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Zurich Citizens News, 1961-08-31, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1961 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: Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY '� � "ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS•',°� NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION Subscription Dates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and and Foreign; single copies 5 cents THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1961 Fire Fans -- A Strange Breed Have you ever noticed, when the fire siren shrills out, how many spectators make an appearance, and in most cases, makes a general nuisance of themselves? It is time, in some cases, that a fe w of the people can be of assistance at the scene of a fire, but as a general rule they are in the road of firemen. Quite often spectators in their cars in- terfere with the progress of the fire engine itself. In many instances, members of the fire department travel to fires in their own cars, and they are also held back by the interested spectators. At a recent fire in Grenfell, Saskatch- ewan, the onlookers were making a real nuisance of themselves, and so the weekly paper in that community unleashed an at- tack on the fire fans. The editorial read: Three times within the past four weeks, one of man's greatest enemies—fire, has threatened individual structures in our community. On each occasion, the re- nowned promptness and efficiency of the local fire brigade has been accredited with saving the buildings. When the most recent outbreak occur- red on Thursday last in a garage in the business section of town, the brigade ar- rived on the scene with such rapidity, one would believe it almost impossible. In the course of a few minutes they were busy extinguishing the blaze. It was noted at this fire that most of the onlookers were, to say the very least, a general nuisance. Granted there were those few who, when their assistance was required, pitched in and helped. The maj- ority however, were forever getting in the way of the fire fighters. At such an un- fortunate event, one would think man could exercise common sense and stay well away from the scene. Parents could and should brief their children as to the importance of their co- operation and behaviour on such an occas- ion. In one instance, a child's bicycle was left lying at the approach of a lane and subesquently had to be removed before the fire -truck could enter. Such an incident creates costly delay. Some time ago near Clinton, two cars crashed on the way to the scene of a fire interfering with the movement of the fire truck to the fire. On that occasion the Clinton News -Record has this to say about fire fans: Hard to explain, much less understand, is the particular type of hysteria which seems to strike people when they hear a fire alarm. Do they go to a fire to help? Doubtful. After all the fire truck has already left, with trained and paid firemen aboard. Fire fans wait until the truck goes so they know wheret he fire is. Do they go for the spectacle? Surely not In any case, such a fire as occurred on Sat- urday is often cluttered up with smoke, so that the -spectacle part of the scene is really not worth going for. Do they go out of curiosity? Doubtful, again. If they do arrive at the scene in all one piece, there is really no one to ask about details. Firemen are too busy. Owners are too busy, and women and chil- dren too tearful. The best details available are often no better than rumours. What, then, is the reason for the mass exodus from town and country at the sight of smoke, and sound of the fire alarm? __ It would seem to be an inheritel trait and probably has no more reason than why men climb mountains, or chickens cross the road. Because it is there, they go. The siren's wail arouses the primitive in us. and the call to run is deeded. With heavy horsepower cars at the command of everyone, this urge to run is translated into a heavy foot on the gas padel. The result can only be trouble in some cases. Why The Hold -Up Here Some months ago, as we recall, a by- law was in process by the village council to licence hawkers and peddlars. To date, nothing more has been done with this by- law as far as we 'know. In recent months hawkers and pedlars have become more prevalent in Zurich than ever. Honest, good -living people are being swindled more than ever, all because a vil- lage council will not enforce a law. The argument we hear from the coun- cil is, "Who will enforce the by-law!' In this regard, the Clinton News -Record re- cently issued some sound advice to the resi- dents of Clinton, where such a by-law has recently been put into effect. The News - Record feels the job of enforcing such a by-law is up to the housewife, and goes on to say: Though a by-law has now been passed by the council of the town of Clinton with respect to licensing of hawkers and pedlars, it appears that the job of actually apprehen- ding those who do not purchase a licence, rests mainly with the housewife. After all, if a housewife permits a non - licenced person to enter her home, and she buys, and says nothing, thent he sales person is free to go on to other homes and continues his sales. The licence fee of $100 is imposed for one purpose—and that is to give some pro- tection to resident businessmen who help support the town by their business taxes. If they are in competition with other non- resident businesses who do not pay muni- cipal taxes then this is unfair competition. Also, the idea of licencing is meant to give the town government some record of persons who are legitimately selling in town. This helps to provide information about those who are selling un -legitimately. Our suggestion to housewives — and to business places too — is to ask for the hawker and pedlars licence of any person approaching them with a sales pitch, If he cannot produce such a licence, then we suggest you telephone the police office with a description of the man, or woman who has offered you things to sell. Tell the police, if you can, what kind of car the salesperson is driving, and which direction he went when he left your home. We asked at the