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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1961-11-23, Page 2PAGE TWO. ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1961 ZURICH Citizens NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONTARIO HERB TURKHEIM — Editor and Publisher FRANK 1VIcEWAN — Plant Manager Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member: Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY i-` ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS�- ` NEWSPAPERS"`fie .. ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies 5 cents and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1961 Like The Iceberg It would seem incredible that there could be 151 taxes hidden in the price of a loaf of bread, but that is an authoritative count recently made in the United States. And, since Canada's tax collectors are no less enterprising than American tax col - it seems probable that the total would apply here as well. The information is taken from an edi- torial in the Wall Street Journal: "The Tax Foundation informs us that . . . bread — reflecting the taxes on the land it's grown on, the seed that's sown, the machinery that plows and harvests and mils the wheat, the fuel, the transportation, the baker, the wrapper and so on — contains 151 hidden taxes. And bread with added vitamins con- tains also added taxes. The same source reports 116 taxes hid- den in the price of a man's suit, 600 taxes hidden in the price of a house, and even 100 taxes hidden in the price of an egg. Obviously, the tax load is like the iceberg: only a fraction of it shows. The taxes that are most apparent to Canadians are, of course the personal in- come taxes paid to the federal government, and the property taxes paid to the local municipal government. This year, the for- mer will total about $1.5 billion, the latter about $1 billion, or about $2.5 billion in all. No one would argue that $2.5 billion is not a lot of money, and its payment will no doubt be accompanied by lamentations and suitable cries of distress. But that is only the beginning. Total government spending in Canada this year will exceed $10 billin. For every dollar knowingly paid, three dol- lars paid unknowingly. In truth, the tax burden is like the iceberg. Smart Expression Is False Someone put in the paper recently that a good product sells itself. It's one of those sentences that sound true but are false. No product, good or bad, sells itself. If the statement were true there would be no need for advertising salesmen be- cause there would be no need for adver- tising. There would be no need for plan- ning of advertising or sales promotion or sales departments or any of the myriad activities that go on in the distribution of goods made by millions of people employ- ed in industry. This statement was made in the season when new models of automobiles were be- ing announced through newspapers and magazines, and on TV and radio. The en- thusiastic claims for the merits of the new cars apparently were considered as neces- sary by the makers and distributors. Be- cause there is a great deal of truth in ad- vertising, the 1962 models may be consid- ered to be better than the models of ear- lier years. But it takes a little more than this' half -evident truth to move the cars from the factories to the showrooms to the new and proud owners. If a good product sells itself, it follows that the only advertising and promotion that would be needed would be for goods that are not so good. Surely the newspap- er writer who made the statement that a good product sells itself would not like it to be understood by the readers of news- papers that if .it's advertised, it is not so good.—(The Printed Word). Chiselling The Hospitals The Ontario Hospital Services Commis- sion is having trouble with chisellers. Ev- idence of this come to hand in a leaflet the Commission has issued, entitled "Should Mrs. Brown's Operation be Delayed by Yrs. Smith's Wallpaper?" It tells the sad story of Mrs. Smith, who wishes to stay in hdspi- tal for a few days after the doctor has told her that she is ready for discharge, because the Smiths' master bedroom is being repa- pered and the job is not yet finished. By lengthening her stay in hospital, Mrs. Smith is denying the use of her bed to a neigh- bor, Mrs. Brown, who is waiting to have an operation. Apparently, Mrs. Smith is re- presentative of a large class of patients ad- mitted into hospital under the provincial plan, who wish to get full value and maybe a little more for the premiums they have been paying for hospital insurance. The chiseller is not a new phenomen- on. He has been known to take advantage of private insurance companies. Long ago, it was recognized by railway claims agents that any animal killed by a train was the best of its breed for miles around. The chiseller has been found among claiments for unemployment insurance and work- men's compensation. In Mrs. Smith's case the hospital has an obvious means of action. Since her doctor has told her that she is ready to leave the hospital, his word for it should be taken. This might cause some embar- rassment for the doctor, but that can be avoided if he recommends the discharge to the hospital rather than to Mrs. Smith herself. Having given his recommendation, he should then make himself unavailable to Mrs. Smith until she is safely home in her repapered bedroom. — (The Printed Word). When gallantry to the girl friend exceeds the pocketbook, a boy's best friend is the telephone. Help came quickly, and he sighed with relief: SAVED BY THE BELL P.S.