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Zurich Citizens News, 1970-01-22, Page 8PAGE EIGHT • ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JANUARY '22, 1970 50 Years Ago • JANUARY, 1920 Mr. William Calfas, stage driver, has installed a telephone in his house, and this will add greatly to the public's conven- ience. Dr, R.B,, Catt, veterinary surgeon, has opened an office in Dashwood, and will be ready to start practice there this week. Miss Aaida Routledge left on Tuesday morning for Toronto, where she has taken a position in a wholesale millinery depart- ment. E,F, Klopp was elected as president of the Zurich Agricult- ural Society, at the annual meet- ing last Tuesday evening. A.F. Hess was again appointed as secretary -treasurer. W, G, Hess, jeweller, has in- stalled an up-to-date hydro electric Barker outfit for hollow grinding skates. The public school in Dashwood has been closed due to an out- break of scarlet fever. 40 Years Ago JANUARY, 1930 Mrs. Wilfred Jervis of Homes- ville, is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sylv- anus Witmer of the Babylon Line at present. Mr. Myrvin Stelck, of the 14th concession has just returned from a few weeks trip to Nia- agara Falls, Buffalo, Windsor and Detroit, and reports an excellent time. Mr. Bruce J. Klopp has pur- chased from his brother, Mr. Bert Klopp, a five acre parcel of land out of the latter's farm fronting on the Zurich Road. Mr. Bruce has had erected on the premises a neat little dwelling and a number of chicken houses, colony houses, etc. and is still erecting more quarters for the fowl. He intends going exten- sively into chicken farming Mr. and Mrs. E. Nutt of St. Marys have returned hojne after spending a time with Mr. and Mrs. William Hyde of Hensall. 25 Years Ago JANUARY , 1945 Misses Delores and Florence Mittleholtz, London, are hol- idaying at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Mittleholtz. Josiah Geiger met with a painful accident on Monday afternoon when his mitt got caught in one of the machines at the Kalbfleisch mills, and cut the two middle fingers on his right hand. Last Thursday evening about midnight there was an unpleas- ant experience in sotre for the late home corners when no less than nine autos were all sewed up in the snow drifts just outside of the village limits. Billie Thiel ventured out with his team of horses and hauled the cars trhough the snow one by one. George Deichert and Edwin Gascho made a business trip to Toronto the first part of last week, and while there, they took in a hockey game. Christian Gascho, of the Bron- son Line, has purchased the home owned by Harold Swartz- entruber and will move there in April. 15 Years Ago JANUARY, 1955 Samuel Desjardine a resident of the Blue Water Highway, south for many years died at his home concession 16, Hay , on Friday January 14, in his 69th -OF - YEARS GONE BY year. After the Annual meeting of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, on Friday evening a presentation was made to the departing Past- or, Rev. E.W. Heimrich who has served for the past 12 years, and is leaving for Brantford. Miss Mary Fischer who is em- ployed at Kitchener was a week- end visitor with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thiel. Mr. Donald O'Brien who is attending Teacher's Training College at London, was a stu- dent teacher at the Goshen north public school recently. Mr. Percy Campbell, who recently underwent an operation in Clinton Public Hospital, is very much improved in health. 10 Years Ago JANUARY, 1960 At a special meeting of the Hensall village council last Wednesday night, R.H. Middle- ton, Hensall was appointed from four applicants to the position of clerk -treasurer, tax collector, and assessor for the village. He will receive a salary of $1800. per year. John Durnin, reeve of West Wawanosh, was elected on Tuesday afternoon as the warden of Huron County for 1960. Mrs. Ervin Latta and son, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Weiberg, Wat- erloo, and Mr. and Mrs. Ho- ward Weiberg, Kitchener, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weiberg. Valentine Gerber and sons, Mervyn, Melvin and Kenneth, Hartstown, Penn., visited with Mr. and Mrs, Aaron Erb and family, also attended the funer- al of the forrner's sister, Mrs. Mattie Jantzi. RABBIT BREEDERS The South Huron Rabbit Breed- ers Association held their first meeting of the year on Tuesday, January 13 in Elimville Hall. President William Dickey had a message of welcome for those who turned out for the meeting in spite of very wintry weather. A delegation of members was mined to investigate the possib- ility of pick-up of rabbits in this area in place of existing arrangements. A social committee was also named and they are in charge of a euchre party planned by the club for later in the month. Auctioneer for the Dutch Auction was Jim Dickey and winner of the prize was Mrs. Joyce Dickey. New Courses At Ridgetown Two new elective courses - Welding, and Crop conditibning and Processing - were offered for the first time this year at the Ridgetown College of Agric- ultural Technology, a branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food. Mr. Mel Sojak, of the Eng- ineering Division of the College, reports that the Welding course is now offered to a limited num- ber of students. The welding program concentrates on giving students a comprehensive know- ledge of welding equipment and its use. "We don't turn out master welders, " said Mr. Sojak, "but we do ensure that the students will have a sufficient knowledge of the techniques involved so that they can do their own farm welding." Both oxyacetylene and arc welding equipment is used. Safety is stressed at all times. Welding is evaluated by experts, and though there is some lect- uring, most of the course work is practical. The Crop Conditioning and Processing course is given in the fall to