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THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961
ZURICH CITIZENS
NEWS
Wise Move
The council of the Township of Hay are certainly to be com-
mended for their wise move in purchasing the post office building
in Zurich for their municipal offices. We are quite sure that all
ratepayers in the Township are pleased with the decision of the
council.
There is no doubt the move will result in a savings of thous-
and of dollars to the ratepayers in the area, especially at a time
when labour and materials are at such a high price. While there
may be some advantages to a new building, we are sure the big
savings will more than offset this, With some minor changes, the
building they purchased will be as modern as any municipal offices
anywhere.
We wonder if maybe the village council is making a mistake in
planning a new building for tehir offices? By the time the project
is completed, close to $15,000 will be involved, and this represents a
large amount of money for a small village on one small item.
There is probably not another village the size of Zurich any-
where that has such a luxurious municipal building as is being
planned here. Perhaps another building such as the post office
could be purchased, at a substantial savings to the ratepayers of
Zurich. The idea deserves some consideration on the part of the
council.
Bill Opens or To
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ss, Public
(London Free Press)
Ontario Government legislation has been accepted making
municipal meetings, with few exceptions, open to the press and
the public. What objection there was to the measure came from
opposition members who complained that the regulations did not
go far enough.
This ruling is one of moment to the press that has been attemp-
ting to place public business and the spending of their money fairly
before the taxpayers. Previously the Municipal Act could be so
interpreted that councils could close their sessions and conduct
municipal business without the public getting many important de-
tails.
Going beyond the government measure two Liberal members
propesed that councils be forced to pass a resolution of closure at
each meeting from which they wanted the press barred. The pro-
posal bears some merit and might draw freedom of public and
press rights more often to their attention. However the government
members regarded the new bill as ample safeguard to protect the
public.
The new measure should be given a fair trial. Councilors
must understand from the action taken in the Legislature they are
not doing the most for their constituents by operating in closed
.sessions, hiding some of their actions.
Admittedly meetings dealings with personnel and purchase of
property for the city of necessity must be discussed privately.
Otherwise council business should be public business, open to citi-
zens and the press as their representative.
CIC Threat To Weeklies
•(St. Marys Journal -Argus)
The Canadian Statesman of Bowmanville suggests that if the
O'Leary Commission is seeking sources of more advertising dollars
for Canadian publications, there is more than $38,000,000 right close
at hand. This is the gross commercial revenue gobbled up in one
year by an agency of the very Government which put Mr. O'Leary
to work at finding relief for publishers!
Television is a new and glamorous form of advertising,
tempting to the manufacturers, and made even more tempting be-
cause the States makes it available cheaply. Because the CBC is
supported by the public treasury, it can look upon advertising as
so much gravy. If an advertiser refuses to pay the full costs of a
program, CBC can and often does give him a special deal. This
was revealed under questioning at a Parliamentary Inquiry.
To make the situation more alarming, the CBC seems now to
be intent on becoming more commercial than ever. Mr, Ouimet,
the new president, points with pride to increased commercial in-
come, whereas the former president, Mr. Dunton, took the attitude
that CBC was not intrested in being too commercially competitive.
This new attitude is a serious threat to publishers, including the
weekly newspapers which are in position to offer cut rates.
Surely the treasury -backed CBC which now spends $90 millions
annually, ought to be limited in the number of advertising dollars
it is allowed to grab by these bargain rate devices..
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40 YEARS AGO
MARCH, 1921
Mr. P. Koehler, who recently sold
dwelling place on the Goshen north
to Mr. Jacob Kipfer, is holding an
auction sale on Saturday.
C, Preeter was elected as presi-
dent of the Zurich .Athletic Assoc.
iation at the annual meeting of the
group on Monday evening. The
finances of the Association are in
a very sound financial situation.
Considering the poor road condi-
tions, there was a large amount of
hogs shipped from Hensall last
week. Farmers are expecting to
see lower prices, so they want to
clear out as many as possible before
this happens.
A meeting was held in Varna on
Monday night, to organize the tem-
perance forces for the coming vote
on April 18.
Mr. and Mrs. Weir Acheson, who
have disposed of the Commercial
Hotel in Hensall, have moved away
from the village.
E. Wurm and W. S. Rudy, of Zur-
ich, were in Parkhill investigating
the chances of starting a butcher
shop there, but due to the lack of
ice, they gave up the idea.
