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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-06-17, Page 4PAGE FOUR ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1971 Ute edits,ci T'faitt Rebel ;„r Conformist? Who really are the good and bad guys in society, the rebels or the conformists? Since good and bad are at issue, the non- violent, humanitarian type of rebel is considered. This man, out in the mainstream, fights to remove injustice, protect our rights, increase our freedoms. He attacks prejudice, deception and fraud and in so doing speaks for all of us. He brings out in the open, hidden evils. Rachael Carson exp- osed the dangers of pesticides, Ralph Nader unsafe cars. Some challenge old attitudes and values, suggest radical new ideas. Should the country be run on service rather than profit? Is war legalized murder? This sparks healthy controversy, keeps thought . moving, avoids stagnation. The rebel pricks the conscience of the nation by publicizing racial discrimination, the degradation of poverty and so on. Thus he promotes tolerance, keeps love and compassion alive. The conformist? His personal life is his main concern, the job, snowmobile, the cottage. He may complain bitterly about injust- ice but does nothing. Calls to "rise up in outrage" against pollution and other evils, are mostly met with apathy and silence. Some- times he even boasts, "I keep out of things." Asked to join and support a good cause he may say "I'm not a joiner." He is likely to call the rebel a troublemaker, But surely the conformist is the troublemaker, the foe of prog- ress. By ignoring and accepting society's wrongs, he perpetuates them. It is he who keeps the unjust society and he paves the way for revolt. It's a Municipal Responsiblity! While in recent weeks the Davis government in Ontario snakes little reference to added areas in Ontario to be subjected to region- alism, there continues to be no lack of comment as to the problems being faced by municipalities already involved. Most vocal perhaps is St. Catharines but there are many others equally concerned with the added costs, the duplication, the lack of representation which too frequently have resulted with the introduction of regional government. The problems have been recognized by Ontario Liberal leader, Robert Nixon, who claims the centralization policy of the Ontario government has forced local governments to live in a vacuum In an address to the Ontario Municipal Association, Mr. Nixon said the policy has stripped local governments of their power and autonomy. "It has created inefficiencies and costly delays that are re- flected in rising taxes and the decision to centralize assessment responsibilities is evidence of this. "At the local level, it means that the citizens of a community cannot expect their elected representatives to make decisions and carry them out. "And it means that locally made decisions, based on local knowledge and local needs, can be overthrown by a bureaucratic machinery not familiar with the local priorities, " he said. Mr. Nixon appreciates the problems being faced by non -urban Ontario, He knows that the solutions applicable to metropolitan Toronto are in no sense solutions in Huron or Perth or Bruce. He, like so many in these counties, has seen at first hand the confusion that has flowed from centralizing programs already introduced. Certainly government, be it municipal, county or provincial cannot stand still. The services which citizens require of their governments today are a far cry from that which was acceptable even ten years ago. To provide these services and to take advant- age of technological advances available to them all municipalities from township councils onwards, have a responsibility to carry on a continuing study as to how best they may serve their citizens. Centralization imposed from on top is costly, cumbersome and not satisfactory. But perhaps there are areas in which adjacent municipalities can adopt a common approach and thus contribute to a more efficient, a less costly municipal service. Certainly, as Mr. Nixon says, the initiative should come from the municipalities. (The Huron Expositor) ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 to Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association'"* Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Velliwe assP Subs-I.-rip/ion Rtes: $41.4310 per year lira aiffilraimee imn Cbanatalac $5.