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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1960-06-30, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH eltC Ejai. NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONT. HERB TURKHEIM Editor and Publisher Authorized as Second Class Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION MURRAY COLQUHOUN Plant Manager Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa 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. THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1960 Protect Yourself (Clinton News Record) IT IS UP TO YOU, the home owner and provider of good things for your ,family, to buy wisely and to spend with caution. We issue this warning in good faith, and with sincere ap- preciation that in every case, you do the best you can to buy cor- rectly for your family. But, remember this, though 99 percent of the persons who offer goods for sale are sincere and honest, there is possibly one percent who search the world continually for the "sucker" which they figure is "born every minute." Door-to-door salesmen have operated for years throughout the countryside. We would say that most of them are honest. But we have always been doubtful of those who have some fan- tastic story about earning their way through college, or making enough money to ship the family west to Vancouver, or those who are "going to open a store in Goderich." This last excuse has been used at least twice this spring by door-to-door sales people who at best had their tongue in their cheek. In the case of the lady with the fancy work, we have deep doubt about her truthfullness. In the case of the people selling water softeners, who by the way have not purchased a Clinton trader's license, we know for a fact that their "settling in Goderich" means a telephone number in a motel at the county town. This last group has rather al very interesting way of finding customers, They find someone in town who will introduce them to potential buyers, and offer $25 for each softener they sell. They do not operate under a known name. They do not offer service of their equipment, in fact they sug- gested local people to do the servicing. In the meantime they sell for a price •equal to and more than similar equipment sold by local people. We cannot emphasize too strongly the need and wisdom in supporting local business people when you buy goods. Shop around if you want to. Compare prices. Compare service. But when at all possible, buy at hone. Your support of local merchants will come back to you in better service, a more modern town, and reduced taxes, because as their business increases, local concerns will pay higher business taxes, which will have the effect of keep- ing your own tax levy within reason. -Incentive s opping (Wingham Advance Times) Just the other day we found ourselves a little shocked to learn that the publisher of ' a Western Ontario weekly newspaper has announced his intention of selling his business and going back into the teaching profession and this after 12 highly suc- cessful years as a publisher and editor. • Though we have- no doubt that he will contribute much to the community generally as a teacher, there remains a feeling of loss. This man has been not only a businessman, but a leader— his town has benefited in no small degree from the influence of the newspaper he edited. Learning his reasons for the move, however, we can't say that we blame him too much. Instead of working in his office all day and spending every evening at meetings he will be able to make a better living in a profession where the hours are inestimably shorter; where the income is guaranteed and the annual increment assured (a condition which never exists in business). He will have two months' holidays, all ' the long week- ends and the knowledge that when he leaves his desk at the school there will be no telephone calls at home to keep him grinding away at his job when the day's work is supposed to be finished. All of which leads to some disturbing thoughts about bu- sinessmen generally. Not too many years back we admired the young man who was sufficiently ambitious to make the effort ne- cessary to get into business for himelf. Canada never lacked for energetic young businessmen, because the rewards of such effort were realistic. Once the young fellow was over the hill and had his business rolling he could at least be reasonably sure that even though he might have more worries than the ordinary em- ployee, he at least had a sound investment for later years and a good income in the meantime. Such is far from the case today. Many a younger businessman is wondering why he ever took the trouble. There is still a theory abroad, particularly in government circles, that the bu- sinessman makes a lot more money than a skilled labourer or a professional man. As a result the man who is trying to invest his earnings in stock or equipment to keep up with the rapidly changing times, finds that he is expected to carry the major share of his town's taxes, which are now set two or three mills higher for the man who has the gumption to attempt any com- mercial enterprise. The federal income tax department has the junior tycoon all sized up, too. Never mind the fact that he has heavy payments to meet in order to purchase his business, he has to ante over all cash which might be used to get his obligations cleared. He is usually Iocated on the main street of his town, where every ticket seller, every campaign collector and every handout seeker can make his daily demands. The businessman is obligated to belong to every organization in the community where a fee is charged, whether lie is interested or not. Now perhaps you aren't worrying too much about this poor businessman, having your own particular set of problems to keep you busy. Just one point, however. If the rewards of business continue to diminish and the problems to increase, we are going to have a lot less businesses in the course of the next ten years. And as a direct result there are going to be a lot less jobs floating around for your sons and daughters when they emerge from high school and college. It is not only affecting the small business. Manufacturers and service industries are all feeling the same bur- den. The health of the entire Canadian economy is being injured. Certainly there will always be business operations—but not necessarily operated in the free atmosphere which pertains today, When enough businessmen have been chased out of the picture it will be necessary for the government to step into the field. And that, my friends, is socialism. Heavens knows we have plenty of that now! ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS 40 YEARS AGO JUNE 1920 Messrs. Brownlee and McLean, of Kippen and Brucefield, respec- tively, were in town on Sunday vi- siting the Sabath School of the Evangelical Church. The local water supply in the village of Zurich has underwent a number of repairs and improve- ments, and is now in good working condition. The streets wifll also be sprinkled twice a week, with George .Thiel receiving the con- tract for the work. The employees of the Hala Dent Company enjoyed their annual picnic on Monday at Grand 'Bend. The strawberry crop is very good this season, with the berries selling at only 15 cents a box. About fifty young people from Dashwood enjoyed themselves at a wiener roast at Drysdale beach this past Monday evening. There are 15 candidated for junior high school entrance. from S.S. 15, Hay, writing at Dashwood centre this week. Professor and Mrs. L. Kekoa were in the village over the week end. A large number of lovers of baseball accompanied ,the team to Clinton last Tuesday, where the locals won a thrilling 2-1 victory. Two of the local churches' will be holding Sunday School pic- nics in Grand Bend next Wednes- day afternoon. 25 YEARS AGO JUNE 1935 The Township of Hay is offer- ing anyone who shoots a dog while attacking sheep in the township a reward of $200 for each dog so shot while in the act. It has been decided to establish a library in the Huron County Jail in Goderich, for the benefit of the prisioners in that institu- tion. Albert J. Kalbfleisch and Hugh MacKinnon motored to Toronto one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Witmer and Mr. and Mrs. James ".sllaaz attended the annual - Witmer 're- union in Kitchener on Monday. Calvin Williams is away to Ad- dison, where he is assisting his sister and her husband, Rev. and Mrs. R. Whiteside, who are mov- ing to Fenlon Falls, in the field of their labors, Goderich now has an Arrow bus service in the highway between Goderich and Grand Bend. daily. While officiating in the Old Boy's Reunion at Hensall on Mon- day, Mayor George Wenige, of London, was in an automobile ac- cident with a Goderieh car. Anson McKinlay and Hugh Mc- Bride are attending a boy's camp at Goderich this week. Dr. Eugene Tiernan left Dash- wood on Saturday for Hamilton, where he has taken a position as intern in the General Hospital. The newly organized Bandat Exeter wiill make their appear- ance in new red uniforms. _OE.. YEARS GONE - BY 15 YEARS AGO 1 THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1960 JUNE 1945 A happy event took place in Zur- ich on Sunday when Rev. Father Richard Bedard celebrated his first Solemn High Mass at St. Boniface Church. The occasion was an outstanding one, since Fa- ther Bedard was the first boy of the parish to be ordained as a Priest. Strawberries are in full supply naw, and the crop is exceptionally good, but for the scarcity of sug- ar, one good could preserve an ample supply% of this choice food. Progress is being made in the new residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Stade, in town. The' brick work is now nearing completion, and when finished this will be a very comfortable home. The many friends of Father L. Powers are indeed happy to see him in town over the week end, and looking so good. Albert G. Hess, while sitting out in front of his cottage at the lake the other day, noticed a flock of at least 150 wild geese flying over. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thiel atten- ded the 25th wedding anniversary of Mrs. Thiel's sister in London on Saturday evening. Gunner Laird Thiel, of Halifax, is spending some days of his leave at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Thiel, in Zur- ich. 10 YEARS AGO 11 SUGAR & SPICE (By W. (BILL) B. T. SMILEY) We old air force types are rest- ing easier these nights, secure in the knowledge that the great tra- ditions we helped to establish are in safe hands. I've felt this way since I read in the papers the other day about the new pamph- let for air force personnel. * * * Entitled A Guide to Social Re- creation in the Royal Canadian Air Force, it is a 118 -page docu- ment. They quoted only a few passages from it, in the newspa- per stories. But these were enough to convince me that life in the air force these days is just as exciting as ever, and a whole lot more fun. JUNE 1950 The girls in the higher grades of the Zurich Public School enter- tained their mothers last Thurs- day evening, and displayed their serving ability which they have learned in the Horne Economics Room, under the leadership of their teacher, Mrs. Norma Siebert. Norman Sararas, Kitchener, Bob and Alphonse Masse, of the Bluewater highway, attended the double-header ball game between the Detroit Tigers and - the New York Yankees in the Motor City on Sunday. A wedding reception in honour of the Rau-Sreenan wedding was held in the Parish Hall at St. Jo- seph, on Saturday night, with a record crowd in attendance. Caanpbell Krueger has again taken a position in Oakwood Park for the summer months. There are also a number of girls from Zurich working in this popular re- sort place. The provincial highway no. 84, from St. Joseph to Hensall has again received its annual bath with oil, in order to keep down the dust in the heavy traffic sea- son. A pleasant day was spent re- cently when about 40 school chil- dren from this area went to the OAC at Guelph on a bus. The trip was supervised by Victor Dinnin, the principal of the Zurich school, and all reported an excellent time. Federation Fieldmaon Satisfied * itio System in Egg Deficiency ' Cyments (By J. Carl Hemingway) I received the Deficiency pay- ment