The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-08-21, Page 15IV '
FROM THE STUDY
by Rev. Leonard Warr
Everybody knows that Noah
built an ark. But, not everybody
knows why Noah. built it.
Many people in Noah's day
looked at him as'a rather ec-
centric and naive person. Some
thought him a fool for building
an ark.
"Why build a monstrosity
like this with 300 miles from the
nearest ocean to boot? Why
Noah, you're crazy!".
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Perhaps ,you're saying the
same thing, sort of like this:
"The story of Noah is rather
silly, unless it , is to teach
stubborness. Why he wouldn't
listen to adyice!"
' If you are thinking this you
are wrong'. Noah did Listen tp
gpod advice: That is why he
built the ark. He got his advice
from God. .*
Why did Noah build the ark?
Because God told him to build
it. In doing so he sawed his own
family from drowning. His
family believed in Noah and in
Noah's God.
Don't laugh too loudly, now,
for Noah is one _of your
relatives. That's, right.
Everyone alive today is a
descendant of Noah.
Say, I'm really glad he was
foolish enough to believe God,
aren't you?
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Earlier this summer a wiser
and older person said to me,
"Never reject the opportunity
of trying a new experience."
Now, I suppose one could find
that piece of advice
"questionable but I think what'
" he was saying was that many of
us are afraid to try anything
new, to launch out into
something different, to break
out of the mold, .to taste and see
if the thing is good.
Many people fail because
°they won't change. They won't
think, they won't study, or they
Won't be imaginative.
Sometimes they are just plain
lazy and won't try to. be .dif-
ferent. Someone has said it's
better• to take a step in the
wrong direction than to make
no step at all We often have to
be willing to take a chance, to
risk trading, °the familiar with
the unfamiliar in order to move
out of' our rut of boredom or
failure. •
We Fall know old, un-
productive 30 year=olds; and we
all are acquainted with young,
dynamic 75 year-olds. ,I'.ve
always been proud that my own
fatrer,was over 50 when he sold
,all he possessed in Saskat-
chewan, moved to a new town
• in Qntario, started a new
business and created for
himself•`' and his family a new
and successful way of life. At $5
he still radiates, enthusiasm for
the possibilities of a new ad-
venture.
The only difference between
a person who is 20 and one who
is 70 is a .few years, says' Vin-
cent Peale. "If yom're a
miserable bore at -20, you'll be
an insufferable bore at 70. •If
you're •a tightwad .at •20, you'll
be a terrible old tightwad at 70.
If you're a stuffed shirt ,at 20,
, you'll be a triple stuffed shirt at
7Q."' That's what happens
alright. The old hangs on and
grows°, the old locks in the
• marvellous new and wants to
- 1 come out. .'
"So O.K;", you say, "How do
I get the new out? I really d�
want to break from the hum-
drum to be a• happier, more
exciting Me." Well, a fellow I
heard about not long ago was
,".just like that. Bob was a nice
enough but shy ancj not very
venturesome or exciting
person. As a salesman he was
low man on the company's
totem pole of sale's. .
One day his boss warned him
if he didn't improve he'd be let
go. Bob went home Utterly
discouraged. That night lois eye
landed .on -his dust covered
Bible. Wiping it off he began to
read 2nd Corinthians until he
came to this passage, "If any
man be in Christ, he is a new
creature; old things are passed ,
away; behold, all things are
become new." Bob's approach
to religion is very simple and•he
told God what he wanted. He
prayed, "O.K. Lord, I want to
become a new man just like
that,passage promises. I want a
new life: I want the old t ings to
pass away and I want a new life
to take over."
Next day he went down town
and.bought a whole new outfit
of clothes replacin&, the dull,
ultra conservative suit he'd
always worn with something.
more colorful and stylish. He
looked° in the mirror and saw a
new person and what he saw
gave him• confidence. He
believed, that just as he looked
new , on the outside, Christ,
would° make him new on the
inside. -
By the end of the year he was
among the fivetop salesmen in
the company.. Why?Because,
with God's hteelp, he was willing
to change...to' do something
new. He .threw off his shyness
'and became friendly and
outgoing. He "'became a
released huma}a being through
Christ. Old things `Were passed
away; the new had come to
hijm
j0 JDESE FARER1
J.1-1. ALLISON
Joseph Howard Allison, 44 St.
Andrew St, , Gocjeridh, died at
University Hospital, London,
August 16. He was 70,
He'was born January 25, 1905
in Beeton, , Ontario to Charles
Edward and Frances (Bell-) ,
Allison. He had lived in
Goderich since 1922 and worked
here as a butcher for 53 years.
