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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 26, 1968
...Unto You Is Born This Day, a Saviour
Luke 2:1-10
And it came to pa:6s in those days
that there went out a decree from
Ceasa,r 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 Jos-
eph also went up from Galilee, out of
the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto
the city of, David, which is called Beth-
lehem (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 accomplished that
she could be delivered. And she brought
forth her first-born son, and laid him
in a manger; because there was no
room for them in the inn.
And there were in the same country
shepherds abiding in the fields, 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 people. 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, ly-
ing 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 heav-
en, 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 un-
to' us." And they came with haste and
found Mary and Joseph, and the babe
lying in a manger. And when they had
seen it, they made known abroad the
saying which was told them concern-
ing 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
returned, glorifying. and praising God
for all the things that they had heard
and seen, as it was told unto them.—
THE END.
Sugar and Spice
— By Bill Smiley —
HAVE A GOOD CHRISTMAS
Don't you dare feel hurt be-
cause you didn't get a Christ-
mas card from us" this year. It
wasn't the extra tuppence for
stamps, the only visible sign of
the Just Society. It was a straight
lack of time.
In December, my wife was
up to her ears in essays with a
pre -Christmas deadline. Kim
was up to hers in practising
for her performer's degree hi
piano. And I've been snowed
under the usual assortnient of
anti-hero activities that every
day, every week, make me less
afraid of going to hell. It's
right here on earth.
Like an idiot, I offered to
type my wife's essay for her,
after she'd written them. Did
you ever try to type with three
fingers and someone breathing
hotly down your neck? There
was nothing sexy about that
breathing. She just wanted to
make sure I didn't alter a word,
a comma, or e quotation mark
in =that deathless prose.
She thinks she knows more
about punctuation than I do.
Hilarious! And I told her so.
About every 20 minutes, I'd
snarl, "All right, tyPe the dam'
thing yourself!" and stomp off.
And she'd snap, "How anybody
who writes a column can type
as badly as that is beyond me."
And so it went. It took at least
three times as long as it should
have.
This- was right in the midst
of that annual debacle of pre-
Christraas exams, an event that
makes the honest teacher feel
like handing in his resignation,
because after marking the kids'
papers he knows that he has
taught nothing whatever in the
fall term. Except, maybe, some
bad grammar.
After this ordeal, it's pleas-
ant to look forward to holidays:
gird up one's loins and say, "The
hell with it. It's the kide who
are stupid, not me." Only thus
can one face the long, bitter,
winter term.
Not this time. There I was,
typing wife's essays, marking
ex= Papers, trying to cheer
up Kim for her flunk in
French. Enough, one might say,
on top of the regular chores.
"Oh, .no!" cry the Fates. "That
bird is still too cocky. Let's
really sock it to him."
And they did. My car, for
which I pay the bank $90 a
month in perpetuity, was the
,) target. Eight in the middle of
that cOld Brio and those bliz-
Xards, ft"Iliegati to . act like a
lininstrang mule. It' wouldn't go
at, pit, Wept. When I didn't need
it, Ant Wfteft it did, it not only
, 1%104 but Otigtied•
'D1devettY get it
tow truck at midnight, in a
blizzard? Have you gone out
three mornings in a row, after
having your battery charged
fully, turned on the key, and
got a "Rargh, rargh, rargh,
rargh, sput, rargh, rargh, cough,
rargh, rar ra . . . "?
Three licensed mechanics and
at least ten amateurs, told me
it was: the automatic choke, the
ignition, the points, the plugs,
the carburetor, the altimeter,
tbe tachometer or whatever.
They meant as much to me as
the past • perfect subjunctive
participle means to them.
I thought longingly of my
grandfather's tranportation:
"Giddap, Nell; we ain't home
yet."
I replaced everything they.
told me except that rotten •lit-
tle plastic thing you scrape the
windows with. And it still runs
like a horse with the heaves.
So I'm not dreaming of a
white Christmas, or a Yule log,
or wassail, or jolly guests. The
only guests around our place
this holiday season will be a
bunch of foreigners.
My wife will be entertaining
a 19th -century German philos-
opher, Herr Hegel, who is dull-
er than a dish of mashed peas.
My daughter will be consorting
with a bundle of Bohemians
called Beethoven, Bach, Grena-
des and Dohnani.
I'll be the one with the ap-
ron on, doing the dishes, or
vacuuming. (Or I might be the
one on the bus, headed for the
airport and Acapulco, with the
joint aciicunt.)
