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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-05-25, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS i eaonoteott lifl NSW The Old Gives Way To the New Gadzooks---What a life of ease and convenience, and even luxury, the housewife of today and her family enjoy ! We only have to look back to the first quarter of a century to know just how true this is. We think it would be quite diffi- cult to locate a kitchen in this Cen- tennial year of '67, that does not have a refrigerator. Turning back the calendar, it goes without saying that housewives of yesteryear had no such convenience. Instead, food had to be carried down into the cellar to keep cool and fresh. These trips to the cellar added countless num- bers of steps to the daily round of household duties but no one thought of complaining. Again, take the year '67 for an example. A year's supply of meat can be stored in a deep freeze and again, not many homes are without one. In earlier times a week's sup- ply would be put into a clean white flour sack and hung down a well to keep it cool and away from the flies. Judging by the number of loaves of bread and the pounds of butter that go out from the stores each week, not too many mothers nowadays make the family's supply of bread and butter. There was something to be said about a slice of good home- made bread spread liberally with freshly churned butter, even if the chore of making them was laborious and time-consuming. Easier What housewives of today would be willing to carry aheavy carpet out to put it on the clothesline to beat the dust out of it with a broom? It is so much more convenient to get out the vacuum cleaner and complete the job in a matter of minutes. The young ladies in our high schools would be shocked, to put it mildly, if they were told they had to wear lengerie made out of flour sacks, or dresses made out of factory cotton. Their grandmothers in many cases, and maybe even their mothers, wore such clothing, and very likely it was no deterent at all to their academic achievements. Every household today is well sup- plied with musical entertainment through radio or television. Even with the number of daily programs and the diversity of them, there is a tendency toward boredom because there isn't enough of the kinds of program which everyone seems to want. How much easier it would have been to become bored with the old cylinder gramaphone with the dozen or so records that had to be played over and over again. Yessiree, times have changed! The old has given way to the new, and while there is much to commend itself in the new, the old, in spite of inconveniences and hardships, had merit, too.—(Grenfell (Sask.) Sun). Divorce Not the Answer From time to time, news reports comment on the fact that divorce in Canada should be made easier. The problem of obtaining a divorce can be complicated, and some years ago, Parliament was cluttered with di- vorce bills, holding up the business of the nation. Several members of Parliament conducted a blockade, as a means to ease the situation, at least as far as the House of Com- mons was concerned. Appeals are being voiced from sev- eral sources that divorces should be easier to obtain. There is no doubt that in some cases this is so. An- other idea may have equal merit. That is the fact that perhaps it should be made more difficult for a couple to marry. Many will agree that marriage is taken quite lightly by some couples and trouble ensues later on. Even persons who are blessed with mature judgment will find that marriage can be a rock road at times, if for no other reason than that two people don't always think exactly alike. The ability to see another viewpoint and make a compromise is required many times. But who would frame the regula- tions for more difficult marriage qualifications? Some persons at 18 exercise more maturity of thought than some others twice or three times that age. Who would enforce such regulations? Many clergymen will agree that the strength of the family unit is the basis of a strong and wholesome society. They also would likely op- pose easier divorce laws. Clergymen are often well qualified to provide a counselling service (some do) but young couples generally would be hesitant to approach them for ad- vice. A proper system of educating and providing guidance for those contem- plating marriage would do much to solve the problems of the future of our way of life. These married couples will shape the destiny of the future, through their children by their attitudes toward marriage, and toward their fellow man. — (New Hamburg Independent) . Rising Auto Insurance Costs Auto insurance rates continue to soar, to the point where they are rapidly becoming a source of concern to every driver; to the point where something must be done about them. The question is, what can be done? One logical solution which presents itself is a compulsory plan. Such a plan has two obvious ad- vantages. It should be considerably cheaper than present system because more people would share; poor driv- ers would be barred. Secondly, under such a plan, every vehicle in an accident would be cov- ered by insurance. Until auto insur- ance becomes compulsory, innocent people will continue to be penalized and suffer unwarranted hardship be- cause the driver that struck them had inadequate coverage, or none at all. A second logical solution to the problem of soaring insurance costs is simple, yet incredibly difficult and complicated. Reduce the number of accidents.