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Clinton News-Record, 1970-10-15, Page 8Clinton Memorial Shop T. PRYDE and SON CLINTON EXETER SEAFORTH. Phone 4824211 Open Every Afternoon COL,BORNE TOWNSHIP FIFTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS COUNTRY FAIR A display and sale of local arts and crafts in the Township Hall, Carlow, — 7 miles northeast of Goderich, Wednesday, October 21 and Saturday, October 24 2.9 p.m. continuously Bake Sale -- Over 50 Crafts -- Tea Admission free Those who wish to avoid crowds are urged to come between 5 and 7 p.m. or Saturday evening. 42b CHEMCELL introduces CHEMSTOR LIQUID PRESERVATIVE ChemStor is a liquid preservative for high-moisture feed corn and barley. It is a blend of mild orgagic acids, basically acetic and propionic. A clear colourless liquid, ChemStor acts' as a preservative by preventing the growth of moulds and bacteria in high-moisture corn and barley during storage. LOW-COST STORAGE OF CORN AND BARLEY ChemStor and Applicators Available at HENSALL DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE Brimfield HENSALL Zurich 482-9829 262-2608 236-4393 Equal Educational Opportunity DID YOU KNOW: • that 50,000 Ontario children attend day schools which are open to the public but receive no public support. • that 8,000 of these'attend the 46 schools affiliated with the Ontario Alliance of Christian schools. • • that the schools receive no government assistance, with the result that parents pay tuition fees averaging more than $40Q per child in addition to being forced to pay their full share for government controlled education. • that it is impossible to educate a child in a moral or religious "vacuum"; responsible citi- zenship includes making choices on fundamental issues, • that the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares that "Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children." • that 85 Democratic Countries and 3 Canadian provinces provide grants for several school systems that meet the provincial standards. • that a five year study shows a higher than average .lercentage of students attending schools affiliated with the Ontario Alliance of Christian Schools graduate from, and continue their education beyond grade 13. IF YOU AGREE THAT: Parents have the right rind duty to choose the kind of education their children will re- • ceive. All schools meeting the educational requirements of the Province of Ontario should receive a equal support, Petitions will he circulating in the Clinton and Goderich arias in the next two weeks. Ybu will be helping to petition the of Ontario to ENDRSE THE DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE THAT THE GRANT SHALL government FOLLOW THE CHILD by O poising a law providing for the making of educational grants — from tax money collected horn all titizent to ull school systems then by those cititens. Of Cars TOP TRADE-1N" ALLOWANCES On All Makes Guaranteed Deal Prices The No. 1 Product And TOP Service Mean THE BEST DEAL FOR YOU Check Our Prices Before You Buy 2624928 HENSALL 1,1 a. ORDER NOW! For Quick 'After Strike' Delivery Of Your New PONTIAC — BUICK — CADILLAC — ACADIAN or GMC TRUCK McGEE PONTIAC-BUICK GODER ICH Est. 1929 524.8391 t): HENSALL DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE NOW RECEIVING CORN * IMPROVED FACILITIES WE WILL PURCHASE YOUR CORN OR CUSTOM DRY IT FOR YOU * TRUCKING AVAILABLE Give Us A Call' Today HENSALL DISTRICT CO-OP P• Clinton NeWii.OPPf0, PyrglOY, PPY?i?Of 151 1979 BY BETTY ARCHER On Wednesday, October 7, 1970, the two Brownie packs got together to make turkeys for the hospital. We made -the turkeys for Thanksgiving. Then we all sat in pow-wow and had a couple, of games, After that we had fairygoId which is when we fourth and first packs meet The fourth Clinton Brownie Pack met on Wednesday October 7, with the first pack for a Graft meeting, The Brownies had been asked to make Thanksgiving tray favours for patients in the hospital and little turkeys were decided on. Brown Owl of the fourth pack (Mrs. F. Cantelon) brought pine cones for the bodies and muffin cup liners for tails, lightly sprayed gold. 1111111111111111I11111111111iiiiiiiilliailmill111111111111111101IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMill11111111111111111111111111111111i11111111110 I Rambling with Lucy LUCY R. WOODS PART 4.4 When underbrushing and clearing close to the manse in the early days, Mr. Ross spared any trees in which birds' nests were located. Ten of the trees spared were sugar maples. As soon as sugar time arrived the trees were tapped in the presence of every child big enough to follow their leader. It was fairly loud to the children when sap began to run and the boiling commenced. When Dr. MacKay, the missionary of Formosa, and his wife were home on their first furlough they spent several days at the manse. Mrs. MacKay had never seen a sugaring off and Mr. Ross was in his element in exhibiting the whole process as he had learned as a boy Ort.,his father's farin, He handled ladle, snow and twig and dealt out ,hi weets in' their, ever changing degree of sugary consistency to his delighted guests, while children of varying sizes occupied less prominent positions, sure to share bountifully in the dainties going around. • (They could not know then that one day their families would be connected by the marriage of the MacKay's son George of Formosa to the Ross's daughter Jean.) The London Huron and Bruce Railway began operations in January 1876. It connected the congregation of East Williams in the 'south and two