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Zurich Citizens News, 1966-08-18, Page 1Pfamminna No, 33.—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL. NEWS ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1766 7 CENTS PER COPY ATTRACTIVE ENTRANCE—The main entrance to Blue Water Rest Home is now complete and presents an attractive sight to motorists travelling past the new edifice. The beautiful stone work to the left side of the entrance section makes an ideal background for the nameplate which clearly identifies the building to strangers passing through the area. Work on the building is advancing nicely, and the contractors hope to have the project completed by late September. (Citizens News Photo) READY FOR POWER FAILURE — A hydro interruption will not prove to be any type of disaster at the Blue Water Rest Home, since a generating plant has been in- stalled to take care of any such emergencies. Shown here is the electrical contractor, Gerald Gingerich, right, making some final adjustments to the unit while watching the procedure is Jerry Campbell, a representa- tive of the Howden electrical firm in Lon- don, who have supplied the equipment. Highway Mh stet Announces Nuns For Road Work Highways Minister Charles S. MacNaughton has just an- nounced that he has designated as development roads for pre - engineering two sections of county road mileage in Huron. One is the section of County Road No. 12 from Egmondvillc along the main street of Sea - forth as far as Goderich Street in that town. The other is that part of County Road No. 3 between Varna and Prncefield. Mr. MacNattghton advised that this action has been taken as a result of the recently -com- pleted county needs study car- ried out by Huron County and is in keeping with the financial arrangements emanating from the findings of that exhaustive study. The minister stated further that the designation for pre - engineering in Egmondville and in the town of Seaforth has been made to provide for the reconstruction of this street by the county following the instal- lation of sewers by the town of Seaforth as part of that town's major sewer construction Under the direct aid program of the department of highways associated with the county road needs study, all pre -engineering and eligible physical construc- tion costs are borne by the de- partment. -- 0 OW People Hoer r Teacher With L nit Record Fortner and present pupils paid tribute last week -end to Mrs. William Parker, of Bay- field, for 32 years of teaching. Mrs. Parker taught 25 years at Bayfield Elementary School, More than 200 persons gathered at Clan Gregor Park to honor her. The first seven years of her career were spent at SS No. 11, Proton Township and SS No. 3 and 4, Stanley Township. Her retirement coincides with the closing of the Bayfield school. A central school will replace it. Employment High to Huron County Institute Women Hold Workshop At Grand Bend A curator's worksh p of Lon- don Area Women' Institutes was held on Tu ay at the Eisenbach Museum, Grand Bend, with about 44 delegates from 10 districts present. Rep- resenting this area was Mrs. Fred Beer, of Hensall, who is president of the South Huron Women's Institute. During the day the delegates discussed the Centennial Pag- eant which is to be presented at the 1967 convention. Mrs. Harry Strang and Mrs. Vermont Powe, of St. Thomas, were ap- pointed to look after this pro- ject. Another highlight of the ses- sion was the judging of the Tweedsmuir History book, with the results to be announced at a later date. The workship was held in the Mary Ellen Memorial Chapel of the Museum, and the delegates were conducted on a tour of the building by proprietor Peter Eisenbach. Next year's workshop is to be held at the St. Marys Mus- eum. 0 The Goderich office of the National Employment Service effected an all-time high, 316 placements, during the month of July, 1966. Bringing this year's total placements to 1,075. Placements during July, 1965, were 189. C. M. Jutras, Manager of the Goderich National Employment Service, reported that job open- ings in farm and canning oper- ations, together with seasonal increases in manufacturing and construction in Goderich and Huron County were primarily responsible for this increase in job placements. At month end, some 56 vacancies for workers, mainly in skilled