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THE HERALD Wednesday January IS Page LETTERS Can we forgive and also forget Communitys response appreciated By REV FRITZ Georgetown Is it possible to forgive a War Cnminal Since Emperor of Japan died we have heard much complaining from veterans who remember painfully the suffering brought on by the Japanese tlons Their complaints came on strongest when it was suggested that our Prime Minister might at tend the emperors funeral or in England they came up because Queen Elizabeth or one of the royal family might attend Emperor Hirohito was never tried as a war criminal because of General MacArthur a general who held Christian principles and who saw the need to forgive the defeated even though thousands of his own men suffered greatly because of what was done in the name of Emperor Hirohito Yet those who complained about honor ing this national leader war criminal or not cried that they could forgive but never forget what had happened But is that ly forgiveness especially that now even in death punishment or cen sure must still he considered Is forgiveness real without forgetting what was done in the past When studying conditional and absolute discharges and par dons we can see that if a record still exists concerning a prior of fence then forgiveness is not total It is actually put on hold until one proves one has earned it But what about ourselves Because of our sinful nature we are constantly in rebellion against God carrying on terrorist tivities against His rule in our hves and the lives of others Not recognizing any truce a day doesnt go by that wont find us thinking or acting in some way to sabotage Gods love in our lives or the lives of others Worse still we are war criminals because our ac CLERGY COMMENT Dear Sir The Acton Christmas Hamper Committee consisting of The Salvation Army St Vincent de Paul Lakeside Chapter and the Rotary Club wish to ex press our sincere appreciation to the schools churches community groups and individuals who will ingly donated cash food toys clothing and a variety of other useful items to help us accomplish the task of serving needy families at Christmas The response from the communi was tremendous and enabled us to meet all the needs we were aware of Sharing is the first evidence of caring and we salute all who expressed through their giving that they are concerned about the plight of people In need We also wish to commend and thank the Good Neighbors of Georgetown and the Rockwood for their involvement in meeting the needs in their respec tive communities The task was much easier than it might have been due to the fine spirit of co operation which prevailed on the part of all who were involved We are truly grateful to the peo ple of Halton Hills for helping us to help others Yours very sincerely WadeBudgell Captain Corps Officer The Salvation Army Blue box program may need work and thoughts caused the only innocent man who ever lived on this earth to be executed Jesus Christ Gods very own son was put to death because of our treachery So should we be forgiven and can God forget what we have done in order to make that forgiveness stick God does not feign forgiveness making it conditional or saying that He will forgive us but only so far No God tells us I am the One who will wipe away your wrongs for My own sake and will not remember your sins anymore Isaiah 25 With a faith that counted on the promised Saviour removing all his Bins from Gods sight the Psalmist states As far as the east is from the west so far has He put our sins away from us Psalm God knows all about us and needs no further evidence to con vict us of many war crimes Yet we should feel greatly relieved that He has instead chosen to forgive us by having His Son Jesus Christ take our punishment instead giving us an absolute discharge and a place in His eternal kingdom If we real understand this we will then ex ercise a similar measure of forgiveness to those around us They may not seem like war criminals but we often treat our family and friends coworkers and fellow students in such a way May God help us to recognize and appreciate and then share the forgiveness He has for us Dear Sir I am writing in response to the blue box recycling I think this is a superb idea although there are some faults with it What are we going to do about townhouses apartments and ad joining homes How are the people In these places going to take part in recycling What about plastics like milk bags and plastic wraps When will we be able to throw these in there so they too can be recycled Im not complaining I just want more improvements or else what difference is this blue box going to make As the saying goes do the job right or dont do it at all We need to recycle everything or there will always be garbage So the more we recycle the closer to perfection we get Yours truly T Wainwright Acton Businesses make important contribution Dear Sir I would like to take this op portunity to thank the many mer chants who participated by donating gifts to our chanty drive As secretary of the No District Social Club I would like on behalf of the club members to publicly thank Hills merchants whose generosity has helped us provide The Halton Centennial Manor Seniors Day Program with much needed furniture We hope you had a happy and safe holiday and wish you all the best in the new year Chisholm Secretary No l District Social Club 30 years ago Some hockey fans watched what could well have been a mid winter preview of intermediate B playoff hockey at Georgetown Arena last night where Hunters Realtors jarred the league leading This user just isn friendly Let me be blunt I hate com puters I purely and simply do not like the things I have never liked the things And I am disliking them more with each passing day There I trust there is no am biguity on this point Naturally my animosity toward computers leaves me sadly out of step with a society that believes they are the greatest innovation since indoor plumbing And naturally this leads to endless arguments with friends who are convinced that my bleak little life would be filled with sunshine if I just embraced the computer age Computer loving friends keep trying to tell me I cannot possibly bate the personal computer since I have never tried one and thus have no way of knowing what its like My reply to this is simple Mom tried the same argument with regard to parsnips Shelled When this fails my friends try to convince me that I simply have to learn something about computers The schools they warn are full of 12yearold computer whizzes who are leaving me hopelessly in their dust This is undoubtedly true These adolescent