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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-12-17, Page 2opRRiCI SIQNAL STAT, THURSDAY"; DiCEIVIBER 17,1979 • + the Distaff Side Christmas and the •Church Very soon now, 'Christmas will be here. Ihile,,a large percentage of the folks who reside in and near Goderich will celebrate Christmas' with the Christ -Child • uppermost in their Minds, some people •wily mark the' event with little or no special feeling abbot the day. We do not"suggest in this editorial that the masses should suddenly become converted t� Christianity — or that they chuck the whole business of church: Far from It. It is not the duty of this newspaper to crusade for or against something as personal as one's own , religious convictions. We do wonder though, that . some churches have found- it necessary to advertise °Santa Claus on the church property when it is understood that the church professes to be dedicated to Jesus Christ, whom Christians say is the Saviour of the world. • t We would not be surprised if the local grocery stor4 showed Santa Claus leaping across its windows; if the bank on. the corner depicted St. Nick and his op reindeer prancing on the roof; if the Town -Square was filled with myriads of Chris Kringles and R udol phs. We are appalled however, when :the Christian church parades Santa Claus on the church lawn at Christmas when Jesus Christ is so precious to the image ,of the church and to the faith of its people. Is it any -wonder that the church is losing favor with mankind when it flaunts Santa out front under gay lights and hides Christ indoors where darkness prevails except on Sundays. If your church advertises Christ at this time of year, be thankful. If it heralds -the coming of Santa; please take it3 second reading. If the church doesn't advertise Christ at Christmas, who will? Wonan to Woman With Shirley J. Keller I suppose most of you are waiting with baited breath to" ,,read my assessment . of the local elections. I would suppose that most of you realize 'that., this column must be written ' on Friday which means that I could say nothing in last week's column about the vote in Goderich, Monday, December 7. It will come as no surprise to most of you that the majority did not vote as I did for Mayor, but then that's the way democracy, works and I'm quite prepared to live with the decision. My sincere best wishes go out to Harry Worsell. I have no doubt in my mind that he will give his utmost to the office — and that is all we can expect from anyone, after all. My congratulations also go to Paul Carroll who will be the Reeve in Goderich for the next two years. * * * On election night, there was a noted newspaperman in town. Hugh Bremner of CFPL was the speaker 'at the Kinsmen meeting g at Harbourlite Inn ' where Kinettes and Kin wives were the -guests. .. I'm positive Hugh was aware it was election night in Goderich — but I doubt that he was informed of the stand this newspaper had taken during the campaign. - ' At anrate, Hugh's topic was news and news gathering — and he touched briefly on the fact that sometimes the power of the press can work in the reverse. There was a noticeable titter all along the table as folks looked at each other with those knowing glances. Everyone was . remembering that the Signal -Star had come out strongly in favor of twopersonalities, and, according to election bulletins being issued by Bill Kirky, one favorite was falling behind. There was some discussion on the matter during the dinner and the concensus of opinion seemed to be that the Signal -Star had elected the Mayor of Goderich. Now thialk for a moment, dear readers. While the Signal -Star contained . some strong comment about the - persons whom staff writersfelt were best suited for the municipal jobs, it was the electors of Goderich who did the voting '-- and the electors of Goderich who chose the Mayor and the Reevein the final analysis. 1 don't think it is fair to the incoming Mayor to state that he was electedbecause the voters of Goderich chose to disagree with the local• newspaper. Pm • certain Harry Worsell does not want to be Mayor Of Doderich under those circumstances. Surely the voters of Goderich elected harry Worsen for the Mayor because they • felt he could, do' the job satisfactorilyi because they felt he was the best clan for thest, It would be, - pure and simple nonsense to think that the voters of 'Goderich "would elect a, Mayor to spite the"itewapaper, wouldn't 1V If you believed that to he the ease. wotild you have 'faith hi the citizens of Goderich ever again? I, for one, would not. There was also some suggestion that Mr. Worsell's council will be ran opposition — or split — council. I doubt it. I have more faith than that in the men we have on council. I feel certain they are working with the welfare of 'the town at heart and with this being so, I'm positive there can be no predrawn conclusion, that Harry Worsell will find the majority of councillors bucking his every move. It just isn't true. * * * Getting back to Hugh' Bremner's talk, I found it purely delightful. Of ' course, that's undoubtedly because Hugh was - talking right down my alley of interest — but judging from the questions posed following his speech, there were many others at the dinner who found Hugh's discourse highly informative. Hugh termed the newspaper as a "mirror held up to the community". Today's news, continued Hugh, is told the way it happens .. and some people don't like that. People find it unpleasant, he said, to read news just as it has happened. "I- find it shocking — incredible," Hugh went on, "to learn that 49 percent of people polled would agree to government censorship of the news media." Hugh said that in his opinion, the government could no longer expect to use television and radio to - • influence people because today, people are their` own program directors with the wide choice of programs there is to watch. "We