Zurich Citizens News, 1966-06-16, Page 2PAGE TWO
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, .TUNE 16. 1966
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We Are Not Magicians
That may not be an earth -shaking
statement, You probably didn't think we
were anyway.
But we get that feeling sometimes
when something happens, such as an im-
portant anniversary for someone or some
organization; or an interesting or humor-
ous little incident occurs in a section of
the community; or when someone—par-
ticuiary one of our young people —achieves
something of note either here or abroad;
or when someone catches a big fish or
grows a big tomato . . . and weeks later,
we learn about it. Trouble is when we
do learn about it, we are greeted with the
phrase: "Oh ... I thought you'd know all
about it."
That's where we think people some-
times think we are magicians
It is no help to us, and little comfort
to you, if you stop one of us on the street
and say: "I thought you might have had
something in the paper about our installa-
tion last month", or "How come you didn't
have a picture of that big fish Joe Doakes
got a couple of weeks ago?" or "Pretty
nice about Bill Jones' kid . . . guess you
don't like him or you'd have had a story
about his promotion in the paper."
We probably would have had it . .
had we been told at the time. It is our
job to report these things; whether we like
somebody or not is a human frailty we like
to keep as deeply submerged as possible.
While this newspaper is made up of in-
dividuals, it strives to operate in a non -
individual manner. We may disagree with
you or anyone on one subject, but if we
find common ground to co-operate on an-
other, believe us, we are ready to do so.
We do have regular news sources;
council meetings, police reports, civic or-
ganization meetings, fire and accident re-
ports, and so on. Harassed by the fact
there are only 24 hours in a day our job
is made much easier by a regular liaison
with such news sources which keeps things
BOP
coming on a routine basis.
But as for the untoward incidents, the
out-of-the-way happenings whether they
be humorous, serious or just plain interest-
ing, we are crippled. Even with a hundred
reporters on the staff, we wouldn't know
where to look.
Over the past few years we have no-
ticed — and appreciated — an increasing
awareness of this fact among our readers,
More and more people drop in to tell us
of something newsworthy, or to ask us to
help, or phone when it's a "hot" and time-
ly item, This growing interest in your
paper is encouraging.
For it IS your paper. This, perhaps,
could be classed as a trite saying, a cliche.
Nevertheless it sums up the situation. No
newspaper staff, no matter how large or
how eager or how dedicated it was, could
possibly cover ALL the happenings in a
community such as this. That's where you
come in. This is a community newspaper.
It only reflects what is happening in the
area.
Not everything you tell us can earn its
way into print, the cost of white space
being what it is these days. But we
would appreciate the opportunity of ad-
judication. Every reader is a part of this
paper, What you know may be of interest
to others; what others know may be of
interest to you.
We have a large number of faithful
watchdogs around town, and we are etern-
ally grateful to them for recognizing that
we are only human, and we need a lot of
help. And also for recognizing that, in
helping us do our job completely and fully,
they are helping themselves by helping
their own community.
We are not magicians. Because of
that we need all the assistance we can
get. We'll be happy to hear from you at
any time. We may not always be able to '
agree that what you have is real news,
but let's give it a whirl anyway ! !
THOSE TERRIBLE TEENS
Those terrible teens are at it
again. Riot in Montreal. Riot in
Toronto's Yorkville. Teen-age
boy charged with glue-sniffing.
Girls nailed with bundle of
marijuana. Students picketing
everything but the public lav-
atories.
Searching articles by sociolo-
gists point out the obvious:
that teen-agers are rebellious,
resentlful of adults, eager to
experiment; a n x i e t y -ridden,
reckless, sensitive, moody. Any
parent knows all that.
"Probing" and "sensitive" TV
programs point out some more
of the obvious: that teen-agers
like power (boats, cars, motor-
bilkes; but not lawn mowers);
that they like music with a big
beat; that they like members of
the opposite sex. Anybody who
is not blind and deaf knows
all that.
What's all the fuss about„
then? k it a lot of overblown
sensationalism in the mass
media?
I'm no sociologist, but I have
been a teen-ager, I have two of
them under my roof, and I
teach swarms of them every
day, so I have some qualifica-
tions, however amateurish, to
speak a piece.
Let's try to look at the whole
thing coolly. They did inherit
a pretty cruddy world. Their
freshness and idealism is sour-
ed at every turn by the massive
march of materialism. Man is
aiming at the stars with his
feet firmly mired in the mud.
And over all hangs the threat
of annihilation.
What do they want? They
want to sweep away all the old
shibboleths and start fresh.
They want to be their brother's
keeper. They want to communi-
cate. But every way they turn,
they are confronted by a great,
passive resistance from a so-
ciety constructed by adults for
the comfort and convenience of
adults. Who wouldn't be frus-
trated?
Students would like to take
over the universities. And re-
membering some of the deplor-
able professors and ridiculous
courses I was subjected to, 1
don't blame them.
They'd like to have the vote
at 18. And this might be a good
thing. It would mean nobody
over 25 would dare to run for
public office. In this way we
might get rid of vast numbers
of the incompetent politicians
we now have at every level of
government.
They'd like to be able to
drink legally at 18 (instead of
illegally at 16). This, too, in
the long run, might turn out
well, The resultant slaughter
on the highways might ruin a
few insurance companies, but
at least it would help control
the population explosion we
hear so much about.
