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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1959-12-09, Page 2tog* Two ....1000eatAtlyaseeeTimee,n EACH.IN HIS OWN WAY As yog have no doubt noticed, this 'weeir . issue The Advance- dritrIeS • carries several letters .con- demning the action - of the local Lions Club in its proposal to provide 'free skating time on Sunday after- noons, Those Who have written the letters are fully entitled to their Own .oginfana. 00 a subject which. they consider to, be. of vital int por- tanc.e, We' would like, however, to inen- tir)lm a fact which none of the letters mention—and that is the good in.- tendons Of those who made the pro- posal at- the 1,ions 'Club. This plan bras fpot suggested by a group of 'neer-do-welt-4 \V b.() 7.6'1 711 Ol'ilef Arid the 'spiritual welfare of the' 'Children of this town: in fact its chief pro- ponents were men who spend a good deal of time actively working with the children of the community in the most. practical of all efforts to en- sure their development as ,decent citizens : • and practising Christians: In fact "Interested", the writer of the two letters which have previous- ly appeared,. favoring Sunday skat- ing has devoted most of his leisure time to ebildren's .work :for several. winters. . The 'letters which we carry in. this issue all apparently •make the assertion •that.those day skating are wittingly -flouting the Sabbath.. Such is not necessar- ily the .-ease.' There is simply a dif- ference df opinion as to - how the Sabbath ,; can be kept ,ficily—and the men who believe that healthful, supervised exercise is -acceptable to the. Lord are just as sincere in their opinions, as are the writers of the letters. - One man in this community who has been an active leader in boys' work for the past four or five-years-, and is incidentally a, devoted church- man,. states that he sees nothing wrong with Sunday skating, An- other, .who spends most of this time in religious-leaderShip says the same thing and at the same time asks, "What: is proposed as an alternative for young. people who are at present keeping the Sabbath anything but -My?" • WHAT HAPPENS NOW? Last week the electors of this county voted very strongly in .favor of the revocation of, the Canada Temperance Act. Within a month it will 'be a.thing- of the past and OUT county will fall under the regu- lations of the Liquor Control Act. That being the case, we will; in all probability, be. faced with some fur- ther decisions; One of these has already been nrade;hy the town council, which on Monday evening decided to request the opening of retail outlets here. Since the people of this town gave a majority of :votes for the revo- cation of the Canada Temperance Act we believe that the council acted in accordance with the- dictates of that plebiscite: Following that point there is the possibility that a vote will be sought on the establishment of beverage rooms. And right here, 'we believe, will be the time to halt. There were a lot of people in Wingham who Voted, fOr the revocation in the sin- cere belief that 'the L.C.A. is a better lhwfor'the control of alcoholic bey- erages-s-but many of them would not go for beverage rooms. This newspaper will be definitely behind' 'those people if and. when a vote should arise' In 'our opinion the sale of beer bevJrage rooms, as they exist'to- day in hundreds of centres through- out the province, is about the poor- est method of handling the situation that could ever be concocted. We don't need them in Wingham. The Wingham AdvanceaTiites, Publitihed at Whegbethe Ontario Wenger Iltothette Publiehete W. Entry Wienttele, Editor illeinbet Audit &tread of elleetiltitien Alitherlied as Second Gann Peet ()Mee bept. Olabsercption plate One Year $1.00.,, F3iiit Mohuis 0.150 4,11 .1idelittat ttl'. 8, A, *COO 'per ye.0 ralealiitt ittAte SO* per year hdvRittibltig 'ROO en litniliditiOrt When this same question was raised in the Lions Club three or four years ago the Rev, Parker, who was then .rector of St. Paul's Church, told this writer that he could not object to Sunday skat- ing if it did not interfere with Su n- day School or Church services, we recall Mr, par k er he awns certain- ly not the matt to condone any breakage Of the Sabbath. 