The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-03-07, Page 2691'
• PAGE ` e A---QODER1CN SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, '4974
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met at
Sunday shopping, a shortage
of Nursing. Homes, ''and
organized sports on Sunday,
were . topics of resolutions
passed by Huron -Perth
Presbytery at a. recent meeting
in „Main St. United Church,'
Mitchell., •
The Church In Society Com-,,
m.ittee, ' convened by Rev. John
Davies of Parkview. United
Church, Stratford, drafted' the
resolutions which Presbytery
then adopted, The reso-lution
on Sunday Observance arose
due to the increase it the num-
ber of supermarkets and other
retaitputletsthat are violating,
the "Lord's Day Act, Mem-
bers
thus "reaffirmed their
, belief in Sunday as a common
day of rest, and support
tegislation that would ,im-
plement a more .restricted Sun-
day", as outlined in Option
number one of the Ontario Law
Reform Commission. Such
legislation would he more
, secular than religious, be
uniform across the Province
and would prohibit all forms of
selling • andemployment on
Sunday, except in 'certain'
clearly defined situations.
Members were asked to take
this resclution back to their
local .ongregations and • have
them 'urge the Provincial
' ' Government to enact sueh
'legislation.
,Organized sports, and in par-
ticular hockey ,leagues, prac-
-- ` "rs"es and r rC`rn-a lTellTst, are
more;and more conflicting with
the Sunday activities of.
Church. All congregations were
thus urged to "exercise'their in-'
fluence 'in .. limiting . the
, promotion of (organized sports)
;in their communities ion Sun-,
day mornings where at all prac-
tical, and ' to . acce,pt their:
responsibility for. 'involving
their children in worship and
Christian Education, and other
areas of the " churches' Life”.
The Committee also ,noted
,that there is a serious shortage
of nursing home-. accom-
modation in Huron and Perth
Counties,: for chronic patients
and senior citizens. • A Task
Force will be set up to'study
,needs in this area and report at
the_: next meeting in April.
Rev, Doug.. •Warre'n, of
Crediton, ,the Chairman.,
Opened the day -long meeting by
introducing a ,new venture in
worship conducted :liy.Rev. Rae
Grant of Listowel. Members
viewed portions of the film, To
Sir, With ',bye, starring Sidney
Pbrtier. "Fpllowing this, they
discussed, how to bridge corn=„
munication gaps, among people.
The bridging of geographical.
gaps was realized , as Rev.
W,pfr,en- in begtn.ning the
4 usiness portion of the meeting.
introduced four memliets of the
Lambton Presbytery Executive
who were guests for the. day.
The visiting clergy Were,'
Aylmer Smith, 'Murray Cap -
bell, Clifford Park and Lloyd
Mitchell event
w•
recommended at least an 11
per, cent increase for 1975
minimum salaries. The
minimum base for 1974 is
$6300, In_ 1975 it will be $7,000
reported the secretary, Rev.'
Derwyn Docken of Walton.
Rev. Ray Lindsay of
Monktan, the Audit -Visual
Convener, was pleased to
report that.the Resou'e Centre
in Main St. United Church,
Mitchell, is being used by many
Churches: The Coen t re has a
Supply of film,strip,s, tapes, and
printed resources that United
'Churches in the Presbytery may
borrow free of chargee. Rev. Li3-- -
dsay urged 'more congregations.
to. use this material.
•A number of local people will
be representing our area at the
United; Church's highest Court, ,
General.. Council, when it meets
in -Guelph; August 18 to ,24.,
Elected as. delegates Were 'Rev.
Doug Warren of Crediton and
•Mr.---J.oe Snider of Goderich.
Also nominated to be placed on
, list of possible delegates
were: Mrs. Cora, Thistle, St.
Pauls; Mrs., S.E. Argyle,
Goderich; Mrs. Ruth Shier,
Kirkton; Rev: Don Beck, Hen-
slall; R.ev..Rae Grant, Listowel;
and
R&. Don Deas, Mitchell.,
Jim Keller, son of Ken and Shirley Keller, Goderich, is seen on .stage" with Kay Turner of
Pig and Whistle fame during the President's Ball ai< the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Conven-
tion in Toronto recently. Jim was representing the Signal -Star and Lesley Morrison (right) is
from the Napanee Beaver. (photo by Eric Elstone,.iournalism student at Ryerson) 1
Stapleton.
The new London Conference
Personnel Officer, Rev. August
Meacham, was ` present and
spoke briefly, ' about his:....
