The Huron Expositor, 1971-01-21, Page 2I've had a very interesting • letter
from a reader in another part of Ontario
who has taken my , mutterings and
mambling's about child-rearing to heart
and has written me €4 hat she feels
is the solution to thepri a many.
parents face today wh e ;rang their
children.
This lady, quite operly, feels that
the entire' answer lies in teaching the
children to love God. As •she put it,
"The God, of Heaven can
As,
a change
in your life so you want to do right."
I cannot argue with her.
She goes on to say, ilhe young
people of today are lo4ing for sotne-'
thing tha t will satisfy 'and you can try
everything efse but this ,(God) is what
they are looking for.. I don't know what
I would •evet do if I couldn't pray and
feel that God hears me." '
This woman tells me that' She has
raised six children, • all without much
trouble. Her children, she reports, are
all Christians who have dedicated their
lives to "the God of Heaven".
There is little doubt that the Ietter
came from a remarkable woman who
mothers a most remarkable family. It'
,would seem that her children have all
decided for themselves 'that Christianity
is for them and they are for Christianity.
And that is just tremendous.
Therens only one flayv in this lady's
argument . . . in fact, any argument
about religious faith. Like the old saying
you can lead a horse to water but you
can't make him drink, Yoh. can take 11,
child to church but you can't make him.
believe. ,
Our children have been brought up in
church. They weren't sent to 'church ...
they were taken there. It hasn't ended.
It goes on'Sunday after Sunday after
Sunday. ' Yet we still-hale problems with
our kids.
Many of the problems.: which getAne
down are the little things, which have
very little to do wti(Mift,religiouS
. faith. A few are troubles
fOr which a' deep religiouS- conviction
could make the decisidn easier.
But a kid is a kid •Is a kid. He is
not as Wise, as he should be, he is not
-as careful as he should bp . . . and-
ometimes, 'even under the best of'home
conditions, he 'is not as sure as he
should be that God is really 'God.
So he struggles back and forth with
himself. Society doesn't help. It only
pushes -him a little closer to 'the brink
of diSasters The modern schobl, system
is no help. It teaches him to rely on his
own wisdom and scientific knowledge.
His friends don't help. They're just as
mixed up as he 4s.,, --
The only abiding influence in his life
is his• parents who see him about four
or five hours per day . . . maybe a little
longer on Saturday and Sunday. If his
parents encourage him in his faith he's
that much further ahead. But if the with
of his parents is a little wishy-washy;
he's not gleaning much strength from
them, now is. he? And at the best of
going, he's very apt to believe that his
parents are not quite the reliable sources
of information and truth IS- he once
believed them to be.
If I ,had my way, I would wave a
magic wand and have everyone believing,
as I do. But that's impossible just
as it is impossible to ensure that my
children are going to accept hook, line
and sinker all that I tell them about my
beliefs. ,
My children "Ind yours too, madam,
are going through a period' df decision-
making. You have no doubts that your
family is firmly founded in the Samei_
faith you taught them. You. are indeed
a ftirtiniate woman . . . and God has
Certainly blessed 'you.
My kids are questioning and while
they are pondering things-4*er in their
minds, 'they are very much in togh
with the world and everything An it.
There are problems .160 and lots of
them "- and' I'm `enough of a feel to
believe that these problems are a neces-
sary part of growing nis . . . both for
kids and 'parents.
I only wish' it would soon be over
and that we could get on with the business
of being a happy 'amity and only that.
PONAR, "(ELF-CRAM sYri
Sugar and Spice
by Bill Smiley
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Young People Read• More
SRAFORTII, ONTARIO, January 21, 071'
Ray Argyle, the chap who syndicates
this column, has written for about the
fourth time asking for a new picture of.
yours truly to head up -the column. For
various reasons, none of them worth the
powder,.. I haven't got around to having
my'"portrait" taken
But I don't blaine him. The old one
does, not do me justice. There's scarcely
a hint of the bags under my eyes. There's
little suggestion that I'm gray as an old
billy-goat. The deep lines of suffering
nearly twenty-five years of domestic war-
fare just are not there.
