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Zurich Citizens News, 1965-01-14, Page 1RI CH NEWS 'No. 2—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1965 $3.00 PER YEAR -- 7 CENTS PER COPY HAY INAUGURAL — These are the smiling faces of men who will be beset with the growing administrative prob- lems of the thriving Township of Hay for the 1965 sessions. Seated at the table is Hay's council, councillors Joseph Hoffman and Llyod Hendrick, Reeve John H. Corbett, Deputy -reeve Delbert Geiger and councillor John Tinney. Standing behind them are Rev. C. A. Blackwell, who was the officiating pastor, George Armstrong, township assessor; Karl Haberer, township road superintendent; Whitney Brokenshire, Hay's clerk -treasurer, and John Soldon, town- ship representative to the Ausable Authority. ZURICH ADMINISTRATORS — Rev. M. Shatto was officiating pastor at Monday's inaugural meeting of Zurich's council for 1965. - The opening session in the village office on Mill street saw Zurich's reeve and councillors take the oath of office administred by clerk -treasurer Elda Wagner, Pictured here from left to right are councillor Mrs. Allan Gascho, Mrs. Wagner, Reeve Milton Oesch, Rev. Shatto, and councillors W. B. Coxon and Leo Meidinger. Absent when the picture was taken was newly acclaimed councillor Gor- don Hess, who is a patient in London's St Joseph's Hospital. Council extended their best wishes to Mr. Hess at a Monday meeting. AMAALGAMTED SCHOOL BOARD -- The .new board with a new name, the Public School Board of the Township School Area of Hay—consists of members from the villages of Heiman. and Zurich and the Township of Hay. Seated are chairman lata McAllister, secretary -treasurer Robert West- lake and trustees Ebner Rowe. Standing are trustee Clendon Christie, vice-chairman Robert Rowcliffe, and trusteesCarl Oestreicher, Garnet Leitch and Ross Turnbull. The seven - man board came into effect after nomination and election brought on by new department of edtteation ruling, ti gay Council Undecided Issuing School Debentures Ian McAllister and Elmer Rowe, members of the public school board •of the Township School Area of Iiay, arrived at Monday's meeting of Hay Town- ship council to drop the first problem of the year into the laps of those elected officials. The two school trustees ap- peared to request the council to issue debentures in the amount of $146,000 for the erec- tion of the new two classrooms and gymtorium addition to the Zurich school. A breakdown of expenses showed the tender on the build- ing had been accepted for $127,161 and that $7,629.11 would be required for archi- tects' fees. The site will cost $5,800 while furnishings for the addition will cost upwards of $2,400. Let's Not Be Hasty Reeve John Corbett cautioned council not to jump into the issuance of debentures without first appraising the whole sit- uation. He said that while the new addition would have to be built, it appeared that Hay council would also be called upon to issued debentures for the new addition at Hensall and also to assume Hensall's previous de- bentures of $80,000. He warned that council should get some assurance in writing that council could be relieved of the penalty resulting from heavy borrowing before pro- ceeding with the project. He asked what would happen if council had to borrow funds for some other large project within the township and found their borrowing power was de- pleted. "We shouldn't load our town- ship with all these d he maintained, "until we know for sure our position." A Great Deal. of Money Geiger did some quick addi- tion and estimated that the amount of debentures to be as- sumed could amount to $334.- 000. "That's a lot of money, boys," he said. Ian McAllister said that the cheapest thing in the long run would have been to "walk away" from the two schools at Hen - (Continued an Page 5) lan McAllister Chairman of New Board To Serve Hay Township School Area Seven members of the new compound school board of Hen- sall, Zurich and Hay Township met last Wednesday for their inaugural meeting at the Hay Municipal office. Hay Township clerk Whitney Brokenshire administered the oath of office to Zurich's Garnet Leitch, Hensall's Robert Row- cliffe and Clendon Christie, and Hay Township's Ian McAllister, Ross Turnbull, Carl Oestreicher and Elmer Rowe. Also attending the meeting was the new secretary -treasurer First Item of Business Ian McAllister was named chairman of the new board and spoke briefly to the meeting. He told members that he felt the electors had chosen "a fair cross section of the community" to represent them, and said that the board has a "job to do" even though all decisions may not be popular. As in his nomination speech, McAllister reiterated his stand that more citizens should be- come involved in municipal af- fairs, at least for a term or two. He urged the board to set a for the board, Robert Westlake, regular meeting night and to Zurich. strive for shorter meetings. McAllister also announced his