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Zurich Citizens News, 1961-02-09, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH ctr...end. NEWS ZURICH CITIZENS MEWS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONTARIO HERB TURKHEIM — Editor and Publisher FRANK McEWAN -- Plant Manager Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member:.A, Member: ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION CANADIAN 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, FEBRUARY 9, 1961 Ben The Stumblebums Deeply intoxicated drivers get plenty of publicity and are not people to emulate. They are a menace on the road. But far less attention is paid to the much larger class of citizens who are simply born incompetent drivers, drunk or sober, and should never, not ever, be in charge of a dangerous machine like a motor car. Though "accident-prone," they may be without a stain on their characters. They are merely unfortunate people with no talent for driving. They lack the co-ordination, power and attention, manual dexterity or some other quality that's absolutely necessary for the safe handling of an automobile. Certainly the advanced alcoholic ought to stay at home. But it's common knowledge that nervous and nerve-racking Aunt Min- nie, without even a glass of dandelion wine is far more likely to drive slap into an accident than well -co-ordinated Uncle Hector with four double Scotches. This is why "breathalizer" tests are ridiculous. What the authorities must do, if the highways are to be safe, is weed out the incompetent drivers, ruthlessly deny them drivers' licenses and deal with them severely if they do drive. Nature's stumblebums of the steering wheel are the main men- ace of the roads. From an editorial in The Financial Post. For Service It's often occurred to us that the man, or woman, who serves on municipal councils, school board or in other elected posts has little to show for his efforts after he's retired. He's done his best to serve his fellow citizens, has put in count- less hours of time and effort for which he has received no remun- eration and in the process has been subject to criticism, warranted and otherwise, most often otherwise. He's been accorded some honor. yes. No doubt he's derived some satisfaction; too, from his efforts. But he gets precious. little else unless, of course, he's rendered such outstanding service the municipality has named some project or building after him which is a rare honor. We sugest that a simple little token of appreciation—a cer- tificate of service—could serve a useful purpose in this connection. In a sense, it's a small thing and there may be some who might not appreciate it. Yet we suspect that in the majority of cases it would become a highly -prized momenta for the recipient and his family through the years. The use of such certificates would be an inexpensive, yet appreciated way of expressing the community's thanks for service rendered.( Exeter Times -Advocate). What Makes Canadian? Are you a Canadian? Maybe you think you are, but may have a hard time convincing authorities the next time they ask. A few weeks ago we had occasioin to complete a registration at the hospital and the inevitable question was asked ... nation- ality. Since yours truly has spent all of his 45 years right in Ont- tario, and his father spent 60 years here, and his grandfather drove an oxpowered wagon into Waterloo County from Pennsylvania in the year 1824, one would logically suppose that it would now be fair enough to answer the question with a single word ... Canadian. But don't fool yourself, as we tried to do. The correct answer in our case was—Swiss. Now, to get all this straight you would really have to look up the family tree. In a nutshell, one of the members of the family got himself chased out of Switzerland about the year 1680 because he didn't want to go to the church which was at that time popular with the mayor and town council, so he and his offspring wandered through six or eight European countries before they finally settled in the American colonies and then moved to Canada where there was freedom of religious conviction. As far as we can find out the last of our family waved good- bye to their cottage at the foot of the Jungfrau almost 300 years ago ... but we're still Swiss, And that, in spite of the fact that our mountain blood has been repeatedly diluted by the addition of English, Scottish, and some American corpuscles, with just a dash of Fro.nch, Welsh and Irish to make it a truly International brew. Either of two things, l'retty soon now we should he able to say Canadian ---or else we'd better head hack to Switzerland to see whether anyone's been weeding our garden since we left borne. (,l'ingham Advance -Times). 40 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 1921 Mr. G. Holtzman is attending the annual meeting of the Western Mu- tual Weather Insurance Company in Woodstock this week. The carnival, held at the local rink last Tuesday was well attend- ed with many attractive costumes being exhibited. The ice -house in Zurich are being filled, and the ice is of a good quality, considering the mild weath- er that has been prevalent. A slump is being expected in the price of potatoes on the local market, as right now the price in London has dropped to below $1.00 per bag, and there seems to be an abundant supply on hand. The Men's Adult Bible Class of the Evangelical church, on Sunday at their regular meeting, had the honor of presenting their organist, Miss L. Siebert as a slight form of appreciation for her service with two handsome pieces of Commun- ity silver. Miss Siebert made a very suitable reply as to the pleasure she has in doing this work, also for the very acceptable presents. YEARS GONE -BY Monday night's storm filled up every possible vacancy with more and more of the beautiful white stuff, and all the roads are blocked. in every direction. The notoriour Bluewater highway is impassible by either man or beast. 