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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1963-10-24, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1963 rO.dWw^" i''�"i�Il•� Veit M. ON IMP Where Will It End? Many residents of the village of Zurich, who witnessed one of the worst episodes of dare -devil car tactics ever seen in these parts on Sunday afternoon, are wondering where this foolishness will end. Must an- other youth's life be taken through this desire to defy the law. Surely, after two young men from the district have lost their lives in car crashes in recent years, there is no need for this crazy business to con- tinue. For those who missed the show on Sunday we will try to explain the pro- cedure which was followed, A group of local youths decided their car should be turned into a convertible, and so cut the top off it. Next on the list to come off the ear were the doors, and the rear bump- er was dragging along behind, At one stage there must ,have been close to ten youths hanging on to every corner of the vehicle, as the driver delib- erately tried to see how fast he could take the corners in the village. How the man- ouevre failed to take someone's life is more than we can imagine, but fortunately no one was injured. And this performance did not only last for five or ten minutes, it was kept up all afternoon. We would like to know where the police are when such performances are being staged. Surely, with a four -man de- tachment of the OPP being stationed at Exeter, we are entitled to a bit of protec- tion from such rowdiness, The amount of patrolling done by this detachment in our arca leaves much to be desired. The sad part of such activity is that some innocent person is always the victim, If such erratic driving continues in our community, it will be only a matter of time until someone gets seriously hurt or killed. Why not put an end to this non- sense now, before it is too late. A recent suggestion by Magistrate J. Kirkpatrick in Kitchener recently bears a considerable amount of merit. The magis- trate suggested that an increase in car li- cense fees might be a possible means of a boy with twenty-five dollars from getting a wreck of a car on the highway. The ma- gistrate added "that with nothing down and a small amount each week a youth could buy a car and put it on the road for only the licence fee." He also added that perhaps a small reduction in the gasoline tax could make up the difference in the total cost of operating a car for a year, Magistrate Kirkpatrick said he felt it was the original cost of getting a car on the road that should be made more difficult. We are in agreement with the magis- trate, and feel if his suggestions were put into effect there would be less trouble with youthful drivers •than there is at present. Another suggestion that we would like to add is that all cars owned by youths under 21 years of age should be checked by police periodically for safety conditions. We doubt if many of the cars that cause con- siderable concern in the smaller villages would prove to be road -worthy if they were checked. There must be some way of stopping these car jockeys before they cause serious trouble which can never be repaired, We hope officials somewhere will heed the call for law enforcement, and will act in such a way that it will be safe for children and adults alike to be on the streets without fear •of being killed by some wild idiot. Second -Guessing Hog Graders Football referees and baseball umpires are in a line of work which should make them sympathetic with hog graders. If the referee, using his best judgment, calls an offside against one team, or if the umpire, using his best judgment, says, "You're out", somebody isn't going to like it. The hog grader, fortunately for him, does not have to do his work in front of a crowd of excitable fans, but his work is of the same sort. When he inspects a hog carcass, says, "That's not an 'A'; it's a `B'," somebody isn't going to like it. As an encouragement to farmers to try for top quality in the hogs they raise, the gov- ernment pays a premium of three dollars for every hog marketed in a government - inspected plant, that is graded 'A' for qual- ity. Somebody has to have the role of um- pire, and on the umpire's word, in the pig industry, the farmer either get an extra three dollars for a hog, or he doesn't get it. Discussion that was very much in the "Kill -the -umpire" mood took some of the time at a recent meeting in Toronto of representative of Ontario hog producers. Delegates from.Perth County are reported in the farm press to have taken .a leading part in complaining about hog grading, John Barnett, of the St. Marys area, was among those quoted as saying that many farmers are not satisfied with the way hogs are being graded. A proposal that more graders be em- ployed, to check on the graders, was the focus for the discussion in Toronto. The hog -raising farmers at the semi- annual meeting of the Ontario Hog Pro- ducers Association considered a proposal that the farmers' own sales organization, the Ontario Hog Producers Marketing Board, should hire hog graders to watch the hog grading now being done, on the principle of inspecting the inspectors, or policing the policement, or second-guess- ing the umpires. After having a look at this idea, a majority decided, wisely, to drop it. Lance Dickieson, chairman of the board, put for- ward the word of caution. "The marketing board would be placed in a ticklish position if