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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1977-09-14, Page 4Page 4 Citizens News, September 14, 1977 �Ilnn1ul11nuHtlnnullnununuunnuunulnunulaln►uuunnunnulunHunllnuuunlluuulnulnununnnulnHunullunlnnnuuunnl„ t u $ N X111111111111111111111111111111111UIIIIIIIHIIUHhI11IIhI11111111I1111111111111HI1H11I111111111N11111UNIlII111N111111111111111111111111111111111111111Illlllllllllllllili- Abandoned Stanley Township farm house This is arthritis month Arthritis and other rheumatic diseases afflict countless numbers in this and other parts of the country, causing untold pain and misery and often turning lives into dai- ly struggles for survival. Nobody is immune. Arthritis is not selective: it can strike any age group. There are more than 100 different kinds. All attack the joints. They differ in cause, symptoms, treatment method and potential degree of disability. There is still no known cure. Early diagnosis and treatment will lessen the damage done by the disease and prevent disability. Only a doctor is qualified to con- duct such a diagnosis. The nostrums promoted in the back pages of popular magazines are useless at best. The role, of the Arthritis Society is to provide funds for research and to educate the public about the importance of pompt diagnosis. Even a small contribution from each of us makes the ''difference between hope and no hope of some day discovering a cure. Let them keep their hoes One of the most poignant and frighten- ing experiences one can have is to witness the break-up of a home some person has lived in for a large portion of a lifetime. The no longer wanted furniture and knick- knacks go on the auction blook. Their erstwhile owner shuffles through the emp- ty house for the last time before handing over the keys. Though only an observer from the sidelines, one feels guilt for their predica- ment. Secretly, there's a fear that this could happen to us, too. It is high time governments on all levels went to bat for those who till recent- ly have been the mainstays of the com- munity. Nine times out of ten they are better off and happier in their own homes than elsewhere. Too often they are nudged into institutions while still perfectly capable of running their own lives. A specialist in psychgeriatrics (the study of aging and mental health) once remarked that the elderly are sometimes killed by kindness. The person' who only yesterday accepted responsibility for himself is suddenly expected to sit back and allow himself to be waited on hand and foot. He becomes bored and frustrated. Our society's over -emphasis upon youth and ghetto-izing of age has led to a waste of vast human resources in terms of experience and mature wisdom. We are poorer for it. There is something warmer and richer about a village like Zurich in which an 89 - year -old can be found digging potatoes in the garden behind her own house. Every ef- fort should be made to help others to keep their homes. FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS Published Each Wedneelday By J.W. Eedy Publications. Ltd. ei. Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Manager — Betty O'Brien Editor — Margaret Rodger Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 Subscription Rates: $7.00 per year in advance in Canada $18.00 per year outside Canada Single copies 204 w1HIH IUM11111111111111111I ININ11111I111111tI11II111f1111111111111IHNIII1IIHIHIIIIIIIIIHM►HIIIIIIIIg1: Editor's ; Desk 1 ttltltltlttttlltttltttf! By MARGARET RODGER Cuff notes For six years Zurich's village clerk was legally fire chief and didn't know it. Now the man who went to the fires, kept the records and thought he was fire chiell those years has been of- ficially appointed to the position. A bylaw was passed at last Thursday's council meeting making Leo Meidinger fire chief, on recommendation of the Zurich and Area Fire Department. "I thought it hada gone through the books", Mr. Meidinger explained to the Citizens News. "But it hadn't." He did not discover until he went to Goderich on a fire - training course some time ago that appointments as fire chiefs were validated.. by bylaw. Without such a bylaw, a community's clerk automatically played the role of fire chief. On checking, he found that Zurich had never passed a bylaw appointing him fire chief, though he had already been working at it for six years. * * Local hockey buffs may be interested in the device used at Mitchell's arena for sweeping down the boards before the ice is flooded. According to the Mitchell Advocate, Doug Smith, who does the job, uses a machine resembling a lawn mower, designed by a friend. The sweeper is a belt -driven wheel with bristles round the rim. An old car -starter, powered by a six -volt car battery, turns the belt. The sweeper is mounted on a two -wheeled frame. It may sound like a Rube Goldberg invention, but it saves a lot of time and muscle power at the Mitchell arena. 75 Years Ago September 1902 A street fight is reported from Dashwood this week. Dashwood is bound to keep up its reputation as a "swift" town. While Mr. George Edighoffer was driving home his cattle on -- Saturday evening, a 2 -year-old bull attacked Mr. Edighoffer and inflicted some vely bad wounds, and had it not been for Mr. Edighoffer's presence of mind on grabbing the animal by the horns, there is no doubt he would have been.killed. 50 Years Ago September 1927 Mr. and Mrs. Alfred. Westlake, while on their way to Zurich on Saturday, met with what night have been a more serious ac- cident, when a pig came springing up suddenly and caused Mr. Westlake's car to turn turtle. Fortunately, the oc- cupants escaped with only minor injuries. Gerald Farquhar of the Bank of Montreal staff (at Hensdll) resigned his position in the Bank and left for the west, ac- companied by Donald Hogarth and Carl Passmore, each one intending to secure' suitable employment, where they intend to remain for some time. The application of Lulu Albrecht for position of manager of Zurich Telephone Central was accepted at a salary of fifteen dollarsP er week. For the fourth consecutive Master aster Harry Foster won the certificate for obtaining the highest percentage of marks at the Zurich School Fair. (Harry had won 15 prizes. This time it was a silver cup.) 25 Years Ago September 1952 When we read about those nice cool days of September, we wonder where that writer was last week, when the mercury was Years Ago. up in the 90's every day, and during the night it, dropped very little, breaking all previous records for a week at this time of year. Mr. Grant Case, manager of the local Co-op, is getting things under way for the building of • a new home on the westerly part of Mr. Herb Mousseau's lot. The former barn has been taken down, and excavation is already under way. Dr. J.B. Cockburn, a 1949 Graduate of Queens University Medical College, Kingston, has taken over the Medical Practice of Dr. T.P. Keast, who is locating in the city of Sarnia, after being in Zurich for two and a half years, when he took over from the late Dr. P.J. O'Dwyer. Today, Wednesday, will be the big day in Lionism in Zurich, when the great International President Edgar M. Elbert of Maywood, Ill., will address district A1.1 Lions in the Com- munity Centre, Zurich, following a banquet served by the local Women's Institute. Ten Years Ago September 1967 The council of the village of Zurich, at their regular meeting last Thursday night, abandoned their plans to resurface all the streets throughout the municipality. . . due to the on- coming need for. a sewerage system. The Huron County garage, being built on the Blind Line, east of Zurich, is rapidly nearing completion. The Lakeview Quartet from Zurich, composed of John Geiger, Ervin Martin, Stewart Steckle and Ralph Gigerich, sang three •lovely numbers, unaccompanied, at the United Church. (in Hensall) Sunday morning. At regular council meeting in the village of Bayfield Tuesday night, Miss Monica Gemeinhaedt, representing a 'large group of teenagers, presented $25 to council to provide lifesaving equipment.