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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1961-08-22, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1981 ZURICH Citizens 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: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Member: ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription gates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies 5 cents and THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1961 Flaws In Sales Tax Play Hon. Leslie Frost's decision to retire as premier of the province came with sur- prising suddenness as far as the general pu- lic is concerned. Although rumor of his in- tended retirement had appeared in some press releases, there were few — with ex- ception ofthose within the inner party circle—who anticipated it at this time. Premier Frost has served Ontario well and, for the most part, leaves an excellent record behind him. He is, however, walk- ing out from beneath a burden his succes- sor will have to bear — the provincial three percent sales tax which goes into effect on September 1. We are not arguing there should not be a provincial sales tax. After all nearly every other province in Canada has impos- ed such a tax for some time. People con- tinue to demand more provincial aid to re- lieve spiraling education and improved highways costs and in the form of count- less other subsidies. The money must come from somewhere. Increased taxes always prove the answer. There are certain aspects of Ontario's sales tax however. that appear to be down- right unfair. They are neither reasonable nor justified. Most plaring is the Govern- ment's action in placing tax on tax. There are certain items on which the Federal Government is already imposing an 11 per- cent sales tax. The provincial Government is not satisfied with adding anotfter three percent but is compounding the tax. In other words if such an item costs $100, the 11 percent Federal sales tax brings the cost to $111. It is the $111 on which the pro- vincial tax must be figured—not, as it should be, the $100. This must be consider- ed as grossly unfair to both the people and to business. Unrealistic too, is the expectation that taxxes can be collected on goods purchased outside the province. That seems attempt - ting to institute a control that usually is credited to only dictatorship forms of gov- ernment. As we have said, a sales tax may be necessary but it should be imposed fair- ly reasonable.—(Listowel Banner). Amiable Penalty For Drunk Drivers A provincial police officer, giving evid- ence at an inquest the other day, said that last year 234 motorists were arrested in the Barrie district for drunken or impaired driving. This is a shocking record. There is general public indifference to the massacre and maiming on our highways. To this must be added what appears to be the entirely unwarranted amiability of the law in providing punishment for impaired and drunken drivers. There may be nice legal distictions be- tween impaired and drunken driving, par- ticularly when the first means a fine and the second jail for a few days. The pun- ishment in neither instances seems ade- quate for such a serious offence. Penalties imposed by the law should be severe enough to make the driver who has been drinking shrink from getting be- hind the wheel of a car. Evidence at the Richmond Hill inquest showed that a drunken driver, after eluding several police cruisers, had crashed into another car and killed himself and four in- nocent people. Had he been apprehended and convicted earlier his punishment might have been ten or 14 days in jail. The public attitude to the drunken driver, like that to highway accidents in general, is apathetic. Three or four years ago, Chief Justice McRuer said that the dangerous driver should be treated in the same manner as a common thief or house- breaker. We agree with His Lordship.—(Hamilton Spectator). Old Age Recedes To a child of five or six any adult aged from twenty to ninety seems old. Parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts all are lum- ped together in the category of the aged. They are gods to be propitiated, since they hold authority and the power to reward or punish; but essentially they belong to a dif- ferent species from the young observer. As the observer himself grows older, he usually begins to distinguish among his seniors. His parents naturally continue to be old, and, worse still, hopelessly old- fashioned. But their contemporaries, who have not the worry of wondering whe- ther the adolescent is on the way to be- coming a juvenile delinquent, may begin to appear fairly young, or at least well-pre- served. The young Mari in his twenties perhaps thinks that forty-five marks the beginning of old age, but when he reaches that stage of maturity himself, provided his health is good, he is likely to consider that he has another good twenty years ahead before he attains the degrading status of "senior citi- zen." Most pension plans have been based on the theory that old age begins at sixty-five, but those who have reached that age are not in full agreement with the pension -planners. Again provided that they have been bles- sed with moderately good heatlh, they can contemplate the future with equanimity, deferring thoughts appropriate to old age until they are in their eighties. It does not disturb them when their grandchildren per- sist in treating them as anachronistic sur- vivors from the dark ages, for the grand- children may be better company, in spite of their youth, than some contemporaries. And to the moderately artive