HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1975-01-02, Page 2A -white Christmas
In the Yeat4 iNgone
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"To leave the old with a burst of song;
"To -recall the right and forgiye' the wrong;
To, forget the thing thai binds you fast
To the vain regrets of the year that's,pastt
haye the strength to _let go your hold
Of the not worthwhile of the days grown old:.
To dare go forth with a purpose true •
'''To the unknown task of the year that's new;
To help your brother along the road
'To do his work "and lift his load; '
To add your gift to the world's,sood cheer
• Is to have and to give a Happy New Year."•Anon.
We do • not return. Life's journey 4gaitos
circuitous 'routes but thkes us once through each
twenty-four hours and each twelve months,
Concerning 1975, its opportunities, its relationships,
• its responsibilities, its delights. we. too, can say, "I
shall not pass this way again," The past, however
disturbing its failures, is no measure of what the
future ean be. The everlasting now is ours tti use and
nothing efise really matters.
"I shall not .pass this way agajn.
0 God. forgive.'
That nOw I live
AS if I might some time return.," '
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(Contributed)
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exciting journey
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The real victims
One .must have sympathy for the
Canadian housewife as she struggles
with continuing inflation. Yet it Must
be remembered always that she is One
of the mere fortunate victims.of this
economic malaise that affects the
-WhOre world. Because she and her
family can eat.
There are too many others who
don't eat regularly, and hundreds —61
.thousands, possibly millions, who
have gone hungry and died during the'
past 12 months. q.71-Iptographs taken
in th. West Africa couritry of Mali
recOtly show once-proud nomads
scratching in the dustr for grain after
an- air-drop. In the African region
below the Sahara, knows as the Sahel,
drought has gripped entire nations.
In Ethiopia, the worst drought ifl" a
century is said to haVe- killed 250,000-1
people,
_._::They who- hunger are the true
vrectirns of inflation, for the aid they
'•'.'seek is slow in coming. Many nations
want to buy wheat for their people,
but can't afford.the high prices. Late
in 1972, a ton of wheat cost $79. By"
March thiS year it had all but tripled
in price. Between 1972 and 1974
fertilizer, which is a vital tool for
faster agricultural developinent, had
doubled in price, from .$70 .to $135 a
Shipping costs are 'rising rapidly;
and general disenchantment with
inflation in the rich countries does not
help the aid picture. Politicians who
are under fire over rising prices look
less kindly upon development assis-
tance for poorer nations.
Yet their need today is greater than
rt ever was. Sky rocketing 'oil prices
have hurt the poor of the world more
than they have hurt us. Canadians, in
assessing the impact 'of inflation on
their lives, also should remember the
hungry. For they are in the rRidst of a
disaSter that was not of their own
making.
A littl e town
zo 1..74 77.-re-- ....----,:
WI areodetVed -t9- --a reader for • "A little tow n is where city folks
them kite -.:i-,-I.W44, "bit; of,.:thought -;.,,a` say$here is' nothing to do, 'tilt those
ablaut a town the size of St. Marys. 'who live there don't have enough
We are sure our readers will find nights in the week to make all the
seine appealing thoughts her:- meetings and social functions."
"A-little Wm is 'Where you don't "A little town is where every 'one
"have-to' gueSs whoyour enemies are. becomes a 'neighbor' in time' of
YOur filen& will tell; you.". need.':
"A little town is Where everybody "A little town is where „
• knows, everybody else's car by sight - businessmen' stru ggle for survival
land also where! and When it goes." against city stores and shopping
,,-• ,. • "A tittle -toWn is ,Where few people centers.',' -„ .• . . ,
calf gel .away with lying about the "A little town is where those same
.., year they borit. Too many other businessmen dig deep many times to
Opole can - 'remember'. " help with countless fund-raising.
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"A little town is-where people with projects."
various ailments can ' air them . "A little town is where it's ' nice to
Properly to -sYtnpathetic ears.". ' ' •'' be when rearing a family:"" '
"A little town!,is 'where; when you "A little town is' where you don't
get the wrong number, -you can talk have to Jock y our door every time you ,
fer-1.5,, minutes anyhow„.','
".A town.0- w here-the. rat io of
good peple to . bad people - is
somethinglike100 to ohe. That's nice
to re 'mem ber.,0"
".'A little town is where iris hard for
anybogy te walk,to work for exercise
becabseAt takee 'too long to stop and
explain to people in--cars who stop,
'honk, 'arid Offer a „ride."
You see officer...
