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Zurich Citizens News, 1965-12-30, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1965. eamoteat OM OW MMR Make Thera and Break Them Yes, it's that time again. As of the witching hour on New Year's Eve, stal- wart souls with determined manner will make their annual New Year. resoultions. Anyone with a keen ear will hear snatches of conversations on the subject that range all the way from going on a diet to saving money to giving up some bad habit. In the buoyant spirit of the celebra- tions, flushed with all sorts of good inten- tions, the future is going to be different for a lot of people. Without all these bad habits, life is going to be one smooth bit of sailing. Alas, morning comes too soon — and again a keen ear can hear the timid whis- pers "Maybe I'll start tomorrow", "Wait until next week" and so on. Most New Year's resolutions are made to be broken. Those who keep these rash bargains with fate are few and far be- tween. Perhaps a more realistic approach to the problem would be to resolve to ex- amine carefully how much we have accom- plished in 1965; objectively look •at our attitudes towards others; coldly examine our approach to daily living; and endeavor to improve just a little in all aspects of our existence. Anyway, a very Happy New Year to all.—New Hamburg Independent. Teachers Need the Strap When the board of education decided the other day to retain the strap in Ham- ilton schools, trustees said they would be glad of some alternative, but sometimes the strap was the only way. This probably sums up the feeings of the majority of intelligent people. No one would want to go back to the bad, long -ago days when the sound of the paddle and yells of the victim made the rest of the class tremble with fear. The old dilemma remains: How to maintain order when authority is stripped of potential powers of reprisal, except those which are mean and petty? To put a teach- er in the invidious posktion of having re- sponsibility without authority is not only unjust, it is unrealistic. If schools exist only to inculcate "booklearning" and ig- nore discipline then they are fulfilling only half the purpose of education. Many people do not need a police force to ensure that they observe the rules of social order and do not break the law, but there are some who do. It is not dif- ficult to imagine the state of affairs in a society which had to dance to the tune of its most disorderly elements because the law no longer existed. It is not too big a leap from a society deprived of its paraphernalia of law and justice to a classroom where a teacher, bereft of authority, must maintain order. There are undoubtedly teachers en- dowed with commanding personalities, and others who, through long experience, have acquired the ability to maintain discipline in the large classes with which they so often have to cope these days. But it would be ridiculous to expect all teachers to be so equipped. One of the big problems today, in schools and out of them, is how to con- trol the socially intractable. Those who would have corporal punishment banished completely seldom present a valid altern- ative that would produce the same effect. How, for example, a teacher should deal with an insolent, hulking 15 -year-old im- bued with the sneering "Who cares?" at- titude? The board of education acted wisely in retaining the strap, not as a weapon of terror for the well-behaved—they do not neet it—but for the minority where reason fails and authority must make a firm ges- ture.—Hamilton Spectator. THE ORGANIZATION MAN All my life I have admired organized people. This doesn't mean that I like them In fact my usual response to this type is instant hatred, because they make me look so confused in comparison. You know the sort of person I mean. The chap leering at you from the life insurance ads. Mortgage on house paid up, pension all figured out, and a big fat annuity when he retires at 60. And dies at 61 from sheer boredom because there's nothing left to organize. Then there's the wife who runs her house like clockwork. Everything on time. Not a dirty ashtray. Not a half hour in the day of pure bumming for anybody in the family. Surely it isn't her fault that her kids become greasy beat- niks the minute they leave home, and her husband goes the normal course, from ulcer to coronary to stroke. Much as I detest organization, I've got to let admiration over- rule distaste. It's not easy, after a lifetime of comfortable choas, but I've been driven to it. By my daughter. In a fit of teenage blues the other day, she was sounding off on the futility of life. Naturally, I told her she was crazy, that life was a glorious 'adventure. "Huh! Some adventure. Same old thing, day after day, week after week, year after year. Tell me, Dad, what do you and Mom have