However, "no reason to be
grievin' in the holiday season,"
as Kim might put it in one of
her songs. Hugh will be home,
and we'll have some jolly chats
about his future as a waiter,
which he is now.
You have a good one, any-
way, with all my heart. Or
what's left.
From My Window
— By Shirley J. Kellar —
When Christmas rolls around
each year I just can't use this
spot to make jokes concerning
the way people rush about,
shopping and baking and clean-
ing and decorating.
Sure, there are more amusing
aspects to Christmas like the
roly-poly Santa Claus in the car
accessories store who looks like
a remnant of Hallowe'en in his
mask and false whiskers. But
for the most part Christmas is
a holy season which imparts
feelings of brotherhood and
• goodwill to all people.
I suppose I could be called
"old-fashioned" about the way
I view Christmas. For instance,
I hate to see the word spelled
"Xmas" for it is Christ that
gives Christmas its, meaning.
I wonder about die thousands
and thousands of dollars spent
in December for tinsel and
presents and booze and food,
in relation to the number of
dollars deposited on the church
altar Christmas morning.
question tf;e updating of
century -old carols, the signifi-
cance of Rudofph, the beauty
of purple and orange trees, the
sentiments of some celebrations.
I dislike the deceit of Christ-
maswhen parents stuff their
children's heads full of idiotic
stories about a magical old man
who grants every wish at Christ -
mag time; when toy manufae,
inters Use Gliristtitas to bleed
evesr last edit; from the public;,
wheit adults Melte Christmas
the excuse for a long drunken
orgy. . •
But most of all, I abhor the
way the Baby Jesus is left for-
gotten under tons of gaudy
wrapping paper.
No wonder the world is be-
ginning to shout, "God is dead".
What else is there to believe
when His greatest miracle -is
spurned in favor of glittery
commercialism?
For me, Christmas is a sea-
son to savour anew God's un-
dying compassion for sinners.
It is a time to rejoice as the
shepherds did—not because we
are artificially boosted by
whiskied egg -nog and rum
sauce but because we are thril-
led that God chose to save us
from ourselves.
I want my children to know
the glorious sensation of being
lifted oUt of the despair -of. a
cruel, unfeeling existence into
a happy, peaceful life of faith.
I want them to be certain that
Geld is NOT dead, but only
pushed out of the lives of some
unbelievers who demand visi-
ble proof for every single thing.
Christmas reminds me that I
am nothing more than a human
being, a creature of flesh and
blood without power to shape
a seedling er change the seal -
sons. The birthday of a tiny
child convinces me that God is
still very much in Ilis heaven,
and all is right with the world.
A blessed Christmas to each
one of
mon.
,May youu
holiday :be
hieesea
with the
eounds
, of joy,
laughter.
for.
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In the Years Agone!
From The Huron Expositor
Dec. 31, 1943
Neighbors assembled at the
home of Martin Dietz in McKil-
lop, to • wish them success in
their new home in Bornholm.
They were presented with a
tri -light floor lamp and a hall
tree by Fergus Horan and Wm.
Koehler. Mrs. Leslie Beuermann
read the address.
Reg. Elliott, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Elliott of Staffa,
was in an accident when he
went to the mill for a load of
feed. As he was crossing the
track a train struck the nose of
the truck, throwing it against
a box car. His back and hip
were injured.
Mayor John J. Cluff was giv-
en an acclamation for .the
eighth time as Mayor of Sea -
forth.
Pte. William J. Williams of
town has been wounded in It-
aly. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sol Williams of Seaforth
and a former well known Sea -
forth boy.
There was a large attendance
of members of Britannia Lodge
present at the regular meeting.
The incoming officers were in-
stalled by D. L. Reid as follows:
W.M. Frank Kling; I.P.M. I. H.
Weedmark; SW W. L. .Whyte;
JW D. H. Wilson; Chaplain, Dr.
R. D. Hurford; treasurer, S. E.
Keating; secretary, K. M. Mc-
Lean; SD Helmer Snell; JD G.
C. Brightrall; IG Dr. J. A. Gor-
will; D of C* Ross McGregor;
tyler, Harry Charters.
The euchre and dance in the
town hall at Bayfield was well
attended. During the evening
S.O. Margaret Ferguson and Pte.
