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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1965-09-02, Page 2PAGE TWQ ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1965 edd1 Cam 111.241 OAVI 011E1 Student Demonstration Pain in the Neck The demonstrations carried out by students in Toronto are giving Canada a bad name all over the world. They are accomplishing absolutely nothing and are providing Communism with fodder. But worst of all, they are creating an illusion in the United States that Canadians are Negro sympathizers. Many people now travelling south are being confronted with this very question. There is no question that the majority of Canadians resent brutality of any knd and are generally sympathetic to the Negroes, but it's also a fact that most Cana- dians don't know the first thing about the Negro problem in the United States. And furthermore, when our own country dis- bars black people it would seem to us that the least we can do is keep our mouth shut. The youth of today have far too much to say, and it pains us greatly to see half- educated university students suddenly finding answers to all our world problms. Never in history has a world society need- ed tolerance mare than it does today. Here we are, in our part of the world, with the highest standard of living in history, with plenty of security, lots of room, telling less fortunate people how to live. Through our world help programs, we can and are doing quite a bit to help those less fortunate, but only as long as it isn't affecting our standard of living. We have often been critical of the United States, and many of the situations they now find themselves in could have been avoided with a little foresight. But the one thing we shouldn't do is try and tell the United States how to solve any in- ternal problem. The Negro problem is so complex and involved that it will be many years before it can be solved, if it ever is. In the meantime, we feel the police in Toronto should disperse student demon- strations and we don't particularly care how they do it, if they are creating a dis- turbance.—(The Similkameen <B.C.) Spot- light, Princeton) Still a Few Who Dare No more worlds to conquer? Maybe not, but the old one has been serving nicely for a few adventuresome souls in recent days. First there was the lady who used her life savings to buy a boat and sail it across the Pacific from California to Hawaii — alone. Then the young Englishman, who made a leisurely odyssey from his homeland to the United States via the Azores and Ber- muda in a 12 -foot cockleshell—alone. Then the day after he landed, the mid- dle-aged Cleveland newsman, who com- pleted a 78 -day voyage from Falmouth. Mass., to Falmouth, England, in a 131 - foot craft, the smallest ever to make the trans-Atlantic crossing nonstop. Also alone. In a day when the emphasis is on conformity, on togetherness. on playing it safe, on being a smooth cog in the social machine, and when discontent too often takes some form of destructiveness, it is refreshing to know that there are still some quiet dissenters with self-confidence enough to risk not only danger, but ridi- cule from others, and to follow private dreams of their own.—(Stratford Beacon - Herald) Object to Foreign Control At the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association meeting at Edmonton last week there was a short discussion over the gov- ernment legislation designed to prevent foreign ownership of Canadian newspapers. There seemed to be general agreement with :he principle of the legislation though con- siderable and varying bits of criticism of parts of it. Some even appeared to disagree with the whole idea, asking why the government didn't take similar action in respect to the oil and lumber industries. The possible effect of foreign control of these industries is quite different from that involved in control of publication by outsiders. Public opinion and to a large degree political action is motivated by the printed word. That is true whether the printed word is in the form of books, magazines. or newspapers. It is especially true of the Newspapers. which are more closely in con- tact with the day-to-day happenings than tither forms of publication. Magazines are partly out of date in their news comments -on publication day and textbooks are nota- bly obsolete by the time they are printed. Newspapers, on the other hand, are as new as today and foreign control of them constitutes a greater menace to the State than does foreign plundering of our mine and forest resources. The owners of a pub- lication dictate its editorially policy and "editorial policy" is a term which embraces more than just the editorial column. A foreign control hent on fifth column activ- ity in a country can so twist and color the news items as to make conditions appear quite different from what they really are. In our opinion foreign control of its news- papers is a condition which a country should permit. Another thing that came up at the convention was a sort of expression of fear that the country weekly newspaper is in danger of being extinguished by the ver -expanding growth of the daily. That is a fear which seems to us to have no more foundation today than it had the first time we heard it many, many years ago. We remember, at one of our district association meetings, being warned by the then managing director of the CWNA that we were in a dying business that might last out our time but almost certainly not longer. Today the commun- ity newspaper is in a stronger position than ever. There are even community papers covering different sections of big cities. We cannot say that we like some of the modern methods, but from a standpoint of profit, which seems to be the only worthwhile thing in the modern world, we think the weekly ... or perhaps commun- ity is the better word . . . newspaper is in a fair position to stagger along yet a while. We doubt if any person wades through the mass of pulp that is so characteristic of many of the dailies, but most local people do read all the local paper. Mr, Telfer, the managing director, warning the publishers that efforts are still being made by some groups to have the free postage privilege of weekly papers abolished. It was at one time nationwide but some years ago was amended to apply only to circulation within 40 miles of the publication office. It's opponents base their objection on the claim that the news- paper is a business and should not be al- lowed privileges not extended to other businesses. But there are a lot of busi- nesses that are subsidized in one way and another and in most cases are designed to benefit the producer. The post-free pivilege of the local newspaper is a direct subsidy to the consumer and adds nothing to the income of the producer. — The Ridggetown Dominion) Small Town Merchants Can Compete It has been repeated a countless num- ber of times that our small town merchant is doomed; that mass selling techniques will eventually force him out of business. Our rural businessman has fought this concept in a sporting manner by keeping his prices in line, by merchandising and by supplying the goods his customers want. Now, since the experts have pushed the mass selling