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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-01-21, Page 9WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1959 OilbinalikommoliammomalpilimiliMilmosanlimarmilimplafialipmalariummixemaialampial ZURICH Citizens NEVUS Miosicalloplotsaluelloulswasioialll PAGE NINE The Needle -Point (MRS. NORMA SIEBERT, "All it takes to snake a success- ful farmer is faith, hope and ,parity." Now is the time of year when urban folk with a somewhat blur- red picture of farm -life, think of the farmer as spending his winter hours, for the most part, seated in front of a blazing stove smok- ing his pipe. Farmers themselves will tell you that baby-sitting a herd of cows and pigs is no part-time job. It is in fact more work than when they are actually on the land. Probably there will always be arguments one way or the other about who has the easier life, the farmer or the city -dweller. I feel that for the most part, all such arguments are losing their edge, and that there is a much better understanding between the two groups. We can give a good share of the credit for this better feeling to the farm organizations, such as the 4-H Clubs and the Farm For- ums. What .is the .Farm Forum? During the depression years and as the war clouds began to roll up in the late 30's, the farmer be- gan to feel the need to organize. Small groups of fanners began to meet and talk over their pro- B.A., Woman's Page Editor) blems and "co-operatives" became an important subject. It was not until 1941 that they wre really organized as the Nat- ional Farm Radio Forum. The Farm Radio Forum is managed by the four national organizations, the Canadian Association of Adult Education, the Canadian Federa- tion of Agriculture, the Co-opera- tive Union of Canada and the Can- adian Broadcasting Corporation, along with the Provincial Radio Forum Councils. A Farm Forum is a few neigh- bours who meet once a week from November through March to listen to the National Farm Radio For- um broadcast and to study and discuss the topic of the broadcast. The Forum reports its conclus- ions and may also follow up with other action. Each Farm Forum family re- ceives a weekly bulletin containing facts and figures on the topic of the week. It is distributed a week in advance so that the members will have time to read up on the subject to be discussed. .After the broadcast the members of the for- um are divided into small groups of four to six. mese small groups encourage every member to take part in the discussion and give his view -point. Out of this ex- change of ideas come the group's Hunting, Fishing Licences & Bicycles We Have Sporting Goods -- Whatever the Sport SPORTSMEN'S HEADQUARTERS • OLLIE"S SPORTS and CYCLE GRAND BEND ATTENTION — FARMERS MILK • EGGS �► CREAM POULTRY WE PAY TOP PRICES O'BRIEN'S PRODUCE Phone 101 Zurich per tan n "Ott'a M/�ILN w,cac0 04 HIGH GRADE FE'RT'ILIZERS Plus an aditionai saving of 5% by paying cash before March 1, 1959 There's no better way to cut fertilizer costs than to take ad- vantage of the early season dis- counts on Co-op Fertilizer. Y'....:.>::':k:.4„'ii',.h&:'�tt, staking cielivrery befeapre Jan.. 31st $1.50 per ton discount by taking delivery before March 1st. UHITEC.MPERWIVES OfOv00 -~�- 4-1ZR''A reresapaaelnewor IHensall District to -operative Inc. Hensel! - ZURICH Brimfield conclusions and suggestions for group action. These conclusions are sent to the Forum office. Here they are studied and the findings sent out to the offices where they will be of the most benefit—suggestions on market- ing to the marketing board, safe- ty suggestions to the police de- partment, etc. Through the For- um the various departments can get the feeling of a good section of the farmers in a very short time and act accordingly on mat- ters of immediate urgency. The Farmer To farm, the farmer must have at least a hundred skills. He has to know as much as all the agri- cultural college professors put to- gether. He must not only know how to milk a cow, but how to feed her so she will give milk. He must not only know how to act as a midwife to a litter of pigs, but also how to grow them into selects. He must have a working knowledge of machinery — from climbing 40 feet in the air to "de - squeak" a windmill to lowering himself 40 feet into a well to find out why the thing isn't delivering water into a trough. At ground level he must be a motor mechan- ic, a blacksmith, a carpenter and a good hand with the shot gun. He must fight a long line of enemies from bacterial blight on potatoes to the jack rabbit and 'fox which want to feed on his mangles, wheat and poultry. He is expected to be able to quote the Bible, vote intelligently, serve on the council and school board, and in some cases get him- self elected to parliament. He's got to be quite a man.