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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-03-19, Page 4PAGE FOUR ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS Watch' 'Em! The pattern is the same in each town. He makes a re- connaissance to check on the benevolence of the people. After checking and finding out the people are genuine and more than willing to help a family in need, as most people are, the next step is to find a place to live in. Once these things are taken care of he will move to the town he intends to take to the cleaners. Having moved in and se- cured his name on the relief roster he will appeal to the Ministerial Association or any or all of the clubs and or- ganizations or just anyone sucker enough to give him a handout. This pays off big as most of these people are only too willing to help. It takes two or three months for the honest living people to catch on and by that time he has surveyed the next town, and since he has drained the last town he is ready to move anyway. Big and strong, quite able to do more work than the people he makes suckers out of, this kind of man will not turn a hand. Why should he?? Suckers are born every minute, and the world is full of unsuspecting people ready to help. Especially when the appeal comes from someone who has made a profession out of begging— these people know all the angles. A good living person doesn't stand a chance with people like this. You are donating help before you realize. Watch for this person and don't give him the time of day. Added all together he is far better off than you are, in most cases. Anyway we have enough able bodied men who are too useless to work—as long as they can get relief for themselves and their families. Shoplifting Hurts Us All (From the New Hamburg Independent) We're the victims of shoplifters. That's right—you and me. And its costing us good, hard cash. If a store's merchandise can be carried out, it will be, —by a shoplifter. There isn't a store that hasn't been hit. If a merchant tells you he hasn't been the victim of shop- lifters, he may be fooling himself, but more than likely he's fooling you. Merchants are reluctant to talk about shoplifting because they don't want to let it be known how easy and common it is. But it costs them money, and most of them know almost to the dollar how much. It may vary with economic conditions, the year or the season, but many storekeep- ers can estimate a year's loss in advance. And they add that sum to their prices. And we pay for it. Of course, some merchants are harder hit than others. A big factor is how accessible the goods are. Where items are displayed on open counters for self-service, as dictat- ed by the demands of modern shopping methods plus a lack of "staff for personal service, the toll will be higher. Some people see such merchandising methods as placing temptation in the way of the weak. The size of the store will also be a factor. Many ama- teur shoplifters will pick on the big chain stores, on the theory that, like government, they can afford it and are therefore fair game. Professional shoplifters, on the other hand, are not so sentimental. They're more con- cerned with a store's security measures. The large department stores are the hardest hit. One chain, with a store in Waterloo and another in Kitchener, loses about $250,000 annually to thieves in its various branches. (Just before Christmas one large area store lost two fur coats and a full rack of dresses.) But the small stores with a staff of one or two, such as cigar stores, may be proportionately as hard hit. (A 75 - cent. magazine "walks out" tucked between the pages of a 35 -cent magazine—the cost soon mounts up. ) Who shoplifts: Sad to say, an awful lot of us. Some people steal because they have no money and, in their desperation, see no other way to get the food or clothes they need. Some steal because of a sense of injustice be- cause they feel they or their families are deprived of material goods. Some steal because they are sick— :zleptomanic. Some steal because they are criminals— they live off the fruits of others' labors. ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 40:00p1® r Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers AssociationOntario Weekly Newspapers Association OM*: ,r" 4? Subscription Rates: $4.00 per year in advance in Canada; i$5.80 in United States and Foreign; single copies 10 cents. THURSDAY. MARCH 19, 1970 San shines a day at a time This has been quite a winter, in more ways than one. Cold, snow, cold, snow. When it wasn't cold enough to freeze the brains of a brass monkey, God, or the weatherman, or somebody, let fly with the con- fetti as though it were the biggest wedding in the world, And I'm stuck with three females: A broody wife, a moody daughter, anti a preg- nant cat. So things haven't ex•actly looked up as spring hides well around that corner. However, there are always bright spots, and I've had a fair share of them. Terry Bark. er took me to task, in a long, intelligent letter in rebuttal to a rather disgruntled