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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-12-27, Page 9New system.. • • ® from page& new'!' -conversion requests until the end of January because they are swamped with people trying to convert. David Peterson (Lib. London Centre) stated that some firms such as Union Gas cause serious difficulties for people wanting to convert to natural gas. • "They will not pump out the oil. They will not take out the oil tanks people have in their homes. They will provide no trade-in value for perfectly good oil fur- naces." The Minister of Energy has condemned the federal government's decision to approve ex- tensive natural gas ex- ports to the U.S. calling the decision -premature and inappropriate. Canadians could be hurt because domestic natural gas prices will rise as exports deplete our conventional reserves. Such a consequence will force the use of higher -priced frontier reserves, and Canadians should be compensated for the higher prices they will have to pay. He told the Legislature that he did not believe Ottawa's or the National Energy Board's view of possible heating oil shortages this winter. Based on his own con- sultations with the major oil companies, he had concluded there would be no shortages this winter, barring un- foreseen circum';tances. Oppositionpartieshave attacked the government for not expressing its outrage with Ottawa over the gas exports until after a commitment had been made. In defence, the Energy Minister, Mr. Welch, said the government had clearly opposed natural gas exports until two criteria are met: that a surplus has been determined and a complete national energy plan is'established. While Stuart Smith did not dispute the point, he attacked the governifient for even giving credence to the concept of a natural gas surplus, saying that all Canada's natural gas reserves should be kept for the future. He also questioned the Minister's apparent selective reliance on NEB figures when discussing potential surpluses, one day acknowledging' that he did not trust NEB data with respect to heating oil supplies and the next approving the Board's calculation of a national surplus figure on exports • based on that. SUPERIOR MEMORIALS ESTABLISHED OVER 50 YEARS *;6.iffx 011 Goderich Area Representative ROBERT McCALLUIVI 11 Cambria Road 'Goderich 524-7345 Clinton-Seaforth Area Representative MICHAEL FALCONER - 153 High Street Clinton 482-9441 4* MR. AND MRS. DAVID GREENE (Photo by Mary Layton) Wed in Mitchell Marilyn Jean Cleave, daughter of Phyllis Cleave, West Gore Street, Stratford, and -James Cleave, R.R. 3 Bayfield, exchanged wedding vows with David James Donald Greene, son of Don and Dorothy Greene of 103 Napier Street, Goderich on October 19 at Knox Presbyterian Church, Mitchell with the Reverend W.J. Murray officiating. The church was decorated with two candelabra of red and white gladiolii and red and white pew bows. The organist was Mrs. Bert Vorstenbosch of R.R. 2 Mitchell who played "Oh Perfect Love" and `Jesu Meine Freude". The soloist, Randy Satchell of 229 Coulton Drive, Mitchell, sang' "Today" and "The Wedding Song." The bride was given in marriage by her parents. She wore a long empire - styled gown of white crepe with a sheer bodice and long full sleeves trimmed with lace daisies. Lace ruffles decorated the hem of the gown and a satin bow attached on the back of the dress at tie waist. A long floor -length veil trimmed with lace daisies attached to a lace 'and daisy sculptured headpiece. The bride carried a bouquet of a dozen red roses mixed with white mums. . The maid of honor was Shelley Burgess of Pasadena, California. She wore a' long flowing turquoise -blue gown of sheer polyester knit. The Helping Hands mark 30th anniversary blouson -styled bodice was gatherea round neckline and There were string ties at the shoulders with angel sleeves. She wore a yellow rose in her hair as a final touch. She carried a bouquet of yellow; burnt orange and white mums. The bridesmaids were Janet Clark of Chatham, Margaret Jordan of Mitchell and Kim Greene - of Goderich. Their dresses and flowers were the same as those of the maid of honor. The best man was Ernest Jordon of Mit- chell. Ushers were Harvey Cleave ' of Timmins, Richard" Gethke of Belgrave" and Gerald