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Zurich Citizens News, 1974-03-28, Page 1NO. 13 FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS 'THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1974 50 -YEAR JEWELS 'PRESENTED - Three members of the Hensall IOOF Lodge #223 were presented with their 50 -year jewels in a special ceremony in the lodge rooms last .Thursday night. Malting the presentations were Brother Alex Meikle, District Deputy Grand Master of district 8, IOOF, assisted by Past District Deputy Grand Masters Earl Campbell and Norman .tones, both 50 -year members. Shown here left to right are Brother Alex Meikle, Brother Earl Campbell, Brother Norman Jones, Brother Archie Parsons, Brother Stanley Love, and Brother Robert Parsons, who accepted the jewel for his fattier, who was unable to attend. Salary increase for custodians (by Wilma Oke) The custodians in the 19 sep- arate schools in Huron and Perth Counties were awarded by the Huron- Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board meeting in Seaforth Monday an increase in wages of 20 cents per hour because of the rising cost -of -living rate. The in- crease is retroactive to January 1, 1974. The increase is in recognit- ion of the cost -of -living adjust- ment clause contained in the custodians' three-year contract which expires on June 30, 1974. Arthur Haid, R.R.4, Listow- el, Chairman of the Finance Committee, distributed copies of the 1973 Financial State- ment which had been prepared by Jack Lane, Business Admin- istrator. The report indicated that the total expenditures for 1973 amounted to $2, 653,178 and this total was financed by: loc- al taxation, $353,159; Provin- cial grant, $2, 205,150 tuition fees, $63, 365; provincial in- centive program for 1973, $10, 631; accrued interest, $10, 198; transportation recovery, $8,171; and other, $2, 504. Mr. Lane said the actual ordinary expenditure and recog- nized ordinary expenditure for grant purposes was $619.94 per pupil, or $2, 700 below the Board's 1973 ceiling. He said the 1973 expenditure total increased by $226,200 over 1972 and that $208, 700 of this amount was from provin- cial grants. Mr. Lane said the 1974 budget will not be available until the Ministry of Education releases the 1974 grant regulations. "At this point of time no indication has been received as to when these will be released," he said. Donald Crowley, R.R.2, Gadshill, chairman of Transpor- tation Committee, reported tenders were being called for two 66 -passenger buses. He said one new bus would replace an old bus at St. Mary's School, Hesson, and the other new bus would replace an old bus at Ecole Ste. Mare at R.R.2, Zurich, Altogether the Board owns seven buses. Four trustees were named to arrange for the official opening ceremonies at St. Aloysius School in Stratford and Holy Name of Mary School in St. Marys. Alterations and additions at St. Aloysius for about $202, 000 and alterations and additions at Holy Name of Mary for about $315, 000 were completed last year. Ted Geoffrey of Zurich and Vincent Young reported on a. seminar they attended at St. Jerome's College in Kitchener on February 27 re Bill 255, The Education Act, which would result in there being no distinct Ontario Separate School Act, only one Education Act. Mr. Geoffrey said he supported Rev. Carl Matthew who oppos- ed Bill 255 in his address, while Mr. Young supported Rev. Durocher who defended Bill 255. Ed Rowland, Board Maint- enance Officer, was authorized to attend a workshop being held at the Separate School Trustees' Convention in Toronto either April 4 or 5 on "Improvement of Our Assessment." The Board supported the res- olution from Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Coutinty Roman Catholic Separate School Board - "that the Board make contact with other Ontario Separate School Boards, teachers' and Trustees' Associations to solicit their co-operation in approach- ing the Ministry of Education re: establishing of courses in Religious Education in the Ont- ario Teachers' Colleges." The Board said this resolution impl- ies expansion beyond the pres- ent few centres of religious education courses for student teachers destined to be teach- ing in Catholic Schools. The Board accepted the foll- owing resignations: Mrs. Marie Melady of St. Columban who is retiring at the end of the term; Miss LUCy M. Power of Immaculate Conception School in Stratford; Mrs. Cecilia Mittleholtz, of St. Boniface School, Zurich; Richard Forristal of St. Aloysius School, Strat- ford; and Miss Nancy Adams of St. Aloysius School, all effect- ive as of June 30. Mr, Young also presented a report from the ad hoc com- mittee studying attendance at conferences and conventions. The trustees are to study the report and a discussion on it will be held at the next meet- ing. Donald Crowley, a member of the ad hoc committee, commenting on the report said: "There will be