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Zurich Citizens News, 1963-10-31, Page 1ZURICH NE S NO. 44—FIRST WITH THE NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1963 $3.00 PER YEAR — 7 CENTS PER CORY WATER SHORTAGE — The supply of water through- out the area is still very limited, and many farmers are having to buy the scarce item by the tankful. In Zurich, Nap Corriveau is busy drawing water to a number of area farmers so they can keep their livestock from going dry. Shown here is Mr. Corriveau loading a tank of water to be delivered to the farm of Carl Decker, just east of the village. (Staff Photo) Evangelical Youth Enjoy Program On Tuesday night, the Evan- gelical Youth Fellowship of Emmanuel E.U.B. Church play- ed host to their parents, under the leadership of Mrs. Allan Gascho. Gerald Merner had charge of the devotionals, con- sisting of the prayer, led by John Geiger, the scripture, by Roy McAdams, and a poem by Marilyn Gascho. Misses Catharine and Joan Rader favoured with a lovely duet, accompanied by their mother, Mrs. Harold Rader. Miss Ruth Geiger acted as pian- ist for the meeting. The film, "Cross Over Hong Kong", was shown, operated by Whitney Brokenshire, A time of fellowship and fun was en- joyed in the basement. A lovely lunch was served to about 55 adults and young people. Many Pupils Receive Diplomas At St. Boniface School Commencement At a special ceremony at the Church on Sunday evening, di- plomas were presented to vari- ous pupils of St. Boniface School, for the past scholastic term. The following were presented with awards: Grade VIII Graduates—Mary Bannister, Sylvia Bedard, Louis Debus, Dorothy Farwell, Gary Geoffrey, Theresa Hartman, Katherine Zimmer. General Proficiency Awards— Grade VIII: Theresa Hartman, Gary Geoffrey; (Dorothy Far- well, Mary Bannister). Grade VII: Charlene Bedard, (Carol Regier, Mary Ann Farwell, Ju- dith Masse). Grade VI: Peter Regier, (Joanne Lansbergen, Bill Bengough). Grade V: Berna- dette Farwell, (Stephen Stark, Gail Bedard). Grade IV: An- drew Walo, (Ronald Rau, Mozart Gelinas). Grade III: Alma Oud, (Adrienne Van Raay, Elly Lans- bergen). Grade II: Doreen Krainik, (Denise Bedard, Michael Miller). Grade I: Rita Farwell, (Yvonne Oud, Wilhel- mina Blom). Religious Knowledge Awards .—Grade VIII: Gary Geoffrey. Grade VII: Charlene Bedard. Grade VI: Peter Re;ier. -Grade V: Gail Bedard. Grade IV: Leo Debus Grade III: Thomas Masse. Grade II: Sylvia Wilder, Grade I: Dennis Charrette. General Merit Awards—Room I: Girls, Miriam Rosenberg; boy:, Donald Van Raay. Rom II: girls, Vera Krainik; boys, Gary Hartman. Room III: girls, Mary Lou Denomme; boys, Joseph Kenda. Room IV: girls, Dorothy Farwell; boys, Douglas Meidinger. Public Speaking Awards — boys, Charles Regier, (John Du- charme, Douglas Meidinger), Zurich Chamber Holds Public Relations Meeting With Officials At Grand William Ingram, of the Cana- dian Chamber of Commerce, urged members of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce( meeting last Wednesday, October 23, to "make a firm stand on matters of community interest, and have this stand made known to the public". Speaking at a meeting held in the Village Inn at Grand Bend, Ingram noted •that very often a "Laisser faire" attitude on the part of Chambers, merely cov- ered up a lack of ambition, a lack of knowledge, or a lack of interest. He noted that no Chamber could use the size of their community as an excuse for not getting a project under- way. He reported on the work done at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce annual meeting, held in Ottawa early this month, Mx. Ingram was introduced by Jack Bannister, past president of the organization, and thanked by Len Bates, a vice-president. Special guests at the "Public Relations Night" •of the Zurich organization were the reeve,. council and clerk of Zurich, and several members of the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce. A second speaker at the event was the Rev. Cyril Gingerich, a native of Zurich, and brother of the Zurich Chamber of Com- merce president, Gerald Gin- gerich, Rev. Gingerich is a Mennonite missionary in East Nigeria, where he is business administrator of •a 60 -bed hos- pital, as well as serving as spir- itual advisor at the hospital. His wife, who is a registered nurse, is matron at the hospital. "Nigeria has 35-40 millions population," said Mr. Gingerich, "in a country about the size of the province of Ontario. The town we live in, Abiriba, is a 50,000 people bush town. Of course we have nothing that can compare favourably with the town of Zurich in a business sort of way. "However," he went on, "our poeple are very aggressive, and are to be commended for the work they have done. The hos- pital is a government-owned one, but half of the $120,000 needed to build it was raised by the people of Abiriba. "The Nigerian people have many strange customs. One of these is 'age grades'," explained Rev. Gingerich. "No one can m a r r y, except in January. Usually children are of one age, So they form clubs of one age grade, and these clubs compete with other age grade clubs, to work on community projects, The group which raised money for the hospital was called by a name which. translates into 'We will do what our hands find to do.' "Though the equipment in our hospital is meagure