1k,.very individual is welcome to his own opinion when matters of such a controversial nature .ari•se— but that is a 'freedom which extends to the supporters of both sides of the question. . The Christ ia -faith- has, stood thousands upon thousands of changes in its practice since the time of Our and in almost every case these changes were. branded AS inventions of Satan' lven so- the Christian church is stronger today than it was MO years ago or .500 years ago. The present. situation is' reminis- cent of tales we have heard from our grandfather abOut the split which occurred •in the Methodist' Church he' attended as a boy- The congre- gation was completely and utterly divided -over the question of switch- ing from a precentor with his tun, hip; fork to the-use of a reed organ. THE BIBLE IN PUBLIC Walking down a Toronto street last week we were somewhat sur- prised to hear a well-modulated voice reading- a selection from :EIoly Scrip- ture. The reader was standing on a downtown str eet 'corner and.a, small audience had gathered around him. Later we learned that he was only one of many who are taking. -part in Bible Reading Week,a prac- tical demonstration of the Scrip- 'titres as the basis of thinking and belief upon which. our society is erected. Though such a public demonstra- tion of faith might be embarrassing to some, it (lid appeal to 118 as a 'courageous and positive method of acknowledging some of the essen- tial differences between our way of doing things and the basis of life in communist countries. To the non-believing Canadian ,all this may appear as 'fatuous 'non- sense, but whether he is willing to believe it or not, that game non- believer is tho beneficiary of,a 80- tiety which has so far based the majority of its dedsions upon Chris- tian principles—and Which, as a re- sult, has provided a pretty fair Ian& in which to lives ee•••—te THE BIG BAD VILLAIN Mayor F,rnie Fisher of Goderich made what was perhaps an inadver- tent remark on a television ap9ear- ance last week which seems to typical of too great a proportion of. the public attitude: As he was being questioned following the CTA vote, he rose to the defence of the teen- agers who, he said, had been branded by "the papers" a's a bunch of prob- lem •drinkers. First of all, let .us say that we, of this newspaper, don't think the teen- agers are, by and- large, very heavy drinkers. Most of those we know personally-never take a., drink .at all. In 'fact, when' the. •Goderich Mayor made his remark, We were engaged, in an effort (unsuccessful, as it turned out) to have a few of the teen-agers write their views on this very subject.' How,ever, there rem,ains his refer- ence to the branding of these inno- cents by the newspapers. If any branding- was done, radio and tele- vision would have to- take equal blame, for these media carried every bit as much about teen-age drinking as did the.papers. In the final anal- ysis, however, it was none of the three which were responsible. The' references to teen-agers and their drinking habits were carried,, almOst exclusively in the advertisements of both factions concerned with the vote. 'We do agree that in 'our ()pin- ' ion the problem pr•esented by teen- 'age,drinking -was exaggerated out of all proper propor-tion.' Talc: cop ktlpi RA imikt.moimpAcjlic ilipl.i4110.410491.4.441{1KOWIli3 i...11;1t41 01A th 1 Mt; f imo4111, 4111 MiltMllts410i.i im kieleeeeengeieneleotoOtiniteeneiteinnion O. MOMENT,. fLEASEI. rmv, JPONSQN, 14.The. raur$ Church, '.Wingham on, tre, A. Homatill Welcome Welfare, Mrs. Kim Mee, W, Pele, Ma's. I3. V. Pyrn, Mrs. H. Gil' anour Mrs. G. .Day. Mrs. II, Altehe- sten, Mrs, S. Mitchell; audieere, Miss X. 14, Currie, Mrs, Q, Goe- itin; Happy Gleaners Mission Mrs, S. -Reid, Mrs. M, We, Mrs. M McCarter, Mrs, J. Stephens; Iex- 1-1, 'V. Pyre aieeed the epee ing with prayer., ee'4=i1.4'..M.VWgregr44XIMPPAeleieeOlitrefifigelgteelfgiffelOMSO tglr4tomm 0 7f 4g 4. plorere Croup, miss Mulea tee lin, Mrs, S. •Scote, Mee, 1.' Cat Ws:. 3. DV; Marion William •• Group, Miss M, Willie Miss Jane MeKaglie, Miss , ?whoa; nominating eoreiratte Mrs. T, A. Currie, Mies C. Isbiete You will find the right gift for everyone on your list at VANCE'S I.D.A. 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A TREE' LIGHT SETS — INDOOR and OUTDOOR TYPES tee'r.4.441eZegeZ4eer,gleZeZiWglegteeeeM.le WEL1 ooD io si kanny)7.0,0,—=nzi.vnitnnmn,nFmivv,vv":„0700-7,i ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, tifieflnifiltill"111141111 llllllll l 1111,111tlIII llllrlllllll l,l Y111 lilt lll THE SALVATION ARMY , taittiglik1111 Corp SUNDAY, SERVICES 11.00 a,.m.--"Floliness Meeting 2,30 p,m.—Sunday School 7.00 p.m.