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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1960-08-18, Page 2PAGE f,. WO ZURICH eilizela NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZtTRICH, ONT. HERE TURKHEIM Editor and Publisher Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa MURRAY COLQUHOUN Plant Manager 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. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1960 How About in! We imagine the decision of the Hay Township council to erect a clerk's office on the Blind Line, east of Zurich, will result in a storm of protest from many of the ratepayers in the municipality. The biggest argument will be the inconvenience of having the clerk located several miles out of town, away from all the rest of the places of business. One farmer explained his feeling to us in this manner, "We have towns centrally located with all conveniences in one area, so that when we come out to do our business we can complete all the details with one stop. Having to drive out in the country to see the township clerk, and then taking a chance on him not being there, seems awful foolish to me." Probably plenty of other far- mers feel the same way about the plan. The whole idea is ridiculous and we think the council should carefully reconsider their plans before they go ahead with the project. Can you imagine the government building a new post office, or the bank a new bank, out in the country, miles away from a business section? The very fact that Hay owns the Township Hall in the village, which could be converted into a clerk's office at a lower price than they can build a new building, adds to the fool- ishness of their decision. On top of this we understand the village council was not planning to tax the Township for a clerk's office in Zurich. «. *,<.,o,..n>*.rre Something else which should be into consideration is the ineanvenience which will be caused the clerk -treasurer. He must drive out to work in the morning and back at night, and lock up the office when he wants to get the mail or go to the bank. And in the meantime someone may drive out to see him, and the office will be locked up. Think of the hundreds of ratepayers who own property along the lake. In the summer time on numerous oc- casions they have business with the clerk of the Township. Do they feel like driving out in the country looking for his office, when nine times out of ten they have business in the village anyway? We can't see for the life of us why the council wants to spend a large sum of money on a new building, when they already own a centrally located one which can be renovated for much less than a new one can be built. Think it over councillors, there is another election coming up this fall, at which time the ratepayers may show their dissatisfaction with your judgement. In the meantime, we would like to hear from various rate- payeeN Who are involved, Drop us a letter to the editor. so we may pass your feelings along to the general public. Should Far : os Go To College Is it worthwhile going to College? If a farm boy does decide on a college education should he choose an agricultural college? These are questions that come to mind at this time of year. Boys. girls and their parents concerned will find interest in a recent re- port released from the Ontario agrieulturaI College. Guelph. The report emphasizes the wide variety of jobs open to agri- cultural graduates. It says that there is a Pressing need in agri- culture for skilled scientists in this age of advanced technology. Of the boys and girls who graduated with degrees in the spring of 1960. 40 per cent are going back to school to take higher de- grees. But 30 per cent have been employed by industries related to agriculture (included here are packing houses, co-operatives, feed companies. seed houses. etc.). This shows that business life as well as pure science is open to the agricultural graduate. To acicl to this variety. 13 per cent have joined the teaching profes- sion and eight per cent have gorse into government service. An- other fur per cent — including the top student — are now en- gaged in actual farming. The odds are that very few of those graduates knew in advance what line they would follow after college. But the fields open to agriculturally trained people are many and interesting. At agricul- tural college a boy discovers his own ability and finds and develops the work for which he is best suited. What does all this mean to a boy or girl who must make up his or her mind whether to go to an agricultural college? Our own con - elusion from reading this report is: "If you have the chance and the qualifications to go to an agricultural college. take it." There may be fewer actual farmers in years to come, but the field open to Agricultural Cdliege trained people is becoming larger and larger. Even if you are not exactly sure what field you want to enter you guarantee yourself a choice, and a challenging choice it is. No Traffic Fatalities (Wingham Advance Times) The news, a week ago, that the Civic Holiday week -end passed without any traffic fatalities in Western Ontario, was encouraging indeed, Though the absence of fatalities may have been only coin- cidence, it just could be that the impact of past follies is bearing fruit. We have been talking to quite a few acquaintances this sum- mer who planned their travelling so it would not fall on the busy holiday week ends, because they have become sharply aware that there is a great danger of death or injury on all the busy highways at such times. Certainly there were hundreds of thousands of cars out over the holiday, but it was a bit surprising to find that the roads were not as busy as they might have been expected. Appar- ently many travellers are going places at night, or a day early, or making some definite effort to avoid