' However, I have a good reason for not
having a picture taken for a couple of
weeks, at least. I have a black eye. That
is, it was black. Then blue. Then purple.
It's„ now a sort of mauve, shading into
yellow.
- I haven't had such a dandy Since 1944,
whe n some German guards ,gave ine a
going-over for being imprudent
time it was .both eyes. In fact, the hrst
time I got a look in a mirror afterthe
beating, I could have been mistaken for
a fairly scruffy rainbow. •
There'S nothing quite so.embartassing
as- a black eye. It arouses the worst -
in other people. Loud and clear. "What
happened to you, Smiley? Wife beat'you
' 'up again?" And so on. Those inane
remarks...
To people who ask that, I reply tersely,
"Yes." They don't know. where to go
fr.em,there..,
.But b tfieSe seen' genuinelY,eori- j ' '
cerned, T try tb find sane inorV exotid'''"
reason, something to Mak@ them think I'nf
a devil of a fellow,
This one happened 'during the ltlidays.
To the first few who camesniffing around,
looking for scandal,• I tried this gambit:
"Do you realize that the cork from a
champagne bottle can penetrate the plaster
of a ceiling? Next time you open one,
be sure the cork is pointing at someone
else's eye." That shook, them a bit, and
they went away shaking their heads in
admiration. Or something.
• To the next, few curious, I remarked
offhandedly that I'd had a fight with a
cop. on New Year's Eve, that he was
still in hospital, and that I had to face
charges as soon as he was released.
They didn't really believe ,me, after a
scathing look at my 142 pounds of pure
suet, but they Weren't sure. "He was
just a little cop", I added. "I kicked
him right in the gall bladder." -
'When this palled on me, I swore I'd
had a brawl with the paper toy when he
Said I owed him for two weeks and I
said one. He's a big paper boy."
For the ladies, I use a• different
technique. I tell them that this lady
took a violent ?rush on me at a party,
that I was holding her gently, patting her
back and trying to quench her unrequited
passion, when her visions, Jealous hus-
band hit me right in the eye, right over
her shoulder, with my hands tied up.
They, raise an eyebrow, sometimes two,
but I can hear 'them muttering together
and sneaking glances at me from the other
end of the room. '
To others, I relate that I was arm-
wrestling with my ditughter, and when she
found I was winning-, she punched me in
the, left eye with her left fist. Which
she would.
I have lots of others. Hit my eye
on the rear-view mirror when I collided
with a snow-mobile and everyone else
suffered terrible lacerations. Struck my
eye„ en th‘end,of the handle of the snow-
shovel when -1 had my first coronary.
,Bu&ped. head-on into the •cat when we
were both crawling around under the bed,
looking for her. • ,
But I .will never, never resort to that
oldie abOut running into a door. I've 1,
` run into plenty of doors,*and other objects,
in my life. But it's a ,pretty cheap way
of accounting for a, black eye.
I swear my wife didn't do it: She was
so ill through the holidays she couldn't
have given a goldfish a black eye. What's
your version? Drop a line.
In the' Years Ago,L4e'sz
Each generation has a .
tendency, to look on those
the.werations that
follow as beina somewhat
nuts.. Not literally, of.
course,-but at least inso-
far as s.peech;' 'dress and
choice of music.is con-
cerned.
It's what is known as
the generation gap,-
. We can agree, of course,
that those who constitute
-the youth generation to-
day do'a lot of funny
- funny at least
. to those •of who,faced
with advancing years, are
accused of being 'out of
touch.
Perhaps things aren't
as backas they seem.' At
least the kidsare read:
-1np.Mb're and watching
television lesS according
to a recent conference.of
,_newspaper people.'
