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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-12-17, Page 2PAi,GE TWO 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 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, 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? a: 4 4 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. ACeo sauaarODMnerCCUEMAIVOM/o t '44-44K- . mI -MMM 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. a: * 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 (Continued on Page Five) 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 .e... -t OPTICAL SERVICE Most Modern in Spectacle Ware at Special Prices A. G. HESS JEWELLER and OPTICIAN