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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1973
Widsom of maturity!
One of our readers brought us a clipping recently, a piece
written by an unknown who signed herself only "Widow X." It
contains a few gems of kindly wisdom you might find interesting.;
Years ago, when my widowed mother came to live with me
and my husband, she made our lives so miserable that I deter-
mined I'wouid never bring such misery on my children if I ever
had to live with them. One day I sat down and wrote myself a
letter. In it were some pertinent rules, and on the outside of the
envelope I wrote: "To be opened on the day I go to live with
my daughter, heaven forbid."
I tucked it away in an old book and forgot about it. I've been
widowed and self-sufficient for six years, but recently I was
forced to give up my job and go to live with my oldest daughter.
I've opened that letter and I think your older readers might
benefit from it, as I intend to. Here are the rules;
1. Give what you can toward your keep. Any budget will
stretch just so far.
2. Keep yourself clean and neat.
3. Remember, it is THEIR home. Be especially considerate
of HIM. He allowed her to bring you here.
4. Give them privacy at every opportunity.
5. If they want to go away on a vacation, but are hesitant
because of you, offer to visit another relative or friend so they
will be free to go.
6. Don't offer any advice or express any opinions unless
asked.
7. Volunteer information that they might be too embarrassed
to ask for, such as arrangements for your burial, hospitalization,
etc.
(Wingham Advance Times)
Small business!
Small businesses are big business in any free enterprise system
in a developing country the size of Canada. If freedom and
democracy are to continue then small businesses must flourish.
We don't happen to think, like some plutocratic politicians,
that a five million dollar loan can be considered small business.
The small business man must have more to assist him than
easy government loans with slightly reduced interest rates.
Very often such loans are made to provide competition for al-
ready existing small businesses which have started on their own
and struggled to a position of success, only to be snuffed out by
the government backed newcomer. Governments at all levels
can help small business best by creating the proper atmosphere
in which such businesses can flourish. This can often best be
done by reducing the amount of paper work required of small
businesses and the number of restricting laws and regulations
imposed by all levels of government.
The margin of profit by the small business man must necess-
arily be smaller than that of the larger operator, but if it will
provide a living for many people then that is all that many ask.
If government red tape does anything to reduce that marginal
profit then small business is destroyed and all the monetary loans
and subsidies in the world won't bring it back to life. Moreover,
no self respecting small business man wants public welfare. He
just wants to be left alone in the proper business climate to fend
for himself and make a living while serving his neighbors. In
this way small business can become big business and Canada
can be a strong and vibrant nation.
Merner reunion
The twenty-first annual Mern-
er Reunion was held Sunday at
the School House, Dashwood,
with 60 in attendance. Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Reschke, Detroit con-
ducted the sports.
After a delicious smorgasbord
dinner, the president, Ron
Merner, presided for the busin-
ess meeting. It was decided to
hold the reunion next year at
the same place, the second Sun-
day in July.
The executive for the coming
year is as follows; president,
Claire Merner, Bayfield; vice-
president, Roy Brock, Hensall,
secretary -treasurer, Mrs. Dan
Gelispie, Detroit; sports com-
mittee, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Smith, Zurich.
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I ENJOY HEARING
FROM ALL OF YOU
Did you know that yours truly
was once a shy little boy? Do
you know how a lady can sell
all -Canadian crossword puzzles
to newspapers? Do you know
anyone who worked at the Milt-
on brick works in 1914, before
going off to war? Do you feel
like writing a book? Do you feel
like reviewing a book someone
else has written?
These are some of the things
that came up as I opened my
mail in the last few weeks.
If a columnist does not have
any readers, he very quickly
ceases to be a columnist. That's
why I'm so grateful to readers
who drop a line and have a
chat, tell me their troubles,
or merely wish me good health.
Just before my birthday in
June, I had a long letter from
my Grade I teacher reminding
me that we share the same natal
day, June 2. She was the kind
of pretty, young, sweet and kind
teacher who can make that first
vital year in public school a
joy rather than the horror that
it can be.
