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Zurich Citizens News, 1960-07-14, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH dGlizzt21 NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZURICH, OXT, HERB 'TURRBEIM Editor and Publisher Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa MURRAY COLQUHOUN Plant Manager Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Member: ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies, 5 cents. THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1960 A Fitting Tribute! The honour which was bestowed upon Miss Olive O'Brien last Sunday afternoon at the civic reunion in Zurich, was indeed well deserved by the retiring school teacher. For 44 years, she has given her services, teaching children of all races and creeds, many of whom today are among the eountrys' cleverest men, Miss O'Brien has always been a favourite of her students, and this fact was proven on Sunday by the large crowd which turned out to honour her. No doubt many who have gone on to higher levels of learning often look back and remember the pleas- ant years they had as one of her pupils. A Tip Of The Hat!! This week we would like to extend a word of encouragement to a local resident, Ernie Laidlaw, through whose ambition the village of Zurich will have the facilities of a modern bowling alley in the near future. There has gong been need for some suitable type of recrea- tion in this community, and we feel this project will be the answer. In these days of world tension there are not too many men who have the iniative to go ahead with projects such as this. However, here is a man who is interested in the welfare of the dis- trict, and is going to great pains to see that suitable recreational facilities are made available, Good Luck ! Spoilsport? Maybe, But Safer! (Sault Ste. Marie Star) This column would like to see a movement amongst the young ladies of our city to stop leaning against the drivers of cars. It appears to be the normal habit of most young girls to cuddle so closely to the driver that he cannot possibly remain in full con- trol of his vehicle. Whether this is done at the request of the driver, or just through friendliness, we do not know. What we do know is that this behavior makes for danger on the highways and streets. It also represents a certain lack of dignity among teenage girls. As far as we know, there is no law which forbids two people sitting in the driving seat. We have, in fact, seen children sitting upon the knees of drivers, clinging around their necks and craw- ling along the narrow space over the dashboard. As far as we know, no traffic police ever check drivers for allowing this kind of behaviour. As there are so many young drivers around these days; and as so many of them appear to get a kick out of driving as fast as pos- sible at all times, we think it would be a sd'und idea if police stop- ped cars in which girls sat dangerously close to drivers. It would be much better, however, if the sororities and stu- dent associations decided that this behaviour was unbecoming. In an emergency, a young and inexperienced driver stands very little chance of pulling out safely. With a girl leaning heavily against his right shoulder, he would not have a chance at all. Maybe we should have a new slogan for teenage drivers and their friends: "It is better to be safe than cuddly." Supp rt Imp dant! (St. Marys Journal- Argus) Weekly newspaper editors occasionally hear stories about a newspaper which suspended publication because merchants and other citizens in the community failed to give it enough sup- port. We are happy to state that anything of this nature has never come near to happening in this community. As most people know a weekly newspaper is dependant on the local merchants and other business people for help in coining themselves on a sound finan- cial footing. Local advertising revenue is a real necessity. The money paid by the subscriber or the single copy purchaser would not keep the newspaper running very long. Neither would the re- venues from outside advertisers and national advertisers. Not that these sources of revenue are not helpful but they are secon- dary to the support supplied by the local businessman. This newspaper, as may be seen all during the year, gets ex- cellent support from the local and district people. We, in turn, try to give them the best possible for the dollars they invest. We try to publish a weekly newspaper which the reader will look forward to reading, and we also try to encourage the reader to support our advertisers by "shopping where he is invited to shop." Keep Telling The (American Banker Magazine) "No business man or woman in any town should allow a newspaper to go to press without his or her name and business being mentioned somewhere in its columns. This does not mean that you should have a whole, half, or even a quarter page ad- vertisement in each issue of the paper, but your name and address should be mentioned even if you do not use more than a two-line space. The man or woman who does not advertise does an injustice to himself or herself and definitely to the town." ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS �.1 40 YEARS AGO JULY 1920 Mr. and Mrs. George Farwell, who have recently moved from Zurich to Detroit, are spending se- veral days at Dunnville. Mrs. J. C. Kalbfleisch, who has been spending the past few months in Detroit, has returned to the tome of her daughter, Mrs. R. F. Stade; in Zurich. Owing to the absence of Rev. F. B. Meyer, there will be no prea- ching services in the Evangelical Church this Sunday morning or ev- ening. The Clydesdale entire horse, "Golden Ball," who was managed by Mr, Cyrus Colosky of'the vil- lage and owned by Mr. J. L. Milk- ier, ii!rler, of near Exeter, died last week of paralysis. The loss to Mr. Mil- ler is around $1,000. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Greb and family of Kitchener, are settled in their fine summer home at Grand Bend. Mr. Valentine Gerber Sr., has purchased the building and land in Blake, which he has occupied for some time. The Hall Dent glove faetory branch in Zurich is now turning out a large number of ladies' gll es tach week. YEARS AGO JULY 1935 Little Doreen Schilbe is spen- ding a week's vacation with rela- tives and friends in Kitchener. .A very fatal accident befell Dr. Garnet Atkinson, Exeter, who was camping at his summer home at Bayfield last Saturday, when he was injured and later died by the discharge of .22 calibre rifle which he was cleaning after being hunt- ing, He is well remembered by Zurich people, from when he had a dental office one day a week at the New Commercial Hotel. Echoes of the Hensel Old Boy's Reunion were heard in Goderich court on July 11, and at the same time it was ruled that prosecur tions for intoxications must be made 'under an Ontario law or a municipal by-law. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eickmia'� of town, attended. the Eickaneier family reunion, held ori the for- pier's brother's farm at Brodhagen. Albert Heideman, Ross John- ston, Quimby and Paul Hess are spending the week camping at Grand Bend. They have engaged Albert Hess' rolling home for the occasion. The new building projects in the village are making fine pro- gress. Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Cowen have moved to their summer home in Grand Bend . for the next few months. YEARS GONE - -BY - 15 YEARS AGO JULY 1945 The Hay Township council has granted permission to the Cana- dian National Railways to erect a new waiting and freight station at Kippen. Mr. Victor Dinnin is taking a special manual training course at the Hamilton Technical School this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Farwell, of Toronto, are spending a two- week vacation with members of their family in and around Zur- ich. Mr. Lorne Klapp, Gordon and Stanley Smith, have returned home after a very pleasant fish- ing trip to the Parry Sound dis- trict. Campers who have scampered off to the beach to avoid the Ju- ly heat are finding themselves in a bad way, as there is almost frost each night. Mr. Joseph Druar has sold his lovely farm and home to his nei- ghbour, Mr. Alex Meidinger. The Zurich Lions club are hol- ding their first picnic at Turn bull's Grove this Wednesday ev- ening. Mrs. Earl Zimmer and family, Windsor, are spending their va- cation with Mrs. A. Zimmer, in Dashwood. YEARS AGO JULY 1950 Mr. Morris Weber met with. a painful accident on Monday af- ternoon when he was cutting wood with a circular saw. The little finger on his left hand was caught and sawed. lengthwise almost to the first joint. Mr. Elgin McKinley, of the Go- shen Line north, who underwent an operation is convalescing quite satisfactory. While Crown Attorney Glenn Hays, Goderich, is away on holi- days, his position is being filled by Elmer Bell, of Exeter. Clerk C. V. Pickard, of Exeter, has been appointed to ask the On- tario Municipal Board to erect the village of to the status of a town. Mr) and Mrs. Melvin Bedard, of Detroit, were week end visitors with friends and relatives in the St. Joseph and Drysdale district. Grand Bend has applied to be incorporated as a full-fledged mu- nicipality, and their application is to be heard sometime during the month of July. - The Dashwood Girl's Softball team defeated the Zurich girl's by a score of 21-9 last week in Dashwood. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Flaxbard have moved into their new home, which they have just recently completed. Federation Fields a: Gives Det j ils Of :discussion With Ilydr Co .; _, issi n (By J. Carl Hemingway) I attended two meetings last week. The one on Monday was the long awaited land acquisition mee- ting, at which the decision of Hy- dro for compensation for lands ta- ken for transmission lines was announced. For over two years your county and provincial Federation of Agri- culture has been carrying on dis- cussion with the Hydro Commis- sion in order to arrive at a rea- sonably fair settlement for Hy- dro easements. Having been un- able to make any progress during this extended period, with the com- mission, the Federation land ac- quisition committee finally decided to approach the local members of parliament and the Cabinet Min- ister concerned. With the assist- ance of these men the Federation has obtained a. reasonably satis- factory offer of compensation. A meeting has been arranged in Huron County for Monday, July 18, 8.30 pan. in the Agricultural board rooms at which details of the offer will be given. Anyone is welcome but those directly affect- ed by the Seaforth-Clinton line will receive further notice from this office. While