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Zurich Citizens News, 1960-07-07, Page 2PAGE TWO • ZURICH datzEl2: ; NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONT, HERB TURKHEIM MURRAY COLQUHOUN Editor and Publisher Plant Manager Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member; CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $2.50 per year Member; ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies, 5 cents. THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1960 It Happened Again! Despite continued warnings by this newspaper as to the dan- ger of dealing with door-to-door salesmen, a number of local re- sidents have been stung by a group of men claiming to be photo- graphers..Some weeks ago these characters canvassed the village, offering to take pictures at a special introductory offer price. At each place they were successful, a down payment was extracted from the customer, with the promise they would be back in a few days to take the photos. But what has happened? The photographer has never come back to do the work, and the customer is out his down payment. Actually, we do not feel sorry for the persons who have been taken in by this gang of smoothies. We have penned line af- ter line over the past couple of years warning citizens of such rackets as this, but still they seem to think they must learn for themselves. This same thing happened some years ago, and this should have been warning enough. In checking with the company these operators have been asso- ciated with, we find out something which is hard for us to be- lieve. They claim their premises in Toronto were broken into, and a large quantity of photography contracts stolen. Could be ! ! But why people will not check into these phonies before gi- ving them money is more than we can figure out. As we have said before, a phone call to your local bank manager, clergy, or offi- cial of the Chamber of Commerce will give you sound advice that may save you from being taken in. Your newspaper willalso try and help you decide whether or not you should bite. The odd part of the whole thing is the fact that if you mention want- ing to contact someone regarding their merchandise they are most apt to leave your door -step immediately. A move which could help stop much of this door-to-door peddling, which seems to be getting more plentiful all the time, would be the passing of a by-law by the village council making it necessary for outsiders to have a transient trader's licence before selling in the municipality. It is high time our council gives this matter their most careful attention. While the amount of money lost by any one person in this case was not too great, there could be more drastic losses on a future occasion. All this brings back the old argument which will repeat again. Deal with your local merchants; they are here to stay and hack up their products, and they pay the taxes which keep your schools, churches, and, -.community centres in operation. This b No Time T Give p School (The Huron Expositor) At this time of year as area students make plans for the long summer holidays, there arises a problem that with each passing year becomes more serious. It has to do with the increasing num- ber of young people who turn their backs on their classrooms to seek fame and fortune in the business world. The problem arises because so many of them are unprepared to meet present demands, let alone the demands of the future. In many instances, with them will go the shattered hopes of parents and relatives, for whether these young people realize it or not, they will be running the risk of never getting the chance to become a successful part of Canadian industry and business. The Department of Labor is concerned. The Minister, Hon. Michael Starr, says the situation is not confined to any strata of society, nor are its effects isolated by city limits or provincial boundaries. About 70 per cent of the pupils enrolled in grade two in our schools today will leave the school system before receiving their junior matriculation or its equivalent, in many cases ill-equipped to compete for anything but the unskilled and semi -skilled types of employment. Mr, Starr suggests that some parents judge present circum- stances in the light of their own experiences and assess education today in the light of the education they received years ago, when Grade Eight was a relatively valuable asset in obtaining a job or learning a skill or trade. Today, to learn that same trade or skill, most youths will need a junior matriculation or better. This is not because the standards of the educational system have drop- ped, but because we live in a more complex age. ti LAFF-A-DAY I ...Id{ m 1960, Zing Ventures Syndtaalt, nc.o world righCa reservtd. "J'ust a minute. X'1I see if he's inn ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS 40 YEARS AGO JULY 1920 Mr. Lindsay Wurm, of Detroit, is spending sometime visiting with relatives in the Zurich district. Miss V. Siebert, who has been engaged as a milliner in Wingham for the past season has returned to her home here in Zurich. On Monday, at Goderich, the Zurich baseball team lost another game, by a score of 4-2. The Goderich team was considerably strengthened for the match, and owing to some very questionable umpiring, the score was so arrang- ed as to be in favour of the Goder- ich team. Herb Mousseau has installed a free air outfit at his garage, and anyone can take advantage of this new service. The Misses Veola and Marguer- ite Prang are spending their ho- lidays in Detroit. Mr. William Calfas has recently purchased a new Ford touring car, and this should add greatly to his service of conveying passengers. Miss Lottie Gaister, who has been employed in Bowmanville as a milliner has returned to her home in Zurich. Mr. Egbert Heideman is the proud owner of a new Chevrolet "Baby Grand" car, which he pur- chased from E. E. Tiemen in Dash- wood. Many from this district attended the U. F. O. picnic at Grand Bend on July 5. 