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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, OCTOEER 15. 1970
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Contentment!
Shirley Keller
Sometimes after writing a
column like this one for a few
years, you begin to run dry of
ideas... riot indefinitely, mind
you because there are always
things turning up to give you
inspiration.
Just when things get really
desperate, most often something
happens to give you a topic for
discussion in the next week's
column... but this week, it is
different. Nothing, absolutely
nothing, has given me cause to
spin out a whole yarn into a
column of some interest to
readers.
I could talk about the 25 per-
cent of the farmer's property
taxes that we're supposedly
going to be paying out of our
hip pockets... but why should
I? I suspect that most everyone
knew that the Ontario govern-
ment would come up with some
type of giveaway program to
appease the angry rural ratepay-
ers at least until AFTER election.
Incidentally, it did intrigue
me to read in the news release
about it that the government
minister in charge of the progran
didn't look for any opposition
from the urban taxpayers. That's
normal procedure too, I'd say,
especially in Ontario where the
Tories have had it all their own
way for so long they really don't
expect anyone to question their
actions. And in his gentile man-
ner and with the swift, sure
tongue of the politition, the
minister was telling the Ontario
people, "You might as well
keep quiet because there's real-
ly nothing you can do to stop
it anyway if we chose to imple-
ment this plan."
Or I might want to discuss the
tax relief for senior citizens
which is proposed - again by
our marvellous magical masters
in Toronto who continue to
promise it doesn't cost anyone f
much at all to give millions of
dollars away. But I won't. Frankly
I don't even like to think what
these two new proposals will
mean to me... and folks like me
who always get stuck with paying
the bills for the pipe dreams of
government.
I might take a crack at the
Ontario Department of Education
this week. This seems to be the
seat of the real trouble - increas-:
ed costs for education which isn't
really much better than it was
20 or 30 or maybe even 50 years
ago. But I won't. Heavens knows
I'm not the first person in the
province who has thrown up her
hands in dispair at the antics of
a few men and women in high
places - and it is unlikely I'll
be the last.
I could, I suppose, make wise
cracks about the rising cost of
living, the high cost of housing,
the price of doing a simple ord-
inary Christian thing like raising
a family. But I won't. Nothing
I could say would be any differ-
ent from what some other journ-
alist or housewife said last week.
It is a pathetic problem which
nobody really wants to do any-
thing about.
Why do I say that? Well, I
think it is obvious. To lower the
cost of living by any degree, I
suspect our standard of living
would have to drop slightly - or
maybe even drastically. Who
wants that to happen? It's a case
of being afraid to bake a cake
lest you will have to eat it, or
something.
The ever-present teenage re-
volt might be a good subject for
this column but I wouldn't tackle
that one in this frame of mind.
Actually, I think the kids have
quite a few good and highly
commendable points to their
credit... and maybe if we'd
listen a bit and apply some of
their ideas to our everyday liv-
ing, we might learn to know
ourselves a little better.
It is possible that I could
write an entire book about these
preceeding problems and others
much like them... but I couldn't
begin today. It is much too
soon after Thanksgiving to be
so bitter.
Actually today, I'm so chuck-
ed full of gratitude for all the
blessings which I enjoy - a good
husband, three healthy kids, a
comfortable home, a free
ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
Huron County Federal
Progressive Conservative Assoc.
Wed., OCT. 21
8:30 p.m.
Clinton Legion Hall
GUEST SPEAKER: JACK HORNER, M.P.
Crawfoot, Alberta
Also: R. E. McKINLEY, M.P. for HURON
HON. C. S. Mac NAUGHTON, M.P.P., Ontario Treasurer
FRANK WALKOM MARIAN ANDREWS
President Secretary
country, good health, a couple
of talents with which to earn
a living, a fairly sound mind -
that I really can't think of
much to complain about.
I guess I should have written
this column about contentment...
because this week I am absolutely
at peace with myself and with
the world. It is a great feeling.
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Serious Injuries In
Harvest Accidents
Now that corn harvesting has
begun, extra care must be taken
to avoid crippling injury from
harvesters, says Oscar Snyder,
Farm Safety Corordinator with
the Farm Safety Council of Ont-
ario. Already this year one oper-
ator has lost a foot because the
harvester was left running while
a plugged corn nose was cleared.
Equipment should always be
turned off for even the most min-
or repair work. By following this
rule the numerous corn harvest-
ing machine accidents that hap-
pen every year can be eliminat-
ed.
