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fit 2 thi stowfyilu tmbukl thursday am 26 1956 the stouffville tribune established 1u a v nolan son publishers member of the canadian weekly newspapers association and the ontarioquebec newspapers association member of the audit bureau of circulations authorized m aecdc44s mail poctooc dpv ouwi printed and issued every thursday at stouffville ont in canada 350 elsewhere 5450 laff of the week sunday school lesson c h nola pabllbr ju ttomts asooe editor rnday night shopping next month may stouffville is due to return to the annual system of two open nights a week tuesday and saturday at the time this comment was written there had been no move to advertise the annual change and we are wondering if some merchants have another move in mind there is the suggestion that tuesday night be omitted and friday and saturday be substituted in some shopping centres the two night system is in vogue shopping being both thursday and friday nights on the other hand there are those merchants of long standing who believe the only night in the week for stouffville is saturday and they have in their favor the argument that this town has always been an outstanding saturday night shopping centre at pres ent stouffville is surrounded with towns open on fri day while we still are of the opinion that here the trade is predominantly farm trade the population in town and nearby is becoming increasingly commercial and industrial who by and large favor friday night this week the town of strathroy is making the same move as we see it the matter is not one for this news paper to dictate however we are of the opinion that little if any business would be lost should such a change be made saturday daytime business is exceedingly- heavy and would continue to be so true there is the belief particularly among longestablished businesses that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush so why upset a good thing this is a matter of opinion to which they are entitled on the side of friday night we could mention that it might eliminate some of the sunday morning fatigue that has always been resentful of church bells how do you feel about the spreading move to sub stitute friday evening shopping for saturday let us hear from you our readers warh it rcso tul check the sawdust ta the rearnd j8tfe 7m jiyfaiirsr roses in december how nervy can you get the dominion government is being asked to con tribute unemployment insurance funds to strikers who lay own their tools of their own free will the move is being pressed by the calgary trade and labor council why in the name of common sense the government should feel in any way obliged to pay unemployment insurance to those who do not desire to work if not on their own terms we wouldnt know such brass is beyond comprehension in a rural community such as ours in case of a strike the government would be clear ly loading the dice against one of the parties in the dispute since the vast sums taken from the strikers in peace time would not have to be paid out during the shutdown some merit can be seen in paying unemployment insurance to persons laid off through no fault of their own by a strike somewhere else but to provide govern ment aid to those who decide it is in their best interests to throw a monkey wrench into the works by striking is carrying union powers far beyond any fair and just limits for parents only tribute to jack miner jack miner has rendered our country great services the inspiration he has given to young and old of many lands by his life and work will live after him said mackenzie king a dozen years ago at the time of the great naturallstss death whenever conservation educa tion is mentioned canadian boys and girls hear the name of jack miner from their teachers but this mans contribution to the growth of the bird sanctu ary idea should be discussed in the family circle too when jack miner visited the fergus school when i was a child he made a vivid impres sion on everyone who heard him here was a man sincere unaffected enthusiastic about a great idea speaking from his own experience my brother sisters and i told our parents at supper time all we could about his talk i can remember my lather saying jack miner is doing what we all should be trying to accomplish each in our own way everyone should leave the world a better place than he finds it to be at home in the outofdoors is an art and jack miner had mastered it thoroughly although he had but three months of continuous schooling he was educated in the vast store of knowledge of the wild animals and birds of our woods early in this century jack miner realized the necessity of conservation of our natural re sources he formed one of the first game protective associa tions in canada indeed on this continent his bird sanctuary near kingsville became famous and served as a model and in spiration for several hundred other bird havens in the barren lields of his farm jack miner and his workers dug the hol lows for the ponds for wild ducks and geose counties trees were planted as a windbreak and for the u of inweteating birds in 1909 jack miner bejan hu by nancy cleaver birdtagging activities when he placed an aluminum band on a black mallard duck this duck was killed in north carolina six years later jack miner de cided to concentrate on band ing canada geese on the tags he wrote his address and a verse of scripture during his life time he banded hundreds of geese this project helped both the canadian and us govern ments in establishing strategic bird sanctuaries and in regu lating shooting privileges in his public addresses jack miner captured the heart of young and old and impressed his audiences with the value of their heritage of field