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The joy
Christmas
of
For almost to thousand ears the nnl-
veroarynfChr1st's birth habeen celebrated
in the Christian world by a spontanedus out-
burst of pure joy; a time when the best in our
fragile naturee is brought forth. U9like the
great celebrations of other faiths which often
are memorials of the deaths of former
leaders, or occasions to mark the downfall of
an enemy, Christmas remains a feast of pure
In our own times we have known many
Chrisfmases when fhere was llttle reason for
humans to be happy, and back through the
dark ages pfthe past the vaota f poor
and dmvvntroddenoften approached
with ioy and thankagi»ing, despite the
misery of their every day lives.
Most of us who are not trained
theologians, have forgotten the real reason
for this outburst of ioyousnaao. yet it is the
basic and underlying principle of the
Christian faith.
Christ came to earth to end, for all time,
the fear which pervaded the hearts of men
and women ... not merely the fear ofthe un-
known which would follow physical death,
but fear of a thousand evils which lurked
abnuthinnwa|| through life. All religions with
the exception of the Jewish faith were per-
vaded by the mental presence of hundreds of
mrvadedbythernwnta|prooenceofhun6redsoy
vengeful gods which had to be placated by
sacrifice and suffering. Even fhe frees of the
forest and the smoke ofthe cooking firmxvere
believed to be the hidingplaces of'spirits,
most of them tote feared.
Then too, there was the fear of human
masters. Life was incredibly cheap. Men,
women and children could be condernoed to
slavery, suffering and death at the whim of
king, 9r|est, or even the local captain of
militia. Fear was the abiding emotion in
most human lives.
The meaning of Christ's birth and life
was proof that humans are the children of
God, whatever their station in life. That the
Creator has a purpose and a plan in which
His children are all-important. That men
were born with both intelligenceand con-
science, ociencefree fo�h/ h. to
nspaak,homake and
also to amend our own mistakes.
For thos few shepherds and wise men
who heatd and believed the message of the
first Christmas it was on.!y natu,al that they
expected immediate transition foa world of
peace and freedom. Today we are still
wondering how long it will take to achieve
the ioy and serenity promised by the angel
choir. Like men ofold, »ymoften fail tounder-
stand that Christ came not to change the
world over night, buf rather to provide for us
the knowledge and the good will to make
those changes for ourselves.
The real ioyof Christmas is the knowl-
edge that we are not forgoften, not forsaken
and that despite our shortcomings and
weaknesses, with enough sincere trying we
can eventually become creatures worthyof
the great gift of a Saviour.
Happy Christmas to you all!
he negative approach rch
Personally we are growing a mite tired
of being �*v
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try, simply because politicians can point to
other spots in the world where things are
worse.
Mr. Whelan, the federal minister of
agriculture, is foreverjelling us that food
costs Canadians less than it does elsewhere.
Well, what's so great about that? After all,
Canada has millions of acres of good farm-
land and by compariSon, very few residents
to feed. Our forebearers came here because
the land held the promise of just that -
sustenance cheap enough to leave some
inconneforotherneeds-
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Then, our railroads are athe bemt)nfhevorild and our posf office is better
than
most,mfol.Jwst great .'.nnnmfh�how long�_ to=_.~����r 20 miles from
home.
All this reminds us of a kid we went
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School with. VVhmnever'his 'father berated
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him for his low marks he always put y
sanhedefence. ''VVe||. IbeatJimnrnyVKU' the
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Jimmy, of course, happened to be lasf in the
class and o
Surely we should have national goals
that are something more elevated than
merely being better than the other guy. Too
many of our leaders are content with na-
tional mediocrity. Why don't we shoot for
worthwhile goals of achievement? • "
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In | the change to metric
measurement is a sensible one, though a
heck of a lot of Canadians don't really think
so. In actual fact, changing to the Celsius
thermometer sn't all that bad. It doesn't
take too lbg to realize that 25 degrees above
on the new scale leaves you ust abouf as hot
as 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Miles can be
switched to kilometers without too much
trouble. Perhaps some of the other thanges
will be equally painless.
It's iri the kitchen the trouble will come.
Nor can we se any reat necesslty to change
teaspoons to grams and cups to mililitres.