town clerk's office if this licence would be required by salesmen who showed samples, took orders and made delivery of goods later, and were told that it would be required. . Wording of the by-law is as follows: "That every person who goes from place to place or to a particular place with goods, wares or merchandise for sale within the town of Clinton, or who carries and exposes samples, patterns, or specimen of goods, wares or merchandise which is to he de- livered in the muncipality afterwards, shall obtain a license for so doing from the town clerk." Fancy Language Newspapermen are often charged with treasonable assaults on the Queen's Eng- glish. True. We cook up redundancies like "beat up" or "lead up" when the prepos- ition "up" isn't necessary — any more than it is after "cools." Sometimes we get so infatuated with the clack of our own type- writers that we don't notice the fatuous prose that comes out. But what about the architects? They prattle about "high rise" apartments, for example. At first we accepted this as a technical point: newspapermen love techni- cal points in their copy, even if they don't understand them. Then suspicion set in; newspapermen are a suspicious breed. So we consulted an architect. "Oh, that," he said. "That just means "tall." There you have it — just as bad as something we might cook up.—(Montreal Star). Choice Of Color A customer for a new car was told that there was a wide range of color as well as different varieties of body and chassis. Proceeding to a choice the customer de- cided that old-fashioned it was modern, but unlike the cars that were produced 50 years ago, black is hard to come by. There were other choices, including such romantic -soun- ding ones as powder blue, turquoise, egg- shell yellow, and perhaps even lipstick red. In the end the customer got something called autumn haze, which is a color akin to the chocolate -Boated pills that came from the apothecary. Why did he take the autumn haze? Because is was the only choice.—(The Prin- ted Word). -OF- YEARS GONE -BY - 40 YEARS AGO 115 YEARS AGO AUGUST, 1921 AUGUST, 1946 Miss Mabel and Muriel Preet- er are attending the Toronto Exhibition in that city, all this week. Mr. Roy Weber who has been successfully operating a shoe business in the Merner block, has severed his connections with that building and business. An interesting event took place on Saturday, August 24, when Miss Celia Hess was uni- ted in marriage to Rev. F. How- ald, in St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Nieces of the groom, Miss Kathleen Howald, accom- panied by Miss Thelma Howald on the violin, rendered suitable music during the ceremony. Miss Mayme Lamont left Tuesday morning for Sault Ste. Marie, where she has accepted a teaching position, as a public school teacher. Mr. Alvin Surerus left this week for Oakville, to resume his duties as Professor of Languag- es in an institute of learning there. Mr. W. L. Siebert has comp- leted the new artistic verandah that he has erected in front of his dwelling house. It is some- thing just a little new for Zur- ich. Mr. John Gascho is enjoying a new Ford car. Mr. Jacob Howald, of the west end of the village, is near completion of veneering his house with cement blocks. Mr. Howald will have a neat warm and comfortable dwelling house now. The Jackson clothing factory in Hensall has been closed down for a few weeks due to the shortage of lining which goes into the making of their garm- ents. 0 25 YEARS AGO Approximately $2,800 w a s realized by the Zurich Lions Club at their annual summer frolic last Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. James Parkins and Miss Betty Mousseau are holidaying this week at Mani- toulin Island. Mr. Henry Restemayer, of Dashwood, who has been ser- iously ill for the past few weeks, passed away on Wednesday in his 69th year. The owners of the Dashwood Planing Mills entertained about 35 people, consisting of their families, to a dinner at Grand Bend, last Thursday evening. A presentation was made to the employee who had been. work- ing for the firm the longest time, Stewart Wolfe. Miss Ruby Church, formerly of Zurich, has been promoted to the position of head typist of the surgical clinic at Westmin- ster Hospital, in London. Relatives and friends gath- ered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd O'Brien to honour their second eldest daughter, Helen. with a miscellaneous shower, prior to her marriage. Rev. Miss Reba Hern, of Var- na, is holidaying at the home of her parents, at Sault Ste. Marie. Mr. and Mrs. John Woodcock, who have been holidaying at St. Joseph, for the past few weeks, have returned to their home in Montreal. AUGUST, 1936 A very pretty event took place last Thursday night, when Beatrice Margaret Willert was united in marriage to Henry Ross Richardson. The couple will live on the groom's farm, on the Parr Line, in Hay Town- ship. Mr. Jacobs, manager of ,the Huron County Home, near Clin- ton, recently shipped 16 hogs to the Stratford market. Of this number 12 graded selects which indicates that Mr. Jacobs is a successful manager of t h e County Farm as well as the Home. Some person has been steal- ing milk from a cow at Clinton, while another thief robbed a beehive at Fordwich, a cat at- tacked a car at Orangeville, and a deer goes bathing with child- ren at Zurich. Also a weasel killed a tame crow at New York, so it seems dumb animals, like human beings, are clamouring for publicity. The barn of W. L. Forrest, at Hillsgreen, is now completed, and adds a fine attraction to his farm. The Band Tatoo held in Hen- sall under the auspices of the that school to attend the Phys- ical Education a n d Health Training Camp at Lake Couch- iching. The fourth annual Becker re- union was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Edmund Becker, on the Bronson Line, near Dashwood, with close to 110 people in attendance. 