pockets of still-protesting Christians in the northern "Townships of Ashfleld and Kincardine with Brucefield in the centre. c t first Mr. McPherson took his share of ministering to these, groups ut he was old and in ill-health. So once a month Mr.' Ross put his, ongregation ariCtoiisehold on the care of "Him who careth and vent to speak the words of the King amongst those who set much 'tore by the King and all that pertained to Him. It was in February 1882 that a train was run through Brucefield on the Sabbath day. When one came again the next Sunday he 'stopped in the service and asked, "What are you going to do in ;vindication of God's right to His own day? Are you going to allow the railway to fling defiance in God's face at youtvery doors?" Next morning Mr. George Forrest, elder, was early at the manse to 'plan what could be done. A meeting of the Christian public was called. Mr. McMillan, a Christian magistrate,explained the law of the pabbath is the law of the land yet there are railway laws which Interfere with the action of the Sabbath law in case of employees at work on a train. , The only recourse was to petition Parliament. A form was drawn .up and Mr. Ross went at once to Seaforth to have thousands printed. The manse became a sort of Post Office establishment. Mr. Forrest and others came to help write addresses, do up parcels and attach innumerable stamps. In a very short time the forms were off to 'ministers all over Canada with a note asking if they approved to pass ,the petition and send to the member of the House of Commons representing that constituency. It was' signed, "A. D. McDonald, John Ross." The printing and postage. amounting to $32.00 the Rev. John Ross quietly paid himself. One more train ran on Sunday and that was the last for years. One day he read in the Globe of the wholesale desecration of the Sabbath with the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. His spirit was stirred within him. "That sort of work must be visited from J-leaven", and then added as one announcing facts, "It shall not be 'long until that very line, shall carry soldiers and army stores, and dead and wounded men, in vindication of God's broken Sabbath 'law." It was only a few •months until this was fulfilled in the Riel 'Rebellion. The last 12 years of his ministry were full of quiet peace and ,prosperity beyond what he had ever known in his earlier days. Those who remained With him kept up the semi-annual payments to almost the amount paid before besides which he and his family received many kindnesses from the congregation of loving friends, He had been to the northern Townships and walked through a ,heavy storm to hold services. He preached the Sunday morning after :he returned but was not well. He suffered an attack of inflammation :of the lungs, He' was up and dressed in a week and then suffered ,,from great pain and died March 8, 1887 aged 65 years, In saying goodbye to his wife and six children he gave them each 'texts to sustain them through life. They were Anna, Bessie, ;Margaret, Jean, David and Eleanor. Mr. Ross was buried eside his ,first wife in the centre plot in the little graveyard close to the manse. beautiful granite monument marks the spot, erected by his .sorrowing congregation assisted by friends who unasked, sent their ;offerings for the purpose. The church continued for seven years after his death, then rather than have any split in the congregation as to which church it Would 'join, disbanded to let each member follow his or her dictates of conscience in the matter. The writer has obtained the information for this series from "The ;Man with the Book" written by the Rev. John Ross's widow with such feeling and deep intuition. Lucy was privileged to meet Bessie — Mrs. A. Grace, mother of ,the late Dr. A. Grace, London, in her latter years. Being her father's daughter, when she could no longer write she sent Lucy poems entitled "Tell JesuS" and "Lean Ilard". STORAGE AVAILABLE BOATS — MOTORS — CAMPERS TRAILERS, ETC. Reasonable Rates THE BOS'UN SHOP BRUCEFIELD ,4824222 42, 431) HENSAILI,CPIAlclk, MEETING On Monday October 5, the council of the village of •Ifeosall met in the council chambers with all members present, Following the 'reading of the minutes of the meeting of September 1, council heard the monthly report of B. R. Davis.. C. B. Reid and Sons had been engaged to assist with drainage prohlems and to draw gravel to the several locations where it was necessary, Mr. Davis reported that he is at present. working on a .drain in the vicinity of Richmond St. S. and hopes to have it in working order very shortly. He reported that prior to taking his vacation, he had repaired more sidewalks, had paved crossings that the had left unfinished and had cut grass on more boulevards. Mr. Davis reported to council that one tractor is in poor condition, to which Councillor Baker replied that it had come to the time when the machine is hardly worth repairing, and it could cost 'a considerable amount to do so. Another tractor has been leaking oil and council advised Mr. Davis to have it repaired. Mrs. M. Noakes asked council when a catch 'hasin could be repaired in the vicinity of her home as Mr. Davis had promised to do same at least three years ago. Mr. Davis assured her that the work would be carried out as soon'as possihle. A copying machine has been in the clerk's office for the past month on trial and Mr. Buck, representing the company was present at the meeting to learn whether council intended purchasing , the said machine. After much discussion and on learning its merits, council decided to purchase the copying machine, at a cost of $35p plus tax. It is hoped that other local committees will avail themselves of its use. Councillor Knight suggested that he would trust the Clerk's judgment in regards to the machine and that if. Mr. Campbell felt it was needed, then it was in order to purchase it. 