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Zurich Citizens News, 1960-02-17, Page 2W'lpNESDAY, I'EBR,UARY 1'i, 1960 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE TWO SUGAR & SPICE ZURICH F ICH Cr izEra N E VV S PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONT., for the Village of Zurich, Hay Township, and the Southern Part of Stanley Township, in Huron County. HERB TURKHEIM MURRAY COLQUHOUN Editor and Publisher Plant Manager Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department,; Ottawa Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Member: ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $2.50 'per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies. 5 cents. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1960 Thank You ,�.. .:' 40 YEARS AGO On page three of the Citizens News this week, there is an interesting story about Zurich, which is reprinted from the Hamilton Spectator. Since the have arthicle d atappea least appeared n the dozen aily local newe wspaper of that city, folks call us and ask if we had seen it. It is surprising the number of relatives and friends in a city such as Hamilton who cut the page out of their papers and sent it on to someone back home. We are indebted to the management of the Hamilton Spec- tator for sending us all the engravings used in connection with this special feature, so we could reprint the page in our paper. • Such favourable publicity as this newspaper has given our village is welcomed and appreciated by the people here. ,On behalf of everyone in this district, we would like to say "Thank you" to Bruce Murdoch and the Hamilton Spectator. You are always welcome here in Zurich. Thank You Again • In the past couple of months we have had many fine let- ters from a number of our subscribers. Words cannot express how deeply we appreciate receiving these letters. We are only sorry that we do not have the time to answer each letter individually, as much as we would like to do so. In- stead we will have to, through this coltunn, issue one big "Thank You" to everyone. We Need The Farmer February, 1920 As a result of the recent storm from the east, the fishermen of Lake Huron sustained great loss to their nets going • away. The loss is estimated at $500. Moses Geiger left - on Wednes- day morning for Pigeon, Michi- gan, to attend the funeral of the late John Geiger, An interesting game of hockey was played last Thursday. even- ing between Dashwood and the Bearcats, one of the local town teams. Sonie very promising plays were made, but the Bearcats won by a small margin. Per'Dash- wood in goal was Willert; defence, Edighoffer and Guenther, . for- wards, Guenther, Stire, Calfas. For Zurich, goalie was: T. L. Wurm; defence, C. Hoffman, H. Hess; forwards,' O. Davis, E: Oes- ch, G. Koehler. The umpb e was L, , W. Hoffman. (By Gregory Clark in the Family Herald) So proud are we of our great cities and towns, our abound- ing industries, our limitless highways packed with raging traffic, our marvellous and intricate complex of money and machines, that we are liable to forget that we are totally dependent upon the farmers. It is the farmers who keep us alive from day to day. Not a loaf of bread, not a quart of milk, not a thick steak, not an egg, not a potato, would we have without the farmers. Not a pickle, not a salad, not a dish of Reaches. Not a breath would we draw, in a matter of days, for 411 oue,.majestic technology, without the farmers. It is the farmers, in short, who give us life. "Suppose," I asked a big wholesale provision man, "suppose the farmers went on strike for a hundred days." "Well," he said, "I've different guesses on how long we would last in cities if the farmers went on strike. I know these warehouses if mine would be cleaned out in two days. I figure the packing houses would be empty in about four. The stores would be wiped out in a few hours, once the panic started. Talk about civil defence. The people would start out from the cities about the third day. City hoodlums would murder the farmers to get at the food supplies, looting .and wrecking. I figure in a week it would be worse than an atomic bomb." Farmers, let us remember, are our basic citizens. Without them, all the rest is so much Hollywood stage setting, fictitious as a play. I • Blessed Winter ..OF.. YEARS GONE reBYe• 15 YEARS AGO February 1945 Miss Nola Krueger of town spent the weekend in Lucan, where she visited with the Dagg family, formerly of Zurich. Rev. Father Lucier visited at his home in Wallaceburg for the we- ekend Father Flynn, of London, took charge of the services on Sunday in St. Boniface Church. At the Liberal executive meeting of South -Huron and Perth -Huron held at Hensall last Wednesday, the important position of presi- dent was given to Albert J. Kalb- fleisch, of Zurich. