HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-02-05, Page 5"WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1958
ZURICH Citizens NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kalbfleiseh, Zurich were honoured on
their golden wedding anniversary when friends and neighbours
held a dinner for them at the Dominion Hotel. (Staff Photo)
OWL SPONSORING EUCHRE
PARTY FEBRUARY 11.
The Catholic Women's League
-of St. Boniface Church in Zurich
"wilI sponsor a euchre party in the
town hall on February 11. At this
time there will be a draw for a
,quilt and money apron. Free lun-
ch will be served to everyone
present.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER IN
MENNONITE CHURCH
World Day of Prayer will be
observed in the Zurich Mennonite
Church on Friday February 21
for all the protestant churches in
Zurich.
T e
:Seedie-Poi
(Mrs. Norma Seibert, B.A., Wo-
man's page Editor)
We hope through this column
to acquaint you from time to time
with some of our New Canadian
citizens and their homeland. We
feel, were you to know them bet-
ter, you would realize they have
much to give their new country.
The Dal Belles come from nor-
thern Italy near Venice. Mrs. Dal
Bello did not take the general
course, after leaving public school,
but specialized for five years in
sewing. She graduated, having
obtained a 'diploma to teach sew-
ing. She is an excellent seams-
tress, capable of makinganything
from a fur coat to a m.an's suit.
Mr. Dal Bello, after an appren-
ticeshiP of three years, owned his
own shoe shop in Italy. While
most of the work was repairing
shoes, he also made ,,,shoes by
hand, far his richer clientele. He
hopes to own a similar shop some-
time in his new country. He has
worked for the past three years
at Kalbfleisch Mills.
Italy
(By Mrs. Lorenzo Dal Bello)
In order to understand my nat-
ive Italy better, you must know
that although Italy is only one
quarter the size of Ontario, it is
the home of 47,000,000 people.
PAGE FIVE
As you would expect, the farms
are much smaller than in Canada
and every inch of ground must be
cultivated. You find no broad
lawns around our farm houses.
There is a yard, but it is used. for
growing grapes. The average
farm is from ten to 12 acres, but
this does not necessarily have to
be in one piece. It may be scat-
tered. in two or even three places.
EVery farmer grows grapes.
These are planted in rows about
15 feet apart. The vines run
along wires sometimes 300 feet or
so from the base. These wires are
supported by small maple shoats,
as the weight is very great
by the time they are harvested.
The blanches are gathered In Sep-
tember and put in large wooden
vats where they are tramped until
the juice comes out. Since the
war, many, farmers are using
presses to extract the juice. This
juice is kept in a wooden barrel
until Christmas, when it is ready
to drink.
Every farmer has his own cow,
one or two pigs and chickens.
These he raises for his own use.
If he has a surplus of eggs, he
takes them to town to trade for
necessities. His surplus milk is
taken to a co-operative cheese
factory, where it is made into a
mild type of cheese, so necessary
in producing our national dish—
spaghetti.
Until recently, the farmer used
his cow to pull his plough. Now,
however in most areas, some far-
mers owns a tractor and does cus-
tom ploughing for al lthe farmers
FOOD VALUES
Specials --® Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Bick's Sweet Mixed Pickles 15 oz. jar 25c
Campbell's Tomato Soup 3-10 oz. tins 35c
Weston's Saltines 1Lb. Box 33c
49c
Nestle's Quick 7c OFF — Lb. Tin
Crown Brand Syrup 2 Lb. Tin
Kraft Dinner 2 pkgs.
Kraft Cheese Whiz 16 oz. jar
Cookies, Assorted 3 pkgs. for
Peanut Butter 16 oz. jar for
Kist Ginger Ale 2 Large Bottles for
1-IOFFMAN'S
B
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Mets
GINA
LB. 29c
BACON SLICED . . LB. 59c
Boneless Blade tRoasts LB. 59c
SUPERIOR FOOD MARKET
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31c
31c
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Fruits — Vegetables
GRAPEFRUIT 9 voR 49c..
