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Zurich Citizens News, 1958-03-05, Page 1Rip CRIPPIEO MUM No. 8-12 Pages ZURICH, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1958 Hay Council Calls Gravel Tenders, Plans For Warble Fly Control Third reading of By -Law No. 2, ` Edward Schroeder's application for expenditures of $40,000, was for Warble Fly Control Inspector passed by Township Council at its vas accepted. William Watson re - regular meeting on Monday. Of ceived the job of spraying cattle this amount $32,000 is for road in Hay Township. A new amend - maintenance and $8,000 is for ment of the Warble Fly Act as road construction. set down by the Department of Council agreed to call for gravel Agriculture, states that any cattle tenders, asking for 11,000 cubic that have no grub will not have yards of crushed stone, 5,000 to' tobe sprayed. While' this cuts be put on township roads in May down on the amount of powder and the other 6,000 in September. used, it also increases the need A grant of $20 was made to the for •closer inspection. 'This" year Dashwood Public Library. 'the work will start ten days later The tender of Tieman's Hard- than previous years. commencing ware, Dashwood, to supply 600 'on April 10 and finishing on April bags of cement was accepted. 31. Should Assist "Low Income Farmers" Decides Par Line For m Members (By Mrs. G. Coleman) Parr Line Farm Forum met Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard. Adkins with 14 adults present. The subject for discussion was the "Low Income Farmer". Agr- cult•ural policies have been design- ed mainly to assist all farmers. Is there a special problem of the "low income farmer," and should specific policies be developed to help hire? The low income farm- er Lacks capital; if capital were available at low interest rate it would be helpful for him to bet:- ter et-ter himself. "We have to pay too high a price for what we buy. if we got a better price for what we sold, the low income farmer would become more independent." If farmers would organize and stand behind their organizations it would help their income to in- crease. "We believe it best to leave him on the farm." This forum believes the farmers must organize at least 85 percent. Winners in euchre were Mrs. Reichert, Mrs. Geyer, Mrs. Robin- son and John Soldan. Lunch was served by the hostess and ladies, The next meeting will be held at i the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith 'Love. Investiture of New Highlight Meeting If a boy is sad and falters along, And you cheer him up and give him a song, That's Boy Scouting. If the day is dark and nothing seems right, And a Scout smiles and makes everything right, That's Boy Scouting. For easing your best for your fel- low man, That's Boy Scouting. On February 26 the first Zur- ich Boy Scouts held their regu- lar meeting, The Scouts were placed in a horseshoe formation. Robert Prang raised the Union Jack, the troop was placed in or- der, and inspection held. Shoes and hands were good, but unifor- ms were poor, for few wore them. A game was played, called "Roos - ,ter Fight" which was won by Howard Lawrence. A discussion on "How to Han- dle an Axe., ..and a few pointers on survival in the bush were giv- en and the buys discttssed pos- sibilities of forming a Lone Patrol. Plans were made for a weekend camping trip in March. It was also suggested that a paper drive (By Pat O'Brien, ASM) Boy Scouts Will of Local Troop be held in the near future. Next week at Scout meeting there will be investing of new Scouts in, the troop. A Boy Scout Investiture is a great honour for me to perform, � for it pleases me to hear and wat- I ch the boy when saying and prom- ising the Scout Oath, which is: "On my honour I promise to do my best, to do my duty to God and the Queers, to help other peo- ple at all times and to obey the Scout Law." Good Scouting. The Hay Township Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company held their annual meeting in the Zurich Town Hall last Monday afternoon. The directors for the coming year. are, left to right: Maxim Turnbull, Harvey Taylor, Edward Hendrick, Ezra Webb, Reginald Black, secretary; Fred Haberer, president; William Love, vice-president; Otto Willert, Reinhold Miller and Albert Keyes. (Staff Photo) E. Finlay Describes Modern Japan, EYF Learns of Progress There 1. LATE SPORTS Midgets Meet Tara In WOAA Finals The first game of the WOAA Midget D finals be- tween Zurich Lions Midgets and Tara will be played in Tara on Wednesday night. The second game will be played back in Zurich on eith- er Friday or Saturday night. This will be a best two -out -of - three series, with the winner advancing to the OMHA fin- als. "DORM L' oR s 99Means Aid to Fellow Man District Deputy Governor Bev. Robb, Ilderton, paid his official visit to the Zurich Lions Club at their regular dinner meeting on Monday night. In addressing the club, Mr. Robb spoke of friend- ship and aid to fellow men in connection with Lionism. He gave as an example a recent fire which struck his place of business in Ilderton, and told of how 150 local residents came the next morning to clean up the debris. Mr. Robb spoke of the propos- ed new children's playground in Zurich, and stressed the fact Lions. should do more to help look after all children, instead of devoting everything to events that are more ;or less spectacular. Deputy -Governor Robb was in- troduced by International Couns- ellor Victor Dinnin, and thanked by Lion Russel Grainger. He also presented membership pins to Don- ald Oke, Morris Webb and Louis' Schilbe, who have all been accept,, Tfi E.Y.F. of Emmanuel E.B.U. ion of the home. But things have..ed• as fnembers:,o tI3e ,e1 Church, met on. Tuesday, : Feb- changed now. Ail women have the' 'Atte ,'Attending the meeting -1 'with ruar :..'25 . with Miss"Flt abeth. ` . g -Gxovernor .