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Zurich Citizens News, 1965-12-09, Page 1No. 49—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1965 7 CENTS PER COPY HAY TOWNSHIP COUNCIL — The council of the Township of Hay were all returned to office by acclamation this year, for the third or fourth time in a row. Seated here left to right, are councillor Joe Hoffman, councillor Lloyd Hendrick, reeve Jack Corbett, deputy -reeve Delbert Geiger, and councillor John Tinney. A grade 13 student at South Huron District High School, 17 - year -old Iris Marshall, Thurs- day night was named the out- standing all-round 4-H member at the 18 th annual Huron County 4-H achievement night, in Exeter. Miss Marshall, youngest da- ughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Marshall, RR 1, Exeter, won the 'Elston Cardiff citizenship trophy, presented by Mr. Car- diff, of Brussels, a former me- mber of parliament for Huron. She also won the Canadian Ca- nners Ltd. award as the top member of the Exeter Sweet Corn Club. A total of $2,345 in cash was presented. Donald S. Pullen, of Clinton assistant agricultural represen- tative for Huron County, said 91.5 percent of the 395 proj- ects undertaken by the 21 Hur- on 4-H clubs were completed. Mr. Pullen, who directed the projects with the help of 52 volunteer club leaders, report- ed 70 of the projects were un- dertaken by girls. Gerald Smith, RR 2, Brussels won the C.S. MacNaughton tr- phy as the 4-H member receiv- ing the highest score — 952 points out of possible 1,000. A 13 -year-old RR 2 Luck- ent now girl, Lynda Walden, as the novice member obtaining the highest standing, won the warden's trophy presented by Huron County warden, Glenn Webb, reeve of Stephen Tow- nship. Bob McNaughton, RR 3, Kip - pen, took three special awards, the J.A. Anstett, Clinton jew- eller award for his high score in 4-H Beef Calf Clubs; the Seaforth Toronto -Dominion Ba- nk award, as the champion all-round showman and the Hu- ron County Hog Producer's As- sociation award, as the champ- ion swine showman. George Townsend, RR 3 Sea - forth, received the Marvin Ho- we trophy and the Seaforth Canadian ,Imperial Bank of Co- mmerce awards for swine com- petitions. Ken Baker, RE. 2 Dashwood, president of the Huron County 4-H Agricultural Club Leader's Association, Ken Johns, Exeter, chairman of the South Huron high school board, and D.H. Miles, Clinton, Huron County agricultural representative att- ended the presentations. A for- mer Huron agricultural repres- entative, G.W. Montgoane(ry, was guest speaker. An award for satisfactory co- mpletion with at least 75 per - x r; ' r cent standing in 18 projects went to James Papple, RR 4 Seaforth. Twelve project cer- tificates were presented to Ja- mes Broadfoot, RR 1 Bruce - field; Tom Papple RR 4 Sea - forth; Tom Riley, RR 1 Londe- sboro and Fred Uhler, RR 3 Walton. Six project certificates went to Audrey Eckel, Fred Eckel and Norman Eckel, all of RR 1, Varna; Duncan Etherington, R R 1, Hensall; Don Geiger, RR 2 Zurich, For 10 years voluntary ser- vice, certificates were present- ed to Ted Dunn, RR 3 Bayfield and Harold Hern, RR 1 Granton w h i l e five-year certificates went to Tom Hern, RR 1 Wood- ham and Gordon Papple, RR 5 Seaforth. Top scoring members of in- dividual clubs were; Bayfield 4-H Dairy Calf Club sponsored by the Bayfield Ag- ricultural Society: Robert Vod- den, RR 1 Clinton, 924 points: Douglas Trewartha, RR 4 Clin- ton, 919: Marie Trewartha, RR 4 Clinton, 883. Zurich Calf Club, sponsored by Zurich Agricultural. Society: Grant Jones, RR 2 Hensa11,860; James Weigand, RR 1 Dashwo- od, 846; Marilyn Keys, RR 1 Varna, 839. Jim Hayter Reeve of Stephen James Hayter of Dashwood, is the new reeve for the Town- ship of Stephen for 1966, re- placing ,reeve and former war- den of the county, Glenn Webb. Mr. Webb announced last Mon- day at the annual nomination meeting that he is stepping out of politics. Reporting to a large crowd of ratepayers, Mr. Webb indic- ated that the shortage of town- ship funds have been replaced with the exception of the am- ount which the bonding comp- any is responsible for. He said council is not in a position to make a statement at this time as investigations are still pro- ceeding. Mr. Webb told the group that he has tried, since the sh- ortage was discovered, to see how this could have been av- oided. He said it is impossible for councillors to keep constant watch on a clerk -treasurer and pointed out that Mr. Haugh had the confidence of the en- tire community as well as the council. If there is any blame to be attached to council, Mr. Webb asked that this be dir- ected at himself as the head of the council. Mr. Webb classed Mr. Haugh as a good friend of his and pointed to the work he has done in the community, in