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GODERICi-I SIGNAI, -STAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1913 PA,.OE 5
Christians are concerned for Witness's welfare
Dear Editor,
I am - welting in, con-
nection with the letter by
C.F. 'Barney dealing with
Lent' and Easter.
Mr. Barney states that
Lent :and Easter were not
celebrated in the first
centuries, and labels
these and other Church
festivals on an ongoing
basis as un-Cbristian. ..
Through the years, I
have seen Jehovah's
Witnesses. attack just
about any doctrine of
Christianity and belittle
all holidays, labeling
them as pagan. The
Jehovah's' Witnesses are
constantly seeking ways
to debunk any and all
festivals and quote ex-
tensively from various
encyclopedias and other
publications that in some
measure back up their4
pre -conceived ideas.
If one examines the
quotes closely however,
one readily sees that they
are take verbatim with
all the punctuation marks
from the Watchtower
Magazine or a book
published by the Wat-
chtower Society, which
only partially quotes
from these en -
Pub is misplaced
Dear Editor:
Down where I live,
there is a misplaced pub.
at -is -sitting -right beside -a ..
beautiful family park.
In the park, we have
band concerts, families
come for reunions,
children play, school
buses bring visiting
children to eat their'
lunches there and the
elderly like to sit and look
over the lake. •
Around the pub are
privately owned homes
that the owners take
pride in, and have a great
deal of money invested
in. The home opposite the
pub has been declared a
Heritage house and has a
plaque on Tt:'It Used -to he
a pleasant place to live.
Why do I say the pub is
misplaced? Because the
homeowner% (and tax-
payers) can no longer get
a goodnight's sleep!at
least not until one -thirty
in the morning.
People go to pubs to
have a good time and are
not about to go home
quietly. Some indeed are
noisy and quarrelsome
and wake up the people in
the neighbouring homes.
A big thanks
Dear Editor:
We, . the... Goderic.b
Figure Skating Club,
would like to express our
appreciation for the
coverage which the
Goderich Signal -Star has
given us throughout our
79-80 skating season.
Your write-ups and .
photos- -of .•the- carnival,
test days, and • com-
petitions let the people of
this area realize what our
club. skaters and mem-
bers are involved in.
We would also like to
thank the people of sthis
community for -sup-
porting .._our club
throughout this season at
our various functions,
such as craft and bake
sales, carnival, dances,
Las Vegas -Night, etc. If it
weren't for the people,
there would be no club for
the children of this
community-.- ---- ..__-
Thanks again to all!
Yours very truly,
The Goderich
Figure Skating Club
G. Pannabecker,
Secretary.
Likes columns
Dear Editor:
So -- in response to your
enquiry "What do you
think about" (Page 4,
April 9) referring to front
page or not for columns
submitted by Miss Cath
Wooden and -or Mr. Dave
Sykes?
joyable usually and
produce a moment's
chuckle • or' two in each
edition.' It takes real
talent for anyone to be
witty and able to put
same into suitable words.
For desired, healthful,
equilibrium most of us
take ourselves too
seriously ...so let's have
more fun wherever it can
be found, especially in
these terribly serious
We have endured this.
But now, our planning
board has accepted the
petition -that the 'pub
wishes to expand. No
longer will the "good
times" be confined within
the walls of the pub, but
indeed will be out in the
open - on a patio.
To look after the ex-
panded clientele, there is
to be a parking lot right
on a very busy street
going down to the lake. I
need not point out that
compounds a -traffic
problem for citizens of
Goderich and to visitors•
that come to the "pret-
tiest town" - as well as to
our children who spend
their summers down at
the beach.
If this actually happens
the property values will
go down, the value pf the
family park will.
deteriorate and someone
will surely be injured or
killed because of the
traffic problem. •
I simply cannot believe
that our council will allow
this to happen, or our
citizens will be apathetic
-to-this problem
a I am appalled that the
planning board takesthe
attitude that the property
values are the respon-
sibility of the owners;
that the traffic and noise
problems are . the
responsibility of, the
police; and that the
deterioration of .our
beautiful park is the
problem of our parks
board; What is, the fun-
ction • of the planning
board?
