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ONE MOMENT, PLEASE].
Some months ago a friend, with
reference to a sad failure in his
life, said, "I've sinned, but I re-
pented, and God has forgiven rne,"
A short time later a'e were called
to the city where he lived to con-
duct his funeral. Naturally clues,
tions arise, What confidence could
he have when he spoke? What
assurance can the sorrowing loved
ones now have?
With reference to eternal life Je-
sus said, "Search the Scriptures,"
As we go. to the Bible we find Pe-
ter and the other apostles giving
testimony before the high priest
and the council. In part they were
saying, "Jesus—hath God exalted
with his right hand to be a Prince
and a Saviour, for to give repen-
tance and forgiveness of sins,"
Acts 5:31, 32-,
We can clearly see that repent-
ance and forgiveness are insepara
able in the plan of God for man's
salvation. God cannot pardon an
impenitent sinner, This would con-
firm him In his evil way, Moral
disorder and the breakdown of the
social order would follow. But
when we repent and are forgiven
we are "made free from sin and
become servants to God, and have
our fruit unto 'holiness, and the end
everlasting life."
Likewise It must be that repen-
tance or forgiveness are joined to-
gether in the experience of man.
Indeed it is true that "while we
were yet sinners Christ died for
us." But no rebel can expect the
King to pardon his treason while he
remains in revolt. I can never
value pardon unless I am repen.
tant, and only if I know that I have
repented am I assured that I am
forgiven,
"Repentance is to leave the sins I
loved before,
And show that I in earnest grieve
by doing so no. more."
Also repentance and forgiveness
come from. the same source—the
Lord Jesus Christ. We are enemies
of God by our rebellion against
Him, which is revealed by our
wicked works.. But God has ap-
pointed Jesus Christ as the One by
whom He reconciles man to Him-
self, a reconciliation to be received
and made effective In us by faith.
Cowper, the poet, In his own me-
moirs of his early life, describes
the time when he reflected on the
necessity of repentance. "I knew
that many persons had spoken of
shedding tears for sin; but when
I asked myself whether the time
would ever come when I would
weep for mine, it seemed to me
that a stone might sooner do it.
Not knowing that Christ was exalt-
ed to give repentance, I despaired
of ever attaining it." A friend
spoke to him, about the grace of
God offered 'to us in the Lord Jes-
us Christ, His Son; that it is by
Him alone, at the cost of His own
life, that we are redeemed and
freely forgiven, when we bow be-
fore Him in repentance and faith.
Cowper says, "When I heard this,
and the Scripture on which it was
founded, my heart began to burn
within me; my soul was pierced
with a sense of bitter ingratitude
to so merciful a Saviour."
"Law and terrors do but harden,
All the while they work alone;
But a sense of blood-bought par-
don
Soon dissolves a heart of stone."
—Hart.
"Seek ye the Lord while he may
be found, call ye upon him while
he is near; let the' wicked man for-
sake his way, and the unrighteous
man his thoughts: and let him re-
turn unto the Lord, and he will
have mercy upon him; and to our
God, for he will abundantly par-
don," (Isaiah 55:6,7).
Commencenient
(Continued from page One)
board member Gordon Moir of Gor-
rie, Miss Corinne Rhame of Gorrie
rendered two delightful violin in-
strurrientals, accompanied by Car-
ol Robinson at the organ.
"Lord Jesus, Thou Prince of
Peace" was the selection sung by
the boys' choir under the leadership
of Mrs. Carl Douglas, accompanied
by George Conn.
J. Leslie Fortune, a member of
the board, presented Intermediate
Certificates to the following: Eliza-
beth Ann Adams, James Adams,
Philip Adams, Helen Anderson,
Shirlely Ballagh, Susan Bennett,
Robert Buckle, Frank Button, Eth-
el Byer, John Campbell, Marilyn
Campbell, Brenda Cathers, Wayne
Caslick, Joan Chittick, Nancy
Clark, Charles Congram, Brenda
Conron, Linda Coultes, Marie clout.
tes, Mary Craig, Elizabeth Dalli-
more, Joyce Davidson, Dianne Dey-
ell, Davey Edgar, Sharon Edwards,
Nancy Elliott, Wayne Farrier,-
Lynn Finnigan, Elizabeth Gold-
thorpe, Barbara Hall, Rose Marie
Hallahan, Alex Hamilton, Virginia
Hamilton, Edward Hand, Joyce
Harman, Glenn Harris, Gail Hen-
derson, Janette Henderson, Robert
Hetherington, Kathleen Hodgins,
Janet Horton, Ruth Hotchkiss, Bet-
ty Jo-Ann Howe, Harvey Huber.