The findings -of a study
' for the Bureau of Adver7
t'ising of Media habits
and attitudes, of a national
,.sample of 1:,60.0-voun
people between the,. ages
'',3=f,,,14°•and 25 showed that
5:„{
firA.. 0 - thee-lEdItoi4
„Thanks for
Sir:
The Huron-Perth T.B. and Respiratory
Disease Association 'wishes to thank,the
residents of the two, counties for their
generous support in our current Christmas
Seal Campaign which ends January 31,1971.
We, are especially grateful to our young
supporters, The Perth County 'Junior
Farmers; and the two elementary schools
who contributed to qur charitableorganiz-
ation and others, instead of exchanging
gifts in 1970.
The newspapers in the area are to be
commended for fine coverage of activit-
ies.
And, of course, our campaign would
1.
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73 percent of those in the
14-25 age group read one
or more newspapers on the
average weekday. This
compared with 78 percent
of all adults.
The'study report also
made these points:
_Young people typicallY
spend almost asrrruch
time with each newspane
as -the average adult,a.nd
they absorb the adverti's'ing
as well as the editorial
content.-
YOunn people who ,are
most mature, more res-
ponsible, and more:likeTY'
'to attain future leader-
ship are'the most likely
to read the'newsoaper on-
any given day.
As young .people grrow
up they read -newspapers.
more and watch television
less.
The research results
showed that 72 percent of
freshMen and s-OPhomores
and 81 percent of juniors
and seniors_in high.schobl.
read a newspaper on the
average weekday.
Assistance
_not be a success without the co-operation
and care or all oiir postal workers and
volunteers.
In other words, "Thank You" for
remembering
"It's • A Matter of Life and Breath!"
Mrs..Beryl Davidson, Reg.N.,
Program Director,
Huron-Perth Tuberculosis &
Respiratory Disease Assoc.,
121 Wellington Street,
'Stratford, Ontario.
January 15, 1971.
JANUARY 25, 1946.'
M. and Mrs. James Rivers, North
Main Street, celebrated their 60th wed-
ding• anniversary.
John Bennett, who makes his home with
his son: Foster Bennett, marked his 89th '
birthday. T,he occasion was marked bra
family dinnei.
A grant of $25,000 was received by
ti Scott Memorial . Hospital from Huron
County Council.
Congratulations and, best wishes are'
extended to. Mrs. paniel Gruminett Who •
on January 27th celebrated her 96th birth-
day. Mrs.- Grummett resides iv,Ith. her •
sister, Miss Brown, who is 90 ye,irs of" .
age. A sow owned by Oscar Wagner of
Zurich, gave birth to 11 piggies, all of
which died since the sow had no milk.
However, eight days later, the sow gave
'birth to an additional 16 young ones"'
The 1945 officers of the Winthrop
Red Cross Society were reelected.
Boxes were sent to John Adams, Les.
Beattie, Art McClure, Ken Betties, over-
seas and to Jack Habkirk and JOe Patton
in Canada, unable to get home.
Alfred Edward Erwin of Hayfield, War-
den of Huron County for '1920, and for
many years reeve of the village died 'in
Scott Memorial Hospital, Seafprth.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McGavin, Miss
Audrey MeGavin, Miss Marian McGavin,
were in Exeter attending the funeral of
Mrs. McGavin's father, the late Mr.
Davis of Winchelsea. ,
The many friends of Mrs. Henderson,
.Who makes her• home with her daughter,
Mrs. Alex Wright, on the Mill Road,, are
sorry to learn that she fell and broke her
hip. She is confined to Scott Memorial'
Hospital.
JANUARY 28, 1921.
Melvin Crich of •Tuckersmith has'his
new house finished and has moved in.
F. D. Hutchison of Staffa, having bought
the stock of groceries and provisions and
leaied the property lately ,occupied by
Donald E. McKinnon is prepared to serve
the people of Seaforth_ and surrounding •
country. •
At the opening m eeting of Huron CountY
Council, Reeve Peter Doig was elected
Warden for 1921.