sports and in the church. He said he did his work well and indicated that the trouble was caused by an illness not rec- ognized by his friends, doctor or his wife. Going on with other matters Mr. Webb reported that Ste- phen Township will take over about a mile of road which was formerly looked after by the county. This is in line with changes which will transfer ab- out 47 miles of county roads back to various townships. The road runs from Centralia to the south boundary. The coun- ty wi11 continue winter main- tenance on this road and be- fore it is turned back to the township it will be hot paved. In regards to the Crediton Road, .the provincial governm- ent is paying 100 percent of the cost of this work with the exception of the land acquis- ition costs and fences. On these items the township gets a 50 percent subsidy, Mr. Webb referred to chan- (Continued on page four) Ernie Talbot Wins In Stanley Ernest Talbot was re-electedsame municipality, two mem- bers of the old board were elec- ted to represent the township on the new county school area which has been formed with Tuckersmith Township. Jack Taylor and Bruce Keys were the successful candidates, de- feating James CIeave and Gor- don Erb. Both Taylor and Keys are in favour of a new central school to be built at Brucefield, while the other two candidates favoured a division in the area. reeve of Stanley Township on Monday, when he edged out his opponent Alvin Rau, by a slim majority of eight votes. Mr. Talbot received 433 votes, com- pared to the 425 cast for Mr. Rau. A big issue had developed in Stanley Township over the re- verting of the Town Line from Drysdale to Kippen, to a town- ship road from the County of Huron. Mr. Rau contended that the townships could not afford the extra expense of maintaining this road. Talbot has been serving as reeve for a number of years, having defeated Rau in an election a few years back. Rau has been out of municipal poli- ties since that time, In the sohool area vote hi the Taylor topped the polls in the school election with 500 votes, and Keys was next in line with 486. The two defeat- ed candidates, Gordon Erb and James Cleave, picked up 291 and 272 votes, respectively. A breakdown of how the vot- ing went in Stanley Township is shown below: Poll 1 35 71 2 23 92 3 18 69_, 4 83 110 5 53 40 6 133 40 7 80 0 425 433 a m Legion Auxiii #pry Elects Officers For Next Seas EL Hensall Legion Hall, beauti- fully decorated in Christmas emblems, was the setting for the Christmas meeting of the Legion Ladies' Auxiliary Tues- day evening, when Mrs. Harold Campbell was elected president for 1966. Other officers are: Past pres- ident, Mrs. Roy Smale; first vice - president, Mrs. Howard Smale; second vice-president, Mrs. Garnet Allan; secretary, Mrs. W. H. Bell; treasurer, Mrs. Grant Bisbee k; sergeant -at - arms, Mrs. Harry Horton; assis- tant, Mrs. Garnet Allan; sports officers, Mrs. S. G. Rennie and Mrs. William Smale; pianist, Mrs. Ed Munn; executive, Mrs. Mary Taylor, Mrs Ted Roberts, Mrs. Gordon Munn, Mrs. John Skea, Mrs. Byran Kyle. A joint installation with the Legion will be held January 5. A past president, Mrs. E. R. Davis, presided for the election. In other business the date for the annual Christmas chil- dren's party was set for Sun- day afternoon, December 19. Life members and shut-ins will be remembered with gifts at Christmas. The money doll draw will be held Christmas eve. The two adopted veterans at Westminster will be remem- bered at Christmas. Members were informed that there was a splendid response to the recent potato chip blitz, some 275 packages being sold. President Mrs. Roy Smale, who recently suffered a disastrous fire, was presented with blan- kets and linens by Mrs. E. R. Davis, on behalf of the branch. Prizes were won by the fol- lowing: guessing prize, Mrs. Ed Munn; mystery, Mrs. Edna Hay; attendance, Mrs. William For- rester. P.1 ' 0 E+ W tJ 1 90 90 13 13 2 105 103 6 6� 3 64 63 20 16 4 152 147 44 31 5 47 45 46 42 6 36 35 126 128 7 _ 6 3 36 36 500 486 291 272 Leroy Thiel Zurich y � Leroy Thiel was elected reeve of the village of Zurich on Mon- day when he edged out the present reeve, Milton Oesch, by a single vote. Mr, Thiel polled 175 votes to 174 for Mr. Desch, The heaviest turnout of vot- ers for a municipal election in the history of Zurich showed about 76% of eligible persons casting their ballots. Oddly enough, there was not a single spoiled ballot in either poll. Mr. Thiel gained his strong- est support from the north half of the village, which is defined as poll No. 1. This takes in all the area north of Highway 84. In this poll he received 11 votes to 81 for his opponent. On the other hand Mr. Desch received his strongest support from the south side of the vil- lage, where he polled 93 votes ; to 64 for Thiel. Both polls were at the Zurich Community Centre, where the deputy returning officers were ins Reeveship of e ° ote Margi Albert Hess and Jack Turk- heim, while the poll clerks were Mrs. Clarence Geoffrey and Mrs. Earl Zimmer. The newly -elected reeve of Zurich had been a member of the council about five years ago, having served on the police village trustee board for a num- Dashwood Council Elected For Coping Year Nomination for police village trustees in Dashwood was held on Monday night, with V. L. Becker as returning officer. Four men were nominated for the positions, but only three of them qualified. The four were Clifford Salmon Harold Schroeder, Hugh Boyle and Ken McCrae. The latter failed to qualify within the necessary time, leaving the board elected by acclamation. Mr. Boyle will fill the seat previously held by Ervin Rader. 0 Hesod Council Picks Member For High School Board Hensall council met Monday evening for their regular meet- ing. Donald C. Joynt was ap- pointed representative to the South Huron D is t r i c t High School, Exeter. for a two-year term. A discussion on dogs running at large was held, caused on account of a ratepayer present- ing a bunch of eight pups to the council at the meeting. Council accepted the resigna- tion of Oliver Jaques from the Parks Board, and also gave a grant of $800 to the Parks Board. Final meeting of the year will be held on December 15. ber of years before that. He is first vice-president of the Zurich Lions Club, a director of the Chamber of Commerce, and chairman of Zurich for the campaign for funds for Blue Water Rest Home. He is the .t v Wassncrn Is Elected Reeve In Grand Bend lnry V1ass" ar n was e1!'eied reeve of Grand Bend on RTo^- day, when he defeated his only opponent, James Dalton, by majority of 80 votes. Mr. Wass - mann received 223 votes while Mr. Dalton polled 143, The new reeve of the sum- mer resort operates the Village Inn, and has been a member of the council for some time. Mr. Dalton was a former reeve of Grand Bend, as well as the warden of Lambton County. The four nien who were elected as members of the coun- cil in Grand Bend were Howard Green, with 259 votes; Douglas Martin 239; Emmerson Desjar- dine 215; and John Manore, 195. The defeated candidate was John Teevins, who was just one vote short with 194. He was a member of last year's council. A vote was also held at the Grand Bend election on the right of everyone over the age of 21 to vote at municipal elec- tions, if they are a British sub- ject and have been a resident for one year. This was ap- proved by a vote of 147 to 44. manager of the Zurich Pro Hardware store. Poll 1 Desch Thiel 81 111 93 64 174 175 Returning officer for the vil- lage is clerk -treasurer Mrs. Elda Wagner, 0 Stephen Tow ship Approves Cocktii! Lounges in ``']''ate Voters in the Township of Stephen on Monday approved the establishment of cocktail lounges throughout the munici- pality, by a vote of 643 for, to 392 against. At the same time, they voted 612 for men's bever- age rooms to 392 against. This just falls a small percentage point s h o r t of the required amount necessary to approve the men's beverage room. How- ever, since there were quite a number of spoiled ballots, there has been talk of a recount. Three men were elected to the council seats in Stephen. at the same election. They were Joseph Dietrich with 711 votes: Cecil D e s j a r d i n e, 630, and Stephen Dundas, 506. Defeated candidate was John Buxton, with 406 votes. James Hayter was elected reeve of the township last week by acclamation while Ed Hen- drick was chosen as the deputy - reeve in the same manner. 0 Employ H ff Up 9n Huron County The employment picture throughout most of Hu r o n County continued to reflect im- proved conditions during the month of November, 1965, over the same period a year ago, ac- cording to figures released this week by the National Employ- ment office at Godericii. At the end of November, 259 persons were registered for em- ployment with the Goderich NES, compared to 296 at the end of the same month in 1964. C. M. Jutras, manager of the National Employment office, stated that job opportunities continued relatively good de- spite the usual decline in agri- cultural and canning activities. A total of 109 persons were placed in gainful employment by the Goderich NES during November, compared to 71 dur- ing the same period in 1964. STANLEY TOWNSHIP COUNCIL —Following the election on Monday when reeve Ernie Talbot was returned to office with a majority of eight votes, the council in Stanley will remain the same as last year, Front row, left to right, are deputy -reeve Elmer Hayter, clerk Mel Graham, reeve Ernie Talbot; back row, left to right, councillors Cal Horton, Jack Seotchmer and Anson McKinley.