Ahrens of Stratford. The bride's mother wore a long flowing gown of sheer green polyester knit that ' was loosely gathered at a : cowl neckline with a- spaghetti tie belt at the waist. The groom's mother wore a long pink gown of polyester-rl,it with an empire waistline and an accordian pleated skirt and accordian "pleated cape sleeves. For a wedding trip to the Bruce Peninsula and Niagara Falls, the bride wore a rose colod street -length tent dress. It had a small rounded collar and turnback rounded cuffs with a spaghetti tie belt at the waist. • Mr. and Mrs. Greene will reside at• 428 West Gore Street, Stratford. Guests attended the wedding from Illinois, Michigan, Windsor, Timmins and Ottawa. BY MR'S. J. H. (IVY) JOHNSTONE We count it an honor to be given the privilege of writing to the Signal -Star. We decided you might like to hear about our club. - It began in 1950. I was a shut-in at the time, and many of my friends urged me , to start having a meeting in my home. "We'll come," they°said. So the Helping Hands Club was born. True to their word, the friends came. We have as our motto "Others". We used our offerings to help the smat'retarded WHALEN INSURANCE SMOKERS IN ALL TYPES OF ANNUITIES 60 West St. 524-2933. children, for some years. Then when Evelyn Carroll took c.hargeof the older ones at' the work shop, we switched over to them. We were saddened through the years when several members passed away and others moved out of town... Our club is small now, but Evelyn Carroll and others know we are big in other. respects. We always have a certain amount of religion in our meetings, but a portion of it is set aside for social activities. Mrs. Emery Baechler is our secretary - treasurer who has been faithful through the years. Every year we have a picnic with loads of fun. We ,strive to help others all we can with kind deeds and visiting the sick and shut-ins. This coming year 1980 is a "special" for us, because God willing we will celebrate our 30th anniversary. For Wedding Banquets Funeral Designs, Green Plants, Hanging Plants and Pots, plus a full line of Fresh, Silk and U'7ied Flowers head for... SMITH'S FARM & GARDN CENTRE 111111 fsr. 82 South St. Ito 06,T1ONS FOR ALL OCr. SS'O., PHONE 524-13761 EVENINGS 524.7243 Goderich 4L+ GODER ICH SIGNAL STAR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1979—PAGE 9 What have you kept from Christmas? BY THE REVEREND ARTHUR F. GARDNER, RETIRED UNITED CHURCH MINISTER Yes, Christmas is past, but what have you kept from Christmas? It is true' that Christ- mas is not necessarily a time of giving, but of keeping. How many of us- will keep the Spirit of Christmas through the– year ahead? The experience of Christmas confirms the claim of the New Testameggt that we should keep the spirit of Christmas. How can we do this? By doing what Mary, the mother of our Lord, did. Let us ponder the great qualities and the fact of Christ in our hearts. What will you keep from Christmas throughout the days of the coming year? First, let us keep the wonder of Christmas. The incarnation (the coming in human form) of the mighty God is the supreme miracle and wonder. God's love led Him to make his in- credibly wonderful gift to us and all men. The prophet Isaiah (29:9) before the . coming of Christ said, "Stay yourself and wonder." inisterfs study Now the Christ has come, do we wait in adoring wonder before Him? In Charles Wesley's hymn, "Love Divine, All Love Excelling", he speaks in the closing line of being, "lost in wonder, love and praise," Let us go from this Christmas keeping the wonder of it, that God's own Son should come to die for the likes of us. Second, what will you keep for the journey through the coming year that came to you at Christmas? Keep not only the wonder, but the simplicity of Christ. We sophisticated people often lose the essential simplicities of the Christmas gospel. Unlike the triumphant glory of Easter or the mysterious, earth shaking power of Pen- tecost, Christmas is as simple as a baby's birth in a stable, with Enjoy the 1980s BY A CHAMPION OF GODERICH ' "The prettiest Town in Canada" has a charm most of its people ap- preciate. Increasingly visitors are delighted. There seems to be just one 'flaw - the young say there's nothing to de,' tourists look a little and le4Ve,=business