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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-05-10, Page 21t. GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1973—PAGIi 74.; gates from Baha'i al Spiritual Assemblies t l out the world e Third International tion on April 29 at the World they elected the when' , Center Hada, when' al House of Justice. Universal House of , established in 1963, is hest unit of the Baha'i :trative order and wears every' tes to the Third Inter- ! Convention comprise rs of National Assem- om more than one hun- and thirteen c'odntries. averse linguistic, racial tional backgrounds legates reflects a Baha'i le of unity through tv. The delegates elected rsons from amongst the of the world to serve Universal House of i,..� the supreme governing of the Baha'i ad- ative order, the Univer- use of Justice is em - d to apply the principles laws revealed by 'llah, The. Founder of 'ha'i Faith, and to adapt aith to a progressing It is also invested with hority to legislate on all not covered in the Writings. The establish - f the Universal House of represent the first time igious history that a r of a religion provided authorized source of in - tion of His Word, thus g the unity of His rs. esenting the Canadian i Community .at the International Conven- re nine members of the al Spiritual Assembly of ha'is of Canada who from widely separated of the country: A.H. i, D.G. Glen, ,and J.I. of Toronto; M.E. Mut- Edmonton and Toronto; nd of Hull, P.Q.; R.J. s of Winnipeg, and Dr. rs. M.G. Rochester of St. Nfld. development which has ssible this Third Inter - al Convention, ni'ng the base of the system, is the corn - of a Nine Year Inter - ,.I Teaching Plan laun- • the Universal House of in 1964. This global g campaign for the ex - of the Baha'i Faith has d Baha'is from many 'es travelling throughout rld to fulfill the goals of an by establishing the Faith in more than hundred countries. Canadian Baha'i Com has played a vital role ,t+ginatiorial Teaching 'Hundreds .of Canadian have settled. in over- als in Iceland, Europe, :and Asia. Since the in- of the Baha'i Faith in :t, the Canadian Baha'i nity along with the :n Baha'i Community, oµldered the heaviest abilities for the expan- the 3aha'i Faith out the .world. The Canadian Baha'i Com- munity with its bilingual ad- vantage undertook a major part of the responsibility for the expansion of the Baha'i Faith in the vast francophone world. Recently, growing numbers of French Canadians, and , par- ticularly youth, have been at- tractts l to "the, Faith. The Baha'i Faith has spread significantly in Canada in- creasing its enrolment dramatically in the final years of the Nine Year International Teaching Plan. Since the Baha'i Faith places much em- phasis on the respect for and preservation of all cultures, it has also been widely accepted by many of the native peoples,_ of Canada. An independent world religion, the Baha'i Faith was founded in 1863 by the Prophet, Baha'u'llah, who taught that all the world's religions were stages in one universal faith. The Baha'i Faith has its own scripture, laws and administrative order and its own holy places, the most sacred of which are in Haifa, Israel, on and near Motint Carmel. Baha'u'llah proclaimed this as the age of the oneness of humankind. To the East and the West He announced that once again a divine Educator had come to humanity in its hour of need to quicken souls, illumine minds, unify conscien- ces and rempld the customs of humankind in preparation for a world civilization, which will eventually be founded upon spiritual principles: ---LL Baha' u'1lah and His followers suffered very great opprgssion. In Persia alone twenty thousand of the early believers were martyred in the nineteenth century. Eventually Baha'tellah and His followers were imprisoned, stripped of all rights, then exiled to Baghdad, to Constantinople, to Adrianople and finally con- fined to the desolate barracks of Akka, -a Turkish hayracks colony__�at the foot of Mount Vii' f.� e 41,Ad � � these efforts, however, could extinguish the Message of Baha'u'llah. The Baha'i Faith gradually spread from the East to Europe and eventually to the North American continent. SHEET METAL, WORK THAT WILL ENDURE, GIVE US THE JOB I AND FEEL SECURE . One hundred years after Baha' u'llah's declaration of His Mission to unify humankind, the Universal House of Justice was elected in 1963. This crowning unit of a world • order envisaged by Baha'u'llah emerged out of the century -long efforts and sacrifices of men and women throughout the world who had embraced His Teachings and carried His Message to the cor- ners of the earth. and women throughout the world are attracted to the fastest-growing of the world's religions. its adherents come from all religious, cultural and economic backgrounds. The theme of the oneness of humankind, "unity in diver- sity'' proclaimed by Ba,ha'u'Ilah has stirred the hearts and minds of people throughout the world and given therm the compelling vision of a gradually unfolding world or- der through which a lasting peace would be established. In Level 1 semi-finals Charlie MacDonald defeated Reinhardt Voelmle to win the series two g''arnea to one. Charlie now advances to the finals against Clarke Teal. In Level 2 semi-finals Jin1 Kingsley defeated Kirk Lyndon to win the series two games to none. ,Iim then went on to the finals in which he defeated "Toni McGill two games in a row to win the Level 2 cham- pionship. in Level 3 Dennis Little had won the championship the previous week by ,defeating Harald Kloeze in the finals . In Level 4 finals John Seaman came up with a victory to tie the series at one game apiece and a tie. However, Rick Kingsley bounced back to win the fourth game and the Level 4 championship. - '1'he Goderich Chess club marks the end of this season with a dinner at the Bedford Hotel on May 9th at which Mayor Harry Worsell will be presenting trophies donated by Carlings Breweries to the win- ners. Th6 .results of Level 1 finals will be announced when they become available. ARTISTS MATERIALS by Grumbechus STORE HOURS: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m, 2:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. PHONE 524-68 1 5 tEDCROSS BLOOD CLINIC WED., MAY 16th Advertisernen2.