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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-03-05, Page 4PAGE FOUR ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1970 PAPER LATE AGAiN '®. THERE IS NOTHING like the Canadian post office unless it's the British or the US post office. Any number of alibis are thrown at the post office user when he is disappointed, exasperated and defeated, Mr. Kierans says the only people who suffer because of the lack of Saturday mail service are the ones who mail letters Friday night. Quite a lot of voters mail letters Friday night, Of course, there are the letters mailed late on Thurs- days that miss Friday delivery and don't get sorted until Monday. Mr. Kierans has cheerful advice about this problem. It is to mail early enough on Thursdays. The enterprising publisher of the Fort Erie Times - Review recently decided to send his distant second-class mail in envelopes with "second class mail" clearly marked but apparently that works only every other week. An issue of this weekly paper dated October 1st did not reach one subscriber until October 8th, when it arrived on the same delivery that brought the issue of October 8th. Mr. Kierans, the postmaster general or minister of communications or whatever, maybe was trying to be funny. He certainly has achieved a great reputation for inefficiency. (The Printed Word) POLITICAL ACTION IN COLOR IT IS NOT NEW for a pressure group to try to persuade candidates for office to endorse its policies publicly before an election. Candidates are usually too canny to fall into the trap. But for a group to take an almost full-page ad, in two colors, to do so may have been a first. This was a technique used by the British Columbia Teachers' Federation I "We are concerned," they said) during the provincial election in that province. Having chosen as their symbol a rosy red apple of knowledge, with one bite out, they invited candidates to use the symbol in their ads to signify acceptance of the federation's eight -point policy for better education. According to the teachers, "Candidates unwilling to use the symbol must be apathetic, undecided or against the policy." The voter was thus placed in the position of not knowing whether he was voting for an apathetic candidate, an undecided one, one who didn't agree with the teachers in whole or in part, or one who was danged if he was going to be pushed around. And then there was that apple with the bite out. What has been bothering taxpayers in every province is that too often they seem to end up with the core. (The Printed Word) TO SHINE OR NOT TO SHINE t9 THE SUBJECT is shoe shines. In one of Canada's most self-important cities, the price of a shoe shine, at least in the downtown area, is 35 cents or 17,1'2 cents per shoe, perhaps that should be called per foot. A young man who shines his own shoes is contribut- ing toward the mortgage, the interest on which is one of the inflationary items afflicting his household. Another way to avoid paying 35 cents for a shoe shine is not to shine the shoes at all. Observation on the streets and in the offices suggests that shining shoes is not done very well by people who have not practised that art very much. (The Printed Word) ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEiM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 �`I. et Member: r� Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association '0,.r"tiw a rA' Subscription Rates: $4.00 per year in advance in Canada; $0 hi United States and Foreign; single copies 10 cents. !MAIL• BAG Lots of billy left in goat Two regent letters have ac- cused me of something inex- cusable .,._ losing my zest. One was from a chap 1 hav- en't seen since we played to- gether as kids. He said a re- cent column showed a negative approach and beseeched me not to feel that way. I think he's also a health nut of some kind, because he urged me not to let any "forn" body, such as nicotine or alcohol, to enter my system. (You're right, Bob, your spelling is terrible, but thanks, anyway.) Another was from a lady whose daughter I taught. She said I sounded as though I had the mid -winter blues, and cheered me by telling me that her daughter thought I was great, even though she had hated school. Thank you, too, Mam, and I know your name, though you didn't sign it. But don't worry, chaps. I might sound a trifle misanthro- pic at tines. i always have. But there's plenty of hilly in the old goat yet. I don't intend to slash my wrists. At least, not until the present curling bonspiel is over. I need them. We have a great institution at our school for pulverizing those February blues. Once a year, we throw the curriculum out the \window and do some- thing sensible. We have a bash called Frosty Frolics. This year, a computer couldn't have picked a better day. Ten below, piles of snow, and a brilliant sun. Everybody in colorful garb: Boots and parkas and scarves and hats of all hues. The day began tvith a leg auction in the gym. Girls hid behind a curtain, with only their legs showing. Boys bid on the legs. One French teacher, male, was knocked down for 53.25, and the highest hid was over 57. All proceeds to sup• port a foster child in Hong Kong. Then a grand march to the lake. for games on the ice. Snowshoe races, broombail in which everything ;goes, includ- ing tripping teachers at every opportunity. tug-of-war, and just plain horsing around and wrestling in the snow. No holds barred. A fine sublima- tion of sex. Other groups split for curl- ing. skiing, snowmobile rally for a trip out around the is- lands, snooker tournament. swimming, skating. The beauty of the day is that it's so amateur. There arc ex- perts in every field, of course. But you could watch fat, mid- dle-aged teachers, eyes bulging with horror, as they tried downhill skiing for the first time ever. Or little Grade 9 kids, weighing in at 80 pounds, trying lo get a 40 - pound curling stone over the hog line. Everyone hack to school af- ter lunch for a check-in. Then a karate demonstration. To my amazement, and terror, I saw three of my Grade 12 Tech toys up there, smashing one - inch boards with their bare knuckles and hare feet, kicking and chopping Nsith blows that would kill, flipping each other around like pieces of rubber hose. Cold sweat crept into my armpits as I remembered that I'd thought, once or twice, of ousting these individuals, phys- ically, from my class. That is a thought that will never again cross my mind, Afternoon. Everybody off to the hockey game, or back to the ski hill, or stay and watch the basketball game, or bog off to the poolroom. Or skating or swimming. All sorts of other things going on, too. Snow sculpture, Choosing of a snow queen, This year, in a student body of about 1,300, with perhaps 35 Indian students, the Queen was a beautiful Indian girl. How's that for a blow against the WASPS? And so it went, with a big, windup dance Saturday night. But the melody lingers on. This mid -winter madness has the effect of literally melting the thin red line which sep- arates teachers and students. How can you maintain your dignity when some 14 -year-old girt is yelling at you, "Sweep! Sweep, you dummy!" Or when some five-foot Grade-niner stops to help you up, when you've sprawled in a hopeless tangle on the ski hill? The whole community kicks in, with free swimming, curl- ing and ski tows. We all discover that we're human beings. Biggest discov- ery of the year. Should have one every term. HELP CRIPPLED CHILDREN A1DE2 LES ENFANTS INFIRMES 919 Wellington St. London 11, Ontario Mr. H. Turkheim, Zurich Citizens News, Zurich, Ontario. Dear Mr. Turkheim: Please find enclosed a cheque for four dollars ($4.00) to renew my Mother's subscription to the Zurich Citizens News. We look forward to its arrival each week. Yours sincerely, Mary Hagan, 0 Cancer Group A meeting of the Huron Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society was held at the Victoria and Grey Trust office building in Goderich. Mrs. Gerry Ginn welcomed members on behalf of the host branch, then turned the meeting over to Mrs. M. W. Durst, act- ing president. She paid high tribute to Miss 'Katherine McGregor, late presi- dent, and held a short memorial service in her memory. The treasurer's report showed total receipts of $2, 222, 93, and the campaign chairman announc- ed the 1970 objective for Huron as $18, 500.00, with plans under way for the campaign canvass in April. A letter was read from Ontario Division reporting a bequest to the society of $7, 420.38 from an estate in Goderich. Service to Patients reports from the various branches point- ed up the worthwhile work being carried on, especially the vol- unteer service at the cancer clinic in Wingham. To keep abreast of the films being shown in our schools, a new film strip "Assigrunent" was viewed. In content, it dealt with a school project on cancer with students studying various types of cancer with latest meth- ods of control. Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRISTS 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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