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They Serve Us
Last year in Canada there were 1,098
eases of assaults on police constables. That,
among other things, is a disturbing sign of
lack of support for the men who are ser-
vants in the maintaining of law and order.
No statistics are listed to show how often
members of the general public stood by
while such assaults took place, but that
happens far too often.
It is a pity when a public attitude
arises which regards the law as an enemy.
It shows itself in disregard of laws in
small as well as large matters. It is dis-
played in refusal to aid the law by giving
evidence. It is often shown in abusive
language toward officers who are simply
doing their duty.
That stern. even-handed engine of jus-
tice. we call The Law, is our own creation,
The people we elect to govern us enact
the laws which safeguard us from the
Criminal Code to the anti -parking statute.
They are passed and put into force on
behalf of all us, not any particular group.
The law itself is embodied in our
courts. where every man has a chance to
have a fair hearing. and presumed innocent
until proven guilty, Police officers are
agents of the law. in essence. our servants,
acting on our behalf. If sometimes that
means that they must enforce the law
against ane of us as an individual, it is
still true that they are acting in the inter-
ests of all of us.
A businessman here in the past few
days reflected the correct attitude toward
the police when he said that despite the
fact he disliked a certain regulation he
obeyed and moved on when a constable
pointed out that he was breaking the law,
and added he felt no resentment against
the constable who was "only doing his
duty".
There are a thousand ways in which
the police act on our behalf. They patrol
at night, and let us know if our doors are
open, so that we will not be victimized by
thieves. They patrol the highways and try
to prevent violations which are made for
our safety, They must enforce little "nuis-
ance" by-laws which stop us from annoying
our neighbors, or make us lock up dogs,
while at the same time they stand on guard
against the criminal who would kill.
It is a complex task, and most of the
men who do it are fully aware that they
are public servants, not masters, Quite
rightly. the law supports the police officer
if he is resisted in the performance of his
duty.
Unfortunately, the law cannot do any-
thing but co-operate, or a wrong public
attitude is shown. That we must correct
ourselves. We must support the police in
their work. For that work is done on our
behalf, and to the extent we refuse to co-
operate we weaken their ability to protect
us.—(Trentonian).
Don't Knock the Weekly
Mary people tend to feel that the
weekly newspaper is something of an an-
achronism. a thing remaining from the past
like the general store with its little pot-
bellied stove in the corner, where one
occasionally lounged for a half-hour or so
to learn what is happening around the
town.
Certainly it is true that the weekly
has the general store's character of being
homely and informal in its presentation.
And there is no doubt that it shares more
than a few of its news sources with the
"Hot Stove News Syndicate". But what is
certainly not true is the story that the
weekly is gradually fading away into the
mellow dusk along with that unpretentious
mercantile marketplace of which it is the
literary counterpart.
The actual feet is that the weekly is
coming into its own, even more right now
than ever before. And the reason rests as
much with the daily and other forms of
publication, as with the weekly itself. Be-
cause, of all the changes that seem to be
coming over the daily newspaper, none pre-
sents itself more strongly that the trend
away from the "folksy" sort of news, to-
wards the "hard news", the stories about
world affairs, prominent persons. and the
goings-on of governments, both our own
and those of our neighbors.
And this very emphasis of the "hard
news" coverage tends to overlook "Mr.
Average Citizen", for it is not often that
he manages to see his picture on the front
page of a weekly, never mind a daily. In-
volvement in hard news events occurs only
once or twice in the life of the average
person, if at all.
An yet, at the same time, Mr. Average
Citizen still likes the idea of seeing his
name in print, even if he doesn't always
admit it—and this is quite often the ease.
And so, this is where the weekly comes
in. It fuflls a place in the life of a great
many people. It may be true that the
weekly represents more to one brought up
in a small town than to one who has lived
always in the city. But this in no way de-
tracts from the real value of the smaller
paper.
Undoubtedly, the greatest justification
for the weekly is the very fact that, by its
nature, it devotes itself to news and ac-
tivities of the person who seldom, if ever,
makes the columns of the daily papers.
The fact that news of the world -sweep-
ing type is treated little, if at all, is cer-
tainly no indication that the paper does not
contribute its part to the information of
the people.