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The ?insurance claim is an area
where there is always a high standard
' of imaginative explanation. The
following arb reputed to have beep
darts of Many varied claims that
followed traffic accidents and
' published in the journaj of the
National Council of Chartered .
Actoontants in South Africa.
, "I consider neither vehicle was to
blafne, but If either was -to blarrie, it
was the other one."
' "One whe761 went into the ditch.
My-feefjUrnped front the' brake to the
• Oceierator, leapt across the other
Side Of the road and jumped into the
tiorik of a tree."
."I knocked over all man. He
tarilitted it was his fault as he had
been knocked over before."
"I Collided with. wstationary bus
COiping the Other way."
' "To avelid a aillitiOn I ran into the -.• ,
other tai;i* , •
i'My tat had to turn sharper than
OvaS.Oaddatary owing to' an invisible . .
truck." • , - • .'' Ife,„OttIer than, 'altered,his
so I had to run over him."
"A pedestrian hit me and went
under the car."
thought the side window was
down, but it was up as I found when I
put My bead through it." --
"A cow wandered into my car. I
was afterwards informed that it was
half-witted."
"A bull was standing nearby,- and a
fly must have tickled him because he
gored my car."
"She suddenly saw me, lost her
head, and we met sidewajts." ,
1:1 ran into "a shop_ window and
sustained injuries to my wife's legs."
• "I badly Misjudged a woman
crossing the street."
"Coming home, drove into the
wrong-house and Oollided with a tree I
haven't got."
"I had to leave My car for a minute,
when, In accident or design, it '
decided to run away."
"The iter cap ran into mine*
Without giV g Me a warning of its
Intention tO do so."
leav the house."
little town is where many
nagers say there's nothing to do
- and then are surprised to learn that
their big-city peers are saying the
same thing.", --
"A little town, when all is said and
done, is a nice place to.live."
(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
By W. strong
A.W.McKerizie,- contractor and builder
has just c.ompleted• for Mr. McMillan, a
large 2 storey 'brick !esidence. . ,
The dance --held in CardnO's ' Hall.
Seaforth was one of.the moist pleasant and
-successful. affairs held in town /for „some •
;time. ,:lvitisit.',;• ‘Wra, - supplied by' 'Cortek'e•-,
Orchestra, Landon. . , .
. The butchers this year in town had large
and excellent displays •of dressed meats.
Christmas shoppers were numerous in
town on Satin. day' last. Seldom has there.
been a larger crowd. Main Street was lined
with people all afternoon. . .
Wm. McDougall, the lessee' of the ,
RObert Bell of I,,e Seaforth Foundry, has
skating rink, is w rking hard at the ice and
hopes to have it ready for New Years.
rented the residence of Mrs. Arrnitagord
will move to town.
Albert Plewes of Moosomin, N.W.T. was
in town' this week. , He is an old
Tuckerstuith boy and moved to Moosomin
nine years ago,-where he has prospered.
On Tuesday, Olives, Keys of Varna met.
with a painful accident. he was splitting
wood when the axe came in pontact witlrhis
clothes line striking him allve the -eye.
...., Mrs. Geo. Card and tWo. children of .
North Dakota. are paying a pint yisit to
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. lvison of Kippen. She
went to Dakota 19 years ago and,this is her
first visit here. ,
Wm. Carnochan of Tuckersmith, who
'keeps a 1-•ilendid herd of thoroughbred
Durhams sold to Messrs. T.R.F.Case a
very fine steeer. It was 15 months old and
weighed 800 pounds. .
JANUARY 3,1925'-• '
We hear that A.A.Cuthill of Winthrop is
ont in the field for councillor.
Mrs. J.B.Ketchen 'ol. Brucefield won the .
Coleman lamp which was „siffered by 'ffie-
W.S.Scott & Co. fot° the Christmas season
by securing the largest number of coupons. •
On Saturday afternoon, Mrs.Robert
,Elgic of Tuckerstnith, entertained at a
trousseau tea in honolotif her daughter,
Miss Ethel, who this week was married to
Horner Hunt of Seaforth,.
Mig's Gladys McLean. of the London
Road. has been .engaged to teach a school
at Parkhill.• , ,
T.M.Grieve, Egmonliville, met with a
DECEMBER 29,1899
Mrs. James Johnson, •of •Sauble Line,
• Stanley, boasts of having raised the finest
flock'of turkeys' in the Township, the lo t
numbering something over 200 for which
she realized the sum 'of 45150.00.
