Zurich Citizens News, 1975-12-22, Page 4Page 4 Citizens News, Dec. 22/75
Editor's Note - The following editorial, a perennial
favourite, is particularly appropriate in this edition.
If the little town of Bethlehem had had a newspaper
in 1975 years ago, the news story of the birth of Christ
might have read like this:
'Bethlehem was besieged last night with hundreds of
out-of-town persons who had arrived her to pay their
taxes as ordered by Ceasar Augustus.
'All available accomodation was filled to capacity
and some visitors were sleeping in the streets.
'It is reported that a baby boy was born in the stable
behind the Inn. The mother is believed to be the
woman Mary who is rumored to have been rejected
in her home town because she claimed to be a virgin
even though she was evidently expecting a child.
'The husband, Joseph, is said to have had special
instructions from an angel prior to his marriage. He
maintains that he was informed that Mary was with
child of the Holy Ghost and that the baby is to be the
Saviour of the world. •
'Officials deny that the baby born last night to Mary
and Joseph is the promised Messiah. They say it is
highly improbable that God would select such obviously
crude means to introduce His Son to the world. It
is even more unlikely that He would entrust the prom-
ised One to parents of such menial state and such
questionable character.'
The skeptics of old are still among us. But no baby
before or since the birth of Christ has caused such a stir
for so great a time. No one man has influenced so many
people as Christ the man. No one book has remained so
popular or is quoted so frequently as the Bible in which
the wonderful Christmas story is recorded.
Faith is a miraculous thing. It is sai that faith along
can move mountains and any other obstacles in the
path of life.
It was faith that prompted the shepherds to leave
their flocks when nothing else could have.
It was faith that made the early Christians willing to
die rather than risk the loss of their firm belief.
It is faith that keeps Christmas now and forevermore.
And it will be faith that will bring millons of people to
their knees to adore the Baby Jesus in the crude little
manger in that Bethlehem stable again this Christmas.
May the joy and peace of Christmas grow to faith in
our hearts in the New Year and forevermore.
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(by Raymond Canon)
STILLE NACHT,
HEILIGE NACHT
Any reader who speaks Ger-
man will know what those words
mean, but for any who do not,
that is the first line of Silent
Night, Holy Night, which is not
exactly my favorite Christmas
carol. but one that everybody has
ti 'ung and knows and one which
the kids seem to know quite well
too. All of a sudden, for reasons
which 1 am going to explain,
it has become No. 1 on my hit
parade.
To keep out of mischief on
Sundays, 1 have taken over the
job of superintendant of our
Junior Sunday School. This gives
me the task of presiding over
about 50 delightful children and
five demons who have been sent
to test me. To date, by judicious
use of both the stick and the
carrot, I have managed to keep
those five black sheep from creat-
ing chaos among the 50 lambs,
and am, I must admit, rather
enjoying it all.
One of my goals has been to
get the kinds involved as much as
possible with the life of the
church so that, when they get
older, they can't claim that they
were totally ignored and therefore
wanted to have nothing more to
do with religion. To this end
we have undertaken several pro-
jects, one of which is the adoption
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Btf':E WATER GEST i -Ont
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On behalf of the Residents and
Staff, we wish to extend our
wishes for a very Merry Christ-
mas and a Happy New Year to
,all of our readers, also we would
also like to sincerely thank every-
one for the plants and treats
brought to the Horne for both
Residents and Staff during the
Christmas season. We would also
like to say how much we appreci-
ate your consideration during the
rest of the year for programmes,
visits and all other favours we
receive.
On Monday afternoon, the
children from St. Boniface school,
Zurich, presented their Christmas
program lne.
On Tuesday evening, the
Tips to Make
Yule Brighter
The Christmas card made
from a photograph of chil-
dren or family group is
highly popular as a means
of bringing a sense of to-
getherness to relatives and
friends when geographical
separation makes the real
thing impossible.
The best time for such
pictures, naturally, is when
presents are being opened
and the family group is
together, sharing and show-
ing their joy in Christmas
surprises.
A good second opportu-
nity may be found when the
family is gathered at the
table for Christmas dinner.
Other possibilities include
"stockings hung by the
chimney with care" and
children playing, indoors or
out, with new gifts.
Whatever subject you
choose, better do it today —
tomorrow may be too late
to capture the best "shots"
to share with others.
In most cases, Christmas
cards become waste paper.
Before you consign this
year's cards to the trash
can, consider removing per-
sonal messages from them
and turning them over to
a church or other group
whose members devote their
time to creating attractive
scrap -books with the cards.
Many beautiful and col-
orful cards, carefully se-
lected and arranged in
these inexpensive and easy -
to -make scrap -books, pro-
vide hours of enjoyment to
older people and others
whose activity is curtailed
for one reason or another.
You might enjoy making
a scrap -book for yourself.
Whatever the case, the
second life given these
Christmas and greeting
cards 'can be rewarding and
useful.
Christmas novelties, glass
ornaments and tinsel deco-
rations, from America and
abroad, will enjoy great
popularity during the 1974
Yuletide season.
People are celebrating
with more non -electrical
decorations, such as orna-
ments made from house-
hold items, glass decor
which reflects the usual
home lighting, and candles,
homemade or bought.
The trend represents a
return to home living, a
more provincial way of life.
This resurgence of a coun-
try -type lifestyle and fam-
ily togetherness becomes
most obvious during the
holidays.
$ 8 8
Hurondale Instilutc sponsored
the regular monthly birthday
party. The programme consisted
of violin selections by Mr. Cecil
Skinner, Rev. Harold Snell and
Mr. Ross McFalls accompanied
on the piano by Mrs. Ross
McFalls. Mrs. Helen Webber
favoured with two readings.
Miss Anne Brodie accompanies
Mrs. Lorne Oke on the piano as
she sang a german song. Mr.
Nelson Squire favoured with
some mouth organ selections.
Residents having birthdays
during the month of December
were Mrs. Mabel Gossman, Miss
Pearl Keys, Miss Mary Ann
Stccklc, Mrs. Dora Waghorn
and Mrs. Etta Young. Christmas
gifts were distributed, courtesy
of the Ladies Auxiliary. Follow-
ing the programme, a delicious
lunch was served.
On Wednesday evening, the
residents were treated to a
musical programme by the
members of the Huronia choir,
Mrs. Ann Marie Hoffman favour-
ed with two solos and the choir
was accompanied on the piano
by Mrs. Beatrice Geiger. At
the cdnclusion of the programme,
refreshments were served and
a social time spent.
Sonic of the teachers and pupils
of the Zurich Public School visited
on Thursday afternoon and pre-
sented Christmas music. Resi-
dents are happy to have the child-
ren visit as a number of them
have grandchildren or great
grandchildren taking part in the
programmes. Bingo was played
on Friday evening and refresh-
ments enjoyed. 011 Saturday
evening, the members of the
Christian Reform Church of
Exeter gathered with the Resi-
dents in the dining room for
Christmas carols.
We arc sorry to report that
Mr. George Hepburn is a patient
in South Huron Hospital, Exeter.
The sympathy of Residents and
staff is extended to the family of
the late Mrs. Ethel Selves. On
Sunday afternoon members of
Dashwood Industries taking part
in the London Santa Claus parade
visited and entertained the
Residents. Rev. Blackwell had
charge of the Sunday evening
chapel service
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