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Zurich Citizens News, 1958-12-31, Page 1VA, No. 51 ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, —1958 8 Pages FUN ON ICE. With school holidays now in full swing for two weeks, children are looking for something to do with themselves every day. ,,One of the best pastimes available is skating at the local arena, and these three girls. are enjoying the sport, which 'gives them plenty of healthful exercise. Left to right are: Linda Stade, Elaine Westlake and Jo Ann Thiel. (Citizens News Photo) Zurich Has Many Christmas Visitors Douglas Theander, Chatham, spent 'Christmas with friends in the Zurich district. Raye Oesch, Toronto, was a holiday visitor with relatives in Zurich and Hensall. Mr. and Mrs. Laird Thiel and family, London, were Christmas visitors with relatives in Zurich. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norris, Toronto, spent Boxing Day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Sander. Mrs. C. Hagen and Mary, Lon- don, were visitors over the holi- day with Mr. and 'Mrs. Ted Mit- -telholtz, Mr. and Mrs, Don Taylor, Lon- don, were holiday visitors with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Datars. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pfaft'and family, St Marys, were Christ- mas visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hoffman. Mr. and Mrs. William O'Brien Jr., London, were holiday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Leroy O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. William Yungblut, London, are spending the holiday season at the hotne of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Yungblut. 1Vir. and Mrs. Lawrence Brisson and family, St Thomas, were 'holiday visitors with friends and relatives in Zurich, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Gascho and faitily, London, were Boxing Day visitors at the home of Mr. and Mra. Norman Gascho, Christmas guests with Mr. and IVIrs. Lloyd O'Brien, William 0' - Brien and •Miss Olive O'Brien were: Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Web- er and family, Goderich; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McLean and fain- ' ily, London; Mr. and Mrs. Morris Webb and family; Mr. end Mrs. Donald °Ice and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene O'Brien and family. Miss Patricia Herley and Mr. Joe Tomlin, St. Catherines, were Sunday guests with Mrs. Lauret- ta Weido and family. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Rose, Wy- andotte, Mich., and Miss Stella Rose, London, were holiday vis- itors with Mrs. L. Rose. Mr. and Mrs, Jack Wettlaufer, London, and Mr. and Mrs. Don Britnell, Sarnia, were Christmas guests with Mrs. Alma Haberer. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scotch - mer and family, Bayfield, spent Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Albrecht. Christmas guests at the hozne of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hess were -Mrs, Beatrice Hess and Mr. and Mrs. E. Simmons, Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Gemming and family, Rochester, were holi- day visitors with Mrs. Gemming's' mother, Mrs. Melville Johnston, Christmas visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Merner, Sr. were: Miss Donna Merner, London; Mr. and Mrs. William Merner, Michael and Patti Ann, London. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Aulerich, Whittmore, Mich., spent the holi- day season at the home of Mrs. Aulerich's father in Zurich. Mr, Prang returned home with them after having spent a holiday in Michigan. Visitors on Christmas day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Solom- on Baechler were: Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Buehkr and family, Wat- erloo; Mr. and Mrs, Oliver Steck- le and family, and Mr. and Mrs. NeiFGingerich and family, Christmas visitors with the Be- dard families in Zurich were: Fa- ther Richard lkdard, Toronto; Miss Marie Bedard, Detroit; Miss Jill* Clemens, C h a t h a m; Miss Mary Bedard, London, and Mr. and Mrs. William Merner and family, Lthidon. • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Oxland, Aldershot; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pulford, London; Miss Arlene Ha- berer, London, and Arnie Meyer, Pt. Huron, were Christmas visit- ors at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Ferd Haberer. Christmas guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Regier were: Mr. and Mrs. Milfred Over- holt and family, London; Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Regier and family, Windsor; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reg- ier and family, Windsor; Mr. and Mrs. Len Jennings and family, St. Claires Beach, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Potier and family, Belle River. Visitors on Christrnas day at the home of Mrs. Sylvanus Wit- mer were: Mr. and 1Vtrs. Orville Witmer and family, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell McKinley and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Jervis, Clin- ton; Mr. and Mrs. Neil Witmer, Goderich; Miss Gertrude Schade and Garfield Witmer, London, and M. and Mrs. W. B. Gibbons and family, Woodbridge. The following people were ristmas day guests at the home pi Mr. and Mrs. Victor Deichert Miss Margaret Deichert and Miss Byers, Kitchener; Edward •'Deich- ert, Sarnia; Mr. and Mrs. Clif- ford Pepper and family; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hohner; Mr. and Mrs. Claire Deichert; Mr, and Mrs. Earl Deichert, and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Elligsen, Brodhagen, Christmas visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben McCann