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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1985-01-02, Page 9Orgcnlzqtlon marks 30 years Members of the Christian Farmers Federation of On- tario gathered in Guelph in early December to reflect on thirty years as a confessional farm organization. President Tom Oegema told the -222 family farmers present that "Those initial steps in organizing Christian farmers thirty years ago were steps of faith+. Im- migrants from the Netherlands brought with them a strong Christian faith and a commitment "to love, compassion, morality and justice that needs a public and concrete expression." Oegema deplored that "our society has shifted religion in - ATTENTION -FARMERS WE NOW PAY $15.00 TO $50.00 FOR FRESH DEAD OR DISABLED COWS, HORSES AND STOCKER CATTLE OVER 500 LBS. 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FANCY QUALITY FRUIT COCKTAIL APRICOT 1/2's PEACHES HALVES OR SLICED REG 9 FORTUNE FRUITS 14 oz TIN 79C THREE VARIETIES IN SANE f 9 HIGHLINER FILLETS 270 g NN1NLINER FROZEN COMB 1 59 TURBOT IN BATTER 350 g LIPTONS ORANGE PEKOE Fl0 TNRV TEA BAGS 110g 50 . 179 ZEHRS VALUABLE CODUPO WITH THIS COUPON SAVE LIPTONS "FILO TNRU" TEA BAGS 543's Oct 1 COUPON REOVIREO PER PURCHASE-- EI(PIRES SAT JAN 12/65 _ - THESE SPECIALS AVAILABLE ONLY IN: 9 4.7 /11 ZehtS potato chips crouWee 1 REGULAR, RIPPLE, BAR -B -Q, SALT IL VINEGAR ZEHRS POTATO CHIPS 200 g PKG. CLOVER LEAF -FLAKED ALBACORE wHITE . TUNA 6.5 oz. 184 g TIN REG. 2.37 1 to the domain of our private lives and to Sunday church services only." He urged the Federation's members to in- vite other Christians to "share in giving expression to the Bible's call for justice, compassion and fairness in public life and policy." He noted that the Dutch im- migrants of thirty years ago have now become "Canadian citizens - and proud of it!" The Federation began at a meeting in Strathroy, where delegates from four local associations met. A year later 11 associations joined the federation and a membership fee of 25 cents per farm fami- ly per year had been established. The Federation now has 600 members and has 21 Associa- tions scattered from the Niagara Peninsula to the Rainy River District, and from Dundas to Kent County. For 1985 the Federation adopted a budget of $165,000 and the membership cost is expected to be about $280.0o. Tom Oegema was re- elected President. Bill Jongejan, a 36 year-old hog farmer from the Goderich area in Huron Coun- ty, was re-elected Vice - President. It will also be Jongejan's third year. ALHAMBRA VISIT — Members of the Grand Bend Alhambra Caravan visited the Huron Hope Nursery School during the holiday season. Posing with some of the youngsters are Ed Mommersteeg, Bill Vondenberk, Cor Vandenberk and Jim Dalton. T :ane loot in the furrow' •70.0 "When 1 go, I'm going to take New Year's with me," said Canada's most famous musician, bandleader Guy Lombardo. He didn't take it with him, unfortunately. 1.12[.3&a LANCIA mit POE OR CUM 104/11 A 1011610 111111,11 111111111% SPAGHETTI, SPAt1NETINI, R -C. MACARONI, RIGOTONI, ROTINI, VERMICELLI, OMIT SHELLS, BOW TIES LANCIA PASTAS REG. 1.65 9 9 00 PKG. 1. n•" N. 41.4.L•.400, !W 1 ,1,.. ('0.4 00 Iw...., On, hie 1(+ , After more than a hall - century of New Year's Eves, I wish Mr. Lombardo had taken it with him. George Orwell can take 1984 and stick it up his sophisticated snout. Most of us have the same pro - 0, C, AA SIZES AND 9 VOLT DURACELL BATTERIES 1.99ARD NEW DUNDEE BUTT SALTED OR UNSALTED FINEST DUALITY SUPER SPECIAL 1 Iib. 4.., CHRISTIES CRACKERS "PREMIUM PLUS"........9 dr SALTEDOR UNSALTED REG. 1.59 • 460 g PKG NIAGARA FROZEN 355 nit TIN 99 FIVE RANDOM SCUT CHEESE 7.494 APPLE JUICE WESTONS ENRICHED WHITE BREAD 675 g WESTONS HAMBURG OR WIENER ROLLS WESTON RASP. OR LEMON BUTTERHORNS CPLN NCO N CARNE 425 g 99° NA1 TRADITION ALL GRINDS 12'. 