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Zurich Citizens News, 1959-04-08, Page 1No. 14 ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1959 $2.50 Per Year -12 Pages HOME IMPROVEMENT SHOW—The third annual Home Improvement Show spon- sored by the firm of Gerald Gingerich, and held in the Community Centre, Zurich, last week, was termed a decided success. Here, Mr. Gingerich is explaining the operation of a new style oven and stove to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clausius, Zurich, two of the visitors at the show. (Citizens News Photo) (County Home S perm endent Tells w Huron Institution Is Operated Harvey Johnson, the superinten- dent of the Huron County Home in Clinton, was the guest speaker at the dinner meeting of the Zurich Lions Club held in the Dominion Hotel on Monday night. He was introduced by Lion V. L. Becker, who is chairman of the County Home Committee, and was thank- ed by Lion 73ob McKinley. Mr. Johnson gave a very inter- esting account of the County Home, and the operation of the same. He explained how the home is in charge of a five man com- mittee along with the warden of the County and the clerk -treasur- er. "There is no age limit to res- idents in the home," he said, "and at the present time there are peo- ple there from 24 to 95 years of age." At present there are 100 persons in residence, 23 of which Rabid Fox Found On R. Oesch Farm A fox, which has definitely been proven to have had radies, was found recently on the farm of Russel Oesch, about six miles nor- th of Zurich, on the Goshen Line. This past Friday Mr. Oesch re- ceived word that the animal was definitely rabid. When the fox was found by Mr. Oesch ,only a short distance away from his house, it was dead, He immediately notified the game warden, who in turn sent the County veterinarian, Dr. McLel- lan, Seaforth, to investigate the case. The head of the animal was sent to Hull, Quebec, where it was determined that it was a case of rabies. It is believed this is the first case that has been reported near Zurich. The dog on the Oesch farm, which was vaccinated some time ago, has been placed under quar- antine for three months, during which time the county veterinar- ian will check it each week. All the cattle on the farm were also vaccinated some time ago. According to Mn Oesch there has been no other sign of the dis- ease in the district to date, al- though authorities will be keeping a close watch for more cases. $20 Yet Needed. hi Campaign. For Crippled Kids According to Jack Bannis- ter, chairman for this district of the Easter Seals Campaign, the total donated this year is now around the $430 mark. This amount is only about $20 short of the amount donated last year, and the officials are confident there will still be enough come in to put the campaign over the top. Mr. Bannister adds that any one who has not yet sent in their donations may still do so; it can be left at the Bank of Montreal or given to Geor- ge Deichert, who is treasurer of the local campaign. are paying for their keep. He went on to say that the largest expense in the operation of the home is wages and food. According to Mr. Johnson most of the residents receive a pension of some kind or another, out of which they allow the person five dollars a month for spending money. "On an average," Mr. Johnson said, "there is one death a month at the home, In 1958 there were 26 people admitted to the home." The speaker went on to review the superintendents that have been in charge of the Huron County Home over the past years. He remarked that one must know the residents at the home to apprec- iate them. Chairman of the Boy's and Girl's committee of the Lions Club, Earl Yungblut, gave a reort of the fin- ancial operation of the minor hockey teams sponsored by the club, Total receipts for the seas- on were $390.60, while the total expenses were $366.92. Bob Mc- Kinley, manager of the Midget hockey team, thanked all the members for the help they had given throughout the past seas- on. Vice-president, Lloyd O'Brien was in charge of the meeting. Bingo Again. On. Friday Evening This Friday night the week- ly cash bingos in Zurich will get back on their regular schedule of every Friday night. For the past two weeks due to other attractions in the Community Centre the bingos had been changed to Saturday night. To add to the excite- ment for the bingo fans the jackpot has now increased to $75 in 58 calls. Each week that it is not won the amount increases another five dollars in an extra call. Winners this past Saturday night were; Mrs. Fryer, Mrs. Harold Thiel, Doug Coxon, Mrs. William Forrester, Mrs. Albert Bedour, Miss Louise Rarich, Mrs. Lawrence Bris- son, Mrs. Lorne Rader, Bar- bara Risk, Jerry Rader, Larry Denomme, Mrs. Milton Oesch, Leonard Debus and Mrs. Nor- man Fleischauer. Council Files Request F', r Member To Exeter Town Planning oard 100th Grandchild Arrives for Mr,. and Mrs. James Masse Canada's largest family has again made history. Last week the 100th grandchild was born to the family of Mr. and Mrs. James Masse, of the Bluewater highway, three miles west of Zur- ich. The child is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Masse, London, and will receive a check for $100 from the grandfather, who some years ago had made the promise of the gift to the one-hundredth grandchild. Mr. and Mrs. Masse, who have had 21 children, believed to be the largest family in all of Canada, are both in very good health. Just this past summer they saw the last one of their children married. Of their 100 grandchildren 90 are. still living. Of the total 54 are girls and 46 are boys. On top of this they also have eight great grandchildren. The mother of the lucky grand- daughter is the former Theresa Rau, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rau The father is the man- ager of the meat department of a Loblaw's store in London. According to Mr. Masse this the first time in history that any fam- ily has ever had 100 grandchildren, and the grandparents are quite happy about the affair. "It was a close race," said Mr. Masse, "the 101st grandchild is also due any day now. The grandfather is the road superintendent for Hay Township, a job which he has held for some time. He has also operated a farm, but is giving this up, and is holding an auction sale of his stock and equipment on Tuesday, April 14. "There are no more boys at home to help me any more," he added, "so I will give up farming and rent the land out on shares. The Department of Highways has bought my house, so we haven't yet decided whether to build a new one or buy one." At the regular monthly meeting of the Hay Township council on Monday afternoon a request from the town of Exeter for Hay Town- ship to appoint a representative to their planning board was filed. It was felt by the councillors that more information should be had on what the board involves. Two men, Simon Hoffman and Ervin Willert appeared before council with a request to use the basement of the Town Hall for a card club. At preseht they have a building they use for playing cards in, but they informed the council it would not be available much longer. No decision was reached on the matter at the meeting, but the councillors told the men they would give the idea their careful consideration. The tender for crushing and hauling 11,000 yards of gravel in the township was let to R. H. Jennison, Grand Bend, for the price of $1.10 per yard, with the rate of crushing and loading on the township truck at 35 cents a yard. Only one other tender was received, that of George F. Elliott, Clinton, at $1.12 per yard. About half of the gravel is to be used in the spring, and the other half in the fall. Delbert Geiger, chairman of the Evangelical Church council was present at the meeting, and asked council if they were interested in drawing away the cement from the walls of the church shed, which is in the progress of being torn down. In other business the council in- creased the amount of liability in- surance they carry from $50,000 to $100,000. 0 ATTEND WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Ed Haberer, Ed. Reichert, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Turk- heim, Mr. and Mrs. Don Oke, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Webb, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd O'Brien attended the Smith -Davis wedding in Lon- don on Saturday. Mrs. Turkheim was the organist for the cerem- ony, which was held in the Wes- ley United Church, London. CONSERVATION CLUB OFFICERS—At the annual meeting servation Club last Friday night these three men were elected as ization. Left to right: Leonard Sararas, secretary; Ferd Haberer, Hess, treasurer. of the , 3luewater Con - officers of the organ - president, and Albert (Citizens News Photo)