The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-04-22, Page 190•
FROM TDE M S INISYER'$TUD•Y
by the - •
Rev;1VIa .. ti ere - W 1. theran'Church
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'Millions of people went to overcomes,; death:.*what did
the tomb of Christ. last Sun- you see?. Furthermore, what
day morning. Millions: heard dtdryqu believe?
the words "He is not ' ' Too many, people see it as
here...He• _is riseia,° A lot of strrrply. the: beginning of: the
people" got up earlier than season of spring: Each year
they normally do on; `a S,un- the wards 'of the angel are
Sun-
day, Thousands , of plates of. heard . saying: "He is not
pancakes•, eggs, rolls. and here"., and 'only the.'flowers
. were served, at
and bunniea,and the grass
other. foods
Easter breakfast. :Trumpets,are ,seen. Many stand at the
organs, guitars, choirs and •tomb .and just wonder "what
soloists' sounded forth with is it all about?". Some still
songs of praise to a man debate -.the question of
named Jesus who wasn't whether Jesus: really died, or"
found in the tomb on, the third whether , His body was.
day after He had been buried. removed .by someone, Too
It° was a spectacular, a often we seem to take a quick
, lift the.look at the empty tomb, and
highlight, a day to
emotions. and thrill the heart! soon turn back to our 'hum-
But whatdid you see besides drum Lives, ,and• go on With .
new clothes, fresh flowers, "business as usual,"
larger than average numbers Thatdidn't happen to the
bf people going to church? People who saw Christ alive,
Did you see a Resurrection, a and understood why the tomb
living Christ, a Lord who was empty. They came to
know, to .believe, that Jesus
had left the tomb because
death couldn't keep Him a
, prisoner: He rose to declare
that death had lost its power.
He left the tomb because He
wanted to, show'•that graves
are only temporary, He lives
because nothing can ever
keep the Son of•God.down.
There may have been -many
reasons which led you and
. others to the empty tomb last
Sunday 'morning. It, doesn't
really matter why you may
have gone to -the tomb -- what
is • important is what you
found there, and- what • it
Bob.:McCALL.UM
Representative
11 Cambria Rd., Goderich
BETHEL HOLINESS CHAPEL BIBLE MISSIONARY,
CHURCH
Sunday School 9:50 a.m.
Classes for all ages .•
Worship Service 11:00 a.m.
• Prayer 6:30-7:00 p.m.
Evangelistic Service -7:00 p.ni.
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._ Blessed_a�eahe pure heart for they shall see God
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Huron SC & Walnut St.
Kennison W. L vrton, Pastor 524-2785
means" in your life now that
Easter has been celebra.ted.,
What is .really important is.
that God wants you" to know
that Jesus died and lives so
that thele can be an open door
betweenyoU and God• God
wants you to know that ori the
basis of Wthat. His Son Jestas
,has. &One,' .you can be
forgiven. , He wants you to
realize tiiat••because your
Lord and Saviour lives, death
is no; longer a real enemy:
There ista real resurrection,
that began withlesus and is
carried out in every one of His
people. - r.•.
The Good News of Jesus'
resurrection` is too great t-6
last for lusta weekend: S"ome
real joy, real hope, can: fill us,
can change our lives when We
believe that we hava•Savior
who not only died fbr us, but
'rose a'nd.lives for us. If Christ
is for us • in this way, then,
surely nothing can ever be
against. us. "Christ Jesus,
who died - more than that,
who was raised to life --is at -
the right hand of God and is
alsointerceding for us: Who
shall separate us from, the.
love of Christ?" Romans 8;
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On Saturday, .April' 10, the
teen class of the Wingham
United Church Sj. nday•School,
hosted a rally for ,young
people of the :area. -Eleanor
Ward- is • the leader of • the
group.
The• rally leader •was the
Rev, Craig Peters of the staff
at the Five Oaks Chrisfian
Workers .Center near Paris.
Seventy ;young people came
'frons Wingham and many •
surrounding ; communities.
Eight came from. Woofistocl . .
The 78 teens had four:leaders' ,.
present all day
The name ""Serendipity"
refers to a series of study-
action books'for young people
which' focuses on growth as
persons as well as the Bible.
