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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1960-01-06, Page 2ONE WHO Was enough to meet all. MOSES' need; for guidance and strength, ayfoss, JOSEPH and. DANIEL, WERE ALL. "Men of affairs", having their hands full. 'of what we calk ':non-religious., matters; Yet how vivid. was the nearness of GOD. to 'them; 'T'HE same could be said of a 139,st whose names, are not so familiar to us. . Look at the certainty of the promise, It says "My presence shall go with thee. "HE means that without any peradventure HE will be with each of us right through to the and. If GOD be with us even, death is disarmed of all dread, Hear again JOHN WESLEY'S death-Bed exultation, "The best of all is GOD is with. us." The Soul that on JESUS has leaned for repose, HE, will not, HE will not desert to its foes; That Soul, though all Hell should endeavour to shake, HE'LL never, no never, no never forsake; The Canadian. Red, Cross Society - London Area Branch, Voluntary Moor Donor Service 14tI Clarence Street, Tel. mil 2-0115 Editor, The Advance-Times, Winghern, Ontario,. Sir: The Canadian Red Cross' Society began the operaton of a blood. transfusion service in this city in !the spring of 1959, Through this service blood is provided free to !ail who need it, The establishment of this service entailed the setting up of a net- :work of brood donor clinics throughout Western Ontario. The first months, of this operation were, understandably, difficult, On sev- eral occasions during the past sum- , ,lnexr. 'available supplies of blood dropped 'almost to the vaniihing point. However, thanks to the Co- operation of donors and the kind- ness of press, radio and television, :crises were triumphantly met, even if sometimes the margin of safety was very narrow indeed'. On the threshold of the NeW Year, all' of us who have been con- nected with the blood transfusion service want to take this opportun- ity of expressing, in some small way, the ;deep- sense of appreciation and' obligation that We feel to the many hundreds of blood donors and volunteer workers who have con- tributed so generously and so un- selfishly, and to press, radio 'and television for helping us to tell our story. To all of you, from all of us, our hest wishes for a happy and pros- perous New Year. - Peter V. V. Betts, President, London Area Branch, Canadian Red Cross Society. eniiniscing with all office typewriter features MI Mt lel Ali MN NI ON ========== III al WINGHAM ADVANCE=TIMES Phone 890 Wingharn KIND OF,' TA E3 tottitiagit***a -4-41ree,' • , FUTURA vYAL *00000 00V 4.1*.0*00000.0000 m40000000000 0 6000000000$4 `PORTABLE —.ZA"ra ,; • .1.4, .x.rv *". The Day My Dear Lord, 'lead's me day by day In thoughts, In words, in 'deeds: Ho Is the true ands living way; 'ram death to life Be leads. feel Him near me When pray; He knows my •inmost needs: And in return I hear Him say, "The one Who loves, atteeeects." The Year My Dear Lord leads Mc year by year; Mg presence With me StaySt There is no need 'for me to fear The mystery of His ways. The secret WO feel Inns near While treading life's dark maze; Till Heaven X reach with vision Clear And sing. His. Glorious Praise. MeV.). C, P. Johnson, St. Paul's „rectory', Wingharn, Ontario, W10141414 miiii 4 04114404444:44mAiMmigioelpilmairniiiiiiiossimogoommoigintanen44444.4444441444444eilimil'Ime.5 ONE MOMENT, PLEASE1 REV. DONALD, SINCLAIR Pastor of Winghara Baptist Church tr x i ti s s f sf lO r t ; I l i Sugar and Spice By Bill Smiley This doesn't apply only to Cann, dians, of course. It is world-wide, But it seems to be emphasized in mir country fleet-time we are sn.weil, Off, compared to great sections of the world's population. As a lut, thin, We are generous enough With 'Om and loans to less; fortunate countries, though we 4641 strain ourselves. But as, individuals, we are content to Make our piddling antrihntions to, missions- and world welfare organizations, then dismiss them from our minds. — tjt iog, and some pretty violent swear- ing. didn't have any major op- erations, .hnt made the acquain- tance of a nasty customer called Arthur Itis. Auld I ended 1959 aft I did the year before, deep in dent, 5 