cheque for our eggs on Tues- day, June 21. Like a good many other people I was beginning to wonder whether the I.B.M. ma- chines clown at Ottawa had over- looked my number. Just today I was told that there seems to be considerable dissatisfaction with the length of time taken to get these payments out and worse still is the fact that some grading sta- tion operators are having a rough time persuading some of the cus- tomers that their records of pro- ducers egg sales are being sent in promptly and correctly. Let's be fair about this and re- alize that the- secretary in the gra- ding station would have been quite happy to have been Heft out of the whole deal. If in doubt just drop in on office staff in any gra- ding station and see how much nuisance it is to take off the num- ber of A large eggs, then record the customers name, the date, his registration number and number of A large eggs. It has to be done every time the customer brings in some eggs. It would have been much simpler for .theegg grading station operator had, the Govern- ment said that the producer must send in his grade slips at the end .of the period in order to obtain his Deficiency payment. We have to do this to get our gas tax re - bait on. tractor fuel. Let us also remember that there will be mistakes. But before we hit the roof to- hard just re- member how many farriers have missed getting all the gas tax re- fund they were entitled to because they neglected to send in the state- ment at the required time. Your egg grader is saving you some trouble and if a mistake does oc- cur the records are there, they have been regularly and carefully government inspected and the er- ror can be corrected. Let's see how the Deficiency payment worked out. We had. 275 hens, they layed 1,243 dozen eggs, and over 1,000 dozen were A Large grades. When we add in the eggs used at home the flock layed 64 per cent, not too high. It appar- ently has turned out that we had the most profitable size of flock as far as deficiency payments are concerned but this is the way it turned out in cash. Receipts from sale of eggs: $270.70; average price (all sizes) 21.78c per dozen; receipts pilusDe- ficiency payment: $350.70; aver- age price (all sizes) 28.21 per do - ren. $64 question? Did the hens keep me or did I keep the hens? * * * The pamphlet is designed to help the airman get acquainted, be accepted socially, and lose his feeling of personal insignificance. To bring this about, and help him feel that he is one of the gang, the booklet suggests some fascina- ting games that can be played at RCAF station parties. * * * Most of these ice -breakers seem to be played on your knees. That's as good a method as any of abol- ishing stiffness and reserve, and levelling differences in rank. Here's one of them. It's called Rabbit. "Ala kneel on the floor in a circle. The leader asks each one in turn if he knows how to play rabbit. When they admit they do not, he rises and says: "Weil, I guess we can't play it then, no one knows how." That would cer- tainly establish an informal, friendly attitude at any party. * * * Here's another. "All are asked to kneel in a circle to be initiated into the order of Siam. They are requested to repeat after the lead- er the oath of allegiance: 'Owe Tagoo Siam'. They say it slowly at first, then rapidly. One by one they realize that they are saying '0 what a goose I am'." Hey, wouldn't their faces be red? * * * Just one more sample. "All players are told to get in a crouch position -on the floor with their heads down. They are told to re- peat after the leader, line by line: `With all my heart; with all my mind; I know that I; stick out behind'." Imagine the roars of laughter,.. the gay eamaradie this one would produce. * * * All. I can say is that it makes me sick with, envy. We sure didn't have any fun. like that when I was in the air force. Night after night we'd just sit around the mess and drink beer and argue. Heck, sometimes we felt so social- ly insecure we'd have to get right out of the mess and cyele five miles through the blackout to a pub so we could get into a lively game of shove ha'penny. * * * Oh, we did have a few old games that might crop up once in a while at a station party. But they were pretty effeminate, badly organized efforts, compared to Rabbit, for example. We did have one, though, that was played on hands and knees, like these new ones. * * * Two large, preferably thick- headed young pilots were chosen. Each was given a weapon, con- sisting of newspapers or maga- zines, tightly rolled. They were blindfolded. Then, on hands and knees, they stalked each other. Idea was to find your opponent and club him unconscious. First to draw blood was the winner, and the loser had to buy a round for all hands. * * * Another of our simple little game was something like that one they play at the women's institute, called Sing, Say or Pay. W4'd all stand in a circle. Each in turn had to tell a story, sing a song, or have his trousers removed and a pint of cold ale poured over that part of his anatomy between na- vel and knees. This always led to some goodnatured, boyish scuf- fling, in which one type lost two front teeth and another got a warped nose, at one party I re- member. * * * Then there was Boomerang. This was played only when most of the players were leaving first thing in the morning for a new station. First, you gathered all the plates and saucers from the dining room. Two teams were picked, and each retired hastily behind a barricade consisting of the piano or a large table turned (Continued on page 3) Business and rofessk nal Directory 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 S ty EVERY FARMER NEEDS Liability Insurance For Information About All Insurances—Call ERT KLOPP Phone 930 or 220 Zurich Representing CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEDEtTUL ES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES 51% — 5 years 5% — 3 and 4 years 41% — 1 and 2 years GENERAL INSURANCES Fire, Automobile, Premises Liability, Casualty, Sickness and Accident, etc. An Independent Agent representing Canadian Companies J. W. 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