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HURON 'EXPOSITOR_
Established 1860
A. Y. McLean, Editor
Published at Seaforth, Ontario,
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SEAFORTH, Friday, December 23
And It Came To Pass
Luke 2:1-10
And it came to pass in those days,
that there went out a decree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world
should be taxed. (And this taxing
was first made when Cyrenius was
governor of Syria.) And all went to
be taxed, every one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Gali-
lee, out of the city of Nazareth, into
Judea, unto the city of David, which
is called Bethlehem (because he was
of the house and lineage of David),
-to be taxed with Mary his espoused
wife, being great with child.
And so it was, that while they
were there, the days were accom-
plished that she could be delivered.
And she brought forth her first-born
son, and wrapped him in a manger;
because there was no room for them
in the ilul.
And there were in the same coun-
try shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by
night. And lo, the angel of the Lord
came upon them, and the glory of
the Lord shone round about them:
and they were sore afraid. And the
angel said unto them, "Fear not: for,
behold I bring you good tidings of
great joy, which shall be to all peo-
ple. For unto you is born this day in
the city of David, a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord. And this shall be
a sign unto you: Ye shall find the
babe wrapped in swaddling clothes,
lying in a manger." And suddenly
there was with the angel a multitude
of the heavenly host praising God,
and saying, "Glory to God in the
highest and on earth peace, good will
toward men."
And it came to pass, as the angels
were gone away from them into
heaven, the shepherds said one to
another, "Let us now go even unto
Bethlehem, and see this thing which
is come to pass, which the Lord hath
made known unto us." And they
came with haste and found Mary and
Joseph, and the babe lying in a man-
ger. And when they had seen it, they
made known unto us." And there
was told them concerning this child.
And all who had heard it wondered
at those things which were told them
by the shepherds. But Mary kept all
these things, and pondered them in
her heart. And the shepherds return-
ed, glorifying and praising God for
all the things. that they had heard
and seen, as it was told unto them.
—The End.
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to promote good fellowship in the real
spirit of Christmas.
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SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS
Damage Claim Awarded
In a division court sitting here
Monday morning, George Punning -
ham, Shipley St., was awarded
$170.15 damages incurred in a
motor car collision last July, by
Judge F. Fingland, Clinton. Cun-
ningham was represented by E.
Beecher Menzies, barrister, Clin-
ton. Defendants in the action were
Alex Powell, Kitchener, and Geo,
Powell. R.R. 2, Seaforth.—Clinton
News -Record.
Church Featured in Magazine
Knox Presbyterian Church, God-
erieh. was featured in an article
entitled. "Our Churches Go Mod-
ern," in last week's issue of week-
end Magazine. Two pictures, one
of the interior and one of the ex-
terior. tell of the church's con-
struction and the winning of the
Massey award for Ecclelesiastic
Architecture for 1952. The de-
signer was Philip Carter Johnson.
—Goderich Signal -Star.
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Charge Exeter Youth -
Wayne Turvey. of Exeter, has
been charged with leaving the
scene of an accident and careless
driving in connection with an acci-
dent at Hensall Wednesday, Dec.
7. A car driven by Elwin Merrill,
of Clinton, suffered nearly $200
damage when it was struck by an-
other vehicle which did not stop.
A short time later. O.P.P. Con-
stables Elmer Zimmerman and
Cecil Gibbons picked up the Tur-
vey youth and charged him with
leaving the accident. He will ap-
pear in court next week.—Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Skid Damage
Slippery roads caused a number
of accidents in the district this
week. On Monday, cars driven by
Gerald Rundle, of R.R. 5. London,
•jnd Harold Thompson. of Parkhill,
skidded into collision at the cor-
ner of Highway 81 and the Credi-
ton road around noon. The Rundle
vehicle was proceeding north when
it skidded sideways into the west
lane of the highway. Thompson ap-
plied his brakes and skidded into
the oncoming car. Damage to the
Rundle vehicle was $500; to the
Thompson car, $300. No one was
injured. O.P.P. Constable John
Ford investigated.—Exeter Times -
Advocate.