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hey are moving to London this week, wh- ere they will take up residence. Ward Fritz, of Kitchener, re- turned to his home here last Wednesday, not enjoying the best of health, but he • is improving nicely. Ed Snell has purchased from the estate of the late F. Hess, the dwelling property now occup- ied by N. E. Dahmn. Possession will be given in the spring. (Wingham Advance Times) One reason why winter has not been praised adequately is that most of the world's great literature has so far been produced in areas where they have no worthwhile winter. Homer had no chance to know the glories of a Canadian winter with the snow shining brighter than his goddesses. Dante had as splendid an imagination, but a northern Italian winter was sleety mud. Shakespeare, peer of both, might reasonably have been expected to imagine how wonderful winter could be, but he was stuck with that terrible thing, the English winter. There is an obviously fine opportunity for Canadians to take winter over and make something of it. Experience is not 'lacking, most writers being too poor to escape. Besides there is the spur of competition. Among all the other things the Rus- sians possess, winter they have aplenty. And it is unlikely that any resrictions are placed on USSR writers who can get their fingers thawed out enough to praise the Russian winter. The Canada Council might well stipulate, in passing out expense money for travel, that, instead of heading away from this country, Canadians should travel in their own land, espec- ially in the mornings and early afternoons of winter days, when there is about fifteen degrees of frost and the sun is darting a- round from every direction through gently blowing snow among the carved drifts.' Homer and Dante and Shakespeare would have instantly appreciated that the Canadian winter was one of the most wonderful experiences available to humans, An Alert Alarm 25 YEARS AGO (By W. (BILL) B. T. SMILEY) There is quite a foofawaraw th- ese days about fluoridation. All the experts — federal Department of Health, Canadian Medical Associa- tion, Canadian Dental Association, and others—are just busting to get some sodium fluoride into our dri- nking water. They want to cut down on the holes in the teeth in the heads of our children, bless them, They are supported by many members f the press, including a few of my weekly contemporaries. In Ont- ario, the government is being be- rated for being backward about fluoridation. * * * Most violent and emotional of fluoridation advocates is a Toronto newspaper columnist who insists that all who oppose it are violent- ly emotional, irrational, fanatical, dimwitted, and crackpots. * * * All I can say is, move over crack- pots, and make room for one more I'll line up with the crackpots ag- ainst the experts any -time. That will help the balance a trifle. Now- adays there are'too many experts, and not enough crackpots. Experts are: people who give you weather reports that ar�a who ut 400 per cent wrong; people predicttions ult ent elegeneraisswho tell you per cent wrong; g how wars should have been fought, after they are over; politicians whose party is not in power; and hordes of people who know a little bit about one thing, and sweet beg- gar all about anything else. * * * Crackpots are: people like Chris- topher Columbus, Galileo, Thomas Edison, Alfred Einstein, Mahatma- Ghandi, Dr. Albert Schweitzer; people who are too stubborn, fan- atical and narrow-minded to make an honest effort to get along with the experts. In between the experts and the crackpots lies the great slumbering lumbering body of humanity, even as you and me. We are bullied by the experts, ignored by the crack- pots. All we want to do is grow up, get married, have children make money, live in peace, die at a ripe old age, and go straight to heaven. It isn't much to ask. But the experts won't let us do it. The Kalbfleisch Mills are shut down for a few days as Ivan Kalb- fleisch is away purchasing some new equipment. Ward Fritz and Earl Thiel made a business trip to Windsor last week, the latter returning with a new Dodge truck, which is going to be added to the ever-growing Thiel Transport. Eva Catherine, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Sol. Baechler, and Clar- ence, son of Mr and Mrs. Chris. Gascho, all of the Bronson Line, were united in marriage by the Rev. S. M. Peachey, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Seth Amanns. humanity, with the next, that we can escape the effects of radiat- ion by building a 'shelter. * * * Sorry, I drift, as I do every time I muse on that self-satisfied stultification known as the expert. We were talking about fiatorida- tion. I am opposed to it for sev- eral reasons. Not because I think it's going to poison me, or because it's too expensive, or because if God had wanted sodium fluoride in our drinking water He'd have put it there, or because'it's going to kill