Daniel Manley and James Lockhart of
Leadbury are in the field for Reeve. it can
safely be said that whichever one is elected
McKillop will ,have a good reeve.
Wm. Hackell. of Leadbury, has
purchased the farm of James Petrie. The
price agreed upon is $4500.00.
A number of willing hands assembled in
the woods and succeeded in cutting 40 '
cords of wood for Tower Bros. at Farquhar.
In the evening all repaired to the house,
where they enjoyed themselves tripping
the light fantastic. The music was supplied
by Bolton, Park and McDougall. •
David ffill of Merton stock farm, Staffa,
recently made two good sales. he sold a
four-y ear-old'cow and a 3 year-old heifer,.
for the nice sum 'of $200.
Alexander Mustard of Brucefield has
sold his farm in Algoma to a genteleman
from Ottawa.
bad accident,wheri he was struck by a steel
girder and had a leg fraftured. This
happened at Niagara and he was taken to a
hospital, in Buffalo,
The annual school concert of No. 10
TuckerSmith was held in, the school and
Was well attended by the section. J. Varley
'Was Chairman. Mr. and Mrs,,,C. Blowes Sr.
opfresMenit
tchelel accomplished singers, were
The 'hristmas music by St. Thomas
Church choir „ under the leadership of
E.W.Bateman was repeated. Thoie, taking
part Miss Gretta Merner, Clarl-Pirikney,
E.W.Bateman and Miss Teresa Brown.
A very pretty wedding took place at the
home of F J. KersINIce, Seaforth, when
their daugahter Rita Was united in..
marriage to Ivan Hill, B.Sc. of Waterford,
son of Mr. and Mr.s. James Hill of Staffa.
Dr. Larkin- Of First , Presbyterian
Church performed. the ceremony,
G.R.McCartney of the Mill Road r
eturned from a triP to the west. he reports
very severe 'Weather in. all the western
provinces.
The annual inst "allation of officers in
connection with Britannia Masonic Lodge
was held with a large attendance,
D.D.O.Aberhart of Seaforth was the
installing officer. The following are the
newly elected ' officers , - 4 4'
• A.D.Sutherland; W.M. R. Ovens;i44W1-3 ,b)abirt
'McKellar, S.W.0, "di
Chaplain. W.Ballantyne; Treasurer, and.
organist , L.T.DeLacey; secretary, C.
Aberhart; D. of C. J.T.Holmes;
J.D.J. Modelabd;' J.D.T.McMillan;
.M.Jones; S.S.D.F.Buck;
J.S.J. Beattie; Ty ler James Rankin,
auTdhiteorcsoouf'ncJii.Gfo.Mr iu91127wainild bRe .Masifoolnloews.s:
Mayor, W.H.Golding; Reeve J.W.Beattie;
Councillors W.A.Crich, G.P. ' Cardno,
F.U:Hutchison, G.T.Turnbull, R.G.parke
and A .D.S utherland. ,
DECEMBER 30th, 1949
Mr. and Mrs. J.J.Hugill observed their
fiftieth wedding,, anniversary. A ,family
dinner was held when theY were presented
with a basket of gold mums-and a tri-light.
In his youth, Mr. Hugill was known as a
fine penman. ,
On Monday in front of the . residence ,cif
, Walter Broadfoot, in Walton, a car virt'ed
by Wm. , Leming of Seaforth was sho
'forward several yards by a ca,r owned by
Clifford Bartlett of Mit/Shell whith went out
of control. Mrs. Bartlett received a bad cut
over her eye.
The annual Christmas party at the
Dtincan-Shoe factory was held on Friday
afternoon
Mrs. W.C.Bennett of-Walton talked to
her brother. Claude Patterson of Fargo N.
Dak. when he called to wish his mother
Mrs. J.-PattersOn a Merry Christmas. It is
1100 miles from here and the conversation ▪ was- quite clear,
Mrs. A.G.Smillie, well known resident of
Hensall passed away in her 83rd year
following a week's illness.
• Elizabeth Jane Kenny, widow of the late
Conrad Eckert paSsed away following an
illness of two Weeks: Mrs. Eckart was a
kind, patient woman and will be greatly
nliMssresd.. Frank Devereaux. of Toronto, was
here and while here had charge of the
organ in St. James Church owing to Mrs.
