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Home My WebLink AboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-04-29, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH ettizetza, NEWS ZURICH Citizens NEWS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1959 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 HE RB a TURKHEIM Publisher PRINTED BY CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, CLINTON, ONT. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa MViember: 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 29, 1959 ANOTHER WARNING!. THE PROMOTERS of knitting machines have apparently moved into Ottawa, and complaints from women who were duped by the salesmen are loud and long. One lady in the capital city says she knitted several sweaters, spending 33 hours on the job, and then received a $2.50 cheque in return. Claims of the companies are that women can make 75 cents to $1.00 an hour working on articles for them. As of last Thursday the better business bureau in Ottawa -Hull had received 260 tele- phone calls, complaints and inquiries. Troubles also have arisen in Toronto and Montreal. We can only repeat our warning: if such machines, or any others, are reputable, and with nothing shady about them, then they will be available through local stores, through the businessmen you know and can trust. COMPLETE GENERAL REPAIRS TO CARS, TRUCKS and TRACTORS ARC and ACETYLENE WELDING USED CARS DESJARDINE AUTO SUPPLY Phone 38 Zurich SUN LOVING THAT DARE TO BARE! PLAY CLOTHES for Spring! NEW SHIPMENT OF MATCHING OUTFITS . . . Skirt and Blouse Sets skirts pleated at waist, sleeveless blouses to match. Sizes 10-18. Complete 2 Piece Set Only $5.95 IN GAY PLAIDS OF BUENO SYL-MER FINISH COMBED COTTON OTHER GARMENTS TO MATCH: • Shorts $3,50 Jamaicas—$3.95 " $5.95 ° Skirts -- w $6.95 * Blouses a .� $3,95 Buy the Complete Set ... ... Or Individual Garments Gctseho Bros. PHONE 59 — ZURICH "THE STORE WITH THE STOCK" SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) A newspaper article suggests that, in view of the changing needs of national defence, the Canadian fighter pilot will soon be dead as the dodo, as extinct as a sailmak- er's apprentice, N: If it is true, and I suppose it is, I'm glad. The Canadian fighter pilot had a brief but glorious hist- ory in two wars. It is better for the species to vanish with its glamour intact than to degenerate, with the rapid change in aerial warfare, into a mere adjunct to a push-button. a= * * A peculiar breed, the fighter pil- ot was spawned, almost by accid- ent, during World War I. Pilots doing reconnaissance patrols start- ed taking pot shots at each other with revolvers. Next thing you know, the sky was full of death -or - glory types fighting incredible duels, creating fantastic legends. * ,: * It was about this time that the fighter pilot began thinking he was a hot -shot. With the Poor Bloody Infantry bogged in the mud and being slaughtered by the thous- ands, the newspapers of the day looked around for something col- orful to relieve the grim `reality of the annihilation. q: * Suddenly the fighter pilot found himself the darling of the press, the toast of the folks at home. Unable to assimilate the carnage of the front lines, the public im- agination fastened on this gallant, dashing knight of the air, forever tackling insuperable odds, running up his score of kills, and generally presenting a romantic picture of war. * All this adulation was not sought by the pilots. They were brave, but not braver than the next man. They were skillful, but no more so than a good artillery- man. But they were young, and human. Placed in the limelight, they adopted a certain swagger, a consciously casual dress, a slightly swashbuckling air, and gradually, the opinion that they were an elite among the uniform- ed hordes. They never got over it. * * * The whole business was accent- uated, between the two big wars, by a great deal of romantic tripe written about them, and eagerly devoured by schoolboys, of whom I was one. .Ah, it was heady stuff: the white silk scarf; the brandy bottoms -up; the empty glass dash- ed into the fireplace; the gallant little Spad climbing into the dawn to meet the Hun. • * ;y So, when the next war came along, every Canadian youth worth his weight in War Aces or Wings, wanted to be a fighter pilot. The very small proportion to make the grade naturally assumed that they were The Chosen. They believed, without any evidence, that they were very special people, a cut above a bomber pilot, three cuts above a naval officer, and at Least six cuts above a pongo, or army officer. * n. r This attitude was infuriating to others, but, like all snobbery, ra- ther pleasant if you were one of those doing the snobbing. Fighter pilots were a closeknit company, despite the fact that they were widely scattered. They kept tabs on their friends through the con- stant changing of squadron per- sonnel. They lived aloof from oth- er fighting men, sought the com- pany of none but their own. They had their own private language, almost incomprehensible to others. i, a They even looked alike. Top but- ton undone, no buttons polished, hair worn long, hats bashed in, un- iforms slightly shabby, and a mou- stache, if possible, the bigger the better. They affected silk scarves while flying, and wore half -Wel- lington boots. Their interests were flying, beer and women, in that order. J Looking back, they were a co/ - lection of rather foolish young men, with little to recommend them except a certain skill at guiding a few hurtling tons of me- tal through the air, and the abil- ity to aim and fire guns at objects in the air and on the ground. • * Yet they WERE romantic, how- ever realistically we look at them. They had a flair for living. They had the dash and spirit of cavalry. Laconic Cossacks, they were. And they were likely the last fighting men the world will see, to seek out the enemy and engage him in single combat. * They were no braver than other men, but they had a great pride. Typically, even their deaths, and they died in their hundreds, were dramatic: tumbling down in a ball of fire; blown to bits in midair; cleaving deep and straight into the cold sea; smashing hard and true into the earth. • * * If the Canadian fighter pilot is on the way out, let's not shed any tears over him. Let's just be glad he was around when he was, And if that stoutish, balding fellow, pushing forty, happens` to tell you'' that he was a fighter pilot, don't feel sorry for him. He had his day, and it was a good one. WOOL Any Government Deficiency Pay- ment will apply only on prop- erly graded wools. Secure the utmost by patronizing the organization" that made this possible. SHIP COLLECT TO Our Registered Warehouse No. 1 Weston, Ontario Obtain sacks and twine without charge from RUSSELL MANSON ZURICH. ONT. or by writing to CANADIAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL GROWERS LEMITED 217 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada 16-7-b Feature items This Week End At The LUCKY DOLLAR STORE Lucky Dollar INSTANT COFFEE 79c Palm Garden TEA BAGS I00's 69c Lucky Dollar PEANUT BUTTER 16 oz. jars . . 29c Fisherman SOCKEYE SAL"' ON 2/89c GASCHO'S LUCKY DOLLAR MARKET 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 FUNERAL DIRECTORS WESTLAKE Funeral Horne AMBULANCE and PORTABLE OXYGEN SERVICE Phone 89J or 89W ZCJRICH 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 AtI Insurances—Call BERT KLOPP Phone 93r1 or 220 Zurich Representing CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES 5% for 3, 4, and 5 Years 434% for 1 and 2 Years J. W. HABERER Authorized Representative Phone 161 — Zurich LEGAL W. G. Cochrane, Q.A. BARRISTER and SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC Hensall Office Open Wednesday and Friday Afternoons EXETER PHONE 14 BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS & NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BBEELL,Q..C. C. V. LAUUG73TON, L.L.S Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon EXETER, Parcae 4