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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-01-14, Page 4PAGE FOUR ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS edittniad ectionstent - — Sneaky Police Some people who call themselves citizens of Canada, while expressing a desire to be free from any type of discipline (anarchists), are verbally running down our law enforcement officers, referring to them as sneaky and undercover, exercising police brutality. They piously claim to deplore the so-called underhanded methods the police use to apprehend law breakers. One instance has recently been cited where the pol- ice in the Winnipeg area infiltered a hippie ring of dope pedlars for weeks until they were able to get the evidence on a large number of law breakers. This was considered by some to be a sneak tactic that should not be used by the police. Another very common complaint is that police some times use what is called "ghost cars" which are unmark- ed cars for tracking down speeders and other law break- ers in traffic. This is considered to be unfair because it doesn't give the law breaker a chance to cover up his lawlessness while. the law officer is in the vicinity Apparently some people are not content to just break the law, they are so crooked and dishonest they try to cover up their lawlessness by hiding from the police when they do it. When they are caught they always complain, as though there was nothing wrong in violat- ing the law, but they had been caught. Their complaints are twice as loud if the police are in plain clothes or plain cars so that they are not recognized. How else will police be able to catch this type of person and help maintain law and order in our country and thus protect the innocent from the outlaw. It is unfortunate that these types of tactics have to be used but if people persist in being sneaky about the law then some comparable method will have to be used to bring the outlaw to justice. If there is anything that needs to be brought to the attention to the peoples of free countries more than anything else, it is the imperative need for respecting discipline, law and order. Young and old alike must learn the fine art of submitting to authority and apply- ing self discipline so that society may safely exist in an orderly fashion in free countries. The task of maintaining law and order is difficult enough under the most favorable conditions without in creasing the task for the police by withdrawing public support and speaking disrespectfully . There's an old saying that one should fight fire with fire. If the police can't catch the dishonest outlaw who persists in breaking the law only when the police are not around, then we think that the police should use what -ever method is reasonable and humane in order to catch the criminal. We think that the nature of the situation and the character of the outlaw should be taken into consideration and every plausible means be used by the police to protect our society from the dang- ers created by those who persist in breaking the laws which society has made through its chosen government. (Nanton News) Obituary Huron County's oldest resid- ent, Mrs. Helen Dalrymple, died late Monday night in her 104th year at Huronview, the county home for the aged. Born near Exeter in the year of Confederation, she spent her later years at the county home south of Clinton, Act- ive until one month ago, Mrs. Dalrymple was spry and keen - minded and kept herself well informed about world and com- munity activities. She was an avid NHL hockey fan, never missing a game on TV. She was born Helen Fairbairn, Following the death of her first husband, Edward Walters, who was killed in a farm thresh- ing accident, she was left to operate the 100 -acre farm and raise her nine children, the last of whom was born after his death. Seventeen years later she married Robert Dalry- mple, and moved to Moose Jaw. After his death in 1936 she mov- ed to Clinton where she maint- ained her own home until sev- en years ago. She has 166 living descend- ents. ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 Weil ora marl Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Subscription Rates: $4.00 per year in advance in Oanada; $5.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 10 cents THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1971 COOK OR A NURSE .JUST CALL SMILEY By Bill Smiley Thank goodness for work and routine. They're the best therapy there is in the neurot- ic world we live in. The highly -touted "holi- day season" should be enough to make a great many people agree with me. Looking back, I predicted a quiet holiday. And it start- ed out all right. Kim came home from college a couple of days early, quite happy, just like her old self. But each day her face lengthened as she sorted the Christmas mail. Nothing for her. Day after day. Her secret desire, of course, was a message from the loved one, who is spend- ing the winter up around Hudson Bay somewhere. ' Nothing. She alternated be- tween reviling him and glooming about the place. The day before Christmas, it came — long letter, so personal that she would read only bits to her avidly -interes- ted mother. And the thing that really killed her was that in the same mail she received an equally ardent letter from a young man she's been see- ing at university, "Just to pass the time until Joe gets home." She chortled at the irony of it all. Gentle