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Zurich Citizens News, 1964-08-13, Page 2PAGE TWO THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1%4 t Almost Enough Flag Talk! Both in parliament and across the land there has been widespread debate on Prime Minister Pearson's proposed new flag since the design was made public some months ago. Led by Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker, Progressive Conservative members of par- liament went to debate the issue further. That is their right, But we suspect that there is a fairly general feeling among Ca- nadians on the home front that they are tired of the debate. A resumption of it will be a boring repetitious exercise that will attract no friends to the PC cause. It is disappointing that Mr. Diefenbaker has refused to agree to a proposal that a time limit of one week be set for the ex- tension of the flag debate. It is difficult to imagine what could be said on the flag issue that could not be said in a week "Closure!" cried Mr. Diefenbaker. But it would hardly be closure if all party lead- ers were to agree on a time limit for the debate. It can be assumed that Mr, Pearson will not attempt to shut off the flag debate. Ile is no doubt sensitive to the memory of the 1956 pipeline debate when the Liberals' use of closure contributed heavily to their overthrow in the next year. On that occa- sion Hon. C. D. Howe, in introducing the pipeline legislation, announced in advance his intention to use closure. In fact, the bill was rammed through every stage by closure, a ruthless and unprecedented use of power. It appears that, if we are faced with a protracted debate on the flag, it will be mainly the fault of Mr. Diefenbaker. And we don't think it will win any votes for him.—(Stratford Beacon -Herald). We Lost the Vision ! Citizens of Canada are like nineteen million drunks. They are not aware el where they're been and haven't the slight- est idea where they're going. Often we sit with our national hang- over wondering whatever became of the cliched promise of Laurier—that the twen- tieth century is Canada's. And here we are, almost three-quarters of the way through that promised century, and little has happened. Our resources still lie bur- ied and hidden, our north is still the virgin north and we fret because Americans ex- ploit the resources that we haven't the courage to risk our savings on. What have we lost that Canadians who went before us used to have? We've lost the vision. Vision? Vision is greater than sight. Sight is blind to tomorrow. Vision knows no limit. Vision is the •only thing that separates the great men from the multitude. A small boy once asked us, "Why did they laugh at the Wright brothers?" "Vision" is the answer . The Wright brothers had it while the rest of the world did not. The Wrights' contemporaries all knew that only the birds could fly. All men knew that dreamers had been aspiring to the clouds for thousands of years while mankind stood with its feet in the mud. All men knew that man, who is heavier than air, was destined to stay with his feet on the ground. All men knew except the Wright brothers: They bad the vision to see into the future. They could see the airborne navies carrying cargoes into the skies. La Verendrye had vision when he trampled, paddled and trudged his way across our unknown continent to the Rockies. La Salle had it when he went down lie thousands of miles of uncharted waters of the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. And the man who promised us this century, Laurier himself had it for during his time he saw a great railroad span the continent and he built Canada into a mod- ern trading nation. But where has it gone? Where did we lose this attribute of our ancesters? Canadians such on the hind tit of the American sow and we have grown fat and lazy. We wallow in US -made material lux- ury while we complain that the Americans are buying us out. The little pioneering that's been done in the past generation has been done by immigrants and we've all but shut the door to the ones who work the hardest, the ones we need the most. The vision we've lost has three ingre- dients—faith, the ability to dream, and knowledge, Faith is the belief in something that all reason tells us is not true. To dream is to have the ability to con- vert the impossible into the possible. Knowledge is all that we're left with, for all Canadians know that Canada has more potential than any land under the sun. Israel was a desert before the Jews applied vision. Vision is the magic wand that Nasser wields over the arrid Arab countries. We have none of the problems and more of every kind of wealth than either of these or any other land could ever dream of. Yet here we sit in our historical and almost epic hiatus because we laek the vision. Where are the Canadians who would restore the faith and the dream that was Canada? Only the man with vision can see into eternity.