Zurich Citizens News, 1965-01-28, Page 2PAGE TWO
THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1965
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Words of Wisdom by Webb
It was refreshing to note that con-
tained in the campaign words from the
new warden, Stephen's reeve Glenn Webb,
was the assurance that he recognizes the
need of a well informed public.
Warden Webb uttered words of wis-
dom when he said, "full explanation creates
a feeling of partnership between citizens
and council which can only be achieved
by the co-operation of the press and the
council."
Too many times, councils and boards
hesitate to release the full explanation.
Too often, press reporters are cautioned to
"forget the pencil" or "close the ears".
Sometimes there is a valid reason for
the secrecy and the wise reporter can
generally recognize this without being told.
But often there is no good argument other
than the fact that officials fear public dis-
agreement with an unpopular motion or
personal embarrassment when their views
may be challenged.
There is never any assurance that all
decisions made at the meeting tables in
the country will be received kindly. Every
official should bear in mind he or she was
elected to do a job and has pledged to up-
hold the duties of that office to the best
of his or her ability.
This bit of philosopsy contains a great
truths—a man could do nothing if he waited
until he could it so well that no one would
find fault with what he had done.
When the public is called up to meas-
ure the worth of a decision without any
explanation as to why it was made, too
much room is left for speculation. The
real danger comes when law -making bodies
permit only half truths.
Accuracy •on the part of the press is
necessary, but it becomes a near impossi-
bility when information is concealed. It is
good to know that the county warden sees
the need for a full explanation. Congratu-
lations are in order.
Let's Be Honest
The newest and latest problem faced
by the Public School Board of Township
School Area of Hay is •the drawing up of
a salary schedule for teachers.
This will provide the board with a
handy chart that requires only to run a
finger down the appropriate column, stop
at the section designated for the years of
experience held by the teacher in question,
and pay the sum indicated. there. This
system is nice for the teacher, too.
Let's be honest. Teachers can not be
judged merely on years of experience be-
cause all teachers are not equally interest-
ed, equally suited and equally industrious.
The loopholes in a salary schedule
are frightening and almost impossible to
plug. All trades and professions have
"deadwood'. Most are bound by some kind
of wage scale. But not all deal with such
a precious commodity as do school teachers.
Whatever the book may say, teachers play
an increasingly vital role in the shaping
of today's children into tomorrow's citizen.
The responsibility of the teacher is great.
Those who accept it should be paid for
it. Those who ignore it should be aware
of it through salary.
Under a salary schedule, the teacher
who coasts from payday to payday can de-
mand the same wage as the teacher who
labors diligently with devotion to children,
parents and community. The beard has no
alternative but to grant a salary increase
to the unsuited teacher along with the one
having special talents and abilities for
teaching.
The cry is raised by interested parents
and first-rate teachers alike that some stu-
dents are passing through the halls of ele-
mentary school learning devoid of basic
skills so important to their future. To
point the finger at teachers is forbidden.
To attack the parent is useless.
School boards are expected to bear the
brunt of these accusations. But let's be
honest. School boards are limited. They
are hampered by things such as the salary
schedule which puts the teacher in the
driver's seat.
Boards should have the right to judge
their teachers on performance and achieve-
ments. They should be able to •discard
the unproductive few without fear of •re-
taliation and to hire and to keep the best
of the best at all costs.
There is nothing about our educational
system in Ontario that is so poor that it
could not be successfully overcome by com-
mon sense and sense of true values,
It's An Old Complaint
An example this week of the validity
of an old complaint so often voiced by the
citizens of Zurich and Hay Township came
when this newspaper was denied the cour-
tesy of a news release concerning the hir-
ing of a new principal at South Huron Dis-
trict High School.
E. D. Howey, business administrator at
the school, reported last week that L.
Douglas Palmer had •accepted the position
thus filling the vacancy to be created by
the retirement of Harold Sturgis at the end
of this term. The story was carried in the
Exeter Times-Advvocate and the London
Free Press.
The pride Hay and Zurich citizens feel
for their township and village is often crit-
icized— not so much because it is wrong
but more because it is envied. If this area
is to be chastised for its pride, then cer-
tainly others should be scolded for their
envy.
South Huron District High School
should take a cue from its neighbour to the
north Central Huron Secondary School
regularly takes advantage of the columns
and advertising spaces of this newspaper,
and all others in the district, to keep rate-
payers informed about the happenings at
the school.
Perhaps Central Huron recognizes the
fact that Hay is one of the largest town-
ships in the county.
