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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 20, 1962
For Unto You is Born This Day,
Luke 2:1-10 (R,S.V. )
In those days a decree went out
from Caesar Augustus that all the
world should be enrolled, This was the
first enrolment, when Quirini-us was
governor of Syria. And all went to
be enrolled, each to his own city. And
Joseph also went up from Galilee, from
the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the
city of David, which is called Bethle-
hem, because he was of the house and
lineage of David, to be enrolled with
Mary, his betrothed, who was with
child. And while they were there, the
time came for her to be delivered. And
she gave birth to her first-born son and
wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and
laid him in a manger, because there
was no place for them in the inn.
And in that region there were shep-
herds out in the field, keeping watch
over their flock by night. And an angel
of the Lord appeared to them, and the
glory of the Lord shone around them,
and they were filled with fear. And
the angel said to them, "Be not afraid ;
for behold, I bring you good news of
a great joy which ` ;vill come to all the
people; for to you is born this day in
a Saviour
the city of David a Saviour, who is
Christ the Lord. And this will be a
sign for you: you will find a babe wrap-
ped in swaddling cloths and 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 among men with
whom he. is pleased!"
When the angels went away from
them into heaven, the shepherds said
to one another, "Let us go over to Beth-
lehem and see this thing that has hap-
pened, which the Lord has made known
to us." And they went with haste, and
found Mary and Joseph, and the babe
lying, in a manger. And when they saw
it they made known the saying which
had been told them concerning this
child ; and all who heard it wondered
at what the shepherds- told them. But
Mary kept all these things, pondering
them in her heart. And the shepherds
returned, glorifying and praising God
for all they had heard and seen, as it
had been told them,
The Roads That Lead To Christmas
(By Miss Elizabet
The Roads that lead to Christmas
Are white with falling snow,
And fragrant with pine and cedar
And bright with candle glow.
The shining red of the holly
And the mistletoe hanging high,
And the rush and trample of many feet
As the eager throng go by.
Oh the roads that lead to Christmas
Go where the doors stand wide,
And arms are stretched to welcome
You home, to your own fireside.
No matter how far you wander
Nor the ties that bid you -stay,
h H. Taylor, Seaforth)
The lights of Christmas call you back
Though half a world away.
For the roads that lead to Christmas,
They devious are, and long,
But warm with the hand of friendship,
And sweet with laughter and song.
And memory's bells are chiming
Of days we used to know,
And the golden lights of Christmas
Are flashing against the snow.
And it all leads back to a Manger bed;
To a Stable dim and low,
Where was cradled the King of all the Earth
Such Centuries ago. 4
IN THE YEARS AGONE
Interesting items gleaned from
• The Expositor of 25, 50
and 75 years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
December 17, 1937 •
Tuesday was radio, day. at
Seaforth' police court, when 33
owners of radios in this dis-
trict paid fines of $3.00 and
costs of $2.50 on charges of
failing to obtain a radio lic-
ense before operating their sets.
Mr. Fred Smallacombe, Hen-
sall, expects to have his new
restaurant and ice cream par -
'kid opened the first part of
next week.
Messrs. WF- H. Meir and W.
.E. Southgate, Jr., were in Clin.
rt -on Monday attending a dis-
trict meeting of Boy Scout Lead-
ers. Mr. Meir was appointed
Commissioner II.
Dr. McGregor, formerly of
Dublin but who for some years
has been in medical work in
Africa, has sold his practice to
Dr. Martin W. Stapleton. Dr.
Stapleton, who is a graduate of
Western University, is now in
possession.
County taxes, not due until
Dee. 20, are coming in early
this year, 'five municipalities,,
one rural and four urban, al-
ready having paid a total of
$28,266,
From The Huron Expositor
December 20, 1912
The old Presbyterian Church
building in Walton, which was
sold by auction last week, was
purchased by Mr. George Wil-.
liamson for $240, and the wood
furnaces by Mr. William Mc-
Call for $26.
Mr. George C. Petty, HensaIl,
who has been in the meat busi-
ness there for many years, has
sold out to Bender & Sararas,
of Zurich, who take possession
at the New Year.
The fine new Hensall station
was open for business on Tues-
day last, and is a great credit
to the village.
The slate roof is now com-
pleted on the new Carnegie Lib-
WA6F ca VAST TEEU
I WONS•HAVE ANY TROUBLE LEARNING
GEOMETRY THIS YEAR,SIR. WHY...
THIS SUMMER. I LEARNED
THE TW/ST /N JUST
THIRTY MINUTES/
rary building in Seaforth.
Mr. J. W. Beattie this week
sold a very fine young Short-
horn bull to Mr. Ed. Jarman,
of the Huron Road, Tucker -
smith.
On Thursday evening of last
week fire broke out in a house
at Harpurhey belonging to Mr.
