Clinton News-Record, 1979-07-12, Page 34
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' People in Profile:
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by -Shelley IVIeP4ee
• Being a woman minister of the
United Church ir OhlYzone of theliiany
.• unique qualities of Wilena BrOwn. °
Actually Miss Brown does not think
of herself as ' particularly different
from, anyone...else. However, one thing
that makes this outspoken lady a, little
special is her unwavering concern for
people and her variety of ways of
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• Her concern for people, whether it be
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a: personal basis or regarding the
entire society, is clearly seen in her
career, as a minister, in her work with
the "community and in -her special in-
terests. -- - - - -- -
Miss Brown will be more than just a
preacher for the Varna and Goshen
United Churches, her newest' charges. '
If her past record is- maintained, it is
likely"that she'll delve into the history
of the community, and the church.
Through this, she will begin her un-
derstanding of tile people.
"The history is here," she
thoughtfully explained, "but it's not my
privilege to wipe it out, only to be part
•- of that history for awhile.,"
While Miss Brown ha. s no intentions
of changing the past).- she hopes to
improve on the future.
She -is concentrating many of her
efforts on_Huron County, where she has
resided for the past four years, just
completing a term as minister at a
church in Bluevale.
She is particularly concerned and
appalled at the amount of alcoholisni in
the .county's youth and for this reason
she serves on a special committee,
'Alcoholism and Youth in Huron
County.:
"I just ache when I think about the
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-Our mistake
It was incorrectly reported in last
week's News-Record.that Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Waymouth were taken to
hospitalfollowing- a June 43: -Car ac-
cident in Clinton.
The report shotild have read that Mr.
and Mrs. Waymouth ,were uninjured,
but the driver of the second car Russell
Boyle and his wife Monica were treated
in Clinton hospital for minor injuries,
The News -Record apt:log-12-es for any
inconveniences that this mistake may
have caused to either party involved.
stuckifi
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alcohbl," she said.
She added ' "1 think I feel really
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loss of life and its meaning lleause Of don't go 'into the rural ministry,” the past. It wAs at the age ot 15 while she
rninister of 26 years experience ex- was gOing gh schoo rum, 0 a
plained "You have to be willing to take- Scotia that, she felt caned to the'
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strongly about the family pitterns and your place in the fabric of s.pciety."
this alcoholism is one of the. areas, While working in a large. urban
where we so badly --.see the breakdoWn- church in Edmonton a_number 6f years
of families". '' • • ago, Miss Brown said that 'sfte- had
Wh the roble of alcoholisin exists "just barely. skimmed a:cro• Si the.
puzzles Miss Brown. qhe. believes that
part of the. reliance on liquor comes
-from a need --for 'person. to -express,
themselves.
"There are an awful lot of people in
the 'Me' generation iyhO.don-!:t know the
limits ofexpression.
"People need to be able to express
.their feelings, good, bad and indifferent
in healthy ways.. Generally it's -not easy
hough,,,- it's been an. authoritarian
society but we're mating out_af.
We've always been told what to cf,•?„ and
what not to do."
She continued: "Young people
particularly are looking for some
standard of value. I believe they need
to find a new way but I don't believe
that anything goes:','
Miss Brown heicself has a number of
ways of expressirig herself to help her
clearly communicate with others. She.
has the advantage of being able to
preach every Sunday to a church full of
people. Although she has .questionned
the , importance of monologue
preaching in the --past, she has accepted
it now and considers it to be a privilege.
"I get to,say everything, but I'm sure
the congregation has opinions too," she
admitted.
Miss Brown, considered to be liberal
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in her thinking by some, puts great
•value in dialogues and group
discussions. She has studied this type of
learning and communication in. -her
continuing education studies. - • \'
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"I feel that groups, • everyone
should be heard and no one ignored,"
she.stressed. ••
One of Miss Brown's pleasant
jobs is relating to children. In. the
church she develops a special story for
the children from the sermon and with
the help of- many visual aids, including
her two hand puppets, and com-
munication gaps quickly disappear.
In fact; "The adults quite honestly ...A•c,
enjoy the children's story better than -
the sermon," she admitted with a grin.
Although still a newcomer to the
Varna and Goshen areas, Miss Brown ,
believes- that to be part of. the corn-
munity • and • to have, a good un-
derstanding of it, one must be totally
devotedto the people.'
"If you're no.t ready to be involved,
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ministry.
"I just had a feeling of rightness
about it," she vividly reinern-bered.
Her chole to enter the ministery has
undoubtedly proven to be a right move":
• sp,rfaFe of the people's lives."' • At 50 years old_she. is completely in -
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:One of the really 'great joys of the volved in her work an,c,1 finds it both
ministry is in the sharing_of people ekcittrig-andve"Ff-satistying.
hearts. I feel...that ministers have the • .Her career as. an ordained minister
possihility of having. some-of..the most has taken her through many facets of '
. meaningful relationships in the world. Christian work;'from teaching, serving'
• - today. We're one of the few people who on boards including ,a present, position
can actually gointo a person's home on -the Huron -Perth Presbytery,;
and, offer help and so often people need- , helping to -devetap groups, like the
- isomeone to share- sornething_with;" _ pastoral services at the Wingham
"So many people want to feel about -hospital- to- 'using - her beliefs. and. .
something," she went on, "but they're knowledge in community work.
afraid to get involved. You see, human Miss Brown calls herself a curious
beings have a habit of raising ethical person, "I'm the sort .of person who
questlons, continuing needs and future pays a lot of attention." ---1.-- -
generations."- This is evident not only in her many
WhilCVTISS Brown feels that 'society interests involving her. work, but also in
is going through a very confusing time, her number of personal hobbies which
she remains optimistic about - the include art, photography, creative
unknown future. writing and sewing.
"I have an enormous arriount of The- majority of •Miss Brown'sin-
respect for the good in people. • Just-
terests are for one main reason
because we hear of all these dangerous however, they all help in her ever
things does' -t mean that the nature of present concern for people: ,
the world has changed." . • "I need to have a wide variety of
Pe•rhnpq Mk q Brown is right. her knowledge to help the people in my
foresight having proven correct in the congregation," she said with' firm
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I like to think of myself a liberal
- thinking person. As a nouveau riche
young person, I like to follow a wide
variety of interests, try to be broad-
minded in my acceptance -of new
ideas and tolerant in my rejection of
others. But truthfully, .there is one
thing that L just can't comprehend,
moderh art.
I think, live tried. I've stood,
studying pieces of modern art trying
to understand the 'underlying
meanings, but usually all I can see is
a gaudy piece of well call it what
you will.
I must unfortunately admit that I
am.narrow-minded when it comes to
the acceptance of contemporary art.
I always hate the sneaking suspision
thaCmodern- artists are actual Con -
artists in disguise. They put together
a conglomeration of colors and
articles, like the various sizes of cow
turds on display at a an Ontario art
gallery, claiming to show the life
and dreath struggle, then try and
sell it 9n its profound implications.
They then trot off to the bank,
laughing all the way.
I. am particularly -intolerant of
modern artists who make their
peculiar "creation," then simply
call it Untitled. My imagination is
., vivid as the next person's, but
when I see a pile of tangled wire
'displayed as an object of art in a.
gallery, I want to know why it's
there and what it's supposed to say. I
don't want to have the feeling in the
back of , my mind that the art is
actually something a maintenance
man dropped on the way back to his
'supply room. ,
- At least When a piece of con,=. --
temporary art is called something,
• anything other than Untitled, I have
some beginning point at which to
, analyze and assess it.
•• NON I must admit that my
knowledge of art isn't extensive, but
I thorougly enjoyNoing to art
-galleries. There, I can understand
the paintings of the great masters,
or the landscapes of the Group of
Seven. To me, they illustrate a way
of life long gone..., They show the
feelings of the people and the
temperameni ' orthe land. These are
a part of our history.
I only hope,that future generations .
can appreciate today's art, and that •
it can help their understanding of
past generations.
s" In. the meantime I'm still stuck -on
modern art, but I'm willing to learn
more about it. Can anyone out there
help me? '
spegiing
The Whitehead House across the front and two on each
•'Circa 1857 side. A'porch once ran across the
. 'fine - Clinton ,,home;-- entire front _facade- The interior
located at Victoria -Stret still has two rooms on each side of a
maintains its air - of gracious wide entrance hall and four
detachment from the ever inair bedrooms above.
creasing noise of the street on Whitehead continued to be active
which It stands. -
The house was built -by Joseph
Whitehead. Whitehead had begun
to acquire property on Victoria
Street as early as 1853, but is not
thought to have begun building
until a few years later, around 1857,
Joseph Whitehead was born in
Guisboro, Yorkshire 8ngland in
1814. He had little formal education
and started working at an early
age. When he was 11 he took part as
stoker on the famous first ride. of
'The Rocket', the engine designed
by •George Stephenson. By 1846
Whitehead was involved with
in both town and county, and he
was instrumental in demonstrating
the advantages of steam power to
Clinton industry, making Clinton
by the 1860's a leader in the field.
He became the first 'reeve and
eighth mayor of Clinton, as well as
serving as member of Parliament
for North Huron for five years.
Joseph Whithead was married..
four times and had six children - all
of whom became distinguished
professionals. One child, Charlotte
became the first woman doctor in
Montreal, moving later to
Whitemouth, Manitoba where she
railway con struc tian for the joined her husband and father, who
Scottish Caledonia Railway. In were constructhig-a railway at the
1849, he came to Canada settling .time: Joseph' Whitehead died
first a mile north of Clinton, Where March 12, 1894 at the age of 80.
he engaged in farming and potash During this century, the house
manufacturing, but was soon baCk • has been home and office for three
at railway building, first con- of Clinton's doctors - tir. Gandier,
tracting to buildtwo sections of the, Dr. Oakes and prAsently, Dr.
Great Western. Baker. Dr. and Mrs. Baker retain a
The line was completed in 1853 deep interest in their historic home
and later Whitehead received the and. we wish to thank them for -the
contract for work. an the Buffalo- use of their historical data.
Brantford-Goderich . Railway. It Although the house , has been
was at this time that Whitehead added to and renovated a number
began building his house on Vic- of times, it' still remains an im-.
toria Street. pressive architectural landmark
The house; as built originally, on Victoria Street.
consisted . of the basic. central • (This is -one of a series of articles
square block (the north and south on buildings of historical
wings added»in the 20th century) significance in the Clinton area. It
with a -kitchen tail behind. The is researched and written by
building was constructed of Heather Hunter and Rob Cornish of
clapboard; had thre bay windoWs the LACAC committee.)
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Rev. Wilena Brown's first concern as a minister and person is comtnunication
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With children in church she breaks communication barriers with the use of two
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Rev. Brown use one of her many talents as the new minister at the Varna and
Goshen United Churches.(News-Record photo)
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