HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-12-22, Page 7Adastral Park Brownies who recently flew up to Guides are from the left, Karen Belleveau, Mary
Anne Cummings, Wendy Sewell, Janet Humphreys, Laurie MacDonald, Susan Foster and Michele
Langevin.
Adastral Park Land Ranger Diane Delcellier, third from right,
receives her pin from Mrs.' Ella May Harper of CFB Clinton,
district commissioner. Assisting her is Mrs. Anne Belleveau,.
Ranger captain. Rangers Anita Brochu, third from left, and Jo
Ryan and Nancy Parker, right, wait in line.
Forecast poultry• demand rise
... to you, our customers.'
We thank you for your pat-
ronage and wish you a joy-
ous holiday!
BENNY BJERG
General Contracting
154 High St.
Clinton, Ontario
To all our customers, sincerest wishes for
a Christmas that hums with complete
joy and happiness. And for the
pleasure of having served you, our thanks!
. . .
Our sincerest thanks to oil our customers for
friendly and loyal patronage, May you and
yours enjoy the fun-filled and truly happy holi-
day, Merry Christmas, one end pill
Crown Bowling Lanes
Victoria Street Clinton 482-7791
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own in the. United States, approaches,".. , _Based • on.
a,bout,..875.. some of the more ,,poptilLtion;groKth, he predicts
elegabtnce.ects Arrere encrust- an"ihelease-sOf 20' to 25 percent • in, egg consumption by 1980, an ed with blown glass frosting and sold for as much as three increase of about 2 percent per dollars each.
year..
poultry, broiler chicken
consumption rose rapidly. Since
the early 1960's a similar trend
in turkey broilers has taken
place.
"The egg industry," reports
Professor Hunt, "is also
undergoing rapid change,
especially in terms of farm
numbers and marketing
As usual I've been searching
for soine suitable topic to Mark
the Christmas season and again
as usual, I seem to be coming up
with only preachy-type thoughts
which tend to Sicken some
people.-
Yet I feel that at Christmas
especially, the Christian aspect
should; be stressed, I don't get
Much opportunity at other times
Of the year to witness to the
reading public just what a
profound difference Christ has
made in my life and that's why I
try at Christmas to give some
idea of my faith.
The other day I came across a
istory in a daily paper regarding
:,an orbiting, observatory which
has been in a circular orbit about
44 miles above the earth far
'.one year now.
It seems this orbiting
:observatory may disprove
:Einstein's theory of general
relativity which claims that the
universe is a closed system.
Powerful telescopes aboard the
-.orbiting obiervatory show that
`;the universe is larger — much
tlarger — than scientists have ever
:'before been able to prove.
' To me, this scientific
;'discovery is like a Christmas
bonus. It points up the fact that
God — the all-knowing,
-`all-powerful Father above — just
not let man become too
:smug in his accomplishments,
Man has landed on the moon.
Some may ask why. I wonder if
',God perhaps wants man to
`actually see how small and
insignificant he is in the whole
"order of things. Maybe then man
.will stop trying to find a
,believable explanation for
:everything and begin to take
,some things on faith.
Faith! What a Christmas it
.would be if everyone got an
F.increased measure of faith in his
)or her stocking.
As far as I'm concerned, only
:a simple faith in a.little helpless
'baby lying in a manger can make
'Christmas as magical for
everyone, as young children •seem
to find it,
Santa Claus, that mystical old
Christmas elf who liSteris to and
answers every wish, is 'what
MAKES Christmas for kiddies.
Yet the story of Santa never
really does• the job it should
unless the child has implicit faith
that it is really sq.
That's why so many parents
go sq far in debt at Christmas.
'Theyare trying to make Susie's
wish come true just so her faith
in Santa Claus will not be
shaken,
And kids do have faith! Tell
them that Santa travels all over
the world in a sleigh yet carrying
gifts to every boy and girl in
every single house and they will
believe you. Tell them that big,
fat, jolly, old Santa slides down
a skinny little chimney and they
will seldom question how.
They accept these things on
faith.
But when they axe older and
Santa turns out to be mom and
dad or Uncle Bill, Christmas
sometimes loses some of its
enchantment. And it is no
wonder,
That's why I prefer to let
The Christmas meeting of the
Clinton Women's Institute was
held last Thursday afternoon in
Wesley-Willis United Church
with a very good attendance.
After the scripture reading by
Mrs. Norman Holland, everyone
joined in carol singing. The guest
speaker, the Rev. H, W. Wonfor
of Ontario Street United
Church, presented the Christmas
message, Mrs. John Grigg who
gave a motto, "A Christmas
Thought," also made some
interesting comparisons between
Christmas of yesterday and
today.