it employed people to ,check on the Can- ada Department of Agriculture graders", he observed. It was a reminder that the .government which employs the graders, is the government which puts up the three - dollar bonus, from the public treasury, for every hog that is graded 'A'. Any suggestion that the farmers' or- ganization should start its •own super -grad- ing, to check on the graders, would be bound to lead to the counter -suggestion that if the farm group wanted to do the grading, it could also put up the three dollars. For as long as the government is putting up the three dollars, to encourage quality, it is going to want government men in the referee's spot, to decide whether the quality is really •there. No umpire, nor referee, nor grader, is ever going to satisfy everybody but the principle still holds, as Mr. Dickieson alertly observed, that the man who pays the piper calls the tune.(Stratford Beacon -Herald.) The Listening Post Sometimes it seems that so many things in this world have gotten out of hand that we might just as well give up and let the world go by. We don't like what is happening but we don't know,what we can do. It is claimed that science went ahead about five hundred years during the war and that the character of the people may be centuries behind in development. We do not know how to handle the power that has been developed. But life seems to have certain rules and we either go forward and build the world around us or- we live for our own selfish interests and drag the world down with us. We need the sense of going for- ward to meet the challenge and the needs of the whole .community of the world. There are many who are going for- ward. There are the parents who meets the needs of their children and work to create the kind of community that will help them develop. There are teachers who give much of themselves to build character as well as teaching. There are friends who never cease to expect you to live at your best; school principals who maintain high standards of conduct; employers who de- mand the hest workmanship and workmen who give more than the bare requirements if it will help out.• This is all a part of building the na- tion and it could go forward much faster if we all began stretching ourselves to meet the challenge of building wherever we see a need. --'(By Frances M. McRae.) ZURICH Citizens NEWS HERB TURKHEIM -- Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONTARIO Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for the payment of postage in cash, Member; Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $3.00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States and and Foreign; dingle copies 7 cents A true daughter of the heather, Anne Robertson, formerly of Argyleshire, Scotland, presents Music on the Heather, a program of songs from bonnie Scotland, each Monday, Wednesday and Friday on the CBC radio network. Since arriving in this country 10 years ago, Anne Robertson has been kept busy acting in and directing radio, television and theatrical work in Montreal and Toronto. She is also a voice and drama teacher. flITIMUNIIIMXIIIINIMIIIIIINIllll1000101°t°Itiutuinnllllhlilllllllllll7171lllflAmlAlllrt ITITiilell I Sonie people would like to take all the fun, danger and ex- citement out of life. Quite a few of then are editors. They're worse theepreachers — always scolding away at us about some- thing. If it isn't highway acci- dents, it's fire hazards, and if it isn't that, It's boating safety. They keep ragging at us to stay alive, but what we want is to live. They're at it again right now. They're .rewriting last year's editorials about .hunting .acci- dents. It's the same old song. The only concession they make to novelty or variety is to stick a new title on it. Last year's warning was called Death Stalks the Woods. This year it might be Hunters Harvest Annual Crop, or something of the sort. I wonder who reads those edi- torials. I would lay a small bet that the only people who peruse them are the same ones who read and shake their heads over the editorials about highway ac- cidents, foolish fires and un- necessary drownings. I have a mental picture of this reader audience. It is made up of gentle old ladies who have never learned to drive a car, never :smoked a cigar in bed, never ridden in anything faster than a rowboat, and never hunted anything wilder than a husband. This puts the editors in the same position as the preachers who blast away at sin on Sun- day morning to a handful of the faithful, while all the sin- ners are at home in bed recov- ering from theirSaturday night activities. All I can say is that it serves the editors rig;t. They're try- ing to take ally the thrill out of hunting. It's a damp, dreary, cold sport at best. The only element in it that appeals to the man of spirit is the danger. And since there is little danger of being trampled to death by a rabbit, torn to bits by a par- tridge, or smashed to a bloody pulp by the charge of .a wild duck, the hunter must get his kicks, in this ,country, from the constant awareness that there is probably another hun- ter drawing a bead on him at this very moment. We used to satisfy our an- cient lust for blood 'with wars. But there's no fun in it any more, no man -to- an Combat, SUGAR and SPICB By Bill Smiley mo.1;1ot!1,: dbin `. nothing but a monotonous ma- nipulation of slaughtering -ma- chinery. As a result, the only way in which a man can assure himself of his physical endur- ance and 'courage, in this