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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-12-22, Page 4♦ > ,fT 1 Page 4-—-Clinton N9Ws-Rccai'cl-r-TTI|urs.< Dec« 22, 1966 Editorials .•. A Guest Editorial ( I Christmas 1966 The Joy of Christmas By Rev. Grant L. Mills, Minister of Ontario Street; United Church WE LIKE Christmas because, there for needy children, have been more than is something in it that makes joy come generous. into our lives. The busy shopping spree . and the sending of cheerful, greetings takes much of our time; but these are , almost* forgotten, in the Sensation. that something wonderful is happening ,ajl around us. ' / . • * 3 ‘ ’ The birth of our Lord was'a-great climax in human history. 'It was -the “Good News” because, once more, God , ... , T . , . -affirmed the value of bumaRjif^ which Jesus came to give, whose birth we remember, was . to tell the world, “I have come that- you may have life and may have it more abun­ dantly.” . :j i This theme, ^which came to its full­ est expression‘4n Jesus, ..is the secret of true living." It, is the secret of obtain­ ing greater "joy. ... z Mian’s joy will" depend.upon. how- he , responds to the Saviour’^ teachings, and example.- For Christmas is not a happy time- for all.", Some are sad. and lonely. Some are tired and have no peace be-4 cause of the demands of this busy time. ' To many it only emphasizes the differ­ ence between poverty and' riches. • " But Christmas should be a : time, of special< thanksgiving. It ’ should, be thanksgiving expressed in.deeds tof love V It is good to hear that a class in . school has decided to exchange only token gifts this year and to send the money saved to UNICEF. We speak with praise for the Sunday School class that sends jts gift money to help those in need in Other lands. We are happy • in, these things because in this kind of sharing there is the true, secret of the ' For the spirit that inspires young people and old to share jin this way . lived many* years before Jesus was bom. God has always been good to His people. Jesus was the incarnation of thq very ideal of life that makes life wfhole and true. It is an ideal that is part of all creation. So Jesus has made more real to the world- the way of life that brings peace and joy to man. I 'am sure that ‘ His command that- we “Love one an­ other,” is the most, important thing for us 4o. remember and practise. There Has never been a more useful or better way'and I am confident that there never will be. " ’ Jesus’ words are in the foundations . of our creation. By them were all things _____ ______________ , created and by them alone, will we re- and kindness. We are thrilled to know, main and continue to share the true joy that gifts of Christmas toys this year, proclaimed at Christmas. Dear Mr. Claus Mr. Santa Claus, North Pole. Dear Sir, '. our Best Wishes for a Blessed Christmas ‘ and a Prosperous New. Year to .all our readers and friends. - ‘ ! . * . You will be pleasantly /surprised,. Santa, to learn that this .letter ...does not include a last minute gift request. On the contrary, it is filled to the brim with admiration for you* and sealed xyith lots of thanks. ’ , Last December we wrote /to you from the Editorial' Desk at the News- Record to ask you for a new community centre for the town of Clinton. We had almost given up hope, Santa'. .Eleven months went by and we seemed to be no closer to a modern new centre where Clinton people could skate in the winter and entertain all year round. ** . ■■ But sure enough Santa, you di(J come through. Town council has accept^ ed a tender from a Waterloo construc­ tion firm to build a community" centre in Clinton Community Park? We could­ n’t be happier. ' * We just wanted to say “thanks” on , behalf of recreation in Clinton; the boys who play hockey; the youngsters wjho belong to the figure skating'club;; the , children and older fplks who . like to skate; and every group which will bene­ fit in any way from the convenience of the facilities.