Zurich Citizens News, 1964-08-13, Page 7THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1964
PAGE SEVEN
ST. JOSEPH and DRYSDALE
LAI... FRED DUCHARME, Corresvondentl
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ford and their professional duties. The
their two daughters, of Sarnia,
and Mrs. Harvey McCrea, of
-Courtright, called on yours
truly and Mrs. Ducharme. on
Wednesday last. Also at the
Ducharme home were Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Wright, of Lon-
don, and Mr, and Mrs. R. Elder
and sons, of Clinton.
From Goderich on Sunday
last, visitors at the home of Mrs.
Josephine Ducharme were Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Jeffrey.
Some campers along the lake
front are packing up their
goods and are returning to their
homes after they have spent a
few weeks in their cottages. Of
late the weather was not agree-
able for them to enjoy their
stay. They prefer warm sun-
shine for their occasional dip.
The much appreciated suntan is
something of the past for this
present year.
Wedding of Interest
best wishes of this community
goes to the young couple for a
happy, joyous and prosperous
life.
Editorial Comment
On Saturday last in St. Peter's
Church, St. Joseph Parish, a
wedding of interest took place
when Monica Valerie Charrette
and Peter Anthony Kuzmich
were married. The ceremony
was preformed by the parish
priest, Monsignor Bourdeau, in
the midst of a large congrega-
tion, some of which had come
from abroad and others from
different parts to offer the
young couple their best wishes
for their new life.
They were recipients of many
valuable gifts, which showed the
high esteem in which both are
held. The buffet lunch in the
afternoon was served at the
home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Charrette
of this parish, where over a
hundred persons attended. The
evening reception in the Zurich
arena was also well attended.
After they return from their
Already the heavy rains of
the last week of the month of
July and the first week of Au -
guest have given much ease in
the water shortage, for already
some farmers with no rock wells
were bit hard due to the springs
being lowered, True, to those
farmers the rain was beneficial.
For the farmers who had
grain cut, the downpour has
caused some delay for harvest-
ing. But again due to •the long
dry spell the pastures were
burnt to a crisp and were much.
in need of moisture.
The bean ,crop, which covered
the ground with a• heavy top, is
now causing the farmers some
alarm. For some reason or
other the bean stocks have not
produced too many pods. Be-
sides, the heavy rains of late
which caused the water to re-
main on the land for some time,
has also helped to cut the yield
to a near half crop.
Beans are the cash crop for
many farmers and of course
they trust in it to make their
spring speculations, such as
buying the necessary expensive
implements to work their land,
and the necessary hired help—
all of that counts up in money
for fall payments. Naturally
there are other expenses during
the year, such as new buildings
being built, others remodelled
in many centres—all of which
adds to the many current ex-
penses.
If the bean crop is cut in
half it will make the going hard
for many farmers, unless they
are sitting pretty on easy street.
There still remains a problem
honeymoon both will resume in the bean crop at harvest
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Oesch Reunion at
New Hamburg
Approximately 275 descen-
dants of John and Barbara
(Gascho) Oesch met at the Com-
munity Centre, New Hamburg,
on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 2.
John was the son of John Oesch
Sr., who was an early settler in
Baden and later one of the first
German-speaking settlers in Hay
Township, Huron County. John
Jr. had 17 brothers and sisters.
Representatives of some of their
families were also present at
the reunion.
The afternoon was spent in
informal visiting and getting
acquainted, a program consist -
Barbara (Gascho) Oeseh Family
History and Genealogy" in book
form.
About 26 years ago, when
John and Barbara's nine chil-
dren were still living, 160 mem-
bers of the family met for a
reunion. The living members
of the family now number about
818. Most of those present came
from Baden, New Hamburg and
Zurich. Several came from
Michigan, one family from In-
diana, and Allan Oeseh (a grand-
son of John and Barbara) came
all the way from Biggar, Sask.
It is about 45 years since he
last visited Ontario.
Many of John and Barbara's
descendants live in the Baden
and New Hamburg area. Many
still reside in Ilay Township. A
large number live in the three
western provinces of Canada, in
the states of Michigan and New
York, and a few in other prov-
inces and states. One lives in
Austria.
ing of group and special musical
numbers and family introduc-
tions, and family picnic suppers.
Urie Bender, from Elkhart, Ind.,
was the chairman; Orval Jantzi
from Zurich led a brief worship,
and Lorraine Roth was in charge
of the introductions and the
presentation of the "John and
time due to unreasonable weath-
er conditions, further deterior-
ating the crop's value.
Brother Andre
(Continued from last week)
Mr. Cantin was cool about
the little accident and did not
want to embarrass the Brother.
In a fitting suggestion he asked
Brother Andre if he would turn
the wheel over to him, which
the Brother agreed to do. Then
Napoleon drove the big steamer
out of the shallow' ditch. Both
had a laugh over the little
mishap.
Again on another occasion re-
turning from the early morning
mass with another of the Can -
tin boys they stopped at the
home of an elderly couple and
their son, by name, Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Charrette and their son,
Joseph. They were perhaps the
poorest family in the parish but
well resigned to it. Brother
Andre was introduced to the
family by the Cantin boy and
immediately a conversation was
started. The old lady was much
older than the Brother and due
to her advanced years said she
would clie before him. The
Brother did not hesitate to
agree with her, adding in firm
words that he hoped so. One
can only gather from such an
answer he wanted you to know
he still had much to do before
his earthly work was completed.
In our last article we told you
of Brother Andre driving a peg
on the Cantin property, saying
at the same time this peg, at
some future date would repre-
sent something of importance
to the village and community.
Some were of the opinion that
a chapel would be built on that
spot. However, he did not dis-
close what it would be.
It is the belief of many that
he had a desire to have this
parish, known as St. Joseph,
which would not have been ac-
complished except by such an
authority as Brother Andre.
This parish from the primitive
days was given the name of
Pointe aux Bouleax, meaning
"birch points", by the early
pioneers. Perhaps that name
was not modern enough for the
coming time. It was then
changed to Drysdale parish, tak-
ing its name from a business
family. When that family ]eft
the name was changed to French
Settlement. It is the general
belief of many that in an act
of power it was changed to the
present name, St. Joseph Par-
ish, Who knows, some day
something will develop where
the peg now is,
(To be continued)
John's parents had come to
America, the land where "syrup
runs from trees". No doubt
their hopes were high when
they 'came, but they couldn't
possibly have imagined the com-
forts and prosperity that their
descendants are enjoying in
1964. If we can leave to the
world and to posterity such a
rich legacy of faith and hope,
we will have lived well.
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