Variety Show At, County Home
A Christmas concert and show
was held at the Huron County
Home. Clinton. on Monday. Dec.
12. The show opened at 7:30 p.m.,
getting into the Christmas spirit
with Christmas songs. At intermis-
sion. members of the Home par-
ticipated at step -dancing. The
show resumed immediately after-
wards and closed at 9:30 p.m. The
evening's activities were arrang-
ed with the Home by Clarence
Petrie and his Nighthawks. The
music for this occasion is provided
by a grant from the trust funds
of the Recording Industries ob-
tained by the co-operation of Lo-
cal 418 American Federation of
Musicians.—Clinton News -Record.
Bus Takes To Ditch
Four students of Wingham Di.,-
,trict High School were treated at
!the Wingham General Hospital for
minor cuts and bruises when the
school bus in which they were
travelling slid off an icy road on
the 6th concession of Turnberry
and went into the ditch on Thurs-
day. Allowed to go home after
treatment at the hospital were
William Rettinger, 16. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Cletus Rettinger, R.R. 4.
Wingham, who was treated for
bruises; John Moffatt. 14, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moffatt, R.R.
1. Wingham, brush burns to the
left thigh; and Ethel Breen. 14.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Breen. R.R. 1. Wingham, brush
burns on the left leg. Fred Lewis,
14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lew-
is, R.R. 1, Wingham, received a
laceration over the left eyebrow,
but was released from hospital' on
Saturday` — Wingham Advance -
Times.
Wins Buttermaking Prizes
A good record was hung up by
the Wingham U.C.O. Creamery in
the Ontario Creamerymen's com-
petitions this past summer. Prizes
were awarded at the association's
annual convention in Toronto this
month. Buttermaker G. MacKay
was presented with fourth prize
in the workmanship competition,
and buttermaker G. Perrott was
credited with 7th place in the com-
bined competitions. In addition to
these prizes, the U.C.O. creamery
also won honorable mention in the
butter quality and the yeast and
mould competitions. The latter is
a check on plant efficiency and
sanitation, and indicates extreme
care m controlling bacteria in the
luscious foodstuff. In hanging up
this good record, the Wingham U.
C.O. plant had to compete with' the
best in the province and to have
all churnings produced between
May 1 and October 31. graded by
government graders. — Wingham
Advance -Times.
Publishes Book Of Poetry
A new book of humorous verse,
called "This Is My Worst" has
just been published by Michael
Foran, formerly of Wingham, now
living in Toronto. Friends will re-
calI his book, "Night Flight," which
appeared ten years ago. The new
book is a collection of the best
humorous verse written by Mr.
Foran since "Night Flight" was
published. None of his serious
poems are in it, and for that rea-
son he has given it the somewhat
misleading title. "This Is My
'Worst." Natives of Huron County
will be particularly interested in a
poem dealing with the disappear-
ance of the old Fordyce post office
on the 10th concession of Wawan-
osh. and, with a ghost story con-
cerning Donnybrook, which was lo-
cated two corners south of
Fordyce. Mr. Foran has had more
than 140 poems published in re-
cent years, and friends will wel-
come this selection of those in
humorous vein. — Clinton News -
Record.
Pen Pals Meet After 27 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Carman Hodgins
have an interesting guest at their
home in the person of Miss Sus-
anne Roux. of Cape Tow,n, South
Africa. Miss Roux and Mrs. Hod-
gins became pen -pals 27 years ago,
through an organization known as
the Junior League of Avonbank.
Although they had never met un-
til now, they continued to corres-
pond through the years. Miss
Roux' family are descendants of
the Huegnots of France, who were
the pioneer white settlers in South
Africa and after writing to her
friend telling her of the recent cen-
tenary celebration of the Hueg-
nots of South Africa, was surpris-
ed and pleased to learn that Mrs.
