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This season, it is .our wish that your spirit be moved by the
inspiration and., hope- that .distinguished the first Christmas.
And that its meaning then . of peace and• good will toward
men . „ will be its meaning now for you and your loved ones.
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29th
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Editorial comment
Guards fall at Christmas
At :this time of giving and getting the- f
Cone strangely Mu2zIedi1 in constant contact with masses of
people, and can summon everY:cOrner4f iA Al I n1' this short ;season ,of ,beauty, we
the! globe with a turn of the television listen to ,the out4,greeting
know psych iatri sts,, See out 'core 43ersotia cards winged With ii gratef emo r est
4 '41.4 ,1 ,f .#4\ Li 1 ):irbblem a "sense* :of isoletaffit trld— dwell agairi oh the age-old story of earth'S
loneliness. We are afraid to open, the renewal through a babe' whose advent
barriers we erect about ourselves and, let - - brea;th of hope.-and healing to a
others in. hard boiled,' ailing world. (Board of
Witness how, on those occasions when Evangelism' and Socia) Service, United
we :do give voice to faith or trust. or. ChufCh Of Canada).
, _ Ane :Thew system but the 'Protestant •
"cOuntries were slower. In 1752, Great
Britain made, the change, by having
•Wednesday, September 2, followed by
Thursday, September 14. Russia didn't
get around to the Gregorian calendar until
about 60 years, ago.
The new year starts with January,
named after the Roman god, Janus, who
kept the gate of heaven. He is two-faced
and is supposed to be able to look back
into 'the old year and ahead into the new
— hence the reason for naming the first
month after him.
This information may or may not be
interesting and whatever its significance
there is no escaping the fact that the year
is nearly gone. But take heart — there is a
-new one just around the corner. (New
Hamburg Independent).
First in 20 years
A previously hopeless alcoholic, who
had: triumphantly changed the course of
his life through The Salvation Army's
Harbour Light Rehabilitation programme
for alcoholics, spent last Christmas in
complete sobriety, Eor the first time in 20
years, the holy season had real meaning
for 'this man, as he was, Once again, able
to look to the years ahead with hope
rather than despair.
the good work done by The Salvation
THE CLINTON NEW El,e3 e •
December 29, 1893
Mr. McDonagh has rented a
room over Cooper's Book 4.1eire
and will open an insurance
office,
- In the last issue of the
Methodist Magazine is an ,able
article on Science and Progress
by C, A. Chant, 13,A.„ brother of
Mr. H. 13. Chant of town.
Mr, 3, C. Cole of Flint,
Michigan formerly . hi' Clinton,
has been elected Chaplain of one
of the largest Odd fellows'
Lodges in that city.
The many old friends of Mr.
John Calbick now of Goderich,
will be pleased to learn that lie
has recovered from his reelle t
.severe
55 years ,4346);: , t:. ,
'" THE CLINTON NEW-4W
D eele n3W0A2,4i119 )iii
44,. Mr. Karl ,Wilkin of tee:know
spent Sunday with his father. tie
sang at the evening' service in
Wesley Church. '
Miss Belle Draper, teacher at
Harmoney, near Stratford, is
spending the vacation at, : her
home in town. e •
Mr. - - and Mrs. Thoen as
Hawkins and children are
,spending Christmas in Hamilton.
. Dr. Annabel MeEwan is
holidaying in town.
Mies Violet Phillips of
Londesboro spent a few days
with Bessie Wells of Blyth.
40 years ago
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
December 27, 1928
• Miss Clete Ford of the elaff
of Alma College, St. Thorpas,
and Mr. Wilbur and Miss Jean
Ford of London came homer, for
Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Nixon Welsh of
Obituary
W. H. FAIRSERVICE
William Herbert Fairservice,
219 Cowper Street, Clinton;
died Decerriber 14 at Clinton
Public Hospital. He was 59 years
old and lived in Clinton- 24
years.
Mr. Faitservice was born May
22, 1909 in Belmont, Man., a
son of the late William and
Addle (Main) Fairservice. His
family mitered to Londesboro
when he was a child and he lived
there until moving to Clinton.
A retired farmer, he was
married November 30, 1944 to
the former Helen Kennedy,
Survivors include a brother,
George, of Clinton; four sisters,
Mrs. Sam (Mary) Appleby of
Blyth, Mrs. Ralph (Isabelle)
Joshing of Goderich, Mrs.
