Zurich Citizens News, 1959-03-04, Page 1No. 9
ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1959
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EYEING TROPHY. Captain of the Midget hockey
team, Wayne Willert,, and coach Don O'Brien proudly
examine the WOAA Midget "D" Trophy which they
won last Thursday night in Mildmay. Zurich eliminated
the Mildmay team in two straight C es.
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Raymond Wein, Dashwood Sportsman
Dies Suddenly Last Wednesday
A popular Dashwood athlete,
Raymond Wein died suddenly at
his home last Wednesday in his
28th .year. He was very promin-
ent in all lines of sport, having
played baseball for. Dashwood for
many yea's.
For a number of years he was
a member of the Zurich Flyers
intermediate hockey team;and al-
so starred at broomball for his
home town. Mr. Wein was born
in Dashwood on July 28, 1931, a.
son of Mrs. Hilda Wein and the
late Herb Wein.
The deceased was extremely
well liked by the youth of his
community, as he gave consider-
able timeto coaching both minor
hockey and ball teams. This win -
Council Prepares
F y -Law; Appoints
Board For Park
Zurich Lions Club
Donates $50 To
Listowel Disaster
At the regular meeting of the
Zurich Lions Club in the Dominion
Hotel on Monday night it was
decided to send a donation of $50
to the Listowel Disaster Fund, to
be used however they see fit.
Jack Bannister reported to the
meeting that a total on $1,228 has
now been collected for the Crip-
pled .Children Building Centre.
The Lions Club decided to pur-
chase a radio for a lady from Zu-
rich who is a patient in the Qu-
eensway Nursing Home, Hensall.
Four members of the Ilderton
Lions Club were guests at the
meeting.
ter he was responsible for
making available a skating rink
in the Dashwood Lutheran church
shed.
As well as being a member of
the Dashwood Men's Club, Mr.
Wein served on the volunteer Fire
Brigade in that town. He was high-
ly respected by young and old
alike in the village of Dashwood
and surrounding districts.
Surviving, besides his mother,
are two sisters: Erma, Clinton;
Dorothy, Mrs. A. C. Whittier, Pet-
erboro; and two brothers, Carl and
Robert both of Sudbury.
The body rested at the T. Harry
Hoffman funeral home, Dashwood,
until Saturday noon, then at Zion
Lutheran Church, Dashwood, wh-
ere the funeral service was held
at 2 pan. Interment was made in
the Bronson Line Lutheran Ceme-
tery. Rev. K. L. Zorn officiated.
Pallbearers were, H o w a r d
Klump,' Bud Schroeder, Albert Ra-
der, John Willert, Robert Hayter
and Jack • Gaiser. Members of the
Dashwood minor hockey and ball
teams acted as honorary pallbear-
ers and flower bearers.
A large crowd of friends and
relatives attended the funeral ser-
vice, and all the Dashwood busi-
ness places were closed, in order
to pay their last respects to one
of their finest young citizens.
After a lengthy delay the neces-
sary deeds for the new community
park in Zurich have been secured.
The deeds were presented to the
Township Council at their meeting
on Monday afternoon, and they
in turn are sending them on to
their solicitor, Donnelly and Don-
nelly, in Goderich, for the prepar-
ing of a by-law in connection with
the park.
A committee was appointed to
serve as a park board at the Mon-
day meeting. Members of this
' board will be: Leroy Thiel, Milton
Oesch, V. L. Becker, Karl Hab-
erer, Ferd Haberer, Clifford Pepp-
er and Joe Hoffman.
The choosing of a name for the
new park was left up to this new-
ly appointed board.
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Charles Thiel, Wesley Hugill,
and Herb Turkheim, accompanied
by Dr. Bruce Eickmeier, Hamilton,
spent last Wednesday in Toronto,
investigating the possibilities of
obtaining the services of a dentist
for Zurich. While in Toronto they
attended the Montreal -Toronto
hockey game, where they met -Bill
O'Brien and Douglas Theander.
The former has been transferred
to Toronto, while Mr. Theander
is attending a course in the city.
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Jackpot Increases
At Weekly Bingo
There is still no winnerfor
the jackpot at the weekly cash
bingos held each Friday night
in. Zurich. Next week the
jackpot will be $45 in 54 calls.
Each week that the pot is not
won it increases in value $5,
and the number of calls is in-
creased by one.
Winners last Friday night
were: Barbara Forrester, Ste-
phen Mack, Len Debus, Mrs.
Norman Fleischauer, Lloyd
Klopp, Louis Willert, Gordon
Hay, Gregory Willert, Mrs.
Ray Fisher, Paul Corriveau,
Tom Meyers, Len Sararas,
Shirley Weido, Mrs. Adrean
Denomme and Mrs. Charles
Thiel.
The bingos are sponsored by
the Zurich and District Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Contracts Let
For Warble Fly
Spray Program
Chamber of Commerce Urges Village
To Purchase Land For Future ' oad
At a special executive meeting
of the Zurich and District Chamb-
er of Commerce last Thursday
Co -Op Annual
To Be Held In
Zurich, March 12
The annual meeting of the
Hensel' District Co -Operative
will be held in the Community
Centre, Zurich, on Thursday,
March 12, at 7 p.m. It will be
in the form of a hot turkey
banquet, with the Ladies Aid
of St. Peter's Lutheran Ch-
urch catering.