The aim of his program was
to . develop ;Christian, corn-"
triunity through experiencing.. `.
the self and relationship with
Others, Mr. Peters eicpiained..
To this : end many and
various activities, from back
rubs to. hugs, took place. The
young people were asked top
share many seemingly.
unimportantdetails like
"where I do most of my
thinking" as well as goals,
problems, etc.
This 'is a way of getting
people to experience rather.
than intellectually recognize
If ever I felt akin to anyone, so., why was one of them on
it was with the woman Jesus the window sill? He couldn't'
telisabout who lost a "valuable be reached by phone and I
coin and her search for had no car, so I just kept
Some Biblical scholars. searching. • .
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community r.•t ling... Such
activity lures con-
siderabl? skill on the part of
the leader. `
Mr. Peters is experienced
amiable. At the end of the day
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he received hugs, as well as
-thanks and many tears were
shed when he left. For some
of the teens it. was obviously a
profnfrnrliv moving, perhaps
life -changing experience:
At 1000h time there were
those who felt the approach
difficult but by the end of the
day responses showed some
of the barriers were, down and
,a ,.now
view of possibilities.
pre'aled.
The Wirighatp United
Church Women •catered' foT a '
lunch and a turkey,supper fat
the group. The evening.
spent dancing to records.
ETHEL MARY
• DOWNING
Ethel Mary Downing,, 90,,
the last survivor of the Platt
family which discovered the
first major salt deposit in
North America. at Goderich,
died in Mississauga recently.
Mrs. Downing had lived •at
the Newport Hotel apart-
ments in Port Gredit for the
last 13 years and was well
known in the community. She
was buried -in Toronto. •
Mrs. Downing is survived
by two daughters, Mrs.
Margaret. Hand and Mrs. R.
H. Long,
Samuel • Platt, Mrs.
Downing's grandfather,
discovered a- major salt
deposit. in 1866 while drilling
for oil near Goderich. A
sample of the brine was
boiled down by Platt's mother
producing a very fine salt..
This was the beginning of
what is`stilYa major industry
in Goderich.
At •the time of the
discovery, the scarcity of salt.
in Upper,,.Canada was severe.
•'The. task of providing this,
EsE f.ARF N:EU.
•• Cambridge and north •r of
'Highway 401, was named
after the pioneerfamily.
Domtar Chemicals Ltd. and
Domtar Pulp and Paper Ltd.
• are both descendent corn•-
paniess; from . the original
-Goderich `:Petrole.um Co.,
founded by Platt after his oil
drilling was ended by the
discovery of salt at the. 964 -
foot level.
Platt had raised $10,000
•capital for the drilling but
gif . the .shareholders
withdrew , .before the
discovery.
Platt allowed them to
be.
readmitted, however., __to
'allow him to, finance the
development of the salt
deposits.
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commodity was one...of
Colonel . John, Graves Sim-
coe's highest priorities When
he became • lieutenan.t-
.,governor .of Upper Canada.
Mrs. Downing's father,
think .the 'coin' she .lost may Finallymy daughter's John S. Platt, was born and
have been one off her husband arrived and . he lived his entire life in
headdress, a • silver chain • hastened away to make ..Goderich.
° whichlinked together ten :-inquiries of my husband. In-'-' • Plattsviil;e, •located west of
THE BAHA'I .F-AITH TE-Af
Independent investigation of reality will save
theworld of humanity frdhi'.the .darkness of
imitation and enable it to attain to the truth.
Write P.O. Box 212, Goderich Phone 524-6179
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identity with her even more. hada found' one lying in. the (' : '.• j ..
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handed down to me' by my Rushing to the phone I - f
mother and_placed the i:u a. dialed the plumber, who S-U:NDA (-ARS-1=--257-1976—
small tumbler with ' 'sbrne . wasn't in• but his wife sym- r • - / n -fir'
cleaning, 'solution: Leaving pathized with me, said if % 9:30 a.m: Sunday School for all 1 .l - -
•the house in a hurry I forgot''" there -hadn't been too much `'
the rings until I was 'several . water run, the rings might 11:00 a.m. Folk Worship
H. Mervyn Hanly
H. Mervyn Hanly of 131
Townsend Street, Clinton died
April. 12; 1976 at the Clinton
Public Hospital: He was 82:
. The son of George and..
