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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-10-26, Page 2PAGE Two ZURICH. CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1967 ecida4 I Carnrne# Of fog 40 Brooks and Boys Brooks are for little boys. others, such as strolling lovers, occasional use of brooks, but emotions are not centred on meandering waters. On Saturdays, Sundays, or week - .t s. alter school or any blissful holiday hour — to jump across the for sok, to teeter across it on a lean - log, to get a foot wet, to fall in _:::pletely, to swim in a birthday i . to fish, to build a dam, to start a :ire of driftwood; to eat crisp i.mters, to play leapfrog, to race «::'O i'.;g• the shore, to yell and make like tzy, and finally to lie blissfully d,.,:vn beside the brook — is the full essence of the boy. A boy is lured to the brook in spite c,f organized sport and the baffled Batman on TV. A boy comes to the brook because the fascinating flow of the water is :unorganized. It runs on without public parenthood, from the small trickle in summer to the full flood of spring. A brook never admonishes a boy. While the valley of the brook looks scraggly and matted here and there with burdock and weeds, while it re- mains a poor site for cultivation, it is a haven to the boy; a secret, magic place, fairly safe from the despoiling adult hand. Occasionally during the humid summer adults come to the bank of the brook. But the atmosphere is lost to them. They return to the chatter of the bridge club or to the fore of the golf course. They've out- grown the brook. A brook has always something to say to a boy.. The only difference is that a boy has learned to listen to the message of the brook, and the man can no longer hear.—(The Co- bourg Sentinel -Star) . For Dogs, Unbarking There is a convenient post box. That is, it is convenient for everyone who can use it without incurring an attack from the dog that guards it. This dog is known generally as a friendly dog except by those who don't like him. There also is noise from dogs. When the chorus is in full swing, it is likely that people are disturbed as far west as the first line and as far east as the eighth line, without neglecting decibels to the north and south. Legal advice on the matter of dogs comes from Nova Scotia where it is explained again that a dog is entitled to its first bite. But it's not the biting dog that keeps people awake, it's the barking dog. The only per- son who doesn't seem to be bothered byDennis,the barking clog is its master. Dthe Menace not long ago ex- plained to his father that his dog Ruff wasn't barking, he was merely answering. The owners of a small pack of dogs take very good care of them. When they go away for two or three months at a time, the dogs are left in good hands. They are allowed to bark and have a good time. There was a suggestion a while back that the neighbors get up a petition ask- ing the owners to take the dogs with them on their world-wide travels. The dogs might not appreciate it but the neighbors would. There is a kind of dog known to dog fanciers that does not bark. There is also a kind of training that will stop dogs from barking contin- ually. The dogs so trained cease to annoy the neighbors and are still a joy to the owners. — (The Printed Word). Kid Stuff We have at certain times chastised the teachers in our area for constant higher wage demands which never seem to reach a maximum. Last week, though, we picked up this little bit of philosophy about how teachers earn their monthly sal- ary ... and were impressed enough to want to share it with our readers to let them form their own con- clusions. "What does a teacher do all day? ''She's mother, father, warden, clergyman, traffic controller, phil- osopher, friend, psychologist. May- be zoo -keeper some days. Teachers don't mind. They welcome respon- sibility. But they would like a little something to go with it. "Money, sure. But what about a little recognition? ' And a little un- derstanding? "According to some people, the teacher's job is to comfort the trou- bled, and trouble the comfortable. And other people say she is supposed to understand those not good at ex - planing, and explain to those not good at understanding. "What would it take to get you to close yourself up in a room day after day with 30 high-spirited youngsters?" — (Clinton News -Rec- ord). Of Little Use -So obsolete has become the penny "that a large toy manufacturer has announced that its line of penny •banks is being discontinued. From now on, the company's toy banks will be geared to take only nickels, dimes and quarters. Come to think of it, about all a penny is good for today is to pay sales tax and now even that takes a nickel on the dollar. The contempt with which even youngsters view a penny today was brought home to us in a local store recently. When the clerk offered