The Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-03-04, Page 10THEY COULDHAVE'' ASKED
ME! •
That .agir.+g enfant terrible,
Pi care Berton, has churned out
rana4h:'r tbool . With the .en.cour
,.ag€anent otf the ..r:rglican
church, he 'took .what 'Was 'sup-
posed to be a long, hard look
-- f f "tZThZ'e!il r i xf +b arta ey:
According to- the critical re-
views, the result, entitled The
Comfortable Pew, -turned out .to
be a short, soft look..
For years 1 have envied Ber-
•
ton for a number of reasons: his
facility with words; his TV in-
terviews with ,gorgeous d011's;'
his colossal gall; this big, ftgt
ineofle. Every time the big fuz
zdome scores anrotber coup, 1
get the green sickness.
But this is different. My jeal-
ousy is complicated by sheer
hurt. if the Anglicans wanted
somebody to write a book about
them, why did they turn to a
back -slid Anglican like Berton,
when they had a front -slid An-
glican, me, available.
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Like most converted Angli-
cans, I was hauled, Licking, and
struggling," into the fold,- on
sexual ` ger•aun is, aviex_ -Was
an Anglican.'
* * * •
At first, she used to shame
me into accompanying her tQ
church a couple of times a
year. Then the outfit fastened
'its tentacles to the kids. and
first thing' I knew 1 was going
to Bible Class pageants 'and
Sunday School picnics. •
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The pressure increased.
"Wouldn't' it be lovely," she
speculated with that phoney
wistfulness that makes you
want to run for the nearest exit,
"if you. could , be Confirmed at
the same time as your little
son?"'
*
'dug in my heels. r refused
to join in the general confes-
sion, because 1 could hearmy
mother, with her solid Method-
ist background, groaning' -`in her
grave every time we came to
that bit about believing in the
holy Catholic.. church. I would-
n't kneel, but just sort of
Crunched down, like my Ulster
Presbyterian father.
To cut a long conflict short,
I was confirmed at the same
time as my son. And frankly, I
must admit that once the -last
rug was pulled from under my
feet, I've enjoyed every minute
of 1 t.
hes to lift rte, back into the pew
and massage my knees so that 1
can come up for the next hymn,
but it's worth ,it.
One,thing 1 like aliout,the An-
glicans; they keep you busy,.
None of this stuf of sifting,
there ,dreaming ifOr an hour
w,l le,' -a• --_-.preacher - -{wa °er+
ihrough,-tee dark forests 'of his,'
own interpretations. They have
you pop•p,ing up and dcw n like
a jack-in-the-pulpit, on your
krwes praying, on your feet
zinging, or on year seat getting
your wind back.
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Another thing 1 like about •An-
glican services is the prayers.
don't think 1 could° ever go
back to those interminable,
homemade prayers in which the
preacher' acts as though God
had nothing better 'to do on a
busy Sunday Morning than lis-
ten to him displaying his elo-
quence and"endurance. At, least,
in the Anglican ritual, you can
craftily flip over the page and
be.„ 'reassured that there are
only two more paragraphs of
the thing.
* *
Last, and I hestitate to say
this, I like being an Anglican
because of the . ,snob in . me.
Anglicans, if pressed (up • again-
st- a-walt vt th a knife at their
i°hreats), will admit• that, some
other faiths have certain merits.
But underneath, they know that
a good Anglican is a couple of
jumps nearer heaven than a
good R.C. or Methodist ort Bap-
tist or Preslby'terian.
In this way, they are "exactly
-like good R.0 Jh, Method fists,
Baptists and Presbyterians. But
it's heartening .to those who
lack .confidence.
I told you they .picked the
wrb•ng• fellow to write that book.
NURSES CAPPED
Three local girls were cap-
ped in a ceremony held Sunday
at Beasley Hall, Kitchener:
Miss Dolores Taman, daughter
of Mr. apd Mrs, W: J. Taman
R.R. 6, Goderioh; Miss Judy
Denomy. daughter oaf Mr. and
Mrs. Gerry Denomy, Goderich,
and Miss Colleen Connelly,-dau-
ghter'o•f Mr. and Mrs. John Con-
nelly, R.R. 6, Goderich.- -T:hey
are nurses -in -training at St.
Mary's.-_Ltfosp.itatchen
Their parents were ai1 in at-
tendance at the capping cere-
mony.
Now 1 can mumble the gener-
al confession and the creed with
the best of them- And 1 take a
certain childish pride in kneel-
ing, straight-backed, through
the long communion service,
when all about me -other peo-
ple my age• are groaning and
reverting sneakily to a squat,
a crouch, or a mere bending of
the head. Sometimes my family I
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The RCAF Clinton Cross Trailer Square Dance Club hosted Noonan, Clinton; Frank and Eleanor Falconer, Clinton; Herb
these dancers at a recent dance in the recreation de ere. Left and Bernice Davidson, Goderich; and Mery Beckner,' guest
to right, Russ and Janet Genmiill, Goderich; Pat and Ann caller from Sarnia. RCAF Photo
riving On. Sidewalk
Not Seen An Offence
Goderich lawyer Dan Murphy i jailed the accused for seven_
cllaihied Zast. Thursday that has , days and prohibited him from
teenage client had not commit-
ted an offence by driving on a
sidewalk.
