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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1960-09-22, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH clew.. NEWS ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 1960 wiastaluilmuisimalaiallaiusoOMMINIINIMINIARIO PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONT, HERB TURKHEIM — Editor and Publisher Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa 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, SEPTEMBER 22, 1960 Let's All Go To The Fair! FALL FAIRS this year are receiving a considerable amount of co-operation from the weatherman, which could be a deciding factor in the success or failure of the rural fair. There are con- tinuing signs that the popularity of these "exhibitions" has been losing some ground in recent years. There has been a general feeling among larger centres that the small country fairs should no longer exist. Not surprising, then, that the directors and other officials of the Zurich Fall Fair are hoping for all the breaks that may well decide the size of success of this community's near century old agricultural show. It would be gratifying to them to see the arena packed on Saturday night, and again on Monday afternoon and evening. These are the days that include the end of summer and the beginning of fall. Why not make the most of such an occasion? The Fall Fair can still be the year's liveliest social event—a gay get-together for the village folk and their country cousins. The livestock show ring provides an opportunity to view top-notch cattle, and the 4-H Olubs exhibits give parents a chance to see what their children are accomplishing. Another stimulating feature of the Zurich Fall Fair is the Horse Show, which will be presented in the Arena on Monday night. Those who remember the show last year will sure want to be present at this outstanding event, which will be still more colorful than last year, A few people put a lot of effort into making the annual Fall Fair a success, and the least the rest of the people can do is to attend the event. Those who promote the fair are not doing so for their own personal enjoyment, but for the good of the community. Weighed hi The Balance (Kindersley Clarion) 1 In a strict literal sense, your weekly newspaper is not a heavy- weight—just a few ounces of ink and newsprint. As a shaper of world opinion, it isn't even a fly -weight when compared with daily newspapers and their large staffs of reporters, columnists, edi- torial and feature writers. These are not the standards by which weekly's worth is measured. The worth of a weekly is measured by its value to you and your family. Does it keep you in touch with the •lives of your neigh- bours — their joys and sorrows — their problems? Does it en- courage you to treat your neighbours' problems as your own? Does -it give leadership towards the betterment of the community your family lives in? Does it stimulate you and the members of your family to thoughtful consideration of current events — in your town, your province, your country and the world? Does it record, week by week, the continuing story of worth- while and interesting events in your community and preserve that record for posterity? Does it assist you, through its advertising columns to take full advantage of the services offered by business concerns in your community? Does it provide a classified exchange for the house- hold items that become surplus from time to time? Does it encourage local organizations through news coverage and editorial comment. How would the life of your family be affected if your home- town weekly ceased publication? Try to imagine the effect upon life in your community if the services listed above were no longer av- ailable. What would the change mean to you and your family? The answer you find for that question determines the worth of the weekly newspaper serving your community. Zest For Living Nanton (Alberta) News) The value of •a summer holiday is that it gives on a new zest for living. Even a busman's holiday will do the trick if the holiday will put him in the right frame of mind before he leaves. The va- cation that does not revive a person, even if he never moves from his own backyard, is a vacation that is lost. Most people have now returned from summer holidays and the rest will be doing so before long. We sincerely hope that those who didn't benefit too much from the actual holiday will now take a look back on their trip, rest, change of work or whatever it was and get some fresh bene- fits from the summer's activity. People on vacation away from home see new sights, new faces, new scenes, different roads, other people with different habits and customs and a thousand new things that are not normally seen: Most vacationers admit that it's nice to be back home no matter how much they enjoyed their trip. That's where the new zest for li- ving comes in. Having had a glimpse of how and where the rest of the world lives they are glad to come back home to their own way of living, It is unfortunate that a few would like to live somewhere else and do some thing else. To them returning home is a drudge and this contributes to their unhappiness. Don't lose your zest for living or otherwise make your lot in this world miserable by taking the wrong attitude toward the com- munity in which you live. Sure, there isn't a community in existence that couldn't stand some improvement — but likewise there isn't a community existing that doesn't have something in it that thou- sands of other communities would love to acquire. After traipsing up and down the country there is nothing that gives a new lease on life like thinking of our old home town as one of the best places on earth. The best air, the best water, the best sunshine and the friendliest people in the world live right here. Why not enjoy them all to the full and make life really worth. living? Even if it's only an attitude of mind, let us have such an attitude — it will create a new zest for living until next year's vacation rolls around. wry "'� - • q'^ Y/1- r 40 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 1920 About