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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-04-22, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH%£ Citizens NEWS ZURICH eWcz€rz3, NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONT., for the Police Village of Zurich, Hay Township, and the Southern Part of Stanley Township, in Huron County, A. L. COLQUHOUN HERB. TURKHEIM Publisher Business Manager PRINTED BY CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, CLINTON, ONT. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Member: ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies, 5 cents. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1959 THE BUDGET THERE HAS been considerable frowning on the budget which the federal government presented to the people of Canada last week. We feel there is not too much need for criticism on the part of the buying public. If more money is needed to operate the country we can't think of a better place to add the extra taxation than on the luxury items it bas been levied on. After all, placing more taxes on tobacco will not hurt any- one, since it is an item one can do without quite nicely. The same applies to the increase in liquor taxation; if people want to drink let them pay for it. If the extra taxation had been put on everyday necessities we would feel the public have plenty to complain about, but since it has only affected luxury items we will go along with the government on their policy. There is no doubt in the world that the government needs more finances to carry on now than they did several years ago, with old age pensions being increased from what they were several years ago and many other expenditures away higher than they used to be. WHIRLWIND THERE WOULD HAVE been no murder or riot in. New- foundland if union leaders and pickets, sympathizers and others had heeded the warning of the attorney -general of that province. Some weeks ago, quite a time before the strike started, he warned that pickets had no more right to molest citizens on the public roads than have other people, and that being a member of a union on strike does not confer special privileges of any des- cription. This is being paraded by union leaders and sympathizers as an outrageous curtailment of the so-called rights of strikers. It is not surprising that such an attitude has been taken, because for the last fifteen years there has been a notable cowardliness on the part of government in its attitude towards unions and strikers. Peaceful picketing is one thing. Obstruction and vi- olence are another. They can be no more condoned in the case of a striker than if he were another citizen not on strike. Unpeaceful picketing or obstruction which prevents lawful entry or egress from places of business is a condition which has been condoned in fact by people learned, supposedly, in the law. One lecturer from a lav school at one time said that unlawful picketing is necessary if unions are to win strikes and he argued that, of course, unlawful picketing should be condoned. (The Printed Word) OLD HAT A RECENT LETTER to the editor of a daily newspaper asserted that farming is Canada's most important industry. That it produces the most wealth and employs the most people. Records say manufacturing employs the most people and creates the most wealth. This is a reminder that things that were true a generation ago are not necessarily true now. But that the beliefs of a generation ago may be usable in economic and political argu- ment today. It is a long time, for instance, since there was any tariff on farm machinery entering Canada. But it is highly probable that a farm politician addressing an audience in a western community could arouse quite strong sentiment by asserting that if he were elected to parliament or became King of Canada, he would abolish the customs duties on farm mach- inery. (THE PRINTED WORD) SAFETY SLOGANS A legal "right-of-way" confers no privilege that may be used to the danger of others. If another motorist seems to want your right-of-way, yield it! For your own protection, as well as his. You can afford a two-second delay much better than the weeks of irritation (and possibly, incapacity) that may result if you insist on your "rights" . . and get a crash into the bargain. The car you drive should always be exactly where you want it—not approximately. Pulling up for a traffic light a good driver stops with his bumper exactly at the white line—not just somewhere inthe general area. When parking he visualizes the exact distance of wheels from curb, and checks as he gets out. Good driving, like other skills, needs practice and con- centration. Even when it is legal to do so, use the utmost care when passing another car on the right. A cardinal error is to sound your horn at the moment of overtaking. A nervous driver in the passing lane may swing sharply to the right at the blast of a horn. Advice from the back seat, if it arouses