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GODER1CH
k PRAYER SERVICES
are being planned by the Ministers of Wingliam
to be held in the
' SALVATION ARMY CITADEL
Monday, January 2nd to Friday, January 6th
at 8 p.m.
The sermons will be given by the following ministers:
Monday Rev. T. Garnet Husser
Tuesday Captain Stanley Newman
Wednesday Rev. D. Sinelair
Thursday Dr. A. Nimnia,
Friday - Rev.. C. F. Johnson
This is 0,,community effort and you are invited to come.
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Rev. C. F. Johnson, L.Th. - Rector "
Mrs. Cordon Davidson -- Organist
CHRISTMAS EVE * Dec. 24th
Christmas l':ve Service and Ti oh' Cominun
11.00 p.m,
CHRISTMAS DAY - Dec. 25th
9.00 a.m.-II oly Communion.
10.00 a.m.-Sunday School.
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PEACE ON EARTH
bar, the unnecessary criticism of
wife or it husband, the verbal boost
given to. a nasty piece of unfounded
gossip?
Are we so filled with the spirit
of peace and goodwill that we call
let our competitor take a sale away
from its without silently -vowing to
repay the loss and double it ?
The communists are DOI the only
people who 'disturb the peace of the
world. We, ourselves, are quite,cap-
able of initiating an endless series of
nagging little wrongs which can
make a whole nation suspicious and
selfish.
There is little or nothing the av-
erage man or woman can do to al-
leviate the danger of total war. The
same was true when the Saviour
came to this earth. many centuries
ago. The message of peace is not
only -for the heads of state, bat for
every one of His children, even those
of low estate.
suit of speeding.
2. If you want to drink daring .
party celebrations, leave your car in
the garage..
3. Prevent accidents by carefully
obeying traffic laws and regulations..
Always 'make signals when turning
or slowing down.
4. 'Always be courteous, and tol-
erant Of other drivers and pedes- •
trians, Be on the lookout for them
to make a mistake.
5. To remain alert, drink coffee
before driving home after work or
in the evening.
"Whether you drive or. walk, .you
have to•stay alert if yoa want to stay
alive. The traffic officer's job" wo-uld •
give him greater satisfaction if ev-
eryone would first watch out."
FS- AN• INCREASE-.
'NEEDED? -
..Vor the most part support must
be extended- to the Ontario Chamber
of Commerce in its drive to bring
increased financial responsibility to
protect citizens of Ontario who 'be-
c.om.e . victims of motor accidents.
The provincial board recently made
a resounding plea to the Select Com-
mittee of th e Ontario Legislature on
motor vehicle insurance.
There is now • protection _for
'people. injured by car operators, Who
do not ,carry" insurance, through the
Unsatisfied Judgment Pund, but this
is limited., We can think of several
cases in. -this area daring' the past.
year, where persons suffered injuries
-some almost crippled - and they
had too depend on the money avail..
able through the Unsatisfied Judg-
'merit F'und. The amount in most
cases was inadequate.
It may be a coincidence, but
nevertheless it is also a fact that a
high percentage of accidents are
caused by operators of old cars wh.o
do not carry insurance. Sometimes
the reason is that insurance_ com-
panies won't grant coverage, and on
other occasiofis the owner just won't
• pay the premiums. This presents a
double fault, Tf the insurance com-
panies won't risk polity, then why
should motorists have to fate the
risk of bodily injury? Financial. re-
sponsibility and mechanical fitness
of the vehicle should be demanded of
every operator before he is issued a
license.
We cannot agree with the On-
tario chamber's opposition to com-
pulsory automobile insurance. There
may be a reason, but: this is not -ex-
plained. A study was made of the
question which requited. in the pro-
vincial body being opposed to any
form of compulsory insurance in
our opinion there never will be ade-
quate protection for the public until
compulsory insurance is demanded..
Therearei some provinces and states
where such legislation now exists,
The Ontario Chamber, however,
is advocating improved protection
for the public through the Unsatis-
fied Judgment Fund. This would
come through a suggpsted increase
in the bodily injury limits to $20,000
And $40,000.----Listowel Danner.
How few there lace among us
who have never, at some time or
thither, thought of the message of the
herald angels - and scoffed at the
richest promise men can comprehend,
Deep in our hearts we say, "Sure,
Peace on earth . . that's all non
sense."
Yet, when we think of the anti -
thesis of peace, our minds are occu-
pied only with thoughts of struggles
between nations, of troubles on a
large scale, with our fears of another
world war.
