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A prayer for pe
(The ,excerpt below is taken from the litany
especially prepared for the "Prayer for fa,eace't.
service Sunday night by Rev. S. Ernest Lewis,;
J rhes Street United Church.)
We thy frail and sinful children, bow before
thee confessing: our weakness and failure and our
need of a strength «•blah we do not find in our -
.selves. In the time of our security we have been
indifferent to 'the .dangers and suffering of our
brothers and sisters in the world who were not
!secure and have suffered the loss .of life and
preacn�lt'z6 v ai"hMi Itat°ser= I •
vice, Rev. MacAulay has been
incumbent of the parish of •cy upon us in the time
Kirkton, Granton and Saints-
bury since June 1901 and leave,
in October to continue studies
at Huron College and New
York,
He took as his parting mes-
sage Psalm 23, dwelling en the
"overflowing cup" as his har-
vest theme.
Two .dedications were made
during the service:: "To the
glory of God in loving, memory
of John Smyth who donated
the land for this church and
who is buried in these grounds,
the memorial plaque presented
by his family at the centennial
service, July 2, 1,961." Also:
"To the glory of God and in
loving memory of Jane and
Francis Washburn, a beautiful
Gothic chalice and a,atnn Cho >w and for all the years
which may remain to us 0 Lord.
0 merciful God who despiseth not the
prayer of the contrite heart hear this confession
of our unworthiness and unfaithfulness for thy
mercy's sake.
Lord, have mercy upon us and incline
our hearts to do thy wilt.
In our present need we seek thy help 0
God. As our fathers turned to thee in days of
crisis and alarm so turn we. The unknown future
troubles us and we are engulfed with anxiety and
concern.
r 0 God,
our peace of mind unthink-
inning and greed, we have
eh to the godless pursuit of
have been ignorant of the
tines then we could have
ed.
haunting accusations of
is 0 Lord.
y indifference. from all cam,
selfishness. from the un-
fe in thy service and thy
Help us 0 God.
Remembering leaders of nations In the re-
cent past Who plunged our world into war through
personal ambition and miscalculation we fear
leaders of the present who have unlimited power
within their own countries and- who seem to be
travelling the sane path to uncontrolled and un-
necessary' war. We fear modern weapons which
could bring such havoc as only generations could.
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repair. In the !midst of such: fears for .ourselves
and .our race,
.Help us. 0 God,
Q God who knowest us to be set in the
midst of so many and great dangers. and that by
reason of the frailty of our nature we cannot al,
ways stand strong and full of courage, grant to
us such strength and protection as may support us
xn all dangers .and carry us through all trials,
0 thou that .hearest prayer we thank
thee
hOpg foras thy
anprawering voice of couraged
an
Hear us .Q God as we pray for all our race.
That it may please thee to look in kindness upon
our country to preserve to us the blessings .of
home and work. May ave continue to live in an
equal and impartial freedom, but in this help us
by thy Good Spirit that we may use our liberties
in accord with thy holy will,
We beseech thee to hear us 0 God,
That it may please thee to bless the whole
family of mankind from one end of the earth to
the other.
We beseech thee to hear us O God.
Purge the earth of all that which is evil;
the hate of one roan toward another, the hate of
one race toward another, every form of tyranny
over man's action and thinking and speech. Take
away the power of all that would destroy, tear
down, and, deny that which is good and true and
worthy,
We beseech thee to hear us 0 God,
Bless all leaders. Grant a divine patience
and evenness to those who meet in councils
where issues are confounded and debate becomes
a clash of wills rather than a meeting of minds.
Give to all leaders a sense of their trusteeship of
the lives of their fellowmen and a sense too of thy
divine imperative which speaks for righteousness in
every human heart.
We beseech thee to hear us 0 God..
Bless thy Church that she may be guided
and upheld up thy Spirit to witness faithfully to
divine things through all the world. Revive her
purity and strengthen the power of her testimony.
Through the din of earthly interests and the storm
of human passions let her make the still small
voice of the divine felt and heard.
'We beseech thee to hear us 0 God.
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Sugar and
Don't talk to me of England,
now that April's there. Don't
maunder on about Paris in the
spring: . Don't babble about
summer on the Riviera or win-
ter in the Swiss Alps. Just
double the length of that•mel-
low Canadian September,: and
I'll ask no more.
There's nothing in this world
to beat our September, when
it's a, good one. The country is
a panorama of green and gold.
The Bay deepens its blue to
an incredible shade. The fair-
ways are emerald velvet,
Each day has an expectant
stillness. Mother N a t u r e
sprawls in the yellow sun,
tired, but content with the lat-
est fruits of her womb. The
September air is as sweet and
clean as the first .kiss of a six-
teen -year-old. Each day is pre-
cious and perfect.
The evenings are smoky and
A . little sad. Night comes
quickly and there is a new ex-
citement in it. The moon sails
high. and calm. There is a stir-
ring in the blood. The air is
cool. The breath of furnace and
fireplace are welcome.
* * *
In September, we eat like
gods. Huge, sun -ripened toma-
toes, cold and juicy. Sweet yel-
low corn, slathered in butter.
