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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1971
Minor Hockey Week
Once again it is that time of year when we are
asked to support minor hockey, and to remind our
readers of that already well-known slogan "Don't send
Take your boy to the arena. "
We are willing to do this because we agree there
should be special recognition of the men (and women)
who make minor hockey possible here.
The local minor hockey association is composed
of enthusiastic, hard-working volunteers whose efforts
on behalf of local youngsters cannot be measured in
hours or dollars. They make it possible for hundreds
of our youngsters to take part in Canada's National
sport. Every boy in town can have the opportunity
to play, and none will be turned away, That's the
kind of an organization it is.
More than that, they contribute towards the dev-
elopment not only of stronger bodies, but of healthier
minds and better citizens. They keep the youngsters
off the streets and engaged in healthy, supervised sport.
We do agree with the slogan "To keep a boy out of
hot water - put him on ice." Our municipality has
provided the ice, our volunteers do the work to "put
him on ice."
While we pause long enough to pay tribute to our
minor hockey workers, similar recognition of the
thousands of minor hockey volunteers in Canada is
taking place right across the country; every municipal-
ity in Canada is doing the same thing during Minor
Hockey Week.
Minor Hockey Week in Canada is one of several
worthwhile projects of the Canadian Amateur Hockey
Association., and as a result of the C, A, H, A.'s
promotion, volunteer workers across the country are
being told their work is appreciated, Some are being
made the recipients of testimonial scrolls and plaques,
but all are included in the general paeans of praise
heard across the nation this big week of minor hockey.
Although the recognition of the volunteer organ-
izers, coaches, managers, car drivers, and fund-raisers
is one of the most important objectives of Minor
Hockey Week, it is not the only one. Another is to
"focus attention on minor hockey." This we gladly do.
We do so because we agree that minor hockey is
an important part of our community life. It is an int-
egral part of the fabric of our community and a major
part of the sporting activities of our municipality. We
agree it is beneficial to the youngsters, and because
it is, it is beneficial to the whole community. We
agree in addition to building stronger bodies, minor
hockey contributes to the development of better citizens
while it is keeping them occupied in a worth -while
endeavour - right at an age when many of them might
easily be engaged in pursuits much less acceptable
to society.
The statistics issued by the C , A , H, A , indicate
yet another reason for supporting minor hockey and
editorializing in favour of Minor Hockey Week, The
C , A , H, A , minor hockey committee points out that
minor hockey is an activity that not only works for the
youngsters, but provides work for many adults and in
addition turns back to the Canadian economy more
than five million dollars every year,
The costs of providing sweaters, socks, and other
equipment (much safety equipment is now compulsory),
the cost of ice rentals, transportation, injury insurance,
are items that soon run up into many dollars per player,
and hundreds of dollars per team., Considering there
are more than twelve thousand minor hockey teams in
Canada, it is not difficult to visualize millions of
dollars being spent to keep the operation going. So it
is we realize every one benefits from minor hockey --
truly it is good for the community.
These are some of the reasons why this newspaper
is happy to "Keep in Step with Canada" - by supporting
Minor Hockey Week, We urge our readers to do like-
wise,
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HE'S NOT TELLING
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
By Bill Smiley
Ray Argyle, the chap who
syndicates this column, has
written for about the fourth
time asking for a new picture
of yours truly to head up the
column. For various reasons,
none of them worth the
powder, I haven't got around
to having my 'portrait"
taken.
But I don't blame him.
The old one does not do me
justice. There's scarcely a hint
of the bags under my eyes.
There's little suggestion that
I'm gray as an old billy -goat.
The deep lines of suffering
nearly twenty-fiveyears' of
domestic warfare just are not
there.
However, I have a good
reason for not having a
picture taken for a couple of
weeks, at least. I have a black
eye. That is, it was. black.
Then blue. Then purple. It's
now a sort of mauve, shading
into yellow.
I haven't had such a dandy
since 1944, when some
German guards gave me a
going-over for ' being
imprudent. That time it was
both eyes. In fact, the first
time I got a look in a mirror
after the beating, I could have
been mistaken for a fairly
scruffy rainbow.
There's nothing quite so
embarrassing as a black eye.
It arouses the Worst
other people. Loud and clear,
"What happened to you,
Smiley? Wife beat you up
again?" And so on Those
inane remarks.
To people who ask that, I
reply tersely, "Yes." They
don't know where to go from
there.