travellers find accommodation elsewhere. It may be' said to. our citizens that the nothing - to -do syndrome has been produced by our good times society and the apathy of not needing to push ourselves. Hopefully, shortages of money In family pockets may inspire new ways and a rebirth of in- ventiveness. In the past too the arts have flourished in adversity. Recently here there have been encouraging stirrings and action by both sport* and, artistic enthusiasts. This year's Santa Claus Parade showed us a formidable range of talent and participation. . "Fiddler on the Roof" was another, many-sided effort widely ap- preciated. - Now Goderich has a real chance to become an exciting and satisfying place both to live in and to visit..All of us who make it our home can find a way -to, become -involved: - Let's kindle the embers of our imagination and stir our bones to action. Why ';,'it enjoy the possibly tough 1980s? BETHEL PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLY 321 RAYFIELD ROAD (HWY. 21 SOUTH) NEW LIFE CRUSADE -11;t,"s1 vrggren eter `� ° '--•.- _ - This is your personal invitation to attend an exciting crusade of God's Love and Power COME, EXPECTING MIRACLES! For People of All Faiths SUNDAY AT ELEVEN AND SEVEN DEC. 30 MONDAY, DEC. 31 - WATCHNIGHT AT TEN -THIRTY P.M. TUESDAY, JAN. 1 NEW YEAR'S DAY SEVEN-THIRTYP.M. LVIN'S T Your Headquarters for •TV TOWER INSTALLATIONS, REPA IR & SERVICE • DELI. 18 CHANNEL MASTER • TOWERS, ANTENNAS & BOOSTERS •SHARP COLOUR TV • •MIDLAND C.B. ALVIN'S T.V. 162 MARY ST. GODERICH 524-9089 __-- - =MAPSE GRGV E SIDENCE EN� SGR RELODGE 45 NELSON ST. GODERICH "Retirement Home" With "HOME ATMOSPHERE" — 24 HOUR SUPERVISION — '- Maple Grove offers gracious yet comfortable living tW' both private and semi -private rooms. Our warm surroundings and home cooked meals are most comfor• table, as is the convenience of being tiose to the down- town shopping area and most churches. These however are just a few of lour Many features. Call today for more details, we welcome all enquiries, .. PHONE; 524-8610 or524.®7324 shepherds, a pilgrim star, and a father and mother loving the little babe. Christmas may be "out of this world" in a profound sense, but it is also down to earth. God came to simple folk to make known His self - giving and self -revelation in Jesus Christ. Throughout the lifetime of Jesus, it was the common people who heard Him gladly. Surely this was because of what He said and how He said ,it. . It may not always be possible to tell the story simply as to a little child, He is our Emmanuel, but it is a request millions God, forever, with us. make of us. God tells the He will keep us and story simply. God always walk beside us every step comes to us in simple of the way through the homey ways. New Year, if we commit Thirdly, let ^us keep at the heart of Christmas, the event that makes Christmas. This is af- firmed again and again in the Scriptures. "When the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made' of a woman—" (Gal. 4:14), (also Math.1:23 and Luke 1:31-33). As Gilbert Keith Chesterton once put it, "it is a gift of God that cane seen and touched, Christ Himself." It is the Christmas gift! Amid all the merriment of giving and receiving presents, the carols, dinners, cards and kin- dness, let us keep Christ in our hearts, at the centre of our thinking and at the centre of our worship. Let us keep these things, this fact and this love which is God in Christ. THAN( YOU ct, Robert Irvin Dungannon would like to thank all his former customers for their patronage in the past 34 years. I hope you will continue to patronize ..the new owner, ,Wayne Snyder. i North Street United Church 7� iInterim inister: The Rev. Dr. R. Gordon Hazlewood I I , . . Miss Clare McGowan, Visiting Assistant ' I Mr. Robert` Blackwell, A. Mus., M. Mus. Director of Music SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1979 % THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION 1 No 10 a.m. Sunday School for Grades 7 and over until January 6, 1980 • r3. {Church School for ages .4 through Grades 6 from 1 worship at 11 a.m, u L WORSHIP - 11 A.M. % Last Service with The Rev. R. Gordon Hazlewood Nursery Facilities Come and worship with us I 7 �. FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1980 I 1 7:30 p.m. - Official Board Meeting in parlour f! 8:a p.m. • Induction Service for The Rev. % Robert 0. Ball 1 lry _ • Reception to follow=er�vi•- -•••••••••• ' !' CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH BAYFjELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET • F,rVANGEL1ST IC — FUNDAMENTAL REV. R. BRUBACHER Pastor SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1979 10 A.M. - BIBLE SCHOOL 11 A.M. • MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE SOLO BY MR. DAVID HANNA 6 P.M. - WORD OF LIFE CLUB 7:30 P.M. - MR. DAVID FROM Student at London Baptist Seminary, will speak. 