Marlene Jacklin, Murray Jack-
lin, Carol Keil, Karen. Kilpatrick,
Patrick King, Dianne Kirkby, Ken-
neth MacTavish, Marlene Martin,
Wayne' Martin, William McIntyre,
Ruth McKague, Judith McKibbon,
Adeline McKinney, Grant McPher-
son, Benny Meurs, Jennice Merkley,
Sharon Merkley, 'Ruth Michie,
Rosemary Millen, Donna Moffat,
Elaine Moffat, Elwin Moore, Peter
Mulvey, Hugh.Mundell, Mae Myers,
Marie Noble, Claudia Norminton,
Margaret O'Malley, Doris Paulin,
Diane Penner, Thomas Powell,
Douglas Procter, Reta Redman, Su-
sanne Reynolds, Donald 'Ritchie,
Carol Robertson, Carol Robinson,
Russell Robinson, William Robin-
son, Patricia Ross, Sheila Ross,
Helen Runstedtler, Elaine Sander-
son, Patricia Schill, Marian Scott,
Richard Scott, Edith Shaw, Larry
Simpson, William Smyth, Thelma
Ste. Marie, Joanne Strong, Paul
Strong, Linda Templeman, Dale
Thomson, Julia Thornton, Harry
Vanderhoek, Teddy Welsher, Bon-
nie Welsh, Sharon Wilkinson, Mar-
lene Wylie. '
Graduation Diplomas
Presentation of Secondary School.
Graduation Diplomas (General and
Commercial) was made to the fol-
lowing students by another mem-
ber of the board, J, S. Armstrong:
Byron Adams, Karen Anderson,
Roger Bieman, Wallace Black, El-
izabeth Blair, Russell Button, Alan
Campbell, Marilyn Chamney, Doug-
las Coultes, Kathleen Craig, Wil-
liam Demerling, John de Yong,
Thelma Dobson, Greer Dunlop.
Barry Fuller, Paul Galbraith,
Gwenyth Gerrie, Eleanore Goy,
Mary Hamilton, Alberta Haugh,
Jane Hetherington, Ruth Hodgins,
Pamela Hussar, Brian Ireland, Di-
anne Jackson, Mary Jefferson, Ma-
rie Johnston, Shirley Johnston.
Barbara King, Bruce MacDonald,
Gloria MacDonald, Joan MacFar-
lane, James McNeil, Doaald Ma-
hood, James Mair, Sue Nesmith,
Ronald Nicholson, Nellie Niezen,
Patricia Norminton, Kathleen
O'Malley, Michael O'Malley, James
Rintoul,
Joanne Roane, Brian Schaefer,
Jerald Schmitz', Susan Sellers, Ro-
bert Shackleten, Lois Simmons,
Lynne Stuckey, Neil Turnbull, Roy
Vivian, Marllene Walsh, June War-
wick, Audrey Wheeler, John. Wight-
man,
board member A. H. McTavish to:
Joanne Cronin, Anne Douglas,,
Thelma Gowing, Ruth Henderson,
Brenda Hughes, Robert McBurney,
Elizabeth McDonald, Karen Mc-
Donald, Alan McTavish, Marilyn
Melvin, Donna Millen, Pamela Por-
ter, Lyle Smith, Lawrence Stuckey,
Sheila Tolton, Margaret Wightman,
Elizabeth Woods.
Proficiency Awards
The following proficiency awards
were presented by board member
R, S. Hetherington: Grade IX, to
Brenda MacLennan, donor R. H.
Lloyd; Special Commercial (XII),
Dianne Jackson, donor J. Mason;
Grade XII Special Commercial Typ-
ing, Marlene Walsh, donor Miss ,Y.
McPherson; Grade XII Home Ec-
onomics, Linda Clark, donor Wo-
men's Institute; Grade XII Science,
Mary Hamilton, donated in mem-
ory of W. A. Galbraith; Grade XIII
Proficiency, Pamela Porter, donor
F, R. Howson; Grade XIII English,
Pamela Porter, donor Mrs. James
Cleland; Grade XIII History, Pa-
mela Porter, donor E, S. Copeland;
Grade XIII French, Pamela Porter,
donor J. S. Armstrong; Grade XIII
Biology, Thelma Gowing, donor W.
