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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
ZURICH Ciliwz , 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.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1960
INVESTIGATE BEFORE INVESTING
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Spring is in the air and it is also in the footsteps of the travel-
ling door-to-door salesman. If they haven't done so already, the tra-
velling salesman of every kind will soon be knocking on your door.
When we say "every kind" we mean just that. Not ail salesman
are rotters. Many sell high quality and reputable products. If
you wish to protect yourself from fraud and heavy monetary los-
ses, make certain you know with whom you're dealing. Never
pay money to anyone until you are completely satisfied with his
credentials and integrity.
Bona fide direct sellers, men who are in business for them-
selves and backed by reputable companies, carry some formof
identification and have the manufacturer's literature on the pro-
ducts offered. They have samples of their products with the manu-
facturer's name stamped on them. They never demand full pay-
ment for the product until it is delivered and always give an offi-
cial receipt for down payments. Official contracts are usually sign-
ed by both parties to cover the entire transaction if goods are not
delivered on the spot. They never high pressure a customer into
buying unwanted or useless products. They accept "No" cour-
teously and will likely call again,
In other words, for your own protection be suspicious. Ask
for credentials, for salesmen's license, examine the product, de-
mand to see catologues and written guarantees and examin con-
tracts carefully before you sign anything or give out one penny.
Reputable dealers don't mind being investigated and the buyer
can't afford to invest hard earned money without making certain
that he is reputable. If the product is one that can be purchased
at a comparable price with a local firm, that may be the wise
place to do your business, rather than risking a deal with some
one you may never see again. Anyone who is legitimate will stand
investigation.
Beware of sympathy appeals like hard luck stories about work-
ing way through college, or "specials" and "bargains" only for
today or this month, or survey seekers who want to know what
you already have, or home repair contractors who are just pas-
sing through and want to fix the chimney, siding, roof or sidewalk.
Watch out for the child photographer who wants money before
you see the finished product or the travelling jeweller who has
just one more set left and will sell it for a bargain—it might be
"hat stuff."
Remember that there is no bargain that can't be duplicated la-
ter. One had better lose out on a bargain than take the risk of be-
ing swindled. If you're in doubt, resist all temptation and say
"No." Report any suspicious characters or irregularities in ap-
proach, to your town office or the nearest police officer immedi-
ately. Protect yourself, your neighbour and all reputable salesmen
by using sales resistance and common sense andyour family may
have more to eat on table when the rash of seasonal salesmen has
passed.
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40 YEARS AGO
April 1920
The weather for the past two
weeks has been almost like Jan-
uary, but prospects look favourable
for much warmed weather for the
next week ahead.
Mr. and Mrs. Milne Rader, of
the 14th concession, visited at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Truemner on Sunday.
Ed. Warm was a visitor to
Siincoe this past Monday, on bu-
siness.
Jacob Howald, Kitchener, is in
the village looking for a place to
reside in, having disposed of his
home in the city.
A change of real estate of great
interest took place last week when
Casper Walper exchanged his
dwelling home to Mrs. A. John-
ston and son, for the property
known as the Dominion House ho-
tel. The change will take place
on April 20.
Conrad Siemon of the Zurich
road to Hensall, has purchased
the fine farm adjoining his from
Charles Redmond.
Chris Gingerich, of the Bron-
son Line, north of Blake, had the
misfortune while cutting wood
last week to cut a severe gash
in his foot.
Miss Flora Hess, teacher in a pu-
blic school in Centralia, spent the
past week at her home here.
25 YEARS AGO
April 1935
Mrs. Alex Foster is spending a
few weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
Jeff Dickerson, in Detroit.
Pleased to report that Julius
Block, local constable, is able to
come clown again on foot, having
been indisposed to his home for
the past while.
Zurich's new industry, the crea-
mery, is making ready to open,
with their new machinery now in
operation. The proprietor, S. M.
Andersen, has had ten years ex-
perience in the butter making
trade.
