Zurich Citizens News, 1965-03-18, Page 2PAGE TWO
THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1965
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Begun At the Beginning
The news that the Zurich area is to
have a 60 -bed home for the aged has
caused quite a stir in the village known
as "a peaceful little farm community" by
the residents of Zurich, Switzerland.
Today, if Ernst Naef were to walk the
streets of Zurich, Ontario, Canada, he would
return to the Swiss capital with a glowing
report of the pride felt by each and every
citizen.
He might also write about the blushing
faces of some citizens who had lost faith in
the Zurich and Area Chamber of Commerce.
Those who had openly accused the group
of being nothing more than a social -minded,
dinner -meeting club know the discomfort
of words stuck -in -the -throat.
For the Chamber of Commerce did
produce. This time it was more than a
promise or a few idle words.
The five incorporating directors of the
Bluewater Rest Home deserve praise. Their
farsighted determination and the aggres-
sive assistance of their solicitor, C. V.
Laughton, demands admiration. Success
was achieved through long hours of self-
denying hard work.
The home should not be confused in
any way with Huronview or county council.
It is a local project by enterprising men
who saw the need for the facilities and a
way to have the advantages without fault-
finding and a direct drain on the county
taxpayers.
There will be those who will criticize
and complain. Some may daddle and drag
their feet. Others might read in greed
and personal glory. Pety grievances and
individual likes and dislikes could blemish
the victory.
Fifty years from today, residents at
the Bluewater Rest Home for the aged and
the citizens of Zurich, Hay Township and
surrounding district will not remember or
care.
We are building for the future, for the
future will come, God willing.
What Price Success ?
The occasional envious eye may well
be cast in the direction of the village of
Zurich and the Township of Hay this year.
If all the irons now in the fires of
those two municipalities continue to glow,
this summer will see the construction of
a new 60 -bed rest home, a modern public
school, an up -to -d -ate fire hall and a rec-
reational delight, artificial ice.
Quite an undertaking, you say, In-
deed it is.
Those who have scoffed at the idea of
Zurich and area becoming an industrial
municipality, may be surprised at the speed
with which the supporters of that goal are
moving. There can be no denying that
swift steps are now being taken to put
this locality on the map, business -wise.
Success will depend on two vital com-
ponents ... the ability to predict the fu-
ture and enough courage to gamble on that
prediction.
To foretell what tomorrow may bring
is not based on speculation alone. Actu-
ally, very little guesswork is required to
determine what the next decade may have
in store.
Projections into the future based on
past and present statistics are made every
day by well educated individuals. More
and more we see these projections are not
only justified but often under -estimated.
Some projects are obsolete before com-
pletion.
Granted, it is difficult for the average
homeowner to fathom the intricate work-
ings of government, local, provincial or
federal. All generations prophesy doom
for the next but still the wheels turn and
the nation survives.
Without imagination and the willing-
ness to plunge into adventure, no one and
nothing would progress. Still water is the
first to stagnate.
The price of success is a quickened
apprehensive heart. The prize is worth the
discomfort.
No Cause For Alarm
To Rule or not to Rule. That was
the Question.
And SHDHS board decided not to rule
on the subject of school uniforms for the
girls. As Principal Harold Sturgis pointed
out, if you lined up all the students and
their parents who were opposed to the
scheme against all the students and their
parents in favour, you would get as many
valid arguments to support their stand
from each side.
Oddly enough, the board, the parents
and the businessmen of Exeter and district
are concerned about a problem that just
does not exist.
While the girls at the school have se-
lected a uniform and some may even order
a uniform, uniforms are not compulsory
and therefore do not become a concern.
Until every girl is required to wear
an identical outfit every school day of
every school year, there are no uniforms.
No one, or so it is believed, has the
authority to force uniforms onto the stu-
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We Like It This Way
Dear Sirs:
I have lived in towns much
larger than this little one of
ours. But I've never known an-
other where I've spent such
happy hours. True, your neigh-
bours know your business, but
have you anything to hide?
And there's this — when trouble
strikes you this may have its
brighter side. For they'll be
right there to help you. They
just can't do enough. For they
are friends that stick the closer
when the goings getting rough.
It's got not supermarket—but
the green stamps we don't
miss,
dents of a high school. Until there is
such authority given, any "uniform" that
might be suggested at any high school will
not serve the purpose for which it is in-
tended.
The main justification for uniforms at
the high school level is to put an end to
the competition between girls who can af-
ford the hest in wearing apparel and those
who must be satisfied with what the budget
will allow.
Aslong as "uniforms" can be of vary-
ing materials, either home sewn or ready-
made for a wide variety of prices, no so-
lution has been found.
The principal at the school indicated
that human nature was taking its course
among the girls since some female stu-
dents were becoming "disenchanted" with
the idea of uniforms.
Time and vanity will win out. It is not
necessary for parents, businessmen and the
board to interfere and worry when natural
forces will do the job for them.
Our stores have things to give
us more valuable than this.
Our grocer knows our name and
greets us with a smile.
We pass a bit of pleasantry as
we pass down his aisle,
Our butcher knows our size of
roast, our favorite cut of
meat,
He sells a summer sausage that
we know cannot be beat.
We boast no drive-in theatres,
but we'd rather stay and bowl
And to beat our Zurich bowlers,
a "mean one", you must roll;
Our hotel is known for miles
around as a pleasant place
to meat,
Their steaks for size and flav-
our are the best you'll ever
eat.
Tho' I wasn't born in Zurich, as
you'll find most "natives" are,
You'll find in this self -same
50 Years Ago
MARCH, 1915
A. W. Beall, M.A., of the On-
tario Department of Education,
will deliver his famous address
on sex hygiene and personal
purity in the Zurich Town Hall.