—Seriously, though, wherever you are, at home or away, you can usually reach family or friends by telephone—a service so valuable ... yet so often taken for granted. The Bell Telephone Company of Canada. 40 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER, 1921 The many friends of Wesley Snell, cattle buyer of Exeter, were saddened to learn of his sudden passing in the Montreal General Hospital last Friday. Mr, George Kellerman, of Dashwood, has a group of men busily engaged in building him a new house. Wes Caldwell, of the Hensall district, has received the ap- pointment from the Govern- ment of patrol officer of game and fisheries in the counties of Grey, Wellington and Perth. He will have his headquarters in Listowel. Thomas Yearley, of Crediton, had a narrow escape of being seriously injured the other day while out hunting. A gun in the hands of a companion' dis- charged, and some 30 pellets had to be removed from the calf of his leg. Milton Pfaff has recently been appointed as postmaster for the village of Exeter, and took his oath of office last Mon- day. Mr. John Preeter, a Zurich businessman, has gone to 1Vton- treal where a large drygoods firm is gone out of business, and is selling a million dollars of merchandise at greatly re- duced prices. -OF - YEARS GONE -BY- 25 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER, 1936 Mr. Everett Heist, who has carried on a successful bakery business in Zurich for the past ten years, has disposed of the entire business, building, and equipment, to Walter Eckel, of Plattsville. On Wednesday evening last the Bayfield post office fittings were moved to the former bank postmaster, Mrs. M. F. Woods, room in the residence of the where business is now being carried out. Miss Gladys Butson, the tea- cher at the Blake school, had the misfortune to break her leg while in the act of cranking her car at Stratford. She is being replaced at the school by Arth- ur Finlayson, of Kippen. Friends and relatives from as far away as Vancouver joined to celebrate the 85th birthday of Mrs. Richard Welsh, in Hen- sall, Arnold Desjardine, of the Bluewater highway south, was shot through the wrist and the bullet grazed his shoulder in a shooting accident on Manitoulin Island. Radio owners in all the var- ious municipalities are in a rush these days to get their radio licences, since the inspec- tor has been making his rounds along with a mountie. Kippen East WI Sews For Hospital Kippen East Women's Insti- tute held their Citizenship and Education meeting at SS No. 9, last Wednesday evening, and had as their guest speaker Miss A. McGowan, :ofr-Goderich, rep- resentative of 'the Children's Aid Society. She spoke on the work and welfare of the Child- ren's Shelter. Roll call was answered with "Name your choice for Citizen- ship of the Year in your com- munity and w h y." Motto, "homes are the greenhouses where the plants of citizenship are started, prepared by Mrs. Charles Eyre, and given by Mrs. Wilmer Broadfoot." One of the Kippen East grou- 1 ps, main projects this winter will be sewing for the War Memorial Children's Hospital, at London, for which Mrs. Alex MacGregor is convenor. Mrs. John Sinclair reported for the District Executive held in Hen - sail. Friday, December 15, the group will sponsor a Christmas euchre and dance at the local arena, when the draw for three Christmas cakes will be made, for which tickets are now being sold by members. Future euch- res were discussed, to be held in the schools this winter. One of teh humorous high: lights of the evening was the parade of kitchen chapeaus, made and modeled by the members. Prize winner was Mrs. Charles Eyre, and Mrs. Stuart Pepper captured the prize for having most gagets on her hat. Mrs. R. Upshall contributed a poem. President Mrs. James Drum- mond presided for the business and Mrs, Grant McLean for the program. Hostesses were Mrs. Arthur Finlayson and Mrs. Ar- thur Varley. AT THE BOWLING LANES By Bill Smiley It's not only the ducks and the deer that are catching it this fall. Apparently it's also' open season on columnists. Latest salvo fired in my dir- ection was discharged by a Baptist minister. His volley appeared in t h e Atitokan, Ont., Progress, which has run this column