—(The Independent Businessman). A Letter A poem which has been published in some American newspapers has aroused great reaction in Canada, as well as in the United States. According to a radio trade publication when it was read over a Toronto radio station it produced 7,000 requests for a re- peat reading. An Ottawa station got more than 4,000 requests. The poem is entitled A Letter From Heaven, Special Delivery, to the Kennedy Family from John Fitzgerald Kennedy, It follows: Sorry I had to leave right away, I look down and smile at you every day, Little Patrick says to you 'Hi', `I love you, I'm happy, so please don't cry.' And Caroline, I'd like to say, How proud Daddy was of you that day, When you stood like a lady and watched me go by, And doing as Mommy, you tried not to ery. Little John John now you're the big man, Take care of Mommy the best you can. You were just like a soldier, That salute was so brave, Thanks for the flag that you pua on my grave. And Jackie, I had no time for good byes, But I'm sure you could read the farewell in my eyes. Watch over our children and love them for me, I'll treasure your love through Eternity. So please carry on as you did before, 'Tit all of us meet on Heaven's bright shore." Signed, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY ZURICH Citizens NEWS HERB TURKHEIM — Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY %MORNING at ZURICH, ONTARIO Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for the payment of postage in cash. Member: : wy:A�\ Member: CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION ONTARIO WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION Subscription Rates: $3,00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United 'States And and Foreign; single copies 7 Cents 01101110911110111E1111103=11211001111111111110EZEINBEIV 25 YEARS AGO AUGUST, 1939 Miss Gretta Haberer, of Zur- ich, who has been holidaying in Detroit, has returned home. Miss Norma Hey visited with friends on the Goshen Line over the week -end. Dr. W. B. Coxon attended the veterinary convention at Guelph a few days last week. idrs. Bertha Bloch returned home to Zurich after a pleasant visit in Detroit. The first signs that Zurich is on a provincial highway are evident as workmen are en- gaged in putting up the regu- lation signs. Mr. Clarence Sopha, of De- troit, spent Sunday with his parents on the Bluewater north. 15 YEARS AGO AUGUST, 1949 Miss Kathleen Hess, who is at St. Joseph's Hospital, London, where she had an operation per- formed on her nose, is progress- ing favourably. Dr. and Mrs. P. J. O'Dwyer have returned to Zurich after a two.weeks' visit with the form- er's brother and wife in Win- nipeg, Miss June WiIlert, of London, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Hess, in Zur- ich., Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Bedard, Jr., Mrs. D. Bedard, Sr., and daughter Joanne, Mrs. Lawrence Bedard, and Mr. Clarence Jef- frey motored to Midland on Sunday to attend the pageant held at the shrine, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Zimmer and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Far- well enjoyed a lovely drive to Midland on Sunday and attend- er the pageant at the shrine. Mr, and Mrs. Ed Gascho and family, of Zurich, are holiday- ing in the northern country. Mrs. Rudy Oesch returned to her home from Toronto where she was a patient in the hos- pital. 10 YEARS AGO AUGUST, 1954 The families of Mrs. Mary Manson, Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Gingerich, and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Erb spent an enjoyable Civic Holiday at Bayfield in the form of a family picnic. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Willert and family, of Sarnia, were Mon- day visitors in Zurich. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hess, of Toronto, and Dr. and Mrs. Fred Hess, of Niagara Falls, are holi- daying with the gents' mother, Mrs. Marie Hess, at Zurich. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Stade have returned from a motor trip to Northern Ontario. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kraft, of Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bedard and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brisson and daughters enjoyed several days over the holiday season with r e l a t i v es and friends in Detroit. Mrs. Bryce Mack visited with Mr. and Mrs. David Meyers in London this past week. Mr. Reg. Illsley, of Lambeth, called on friends in Zurich Monday evening and attended the Lions' frolic. Television Views by William Whiting NBC's famous two-man news team walked away with the Re- publican convention ratings, like Barry Goldwater did with the nomination. For the Demo- cratic convention this month, CBS is answering with a two- man effort, namely Robert Trout and Roger Mudd. Trout has always done a fine job of covering both conventions on CBS radio down through the years, but television is different than radio, and CBS should know this. We doubt if Trout can make CBS number one. This fall you'll be able to see top motion