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Zurich Citizens News, 1958-04-09, Page 1ZURIC H No. 13 ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1958 HEWS 10 Pages HELPING HANDS: When Edmund Oesch was not able to work his own land and sow his crops, his neighbours came to the rescue. Left to right are Paul Erb, Roy Gingerieh, El - .....s>> more Oesch, Edmund Oesch, proprietor of the farm; Emmerson Erb and Louis Erb. (Staff Photo) Edmund Oesch Has Good Neighbours, Sow 18 Acres Saturday Morning Good-hearted neighbours showed up the land and sowed 18 acres of what friendship means on Friday crop for Edmund Oesch, who has and Saturday, when they worked been unable to work since suffer- ing a heart attack last winter. Mr. Oesch owns an 83 -acre farm two miles north of Zurich, and was: worrying how he would get his spring crops in, when the neigh- bours, Emmerson Erb and boys,, and Roy Gingerich came to the rescue. On Friday.Mflton Oesch, Zurich, had been helping to cultivate the land, and then an Saturday morn- ing the bee started. Emmerson Erb, with his sons, Louis and'. Paul, came over with two tractors,. Roy Gingerich came with his trac- tor, and Elmore Oesch went to work with his father's tractor. Shortly after dinner the entire 18 acres had been sown. According to Mr. Oesch, it was one of the finest acts of kindness that could have been shown to him, and he is indeed grateful to his neighbours for the help. Zurich Water System Has Expanded, egan in 1917; Pumps 4,000 gals. per Hr. In 1938 the Town Trustees at a regular meeting appointed Harry G. Hess to make up an estimate on the cost of two inch pipe and installation from the supply tank to the Zurich Creamery. At a special meeting the estimate was considered to be satisfactory and IL G. Hess was instructed to make 1 Through the past years many people have asked about the history of the Zurich Wat- er System. We have been very flortunate in securing a story of this system, which was written by the late Harry G. Hess, who worked with the up the necessary plans and spec- • r from the time it ' •kation and to instal this . pipe Started, works fr Lf •started until" his- deatIL ' litre. By the Late Harry G.Mess) The Zurich Water System had • (now developed a sprout. The Trus - The Zurich Water System came tees were Oscar Klapp, John Gas - about in a pay as you go plan. It cho and Henry Elickmeier, with originated from a water supply Andrew F. Hess as secretary and system forrfire protection only,l treasurer. This project ,had not with a large cistern and deep well gotten under way when ten more located ats the Zurich Fire Hall. rate payers requested water to be I' 1917,oa concrete storage tank extended to their premises. When wows constructed, with a pump powered by a gasoline engine. This this estimate was made, it wasconsidered to be beyond the funds equipment was very satisfactory available for the year. The result for fire protection for about ten was that a new estimate was made years. by cutting down on the size of In 1927 the old well was not pipes from 2" to 71.1.." and 1" and producing a sufficient supply of water ,and a new rock well was then to %",passed at special meeting of town coun- cil. and this was pas drilled. In 1929 the old gasoline cil. By the end of 1938 there were engine had to give way to the 30 water users connected. electric motor. While not auto- In 1939, water pipes were exten- m�ltically controlled, it was neces- ded to the Zurich Public School. sary to switch on the motor when the water in the supply tank was In 1940 a total of 2,655 feet of 2" pipe was laid. The largest amount at a low level. in any one year, at a cost of Mr. Chester L. Smith, who was $1234.29. By 1943 with 73 water vchargemc relieved this equipment was users and an average consumption gasolineamuch removed. see the old of 6,466 gallons per hour, it was engine In 1931, considered theoretically impossible stalled.While preparations were being a petitiondy ofeight ratepayers to maintain the supply. headed by Elmore Oesch and Dr, Although no serious water shor- made to have the ratepayers vote New Location For Citizens News 1-H Calf Club Met in Hensal.l. The annual meeting of the Zu- rich 4-H Calf Club was held in the Hensall Town Hall, in con- junction with •the 4-H Bean Club meeting, on Monday night. Russel Bolton showed the group films on safety, after which the election of officers for the coming season was, held. The results were: president, Ron Thiel; vice- president, Bill