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Zurich Citizens News, 1961-07-20, Page 2PAGE Two ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1961 ZURICH Citizens NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MOANING at ZURICH, ONTARIO HERB TURKHEFM — Editor and Publisher FRANK ll'IcEWAN — Plant Manager 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 and THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1961 45,000 Extra Farms It used to be a rule of thumb, in the management of a standard 100 -acre farm, that it took 10 acres to feed the horses. In the 130 -year stretch of time that farming has been practised in the Stratford area, only the last 30 years have been in the era of mechanization, and for a century the first call on what the land could produce was for hay and oats to provide fuel for the four -legged machines. When the first tractor was bought on any farm, and the horses began to be sold off, one of the results was to add the cost of gasoline and oil to the regular farm bills, but the offsetting result was to re- lease some of the land that had been tied up in producing for the horses, and make it available for cash crops, or for feeding more hogs and cattle. In effect, tractors have made each farm a little bigger, al- though at the same time more expensive to operate. The extent of this increase in the ef- fective area of farm land in Canada is, as estimated by the Dominion Department of Agriculture, surprisingly large. In the 40 - year period since 1921, the horse population in Canada has dwindled from 3,450,00 down to 570,000. The peak period for horses came in 1921, because of the special situa- tion existing after the First World War. The demand for horses had been intensified by the war, not only by the need to produce on the farm, but by the demand for horses A Tax It's in the book; The 72 page book which the Provincial Government has issu- ed in an effort to explain the new sales tax reveals that Queen's Park is putting a tax on taxes! Here's how it works: Some items, such as commercial prin- ting, are already subject to a federal sales tax of 11 percent. Now the Provincial Gov- ernment comes along and announces that it will charge an additional three percent. But this additional three percent will not be calculated on the basic price BE- FORE federal sales tax. It will be charged on the price with federal tax included. Thus, not only is Queen's Park putting a tax on a tax, but it is, in effect imposing a provincial sales tax of MORE than three percent (when you consider the basic price of the product before federal tax). Is this playing fair with the consumer? We submit that if the Government intends to charge this additional three percent, it should charge it only on the basic price before federal tax. In the course ofa week, we have had an for artillery trains and supply wagons of the armies in the field. The demands of war in a horse-drawn age led to more colts being raised, and the years immediately after 1918 were the years when Canadian farmers were feeding the most horses. The reduction in the number of horses. in the past 40 years, has released for other farm uses an estimated total of 6,700,00 acres, which used to be needed to make hay for the horses, and fill the oat -bins in the horse -stables. In terms of farms of 150 ac- res, now about the normal size for farms in the Stratford area, this has amounted to finding enough new land to support an ad- ditional 45,000 families on family -sized farms. The same trend can not go a great deal farther, simply because there are not many horses now remaining. The average across Canada is now one horse per farm, where it used to be five. The Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects has esti- mated that in the next 25 years, the con- tinuing disappearance of the horse may add another 2,000,000 acres to the farm land av- ailable for other purposes. For what it is worth, here is one easy explanation of farm surpluses. The total of all our unsold wheat and stockpiled but- ter is less than the production of the land that once was used to feed the horses. (St- ratford Beacon -Herald). On Taxes To -morrow' 'Teen-agers, if you are planning to leave school this summer, and do not in- tend to return, then you can expect to be among the jobless in Canada within a very short time. If you have a job now, you are lucky. If you hope to hold it against others more highly educated throughout the years to come, then you are in the midst of a feather -brained pipe dream, Parents, do you realize that two out of every three Canadians unemployed for any length of time, have less than a grade ten eduaction? If you want the best for your children in the future, then work towards keeping them in school as long as you possibly can. Urge them, persuade them. talk to them and help them, to study and learn in all. possible ways. At the present time 67 percent of all students who enter primary (public) school do not finish secondary (high) school. That is a waste of Canada's national wealth and an appalling reflection on the sense of val- ues of the nation. (No wonder the Westerns and murder stories get stronger support than CBC's Quest and "culture" shows). "Package" A good driver demonstrates that he is 'a good driver even before he turns the starter switch. Here's how, explainst he Ontario Safety League. There is an important principle about car handling, though few could spell it out. "Anything that needs doing in a car, and can be done before the car is in motion, should be so done." And the first thing to do, on entering a car, is to "package" it. "Packaging" includes checking the comfort of passengers. Is the ventilation going to be right? Are parcels, etc, stowed away carefully? (Don't leave heavy objects on the rear shelf, because in an emergency stop they'll come flying forward). Are you going to have to ask the lady in the back to move over, or take off her hat, because opportunity to chat with many businessmen around the district, and in the past week or so we have noticed increasing complaints about the impending three percent tax and the