Zurich Citizens News, 1967-07-27, Page 1No, 30—FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS
ZURICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1967
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FAMILY REUNION—This past Sunday marked
the first time in history that all the families of
Mrs. Theresa Hartman gathered together for a
family reunion. Also present for the occasion were
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ducharme, parents of Mrs. Hart-
man, who are shown on each side of the lady in
the centre. About 50 children, daughters-in-law,
sons-in-law and grandchildren attended the event.
Police Investigating Three Break-ins
At Hensall, Grand Bend and Exeter
The Exeter detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police are
investigating three area break-
ins over the past week -end, one
at Hensall, one at Exeter and
one near Grand Bend,
Five or six radios, a tape re-
corder and about $40 in cash
were stolen from Drysdale
Crest Hardware at Hensall
some time through the week-
end.
Thieves ransacked the office
and broke open the till in the
store, They apparently brake
into the building through the
front door. The break-in was
discovered early Monday by a
customer who did not know
that the store is closed on Mon-
days.
At the HotsonGarden Mar-
ket, on Highway 21 near Grand
Bend, a quantity of merchan-
dise was also stolen. This
break-in also took place on
Sunday evening.
A new 1967 Cougar was stol-
en from South End Service in
Exeter, also on Sunday evening.
The next morning a car, which
had been reported stolen from
Goderich, was found abandoned
just outside Exeter, and police
believe the thieves left it in
favor of the new vehicle from
South End Service.
On Tuesday the 1967 Cougar
was found abandoned at Strath-
roy.
Police believe the same gang
may have been responsible for
the two break-ins at Hensall
and Exeter, since the same
method of entry was used at
bath locations,
During the week ending July
22, the Exeter detachment of
the OPP investigated 30 occur-
rences, of which only two were
accidents. They issued. 42
warnings under the Highway
Traffic Act; laid 37 charges un-
der the same act; two charges
under the Liquor Control Act;
and three charges under the
Criminal Code.
Hay School Area Hires New Teacher
From West; Let Various Contracts
The Hay School Area board,
at their regular meeting last
week, engaged the services of
Miss Edna Christman to teach
in the area for the 1967-68
school term. Miss Christman
is from Edmonton, Alberta,
In other business the board
let a contract for $3800 to Levis
Construction, Clinton, for the
paving of sections of the school
grounds at both the Hensall and
Zurich schools.
Drysdale Hardware, Hensall,
was awarded a contract for
for the school area. Two of
the backstops will be installed
at the Hensall school and . ne
at Zurich.
The board also approved the
purchase of two overhead pro-
jectors, one for each school.
Following a request from
Myron Snider, Stanley, to allow
his child to attend school in the
Hay area, the board agreed to
allow the transfer, subject to
the approval of the Stanley
board, and on the condition
that the Stanley board wi1J: pay
three straight -back backstops the necessary tuition fees.
LOOKS TEMPTING — What can be more
pleasant than a peaceful boat ride out of the Grand
Bend harbor and out into the blue water of Lake
Huron? Many holidayers at the popular summer
resort enjoy hours of such relaxation, as shown in
this photo. Boating is increasing steadily at the
Bend, and each week -end hundreds of boats can be
seen in the area.
25 Men Needed
To Work at Arena
Project Tonight
At ]east 25 volunteers are
needed tonight, Thursday, at
the Zurich Arena, to complete
various phases of the building
project. If you are interested
in helping the cause, be at the
arena by seven o'clock. There
will be supervisors on the job
to instruct all volunteers.
Volunteers are asked to bring
along either a hammer or a
wrecking bar. There will be
work for men with either pieces
of. equipment.
Tb date there has been a cer-
tain amount of volunteer labor
on the job, but due to the busy
time of the year many persons
cannot spare the time during
the day. For this reason it
has been decided to hold a
number of work bees in the
evening.
If more than 25 men show
up for the work bee tonight,
they can all be put to work,
so the mare the merrier.
