Clinton News-Record, 1953-12-24, Page 2Bail The .lest Morn'
(The News -Record has been requested to use this poem ice
its columns during the Christmas season.)
This Christian peens by the New Churchman and famed
author of the "Old Oaken Bucket," has been, as far as we
know, published only once previously when it appeared, with
numerous typographical errors, in a New Church weekly, The
Retina,. March 20, 1844, and is not to be found hs any anthology.
This unusual little church paper was published in Cincinnati and
"simultaneously in Hamilton, Ohio," by William C. Howells,
father of the noted writer,
William Dean Howells, stauncn.
Swedenborgian,
Strike the loud anthem, to hail the blest morning,
Jesus the Savior an infant appears
Lo! in the East, a new day -spring is dawning!
Hark! the glad tidings which sound in our ears!
On thisauspicious morn,
To us a child is born,
Glory to God in the highest be given;
Hair our Redeemer's birth,
Goodwill and peace on earth—
Man shall again have conjunction with Heaven,
Hark! 'twas the voice of a seraph that sounded,
Shepherds of Judea start with surprise;
While, with a radiance of glory surrounded,
Troops of bright angels descend from the skiers.
Now loud the choral strain
Swells round the happy plain,
Glory to God in the highest be given—
Hail our Redeemer's birth,
Goodwill and peace on earth;
Man shall again have conjunction with heaven.
Hail to the Savior, descending from heaven,
To build Him a kingdom which never shall cease;
The child that is born and the Son that is given,
Is God everlasting, the great Prince of Peace.
Praise Him with grateful lays,
Pour forth the soul in praise;
The government rests on His shoulders alone:
In' Him the Godhead dwells,
Which has subdued the hells;
And God the Creator as Jesus is known.
--Samuel Woodworth.
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C ,INIONNEWSNRICARD
TRURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1953,
Clinton News -Record
THE C4UNTON NEW ERA
First issue June 6 1865
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 24, 1953
Have You Had One Yet?
WE CERTAINLY HOPE that you haven't
had your accident yet. Your December
accident that is. For everyone seems to be
getting into the act, What with slippery roads
and carefree people, more and more accidents
are being reported locally every week. Most
of them are minor, it is true. But they all
have the makings of a very serious one.
Now, with Christmas only a matter of hours
away, you do not want to be the cause of
unhappiness in your own home, or in that of
anyone else. Make it your business to see
that your car is in the best of running order.
Even of more importance, make doubly sure
that the driver of your car is in the best of
driving condition. If you know you must drive
after the party, then refrain from joining in
revelry Match will impair your driving ability.
Remember, the life you save may be your own.
They're Still Working
THIS COUNCIL OF 1953 is doing a job right
up to the end of the year. They could
easily have shirked this iast little item of CACI
addition debentures, by saying "The dying coun-
cil should not decide this. Let the 1954 coun-
cil do the job." •
They are not doing this at all. The special
meeting on Monday evening will be followed
With another one next Monday evening. The
men have agl:eed to accept no fees for either
of these special meetings. This action follows
that taken at several other of the special meet-
ings during the year.
Whatever may be said in future about the
council of 1953, (and probably the year will be
remembered for some time with the words,
"old fire engine" and the "municipal building")
whatever else may be said, the year should be
noted as one when the councillors conscientiously
tried to keep expenses down' and stay within
the budget.
They are, a loyal lot of councillors. Truly
the number of meetings when even one of the
council was absent can be counted easily on
one hand. Even at this latest, practically rou-
tine meeting, in the middle of a rush of Christ-
mas business for those who are merchants,
everyone showed up.
And throughout the year when a spokesman
for the town was needed, Mayor W. J. Miller
was there, to rise splendidly when called on.
If 20 more Clintonians had as sincerely wel-
comed -visitors to the town as Mayor Miller
did this year, then Clinton would have gained
much in the esteem and popularity with the
countryside.
Mayor Miller gave unstintingly of his time
throughout the year, and the councillors follow-
ed suit. The small stipend afforded the men
in return for hours of their time looks meagre
in contrast with salaries of others.
The people of Clinton may well say, "Thank
you, men, for your services." And next year's
council, worthy- though they may well be, will
have their work cut out for them, if they do
serve as well.
The Best Answer
(Exeter Time -Advocate)
A SMILE CREATES HAPPINESS in the
home, fosters good -will in business — and
is the countersign of friends.