Elliott; secretary - treasurer, Keith, Rader,' and press reporter, (rail •McBride. Much -discussion tpok place on the raising of calves, and prepar- ing for the Fall Fair. Anson Mc- Kinley and, Herbert Klropp are leaders of the 4-H group and the next meeting will be helc. in May, all young people are invited to attend. The Zurich Citizens News last week opened a down -town office next to the Tasty -Nu Bakery. This should prove handier for business people and subscribers to visit us. The same telephone number, 133 has been retained, with an extension to the home of the business manager, Herb. Turk- heim. On sale, as well as the citizens newspaper, a r e typewriters, wedding stationery, counter check books, scratch pads, and other miscellaneous items. Ord- ers will be taken for paper goods, suchas job printing, wrap- ping papers, etc. Hay Council Makes Plans To Keep Township Dump Tidy; Tender Let for the construction of the Zurich drain south, according to the en- gineer's report. The tender of Robert Jennison for crushing and hauling 11,000 cu. yds. of crushed stone on township roads at $1.00 per cu. yd. was ac- cepted. The gravel is to be applied in bath May and September. Napoleon Corriveau was award- ed the contract to build the new bridge at Jerome Deitrich's, at a price of $2,134. Council authorized the purchase of three fire exting uisl ers ana x etary pu_ . oP;k townshid. p" stied At the regular council meeting on Monday, the Hay Township Council authorized the clerk to investigate the passing of a by- law for penalties to anyone dump- ing carcasses of animals and other rubbish on the township roads. There are also to be signs erected at the entrance of the dump, pro- hibiting the dumping of said rub- bish oh the west part of the yard and on the driveway. Apparently several dead animals %have been thrown on the roadside near the dump lately, and council will take all necessary steps to ,stop at- ,. Council`• decided"to call -tenders supply was made available by drilling a new 8" rock well on town property, on the West side of Victoria Street in the year 1944 at a cost of $4,178.70 including pump, motor and pump house. The equipment and capacity was quite satisfactory in the years 1945 to 1947, nevertheless, plans and specifications were made to enlarge for the future. Plans cal- led for a 50,000 gallon supply tank and a boaster pump with at least a 10 horse power electric motor. This equipment was estimated to cost approximately $8,000,00 in - McKinnon was presented to thvillage tage had been encountered, a sew water coup be supplied requesting toheirpremises and that a rate be set. This was .granted by the village trustees Lions Accept Two providing that the water users supply and install all necessary More Members piper from •their premises to the storage tank. By 1932, eleven cus- At their regular dinner meeting tamers were being supplied with .Owingon Club Monday y ni t, the never members Lions water.r. to the ever increasing de- into membership. Napoleon Cor - mend, the tanktion of the and the low wat-- ed in as meand mbers, and er ewillre vot- be in- errete enssupply (approximately 10 to itiated at the next regular meet - 12 labs. per square inch) it was ing• found necessary to install a new The club decided to hold a car pump and a 5,000 gallon pressure wash on Saturday, April 26. the tank. This was completed in 1933. Clifford Pepper, pas present at By 1937 continuous complaints and spoke to, the were brought to the town trustees in regards to a very low pressure, especially on Saturday nights, While there was sufficient water supply and pressure at the supply tank, it was not considered a pro- blem for the town. Owing to the growth in consumers, (naw 16) the extension of half inchlpipe ond its limits had brought a problem to the water users who owned the pipes. I'lies lineron towas. to run the supply another pipe tank by the users who were mos- tly affected by a low pressure con- dition. This was not deemed prac- tical by thetowntrustees and was not permitted. on this project, one of our town fathers and chairman Milfred Sch- iibe, while driving past the Port Albert Airport noticed the demol- ition gang at work, He stopped and made inquiries in regards to the sale of the -water system.. Al- though still in operation, it was to be sold. At a special meeting of the town trusters, H, G. Hess was instructed to investigate this equ- ipment and found most of it could be used. After a hill of sale was issued, Zurich disposed of