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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1964-10-29, Page 7THURSDAY, OCTOB R 29, 1964 ZURICH CITIZENS NEW PAGE SEVEN Some of my best friends are women. I like women, gener- ally, because they are compas- sionate, courageous and smell nice. Some are good do o k e r s Others are good cooks. Most have a great fund of common sense. For these very reasons, I have refused to stand by and let that fine creature, the housewife, be lead, ormislead, into a morass of frustration a n d unhappi- ness by a few frustrated, un- happy female agitators. • For years, I have been fight- ing a battle. It has been made up of skirmishes in •speeches, fullscale attacks in this col- umn, and occasional hand-to- hand combant with my old lady. On some occasions, I have been routed, my banners tat- tered, my forces oin disarray, But my ideals have remained intact, my cause untarnished. Once in a while, I've won a minor encounter. At a party, for instance, when a housewife has flung a drink in my face and rushed off to the bathroom in a confusioh of rage and tears. I don't regret a minute of the long campaign. The only thing that has depressed me has been the intense loneliness. Time and again I have felt like •a lost pa- trol, cut off from all reinforce- ment, betrayed by allies. But my heart leaped in my breast with new hope the other day, when I read an article in Maclean's magazine. For the first time in a decade or more, I felt that my cause, "Equality for Husbands", had an outside chance of winning. Title of the article was "Mar- riage Is Easy Street (For Women)" Written by Sidney Katz, it was a sober, factual re- futation of that base, insidious and increasing whine of the times - that a housewife is "bored, trapped, a slave to her family, and unfulfilled as a hu- man being". Mr, Katz quotes sociologist, psychologist and anthropologist to prove what I have been say- ing for years: that it is just the opposite, that it is the male creature in marriage who is trapped, who is the slave to his family, and who, very often, is bored silly with the whole busi- ness. I have no need to quote any kind of an "ologist". All I have to do is look around me. There's the former terror of the tank corps. A tiger in ac- tion, his name was a by -word among the troops, a symbol of dash and elan. There's 'not much left of his former fiendish skill as he steers his shopping 'cart submissively about the su- permarket. His wife is busy Friday night with her little theatre group. There's the former bomber pilot. For three years, he held within his clever and capable hands six thousand horsepower, six tons of bombs, and the lives of six men. I wonder if he feels "fulfilled as a human being" as he drops another quarter in the coin wash. But it's Saturday night and his 'wife likes to watch the movie on TIV. Most of the damage has been done by a comparatively small group of harridans who have produced a veritable tidal wave of books, magazine articles and TV diatribes, all with the same theme: if you are a housewife (a) are you unhappy and frus- trated; (b) you're a slob be- cause you're not out working, Coup yowe $VINGS"e` qstrop !mei ''��tettDream Whip Dessert Topping 25c KITCHEN FRESH -20 OZ. Choice Green Peas _ _ _ _ 2/35c ASSORTED -9-0Z. JAR Wagstaffe Jam 4/89c AYLMER-11-OZ. BOTTLE Aylmer Tomato Catsup _ _ _ 19c 11111,,,,,,1111,,,,,1,,11111111111111,111111111111111111I1,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I1111111,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,11111111 LUCKY DOLLAR FOOD MARKET CLARENCE GASCHO - ZURICH MEWS OF KIPPEN DISTRICT Correspondent, Mrs, Norman. Long Mr. and Mrs. Grant Love, of Carlo, Mich., spent Saturday night with the latter's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McBride. Mr. David Cooper, of London, spent the week -end visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Schneider and family, of Stratford, visited Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Sehneider's father, Mr. Robert Thomson. Sympathy from the commun- ity is extended to