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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-09-16, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH et tLZEtz6. 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 PRINTED BY CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, CLINTON, ONT. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription ed States and Foreign; gn; ear ns1 glencopi s, Canada; cents. J 50 in Member: ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1959 CLEAR THINKING (Clinton News -Record) THE REQUEST from Huron County for a vote for and against repeal of the Canada Temperance Act in this county has been taken to the Secretary of State at Ottawa. We feel there is need for clear thinking with regard to this action being taken by hundreds of citizens of Huron. Too often, when the CTA is being considered, there is an emotional view- point taken which centres mainly around the question of Temper- ance versus Abstinence. Our opinion is that a man's decision to drink, or not to drink, can not be legislated. To allow the sale of alocholic beverages to minors, is an unwise thing. We also believe that consumption of -alcoholic beverages by minors is very unwise. However, these opinions are our own, and we would defend the right of any one to different opinions on the subject. The proposed vote for and against the CTA, is purely a question of law. Neither of the Acts which are applicable in the matter of drinking regulations, can stop a man from drinking if he wishes, nor can they make him drink if he does not want to. In repealing the CTA, if Huron decides to do this, the people of the county will merely be changing the law under which they are governed with regard to alcoholic beverages. Legally, we believe that the Ontario Liquor Control Act, has more "teeth" in it, under modern circumstances, than the CTA has. We be- lieve that a law that states it is illegal to sell to minors: illegal to be drunken in a public place; illegal to drink in cars; illegal to drink in any place other than a licensed area, or in one's own home, is a better law for Huron people, than one which ignores these things. Now, when the people of Huron are preparing for their vote on this matter, they should keep clear in their own minds the facts that they are not voting for more drinking, nor for less. They will be voting for the law, under which they wish the drinking habits of the people of Huron to be controlled. It will be up to them to decide which law they want to be governed under. SMALL TOWN CHARM (The Journal, Humboldt, Saskatchewan) T H I S 1 S T H E time of year when life in a small town ap- proaches perfection. The leafy greenness of tree -lined streets shades strollers, beaches and pools call holidaying children and along Main street steals an irresistible air of peace and relax- ation. Tourists from distant places give many communities al- most their only "dog days" stir and, as they pause to chat with the local folk they frequently comment on ho wfortunate people are to live in small towns with their leisurely pace and pleasant surroundings. But is it enough for a small town to be merely pleasant and self-sufficient? Could it be that towns accessible to large cities are missing an opportunity for pleasure and profit by failing to take advantage of their position? Their problem is to provide facilities that will attract city dwellers bent on a brief excusion to escape hot pavements and thronging crowds. This calls for studying the local situation and determining what is needed. Numerous American towns have summer theatres which attract drama -lovers from a radius of hundreds of miles. Some of our towns could establish similar theatres which would •draw Canadian actors — and audiences — from the cities. Concerts in parks are increasing and attracting large audiences — they are a wonderful way to spend a summer evening, Small town eating places, serving well-prepared versions of local food specialities, would be a boon to city neighbours and tourists alike. Many people will travel miles for an especially good meal. The problem varies with the region. Its solution could contribute to the variety and enjoyment of life in Canada. The first step is to find the scheme best suited to a particular locality and usually, from there on, enthusiasm will help combine natural beauty and serenity with man-made attractions. ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS 40 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 1919 Mrs. (Rev.) W. Whiteside and children, who visited here with relatives left for their borne in Carberry, Man., last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hey Jr. have returned home from a motor trip to Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Grimsby Beach, Burlington, and other points. They report a very interesting trip. Dr. and Mrs, E. W. Stoskopf, Kitchener, spent Sunday in town. The Liberals of South Huron will hold a convention at Hensall on September 20, to nominate a candidate for the provincial leg- islature. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin D. Smith and two daughters, Catherine and Marjorie, Hamilton, visited at the homes of the former's two broth- ers, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Smith, town, and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Smith, of the Bluewater Highway. Samuel Deitz and men assisting him have finished the cement work on the new Brucefield church shed. Ferd Haberer and Charles Eil- ber have left for Kitchener, where they have both accepted positions. Mr. and Mrs. George Koch, Dashwood, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Elmore Thiel, at Blake. Entries for the Zurich Fair are pouring in, and the event prom- ises to be one of the most success- ful ever held here. Tri -County Campaign for The Blind Huron County Objective — $6,000 SEND YOUR DONATION TODAY TO: L E BANNISTER — Zurich, Ontario 25 YEARS AGO o O OF . 9 YEARS GONE BY 90 15 YEARS AGO asespposimairommincatemonosamemommumi WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1959 SEPTEMBER 1944 Theodore Haberer, Ferd Haber- er, George Deichert, and Gordon Smith were at Meaford trout fishing last week, and report catching some big ones, On Monday of this week the Exeter high school opened. and the new system of the transpor- tation of pupils from Zurich by bus is being tried out. E. R. Guenther, Dashwood. has the con- tract, and a goodly number will take advantage of these facilities. Miss Alpha Meyers, nurse -in - training, has returned to her dut- ies at Stratford General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Howald and family, London, spent a pleas- ant weekend with relatives in Zurich. Mrs. Lloyd Hendrick, of the Bluewater Highway South, is at present a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, and her many friends wish her a speedy recov- and SPICE .SUGAR (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) How about a spot of book re- viewing this week, for a change? Anyone who doesn't read books, and there are plenty of them, might as well turn to the clas- sified ads, because this won't int- erest him. * * * Inordinate and uncontrollable reading is one of the several major flaws in my character. Print on paper is to me what fer- mented or distilled liquid in a container is to an alcoholic. * ,¢ * Like the alky, I prefer the good stuff, if I can get it, but if there's none around, I'll take whatever is available. Sometimes when I've reeled through a reading binge, and there's nothing left in the house, and the booksellers are closed, I wind up gulping fever- ishly from such fare as the Ladies' Horne Journal, a Superman comic, or one of the kids' Think and Do books. * ery. Gunner Lloyd Klopp, who has been stationed at Halifax, N.S., spent the week with his parents. At present he is taking a driver mechanic course at Hamilton. Chelsea Thiel, who is in the Air Force, was a visitor in our village over the past weekend. Rudolph (Tiny) Bedard is at home on the Bluewater Highway, on. furlough after having been away for over a year. SEPTEMBER 1934 Newell Geiger left on Monday for London, where he will attend Normal School. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Steinbach, Holly, Mich., are visiting relatives here at present. Miss Anna Overholt, London, is spending the week with her mo- ther, Mrs. W. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heideman, Jackson, Mich., are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Heideman. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Siebert,' Detroit, are visiting at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Siebert. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gingerich, of the Bronson Line, were recent visitors with friends in Elmira. Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Truemner attended the Milverton Fair last week, and won several prizes for their exhibits. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scotch - mer, Bayfield. were Sunday visit- ors in Zurich at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Albrecht. The dwelling property occupied by Dr. H. H. Cowen and owned by Everet Heist is receiving im- provements with a fresh coat of paint. Mr. Henry Eickmeier is the artist. William Siebert, Jr., is spending the week in Detroit, taking in the baseball games between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees. * 0 * 10 YEARS AGO * * I've even been reduced, at the end of such a lost weekend, to reading in French and English the literature on the breakfast cereal boxes. the earnest English students, * * I've been nipping at one of the books between paragraphs of this effort. It's written by Harry Golden, of whom I have never heard, and is called Only In America. Golden is a Jew who lives in the deep South and puts out a newspaper in which there is nothing but editorials. His book is a collection of short pieces, pithy, shrewd, witty, learned and very human. Highly recommend- ed as a bedside companion, if you can't do better than a book, a. * * I have no idea how many books I read in a year. There's no way of keeping track of them. I delib- erately read four or five at a time, keeping them in different places in the house, in order to confuse my wife, who abhors my addiction. I read, crunched over the back of the toilet, while I'm rubbing the lather into my face for a shave. SEPTEMBER 1949 Mr, and Mrs. Daniel Oswald have disposed of their farm on the Bronson Line South to Roman Meidinger, Kitchener, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Meidinger. Henry Flaxbard met with a very painful accident last Satur- day afternoon at the Kalbfleisch Mills, where he is employed. While working at a saw a sharp sliver of board hit him in the back of the hip, penetrating a nasty deep gash. Medical aid was given by Dr. P. J. O'Dwyer. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. McEachern and family are on a holiday trip up in the Georgian Bay district. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fisher and Mrs. Louis Sipper, all of Detroit, were weekend visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Pfile, in Dashwood. At a meeting of the Hay Town- ship Memorial Community Centre and A. C. Babe Siebert Memorial Arena committee on Monday night, the committee was inform- ed that the Zurich Lions Club had voted the sum of $8,000 plus the property where the outdoor rink is located, to this very worth- while project. The committee can now go ahead with its plans for building. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Doering and Barbara, Wellesley, were weekend visitors in Zurich at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bedard. Federation Fieldman Reports 'On Another Meeting With Hydro Officials (By J. CARL HEMINGWAY) On Tuesday evening, September 8, a car load of interested persons attended a meeting in Woodstock with Hydro representatives. At a previous meeting the land- owners had recommended that easements be for a limited period, 20 years; that right of way be paid for on a basis of actual land value; and that due compensation be given for loss of re -sale value of the farm. These recommendations were apparently taken to the Ontario Hydro Commission and flatly re- fused. Instead of making any offer along the recommended line of settlement, Hydro representatives told us that Hydro would now of- fer to purchase outright the land needed at appraised land values. This they stated would give a total settlement. of about 40 per - vent more than under the ease- ment plan. When asked why Hydro was willing to pay more, Mr, Hustler of Ontario Hydro replied that Hydro would gain greater control over the property. Thus it is clear that the farmer is notgetting a better deal but simply that he is getting a few more dollars because he is giving up that much more. While a farmer might be quite willing to sell his whole farm on the appraised value per acre, he can hardly be expected to sell a strip of three acres across his * * * I've just finished Lolita, the book which has had such an in- flammatory effect on would-be censors, scaredy-cat publishers and timid head librarians. No, you can't borrow my copy. It is a brilliant, bawdy book, haunting and hilarious. Some of it is as funny as anything I've read, some as tragic. The morons won't un- derstand it, and the teenagers won't have the patience to sort it out, so I don't know whose morals it threatens. * * * Frequently, when I have finish- ed writing this column, about two a.m., I'll sneak into the living - room, pull a brand new paper- back from under the piano, and guzzle it before going to bed. This produced sympathy the first couple of times I tottered down, red -eyed and. careworn, to go to work in the morning. But she caught me at it one 4 a.m. 1 * * Anyway, I've swilled my way through a few interesting books lately and thought I'd mention them. Don't expect a scholarly review, with plot outline, tracing of symbolism, literary antecedents and all that jazz. I leave it for the pipe -smoking professors, and farm for the same per acre price. If Hydro insists on purchasing a strip of land 100 feet wide at whatever point Hydro desires for the erection of a transmission line to supply power very largely for industrial purposes then the appraisal should be made as on industrial property rather than as on farm land. This would be something like $1,000.00 per acre. When Hydro is willing to com- pensate landowners on a realistic basis the plan won't make much difference and settlement should- n't be difficult. ROCK of AGES EVENTIDE AN D MEMORIRI.S INQUIRIES ARE INVITED T. PRIDE and SON EXETER Clinton Seo.forth Phone 41 IItJ 2-6606 573 * * * Another is Dr. Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak. It won a Nobel prize, which Russia wouldn't let him collect, and I don't blame them. It's a devastating picture of Russia from 1900 to about 1950. A fine, poetic work, if you can stomach the interminable Russian surnames, nicknames, given names and pet names. r- * And there is Watch That Ends the Night, by Montreal , novelist Hugh MacLennan. This is a revo- lutionary approach to the modern novel in that it tells a story. Its language is apparently simple, but what it says is sensitive, wise and strong. One of Canada's best, MacLennan has a control and maturity few writers of fiction on this continent can boast. This book alone is ample proof that Canada produces more than hoc- key players, maple syrup and rye whiskey. * * There you are: four books as different as could be. And if I've interrupted you just when the Mickey Spillane hero was about to kick the lady in the groin, I hope you'll pardon the intrusion. Business and J l r ofessionaal Directory AUCTIONEERS DENTISTS 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 All Insurances --Call BERT KLOPP Phone 93r1 or 220 Zurich Representing CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES 5%2% — 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 & NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon EXETM Phone 4 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 Appointment -- Phone 606 FUNERAL DIRECTORS WF,STLAKE 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 OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST SEiAFORTH: Daily except Monday Phone '791 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday: 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Thursday evening by appointment CLINTON: Monday Only Phone HU 2-7010