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Zurich Citizens News, 1958-11-12, Page 2PAGE TWO ZURIG[3 Citizens NEWS WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 1958 ZURICH NEWS Published every Wednesday Morning at Zurich, Ontario, for the Police Village of Zurich, Hay Township, and the Southern 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 copies, 5 cents. Subscriptions payable Zuricch, Ontar o, orr to Zd trict correspondenox 149, Business Zurich Citizens t B WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1958 TOWNSHIP OFFICE AN ELECTION ISSUE? ? We don't know what the people of the rural area in Hay Township think about the idea of a Township office, but here in Zurich it seems the general opinion that turning the Town Hall into municipal offices is ridiculous; and we would like to agree with those who are against the proposed idea.. With dissention being voiced in town against the office situation we can easily see where the present controversy could develop into an election issue in the next few weeks. True, the township council may be thinking of the taxpayers' dollar when they came up with this latest idea, but we don't think they are taking into consideration the welfare of the com- munity. If the hall is renovated and made into offices it will put many organizations out of a home. To mention only a few, the Women's Institute, the CWL, the Girl Guides and Brownies, the Cubs and Boy Scouts all are now using the facilities of this building. On top of this many other affairs, such as nominations, elections, and annual meetings are held there. Where are these groups to go? ? ? Right away you will hear the answer, "To the Arena". But if the Arena is to be heated for every one of these activities the council will find they are spending more in one year for fuel than they will save by using the Town Hall for offices instead of erecting a new building. We will say again, "Don't ruin the Town Hall, put up a new building or move the old one." We can still remember last year at the nomination meeting of the village of Zurich when several prominent township officials said the office would be off the street by the end of this year. "Better hurry fellows, the year is drawing to an end." WOMEN POLITICIANS ? ? ? ? Since it is getting close to election time it seems as if this is the best subject there is to write editorials about. What we have on our mind now will probably sound like foolishness to some people, but it really is worth thinking about. Why couldn't we have some women politicians in this dist- rict? It is done in many other communities and seems to work out quite satisfactorily.; There a lot .of good men who. would make excellent candidates for municipal politics, but when asked to have their name appear they say they are too busy. If this is the case, perhaps some of our fairer sex would have more spare time to devote to such activities than do the men. There is no doubt they are just as capable of running the affairs of the people as men are. The big opposition coming from the men in this regards would be the old cry, "Women have enough work to do at home without getting mixed up in politics." But maybe some of the men are wrong, perhaps the women have just as much right to be interested in the welfare of the community as the men have. We would like to hear from some of you ladies in this regard. If you feel you have no place in politics let us know, or if you feel there is room for women in municipal offices let us know that also. Perhaps we could sponsor a campaign to have some women elected to office. In the meantime we will stay away from all the men pol- iticians for fear they take us to task for even suggesting such a thing. ASSURANCE OF DISAPPOINTMENT (Wingham Advance -Times) Within the past few weeks mailings of at least four separate catalogues have reached this town, offering to all and sundry "wholesale" prices on everything from expensive jewellery to luggage and home appliances. The system used is to illustrate very attractive looking merchandise, list what are supposed to be stiff retail prices, and then indicate the sizable reductions which are made by buying at a wholesale figure. As far as we can see the whole setup is just another method of extracting a fast buck from the unwary and gullible customer. We had reports from a few, a very few people who bought from these concerns and were . satified with the value received. But . . . we have also contacted a great many more who felt they were taken in one way or another, . Several who have ordered from the "wholesalers" did not receive the goods ordered at all. Substitutions were made, replacements which did not resemble in any way the articles ordered. Again several would be customers placed orders well in advance of the Christmas season, expecting to use the items as gifts. Many of these people found that Christmas Eve had rolled around and nothing had arrived. The expensively printed catalogues, of course, replace what the reliable local merchant must_ invest in—stock and trade. Because you have looked at a collection of pictures does not necessarily mean that the firm has the illustrated articles on its shelves. Even if they are in stock they may not be in suffic- ient quality to guarantee delivery when it is needed. We haven't too much sympathy for the buyer who gets himself taken on this sort of deal. Most adults with any common sense know that when they are offered something at astonishingly low price they can expect pretty low grade service and quality. The safest place to buy is from the man who does business right in your own town. He will be right there to listen to your complaints if the merchandise does not suit you, In fact the safest of all places to buy are those who. use a regular and reliable medium of advertising. When they invite your :business they must, of sheer necessity, protect their adverising expendi- tures with sound business practices. SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) There are some very peculiar ideas aboard these days. And it seems to me that women have practically cornered the market on them. Oh, they don't think these fantasies up themselves, bless them. They absorb them as they persue women's