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Zurich Citizens News, 1958-08-27, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURICH Citizens NEWS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1958 ZURICH edirekts NEWS PUblished ofWednesday Zurich, HayMonoloat Township,Zand htheOfor Southerne olice part of Stanley Township, in Huron County. Printed by Clinton News -Record, Clinton, Ontario Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa A. L. COLQUHOUN HERB. M. TURKHEIM Publisher Business Manager Subscription Rates: $2.50 per year in advance, in Canada; $3.50 in United States and Foreign; single copses, 5 cents. Subscriptions payable to Business Manager, Zurich Citizens News, Box 149, Zurich, Ontario, or to district correspondents. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1958 ly WHICH IS BEST? WE ARE VERY happy to learn that the Township Council is finally going to do something about moving their office, so the street where it is now sitting may be straightened out. Two choices face the council --• one is to build a new office, and the other is to remodel the Town Hall to accommodate the office of the clerk. There are a lot of pros and cons to both choices. While the original cost of a new building will probably be higher than the cost of remodelling the Town Hall the offer of the Village Trustees to pay half the cost of a new building will greatly offset this. On the other hand, if a new building is erected it means more heating is required to keep both the Town Hall and the new office warm. Still another way of looking at the situation is this; if the Town Hall is converted into a Township office it will ruin the suitability of the hall for public meetings and such events. True, we have the arena, but many gatherings are not large enough to warrant the use of a building such as the arena. However the decision of the council falls, we are sure they will do what they think is in the best interests of the ratepayers of Hay Township. AT LAST AFTER A LONG period of waiting we are about to have action taken in the proposed Community Park. While this project should have been started long ago, there is a saying, "Better late than never," and we sure hope this holds true in this case. The land has now been purchased, and plans are well under way for the filling in of these grounds. Bearing in mind that the Fall Fair is only four weeks away, the acting committee in charge is going to rush things along so that it will be ad- vanced enough to hold the fair there. Now there is a favour to be asked of many of the men in the district. Volunteer labour will save many dollars, and much of the work that has to be done can be done by these volunteers. If you have any spare time which you can donate in the next few weeks contact one of the committee, they will be only too happy to put you to work. Let's all put our shoulders to the wheel, and get this job done. The Zurich Fall Fair, with its slogan "Bigger and Better Than Ever", will greatly appreciate seeing this work completed in time for the holding of the fair on the new site. ADVERTISING (Huron Expositor) ADVERTISING DOES a tremendous job moving goods from the shelves and racks of merchants to the pantries and shelves of home owners. But sometimes the effectiveness of even the best ads, the best circulation coverage, is lessened by a failure to follow through. We were reminded of this difficulty by J. K. Edmonds, writing in a recent issue of Marketing. Pointing out that in boom periods poor selling methods are developed that can lose sales, the Marketing story says: "The best ads, the best sales program in the world won't pay off if the men and women who actually meet the customer haven't yet adjusted to the buyers' market. Do they: let the customer wait while they finish a routine job ? take their breaks in full view of an impatient customer, instead of retiring be- hind the scenes for their smoke? say, "sorry, we don't carry that." without making a note of the color or style desired? fail to carry adequate stocks, or to re -order quickly an item that moves out faster than expected? The long boom produced plenty of bad selling habits; it may take more than pious exhortations to persuade sellers to act on the assumption that the customer is always right." CHEAPER THAN FIGHTING (Port Coquitlam (B.C.) Herald) THE AVERAGE FELLOW in the street can be pardoned these days if he is a little confused by the present international scene. On one hand, the prophets of doom have been telling us that any future global war will result in the complete and final extinction of the human race •-- a fate noticeably worse than that predicted a decade or so ago when we were told that those of use who were left would probably end up in caves, with the privilege of starting all over again. On the other hand, it has taken at least six months to arrange a meeting of the top nation heads of state to see if something can't be done about it. The term "summit meeting" has, in fact, become a nasty word in many parts of the world, in spite of the fact that it might conceivably prevent the world from annihilating itself. By what strange turn of events the West has arrived at this position is hard to figure out. But to the average person the plea that a summit meeting should not be held because it might not succeed sounds like a pretty thin excuse, considering an alternative of total extinction. We are told that a summit meeting will just be a platform for Russian propaganda, that such talks are not likely to ac- complish anything, that deeds are needed more than words, and that the world would be worse off if the meeting were held and no agreement reached. There may be some truth in these statements, but that's no reason why it shouldn't be tried. In the past, talking has always been cheaper than fighting. And, as distasteful as it may be for politicians to listen to other politicians talk, it's still better than toal annihilation. .. ,_I 111/I; 14, • . • • i. y,: kms" .. ;�t•.�,..:•d•; LABOR DAY WEEK Eta 66 ELL , SACK 7© T G.a <a I LEMS ! SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (BHI) B. T. Smiley) " Wouldn't it be awful if all the people you invited to "drop in and see us of you're up our way", took you up on it? The resulting chaos in society would be in.dese cribable, but appalling. * : * You know 'how it is. You're at a wedding or something in the city. During the post -nuptial con- viviality, you get to chatting with some cousins of the bride, a nice couple you never met before. They're charming, and so are you. You'.d love to see some more of them, because they think you're so charming and witty. So you insist firmly that they come and see you, Your wife has that queer look that means its' time to go, so before you do, you make your new chums pick a weekend to vis- it you, right there and then. Then some Friday everting, you're mowing the lawn and sweating like a horse. You have your shirt off. You're unshaven Your wife has a coldsore on her lip and has just given herself a home permanent. Your kids have dirty shirts and runny noses. And a big car pulls up at the house. This stranger climbs out, and his wife and three kids climb out after him. "Well, here we are", he grins happily. "Better late than never." You've never seen the man before in yow' life. There's a squeal from the Old Girl and you hear her running upstairs. The kids come over and stand beside you, wiping their noses with the backs of their hands. They stare at the strange kids, who stare back with interest. It hits you like a hydrogen bomb. This is the lush you were talking to at the wedding, about a month ago, and his silly, baby - faced wife with the high-pitched giggle. "Heh, Heb," you say and look wildly about far your wife, who is peening with horror from behind the curtain in the bedroom window. Your kids are h.eilping the other ktde in with their bags. * '' As you take them into the house, you hear a faint flapping of wings. Th:at's your :golf game or fishing expedition flying ,out the window. But it's not until you are sitting down and have offered then a cigarette and called him George and had him tell you his name as Ernie, that the full (impact is' felt, with the rdreadfw'1 realization that these nyurps are actually going to +be here for the weekend. >* * *: After a bit, while your wife is ung hot, salty tears of pure rage, still upstairs, you offer thein a 'cold drink. They accept eagerly. You find your stock consists of one half -consumed bottle of or- ange caush sitting on the l:,dtthes table, with a fly thn it, two-thirdis of a bottle .of stale beer that's been sitting in the frig for three days, opened, and one warm battle of soda water, left over from Christmas.. So you send the lids (Continued on Page Eight) Business and Pr ofessionag D�. cu y AUCTIONEERS INSURANCE ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. "Service that Satisfies" Phone 119 Dashwood LEGAL BELL & LAUGHTON BARRISTERS. 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