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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-04-08, Page 2PAGE TWO ZUR CH Citizens NEWS ZURICH eWWczEnn. NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONT., for the Police Village of Zurich, Hay Township, and the Southern Part of Stanley Township,inHEHuron o Publisisherr County. A. L. COLQUHOUN Business Manager PRINTED BY CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, CLINTON, ONT. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member: Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies, 5 cents. ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1959 CLASSIFIED ADS PROVIDE VARIETY, DRAMA (Huron Expositor) ONE OF THE most widely read pages of this weekly is that which contains the classified ads. There are good reasons for this, not the least of which is that every week the ads contain outstanding opportunities for those who wish to buy or sell articles. They get results. Many other reasons have been advanced why this is so, but none better than those that appeared recently in the Steinbach Cariliion News (Manitoba) : "The dreams, aspirations and life stories of its authors are often expressed in the want ads of rural newspapers. An elderly couple offer their farm for sale, it is, for them, the end of the dine, the end of their lifelong struggle to raise a family, to break and clear land, to pay off the mortgage; the beginning of a new life as retired or semi -retired farmers in the neighbor- hood village. "The same column perhaps carries another ad by a young couple, looking for a new home. "Wanted—a small bungalow in residential district. Have some cash for down payment." Hopes and aspirations. "But perhaps they didn't meet the down payment require- ments after all, and ended up in a small attic room in a not so pleasant home. In a small town one just cannot help but learn how it turned out. "Another type of ad, one that isn't seen too often in the rural newspaper, is the object -matrimony type of advertisement. Yet you see them occasionally, inserted by a type (we think) so discriminating that they can't find a suitable mate around them. The person who inserts this type of ad must be a brave soul indeed, sooner or later he will be apprehended and will be subject to the sly digs of his friends. "Thank you cards tell of long sieges in the hospital when good neighbors called to help, while others express thanks to doctors, nurses and pallbearers in the event of a loss of a loved one. Tragedy, humor and history are wrapped up in the short, often abbreviated want ads, "No wonder so many people turn to the want ad pages first." ARE THANK -YOU LETTERS IMPORTANT? (Grenfell Sun, Grenfell, Sask.) UN DER T H E heading "A Precious Secret Few People Learn," the following 4-H letter appeared recently in 'Ann Landers' col- umn in the Chicago Sun -Times: "Dear Ann Landers: I am 11 years old and I won a 4-H County Home Econ- omics award at our Achievement Day celebration. My mother wants me to write a whole big letter to Montgomery Ward because they donated the pins. I have talked this over with several of my friends who also won pins and nobody else has to write a letter. I seem to be the only kid. with this kind of a mother. I told her that a big company like Montgomery Ward doesn't give a hang if kids write in and say thank you for a little pin. My mother says this is not the point. She is pretty set in her ways so I thought I had better write to you for ideas. Please print your answer. My mother always reads your articles and she says you sure do know your onions." 'Dear D.B.:" Give your mother my love. I think she knows HER onions, too—and I hope you'll listen to her. Never mind about the other youngsters. Go ahead and write that letter to Montgomery Ward. Of course it's a big company, but big companies are made up of human beings and everyone likes to get a thank -you letter. Your mother is trying to teach you a precious secret that most people NEVER learn in the journey from the womb to the tomb. The one who goes out of his way to do something that is not required or expected will shine like a diamond in a coal bin. Why? Because most of us are pretty lazy and unimagin- ative. PS—Write to John A. Barr, who is chairman of the board of Montgomery Ward, and 1'11 bet you get a nice letter in return. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1959 SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) We all know what a young man's fancy lightly turns to in the spring. But when you get right down to it, young men are vastly uninteresting, except to themselves, recruiting officers, and young women. * * * They lack the appeal of a young- ster, the sensitivity of an adol- escent, the sophistication of mat- urity and the dignity and wisdom of old age. In fact, aside from a certain bullock energy and a strong dash of animal good sp- irits, they have little to recom- mend them. Except to young women. So we shall ignore the fancy of young men this spring. Es- pecially since it is lightly turned to the same sort of thoughts during the other three seasons, too. Let us examine the spring- time fancies of some of the more interesting age groups. * * Sole fancy of very small males, in the spring, seems to be mud. Mud has for them the same fas- cination it has for small pigs. They like to walk in it, kneel in it, lie down in it, eat it, push small girls down in it, and bring as much of it as possible home with them. Small girls are ex- actly the same, and this is the only time in their lives the sexes are in complete accord on any- thing. BLAKE Mrs. Amos Gingerich Correspondent) Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gingerich, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ken- neth Gingerich and Norma Jean, spent Sunday afternoon at Vic- toria Hospital, London, visiting the latter's little infant daughter, Elaine. She is getting along fine and will soon come home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gingerich and daughter Irlene, were Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gingerich. Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gingerich, were, Mr. and Mrs. William Steckle, Miss Gloria Gingerich, Kitchener, mas- ter Rodger and Bonnie Gingerich, Waterloo, and Mr. and Mrs. Amos * �. Slightly older boys have a fan- cy, in the spring, for anything that is dangerous, foolish or ir- ritating. On the first day the temperature is above 40, they want to go hatless and barefoot. They build rafts that sink. They dig caves in the sides of crumb- ling sandpits. They cross swollen streams on slippery logs. They walk railroad tracks. They fall in bogs. Or they come home red- olent of leeks. * The mature, or married, man is stunned by spring. A few weeks ago, his home was quite attrac- tive, with that nice, white snow covering everything. Suddenly, it's nothing but a big, fat eyesore. Paint peeling, eavestroughs dang- ling, cellar window broken and a potato sack stuffed in it. Front lawn littered with: tricycle, grape- fruit rinds dropped in February while putting out garbage; four empty wine bottles contributed by passerby; the rake and a pile of mouldy leaves from November; and the whole thing torn into trenches worthy of Flanders Fields by the visits of the coal truck. What about the oldster, the codger? What kind of fancy does he have, come spring? After dic- ing with death through a long cru- el winter, when the names o fside- kicks were appearing with mon- otonous regularity in the obit- uary column, I imagine he's pret- ty pleased with himself. In fact I know he is. I talked to one the other day, as he sunned him- self in front of the post office. * * * He told me: "Didn't think I'd make it, back there in January. Flat on my back and gettin' weak- er every day. The old lady prac- tically had the insurance collec- ted and off to Florida. But," with an evil chuckle, "she got fooled. Caught the cold and I buried 'er the end of February. Have a snort now whenever I feel like it. Say, son, when do them tourists start to arrive? I'm going to spend the whole summer watchin' them girls in their shorts. Figure it won't do them any harm and should do me a lot of good." Letter to the Ed itor DEAR HERB: Please renew our weekly paper. Enclosed is a money order for $2.50. We enjoy very much. Thank you, MR. and MRS. LEO OVERHOLT 579 Rosedale Ave., London, Ontario. reading your paper * * * Aghast, he does the only sen- sible thing in the circumstances. He sits down with a pencil and paper and, lays out a programme of painting, cleaning up and gen- eral improvements. He reads it triumphantly to his wife. He's so eager to get at it that she's really impressed. She's proud of him. A new leaf. First job he'll tackle is the front lawn. Then the cellar. Gingerich, Blake. 25th Anniversary A lovely evening was spent at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gingerich, the occasion being their 25th wedding anniversary. Guests were present from Ailsa Craig, New Hamburg, Zurich, and this vicinity. # * * Half an hour later, she discov- ers the new leaf is just the other side of the same one he turned over last year about this time. She catches him cleaning up the front lawn by chipping grape- fruit skins into the coal -truck craters with his No. 9 iron. They have words. She dons her rubber boots and assaults the lawn, ban- ishing him to the cellar with threats. Modern Etiquette Q. I've heard that it's now pro- per to pick up bones at the dinner table to eat off them. Is this true? A. The hard and' fast rule again- st picking up bones in our fingers is teetering precariously under the pressure of modern usage. My best advice regarding this, how- ever, is not to pick bones in a restaurant or at a formal dinner party. Anywhere else, go ahead and pick them up — but delicately, and only after cutting off most of the meat. Q. How should a divorcee sign her name so that she will not be mistaken for the second Mrs. Charles Canfield. A. By prefixing her maiden name to her former husband's surname, as, "Mrs. Joyce Smith Canfield. Q. What is a good closing for a friendly letter from a man to a woman? A. You can never be out of place with "Sincerely yours." 0 The Film Service of the Cana- dian Red Cross provides regular showings of current films for hos- pitalized veterans in 48 institu- tions throughout Canada. .....ted ANNOUNCEMENT 1 E. LONGSTAFF - OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH — — — CLINTON Wishes to announce the opening of a modern frame sel- ection and dispensing room in the Seaforth office and would welcome the opportunity of showing you the latest styles of ophthalmic eyewear. When occulists prescriptions are filled here, it includes all future adjustment services. Ground floor location. 14-b 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. Dn%NTAL 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 u, * .. When he doesn't show up for supper, she figures he's really buckled down to it, and goes down the stairs, feeling warm and forgiving to call him to the table. And there he is, perched on the remnants of the coal pile, with his fishing -rod, practicing fly - casting into the large pool be- tween the vegetable bin and the stoker. And that's the kind of thing a mature man's fancy turns to. 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 RICH HOFFMAN'S Funeral & Ambulance Service OXYGEN EQUIPPED Ambulances located at Dashwood Phone 70w Grand Bernd --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—Coil BERT KLOPP Phone 93r1 or 220 Zurich Representing CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEBENTURES ' CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES 5%/m for 3, 4, and 5 Years 434% 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 it NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER. D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, LL.B. _r^' Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon EXt';1`laR Phone 4