How often have we ever tried to
fit the words of the heavenly mes,
sowers into our small lives? Perhaps
the most desirable peace of all is
that ,which passeth hall understand.
lug; the calmness and quiet self-
aSSUrallee can rest upon one's
own soul if it is earnestly desired
and faithfully sought. -
How long is it since we destroy-
ed peace by chipping at its founda-
tions - the biting remark to a neigh-
WRONG ATTITUDE
We cannot do otherwise than
agree with Senator David Croll in
his denouncement of Canada's wil-
lingness to deal with. Cuba, despite
the American embargo.
Canada's agreement to supply
goods to the Castro regime smacks
of two unwholsesome characteristics
-greed and cowardice. Regardless
(1f Canadian motives the 'rest of the
World is likely tointerpret the action
as that of a group of business men
who can't forego a fast buck. There
is the second aspect, which is .that
the government has been so needled
by critics who claim that our foreign
policy is American-dictated, that it
hasn't the courage to folloW Ameri-
can policy, even thbugh it might he
the right one,
Just what is sensible in a business
agreement and CG-OperatiOn .wi.th a
governinent which is doing its best
to proyide a bridgehead for active
communism right on our doorstep?
As a result of the encouragement
Which 'Castro has -Offered to com-
munist groups new rebellions and
riots have broken out.irt a score of
Latin-American countrlies, each One
of which is a potential threat to our
own peace and, security.
Admittedly the Cubans haYe not
stolen Canadian assets in the, island,
as they have done with American
possessions. They had good, treason
toleave Canadian Thstitutioris'alone,
as has become .evident in the •suc-,
eess of the Cuban trade mission to'
Ca:nada.
And -let's not talk, of .American
eiploitation. The industries oper-
ated by American companies ir4Cuba
hate made money for their owners,
no doubt, but have also provid-
ed worthwhile employment for hun-
dre.ds of thousands of Cubans at.the
same time.
You are welcome to your own
opinion, but in our books Canada
hasn't improved its reputation by a
course which demonstrates a lack of
moral courage.
LET'S MAKE THIS ONE
HAPPY
"Christmas and New Year's cele-
brations would be the happiest time
of the year if we could batmish death
from the highway."
In this pre-holiday statement,
Chief Gordon befell r Tried that
scores of accidents can be avoided
from now to the end of the year if ,
each, citizen would do his share.
1-Te suggested that drivers should
observe the following principles dur-
ing the holiday season:
1, It is better to he too late than:
to kill others -and* yourself as a re-
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A MESSAGE PROM REYOND
SPACE FOR CHRISTMAS
"We have seen His star in the
asst and are come to worship
lint." Matthew 2:2.
The travellers were nearing the
rid of their journey and approach-
ng Jerusalem, where they expected
,a find the newlyeborn king of the
• fetes and they were coming to wor,
ship HIM.
These men are typital of War-
ihippers of the Lord Jesus in every
They were wise men. In the
.eddst of the unbelieving and hypo--
14E1ml world 'they were blessed
.with a wisdom superior to their
L'ellows and were coming to, worship
he Lord.
They were Gentiles and strang-•
ers. When 'the favored Jews wor,
shipped Him not God brought
'representatives from other nations
to the feet of Ws only begotten
Son.
They-bad received a special Tees-
sage. From out of the heavens the
Lord of Creation had revealed to
these watchers a message concern-.
Mg the Redeemer -just as He guid-
es by His Spirit those who are seek-
ing for Him today,
What ignorance of the true tnete
Of Christmae' met these travellers.
to th e centre of religion, learning
and authority but nevertheless
guided 'by a message front the
Scriptures they eventually made
their way towards Bethlehem,
"And 10, the star which they car,
in the East went before them un
tiI it came and stood over where
'the young Child lay, and when they
saw the star they„,:rejoieed. with; ex-
ceeding great joy,"
Contrast the suspicion and sore
row of Herod's .eourt with the pure
joy that filled and , seized upon
those 'wise men that day when they
saw that star once more and then
think of .the true delight of the
Christian who turns 'his hack upon
the unbelief and hatred and the
worldliness of mankind and makes
his way towards Bethlehem and the
Christ of God,
"And when they were come into
the house they saw the young
ebild. with Mary His mother and
When they had opened their tree.-
money for gifts,
It's true that today's Ohris"tmas
has attracted some undesirable tea-
times: too much advertising, too
many phony ;Santos, too many
Christmas songs, dinned at us for
too many hours each day, too much
eating and drinking. But it's
equally true that today's Christ-
mas retains the best things of the
old spirit of Christmas,
0 - 0 0
Our ears.throb and our stomachs
heave at such musical abortions as
Jingle Bell Reek, but Good King
NN'enceslas is still with us and I'm
shows ono
soirgoas olfV,hpit;eis'ivienlgrisstilelanst
Night into oblivion.
