HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-10-29, Page 5THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1970
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
The International Scene
(by Raymond Canon)
This is not meant to be a plug
for Coca-Cola but during my
travels throughout the world, the
first sign that I have often seen
that indicated the American
presence was a Coca-Cola sign.
I have no idea in how many
countries it is sold besides Can-
ada and the United States, but
I do know that their bottles are
put to a great many uses besides
holding soft drinks. There was
one time in Paris, for example,
when somebody threw one at me,
not because I had done anything
to displease him, but simply
because in his mind I looked like
an American, and he wanted to
take out his frustrations on any-
thing American. It was only
when I yelled at him in French
to stop that he realized that I
wasn't American after all, be-
cause everybody knows that
Americans can't speak French.
Luckily for me he did't hit me '
with the bottle he threw, so I
was able to avoid any real dis-
comfort.
A great joke while I was
wandering about Eurpoe was that
those who considered themselves
to be anti-American, and believ.
Me, it was a popular thing to do,
would save up Coke bottles so
that they could throw them at
the nearest American embassy
or office the next time that a
demonstration presented itself.
Maybe some thrifty -minded
American would save the bottles,
collect the deposit money, and
help defray the expense of re-
pairing the damage.
What I find interesting is that
while just about everybody has
heard about Coca-Cola and most
of the other soft drinks that there
are on the market, nobody knows
just how the idea carne about or
where it came from. They are
quite surprised to learn that it
was not discovered in America,
and.the idea actually dates back
to the eighteenth century. It is
true that soft drinks were adopted
by the Americans, and develop-
ed while other countries clung
to their facourite beers and wines
However, the actual inventor
was an Englishman, Joseph Priest-
ley, who was both a scientist and
a theologian, He had already dis-
covered oxygen, for which he
was given international honours,
and it was only as a byproduct
of his experiments with oxygen
that he made the discovery of
carbonated water or what we
know today as soft drinks.
If there had been any Coke
bottles lying around in England
at the time, Priestley would un-
doubtedly have been the target
for a whole lot of them, since
while he was famous for his
scientific discovery, he was in-
famous, as far as a lot of people
were concerned, for his theology,
In fact, he was burned out of
house and home, laboratory and
meeting house by a Birmingham
mob that would have lynched
him, if he had not made a dram-
atic escape.
What made his theology so in-
famous was the fact that he
preached that Jesus had the same
relationship to divinity as any
other man - no more and no
less, and that to worship him
was nothing less than pure idol-
otry. This was bad enough, but
what put the icing on the cake
was that Priestley was in favour
of the French Revolution, and
people thought that he was try-
ing to bring the violence and
bloodshed of the Revolution to
England. No wonder that he had
to run for his life.
Priestley never heard of Coca-
Cola for it wasn't until 1886
that the first batch was mixed
and the soft drink industry laun-
ched. It is claimed by one auth-
ority that since that time more
money has been spent advertis-
ing Coca-Cola than any other
single product in advertising
history,
The inventor of soft drinks
never made a cent out of it.
He was probably too busy run-
ning for his life.
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About People
Dr. and Mrs. John Flaberer
and family, of Toronto were
visitors on the weekend at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hab-
erer.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Thiel were
visitors with friends in Sarnia
over the past weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Noury,
of Leamington, spent Thanks-
giving weekend with Mr, and
Mrs. Jerome Sweeney, and
Sister Elaine (Noury).
Sister Priscille Therese, of
Chatham, called on her mother
Mrs. Fred Ducharme, and sister
Mrs, T. Hartman.
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Symposium Set
For Tuesday At
Centralia College
Area farmers should be inter-
ested in the annual Breeding Sym
posium to be held next Tuesday,
November 3, at Centralia Col-
lege of Agricultural Technology,
Huron Park.
Dr. J,D.W. King, .a widely
respected meat animal researches
from Edinburgh, Scotland will
be the main speaker. He will tall
on "Swine Breeding Develop-
ments in the United Kingdom"
at 2 p. m. and on "Beef Breeding
Developments in the United
Kingdom" at 7:30 p.m. A quest-
ion period and refreshments will
follow each presentation.
With the recent introduction
of several new beef and swine
breeds into Ontario, here is an
excellent opportunity to find out
how breeders in other countries
are facing this challenge.
PAGE FIVE
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popular with Ontario consumers farm fresh produce in the quant-
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