- ■ readers and friends. ; ' Sincerely, The Editorial Staff, The Clinton News-Record. Kid Stuff By Frank Horne The wise guys tell me • that Christmas is Kid Stuff ... Maybe they’ve got something there ... Two thousand years ago three wise guys chased a star across a continent to bring , frankincense and myrrh to a Kid bom' in a manger . with an idea in, his .head . From Our Early Files , 55 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, December 28, 1911 ♦Miss Sadie East, who ( has been teaching at School '.Seen tiion No. 3, Hay, is spending the Christmas holidays at her home in Hullpft.. Mrs? F. W. Watts starts -out next week on her winter’s tour as jecfturer of Women’s Insti­ tutes. She lias just7’ completed a course ’• with the American College of Mechano Therapy. The McEwan Bros., "Bayfield moved their saw mill to Robert Trick’s and: are busy .cutting ..up the -logs into lumber. Robert has pulled down his sawmill and intends to build in . the future. Bayfield council again went in - by • acclamations. The 'pre­ sent councillors are as. follows; Thus. Cameron, James Thom­ son, Chas. Parker and Robert Blair. The reeve is-now George Lindsay. The New Era advertises they sell genuine vegetable, fibre parchment paper, for wrapping buttei\ They print your name, farm, postt-office printed with special feutter paper ink; save two cents per pound by wrap­ ping your own, Robert Perihale, Bayfield, last a valuable horse, while on his way from England. The ani­ mal took slick. and died on board slhip and was given a watery grave. Bob is cheeaifiul and .talks lightly of. the valuable horse that was' sent to Davy .Jones’ Locker." 40 Years «■ days in town with her sisters, Mrs. E, Adalrps and Miss . L, Brigham, r ‘ ' Miss Eleanor Plumsteel, of Sioux Lookout is* spending the holiday season • with her parents, Mir. and Mrs. W. J. Plumsteel. ' ‘ , Qhirisitmas messages were written by the ministerial asso­ ciation on front page. They were by Rev, A, E, Silver, Clin­ ton Baptist Church;’ Rev, G. G. Burton, Ontario Street United Church; Lieut. Paul Deadman, Salvation Army; Rev. G. W. Moare, St. Paul’s Church; Rev. Andrew Lane, Wesley-Willis United Church and Rev, B. F, Andrew, Presbyterian Church. SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley | i'jk Christmas Is Real From The Gallery . . 0y HENRY F. HEALD Give our very best to all members ’ of your staff, Santa, who zhave worked so hard to get this project off the ground iri time for our Centennial. We know it must have taken much of their valuable time in a busy year., * , , . Oh, and Santa, maybe you could do one small thing for us here- at the.. Newfs-Record. Maybe you could carry ’ and as the, bombs crash . / ' - all over the world ■ today • . the real Wise guys know • ; that we’ve all got to go chasing stars < again in the hope ’ ■ that we can get back some of that ■ Kid Stuff born two thousand years- ago . / The Christmas Challenge THE RECENT demonstrations of the people in the world are undernour- Canadian housewives against rising ished: The World Health Organization, food-prices was:an exercise in respon- " ..................- sible citizenship. But: a -realistic per­ spective must be kept on such things. The sense of proportion must hot be distorted by people’s general affluence. Public health authorities have said that in North America more people die of too' much food than of too little. Mal­ nutrition has not been eliminated in .our society, but obesity hais become a great­ er health problem in Canada arid the U.S.A* than is malnutrition. The medical ■ .■•-A' an/agency ,Qf the United Nations, has estimated that malnutrition is a major factor .in over four million deaths throughout the world each year. For most people in the world today the great problem is not a cold war in danger of becoming hot but a cold, empty feeling in the pit of the stomach which is not likely to become a warm, full one. ' ■ At Christmas, and all through the people seriously discuss what is called shame of ‘overnutrition for the child.” ^le,ia£fluenJ parts of the • world if they do not meet, aggressively Sleek, affluent North Americans and constructively and compassionately, need to be reminded that two-thirds of the problem of world hunger. * X* Clinton News-Record ERA Amalgamated 1924 