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 1fl cents When you are little, birthdays are great days. There are gifts in fancy wrappings, to be ripped open without even looking to see whom they are from. There is cake and candles and ice cream, and a general feeling that you, at least for a day, are • Number One. As life tumbles along, ever more rapidly, some birthdays are highlights. A boy of thirteen is about six years older, at least in his status feeling, than a "little boy" of twelve. A hoydenish girl of fifteen is five years younger than a "young lady" of sixteen. Seventeen is a special age. You are looking back with scorn on sixteen and looking for- ward with licking lips to eighteer Eighteen is a tremendous bar- rier to crash through. For both sexes, it means you can now get in to see dirty movies without borrowing somebody's I. D. card. In some depraved areas, such as Alberta, I believe, it means you can drink legally. Twenty-one osed to be the climax of all birthdays. It was the "I've got the key of the door, never been twenty-one before" sort of thing. It meant you could vote and DRINK. But with the sophisticated youth of today, the 21st birthday has become rather a ho-hum affair. After that, most crucial birth- days were less than inspiring, some of them occasions for deep soul-searching, if not tears. At least for women. Men have always taken birthdays a little more casually. But most women look forward to their thirtieth birthday with anything but anticipation. And when their fortieth is upon thein, you'd think they were stepping into senility. Strangely enough, after a couple of days of claiming they're over the hill, they turn right back into the same women they were before the bird - day. Ah, you sly devil. You've guessed that all this is leading up to something. And you're right. Tomorrow is my #52&$th birthday. Don't think I'm going to ad- mit which one. It's for women, not strong, silent men, to quib- ble about their ages. But I'll give you some tips. I have lived during the lives of four British monarchs, not including Queen Victoria. It is a rank canard that I was in World War 1, though some of my students insist on asking whether I ever had any personal dog- fights with the Red Baron. In fact, my first movie was cal - Auctioneer and Appraiser for ALL TYPES OF SALES "Church and Charity Sales conducted Free" Bruce Rathwell 482-3120 LRUCEFIELII led "Lilac Time, " all about silk-scarved pilots throwing their brandy glasses into the fireplace and taking off at dawn in their spads to battle the Hun. I remember Jack Benny and Fred Allen and Fibber McGee and Molly on radio. Even Amos' n Andy. On the other hand, my first great love was Marlene Dietrich and she's still around flashing her legs and singing sexy songs. I was about twelve when I fell for her. I grew up in the era of the ten - cent hamburg and the nickel pop, That used to make a big evening for a young fellow and his girl. I remember adults sitting on the verandah, drinking lemon- ade in the dusk. And the clop - clop of horse and buggy in the quiet, tree -lined streets of small towns. As a kid, I ate stew in the hobo"jungle" down by the rail- way tracks, and talked to the quietly desperate men riding the rails from coast to coast. I remember working a whole Saturday with my big brother, on the huge grounds of the huge manse of the minister. And I remember very distinctly that he gave us a short dollar (16 hour: work) and a long blessing. And one of my favourite mem- ories is the clang of the horse- shoes when the local men gath- ered on summer evenings to en- joy the only sport they could en- joy, because it cost nothing, It was the best of all possible times, and the worst of all pos- sible times. But it was precious, as every moment of life is. Take a guess. How old am I? Wet Hay Can Cause Danger I Bares Wet hay can be a danger for the farmer. As well as lowering the quality of the feed, it can cause a spontaneous combustion, threatening lives, buildings and livestock. Hal Wright, farm safety spec- ialist, Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food, offers a practical way to check damp hay for heating. It is a simple, inexpensive probe which'teas- ures temperature and will give the farmer advance warning of a fire. The probe consists of 10 feet of 1/2 inch electrical tubing. A sharpened hardwood point is riv- eted to the end and about six 1/4 inch holes drilled just above the point, The probe is then driven eight or nine feet into the hay. An ordinary candy or oven thermometer tied to a cord is lowered to the bottom of the tube. After approximately five minutes, the thermometer is removed and the temperature read. The procedure should be repeated in different areas of the hay mow. Mr. Wright gives the following temperature signposts: 150 deg- rees F. entering the danger zone. Make temperature observations daily. 160 degrees F. Danger! Inspect every four hours to see if the temperature is rising. 175 degrees F. Fire pockets may be anticipated. Call the fire department pumper and wet dews the hay. 185 degrees F. Remove the hay. The pumper should be available since flames will dev- elop when air comes in contact with the hay. 210 degrees F. Critical! The hay is almost cert- ain to ignite, Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRISTS 1 E. Langstaff OPTOMETRIST 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: B • 12 A,M, — 1:30 - 6 P.M. Closed all day Wednesday Phone 235.2433 Exeter Robert F. Westlake Insurance "Specializing In General Insurance" Phone 236-4391 — Zurich Guaranteed Trust Certificates 1 Year — 51/2% 2 Years — 6%% 3 Years — 63/4 % 4 Years — 7% 5 Years — 71/2 % J. W. 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