They'd like to be able to non -
conform (though they do cling
rather frantically to the ultra -
conformity of the teen cult).
Well, there's nothing wrong
with being a non -conformist.
I'd love to grow a beard, if it
didn't emerge as a grizzled
stubble that makes me look like
a Bowery bum on a binge. I'd
like to have two mistresses and
a pet tiger, but I can't afford
it. I'd like to go in bare feet,
but I have this terrible seed -
wart on the ball of my right
foot, that hurts like the dickens.
They'd like some direction in
their lives, so they say, and
blame the lack of it on their
parents or adults generally. Did
you ever try to direct a teen-
ager to get to bed or mow the
lawn? RIGHT NOW!
They'd like to he beautiful
or handsome. They'd like to be
loved and trusted. They'd like
to be given responsibility. All
these longings prove is that
they are human beings.
You know, things haven't
changed that much. When 1
was 18, 1 thought my parents
well-meaning, but terribly nar-
row-minded. When I was 21u we
used to call chaps of 29 in the
Air Force, "Pop". When I was
25, people in their late 30s were
completely incomprehensible.
Ali they could talk about was
furniture and fuel bills, chil-
dren and chimneys, taxes and
Teachers. People over 40 were
doddering, senile.
Don't try to understand teen-
agers. Just try to put up with
them, They want to fly. We
want them to get on the tread-
mill with the rest of us squir-
rels. Remember, you too once
wanted to fly. Yes you, Mom,
who necked in the back seat of
a 1935 Ford. And you, Dad,
who got drunk when you
were 18.
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Pensions At Age 68
In January of 1967, 38,000
people in Ontario who have
reached the age of 68 and have
a minimum of 10 years' resi-
dence in Canada will be eligible
for Old Age Security payments
of $75 a month. To date only
12,500 applications have been
received. The regional direc-
tor of Old Age Security is ap-
pealing to all residents who
will be 68 in 1966 to send in
their applications as soon as
possible to ensure that cheques
can be issued to them on time,
Applications for Old Age Secur-
ity may be obtained from any
post office and should be sent
to the Regional Director Old
Age Security, 25 St. Clair Ave-
nue East, Toronto 7, Ontario.
Birth or baptismal certifi-
cates where available should be
submitted with the applications.
If such documents are not avail-
able or cannot be obtained, the
application should be complet-
ed and sent to the regional di-
rector in any case. The regional
office will assist applicants in
obtaining other evidence of
age.
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Canadian Travel
Talk Heard By
Kippen Women
The Kippen East Women's
Institute will hear a talk on
"Discover Canada by car" at
their meeting being ,held at
8:30 p.m. on June 16. Guest
speaker will be Miss Carol
Lane, women's travel director
for Shell Canada. Limited.
Miss Lane will point out why
she feels it is important for Ca-
nadians to "discover" more of
their own country, and will dis-
cuss a few of the numerous va-
cation attractions that are with-
in easy reach of the motorist,
now that the Trans -Canada
Highway has been completed.
Week -ends, too, offer 52 •oppor-
tunities to visit exciting and in-
teresting places within 200
miles or so of one's hometown.
Women are usually concerned
about travelling with children,
and Miss Lane will suggest ways
of making travel by ear "fun"
for the whole family. What
clothes to take on a trip is an-
other big question for most
women, and can be answered
with a carefully selected "mix
and match" wardrobe that can
take care of all a woman's needs
for a two-week vacation. Miss
Lane will also demonstrate how
to pack a suitcase efficiently so
that . luggage can be kept to a
minimum.
•
Larger Farms
Charles Huffman, president
of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture, has complimented
the Ontario government, and
particularly the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture, for an-
nouncing plans for the concoli-
dation of uneconomic farms
into larger, economic units of
production.
Mr. Huffman pointed out that
consolidation of uneconomic
farms into viable units is in
line with OFA recommedantion
and he was particularly pleased
to note the following provis-
ions:
(a) that consolidation would be
on a voluntary basis (no ex-
propriation);
(b) that an •opporunity for train-
ing in other skills would be
available, under the feder-
al -provincial technical and
vocational training agree-
ment, to those leaving the
farm;
(c) that provision would be
made whereby the owner,
if he so wished, might re-
tain use of the farm resi-
dence at a nominal cost;
(d) where a farmer has secured
employment in another part
of the country, • his moving
expenses would be financed
under the feredal manpower
mobility program.
In commenting on the recent
announcement, Mr. Huffman
noted that a resolution had
been before last year's OFA
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convention, Balling for the
establishment of programs of
assistance for farmers who find
they must leave agriculture,
He noted, also, the consolida-
tion program would be under-
taken under the federal -pro-
vincial rural development
agreement which restricts it to
lands costing less than $100 per
acre with development costs
not exceeding $50 per acre.
When he announced the con-
solidation program in the legis-
lature, Mr, Stewart noted three
out of four farms with gross
sales in excess of $10,000 per
year had increased their land
holdings, while only one out of
three farms with gross income
of less than $10,000 per year
had added to their holdings
during the tenure of the pres-
ent owner.
(Farms purchased by the
Ards branch will be available
for leasing, on a long-term
basis, to farmers wishing to
expand their present opera-
tions, Such farmers will be
given first right of purchase. •
Mr. Huffman feels the 'On-
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