A delegation from Huron Coun-
ty went to Toronto last week to re-
quest the Department ofHiglt' . ys
to make the county road betwe n
Hay and Stephen Townships a pro-
vincial highway.
Joseph Gascho is erecting a new
building just north of Stade and
Weido hardware store, which will
house the new Orville Witmer
dairy business.
Gus Clarke and Grant Turner,
both of Goderich, were week end
visitors with friends in the vil-
lage at Blake.
The excavation work going on
at the new post office at Brus-
sels is heavy work for the horses,
as the ground is hard and slippery.
The contractors are working good
and the basement will soon be fin-
ished.
OF�
YEARS GONE
BY
15 YEARS AGO
April 1945
The Brenner Hotel, Grand Bend,
known to thousands of people far
and wide, has been sold to Har-
old W. Klopp, London. The hotel
had been in the Brenner family
for three generations.
Mr. and Mrs. William Naediger,
of Dashwood, quietly celebrated
their 44th Wedding Anniversary
last Tuesday.
Karl Haberer was elected as
president of the Hay Township Fe-
deration of Agriculture at their
annual meeting last Wednesday
night. Bert Klopp is honorary pre-
sident.
Ward Fritz has purchased the
vacant lot close to his garage from
Herb Block. Seth Ammans has pur-
chased four arid a half acres of
land from Edward Haberer. Lou-
is Schrag has taken possession of
his farm he purchased from Henry
Flaxbard, on the Babylon Line.
Harry Badour has sold his dwel-
ling property in Zurich to Louis
Wurm, with immediate posses-
sion being given.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gaseho and
Laura, who have lived on the
Bronson Line, have moved into the
home they bought in Zurich.
10 YEARS AGO
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1960
Sugar and Spice by Wm. Smiley
A lot of woman smell their hus-
band's breath when he comes home
after a night out. Not my wife. She
just makes me turn out my pock-
ets. Oh, she doesn't make a big
fuss. She quietly takes the but-
tered buns, the bits of cheese, and
the slices of meat wrapped in a
serviette, throws them in the gar-
bage, and leads me off to bed.
* * a
We were at a cold meat sup-
per recently, sponsored by a wo-
men's organization. The Old Girl
was as nervous as a mother with
a kleptomaniac child. She saw the
tell-tale glitter in my eyes when
I was confronted by those plates
piled with sliced meat, those
stacks of fresh, home-made bread,
and she watched me like a hawk.
* * *
Finally, I had to get tricky.
"Isn't she a knockout?" I said,
pointing at a young lady who was
just leaving. No woman can resist
looking. While her head was turn-
ed, I crammed a slice of bread in-
to my pocket. But she frisked me
as soon as we left the hall. I lost
my piece of bread, and had to set-
tle for a piece of her mind.
* * ,
On the whole, my wife is tol-
erant of this •aberration of mine.
Sometimes she lets me smuggle
some olives and celery out of a
posh restaurant. But she draws the
line when I start secreting hunks
of steak or legs of fried chicken
that are left. And she's not only
humiliated but furious when I ask
the waiter for a jar in which to
cart off the remains of the chow
mein, after a big Chinese meal.
April 1950
The many friends of Miss Anita
Deters congratulate her on being
elected as May Queen by the stu-
dents of Stratford Normal School.
Henry Clausius, and son, of the
Blind Line, while going to the
bush the other day, saw to large
animals which turned out, to be
wolves.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Heywood, of
Wingham, and Mrs. A. C. Meiding-
er, of Hensall, were holiday visi-
tors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
William Thiel.
On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Mel-
vin Brown were happily surprised
on the occasion of their 25th wed -
,ding anniversary, when their sis-
ters and brothers gathered.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Klumpp
and family, Dashwood, spent the
Easter holiday with friends in De-
troit.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Rau, of
Detroit, spent the week end with
relatives in Zurich and district.
