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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1979 -.-PAGE 7;A
This is the year the Lord. hath made.
BY THE REV.
• RALPH KING,
NORTH STREET
UNITED CHURCH
The annual calendar,
once received from
almost every business in
the community near the
end of December has -
because of excessive
costs - become almost a
thing of the past. Now we
must go and buy our own,
- or depend on the bank, or
the few merchants who
stili feel able to maintain
this welcomed custom.
- In days gone by, when
calendars were in much
greater supply, it was
possible to obtain one for
every room in the house.
The one with the largest
date rectangles would, of
course, be reserved for
the kitchen or other room
where it was helpful to
"write in" appointments
and meetings of. im,
portance on the ap-
propriate days. The other
calendars - those with
smaller date pads -were
consigned to bedrooms,
or other . places where
they were not needed as.
appointment posters.
I read a while ago of a
community in New
Zealand where the
businesses also gave out
the usual calendars. All,
that is, except the shoe
repair man, WAR annually
gave only a card im-
printed with three bold
letters: NOW. The cards
used to offend some
people, while • others -
perhaps because they did
not want to offend this
gi'tle Christian friend -
or because they saw• the
real reason for his never -
changing message -
would post the little card
in a prominent spot on the
kitchen wall.
A calendar is an in-
teresting item. When the
new one goes up,- the
children often look it over
to note the day of -the
week upon which their
birthdays fall, or look on
toward the next Sep-
inister
stu
tember with dreams of
being one grade further
on in school.
Days of family
celebration such as
wedding anniversaries -
are noted, and, often, one
may hear adults say:
"One more year, and the
mortgage will be paid
off." Or, "A year from
next June, I qualify for
my pension." And with
such comments are
bound up all the hopes
and dreams of days that
will'•be b'e er than today:
District deaths
THOMAS MARVIN
.DURN1N
Thomas Marvin Durnin-
of Colborne Township
died suddenly on
Saturday, December 23 in
_Alexandra Marine and,.
Gem eral FIosp:it'a"l;
Goderich at the age of 82.
He was born in
Dungannon on August 5,
1896 •---to Barbara
(Dreaney) and Thomas
Durnin.
He worked as a banker,
starting in Auburn;:•sold
cars—in—C.arnwall for a.
short time; and operated
horse riding • schools in
Grand. Bend and Port
Elgin for many years.
He was the secretary of
the Dungannon
AgricuItiaral Society for
over 30 years; a member
of the Ashfield School
Board for several years;
and President of the
Dungannon. Red Cross
Society during World War
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• He belonged to the
Dungannon United
Church.
He married the former
Dell Elizabeth McIntyre.
She survives him.
Also surviving him are
two sisters, Mrs. -Charles
(Birdie) Whitely' of
Goderich and Mrs. H. R.
(Florence) Hall, also of
-Goderich.-
A funeral service was
held at the McCallum
Funeral Home in
Goderich on Wednesday,
December 27 at 2 p,m.
The Reverend C. G.
Westhaver officiated.
Interment was in the
Dungannon Cemetery.
MARR SHAW
Marr Shaw of Colborne
Township, died in
Alexandra ''`Marine and
General Hospital,
Goderich on Saturday,
December 23 at the age of
He -"was born in.
Goderich on January 10,
1897. He farmed all of his
life in Colborne Town-
ship,
He is survived by
several nieces and
nephews.
A funeral service was
held at the McCallum
Funeral Home in
Goderich on Wednesday,
December 27 at 3:30 p.m.
The Reverend G.L. Royal
officiated.
iciated.
Interment was in
eoi'borne-Ce me tery:1----
ROBERT RAE
Robert Rae of Goderich
died suddenly in
Alexandra Marine and
General Hospital on
Friday, December 29 at
the age of 70.
He was born -on June..,
1908 in Falkirk, Scotland
to Thomas and Elizabeth.
(Rooney) Rae.
He .worked as the
quality control super-
visor ,, at Sifto Salt
Ev.aporator Plant in
Goderich, retiring in 1973.
He was a former
member and chairman of
the Goderich Public
School Board; a former
member of the Goderich
Recreation and Arena
Committee;` and a
member of the St. John
Ambulance Brigade.
He was a member of
Knox Presbyterian'
Church, Goderich; a
member of the Kirk
Session and chairman of
the Ushering Committee
of that church; and a
former member and
chairman OT the Board of
Managers of that church
also.
He married the former
Frances Thurston. She
survives him.
Also surviving him are
two daughters, Mrs.
Murray (Lyn) Ross of
R.R. 5 Goderich and Ann
at home;�one sister, Mrs.
-Cyril (Mar 7Y Rotchelrof
Oakville; and one
grandson:
A funeral service was
held at -Knox
Presbyterian' Church on
Monday, January. 1 at 2
p.m. The Reverend G. L.