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Established 1S81 THE CLINTON NEW Established 1865 Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron County Clinton, Ontario, Canada Population 3/475 A. LAURIE COLQUHOUN, PUBLISHER a. ’ ® £.,. i , a i ' Signed contribution* to fnh publication,’ nro the opinion* of fhn wrtlnri only, nnd do not hac«*>arlly oxprM* fhn view* ol fhn. howtpapnr, Clan Mall, fo*f Office Department, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Ce»h » ■— Canada and Great Irltaln: |SJS a year; Authorised at Second ____ ___ ____ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable In advance - w.IHra. -™. ........ . yw-r; United State* end Foreign: 4JO, Single Coplea: 11 Coat*. OTTAWA — Newspapers- and radio stations. discovered years ago that .if they wanted to add a little controvei;sy. to liven up things all they had to do was to start a “what’s youi/ beef" column or'a. “hot-line” program ’ and the disgruntled public would do the rest. Cartoonist. Jimmy Hatlo has made ’a- - good thing of his “There ought to be a law . . . ” gags foil' more years than most people can remember. ■ The Canadian .parli'ament this year ha-s taken, up these' dual ideas as though' they were new products on the mlarket. • ' -Parliamentary committees on such things as transiprirt, fish- -eries, labor, finances etc. have been accustomed to hearing briefs ’ from-, farm arid labor groups, professorial arid busin- - ess associations. The establish­ ment of committees to inquire into such things as drug costs, divorce^ laws and the rising cost of living has opened the field to a wider assortment of organizations and individuals anxious to express their, points ■ ■ of view on these matters. Continuing the analogy,, not only have. the MPs .arid Sena­ tors enjoyed increasing pub­ licity by their exposes of food and drug, companies’ profits, but they have also indulged in premature proposals that “there ought to be a law” against whatever marketing practice comes under fire at the mo­ ment. Peter Howard, the late British, journalist and play- wri'ght, once quipped, ' “The most remarkable thing about contemporary statesmanship' is that no-one has ever made a mistake.” ' It is a comfortable philosophy to be able to put the responsi­ bility for problems on someone else; the; car accident’ is not caused by poor 'driying,';1 but - by faulty engineering; the' food budget is short because prices are too high, not because of expensive taStes or poor shop­ ping habits. ,* L.. It is a comfortable phil­ osophy, but an unrealistic one. No advertiser tor producer is going to "use a < gimmick if'it doesn’t work. If a parent has not learned to say ‘/no” to a four-year-old child there is no point in blaming the. cereal company for beaming their ad­ vertising at the youngster, A? Jaw .prohibiting gimlmick advertising would further weak­ en. individual responsibility and make the public that much more dependent upon 'the gov­ ernment for marketing control. It is daujbtfiul that -it would have any inarked effect on the price of food. •< Obviously there, are many areas iri which changes need .to be made’.' Divorce, laws .are archaic and need to be re­ written to .provide for'dissolu­ tion' of marriage when the marital relationship .has com­ pletely broken dawn, for - what­ ever reaslon. Federal and provincial sales taxes' on prescription drugs cannot be justified. People who suffer chronic diseases, whose very life depends on continued medication, should receive those drugs, free or ait least at manu­ facturers’ cost. In a free enterprise economy, however, .laws are to protect the. public against impure pro­ ducts, dishonest advertising and price fixing. Beyond that it is the consumer’s responsibility to accept or reject a product on the basis of personal taste or competitive price. The Seriate-Commons com­ mittee on food prices has held 43 sessions in which they have heard ri mass of testimony. When they sort through it all, let us hope they come up with something more creative than’ the usdal recommendation for a govefrimerit; board to control prices- arid restrict advertising. Those kind of suggestions arh best lrift with the disgruntled few whoso concept of respon- Sibile action is a placard and a picket line. . • ’ >. • CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, December 23, 1926 A't the December meeting of the Londesboro WMS, Mrs, John Hultton was presented With a Life Membership cer- tiifioate. /■ W, H. Lobb, Goderich. Town­ ship had -a very successful sale of. highgrade cattle on Thurs­ day last. Seventeen cows brought $1,529.00, the highest price pa-i'd being .