Going through some old
clippings, she came across one
which she sent along to me.
The heading on the news story
was FO Wm. Smiley Victim
Brutal Hun Treatment, The rest
was an extremely garbled ac-
count that makes me wince with
embarassment even today.
Apparently after being beaten
half to death after an escape
attempt, I was so weak I could'ty
move for twenty days. This is
pure exaggeration. It was only
five days. And when the Russ-
ians overran our camp, I walked
156 miles across Germany and
stumbled onto an advanced air
base.
Poppycock! It was only 90
some miles. I rode a good part
of the way in wagons. Russian
staff cars, German wood -burning
trucks, and a two -horse carriage
And I didn't stumble onto any-
thing. I arrived at the advance
air base in a jeep. But that's a
long story.
Anyway, my teacher, whom
I still think of as Laura Walker,
says of the clipping" I admit
I shed some tears over it, for
all I could see was a shy little
boy in gray trousers and a navy
blue blazer coming to my desk
and announcing his name and
birthday, to which I replied,
"Why, Billie, we are twins."
There were so many of you in
the same class who were in the
War and my heart went out to
you all for you were still my
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"little" boys and had no busin-
ess with aeroplanes."
Layna Bateman of Stavely,
Alta., who reads me in the
Brooks Bulletin, wants advice
on how to seal a syndicated Can-
adian crossword puzzle. She sent
me samples and they're excel-
lent. Anybody any ideas? Her
letter ends, "How soon do you
become a grampa? Congratul-
ations!" Every letter has a nice
personal touch like that.
13111 Shaker, of Shifnal, Salops
England, reads me in the Can-
adian Champion, Milton. He
likes my "cheery notes" and
writes a very cheery one him-
self, at the age of 84. He work-
ed at the Milton Brick Co., in
1914, joined the army, went to
France in the R.E.S. Guards Div
and was at Ypres, the Somme,
Arras and Cambrai, names that
ring a bell with old timers.
Lucky guy. Bue he wishes me
best of luck and good health.
A Montreal publisher wants
me to write a book. He doesn't
even seem to ealize, or care,
that I haven't got the clothesline
fixed and my wife is raising
hell, day after day. Write a
book indeed!
Mary Johnson of Winnipeg
wonders if I'm the same Bill
Smiley who wrote a series of
articles on education for the
Salt Lake City Tribune. Sorry,
Mary. 'Twas another Bill. But
Mrs. Johnson has written a book
called "Programmed Illiteracy
in our Schools" and wonders if
I'd like to review it. Sure would,
Send it along, Mary.
On House of Commons stat-
ionery comes a letter from old
friend, Ross Whicher, M.P.,
urging me to make that trip to
England and telling me that you
can stay at the Strant Palace
in London for less than $30 a
day. He ends, "Have a good
time , old man, " I will, Ross.
Last time I was at the Strand
Palace, they nearly threw me
out because I was sharing my
room with the bearded lady from
the circus. The maid had enter-
ed our room before my old bud-
dy Singh Thandi, a Sikh from
India, had got his hair up and
his turban on. His hair hung to
his tailbone and he had a beaut-
iful, curly beard. The maid
gave one scream and ran. Singh
was killed in Burma.
Then there are the poets who
write G.H. Drabble of Speers,
Sask., sent me a dandy about
the beverage room and the pov-
erty and misery it leads to. His
poem is both funny and true but
it's a bit long to print, and it
can't be condensed. Mr. Drabble
gets me in North Battleford News
Same goes for a long, lively
poem by Vic Smith of Rockwood,
who insists;
When you are driving out this
way
Stop in and pass the time of
day.
You'll find me in my "bed of
Weeds, "
My wife and I are just "hay-
seeds. "
Thanks, Vic, I will if I do.
And thanks, all you other chaps
and chickens. Your letters make
me realize I am not writing in
a void, a heart-warming feeling,
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Parents, The Canadian Nat-
ional Institute for the Blind urges
you to check household hazards
that threaten your family's eye-
sight.
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