grandad arrived and we settled in to spend a quiet Christmas Eve. All serene. Then comes a phone call from son Hugh, from some god-foresaken village in deep- est Quebec. He and a friend had been in a car accident. The car was a write-off, but they were both alive. (They weren't even supposed to be coming home for Christmas.) They arrived the next day, all racked up and bruised and abrased and cut. The only thing that hadn't been damaged in the accident, it seemed, was their appetites. They got through about eight pounds of our nine -pound goose. Then there was a round of X-rays of chests, calls to in- surance adjusters, and confes- sions that some people had six essays overdue, that others had an exam right after the holidays and hadn't done a tap of studying and that others were out of a job. This was all very good for my wife's nerves. Combined with the general slobbiness of the young people — they all smoke makings and there's tobacco all over the floor; they eat and drink coffee in a continuous process for 24 hours and never wash a dish; their clothes are draped all over the house; and the hi-fi goes at a brain -shattering decibel count — all this made her come down with what seemed like stomach 'flu but to me was a break -down. She threw up regularly. She couldn't eat or sleep. She had no energy. She snarled. She whimpered. As a result, I was busier than the proverbial one- armed paperhanger. Talking to Kim about her love life. Assuring Hugh that he would- n't die, even though every time he coughed it was like an arrow in the chest. Calling the doctor. Getting Alex in touch with insurance people. Telling my wife to get off her tail and give me a hand. And I cooked everything from the Christmas goose to the New Year's ham. And washed dishes until 1 couldn't bear a TV commercial about the beautiful hands you have if you use Ivory soap. And didn't have time to watch TV anyway. And would come down in the morning to read my paper and find that the young gentlemen had seized a section each and were immer- sed in it and their third cup of coffee. But the worst thing of all was the complete lack of pri- vacy. I am not anti -social, but I do need. an hour or two a day to escape from people, read, think, sleep. The only privacy I had was when I locked myself in the bathroom, and then my wife would be shrilling from her bed, "Are the dishes done? Who's going to vacuum the rug? There are four loads of washing in the basement!" The only other private moments were when I went shopping. And baby, I didn't hustle through the supermar- ket. I strolled like a tired tor- toise, enjoying every volup- tuous moment of it. All in all, it's wonderful to be back to work, TWO MINUTES N.I'TH THE BINE BY CORNELIUS R. STAM PRES. BEREAN BIBLE SOCIETY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60635 TRUE UNITY There are many unions all over the world, but in only one place is true unity to be found: the Lord Jesus Christ. The children of fallen Adam have always been divided, Adam's first two children could not get along to- gether, One killed the other. And now that the race has multiplied there are about three billion separate, individ- ual wilis in the world, Some of Adam's children try to get along together amicably and enjoy some measure of success, but this always takes effort. It does not come naturally. Even the dearest lovers must be prepared to yield to each other's wishes frequent- ly to get along well together. There is no true unity in this world. But where Adam's children have been divided by sin, they may be saved and truly united in Christ. As Christ became one with us when He died our death (the wages of sin) on the cross, so we may become one with Him as in faith we acknowledge that that death at Calvary was not His but ours. This is what the Apostle referred to when he asked: "Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?" (Romans 6:3). This verse does not refer to water baptism, for no one can be baptized into Christ—or become one with Him— by a physical ceremony. The only way to become one with Him is to accept by faith the fact that He died our death on the cross. The meeting place must always be Calvary. And as we acknowledge His death as ours and are baptized into Christ, we also be- come one with each other. "For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body" (I Corinthians 12:13). Unity in Christ is not something for which Christians are to strive, It is a fact of grace to be recognized and enjoyed by faith. True believers in and out of all denominations have been baptized into one body, whether or not they recognize this. Now it is for us to appropriate and enjoy this unity in Christ, "endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace" (Ephesians 4:3), i.e. practic- ing the unity which the Spirit has made. Only those who have been bap- tized into Christ by faith can appreci- ate the blessed oneness which be- lievers may enjoy in Him. Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRISTS J. E. Langstaff OPTOMETRIST i SEAFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE 527.1240 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sat- urday a.m., Thursday evening CLINTON OFFICE 10 Issac Street 482.7010 Monday and 'Wednesday Call either office for appointment, Norman Martin OPTOMETRIST Office Hours: 9 - 12 A,M, 1:30.6 P.M. Closed all day Wednesday Phone 235.2433 Exeter Robert F. 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