Loading...
Zurich Citizens News, 1959-03-04, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH Citizens NEWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1959 ZURICH edifeas NEWS Published every Wednesday Moaning at Zurich, Ontario, far the Pollee (Pillage 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. TURKHEIM Publisher Business Manager Member:' ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 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, MARCH 4, 1959 UNNECESSARY THE PAST FEW weeks has seen a great deal of wilful damage around the village, which is nothing but stupidity on the part of those involved. At least a dozen bulbs have been broken in street lights in various sections of town. On three occasions an awning has been torn down in front of a business place downtown. On top of this a number of folks have reported windows being broken in their homes and garages. There is absolutely no sense to this kind of vandalism. Officials in the village believe they know who the culprits are, so they would be well advised to cease their nonsense. All Mese acts of destruction cause costly repairs, so these youths would be well advised to keep their destruction confined to their .own homes. Parents could also help to put a stop to this craziness. It has been suggested that all the damage has been done by boys under 16, so would be wise to do a bit of checking up at home. Surely we don't want to see a curfew law imposed on the youth of Zurich, but if this foolishness continues it will be the only alternative. HE WILL BE MISSED THIS DISTRICT, as well as the people around Dashwood, .mourn the loss of a highly esteemed sportsman in the passing of Raymond Wein. Always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone, he will be missed tremendously by all the young people in his vicinity. He devoted many hours to the promotion of minor sports. Locally, the deceased was a member of the hockey team for a number of years. He was always ready and willing to do What was asked of him. In Dashwood he was one of the main factors in keeping the sport of baseball alive. Many times when it looked as if a ball team would fold up it was he who rallied the gang together to carry on. A very fine athlete, he always put all he had in the game and layed to win at all times. However, he was just as well-mannered in defeat as he was in victory. As well as being active in sports he was a faithful church worker. As an indication of the popularity of the young man, all the stores in Dashwood closed for his funeral. To his bereft family we extend our deepest sympathy. OUR BABY BOOM IF THE NUMBER of new births is any indication — and most people would agree that it is — last year's economic set- back did nothing to shake the confidence of Canadians in their future. The recession notwithstanding, more babies — close to half -a -million in all — were born in Canada in 1958 than in any previous year. This is news to gladden the hearts of more than the million or so fond parents directly concerned. Manufacturers of such inclispensables as baby foods and powders, diapers and safety pins, layettes and carriages — to mention but a few — will be understandably delighted. Likewise Ottawa, although its rejoicing that the number of prospective taxpayers is increasing at such a fast clip will doubtless be tempered by regret that they are not yet all grown up and at work. The nation as a whole, of course, has good reason to wel- come the arrival of nearly half -a -million infants in a single year. It stands to gain most of all. It will benefit immediately in that this population boost will, of itself, conribute in no small way to economic recovery. And it will benefit no less surely in the long run, for natural increase on this scale promises well for our national future. There is added cause for satisfaction. While our birthrate continued to hold at around 28 per 1,000 of the population (one of the highest in the world), the national death -rate fell below eight per 1,000 for the first time in Canadian history. Total number of deaths in 1958 (133,000) was nearly equalled — and, therefore, cancelled out --- by the number of immigrants ad- mitted during the year. Making due allowance for emigration, our net gain in popula- tion in 1958 was almost 400,000 — a satisfactory figure, all things considered. But it will be a matter for much gratification if we do even better this year. (Industry). DOWN THE DRAIN --- LITERALLY (Wiarton Echo) "Unless the provincial government comes to the rescue with some special grants, the coming year is going to be a tough one for many municipalities. There will be no new construc- tion, no improvements, and the gravel will be spread mighty thin. Why? Simply because works budgets are being wrecked by snowplowing costs. Thousands of dollars are literally going down the drain, or will when the thaw comes. Municipalities who established their budgets for road work in many cases have already spent a third of it on snow removal. Because of this, new construction and improvements will be ini'possible, or heavier taxes must be imposed. The Frost government, with an election coming up, could make a lot of people happy by offering special supplement- ary aid for those municipalities who have been particularly mauled by this "good, old-fashioned winter." Quote of the Month . , . "The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to attain it ..." SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) We took young Hugh down to the city to compete in the big music festival last week. The idea was that it would be good experience for him to come up against some topnotch talent. It didn't seem to affect him one way or the other, but by the time we got home, his mother looked ten years older, and X felt exactly as I used to feel at the end of a sev- en -days leave when I was a young and foolish fighter pilot. Taking a kid to the city for a music festival compares, I should think, with taking a ride in the pouch of a lady kangaroo who is going at full gallop. It's hard on the pocket, you get a very fleeting view of the world about you, and you alternate between airy flights and jolting returns to earth. * Nlusic festivals, as all parents of performers know, are among the most gruesome tortures devis- ed by Canadian society .This one was no exception. The gloomy, ill - lit church. The hard seats, The mothers of performers, hair askew, eyes wild, madly gnawing off their lipstick. The little girls, giggling, fidgeting and flipping their pony tails about. The little boys, sol- emn and silent, desperately knead- ing their knuckles. * : * Then there's the sheer nervous terror of the ordeal itself. You alternate between pity and delight when the other kids make a mess of their piece. Then the sudden, savage twist of your stomach as your own marches up, white as a ghost. And the black despair when he falters, the flare of hope when he finishes with a flourish. * * * Then the let -down, while the ad- judicator scribbles his notes, and parents hiss back and forth, as- sessing and guessing and trying to reassure each other that their prodigy isn't really in the running while they secretly hope for a miracle, * s: Then the sudden seizure of heart as the adjudicator asks a few of the kids to play over again, and yours is one of them. The horror as your genius makes a blotch of his second performance and the others all play it better than they did the first time. • * The mounting tension as the ad- judicator begins to speak, The mesmerized trance with which you watch as he weeds out the losers, with kindly advice. The controll- ed hysteria as you realize your own might, just might, make the grade. And the wild delight as you watch the little guy march up and get his certificate for first, second or third place. Then the great relaxed feeling when it's all over. And you're chattering like a psychopath. And. you feel like a piece of damp cello- phane. And you keep assuring each other, and the kid, that win- ning is not really important. And you really feel sorry for all the kids who didn't win. And you're as hungry as a cougar. Oh, they're great institutions, these music festivals. But we're used to them, and it wasn't really the festival that got me down. It was keeping track of that kid in the city. He was much more in- terested .in riding escalators, ele- vators and the subway than in playing the piano. * * We went into a big department store to buy some books. I wat- ched him like a hawk. He darted around like a hummingbird. I took my eyes off him for 30 sec- onds, to pay the clerk. When I turned around, there was no sign of him. I nearly went straight through the roof. We didn't have much time to get to the festival hall. • * * I grabbed his mother, planted her as a buoy, told her not to date move, and went searching for him. I ran all over the floor we were on. About 4,000 other people were there I went back to the buoy. The buoy's hair was beginning to stand on end with rage. Off I went again, murder in my heart. Just as I was about to either call the police or jump down an elevat- or shaft, he emerged from behind a pillar. He'd been riding the es- calators, * A few minutes later, as we hur- ried up a narrow street, he slip- ped on the ice and would have gone beneath the wheels of a car if I hadn't grabbed him by the scruff of the neck. Next year, when we go to the festival, I'm taking a set of handcuffs. * * I don't think I've ever been so glad to get home, even though the pup had made a complete shambl- es of the utility room, and the 20 - foot icicle on the front of the house had dropped, smashing the window in the storm door. HAVE you :RENEWED YOUR SUBSCRIPTION? 1f Your Label Reads February '59, Your Subscription, Has Now Run Out. eSure .,. Not To Miss A Single Issue DROP INTO OUR OFFICE -- OR — CONTACT YOUR CLOSEST CORRESPONDENT "Always First With The Local News" ZURICH Cili En NEWS Phone 133 Zurich Business and Professional Directory DENTISTS AUCTIONEERS 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 1f1fN, ..e*e 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 ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER, For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. "Service that Satisfies" Phone 119 Dashwood INSURANCE For Safety EVERY FARMER NEEDS Liability Insurance For Information About All Insurances—Calf BERT KLOPP Phone 93,1 or 220 Zurich Representing CO-OPERATORS INSURANC! ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES 43/4% for 5 Years 4V2% 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 Mensal! Office Open Wednesday and Friday Afternoons EXETER PHONE 14 BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS & NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.:G.. C. V. LAUGHTON, LL.B. Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon EXETER Phone 4