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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-01-26, Page 7SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1961 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS RADE SEVEN 1 From My endow By Shirley Keller According to my information, Canadian men are following the example of German fellows and are buying mini-slcirts. A department :store in Mont• real reports it sold a half dozen of the itty-bity skirts to young boys apparently eager to be fashion leaders this spring and summer. Well girls, it has been a long wait but it has finally happened, After centuries of being the object of male ridicule and sug- gestive smirks, women will have a chance at their innings when the master bares his thigh. Milday knows she is the un- disputed champion of loveliness and she has grown a little weary of the 'constant urgings of her male counterpart to "take it off". Each year, at his behest, her garments became scantier. Her skirts rose from a rather ridicu- lous floor length to a very ris- que four inches above the knee. 1 In the same period, the neck- lines plunged from just below her 'chin to just above her navel. Men stood back, applauding, until now nothing but a G-string is left to be shortened. Speaking on behalf of most women, we are relieved to note that men are beginning the striptease. It isn't that we are waiting with bated breath to see the knobby knees and hairy legs which will undoubtedly protrude from beneath the mini- skirts for males. We are purely and simply grateful that the heat is off and we can pull our collars tight again while Mr. Wonderful becomes the nation's pinup. I wonder though how .men will take to the wolf whistles when they pass, tell-tale laugh- ter that will follow them and the sly girl-to•giri winks each time they enter a room. 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Aluminum Doors and Windows Only $35 SIZE DOORS Completely Installed STANDARD STOCK Richard Bedard DIAL 2364619 ZURICH they climb out of a car with their mini -skirts •caught in an up -draught? Will they tug nervously at their hemlines when they sit down? Will their underwear lose its serviceable quality in favor of something prettier in case of a spill on an icey street? I tell you, it will be worth it all if my husband learns from first-hand experience that nylon stockings, despite their fragile appearance, are just as warm as his long woollies, 0 Kippen East W.I. Use New Years Theme at Meeting The January meeting of Kip• pen East Women's Institute was held at the home of Mrs. John Sinclair, in Seaforth, with Mrs. Campbell Eyre as co -hostess. The meeting opened with a happy New Year's poem by the president, Mrs. Grant MacLean,. who presided for the meeting. Miss Nancy Berger, musical supervisor of the Seaforth DHS, played two delightful numbers, "The Last Date" and "Autumn Leaves". Mrs. W. J. F. Bell reported on home economics and health, with many safety slogans. Two leaders for 4-H •clubs will be Mrs. Robert Gemmell and Mrs. Ken McKay. Mrs. Harry Caldwell was appointed Kippen East's representative to the centennial committee in Hensall. "Side by Side" was sung, after which Mrs. Grant MacLean, suitably attired, reported for historical research on ',Carpen- tering Specialist". Mrs. Harry Caldwell gave the history of British Columbia; Mrs. Vern Al- derdire, the treasurer's report; Mrs. Joyce Copper commented on the motto: ,`The new year lies before us fair as tmtrodden snow". "Take Your Choice" was con- ducted by Mrs. Vern Alderdice and Mrs. Robert Bell. The panel consisted of Rrs. Robert Kins- man, Mrs. Ken McKay, Mrs. Mike Connelly, Mrs. John Mc- Gregor. The contestants were Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs. John Mc- Gregor, Sr., Mrs. Ernest White- house, Mrs. W. E. Butt, Mrs. Frank Robertson, Mrs. Sinclair and Mrs. Dave Triebner, who were credited with winning $118. The mystery object com- pletely baffled the panel. Mrs. Cecil Pull in a n gave courtesy remarks. A contest was conducted by Mrs. Stewart Pepper, and lunch was served by the hostesses and committee in charge, Mrs. John McGregor, Mrs. Joyce Cooper, Mrs. Grant MacLean and Mrs. Vern Alder - dice. 100 YEARS OF WHAT Wouldn't it be fun if we could conjure up from their neglected graves Sir John A. and the ether Fathers of Con- federation, and take then on a tour of the nation they tied to- gether 100 year ago, with string and sealing wax? Would they think they had builded well? Would they swell with pride over the nation that has emerged? Would they look with awe on what has been