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Zurich Citizens News, 1972-07-27, Page 1NO, 30 FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1972 100 PER COPY HARVEST NOW UNDER WAY - The warm humid weather of the past week has ripened grain quite fast in the area, and on Monday several farmers were in the fields working on their wheat crop. Shown here is Delbert Geiger swathing his field of wheat just west of Zurich. Fields of oats and barley should be ready for cutting within the next couple of days as well. Father of 21 dies at hospit Onezime August (James) Masse, a resident of Zurich for some years and father of Carl- ada's largest family, died Sunday, in St. Joseph's Hospital. London, after a short illness. Mr. Masse, who was 82 years old, was the father of 21 child- ren, 10 boys and 11 girls. Twenty of the 21 children are still living. Mr. Masse was born in 1890, and lived south of St. Joseph for many years, where he oper- ated a farm. In 1909 he marr- ied the former Mabel Bertha Charrette, and in 1959 the popular couple celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. For many years Mr. Masse was road superintendent for the Township of Hay, and prior to that worked for the Ontario Department of Highways for some years as a road foreman. The Zurich Lions Club are presently selling tickets on a lucky draw for a Honda -Mini Bike. Tickets are available from any member of the club. The proceeds are to be used for the purchase of a bus for the residents of the Blue Water Rest Home. The draw will be made at the Annual Bean Fest- ival to be held in Zurich on August 26. After the birth of their 21st child in 1937, the Masse fam- ily received the papal blessing of Pope Pius XI at the parish church at St. Joseph, from the late Most Rev. John T. Kidd, former Bishop of London. The final wedding held in the Masse family was the mar- riage of a son, Peter, to Jean McPherson of Nova Scotia, in 195 8. Along with the 20 children still surviving are 114 grand- children and 105 great grand- children, as well as a brother and three sisters. The fourth eldest son, Richard, was burned to death by an exploding coal oil stove about 25 years ago. Surviving are the 20 children, Maurice, R, R, 2, Zurich, Anthony, Goderich, Alphonse, London, Louis, London, Ivan, North Bay, Archie, London, Leo, Grand Bend, Michael, London, Peter, London, Mrs. 1 Maurice (Florence) Denomme, Dashwood, Mrs. Loyden (Ther esa) Denomme, Windsor, Mrs. Percy (Marie) Bedard, Zurich; Mrs. Thomas (Yvonne)Denomme London, Mrs. Rudolph (Joan) Corriveau, Zurich, Mrs. Gus (Cecilia) Healy, London, Mrs. Fred (Juliette) Turnbull, Louis- iana, Mrs. Robert (Antionette) Edginton, Florida, Mrs. Jack (Priscilla) McKeown, London, Mrs. Doug (Monica) Moir, of London, Mrs. Don (Martha) Dietrich, Sarnia; one brother, Paul, Windsor; and three sisters, Mrs. Remi (Sarah) Jeffrey, 'Zurich, Mrs. Fred (Delina) Ducharme, Zurich, Mrs. Arm- and Beneteau, River Canard. The body rested at the West- lake Funeral Home, Zurich, until Wednesday morning, when Mass was sung at St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Zurich at 10 a.m. Burial was in St. Peter's Cemetery, St. Joseph. Bayfield group seek snior citizens home (by Milvena Erickson) Bayfield Village Council met in the council chambers, Tuesday evening, with reeve Oddleifson and all councillors present. A delegation of senior citiz- ens of Bayfield, Mrs. Robert Blair, Mrs. Bill Parker, Mrs. Lloyd Makins and Clair Merner, approached council with the request that they consider a senior citizens home for the village. Council agreed this was a much needed project and would give it every cons- ideration. Council decided to call tend- ers for the re -roofing of the Bayfield municipal building. The roof had been examined and found to be in bad shape in four or five spots. The pres- ent roof has been on the build- ing close to 20 years; which is the normal lifetime of this felt and gravel type roof. A letter was received from Bayfield Agricultural Society stating they would return the picnic tables to Clan Gregor Square by the Saturday evening following the fair on September 2. It being a holiday week- end they felt the tables would be needed for picnickers. Also they plan to have the Arena cleaned up for roller skating for the Sunday evening. The Fall Fair is held in the Arena. Reeve Oddleifson reported to council on his attendance at two meeting in Stratford on Monday, July 17. The afternoon seminar dealt with Treasurer Darcy McKeough's" Policy Statement, with effect to Plan- ning, " and the evening meet- ing dealt with "Transportation, " with more direct access to 401 Highway. Council, on behalf of the village, accepted with great pleasure and appreciation, a framed picture from Walter Westlake showing a troop of soldiers of the 61st Battalion in 1916. A letter of appreciation is to be sent to Mr. Westlake assuring him the picture will be taken care of and will be on display in the Council Chambers Council authorized the pur- chase of two new I, B, M. clocks from T. Reder, at a cost of ten dollars each, for the Mun- icipal Building; and also learned a Vintage Car Rally is expected in the village near the end of August. Council were informed that the SWEEP program will be arriving in Bayfield shortly. They will be assisting in erosion control; clearing the beach, cutting the driftwood and leav- ing it in piles near the bank for public use for bonfires; painting the traffic posts and the guide rail posts on the long hill. Signs are to be erected around Clan Gregor Square prohibiting vehicles driving around inside the posts. This action arose from vehicles driving through the park and tearing up the sod. Council viewed damage done to the Municipal Building by vandals slashing of numerous screens and the breakage of a very expensive thermo-pane window. A letter was received by council from the Bayfield Rate- payers association requesting (continued on page 13) 0 One more issue before holidays Next week's edition of the Zurich Citizens News will be the last one before the annual holiday period. There will be no paper on Thursday, August 10. Advertisers are reminded that if they have something special they want to tell our readers about, they should do it in next week's issue. Any other persons or groups who have a special event coming up, should also remember that next week's edition will be the last until Thursday, August 17. fiCKSALL WORKING ON PROJECT - These six young people are keeping quite busy this summer working on an "Opportunity For Youth" project in this area, relating to early history. Left to right are Gary Flaxbard, Joanne Gaiser, Nancy Rae McKinnon, Carol Gingerich, Sandra Webb, and George Farwell. Each week the group prepare an article for the Citizens News from their files, and this week's story relates to the area on the Town Line, from Drysdale to Kippen, where separate communities once existed. The story is on page 16 of this edition.