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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1970
Welcome Visitors
This Saturday is the day when the small village of
Zurich sees it's population grow from a regular 750 to
almost 10, 000. Large crowds of visitors are expected
for the fifth annual Bean Festival. Just how many will
come depends largely on the weather, although last
year, despite the extreme heat and humidity, at least
8, 000 people were served. It is almost certain that this
year the population will swell to at least ten times the
normal count.
Such a crowd is bound to create problems -- traffic
is a particular one -- but the festival committee, gain-
ing experience each year, is gradually learning to cope
with these. The growth of the festival also brings diffic-
ulties of a different kind.
An event that attracts crowds of the size that Zuriclis
Bean Festival has in the past could easily become a mag-
net for the commercial interests. One of the festival
committee's prime interests has been in holding com-
mercialism on the mall to a minimum, and for this
reason applicants for booth space are screened carefully.
Such restrictions are necessary if the festival is to retain
the rural and antique flavour that has brought it it's
popularity.
There seems little doubt that the festival will be
successful again this year with any sort of a break from
the weatherman. Practically all the booth space is sold
to area merchants, and several new attractions have
been added to the program. And the various festival
committees seem to have the volunteer manpower sit-
uation under control. Everything is in readiness for the
biggest day of the year in Zurich, and the people of
the community extend a sincere welcome to all the
visitors who may come to our fair village on the occas-
ion. May the festival bring back fond memories of
those in the past four years, to all of you.
EVIL OMENS
CASTING A SPELL
By Bill Smiley
This summer I feel distinctly
that some malicious witch or
warlock has put a curse on me.
Don't ask me why. I ain't done
nothin' to nobody.
There's been nothing serious
or tragic. Just a lot of little
things that seem to wind up
spelling nex.
Why, for example, should
there be a huge wasp's nest in
the middle of my hedge, when
the filthy little brutes have never
built there before?
Why should I trip over a rock,
take a chunk the size of a silver
dollar out of my shin and sprain
my thumb trying to save myself?
Why .should my waist -line
suddenly le. p from 31 to a snug
32? Why should my daughter
fall in love with a guy of whom
she says, "I wouldn't marry him
if he were the last man in the
world"?
But it's not just what hap-
pened to me. I seem to be
carrying the spell around with
me, and am beginning to feel
like a Jonah.
Went to a delightful party.
Everyone was pleasant. Except
that a couple of 200 -pounders
wound up in a state of deep
umbrage. That's a sort of purple.
One had told the other, during a
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Huron Board
Approves New
School Books
When it carne to approving lit-
erature books to be purchased for
Huron County schools, vice-chair-
man Robert Elliott, Goderich
Township, was opposed to some
selections and was the only board
member who voted against appr-
oving the entire list as presented.
The list included such books as
the Graduate and Tom Jones for
use for the first time in the sec-
ondary schools of Iluron County.
Director of education, John
D. Cochrane, told the board these
books would be for "extensive
reading" to be read "out of class".
Ile indicated the students would
probably be reading the books
anyway since they can be attain-
ed at the public libraries and in
book stores, etc,
Elliott insisted it was a little
different for the students to go
out. and get the books from other
scources. Ile wondered if it was
wise to give the impression that
the Huron County hoard of Educ-
ation approved of this type of
reading for young people,
Mr, Cochrane explained that
the law requires that the board of
education approve the list of
books to be purchased for schools
under its jurisdiction, He added
that if the board disapproved of
any of the books, they would not
be purchased.
Gordon Moir, Wingham, caut-
ioned board members that if they
vetoed some of the books, they
would be the ones most sought
after by the students.
"I think it is a mistake, " El-
liott remarked,
"The screening of these books
should be done before the list
comes to this board, " Elliott
added,
Mr, Cochrane told the board
that some of Shakespeare's works
contain "curse words" and other
reading materials already on the
literature course for years would
"curl your hair."
discussion of exercise, jogging
and waistlines, that he was "just
a big, fat pig." Not nice. But
why was I the only male left to
keep them from coming to
carnage? All 140 pounds of me.
Went sailing with friends on a
perfect summer day. Why did a
terrific storm come out of
nowhere? Because I was on
board. I'm sure of it.
Last Sunday, went out as
crew with a friend who races his
sailboat. He didn't figure on
winning, with a crewman who
doesn't know a luff from a
larboard. But he also didn't
figure on winding up two miles
behind every other boat, includ-
ing one he beats regularly. We
hit every patch of dead calm in
the bay, while the other boats
invariably caught a breeze which
✓✓ould vanish by the time we got
there. Why?
Another friend invited me for
a day's fishing. Came the day,
ideal for fishing. Carne also a
phone call saying he'd put a rod
through his crankshaft, or some-
thing equally horrible, and his
motor was ruined. You think
that was just coincidence?
The other night I did go
fishing with my brother-in-law.
Good boat, good motor, lots of
worms and minnows, perfect
time of evening, and a hot spot
where he'd picked up some nice
bass the day before. I don't have
to tell you what we caught.
About four pounds of weeds,
while a chap in the next boat
hauled in a lunker.
Last night we went out to
visit another brother-in-law.
They'd taken a cottage to get
away from the terrible heat of
the city for a week. That brief
visit fixed him. Today it's
sweaters and long pants weather,
with a howling wind and the
temperature down about forty
degrees. They'll have a miserable
week, thanks to me. _
These are just a few incidents
from a catalogue as long as your
leg. But I'm beginning to think
that whom the gods would
destroy they first make. mad.
And I'm getting mad.
I can put up with my normal
stupidity. Like a dunner from
the revenue people for a $65
fine. Or going out to put our
suitcases in the trunk of the car
and finding it full of elm blocks
for the fireplace which my
father-in-law had given me last
spring, and having to unload
them in the heat and my brand
new sport shirt. Or having the
cat claw me about the head and
shoulders on three separate oc-
casions, because she doesn't like
driving in a car. That was my
wife's stupidity.
But I can't help feeling that
there's something sinister, some
kind of a trend, in all the other
little "accidents." Somebody
out there is trying to get me.
Today I'm convinced of it.
Woke up with violent stomach
cramps that turn me into a
white, sweating wretch about
every twenty minutes. Ate and
drank the same things last night
as the others in the house. Why
should I be the only one to wind
up with dire rear? Why?
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