•Robb" were :Bill W. 11ii0; ystent 'to "vote. Tip' ere are `'a num- r n Tom HuThes Finlay actingas chairlad y.' After Frank Rosser a. d , F y y two hymns, Miss ,Norma Geiger read the Scripture. Everyone prayed the Lord's Prayer. Robert Manson read the poem, "My Christian heritage." A ladies' quartette, composed of the Misses Joy and Grace Erb, Edith and Rebecca Steckle, sang, "The Lord is King." Marwin Mc- Adams gave a reading, "The Ten Commandments of Good Will." was announced that the self de- He hoped that with the possrbilrty a new leader the band which Miss Elizabeth. Finlay pres- tore Easter, could be reorganized. ented the topic on, "The Shadow of the Bamboo Cross in Japan." ber ef. women •na the Diet. all members of the Ilderton Lions "The old marriage systerh is Club. Miss Helen Grainger fav= breaking down.' Nowadays, young cured the Lions with several vocal " people prefer to. choose their own selections. mates.' ' 1 Lion Earl Weido spoke to the The ladies' -quartette sang, Club on the band situation. He "Speak, Lord, in the Stillness." reputed that the leader had quit, The president, Miss Donna Oesch, due to only a small turnout, and took charge of the business. Miss that two or three of the Lions Mary Geiger read the minutes. It owned instruments were missing. A song service was held after nial offering would be taken bei of securing "Japan surrendered on August 14, 1945, and the American sold- iers landed in Japan. It wasn't soldiers were on the best of tennis. long until the children and Vie It wasn't long before all fear van- ished. "Many of the soldiers were of great help after the end of the war. They helped the Japanese in their meetings; built churches I for them, and gave thousands of dollars for the support of the , many orphans. "The Japanese people feel very strongly about the use of the hydrogen bomb. When America dropped the bomb at Bikini, a number of fishermen were affec- ted. Fish caught at the time were confiscated "There is a communist move- ment in Japan. They have two members in the lower house. They do not make much headway among the farriers, for the farm- ers of Japan are very conserva- tive, bub they are active among students and industrial workers. Only a minority of students are communists, but they are very ag- gressive. `There is a race problem in Japan. There are 600,000 Kor- eans there, and they do not al- ways receive equal treatment, Then there are about three mil- lion social outcasts, called Eta. No Japanese will marry a girl from the Eta class, if he knows about it, The Americans have sent the largest number of mis- sionaries to Japan. They teach the Japanese to love their neigh- bours. "A new spirit of freedom has come among the people. This is especially true in regard to wo- men. Formerly a woman had to be obedient to her father, after marriage to her husband, and af- Her place was within the seclus- STUDY GROUP MEETS A Bible Study Course was en- joyed by various age groups last Wednesday evening at the Zurich Mennonite Church. This was the first in a series of ten lessons on various "Methods of Bible Study", conducted by the pastor. The course is designed to aid 4)hristians in their use and un- derstanding of the Bible. Personal study is encouraged. Methods of study and interpretation are ex- amined. Following the course the group joined in • a fellowship of prayer. Everyone is welcome to attend and share in these studies. Bayfield Area Couple Celebrate Golden 1' edding Day At Home Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell, Stanley Township, celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary quietly at their home on February 26. Mrs. Campbell was the former Florence Turner, daughter of the late Robert Turner and Elizabeth Madge. Married in Berlin, now Kitch- ener, the couple were attended by the groom's sister and brother-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kamp - mann, Kitchener. When they were married, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell travelled via train to Kippen and by sleigh to the farm on which they still re- side. Mr. Campbell recalls that the day before they returned the roads were impassable and there was a terrible blizzard. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have one daughter Mary, Mrs. Carl Barber, Hamilton, and two grand- sons, Robert and Wayne Barber. Many lovely gifts and surds were received by the happy couple.