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Zurich Citizens News, 1966-04-07, Page 1No. 14—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1966 7 CENTS PER COPY Young People Confirmed Twelve young people were confirmed as members of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, Zurich, on Sunday Morning, by the minister, Rev. M, Shatto. Front row, left to right, are Donnie Oeseh, Wayne Beirling, Ron Desjardine, Don Truemner; middle row, left to right, Garry Truemner, Sharon Jacobe, Shirley McClinchey, Carol Gascho, Sandra Desjardine, Paula Siebert; back row, left to right, Ron. Cor- riveau, Rev. Shatto and David Siebert. Hensall Council to Have Fire Marshall Investigate Gas In Municipal Drains The regular meeting of Hen- sall town council was held on Monday, April 4, at 8 p.m., with reeve Noakes, and councillors Jacques, Knight, Lavender and Baker in attendance. Minutes of the last two meetings were read by the clerk and approved Dashwood Room two of Dashwood Pub- lic School, with their teacher, Mrs. Letta Taylor, held an auc- tion sale, with principal Don Finkbeiner auctioneer, and raised $53 for Bunny Bundle. Room three later held a sale and raised $31 for the same cause. Arthur Rader, a seminary student from St. Louis, Mo., is spending the Easter vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Rader. He also is assist- ing in the services at Zion Lutheran Church. Confirmation was held in Zion Luthern Church on Palm Sunday when six young people were confirmed by Rev. Wil- liam Gatz, namely, Anne Beck- er, Gary Datars, Gail Fleet, Norma Neilson, Douglas Tyler and Linda Wassmann. on motion of Jacques and Knight. Ernie Davis gave his report of work accomplished which in- cluded the removal of sand from Main Street, two flag poles ready to erect, repairs to the side walk in front of Hyde's house, streets graded by the Hay Township grader. A street committee of reeve Noakes and John Baker and John Lavender are to investi- gate drainage problems on com- plaints from Van Wieren and Lavery. Mr, Davis was instructed to gravel roads on town property to prevent the roads breaking away. He was also to have the mud scraped away in front of the Presbyterian church and gravel put in. Councillor Lav- ender described discrimination against Lavender Garage, in re- gard to spreading sand in pot holes. Peter McNaughton, represent- ing the agricultural society, was awarded a grant of $75 and the recreation c o m m i t t e e was awarded a $200 grant. He asked council to consider draining the park. Complaints of Ira Geiger re- garding vandalism and of Mrs. Wilson regarding gasoline fumes originating in the drains were aired. The Fire Mar- shal's office will investigate the gas fumes. The Centennial Project had to be outlined once again to the powers that be, for their approval. Daylight saving time will commence on April 23 at 12 o'clock midnight and will end October 22. This is subject to London's proposal. A petition to send Tucker - smith children into Hensall was sent to the judge for his per- usal. This could entail a new building program for Hensall and Hay Township. Since operation costs at the dump are rising it was decided that Hensall would pay the taxes on the .land and would ask Usborne to pay one-third of the operating costs. Road construction expendi- tures of $4,000 were approved. It was decided to send the tax arrears to Goderich for col- lection, on motion of Baker and Lavender. A street light proposed by Harry Page was approved. Ar- rears of hydro and water rates may result in a shutoff of these services. Mrs. John Ingram received approval to renovate the Eng- land house and Cook Bros. re- ceived permisgion to build four new silos. The meeting was adjourned to meet May 2 at 8 p.m. Zurich Mites Complete Season The Zurich Mites wound up their season last week with an exhibition game against the Centralia RCAF' team. Team members shown in this photo are, left to right, front row: Jeff O'Brien, Stephen Haberer, Danny Turkheini,Randy Oke, Derek O'Brien, Randy McKinnon. Back row, left to right; Wayne Meidinger, Wayne Oke, Ricky Bedard, Ricky. O'Brien, Andrew 'Wallace, Barry Hess, Brad Clausius, Kim McKinnon. Standing behind the boys is their coach, Doug O Brien, Donations Needed For Easter Seals The Easter .Seal campaign throughout this district is now entering its final stages, and anyone who has` not yet sent in their donation is urged to do so as soon as' possible. Throughout this area, which includes Hensel), . Zurich and Dashwood, 'the 4kiimpaign is be- ing looked after by the Zurich Lions Club. With the receipts from the campaign, the Lions Club are able to assist in any cases of crippled children throughout the same area. If anyone knows of a crippled child throughout the area who needs help or treatment,. the Lions Club would appreciate finding out about it. Any in- formation regarding help from the Lions Club in this regard may be obtained from Herb Turkheim, who is chairman of the crippled children commit- tee. Mr. Turkheim has also recently been appointed as a director of the Crippled Chil- dren Treatment Centre, in Lon- don. —o E women Hold Easter Meeting The WSWS of the Evangeli- cal UB Church held their monthly meeting the last Thurs- day of March, due to prayer meeting during passion week. The Christian citizenship group were in charge with Mrs. Peter Gingerich as chairlady. The meeting opened with the singing of the hymn, "The Lord Is Risen Indeed", followed by prayer. Mrs. Dorothy Koehler read the Scripture, after which a trio, "Willing Am I", was sung by Mrs. Melick, Mrs, Mc- Clinchey and Mrs. Clara Jacobe. Mrs, Ross Johnston read a poem entitle d, "Crucified". During the offering Mrs. Peter Gingerich react an Easter poen. Mrs. Menno Steckle very ca- pably