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WINNER OF THE recent Huron County Farm Improvement contest was
William Gerritts, RR 1, Clinton. Best in the Goderich Township contest, the
Gerritts farm went on to take 'county honors. Mr. Gerritts is shown here with
°•his mother and sister as' Garnet Stockwell, (left) general manager of Top-
- notch Feeds Limited presents him with the Topnotch award, a silver tea ser-
• vice. Topnotch has recently occupied new head office accommodation on Main
Street. (See pages 12 and 18.)
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1966— Second Section, Pages 9 to 16
Farmstead Improvement
Awards Given by Grey F of
Ross Smith, RR 1, Ethel, was
elected president 'of Grey Town-
ship Federation, succeeding Wil-
fred Strickler. The annual
meeting followed a turkey din-
ner served by the ladies of
Moncrieff Women's Institute,.. in
the Cranbrook Community Cen-
tre, on December 6th.
Robert - Eaton, Dorchester,
former Federation fieldman for
seven counties 11f Southwestern
Ontario and how secretary -trea-
surer of the Ontario Bean
Board, was guest speaker. Mr.
-.,,Eaton told an interesting story
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of the highlights and experien-
ces he had encountered as field -
man.
"Are your federation direc-
tors doing the work you expect
them to do?" he asked, "Or
have you contacted any of
them lately and made any use.
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ful suggestions towards making
your federation a better organ-
ization?"
Education is one field which
he felt the federation could
promote. The ability to conduct
•a meeting properly, is a valuable
asset he said. "Your Federa-
tion can only be what you want
it to be." The speaker was in-
troduced, by_ Cla1es__Thomas
and thanked by William Mann.
Certificates and • ash prizes
were presented to each of ,the
439 contestants in the farmstead
improvement contest. Reeve
Clifford Dunbar ip making the
presentations stated he felt a
great honor had come to our
township, not only in the fact
Grey Township had had the
largest number of contestants
in the county, but also in the
neat, tidy, well painted farm
homes in the township.` Clare
Veitch, chairman of the commit-
tee assisted in the presentation.
This being the 25th anniver-
sary meeting of the Grey Town-
ship Federation, a summary of
the formation and early an-
nual meetings was presented by
Russell Knight. Past presidents
are Wm. J. Turnbull, Orval Har-
rison,..Melville . Dennis, -Russell
Knight, Jack Wheeler, Clifford
Dunbar, James W. Smith, Mel-
ville Lamont, Martin Baan, Jack
Knight, Jan Van Vliet, Wilfred
Strickler. / •
Minutes of the last annual
meeting, treasurer's report, au-
ditor's statement was presented
by. Rae Houston. Thanks to the
ladies was expressed by Leslie
Knight,- with Mrs. Joe Smith
responding.
Don Pullen, assistant agricul-
Wuron County Cancer Group
Opens New Central Office
With the, symbol of hope—a_
bright yellow daffodil - on the
desk at 10 King. Street in Clin-
ton on Tuesday, Central Head-
quarters for the Huron Unit of,
the Ontario Cancer Society
opened its doors officially to
the public. •
The cheery office with its,
- daffodil yellow and white decor
extends a helping hand to can-
cer patients in the county and
anyone seeking inforflation
concerning the disease tht'ough
the Unit's secretary, Mrs. M.
W. Durst and it Service to
Patients chairman, Mrs. Doug-
las Bartliff. -
Mrs. Bartliff, who has been
active in cancer work for many
years is assisted in her work by
Mrs. Lorne Salzman, in charge
of dressings -and Miss Esther
Jamieson. These ladies, referred
to as the "heart of the Unit"
direct the operation which .pro.;
vides transportation, makes
dressings, visits patients and
offers the numerous other ser-
vices to make the cancer vic-
tim's lot more pleasant.
Main function . of the office
in Clinton is to dispense infor-
mation and literature. It will
begin, slowly but it is hoped
many added features will be-
come regular services. The of-
fice will be open two afternoons
each week, Tuesdays and Fri,
days from two° to five.