0 0 25 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 1946 The Zurich Creamery, which has been operated by Mr. Alfred Mel - lett for the past five years, has been sold to Mr. Charles Minshall, who comes here from the town of Inger- soll. Last Thursday a number of mem- bers of the Zurich Lions Club join- ed members of the Clinton and Seaforth Clubs, at the farm home of Mr. White, at Seaforth, in the celebration of Burn's night. Fishermen are already strolling along the lake and setting nets with the hope of getting a taste of fish. But at present there is no safety on the lake for that. It has been reported that the Ward Homestead at Varna has been purchased by one of Varna's in- fluential businessmen. J. L. Mundy, of Mitchell, has been assigned to join the staff of the Bank of Montreal, in Zurich. The congregation of the Dash- wood Evangelical Church on Sun- day paid tribute to the boys of the Church who served during the war. FEBRUARY 1936 George Merner was appointed to the position of weed inspector for the Township of Hay, at a salary of 35 cents per hour for time em- ployed, including transportation. The rate of pay for workmen on the township roads was set at 20 cents per hour, while the road supervis- or will receive 25 cents per hour. In a well -played game a the Zur- ich rink on Monday night, the Sea - forth team defeated Zurich by a 3-2 score. Uttley, the Zurich goal- ie, was forced out of the game at the end of the second period, when he received a nasty gash under his eye. He was replaced by J. Koch - ems. The Burn, Yungblut, and Wil- lert line accounted for the two Zur- ich goals. A very painful accident happen- ed to Mrs. Herb Mousseau at the local rink last night, when she fell in some manner on the ice, and fractured her right arm near the wrist. 0 10 YEARS AGO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1961 ,11111III11111111111111111111:111111Iltau11111 illai111101111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111101111IIIIIIIImnnl ossi llNlllllllhll11111111111111111IIIIII011111lllllln ITGA A 1p' anal. SPICE U!I!IiiiIiiii111111t!iii By B 111 Smiley IIIlllllllll@IUliIllli Something rather frightening is happening to the steady reliable, Canadian citizen. I don't know what's behind it( but it's both un- natural and unnerving. He is be- ginning to enjoy the winter! Or, at least, he pretends he is. a fire and heated some stew. "The kids loved it," he said. No ants. No flies. And almost no fingers on the smallest boy, by the time they got him home. For generations Canadians ap- proached t h e winter sensibly. When the first snows came they put on their long underwear, a gloomy look and a longsuffering air and stayed as close to the fire as possible for the next six mon- ts. Winter was something to be liv- ed through and there was no non- sense about enjoying it. But this dour and honest out- look has been completely shattered within the last few years. Every weekend thousands of people head out of the cities with their skis and a couple of crocks. Motor clubs hold races through the blizzards, over the icy roads. Curling rinks are crammed. People are spend- ing weekends at their cottages, tramping through huge drifts to get in to them. The other day a friend told me he had taken his family out for a midwinter picnic, on a Sunday. The temperature was about 8 above. He dug a hole in the snow, built FEBRUARY 1951 Barry Block, aged three, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Block, suffer- ed a painful injury when he went to jump off a piano stool and the stool turned throwing him to the floor. His right arm was fractur- in two places between the wrist and the elbow. Last Thursday night the Zurich Flyers hockey team, follwed by a few hundred staunch supporters, journeyed down to Lucan to tangle with the Irich six of that town. When all the fire was over the score read, Zurich 7, Lucan 5. Quesnel and Doug O'Brien paced the Zurich attack with two goals each, while Gignac, Decker, and Stade each scored one. On Monday Federati n Fieldman estikns P licy griculture Minister Regarding Farming Iu f Farm management gets Pri- ority in New Government Extens- ion Policy! This was a headline in one of ouu county weeklies. In the article that followed Mr. Good- fellow pointed out the need for better bookkeeping and more bus- iness -like management of the farm operation. This policy is apparen- tly to replace the former policy of solving the farmers' problem by making two blades of grass grow in the place formerly taken by one. This brand of farm efficiency is apparently being accepted by most of our agricultural representatives to mean a lowering of costs of pro- duction without increasing produc- tion. This seems to be the Ontario Minister of Agriculture's answer to the low income problem of Ontar- io farmers. Let us hope it brings improvement but in the meantime let us look at the actions of other areas, and I quote from the News - r#, BOY SCOUTS OR.C,A 1ZED. PLA1` 5 F o2- N OWN H ALL ��1i N fr/Z.