-Published By DOMTAR CHEMICALSATD.:, . Sifto Salt Divisors The 25 Officer Conference of Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario met at the Univer- sity of Waterloo, May .1, 2 and 3. Despite grey sky and rain, 637 delegates came by plane, train, bus and car to the lovely campus. The vast majority were attending the Conference for the first time. The purpose of this conference of Women's Institute members is a training school for officers. This time the groups were Secretary - Treasurer, under the chairman- ship of Mrs. Wm. G. Miller, Highland Creek; Citizenship & World Affairs convenership, under chairman Mrs. John Hermansen, Weston; members - at - large group, with Mrs. Ed- ward Urstadt, Owen Sound. On the first day 550 members were taken by bus to visit the Erland---lee Home which the Women's Institute purchased last year. Mr. Lee was co- founder with Mrs. Hoodless of the Women's Institute. There was also a tour of the computer centre at the Waterloo Univer- sity. There were several showings of the seventy-fifth Anniversary tape, which took place at Toronto in February 1972. It also afforded the women the opportunity to visit the Public Relations display set up in Village 11 and purchase the Ontario -W.I. story "Hurtiianities in Homespun.", tiyt°` Dr. Ethel Chapman, ,Con- tributing membership to the Associated Countrywomen of ,the World, and other W.I. sup- plies. This is arranged by the,_ Provincial public relations Of- ficer Mrs. Harvey Houston, Lucknow. Detajls of the Con- ference were in charge of Con- ference Secretary-Tresurer, Mrs. Robt. B. Weber, Bloomingdale and the bus, tours to the Erland Lee Home by the chairman of the Home committee, Mrs. Austin Zoeller, New Hamburg. May 2nd, the Conference met in the . Humanities Theatre. Na. ;. Harvey Noblitt Ottawa, Provincial president spoke on the theme: "When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,_ then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again" — Edith Hamilton (Historian). To the Greeks their most precious possession was their freedom. They were willing to fight for it, if it meant death to the last man. Freedom was born -in Greece f*cause men limited their own freedom. Self discipline was a way of life, the limits were good. There was a willing obedience to the written and the unwritten law. They revered their government and glad+r serves} it; Responsibility- is the price every man had to • pay for freedom. When we relinquish to administrative bodiesour rights and respon- sibilities, even our homes are' \threatened, children have been set against parents, parent against parent, families against families. A delightful Wednesday evening session entitled "You Can do it", presented' a monologue by Mrs. John Richardson, St. Marys; a skit by Board Directors, Mrs. Ed- '' a'"tr U't"stiiidf,` IVlrs. +:.'I$rnerson Emke, Mrs. Herb Ma luskb, of the Grey -Bruce Area, advice on how to attain new members. During the convention Mrs. Noblitt reported 142 branches of the 1,292 in Ontario had at-" tained a 20% increase in mem- bership. A skit by Mrs. John T. Taylor and Mrs. Ford Sudden, Galt -Cambridge area, and several "Let's Sing" sessions led by Mrs. Laurel Maltby, , rounded out an evening of relaxation. A welcome to the Campus was extended by the president of the University, Dr. Bert Mathews, has had a long association'with the FWIO and Ontario is a better place in which to live because of the ef- forts of the Women's Institutes for Horne and Country. .'Mrs. J. R. Futcher was president when the first Officer Conference was proposed in 1948. Because she was unable to attend, her address was read by Mrs. Noblitt. The first secretary - treasurer, Mrs. John McCulloch, Brampton was in- troduced. An account of the first Conference -is in the sum- mer issue of Home and Country Magazine, 1949. Mrs. Futcher, in her address said`"a friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of ones heart, chaff arid- •grain glike;"A'r tiwiiirthl the gentlests of hands will take it, and sift it — keep what is worth keeping — and with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away. The Very Reverend Dr. Finlay G. Stewart, Kitchener addressed the final session on Thursday afternoon. His topic was "New Freedoms". We had stated four great freedoms twenty-five years ago. They were freedom of Expression, of Worship, from Fear, and Freedom from Want. We have 'opted out on most of these great areas for lack of 'real responsibility. We have become echos ,and no, longer have the_ rightof self expression when personal opinion • disappears: We have lost the 'right of Freedom of Worship. 50% do not wish to worship anything more notably greater than themselves. Freedom from Fear - no. We are the most frightened of all generations. Children „are afraid of authority. Parents are afraid of children. All of us are afraid of tomorrow, and a dozen other areas make us tremble. Freedom from want — We are a world rich in resources and knowledge, available to everyone to become real people. What are the Freedoms? Freedom to Excel, - this is a new exciting freedom available to everyone to become real people. Freedom to believe — Man can't live in a vacuum. He has to believe something about himself, others anti the resour- ces about him. What he believes - will determine what history writes about him. Freedom for moral judgement - we have all.the freedoms to ask is it right? There is not always a clear right and wrong to every issue. Freedom to live ahead of our times. Tie e are -"not times when we can wait for a long drawn plan to unfold. These are times when the goals of future decades are set. Perhaps the collapse of old freedoms may ' give us a new exciting freedom for tomorrow. CanIIB help you? On Monday, May 14th, 1973 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon one of our representatives Mr. N. Peever will be at The Bedford Hotel, Goderich Telephone: 524-7337 IF YOU CARE ENOUGH GIVE GENEROUSLY "CANNEL COAL For Fireplaces, Available at EDWARD FUELS Angl•eea St. Goderich Many businesses including: Agriculture • Manufacturing Tourism • Construction • Professional Services • Transportation • Wholesale and Retail Trades, have obtained loans from IDB to acquire land, buildings, and machinery; to increase working capital; to start a new business; and for other purposes. 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