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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-11-05, Page 10SUN LIFE a progressive company in a progressive industry , GORDON T. WESTLAKE Phone 565,-5333 Enfield SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA This laddie with the winning smile is Ian. He will soon be two. He is a happy, cheerful boy who plays contentedly by himself and gets on well with other children. He loves attention, but does not demand it. Ian was born prematurely, but has come on well and is in good health. He is alert and active and keeps himself busy exploring. He loves the outdoors. He is a bit slow in talking, but since he seems to have made up for his prematurity in other areas, he is expected to catch up in language development, too. Ian's background is Austrian, Yugoslavian and Scot- tish. He is medium-Size for his age, with blue eyes, reddish-blonde hair and fair skin. This appealing child needs parents who will not push him or set too high expectations for him, but will enjoy him for his sunny personality. To inquire about adopting Ian please write to Today's Child, Department of Soeial and Family Services, Parliament Buildings, Toronto itt. For general adoption information ask your Children's Aid Society. 12 DAY MOTOR COACH TOUR FLORIDA CHRISTMAS VACATION Leaves Wednesday, December 23, 1970 RetUrns Sunday, January 3, 1971' From $149.00 Write, , Habkirk Transit Service seafortt?, for BroChure PHbNE 8271222 Clinton Memorial Shop T. PRYDE and SON CLINTON - EXETER - SEAFORTH Phone 4112-7211 Open Every Afternoon 2A clinton News-Record. Thursdays November 5, IRO Former area. mon celebrates 50 years in ministry ThOuSands crowded into St. Andrew'S United Chnrch in Niagara Fails on Sunday, September 27 to help celebrate the 50th anniversary in the ministry of Rev. Dr. William Fingland, brother of the late Judge Frank Fingland of Clinton and well known in the area. Dr, Fingland preached the 11 a.m. service that day in the church where he had been a minister for 39 and a half years. A steady flow of people entered the auditorium of the church for a reception held immediately following the service and continuing until 4;30 p.m. Niagara Falls newspapers featured large stories on the popular minister, telling of his work, not only in the church, but with the Red. Cross, Multiple Sclerosis Society, Mental Health Association, YMCA and Niagara Fails Lions Club. Although he was born in Rockton near Galt, his family moved when he was still a boy to Auburn where his father, the late John Fingland farmed for many years before retiring' to A majority of Anglican and United Church members who answered an unofficial and unauthorized poll in the two church papers say they are willing "to go along" with union of the two churches. Results of the poll are published ' in the November issues of Canadian Churchman and The United Church Observer. Eight thousand subscribers replied to the questionnaire published in the July issues of the two papers, 'which have a total circulation of 547,501. It was the first test of lay opinions toward church union in either church, However, the concerns of a sizeable proportion of Anglicans who expressed a reluctance concerning union could postpone an early Marriage of the two churches, suggests an article carried • in both "THE BIBLE TODAY" "Take it away. I don't want It. It's an evil book," said an angry Bolivian businessman to the Scripture distributor who stood at his door. On an impulse, the distrib- utor responded, not in Spanish but in an Indian language, Quechua, which turned out to be the businessman's mother tongue. This established iris. mediate rapport between the two men, and eventually led to the puxchase of a Bible. Not wanting his wife to dis- cover what he had done, the businessman got up each day before dawn and read the Bible by the light of a candle. One morning he found his wife waiting in the darkness. "'What are you doing up so early?" he asked. "I want to read, too," she replied. So together they studied God's Word and event- ually decided fa b e come Christians. One of the newest Bible translations distributed in Bolivia is the. Gospel. of Mark in popular Quechua. It carries the text in the Queohua lan- guage and in Spanish from the, Bible Society's Spanish Version Popular. . • ' Lcfrides4oro- He attended the University of TorOnto after he graduated from Goderich High School, and obtained his master's degree in modern history. He also attended Knox College, * He enlisted in the Panadian, Army in 1915 as an honorary captain with the YMCA and was in charge of Beaver' London. His first charge after becoming a Presbyterian minister was Mitnico Presbyterian Church. Under his leadership, in 1925 the church became part of the new United Church of Canada. He served there 11 years before accepting a call to St. Andrew's United Church in Niagara Fails in 1931, where he served the rest of his active ministry. In 1942 he took a leave of absence to become director of a special committee of the Milted Church, the Camp and War Production Communities. In April, 1946, he was one of four Canadian Pastors to be given an honorary doctorate Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), also a participant in the union negotiations, did not take part in the poll. Fifty-one percent of United Church people and 29 percent of Anglicans indicated that they were "eager" for church union. Six percent of the United Church and 31 percent of the Anglicans threatened to leave the church rather than unite. The clergy in both churches lagged behind laymen in their enthusiasm for union. The younger people, aged 30 and under, were the group most strongly in favour of union in the United Church, and most strongly opposed to union in the Anglican Church. If the results of the poll are representative of the whole church, , approximately 30 degree at a special convocation of Victoria University. After 27 years Of service to St, Andrew's he retired but remains minister emeritus of thh congregation. Although he celebrated his B5th birthday on September 19, he is still spry. When he took over from St. /Andrew's