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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-07-16, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH Citizens NEWS ZURICH ed4eifs NEWS Published every Wednesday Morning at Zurich, Ontario, for the Police Village of StZurich, Towisl Township, and Huron County. hern part Printed by Clinton News -Record, Clinton, Ontario Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa A, L. COLQUHOUN HERB. M. TURKHEIM Publisher Business Manager Subscription Rates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies, 5 cents. Subscriptions payable tZurich, Business Ontar o, ortoZurich dist district correspondents. Box 149, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1958 One Hall Year YES, EXACTLY SIX months ago today we published the first edition of the Zurich Citizens News. It hardly seems that long ago since we started, but today's issue is No. 27, the first in the second half of the year. As we think back of the pleasures we have had bringing you this paper in the last half year, we always seem to recall the editorial written by the editor of the Goderich Signal -Star at that time. Many of our readers are new ones since we started this paper, so we are again printing this editorial as it appeared at that time. The kind words written in it by Mr, Ellis will long remain in our memories. When Something is Missing (Goderich Signal -Star, January, 1958) IT'S SURPRISING THE THINGS which are taken for granted and whose real values are only realized when they are no longer available. The Zurich Herald, that village's weekly newspaper, belong- ed to that category. After printing the Zurich Herald for 43 years, Chester L. Smith, the publisher, sold the Herald sub- scription list at the close of 1957 to the Exeter Times -Advocate. Prime reason given for this sale was the breakdown of the press of the Zurich Herald. The Exeter Times -Advocate added that "It was no longer economically feasible for a newspaper to operate in Zurich. So, at the start of 1958, Zurich lost its place as a community with a voice and its news and views became merely a part of a page in the Exeter newspaper. Like "The Man Without a Country," Zurich joined the unfortunate communities without a true newspaper of their own. It became relegated to a cross- roads spot whose life was recorded in several columns of a newspaper published at a distance which also devotes several columns to like communities in its supposed field. After several weeks of this treatment, however, civic pride revolted in Zurich. The citizens of the village and prosperous district realized that something valuable was missing in the com- munity. What they had taken for granted before, they suddenly realized, was something they did not want to be without. They went into action and out of it"came a new weekly newspaper --- The Zurich Citizens News, which made its first appearance last week, Having had a taste of being temporarily deserted, the resi- dents of Zurich and district will no doubt give the community support that is necessary for the operation of a weekly newspaper. It is a show window and voice of a community, Without it, a municipality lacks. •,something which it only fully realizes when it suddenly hasn't one. With the Help of Others IF WE WOULD HAVE TO do all the work that is necessary in bringing you this paper ourselves each week; it is doubtful if we would be able to publish the Citizens News for you, It would seem this is a fitting time to pay special tribute to our many correspondents, our women's page writers, our sports columnist and all others who help in gathering the news each week. Our List is Growing AS YOU WILL RECALL, we started this weekly paper six months ago without a single subscriber. Now, we are quite proud to reveal, we have approximately 800 regular subscribers, (For the summer months we are sending out close to 1100 papers each week.) We are sure you will agree with us that this is a very fine record for so short a time. Patronize Our Advertisers NO DOUBT YOU WILL all realize that it is only through the medium of advertising that a paper such as this is able to fin- ancially carry itself. With this in mind, we would like to encour- age our readers to patronize the merchants who are advertising in this paper. If their business continues to grow as it has in the past, and they are able to keep on advertising as they have been, we are sure we can all combine our efforts to continue bringing this paper to you. Soil and Crop Association Twilight Meeting, July 25, at County Horne One of the thslights of this year's Twiighlight Meeting of the Huron County Sod,) and Crop Im- provement mprovement Association will be Dave Barrie's talk and pictures on his recent visit to Lebannon, representing the Ontario Junvier Farriers at a Conference of Del- egates of young people from many nations held in the Middle East. Dave Barrie i5 a young farmer from No. 7 Galt, where he is as- sociated with his father and bmo- Idher in a very large farming oiper- ation, mainly of registered grain, father is past president of manly organizations of Waterloo County end the farm has been in the Bar- rie• name for severest •generations. The Barrie Farm has been nomdna- ted by American Magazine as a model farm and has been written up in many farm ana gazihies as Well as having Television shows originate tram the house. Dave is a single fellow at the moment, which allows him some freedom .for the many activities with the Ontario Junior Farmers, of which he is immediate Past President. Dave has had many speaking engagements in coimec- tion with hiss • trip and It is arEti c - at,ed that it will) be well worth the effort of attending :the Crop Improvement Twsia+ight Meeting. SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) It's hot. I'm tired, Visitors are ,corning tonight, when I usual- ly write my column. So, by pop- ular demand (of one of my sist- ers) , I'm going to repeat a column I wrote a couple of years ago. After all, ministers don't just crumple up those sermons and throw •them away, you know, after they've been 'de,livered. * * * I'm leaving out a couple of 'paragraphs of the original, be- cause, as I remember, a gal frown Detroit sailed into the office aft- er it appeared