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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1959
WHY WE FAVOUR REPEAL!
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
IN DEFENCE of the stand we took a couple of weeks
ago regarding the coming vote on the C.T.A., we will attempt
to explain our reasons for feeling the way we do about the
matter.
Our main argument far urging repeal is that under the
C.T.A. there is no law which can be enforced by police officers.
There are only two offences under the C.T.A.—illegally selling,
—and bring liquor into the area. It has recently been brought
to light that breweries may deliver their products into the area,
if it has been ordered and paid for in advance.
Under the C.T.A. there is no specific mention of minors.
Anyone—any age, can drink anywhere, as long as he does not
create a disturbance. There is absolutely no harm in walking
down the street drinking a bottle of liquor, or driving about
in an automobile while drinking, under the C.T.A. law.
However, under the L.C.A., persons over the age of 21
only—are allowed to drink in licenced premises only,—or in
their own home Drinking in public places is strictly forbidden,
and a car is considered a public place, under the L.C.A. If a
person is caught violating any of these regulations, there is a
severe penalty.
A person can be in a state of drunkenness without having
to fear prosecution, under the C.T.A. It is strictly illegal to
be in a state of drunkehmess under the L.C.A., and there is a
stiff penalty for being caught in such a condition.
The C.T.A. encourages bootlegging. Under the act a first
offence only draws a fine of $50, while under the L.C.A. the
penalty for a first offence of selling illegally is imprisonment
of from two to six months. In a recent case in Listowel
heard before Magistrate A. F. Cook, the magistrate agreed
with the Crown Attorney when he suggested the C.T.A. is
outdated. "But I did not make the law," the magistrate said.
"The law, made in 1867 or 1869, does not appear either to
meet our present needs or the present evaluation of dollars and
cents," he concluded. Many other such instances have come
up where magistrates and judges have condemned the C.T.A.,
because they know the real meaning of the law it represents.
A prominent district law, speaking recently in Brussels,
said, "It would be a terrible mistake to maintain an act that
would only be tolerated in two counties of Ontario." He said
that it was the worst act ever formulated, and that consumption
of liquor was not out of Rile. "Two things govern liquor con-
sumption," the lawyer added, "prosperity and numbers — and
both have increased in the county in the past years." He also
stated that he doubted very much if the government would
give any heed to the amendments to the C.T.A. that the
Temperance Federation have been advocating for the past
three years.
In a letter addressed to the editor of this paper last week,
Mr. Royal Moulton, general secretary of the Ontario Temper-
ance Federation, referred to the campaign to revoke the C.T.A.
as a "smear campaign" by the liquor interests in the province.
As far as we are concerned Mr. Moulton is in error on this
statement. The campaign is being conducted by a group of
local citizens throughout Huron County, whose chief interest it
is to rid the county of a "Horse and Buggy Day" law.
To our way of thinking the coming vote on November 30
is not a. case of "wets vs. drys", but is strictly a matter of
voting to discard a law which is no longer sufficient for our
present day way of living. It is our honest opinion that if
the C.T.A. is thrown out, the Temperance Federation members
(which we highly regard for their sincerity), will be able to
accomplish much better results than they can at present.
TIME TO SPEAK OUT
40 YEARS AGO
November 1919
Mr. A. Mittelholtz shipped a
carloal of scrap paper on Wednes-
day.
R. J. Kalbfleisch, of the Mol -
son's bank staff,. Alvinston, has
been transferred to the Exeter
branch of that bank,
..OF.�
YEAS GONE
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15 YEARS AGO
November, 1944
Jack O'Brien, who is in the
armed forces, enjoyed a weekend
at the home of his parents in
Zurich.
Huron County's century old
jail was afire for a short time
last Friday, when leaves lodged in
Henry Gillman has rented
Henry Dater's house for a year.
Mr. and Mrs, Daters will move to
New Hamburg to reside, where
Mr, Daters is taking over Massey-
Harris
asseyHarris implement agency.
