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The Huron Expositor, 1960-12-22, Page 9w K4 d The Christmas Messages Messages, By REV. -D. LESLIE ELDER President Seaforth and District Ministerial Association At this recurring Christmas and New Year Season, when hapuy; reunions are had, and when tokens of Friendship and Good Will are sent from friend to friend, I would send you a gift, not of silver and gold, but a gift of the heart, voiced in the age:old wish, "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year". May peace and happiness be• yours at this joyful season and through- out all the days of 1961. For some there will be no re- unions. The family .circle has been broken, the sound of a loved voice, the gentle touch of a lov- ing hand, the happy smile, the familiar sound of well known and well loved footsteps are gone for ever. But love never dies. The joy of Christmas and Christ's com- ing will assure us anew that He Who loved us sufficiently as to send His Son will see to it that those who have loved and lost will have the assurance of His near- ness and understanding. Others will have found the road equally rough and uphill. Sickness and suffering, loss of employment, failure of business, disappointments and disillusions of varied kinds, frustrated hopes and shattered ambitions, disaster, doubt, and near despair have crossed many a path. But we have rejoiced to know that the Christ of Bethlehem, the Christ of every weary road, the Christ of Calvary has not failed. There has been much of joy and peace formost of us, how- ever. We have had good success in our undertakings, having had the opportunity and the ability to provide for our loved ones, and our lives and homes have been protected from the ravages -of fire and the dangers of accident, A11 in all, as the year draws to a close, we have so much to be thankful for, As joy and happiness abounds in our hearts and homes; may we have a thought for so many, close at hand and beyond the seas, who will have, as usual, little to•eat, less of comfort and none of freedom. So many homes will resound with happy laughter on Christmas morning as delighted children find "just •what they wanted" underneath the tree. Mom and Dad, too, will lie surprised as the gifts are exchanged. The laughter will have more delight and the expressions more happy if we have helped, even in a small way, to still the cry of the hungry for bread, the weary for rest, and the helpless for help. Let us pray for all men everywhere and for the leaders of the nations and for ourselves that in this fright- ened world there may be confidence, hope and peaceas the joyous message once again breaks forth, "Joy to the world, the Lord is come." ,tr " ' ,,.�, :•1 w1, t 1 „1 w1• p`_.( ,�1 -1 ; ..f w.t 1;,rek • The Publishers and Staff of • The Huron Expositor Extend Warmest Christmas Greetings To Their Readers and Friends At This Glad Holiday Season ,! • T.; By REV. C, E. SULLIVAN Pastor of St. James' Roman Catholic Church "We -Are Fools For Christ's Sake" (1 Cor. 4:10) Christmas is, by all common-sense standards, a time of madness —a time of°insanity. For when people act normally—when they do the usual and expected -when they do what they generally do— they are considered sane. And when they act abnormally; when their actions cannot be predicted and they suddenly do things that they would not ordinarily dream of doing, they are looked upon as being deranged. Now consider. Through most of the year people work and slave for their own interests; they give little thought to others; they go about with a certain air of grimness; they are„selfish, short-temper- ed, impatient, hasty. inconsiderate, quarrelsome. And then comes Chri tmas, and people seem to go mad. They do the precise apposite of w at they have been doing thro gh the rest of the year. The think of others; they send gifts and exchange greet- . ings; they make up Christ- mas baskets, contribute to funds for the neediest, sing carols for shut-ins. People are cheerful and merry, wish each other a "Merry Christmas", set up Christmas trees, string lights about their home, pre- pare special meals, have fam- ily reunions. The radio and television are jammed with Christmas carols. Is not this madness? By all worldly standards, yes. But it is a Divine madness; it is the madness of Christ, For if anyone was made in the eyes of the world, it was the Son of