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Zurich Citizens News, 1964-02-13, Page 11.4 bQ£ 1E WIIyN BF�lRtwSpAptuS A55p9\p�Y1���� fwSPgp of CO UR 1 CH No. 6—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, EBRUARY 13, 1964 $3.00 PER YEAR -- 7 CENTS PER COPA DEDICATION CEREMONY — The newly completed edu- cational facilities at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Zurich, were dedicated in a special ceremony Sunday morning, Shown here as they are about to open the doors on the new section are, left to right, Don Oke, of Zurich Builders' Supply, who constructed the addition; Bert Klapp, chairman of the plans and construction committee; Fred Haberer, vice-chair- man of the church council; Rev. W. P. Fischer, pastor of the church, and Rev. V. Cronmiller, who was guest speaker for the occasion. Stanley Council Withold USS 9 Request to Join Hay Area Meeting Monday, Stanley Township council took no action on a petition from ratepayers from USS 9 (Blake) to dissolve the school union so children could be admitted to the new central school in Hay Township. The petition. signed by nine Stanley Township ratepayers and eight from Hay, noted that present facilities at the school were inadequate; and that they also wanted to have the benefit of a graded school education for their children. There are 36 students pres- ently attending the school which houses pupils from each of .the townships, with about 14 of them coming from Stanley. Main reason for taking no action was due to the fact coun- cil felt they should wait to see what action was taken in regard to a central school in Stanley by school officials of the town- ship. A meeting held last week, in- dicated strong support for such a move by an overflow crowd of Stanley ratepayers in the Varna hall. They also noted that to dis- solve the school union would in no way make the Stanley Town- ship pupils free to attend a Hay school. This would have to be done by releasing .them. None of the petitioners were present at the meeting to advise council es to their intentions, and it was felt the move would not have to be made immedi- ately, as there still has been no site chosen for the Hay school, A brief discussion was held by council in regard to the meeting held last Monday over the possibility of a central Renewals Due! (heck Your Label For Correct Late Check the expiry date on your address label to see if proper credit has been given, If your, label still reads '63, this indicates that your subscription expired last year. If your label reads, for instance, Feb. '64, this means that your subscrip- tion will expire in Feb- ruary, and is now due for renewal. Your eo-operation in keeping our mailing list up to date is requested. school, and Reeve Ernie Talbot reported he had attended a meeting in Bayfield on Thurs- day over the same issue. He indicated he had been in- vited to the Bayfield meeting because ratepayers in that vil- lage had been concerned that council would take immediate action to form a school area for all the township and start on plans for a central school. Concern in Bayfield is over the new two -room school there, and the sizeable debenture debt still owing. Councillors noted at their ses- sion that Bayfield would benefit by joining a school area and having a central school, as the debenture debt would be taken over by the school area. Assessor Resigns Council learned "with regret" Thomas !du PP Thomas Klumpp, 83, of Dash- wood, passed away at Parkwood Hospital, London, on Sunday, February 9, where he had been a patient for several weeks. Besides his wife, the former Amelia Elhers, he is survived by two sons, Maurice of London and Howard of Dashwood; one grand -daughter, Mrs. Mac (Con- nie) Douglas of London, and one grandson, Brad, of Dash- wood. A prominent business man, he figured highly in the history of Dashwood. In 1908 he start- ed the threshing business which he carried on for many years. He also barbered at night, and owned a bakeshop and confec- tionery for four years. Later Mr. Klumpp purchased the planing mill, and it was completely destroyed by fire on February 13, 1939. He rebuilt the same year, Mr. Klumpp organized the first band and was president for many years. He was also a village trustee. Mr. Klumpp and Dr. Mac - Laughlin owned the first motor cars in Dashwood. He was a faithful' member of Dashwood E.U.B. Church. Funeral service was conduct- ed from the T. Harry Hoffman funeral home on Wednesday, February 12, with Rev, Merrill James officiating, Interment was made in Dashwood Evan- gelical U.B, Cemetery, Bearers were Gerald and Eldon Smith, Sid Baker, Staurt Wolfe, Jatnes Hayter and Harold Holtzman. that J, M. Stewart, assessor of Bayfield, was forced to resign his position due to ill health. The resignation was accepted and Clerk Mel Graham was in- structed to write a Ietter to Mr. Stewart expressing council's ap- preciation for his two-year service. "That's a big disappointment," stated deput-reeve Elmer Hay- ter, when the letter was read. "He was doing a good job." Council will advertise for a new assessor and will make the appointment on the recommen- dation of the Bayfield trustees. Attend Sessions Council approved