for some years. Dearie me, that parson has a wicked tongue in his head. He can really dish it out. And when he runs out of personal abuse he falls back on a pas- sage of scripture, torn from context, of course. Herewith a few examples. The letter begins: "T would appreciate the opportunity to express my disgust over an article that appeared in your paper by one self-styled Ro- meo and tough guy. Bill Smi- ley. This article was a mixture of trash and rubish with a whole lot of nothing thrown in." Now this gentle man of the cloth obviosly has me mixed up with someone else. If I didn' beleive that, I'd be hurt. Me, a Romeo? It is to laugh. I haven't been out with a girl, except my wife, since I started courting her back in '49. Me, a tough guy? The sa- me wife, who weighs about 108 can pull me with an eyebrow I'll admit the article was a mixture of trash and rubbish, but I'm not going to take that part about "a whole lot of no- thing" lying down. There was also junk in it, and nonsense, but there wasn't any nothing in it. The parson goes on to sug- gest that he'd enjoy giving me a physical pounding, as well as verbal one. Careful, mister. I may be a 138 -pound coward, but my big brother isn't. He is currently bossing a lumber camp. Joking aside, you didn't re- ally mean it, did you, reverend? I didn't mind that bit where you linked me with harlots, Weekly Team Point Team High Triple Points Standing ZURICH LADIES' LEAGUE Ups & Downs (Shirley Tieman 510) ___ 0 Jokers (Barbara Sauder 594) _________ 7 Dashettes (Mona Kraft 517) 5 Dreamers (Joyce Armstrong 472) _.2 H.L.A. (Betty Haven 428) 2 Dominionaires (Mary Shea 504) 5 Huronettes (E, Burgess 406) 0 Varieties (Ann Oesch 668 ____ 7 Hi-Lites (Irene Davis 463) 2 Startones (Elda Laidlaw 519) 5 Nighthawks (Marj Schilbe 537) 2 52 Lazy Six (Marlene Desjardine 540) 5 20 High single, Marion Rader ,315; high triple, Ann Oesch, 668; high average, Ann Oesch, 172, 28 22 62 29 28 37 25 33 29 55 ZURICH MEN'S BOWLING LEAGUE Bull Dogs (Vladmir Hrovat 476) 2 Knight of Columbus (John P. Rau 621) 5 Pepsis (Hubert Schilbe 561) __._ 7 King Pins (John Robinson 546) _____0 The Angels (Fred Bradley 694) ___-_.7 Blowers (Gerald Martini 554) _. 0 41 Globe Trotters (Bill Wagner 442) 0 Pearson Kings (Bob Haye 516) 7 Car Penters (Dick Evans 584) 7 Butcheretes (Clare Geiger 508) __ 0 Tail Twisters (Jake Haberer 521) __ 0 Questionaires (Ernie Laidlaw 618) 7 Trotters & Pacers (Ken Faber 498) 7 Hot Shots (Glen Thiel 634) ._ - _..__. 0 Ink Spots (Gregory Willert 533) _... 0 41 Hornets (Terry Kading 615) _ .. 7 68 High single, George Sweeney, 320; high triple, George Sweeney, 734; high average, George Sweeney, 206, 38 50 54 35 54 18 43 27 22 16 51 26 32 ZURICH MIXED BOWLING Alley Cats (Ann Oesch 585) Hi Los (Harold Stade 657) Hensall Hornets (Jack Cornell 510) _ Kippers Trailers (Margaret Lovell 552) Guys and Gals (Garfield Denomme 479) Boo Boos (Claris Deichert 456) Lucky Strikes (Daisy Bates 538) Flying Frenchmen (Mat. Ducharme 639) Busy Bees (Hugh McEwen 587) Imperials (Bernie Denomme 446) Hard Rocks (Harvey Clausius 452) ____ Tops (Dan Trushinski 560) Highs to date are scores to better. Ladies high single, Marg• aret Lovell, 274; high triple, Jean Cornell, 650. Men's high sin- gle, Bruce Moir, 338; . high triple, Dan Trushinski,731. LEAGUE 0 7 2 5 7 0 0 7 39 42 37 50 18 22 28 57 7 43 0 28 8 l0 46 drunkards, dope addicts Mr. Khrushchev, but the next part hurt, where you said: "'i recently read where a college graduate could not read or wr- ite. Could it be that Smiley was his teacher? Any school that is foolish enough to have a man like him on their staff would no doubt have him in the English department," Yep, that's where all us dope fiends and drunks wind up. I showed your letter to my de- partment head, a gentle lady many years, just to let her kn- ow what a viper she was nur- sing. She read it and grinned. I liked the last paragraph, though, in which you said: "I wish he were a member of my church. It would give me great joy to have hint voted out of the membership." That bit has the nicest touch in the whole diatribe, and I refuse to make any of the comments that come to mind. However, dear sir, I'm sorry if you have been offended. I am sure you are a good man. I am not a good man. I am not a bad one either, just an ordinary husband and father, a broken- down weekly editor, a school teacher, a newspaper columnist and a sinner. I go to church but I'm not puite sure whether I'm saved or not. I rat h -e r doubt it. At any rate let's not be hos- tile. There's enough bickering in the world today. Some of your fellow -townsmen have come to my defense, in your paper. I thank them, and sug- gest we drop the whole matter. I respect your sincerity. You must respect' mine. Rather than defend myself I'll let this retarded high sch- ool teacher, a gentleman and scholar, do it for me. 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