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Zurich Citizens News, 1964-07-30, Page 1YRIG.E WINN 900 .._. DIAN ... WIt* Yk Nfy,5PAPERS COMP.. 1 C NE Na. 30—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, July 30, 1964 S $3.00 PER YEAR — 7 CENTS PER COPY WIMP PULLS WINNING TICKET — Sue Anne Schroeder, -of Dashwood, pulled the winning ticket for a registered Aber- deen Angus calf last Wednesday night, at the annual Zurich Lions Club chicken barbecue and frolic. Winner of the calf was Herb Crocker, of London, who has served as chairman of the Crippled Children's Treatment Centre for the past number of years. Entire proceeds from the lucky draw are turned over to the treatment centre for crippled children. Shown here with Sue Anne as she made the lucky draw are Don O'Brien, vice-president of the Zurich organization; Pete Crocker, a member of the Zurich club, who each year don- ates the registered calf for the lucky draw, and Pete Heitz, who was chairman of this year's barbecue and frolic. Hensall Man Starts New industry By Jim Etherington (In The London Free Press) Exeter — A bulldozer was scheduled to plow Wednesday through a bean field on a High- way 83 farm east of here to begin construction of $50,000 factory which will produce mo- bile homes and offices. Establishment of Custom Trailers Ltd., the town's first new industry in two years, was announced by Ross Tuckey, chairman of the Exeter Indus- trial Development Corporation, and William Smith, Hensall, president of the new company. Ground -breaking ceremonies Three Groups Haid Joint Get-together A joint meeting of the W.S.W.S societies of Dashwood, Crediton and Zurich Evangel- ical U.B. churches was held in Crediton on Tuesday afternoon. The study book "Channels for His Spirit" was very ably taken by Mrs, Newell Geiger, Miss Olive O'Brien and Mrs. Peter Gingerich, of Zurich. The Dashwood group super- vised some games on the church lawn. Supper was served by the Crediton ladies and a social half hour was spent. were held at 9 a.m. and con- struction of the 60x200 -feet steel -sheathed factory is to be- gin immediately. The building is to be owned by the develop- ment corporation with costs financed through shares sold in the community the past three weeks. The project quickly picked up speed after Mr. Smith ap- proached the development cnr- poration a few weeks ago. He will act as his own contractor on the job and will rent the finished one-story building from the corporation. "We really will not be in competition with the Hensall plant," said Mr. Smith. "We Stop Lights Are installed At Main Corner in Bend Grand Bend will soon be eli- gible for the nickname Ontario's Most Modern. Traffic signals — real stop and go lights — are being in- stalled at the main intersection, by Department of Highways people. This should solve traffic prob- lems, and save the Bend from some of the caustic comments of motorists. hope to roll the first trailers off the line in September and will employ about 15 men to start." He said his plant will con- centrate on individually de- signed, custom trailers, mobile libraries and other specialized trailers. About three to five a week is the initial production goal. Mr. Smith, a U.S. citizen has been in the trailer manufactur- ing business for 14 years. He bounced quickly off the ropes after leaving the Hensall firm and immediately began looking for a way to put his own ideas to work. The Exeter Industrial Devel- opment Corporation, a group of five local businessmen under the chairmanship of Mr. Tuckey jumped at the opportunity. The corporation has been trying for some time, with only lukewarm success, to attract business to the town's industrial site in the northeast corner of the town. "We are very pleased that these people have decided to locate in Exeter," Mr. Tuckey said in making the announce- ment. Meanwhile, the Hensall trail- er plant is booming. New orders are pouring in, said the new manager, Jack Clayton, of 422 High St., Lon - ay council Hears Rep wo rains; Also et At a special meeting of the council of Hay Township last week, the engineer's report on the Geiger municipal drain was read and adopted. Court of re- vision •on the drain will be held later in August. Tenders for the construction of the Geiger drain are being called for in this week's paper, with deadline set for Monday, August 17. The engineer's report on the east branch of the Black Creek drain was also read and ap- proved. Contracts are also be- ing called for the construction of this drain. Court of revision on the drainage works by-law 12, side - don. The company is embark- ing on a $100,000 expansion pro- gram, he said. Eighteen new employees have been added to the staff and pay cheques have been up to $50 a week fatter with overtime work, Mr. Clayton said.