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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1964-02-13, Page 2PAGE TWO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13 1964 eemme4 IOW OW Helps Boost Prices One factor in the upward thrust of the retail price structure is the inventory shrinkage which prevails in every retail establishment, Shrinkage is caused by carelessness or dishonesty of employees, by shoplifting of ostensible customers, and by the failure of some magistrates to view with sufficient severity crimes that should be punished in some way. A case in point involved a young woman who lifted seven, no less, sweaters in a Canadian store. She already had been a suspect and was carefully watched as she put the goods in a shopping bag. The young woman was freed on the second appearance in court. It certainly looked as if justice had been pre -arranged, for the lawyer representing the young woman on her first appearance did not bother to come to court the second time. The crown atorney said that there was in- sufficient evidence to convict, although the stolen goods were in the possession of the police and three employees of the retailer were on hand to give their evvidenee. But the case was washed up to the satisfaction of the crown attorney, and the manager of the store was handed back the seven sweaters. If the young woman could not be con- victed of the original charge of having stolen goods in her possession, why give the sweaters to the merchant if they were not stolen? If they were not stolen sweat- ers he had no right to have them back.— (The Printed Word) A Non -Committal Committee When a committee is bent on not com- mitting itself about a. problem, the mem- bers of it have only to follow these 10 points to ensure success: 1. Profess not to have an answer. This lets you off the hook. 2. Say, "We must not move too rapid- ly". This avoids the necessity of getting started. 3. Say the problem can't be separated from other problems. Therefore, it can't be solved until all others are cleared up. 4. Discover there are dangers in any formulation of a conclusion. 5. Appoint several sub -committees 6. Wait until an expert can be con- sulted. (Where do you find one of these?) 7. For every proposal, set up an op- posite one and conclude that the middle ground represents the wisest course. 8. State in conclusion that you have clarified your thinking. This obscures the fact that nothing has been done. 9. Point out that the deepest minds have struggled with the problem. This im- plies that it does you credit just to have thought of it. 10. Close the meeting by stating: "It has stimulated discussion, opened new vistas, shown us the way and challenged our in- ventiveness."—(The Nanton News) Faulty Conclusions In the Iast generation there has come a belief in market surveys. These may not always be justified because, along with some of the office machinery, the right answer cannot come out if the wrong facts are put in. Probably the greatest error ever achieved through market surveys was the one that resulted in several North Ameri- can manufacturers of motor cars building ears.that were too large for private garages. There was no provision for the bargain - basement vehicle and no consideration of the fact that the man who said he would like a big car might not be able to afford to have it and knew that he could not have it. There were cars of every color in the spectrum. The consumer had the widest possible choice, except that he did not have the choice of a car that could he stored in a garage big enough for a 1937 Cadillac but not big enough for a 1958 Chev. As well expect a shoe manufacturer not to pro- vide for the small feet. Perhaps the error in this marketing survey was that many people placed their wishes ahead of their needs. Most people, it would seem, would like a big car. A big car is a status symbol, but there are many people who cannot afford, or do not wish to pay for, a mere indication of a yearning for a higher status, economic and social. Outside this field of automobiles and other outward evidence of position, it could have been that the respondent, if ques- tioned secretly and privately, would have said that he would like a different kind of wife. It is certain that most wives are dissatisfied in .some degree with husbands. It is certain that most women would like to have a mink coat. But circumstances impel them to buy something less costly, and the furrier so far has not been so insensible to the maxket_ that he stocks in his emporium nothing but mink. Among the younger families, it is prob- able that husband and wife would agree that a much larger home would be nice. But the husband may think of the cost and the wife may think of the work, so that when it comes to buying a house they settle • for less than a market suuvey would indi- cate they wished, The problem of the smaller car, in width and fore-and-aft measure, seems to have been quite satisfactory solved, but there