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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
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More Understanding Would. Help
At last week's meeting of Hay Town-
ship council, officials discussed a problem
that is familiar to most municipalities in
this area — how best to satisfy everyone
when a severe snowstorm blocks all roads
and makes driving too treacherous for even
a snowplow to venture forth.
As you may expect, no magical solu-
tion was found. Council resolved as be-
fore to encourage road crews to use sound
judgment and to do their best in these
trying times.
Perhaps township residents need to
be reminded occasionally that township
council and the road crew are men with
the same weaknesses as other men in the
municipality. Their election to office or
the fact they are hired by the township
to keep the miles of roads in safe, passable
condition does not give them superhuman
ability to wrestle the forces of nature.
It could be we are a trifle spoiled by
machinery and modern chemicals that can
generally be counted upon to keep traffic
moving. Winter driving is so much im-
proved we are inclined to forget that
howling winds whipping tons of snow can
slow up—even stall temporarily—the me-
chanical monsters we now take for granted.
And we need to be more aware of the
risks involved when snowplows are obliged
to operate in a blinding blizzard. Even
from his usually excellent vantage point,
the driver may not be able to see a strand-
ed or abandoned car until it is too late
to prevent extensive damage to the vehicle
or possible personal injury to its occpants.
Rest assured your council and road
crew are employing at all times every
measure at their disposal for your safety
and convenience. Surely we can ask no
more than that.
A Joint Effort
It was a real pleasure for us to at-
tend the convention of the Ontario Weekly
Newspaper Association in Toronto last
week -end and to pick up our award ac-
claiming the Zurich Citizens News as the
best in its class, was an added privilege.
The thought prevails, however, that
the glory of the moment should have been
shared by you — our readers, our adver-
tisers, our correspondents, our contribu-
EMO _-
In some corners of the county, word
is spreading like wildfire that our Huron
County Emergency Measures organization
need not exist. Reasons given include
everything from accusations that EMO per-
sonnel have a soft job they would hate to
lose to long orations deploring the high
cost of a scheme showing no real results.
EMO officials have another view. Hur-
on County co-ordinator Stuart Forbes ad-
vocates "much wider use" of the organiz-
ation and at the January session of county
council expressed his hope for "a good
overhaul, to update the program".
We are sure county residents would
like to ask this question of anyone who
would care to answer, "just what is EMO
in Huron expected to accomplish?"
tors, our friends. Our efforts to publish
a prize winner would have been useless
without your support,
Strange, too, how one accomplishment
tends to the setting of new goals. We
have trained our sights on a better year
and a better publication for your enjoy-
ment, We trust you are as anxious as we
to maintain this newspaper a true mirror
of our community and that we can count
on your co-operation to this end.
Yes or No
With our limited knowledge of EMO,
we understand it to be an organization set
up primarily to deal with emergencies or
disasters that could beset the county. Nu-
clear war, improbable though possible, is
one type of disaster. Floods, fires, epi-
demics and the like effecting large groups
of people are also classed as emergencies.
In the event of such frightful happen-
ings, we have been led to believe that
skilled work teams, trained by EMO, would
be prepared to cope with the distress.
If we are mistaken in our appraisal
of the EMO role, we beg to be enlightened.
If we are not wrong, we suggest that EMO
should not only be continued in Huron
County, but supported by all and afforded
every opportunity to operate at its most
efficient level.
Go Out For a Look
Hockey fans in the area are delighted
this year with the calibre of hockey played
by the Zurich MAA Juveniles and some-
what surprised that more of tfie public
hasn't been caught up in the spirit of
things.
We can remember. when hockey was
"a really big show" in Zurich. The arena
was filled with fans for every game and
the sometimes not -so -friendly rivallry be-
tween teams sparked increased interest in
Canada's top sport performed by Iocal lads.
Just what killed that enthusiasm is
still debated. Some believe the advent of
National League hockey into our living
rooms was the biggest factor. Others argue
that when homebrew boys sat on the bench,
replaced by high -flying imports, home-
town fans grew bored with strange faces
and remained at home.
Now, for some reason interest in local
sports is again on the rise. It was evident
last -summer when area villages fielded
baseball teams. It is aparent again this
winter as the Juveniles take to the ice.
If you haven't been over to the arena
for a Look-see, we suggest you do it soon.
You'll like what you find, we'll wager.
Hard to Please
From time to time, this newspaper, as
is the case with every other publication in
the land, is confronted by agitated parties
complaining that their association, neigh-
borhood, or something dear to their heart,
is being "totally ignored".
Newspaper men, regardless of public
opinion, are usually concerned when faced
with such complaint and try to rectify each
situation as speedily as possible; even
though many such pleas are without very
sound foundations. A newspaper can carry
just so much in any one week and our
forces may be spread over just so much
ground in our efforts to please the read-
ership.
To point out some "alibis", as they
will no doubt be termed; we harken back
to a recent meeting, attended by a report-
er, arrned with cameras, set to give this
particular association the "works". The
meeting, called for 8:30 p.m., got underway
, after 9:00 p.m. The photographer could
find not a soul in the hall willing to pose
with the speaker and set up a news "shot"
which could assist with readership interest
in the story. The reporter left after 11:00
p.m., the meeting still not having come to
grips with the question it was called to
resolve.
