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Zurich Citizens News, 1961-09-07, Page 2MO PAIR ZURICH CMZEENS NEWS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1961 ZURICH Citizens NEWS PUBLISHED EERY THURSDAY MORNING at ZURICH, ONTARIO HERB TURENEIM Editor and Publisher FRANK. McEWAN -- Plant Manager Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Member: Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION ONT U XQ WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Bates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies 5 cents and THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1961 And so To School Again "SCHOOL DAYS, school days, dear old golden rule days," On Tuesday the familiar "ding-dong" of the school bell once again resounded throughout the community, summoning the young lads and lassies back tq the halls of learning. For some this will mean their last term in the "old stone pile." These sane individuals will be determined to do their utmost before graduation rolls around. Others, nervous and wide-eyed with wonder, will be entering the primary grade for their first term. This is a golden opportunity for all The following letter, written by a fa- ther, carries its own message: "I saw you barely miss a little boy on a tricycle this afternoon and heard you yell, 'Get out of the way! Don't you know any better than to ride in the street?' He didn't answer because he hasn't lean ned to talk very well yet, so I'm going to answer for him. "No, the little boy doesn't know any better than to ride his tricycle on the street. He has been warned not to, but little boys don't always heed warnings. Some adults don't either, especially traffic warnings; for example. the one limiting the speed of automobiles. "I'm going to tell you something. He has a mother who endured considerable students — young and old; a chance to start anew and make the very best of a scholastic year. For the teachers it will mark the be- ginning of a tedious ten-month stretch. But what could bring more satisfaction to a teacher than to know that he or she is guiding these youngsters in the pathway of life, and helping them to obtain one of life's most priceless possessions ...know- ledge. And after a rather trying two months of summer holidays, mother will be over- joyed with the idea of her children again trotting off to school. A Message From A Father Separate Ch One phrase, we confidently predict, will go right out of the language, in Ont - aria, as people get acquainted with the wrinkles of the new sales tax regulations. Customers in restaurants are going to stop saying, "Put it alI on one check." Even the most liberal of big -handed spenders, when he realizes the importance of his words, is going to avoid making the big generous flourish,and ask quietly for sep- arate checks, please. Ordinary restaurant meals, in the price range from 75 cents to $1.50. are not liable to the three percent sales tax. Only for How Mailing Li There are many ways to earn a dollar, and among the rare ones is the business of selling mailing lists. We have had an opp- ortunity to study the catalogue of a firm in Montreal which offers a great variety of Iists, from `Abdominal Supports" to "Zippers," and classifies them according to their supposed value. If you should wonder occasionally how you got en the mailing list for some form of direct-mail advertising that comes to you by post, here is the possible answer. Anyone who thinks he has some item of merchandise, or some service for sale, which would be marketable to funeral directors, can buy a List of 1.240 funeral directors in Canada, with their postal addresses. For people who have something to sell to the entertainment trade, there is a list of 228 night clubs, and another of 1.124 theatres. Mailing lists are bought and sold at so much a name, and the catalogue has three price scales, selling the names of various kinds of prospects at three cents. a cent and inconvenience, anxiety and suffering to bring him into the world, He has a father who has worked hard and made many sacrifices to make him healthy and happy. They want their little boy to grow up to be a useful man. "Now, stop a minute and think. If you should kill a child, how would you feel fac- ing his parents? What excuse could you give them for having robbed them of their dearest possession? More important, what could you possibly offer Him whose King- dom is made up of little children? "Children, my hasty friend, were here long before you or your automobiles were thought of. All the automobiles on Earth are not worth the life of one little boy on the street." ecks, Please! the kind of eating that costs $1.51 or more, is the extra levy to be made. As it has been pointed out however, the important thing is the little piece of paper that is slid, tac- tfully face down, on the cutomer's table, after the meal has been served. Tax inspect- ors are not going to stand around look- ing to see what the customers eat; their method of inspection will be to look at the pile of checks, later on, and if the check says threedollars, then nine.,eents will have to be paid by somebody. Two pieces of paper, each with "$1.50" scrawled, will avoid trouble with the tax people. sts Happen a half, or cent each. Here is a caste system of a new and modern kind, with a top -brack- et grading of three cents a name for the kinds of prospect thought to be the lush- est and