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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1970.
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Take a Chance
There is nothing quite as boring, monotonous and
drudgerous as doing the same thing, the same way all
the time. Watch the other fellow, particularly the
happy one, and take a chance on doing some things
the way he does them and see if life doesn't take on a
new hue.
If you go to work down a certain street every morn-
ing try another one, or a back alley, just for fun. If
you don't walk far to work, try walking the opposite
direction from home for a couple of blocks anc coming
in another way. Take a chance and get a new persp-
ective, a new outlook on things, something more and
different- to think about.
If you've travelled in a certain circle of friends,
take a chance and invite some others over for tea,
supper, or just a friendly chat. Try visiting with folks
from another vocation, another town, another church,
a different social strata-- just for something different
to do and to add zest to life.
If you've been fooling around with recreation, soc-
ial climbing, religion or philosophy; or even your daily
work; take a chance and dive into it with all your heart
and soul. You may discover that life is worth living.
It could make all the difference in the world. Better
take a chance --on something sure.
(Nanton (Alta.) News)
Let's Stop Petty Bickering
The president of the Royal Canadian Legion,
Dominion Command, had a worthwhile message for
Canadians at the first of the year. Entitled "Let's stop
this petty bickering", it deals with the question of
certain French -English misunderstanding in Canada.
This is what the Legion's chief officer Robert Kohaly of
Estevan, Sask., has to say:--
: . . It is understandable that some of us, living in an
area where little French is spoken, are apt to be annoy-
ed when we receive federal documents and forms in
French as well as English.
Some raise a great hue and cry when they hear, upon
occasion, a voice answer in English after French on a
federal telephone. Others see something insidious about
the French inscription placed over the English inscript-
ion placed on a poppy wreath at our national memorial.
Let's resolve to stop this petty bickering. It is doing
great harm and, as long as it continues, it poses a ser-
ious threat to the continuation of Canada as a nation.
As an individual and as your president I feel that
we should do everything we can to conserve and protect
national unity. This means putting aside personal
prejudices which are adding fuel to the flames of cont-
roversy and providing ammunition for those divisive
forces determined to effect the break -away of one
province to form a separate state.
The Legion includes in its membership several
thousand French-speaking Canadians who fought vol-
untarily for Canada in two World Wars. Many died
and others suffered disabilities fighting alongside their
English-speaking comrades. In action they were not
concerned with protocol and who went first. They work-
ed together as a team. They respected each other for
what they were, rather than for the country in which
they or their ancestors happened to be born.
The year 1970 could be a`crucial one over this
question of bilingualism. The future of Canada as a
nation is at stake with the onus of responsibility on
English-speaking Canadians to accept the fact that
French-speaking Canadians are entitled to equal status.
I feel that the Legion must provide leadership on
problems which affect our national progress and unity.
Therefore I hope all Legion members will make a New
Years' resolution to adopt a more tolerant attitude to-
wards the needs of French-speakin Canadians and take
the broader view of a national policy upon which the
unity of Canada depends."
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Crescendo of
Isn't it odd how troubles
come in hatches? You can sail
along for as many as two
whole weeks with everything
going as smooth as cream.
Then the roof falls in,
Ours almost literally did Last
week, when the ice piled up
nearly two feet deep behind
the eavestroughs, and I
couldn't find anyone to chop it
off.
Your run of calamities, how-
ever, usually begins with a few
minor things, like a toothache.
or the flu, then builds steadily
to a crescendo of catastrophe.
That's the way it's been with
me in my latest bout with the
fates, Knobs coining off doors.
A broken tooth. Coming down
and finding the front door
wide open with the tempera-
ture 10 below and the furnace
straining to keep up. Wipers
on the car broken down, which
is a fairly easy route, to suicide
the way it's been snowing
around here this winter.
Then my car, op which T
recently spent $63 to remove
the problem of its not starting
in- the morning, started not
starting again. My gimpy curl-
ing knee got gimpy and I've
been limping around ever since
like a sailor with a wooden leg.
But these things you are
used to, and cope with, one by
one. Got my tooth fixed. Got a
chap to hack the ice off roof.
Got the •door -knobs working,
the wipers working, and the
knee wrapped in an elastic
bandage that cuts off the circu-
lation so badly my face is pur-
ple.
