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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1970
A New Year Toast
As the 1960's fade into limbo, few will shed tears.
Though its technological successes have been spectac-
ular, it has been a noisy, bloody, intemperate and in-
human decade.
Occasionally it has been brightened by some signif-
icant human advance - our Centennial Celebrations
and Bill of Rights; the American Civil Rights Bill which
won for American Negroes their legal rights - rights
which have the firm sup. ort of millions of men of good
will, even though their full implication has yet to come.
This has been aeacon .lightening the strident ugliness
of a permissive society carried perilously towardits
logical end, anarchy.
In the epic moon flights we have seen human courage
of a high order, and the magnificent moral courage of
Martin Luther King Jr. , the Kennedys and Tom Dooley.
They shattered our corporate torpor, but on balance
our spiritual and rational assets have been depleted
rather than enriched - witness Biafra.
What we need in the Seventies is a resurgence of
sincere discipline, especially self- discipline. When men
live in complex communities, "doing your own thing"
is a totally inadequate response. Witness the failure
of the Rochdale cooperative, dedicated to "freedom."
Freedom is possible only when adults carry the unspect-
acular responsibilities of citizenship - weighingIssues,
voting, participating in enterprises that build rather
than destroy. Man cannot live in company without
some mutually agreed-upon adjustment to others. That
is what law is all about.
A New Year's toast then to patience and self-control.
They have been away too long. May we march torard
a " just" society committed to the tedious, often heart-
breaking effort required to achieve it.
Our Daily Dose Of Poison
When a baby swallows a bottle of aspirin, a frantic
mother rushes the child to the nearest hospital to save
its life. When a man kills his wife with poison, justice
is demanded and he receives the death sentence or a
jail term for life. Most poisons are regarded with nat-
ural fear and thought of in terms of death. Only a
suicide deliberately takes poison.
Today the entire population takes poison daily --
poison not imposed by some scheming enemy, but ab-
sorbed from their trusted, natural environment --air,
water and sail. But strangely enough, the great maj-
ority of people calmly and apathetically accept their
daily poison potion without fear or protest.
No doubt the danger is difficult to grasps We have
enjoyed these basics of life, air, water and food and
taken them for granted over a lifetime. Now our good
friends - the elements - contain an insidious enemy
attacking our bodies, slowly eroding the internals of
man - his -lungs, liver, blood and other organs.
Pollution has developed to almost catastrophic
proportions and many scientists maintain the extinction
of the human race is imminent. Even our faithful
oxygen supply is in jeopardy. People are seldom urged
to be fearful, but the salvation of mankind may well
depend on arousing natural fear of our poisoned environ-
ment in individuals.
While leaders in governments and industry are in
positions of power to take action, citizens everywhere
will need to form pressure groups to ensure action is
taken to hall the trend to suicide.
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Smiley's forecast
You probably have some pre-
dictions for the 1970's, as I
do. Let's see how they match,
Remember, this is for the
whole decade, not just 1970.
Let's get rid of the dirty
ones first. There is going to be
more and more racial trouble.
And this means more and more
violence, hatred, killing and
cruelty, both physical and psy-
chological. The whites are
going to be beleaguered, and
are going to fight back ruth-
lessly, most of them.
There is going to be more
and more pollution: noise, air,
water, despite the strenuous
efforts of a vocal minority to
do something about it. The al-
mighty buck will continue to
dictate policy in this field.
Taxes will go on rising and
inflation will go on inflating.
The only solution would be
rigid controls of wages, rent,'
food, etc., and no politician
will have the guts to impose
them. And if he did, the public
would raise a holocaust of hue
and cry that would send him
smartly back to his law prac-
tice.
The standard of living will
increase, and so will the stand-
ard of dying. We'll have more
things, and we'll kill ourselves
faster getting them.
There will be just as many
poor people in 1976 as there
were, in 1966 and probably
more people talking about it,
and doing less.
