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THE UNITED CHURCH
OF CANADA
jaaistme; PIM A. iY. Johastoak
JA. DD. 11 ,
Organist; Mr. F.0, Parker A.R.cri,
9.15 a.m. Sunday School
11.00 a.m. Morning Worship
PRESIIYTERIAN
IN CANADA
....MELVILLE CHURCI-.
MAsuster: nev. W. J. Morrison MA
Organisti' Mrs. Frank Thompson
ARCT
10,00 a.m. Church School
11 a.m. Public Worship
Monday Nov. 11
11.15 aau. 'Remembrance Day
Service
Everyone Welcome
ANGLICAN CHUil:::r;
OF CANAD"
Reuter: itev. H. L. Jeuniugs
BA.
Organat: Mrs. h. lillxoti
ST. JOHN'S
11 a.ma. Morning Prayer
and Church School
8T. DAVID'S, elenityr
2 p.m. Bible Study
24) p.ns. holy Communion
Ladies:
The Hi-T Club Girls
You wil! have an
after the show, Lunch
e friend.
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CRANBROOK
Mr. Gordon WitAtee, Godor7
icli brought a very wortnwhile
message to the special Lay-
:Inca's Service on sundey morn-
lag, Nov. 3, in lima presby-
tea4au Church. His thenie was
Who is 171,our Neighbour?" and
he stressed the tact that God
nits called us all, clergy and
laity together, to work as
parituers in the whole wore,
or the church. The • '• &ileac
1*.Glen, Lodge, soloist alsO
of ,Goderich, contributed two
solos.
Local men who assised in,
Lite service were Alfred Knight
and Ales ci,tmeron.
Firs consumes buildinEks
And Contents
A pre or unknown origin,
...dot/Pored the buildings near
the river on the property of the •
late George Sinaliclon, about.
;1.30 on Friday uleruing.
nulaber uf eniekens belonging
•to Norman. ,Pieiter, along with,
bales or straw, the property or
Kenneth Fischter, were con.sune
ea su the buildings.
elte. and Mrs,. Earl Dunn and
Jo-Anne visited with Mr. and .
'frs. Allan Dunn and family at .1
Kitchener on Sunday.
Mrs. :Jim. Devine and Mrs. Geo.
Post, Torouto„ spout the week-
:end with their sister and,
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JACK WHITE—
NDP CANDIDATE
(By S. Nichol)
An article on Jack White
caught my eye as I looked
through the Star this evening.
No,. not white Jack White—this
Jack White is a negro candidate
for the New Democratic Party
who will contest this month's
provincial election in his home
riding of Toronto-Dovercourt,
Mr. White's father was horn
in Maryland, under slavery.
Years later when he had ob-
tained his freedom, he moved
with his family to Nova Scotia.
Jack White came to Toronto
from. Halifax in 1949 and pur-
chased a house on Garden Av-
enue in the west end, Parkdale
section of the city. One of the
neighbours got up a petition• to
prevent their moving in, but it
flopped. because most of the
people on the street refused to
sign. However, the occupants
of the next house to the Whites
never spoke to them during the
entire • five years they lived
there.
Mr. White, who is currently
unemployed, says that he has
held good jobs since coming to
Toronto, but that he and the
several hundred other negroes
in Toronto-Dovercourt are al-
ways "last to be hived, first to
be fired."
Jack White's story got me
thinking on a topic which puts
most decent-thinking people on
tenderhooks. Do you ever get
steamed up about something
like this? I mean really red-
hot and bubbling over so that
yott feel you simply must tell
someone or, better still, tell the
Whole . world about it. Well,
that's • exactly how I feel to-
night and my text is probably
es old as the proverbial hills.
Certainly the authors of Holy
Writ dwelt heavily upon the
subject of "man's . inhumanity
to man," indicating that the
problem was not even then a
new one but an unwelcome leg-
60 which they had inherited'
from their ancient forbears. •••
To-day, thousands 'of years
later, this vicious monster
Which we have never really
learned to cope with, rears its
'Ugly head once again .end
spouts venom in a most -potent
and perniciOus form—racial die-
crimination., Of course, there
are Political,. religiOus and so-
cial prejudices too and, to my
way of thinking, they combine
to present far the greatest sin-
gle problem which confronts
our generation in North Amer-
ica, England and, to a greater
or lesser degree, other parts
Of the' world.
The whole vast steaming
cauldron of trouble which ex-
ists in the United States to-day
boils down to the basic fact
that modern man, with all his
gadgets of automation, advanc-
ed educational opportunities
and unprecedented high stand-
ards of living, has not yet
learned how to live with his
fellow man. He refuses to eat
or study with persons of an-
Other race or colour; he can-
not tolerate the dogma of an-
other's religion, or politics,
whiCh differs froth his own; he
will not bide with his neighbour
of low estate, and has little pa-
tience with the misdemeanours
Of youth or the lethargies of
old age, even within his own
family circle.