S. Hall; Grade XIII Latin, Thelma
Cowing, donor Dr. W. A. McKib-
bon; Grade XIII General Profic-
iency, Thelma Gowing, donor W. H.
French; Grade XIII Physical Sci-
ences, Lawrence Stuckey, , donor
Tohn Pattison; Grade XIII Mathe-
matics, Lawrence Stuckey, donor
J. H. Crawford; Princeps Alumni,
Anne Douglas, donor F. E. Madill.
The Grade X Proficiency award,
donated by the Lions Club of Wing-
ham, was presented by the presi-
dent, W. W. Currie, to Susanne
Reynolds; Grade XI Proficiency
award was donated and presented
by Maurice Oliver to Murray Coul-
tes; Grade XII Proficiency award,
donated by The Berry Door Co.,
Lad., was presented by H. A. Ful-
ler to Mary Hamilton.
Scholarship Awards
The Wingham. District High
School Board scholarship was pre-
sented by A. D, MacWilliam to Pa-
mela Porter, who is now a student
at Victoria College, Toronto. The
W. Clark Isbister Memorial Schol-
arship in Applied Science and En-
gineering was presented by W. F.
Isbister to Grant McBurney, now
at Waterloo University.
The Wingham Kinette Club
Scholarship was presented by Mrs.
Bruce MacDonald, 'president of the
Club to Thelma Gowing, who is now
in training at Victoria Hospital,
London. This scholarship was re-
verted from Pamela Porter,
The' Dr. A. J. Irwin Scholarships
were presented by board member
R, B. Cousins to Mary Hamilton,
Ruth Hodgins and Douglas Coul-
tes.
The Canada Packers Award was
presented by D. M. Maltby to Lyle
Smith, now of the University of
Waterloo.
The Wingham District High
School Staff Award went to Mary
Hamilton and was presented by
Mrs. M. Cleland, Students' Coun-
cil Award was presented by the
president, John Strong, to Law-
rence Stuckey, University of West-
ern Ontario.
School Letters
Presentation of School Letters
and Boy's Trophy was made by A.
D, MacWilliam to the folloWing:
Senior Letters: Dennis Callan,
Peter Carmichael, William Dalli-
more, Wayne Farrier, Gerald Fox-
ton, Robert Hetherington, Ronald
Howard, Allan MacDonald, Donald
McDowell, Alan McTaVish, John
Madill, John Markley, Prank Riehl,
Douglas Spry, Alex Strong, Gerald
Thomas, Garry Willis, Greer Dun-
lop, Ruth Hodgins, Elizabeth Mac-
Donald, Sandra MacLennan,
Junior Letters: Philip Adams,
.Dennis,Callan, Garry Chapman,
George Conn, Murray Coultes, Wil-
liam. Dellimore, Wayne Farrier,
John Halliday, Robert Hethering-
ton, Stephen Howard, William jef-
fray, Allan MacDonald, Donald Me-
DoWell, Donald MoTavish, truce
Mitcham, John Madill, John Merit-
ley, Prank Riehl, Jerald, Sehnurr,
George Shinn, Donald Smith, Doug..
las Spry, John Strong, Jack Vivian,
Roy Vivian, Garth Walden, Allister
Official Opening
Of New Road Today
John W Hanna has received word
from Hon. F. M, Cass, Minister of
Highways, that tenders will be
called about the middle of this
week for the contract for grading,
drainage and granular base on
Highway No. 4, Clinton to Blyth, a
distance ,of nine miles.
Mr. Hanna has also been invited
to take part in the official opening
of the new development road No.
499 -from Dunlop to Blyth this
(Wednesday) afternoon at three
o'clock. The Hon. F, M. Cass will
officiate.
LEGION AUXILIARY
FACES BUSY WEEK
Commercial Diplomas
Prank Thompson of the school
board presented School Commercial
Diplomas to: Loreena Armstrong',
Audrey 13er:rat:get, Lorna. Bolt, Pa-
tricia Bryans, Phyllis Elliott, Mary
Fischer, Joyce Ford, Nancy pow-
ler, Carol Greig, Marlene Hen.,
hoeffer, Sandra Ireland, Geraldine
O'Malley, Marian Ruttari.