most lucrative targets for sales promotion. For three cents a name, one can buy a list of 120 kennel operators, or of 2,501 grain dealers. or of 240 antique dealers. In the middle class. at a cent and a half a half a name, are lists providing the names of 589 automobile paint shops, 593 bowling alley proprietors and 2,802 fuel oil dealers. It saddens us to see that newspapers come in the lowest category. A mailing list of 1,552 newspapers and magazines in Can- ada is for sale at a cent a name. One con- solation is the company to be found at this lowest level. Also at a cent a name, one can buy a list of hanks and hank managers. or a list of clergymen, These two categories. no doubt for different reasons, seem to have a low value as targets for mail pro- motions. (Stratford Beacon Herald.) v\1r • - OF YEARS GONE. BY - 40 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER, 1921 South Huron Liberals will hold a nomination meeting in Hensall on September 13. Thom- as McMillan, who was defeated by J. J. Merner in 1917, will be the probable candidate for the coming general election. The Zurich Juniors won the first of the four -game playoffs with Hensall last Friday even- ing. The game was very snap- py, and the score was close, 9-8. Mr. N. E. Dahms, who has been on vacation for the sum. mer months, has resumed his duties as principal of the Dash. wod Public School. Mr. Roy Weber, of Zurich, has rented the building in Hen. sail known as the Murdock block, and intends running an up-to-date harness shop there. Notice has been given that two hydro engineers will be in Exeter, Centralia, and Crediton, in the near future, to give in- formation on the distribution of hydro power. On Thursday, September 1, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geor- ge Coleman, on the Parr Line, was the scene of a pretty wed- ding, when their daughter, Else May, became the bride of J. El- gin McKinley. Rev. R. C. Pitts, of Bayfield, has been having a summer holi- day in the city of London. 0 25 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER, 1936 Thomas "Dad" Stephens, pro- prietor of the Queen's Hotel in Seaforth, and the oldest active hotel keeper in Ontario, died Sunday morning in his 96th year. For the first 20 days last mon- th, 140,000 people visited the Dionne Quintuplets at the Def- oe Hospital, at Callander. Tom Carter, of Clinton, while digging in his garden the other day, : came upon a coin which is seldom seen in these parts any .more. It was a Bank of Upper Canada penny, dated 1854. In the United States, high school students who are work- ers, will receive a cheque for $6 each month from the public exchequer. In return, the stu- dents will be required to do part time clerical work. The Hensall Citizens Band took part in a big tatoo at Wing - ham last Tuesday evening, and were also at the big tatoo in Grand Bend on Wednesday ev- ening. Vern Pettigrew, of Regina, is visiting with his sister, Mrs. George Hess, in Hensall. Mr, • Pettigrew is on his way home from the Olympic games in Ger- many, which he took part. Last Thursday night, the CIin- ton Colts were declared the champions of the Huron -Perth Baseball League, when they de- feated the Zurich team 6-2. 0 Renew Your Subscription Now Sbmeboateb got foie M 'Veal To turn ideas about things you'd like to have into real, honest -to -goodness reality *see your neighbourhood branch of the B ()flirt. A low-cost, life-instired Ioan under the It of M Pamily Pittance Platz will bring many of the things you've been dreaming about within your reach right now/ lirDANT Mettle 15 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER, 1946 Four high school bus routes for the Exeter High Schol have recently been awarded to the Guenther Transport. One bus goes to Hillsgreen, Kippen and Hensall, while another goes to Zurich; with the third going to Dashwood and Grand Bend. The fourth route goes in a south-easterly direction out of Exeter. Laird Mickle, prominent Hen - sail businessman, was taken to London Hospital last week, suf- fering facial and eye lacera- tions, the result of an unusual baseball accident. His son and two other boys were catching ball in the back yard, when one of the throws accidently hit Mr. Mickle in the face. He Is the manager of the Hensall team, which recently won the Huron - Perth OBA Trophy. Clad only in his underwear, Thomas Ross, of Hamilton and Toronto, walked into the farm home of Harry Faber, one mile south of Hensall, late in the night, to tell a story of meeting two men in a Kitchener bever- age room, and then waking up not far from Mr. Faber's farm, with a very sore head. He said his wallet with $200 was mis- sing. Roger Venner, son of Mr, and Mrs. Wes Venner, of Chisel- hurst, had the misfortune of getting his hand caught in the cicular saw while buzzing wood at his home, Rev. Reba Hern conducted the services in Blake and Goshen Churches on Sunday after hav- ing two -week's vacation at her home in Sault Ste. Marie, 10 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER, 1951 Miss Barbara Wright, of Cred iton, was chosen Miss Huron County at the annual Labor Day program at the Zurich Commun ity Centre last Monday night About 2,200 people were on hand for the occasion. When the tractor he was driv- ing toppled into a ditch, Grant McGregor, of Kippen received a fractured left leg, when he was pinned beneath the mach- ine. By -passers lifted the heavy machine off the youth's leg. William Hyde, who is 87, cap- tured third prize in the Old Time Fiddler's Contest featur- ed at the Canadian National Ex- hibition. Nelson Howe, of Crom- arty, placed third in the under 30 years class. Both men re- ceived medals for their victor- ies. The Dashwood Girl's ball team chartered a bus and took in the Canadian National Exhibi- tion in Toronto, one day last week. Miss Margaret Becker, of Dashwood, who has completed her studies at London Normal School, has accepted a position teaching at the Blake school for the coning year. The remains of the late Alf- red Sreeman was brought from London to St. Peter's Church, St. Joseph, for burial. The de- parted. who was in his 62nd year, was a native of the Drys- dale district. 