The measuring instruments in eight million
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CanadianhonmsxiUbeconeuaebess and all
those gifted older cooks who turn out the
gastronomic delights of the � will be
floundering around in a mixed u welterof
unfamiliarity. Just think how the chili sauce
wiMtaste when Grandnagets confused and
fhm�inthmetimes �mm�h salt'
Seriously, why not continue to label all
and continue rec-
ipes in both imperial and metric measures?
*newgeneratioVofyoun people will use
the metric designations and those older folks
will know what they're doing.
Surely the Mefric Commissjon has heard
that "old dog, new tricks" bit.
Our changing 'world
we can't along without change
forever - and the end of 1978 promises to
bring some new and different ideas tnto play.
The virtually changeless Law 5o|et-
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Upper Canada which has not even changed
its name since before Confederat|on, has
agreed that lawyers in Ontario may adver-
tise. One of the most rigid self-discipline
organizations in our society, the UCLS will
now permit its members to tell the public
what sort of law is the individual -solicitor's
specialty and even what his charges will be.
But don't be worried by the possibility of
blatant come-ons from the lawyers. They
be limited to using the yellowpages in
fhe telephone directory or classified adver-
tising
dver'
Usinginfhenewupaperm.Vondarhovnany
ofthem can a�ordthat sort oyrash expendi-
ture?
Then there's the doctors. The provinclal
health ministry will permit a six and
one-half per tent increase in fees to those
doctors who are still practising within the
structure of the Ontario Hospital Insurance
Plan. Facf is, though, a fairly large number
ofdoc+orahavea|ready'opteduut'oYOH|P
and charge their patients whatever they
wish. Those medics who have remained in-
side
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- it is not difficult to appreciatethis cOmmunity when theythe concern of the residents ofout to be act Wrportion of the Cruickshanklearned that town council 0.• work iogether,,, Tiverto. , ncontemplating the eale of 'a
Memorial Park as the site of a
continuing respect •
block of senior citizens'
merits. Their� - --~~-
for the memory of a fine citizen of , iv
Wingharn is commendable.
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proposal with Mr. CruickShank's
and his mother feel that the
son, Bud. In his words both he
any way detract from its purpose
park and its usefulness". They do
not feel that the project would in nYoOThirthe:wnh
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as a memorial and also believe ntheeedbuntoud4gha trAtroutlithkftuan—y n'te.09$
that the park would be enjoyed by
more of our people if the seniors', 611d can. build •'willt• YO•rj Wilk '
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use. In fact, only one of the bSyAYDaIvTidFOBvRisonAI.,L ,o. ,,,F.A,. !MINS- \
beautiful trees in the park would Out Ofids
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be sacrificed. 'practicing lawyer
on your town council
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di,, srespectful of the memory of md=rite=m
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interest is hi the progress of this SHADOW or liHELEOrA#D by
community.
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DECEMBER 1931
\ Belgrave Loyal (Orange
Lodge held its December
meeting with' a good attendance.
For Theth- second year, the
B�gruvm'6od�won tb
cup in thecontestfor degree
work. Q. Johnson wasWorshipful Master of the lodge
for the coming year. Other of-
ficers are Charles Keating‘,, W.
Irwin, S. McBurney, Jack Taylor
and W. Brydges.
Atm xe�m 'f the
\offic.United 'Church; Rev. Sidney,
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�0����mresignation, �-__
effect next June'. ' .t -
Dr. Margarei C. Calder has
moved into her new offices in the
building that was originally built
and occupied by the . Bank of
Commerce, four doors
th of
tbe'
&br8* specimenof
w�����U��r�m�e�Williamu Findlater in Morris
Township. Deer are becoming
very numerous and several have
been seen in this district
recently.
Eight men from Wiogham have
been chosen to work on the
Trans -Canada Highway in
Northern Ontario. The men are
H. Schneider, R. Rogers, H.
Aitchison, W. H. Maullin, J.
Clarke, J. Finlay, A. Stokes and
H. Groves. They will be stationed
at Bonheur in the Kendra district.
In the Alumni
Bulletin of
Ontario we
e that
two students from Wingham are
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Meds '35"for 1931-32. V. A.
