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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-02-04, Page 4PAGE FOUR ZURICH Citizens NEWS ZURICH edireis NEWS Published every Wednesday Morning at Zurich, Ontario, for the Police Village of Zurich, Hay Township, and the Southern part 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. TURI-IEIM 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 Zurich, Ontario, or to ZZurich Citizens News, Box 149, district correspondents. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1959 KEEP HYDRO OUT OF POLITICS (Toronto Telegram) THE PROPOSAL of Premier Frost to create a Ministry of Energy is the first step along the road that could ultimately lead to political interference and control of the Ontario Hydro - Electric Power Commission. Such a course is undesirable from every point of view. Frimier Frost should take a long second look at the possibilities that may very well come to pass should he implement the plan outlined for the first time in the Speech from the Throne. The municipalities, and indeed the citizens of Ontario, once they really understand the implications of this plan, will surely oppose it strongly. There is nothing in the corporate life of the Province of Ontario in which successive governments over the years can take more pride than in the development and admin- istration of Ontario Hydro. Where suggestions of scandal and graft in other parts of Canada have gone hand-in-hand with slow development of electrical power and poor service, particularly in rural areas, here in Ontario we have seen huge strides of development carried out that have brought electrical power into every part of the Province including remote areas, at low cost and without a breath of scandal or political interference. Ontario Hydro has not been engaged in any public contro- versy since the 1930s when the late Mitchell Hepburn cancelled contracts with privately owned Quebec power companies. To place Hydro under direct ocntrol of a cabinet minister would lead to such political temptations as would be almost im- possible to resist. With the possibility of using this vast organ- ization—which lets contracts on an annual basis of all kinds run- ning into millions of dollars; which requires purchase of land and rights; which has on its payroll thousands of men and women—the pressures to which this as yet unnamed cabinet minister and his successors would be subjected by those who for political reasons felt they deserved a slice of this rich melon would, to say the least, be severe, There is no doubt that government intervention in the area of natural gas would be welcome, but Premier Frost has at- tacked the problem in the wrong way. Instead of bringing Ont- ario Hydro under the political control of a cabinet minister, the proper solution would be to nationalize other sources of energy m Ontario and organize them into a commission modelled after the existing one which represents a model of service and ef- ficiency. DO YOU BUY WISELY? (Wingham Advance Times) Last week's mail brought in a flock of poorly printed fold- ers advertising vacuum cleaners at $14,50 each. We know nothing of the firm which is responsible for this mailing and it is pos- sible that its operations may be legitimate. However, the ad- vertising brings to mind a similar offer which we personally put to the test two or three years ago. In order to see at first hand what was behind such an offer we asked one of the salesmen into the house and spent the next two or three hours while he went through his sales pitch. Somewhere near the end of that time, to put him to a further test, we agreed to buy the cleaner he was offering for a rid- iculously low price. At that point we found out that he would take an order for such a machine but would not give us the one we had seen in action. Only then did the real purpose of the call and the low - price offer come to light. Our friend insisted on bringing a new cleaner in for a demonstration. The price of this masterpiece was just a bit under $200. When we steadfastly refused to bite the price began to come down. It appeared that the salesman was ready to let us have it at almost wholesale for $175 be- cause if he made one more sale for the month he would draw a fat bonus because of his large volume. Getting no results he dropped steadily downward until he finally came to rest at $79.50—just so be wouldn't have to take it back home with him. By that time we had decided we wouldn't have the shining monster in the house even if he paid storage charges. With almost any appliance the matter of service enters the picture at some stage and these fast -talking outside salesmen would be far, far away when the machine caused trouble. Guar- antees mean little to concerns which operate from no fixed ad- dress. They believe in taking the bucks while they are available and then forgetting the transaction as fast as possible. For the most part you get just what you pay for, If the price is too low, beware. Nobody stays in business for fun. There has to be a victim somewhere along the line and if you aren't careful you may be nominated. These are only a few of the reasons why it is wise to buy from legitimate merchants, who make no bones about their need for a legitimate profit ... but who will stand solidly behind the products for which you spend your hard-earned dollars. NETE'S FLOWERS Flowers beautifully arranged for Weddings, Funerals, Etc. At Prices Everyone an afford Phone 130 -- Zurich. "Flowers Wired Anywhere" The Citizens News Sells Counter Check Books WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1959 SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) I have a big brother. I've had anything of it. him ever since I can remember, and he's always been big. Right now, he's about 6 feet 2 and weighs about 190. When I was 12, he was at 'east 7 feet tall and stronger than Jack Dempsey. .. Next week, I'm going to Tor- onto to see him off for South Am- erica. As long as I can remember, I've been seeing hien off for some outlandish, exotic place or other. He's one of those characters whose figurative necks chafe un- der the tight collar of civilized society. In another day and age, he'd have been a buffalo hunter or a buccaneer, a