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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1972-08-24, Page 4PAGE 4 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1972 For the sev the small vill looking for an come Saturday. ation of the w should see the the regular 75 20,000. Just h depends largel last year, for estimated that visitors atten even though of count at a mod It is atmos enth consecutive year, age of Zurich will be increase in population With the kind co-oper- eatherman, local residents it community grow from 0 citizens to at least ow many will come y on the weather, but instance, many people as many as 30,000 ded throughout the day ficials placed the est 20,000. t certain that the visiting population will continue to grow each year, as the Bean Fest- ival continues to gain more popular- ity. Such a crowd is bound to create problems--traffic.is a particular one --but the festival committee, gaining experience each year, is gradually learning to cope with this. The growth of the festival also brings difficulties of a different kind. An event that attracts crowds of the size that Zurich's Bean Festival has in the past could easily become a magnet for the commercial interests. One of the festival committee's prime interests has been in holding com- mercialism on the mall to a minimum, and for this reason applicants for booth space are screened carefully. Such restrictions are necessary if the festival is to retain the rural and antique flavour that has brought it it's popularity. There seems little doubt that the festival will be successful again this year with any sort of a break from the weatherman. Practically all the booth space is sold to area merch- ants, and several new attractions have been added to the program. And the various festival committees seemed to have the volunteer man- power situation under control. Every- thing is in readiness for the biggest day of the year in Zurich, and the people of the community extend a sincere welcome to all the visitors who may come to our fair village on the occasion. May the festival bring back fond memories of those in the past six years, to all of you. ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 his Ir !,r Member:~�1` Canadian Weekly. Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association ,1.tni4" Subscription Rates: $4.00 per year in advance in Canada; AO in United States and Foreign; single copies 10 cents. ROUND TWO DISASTER THREE There is a movie called "Suddenly One Summer," something like that. This is more or less the way I feel to- wards the end of this one. For one thing, the weather has been generally rotten. My heart has ached for the campers, the teeters, as temperature drops, the winds blow, and I turn up the thermostat on the furnace. As I write, its more like late October than August. But there is nothing much I can do about that, its happen- ing to everybody, However, somebody is definitely out to get me. I don't know whether its the Lord, fate, or the devil. But it's too obvious to be merely coincidental. It, or they, started with my car. Almost six months ago, a gentleman backed into the front of it. He's a mechanic and promised to have it fixed, rather than pay the almost exhorbitant insurance rate. It is still not fixed. Not his fault. We made a date for July 31st and my wife busted her ankle and in the confusion, I forgot. But it's still not fixed. Next, I was at a public gath- ering, where there were a lot of cars parked. Somebody, and he was not a gentleman, snuggl- ed up too close to me. The only calling card he left was a deep indentation in my left front door. Third. And that was my wife's fault, not mine. She was yak- king at full steam, someiwhat like an organ with all the stops out. It happened at a highway motel where we'dhad lunch. I backed up, knowing there were no cars there and hit a light standard that shouldn't have been there. It was solid brick. It made a boomerang of my back bumper. There went another hundred bucks. Here's where I'lLgo along with Ralph Nader and company. The bumpers they put on cars today are not bumpers, but junkers. A generation ago, a bumper gave. Today, they seem to be a combination of plastic and spaghetti. I'm convinced that if you ran into an adult male hummingbird at 50 miles per hour you'd lose your $100 deductible on your bumper. Well, to cut a short story long, the car is pretty much of a disaster area, Front grill bashed in, Chrome strips buckl- ed and ripped off. Back bumper a bummer. Motor still great, but whole vehicle now in classified ad section as a "bodyman's special." As we all know, accidents come in three's. Well I had my three and thought whoever was out to get me should relax for a while. Not so. As I mentioned, my wife broke her ankle and a week later I broke my toe. She groans and hobbles around in a walking cast. I groan and hobble around. I never realized before just how important a big toe is in the process of ambulation. Some- thing like a fish trying to swim with his tail cut off. Oh, it's a jolly, lively place around our house. We should be out at the beach, doing a fancy crawl stroke, calling cheerfully to each other about how terrific the water is today. Instead, we're stuck in the house doing a fancy crawl up and down stairs and calling balefully about such cheery things as getting the garbage out, doing the dishes, preparing the dinner. Do you know what happens to a couple of love birds in a cage who start getting on each other's nerves 2 One of them pecks the other to death. Then eats him, or her. Well, I'm pretty tender and my wife is very tough, so I'm keeping a close eye on her. I gave her a big hug the other day. It's her left ankle, my right toe, they collided, we both yelped and there were mutual recriminations. Next time, I'll hug her from behind, or sideways, or something. But this is all trivia. I await, cringing, the third accident in the second series. And it will probably b e on the phone any minute. I was idiotic enough to lend m y car to daughter Kim and her husb- and. They took off in the poor old battered brute a couple of hours ago, for the city, where they have to apply for student loans, register for college, find a place to live, and all such. They both drive like chimp- anzees who've had three lessons. They might just make it. But if they do, my oak tree will snap in a storm and crash on my neighbour's roof. Or, I'll get a hernia carrying out the empty beverage bottles. Or my wife will slip on her gimpy leg going downstairs and break her other one. It's not that I'm superstitious. It's just that I have this immut- able hunch that Somebody, up there, or down there, is trying to punish me for all my past sins, all at once. And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to soak my toe in ice water and sit, shoulders hunched waiting for the next blow. 0 Queen contest at Plowing Match The Huron County Plowing Match is being held on August 29 on the farm of William Steckle, two miles south of . Bayfield, Highway 21. In conjunction with the match is the Queen of the Furrow Con- test to pick the Huron represent- ative who will go to the Inter- national Plowing Match at Seb- ringville. The girl must be sixteen years of age and not have reached her 25th birthday by November 1, 1972. The contestants will be enter- tained to a luncheon by Robert McKinley, MP for Huron County. The Queen will receive a sheep- skin rug from the Old Mill in Blyth and Atlas Fur Tanning and Dyeing; a trophy and a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Love, as well as $20. cash. 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