HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-12-03, Page 77Rambling with Lucy usy Christmas weekend
ishing all
of our good
friends
a New YeAr
filled
with
health and
happiness,
HAROLD WISE LIMITED:
252 BAYOitt.o RD. 482.706/ LitiToht
BY TER tp FAR
• The Bayfield Hockey Club
Christmas draw of a $25 food_
basket was won by Mr.
Zoethout of Goderich,
The -inaugural. meeting of the
new 13ayfield. village council wilt
be held Monday, January 4 at
.7;30 p.m, in the Council
chambers at the Municipal
Building at which .time the new
council will be sworn in by
village cierkqreasurer Gordon
Graham, Residents are invited to
attend the ceremonies.
The new 'village council will
he: Reeve - B. W. Oddleifsoir,
Councillors - F. E. McFadden,
D. Warner, R, York, And BO, P.
Beck.
A regular council meeting will
follow when' en outline of
legislative work for the coming
year will be -discussed,
Gordon and Brian Merrill are
spending the Christmas and New
Years Holidays in Lae Angeles,
California.
Mr. and Mrs, Ed Moran of St.
Catharines are spending the
weekend with her parents Mr.
and Mrs, Lyle Hill.
Mr, Frank Hill is back home
and on the mend after having
surgery in Victoria Hospital,
London.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Parker
spent Christmas and Boxing Day
with their children in London
and Dorchester.
Sunday visitors with Mr, and
Mrs. W. E. Parker were: Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Parker, Pam, Jack
and David of Dorchester and Mr.
and Mrs. E. Squire of Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Earl spent
Christmas and Boxing Day in
London with their family, Mrs.
Betty Anne Quigg, Joe and Kim
and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Stevenson, Kathy, Karen, Doug
and David. Fourteen of us sat
dawn to a terrific Christmas
dinner not counting the cat and
the dog.
Members of the Bayfield
Lions Club made their' annual
run on Christmas Eve delivering
baskets of fruit, candy, etc. to
shut-ins and friends in hospitals.
Lion Past President Charlie
Scotchmer drove his van and
first Vice President Joe Mayman
was Santa Claus. He was assisted
by Lions George Clark, Russ
Kerr and Les Elliott.
Lions Bill Clarke and Elgin
Porter delivered presents in, the
Varna, Hensall and Zurich area.
After listening to the reports
of the sojourn I guess we can
change the saying to "It's more
fun to give than to receive,"
Members of the Bayfield Boat
Club from as far away as
Michigan returned to the
Clubhouse for a Christmas Party,
and to renew summer
friendships.
Mrs, Cyril Bishop, Stratford
and Mrs. Dean Curtis, London
were co-hostesses for the
occasion and Christmas
decorations were arranged by
Mrs. Fred Delaney Jr., also of
London. The ladies of the Club
excelled in their contributions to
the Pot-Luck Supper, providing
many conversation pieces
complementary to the Festive
Season which included the
traditional English trifle, a
masterpiece by Mrs. Ron
Morgan, London. Members from
this district included Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Davies, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Baker, Mr. and Mrs. V.
Dinnin.
Mr. and Mrs. George Durham,
Jim and Ron of Clarkson and
Miss Margaret Durham of
Darwin, NJ. Australia visited
their uncle Carl and Mrs. Diehl
from Wednesday to Monday,
Dinner guests on Christmas
Day were Mr. and Mrs. R, H.
Middleton of Hensel] and on
Sunday, Dr. and Mrs. 1-1. G.
Shepherd and Miss Kathleen
Reid, Windsor-
Alfred Warner, Mrs. Ilene
Krawchulc, Bayfield,
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs,
Ken Thompson of Kemptville,
Motored to Florida TuesdaY,
December 15 and are staying at
the Red Bird Motel until after
New Years when they will go On
-to. Miami and will be guests of
the Haweilan Inn Motel, then on
to Key West. The weather is
fine, 80 degrees.
iddieton
Beautiful baskets of memorial
flowers were placed in St. James
Church, Middleton on Sunday
last in loving memory of the late
Fred Middleton, who passed
away quietly at his home on
Wednesday evening December
23. (
In ekpressing his sympathy to
his wife and family the Rey.
