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Zurich Citizens News, 1973-05-10, Page 10 �Q NO. 19 FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1973 15¢ PER COPY SOUTH HURON QUEEN - Valerie Regier, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Gerald Regier, R.R.3, Zurich, was crowned Queen at the annual At Home Friday night at South Huron High School. A total of seven girls were entered in the competition. Hay council award tw At their regular monthly yards will be crushed 'and spread meeting last week, the council on the Township roads for the of the Township of flay awarded price agreed on. two contracts, one for the sup- Lee Jennison, of Grand Bend, ply of gravel and the other for was awarded the contract for the supply of liquid calcium. supplying 3550 Liquid Calcium In both cases the material is on the various roads in the for the roads in the municipal- township, at a price of $54.40 ity. per flake ton. The gravel contract went to The council agreed to notify Robert Farrish Construction, of B.M. Ross and Associates, of Listowel, at a rate of $2.00 per Goderich, that they are in cubic yard. The 24, 000 cubic favour of a 12" water main be - GRAND BEND GIRL QUEEN- Ruth Ann Haist, of Grand Bend, was crowned Queen at Forest High School Friday night, when she was picked over five other contestants for the honour. The grade 13 student at Forest is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art Haist, of Grand Bend. Zurich councicouncil es in ystem Decisions regarding the sewag( system installation in the villagE took up a considerable amount of time at the regular meeting of the Zurich council last Wed- nesday afternoon. The council agreed to have services installed in the village for all vacant lots, and if the owner of the property refuses to pay the $150 charge it will be levied against the prop- erty and payment will have to be made before any future con- nections can be made to the system at the property in quest- ion. In such instances carrying charges will also be added to the initial costs, at the current interest rates which have accru- ed. At the same time the counc- il agreed to extend the sewage system to the residence of Theo Soudant, at the northerly limits of the village. The property was not included in the original plans. Three building permits were approved at the meeting. They were to George Suplat, for $20, 000 for a new home; to William Ferguson for $1500 for additions to his apiary; and to Harry McAdams for $100 for a new garage. Ivan Kalbfleisch appeared before council with a request to move a fire hydrant in front of his property, on Main Street. No decision was announced on the matter. Two new flags are to be erect• ed in front of the Zurich Com- munity Centre and Arena, one of the Province df Ontario and another of the Dominion of Can- ada. This work will be carried out by the Public Utilities. Councillor George Haggitt was appointed as the village representative to the steering committee of a Sports Council for the County of Huron. All members of the council, along with clerk -treasurer W.D. Armstrong, will attend the meeting of the Huron County Municipal Officer's Association in Belmore, on May 16. A discussion is to take place at this meeting regarding the new county plans for plumbing and building inspection. The clerk -treasurer was also given approval to attend the annual clerk -treasurer's confer- ence at Honey Harbour in June. In rease (by Rena Caldwell) Hensall Council met on May 7 and had a session with insur- ance agent, Don Joynt, to discuss their insurance coverage Council was in favour of mak- ing the changes advised -- municipal liability to one mil- lion dollars; personal injury to one million dollars; unowned automobile to one million dollars; unowned automobile to one million dollars; employ- er's liability to one million dollars; municipal accident, life and dismemberment to $10, 000. weekly $100. Mr. Joynt will also investig- ate the collision insurance for the fire truck and will have an official of his company meet with council at a later date, June 4. Building permits were issued to William Taylor to move a trailer on lot 51, Wilson's Sur- vey; to Hensall District Co -Op to build eight galvanized grain bins; to Peter Brand to install a picture window; to Garry Lawrence to build an outside deck to his house; to Robert Bak- er to put a gable roof on his trailer; to Bendix Homes System urance contracts ing installed from the OWRC plant on Highway 21 to Highway 83. The increase in size from eight to 12 inches has been rec- ommended to accomodate future water useage in Hay Towt ship. Council also agreed with a suggestion from Grand Bend that a treatment plant would be favoured over a lagoon syst- em for the sewage system in the summer resort. In their letter to Grand Bend, the council also indicated they realize that even tually a sewage system will be required along the lake in Hay Township as far north as Turn - bull's trailer court. A drop of $1400 in assessment for Charles Pergel, lot 12, con. LRE, was approved by council, since a barn on the property has been demolished. Clerk Wayne Horner was inst- ructed to contact John Graham Co., Ltd., of Ottawa, in regard to issuing debentures for expan- sion of the Hay Municipal Tele- phone System. Two tile drain loans, in the amount of $8, 000, were proc- essed and approved by the coun- cil. 0 Area student chosen ween I Val Regier, a grade 12 stud- ent at South Huron High School in Exeter, was chosen as Queen at the annual At Home dance last Friday night. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Regier, R.R.3, Zurich. Val is her class representative on the student council, and is a member of the St. Boniface Youth Club in Zurich. She work: part-time at the Dominion Hotel in Zurich. When she graduates from South Huron, Val hopes to attend Fanshawe College in a two-year Early Childhood Train- ing course. Eventually she hopes to teach in a nursery school. A total of seven girls were entered in this year's contest. Ltd., to remove the Desjardine house; and to Hielke Berends to renovate the Buchanan house Council will be represented at Belmore May 16 to discuss the need for plumbing and building inspectors. The by-law regard- ing fireworks displays will be published so everyone will be aware of the new regulations. Council further discussed the buying of Christmas lights and intend to have a discussion reg- arding the new regulations reg- arding open burning of refuse after October 31, 1973. Council authorized the buying of a powder to put into drains to kill and destroy tree roots. Clerk Earl Campbell reported sending out letter to dog owners and Ernie Davis reported 24 trees having been planted to replace the ones removed. A by-law was passed to set the rate of pay for firemen. Dave Sangster was hired as fire cheif with a monthly ret- ainer of $40; which was to in- clude practice; deputy fire chief, $12.50 monthly; captain, $10 monthly; firemen $8 monthly; engineer $10 monthly; arid sec - (continued on page 3) 0 CENTRALIA GRADUATE Peter James Groot graduated recently from Centralia College of Agriculture and Technology, with a degree in Agriculture Business Management. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Groot, R.R.1, Zurich, and a graduate of South Huron District High School. Mr. Groot has accepted a position with Cyanamid of Canada at Clinton.