77� ,MONDAY, DEC. 31ST, 9 RM. ANNUAL WATCHNIGHT SERVICE See the film, "THOSE WHO LOVE HIS APPEARING" A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL llristi�tit EvfLlrt11L' (Lllttrcll Services held each Sunday at Robertson Memorial School 1. 524-9889 1 10:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. REV. W.A. LUDWIG Listen to CKNX Radio Sunday at 10:30 a.m, for the "Bock to God Hour" FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ( Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec Montreal Street (near the Square) Edward J. Anderson, Pastor Choir Director and Organist: Mrs. Leonard Warr ; 1. 9:45 A.M. MORNING WORSHIP 11:00 A.M. SUNDAY SCHOOL 1 ,it.:frat EVERYONE WELCOME � h f_••_•.•._ _.••_••_•._••_••_- HOLINESS BIBLE MISSIONARY CHURCH Sunday school 9:50 a.m. Classe's for all ages Worship Service 11:00 a:m. Prayer 6:307:00 p.m. Evangelistic Service 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Night Prayer and Praise Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Huron' S1, 8, Walnut St. G Clair Sams , Pastor • Matthew 5:8 524.2785 ••• •• _••-•••••-wd•vim •• •••^••..•..•..•••..•••••••.•.ti..•-'••••-•r'+...rw. ourselves and all that we have and are, to Has keeping. "Good Christian men, Rejoice." MONUMENTS MARKERS - CEMETERY LETTERING MONUMENT CLEANING & REPAIR DON DENOMME AREA REPRESENTATIVE FOR AN APPOINTMENT ANYTIME Phone 524-6621 T. •PRYDE & SON LTD., BUSINESS EST. 1920 Goderich & District Big Brothers' Association , 1 would like to volunteer to be a BIG BROTHER I understand that 1 will be contacted by a member of the Big Brothers' staff. , I am a mother of a fatherless boy(s) and would like to know more about BIG BROTHERS NAME AGE OCCUPATION HOME ADDRESS .. „ PHONE (RES.) - (BUS.), Signature (Please send to) -BOX 382 GODERICH, ONT. Jim Mulhern Dorothy Cornish Vice President Secretary 524.8631 524-9421 ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH T _� Rector: The Reverend Robert J. Crocker Organist -Choirmaster: Joseph B. Herdman % Sunday after Christmas 8:30 a.m.- Holy Communion 11:00 a.m,, Morning Prayer, Sermon: "In Him all fulness dwells" •Colossians 1:19 December 30th 11:00 a.m. Church School and Nursery "Behold, I bring you tidings of great joy." - You are always welcome at St. George's - BEREA-BY-THE-WATER` 1 ' }LUTHERAN CHURCH ,-Gibbons St. at Suncoast Drive ii 9:15 Sunday School and Bible Classes f? 7 1030 Worship DECEMBER 30: 10:30' A.M. C SERMON: OUR ,CHRISTMAS CLOTHES. 1 't DECEMBER 31:"7:00 P.M. S } NEW YEAR'S EVE SERVICE tj, I Marvin L. Barz, Pastor 1 1 524-2235 "Preaching peace by Jesus Christ: He is Lord of all" j Acts )0,36 Victoria Street United Church Minister: Rev. John' D.M. Wood,`B.A.B.D. Organist and Choir Director: Mrs'. J. Snider Morning Worship and Sunday School 10 a.m. Victoria Street 11:15 a.m. Benmiller 1 1 -4._..-,„.-•••-..•••-......-••••.........••••-.._..••••...,•••-..-tet • Knox Presbyterian Church • . 1' ;.THe REV. G. LOCKHART ROYAL, B.A., M. DIV.Ministetf THE REV. RONALD C. McCALLUM, Assistant t Enter to Worship LORNE H. DOTTERER, Director of Praise 1 1979 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a,m. Divine Worship Sermon: "ACCUMULATA" (Nursery Facilities) (Sunday School retires from the Service) 2:00 p.m. Young People's Society "Happy New Year" Depart to Serve • :18LVWHEATERLOOSAST. S,ATION ARMY 524-9341 f7; 9:45 A.M. SUNDAY "SCHOOL f I 6:30 P.M. PRAISE AND TESTIMONY.;* 11:00 A.M. FAMILY WORSHIP MEETING NEW YEARS SUNDAY i 11:00 A.M. FAMILY WORSHIP 6:30 P.M. FELLOWSHIP & FILM: "MAN FROM TARSUS" (The hand of God in the Heart of Goderich) !I )� Officers Lieutenant & MrS. Neil Watt f 411 Are Cordially Invited To Join Our Fellowship