Secondary School Honour Gradu-
aloft Diplomas were presented by
Willie, Garry Willis, Karen And-
erson, Nadine Cooke, Carol Craw-
ford, Julie Cruikshank, Jean Gur-
ney, Mary Hamiltoii, Jean Jones,
Betty Ann Lapp, Sandra MacLen-
nan, Judith McKibben, Pamela Por-
ter, Judith Renwick,
A, D. MacWilliam Trophy to the
best boy athlete, Roy Vivian,
3, P. McKibbon Trophy to the
best girl athlete, Sean Jones.
Pamela Porter wag also the win-
ner of the Ontario Scholarship and
the Leonard Foundation Scholar-
ship, which are both Ontario-wide
awards, as well -as the $500 Univer-
sity entrance Dominion-Provincial
Bursary. A Dominion-Provincial
Bursary to Teachers' College of
$250 went to Marilyn Melvin and
the Grade XIII Bursary of $100
was won by Michael O'Malley.
The exercises concluded with a
rielectieri by the school's triple trio,
"I Heard a, Forest Praying", the ad-
dress by the charnoing young Vale-
dictorian, Pamela Porter, an at-
wrdion solo by Ruth Casagrande,
and ,selections by the massed choir,
Four new members were welcom-
ed and initiated into the Ladies'
Auxiliary to the Royal Canadian
Legion last 'Wednesday evening at
the Legion Home, when president
Mrs. Bob Casemore conducted the
meeting. The new members are
Mrs. Glen Foxton, Mrs. Helen Mer-
rick, Mrs. Jack Hayes and Mrs.
Jim Miller.
A thank you note was read from
the adopted veteran in Westminster
Hospital, Mr. Anderson, and the
Auxiliary also received information
concerning their second veteran,
Mr. M. Bock, who is newly ad-
opted, and will receive a parcel
each month in future.
An invitation was read from the
Clinton Branch to attend their
birthday party on November 8.
About seven ladies had attended the
Exeter birthday party since the
last meeting and reported a good
time. Mrs. George Johnston had
won the door prize at this function.
Comrade Mrs. V. DuCharme and
Mrs. Cy Robinson -were appointed
as the new sports officers and will
attend the meeting in Palmerston
on November 3rd. Comrade Mrs.
Bob Casemore was appointed to
place the wreath at the Cenotaph
during the Remembrance Day ser-
vice. The ladies made -plans for a
Hallowe'en dance which they spon-
sored on Saturday evening ,at the
Legion Home with Tiffin's or-
chestra.
On Friday evening of this week
the Auxiliary members will blitz
the town selling poppies. They are
to meet at the Home at 7 o'clock.
On November '5 the ladies are to
meet 'at the Legion Home at 10.30
a m, sharp, when they will parade
with the. Legion and veterans to the
United Church to attend service in
a body. On Friday evening, Novem-
ber 10, the annual dinner will be
held at St. Paul's Church at 6.30
and on November 11, the Remem-
brance Day memorial service will
be held at the Cenotaph. The Aux-
Waxy members are to form up at
the Armouries at 10,30 for the par-
ade to the Cenotaph.
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John Robarts will become the
next premier of the Province of On-
tario, Following his election as lead-
er of the Progressive Conservative
party in Toronto last week, and the
announced intention of Premier
Leslie Frost to resign at once, Mr.
Robarts'" succession to the office be-
comes automatic.
Though the new leader will be•
4xious to serve all parts of this
province with impartial interest, and
doubt will do SO — it is a
source of satisfaction to a vast num--
- of persons in Western Ontario
.,itat the new premier comes from
..his area. We understand it will be
he -first time that a man from our
ztion of the province has held the
office,
• . Chairman of last week's conven-
tion was, of course, another Western
Ontario= man, well known here —
Filnier D. Bell, of V,xeter, who was
named president of the Progressive
Conservative Association of Ontario
just- a year ago. His able handling
of the meetings proved that he was a
wise choice.
With the election of a new party
leader and his succession as premier
the: question of a provincial election
immediately arises, So far Mr. Ro-
barts has not committed himself on
this. -subject, merely saying that it
would come "within 18 months." It is
highly likely, however, that he will
• THE OTHER SIDE
-..Friday evening produced some
strange contrasts for this writer.
Hard on the heels of the ions Club
speaker, who predicted imminent an-
nihilation for many of us, we hurried
to.the high school for the Commence-
ment' exercises, where the speaker
was PadreW. A. Young of the 0A.C.
