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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1965-06-17, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1965 zial easoneott .,. MI Mat Pay For County Council We see by the news that the county council of the neighboring County of Wat- erloo has been debating the subject of absenteeism. One reeve was absent one afternoon during the May session, and his fellow -members voted to dock his pay, to the extent of half of the daily rate for atendance at council sessions. The background to the incident, it seems. was that In Waterloo there has de- veloped the habit of taking a rather lengthy noon break between morning and after- noon sittings of the county council. In the process of stretching the noon recess a litle longer. again, one reeve stretched his lunch-hour so far that it lasted all the rest of the day. After the debate which led to a reso- lution to dock his pay, some members o f the Waterloo council had second, and ni•ore lenient thoughts. At a subsequent meeting there was a revived debate, which led to the passing of a second resolution, to re- scind the first one. The absentee got his pay after all. The debate produced a var- iety of suggestions, including one that there should be a penalty clause in the county by-laws, to require automatic pay - docking for absentees, and another, that the council members should break with the tradition of the lengthy noon hour. It sounds like a lot of time spent in an argument that went around •in a circle and ended where it started. Waterloo might profitably study the example which was set nine years ago by Perth County council. In 1956, a special committee of three ex -wardens of Perth reviewed the problem of pay for council members, and advised that the old system of a daily rate of pay should be discarded, and that the pay should be so much per session, regardless of how many days the session might last. The three ex -wardens, Willoet Kelterborn of Milverton, Angus Dickson of Listowel and J. 3. Vosper of Mitchell, were council veterans, all of whom happened to be members at the same time, after service in the warden's chair. We do not recall that absenteeism raised many problems back in the years when reeves and deputy reeves were paid by the day for county council work. The problem did crop up in another form. There were times when business went for- ward so slowly on a Friday, that the busi- ness of a session was not completed, and council voted to sit an extra day, and stretch the session to include Saturday. It was remarkable how swiftly the business could get done on Saturday morning, after it was assured' that there would be an extra day's pay. The Kelterborn-Dickson-Vosper plan put an end to that kind of nonsense. No- body has to be a calendar -watcher, and arguments •about a day's pay, more er less, just do not arise. — (Stratford Beacon - Herald) Did You lock Your Car? Did you lock your car when you left it on the street yesterday? If so, You may have stopped a youngster from starting on a life of crime. The Ontario Safety League quotes U.S. reports that more than two-thirds of all cars stolen are taken by school-age young- sters. Police records show that some boys begin taking cars for "joy rides" when. as young as 10 years old, but the real prob- lem begins at 13 or 14 and tapers off sharply after 17. Authorities who deal closely with ju- venile auto thefts blame much of it on the casual attitude of the car -owning public. It is almost invariably the unlocked cars that get stolen; many of them with the keys left dangling in the ignition. Normal parking precautions can offer little defence against the determined, Pro- fessional auto thief. But a large propor- tion of illegally removed ears are taken by juveniles who delude themselves that it is not really stealing to drive away in a car that has been left open, whereas they would hesitate to break into a locked car. Most stolen cars are recovered. They are abandoned at the end of the "joy ride" or when the gas runs out. Often they are unharmed, and the owners suffer nothing worse than anxiety and inconvenience. But too often they are recovered after damage and bloodshed, resulting from incompe- tent, reckless or panic driving. Surveys have shown that car thefts drop as much as two-thirds after strict en- forcement of key removal laws. The OSL asks all drivers to help protect the public, as well as their own property, by making their cars as secure, as possible when left parked. Should Restrict Sale of Firearms! In the neighbouring country to the south of Canada the very serious condition of the easy availability of firearms is at last reaching the point of government con- sideration. This is a matter that has been brought forth and dropped many times during the past quarter century, but unfortunately not anything has ever been done about it. It is a condition •of affairs that not long ago cost the United States the life of one of its greatest presidents and in his assassination the world lost a great leader. The facility with which weapons, es- pecially rifles, may be secured in Canada is equal to that across the border. You can pick up the daily papers almost at any time and find large advertisements insert- ed by so-called "war surplus stores" and find used rifles for sale at a very low cost. Also you can find advertised ammunition usable in the rifles, most of which have been bought for a song in foreign coun- tries, including Britain. These are not actually the kind of fire- arms that are used by legitimate sports- men who engage in seasonal hunting in Canada's northland, but they could be used for such purpose by imitation nimrods and are used to considerable extent by such persons. However, the use of these weapons for hunting and possibly target practice is not the critical portion