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Zurich Citizens News, 1960-01-06, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH Catzand, NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONT., for the 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: (°214t ONTARIO WEEKLY CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies, 5 cents. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1960 WHO IS RIGHT? THE LETTER which accompanied the mailings of Christmas seals this year included the promise that mass chest X-rays and tuberculin tests would be carried out next year. We are heartily in favor of the program of early discovery which has so tremendously reduced the period of treatment re- quired to cure the average person with TB. That is the chief reason that cur sanatoria are no longer jammed with patients. The Christmas Seal program and the increased awareness of the general public have performed miracles in the control of a dis- ease that was, not too many years ago, the scourge of mankind. One point, however, has become hopelessly obscured by recent findings and publicity. Numerous learned writers have warned, that repeated exposure to X-rays will build up a cumulative radiation effect in the human body and eventually cause serious damage to tissues. In particular they have stressed the danger of the type of fact -acting X-ray equipment used in the mobile examination clinics for chest pictures. Perhaps this is all a lot of poppycock ---but the average maga- zine reader is definitely carrying about in his mind some serious reservations about having another chest X-ray. He may be sadly mistaken, but if so, a clear statement of the facts is needed to clarify the situation. The statement, we feel, .should come from local health authorities, so there may be no doubt about the authenticity of the facts. (WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES) SMALLEST TOWN POLITICS IN a small town may be regarded with contempt or indifference by the politicians of larger communities or those who play their parts on the international stage. The feelings of superiority may not exist in those who have begun their practical careers on the small-town level, running for office as school trustee or alderman. They know that politics are people and that the measures they may advocate, no matter how good they may be in intention, can succeed only when they command the support of a substantial majority of the electors, In contrast, the candidate for office in a large city has less need to worry about what the voters think of him. The small- town candidate will be known and judged by everyone in town. The city candidate will come in personal touch with only a few of his constituents, and most of those will be his supporters any- way, preconditioned to accept any plans he may make or support for the general good, as he sees it. Still further removed from the direct influence of public opinion is the Ottawa member of parliament. Unless he is in the cabinet he has little chance of helping to forma governmental policy. His job is merely to support' the policy, if he belongs to the government party, or oppose it, if he belongs in the opposi- tion. His constituents make allowances for his lack of power, and do not hold him to personal account for supporting measures that will increase their income taxes. If he were a town alder- man, voting on a bond issue that would add a few mills to the local tax rate, they would be readily vocal in demanding good justification for the expenditures proposed. It would be impractical to attempt to manage the nation's business as if it were that of a small town. Still, there is some- thing to be said for getting more of the small-town point of view into national affairs. If members of parliament were as careful 'to question government estimates of expenditure as they would question estimates for local paving contracts, their.. constituents might feel they were getting the kind of representation they hari voted for. In time, if the .practice were kept up, some government economics might be the result. The smallest town is the best governed, so long as it doesn't ltgrow. (THE PRINTED WORD) FARMERS TAKE THOUGHT FARMERS IN the United States appear to be seriously con- cerned about that country's policies of dealing with agricultural surpluses. They are gradually discovering what the non -farming consumers knew long ago, that support prices, soil banks, govern- ment controls and direction are not satisfactory substitutes for the free market. Naturally, there are several plans for dealing with the farm- ers' problems, and all may not be workable. The news worthy development is that the plans are now being advanced by the farmers' own organizations and not by the federal agricultural authorities. The main purpose of the new plans is to get rid of the surpluses of major crops, in which some nine billion dollars of taxpayers' money is now tied up, and thus get back to prices set by the old-fashioned method of supply and demand. No group of farmers has yet proposed getting along entirely without govrnment intervention, but it is possible that, if they find they can solve some of their problems themselves, they will be encouraged to press for more freedom and finally to remove the burden of agricultural surpluses from the shoulders of the general taxpayer, At the moment, the farmers seem to contemplate a program of first disposing of the overhanging surpluses and then limit- ing future production to what their markets will conveniently absorb. They still look for •government enforcement of the second part of the program, but it might be that if their final objective of better incomes were attained, they might find that they could get the government out of the farming business al- together. Canadian