—Salvation Meeting Rev, Donald Sinclair will be the speaker Tuesday, 8.00 p.m.--Prayer and Praise Service Friday, 7.30 p.m. — Youth Group Ali Teen-Agere Welcome There's a weleome for YOU at the "Army" el ,,,,, ,,,,,, i ,, , , oeuietleliteettfifisietpi ,, j ,,,,, 0.11,011,1141,0111101,1elliefitillililltil$111110I1111111i11011111WOMI11100.n ,, i , ,,,,,,,, , ,,,, ,, i , ,,,, kf ,, , III, ,,,,, ,,,, ,,, 11011/1hisly0,11filitillipil10111111110,11110.iiti,""1"'° tit CI) Intl) (ANGLICAN) Vilinbron Rev. C. F. Johnson, L.Th. - Rector MleS, Gordon Davidson Organist 3i.o. Sunday in Advent 9,45 a.m.—Sunday School 11.00 a ,f11.--Morning Prayer 4,15 Prayer Thurs., Dec.. 10—Annual meeting Altar Guild, , Rectory, 3.30 Vri., Dec, 11--Anittial meeting Ladies' Gllildt I Parish i-Noont, 3.00 p.m. . ,,,,, LIFE'S HIGHWAY When travelling to London short while ago I was viewing the distance ahead; as well the marl signs, My thoughts Welled to the Highway of Life, As we speed along, elle eyes ought always 'to be fixed on the highway, and. not upon the fields to our left and right. Even so, we are told in the Epistle to the Hebrews, chapter 12, to strip off every handicap; and sire with its clinging robes; and to run our a•ppotnted! course with_ steadfastness; enr„e'Yes fixed upon Jesus, Then'ther Christian. Highway is a safe one to travel, Highway travellers Must observe signs, Here are four of them. 1. "Watch for children". Chil- dren are precious to us all, They are trustful, innocent, playful and carefree; They are !eyed by their parent.% We 'must see to it that ha "tn" etireeee Weepy little hearts as a result of Careless. driving. These children are dear- ly loved and highly regarded by Christ Jesus who has set e great value upon these little ones. He says, "Allow the little children to come unto Me, Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter Editor, Advance-Times Dear Sir: I was disturbed to read in -the Paper recently the letters signed "Interested" and also the news item indicating the decision of the Lions Club to request Sundae' skat- ing in the local arena. The sug- gestion of the anonymous writer that parents express °themselves, was laudable. I am constrained thereby to "go into print". The contention of "Interested" that one activity on a. Sunday is no worse than another might -he carried to rather ridiculous con- clusions, It seems to me' that this is not a matter of comparison, out Father one of conviction. In my View, it is but a short step from that which has been proposed, to the, wide-open Sunday with ached-, uled competitive sports, etc. 'Many in the community, I know, feel that the good intention of the- ser- vice club is, in reality, a disservice —a paradox indeed. It will be cause for regret to ob-, serve our youngsters toting skates to and from an arena on the one day we have been enjoined to pre- serve and "keep holy'. Surely, ex- cept the Scriptures be merely* anthology of mythology, the'frijiinc: tion ,is clear. There has been ito revocation 'of its precepts.• My wife joins me in this expres- sion of our disapproval of any lowering, of ;our standards. Thank you for granting this space for same. , Yours sincerely, et B. N. CORRIN, 5 * The Advance-Times, Wingham, Ont. Dear Editor: I sincerely regret the step the Lions Club have taken in propos- ing to the arena commission the • club's support, both in approval and financial aid, towards the op- ening of the arena for Sunday skating, As a parent, whose duty it is to uphold the- Lord's Day and ell -that :it stands for, I herewith express My, disapproval, • I wonder, (and I e say thi'S in iii_, s•, tit; 'We el;e'r pause in this busy life to think of God's pur- pose for us in this world. His purpose •is for us to follow Him. Surely the opening of the arena on Sunday would be a step in the wrong direction and would lead young lives further away from Him instead of closer to Him, I feel if there is a desire for skating on, Sunday, it is only the wish of a small group of people and that the majority of Wingharn citizens pre- fer to "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy". Yours sincerely, Mtearel Mes, John Donaldson * e Editbr, Adva rice-Times, Dear Sir: Last week "Inerested" asked in' your paper if 'parents wished to supervise "all" the remaining lei- sure, time or their children. this parent does—especially on Suhday. Skating in the arena to the rau- cous music now blasting is not our idea of a suitable Sunday pas,- time (and please don't suggest that we