It is rest to the weary, daylight to the
discouraged, sunshine to the sad, Nature's best
antidote for trouble.
Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed
or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly
good to anybody until it is given away.
And if someone is too tired to give .you ,a
smile, just give them one of yours anyway. For
nobody needs a smile as much as those who
have none left to give,—(Contributed)
What Price Tolerance?
CERTAINLY WE AGREE with those who men-
tion that at least in a weekly newspaper
a person is not very likely to come across the
name of a certain well-known United States
gentleman by the name of McCarthy. We feel
that the editorial columns of a weekly news-
paper are especially meant for the presentation
and discussion of local problems, and we avoid
world politics as much as possible.
But there are so many so-called world
politic matters which touch deeply to home.
After all, what is world politics, but the outer
machinery for life in small municipalities . and
localities?
We read recently in the Globe and Mail,
a quite thought-provoking column of which we
want to bring you a part. This, we believe is
our problem, just as much as the fate of the
town hall here in Clinton, or the price a farmer
gets for hogs in Huron County.
"The news dispatch from London, England,
was brief. It said:
"A small crowd gave the Fascist salute and
shouted 'Heil' when Sir Oswald Mosley, former
British Fascist leader, arrived to address a
meeting at a pub in the east end of London
Saturday night. Mosley said his new 'union
movement' will start a public campaign next
spring and will put up candidates for parliam-
entary by-elections."
"Blow bugles, blow.
"And once 'again let us bare our throats to
the razor's edge in the name of Tolerance.
"There was a time . There was a time
not long ago, when Fascist hordes menaced most
of Europe. There was a time when reason was
ground beneath the jackboots of evil men and
Mercy could not endure in the sour smell of
fanaticism. Heil Hitler, Heil Mosley.
"There was a time when Sir Oswald Mosley
was interned ,as an enemy of the people. And
that wasn't so long ago.
"The war was on. And Democracy was re-
turning blow for blow.
"The Canadian Communist leaders who
could be caught were interned as enemies of
the people, too. For the war had started and
they had sought to harry, betray us in honor of
their friend Hitler, the great friend of Stalin,
their master.
"And hi time, the Communists were releas-
ed from their internment camps as harmless.
For Hitler had turned on Russia, their spiritual
motherland, and it became more important to
them to help Russia than to hinder Canada.
"The long years of anguish came to a close
at last and the bayonet was returned to the
scabbard and the bomb to its rack. Sections
of. Europe and stretches of Asia lay in ruins
about the quiet dead.
"And we can count our own dead in the
tens of thousands, settling them down in col-
umns, in alphabetical • order, with initials and
rank set forth neatly, the young men of Canada
who met death in far lands and in strange
places.
"Or we can remember them as names on an
Honor Roll; the fading photographs of youths
in uniform. Bill and Harry and Jim, forever
in their 20's. How old would Eddie be now?
"Old enough to laugh, stranger.
"What does tolerance mean?
"Why, it means tolerance for Fascists to
organize once again. And it means tolerance
for Communists to conspire in our midst once
again.
"And it means that only when they are
strong enough to turn and rend us, may we
' strike back at them. And then a new genera-
tion whose names will be Bill and Harry and
Jim will grapple with the foe and blood will run.
"What is the meaning of tolerance?
"For that matter, what is the. meaning of
folly?"
The First Christmas Gifts
QILVER AND GOLD and ivory
The Magi brought to Him,
.Coral and glittering jewels,
Caskets filled to the brim:
Cold things for a child in a stable bed—
Gifts for a worldly king's proud head.
A woolly white lamb, newborn and small,
The humble shepherds brought to Him.
A gift to cuddle, alive and warm,
They brought to that stable cold and dim,
With insight old as the hills they trod -1
A little white lamb for the Lamb of God.
And the little Boy of Bethlehem
Opened His eyes and smiled on them,
Blinked at the blaze of gold and gem ---
And stretched out his hand for the
little white lamb.
—Marion Doyle.
From Our Early Files
40 BARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton New Era
Thursday, Decoirlber 25, 1913
The Bprden Government has ap-
pointed three commissioners to in-
vestigate the high cost of living,
one of the three being R. H.
Coats, editor of the Labour Gaz-
ette and ,statistician of the De-
partment of Labour, Ottawa. Mr.
Coats is a native pf Clinton, be-
ing the youngest son of the late
Robert Coates, and brother of W.
Coates, County Registrar.