$117,50 for a oovv With' calf at foot. During the yeiar, John Jacob, keeper at the Hurou County Home reporlts to the Huron County Council that the Indus­ trial Farm submits the follow­ ing crops grown and work-done, 500 bushels o:f mangolds, 50 baskets tomatoes; 700 head of .cabbage, 99 boxes raspberries; 40 baskets cucumbers; $1,100.45 live hogs-sold; 600 bushels pot­ atoes; 50 bushels beets, 8,794 lbs. onions; 100 bushels carrots; 800 bu. oats; 300 bu. mixed grain; 40 ton hay; 240 bu. tur­ nips; 184 boxes strawberries; 50 bu. table 'beans, 25 barrels apples. ■ Dr. M. A. Shipley who has been with his mother, Mrs. George Shipley, since the death of his father some weeks ago, is iri Toronto this week. He takes up his nqw practise at Blyth at the New Year; 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, December 25, 1941 Miss Betty Gairdner who is attending Columbia University, in New York arrived home on Monday to spend 'the holiday' season with her mother, Mrs. ,R. H. F. Gairdner, Bayfield1. Rev. and Mrs. G. G. Burton .are spending Christmas in Woodstack With friends. Miss O. Brigham, teacher in the Windsor Technical School, is Spending" the Christmas holi- 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, December 27, 1956 Cart Hemingway, Brussels, has been hired by the Huron County Federation of Agricul­ ture as their secretary field­ man. He will succeed Gordon Grelig of Bluevale. ’ At the CDCI commencement night five sented to They were Scholarship and Lincoln Night Scholarship in Physics, Queen’s University; the Sir Ernest Cooper Scholarship, Grade 12, the top Carter Scholarship for Huron County; and an Atkin­ son Foundation bursary. Other awards to CD.CI stu­ dents 'indluded • the/Irwin Hilli­ ard Scholarship in English and History, Victoria College and a Carter Scholarship to Mary Dy­ mond; Atkinson Foundation bursary and a Dominion Pro- vicial bursary each to Nicolaas van den Assen and Donald Cornish. Honour graduation, diplomas were presehted to Glenyce Bainton, Ronald Barnett, Shir­ ley Brandon, Donald Cornish',; Mary Dymond, Carl Falconer,! 'Margaret Finley, William Fin­ ley,- Robert Galbraith, Ian Grif­ fiths, Harry Guetter, Joanne Hodgins, James.Howes, Louise* Hyde, Glen McDonald, Eliza­ beth Nediger, Elizabeth Rodges," William Sharkey, Arthur Tyn­ dall, Nicholaas van den Assem, Willis Walpole and Mariene Walsh. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Baird, Brucefiield, celebrated their sil­ ver wedding anniversary last Saturday. * J Harris and David1 Oakes, Uni­ versity of Toronto 'are spending the Christmas vacation with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Oakes. Merton Memer, - Spencer Ervine and Grant -Turner were appointed to the Bayfield Pub­ lic. School Board. Letter To The Editor 'awards were ppe- Robertt Galbraith, itihe McLean Rural Christmas' comes but once a year. In fact it’s just ahead. But have you heard the bad ’. news'?' Santa Claus is dead. He didn't have a stroke, In fact it's difficult to say What made old Santa croak. Same say it was exhaustion, Some say it was a clot; But others* seem to think he conked From smoking too much pot. Chimney-pot, that is, of icourse, •’ He wouldn’t touch the oith'er. But what an anti-dlimax, For Santa just to smother. At least he could'have fallen From his sleigh -and made.a splash, Or run into a satellite ' With one almighty crash. ’ * * • ■. I know it’s goiing to be hard, to explain that to your kids, • ibult that's your problem. The revelation contained in the above doggerel is my per­ sonal campaign against the THE BIBLE TODAY Christmas' in Hong Kong in 'many ways is different from a Canadian Ohrlistmas. Without snow and a long tradition of Santa