- son, Brenda Noakes; vocal solo, boys 10 and over, Grant Jones, Kenneth Jones, Michael Hoy. Duet, vocal, Kenneth and Grant Jones; Bonnie and Denise Kerslake, 7 Hibbert; piano solo, under 10, Julie Heal, Doug Mock, Carolyn Cook; piano solo, 10 and over, Ruth Anne Cole- man, 7 Hibbert; Ken Jones, Joyce Flynn; piano duet, under 10, Bonnie and Denise Kerslake, '7 Hibbert; piano duet, 10 and over, Clark Forrest and Linda er. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Rader and family, of London, with Mr. and Mrs.. Lloyd Howe. ... Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Rader and Brian, with Mr. and Mrs. Wen- dall Gamble and family, of Lon- don, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Haugh, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Van Dorssel- aer, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rader and family, and Paul Eckmier, of Stratford, with Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Burmeister. Youth Evangelist Services Fifty youth from Dashwood, Zurich and Crediton EUB Chur- ches, held an opening rally at Crediton, on Saturday evening. Sunday evening. they gathered at Daswood. The two youth 0 Ladies Auxiliary Have Anniversary Hensall Legion Auxiliary ob- served their 12th anniversary on Friday evening, and enter- tained Legion members in the Legion Hall. For entertainment progress- ive euchre was played, and the winners: ladies, Mrs. Mary Tay- lor and Mrs. Harry Horton; gents, Ted Taylor and Wilmer Dalrymple. In a draw for a leather ha.-1,1bag, Mrs. William Smale, of Hensall, was the winner, A leather wallet won by Earl Zimmer, of Zurich. Jim Young and his orchestra, from Exeter, provided music for the dance, and a turkey and hom smorgas- bord was served. 0 Lutheran Ladies The Ladies' Aid of St. Peter's who lives on the first farm young uric Lutheran Church, Zurich, held of Zurich. No decision was rea- On Monday, a meeting of the ched on this matter at the meet- I groups was held at St. Joseph. i Keys; Ken and Grant Jones; their regular meeting Tuesday in 1 This totalled 42, with the three Joan Simmons and Patricia evening, with 33 members and g• the pastor present. In other business the council churches, ministers and leaders. Parke. ! The meeting was opened by set the date of nomination for' A bar-becue supper was held. 1 Unison chorus, Hensall Grade I Mrs. Howard was withnthe Friday, November 24, with an I William Ramey and Frank ' 5 and 6; SS 7 Hibbert; Hensall Mrs. of a hymn, "We e election, if necessary, on Mon-) Thompson were guests with Mr. grades 7 and 8; chorus, 7 Hib- singiThee 9 Goa" n, " e;�,, fase day, December 4. The clerk and Mrs. J. M. Tiernan, on Sun- bert; Hensall, garde 5 and 6; z was instructed to draw up the day and Monday. � spelling match, Heather rteid, cowed by Psalm 8, and a prayer. 1Pastor Fischer presented a tape recording of Dr. Fry's sermon for the induction of Dr. Lotz, president of the Canada Synod. The secretary, Mrs. John Tur- kheim read the minutes and Mrs. Charles Thiel gave the treasurer's report. A donation is to be given to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. The meeting closed with the Lord's Prayer. Lunch was served by the com- mittee in charge. Twenty-one ladies attended the twelfth annual rally of Lu- theran Ladies at Hanover, on Wednesday, October 4. This was a well attended gathering. The guest speakers were Mrs. Karl Knauff, of Kitchener, and Mrs. Lloyd Schaus, of Waterloo. About Know �/{/ You I\nodi • d a Mrs. Fred Beer, Mrs. <Tanres Bengough, Mrs. Clarence Reid, Mrs. R. M. Peck, and Mrs, Geor- ge Armstrong, attended the area convention of Women's Institu- tes, held at the Masonic Temp- le, London, on. Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. HONOUR SONS OF THE CONGREGATION -- At a spec- ial Thanksgiving supper at the Community Centre, Zurich, on Monday night, held in connection with the Centennial Celebration of Sf. Peter's Lutheran Church, distinguished sons of the congregation were honoured. Shown in this photo, left to right are: Rev. Lloyd Kalbfleiseh, Rev. Albert Datars, Dr. Herbert Kalbfleisch, and Rev. Ferd Howald. (Staff Photo)