and semi-, skilled occupations. remained' un filled. Job applicants registered with the Goderich National Employ- ment Service at encl of July continued to show a decrease, with 217 persons registered for employment, .as compared to 285 persons a year ago. The Goderich National Em- ployment Service office serves all of Huron County Plans For Bean Festiva ih auric Are Now Complete Five SH Ontario HS Students Capture cholarship Awards L. D. Palmer, the principal of South Huron District High School, has released the news that five students were Ontario scholars in the Grade XIII re- sults of 1966. On the basis of eight papers the winners were: Caroyln Campbell, the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Campbell, of RR 1, Exeter, with an average of 87.8%. She will enter the University of Water- loo in September as South Hur- on District School's most out- standing language student. John Graham, the son of Mrs. Mary Graham, •of Grand Bend, with an average of 85.6%. John was also president of the stu- dents' council this past year. He is planning 'to enter the University of Western Ontario. Karen Finkbeiner, the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Fink- beiner, of RR 1, Crediton, with an average of 83.5%. Karen has made application to attend the University of Waterloo, John Franklin, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Franklin, of Ca- nadian Forces Base Centralia, with an average of 81.9%. John's family is moving to Nova Scotia and he will enter Plans are now complete for the first annual Bean Festival, which is to be held in Zurich on Saturday, August 27, begin- ning at noon. Feature attrac- tion of the event will be the serving of delicious home -baked beans, along with all the trim- mings. Price of the meal will only be one dollar per person, Other highlights of the day will be the appearance of the New Dundee German Clown Band; bus and wagon tours of area farms to show interested persons how bean crops are handled; pony rides for the kids; checker and solo compe- titions; and displays of modern bean. machinery, Another feature of the event will be an open-air street mar- ket, where people can purchase farm products, along with home- made pies, bread, summer saus- age, and other goodies. There is no .general admis- sion charge to the event, just the price of the meal. The en- tire program will be staged around the main business area of the village. Full particulars of the entire program will be published in next week's edition of this newspaper. Dalhousie 'University on a schol- arship already awarded by that university. Bryan Baynham, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Baynham, of Exeter, with an average of 80.6%. Bryan was past presi- dent of the students' council and will enroll at the University of Western Ontario next month. Sixty-nine Grade XIII stu- dents at South Huron District High School have earned sec- ondary school honor graduation diplomas issued by the depart- ment of education. They are: Bryan Baynham, David Beav- er, Robert Beavers, William Beavers, Dwight Bender, John Brown, Kathleen Buxton, Caro- lyn Campbell, Marion Carscad- den, Rose Ann Charrette, Helen Cole, Mary Corbett, Gustave Creces, Constance Dietrich. Sheila Fahner, Ann Fairbairn, Donald Farwell, Karen Fink- beiner, Gard Ford. Robert For- rest, John Franklin, Kenneth Geiger, Brian Gill, Hendrick Gosar, John Graham. Margaret Haist, Mary Ann Hayter, Joanne Hicks, George Hinton, Arthur Horrell, Linda Hunter-Duvar, Douglas Huntley, Karen Jermyn, Marilyn Johns, Michael Keay, Roger Keller, Nancy Kyle, Elyse Larnport. Anita Levier, Anthony Lees - edge, Brian MacLean, Iris Mar- shal, Neil McAllister, Angela ;_rc- Avany, Bonnie McCrae, Nancy McTavish, Lorene Mel.lin, Ann Mickle, Robert Miller, Edward Mock, Ronald Motz, John Nagel, Kenneth Oke, Roman Orenchuk. Vincent Ryan, Margaret Salmon, Sandra Schoch, Gunn Shipman, Lois Simmons, Patri- cia Stevens, Dianne Stone. Ke:th Strang, Sandra Taylor, Mar ee Thompson, Catherine Waldron. Eric Wolfe, Robert W.l:e, Thomas Wolfe, Alan Younzash, The students with the highest marks in individual subjects are: English, Ann Fairbairn 37, John Graham, equal at 87: His- tory, John Graham, 92; Ge. gra- phy, Elyse Lamport, 73; Alge- bra, Iris Marshall, 93, Roman Orenchuk, equal at 93; Geome- try, John Franklin, 90; Trigo- nometry, John Franklin, 87. Biology, John Graham. 