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Zurich Citizens News, 1961-06-08, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS ZURICH Citizens NEWS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONTARIO HERB TURKHEIM — Editor and Publisher FRANK McEWAN -- Plant Manager Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. 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 and Foreign; single copies 5 cents THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1961 What A Year Of School Will Do After reading this parents who are having trouble keeping their teenagers in school inay decide to forget all about the adage that the better the education, the richer the inner life, the happier the soul, Here are some :figures from the Insti- tute of Life Insurance. Every year of high school adds $16,000 to life earnings. Each year of college adds an extra $25,000 to these earnings. The man whose education ends with public school will make, on average $178,- 000 in his 40 years or so of work. The high school graduate will earn $243,000 dur- ing his working life—and the man with a college degree will make, on average, over $$347,000. Our embattled parents could quote Kurt R. Swinton, president of Encyclopaed- ia Britannica of Canada, who recently pointed out that two thirds of those unem- ployed today have no more than an ele- mentary school education, With rapid change on the technological front, it is obvious that the jobs will go more and more, to those with skills and training. Parents and others able to influence the youngsters should, Swinton says, point out the practical advantages in job advan- cement that accrue with education—and re- mind the teenagers that most of the unem- ployed laboring force left school at an early age. There is also a moral here for the par- ent who is reluctant to lay out a thousand or sa a year to see his youngster through university. If a degree can give a $100,000 advantage in earning power over a life- time then most sacrifices are worth the making. So don't talk to Bill and Suzie about spiritual satisfaction. Talk about dough, That will keep them at school work.—(The Financial Post). Hitchhikers About a year ago an RCAF officer stopped in Brockville to drop off a young soldier who had hitched a ride. Because the officer's pet dog was occupying the front passenger seat the soldier had ridden in the back. As he drove away the officer noticed a camera and equipment he had left in the back of the car were missing; at the same time he saw the soldier run, ning up Court House avenue. Here was a good example of the pro- blems one can encounter with hitchhikers and a classic reason for not picking up any- one on the highway. There have been other cases where hitchhikers have proved anything but grateful types by pulling knives or guns on their benefactors. The most recent case of hitchhiker trouble occurred in the Sudbury area, and there's a man in Sudbury who is regretting the experience. Claude Rivet and a com- panion smelled smoke in the car after drop- ping off a hitchhiker. The back seat the man had been occupying was smoulderng. Soen the $1,100 ear was ablaze and even- tually was a total loss. There are honest hitchhikers .. , and there are considerable ones, who don't drop ash on the floor or stub out their cigarets on the upholsery, and refrain from taking with them items that don't belong to them. Regrettably though, the entire hitchhiking fraternity get a bad name from the sort of misdeeds we have mentioned. It is better that drivers don't give ridess to anyone on the highway. --(Brockville Record and Times). Revising Agents for Elections In the next federal election there is to be a new set of officials — revising agents. When returning officers get complaints that names have been left off the voter's list, they will refer these complaints to the revising agents. These agents, who will get $80 for a week's work, will attend to the complaints. If they find them just- ified it will not be necessary for the citizen to visit a court of revision. There will be two revisal officers in each revisal district, roughly 30 polls. The winner in the last election will name half the revisal officers. The runner-up will be entitled to name the other half. The chief electoral officer, Nelson Look On The Suuny Side "Hiram, it's after 8 o'clock and time you got outa bed," the elderly wife scolded. "Even if you are in your eighties, you should be up and around." "All right," the octogenarian called cheerily. "Turn on the news and listen for deaths and funerals. If they don't mention my name, I'll get up," Castonguay, reports that he is now in a position to set the election machinery going on 24 -hours' notice. All forms re- quired by the new Canada Elections Act, 400 tons of them, have been printed and distributed, There are 165 sets of forms, some in French, some in English, and some in both languages. Delight To Watch Now that the hockey season is over without, it is hoped, any permanent injur- ies to players, it may