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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1967-12-20, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1967 &lama' eaotoneat NW ASV SW Seventeen to Sixty-seven, No Change With the Christmas season upon us. shoppers will be pounding the streets in search of just the right gift for those lucky persons who are on their Yuletide lists. The Canadian government has en- gaged in an all-out effort over the past year or so to encourage people to "Buy Canadian". And stores and businesses in every municipalities in the country have followed it up with a campaign to induce their citizens to make their purchases in their own home towns. This problem isn't new. We thought that an article which ap- peared in a newspaper over 50 years ago would be of interest. I BUY AT HOME —Because my interests are here. —Because the community that is good enough for me to live in is good enough for me to buy in. Because I believe in transacting business with my friends. —Because I want to see the goods. —Because I want to get what I buy when I pay for it. —Because every dollar I spend at home stays at home and works for the welfare of this town. —Because the man I buy from stands back of his goods. --Because I sell what I produce here at home. —Because the man I buy from helps support my school, my church, my home. —Because when ill -luck, misfortune or bereavement comes, the man I buy from is here with his kindly greeting, his word of cheer and his pocketbook, if needed. —Because I get my living in this county. Don't you? —Here I live and here I buy. I buy at home. Do you? Getting Ready For Christmas At this time of year, there seems to be an air of secrecy around the home — oodles of pretty Christmas wrappers, tapes, seals and what have you. The only one around the house who is calm and serene is, (you guessed it), good ole "Pop". Mother is excited about her son coming home from college; the kids are busy looking through the pages of the newspaper and circling the items they want Ma and Pa to pay special attention to. The daughter's boy friend is help- ing Ma with the Christmas parcel- ling, and with any chores that are needed—he's probably seeking moral support when he approaches Pa about a wedding or something next year. But dear old Dad just sits back in his easy chair, puffing on his fav- orite pipe, amid the wreckage of what used to be home, sweet home before the Christmas season rolled around, No sense asking him what he wants for Christmas. No siree ! He's just as tight lipped as a Chicago gambler at a crime investigation. All this, of course, leads straight to one things — someone is getting a great thrill out of doing something for someone else. Yes, even "the old man." For beneath that air of non- chalance Pop is privately plotting to get Mom something special for Christmas, Behind all this is an even deeper signifiance—but few have had time to think of that angle yet—the rush and bustle of preparations is holding sway — Christmas will be here in a few short days. This is only the Christmas season. (The Grenfell Sun). What Can We Do For Canada? The question which Prime Minister Pearson has posed for Canadians re- garding confederation draws a par- allel with the inaugural phrase of President Kennedy a few years ago, when he said "ask not what your country can do for you, but what can you do for your country". Prime Minister Pearson is asking Canadians what they are prepared to do and pay to keep their country united. It's not an unfair question and there is no easy solution. The prime minister has said Canada must be a homeland for all citizens, English, French and ethnic groups from other countries. it does not mean that all Canadians must learn to speak French. It doesn't mean that the rest of the country must grant Quebec any more special status than one which guar- antees the use of the French lan- guage for education, where numbers justify it, and in the legislatures and courts across the country. Western provinces look on this idea as an unwanted revolution. How- ever, if they stop to think, it is a small price to pay for a united coun- try, remembering what other coun- tries have suffered to gain the same goals. Even the United States went through a bitter war. All that is called for in Canada is that minds and hearts see beyond the interests of their own part of the country and one's own racial group. French Canadians for their part must recognize that they cannot expect such change in a day.—(The Stouff- ville (Ont.) Tribune). Reverse Blunders Provincial and federal governments are showing great concern over in- flation, and well they might, but we'd like to know why they didn't become concerned a little earlier. The federal government, for in- stance, has just finished hiking the National Housing Act mortgage rate up over eight per cent. Isn't that inflationary ? A little while ago, that same government took the six per cent ceiling off bank loans. Didn't that contribute to pushing costs up? Wasn't that same government, not very long ago, involved in settling some labor disputes for 30 per cent increases ? Wasn't one of the very first things they did on taking office to boost their own wages to $18,000 a year? Who are they to talk about guid- lines for everybody else? If they are serious at all, let them start by reversing as many as possible of their earlier blunders, including a cut in their own outrageous take-home pay.— (The Agassiz (BC) Advance) . uric!" • exec N.ws 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 Rtes: $3.00 per. year it advance, in Canada, x.00 inn United hates stand and Foreign, ei.ngle copies 7 cents. From My Window When the secular world be gan to commercialize Christmas I was not too dismayed. Busi ness is business 1 reasoned, and in a society as competitive as ours shoppers must be motivat ed to make sufficient purchases at •Christmas to warrant expen- ditures by manufacturers and merchants, So when Santa Claus rolls into town th a velvet sled hauled by eight glittering sue• chanieal reindeer to the music of several bands and in com- pany with dozens of other floats costing thousands of •dollars, I see no real harm done. I can even find excuses for the sales pitch to the kids by advertisers with toys to sell, and for the beer and liquor companies who hope to .cash in at this time of year by putting some extra `spirit' into the festivities. But when the Christian com- munity starts to aness around wih Christmas I find no words to express the sickening pain in the pit of my stomach. When churchmen begin to whisper that the Blessed Virgin was just another woman who con- ceived •and gave birth in the sante old proven manner prac- ticed by all other human be- ings, I have doubts which Christmas is the most damag- ing—the secular Christmas with its noise and food and drink and gaudy color and useless gifts or the Christian Christmas with its Christ -less insult to all believers. There are those who sit on the fence and drawl, "What does it matter whether Mary was a virgin or not?" That question is almost as silly as asking if it would make any difference if the world was flat. Just as all the calculations and specifications for a round world would be useless if the world was declare flat, so the very basis of the Christian faith is shaken by suggesting that Mary was like thousands of other women before and since her time—indiscreet and pregnant out of wedlock. If Mary was not a virgin, then Jesus was the son of a man and not the San of G-od. Where's the wonderful Christmas mes- sage In that story? The Sav- iour of the world is reduced to just another baby boy who laggialEalaellaMSenteteeer By Shirley Keller lived an exemplary life and had a marvellously worded book written about his extraordinary adventures and his tragic death. So what? Might just as well read a pieceabout John P. Ken- nedy. Or Montealm. Or Judas Iseariot. Seems to me—and I suspect millions of other believers — that if the church wants to re- move a positive Christ from Christmas and make it a kind of unknown mysterious Xmas which invites reasoning and discourages faith, it night as well suggest we adopt Santa Claus as our one and only Yule- tide Saint. Thank God too many still cling to the Biblical account that Jesus was the Son of God and the Saviour of the world, As long as that issue remains unclouded, Christmas, now and forever, will be merry and all New Years will be happy. Merry Christmas from all of us at the Keller house to all readers everywhere. See you again in the New Year. 0 Television News Unethical methods to sell color television sets are being used by a few unscruplous ap- pliance dealers. A TV viewer called me the other day and described how she was being forced by an appliance dealer to buy a color set. This is what happened: A salesman .from a certain appliance store approached her about trying out a color set in her home. She agreed and and stated that her black and white set was not working properly. He said they would repair it. She agreed to this as well. About two weeks later she telephoned inquiring about cher set and was told they were busy and it had not been repaired. They asked her how she liked the color TV set. She replied that the colors were not true and she was having diffiealcy with it. They said they would replace it with a different kind. This was done. 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