But to those who seem
genuinely concerned, I try to
find some more exotic
reason, something to make
them think I'm a devil of a
fellow.
This one happened during
the holidays. To the first few
who came sniffing around,
looking for scandal, I tried
this gambit: "Do you realize
that the cork from a
champagne bottle can
penetrate the plaster of a
ceiling? Next time you open
one, be sure the cork is
pointing at someone else's
eye." That shook them.a bit,
and they went away shaking
their heads in admiration. Or
something.
To the next few curious, I
remarked offhandedly that
I'd had a fight with a cop on
New Year's Eve, that he was
still in hospital, and that I
had to face charges as soon as
he was released. They didn't
really believe me, after a
scathing look at my 142
pounds ofpure'suet, but they
weren't sure. "He was just a
little cop", I added. "I kicked
him right in the gall bladder."
When this palled on me, I
swore I'd had a brawl with
the paper boy when he said I
owed him for two.weeks and
I said one, "He's a big paper
oy.
For the ladies, I use a
different technique. I tell
them that this lady took a
violent crush on me at a
party, that I was holding her
gently, patting her back and
trying to quench her
unrequited passion, when her
vicious, jealous husband hit
me right in the eye, right over
her shoulder, with my hands
tied up. They raise an
eyebrow, sometimes two, but
I can hear them muttering
together and sneaking glances
at me from the other end of
the room.
To others, I relate that I
was arm -wrestling with my
daughter, and when she
found I was winning, she
punched me in the left eye
with her left fist. Which she
would.
I have lots of others. Hit
my eye on the rear-view
mirror when I collided with a
snow -mobile and everyone
else suffered terrible
lacerations. Struck my eye on
the end of the handle of the
snow -shovel when I had my
first coronary. Bumped
head-on into the cat when we
were both crawling around
under the bed, looking for
her.
But 1 will never, never
resort to that oldie about
running into a door. I've run
into plenty of doors, and
other objects, in my life. But
it's a pretty cheap way of
accounting for a black eye.
I swear my wife didn't do
it. She was so ill through the
holidays she couldn't have
given a goldfish a black eye.
What's your version? Drop a
line.
News of Varna and District
The United Church Sunday
School held their annual meet-
ing on Thursday evening last
with the pastor, Rev. Murdock
Morrison, in charge.
The following are the officers
and teachers for 1971.
Superintendents, William
McAsh, Ralph Stephenson;
secretary, Mrs. William McAsh;
treasurer, Rob Roy Elliott;
kindergarten, Mrs. Mervyn
Hayter, Mrs, Tom Consitt;
primary, Mrs. Ralph Stephenson.
Miss Lynn Taylor; junior, Mrs.
Robert Stirling, Mrs. Roy Elliott;
intermediate, Mrs. Ida Mc-
Clinchey, Mrs. Louis Taylor
EXPLORERS
The Explorer group met in
the church on Tuesday evening,
with the president Miss Cathy
Taylor, in charge. Miss Beverl-
ey Cantelon read the scripture
lesson. Prayer by Miss Marie
Ann Kalbfleisch. The minutes
read by Miss Sylvia Wilson and
the roll call was answered by
saying where the Explorer money
should be sent. Miss Bonnie
Dowson took up the collection
and it was dedicated by Miss
Anne Marie Heard. Miss Tanis
Chuter gave the treasurer's re-
port. The study book was taken
by Mrs. Barry Taylor and the
craft period was led by Mrs. Eric
Chuter, and the meeting was
closed by the president.
A reception was held in the
Township Hall last Saturday
evening, for Mr. and Mrs.
7. H. F, Broeze. After a very
interesting program they were
called forward and presented
with a purse of money. Lunch
was served at the close.
ORANGE LODGE
The Royal Scarlet Chapter of
South Huron met in the Orange
Hall, on Thursday evening last,
and the following officers were
elected; W , C , , Charles Reid,
Varna; chaplain; Max Switzer,
Woodham; recording secretary,
Ivan McClymont, Varna; treas-
urer, William McIlwain, Bay-
field; marshall, Norval Mellon,
Greenway; first Lectern, Lloyd
Hern, Exeter; second Lectern,
Burns Blachler, St. Marys;
first Conductor, William Parker,
Bayfield; second Conductor,
Harold Davis, Kirkton; herald,
J. Pattison Lucan; sentinel,
Carmen Stacey, St. Marys.
The officers were installed
by past W.C. Alex Hamilton,
of Grand Bend.
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