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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1964-12-24, Page 2Sine 80, Serving the Community First knbkShed at SEA,Fon I, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLEAN BROS. Publishers 4ND.Epw Y.MoIR4„N, Editor 4) `Q `►+ Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association O Audit Bureau of Circulation Subscription Rates: Canada (in advance) $4.00 a Year Outside Canada' (in advance) $5.50 a Year 4 0.1 SINGLE COPIES — 10 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, -Post Office Department! Ottawa. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 24, 1964 For Unto You Is Dorn this Day, a Saviour Luke 2:1-10 And it came to pass in those days, that • there went • but 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 Galilee, 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 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 field, keeping watch oyer 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 A Macduff Ottawa Report Closure 'And The Flag 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 •aheavenly 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 unto 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 con- cerning 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 ponder- ed them in her heart. And the shep- herds. returned, glorifying and prais- ing God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.—THE END. .-OTTAWA—The flags of many nations around the world have been blooded in battle or revo- lution. The new maple leaf flag which will' soon be flying over ,Can- ada and over Canadian posts abroad has been blooded in. the House of Commons. It's a new flag, a strong, sim- ple emblem which, as many members of Parliament have said, cannot be mistaken for the flag of any other: country. There can be no denying, however, that this flag's slow and erratic accent up the na- tion's flagpole has inflicted some deep and abiding wounds. The flag was not chosen un- animously by the House of Commons. Some members from•. every party voted for it. But 73, Conservatives, three Socreds, one New Democrat, and one Liberal, --voted against it, The vote itself was forced by the Parliamentary • rule of clo- sure, a rule that only . a few years ago, all parties agreed should be abolished. The Con- servative administration, how- ever, did not abolish the rule. It remains on the books,. and when the Liberal Government believed it necessary to end the flag debate on •.December 14, Members of Parliament vot- ed oted almost two to one in favor of the use of closure. The flag debate itself was damaging Parliament as an in- stitution. It went on, altogeth- er, for 33 days. There had been 279 --speeches in Which many things were said that shbuld not have been said. The new flag was described as a sop to Quebec. We were told that those who supported the new flag were taring down the traditions of the past, were denying the symbols of Chris- tianity, weredefiling the sacri- fies of Canada's war. dead. No one can deny the sincer- ity and effectiveness of the Con- servative fight against the new flag. But finally the fight be- came obstruction of a kind that cannot be tolerated. There is no • questioning of the right of an opposition to delay, to criticize, to debate. Equally there can be no ques- tioning of the right of the ma- jority, after everyone has had a full hearing, to make a deci- sion. That, finally, became the is- sue .in the prolonged flag de- bate. It was the determined Tory decision to prevent a ma- jority decision which removed quite suddenly from the closure rule the stigma it has carried since the pipeline debate of 1956. May people across Canada had come to the opinion ,that somehow the •flag debate must be brought to an end. It had reached the point where the Government could anticipate more 'criticism for hot invoking closure than it might ever ex- pect from invoking it. Liberals choose' to believe now that the closure rule has been cleansed of its evil asso- ciations because it has been us -- ed in exactly the type of situa- tion it was designed for. Cer- tainly the flag debate proved the need for some Parliamentary rule for limiting debate. Other- wise, any small group in the House of Commons could thwart the will of the majority in- definitely. It is unfortunate that the new national flag had to be brought to a decision by the used of closure. Use of the rule heightened the animosities in the Chamber, and the final