a lot of differ- ent views --as many as there are trustees. Most conferences are of an educational nature, with cost involved. We should be getting value back --there should be feedback to the people who are paying the costs." The following are the points the trustees are to consider (continued on page 12) Elect new president Bill Dowson, R.R.1, Varna, has been elected as president of the Board of Directors of the Hensall District Co -Operative for the year 1974. Ile replaces Delbert Geiger, of Zurich, who served in that capacity last year Mr. Geiger has retired from the board, having served his limit of six years as a director of the organization. Vice-president of the area co-operative is Don Brodie, of Brucefield, Elgin Hendrick, R.R.1, Dashwood, was re -app- ointed as secretary of the group. Two new men were elected to the board of directors at the recent annual meeting. They are Keith Horner, R.R.2, Zur- ich, and Ken Rogerson, of Clinton. 15 CENTS PER COPY Vandalism closes lobby At a special meeting of the council of the Village of Zur- ich last week, the design crit- eria as submitted by B.M. Ross and Associates for the re -const- ruction of highway 84 through the village limits, was accept- ed. The highway, sidewalks, curbs and gutters will be build under a connecting link agree- ment, which has the province paying the entire costs. The by-law authorizing the execution of the proposal under the connecting link agreement was passed at the same meeting Approval in principle was given to the Hay Municipal Telephone System to install their ducts and manholes under the sidewalks on the south side of Main Street, along highway 84, through the village. A cost-sharing agreement is to be negotiated following a dis- cussion is-cussion with the engineering firm of B.M. Ross & Associates. Council have declared war on stray dogs, and are warning all residents of the village that ct any stray dogs will be picked up and disposed of. The coun- cil are also advising all dog owners that they must have tags. In other business at the same meeting the council passed the minutes of the last meeting of the Zurich Recreation, Parks and Community Centre Board, but held in abeyance for furth- er study their requested budget for the year. Two members of the council will attend the meeting of the towns and village section of the Ontario Association of Municip- alities, in Pt. Elgin, on May 3 and 4. An agreement was made with IBM Datacentre, to produce all tax bilis for the municipality for the year 1974. Building permits were approv- ed as follows; Richard Bedard Construction, for Huron Motors Products, $1, 000 for siding; Leonard Debus, $500 for siding; and Harold Smith, $3, 000 for renovations. Due to continued acts of vandalism at the Zurich Post Office, the lobby will no long- er be open in the evenings and OR weekends. The front door of the building willbe locked at 6 p. m. each evening. Last Friday night the front door closer was smashed, a number of mail boxes were banged in, and other destruct- ive acts were carried out. Cigarette butts and other rub- bish was left littered around the lobby. According to area inspector of post offices, Harvey Pfaff, of Exeter, the Zurich building is not the only one suffering vandalism in Western Ontario, Mr. Pfaff told the Citizens News on Tuesday that there are at least half a dozen other centres where the same problem exists. A warning was issued some time ago by the postal depart- ment that further acts of vand- alism in Zurich would bring about the closing of the local office, but apparently the not- ice ened up in deaf ears. As a result of a few culprits, the residents of the area will now be deprived of a convenience which they have been enjoying repor On Wednesday, at 1 a. m. a car driven by Donald Dale rolled over as it left Highway No 81 at the Greenway curve. The driver received cuts and bruises. Damage was set at $1, 000 by Constable Bill Mc- Intyre. On Friday at 11:30 p.m. a car driven by Alan Levier of Huron Park, collided with a . car driven by Ronald Mason, of Exeter. Collision occurred .on Algonquin Drive, Huron Park, damage was set at $750 by Constable Al Quinn. On Saturday at 11: a.m. a car driven by Clifford Holland, R.R.4, Clinton struck a parked car owned by Wayne Keller, R.R.2, Zurich, on No 4 High- way at County Road No 21 on the Arrow gas station lot. Constable Lamont estimated damage to both vehicles at $1,100. Also damaged was a sign post, and a gas tank vent pipe, estimated at $500. On Wednesday, a car owned by Carl Oestreicher, of R.R.1, Dashwood was reported stolen. This car was later recovered in Grand Bend and a person has been charged in connection with this incident. On Wednesday, two plate glass doors of a building locat- ed beside the Club Albatross were reported broken by beer glasses. On Saturday, two antique chairs valued at $200 were reported stolen from the Dash- wood Hotel lobby.