Other officers of- the 1966-67
executive are: president Harvey
C. Johnston; vice-president John
Penner; treasurer Kenneth
Flett; campaign chairman Malt
Edgar; maintenance and nom
inating, Fred. Sloman; medica
advisor, Dr. Paul Walden; pub-
licity,,, R. S. Atkey; all of Clin
ton; education, Rev. Harry Don
aldson, Seaforth.
Cancer Society Officers at New Office
This group of officers was on hand when the new office of Huron County Unit of the;
Ontario Cancer Society was officially opened. Seated, left to right, Harvey Johnston, presi-
dent; Mrs. M. W. bburst, secretary; standing, left 'to right, John Penner, vice-president; Mrs.
Douglas Bartliff$ chalrinan of service to patients.comSmittee and Fred Sioman, past president.
Mrs Iurst will he at The .office at 10 King Street from 2 to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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tural representative, spoke brief-
ly and conducted the election
of officers.
Elected were first vice-presi-
dent Leslie. • Knight, directors,,
Murray Hoover, Jan Van Vliet,
Ross ,Smith, Robert Bremner,
Ross Stephenson, Wilfred Stri-
ckler, Wm. Mann, Nelson Sleigh-
tholm, James Cooper, James
Williamson„ Norman McMurchy,
Roy Williamson, Martin Baan,
Jack Knight, lady director, Mrs.
Ross Smith..
Morris
Council
Reports
Morris Council wound up
the years business Thursday
when motions. adopted includ-
ed: by. Wolter Shortreed and
Ross Smith that Cla>nce Mar.
tin be Morris representative
on Seaforth District High
School Board; by Ross Smith
and James Mair that road ac-
counts in the amount of
$1070.75 as presented by the
road superintendent be accep-
ted; by James 1Wair and Wil-
liam Elston that Clerk write
C.N.R. protesting present cur-
tilment of service at Brussels
station. • -
General Accounts; County
of Huron, levy $43,9'79.87, in
lieu of taxes 72.41, under Sec
53, Assess. Act 19.90; :Morris
School Area Board, levy, 18,-
535.81, in lieu of taxes 38:92;
East. Wawanosh School Area
Board, levy 2,647.90, under
Sec. 53, Assess. Act 10.35;
Turnberry School- Area Board,
levy, 1302.25;, Grey. School
Area Board, evy (mainten-
ance) 766-17, in lieu of taxes
4.16; Wingham S e pwa rate
School Board, 55.58; Wingham
District High School Board,
debentures and maintenance
19,539.52, in lieu of taxes
32.40, under Sec. 53, Assess.
Act 10.35; Seaforth District
High School Board, mainten-
ance 3258.88, in lieu of taxes
5.54; Clinton District High
School Board, maintenance
1552.31, in, lieu of taxes 5.52;
Huron County Federation of
Agriculture, 795.41; Blyth
Telephone Company, 2636.26;
Brussels, Morris & Grey Tele-
phone System, 44.37; McKil-
lop Telephone Company, 266.-
27: Stewart Proctor, Reeve,
salary, 360.00, welfare officer,
60.00; Walter Shortreed, coun-
cillor, salary, 250.00; William
Elston, councilibr, s a 1 a r y,
250.00, planning board, 15:00;
James Mair, councillor, salary,
250.00; Ross Smith, council-
lor, salary, 250.00; William
McArter, caretaker, 25.00, wa-
ter for shed and loan, 24.00,;
George Michie, assistant trea.
time and mileage, 80.00, in-
specting tile drain loan 5.00;
elson . Higgins, treasurer,
s hool attendance officer and
rod audit, 550,00, postage,
36, 0, phone calls, 3.60, fin-
ancia tatement, 10.00; Helen
Martin, balance of salary,
119.40, drain fee 8.00, road
audit, 5.00.