If you are concerned
days with wars about what happens to
threatening to burst forth our corner of tovtn, that
from any direction. plays such an important
Placed on the front role to citizens and
page is.good psycholpgy, visitors alike, write
cyci.op,edi.as, thereby
making. their readers
think that they are get-
ting an honest evaluation
of the subject discussed.
Far too much emphasis
is put on Christmas,
Easter, birthdays etc. -
thereby beclouding ' the
vital and more important
issues of salvation.
About the only thing a
person ought to do with
these attacks by the.
Witnesses is: do not
argue with them but turn
to the scriptures.
"Look out: ' perhaps
there may be someone
who will carry you off as
his prey through the
philosophy and empty
.decepti.on_ are orriing-...xo__._
the elementary things of
the- world and not ac-
cording to Christ." -
Colossians 2:8 N. W.T.
"Therefore let no man
judge you in eating and
drinking or in respect of a
festival or of an oh-
servance of the new moon
or of a sabbath ; for those
things are a shadow of the
things to come, but tiLe
reality belongs to
Christ." - Colossians 2:16,
17. N.W.T.
"FQr you know that it is
from Jebovah you will
receive the due reward of
the inheritance. Slave for
the ' Master, Christ.
Certainly the one that is
doing wrong will receive
back what he wrongly
did, and there is no
ear
Editor
ome-on out
Dear Editor,
May we ask your co-
operation in informing
your readers of the
Centennial. of Renfrew
Collegiate Institute which
will be held during the
school year 1980-81.
Former students and
teachers are requested to
contact the Centennial
Committee for in-
formation on the
Homecoming Weekend,
May 15 - 18, 1981, and
other events throughout
the year.
J.R. MacGregor,
R.C.I. Centennial
Committee,
184 Bonnechere Street,
South,
RENFREW, Ontario
K7V 1Z5
he had peace
'Dear Editor
Re: Viola Violet
Thompson who passed
away March 20, 1980 in
her 54th year.
As I was lying in the
recovery room at a
London Hospital after
minor surgery tunes of -
"My Jesus I love Thee.,:.,
.- how.. s weot. -is :' Thy -name_
were floating through my
mind.
I was aremindee of a
dear lady, . Viola
Thompson who died
March 20 of a chronic
illness and the .many
times she had been in the
hospital with pain,
loneliness and suffering.
She always said to me
before she went in for an
operation, "I'm not
afraid. The aims of Jesus
are holding and com-
forting me."
What a 'faith and sin -
in my,scorin.g, instead of letters to the council, go
gl.00th_.Y_arid _--deem_-._-to•...the..txa.e-eiings_.ari-d._talk__.
headlines and gets our
perusing off to a good
start too:
I maintain that the GSS
staff, in general, are
dedicated to their
respective respon-
sibilities and do a "pretty
darn -good job" --
Subscriber
O. Miller
to your representatives
on council. They will not
know that you are cdn-
cerned unless you let
them know.
Incidentally, there is an
added concern of a beer
tent being set up in the
same family park. Do you
care?
Edith A. Craven •
THE BEST OF TWO
WORLDS!
Crewel
Work
pdrle
TopesB Y
Yarn
Gifts
vws.d
9 \le5
WOOL -N -CRAFT
-30 -NORTH -ST. GODERICH
JUST OFF THE SQUARE
Cs
A friendly Store
1
acra�e
5a99s
\ Meje, llerydes
Larne Frorr'es
cere trust this special
lady had in the Lord.
Viola lived in 'a Group
Home for the ,Mentally
Retarded. Many a time
her faith inspired me to
Lhe point I.felt ashamed
o 'my' lack of faith and•
trust in God.
God's love was very
evidei t. in Viola, W.h.en.'
she • found someone to
trust , she• Was always
ready with open Arms to
show love and.affection..
I remember times at
the Group Home where
we'd be working in 'the
kitchen preparing a meal
and quite often one of the
residents would get upset
•an.d yell at another
resident• because
someone looked at her the
Wrong way.
Viola would usually
jump in and be the
"peacemaker". When
there' was a conflict,
Viola would always try to
comfort other residents
in -spite of the injustice
they may have inflicted
on her.
Because Jesus died for
us and gave us His gift of
forgiveness, she had
God's •.love to1rforgive
others...It'.s.. very .difficl.ilt...
to forgive someone who
has grieved you, but
Jesus•has shown us the
way to forgiveness.
