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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1970
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To Compiain or Not,
"To complain or not to complain" is a dilemma in which
customers and consumers all too frequently find them-
selves.
What is the correct course of action when one is the vic-
tim of a disservice in store, office, garage, repair shop or
place of entertainment, or from a utility or transport
company or their representatives?
What should one do when short-changed or over -charged
when quality, price, service, delivery or payment arrange-
ments are not as advertised; when obvious discourtesy, in-
efficiency, carelessness, delay, discrimination or neglect
is encountered?
Here we face the very real psychological fact that when
one does kick, one feels like a heel, perhaps most of -all
when complaint is met with sincere apology and rectifica-
tion.
Does not a firm policy of "complaining when gypped,
brand us as chronic grouches or kickers among all who
know us?
On the other hand are we really wise to adopt consistent-
ly the roles of a Casper Milquetoast or Walter Mitty? By
making ourselves doormats are we not simply asking to be
continually walked upon?
By submitting without complaint to disservice we are
encouraging its being rendered to others, conniving at
making inefficiency, dishonesty and discourtesy the com-
mon conditions under which business and industry are op-
erated. (New Hamburg Independent)
Go vernm en ts re
Miser -Spendthrifts
To a citizen contemplating the manner in which his tax
money is spent, the oddest aspect of the spectacle is the
way that governments combine the opposed characteristics
of the miser and the spendthrift.
The niggardly, tightly -audited parsimony with which
politicians dole out some expenditures contrasts striking-
ly with the `sky's the limit,' `there's plenty more where
that came from' extravagance with which they pour it out
on others.
But spending on libraries, hospitals, health services (par-
ticularly where mental disorder is involved), research,
penal and correctional institutions, old people's homes
come definitely in the miserly sphere.
Highways and national defence come equally emphati-
cally in the spendthrift zone, even when some of the spend-
ing is questionable from the viewpoint of the motorist or
the militarist. That $17 million refit of the aircraft carrier
Bonaventure followed by its scrapping only three years
later is a notable case in point.
Education presents a curious instance of a split attitude.
Expenditures are tightly controlled in . such matters as
books and teachers' salaries, lavish in school buildings
(especially very large ones) and school buses.
It occurs to some to wonder how closely governments
are in touch with the public opinion in establishing spending
priorities. The real truth' may be that, by and large, the
electorate would prefer them to be generous where they
now are so miserly and economical where now they are
lavish. (New Hamburg Independent)
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Sweet Memories of Dominion Day
One of the last, and one of the
few traditional Canadian holidays
is under attack by the termites
who want to turn every holiday
into a holiday weekend.
The grand old 24th of May,
with scorched fingers and the
pungent stink of firecrackers, has
been whittled into just another
Monday holiday. They're chipp-
ing away at Remembrance Day.
An the only day of truly nat-
ional Canadian importance, cel-
ebrating the birth of our nation,
is due to go under to the press-
ures of commercialism. Hardly
anybody calls it Dominion Day
anymore, and some industries
and business firms simply ignore
it.
When I was an urchin, it was ani
impressive holiday. There were
bands and baseball games, par-
ades and panoply, and intermin-
able
ntermin able speeches about our great
Dominion, the Fathers of Conf-
ederation, ties with Empire, and
what a great guy the Mayor was.
It meant that school was really
over, at last, that the endless
glorious summer had finally be-
gun. It was a strong punctuation
mark in the year.
If you had a cottage, it meant
your dad had a day off to drive
the family there, get them set-
tled, get the boat our. It was
often an all -day job for the old
man, with an average of about
three flat tires en route.
If you didn't have a cottage,
and most didn't, you went to;
the ball game, or swam in the
river, or went fishing, or had a
family picnic. If you had a car.
Many didn't.
