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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-03-05, Page 66, 004 ICH S(CNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 5,1970 I', ,4',. '-At 'a t i rirrLa ' I From. the Minister'S " study REV. G..L. ROYAL Knox Presbyterian Church Can 1 prove God? ....How ' disturbing. ...........is, .......-the question, "Prove God?" You wonder in what degree, you are to. prove God! You can' gay, "Look •. around, -• witness the beauty of .•Nattte - see 'the • flowers growing -Airlift men go• to, the Moon in'6.9? ' But -- does this make the point? As ,we ,await the appearance of the ..tulips and daffodils can we say, "Wait until the Spring flowers ate in splendor that•isGod?"_ Itis reliably' 'reported that Tennyson, the poet, one day picked a flower from his garden and said to a questioner, "Can • ydu a scholar and do you search the philosophers, social scientists and mathematicians of • every age? Do you find in , wisdom itself; sufficient cause to, say, "There, that is God?" Or, dp you .survey , 'the wondrous• • inventions of this 20th Century and proclaim, "Here, indeed, is • the clue to God's, Being?" There are -those whc see God in the love of ,pen and women, in parental `care -.and responsibility, in the home itself. Again, there are many who are assured of God's existence ie the highest relations of "friends. In other man make a flower?" To many words, the proof of the pudding this is ample proof - God is in -seems to be in ,intangible things. --Na ire,, nil that is sufficient. -It requires more than just saying The ardentfisherman says that "God IS• ," to be confident of he can worship God just as well His aliveneSS. beside a lovely stream of water as he can in church. I suppose it A. May we,. dare we say that is not so much a question of God Hii'nself is an experience of "Can he'? as "Does he?" There man? At the •Samaritan' Well are"those who say they see God • Christ told a woman, "God is a in an act of compassion, a , spirit...." He was dealing in doctor struggling for the life of experimental terms. He knew an injured person, a comforter at God was, is a Spirit. He conveyed the bedside • of someone it to us in a definition, if you' bereaved,a teacher grasping at like. The Spirit -Experience is straws to convey . a^ little something beyond the tangible knowledge to a retarded mind. - yet, it is as concrete. The man "° An outstandiing_.example-of...this who.experiences It - mo.ws!..13e. e : fiss:Vrrl1n'an as,: a `ov t .'rsst --worked with Helen Keller, -blind, 'opposition -to -his -creed. He duilib and '.deaf. -This is all perseveres. He is frank and evidence of the . ,existence of honest in admitting that he God, many would Say.,. cannot prove God But, do you:? Do these things mathematically, philosophically impress? Or _ do you seek, or naturally. He knows! When he else"' �vTierie" for�otii- proof? Are talks aboutit he is apt to stumble andstutter somewhat - he is.' definitely not\ glib! He is trying to describe something (Some One) so large, so infinite, so- vast, that his words -become a hindrance rather than1 boon. He grasps for'phrases ---•and they fail him! iHe seeks' a clear definition - and it is not there! Some - would think he was running scared - but he is not! He is dealing' in, a sphere so wonderful -that 'li' vocabularly proves an obstacle, r Yes, God is an experience. We can hear about it from a third person but,' it must make its own course through our beings. The Holy Spirit must do the work within us. Too many feel they - have had a religious experience when it has - been. Local Qbituaries MRS. LILLY MAY VROOMAII(• member of the Ahlmeek Chapter ` (Vidla) S'bhneideis . • Mrs. Lilly May Vrooman, 13 Elgin • Avenue, East,. ,•.died at Alexandra Marine and • General Hospital on Saturday, February 28, after,a lengthy illness, Mrs. Vrooman was born in Grey .' Township a daughter of Robert Fraise and the .former Elizabeth McMinn. She attended school in Walton . and .moved to Goderich while a young girl. She was married to John Haryey Vrooman ' who pre4eceafied her in' Septern'Jier 1956. • She 'was ' a • mehiber of St. George's Anglican Church and a past Noble Grand of ''the Rebekah Lodge No. 89. Surviving are one son, Michael, Goderich • and one sister, Mrs. George (Bertha) Lowery, Brussels,, Friends called at , Siles:. Funeral Horne., until services were held at St`. George's Anglican Church at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3. Rev. Q. G. Russell officiated. ., Interment was in Maitland • Cemetery. -Pallbearers were: merely an emotional upheaval.. Walter . Tigert, Ed Sowerby, They • have had the. • Gospel' pounded at - them by some unscrupulous practitioner who counts "each conversion" as a scalp at his belt. They have been driven into it on a. wave -•f emotional bravado. No wo, eer many fall away! It has not been the e,xperience .of God that .has - filled 'them. Something else - yes - but, not God! :II as-°vessels,_into..fi Zich .. Clarence Miller, John Wilson, Ernest Tafeit and Cecil Adams. MRS. M. J. DUNDAS, Mrs. Melvin J. Dundas, the _ former Sophia Strachan,., of Goderich, died on Monday, March -2 at 'Condon, in her 92nd year. She was in hospital on a few...d,ays._•The. funeral service is !re -1' if v ' - -vim• k heiri Ott cr'ci poured. This quality win not interment at London. Other conform to some established articulars have not been learned. The family residence -is VTyh ursd•a,-un nrning, -with configuration - . rather it will p express itself in and through us 21 Carfrae Crescent. as people;'private and personal. Mrs. Dundas was the last This_ is_ -our ...freedom... - in the experience which is God survivor of five children -of David Dirk Strachan and 'k'Iary Adam • . COuflcil briefs (Continued from• page 1) , sewer have received a thirdpavmerit for the rk done • and apart from hold. back, it teal, s about $50,000 still to be -paid,. accor 'rng to clerk Sherman Blake: - The town's public works- committee has purchased a' truck from Goderich . Motors. The half ton pick up cost a bit over $2,000 plus tax, the to est of six bids from local • truck dealers. "• 'Council learned the squeeky wheel does ; • -sometimes get the. right oil. Protests to the oKerineX.-.dair. n e t*.:. ":'. u?ttai A :cttstQms' servicer ui ,'the port' have :Maid.: •oif u • with the help of Huron MP Bob McKinley. Hours will remain the same as in the past, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. with after-hours service available for $2;. the price of the taxi ride down to the harbor and back. " The harbor committee 'is taking up a suggestion from' town "solicitor 'Ken Hunter to see who does have the right to a lease at the' harbor and whether or not the town • owns certain 'pieces of land dower there. Mr. WILLIAMS CEMETERY :MEM0RIAts And Inscriptions Stratford - Ontario Ronald C. McCallum 'Representative 215 Wellington St. S., Goderich - Phone 524-6272 or 524-7345 Hunter made the suggestion in a letter twc weeks ago and Coun. Paul Carroll reported last week he had started investigations through a letter to the federal^department of transport. 'Four members of council attended the Good Roads convention in Toronto for the three days, three others attended for one day. ^ - • Goderich Electric offered to take care of the town's traffic • lights now that' the company has;a tadder,truck. It was suggested tby-•;eour cit- e , e of --$5 eT iotirt ,. btEd' would be a savinglorcouncil' and the Public Utilities Commission. Goderich Electric also suggested a -spare control unit be kept in stock to prevent delays in repairs. . •• Thee question of a weed inspector for the town has been handed- over to public works • for consideration.