payments of membership fees to the Ontario Good Roads Association of $15 and Reeve Talbot, Councillor Jack Scotchmer and road super- intendent Bill Taylor indicated they would be attending the sessions. They will be held from Feb- ruary 24 to 26 in Toronto and will be opened by Premier John Roberts. Main speaker will be Hon, . C. S. MacNaughton, min- ister of highways. Delegates from council will also attend the annual sessions of the R u r al Municipalities, which will be held, commencing February 10, in Toronto. Coun- cillors Jack Scotchmer, Anson McKinley, Reeve Talbot and Clerk Graham indicated they would attend if possible. Council also made a grant of $25 to the Huron County Im- provement Association which will hold their annual Seecl Fair in Seaforth this year; and a $5 fee to the Ontario Fire Chiefs' Association. Canteen Robbed At Hensall Arena A break-in at Herilsall Arena sometime Saturday morning netted thieves cigarettes and cigars, valued at $16 which were stolen from the booth operated by Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Fergu- son, of Hensall. Manager Ken Feted' did not Ieave the arena until after 1 a.m., owing to a hockey game being played, He discovered the robbery when. he returned to the Arena sometime Satur- day. Chief of Police E, R. Davis, of Hensel I, who investigated, thinks the thieves had hidden in the building following the game and went out by a large sliding door at the back of the Arena which was hooked from the inside. 0 Tender Re -called For Post Office Tenders are again called for the construction of a post office in the village of Grand Bend. Closing elate set by the -federal deparment of public works is March 4. The government has planned $20,000 for the construction of this building. Tenders were called originally late last year. However, only two bids were received, and the lowest of these was $12,000 too high. The new building is to be built on the old section of High- way 81 which is due to be re- placed in the spring with a new roadbed which had been pre- pared in late fall of 1963. The part of Highway 81 which enters the village in a sort of dogleg will eventually become a village street. Hay School Area board, in a split vote last Thursday after- noon, decided on the more ex- pensive of two proposed sites for the new school they are planning to build. Chairman Elmer Rowe cast the deciding vote in favour of the Dietrich location, a litle over a half mile south of Zurich. Vice-chairman Len Erb and Carl Oestreicher favoured the Kalbfleisch site, due to the low- er price involved and the con- venience of water supply from the village of Zurich. New board members Ian Mc- Allister and Ross Turnbull voted for the Dietrich site, and then chairman Rowe had to cast the deciding vote. The board met with Mr. Kalb- fleisch at the meeting, and were offered his 10 acres of land for only $2500, Price of the Diet- rich property is $'700 per acre. Fallowing the meeting Erb indicated he is seriously consid- ering the idea of resigning from. the board. "Why in the world should we pay $4500 mare for a site when we can get one at the lower prlee," he told this news- paper. "Add to this the fact that we will have to dig a well, and install pumping equipment, etc,, at a cost of at least $10,000, and it seems utterly ridiculous." If the board had chosen the Kalbfleisch site, the school would have been. close enough to Zurich that water would have been available from the village water system. Mr. Erb also pointed out that if the school were built at the Kalbfleisch location there would be no need to transport children from the village to the school. "Now, with the school that far away the board will also have to bus the Zurich children out," he added. Mr. Erb went on to ask, "who will be responsible if some child on a bicycle, or walking to the school on a busy road like that, gets killed?" Soil testing and test drilling for water at the new site are to be carried out in the very near future, so that construction may begin as soon as the weather is fit, Meanwhile, the school area board is arranging a meeting with the council of the village of Zurich, this Friday night, to further discuss their plans. In presenting his offer to the board last Thursday afternoon. Mr, Kalbfleisch indicated that he was giving five acres of his land to the area for nothing. and was asking $500 an acre for the other five acres, which meant that they could have had the 10 -acre site for only $2500. There were no strings attached to his offer, At a previous meeting a couple of weeks earlier, with the school inspector and the architects present, the school board had been unanimous in selecting the Klabfleisch site, but apparently something has changed their minds since then. Bend Delegation in Ottawa A delegation of 25 people from the village of Grand Bend will meet today (Thursday) with the Hon Jean-Paul Deschatelets, minister of public works, in Ottawa. Their petition will be for as- sistance in solving the problem of low water levels in the har- bour mouth at Grand Bend. Taking part in the delegation, which is Ied by Reeve Stewart Webb and councillors Orval Wassmann and Howard Green, are members of