to look forward to?" Well, that struck home. It didn't seem quite the moment to talk about the resurrection and the life ever after. Or even about growing old grace- fully. Or even 'about the sheer joy of having the living -room papered. It was right there and then I decided she was right. I don't plunge ahead toward a goal. I merely go around in ever -de- creasing circles. I don't seize life by the scruff of the neck and shake it. I merely beg it to leggo and stop shaking me. And this is the reason I, who has never made a serious New Year's resolution in my life, have a list of them drawn up. No more of this tottering from crisis to crisis. No more of this being late and lazy, incon- sistent and inefficient, unheal- thy and unwealthy. Resolved: that I'm gong to stop fighting with my wife. In 20 years, I haven't won a single battle. Why spoil a record like this? Resolved: that I'm going to stop smoking, drinking and ogling. I think my lungs and liver are shot by now, so the first two don't amount to much. But the third one is liable to give me a heart attack from sheer indignation that these shameless hussies are allowed to go around like that on the beach. It says here. Resolved: that I'm going to stop pampering my kids. The next time Hugh suggests he needs another ten bucks, I'll punch him right in the nose. The next time Kim tells me I'm an old fud, I'll take a strap to her. It's going to be difficult, as he outweighs me by ten pounds, and I couldn't beat that sweet if she committed murder. But organization will make it possible. Resolved: that I'm going to take regular exercises, some- thing more strenuous than bending my elbow, striking a match, or taking a cap off a jar of jam. Resolved: that this column will be written at my leisure, not to a deadline which means sprinting through the snow to the mailbox at 9:59 p.m. In my slippers. Resolved: that I will snake lesson plans like the other teachers, and not arrive daily, gaily, and ask, "Well, where were we yesterday?" Resolved: that I will stop be- ing nice to people just because I like them, and will assiduous- ly court those who can do me some good. Sorry, we've run out of space. There are 374 other resolutions and I feel that I've only scratched the surface. But look for a more dynamic, disgusting Bill Smiley in '66. I'm organ- ized. Obituary Harold Rader Harold Rader, 49, passed away suddenly from •a heart at- tack at his late residence, con- cession 10, Hay Township, Fri- day, December 24. Surviving besides his wife, the former Beatrice Gascho, are two daughter, Catherine (Mrs. Clair Zurbrigg), of Waterloo, and Joan at home; one sister, Mrs. Edward (Margaret) Horm- an, Woodstock; one brother, Lorne, Zurich. The body rested at the T. Harry Hoffman funeral home until Monday, December 27, then at the Zurich EUB Church where service was conducted by Rev. M. Shatto and Rev. H. Zurbrigg, of Crediton, with in- terment in Dashwood EUS cem- etery. Pall bearers were Sid Baker, Charles Snell, Wesley Rader, R a y m o n d Hartman, Milford Merner and Ken McCrae. Z11,114011 Nows PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS MUTED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher J. E. HUNT, Plant Superintendent Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in Gash. Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association Member: Canadian Community Newspapers Representatives Subscription Rates: $3.00 per year in advance, in Canada; $4.00 in United States mid and Foreign; single copies 7 cents. 50 Years Ago JANUARY, 1916 Mr. Roy Geiger, who is at tending the University of To ronto, will preach in the Evan- gelical Church next Sunday evening. Everyone welcome. Mr. Henry Fuss is spending the New Year holidays with friends in Detroit and other points in Michigan. Mr. A. Archibald, of Toronto, a former principal of Zurich Public School, was looking up old friends this past week. The young folks of the sec- tion enjoyed a most pleasant evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Casper Walper, Goshen Line south, on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. A. C, Kalbfleisch, of Detroit, visited relatives here over Sunday. Mr. Kalbfleisch returned to the city on Monday. 