Viola- knew and
practised this in her
everyday life in every
day situations. -Viola
knew she could be vic-
torious in Christ and her
death was a testimony,
for she is now "Bound for.
Glory"
May she rest in peace.
Elsa Felker
Retired Counsellor
of Group Home
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care.
For good reasons. You see, you can make no better
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partiality." - Colossians
3:24, 25 N. W.T.
Deal also with the
Jehovah's Witnesses as
you would any human
being. Do not riducule the
J.W. Slamming doors,
screaming or throwing
cold water only helps to
foster the already huge
"persecution complex"
of the J.W. It also treats
them less than human
beings. Read 2. Tim. 24 -
26.
Jehovah's Witnesses
note: Jesus loves you and
so do we!• Disagreement
with your doctrines does
not constitute per-
secution. We do not have
the same gospel (see
Galatians 1 :-,6 - 9).
Mr. Barney, Christia
do not hate you or yo
fellow Witnesses, but we
are deeply concerned
about your..........._E.t.e.r..n.al-
Salvation.
Sincerely yours,
Daniel D'Haene
for Help Jesus Ministry,
Lambeth, Ontario.
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GODERICH
COUNTY OF HURON
1979 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
REVENUE FUND OPERATIONS
Revenues .
Requisi-tiun'on Tocal +;17nicipalities
Ontario grant's •
Other revenue
Expenditures
General yovernr,ent
Protection to persons and property
Transportation services
Health services •
Social and'far ii, services
kecreatien and .altaraT services
Planning and devellprent
1979
Budget
$
1979 .
Actual
.$
.1978
Actual -
2,711,000 2,715,836
4,435,531 4,401,605
1,670,106 1,831,446
•
556,750
95,454
3,358,00,0.
--939,321
3,460,150
539,164
• 2,4,208
CAMP.. I ..'14D uPF RA 1045
Capital Financing
Contrih„tions Elio- 1hC revenue fund
Contributions (reg•. rt<erve fund', dnd reserves
Capital Expo, !+t.,. .
General .yovere-on1
Protection id person, dn.; ;lrperty
Transportation sery t -..es
Health srrvi es
Social and !drily .,•rvicr.
Recreation and .ultural strvico'-
Planninc Ard dwelo;.rent
. ....vi ' ;Ot4S
Revenue
7 ransfer'. .,n,: r.; , ,.,,re5
Year en,1 .1 i.'n r' re'A rve5 and ,, er tip
1.1
Cash and short -.'err r,vr•st^.tints
Accounts receivable
Other current assets
Long•terrr 'rve•.•^ert.,
Temporary ic•.
Accounts payatle
Other (ur,rn"
Reserves and rtsr•rvr. '.,•d[;
Accanulated net rev•,.,e At .' nt :4.. ,
,r.finan:ed.ai .:' ,t"1, ,•i0 1'. .1.o.
Trust fu'Js (. r- ... i• • , i'
irvestnert; hn'•'. .r
2,663,440
4,189,240'
1,702,977
554,266 610,783
95,717 . '87,997
....3,253,928-' 3,114,237
777,236 903,702
3,421.,860 3,036,195
544,907 484,354
268,6'71 ' 304,732
1979 1978 ,
Actual • . Actual
5 5
376,186 355,688
281,101 110,639
138,079
253,684
651,625•
52,835
7.430
3,634
1979
Actual
246,012
291.549
:',074,540
T'; 402
193
325,248
111,794
19,123
8,070
497
1976 .
Actual
5
450,640
114,699
2,110,077
" 1979
cal '•• foal
< f
.',144
1,410.638
629,784
2,795
f•06,800
35,918
1°1,78.6
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431.336
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County Of "flirt's ,ni ludirg, the following
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FOard, •'uron reont.y 1 ihrnry Rnard, '+.rr(,nview H(' for the ,'fined 1 i,ni.t tee of
Manage^•ent and Huror r_ourty Board of 90,1119
(31 'he ",iron (aunty (hil,.lrnn's Aid ';,ciety has'`fnt teen ions(l^Fdated. Copies of the Agency's
a udited ftnan_ial stater.ent may he exaeined In the flert-Treasurer's nffic'e.
(l( Caines Or the +.r,firrrt finanr ial report 11-,,r .h these highlights were extracted
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CIFRK-TREASURER A ADMINISTRATOR