Royal officiated.
Interment was in the
Maitland Cemetery,,
Goderich.
Pallbearers, were Rae
Rotchell, Doug Rotchell,
McKinley Price, William
Asher, Ralph Henderson
and John Stringer.
McCallum Funeral
Horne of Goderich was in
-charge of funeral
arrangements.
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Many seek post
at Blyth theatre
Half a dozen directors
have already applied to
succeed James Roy as
head of the Blyth Sum-
mer Festival, the retiring
artistic director said this
Week. •
Roy, who started at the
festival in 1975 with his
wife Anne, leaves at the
end of the, coming
summer to lok for new
horizons. His successoris
to be chosen this winter
and woik on the 1978
festival as co-director
befbretaking over,
"Some time in
February is the soonest a
decision is likely to be
made," Roy said. "We
expect a lot more ap-
plications still tO come in.
The half-dozen' we've got
so far come from all over
the country. All are from
people who are al -ready
directing, and all but one
of them have had ex-
perience running a
company. That surprised
me a little; I thought
there'd be at least a few
from young actors
wanting to move up." •
The summer try -out for
the successful applicant
willbe important,, he
added, because its a
community situatithrup
here and that makes _ it
somewhat unique." The
theatre has been closely
knit into the everyday. life
of the village, and the
board is anxious that the
new director be able to
preserve that tile.
of burdens and respon-
sibilities lifted, and the
hopes of taking things "a
bit easier".
But, back • to the
shoemaker's annual card
which said only: "NOW".
--Perhaps we -begin to see
the significance of it.
Unlike the new calendar,
it didn't lend itself to
dreaming of good times
down; the road of the
future. Rather, it
suggests that we take
-hold of the opportunities
• which are ours this very
moment.
When we get to know
our Bibles, we find this
great book sprinkled
from end to end with this
word. "now", underlining
what someone has .called
'The Sacrament off the..
Present Moment'. Paul
was especially fond of it -
Now is the accepted
time', he wrote, 'behold,
now is the day of
salvation.' (2 Corinthians
6:2). Again, 'Now are you
full, now are you -rich.
`(Romans 4:5). And his
own personal witness,
'The life which I now live
in the flesh, I live by fai'ch
in the Son of . God, who
loved me, and gave
Himself for me.'
(Galatians 2:20) And
others among the New
Testament writers, it
seems, copied him: 'Now
we see not all things put
under him. But we see
Jesus.' (Hebrews 2:8,9)
NOW is a great word,
and the greatest day' of
one's life is surely that
day when one learns to
Dear Captain Cornet,
My name is Noelle
Denise Thompson and I
will celebrate my very
farSt_ birthday �n—.-
Saturday,January 6..
I live with my dad and
morel, Jim and Brenda
Thompson and my
brother--Ricki 'and my
two sisters, Renee and
Danielle. We live on our
farm `at RR 5 Goderich
and we have all been
having fun with toboggan
rides.
Santa Claus was very
good to me and I got a lot..,
of nice things.
Love
Noelle
SUPERIOR
MEMORIALS
ESTABLISHED
OVER 50 Y.EARS
Goderich Area
Represyntative
ROBERT McCALLUM
11 Cambria Road
Goderich
524-7345
Clinton-Seaforth
Area Representative
MICHAEL FALCONER
153 High Street -
Clinton
482-9441
live one's religion in the
present tense.
"Many Christians
today talk about the
difficulties of our times,"
writes Dr. J.B. Phillips,
translator of those
splendid modern versidlils
of the scriptures which
have been so helpful to
many of us: Letters to
Young Churches (The
New Testament
Epistles), The Young
Church in Action (The
Acts of the Apostles) and
The Gospels., "as though
we have to -wait for better
ones before the Christian
religion can take root and
make any difference in
our own lives or in our
world." What
foolishness!
The time to live, to
love, to serve in Christ's
spirit and in His,Name is
NOW! Let this, thought be
our guiding light as we
begin each new -dawning
day in the year 1979 r The
Psalmist was right when
he said, "This is the day
which the Lord hath r"
made; we will rejoice and
be glad in it." For, after
all, this IS the only day,
and NOW is the only time
of which we can be
certain.
Prayer: r' ow is a
precious word, because
we live now - and we fail
now, and need your
forgiveness; we hope and
struggle now, and need
the strong arm of your
assistance; we love and
rejoice now, and need you
close beside us. We are
thankful there are, about
us, countless others of
like commitment -
modern'day Christians,
seeking - as we do our-
selves - to serve you -
joyfully and faithfully in
this present moment, the
only time that we really
have. AMEN
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First Sunday after Epiphany January 7, 1979
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