ac- complishled? Or would they cry, as with one voice, "Lemme outa here! What have you done to, our glorious Dominion? The physical changes in those 10 tiny decades, a flea -bite in the human span, would surely impress them. The vast towers of steel and concrete in our cities; the ribbons of road and rail that span the continent; the St. Lawrence Seaway. And surely they would be thrilled by the vast technologi- cal leap made since they stood together for that stiff portrait in Charlottetown. They would be dazzled by the simple facts of electric light and power, flight by jet -liner, radio, tele- vision, the telephone, the auto- mobile, oil' heating, air condi- tioning, and a thousand other things we take for granted. But how would t hey feel St. Pauls Women Discuss C'hapter Of Study Book St. Paul's Anglican WA held their regular meeting on Jan- uary 18 at the home of Mrs. Annie Reid. The new presi- dent, Mrs. T. Lavender, opened the meeting with prayers and Mrs. J. P. Gandon read the scripture. Following the business peri- od, the rector, Rev. J. P. Gan - don, presented a further chap- ter of the study book, "The Church Grows in Canada", deal- ing with the minorities in Can- ada, and a discussion followed. The Warld Day of Prayer will be held this year in St. Paul's Anglican Church in Hensall, on February 10. Arrangements were finalized for the confirma- tion service, pot -luck supper and annual general meeting held Sunday, January 22. FEEDLOT STARTER - Now you can get cattle on full feed of corn silage or grain in 16 days or less with New SHUR-GAIN 13% Feedlot Starter for Cattle. Highly fortified with antibiotics, this palatable, low energy feed is especially formulated to help overcome the stress placed on cattle when moved into a feedlot. Drop in soon and learn how new SHi1R-GAIN Feedlot Starter can get your cattle on full feed sooner ensuring maximum gains during the entire feeding period. feed service Mo DEITZ and SON DIAL 236.4951 ZURICH 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 about the country they created after the fancy wrapping came off the toys? After they'd seen the Toronto City Hall, and flown across the country in a few hours, and plunged into the bowels of a modern mine, and gone up in a chair -lift at Jas- per, and faced annihilation in a Montreal cab, and groped for their drink in a gloomy cocktail lounge? Behind the glittering play- things, would they really find much change in the country? Not at this time of year, any- way. It would be still a sham- bling geographical m o n s t e r, buried in white, tail turned to the north wind, Only a sprin- kling of lights, a few curls of smoke, and a few ants crawling about would suggest it was not straight out of the ice age. And if Sir John A. and his fellows lifted that f a milia r blanket of white and peered under it, would they be sur- prised and delighted by what they saw? Would they perceive a mature, virile, independent people proudly proving that the twentieth century belongs to Canada? One look would reveal a ma- terial prosperity and comfort beyond their dreams. But it would show that a lot of other things they were familiar with had not changed or improved in 100 years. Fear of the U.S., corruption in high place s, French and English Canadians wrangling, dirty fighting at Ot- tawa, the taxpayers being bribed with their own money, the rich getting richer and the poor get- ting children: a familiar world to The Fathers. But the sorrow might change to horror when they looked be- yond the familiar things and saw that the healthy -looking body was riddled with disease. The pollution of air and water would make them furious. The soaring rate of divorce, drug addiction, homosexualism, alco- holism would appall them. The number of dead on the high- ways each year would sicken them. The power of huge mono- polies would frighten them. And the apathy of the average, well-fed Canadian would disgust them. No, we'd have to divert their attention quickly, and turn it to other things that would dazzle them. Perhaps they'd be im- pressed by some of our great cultural traditions, developed since their time, Like the Grey Cup game, when the punks and the drunks take over. Or Hock- ey Night in Canada, one of our great national customs, when this entire, sprawling nation is linked together into a warm, friendly group of idiots, rising as one man to fetch another beer when the commercial comes on. Maybe they'd enjoy a tour of one of our new atomic energy plants? But f wonder what they'd thing of the pictures of Hiroshima? 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