effete age, is to take to the woods in the fall and pit himself against the rest of the fellows in the red coats, every man for him- self. Let's take a look at this hun- ter. He may look like a pot- bellied merchant, or a flabby school teacher, or a soft jowled lawyer, but beneath that dis- guise lurks the adventurer, the real fang -and -claw killer. This killer has reverted about 4,000 years. That red - veined nose sniffs the air as cautiously as did that of his stalking ancestor. Behind those bifocals, piercing eyes sweep every inch of ground for a range of as much as a hundred feet. That's not really .a shot- gun he's carrying, loaded, cock- ed and pointing at his left foot. It's a boar spear. He is keyed to an incredible pitch of pure, Bold nerve. He senses danger and sudden death all about him, and he revels in it. Who can blame him when he hears the grunting cough of a lion, whirls in one graceful movement, and fires a 30-30 into a cow with the heaves? Who can scorn him when he snaps off a beautiful 200 -yard shot at the white "flag" of a deer, strolls up to claim his quarry, and learns that he has just shot the cap off the hun- ter, whose "flag" was Kleenex into which he was blowing his nose? Who can point the finger when this hunter hears the snarl of a sabre -tooth tiger, drops to one knee, and, cool as only a born killer can be, lets go with both barrels, right through the rear tire of the tractor the farmer has been try- ing -to get started, just the other side of that corpse? Preach on, you editors. But you're wasting y o u r time. There's no thrill in life to equal that of creeping through the woods on a freezing fall day, with the birdshot ripping through the leaves just above your head, the high-powered shells slamming into the tree four inches left of your heart,. and the hope that you may get hits the next time he lefts his head. Federation of Agriculture Report Elmer Ireland, president of Huron County Federation of Agriculture, would like to give a report on the tour he had the pleasure of going on, spon- sored by the Morris Federation of Agriculture, to Lapeer Coun- ty, Michigan, when about 45 people including some from other townships and urban friends spent an interesting day touring farms in that County. "A coffee break was iheld at the Alson Shoults Farin at Brown City. Two full-time men are employed on the 343 -acre farm with 269 acres being tilled. The 45 Holstein cows are liber- ally grain fed, up to 25 pounds per cow per day. Hay, corn silage, oats, corn and a soy- bean oil meal are used with silage fed through a circular silo feed bunk. A strict culling program is followed. "The Ed and Bob M artus farm, operated as a partnership, employs three full-time men. Total acreage is 380. They have 90 Holsteins. About 40 cows per hour are milked in the double .six herringbone milking parlor. A mechanical feed bunk is used for feeding a high level of corn silage. They also handle 300 to 350 head of beef cattle and 40-50 Holstein steers per year. Individual calf pens with wire bottoms are used. "Both of these farms had beautiful homes that had re- cently been remodelled and the ladies on the tour were taken to see the homes. All the latest equipment had been installed and in one case, where they had nine children, it was quite evident that excellent planning had provided a very compact and convenient home. While the house itself was not unduly large, there seemed to be plenty of room for the family. The grounds were also well kept and attractive. "The Simmons brothers utilize almost 700 acres, about 450 used for crops. They have 347 steer calves, 123 heifer calves and 45 sows. Their corn crops yield 90 to 100 bushels to the acre and 50 bushels per acre of wheat. "Lake brothers, with 100 Hol- stein cows, operate an eight stall milking parlor. They use a mechanized feeding system for feeding about 70 lbs, of corn silage daily. Heifers are grouped according to age. Crops include 200 acres of corn, 50-60 acres ,of alfalfa, and 15 of wheat. "The Apaches Ranch, owned by Gene Vesely, manufacturer of Apache trailers, employs six full -tinge men. Complete rec- ords are kept on each cow. There is housing capacity for 180 cows in a free -stall system, and this farm has one of bhe most highly mechanized feed handling systems in the state as well as the largest bulk milk cooling tank. Crops include 340 acres of alfalfa, 50 acres of oats and 250 of corn. Crops and feed are stored in four air tight silos. • "Lunch was served to the vis- itors at St. Mary's Church, Burn- side, and dinner at the Lapeer County Centre building, R. S. Lincoln, county agent, and Leo Doer, county milk inspector, conducted the tour and Mrs. Dorothy Pohl, the home econ- omist, took the ladies on their visit to the. homes." rionecerieraineweenmenamoromma BOB'S Barber Shop MAIN STREET, ZURICH "Professional Hair Care" Agent for Dry Cleaning Business and Professional Directory INSURANCE HURON CO.OPERATIVE MEDICAL SERVICES Prepaid Health Plan at Cost the way BOARD OF DIRECTORS President, Fordyce Clark, RR 5, Goderich; Vice -Pres., Gord- on Kirkland, RR 3, Lucknow; Mrs. O. G. Anderson, RR 5, Wingham; Mrs. Lloyd Taylor, Exeter; Hugh B. Smith, RR 2, Listowel; Lorne Rodges, RR 1, Goderich; Roy Strong, Gotrie; Russell T. Bolton, RR 1, Sea - forth; Bert Irwin, RR 2, Sea - forth; Bert Klapp, Zurich; Gor- don Richcardson, RR 1, Bruce - field; Kenneth Jahns, RR 1, Woodham. C. H. Magee Secretary -Manager Miss C. E. 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