is still a problem of getting in and out of a vehicle. where the room seemingly is lower than the floor. Almost any day now there may be an irresistible protest from women. Consider the case of the wedding guest. She spent most of an after- noon at a hairdresser's. The next day she spent 15 minutes getting the new hat at the right angle. Then she paraded to the lim- ousine. In entering it she knocked the hat skewgee and most of the effort of getting ready for the wedding was wasted. In England some of these things are done better. A man wearing a silk topper can sit in a London taxicab. People who are getting on in years and those who perhaps have not succeeded in their reducing exercises need more than a little help in getting out of the cars with the low roofs.—(The Printed Word) The Case of the One -Eyed Monsters One of the greatest hazards on the road today is the car who sails along at night with just one headlight functioning. Night driving at hest requires extreme caution and having to face two headlights on the road is confusing enough without being confronted by a car that is "half -lit". A crack -down on these vehicles has been noted in some areas, and it will be an improvement on driving conditions if the offenders are taken off the roads. Equally distressing is the car whose headlights are out of alignment. Facing a glaring beam from a maladjusted light can. be blinding for the oncoming driver. Courtesy at night is a must for the highway travellers. Dimming lights at the approach of another vehicle is a require- ment by law, but one that is overlooked by many drivers. A steady stream of traffic makes for hazardous driving, if this rule is not observed, The one -eyed monsters belong in the prehistoric age, not on the highways. -_(New Hamburg Independent) ZURICH Citizens NEWS HERB TURKHEIM — Bditor 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: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Member. ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates; $3.00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States and and Foreign; Single enpies 7 cents Frightening it is to discover the ideas some gids are picking up in school these days. I got some insight into the sheer wild- ness of it when I was helping young Kim with her history the other day. She is 12 years old, an aver- age kid by most standards, a very bright one by those of her parents, She's in Grade 8. I was reading from her history notebook and asking her ques- tions based on the notes she had made. First, I asked, what did the pioneers build their homes of? The answer carne smartly: the earliest homes were little more than shanties, but soon the pioneers began building with lumber, stucco, brick and stone, I asked her where they got these materials. "In the fields," was the answer. Baffled, I looked in her notes. There it was: "Soon the settlers began to build houses out •of lumber, brick, stucco and stone from their fields." I had quite an argument before convincing her that lumber, stucco and brick do not grow in fields. Next, I shot her a question on the harvesting of grain in the early days. Her note book stated that "the grain went through many painful processes". It went on to say that the grain was threshed and winnowed, and then was taken to be ground at "sawmills and grist -mills, preferably grist". Painful, in- deed, putting grain through a sawmill. , A little tater I came across the startling information that during the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada, Willian Lyon MackenziL*`ty;riebels had been de- feated by • 30 men "at Maple Leaf Gardens". Frankly, I was appalled, and slightly delighted. What an in - f UGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley teresting way to learn history! Then, pursuing her notes, I was informed that Lord Selkirk, in trying to establish his commun. ities in what is now Manitoba, got into a squabble with the Northwestern Fur Trading Com- pany, and "carelessly captured Fort William". How do you capture a place carelessly? After the initial shock wore off, it occurred to me that my daughter didn't know limestone from fieldstone; that she really had no idea where bricks and stucco came from; that she didn't even know what a sawmill was, that she didn't realize that, while the NHL is adept at crush- ing rebels, it was not in exis- tence in 1837; and that she had just thrown that adjective "care- lessly" in through sheer good spirits and a complete ignor- ance of who Lork Selkirk was, and where Fort William is. I'm not trying to blame her teacher. Heaven forbid. The kids are to blame. They copy stuff down from the text -book, leave out a word, or add one, and the results are hilarious. They are over -awed and .over- whelmed by facts, and are much more interested in "what?" than in "why?", Secondly, I blame their par- ents, people like me, who are "too busy" to find out what they are learning, and to correct such garbled nonsense. Check It Out Check your