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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-01-22, Page 4H PAGE FOUR ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1970 Minor Hockey Week Once again it is that time of year when we are ask- ed to support minor hockey, and to remind our readers of that already well-known slogan "Don't send-- Take your boy to the arena." We are willing to do this because we agree there should be special recognition of the men (and women) who make hockey possible here. The local minor hockey association is composed of enthusiastic, hard-working volunteers whose efforts on behalf of local youngsters cannot be measured in hours or dollars. They make it possible for hundreds of our youngsters to take part in Canada's National sport. Every boy in town can have the opportunity to play, and none will be turned away. That's the kind of an organ- ization it is. More than that, they contribute towards the develop- ment not only of stronger bodies, .but. of healthier minds and better citizens. They keep the youngsters off the streets and engaged in healthy, supervised sport. We do agree with the slogan "To keep a boy out of hot water - put him on ice." Our municipality has provided the ice, our volunteers do the work to "put him on ice." While we pause long enough to pay tribute to our minor hockey workers, similar recognition of the thou- sands of minor hockey volunteers in Canada is taking place right across the country; every municipality in Canada is doing the same thing during Minor Hockey Week. Minor Hockey Week in Canada is one of several worthwhile projects of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, and as a result of the C . A. H . A .'s apprec- iation promotion, volunteer workers across the country are being told their work is appreciated. Some are being made the recipients of testimonial scrolls and plaques, but all are included in the general paeans of praise heard across the nation this big week of minor hockey. Although the recognition of the volunteer organizers, coaches, managers, car drivers and fund-raisers is one of the most Important objectives of Minor Hockey Week it is not the only one. Another is to "focus attention on minor hockey." This we gladly do. We do so because we agree that minor hockey is an important part of our community life. It is an integral part of the fabric of our community and a major part of the sporting activities of our municipality. We agree it is beneficial to the youngsters, and because it is, it is beneficial to the whole community. We agree in addition to building stronger bodies, minor hockey con- tributes to the development of better citizens while it is keeping them occupied in a worth -while endeavour - right at an age when many of them might easily be en- gaged in pursuits much less acceptable to society. The statistics issued by the C. A . H . A . indicate yet another reason for supporting minor hockey and editor- ializing in favour of Minor Hockey Week. The C . A.H . A minor hockey committee points out that minor hockey is an activity that not only works for the youngsters, but provides work for many adults and in addition turns back to the Canadian economy more than five million dollars every year. The costs of providing sweaters, skates, and other equipment (much safety equipment is now compulsory), the cost of ice rentals, transportation, meals after games injury insurance, are items that soon run up into many dollars per player, and hundreds of dollars per team. Considering there are more than twelve thousand minor hockey teams in Canada, it is not difficult to visualize millions of dollars being spent to keep the operation going. So it is we realize every one benefits from minor hockey -- truly IT IS good for the community. These are some of the reasons why this newspaper is happy to "Keep in Step with Canada" -- by support- ing Minor Hockey Week. We urge our readers to do likewise. ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 �SFE Member: c04„ •k Canadian, Weekly Newspapers Association milDW1't1� Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association "'70,,rF od' Subscription Rates: $3,50 per year in advance in Canada; $4.511 in United States and Foreign; single copies 10 cents Sixties were pare bosh Thinking back over the year-end reports of the 1960s, I realize that all the experts painted a picture 'of a decade of violence and change proba- bly unequalled in history, What is especially embarrass- ing is the thought that I did the same thing, though I'm no expert. On second thought, it was all pure poppycock. It's true that The Sixties included these things, but the 1940s, in ret- rospect, make the 1960s look like a children's birthday par- ty: Noisy, disorganized, messy, but essentially kids' stuff in comparison. Surely it was in The Forties that today's violence, revolt, drug addiction, sexual free- dom, disgust with the Estab- lishment, and all the other goodies of The Sixties, had their roots. In the 1930s, those lucky enough to have a job were working for less than it costs today for a night on the town. As Toronto newspaper colum- nist Richard Needham pointed out, the Great Depression was not brought to an end by our economists or politicians, but by Adolph Hitler. War created jobs, wages went up, prosperi- ty began. Sickening thought, but true. In The Sixties, we waxed in- dignance over Chicago cops for beating dissidents over the head. And so we should. But in The Forties, six million non - dissidents of all ages and both sexes were beaten, gassed or starved to death.