In his opening remarks he ex-
- pressed not the fear which this pre-
sent age produces — but rather the
hope. "You are living in dangerous
times," he admitted . "they are also
exciting times."
He proceeded to point out the
challenges to you people which are
prOvided by the new age into which
we have been thrust—and he empha-
sized the paramount importance o
the well-trained human mind in the
world of tomorrow.
One of the greatest results of
education, said the padre, is that the
recipient must assume the responsi-
bilities of leadership—and this at a
time when the need for intelligent
leaders was never greater. • "Ignor-
ance," „he said, "is one of the most
frightening things in the world."
Another point which Rev. Mr.
Young emphasized was that the edu-
cation with which a young person
leaves school is not necessarily
knowledge. E.ducation is a continu-
ing process, one which, in the truly
intelligent human never ceases until
his dying day. The formal education
received in school is but the provision
of the tools with which to continue
• and expand one's ability to acquire
more and more learninc,. To illustr-
ate he said, "A knife and fork do
not constitute a dinner."
On the whole we found the even-
ing interesting in its contrasts. One
man seeking to warn of the end of
all things ; the other trying to point
out that man's lot can and must he
made better through the dedicated
use of the mind given to each of us
by a loving Creator.
The big question which runs
through our thoughts is whether or
not most human beings found them-
selves in the same dilemma when
Noah tried to warn them about the
wrath to come.
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want to see ,a public vote as soon as
possible,. for he will no doubt feel
that the voters at large should ratify
the decision of the PC Association.
Mr. Robarts' position is one in
which are mixed the skeins of both
good fortune and difficulty. Firstly,
he follows in the footsteps of a man
who has commanded the destinies
of this province with unusual skill
and decision — a record which will
inevitably provide a very high set of
standards to be matched by his suc-
cessor.
On the other hand, however, Mr.
Robarts assumes the first office of
the province at a time when pros-
perity has returned in full measure to
our economy; when employment is
high and confidence in the existing
government is strong. As with each
of the contenders for the leadership
Who spoke at the convention Mr.
Robarts referred to thoSe changes
and innovations which he proposed
to carry out. In this regard we feel
that he has already shown evidence
of his ability to think creatively and
act upon his own conclusions. The
recent Alterations in our educational
system, originated by the• depart-
ment of which he has been minister.
indicate that we may anticipate new
plans in many other branches of the
administration, now that he is at the
helm.
Though the future looks promis-
ing at thepresent moment, every liv-
ing soul is aware that we are on the
brink of what could be the final
disaster for the human race, and
there is little doubt that Ontario's
new premier is looking at his respon-
sibilities with this sobering thought
in mind.
FRIGHTENING FIGURES
Grant McGuinness, speaker at
the Lions' meeting on Friday evening
had some startling and alarming
facth to convey to his listeners. His
message was an impassioned warn..
ing to all and sundry that immedi-
ate action is absolutely vital to our
survival in a nuclear war which
many well-informed people feel is
inevitable.
"Civil defence," he said, "is the
greatest bargain you will ever get."
He went on to point out that for
every dollar we spend on CD at the
municipal level the federal govern-
ment will pay 75 cents and the pro-,
vincial government 15 cents — our
own share is only 10 cents.
The main burden of his message
was that we are deluding ourselves
if we think that we live so far from
the chief target area that we would
not be seriously affected by nuclear
bombing, Instead, he said, we are in-
the very heart of the industrial area
of North America and -we would all
become casualties in any general as-
sault against this prime target area.
The speaker said that Russia has
been preparing shelters for its key
people for years. He also pointed to
the superiority of Russian aircraft
and rockets and stated his belief that
the Russians would be prepared to
sacrifice hundreds of thousands of
their own non-vital population to
win a nuclear war.
As we said at the outset, the ad-
dress was a frightening one. It was
intended to startle a few more Ca-
nadians out of what the experts feel
is a dangerous state of complacency.
It must he agreed that we are
much too wishful in our thinking.
Most of us can think up a dozen good
reasons why it just can't happen.
This, of course, is foolhardy—and all
too similar to the state of mind
which preceded World War II. But
in the final analysis — despite the
pamphlets and the prophets — the
average citizen is still pretty helpless
to. prepare for such stark emergency.
It would appear that the neces-
sary guidance and assistance will
have to come from some level of gov-
ernment. We are still hopeful that
the appointment of a director of
Vmergency Measures Organization
within our own county will produce
the type of action in this area which
can be 'directly applied to our im•
mediate problem.
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