skate tie hymns, either]) Since three of our children have been using the ample time provid- ed now for skating and Saturday morning hockey they require Sun- day as a day of teat from strenu- tees activity. Surely the arena staff does too. The Lions Club has supported Many Worthy eetiees in -the past and should not spoil its Theme/ by paying for Sunday skating which is stirring up so meth oppositloh. The Liens' Mate, "Liberty, Intel ligeriee, Our Nation's Safety", is an excellent one, We hope that, the arena toMMISSIOn use their Liberty and Intelligence for tsir 'l'oWn's (Idodeeterld tejeet the Wire proposal, (Vire. G. W.) Audrey Tiffin therein, Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones". 2, There is the "stop" sign. Do we Ste)) only when we see 11 ponce, niae on the carnet*? We may )100- fiebly disregard the presence of the officer if only we Will observe the law and stop. Our religious thinking is parallel to this, We are so apt to do' and say the, nice things in the. presence of people; hut behind their 'backs we often do and. say many things of which they, would not approve, But God, the Righteous Law Giver, and Judge, knows, our inmost thoughts, We therefore should be obedient to His LaWs, So *hen we are tempted to sip,' Stop and Pray for strength to 'overcome; then pro- ceed onto the highway called Victory, 3. The "No Parking" sign is a familiar one, There must be no '•-olsetreettoe flow, of „.trefr fie, 'If this law is ',disobeyed, there can be collisions of ears, injury to the occupants, and perhaps death to the • driver, God,according ,'to Psalm One, has forbidden us tq park in certain areas. For the safety and happiness of the indi- vidual soul, we are directed not to, park an the counsel of the tih" am writing concerning the Lions: Club sponsoring of the op-, ening of the arena on Sunday. I was -both disgusted and highly disturbed when I read the article in last week'S Advance-Times. First of all I am disappointed that a local service 'organization such as our Lions would stoop to this. With this' type of recom- mendation they will never benefit our community or our young people; mentally,' physically or spiritually. Secondly, may I ask where are the parents of the children who so badly need something to attract them from Sunday street-wander- ing? I would like to stress that my stand 'against Sunday, sports of any kind is not an old-fashioned view-point. , On the contrary, all one has, to do is pick up his Bible and read from 'the Old Testament. Here we find over and over again that !the people wandered away "and forsook the Lord". This is exactly what we are doingeby try- ing to ignore the commandment to "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy". In my opinion no one Wee ever justified for 'an action of wrong because they were able to point to% someone else who sinned greater. in Thoughtfully yours, • pOVELL. H, MeGUIR.E * * Editor, Advance-Times, Dear Sir: • In last. Wednesday's Wingharn. Advance-Times I noted with a great deal of regret and surprise that 'the local Lions Club had pass- ed , a proposal that the arena corn- iniesion be appeoached concerning the PosSibility behaving:free:sleet; rug on Sunday afteraobe. ; ' '.as a Sunday School superihten- dent and a leader of young people I strongly pretest this action and here are some of my reasons:. First of all our Sunday, Schools and churches are endeavoring, b; the help of god, to 'festal in th minds of our, young people the ne(id of keeping Ood's laws an( the consequences of disobeying these laws: In Exodus 20:8 it says "Remember the Sabbath day,• and keep it holy," I believe that these commandments are s ill td he kept, and there 'is indeed a penalty for disobeying God. Secondly, there is enough temp- tation before us to break these laws without something more be- ing added. The trend today is to- ward more pleasure and less of gathering in the house of the •Lord, Thirdly the jazz and noise which invariably- is created' by the public address eystem in the arena'is any- thing but conducive to the Lo'rd's Day, And besides, I believe there is a by-law which prohibits the blaring of PA. Systems within the town limits. Therefore, for these reasons, *villa I believe are important, Would those who . are responsible reconsider their proposal and With- draw any action which Should de', tract; from, attending a plate of Bible study or worship. I would' Suggest that you encourage lath- Ors and mbthere to go to Sunday School with their boys Mitt girls instead of sending them What we need and what our nation 'needs is, return, to the old fashioned Way,: the family in hutch on the Lettre; Day, • Thelik yell •for listening to et note from one Who •desires the best for young and old alike. 