This is for men only. Be sure
to bring your hired man and
your boys over 14 years of age.
Miss Clifton, of Streetsville,
is in charge of J. Preeter's mil-
linery department for the sea-
son.
It is reported that Peter
Kropf will open up a garage in
Zurich in the near future.
Butter, 25c Ib. Eggs, 16c a
dozen.
Peter Lamont purchased a
matched team of horses from
Jacob Kellerman and a pair of
fat cattle from J. K. Goetz.
Percy Clarke and E. Drake
will begin a farming partner-
ship near Hensall soon.
town 'till it's time to "cross
the bar".
PS—My ancestors left Zurich,
Switzerland, in 1740, because
they did not like the way things
were being done there. Zurich
was, then, a well-established
centre. So, Mr. Naef, your town
had a slight head -start on ours.
Come back in say, three hun-
dred years, and perhaps we'll
have the grass cut in our "cow
pasture".
(Signed)
"Smalltown".
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40 Years Ago
The 1942 International Plow-
ing Match is expected to be
held in Huron County accord-
ing to Warden George Feagon
and reeves Turner and Gamble.
School supplies and stationery
are available at the Zurich drug
store where Dr. J. A. Addison
is the proprietor.
MARCH, 1925
John Decker has purchased
the 96 -acre farm on the Goshen
Line south from Sol Zimmer-
man.
The best spellers at USS 9
Blake are Ivan Oesch, Ida
Schwartzentruber, Eva Bechler,
Edith Walter, Anna Gingerich,
Gertie Bechler and Gordon Erb.
A farmer in the county, un-
der certain religious influence,
shot 10 of his hogs and piled
them on a stone heap and
burned them.
The Zurich WI is holding a
pancake social in Dr. McKin-
non's new drug store.
William Gossman presented
all the members of the Dash-
wood EUB Ladies' Aid with an
Irish linen shamrock which he
obtained while overseas.
Lots of clearing auction sales
in the district.
25 Years Ago
15 Years Ago
MARCH, 1950
Wilfred Mousseau, near Hen-
sall, won a $50 wrist watch re-
cently.
Many people throughout the
country are ill with colds and
flu.
flu. A bit of nice sunshine will
sorta straighten things out
again.
Ivan Kalbfleisch, Ivan Yung-
blut, Herb Turkheim and Lennis
O'Brien were at Win g h a m
where they met the executive
of the hockey association in re-
gard to protests filed against
the Zurich team for some of
their players.- The case was
dismissed.
Bean growers were told they
should produce about ten per
cent less beans which would
take up the over -production
which now exixsts.
Now playing: The Story of
Seabiscuit, with Shirley Temple.
MARCH, 1940
The recent auction sales in
the district have been outstand-
ing as the totals of two sales
in the district have totalled up
to around $35,000 each which
is a lot of money at the present
time.
Chris Fisher and daughters
Dorothy and Joyce were at the
home of Eldon Gabel to cele-
brate Dorothy's birthday.
10 Years Ago
MARCH, 1955
CKNX, Wingham, has applied
to Ottawa for a TV broadcasting
license.
Players who scored for the
Zurich Flyers in a recent game
were Don Hesse, Rawlings, B.
Hayter, B. Gignac and Doug
O'Brien. The FIyers lost to the
Orangeville team by a score of
9-4 but beat the Port Elgin
group 6-5.
A monster bingo upcoming in
St. Peter's Parish Hall, St.
Joseph.
Hay Municipal Telephone Sys-
tem held their annual meeting
and showed a surplus of $2,000.
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From My Window
By Shirley Keller
It hasrecently come to the
attention of housewives in Can-
ada and the United States of
America that grocery store are
toying with the idea of termin-
ating the issue of trading
stamps.
This has been prodded by
some women who believe, per-
haps correctly, that trading
stamps are not given at all.
They are purchased through
higher priced merchandise.
So what. I am one 'house-
wife who adores trading stamps.
I horde them with all the pas-
sion of the most ardent collec-
tor of anything. Why? Be-
cause grocery shopping would
be dull and unrewarding with-
out them.
I can't think of anything
more distasteful than the week-
ly payment of hard-earned dol-
lars for which I get nothing in
return but a few hunger satis-
fying moments each day and a
barrel full of garbage each
week.
There are so many other de-
lightful ways to spend money.
That turquoise ashtray for the
coffee table. Those pretty lin-
ens for the guest room. The
blue stemware for company
dinners. A •silver earring chest
for the dressing table.
But alas, I would be consid-
ered wasteful if I actually pur-
chased these adorable useless
trinkets. Trading stamps make
them possible and legitimate.
Half the joy of trading
stamps is the anticipation. Cat-
alogues of various articles re-
quiring from three-quarters to
20 books of the carefully licked
and mounted rectangles, open
an whole new world to the
stamp sticker. Hours of sheer
joy are spent pouring over the
colorful pages to find just the
right prize.
Some women may able to re-
strain their urge to cash in their
collection of stamps until
enough books are filled to put
a new floor polisher in the util-
ity closet.
Others, like myself, won't re-
sist the temptation . Their un-
controllable desire for unnec-
essary gadgets will force them
to surrender their stamp stock
for a pair of ebony book -ends
or a teak tray.
How those "free gifts" are
cherished. They may represent
an entire year of budget -wise
shopping that could have been
done cheaper, but who cares?
You forget the extra cent on
the soap and the two penny hike
on the cereal. You don't even
notice the additional 32c each
week. All that matters is the
ornamental pleasure on your
TV.
Trading stamps may be a
trick to entice customers into a
store. They may cost you some-
thing in the end. They may
be an expensive nuisance for
storekeepers. Call them a rac-
ket if you will.
But I like trading stamps.
They make explanations •to my
husband easy and acceptable.
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