Claus, the children still find much happiness. The roof-top schools, where' literally thousands of children are taught the 3 R’s, also, add religion, especially at Christ­ mas. Many classes linj these schools prepare a program of songs, skits and Bible read­ ings for .their parents and friends.. The Gospel stories of the birth of our Lord are rehearsed and “peace and goodwill" echoes from many a platform. Whether gifts are distributed' as in many cases — or not, the reminder of God’s 'greatest Gift, His Son, is paramount. “The Word became flesh, and we saw His Glory." Jn. 1:14. “The choirs sing, the bands play and the Children act the Christmas story ■ With enthus­ iasm” reports Don. ..Kauffman from Hong Kong in the Mission­ ary Outlook, “all for one pur­ pose, to point men to the One who was born Saviour." Local Minister Deplores Editorial; Asks "Christ7'—Not "Santa" Kept The Clinton News-Record, Clinton, Ontario. Dear Sirs, - Your paper is certainly fill­ ing a need in this area and is much appreciated. I was astounded, however, by editorial on December ‘Lets Put Santa Claus a bit your 8th_. Back into Christmas’ It ,was written either With tongue in cheek (sometimes a dangemous pro­ cedure) or With sentimental or extremely-, illogical reasoning. You seeni, in this instance, to be following the popular pas­ time of sniping at the Church without offering anything con­ structive in its- place. You men­ tion the “bathrobe dramas" and that “the good news has all been left to the angels". You criticize the pratice of White Gift Sunday Where there is no mention of “service or personal involvement”. .Then you come up with the priceless statement the Tuckersmith Unit Elects Executive The Tuckersmith Unit of United Church Women, Bruce- field United Church, met at the home of Mrs. John Broadfoot. Eighteen members arid -three visitors enjoyed a pot-luck din­ ner prior to the meeting. Mrs. J. McEwen arid Mrs. N. Silletry were in charge of the devotions. Gards were sung with Mrs; Richardson at the piano. ' Mrs. Berry who presided for the business session extended season’s greetings to all mem­ bers and guests and thanked everyone for the co-operation she had received, during a busy1 1966. A balance of $775 was report­ ed in the treasurery, I Officers for 1967 arc: lead­ ers,, Mrs. John Henderson and ivirs;. J. Broadfoot; treasurer, Mrs. Edgar Allen; secretary, Mrs, Irvin Sillery; press re- portor, Mrs. Elgin .Thompson; recording secretary, Mrs. N. SilW. that we must -bring “the spirit of Santa Claus back into Christmas” since “He doesn't send his gnomes to deliver the gifts. He corries himself; He is personally involved. With each gift there is the rosy red smile, the loving concern." Are you joking? When one sees the countless “Santas” in commercial establishments or in “Santa Claus Parades”, com­ plete-with red nose and portly figure (surely typifying self- indulgence rather than loving concern far others), we' wonder haw far commercialism can go in prostituting ail that is really fine in Christmas. Certainly people are urged to give ex­ pensive gifts, — but generally only to people who already have more than is good! for them. - . « You seem to' forget that Christianity does not concen­ trate on such stories as the Visit of • the Magi but on the fact that “the Word becomes flesh and dwelt among us.” The emphasis is not on receiving but ,on giving and sharing. Most of our Christmas stories lean helavily on* the Scripture text, “Inasmuch as you have done lit unto one of the least of these, you have done’ it unto me.” In many of our churches lists of needy families are procured from Social Service Agencies. Sunday School children are urged to spend their own sav­ ings to help fill generous ham- pel's; Then, accompanied by their teacher, the children be­ come involved delivering the hamfper to the family. " In our own Clinton Public School at least one teacher ap­ proached me to tell of his plan of action. Instead of the child­ ren exchanging gifts at Christ­ mas time, they are to. bring money of their own to send away to help the Work of UNICEF. We have alsb heai'd of cases iri our churches where the children are