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ZURICH Citizens NEWS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1956
ZURICH e& I I. NEWS
Published every Wednesday Manning at Zurich, Ontario, for the Police
Village aofZSt'�e Hy ay Township,
Hurone County. part
Printed by Clinton News -Record, Clinton, Ontario
tthorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa
A. L, COLQUHOUN HERB. M. TURKHEIM
Publisher Business Manager
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1958
BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS
WE CAN'T ever remember in our lifetime seeing the Village
(3f Zurich decorated as beautifully as it is this year. Most nearly
every home has lights and wreaths hanging. Nearly all the
business places have their windows looking wonderful with Christ-
mas decorations.
Whether the contest for the best decorated home and business
place has anything to do with the way people have responded
to the request to decorate we do not know, but we certainly
Would like to congratulate the people for the tremendous effort
they have put forth this year.
To those who do not live in Zurich, we welcome you to
fake a drive around the village any evening from now until
Christmas and see how beautiful it looks. Probably by the end
of the week the few homes that are not decorated will be; and
the sight is well worth seeing.
Not only has the decorating fever hit the village, but many
district farms have also taken up the challenge. One district
farmer whom we feel deserves honorable mention is Charles
Rau, who lives north of Drysdale on the Bluewater Highway.
The Christmas scene he has set up on his lawn is, to our way
of thinking, the finest one we have ever seen. It is just too
beautiful to describe, so the best suggestion we can give is for
people to drive up to his farm any night and view the scene
for themselves. We would personally like to congratulate Mr.
Rau for his fine contribution towards building up the spirit of
Christmas in this district.
To those of you who have not done any decorating as yet,
may we encourage you to do so as soon as possible. This
Friday night judges will be in town to make their choice, and
let us show them we have one of the finest little villages in
Ontario. Perhaps in a couple of years we can have a Christmas
attraction here such as that in Lambeth.
WILL IT HELP??
AS YOU WILL probably notice on the front page of this
week's paper, the township council is going to enforce an act
which requires all dogs to be tied up while the rabies threat is
with us.
Personally, we can't see what good -tying up dogs in the
village will do. After today it is quite likely that every dog will
have been vaccinated for rabies. We are given to understand the
biggest carrier of rabies is the fox, and it is very doubtful we
will see any foxes coming down the street in Zurich, although
'it has been reported to have happened in other towns.
At this time of year it is much too cold to tie a dog outside,
so imagine the poor people who live on a main street having to
keep their dog in the house at all times. If the dog wants out
the owners will have to take him out on a leash.
We know there are lots of people who hate dogs and would
like to see them all shot, but we can't possibly see what good
will come out of tying them up. Does this also mean a man
can't take his dog hunting with him? There is an old saying,
"A Dog is Man's Best Friend", and we would like to see this
saying held true.
We will probably be severely criticized for writing this, but
we have a dog of our own, and think an awful lot of him. We
certainly would hate to see him locked up in a house for the
balance of the winter.
DON'T OVERLOOK PRIVATE
ENTERPRISE
SUGAR and SPICE
(By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley)
Wouldn't it be fun to be Santa
Claus just for a day and give ev-
eryone the gifts they really, truly
wanted, regardless of cost or con-
venience?
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What would you do if you had
such a power thrust upon you?
Would you heap your favourite
people with mink coats, Cadillacs
and automatic dishwashers? If
you did, of course, the magic
wouldn't last, and on Christmas
morning, all the fabulous presents
would vanish, just after they'd
been unwrapped. And you'd be as
popular as a socialist in the Senate.
Because, you see, those aren't
the things that people really, truly
want, And the Santa Claus wand
would only work for really, truly
gifts, not just things they'd like
for the sake of vanity or comfort
or prestige.
(Goderich Signal -Star)
THE APPROACH of a new year should mean some time
devoted to reflection. In this respect, a recent address of Stuart
Armour, economic adviser to the Steel Company of Canada,
is well worth cogitation. Every Canadian businessman, said Mr.
Armour, should appoint himself "an evangelist for private enter-
prise" and tell Canadians the real basis for our present high
standard of living.
"Government can provide nothing for one set of petitioners
except at the expense of others who created and sold the products
by which society exists," he pointed out. For this reason he feels
the private enterprise story is not fully realized by the public.
"Unless businessmen can convince people that without private
enterprise personal freedom will perish, I do not feel the bright
projections as to our future in Canada have much chance of
becoming realities," he stated. "It has long been my contention
that since ours is a business society, the businessman occupies a
sort of trustee relationship towards this Canada of ours. If that
is true then, in my view, we have been pretty unfaithful trustees,"
said Mr. Armour.
As a result of public demands against government, Canadians
have largely priced themselves out of foreign markets. "Now
we stand in very real danger of finding ourselves unable to sell
to Canadians," he stated.
Mr. Armour said that Canadian manufacturers contributed
over $204.1 million more income tax in 1.955 than all other
segments of Canadian business combined—that these same manu-
facturers paid most of the $1,028 million in excise taxes and the
$201 million in sales tax collected in 1955.
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A YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE
CITIZENS NEWS
Makes An Appropriate Christmas Gift
,: 4
I know some of the presents I'd
bestow. To childless couples who
wanted children very badly I'd
give not one, but four of the fat-
test, prettiest, pinkest, wettest
babies you ever saw, two boys and
a brace of girls. And I'd throw
in a large bottle of tranquillizers
and a pair of straightjackets.