lumberjack, a gold - seeker, a sailor or a cowboy. * :r• But living in this stuffy, inhibi- ted, colourless Canada the intel- lectuals tell us we inhabit, he has merely been able to be: a banker, a hardrock miner, a soldier who lost an eye in World War II, a shift boss in Canada's first uran- ium mine in the far north, a well - driller, a construction superinten- dent, and is now off to Surinam to develop a gold mine. Pretty dull, eh? We're fond of each other, as brothers go. For the past 20 years we've kept in touch, in a desultory sort of way, seeing each other once or twice a year, sometimes not for two or three years at a time. When I'm hard up, he lends me money, and I never pay it back. When be's hard up I lend him a sympathetic ear. But he annoys me thoroughly. Every time I think I have him settled down in a good job, with security, a future, a pension plan and all the attachments, he in- forms me out of the blue that he's just quit and is heading for a job at Great Bear Lake, or Dutch Guiana, or someplace. Another thing that never fails to infuriate me is his attitude that I am a skinny, freckle -faced, scar- ed, romantic, foolish and inade- quate small boy of 9, who needs protection. What bugs me, of cour- se, is that he doesn't realize that I'm looking after him all the time. He thinks he's looking after me. This can be as irritating as having an old lady take your arm and lead you across the street, right. in front of a pack of boy scouts. We disagree on practically ev= erything. Except the fact that life was a lot less complicated be- fore we were married, back in the days when we'd meet in a London pub for a leave together. And I'd spend my whole leave taking the fat, giggly one, or the mean, scrawny one, while the Iiving dolls went for my big, good - looking, curly -headed brother. And of course, speaking of wiv- es, my big brother couldn't marry a nice intelligent, reliable, haywire, Canadian girl, as I did. Oh no, not him, He had to be different and marry a nice, intelligent, relia- ble, haywire Dutch girl. But he was mighty good to me when I was a kid, and I'll never forgive him. I mean forget it. I'm one of the best oarsmen in Canada, and if my big brother hadn't let me row him around for hours and hours, while he trolled for trout, I might have been a mediocre man with the oars today. * * And he taught me practically all I know about guns. Every Satur- day, we'd go hunting in the Long Swamp. He'd let me carry the .22 rifle allthe way to the bush, and after he'd hunted there for a coup- le of hours, all the way home. Sometimes, he'd even let me have a shot at a tree. Which probably explains why I've never shot any- thing but a tree since despite num- erous blasts at all manner of wild- life. :t: x Then he used to let me help him with a lot of interesting things. Sometimes, on stormy winter nights, he'd even let me deliver his paper route. And I remember one time when he was making maple syrup, he'd let me go out every day and empty the sap cans, and just as like as not, he'd give me a drink of sap, when I brought the big bucket in, and never think * * He certainly taught me plenty, that brother of mine. Fortunately I was able to turn a great deal of it to the best advantage in train- ing my little brother, with whom we shall deal on some other occas- ion. There was a kid who doesn't know how lucky he was to have not one, but two big brothers, to teach hien things. Anyway, my big brother is head- ing for somewhere south of the Equator, and I want to be sure to see him before he leaves. I want to do him a favour. He's got a lot of bulky stuff that would only impede him in the jungle, and if he did get it there it might go mouldy in that hot, damp climate. Like his Zeiss binoculars, TV set, Leica camera, that beautiful Mau - ser rifle, all his fishing tackle, that shotgun with the silver moun- tings, and a lot of old heavy stuff like that, * * *.: We have lots of storage space around our place, and it would be nice to know that someone in the family was looking after his old useless junk like that, just in case the fever, the poisonous snakes, or the Indians, uh .. , you know. Modern Etiquette Q. Is mourning stationery still in general use? A. Rarely, although it's still a- vailable for those who want it. The paper should be white with a nar- row black border, ranging from a quarter of an inch to one -thirty- second of an inch in width. The wide, half-inch black border, which ,used to proclaim deep mourning, is not used anymore. Q. When a double-decker sand- wich seems too big and unwieldy to, handle with the fingers, isn't it all right to eat it with the knife and fork? A. No; this type of sandwich must be picked up. Only on the "open-faced" type of sandwich do you use knife and fork. Q. What is the proper order of recession at the conclusion of a church wedding cereomny? A. Just the reverse of how the party enters. The bride and bridegroom should lead, followed by the bridesmaids and the ush- ers. Q. When a woman is paying her first call on a new neighbour, how long should she remain? A. From 15 to '20 minutes should be long enough. Usually, a woman who has just moved into a new home has loads of work on her hands, and she might resent a too lengthy visit. 0 Canada's gross national product is estimated at $32 billion for 1958, an increase of two per cent over 1957 as compared to a post- war annual average of about four percent; the 1958 increase was due entirely to higher prices, and not to an increase in ,national prod- uction. Business and Professional Directory AUCTIONEERS INSURANCE ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. "Service that Satisfies" Phone 119 Dashwood DENTISTS DR. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.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 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 For Safety EVERY FARMER NEEDS Liability Insurance For Information About All Insurances—Call 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 Hensali 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 4 OPTICAL SERVICE Most Modern in Spectacle Were at Special Prices A. G. HESS JEWELLER and OPTICIAN When In Zurich ET YOUR HAIR CUT AT EARL OESCH BARBER SHOP Open Thursday and Saturday Nights 9