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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-07-01, Page 2PAGE TWO 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 PRINTED BY CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, CLINTON, ONT, Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member: Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies, 5 cents. ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION 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. . Feature Items - - Specials For Weekend Libby's Fancy Quality Tomato Juice -48 oz. 27c Pink Seal Fancy Pink Salmon ---1 lb. Tin 2/$1.00 Miracle Whip -32 oz. Jars 69c New Green Cabbage Sc Ib. GASCHO'S LUCKY DOLLAR MARKET 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. nuanannons VISIT THE Real Living Santa June 19 to Thanksgiving Fun For All The Family CHILDREN TO 14 YEARS FREE 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Sunday: 1.00 to 6.00 p.m. SANTA'S VILLAGE Bracebridge, Ont. 24to30 , vsimiiiimmissms Business and Professional Directory DENTISTS 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.B., 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 Appointment -- Phone 606 FUNERAL DIRECTORS WESTLAKE Funeral Home AMBULANCE and PORTABLE OXYGEN SERVICE Phone 89J or 89W ZURICH 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 AUCTIONEERS ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient serv.4ce at all times. "Service that Satisfies" Phone 119 Dashwood INSURANCE For Safety EVERY FARMER NEEDS Liability Insurance Far Information About All Insurances --Call BERT KLOPP Phone 93r1 or 220 Zurich Rearesenting CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES 51/4% — 1 To 5 Years J. W. HABERER Authorized Representative Phone 161 — Zurich LEGAL W. G. Cochrane, B.A. BARRISTER and SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC Hensall Office Open Wednesday and Friday Afternoons EXETER PHONE 14 BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS. SOLICITORS Sr NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon EXETER Phone 4