experts may very well be the wave of the future In which case I dont like them either In short its high time for the computerilliterate to state their case time to pout out the pure and unvarnished truth about com puters A computer is a pocket calculator with delusions of grandeur It is an abacus that has grown too big for its britches And it richly needs a few lessons In humility View Thomson News Service Its possible Im unusually sen sitive to computer arrogance since computers have always been notoriously high handed with writers Just for starters there are all those computers which check and correct your spelling This of course is reprehensible on two counts Number one its cheating Number two it is an in tolerable Infringement on the im aginative process As any journalist will tell you spelling is not a mechanical func tion It is meant to be a creative act If youre Incapable of spelling a word more than one way you should restrict yourself to compos ing technical manuals The true writer must be free to sore with the But now computers have gone a further According to a ttle news item there is now a computer program that criticises your writing style Lets not mince words This is despicable Or dispickubble Take your pick Apparently a document fed into this program will come back on the screen full of comments such as redundant weak wordy or cliche The computer will even identify the problem and offer suggested corrections The question arises whatever possessed this computer program to suppose any writer would want to subject his prose to a cold and calculating scrutineer I mean most writers have these already they re called editors Writers simply resign themselves to the fact that the editor will call their prose redun and wordy This is because editors have no poetry in their souls It is removed in a brief surgical procedure performed shortly after birth And this new computer program doesnt stop here either The wret ched thing also screens your writing for sexist references it challenges nouns such as chair man policeman and fireman and it always flags gal What a treat This is not only a computer that winces at your pro se style this is also a computer that knows your sort and isnt go ing to put up with it you chauvinistic old porker you Computer science marvel that It Is has actually managed to come up with a cross between your least favorite English teacher and Germaine Greer in a bad mood And my friends still wonder why I cling to my trusty typewriter a faithful machine that avoids like the plague any insinuation that I use cliches and never so much as hints that Im being wordy or ver bose or repeating myself or using two words when one would do She may he a relic but shes a great old gal Bradford Fords 85 to move within a single point of the top spot Knox Ladies auxiliary held their annual meeting in Knox Church parlour on Jan 13 The secretarys minutes of the 1958 annual meeting were read The following were elected to office for president Mrs Robert Reeve 1st five- president Mrs Jack McGibbon 2nd vicepresident Mrs G E Mit secretary Mrs GW Mc treasurer Jean bazaar convener Mrs Robert Lane catering convener Mrs Er flowers and card con AlexCalder Assistant accountant at the Bank of Commerce soon to be transfer red to Port Bob Burke was honored at a social evening at the North Halton Golf and Country Club on Saturday jointly spon sored by the businessmen and the Chamber of Commerce Mayor Jack Armstrong attended the af fair and on behalf of the sponsors made the presentation of a lazy boy chair to Mr Burke 15 years ago This month a small group of crosscountry skiers and families from across the province have formed themselves into an and are now busy looking for supporters to join with them As a nonprofit group dedicated to help ing each other the new association is much needed with the literally thousands of sports enthusiasts rushing to outfit their families with the low cost equipment Mrs Janice Smith Chipper Ct opened her borne for the an nual meeting of Georgetown Arts and Crafts Jan 17 Mrs Helen Agg retiring president thanked her executive of the past two years and all the members for their co operation and excellent tion and wished her successor well Miss Dorothy Stone conducted the election and installation of the of fleers 10 years ago Ray Evans has been elected the Georgetown Chrysler Raiders Player of the Month for December Evans has just had an excellent month as has the Raiders Georgetown has played nine games in December and came out on top in eight of them Meanwhile Evans has been on a tear as he is now among the leagues top Georgetowns Rob made an excellent snowing at the Ontario Winter Games in Kingston Mr Masson won two swimming events and finished second in another Mr Masson won the gold medals in the 1500 metres and freestyle His silver medal was taken in the butterfly event If a group is formed to help recently widowed women in need of support those doing the con tacting would be more than welcome to train with volunteers for the Contact Centre according to a member of the Centres ex ecutive Speaking to a meeting of members of the Georgetown Con tacts for the Widowed Rev Walter Ridley said that if the group decides to form some type of con tact group to help the widow ed women one of the first things these contact people will need to learn is how to listen not only to what is said but even to the silences between the words Family friends and neighbors met together on Sunday afternoon to honor an esteemed lady in the person of Mrs Agnes who was celebrating her 85th birth day The gathering took place at the home of her son Lloyd and daughter inlaw The dining room table was decked up with beautiful lace cloth It was centered with a beautifully decorated birthday cake The was a very happy one Later in the evening there was a family dinner party in the same home 5 years ago The latest meeting of the WI was held Jan 11 at the home of the president Mrs There were four visitors present which helped to make good attendance for the first meeting of The president opened the meeting with a tribute to Robbie Burns as his birthday Is in January Two big wins over the weekend have propelled the Georgetown Raiders back into the thick of a seventeam battle for first place in the Ontario Senior A Hockey League The Raiders delighted the home fans at Gordon Alcott Arena Friday night by whitewashing low ly Woodstock The following evening they proved they are legitimate contenders by hammer ing the Real McCoys 7SmRockton Womens Institute Historical Research meeting took the form of Open House at the Community Centre Thursday afternoon and evening History books were