'tours :stutorpiy„ donor 01 ,4 trOd0', 'Kw to stand in the way of einnere, nor to linger in the.midst of eeorners, We are told to de* light in laws; and tea meditate in them ',day and night, This is fine logic for all of us as we travel along life's 4. The sign denoting "Cities) Towne, Villages and Herniate" is perhaps the •best . of all. 'It indi- cates home-coming, We have driv en, say 300 Miles at a stretch, It 15 close to midrnight, We are tired; and wish to be off the high- way, How good it is to see the • Home sign.• Alia home safely at last, Tile day will close• for each one of ps as we reach the; terminal on the highway of life. It is none other than the Holy City; pot Made with handp; whose Builder and Maker is God,. Ohtist has Pre- pared mansions for me in •the City, There is to be a great multitude 4vhTch'no ma -can netebereeie el. nations and kindreds and tongues; who shall serve God day and, night, and • whom Christ Himself ehall spiritually feed, Each miles brings us closer to our home town, Each minute brings us closer to our . heavenly home, ,Wingham, Ont., Dec. 2n4/59 The Editor Box 473. Advance-Times, • , Wingham, Ont. bear Sir: Upon receiving my paper "The Advance;eTimes" to-day, I •noticed where "Sunday Skating" hit the headlines ,!if the front page, We are very much opposed. What will the future generation do, if in'our time we try to wipe out the fourth Commandment? "Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it Holye, The seventh day has always been considered . "The Day of Rest." Why can't we keep it that way?" Mr. and Mrs, W, T. Lapp: Editor, Advance-Times, Dear Sir: -In the December 2rid issue of The Advance-Times I read that the Lions Club have voted to approach the arena commission with a 're- quest that free skating time he prOvided on Sunday afternoon for, the children and that the club would pay for the ice time for a stipulated period' during the win- ter months and it Would provide) an opportunity for parents to ac- company their children. After all is it not the parents' responsibili- ty to see that their children- re- spect God's Holy Day? .Many churches have Sunday School in the afternoon and if there is skating in the 'arena many children will be tempted to, stay away from Sunday School and go skating. Would it not be a More worth- while service to the community and children to devise some method of haying these 'children attend Sun- day School instead of teaching them to break the commandment that says eRemember the Sabbath Day to keep it Holy"? I am much concerned over the children who will become our fu- ture generation. M,rs, ;Alex Metal)] MISS C. filliINSfiN IS 1VMS PRESIDENT 'The phristinPts meeting of St. endreevs Presbyterian Women's Missionary Society held on Decem- ier 1st, was, opened by the vice president, Miss C. 'Gilkinson, with an invocation, Prayers were offer- ed by Mrs. James McIntosh and Mrs, W. J, Coulter and Mrs, John Pollock read a, Christmas poem "What Are We Offering?" A solo "No Room in the Inn" sung by Mrs. H. Aitchison, accompanied by Mrs, William Ford, was much en- joyed, Miss Kathleen Pringle read the Christmas story from St. Luke's Gospel and told bf the baekground of •eorne of out carols, A Seasonal Meditation on "Keeping Christmas': was read by Mrs. 0, lsbister. Following 'the business, Mrs. T. A. Currie brought in the report of 'the nominating committee which was aceepted by the meethig, and Mrs, Leslie Portune installed the executive, as ,follows: Honorary president, Mrs, Donald Rae; past president, Mrs, A. 'Nirn- erro; president, 1!Alse Cora. son; 1st vice prese Mrs. J. Polloelt; 2nd vice Ores, Miss. V. McLaughlin; 3rd vice sres„ 'miss M. Williamson; secretary, Miss V. McLaughlin; teeastirer, Mrs. N. th Pry; liter,. attire and library seey., Miss A. Mitchell, Mrs, :Tames Smith; 0Iad Tidings Sec'y„ Mrs, S. A. Mekagnel press gee'ye 'Mee C, Isbisteri the- ply sec's.; Mrs, W. H. Gurney; social eonintitfee, Mrs, H. V, Pyrn, Mrs, 0, Codkitt, Mrs. W, Mekague, Mrs. S. tiateson, Mrs. J meNtosh., Pianist., Mrs. W. E, Ford; deals- tent piethiet, Miss K. Pringle; Horde Irelper'd tree'ye Miss It Wit- The Editor, Wingham Advance-Times, Dear Sir; Readers Comment on Sunday Skating .•-4L eieLeii,