Zurich Citizens News, 1974-04-04, Page 4PAGE 4
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
Fasten your seat belts, boys!
Now, sonny, you fasten your seat belt before you even start
the motor. Who said so? Mr. Davis said so, that's who. And
if you don't Mr. Davis is going to send one of his little boys in
the blue suits to get you... and Mr. Davis is going to see that
you go into court and you will have to pay a big nasty fine...
like $200 maybe.
Mr. Davis has the right idea though. All his silly little kids
should fasten their seat belts before they drive their cars. He is
right when he tells us that a lot less people die in traffic accid-
ents when they are safely belted to their seats.
Mr. Davis may have a little trouble catching all the bad boys
who don't do what he tells them. There will be some sneaky
ones and some careless ones, and it's going to take ever so
many more policemen to check all the cars going along the
roads to make sure the people in them have fastened up before
they started. And when the policemen do stop some cars to see
about the seat belts some of the sneaky people in the cars will
quickly fasten the belts they had left undone and by the time
the policeman gets to look in the cars all the sneaky people
will look very innocent and say, "Oh Mr. Policeman, I
wouldn't ever drive without my seat belt fastened."
And some of the people won't bother being sneaky. They'll
just say to the policeman, "I never fasten by seat belt. I have
a hernia and that darn strap hurts me, so you just take me into
your old court and I'll prove that I can't wear a seat belt and
you'll look silly because your charge won't stick. And if that
doesn't do it, I'll argue that the government cannot force me
to protect my own life. Otherwise, it would fine me for smoking
cigarettes. (Mt. Forest Confederate)
The tw ttailed onsteri
Municipalities, land developers, farriers and even the little
guy, who just wants a small land severance on which to build
his home, have come to the conclusion that Queen's Park has a
tiger by the tail and doesn't know what to do about it., Restrict-
ions, red tape and regulations imposed by the Ontario Govern-
mental Department have become so complicated and onerous
that the lashing of the tiger's tail must surely be the reason for
the lengthy and often seeminly unwarranted delays and run-
around.
Either the local planning boards and municipalities are going
to have to be allowed more freedom to go ahead in their own
considered judgement to rezone or sever a piece of land or the
Government is going to have to speed up their decisions. At
present, from the length of time it takes to get anything cleared
through that has to do with. land, before it can be finalized regul-
ations have changed or building costs become too prohibitive to
go ahead.
Over the last ten years, the "summer cottage on the lake"
has lost its appeal with country property for both summer and
winter recreation gaining in popularity. This has resulted in the
city dweller scrambling for a small piece of the Eden the devel-
opers offer.
Many times after they had purchased a lot it became apparent
that they couldn't put a dwelling on it, due to size, sanitary
conditions, zoning, etc., and they became disillusioned. Rather
than wait an interminable length of time to get a building permit,
they turned instead to the farm properties. Not really wanting
or needing this acreage, they bought it because there was no red
tape involved and they could have their instant weekend retreat.
Most of these farms now lie fallow, occasionally the land rented
out to a working farmer.
So the second tiger- -tail lashed out, good farmland idle and
turning into weed lots. With the increased shortages in farm
produce, the Government is faced with the problem of how to
get good farmland back into production. You cannot blame the
farmer for creating this monster, he is as human as the rest of us
and has to live whether in retirement or raising a family.
The answer would appear to be a concise, sensible plan that
would allow recreational properties to be developed quickly
enough to restore the buyers faith. Most of them just want the
good, clean smell of country air, not too much land to maintain,
and close enough to summer and winter sports. A sufficient
green belt could be maintained around a development for the
enjoyment of nature walks and hiking.
Recreational communities could be encouraged to develop
near provincial parks so that their natural facilities would be
more widely used and enjoyed, not just by transients. With
encouragement, this type of retreat would serve and satisfy the
needs of the weekend country gentleman and would leave the
farmland for the farmer. (Meaford Express)
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International Scene
( BY RAYMOND CANON)
HAVE YOU TRIED STREAKING?
