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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-11-23, Page 2s PAGE TWO es. Cern#ne4 NW MP 41111 Guided, Not Pushed It is difficult to believe that chil- dren entering grade nine are able to determine with any intelligence the line of work they will seek after grad- uating from Upper School. Yet this is exactly what they are asked to do. A new idea has been born out of this modern trend . maybe voca- tional guidance should be taught in. elementary school. Vocational guidance is relatively new to the older generation. It is a grogram usually begun in the high schools and designed to help young persons select the job for which they are best suited. Taught correctly, it can be useful. Taught incorrectly, it ean bring years of regret and un- happiness. The guidance program in most high schools is not all it should be. Too many youngsters are pushed, rather than guided, into certain fields or professions. Too few teachers really understand how to approach a guidance program with any success. It is even more doubtful that guidance would become meaningful ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS to the students in elementary schools. Properly qualified teachers would be difficult to find if their salary de- mands could be met. Even then, it is questionable whether youngsters would be mature enough to grasp the intent and make wise decisions. It has been proven it takes time and experience in the business world to seek out just the right niche for a person. Sometimes adults will train for a certain type of work and through trial and error will "fall" into the job that is right for them. Occasionally, people find they are trapped in a profession for which they have no real liking and not enough ability to be anything but mediocre. Children should not be expected to make unalterable plans in childhood for adulthood. They should be given a well-rounded variety of subjects preparatory for many fields of en- deavour. Guidance should remain just guid- ance ... not a forceful shove into a career chosen in childhood innocence. Sales Tax To many people the sales tax has become a way of life. In nine of the ten provinces in Canada and in many of the states of the Union a sales tax is applied to almost everything the ordinary person buys. To the per- son unaccustomed to paying such taxes, they become a nuisance, be- sides a rather costly operation. In Ontario, for instance, where the provincial sales tax is five per cent, if you buy a 98c article you will pay 81.03 for it. If you buy a $3,000 car you will pay $3,150. In the course of a year's spending for the ordinary family this can amount to something between $100 and $400. In some cases it amounts to considerably more than the taxes paid on the real estate owned by the individual. • Albertans are fortunate that so far they have not had to pay this type of sales tax. The question is how long will the government be able to manage without the tax. Another is how fair this type of tax is. Property tax directly affects only those who own property. Everybody participates in the sales tax. The wealthier a person is, the more he spends and therefor the more sales tax he pays, thus relieving the poorer person of some of the tax respon- sibility. To many the sales tax is fairer and more equitable than prop- erty tax. However, even if we come to the place where we will pay sales tax, it is not likely that the property tax will be removed. Something that needs serious con- sideration is a new method of taxa- tion which will be more equitable than property taxes. A good ques- tion for consideration is whether or not property taxes should be replaced in Alberta by a sales tax on every- thing but food. Then everyone would share equally in the provincial tax burden.—(Nanton (Alta.) News). We Still Need Them In a news bulletin from the Finan- cial Post, one article is headed up "Corner Store Just a Memory?" It .goes on to state that there will be more use of elaborate electronic data- processing systems for merchandise, a further move by department store operators into unconventional mar- keting methods, more tie-ups between distinct types of merchandise and other progressive features. All de- signed, no doubt, to streamline the retail trade. Living in a small community, we are loath to see the personal touch gradually being lost in the business world. As yet, we can still expect, atoll get, a very personal type of serv- ice from our retailers—and we don't • want to lose it. No amouni of slick merchandising can replace the corifortable feeling t f beina able to order a roast from the butcher and know that he will remember your favorite cut. Or call- ing the repairman for the washing machine and have him come right away because you are in the midst of a wash. Even the milkman gets to know your requirements, and if you inadvertently forget to leave bottles out he will usually leave the right quantity for your needs — or make a second trip to deliver if you call in. Our local businessmen are often unsung heroes. Many calls are made on their time for service they would not be required to give in larger centres. The corner. store is a cherished part of our community. It may be slightly old-fashioned, but it is a facet of our daily living we would not like to do without.