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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-08-20, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH ed4eas NEWS Published Villa e off Zuriichs Haay Township, d Morning at then Southern pfor aPolice rt of Stanley Township, in Huron County, 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 to Business Manager, Zurich Citizens News, Box 149, Zurich, Ontario, or to district correspondents. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1958 Too Much Tali. — Not Enough Action QUITE OFTEN, while on the course of duty in the news- paper field, one attends meetings of various organizations, and goes home with a disgusted feeling. All too often important matters are brought up on which immediate action should be taken. But what happens? A group will sit and talk for hours about such a subject, but when it is all over nothing in the way of definite action will be taken. We can't expect to accomplish anything if nothing is done in the way of effort to accomplish our goal. Recently the Chamber of Commerce (of which we are a member) met and discussed various projects. When the meet- ing ended there had been nothing definite done about trying to reach a goal on any matter. We are not blaming any one individual, but we are all equally responsible. If we did less talking and took more action we might accomplish something. For months the new Community Park in Zurich has been under discussion. But that is as far as it has ever gone. Every organization that meets discusses the situation, but up until now no action has ever been taken towards buying the property on which options were placed last spring. There is an old saying, "Action speaks louder than words." Is it not time we practice this and see if we can't get some- thing done? Boys and Bicycles (WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES) SO M ET I MES WE wonder at the blind faith parents have in their offspring. This town is crawling with pint-sized bicycle riders who have, apparently never heard anything whatsoever about traffic rules, much less the danger of ending their short lives under the wheels of a car. The truth of the matter is that there is urgent need of some sort of regulation to set a minimum age limit for bicycle riders. Many of the smaller children whose indulgent fathers have provided them with two -wheeled transportation, are simply not old enough to be out in traffic. They are far too im- mature to know the rules of the road. Of course, when one of these small fry gets himself mixed up with a car or truck, the driver's ability and caution are immediately called into question. He may even be in danger of facing serious charges under the law, a threat which hangs over neither the juvenile rider nor the father who bought him a vehicle three or four years too soon. In line with the traffic safety program which was carried out in Wingham last spring by local and provincial police, there has been a Suggestion that a course of'treining for bicycle riders should be inaugurated, at which traffic regulations, rules of the road, care, courtesy and common sense would constitute the studies. Cyclists could then be examined for their knowledge of traffic and its hazards and if found competent, a license could be issued. Ideally, those who failed to pass the test would be prohibited from operating bicycles until such a test was successfully com- pleted. A local by-law would be needed to give the regulations some force, but that would not be out of the question either. This whole plan 'may seem a little rough on the poor wee lad who loves to galavant all over the place on his bike, but it's much better to have him disappointed than dead. Poor Old Moon (THE GRENFELL (Sask.) SUN) WORSHIPPED FOR centuries by some cults, thanked by lovers through the ages and very much a part of our lives through its influence over such things as tides and warfare, the poor old moon has a new function -- a testing ground for man's technical ambitions. Both the United States and Russia are working feverishly on projects designed to send vehicles to the moon. The former country is planning to spend some 60 million on a half dozen projectiles and rushing work ahead as the latter group are reported steadying their first vehicle at a Caspian launching site. Flying saucer experts would have us believe that the earth has been regularly visited by machines from outer space. Though the technical advances made here since the last war seem stag- gering to us, they must indeed seem puny efforts to members of the superior civilization reported to be sending the saucers into our atmosphere. Indeed, it makes one wonder justhow far we can reach out before we get our wrists slapped. D is nes Mou sOUP or JUICE. YouFq e°d' Chicken Southern or Steak. Choice T -Bone 5 vegetables Potatoes and Vegetables PieHome-M • r Tea Coffee, Milk�,„� Dominion Hotel Specializing in SUNDAY DINNERS --4.00 to 7.30 p.m. Dining Room Closed Every Tuesday Evening PHONE 70 ZURICH You Are a Stranger But Once ZURICH Citizens NEWS S GAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) Next week