To all children, I'd grant a set
of parents who would answer all
their questions patiently, read
stories every night at bedtime, go
sliding on the hill with them, play
endless games with them, not
make them eat anything they did-
n't like, hug them when they were
hurt or troubled, love them always,
and whale the tar out of them
when they needed it.
On Christmas morning, I'd pres-
ent to all old people a three -mon-
ths reprieve from all their ail-
ments, aches and pains. I'd give
them a good appetite and a rare
fine set of new teeth to go with it.
I'd give them love and kisses in
large measure from a veritable
host of grandchildren. And I'd
throw in a round-trip'plane ticket
to Florida, paid -in -advance reser-
vations at a posh Miami hotel, and
a fat cheque to let them play the
races, get married again or do
whatever else they wanted, while
they were spending the winter
down there.
To all clergymen, whatever the
colour of their cloth, I'd give a
special Christmas present. They'd
get a church packed to the doors
with people who sang lustily, list-
ened attentively, prayed humbly
gave bounteously, and continued to
do all of these in like measure
during the remainder of the par-
son's tenure.
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All mothers of large families
would get something simple but
acceptable for Christmas. I'd pro-
vide them with families who ap-
preciated all the work they did,
praised their cooking, told them
one in a while they looked nice,
wiped their feet when they came
in, did the dishes frequently and
paid them a little attention ori
other occasions than Mother's Day.
And I'd throw in the full-time ser-
vices of a cracking good house-
keeper, and pay her salary for a
year.
4 *
On Christmas Eve, I would give
all merchants cash registers so
stuffed with currency they could
not close them. And then I'd give
them an irresistible impulse to
take a big hunk of their net profit
and spend it on somebody who
needed it, foreign missions or re-
tarded children or something.
*
What would I leave under the
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Business and Professional Directory
DENTISTS AUCTIONEERS
DR. H. H. COWEN
DENTAL SURGEON
L.A.S., D.D.S.
Main Street Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoon
Phone Exeter 36
DR. J. W. CORBETT
L.D.S., D.D.S.
DENTAL SURGEON
814 Main Street South
Phone 273 — Exeter
Closed Wednesday Afternoons
DOCTORS
Dr. A. W. KLAHSEN
Physician and Surgeon
OFFICE HOURS:
2 p.m. -5 p.m. Monday -Saturday
Except Wednesday
7 p.m. -9 p.m. Monday and Friday
Evenings
ZURICH Phone 51
G. A. WEBB, D.C.*
*Doctor of Chiropractic
438 MAIN STREET, EXETER
X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities
Open Each Weekday Except
Wednesday
Tues. and Thurs. Evenings, 7-9
For Appointmet -- Phone 606
When In Zurich
GET YOUR HAIR CUT AT
EARL OESCH
BARBER SHOP
Open Thursday
and Saturday Nights
Labatt's and Legion
Remember Troops
Via'.
"Canadian Legion Branches
across Canada co-operated with
John Labatt Limited this Christmas
to send playing cards and holiday
greetings to servicemen overseas.
The project was conducted in con-
junction with Labatt's annual gift
of '50' Ale for servicemen's
Christmas dinner overseas. In
seven years almost 600,000 pints
have gone to many foreign lands
where Canadian soldiers and air-
men were on duty. Don Languedoc
(right) who remembers the horrors
of prison camp after capture at
Hong Kong, and Harry Hare, a
prisoner -of -war in the European
theatre, are now both Labatt
employees in the Company's
Montreal Brewery. Here they have
just finished checking over the
stacks of cartons prior to shipment
overseas. Labatt's gift shipment of
beer, with the Legionnaires' play-
ing cards and messages of goodwill
enclosed, will bring a remembrance
of home to men in Europe, Indo
China and Egypt."
ALVIN WALPER
PROVINCIAL
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For your sale, large or small,
courteous and efficient service
at all times.
"Service that Satisfies"
Phone 119 Dashwood
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
WESTLAKE
Funeral Home
AMBULANCE and PORTABLE
OXYGEN SERVICE
Phone 89J or 89W
• ZURICH
HOFFMAN'S
Funeral & Ambulance
Service
OXYGEN EQUIPPED
Ambulances located at Dashwood
Phone 70w
Grand Bend—Phone 20w
Attendants Holders of St. John's
Ambulance Certificates
INSURANCE
For Safety
EVERY FARMER NEEDS
Liability Insurance
For Information About All
Insurances—Cali
BERT KLOPP
Phone 93r1 or 220 Zurich
Representing
CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE
ASSOCIATION
HURON and ERIE
DEBENTURES
CANADA TRUST
CERTIFICATES
4%% for 5 Years
4%2% for 3 and 4 Years
4% for 1 and 2 Years •
J. W. HABERER.
Authorized Representative
Phone 161 — Zurich
LEGAL
W. G. Cochrane, B.A.
BARRISTER and SOLICITOR
NOTARY PUBLIC
Hensall Office Open Wednesday
and Friday Afternoons
EXETER PHONE 14
BELL & LAUGHTON
BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS &
NOTARIES PUBLIC
ELMER D. BELL, Q.C.
C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B.
Zurich Office Tuesday
Afternoon
EXETER Phone 4
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OPTICAL SERVICE
Most Modern in Spectacle Ware
at Special Prices
A. G. HESS
JEWELLER and OPTICIAN