5 * Happily, the rest of the family did show some progress. The kids did. well with music and sohool, grew a foot each, and improved their swimming, skating and sun- dry ;other accomplishments. On the debit side, their internecine war- fare 'increased In 'tempo, and they learned a number of new ways a irritating their parents to the verge of )brealtdOwn. I!, My wife had a good year, too. She seemed to get a lot smarter, because site stopped trying 'to push me, and began pulling me. 1 did- n't move any faster, but we were both more comfortable. She. also showed definite signs of mellow- ing, and laid hands on me violent- ly only twice that I can remember, * * * We had a tragedy before Christ- mas, when our spaniel pup was kil- led by a car. There were some heart-broken. days .around our house. I can tell you. Our 12- year-old, a.tough young nut: who wouldn't cry . if You pounded him with a 'two-by-four, wept openly, bitterly and often, His mother, who called that dog every kind of • no-good you could imagine, weeps whenever 'she thinks of Playboy, the pup.. • a Isn't it amazing how little, we can remember of What happenel in the world at large during the past year? I vaguely recall that the Queen was here last summer, that Mr-. Rhrush.chey 'visited the West during the year, that there were various "Incidents" in various parts of the globe, all of them scary. But most vivid in my memory are - things like : catching. 14 'nice spec- kled trout one hot day in Sane:- the day Rim's pony-tail was cut off; the day litigh won a scholar- ship at the music festival, - - Like most, Canadians, I am in- clined • to be more: interested in virivat's "ah own back- yard 'than 'what's 'happening to the world. It's nothing to brag about. of -course. As a nation, we are prone to interest ourselves More in a local dogfight than in the starv- ing millions of Asia, more in our new outboard motor than in inter- continental a Have Something to soliP Try an A ,T Classified M. D A, Special. Priced EFFECTIVE JANUARY 6th to 13th HOT WATER BOTTLE SPECIALS $1.98 value for MO MINERAL OIL, $1.10 & 55o for age and 49c A-S-A. TABLETS, 1.00's, reg. 30e for „ 3Se 0 ' 0 HALIBUT LIVER OIL CAPSULES Regular -VAS,. $?.29. a $4,29'. SPECIAL — 89c, .$1,59 autt • WAS IT TOO COMMERCIAL? Personally, we are a bit tired of all the chatter about Christmas be- mg commercialized. On every side one hears wails about the world hav- ing turned away from the true mean- ing of the happiest season of the year—and we believe that a lot of the moans are without foundation,. It may be that big business views the Christmas sales potential as something to be exploited, but the average businessman in a smaller community has not forgotten any of the real meaning. Certainly they :Sell a lot of merchandise, but the. sales are made to those who most definitely want to buy, The pur- chasers are not pumped by high pres- sure advertising. The goods are simply offered,in the most attractive forM of display. • Many critics are impressed by the tremendous volume of retail .sales during the Christmas. season, and leap to the conclusion that mer- chants think of nothing but their cash registers. Times, and • the change they have undergone account for the, difference. Twenty-five' or fifty years ago everyone lived mare Many of the gifts in -the average family were the products of human hands—new - woollen mitts for Johnny; a new hand-made dress for Sally. V.athersg•o•t into the base- ment and made a new bread board - for mother and mother knitted a fancy sweater for clad. ActuallY, those hand-Made gifts were the finest we ever received, for they not only filled real needs, .but they carried With them the assurance Of .