Eveline Hanly; he was born rn
'•Goder•jch Townshitt„ He
resided • .in. Goderich . and
Stanley Townships until his
marriage to Kathleen Taylor
in 1927 in Clinton.
The couple, remained in
Stanley Township, where Mr:.
'.Hanly was the tax assessor
and collector for the Town-
ship, as Well as a farmer: The
couple moved to .Clinton in
1971: • °
Yea: though I wollt.through• Rho ran.y' -
of Ute shadow of dais*. 10011 fegr. no
•Cult for 'Thom art with ate •..
Paal..
Mr: Hanly. Was a- former
Reeve, of -Stanley Township
and was elected as 'citizen of.:
the year" in that township in'.
1967.
He 'was also 'a member of
the -Orange Lodge, 710 where,
he was a Black Knight, and a
member : of Ontario Street
United Church.
Surviving Mr. Hanly
besides,his wife is a daughter,;
Phyllis' (Mrs. William
Nediger). London and two
sons, Dr. Charles Hanly,
'Toronto; and Bill Hanly of
Goderich. He is also survived
by 10 grandchildren.
' Mr. Hanly was predeceased
by one sister and one brother.
The funeral was held April
14, 1976 at Beattie Funeral
Home, .intoe. 'Rev.' L.S.
Lewis .officiated. Interment '
followed at the Clinton
Cemetery.
' Pallbearers were Mervyn
Falconer;. Frank Falconer;
Robert Glen; Walter Forbes;
Mel Graham and Charles
Nelson. •
Flower bear..er's were John,
Hanly ;•H.ugh Hanly;` John •
McPherson and- .-• Bill
Nediger.
MRS. L.R. SMITH
Mrs. Loverna R. Smith, 197
Bayfield Rd., Goderich, died
suddenly at Alexandr.a;'
Marine and GeneralsHospital
on April 16. She was 59.
Born December 19, 1916 in
Thornbury, Mrs, Smith was.
the daughter of Jahn Albert
and Mehatable (Pollard)
Stoutenburg. She' lived in
Thornbury: until 1932 and then,
Port Elgin and r Chesley
before coming to`Goderich`in
1967. She was an adherent of
North Street' United Church.
Surv.iving•arehet husband,
Hiram A. Smith whom she
married September 24, 1938 in
Tara, two sons, Dwight of
Hanover and John of :Mild
may; one. daughter, Mrs. Carl
(Rita) Sartori, . London; four .
grandchildren;• one ,sister, •
Mrs. Victoria Stewart,
Goderich; and her mother,
Mrs. Mehatable Stoutenburg,
Goderich.: _.
Funeral and committal
service were Monday, April
19 at the Stiles Funeral Home
with the Rev. Ralph King.
officiating. Interment was in .
Maitland Cemetery.
miles down the road. have lodged in the gooseneck
However,`. I didn'tworry` below the sink. But if a lot of
about them so sure was I they water had been running
would .be.safe• until (•returned well, it was anybody's guess.
later .inthe.day. • She assured me her husband
Arriving' back home, 'I' was would come after five when
shaken to see the glass had he got home.
been emptied and that -only. Still standing by the phone I
dee ring was lying on- the prayed, "Oh Lord,- you have
kitchen window sill. Going told us ' to give thanks for
into the bedroom Where our ', everything' but I confess I
daughter. was recuperating can't stir up much en
frorrt'a'n illness., I'asked'her'if thusiasm about my rings
her father -had said anything lying out there in the 'sewer.
about my rings when he was However, I. will thank you for
home for lunch. • this lesson: and I promise 1-
"NO," she: replied; "but will never be so careless
when I got up this morning . again.".
and saw them soaking in the With that,; I. turned from the
cleaning fluid, pI put my phone and .my eyes lit on ,a
engagement ring in with two quart carton ,bolding
them."•garbage beside' the sink. Was
Alarm signals rose higher: it passible.. could could it be the
Instead of two rings, there rings were in that garbage?
were now three missing • . T dumpedit out on apiece of
I went.•back to the sink, the newspaer. There they were
stopperwas out and the drain •.• my . two precious rings,
opening yawned ominously. If Hallaleuhjah! But where was
rrry husband had Mad,. niy" daugh:er's. I mauled
vertently emptied the glass through, it ail but the ring
not noticing the rings they
could . certainly have been:
Washed down the drain.
