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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1961-02-16, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS ZURICH eilz€nd. NEWS 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: Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS NEWSPAPERS +���'! ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies 5 cents THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961 Water Rate is Not High The talk of a slight increase in the water rates for our village is not nearly as serious as it may sound. Actually speaking we are paying much less for our water here in Zurich than people are in any surrounding municipality. When you give it, your careful con- sideration, you will agree that water is the cheapest utility we have. Breaking down theamount it costs us now, only $14 a year, it figures out to only a little over one dollar per month. Just think how many hundreds of gallons of water we use in that one month. Broken down still finer, the average residence uses approximately 100 to 150 gallons a day, believe it or not. For a month this°could amount to 3,000 to 4,000 gallons, and all for only a little over one dollar. Many of the municipalities around us are paying as high as $25 a year for water service, so we should consider ourselves fortun- ate. Even if the council does decide to increase the rate by two or three dollars a year, there should be no complaint. At a recent meeting the council discussed adding an extra two dollars a year for anyone having an outside faucet. We don't agree with this — we feel the increase should be across the board, especially since our rate is so low to begin with. No doubt there are hundreds of farmers in the area who would be only too happy, to have an ample supply of water at such a low rate. If anyone feels they are paying too much now, or an increased rate would be too high, they should dig their own well and see if they can secure as high a quality water as they are now, for as low a rate. Yes, we are quite confident that if the council sees fit to add a small extra charge per year on the village water subscribers, no one will complain. After all, we must make provisions for the day coming when it will be necessary to add another well to the present system. Foot in Door (St. Marys Journal -Argus) Last week we had a young magazine salesman call at our door just when we had cleared up the dishes and settled down for a peaceful evening of family living. Of course he would not admit he was selling anything. He was working his way through "Aeron- autical school" and was merely gathering points, or something to that effect. Ke didn't let him get too far in his pitch because we could discern what was coming since sales people of this type have been using the same "point pitch" for many decades now. Why can't they be honest about it all and say what they are doing instead of beating about the bush in a manner meant specifically to confuse and trick the householder? A few minutes after he called at the door two neighbours called us on the phone. One was an older woman who lives alone and who opened her door only because this young trickster fooled her into thinking he was someone she knew. Of course the police should be informed about annoying ped- dlers of this type. First of all they are required by local law to have a licence. Householders should ask them to show this licence right off the bat and if they do not do so, dismiss them immediately. The Editor's Reward An editor knocked at the Pearly Gates, His face was scarred and cold; He stood before the man of fate For admission to the fold. 'What have you done?" St. Peter asked, "To gain admission here;" "I've been an editor, sir!" he said. For many and many a year." The Pearly Gates swung open wide, St. Peter touched the bell— "Come in," he said, "and choose your harp, You've had your share of hell." (Exeter Times -Advocate) 40 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 1921 Ed Beaver, of the village, and Henry Brown, of the 14th conces- sion, are attending the sitting of the County Court in Goderich this week. Mr. Jacob Oesch, of the Goshen north, who has recently undergone an operation in a London Hospital, returned to his home and is im•• proving nicely. Kitchener won the second game of the home and home series with the Exeter -Zurich combines by a score of 6-2 in Exeter last Friday night. Babe Siebert and Robinson were the best players on the ice for the combined team. Harold Kellerman, of Dashwood, has a record which is hard to beat, for a good flock of laying hens. During January, from 11 hens he gathered 165 eggs, and during 14 days in February he gathered 100 eggs from the flock. A bus load of young people from Dashwood took in the skating at Zurich on Saturday night. Two flocks of wild ducks were seen flying north at Bayfield last week. Robert Boal, a teacher with much experience and highly recommend- ed, had accepted the position as principal of the Zurich Public School, but on learning that the other teacher had resigned on ac- count of the salary question, he also asked to be relieved from the position. 