25 YEARS AGO
MARCH., 1936
The sale of Louis Wurm's fine
75 -acre farm just south of Zurich,
to Ferdinand Haberer, has been an-
nounced. The farm was sold to-
gether with all livestock and imple-
ments.
The Zurich branch of the Wom-
en's Institute have made arrange-
ments to improve the stage at the
Town Hall, and when completed it
will be a much needed convenience.
Clayton Smith, of the Beavertown
district, has started operations in
his sugar bush. It is expetced there
will be a good run of sap.
Mrs. A. C. Meidinger, who has
spent some time in Hanover, has
returned to Hensall where she is
making her home,
One of the worst blizzards of
the year raged over the weekend,
and many of the roads were block-
ed again. Worst condition ,war; the
highway from Exeter north.
Assessors W. H. Edighoffer is
again making his rounds, and be-
fore we know it tax time will be
here.
OF -
YEARS GONE
BY .
15 YEARS AGO
MARCH, 1945
John Foster, well-known resident
of the Zurich area for many years,
will on Sunday celebrate his 96th
birthday.
At the regular dinner meeting
of the Zurich Lions Club on Mon-
day night, Professor Herb Kalb-
fleisch, of London, was the guest
speaker, and concluded his address
by touching on the necessity of
Zurich restoring it's library service.
Mrs. Allan Schwatzentruber on
Tuesday picked a fully bloomed
pansy in her flower garden.
Mr. Ward Fritz has taken over
the garage operated by Howard
Klopp for the past few years. Wil-
liam McAdams will remain with
Fritz as a mechanic.
Construction of a now $50,000
building to house a motion picture
theatre is being planned in Grand
Bend. The building will be owned
and operated by A. Bossenberry.
R. H. Middleton was named as
president of the Hensall Chamber'
of Commerce, when the group held
their annual meeting last week.
Mr. Morris Weber, who has been
a patient in Westminster Hospital,
has returned to his home in Zurich
0
10 YEARS AGO
MARCH, 1951
William Jowett, owner of Jow-
ett's Grove and Pavilion in Bayfield
for the pst 61 years, died in the
Clinton Hospital, after a long ill-
ness.
Mr. Reg W. Illsley, of town, left
on Monday for a trip to England
He will travel on the steamship
Queen Elizabeth.
Jack Elson, of Lucan, was fined
$10 and costs for common assault
against Carl Decker. The incident
occurred during a hockey game
when Elson jumped over the abords
and attacked the Zurich player.
The Warden's committee of Hur-
on County council has appointed
County Treasurer Erskine as acting
county clerk, and John Berry as ac-
ting deputy clerk -treasurer. These
moves were brought about by the
death of clerk Norman Miller.
A powerful Lucan Irish hockey
team have eliminated Zurich from
the playoff race, winning two gam-
es to none. Unfortunately, Zurich
suffered several, injuries which
greatly hampered the efforts.
Federation Fieldman Explains increase
Necessary To Operate Organization
(By J. Carl Hemingway)
The Huron County Federation of being made on the Federation have
been increasing to the point where
finances will not permit further
services. The meeting felt that the
participation in the TV and radio
programs provides a valuable ser-
vice. Certainly many farmers have
benefited through improved com-
pensation from hydro, pipeline and
highway easements as a result of
the efforts of your organization.
Many, too, have found the credit
available through your township
council for tile drainage quite help-
ful. Currently, the Federation is
making a study of taxation in or
der that a more equitable method
may be achieved for rural property
owners.
Agriculture held their regular mon-
thly meeting March 14, with presi-
dent Warren Zurbrigg presiding.
The president and secretary were
appointed to represent the Federa-
tion at the Safety Council for the
County.
On the recommendation of the
Federation Insurance Committee,
Bob McMillan, Hullett Township,
was added to the committee.
Bill Duncan, of Gociericb, Co -
Operator's Insurance supervisor, re-
ported that there are now some-
thing over 4,300 policies in force
in the County. A little over 1,000
new policies were approved during
the past year. The success of this
co-operative certainly proves that
farmers arc capable of providing
adequate protection at a reason-
able cost in the insurance field, by
working together. There is no
reason to believe that they would
be any less successful in any other
project they set their minds to.
For some years now the demands
"COMMUNITY 0)J: IT.."
In order that these projects may
be carried on along with many
more it was recommended that ei-
ther the township units increase
their payment to the county so that
it would equal half mill, or ap-
proach their township councils with
a request that the levy be increased
to the half mill. This would in-
crease the Federation levy by 50
cents on a $5,0000 assessment.