The above "alibis" are simply some of
the illustrations of the difficulties from the
press side of the fence. Many organiza-
tions are "hep" to publicity and the re-
porter walks smoothly along a path paved
with co-operation and prior preparation,
plus interesting sidelights. To paraphrase
a familiar saying, "As you pitch, so shall
you catch". Those who feel "ignored"
have probably not been doing very much
"pitching". --St. Marys Journal -Argus.
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Judged a Winner
Here is one of the issues of the Zurich
Citizens News entered into competition that
was judged a first place winner by officials
of the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Associa-
tion. Editor and publisher of the paper,
Herb Turkheim, was in Toronto last week-
cnd to pick up the award given at the OWNA
convention in the Royal York Hotel. The
presentation was made for general excel-
lence in an Ontario weekly newspaper pub-
lished in a village with a population under
1,000.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1944
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From My
By Shirley
A wise man once said, "The
secret of getting rich is no sec-
ret . . . it is the ability to an-
ticipate a requirement of the
future and to be certain you
think of it first."
I doubt if anyone will argue
with this philosophy For in-
stance, the chap who thought
up disposable diapers probably
sat down one day, clamped
down his thinking cap and said
something like this to himself:
"What will society continue
to produce no matter how edu-
cated we become? 'Why babies,
of course. And what is the one
chore mothers of babies would
pay a fortune to eliminate?
Diaper w a shin g, naturally.
Wouldn't it be great if I could
free the mothers of the world
from the drudgery of didee-
dipping? Viola . . , disposable
diapers and a million dollars
overnight."
Sounds simple, doesn't it.
Well, I've been wracking my
brains for years in search of
a mint for me and while I
haven't as yet come up with an
idea that will put mink in my
closet, it occurred to me that
some young parents in the area
might benefit from a brilliant
flash I had the other day.
Thoughts uppermost in mind
for the past few months have
had something to do with ba-
bies, Curiously, I see an asso-
ciation to babies in every topic
indow
Keller
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for discussion. I suppose that's
the reason I have conjured up
this lulu for your considera-
tion.
Everyone is familiar with the
early morning race among ex-
pectant mothers on New Year's
Day to bring into the world the
first baby of the year. The
successful infant and the proud
parents are the recipients of
hordes of beautiful, useful
gifts. Just imagine how lu-
crative the production of the
first born in 1967—Centennial
Year— should be.
I am aware project "PeeWee"
will take planning, both on the
part of the parents and the of-
ficial powers who dole out the
bounties. -
Moms and Dads will want to
assess the amount of available
accommodation in the home, the
number of noses already as-
sembled about the family din-
ner table, the condition of crib,
buggy, stroller and playpen, the
risk that Mother Nature will
not co-operate and see to it
that junior makes his debut at
the appointed hour.
But the enthusiasm of pros-
pective parents having an eye
to project "PeeWee" would be
heightened if local, provincial
and federal governments would
lend their support to the
scheme. Suggestions might be
to offer free dental and medical
care throughout childhood to
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tions the growing youngster
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baby born in the province in
1967.
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Television Views
by William Whiting
If approval of moving Chan-
nel 3 I3arrie to Toronto is
given, it could be like sending
down an iron curtain between
the Toronto area and the bord-
er city of Buffalo.
TV watchers in Toronto and
districts surrounding the city
are complaining that Channels
2 and 4 in Buffalo will have
interference because of Chan-
nel 3 being moved into Toronto
For those who have sets that
are not properly tuned, and
there are thousands; for those
who have antennas that are not
in correct working order, and
there are thousands; there will
be problems. There will be
thousands of unhappy viewers.
Can we blame the television
industry, the BBC, the govern-
ment, the Buffalo stations, the
owners of the Barrie station,
the CBC or the viewers? This
problem can be argued many
ways and there is no sense and
certainly not space to deal with
all aspects of the issue.
It has already hit the floor
of the House of Commons. It
will become a hot major issue
and if the move of Channel 3
is approved, it will certainly be-
come an election issue.
It doesn't seem fair to have
a federal election concerning
one issue involving the capitol
of one province. But, if this
happens, candidates from the
entire Dominion will use broad-
casting in general as the big-
gest
iggest political issue in our time.
Broadcasting has been mis-
understood, mishandled, mis-
managed, misuse d, misgov-
erned, misguided, misinterpret-
ed,
isinterpreted, misjudged, mislead and
misrepresented by a mishmash
of unqualified misfitted morons
since 1936 when the Broaad-
casting Act was amended.
God, grant us a sensible
broadcasting act. In the name
of the Father, etc, etc.
university to each local winner,
a university education free of
charge to all provincial winners
and a tour of Canada at age 18
to the national winner.
No time can be wasted if
project "PeeWee" is to become
effective. In fact, there are
only a couple of months left to
iron out the details.
There is just on thing thai,
bothers me about the plot
due to circumstances beyond
my control, our baby will not
figure in the race. He or she
should make the scene on or
about the starting time.
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