HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-12-23, Page 19'Susan
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ev J. Roberts
Seaforth
Seaforth -will seek support
from, all the muncipalities in
Huron for a request .to the two
local school boar& to -give
councils an idea of what their tax
requirements will be earlier in the
year.
Deputy 'Reeve Bill Dale told
oSuncil Monday night that
receiving the school board leVies
This is what gives us our joy.
Our God is with us.
This is what our celebration is
about; to remember that He
promised, "I am with you all days
,even to e end of time."
Father,
May this corning celebration of
the birth of your Son
bring- us Your Divine help
and prepare us for eternal life.
Amen
Rev. Robert Roberts
Egmondville United Church
There is an old tradition in the
old countries which tells• us that
during the Season of Advent
when Man' remembers the birth,
of its Lord a Certain angel is sent
from heaven to earth disguised as
a man to spread the message of
Christmas. The angel is -not a
minister nor a priest; he does not
preach the message of "... peace
on earth good Will to men";
rather, this messenger from
heaven lives the good news that
God is very much, among . us,
The angel-visits the shut-ins;
he shows warmth and compassion
to those who know only
seeks support
as late as April makes it very hard
for local couccils to do' their own
budgeting. "With the' amount of
help they've got up •there, they
could at least get an' appoximate
figure to us," he said.
Mayor Betty Cardno and
councillor Wayne Ellis suggested
that deputy reeve Dale and reeve
John Flannery 'could bring the'
request, up at County Council.
"Others may feel the same way,"
councillor Ellis said.
On a 'recommendation from
deputy reeve Dale, council
.decided to write a the other
municipalities, seeking support
for the wqtiest to the boards, and
to send the replies to County
Council.
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Christmas clay a rtttle bleak.
I, didn't make ChriStM4 cake
this y' ear so that theoretically
gave me lots of time to do other
things. EVery year for• the past
five or' six I've made this ,
Christmas cake but I have trouble
getting past the first step. The
fruit and raisins would get put in
a bowl and doused with rum.
They're supposed to stay that way
overnight and the next day you
make the batter and put the eake
together.
But that day in the rum usually
stretched to several weeks
because I never seemed to get
time to get back to the fruit and
• make the cake. The fruit would
dry out and I'd have to add more
rum. Anyway, for several years I
had either the rummiest or the
dryest fruitcake around.
So this year I gave that up for a
lost cause. I decided to Make
gingerbread people (no sexism in
this column) instead. 1 don't have
one of ttiose pastry decoiating
tubes so I used little silver and
ulticoloured dots for —eyes and
our God - Divinity Itself revealed. We pause then from our buttons etc. Let me tell you it isn't
and.p. resent to us in human form, ' ordinary. activities for 'Christmas easy to make those' tiny things
What awe, what mystery fills this time to remetnber that He came stick.• And all those little
plaCe, fills this moment.. We fo us and that He remains with us gingerbread people cut out on my
We are preparing to celebrate • pause spiritually and mystically, to and how' much Our Good God kitchen counter top started to
enjoy its presence. make me dizzy. That night I
what is the greatest event in the' loves us,
And for all of this there must be counted little brown things with history of mankind; the birth on Our God is present. He is a response on our • part. silver dots, not sheep, to get to
earth of Christ our God. present with us in this year of • May it be to live in God's - sleep.
1976. His name is Emmanuel a presence with us here on earth all • Some of. the gingerbread
It is a wonderful e.ent that name which mean's • God-is-with -- the days of our lives with all that people were going to be haepened long ago in us Christmas tree decorations but I
gave up on that after sticking
ribbons to three of the little dears
took me -about half an hour. After
all that, only half of my
gingerbread person made it to the
tree and the rest crumbled en
route.
It was probably a mistake, but
we decided to get away from it all
and take a day off last weekend.
That involved driving through
Friday night's blinding snow
storm to see the National Ballet 'in
London. Just out of Cromarty the
car died but the better half, with
prayer and positive thinking, he
resentment and scorn; he makes swears his mechanical skills had
lighf the heav y heart; he loots nothing to do with it, ) got it going
for the good in the bad; he brings again.
peace to those in trouble. This is The ballet was great. Karen
the message of Christmas; this is Kain danced with an infectious
God at work amongst his peoAlee,. grin on her face and. movements
that were as smooth as silk. We
Now to those who are new in stayed overnight with friends and
next day spent too much time and
money at an auction. "Saturday
night we arrived, home exhausted
with tons of things' yet, to be done
for Christmas.
Given the condition of our
house, getting , ready for
Christmas involves a whole lot
more than putting up a tree and a
few wreaths. This .year it meant
sanding and refinishing all the
downstairs floors except the
kitchen's. My Scrooge like
husband, who caught my column
about carols last week, says he's
too bloody busy working on the
floors to sing anything.
But he was serenaded several
times over the weekend by
friends who took my message to
heart. One friend even played her
Autry no .less, for me at a
Christmas.party. It's all m usic to
my ears and he's coming around
(or getting worn down).
