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ZURICH Citizens NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1959
ZURICH ?ctczmz 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
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1958
HOLIDAYS PLANNED?
HERE ARE SOME ideas for you to make use of this summer
when you're planning for your vacation. Of course they're good
advice for a winter holiday, too.
Cancel all milk and newspaper deliveries; old newspapers on
the doorstep are a certain indication of an empty house.
Arrange to have the lawn mowed periodically.
Aak a friend or neighbour to visit the house occasionally to
see that all is in order.
Valuable jewellery and silverware should be left with a bank
for safekeeping.
Do not leave lights burning; during daylight hours they in-
dicate an empty house.
Professional burglars read society columns. Ask your news-
paper not to mention the fact that you are away. (Of course, the
newspaper will appreciate a word from you when you get back,
so that a mention may be made in the personal column then).
Report any evidence of theft or break-in promptly; even if
nothing is taken the information is of value to the police.
Using these suggestions may insure the safety of your home
and belongings while you're away from home.
GREENER ON THE OUTSIDE
THE WORLD'S BEST and most usable wisdom by and by
gets itself into a story. Then and only then it seems to become
a help to mankind.
A farmer had become tired of his farm. He lived on the place
all his life. He was born there. When a boy he drove the cows in
the field, hoed the turnips, swam in the creek, and carried his
books through the field to the box of a school down the road,
As a young man he plowed and harrowed in the spring,
made hay and harvested his wheat and hauled fodder to the cat-
tle in the winter.
He had brought his wife to the old place and three children
were born there. Now he was sick of the place. Entirely sick of
it, He dreamed of a restful spot where he could spend the rest
of his days in comfort.
So he went to a real estate agent in town and listed his farm
for sale. The agent drove out and looked the place over. The
property was in very good condition and the agent said he would
have no difficulty in selling it.
When the farmer got his next week's edition of his country
newspaper, he read the real estate advertisements. It stated that
his farm was for sale. It was all fertile—there were 40 acres of
fine pasture, a fine house, barn and other buildings. It was
close to town and had a telephone. It was well stocked with pigs,
horses, cattlle and chickens. In fact it was an ideal farm and was
an excellent buy for anyone,
The next day the farmer called at the agent's office and said:
"Say, I read your advertisement and as near as I can figure,
that is exactly the kind of a farm I have been looking for all my
life. I'll keep it myself." —(Stettler Independent).
MAKE DAIRY FOODS
DAILY FOODS!
ONTARIO CREAM PRODUCIil V
MARKETING BOARD
REPRESENTING 50,000 CREAM PRODUCERS
MY FAMILY TO
THE LAKE SHOULD GO,
THEY ALL NEED
VACATION SO
0
(By W. (8111)
Father's Day is but a pallid imi-
tation of that great commercial
orgy known as Mother's Day, but
apparently it is with us to stay.
Each year father receives gifts
that he neither needs nor wants,
and before the wrappings have
been put away, he realizes the
family has put him in hock for the
price of said gifts.
* * *
I don't know what the rest of
you birds want for Father's Day,
but I know what would please me
most. The most thoughtful gift
the family could produce for me
would be if they packed a lunch,
got into the car, and disappeared
for the day.
* *
I find the whole business of Fa-
ther's Day revolting. The There
existence of such a day is an in-
dication of the new low to which
the father has sunk in the family
unit. Just a few decades ago,
every day was father's day, and
there was no fooling about it.
* :, *
When I was a kid, there was
none of this darn' foolishness of
father helping around the house.
Nowadays fathers scrub the kitch-
en floor on their day off, and help
with the dishes after dinner. In
the good old days, father didn't
have a day off in the first place,
and mother woudn't have let him
help with the dishes, in the sec-
ond, because she knew her place,
and his.
• *
Perhaps it's the increase in his
leisure time that has turned the
head of the house into a sub-
stitute baby-sitter, a domestic
menial, a handy wailing -wall, and
in general, a pale reflection of his
dignified, respected male fore-
bears.
* :k *
Until a couple of decades ago,
father worked a six-day, sixty -hour
week, but he didn't get ulcers. And
do you know why? Because he
didn't see as much of his family
as the poor, cripple - gutted creat-
ure who brings home the bacon
today.
* '*
Nowadays, father gets a day or
half-day off. Does he potter in
the garden? Does he go fishing?
Does he get away for a game of
golf? Would it were so. He is
kicked into the street with the
children, while mother does what-
ever modern women do around
home, with $800 worth of labour-
saving machinery.
*: 4:*
There is nothing more pitiable
than the sight of a father, on his
day off, wandering forlornly about
a supermarket, trailed by two or
three little monsters of children,
as he does the weekend shopping.
When he gets home, he is allowed
to put the groceries away, and
spend an hour mowing the lawn,
before dinner. After he has put
the kids to bed, he is supposed to
emerge from his chrysalis, as a
full-fledged social butterfly, and
go off and get all juiced up at
somebody's Saturday night party.
• * *
No wonder nerves are rubbed
raw today. In the old days, fath-
ers weren't particularly concerned
with "getting to know the child-
ren". They didn't worry about their
children liking them. They took
8. T. Smiley)
it: for granted and everybody was
a lot happier.
When my Dad got home from
work, he didn't have to set the
table, run around looking for the
kids, then jump in the car and go
and get a quart of milk. Nor did
he have to "pick up a few things
on the way home", because moth-
er looked after her own shopping.
a *:
No, sir, when my Dad got home
from work, he was greeted aff-
ectionately, but politely, and left
alone. He retired to HIS chair,
with HIS paper, until he was call-
ed for supper. During the meal, he
was not forced to listed to a 20 -
minute harangue about the terrible
day mother had had. Nor did he
have to break up quarrels among
the children. Nor did he have to
jump up and make the tea because
mother was called to the phone
and was still there, talking about
the bake sale, 20 minutes later.
*
An on the weekend, my Dad
wasn't expected to turn into a
party boy. He was tired Saturday
night and went to bed. If he felt
like going to church be did. If
he didn't, he didn't. But he
wasn't pestered all day Sunday
by kids wanting to go for a swim,
(Continued on Page Eight)
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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:
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Except Wednesday
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Evenings
ZURICH Phone 51
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*Doctor of Chiropractic
438 MAIN STREET, EXETER
X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities
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Attendants Holders of St. John's
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