the heavy traffic. It seems reasonable that if we are to continue getting around our beautiful province in our cars, we must do something practical about saving our own necks at the same time. One of the most practical of all is to plan holidays at a time when the Highways are not so busy. There is the possibility, too, that more and more drivers are operating their cars with greater caution. As the horrible truth slowly sinks in, many drivers are deciding that care and alertness have a very real value, ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS 40 YEARS AGO AUGUST 1920 Mr. Frank Siebert left ,for De- troit on Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. J, Preeter left on Monday morning for an extended trip to St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, and other eastern points. Owing to the continued increase in the prices of materials used in the barbering business, the prices of haircuts in Zurich, Dashwood, and Crediton have been raised, Mr. Henry Gellman brought to Zurich a stalk of corn which mea- sured 12 feet, 5 inches high. The corn was grown on the farm; of his father, Jacob Gellman, on the Go- shen Line, north of Zurich. No doubt men would wear shor- ter pants if they thought their ankles would attract the women. Miss Olive O'Brien spent the past week end in Henna Joseph Meidinger, Ed Snell and Joseph Etue left on Wednesday morning for the west, where they will help harvest the craps. Mrs. John Geiger, of the 15th concession, Hay, has purchased the dwelling property in Zurich of Wil- liam Meidinger, just south of the Lutheran Church. 25 YEARS AGO AUGUST 1935 Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Cowen and family had their household effects moved to Exeter last week, and the belongings of Mr. and Mrs. E. M, Dagg are expected to arrive in a day or two, to occupy the house which the Cowen's vacated. Mrs. Edith Clarke, of Florida, and Mrs. Clara Grey, of London, spent the week end at the hone of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown on the 14th concession. Mrs. Mina Tinlin, of Winnipeg, who has been visiting with Miss Ethel Williams for the past few weeks, has left for a short visit with friends in Toronto. The rebuilding of the home of Ecl Beaver is now completed, and adds greatly to the appearance of the west end of the village. Falling off a truck, Ernest Gei- ser, farmer on the Bluewater High- way, suffered a broken leg and a broken thumb. He was attended by Dr. A. J. MacKinnon, Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Koehler recently enjoyed a motor trip to Niagara Falls. The eight children of Robert Regier, of Crediton, who were all operated on to have their ton- sils removed, are getting along quite nicely. day in Baden. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Schatz, of Dashwood. are spending their va- cation in Detroit. -OF- YEARS GONE -BY- 1 5 YEARS AGO AUGUST 1945 Millions of people are jubilant this Tuesday evening, at the news that Japan has surrendered to the Allies, and the war will be over. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bedard, of Tilbury, were visitors with fri- ends in this vicinity over the past week end. The hillbilly cowboy, Pat Gib- son, made his annual appearance on Tuesday night, and gave his entertainment to a large audience in front of Thiel Transport, Mr. Victor Dinnin has returned home from Hamilton where he has been attending the Technical School on Manual Training for the past six weeks. Private Charles Hay has return- ed home from England and is spending a 30 -day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, William Hay, in Zurich. The employees and employer of Kalbfleiseh Mills enjoyed a week's vacation and now should be ready to give the best of co-operation for the coming season. E. R, A. Harold Stade has left for Halifax, where he expects to receive his discharge in the very near future. Claude and Milton Bedard, of Detroit, are holidaying at the home of their mother, Mrs. Nelson Masse at Drysdale. 10 YEARS AGO AUGUST 1950 Miss Wanda Lawrence, eight- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lawrence met with a pain- ful accident while playing on the lawn with her brother, when she fell and broke her left arm above the elbow. Miss Mae Smith has returned to her duties at Deep River, after en- joying a vacation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Smith. Douglas O'Brien is at present at- tending a wood working course in the Apprentice Training School, which is operated by the Depart- ment of Labour in Toronto. Mr. Herb Mousseau, of town, is busy erecting a new cottage on his lot in the Pinery, south of Grand Bend. Miss Patsy Stelek, of Bradford, is spending her summer holidays with her grandparents in Zurich. Mr. and Mrs. Seth Ammans and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Gaseho en- joyed a pleasant motor trip to Wa- sago Beach and other interesting points over the week end. Mr. Joseph Cantin has about completed the new cottage he er- ected at St. Joseph. Federation Freidman Questions The Use Of Colour hi Butter Substitute (By J. Cavi The directors, of township re- presentatives of the County Cream Producers met in Clinton, on Au- gust 11, Appreciation was expres- sed to our local members of Par- liament for their successful ef- forts in preventing the manufac- turers of butter substitutes from using the colour of butter to pro- mote the sales of their product. I have never been able to under- stand why consumers are demand- ing that manufacturers should be allowed to imitate the colour of butter in the substitutes. If these substitutes are as wonderful and economical as they are supposed to be by their supporters then why imitate another product? I should think that they would be proud to have their product identified as a different article, It reminds me of the story of