seventy - year -old the haven of old age happily re- mains somewhat beyond the horizon. And no doubt it still is beyond the horizon for a man in his mid -eighties like Sir Winston Churshill. He might admit to maturity, but never to old age,—(The Printed Word). Kindly Do Not Omit Flowers A Philadelphia clergfman has made an eloquent plea for flowers at funerals in a, letter to his congregation. Following are the cleryman's remarks as they appeared in his letter: "Please send the pastor flowers—when he should pass away. Don't paste my cas- ket with certificates for charities, and pro- fessional chair endowments and the hun- dred -and -one do-gooder agencies ghoulish- ly squeezing through the door of the fun- eral parlor for a hand out. If you are going to be big-hearted, do it in your own time—and don't wait for death to open up your heart to the needy and the sick. I believe flowers are proper and right at the time of death—beautifully symbolic of the brief human life, grown by God and thereby so precious to Him even at its fading. Sono matter what others may say—send me flowers—and don't use my last mortal remains as a charity income tax reduction."—(Wall Street Journal). • aew eats? Finance yours with a low-cost life -insured loan BANK OF MONTREAL Fami qFinancePlan 40 YEARS AGO AUGUST, 1921 The members of the Evangel- ical Church are now arranging for a fowl supper this fall. The home of Mr. and Mrs. John Galster has recently been wired for hydro by Mr, Harry G. Hess. The High School entrance scholars who won the Hay Township Soldier's Memorial Scholarship for 1921 were New- ell Geiger and Leonard Greb, who were tied and split the first and second place. Third place went to Margaret Aldsworth. The father of Calvin Wetzel, of Windsor, who drowned at Grand Bend, on Sunday, will eq- uip the beach at Grand Bend with life-saving equipment, the lack of which made it impos- sible for help to reach his son when he drowned. Alex Murdock, village clerk in Hensall, has donated a hand- some trophy for competition be- tween the junior ball teams of Hensall and Zurich. Roy Appel, of Kitchener, was in the village a few days last week, and removed his jewel- lery work bench and so on to Tavistock, where he will open up a new business. Ray Ohlert has been appoin- ted as manager of the Hall -Dent factory in Zurich, which is op- ening up again for business again this week, with many of the former employees back on the job. The distinguished eight-year old trotting gelding, "Peter Templeton," owned by Mr. Chris Eilbert, of Zurich, 'died on Tuesday from a severe attack of indigestion. 25 YEARS AGO AUGUST, 1936 ' At the regularmonthly meet- ing ' of the Hensall council, the clerk, 'James A. Paterson, was instructed to advise the Shell Oil Company that they would not allow any additional gasoline pumps to be erected in the village. Mr. Charles Bartlett, of the Bank of Montreal staff in Zur- ich, spent the weekend at his home in St. Marys. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew F. Hess and three sons, left on Tues- day morning for South Bend, In. d i a n n a, where they will spend several weeks visiting with relatives. Morris Anderson, manager of the Zurich Creamery, has work- men busy remodelling the barn at the rear of the Creamery, for taking care of the egg and poul- try branch of the business. Elwood Truemner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Truemner, of the 14th, was successful in winning first prize at the Grand Bend amateur contest on Mon- day evening. He played a cor- onet solo. Harold Stade is the top batter on the Zurich baseball team with an average of .423, with 22 hits for 52 times at bat. Mr. George Regier, a local thresher, has purchased a new machine to do his custom work. The . machine is of very latest design, and is also mounted on rubber tired wheels. Fire completely destroyed the barn and contents owned by Mr. Fred Papineau, and occu- pied by Mr. Fred Siemon, just a little 'north of St. Joseph. OF YEARS GONE BY - 15 YEARS AGO AUGUST, 1946 Hensall's new floodlit ball park was officially opened on Wednesday night, when over 2,000 people attended the spec- ial ceremony to mark the oc- casion. Warden R. E. Shaddick, reeve of Hensall, declared the park officially open. Last Wednesday afternoon the Zurich Lions Club enjoyed their second annual picnic at Jowett's Grove, Bayfield. There was a good attendance, and an interesting program of sports run off. The eleventh annual Thiel reunion was held at the Zurich Fair Grounds, with an attend- ance of 167. Thieves last week entered the new household supply shop in Zurich, and removed a new oil burner and a new motor. Just how they entered the building is not known, but the police are investigating the breakin. Miss Phyllis McBride, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mc- Bride, of the Goshen Line, has been successful in passing her exams at Clinton Collegiate, and intends entering Normal School at Stratford in September. Mr. John Oesch and family, of Pigeon, Michigan, are holi- daying with relatives a n d friends in Zurich and surround- ing district. The recent rains in the com- munity have greatly helped the growth, but it has also delayed the harvest to a great extent. Some of the cement sidewalks in the village have been renew- ed with new surfaces, and is a great improvement for the wal- king public. 10 YEARS AGO AUGUST, 1951 • Mr. and Mrs. James Parkins have returned home after an 3 -day holiday trip in the Parry Sound district. Mr. and Mrs. Ward Fritz and daughter, Mary Lou, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalbfleisch are presently enjoying a motor trip through Canada to the western provinces, and also through USA. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Mc- Eachern and family are away on holidays at present, with some of their time being spent in the Collingwood area. Huron County road commit- tee has recently completed re- surfacing the county road form Brucefield to Egmondville with black top material. The road was in bad need of repair, and the improveemnt will be wel- come news to motorists. Over $500 was won by three residents of Hensall at the mon- ster cash bingo in Seaforth last week. Grand Bend's newly elected first council is making plans to visit the summer resort village of Port Stanley, where they feel they can pick up some valuable information from the civic of- ficials, as well as seeing some good ideas that could be used at the Bend. On Saturday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mernovidge, of De- troit, entertained a number of their friends from this vicinity to a weiner roast at Ducharme's Beach, where they have a lovely summer cottage. OBITUARY Wesley 1. Peck Wesley L Peck passed away in his sleep early Friday, Aug- ust 11, 1961, from a heart at- tack. Born December 31, 1882, in Stanley Township, he was the son of Henry and Emily Peck. He had resided a lifetime on the farm where he was born on the Bayfield Concession Road North and engaged in farming. He is survived by a brother, Arthur W. Peck, (on the home farm) and three sis- ters, Mrs. Edward (Charlotte) Schnell, Mrs. Fred (Ellen) Me - Ewen, Bayfield, Mrs. Elton (Margaret) Schnell, Detroit. The funeral service was held from the Ball and Mutch fun- eral home, Clinton, on August 13. It was in charge of the Rev. W. C. Smith of St. Andrew's United Church and interment was made in Bayfield Cemetery. Pall -bearers were: Elgin Por- ter, Murray Grainger, Leslie Armstrong, Ivan Steckle, Geo- rge Heard, Lloyd Heard. Those attending from a dis- tance included: Mr. and Mrs. Elton Schnell, Detroit Dr. Dor- is Nicholls,, • London; Mr. and Mrs. Algie Culbert, Lucan; Mrs. Fred Kerr, Exeter; Mr. Law- rence and Miss Annie Baxter, Goderich; Miss Grace Peck, Miss Janet Smith, London. SUGAR and. SPICE W11I•. By Bill Smiley My but the city has become ' a wild, wicked place, since I lived here as a student, twenty odd years ago. In those days, it was considered a lost week- end if you hadn't a few beers in the King Cole Room. Once in a while, we had a Dionysian revel in the men's residence, when we were allowed to have girls in, on a Sunday afternoon, and give them cocoa and raisin bread, in the common room. But those days of innocence and virtue have vanished. Don't talk to me about the stews of Alexandria, the bordellos of the Left Bank in Paris or the Fren- ch Quarter of New Orelans. Your words would fall on the indifferent ears of a man who has just emerged from a week- end of unbelievable debauchery in The City. Canadians need no longer hang their heads in shame when the talk turns to depravity. We're loaded. I know I shouldn't have done it. It's going to be hard to face my wife and children. But you know how it is when you're at the dangerous age. Suddenly something just seems to snap and you're off on a crazy wing - ding. I'd stayed in The City on the weekend to study for exams coming up. My intentions were as pure as those of a divinity student. But, oh dear, it was a warm, soft summer evening and I was lonely all of a sud- den, and Psychology in Educa- tion seemed a book of monst- rous size anddreadful drearin- ess. So I had one of• my fam- ous little chats with myself: "You have to go out to eat any- way. A change is as good as a rest. You'll go queer cooped up in here. You can study later." As usual, I won the ar- gument. Next thing I knew, I was strolling happily up Philosoph- er's Walk, enjoying the sights and sounds: The lovers lying on the grass, nose to nose; the old lady bawling hell out of a black squirrel because he wouldn't come out of the tree and get his peanuts; the bum stretched out, his overcoat on, but his feet bared to the evening sun. I thought I'd eat at a new place, just opened. It boasted a 50 • cent buffet, all you can eat. Just right for my budget It had a Gay Nineties deco. I ordered a beer and nursed it through the entertainment — a fellow playing a honky-tonk piano and a gal belting out some old-time songs. I loaded my plate at the buffet, chuckling at the way I was beating the man- agement. For one beer and 50 cents, I was getting the whole show. An evening on the town for maybe 85 cents. * * * The waiter brought the bill. Food -50c; beer -70c. What they lose on the bananas they make up on the pineapples. The waiter was a big robust dead - ringer for •John L. Sullivan. .( tipped him a quarter. Disgruntled and dignified, I walked out, ready to head back to the books and brood on the treachery of mankind. But, Monday's lunch money already shot, I was caught up in that wild, devil-may-care frame of mind familiar to the crap -shoot• er who has lost half his pay- check on the way home. Either you try to get it back or you go home, a failure. Throwing family ties and moral principles out the win- dow, I walked right around the corner and went to a bad movie, the one that had "shock- ed The City," according to the ads. I got the first shock when I produced my 75 cents to get in. "It's a dollar and a half," sneered the young lady. Well, you know how itis. You don't want to look like a hick. So, muttering "There goes Tues- day's dinner" through clenched (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. 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