Mrs, Alfred Moffatt and family in the pass- ing of a husband and father, the late Mr. Alfred Moffatt. Mrs. Wesley Cockerline and Mrs, Alice Armstrong, Pilot Mound, Manitoba, have been visiting this past week with Mrs. Russell Consit and family. Bazaar and Tea The UCW of St. Andrew's United Church held a success- ful bazaar and tea on Saturday afternoon with $150 realized for •church work. The convenors for various booths were as fol- lows: Mrs. Robert McGregor, cake and cookies; Mrs. Harold Jones, pies and tarts; Mrs. John Anderson, bread and buns; Mrs. Archie Parsons, fancy work; Mrs. Ross Broadfoot, produce; Mrs. Emerson Kyle, touch and take; Mrs. Robert Elgie, fish pond; Mrs. John Sinclair, candy booth. The tables and tea room were attractively decorated in chrysanthemums, autumn fruits and vegetables, with Mrs. Lloyd Cooper in charge. or writing a novel or sculpting a sculp or something. Norma. I, intelligent house- wives, under this finger of scorn, are slinking around guilt- ily trying to convince them- selves that they are unhappy, frustrated shirkers. The only thing I'm worried about is that they may succeed. As any woman of real insight knows, it is the male of the family who is a slave to the family, who is frustrated, unful- filled and trapped. Let me 'quote from the article. In a survey, one housewife said, "A married woman has it made." Welcome to the barricades, Katz. You can pile sandbags while I sharpen my finger to stick it in the dyke. Got get him, girls. Katz, that is. Look Your Best! Specializinz in CREW CUTS ® PERRY COMO - PRINCETON BRUSH - • FLAT TOPS • STYLES FOR MEN AND BOYS Wayne O'Rourke OF GERRY SMITH'S BARBER SHOP 346 MAIN ST. AGRICO Fertilizers BULK OR BAGGED NOW IS THE TIME FOR FALL TOP -DRESSING OF PASTURES AND FALL PLOW -DOWN FOR CORN Bulk Spreaders Available TWO SERVICE DEPOTS SIIUCEFIELD A. J. MUSTARD, MANAGER Phone 482.7435 EXETER DASIIWOOD LLOYD RADER,, MANAGER Phone 103W Obituary_ Alfred Moffatt A well-known Kippen farmer died Saturday when he was stricken with a heart attack while plowing. Alfred D. Mof- fat, 62, got clown from his trac- tor, apparently to do some minor repair work, when he collapsed. Mr, Moffatt, a lifelong resi- dent of Kippen, was a former reeve of Tuckersmith Township. He was past master of Huron Lodge, AF&AM 224, Hensall, - and a nu'inber of St. Andrew's Master, Orville Workman, Frank United Church, Kippen. Wright, Dave Treibner, Cliff He is survived by his wife, the former Esther Hayter, two sops, Gerald, Kippen; Eldred,' Lambeth; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Alberta Me- i3eatir, 'Instill, and Airs. Livina Eathwell, Moose Jaw, Sask.; one brother, Lawrence, Regina. The funeral service, conduct- ed by Rev. Howard Plant, took place Tuesday, October 27, from the Bonthron funeral home, liensall. Interment was in Ex- eter Cemetery. Pallbearers were all nephews of the deceased. They were Dale Hayter, Keith Hayter, Allan Armstrong, Howard. Arm- strong, Douglas Dawson and Alex McBeath. Dr. E. A. Mc - Cron ad, ACROSS, , '20. IOnd of bean 1. At a distance 21. Cot Off short 5, That girl .22. Allow 8, Slender 24. Large number 12. Tardy 26. In this place 13. Fireplace good 27. Fondles 14. Musical sound 28j. Region ly 16. Ironing 229. Scheme 17. Float made of logs 18, Steamship (abbr.) 19. Mimic 20. Row 21. Cunning 22. Boat • 25. Royal highness (abbr.) 27. window glass 29. Tiny particle 30. Pastry 3L Publication head 3$. Seaman 86. Crest 36. A direction 38. Center 39. Senior (abbr,) 40. Chair 41. Obtain 42. Deeds 44. Crow older 46. Musical note 48. Competent 49. Pledged 52. Hit with open hand 33. First woman 64. Darn 55. Stitches 56. rootlike part 67. Hits lightly DOWN 1. High mountains 2. Armed conflicts 3. Consumed 4. Affirmative word 6. Slide 6, Trustworthy 8. Narrow piece. 9. Lend • 10. Poorer quality 11. Encountered '32. Is indebted 34. Frost 37. Perish with hunger 40. Stairs 41. Precious stone 93. Animal nail 45. Departs 46. Period before Easter 47. Sums up 48. Beast of burden 99. Vigor 60. Mischievous child G. 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