Farmers who have always kept
their machines running and
have not yet suffered an accid-
ent should not be fooled into
thinking their luck will hold,
says Mr. Snyder. An arm or a
leg lost can mean the end of
farming for a victim. It doesn't
pay to take chances. So --stop
that corn harvester.
The Hydroelectric
Power Commission
of Ontario
Property for Sale
Township of
Usborne
The Commission is offering
for sale a one -storey concrete
block service building and
two frame garages, together
with an "L" shaped 2.416
acre parcel of land having a
frontage of 165 feet on the
east side of Highway No. 4,
just south of the Town of
Exeter in Lot 14, Concession
1, Township of Usborne.
For f,u rt her particulars
please contact A. I1. Cass,
1075 Wellington Road, Lon-
don, telephone 434-7391, Ext.
413.
Offers to purchase must be
received by the undersigned
before 4 p.m. Eastern Stand-
ard Time, October 26, 1970, at
620 University Avenue, To-
ronto. The sealed envelope
containing the offer to pur-
chase must carry indentifica-
tion that it refers to the Ex
eter Property.
Each offer to purchase must
be accompanied by a certi-
fied cheque payable to The
Hydro -Electric Power Com-
mission of Ontario for at
least 3% of the amount of
the offer and cheques will
be returned to the unsuccess-
ful bidders.
All offers to purchase must
aiow until November 2, 1970
for acoeptance or rejection
and must not be withdrawn
(until after that date. Offers
must also allow until Novem..
ber 30, 1970 for closing of
the sale.
The highest or any offer not
necessarily accepted.
E. 13. EASSON,
Secretary.
Use Right Variety
Of Apples to Bake
Few people can resist fresh
home -baked apple pie or baked
apples overflowing with brown
sugar, cinnamon and raisins. The
key to a perfect apple pie is us-
ing an apple variety which bakes
well - that is, it holds its shape
on cooking, has a smooth text-
ure and a tangy flavor. One of
the best Ontario apples for bak-
ing is the Northern Spy, a large
apple with bright red stripes over
a yellow background.
However, many people prefer
i
the flavor of the Ontario McInt-
osh will make a beautiful pie
providing it is not overcooked.
To prevent overcooking, test for
doneness by inserting a toothpick
through the pie crust. As soon
as rhe toothpick goes through the
apples easily, the pie is cooked.
The same test may be used for
baked apples,
To get a solid -packed apple
pie, slice apples sliver -thin and
pack tightly into the pastry shell,
filling to the top of the pie plate.
For apple pie or baked apples,
home economists of the Ontario
Department of Agriculture and
Food recommend that you buy
Northern Spy, Greening or Mc-
Intosh apples.
SOUTH HURON DISTRICT
HIGH SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES
Friday, October 16, 1970
8 P.M.
SOUTH HURON DISTRICT
HIGH SCHOOL
EVENING CLASSES
A. Enrollment in the following courses is sufficient
to permit us to offer the courses. These courses
will begin this week. Poeple who have not already
enrolled are most welcome to do so, there is room
in all courses.
1. Women's Fitness — Thursday
2. Decorative Tube Painting — Wednesday
3. Oil Painting — Wednesday
4. Welding — Wednesday
5. Typing — Monday
6. Bookkepping XI — Thursday
7. English XIII — Thursday
8. Sewing 1 — Wednesday
9. Sewing 2 Thursday
10. Sewing 3 — Tuesday
11. Sewing 4 — Monday
B. Enrollment in the courses listed below is not yet
sufficient to allow us to offer these courses. If we
have a -fewmore registrations in each of these
courses we could offer them. Interested persons
are asked to contact the school. If we have enough
additional registrations we will begin these cours-
es next week.
1. Men's Fitness — Tuesday
2. Auto Mechanics & Small Engines — Thursday
3. Machine Shop — Thursday
4. Conversational French — Thursday
5. Shorthand — Wednesday
6. Tailoring 5 — Monday
7. Golf Instruction — Monday
8. Geography Grade 13 — Monday
9, Chemistry Grade 12 — ? ? ?
10. Bookkeeping Grade 12 — Thursday
C. There was not enough interest in the other cours-
es to give them any further consideration.
D. Please see our earlier notices for additional infor-
mation.
J. L. WOODEN,
Principal