and for est of wild animals and birds he loved boys and girls and they found it easy to like him and join in his conservation campaign at the time of his funeral one of the loveliest comments on the character of the man was made by a girl who had worked on his farm the pre vious summer she said i will never think of him as dead he was too nice alive like most men of the out-of- doors jack miner was a truly religious man once he said no man can live in the great outofdoors and study the crea tures which occupy it before man has any control over them and consider the regularity of the sun moon and whispering stars without being compelled to believe there is an overrul ing power he had a real sense of purpose in his own vocation which is shown in his remarks back of me in all my under takings is god we need more canadians to day of jack miners caliber the first concern of parents is the character development of their children and in this out-of- doors roan with so little formal education there flourished many of the fine things of the mind and the spirit which we covet for our children jark miners two books on current topics and jack miner and the birds may be found in a few years ago a minister pastor of a downtown church in one of our large cities was touched by the number of old people in the district from a score of different countries they came and many of course born in this land they were old lonely and for the most part friendless they differed in many ways but they were alike in their loneliness a few attended the church services but quite a number were selfconscidus about their shab by clothes and because they could not contribute to the church sometimes in the privacy of a small room he heard stories of better days or nostalgic talks of better times told fre quently without bitterness or selfpity the climax came when at the funeral of an old man there was no one present but a deaconess the undertaker and himself straightway he announced the formation of a new organiza tion in the church remember ing james barrles beautiful phrase god gave us memory so that we might have roses in december he seized upon that name from the church pulpit he told of his plans and invited all the old people who felt the need of fellowship to join the club that was the beginning of the roses in december club one evening a week the old people met for a lively meeting bright and cheerful and refresh ments the membership grew until there were over a hundred and for them it was the high light of the week old people who had felt they were dere licts became acquainted and no meeting held around the church has had a finer atmosphere they do everything from sing ing hymns and old songs to playing musical tchairs natur ally they talk of the past and like mark twain in his old age they have lively imaginations said mark i used to tell stor ies about things that happened and some that didnt now i can only remember the ones that didnt happen well it would be a drab world if no body exaggerated a little there must be hundreds of situations where an organiza tion of elderly people would bring help and healing a live bible class or young peoples society could do it thus giving and receiving a blessing the pastor himself died not long ago but the club continues its weekly meetings recently a member died who had no friends or relatives in this country but there were over eighty people at the funeral service practically all members of the club and on the casket was a lovely wreath and a card from the members of the roses in december club i am glad to pass along this little story with the hope that it may have suggestive value there isnt a village town or city in this vast land without its quota of lonely old people they are the hasbeens of lifes game the players who have had their palmy days but are now on the sidelines in a previous essay i talked about cheerful old age and i am bound to say that many of the happiest people i have ever known have been in their seven ties or eighties it was once accepted that elderly people must be morose or melancholy even cicero said that the aged could do nothing but think of the good times in the past the philosopher was mistak en the writer of the 1st psalm knew better than that although springtime is the period of fresh leaves and vitality he en visaged a life with old age fruit ful and happy his leaf shall not wither here is a life crowned with unfading leaves and undiminished courage and hope when oliver wendell holmes was an old man he met a youth who told him how highly he and others regarded him dr holmes was slightly amused but quite pleased it is a great joy he said for those of us who are going down the hill to be so well thought of by those who are coming up the hill our quotation today is by jonathan swift no wise man ever wished to be younger the chvkch beaches oct praying for samaritans eager lesson for april 29 to see their own highest privil- acts s 440 eges shared by their despised golden text by this shall all neighbors men know that ye are my i verse 16 baptized in duciples if ye have love one the name of use lord jesus to another john 1335 i where there had been a basic the lesson as a whole faith in the true god the bap- i approach to the ieson tism was a token of their con- those of us who have been fession of jesus as lord and accustomed to speak in terms of j so was in his name the form- down south will have to ac- ula of matthew 2s19 contem- jquaint ourselves with the term plates the gentile world where i down north in this lesson for conversion meant a turning to when we read that philip went the true god from pagan dei- down to samaria he was going tics north from jerusalem verse 17 then laid they our king james version says their