God, Himself. He was mad enough to love us, in the first place — poor imperfect creatures that we are. He was mad enough to divest Himself of His eternal glory and take upon Himself our own human form., He was mad enough to choose, not the form of an earthly king, or a learned philoso- pher, but the form of a weak, helpless child, and come into the world as we all came, born'from a woman. He was mad enough to divorce Himself of all earthly possessions, until He had not a place where to lay His head. He was mad enough to live in subjec- tion to earthly creatures for thirty years; mad enough to preach a gospel of charity and humility and peace; mad enough to hand Himself over to His persecutors without a struggle; mad enough to embrace a cross and die on it for us. . Nor do these considerations come from the wise men since the time of Christ. Some of those who had the ineffable.grace of seeing Him in His bodily form and listening to His direct word said openly that He was mad. Consider just one instance: Christ had been telling the parable of the Good Shepherd—how he lays down his life for his sheep; how there shall be "one fold and one shepherd". We can read it in John 10:16-20, which ends: "And many of them said: He hath a devil, and is mad . . ." Mad indeed! But mad with a madness that in the light of eternity is sanity. For what, if we balance this world against the next, is really sane? It is really sane to lay. up to ourselves trea- sures in Heaven "where neither the hist nor moth doth consume, and where thieves do not break through, nor steal." It is really sane to perfect ourselves in charity, kindness, humility, debasement of self, long-suffering, peaceableness, detachment from worldly goods. The real charter of heavenly sanity is the Sermon on the Mount. "Blessed are the poor in spirit . . .” "Blessed are the meek .' "Blessed are they who mourn . . ." for their stns. "Blessed are the clean of heart . . ." "Blessed are they who suffer persecution . . ." Once in the year, at Christmas time, the madness of Christ gets out of hand, so to speak, and spreads among all Christian people. But instead of marvelling at this, should we not marvel at the fact that Christians are not mad in this fashion throughout the year? As Christians we proclaim many principles that are beautiful and wonderful; but we make an all-out effort to put them into practise only once a year. Suppose mankind really followed the principles of Christ—not for a day, but always. Suppose all men really loved one another; suppose all differences of race and religion and color were universally disregarded. Suppose men did•not make material gain 'the primary motive of their lives. Suppose all men were kind, charitable, humble, meek, long-suffering, selfless. Do you knoW what would happen? The greatest insanity of all, which is the insanity of war, would disappear from the face of the earth. War would be impossible in an atmosphere of real Christian love. But'" until all men can adopt thewords Of St. Paul and say of themselves, "We are fools for Christ's sake", so long will the world continue to pause for a confused moment at the crib of Christ, and then go back to its customary insane course. So Spoke a Pastor to his flock on Christmas Day. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1960 -- SECOND 'SEO'T, (, N, Pages>;9-] 4-H Member Tells Tour Experiences An outstanding 4-H Club judge in Huron County, John Broadfoot, RR 1, Brucefield, was honored by a trip to St. Louis, Missouri, re- cently. Mr. Broadfoot is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Broadfoot, He relates his trip in the follow- ing story: On Saturday, Nov. 19, 1960, I left by car with 15 other young men from Huron and Bruce, also Grey Counties, for St. Louis, Missouri. During the afternoon and evening we travelled 210 miles. We stayed overnight in Biddies' Motel at Napoleon. Sunday morning we had break- fast in Florida, Ohio. We travelled, on to- Indianapolis, Indiana, where we had our dinner. In the after- noon we saw a great variety of countryside on our way. We had supper at St. Elmo, Illinois. We spent the night at the Ambassador Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. Monday morning the telephone rang for an early rise at 6:00 a.m. By 7:30 a.m. we were on the buses ready to leave -for the Purina Re- search Farm. The farm is outside the city limits and is