pictures without waiting until after the hour •of 11 p.m. NBC will provide movies on Wednesdays and Sat- urdays at 9:00, with ABC run- ning on Sundays at the same hour. Channel 13 has pur- chased a package of top movies for showing Saturdays at 8 p.m. Grave concern has been ex- pressed by the Commons Public Accounts Committee over the cost of proposed expenditures on new CBC facilities in Toron- to and Montreal. First estimate in 1963 was 83 million. Last month the figure jumped to 105 million, Since that time, the corporation in its annual report for '63-64 boosted the figure to 128 million dollars. So, what was CBC president Ouimet's answer? "The commission had apparently failed to understand the natures of the corporation's problems." We believe that the people of Canada don't care about the proposed better facilities of the CBC in Toronto and Montreal, particularly when it's the people who must pay the 128 million needed. CBC -TV started a series Mon- day (August 10) about the Royal. Canadian Mounted Police. It's a repeat of .a series seen in 1960. REMINDERS`AIOUT YOUR . . ONTARIO HOSPITAL INSURANCE m:BIRTHDAY? KEEP INSURED! When you reach your 19th birthday you are no longer covered by your parents' certificate. Register separately within thirty days to keep insured. Forms are available at hospitals, banks and Commission offices. CHANGING JOBS? KEEP INSURED( If you change jobs, follow carefully the instructions on.the back of the Certificate of Payment, Form 104, which your group is required to give you. GETTING MARRIED? KEEP INSURED! When you marry, the Family premium must be paid to cover husband, wife and eligible dependants. Tell your group OR, if you pay direct, tell the Commission. ONTARIO HOSPITAL SERVICES COMMISSION 2195 YONGE STREET, TORONTO 7, ONTARIO ALWAYS KEEP YOUR HOSPITAL- INSURANCE CERTIFICATE HANDY Summertiine in this country is a mixture of so many wonder- ful things that I would happily leave for the next world, at once, if someone said to me, "Sorry, old boy, but you'll never be able to spend another sum- mer in Canada." Perhaps the fascination of a Canadian summer alight be compared to falling in love, once a year, with a passionate, unpredictable woman. Just as you are never quite sure where you're at with such a dame, you are never sure of what a Canadian summer has in store for you. She might greet you with the warm, seductive scents of June and, just as you are about to seize her, retreat into a frame of mind so chilly that you're diving for your recently dis- carded woollies. In July, she turns on the charm full blast, clutching you in a sizzling embrace that makes your head reel and your feet falter. But when you throw caution to the winds and sub- mit yourself entirely to the af- fair—in short, when you go on your holidays—she has a change of mood and weeps for two weeks without pause. When August comes, her murmurous langor, the sheer delectable sight and smell of her, sends you running once more inte her round, golden arms --and her perfume gives you hay fever. On Labor Day, leaving you frustrated, exasperated, ex- hausted and broke, she smiles once, enigmatically, and heads south to look for fresher lovers and bigger bankrolls. Ah, she's a bad one, old Mes- meranda Summer. She delights in making kids whiny or sick, giving thein sunburn, and di - SUGAR.. and SPICE By Bill Smiley recting them into patches •of poison ivy. This for the sake of tormenting their mothers. She doesn't like women, you see. That is, young women. And her malice towards them is easily grasped by looking at the costumes she persuades them to wear at the beaches and in town, I wouldn't be sur- prised to hear her chortling merrily about the topless swim suit silliness, which she doubt- less started. Teenagers she likes to tease. She fills them with mysterious urges and yearnings which make them drive like retarded orangoutangs„ dance in their bare feet amid broken bottles and rattlesnakes, and fall in love with people who should be put away in institutions. She's not pure evil, though. She has a rather soft spot for the older folk. She warns their arthritic joints with her hot, tender hands. She fills their lonely hearts with pleasure in her loveliness. And she re- minds them, in subtle fashion, of the days when they knew her long ago, when they were young and passionate them- selves. Every time I feel the cool, smooth hands of children after swimming, every time I walk a lonely beach and see lights across the bay, every time I hear the silken rustling of her garments in the evening trees, I know I am once again in thrall to that wonderful witch— the Canadian summer. And I'ni glad. 0 Renew Your Subscription Now Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH — Phone 791 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. to 12 noon CLINTON — Dia! 482-7010 Monday and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Norman Martin OPTOMETRIST Office Hours: 9 -12 A.M. — 1:30 - 6 P.M. 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