He was married November 7,
'1928 in Windsor to Verda Viola
°I3aker who predeceased her
husband August 27, ,1968. He
was a member of Knox
Presbyterian°Church.
Surviving are six daughters,
'Mrs, Fred (Ruth) Waltham,
Mississauga; Mrs, Craig
(Marilyn) Costello, London;
Mrs. Ernest (Linda) Caissie
Shediac Bridge, New Brun -",0
swickn; Mrs. ,Glen (Blanche) °
Allen, Goderich; Mrs. Cliff
(Barbara) '-Trainer, London.,
and Mrs. Jim (Beverly) Kelly;
Goderich; two sons, Joseph Jr..
of Kincardine and Charles of
Goderich ; one stepson, Thomas
Kahle, Clarkson; 31. grand-
children; one sister, Mrs. Doc
(Ruth) Routley, California;
and two brothers, Earl and
George, both . of Goderich. t -Ie
-was predeceased by one
daughter Joanne Hartley and
one son; Douglas Brian,
Funeral service was
Tuesday, August 19 at Stiles
Funeral Home with the., Rev.
G.L. Royal officiating.
Interment was in Maitland
Cemetery. Pallbearers were
Bill Taman, Ben Sheardown, •
Bill McAstocker and Ted
McAstocker.
Sunday, August 24
•GUEST SPEA4(ER:‘,_.
Rev. Ron Marr.
The Editor of Inquirer Publications now appearing on
Radio and TV across the. Continent as they celebrate
Anniversary '75 ;- P -
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MUSIC BY
The Fantastic Singing Group
The Chapelaires
}Iuron Men's Chapel
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Corning Next Week
RW. JACK CEN TIE
Magician• From Jamaica.
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„t the %hoduw ul death 1 %hull leer no.
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Pallbearers were *like
O'Brien, Perry O'Brien, Paul
Dalton, Joe MacDonald, Peter
and Paul Bolland, all grand
nephews of the decedSed.
Prayers were said at the
McCallum Funeral Home
Tuesday evening.
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JIGODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSD' Y, AUGUST 21; 1,,7$, ''A Q' ' !►
St. G.rge's deeded 20 pews
to Jones and Heirs "forever"
BY W.E. ELLIOTT
Twenty pews were needed to
acfornmodate Canada Com-
pany 'Commissioner Thomas
Mercer Jones in the first St.
George's church on theme ,
E.H. MONTGOMERY Crescent, and he paid cash for
.them - 250 pounds sterling, or
Edward H. Montgomery, about 1,200
died in This transaction in real
Colborne Township, estate was almost the first to be
Alexandra Marine and General registered after the Clnada
Hospital Tuesday, August 12. Company in 1844 granted the
He was 74. Bishop trf "Toronto in trust"
He was, born May 8, 1901. in one acre and 83 perches along
G�derich Township to Harry the bank from Wellington street
and Mirtnie (Kernighan) eastward, It took place ,April
Montgomery. He worked as a , 19th, 1851, three years after the
carpenter. church was built.
He is survived by his Fife, the Named in the deed as
former Annabe'lla (Annie)': grantors were the Rev. E.L.
Buchanan and one son, Elwood, "ot' Goderich in the
Maitland of Colborne Town -
county e
ship. He is fondly remembered United Counties Huron one of and
by Mrs. Barbara Armstead, Bruce, in the Province .of
London and daughter, -in-law Canada, clerk, incumbent of St.
Mildred. There, are five George's Church"; Morgan and one great Hamilton ,and -Isaac Rat
grandchild. Also surviving is tenbury, church -wardens. Mr.
one brother, , Harold . Mon- Elwood, born in Cork, Ireland,
tgomery, Goderich. in 1810, had taken over the.
. Funeral . service , w4'' parish in 1848, Dr. Hamilton,
Tuesday, August 14 at the settlement's first physician,
McCallum Funeral Horne with was also born in Ireland in 1810.
the Rev. G.L. Royal officiating. Rattenbury, Canadian -born son
Interment was in CoMorne , of Clinton's founder, conducted
Cemetery. Pallbearers were between 1833 and 1877 the hotel
Toynbee Lamb, Wilfred Fisher, bearing his name on the nor -
Gordon Fowler, Bob McCabe, thwest corner of Lighthouse
Maitland Drier and Ji.m.Reid. and Wellington.
Flowerbearers were Lawrence.
Harrison and Ike Wilson,
G.E. GARVEY
Gerald Edward Garvey of
Toronto died in Sgt. Michael's
Hospital, Toronto, Sunday,
August 10."He was, 71.
He was.born January 31, 1904
in Kingsbridge to Thomas and
Margaret (Donnelly) Garvey.