E.J.B. Harrison of St, James
Church spoke of Mr. Middleton's
passing as the loss of the
patriarch of the Middleton
Church. The shtick of his
passing, especially during the
festive Christmas season cast a
pall over the community.
The annual Vestry meeting of
the congregation of St. lames
Anglican will be held Tuesday,
January 12, at 8:30 p.m.
Advance notice
law effective
Jan. 1, 1971
Labour Minister Dalton Bales
announced Monday that new
legislation providing for advance
notice of dismissal to workers
will becOme effective January
The amendments to the
Employment Standards Act
require that workers be given
written notice in individual or
mass layoffs.
They will be administered by
the Employment Standards
Branch of the Ontario
Department of Labour and
apply to all industry, except
construction, within the
jurisdiction of the Department,
including the Crown, its
agencies, municipalities and
school boards.
"We hope the legislation will
help to ease the tensions created
by anxiety ov,ee security of
employment and also assist
discharged workers to find new
jobs," Mr. Bales said.
The Labour Minister said the
legislation would enable
discharged employees to take
earlier advantage of various
programs provided by the
Federal and Provincial
Governments to assist the
unemployed.
These include: training and
retraining programs, mobility
grants, unemployment insurance
and job placement services.
The new legislation specifies
that an employer shall not
terminate the employment of 50
or more workers in any
four-week period without
providing written notice to the
employees and the Minister.
The regulations requireeeight
weeks of notice for 50 to 199
employees; 12 weeks of notice
for 200 to 499 employees; and
16 weeks of notice for 500 or
more employees.
In individual terminat'ons
without cause, the notice is: one
week for workers with three
months to less than two years
service; two weeks for
employees with two years to less
than five years service; four
weeks for those with five years
but less than 10 years service;
and eight weeks if service
exceeds 10 years.
THE MANAGEMENT
AND STAFP
At
Clinton Community
Credit Won
cifititto 40440
ON 710 "1"1-1E
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We've enjoyed working
for and with you. Once more,
lees join hands to build together
for the future good of our community,
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JANUARY 1
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Clinton died at :his home in
F.RePPOCK1VIIPPIATIM
Frederick Middleton Of RR.
ThOrtlaS. Panyboll, Boyd Taylor
and Ted JohnSton.
and dim Middleton,
Pallbearers included „Dennis
December 2a, 1970._ ., flowerhearers, were Stewart,
He was born .on. April 26, Pougias and ROSS. Middleton,
1885 on the same farm where he Ken Taylor, Ray Wise and Fred.
lived until his death, the eOn of Dutot.
Harriett arid JOhn Middleton, lie
married the, former _Muriel
HANNAH g',IN.41,10
Johnston on June 18, 1919. She
MEDO
Hannah. B. . (Nellie) Medd survives him, He was A farmer
passed away at Huronview and fruit-grower all his life.
December 16, 1970 in her .9.7th He was a pioneer 111.1137.0p in year.
Goderich Township and was
Born in Hullett Township,
long a worker and director of she was the daughter of the late the Bayfield
Agricultural John Henry Medd. and Elizabeth Society, He was a past president Bruce. Receiving her formal
of the Fruit Growers Association
education in Clinton and Ottawa of Huron County, He was a
she taught school for over thirty member of St. James Church,
years in Ontario and Western Middleton and had won his
Canada. After moving to Exeter 50-year jewel from the Masonic
Lodge, Clinton, with her parents in 1921 she
taught school at Winehelsea and Surviving are three sons,
Frederick J. (Ted), of Stratford; at Exeter until. her marriage,
As a life member of the Donald James, of Goderich
she was an active worker Township and David Charles of
Hullett Township, Four in the church, her greatest
daughters, ,Mrs. William pleasure being the work and
companionship she enjoyed with (Margaret) Counter, Clinton;
Mrs. Robert (Kathleen) the younger people of the town,
Campbell of Clinton; Mrs, Dr. J. many being former pupils.