` • . Council supported a resolution. from County C,ounciI to seek payments of the education -levy-twice each year instead: of each quarter. The RESTLESS ONES Park Theatre March 16 &17 Take •h. PI END OF. THE. SEASON SPECIALS THAT. ARE "TOO GOOD TO MISS" • CASUAL JACKETS - 'CAR COATS 1/3OFF Q.. SPOR'SHIRTS Special Group. • 95 vi WHITE SHIRTS Discontinued Collar Style 98 ea. e WASH PANTS Sizes 30, '32 and 34 i'/2PR1cE 2 Ri Silver maples may .replace dying elms Spread of Dutch Elm Disease among white elm trees,- which make - up 25 per cent of all .growing 'stock in Kemptville `Strachan- and was born in a house in rear of the Cutt store at 'Victoria and Bruce Streets, demolished in ;,1963. For eight years she was a clerk in the office of -Horton. North - Sg-eet and The Square, when he was town treasurer and water -Wand light commissioner. Later she ,went to Western Canada,' where a brother, James. was living, and for 10 years was a resident., of Winnipeg. She was married to M. J. Dundas;,' ,supervisor of . ; the rojesterW• n.z. •n.a.tiwaysowho sur-ives.,l ie�. . Her grandfather; , • James Straehan, came to Canada in 1864 ' from Leeburn. Lanarkshire. Scotland; aitetook up a farm just ' north of Dunlop. He named the • settlement Leebtrrn, 'and gave the site for -. eeburn `Presbyterian church. now on, the grounds of the . United Church Cainp. D. K. Strachan worked 'first at the East street foundry at 81.25 •a da':,: and later built -a two-story' machine shop on Victoria street, where the Esso gasoline station stands. Being •'something of a ,mechanical genius, he produced . iilal!y-:new' .devices -of -practical • value, e ical- value, and was noted for: the manu facture of street sprinklers, one of which is preseryedin the , • • o .n (Violet) Koch, _.the was_predeceased by one S.trotford; 'Mrs. Archie (Clara), son, John Keith, ; in 1955, Jones, Kitchener Mrs• Ralph Surviving are two sons, William (Dorothy) Zurbrigg, Waterloo; A. of Wallaceburg and James L. Mrs, -„ Stanley (Edythe) of Toronto; one daughter, Mrs. ^ Schneider, Sebringvife; •, one William, (Geraldine) Church, sister,. Mrs; William (Clara) Waterford and two sisters, Mrs. Koehler, . Crediton and one Donald (Verna) Burton,Wayne, brother, Wiest of Grand. Bend, PA. and Mrs. Greer, (Nancy) also survive. He was prdeceaSed Cooke, Port Credit. ' . by • one brother, William, in The funeral service was held .January",. The' funeral service was. at McCallum Funeral Horne at 'held' at Emtnanuek . United 1:30 p,m. on Friday, February ;Church, Sebringville, on 27 with Rev: G. L. Royal Tuesday; February 24th. officiating. • • • / Temporary entombment in • ' Interment was in Maitland` Avondale` aiisoleiunt,-Strjtford. Cemetery. 'Pallbearers were: Relatives attending the, funeral Clayton ,Edward, Sherman from the district were Mr.' and Blake,,Bill Gardner, Don Mis, John Brown, Mr. =and Mrs. MacEw al, Don MacKay • and Harold Gross, Mr. and Mrs. John Bakker. • Gordon Gross,- Messrs. Ronald and Carmen Gross. _ MRS. EVA BRYANT Mrs. Eya Catharine Bryant, '366 Brunswieh Street, Stratford; - died at Avon Crest-H.ospital on Monday, March 2 after an illness of some weeks: She^was 77. - Mrs. Bryant was born in Blyth on May 8, 1892, ..a daughter of Mr, and Mrs. John Maines. She had. Jived in Stratford for the past 49 years. She was a .charter member of ` Parkview. United • Church, Stratford.' Surviving- are her husband, John Edwin Bryant; one son, Allen,.Stratford; a brother, Rev. W. J. Maines, Goderich; a sister, Joy • A. Maines, Toronto, • sik .grandchildren ...and one• great ggrandchild. �-- -She--was*.predeceased by' one son who died in action during -.World War II. The funeral service will be held at'3:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 at Hienbeck Funeral Home, Stratford Rer. II -award- ' Platt will officiate. Interment will bein Avondale Cemetery; Stratford. MISS BELLE SHAW 'Miss Belle . Shaw,. RR - 6. Goderich, died at Goderich on \Wednesday, February /5: She \� as 8'2. . Miss . Shaw ' was born in Colborne Township,,,,March 20, 1887, • a daughter of Edward Shaw 'and the fotin; argaret the • Patton• ail' ,had .lived: in Rtownshi of er life; She was a member of Norti Street United Church. . • Surviving are. one sister, Miss .Blanch Shaw and one ---broth Marr Shaw, . both of' .RR 5, Goderich. She was predeceased by her parents, and by two sisters and one -brother. The funeral service was held at •McCallum Funeral Home at 2 on- Saturday, February 28:, Rev. Leonard Warr officiated. Interment was in Colborne Township. Pallbearers were: William 'Bogie, Cameron .Bogie, Rod Bogie, Horace Crawford, Terence . Hunter and Harry_ 'yokes. • • noticeable thjs.past summer than museum. He died in 1901; aged in any previous year according 61. , Mrs. Dundas' liked' to visit to management forester A. J. r Goderich each- summer, but ill Campbell. ' t health made this impossible in Almost every woodlot in his district contains. some elm and the past few years. In 1960 she many woodlots are composed visited file office of the entirely of this species. Great , Signal -Star, ,Word of her death " losses of mature timber are was received by Miss Mary Glen, inevitable despite the fact it is Caledonia Terrace, a'daughter of being harvested very heavily at Mr. .and Mrs. 'Alex Glen, the present time, Campbell fears. Colborne. Her mother' was. Janet The greatest loss, which can Strachan, one of the nine never be valued in dollars, may children of, -Jaynes Strachan of be the picturesque, landscape.b' The fencerows all ntain° some elm because it is a hardy, fast growing tree. These are disappearing rapidly and many parts of the , country already appear quite barren. Perhaps the heaviest 'urban loss will be to many villages and to•iv'ns where elm predominates streets as shade trees. With no -sway yet found of stopping the • disease, the department of lands and forests is looking for a replacement for this magnificent tree. To date, silver maple seems most promising as it approaches the same rate of growth" and ability Oto survive Ort a variety of sites as. the eIn . This tree may fill ° up some of the holes in' woodlots while . white ash . may fill in fencerow gaps along with sugar maple and basswood. Silver maple is the fastest growing shade tree and should suit many private.- la:ndowners who have lost their favourite elm. Care' must be taken on small lots, however, not4to plant those trees pear sewer lines because of possible "damage to the installations. . Sliver maple can never replace the magnificent, fountain -shaped elm but by starting now -'sin an active 'replacement program a ''GS 'The future of white'elm in Ontario is bleak butt r'eseareh work is continuing , try and; P1 tri4 MRS. DORA HORNER • . Mrs. Dora Homer, the former Dora Catherine Geiger, mother of Mrs. Neil (Jean) Witmer, Goderich, died Sunday, February 22, at South Huron Hospital,- Exeter, after a short illness. She was the beloved wife of the late Edward Blake Horner, in her 79th year: Other survivors._ are three sons, 'Harold, RR 2, Zurich; Keith, RR 1, Dashwood; Robert, at home; two other daughters, Mrs. a Erwin (Greta), Schade, 'RR 3, Dashwood; Mrs. Harrison (Doris) Schoch, RR 2, Zurich: The funeral service Was held on 'Wednesday ' afternoon, February' 25; :.at the Westlake Funeral Hoe, Zurich, with interment in Emmanuel United Church Cemetery, Bronson Line. MRS: FLORENCE SAUNDERS • • Mrs. Florence Irene Saunders, Goderich, died at Goderich Nursing Home on Tuesday,, February 24. •A Mrs. Saunders 'was ,born in ,Goderich, a daughter of Reuben Sallbws, and they former Flora McKinnon. She had lived in the town all of her life. •iA�a SRI'Yt".0.F.v'iLiaw!i'..N.'