we take our holidays. Big deal. A whole week. Person- ally, my idea of a real holiday would be to come down and hang around the ief five all week, hug- ging the beautiful, inner know- ledge that there was no paper to publish on Thursday. * ,n * But my solicitous family will have no part of anything as simple as that. The best is none too good for dear old Dad. My wife is determined that I'an going to get away from it all and get rid of all sny tension and junk like that. I'm going to have a real holiday. "You've been working hard in that heat all summer", she says. "Now don't you worry about the kids and me. We've been an holi- days since school stopped. You never get a break. This year, you plan to do just whatever you want to." *: * * "Yes, poor old Daddy," says Kim. "We go swimming nearly every day, and he has to work." And Hugh chimes in with his symipathetic: "Yeah, Dad, you sure work a lot, don't you? You hardly ever have time for any fun. Why don't you have a really good holi- day'?" * •k. * This used to touch me deeply. "How thoughtful they are," I would think, "how sweet." The tears would well up in my eyes and I'd get a big lump in my throat as I realized how lucky I was to have this unselfish, lov- ing trio for a family. That was the first couple of times they went into this song - and -dance. Now I just emit a laud, resonant snort and snarl: "Sure! Sure! Poor old Dad. I hope you've old got your lists drawn up of all the places you want me to take you on MY holidays." • * I burn with shame when I re- collect what a wide-eyed innoc- ent 1 was the first time my wife pulled :that `you do whatever you waniter all It's YOUR: holiday" routine. I took her literally. I made plans to fish, golf, lie ar- ound and read a Little, and do a lot of eating and drinking I normally haven't time to enjoy. * ' ,, "Well", she began with ominous • calm, as I revealed these crazy ideas, "if you want to be an ab- solute selfish pig and run around enjoying yourself and leave me stuck here with th:e kids who haven't given me a minutes peace all summer, why go right ahead. Go right ahead." 'F * That year, I recall, I had a dan- dy holiday, taking the kids on jolly outings, ,gett.ing their meals and looking all over town for thein to get them to bed, while their mo- ther spent a few days in th:e city, roughing it at the Royal York. Next year, when I got the "poor old Dad working so hard" waltz, before holidays, I was a little cag- ier. I asked the Old Girl where she wanted to go this yes.r. "No- where at all", she said. "All I want :is for you to have a good rest and enjoy yourself." So I planned a week's fishing trip, with some friends, about 180 miles from home and loved ones. The day before I was to go, both brats developed runny noses and slight ,fevers. That was in the days before Salk vaccine, and it was made quite clear to me that if I went, I wouldn't even be home for the :funeral, when they both died of polio. little devils were in bed for one day and up the next, fully recov- Bred. To make up far the hard- ships they'd been through, Dad was delegated to take them to the Ex. Have you ever spent your holidays trudging around the CNE grounds in the heat, being pulled simultaneously in opposite direct- ions by a kid on each arm? * * ,, Where was Moan? Well, it just happened that an old friend of hers was spending that week at a swanky resort, and wanted com- pany, so Mom was sitting around in a brand new $18 bathimlg suit beside the pool of a posh summer hotel, thinking how nice it was for Dad to havea chance to really "get to :know the Children" on his holidays. 0 The Mail Bag Dear Herb: Ever since I got the first samp- le copy of the new paper I have wanted to subscribe to it, but at that time our plans were so un- settled I decided to wait until we knew just where we were go- ing to be. We bought a Launderette at this address and moved up here to Mild Valley, which is 12 Mikes north of San Francisco. It is :going to be a real pleas- ure to get the news of the old home town every week. Best wishes to you and one else around Zurich. Sincerely, "Buddy", K. A. Routledge. 266 E. B9i.thedale' Ave., Mill Valley, California. So the trip was cancelled. The )\\\ 11 A e ate coalo every - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1958 Neighbours Hold Bridal Shower At Overholt Home A miscellaneous shower was held last Saturday night at the home of Mrs. Dentis Overholt, izi honour of Mies Annette Ducharme+. Games of bingo and other cont- ests were enjoyed. Annette was then seated in a beautiful decorat- ed chair and ,gilfts were presented to her. Yvonne Ducharme, sister of the bride-to-be, assisted in op- ening the many useful gifts. Annette thanked the host, Mips. Overholt, and all the guests far the lovely gifts and the wonder- ful evening, after which a delic- ious lunch was served. PIANO -TUNING and REPAIRING Ali. Denomm.e R.R. 2, Zurich, ph. 95r12 EVENTIDE AND ROCK of AGES MEMORIALS INQUIRIES ARE INVITED T. PRYDE and S EXETER Clinton ITU 2-6606 Phone 41 Seaforth 573 FOR DEPENDABLE HEAT All Winter Long Call LORNE E. 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