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ZURICH eLLIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1960
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1960
The Faster, The Slower
A week end study of motorists' driving habits leads to the
conclusion that the increased speed of modern cars tends to make
for slower traffic. In the days, not long ago, when 30 or 40 miles
an hour was a satisfactory speed for most drivers, one who pre-
ferred to drive at a faster clip had little difficulty in passing a line
of slow cars. Today, when 60 miles an hour is normal, the fast
driver has to accelerate to 80 to use the passing lane on a three -
lane highway, and if another fast driver is doing the same thing
in the opposite direction, the two ears approach at a speed of
160 miles an hour. It follows that a careful fast driver cannot
safely pass the ears in front of him if another car is in sight
coming towards him.
As an added hazard, the middle lane is likely to be clogged
with slow cars, in spite of the signs restricting its use to passing
only.
The divided four -lane highway was an improvement when it
was introduced, since it eliminated the danger of meeting cars.
In theory, slow traffic should keep to the niter lane, leaving the
inner lane for the speedy. In practice, the slow drivers fill both
lanes.
Now there are a few six-Iane roads, and they may become
more common, One would be safe in betting that every Sunday
in the summer all six lanes will be blocked by jalopies jogging
along at 30 miles an hour.
_ ... Slow Down And Live
How would you feel to wake up one morning and learn from
your radio or newspaper that the entire population of Halifax—
approximately 90,000 men, women and children—had been killed or
injured in an overnight au raid?
Your first reaction would almost certainly be one of horror
or shock. Yet, last year, nearly 90,000 Canadians were killed or
injured on Canadian highways. And, to be honest with ourselves,
most of us would have to admit that we are inclined to accept
placidly this slaughter as part of the price we have to pay for a
:modern living.
Statistics indicate that most traffic accidents take place dur-
ing the summer months, when tens of thousands of Canadians take
to the highways while on vacation. It has been estimated that
someone is killed on Canadian highways every five minutes dur-
ing the months of June, July and August.
Many • of these accidents might have been avoided had the
persons involved obeyed some basic driving rules. As a service to
our reader, we are listing below some common-sense tips on high-
- -vay driving. Apply these rules when you drive this summer, and
.snake sure you return safely from your vacation.
':i, KEEP YOUR CAR IN TOP MECHANICAL CONDITION. Steer-
ing gear, brakes and lights are especially important. Watch your
tire pressure. Improperly inflated tires, plus summer -hot roads,
can equal blowout disaster.
2, KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE CARS BEHIND AND IN FRONT
OF YOU. Anticipating what the other fellow may do is an essential
of safe driving. Keep your distance—a car's length for every 10
miles of speed.
3, STAY ALERT AT ALL TIMES. On long, monotonous drives,
stop every two hours for a coffee -break (iced coffee is just as
effective as hot for sharpening your reflexes). Get out of the car,
walk around, relax for a few minutes.
4. SHARE THE WHEEL IF YOU CAN. Don't fight fatigue. Pull
over to the side of the road and take a rest, You'll lose a few
minutes . . . but perhaps save your life !
5. KNOW AND OBEY ALL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, especially
speed laws. Speed too fast for conditions is the most common
cause of fatal highway accidents. Slow Down and Live!
Still Better Than Batons
Not all Canadians follow the fluctuations of world exchange
rates as a regular thing. But more of them are taking an interest
these days in the discount on U.S. funds, particularly as it is
being applied to loose change. Among these new students of in-
ternational exchange are the operators of pin -ball games, wait-
resses and taxi-drivers, and churchmen who count the take of
Sunday's collection -plate.
Although U.S. money has come up a bit lately, in relation
to Canadian money, it is still a big disadvantage to Canadians that
their money is rated on world markets ahead of the U.S. Any pre-
mium on Canadian money hurts the Dominion's tourist business and
export and import business and reduces the chances of Canadians
having jobs. It would be better if Canadian money were at a dis-
count of, say, five per cent. The main reason for the premium is
Canadian borrowing on New York. P. M. Fox of Montreal has re-
cently issued a very detailed study on this whole matter and
come up with suggestions well worth the close attention of govern-
ments at all levels, provincial and municipal as well as Federal,
Church collection -collectors are among those Canadians who
will readily agree with Mr. Fox that the problem of low -value U.S.
money needs cluing.
Sumer Joy
People with less ability than their co-workers, or competi-
tors, enjoy some advantages during the summer months. The more
competent folk are generally holidaying, secure in the thought that
they can return in the fall and piek-up where they left off. The
lesser ones stay close to the office, looking for openings for ex-
pressions and ideas that might otherwise be over -shadowed during
the busier months of the year.
This is probably true of all business, but it most certainly is
of writing. Otherwise this piece would never have been printed.