�.11Nr\. ""'rya Saunders who predeceased her itt .t " 1950. She was a member of Knox b i.teiria'iri .. Church .: , and REV..GEORGE GROSS Rev. George Lorenz Gross of Beamsville, formerly of Auburn, died on Sunday, February 22 in South Lincoln ,Memorial Hospital. He was active in the ministry of --the former E.U.B. denomination fo>j 45' years; retiring in 1957. His places of ministry included Mildmay,.. South Cayuga, Rostock, McKillop, ' Golden Lake, Listowel, Campden, Port. Elgin and Morriston. ,He was born in .Auburn in - 1884, a son' of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Gross. His first wife; the former Amanda Durst of ,. Benmiller predeceased him. . • "Surviving are his wife the former Bessie Fenner; tyvo sons,- ' Elmer, Hamilton, D. Gordon,. Ottawa; seven daughters; Mrs. Willia (Gladys) Ropp, Atwbbd; • Mrs. Russel (Esther) Kates, Gowanstown; Mrs. Kenneth - WILMER M. RIDDELL 1 ilnter _ M. Riddell died suddenly in his home at RR' 2, Bayfield, Sunday March 1. He was 56. ' He was active in community affairs until his death, being • Present -Worshipful Master of the Clinton Masonic Lodge Number d 84, AF and &.M. He was also a member of Vinton Legion Branch 140, a former president of the Goderich Township Federation of Agriculture and served on Goderich township' council two years ago. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Stewards of Porter's Hill. thaited:aChurch: a� • Mr. :Riddell -•was- born in Mille Isle, Quebec, on June 13, 1913, the sop pf Mr. and Mrs. James Riddell. He lived in Rutherglen,, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec• - before moving, to Goderich :township ;-where• farme&. - During World ' War. Two he served with the, Highland Light Infantry. In 1952 -'`he married Letitia Lattimer in Goderich. She survives him. Also' surviving are two, sons, Jim and Brian, both at home. One daughter predeceased him. One sister, .Mrs. Ivan (Doris) Watson of North Bay and two • brothers,. Russell of Ruthergler and Roy of Montreal survive him. He rested at the Beattie Funeral ,dome, ,Cliritoq,,• ,until funeral- d - services were • he r � t. `Vedhegd"dy �f JL p Clinton Legion Branch 140 held a service Tuesday evening ' at 8 p.m. followed by a Masonic service at the funeral home at 9 p.m. The Rev: ,A. J. Mowatt. conducted funeral services with interment in Maitland Cemetery, .'Goderich. ° J Serving as pallbearers were Ray Cox, James F. Young, Alvin. Betties, Jahn Semple, Frank De Putter'and Edward Grigg. • Four ' newphews, Vernon '"Watson, Bruce -Watson, .__Glen Riddell and Wayne' Riddell served as flowerbearers. WELFR-ED RICHARD WALTERS Wilfred Richard Walters, East Street, died at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital on Saturday, February 28. He was 80. , Mr.' ,Walters was born in Goderich on July 12, 1889, a son of James 'Walters and- the former Amelia Hiney. He had. lived in Goderich all` of his .life. He was'a carpenter by trade and had served in the Canadian army overseas during the First World War. Surviving is one brother, Bernard Reneldo • Walters, Goderich.. The funeral service was held at Stiles Funeral Home at 3:30 `p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, with Rev. G. L. 