'The Clerk was authorized to levy a fee of 25 cents per copy when doing work for any person. Council, imcis of the opinion that there are many advantages in owning the copying machine. Councillor Wier reperted that the Fire ji.44 is .P9P114001. 410 to the satisfaction Of all. The municipal dump came for ,discussi90 and the cleric read a resolution received from the council of the township of Stephen regarding • waste disposal. Lengthy discussion ensued regarding the subject and it .was concluded that, council should send representatives to a future meeting regarding 'area waste disposal but at the same time should apply for a permit for our Own.:dump and learn the requirements of the department re dumps. Council felt it may be just as simple to lOok after our own than to get into area agreements. However, the subject was left open for the time being until more is learned about conditions. The times for open hours at the dump have been altered on Mondays from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and the same hours on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The clerk informed council that a gentleman had inquired about the oil stove and tank taken out of the Fire Hall 'and council requested the clerk to sell same for the sum of $25. Councillor Knight having been absent at the time of E. R. Davis' report, asked council if certain properties had been serviced in so far as weeds are concerned but was told that the weeds are still there. Knight was very dissappointed as the location is very unsightly, It is in the vicinity of an old smoke stack which in itself is an eye-sore. Council discussed the possibility of council having the smoke stack removed and were told that it could cost several hundred dollars. In the meantime each member is going to inqure into the possibility of having someone remove it. Reeve Jaques and Councillor Knight had attended a meeting on regional development and neither was satisfied that the small municipalities were being considered. for future development Council Knight was very discouraged and intends writing a letter to the department of economics, M.O.D.A. and having a copy for the council also. Knight is of the opinion that if they are not going to help the smaller municipalities, then the latter will have to stand up and fight for their own 0014 and be reeegilized• He stated that there is a population drain on Hensall but that we also have great industries here and much to build for but the way things are now, we cannot annex land or look for too much help in the future for expansion Heriaall. Mr, Knight is to have the Industrial commission assist in drafting a letter to the Department of Economics, MODA and keep one copy for the council. Knight summed up his remarks by stating that if they do not receive reasonable answers, then other small municipalities should be contacted, for their support. Arising from correspondence, council endorsed a resolution from Stephen township council regarding waste disposal and John Baker and Paul Neilands were appointed as delegates to attend the problem. The clerk is to attend a meeting of clerks in Stratford on Oct. 23. After lengthy discussion regarding the old 1926 Fire Engine and on a recommenda- tion of Harold Knight, council decided to donate the said engine to the Huron County Museum. Much discussion ensued regarding the old tractor and council was of the opinion that the tractor would soon have to be disposed of but hoped that it would last through the winter months Of this term. John Baker advised that there comes a time when it is not worth spending any more money on it and it has reached that time. The clerk advised council that they could have $200,000. insurance coverage for an additional $20.17 so council decided to raise the coverage for the village. Building perm its were approved for Phillip Ward for renovations, Harry Klungel for BALL & MUTCH HOME FURNISHINGS SALE Celebrating Our 3rd Anniversary WATCH FOR IT renovations and. Thomas Dtinter to build a Wow. A by-law to Opp term of Ogee for Reeve, Councillors and F.U.G. official was given three readings and passed. A by-law to set nomination and election was given two readings. Bills and accounts in the amount of 04,209.61 were ordered paid and the meeting adjourned to convene again on Nov. 2. Never forget the spot where you caught a fish! If a certain , hole or rock produces a good fish, be sure to try this same place a few days later. The Mercury fishing authorities say it's almost certain that another battler has taken up occupancy in this location. sommommwowsmmss News of Itensall Igims%swgss$46scmmmcxx,. El'Y MRS, MAUDE HEDDEN collect the 'money for things we need. Later, the first Clinton pack got a sheet about the fun fair. The two Brown Owls and Furry Owl had fun with us I'm sure, Then we said our prayer and sang our goodbye song. Fluffy Owl of the first pack (Mrs. K. Wood) brought red pipecleaners for the necks and heads and construction paper squares for the bases. Most, of the girls made two and the result was a row of cute little turkeys that everyone was proud of. The meeting was closed, after a large pow wow circle was enjoyed by the Brownie Prayer and the farewell song "Go Well. And Safely."