0 -OF - YEARS GONE -BY- ther has been below zero most of the time, and many people are ex- periencing a coal shortage. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Thiel, of the 14th concession, have treated them- selves to a fine new Dodge sedan car. Owing to the continued snow storm, the Bluewater highway has been impassable to pian, beast or automobile for the past few days. A good game of hockey was play- ed on the Hensall ice surface last Wednesday, when the Hensall team defeated the Dashwood team by a 7-1 score. Mr. George Thiel, the mail cour- ier to Hensall, advises that the go- ing is so tough that it takes about an hour and a half to go one way to Hensall, due to the heavy snow drifts. 25 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 1936 Ross Johnston, of Zurich, has been appointed corn borer inspec- tor for the County of Huron, at a salary of 45 cents per hour, and he is to supply his own transportation. The County of Huron has passed a motion that the Department of Highways be asked to assume the Zurich Road as a provincial high- way, as it is one of the heaviest travelled roads in South Huron. During the past 12 days the wea- 0 15 YEARS AGO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961. :umlllillll@IIIIIIIIIpIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIpIUIIIUUIpIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIiIIIItIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDillilllllill!IIIIIIUIIIIIIIiIIIllimmniiuuiomAluuuuaiptillliltll IIIIIII Iilllil Illillllllr" 74. l L 7 -71 0: MI11111111111111111111111111 UG AR and SPICE Bill By Dill S m i l 'y ilIIIiInhIIIIIIi Did you read that big blurb about me in your local paper recently? It got headlines like this, in many weeklies: "Sugar and Spice Colum- nist Most Widely Read In Canada." That's pretty heady stuff to read about yourself. However, it didn't impress me much, as I had written arrivals are welcomed to the vil- lage. The council of the Township of Hay has granted permission to the Zurich Lions Club to hold eight or ten bingoes during the coming year. 10 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 1946 Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Mack have taken up residence in a few rooms in the home of Mrs. E. Hey. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thiel have purchased the business of Mr. J. W. Merner in Zurich, and will soon betaking over as operators of the general store. They have also pur- chased the business, formerly known as the Zurich Drug Store. Mr. Howard Klumpp spent a few days in Toronto last week, where he received his discharge from the Air Force. He has accepted a pos- ition with the Dashwood Planing Mills. Lawrence Stephenson has sold his general store in Bayfield to Ernest Hovey, of Clinton, who will take possession on April 1. George Denomy, a well-known farmer of the Drysdale district, passed away at his residence on Saturday, after an illness of only two days. Arthur Finkbeiner was elected president of the Hay Farmer's Mu- tual Fire Insurnace Company, at the 71st annual meeting of the Company. Mrs. Ross Johnston and baby daughter have arrived home from the Seaforth Hospital, and the new FEBRUARY 1951 Mr. Herb Desjardine is a patient in Victoria Hospital, London. where he is taking treatment, and is pro- gressing favourably. Zurich won the McMillan Trophy last Friday night, when they defea- ted Hensall 6-4, in the fastest game of the season here, before 1,200 fans. Doug O'Brien, Ben Gignac„ and Marcel Quesnel each scored twice of the winners. Mr.• and Mrs. Leo Meidinger are nicely settled in the home owned by Mr. and Mrs. Norman Gescho. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Thiel (bridal couple) have erturned home after a pleasant trip to the United States. The members of the Blake Un- ited Church have sold their church property to the Amish Mennonite Young People, who will use the building for recreation purposes. Gordon Hess, Harold Zelu, and Orland Gerber attended a tele- phone convention in Goderich last Tuesday. Mrs. William Hay, who has been a patient in the St. Joseph's Hospi- tal, London, has left the Hospital, and is spending some time at the home of her daughter in that city. Federation Fieldmnn Explains Details Of 'Fame' For Benefit of Interested Persons (By J. Carl Hemingway) On Thursday evening, February 9, an informative meeting on "`Fame" (Farmer's Allied Meat En- terprises) was held in the Agricul- tural Board Rooms, Clinton. Com- paratively, it was well attended and was particularly successfull. How- ever, in the light of the number of