25 YEARS AGO JULY 1935 Two of the famous Dionne Quints made their first attempt to walk, when they stood up in their cribs at 13 months of age. The following "students from the Zurich centre received first class honours at their high school en- trance examinations: Fred Hess, Charles Hay, Kathleen Kochems, Florence Mittelholtz, and Edith Uttley. Zurich defeated Seaforth at the local ball park on Monday even- ing, by the score of 9-8. The vi- sitors were obliged to change pit- chers half way through the game, while Albert Heideman twirleditJ e entire game for the home team. An inquest into the death of Al- len McDonnell, of Hensall, who died in Seaforth Hospital after re- ceiving a knife wound, attributed no blame in the accident. The boys have done it again, James Denomme and Mervyn Stelck, of the 14th concession, went to Grand Bend on Monday night as a team playing violin and piano, and copped first prize out of a field of 12, including two ra- dio players. A real old time medicine man, who is proving to be a real en- tertainer, is giving demonstrations at the local skating rink every night. Besides giving his program, which is very humorous, he also sells medicine. OF YEARS GONE _BY - 15 YEARS AGO JULY 1945 Rev. 1VIr, Grant, of Kippen and Hillsgreen charge, has preached his farewell sermon on Sunday last and left for his new charge in Bothwell. Rev. Mr. Down will fill in for him until a new minister is located. Stanley Smith and Lorne Klopp are away up north on a fishing trip this week. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Mousseau and daughters are enjoying this week camping at Turnbull's Grove. Mrs. Peter Schwalm, of Hen- sall, has received in the mail a pair of Dutch shoes, sent to her by her son, Austin, who is stationed in that country with the 98th Bat- tery Fourth Anti -Tank, Tenders are being called for the hard -surfacing of Highway 83 from Russeldale to the Bluewater high- way, and Highway 84 from Hen- sall through Zurich to the Blue - water highway. Father O. A. Martin, of St. Pe- ter's Roman Catholic Church, St. Joseph, has been transferred to Big Point, Ontario. During his se- ven years at St. Joseph Father Martin has built a new residence for the teaching Sisters and a new Parish Hall. Fred W. Hess, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hess, Zurich, has been successful in passing his fifth year in the Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Toronto. � YEARS AGO JULY 1950 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Haberer and son, Jack, have just returned home from a lovely trip to the Western States and provinces, including Winnipeg, where they attended a bee -keeper's convention. Part of the trip was made by boat. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gascho and Barbara, and Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Kipfer, Hensall, and Milton Oesch, Zurich, motored to Pigeon, Michigan, over the week end. Mrs. Gascho is remaining there for a few days. Quite a few members of the Ca- tholic Women's League attended the convention of London Diocese at Goderieh on Saturday. Rev. Father L. Marchand, a for- mer priest at the Bluewater High- way, and now of LaSalle, called on his cousin, Mrs. Earl Zimmer, of town, over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kane, of Montreal, spent the holiday with with relatives in town. Miss Don- na Oesch returned with them to spend a few weeks holidays in Montreal. About 60 neighbours and fri- ends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Merner, in hon- our of their daughter, Marjorie, a recent bride. Among the highest awards given out at South Huron Iligh School was the Lions Club award to John Haberer, Zurich, for highest marks in grade 12. SU SPICE (By W. (RILL) B. T. SMILEY) There is no social catastrophe more appalling than having peo- ple take you up on one of those casual invitations you don't really mean, to "drop in and see us if you're up our way." It happens to us every summer, and on several occasions has almost destroyed our marriage. * * * You know how it is. You're at a wedding or something, in the city, back in February. During the post -nuptial conviviality, you get to chatting with some • cousins" of the bride, a nice couple you had not met before. They're charming, and so are you. You'd love to see some more of them, because they think you're so witty. You insist that they come and see you for a week end, in the summer. Your wife starts eyeing you with that look that means it's time you left the