McKibu���a new presnd W. T. McFadzean is
epresentative of the Music
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sonably patient themselves in most cases. a
Their allowed increases over the past three r
years have been strfcUyUn�ed '. c we Makers.
do need to remember that the responsibility R. J. Hueston has ' d�eS�oovohouse and lot, hythe
for life and death, combined vNthlong hours
station in Gorrie.
and even longer work weeks make their job
an onerous one.
The post office,too, is in for some bb
changes. Not just more frequent str|kes,
omweruerWceand even higher postal rates,
either. Legislation is in the making for
switching the P0 over to management by a
crown corporation rather than continuing as -
epartment of government. Naturally
users of the service are wondering whether
that s good news or bad. The pessimists say
it can't get any worse and the realists say we
may be heading straight back to pony
express. Postal unions are reported to be
happy about the change, in the belief that
they can strike their little hearts out without
fear of being legislated back to work One
thing you can be sure of, the change to crown
corporation will mean , higher postage
because such a corporation is expected to
show a profit and since the cost of postage is
an unavoidable cost of dping business for
almost every business in the land, those in-
creases are bound to contribute to inflation.
So, what else is new?
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DECEMBER 1943
Among the graduates at the
Canadian Officers' Training
Centre, Brockville, was E. W.
Neirgarth, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Neirgarth of Wingham.
He is with the Royal Corps of
Signals and will report to Vimy
Barracks Barriefield
W. H. Hamilton was elected
president ef the Wingham branch
of the Royal Canadian Legion.
Other officers include W. W.
Armstrong, E. P. Lobsinger,
Lloyd Hingston and Bert Isard.
The amount of money which
may be loaned to war veterans
under terms of the soldiers'
settlement bill has been in-
creased from $4,800 to $6,000.
War veterans can now be loaned
$4,800 for purchase of farm land
and building materials and $1,200
for stock and equipment. Under
the original act, Veterans were
permitted to borrow $M00 for
land and $1,200 for stock.
What might have been a very
seriOus fire at the Canada
Packers plant here, was brougfit ,
quicIdy under control and quickly
cextinguished. The fire started
mn�nadho�een�no andsmall part of the cellar. Mrs. Alex Young who formerly
lived in Belgrave and who, with
her family, moved to Lucian on
Saturday, was guest of honor at a
gathering of neighbors and
WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
‘vhen Gordon Yeo was thawing
frozen pipes. Damage was
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in Belgrave. Theprher w@�mcmQmu�noa
Pyrex dishes.
Y DECEMBER 1884
fT��om�o�s��d�mQ
on the second line of Morris lost
all their boa C
DECEMBER 1954
Ata��o meeting
council, it was decided to pithe sidewalks on streets leadhi
to the public school. Council feel
there is danger to the children
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fire which levelled their home.
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v four «b�drenv�m�etiothe f�m.
u A survey' last ~
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who must��b on the streetsin
Streetsareas where traffic is heavy
affected w�lbethe omr�
side of John Street and the south
_a�� of Street,
�.e�'-�m�s-'et, a th
Wingham
. forestry personnel of the
district of Ontario
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to
1/0w80 elm trees adjacent to an
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arch. mwas . great delight ^-~h_-^_...
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.= cousin, o�Ea�of
ioorth side of Diagonal -
rgrtiln all field reports
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foies which are taking a heavy
toll of farm poultry as well as
rahbits and partridge. With this
in mind, the Luc -Tee -Wm club
drive on Boxing Day in the
vicinities of Lecknow, Teeswater
and Wingham.
Wingham's post office is
beginning to take on the ap-
pearance ad Gimbel's basement
on the day of a big sale, with all
the, Cluistmas mail being mailed
has made plans to hold a foxwvmunotherm the
congratulates nine-year-oldBrenda Cathers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Eldred Cathers, who
was the first prize winner in the
little people's coloring contest in
the London Free Press.
hydro are severely to
t infected with disease. *he As a result of thesurvey; crews see
early. HoWever, there's some
consolation for the post office
people. Come January 1, civil
servants in a number of places,
including Wingham, 'will go on a
five-day week.
