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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-11-04, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH ettizeiz , 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: 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, NOVEMBER 4, 1959 ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER' 4; 1959 WE FAVOUR REPEAL THE ZURICH and District Chamber of Commerce has gone on record as endorsing the move to repeal the Canada Temper- ance Act, and this, we feel, is a sensible piece of business on their part. Under the present C.T.A. law, as it now stands, there is little police officers can do to curb drinking, especially by juven- iles. The Chamber of Commerce feels conditions under the L.C.A. will bring about much better law enforcement throughout the county, While the temperance people, who are fighting to retain the C.T.A., claim they are asking for amendments to the present act, we have it on good authority that the government will not con- sider any changes if the C.T.A. is left in force. We wonder if maybe the C.T.A. people would not have been better to wait until. the county is under the L,C.A. before they begin their temperance campaign. The fact that the C.T.A. would no longer be in force does not mean that there will be public drinking places opened. Another vote would be necessary before any beverage rooms or cocktail lounges could be opened, and that would seem to us as a better time for the temperance people to go to work. As far as we are concerned, the corning vote is simply to decide whether we wish to remain under the antiquated C.T.A. law, which permits public drinking, any place, any time, by any- one, including juveniles, or whether we wish to be under the newer L.C.A. law, which carries restrictions in all the above mentioned categories. The fact that Huron and Perth are the only two remaining counties in the province of Ontario who are under the C.T.A., would seem to indicate that there is a need for a change in the law governing these two. We hardly think only Huron and Perth could be right and the rest of Ontario wrong in their way of thinking. During the next few weeks, before the vote takes place, we would like to hear from pople who are interested in the mat- ter, and would welcome any amount of letters to the editor on the situation. Only one thing to remember though, even though you do not want your name to appear in the paper you must sign the letter so we know where it comes from. You may use a pen - name, if you wish, for the letter in the paper, 40 YEARS A.GO NOVEMBER 1919 The linesman have put the tele- phone cable in place and the work of making the necessary connec- tions will soon be completed. Dan Koehler has left for Kitch- ener where he has accepted a posi- tion for the winter months. Prospects seen bright for a fine modern skating rink for Zurich this winter. A meeting of the baseball club was held on Monday evening and the matter was fully discussed and favorably received. Mr. and Mrs. Ted. Mittelholtz are moving into Mrs. M. Mc- Cormick's home at the corner of Victoria and Queen Streets. Mr. Mittelholtz has accepted a posi- tion with Stade and Weido as a tinsmith. Alta., Mr. O. Tate, of Calgary, has accepted a position with Mr. P. Bender as a shoe -maker. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Smith spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. Schade in Dashwood. Five candidates were up for election to the Boy's Parliament in Exeter on November 7, 8 and 9. The successful two were Homer Guenther and Mervyn 1 Mr. Oliver Johnston, Goderich, visited his brother, Mr, Thomas Johnston. of town, on Sunday. OF YEARS GONE BY. s 15 YEARS AGO Mrs. Elizzie Hey is in London this week attending the Women's Institute convention at the Hotel London. The first snow of the season arrived on Thursday, but there was little of it and it did not stay around for long. Miss Patricia O'Dwyer, who is attending Brescia Hall, London, spent the weekend with her par- ents, Dr. and Mrs. P. J. O'Dwyer. Private Lloyd Klopp, who is in the Armed Forces, is spending two weeks furlough at his home in town. Mrs. Henry Gellman, of town, met with a very painful accident last Friday morning, as she went to go down the outside steps she slipped on the ice causing o fracture her left wrist. Mr. Ralph Krueger was elected treasurer of the Canada Confer- ence Evangelical Youth Fellow- ship at a convention held in Kit- chener on October 26 and .27. The frolic held in the Hensall community shed on Wednesday evening, sponsored by the Hensall and Zurich War Services Assoc- iation, was very successful. Stan Tudor was the convener of the affair. Letters To The Editor RE -CTA VOTE DEAR SIR: As the campaign for the com- ing vote warms up, some of us get mare confused than ever. They tell us, that under the CTA ttheree is no shortage of supply and law governing its use. Under the LCA we can buy liquor legally but that there is a law controlling its use. What we would like to know is, where does the control part come In, when, as at a recent in- quest there was evidence that a teenager had 12 drinks of liquor in one evening. If a campaign of- ficial, lawyer, or member of par - would be interesting to know. I would like to add that we agree with Bill Pollen's letter in last week's Times Advocate that if a community wants to clo some- thing about juvenile drinking, they will have to be prepared to set an example, and that is the commune ity as a whole, and not only the parents of the youngsters who might get into trouble, Yours truly, HILLBILLY liament can g A SPECIAL PROBLEM AN ONTARIO magistrate recently castigated some long- haired youths who appeared in Court,- describing their hair styles as "badges of dishonour". Some adults thought this con- demnation too sweeping, but most would agree