New potatoes, boiled in their
skins. Rosy peaches in sugar
and cream. Grapes bursting
with sweetness. Apples so crisp
they snap when you bite them,
City -dwellers have retreated
once again to their concrete
canyons. The small towns,
where the tourist reigned sup-
reme in summer, have regained
their identity, renewed their in-
timacy. rife is more leisurely,
yet there is a bustle of Living,
new and ancient, with each
September's return. There is
the color and excitement of fall
fairs and track meets and foot-
ball games. There is the last
rout
September is the ultimate in
every respect, Except for one
thing. it's full of the same old
people, trying to drive you up
the wall.
Take my kids, for example.
Except that, t
ia
>e a foot tal-
ler-than
they, were a year ago,
Your library
By MRS, JMS
1» dr
Molly and Me
Molly and Me is the auto-
biography of that well loved
radio, television and stage star,
Gertrude Berg. A womanwho
has delighted millions of peo-
ple tells her own wonderful
story from the arrival of her
grandfather, Mordecia Edel-
stein, in this country to her
triumph in the Broadway hit
"A Majority of One."
She writes that she starts
her story with Grandpa, be-
cause he would have liked it
andbecause he was "the first
one of us all to come to Amer-
ica."
Young "Tillie", as she was
called, grew up in a most alive
family of brothers and sisters,
parents, grandparents, aunts,
uncles and cousins in Man-
hattan's upper East Side.
.
One day her highly unpre-
dictable
npre-dictable father bought a hotel
in. the Catskills, a million•dollar
mansion for $500 and his word
of honor. It became Gert-
rude's job to entertain the fret-
ful guests by reading palrns
and writing playlets. with parts
for as many guests as possible.
It was a natural step from that
to radio and her own family
became the models for the
famous Goldberg family which
has captivated audiences for
30 years.
dispensed by Bill Smiley
they're the same old kids —
demanding, expensive, cheeky
and lazy as coondogs when it
comes to anything but enjoy-
ing
njoying themselves.
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Tata+`'Any • ivife, ,.:as . another
for -example. Every year,, as
summer ends, she plans to "get
organized," settle down, do
some preserving, get on a
schedule, start baking cookies,
keep up with her ironing, hang
onto her temper, stop talking
so• much, and provide a quiet,
gracious home, where eveir'y
body is pleasant -spoken and
well-mannered.
• And every September, she
plunges into some wild, new
undertaking that upsets the
present ..shaky . system, . pre-
cludes all possibility of organ-
izing a new schedule, and has
us all running around in right•
angled triangles.
This year, she's up to her
ears, and ours, in a new job
and a new house. The job, of
course, doesn't affect us. Not
much. She has taken on the po-
sition of organist and choir -
leader in the church. All this
means is that young Kim has
been press-ganged into the
choir, young Hugh bas to serve
as an altar -boy, and old Dad
has already been approached
about teaching a S u nd. ay
;S`chool cla's's aitd'faki7lg;"tilr'fth6-
°collection..Sunday nights, when
all the .other sidesmen want .to
stay home and watch Ed Sulli-
van. So we can all kiss Sunday
goodbye.,
* * *.:
The new house has already
caused a few ruckuses, and.1_
can see a good many mare
looming. There's nothing wrong
with the house, and it sits on a
fine, great walloper of a lot,
which I like. But therein lies
the fly in the ointment that's
brewing up a storm, the peb-
ble in the shoe of the horse of
a different color.
My idea of gracious living
is to come home after work,
rip the top off a cold one, and
sit in the sun on a lawn chair,
in themiddle of the estate,
watching the black squirrels hi-
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Last Thursday- I stood on the
front steps of The Times -Ad-
vocate and watched the pa-
rade on its way to the Exeter
fair. There were,seine fine
decorated floats in. the proces-
sion, To my knowledge it Was
the first time I had watched
a parade when there was no
hand or music, l: iuiderstand.
that the school band joined the
procession later,
I missed our old friend Jack
Mallett of London, He was a
regular visitor to Exeter on
fair days and was :nevem hap-
pier than when he marched
with the band, playing . the
kettle drum.
Fair Day was always a busy
day for a newspaper reporter
and my mind went hack to the
many officials with whom I
was• associated while compiling
the prize winners for publica-
tion.
My first contact was with A,
G. Dyer. He was followed as
secretary by R. G. Seldon, who
held the position for many
years. The secretary's office
was in a small building on the
site of the present arena. Ad-
mission to the grounds was
through a turn -gate or through
a large gate which admitted
exhibitors,
A high board fence ran a-
long the north and south sides
of the grounds, Before the
arena was built in 1936 the
grandstand was directly op-
posite where it now stands, in
the early days when fair -clay
spending money was limited to
25i , the youngsters congregated
outside the gates until they
became a nuisance and then
• they were allowed in free.
!4.•-Thst 'Math attraction inside
th'e .gate was the crystal. pal -
•ace, the first Anglican church
in' ' Exeter. It was a two-storey
building with the ladies' work
on the second floor. The roots
• and vegetables were on the
' ground floor,
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JOTTIN('S BY JM$
Following R. G. Seldon as
secretary was Clark. Fisher.