intention to prepare an agenda prior to each meeting. Each item of business to be discussed would be listed on the agenda and sent to every board mem- ber. In this way, said McAllister, members would have Fool time to think over the problems and have thoughtful opinion formed before the meeting, He said he hoped discussion at the meet- ings would be open and free, stressing that even "radical" ideas can promote thinking and produce good. Vice-chairman of the board is Robert Rowcliffe, Zurich Council to Call Teniizers For New $22,000. Fire Hall Reeve Milton Oesch told Zur- ich's village council that the proposed new fire hall is un- doubtedly the biggest project for the year 1965. No indication was made whether the project has received approval as Zur- ich's Centennial project. Twenty-year debentures to cover the cost of the building will be issued by clerk -treasurer Elda Wagner and tenders will be called about the end of Jan- uary with all bids to be in by March 1, 1965. Meidinger indicated he hoped the construction would .take no longer than six to eight weeks. The building is to be completed by July 1, 1965. Tractor for Village Council voted to purchase a 1962 Ford tractor and loader equipped with two buckets at a cost of $1751 plus the old trac- tor. Although the tractor is two years old, Oesch told council, it comes with a new tractor war- ranty. Larry Snider Motors, Exeter, has guaranteed that the tractor has been completely re- conditioned and equipped with new tires at the Ford factory where it was used as a demon- strator. It has been in Zurich on approval. The Fordson tractor presently owned by the village is in poor repair and has been costly to maintain. Council agreed that the snow removal. budget has been un- touched for this year and it was considered an ideal time to make the purchase. Drain Situation Rough Reeve Oesch told council that Zurich village council was not responsible for water from basement and said the only so- lution was to ask the road su- perintendent to petition for municipal drains. Meidinger said that drainage in the village is "rough" and quipped "they can't bottle it (water)". No Increase Elda Wagner has been re- hired as village clerk -treasurer but was refused an increase in salary for 1965. Mrs. Wagner told council that she would like to work at the village office from about 9 to 12 each morning since it is in- convenient to get and return papers from the office in order to work at home. She said this would involve closing her busi- ness and indicated she should be compensated for this loss. Reeve Oesch told council he considered the wages of Mrs. Wagner to be adequate at $1050 per annum plus $5 for each reg- ular meeting. W. B. Coxen intimated that Mrs. Wagner should receive $5 for each meeting as do the coun- cil members but Reeve Oesch asked that the matter be drop- ped for the present. Council agreed it was satis- fied with the wages of $75 per (Continued an Page 4) Hay School Area Board Asks Stanley, Tuckersmith for Definite Decisions The outspoken young man Ian McAllister proved to be a mas- ter of the art of tactfulness as well when he chaired the joint meeting of Hay, Stanley and Tuckersmith school boads and councils with two Bayfield coun- cillors included as interested parties. The meeting was called fol- lowing a motion of the Ptiblic School Board of the Township Area of Hay, which read as follows: "That we desire to have the children from Stanley and Tuck- ersmith now attending or con- templating attending the town- ship schools, but we wish to know by February 1, 1965, if these sections wish to join our area since it has vital effect on our current building program which we are aimed at complet- ing by September. We request the presence of the school boards and councils of Stanley and Tuckersmith townships at a meeting January 12, 1965, at 8:30 p.m., to discuss the matter." McAllister explained to the assembly that Zurich has at present seven rooms, six perma- meint and one temporary, and said a tender has been accepted for the construction of two classrooms and a gymtorium to be completed by September, He also outlined plans for Hensall. Ile said there are six rooms at that school with a new addition planned for completion by September. The size of the addition at Hensall will be determined by the number of children plan- ning to attend. At present, there are 46 non-resident chil- dren being educated in the township. It is imperative the board know immediately wheth- er the sections from which these children come will become part of Hay Township with tax assessments paid to that town- ship. McAllister stressed that since Hay's board cannot apply for grants on non-resident students, no accommodation will be built for children from out the area. "You realize," said McAllister, • "we must know the boundary of our school area by January 31. Immediately after that, our architects will be preparing the drawing for our addition, We have to be able to tell them (Continued on Parge 8)