—(The Powell River (BC) Town Crier) . THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1%7' LEGION PARADE—A highlight of of the big Legion convention in Grand Bend over the past week -end was the huge parade on Sunday, featuring Froin close to a dozen top-notch pipe bands. Shown here, as they parade along the route, is one of the bands, complete with their kilts and flags. My Window Maybe it is because I am a working mother that I am so angered by the constant refer- ence to my kind as "delinquent parents" and "spare -time ma- mas". Any woman who loves her kids doesn't neglect them. She may work away from home, but you can bet your bottom dollar that she is a better moth- er than most when she is at home. Just because some young punk in reform school hap- pened to have a mother who worked is no reason to con- demn all career gals with fam- ilies. It is just as probable that kids with moms by the homefires all day every day will get into mischief. In truth, it not so much a question of how much time you put into mothering but how much. effort to give it while you're at it. Nobody can convince me that the full-time mother who shoves her kids out onto the street at daybreak and doesn't recall them until bedtime is doing a better jof of training her young- sters than some mothers who work. Children raised in a home where mother drinks cof- fee with the girls and watches television several hours each day can be just •a hostile as kids whose mothers pound a typewriter all day in some of- fice. It also seems to make .a dif- ference to society just ' what kind of an outside job a mother does. Farm women who must leave their kids unattended at certain times are considered much better mothers than ur- ban women who hire babysit- ters for their offspring and go to teach school. A plumber's wife who works as a nurse to supplement the family income is less desirable as a mother than the storekeeper's wife who helps out in the shop to keep expenses down for her husband. And while we are on the sub - By Shirley Keller ject, it seems to me that work- ing mothers should have cer- tain considerations when it comes to income tax. Ideally, of course, husbands and fathers should be the bread- winners and wives and mothers should be the homemakers. In modern society, however, one pay cheque is often not suffi- cient to meet the bills and put anything aside for an 'emerg- ency, so mother is called upon to help out for a few years. Likely, her assistance is re- quired most when expenses are the highest and the kids are the youngest. I wonder, too, what Canada would be like if only single girls joined the work force. Think of the labor shortage there would be in hospitals where there are never enough nurses; in schools where exper- ienced teachers are the most sought after; in offices where mature stenographers are need- ed to balance the young staff; in factories where men wouldn't be content to do the more re- fined tasks that women per- form. 'Consider, too, the number of qualified female employees and the amount of talent this coun- try would lose if all married women with families decided to stay at home and cook sauer- kraut. Men are wonderful creatures, strong and reliable, but it would be an impossibility for them to fill some of the vacancies that the dismissal of all married female staff would leave. Thus the government should take into account that women have expenses when they go to work. They have to hire baby- sitters — reliable ones. They have to buy more clothes, drive cars, pay a housekeeper, per- haps and a thousand and one other things. They should be allowed to claim special exemp- tions on their income tax be - Goshen United Church Women Discuss Antiques Mrs. Roy McBride was hostess for the May meeting of Goshen UCW. Mrs. Ken Parke's group had charge of the meeting. Mrs. Alden Armstrong opened the meeting. Hymn 480 was sung. Mrs. R. Robinson read a prayer. Scripture was read by Mrs. Elgin McKinley from the seventh chapter of Matthew. Mrs. Ken Parke gave com- ments. "The Challenge of the Community" was the topic from the study book. Each member brought an antique and told about memories of 100 years ago Mrs. R. Erratt. The minutes were read and approved. Mrs. Elmer Hayter reported on the tree planting at the church. A `thank you' card was read from the Manson and Geiger fam- ilies. The meeting closed by sing- ing the first and last verses of hymn 504, and repeating the Lord's Prayer in unison. Mrs. John Robinson's group served Business was conducted by a centennial lunch. 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