column I wrote about teaching. He didn't convince me, but let's say that I am a little more dis• gruntled than I was. There arc deep and satisfy- ing rewards in teaching, along with the frustration, red tape and the feeling that you're hopelessly entangled in a huge cobweb• There's a real thrill in seeing young people grapple and grope with new ideas, and light up as the ideas get through. Then I had a thoughtful let- ter from a Qualium Beach, B.C., reader enclosing a clip• ping from the North Battleford (Sask.) News -Optimist stating that "Bill Smiley is by far our most popular syndicated col- umnist." That's great for the old ego, which needs a little balm once in a while. Another ego -booster was an invitation to speak to the Vimy Branch, Royal Canadian Le- gion, a unique organization in London, Ont. It meets only twice a year, to observe Re- membrance Day and Vimy Day. A charming and kind chap called Joyce Roadhouse made the contact, pointing out that it was a toss-up between me and some Major-General. The branch is studded withBrigadiers, Colonels and Wing Commanders, and there was a terrible temptation to take ad- vantage of this chance to stand up and tell the brass what I've always thought of them. But I had to decline. However, the brightest spot of all has been the tremendous and moving response to a re- cent column about my daugh- ter. Every day letters have been coming in from all over Canada, full of sympathy and warmth. Many of them have been addressed to Kim herself. Old friends have rallied round, and complete strangers have taken time to write cheer- ing, encouraging letters and cards. This has not restored • FOCUS: 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 do qualified hands. Contact Hadden's Studio GODERICH 118 St. David St. 524-8787 my faith in human nature, be- cause I've never lost it, but it has bolstered it. Here's an excerpt from a typical letter. "Whatever hap- pens, don't blame yourselves. It's very easy to do this as parents. You did what most of us try to do — you taught her to stand on her own feet — and let her go. She fell. So she'll get up again and be twice the girl she was before." And here's another. "Dear Bill: Detected grave concern beneath your casual request for a prayer. I have solicited our Father on your daughter's behalf and I feel that Ile has answered your prayer. May God bless you and yours in the name of his son Jesus Christ." That was all from a complete stranger. From Red Deer carne a long letter full of scriptural comfort and the assurance that his (or her) prayers would he with us. Others sent prayers that had helped them in time of trouble. This is only a sampling. I am not an emotional or sentimen- tal person, My wife calls me Old Stoneface. But it has touched me deeply that so many people have tried to com- municate with, and help, a stranger. Sometimes a colum- nist feels that he is writing in a great, cold void. It's not a good feeling. Now I know better, and I will be of good heart. Mean- while, we live a day at a time, the sun shines, spring is on its way. Thank you all. It's good to know that there is still a great deal of human kindness in a world that sometimes looks a bit bleak. Chamber Members Urged to Think (continued from page 1) is also publisher of the Clinton News Record and the Kincardine News, is president of the Signal Star Publishing Company, a firm which prints about 18 area weekly newspapers each week, on their large webb press. The Zurich Citizens News is one of the weeklies usingtheir facil- ities for press work. Mr. Shrier was introduced to the gathering by Herb Turkheim and thanked by Gerald Gingerich A native of Galt, he worked for a number of years with the Thomson Newspaper chain be- fore buying shares in the Goder- ich weekly. A couple of years later he bought the entire oper- ation in Goderich, and has ex- panded the facilities constantly ever since. Ile is a brother to Rev. John Shrier, who will be speaking at the Crusade for Christ in the Zurich Community Centre every night next week. In business at the meeting, members heard a report on the regional goverrmient conference the evening before, in the Com- munity Centre. It was decided to forward a brief to the Depart- ment of Municipal Affairs, out- lining the views of the Cham- ber of Commerce regarding regional govermnent in Iluron County. The brief states that Huron County would be better if left as a regional area of it's own, the same as it is at the present time. Glen Thiel, chairman of the special events committee, out- lined the plans for the annual Sauerkraut Supper, which will be held on April 8. He asked for assistance of the entire mem- bership to make the event more successful than ever before. President Leroy Thiel was in charge of the meeting. 0 DRIVERS I Now that winter is just about over, more and more young cyclists will be out each day. You can help cyclists stay out of accidents by showing thein extra consideration. Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRISTS J. E. 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