Hodgins could trace her family
history back to the Huegnots as
well. Miss Roux is an extensive
traveller. Some of the countries
she mentioned visiting were Ger-
many. Belgium and the British
Isles, but she commented: "I made
up my mind I would visit Canada
in the winter because the nearest
I had been to snow was to see it
occasionally on the tops of the
mountains of South Africa." Her
host remarked to her Sunday morn-
ing that the Canadian winter was
putting on quite a show for her
benefit.—Blyth Standard.
Canada's southernmost Eskimo
settlement is on Cape Hope Island
in James Bay.
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Christmas is essentially a home
day. Children troop home from
school wildly excited about the
day of all days. Young people
from college or business have been
looking forward to this for weeks,
Those from a distance strive to
make home at all costs. If they
fail, they phone, and if they can-
not get through on the phone they
wire. The one thoi ght which more
(than any other gripped the boys
and girls in the forces was home.
Home at Christmas—giving and
receiving gifts. enjoying a Christ-
! mas dinner, just sitting around re-
' faxed chatting about this and that
playing with the children, trying
I to make their mechanical toys
work.
It is a wonderful day, for most
people spent in the home. It may
be a little cottage. perhaps a larg-
er house, or even a more pertem-
tious building. but it is not the
building that makes the home. It
is the spirit of those who live in-
side its walls, The parents, broth-
ers, sisters who are bound together
in a corhmon concern for each
other.
It is hard for us who live in the
twentieth century to think of a
time when the home did not hold
the affections and the interest of
the family that it does today. But
the family as we know it is a
Christian institution. Before the
Christian era children were all
but ignored. They had to be fed
and clothed, of course, but that
was about all. Women too were
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but the slaves of men. They had
a very inferior place in the fam-
ily.
Christianity changed all that.
Jesus set a child in. the midst of
a crowd and gave him the posi-
tion of prominence. Women too
were given new status in the so-
ciety He established. The home is
a Christian institution. Whatever
good there is in it stemmed from
the teaching of the founder of our
faith.
It is a good thing once in a while
to remind ourselves of that, es-
pecially at Christmas when all the
family will be together. We quite
often forget the debt we owe to
our religion. Christmas is a Chris-
tian festival. More people are
thinking about this aspect of it
than for many years. Make Christ-
mas Christian is a good motto for
this year and every year. A world
in turmoil needs a Christmas
when in quiet relaxation, innoncent
joys. the intimate association of
the home. happiness may be found.
There will be'some who will try
and stimulate a sort of false en-
joyment by other than the simple
associations of the family. There
are always some of that kind. For
them we have a bit of advice—
keep sober, keep alive! A home,
a Christmas can easily be wrecked
if even one member gets into trou-
ble with liquor. If you drink, do
not drive, and if you drive, do
not drink. Be sure and stay alive
and make this a Christian Christ-
mas!
YEARS AGONE
interesting Items picked
from The Huron Expositor of
25, 50 and 75 Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
December 26, 1930
Miss Teresa O'Reilly, of London,
is spending Christmas at the home
of her brother, Mr. Louis O'Reilly,
in Hibbert.
Miss Grace Ross and Miss Verna
McGregor are spending their
Christmas holidays at the latter's
home, Mr. Robert McGregor, Hen-
sall.
Mr. Walter H. Johns, B.A., of
Victoria College, Toronto, is spend-
ing the holidays at his home.
Miss Emma Workman, of Strat-
ford Normal, is spending the
Christmas holidays with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. William Work-
man, of Tuckersmith.
Fire of an undetermined origin
at an early hour Wednesday morn-
ing completely destroyed the gen-
eral store of J. W. Bernie, in the
heart of the village of Walton, to-
gether with the house and sheds.
A loss of about $15,000, do which
there is but small insurance, is
estimated. The loss came on
Christmas Eve.
Mrs. Snell and daughter, Mar-
guerite. of Hamilton, are spending
the holidays with friends in Sea -
forth and vicinity.
Miss Margaret McMillan, of Mac-
donald Hall, Guelph, is spending
the holidays at the home of her
father, Mr. Thomas McMillan, M.
P., in Hullett.
Miss A. M. Knechtel, of Kitchen-
er, and Mr. and Mrs. Martin, of
Middleport, are Christmas guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
N. Knechtel. Egmondville.
Miss Greta Ross, of Weston, is
'pending the holidays with her par-
ents, Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Ross.
