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ZURICH CitizEn6 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.
L. COLQUHOUN HERB. TURKHEIM
Publisher Business Manager
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1959
WELCOME, NEIGHBOUR!
T H IS WEEK, in the village of Hensall, a new man, Donald
Spearman, is taking over as publisher of the weekly newspaper.
'We would like to welcome him to our midst, and hope the people
in Hensall support him as the village of Zurich has supported its
weekly.
Realizing only too well that a free circulation newspaper has
no recognizable value, Mr. Spearman intends starting a paid
subscription list. We heartily agree with his policy, because only
if people are willing to pay for a newspaper does it carry any
'value for its advertisers. We wish him well, and at any time we
may be of assistance to our new neighbour we will be only too
happy to do so.
The new publisher is no stranger to the newspaper world.
For many years he has been associated with the weekly in the
'town of Dresden, and should be well qualified to carry on under
his own banner.
We have long been of the opinion that each community
should have a weekly newspaper of its own, and Hensall should
be no exception. The weekly paper is the showplace of its
'community, and serves as a source of information to its sub-
scribers. Even if a small community had only a one page paper
it would be better than nothing at all.
Now that Hensall will have a well organized weekly of its
own, it will be up to the village and surrounding community to
support it.
GOOD FOR THEM
THE COUNCIL of the Township of Hay deserves a pat on
'the back for the fine job they are doing of making an easy access
'to the lake at St. Joseph.
For many years there has not been a suitable spot along the
lake in Hay Township where the residents could easily get to the
beach. Nqw this has been rectified, much to the delight of every-
one.
Prodded along by the Zurich and District Chamber of Com-
merce the Township Council has been playing with the idea of
making suitable parking accomodations at St. Joseph for almost
a year now. Finally, after a meeting last week, immediate action
was taken, and the work is now well on its way to completion.
This past Sunday probably saw more cars at the St. Joseph
beach than ever before in history. And it is quite likely it will
continue to be this way. Who knows, St. Joseph may one day
grow into the city that Narcisse Cantin once had visions of it
being. .
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ZURICH Citizens NEWS
SUGAR and SPICE
(By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley)
That was quite a shaker last
week, when a horde of CBC people,
big and little, resigned in a fine
frenzy of foot -stamping. It was
as interesting as it was refresh-
ing. Rather like seeing Little Eva
putting the boots to Simon Legree.
* *
Personally, I think it was the
best thing that has ever happened
to the CBC. The resulting fur-
ore should mean a thorough house-
cleaning, long overdue.
• * *
Now, don't think I'm going to
launch into an attack on the CBC.
There is already one weekly col-
umnist who makes a hobby of
this. And a well-paid. hobby I'll
bet it is, as his column is offered
free, and you don't get free col-
umns these days unless somebody
is grinding an axe for somebody
in them.
*
There is no doubt that the CBC
has gathered to its Freudian breast
a number of the brightest and
most creative minds in the country.
Among them were those producers
who led the walkout the other
day. One must admire their
gumption. In any age, and sit-
uation, many will risk their lives
for their ideals. Few will risk their
livelihood.
* * *
On the other hand, it is equally
apparent that the CBC nurtures
a goodly brood of idiot children,
along with the bright ones. These
may be found anywhere in the cor-
poration, from the board of dir-
ectors down to the girls at the
switchboard. All large public -
supported bodies are equally in-
flicted.
* * *
When Mr. Davidson Dunton was
the mother of this unwieldy, prec-
ocious and sometimes embarassing
family, everything ran, if not like
clockwork, at least as smoothly
as a Maw Kettle movie. He en-
couraged the bright ones, covered
up for the backward ones, and
managed to keep meat on the table
by presenting a sturdy front and
ready tongue whenever his em-
ployer -landlord called for a reck-
oning.
* * *
His successors have not been as
able, apparently, because the
bright children are staging a tan-
trum, and the slow ones are drool-
ing badly. The result is a delight-
ful fracas, the second in a row
that has been staged in the middle
of the Queen's visit by those
weirdies who populate our home-
grown broadcasting and television
monster.
Now! !!
IN A NEW LOCATION
The Zurich Citizens News Is Now Situated In The
Former Zurich Herald Building
WE INVITE YOU TO DROP INTO OUR NEW OFFICE AT ANY TIME.
COME IN AND LOOK AROUND.
Zurich e
FINE JOB PRINTING —
News
-- OFFICE SUPPLIES
OUR TELEPHONE NUMBER REMAINS THE SAME
ZURICH — PHONE 133
IF YOU WISH TO DROP NEWS AROUND AFTER HOURS, THERE IS A
— MAIL SLOT IN THE FRONT DOOR
If the claims of the resigning
producers are true — that there
has been political pressure brought
to bear on certain sensitive port-
ions of the monster's anatomy —
let us have the facts and have them
smartly. If they are not true,
and the producers are merely be-
ing tempermental, their resigna-
tions should be accepted and the
whole joint closed down for the
summer.
A couple of months without the
CBC would be good for everybody.
It would be better than medicine
for the TV addicts. Some of them
might even kick the habit. It
would reveal the poverty of the
private stations, if they had no
CBC programmes to flavour the
slop they serve. It would give
the culture vultures of the CBC
a chance to cool down and realize
that, outside the palisades, they
are no longer unappreciated gen-
ius, but merely people out of a
job, with the bills piling up.
* *
That's probably the best solut-
ion: a CBC -less summer. By the
end of August, even the politicians
might be missing the good old
Jarvis St. jezebel. The enforced
holiday would save a few millions
in taxes. Families would get to
know each other again. There
would be an upswing in the nat-
ional health as people stopped wat-
ching those cruddy late movies and
got some sleep. Even the teen-
agers might be so sickened of
rock-and-roll and cowboy "music"
they'd be ready for something in-
telligent.
i
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1959
But let me make one thing clear.
If the CBC board of directors de-
cides to accept my suggestion, and
shut up the shop for the summer, I
want them to get their noses to
the wheel and be ready to swing
back into full operation in Sep-
tember,
N: * *
The CBC can, and does, make a
bollix of a lot of things, but this
would be a sorry country if the
corporation folded, and our nat-
ional entertainment and educat-
ional programmes emanated from
those purveyors of pap, the private
stations.
* * x:
Over the years, the CBC has
given us a lot of claptrap. But
it has also provided us with a lot
of stimulating, intelligent pro-
grammes, and some first-rate en-
tertainment. A good proportion of
its stuff is superior to British or
U.S. radio and television. And
all this on a comparatively miserly
budget.
* * *
So come back, boys and ,girls.
All is forgiven. You give us a
pain in the arm at times, but we
couldn't get along without you.
We won't let those politicians push
you around. After all, they work
for us, too.
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