and :offered to push any face in. She didn't cool down until I convinced her that I was talking about OTHER wo- men, not the pretty ones. It went .something Ike this. You know, it's pretty tough liv- ing in a tourist town. There you are, slaving away in your office or stare, in the heat, cursing and sweating and trying to kid your- self that the customer is always right, the biggest fallacy anyone has ever -tried to put aortas in the .name of free enterprise. y ' * And there, right outside the window, they go sauntering along: the gals with the lovely brown awns and legs, looking so delicious you could sink a tooth in them; their consorts ambling along, their bare, hairy, but cool :bellies hang- ing out over their shorts. Between them, they .induce reactions from delight toenvy to repulsion. a: a: * But who can resist the kids. So •brown, so firm, so fully packed. Little ,golden bodies, as smooth and round as a speckled trout fresh ,out of the stream. Little sweet faces, smeared with pop- sicle juice, screwed up against the sun. Little sunsuits and dresses, fresh half an hour ago, plastered with dirt and ice cream drips. Theregoes that little, .old, fat lady from Cleveland. I remember her from last year. There isn't any stack in her slacks, but she doesn't give a diddle. She's just in from the cottage, and headed for a happy hour in the, Five and Ten, asking for things they don't harve, +befiore she feels• she's earned .that • double shanana s!A'ait a t ,ilea soda fountain. a: ,. There's that supercilious bthonde with the tan the big .bust, and the yellow Batack convertible, She's driven up and down street eight times, favouring the natives with glances of icy disdain, and tickled to death with the whistles from the boys en the corner. She'll park, eventually, buy some deod- orant at the drug store, and drive back out to the cottage, to take up life again with her bow-legged, bald-headed, middle-aged husband. * * * Coming up the other side of the street are a couple of fellows• from Buffalo, N.Y. They're about 45. They went in for a beer while "the girls" went shopping. Just one beer, mind you, to wash down the dust. They're as merry as a wedding bell. They never drank that potent Canadian ale :before. They think it's the 'exhilarating northern air that makes them feel so good. They had six each. We'll leave them to th:e• tender mercies of "the girls". sandwiches arid will sleep in the car unless they can find a room, with shower and television, for about the same, price they'd pay for sa flop at the Salvation Arany hostel, in Toronto. And that dear old couple corn- ing along, she in dowered print, he •in white shirt and suspenders, is :from Rosetown, Sask. Thety left here 50 years ago. They toiled through the drought. They raised a big fam'i'ly and sometimes there wasn't enough. to eat. But them the good years came along, and a hungry world turned wheat to gold. They're retired now. They came back east for a trip,their that and they're enjoying every minute of it, visiting old friends, and drinking in ,all those wonder- ful trees and that lovely blue water. But ,tihey're• getting home- sick. Dad wants to be home far the harvest, and Mother is :lone- some for the grandchildren. * ' * And ,mita the office walks a re- tired printer fromm Dee-troit. He Looks over the !plant, tells you haw tough times were when he was a printer's devil, then walks out, climbs into his Cadillac and dnives orff to his $18,000 summer hoan:e, where even the mosquitos are i11 at ease. ,: * Despite it all, there's something wonderful about living in a tour- ist town. Nothing, for exarpl'e, pleases me more than to have some lucky bum, on a month's holiday, eonee in and ask me how to get toLittle Pine Tree harbour, or Whiskey Island. With a great show of knowledge and authority, I give him directions that are go- ing to wind him nalp in a big swamp, on a one-way road, with quicksand on both sides, and rat- tPesnakes just a-ratYtlin' around him. WEDNESDAY, JULY l6, '1958 l We Have Suffered! "We have suffered too lorng un- der ,tike A,et. Enforcement sof the provisions of the Act has ,beeorne virtually rimpossi ble." We quote from a brief recently presented sto our Huron County Council by two ,private citizen They demanded that through the County Council ,our County be .placed on record as protesting the Canada Temperance Act. Who have suffered? Not abstain- ers, naturally. Not law-abiding moderate drinnlcers. They can le - gully have liquor :brought into their homes: Eby common carrier. Not most of our lrowly. :families. Our County record of broken homes, unmarried mothers, and destitution in general, is fair be- low that of legallnquor-outlet counties. Who have suffered? Legal liquer vendors, for we have no legal li- quor outlets in Huron. Bootleggers'. Yes, our Act has teeth. One ho- tel keelper has had ;three eonvk- tions for "keeping for sale", and has •two other •changes pending. One bottle club proprietor not long since spent four months' in jai'. Our' Crown Attorney in Huron takes ,action without fear or fa- vour when sinfraetions of the law are reported to him. Few com- mend our aunty Council for its action in defeating .this move. Huron County Temperance Federation WHY DO ALL THAT WRITING? When A Rubber Stamp will do it faster, easier, and who knows? may- be neater, too. Order one at the Zurich Citizens News Delivery, Within 10 days. Business and Professional ' iF ireeter y AUCTIONEERS 1 INSURANCE ALVIN WALPER I PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. "Service that Satisfies" Phone 119 Dashwood LEGAL BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS & NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon EXETER Phone 4 G. DOCTORS A. WEBB, O.C.* *Doctor of Chiropractic 438 MAIN STREET, EXETER X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities Open Each Weekday Except Wednesday Tues. and Thurs. Evenings, 7-9 That couple sitting in the car For Appointmet -- Phone 606 is from Toronto, Ont. You can tell by the suspicious )oaks they wear. They're not going to be fleeced in ane of these tourist towns. No sirree. They've ,brought their own EVENTIDE AND ROCK of AGES MEM MALS INQUIRIES ARE INVITED T. PRYDE and SON EXETER. 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