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Ancient Romans used to
throe, 'Christians to theA lions.
Modern Canadians throw lions
to the Christians. As lions are
semuwhat scarce in this could-
t;iy, they often have to resort to
lambs. This is killown as Lay-
iaan'e Sunday. 1
Last .Sunday. I was the sacri-
ficial Iamb. I preached a ser-
mon. You ithink those early
Christians had a tough time
with the' lions?
Layman's Sunday is a special
day. Usually, 1 look forward to
it. It's a chance to get into the
choir, with the other laymen,
and belt out the hymns, serene
G�od Old L.ymen's Day
in the knowledge that most of,
the others, too, are off-key.
Normally, I pray fairly
fluently, asking for all sorts of
ridiculous .things, like a kid
writing, a leiter to Santa Claus.
Last Sunday, before I mounted
to the pulpit, winch is 84 -feet
high, all that would come out,
over and over, was, "Lord, help
mei"
What is a layman, anyway?
The clerical definition is: "One
net in holy orders." The world-
ly definition is, "One who is
not an. expert."- I was fully,
qualified. A. clear case of the
blind leading those with 20-20
vision.
Hydro CaUs Tenders
For Uranium. duel
Ontario Hydro has called for
bids to supply up to 5,500 tons of
uranium to fuel its nuclear -elec-
tric power stations, chairman
George Gathercole announced.
"We have asked for tenders
from major supplier for uran-
ium either in its raw form from "
the mine -or refined as uranium
oxide to . a maximum of 1,100
toss for delivery up to 1973, and
3,500 tons up to 1980," he said.
"The bids now being called
will cover most of our uranium
requirements up to 1960, at least
on the basis of our present
plans which contemplate the
addition to about 500,000 kilo -
ween, hraear' as °1980,1!...
Mr. Gathercole said.
The first of two units at
Hydro's 1,080,000 -kilowatt nu-
clear plant at Pickering, 20
miles east of Toronto, is sched-
uled for operation in 1970.
Initial fuel loading of the first
reactor is 116 tons of uranium
oxide. Mr. Gathercole announced
last week that options had been
taken on equipment which could
expand the capacity of Pickering
to 2,160,000 kilowatts. He said
the plant conceivably could
reach a capacity of more than
SwF '114
GETS $5
4„.The second break-in in six
weeks at the Maitland Golf and
Country Club netted thieves
only $5 last Thursday night. In
the last break-in, 46 bottles of
liquor and $50 cash was stolen.
3,000,000 if the Atomic Energy
Control Board • approves.
The reactor at Douglas Point,
Canada's first gull -scale nuclear
power station, north of Kin-
cardine. is scheduled to start
towards the end of this year.
Being built by Atomic Energy
of Canada Ltd., in co-operation
With Ontario . Hydro, Douglas
Pont has a capacity of 200,000
kilowatts.
"Our system must be suffi-
ciently . flexible to meet a wide
range of peak and base load
requirements and our *current
plans call for the addition of
hydro -electric, nuclear, and con-
ventional thermal types ' of
generation," said Mr. Gather -
.r.�.xii.
'�We- Ya�lready.-- have- an.-enor
mous stake in the nuclear pro-
gram ' at Douglas Point and
Pickering, with a potential capa-
bility of more than 3,000,000
kilowatts, andthis will be in-
creased as other developments
are undertaken. •
"We •believe that nuclear
power holds out ` the brightest
promise for future electric
power generation in Ontario.'
The decision to proceed with
. an additional coal-fired, station
Was made in the light of our
large nuclear program.
"Modern coal -burning plants
are very adaptable in meeting
fluctuating: demands, whereas
npclear stations m''tist be operat-
ed continuously..y.This,..combinan.:.
tion_ of nuclear and coal-fired
generation, along with hydro-
eleetric resources, gives us a
mix which is most economical
for our very large system," he
said.
Let's have a look at the typi-
cal layman. Usually, he's -an or-
dinary soul, a bit baffled by the
trials.of the twentieth century:
kids, wife, job and society.
The kids are expected to
bloom like roses, but they inev-
itably have thorns. The wife is
by Bill
Smiley
supposed to be a gentle, for-
bearing creature, a good mom
and a faithful help -mate. Too
often, she is an old harpy.
The job is supposed to be a
vocation, of which the layman
is proud because of his particu-
lar skills. Too often it is
fraught with terrible tensions.
Society is supposed to be a
well-oiled machine which en-
abies him to live with grace,
ease and dignity. Too often, he
finds the only way, he can stand
the machine is to keep himself
well-oiled.
Upper class, or Grade Three
laymen, are the types who are
treasurers, elders, fund-raisers,
that sort of thing. They don't
have to be religious. They
merely have to raise the loot,
pay thebills, pare the expenses,
and fire the preacher when he
becomes intolerable. They rath-
er enjoy it.
Down one in the hierarchy is
.the Grade Two layman. He's
the earnest soul who gets
stuck wifh the Scout Group or
the Bible Class or chaperoning
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the Young People's Dance. He's
usually reasonably religious.
Rut definitely not an executive
type, or he'd be Grade Three.
Farther down is the holy
' Grade One layman. He looks on
the church as a slightly shabby
service club,_, but is willing to
drive some kids to a youth con-
ference, or tell his wife to
make scalloped potatoes for the
laymen's supper, or serve ice-
cream at the Sunday School
picnic. Apt to be a keen curler
or golfer,' but always cheeirful-
His phifosophy is, "I'll leave the
church alone ,if they'll leave me
alone."
And at the bottom of the
heap, striving with all his
might to remain there, and put
of sight, is the Grade 0 layrhan.
He takes up the collection,
bumblingly, twice a" year. He
falls behind with his financial.
pledge. He crosses the street
and looks in a hardware store
window every time .he 'sees the
minister approaching. And he
is too stupid, or too cowardly,
to laugh heartily and shout,
"Don't be ridiculous!", when
the latter has asked him to
preach the sermon on Layman's
Sunday.
As a Grade 0, my admiration
of the chaps on the higher
echelons is unbounded. But the
guy I really envy-.is,the layman
of 2,000 -odd years ago.
What a snap he had. He
turned up at the service with
hisjoffering, ,a loaf of bread or
a couple of onions, worshipped,
then went , home and counted
his sheep, his daughters and his
blessings. No golf, no summer
cottage, no ski hills, no televi-
sion. Nothing to do foxthe rest
of the day but meditate upon
what a good layman he was.
It's a little tougher today.
But we're tougher people. Any-
one who can stand up totelevi-
sion commercials, the price of
beef, and the threat of instant
annihilation can cope with any-
thing.
Well, we can do the chores,
anyway. Let the rector handle
the alkies and the infirm and
the broken homes and the men-
tally ill. After all, that's what
he's paid for. And in some
cases, he makes more than a
truck driver.
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