Maybe the board feels that school sup-
porters in that area have a right to know
what transpires at the school because some
of their money pays the bills.
It could be they agree parents who have
children in attendance at Central Huron
are vitally interested in everything about
the school.
Or it might be just a good sound public
relations sense.
Whatever the reason, Hay Township
and Zurich residents are grateful to Central
Huron. They remain greatly disappointed
and a little offended by the neglect of
South Huron District High School.
A new policy at SHDHS would elimin-
ate that grievance. A sheet of carbon paper
in the typewriter or an extra phone call
would make Hay Township and the village
of Zurich aware that officials at the school
are open-minded and concerned about all.
The Fight Is Done
Sir Winston Churchill is dead.
There are many who looked upon this
statesman as the greatest man the world
has ever known . There are others who say
his only delight was the bloody battles
which made him a hero to a few.
Whether we have agreed or disagreed.
with the life work of Sir Winston, surely
we must admit that he was indeed one of
the giants of our time.
He fought a good fight hut now it is
done.
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50 Years Ago
JANUARY, 1915
Two candidates were in the
field for the wardenship of Hur-
on County, S. Govenlock, reeve
of McKillop, and Dr. Milne,
reeve of Blyth, both Liberals.
After two hours of balloting,
Govenlock was elected by a
vote of 13 to 3.
Owing to the daily war news,
we have had no railway boom
in Zurich so far this winter.
Let's get busy.
One hundred million dollars
will be asked for in the coming
session of parliament for war
purposes.
It is said that e'er long, two
of Dashwood's young ladies are
to try matrimonial life. We
don't know if the report be true
but it's no lie that if a good
wife is wanted this burg has the
young ladies with all the quali-
fications. Now boys, don't be
slow. You can't make a mis-
take in coming here to get the
very individual you require, the
clergyman to do the job com-
plete and even the license to
help you on your way. Who'll
be next?
40 YEARS AGO
JANUARY 1925
Mr. Ferd Haberer has in-
stalled a radio set.
The contest for the warden -
ship of the County of Huron
this year will be between E. F.
Klapp, reeve of Hay, and Chas.
Robinson, reeve of Colborne.
The Liberals will have the
choosing of the warden this
year.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. Ra-
der, Dashwood, a son, January
14, 1925.
Some disappointment was felt
last Saturday when the weather
was so cloudy that we were un-
able to get a good view of the
eclipse.
25 YEARS AGO
JANUARY, 1940
Now playing: The Royal Tour
of their Majesties, King George
VI and Queen Elizabeth, visit to
Canada.
The people of St. Joseph and
Beavertown have taken full ad-
vantage of the recent cold snap
by putting away their winter's
supply of ice, which is of the
very best at present.
R. J. Paterson, Hensall tax
collector, reported to council
that $729.52 was outstanding to
date.
Local doctors have been kept
busy the past few days as so
many have been suffering with
flu.
15 YEARS AGO
JANUARY, 1950
Mr. William H. Edighoffer has
sold his 175 -acre homestead to
Ivan Kalbfleisch, of Zurich.
Tuesday morning one of the
worse ice storms in some years
swept these parts. Lines were
down and many telephone
calls were cancelled that other-
wise would have gone through.
The contract of taking down
the old concrete water tank in
Zurich has been let to Mr.
Burchell, London.
Miss Elizabeth Steckle is at-
tending Bible School at Kit-
chener.
10 YEARS AGO
Winning Words
JANUARY, 1955
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Stelck, of
Dashwood, were visitors with
Mr. and Mrs. Newell Geiger.
By popular demand, there
will be a repeat performance
of the English pantomine, Cin-
derella, sponsored by the Hen -
sail Girl Guide Association.
The Zurich Flyers won their
game with the Detroit Gage -Olds
team, but were defeated by the
Lucan boys 5-3.
The Dashwood volunteer fire
brigade extinguished a chimney
fire at the home of William
Gossman recently.
Light snowfalls •covering up
the ice from recent storms have
made for better working and
travelling conditions.
From My Window
By Shirley Keller
Is there anything quite so
pleasant as a good old-fashioned
bout with a flu bug? Whenever
the little invisible sickening
monster rears its ugly head at
our house, I think ... maybe
this will be it.
It used to be, when I was a
kid, that Freddie the flu -loader
struck only in the morning
when it was time for school.
Usually, it was gone again by
noon when it was time for a
heatry lunch accompanied by
the radio soap -opera "Aunt
Jenny" or "Helen Trent".