Rev. F. B. Meyer returned last
Saturday from a deer hunt hi
New Ontario. He brought along
a four year old buck, and his
friends were treated to a venison
roast.
Last Thursday afternoon the
local branch of the Women's In-
stitute were conveyed to Crediton
by a few local car owners, which
was greatly appreciated by the
ladies.
Mr. John Pfaff, one of this dis-
trict's most enterprising farmers,
recently disposed of six steers and
two heifers, all two years old, and
realized the handsome sum of
$1,080 for the lot.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Preeter and
family spent Sunday with friends
and relatives in Tavistock and
Shakespeare.
Considerable headway has been
made with open air skating rink.
The ground has been levelled and
the high board fence nearly com-
pleted.
25 YEARS AGO
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1959
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
MORE VIEWS DISAGREES
The Editor, The Zurich Citizens News,
Zurich Citizens News. Zurich, Ontario.
I wish to take a little space in Dear Mr. Editor:
your paper to try and express a When a newspaper reports the
few more views concerning this facts impartially it is fulfilling a
campaign of CTA vs. OLCA, valuable service to the cormnun-
After reading some of the let- ity. It is then that its readers
tens in last week's paper, especial- are best able to form an accurate
ly the one by the general secre opinion on a public issue. There -
Fedof the Ontario Temperance fore let me commend you for the
Federation, where he mentioned research and effort put into "An
about the Christian people moving Historical Outline of the C.T.A."
on to Ottawa to amend the Act if It is one of the most enlightening
retained, I would like to point out pieces I have yet read concerning
to Mr. Moulton that if the act is the November 30th vote which
retained, it won't be the Christ- to decide, as someone else put it
ian people alone who voted itid last week's paper, which liquor
out. Keeping my ear tothe ground, law we desire to live under, and
so who
o re votingfind
thoagainsre trerepeal not: a case of "wets" against the
the eaves caught fire from a because they want to drink their
ground bonfire.
At a recent meeting of the lo-
cal board of health a "resolution
was drawn up requesting the
council of the Township of Hay
to pass a by-law whereby all new
septic tanks and weeping tile in-
stalled be inspected and approval
given by a Sanitary Inspector.
Ferd and Jacob Haberer, Wes.
Merner and Ivan Yungblut have
returned safely from a deer hun-
ting expedition near Peterbor-
ough, and each hunter was suc-
cessful in bringing home his quota
of deer.
Sixteen members of the Unique
Farm Forum met at the farm
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Klopp,
for a discussion on, "How can we
make our land more productive."
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Charrette
and Mr. and Mrs. A. Masse mo-
tored to London on Thursday last.
Ted Laporte, Windsor, spent a
few days in this locality attending
to some of his farm business.
November, 1934
Mr. Rudolph Thiel, who has
been engaged in the cheese factory
of Rev. C. Schrag, left on Monday
for Brodhagen, where he is start-
ing into the industry for himself.
A play, entitled "Civil. Service"
was presented by the young peo-
ple of James Street United Chur-
ch, Exeter, under the auspices of
the Evangelical Sunday School, in
the Town Hall on Thursday night.
Inspector Beacom, Goderich,
made an official call to the Zurich
public school one day last week.
Henry Steinback, the local road
commissioner, did some very nice
work on the village streets this
week by filling in the holes and
then giving it a heavy scraping.
Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Cowen, vis-
ited in Fergus over the weekend
with the foriner's parents, his
father having gone through an
operation.
Rev. Father S. MacDonald of
St. Marys is the newly appointed
parish priest at St. Boniface RC
Church in Zurich. Father Mc-
Donald is a young man, and is
welcomed to the community.
Early Monday morning the local
fire brigade was called to the
farm of Mr. Charles Laporte,
north of Drysdale, where light-
ning had struck the barn. By the
time the brigade arrived there,
the barn was beyond saving, but
they afforded some protection to
the barn of Charles Rau, in the
immediate vicinity.