regular minister for holidays' this year, Dr. Fingland took charge of 14 funerals in 16 days, with no noticeable show of strain. He assists at about 90 per cent of funerals in the church and many weddings. On his retirement his honours included a certificate of service from the town of Mimico and a special centennial award from the , Niagara Falls Junior Chamber of Commerce which gave him the outstanding citizen award as young man of the year.. During 1967, he was chosen by the Canadian Government to represent all the chaplains who served at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in the First World War at the 50th anniversary ceremonies in France. percent of Anglican membership, more than a third of their clergy, and nearly half of their young people would leave the church rather than. enter union. But church leaders pointed out that people who take the trouble to answer questionnaires tend to - be those with strong opinions, and it is possible that anti-union Anglicans were over-represented in the poll. Alio, some who threatened to leave the church might not carry out their threats if union became a reality. The Rev. Robert Craig, United Church executive commissioner for church union, was "satisfied" with the results of the poll. He said they were more positive than he had t conservative columnists Howard Kersliner, Edward Rowe and James Kilpatric have added their voices to those of the Communist Party, Spiro T. AgneW and TIME Magazine in calling for the Churches to keep from expressing political convictions. Most of these people base their conclusions on their prejudices instead of on an honest inquiry as to what the Church is all about, And, they have every right to their conclusions, even though they reflect a tragic ignorance of Christian thought. In fact, one of the main differences between them and the Churches is that the churches never tell their opponents to keep quiet about their political convictions. (I'm talking about in a free country, you understand, not about North Ireland.) In fact, the biggest sell-out of the journalistic world is its tendency to refuse to raise issues and insist on crucifying personalities. Another sell-out of the journalistic world among some of , its practitioners is its willingness to peddle bigotry as expected. Anglicans "have never been in a union before," he pointed out, and their reluctance was understandable. But that 61 percent would accept union now he termed "encouraging." Canon Ralph Latimer, the Anglican co-commissioner, said the results were of "questionable value" because the response was too limited and the extent of possible bias was unknown. Editors of the two church publications involved stated that although the poll is unofficial, it clearly reveals the extent of anti-union sentiment in each church, and that the General Commission on Church Union still has a big educational job to do among church people to overcome misinformation, myth, prejudice, and self;righteousness. bears blame reform programs, the Minister suggested this procedure represents "a gross over-simplification of what is a most complex subject." "To be realistic," he said, "the ultimate responsibility for change does rest, and must be exercised by, the provincial government." Each reform program is preceded by years of "study, discussion, hearings, proposals, negotiation and legislative debate," but then the final decision must rest with the elected representative. " "A simple yes or no on a ballot that takes a few minutes does not offer a suitable means of decision-making in this issue," he said. "In Ontario," he continued, "the provincial government has the constitutional responsibility for local government and consequently for its reform. We cannot pass the buck in that respect, nor do we choose to. We have taken the view that at some point the rhetoric must cease and action begin." intellect, There are cartoons, editoriala_and headlines which twist the total picture to reflect only one side of it. For instance, The "Daily Oklahoman" in Oklahoma City gave five feet of newspaper column space to tell the story of Chicago's Rock-festival riot. (And they were correct in reporting and in condemning the fias'co.)' But, I could not find a single word - not one single reference - to a Bock Festival in Kansas City the same night which was a huge success, =4 in which the participants conducted themselves with enthusiastic decorum. One staunchly conservative journalist used the front page of his paper to encourage school The Most Rev. W. L. Wright, Archbishop of Algoma, has been Acting Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, following the resignation of the Most Rev, H. H. Clark. As senior Archbishop 'in the Church, he will preside until the election of a new Primate at the Church's General Synod in Niagara Falls next January. Archbishop Wright, 65, celebrated his 25th anniversary as a Bishop last year. He is the third generation in direct line of clergy serving in Ontario. From the See City of Sault Ste. Marie, he has been the Metropolitan of Ontario since 1955. The area, which corresponds roughly to the Province of Ontario geographically, is made up of seven Dioceses - Toronto, Huron, Niagara, Ottawa, Ontario, Algoma and Moosonee. Well-known abroad, Archbishop Wright has represented the Anglican Church at world conferences. His travels have taken him to India, Sweden, the Middle East and Formosa. He is one of the few drop-oiltS• He told stories of the many successful risen (financially suecessful, not personally successful} and credited their achievement to the fact that they refused to submit to academie discipline. Tragically, he had only unkind things to say about a student who thought there should be a line between academic discipline and tonsorial (hair-cut) preference. Now, Churchmen must understand that journalists have always wanted politics in the pulpit. Only, they want politics to do the preaching. They believe in telling the Church what God's will is. I've never heard a conservative condemn the church for putting its influence to work in favor of laws to control dope or crime. Bishops in the world to have attended three Lambeth Conferences of the Anglican communion in 1948, 1958 and 1968. A strong advocate of Church union, he is Co-Chairman of the General Commission on Church Union talks between the Anglican and United Churches and the Church of Christ (Disciples). He was ordained a Priest in 1927 and his first appointment was as curate in St. George the Martyr in Toronto. From 1926 to 1940 he served in a number of cities in the Province, including Christ Church Cathedral in Hamilton. Archbishop Wright went to Sault Ste. Marie ,in 1940 and three years' later was enthroned as the sixth Bishop of the Diocese. He holds honorary. doctorate degrees from Wycliffe College, Toronto; Huron College, London; Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec; Montreal Diocesan College, Toronto's Trinity College and Laurentian University in Sudbury. 