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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1960-03-30, Page 2PGE TWO ZURICH lti &m. NEWS £[BUSTLED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONT., for the Village of Zurich, Hay Township, and the Southern Part of Stanley Township, in Huron County. HERB TURHHEIM 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 (ascription Rates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies, 5 cents. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1960 "Shades Of Model T" An Editorial In The Sudbury Star Among the new devices under study by automobile researchers is one that will perrnit a driver to set the throttle at constant speed on turnpikes and take his foot off the accelerator. Shades of the Model T with its spam and gas control on the steering wheel column! When the foot aecelator was introduced it was hailed as a tremendous advance. Also hailed with delight was the starter which eliminated the need for hand -cranking. Oldtime motorists can be forgiven for chuckling over a "new" device of setting the throttle at a constant speed. The hand -operated gas throttle did just that on the old model T. The young swain could coast at a horse -and -buggy gait when dating his lady love. Or on his way to meet his date he could set the throttle and roar along the gravelled country road at maybe 30 or 35 miles an hour. At the latter speed he was considered to be a real speed demon. Highway traffic laws in Ontario also recognized 35 miles and hour as the top speed at which an automobile was allowed to travel. Perhaps one of the greatest advances in the automotive in- dustry on the North American continent is the adoption of many devices and engineering achievements that have been standard in European cars for years. Tht industry was slow in awakening to the fact that these features were partly responsible for the popularity of the European cars in Canada and the United States. In the next few years we can expect to see even greater emphasis on safety, comfort and economical performance rather than body design. Tips For Burglars (an editorial in the Stratford Beacon -Herald) In this day and age, when many people have the jitters and are on edge for no apparent reason at all, the calm nerves of a bur- glar who recently did a job on the home of a business man in Bonn, West Germany, seem nothing short of amazing. Cool, calm and collected, he systematically searched cupboards drawers and shelves for small amounts of cash, and carefully packed liquor, coffee and tobacco goods into a cardboard box. Then, roving through the building, he attempted to re -assemble a hunting -rifle that he had found taken apart, and not succeeding, sat down in an armchair to read a book entitled "My System of Success." The sentence, "The key to ail secrets is the fact that, through the love of God, we possess freedom of decision," ap- pears to have impressed our man particularly because it was later found that he had taken the trouble to underline it heavily. When, at long last, after helping himself to a few drinks, he began to examine the trousers of the store -owner for items of val- ue, the businessman awoke. The burglar then proved that he could be as fleet -footed as he had befor been leisurely. He disappeared before the alarm could be sounded. Two other burglars in Berlin-.Schoneburg were not so lucky. The owner of an inn, who has a direct telephone line to his home, has been in the habit of using it as an alarm system. Before leaving the inn he takes the receiver from the hook and on arriving home he does likewise. Just before retiring he heard strange voices ema- nating from the receiver in his apartment and lost no time calling the police who managed to apprehend two totally unsuspected burglars who had already pocketed a large sum of money. Is Canada Overspending Dangerously (An Editorial In The St. Thomas Times -Journal) Mr. J. E. Coyne, governor of the Bank of Canada, the biggest financial institution in the country, does not often make remarks for publication, but when he does his words command the attention of the government and of the general public. The other day he declared that, as a nation, we are spending too much and have too large a deficit, and we must begin to reverse the trend, else we will get into financial trouble. No doubt Finance Minister Fleming has been aware of that for some time, and indeed, has said, something along these lines before. There is too much money going out of the country and not enough eoming in. Last year our deficit was $1,460,000,000, and in seven years, half of which was under Liberal administration, we ran up foreign debt to the aggregate of $15,400,000,000. How this massive deficit came about was explained by the Do- minion Bureau of Statistics. One-quarter of the total deficit came from buying moremerchandise abroad than we sold abroad. The answer here is to sell more goods abroad, and poduce more at home so we need not buy so much. Canada has unused capacity for pro- ducing exports. This capacity needs to be used,and backed up with aggressive salesmanship abroad. It is gratifying that according to Trade Minister Churchill, our exports are on the increase now, the volume rising 17 per cent dur- ing the last quarter of last year. We may regard the five per cent premium in relation to the United States dollar wih a feeling of pride, especially when we recall the contempt with which Canadian dollars were treated over the border about 20 years ago, but it's a disadvantage to our economy. It means a five percent handicap to Canadian products when we are trying to sell commodities to the United .States. Canadian expansion is a major cause of foreign indebtedness. Our capital expenditure in 1959 was 26 per cent of our gross pro- duction, compared with 18 per cent in the United States. Mr. Coyne ask if we can afford to continue at that rate. Proud as we may be of our expansion, we may have to reduce the ratio and finance it from our own money. Continuation of the 26 per cent ratio means more control of our industries by foreign sources. In short, Governor Coyne repeats the financial philosophy of the poverty-stricken but immortal Wilkins Micawber in David Cop- perfield: "Annual income, twenty pounds and six pence, result mi- sery. Anual income, twenty pounds; annual expenditure nineteen pounds, nineteen shillings and six pence, result happiness." That's the way to run any business, or a Government. ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS 40 YEARS AGO April 1920 Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Kalbfleisch, Detroit, attended the funeral of the latter's father, J. H. Schnell, last week. They returned to the city on Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Koehler, who spent some time in Kitchener, re- turned to their home on Tuesday. Dan Gascho, mail carrier on R. R. 2, Zurich, has disposed of his business to his brother, Mr. Jo- seph Gascho, of the village, who will commence his duties on April 1. William Calfas, the genial stage driver between Hensall and Zur- ich, has purchased a Ford truck from Cook Bros. in Hensall. This will be a great improvement and will be appreciated by the travel- ling public, Herb. Mousseau, the local gar- age man, has purchased from Wes Snell, Exeter, the equipment of his Overland garage consisting of re- pair tools, gasoline engine, battery charging outfit, gasoline tank, etc. With this equipment Mr. Mousseau will be in a position to handle all kinds work, and will be a great convenience to auto owners in this vicinity. On Tuesday, the members of the Lutheran Church met in the old grave -yard and with shovels, axes and other implements attacked the brush and under -growth. 25 YEARS AGO April 1935 At a recent meeting of the vil- lage trustees arrangements were made to purchase a supply of road oil for dust prevention this sum- mer. John Cantin, Montreal, gave his Zurich, friends a call last Wed- nesday. Carl McClinchey and family, who have been residents of the Bronson Line for some time, have moved on a farm east of Hensall. C. Andersen and family have mo- ved to town from Dashwood, where he will start up butter making on. the Dominion Hotel property, '• le will be some time yet before he will be able to operate. Mr. Victor Deichert, who has been a resident of the Blind Line practically all his life, has pur- chased a farm near Brucefield, and is making arrangements to move thereon, Robert Baker has purchased the old house from Mr. Milne Rader on the 15th concession, and has had it moved to his farm on the corner of the Blind Line and the Boundary Road. After it has been repaired he will use it for a home to live in. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Faust, Mitch- ell, were Sunday visitors with fri- ends here. Y m 01' 4 YEARS GONE e m BY 15 YEARS AGO March 1945 Henry Gaekstetter received a nasty gash in his hand last week, which required several stitches to close. The warm weather has put the finishing touch on the maple syr- up industry, and many people are unhappy with the producer's be- ing unable to supply their de- mands. Dr. H. Taylor, provincial mem- ber for Huron -Perth riding, and whose home is in Dashwood, is ill in Toronto General Hospital, Ivan Kalbfleisch and Ward Fritz were in Toronto on business for a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stelck, who have spent most of their life on the 14th concession, had a very successful auction sale last Wed- nesday. They have moved to Dash. - wood, where they have purchased a home. The many friends and custom- ers of the Kalbfleisch Mills in Zur- ich are most heartily invited to call in the plant and inspect the same. Since their fire a little over a year ago, a complete new mill has been erected and new machin- ery has been put into operation. If in Zurich drop in for a few minutes and you will be shown around this fine new modern plant. 10 YEARS AGO March, 1950 Mrs. Rose Brown, who just this past summer and fall has had a new hone erected just west of the mill, has moved into it the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Christian Gascho, Zurich, were congratulated on Sunday, on the occasion of their 55th Wedding Anniversary. Robins, crows, and some of the other early spring birds have made their appearance, but they seem- ed to have missed the bus in this wintry weather. At a recent meeting of the Grand Bend village trustees it was decided to immediately circulate a petition with a notice of incor- porating as a village. Miss Barbara Ann Gascho has taken a position in the local branch of the Bank of Montreal. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Bossenber- ry, Detroit, and Bert Bossenberry, were Sunday visitors at the home of their cousin, Len Wagner. Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Tiernan, Dashwood, spent the past week end visiting with friends and relatives in Detroit and Windsor. Stuart McBride, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alin McBride, Kippen, has won a $1250. scholarship, which en- titles him to enter Madison Uni- versity in Wisconsin. F. of A. Fieldman Describes Labour -Packer Relations At the annual meeting of the Ontario Hog Producers they had as guest speaker at the luncheon, Mr. John Lenglet, Assistant Canadian Director of the United Packing- house Works of America. Mr. Lenglet went to considerable length in showing that farmers were really waging the same fight with the Packers as is organized labour. He quoted many figures to show that 1959 was a particu- larly good year for the Packers. From this he concluded that the packinghouse worker was therefore entitled to an increase in wages to absorb the excessive profits of the trade and indicated that the Union he represented would take the necessary steps to obtain these increased wages. Now let us look at this from the farmers viewpoint, We can agree that in 1959 the Packers had a good year, but let us raise the question of the reason for good profit. The answer is that due to the very large numbers of hogs mar- keted the packing plants were able to work at extra high capacity and since the