in eom- parison with Canadian hos- pitals," explained the speaker, Bend "it is second to none in our region. Other parts of South Africa send people to our town to learn about self-help projects. "In Abiriba," he said, "the people raised the money to build their own post office. It is hard to get money from the govern- ment to build these buildings." The Rev. Gingerich was in- troduced by Herb Turkheim, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and he was thanked by Fred Haberer, first vice- president. The Zurich Chamber con- ducted some business at the meeting, including an offer to help to the community of Grand Bend, in the matter of helping persuade the 1966 International Plowing match to locate at the Grand Bend Airport. The Zurich Chamber is plan- ning a public, auction in the Community Centre on Friday, November 1, with items con- tributed, and a 15% selling charge made, to raise money for the sponsoring group. There will be a baking sale in connec- tion with this, also on the auc- tion principle. The village is also working on a Christmas promotion, which will include a series of Special draws, and a carol sing, just prior to Christmas Eve. ri iirjr for t' e evening wa' led by Milton Gesell. accompan- ied at the piano by Mrs. Gesell. President Gerald Gingerich was in charge of the meeting. Girls, Dorothy Farwell, (Theresa Hartman, Charlene Bedard), Separate School Oratory — Charles Reiger placed second. Sunday Sermon Synopsis Awards—Gary Geoffrey, Doro- thy Farwell. General Merit Altar Boy Awards—Peter Regier. Douglas Mei dinger. Note—Honorable Mention are names in brackets. 0 P9oid Foy Shot Near Airport By Local Hunter A fox, which was found to be rabid, was shot near the old St. Joseph airport last week by Joe Minderlein, RR 3, Zurich. The head was shipped away and word was received by Mr. Min- derlein that the animal had rabies. Mr. Minderlein was out hunt- ing with his dog when he spotted the fox in a field near the airport. He let the dog out of the car to chase the fox, and when it got close the fox turned on the dog and started chas- ing it. "I had to shoot. four or five times before I could hit this fox," Mr. Minderlein s a i d. "Every time I was ready to shoot, the dog was too close to the fox and I was afraid of hit- ting him." After he shot the fox Mr. Minderlein took all precaution in placing it in a bag and tak- ing to the Health Department at Seaforth. His dog is being quarantined for several weeks in case it contacted the disease. 0 Huron County Crop Report While a considerable number of farmers are short of water, conditions are not yet desperate, as those affected are able to secure water within short dis- tances and can make arrange- ments fer transportation. It is felt, however, the situation will change when c o 1 d weather forces livestock into the stables. Considerable feeding of live- stock is taking place although cattle were in the barn at this time last year and feeding was taking place. Fall wheat in southhalf of the county on bean land is very spotty ---some areas showing no growth. Corn harvesting in south of county is two-thirds complete— north part one-third to a half complete. charges Against 18 Area Youths Involved In Fight Are Dismissecl Charges of causing a distur- banee in Hensall on September 15, laid against 18 area youths were dismissed in court at Ex- eter on Tuesday by Magistrate A. F. Cook, Stratford, due to problems of identification. Defense counsel Dan Murphy, of Donnelly, Donnelly and Mur- phy, Goderich, had his client Ross Cooper, RR 3, Exeter, kept from public recognition during the hearing of witnesses. His request was granted by Magis- trate Cook, since the defense was to rest on the matter of identification. During the testimony of three witnesses who did not know Cooper and testimony of Con- stable Harry Reid, Exeter, who finally named him and pointed him out to the court, on evi- dence was brought out that re- lated the young man to the of- fence of which he was charged. Mary Bisback, Brock Street, Hensall, gave evidence of a "lot of fellows going up the street," profane language, and seeing a scuffle during which Howard Srnale and Wesley Sims were fighting. She said she had not known Sims at the time, but that she knew him now. Howard Srnale, Queen Street, Hensall, reported going out to talk to a group of fellows on the street. When one of then "clipped" him on the back of the head, he punched back. He recalled hearing someone shout, "break his neck". There was protest made by Solicitor Murphy about permit- ting this remark as evidence, since only conversation carried out in the presence and hearing of the accused could be per- mitted. The magistrate allowed it, however. Smale looked over the group of 18 young men in the court said he could not positively identify any of them as being the men who pummeled him that night. He told of another scrap on the lawn of the George Thomp- son residence, when one boy put up his hands and said, "Come on and fight, you sons of bitches". Mrs. Howard Srnale reported calling the Provincial Police to the scene. Constable Harry Reid Weather Causes Hydro Problems Drought conditions through- out southern Ontario are posing problems for Ontario Hydro line maintenance crews. The extremely dusty condi- tions of the past two months have caused a build-up of con- tamination on power line insu- lators. Unless these insulators are cleaned, a light rain or drizzle could .cause interrup- tions in electrical service. Mois- ture consolidates the dirt into electrical bridges which can cause short circurits on distri- bution lines. Hydro linemen, working with high pres.ure hoses from dawn to dusk, are washing away this contamination in an effort to maintain uninterrupted service to customers. Pole top fires have orcu''reo in each of the eight conntire! servers by Ontario H"dro's West- ern Region within the last six weeks. 