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ZURICH Citizens SEWS
WEDNESDAY, ,F4E!BaUAR'4i' 19,1958
ZURICH edpiena NEWS
Published every Wednesday Morning at Zurich, Ontario., for the Police
Village of Zurich, Hay Township, and the Southern part
of Stanley Township, in Huron County.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1958
Let The "Kids" Skate
The Chamber of Commerce recently discussed a worthwhile
subject, free skating for children in the arena during the day-
time. This year as in past years, all children must pay to
skate in the afternoon as well as evenings.
Other arenas in the area allow free skating, especially on
Saturday afternoons. We agree with members of the Cham-
ber
hamber who feel if the arena board allows free skating it would
help promote business in the community as parents would
bring their children and do their shopping in town while the
kids skate,
We agree with the Chamber of Commerce that there should
be free skating for all children in the daytime. In a family
with five or six children if each one has to pay 15 or 25
cents it can be quite a costly affair for the parents.
Actually, al'l'owing this free skating won't cost the Arena
very much, so why not open it up and let the kids skate free?
The building is: a community affair and was built primarily
for the recreation of the children.
What About The Centennial Money?
A question we are hearing every day is, "What are they
going to do with the' $3,500 profit from the Centennial?"
Two years have passed since this event was held, and we
understand the money is just sitting in a current bank ac-
count, not even drawing interest.
Some suggest the money should be invested in the main-
tenance of the arena. We cannot agree with this suggestion
entirely, because we feel there is a definite need for a child-
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hildren's playground in Zurich. Why couldn't the Lions Club
and Chamber of Commerce combine their efforts towards such
a project?
The Fair Board wants to move the fair to the land next
to the Arena. With their co-operation, planning could go
forward to include a playground area. Already the Lions
have done some preparatory work on that site. The Cham-
ber is willing to help.
Why not get the ball rolling?
Why not a public meeting—called to see 'If the money could
be transferred --and be put to use in this new community
endeavour by the combined organization in the village.
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The Annual Banquet of the HENSALL DISTRICT
CO-OPERATIVE has been postponed until Tuesday,
March 4, 1958. More particulars in next week's paper.
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SUGAR and SPICE
(By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley)
Watching television is all right,
I daresay; a first-rate movie mak-
es an enjoyable night out; and
for real pleasure, it's hard to
beat a good book. But for sheer
emotional wallop, of an evening,
there's nothing to touch cleaning
out a bureau drawer.
About every two years, we have
one of these orgies at our house.
It usually starts when my wife is
looking for something important.
Like the pattern for the dress she
began making one winter. Or the
cherished clipping in which it stat-
es that she came first in Grade 6,
once upon a time.
* *
She starts rooting around and
cussing mildly in our documents
drawer — a big dresser drawer
crammed with old love letters, re-
ceipts, lapsed insurance policies,
recipes for dial pickles, member-
ship cards for the year 1953, sing-
le earrings of every design, news-
paper clippings, odd shoelaces, and
photographs —hundreds of them
Pretty soon I hear yelps of dis-
many, snorts of outrage, and chor-
tles of amusement. Grumbling, I
join her, ostensibly to make sure -
she doesn't throw out some of my
important keepsakes, like my Ger-
man compass that doesn't work,
but in reality to find out what all
the fun is about.
For approximately 80 seconds,
we work systematically, sorting
the junk into piles, to be discard-
ed or saved. Then I catch her
trying to throw out a perfecly
good. picture of a .girl called Wen-
dy, a corporal in the WAAF,
whom I used to know. She retal-
iates by pointing out the fellow in
the class picture who was crazy
about her. .A. most undistinguish-
ed -looking adolescent, - in my im-
partial point of view.
1: * *
From there on it's every man
for himself, and within a few min-
utes, we have about twelve dif-
ferent piles of stuff around us.
"You don't want this old junk, do
you?” she sniffs, holding up a
dance program, year 1939, with
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spent an average of $1,215 in fees,
living and other expenses during
the 1956-1957 college year.
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the name of a girl called Sylvia
written in every second space
"Oh, don't I though!" I retort
snatching it and putting it care-
fully on a special pile, though I
can't even remember Sylvia's last
name, let alone what she looks
like.
* * *
"Why don't you throw those
mouldy old letters out?" I sug-
gest, as she sits there, a big bun-
dle of them in her hand, gazing
dreamily at the wall. "'Wouldn't
you just lave me to!" she taunts,
opening one and reading me a
nauseating passage from some
love-sick jerk who signs himself,
with unbelievable corn: '" . .
your lonesome, loving George."
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Then we get looking at pictures
of the kids, when they were little,
and are torn between tears and
laughter. We linger aver one of
them, in swimming in their bare
bottoms, fat dimpled infants, and
our thoughts go with awe to the
two great, rowdy school children
in bed at the moment, exhausted
from chasing and pummeling each
other, upstairs and down, for a
solid hour before bedtime.
* * *
And we find a snap of oursel-
ves, on our honeymoon. We look
at it, look at each other, and
shake our heads in disbelief, and
sorrow. "Never mind dear," she
reassures, "you look much more
intellectuall with a higher fore-
head." And gallantly I reply: "You
certainly have a lot more char-
acter in your face now."
*
Somehow this doesn't hit quite
the right note, and there is a little
frost in. the air as we go on sort-
ing. Soon we're absorbed again.
She is reading with intense ad-
miration an. old English essay for
which she received a mark of A-
plus. I am contemplating wistfully
a ten -year-old snap of myself in
which I had a vast fighter -pilot's
handlebar moustache, and an evil
glint in my eye.
Two hours later we are still at
at it. It would go on all night,
but invariably she hoots with glee:
"Oh, brother! listen to this!" and
reads, with infuriating elocution,
a purple passage from one of my
old love -letters to her. I get a
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cold chill down my spine, a red
face, and brusquely mutter some-
thing about getting "this blasted
mess cleaned up, I've got work to
do."
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We fill a large carton with dis-
cardable stuff. We look at all the
little piles we've sorted so care-
fully. We look for string to tie
them into separate bundles. No
string. We look for paper bags to
bag thein. separately. - No bags.
So we throw everything back in
the drawer. And invariably there
is more than we started with,
and we can scarcely get is shut
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HENSALL MAN N .INJURED
WORKING AN BUSH
Stewart Bell„. Hensall, while
working in his bush with a tract-
or felling trees, was struck on the
head with a falling limb. He re-
ceived medical attention at the
office of Dr. J. C. Goddard and
several stitches were required to
close the wound.
Provincial Youth
"The spot -light performance for
the month of December was the
Provincial Youth Conference on
the alcohol problem. We feel
that we have now discovered a
gold mine, and we have staked our
claim.
We quote the Executive Secre-
tary of the Ontario Temperance
Federation, under whose auspices
the Conference was held.
The gathering was an outstand-
ing success. It was hoped that at
least 60 youth would enroll for the
four-day conference, held during
the Christmas holidays. Actually
91 attended. These were from 59
different municipalities represent-
ing 77 high schools and callegiates.
There were 56 boys and 35 girls.
In all 14 different denominations
were represented.
The results are already appear-
ing. A council of 10 was formed
during the sessions, chosen by the
delegates at large. Numerous
school assemblies are being ad-
dressed by students who attended
the Conference. Youth groups are
being set up in schools for study
and discussion. One girl wrote
in appreciation of the Conference,
"I certainly enjoyed it. I have
learned a great deal about pro-
blems and I am certain now that
I shall never drink."
This group is our challenge. It
has a tremendous potential.
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