—(New Ham- burg Independent). Under the Ice Every once in a while a convict confesses to a crime just because he wants the notoriety. It seems that the same philosophy is in the mind of a Winnipeg man who is resenting the fact that Canada's severe climate is not, in a pretentious U.S. house organ, given credit for Canada's ma- jor share in the development of sports on ice, at least on this con- tinent. This house organ, put out by the American Iron and Steel Institute, which includes a number of Canadian members, recently had an article on skating and ice hockey. It seems that in the United States children as young as five take to hockey and it is said that 1966 was the greatest year ever. In the course of it all, there is no mention of Canada and Canada is the chief exporter of hoc- key players—professional that is— and without Canada's hockey players development of hockey in Chicago, Detroit, New York, Boston and a number of other cities in the minor leagues might be a sorry affair. Artificial ice rinks also are dis- cussed as if they were new. Public and private rinks in some of the larg- est cities go back more than 40 years. Old Dr. Douglas, who started prac- tising medicine in 1867, used to say that he did not like the Canadian climate but he thought the Canadian climate was good for the people of Canada. He never went south for his health. — (The Printed Word) . Zurich *mut News PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher J E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage. in cash. Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subscription Rates: $3.00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States wad and Foreign; single copies 7 cents. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1967 From My Window As one of the thousands and thousands of housewives across Canada who is experiencing the futility of making a grocery budget stretch to cover the nec- essary purchases for a week, I took special mental notes while shopping last Saturday, My findings were amazing. First of all, the homemaker who shops with a small child in tow is less apt to go over her grocery budget than the gal who shops alone. That's true. Although it could be more psychological than any- thing else, an empty grocery cart in the hands of a woman with an hour or two to kill is a weapon designed to boost the economy and break down fam- ily relations. A lady alone in the super- market is apt to be carried aloft by grand ideas about sav- ings, trying new recipes, stock- piling certain supplies, testing new products and conserving time. She may browse in the houseware section just long enough to convince herself that she needs an ornamental orange slicer or a purple plant pot. She may even pick up a few items at the miscellaneous counter which will come in handy in case she is invited to a wedding shower or a barmiz- vah. With a tiny tot in the shop- ping cart, half the available space has been filled. What's more, the object then is not to shop and compare, but to grab exactly what you need and get home before the kid has to go to the toilet or throws a temper tantrum. I have also learned that a fam- ily of five can get by on $25 worth of groceries each week or it can devour $50 worth of goodies in the same time. At our house, for instance, it doesn't seem to mater how much food is in the cupboard. My gang can lunch and nibble until the whole pack is gone . or they can be quietly well-fed on a smaller quantity of food. Canadians are generally over- fed they tell us, and I think if food budgets were cut in half we'd all manage to have our appetite satisfied with slimmer waist lines as the bonus. Just as it is an advantage to take at least one little tyke to the grocery store, it is a dis- tinct error to take an older child who can read or even comprehend those things he sees on television. At the cereal shelf, for ex- ample, the budget can get out of kilter in a jiffy. The plain oatmeal that mother would buy is pooh-poohed by the children who want sugar-coated this or that or honey -dipped something else. Manufacturers who put toys in, on or around their pro- ducts are favorites with the kids and gimmicks which give the illusion of being educational are instant winners ,guaranteed to shoot the final tally over the ideal amount, Husbands are another doubt- ful contribution to the shop- ping trip. They have devious 4 By Shirley Keller ways of getting razor blades, cigarettes, •cough candies and masking tape into the shopping cart. It only takes one set of wrenches from the hardware section •to ruin a week's menu planning and chances are father will never use the wretched gadgets picked up on impulse. The result of my study was plain. Shop late in. the day— rush hour is good—with a mini- mum of one small child (bor- rowed if necessary). Visit the store when you have the least amount of time and money. It's the only way to live within your means. a Kippen Group Hold Bazaar One hundred and seventy- nine dollars was realized at the bazaar, bake sale and tea, held Saturday at St. Andrew's United Church, Kippen, under the sponsorship of the Un i t e d Church Women and officially opened by Mrs. E. D. Stuart at 3 p.m. Convenors were: Sewing and fancy work, Mrs. A. Binnendyk; cakes and cookies, Mrs. Robert McGregor; pies and tarts, Mrs. William Bell; bread and buns, Mrs. John Anderson. Produce: Mrs. Ross Broad. foot; candy, Mrs. John Sinclair; fish pond, Mrs. Robert Elgie; touch and take, Mrs. Bert Faber. Kitchen convenor was Mrs. Lloyd Cooper, assisted by the social •committee, Mrs. Harold Jones, Mrs. Keith Lovell and Mrs. William Consitt. 0 Chiselhurst UCW Entertain Guests The UCW of Chiselhurst United Church had as their guests the ladies of the WMS and Marian Ritchie, of Cromarty Presbyterian Church, also the UCW of Kippen and Staffa United churches. President Mrs. R. Taylor, Jr., extended a welcome to the guests. Mrs. Alf Ross •conduct- ed the worship period. Mrs. Robert Simpson, of Hen- sall, was guest speaker, show- ing interesting slides on her trip to the British Isles. A quartette composed of Jean Cole, Shirley Brintnell, Janice Wright and Ruth Coleman sang two numbers. Mrs. Percy Harris, Mrs. Rob- ert Kinsman and Mrs. Ben Stoneman were in charge of the social part of the evening. The November meeting of the Chiselhurst UCW took the form of a business meeting. The slate of officers for the new year was presented by Mrs. T. Brintnell. Life membership certificates were presented to Mrs. Thomas Brintnell and Mrs. Clarence Coleman, the address read by Mrs. Earl Kinsman, and life membership pins presented by Mrs. Roy MacDonald and Mrs. Percy Harris to the ladies. Take Your Family Out For a Wonderful Meal ! Nothing makes a family happier than sitting down to a fine meal in our dining room. 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