the Chamber of Commerce, the fishermen oper- ating out from Grand Bend, and representatives of the Grand Bend Yacht 'Club. The appointment at 3 o'clock today will be kept in company with Walter Foy, Sarnia, the MP for Lambton-Kent, in which Grand Bend belongs. Most of the delegation will travel by train. They left yes- terday at noon from London, will stay overnight in the cap- ital, and after the interview with the minister, will return home arriving in London Friday at noon. Two supporters of the move, who are property owners in the village, plan to fly from Lon- don today, and will meet the rest of the delegation in Ottawa. It is expected that the clerk of Grand Bend, Murray A, Des- Jardins, will present the brief. The five page submission will be supported by pictures taken in the harbour mouth, and by maps to point out to the min- ister, the exact location of Grand Bend on Lake Huron, One of the strong points made in the brief is the hardship caused to the fishermen operat- ing out of Grand Bend, because they cannot get their boats into the harbour there. The deeper draft boats must be docked at either Point Ed- ward, or at Goderich. The fish - houses, and ice supply is at Grand Bend. This means that in the morning a fisherman must rise early, travel 54 miles to Sarnia (or 32 miles to Gode- rich) by truck, prepare his boat there, travel 45 miles to the fishing ground for which he is licenced to fish, raise his nets, travel 45 miles back to dock his boat, load the fish into his truck, drive the distance back home, pack his catch, and hope to be on time to get loads on a transport which takes it to market. A 14 -hour working day, be- fore the packing is begun, is not uncommon. TraveIIing time by road is estimated at two hours a day, and eight hours o11 the water. From four to six hours are put in at the fishing grounds. Henry Green, who will head the group from the fishing in- dustry, points out that during the January thaw, fishermen were working out in the lake from Goderich and Point Ed- ward. They were unable to get out of the Grand Bend harbour. There are 15 boats which normally would make use of Grand Bend as a home base. With an average of four men on each, this means that 60 families are being supported by the fishing industry here. Capital investment of the in- dustry in boats, fish -houses, nets, and docks, is estimated at $750,000. An annual turn -over of $250.000 is considered con- servative. The delegation is expressing the belief that Grand Bend. through the fishing industry. which markets its catch in American cities and the tourist industry, which brings in a large number of American dollars. is important to the economy of this district, and of Canada es a whole. They feel that the village makes a great contribu- tion per capita to the equaliza- tion of the balance of trade be- tween the two countries. Sebruary 7, 1964 Mr. Herb Turkheim, Zurich, Ont. Dear Sir: We would like to congratulate you most warmly, for your very courageous and comprehensive WHERE SHOULD THE DIETRICH SITE: W SCHOOL BE BUILT Priced at $7,000, a complete water system at an estimated cost of $10,000 would be required. Bus transportation for Zurich children would be required as well KALBFLEISCH SITE: Priced at $2,500. Water available from Zurich. required for Zurich children. No transportation What Do You Think LET THIS NEWSPAPER -- OR THE SCHOOL AREA BOARD, KNOW i front page editorial, on the cur- rent Public Sehool issue con- cerning Zurich and I -lay Town- ship. The solution which you sug- gest is most sensible, and if carried out, would be of the ut- most benefit to the most of the people concerned. We most heartily endorse your views on this matter, Yours truly, Edison Forest, RR 2, Hensel', Ontario. 0 February 11, 1964 To the Editor: I would like to commend you on your excellent editorial of last week regarding the ques- tion of a school for Hay Town- ship. As I am not a resident of Hay, I will try and not be too critical, also the views I express are my own and not necessarily those of ratepayers of 'USS 9, which have some interest in the outcome of the situation. Oft times if we watch a con- flict it. Iooks different than it sloes if one is persolnally in- volved in that conflict, rim020w0E When we of USS 9 learner; that there was to be an addition built to the school known a,s the Zurich Public School we be- came interested, because the larger percentage of our school lies in Hay Township. Our• school is now one hundred and three years old, and it has been kept in good. condition, We have automatic oil heating, but we lack enough water and would have to drill a deep well and install a more modern sanita- tion system than we now have, Therefore we enquired about joinng the Hay School Area, and our school board has made an application to be admitted. But with some of the thins that have taken place in Hay Township, we might yet have to reconsider our position. In your editorial, part three, you state that the boundries of townships are not always realis. tic in regards to school sections and areas. This seems to ane correct, and if we follow the events of County Connell and Ontario Legislature, we know (Continued on page 5)