son's homework, and you'll find him writing this sort of thing, especially if he learned to spell phonetically. "He krept koshusly threw the nite, trang to peer into the fog." Have a look at your daugh- ter's arithmetic. You'll learn that she has just sold twelve pounds of buter for $19,844 and thinks nothing of it. In short, Dad, have a look. It will shake you rigid. -OF - { YEARS GONE -BY- 40 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY, 1924 Mrs, Earl Weide left early Tuesday morning for Hamilton, where he is planning to attend the annual Hardware Conven- tion. Mr. Peter Papineau, who op- erates a tire vulcanizer and me- chanic shop in Zurich, left on Monday for Detroit where he plans to operate for the next few months until better weather conies along. Mr. Clarence Hoffman, the popular member of the Galt hockey team, is at present visit- ing his home in Zurich, due to a sprained shoulder he received in a recent game. The rates of pay set for coun- cillors attending County Council at Goderich were set at five dol- lars per day, and ten cents a mile one way for travelling, The warden will receive one hun- dred dollars, and the clerk treasurer $1650. J. Passmore has taken over the electrical supply business of C. Moore in Hensall, and is now in position to operate the same for the public convenience. Last Thursday, Peter Stewart, who has been the caretaker of the Hensall Public School for the past number of years, was presented with a solid oak rocker for his years of faithful service. Cost of the new hospital being planned for Wingham is $40,000. LAFF•A•DAY 1"•2 2 e et, NINO r*A•rtuttt ixuataAtt, tot, WORLD MonT, RE&1:A Dla "N(gst stubborn cold I ever hall" 25 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY, 1939 Mrs. .Addison Tiernan, of Dashwood, underwent .a very serious operation last week in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, and is recuperating very nicely. Miss Mary Stinnson, of Lon- don, has accepted a position as bookkeeper at Cook Bros. Mill- ing Co. in Hensall. . The village of Hensall has been added to a list of Huron County municipalities which, un- der a Department of Health rul- ing, are required to handle only pasteurized milk, At the annual meeting of the Hay Municipal Telephone Sys- tem, the idea .of a new switch- board at the Zurich exchange was discussed, but the meeting deckled to shelve the matter for the time being. Mr. Earl Gingerich has pur- chased the 100 -acre farm of the estate of the late P, Manson, on the Goshen Line, about three miles north of Zurich. 15 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY, 1949 On Saturday another of those big bad wolves was shot in the Hay swamp. The animal was first hit by Verdun Ran, of the Bluewater highway, and then was finished off by Gordon Block, with his rifle. George Armstrong, reeve,of Hay Township, was eleced president of the South Huron Agricultural Society, at the an- nual meeting on Saturday. The vice-president is William Deck- er, Zurich, Wolves have been spottedin the Cromarty area, six Hailes east of Hensall, on the farm of Arnold Westlake. The Hensall Chamber of Cone-• merce, at their regular meeting welcomed Mr, John Irvin, the new manager of the Bank of Montreal. Mrs. David Schroeder passed away at her home in Dashwood, in her 85th year. She had been a resident for the past 18 years, 10 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY, 1954 The new representative for Hay Township on the South Huron High School board is Oscar Greb, who lives on the Babylon Line. He replaces Mr, T. C. Haberer, who has resigned the position. William Siebert was elected president of the Zurich Public Library at the annual meeting held last week. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Desjardine have moved from their farm on the Babylon Line to the new house they built in Zurich. They have sold the farm to Arnold Merner, Jr. Rev. E. Heimrich, of Zurich, was the guest speaker at the Young People's of Hensall Uni- ted Church meeting last week. The Luean Irish defeated the Zurich Flyers on Friday night. 4-3, in the first game of the best -of -seven playoffs for the group title. ass You should keep one car window open a little at all times (1) to avoid fog- ging up of the car windows? (2) to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning? •uoap u[aut deal no.t jt • • • smopulM 044 45noa444 uol4auuo}u1 of»t)a; pa 401 o IDS uoa 04M s.10Al.1p 8ulmopo} ;a pup aonup 44 40 ,<411191s14 aonpaa eupi • pun eul5Bo, •ssol8 044 ;o aplsu; 044 uo 6up esnD' uaa Juttjn9M ploy u1 pasop smopulM 044 Ho g;lm 6upland • • • 6u08oi esnoa u0D pasop sMopu4M ego 110 g{1M 614A1ap 17eaa0D aao (z) put) (t) gaoq 0n6091 d;a}og 0Laorup Sgt 04 BulpaoaaY a CIA Co-operators Insurance Association and Co-operators Life .Insurance Association Business and Professional Directory ACCOUNTANTS ROY N. BENTLEY PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT GODERICH P.O. 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