that greasily festooned hair is not an attractive sight on a young man. However, the Ontario Safety League points out that an ostentatious "duck cut" may be a road safety valve, or at Ieast a warning signal. Teen-age emotions are strong, and the desire for recognition—a basic human need—is extreme. Boys who do not have spectacular abilities. or physical advantages, seek to attract recognition by other means—eccentricities of dress or appearance. noisy behaviour, boasting, quarrelling, and so on. These attention -getting devices may help to satisfy some of the insecure teen-agers. Others turn to more spectacular and dangerous behaviour. Aggressive and show-off driving is the most popular choice. Youths haunted by a sense of inferiority will go all out to have people notice them—dead or alive. Psychologists de- scribe them as "insecure -aggressive semi -schizoid". Intolerant adults may use a briefer and ruder description. Yet fathers who look at them honestly will often see an accurate picture of themselves a generation ago. But if human nature was the same forty years back, the surroundings were not. Father had a bicycle, or one or two horses at the most to help him create a sensation on the roads. Today his son rides the potentially destructive power of 200 horses, and often the rein is loose. The exuberant, attention -seeking teen-ager of today will be, in the main, the balanced and useful citizen of the future . . . if he survives! But his damp duck -cut now. coupled with the traffic accident statistics of the insurance industry, serve notice that in this automobile age he is a special problem. A problem that will steadily increase over the next ten years as the surging flood of "war babies" reach driving age, and the proportionof young, insufficiently trained, drivers on our roads increases. BEWARE ARENA ACCIDENTS 25 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER. 1934 Rev. Father Carnie, London, had charge of the Sunday ser- vices at St. Boniface R.C. Church in Zurich. The other day while returning in from Hensall, Earl Yungblut saw two fine deer in field nearr the little swamp. They seemed little disturbed. Hallowe'en was celebrated last Wednesday night in town, and as usual the young people had their pranks, but as far as we know no serious damage was done. The local merchants have been quite busy the past few weeks taking in onions, of which some have been already sold. Aleout 40 tons will be. stored 'over for spring 'shipment. Many villagers attended the big fowl supper at Dashwood last Thursday evening, and everybody attending surely had a big fill. We regret very much to report the news that Rev. Father L. Power, who has been parish priest of St. Boniface Church in Zurich, is obliged to go to the hospital for an extended rest and building up. The death occurred in Clinton of Mrs. William Richardson, for- merly of the Township of Hay. Mr. John A. Armstrong has pur- chased the 50 -acre farm on the i Babylon Line, formerly owned by I George McClinchey. i (Owen -Sound Sun -Times) SOON THE SCORES of arenas throughout the country will be opening, filled with hockey teams and thousands of hockey fans. Soon, too, perhaps, large quantities of snow will be falling, putting tons of additional weight on the framework of these structures. All in all, it will add up to the hazards which brought about the tragedy in Listowel last winter in which eight boys lost their lives as the arena, in which d at eLake of practising, Bays, collapsed. Another similar tragedy with two killed. Most, perhaps all, of the arenas are quite safe, even should it be another winter of heavy snowfall. Butonly careful in- spection, preferably by men who are not only expert in their knowledge of such buildings, but also free of local influences, can make certain such is the case. Quite often comparatively cheap repair action could avert tragedy. With the memory of Listowel still fresh in the public mind. Officials should take fearless action. For instance, two years ago the city of Port Arthur bought an arena for $100,000 which was erected in 1932. No doubt the municipal authorities had the building inspected when they took it over in 1957; hut, as the result of a survey it has been condemned. Without waiting for City Council action, the Mayor has ordered that it not be opened. Regardless of age, every arena in Ontario should be sub- jected to inspection before the hockey season opens. Such big roofs are susceptible to damage from sheer weight of snowfalls. QUOTE OF THE MONTH "IN EVERY province, in every man of to look fore whatever that c ode may be, there is some good. Our duty is Us extend the hand of welcome rather than the stone of judg- ment. In Canada, because of its immense area and different cultures, unity is essential. We cannt t on lGovernor-Gene al George iP without one another .. 10 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 1949 The celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, Zurich, on Sunday, October 30, was truly a great and successful event. The attend- ance taxed the auditorium of the church to capacity. What was known as the Schilbe coal business in Zurich, lately run by Ervin Schilbe, has been sold to Stade and Weido of town. The deal includes the brick block and weigh scales just south of the Zurich Dairy. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Dagg and daughter, Marilyn, Teeswater, were among the guests to attend the anniversary services at the Evangelical Church on Sunday. Mr. Morris Weber left for To- ronto on Saturday to attend the banquet of the 58th Battalion of the Great War, which was held in the King Edward Hotel. Last Wednesday night the Zion Lutheran Ladies Aid, Dashwood, entertained their husbands to a fowl supper, which was followed by a program put an by the ladies. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Weido exchanged marriage vows at the manse of Trinity Lutheran Ch- urch, London, on Saturday. The many friends of Mrs. J. W. Horner will be pleased to hear that she is able to walk around the house after having her hip fractured a few months ago. She is in residence with her daughter, Mrs. E. G. Krueger, on the 14th. SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) There's a deal of fluttering and puttering and muttering, of hurry- ing and worrying and scurrying, a- round our town these days. There is tension in the air, and secrecy. Domestic quarrels are frequent and hitter. Women weep easily, and normally soft-spoken men cur- se with gusto and little provoca- tion. * Cause of all the strain, of cour- se. is that deer season is upon us again. About dawn on Monday morning, some two-thirds of the male population will he off on the great annual trudge. Among them, they willcover more • territory than did Napoleon's army on the retreat from Moscow. * * Majority of these intrepid ad- venturers would notwalk two blocks to work on a pleasant day in mid -summer, Yetthey will drag themselves and a dirty great musket through swamp and slash and burn, through mud and snow and rain, for eight hours a day during the annual attack of cafard known in these parts as deer hunt ing. 4' The truth is, of course, that it is not the hunt they enjoy. Deer hunting, as a sport, is highly over -rated. I1, is much like sold- iering; long periods of complete monotony and intense discomfort, interspersed by explosions of vio- lence and utter confusion, ra a N There are reasons why all those pot-bellied, flabby -muscled, short- winded characters undergo the dreariness and the exhaustion of the hunt. Seldom among them are the yearning for a venison roast, eve an explanation, it ENJOYS PAPER DEAR SIR: Enclosed find check for renewal of the Zurich Citizens News, which I enjoy very much. The $3.75 should cover the exchange on Axrn erican money. Thank you, MRS. E. L. HAPPEL, 330 Marion Street, Jackson, Michigan. ONTARIO CITIZENS TAKE "SECOND LOOK" REJECT L.C.A. OUTLETS On October 21, Burlington turned down a liquor lounge and dining lounge, and its annex rejected a liquor store and brewers' warehouse as well as lounges. On the same date, Dundas voted against lounges, and Flesher - ton (Grey County) voted nearly 3 to 1 against men's and women's beverage rooms. Other victories this year, as listed by the Ontario Temperance Federation: St. Thomas (lounges), Norwich (store), Grimsby, Victoria Harbor, ,Erin, Timmins (loung- es), Gananoque, Kingsville, Wheatley, Leamington (loung- es), Bowmanville and about nine townships. The ratio of "dry" victories is the highest in a long time. The city of Owen Sound, long without licenses under local option, has successfully resisted five attempts at repeal, the latest in 1958. Commenting upon these things, the Hamilton Spec- tator says: "People in various parts of Ontario are taking a second look at the desirability of liquor lounges and cocktail bars ... It could be a trend is setting in against additional outlets for alcoholic bever- ages . . . The fact is, of course, that money spent on alcoholic beverage isn't available for spending on food, clothing or the other real needs for a good life. This is apart from the social effects, The primary purpose of additional liquor outlets is to sell more drinks to more people." KEEP THE CANADA TEMPERANCE ACT IN HURON FOR THE REVOCATION ® AGAINST THE REVOCATION X Published by Huron C.T.A. Committee Air nor yet the deep desire to indulge in the thrills of the chase. a * Some of them go because they face the truth. They know that they can't spend one more day with their wives without taking an axe to them. Smug in the knowledge that it is the one holi- day on which the old lady will not insist on tagging along, they leave for the deep woods and safety with expressions of love and solic- itude, the hypocrites. * Another segment is also nearing the breaking point. It is made-up of the men who are running away from The Job or The Business. Nearly berserk from the atten- tions of boss or customers, they'll admit quite frankly, the cowards, that they don't give a diddle about the hunting, they just want to get someplace where there are no telephones, where nobobdy can get at them. * . Then there are the boys who want to play at being men. These are the types with white-collar jobs, good incomes, and iron -wil- led wives. For 51 weeks of the year, these birds are well dressed, well mannered, and well managed. So they go deer hunting, and for one glorious week, they stomp a- round in big boots, never wash or shave, talk rough and dirty, belch at will, and get drunk. Still another regiment of hunt- ers is made up of men to whom deer hunting has a snob appeal. They are like the people who don't know a football from a footbath, (Continued on Page 'Three) Business and Professional Directory AUCTIONEERS 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 930 or 220 Zurich Representing CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES 6% — 1 to 3 Years 53%% — 4 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, QC.., C. V. LAUGHTON, L.L.B. Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon EXETER, Phone 4 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.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 WESTLAKE Funeral Horne AMBULANCE and PORTABLE OXYGEN SERVICE Phone 89J or 89W ZURICH HOFFMAN'S Funeral & Ambulance Service OXYGEN EQUIPPED Ambulances located at Dashwood Phone 70w Grand Rend --Phone 20w Attendants Holders of St. John'. Ambulance Certificates OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH: Daily except Monday Phone 791 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.n`. Wednesday: 9 a.M. to 12 noon. Thursday evening by appointment: CLINTON; Monday Only Phone HU 2.7010