He is survived by one
brother, .the Rev. Fr. Edwin C.
Garvey, Housto'1 ;' Texas. He
was predeceased by three
,sisters,.Mary; R•N•; Mrs. Wm.
(Helen) Dalton; Sister Mary
Therese C.S.J.; six brothers,
James, Thomas, John, Dr. -Leo,
Joseph M.Q.C., and the Rev.
Fr. Wilfrid C.S.B.
. The funeral service • was
.-Wednesday, August 13 at St:
Joseph's Church, Kingsbridge,
,with the Rev. Dr. Ed. Den-
tiriger officiating. Also present
were the Rev. Fr. Mike Dalton
of Courtland and the Rev.. Fr.
Stapleton of Owen Sound. 4,
Interment was in St. Joseph's
Cemetery, Kingsbridge, where
the' Rev. 'Fr. James Hanahan,
C:S.B.' of Toronto, superior.
general of the Basilian Order;
offered committal prayers at
graveside.
The purchaser was T.M.
Jones, Esq, To him and his
heirs authorities "granted, sold
and conveyed, with ap-
LEGAL AND MORAL purtenanees and all the estate,
OBLIGATION right, 'title, interest and
One legal ,,and ,„_moral property whatever of us, the
obligation: all car owners bear sites of (certain) pews or eats
is the, obligation to be -sure -their and also the said pews or seats
vehicles are maintained in -a for his and their use„forever.”
mechanically' .,'safe condition. The deed lists six pews in the
This won't eliminate all ac-” . 1..\..•\ 1..1.. 1.•.1.• 1• �•••.►•. 1.••�••\.• r•r��..1••1.•\••�.•A.-..1••\••\.. \.•.x•.1.•\..1•.1.•
states the Ontario ' Safety ,,., `j
League. It is an obligation each 1 SUNDAY. Y. SER VICE'S The family that prays, together.... �
driver owes to his community
and those who shat e the road. ? ••
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With rough Winter dowing .a.. .. .. .. .. ..\..�•.�.._..,..•�_____._.:: ; lt:
giving way to,. Spring, it is an .*•
obligation no sensible driver ' BEREA—BY—THE—WATER i ,
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Don't lust watch us grow Come and help us grow
north aisle, eight in the centre
and six in the south aisle. This
seems to indicate that the
building was on an east -west
line, as sustomary, and parallel
to the street, Pictures of the old
church do not show otherwise,
but they are not photographs.
The highest price paid by
,Jones for a pew was 23 pounds
1shillings for No. 51, in the
rner of the . north aisle,.
perhaps just under the pulpit.
For most of the pews,•he pur-
chased the rate was 12• pounds
10 shillings. The total of 250
pounds for 20 pews compares
with 96 pounds collected for all
the pews in v St. Andrew's
(Church of Scoland) in 1848.
It is difficul to imagine' the
Canada Com. pany directors
granting or approving such a
sum for pews in St. George's; it
must have come from the privy
,purse of 'Commissioner Jones
and Elizabeth Mary, the
bishop's daughter. She • was
queen .,bee of Goderich polite
society, entertained much, and
doubtless had many guests
from Toronto. ,
So Jones, it appears, owned a
group of pews for his family
_ and guests, iii the north aisle;
one in the 'centre for his staff,.
and a half-dozen for the ser-
vants in the far end of the south
aisle.
This theory' will flo,, until a
better one comes along.
Rev. E.L. Elwood was
reputed to be a keen business
administrator, who put ' the
parish on its financial feet. The
deal with Jones must have
helped. Some years later, land
to, the west of the church was
considered surplus and sold to
Byron Wilson, "of the village of
. .Wiarton," who became the first
private owner of any ru-t of the disposition of the pews -should
"Church lots."
The 20 pews chosen by Jones
were numbered from 9 to 54
mostly in threes -- 43,44,45, etc.
This needs more explanation
than afforded by the deed. In
the present church there are
two aisles, each of 1.7 ,double
pews. In St. George's on the
Crescent, the aisles would }rave
been much shorter. A total of 54
pews allows for 18 in each of
three aisles, If in threes that
would be six rows, but there
would not be a row of three
fixed pews, so perhaps at. the
time the congregation used
chairs, The deed" refers to
"sites for pews and seats.",,
Joseph- Williams,,who. owned
property on The 'Square,
bequeathed . in •1858 to his
daughter Anne, pew 18 "on the
south side of the centre aisle."
That would be next to 1F and 17
owned by Jones.)
Having conveyed 20 pews to
Jones, the e incerpbent aad
wardens provided for
the rent get behind. Rent from
a pew owner'? That's what- it
says. The pews were subject to
"such ground rent as ' fixed
from time to time by vestry or
congregation."