(Adapted from the Wingham Advance -Times)
IN A LITTLE over a week the people of Hay Township
and many of the municipalities surrounding will be called upon
to make important decisions on a public matter which will
seriously affect the tenor of their lives for the next twelve
months. Municipal nominations and electioris will pose the
perennial problem of representation on councils and public
boards.
Until recent years it was the universal custom of coun-
cillors, reeves and mayors to make a public statement, well in
advance of nomination day, about their intentions to seek office
for another term. It is a custom which has largely died out,
to the detriment, we feel, of the democratic structure under
which we live.
We are all too familiar with the sort of nomination meet-
ing which has become commonplace of late, the gathering where
there is a last-minute hustling about and a series of whispered
conversations as the minutes of the nomination hour tick by.
Tho reeve, who really didn't intend to stand for office again has
found that possibly he won't be opposed, so he is making up
his mind to stay on without opposition. Four of the coun-
cillors were ready to quit but the fifth has just slipped up to
tell them that if they do, Joe Blow, from across the tracks
may get in by acclamation, and that would never do.
All this time the Citizens of the municipality have not the
faintest idea what is going on, and the first thing they know
the time for nominations is over and the new council is elected
'because several good men sat back waiting for nominations
that were never made.
If a man has the courage and spirit to serve his coin-
xnunity on council throughout the year it is his obviousobliga-
tion to declare his intentions well before nomination day, so
that other trustworthy nominees may be considered by the
electors and induced to run for office. The very best of
candidates are usually the type of e
in standing for public duty on the spurswho
of the mtalkedot be
moment. They
are much more likely to be those men who want an oppor-
tunity to think over the responsibilities of the office they are
urged to seek. Last-minute nominations all too often result
in the selection of those who are swayed by the mere fact that
they are surprised into acceptance.
Not only have our present office -holders a clear obligation
to declare their intentions, but there is an equal obligation for
those who have not held public office to accept these posts at
the proper tin*.
10 YEARS AGO
liquor where ever they like, an
whenever they like. They don't
want to be caught with opened
bottles or cases, under the OLCA,
in their car or vehicle.
Mr. Editor, I realize I have
weaknesses, and as a churchgo-
ing Christian, I don't feel when I
vote for the repeal of the CTA I
am doing so in a moment of
weakness. In last week's edition
I mentioned about the teenagers
drinking at hance halls, etc., which
we have seen, but I have been
thinking since, what would stop
them from drinking in front of
our churches, even on Sundays? I
must say that has not been the
case, as this is a church going
community. Thank God for that,
but there is nothing in the world
to stop anything like that.
I also notice where mention was
made that there is less drinking
in Huron than other places under
the OLCA. My point is, "How can
they come to that conclusion?
How do they know ?" The only
way we can gauge those assertions
is by convictions in court, but we
can't do that in Huron as there
are no convictions except for sel-
ling.
I also notice by keeping my ear
to the ground that there are less
comments to the amending of
the act. Mr. Editor, voting for re-
tention of the act and amending
it later is like buying a pig in a
poke, or like buying real estate
from a high pressure salesman
only to find it is in the bottom of
the ocean. I am quite sure that
the people of Huron County are
not falling for this propaganda
anymore.
Mr. Editor, I had no intention
of asking you to insert another
letter in your paper, but I shud-
der when I stop and think what
conditions could be like by re-
taining the CTA until another
vote is taken.
Open your eyes, and do your
own thinking, people of Huron,
yours will be the verdict on No-
vember 30.
Thank You,
"SIMPLE MATH,"
November 16, 1959.
November, 1949
The United Church parsonage at
Staffa was the setting for the
wedding of Emma Jean Taylor
and Floyd Rae Armstrong, Zurich,
which was performed by Rev. A.