J.D.O'Connell, being confined to Scott
Memoi-ial Hospital,
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,. When we open a dew ledgei• or account book, the
first words. we write at the top are, "Carried
foiward." It is the act of bringing the results of the
old into the new. We re opening a new volume in', the
records of time.' As yet there i•s not a- mark upon its
pages but, the New Year will be largely determined
by what we Carry into it from the experiences of thd
old year. What are the qualities that we can carry
t ,,,:WagrosSihe divideAtime?,171ayk-wzlearnanythi
b 741f exPerierif,-4A,yvili aiebidsilin *hotiadkozWW,,
r.^.."'fittitrer Someone has said that the beSt Of"rhe
past is to get a future out of it. Let us "carry
forward".a few lessons learned fiorn our yesterdays.
, „Nothing ever, comes_ip the man with the closed ,
mind. All past progres,s has l3e'en possible because' •"
certain men and ivamen Ilad this oPen mind: There '
is no% finality ein ,thought, knoWledge, discovery or
'revelation.,,,are learning ever, and yr never able.
t'he Itnow)exige 'of the truth4•Vbe pOt,
iminediate years have brought us many new things.
Let us go into the future with alert, inquiring minds,
eager to learn rnore, susceptible _mentally to every
new fait h. Prejudice, hidebound traditions,
iron-clad customs are Stumbling blocks in the path of
progress: lnithis_new-age.,--we-espetially--need- men- •
and women of the open mind and the watchful eye.
Standing at the threshold of a New Year, some
like to- gonsidecthe future as a journey. What
excitement is conjured up in such a metaphor! Holy
Writ employs that figure as a description of life. The
Psalmist wrote, "Hear my prayer, 0 Lord, and giye
eay unto my cry, ...for I am a stranger with Thee and
a sojourner as my -fathers were". In the Epistle to
the liebreWs, the writer pict ured God's people es,
strangers and exiles on the earth, travellers on the
move, tent-dwellers. forever striking camp and
pushing on 'to new frontiers.
The Bible represents life as a journey with a
beginning and a destination, a constantly mpving
pilgrimage which allows brief stopping places aiofig
the way. December brought to a close a particular
stage in life's journey. Jsaritiary Marks the beginning
of a new .,stage but, it too, will have ah end, sooner,
perhaps. than we think:Every day brings us nearer
to life's completion; We Cannot hold back the dawn,
arrest the sun in its course or prohibit the DaSsing of
time.
We are facing an unknown tomorrow but
humanity has always done that and the past clearly
proves that adventure has been worthwhile. Only
those who *ere willing to take a risk, ' to make a
venture, have ever achieved a y hing. Columbus,
Livingstone, Scott, Lindberg a a, host of others
brought the wOrld forward because they went
forward not -knowing whither they went.. The
pioneers and adventurers have always blazed new
trails. We need Canadians with adventurous spirits.
Let us fare forth boldly, courageously.
Past experience is the best guarantee of a<usting
faith. God has led us wonderfully through the
yesteryears. Our faith ought to be accumulating
strength and confidence. As Canadians we should
have no nced for despair or discouragement. The
future holds a rich promise,Let us walk forward in
faith. We must expect surprises, look for the
uhusual and believe in the unexpected. The strength
of any life lies in its expectancy. Let us expect
-something miraculous, something phenomenal,
something extraordinary.
Scripture informs us that Moses went up from the
plains of Moab to Mount Nebo and theLord showt11
hitt, the Promised Land. From this vantage point he
was able to loot back on what had transpired and
forward to what lay ahead. At the Gato of the Year
we, too, can look back on our successes, our
shortcomings; ahead to new opportunities, new
possibilities. We can reyiew the route along which
we have come and endeavour to survey the
uncharted path immediately ahead. We can,
perhaps, do no better than to hearken to the words
spoken unto Joshua, "Be strong and very
courageous, being-careful To do according td all the
law which Moses, my servant, commanded you; turn •
not from it to the right hand or to the left,,that you
may have good success wherever you go.", These
words by St. Paul seem appropriate for the new
Year, `,,Torgetting what lies behind and straining
forward to what lies ahead, I Press on."
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"For THIS we send you • •
Reme,rn eringise.
to art School?" '
"Stretching before us lies the coming year
As ptire as snow
Where no foot has Set. fresh fallen from h eaven
To earth be,!*
We tremblo,, ere 'v.'1,4 'ttead on aught so fair
AA:nri tid dWar:Itr- vSileeing not whereto it leads,
oauleifb:f?ore, Gr eat Guide anci Spirit.
GS tot .; hu t
Connsellor Divine;
'So shall we make no footprints of our own
Rut tread in Thine." Anon.
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