- love and interest which were knitted into the fabric With the. passing -hours. HaweVer, mothers and 'fathers,' have no choice today. In many hOthes mother is a working ,giri as .well as .ahousewite. .Christ- mas is ..such :a busy season that she has -no time for•knitting, so she goes shopping to secure the gifts she needs. • Another factor, t6o, increases the volume of retail sales. We simply have more money than we ever had bdore. Many a father would have been in. his seventh heaven 'during the 'dirty thirties if he had been able to find the cash to buy a, $400 record player for his family. He simply didn't have the wherewithal. Now, because times are so ninth better and he is able to bay the kind of gifts he always dreamed about, he is a party to this horrible commercializing of Christmas, We just can't agree with those who -always contend that humans arc headed straight for hell. Church- esH and good works of all kinds are being supported as they never have been before,: The aggregate of thought and attention to the needs of , others has 're-ached --an all-time high, and is on a steady increase. We will never be perfect, but there are gnite a few folks we know are making' an honest ,effort. A a N RaCRIPT ION. aguGoi.sr • Pie=fwar-T.4841-REVLoN VCreI4evivARr•S'OPPLJET • Ve'44«,0*1,-- 18 - BOX 473 I '...dialtaingliimmilistiotiollicuilitslimilait.Aimicaliwislimilimilioloicriong a 14 For JOHN C. WARD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Phone 200 Wallace Ave., N. Listowel riek.004 FIFTEEN 311iARS AGO We extend congratulations to Corporal John D. Preston, son. of Mr. and Mrs. Prank Preston, who recently returned front England. He was mentioned in- dispatches in the King's : New Year Honor list for devotion to duty. C. It Wade of Belgrave has beenoaixtappointed secretary-treasurer 'of the East Wawanosh, area school b New officers of the Legion are: Pres., .W, W. Armstrong; vice, Walter VanWyck; sec., 'Lloyd Hingston; treas., Bert Isard; ad- • justment officer, Duncan Kennedy; chaplain, Rev, • W, Beecroft; sgt.-at-arms, Richard Eurbridge. Miss Margaret Dubcau..01, Teea- water 'has, jbioecl' the telephone staff here. Mi. and Mrs, J. Harry Hopper .have celebrated their golden Wed- ding anniversary. Mr, and Mrs. William H. Irwin: of Belmore also mark fifty years of married life. Word has been received that I Pte. Roy Bennett was wounded in action in Italy. It is not believed that the wound is serious, ilt ===== I ===== 01111$11.1.11111(011,ft.W ..... I ...... I ....... */ .. i ............ rni ..... molt .... - l i lllll 1.141..ifitialtimt lllll nil llllll 4 1i. ;.., = 4 a • , - THE. SALVATION ARMY` tad= eorpg r . SUNDAY SERVICES MOO ami,—TToliness Meeting 2,30 p,m.—Stinday School 7.00 p.M.—Salvation Meeting Friday, 7.30 p.m. —'Youth Group , All Teen-Agers Weleotne E stitToitt Tilig Wit)dR Ott lercAlthlit F.. i . 1 Ai d.,(0,00,illitimgm,...,01.,, llll l imitmoi..."..00....1"..411ui lllllll ", lllllllllllllllll i lll tArtli ll I lll ii llllllll 16011 Perhaps we could Set as One of our goals for IMO an examination of what's wrong, with the world,. arid: a, 'determination to' do. some- thing„ however small it may be, a- bout it. This is my ono resolution, and I'M going to, do my Miniature best to spread' tight and cheer, to be More' Christian in thought, word and deed'. And if yttl doh% think that's a tall orclor for a hardened sinner,. aMaki septic, you Is wrosg, ivrttner, * * nosides, ouzel% simpler to make Ono 'grand, sweeping resolu- tion like that, than a, tot of tril'lin'g Ones. It means yen cart devote yourself to stilitYlbg WOW farititS rival Makin*. nehttOW; filatOtt ter ,t6 geaut„ mid still go• on initeking Wearing, boozing, beating your wife-, kicking 40§, voitttmet your fortes These cut-and-dried r&4olutions are all right, but :give me a big, fat, sloppy, confusing one that your wife can't put her fingeo,-,on and say "Hall" llll i ll IY YIIItt11i IY1111rt11r11,111'I'IIIt l Ohlitioilm10101,04oiblintriou llll kOtistfloWM04111 t. atti'5 eburt (ANCLICAM intingbatn Rev. C. Johnson, L.Th. - Rector Mrs. Gordon Davidson - Organist Thms., Jan. ,7--Seniar, Auxiliary, Rectory a' p.m. Firtt Sunday After the Epiphany 9,45 a.m.—Sunday School a,,in.,---Morning Prayer The Ng/Ingham Advance*Times Published; at Wirighard; Ontario %Inger tribtfierS; W. Ball.' Wenger, Editor Marthat MUM Bureau dt effeUltitkin MtheitiZed as4qetottel Claim Mali, Pelat Offlee Dept, • oriptilm nato • one Vest,13,00, Alit Months 1.