unit spread is relatively constant the result is automatic- ally higher income. By the same token the packing- house worker also had an even bet- ter year, not only because he was fully employed, but also because he got an unusual amount of over- time pay. Again this profitable year was the result of the high productivity of the Hog Producer. Who then should get this por- tion of excess profit that is said to have accrued to the Packers? At current prices farmers must reduce production. Thus the pack- er will lose because his plant will not be fully utilized; the Packing- house worker will lose because he will not be fully employed; the farmer will lose as an industry in total income though for the indi- vidual this may not be true; fi- nally the Government will lose be- cause of lost revenue and increased unemployment. Would it not then be true that farmers could. take Mr. Lenglet's figures and put forth a very strong argument that the farmer, not the laborourer, should pick up the "kitty". Let me also add for the study of farmers a statement made by one of our economists "Labour unions over the years have never increased to a recognizable degree, the total income of labour." They have only increased the income of organized labour at the direct ex- pense of unorganized labour. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1960 SUGAR & SPICE (By W. (BILL) B. T. SMILEY) Sugar and Spice, by Wm. Smiley Man, we're a bloodthirsty lot we Canadians. Here I've been go- ing around for years, thinking we were a mild, gentle, civilized peo- ple, the mills of human kindness fairly dribbling out the corners of our mouths. * * * We're not like that at all. We're a real Old Testament, fang and claw, eye for an eye, blood and guts gang. Behind those good, gray exteriors lurks a red -eyed aven- ger who would make Attila the Hun look like a divinity student. * * * I didn't realize what a snarling tiger lay within the bosoms of my fellow Canadians until I mentioned casually, in an editorial a couple of weeks ago, that I didn't believe in capital punishment, and asked for the opinions of readers. * * * What a Pandora's box that op- ened] I received only one reason- able response that is, one opin- ion that agreed with mine. The rest of them howled for blood. They ranged from curt suggestions that "rope, rifle or gas will do", to interminable epistles that dragged in everybody from Moses to my small daughter. * * * I was belaboured by Scripture, torn from content. I was buried under bales of newspaper clippings about the latest murder cases. Ma- ny assured me that all murders serving prison terms were just busting to get out so they could go and knock off somebody else. Oth- ers tried to sell me on capital pun- ishment because it's cheaper than feeding a murderer. * >: * Now the fact is that I never mentioned murder in the first place. I just stated that I didn't think society had the right to take a human life in cold blood. As a result, none of the arguments af- fected my opinion at all, because everybody went haring off after murderers, deterrents, paroles, sex fiends, insanity, liquor and the cost of jail meals. * * * Besides which, as my wife has pointed out on innumerable occas- ions, and again when we discussed the subject: "Nobody can tell you anything. You think you'xie so dam' smart and you're not. You're just pig-headed." * * * Just to prove she's wrong, and that I'm a reasonable fellow, a true democrat when outnumbered 50 to 1, I'll reverse my stand. Let's have capital punishment, and lots of it, But for pity's sake let's get a little variety, a touch of colour, a strong vein of tradition and a dash of imagination into it, * * * Only a primitive people would stick to such a crude, drab coup de grace as secret hanging. I would also abolish those other pedestrain death penalties of today's so- ciety — the chair and the gas chamber. * * * Ordinary murderers must die, but I think the condemned man should have a sporting chance to pick up the manner of his demise. In this age of bingo, draws and raffles, the least we could do is shake the choices up in the ward- en's hat and let the murderer pull one. * * * He'd have a chance at: the headman's axe; being torn to pieces by four wild horses; the guillotine; a bullet through the back of the head; being pushed in front of a train or over a cliff; being impaled. * * * Of course, under a wide-open capital punishment system, with some life to it, we'd need more candidates. These could be ac- quired by returning to the more virtile fashions of former times. For example, blasphemers would be stoned to death, though there'd soon be a shortage of stones.Here- tics would be burned at the stake, preferably at Hallowe'en. Rapists would be tossed into a pit of rat- tlesnakes. Traitors would have their entrails removed and burned before their eyes. * * * Now that we're getting into the swing of things, I must admit I'm growing enthusiatie. While we're at it, we could tighten up our en- tire code of punishment. No more of these 10 -year sentences for bank robbers. Cut off their gun hands at the wrist. It would be a real shot in the arm for the artifical limbs industry. (Continued on page 3) Business and Professional Directory AUCTIONEERS DENTISTS 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 An Insurances Call BERT KLOPP Phone 93r1 or 220 Zurich Representing CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES 51/z % 1 to 5 years GENERAL INSURANCES Fire, Automobile, Premises Liability, Casualty, Sickness and Accident, etc. An Independent Agent representing Canadian Companies J. W. HABERER Authorized Representative Phone 161 --- Zurich J. �yr,gxtO�PTOMETRY ,.�.q, J. E. L STAFF OPTOMETRIST SEAFOItTH: Daily except Monday Phone 791 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 12 noon. CLINTON: Monday Only Phone HU 2-7010 Thursday evening by appointment R. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.S., D.D.S. Main Street Exetes 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. 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