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Recently Mr. and Mrs. Roy
McBride flew to Camrose, Al-
berta, to attend the funeral of
the latter's brother, Hugh Mc-
Nain, who passed away sudden-
ly et his home from a heart
seizsure. He was field super-
visor of the oil wells in North-
ern Alberta. They also visited
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Schnell
who reside in that city.
Chidren`s Aid Society Report Shows
Need For Care of Problem Children
By R. 5. Atkey
`SIt is easy to find homes for
f a i r, curly-haired, blue-eyed
baby girls without problems,
but we do want more people
really interested in the child
who has problems. Won't you
help us?" `
In these words, Miss Clare
McGowan, local director of Hur-
on County Children's Aid So-
ciety, appealed to the 37 mem-
bers of Huron County council
at their session in Goderich in
June.
She reported that the Society
now has only six babies look-
ing for adoption homes, with 20
children on adoption probation.
One of the six babies is almost
a year old and a Roman Cath-
olic; another one of the six has
a physical handicap.
"We need more people want-
ing to adopt children who are
not the prettiest, healthiest,
best -adjusted little p e o p l e,"
Miss McGowan declared in her
talk to county council. ,'Every
child needs a good home wheth-
er he is adoptable or not. Some
children, so-called unadoptable,
have became so loved and want-
ed by their foster parents, that
adoption was a joyous experi-
ence for all concerned,"
The local director pointed out
that many handicapped children
can be adopted when parents
are found willing to accept and
love them for their own sakes
and not for what the child can
give the adopting family. "Not
everyone can accept a handi-
capped child and we must not
blame for this," she said. `It
is far better to be perfectly
honest about it from the be-
ginning.
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Issue Next Week
Will Be Last One
Before Holidays
Next week's issue of the Citi-
zens News, August 3, will be
the last one before the annual
two-week shut -down p e r i o d.
The newspaper will not be pub-
lished on Thursday, August 10,
or Thursday, August 17.
All persons wishing to have
advertising appear during the
two-week shut -down period
should make arrangements to
have their messages in next
week's issue, instead.
A skeleton staff will be on
duty during the two-week peri-
od totake •care of the neces-
sary printing jobs. If you may
need printing done in the next
few weeks, arrangements should
be made for this work as soon
as possible,
Classified Rates
Will be Increased
Next Week
Effective August 1, 1967,
classified advertising (want -ads)
rates for this newspaper will
be increased in price. This
marks the first time in the his-
tory of the Zurich Citizens
News that rates for classifieds
has been increased.
The new rates for coming
events and special announce-
ments will be one dollar, the
same as for cards of thanks and
in memoriams (not over two
paragraphs).
The 2egular classifieds, such
as for sale, help wanted, etc,
will be seventy-five cents for
the first 20 words, with an ad-
ditional charge of three cents
for each extra word.
At the same time, more
stringent regulations will ap-
ply to payment of classified ad-
vertising. In the past :this
newspaper has been most len-
ient regarding accounts for
classifieds, but in the future an
additional twenty-five cents will
be charged if the account is
not paid within ten days of
publication.
Increasing costs of producing
a weekly newspaper make these
increased costs necessary,
There will be no inorease in
rates for display advertising or
subscriptions at the present
time,
INVESTIGATE BREAK-IN — On-
tario Provincial Police are busy this
week investigating three robberies in
this area of south Huron. Shown here,
left, is R. J. Drysdale of Crest Hard-
ware, Hensall, watching as OPP Con-
stable Robert Kerr of Mount Forest
criminal investigation branch dusts
off a desk for fingerprints following
a Sunday night break-in. Numerous
articles were taken from the store.
(Citizens News Photo)
POPULAR SPOT — The children's
playground at the Zurich Community
Park is increasing in popularity this
summer, as dozens of youngsters visit
the area each day to make use of the
facilities. A group of children are
shown here as they enjoy the numer-
ous rides available for their pleaoure,