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Zurich Citizens News, 1965-05-27, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1965. nacl Cemrne4 Too Muth Speeding, Screechtng (Stratford Beaeon-Herald) Magistrate W. A. Ehgoetz, presiding .over his court in Stratford on Monday, shade two decisions that will win general approval, In the one apse. a 17 -year-old youth pleaded guilty to a charge of creating un- necessary noise, Evidence indicated that he bad raced his car forward "screaming" his tires from a stand -still position at a downtown intersection. Asked the magistrate: "What possible excuse have you for operating anautomo- bile in this manner?" The youth made no reply. The magis- trate levided a fine of $15 and costs. In another case, a 19 -year-old youth pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving. Evidence indicated that the y o u t h drove his care west on On t a r i o Street, through the Waterloo Street intersection, at 45 miles an hour. He struck another ear 100 yards farther on. The magistrate is reported to have asked the youth: "Are you under the im- pression that Ontario Street is a drag race strip? Do you think it's smart to race through the city?" The barely audible answer was: "No". The magistrate fined him $50 and costs. Neither of these youths is known to us and we have no desire to magnify their errors. We mention the two cases because they point to two dangerous driving prac- tices that have become too common: speed- ing and screeching of tires. Fines were levied last week on three youths who p le a de d guilty to similar charges. In terms of broken bodies, the risks of being on the street are mounting stead- ily. If the Stratford police, the crown at- torney and the magistrate are tightening up on careless drivers, the authorities de- serve the full support of the public. The Record Breaker (Nanton "Alta." News) Expo 67. the 1967 World Exhibition to be held in Montreal. Canada, is 'already breaking records, two full years before it's scheduled to open officially. There isn't much doubt that this will be the greatest world exhibition ever held yet. No one will ever be able to accurately measure the good that this exhibition will do for Can- ada if it is properly handled. When the government of Barbados in- dicated its intention to participate in Expo 67 last month, it became the 46th country enrolled. The previous record was set in 1958 when 45 countries were represented in the world exhibition at Brussels. And all this is getting to the whole world! The government of Canada is giv- ing the CBC 10 million dollars to set up a broadcasting centre at Expo 67 where broadcasts will be handled in 12 languages by more than 200 broadcasting teams from all over the world. The stadium being erected to seat the viewers of the greatest spectacles in the world will accommodate 25,000 people in its regular seats. The Ca- nadian Lumbermen's Association is build- ing a tower from which "sidewalk superin- tendents" (people who want to watch the building of Expo 67) may just watch the building progress of this colossal affair; and then when it is completed the tower will be removed. Ninteen hundred and sixty-seven is Canada's Centennial year and the amount of good this world exhibition will do for the rest of Canada will depend almost en- tirely on the advantage that each small community wants to take from the central attraction, Expo 67. Witnesses Merit Better Pay (St. Marys A quarter of a century ago, standard wages in St. Marys were gauged above or below a four -dollar -a -day basis. Insofar as the magistrate's court is concerned, that day is still with us. regardless of the fact that the standard day's wage has now risen closer to the 15 dollar per day mark. The writer recently spent two days in magistrate's court, Stratford, and has so far received the remuneration of a mag- rrificent'four dollars. Presumably, we -still have a day's pay coming, although at these prices we do not intend to haunt the post office waiting for the cheque. The point of the matter does not lie in the fact that the writer is "miffed", we work on a salary basis and so far not too much affected. However, man should not live for himself alone, and we know that one chap in particular, a witness on the Journal -Argus) same case, lost over 40 dollars in wages by his two days' appearance in court. This is neither fair nor reasonable. The main loser by the way of this century behind the times financing is not necessarily the witness, but rather the police. Almost any officer will admit priv- ately that it is next to impossible to get witnesses to come forward to testify of their own free will. Considering the loss -of wages involved for most -persons. -plus the admitted inconvenience, this is not to be wondered about. The entire situation boils down to one single question. Is justice worth more than four dollars per day? If the powers -that -be believe it is not, then the present trend to be deaf, dumb and blind, on the part of witness, will no doubt continue. Is everything cut-and-dried, black -and -white, for you. Or do you sometimes wonder? I do. Here are some of the things I wonder about. Maybe you can supply the answers. What is it about spring that turns normaIIy tolerant, sweet- faced, mild -eyed women into tail -twitching, yellow -eyed tigers who prowl the premises in a perpetual rage, snarling, "Lift that barge, tate that bail, wash those w in d o