'Royal of iciating. Interment . was in the veteran's plot at Maitland Cemetery, Pallbearers were: Harald` Allen, Donald McArthur, Wallace Duckworth and Percy LeBlanc. Church of God (PENTEC9STAL) • Oldest Pentecostal -Denomination in Nbrth America Pastor: REV. OMER HENDERSON Friday, 8:00 p.m. -,Youth Services. • SUNDAY SERVICES : 10':0b°a.m. - SUNDAY SCHOOL 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. CHURCH ,Corner North and Nelson -- MacKay Hall Phonie 5247129 WE-L=C�O.M-E T. PRYDE and SON MEMORIALS - NI RKERS' i CEMETERY LETTERING CLINTON i- EXETER -- SEAtORT1- • Goderich District Representative • FRANK Mc I LWA1 N ..:. gym, ,�■,.•.��-^•---. may■ I��µ{�E LL ,;eir�re. rtac 4,. .45 Cambria Floati - 624.7404 a P, e family that prays together '. stays together,, SUNDAY SERVICES FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Baptist'Convention,of'Ontario •,'and Quebec) MONTREAL STREET near The Square •-- A WELCOME TO ALL - • 10:00 a.m. -,Adult Bible Class and Sunday School For All 11:00 a.m. 'Morning Worship. JUDGE OR JUDGED? a . Supervised Nursery Minister: Rev. Arthur Maybury, BA.; BD. aCH RC1I ST.�.6EORGE'S . l� 4th Sunday • in went - • March 8th 8;30 a,rn, -'HOLY COMMUNION.:_ 1 1:00 a.m. - MORNING PRAYER. Sermon R-ector +�rseryby at the 11 a.m. CHURCH SCHOOL CLASSES at 10 and 11 a.m. Rector: REV. G. G. RUSSELL, B.A., B.D.' Organist-Choirmaster-Miss Marian Aldous, A.Mus., Mus. Bac. - Knox Presbyterian Church THE REV. G- LOCKHART ROYAL, B.A., Minister WILLIAM CAMERON, Director of Praise - SUNDAY, MARCH 8th 10:00 a.m.- CHURCH SCHOOL Sermon: "MISSIONARY INPULSES iN 1970" ' a fNurserspand-JuniorCitsnsfegationl Prayers for Continental China - 7:30 p.m; - Young Peop_le's Society Enter to Worship Depart to Serve 11:00 a.m. - DIVINE WORSHIP North Street Uiiit�'dChurch. SUNDAY, MARCH 8th 10:00 a.m..- SENIOR SCHOOL. 11:00 a.m, - JUNIOR, SCHOOL. ,(Junior School Age) 11:00 a.m. -WORSHIP.. REV. ROBERT RAYMONT, B.A. Supervised Nursery r`t Iea`i'i+b" tlierin ton A.T.C.M.` -. 0rga'r s `artid Choir Director-.-...� •09 110 Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle Affiliated With the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada CORNER OF ELGIN AND WATERLOO STS. REV. R. CLARK; Pastor SUNDAY, MARCH 8th 1Q100 a.m. SUNDAY -SCHOOL. )1:00 a.m. and 7,00 p.m. - CHURCH. Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. - Prayer and Bible 'Study. Friday, 8:00 p.m. - Young People's, Service. Victoria Street United -Church The House of Friendship Rev. Leonard Warr .10:00 a.m. - BIBLE SCHOOL FOR ALL GRADES. 11:00 a.m. - WORSHIP SERVICE. / Sermon: "SUFFERING FOR SINNERS" ' BENMILLER UNITED CHURCH 1:30 ppm. < WORSHIP SERVICE AND BIBLE SCHOOL. vV-E:L-C-O-M-E - PLAN TO SEE "THE RESTLESS ONES" AT PARK THEATRE - MARc H 16 and 11, 6 p.m: and 8:30 p.m. Showings. ,4 Mrs: J. Snider Victoria St. Organist & Choir Director • Mrs. L. Warr Benmiller Pianist & ' -Choir Director UNITED HOLINESS CHURCH 62 Cambria Street North o SUNDAY, MARCH° 9:50 a.m.- SUNDAY SCHOOL • 11:00 a.m.- WORSHIP SERVICE 7:00 p.m.- EVANGELISTIC SERVICE Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. - MIt INEEK.PRAYER SERVICE. "A WELCOIV)E AWAITS YOU G Pastor: REV. C. A. Jb INSON, B.A. PHONE 524-688T CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET "A FELLOWSHIP CHURCH': NEED A RIDE? CALL FOR BUS PICKUP. 524-9565, or 524-6445 ° 10:00, a.m. •y- SUNDAY SCHOOL.. 11.100 a.m. -- MORNING WORSHIP. "THE AUTHORITY OP JESU'S4 CHRIST„ Evening Service, 730 p.m. ". "Total Family" Hour Special Music Good' Fellowship Midweek Bible Study -- Wednesdays at "8:00 .p.in. P'ASTOI : REV. KENNETH J. KNIGHT A • • ;WESLEY MEMORIAL CHURCH THE FREE METHODIST CHURCH Park -Street, at Victoria* H. Foss Nicholas, Pastor SUNDAY SCHOOL 1000 A.M. THE WORSHIP. HOUR - 11:00 A.M..• o(iiciw I';.::.GO$PE1 LJETERbra ENT" STRENGTHEN WHAT REMAIN EVEiviN,G SEFty ICe /40