1 0 a a g al . o 11:00 a.m. The Clinton worship Sermon 'Wesley-Willis REV. A. MR, LORNE WESLEYWILLIS 94'S 11:00 HOLMESVILLE 1:00 Willis Congregation VICES , Al,‘ SERVICES ON DAYLIGhT TIME QNTAR 10 STREET UNITED CHURCH "THE FR IEND1.--Y CHURCH" • Pastor: REV. H. W, WONFO RI B.Sc., B.Cim, B.D. Organist: MISS Lots GRASSY, ,A.11.C.T, SUNDAY,.NOV 4MBER 8, 1970 9145 a.m. -4 Sunday School, -"r Combined Worship Service with Wesley- in Ontario Street Church. Branch of Royal Canadian Legion will. with us. Topic: "WHAT MEAN THESE STONES?" ' -- Holmesville United churches J. MOWATT, C,D„ t3.A„ B.D., D.D„ Minister DOTTERER, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1970 a.m. - Sunday ,School. a.m. - Morning Worship in Ontario Street Church. p.m. - Worship Service and Sunday School. P-reachOr: REV. H. W. WONFOR ALL WELCOME CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH, Clinton 263 Princess Avenue Pastor: Alvin Beukema, B.A., B.D. Services: 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (On 2nd and 4th Sunday, 9:30 a.m.) The Church of the Back to God Hour every Sunday 12:30 p.m., CHLO - Everyone Welcome - ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Interim Moderator Rev. G. L. Royal Mr. Charles Merrill, Organist SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1970 et45 a,m. - Sunday School, 10:45 a.m. - Morning Worship. Speaker: JOHN TURNER. Tuesday, November 10-Madeleine Lane Auxiliary meets at Church, work meeting 8:00 p.m. BAYFI-ELD BAPTIST CHURCH . _ SUNDAY, NOBEMBER 8, 1970 • Sunday School: 10:00 a:m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Evening Gospel Service: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. - Prayer meeting. ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH Clinton SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1970 TRINITY 24 10:00 a.m. - Holy Communion. Sermon and Church School CALVARY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 166 Victoria Street Pastor: Donald Forrest SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1970 Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Evangelistic Service: 7:00 p.m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Huron Street, Clinton SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1970 Sunday School - 10:30 a.m. Evening Worship - 7:30 p.m. Pastor: Rev. A. Maybury, Goderich Many of the problems facing urban society today stem from an "erosion of responsibility" in government, Municipal Affairs Minister Darcy McKeough told an international audience at San Diego, Calif. As a result, accountability to the people has been clouded by an unclear definition of where responsibility rests, he told the 56th annual conference of the' !International City Management Association. "Certainly in Ontario, the system 'of provincial-local government is characterized by a proliferation of so-called responsible bodies both at .the provincial and local levels." These problems, he said, have contributed to the need for a reform of local government in Ontario, a program which he defined as a process of consultation and co-operation between the municipal and provincial levels of government. "In Ontario, we are engaged in a program in which we are emphasizing the importance of a partnership approach" by the two levels of government involved, "We believe we do not have any other choice if we are to have effective government. The province cannot do the job alone." Mr. McKeough Stressed the importance of a provincial- publications. Ninety-one percent of the"Eros"Erosion of responsibility" United Church members and 61 , percent of Anglicans said they would accept church union. The municipal partnership in Ontario, but said that ultimately the responsibility for effective change and meaningful reform rests with the provincial government. He said the province recognizes its constitutional responsibility to ensure an effective structure of local government. "In re-organizing local government we are gradually clarifying responsibility and accountability by reducing the numbers of boards and commissions now responsible for many services in the community." The Minister cited reform of the local system of taxation, Ontario's .re-assessment prograni, and its approach to regional development as key factors in establishing a more meaningful system of local government. Mr. McKeough said local government reform will encounter "severe" difficulties during the process of change. "Has anyone, in the pursuit of regionalism, come across anything as immovable and sacrosanct as a municipal boundary?" he asked. "Leadership in this reform must be shared if the provincial- and local partnership is to be respected and fostered." As to the use of public referenda in deciding local 114E DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE IS A SIMPLE ECONOMICAL WAY To CUT DOWN ACt iDENT-ANO INSURANCE -RATE-S Majority in Anglican and United churches favor church union • ' 0 loWAV T ENABLES YoU lb ANALYSE YOUR, OWE) MAW IAAIMIS-AND IMME11444 DPC REALI:,WORKS-POR,INDiVIDUAta COMPANIES AMP COMMUNITIES BIZ INFOPMATION 01-10N5 yozrrei 041100 80-61Y LEMUt: 20B KING W. TORONTO I Wright acting primate following Clark's resignation TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN i111111111111111MillaM TorontoTelegramSyndicate