idea to a point where the customer merely becomes another number on the cash register slip. the local mer- chant has a better chance of competing with the large centres than ever before. All he needs to do, it would seem, is to keep on giving of that commodity he can best afford—personal attention to cus- tomers --(St. Marys Journal -Argus) Stanley Lady Observes 90th Birthday Taught School in Area Years Ago Mrs. Jean McKinley was the guest of honour at afternoon and evening receptions held at the home of her grandson, Ray- mond Scotchmer, on Sunday, August 22, when almost 200 people called to congratulate her on her 90th birthday. Receiving guests were her daughter, Mrs Jack Scotchmer and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Campbell McKinley assisted by grandchildren, Mrs. Raymond Scotchmer, Mrs. Ronald Scotch - mer, Mrs. Robert McKinley and Miss Lynnda Scotchmer. The tea table covered with a white linen cloth was centred with an arrangement of pink and white gladioli flanked by pink tapers. Mrs. McKinley who was the recipient of many lovely gifts and bouquets of flowers, was ed- ucated at Seaforth High School. She began her teaching career August 1, 1896 at SS No. 3 Stanley Township and taught at other area schools. She commented on the fact that in those days there were few social activities in connec- tion with school work but pu- pils and teachers had a deep affection for each other. School was like a "happy home" she said. Mrs. McKinley also recalled memories of h e r wedding to Robert McKinley on January 21, 1911, when after the cere- Eight hours and many dol- lars later, we had: -five men on the job; torn up a great chunk of the lawn with a digger; found the well; pulled up 90. feet of plastic pipe; lost all the females to various plumbed. establishments in town; and found the trouble. Nope, the well wasn't dry. It was almost overflowing from all those teapots of water pour- ed in, Nape. The pipes hadn't burst. Yup. There was some- thing stuck under the foot mony, they journeyed horde by horse and cutter through huge snow drifts. Throughout the years she has been very active in church work and was an honouary member of Goshen WMS for many years. On Thursday, Au-• gust 19, she was presented with a membership pin and cer- tificate by members of the Goshen United Church Women. Asked on Sunday if she was tired, Mrs. McKinley said "I have enjoyed every minute of the day." PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIIVIITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIMV Publisher. J. E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for the payment of postage in cash Member: Member: Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subscription Rates: $3.00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States amd and Foreign; single copies 7 cents, EIIIIIlall11111111111111111116111111111111111111611111111111111111111111111111111IIIIII6IIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII6111I1111111111611611111111111111111111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1111111111111 111111NIIIpr` €.1111111111111 paa UGAR and SPICE, 1111111111161111111111111111 By Bill Smiley Ever had your water cut off It happened to us the other day. And that rather vulgar expression, along with an older one, "You never miss the water till the well runs dry", assumed new meaning. My wife's dad, a 110 pound strip of whipcord with one arm. suddenly got sick, one of the few times in his life. We lit out for the homestead to lend a hand, while he was in hospital. Everything went fine until about 11 p.m., when we decided to have a cup of tea before retiring. A trickle came out of the tap, and stopped. My father-in-law is one of that vanishing species of rural dweller who. besides being able to tell the weight of a cattle - beast and know when it's going to rain, is a carpenter -brick- layer -plumber -millwright. H e could build a bridge across the St. Lawrence with some wire, a plank or two, a shovel, an iron bar. and a couple of tin cans. in contrast, I am one of that rapidly increasing breed that cou•idn`t build a bridge across a trout stream with 200 tons of steel, eight cardloads of cedar planks, 12 bulldozers and six civil engineers. So there I was, Grand -dad in the hospital. And me out there on the ranch, with no water supply. and three women on my hands, each of whom suddenly had to use the toilet and had a feverish thirst. I tried to imbue them with IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIia broken off the poppet, a 60 - cent item, and had prevented the jet in the foot valve from jetting, and the pump was pumping air. Now, isthat clear? If it isn't, hold your peace. That's what the man said. And it certainly helped me decide what I'm going to do in summer holidays from now on. I'm going to pick up a bunch of firm -legged poppets and go around the country helping people whose water has been valve. One of the legs had cut off. Just give me acall. TOWNSHIP OF HAY Tender For Gas Tractor and Front-end Loader The Township of Hay is calling for tenders for the supply of an industrial gas tractor with a minimum of 34 horse- power on drawbar, with hydraulic control front-end loader.. Rear tires to be loaded with calcium chloride. Tender specification forms may be obtained from the Clerk of the Township of Hay immediately. Sealed 'Tenders to be in the hands of the Road Superin- tendent or Clerk by Tuesday, September 7, 1965, at 6 p.m. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. KARL HABERER, Road Supt., Zurich, R.R. 1 34,5,b H. W. BROKENSHIRC, Clerk -Treasurer, Township of Hay, Zurich, Ont. Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRY the old pioneer spirit, when you had to walk two miles to the spring for water. through thickets of black bears. They were not impressed, All they wanted to do was go to the bathroom. I went down the cellar, and looked desparately around. There were switches and pumps and hot water tanks and cold water tanks and pipes running .in every conceivable combina- tion. Don't sneer, Mac. Do you know the ins and outs of a pres- sure system? Granny started to panic about the hot water tank blowing up I unscrewed some fuses. The first plunged the house into darkness. The second put the refrigerator out of order (which we discovered next morning). 1 pulled a switch. The furnace went on. I peered at pumps, gazed at gauges, then I pronounced "the well's gone dry". It was the only thing I could think of and at midnight, who was going to argue? Granny came up with some folk -lore about priming the pump. but I assured her that modern electric pumps didn't need priming. We went to bed, disgruntled, and thirsty as explorers of the great Gobi desert. Bright and early, the plumb- er arrived. He said the first thing .to do was to prime the pump. He poured 843 teapots full of water down the pipe. I held the flashlight, No re- sults, Female relatives, look- ing a bit frantic, peered down the cellar stairs about every four minutes. In the old days, there'd have been a two -haler within range. But these mod- ern farm homes have every- thing, except an outdoor privy. CBC's Washington correspon- dent James M. 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