all the frogs in the town reservoir. First of all, I'm agin it because I think it's silly. I don't think teeth are that important. Let's get cracking on mental illness, the ulcer, the common cold and hem- rhoids. If these ailments were cleaned up, half the tensions of the world would vanish,and I'd be will- ing to talk teeth. * * * Second of all, the experts, as us- ual, are on the wrong track. If they are so concerned about the teeth of our children, why do they start at the base of the troub- le? Why don't they raise a hue and cry against the sale of soft drinks and candy? Why don't they decry that "anriched" bread we have to eat these days that tastes like wet kleenex when fresh, like bleached sawdust when stale? Or is all that stuff we learned about diet and teeth just so much expert malarkey? Third of all, I'm again it because • I don't like people doctoring my drinks. Oh, I don't mind a little chlorine to kill the bugs. But e principle is wrong. This they fluoridate our water. Thirty years from now, with the wrong people in power, they'll be nutting a sedative in it, so evernbbr• mawill er relax and be happy what's going on. * * * But the best argument I've heard agaist fluoridation came from my wife. I asked her what she thought, just to get an outside opinion. As usual, she was away outside. First, she asked if there would be any of the stuff in our milk. I pointed out that cows us- ually live in the country and get their water from wells, streams and such -like, not from the munic- ipal water supply. "Then what's the use of putting that stuff in the water?" She snorted. "Kids never drink water. All they drink is orange juice, milk and pop." My case rests, however uneasily. I'm saving my good points for the next round. February, 1935 Ferdinand Haberer, the proprietor of the local skating rink for the past four years, advises that this is the last season he intends to keep this place of amusement open for the public, and he is offering it for sale at a very at- tractive price. The patronage at the rink has dwindled down to the extent that it does not compen- sate him to keep it going. Hockey Star— We are in receipt of a clipping from the Toronto Evening Tele- gram in which is a goodphoto of the brilliant young u hgnkey star, Harold Stade of town, a ;V.ththe following article in the clipping: "Harold Stade is most 'prominent in Guelph"s bid for the Ontario Intermediate. A hockey title this year. This 17 -year-old former Zurich lad is playing a sensation- al game in the Guelph nets, and it is chiefly through his efforts that the Royals finished the schedule in first place. Stade has not been de- feated in intemediate competition this year, while including in his string of victories are a few shut- outs, A baseball player of note, Stade uses this style of goaltend- ing 01 waist -high shots, while he is clever at closein blocking, He started with the local junior A squad at the first of the season, but was drafted to intermediate ranks when the junior squad dis- banded. 10 YEARS AGO February 1950 Mr and Mrs' R. F. Stade of town were pleasantly surprised last Friday evening by some of their neighbours and friends, it being their 35th wedding anniver- sary. Mrs. Jacob Meidinger has pur- chased her parents' home at the west end of town from Mrs. A. Mousseau. She moved her effects into the same on Monday. Over 600 people jamed into the new arena here last Friday night when the Exeter boys came over with determination to break the locals winning streak. With the brilliant net minding of Bill Merner, the visitors again had to go home without a victory. Mr, and Mrs. Victor Dinnin, of town, and Mr, and Mrs. Allan Fraser Exeter, attended the ice follies in Toronto, which were outstanding in every way. Rev. E. W. Heimrich has re- turned home after spending a few days in the State of Pennsyl- vannia. Miss Florence Steinback has returned home from St. Joseph's Hospital, London, where she un- derwent an operation. Jim Hayter, Dashwood, is con- fined to his home with pneu- monia. The many friends of Mrs. John Albrecht .are pleased to learn she has returned home after be- ing a patient in Clinton Public Hospital. (Mitchell Advocate) It has long been our contention that every child should have a dog. Friends he •may have — many, but for downright (devotedness, nothing surpasses a bundle of canine affection. If a dog loves you, he loves you with that great heart that almost exceeds that of human kind. It touched the heartstrings to see a picture this week of a dog caressing his master, in whose arms she was held. But for that dog a whole family might have 'lost their lives,— who knows? Mothers may find dogs a nuisance. They track .in mud. They get in ones way. They trail one about, if permitted, wher- ever he wanders. Their faithfulness knows no ending. Like- 'ayise, their alertness is exceptional. Yes, sir, every boy, --every girl --should