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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1975-04-17, Page 4PAGE 4 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1975 Rewards and trials of April storm Storm -stayed. Snowed -in. Blizzard -bound. Sure it's an inconvenience and a nuisance. If you happen to get caught in a late winter storm such as we experienced on April 3 and 4, it is also frightening. It is frightening because it makes us aware of our limitations. It makes us realize that against the raw fury of nature, mankind is as helpless and a puny as any of his fellow animals. While we wouldn't want to put up with such an experience every year, a storm like the one we're still digging out of, or like the mid -winter blast in 1971, serves to put us in our place. If you keep your eyes open and your sense of humour, it also has its unexpected rewards. Everyday facilities such as heat and light, which we take for granted under normal conditions, suddenly take on added significance. We hold our breath at every flicker and breathe easier again as the light steadies. As provisions start to run low and the wind continues to howl, it's amazing how good that canned and powdered milk can taste. Some people become instantly important as well. The snow- plow operator who struggles to keep a road open for milk transp- ort drivers and farmers travelling between barns, becomes nothing less than a hero who seems never to sleep. The neighbor with the big tractor and snow -blower becomes your link to the outside world. And as he backs his equipment into your laneway or driveway, the disappearance of that four -foot snow drift becomes the most exciting thing you've ever seen. Apart from the human friends and neighbors you suddenly become aware of, you also acquire, overnight it seems, a host of animal friends. Farm stock welcomes you with an almost frantic noise the minute you come in sight. The so-called watchdog that's been making itself scarce for days, suddenly won't leave the doorstep. And country squirrels and chipmunks which scarcely come within shooting distance, at once take on the boldness of their town cousins, snaking repeated visits to your bird feeder with disastrous results. And if you're lucky enough to get out into the fields and bush on cross-country skis or snowshoes as we did on the weekend, you can be rewarded with so unusual a sight as that most shy of creatures --a racoon, shuffling out of the bush beside you and crossing your path. We have a feeling the one we saw was just as surprised to see us out and about as we were to spot him in broad daylight. Yes, there's nothing like a blizzard to give you a new persp- ective --that is until you finally have to face mundane reality and get back to the work -a -day world. And when you suddenly find yourself out on the road in some stupid rubber -wheeled machine, bucking drifts that would give a sleigh a rough go, it's amazing how that feeling of euphoria evaporates. Gone are kindly thoughts of kith and kin and superhuman road maintenance workers. Lice again the world is a place of trial and tribulation. You suddenly remember the tremendous phys- ical effort it took just to get your body through the snow to the barn, or down to the grocery store for milk. You note with, sudden anger that those same drifts which sent the small creat- ures to your bird feeder for the first time also enabled the rabbits to nibble your prized flowering crab or raspberry canes. And you think maybe a wild April blizzard every 25 years or so might be more than you can stand. And life being what it is, you can't help but wonder what the results of about two feet of fresh snow will have on the spring flooding situation. (The Listowel Banner) Zurich (continued from page 1) Mario Sirotic, who plans to establish a sub -division in the north-east section of the vill- age. Council instructed clerk Mrs. E.A. Oke to forward a letter to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications protesting the amount of engineering costs assessed to the village for the rebuilding of highway 84 thr cugh out the municipality. A petition is to be forwarded to the same ministry asking for an additional supplementary subsidy in the amount of $2800 for road work in the village. It was also decided at the meeting that the village should apply to the Ministry of Housing for grants available under the Ontario Housing Renewal Prog- ram. Accounts totalling $19, 459. 92 were approved for payment. ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB• TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 Sts e 44' 401111116 Members A Canadian Weekly. Newspapers AssociatiionNMI ,' Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association VIM:, Subscription Rates: $6.00 per year in advance in Canada; $8.00 in United States and Foreign; single copies 20¢ liternational Scene (by Raymond Catmon) ANOTHER WORLD WAR TWO LEADER GONE Those Canadians who are old enough to remember clearly the personalities of World War Two will recall that the leader of the Chinese in their struggle against Japan from the time of the initial Japanese invasion in the late '30's until final vict- ory in 1945 was a very disting- uished person by the name of Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang be- came the epitomy of the tenac- ious resistance put up by the Chinese against the Japanese invaders and ended up by becoin ing a favorite of the American government. He was helped in his cause by a very charming wife, who carried out a great many duties on behalf of the Chinese Nationalist government. In spite of the support given Chiang by the Americans, it was all too aparent after a cert- ain period of time that this famous leader was also the head of one of the most corrupt of governments. So corrupt was the Nationalist regime in China that when Mao Tse-tung and his communist followers appeard on the scene from the north, they were able to sweep all before them and, in a very short time, Chiang found himself with nothing more than the island of Formosa to call home. The Communists were in charge of the entire mainland. There were quite a few adv- isers to the American govern- ment in the late '4O's who tried to explain Chiang's corr- uption to the State Department but all they got for their efforts was dismissal. Washington simply couldn't •bring itself to believe that their favorite was something less than he appear- ed to be. Any member of the State Department who criticiz- ed him was dismissed; any journ. alist who tried to see anything good in the Communist regime found himself on the outside looking it. One has only to recall the shoddy treatment accorded Edgar Snow, one of the most capable of American journalists and one of the most knowledgeable of the Chinese scene. After his flight to Formosa, now known by the name of Tai- wan, Chiang held to the hope that some day he would be able to return to the mainland in triumph. This was a vain hope. for although the Chinese Nation- Huronview News The Over 90 club met on Wednesday afternoon with 20 members present. William Gov- ier was welcomed to the club and following games of euchre and crokinole, lunch was served by the Waikerburn Club volun- teers from Auburn. The "Family Night" program was provided by Albert Craig, of Bayfield assisted by Mrs. Henderson and Norman Speir of the Home. Albert sang several country and western favourites and led a sing -a -long of request: Mrs. Buchanan thanked the entertainers on behalf of the residents. By the way, we have been attempting to find a more suit- able night in the week for our "Family Night" program and have decided beginning May 1st to change to the Tuesday even- ing. alists on Taiwan had a compet- ent and good-sized army, they were no snatch for the Comm- unists. In addition, what Chiang failed to realize was that the Communists had eradicated, for the most part, the rampant corruption which had been characteristic of the Nationalist regime. For this reason, the people wanted no part of Chiang and any idea of returning to the mainland was hopeless. In spite of this, Washington never did give up its support of the aging Nationalist leader. Even though ex -president Nixon made peace with the Commun- ists in Peking, the Americans continued to support, to a deg- ree, the Nationalist regime on Taiwan. They could, unfortun- ately, not snake up their minds what they wanted to do about it, since Peking was clamoring for the return of the island to the Chinese government. Chiang has finally succumbed to old age, and at 87, died of a heart attack. His will, which was revealed shortly after his death, called on followers to carry out his unfulfilled dream to recapture all of China. The chances are that the opposite will be true for, with Chiang gone, Peking is bound to increas its pressure to have the island returned to the mainland. The Nationalist regime on Taiwan may be something of an anachronism but there is no deny• ing the fact that, economically, the island has been very success- ful and may continue to be able to go it on its own. However, it will never be the same without Chiang Kaf-Shek, although few people outside of some loyal followers on Taiwan will mourn his passing. Banghart, and Co. Chartered Accountants 268 Main St., Exeter ARTHUR W. 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