—From the report on Agriculture and Can- adian Industry. (Continued next week) Edgar E. Kochems A native of Zurich Edgar Earl Kochems died suddenly in Kit- chener -Waterloo Hospital on Fri- day, January 16, 1959. He had suffered an attack of bronchial pneumonia, and died shortly after. Born in Zurich on November 6, 1931, Mr. Kochems was in his 28th year. He had moved to Kitchener about 19 years ago. Surviving besides his mother, Mrs. Percy Weido, Kitchener, are two brothers, James and William, both of Kitchener, and a great grandmother, Mrs. Caroline Price, London. The body rested at the Ratz- Bechtel funeral home, Kitchener, until Monday, January 19, when the funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Burial was made in the Bridgeport Memorial Cemetery. Rev. Eric H. Reble, minister of St. Paul's Lutheran. Church, Brid- geport, officiated. 0 Miss A. Thompson. A familiar figure in Bayfield for the past 18 years, Miss Elsie Thompson died on Tuesday af- ternoon, January 13, in Clinton Public Hospital where she bad been a patient for a month. A sudden heart seizure, just as she was preparing to leave the hospi- tal for the nursing home in Hens - all, brought death within a few minutes. Known to be in her nineties, Miss Thompson was born in Eby - lie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She is survived by thre half- sisters, Miss Emily Thompson, Mrs. John (Gertrude) MacDoug- all, Toronto, and Mrs. Fraser (Grace) Ferguson, Ottawa. The body rested at the West- lake funeral home, Zurich, until Thursday, January 15 when the funeral service was held in the Bayfield Presbyterian Church. In- terment was made in the Bayfield Cemetery, the Rev. D. J. Lane officiating. Grannie Turkheim s ReeipeBox BAKED SHRIMP AND CRAB CASSEROLE 1. medium green pepper (chopped fine) 1 medium onion (chopped fine) 1% cup chopped celery 1 7 oz. can shrimps (devein- ed) 1 7 oz. can crab meat, flaked '/ teaspoon salt, dash of pep- per 1 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce 1 cup mayonaise cup buttered crumbs Mix all ingredients together ex- cept crumbs. Put into buttered casserole, sprinkle with buttered crumbs, bake in 350 degree oven for one half hour. This casserole makes a nice Lenten dish, and with Lent only a few weeks away, I shall be glad for some other suggestions; please send us some of your favourite recipes. PANCAKES (Mrs. Elton Bender) 2 cups flour 2 cups milk (or less) 2 eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder 4 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons melted butter Combine dry ingredients. Beat eggs, add milk and add to dry mix- ture (enough milk to make bat- ter fairly thick), add melted but- ter and fry in greased skillet. UNBAKED CHOCOLATE FIDDLE DIDDLES (Mrs. Amos Gingericlz) 1 cup vegetable shortening and butter 2 cups white sugar cup milk Bring these to a boil ifs sauce- pan, then remove from heat and add:. 6 tablespoons cocoa pinch of salt 3 cups rolled oats 1/ cup coconut 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup rice crispies chopped nuts may be added if desired Place by small teaspoons on waxed paper to cool. UNBAKED SNOWBALLS 1 cup icing sugar 1 tablespoon butter 1 cup smooth peanut butter 1 cup chopped dates l/s cup chopped walnuts (a few chopped candied ch- erries may be added) Mix well and shape into small balls. Roll in thin icing made with icing sugar and cream, tinted pink and flavoured with almond or van- illa, then roll in fine coconut. VILLAGE OF ZURICH TENDER FOR ;. ,1°'.®C. OLED ENGINE 1-25 Horse Power Air -Cooled Power Unit with Underslung Fuel Tank with mechanical flyball type governor, carburetor, high tension magneto with impulse coupling, spark plugs, wiring, fuel pump, engine house, oil filter, bath type air clean- er and variable speed governor with clutch take off assembly less pulley and 12 volt electric starter and generator with battery. Tenders to be in by February 7, 1959. H. W. BROKENSH I RE, Secretary, Police Village of Zurich 3-4-b TEtDES One—For re -decorating the ceiling and walls in the Hay Township Community Centre. Two—For re -nailing oud stripping tme ceiling in the Hay Township Community Centre. For further information contact either the chair- man or the secretary of the board. All tenders to be in by Saturday, January 24, 1959, at 6 p.m. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted HAY TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY CENTRE BOARD ARNOLD MERNER, Chairman RAY FISHER, Secretary 2-3-b 1 t EVENTIDE AND ROCK of AGES MEMORIALS INQUIRIES ARE INVITED T. PRYDE and SON EXETER Clinton IiU 2-6606 Phone 41 Seaforth 57.3 Enjoy DANCING 'to the Music of DESJARDINE ORC ESTR in the Community Centre, Zurich EV E 'Y' F k: Y a1G T 10.00 to 1.30 Modern -- Rock 'n' Roll -- Square Dancing ADMISSION: 75 Cents Sponsored by Zurich Lions Club loin The Crowds