be time to remember a sparkling game between the girls of Havergal Hall and the girls of St. Clem- ent's They played like gentlemen and there wasn't a penatly in the whole proceedings. There may come a day when hockey will cease to be the rough exhibition it has been for these many years. There may come a day when spectators will be gentlefolk and not demand fist fights and general me- lee to be included in the price of admis- sion. Hockey can be a delight to watch when the play is on the ice and no player tries to flatten another player against the boards. FOURTH OF A SERIES Building Our Community (A message from the Zurich and Previously w e mentioned some ideas regarding business. As true as we say it, that we are all in business, is actually what we are. Also, we are all as general public to a merchant we are buying from. In other words, we may be a merchant, but, when we buy anything from someone else, we become a part of the general public. Our at- titudes to our merchants mean a lot. Let us illistrate. Which was first, the hen or the egg? We cannot afford to be without the hen or the egg. We often gripe that we can buy better in the city. We get better prices, Do we? Has it ever oecured to you that the more we buy from our local .merchants, the larger volume he has, and the better he can buy, and in turn give better prices than ever, prices Plat the cities could not meet, District Chamber of Commerce) because of lower overhead. Al- so, we have our, assurance of better service from our local merchants. Do we often spoil his confidence in us by neglec. ting an. old bill and buy new merchandise away from home. Being in business, we know what volume means when we go to buy. Let us say again, if we see prices in newspapers, TV and radio, or catalogues, stop and think(!) Can we expect to help our community, or even help our fellow merchants, if we do not try to patronize him. Is this product he advertises, like it seems, or is this only a lead• er to corral us? Yes, we agree we do not want to throw away our hard-earned dollars, but re- member we can certainly help to bring these prices to our door steps by building up a volume for our merchants. Glee our local merchants at least a chan- ce to state his position. We can't have merchants without general public, nor can we have general public and no merch- ants. Take away our local merch- ants and we need to drive to the city for those small favours that are so often forgot, The repairs to our shoes, our toast- ers, our cars, our hardware, our drygoods. How inconvenient this would he? Do we arrange our standing with local merch- ants when our bills are past due. Did you ever think that this may be why those prices are better in the city. Then let us think, put ourselves in his shoes, re- member the golden rule, how would we treat hire if we were in his shoes. Most local merch- ants are the long suffering type, they need to be, There is an old story like this-- "You pay me, so I can pay them, so they can pay you." True isn't it, These are not new ideas, but definitely old ones that seem to have been neglected. THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1961 40 YEARS AGO JUNE, 1921 Mr. C. Hartleib, of London, called in Zurich on his way to Goderich last week. Mr. Hart- leib is moving his household effects to that place, where he has recently purchased a dwel- ing property, Notice has been received in Zurich from the Ontario Hydro. Electric Power that rates in the village will be reduced con- siderably, effective immediately, R. Ohlert had 10 strikeouts to his credit as the Zurich ball team beat their rivals from Crediton by a 2-1 score. Zurich's lineup was made up of R. Oh- lert, pitcher; A, Henning, catch- er; L. Hoffman, short stop; C. Hoffman, third base; W. Braun, third base; Clayton Hoffman, first base; L. Callas, centre field; T. L. Wurm, second base; and A. Siebert, left field. The Goderich newspaper claims that the battery of Ohlert and Hen- ning is the strongest ever to make an appearance in the league. The paint -up habit is becom- ing quite popular in the village of Zurich, and at present W. G. Hess is touching up the front of his jewellry store. McGillvary township adver- tised for the building of some new bridges, and the tenders varied from less than $1,000 to about $12,000. 25 YEARS AGO JUNE, 1936 A very happy and interesting event took place at the Blake A, Mennonite Church recently, when Miss Rene Erb was mar- ried to Mr. Chris Schultz. Mrs. I3. Rose presided for the monthly meeting of the Zurich Women's Institute in the Town Hall last Monday evening. Huron County council is in session in Godarich this week, and Hay Township reeve, Alfred Melick, is in attendance. The board of trustees of the police- village of Zurich have made application to the Hay Township council for .a loan to finance the construction of new sidewalks in Zurich. It has been decided to erect a new modern style bandstand in the village of Hensall, at the corner of the railway yard, just north-east of the Commercial Hotel. Elmer D. Bell, Barrister and Solicitor, has opened an office in Seaforth, where he will prac- tice on Monday, Thursday and Friday of each week. His office in Brussels will be in charge of his brother, William Bell. Mr. Clayton Smith as present has a group of men busily en- gaged at building a summer cot- tage on his farm at Beavertown. -' OF - YEARNS GONE - BY -. 