w s, paint that trim?" Second question: Why are normally devil-may-care, lion- hearted chaps, who would mix it up with an adult male gorilla if they didn't like the look on the ape's face, frightened white, at this time of year, by these 110 -pound tigers? How do you tell a nice moth- er, wearing rose-colored glasses, that her song, wham she insists is going to be a brilliant sur- geon, will be lucky if he catches a job at the supermarket meat counter? Why does the sun beat down unmercifully when I wear a raincoat while trout fishing? And why, when I don't take a r a 1 n a t, and the inevitable cloudburst comes, am I always a mile and a half down the stream from my car? What kind of nuts is the world producing these days? First example. The other night there was a teenage rumble is firemen near here. PoI a and f r e e broke it up. One kid was hand- cuffed and stuffed in the police car. The cops jumped out to aid fellow officers. The kid jump- ed the other side,p presumably Y to aid himself. Four days later he turned himself in, still hand- cuffed. What did he do during those four days? I mean, did he ever try to - . uh . . . well, you get the idea? Second example. Maybe you read this in the paper. Fellow named George Wilson was ar- rested. Why? Because he had just thrown Harold Wilson (no relation) through a plate -glass window. As Haroldlay there in his own blood, he protested vigorously the arrest of George. "Hey! You can't do that! He's my buddy," Figure that one out. What, short of going up and strangling the lot, can I do about the black squirrels who hold bowling matches, foot races, country -style hoedowns„ Zurich 6*mA News Pl`fl'1` IED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS Lumen, D, ZTJ1UCH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher 1. E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for the payment of postage in cash Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subscription hates: $3.00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United Spates alnd and Foreign; single copies 7 cents. and hootenannies in my attic, in the dead of the night, every night? Why are 14year-old daugh- ers so dreadful? They are sul- len, sulky, stubborn, slouchy, grouchy, pouty, resentful, They fight with their mothers, They wreck the third pair of nylons in three days. They weep wild- ly at the slightest admonition, Why are 14 -year-old daugh- ters so wonderful? (This is the next day.) They are sunshine, not showers. They are helpful, not hopeless, They are sweet and shy and funny and full of vitality and eager to learn and idealistic and you wonder what you did to deserve such a bun- dle of blessedness, Why do 17 -year-old sons think their parents should be put in wheelchairs and trundled off to an institution for the feeble- minded? And why do they get that long-suffering look when dad is telling them something extremely important, like how hard he used to work in school? And why do they laugh toelr- antly when mother, whom they tower over, is dispensing pearls of wisdom, like if you don't get enough sleep you won't grow up to be big 'and strong and wise like your father. Why do wives think their can- cer, or their heart attack, or arthritis, or piles. or whatever they have every morning at breakfast, is so much more seri- ous than the genuine ailments of the poor wretch hiding be- hind his paper, across the table? 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Zurich 441 Club Hears Assistant The May meeting of ,the Zur- ich 4-H Calf Club was held in. the Township Hall last week, when Ron Trivers, the summer assistant to the agricultural rep- resentative in Huron, gave an informative talk on the diges- tive track of the cow. He also stressed the importance of vi- tamins and proteins. Following the address, a test was given the members. The meeting closed with the 4-H pledge. 0 Wheat Producers Reach Terms For 1965 Winter Crop Price and terms of purchase and sale were negotiated Fri- day in London between repre- sentatives of the Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Boar d, wheat dealers and processors for the 1965 winter wheat crop. R, T. Bolton, RR 1, Seaforth, chairman of the marketing board and •a member of the board's negotiating committee made the announcement, advis- ing that there will be no change from last year in the agreed minimum prices to be paid to producers. Prices remain at $1.65 per bushel delivered for grades 1 and 2; $1.62 for grade 3, and $1.30 for grades 4 and 5 and grades 1 and 2 mixed wheat and wheat grading lower due to ex- cessive sprouting and low weight. Under the escalator clause of the agreement, starting in Oc- AUTO LOANS MADE TO MEASURE TO SUIT ALL INCOMES ON THE BANK OF MONTREAL FAMILY FINANCE PLAN LOW-COST LIFE -INSURED LOANS Call RAY McKINNON Zurich, 236.4384 Call V. M. PYETTE Hensall, 262-2524 tober, 1965, the minimum price will increase two cents per bushel per month up to and in- cluding the month of February, 1966, for an increase of 10 cents per bushel over the basic $L65. The minimum will remain at the $1.75 level through March and April then drop five cents per bushel in May and again in June, returning to $1.65. The minimum price to the producer is subject to maxi- mum moisture discounts set down in the agreement, a one cent per bushel licence fee and a stabilidation levy to be set by the board at a later date. 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