composed of 750 acres. This is an experimental farm. There are many varieties of animals, such as beef, dairy cattle, swine, poultry and dogs ex- perimented with, using their feeds. There are also about 10 different fish ponds. In the afternoon many of the head men in each division spoke to us about their 'processing and diseas- es, In the evening the employees put on a stage show which was extra good. We then returned to the city for the night. On Tuesday we went to the Ral- stonPurina labratory and feed mill, Here we were shown many experi- ments and how they were carried on. We had dinner servedus at the dining hall at the labratory. Then we returned to the hotel to pack for home. We left about 4:00 p.m. and trav- elled to Bridgeport, Indiana, where we stayed at the El -Ray Motel. On Wednesday we travelled homeward and arrived home about midnight. This was a very enjoyable trip and an excellent group to travel with. I was . honored in representing the 4-H Clubs and Junior Farmers of the county on this trip. I would like t& thank everyone connected with making this trip so interest- ing and successful'. WITH THE BOYS . UTZ At the final meeting of the Sea - forth Boy Scouts for the year 1960, Mr. Ken Pdwell was invested into the Great Brotherhood of Scouts, and will take• over his duties as assistant Scout Master at the first meeting of the New Year, to be held on January 3. A• separate investiture cere- mony was held the same evening when the following - boys, having passed all of their "Tenderfoot" tests, were also invested as Boy Scouts: Bruce Brady, Leslie Car- ter, Brian -Broome and James Montgomery. Wolf Cubs The •Cub Christmas party was held last week. Each `Six" took part in the program, followed by the singing of Christmas carols. Lunch was served by six of the Cub mothers to whom we would like to say thanks. Our thanks al- so goes to Mr. Lee Learn, who donated the chocolate milk. The next meeting for the Club will take place on January 3rd. To all Cubs, Scouts and parents and friends of Scouting and Cub- bing, "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year," from Akela, Baloo, and all Scouters. STAFFA The December meeting of the Staffa WMS and WA was held at the home of Mrs. R. D. Sadler. The meeting opened by singing Christmas carols with Mrs. A. H. Daynard as accompanist, Miss Vera Hambiy read the Scripture lesson from St. Luke. Mrs. Ross Smale and Mrs. R. D. Sadler fav- ored with duets, "0 Little Town of Bethlehem" and "0 Holy Night." Mrs. Gerald',Agar introduced the guest, speaker, Mrs. Orval Struth- ers, of Mitchell', who presented a splendid Christmas message. The roll call was answered by a Christ- mas verse. Mrs. A. H. Daynard gave courtesy remarks. During the business period plans were made for the Christmas par- ty to be held in the Family Life Centre on December 23. Miss Vera Hambly is to be in charge of the Christmas "shut-in" boxes. Mrs. Walter O'Brien and Mrs. Ruby Reed were appointed a committee 'to purchase a vacuum cleaner for the church. Lunch was served by the hostess- es of the month Mrs. Gerald Agar and Mrs. Ed. bearing. TWO MASSIVE TOW TRUCKS and a 100 H.P. caterpillar tractor were needed to bring a 20 -ton tank trailer back onto the highway after it had catipulted into a ditch west of Seaforth Monday morn- ing. Here the tow trucks can be seen behind the wrecked vehicle just before the tanker was right- ed. The salvage operation took 24 hours. The tanker, loaded with 20 tons of molasses, wag owned by the Canada West Indies Molasses Co., of Toronto. (See story on Page 1). Turkeys Add to Receipts As Beavers Win and Lose Nine "turkeys were won by area residents in a draw Monday night. Winners of the raffle, sponsored by the Seaforth Beavers, WOAA In- termediate "C" home-brew team, were: Janet Boyes, Seaforth; Miss Abbie Seip, Seaforth; Don Kunder, Seaforth; Doug Ennis, Walton; Alex Boyes, Seaforth; F. R. Peel, Seaforth; Dr. J. A. Munn, Seaforth; J. M. McMillan, Sea - forth; J. E. Little, Goderich. • In a previous draw, Reg Kers- lake also won a turkey. Seaforth 9, Atwood 2 The draw took place at the Mon- day night game which saw Sea - forth wallop Atwood 9 to 2. Tom Dick was the big gun for the Beav- ers with four goals. Other•scorers were: Bob Whitelaw, two; Ray Scoins, two, and Bob Doig, one. Atwood scorers were C. Mathe- son and G. Buchsaw. Four penalties were handed out. Winthrop