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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1959-11-18, Page 7WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1959 DAILY SERVICE London and Toronto TO ZURICH DISTRICT Hog Assembly in Zurich—TUESDAY & THURSDAY Hog Assembly in Hensel! (at Sales Barn) ---TUESDAY CEMENT & ROAD GRAVEL, FILL & TOP SOIL AGENTS FOR PARISIAN LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANERS USTi. TR,,:NSPORT PHONE 186 ZURICH HENSALL P-lONE 88r7, KIRKTON RUSSELDALE YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MSS! GLASS TU'1BLERS - - Only 99c doz. 40 -Watt LIGHT BULBS - - -- 7 for 99c Bo -Watt LIGHT BULBS - - 5 for 99c Galvanized SQUARE TUBS, 3.65 & 4.25 DROP INTO OUR STORE, NOW, AND SEE Our Wide Variety of CHRISTMAS MERCHANDISE Stade & Weido Hardware "Plumbing — Heating -- Tinsmithing" PHONE 92 ZURICH ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS ST. JOSEPH and DRYSDALE CAL. FRED DUCHARME, Corresvondent . Uurban Ayotte, Detroit, son of Mrs. Margaret Ayotte, is very sick in a Detroit hospital. Mrs. Nettie Harvey is improv- ing nicely at South Huron Hospi- tal, Exeter. Mrs. Virginia Denomme, Sea - forth, spent a few days the past week visiting with relatives in this neighbourhood. Mr. and Mrs. Morley Fournier and children, were Sunday last visitors with Mr. and Mrs, Ed, Corriveau on this highway. Mrs. Remi Denomme of the Drysdale district spent a few days with her son, Joe, on the Parr Line, caring for his children while his wife is under treatment in Clinton Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hartman and son, Windsor, were Friday last visitors with the former's' grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Ducharme, Blue Water Highway. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Masse and family, London, were week- end visitors in this vicinity. New Cottage The Jeffrey Brothers contract- ors are busy with extra help in the construction of a new cottage at the Smith summer resort grounds, half a mile south of St. Joseph. With a few favourable days for working it will be far enough advanced to do inside work. man, carne along on his daily bush routine, and after only a few seconds with us left. The tree in question was a birds -eye Maple tree, which we were falling, and it had to pass between a birch and a beech tree. The going was good but the beech tree being de- cayed at the root broke and sail- ed back and forward and glanced on the stump of the maple tree which we had failed. It was true we were both young in years but perhaps we had more experience than the average men in our camp and from that we were giv- en the dangerous task. Lumber jacks never stand be- hind the tree they are falling for fear of a kick back, but to one side, and that's what we had done, about 15 feet to the right side, but in that case it was not near far enough. In the tragedy he and I were holding each end of the saw when the tree glanced and embedded us in the heavy beech top. I can- not say what struck him to cause the death, but it must have been the force of a limb. My screams attracted the other boys, some a distance of half a mile away from me. The time it took them to reach me I am not able to say, for I had been brush- ed plenty hard, and my clothes were ripped off my back from head to waist, leaving some mark. After the boys had arrived I gave them the order to free him from the tree top, and they found that his neck had been broken, his left arm broken in three plac- es and his right leg had broken the skin with the raw bone driv- en in the sandy soil from knee to ankle. Again the boys looked to Heavy Rains The rain of the past week was in a sense a benefit to surface wells for due to the long dry fail the ground was dry. But to some it has caused damage by wash out, especially on construction work along the highway, where work was being done. Re Tragedy Recently I have been asked to give a more complete account of the Frank Charrette tragedy, by some readers of your paper, and with your approval, Mr. Editor, and with space granted in your paper, I will make an attempt to put together as near as memory will permit the details of that ac- cident to the interested ones. It was on the 9th day of Nov- ember, owember, in the year 1900, on a Fri- day at a few minutes past one o'clock in the afternoon, when one of the most shocking acci- dents in the history of lumbering the district of Millersburg had ever witnessed. Though quite young, my pal and I, we had much experience in bush work, and were given the dangerous task of bringing the rear. Bringing the rear means that gangs ahead falling trees leave behind, what lumber men call Hard Jacks, to down. I was timber fitter and I car- ried my Tommy Hawk, axe and measuring pole while my pal car- ried the saw, sledge, wedge