40 Years Ago JANUARY 1926 Dr. H. H. Cowen spent Christ- mas with his parents at Fergus. Miss Margaret Prang, of De- troit, is spending the holidays at her home here. Miss Dorothy Fritz and Miss McLeod, nurses -in -training at Victoria Hospital, London, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fritz. During the coal strike use o ur substitutes: Pocohontas, smokeless soft coal, nut coke and best anthracite pea coal. Call D. A. Cantelon of Hensall. The township nomination in the Town Hall here on Monday afternoon was largely attended. Reeve E. F. Klopp, for reeve by acclamation. Councillors A. Reichert, W. R. Dougall, J. P. Rau, L. H. Rader and George Blackwell. The latter did not qualify so there will be no election. Zurich police trustees: P. J. Haberer, D. E. Bedard, Henry Truemner, Louis Kraft, Michael Meidinger, Conrad Schilbe, Josiah Geiger and C. L. Smith, YEARS GONE -BY- The latter three were the only ones to qualify so there will be no election. Hensall, for reeve, Owen Geiger and Thomas Hudson. Stanley Township: all former council by acclamation. S t e p h en Township: reeve, Alex Neeb, William Sweitzer; deputy -reeve, John Hays, Victor Snell. Councillors by acclama- tion. 25 Years Ago JANUARY, 1941 Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Haines and son Billy, of Dearborn, Michigan; Mr. and Mrs.. Chester Cora, of Freelton; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Deitz and family of Zurich, and Mr. Clayton Ort- wein, of Ottawa, spent Christ- mas at the home of their par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ort- wein, It has been 10 years since this happy family has been together for Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Koeh- ler and son Harold, of Yearley, Muskoka, spent a pleasant holi- day season at the home of the former's mother, Mrs. Oscar Koehler, and family, near Hen- sall. Grapefruit are selling 6 for 25 cents, while chocolate marsh- mallow cookies are 7 cents a pound at Menno Oesch's groc- ery store. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schatz, of Detroit, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Schatz, of Dashwood. 15 Years Ago JANUARY, 1951 Dr. and Mrs. P. J. O'Dwyer were presented with several lovely gifts prior to their de- parture. They will take up residence in London. Mr. Earl Flaxbard met with a painful accident at his home when he fractured a bone in his right foot and is getting around with the aid of a crutch. BES' WISHES' for the .'EW YEAR Many thanks • for being the very best customers ever ... Duward McAdams SALES AND SERVICE Radio - Television DIAL 236-4094 or 4186 .•a BECKER & SONS PHONE 60W — DASHWOOD His many friends wish him a speedy healing of his injury. Messrs. Orville Witmer and Allan Gascho motored to Min- den in the Haliburton district on business the beginning of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Krueger, of Hyde Park, were week -end visitors at the 'home, of their mother, Mrs. E. G. Krueger, of the 14th concession. 10 Years Ago , JANUARY, 1956 Mrs. Kenneth Gascho returned Mine from St. Joseph's Hos- pital, London, and is getting along quite well. Mr. Clarence Brenner, of Hamilton, is spending holidays at the home of his mother, Mrs, Mary Brenner. Rev. and Mrs. Cyril Gingerich of Toronto, have returned after visiting at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gingerich. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ducharme, Mr. and Mrs. Avila Ducharme and son, Mrs. Theresa Hartman and family spent New Year's week -end in Detroit with the Stansberry and the Ducharme families. Mr. and Mrs. R. J, Kalbfleisch, Desboro, returned home after spending a few days in Zurich, also attending the funeral of their d e p a r t ed sister, Mrs. Frieda Deichert. 0 VARNA NEWS Among the' many Christmas visitors in this area were; Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Talbot and fam- ily, London; Floyd McAsh, Ham- ilton; Mr. and Mrs. Bob McCly- mont and Michael, of Burford; Gary McAsh, London; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson and fam- ily, Agincourt; Murray Morris- on, London; Mr. and Mrs. Don Barker and family, King City; Miss Joan McClymont, London; and Miss Shirley Johnston, Sar- nia. NOTICE OF MEETING Members and friends of Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association are invited to attend the Huron County Members Meeting JANUARY 4, 11 A.M. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CLINTON DON GRAHAM Agricultural Representative for Brant County will speak on the topic "FUTURE TRENDS IN LIVESTOCK FARMING" Waterloo -Wellington -Perth Members Meting and General Annual Meeting JAN ..0 ARS' F, 11 A.M. CORONET MOTOR HOTEL GUEST SPEAKER: H. E McGILL, Ontario's Livestock Commissioner PROCEEDINGS INCLUDE Reports, Discussion, Election of Directors Lunch will be served This is each member's opportunity to be active in guiding the progress of the breeding cooperative. Waterloo Cattle Breeding Ass'n Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH — Phone 791 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9 a.m. to 5:'1O p.m. Saturday: 9 a.m. to 12 noon CLINTON — Dial 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. Closed Ell day Wednesday Phone 235-2433 Exeter LEGAL Bell_ & Laughton BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS & NOTARIES PUBLIC ELMER BELL, Q.C., B.A. C. V. LAUGHTON, Q.C., LLB. 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