have a dog. Something is lost in his or her young Life If denied the privilege of owning a dog. Federation Fieldman Urges Farmers To Forget Differences Of Opinion (By J. Carl Hemingway) When I was a small boy we had a dog. Our closest neighbour with whom my father exchanged labour also had a dog. The dogs went back and forth whenever the farm work required the com- bined efforts of their masters. For the most part these dogs got along peaceably. On occasion they did have dif- ferences of opinion and did some snapping at each other, but - - - just let a third dog appear and his life was in danger. One day they chased a dog into the river, our dog went to one side and our neighbours to the other and, had the men not been close at hand the third poor critter would have been drowned. * * * Right now, the expert politicians have us teetering on the verge of total annhiliation; the experts scientists are creating the ways and means"; the expert warriors have their fingers ready to push the bottoms; and the expert news ana- lysts tell us with one shallow bre- ath that atomic war will wipe out several years. Many times I have not agreed with what they have done or have not done but I have never felt that the way to improve the situation was to join the enemy. In the recent issue of the Fam- ily Herald an account is given of producer controlled marketing in Denmark. These farmers; were a very independent lot and ..refus- ed to take part in marketing their product until they were starved into it. Are we smart enough to learn by their experience and take ov- er the marketing of our products before we face starvation or must we travel this same rocky road and aquire our own experience. This should provoke the nasty question, "Were .these two dogs smarter than farmers?" Undoubtedly as farmers organ- ize there will be differences of opinion among the various groups but surely these could be settled with a minimum of snapping and when an opposing force appears all farmers could then be on the one side of the battlefield, Let us remember that we are farm- ers first and members of the dif- ferent organizations second:' I have been a member Of the Federation of Agriculture for 20 years, a member of a Co -Op, the Hog Producers, the Concentrated Milk Producers, Cream Producers, and the Poultry Producers for It has been stated that the rea- son that the present day dollar will do so little for us is because the present generation is willing to do so little for a dollar. I hear complaints from time to time that our farm organiza- tions are doing nothing for the farmers but almost invariably these 'complaints come from far- mers who have done nothing for their organization. In closing I heard a good story the other night. If you have ev- idence to support it or dis-prove, it I would be glad to hear from you. It seems that you can get 1 or 2 cents more a dozen for your eggs at a certain egg -grad- ing station if you purchase your feed from a certain feed mill. Business and Professional Directory DENTISTS _ AUCTIONEERS ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. "Service that Satisfies" Phone 119. Dashwood INSURANCE For Safety EVERY FARMER NEEDS Liability Insurance For Information About All Insurances—Cali BERT KLOPP Phone 93r1 or 220 Zurich Representing CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE . DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES 51/2% — 1 to 5 years J. W. HABERER Authorized Representative Phone 161 — Zurich OPTOMETRY a,. LthNGSTAFF °OPTOMirTRI$T • SEAPORTH: DalIy'except Monday .P hone 791 9.a.m. to 5.30•p.m. Wednesday 9 anti. to. 12, noon. CLINTON: Monday Only Phone H,U $-7010 Thursday evening by appointment DR. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.S., D.D.S. Main Street Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoon Phone Exeter 36 DR. J. W. CORBETT L.D.S., D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON 814 Main Street South Phone 273 — Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoons DOCTORS Dr. A. W. KLAHSEN Physician and Surgeon OFFICE HOURS: 2 p.m. -5 p.m. Monday -Saturday Except Wednesday 7 p.m. -9 p.m. Monday and Friday Evenings ZURICki Phone 51 G. A. WEBB, D.C.' *Doctor of Chiropractic 488 MAIN STREET, EXETER X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities Open Each Weelday Except • Wednesday . Tues. and Thurs. Evenings, 74 For Appointment — Phone 606 FUNERAL DIRECTORS WESTLAKE Funeral Home AMBULANCE and PORTABLE OXYGEN SERVICE Phone 89J or 89W ZURICH LEGAL W. G. Cochrane, B.A. • BARRISTER and SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC Hensel) Office Open Wednesday and Friday Afternoons EXETER PHONE 14 BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS NOTARIES PUBLIC ELME'R D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LA,UG%ITON, LL.B. Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon Phone 4 cw a Dr•