George (Elizabeth) Fear of Blyth
and Mrs: George (Effie) PiateY
of Clinton,
Funeral services were held
December 17 at Ball Funeral
Home in Clinten with the
Reverend R. U. McLean
officiating, burial was in Clinton
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Harold
Crittenden, Louis FreeMen, Dick
Steep, Joe Steep, Bill Appleby
and Lloyd Appleby. Flower
bearers were Brian Kennedy and
Brian Feat.
Christmas morning.
I question the updating Pr
century-old carols, the
significance of Rudolph, the
beauty of purple and orange
trees, the sentiments Of some
celebrations.
I dislike the deceit of
Christams when parents stuff
their children's heads full of
idiotic stories about a magical
old man who grants every wish
at Christmas time; When toy
manufacturers use Christmas to
bleed every last cent from the
public; when adults make
Christmas the excuse for a long
drunken orgy.
But most of all, I abhor the
way the Baby Jesus is left
forgetter) under tons of gaudy
wrapping paper.
No wonder the world is
beginning to shout, "God is
dead". What else is there to
believe when His greatest miracle
is spurned in favour of glittery
commercialism?
For me, Christmas is a season
early files
ago, that the roads were free of
'snow enough to motor home for
.Christmas.
Misses Eleanor and Jean
Plumsteel of the University of
Western Ontario are home for
the vacation.
Mr. Elmer Paisley of the
Toronto University is holidaying
at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. 0: L, Pailsey,.
Miss Mary Brown,
nurse-in-training at Providence
Hospital, Detroit, and Miss Lucy
Brown of the hospital office
staff spent Christmas with their
grandparents, ,Mr. and Mrs.
James Levy.
25 years ago
['HE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, December 23, 1943
Flying Officer William F.
'Blondie' Cook is home on a
month's furlough after serving in
the RCAF as a fighter pilot for
ite*t-?:; t;e2 01)YlaSP - 4 ';i.;; • z-,tenil freeman, son Of Mr
and Mrs. J. Freeman, Huron
Road.: East, . is home from the
isienee'of Kiska in the Arctic in
the capture of which he
participated along. with the
Canadian troops. •
Miss Phyllis Herman, student
at Western University, London,
:is spending the holidays with her
parents; Mr. and Mrs. W, T.
Herman.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown -
of Brampton were weekend
visitors in town.
Mr. and Mrs, H. A. Steven of
Port Dalhousie and Miss Annice
Bartliff of Munice will spend
Christmas at the home of Mr.
and Mr,s Harry Bartliff.
December 16, 1943
LAC Mervin Nott has
returned to Oshawa after
spending two weeks' vacation
with his 'parents,Mr. and Mrs. 13.
Nott, of Hullett.
John 'Mac' Cameron, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Cameron,
Huron street, who is a recent
recruit in the active army at
London, was a weekend visitor at
his home in town.
Mrs. John McClure, Bayfield,
left last week to visit her
daughters in Toronto and
Uxbridge.
Clifford Snyder of. London
was a weekend guest of Bob
Miller.
Nursing Sister Dorothy Carr of
Halifax, N.S. is visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. George
MacDonald at Mrs. H. C,
Lawson's home, King street.
• London spent the Christmas
holidays with Mr. and Mrs. R.
Welsh. This is the first time since
leaving Clinton twenty years
to weer anew God's undying
compassion for sinners, It is a
time to rejoice as the shepherds
did — not because we are
artifieally boosted by Whiskied,
eggnog and ruin sauce but
because we are thrilled that God
ehoee to save us from ourselves.
I want my children to know
the glorious sensation of being
lifted out of the despair of a
cruel, unfeeling existence into a
happy, peaceful life of faith. I
went them to be certain that
God is NOT dead, but only
pushed out of the. lives of some
unbelievers who demand visible
proof for every singel thing.
Christmas reminds me that I
am nothing more than e human
being, a 'creature of flesh and
blood without power to shape a
seedling or change the seasons,
The birthday of a tiny child
convinces me that God is still
very much in His heaven, and all
is right with the world.
A blessed Christmas to each
one of you,
• • •
15 years ago
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
December 24, 1953
Charles Bell and Don,
Bay field, motored to
Collingwood on Friday for
George Bell who is home after a
sailing season as third engineer
aboard the S. S. "Prindoc".