and a small bottle of Kerosene Oil. During the time I was notching the tree, Harry King, our fore - TURKEY. BINGO in the Mt. Carmel Parish H. ;II on TUESDAY, DEC. 1 me for plans to remove him to camp, and again it was moments before I could put myself togeth- er. Then, after a pause, I said to cut two small trees 10 to 12 feet long, which they did, then short pieces crossways making a lum- ber jack first aid stretcher, The bays then slowly picked up the bleeding corpse and laid it on. All offered their help to carry the body, changing in turns gor it was a half mile from the camp which was on the main street of Millers- burg. Slowly we walked towards the camp over a rough trail and tram- ping on a four inch fall of fresh and slippery snow which had fallen during the early morning and 8.30 p.m. 14 Rounds for Turkeys SLOB 0 Consolation Prizes 0 DOOR PRIZE (TURKEY) 0 Sponsored by Mt. Carmel C.W.L. 46-7-b EST LCGH tt !,ICS UNDER C.T.A. Ontario has 2,210 alcoholics for every 100,000 persons 20 years of age and over. Ontario adds 5,000 annually to its total of alco- holics. (The Alcohol Research Foundation said 4,000, root long ago, but has had to, revise it). The number of alcoholics in this Province was announced recently es 78,000. Each victim affects detrimentally about five other persons — in Ontario the equivalent of a great city. The Alcohol Research Foundation for rehabilita- tion costs $250,000 annually. In a condensed report on a 1956 survey, the Foundation said 600 of 1,000 clergymen made general comments and attributed to the use of alcohol: marital discord, poor church attendance, juvenile problems, drajnken driving, crime, demoralization of women. The number of alcoholics in Ontario has DOUBLED since 1946, when cocktail bars were estab- lished without a vote. The more outlets the greater the Iikiunor consumption and the more numerous the traged- ies. Huron, under the Canada Temperance Act, has 7/50 alcoholics per 100,000 population, which is half the next lowest total among Ontario counties surveyed. How can any thoughtful person vote to impose upon Huron the Liquor Control Act with its eight (at present) types of liquor outlet? LET'S NOT LOSE THE C.T.A. For the Revocation Against the Revocation TEMPERANCE VOICE OF EXPERIENCE: "KEEP THE C.T.A.°" Many citizens who have lived under both Acts testify against the Liquor Control Act. Here are pas- sages from a few letters: "Success to you in Huron. I live about eight rods from a hotel, and I wish the repealists could see what 1 see daily. The attempt to repeal the C.T.A. is only another move on behalf of the liquor interests to widen their scope." —E C. BOYD, Waterloo County. "I have not been living in Huron for over two years, but 1 hope the voters of Huron will uphold their record for keeping the best interest of the rising genera- tion always in mind. I enclose $15 to help win the battle." —Wm. A. CURRIE, Granton. "Having lived in communities under the L.C.A. and C.T.A., I know that the adoption of either will make little difference in the obtaining of alcohol by the youth. The boys and girls of Grand Bend can obtain alcohol in their community as easily as can the young people of Exeter." —BILL POLLEN, student minister. "Living in Huron under the Canada Temper- ance Act for the past year and a half is a welcome change from many years spent in areas under ° the Liquor Control Act. It is good to be able to walk down the main street without being accosted by an alcoholic, and to know that our girls can walk in safety in the evening. While drinking does exist, for Huron is not "dry", the evidences are not continuously thrust under our eyes and noses, in long queues before the doors of liquor stores and brewerswarehouses, and loud and unseemly conduct about the doors of beverage rooms. The number coming to our door seeking help in prob- lems involving alcohol has been greatly reduced, and respect for law and order in this community is pro- portionately higher. It would be a serious retrogression to bring Huron under the Liquor Control Act. REV. T. GARNET HUSSER, Wingham. PUBLISHED BY HURON C.T.A. COMMITTEE PAGE SEVEN forenoon hours, leaving a trail of fresh and hot blood, which melted the snow. Those who were on the march behind were so well disciplined, perhaps from child- hood hildhood in their homes, that in res- pect for the victim they had re- moved their hats. We arrived at our boarding house and sleeping quarters, whi- ch were close together. Again something had to be done to reach a funeral home, so I told the boys to remain put, where they stood till I walked across the street to make arrangements. I then signalled the boys to pro- ceed to where I was across the street. (To be continued) DON'T WASTE GRAIN mix IT! THE FEED IT! 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