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Clinton News-Record, 1968-05-09, Page 2LETTERS THE EDITOR '', Business and Professional Directory R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST The square, GODERICH 524-7881 OPTOMETRY J. E. ,LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET ror appointment phone • 41E4010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1840 INSURANCE K, W. CMQVHOUN INSURANCE /A REAL ESTATE ',hem's; Office 4884747 Rse: 482-71104 HAL. HARTLEY Phone 482-6693 , LAWSON AND WISE INSURANCE— REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Clinton Office: 482.9644 H. C. Lawson, Res.: 482-9787 J. T. Wise, Res.: 4824265 RONALD L. McDONALD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 39 St. David St. Godericii 524.6253 ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Air-Master 'Aluminum Doors and Windows Rockwell P and ower Tools JERVIS SALES R. L. Jervis—OS Albert St. Clinton-4824390 Attend Your Church This Sunday NOTE — ALL SERVICES ON DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec) Pastor: JACK HEYNEN, B.A. SUNDAY, MAY 12th 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—Church Service. — ALL ARE WELCOME HERE — ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH "THE FRIENDLY CHURCH" Pastor: REV, GRANT MILLS, B.A. Organist: MISS LOIS GRASBY, A.R.C.T. SUNDAY, MAY 12th 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—WORSHIP SERVICE. ..Today's youth, is completely ruin- tke older generations favorite „gun sing; gam"-"What' these kids anyway?" Out go the youngsters on cold, windy week-ends walking 10, 25 even 35 miles, getting blisters all over their feet and straining their muscles left and right. Just to raise half a mi! in bucks for poor people across Ceolada and th^ world. Come to think of it; what's the matter with parents anyway? Why didn't they do things like that when they were young? THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE. INSURANCE COMPANY Office — Main Street SEAFORTH Insures: • Town Dwellings • All Class of Farm Property • Summer Cottages • Churches, Schools, Hallo Extended coverage (wind, smoke, water damage, falling °Wed i s etc.) s also available. Agents: Jame§ Keys, RR 1, 8ealortnt V. J. Lane, RR 5, Sea- 'forth;Leiner Jr.,1.,ondeshom; Selwyn Baker; Brussels; Harold Squire,' Clinton; George Coyne, Dublin; Donald G. Eaton,. Seaforth. -RE'"": !RSV COMP Clinton News-Record Amalgamated THE Hk:RON NEWS-RECORD • 1924 Established 1881 , Published Every ThUrtiday At The Heart Of Huron County Clinton. Ontario, Canada Population 3,475 8 8 Cel STOnett confilbutiont To this tiefiffeatioiii arc the /Odom of iha writers only, and do not Minuted!, **est the vhaWs of the newspapet, AuthorfAil as Sectind Class Mall, Post office iiiipatimiint, Ottawa, and for 'Parrnint of Postage In Cads sOlsOciirnoN i§ayatilia In ixivittas Canada and rat lifttitii no a two *dititod ffatw cad kif411411: CO, $1410 Copts II Cara. THE CLINTON NEW ERA Established 1886 WeslaY-Willis'—‘1,091rnesville United ChOrdils',' • • REV; A.4„MOWATT; ap.., BA, B.D., Minster MR. LORNE DOTTERER, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, MAY 12th WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED CHURCH - 9:45 am.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—FAMILY FLOWER AND BIRD SERVICE. Please bring flowers Saturday and birds and more flowers Sunday morning). HOLMESVILLE 9:45 a,m.—FAMILY DAY SERVICE. 10:45 a.m.—Sunday School. MAPLE ST. GOSPEL HALL Sunday, May 12th 9:45 a.m.—Worship Servite. 11:00 a.m.—Sunday School: 8:00 p.m.—Evening Service. Speaker: Bob Brandon, Forest Tues.; Prayer and Bible Stud 8:00 p.m. Pentecostal Church Victoria Street W. Werner, Pastor Sunday, May 12th 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—Worship Service. 7:30 p.m.—Evening Service. Friday, 8 p.m.—YPU Minting It has taken a lot of gut ton's five new councillors to back a budget w.hich." raises the average tax bill by 25 per .cent, The freshmen are aware they are going to be the recip, Tents of ,any complaints and they are going to ..have to shoulder the .blame.. for the increases. • It seems logical they should be, , blamed .since the taxes remained rela, tively constant with relatively constant council lors. 1 But council is this /year faced with a. number of inevitabilities. One is the first of ten years of debentures on the new arena. The tax bill could have been less if the debentures had been spread over the 'usual 20 yeors but by paying them in 10 years there is a long term saving, of taxpayers' money. The public school needed more money because last year they worked on a surplus from the previous year. . Road equipment had to . be purchased and there is the usual in- flationary .price increases which cost town more each year. By keep-. ing town expenditures constant past councils have produced a 10 year in- flation backlog which .has suddenly caught up. They spent the same amount but since work cost more, they did less. If the new councillors were more concerned with re-elcetion than pre- paring a realistic -budget they could have ruthlessly into other items and reduced the rate increase. But paring the police, fire, public works, sanitation or recreation . bud- gets would have hurt the community as a whole. The new councillors were right to support the budget. The public, and particularly the more experienced councillors, should not use them as a target for criticism. worth wairKing In a county which abounds in social generosities such as unemploy- ment insurance, baby bonuses, work- men's compensation, old age pensions, widowers' pensions, blind pensions, physical disability pensions, and various forms of medical insurance it seems superfluous to introduce still• another form of social benefit. Robert Stanfield's promise of 'a guaranteed annual income "for all those Canadians who cannot earn for them- selves and who live• today below the poverty line" seems to be rather cum- bersome and indirect. It would be easier and bureaucratically less expen- sive to increase the present assistance payments to bring families above the poverty line, which Mr. Stanfield says is $3,000 for a family of four living in the city. Old age pensions, as an example, Sir: I read with interest the article on the Editor's page, 'Clergy becoming businesslike.' I have the feeling that the writer is taking a slap at the clergy without much basic awareness of the Church as it exists today. The criticism, generally, seems to imply that the clergy are affluent to the point where it impeded their spiritual vocation as clergy. I know of no Clergyman, in. eluding my own Diocesan His• hops, who fit into this cats. gory. Most of us do not own our own homes, and there is little likelihood of us ever doing so. Very few clergy own their cars, they usually have a plea- sant co-ownership with a bank, and I have not observed over. much luxury in the average clergy home. The point is also made that a great man once said shall not rest content until I see no man poorer than myself'. This was aimed at all men of good. will, and as it is used in this article, it is isolated from its context. It is a philosophy with which we all agree, and in which we are all engaged. If all the clergy handed over their pos- sessions to the poor, it would not solve anything at, all, only . result in., a larger number 'of poor peOPle. All 'Of ' us are 'Coiltribiiiing as much as we are able to those who are in need of help, and one of the duties of pastors is to promote assistance within the congregation, to those who are in need. ' An examination of the social service work in the major Church groups thru..ghout the world, will bear comparison with any other group or groups, if indeed, it does not surpass them. We have moved a long war over the centuries, to the conviction that it is a far bet- ter thing to uplift than to 'hand out.' The Church has been a pioneer, in' education in all grades, and many of the un- iversities owe their beginnings to the Church. Today, 'in spite of the seculariation of the un- iversities, it is still a fact that many of the' teaching col- leges and student residences are 'owned and subsidized by church groups, To move to• wards a better life through raising educational standards, is a far healthier program, than suggesting that a limited group lower themselves to a sub- standard level in order to iden. tify themselves with poverty. The writer also states that in many cases it is justifiable for a clergyman to own pos. sessions, but, he says, 'in all cases this detracts from his devotions to God and his people.' A study of the scriptures shows that in Old Testament times, the 'prophets themselves were often men of considerable pos. sessions, which did not dimin- ish their zeal for God or the people. The apostles were men , of, prOperty. and,when, they re. turned to their homes after the'- ▪ Reetirrgtion" JOdtes, "Pete- said, go afishing' and the others went with him. Their property did not affect their zeal for God and their new task. Indiscriminate 'hand out' charity often results in the ab- dication of intiative on the part of the receiver. There are many who are poor because of pecu- liar circumstances, and those who are poor because they take the line that 'the world owes them a living,' and this latter group wear out the steps of the clergy residences. The writer also suggest that clergy 'restrict themselves to God and the people.' I am not sure what this means, and I have a suspicion that it is also not too clear in the mind of the writer. This attitude sug- gests that a clergyman has no right to harbour any idea or pursue any course of action out- side the boundaries of his parish God does not expect individual clergy to 'hide in a corner' and cut himself off from the affairs of society, he serves the world wide Church, and must concern himself with what goes on in the wider sphere, if he is to serve usefully in his local responsibility. 'The United Church has set a pattern of modernity and, etc, . ... and other Churches have followed behind' is another as• sertion. I have many friends within the United Church, and I am not aware of any pats tern of 'affluence which exists among them. We are all aware that individual circumstances exist, where better-off congre. gations see fit to pay their pastors, larger-than-average stipends (and this is their pri. vilege) but this general pattern is, I am sure, a figment of the imagination. Finally the writer becomes 'ex cathedra', he informs us that the basic duty of the clergy- man is to 'transmit the love of God to his people, and the love of the people to God'. Again I am not sure what this means. The clergyman is not a shipper and receiver of a commodity called love. God's love is His over-all concern for the universe and mankind, and all the children of God are in- heritors of this birthright, and share its benefits as they re- spond or do not respond to the Will of God. It might be well for the writer to have a good look at some fundamentals of Christian doctrine, before he commits himself to print in this field again. In summing up this article, Mr. Editor, and I hope you will bear with me patiently, I feel these things: (a) it is theologically unsound (b) basically uninformed (c) contradictory (d) it lacks coherence and arrives at no conclusions. Mr.' Editor, I feel that your Editorial page is capable of a much better effort than this, article. 