0 10 YEARS AGO SuGA1. and SPICE mom By Bili Smiley, I just tried to wade through a novel, written by a woman, which contains 1,085 pages of fine print. And I use the word "wade" advisedly. It was like. lurching through a swamp in a pair of leaking hip waders, with a 100 -pound sack of wet fish on my back. The only thing the novel con- veyed to me, after hours and hours of reading, was some- thing of which I was already aware — that women talk too much. Now, I'm not trying to be of- fensive when I say that. I am merely making a scientific ob- servation. It's easy to utter gen- eralities, and I don't mean that all women talk too much. No more than a woman means all men, when she states flatly — and I've heard it a hundred times — "Men are selfish, utter- ly selfish!" She just means all the males she has ever known. And I just mean all the women I've ever known. AUGUST, 1951 Mr. Reg. Black has been suc- cessful in passing his examin- ations at Toronto Summer School, and will return to his duties at Dresden for the com- ing school term. Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Coxon, of Zurich, have returned to their home after a motor trip to Mil- waukee, where the former at- tended the American Veterin- ary Convention. Operations to widen the high- way through Zurich, known as the Zurich road, have commen- ced, and some big machinery to do the work has now moved in. The members of the Zurich Lions Club enjoyed a tasty corn roast at the fine park of Lion Ivan Kalbfleisch. Some of the fellows ate an even dozen cobs. A good number of the Sur- erus relatives of the the district attended the annual Surerus re- union at the Lions Park, Sea - forth, last Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Harberer, of town, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pulford, of London, are enjoying a motor trip to Boston this week. Mr. Paul Ducharme, of the Bronson Line, is having his home remodelled with all the latest modern conveniences. Mr. Jack Haberer, a student of South Huron High School, was the student selected from Citizens Band, was a decided success, with between three and four thousand people being pre- sent for the occasion. The council of the town of Seaforth have decided to en- force curb parking in the fut- ure, with cars to be parked be- tween 35 and 40 degrees. BLAKE (Mrs. Amos Gingerich, correspondent) Mr. and Mrs. Laverne Leibold and family, of Batten, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don Erb and family. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Gingerich and family, accompanied by Mr, and Mrs. Earl Oesch and family, are spending a weeks vacation at the cottage at Ipperwash. Mrs. Elizabeth Oesch accom- panied Mr. and Mrs. Bert Faber to a family gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pen - hale and son, Ricky, at Bayfield, on Sunday. Miss Sharon Oesch spent a few days holiday with with her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Desch. Miss Theresa Corriveau, of London, who is employed as a telephone operator, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lucein Corriveau and family. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ropp and family, of Nairn, accompanied by the latter's mother, Mrs. Sarah Gingerich and Mr. and Mrs. Arnos Gingerich, spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. William Steckle and son Robert. A family gathering was held at the home of, Min and Mrs. Ephriam Gingerich and family, in honor 'of their parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gingerich, of Zurich. Those present were from Lon- don, Staffordville, Varna, Zur- ich and Bayfield. believe they can't help it. * *. Now, I'm not trying to sug- gest that men are strong, silent types who never open their mouths unless they are about to emit some morsel of wisdom. Some politicians a n d some preachers can talk more and say less than a whole gaggle of women. But they're the excep- tions. Few men can talk end- lessly, without apparent effort. Most women can. And do. I am not suggesting that this is a bad thing, necessarily. The cheerful chirps of the ladies ov- er the tea -cups is a symbol that all's well with the world. The interminable telephone conver- sations about clothes and pick- les and what Maisie said to Thelma are reassuring sounds in a far from reassuring society. It is 'not the talk of women that introduces corruption into public affairs. It is not the talk of women that produces infla- tion, starvation and all the oth- er "ations" that beset us. No, these delights of the mod- ern world are produced by the talking of men. It is the talk- ing of women that hushes the frightened child, that soothes the old person in pain. It is the talking of women that keeps husbands from palygamy and a fondness for the grape. It is the talking of momen that pro- duces better schools and better hospitals. ,I: *: The hand that rocks the cradle There's no doubt about it. rules the roost, or something. Like the weather, death and taxes, we can look forward to the talking of women as a sure thing, and while it may fray the nerves to the shrieking point, at times, it will not likely do the world any permanent harm. It's also useful as a weather- vane. Around our house, the only time the Old Girl stops talking is when she's mad. And when that happens, we all ccontinued on page 3) * *: I've made something of a study of this, in moments of quiet desperation, and my con- clusions are based on actual ob- servations. My mother talked too much, my sisters talk too much, my wife talks too much, my mother-in-law talks too much, and my small daughter is turning into quite a yakker. I repeat, I'm not trying to be snide about this. It is merely a n interesting phenomenon, which I think has had an over- whelming impact on world his- tory. Who, for example, start- ed chewing the fat with that reptile, in the Garden of Eden? It wasn't Alam. And we all know where that bit of female blathering landed us. Why do women talk so much? Is it because they feel insecure? I doubt it. Is it because they're nervous? I doubt that, too. Poor or rich, skinny or fat, ner- vous or placid, secure or inse- cure, ugly or beautiful, they talk too much, and I honestly Business and Professional Directory AUCTIONEERS ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small courteous and efficient service a t all times. "Service that Satisfies" PHONE 119 DASHWOOD DENTISTS DR. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.S.. D.D.S. 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