presented the topic, en- titled "An Easter Message", which was in the form of an Easter letter written by a mother to her daughter. The hymn, "One Day", was sung, which was followed by a read- ing, entitled "If Any Man Will Come After Me", by Mrs. H. Schoch. The trio, accompanied by Mrs. Hess, presented "Remem- ber Calvary", which was thor- oughly enjoyed by all. Miss Idella Gabel then presented two beautiful piano solos. The meeting closed with prayer by Rev,, Shatto. The business meeting opened with prayer by the president, Mrs. Oscar Greb. The various reports were read and adopted. An invitation was accepted from the Arnold Circle of the Hensall Presbyterian Church to visit with them on April 18. New Quarters Will Be Attractive ay Council Renovates The council of the Township of Hay are remodelling the township hall, located in the village of Zurich, and workmen are well advanced wilth the project. When completed the public building will be an ideal spot to hold meetings of a smaller than usual nature. A new ceiling has been in- stalled, completely insulated, which should add greatly to the heating factor as well as bright- ening the hall up. In addition a new lighting system has been installed, and the entire inter- ior will be re -decorated. A quantity of new chairs are also being purchased to replace those which are badly worn out. As well, new roofing mater- ial will be installed on the north side of the building. Members of council have indi- cated that while they will have to charge slightly higher rent- al rates, the building will be a comfortable spot for any type of meeting where not too large a crowd is expected, At their regular monthly meeting on Monday night, coun- cil awarded a contract to W. H. Battram, of Parkhill, for the construction of a 2 -foot rein- forced bridge at lot 30, con. LRE (Turnbull's bridge). While the price of the contract is for $12,627.50, the total cost of the bridge will be estimated at about $24,800. The township is supplying the materials, such as cement, steel, approaches, and paying the engineer fees. The Parkhill tender was the lowest of six received for the job, with the highest tender being for $21,404.50. Final ap- proval from the department of highways is necessary before the contract can be finalized. Engineer Ken Dunn, of the firm 13. M. Ross Associates, was present at the meeting to dis- cuss the tenders with council. At 9 p,m. the reading of the N.B.C. drainage works took place, and the report was ac- cepted by council. Date for the court of revision was set for Wednesday, May 4, .at 8 p.m. The engineer's report on the Keohler drainage works was also gone over, and council re- ferred it back to the engineer for reconsideration. In other business at the meet- ing, council authorized road su- perintendent Karl Haberer to attend the 1966 school for road superintendents, to be held at Guelph. The final .plan of the sub- division along the lake, OWned by Victor Br i s s o n, was 'ap- proved by the council, and the reeve was authorized to sign the agreement. The clerk was also authorized to write the planning branch of the depart- ment of municipal affairs, ad- vising them of the approval granted by Hay Township. Next meeting of the council Heavy Damages In Stanley Fire Fire of undetermined origin last week destroyed a driving shed, two tractors and a' quan- tity of small farm tools on the farm of Jack Hamilton on the Goshen Line in Stanley Town- ship. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton were in Bayfield at the time of the fire, and heard the Bayfield fire siren sound the 'alarm. Both Bayfield and Brucefield departments answered the call, but the building was complete- i � ly destroyed on their arrival. 11 will be held on Monday, May 2, at 8 p.m. 0 ARRANGE FISH FRY Plans are now complete for the minster ishf fry which is scheduled for Friday, April 15, at Bayview Golf Club. On the menu will be fresh Lake Huron, perch, pickerel, or white fish. All proceeds from the event will be turned over to the BIue Water Rest Home building fund. For the benefit of those who do not know the location of Bayview Golf Club, it is situ- ated on Highway 21, about a half mile south of St. Joseph. All the work for the fish fry is being done by a group of vol- unteer men, and the fish will be fried and served by this same group. St. Joseph area fisherman, Staniley Smith, is ar- ranging for the supply of fresh Lake Huron fish. Facilities at the club are provided by the manager, Gordon Smith. Tickets, which are selling for $1.50, are now available at any of the following locations: Gingerich's Sales and Service, Bank of Montreal, Zurich Citi- zens News, M, Deitz & Son, or Zurich Variety Store. HOLIDAY HOURS The Bank of Montreal through- out this area has announced Easter business hours this year. •Extended .hours will be ob- served tonight (Thursday) from 4:30 to 6 p.m., and the banks will be closed all day tomorrow, Good Friday. Instead of remaining open on Saturday morning before Eas- ter, and then closing on Easter Monday, the procedure this year is being reversed. The banks will remain closed on Saturday, and will be open for business as usual on Mon- day. Skating Sisters Pass Tests The two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bell, RR 2, Hensall, were successful last week in passing their tests with the St. Thomas Figure Skating Club, tinder the di- rection of professional instructor Donald Cumming, of Chatham. Pauline, on the right, is now a tree -times bronze medallist, having completed her figures, dance and soloist classes. Her sister, Tr oyann, ]eft, was suc- cessful in passing her first set of three pre- liminary dances, at the same school. Both girls will be receiving pins from the Cana- dian Figure Skating Association, at Ottawa,