Clark was 25 years on the board
of directors, 22 years as secre-
tary, Ile retired two years ago
and his place has been filled
by A. G, Hicks,
JL was in 193E that the Exe-
ter arena was built and shortly
after that the Agricultural
grounds were turned over to
the municipality. 'I'lhis was
necessary in , order that the
municipality niiglit receive a
grantf'r'om the provincial gov-
ernment,
About the same time when
the late William Coates was
president of the Agricultural
Society, great changes were
made at the fair grounds, The
judges stand, which at that
Hine was situated directly op-
posite the present grandstand,
was torn down and a new
grandstand erected. The race
track was laid. out and im-
proved, The race track was
built when Percy Passm..ore
was president.
It was about that saltie• time
that Clark Fisher was elected
as secretary succeeding Mr.
Seldon. Clark was 25 years on
the fair board, resigning two
years ago in favor of the pres-
ent Secretary, A. G. flicks.
At that time the secretary
took charge of the day's re-
ceipts and Clark recalls being
half scared one evening as he
returned to his home in Ifs-
borne township with $2,800 bulg-
ing from his pockets.
•For two years Mr. Fisher
was district director for the
fairs of No, 8 district.
Father was standing at the
edge of a cliff admiring the
sea below, the sandwiches
cl.utehed in his hand. His son
approached him and tugged at
his coat.
"Mother says it isn't safe
here," said the. boy, "and
you're either to come away or
else give me the sandwiches."
As the "Finney" go by
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE T -A FILES
50 YEARS AGO
On Monday evening a meet-
ing in the interests of Reci-
procity and M. Y, McLean,.
Seaforth, was held in James
Street sheds, Mr. J. E. Atkin-
son, editor of the Star, and
Mr, Thos. McMillan 'assisted
Mr, McLean.
Excellent weather, a large
attendance and good exhibits
made the annual fair a success
on Monday and Tuesday, J, W.
Hern won the most prizes in
the flowers and Mrs. F, Wick-
wire in the ladies' work.
Dr, Aikenhead of Hensall
had. his horse and buggy stolen
during the early hours of Sun-
day.
un-
da . 1t wasfound at Nairn a a
y
week later,
Word has been received at
the Toronto Methodist Mission
Headquarters that Lbe mission•
aries in Chengtu, West China
are all safe, and that the
worst is over. Among those in
China well known here are Mr.
and Mrs, P. Westaway, Mr,
and Mrs, A. E, Johns and Dr.
F. F. and Mrs. Allan..
Mr, Sant Sweitzer, reeve of
Stephen Township, was acci-
dently shot in the leg while
rovi►ig
cin .nl
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Exeter Lumber. Co.
Miss Laura Clark, Crediton,
left 'Thursday for Guelph to
attend Macdonald hall,
Mr, Kenneth Stanhury, t3A,
paid a flying visit to his home
in town before' resuming his
duties at. Osgoode flail. Ito has
been employed with the Can-
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IIQr tiro .summer,
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15 YEARS AGO
Visitors to the Exeter fair
grounds last Thursday were
greeted with a new sign "Exe-
ter Commimity Park" above
the pillars which mark the en-
trance to the grounds.
About three hours after Mr.
Earl Morley, Brinsley, had
finished filling his silo with
corn on Wednesday 'it burst
open from top to bottom spel-
ling corn over the ground to a
considerable depth.
Milk is now selling in Exeter
at 15 cents a quart and eight
cents a pint. The increase of
three cents a quartfollows the
action of the federal govern-
ment to discontinue the sub-
sidy of 55 cents a hundred
woight on fl.tlid milk. ,z•
The local garage owneisH,kaJ
made arrangements ,l .t net eby
the motoring 'pu llWt w=ill be
served Sunclays.and evenings
ie
as well as in the daytime,
`.I Jre first r ulihrary
formed Stephen Townstohbeip
was oPe red in Centralia in the
room n the building in which
!Fred►/ Warner barber shop is
sit, ated,
1:vangclical 1113 church, Cre-
diton, will celebrate .Its golden
jubilee with Professor 'Tho-
mas Finkbeiner, rorinerly of
Crediton, as speaker.
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs, A. I. Sweitzer
were .feted on Saturday eve-
ning an the occasion of their
silver wedding anniversary.
:Beta Sigma P11i. Sorority woe
first prize for the best decor-
ated car in the Exeter Fair
parade
A ba.lloon with an ncroitauti-
eal instrument came down
Monday ml the farm of. Janes
Cottle, 'Thames !toad, Part of
It came down ori the house and
part on a nearby tree.
An important change nn Exe-
ter's Hain Street is being made
by Snell Pros. which when
eontpleted will give them an
excellent showmen -1, plenty of
space for a parking lot, re.
move the Fun1118 from the
street and add to the appear-
ance of 111e town.
Middlesex C o tr n 1 y Council
last week pJaeed its support
Behind "tho efforts to have the
pinery area along l .take Iluro'ti
south of Grand Bend developed
as a public recreathonal Area,
Mr. and Mrs. Willialit Wood,
carting St. win celebrate their
golden wedding arinlvcrsary
uoxt Wednesday
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