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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-11-07, Page 16Page 8 — Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, Nov. 7, 1963 VANCE'S DRUG STORE Injured in Two - Car Collision WHITECHt1RCH--A two -car accident occurred on Hallowe'- en night on the 12th concession of West Wawanosh township about a mile west of the Div- ision Line. The crash occurred about 10 p.m. Drivers of the two vehicles were Robert Struthers and Don Hill. Passengers in the Struthers car were Nancy Scott, Donna Rintoul, Marlene Martin, San- dra Cameron and Neil Rintoul. Mr. Struthers was treated at the hospital for cuts and bruises. Mr. Hill had broken teeth and cuts and Nancy Scott a foot in- jury. '-k'e,v/andeA4 • • • of action to take to keep insured NTARD If you change jobs, follow carefully the instructions on the back of the Certificate of Payment, Form 104, which your group is required to give you. HOSPITAL When you reach your 19th birthday you are no longer covered by your parents' certificate. Register separately within thirty days to keep insured. Forms are available at hospitals, banks and Commission offices. INSURANCE When you marry, the Family premium must be paid to cover husband, wife and eligible dependants. Tell your group OR, if you pay direct, tell the Commission. ONTARIO HOSPITAL SERVICES COMMISSION 2195 Yonge Street, Toronto 7, Ontario ALWAYS KEEP YOUR HOSPITAL INSURANCE CERTIFICATE HANDY BY PAUL S. BAUMAN The Progressive Mennonites Approximately five percent of the Mennonites in North America belong to the Old Or- der Group. This article deals with the largest section of the other 95 per cent, commonly known as The Mennonite Church. What holds true for this group will also be basical- ly true for all their sects. Large numbers of this group live in Ontario, mostly in Waterloo County and district. However, their largest settlements are in Pennsylvania at present but they are also scattered in more than thirty countries of the world. Among the 20 branches of Mennonites in North America today, there is a wide variety of tradition and practice. Some dress in "plain" clothes, others adorn the traditional styles or disregard them altogether. On the other hand there are Men- nonite groups whose members wear jewellery, and make-up, who attend movies, and whose women patronize beauty par- lours. Between the strict and the liberal extremes there are many shades of practice. Leading Views Since the Mennonites trace their origin back to the Ana- baptist movement started by Conrad Grebel, in 1525 near Berne, Switzerland, they still adhere basically to the early Anabaptist beliefs, a few of which were: (a) Objection to a State Church, (b) Insistence on believers' baptism. (c) They practised strict church discip- line by admonition and excom- municated those who broke the moral law. (d) Most of them held to the doctrine of passive resistance, together with the refusal to take an oath, or hold office, or bear arms. (e) They believe in immediate inspiration, that the Spirit would put words into a speakers mouth without any necessary previous preparation. (f) They tried to revive the Apostolic "Cu(9Ohe ifvty r SUNS�IIhQ,... et - %Y. ` 3i 46P 4 f• "You make me happy, when skies are grey!" Turn on your own washday sunshine, with an electric clothes dryer ! Dry a full load for less than five cents. All your pretty "coloreds" come out bright and new -looking. Whites stay white ... with no clothes -line soil ... your washing is gently fluff -dried ... away from wet, windy weather. See what's new for you ... in electric clothes dryers at your dealer's now. Wingham Public Utilities Commission Church and to practise in their own lives the Christianity re- flected in the Book of Acts. This represents in part the lead- ing views of the Anabaptist movement. Early Mennonites differ from other reformers, like Martin Luther, John Calvin and others on two main issues: (1) How does one become a Christian? (2) What is the nature of the true Church? They could not agree that only certain cere- monies were important in be - corning a Christian but empha- sized a quality of life. They said that they could not "love thy neighbour as thyself', on the one hand and fight the wars of the nation on the other. The Mennonites felt that there was something more to being a Christian than an individual ex- perience of forgiveness, and also held that Christians are, "called out" from society in general. Mennonite members today can not therefore express personal belief in God as a sub- stitute for Christian conduct. Half a Million The total number of Men- nonites in North America today is probably slightly over a quar- ter of a million. There are about a half a million of them in all the world. The Men- nonite Church referred to in the beginning of this article is the largest present day group that traces its origin to Switzerland. Its membership is scattered over a wide area but is concentrated in Eastern North America. Pen- nsylvania alone contains nearly one half of all the members in the United States. In some 40 states of the U.S.A. they have about 1, 000 places of worship and tnere are approximately 100, 000 members. The office of The Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities is located in Elkhart, Indiana. Another focal point is Scottdale, Pennsylvania, where their pub- lishing house is located. Here also are the official headquar- ters of the Mennonite Church. Finally, in the little town of Akron, Pennsylvania, is located the administrative home base of the Mennonite Central Commit- tee, their main relief and ser- vice agency. Among Mennonites in gen- eral, commercial movies, dancing, card