equip- ment not needed, with the result that this purchase, "including lab- or to remove and transport to Fall Fou oar Zurich" was at 0 net cost of the meeting, $1,502.23, a saving estimated at members about the plans for this r approximately 56,500.00, truly a year's fair, He told of how the lucky day for the village of Zu- the board would like to hold their ri 1 Ontario Liberals Plan Rally; Huron Conservatives Convention April 16 With the announcement of four by-elections in Ontario on May 12, came the prediction that a gen- eral election in the province might yet be held this fall. Before that, it will be necessary for the On - In 1953 a new turbine pump was with ria talled in capacity tof 4,000 rock gallons per hour, at a cost of $3,598.10, Total amount of water used by the 234 customers in 1955 was 9,791,500 gallons. Average per day in January, 15,616 gallons, average per day in July, 49,100 gallons, with a peak consumption fair beside the arena again this year. Bill Becker, Dashwood, showed the club several interesting films on ball games, the centennial, and several other items of interest to all the members. The two guests were in.trodu.cd by V. L. Becker, and thanked by Russel Grainger. Another guest was Claude Blow - formerly ofExeter, Higher Returns From Seals Sale George Deichert, chairman of the Easter Seal Campaign for the Zurich district, reports that close to $500 has been turned in to date. This amount is close to $200 higher than in any previous year, and speaks very well of the com- munity. While the campaign is officially over, anyone still wishing to do so may send in their donation. It would be very encouraging to the committee to see the total raised well over the $500 mark, Send your donations to George Deichert, Easter Seal Campaign, Zurich. An official ,receipt for income tax pur- poses will be sent to you. ------- o r f 75 es who is now for Friday, July 29, 1955 0 teaching in Preston. He accomp- 200 gallons. Water restrictions anied F win Gescho to the meet- were not necessary udu ing5,a 'hot spell ing. and dry • tario Liberal Association to select for themselves a new leader. Farquhar Oliver tried to resign last year, and was persuaded to carry on until the party could hold a convention— and this has been scheduled for Toronto on April 18 and 19. • Candidates for this position are already making themselves heard. Ross Whicher, present MLA. for Bruce County is seking the lead- ership. Vernon M. Singer, North York reeve is a candidate. Other names mentioned are John Wintermeyer, another Liberal member at Queen's Park; Walter Harris, defeated cabinet minister of the former St. Laurent govern- ment and Arthur Reaume, Liberal member for Windsor. Since the death of Tom Pryde,. Exeter, early this year, Huron has been without a member in the pro- vincial house. Other by-elections • will be in the ridings of Toronto St. George, Renfrew North, Coch- rane North. Last provincial election saw James Scott, Seaforth, defeated bY Torn Pryde. At present there are no candidates for the Liberal party source at . least utf predictsne that andrward, othere will be no candidate at all. On the Progressive Conservative side, there may be quite a race for the position. It is understood that Charles McNaughton, Exeter, long- time president of the Progressive Conservative Association in the county, would seriously consider running. William J. Dale, Hullett Township, RR 1, Clinton, once warden of Huron County, is inter- ested. Dr. E. A. McMaster, Sea - forth, is quite interested, too. One stalwart in the PC party has predicted that 26 men will be after the nomination. In any case, the Progressive Conservatives are holding a nom- ination meeting April 16 in the Legion Hall in Clinton, with the Hon, W. A. Goodfellow, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, as guest speaker. Lutheran Ladies Visit 17 Shut-ins Mrs. Louis Thiel was chairlady for the program of the April meet- ing of the Lutheran Ladies Aid, held in the basement of the chur- ch. Two hymns, "Jesus Keep Me Near The Cross" and "Christ is Risen," were sung by the ladies, accompanied by Mrs. Harold Stade at the piano. A solo was sung by Richard Stade. Sharon Hunt,' played a piano solo, and a poem entitled "I was there" was read by Mrs. Ray Fisher. Mrs. Annie Finkbeiner presided for the business session, with 26 ladies and one visitor present. The visiting committee reported hav- ing made 17 calls to the sick and shut-ins, The lunch committee served a tasty Easter lunch. e�: