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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY„ DECEMBER 20,1979
And it carne 10 pass.
Arad when they hagi seen it, they made •known abroad the saying
which was toldthem concerning this child, And all they that heard it
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wondered at thosethings which were told them by the shepherds. But
Mary kept art, these things, and pondered them in her :heart: And the
shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things. that
they had, heard and seen, as it was told unto 'thern.
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree 6'901
Caesar Augustus" that ail the world should be taxed, (And thin taxing
was first made when Cyrenius was govrnor;of Syria.). And all, went to'
be taxed, every one into his own city And Joseph also went 'up from
Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, unto the city y of David
which is called Bethlehem; (Betrause.he was of the house and lineage
of David).
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child..
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished
that she should be delivered: And she brought forth her first-born son,
and wrapped him in' swaddling: clothes, . and laid him • in a manger;
because there was no room! for them in the inn.
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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, theangel of the Lord
came upon them,, and, the giorY of the Lord shone round about them;
and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for,
or,
•behold; I bring you good tidings of great joy,which shall be to all
people: For unto you is born this day in the. cityof"David Savior,,
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Which is Christ the Lord. And this shalt I • be a You; sign unto - Ye'. shall
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find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, 'lying , in a :manger. And
manger.
suddenly there
was w
it
h the angel et am
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fti �ude of
the
heavenly host
praising God, andsaying, Y,to Godin he hi9hesf, and on earth
peace, good will toward men. And
it came toass as the e
p. , angels were
gone away from them into heaven,.the shepherds said one to another,
".et us"nowo even unto Bethlehem, 9 R hte.hem•, and see this thing, which is come
to ass which the Lord
p , hath made known.unto: us, And•
.,they came -,with
haste, and found
Mary and JostSph, and the babe lying a in manger.
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It wasn't an important part partof a council meeting,, a meeting w ic.
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madesome good:'de is o sfor thepeople of Seaforth,for examie
taking sewage treatment chlarges.off the miii rate and onto the monthly
sewer and water'. bill where they belong.
al itemits agenda Iast week 't
But in ihe,vote on a small i on t ge a as he. members'
of Seaforth council -plunked themselves firmly back i to the sixties.
We're referringto council's refusal to back; the city of North York's
resolution ca" in for an• end;' to cost'breaks on -electricity for big
�l g ,Y g
industrial users,breaks that are of Course subsidized by. small hydro
• usrs ontheir monthly PUC bills.
lls
of fuel, skyr k iaredrivi
In an age of shortages e oc ett costs i
nn
9 ..� g energy 9
Eastern Canadians ut of their all -electric homes and when theewisdom
of expectingelectricity use; to climb year after year is g questioned
being
by legislature committees, we find .it. a tittle strange that •not one
councillor ratted the_issue ofenergy conservation.
Instead council's discussion on the resolution was along' the line`s-of •
"if you use more hydro you have a right to a break". That's true for
many commodities but not scarce commodities.
Ontario Hydro has launched all sorts of campaigns asking us to turn
off lights, tiighten dripping 'taps and -keep Christmas lighting ,to a
minimum, The big utility is being hypocritical .by at the same time
sticking to its in effect "quantity discount" to big users.
Seaforth Council obviously.doesn't agree and that's its perogative..
But we're disappointed that discussion of the matter. contained nc.
mention of the energy short seventies.
Another h e, r
election
It's doubtful Whether -most Canadians Want a federal election, . the
second in ten months: it's, even
more doubtful whether' most.
Canadians want an election in. the's
dead of winter in "a.country that's
famous for rough ones. (winters, not. elections).
'But, in casemissed
you are one, of the few -who: the, news, beeause.
theoverd vote
government lost:the: Confidence vote over its g
bud et in the
Commons late fast 'week; we've' got a federalelection Coming on
Monday, February 15,
,
There's not much question that there was verylittle in the
Joe Clark
budget for the ordinary Canadian wage earner, struggling, against
inflationy
and unemployment. But at the same time Man will agree
With finance minister John Crosbie • that it's di=ne for individual.
Canadians to do some sacrificing,to cut down -
on waste and do some
belt tightening. But we•shouldn t be expected - With p ted to put up with; belts so
tight that they strangle.
And there were no measures,. outside of cost increases, to encourage
conservation of fuel or anything else in the Crosbie -Clark budget. As
NOP finance critic Bob Rae said in the budget debates, there was
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precious little hope in a high cost energy budget for his constituents
who drive big old gat guzzlers because they can't afford to trade'them
and get their houses poorly insulated by fly-by-night operators taking
advantage of the inefficient government insulation programs:
WS easy to see the NDP's point in proposing the non -confidence
motion: But it's very hard to see why the Liberals joined them in.
bringing the government down: •
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The' partywhich v
go erned Canada for 16 shat ht' ;earn has
,...,. , g Y noii,ad
time to recoup from its defeat in, May and is nearly totally without
Support in the West. it has, a reluctant leader in ' Pierre seise .
Trudesuwho ..
heeded a party draft that was not overly enthusiastic:
Joe Clark's Tories, on the other hand,
_ probably have nothing to lose
from' a February . etet:tion, They
are already :going to the voters.
pleading didn't have ti a O
pl g Y rt) # carry out planned reforms, ca
their'They n
fight on austerity.budget and insist it's necessary to
vy curb past
cram
err circ sses
its MO toe early to i�e,. ict What the pedie i.
• . . Y R d prole will decide, ,However,
we don't on See' # �rholts lot. Of elecrton inter stirring '
est stirring in this area,
l let's, ..,_..
Butet i tent Weigh and judge like we did inWta do u .
Ind .. ,... Y, Our civic duty
Ind particip4ite, question and vote.
After a .'
ill all, we're paying for the. +e)tercise,
Grade 4 students at Seaforth Pubtie School are shown in the
,Nativity and Robbie Van Loon, anget, WendyGowan, Mary, CherYl Coo
per and
scene at t e dress rehearsal Tuesday. The shepherds are Benny Driscoll Joseph, Jeff Hoelscher. ('ho#Qby Oke) ,. .
.DECEMBER 19TH, 1879
'A large quantity of the tubing for the new
water works has been laid, down tt different
parts. of the town,
Sleighing still continues' :ood, wh. at.,is
T;i gFe
Up, and business. is brisk. "'
- There will be a shooting match forg eese'
and 'turkeys' at the !Harpurhey Hotel, on
Christmas' Day.
The Dominion skating rink and. Curling
rinks have been opened for the first time.
Hugh. Love, of Hillsgreen has sold" to an
Anierican buyer, in Seaforth;; tWo horses for
the handsome sum of $350.00.
The public and high schools closed for the
Christmas holidays on r"da:'." v'
y Friday. Previous sous -to
dismissal theseveral departments were
examined and the uacquitted its all
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themselves most creditably.
Our town butchers, now beinglocated On
Main Street have an additional stimulus to
make an imposing show at Christmastime.`
Amongthose who made the display ossible
PYP
were Geo .Ewing, • John McLean, Duncan
McEwan, John Kerr, C. Dale Jr: of Hullett
and H.M. Chesney;
A written examination for the purpose of
promoting pupils of the Roxbor School, was
concluded last week
DECEMBER
23rd'1!
Samuel Pollard of Constance. has sold his
heavy: draught fillycolt to lvlr,: Kettle, the
price paid being 8180;00,'
A shoa�n� match .in 1$'79
JW, Beattie of Town has in his' display -
some excellent beef and: he. says it is the
finest he has,ever had in his shop..
R.N. Hays) T.E. has son o f Hay, ha s entered
into the publishingbusiness on his own
account,
• Miss Beatrice Scott, daughter of lames . .
Scott, who is at present in Brandon,
Manitoba, has been winning great iaurpia.
forherself as a vocalist,
The re-openingservices in connnectio
n
with the Presbyterrian church Seaforth,
were conducted by Rev: Dr. Milligan,pastor
of O Id St. Andrews' Church; Toronto. The
church. choir '*as under the leadership
Miss Grace McFaut, O.n,:Monday. a tea.
meeting passed off Very satisfactorily when,
about. 800 people were fed,
Sim Neely has been awarded the contract
for snow p'leughing for the season at 35 cents
Wm. Hays has passed his final,
examination at the coliege of Pharmacy,
Toronto, and is now a fullfed ed dr'u 1st.
$.. druggist.
The: families of Messrs. John and Edward
Devereaux•o?the Huron Rd,-Eas are having
g
material laid down for' the erection of
nds meand` modern brick residences this
cog summer. •
m. Monteith of'Faruhar had.his leg
token. Farquhar
oke He
wathes
barn
when
oneof eof
the
colts ran over him.
DECEMBER 27tho 1929
Wirt. M:. Sproat, tile manufacturer has
i.retUrned'from'a trip to Chicago, and Detroit.
A number- of .the local sportsmen. '9f
Kippen joined in a rabbit hunt and
were
successful in gettinga large number.'
On Christmas Eve two passenger trains
come into Seaforth,, the first .being: a special
train well loaded. It was followed about two
hours later by 8 the re ular train carrying_ h
t
mail and passengers _ •
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:The storm, weather= cntinues: It will Y o 11 be
an old fashioned.Christiffas, at Winthrop.
p,
Main Street has been artistically de-
• corated for .Christmas. by John Broderick.