James McNamara, and the
house and contents were entire-
ly consumed.
Mr. Appleton Elcoat, who
took two young cattle to the
Toronto Fat Stock Show last
week, received third prize for
one of them. Mr. Hugh McGre-
gor, who also had a calf at the
fair, took second prize in a
class of eleven.
More grain than usual has
come to Kippen granary this
fall, which shows that the vil-
lage is holding its own as a
grain market.
From The Huron Expositor
December 23, 1887
The High School closed for
the Christmas holidays Thurs-
day.
The threatened "G r e e n
Christmas" has been averted,
and we are now likely to have
lots of sleighing.
Dr. Scott has an eight -months -
old ealf which weighs 710
pounds. He would like to hear
from the farmer who can beat
this.
Edward J. Crawford, aged 18,
recently threshed for Mr. Jas,
McConnell, of Hullet, 32% bush-
els of oats with a flail in one
day. Who can beat this?
Mr. John Modeland, Tucker -
smith, has recently purchased
from Mr. MacKay, of Oshawa,
a very nice yearling bull and
heifer of the Hereford breed,
and he intends to go into the
raising of that breed of cattle,
as he thinks them preferrable
to the Durhams, both for meat
and for milk.
"Papa, why is it that dentists
call their offices dental par-
lors?"
"Because they are drawing
rooms, my son."
"Pat'don me for a moment,
please," said the dentist to the
victim, "but before beginning
this work I must have my drill,"
"Good heavens, manl" ex-
claimed the patient irritably.
"Can't you pull a tooth without
a rehearsal?"
"You certainly were the life of the party, but most of the
WouIdn't it be fun to have
the power of Santa Claus just
for a day and give everyone
the gifts they really, truly want-
ed, regardless of cost, instead
of the junk they get?
What would you do if you
had such a power thrust -upon
you suddenly? Would you heal).
your favorite people with musk
coats, Cadillacs, automatic dish-
washers, dew $90,000 homes? If
you did, of course, the magic
power wouldn't last, and ';n
Christmas morning, all the
fabulous presents would van-
ish, just after they'd been un-
wrapped. And you'd be as p.ip-
ular as a socialist in the Sen-
ate -
* *
*
Because, you see, those aren't
the things that people really,
truly want. And the Santa
Claus magic would work only
for really, truly gifts, not just
the things people want for the
sake of vanity or prestige or
comfort.
I know some of the presents
I'd hand out. To childless cou-
ples who wanted children ter-
ribly, I'd give one Christmas
morning, not one, but four of
the fattest, prettiest, pinkest,
wettest babies you ever saw.
Two boys and two girls. And
to even things out, I'd throw
in a large bottle of tranquiliz-
ers and a pair of strait jackets,
* * *
To all children, I'd grant a
set of parents who would an-
swer all questions patiently,
read stories every night at bed-
time, go sliding on the hill with
them, not make them eat any,
thing they didn't like, hug and
kiss them when they were hurt,
and whale the tar out of them
when they needed it.
On Christmas morning, I'd
present to all old people a
three -months prieve from all
their aches, pains and ailments.
I'd give them a good appetite
and a rare fine set of choppers i
to go with it. I'd give them
love and kisses in, large mea-
sure from a veritable host of
grandchildren. And I'd throw
in a round-trip ticket to Miami.
paid -in -advance reservations at
a posh hotel there, and a -size-
able cheque to let them play
the races, get married again, or
do whatever else they wanted
to do.
To all clergymen, whatever
the color of their cloth, I'd
give a special present. They'd
SUGAR
and
SPICE
By Bill Smiley
get a church packed to the
doors with people who sang
lustily, listened attentively,
prayed humbly, gave bounteous-
ly, and continued to do •these
unusual things throughout the
following year.
All mothers of large families
would iet something they real-
ly ,truly wanted for Christmas.
I'd give them families who ap-
preciated all the work they did,
praised their cooking, told
them once in a while that they
looked pretty, wiped their feet
when they came in, did the
dishes frequently, and paid at-
tention to them on other occa-
sions than Mother's Day. And
I'd throw in the services of a
cracking good housekeeper, and
pay her salary for a year.
* *
On Christmas Eve, I'd give
all merchants a cash register
stuffed with money, and, at the
same time, an irresistible urge
to go out and spend the bun-
dle on retarded children, or
unwed mothers, or somebody.
What would I leave under the
Christmas tree for the farmer?
You guessed it. I'd grant them
a whole year of exactly the
kind of weather they wanted,
regardless of the comfort or
convenience of the rest of us.