magazines. Al- ong with a lot of half-baked psy- chology. Plus some recipes for such culinary delights as baked tunafish salad with meringue top- ping, and various other dishes that any self-respecting hog would curl a lip at. • u *. My wife came out with one of these inanities the other day, so flatly that I felt like punching her in the nose. It was during our annual, and heated, discussion of the storm windows, "Most men", she asserted with nauseat- ing rectitude, "like working around the house. Lots of men enjoy put- ting on the storm windows," * * Well, I don't mind telling you I got pretty red in the face, con- fronted with that grade of pure, unadulterated poppycock. "Show me," I howled, "one lousy single man who says he likes putting on storm windows, and I'll show you a great big fat liar!" And I repeat the challenge here. Oh, I admit there are lots of men who like to putter around in their "workshops", the cowards. Rather than fight it out with the old lady, they'll go down and muck about with their power saws, turning out barrels of shavings, cockeyed rose trellises, cradles that don't rock, for their daught- ers' dolls, roofs that don't quite cover their sons' birdhouses, and rustic chairs that only the Hunch- back of Notre Dame could be comfortable in. ', But that's a long way from "working around the house". That's not only sneaky and cow- ardly, it's relaxing and recreation- al. Anybody that tries to tell me that mowing lawns, shovelling snow, sanding floors, fixing broken things, laying linoleum or putting on storm windows is "fun" can go quietly away and open the veins in his wrists, as far as I'm con- cerned, because he is not only mental, but is showing suicidal tendencies. ,i: * * Another crazy notion women pick up from those slush -buckets of magazines they read is that a man should be a "pal" to his child- ren. Listen girls. That stuff is strictly to kill time while you're at the hair -dressers. Show me a man who has tried to be a "pal" to his kids, and I'll show you a man who is scarred for life, phy- sically and pyschologically. * u: Don't think I don't know what I'm talking about. After weeks of coaxing, I tried out on the hula hoop, the other day after lunch. Did you ever see a man with a busted gut? In polite cir- cles, they're caller "pulled stom- ach muscles", but they still hurt. And what hurt even more were the hoots of derisive laughter from all hands, doubly hard to take by a former halfback with pictures to prove it. * That was enough of the fun -and - games angle of being their "pal". I thought I might still emerge with some vestiges of their old respect if I tangled with them in- tellectually. So I did. The other night we were sitting eating rab- it stew. They'd spent half an hour bugging me about the poor little rabbit that they couldn't pos- sibly eat, then lit into ' it like lumberjacks. * * '' "What's the most mysterious question in the world, Dad?" ask- ed Hugh. Instead of mumbling "ask your mother", I decided to be a "pal". But I barely had MY mouth hanging open to tell him that was a big question, when Kim shot the answer at him: "Who made God?, and shoved, some more rabbit in her face. We both gave her 'a disgusted look but 'had no argument. • * * * Within the next three. minutes, Hugh ,sensing my strange. behav-, four, had asked nie : , how many people 'I killed in the war;, were there 'cavemen' 13efore Adam , and Eve and if, so, • how come;' what is a 'hygrometer; are there really 100 people born every minute in B. T. Smiley) China. Kim wanted to know who Adam and Eve's mother and fath- er were; are there really witches; why are boys so mean; did you kiss Mummy before you were mar- ried. • :p * I felt like a Freudian case his- tory. There was no recourse but to return to normal. "WILL YOU KIDS SHUT UP AND EAT YOUR STEW!" I roared, Immediately the air cleared. Hugh started talk- ing about Cubs, Kim about school. I picked up my paper and retreat- ed into a shattered, but dignified silence. a: * * One more weird slant women get from their favourite reading, and I'm through. It's home-build- ing. They think the ideal house is a barn with a fireplace in one end and a couple of cubicles wall- ed off at one side to sleep in. * * * Maybe I'm Victorian, but in the old days, a house was an interest- ing place, with all sorts of nooks and crannies. Privacy was merely a matter of walking out of the room you were in, and disappear- ing, Father had a den, or study, where he could smoke a redolent pipe, read a western or detective while ostensibly doing something with his papers, have a snooze on the couch, or punish a crock. * In the modern home, you have less privacy than you have in a railway station. You get up from the table, move a few paces and you're in the living room. Every - The Bible Today In the Middle East the old and new contrast sharply. In exist- ence alongside modern cities of western design, moves a way of life which has changed little since Biblical times. Lebanon, half Christian, half Moslem, is the centre for Scrip- ture publication, colportage train- ing, and publishing centre for the Arabic edition of "The Bible in the World" magazine circulated by the British and Foreign Bible So- ciety. In Iraq scripture distribution has increased. Jordan is a fruitful field. Egypt's total circulation has increased. Thus the Book which tells of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, of the Great Prophets and of Jesus, supplies a need in this land of contrasts. The offering of the old, yet ever new Bible, evokes a response from followers of both the ancient and the modern way. Suggested readings for' next week: Sunday, Nov. 16 Matthew 13:1-30 Monday, Nov. 17 Matt. 13: 31-58 Tuesday, Nov, 18 Psalms 65: 1-13 Wednesday, Nov. 19, Psms. 67: 1-7 Thursday, Nov. 20, Psalms 73: 1-28 Friday, Nov. 21, Psalms 107:1-43 Saturday, Nov. 22, Psalms 1: 1-6 body can see what everybody else is doing. But never mind. You're "together". And just to make sure nobody is excluded, you have a big picture window, so the neighbours across the street, who also have one, can be present, too. Ugh! Business and Professional Directory 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 W. G. 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