I remember I hated to get
well for fear I would miss the
next gripping episode that
would surely answer the ques-
tion, "Will young Dr. Malone
reach her in time?"
But I know now that really
wasn't the flu. An authentic
attack of the flu leaves you
weak in ;the knees, flushed in
the face and cold in the base
of the spine.
You will first be aware that
you are "coming down with
something" when you grow out -
of -focus with the world. This
alone can be pretty terrifying.
Suddenly, without any warning,
you hate everybody and every-
thing.
The milkman becomes a
money -grabbing ogre who takes
away the bottles you have
worked so hard to clean so the
neighbors won't think you are
a poor housekeeper when they
notice your empties on the
doorsill.
The breadman, you are sure,
has a special spite on you be-
cause he is alt out of nut -loops
when he arrives at your door,
with that silly grin on his face
that tell you he's either cookie -
kooky or plain crazy.
The kids can irritate you by
simply getting out of bed or
corning hoine from school. And
poor husband gets the blame
for the wash not drying and the
roast not browning.
Then it bits you. Like a ton
of bricks has fallen on you, you
get pains all over. In the head,
in the legs, in the chest, in the
stomach, in the arms, in the
hips, in the shoulders, in the
sides.
You can't decide whether to
run to the bathroom to be sick
or to the bedroom to die. There
is no strength to plug in the
heating pad and no energy to
throw on an extra blanket.
Sweat pours forth like water
from a fountain, and at the
same time shivers wrack your
body so hard the bed rocks like
a ship on a rough sea. The
room and the furniture spins.
Close your eyes and you see
lopsided licorice that turns
your tortured stomach. Open
your eyes and you get dizzy all
over again.
Lay on your stomach and your
backs feels as though, it will
break. Lay on your back and
your heart beats out the tune
of Lover Come Back to Me.
Just when you give up, deter-
mined to expire in some form
of dignity, the hateful little
germ begins to leave the limp
form that once was your body.
Cautiously you throw your legs
over the side of the bed in an
effort to return to the land of
the living. Shaky, wobbly un-
derpinnings bearly carry you to
the nearest chair where you col-
lapse, sure you are doomed to
a future as an invalid.
But Mother Nature will not
allow you the bliss of a life
without care. Slowly your zest
for living returns and vibrant
health is restored until the next
time the flu bug selects your
cells for a headquarters from
which to peddle :his nasty
nausea.
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The Centennial Commission nes cnoson the symbol
of the Centennial of Confederation: eleven aqui.
lateral triangles arranged together into a symbolic
Maple Leaf representing the ton Provinces and the
Canadian North.
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doConks: m do la Confdddrotiont one fouille
d'ftiYlde q,1M7e of commode do ono, trlenai,.
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"This will be my eighth year
as a member of this ,council. 1
have sat on many committees
and learned something of the
duties expected of a warden. I
realize that with the honor
comes responsibility, and I will
do my best to advance Huron
County. I am prepared to give all
the time needed for this job,
and with your support, I am
sure 1965 can be another suc-
cessful year.
"Each of our municipalities
is unique, none with the same
problems or member's person-
ality on council, but they must
be welded in county govern-
ment. We must be concerned
not only with our people as in-
dividuals but the county as a
whole.
"It is generally conceded that
municipal government is closest
to the people and it is essential
that it work efficiently. The
one ingredient to make it work
efficiently is a well-informed
public.
"As for the press, I believe
as much information as possi-
ble should be given to these
people. It is important that the
information be accurate. Noth-
ing causes alarm and suspicion
so quickly as the impression
something is being concealed.
"Full explanation creates a
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feeling of partnership between
citizens and council which can
only be achieved by the eo-
peration of press and council.
"I believe some form of plan-
ning work is likely—planning
towards ensuring intelligent
growth. It does not seem effi-
cient that many of our munici-
palities should engage in con-
flicting planning practices.
"The basic things for county
planning concern roads and
land use. However, each area
must develop a system which
best suits the circumstances of
that particular area.
"As Mr. Dunbar says, there
will be a planning workshop in
Huron in early March, and I
would hope all our council and
interested groups will be at that
meeting. They will then have
opportunity to decide whether
county planning can be of any
assistance to Huron. I do not
believe in change for the sake
of change, but I believe some-
thing is in store for this county.
"The department is convinced
that the counties should hire
assessors to do the job on a
full-time basis. The county
could employ and train people
to deal with this problem on a
uniform system.
"Local economy must not be
affected to undermine the re-
sponsibilities of focal govern-
ment. The means of having a
good county government rests
on our shoulders."
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