Of course, I'd have to find them
something else to bellyache
about, but they could probably
fall back on the complaint that
those tremendous crops were
taking a lot out of the land,
* * *
All amateur golfers would be
donated one season in which
they sliced not, nor did they
hook, but banged everyone
down the centre. All anglers
would he given one year in
which they were as smart as
the fish. All weekly editors
would be given one week in
which there were no mistakes
in the paper. All teachers
would be given a free 10 days
in a sanatorium at Christmas. '
All wives would be given one
year's absence from the bor-
ing, 'insensitive, callous, inat-
tentive cretins they are mar-
ried to. And all husbands
would receive a similar parole
from the nagging, complaining,
spendthrift, over -bearing harri-
dans they married. Serve them
both right,
There, I don't think I've left
anybody out. But if I have, just
drop me a line at the South
Pole, I'm sort of a left-handed,
or southpole Santa Claus.
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A MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT
DISCONTENT IN THE RANKS
OTTAWA—Rumblings of dis-
content among the ranks of the
Progressive Conservative mem-
bers of Parliament and support-
ers of the Party are being heard
over the leadership of Prime
Minister Diefenbaker.
For the first time since Mr
Diefenbaker was named to head
the Party six years ago there
is a raft of speculation about
whether he will be able to com-
mand a vote of confidence at
the annual meeting of the Par-
ty in Ottawa January 17 to 19.
The rumours have filtered down,
to Washington and resulted rfi
one leading U.S. news magazine
carrying a report that Mr. Dief-
enbaker would be "out of of-
fice" early in 1963. A culmina-
tion of the mounting criticism
against Mr. Diefenbaker's lead-
ership has been the reaction
against recent appointments
made by the Prime Minister to
the Senate. When Allister Gros -
art,' paid national organizer of
the Conservative party was nam-
ed to the upper house there
were strong repercussions from
the Party faithful from all
across the country. In a nut-
shell, they said they had been
working hard for the Party all
these many dears, expecting no
reward. But why, • oh why,
should a man who had been
paid well for his services get
the appointment to the Senate?
And more reecntly the people
who chose Kenora railway
man J. A. (Pete) Robertson to
run for the House of Commons
disagreed with the Prime Min-
ister's decision to appoint the
same Mr. Robertson to the up-
per house. They have been loud
in their protests.
But not just Kendra Conserv-
atives have asked the Prime
Minister to explain the appoint-
ment. There have been com-
plaints from the Tory faithful
in several constituencies. Mr.
Robertson who was a Federal
candidate in 1958 and 1960 and
lost both times, did not merit
the appointment of the Atiko-
kan P. C. Association. He said
that under the circumstances
he would not be interested in
campaigning for the Party in
the' Federal field.
This sort of criticism of
Prime Minister Diefenbaker's
actions was unheard of two
years ago. But now there is a
groundswell within the Tory
ranks against Mr. Diefenbaker.
In fact there is so much talk
of dissatisfaction with the Prime
Minister's leadership that one
can hear members of Parlia-
ment on the Government side
speculating, openly. Some sug-
gest he would be wise to sub-
mit his resignation and quietly
retire from the active political
wars.
But there are others who say
that the Conservatives must go
through at least one more elec.
lion campaign with Mr. Diefen-
baker at the helm. They antici.
pate the next general election
will come early in the spring of
1963. With that in prospect it
is too late to think in terms 'of
selecting a new captain. They
do not agree with those who
say Mr. Diefenbaker could step
down gracefully and leave the
Government in the hands of a
caretaker Prime Minister such
as Hen. Howard Green or Hon.
George Nowlan. That would
mean a Conservative leadership
convention in the late spring
of 1963. It is expected that the
leadership battle when it comes
will see Trade and Commerce
Minister George Hees and Mani-
toba's Duff Roblin fighting it
out toe to toe for the mantle
of leader. There may be oth-
ers in the ring but the big
(Continued on Page L4
By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
CHRISTMAS
In thinking of Christmas, aim
to avoid some errors in con-
nection with the sacred day. If
you can do so, Christmas will
be more meaningful to you and
a greater blessing.
First, let us not make the holy
day the culmination of an ad-
vertising campaign, which offers
every kind of merchandise de-
signed to make the season a
time of receiving , and having,
and to increase the profits of
anyone who has anything to
sell. There" is nothing wrong in
increasing one's profits, but let
us make that a secondary thing
at Christmas.
Second, the sacred season is
not primarily a time for huge
feasting and merrymaking. It is
not a season to be enjoyed just
for ourselves, except for our re-
joicing in the greatest gift of
God's love. For remember it is
not our birthday we are cele-
brating but the birthday of
Jesus Christ the Lord.
So let us strive to make Jesus
happy on the latest celebration
of his coming into the world,
by renewed consecration to his
mission. This Christmas let us
observe the day as one that
brings to our remembrance a
day in the long ago when God
came into the world to lift
men toward himself and to
make them heirs of everlast-
ing life.
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