$01tot tolvinne, ti. $4.06. pee sotto tdaigtt ate Sor or sear Mvettnling Oates on. optiegittott PROVIDENCE The Boma My dear Lord leads Ow hour by hour Through life's mysterious vale; :Upheld 44,1, His Almighty Power, have no need to fail, As little buds are Sent to flower • On moor, o'er hill and dale; E'cn so, with love the Lord will shower My path, through Ilfe'S long trail, WHAT DO YOU RESOLVE? This time of year has been de- voted traditionally to the making of good resolutions. These resolutions may range all the way from taking your wife to Florida, right down the • line to a little more caution in your smoking. We might, however, suggest a field for high resolve that would benefit our entire community to a tremendous extent, Just make a firm resolution to stop criticizing the efforts of those who are working their heads off to see that Wing ham and its surrounding community get ahead. At the same time, resolve to get out to some of the meetings, to serve on some of the committees, to shoulder some of the work yourself, rather than beefing about the 'way the other fellow does it. If we could, even double' the mim- ber of those who take an active part in community life our possibilities for progress would be unlimited and there wouldn't be a very big crowd of workers even then. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Garnet Baker, John W. Hanna and W. H. Willis have been nom- inated as mayor for the year 1935. John Hanna was re-elected. Mr. and Mrs. W, W. Armstrong visited with the latter's mother, Mrs. W. L. Craig, in Toronto over the week-end. Miss Agnes MacLean returne' on Saturday after a two months' stay in Toronto. ThoSe who. wish to: hear the ac- tual' broadcast of the royal wedding 'on Thursday will :have to-rise ear- ly, The broadcast will commence at 5.44. The following were elected to town Council by acclamation: A, M. Bishop, .1, H. Crawford, H.13. Elliott, Daft Geddes IT. it Thomp- son and Arthur Wilson. Winners at the .cribbtge tour- coy held in the Legion rooms were G. ;41,./fachart Fred Templernan, jot Clark and Gordan Maltby,. Mr. and Mrs, H.. Diamond let: on Saturday to visit their laugh,- tell; Mrs, Scott arid' Mrs. Satin- • dcra, both of XingsVilte. Mr. and Mrs. A. L Posliff accompanied them 6.4. far as London. Miss Hilda Parker of Lancashire, Eng., arrived from the old country and is staying . with her aunt and tutele„ Mr.- and Mrs. William Stokes. Reeve P. L. Davidson is. in God.- elicit this week attending county .6"AlleeLdtling of :interest took place in London When Luella Isabell Youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Min _Mistier, was Married to llugli Carmichael 'of Lobo. Town- 't4111,44111 fi Ws. Edward Harrison! Of Xittloss celebrated their tilird I wedding Anniversary, ! Miss ..i5iftra. Johnston. Reg.14., I formerly of Tilitherry Township, passed away at her home in Cali-. Miss ternaeliffe Musgrove, Tiuf" The most interesting of all gifts to mankind is that of time, Right at this monnont we are all thinking, to a certain degree, about how the next twelve months will turn out. The weeks and months which made up the year 1959 were good ones. The vast majority of people on our side of the world have prospered mightily. Right here in Winghtou we have every reason to be thankful for a busy year, with business definitely • on the up -swing-. In the world at r!fl A all (10-113flieslr WedU094404*,, 4/14. Othi. 140 A -SEW YEAR IS OURS large there has been. considerable easing of the tensions which have so Persistently beset us ever since the Second World War. The coming year seems. to offer real promise that even greater stops will be made. toward the goal of world' peace. As we face this more promising future a Host of voices are raised in warning: The United States is not tough enough with, its opponents ; the U.S. must at all costs try to be- come better understood by the na- tions. of the East. Canada is facing financial ruin; Canada has a bright .future, The ordinary citizen could hardly be blamed if he became more than a little confused. 