"But the world is in such a
chaotic state," We.. protest, "how
Can we help but . share some-
thing . of its tensions and un-
rest?" The. Psychologist re-
minds us that world crises do
not originate at that level. They
begin with the individual—at
home. They tell us that it is
our thoughtfulness, obstinate
wranglings and unpleasant re-
lationships with our families
and friends. It is our failure
to get along with our business
associates. It is the legal but
shady deals we pull when we
think no one is looking.
these and countless other seem-
ingly trivial and commonplace
things are the very 'stuff' of
which world crises are com-
pounded. "How can we expect
harmony at the international
level," I ask you, "when we do
not trust our closest neighbour
and at times we are not quite
sure about ourselves?"
I believe, if we could. be hon-
est with ourselves, that we all
must, acknowledge at least some
small portion of blame for the
disastrous situation which ex-
ists in Birmingham, Alabama,
to-day. We may argue that we
have contributed nothing to
this sorry state of affairs, but
then we are reminded that
there are the sins of omission,
too, which are not less damning
than those we have committed.
Perhaps there is something we
could and should be doing
about the wretched. situation.?
When I see the hideous, leer-
ing look of hatred on the faces
of some of our white American
neighbours as they .oppose the
negro integrators," feel nauseat-
ed and sick all over.' It is otllY
when we see prominent whites
marching in protest, shoulder-
to-shoulder, with their down-
trodden, black brothers; • that
we can be either proud of the
American past or optintistic of
her future.
As we pause to view The grave
plight of the United States,
however, let us not wallow in
righteous indignation, for we,
too,. have our Little Rocks. An
acquaintance of Clinton, Ont.,
tells me of the countless doors
from which he and his negro
friend were turned in London
and other places as they travel-
led across our' fair Province on
vacation. Neither - should 'We
let ourselves imagine that the
racial situation in the United
States does not concern us, for
-it very definitely does. Our
Canadian industry is largely
owned by United States capital
and, geographically, we hire an
integral.part of the North Am-
erican continent separated from
the United States by, only an
imaginary boundary line. We
are so closely tied up .with the
United States socially arid cul-
turally that, sink or st im, we.
are all on the same mud-flats.
At a period in history when
the. eyes of the world are on
North America for leadership,
as never before, what a crying
shame it is that she must he
torn with internal strife. What
an awkward way to feed the
propaganda machines of com-
munism. What a shoddy adver-
tisement for democracy. What
an inoppOrtune time to deflate
our international prestige by
presenting a divided front to a
cosmopolitan world. '
It is enough that we are all
too ready to acknowledge that
our modern civilization is in a
colossal mess and headed
straight for disaster. We must
seek and find a solution to our
problem, bearing in mind that
the responsibility for the wel-
fare of any society lies with
the individual member of that
society. If, then, there is need
of reform in the world at large,
that reform must begin in our
homes...
„After all this lengthy dis-
course you may very well sim-
ply stamp me as a negro lover
and let it go at that. The truth
of the matter is that I am far
less concerned about a person's
colour or creed than I am about
his character and •cOndition. I
contend that what4retill.y . mat-
ters is whether or net d man
is a worthy citizen under Gild
and of his country, for these
are the things which decide the
future of a home and of a
nation. . .
How can I possibly find the
gall and audacity to even. sug-
gest to an omnipotent lieu who
"bath made a . one • Mood all
nations 'of men' that my over-
sized, .freckly, on-white hide
Make me better than those
whose pigmentation makes their
skin of fairer or- dancer hue?
ANNUAL BAZAAR
BAKE. SALE, a n d
SATURDAY, NOV. 16th
In Brussels Public Library At 3:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Anglican Gwid •
of .5t, John's Church.
Show of Jewellery at the School Auditorium on Friday,
November 15th, at 8:30 p.m.
opportunity to purchase jewellery
wilt be served, Come and bring
invite you to attend a Fashion
brother-la-law,
Frank Smith.
Mr. and Mrs, AlVin Pride,
Waterloo, were Sunday visitor
with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Small-
don.
.: Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Perrie, -Tim
. • and Don spent Sunday with
cousins in Hamilton.
Sponsored
Features:
onie To
VARIETY FAIR
SATURDAY, ;NOV. 9 —12:30 p.m. - 5:00
in the LO.O.F. Lodge Room
by Morning' Star Rebekah Lodge, Brussels
Home Made Baking, Candy, Fish Pond
Good Used 'Clothing, N and Used Articles
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