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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1971
Obituary
MRS. HENRY STEINBACH
A life-long resident of this
community, Mrs. Henry Stein-
bach passed away at Blue Water
Rest Home on Thursday, April
8, in her 92nd year. She had
been a resident at the Rest Home
for several years.
Born in Hay Township on Sept-
ember 18, 1879, she was the
former Mary Jane Reichert, a
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Reichert. She was
married to Mr. Steinbach in
1901, and he pre -deceased her
in 1967. For many years they
farmed on the 14th concession
of Hay Township, before they
retired to the village of Zurich.
Surviving are four sons, Theo-
dore, R. R, 3, Zurich, Orville and
Leonard, both of London, and
Karl, of Teeswater; one brother,
Edmund Reichert, of Zurich;
and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Richardson, of Blue Water Rest
Home. There are also 10 grand-
children and 11 great grandchild-
ren.
The body rested at the West-
lake Funeral Home, Zurich,
where the service was held on
Monday, April 12, at 2 p. m. ,
with interment in St. Peter's
Lutheran Cemetery. Rev. A,C.
Blackwell officiated.
Pallbearers were Earl Stein-
bach, Ron Steinbach, Edgar
Steinbach, Dave Hutchinson,
James Hackett and Allan Walper.
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In this part of the country most
weeklies publish late Wednesday
afternoon giving them three
days at the first of the week to
put their papers together. The
Citizens News is in a bit of a
different position however, as
we must be in Goderich, where
our paper is printed, at 1:00 p.m
on Wednesday. This, in effect,
gives us only two days at the
first of the week to get the pages
ready.
We would like to remind our
faithful contributors that we can-
not
amnot handle all of the news on
these two days. So that we can
edit the copy, properly, without
being rushed off our feet and
chancing silly mistakes, we
would ask that any contributions
available at the end of the week
be sent in then and not held over
until Monday.
We also would mention that
meetings or reports that come in
two and three weeks after a
meeting just cannot be consider-
ed "hot" news and as such often
has to be left out.
Contributed material is nec-
essary for a good paper but
please give it to us in time to
do it justice.
For the same reason, we find
it is practically impossible to
accept display or classified ad-
vertising after Monday night,
or early Tuesday morning.
Your co-operation in providing
us with early material will assist
in producing a better weekly
newspaper.
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About People
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stephan
and family, of London were
weekend visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Parkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Deichert and
family, and Miss Margaret Deich+
eft "were weekend visitors with
their parents, Mr, and Mts.
Victor Deichert.
Wilfred Hoffman is a patient
in St, Joseph's Hospital, London.
corn my window
IS THERE NO DECENCY LEFT?
Sometimes when I sit down to
write this column I haven't a
clue what to say... and the result
shows it I'm sure. Other times...
like today... I'm ready to write
this column and more than that,
I welcome the opportunity I
have to say what I think about
certain matters.
The subject this week is about
pre -marital sex and if you are
shocked by plain talk, I'd suggest
you close up the newspaper right
now before your face starts to
burn with embarrassment.
I've been.hearing a great deal
in recent months concerning the
high rate of "shacking up" at the
university level. There have
been quite a few funny... and
some not so funny... jokes about
fellows and girls leaving hone
for the very first time and strik-
ing off to university for a go to
modern living.
I took it all with a grain of
salt, knowing that talk is cheap
and hoping against hope that
most of it was just that... cheap
talk.
A few weeks ago, my husband
and I were visited by a guy and
a gal from a nearby university
who admitted they were "living
together" just as most of their
friends at school were doing.
They explained they were young
and at the height of their sexual
eagerness. They said it wasn't
a bed -hopping kind of relation-
ship but rather a permissive
social thing which made it perf-
ectly harmless for a boy and
girl with mutual admiration for
each other to sleep together and
enjoy all the benefits of a normal
free -wheeling life.
They made it abundantly clear
that in order to be a part of today.
society, one must change his or
her moral code... and that those
who didn't 'swing' were definit-
ely in the minority (and a little
Varna News
A large congregation filled
the United Church last Sunday
morning with the pastor, Rev.
Murdock Morrison, in charge.
A number of Easter Lillies were
placed by members in memory
of loved ones. The Varna and
Goshen choirs presented an Easter
Cantata with Mrs. Doug McCash
at the organ.
Among the many visitors over
the weekend were Floyd McAsh
of Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Rob -1
ert Romney and family of Vict-
oria Harbour, Mr. and Mrs.
George Dowson, of Hensall, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob McClymont, Mich-
ael and Shannon, of Guelph,
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Proctor, of
Toronto.
The maple syrup season, which
had a very late start, will soon
be oven
Auctioneer
and
Appraiser
for
ALL TYPES OF
SALES
"Church and Charity
Sales conducted Free"
Bruce Rathwell.
482-3120 BRUCEFIELD;
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
strange at that l).
I listendd intently. I'm always
interested in the thoughts behind
actions which are a little less
than conventional by my way of
thinking... and sometimes, if
you let folks tall< long enough,
they will hang themselves before
they have said too much.
It was interesting to note from
the conversation which followed
that this sexual freedom wasn't
so free after all. First of all, it
demanded that a decision be made
and once the couple had decided
upon premarital sex as a way of
life, it could not be revoked.
Almost like signing a marriage
contract, they said.
Secondly, the whole relation-
ship put an unnecessary amount
of stress and strain upon the
couple. Very often both partners
knew it was a kind of competit-
ion - a dangerous game which
could easily wind up in heartbrealt.
and disaster for either the male
or the female. While there was
no thought for pregnancy now
that 'the pill' is dispensed so
freely on campus, it made success
in lovemaking an absolute must.
To fail at it was nothing short of
social suicide because that type
of news travels quickly in a com-
munity where sexual patterns are
uppermost in the minds of every-
one.
In the third place, there was
no solid framework erected within
which a total sexual union could
be less than great, no lasting
agreement whereby love could
grow and flourish and take the
edge off emotional blockages
which could prove harmful to
eventual satisfaction
Fourth, and probably most imp.
ortant, it set a couple aside from
what they've undoubtedly been
taught at home... and more time:
than not, it left one or the other
of them completely divorced
from his or her family, rejected
by loving mothers and fathers
who wanted only the good life
for their kids.
The couple to whom I refer
are planning a marriage in late
spring. No. They do not have to
marry. They may even believe .
they love each other... but I
challenge they will never really
know until it is too late. They
have lept into bed to satisfy an
immediate human urge and have
found they are now used material,
burned out shells which have no
other choice but to continue what
was begun through a whim of
modern-day society.
Why have a marriage, I wond-
er? They have played house now
for several months. The bride
has lost her blush, the honeymoon
is over and the magic has been
forfeited. Marriage won't restore
it. Nothing will. It is all over
for thos silly kids who could prob-
ably have really discovered what
love is all about had they done
things the old-fashioned, never-
been- improved- upon way.
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