1n1 fact the states-, tnett themselves don't present any concrete evidence of clarity. Perhaps all this confusion and, lack of uniform direction is bound toi be,, as we stumble into the space age.. One evening recently we were fascin- ated by a TAT interview, in which a young AmeriCan scientist told in calm words about the multimillion dollar experiments which are cur- rently being made to establish radio, coMmunicat ion and eventually tele- vision contact with the inhabitants• of other planets. Ile wasn't speak- ing of men on Mars. or jupitei; our close neighbours in oar own plane- tary system—he was talking about the inhabitants of planets which whirl' about the suns of other solar systems. He suggested that these solar systems would ,also be rela- tively close—a mere 2G light years away from us.. Such facts are ail but beyond, the grasp of human, creatures, and yet it does appear that they are facts, cold truths which we will have to digest in the course of foreseeable time. While • some individuals in the hue man family are grappling with the staggering statistics of space, others are still completely unaware' that our entire way of life is in. motion toward an unbelievable tomorrow.. Therefore it is not surprising that even the leaders are confused about, the paths we should follow: There is little that we can do to alter the course of events in,a small community such as ours. Though the vast drama is intensely interest- ing our only contribution will be in the brilliant young minds we can send into the fray. But we can continue to .wol-k with faith and aids. .0p- timism toward the Ost promising of all ages through which mankind has so far travelled. "A PROMISE FOR 1969"' Text: Exodus Ch. 33:11 "My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest". Look at tin" Wording of the promise, as it comes to us .from the lips of GOD, We may use the anthropomorphism "the lips of GOD", without any hesitation, because the promise is recorded as having been spoken ' directly to MOSES by GOD HIM- Sig-110; "HE said: My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest." The first word in the pr7ornise is that precious ;pronoun "My"; AND it is. this pronoun which has the emphasis here. GOD'S promise to send an Angel far from satis- fied MOSES; And now at length GOD tenderly yields to HIS ser- vant's moving entreaty, and says; "MY presence shall go with thee," Look at the next word in the. promise, "MY presence shall: go with thee," This meant far more than infallible .superintendence from a distant HEAVEN. It meant the close- companionship of 4. There's something completely satisfying about getting the old nose back to the familiar grind- stone, after the scramble of Christ- mas and the 'follies of 'New Year's Eve have faded. It's a good thing to have a brand new year stretch- ing ahead, as clean and fresh as a field of new snow, even though, we know it don't look like much .after we've hogged around in it for awhile. 414. 414 Looking back over fast year: is rather depressing, I can't seem to see anything of progress, mor- ally, physically, or financially, in my own twelve month. stint. I did get to church more often, but that was offset by an increase in smolt-. falo, and Mrs, Stanley Smith of Montreal left on Monday after spending the Christmas holidays with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Musgrove. Miss Jean Lepard, of Orangeville, is visiting at her home here, Miss Dorothy Armitage spent the Christmas holidays with Miss Win- nifred Smith, Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. 'William Kew, Corunna, spent the 'Christmas akelb with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kew. Peter W, Scott• has been return- ed as reeve of East Wawanosh Township, How comforting is the second clause of the promise, "I will give. thee rest." The steadying cOn- seionsileSs of GOD'S presence and' favour gives to the -heart a rest which nothing .else can ever give. will give thee rest." THESE ARE THE VERY WORDS that ;fell from the lips of JESUS. "Come unto ME' all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Ah, it is in JESUS that GOD 'fulfils HIS promised rest to us. IT IS IN THE REALIZED presence of . THE RISEN LORD that the 'ehristian, finds a repose of ,heart which the world can neither give nor take away, I heard the voice of JESUS say, "Come unto ME, and rest: Lay down„ thou weary ONE, lay (town thy head upon MY breast," I came to JESUS AS I was- weary, and worn, and sad; I found in HIM- a resting-place, and HE has made me glad„ tutttov floral *ph