Ella MacKay were called to the
front, Mrs. J. Graham read an
address and suitable gifts were
presented to the two ladies.
Death came almost simultan-
eously on Sunday to Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Weston. Although
they had been in failing health
for some time they had only
been in for ten days previously.
Winston Workman of Kippen,
narrowly escaped serious in-
jury while scraping snow from
a neighbor's lane. He fell in
front of the scraper and is now
nursing face bruises and a cut.
Word was received of the pas-
sing of Rev. Fulton R. Irwin of
Kingsville, who was the minis-
ter in charge of Northside Un-
ited Church here in 1926.
Donald Burns, well known
district farmer, who resided
west of Hensall, died of a severe
stroke.
Municipal nominations in Hur-
on were quiet affairs this year.
In Tuckersmith, Arthur Nichol-
son will succeed S. W. Whit-
more who retired as Reeve. The
council rereived an acclamation
but will have two new members,
ex -councillor Chas. MacKay and
Angus Robertson.
In McKillop, Russel Dorrance
was named Reeve by - acclama-
tion with the council, Dan
Beuerman, Chas. Dolmage, Al-
bert Harrison, Peter Maloney,
by acclamation.
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From The Huron Expositor -
Dec. 27, 1918
Messrs. McMichael and son of
Hullett,. were successful at the
Guelph Winter Fair, carrying-'
off several prizes,
The Hensall Town band met
Pte. Wm. Baker and Peter Mc-
Naughton, returned soldiers and
gave thetn• a hearty reception.
Andrew Scott has sold his
farm, the old Scott homestead
In Ilarpurhey, adjoining Sea -
forth, to Andrew Armstrong of
Tuckersmith, for $8,000. The
farm contained 06 acres and has
excellent buildings.
Pte, gydney beam arrived
bottle froin oversee*.
larnes Sieeth ok Sonia, who
was visiting with friends here,
rendered two solos in First
Presbyterian Church.
Howard Hays and Jack Best
have arrived home from the
front. Mr. Best went overseas
with the' 161st and Mr. Hays
was a member of the Princess
Pats. Both were wounded.
The employees of the Sand-
ford Clothing Company present-
ed the manager, Fred Robinson
with a handsome smoking set.
Frank Finnigan has moved
into the house in Egmondville,
recently vacated by G. Elliott,
who has returned to McKillop
to reside.
Wm. Evans of Hibbert, near
Dublin, who is over 83 years of
age, during the fall of this
year ploughed with an ordinary
walking plow, over 50 acres of
land.
At the sale of Messrs J. and
W. Hay of Tuckersmith, good
prices were realized: twenty
cows averaged $170 and young
brood sows $79.00; one cow
made $212 and three heifers
averaging $184.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Devereaux
are attending the silver jubilee
of the.latter's brother, very Rev.
Dean Downey of Windsor.
• * *
From The Huron Expositor
Dec. 29, 1893
The recent heavy rain, to-
gether with the thawing of the
snow, caused the biggest flood
in Tuckersmith that has been
for man rears, the basement of
the church at Turner's appoint-
ment, which was never flooded
before, was floodel to such an
rc-4,
extent to require the service
of the caretaker with assistants,
to dip and carry out the offend-
ing element.
Thos. Jackson of Walton, has
leased his farm, being lot 15,
concession 14, McKillop, to his
neighbor A. Hulley, for a term
of five years.
A pleasant event took place
in the Expositor office. Just be-
fore leaving for the night, the
employees assembled in the
business office and the foreman
John J. Darwin inhehalf of his :-
fellow workmen and in a few
well chosen words, presented
the editor, M. Y. McLean with
a handsome plush covered chair.
Andrew Henderson, one of
the pioneers of Huron, died. at
his residence in McKillop. He
was born in Roxboroughshire,
Scotland and came to Canada
in 1841.
St. James' Church choir, un-
der the leadership of Miss Kil-
loran, gave a -splendid render-
ing of St. Clair's mass.
A pleasant and interesting
event took place on Christmas
day at Rose Hall cottage, the
residence of James Sproat in
Tuckersmith. This was no less
than the marriage of Chas. Mc-
Allister of Hay and Miss Han-
nah, Youngest daughter of Mr.
Sproat.
One of the largest congrega-
tions that ever assembled in St.
Thomas' Church on a Christmas
day, was present this year.
Miss Alice Trott has returned
from a nine -month's visit to
Whitehead, Northwest Terri-
tory.
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