a year ago Mr. Moses Geiger returned from the Cana- dian anadian West, and brought with him one potato from the Wee Magre- gor variety. He planted the potato this spring and recently dug 35 pounds of spuds from one potato plant. The anniversary services of the Evangelical Church were held on Sunday, with Bishop S. P. Spreng conducting both the evening and morning service. Quite a number from this vicini- ty attended the Goderich Fair last week. Mrs. Catherine Hauch, 77 years old, the widow .of as minister and mother of two ministers, a doctor, a college professor, a public school principal and two school teachers, died at her daughter's home in Chicago. The late Rev. and Mrs. Hauch spent a pastoral term in Zurich during the years ,1888-1891. Mr. Alvin Surerus left for Oak- ville on Tuesday morning, where he is teacher of langauges at a large college. Sugar has taken a drop in price, and it is predicted it will go down to 10 cents .a pound in the near future. Wheat and flour are said to be due for a fall. Several citizens attended the Western Fair in London last week. 25 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 1935 Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Schilbe have returned from a pleasant vi- sit with friends in Cleveland and other parts of Ohio State, coming home by way of Detroit, where they also visited with friends. , Last Friday evening another of those mysterious and unexpected things which make baseball such a popular sport happened at Sea - forth when the Zurich stalwarts defeated the Seaforth team in the third and deciding game to the fine score of 8-5, and threby win- ning the Supertest trophy. Gird Barret, of London, was sentenced to 12 months definlf and 12 months indefinite lit the. Ontario Reformatory, on being found guilty of theft of 56 chick- ens from H. May, of Usborne Twp. The charge was laid by Constable J. Ferguson, of Goderich. Mr. and Mrs. John Schwalm, of Sebwaing, Michigan, were week end visitors at the home of Miss Anna Hess. Mr. Milford Schilbe of town has recently been appointed as gun li- cence issuer for Zurich. If you are inclined to carry a gun and go out- side your own home, you must car- ry one of these licences. -OF. YEARS GONE BY .- 15 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 1945 Mrs. Nelson Armstrong, of Woodstock, is visiting at the home of her brother, Mr. Harry Yung - taint and other relatives. The many friends of Mr. Ed- mund Schwartzentruber, of Blake, are pleased to see him well en- ough to bake a trip to Zurich after his recent accident. Miss Betty Rumstedler and fri- end, Rita Miller, of Kitchener, were week end visitors at the home of the former's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George Farwell. The girls made the trip on their bi- cycles in about eight hours, a dis- tance of over seventy miles. The scores of the Field Crop competition for 1945 as put on by the Zurich Agricultural Society re- sulted as follows: Fred Haberer, Zurich, 941/2%; Roland Geiger, Zurich, 94%; Bertram Klopp, Zur- ich, 931/2%; Erwin Willett, Ben- gali, 93%; Harvey Turner, Varna, 921/2%; Henry Fuss, Zurich, 92%; Arnold Merner, Zurich, 91%; Al- phonse Deichert, Zurich, 901/2%; Orland Battler, Zurich, 90%; The- odore Steinbach, Zurich, 891/2%; Peter Deichert, Zurich, 89%; Wil- liam Davidson, Zurich, 85%; Del- bert Geiger, Zurich, 84%. 10 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 1950 Mr. Bruce Eiekmeier has return- ed to his studies at the Toronto Dental College. We wish him the very best of success. The new concrete sidewalk er- ected from the corner of the Ra- der and Mittelholtz hardware east to the entrance doors of the Com- munity Centre is indeed a big as- set to the appearance of that sec- tion and the Police Trustees and those in charge of the work are to be commended for it. Miss Joyce Witmer of town has purchased a Pinto Show Horse oyial Highness" from the F. An- derson Stabies,4London. This is in- deed a fine horse and has won many prizes. At present "Royal Highness" is in Arnold Merner's stable where Bill Merner is teach- ing the horse some tricks. Ward Fritz and Edwin Gascho spent a few days last week in the fornmer's island cottage in the Par- ry Sound district. SUGAR and SPI� (By W. (BILL) B. T. SMILEY) Boy, my only regret is that somebody didn't steer me into this teaching game years ago. It's the easiest stint I've had since I work- ed in the salt mines of Poland as a prisoner of war. About the same hours, too. * * * The amazing thing about it is not that it's easy, it's that you ac- tually get paid for it. I doubt whether squirrels running on a treadmill receive a nickel for their efforts. And as far as I know, the prisoners in those labor camps in Siberia don't draw a salary. Teach- ing is just as easy as either of these occupations. • * • It's not really so bad though. You don't have to get up until about 7.15 in the morning, and some nights you have your les- son preparations completed by 2 a.m. I seem to be thriving on it. I've only lost 7 pounds, have last- ed two weeks and haven't even been fired yet. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Breakey have commenced building their new home in the south end of the town. The basement excavtion is completed and the foundation is getting underway. Federation FieWdman Explains Change in Payment F fan Of Premie ins On Hogs (By J. Carl Hemingway) No doubt many Hog Producers have noticed the announcement of the Federal Minister of Agricul- ture stating that effective October 3 the $1.00 premium on grade 'B' hogs will be discontinued and that the premium on grade 'A' will be increased from $2.00 to $3,00. This follows a change in the grading requirements of some months ago which changed the weights and fat measurements. I think that most producers now realize that it has become more difficult to produce grade 'A' hogs and therefore there has been a de- crease in the returns to the pro- ducer. This recent change in premium payment will probably mean a fur- ther reduction in the returns for many producers and is therefore likely to cause considerable re- sentment. I do not feel qualified to express