pennies in change to an eight-year- old he shrugged his shoulders and said "I don't want them". This is quite a change from not so many years ago when a kid with a couple of pennies was pretty well fixed. He would stand before the candy counter for a matter of min- utes figuring out how to get the most for the coppers clutched in his hand. — (The Dutton (Ont.) Ad- vance) . Preachers Should Understand A preacher said the other day that he had been told a man could not stay in business and be honest. This is a shocking assertion and it is ap- palling that anyone should believe it. Business can be and usually is honest in its dealings with customers and competitors. It would not be dishonest for a businessman to prefer not to share with competitors information that might help the competitors to achieve more than their fair share of the business that is going. It is proper enough for a man in business to be aggressive and truly compe- titive. Preachers should have a better un- derstanding of competition than most. They have been competing with the devil for a long time.—(The Printed Word), Zurich 'eitNows PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH KERB TURKHEIM Publisher J E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa , an.I for payment of postage in cash. Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Sobscriptien Rates: $3.00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States and arid Foreign; single copies 7 cent&. THE HATCH FAMILY—Hatch's Mill, a 10 -week color series of hour dramas, made its debut on CBC -TV on October 24, and will be seen Tuesday nights throughout the fall season. Set against the background of early 19th century Canada, this comedy -adventure series stars Robert Christie, Cosette Lee, March Strange and Sylvia Feigel as members of the pioneer Hatch family, who run the inn, the mill and the general store, and whose daily lives form the basis for this series of lively dramas. From My Window To say that the birth control pill is as popular now es aspirin may be a slight exaggeration, but there is littledoubt left in anyone's mind that the tiny wonders are in demand et the pharmacies across the nation. Purchased in lots of 100 to be fitted into handy dispensers which defy error's, the pill is heralded es the answer to the world's population problems — if you can educate the •masses to swallow them, that :is. At the present time though, there are indications that the miracle drug is attractive to the ;com- fortable few who could afford to support several more young- sters and uninteresting to ;cou- ples who can hardly sustain their own bodies and souls let alone those of their ten -going - on -eleven children. Some people say the pill will eventually defeat the purpose for which it was intended. Since oral contraceptives are just nuisances to folks with small capacity to care about anything except their personal pleasures, it is thought that when the world is teeming with indolent folks the wiser but weakened minority will ;have to work like slaves to maintain some semblance of balance. All this didn't worry me too much. I thought that as long as •the human element figured at all, enough mistakes would be recorded annually to keep everything on an even keel. Acid to this number the men and women who wanted and planned for more kids, plus those couples who rejected use of the pill for one reason or another and I was certain that all would be well 'for years to come. Now I'm not so sure. I remember laughing with the rest of the crowd when the elderly farmer rose to his feet at the banquet and drawled, "birth control won't be 100 per cent until someone comes up with the pill to correct last night's mistake". That was last month. This month, it's no juke, for a pill HAS been discovered which they claim will curtail preg- nancy up to one month after conception, As one ;doctor speaking in s up port of the pill noted, at roust't be consid- ered an ;abortion drug but sim- ply something "to bring on menstruation". Now I'm worried. Not only does the new pill correct the mistakes of the old pill, but it leaves itself en iron -clad "out" with religious groups and sects Who oppose such things on moral grounds and comes on very strong with the average intelligent couple eat wants babies—but not too many. It seems to me that we could be headed toward serious trou- ble if we tamper too much with the departments which have always been managed by the By Shirley Keller Man Upstairs. Certainly man's wisdom and the materials with which he works come to him through the goodness of God, but that doesn't allow him com- plete freedom to disregard all those things which down through the centuries have been held sacred. Birth control is sensible — even necessary. Like other good things ;though, it can be abused. When this happens, we're leaving ourselves open for all sorts of surprises of the unpleasant variety. 