party. So, while she's getting her coat, you make your new chums promise, right there and then, that they'll come and visit you. You even make them pick a week end. * * * Then some Friday evening in July, you're mowing the lawn and sweating like a horse, You have your shirt off, and you're unehav- en. Your wife has a coidsore and has just washed her hair and put it up. Your kids have just come home from playing at the sand- pit, and are a charming compo- site of sweat and sand, from head to toe. And a big car pulls up at the house. This stranger climbs out and his wife and three kids climb out after him. * * * "Well, here we are, old buddy," he grins happily. "Better late than never." You have never seen the man before in your entire life. There's a squeal from the Old Girl, and you hear the door slam behind you, and her feet pattering up the back stairs. The kids come over and stand beside you, wiping their noses with the backs of their hands, and staring at the strange kids, who stare back with interest. * * * It's not until you ask them in- to the house, and the man pulls a pile of suitcases out of the trunk that the full impact is felt, the dreadful realization that these clunks are here for the week end, and that they were probably invit- ed by you in one of your more expansive moments, at some for- gotten ball, months ago. M * * * You know your wife is weep- ing hot, salty tears of pure rage upstairs. After some draggly con- versation, during which you have offered them a cigarette and call- ed him George and had him tell you his name is Ernie, you sug- gest a cold drink. They accept with alacrity. You check your stock. It (Continued on page 3) THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1960 Federation Fieldnuan Discusses Future Prospects ;oaf Egg Production (By J. Carl Hemingway) • This week I would like to of- fer comment on three items that came my way last week. Space is limited so I can only hope to arouse some thought on your part. First, the poultry conference that was held in London last Tues- day. There was a good display along with several exceptionally good addresses on poultry prob- lems but I can only mention one given by John P. Walker, O.A.C., on the "Forced Moulting of Lay- ers." I have been giving you the most recent figures on the pros- pects of the current hatch of pul- let chicks for egg production in order that you might plan your poultry flock accordingly. From these figures it would appear that production would be reduced so that egg prices would be moder- ately good for the next 10 or ,12 months. However, at the Confer- ence I learned from Mr. Walker that the O. A. C. has been con- ducting research on the moulting of layers. These birds we were told can be returned to high production in two months instead of the six months required to bring pullets into production. These layers do not lay quite as well but the egg size is better which makes the returns about equal. Since we are being told that prices will be good this fall and fowl is presently cheap, I am afraid many of the listeners would decide to go home and try Mr. Walker's experiment. In fact I was told on what I feel was good authority that even now in a small area in Huron County 22,000 layers are being moulted for immediate production. If this pratice is wide spread production will be just as high as last year and prices will re -act accordingly. Second, in a T.V. interview, Professor Ralph Campbell told of the meeting of the Agricultural Institute of Canada. This is a mee- ting of Agricultural Extension per- sonnel, where they discuss ways and means by which they can bet- ter inform farmers of the most ad- vanced and efficient methods of production. However, when asked the purpose of this educational program for farmers, Professor Campbell stated that its purpose was to produce better quality food at lower prices for the consumer. This is a most worthy purpose but what of the farmer? If this is the purpose in other industries they have failed dismally since the price of manufactured pro- ducts has ri•.•en tremendously over recent year;;. It seems to me that the objective in other industry is to provide a reasonable profit. If prices can be reduced that is only incidental. Why should Agri- culture be encouraged to work in the opposite direction? Third, there seems to be an ac- tive promotion to unite Farmers and Labour. To this end there was a discussion panel on CKNX-TV. This can only be done if the ob- jectives become the same. I think farmers have a feeling of deep moral responsibility to feed the hungry, It seems to me that la - hour feels a moral responsibility to provide high wages regardless of pricing their product out of reach of many with resulting in unemployment of many of their own members. Comment please? JOWETT'S GROVE BAYFIELD f Beautiful Picnic Grounds Covered Tables — Swings Good Water — Ball Park Ponies — Swimming Refreshment Booth DANCING Every Friday Night from 9.30 p.ni. to 1.00 a.m. Stew and His Collegians — Door Prize — Hall Available for Receptions and Private Parties For Reservations — Call HU 2-7064, HU 2-7551 or Bayfield 29r3 Business and Professional AUCTIONEERS ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. 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