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Zurich Citizens News, 1969-07-31, Page 4PAGE FOUR ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1969 dOW MO Need Protection From Police What Canada needs, among other things, is a safe home for immigrants. This thought is prompted by a recent incident in the largest English-speaking city, the accidental shooting and killing of an immigrant by a policeman's gun. The young man and his brothers were out rather late at night. But that is not a crime and certainly not a crime requiring anyone to shoot. Young men have been going out late and staying out late from time imme- morial. This is much to the distress of their mothers and fathers, •. who are likely to forget that they too in their youth stayed out late and were not concerned par- ticularly about worrying the old folks at home. But safety is a necessity for any country. It ought to be possible for a young person or an old person to walk the streets or to drive in the streets of any town with the greatest assurance that he or she will no be molested by persons of criminal intent or by police who draw their guns ready to fire in cases that do not warrant such a violent reaction. There were two such incidents in recent months. The other was the shooting of. a young boy whose guilt was that he ran away from a reform school. That is a crime and running away from the police is perhaps another crime but even if the two are added together, it doesn't add up to a justifable and possible fatal shooting. In making a plea for safe refuge in Canada, Cana- dians must remember that all of them, including the In- dian, the French and other early arrivals, came here look- ig for a good life. (The Printed Word) Together to Mars Man's most fantastic journey ended Iast week when Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. Almost lost among the intense publicity focused on the first men to walk on the moon has been the suggestion of possible future co-operation between the Americans and the Russ- ians in the space field. Let's face it. Firing a rocket to the moon is an ex- pensive business. So far it cost the American taxpayers about $24 billion to land a man on the moon. Consider- ing what the Russians have thrown up into space, they can't be too far behind in the number of rubles spent. One reason for- the high cost of such rocketry is not in- flation but competition, The Americans charged ahead full blast with their program only because the Russians had put a man into space before they did. One has only to recall the story that went the rounds soon after the first Russian orbited earth in a Sputnik. It tells how the Americans had invented a new drink called the Sputnik. It was made of one part vodka and three parts of sour grapes. Funny, but true. Now supposing the Russians and Americans had swallowed their pride and had shared a space program. If the United States had halved its costs, how much good could have been done with $12 billions? Not $12 mill- ion, but $12 billion ! There could have been a break- through in cancer research or perhaps less poverty or starvation in the world. There are any number of worth- while projects that would have benefited immensely with that sort of money. And a man still could have been put on the moon. A lot of people .have missed the point. If it is that important that man land on the moon, it- is not really that important whether he is Russian, American or Canadian for that matter. Sooner or later the Russians and Americans have to learn to work together. Most thinking Russians will ad- mit that Communism can exist in the world along side of capitalism without either system going under. Changes may have to take place of course, but what better way to learn how to co-operate than in a space program. where there is no ideology to get into the way. The two su- per powers are united in their desire to land on the moon or Mars or Venus for that matter. Strange as it may seem, a small but touching start has already been made. The widows of the two Russian cosmonauts who died in accidents gave up their hus- band's medals so that the American astronauts could put them on the moon together with copies of the medals given to the three American astronauts killed during Ap- pollo tests. This is one o the most moving acts of inter- national co-operation we have seen in a long time. We hope it is a portent of things to come. (Stratford Beacon Herald) ZURICH Citizens NEWS PRINTED BY SOUTH HURON PUBLISHERS LIMITED, ZURICH HERB TURKHEIM, Publisher Second Class Mail Registration Number 1385 !� **41111413. ft Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association ATV Subscription Rates: $3.50 per year in advance in Canada; $4.50 in United States and Foreign; single copies 10 cents Old friends are best It's nice to make a new friend, but most members of our species, the naked ape, agree that old friends are the hest friends, Last week, I had the best of these two situations, and I ant not only delighted but aston- ished to he alive to report it. The only thing that doesn't seem to- be functioning is my liver. Must be in better shape than I thought. It began with a three-day visit from our old friends, the Traplins. We have one of these reunions once a year, and it usually takes a week to get over them, Trap and I joined the air force together. Peggy and Suse have always got along well because they have the same interests. They can talk for 20 hours at a stretch. On Tuesday night they went to bed at 8.15. That's a.m. Know what they were doing? The university