` "The rumors are still flying around about wholesale layoffs and across:the-board firings," he said. "Nothing could be further from the truth. We are dropping no lines of trailers and in fact are adding a new, lower-priced model." u District Farmer Hurt On Tractor A Zurich district farmer, Percy Willert, was seriously in- jured last week in an accident with a tractor. on his farm. He is at present a patient in St. Jo- seph's Hospital, London. Apparently Mr, Willert was working on the tractor in a field when one of the tires blew out, throwing calcium all over his body. The impact of the blowout threw the driver off the tractor. and then he was run over by the vehicle, causing serious internal injuries. The victim was treated at the scene by Dr. C. J. Wallace, and then removed to South Huron Hospital. Later he was trans- ferred to St. Joseph's in Lon- don. DRAG STRIP ACTION — One of the most popular sports in this area at the present time are the drag strip races each week south of Grand Bend. The weekly races attract anywhere from three to five thousand people. Shown here are a couple of the real fast race ears as they line up to take their run down the quarter -mile strip. This past week saw one car turn end over encl a couple of times, with- out. the driver being injured in any way. No Edition Next Week There will be no edition of this newspaper published next week, to allow members of the staff to enjoy their annual holidays. The office will also be closed from Fri- day, July 31, to Monday, August 10. Correspondents and other news contributors are asked to send in their regular budget of news, even though there will be no paper next week. All the news will be included in the following week's edition. The next regular edition of the paper will be in the mails on Thursday, August 13. road 5 and 6, LRW, was held on Monday night. Appeals were heard from Theodore La- porte, Anthony Rau and Wil- fred Corriveau, but were not upheld. Council accepted the tender of Charles Deitrich for the ens".- sstruction of this drain, at a price of $775, the lowest of four tenders received for the project. Engineer C. P. Corbett. of Lucan, was present at the meet- ing of the council. Weld -known Quartet Will Feat re Sunday Service of Drive -In The tre The Calvarymen Quartet will sing at the Drive -In Gospel Service near Shipka, this com- ing Sunday evening. This is an outstanding team of five men. from Flint, Michigan. The team, organized in 1956, is continually on the move. Their music has been recorded on the long playing album, and they have a weekly radio pro- gram in Flint, as well as TV appearances. The Drive -In committee is happy to have them as a special. They travel by bus and often bring their families along with them. Their best known rec- ord. is "I've Been to Calvary". Guest solist this Sunday eve- ing will be Frank Johns, of To- ronto, a former Exeter resident. Evangelist Karl F. Wittman, revivalist and radio preacher from Toledo, Ohio, is coming to Grand Bend on Sunday night, August 9, at 8 p.m., for a one - tine revival crusade in the open air theatre, at Shipka. Evangelist Wittman was con- verted years ago in one of Billy Sunday's tabernacles in Toledo. Ohio, and has carried out this evangelistic work in building 30 tabernacles in principal cities in the U.S. where revivals wase held. His most recent crusade was held on the Islands of the Carib- bean, with 33 churches of varie ous denominations. Rev. Wittman will introduce several of his gospel chorus se- lections at the Sunday night service. Mrs. Wittman will also be singing. Harry Hoff- man will be in charge of the service. HensaUU Board Lets Contract For Arena Painting At a meeting of the Commun- ity Park board Monday evening, Byran Kyle was awarded the contract for painting the inter- ior of the Hensall Arena. Four tenders were received. A FAMILY AFFAIR— Twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hess, Zurich, were quite proud last week when they pulled this large rnuskie out of the Old River in the Pinery. The twins are Larry and Gary, while their younger brother, Barry, is just as proud of the fish as they were. Muskies are quite, unusual being found in a place, like the one river, but this dandy weighed approximately ten pounds. and gave the boys quite a tussle before they finally landed him. Bayfield Man is Director Of M Ceaitnnial Mans Allaire acting as liaison offh er Mr. Allaire was, for the east { year, office manager o:. the Gederich bran: h of the invc et ;oient firm of J. R. llarr;eon Ltd., and has been in the in- vestment business for the past five years, Ex -Councillor Mir. Allaire. who is welh known in Huron. sore ed nine years in municipal affairs in Goderich, three of then as zhe representative of Goderich i:2 aunty council as deputy reeve. While in eottnty council he ,.s chairman of the Historieal 1 Committee and was active fin other county 'committees as well. He and Mrs. Allaire have Joseph Allaire, a resident of Bayfield for the past year, has been appointed Centennial Field I Representative for the Huron, Bruce,. Grey and Dufferin rcgior. of' Ontario, it is announced by Samos Auld, minister of the O. tario Department of Tourism and Information. All applications for g ant: en Centennial p ejects in the muni- cipalities in the counties men- tioned will be processed through the Bayfield office with Mr. been making their hark.` i n Yo:nl Street, IiiiyF e'id, Ti(cy(at, :qrs. 2N.ilaire is the f I;e.(^r 1) o r o t r y Grant 'f Sarni; Th. 11:.i'e .''le Grant, in Toren:to, .n -e daughter, Mrs. Donald: Towe s. of Vancouver, B.C. They i";ee one ;grandchild. So .'.l.t industry Mr. Albert., Is a member , f `,iaitl, rid ('butte • Club and th , 711en.' Cur' t:..noe Cluh. While .'.l the tzotler:,',. emtneil lac: was 1 a mc tither he indust•^ial eommiss;on in I seeking industry for the town. n. native of Sarnia, he operated a successful trucking business in Goderich for many years, where he resided for 30 years.