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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1970-11-26, Page 4ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS SMILEY PROPOSES NEW MARRIAGE VOWS By Bill Smiley Young people of today, as we all know, don't want to do anything the way their elders did it. This includes getting married. Most still stick to the tra- ditional service, but many modern wedding ceremonies are completely different from the time-honored and time- worn ceremony that most of us endured. Nowadays, instead of hear- ing the organ triumphantly booming "Here Conies the Bride," you may be startled, but shouldn't be surprised, to hear someone belting out "Hey, Jude!" — with guitar accompaniment. Instead of the comforting, traditional and often anachro- nistic passages in the ortho- dox ceremony, you may hear an erotic poem by Leonard Cohen. Any day now, you'll see the men lined up to kiss the groom on both cheeks and shake hands with the bride. In many ways, I agree with the trend. I had the devil's own time with my wife be- fore our nuptial vows were finally nuptiallized. She wanted the "obey" deleted from the phrase, "love, honor and obey," and fought me right up to the altar, where she muttered it only to avoid a scene. Arid, of course, she has never obeyed me since. Another bit that got her back up was, "With my body I thee honor,", spoken by the groom only. She took it the wrong way, and thought it a perfect example of male vani- ty. "In sickness and in health" is another howler that could be jettisoned. When I'm prac- tically dying with the 'flu, she has less sympathy than she would have for a rattlesnake making its death rattle. And if there'a anything I can't stand, it's having a sick wife malingering around the place and not getting the meals. The last bit of farce at our wedding was when the preacher, being a little coy, looked at me and asked, "Would you care to salute the bride?" It was an Anglican ceremony and I was a bit at sea anyway. In addition, I was just out of the air force, where "salute" meant just that. I gawked at him as he re- peated the question. "Well," I thought, "if this is the way these Anglicans do it, O.K.," made a smart left turn 'and was about to whip up a snappy salute, when my bride, who knew the damn fool was telling me to kiss her, solved the situation by grabbing me around the neck and kissing me. It was a beau- tiful kiss. ',got a mouthful of her veil and that's about all. But with my personal ex- perience, and in view of the divorce rate today, I'd go fur- ther than the modern kids do. Not only would I bring the service up to date, I'd insist on an air -tight contract to be signed by both parties before they swore to anything. There's not nearly enough space here to set out the con- tract in full, but I'll give you a skeleton, and you can fill in the flesh, ITEM. If either party suf- fers from cold feet, he or she will refer to a hot water bot- tle, rather than shock treat- ment to the party of the second part. ITEM. It will clearly be understood who is to put out the garbage, who will get up to close the window, who will THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1970 PAGE FOUR Other Voices — Why a Weekly .Press Surround: -A by hefty daily newspapers, on -the -spot television newscasts, frequent radio news broadcasts, all covering important events foreign and domestic -- what does the suburban reader get out of his local weekly' What he gets, if his weekly is a good one, is a det- ailed knowledge of the community in which he lives, in which his children are raised, in which his private life is passed. Daily newspapers, television, radio --all are called the "mass media." And rightly so. They deal, as they should, with mass events, mass movements --when an individual enters, he is, almost always, an individual whose actions have had an effect on a large number of people for good or for bad. The mass media are, and pride themselves on being, the voice of The People, But I am not a people. You are not a people, We are persons, you and I, and we need to know what is happening that affects us as persons, 'and what the per- sons we live among are doing that will touch our daily, private lives. We want to know, also, how larger events touch us. We may read in the daily, for example, that the state education department has decided that all schools must offer certain courses in this or that field. This means little --until we find, on reading our local weekly, that the high school our child will attend next year has shifted its curriculum to otter the mandated course. The local paper, also can act as a lever to raise standards in local government, to improve local facil- ities, to acquaint the representative with the principal subjects of concern to the local community. The local weekly can help preserve the importance of each man in his own right, It is a cynical old saying that everyone is created equal, only some are more equal than others. The engagement of your daughter is as important to you and to God as the engagement of the president's daughter --and, though the metro- politan daily may find little or no room for this supr- eme event, the local paper can and will tell your world of her happiness. There are other functions for the slim, sometimes unpolished, little sheet to perforin --it can trumpet the merits of your home town, tell you where you can buy that dress without going miles away, warn against community blight and tell you that Aunt Millie is back from Florida and your fourth grade teacher is in the hospital --maybe you should send her a card? All these things the dailies, television or radio cannot do. Their news must interest everybody, must affect The People. They deal with the great of this world. For news about you and me, read us, Only Two of Each The staff members of a weekly newspaper are not unique in their physical components, Each one comes equipped with one pair of eyes and one pair of ears, And like everybody else, has no special powers to see and hear all. This would seem to be contrary to public belief. In the process of gathering news items, every effort is given to covering the activities of the village as thoroughly as possible, through the co-operation of various organizations, etc. But it is an impossibility to be on top of everything. This is where you, the reading public, come in. Many tunes we hear readers say! "I didn't see any- thing about this in the paper, " Here is where you can help to make your paper the best source of local news, It an interesting item comes to your attention, tele- phone it in to your weekly. If you know of an event about to take place, let us know about it, In a town the size of this, there is much to be reported to the newspaper, of local interest. The weekly newspaper provides a service to the community not to be found elsewhere. This is your newspaper. Help us to make it the best possible by keeping us informed. ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mall Registration Number 1385 Sys e, Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association '0 rt Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association 11111111104.' Subscription Rates: $4.00 per year in advance in Canada; WO in United Status and Foreign; single. copies 10 cents. get up to shut up the baby, who will get the car on open- ing day of the trout season. ITEM. Neither partner shall spend more than ten minutes during each 24 hours telling the other partner what a hell of a day he/she had at work/home. ITEM. She will not say, more than once a week, "You never say you love me any- more." And he will refrain from replying, "Certainly I love you; now will you quit bugging me about it?" ITEM. Neither party will promise the kids something ridiculous, then confront the partner with a fait accompli. ITEM. The male partner may invite anyone for a drink or dinner regardless of hair curlers, "the house is a mess," "there's not a thing in the house to eat," or "you might have a little consideration for me." ITEM. Males will refrain from shouting violently, "Why is there never any peace around here?" Females will not hit, except in the clinches. (I have scars.) Carry on chaps. I've just begun. There's money, jeal- ousy, sulking, teasing, nag- ging, back-seat driving, deco- rating. There have been far too many books , written about sex and marriage. Let's get down to the realities. 0 The Ladies Auxiliary to the Blue Water Rest Home will meet at the Home at 8 p, m. , Dec- ember 2, This will be the Christ- mas meeting with Santa Claus present. Rev. Leonard Schnell, of Saskatoon, was a visitor last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Steinbach. Zurich Institute See Pictures On Europe Trip Colorful and historical slides of England, Wales and Scotland provided the educational prog- ram for the Zurich Women's Institute November meeting. Mrs. M. Doerr gave explan- ations on their October vacation. Pictures of the open country with some stone fences and the many hedge fences, cattle and many sheep provided beautiful and different scenery. Highlights wen the pictures of the many castles, also the smaller coastal towns, Roses and dahlias were bountiful, Many picture cards and booklets on display were interesting to read and view pictures. Randy Dietrich and Mark Gelinas entertained by playing musical numbers on their electric guitars. Fourteen ladies attended the Institute short course on Novem- ber 3 and 4. 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. 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