The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-12-23, Page 23- Ronald L.
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The Natity Scene, most precious of Christmas f emind- his religion was summed up in the first two words of the
jers, warms the cockles of many hearts a,, this time of year. Lord's Prayer.
In the hustle and bustle and crass coOkmercialism of the Finally, He is called the Prince of Peace. d
times, this peaceful tableau is re-enacted a thousand times Think of what perfect peace of soul, if attained, could
across the nation in church_ and school'concerts. The tFa- mean. You would no longer be affected by what others think
dition is one that should be encburaged because it is easy of you or say to you or what they would do to y.pu. Most of
to forget the real reasons for Christmas. , us are so conscious of what others think of 'us we no longer
"Por unto us a child is born ... and the government shall know who we really are, We are ruled by outer things and
. be upon his shoulder . , - what the Jones's are doing and getting. We are worried about
When the spiritual ideal is born in the souls of men, it is our jobs, our paycheques, what the boss thinks of us, even
abtut what our own children think of us, We live these "lives
of qtifet!desperation- when we could become the sons and
daughter§'of God. „
That, to me, is one of the greatest of an the great promises ,
in the Bible Ye have the power to become the sons of Gado:
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Who bukGod could' make a promise such as that'? . N" •
Andrt is His birthday we celebrate at this time of year.
the day that Jesus who became the Christ, was born. Does
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as a &id. Walking in dark either moral or physical, is
the death of joy or hope or'kel espect and it describes the
condition of many.people in th tired world, But the light
of Christmas can still shine brig tly into weary,. heartbroken
,,--- lives,
Even though you niay* tired, driven, worried, weak,
ill depressed or just pleat worn' oht, the, Christ spirit can
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rejuvenate you. You have been trying to carry the burnen
of self-government on yiptir -shoulders. The Child is born it matter .whether Dec. 25 is the exact historical date of His
birth? Does it•matter whether you are a Christian, a Jew,
when ybu turn over self-government to a Power greater than
you. . , , .
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a Buddhist, a Moslem, a Hindu, a TaoiSt, an agnOstic or an
atheist?
"And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor,
It is the hope of-
all mankind, which is celebrated 'at this
the Mighty God, the Everlasting ,Father, the Prince of ti,
me of year, the hope for pe-ge and joy and kindness and
, givihg and sharint„and, most of all, loving. For if there is
We are prone to take such words as 'wonderful' and makeone thing this wOild lacks it is love, •
them trite and hackneyed. But to be truly wonderful'irn- Someone once said that loveAakes the,world go 'round.
plies miracles and that's what can happen if mankind could If that is true, one cannot help blit think that it must surely
recognize the power of God. • be slowing down these days what with Christians shooting
And though the Guiness book of records,• if' we listen to ,Moslems, terrorism rampant and daily news broadcasts
those who conduct polls, isf now out -selling the Bible, it is so full of tragedy and disaster that the bile comes up in your
sti114, in spit of misguided translations and misinterpreta- t throat.
tions, the greatest story ever told, It is the'Counsellor, the . 4 But I believe that enough of that special thing called love .
guidebook to self-government. . , • could prevent ;those , same disasters; love could bring
' This Child whose birthday is celebrated at this season about the changes that all men, deep in their heart of hearts,
is God, Himself, the mighty God, always present within and must surely crave. '
always available. Closer than our right hand. Our Father. And that kind of love was •e' xemplified in the life of Jesus
Father to all, colors, nations and creeds. the Christ whosebirth we celebrate. ,
The great jurist, Oliver Wendell Holmes, once said that My love to you this Christmas.,
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GOL)LRICFI SIG.NAL-ST4R:, T.,VP:SpAY, DECEMBER 23, 41975—PAQE
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Tl ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future as
geed by B'tenda Feagan, Robert Huff and Michele
Harris haunt Ebenezer Scrooge in a Christmas Eve
dream in the play A Christmas 'Carol produced by' the
Colborne School Grade 8 class. (staff -photo)
lob Allan opposes by-passing bean dealers
At a recent meeting of the
Ontario Bean Producers
Marketing Board held in
Zurich, bean -producers in
Huron County were split over
the issue of whether or not the
producers should use dealers
to market beans produced.