'O YEARS AGO
AUGUST 1920
Mrs. C. Fritz left on Tuesday
morning for Kitchenerl 1
, w tere ler
son, ward, is undergoing an op-
eration,
Rev. and Mrs. IL Rembe are
spending a few weeks vacation
at Hamilton, as a consequence,
there are no services in the Luth-
eran Church.
The dwelling property occupied
by Mrs. A. G. Ehnes at the east
end of the village will be offered
for sale this Saturday, August 14.
Some very undesirable sights
appear to the eye of the passer-by
on some of the roadsides and some
uncultivated spots on private pro-
perty in Zurich, by being over -run
with weeds of various kinds.
Quite a number from this vicini-
ty attended the Ford Picnic at
Grand Bend last Wednesday.
Mr, Archie Rowcliffe, just south
of Hensall, had the misfortune to
have two valuable horses killed by
lightning during the severe elec-
tric storm which passed over here
on Thursday of last week.
Mr. Aaron Erb .of. the Bronson
Line recently delivered to Mr,
William O'Brien, produce dealer,
two Rock hens that tipped the
scales at .19 pounds, the heavier
.one weighing 9 pounds and 14
ounces. These were certainly well
kept birds and should make many
a dish of fricassee chicken.
25 YEARS AGO
AUGUST 1835
Mr. and Mrs. William Reith and
George were Sunday visitors with
relatives in Ingersoll. Their daugh-
ter, Goldie, who spent several
weeks at Ingersoll, returned with
them.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. ,Toy have
last week moved to their new home
in London. They have been resi-
dents of Zurich for the past 13
years and leave some very close
friends here.
11Ir. and Mrs. R. F. Stade mo-
tored to Marine City, Michigan, on
Civic Holiday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Hess and
three sons, are away on vacation,
visiting relatives in Pontiac, Mi-
chigan, and South Bend, Indiana.
Harold Stade, Len Prang, Har-
old Klapp and Milt Oesch were at
Detroit on Sunday and took in
the ball game between the Detroit
Tigers and Chicago White Sox.
There were 30,000 fans witnessing
the genre.
We join the many citizens of
Zurich and the cmmunity in wel-
coming Mr, and Mrs. E. M. Dagg
and three children, of Thorold, to
our village; Mr. Dagg being the
newly appointed manager of the
Zurich branch of the Bank of Mon-
treal.
..OE_
YEARS GONE
-BY-
`i 5 YEARS AGO
AUGUST 1945
elm. Earl Zimmer and fancily,
who have been visiting in Dash-
wood, have returned to their home
in Windsor,
Carl and Jack Gingerich, of Lon-
don, have returned home after an
enjoyable holiday at the home of
their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Thiel.
Several took in the services at
the Goshen Church, Sunday even-
ing, in honor of the boys at War.
A service will be held in the near
future for the boys at Blake.
Miss Cecilia Masse who has been
in the employ of the Bossenberry
brothers for the past two years is
spending the summer months with
her parents in St. Joseph.
Mr. Ivan Kalbfleisch sponsored
a very successful picnic on Wed-
nesday afternoon for the employ-
ees and employer of the Kalb-
fleiseh mills, along with their
wives and family in, Jowett's
Grove, Bayfield,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kane and
twin daughter, of Montreal, visit-
ed with relatives in this vicinity,
also enjoyed camping at Du-
charmes' Beach.
10 YEARS AGO
AUGUST 1950
At a recent meeting of the Zur-
ich Police Village trustee board,
Mr. David Meyers, of town, was
appointed as Village Constable,
whose duties will be to keep or-
der, etc. This, however, can only
be fulfilled by the co-operation of
every citizen.
Labor Day at Zurich this year
will be an outstanding attraction
in this community when the local
Lions are sponsoring a full after-
noon's and evening's program.
Sorry to report that our old
friend, the village blacksmith, at
Drysdale, Mr. Joseph Ducharme,
is quite ill at his home at Drys=
dale.
Harvesting operations are prog-
ressing very good these fine days.
Last week was good, and most of
the crop will beb
the end of
the week if the weather keeps.
Miss Joan Metcalf of Windsor is
spending her holidays at the home
of her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Hil-
ton Truemner.
Mr. Morris Weber of town is pro-
gressing very favourably at the
Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth
and intends to be home in the near
future.
Mrs. Emilie Valle, of Girouxville,
Alberta, went by plane from Ed-
monton, Alberta, to Crumlin Air
Port, London, and had a most de-
lightful visit for about three weeks
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Grenier, Zurich.
Advantages ='a f C' -' Operatives Are
Explained Sy Federation Feel an
(By J, Carl Hemingway)
.A. couple of times during the
past six months I have heard lo-
cal Co -Ops severely criticized.
While I feel that these people
were sincere and that their state-
ments were basically true I also
feel that we need to have a little
clearer understanding of what can
be accomplished by Co -Operatives.