an opinion onwhether or not the Government is justified in its ac- tion but I do we think we should understand why this has been done. First, I think that the producers of most farm products will agree that the Government is not justi- fied in encouraging the produc- tion of an inferior product by the payment of premiums. There was a good deal of complaint when, the Government maintained a floor price for grade 'B' eggs. No doubt the same has been true for grade 'B' hogs through not nearly as * * • It has a lot of good points too. It cuts down on the smoking, when you have to teach six periods be- fore lunch, without time for a single drag, from 9 to 1. That first cigarette, when you finally totter out of the classroom, is better than a stick of marijuanna. It's like being kicked on the head by an angel. The room spins slowly around you and you drift happily about a foot off the floor. • • • Then there's the happy Bohem- ian camaraderie of the teachers' room. Six men teachers, slumped heavily in chairs, stairing at their boots and sucking deep on the weed. A few women teachers ex- changing sprightly repartee about how their feet hurt. It's all sort of gay and warm and charming. • • • And another .aspect of the job has cheered me immensely. Be- fore I began teaching, I agreed with most people that teenagers were monsters from outer space, or somewhere. I've changed my mind strong. For many years there has been little or no increase in the produc- tion of grade 'A' hogs. United. States has been carrying on a strong program for the produc- tion of a bacon type hog for some time and if we hope to continue to export a small but very impor- tant surplus of pork we must keep the quality high. Secondly, the Government has stated that its policy to help the family farmer. Records show that the family farmer produces a much higher percentage of top quality hogs than the large commercial feeder. By increasing the premium on top quality which can be enc - ported at a premium price the Government is giving the family farmer the opportunity to get some return for his extra care in bree- ding and feeding that is necessary to produce grade 'A' hogs. By doing this the family farmer is not only helping himself but al- so the whole industry. Perhaps the grading of hogs is more controversial than the pay- ment of premiums. From time to time I hear many complaints on weights and grades. In the case of dressed weight, unless you have the live weight from the public, government inspected scale your organization can do nothing to get an adjustment. In the case of grade it would be necessary for the hog producers to employ check grad- ers. completely. I have five classes of them, and there isn't a single one from outer space, as far as I can learn, * * * Sincerely, I've never met more interesting people than the 180 - odd kids I face each day. They range from bright little crickets of boys, athirst for knowledge, to great hulking brutes of 17, whose leering presence makes your hack- les rise; from dumpy little dolls who will get a crush on me, to elegant, sophisticated young wo- men who will scarcely deign to sweep me with one of those inso- lent glances with which elegant, sophisticated young women dis- miss old men of 40. * * * Oh, It's exhausting, but scarcely dull. The modern high school is a far cry from the leisurely hall of learning you and I attended, Dad. The bodies are pouring into them from the public schools at such a rate that space and time are the essentials in Doping with them. As a result, the thundering herd must be kept on the run and under the thumb to avoid chaos. * * * With a broader curriculum, and his outside activities tripled or qualdupled, the youth of today must scramble, not amble, if he is to avoid being trampled under- foot. Young Hugh, who made the jump this year from the moderate pace of public school, with its re- cess periods and long lunch hour, to the split-second gallop of a dis- trict high school, is enthralled and appalled. "Gee, dad," he observed, "you haven't even time to go to the bathroom." He's right. * * * Back in the Hungry Thirties, when I was in high school, there wasn't much point in graduating, as there were no jobs available. Some of us stayed around so long the new kids thought we were on staff. The caretaking staff, that is, as we spent our "spares" down in the boiler room, smoking and talk - (Continued on page 3) Business and Professional 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 Safety EVERY FARMER NEEDS Liability Insurance For Information About All Insurances—Call BERT KLOPP Phone 93r1 or 220 Zurich Representing CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES — 5 years 434% — 3 and 4 years 41/2% — 1 and 2 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 OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGST:: FF OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH: Daily except Monday Phone 791 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 12 noon. CLINTON: Monday Only Phone Hll2-7010 Thursday evening by appointment G. B. Clancy, 0.D. OPTOMETRIST JA 4-7251 — Goderich DENTISTS DR. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.S., D.D.S. Main Street Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoon ' Phone Exeter 36 DOCTORS Dr. A. W. KLAHSEN Physician and Surgeon OFFICE HOURS: 2 p.m. -5 p.m. Monday -Saturday Except Wednesday 7 p.m. -9 p.m. Monday and Fridan Evenings PHONE 51 — ZURICH G. A. WEBB, D.C.' *Doctor of Chiropractic 438 MAIN STREET, EXETER X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities Open Each Weekday Except Wednesday Tues. and Thurs. Evenings, '74 For Appointment -- Phone 606 FUNERAL DIRECTORS WESTLAKE Funeral Home AMBULANCE and PORTABLE OXYGEN SERVICE Phone 89J or 89W ZURICH LEGAL W. G. Cochrane, B.A. BARRISTER and SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC Hensel) Office Open Wednesday and Friday Afternoons EXETER PHONE 14 HELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS. SOL`.C'!TURS & NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LA,UGIrrbN, L.L.B. Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon EXEEThtt Phone 4