In everything about its approach to the
makes the colums of the daily papers.
less pretentious and formal- And it is for
this very reason that it finds the opportun-
ity to lead and persuade in the unique way
that only a weekly can. — The Rossland
(B.C.) Miner.
Happiness in Retirement
The wife of a retired man, at least the
one who doesn't use his retirement wisely,
often has a harder job to find an emo-
tional balance wheel than does her hus-
band. In many instances, retirement
means a decrease in the amount •of time
and money she can spend on Tittle luxuries
and recreation. Home routine, established
for years, is often disrupted, leaving a
woman with no sense of security.
Men often turn into efficiency experts
around the house and drive their wives
mad criticizing the way in which they do
their work. "Often," said a social worker,
"men who had authority in an office will
transfer work discipline to the home.
Not long ago a U.S. woman who'd been
happily married for 37 years sued for di-
vorce only three months after her husband's
retirement, She sobbed to the judge, "He
even told me I was using my broom wrong."
Social workers say the best way for
both husband and wife to be happy in his
retirement period is for the man to remain
active, This can be accomplished by de-
veloping hobbies prior to retirement. Ex-
perts claim he should have a room of his
own not only for some reading and putter-
ing with a hobby, but also as a place where
he can get away from it all, including his
wife.—(Dutton Advance).
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YEARS GONE
JULY, 1924
The residential property in
Zurich, being the estate of the
late Andrew Smith, has been
sold to Mr. Gideon Koehler,
who at present occupies part
of the house as living quarters.
Quite a number of the young
people attended a shower in
honour of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mc-
Bride, last Wednesday evening.
Dr, and Mrs. C. Campbell
and family, of Toronto. called
on friends in Zurich on Tues-
day.
E. E. Witerth and Jacob
Brown motored to Kitchener
last Wednesday. Mrs. ' Tuerth,
who has been visiting friends in
that city, returned with them.
The Ladies' Aid of Zurich
Evangelical Church were enter-
tained by the Crediton Aid last
Thursday at the home of Mrs.
J. Wein.
An interesting Sunday School
convention will be held in the
Zurich Mennonite Church over
the week -end. Services will be
held on Saturday night and
three times on Sunday.
Mr. C. Fritz and family are
attending the Old Boys' Reun-
ion at Stratford this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Witmer
and Miss AdeIl spent Thursday
at London.
Miss Susie Johnston returned
home after a pleasant visit with
friends in Kitchener and Ham-
ilton.
Rhyman Kalbfleisch, of the
Molson's Bank staff, Windsor,
is spending his vacation at his
home in Zurich.
Rev. and Mrs. Lloyd Kalb-
fleisch, of Brantford, are spend-
ing their vacation with his par-
ents in Zurich.
25 YEARS AGO
JULY, 1939
The young men of the village
of Zurich have organized into a
softbaII league. Some interest-
ing and exciting games are be-
ing played on the local diamond
these pleasant evenings.
Earl Yungblut has purchased
the southerly part of the prop-
erty in Zurich on Edward St.,
owned by Mr. Jacob Deichert,
and intends wrecking the stable
on the premises in order to
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erect a modern dwelling there-
on, this year.
Master bougie O'Brien was
to London hospital last week
for an operation. Mrs. O'Brien
is staying there with him.
Relatives and neighbours of
Mr. and Mrs. Adrean Denomme
presented them with a shower
on Saturday evening. Many
useful gifts were received.
Miss Lenora Haberer, of Zur-
ich, bas recently received the
good news of having been suc-
cessful in passing all theoretical
and practical examinations in
the A.T,C.M. grade, with the
Toronto Conservatory of Music.
Calvin and Robert Williams
motored to Detroit on Sunday
where they visited their cousins,
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Ehnes,
who showed the Williams broth-
ers some of the finer sights of
the city.
O YEAS AGO
JULY, 1954
Misses Mary Mae Fisher and.
Margaret Dieehert have accept-
ed positions in Kitchener.
Miss Ellen Marie Love, of RR
1, Zurich, is in Toronto this
month attending professional
seminars at the Royal Conserv-
atory of Music Summer School.