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' We :spend far too much on 'gifts
and cards. But'we still shop with
the idea that it is More blessed, as
well 'as more fun, to give than to
receive. And every time we send
card, we . are sending a little
piece of ourselves and there is a
moment of • warmth• and pleasure
for the recipen't when he opens it.
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Our children are, just as excited
about Santa Clans and. the Christ-
mas tree, and the mysteriously
wrapped parcels as ever we were.
And they know rind love the story
or the Christ-child as well as ever
we did. And tliey sing and. enjoy
the lovely' old • carols as inueb as
ever we did.
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For those crabs who .can't enjoy
the Christmas of today because
they never stop talkinrg about the
"good, old-fashioned Christmas," I
have a suggestion. Wake up. For-
get the dream. It never was like
that, really. Stop throwing cold
water, and start dispensing warm
love. For underneath the ballyhoo
and the bad taste, Christmas is still
a time for joy and- love, for giving,
for sentimentality, for renewing
our faith in the miracle at Beth-
lehem.
out with gloom and carping. I'm
going to do my very best to have a
Merry Christmas. And for all the
readers of Sugar and 'Spice, I want
the same. Even, the.crahe.
Reminiscing
FIFTY YEARS AGO
Mr. Robert Maxwell has sold his
business. Mr. William Henning of
Mitchell is the purchaser.
sures they offered unto. Him gifts,
gold and frankincense and myrrh,"
' The chief lesson of worship here
is that they opened their treasures
and presented unto Jesus gifts.
In 'your expectation of receiving
and fa your hurrying to buy the.
gifts yoa intend to give to others
will you pause and open your tree,-
cures for the King?
There will he Many wise men
and women this -Christrnas who
will find their humble way to wor-
ship the now Glorified Christ and
they wilt open their treasures and
orWr 'Him their lave aitd prayers
and .sacrificial obedience.
Are you a. stranger to• the Sav-
iour? Have. you travelled far seek-
ing Him.? May you be marvellously
guided in your quest and with re-
joicing come and worship Him
with us this Holy .Sabbath.
"Vainly we • offer each ample ob-
lation; '
vainly with gifts would His favour
secure; ,
Richer by far is the heart's actor-
ation;
Dearer to :God are the prayers of
the poor."
Mr. and Jdrs. J. H. Beeiner an-
nounce the engagement of their
eldest daughter, Olive Hazel, to
Mr. Hartley T. Chappel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Chappel, Derides.
Wingham public school board has
secured the services of Miss Snyd-
er, of Teeswater, to teach in 'the
primary department of the school.
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TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Miss Edna Ranson, of Mountain-
side, Alta, recently graduated rfom
the Medicine Hat 'General Hospital
.and has passed examinations 'as a
registered nurse, She also won first
prize in obstetrical nursing. She
is a daughter of Mrs. William Ran-
son, formerly Miss Edna Hughes,
who is a sister of Mr. Kenneth
Weaver.
Mr. Cecil Coulter; son of Robert
Coulter of East Wawanosh, has
purchased Mr. Duncan Kennedy's
poultry farm, at Whitechurch,
Mrs. 0, G. Anderson, Mrs. Carl
Procter, Mrs. C. R. Coultes, Mr:
-J. Scott, Cecil Wheeler and Har-
old Procter, all of Belgrave,. at-
'tended the United Farmers' con-
Vention in Toronto last week,
FIFTEEN FEARS AGO
Elected by acclamation in Hew-
irk Township were: Reeve, John
Winter; deputy reeve, Elmer J.
Farrish; council, E, H. Strong,
Warren Zurhrigg, Harry Gowdy,
On Wednegtlay afternoon of last
week Mr. Wesley Leggatt cut the
alid off his thumb and suffered a
nasty cut on one finger while work-
ing at Brown's rectory.
' An acelareation in Turnberry el-
ected the following: Reeve, Walter
Woods; council, Percy J. King,
John V. Fischer, R. A, Powell and
L. G. Bryce.
Sgt. John W. Pattison, who has
been with thelwAP for the mist
three and a half years, has received
his discharge and is • hack in his
store.
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Another-Christmas is "upon us".