E, (Elizabeth) Mullens, Toronto; Funeral services were held „,
Mrs. H. (Barbara) Grindlay of December 18 at Happen-Hockey
Funeral Home, with Rev, Glen London; one sister, Miss Agnes Wright officiating, Acting as
Middleton of Goderich and 25
pallbearers were David Medd, grandchildren also sorvive.
Mervin Godkin, David Funeral services took place
Livingston, Bill Medd, Allan from the Beattie Funeral Home
Finch and Laverne Godkin, all on December 26 with the Rev,
grandnephews of the deceased. E.J.B. Harrison officiating. Interment was in Exeter
Interment was in Bayfield
Cemetery. Cemetery.
BY lePPY..11C.WOPP4
Among our Christmas blessings, those we hold most dear
Are memories of happy times we've had throughout the yeer.
And so, it's not surprising that tie the old year ends -
Our hearts are filled with gratitude, and loving thoughts for friends!
The above lines are taken from a Christmas card featuring the
scene in a country store about the turn of the century.
Lucy and Carl have enjoyed so many beautiful warm greetings
from relatives and friends overseas as well as on this continent but
the old country store scene With its coffee grinder And cracker barrel
not only took them back a year, but years as it did the sender.
And since she is well-known in Bayfield being a daughter of the
late Ellen Heard and William Howard, Lucy shares her letter with
readers.
"Tecumseh, IVIich,
Dec. 14, 1970.
Dear Lucy and Carl,
"A few lines along with your card. Do hope you are both well.
We have about three inches of snow but it is melting. We have some
winter birds and I am fixing cranberries, apples and popcorn on
strings and hanging them in a tall evergreen across the driveway. We
will be able to watch from the picture window in the dining room.
"Last week we had a caller. He was eating the red berries on the
yews. I could hardly believe it but our caller was a ruby-crowned
kinglet and was just outside the dining room window. He flew into
the woods at the back of the lot.
"We had a lovely fall here, colours beautiful in most parts of
Michigan but around Tecumseh they are mostly gold, yellow, bronze
with a few red trees.
"Suppose you are busy getting ready for Santa Claus. There has
been so much unemployment here there isn't much buying. My
sister and I will be alone unless a widowed sister-in-law joins us. My
boy and his family are going to Florida for three weeks. This may be
the last year they could all be together. Susan will be in college next
year and that may mean different friends. They really are a very
close family.
"When I saw this Christmas card it took me back a good many
years, when my sister and I used to go to Mr. Whiddon's store (Red
Pump Restaurant) or Mrs. Fraser's (Village Market), They had the
old mill for coffee. Everything had to be weighed out as it was
purchased. And nearly every shopper carried a basket. It was really a
red letter day to get going with our Grandmother to shop. No doubt
you won't remember Mrs. Fraser's store but Reids had it for a good
many years.
"We have an old store similar to this one at Rome Center. We can
get crackers by the pound, cheese cut from a large cake perhaps 36
inches in diameter and stick candy even to horehound and clear rock
candy. We often go in and browse around. This store has a hard coal
base burner stove in it and coffee always ready, hot to drink. Have a
wonderful, Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Sincerely your friend
may
Wallace."
Lucy wishes her readers a happy New Year. And may peace come
to this troubled old 'world,'
We 'have all been aware that revolutionary groups have been'
formenting trouble in our universities. It would seem that youth the
world over is striving to rule before they as individuals have learned
to discipline and govern themselves. '
It was a bit of a shock to know that revolutionary groups from
Canada have been training in Cuba and other foreign parts in
subversive and guerrilla tactics. These zealots in both Canada and the
United States would plunge their respective countries into civil war.
Revolution is horrible. It is so easy to fan a flame in the name of
nationalism, civil liberties, anti-racial suppression, etc., but once
started: even a, moment begun as a peaceful march or protest can so
easily get out of laan'd'and end in rioting, „leading to anarchy, blood
shed and suffering.