ac- ceptance tests. They scored very high, But they were a little dashed when I told them that high school kids get 50 minutes to do these. It had taken them seven hours. And you should hear them playing duets on the piano at 4 a.m. One playing Galway Bay and the other Tales From the Vienna Woods. It sounds pret- ty good until they begin to sing. Well, the Traps left, and I settled down for a quiet day of reading and recuperation. Knock at the door. Another old friend, Bill Hanna, all set to go sailing. Apparently, though I'll swear it never happened, we'd had a long and involved tele- phone talk setting the time and the day. No way out, without being a stinker. So I tottered off sail- ing. A peculiar sport. It takes an hour to get ready. This is hard on a man who is dying on his feet. Then you float around for a couple of hours while the skipper desperately tries to catch a breeze no bigger than a belch. Then, suddenly, there's what we old sailors call a spanking breeze, and the skipper is hol- lering at you to "cleat your jib" and "luff your lee" and all sorts of nasty things, and the dam' boat is hurtling along with one side almost under wa- ter and your beer has tumbled into the bilge and you are won- dering whether you can still swim two miles. Back home, safe, late and burned to a cinder. Nodding over a late dinner and the 11 p.m. news. Door -bell rings Cheery young voice, "Anybody home?" And you go downstairs and there's another old friend, petite Jeanne Sauve, and she's brought you a beautiful rose from her own garden. And yes, she'll have a gin and a look at the new bathroom and a two- hour talk with Suse. There was only one way out, and I took it. I plunged off in the car next morning for Uxbr- idge and the Ontario Weekly Editors' annual golf - tourna- ment. Host Pete Hvidsten, a Nor- wegian who didn't know enough to go home after the war, But by the acme of acu- men managed to marry off both his kids within two weeks. Gene Macdonald, the man from Glengarry, who won the prize for the longest drive of the day — he'd driven 280 miles to get there. He also insisted I buy him a double every time I had a double bo- gey. A stiff proposition for both of us. Johnny James of Bowman- ville with two strapping sons who hit a golf ball a quarter of a mile. Weeklies' dean, Wer - den Leavens of Bolton, who played four holes. counting the 19th. Charlie Nolan of Stouff- villa, game as always, getting through nine holes despite the pain. Ebullient Harry Stemp, who ran the show, which is rather like trying to get 40 rhinocerus to sit up at table and put on their napkins. Jim Dills of Acton -Milton, genial and easy-going as always, And a dozen others. That's why it was equally pleasant to meet new friends. Dave Scott of Fort Erie, the only man I've ever seen whiff four times straight while trying to strike a golf bail. And "Ting", the amiable troll who cartoons brilliantly, and the only man alive who can skate in his bare feet on a coffee table, with coasters as skates. And a dozen others. There's nothing like friends, old or new, if you want to beat Gabriel's trumpet and die a couple of decades before your time. 0 BUSH S. S, If lost or injured in the woods, build three fires in -a triangle on an open beach. Add green boughs to pour 0 heavy smudge into the sky. The smoke will guide rescuers to repel insects. 1VIND IIAZ.ARD Small boats and canoes are warned to stay close to shore in Ontario's provincial parks as suddenly rising winds can capsize small craft within a few minutes. Rathwells Hold Eeventh Reunion The llth annual Rathwell reunion was held at the Lions Park in Seaforth with 78 persons signing the register. Rhonda Rathwell won a registr- ation prize, Muriel Collett's trip front Niagara Falls was the longest distance travelled by anyone present and Albert Horn- er and Muriel Collett were the oldest persons at the gather- ing. Tina Bruinsma was the youngest member of the. clan, Mrs. Edgar Rathwell the youngest grand- mother and Jean Turner the girl with the darkest tan. Don Johnson and Don Gower were willing and able judges of a contest to pick the girl with the shortest skirt --and gave the prize to Debbie Stephenson. In a competition in which the judges pulled out the scales and weighed people, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Stewart were chosen as the heaviest couple and Mr. and Mrs. Horner were the lightest. Arnold Rathwell's shoes hadthe most eyelets and Mrs. Cliff Stewart's dress the most buttons. Race winners included Gayle Turner, Brenda Millar, Brian Millar, Craig Millar, Debbie Stephenson, Mary Joyce Rath - well, Don Rathwell, Chuck Buhler, Jean Turner, Jean Rathwell, Don Rathwell and Dave Beynon. Mr. Beynon was president this year. Officers for the next year for the renunion to be held at the same place on the third Sun- day in July are: Bruce Rathwell, president; Cary i 1cAsh, vice president; Dawn Rathwell, sec- retary; Gordon Rathwell, treasur- er, and Gordon Rathwell, park facilities. Tout and Willa Rathwell are to be. registrars. Ganes convenors will be Mary Joyce and Chuck Beuler, Peggy and Murray Morrison and Pat and Bob Norman. Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRISTS J. E. Longstaff OPTOMETRIST SEAFORTH MEDICAL CENTRE 527-1240 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sat- urday a.m., Thursday evening CLINTON OFFICE 10 Issac Street 482-7010 Monday and Wednesday Call either office for appointment. Norman Martin OPTOMETRIST Office Hours: 9 -12 A,M, — 1:30- 6 P.M. 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