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Zurich Citizens News, 1976-10-06, Page 1Erti© NO. 40 --FIRST WITH THE LOCAL NEWS Zurich man dies 4s car hits pole A 25 -year-old Zurich man was killed early Saturday morning when his car struck a culvert and hydro pole. Ray K. Finkbeiner was travelling alone on concession 12- 13 of Hay, about one'm ile north of Dashwood, when the accident occurred. Coroner Dr. Charles Wallace pronounced the victim dead at the scene of the single -car mishap. Constable Jim Rogers of the Exeter OPP investigated and listed damage to Finkbeiner's car at $2,700. A total of eight people sustained cuts and bruises in an accident Sunday evening on Highway 83 about one and a half miles west of Dashwood. The vehicles involved were driven by John Beaton, Centralia, and Michael Ziler, Dashwood. Constable Wally Tomasik in- vestigated and set total damage at $3,000. The first of the six accidents this week occurred on Thursday on Highway. 4 at the junction of County Road 21. A vehicle driven by Linda Benford, London, was in collision with one driven by Mark Cronyn, Centralia. Damage was listed at $300 by Constable Dale Lamont. On Friday, a vehicle driven by Marilyn Little, Huron Park, left County Road 5 in Stephen and went onto the lawnof property owned by Gordon Elliott, Cen- 161102.0.2161.111.11.1.010 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1976 200 PER COPY tralia. Damage was listed at $820 by Constable Bob Whiteford. Constable Al Quinn in- vestigated an accident Saturday in which a vehicle owned by William Caldwell, Huron Park, was damaged. It had been parked and was struck by a vehicle being backed out of a lane by William lnson, also of Huron Park. The other accident of the week occurred on Monday on Highway 4 south of Kippen. A vehicle owned by Frederick Lewis, London, was southbound and was in collision with another south- bound car driven by Murray Nesbitt, Auburn. Damage was set at $400 by Constable Bill Osterloo. Two thefts are under in- vestigation by the Exeter OPP this week. On Friday, $100 worth of lights were stolen from the airport runway at Huron Industrial Park. About $100 worth of tools were taken from a garage in Stephen Township, Sunday. The tools were owned by Richard Schroeder, Huron Park. Constable Al Quinn is in charge of both investigations. During the past week, the detachment officers charged 128 people under the Highway Traffic Act, one under the Liquor Licence Act and four under the Criminal Code. Other investigations included one assault, two vicious dogs, four wilful damage, one annoying phone call. Mother Natures aig amends Mother Nature hasn't been overly kind to area farmers throughout some of this growing year, but she's been making amends during the past 10 days. Under ideal harvesting con- ditions, the 1976 bean crop is now nearing completion and the warm, dry weather has aided the corn crop considerably as well. Spokesmen at area mills reported Monday afternoon that only a few acres of beans were left to harvest. Lloyd Whitesell at W. G. Thompson & Sons said the har- vesting conditions in the past week or so were "excellent", and while yields vary considerably across the area, he said most farmers should be quite pleased with the results. Some yields have hit as high as 40 bushels, while in some areas they have been considerably lower due to wet growing con- ditions. Earl Wagner at Hensall db -Op suggested the total picture would indicate an "average" that would be comparable to last year, with some well above and some well below. Whitesell added that the beans being harvested were of excellent quality. The warm weather has greatly aided the corn crop and harvest is expected to get into high gear early next week. The potential of the crop has been termed as being average to slightly above average. If Mother Naure continues to help drying the corn naturally, it will also be a boon to farmers as drying costs at most mills are up due to increased energy costs. "The longer the weather stays working for them (farmers) the better it is," Whitesell explained. He noted that the quality is also better when drying is done by other than mechanical means. He said reports from some farmers indicate that the moisture in corn is already down to 25 percent in some instances. Lions donate $4,000 The Zurich Lions have auth- orized a donation of $4,000 to be paid to. the Zurich Commun- - ity Center Fund Raising com- mittee, payable by January 15, 1977. The authorization was made at the club's Monday night meeting. The Lions past president, Claude Gelinas, was presented with a 100 percent. Presidents Award by current president Vince Doyle on behalf of the International president of the Lions' Clubs. The award is in recognition of outstanding ser- vice. The guest speakers at the meeting were Alex and Gary from Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). They use no last names as anonymity is one of the main premises the AA runs under. Their major point during. the evening was that the only criteria needed to join AA is a real desire to stop drinking, They also emphasized the fact the AA does not wish to force themselves on anyone, their objective is to let people with a drinking problem know there is help available and how t() go about getting it. GOLF CHAMP—Richard Schilbe was the winner of the low net championship at Ironwood's open golf tournament in Exeter. Above, Discount Dave manager Wayne Pearce, left, makes the pre- sentation to Richard. T -A Photo Fate of students to be There is a meeting tonight, Wednesday, of the ratepayers of Stanley and Tuckersmith townships with the Boundary committee of the Huron County school board to discuss the solu- tions to several.problems within the county. Clinton public school is over- crowded, and since approzima- tely 185 of these students are from Vanastra, they are the logical ones to be moved out of the Clinton school. The problem seems to be, what to do with these students. The Boundary committee told the school board at its NOW WHAT DO I DO?— Four year old Angela Reid of Clinton had a problem as the strap on her sandals broke part way through a nature hike at the Bannockburn wildlife conservation area just 11/2 miles east of Varna. Sunday's guided tours through the area was sponsored by the Ausable Bayfield con- servation authority. Angela's mother Linda is beside her. photo by McKinley discussed last meeting, they consider the most logical way to releive the situation would be to send Vanastra pupils to Huron Cen- tennial and move those pupils from the southern areas of Stanley and Tuckersmith now going to Brucefield to schools in Hensall and Zurich. Chairman of the school board, Herb Turkeim, stres- sed the moving of the bound- aries south was only a sugges- tion when the topic was brought up at the last meeting of the school board. "We're not a bunch of dic- tators who come along and say this is how we're going to do this thing", he said. The boundary commitee also recommended the changes in boundaries not take place until the next school year. However, the parents of those students in the southern parts of Stanley and Tucker- smith- do not seem to think the boundary committee's solution is so logical. They have held a meeting to appoint a committee of their own to look into the situation and prepare a brief to the boun- dary committee at tonight's meeting. A general consenus of hcw they feel seems to be that they do not wish to have their children removed from a school they fought so hard to have built in the first place. Members of the parents' committee are, Paul Steckle, chairman, Evelyn McKinley, secretary, Jack Bell and Hank Benonndyke. Bootlegger A Zurich man has been charged with keeping liquor for sale as the result of a police investigation headed by OPP Constable Jim Rogers. The charge was laid after a search warrant was executed on the Zurich residence, Friday. It was the first charge of this nature in the area for a number of years.