the compensation is improved don't expect to get rich but we do hope that you ban expect early settlement. The second meeting was the Hog Producer meeting on Wednes- day. I only wish.I could report as favorably as in the case of the land acquisition committee. Since this meeting has been well covered in the press, I will only mention a few paints that I feel are particularly significant. Where- as formerly it has been said that there was a feud between the Pro- ducers and the processors and dro- vers it now seems to have become a direct battle between the Produ- cers and Government. In spite of the repeated state- ments that Bill 86 would not be used except emergency or in case a vote was dost, its powers are now being used. I can see no emer- gency in the sale of hogs and the matter of a vote seems to have been forgotten. Yet the Farm Pro- ducts Marketing Board seems to be just as difficult to deal with as the Hydro Commission. It also seems that this battle will resolve itself into a battle of auditing firms. These men are wonderful with figures and I re- spect their ability but I do quest- ion their knowledge of the hog in- dustry. Yet it seems that the fate of the hog producer rests in their hands. The Government has stated that it must protect the producer and the constmier. It isn't the 40c for selling hogs that hurts the farmer, it is the $19 per cwt, Yet the Go- vermnent made no move to pro- tect the farmer against this. The consumer has no need for' protection against the present me- thod of selling hogs. The best that the selling agency can do will be to get a fair price for hogs. As long as Government retains its present ideas about import restric- tions the price of hogs cannot be- come exorbitant. Since the two rea- sons given seem invalid, 1: wonder what the real ones rare? THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1960 ($y W. (BILL) B. T. Yes, it's true, all right. It's taken almost 14 years of quiet plotting to organize it, but I've done it. I've GOT AWAY FROM THE FA- MILY. That inay not sound like much to you young people. But every father, every mother, knows it's just about the next hardest thing to walking on top of the waves. * * * I'm attending the special sum- mer course for high school tea- chers. Don't ask me why. It's all rather confusing. Except that as I watched those teachers' sal- aries go up and up, and I pond- ered over that big, fat two-month vacation every summer, it sud- denly dawned on me that I was a dedicated teacher. * * So here I am. Normally I'd be sitting at the kitchen table writ- ing this, at 2 ,a.m. The ash tray would look as though an Indian princess had just been cremated on it. I'd be on the third pot of tea. And the Old Lady would be hollering down that I was out of my mind and why didn't I come to bed like normal people. * * * But I've got clean away from that bourgeois and distracting at- mosphere. I'm sitting in a cell in a men's residence. The ash tray is piled high with butts. There's no tea. And there isn't a sound to disturo me. Except the bird in the next cell pounding the wall and offering most rude suggestions about what I should do with my typewriter. It is only 2 a.m. * * * Ten years as a dedicated editor have left me thin, harassed, twit- ching, and with an abiding hatred of the telephone. So it is with a deep sense of nothing that I turn over the editorial chair to my tem- porary successor. Guess who it is. This will murder you. It's none other than The Old Battleaxe. . * * * For the past ten years, she has told me, and believed, that all I do is sit in the office and talk to people. She has compared this leisurely life to her own lowly estate: scrubbing floors, doing the laundry, painting and wallpaper- ing, putting out the garbage, and a lot of trivial stuff like that. SMILEY) That's why I can't understand why she gets so sore when I roar with laughter, every time I re- fer to her as the new editor. AU of a sudden, she has not only changed her time, but the words as well. She wails; "But what am I going to do. I won't know where to begin." And when I tell her all she has to do is sit in the office and talk to people, she turns white. * * N• She's been editor for one week now, and already she's got an ul- cer. Also a bad heart, high blood pressure, the jumping cancer, and a lung condition, I assured her that all these symptoms will van- ish as soon as she gets the pap- er out on Thursday, and she can, go back to being a plain, ordinary, neurotic housewife. Until Friday. * * * When this deal first came up, she was full of sympathy for me. "I certainly don't envy you," she said. "Sweltering down in the hot old city, studying like mad, liv- ing iving like a monk." This was when she thought somebody else would be editor, and she be lolling (Continued on page 3) JOWETT'S GROVE HAYFIELD Beautiful Picnic Grounds Covered Tables — Swings Good Water •-- Ball Park Ponies — Swimming Refreshment Booth DANCING Every Friday Night from 9.30 p.m. to 1.00 a.m. Stew and His Collegians -- Door Prize — Hall Available for Receptions and Private Parties For Reservations — Call HU 2-7064, HU 2-7551 or Bayfield 29r3 Business and Pr AUCTIONEERS ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUC'I''IONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. 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