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Zurich Citizens News, 1974-05-09, Page 4PAGE4� ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS Let's see the whole carrot! Regional policing for Huron county is slowly moving from the idea stage toward an issue that will have to be accepted or rejected. The issue is slowly gaining momentum, pushed by a recent government study recommending the abolition of many small police forces in the province. One of the first fears of people in the county of course will be cost, and almost certainly it is going to mean an increase in cost for most people in the county. We are, however, facing increased crime rates in cities and this will be likely moving into our area as time goes by. A more efficient police force can perhaps head off some of the problems we may encounter and so the extra cost may be worth it. For smaller centres like Blyth and the other villages, county policing can be a big step forward, if the system is set up properly. Under present government regulations, Blyth could not have its own police force unless it wanted to hire at least two men. Yet the need is not great enough for two men in the village itself and the taxpayer of the village could not afford the bill. Under a county system, however, two of the new members of the police force who will be hired could be stationed in Blyth with radio connections with the other detachments of the police force in the county. They would use Blyth as a base from which to patrol the surrounding townships and smaller villages. Under such a set up, the new department could be of great benefit. It will be worthless, however, if the force ends up having detachments only in the towns like Clinton, Seaforth, and Wingham and only send patrols to the other villages in the county. This would mean no improvement in the present service being given at present by the Ontario Provincial Police. And the cost, of course, would be much higher. Luckily, if the county legislators proceed with the reorganiz- ation themselves, we have a much better chance to have the smaller centres well represented than if the organizing was done by the province. We also feel that Blyth, at least, among the villages has a strong voice and that there is a growing under- standing with the surrounding townships that we must look at reorganization on a community oriented basis. In short, the cost may be higher but county policing may be the answer to many problems... if it is set up properly. (from the Blyth Standard) (Getting the inform >nGti acr Ss Many places do not have a newspaper they can call their own. So when someone has some important news to disseminate, he can either sit down and write a letter, find someone to help him make a batch of posters for local store windows, call a meeting, or sit down at the telephone. All methods cost him something. Take the letter writing process. First the letter must be writ- ten by someone who will make it factual and hopefully inter- esting. Then there are the costs of paper and reproductions and postage. Even if only a postcard is sent to advertise a church bazaar, it would cost $15 to reach less than 250 homes. All legal notices have to be posted for a certain number of days in a central place, if there is no local newspaper. And how many people see them? Maybe the information to be gotten out is very important, and requires group action. A meeting has to be called, but this entails getting in touch with people to tell them about the meeting and we are right back where we started,• Of course there is always the good old telephone, a great idea for contacting a dozen people ---ask anyone who has tried to get a committee going. So. most people are very happy to have a newspaper in their town. A simple phone call or visit to the newspaper office en- sures that the news will be sent out to thousands of local homes. But as with other methods of information dispersal, someone must pay for it. Publishing a newspaper is a big operation, requiring a lot of time and equipment, not to mention postage and cost of mat- erials. Subscription fees hardly scratch the surface. A newspap- er has but two things to sell --subscriptions and advertisements. How much is the paper worth to you, your organization, or your place of business. Are you helping to ensure that it will be here when you need it? Think about it the next time you want your news or ad put in the paper." (Canadian Newspapers Association) ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERScLIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 oto 4 te 4111ilbh 0,4 Canadian Weekly, Newspa: ,, rs Asac+cistion '�) - Marin Weekly Newspapers Association ',IM , Members Subscrfptiou Rates: $5;00 per year in advance in Canada; $6.110)4.11aited States and Foreign; single -copies 15¢ THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1974 International Scene ( BY RAYMOND CANON) THE RICHEST LAND IN THE WORLD This may come as a surprise to you but the United States is no longer the richest nation in the world. In terms of econom- ic weath per person, that dist-. inction now belongs to Sweden. Admittedly, by only a few percentage points but first nevertheless. I don't know what this revel- ation will do to the Americans who don't like being second in anything if they can help it. I doubt whether the news has been published in too many American newspapers; at least there hasn't been too much public reaction so I assume that they don't know about it yet. To be honest I think that the Swedes must be a little embar- rassed by all this since the flaunting of one's wealth•is most definitely not considered to be a national characteristic. There are at least 400 millionaires in that country and almost to a man they are less visible to the public eye than Howard Hughes, If we want to put out finger on some of the main reasons for Sweden's prosperity, we would find something that we might like and something not so acceptable. First of all, it is not surprising to learn that strikes in that country are al- most unheard of. Employers as well as trade unions have acc- epted centralized as well as disciplined wage bargaining. When you are not preoccupied with planning, carrying out or getting over a strke, you are more likely to make money and that is precisely what the Swedes have obviously been doing. One not so acceptable char- acteristic of the Swedish econ- omic miracle is the swallowing up of a lot of small firms by big corporations. This has con- tributed to an increase in prod- uctivity but I find it a bit sad that small firms have to disap- pear in such large numbers. However, we can see that the same thing is happening in our own country so perhaps we should not be too surprised at what is happening in Sweden. Not only have most small Swedish firms been annexed but the resulting large firms have spilled over into foreign fields. There are no less than 113 Swedish firms such as Volvo, SKF and Saab that have expanded abroad in a big way -true nultinational firms in every sense. The iesult has Five teams play floor hockey Five teams from the Huron - Perth Separate School system will participate in a floor hockey tournament at St. Michael's School, Stratford, this Saturday. The winning team will be awarded the HP Cup. The three schools from Huron taking part in the tourney are Ecole Ste. Marie, St. Joseph, St. Boniface School, Zurich, and Precious Blood, Exeter. Two Perth County schools, St. Patrick's, Kintore, and St. Michael's, Stratford, will round out the entries. First game of the tournament gets under way at 10;30 a.m. with the final championship contest slated for 1.50 p. m. The players from this area will be travelling by bus, complete with cheer leaders and fans. been increased earnings for the companies and increased prosperity for the Swedes. You may be interested to know that Sweden, like that other well known neutralist country Switzerland, has a large and well equipped milit- ary force. In addition, the Swedes, unlike the Swiss, build most of it at home and the quality of Swedish planes and other types of armaments are the envy of many a general. With such quality the Swedes could make even more money if they were to export arms in large quantities but the govern- ment prefers to continue its policy of active neutrality and that includes exporting only a minimum of arms. Don't rush off to Sweden to live! We are not that far be- hind them in prosperity ourselve and the Swedes do have their problems like everybody else. Still it's nice to see the country prosper as we have been bombarded for years with the fact that the Americans were No one. Not any more! AMBER REBEKAHS N.G. Mrs. Aldeen Voiland presided and was assisted by V , G, Mrs. Margaret Consitt for the regular meeting of the Amber Rebekah Lodge Wednes- day evening, The V . G , report- ed sending cards to a number of sick and shut-in friends, A financial report was given on the booth at the McMurtrie house sale and the proceeds were reported to be good. An invit- ation was accepted to Victoria Lodge in London on June 6. A number of members hope to attend. A dessert euchre is plan- ned for May 8. Sunday church services for the LOOF and Reb- ekahs were held in the Carmel Presbyterian Church Sunday morning and was well attended. Tickets are available for a banquet at the White Carnat- ion in Holmesville, when the eye machine donated by the Oddfellows and Rebekahs of the district will be presented. First nomination of officers took place for officers for 1974- 75 term; Noble Grand, Margar- et Consitt; Vice Grand, none; recording secretary, Mrs. Leona Parke; financial secretary, Mrs. Bertha MacGregor; treasurer, Dorothy Corbett. Happy birth- day was sung to sister Ruby Bell. OPTOMETRISTS - E. 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