Robert H. Coulter, repres-
entative ori hospital' boaard,
60.00; Seaforth Community
Hospital grant, 51.00; Munici-
pal World, flag, 6.05; Floyd
Campbell, refund of spraying
4.50; Township of Grey, Mor-
ris share of dump, 69.1; Nel-
son Reid, re: Walton street
lights, 41.94; Blyth Stabard,
printing contract, etc., 250.53;
Wiliiam Peacock, planning
board 15.00,, Mt$rris share of
dump, 50.00; Stewart Cloak-
ey, rent for dump, 50.00; Leo
Cronyn,. work for Laidlaw
drain 19.06. •
(Continued on Page 12)
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The Christmas Messages
REV. J. C. BRITTON big family dinner. Grandparents, aunts and uncles and
Minister Northside United Church cousins all came early in cutters andsleighs, bundled
Another Christmas almost upon us, another Christ- up in robes, scarves and heavy clothing to keep out the
mas to add to the other Christmases that have gone- be- cold. There was ,a great deal of stamping of feet, of
before. That is the trouble hearty greetings, kisses and hugs, and soon every one
with getting up into the was stirring around getting ready for dinner. What a
grandfather class. You dinner ! The table groaned under an assortment of deli- •
can look back to your own (Continued on Page 3)
grandmother and grand-
father and then ahead to FATHER JOHN J. BENSETTE
your grandchildren about St. James' Roman Catholic Church
to enter into another One problem that is common to all men is the prob-
yearof holiday festivities. lex' of evil;. And let there is no human- solution to this
It is with more than a
little nostalgia that you
look back on the Christ-
mases of past years. In
many ways it was a pret-
ty dull time when com-
pared to the glamor and
glitter of today. We didn't
have a Christmas tree to
begin . with. The trees
were in the all out doors; We didn't have hydro, so Coal -
oil lamps were the best you could have for light. It
would have .been the height of folly to decorate a Christ-
mas tree with candles unless it was under constant
adult supervision. Even then there was a high risk.
Then of course we knew nothing about radio and tele-
vision. The telephone was a recent acquisition for neigh-
bourly communication. I suppose you younger ones are
thinking that Christmas before 19.10 was a pretty dull
affair. But ii rural Ontario there was plenty of the well
known ingredient. of hardwork in which every member
of the family had a part. The fun was a well-earned
change from work. The bustle around the house before
Christmas was something to see and to,,a small boy the
smells coming from the, kitchen were very real. They
held promise of the good things to come. There was the
preparation of home made mincemeat; the making of
the Christmas cake and the plum puddings; the cookies,,
the shortbread, the pies, and the not to be forgotten -
home made "bread by the dozenloaves, together with
human problem. So God
in his love and mercy in-
tervened in the affairs of
men to lift them out of
their frustration. He did
this in a most *onderfui,;,,,,,,
way, showing the tender-
ness of his 1o' 'e for man.
For God loved us so much
that he sent -his .- only-be-�
gotten Son, born of a Vir-
gin in a little town of a
tiny nation. The birth of
Christ was the long await-
ed climax of preparations
and. the revelation . of
God's plan for the re-
demption of mankind
from the evils .of sin,
Satan and death. This plan was kept hidden in the
bosom of the Trinity from all eternity. It was to give
men a share in God's life — to be truly sons in the Son.
So the small Babe, born at Bethlehem 2,000 ears ago,
and born in humility, poverty and simplicit came in
order to be a King. He -came to do battl with evil.
Through his life that followed• he did j t that, and
by his death and resurrection, conquered sin, Satan, and
death. He completed his work by ascending to the right
hand of his Father where he is living and caring for
us; "It follows, then that his power. to save is utterly
buns. There was also the preparation of a big fat goose,,.,,,
Certain, since he is living for ever to intercede for all
along with a chicken or two. Turkey was never on the
menu of the average family as it was too' expensive, who come to God through him",. (Heb. 7, 25). Christ
but goose by allmeans..There ,was always a double bene- is now bringing the only solution to the problem of
fit in a goose. The feathers were carefully saved for evil to completion in individuals and nations, These
stuffing pillows and the goose was lovingly roasted to a are indeed tidings of great joy and.. peace and hope,
delicate brown for Christmas dinner. And so, . while we cannot but celebrate the- joy of
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The Christmas event itself was heralded by a huge Christmas in a material' Way, this celebration becomes
Christmas concert, generally held in the Church the meaningless unless it is an expression of man opening
week before. Every child in the community that could his heart in faith, hope and love to the miracle and
talk or sing had a part to play. 'Songs, recitations, die mystery of Bethlehem's Babe — the incarnate Word
logues, plays, instrumentals were all fitted into a pro- of God.