It's the things over which
you have no control that hit
you right between the eyes.
Like Sunday noon, when we
got a call from my daughter
announcing cheerily, though
with a touch of trepidation.
that she was calling from the
hospital. With infectious hepa-
titis.
You can't say that the kids
nowadays don't live dangerous-
ly, at any rate. Kim left for the
city at New Year, having quit
university to live in a com-
mune.
I don't have to go into the
commune bit again. It's the
method some young people use
in today's society to escape
from the latter. A commune is
an idealistic utopia in which
everyone shares the work and
the food. Just one big happy
family, with no nagging par-
ents and nobody stopping one
from doing one's thing.
The commune has vague
links with the early Christians
and the modern Israelis, which'
is a nice touch of irony. There
_have been hundreds of at -
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One Moment of Time
Our camera records a child's
First Smile . . . makes an
official report on the bride's
radiance .. .
Commemorates a trio posed
for Dad's birthday surprise.
Moments like these can never be
recaptured unless they are per-
fectly preserved by HADDEN'S
STUDIO.
Your family's pictorial history
Should be in qualified hands.
Contact
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catastrophe
tempts to form such communes
in the past. The only thing
wrong is that they don't work,
unless they are rigidly authori-
tarian, like the communities of
Mennonites.
Kim spent a (presumably)
happy week in the commune,
then caught hepatitis from one
of the other inmates, and lay
sick, semi-conscious, without
eating, for about two weeks.
She had too much pride, feel-
ing she had let us down, to
call. We didn't have any phone
number and were waiting for a
letter, We finally wrote.
She staggered out to the
emergency ward of a general
hospital, where they gave her a
shot of penicillin and threw
her back into the snowbanks.
On a Thursdy night, one of
the members, who had lately
been getting a bit weird (going
on a big religious kick),
dressed himself in his best,
went to his room, and set the
house on fire. The others bare-
ly got out, into a winter night,
with the clothes they were in,
and nothing else. He was
burned to death. The house
was destroyed.
Somehow, Kim got into hos-
pital. All she'd saved was her
Christmas present, a radio. A
friend loaned her some clothes.
She's feeling better.
But, and there are some big
BUTS, we don't yet know what
damage has been done. Her
liver is affected. Its normal
thing is 35 to 50, whatever it
does. A doctor told her that
the worst case they'd ever had
in the hospital was 3,500. And
then told her that hers was
6,000.
Give us a prayer if you have
a moment will you?
Line-up Expected
For Car Licences
Last minute line-ups later this
month for new motor vehicle
licence plates could be worse
than last February, the Ontario
Department of Transport
warned this week.
The deadline for driving
with 1969 plates is midnight,
Saturday, February 28th. The
plates have been on sale since
December 1, 1969, at 281
issuing offices throughout
Ontario.
The sale of 1970 plates
for passenger cars, station
wagons and motorcycles is
lagging significantly behind
sales at this time last year,
and there are at least 76, 000
more vehicles to be registeres
this year.
At the end of January,
529, 876 sets of plates had been
issued, or 25.5 percent of this
year's total of 2, 077, 945
applications.
In the first 11 months of
1969, 5, 462 motorists were
convicted of driving without
current year plated affixed
to their vehicles. The
majority of these offences
occurred shortly after last
year's February 28th deadline
for new plates. The penalty,
on conviction, is a fine of
no less than $20 and not more
than $100.
Registration fees for 1970
plates are the same as last
year - $35 for eight -cylinder
passenger cars and dual
purpose vehicles, $27.50 for
six cylinder vehicles, and $20
for. four cylinder vehicles.
The fee for motorcycles is
$10.
Where the ownership of a
used vehicle is being trans-
ferred at the time of registra-
tion, a certificate of mechan-
ical fitness will be required
before plates can be issued.
Vehicles previously licensed
outside the province will
also require such a certificate
before being issued their first
Ontario plates.
Business and Professional Directory
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Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sat-
urday a.m., Thursday evening
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10 Issac Street 482.7010
Monday and Wednesday
Call either office for
appointment.
Norman Martin
OPTOMETRIST
Office Hours:
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Closed all day Wednesday
Phone 235-2433 Exeter
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