The Moose Jaw News of Deeem-
ber 18, bas the following item in
their social and personal column:
"The exhibition of china painted
by Miss Agnes Middleton, Clinton,
Ontario, was a great success, the
ladies being very enthusiastic in
their admiration of the artistic
conventional designs. Miss Middle-
ton hopes to continue her studies
in Ottawa this spring,
Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Hawkins
are spending Christmas in Hamil-
ton.
Ross Forbes, student at Strat-
ford Normal School, is here for
the vacation.
The Clinton News Record
Thrsday, December 25, 1913
The following • are among the
members of the Clinton Model
I
School class who have secured
schools for the ensuing .term: Miss
Jean Willey goes to No. 1 Stanley;
Miss Elizabeth Ford to Corinth
in Elgin County; Manley Shipley
to North Bay; Harold Cantelon to
No. 2 Colborne; Henderson For-
rest to Summerhill.
Mrs. (Dr.) Mac Callum, King-
ston, arrived on Monday to spend
a few weeks at the parental home
in town, that of Mr. and Mrs, John
Wiseman.
Broder McTaggart returned Sat-
urday from McGill University,
Montreal and George McTaggart
from St. Andrew's College, Toron-
to.
Miss Edna Cooper of the teach-
ing staff of the Wingham High
School is spending the vacation at
her home in town.
Charles Howson, who has been
representing the government of
the western provinces for some
months past, is spending a few
days with his mother and sister
in town.
Fred G. Sloman is home from
his school in the North Bay area
for the holiday season.
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The Clinton News -Record
Thursday, Deceniber 20, 1928
Wilfred Flynn has taken aosi-
tion as junior on the staff of p the
local branch of the Bank of Mont-
real,
R. Tasker is preparing to open a
furniture finishing and repair shop
in the old Jackson Block, Rat-
tenbui y Street East.
Alvin Leonard, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Leonard of town, seems
to be entering into the life of the
United Church in Elmira, as he
always did while at home. He was
recently appointed assistant organ-
ist in the Sunday School,
Miss Lily Kennedy spent the
weekend with Toronto friends.
Robert affiddleton of the College
of Pharmacy, Toronto, is spending
the Christmas vacationwith his
parents, Sheriff and Mrs, Middle-
ton, Sunnyside Farm.
Miss Florence Rorke is home
from Alma College, St. Thomas,
for the Christmas vacation.
Mrs. A. D. Beaton and Holmes
Beaton are leaving to spend
Christmas and expect to remain a
couple of months, with the form-
er's daughter in Toronto, -
10 YEARS AGO
Clinton News -Record
Thursday, December 23, 1943
WO Harold Seeley, who has been
stationed at Ottawa for some time
has been transferred to Leth-
bridge, Alberta, and promoted to
the rank of Warrant Officer, first
class.
F/O William F. "Blondie" Cook
is home on a month's furlough
after serving in the RCAF as a
fighter pilot for nearly two years.
Mrs. Gordon Craig has received
word that her husband, Trooper
Craig is with the 2nd Armoured
Regiment in the Mediterranean.
LAC Lloyd Fulford has been
transferred to Lethbridge, Alta.
George Rumball, RCNVR, or Or-
leans, Quebec, is home' on a mon-
th's furlough and will report back
in Quebec City on January 6,
Stewart Freeman, son of Mr.
and Mrs, J. Freeman, Huron Road
East, is home from the Island of
Kiska in the Arctic. Stewart par-
ti.eipated in the capture of the
island which he describes as bar-
ren and desolate.
F/O Frank Vines, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. Vines, Goderich, and
some years ago known as Canada's
youngest flyer, is now stationed at
Gibraltar.
Pte. Kelso B. Streets, RCOC,
Halifax, N.S., is home on leave.
Frank Trewartha, who is at-
tending Queen's University, King-
ston, is spending his holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Trewartha.
and a
Peter,
merry Christmas
happy new year
from
of the Back Shop
who sends
this mousey wish:
"Good Cheese for All!"
HAPPY
NOEL!
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May the ;music
of the bells
bring harmony
to your house
at Christmas!
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BARBER - BEAUTY
and
LADIES' WEAR
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FROM US
TO YOU ON
CHRISTMAS
May alt the Joys
of the season be
tl!. delivered to you
reg at this happy ball
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very best wishes, gift -wrapped in t
beautiful Christmas package, and
tied, firmly with a generous bow
enduring friendship, - •
W. C. Newcombe, Phm.B.
Chemist and Druggist
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