T. Archibald and Joseph Ryan of Walton
'entertained the young people to a dance.
Good music was provided by the Seaforth
Orchestra.
Harry Bennewies of Manley is instal-
ling .a Delco light plant. Reid Bros. of
Seaforth are doing the work. It is one
of the largest plants, on any one, farm in
Ontario as it has over 80 outlets. .
John Rankin, broker of this town, has
been notified by -the -Governor General
through the secretary, of state that he
has been appointed an official trustee
under the new bankruptcy, act. .
Adam Dickson, a highly iespected
resident of this town, .passed. away at
his home on North Main Street in his-13r_d_ •
year. He was born in Roxburghshire,
Scotland, coming to Canada five years
later with his parents. '
'De Ladies Aid of First Presbyterian'
Chuff li"neld a most successful and largely
attended social for :the members of Abe
congregation. Dr. mary Cowan, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Cowan,,,wae the
honored guest. •
The euchre given in the Town Hall
by the Band was 'an enjoyable event,
24 tables being in operation.
Mrs.. J. A. Wilson . entertained the
ladies of her neighborhood to a tea in
honor of Mrs. John Warwick.
Thos. Brown, the popular auctioneer,
met -with -ft painful accident at the farm
of John Hudson,,,,, in Tuckersmith. He
did not notice a clothes line stretched
in front of' him . The line struck him
on the face inflicting a wound-that-re-
quired several stitches to close.
JANUARY 24, 1896.
Thompson Hros. of -Kippen, while
moving their 'engine along the 2fid. con-
cession of Hay, near Thos. Dick's had
the misfortime to have it upset doing'
damage. ,to the extent of about $30.00.
The "last few weeks have been red
letter 'days' at the grist mill' at Kippen,
100 bags have been in some morningS
'before, 7 o'clock. Mr.McNevin has no
time to discuss politics.
While Rev. Muir of Brucefield was
returning from Grand, Bend his horse
met with a serious accident. It made"'
a mis-step And the shoe inflicted a deep
""cut in the heel of the front .foot. Thos
Mellis stopped the bleeding, but the horse
was minus a pail of blood.. Mr. Mc-
Intosh of Brucefield was sent for and
• soon had the animal in order' for going
home. • ..
The. congregation of the Lutheran
Church at Zurich have put a new chande-
lier with fourteen lamps in their church,'
-which will 'make a great-improvement in
lighting up the building. •
The by-law to raise $1500. for the
purchase of itown belOhe establishment
of an electric fire' alarm and the, pur-
chase of additional hose Was Carried by
a majority of 69.
• John McGavin, son of Henry' Me-
Gavin, of Tuckeremith, was kicked on
the side by a horse, and will be laid up for a few days.
James Gemmill has rented Mrs. Wm.
Chesney's farm in Tpckersmith.
The sleighing continues'good at Hensah
and large quantities of grain, wood, logs,
etc. are being i3iottght into, market.
Fred Neeb of Staffa, looked •at his
turnip , pit in the cellar and says the
turnips grew four inches since they were
put in the pits-
Forty couples assembled at the resi-
dence , of Wm. Archibald, McKillop, to celebrate his election as Councillor. Ex-
cellent music was provided fcir dancing,
by Messrs. J. McKim, Geo. Dickson and
James Hays.
John Rapier of the 10th concession of,
-McKillop has purchased the farm Of Henry
Hillebrecht. The farm pontains100 acre/I t'
on which are 40 acres± of good wood land:
It was purchased for $3,300.
A serious 'accident be-fel Mrse, 'Toting, housekeeper it 0..E. Cresswell's. She
had gone to milk the cows when one Of
the animals kicked her viciously breafing,
her leg between the knee and ankle.
The annual meeting of the IVIelCillOP
Vire Inaurinee CoMpany was held. All
the ,Old officers were re-appointed, G06.
Watt, President; /Mines Broadfoet, Vice
Pres.; W. J. Shantion, Secretary and M. Murdie, inspedor.
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