HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1973-08-23, Page 11THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1973
OFA president
asks strike end
"The Federal government muse
end the rail strike immediately, '
says Gordon Hill, president,
Ontario Federation of Agricult-
ure. Hill is a hog and white bear
farmer from Varna in 1-luron
County.
"Delivery of meat and food
stuffs is getting more chaotic
by the day. This strike is breed-
ing a fear psychology in which
people hesitate to buy. Delivery
is uncertain, and quality can
suffer,
"Rail services are too vital to
Our economy to be disrupted by
wage negotiations for a small
group of workers. Provinces are
dependent on each other, and so
are regions, for food and for
many other items that must coni
by rail. Prime Minister Trudeau
has admitted that the strike is
increasing the cost of food. He
realizes this, so it is irrespons-
ible not to do something about
it.
"Trudeau has shown that he
can act quickly when he put
export controls on beef and
pork . Blunders can be made
quickly, so there is no reason
that constructive action cannot
be taken at the same pace, "
adds Hill.
"Inaction by the government
is playing into the hands of
speculators. The cost of this
trading in commodity futures
will end up on the price tags
of food items on the supermarket
shelf,"
The OFA executive sent a
telegram to Prime Minister
Pierre Trudeau demanding an
immediate end to the strike.
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Mr. and Mrs. Tony Denomme
and family, Mr. and Mrs. John
Laporte and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Percy Bedard and family,
Mr, and Mrs. Leo Meidinger
and family, and Mr. and Mrs.
Herb Turkheim and family
spent the weekend at Niagara
Falls visiting Marineland and
other points of interest.
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
international Scene
(by Raymond Cannon)
SMALL, PLACES DO THEIR OWN
THING
Several of the towns whose
newspapers take my column
have been having celebrations
of one sort or another and I
think this is an excellent thing.
I have managed to attend some
of them and even got a preview
one night from a friend of mine
who was going to sing a solo at
a celebration in Glencoe.
The biggest event I have been
to so far this year was the 200th
anniversary celebrations of the
landing of the Scots from the
ship Hector at Pictou, Nova
Scotia, I was inundated by Scots
and all things Scottish and
finally retired to watch proceed-
ings from a safe distance across
the harbour.
A great many places are hav-
ing centennials of one sort or
another and since it is good long
while before the bicentennial
celebrations roll around, I am
wondering whether, in the
meantime, some of these places
might like to organize some-
thing different- -perhaps prom-
ote some speciality of the dist-
rict.
I must admit that this is not
a new idea, simply one that
could be used more often. When
I say it isn't new, I think mainly
of the village of Zurich whose
bean festival of August of each
year has become one of the
most successful of events. Go
there once and you'll see what
I mean! You'll probably go
again.
Let me give you some idea
of what is done elsewhere. The
Swiss city in which I lived is
called St. Gall and is the centre
of the textile and embroidery
industries in that country. Each
year the children, or at least
the non -adults, have a special
day at which time there is a
parade where all the girls are
dressed in their finest clothes -
products of the local textile and
embroidery industries. There
are sporting events and, of
course, yodelling and alphorn
playing which (my wife may
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shoot me for this) I prefer to the
bagpipes:
If there is one small place
that has made a name for itself
in the world as a result of doing
its own thing, it is the village
of Oberammergau. This village,
which is about 60 miles from
Munich in Southern Germany,
in the foothills of the Alps, is
renowned for its performance of
the Passion play every 10 years.
It was in 1633 that the village
was struck by the plague. As an
expression of gratitude for the
end of the scourge, the villagers
vowed to enact the Passion of
Christ every 10 years. This they
have done and the pageant, in
which almost all the village
takes part, lasts about 8 hours
and portrays the suffering and
death of Jesus. Many of the wall
of the houses are painted with
Biblical scenes and try getting
near the place when the perfor-
mances are held. There are
hundreds of thousands of tourists
flooding in. Needless to say the
whole village lives for the pag-
eant and when one is over,
planning for the next one begins,
Closer to home we have only
to see what has happened in
Stratford since the idea was
conceived of staging a Shakes-
pearean festival. You probably
know the whole story but it
does bear repeating that it dem-
onstrates what can he done in
a smaller place.
In the meantime don't forget
the Bean Festival at Zurich on
Saturday, August 25. Corrie
early and bring your appetite.
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Many a gal has made it to the
top because her dress didn't.
Spinsters often knit when
they'd rather knot.
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