"Keepcalm and think
positively," :I told myself.
Perhaps he hod placed the
rings someplace else, but if
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wasn't there. Had it alone
gone down the drain? There
• was an ernpty frozen' orange
juice can about' one third full
of bacon fat. I got a ,fork and ,
raked. through it ••. and up
Came the ring.
' The relief, the joy"was over
powering. 'Like the woman in -
Jesus'. parable I called out,
"Rejoice w th me for I have
found that which was lost." I
phoned the plumber's .. wife,
she was alrrost as -happy as I.
I called my friend, and'I told
the°kids coming in from
school. I was happy, happy,
happy. '
No 'matter how the rings
had 'get lost Ifanyone was to
blame , who cared? What
mattered was that they had
been found.
And that'.] how it is with
Jesus. The ;oy of God when
one person who is' lost and is
found•again is like a woman
who loses her most preciou's
possession which has' value
far beyond Money,• and then
finds it.
The thing shout Christ, too,
is that He actually searches
for the lostoles, goes out and
looks for, thgn, and having,
found them asks no quest'i'ons,
He just takes them back and
rejoices.;
Marve1loup, isn't it?
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Affiliated with the Pentecostal.Assemblies of Canada.
CORNER OF ELGIN AND WATERLOO STS"
Pastor: C. Fred Day.
BUS TRANSPORTATION'
'Phone 524.6543'tor a ride ,
SUNDAY SCHOOL - 10 A.M.
MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE • 11 A.M.
EVENINGMEETING 7 P.M:'
Evangelical in Character
Evangelistic in Outreach
Bethel has something for what-every`family needs.
COME AND GROW WITH US
CALV'AR'Y BAPTIST CHURCH
eAvrnELO ROAD AT BLARE STREET -
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REV. R. BRUSACHER Pastor
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• MONTREAL STREET (near The Square)
Rev. W.H. McWhinnie
Organist: Mr. Frarik Bissett
9:45.a.m.– Sunday School
11 A.M. Morning Worship
Special Music
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SERMON: -
"WHAT CAN WE BELIEVE ABOUT'
PROVI'DENCE?" •
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-Come and Worship with us.
The family .that f>troys together:.:. !
Stays together j,.
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PNorth. Street United Church
The Rei. Ralph E. King, B.A.; B.D., Minister
D •. Miss Clare McGowan, Visiting Assistant
Mr. Lorne 'H Dotterer, Director of Music
Stinday'School Ages:10 and up at 9:45 a.m.
Sunday School for ages 3 to'9 from Worship at 11 :00:a.m.
WORSHIP AT 11 A.M.,'
SUNDAY, APRIL..25, 1976
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EASTER 1, APRIL, 25
8:30 • Holy Communion
• 11 a.m. Holy Baptism
Sermon: "BELONGING"
10 & 11 a.m. Children's Programme & Nursery
Rector Canon G.G. Russell B.A., B.D.
1 Choirmaster -Organist: Joseph B•^Herdman
The Free=Methodist -Church
•• Park St. at Victoria • Pastor: H. Ross Nicholls
For"bus transportation call 524-7195 or 524-9903 .0 •
• 9.45 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL
11:00 A.M. "WEATHER VANE CHRISTIANS"
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All Warmly Invited
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THE REV. G. LOC.KHART ROYAL, BA, Minister
THE REV. RONALD' C. ;McCALLUM, Assistant
WILLIAM M. CAMERON, Director of'P-raise
SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1976
• 11:00 a.m. Service -of Worship
Sermop: ''THE POST-EAST•ER'CRISIS"
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(Consolidated Sunday School retires from Service)
7:30 p'•m• Young People's Society Itx=
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=10 a.m. Bible School for all Grades
11:15 a.m. - Worship Service
1 SERMON: "NO TIME FOR PRAYER?"
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Mrs. J. snider, Organist & Choir Diictot