0 Garden Hints By Len Bates "I .don't believe I want to know anyone who does not like a rose." This quiet but fierce declara- tion of loyalty to the rose •came from a housewife in response to a rose questionnaire. It is the type of sentiment that ,has brought the rose more ardent supporters than any other flower. The love of the rose is not a fad of the moment, it has ex- isted throughout recorded his- tory. More than 4,001) years ago, a citizen of Knossos on the island of Crete thought so much of his rases that he had his walls covered with beautiful rose paintings. From these perfectly preserved frescoes we learn that Rose F•oetida, a species rose that is growen today, was cultivated and loved long be- fore Christ's birth. In 'the fifth century B.C, Herodotus, the Greek, "father of history", wrote excitedly about fragrant of sixty petals that grew in Ma- cedonia in gardens believed to have belonged to the fabulously wealthy King Midas. When e Pharaoh's tomb was excavated in Egypt in 1888, a wreath of withered roses that was placed there 1,700 years ago still filled the chamber with a delicious perfume. To pay the supreme compli- ment to Mark Anthony Cleo- patra welcomed her Roman lover with :a carpet of rose pe- tals spread 20 inches deep. * * �t Special winter 'protection should be given roses early in November by mounding up light sandy soil over the crowns, this is also known as the graft- ing knob at the ground level of the bush. Most roses are pruned in the spring, before budding, the main reason for pruning roses is to produce better flowers. Hybrid lea need only light pruning, remove half the previ- ous season's growth, and leave only two or four buds on a cane. This will prod u e e a strong new growth and a few )large flowers. Floribunda a n d Polyantha TV VIEWS A new regulation body, the Canadian Radio Commission, will replace the Board of Broad- cast G•overners. This was re veiled in the House of Com- mons with the •first reading of the new broadcasting legisla- tion. There will be five full-time members who will have powers greater than those of the en- tire B11G. An ;additional 10 part-time members will be able to vote on matters of general policy. These five members will have virtually supreme power over the granting of licences. They can be blocked by the Cabinet, but the Cabinet cannot grant a licence without their say so. A broadcaster may be prose- cuted under the law for breach of regulations and fined up to $100,000 and be thrown in jail as well. The proposal for 'the OBC management involves the ap- pointment of a president and an executive vice-president. While the CBC would have complete control over the priv- ate broadcaster, it will not have that same control over the state- owned CBC. The CBC .can force licence conditions on the private sta- tions, but not on the CBC. The commission will have to negotiate with the CBC, and if they can't agree the secretary of state will arbitrate. Any tune CBC and private' interests are involved in a dis-' pute, the CBC will win the battle. The question' in the minds of all broadcasters is simply "who will be the five members". Will they have broadcasting back- g7ouirds? This new bill gives these five appointees e hell of a lot of power. roses should be allowed to grow to their normal height, the only pruning necessary is to cut out diseased or overcrowded canes. Climbing roses flower on Danes as old as ;six or eight years. Very old, damaged canes or those which have stopped blooming, should be removed at the base. Rambler type roses flower on canes a year old. Each year all canes which have flowered should be cut at the base, so new strong canes will grow up to replace them and will hear next year's flowers. October and November are good months for planting roses. They have a head start for spring. DO NOT fall prune, protect roses from winter blast. It is important to spray now for lava on shrubs that lay dormant until spring. The common butterfly leaves this behind. Next week we will talk about various kinds of bulbs. It is not too late to plant now for spring blossoms. Renew Your Subscription Now 21 YEARS OLD? When you turn 21 you are no longer covered by your parents' Hospital Insurance. You must take out individual membership within 30 days. Get your ap- plication form at a bank, a hospital, or the Commission. ;; NEW JOB? To keep insured fol- low the instructions on the Hospital In- surance "Certificate of Payment—Form 104" that your present employer is required to give you on leaving. 1E 5:t LY WED? The "family" Hospital Insurance premium must now be paid to cover husband and wife. Notify your "group" without de- lay or if you both pay premiums direct, no- tify the Commission. Your ONTARIO HOSPITAL i INSURANCE Plan ' Ontario Hospital Services Commission, Toronto 7, Ontario. 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