hands on them and they that he went to the city of received the holy ghost re- samaria but some very old reiving the holy spirit in con- authorities omit the definite nection with the laying on of article and read a city of sa- hands was repeated in ephe- maria the fact is that at thesus but the holy spirit came jtime in question the city of upon the roman cornelius and samaria no longer went by that his household apart from such name herod the great had re- imposition of hands apostolic built it and renamed it seior otherwise 1014 45 baste in honor of the roman j verse 18 25 tell the story of emperor it is rather likely that simons shame and reveal the if this city was the one in ques- 1 unreality of his professed con- tion luke would have called it version by its new name it is just pos- j verse 25 and the angel of sible that the city was gitta i the lord spake unto philip which according to justin mar- go the way from jeru- tjt was the birthplace of si- j salem unto gaza which is des- mon magus the strange charac- j ert the jerusalemgaza road ter who figures so largely in was an important artery be- the chapter of our study gitta tween palestine and egypt was not far from sychar where verse 27 and an eunuch jesus spent two days and i under candace queen of the where many believed on him ethiopians had come to jeru- this fact may have prepared salem for to worship the the ground for the enthusiastic j ethiopia here mentioned is not reception given the gospel un- j exactly the equivalent of abys- der the ministry of philip sinia but refers rather to nu- the other locality in which bia candace was not a personal philip ministered according to i name but the dynastic title of the record of this chapter was the queen who actually per- in the opposite direction from j formed the secular functions of jerusalem the jerusalemgaza the monarchy in place of the road was important at that time i king the court treasurer was as the way to egpyt and ethio- 1 probably a proselyte of the pia the gaza of that day how- gate as a eunuch he would j over wcis not so near the coast i not be eligible for full proselyte as the town of that name to- j status day important events are foe- verse 28 was returning used upon that section of the read esaias the prophet the troubled near east at the pros- 1 journey would be leisurely en- ent time the student should se- j ough and would offer good cure a good map of the holy i opportunity to improve his land in the time of christ and knowledge cf the scriptures the apostles and note these j he probably used the greek three places j version septuagint since that verse byiverse was the lingua franca of the acts 84 therefore they j day that were scattered abroad went verse 34 of whom every where preaching the i speaketh the prophet this a word the therefore looks j very intelligent question giving back to the intense persecution philip a wonderful opportunity described in the previous verses verse 35 then philip i the persecuted and scattered preached unto him jesus here taints were not silenced is new testament authority for verse 5 then philip went seeing the lord jesus and his down to the city of samaria sacrifice in isaiah 53 philip was like stephen one of the heart of the lesson the seven appointed to serve j giving directions to his apos- tables down in this case ties for the propagation of the meant north some ancient au- j gospel jesus had indicated a and suddenly its spring thorities read a city of sam aria see approach to the les son verse g and the people with one accord gave heed program of expansion jeru salem judea samaria the uttermost part of the earth till now the witness had been largely confined to jeru- overseas letter april 15 1956 the fairies have been work ing overtime the last week in london parks and gardens for they are all now a blaze of sun shine with the golden blossoms of the daffodils the outdoor garden at st pauls was incred ibly beautiful with thousands of the daffodils surrounding the lovely velvet green lawn an other herald of spring is the green buds appearing every where on the trees and hedges the journey i took this week will i am sure bring back mem ories to many of the boys over here during the war on bus 13 from golders green by childs hill along the finchley road through hampstead and swiss cottage passing along london ghost road which is very rap idly being reclaimed and re built by the famous lords cric ket ground where the austral ians will do battle with eng land in the 2nd test match then along by regents park sighting the new madame taus- sards along oxford st and re gent st with the crowds of people everywhere in their thousands it makes one won- rrost public libraries his inter est in the conservation of our natural resources our soil water forest flowers fish birds and mammals is something we all can claim as our own and pass on to the risin generation copyright der where they all come from via piccadilly the heart of lon- jdon through trafalgar square i still with its hundreds of pld- geons and people feeding them as usual then a walk down villiors st to charing cross pier then by boat to the tower of london on one of the water buses after a visit through the i tower and seeing all of its his- i toric relics of the past and look ing in vain for the ghost of ann bolyne and then making sure that the famous ravens were still doing their duty we walk- jed along carman street by the monument and the church of st mary by bow where the bow bells still ring to st pauls to see the lovely easter garden in the cathedral which is at tracting thousands of visitors daily it was beautiful beyond words another journey for you later hearing and seeing here was j salem and its vicinity the ex- a mass movement