Those were peaceful days in
the small towns. There was no
frantic scramble for the tourist
dollar because there were few
tourists. Summer was a time to
take it easy. The days were hot
and long, The evenings were full
of hot smells and children's voices!
and parents rocking on the front
porch. Lemonade or an ice cream
cone topped off the day, which
seemed 66 hours of enjoying life,
What a change in those (comp-
aratively) few years, Today, with
good roads, a car in every garage,
and a restless populace, summer
begins back around Easter, with
thousands thronging the highways
to get somewhere.
I m not complaining, or trying
to hold up progress, whatever
that is. Just feeling a bit nostalgic
about the leisurely pace of those
'days, and wondering why we're
EARLY PRUNING REQUIRED
FOR MOST KINDS OF TREES
ESPECIALLY EVERGREENS
Pruning of spruce, pine, and
fir trees must be completed short-
ly after new growth has begun in
the spring. These plants do not
regenerate as deciduous trees do,
so only parts of branches should
be pruned off.
With spruce and fir, pruning
should be confined to the new
growth just after the growing
points have begun to elongate.
This will allow new shoot buds '
to form normally. Pruning later
than this may remove buds that
have already started to develop
and result in thinning the growth.
Pine trees should be pruned by
pinching back the new "candles"
on growing tips while they are
still soft and the needles have
not yet expanded. The amount of
subsequent growth can be control-,
led by the amount removed at
this time,
When pruning is confined to
new growth the result can be a
noticeable increase in the density
of the tree. The usual number of 1
buds are produced later on, but
over a reduced area, hence the
density of the growth increases.
This type of pruning may also be
used where small, dense specimen
are desired.
all rushing around like nuts, to-
day. But t can tell you one thing.
The clip -clop of a horse and bug-
gy on a soft summer evening was
a lot lovelier than the squeal of
tires and the bellow of motor-
bikes.
This summer, I'm in a bit of
a dilemma. I'd half planned to
go to England and Scotland, and
dust mosey around looking up
some old pubs, old cathedrals and•
old girlfriends.
But my wife isn't keen. She's
not much for pubs, considers one
old cathedral much like another,
and would probably come to ver-
bal blows with the old girlfriends.
To clinch the latter, both our
student offspring are among the
vast army of the unemployed. At
least, Hugh hasn't a job. Last
report, Kim had one, as she ex-
plained when she called to borrow
money on the strength of her job,
but it was handling food, and
she's been knocking over glasses
of milk and dropping cups since
she. was one, so we figure she's
been fired.
But there's a beautiful altern-
ative to the overseas trip. In a
letter to weekly editors, I suggest-
ed I might hire a trailer this sum-
mer. The response was overwhel-
ming, though I wasn't fishing for
invitations, just warning them, so
that they could get out of town.
Alberta steaks, Nova Scotia
sea -food and rum, tuna fishing
off beautiful Isle Madame, Cape
Breton. And a dozen others, of-
fering everything from accomm-
odations to libations. Can't you
see me with a six -hundred -pound
tuna on the other end of a line?
Hope we can make some of
them. It may just be the best
summer yet, despite the fact
that they're tinkering around with
the First of July.
Name Engineer
For Huron County
Jim B. Arnold was recently
appointed to succeed Bert Mog
fach as Agricultural Engineer
or Huron County. Mr. Moggach
was promoted in January of the
position of Area Go -Ordinator
and Farm Management Specialist
for the Counties of Bruce, Grey,
Dufferin, North and South Simcoe,
He is located at the Ontario Dep-
artment of Agriculture and Food,
Markdale.
Mr, Arnold is a native of
Carleton County. His father serv-
ed with the Canadian Forces for
thirty-three years until his retire-
ment in 1970. Jim received his
Bachelor of Science Degree in
Agricultural Engineering (Mech-
anical Engineering option) in
1969 at the University of Guelph.
He has recently completed studies
toward his Master of Science De-
gree in Agricultural Engineering
at the same University.
Both Jim and his wife, Bonnie,
are interested in sports activities
and in meeting with people in
Huron County.
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