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Ladies told about Amnesty International
he Huron-Perth
Presbyterial of the United
Church Women held an
executive meeting recently
at the Wingham United
Church. The local U.C.W.
presidents, Church- in
society chairpersons and
other members also at
tended.
Reports were given of the
recent months work in
cluding the ploughing match,
regional rallies and
workshops in October by the
chairpersons and introduced
by the president, Mrs. Doris
Zurbrigg, Listowel.
The guest speaker Mrs.
Jeanne Moffat, Waterloo,
gave the following inspiring,
instructive talk on “Amnesty
International,’’.
“It is wonderful to realize
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involvement in Amnesty
International comes about
largely as a result of my
Christian faith.
So let us look now at the
situation in our world where
over 100 countries
throughout the world have
imprisoned people for their
beliefs, tortured them,
denied them fair trials, or
otherwise denied their
rights. It’s a grim picture,
but it would be even grim
mer if these, flagrant
violations of human rights
were not being met by voices
of protest.
What is being done?
Amnesty International is
at work — the largest in
ternational NGO solely
concerned with Human
Rights. Founded in 1961 by
lawyer Peter Benenson out
of his concern over the
growing number of people
detained for political or
religious reasons, it has
grown to an organization
with thousands of members
in 109 countries, 35 of which
have national sections of A.I.
There are 2,000 adoption
groups working on specific
cases of prisoners of con
science—A.I. handles about
7,000 such cases each year.
Amnesty International is
an independent and im
partial organization working
universally — It is not
associated with any
government, political party
or religious creed.
Christmas Theme
how human solidarity
awakens in the face of
misfortune, and through it
we not only get the moral
and human support that we
need, but also moreover, we
strengthen ties of friendship
with those who are away in
distance, but very close in
the heart ... Believe me,
my dear friend, that upon
receipt of news .. , about the
influence you and your
friend were exerting on my
behalf, I saw for the first
time the light of hope in the
middle of black that today
surrounds my unfortunate
country.’’
“I owe my freedom mostly
to the efforts of my ad
mirable wife and daughters
and Amnesty International. I
don’t know how you operate,
but faith in your efforts and
concern sustained me
throughout the horrible
period of my imprisonment.
Without hope I think I would
have died. Hope has been
fulfilled. How can I say
‘Thank you’? What can I do
for you now or in the
future?’*
These voices of prisoners
in Chile and Panama are
representative of the voices
of thousands of men and
women around the world
whose lives have been
touched by the concern of
unknown people scattered
around this globe. The
concern is that of human
beings for other human
beings — the concern that
they be treated in a manner
that is in accordance with
the rights spelled out in the
document known as the
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights.
Your specific interest in
the area of human rights and
the work of Amnesty
International arises, I
suspect, out of the mission
study emphasis on human
rights this year within the
United Church.
I would also suspect that a
majority of you have until
now not given much thought
to the issue — largely due to
the fact that you have felt
your human rights have not
been violated. It’s a
“distant” problem that
pushes itself into our con
sciousness in a newspaper
headline or TV newscast —
only to be forgotten when the
article is read or the
newscast is over.
Our reactions to reading or, And From that day on, he
u _ _r aske(j and prayed,
He preached and he lived, so
the world might be saved.
Best Wishes for a
Very Merry Christmas
and a Prosperous
New Year and a
sincere thank you to
all our customers,
friends and
neighbours.
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Frank McFadden
Elgin Thompson,
Unknown to the world, on that
still night,
Jesus’ life, began to take
light,
BY KIM BISHOP
Room 5
Mount Carmel
Christmas
Happy time
Everyone is excited
Hike Christmas alot
Noel
BY TRACY GLAVIN
Room 5
Mount Carmel
I’m
I’m decorated so prettily,
I’m a tree can’t you see?
I’m a little Christmas tree.
READY FOR WINTER — The parade entry by The Loft featured penguins, ice fishermen and
a samoyed dog, and while Saturday's weather wasn't on the cold side, these youngsters were
well prepared for winter's blast. photo
peace to your home. In
From
Jack Riddell
MPP Huron-Middlesex
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Gay Lea earnings down;
Miller returned as director
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fl enjoys a very happy holiday!
May Christmas bring
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At a directors’ meeting
following the annual meeting
of Gay Lea Foods Co
operative Ltd., held in
Guelph on December 5,
Walter Hamel of Elmwood
was re-elected president.
Hamel owns and operates a
dairy farm in Bruce County
and has been active in farm
and . co-operative
organizations for some
years. He has been a
Delegate in the co-operative
since the early 1960’s and
was elected a director in
1968.
Russell McCutcheon of
Owen Sound was re-elected
as a director and as 1st vice-
president and Robert Turner
of Owen Sound was re
elected as a director and as
2nd vice-president. Elected
to the board in December
was Fred Meier of Brussels.
twenty years had grown to
nearly $7,000,000 and total
assets to date totalled in
excess of $19,000,000. He
stated management is ac
tively pursuing alternative
production and processing
opportunities to offset the
declining plant milk supply.