Robert Allan of Brucefield,
a long time member and
former chairman of the
board, lost his seat on' the
board when he took the un-
popular position of opposing
the yp • of dealers.
:In an interview with the
Exeter Independent News,
Mr. Allan recently stated his
position on the question and
made a number of interesting
comments on the past,
present and future operation
of the board.
As Mr. Allen's story is only
one side of the question, the
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interview with Phil Durand of
Zurich, chairman of the
board, whose views., conflict
with those of Mr. Allan. •
"We in the bean industry
should be working together to
sell Canadian beans, not'
fighting amongst ourselves
all the time." lamented bean
farmer Robert Allan of
Brucefield.
Mr. Allan had. recently lost
his position as a member of
the ()Mario Bean Marketing
Board, mainly because of his
position on a contentious
issue among the bean far-
mers of Huron County, but
the loss of his seat didn't
seem to bother him as ,much
as the disagreement among
fellow producers.
"He (Phil 6Ura,nd) has
, been going around telling
farmers that the mills are
"making millions of dollars at
the expense of the producer,"
said Mr; Allan, "I would
agree that the mills are
probably getting a little more
than they need but under the
present circumstances with
the producers disagreeing
, among themselves, they're
protecting themselves."
Mr. Allan believes the beanrt
producers can operate ef-
ficiently through ,the dealers
as they have been for many
years.
According to Mr. Allan, the
V
proders are
"selling all the beans"which bag. One of the dealers action. The remainder of the
has been the' slogan for the charged $60 a bag when board, in other bean
groupodvishing to bypass the reselling them to the
dealers. He stated that the Americans.
bean board now sets the time, "To say that the high pri
price and amount for any sale was responsible for a surplus
of beans before' the dealer can of 100,000 bags that same year
carry outIthe transaction. is foolish." said Mr,. Allan. "It
The dealers, Cook's of wasn't because of high prices
Hensall, Thompson's of it was, because the American
'Hensall, Water's of Parkhill, demand was filled."
Mr. Durand's charge that
ensall Disqict Co-op and
is sub-; who, continued to promote his
Co-opin London, are already sidizing beanslorse'ed, own theories...
sufficiently' controlled .by the
board, in'Mr. Allan's opinion.
Mr. Allan explains that the
dealers have international
connections and are known,
and trusted by, bean pur-
chasers in foreign countries.
Since 75 percent of .the
Ontario ' grown beans are
marketed to other countries,
a continuation of this market
Is essential to growers. Mr.
Allan feels that for the board
to attempt to step in and sell
directly to foreign customers
would .be a risk that isn't
worth taking.
'The charge by Mi. Durand
that the producers lost a
million dollars in one sale is a
"daydream" according to
Mr.. Allan,. He explained that
one year the American bean
crop , was poor and the
Americans had to buy beans
to fill orders. Since the
. demand was there, the bean
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already board set the price at $50 per possibility before taking any
the H
the Ontario Bean Grower's the beanindustry
producing counties, - are
opposed to bypassing the
dealers, according to ,.Mr.
an.
Mr. All4n also charged that
Mr. Durand was -not acting on
'the wishes of the board. He
said that police decisions
made by the board were
disregarded by Mr. Durand
are not' being used for seed is
also false according to Mr.
Allan. He said that'the board-,
plugged a loophole two years
ago by insisting that the
dealers buy only enough
beans for seed as would be .
used for seed. This year, be
said, 50,000 bags were sub-
sidized by the board as seed
and 50,000 bags were .
repurchased by producers as
seed. ,
.Mr. Allan feels the platform
taken by Mr. Durand to
bypass the dealers is foolish
and impractical but he's not
too worried. He is, confident
that a majority of the nine
man bean board is opposed to
bypassing the dealers.'
Locally, he said, Mr. Durand
is supported by Richard Erb
and Joe Miller and to a
degree, by John Hazlitt. He
said Mr. Hazlitt wants to
thoroughly investigate the
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May you and your loved
ones be happy and safe
during this Christmas
Season and the coming
New Year.
Bill Barwick
30 Kingston St.
Goderich •
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ven though they are at
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tentious issue, Mr, Allan still
has a lot of respect for Mr.
Durand and refers to him as
"one of the best board
members we ever had" but
quickly adds "until he got this
idea 'about bypassing the
dealers-,"
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