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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-01-21, Page 4PAGE FOUR 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, ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 4 R it OW Subscription Rates: $4,00 per year in advance in Canada; $5.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 10 cents Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association 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. Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRISTS J. E. Longstaff OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE 527-1240 Tuesday, Taursday, Friday, Sat- urday a.m., Thursday evening CLINTON OFFICE 10 Issac Street 432.7010 Monday and 'Wednesday CaII either office for appointment, Norman Martin OPTOMETRIST Office Hours: 9.12 A,M, — 1:30.6 P.M. 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