The floors looked so bright and-
shiny on Stmday that we were
inspired to move some furniture
into the living room. It was stored
at my mother's house and she
MR. & MRS.., SANTA VISIT SINGLES CLUB — Tpm and Anne,Kulholland of
F.11.3, Mitchell,weretwo of the newlyweds greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus at
the Christmas Party held by the Singles Club of Huron Saturday night at Vanastra.
'Since the Singles Club was formed about two years ago fifty couples from the group
have been married. These couples were special guests at the Christmas Party.
(Phbtb by Oke)
Messages from the, clergy
• NO matter 119W hard-1. to to, 1,
get everything done well ahead of
time and 2, *4y. calm and swag
regardless of whether it'S:4099.9c,
not, the last days . before
.Christmas always „ turn into
hectic rush at out place. ' •
And I imagine it'4 the same for
a lot of you. To make you feel a
whole lot better about .your
pre-Christmas rush, I'll tell you"
what we've been doing. Then you —
can pat yourself on the back and
say "at least I'm not THAT
disorganized."
Sunday night I gdt the
Christmas tree up and decorated.
Big deal you say? It is .„ last year
we didn't get the tree up until
Boxing Day and while that sort of
,provided a relief from the after
'Christmas let down, it made
God is with us even today
Rev. H. J. Laragh
St. James Parish
Seaforth
Bethlehem; a wonderful story,
the greatest' story ever told.
-Is it our God who is born? Tell
us what have you heard and what
have you seen? What happened
was not just a normal natural
event. For the bsabe involved is
loving Hitn entailS.
Christmas angel represents love
the. Faith of who have little faith,,
the_ angel will come as an
outsider. To those who live the
Faith; they know that the angel is
anyone who shows the Love, the
Mercy, the Compassion,. the
Warmth of the Christmas
Message to their fellow man. Do
not expect the Christmas angel to
knock at your dbor; the Chrsitmas
angel is you. '
You're
Invited
• As the'shepherds kept their vigil at night,
our Savior was born.j Let us rejoice as we celebrate
His glorious coming. Sincere thanks to all.
joyous hRiSTIVIAS
• favourite 'carol record, by- Gene
No strings attached puppetiers
puppet show — How the Grinch
Stole Christmas and The Squirrel
Who Believed in Santa:
Thursday, Dec. 30 at 3:30,
Seafoith Lower Library.
I \ You're invited to an open house
at the Van Egmond House on
Wednesday, Dec. 29th from 2-4
p.m. to view typical pioneer
Christmas decorations.
was daniecl.glad to ,Net rid of it.
But that meant a rush trip to
Seaforth, oo mean,-feat as we
were expectitig friends for dinner
at 5 p.m, They arrived just before
Andy and - the furniture so,
naturally they worked for their
meal, helping to move the couch
in before they could sit on
But anyone dropping by our
place about 10 p.m. Sunday night
would have found a lovely
pastoral scene. Six of us sat
around in the newly furnished
living room, looking at the tree
which' seems right at home,
despite the fact that it's the first
Christmas tree in at least 20 years
to stand in the room, eating home
made mince pie.
The moral is, relax, and enjoy
the holiday season. No matter
how much rushing-around we do,
there comes a point when you
have to 'Say woaa, what is this all
about anyway?
Christmas is all about a Child
who was bdrn to bring peace and
harmony to a troubled world. It's '
a time . to enjoy qatighter and
memories with good friends and
family. It's a time to think about
what each one of us can do to
make this community and this
world a better place—It's a time
for the children and a time to look
for' ,and celebrate the child that
lives in every one of us.
Sure we'll get a little frantic as
the big day draws near. But I'm
trying to remember that me, -in a
good and joyful humour is more
important than the best gift, the
best dinner, the 'best tree or the
best cookies.
May you all have a joyful
Christmas with family -and
friends. Tiny Tim said 'it best;
"God bless you every one:"
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It's been hectic for all of us at
the Expositor this week, mating
last minute preparations for our
big Christmas and New 'Years
issue But we've had a lot of fun
too, especially with this week's
,centerfold photos of the Expositor
staff. Now most of us, maybe
Dave Robb is the exception, never
dreamed we would ever make it to
a centerfold anywhere.
But Dave came up with the
layout of the bells and as there
was no way we'd atl fit on , one
it was centerfold for all of
us. Dave set up an assembly line
to take everyone's photo' last
week but there ' was a lot' of
grouching about "my hair looks
horrible" and "I always take a
bad picture" so we gave all the
grouchers a choice.
The Expositor Christmas
greeting, referred' to' affection-
ately around here as the ding,a-
lings had one bell earmarked for
each of us. Anyone who didn't
like his, or her picture could run a
blank'bell, suitably inscribed with
his or her name: At last count,
nobody volunteered to go into the
paper as a blank ding-a-ling but
just to make sure, you'd bOtter
turn to page, 12 and 13 and take a
look.
• Now we work really hard every
week. bringing your Expositor to
you, but we have a wgohoedthtei rmethtoeyo
and ,each person
work 50 hours a week or three,
contributes a lot to making this
paper what we modestly thing is a
good one. Thanks to all the staff
for effort that is usually above and
beyond the call of duty.
And Merry Christmas to each
of you from each of us.
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