T. E. Brady, executive
vice-president and general
manager, announced a
decrease in sales 14 percent
to $76,878,160, due to the
decrease in milk receipts
from a year ago and the sale
of the co-operative egg
business. Correspondingly
net earnings of $504,773 were
down dramaticallv from
those earned in 1977.
He said that the financial
position of the co-operative
continued to improve,
having reached a current
ratio in excess of 1.6 to 1 for
the first time and that
members’ equity had in
creased to 36.0 percent of
total assets.
Out of earnings the board
of directors had declared a
dividend of 8 percent or $1.20
per common share. Brady
said that the dividend on
shares, plus the patronage
dividend on milk and cream,
would return over half a
million dollars in cash to the
member shareholders.
On a night long ago in days
gone by,
When angel’s songs thronged j
the sky,
In a lean-to shelter, under
the moon,
A baby was born, to become i
the savior soon.
On a night long and dark, in a
land cruel and cold
The Christ child’s story
began to unfold
Sheltered by shepherds and
men far away
God’s own son, in a manger
of hay.
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| The remaining directors
are: Howard Wilson, Owen
Sound; John Campbell,
Bayfield; David Ireland,
Teeswater; Edwin Miller,
Exeter and John Stafford,
Wroxeter.
At the Annual Meeting
which preceded the election,
President Walter Hamel said
that the year under review
had its problems, its
challenges and its successes.
Sharply reduced milk
volume necessitated cur
tailment of operations in the
milk plants and had a very
profound affect on earnings.
However, net earnings
permitted payment of a cash
patronage dividend of TOc
hectolitre on 80 percent of
members’ milk and 2%c per
kilogram butterfat on
members’ farm-separated
cream.
Hamel mentioned this was
the co-operative’s twentieth
year of operations com
mencing business in October
1, 1958. He stated that
members’ equity over the
iiil
* %
Christmas is a
winter wonderland, covered
by a blanket of pure white snow. We
send you our sentiment
during this brisk season through our
warmest wishes and a hearty “Thanks.”
Merry Christmas.
Make appointments
to cbunty council
this glittering W
time of the year &
we send wishes
for your S
happiness, •
glowing with bright^
hope for the future.
The 45-member Huron
County council Wednesday
approved the make-up of its
10 standing committees,
where much of the county’s
business will be hashed out
in depth.
The newly acclaimed
warden, Hay Township
Reeve John Tinney, serves
as the ex-officio member on
each committee.
Following are the com
mittees and membership,
with the chairman listed
first and the number of
years each member is ap
pointed for listed in
brackets.
Roads: J.C. Krauter
(two); Ken Campbell (one);
William Dale (two); R.M.
Williamson (three); Lloyd
Mousseau (three).
Huronview Nursing
Home; Royce Macaulay
(one); S.P. Hallahan (two);
Allan Campbell (two); W.I.
Morley (three); Douglas
Russell (three).
Health: Eileen Palmer
(one); John Tinney (one);
F.E. Haberer (two); Paul
Steckle (three); John
Morrissey (provincial ap
pointed representative).
Library: Tom Miller
(one); Robert Allen (two);
(three);
Maureen
Penn and Noreen Gnay (all
citizen appointments).
Property: ' Don
MacGregor (one); John
Austin (one); Joe Kerr
(two); H.J. Craig (two);
Ernest Brown (three); Leo
Foran (three).
Planning: Harold Knight
(one); W.E. Simmons
(one); Tom Consitt (two);,
Joe Hunking (two); Robert
Jewell (three); Bill Elston
(three).
Development: J.M. Daw
son (one); John Flannery
(one); Harold Robinson
(two); T.J. Cunningham
(three); Ervin Sillery
(three).
Executive: Don Eadie
(one); Robert Bell (one);
Garnet Wright (two);
Warren Zinn (two); W.K.
Bogie (three); D.J. Noble
(three).
Social services: Harold
Elliott (one); Harold Wild
(one); Grant Stirling (two);
Leona Armstrong (three);
John Stafford (three).
Land division: Gervin
Reed, John Hazlitt, J.L.
McCutcheon, Joe Miller and
Cecil Desjardine (all citizen
appointments).
hearing of violations of
human rights are varied: 1.
“It doesn’t concern me —
why get excited?” 2. “Isn’t
that awful? .. .But I can’t do
anything about it.” 3. “It’s
what they deserve! They
shouldn’t have stirred up so
much trouble in the first
place!”
With these kinds of
reactions, we can shrug off
any responsibility or in
volvement. I trust you will
realize, however, that as
committed Christians, these
reactions are inconsistent
with the command to be
obedient, the command to
love that is ours.
Our mandate for in
volvement in human rights
issues lies in the call Of a God
who is constantly liberating
those in bondage and in a
Christ who sets us all free to
be whole persons. It is in
recognition of so many
violations of the rights of
individuals to become fully
human that the United
Church has specified this
year’s mission theme as
“Human Rights”.
I wanted to point out these
considerations for us as
Christians before I
proceeded to tell you about
Amnesty International. My
Season’s Greetings from
Jack and Leone Riddell
and Family
May the joy of Christmas
be in your heart all
through the New Year.
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