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Zurich Citizens News, 1970-12-10, Page 4PAGE FOUR Decide To Rebuild Church At Brucefield The congregation of Brucefield United Church Sunday decided to build a church to replace the one destroyed by fire November 20. About 96 representatives of the 110 -family congregation met Sunday at Kippen United Church and appointed an 11 -member building committee. No target date for start or completion was set. The committee will view other church structures before recommending a plan for'a new building. The 62 -year-old Brucefield church was destroyed in about 45 minutes in a blaze blamed on a defective furnace. Loss was partially covered by insurance. To the Electors of: Seaforth, Tuckersmith, Stanley and Bayfield. My sincere thanks to all who supported me at the polls on December 7. test Wishes for a Prosperous New Year MICHAEL CONNOLLY ELECTORS OF SEAFORTH, BAYFIELD TUCKERSMITH and STANLEY Thanks for the support you gave me at the polls. MRS. MARILYN KU NDE R OECOII� Delicious when served alone, or with something added. Try some, see for yourself. EGG NOG Makes a won- derful drink! HURONDALE DAIRY 0 •. ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 �l® eF� Member; OM* ��F( Canadian. Weekly Newspapers AssociationOntario Weekly Newspapers Association 'a At r Subscription Rates: $3.50 per year in advance in Canada; $4.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies 10 tents ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS SAGA OF THE SCRATCHED COFFEE TABLE By Bill Smiley It's one of those days. A wild, white yonder outside the win- dow, snowing and blowing as though we'd never seen the stuff before and someone was trying to impress us. And just two days after some nit of a cab driver told me sagely, "Sure looks like we're gonna have a green Christ- mas." We're redecorating the living - room. It's 30 x 18 x 10. Move all the junk out of that crypt to paint and there's no place else- where in the house in which you can draw a deep breath without carving in some ribs against an upturned chair or a book -case with its feet sticking out. Everything's gone fairly smoothly, but my wife is slightly hysterical about one slip. For two years she's been bellowing at the kids to keep their rotten bare feet off her new mahogany coffee table. (Nobody, of course, adults included, is allow- ed to put a cup of coffee on the coffee table.) This morning she found that the painters had put a gouge about a foot long and a quarter - inch deep in that virgin territory. She's suffering as much pain as though someone had taken a can -opener and put a gouge of similar dimensions in her own skin. I offer all sorts of comfort, like, "Well, now we can put our feet on it," or "Nobody'll notice that, when it's covered with coffee cups," but the result is more like throwing oil on fire than on troubled waters. The phone hasn't been work- ing for two days. For me, this is unmitigated bliss. But the old lady is utterly convinced that all sorts of people have been calling us about a death in the family, Lord forbid, or a birth in the family, Lord doubly forbid. That's the in -calls. I never call anybody. But without the out - calls, she feels as helpless as a fe- male with both arms in a sling, and a back zipper to be zipped. I've got a knee like an elephant. One of my old foot- ball -war knees has decided to start me off on a merry winter, and is swollen right down to an ankle like a piano leg. It began with curling too vigorously. But it didn't help that 1 went to the local ball -of - the -year on Friday night with a game leg, and danced a lot gamier than I should have. With an elastic bandage and pain pills, I manage to get about, just lame enough so that I can't possibly help with moving furni- ture. You should see that wife of mine manhandling a grand piano all by herself, with me helping by grunting. I doubt if she's lost ten pounds in the last two days. Just to make it a truly joyous day, I'm marking exam papers. This is something like the Chinese water torture. Drop by drop, it pierces your skull that you never were, are not, and never will be able to teach any- body anything more than to tie his sho®laces. All I have learned today is that "prostitute" is now spelled "prosecute", that "savagery" has become "savagism" and that a fellow who flies an aircraft is a "piolit". However, I am not complain- ing, The painting is finished. My knee feels much better now that the furniture is all moved back. It has stopped snowing as I've written. The phone company has been able to break through. The old girl has forgotten her despair over the gouge by spotting a bump in the plaster. And I just marked an exam paper worth 90 per cent. Because of the dance, I have a new suit, first in six years, new shoes, new gloves. Quite smash- ing, really. I don't have to go back to the dentist for two days. The cat is spayed. The snow tires are on. My wife, who predicted her own death by noon, is alive and well and snarling commands. Not a bad old life, really. Bet- ter here than the graveyard, though I could use some of that rest. If only it weren't eternal. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1970 Thank You ! to the RATEPAYERS of HENSALL for your support Season's Greetings to all JOHN SANGSTER NATIONAL FARM UNION MEETING An Information Meeting, Open To All Farmers, is to be held on Wednesday, December 16 at 8:30 p.m. Stanley Township Hall, Varna GUEST SPEAKER: MR. ROBERT KING RR 2, RODNEY, REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF N.F. U. There will be important discussions on Taxes, Hog situation, and other Topics. All Farmers Are Urged To Attend! Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRISTS J. E. 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