livestock producers in Huron coun- ty and the importance of this en- terprise to their income there isn't a meeting place available in the county large enough to hold the numbers that should have been out. As a result it was suggested that I try to give some of the more bas- ic facts about his project in this column. "Fame" is a Co -Operative form- ed for the purpose of slaughtering, process in packing and wholesaling farm livestock. (at present, at least, there has been no interest shown in __ZURICH COMMUNITY PARK NOW WE SHOULD SES. SOME ACTION the story myself. It said in the story that this col- umn is now running in one hun- dred and eleven newspapers across Canada. Let's have a look at that in round figures. Round figures are the only sort which have any attraction for me, and most red- blooded columnists, except women, feel the same way. Supposing the average circula- tion of these weeklies is 2,000. That means there are 220,000 sub- scribers exposed to Sugar and Spice. Heck, let's make it an even quarter -million. And let's say an average of three persons reads each paper in which the column appears. That's a fair figure. All right. We now have three-quarters of a mil- lion potential readers of the col- umn each week. Ah, let's make it a million and be done with it. retailing). The Co -Operative charter was ta- ken out in September 1960, listing a board of directors and all the shareholders. This board of direc- tors, which was at first made up of the 11 man board of directors of the Hog Producers Association, is only a provisional board, and is on- ly in power until a meeting of all members of the Co -Operative can be organized. This meting must be called before March 31. To have member voting privileg- es at this meeting the member must own one or more paid up shares. Each member will have only one vote regardless of the number of shares purchased. A share sales campaign is pres- ently being conducted and a can- vasser will be calling on you, short- ly. And just a word of warning, just in case some fast operator should decide to take advantage of the situation, ask the canvasser for his credentials, unless you know him personally. The minimum ob- jective is two million dollars. The money so raised will build two reasonably large processing plants. In the case of hogs "Fame" will purchase them from the Hog Pro- ducer's marketing agency just the same as any other processing plant, unless the Farm Products Market- ing Board withdraws the power of direction. Producers or dealers of cattle, calves, sheep or lambs will beable to sell direct to "Fame" if they so desire. Profits from the Co -Operative may be used to pay interest up to eight percent on the shares, or as cash refunds on the basis of mem- her patronage, or as defferred pat- ronage refunds to be used in the interim for plant expansion. How this is done will be the de- cision of the Board of Directors the members elect sometime before March 31. In order that it be fully under- stood that "Fame" is not restric- ted to the processing of hogs, 11 additional directors have been ad- ded to the original provisional hoard, so that beef, sheep, and lamb producers are now well represen- ted. * * When I get tossing figures like this around in my head, I start feeling pretty important. By Geor- ge, I think, there aren't many fel- lows ellows writing a column for which a million or two people are waiting feverishly each week. Just imag- ine, all those people, from Yar- mouth, N.S., to Chilliwack, B.C., fighting to get the paper first, han- ging on every word. With this in mind, I set out to impress the family with the famous personality in its midst. 'Do you know that there are a million peo- ple reading Sugar and Spice every week?" I ask young Kim. 'can I go to the Explorers' sleigh "Pretty good, Dad," she says, ride tonight?" I try Hugh. "Do your realize that my column is read from coast to coast?" I enquire. "How come we can't afford a (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 INSURANC1 ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES — 5 years 43A </o — 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 Js E. LONGSTAFF 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 HU 2-7010 Thursday evening by appointment G. B. Clancy, 0.D. OPTOMETRIST JA 4-7251 — Goderieb DENTISTS DR. H. H. COWE•N DENTAL SURGEON L.D.S., D.D.S. Main Street Exetek Closed Wednesday Afternoon Phone Exeter 36 DOCTORS Dr. A. W. KLAHSEN Physician and Surgeon OFFICE HOURS: 2 p.m. -5 p.m. Monday-Saturda. Except Wednesday 7 p.m. -9 p.m. Monday and Friday 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 Hensall Office Open Wednesday and Friday Afternoons EXETER PHONE 14 BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS k NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUG hT, L.L.B. Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon EXETER Phone 4