moments before the final vote, as Prime Mini- ster Pearson' tried to speak, were filled with bitterness, an- ger, shouted insults and jeers. It was then that Mr. Pearson, shouting above the. din, made his last minute appeal to Op-. position Leader Diefenbaker to "forget the divisions and differ- ences of this debate and to ral- ly behind this red maple leaf Canadian flag". Mr. Diefenbaker might have salvaged something out of this. After all, the new flag was to be. Canada's flag, and many Conservatives had said during the debate that they would hon- or it .once Parliament had ap- proved it. But the Conservative leader and many of his supporters were in no mood for soft words or gentle accommodations. Mr. Diefenbaker had failed in his attempt to preserve the Red Ensign and he turned out to be no better a loser than might be expected. The angry bitterness of the end of the flag debate permits some concern about the future. One has to look hard to find evidence that the pieces might be put back together again, that the wounds will heal. Much of this will depend on Mr. Diefenbaker. Most of the time during the flag debate the former Prime Minister was the authentic spokesman for a large body' of Canadians who wanted to retain some vestige of the ,Union Jack on the flag. At other times he spoke as a voice out of the past, dis- embodied from contemporary thought. He went back into his- tory, 30, .40 years, drawing points from experience in a British Empire that no longer exists as such, 'from an early Canada that no longer exists. Mr. Diefenbaker must prove himself a contemporary person in the next few years. .Other- wise, in 10 or."15 years, when the maple leaf flag is accepted by all Canadians, he will be remembered only for attempt - The Christmas Messages By REV. L. J. COUGHLIN St. Columban Roman Catholic Church The birth of Christ took ,place in that part of the . world known as the Middle East. It was not marked by celebrations in the West until after the passage of some three hundred years. We think of it as an event of the distant past. Yet it can stir up thoughts• in us today, thoughts that can change our lives. • We rejoice in today's celebration. Wonder and admiration grip us as we contemplate the Word of God become man, and our rebirth into Christ's kingdom. St. Paul speaks of this day in his second Epistle to Titus: "The Grace of God has been mani- fested for the salvation of all men, teaching us to reject impiety and worldly lusts, and to live soberly and justly and piously in this present world, look- ing for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our. great God and Saviour Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us ineorder that He might save us from sin and might cleanse a people to be His very own, a people zealous for good works." Christ was born that Christmas Day long ago. He continues his spiritual rebirth and growth 1'us today. May that growth continue until we become more and more like his image as placed before us in the Scriptures. From The Huron Expositor December 29, 1939 A largely attended and en- thusiastic meeting of the Sea - forth -Curling Club was held in the council chamber Wednesday evening, when the following of- ficers were elected for the com- ing season: Patrons, G. A. Sills, R. E. Jackson, W. Ament, J. A. Stewart. Jack Beattie, J. A. Wil- son and W. C. T. Morson; presi- dent, R. J., Sproat; vice-presi- dent, M. A. Reid; secretary - treasurer, R. J. Winter; bon= spiel secretary, D. H. Wilson; executive committee, C. E. Smith,, B. F. Christie, Dr. J. A. Munn, J. M. McMillan, Dr. F. J. Bechely, E. C. Boswell; auditors, C. A. Barber and R. E. McKenzie. H. E. Smith, local agent for the Prudential Life Insurance Co., it was announced this week, had led the' Stratford district in monthly premium policies for the third consecutive year. He was in competition with 25 agents throughout the district. Harry Hess is erecting a new siren on the Hensall fire hall. The • instrument will be deposit- ed in the old belfry and will be operated from the ground floor by a push-button. Mrs; Margaret V. Mulligan left Tuesday for Detroit and Chicago, where she will spend a few days before returning to her home in Grand Forks, N.D. R. N. Dorrance was re-elect- ed reeve in McKillop. Council- lors are Elmer Hackwell, Al- bert Harrison, Charles Dolmage, Peter Maloney (all by acclama- tion). . Mr. Michael McQuaid, of De- troit, and John McQuaid, of ing to block that flag. After the final vote was tak- en, the