Somewhat disappointed is
how I feel because I haven't
sedn a single example of
streaking to date. This, I am
assured, is the latest craze that
is sweeping the world, or at
least parts of it. I doubt very
much if it is having much imp-
act in Communist China or
Russia. They just wouldn't
tolerate any such nonsense over
there. Anybody who wanted to
streak would be shipped off to
frigid Siberia to do his thing.
If streaking is exhibitionism,
as some psychologists claim it
is, then it is a variant form.
In other words, it is not some-
thing new. For some time there
has existed a phenonoman
whereby housewives and other
staid persons would occasionally
strip and run alone through the
twilight, taking more care to
avoid observation than to att-
ract it. Now streaking has
caught on as a group exercise
and it does contain an unden-
iable element of showing off.
The University of Maryland -
the student body, that is, not
the faculty or administration,
claims to have put into action
553 naked students one.night
last week, thus breaking the
record of 508 claimed by the
University of California. The
Maryland gang was surrounded
by a spectator body of at least
5, 000 who were there to hinder
the police that showed up from
making any arrests. The police
very wisely decided to close
some of the main roads to keep
the streakers from commanding
as large an audience as they
hoped to. No arrests were made.
I might point out that the
Maryland record has been
challenged by two small univ-
ersities which claim that they
have put at least a thousand
students out on streaking assign-
ments. However, these claims
are taken by the larger univer-
sities as just so many sour grapes
and nobody takes these claims
very seriously.
I night point out that also
that I made arrangements to
talk with a friend of mine who
practices nudism and asked him
about the whole thing. He wasnt
POULTRY PLEASE
The Home Economics Branch
of the Ministry of Agriculture
and Food is sponsoring a Food
Forum entitled "Poultry Please,"
which will be held in the Clin-
ton High School on April 10,
at 8;00 p.m.
The versatility of poultry
and eggs for family meals will
be the theme 'of the Forum.
Home Economists from the
Ministry will be demonstrating
and discussing new ideas and
sewing suggestions for poultry
products.
REDI MIX
CONCRETE
(ALSO FORM WORK)
McCann Const Ltd.
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impressed at all and claimed
that streakers were most defin-
itely not to be categorized as
nudists. He even told me that
some nudists have even streaked
fully clothed through nudist
colonies --a disgusting practice
as I am sure you will agree.
While streaking for a cause
is not uncommon, most of what
we have read about in the papers
is just a fad. It is interesting
that most of the streakers have
been male. This does not surp-'.
rise me for one good reason.
Our society seems to condone
exhibitionism in women more
than it does men. Just look at
the miniskirts, low cut dresses,
and bikinis to name a few ex-
amples. Perhaps some of the
males feel left out of it and
get the urge to attract some of
the attention paid to nudity.
As far as I ani concerned,
students can streak all they
want --especially in the cold
weather. It is far better than
indulging in all the acts of
vandalism for which the same
students were famous in the
100 O's.
THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1974
Zurich Institute
elect officers
for new term
The Zurich Women's Instit-
ute met on Monday night in
the Township Hall, Miss Jane
Pengelley, Horne Economist
for Huron, spoke to the memb-
ers and visitors on the Metric
System which will be the stand-
ard of Weights and measure-
ments in the future.
A film was also shown to
illustrate the syste, .
The roll call - "wear some-
thing old or pay a fine, " prod-
uced many interesting articles.
At the conclusion, the ann-
ual meeting was held and the
new officers for 1974-75 were
installed by Mrs. T. Meyers.
The officers for 1974-75 are:
past president, Mrs. Lorne
Klopp; president, Mrs. Newell
Geiger; first vice-president,
Mrs. Ward Neeb; second vice-
president, Mrs. Len Prang;
treasurer, Mrs. Harold Thiel;
secretary, Mrs. Eileen Consitt;
assistant secretary, Mrs. 0.
Schwartzentruber; district dir-
ector, Mrs. Lorne Klopp.
Business and Prof ssi n 1 Direct
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