0 WILL TREAT CHILDREN Hensall Kinsmen are spon- soring a Iiallowe'en party for the children of Hensall and dis- trict tonight, Thursday. A costume parade, headed by the local Citizens' Band, will march to the Arena where cos- tumes will be judged. Films will be shown, and treats handed out to the chil- dren, reported meeting Mr. and Mrs, Srnale in the village, and noticed two or three cars leav- ing the parking lot next to the railway tracks. He apprehend- ed two of these cars and rego- nized all of the occupants. Driver of one was Ross Copper, and of the other Lester Hey- wood. Reid identified Cooper who was siting in the court. There was a recess of court after Magistrate Cook dismis- sed this case due to lack of evidence. After the recess, Crown At- torney W. G. Cochrane noted that in his opinion it would be a "waste of time" to proceed with the other cases. Magistrate Cook called all 18 to the front of the court. He said he didn't know if all of the boys were guilty, but there was doubtless a more or less organ- ized outfit. He noted that these gangs were rare in the area of Exeter and Zurich and Hensall, but recalled several in his city and the area around there. "The courts are quite deter- mined that this sort of thing shall not continue," went on the magistrate. "We do not live in times that permit gang warfare. If people think they can change the world to suit themselves, they will find out differently. You are getting another chance, not because you are not guilty, but as a matter of lack of id 'n- tification•" He advised the police to '.:'cep the names of the 18 boys hoe cly, and to be able to recognize them on future occasions, and advise the courts in the future, if any of them are brought in on other charges. "We are not going to live in a country that is controlled by gangs," said Magistrate Cook. Seaforth Steals knternati ►snal Plowing Match From Grand s end The International Plowing Match, scheduled for Huron County in 1966, will be held on the Scott Farms, near Seaforth. This decision was reached Tues- day by officials of the Ontario Plowmen's Association who vis- ited Huron in an attempt to look over various locations. The site for the match in 1966 has been a contentious issue for the last several months, and there has been considerable difference of opinions over the location. The idea for bringing the match to Huron County was first started by the Grand Bend Chamber of Commerce a couple of years ago. This organization went to a great deal of work to promote the site of the old airport in Stephen Township for the site in 1966. According to one official of the Grand Bend group, they had virtually been promised that the match would be held at the airport when they made their presentation in Kingston last year. However, according to this same official, at the time of the last federal election po- litical interests around Seaforth started to feel the match should be held in their location, and as a result pressure was placed on OPA officials to change the lo- cation. The Grand Bend group spent considerable time and money to promote the Plowing Match for their area, and now they have apparently lost all chances of this becoming a reality. Crackdown Planned on Tree C;fitting By-law Offenders in Huron C unty Several reports of infractions of the Tree Cutting By-law were brought to the attention of the Agriculture and Reforestation Committee of Huron County in its October 21 meeting. The committee expressed con- cern over thoughtless slaughter of small trees and the effect of too much land clearing on ground water levels. The By- law was carefully studied and decision taken to enforce it more strictly. Tree commissioners were in- structed to acquaint themselves with any timber cutting or land clearing operations in their areas. Legal machinery is being made ready to carry out prose- cutions on evidence returned by the commissioners. Penalty laid down in section 6 of the Act is as follows: follows: "Every person who contravenes the provisions and By-law passed pursuant to sec- tion 4 is guilty of an offence and on summary conviction is liable to a fine of not over $500 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than thiee months." Permission may be obtained to clear small areas to square off fields or otherwise improve farm operations from local tree commissioners. The three tree commissioners of Huron County are Hugh Hill. Goderich; Borden Scott, RR 3, Blyth and George Beer, Hensall. Mr. Hill is commissioner for Colborne, Goderich, Ashfield, West Wawanosh, Hullett. Mr. Scott is commissioner for Morris, Grey, Howick, Turn - berry and East Wawanosh. Mr. Beer is commissioner for Stephen, Usborne, Hay Stanley, Tuckersmith and McKillop, Hensall Kinettes Plan Annual Visit To Hospi