Lose To Lucknow Winthrop Warriors lost their first home game as they bowed to Lucknow 7-5. The game was late in starting due to the late arrival. of the Lucknow team. ' Winthrop led 2-1 at the end of the first period, and 5-4 at the end of. the second. Lucknow scored three 'unanswered , goals in the third period to win by a 7-5 score. Lucknow goals were scored by Collyer, Scot, - McMillan, Gibson, Emberlin, Andrew and Gardner. Winthrop scorers were Don Mc- Clure, with two goals; singles by Tom Love, Jim Strong and Win- ston Powell. • The game was rough through- out, with 56 minutes in penalties being called on the two teams. If WAS A TOUGH JOB to pack out the winners the judges in the Chamber of Commerce. best decorated home contest told C. of C. President, J. A. Stewart, as they finished their task Monday eve- ning. Mr. Stewart said the judges commented on .the many splen- didly decorated homes they had seen. He congratulated Seaforth home owners for the part they had lilayed in helping to make Sea - forth the Christmas town. First prize went to Mr. and Mrs. Willis Dundas (top); the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hart (middle) came second, and third prize was awarded Mrs. Delena McCuaig and Miss Janet Wilson (lower). (Expositor photos by Philips). Winners of the Winthrop booster draw were: $25, Miss Margaret Garrison, St. Clair Beachu Ont.; $15, Russell Bolton; $10, Miss Bar bara McClure, Bean Growers Name Directors Clifford Dale, of Glanworth, was elected a member of the 11 -man Ontario Bean Growers Marketing Board at a meeting of a 20 -man committee at Hotel London Mon- day. Mr. Dale succeeds Archie Mc- Murchy, of Glencoe, who stepped down from the board to assume the post of secretary -treasurer. The meeting was attended by delegates from Elgin, Kent, Mid- dlesex, Huron and Lambton Coun- ties. Other members of the board are: Fenton Cryderman, Thamesville, chairman; Arthur Anderson, North- wood; D. M. Campbell, Blenheim; Roy. Downey, Bothwell., Gordon Woolner, Dutton; Donad Leitch, Dutton, vice-chairman; Harvey Coleman, Huron County; Fergus Turnbull, Grand Bend; Harvey Taylor, Dashwood, and Angus Mc- Lean, Parkhill. Name Winners Of L.O.L. Turkeys The LOBA held a very success- ful euchre party on Monday, Dec. 19, at the Orange Hall, Seaforth. Prize winners were: Ladies, first, Mrs. J. Barron; lone hands, Mrs. B. Hildebrand; consolation, Mrs. Harold Hugill; men: high, Mr. Mc- Michael; lone hands, Harvey Dol - mage; consolation, Albert O'Reil- ly. Christmas candies were given to the children of the LOBA mem- bers. • The lucky tickets for the LOL tuey draw were won by Mrs. A. Dunlop, Seaforth; Jaye Brown, ' inburn; Everett Smith, Seaforth; Mrs. Syd. Gemmel] and Asa Deeves, Hensall. Award Prizes For • Brussels Homes Judging of the best decorated homes and places of business, sponsored by the Brussels Horti- cultural Society, was held Tuesr day evening. Prizes in each case were $5, $3 and $2 cash,. also $5, $3 and $2 worth of nursery stock in both classes. Best decorated home winnors were: Mrs. Ken Shurrie, Mrs. Joe Brewer and Mrs. Jack Lowe. Best decorated place of business win-' ners were: Brussels, Morris and Grey Telephone Office; Woods' Dry Goods and Doris McDonald. Judges were Miss Shannon, Rev. Jennings and Ken Ashton. Sponsored by East Huron' Agri- cultural Society, Centennial Com- mittee, a draw was held in Gor- don Grant's - store Monday for a Christman mantel piece. Wayne Lowe, Brussels, held the lucky ticket. Cranbrook Library Board held a draw for a turkey at Smith's Store on Saturday, the winner be- ing W. E. Willis, Brussels. HENSALL Mr. Charles Mickle, of the Uni- versity of Western Ontario, is spending his Christmas vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mr's. Laird Mickle and family. The I.O.O.F. and Amber Re- bekah Lodge CP & T •fund com- mittee packed and delivered 15 Christmas boxes, eight plants and two chehues to the shut-ins of the village and district on Monday ev- ening. In charge of the project were Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Chip chase, Mrs. Inez McEwen, Mrs, William Parker, Mrs. Stanley Mite chell, Mrs. Pearl Shaddick and Ted Taylor. Edgar McQueen, of Bengali,NMI taken taken to hospital in 'Clinton Ttteft- day with a broken leg after a ,lets' refrigerator he Was moving top. pled on Int 13e is oil the staff o Crest Hardware, 1Tetlgtlll,''