farmers will watch the new United States develop- ments with interest, for the surpluses in that country have a bearing on agricultural prosperity here. If they can see farm pro- blems south of the border solved by the farmers' own action, they may be encouraged to take thought about similar solutions for similar Canadian problems. (THE PRINTED WORD) ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS Tieman's Hardware • Plumbing • Heating • Oil Burner Service 4f Electrical Work SALES and SERVICE COAL and CEMENT PHONE 8 DASHWOOD 1't-tfb 40 YEARS AGO J'ANUA1W 1, 1929 Lindsay Wurm, Detroit, is visit- ing relatives here over the holi- days. Arthur Truemner .and sister Miss Dorothy, Toronto, are visit- ing here under the parental roof. Christmas Day was the opening day of the skating rink, and most of the old time veterans who have not skated for years were out to show their ability in doing many fine tricks of the trade, The falls were numerous and the tumbles many,: and much injury was done to the ice by coming in contact with things other than skates. Last Friday evening a number of our hockey fans journeyed to Goderich to see ' an excellent hoc.- key oc-key game between Seaforth and Goderich, with Seaforth winning 9-1. This large score in Seaforth's favour -Vas undoubtedly due to Clayton and Clarence Hoffman as- sisting them. At the nomination .xneeting on Monday- John Laporte was re- elected reeve of Hay Township, and the following were elected as councillors: John Campbell, W. E: Turnbull, Casper Wolper, and Samuel Deitz. Police trustees for the coming year in the village of Zurich will be: Henry Howald, William La- mont, and Fred C. Kalbfleisch. At the annual school meeting of SS No. 7 Hay, Dr. A. J. McKinnon was elected as a trustee for three years, replacing J. Preeter, who resigned. a: * * 25 YEARS AGO 15 YEARS AGO JANUARY, 1945 Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thiel were visitors at the home of the tat- ter's parents at Teeswater during the holiday. Rev, and Mrs, Lloyd Kalbfleiseh and family, Elmira, and R. J. Kalbfleisch, Detroit, spent Christ- mas holidays with relatives here. The Thiel Brothers Transport have purchased the transport trucks and business from the Wil- lard Transport in Hensall, and will now be in a position to bring up more articles from Toronto. Dr. David Volume, who came to Bayfield four years ago from Southampton to practice medicine, died on the evening of December 29, in his 74th year, after an ex- tended illness. Private George Grenier, of the Armed Services, was a weekend visitor at his home here. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heideman (bridal couple), spent Christmas at the home of the former's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Heide- man. The many friends of Ivan Yung- blut will be pleased to see him up and around again, as he is suffer- ing at present from Iumbago. We are pleased to state that the patients who had the mumps on the Bronson Line are nicely im- proving. JANUARY 3, 1935 A. Melick was returned as reeve of Hay Township at the nomina- tion meeting on Monday. Council- lors will be E. J. Wolper, Max Turnbull, William Haugh, and George Armstrong. The trustees of the police vil- lage of Zurich for the coming year will be: Oscar Klopp, Henry Eich- meier and • Rudolph Stade. Walter Burn, who has been spending his holidays witix. his par- ents .,fit the„E;nar elieal As nage;s left 'on New Year's day` for Corn- wall, where he has a position with a textile factory. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McKinley and family, Mr. and Mrs.' John Armstrong, all of Stanley Town- ship, spent Christmas with rela- tives in Stanley. Miss Beatrice Gascho, Zurich, visited recently with her friend, Miss Grace Robinson, inStanley Township. Miss Dorothy Koehler is the new matron at the County Home in Clinton, replacing Miss Hough, who was recently married. Gerald Bedard, who is on the teaching staff at Toronto, and spent the holidays at his home here, left for that city to resume his duties. Commencing with the new year the local stores will be closed on Tuesday evenings for . a few months. * * * 10 YEARS AGO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1960 SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) There's something completely in the world at large during the satisfying about getting the old nose back to the fami'l'iar grind- stone after the scramble of Christ- mas and the follies. of New Year's Eve have faded. It's a good feeI- ing to have a brand new year stretching ahead, as clean and fresh as a field of new snow, even though we know it won't look like much after we've bogged around in it for a while, * * Looking back over last year is rather depressing. I can't seem to see anything of progress, mor- ally, physically, or financially, in my own twelve month stint. I did get to church more often, but that was offset by an increase in smoking, and some pretty violent swearing. I didn't have any major operations, but made the acquain- tance of a nasty customer called Arthur Itis. And I ended 1959 as I did the year before, deep in debt. * * * Happily, the rest of the family did show some progress. The kids did well with music and school, grew a foot each, and improved their swimming, skating and sun- dry other accomplishments. On the debit side, their internecine warfare increased in tempo, and they learned a number of new Ways of irritating their parents to the verge of breakdown. * * * My wife had a good year, too. She seemed to get a lot smarter, because she stopped trying to push me, and began pulling me. I didn't move any faster, but we were both more comfortable. She also showed definite signs of mel- lowing, and laid hands on me violently only twice that I can remember. past year? I vaguely recall that the Queen