Miss Arvis Haberer, Toronto,
spent the Easter holiday week end
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ferd Haberer.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gascho, at-
tended the funeral of the late Wil-
liam Stoddart, in Seaforth one
day last week.
F. of A. Fieldman Describe Farm
Forum Annual Meeting Held In Toronto
Ontario Farm Forum held the
Annual meeting in the Seaway Ho-
tel, Toronto, on April 7, with re-
presentatives from as far as Earl -
ton, in Northern Ontario, attend-
ing. Mrs. Vera Grieg, Wroxeter,
the Ontario Farm Forum chairman
presided.
Farm Forum had a successful
year in spite of the fact that the
number decreased in Ontario. In
both the Maritimes and Western
Canada more people took advan-
tage of this means of trying to im-
prove the position of agriculture.
Bob Knowles, of the CBC, told
of the problems of broadcasting in
India. The Indian Government is
very interested in using the Farm
Forum method in bringing infor-
mation to their rural people. How-
ever, they as yet have only been
able to supply about 60,000 of the
villages with a population of over
1,000 with one radio. There are
another 600,000 villages of this
size that have no radio. When we
add to this all the villages under
this size we can see a tremendous
market for what we can produce
if we would only adjust our econ-
omy a little to purchase from them
some of the things they would be
glad to supply.
The beef producers introduced
a negotiating type of marketing
plan at the annual meeting on. Ap-
ril 8. Under this plan the board
would be able to negotiate grades,
standardize basis for dressed
weight, and spreads between, light
and heavy carcasses, and between
grades. The board would have no
authority over the actual scale of
the cattle.
A deduction of 10 cents for cat-
tle and 5 cents for calves would be
taken to finance the organization
and to carry on a promotion pro -
pram for the sale of beef produc-
tio.
A resolution was introduced sug-
gesting that the beef producers'
board, the hog producers' board,
and the United Co -Operatives
board meet to study the possibility
of setting up processing facilities.
This resolution was defeated by
a large majority without any dis-
cussion. This was amazing to me
since the farmers are complain-
ing loudly about their returns and
the Commission on Price Spreads
has told them that the processing
of farm products is much more
profitable than the producing of
them.
The first lesson taught to any
salesman is that he must know
his product and the second is that
he must know his competitors pro-
duct. Surely the processor is com-
peting with the farmer for a por-
tion of the consumer's dollar and
it is only sensible for the farmer
to learn of that end of the indus-
try.
When In Zurich
GET YOUR HAIR CUT AT
EARL. OESCH
BARBER SHOP
Open Thursday
and Saturday Nights
.•ew s-e-eo-m-m-o-�
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mix IT!
FED IT!
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Two influences in my life cre-
ated this habit of garnering any
spare food. Since my prisoner -of -
war days, I've always had a deep-
rooted fear of going hungry. In
those days I discovered that a
good, thick crust tucked, away
about the person was more com-
forting than thoughts of home,
mother or country.
* * *
I remember one great finan-
cial coup I pulled off there. I
started with the excellent, if fil-
thy, shirt which I was wearing and
hadn't had off for six weeks. It
took me a week, but I traded that
for a cheap shirt and pair of
gloves, the gloves for cigarettes,
the cigarettes for an onion, the
onion for a bottle of home-made
hooch and the hooch for a Red
Cross chocolate bar.
* * *
I fondled the chocolate bar, un-
wrapped and rewrapped it, smel-
led it, and made out a schedule
whereby I would eat one square
a day for eight days. That night,
lying in bed thinking lecherously
of my bar, I was overcome by lust,
snatched it from under the pil-
low, and gnawed and snarled my
way through it, to the accompani-
ment of piteous protests from my
roommates, I was sick shortly and
lost the works, to their delight.
But I have never been casual
about food since those days.
* * *
Besides this, I have a feeling,
instilled in me as a child, that
waste is a sin. There was no waste
at our house. Leftover porridge,
for example, went into the big
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