Mrs. Kenchen, of Owen Sound, is
'A guest at the home of her daugh-
`er, Mrs. W. H. Golding, and Mr.
Golding.
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From The Huron Expositor
December 22. 1905
Mr. Moffatt, of Illinois, accom-
panied by his wife and two chil-
dren, are visiting with Mrs. W.
Worden. Sr.
Mr. Samuel Stitt, of Leadbury,
who was out in the Western part
of the Dominion with a cargo of
honey, has returned home.
Mr. E. Adams, of Londesboro,
accompanied by his mother, spent
Sunday in Clinton.
Mr. William Pepper, of Tucker -
smith, recently sent a dozen dress-
ed spring chickens to Montreal,
which weighed 85 pounds, and for
which he received 15c a pound.
Robert Thompson, Brussels, was
in Montreal for a couple of days
this week on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker, Peterboro,
are visiting with Mrs. Walker's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Ivi-
son, of Kippen.
Mr. W. G. Willis and family in-
tend spending Christmas in Detroit
with Mrs. Willis' parents, Mr. and
Mrs. O. C. Willison.
Mr. Geo. Candler, Walton, has
disposed of his house and lot in
the village to Mr. George Hoegy,
McKillop. It is his intention to
move to Alberta in the spring.
Mr. John Lightlower has gone to
Ingersoll, where he has _secured a
good position in a woollen mill.
Mr. John Leckie, of Brussels,
was in town on Thursday of last
week. Mr. Leckie has been in God-
erich and shed the light of his
ever -genial presence on some of
his old Seaforth friends as he pass-
ed through here on his way to
Brussels.
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From The Huron Expositor
December 24, 1880
Mr. Stanley Anderson, of McKil-
lop Township, has been engaged
to teach school in Section No. 9
for the ensuing year, at a salary
of $300 per annuni.
Mr. Joseph Johnston, grocer at
Brussels, who was burned out in
Leaven's Block about two weeks
ago, has opened out his stock of
groceries in Leadbeater's Block.
One day last week T. Smith and
P. Scott, of Brussels, drove from
Brussels to Seaforth in one hour
and 15 minutes. including one stop-
page. The horse. was a three-year-
old, the property of Mr. Smith.
Mr. Donald McKinnon has pur-
chased the farm of Hugh McDon-
ald, on the 11th concession of
Tuckersmith. for the sum of $2,600.
The farm contains 50 acres.
Mr. George Smith, of Morris
Township, while engaged in work-
ing for Mr. Rogerson. had the mis-
fortune to have one of his hands
almost cut off with a butting saw.
Mr. Peter McGregor, having pur-
chased from Mr. Strong the resi-
dence and property on the Bayfield
Road, south of the cheese factory,
is desirous of disposing of the
handsome new residence in which
he now lives.
We regret to learn that Mr. Wm.
Jamieson, of the Huron Road, Hul-
lett, fell and dislocated his shoul-
der when in Seaforth the other
day.
Mr. Robert Moir. son of Mr. G.
Moir, of Hay, and Mr. Thomas
Blatchford, son of Mr, J. Blatch-
ford, of Hensall, students of To-
ronto University. have returned
home to spend their Christmas
holidays.
More than $8,000,000worth of
aluminum cooking utensils is ?bade
in Canada annually.
Nearly $2,000,000 worth of fish-
ing tackle is made in Canada each
year.
Canada buys 91 per cent of Its
coffee imports from Latin Ameri-
ca.
Canada, with an area of 3,845,-
774 square miles, is the world's
largest country after Russia.
About one-third of the female
teachers hi Canada are married
women.
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been operating a Warehouse at Seaforth,
propose to expand.
Initially, we are looking for an `Intelligent
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During March we propose installing machin-
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for both men and women for round the year
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Initial Enquires should be made to
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To Our Customers
and Friends:
As the Holiday Season arrives, we
here wish you good cheer! May
your lives be enhanced by the spirit
of Christmas!
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