Witnessed by John Strachan,
Henry MacDermott (of the
Castle) and . J.B, Gordon, the
deed Was registered Feb. 6,
1858, by John Galt. By that time
there was no longer a Canada'
Company Corrimissioner in
Goderich, but Jones was living
, here, perhaps until 1865. In 1858.
he ran tfhsuccessfully for the
Executive Council.
The pews in St. George' s
were granted to him, his heirs
and assigns 'fo'rever." A
'century and a quarter has -
rolled by, the church burned in
1579, arid the sites of the "pees
or' seats" wherein Jones'
family and entourage listened
to Mr. Elwood's sermons, if
located now by a surveyor
would likely be found under
E.J. Pridham's house.
The original St, George
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cidents but it will reduce them,
will shirk.
Bob McCALLUM -
Representative
11 Cambria Rd., Goderich
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GODERICH
FOR FURTHER I$ F,QRM-ATION P;HONE 524-9497
LUTHERAN ---CHURCH
Meeting at 'Robertson, ,Memorial School I
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(Blake and Eldon Streets, Gioderlch)
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1975 • 4 i
Sunday School for all ages 9:30 a.m. l j'
"J Worship at 11:00 a.m. : ./. i
% Sermon: "ONE WAY OF ESCAPE" , %
Marvin L. Barz, Pastor 524-2235 -
"Belri(g justified by faith, we have peace with:G'od through our
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' REV. W.H. McWHINNIE F.R"G-.S. *j
. Organist: Mr. Frank Bissett ' `
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9:45 a.m.—Sunday ,school • t5. I
a 11 A. WORSHIP SERVICE
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
The Free Mefhodlst Church
Park St. at Victoria_ ' 'Pastor: H Ross Nict ells
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10:00 a.m. Sunday School
,.Aug. 24 - Sunday School 10:04 a.m.
Worship (Pastor in. charge) 11:00 a.m.
Topic: Trusting or Presuming on God
a Eve. —Bible 'Study,100 p.m.
All this week: V.B.S. Mon.—Sat.
9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. .
Open to all children
Free,
Anyone needing bus transportation• phone°'524-9903
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CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
BAYFIELD ROAD AT BLAKE STREET '
EVANGEUIBTIC — FUNDAMENTAL ,
REV R BRUBACHER Pastor
10,00 a,m. BIBLE SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES
11 A:M. MORNING WORSHIP'S.E`RVICt:
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WE'D. 8 P.M, PRAYER MEETING
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Bethel Pentecostal Tabernacle
Affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
CORNER' OF ELGIN AND W.A"TERLOOO STS.
,r, REV. FRED DAY - PASTOR '-
10:00
10:00 a.m.'Sunday School
Free Bus Transportation
11:00 a.m. Morning Service
7;00 p.m. EVening Service
PASTOR DAY WILL BE MINISTERING
Tues. 8:00 p.m. BIBLE STUDY AND PRAYER
Thursday 6:45 p.m. Children's Hour
Thursday 7:45 p.m. -Youth Service
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„THE REV G` LOCKH.ART ROYAL, B A Minister,
THE REV RONALD C McCALLUM, Assistant.
WILLIAM M CAMERON,•Dlrector of Praise
SUNDAY., AUGUST 24, 1975
Summer Worship is at 10:00 a.m.
Sermon: "THE .PROMISE OF RUTH”
(Nursery Facilities)
The Minister,will preach throughout August
Open Sessions for Sunday School children at 19:00 a.m.
Piper:' Mr. Bertram McCreath
Refreshments on the Front Lawn after the Service
Enter to. Worship • Depart to Serve
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ST..GEORGE'S CHURCH
12TH SUNDAY A'FTER,TRINITY AUGUST 24 •
8 , 30 a,m. •_ Holy Communion j
(Nursery)
10 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon
The Rector will officiate
.,Please Note Summer Service time,
Rector. Canon G.G. Russell, B.A., B.D.
ChoirmasteyOrganist: Joseph B 'Herdman
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- Mrs, J. Snider, Organist & Choir Director
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The Rev;.Ralph E. King, B^A•,hB.D., Minister 4 Clare McGowan Visiting Assistant
, Mr. Lorne H• Dotterer Director of Music
Sunday School for ages 3 to 9 from Worship at 10:00 a.m.
SUMMER WORSHIP SERVICE AT 10 A.M.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1975 -
REV. RALPH E. KING
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SERMON: "VALUES THAT ENDURE"
Soloist: Mrs. LeeMcCallum
Nursery facilities'
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