990B0COFFEE 369 g 3,59 NESTLES 6 • 139 QUIK CHOCOLATE 750 g 189 OLD BAVARIA APPLE STRUDEL 420 g INCORMlCKS 3 VARIETIES 199 WHOLE W. COOKIES LIPTONS 4 VARIETIES LOTS '0' NOODLES 56 g 2'. 5 VARIETIES BRAVO BEANS 19 0:. BRAVO PLAIN SPAGHETTI SAUCE 750 mL 149 99, COCitMICKS 25% MORE ONUT CREMESu 500gS � UNCIA 69` LASAGNA IUNCIA 5 VARIETIES EGG NOODLES 500 g BRAVO BRAND TOMATO SAUCE BRAVO BRAND TOMATO PASTE 375 f.89 99? 79° BRAVO PEELED 28 0:. 99° PLUM TOMATOES 28 oz- 79° LANCIA GARDEN RECIPE ASSTEB 39r SPAGHETTI SAUCE 375 mL 99? 5.5 oz. fREiN KAISER ROLLS noz.99? ,fin I1Y :AK[0 k#" BRAN BREAD ox.59° F1K1N sacra IKON O.* ail R�T�RK.A1�RNo1. RING te9 HIGHWAYS #4 & 83 EXETER MONDAY, TUESDAY a WIDNISDAY 14 P.M. THURSDAY A 'FRIDAY 14100 P.M. SATURDAY •I304 P.M. s► blems going into 1985 that we had a year ago. Farmers are no better off; in fact, most of therm are worse off. The so-called economic recovery has not hit the farm gate. "Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God it can go," said Brooks Atkinson. Do we expect too much in this country? If the year was imperfect, can we get closer to perfection this year? We are certainty far, far better off than those thousands, perhaps millions, of starving people in Africa, especially in Ethiopia. We are, in fact, far better off than most other na- tions of the world. But with the natural resources and the sparse population of Canada, should we expect more than we are getting? "Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a go- ing on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us," said Hal Borland. If only we could apply the wisdom we have gained in years past. So many of us live lives of quiet • desperation making the same mistakes, covering the same ground in the same way, paying no at- tention to what little wisdom we may have gained. Thomas Mann said: "t'ime has no divisions to mark its passage. There is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new year. Even when a new century begins, it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols" and get drunk, I might add. In my younger years, a New Year's Eve party was a highlight of the month. Older and wiser in some ways, I en- joy an evening with a few friends, usually some of our family. The years slip by and melt into a monotony of figures with only a handful remembered vividly. "Now the New Year reviv- ing old desires, the thoughtful soul to solitude retires," said Omar Khayyam in the beautiful words of the Rubaiyat. A few moments alone to reminisce, a few moments for a lingering kiss, is about all the excitement most of us need. The ravages of time are catching up to this old crock of a body and theslomacn rebels after a few'convivial , drinks. Our physical bodies keep telling us, as we grow older, that we are not immortal. "Looking forward into an empty year strikes one with a certain awe, because one finds no recognition. The years behind have a friendly aspect, and they are warmed by the fires we have kindled. and all their echoes are the echoes of our own voices." said Alexander Smith 1 don't know about you but I am approaching the new• year with a great deal 01 trepidation. I'm a little fear- ful of what may be around the corner although 1 am hoping it will not be a repeat of 1984. Perhaps, the worm will turn and I might even win a lot- tery Hope springs eternal in the human breast. "(Jpon the chaste scroll of the New Year, I would in scribe for you with wohold and flowing strokes. the Good Luck symbol, and with full brush delineate the ideaograph of laughter," said Canadian poet Carol (bates ('assidy. Ah, yes• laughter, the best medicine. A sense of humor can change your life and maybe Lady Luck will smile upon us all in 1985 Let us join Lord Tennyson, then: "Ring nut the old, ring in the new, ring. happy bells across the snow The year is going' let him go. Ring out the false, ring in the true. 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