`And millions of others were obliterated with- out even waving a placard. How's that for violence? Revolt? It was everywhere, in partisan groups and new nationalist organizations. And the rebels were just as long- haired and bearded and dirty — and a lot hungrier than today's rebels. They, too, were of both sexes, as today. But they were fighting for some- thing, not against everything. And they were laying on the line not just a clout on the head, a trip in the paddy -wag- on, and a fine, but their lives. The Establishment? In 1945 the British threw it out, including that heroic but un- mistakable member of it, Sir Winston Churchill. That was a far, far greater thing than riot- ing on a campus. Atrocities? We had one, ap- parently, in Vietnam recently, with the Yanks as villains for a change. Vile? Certainly. But it was a mere trifle compared to the atrocities of The Forties. On all sides. Tell your kids about Lidice, the bombing of Hamburg and Dresden, and what the Russians did at War-' -"CAREFUL ‘ FAMIL Y BUDGETING IS AN ART, DEALING THERE /S A TERR/F/C START 41°,A fir. z Q SHOPPER'S t�---- Mt FRIEND �q ) saw. And then there was the big- gest one of all, committed by the Good Guys — the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today's atroci- ties are peanuts, however in- digestible. Drug addiction? There wasn't any "Dot" around. But I wonder how many alcoholics are wandering around today who got their start when they were 18, and in uniform? I could list you a dozen, from personal knowledge. Just mul- tiply. Sexual freedom? Perhaps it wasn't as blatant and self-con- scious and publicity -conscious as it is today, but it was there lady, it was there. Now, I don't for one minute mean your hus- band. But those other guys. Wow! Change? Whole countries disappeared. Millions of people wandered, homeless. New countries sprang into being. However, just as The Sixties weren't all rotten, neither were The Forties. They pro- duced courage and sacrifice and a great sense of sharing and loving, amidst all the hatred. They produced a generation that sincerely believed that a better world was not only needed, but could be built. They produced entire new con- cepts of world peace. They set the seeds for the end of the old imperialism. Never mind that these have been frustrated and warped since. And, as a sideline, they pro- duced the millions of kids who are now a mystery and terror and bewilderment to those rel- ics of the frightful Forties. Nuff said? doyMAILIO BAG in January 15, 1990. To the Editor: Dear Sir; The Board of Directors of the Children's Aid Society of Huron County wish to express their gratitude for the many contributions of clothing, fin- ancial support, and any form of service which has assisted in forwarding the work of our Board in 1969. In expressing the Board's appreciation, special thanks goes to the youth of Huron County who have given their support to the Children's Aid Society throu- ghout the year. Yours very truly, Publicity Committee, Board of Directors, Children's Aid Society of Huron County. 0 -- Zurich Clergyman Attends Session Rev. John Huether of Zurich attended the twenty-third annual Educational Conference of the Niagara Parks School of Hortic- ulture Alumni Association at the Sheraton Brock Hotel, Niagara Falls, last weekend. Mr. Hue- ther is chaplain of the associat- ion. The theme of this year's program was ,on "Pollution." Speakers from the Agricultural Chemical Association and from Pollution Probe presented their points of view on the matter of pollution in the environment. Plans for an increase in the number of students from eight to 12 per year were outlined by the manager of the Niagara Parks Commission. There are thirty young men presently en- rolled at the School of Hortic- ulture. Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRISTS Walper's Supertest 262.9910 Hensall iiimmimmomemmimuinir J. E. Longstaff OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH MEDICAL. CENTRE 527-1240 Tuesday, Thursday,` Friday, Sat- urday a.m.. Thursday evening CLINTON OFFICE 10 Issac Street 482.7010 Monday and Wednesday Call either office for appointment. Norman Martin OPTOMETRIST Office Hours: 9 - 12 A,M, — 1:30.6 P.M. Closed all day Wednesday Phone 235-2433 Exeter ACCOUNTANTS Roy N: Bentley PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT GODERICH P.O. Box 478 Dial 524-9521 HURON and ERIE , DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES J. W. 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