Local entertainment will
feature the program in con-
nection with the banquet. A
dance will follow.
As in previous years the
Co-op has seen an increase in
business over the past year„
as is explained in the annual
statement which has just been
released. President of the or-
ganization is Russel Grainger,..
and the secretary is Bert
Klopp.
night it was decided to suggest
to the village trustees that they
purchase the old Zimmerman pro-
perty from Norman Gascho, se
that sometime in the future a road.
could be opened which would lead
to the east end of the new Coro
munity Park and then south to
No. 84 highway. It was also the
feeling of the meeting that a road
through the section would make
a possibility' of a new division wh-
ere homes could be built.
Charles Thiel reported to the
meeting of the delegation which
was in Toronto last week to see
if the services of a dentist could
be acquired. It will be a few weeks
before anything definite will be
known. Along with Mr. Thiel on
the delegation were Herb Turk-
heim and Wes Hugill. They were
accompanied to Toronto by Dr.
Bruce Eickmeier, Hamilton.
A report on the progress of the
Boy Scouts was given the group
by Jack Bannister, chairman of
the Scout group committee. He
also spoke on the progress of the
Chamber sponsored Pee Wee hock-
ey team.
Township Council Turns Over $1,600
For Upkeep of Community Centre
At the regular meeting of the
Hay Township council on Monday
afternoon it was decided to turn
$1,600 over to the Community Cen-
tre, to be used for repairs and
maintenance of the building.
A grant of $20 was made to the
Dashwood Public Library, as per
the r equest received from the
board.
Payment of $666 was ordered to
be made towards the Ausable Riv-
er Conservation Authority, being
about $175 higher than the amoun
that has been paid the last few
years. It was explained in a letter
to the council that increased costs
were making the higher assess-
ment
ssessment necessary.
Clerk H. W. Brokenshire read
a letter to the council from Mrs.
Sterling Graham, advising t
that
would be able to supply gravel
e
the township at the same price
as previously. Council had instruc-
ted the clerk to investigate the
possibilities of getting their graved
from Mrs. Graham again this year
It was decided at the meeting te
call for tenders for crushing and
hauling 11,000 yards of gravel this
year. Of this amount 5,000 yarn
are to be delivered in May and the
balance in September.
A request was received from the
Parr Line Farm Forum as to the
rental fee that would be charged
fora social evening at the Town
Hall. The rate was set by the
council at $1.50. ` `
A letter was presented to the
council for the Department of
Lands and Forests wondering if
Hay wished to change its date
for the pheasant season. After
considlerable discussion it was de-
cided to leave the season as it hee
been in the past years.
Pee Wees Play
Lucan in Hensall
Tonight at '7 p.m.,
The second game of the best
of three series ;in. the Sham-
rock League finals .between
the Zurich Pee 'Wees and the
Lucan Pee Wees will be played
on Wednesday night at 7 p.xn
in the Hensall Arena.
The first game, played last
Seturday afternoon In the Lu -
can Arena resulted in a 3-0
victory for the Luean tem.
however the locals are quite
confident they can -turn the
tables on the'LeprechaunS.
At the Monday meeting of the
Hay Township council the appoint-
ments of persons to carry out
the Warble Fly program were
made.
Edward Schroeder was hired as
inspector, at the rate of $1.00 per
hour and six. cents per mile for.
transportation. The spraying job
was given to William Watson, at
the rate of 10c per head.
The council agreed to purcf ase
the powder for the spraying
Leonard Sararas, at a price of
$6.18 for each 15 lb. bag. Work
on the first round of spraying
is to be carried out the second
week in April.
Heavy Damages In.
Crash Near Exeter
Damages estimated at $1,400
were caused to a car driven by
Edsel Ducharme, Dashwood, on
Saturday night when the vehicle
left the road two miles south• of
Exeter, broke off two guard rails.
and rolled over into the ditch. He
was admitted to South Huron Hos-
pital with face and chest injuries,
and released on Sunday afternoon.
A passenger in the car, Max
Ducharme, RR 2, Zurich, a cous-
in of the driver, suffered undeter-
mined injuries. Dr. V. Gulens,
Dashwood, attended the injured
men.
The accident was investigated
by OPP Constable George Mitchell,
of the Exeter detachment.
GRANDPA O'BRIEN as he is
commonly known to all sports
fans in this district, celebrated
his 89th birthday last Thurs-
day by attending the Midget
hockey game in Mildmay. It was
the third hockey game in three
nights, and the next night, Fri-
day, he attended a game in Hen-
sel' which made it four games
in four nights. Mr. O'Brien was
born on February 26, 1870, on
the Blue Water Highway in Hay
Township. As well as being a
loyal supporter of local hockey
he is an ardent baseball fan,
and seldom ever misses a game.
Fishing and hunting are also
among his list of sporting act-
ivities. Mr. O'Brien is a faithful
member of the Evangelical U.
B. Church in Zurich.
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