15 YEARS AGO JUNE, 1946 What caused considerable ex. citement in town took place last week when a frame house, 22'x 28' was moved over 112 miles to the foundation prepared on the lot of Mr. Albert Clausius. At the meeting of the Hay Township council a motion was passed that the Township be formed into ,a Hay Township School Area, with seoictns No, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 'B, 10, 11, 12 and 14 being in the area. Five new members were ad- mitted into the Zurich Lions Club, namely, Charles Thiel, Harold Stade, G. Sewell, L. Wil- lert and E. Weide*. This makes the total membership at 37. Glen Reichert, two and a half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Reichert, of the Town Line, had the tip of his right- hand thumb nipped off when lie got it caught in one of the cog -wheels of the washing mach- ine. Zurich's n e w restaurant, known as the Snack Shoppe, owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thiel, opened for business last week and is doing a very nice business. William R. Dougall, of Hen - sail, was appointed as Huron County weed inspector, at a meeting of the County Agricul- turad committee last week. 10 YEARS AGO JUNE, 1951 Monday, June 4, was observed by many as a public holiday, be- ing the King's birthday, The schools and banks took the day off, while most of the business- ess remained open. Rev. Miss Reba Hern, who has been pastor of the Varna and Goshen United Churches, has tendered her resignation, and has left for London where she will be engaged in similar work. Mr. Campbell McKinley, of the Goshen north, was stricken with an attack of appendicitis, and is now recovering from the successful operation he had. Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Gingerich, bridal couple, have returned home after a pleasant trip to many places of interest. In a league fixture on Tues- day evening, the Zurich ball team lost in Clinton by a score of 9-0. Among the families immigra- ting from Holland recently are Ralph Sunday and his wife and family, who are being placed with Mr. Valentine Becker, of Dashwood. Frederick J. Howald, former resident of many Western On- tario centres, died at his home in London. He was born in Hensall, but spent many years of his younger life in Zurich and district. Hospital Using Humour and Tact sages advice, "Visits should be ssage advice, "Visits should be enjoyed — not endured," the public hospitals of Ontario are moving into concerted action against their common enemy -- the bad hospital visitor. Hospi_ tal administrators, long plagued with this problem, agree that only a small percentage of vis- itors are involved, but they also agree that this aggravating minority have a nuisance value out of all proportion to their numbers. Previous attempts to convince the thoughtless few that visit- ing rules exist for the benefit of the patients have not been conspicuously successful, Now backed by their provincial as- sociation, Ontario's hospitals are on the warpath and they hope that an eye-catching com- bination of humour and horse sense will do the trick. The opening shots will be fired shortly with ammunition supplied by the Ontario Hospi- taI Association— a series of colourful posters aimed at wip- ing out four choice targets- "Two Sidess To Every Story" lampoons the character Who insists Upon sharnig his smok' ing pleasure with his ailingj host, and others under fire are t the folk who turn a bedside visit into a . neighbourhood re- union; the chummy `bed-sitter' who carries togetherness too far, and the `Happy Wanderer' who tries every private room before the right one. Stanley W. Martin, executive secretary -treasurer of the On- tario Hospital Association, em- phasizes that although hospi_ tats are using humour as their weapons, this is no way lessens the seriousness of the problem. "Hospitals are deeply concerned about the visiting situation," says Mr. Martin, "because of its very real effect on the pro- vision of good patient care. Visiting hours and regulations may vary from hospital to hospital, but in. every case they are designed to suit the facil, ities of the hospital concerned and the best interests of its patients." Mr. Martin on the other hand, makes it clear that hospitals have no wish to discourage hos- pital visiting as such "Most visitors," says Mr. Martin, "are considerate and well-behaved, and from experience we know that a good visit acts as a tonic to the patient. Even those who do not always follow the rules probably mean well, and We hope that if they can recognize themselves in these posters they will quickly see the error of heir ways," tlIIIIIIIUIummUIWI MMfINRRNIVIP