gramme that might last from two to three hours, dim- Our prayer then, for the people of this community
axed by a visit from Santa Claus who had a bag of hard is a Christmas prayer written by Pope John XXIII;
candy and even harder nuts for each child. There was • "0 Eternal Word of the Father, Son of God and of
also a pile of presents to be shared with the children, Mary, renew in the hearts of men the miracle of, Your
and you could expect to get at least' one present from birth. Clothe again with Immortality the children you
have redeemed, enkindle their love, bind all together
Santa Claus. At home on Chr istmasa eve it was early to
bed — well not .any earlier than usual because people
didn't sit up all nightburning good coaloil for nothing.
The kids were freshly scrubbed on Christmas eve. Pos-
sibly the old wash tub was brought into the kitchen
after supper, kettles were filled with water and placed
on' the stove to heat and then we -took turns having a
bath. One thing sure if you ever took a bath in an old-
fashioned washtub in the privacy of a farm kitchen
you will appreciate no end the conveniences of our pre-
sent bathrooms. After the bath it was hang up your
stocking and then to bed. Boy ! Those old farm bedrooms
could be cold. You wasted no time getting in between
the blankets and getting that bed warmed up. Sleep
didn't come easily on an occasion like this. After awhile
you would hear mysterious sounds from the kitchen.
You wondered if morning would ever come so that you
could see what you had in your stocking, In those days
oranges were a luxury to be bought only at Christmas.
So, you would possibly get an orange, also some more
hard candy and nuts. There would be a .pair of hand
knit mitts or stockings. It was no mean feat to knit
a pair of stockings those days for a boy wore short
pants and the stockings came up above the knees and
were held in Wade with garters. Did you want a sleigh,
ora pair of skates. That meant an outlay of good mon-
ey. So a sleigh might be home made, a little heavy but
durable. Skates of course had to be bought. I remember
my first pair, . spring skates they were. Fastenedto
your regular boots by clamps and held on with straps
around your ankles. They were awkward but they were
skate's.' After sampling the surprises in the stockings
it was breakfast. Prepatations were began early foi< that
in the bonds of your Mystical Body, so that your com-
ing may bring true joy, secure peace and zealous broth-
erhood among individuals and nations. Amen. Amen."
NEWS OF BROMIAGEN
4 rSings n s r:
T -Area Shut-ins
The LCW met with Mrs. Ed-
win Scherbarth, Mrs. Harold
Elligsen acid Mrs, Manuel
Beuermann on devotions. Their
4opic, namely "A Swedish
Christmas', and poems were
read. Mrs. Dan Beuermann pre-
sided at the piano for hymns.
Mission offerings were re-
ceived and a mission prayer
was read by Mrs. Henry Rose.
Thank you- cards and a number
of donations were received
from Mrs. Ed Prueter and Mr.
and Mrs. Eli Rapien.
A nominating committee was
appointed to elect officers for
the following year. •
Treats of candy, nuts, or-
anges, etc., were brought to
the meeting and packed by
the members fer the sick and
shut ins of the congregation.
The boxes were distributed by
the Luther League members
who went carollin to the shut
ins on Sunday,ni ht.
Mrs. henry . Rose reported
her birthday and a bynit was
sung in her honor.
The annual meeting will be
held at the next meeting in
January. The meeting closed
with a hymn, prayer and com-
mon doxology.
Mrs. Caroline Elligsen and
Mrs. Rachael Ahrens spent Sat-
urday in Mitchell with Mr. and
Mrs, Chris Leorihardt.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pfeifer
and Karl visited Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Marks and Mr. and Mrs.
David Marks in Brussels on
Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Wolfe
spent Saturday in Stratford
with Mr. and Mrs: Ed Oliver.
On Sunday Mr. add Mrs. Don
Wolfe and Steven, London, and
Mr. and Mrs; John Hinz, Jr„ and
Vickey, Luehnow, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Wolfe. d'
Mrs. Ken Elligsen visited Mrs.
Mafy Malcolm, Zion on Satur-
day.
Mrs. Louis Hillebrecht is a
patted at Seaforth Coittmttnity
1#'ospital. -