0 BLAKE Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Mussel - man, of Kitchener, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Pe- ter Gingerich and families. Mr, and Mrs. Dan Steckle and Mary and James, spent the weekend at EImira and Moore- field, Miss Ferne Steckle. who has sptn a week with her cous- in. Mrs. Aden Martin, at Moore- field, returned home with her parents, Mrs. Clifford Donnovan, of London, and girl friend, spent the- weekend with the former's mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Hey. Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Block, of Kitchener, spent Sunday with the latter's relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gingerich and famil- ies, and Mr. and 'qrs. 1fenno Steckle. Mr .and Mrs. Chester Loucdes and daughter, Brenda, spent the weekend with the later's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lucien eon riveau and family. Remember a couple of weeks ago, I was telling what a wick- ed place The City has become? Annd of the dreadful pitfalls in- to which a steady, reliable chap from a small town can stumble, particularly if he's at the dan- gerous age? I promised to con- tinue the confession of my wild adventures that night, in the next week's column, but could- n't bring myself to do it. After serious thought how- ever, I've decided it's my duty to reveal the perils and the pur- ieus that exists, in the hope that you may be saved, should your foot slip from the paths of right- eousness, as mine did. You'll remember that. torn by who knows what strange and wayward desires, I had already been clipped at a honky-tonk piano joint. And then been shorn at one of those wicked foreign movies in which the actors seem to think sex is fun- ny, not sinful, as we all know it is. * , Well, 1 escaped from there, and had determined to go straight back to my room and read a pamphlet called The Teachers' Superannuation Act, in an attempt to pull myself together. But I fell. It was a warm, seductive, summer night, re- member. Just as I walked past this narrow old house, it hap- pened. The door was open, young people laughed and talk- ed in the dimly lighted hall, and from the depths of the house, faintly, came a sweet song and the tinkle of a guitar. .I couldn't help it. I turned and walked straight in. I must havethought I was in another incarnation, as a sailor on a street in Marseilles or Shang- hai, rather than a staid thor- oughfare in what was not long ago the dullest city in christen- dom. A darkly handsome young fellow barred my way and asked me, pleasantly enough, if I was i SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley, a member. When I shook my head, mouth open, he suggested 1 might like to join. It could have been the Foreign Legion, for all I cared, Forking over the modess fee, I almost knock- ed him down as I hastened through the door, anticipating mystic rites, calalistie ceremon- ies, exotic dancing girls and, if necessary a, pipe or two of op- ium. It was dark inside. On a small, lighted platform in the middle of the room, in the cen- tre of the gloom, stood a very pretty girl, with deep red hair and white skin and white teeth that gleamed as she sang. Sad songs and love songs and old songs and funny songs she sang, picking them out as dain- tily and strongly as she picked out the accompaniment on her guitar. And that was my in- troduction to The Purple On- ion, and the world of folk music, blues and jazz that comes to life in The City when every- thing else is going to sleep. x: * * On the surface, these clubs —ther are half a dozen of thein in The City now — look like dens of iniquity. They are shabby, dimly lit. There is ex- citing music, and in some, home-made poetry, They are full of kids in their early twen- ties: The atmosphere is intim- ate. They stay open late, late. And yet, it's a curiously in- nocent world. Let's take a look at The Purple Onion. First, the audience. Here, three pretty Japanese girls listen intently. Over there, five young fellows heckle the singer good-natured- ly, between songs. Near them, two young -married couples. sup- ping onion soup. A big sad -- eyed blonde girl sits gazing in- to space. What about the atmosphere? Well, the wildest drinks ser. -ed are hot apple cider and a youth- ful nightmare called coke-au- lait, which, believe it or not, is (continued on page 3) Business and Professional Directory AUCTIONEERS ALVIIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small courteous and efficient service at all times. "Service that Satisfies" PHONE 119 DASHWOOD DENTISTS DR. H. H. COWEN DENTAL SURGEON L.D.Q., D.D.S. 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