given year round tasks to do and ,the money Carried is used to sponsor or­ phan children In the Far East. Granted there is a modicum of in what you have said# There are mistakes and weaknesses in What many of us try to do. But we DO try to do something? *’ I themselves by Most of the finest things we have are as a result of Christ’s example and teaching: schools, hospital's, orphanages, etc. Even Santa Claus dates back to 'leg­ ends of Saint Nicholas. Buit poor old Santa Claus plays a rather insignificant part in any of this, — and rightly so. I would like to suggest that we soft pedal Santa. Claus and the - Easter, Bunny -and “LET US PUT CHRIST BACK INTO CHRISTMAS!" Sincerely yours, ANDREW J. MO WATT. December 19, 1966. Editor’s Note: Perhaps it should be painted out that the editorial in’ question was riot one composed of our own thoughts, but came to us through"' the -courtesy of The Board1 of Evangelism and Social Service, The United Church of Canada. From time to tim'e, along with- all other newspapers who receive them, we use these “Unchurched Editorials" if they are seasonable or of interest. ’ 'assortment of ’ creeps going around smelling up the qiti Tnotsphere with their' God-Is- Dead garbage. There’s just as much truth, .and just a? much, carnutori sense, in my report about )S. Claus as there is in theirs about God. I don’t care whether they are eminent clerics or half- baked beatniks, the God-Is- Dead crowd diead wrong. He may be out to lunch oc­ casionally but He is not dead. He is very much alive, And you can go tell that on the mountain, my folk-singing friends. • Siorry if I sound a bit h’eat- . ed a£ this time of peace and goodwill and fpur-color ads for whisky and,-perfume. But I’ve had enough of the com- ■ 'plqte current scene for a bit. Quite enough of • psychedelic ■' .sensations, and clever little ' clergymen saying glib things, and young people With open .'moutiis who swallow >any-, ’ thing that files into them, and simple-minded, earnest “liberals” who bore the hell out of me trying to explain .things far beyond them. There, it’s out. I’m just a ruddy old reactionary, after iali: And I don't give a diddle. Never iri my life have I had a * desire to be one of the '“'in” crowd, and I have no' inten­ tion of Starting now. Firs|t of all, what is Christ­ mas ail about? Is it' riot a ' celebration, in the Christian World, of the basic tenet of faith:-that‘God gave man the greatest gift in 'his power, a son, a living, breathing mani­ festation of His concern for the muddled, wtongrheaded, two-legged creatures who make such a muck of things on their own? He gave man this gift-only once. But every year for 20 * centuries, its celebration has renewed peace and joy and love in the world, even if , only for a short time. That’s quite a gift. Now, Santa Claus is a little different. He’s been in busin­ ess only for about a century. He brings' something different . every year, and 'all his gifts can be broken, lost or worn out. Already, a lot of people are getting , a bit sick of Santa. We see him every­ where: on floats, in depart­ ment stores, at Christmas concerts, in beer 'advertise­ ments. He looks a little dif- , ferent each time. And he ?. spend's two months of the year leering at us from all directions and ho-hoing like the village idiot. He’s like everybody’s jolly old grandpa. But after two months of white whiskers, belly laughs and urgiings to buy, buy. buy, even jolly old grandpa should be sent off to the funny farm. How would you like to have God around for two months a year, every day and night, right Where you could see him? And what’s worse, where he could, see you. What we’ve got to do is ( stop treating God like Santa i Claus. A visiting clergyman told us on Sunday the story of a family that wanted something very, very much. They prayed for it. And pray­ ed and prayed, the whole family, as hard as they could, for a wetek. Nothing happen­ ed. In despair, the father said, “Wiell,' I guess God didn’t answer our prayers.” His little daughter piped, “Sure He did, Dad. He said no.” That’s faith. God is alive. Christmas is- real. 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