, Many friends of 'Mrs., J.' . P. Bell; well
known resident of Seaforth, will regret to
-learn she suffered a very serious accident in
Toronto,; She was s. uck
tr by a motorist and
several ribs were'broken,
Jack Crich, Seaforth, received. his P
di loma
at the closing exercises' held by;�lCanadian
i
School of Baking . at: Guel h 1 . Bp when "g graduates
were presented withP ins.
Leona
rdW".
orley who has been engaged at
,fames Petty's in; Hetfs
all' has: returned . to
r
Lorad
on•
En land
sailing
byway of the
lie
t3
C u unard Line.
DECEMBER 24T14.1954'
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In the turkey
dna held in
w
conjuction with
Junior „Hockey. •games, the winner on,
Saturday night. was John' Eisler and on
Behindjhe'scenes
ID; Keith Roulstonl
A priceless gift,
Several years ag o in the midst of the
.
Christmas season l Set down some of niv
thoughts about whati would like to give my
Tuesday night the winner was Mrs. Roy
McGonigle.
Members of the staff of the ;local Bell
Telephone exchange wereuests o" he
manager of the S f S t t.
g eaorth Office, Miss
Margaret Hudson, ather residence John St.
Winners at Euchre were Madeline Fortune,
Eva Lillico, Mrs. Phillip Willis and Mrs. Don
Fry,
John Zuefle, resident of Hensel' for over
50 years, will celebrate his 95th birthday.
Born in Germany he learned the trade of
shoe making at the age of 15. and came to
Canada when he was 22 years old,
Messrs. R '' '
oy McBride, pert Kloff, Atex...
McGregor, Robert McGregor, and Orland
Reichert, spent two days in ' Toriinto
attendingthe'annual meetingof
the United
Cooperatives of Ontario.
J. D.. McMillan who has accepted a';
position in the Bank of Commerce com
menced..' his duties in the Goderich
branch of the bank.
Whileatrollin on No
P g Highway early .
Wednesday near Seaforth, Provincial 'con-
stable s
con-stables Robt Sims, and. Arnold' Sommers
spotted a car'in: the e ditch and on'investigat-
investigat-
ing d
g n Brian Clarke, Mitchell, in the car,;
He was su unconscious.
nscious.
Seaforth, Lions Club paid their annual visit
to the Huron County home. The programme.
was in charge J. Scott Cluff, Wm• Ball, and
Harvey Leslie. •
For you mkt children this Christmas
only wish them for you.
For you, on this Christmas, 1 wish the
gift of eternal childhood. Oh. `I know your
body will grow` and your Mind will .mature
children lot Christmas. They were included and someda you'll be standing; '
in a column in Village Squire magazine and t y ding, looking
many people commented on how much ' down'"at gout own children sleeping; $ut'I
•. wish for you to always kee :th qualities
they enjoyed the column: Since then it hasimagination �'•d P e q ea e
Abe i me .a and wonderment that make
c 2 popular part of our Christmas u time.
season• hope you w . .. childhood such, a wonderful time: You'll
t p. _,o won't mind if l repeat it . grow j .
here. growptder,but may you heves' laded
as do •so many people. today.
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You lid there, Ii P May' you
my children," so strap el. i. l i g n
quiet after "our daactivity.� � Y always feel a special stirring when• you
q y y of hectic In, a enjoy !a warm s rin d
few. short hours you'll be on the . go p B aY, a colourful
summer" sunset, the firs fluff snow
again doing; all those little things that make m Y
a father have to work hard to'keephis cool. cringing toe spruce free May. you always
But now the devilment gone and th feel a twinge. of 'pride when you see a flag
e floatingto the wind against
innocence fills your 'darkened room. And $ a blue sky.
tray love lilts the room too, • . May you get that special feeling of awe
When you look at the billions of stars in the
Christmas will soon be here and, your e
mother and t are wondering these daYs black sky.
. Y .Foryou mychildren this
what to get you for gifts. The gifts I would h s Chriofines may
like to give you no money buy, T You always have this gift: of eternal •
} They innocence but also thegift o
arc more precious ` than the old,f knowledge.
frankincense g Particularly that kind of knowledge that
frankincense and myrrh the wisemen h
b , helps you to separate thereat thingsin
brought. 1 cannot give these; gifts; '1 can .. a lifeh
from, the phoney: May, yotfi; • have the
Sugarand spice
By Bili Smiley
Isn't it strange. in modern times, hon'
families can grow apart andbe little more
than well-acquainted strangers when they
do meet, with• nothing more in eonimon,
nothing more to talk about, after the family
gossip has been :exchah ed, than their
physical ;problems: partial plates. bursitis,
high blood pressure, piles?
