HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-05-06, Page 9WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1959
ED CROSS BUYS CHAIRS
(t-uoknow Sentinel)
At a td the
oinand DistrictReCross Setyon
Friday night, it was deckedd to
lapsibleewheel chairs nThese will
replace three old chairs and will
give the Society five good chairs
which will all be in use when re-
ceived. They are part of the Loan
Cupboard equipment which in -
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ZURICH Citizens NEWS
eludes a variety
are available on 10
of supplies that of Public Works in the board room
of the community. di voted six -to -two for the present
location, That means they asked
POST OFFICE PLANS the department to do all they
could to see that the Post Office
an to residents of the town hall. On a vote, coun-
(Clinton News -Record remain on the point of land where
Clinton's promised new Post it now stands. According to Mayor
Office came one more step toward Burton Stanley, these represent-
reality last Thursday eevning, atives (who live in Toronto) now
when council met with represent- will forward a recommendation to
atives of the Federal Department Ottawa.
PAGE NAVE
Who's Getting Extra Money
In
Moving Eggs to
Moving �� Consumer Market?
(By J. Cara Hemingway)
"Eggs Are 80e a Dozen" I did-
n't know this either until April 24
when returning from the Ontario
Why be tied to a clothesline?
A clothesline ties you down to weather -watching. But an
automatic electric clothes dryer has its own "indoor sun-
shine." It frees you from the drudgery of lugging heavy
baskets of wet wash to the line --it dries your clothes the
way you want them--damp-dry for ironing, or completely
dry for folding away—and it does all this automatically
for less than five cents! There's a treat in store for you the
first time, and every time, you use an automatic electric
clothes dryer,
HYDRO
is yours
LIE BETTS
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Put small items, such as
handkerchiefs and gloves,
in a mesh drawstring bag
for washing and drying, to
prevent loss.
ELECTRICALLY
Beef Producers meeting in Tor-
onto I stopped at a restaurant near
Brampton for supper.
While waiting for my order a
man, and I presume his wife, sat
in at the next table. While they
were talking I overheard the lady
say that "eggs are 80 cents a doz-
en." Were they turkey, duck or
perhaps goose eggs? Certainly
when I was going back over my
egg bills for my income tax report
it doesn't seem reasonable that
she was talking about hen eggs.
Yet I feel quite certain that this
lady was speaking of hen eggs.
Whenever I have questioned
dealers on the necessary mark-up
on eggs they have always told me
that 20 cents should take the eggs
from the producer to the sonsum-
er and since that is almost two-
thirds of what most producers
have been getting all winter is
would seem to be plenty. From
the remarks I have picked up here
and there I believe some producers
do get more than others even for
equal quality. However the high-
est I have heard of was a min-
imum (and probably this was a
maximum) of 38 cents for A large.
On this basis the top price for
eggs to the consumer should have
been only 58 cents per dozen,
Where then does the other 22
cents go? Ordoes it mean that
some producers are getting 60
cents a dozen?
Is it the consumer that is being
gouged or is it the producer that
is being squeezed? Or is it more
probably both?
I have recently received two ar-
ticles published by the Consumers
Association complaining that Gov-
ernment support prices are caus-
ing the consumer to pay too much
for his food and therefore the
support price should be lowered
but in this matter of eggs it does-
n't seem to be the producer price
that makes eggs dear.
I think the consumer would do
well to consider Mr. Greer's state-
ment in reference to support prices
on dairy products. "Even though
the floor price goes down, the
Government has no assurance that
the consumer price will drop."
Perhaps farm producers have
been negligent of their responsi-
bility to the consumer in that they
have taken no part in marketing
to see to it that the consumer is
paying only a fair price for the
farmers produce. Certainly there
seems to be room for improvement
in the marketing of eggs.
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STREETS WASHED
(Blyth Standard)
Several of the members of the
Blyth Fire Department were on
hand Monday evening to 'give the
main street its spring bath. Last
week the street gang completed
the job of sweeping and trucking
away the winter's dirt and grime.
Special thanks to the department
for giving us what must be the
cleanest main drag in the county.
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There Will Be
DANCING
Every Friday Night
At The
Old Forge - Ba +�Id
10.00 -- 1.30
Music By
Grant Edighoffer
And His
Melody Masters
With Vocals by Jo Ann
ADMISSION: 75 Cents
DINE and DANCE