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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-01-15, Page 8PAGE EIGHT ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 1S, 1970 50 Years Ago JANUARY, 1920 Mrs. David Geromette, who recently underwent an operation in St. Joseph's Hospital, London,' is slowly recovering. W. G. .Hess, jeweller, has installed an up-to-date Hydro electric Barker outfit for hollow grinding skates. Messers Melvin and Norman Overholt of the Sauble Line left for Detroit on Tuesday morn- ing where they will be for some- time. Doherty Pianos, Limited, Clinton's largest and oldest in- dustry is changing hands, being taken over by the Sherlock - Manning Company, of London. 40 Years Ago JANUARY, 1930 At a recent meeting of St. Peter's Lutheran congregation, the following were chosen as trustees, F. C. Kalbfleisch, E.IF. Klopp, Theodore Haberer, O. Klopp, R. F. Stade and Albert Kalbfleisch. Mr. Frank McClinchey left last week for Guelph, he intends taking a course at the O. A. C . Mrs. Clark of Detroit, and Miss Mary Hagan of London, have returned to their duties after spending a few weeks at the home of their mother, Mrs. Ann Hagan. There is an old adage that lots of snow means lots of crop the following year. There should be an abundant crop next year. 25 Years Ago JANUARY, 1945 The Thiel Brothers Transport have purchased the transport trucks and business from the Willard Transport in Hensall, and will now be in a position to bring up more articles from Tor- onto. Dr. David Volume, who came to Bayfield fonr years ago from Southampton to practice medicine, died on the evening of December 29, in his '74th - OE- ¥EARS GONE - BY- year, after an extended illness. The many friends of Ivan Yungblut will be pleased to see him up and around again as he is suffering at present from Lum- bago. Mrs. Lawrence Bedard and son, Larry have returned from the Western Coast and have taken up residence in the home owned by Mr. Herb Mousseau. 15 Years Ago JANUARY, 1955 Mrs. Victor Dinnin has re- turned from Clinton Hospital. Her many friends are pleased to hear she is getting along nicely. Mrs. L. Rose attended the Reliance Petroleum Banquet held in the Catholic Culture Centre, London, on Tuesday evening of this week. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Eagleson, Franklin and Peter of Southamp- ton, were weekend visitors with Mrs. Henry Eagleson and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Steinback and family of Teeswater visited at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Steinback. Also the former's brother Ted and family on Sunday. 10 Years Ago JANUARY, 1960 Last fall, at the request of the Zurich and District Chamber of Commerce, a motor vehicle licence branch was opened in Zurich. The local issuer is Lee - land Willert in the Zurich V ar- iet Store. Carl, Ray and Joan Finkbeiner Kippen, were visitors for a few days last week at the home of their grandmother, Mrs. E. Oswald. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robin- son obinson returned on Saturday to Saskatoon, after spending the Christmas holiday in this vicin- itMr. and Mrs. Gordon Erb and family spent New Year's Day with the latter's parents, Ivir. and Mrs. John Jantzi at Baden. DO IT YOURSELF otftzPszaZ4k • EFFICIENT • ECONOMICAL • PERMANENT • SAFE • EASY INSTALLATION GET THE FACTS! DON OKE LTD. PHONE 236-4092 — ZURICH The International Scene (by Raymond Canon) TFIE SOUTHERN FLANK OF SCANDINAVIA A medium sized blond ,pilot came up to me one day at NATO and said: "My name is. Jensen." Then, almost as an afterthought he added, "I'M from Denmark." He really didn't n eed to add the last statement since a look at a Danish telephone book one time brought home to me the fact that Jensen is about as common a name in Denmark as Jones is in Canada. An way, after that little bit of information, Flying Cadet Jensen and I got back to business and I started training my first Dane. A look at the map will show you that Denmark is considerably smaller than its cousin countries to the north, and its countryside resembles that of Sweden more than it does that of Norway. I found the Danes as friendly if not friendlier than the rest of the Scandinavians although I am not pointing an accusing finger at any of them. Like Norway and Sweden the country is a monarchy, and I'd like to tell you a story that is an old one but will indicate just bow dem- ocratic the monarchies can be at times. During the last war, when Denmark was occupied by the Germans, the Nazis forced all the Jews in the country to wear the star of David so that they could be told a7art from the rest of the Danes. Tie day after this rule was announced, the King of Den>.nark came out wear- ing the Star of David on his sleeve, and in no time at all the whole population was in on the act, with the result that the Nazis had to rescind the order. From then on the Danish Jews were allowed to walk around without any distinguishing marks