ar
These are the very people who slept two
or three to a bed when they, were growing
ti- , fought bitterly, had the same arch
up, g Y p ts,
endured the same ups and downs ref the
fancily fortune. Weird,
1n most'of :Canada today, the old family
unit has pretty well disintegrated. Those et
us who were brought up with grandparents,
legions of aunts and uncles, foo Many
sisters (or brothers), and dozens of
cousins, are scattered into thousands of
For i
knowledge perhaps better known 'as you my children, may wish a, sense
common sense: that kind of knowled$e that
helps you on the right path when others
would lead you astray. May you have the
knowledge that helps you separate the real
things.in life from the unnecessary frills;
For you my children this Christmas, may
I wish, " theift or the eternal �8 joy Y of
Christmas and the knowledge
of the l
- rea
meaning of the holiday. May you always be
able to sift through the tinsel and the fake
holly to discover the real joy of love and
warmth in the holiday.
you m
For Y Yh'1 children dren on Christmas; may I'
wish ' that you will always know the
pleasure that family and friends can bring.
Oh, sometimes you'll fight with each other
and you • become angry with your best
friends and you'll want to run away from
home because your mother or I have
disciplined • you, but 'may you always
• recover from these minor disappointments,
to discover again the strength of faintly
relationships and true friendships„ the
knowledgethat there will always be people
there when you .need .help
of responsibility. Whatever you are doing,
try to do it well. Remember that you'll only
live this life once and try to'leav the
world
a little better place than it was when you.
came into it. You may never be able to
solve the great problemsnf'the world:, to
fed the starvingof Asia or halt the
wars;.
in the Middle le East,: but you can makeour
family run well, you, can make yourY
own
community a better place. And by tidying
up your own little corner of the
• world, you.
can help make the world'. a better piace.
You can't carry the world on your
shoulders and you'll only find grief and
disappointment if you`t , Setyour '
rY sights
on a reasonable goal for yourself and fight
to attain it.
These are my gift' wishes: for you, my
children this Christmas. You won't find
gift wrapped
them
- under the tree on
Christmas morniniz„,x'hev+tl ata i•
ere_ij."
my heart. May 1 have the grace to give
them to you by helping you, in the right
paths as yourow to 'a4 oyour
sake and mine, and for the itnieof the
world. "
Families are well-acquainted strangers
tiny, one -cell units, with little or no
Co'nnectio'n with the other old familar cells
except for the occasional phone call or
Christmas card.
1 find this a little sad, but it doesa't
really destroy tae.' The times theyare
achangin, . Our once -warm, once-lare,
once close fatnthes broke into fragmenets
and we just had to accept' it, as' we did the
pill, deodorant and ring -around -the collar
Cenuttercials, women's lits, and other great
stepa forward by mankind.
That's what 1 thought In facts. 1 diet s"t '
mind it that much', f=amilies Cafe be a pain
P
in the arm An older sister who still thinks
you are 12 years old and need: straight.
ening out, A younger brother who doesn't
realize •tlriat under those dull gray stkks Of
'+aura Is another dull gray - clay.
That's the way 1 thought, But once in a.
while, for some reason,
or n o reason, the ,.
whole favi damily comes roaring out of the
wood -work, all at once,and o " r
t4 t the wires your phi ,ie
sh
o h are melting, while Ma Bell
sits back with a satiated` leer, �.
almost
post+'coital, and you -take out a third
o the on e
mort a .
, g g house lir pay .your.
telephone bill. '
atnilies don`t write any
More-
'`hey•.:
telephone. With the state of our: mail'
service, it's no wonder:, You could send two.
Christmas cards in a rbw toUncle Ed,
before you got the Iettet 'fbin Aunti
Anes.
m
'
Agnes, � at1 de 13 months before telling'
.
you that he was either dead, tit' had *tin elf
with a strip 'tease artist.
That's what happened to us recently. My
kid brother hail been taken Suddenly *n4
rather violently ill., We had a couple le
of Sad;
conversations from his hospital room in
•M'otitreal. He was to let :me know. of
change, e, Total sileany
• 8 race.
Aftera lit
month'of this, I phoned my Older
Sister, and asked
.whether he were dead.
She hadn't a clue. Said he'd just vanished.
Fait enough, I wasn't going
to phone.
Then my daughter' .began hon .
6 pt3 from
.from
in
Moosoneer telling mywife.
1~r about her
troubles with beating off the bachelors
and telling file innocuous s l'
, fttff like she w#is
going tolbuy a satbw� , and ....
take the mobile, weluld, rve
kids while site attended aWeekend
conference, and asking me how to cope
with; students who threatened tb`ailtuQot the
principal if she kicked them out a doss.
Bach Of these calls was retuned, slimed
ost
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