Miss Shirley Sutter, Guelph,
accompanied by her nephew, f
Ronald Robbins, Acton, visited
over the weekend at the home of
the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Sutter.
Rev. and Mrs. Hugh C. Wilson
visited, with relatives in, Aylmer
and London yesterday. Last
evening they attended the
festival of Christmas music
presented by the Earle Terry
Singers.
10 years ago
December 18, 1958
^Mr. 'e ^and,' eMrs".- c•Jtehn"
Cuninghame, Kip, John Craig,
Kristin and Karen, of Liverpool
N.Y, are expected to spend
Christmastide with the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Cuninghame.
Sergeant and Mrs. L. E.
Morton, and'Mr. and Mrs. Frank
McCullough spent Saturday in
Kitchener, the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Bezeau.
Berne McKinley, Toronto, is
spending three weeks at the
home of his parents,Mr. and Mrs.
Elgin McKinley, Goshen Line.
Dominion-Provincial bursaries
were presented Eugene Bender,
Katherine Blacker, Frances
McCullough, Mary Helen Yeo
and James Managhan at the
CDCI Commencement.
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
December 24, 1958
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Cook,
Sarnia, spent the weekend with
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. 'Nickle,
Sunday guests were Me and Mrs.
George McCague, Harriston.
Miss Marion Turner, daughter
of Ralph Turner, Varna, recently
joined the staff of the Ontario
Hydro, Clinton rural office.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Murphy, Arva, visited Sunday
with the lady's parents, Mr. and
Mrs, Wilbur Welsh. Michael
returned home with them after a
few holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Featherstone, Bayfield, left on e,
Monday to spend Christmas with
their daughter, Mrs. Keith
Leonard and -family, Willowdale.
Miss Mary Clark,
n urse-i n- training at Sick
Children's Hospital, Toronto,
spent the weekend with her
parents Mr: and Mrs. Fordyce
Clark, Auburn.
From. Window.
A blesse0 Christmas
Shirley Keller
, ,„ ‘-,a fettion, we preface then') ,with dodgy
`best 'gift Of all is Christmas itself. For a phrases. "I 'don't .want to see maudlin,
'fevii„ brief days we shed the coat of . Maybe it's old age creeping up, < I I now
cyricism and dare to be ourselves. What is this saunas sq uare."
:deep in our hearts, comes to the surface iAt Christniias We can drop, the guards as Perhaps the world of steel' girderS, we let our handS, and pens ;roaring traffic, flashing 'Ii:ghts communicate i the goodwill and empathy pusbbutton controls accounts for our fear that usually xstruggle , belovy the' surface, of 'any sort of sentiment. Though_ we.
This is December and the end of 1968
is in sight. Nearly gone is another year,
believe it or not.
Strangely enough, the name December,
comes frail the' Latin decem or ten. IR
the; early Roman calendar, which started
in March, this was the tenth month `fn 46
BC, Julius Caesar set up a new calendar of
12 months and December became the
final 'one of the year. July was named in
his honour. "
This is the calendar that we use today,',
with some slight changes. By 1552,
because Caesar had been slightly out in his
calculations, the years had become too
long by over a week. Pope Gregory XIII
had the dates jumped several days and this
system was eventually adopted
thniughout the world. The Roman
Catholic countries were quick to adopt .
•
Army in helping disturbed men to help
themselves, providing a protective
environment in the early stages, locating
jobs for them, and, above all, never giving
up in even the most difficult cases, has
given the Army's programme for
alcoholics an envious record of success.
Of the nearly 1,500 alcoholics who
were received in Salvation Army Harbour
Light centres last year, 680 were
satisfactorily discharged.
When Christmas round
each year I just can't use this
spot to make jokes concerning
the way People rush about,
shopping and beking• 444
cleaning and decorating.
Sure, there are more amusing
aspect;; to Christmas like Ihe
roly-poly Santa Claus in the tear
accessories store who looks like
a remnant of Hallowe'en in his
mask and false whiskers. But 'for
the most part Christmas iee holy
season which imparts feelings of '
brotherhood and goodwill to all
people.
I suppose I could be called
"old-fashioned" about the way I
view Christmas, For instance, I
hate to see the word spelled
"Xmas" for it is Christ that gives
Christmas its meaning.
I wonder about the thousands
and thousands of dollars spent in
December for tinsel and peesents
and booze and food, in retaaOn
to the number of dollars
deposited on the church altar
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From our:
75 years ago