was here last summer, that Mr. Kruschev visited the West during the year, that there were various "incidents” in var- ious parts of the globe, all of them scary. But most vivid in my mem- ory are things like: catching 14 nice speckled trout one hot day in June; the day Kim's pony -tail' was cut off; the day Hugh won a scholarship at the music festival. JANUARY, 1950 Gerald Anthony Rau, son of the late Henry Rau and Mrs. Rau, near Drysdale, is visiting with his relatives on the Bluewater High- way. Mr. Rau has the distinction of being secretary to the High Commissioner of Council at Can- berra, Australia, for a five-year period. Approximately 1,100 people as- sembled on Friday evening, De- cember 30, to witness' the official opening ' of the Hay Township Memorial Community Centre. On •behalf of the Wilding cdmmittee, Elgin McKinley presented Ivan Kalbfleisch with a memorial pla- que, in recognition of his initiative and organizing skill in engineering the construction of the building. Proceeds of the evening swelled the building fund by about $1,400. At the election in Hay Township on Monday, V. L. Becker, the high- est candidate polled 699 votes out of 922 cast. The next highest vote was had by Gus Roche, with 559. Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Gingerich, of the Goshen Line, and Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Gingerich, of the Bronson Line, have left to attend their studies at the A.M. College, at Harriston, Virginia, after a lov- ely visit with relatives and friends here, The Community Park Board in Hensall has appointed Ernie Chip - chase as caretaker -manager of their new arena, at a salary of $30 per week. The Canadian Farmer Produces Twice As Much As He Receives For Labour (By J. CARL HEMINGWAY) An editorial by. Philip Deane, staff reporter for the Globe & Mail, in the January 2 edition bears comment. ' This editorial states that 30 per- cent ercent of the world's population has half the food supply and thatone seventh of the population con- controls two-thirds of the wealth. Mt. Philips goes on to explain that the "West" must change its ways or we will find ourselves overrun by this huge mass of un- derprivileged people. This could be by war (China's leader has de- clared that 300 million Chinese are expendable) but not necessar- ily so. It could be done by simply with -holding the imports that are vital to our economy. The editor- ial might be summed up very briefly: one section of the world cannot indefinitely feast on the other's famine, In all this I can readily agree. It conforms nicely to the recom- mendation of the Canadian Fed- eration of Agriculture that has been urging the formation of a world food bank for many years: One suggestion I would make, however, is that Canadians should first clears home base. At the Marketing and Co -Operative Con- ference held December 2$-31, in Guelph, Prof Ralph Campbell gave the following figures: Percent or Percent of Farmers Nat,, income in received by Pop. Faris ere Britain 5 5 Denmark 20 18 Netherlands 13 10r/2 Canada 13 71/e Only in Britain do farmers re- ceive the share of the national in- come that they produce. In Can- ada the farmer produces twice as much national wealth as he re- ceives for his labour. Just as the Globe and Mail editorial points out that our world economy can- not continue on this basis neither can our Canadian economy con- tinue when one industry is re- quired to subsidize the balance of our labour force to the extent of half its income. On inquiry I have been inform- ed that unemployment insurance and welfare payments by govern- ment amount to over 200 million in the past year, Also that the total cost to government for sub- sidies to agriculture was less than 20 millions. It doesn't seem logical that the government should make such a huge expenditure to guarantee that the people have money to purchase food and refuse to make any guarantee that there will be food available for that same per- son to buy. What would be the reaction if farmers took the advice of gov- ernment and produced to our mar- ket but made 1/365 of a. mistake and an empty milk bottle arrived on your door -step on New Year's day? * * * We had a tragedy before Christ- mas, when our spaniel pup was killed by a car. There were some heart -broken days around our house, I can tell you. Our 12 - year -old, a tough young nut who wouldn't cry if you pounded him with a two-by-four, wept openly, bitterly and often, His mother, who palled that dog every 1 xII of no-good you could imagine, still weeps whenever she thinks of Playboy, the pup. * * Isn't it amazing how little we can remember of what happened * * * Like most Canadians, I am in- clined to be more interested in what's going on in my own back- yard ackyard than what's happening to the world, It's' nothing to brag about, of course. As a nation, we are prone to interest ourselves more in a Iocal dogfight than in the starving millions of Asia, more in our new outboard motor than in inter -continental missiles. a: * * This doesn't apply only to Can- adians, of course. It is worid- wide. But it seems to be emphasiz- ed in our country because we are so well off, compared to great -' sections of the world's population. As a nation, we are generous en- ough with gifts and loans to less fortunate countries, though we don't strain ourselves. But as in- .dividuals, we are content to make our piddling contributions to mis- sions and world welfare organiza- tions, then dismiss them from our (continued on Page Three) ROCK of AGES AND EVENTIDE MEMORIALS INQUIRIES ARE INVITED T. PRYDE and SON. EXETER Clinton HU 2-6600 Phone Seaforth 41 573 • Business and Professional Directory AUCTIONEERS DENTISTS ALVIN WAU'ER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. 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