Zurich Citizens News, 1971-06-10, Page 11THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1971
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
50 Years Ago
. Mr. C. Hartleib, of London,
called in Zurich on his way to
Goderich last week. Mr. Hart-
leib is moving his household
effects to that place, where he
has recently purchased a dwel-
ling
ywel-
ling property.
Notice has been received in
Zurich from the Ontario Hydro
Electric Power that rates in the
village will be reduced consid-
erably, effective immediately.
R. Ohlert had 10 strikeouts to
his credit as the Zurich ball
team beat their rivals from Cred-
iton by a 2-1 score. Zurich's
lineup was made up of R. Oh-
lert, pitcher; A. Henning, catch.
er; L. Hoffman, short stop;
C. Hoffman, third base; W.
Braun, third base; Clayton Hof-
fman, first base; L. Calfase,
centre field, T.L. Wurrn, sec-
ond base; and A. Siebert, left
field. The Goderich newspaper
claims that the battery of Ohlert
and Henning is the strongest
ever to make an appearance in
the league.
McGiilvary Township advert-
ised for the building of some
new bridges, and the tenders
varied from less than $1, 000 to
about $12, 000.
40 Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Edighof- ,
fer are this week moving to
Grand Bend, where Mr. Edig-
hoffer has again rented a barber
shop for the summer months,
which he will operate.
The streets maintained by the
village last week received their
annual treatment of salt, or
dust prevention, and the applic-
ation was put on in a practical
way being supervised by Mr. Ed
Datars, the efficient road super-
intendent of town.
Brown's Shoe Store is putting
on a special shoe sale for this
week at which prices of shoes
have been reduced to $2. 95 for
choice footwear.
Mr. James Masse, of the Blue
Water Highway, has leased the
farm near St. Joseph from the
Executors of the Aserick Brisson
estate, for the 1931 season on
shares. Mr. Masse took immed-
iate possession and during 1931
will have under his control over
500 acres of land.
25 Years Ago
What caused considerable
excitement in town took place
last week when a frame house
22' x 28' was moved over 112
miles to the foundation prepared
on the lot of Mr. Albert Claus-
ius.
At the meeting of the Hay
Township council a motion was
passed that the Township be
formed into a Hay Township
School Area, with sections No.
2,3,4,6,7, 8,10,11,12 and 14
being in the area.
Five new members were admit
ted into the Zurich Lions Club,
namely, Charles, Thiel, Harold
Stade, G. Sewell, L. Willert
and E. Weido. This makes the
total membership at 37.
Glen Reichert, two and a half
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
I-larold Reichert, of the Town
Line, had the tip of his right-
hand thumb nipped off when he
got it caught in one of the cog-
wheels of the washing machine.
Zurich's new restaurant, know'
as rhe Snack Shbppe, owned and
-OF-
YEARS GONE
operated by Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Thiel, opened for business last
week and is doing a very nice
business.
15 Years Ago
The fine dwelling property
on Mill Street, owned and built
by Mr. Charles Thiel has been
sold to the Bank of Montreal,
and will be occupied by the
local manager and family, Mr.
and Mrs. John Bannister.
Mr. and Mrs. William O'Brien
of town celebrated their Six-
tieth Wedding Anniversary on
Sunday June 3.
The other day master Donald
Truemner met with an accident
while accompanying his mother
and elder brotheron the way to
Hensall. Donald meddled with
the safety catch on the back
door and somehow happened to
release it, the door flying open
and threw him to the road, caus-
ing injuries to his face, arms,
and legs, luckily no bones were
broken.
Rev. O. Winter is attending
the annual Synod meeting in
Port Colborne, of the Canada
Lutheran Synod, while Mr. Mild-
fred Schilbe is also attending as
lay delegate.
10 Years Ago
Miss Alrna Martin was one of
40 nurses who graduated on Sat-
urday, June 1, from the K -W
Hospital School of Nursing,
Kitchener.
Harold Stade won top honours
in the men's division of the
Bowling League, winning the
men's high single, high triple
and high average.
Oakwood Inn, Grand Bend,
has been awarded a dining room
licence, the Ontario Liquor
Licence Board announced last
week.
Mrs. Chester Lee left Sunday
June 4, by plane for Vancouver
and Seattle, for an extended vis-
it with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Allan
Erb were married recently in the
Evangelical U . B. Church, by
the Rev. A.M. Amacher.
W, H. Edighoffer, who has
been a life-long resident on the
home farm on the 14th conces-
sion of Hay, has purchased a
small home from Mr. Ivan Kalb-
fleisch at the west end of town,
and will move there shortly.
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Studies in the United States
have shown that non-white
children often cannot or will
not drink milk. In order to find
out why, the U.S. Department
of Agriculture has awarded a re-
search grant to Johns Hopkins
University in Maryland.
Auctioneer
and
Appraiser
for
ALL TYPES OF
SALES
"Church and Charity
Sales conducted Free"
Bruce Rathwell
482-3120 BRUCEFIELD
1 of C. Hold
Breakfast
Some 110 members 6f the
Father Stephen Eckert Council,
Knights of Columbus, of Seaforth
and district and their wives,
attended the annual Corporate
Communion and breakfast at St,
James' Church on Sunday.
Preceding Mass at 12:15, 21
members of the Dean Egan As-
sembly, Fourth Degree members,
as a guard of honor, marched
from St. James' Separate School
accompanied bythemembers
pato em ers
of the Seaforth Council, to the
Church to assist at Mass and re-
ceive Holy Communion.
Rev. 1-L J, Laragh, Council,
Chaplain and pastor of St. James
as celebrant of the. Mass, ext-
ended a welcome to the visitors
and gave the homily. He was
assisted at Holy Communion by
Rev. E. J. Mohan, who also led
in the singing of hymns.
Following the services, mem-
bers, wives, and guests adjournec
to the Seaforth Community
Centre for breakfast, which was
served by the St. James' Cathol-
ic Women's League.
Grand Knight, Leo Hagan, was
chairman and after extending a
welcome to members and guests
introduced the headtable, which
included; Charles Rau, Faithful
Navigator of the Fourth Degree
and Mrs. Rau; Joseph Tobin,
District Deputy- and Mrs. Tobin;
Larry Lemencht., k, Grand Knight
Kilroy Council, S'ratford and
Mrs. Lemencheck; Ferg Kelly,
Jr., Catholic Activity Chairman
and Mrs. Kelly and Rev, H, J.
Laraugh, Council Chaplain, who
introduced the guest speaker,
Rev. J.L. O'Rourke former pastor
of St. Joseph's Church, Stratford.
Father O'Rourke's address was
very informative, speaking on
the duties and work of the " Par-
ish Council" in the church today
and the future. He was thanked
by Frank Reynolds, expressing
appreciation to Father O'Rourke
on behalf of those present for
his timely topic on some of the
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changes taking place in the
church today.
District Deputy Joseph Tobin
brought greeting from the Ont-
ario State Board and congratul-
ated the Council on the success
of today's activity,
Frank Furlong, past district
deputy from Galt and Mrs. Fur-
long were introduced by the
Grand Knight and the assistance
of Cecil Tufts, Captain of the
honor guard and Mrs. Tufts was
recognized by the members.
The St. James' C, W. L,
were thanked by the Grand
Old Colony
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