nalMslquuuJYWWiWWIUlntgMNVntf(m SUGAR SPICE mgI Iro By Bill Smiley What this country needs more than anything, in these trying times, is more conservatives Now, don't go all chalky and trembly like that that. I don't mean Diefenbaker Conservativ es. I mean good old-fashioned, conservatives. For the past couple of dec- ades, "conservative" has been practically a dirty word. Peo- ple were as afraid of being con- sidered conservative as they are today of being considered con- formist. Lying awake and lon- ely in the small hours last night, I realized suddenly, with a flash like a camera bulb that at heart I am a conservative. It was such a shock that I sat bolt up- righ in bed. This woke my wife, who lur- ched to her elbow, turned on her bedside lamp and moaned, "Whassat?" This, in turn, dis- trubed my daughter, in the next room. She yelped in her sleep, rolled over abruptly( and crush- ed the cat, who sleeps beside her. He squalled and dug his claws into her. She hollered. All this woke Hugh, who stag- gered out of bed and went to the bathroom. The sound of running water was too much for the rest of us, and there was a steady procession to the place, which wound up with me having to go down and let the cat out. He wouldn't come back in and 20 minutes later, standing there shivering and calling him and worrying a little because we're not sure it's a boy cat and he might get pregnant if he was out all night, I consigned the whole conservative issue to the appro- priate place. But this morning on sober second thoughts, I realized that I had truly seen the light, that I was a died_in-the-wool conser- vative. I experienced a vast wave of relief, as though I had just emerged from the confess. Tonal, or had just been awaken. ed from one of those dragging, nagging, not -quite -terrifying bad dreams. .$ :t= * You've no idea what a release it was, to shuck off that false. face of liberalism I've been wearing all these years, uncom- fortably. I felt better and bet- ter as the shabby, borrowed layers of tolerance, reason, and desire for change peeled off one by one, and left me an hon- est, naked intolerant, illogical, prejudiced, small conservative. "Oh, boy!" I chortled. "No 'more having to get sore at anti-Semites. No more having to be nice to Irishmen or Arm- enians or Negroes, unless I like them. No more having to be tolerant of half-baked religious sects. No more pretending that women are as smart as men." It's wonderfully refreshing to be able to look at life through your own sharp prejudices and emotions for a change, after years of gazing at it murkily through t h e thumb - printed, thick lenses loaned by small liberalism. No longer, for example must I put up the slightest architec- ture. Now I can say what I think: that new churches look like either tents or silos; that you can't tell a new school from a new factory; that the new split-level homes, with picture window above and garage yawn- ing below, resemble one -eyed harpies who have just been de- livered of monsters by caesar- ean section. Oh, I'm going to enjoy my (*continued on page 3) Business and Professional Directory AUCTIONEERS ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small courteous and efficient service at all times.. "Service that Satisfies" PHONE 119 DASHWOOD INSURANCE �N^ For Safety EVERY FARMER NEEDS Liability Insurance For Information About All Insurance --- Call BERT KLOPP Phone 93 r 1 or 220 Zurich Representing CO.OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION HURON and ERIE DEBENTURES CANADA TRUST CERTIFICATES ears 4% % --~3 and 4 years 41/2% 1 and 2 years GENERAL INSURANCES Fire, Automobile, Premises Liability, Casualty, Sickness and Accident, etc. An Independent Agent representing Canadian Companies J. W. HABERER Authorized Representative Phone 161 -- Zurich OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH: Daily except Mon- Phont 791 day 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 12 noon, CLINTON: Monday Only Phone HU 2.7010 Thursday evening by Appointment G. B. Clancy, 0. D: OPTOMETRIST JA 4-7251 — Goderich DENTISTS DR. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.S., D.D.S. Main Street Exeter Closed Wednesday Afternoon Phone Exeter 36 DOCTORS Dr. A. W. KLAHSEN Physician and Surgeon OFFICE HOURS: 2 p.m. -5 p.m. Monday -Saturday Except Wednesday 7 p.m. -9 p.m. Monday and Fri- day Evenings PHONE 51 ZURICH G. A. WEBB, C * *Doctor of Chiropractic 438 MAIN STREET, EXETER X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities Open Each Weekday Except Wednesday Tues. and Thurs. Evenings 7.9 For Appointment -. Phone 606 FUNERAL DIRECTORS WESTLAKE Funeral Horne AMBULANCE and PORTABLE OXYGEN SERVICE Phone 89J or 89W 7t1RICH LEGAL W. G. Cochrane, BA BARRISTER and SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC Hensel! Office Open Wednesday and Friday Afternoon EXETER PHONE 14 BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS & NOTARY PUBLIC ELMER D. BELL, Q.C. C. V. LAUGHTON, Q.C. Zurich Office Tuesday Afternoon EXETERPhone 4