ORANGES 2 Doz. FOR 79c
APPLES6 QT. BASKET 69c
SERVING ZURICH AND DISIRICT
WITH LOW, LOW PRICES!
Open Every Day
Friday and Saturday Evenings
around.
Since the animals are not al-
lowed to run loose, no fences are
necessary except to mark the
boundary of the farms. These are
made by planting maple trees a
,foot or so apart. After they ahve
grown for two or three years and
become about three inches in dia-
meter, they are cut off about one
foot from the ground. As wood is
scarce, these branches are used as
support for the grape vines.
The small stumps that are left
gradually grow in sire making a
permanent fence and the shoots
which spring out each year, keep
us in grape vine supports as well
as wood. Many of• the flowers
and birds you have here,' remind
me of home. The Swallow, the
red-headed woodpecker, the robin
are all seen in Italy. Although
the song is the same, our robin is
pure black with a yellow bill.
Perhaps you will wonder how
ten acres can grow enough to
support a family. The soil is rich
there and the season is longer.
We are cutting our first new let-
tuce at Easter time. The first
crop is sown in the fall, and is, I
believe, the weed you call, wild
mustard. This is cut about Eas-
ter time and is used to feed the
cows. The yellow flowers dye our
Easter eggs a fine yellow. The
first crop is then planted and har-
vested in time to plant a second
crop, probably corn.
There are no horses on, the far-
ms. They are sometimes used to
pull carriages, but for them one
must have a licence as for an aut-
omobile. The houses are made of
bricks, and there, as here, are be -
corning mostly ranch type rather
than two -Story. The barns are
similar to those here, but are
made from cement blocks. Even
the farm houses, however, are so
close together as to give the' im-
pression of a continuous village.
Almost everyone has hydro, al-
though telephones are more scar-
ce.
As in many European countries
the bicycle or motorcycle is much
more numerous than the motor
car. The latter are of the smal-
ler models.
The currency used there is the
lira. One cent is equal to six lira.
Recently education has been
free and compulsory to the age
df eighteen. People are usually
encouraged to specialize should
they show any special ability or
liking for a certain subject.
The government is a republic
under the president G. Gronchi.
It is more difficult to keep a
peaceful feeling throughout . the
country there, than in Canada.
The reason for this may be that
here the •common language is En-
glish. In Italy each little com-
munity has its own dialect. There
is the tendency to forin together
into little states or provinces.
In Northern Italy there is us-
ually a small amount of snow and
the weather gets about as cold as
here. However the winters are
shorter. Along the western coast,
particularly around Naples and
south of this city, the climate is
mild, much like that of Florida.
Here we find many famous tourist
resorts.
My husband and I have enjoyed
telling you about our native land.
We are pleased to be able to con-
tribute something to the new
Citizens News since we hope to be
Zurich citizens for many years to
come.
* 8'
Sayings of Our junior Citizens
Donnie Oesch dropped in this
week to play with my daughter
Paula. I was called upon once
to re-equip the nurses kit a pro-
cedure which is necessary each
time it is used. Having supplied
the necessary ,"freshie" medicine
and raisin and wintergreen candy
pills I settled down to sew.
Soon Paula was groaning in
lively 'fashion, holding the gener-
al region of her stomach and beg-
ging the doctor to hurry. Donnie
hastened forward, bag in hand,
with a very professional air and
and all seemed to be going well.
Soon, however, the groans chang-
ed to shrill shouts of protest
from the patient. I looked over
to see in amazement "Dr." Oesch
pouring himself liberal drafts of
medicine and consuming handfuls
of pills, The patient recovered
with suprising speed and the bout
which followed needed a referee
in quick order. I smoothed over
the situation by suggesting a
.change of doctor. Soon Donnie
was doing the groaning while 'Dr.'
Seibert hovered over him, saying
soothingly, "There, there. Don't
worry. In a minute I'll give you
some pneumonia."
HassOmething like this happen-
ed in your home lately? Tell us
about it so we can laugh too.