H. Daynard.
There passed away in Zurich on
Monday, November 14, one of its
eldest residents, in the person of
Mrs. Martin Wurm, in her 87th
year. •
Mr. Keith Westlake has recen-
tly purchased a new improved
three-way funeral coach, which
will be a big addition to his eq-
uipment.
Orville Witmer, Ivan Kalb-
fleisch, Lloyd Klopp and Louis
Thiel motored to Georgian Bay
district over the weekend, where
they intended to enjoy a goose
dinner at the cottage of Ward
Fritz.
Mrs. Mary McLeisch and Mr.
Earl Schilbe, Michigan, were
weekend visitors with their uncle,
Mr. Louis Kalbfleisch, who is in
residence with his daughter and
son -yin -law, Mr. and Mrs. Whitney
Brokenshire, in Zurich.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Henry Pfile
and Miss Mattie Ellis, all of Hen -
sail, were Sunday visitors at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert
Geiger.
Miss Anita Datars, who is at-
tending Normal School in Strat-
ford, spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Datars.
The Men's Brotherhood of the
Evangelical Church held a father
and son banquet in the basement
of the church last Wednesday ev-
ening.
edrys„
On the other hand, those far
more numerous articles in support
of the C.T.A., I have felt are sadly
lacking in factual information.
Many generalised statements are
made, but these seem to be based
much more on an extreme atti-
tude toward the problem than
upon factual information • and im-
partial observation.
It disturbs me also to hear
about the way churches have
been telling• people how to vote.
Might they not even resent this
insult to their own judgement
based on the facts which so far
have been difficult to determine?
I seriously question such inter-
ference especially when it as done
in the name of Christ. For this
reason I find offensive a state-
ment attributed to ,Mr. Moulton
in which he drags the name of
Jesus Christ down to the level of
saying that if Huron and Perth
and the C.T.A. are wrong then
Jesus Christ and his Disciples are
wrong. This to me is an irrever-
ent use of the Holy Name of the
Lord Jesus Christ, which we as
Christians must guard against. I
for one cannot subscribe to such
a statement.
Sincerely,
PAUL FISCHER.
Zurich, Ontario,
November 16, 1959.
Federatio Freidman Expresses His
Views Over Cancelling Farm Forum
(By J. Carl Hemingway)
In this column I have been pro-
moting TV Farm Forum aver
CKNX and wish to express my
appreciation to the weekly papers
for giving me this opportunity.
But where do we go from here?
CKNX at considerable inconven-
ience and expense has made the
necessary arrangements for the
producing of the program. A size-
able number of individuals have
given time and effort to arrange
for the details of the show.
But the first Farm Forum end-
ed up as a football game from the
west and the second a• musical ex-
travaganza from somewhere or
other. Why?
Simply because the powers that
control the CBC, felt that the re-
sults of a football game and a
musical were of such vital con-
cern to all Canadians that even
approved programs on private sta-
tions must be cancelled.
I believe that the vast majority
of the people of Canada strongly
support the CBC as a national
control over TV broadcasting but
I also feel that its power should
be greatly curtailed. Certainly we
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do not wish to be subjected to de-
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but I do feel that private TV sta-
tions in an area are quite able to
arrange programs to satisfy the
needs of their community.
Also I am quite willing to have
the CBC control a certain given
time for national network broad-
casting but to give them the auth-
ority to cancel programs a will
except in the case of a national
emergency is a bit too much.
Let's make our feelings known.
Have patience. There will eventu-
ally be a Farm Forum on TV. Be
sure you add a note to your report
to the Ontario office protesting
the treatment that is being given
TV Farm Forum.
Perhaps I should end on a hap-
pier not. At the annual meeting
of the county Holstein Breeders
there was an optimistic atmos-
phere. Butter stocks are moving
out and supplies of milk powder
are no longer bothersome. Cheese
the favoured product of Holsteins
is selling at record levels. Truly
farm surpluses have a strange
way of disappearing.
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