The meeting was turned over
briefly to Bob McGregor, zone dir-
ector of the Ontario beef producers
association for the purpose of elec-
tin,n, seven additional voting dele-
gates from the township beef pro-
ducers directors to attend the zone
meeting.
Mrs. Warren Zurbrigg reported
on the .Ontario rural leadership
forum which she attended at Nia-
gara Falls. She pointed out that
for the past five years there has
been an average attendance of 60.
This means that some 300 trained
rural leaders are now active in
Ontario: As the years go by these
people and those to follow will make
a real contribution to their com-
munities.
Bob McKinley of Zurich, and
James Dunbar, of Wroxeter, were
chosen as voting delegates to the
Ontario Poultry Producers annual,
With Bob Broadfoot and George Unn
derwood as alternates. The meet-
ing appointed the resolutions com-
mittees as a committee to bring
recommendations for revision pro-
cedure in conducting future com-
modity group elections of county
committee men.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961
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SUGAR
and
SPICE
si!niummus By
Do you know what we're getting
to be a nation of? We're getting to
be a nation of child -worshippers.
And personally, I'ni becoming a bit
nauseated by the whole perverted
business.
When the ancient Hebrews be-
gan feeling their oats they built
themselves a golden calf, and you
know what happened then. We're
in the process of building ourselv-
es a golden kid, and we'll deserve
everything that's coming to us,
when the Lord grows tired of our
silliness.
* * *
I keep reading things that make
my hair stand on end with sheer
horror at the idolatry were com-
mitting. Just the other day, I read
in the paper some remarks by a
professor of psychology at the Un-
iversity of Montreal. He claimed
that a disturbed child becomes de-
linquent because he is convinced
he is meant to be.
The professor said: "For instance,
a child is sent on an errand with
the admonition to bring back the
change. There's an insinuation
there that the worst is expected
of him. Slowly he builds up this
image of himself, and accepts him-
self as the black sheep of the fam-
ily." From there, apparently, it is
only a hop, step and a switch -blade
knife to a criminal gang.
Now isn't that the domnedest
poppycock you've ever heard? Of
course a child is warned to bring
back the change! It's the first thing
you do when you give him a dollar,
and you tell him at least three
times more, before you let him out
the door. I'd rather have a kid
come home with the chance, and
feel like a black sheep, than come
home with six comic books and
new proof that the old man is an
easy mark.
It used to be that when a child
was a mean little beast that nobody,
including his parents, had any use
for, everybody steered clear of him,
and he grew up to be a business
tycoon, or a great artist, or a bril-
liant politician, or just a plain, ord-
Bill Smil:,�'
had any use for.
Nowadays, when you encounter
some vicious little brute you can
scarcely keep your hands off, you
are quickly told that there's really
nothing wrong with him, except
that he's emotionally disturbed.
He's never forgiven Mom for slap-
ping him on the bottom to make
him go in the potty. Or he hates
his Dad because the latter has re-
jected him—wouldn't join him in
a game of kick -the -cat.
With the aid of the Reader's Di-
gest and Liberty, we now have more
amateur psychologists in Canada
than we have unproductive gold
mines. And they're all agreed that
it isn't the fault of The -Children -
Poor -Things, it's the parents who
are to blame. It never seems to
occur to these modern swamis that
there might be anything wrong with
the kids, Not a chance. Children
now occupy the position of mingled
respect and awe once reserved for
such dignitaries as the Royal Fam-
ily and the Devil.
And the kids revel in it, of cour-
se. There's nothing a modern kid
enjoys more than having an old
man who drinks, or an old lady
who runs around a bit. It qualifies
him at once for the Broken Homes
Club, and gives him an Open Ses-
ame to any kind of conduct he
feels like pursuing. No longer is
he 1 a z y, bad-mannered, surly,
greedy or ill-tempered. He's Dis-
turbed.
* * *
All I can say is, look around you„
chaps. There are certainly some
children who have a rough deal
and are upset about things. But it
has always been my contention that
kids are tougher than a sixty -cent
steak. And if they're not, look at
all the rich emotional experience
they're piling up.
No, it's the parents I want you
to look at, They are the really
emotionally disturbed people of our
time. The women who should be
enjoying the marital delights of
young middle -age, gaunt and hag-
gard as they scramble for new sac -
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