playing, smok- ing and drinking are taboo. Fellowship and recreation are obtained by social, intergroup sports, home crafts, social ser- vices such as singing in hospi- tals and benevolent work pro- jects. Disasters by fire, tor- nado, death, grievous financial loss and other exigencies are alleviated by a system of mu- tual aid and by generous labour and gifts in kind. Mennonite Colleges The Mennonite Church today strongly supports education. It has three colleges: (1) Eastern Mennonite College, at Har- risonburg, Virginia, (2) Goshen College, at Goshen, Indiana, and (3) Hesston College at Hes- ston, Kansas. A fourth is pre- sently being constructed at Waterloo, Ontario and will be called the Conrad Grebel Col- lege. About 2, 000 students are enrolled in these colleges, which give the regular liberal arts courses, nursing, and seminary training. The Men- nonite Church has twelve church high schools, seventy elementary schools, also homes for the aged and some child welfare centres. Their Bible Story workbooks and teachers' manuals are used by other de- nominations, expecially for vacation Bible schools. They also publish four Christian peri- odicals: (1) The Gospel Herald is a weekly, and is the official organ of their church, (2)Chris- tian Living, a monthly paper emphasizes strong communities and well -nurtured family life, (3) The Mennonite Quarterly Review is an historical and theological journal produced at Goshen College, Indiana, and (4) Mennonite Life is another first-rate quarterly produced at Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas. Support Hospitals Mental hospitals are support- ed co-operatively by Mennonite groups. Local and county of- ficials have Mennonites to staff and superintend their hospitals. The Mennonite Disaster Service is nation wide in the United States and their volunteers come to the aid of stricken people re- gardless of race or creed. This is registered with the National Red Cross and recognized by Civil Defense. In recent years young Mennonite volunteers were trained to use large road building equipment in under- developed countries and were sent to Peru, Brazil and Para- guay to construct roads through vast wastelands and jungles. During World War II the big corn tribution of these people was food and garments prepared and made with their own hands and distributed by their own people. About one half of all "pro- gressive" Mennonites are farm- ers, who own and use machin- ery like any other enterprising farmers. They use cars, trac- tors, even airplanes, etc., in fact nothing modern is ruled out so long as it saves time and adds to the profit. Their fav- ourable disposition toward family -sized fartns and their principle of sharing have pro- bably kept them from develop- ing their share of millionaires, though they now have a few. Some of them vote, but they have never believed that poli- tics can be made a Christian vocation. Of their non -farmer members there are many prac- tising physicians, hundreds of nurses and about one thousand teachers, both secondary and elementary. There are also many clerks, contractors, com- mission men, butchers, bakers, barbers, builders and business men. Mennonites are flesh and blood like anyone else, but they insist on practising beliefs professed by the larger denom- inations but not taken very ser- iously. Their formula for build- ing strong Christian communi- ties and home life is hard to match anywhere. Their deeds when performed are quietly done, but they speak loudly. Perhaps William Penn, years ago appraised them correctly when he stated in a letter to his chief executive of the State of Pennsylvania, "Please use them well for they are Mennon- ites, a people very near the truth". Friends Mourn George McKague WHITECHURCH—This com- munity extends to Mrs. George McKague sincerest sympathy in the sudden passing of her hus- band last Sunday evening. Death resulted from a heart at- tack. The funeral service washeld on Wednesday at the Church funeral home in Teeswater with Rev. G. L. Fish of Wing - ham officiating and burial was in the Teeswater cemetery. Pallbearers were Joe Pidgeon, Frank Woods, Willie McInnes, Gordon Stobo, David Keith and Don Green, School Party BELGRAVE—The junior room of Belgrave School held a Hal- lowe'en party on Thursday af- ternoon. Stephen Fear was master of ceremonies for the program which began with the singing of "0 Canada", A play, "The Spook House", was followed by riddles by Grant Vincent and Stephen Fear. Nancy Anderson and Brenda Johnston favoured with a duet, This was followed by games and two other plays. Riding the pumpkin game for Grades 1 and 2 was won by Johnny Scott and for Grades 3 and 4 by Stephan Fear. Nancy , and Brenda sang again " Octo bee' Prizes for the four. best cos- tumes went to Mary Anne Wheeler, Brenda Johnston, Nan. cy Anderson, Gail Rezansoff. • SEE US FIRST FOR FARM MACHINERY SALES -SERVICE -REPAIRS NEW AND USED MASSEY-FERGUSON TRACTORS - IMPLEMENTS DIONE HARVESTORS CHAS. HODGINS Massey -Ferguson Sales & Service PHONE 357-1440 Business and Professional Directory HEAR AGAIN o "LIVING SOUND"s HEARING AIDS John McKibbon, Phm.B. McKIBBONS PHARMACY Phone 357-1880 Wingham AMBULANCE Service CALL — S. J. WALKER PHONE .Day - Night 357-1430 BUTLER, DOOLEY, CLARKE &STARKE Chartered Accountants Trustee in Bankruptcy Licensed Municipal Auditor 2nd Floor, PUC Building Cor. Josephine St John Sts. WINGHAM, Dial 357-1561 A. H. McTAVISH BARRISTER, SOLICITOR and NOTARY PUBLIC Teeswater - Ontario Tel. 392-6873, Teeswater Wroxeter—Every Wednesday afternoon, 2-4 p.m., or by appointment Frederick F. Homuth Phm.B., R.O. Carol E. Homuth, RO Mrs. Viola H. 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