the farmer who put green glasses on his horses to fool the horses into thinking they are eating hay while they were eating straw. Sure- ly this couldn't be the idea of the house wife in wanting butter sub- stitutes coloured to look like but- ter. The "Twilight Zone" on the TV program is described as "the area between the pit of a man's fear and the summit of his knowledge," Sales promoters do not appeal to the middle zone but rather to the extremes. Dairy farmers in the past seem to have tried, with considerable success, to appeal to the "summit" by promoting the sound idea that Hemingway) milk and milk products are whole- some food items. However, it seems to me that the competitors of butter obtained much greater affect in much less time in ap- pealing to the "pit of a man's fear" through the promotion of the idea that animal fats in the diet increased the colesteroi in the blood stream and contributed to the incidence of the heart di- sease, On the surface we need only think of the eskimo who lives very largely on animal fats but has no heart disease as compared to the consumer in United States, who last year ate more butter substi- tute and has a great deal of heart disease. Frain the most recent me- dical research reports on the sub- ject I can only interpret that diet has no effect on the amount of coloserol in the blood stream. But stress and nervous tension very definitely sloes increase the quan- tity of this product in the blood and therefore may contribute to heart attacks, This would explain the increase of heart trouble in highly developed countries. Similarly dairy farmers could very well appeal to the "pit of man's fear by making use of the statement that appeared in ma- ny of our dailies to the effect that milk contains much less of the strontium 90 fallout that the grass which the cow eats. Couldn't we conclude that products manufact- ured from vegetables would con- tain more of this dangerous ele- ment than dairy products? THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 196() SU'and (By W. (BILL) B. T. SMILEY) When I was 20, I found nothing more attractive than being on the move, I was ready to go anywhere, without notice, at any time. It meant a change of scene and rou- tine, new friends and new faces, It was challenging and stimulating. * * * Now I am twice twenty, We are moving to a different home in a different town next month, and I'm as mournful as a shroud. I'm cling- ing to the old home and the old life with the grime tenacity of a granny about to be lugged off to the county home. The movers will probably have to strap me to the ironing board to get the out of the house, on moving day. * * * I've known it was coming for some time, of course, and thought I was reconciled to it. But last week end, when I went home from summer school and saw the two big FOR SALE signs hammered in- to my lawn, it was a terrible jolt. I felt as though the stakes had been nailed right through my heart. * * * I love that old house as a man loves an old wife who is hard to get along with, but who has grace and charm, a comforting warmth, which he can't get along without. * * * I've reviled the old girl, pri- vately and in public. I've told her she was frigid, slaternly and ex- travagant. And she's given as good as she got. My head is all knobby from the whacks she has dealt me with her cellar beams. On several occasions, she has dropped all the plaster from a ceiling, just before guests arrived, out of pure per- versity. * * * But on the whole, it's been a love match all the way, and there has been a rich, understanding re- lationship between us. She knows I haven't begrudged all that mon- ey I've spent on her. And I know that when I conte to her after a hard day, she will take me in com- fort and sooth my troubled spirit. She will give me privacy and peace, a sanctuary from the dogs of life, snapping at my heels. That's why this uprooting is such wrench. My other wife. the real one, feels it too. She has spent many more hours than I have with the old girl: bathing her re- gularly, feeding her delicacies like paint and wallpaper, ancl dressing her with the dignified taste her age demands, But women are tou- gher than Hien, and basically less sentimental. They look forward, not back, So my wife has turned her back on the old girl, though not without a tear or two for times remembered, and can hardly wait to start decorating and making drapes at the new place. * * * I couldn't do that. I had to have a final, dramatic leave-taking. I chose last week end to do it, be- cause I knew I'd be too hot, frus- trated and furious on moving day to give her more than a cross look. So I went and poked around the old place, growing more maudlin with every memory. * * * First I went to our bedroom. I stood for a moment and remem- bered the night my wife came home from a meeting and found the bed on fire and me sleeping peacefully in it. I turned away with a lump in my throat as I re- called the lively, warming scene. * * * Then I went to the bathroom and looked fondly about at my refuge, the only place in our house with a bolt on the door. Many a happy hour I spent there shout- ing to the kids that I'd be out in a minute. I gave the toilet seat an affectionate glance, It comes away in your hand. When strang- ers are in the house, you can al- ways tell whether it's a man or la- dy using the bathroom. The men flip up the seat, and it flies off and ricochets around the room with an appalling clatter. Quite un- nerves them, in the dead of the night. * * * I had to pay a visit to the cel- lar, where I'd spent so many busy. creative hours, digging drains, pil- ing wood and swearing. Yes, there it was — the two -ton pile of sto- (Continued on page 3) !a ter musics and rofessi AUCTIONEERS ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. 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