The Huron Expositor, 1976-11-25, Page 10Slippery roads were blamed
for a three vehicle collision on
Highway 8 weSt of Seaforth
Monday afternobn.
All occupants of the vehicles'
escaped injury.
Damage to an eastbound car
driven by Effie Hulzebos of RR 2
Brussels was $750 =larding to a
spokesman for. Godefich OPP
investigating the mishap.Dainage
to a westbound car driven by Mrs.
June Martene of RR 4, Seaforth,
amounted to $300.
An oil tanker,westbound
driven by Donald Cole of RR 1,
Hensall, received $100 damages.
The aecident occurred Monday
at 'fa() On; two miles west of
5eafetth,
A numher of -cars went off the
road in the area at the beginning
of the week in several minor
aecidents.
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(BY W,G.Strong)
-"KWh of Mingled gloom and glory.,
SOO- and shadow, frost and „snow,
SleePing wood and silent garden,
Firelit room and hearthside glew.
.Tinte Of endings and beginnings,
Eringing to a weary earth
Wonder of the Christmas message
• Tidings of 'a Saviour's birth. _ •
Welcome, welcome, grey becember
With your gifts of hope and cheer,
Light your lafnp at winter's gate
And crown with joy the passing year."
Christmas and the days leading thereto will always
mean different things to different people. To stores and
business houses it is a prolonged season that has
become associated primarily with business. For many it
is the most lucrative „season in the year. It means a
stepping up of sales', a success story measured in
dollars and cents.
To the average child it means Santa Claps and
presents and toys. It is a season to which children look
ferward because of what they hope ici get. To many
grown-ups it is a headache - sometimes in inore senses •
than one.Too often it is not a religious time but a social
time. It involves preparation 'and shopping, the sending
-Of cards and the selecting of gifts. To most of us it is a
day of family gatherings which to the mother spells
long hours of worry and' work.
Christmas today has become assodated with all of
these things: 'with business and presents, with
Christmas parties and Santa Claus, with social
gatherings and family dinners and, too often, at an
expense many can ill afford', - „
This is not all that is inVolved in Christmas, of course.
must,be recorded that there is nothing wrong with
any or all of these things. They have marked the
ChriStmas tradition through the centuries. Thqy remind
us of the fact that while Christmas celebrateethe birth
of Christ, its origin is pre-Christian and there have been
non-Cristian elements in its celebration from the start.
They remind us that when the Christmas festival was
superimposed, on the pagan celebrations which
preeeded it, it was a superimposition only not a
replacement.
The peculiarly Christian contribution to all this,
gathering about the Christ Child is an enhancement of
that joy , not a diminishing of it, At Christmas we are all
heightened by a sense of magic 'and wonder to which
the stories and carols of Christian origin add a new
dimension not previously there. The day becomes
uminatedinthe midst of what has been inherited or
added from non-Christian sources,<with the marvel of
the gospel narratives, including the Child in the
manger, the tales of the Wise Men and the Shepherds.
As we hear, in song and story of that first Holy Night —
the Miracle and Message of the Manger, may it hearten
and inspire us not only now but on every day. Ma y
hope and happiness, the peace and promise of
Christmas, Spread its radiance through our lives.
Christmas has always been an occasion of joy. This is
the spirit in which we should receive it and celebrate it.
Even in this sorely-distracted world in which we now
live, Christmas should still make this appeal. This
appeal not only generates a feeling of joy but dreates in
us a desire for a more perfect way . of life than we
ordinarily achieve. It emphasizes not so much the
virtues of righteousness but the virtues of charity,
generosity, friendliness and brotherly-love. It is like a
little bit of Utopia loaned to us for a little while. It puts
us in the mood fOr good cheer, for the acceptance of the
christian ideal of peace on earth among men of good
will.
The tragedy is that it helps do this for a season only,
In the harsh world into which it intrudes itself, it has an
impact but little permanence. It sheds its illumination
for a brief moment, a tiny light in a dark world. Perhaps
that is the reason it is so richly jcherished, an intimation
of what we and our world might be, if we would.
May each of us be possessed with the true spirit of
this Christmas Season, it's joy, its beauty, its hope.
May we enjoy the blessings of peace to build and to -
grow and to live in harmony and sympathy with others.
May we face the future with confidence.
"Shine,' brightly, Star, and light us on our way
For we've a heap of Christmasing to do."
' (Selle)
(Anon)
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in moderation. A few years ago he went
into a hotel at Seaforth, and happened to
overhear a couple of young men in heated
argument, during which hispwh name was
used, One of the young men was under the
influence of liquor and the other was trying
to persuade him to go home on the pleas
that he had enough. The other asserted he
was going to have more liquor, that he was
like John McMillan.who could either take it
or leave it alone if he wanted to.
Mr• McMillan found they were neigh-
bour's sons and said "Well, if ye are taking
me as an example, I'll gi4ie y ou one you
• need not be ashamed to follow, for promie
you that I'll never touch a drop of liquor
again." And from that time henceforth he
became a staunch advocate of total
abstinence.
On the platform Mr. McMillan could be
nearly a hurricane if he wanted to. The
words fell from his lips in a perfect torrent
and lie was regarded as one of the most
rapid speakers in the Housd of Commons.
He attended a Conservative meeting in
East H uron on 'one occasion, to speak on
behalf of the Liberal candidate, but a
portion of the audience was disposed to be
ugly. He whipped off his coat, laid it across
a chair, then unwound the long black tie
which he at that time wore, and looking at
the defiant audience remarked "I came
here this evening to speak but if any man in
tbe audience wants • to fight I'll
accommodate him. I'm either going to
speak or to fight and I don't care which." It
is needless to say that he spoke. On
anothet occasion a somewhat similar
occurrence took place in the Town Hall,
Clinton. It was a Conservative meeting but
the late M. C. Cameron had asked
McMillan to speak in bis interests. He had
just got nicely going and was warming up
when he made reference to the, Pacific
Scandal. Instantly there was an upr-oar,
and a determined effort not to let him
speak. The chairman made no effort at the
inoment to preserve order, and McMillan
tried three or four times to proCeed, raising
his voice, but it was no use. Mr. Cameron
walked to the edge of the platform and said
"Boys, if you don't allow John McMillan to
say what he has to say, I'll see to it that no
one else gets a hearing on the other side."
The disturbers quickly subsided and Mr.
McMillan made a speech that was about as
scathing and hot as it could be.
South Huron loses an old and much
respected resident and Liberalism a sturdy
defender in the deathzof Mit McMillan,
ex-M.P. He was of the type of self-made
men who have done so much to transform
Ontario from a wilderness into the
flourishing land it now is, and without
average:educational or other advantages
he„raised himself to the highest positions of
trust and confidence of his n eighbors. he
was admired for his candor, earnestness
and clearness-Of iviiew, and Grit and„Jory
'alike will regret. 'his death. - Hamilton
times.
Mr. Johe McMillan was so hale and
, hearty a man that it is difficult to realize
that he had long since passed the line of
three score years and ten. He was in his
earlier manhood a man of great physical
strength, and in later years his style of
speaking gave the impressin of energy and
of remarkable intellectual power. His
utterance WaS rapid but it was , not the
fleen0" that Mr. '1%N/in 'once
described as characteristic of some speaker
but simply the result of rapid thinking. His
matter was excellent and he had a strong
grasp of Liberal principles. He belonged to
a school of public men who have had a good
influence on the public life of Canada,
sturdy, filled with good common sense and
principles, and able to sympathize with the
mass of the people.
, • _ _ The farmers of Ontario
found in him an able representative, and it
will be well for our public life if Parliament
always contains such a one . - Toronto
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