We in Canada know little of the ultimate result, thanks to our
governments, Federal end Provincial, and the R.C.M.P., and
Provincial Police. It seems to be increasingly difficult for the police
to carry out their duties. Let us foster respect and support for the
police.
In 1939 Lucy met two Spanish ladies who were refugees in
England. They were cultured friends of the Spanish Royal Family,
simple in their tastes and dress. When the revolution broke in Spain
they were concerned with getting their brother and family from
Central America safely , into France. They didn't think the women
would be harmed. But they found themselves prisoners in their own
home. Finally, the younger of the three went out and said to a man
with a pistol in each hand, "Are you going to shoot us today?"
"Oh, you go on into the house. We know what your mother did
for us."
"Yes," she replied, "you know what our mother did for the poor,
but someday some other Communists will replace you and they
won't know."
Their mother had been British and when they saw a British Man
of War in the Bay they telephoned the British Consul. Their servants
made them wear their oldest ragged clothing and ill-fitting shoes.
Thus they walked through hails of bullets, clutching the servants'
shawls around them. They had one hand bag with three nightgowns,
no money or other clothing. If they'd had one decent dress, they'd
have been shot on sight. After securing British passports, they went
down and sat on the beach until a sailor in a punt rowed in for them.
They were landed at Bordeaux and finally got to England where
they had money in a bank.
They told Lucy their friends were taken to the cemeteries and
shot in bunches. And even in, 1939 they said that in the interior
people were living in caves like animals, fearing their neighbours and
trusting no one.
These ladies, one had died as the result of escaping, didn't wish to
return to Spain but they were forced to leave England when war
broke out and return to San Sebastian where their whole servant
staff had been kept in service, They only wrote to Lucy once after
returning home as they said letters to foreign countries made them
suspect.
Cousins of Lucy's father were fortunate in escaping from Madrid.
Two sons had been sent to their grandfather in England for summer
vacation the day before the revolution broke. Their mother and
small daughter got an English passport and accompanied the Danish
Ambassador and wife as maid. Her husband, a solicitor, had been
horn in Cuba and got a Cuban passport. They were all re-united in
France.
And now trouble is brewing again in Spain,
And as if political unrest were not enough, the drug problem, so
rampant at the Moment, is scarring the brains of many of our youth
and reducing the number of potential leaders who might in future sit
down in council and reason problems to a peaceful conclusion.
What will 1971 bring • for Canada? What will we do? Sitting
thinking on the subject a quotation from King George VI Christmas
broadcast in 1939 , When England faced seemingly unSurtriceintable
odds in the war came to mind:
"And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year, 'Give
me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown', and he replied,
`Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God.
That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known Way.'
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. PoOor; REV. H. W, WOr4 FOR,, •
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Or MISS LOIS oRAsoy, ,A,R.P.T.
' SUNDAY, 4ANVARY 3, 1971
.. ,, 9;44 arm, — Sunday Schaal,
11:00 earl. *- Morning WOrShiP-
SACRAiviENT OF LORD'S SLIPPER
RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS
'Wesley-Willis -- Holinetville United Churche;
REV. A. J, MOWATT, C.D., ILA, B.O., D.D., Minister
MR. LORNE DOTTERER, Organist end ChOir Diractor
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1971
vvEsLEy-AAnLis
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School.
11:00 a.m, - Worship Service,
"MEETING US AT EVERY CORNER"
HOLMESVILLE
1:00 p.m. - Church and Sunday School.
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 ,
REV. T. C. MULHOLLAND, Minister
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1971
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School. .
9:30 a.m. - Morning Worship,
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BAYFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH
Pastor: REV. L. V. BIGELOW
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, '1971
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.
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• Clinton . ,
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1971
SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
10;00 a.m. - Matins and Sermon,
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CALVARY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
166 Victoria Street
Pastor: Donald Forrest
SUNDAY' JANUARY 3, 1971
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, JANUARY 3, 1971
Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.
Evening Worship - 7:30 p.m.
Pastor: Rev. A. Maybury, Goderich
Happy New Year
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