Liberals rose and sang "0 Canada". All other mem- bers in the House—or most of them—stood to join in. Then the members sang "God Save tht° Queen." Both anthems boomed out with full-throated sincerity. It was a touching and for many a, painful moment. But it was one of the few moments dur- ing the long time of the flag debate that there was any kind of unity. We will need more moments like that . in thenext few years. By BEV. ALAN SCOTT , Minister Egmondiville United Church The words of our title recalls the hymn, "Tell Me the Old, Old Story of Jesus and His Love". Dear faithful souls the world over ,understand that this message is the `stuff!, which gives life meaning. Still, other dear faithful souls name and honor the Bible as the source of their joy, love and faith which they feel, when the source of their joy is really this same Jesus Christ. Others again attribute their faith's source to be certain doctrines and rules laid down by the Church from ancient times. Many others hold that their faith derives from their freely interpreted understanding of God's revelation of Himself through books and the witness of people: Still others—. _. . So the list grows. To define and label beliefs and doctrines is a pleasant pastime, but it accomplishes very little. The main and important thing is not argument about be- lief and doctrine. The great task of life is so to live as a Christian that people see not you and me, but see rather the person of Jesus Christ in control' of our lives. With this in mind, we approach the • Christmas celebration of Jesus' birthday with a view to find- ing anew the New-born King and pledging our lives in his service. Many learned arguments have been held in the attempt to explain the meaning of the Incarnation. Down through the centuries, arguments have arisen to support or reject the Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ. Down through the centuries, when the people of God Lived their faith first and defended it second, they found very little time -to argue. An example from the 14th century is the, Parson in "Ch'aucer's Can- terbury- Tales" as follows : "But Christ's love,- and his apostles twelve, He taught, but first he followed it himself." The truth which the Bible witnesses to is not a message of controversy but a message of peace; not a plan of how to fill churches with people, but how to fill a heart with joy and love ; not a system of proof -texts to support or defend Almighty God, but a profound and beautiful picture of "a powerful God's powerful love for his created people. The question of the hour here in Huron County, as everywhere, is : How does God transmit his love? For that matter, how does any one transmit love? By letter or novel? By, poem or story? By long- distance telephone? Not' entirely. Nor is love trans- mitted by proxy or stand-in satisfactory. Our proxy which we send in our place and the object of our love could become. involved in their own feelings about each other. This would confuse the message of love from • us to our loved ones. I suppose the- Bible could be called a stand-in for God, his proxy sent with a message of love from God to us. Time passes ; memories are dimmed; it is possible that we give more attention to the Book, the proxy, than to the message which the Book brings. God's love for us is not readily understood when it is told of in a book alone. Unique though the Bible is, its witness is to. a unique person. God.trans- mits his love not by proxy or stand-in, but by Him- self in his Son .Jesus Christ. The „mystery of the Bible is revealed as a greater mystery even—He who brings the message from God is Himself the message. (And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.) With this understanding our search for God's love is ended, but it is still to be completed in our response to his love. In the Years Agone town; attended St. Columban Church on Sunday, when their nephew, Father Thomas Mc- Quaid, sang his first High Mass. The annual. Christmas pro- gram was presented at SS No. 6, Tuckersmith, under the di- rection of Miss Carter; Santa arrived following the program and the boys and 'girls helped. him unload the tree. Mr. H. Johns, secretary of the school, acted. as chairman. Mr. and Mrs. Simon McVittie, of Hullett, this week celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary. They were married by Rev. For- rester of the. Walton Presby- terian Church. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ortwein, of Hensall, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on New Year's Day. Mr. Ortwein also marked his 90th birthday on Christmas Day. Members elected to Seaforth council were all by acclamation as follows: Mayor, John J. Cluff; Reeve, J. H. Scott; Coun- cillors: M. A. Reid, F. Sills, J. E. Keating, H. E. Smith, C. Holmes and R. G. Parke; PUC, A. Y. McLean; Public School Trustees: South Ward, M. R. Savauge; East Ward, J. A. West- cott. Members and friends •of the Seaforth • Collegiate Institute Alumni Association enjoyed their ninth reunion dance on Christmas evening. There were about 200 present. The patrons and patronesses were: Mr, and Mrs. J. F. Daly, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs Harry Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. Earle Bell, Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Metean, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Sills, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Sproat Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Bech- ely and Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Ballantyne. Miss Merle Keating under, went an operation for appen- dicitis in Scott Memorial Hos- pital Wednesday evening. From The Huron Expositor December 25, 1914 The boys' and girls' examina- tions at Seaforth Public School: Sr. IV—Della Button, Harvey Burrows, Ruth Powell, Mary Crosbie, Doreen Taman, Stanley Hays, Gordon Kerr. Jr. IV ---- Ina Hart, Mary hays, Ross Boyd, Evelyn .Adonis, Emerson. Wright, Ben Roberts, Margaret Reeves, Russell Bristow, Jean Turner, Frank Cdates, Annie Stewart, Gordon Dick, Frank Freeman, Cecil Smith, Gertrude Cardno, Ethel McKay, Willie Hays, Fred Smith, Beatrice Marshall, Reg Kerslake, Arthur Deem, Earl Smith, George Pinkney; Willie Baker; • Of the many school teachers and ,. students home for, the. Christmas season, we notice the following: Misses Mary Gilles- pie, N. Pethick, Mary Habkirk, Norma Hartry, G.. Thompson, M. Horan, Marion Watson, J. Hinchley, Earl Bell, Misses Laid- law, Miss Ballantyne, M. Hor, ton, Miss J. Scott, Della Gilles- pie, W. Morson, John Button, Elwyn Rivers, Genevieve Jones, Bessie Grieve, Rae Govenlock, Gretta Ross, R. H. Archibald .and F. Thompson.. The new Salvation Army Bar: racks in Seaforth was formally opened on Sunday. It is a com- fortable and commodious build- ing, erected on the site of the old one. •In addition to the main hall, there is a large basement and officers' quarters at the rear. Mr. Matthew Thompson, of Hensall, has returned from Scot- land, where he spent the sum- mer. He. says ' there is less ex- citement and talk about the war in Scotland than in Can- ada. Mr. Thomas Pryce, Jr., Mc- Killop, was kicked by one of his crows on Monday and had his leg broken. The clerks and office staff in Stewart Bros.' store were as follows: H. Jeffery Stewart Scott, Wm. Jones, Miss R. Me.. Clure, Miss L, Hammett, Miss A. Barton, Miss I. Edighoffer, Miss Sparks, Miss Levis, Miss Pinkney, Miss J. Ross, Miss Waunkel, Miss McFadden, Miss Taman, R. E. McKenzie, Robt. Hammett, Harry Pearce, J. H. Taman, John Thompson, N. Bohannan, Miss L. Freeman, Miss Hudson, Miss McCloy, Miss Fitzgerald, Miss. Williams, Grant Fraiser, F. Thompson. A letter appeared in The Ex- positor which had been receiv- ed by Lieut. Col. Wilson from James J. Hutchison, who' join- ed the first contingent and is now stationed in Bermuda. He complained that he had not b'ben sent to the fighting front (Continued on Page 12) instead of Bermuda. However, they are busily engaged at bay- onet fighting, musketing, dig- ging trenches, and route marches. Although .the day was very stormy, the ,closing exercises at Egmondville Public School on Tuesday were a success. Those in First Class, Second Class, Jr.. 17I, Sr. 111, and Jr. IV have been promoted 'one class. Jr. IV—C. Colbert, E. Shade, H. Jefferson, E. Brown., Sr. 11I— M. Weiland, L. Kruse, A. Shade, P. Strong. Jr. IH—R. Weiland, R. Ireland, M. Hart, M. Kruse. II—M. Hills, R. Simpson, M. Hudson, M. Ireland, N. Ireland, M. Shade, J. Hart, E. Shade, R. Makins. Pt. H=R. Hoggarth, N. Dupee, V. Hudson. First: No. 2—R. Colbert, W. Hart; First, No. 1—E. Jefferson, G. • Miller, H. Aberhart, L. Dupee. The pupils of St. James' Sep- arate School presented a pleas- ing entertainment in the school half. Mrs. B. O'Connell was the accompanist. The first part was a comic operetta, "The Bogus School Inspector." The ,inspec- tor was personated by Jack Neville; the valet, Cliff 'Free- man; Miss Dorothy O'Connell was the • teacher; John