Mr. Murphy made the observe
"ation, which was upheld, as he
acted as defence counsel for a
youth charged. with dangerous
dtving after a 70 mph chase
rough the business section of
Exeter.
The Lawyer made the observ-
ation that to drive along the
eidewalk was not in fact an of-
fence under the Highway Traffic,
Act when no damage was done
and there were no people on
th•ridWalk.
Magistrate Glenn 'Hays
agreed, with him on tfi s point
but refused to accept that"Barry
Van Alstine, 18, h,ad not been
guilty of dangerous driving. He
driving for six months.
Defence counsel Muephy
claimed that despite the fact
the ,aeetise•d had driven through
five sten • signs at high rates of
speed the charge should have,
been careless driving ibeeause
pedestrians and other cans had
not been involved.
"You can go through stop
signs at a high, rate of speed
each day for .seven days and
you 'would not he charged with
dangerous driving," said Mr.
Murphy. •
He e added: "The only reason
he drove zn a manner ace i s
was because the -police were
chasing him for, going through
a stop sign." .
Panicked
,The accused was saaid 'to
have "panicker,ee 'eA _
cruiser started to follow him
after he went
bgn
During the
through four
signs and 'wa
speeds of up to
the downtown
of Exeter. The
through a .stop
chase he drove
additional stop
recorded at
70 mph through
business section
chase took place
during the early hours of a
Sunday morning,'
At one stage the youth
threw his ;car into reverse in an
attempt to "shake -off" the
cruiser car and even 'went as
far as driving 60 feet along .a
sidewalk.
rile.' 11iiirAfiY descr'ihe.t the
sidewalk 'incident as si,mrply
driving in an "unorthodox
nlaPP."
Commented Crown Attorney
W. G; Cochrane: "The elements
of dangerous driving, wuihich are
found here, are in the manner
f driving in the imain (business
section."
He added: -"He had seen the
rotating light on the cruiser.
This is hardly parallel to the
situation where the accused
might be escaping from a car
road of bandits or murderers'
a -is- metimes-stirgg'eSte `:
:Magis'fratg Glenn Hays agreed
there was no section of the
Hig'h'way Traffic Act which cov-
ered a motorist driving an a
sidewalk.
It would be an 'understate-
ment to say sidewalks are a
dangerous place to drive a car,',
said the magistrate.
He added: "I have no hesita-
tion to find that driving at 70
mph down a main street is dan-
gerous to the public. It puts,
the lives of many people in
jeopardy."
_ PERSONAL
7�G•.ary .Doak, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Doak, Park street,
has been awarded a trophy as
-best defenseman on his Junior
"A" team, the Hamilton, Red
Wings.
WHAT
A DIFFIRENCE
A DAY MAKES!
Meeting Told
The February meeiiin.g 'of the
WjM.S. o Q1{.nac Pneslbyterian
ah�u�rc&
was he]d Feibruarty 23.
The president, 11�'rs- Ii. ltitverrs,
presided and 'o�pe red tie imueet-
inrg 'with prayer.
Miss E. xnerv111�e reported•
two th'aiak ySo,ou letkens Dec-eaive l?
one from Mies. T. 'Ward'law Tay
for of ' Toronto, who is h her
,.94tth. ye'axlilo"ars tili�`'teti'f
;`t
intepeStedr Jixl; the N.M,S. `and
expressed icer atpprecliatlpn for
the honor 'of being Honorary
Presidentof ebe Ate it ary for
106'5.
'Mrs. Alex Smithread the
Scripture lesson, followed .• by
prayer, and Mrs. Rivers an-
nounced that the Women's
World. Day of Prayer service
will be held on March 5th in
St. G aar,ge's C'iureh with 'meet-
ings at 2:30 .and 7.30 p.m."' .'-
A solo was euh;g by Whs. C.
Edward, accompanied Iby MleS
Somerville.
Mrs. A. H. Erskine introduced
the guesrt speaker,' Miss Irene
Gieslbrecht who, is director of
the Chord Evange l: n Fellow-
ship of Oa:
Slhe ex'plarined the 'work of the
society which is interdenomin-
ational and is carried on by
voluntary workers, in Bible
clubs for children of element-
ary school •age. These are theld
in the .homes of the e. .
Sohoo1; or in he early even-
ing, 'during the 'winter, and five-
day Bible chubs in 'Ju'ly and
.August.
One week Is spent in each
location, on lawns, parks and
'!y40 sttltt,/d tivat leso x'hin
Ia o�Jho ,Cllildrerto eco 8un-
h ,- d'ay' S }IROIa atl � ibie alert o
�lu"sxL% .$' 11rse e open
doonways to remedy the situ-
ation., lnter6tiing pictures
were shown of various 'groups
and their activities, and. the
`s'peaker twctllld 'be glad to send
fuirthe,r initiorunat;ion to anyone
who is interested.
Miss Matheson thanked the
speaker and, all taking; part„ in
the meeting and the president
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