And we're acting as though 'it were
a fearsome monster, 'advancing to
engulf us. From all sides conic the
annual lamentations and laahry-
mations of the ,spoil-sports. Most
of them are in, or near, middle
age. At every turn, they bewail
the "paganism" and the "commer-
cialization" of our modern Chrieti.
mar, and wonder plaintively eadiat'e
happened to 'the good, old-fashion-
ed Christmas?'
I 'can tell them, The same thing
has happened to the good old-fa-
shioned Christmas that has hap-
pened to the good old +horse and
,buggy' and the good old Saturday
night bath in a tin tub in the kit-
chen and the good old two-hour
sermon on Sunday morning,
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Most of the people who do the
wailing about our manner of cele-
brating the occasion today Would
have to be tied-, hand and foot, be:-
fore they could he dragged bear
through the years- :to' their -good.
Old-fashioned Christmas. Because
it wasn't all that good.
O - - 0
'What 'they think they remember
as 'good old-fashioned Christmas",
-is a, nostalgic' dream they 'have
concocted out of vague and dis-
torted memories, stories they have
read and heard, and the tendency
of humans to deplore today and see*
yesterday through a rosy haze.
The trouble is they try to con-
vince their children that this phan-
tasy,they're describing was. infin-
itely superior to the crass 'mater-
ialistic Christmas •of today. I know
the story pretty well. Perhaps be-
cause I have -told it quite a few
Limbs,
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It goes something like this.
"Christmas was a much happier oc-
casionwhen we were children, You
kids, • all you can think of is what
youlre going to get you don't
have any real fun out 'of Christmas.
The tree, for example. Nowadays
we just buy a tree, Why, when we
were young we'd all go out to the
bush with Dad and cut our own
tree. And when we 'came ome
Mont would have hot...sOuP 'and
home-made bread for us, and we'll
have a jolly time decorating the
tree." Anti so on.
O - - 0
This little story is typical of the
rest of it, half fact, half fancy. My
father, for one, had more sense
than to go floundering around in
the bush, up to his waist in snow.
He had a much better system. He
simply told me to go and get a
tree. And I out it and dragged It
three miles home and arrived ex-
hausted and half freeen. And my
mother decorated it, as mothers
have been doing since the first
Christmas tree was cut.
Parents of today say they are
appalled at the sophisticated greed
of ;their children when 'it comes to
-Christmas presents, The kids
aren't satisfied with a pair of skit-
. 0, or a big doll. They want a port-
able TV set, or bongo drums, or a
transistor radio. According to the
"good, oldLf ashio Christmas"
fairy tale, When 'we were children
ryve accepted with shining eyes and
little squeals of appreciation any',•
thing that we found under the
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Sugar and Spice
By Bin Smiley
FORTY "MEALS AGO
On Monday afternoon a horse
arid wagon lbeltinging to Mr. Thos.
Field went over the hank opposite
the Winghant Salt Werhs and
i landed heavily in the river. A row-
boat had to be used to fasten a
rope to the wagon arid a second
team was used to draw the horses
and wagon back to dry land,
Mr. Milton Groves is home from
Saskatchewan for the winter.
Mr, W, P. Vanotorie left on Mon.
clay for e his lumber camp near
Little Current.
Mr Jarnes McGee has returned to
his forMer Mote ton his farm in'
Mortis. Ho was etnitpolled to leave
it a 'couple of years ago on account
of 111 .health,
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The business Of the estate of the
late William Armour has changed
hands and in future will be knoWn
'as Armour & Co. W. J. Armour
remains as manager of the com-
pany.
Frank Rice, of Welland, formerly
of Wingham, was a visitor in town
last week, accompanied by his
bride.
Huron County Council is in ses-
sion in Goderich this week, Dr.
A. 4', Irwin of Winghani closes his
term as county warden,
James Angus Met with an acci-
dent at the beginning of the week,
and had one hand badly lacerated.
while working a cutting- machine.
James Wild suffered injuries in
an accident while working at the
upholstering factory. He had the
tree. tips of three fingers taken off in
PM here to tell you that a shaper.
this is putt piffle and poppycock. 0 0 0
Greed is relative. 1 coveted a pair
of real hockey skates ea furiously
as My on! covets a tope recorder.
Mid if my eyes %vete shining when
the new skates turned Out to be a
new suit of long underwear; it aerie
because (here Were tears hi them.
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And another. hallucination about
the good, old-fashioned Christmas
is that gift-giving was ninth more
simple,, for parents in those days.
I disagree. One Christinas I eaves.
dricPped on my parents as they
talked about presents for their fiVe
thildten- It was during the de-
pression and the 'conversation was
heart-hrealting, even for a .fairly
tough. 10-year-old. They were deep
in despair because, there was no
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