headaches which will come with it. It is the general feeling that the am- ount which the Government intends to pay retailers for collecting the tax will not cov- er the retailers' expenses. Also many feel that the vast army of new Government em- ployees needed to police the tax will take too large a bite out t of the revenue pro- duced. As said earlier, it would have been smarter for the Provincial Government to make a deal with Ottawa. An amount equal to the potential sales tax revenue could be added onto income tax, collected by Otta- wa and handed over to Ontario. By using existing tax machinery, this would be a much less costly method. There are still many, of course, who feel that this additional tax is un -necessary and that the Government could avoid it by cutting down on wasteful spending. — (Thedford Enter- prise). s Jobless There is an ambitious program of re- training going on right now for those job- less who have grade ten education, and whose trade has disappeared because of advancements in our way of living. But, what we need in addition is some sort of re-training program for those adults with less than a grade ten education—to send them back to school. We have the buildings. We have the teachers too, al- though it might mean a heavy schedule for them, teaching children in the daytime and older people at night. But night schools could be operated to bring these uneducated older people up to standard. We would favour some plan whereby the jobless and uneducated would be en- ticed (or forced) into night school to build up their education. Then they would be in a better situation to find jobs. We have the expensive school build- ings. We could be using them more than just nine hours a day. The night shift could be used to bring our adult popula- tion farther along the road of literacy and teach them skills they can use.— (Clinton News -Record). Car Handling you can't see following traffic in your mir- or? There are two reasons why it is desir- able to drive with locked doors. Firstly, it is much safer in the event of a collision. Doors are less likely to fly open, and allow car occupants to fall outside if they are locked;this applies even with the special "safety" door locks. Secondly, locked doors will keep out unwanted intruders. The public does not realize how frequently a solo driver wait- ing at a stop light is shocked—and worse— by a man who opens the right hand door and jumps in. Women drivers are the us- ual victims. A woman sitting alone in an unlocked car always risks the sudden in- trusion of a drunk, pervert, hold-up man, or purse snatcher, 40 YEARS AGO JULY, 1921 Mr. A. A. Weber, of the Bron- son ronson Line, is probably the biggest hustler in this community, hav- ing finished harvesting and threshing his season's crop last Friday. Mr. Erb, with his new threshing outfit, completed the job very successfully. The town of Goderich is pre- paring for the biggest time in their history next week, when they will hold their Old Boy's Reunion. The Zurich ball team will be taking part in the big tournament on Wednesday. The Zurich ball team is away out in front in the standing of the league, with eight victories and only one defeat. Goderich is in second place with four wins and five losses. Since the heavy thunderstor- ms of the recent week, the ca- ble of the Hay Municipal Tele- phone System to the west end of the village has not been wor- king the way it should be. This was repaired on Friday, how- ever, then two expert linesmen from London came to the vil- lage and made the necessary al- terations. A Grand Bend boy has beaten the record of a Detroit boy in swimming around the pound nets at Grand Bend. He did it in three quarters the time the Detroit boy did. 0 25 YEARS AGO JULY, 1936 Word has been received in Zurich from the Hydro Power Commission in Toronto that ef- fective at once the horse -power rate of hydro delivered to Zur- ich will be reduced from $65 per horsepower to $62 per horsepower. There seems' be. an out- break of measles in Zurich, and as well there has been an out- break of scarlet fever in the district. Zurich's new pavement is now completely finished, and this adds greatly to the appearance of the village for those who are passing through. What is considered one of the most devastating; heat waves in record is in progress now. The mercury sores from 80 degrees in the sun, to a high of 145 de- grees. It has broken all prev- ious records for heat waves, and has caused millions of dollars of damage throughout the coun- try. A scientific palmist is in Zur- ich at the Dominion Hotel all this week, and many citizens are taking advantage of this oppor- tunity to have their fortunes told them. It has come to the public's attention that some person or persons are travelling through- out this area, painting the nam- es of people on their mail box- es, and then charging the own- er 50 cents for the work. This is illegal. -OF- YEARS GONE _BY - 15 YEARS AGO JULY, 1946 Miss Marjory Sewell, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Sewell, was successful in winning the Lions Club award scholarship for highest marks received in Grade 11, at South Huron High School. Mr. Albert Hess has his rol- ling home, or house trailer, out and around, and it looks like he is getting ready to hit the trail. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Mousseau and Mr. Ted Klopp are enjoying a fishing trip to Manitoulin Is- land for about ten days. Word has been received by their parents, that Jack O'Brien and Ross Gascho who have join- ed the Navy, have arrived saf- ely at HMCS Naden, Esquim- alt, on the Inland at Victoria, B.C. Another new enterprise is lo- cating in Zurich, in the Hoffman block. It is Mr. Frank Young, who deals in oil burners of all kinds, oil heaters, and when he can get them, refrigerators. Mr. Young and family have been residents of Blake for some time. A crowd of close to 7,000 ga- thered last week to attend the annual Seaforth Lions' Club carnival. 0 10 YEARS AGO JULY, 1951 The large diesel plant at the local Co-op plant is being over- hauled this week by Mr. Harry Dalrymple, of Brucefield. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Copeland and family, of Fenelon Falls, are spending some holidays with firends in the Zurich area. The hot weather the past week is quickly ripening the wheat, and many farmers have already cut their crop, which is fairly good this year. Gordon Smith and Raymond Kading, of the Bluewater high- way and Lorne Klopp, of Zur- ich, are enjoying a pleasant outing on Manitoulin Island. They are also visiting such plac- es as Spanish River, North Bay and Shwanaga. The Maple Leaf Farm Forum held their annual picnic last Tuesday at the beautiful farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Stein - back, south of Zurich. Herman Gill defeated Bruce Bossenbury in the election for the reeve of Grand Bend on Monday, with the following be- ing elected as councillors: Peter Eisenback, Kenneth Young, Eric McIllroy and William Glenn. Induction service for the Rev. T. J. Pitt, new minister of the Varna -Goshen United Church, was held on Sunday evening. Mr. Pitt has just arrived in Varna from Newfoundland. He succeeds Rev. Miss Reba Hern as the pastor of the two chur- chs. What Waterloo County Farmers Learned About Sharing Machinery If you get along with your neighbours and don't mind prac- tising the Golden Rule, maybe shared equipment will work in your area. A number of farmers in Wa- terloo County's Farm Business Management Association found it suited them. Their records show that the total machinery costs on their farms is as much as $900 less than on those farms which don't share machinery (costs average 30 percent less). Equipment costs are around $20 an acre instead of $25; mach- inery costs per animal unit are $38 compared with an over-all average of $49. Do they do as good a job? The Farm Management Associa- tion records show that crop in- dexes are just as good—and sev- eral farmers were as much as 18 percent above the over-all average. If you are interested in star- ting a sharing set-up in your neighbourhood, here are some of the conclusions of the co- operators: * Two to four co-operators are the right number. More than this makes it too difficult to set schedules, particularly for harvesting equipment. - r Usually it's best for one man to look after a machine and run it on all farms. A strict record of time and costs should be kept, Hold meetings from time to time to settle expenses and other details. Conduct the meeting in a business -like man- ner. * Usually more and better equipment can be purchased when the cost is spread over several farms. * Most important: a good un- derstanding of the Golden rule and a little tolerance essential. 0 When in Zurich GET YOUR HAIR CUT Al EARL OESCH BARBER SHOP Open Thursday and Saturday Nights mitt1IIIIIIII L SUGAR and SPICB lam= By Bill Smiley, Well, here I am back on the treadmill of a summer course for teachers. Nothing has chan- ged much since I was here be- fore, last year, when I began what may turn out to be one of the most brief and brilliant teaching careers on record. Or may not. The fellow With the big, pneumatic drill starts at the same unholy hour, right below my window, as last year. The list of rules in my cubicle is the same as last year, suggesting that residents are not prohibit- ed from introducing hooch, but stating flatly that deliveries of beer will not be accepted at the porter's lodge. Most of the familiar faces are back, but a few are missing. It reminds me of the old days on the squadron, when we'd come back from leave and find new faces in the mess, and learn that Paddy and Jock and Dave and Tony had "gone missing." It appears that Bud, a stout chap who was in real estate, was shot down in the wilds of western Ontario. George, a re- fugee from a big electrical firm, didn't return from a mission to Peterboro. Jim, a former insur- ance salesman, crashed on take- off and is repeating the course. Mrs. K., who thought teaching would be better than keeping house, had to be taken to an in- stitution right after the Christ- mas exams. * * at Most of them completed their first tour of operations, how- ever. My old side -kick, Squire, degree from Cambridge and 10 years as an accountant, is right across the hall. Young Pete, fresh out of industry, the good- looking kid who must have those Grade 11 girls in a frenzy, has made the grade and likes the trade. Father O'Hooligan, the jolly Jesuit from County Cork, is with us gain , Mrs. J. who was about seven -months pregnant last summer, has accomplished her mission, and is slim as a snake this year. Old Jock, thick Scots accent 'and Bohemian - newspaper world behind him, has joined us. And young Jean- ie with the dark brown hair, who doesn't look old enough to be in Grade 12, let alone teach it, is there to make us feel fath- erly, as well as look it. The above is a typical cross- section of the people who are taking the course with me. They come from all runs of life. Not walks. In age, they are well above the average of the teach- er entering the profession in normal times. That is, before the war boom in babies, who are here now, thank you, and all set to be educated. Not to mention the increase in teach- ers' salaries. Most of them wouldn't have touched teaching with the proverbial ten -foot pole, when they first graduated from col- lege, because of the shabby pay and the shabby treatment of the profession. These have changed. As a result, people whose experience adds up to thousands of years in the arts, business and indus- try, are entering the teaching profession. This, in my far -from -humble opinion, is going to pour a rich transfusion into the veins of teaching. Those who went into teaching have carried on bravely, and with dedication, may sneer. They need not. They are res- pected and admired, those who are good at their jobs, by us newcomers. ,,: * ,: We might compare ,the old- timers to the "regulars" in an army. They are the backbone, the skeleton of the vast, new structure needed in war or em- ergency. The new people flocking to the colors are like war -time volunteers. There is a great deal of talent among them. 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