— i G Co 1.v -c.'74.5 s 11' ZURICH MERCHAiNT,5 THE MCQE WE APE TOGETHE THE BIC GI #2 WE Wf LL BE" " w u'pH i»eae►l�s, x * * But it's not only the young who are revelling in the elements these days. Everyone is infected. Staff members at our school have organ- ized a hockey team. You should hear them sitting around bragging. They may be short of wind on the ice but they're not when they don't have the skates on. Most of them haven't played hockey for more than 20 years. But they are as rabid as the local peewees. Elderly gentlemen who should be sitting at home with a pipe and slip- pers enjoying the peaceful twilight of their years may be found on any curling rink, dashing up and down as though the devil himself was af- ter them, and swepping as though angina pectoris was a tropical fruit. Matronly ladies who should be at home knitting booties for their grandchildren, may be seen hurling down some near perpendicular slopes, bowling over everything in their paths, from fellow -skiers to small trees. Winter carnivals are spreading across the land with the speed of bubonic plague, At these, a few goodlooking young ladies are nam- ed Queen of the Carnival, and are never quite the same again, while thousands of young ladies who know they are equally good-look- ing are not named Queen and are never quite the same again. Where is it all going to end? When are we Canadians going to stop running around with frozen grins, pretending we just love our big, white, beautiful Winter? How soon will this hysterical nonsense collapse and let us revert to our old, happy misery? * * eg I, for one, can't stand much more of this jolly, healthy love -affair that (continued on page 3) night, the largest crowd ever to see. a hockey game in Zurich, over 1,400, were. on hand to see the loc- als swamp the Lucan aggregation by a score of 9-2. Earl Yungblut has returned home from Victoria Hospital in London, after being treated for his should- er injury which he received in a recent hockey game. Mrs. Bertha Block, who is in her 86th year and sister, Mrs. Emily Fuss, 82, both of town; Mrs. Mary Jacobs, 77, of Chicago; Mrs. Louise Redinger 71 years of Detroit, four sisters, enjoyed the Lucan vs. Zur- ich hockey game, Monday night and are looking forward to attend the next one. letter of the Dairy Farmers of Can- ada. "The British milk marketing board and national milk publicity council will launch its biggest sales effort ever, during the coming year, to increase sales of milk, cream and cheese. The total campaign will cost $6.14 million (Canadian mon- ey). The reasons given for this cam- paign are: (1) increasing competi- tion, especially from abroad, for a share of the housewife's purse. (Note: farmers in Canada have been able to obtain a smaller share of consumers' dollar than in any other comparable country). (2) the need to make room in the markets for greater. supplies. (Note: in Can- ada, from many of the meetings I have attended recently, it seems that we are dedicated to a policy of reduced production in spite of the fact that dieticians tell us that the average diet in both the upper and lower income brackets is not adequate). (3) to maintain and guard the existing markets. Emphasis will be on the fluid market and for this the board's tel- evision campaing will be about $600,000. The use of vending ma- chines will be increased to make milk more available. At this time last year there were 1,700 vending machines in operation; by the end of this year there will be 4,000, which means eight million gallons a year more milk sales. The board has 20 mobile bars and during the past season these dairy bars were at 1,200 outdoor events such as air displays, agricultural fairs, flower shows, etc, (Note: there was ony one fair which I at- tended in the county last fall that had dairy products readily avail- able). Additional efforts will also be placed on increasing sales at the doorstep. Sales drives this year have included over 10,000 milk salesmen serving 3 million hom- es. These drives regularly increase milk sales by one to two percent. The cream promotions have had special success -- sales having ris- en 30 percent with the great po- tential still to be exploited. (Note: Canada's dairy surplus is two per- cent). Which solution to the dairy problem do you prefer? usiwess and ProfessionDirectory 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 ERT KLOPP Phone 93r1 or 220 Zurich Representing CO-OPERATORS INSURANCi ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES 5% — 5 years 41't c e, — 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 R °7 J. W. HABERi R Authorized Representative Phone 161 Zurich OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST SEAFOPtTH: Daily except Monday Phone 791 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.. Wednesday: 9 a.m to 12 noon. CLINTON: Monday Only Phone HU 2-7010 'Thursday evening by appointment G. B. Clancy, O.D. OPTOMETRIST JA 4-7251 — Goderich DENTISTS DR. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.S., D.D.S. Main Street Exete 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 Fridag 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, 7-9 For Appointment -- Phone 606 FUNERAL DIRECTORS ESTLAKE Funeral Home AMBULANCE and PORTABLE. OXYGEN SERVICE Phone 89J or 89W ZURICH LEGAL W. G. Cochrane, 13.A, BARRISTER and SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC Hensall Office Open Wednesday and Friday Afternoons EXETER PHONE 14 BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS a . NOTARIES PUBLIC ;LMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon =MRPhone 4