whatsoever. There are ahnost five million Danes, and it is a saying that they think of themselves as the French of Scandinavia. The French don't seem to be too flattered by this comparison and retort by calling the Danes in- tellectually lazy. Like the other Scandinavian countries, almost the entire population is Luther- an, but very few people go to church. Many of them see one only three times during their life - when they are baptized, married and buried, As a mat- ter of fact Denmark is far more famous for its liberal laws to- ward what many people con- sider as pornography. There Studded Tires (continued from page 7) year. "The report shows that we face an imminent and serious problem on highways andmunic- ipal roads carrying moderate to heavy traffic in the southern area where pavements are kept bare most of the winter, " said Highways Minister George E. Gomme in making the report public. "The estimates for premature resurfacing and patching work, and other additional costs, such as pavement marking on the existing highway system could amount to about $70, 000, 000 with a further $57, 000, 000 re- quired for municipal roads. "This total, " he said, "repre- sents about three per cent of the probable provincial expend- iture on highways, based on the level of present appropriations and prices." Estimates of damage costs were only carried through to the fiscal year 1978-79, said the report, because it was thought that the cycle of repair work might be expected to start over again in the following year. Use of studded tires on rear wheels or on all four wheels is permitted in Ontario from October 1 to April 30. Use has increased from only one or two per cent of passenger cars during the winter of 1966-67 to 30 per cent or more in some areas this winter. are stores there where you can openly buy anything you want in this line without any inter- ference whatsoever from the authorities. Imagine that hap- pening in Canada. About a quarter of all Danes live in Copenhagen, and the • city is one of the most fascin- ating in all Europe. Most people don't pronounce it correctly, and it's so long since I last tried that I'm not even sure that 1 can do it any more. Contrary to many rumours, the city is not Paris of the North although some Danes joke that Paris is Copen- hagen of the South. But not even the French would name one of their street after a writer of fairy tales, but that is what the Danes did, and so you have H. C, Andersen Boulevard. Since Copenhagen is flat, it is very easy to walk about the city, and the main thing you have to watch out for is to avoid being hit by one of the thousands of bicycles that crowd the streets at any hour of the day. People sometimes forget that Denmark has a long history, but what schoolboy cannot recall the stories of the Viking Danes. Let me remind you that at one time the Danes ruled what is now England. King Canute and his two successors were Danes who ruled just before William the Conqueror came over in 1066 and changed everything. At the time let us not forget that Hamlet of Shakespearean fame was a Dane, andpa mel- ancholyone at that, which is assuredlywhat most Danes are not. In act they have been called the clowns of the North. It seems easy to write about all these Scandinavian countries and I plan to do one on Finland later. But next week we'll conclude the cycle by going bacl to have a last look at Sweden. SEAFORTH Win -a -Prize '69 LUCKY NUMBERS GRAND PRIZE - 316159E TRIP TO BERMUDA FOR TWO SECOND PRIZE 3520B $100 IN CASH $25.00 PRIZES - 4227A 2757D 1953411 1753211 42813B 47744F 31850F - 2397G 1F You HAVE ONE ' OF THESE LUCKY NUMBERS, PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR NUMBER IN PERSON OR BY PHONE TO STEDMAN'S STORE, SEAFORTH, NO LATER THAN TUESDAY NOON, JANUARY. 20, 1970. SAVE YOUR COUPONS -- IN THE EVENT THAT ALL THE PRIZES ARE NOT CLAIM- ED LAIMED BY JAN. 20th, 1970, ADDITIONAL NUMBERS WILL BE DRAWN FOR ,FRIZES NOT CTLAIMED. WATCH NEXT WEEK'S PAPER FOR WINNERS AND ADDITIONAL NUMBERS • IF NECESSARY. January Specials LSMFT These cars have been in our inventory too long and must be sold now to make room for the trades we are taking daily on the 1970 models. LOOK AT THIS SELECTION All These Cars Have 1970 Licence Plates THIS WEEK LIC. WAS ONLY 1965 Dodge Polara 4 -door V-8 automatic E28814 $1195 $ 995 1965 Acadian 2 -door 6 automatic E45577 1095 895 1967 Dodge Polara 8 automatic E18168 1695 1449 1965 Merc Parklane hardtop H74218 1595 1295 1969 Cobra Jet 428 loaded 412782 4707 3395 1965 Pontiac 4 -door H75635 1965 Corvair automatic 22226N 1965 Pontiac 4 -door hardtop E34170 1967 Pontiac Grande Parisienne J47394 1965 Valiant 4 -door 1966 Buick LeSabre 2 -door hardtop 1959 Fargo 3 -ton chassis & cab V25895 1966 Ford Super Van automatic C52634 1966 Yamaha 250 26544 1395 1175 895 695 1295 1095 2295 1995 J3543 1095 895 E30131 2295 1995 1050 939 1295 1089 495 379 Larry Snider Motors LIMITED EXETER 235-1640 LUCAN 227-4191 Huron County's Largest Ford Dealer