A new industry, employing up
to 100 men, may be coming to
Wingham in the near future, if
present negptiations with an out-
of-town firm are successful. The
building in question was
originally erected by the Western
Poundry Company and along
buildings was taken over by the
Aero Cushion Tire Company in
1919 and operated for several
years. It went back to the foundry
when the Aero Cushion company
ceased operations here. '
The Belmore community
will , be spending considerable
m'thnea"~~~==,,t=wm wa�
diseased trees that would cause h
hydro interruption during at
ooy to
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epure f, our exhibit helpethd
~~ International Ploy ing
tch. Without the full marriage of convenience,‘ Judith
- - a hideous
peration of the town of Mortimer escapes tO London to
gham I am sure
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-us father's---�~�~u~�=="
.ad h_ -`-^_any i
debts.
storms. 0uComsuderaCiomwDlbegivauby ,~~Turnberry CunucOfor additional
win
lighting in the villagee of wo
Bluevale and melmo�T-m�^w
frontlights are to , be. erected in
Bluevale, one in of the
United Church and the other near
the McFarlane residence. A
meeting will be���B�mw�
to lighting area.
consider setting up a street\,mor,mk Township Council
named. representatives to the
three d�%���high m�oml boards
to serve for 1965 and, 1966.
William Campbell will be on the
Norwell District High -School
Board; Gordon Moir on the
Wingham board and Cecil Wilson
on the Listowel board.
Miss Verna McLaughlin was
elected president of the Women's
Missionary Society of St. An -
Other officers include Miss M.
Williamson, Mrs.. H. Aitchison,
Mrs. W. Keith and Mrs. G.
Godkin.
The medical staff of the
Wingham and District
has elected its officers for the
coming year. Dr. J. C. McKim of
Lucknow will be president andw8lderefore�too the board of
the hospital. Dr. P. J. Leahy of
Teeswater is secretary and Dr.
W. A. Crawford of Wingham
continues as chief of staff.
MUSEUM
Many have heard `tbeir
grandparents or • great grand-
parents
It was on Monday, Sept. 5, 1881.
About 1:30 p.m. there was a
peculiar color the sky. Many
thought a rainstorm was coming.
It became darker and darker, so
that school children were sent
home. By 2:30 p.m. it was darker
than night and the lamps were lit.
It was so eerie and uncanny even
the farm animals seemed aware
something odd was happening.
Children cried and their mothers
tried to console them, while at the
same time they were asking
themselves what was happening
and wondering if it would ever
get light again.
Word finally arrived on the
telegraph in the towns that
terrific forest fires were raging
in Michigan. The winds blew the'
smoke and ashes across Lake
BY HELEN ALLEN
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Billy is a beautiful child with a matching disposition. At
16 months he is good-natured, easy-going, busy and
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always cheerful.
Billy is healthy as well as handsome, but those big eyes
do not see for this baby is blind. As with most blind
children, his development is behind the average, but only
in physical accomplishment. Mentally he is considered to
be doing
National
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in hi~f,t~h Blind who visits him regularly
Though doctors feel nothing can be done to improve his
vision it seems he does see light, and his foster mother
thinks he sees somewhat more than that, because if she
crawls or around his foster reach for seldom bumping ' to anythingA cuddly boy, Billy likes to feel the faces and hands andhair of whoevei is holding him. He sleeps well and is agood eater.Billy needs parents, and preferably older brothers andsisters, who will treat him as far as possible as a normalchild, but will give him much help to deal withhis handicap.To inquire about adopting Billy, please write to today'sChild, Box 888, Station K, Ministry of Community andsocial Services, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2112. In your lettertell something of your present family and your wa of
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Children's Aid Society.
Huron. There was great relief
whon the suspense was ended.
Being Monday and wash day, all
the clothes had to be washed
again Tuesday. The Maitland
River turned brown from the
ashes failing into it and a lye Was
formed killing thousands of fish,
which washed up on the banks.
In more recet times another
dark day occurred on Sunday,
Sept. 24, 1950. By noon the sky
was as dark as night and lights,
were turned on. Again many
thought a terrible storm was
approaching. However it did not
take long to find out by means of
radio that a huge forest fire was
burning in northern Alberta. No
ashes reached this far so there
was no local damage. Even with
modern communication many
thought it was the end of the
world.
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