Mrs. C, VanDamme sang two
Lavern Godkin, RR 1,
Walton, was elected president of
the McKillop federation of
agriculture at the annual
banquet and meeting held in
Winthrop United Church
Wednesday night. He succeeds
Gordon Blanchard, RR 1,
Walton. Other officers elected
are: vice-presidents, Laverne
Hoegy, RR 1., Dublin, and Earl
Rock, RR 4, Walton;
secretary-treasurer, Alvin R.
Dodds, RR 2, Seaforth.
Directors elected are: Andrew
Davidson, Jerry Cronin, Gordon
Elliott, Gerald Bruxer; Gordan
Papple, Clarence Maloney, Alvin
Dodds, John Moylan, Gordon
Blanchard, Laverne Hoegy,
Stanley Haien, Harold Siemon,
Walter Somerville, Earl Rock,
Lavern Godkin and Murray
Dennis.
Elmer Hunter, RR 3,
Goderich, past president of the
Huron federation of agriculture
was the guest speakers He spoke
on the service membership and
its advantages. He discussed new
methods of financing the
association. Some of the
accomplishments of the
federation were mentioned such
as the gasoline, tax rebate for
Santa be just. another wonderful
character in the Christmas, story
hook,.
.Instead, I believe it is rtinen
wiser to guide the child's faith
toward something lasting And
real — Jesus Vhrist, the saviour
of the world who listens and
hears 365.days of the year, and
who will remain constant from
childhood through life until
death. Even then, -Christ is there
for He takes His, faithful unto
himself in His heaven somewhere
in His vast, vast universe.
How? Who knows? Who
cares? It is enough to believe
that it is so and it keeps that
Christmas ecstasy alive all year
round,.
I have been called everything
from a cynic to a childhood
destructor because I have never
allowed my children to believe
in the fantasy world that.
surrounds today's.
commercialised Christmas. Yet I
sincerely doubt that my children
regret that decision because a
truly Christian Christmas is - a
blessed Christmas,
I'm never sorry I put Santa
Claus in second spot. I can
promise that you won't be sorry
either,
solos and also gave some
impressions of Christmas in
other lands in which she had
lived. Mrs. W. Colclough
presented Miss Dorothy Collins
with a travelling clOck from the
Women's Institute. She received
Provincial Honors on
Achievement Day recently upon
the completion of twelve
projects,
There was an exchange of
gifts and a treat of homemade
candy followed by a delicious
turkey supper served by Mrs.
Gladstone Grigg's group,
bringing the delightful afternoon
to a close.
custom work exemption of sales
tax on tires 'and tractors and
what had beeMtdone ,ponperningl
changes expected in the Humane
Society Act. Mr. , Hunter
discussed the Hall-Dennis report
as well.
Entertainment was provided
by Miss Evelyn Storey who sang,
accompanied by Mrs. Gordon
Pryce; by Rev. and Mrs. Derwin
Docken .who sang duets
accompanying themselves with
their guitars.
The demand for poultry meat
will probably increase annually
by 3.3 percent to '.1980. This
increase can be attributed to
population. growth, increased
incomes, and other meat prices.
Professor E. C. Hunt,
department of poultry science,
Ontario Agricultural College,
says that consumption of
poultry ineat,has been increasing,
at therate_of„.5.6 percent each
" year'Slifree the second World4OarY
"Consumption of RAU
meat - has far surpassed the 1,3:
percent rise in total per capita'
meat consumption," says
Professor Hunt.
After the war the bulk of •
.poultry meat consumed was of.
the heavy roasting type. With'
the technical revolution in the
breeding and • the feeding of,
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HOLLAND'S SUNOCO STATION
Bag or box it
Residents of the Town of
Clinton are being reminded this
week and next that after Jan. 1
no garbage will be picked up
unless it is in plast ,; bags,
cardboard boxes or other
securely tied containers. Boxes,
cartons or packing cases must be
collapsed and securely tied or
otherwise fastened, The
regulations are necessary because
of provincial requirements for
operation of the new sanitary
landfill disposal site at
Hohnesville.
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There will be no postal
service, street letter box service
or rural route service on
Christmas Day and New Year's
Day, but the Clinton lock box
lobby will be open for the usual
24 hours.
On Boxing Day, Dec, 26,
there will be no wicket or rural
route service and no street letter
box collections. The lock box
will remain open for 24 hours
and mail will be both received
and dispatched at 6:15 p.m.
Normal service will be
provided on Saturday, Dec. 27;
Friday, Jan. 2 and Saturday,
Jan. 3. Normal Saturday service
is from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
COST WAS HIGH
When Christmas greeting's
cards first came into their
Clinton WI meets in church ,
Walton man heeds federation