One man suggested that farmers
were something less than sane to
think that they owned their local
Co -Op. In the beginning several
farmers purchased shares, later by
applying patronage dividends to
expanding the business the ca-
pital worth has increased greatly
but this is still the farmers mon-
ey. If the members should decide
to sell out their Co -Op the money
would have to be returned to the
shareholders and all the dividends
would have to be returned to the
members. This is exactly what
happens in any business whether
it be privately owned or owned by
shareholders.
What I think this man was try-
ing to say was that the farmers
didn't control their Co -Op. This
can be quite true. If I buy a farm
and hire a manager and simply tell
him to operate the farm I haven't
any real control over it until I
take the time to understand the
business well enough to tell him
what and how he is to manage the
farm. So it is with the Co -Op. Un-
less the farmer members take the
time to know their Co -Op and
how it should be managed they
will have no control over it,
Another' complaint was that the
manager was incompetent. This
again may be true, I don't have
enough information to form an
opinion. If this manager is allow-
ed to continue for any length of
time the Board of Directors is in-
competent and also the member-
ship. It is within the power of
the membership to correct the sit-
uation.
The other objection was that
the Co -Op wouldn't pay any more
for farm produce or sell for any
cheaper than the competition, so
what good was the Co -Op. This
again may be quite true, It is also
true that I might very well open
a store and sell cheaper than the
stone next door is selling but I
can't open a store and sell cheaper
than the store next door can sell
if he has to, Timis is the position
of the Co -Ops, The Co -Op price
isn't less in its own area of busi-
ness but prices in areas where Co -
Ops operate are generally less than
where there is no Co -Op competi-
tion.
Similarly prices paid for pro-
duce is higher where there is Co -
Op competition than in areas
where there are no Co -Ops.
There are three things that I
would like you to remember when
you think of Co -Ops.
1, The Co -Op is no more suc-
cessful than the energy of its
members forces it to be.
2, The Co -Op cannot set prices,
it can only create a competitive
y by
market,
e
1. A Co-Ortp a surplus.
cannot control sup-
plxpo
SUGA
and SPICE
(By W. (HILL) B. T. SMILEY) �}
There's been a resounding tar
a- though our divorce laws need a
drastic overhauling. And I'd be
happy to sit on the committee in
charge of drafting the new ones.
I'd certainly change a few things,
diddle recently about Canada's di-
vorce laws. A couple of members
of our House of Commons refused
to play the annual parliamentary
game known, as "Let's Pass These
Blasted Divorces and Get Home."
So their fellow MPs swelter and
nutter in the heat of the capital.
* * *
Alternating from delight in the
exposure of the shoddy fabricat-
ion of the divorce evidence, to
shocked outrage at the inadequacy
of our divorce laws, the metropoli-
tan papers are having a field day
tipping a heavy wink at their cir-
culation managers between head-
lines. It's the best gimmick they've
come across since capital punish-
ment, for selling papers.
* * *
All this foofawraw about divorce
has sorely confused my slow cou-
sin Winslow. Last time I saw him,
he was really bewildered. "Does
all this here stuff," he asked me,
"mean that ya can't have no adul-
tery no more unless your mar-
ried?" I had quite a time straight-
ening him out,
* * *
"No, no, Winslow," I explained.
"It means you can go right on be-
ing crazy, a drunk, a wife -beater,
or a family -deserter, and your• wife
is stuck with you, for better or
worse. It's only when one of the
parties to the marriage commits
adultery, with witnesses, that you
can untie the knot. And as that
is a pastime that does not encour-
age the presence of witnesses, you
have to sort of make believe, you
hire a whole lot of peole, like de-
tectives and lawyers and a nice
lady who will pretend she's a shady
lady. All this costs a lot of money,
and that's why fellows like you
and me seldom get a divorce."
•
* •
Winslow was relieved, "Ya mean
I don't hafta look her up and bring
her back and get one a them di-
vorces?" he beamed. Perhaps I
should mention that Winslow's life
left him years ago, because he
wouldn't change from winter to
summer underwear, and he's been
as happy as a hog ever since.
* *
There's no doubt about it,
*
First of all, I'd put the cost of
divorce on a sliding scale, based on
your income. There would be a
$25 bottom, for the small wage
earner, running up as much as
$100,000 for the Hollywood star
who is making a million a year.
This would give the ordinary joe
a chance to knock off the shackles
when he arrived at the despiration
point, and it would also put a
crimp in the marriage merry-go-
round among the neurotic rich.
* • *
To adultery as the sole excuse
for divorce, I would add incurable
insanity, desertion and alcoholism.
Deserters and boozers would get
two chances to pull up their socks.
If they couldn't make, it stick,
they'd get a fast divorce and five
years in jail. Nothing like a stretch
(Continued on page 3)
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