resentment, is more likely to cause an accident than prevent one. Every passenger in a car has a responsibility to the driver to see that his own behaviour does not contribute to unnecessary distractions or tension. Reverence for life is a fundamental of Christianity and other religions. But many good -living people handle their cars in a way that poses a constant threat to the lives of themselves and other road users, comments the Ontario Safety League. To avoid the possibility of bloodshed is a moral responsibility of every- one who drives, SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) I started thinking about busts while I was watching Brigitte Bar - dot, the little French sex -pot, in a film the other night. That may seem like a silly thing to say. It's like saying you started thinking about music while you were wat- ching an orchestra play. But it was merely a coincidence. And just to get things perfectly clear, I don't mean busts of fam- ous men, done in plaster. I mean busts on ladies. The horrifying part of it was that I started thinking about busts in a clear, cold, analytical way. As I say, I was watching Miss Bardot snaking her way through a movie, in which l'amour was treated in the boisterous Gallic manner so startling to us tittering Anglo-Saxons. *: *: It was my first view of the young lady. I understand she is the second citizen of France, after General De Gaulle. Certainly her pictures appear in the paper more often than his. And I'ni here to tell you she is definitely better looking than the General, though somewhat shorter. * *: *: I'm not blaming Mlle. Bardot for my lapse. She was all she was cracked up to be. She wiggled her behind, and jiggled her be - front, to the best of her ability, and she has a lot of ability along these lines. No, the fault was mine, not hers. After watching her for.a few min- utes with some interest, I became first embarrassed, then mildly dis- approving, then bored, then just plain sleepy. About halfway through this process, I had sense enough to say to myself: "Boy, either you're ready to be put out to pasture, or you need a darn' good spring tonic." It's pretty disturbing to a chap who has leered his way through the burlesque houses of Detroit's Woodward Avenue in the heigh- day of Scurvy Miller, eaten pea- nuts in the pit at the Casino in Toronto, and ducked out for a drink between rounds of pure art at London's Windmill Theatre, to realize that he is blushing slightly at the sight of a young lady who is not only not there in person, but has all her clothes on. It is chilling to think that per- haps the young sap has been boil- ed down to an old fudge. When you know that you're supposed to be sitting bolt upright, wide-eyed and electrified, it hurts to know that you are slumped in your seat, mouth pursed, head shaking and tongue almost tut -tutting, in dis- approval. *: *: * It is downright disconcerting to find that you are craving for a smoke in the middle of a big pash scene. It is disgusting to have to give in to it and go to the back of the theatre to light up, just when the young temptress on the screen is Launching into a discreet stripease. *: *: *: And it is dismal to learn that you have nodded off, and your wife is driving you in the ribs, just at the point where the celebrated Miss B. is making a monkey of the censors. * *_ It was about this point, rudely awakened and rather crabby, that I started thinking about busts. Don't ask me why. What's with this bust craze, anyway? Mam- malians of mammoth proportions create headlines every time they take a deep breath. High school kids practically break their backs trying to stick their chests out an extra inch. *: So who's impressed? Other girls maybe? Not men. Men have been marrying women for thousands of years, and busts have nothing to do with it. In fact, back in the twenties, when I was a kid, busts were frowned on, and stili they married them. Let tenderness, humour and sympathy show in your face, let goodness and pity and love shine in your eyes, and you'll get your man faster than if you had the biggest bust this side of Bali. * *: *: Busts cause nothing but trouble I remember a girl I knew in col- lege. Her name was Betsy. She had a vast bosom. I always called her. Busty to myself. One night I was dancing with her. We were talking and I inadvertently called her "Busty" instead of "Betsy." Know what happened? You got it, Mac. She bust me. Right on the nose. And maybe that's why I've been a little psychological about busts ever since. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1959 The Mailbag DEAR HERB: Please renew my subscription for the Zurich Citizens News for another year. I would certainly hate to miss getting my copy each week, as we enjoy it very much. Keep up the good work. Find enclosed cheque for $2.50. Yours truly, MR. and MRS, A. MacLEAN White Oak Road, RR No. 11, London, Ontario. WEEKEND SPECIALS ! ! 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