prepare for the har- vesting season. Methods of stor- ing grain, cribbing corn, proc- essing and handling high moist- ure corn, and the principles of bin storage are studied. Students are taught the theory of drying in batch -in -bins, por- table and continuous driers. Correct storage of grain with proper temperature control, screening processes, and the maintenance of all storing and processing equipment is cov- ered. Methods of grinding and mixing rations for livestock, hogs and poultry, using blend- ers, hammer mills, and roller mills are taught. Field trips to study storage and processing methods are arranged frequently, Peewees Win Over Sarnia Team (by Doug Turkheim) On Saturday afternoon, Gary Geoffrey brought his Pee Wee team from Sarnia to play Zur- ich, but they were unable to go home with a victory as they were defeated 4-2. Zurich goals were scored by Fred Mominersteeg and Derek O'Brien, each with two, Sarnia's two goals were scored by Gary Knoop. Zurich scored twice in the first and last with Sarnia scor- ing in the first and second per- iods.' LSMFT FLEET CARS Larry Snider does it again! Look at this ... Only 2 left. 1968 Plymouth Fury I, 4 -doors, V-8, automatic, owned by a local industry, white in color, radios, safety certified, License numbers J20293 and 956950. Were $1695. This week only these fine cars must be sold. Accordingly Larry has slashed the price to $1495 each. Will take any trades. Let's trade now. Larry Snider Motors LIMITED EXETER 235.1640 LONDON 227-4191 Huron County's Largest Ford Dealer The International Scene (by Roymond Canon) SWEDEN DOES HAVE PROBLEMS We have been having a look at the Scandinavian countries, and I am going to finish up by looking at the country where we started - Sweden. It is the most prosperous of all the European countries, even more so than Switzerland. Like Switzerland it places a heavy emphasis on large well-prepared military forces, Both countries were neutral in the two world wars and both countries stick to the policy of remaining neutral in the military alliances, which may account for some of their prosperity. Like most advanced countries such as Canada and the United States, the problem of labour vs management looms large. How- ever, unlike either Canada or the U, S., Sweden has been able to solve it to a remarkable de- gree. In that country the nat- ional federation to which all trade unions belong has the last say in the matter of wage de- mands made by the individual unions. No union is allowed to make demands which, if they were granted, would have in- flationary effects directly, or would cause a chain reaction of wage increases having these in- flationary effects. Since the trade unions in Canada and the United States have been reluct- ant to admit the inflationary effects of sharp wage increases, the chances of something like the Swedish model being set up ii in Canada is very remote. I think it's aity since it would not be as difficult as might appear. Certainly there 'are enough responsible people in the unions to make it work. Almost all Swedes, and in fact almost all Scandinavians, are Lutheran, which is the state religion in the three countries I discussed. The churches in all three countries are almost. empty. This does not, I feel, signify that the population is not religious, but simply that organized religion does not play an important role in their life. To be honest, I have found that interest and partic- ipation frequently drops off if there is a state religion, while in countries such as Canada, there is a far greater interest in the Church. Perhaps the rel- atively rapid achievements of materialism in Sweden has driv- en out religion. It is almost as if the Welfare State had be- come the state religion and that the teachings of the Church had. been replaced by the Swedes own version of humanitarism. There has been a considerable amount written about the high incidence of suicide in Sweden, but, although it is high, it is not as bas as has been made out. It is higher, for example, in Hungary, Switzerland, Finland and Austria, If it can be blamed on the Welfare State, it is be- cause this has given the Swedes the wherewithal to kill them- selves, i.e. the facility with which barbituate sleeping tablets can be obtained. While we are on the topic of dying, it is in- teresting to note that the Amer- icans are nine times more likely to kill other people than either a: the Danes or the Swedes. In one year there was only one murder in Copenhagen. Just one! If any reason for the Swedish suicide rate can be given, it may be because the Swedish men are supposed to have a streak of mysogynisrn, which often gives rise to tension and thence to suicide. The Swedish male is often not emotionally in- volved with his wife and family, he throws himself into his work, a? which becomes a rat race, and this also leads to tension. Given the Swedish propensity to bottle up emotions, it can be under- stood why some resort to suicide. In short, Sweden does have its problems, just like other countries Valhalla in some ways it may be, but most Swedes will admit that there is plenty of room for improvement. 0 Zur'ic'h Mites Defeat Exeter (by Doug Turkheim) Sunday afternoon the Zurich Mites played a close game to the end and.won 6-5 over Exeter, Grant Love was the big gun as he scored all six goals for the Zurich team: Randy Parsons led the Exeter attack scoring a hat -trick. Singles were added by Philip McLeod and Jeff Newby. Each team scored three times in the first and twice in the sec- ond.Zurich's winning goal was scored in the last period. ui• p 40% SHUR-GAIN BEEF SILASUPPLEMENT No. 1 Increase daily gains from corn silage. Feed 40% Beef Cattle Silasupplement No. 1. This new beef cattle supplement is designed to supply the protein required when feeding corn silage which is high in grain and energy content. 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