were: Mr. and Mrs. C. McCann Mr. and Mrs, J. McCann, and Mr. and Mrs. H. McKeever, all of Dashwood; Mr. and Mrs. John Glavin, Clancleboye; Mr. and Mrs. D. Hartman, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gelinas, all of London; 1V/r. and Mrs. Ted Lane, Toledo, Glik, and Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo McCann, Ailsa Craig, Hay School Area Board Opposed To Kindergarten School hi Zurich A delegation from the Zurich and District Chamber of Com- croerce appeared before the Hay Township School Area board last Wednesday night with a request to establish a kindergarten school in Zurich. After some discussion on the subject the board came to the decision that they were def- initely opposed to the idea. First Hockey ha. Zurich Friday Friday night will see the opening of the hockey season in the Zurich arena. A double- header will be played against the Seaforth Bantams and Midgets. The Bantam game will get under way at 7 p.m., with the Midget game schduled for 8.30 p.m. Both teams are sponsored by the Zurich Lions Club, 0 Local Fisherman Cutting Ice Early Stan Smith, a local fisherman, packed his ice on the 18th and 19th of December this year, the •earliest he has ever done °this job since starting in 1036. On an average the ice was nine inches thick. He cut it on the pond of Kenneth Gascho, as the high winds along the lake have made the ice in rivers and ponds along there very dirty with sand and ground. Ice fishing on the lake has not yet started. There is consider- able ice on the lake, and a north- west blow would jam it together before the nets could be sgt. In other business the board de- cided to hire Norman Fleischauer to make necessary repairs to shel- ving above the radiators so more heat could come out through them. . William Thiel, caretaker of the Zurich school, appeared before the board with a request for an increase in salary, but it was decided not to give him tin in- crease. It was pointed out to the trus- tees that the pressure •boiler at the Zurich school would have to be inspected, and they decided to have this done. Gerald Ginge- rich was instructed to clean the oil stove at No. 8 school. Many Winners In Lucky Draws At Zurich Stores Three local stores held lucky draws on Christmas eve. West- lake Furniture store gave away a Sealy mattress, and the winner • was Stanley Gingerich, R.R. 2, Zurich, At Albert Hess store the gift was a wrist watch, and the lucky person was Mrs. G, Lavender, Hensel( Gerald Gingerich had three lucky draWs, the first one, a retv ord player went to Milton Oesch, ZuriCh. Lee Jennison, Grand Bend, was given a flash camera, and an electric clock was won by Mrs. Willard. Corriveau, R.R. 3, • Zurich. A children's draw for a truck was won by Larry Denom- me, Zurich. Another draw was held. at Gingerich's store in Sea - forth, where the prize was an electric water heater, and the winner was Robert Burke, Clint- on. ST. JOSEPH'S--DRYSDALE (AL. FRED DUCHARME, Correspondent) Mr. and Mrs. Hector Forcier. Detroit, spent Christmas in St. Joseph with their daughter and son-in-law,. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Laporte. It Mr. BC: Ducharme and family motored o Chatham on Christ- mas dayv, to visit the former's daughterSister St. Matthew, who is stationed at the Pines. Mrs. Fred Ducharme, who has been confined to her bed the past ten days with the flu is slowly improving, but it will be some time before she is fully recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Bedard of this district have returned to their home after an absence of four weeks. They had visited With relatives in Detroit, Windsor, and other points. Masse—Dumont This past Saturday a very pretty wedding took place in St, Peter's R.C. Church, Goderich, when Marie Shirley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Masse be- came the bride of Noel Joseph Dumont, Sarnia. Nuptial mass and ceremonywas performed by the parish priest, in the presence of a large attendance. In the evening a reception was held for them in the Community Centre, Zurich, and a large crowd from the surrounding area was in attendance ,to greet and show their respects to the young couple. Quiet Christmas Christmas in this neighbourhood passed away quietly. There were many family gatherings,and they passed the day renewing incid- ents of the past" yehrs, 4or We are pleased to report there were no accidents in this district over the holiday. Comments Following an old French tradi- tion New Year's day is always celebrated as a feast in this Par- ish. On that day there are hand- ' shakes, the symbol of love and firendship. Weeks before the homes are prepared for the occasion, espec- ially by parents who are going to • . welcome their children, friends, and neighbours. In the early years of this settle- - merit when there were no autos to transport people they depended on the one-horse drawn "Barlo;", which was a long sleigh witha deep box. The children were bun- dled up and placed in the Barlo, where sometimes they would have' to travel eight or ten miles before reaching their destination. Along the way in the early hours, wolves and other wild animals would cross their path. The cracking of trees from the bitter cold could be heard, and once in a while you could hear the snort of the steed when going over a deep pitch hole. Others who lived within a mile or so of the parental home did not bother with horses for the trip. If there were children in the fam- ily the mother would bundle the youngest one up and carry it the entire dista.nce, ,The father would horseback the mext youngest ones, and the older children would fol- low the parents along the trail, , (tast part of this itory in next week's paper.) 0, ';*