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Zurich Citizens News, 1970-04-02, Page 4PAGE FOUR ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1970 Our Heartiest Congratulations ! Our heartiest congratulations go out this week to the manager, coach and players of the Zurich Bantam hockey team, in winning the all -Ontario Bantam "E" championship. A fete such as this not only brings hon- our and fame to the team itself, but to the entire com- munity which they represent. You can be sure, fellows, that the whole community is rightly proud of you for your accomplishments this season, The Bantam hockey team have recorded an outstand- ing performance this winter, losing only two games throughout the entire season. Playing during the regular schedule with teams from much larger communities, such as Clinton, Seaforth, Goderich and Mitchell, they were defeated just once, early in the season, by Clinton. Their second loss came just last week, in the second game of the playoffs against Sunderland. Wherever this group of fine young athletes travelled, the same story would come home after them -- they were a perfect bunch of gentlemen, on and off the ice. Such a reputation is something to be really proud of. Looking a bit deeper into the picture, one finds that there must be something, or somebody, behind this terrific effort. And in this case it is three loyal men of the area, who have devoted a great deal of their time working with this group of youths over the past few years. Glenn Weido, George Haggitt and Morris Webb, surely stand out as a trio who need spec- ial credit for the fine performance of the team. We doubt if there are any other men working with the min- or teams today who have contributed as much to the cause as these three have. Over the years they seem to have developed a system whereby the players on their teams show all due respect to their leaders, some- thing which is lacking on a great deal of hockey teams today. While we are in the process of passing out congrat- ulations, we must also pay special tribute to another minor hockey team in Zurica, the Mites, who last Friday.,came home from Belmont as the "A" champions of a tot#tnament played there. To earn the trophy the youngsters had to win three hockey games in one day, all against teams from the city of London. In this case again, there are two men who are devoting a great deal of effort and time to provide these young lads with good clean recreation. Eugene O'Brien and Dick Bedard have done a terrific job with this age group and are worthy of congratulations for guiding the club to the championship. All the various championship trophies are now on display in the trophy case at the Zurich Arena, and area residents would do well to drop around and see what has been achieved during the past winter. But there is one thing we must keep foremost in our minds at all times, and that is the fact there is more to sports than winning championships. The real purpose in a minor sports program is to provide as much recreation as possible, to as many youths as possible, at all times. We can't help but thinking back to a favourite slogan of an old friend of ours, M. L. "Tory" Greg, who for many years was a popular sports announcer on the Windham radio station. Each evening he would conclude :As broadcast with the phrase, "you can always win, if you can lose with a smile." We hope this slogan remains on the minds of many people for years ahead. ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 Member: �� Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association JEW a Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association tof•o`e Subscription Rates: $4.00 per year in advance in Canada; WO in United States and Foreign; single copies 10 cents. A kitten far Easter Somebody ought to do some- thing about Easter. It's much too flexible. It's supposed to he a time of rebirth and rejoicing. But you can't really be swept away by a feeling of rebirth and new life when there is still a foot of snow on the ground and the wind cuts to the mar- row. Sometimes Easter is in March, and the weather is beautiful. Sometimes it's in April and the weather is horri- ble. I don't know how the date is determined, any more than I know how to fix loose door knobs, how to get outboard motors going when they stop, what to d o when a woman weeps, or how to play midwife to a cat. I'm not knocking Easter. I like it, I love the sackcloth and ashes feeling, and the gloomy dirges of Good Friday, when even the pubs are closed. And there is a joy and triumph in the Easter Sunday hymns that can't be surpassed, I think, even by the Christmas carols. it Easter is also one of the days that keeps many of our churches from becoming ex- tinct. Some primitive instinct brings out the wayward, the fallen, the sinners, and the Easter Sunday collection is the best of the year. You meet old church friends you haven't seen for a year. And won't for another. This year, we were sent a Manifestation. No, it