"rninistry til Ministers", in
south-western Ontario: He ,
noted that 'he had been spen-
ding a lot of tine in Huron -
Perth, having' called ,on 'most
United Church clergy. He then
answered questions •rais„ed cin: .,
.the settle'ient of Ministers,
confidentiality, how inflation
affects . retired clergy, and the
'charismatic movement.
In other business it was lear-
ned that ,Mr. Murdock
Morrison, Ltiy Supply at Varna
for 13 years, Mr. Alfred Fry,
Lay :.Supply at Auburn for 6
years, and Rev. George Sach,
Minister in Gorrie for 7 years,
would be retiring at the end of
June this year. Mr. Morrison
has built his own home in
'Varna and will retire there.
Rev. Sach,,,,a former Moravian
Mlssidnary in Labrador expects
to retire in London.
It seems as if the Church too
, is suffering from inflation. Rev.
Don Deas of Mitchell, Steward-
ship Division Chairman,
revealed this in releasing the
final totals for contributions to
the Mission And Service Fund`
of the United Church in, 1973.
He praised congregations for
passing the National objective
of $11,500,000. But he also said
that even though this was a 6
per cent increase over last yeAr,
infC'et' ave a, net loss of 3.81
per cenkotal amount given by
Charges in Presbytery to. the
Fund in' 1973 was $272,272.
, Uhited Church Mir inters
Were promised some financial,
help.,in the battle against in=
Elation when it was announced
that 4eneral Cguneiil has
'
randon of the: artist
reserves original work
In 1908, a voung:Scottish im-
migrarir"with• an. artistic flair•,
arrived in Canada.` The'.voung
Scot did not know at that' time
he . woui'd be responsible fe ,
creating the beautiful •murals
adorning St.• George's Church
in Giiderich. Peter C.,' Brown,, ..
the young- irn;migrant, scion
established' his own Church
decorating company in
'Toronto. Today, the company is '
stip thriving under the., direc-
tion of his grandson, Thomas
G. Browne.,
The' Browne company,did the
original artworkin the church
in )929. ft j.s now engaged in
sprucing up• that 'work:. •
- Mr. Browne and his workers .
will °complete the job in plenty
of time for the rededication of
the church .by Sufferagan
Bishop T.D.B. Ragg April 23,
The reded,ic.,.tipr2, ,'of the
church.will he a culmination of
the- work Jr.tBrowne and his
crew ,,are doing in arranging-
n-ew •.lighting; ,'adding riew
decorative symhol5, touching
up, the old murals and•giving
'the church a general facelift.
The oil -painted' murals are
first cleaned with a special
solution. Then Mr. Far 9ne
checks them to. -see if tlley need
Any touchups.
'Water staihs, `the result' of
rain seeping -through the "wali`w'
over the years, leave marks on
the murals, as annexample, Mr.
Browne explains.
After Mouch-ups-'are com-
pleted The workmen apply a
preservative to the murals.
Canon Garwood Russell of
St. George's church, points with
'obvious pride at, thee many
colorful and striking, 'mu'rals
which adorn the walls of his
church
The. four seasons are depic-
ted ,,on, murals tori two sides -of
the church. They are ,&visual
"interpretation • of the 'hymn,
"Some of the . Three'" Holy
Children". It is about nature,
,Other oil paintings depict
scripture passages sung during
prayer..
They celebrate the triumph
of Christ lafi•king, the prophets,
the martyrs, the apostles.
At the back of the church a
scene celebrates the birth of
Cherist, Flees. a ttension is clepic-
•ted •at,the front. Dverttie.chan-
cel, Peter C: Browne painted.
murals -representing ,ether
themes of Christian ‘tir"Irkship.
The younger Mr, 13,rowne
„says the.'ork at the'church•has ,
presented no, real -prcll.>iems`
Mr.' Browne must .he quite used
to his work. as some'of the scaf-
folding 'he works 00 is 50feet
high.
The 47,000 to• pay .far the
work has been' raised _ by the
parishioners of St. ,George's
•and other interes'tesl. in
Biggest salt'jobs
ends gat Goderich
A, hundred tons , of salt
flowed into the „last, of,1,300
hopper cars at Goderich last
Thursday wrapping up one of
Canada's biggest salt transpor-
t'ation jobs,
Since Decemb'er, Canadian
National has moved 130,000
tor>,sof road and- industrial salt
to customers in Quebec in •a
' specially designed solid train
system.
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