what the i pansion program seemed to be people heard was confirmed by forgotten but god has wonder- what they saw verse 7 for unclean spirits came out and many were healed this verse indi cated the nature of the signs whicli were in both realms spir itual and physical it was a du plication of what had taken place at the hands of jesus himself verse 8 and there was great joy in that city where god visits in salvation there is always great joy verses 913 describe the con version of simon magus whose fame is rather in he sphere of infamy verse 14 the apostles ful ways of furthering the gos pel on this occasion he per mitted severe persecution to strike the church in jerusalem so severe was it that the church was scattered abroad with the exception of the apostles who for some reason of which we are not informed were able to live through the days of pres sure in jerusalem for the church this was a wholesome dispersion for the scattered saints were not discouraged nor silenced the adversary had overstepped himself and had simply sent the voice of the gospel broadcast part of this dispersion reach- j the apostles in jerusalem and i with their sense of responsl- blllty for the entire work of the gospel they sent peter and john as a delegation to examine i the work that was being accom- i plished although these jewish apostles had still a long way to go in being delivered from jew- ish prejudices there was al- j ready enough of the catholic spirit in them to recognize the work of god in these samari tans and it is beautiful to soe how they desired for those i whom they once had despised l the highest of spiritual privi leges such as they themselves enjoyed and gave themselves to prayer on behalf of their samar itan brethren that they might receive the holy spirit a prayer which god answered in full measure but there were other centers of need and the spirit of god who had so notably used philip in a work of mass evangelism now commissioned him to a i work of personal evangelism j from the city crowds he was sent to a desert place to meet one man this man was a see ker after the true god who believing that the true god was found in the religion of the jews had traveled all the way from ethiopia to worship at one of the jewish festivals he was a man of great authority in ethiopia but as a eunuch was probably banned from the full status of a proselyte yet i he was willing to follow on even if only afar off and was j studying the scriptures on his way back to his own land to this traveler philip was direct ed there can be no doubt that it was by the good providence of god that the ethiopian treas urer was reading the most evan gelical section of the most evan gelical of the prophets so with isaiah 53 as his text philip was enabled to lead this seeker to a knowledge of jesus christ the lamb of god before leaving him he had the joy of baptizing him as a rejoicing confessor and we can have no doubt that this earnest treasurer became a vocal and effective witness for jesus christ in his own land thus in one chapter the holy spirit has indicated that gods program includes mass evan gelism the preaching to the crowds and personal evangel ism witnessing to the individ ual railway time table changes effective sunday april 29th 1956 sent unto them peter and john i ed samaria philip who had the apostles were still at jeru salem the news of the samari tan awakening called for inves tigation remember john 49 but also acts 18 jewish preju- been appointed deacon along with stephen and five others was about to earn the title by which he was later known the evangelist acts 218 so effec- dice must succumb before the j five was his preaching in the great commission so must our prejudices verse 15 who prayed that they might receive the holy samaritan city that the whole populace gave earnest heed to the word until they were flock ing in great numbers to be bap- ghost lovely to see jews tized the news of this reached new moon a supercilious eye- i brow cocked over a guilty i world renew your globe and mail at the tribune office still time to enter cowt its fuh to play its more fuh to win christian family week to come in may thousands of canadian chur ches and individuals will seek to make a primary contribution to world peace by strengthen ing the religious faith of the family during special observ ances may 13 to 20 the occa sion is christian family week in canada the 1956 theme is god in the home peace in the world peace in the world has proved to be an elusive goal for man kind yet longing for it is com mon to people everywhere saysthe rev frank p fidler of toronto chairman of the na tional councils family life da- partment the spiritual quail- i ties that are basic to world i peace are precisely those per- sonal qualities which are de- veloped best in a christian home church leaders and lam- i hies alike may heed to be re- minded constantly that chris- j tlan beliefs and practices in the home have tremendous signifi- i cance lor the whole of society family week creates an op portunity for the church and the home to join in the further ance of both peace and family life programs the home mr fidler declared through the kind ol lamily hie it develops can transform both neighbour hood and larger society to do this the home must have the help of the church bolstering and cementing family life thro ugh specific programs and ac tivities many tv commercials make one good turn deserve another our feathered friends make things more cheerful so when you have stale bread adopt the thought thats for the birds effective sunday april 29th gray coach lines services will operate on daylight saving time important service changes on this route new time 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