have lost some of the sharing," stated Hugh. He called the , moonwalk a "shared experience" because everybody who watched television during that day watched the moonwalk. "Newsmen are identified as the authors of bad news," Hugh said. He added that this was just a little ridiculous because newsmen don't make ,the news. They just report on it. Occasionally, of course, there is 'a blunder as in the case of James Cross who was reported to be dead when he was very much alive. Hugh called this an error which should be carefully investigated to determine who jumped the gun with the report. Hugh had just returned from a jaunt with reporters covering the trip Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau made. He came back with the very highest praise for Canada's PM who Hugh says has a "fantastic IQ". "Trudeau sees the whole thing as an intellectual exercise, I think," said Hugh who quickly qualified the statement 'by saying it was his own personal assessments'of the PM. He called Trudeau a "church goer" who "wants to go so he gGes't. Hugh told his audience the' Prime Minister of Canada does very i lttle,for show. Diving the question period, several persons Mc -limited that Goderich has been promised cable TV for sometime and it .Recipe;' given: Tiger Dunlop "Joy, Gladness and Merry" ,- three words heard so much at Christmas, depicted the feeling Victoria UCW remembers five The UCW of Victoria Street United Church met for its annual' meeting December 9 and a pot -luck supper was enjoyed by all. The business session was conducted by the president, Mrs. S. C. Argyle. The only new officers are; first vice-president, Mrs. Mary Morris (one year) and, - second vice-president, ' Mrs. Audrey Linner (two years). A good ,year was reported by most committee heads. With next , year's ~stress being on Stewardship and Mission, an interesting, active year is anticipated. Members stood in memory of five women who 'died in 1970 — Mrs. Elmer Bell, Mrs. A. C. Leveyf Mrs. Neil McKinnon, Mrs. Jas. Smith and Mrs. Kate Warrener. Following prayer by Mrs. Argyle, Mrs. Warr sang "Beyond The Sunset." A delightful program was provided by the three units. Two short humorous plays, a violin selection by Mrs. Mable Gray and a reading by Mrs. Jean Patterson were all greatly appreciated. A Christmas service of worship was given by Mrs. W. O. Robinson and all joined in carol singing to round out a good evening. ' looks like discrimination when it hasn't been installedz • "We feel a little like second class citizens," said one spokesman. • Hugh told the Kinsmen that as . a service club, members' should join ranks to bring pressgre to bear on the proper authorities for an investigation into the reasoning behind the delay in Goderich. With regard to the CRTC ruling concerning Canadian content in programming Hugh said, "You can't enforce culture with a gun but you • can give it a little push. We " must have cultural developments that are strictly Canadian. * * * The Canadian Girls In Training who meet at Knox Presbyterian Church each week will present their Christmas Vesper Service Sunday, December 20 in the church auditorium. According to their leader, Mrs. Margaret Greig, the group is small but mighty . . . and the special service isshaping up as Pe something very nice. I hope many of you will get over to the church Sunday evening to glean just a little touch more of the real Christmas spirit. * * * Speaking of Christmas, it is difficult to believe that the holiday is so close. My goodness, it really doesn't seem that long since I wrote a Christmas column last year. No. I don't have aff my Christmas Shopping finished. Have you? And I don't have any baking done. And very little decorating — although the Christmas tree is up. But come Christmas, I'll be ready. I'll spend the last day or two before Christmas just rushing around and doing all sorts of last minute chores. It will be great fun ... and it won't really wear me out because it won't really be work. Getting ready for Christmas never i work.. * Just 'a note concerning the Co -Operative Play Group. As last week's paper indicated, the officials of the group are experiencing some organizational difficulties. In other words, there are some bits of 'red tape' which must be overcome before the group can continue on any kind of a regular basis. • I have been in touch with Mrs. Mona Mulhern in the past week and she has told me .. that everything possible is being done to keep the Co -Operative Play Group operating: The executive has been in touch with the proper authorities, and everything that can be done is being done to ensure that this Goderich play group is run according tb approved methods. Personally, I feel confident that the -executive will find some way to surmount the difficulties, which they have encountered and believe me, the difficulties are • arisinit over rather Please turn to Page 3A 44, of the members of Tiger Dunlop W.I. at their December 9 meeting held in Carlow D.all. Roll call was well responded to with a Christmas poem. Correspondence was read and a roll -away bedand bedding for a needy family was on display. With the executive r'being in charge . of the program, Mrs. Ralph Jewell read a splen id article entitled "Please Do t Change My Status". This ha -much humor re "Women's Liberation." Mrs. R. Buchanan gave ' a timely talk on Christmas safety with candles, trees, lights etc. Mrs. E. Hunter told a lovely 1 makes '*birds" story "Gifts of the Wise Men," • Mrs. E. Reabur.n den*onstrated the making of "Birds" (ilrustik). ,. Recipe: 3 egg yolks plus 2 whole eggs,1 tbsp. cream,1 tbsp1/2 sugar, 'tsp salt, 1 tsp vanilla. Beat above ar,draddflour-to rolt, approx. 2 cups'. Mix and roll '/a" thick. Cut pieces 2" x 1", slit diagonally and bring one end through the slit. Deep fry and sprinkle icing sugar on the "Birds" while still hot. ° The members then enjoyed tasting this special treat. 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