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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
Unit 1 of UCW
Study America
Unit one of the United
Church Women met in the
church February 11, with fourt-
een present. Mrs. Clendon
Christie gave the devotional
entitled "Make every day a
good day. "
Mrs. Eric Luther was guest
soloist and much enjoyed by all
Mrs, Howard Scene gave the
study an "Education in the Latin,
America Countries."
Unit one is responsible for
nursery for February, and March
81 has been set for the Spring
Thaw Supper. Lunch was serv-
ed by Mrs, Byran Kyle and
assistants.
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ANGLICAN WOMEN
The regular meeting of the
Anglican Church Women was
held at the home of Mrs, Annie
Reid, with the president, Mrs.
W. Scrabuik presiding. Roll
call was answered by reading
a verse from the Bible having
the name of a tiver in it,
The topic was given by Mrs.
G, A, Anderson on the resus
Movement, of how the 7 oung
People of California are turn-
ing from drugs to a religious
revival. She said this is some-
thing we can all pray about,
that this revival may continue
to spread, and reach out to
young and old alike, The meet-
ing closed with Prayer,
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TODAYS
CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
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HUMANITY COMES WITH
DISAS TER
My little Oxford dictionary
says that humanity means '
"human nature, human race,
humaneness. " I guess when you
get right down to it, humanity
can mean many things, depend-
ing on what you would consider
normal behaviour for human
beings.
The great snowstorm of "71
which hit the area of Ontario
where I reside brought out the
humanity in many folks. Now
almost one month after the week
long blizzard, I am hearing
more and more tales of good
deeds and plain old-fashioned
compassion than I would have
dreamed possible. It took near
disaster to bring people to-
gether... but the citizenry did
come through with some truly
wonderful examples of human-
ity.
It is a simple matter to be-
come cynical, so hateful of the
community in which you reside
that you become unable to
function as a human being.
You learn that it takes back-
biting and cheating to get to
the top; and it takes some claw-
ing and digging to stay on top
once you are there.
Truly, it is entirely possible
for one to lose every shred of
decency he ever possessed just
because there is so precious
little of it around to be observ-
ed,
When the big snowstorm clos-
ed in, it was as though a huge
steel band had been wrapped
around the populas. People for-
got their petty differences and
began to see each other as
human beings in distress. The
little things which seem so
George has just had his fifth birthday. He's a slim,
good-looking boy with brown hair, blue eyes, fair skin and
the shy smile you see. His background is Canadian for
several generations.
George's ambition is to be a farmer. He now is living in
a farm -foster -home and he loves the life. He is ready to help
with whatever chores a small boy can do and he is friends
with all the animals, especially the horses. He likes small
creatures, too — kittens, goldfish and even insects.
A healthy, active lad, George enjoys the outdoors,
especially in winter. He is keen on skating, hockey and
tobogganing. Puzzles, cars and trucks are his favorite toys.
George will be a fine son for a family where the parents
enjoy spending time with their children, and where he will
be the youngest with no others close to him in age. To
Inquire about adopting George please write to Today's
Child, Department of Social and Family Services, Parlia-
ment Buildings, Toronto 182. For general adoption informa-
lion, ask your Children's Aid Society.
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
important in ordinary circum-
stances like a person's name or
his position in the community
or his reputation, became inc-
idental. The bickering, the
gossiping, the name-calling
died for a few hours and people
began to work together just the
way God intended them to.
I was not stranded during the
storm. Neither was any memb-
er of my household caught away
from home. We were together
under one roof, safe, warm and
well fed. Even we were remind-
ed of what it can mean to be
part of a family... and we were
forced to recall how pleasant
it can be to shut everyone out
for a time and just be a family.
Many Many women have re-
marked to me since the great
storm that their family is clos-
er now than it has ever been.
One man reports that for the
first time in his life, he actually
found a moment to play games
with his children. He was
shocked to learn that his teen-
agers were so well versed in
the rules and regulations of
poker playing. He was surprised
his kids were as knowledgable
as they were on many subjects,
in fact. You see, it was the
first time in a long time he had
even sat down to talk to thein!
Another woman told me her
family was forced to spend
three days together. At first,
they were like strangers, each
family member straining at the
leash to get out of the house and
back into the familiar routine.
But the weather prevented
that from happening. They
were stuck together... so slowly,
ever so slowly, they began to
get acquainted. At first it was
just conversation... more than
"please pass the toast" and
"may I have two bucks to go to
the movie?" No, it was real,
honest to goodness conversation
like a talk about the war in
Vietnam and the political sit-
uation in Canada and legalized
abortion and on and on and on,
She said they began to show
each other things nobody had
known was in the house. They
played each others records,
read each others books, saw
each others collections.
Arid when the weather cleared
no one was anxious to leave the
house to go back to work or ret-
urn to school. The joy of a
family had been discovered
and it was unthinkable to get
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1971
back in the old routine again.
At our house, we're not that
far apart that we used the snow-
bound hours to get to know each
other. We just welcomed the
excuse to sit at home and be
together. There just was no out-
side pressures luring us out and
away from those things which
are dear to us. There was just
no way that we could leave the
house... and we were glad it
was so.
Many lessons were learned
that week when snow fell and
blew in such quantities that
every movable thing was stalled
Funny how fate has a way of
keeping us in some kind of
human order,
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