'Faithfully y'ours;" R. W. Wenham, Rector St. Paul's Anglican Church Clinton. Sir: On behalf of the Ontario Society for Crippled Children and associated Easter Seal ser. vice clubs, I take pleasure in extending warmest appreciation to your newspaper for the mm. perb publicity focused on our 196d taster Seal Campaign. It is only through this con. tinued interest and support that we are able to relate the many important physical needs of thousands of crippled young- sters in Ontario and in the end, provide greater opportunity with independence. Again and very simply, thank you.. W. Denis Whitaker Chairman, Provincial Easter Seal Committee Sir: Have searched last week's issue for comment or story of the Central Huron Secondary School production of Brigadoon. There is none. Why? There are about 2,000 thrilled people from Clinton and dis- trict, still'humming tunes from this excellent production. This was truly a happy experience for our town. Some of us have travelled many miles, and paid much more, to see shows that were often not as good. These fine young people that worked so hard, both front and back stage, have real reason to be proud of their. success. Mr. Cull and his assistants have a fine talent for demand- ing, and getting; top per- formance from these singers: An opportunity has been provided for them to use their talents. They are gaining a glimpse and appreciation of some of the fine arts. We hope Mr. Cull sees fit to continue with more of the same as years go by. (Mrs.) Mildred McAdam, 165 James St., Clinton. Sir: This letter is written in hope that we .can correct some of the statements made in an article by Dr. Morgan Smith which appeared in your paper recently. Dr. Smith singles out McKillop as an area where one- room school buildings are still in use and goes on to write the following which are not entirely true. Quote 1: "The only one-room schools left are in McKillop Township", and "Why ,have some schools nearly all the ad- vantages of the best city schools while others are providing al- most a 19th century style of teaching." It is true that we are using the one-room buildings but the style spf teaching is the same as in a majority of the multi- room schools. Each room (or school in this case) has two grades and each teacher has approximately 30 pupils except kindergarten. Our teachers are encouraged to attend summer courses and visit other schools in order to keep up with chang- ing methods and materials. Quote 2: "Some have spank. ing new buildings and others date from last century." All of the school buildings in use in McKillop were con- structed since 1900 except two. All have been remodelled and include good washrooms, good heating systems and a , first- floor play area almost as big as the classroom. In any case everyone knows it takes more than buildings to make a school. The McKillop T.S.A. Board has encouraged the teachers in using new methods and materials and had hoped to ad- vance further until blocked by the new legislation. We hope that Dr. Smith and others who are interested in our schools, will add the follow- ing features of the McKillop School System to their notes. 1. There are two grades per room. Grades 1, 8 and kinder- garten are each in one room. 2. Rooms are not over- crowded (approximately 30 pupils per teacher). 3. Kindergarten provided. 4. Kindergarten pupils trans- ported to and from school each day. 5. Board elected by and directly responsible to the electorate. 6. Taxes shown separately on statement. • 7. Schools and buses are paid for in full. 8. Mill rate is reasonable and the board has sufficient funds to operate without bor- rowing during the year. 9. No pupil is required to be on a bus before 5 to 8 a.na. and the last one is home by 4:30 p.m. 10. Pupils are picked up at their own gateway usually 40 rods or less from buildings. The contents of this letter have been eiCattlitiL., by the members of the -McKillop Town- ship School Area Board and are concurred in. Arthur S. Bolton. clinten News-Record, Thursda y, Ma y 9, 1900 not to blame new welfare not necessary should be increased to at least $125 monthly. Slight increases to the perm- anently disabled would be justified. But increaseds are not necessary in all instances, and some families of four with no money earner are getting along nicely above the $3,000 level: Many are getting two, three and even four types of assistance at the same time. Anotner welfare payment, cover- ing a broad area in a very non-restric- tive way will only serve to make it easier for the, capable but slothful "wel- fare wage" family to continue to take unearned money from governments. Canada is not seriously lacking in caring for its poor. We must remem- ber what is called the "poverty line" in Canada is luxury living in two-thirds of the world. ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister " • Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, MAY 12th 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 10:45 a.m.—WORSHIP SERVICE. May 14—Madeleine Lane Auxiliary meeting at Mrs. Orland Johnston's, 23 Gibbings St., 8:15. — EVERYONE WELCOME — CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH SUNDAY, MAY 12th REV. MR. SCHOLTEN, Exeter 10:00 a.m.—Morning Service—English. 2:30 p.m.—Afternoon Service—Dutch. Every Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 680 CHLO, St. Thomas listen to "Back to God Hour" — EVERYONE WELCOME — ••• PASE CHAPELS Canadian Forces Base Clinton ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL Chaplain—F/L THE REV. F. J. LALLY Sunday Masses-9:00 a.m. and 11:00 cm. Confessions—Before Sunday Masses and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays Baptisms and Interviet — By Appointment Phone 482.3411, Ext. 253 PROTESTANT CHAPEL Chaplain—S/L THE REV. F. P. DeLONG SUNDAY, MAY 12th Holy Communion—Following Divine Service, 1st Sundays • 8:30 cm, on other Sundays Sunday School-9:30 a.m. (Nursery Department at 11 cm.) Divine Service-11:00 a.m. Interviews, Baptisms, etc. — By Appointment Phone 482.3411, Ext. 247 or 482.9648 after ,hours.