of the situation. It is the fact that anyone can walk into a war surplus store and purchase such rifles without question. We can offer you absolute definite proof of this because the writer, some five years ago, entered such a store in Toronto and purchased two of these rifles, although they were manufactured before World War One and used in the early years of that fray. These were not purchased for hunting purposes, but were rendered harmless and used for decorative reasons. We are not attempting to cast any as- pirations upon the students sof Canada, but of recent times they have engaged in pic- keting protests of numerous varieties. Sup- posing such a group under fanatical lead- ership, or pushed into such a state by government disdain or abuse, decidedto become an armed body, this could be easily accomplished by careful purchasing at war surplus stores. Groups like the Nazi organization, which has sprung up in Toronto, could se- cure firearms without any trouble. Persons of deranged mentality or those with an assassination complex, could secure weap- ons, just as was done in the United States. After many years of discussion of this subject and with conditions as they exist in the world today, it is about time there was control of the sale of firearms. We would go so far as to assert that all fire- arms and weapons and .ammunition should be sold only in government operated stores and sold only to those who first secure a license with said license having been reg- istered with the police. Go further than that if you will and have all weapons manufactured only •u n d e r government control. If the sportsmen would give their ap- proval to such control, surely any disap- proval from other sources could be entirely disregarded as it would be fomented only for ulterior motives.—(Kincardine News) SUGAR. AND SPICE by BillSmiley This is a time of year When a school teacher has mixed emo- tions. One of the strongest—let us be ;honest—is relief. As end of term nears, the overwhelm- ing certainty that you are going to have a stroke, or start run- ning straight up th e wall, or burst into tears in front of the class, begins to fade. But there are other feelings involved, and the combination of emotions results in a bitter- sweet contradiction: you're glad it's over, but you hate to see it end. This is stronger, E think, for the teacher of a class which is graduating. Whether it's from public school or high school, that East class is a bit of a crusher, sentimentally. Some of these kids you have taught for four years. They are almost like members of your family: irritating and lovable; friendly and sullen; pretty and homely; real people, not statis- tics. heart of every teenage male in the school just by walking around and looking so beautiful. And Kevin, the football hero, who is about to flunk and go to work in the supermarket; and Peter, who has rolled his car over twice and gets in fights on week -ends, and has narrowly avoided jail; and John, the poet, who is still trying, to get people to forth a picket line because the principal won't let him grow a beard. I've been teaching for five years now. And I haven't many illusions. I am not "dedicat- ed". I don't go around talking about the joy of "seeing young minds flower". Heck, anything will flower if you throw enough fertilizer around. But there's a special satisfac- tion in teaching teenagers, even though it's tougher than work- ing in a salt mine. There is a sense of reality that 1 don't think 1 could find in another profession. You are not dealing with torts and trials, like the lawyer; not symptoms and •cures, like the doctor; nor surveys and stresses, like the engineer; nor goods and services, like the businessman. You are dealing in raw humanity, when you tangle with teenagers. Sorry for being sentimental this week. But today my home form gave me my present for the year, half -a -dollar a whack, and I'm still a bit misty -eyed. It's a desk set with two pens, my name inscribed, and a ther- mometer in it that doesn't work. That's better than last year when I got a shirt that didn't fit, and the year before, when I got taleum powder, shaving lotion and other assort- ed male stinkum that I never use. 0 IHere is Janet, the girl who I was such a gawk in Grade 10. She was angular and awkard; she always had a cold; s h e wore braces on her teeth; she despised boys; she wanted to be a missionary in Africa. And look at her now, grinning up at you on the last day with those two pearly r o w s. She's built like Bardot; she has poise and she loves boys; and she's off to take a course in model- ing. There's Jim, in the back seat as usual. In grade 11 he was, by popular .agreement of his teach- ers, the most obnoxious kid in school. Surly, selfish, slovenly. Favourite question: "Whadda we hafta learn all this junk for?" And look at him now: surly, selfish, slovenly. Obnoxious. But you've discovered he's hum- an. Once in a while he cracks a smile at your wildest loke. And you've discovered he has brains. All he needs is a strong-minded young women to turn him into a good citizen. And there's Nancy, who was a real rip a couple of years ago, and is going off to Teachers' College. solemn as a clam. And there's Bert, who wants to be a doctor, and hasn't a hope, but will make some woman a fine husband. And there's Ken, who broke the high jump record, and Ron, who broke his leg ski- ing, and Sylvia, who broke the Zurich News PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher J. E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent 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 Member: Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subscription Rates: $3,00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States and and Foreign; single cepies 7 cents. 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