Mrs. Norman Fleischauer, of
Zurich, won a split prize of $250
at the bingo sponsored by the
Hensall Legion.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Thomp-
son and baby and Miss Vera
Dedels, of Kitchener, were Sun-
day visitors at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Deters, Sr., at
Zurich.
Miss Olive O'Brien is spend-
ing a few weeks vacation with
her relatives and friends in
Port Huron.
Word has been received that
William J, D. Mero has been
granted a permanent first class
certificate for teaching in On-
tario schools, by the Ontario
College of Education at Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy McBride
were the guests of honor at a
celebration of their thirtieth
wedding anniversary, held at
the home of their daughter, Mrs.
Earl Deichert, Bayfield.
On Sunday evening the par-
ishoners of St. Peter's Parish,
St. Joseph, gathered together to
bid Monsignor Bourdeau fare-
well, prior to his leaving for
his new parish at Paincourt.
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Occasionally, I think how
pleasant it would be to have a
summer cottage. Just a cosy
little place, on a lake, where a
fellow could get away from it
all. do a little quiet fishing and
thinking. A spot to go on those
long, lovely fall week -ends, as
well,
Fortunately, this manifesta-
tion of madness is brief. My
well-developed sense of reality
revives, and I breathe •a little
silent thanks that I have not
been hooked.
A summer cottage, 30 years
ago, was a joy to the heart, a
balm to the nerves, a refuge
from relatives, a source of spir-
itual rejuvenation.
Today it is almost guaranteed
as an ulcer- maker, a nerve -
wrecker, a spirit -smasher. It is
an albatross around the neck of
its owner, who winds up each
season looking and feeling about
as spry as the Ancient Mariner.
First, and perhaps worst,
there is the sheer, shocking ex-
pense of the thing. A man
could keep three mistresses
swathed in mink for what a cot-
tage costs him,
Thirty years ago, you bought
a lot from a farmer, who
thought you were out of your
mind, for $50. You had a local
carpenter whack up a cottage
for about $400. For another
$35, you picked up a stove,
some beds and a few other odds
and sods of furniture, at •auc-
tion sales. And you were in
business.
Today you fork over about
$1500 for a lot, erect a modest
cottage for another $3500. And
you're just beginning. It costs
a year's salary to outfit the
place. Then there's a well to
dig, plumbing and hydro to in-
stall, and a boat to buy that is
bigger than that of the guy
next door.
In the old days, a man could
keep his family in dignified
comfort at the cottage for about
ten bucks a week. That, gentle
reader, is eighty dollars for the
whole summer. They got their
fuel in the bush. They bought
vegetables and milk, chickens
and eggs, from the local farmer
at prices that make one weep
with rage today. Once a week
the family went into town and
loaded up with grub, coal oil
for the lamps, and a round
of ice cream cones, for about
eight dollars.
In these enlightened 1980's,
keeping the family at the cot-
tage is like watching blood pour
out of an open wound. There's
wood to buy for the fireplace,
and gasoline for the boats, and
hydro bills and taxes and re-
pairs to the plumbing system.
And there's the thrice -weekly
swoop on the super -market and
booze outlets, to the tune of
about $30 a swoop.
But it's not only the financial
aspect that appalls me, It's the
communications and transporta-
tion progress that makes a cot-
tage owner go around all sum-
mer with a severe facial twitch,
In the good old clays, a man.
drove his family a hundred
miles to the cottage and left
them there until Labor Day, He
didn't see or hear one of them
for eight weeks. Those were,
indeed, the golden days„
Nowadays, the poor guy has
had a couple of long-distance
calls telling him that the toilet
is leaking and the kids all have
pink eye and his wife has run
out of money because she had
quite a repair bill on the Volks
after backing it into the boat
trailer.
Then he's expected to drive
a hundred miles Friday night in
traffic that would make a bish-
op blaspheme. He arrives just
before dark, to find that the
pump has broken down, the
kids have wracked up the boat,
the baby has drowned but has
been revived by artificial des-
peration, and the next-door
neighbours, who never know
enough to go home, have been
invited in for a drink.
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