Melady was the truant officer; solo, Ed- mund Daly. In part two, "Our Graduates" was introduced by Miss M. Eckert; Elizabeth Keat- ing was "Little Mirian" in "No Room in the Inn." Others tak- ing part were Edmund Keating, Anna Atkinson, John Curtin, Marcella McDonald and Grace McNamara. At the close of the entertainment Mr. M. Broderick presented Miss Annie Neville with a handsome watch and Bracelet for having won the Collegiate Institute scholarship for the year. The rural mail delivery men have had hard roads to travel during the past week. On Tues- day they were unable to negoti- ate the snow drifts, and Wed- nesday was not much better. They earn their money this kind of weather. * •* From The Hvron Expositor December .27, 1889 On Monday afternoon at Hen- sall an interesting event occur- red in the public school when t number of handsome presents (Continued on Page 12) trt SUGAR and SPICE By Bill Smiley SOCIAL, BUT NOT SOCIABLE! There is little use in com- plaining about the rigors of put- ting up my tree, the horrors of trying to find a present ,;for my wife, the abyss of debt into which I am plunging. I know how much sympatl I'd get. We're all in the same boat. But, with the holiday season coming up, accompanied by its usual parties, I thought it might be a good time for your friend ly old Uncle Bill to pause and examine that phenomenon of the second half of the 20th century —Social Drinking. , Social Drinking- is one of those beautifully vague terms we're so fond of these days. They cover a multitude of sins, and yet, somehow, they sound respectable. It's like "Neurotic". The lady who is nutty as a fruitcake will inform you with some pride, "I'm terribly neurotic, you know." Fifty years ago, she wouldn't have announced so freely that she was batty. Social Drinking is similar. The fellow who is ,so hung-over the blood is running out his eyes, will tell you, "I'm strict- ly a Social Drinker." Every time I hear the term Social Drinking; I utter a cou- ple of short; barking laughs. Social Drinking is just an ex- cuse for' getting plastered in public,. instead of quietly and decently at home, or out behind the barn. Social Drinking and the Cock- tail Party go hand in hand. A Cocktail Party is any gathering of Social Drinkers, slopping free liquor into .empty stomachs at a rate which suggests prohibi- tion is about to become law within the hour. They make a gesture toward the social end of it by eating a cracker, with a dead sardine on it, with ev- ery fifth drink. Don't confuse sociable drink ing with Social Ilrinking. So- ciable drinking is a quiet glass with an old friend, by the fire; a couple of bottles of cold beer, out fishing; a hot noggin,. in company, after a winter's day outside. But Social Drinking is a horse of a different hue. Ask the housewife who comes down in the morning after a Cocktail Party, head thumping "like a bongo, and is confronted by the following: a cigarette -burn on her new coffee table; a puree of whiskey -and -ashes on her white linen tablecloth ; " a ' purple splotch on her lemon carpet; 28 dirty glasses; a lady's hand- bag; a man's hat; 14 empty cigarette packages; and her husband snoring on the ehes- erfield. Ask the chap who drops in for a drink—just one—before facing the spouse and spawn, after work. He gets talking with the boys, arrives home an hour late. He's a little high- spirited, but scarcely a reeling drunk. Know what he gets for dinner? ' Cold shoulder and hot tongue. Yet all he was doing was a little Social Drinking. Actually, Social Drinking was fine, as were so many other things, before women got into the act. But then women started booz- ing, and things have gone from bad to hopeless. Mixed' drink- ing developed. And the only thing • worse than mixed drink- ing is `mixing your drinks. Social Drinking has all the potential destructive power of The Bomb. It leads to broken promises, broken dishes, brok- en noses, and broken homes. The only good thing about it, and the only reason it is so popular, is that it enables one to put up with all the bores and boors, the knuckleheads and knotheads, the dopes and dul- lards, with which society seems to be infested nowadays (except for the sparkling people like you and me). Now, I hope I haven't thrown a wet blanket on your plans for a wet holiday season. But just to end this little homily, may I remind you the lines written in eleventh seventy-seven by that great Welsh poet, Hugh Dunnit: If you get stinking From drinking, It isn't Social; It's atrodial.