People will drink more and
think less. The drug scene will
make the Sixties look like a
Sunday school picnic where
somebody had too much lemon-
ade.
The Vietnam war will peter
out ignominiously. The Com-
munists of North Vietnam
will take over. There will be
vicious purges. And then the
Vietnamese will go about their
business of rebuilding and liv-
ing.
Millions of today's hippies
will be sick 'with arthritis and
kidney trouble, will be on wel-
fare and wondering why they
did .it.
The Arabs will continue
their efforts to wipe out the
Jews and get some bloody
noses in the process.
Husbands will continue to
beat up their wives on Satur-
day night. Or vice versa.
Education will go through
its lowest swing of the pendu-
lum in 100 years, as the disci-
pline of learning is replaced by
having a ball, doing "projects"
and talking when you haven't
anything to talk with, or about.
Canada will become a very
junior partner of Uncle Sam,
Inc. That is, if it first doesn't
became a gaggle of minor
republics with about as
much international prestige as
Monaco.
Sounds like a pretty sordid
Seventies, doesn't it. But it
won't be that bad. That's the
big picture, and big pictures
are often third-rate, as witness
most of the big -screen movies
you've seen lately.
About People
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hogg and
family, accompanied by a niece
enjoyed a three week vacation
at the home of Mrs. Hogg's sis-
ter in Texas. They returned
home on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Doyle,
London spent the holiday season
at the home of their daughter,
Dr. and Mrs. C .3. Wallace and
family.
In the little, subjective
world where the individual
lives, it isn't all black. Babies
will continue to be born and
chuckle and have their little
soft bellies blown on and be
precious and funny and utterly
delightful for a few years.
And the foul brown mud of
March will gradually give way
to the l0sh green grass of May,
and the dead black twigs of
winter will become the green
mist of April and the rich joy
of June.
And the brutal winds and
biting cold of February will
inevitably turn into the broil-
ing brown beach of July.
And . the wheat and the
peaches will turn to gold. And
the potatoes will come up
plump and firm and scabless.
And the fish will be fat and
the beef will be beefy.
And perhaps you will do
something good and kind. And
perhaps someone will say
something that makes you
think you are worthwhile. And
perhaps you will have model
teenagers (hall!). And perhaps
you will grow in understanding
and love. And perhaps your cat
won't have kittens.
Personally, I think the Sev-
enties will be like most of the
other ages of man: black and
white; grey and orange, blue
and gold.
Well, all we can do is wait
and see, chaps. But don't hold
your breath waiting for my
predictions to be wrong. Just
carry cn, and live each day as
a precious gift which will nev-
er come to you again.
Happy Seventies.
i'MAIL•0
BAG
December 28, 1969
Dear Editor:
I am sending a cheque for'
renewal for one year, to the
Zurich Citizens News.
I like your paper very much.
Read all the news from front to
back.
Keep up the good work. Thanks
for everything.
Yours truly,
Nellie Brenneman.
0
Clinton, Ontario.
January 5, 1970.
Editor,
Zurich Citizens News,
Zurich, Ontario.
Dear Sir:
The residents and staff of
Huronview would appreciate it
very much, if you would allow
them space to say a heartfelt
" Thank You" to all those who
put on programs or entertainment
and those who sent gifts, cards
or treats to residents during the
holiday Season. A special thanks
to organizations and individuals
who carne regularly throughout
the year.
Sincerely,
C.A. Archibald
Administrator.
About People
Mrs. Tillie Tetreau, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Bassow and Emma
Bassow visited Christmas Day
with their sister Mr. and Mrs.
Ferd Miller, Ilensall.
Mrs. Nora Mittleholtz enter-
tained eighteen of her friends
at her home in honor of her son
Brother Robert, of the Jesuit Or-
der, who narrated and showed
coloured slides of India. Brother
Robert, who is home on a two
months leave, will be returning
to India in February.
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