85; Physics, John Brown, 82; Chem- stry, John Graham, 88; Latin. Carolyn Campbell, 94; French, Carolyn Campbell, 90; Spanish. Carolyn Campbell, 92. Pkms vand Big plans are under way for this year's annual Zurich Fall Fair, with a number of new at- tractions being added to round out the program. Dates for the fair are Saturday and Monday, September 24 and 26. A special pre -fair attraction will be the program presented by the Schneider Male Chorus, of Kitchener, on Friday night, September 23. This group is rated as the outstanding men's chorus in Canada, and comes to Zurich through the courtesy of the J. M. Schneider Meat Com- pany. Highlighting t h e Saturday night program will be a rock' n'roll dance to the music of "The Cavaliers". The same night some attractive girl in the district will be crowned "Queen of the Fair". A well-known television per- sonality, "Big Al", will be pres- ent for the parade on the main day of the fair, Monday, Sep- tember 26, and will be available to sign autographs for all the children following the parade. Big Al will come to the fair through theco-operation of CKCO-TV, in Kitchener. With the date for the annual event drawing closer, the direc- tors and committee chairmen have been working feverishly to complete the final arrange- ments for the entire program. As usual, there will be a Baby Show. a Pet Show, and all the other regular attractions needed rich to make a fall fair popular. Prize lists for the fair will be available within the next couple of weeks, and exhibitors will notice that in many cases the prize money has been in- creased over other years, More effort is going into the school children's departments, a n d prize money in this section has also been increased over other years. This year's Calf Club has a record number of members and the youths are busy at present rounding their calves into the best of condition for the exhi- bition. The club leaders are Ian McAllister. RR 1, Zurich, and Carl Oestreieher, RR 1. Dashwood. At recent meetings of the board, the following people were appointed as associate di- rectors: Mrs. Lorne Rader, Mrs. Harold Thiel, Mrs. Herb Klopp, Mrs. Jack Turkheim. Mrs. V. L. Becker, Mrs. Eben Weigand, Mrs. Ray Fisher, Mrs. Claire Deichert, Mrs. William David- son, Mrs. Marge Schilbe, Mrs. William Baechler. Mrs. Al- phonse Grenier, Sister Eileen Marie, Earl Flaxbard, Ray Mc- Kinnon, Don O'Brien, L e n Merner, Don Weigand, Hubert Schilbe, Leroy O'Brien, Milton Desch, Doug Armstrong. Eben Weigand, Earl Weido. Gordon BIoch, Herb K l o p p, Lloyd O'Brien, Wayne Horner, John Consitt, Harold Zehr, Ken Geseho, William Baechler, air Charles McQuillin, Ian McAllis- ter, cAll s - ter, Leroy Thiel, John Corbett, Arnold Merner. Committee chairmen are: p r o p e r t y, Allan Armstrong; gates and entertainment. Alvin Rau; concessions, Claire De: - chert; booths, Mrs. Alp!.:• nse Grenier; fruit, Ted Steinbach; horses, Bert McBride; cattle. V. L. Becker; parade. ]-=xrold Zehr; poultry, Len Merner; sheep and swine, Alvin Rau: school work, Mrs. Earl Flax - bard; domestic science, Mrs_ Arnold Merner; ladies' w: .rk, Mrs. Ted Steinbach; fine arts. Mrs. Eben Weigand; flt,wers, Mrs. Hubert Schilbe; gra:7 and seeds, Joe Hoffman; vegetables, Len Merner. The Zurich Chamber of _"om- merce will again sponse: and supervise the annual Baby Sa':w. held each year at the fa:_. 0 Check Your Label The mailing list of the , iti- zens News has been corrected and brought up to date, .:s of August 15. If you have. re- newed your subscription :x'i•thin the past few weeks, your label should now show the proper expiry date. If your label reads prior to August '66, your subscrip 4on is now overdue. Your early co- operation in renewing will) be greatly appreciated. THE SIGN TELLS THE STORY --Mo- torists travelling south on the county road through Zurich will come upon a tuniquo roadside market at the farm of Elmer Grove. As the sign indicates, the area farmer has fresh corn -on -the -cob for sale, and customers are asked to serve themselves. The bushel basket of corn is sitting on file pig r table. with a jar for ihr, ,nrinr'y beide And the unusual part f.f they whole ventlt „ that there is nothing to indwate how nv,ell one is to pay for the em -n, so apparent v this matter is left up to the individual himself..