wasn't from the Department of Na- tional Revenue, although it is pretty good at providing such things. We had a birth in the fami- ly, and were privileged to wit- ness the blessed event, an ex- perience which must convince the most hardened cynic that God does see the little sparrow fall. Our kitten had a baby. This may seem a contradiction in terms, but she is a bare adoles- cent, yet she managed to pro- duce, with great yowling labor pains, one tiny kitten. I didn't think cats had labor pains, but she did. Now, I haven't any use for cats, but I was fascinated by the whole procedure. We knew she was pregant, of course. But lady cats, just like lady wom- en, are rather unpredictable about the exact day, or even week, of the great moment. She had begun to act a trifle odd, it's true, prowling the house looking for ,the most in- convenient possibl,,e place to lay her eggs. We caught her twice in the fireplace, casing the joint, But I thought it was ati east a week away. She was so spry. When we put her out,' ,she would leap nimbly onto a win- dow sill and sit there glaring malevolently at friendly tom- cats come to visit, or, alter- nately, at us through the win- dow, I got home for lunch, from a Saturday bonspiel, and was chatting with my wife in the living room, boring her with the shots I had almost made. Pip was sitting on the best chair in the room, She was acting in a rather peculiar fashion, stretching her legs in all directions. I remarked on it. My wife agreed and went over to look at her. BLAM! Too late. The water sac, or whatever, had burst all over the brocad- ed upholstery. With one fell swoop, I snatched her up and deposited her on a blanket, and bingo, she popped a kitten — some- thing resembling a tiny, dead dinosaur. Child -bride though she was, Pip's instinct worked and she licked and licked until the infant's heart began to beat, Isn't it remarkable how a cat will clean up the entire mess, leaving her offspring sleek and shining? And isn't it amazing how a mere chick of a kitten, by the act of giving birth, bairns into a complacent, mild -eyed, smug mother, nurs- ing by the hour with her motor going on all cylinders? We were as delighted as she was, and had a glimmer of that feeling grandparents must have when the first grandchild arrives. What really shook me, though, was my wife's reaction. Normally, if anyone drops so much as a crumb, a bit of ash, or a drop of coffee on her precious furniture, all hell breaks loose. And there's her good chair, with a great stain on it, and she tosses it off as nothing. She became all soft and motherly and was heating milk and tucking in the kitten and lifting it on her hand to look, with the inevitable accident. 0 There is a great deal of "viewinc with alarm" going on concerning the poisoning of our waters by phosphates in synth- etic laundry detergents. This is justified, because the facts have been proven by compet- ent authorities that phosphates discharged into lakes and rivers without adequate sewage treat- ment add to water pollution, Agreed, they are only one factor, but they are a big factor and hopefully high -phosphate content will be cut back by re- gulation sooner or later. In the meantime, Consumers' Association of Canada believes the general public should have a clearer understanding of how detergents add to water pollut- ion. Bayfield Passes Licence By-law A special meeting of Bayfield Council was held to pass two bylaws. By direction of the Fire Mar- shal of Ontario, a bylaw was passed to cover licensing of public halls in the village. In order to make payment to the County Board of Ecucation, who are demanding payment twice a year, bylaw 62/1970 was passed to cover collection of taxes twice a year, namely, .lune 15 and November 16, 1970. At the regular meeting on March 16, the reeve suggested maps be prepared by committee chairmen showing the location of telephone and t2yclro lines, communal water systems, drain- age systems, culverts and street lighting. Councillor Baker was asked to find pictures of previous coun- cils and councillors for placing in the Council chambers. Coun- cillor McFadden was instructed to close Cameron Street from Highway 21 to John Street during the spring breakup. It was noted that the Ontario llydro forestry crew was in the village trimming trees under their lines. Purchase of a new mower was discussed to replace the old one which is giving trouble. The reeve and clerk were instructed to start proceedings to enforce bylaw 18/65 which regulates and controls fuel dealers. One oil dealer entering the village is refusing to pay the licence fee. LOCAL FOLKS WS/TORS T00, THE SAME TOP YALIIE THEY G/VSE ALL OF YOU .R :._- Walper's Supertest 262-9910 Hensall Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRISTS J E. Longstaff • OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE 527-1240 Tuesday, Tnursday, 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 INSURANCE For Safety .. . 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