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Milford chronicle., 1951-11-09

Douglas Booker and Richard Lee
Farley Of town.
Mrs. 1. w. Belts Sr., is out Of
doors after having been confined
three weeks with tonsilitis.
Rev. and Mrs. E. S. Gault and son
Eddie of Baltimore, Md, called to
see Mrs. Arthur Melvin on Sunday.
Awards for essays written on the
Correct Use of Flags, in the an
nual contest of the Delaware Soci-
ETY., Daughters of the American
ColOnists, were presented at the
fall meeting last Saturday, in the
home Of Mrs. Frank w. Wilson,
Newark Miss Jeanne lie May of
Frederica School, placed second in
the essay contest, winning second
prize. Miss Mary Elizabeth Webber,
state regent, conducted the meeting
and presented the prizes. Mr.. Leon
peValinger Jr., state archivest ad-
dressed the group on Colonial Del
aware"
The cub scouts have placed the
Thanksgiving dinner basket in the
window of the City Hall. Please
help these boys by donating to
such a worthy cause.
Mrs. Josephine Carey entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Patterson
of Milford, on Sunday.
Mrs. Daisy Lilly expects to leave
next Sunday to spend the winter
with her brother and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. George Tieger, in Phila-
delphia.
Miss Dorothy Warren, of the
University of Delaware, spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr.. an(
Mrs. Victor Warren.
Miss Barbara Ann Tatman, OI
Goldey- Beacon Business College
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fora Tatman.
Mrs. Ella c. Kelly and daughter
LeOna E. Kelly, wish to express
their thanks TO the community fOl
! the kindness bestowed upon then
in their great loss.
Homecoming at the Church wa
largely attended on Sunday.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Fir
Company will hold their next carr
and bingO party on Saturday night
November 18th.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-09
Right Equipment Makes
HOmemaking Easy

Women additionally use bobby
pins in place of screw drivers, but
more and more women are learning
that care in selecting kitchen e.
Quipment pays off.
Miss Louise R. Whitcomb, home
management specialist at the Uni
versity of Delaware, announces a
handy guide to buying kitchen
tools. This new bulletin, Tools for
Food Preparation and Dishwash-
ing" is available from the County
Agricultural Extension Offices, or
from the Bulletin Room, Wolf Hall,
/ Newark, Del.
KNIVES are one of the most de-
] ceiving kitchen TOOLS" says Miss
/ Whitcomb. KNIVES that look beau
tiful in the stores may have an edge
that won't hold, or be poorly balan-
ced and hard to use"
For instance, blades of attractive
stainless steel won't take or hold
an edge. Blades of high-carbon
steel will take and hold an edge
well, but will rust and stain. A
chromium plating on high-carbon
steel may be the best choice, if you
want a stainless blade with a gooC
cutting edge.
Tips on buying good knives are
just part of the thirty-page booklet
"TOols for Food Preparation anC
DiShWaShing" now available IL
Delaware hOmeakers.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-09

was showing. We are hoping that
the month will go out like lamb.
We are glad to say that Mrs.
Katie Case is somewhat improved
at this writing.
Quite a number of people in our
town are suffering with colds.
Mrs. Pauline Morgan, Mrs. Car
rie Simpler and Mrs. Amy Payn-
ter attended the Rebekah Assem-
bly, of Delaware in Wilmington
on Thursday. Others who attend
ed the evening reception for the
president and staff were Mrs. Ber.
tina FARRELL, Mrs. Mary Keller
Mrs. Ida Macklin, Mrs. Ella Mel
win and Franklin Morgan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Morgan
spent the weekend in Whining
ton as guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Clifford Bergstrom and Miss Doro
/ thy Minner.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-09
FELTON,
By Mrs.
Elizabeth Gleason
Phone
FELTON, 4642

The Halloween party which was
held at the school was enjoyed by
the school children and teachers
on Tuesday night, october 30.
Halloween passed very quietly
in our town. Quite number of
children enjoyed masking and
dressing up for the occasion. Very
little damage was done this year.
We are glad to know that Mrs.
Elizabeth Bringhurst is much i'm
proved and able to be around
again, and has returned to her
home in FELTON,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Stewart
and little son of Salisbury, spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ashton Jester.
At the regular meeting of the
FELTON, Avon Club on Wednesday,
October 81, Mrs. Laurence Legates
presented a program on Safety"
The guest speaker was George
Ayers of the Delaware Safety
Council. He also presented a NOV
ing picture of safety entitled "The
Closed Book" Plans for the Christ
mas bazaar are we'll under way,
under the Craftsmanship of Mrs.
Albert Warren. The date will be on
Saturday, December 1. 1t will be
an all day affair. The club voted
to send a CARE package to Korea.
The November IA meeting will be
in charge of Mrs. c. M. Simpler,
chairman of education, and the
guest speaker will be Mrs. Ralph
Baker of Georgetown.
+, Mr.. and Mrs. James Hates of
near Canterbury have moved into
his property on West Main street
Johnnie Gleason is i'll and con-
fined to his home this week with
the grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Defender
fer of Wilmington, was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Burton on
Sunday.
Well, November has arrived, and
came in like a lion with rainy cold
weather. Saturday morning il
looked like real winter, when i
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-09
FREDERICK
BY Mrs. HOey Gross
Phone Frederick S6s1

The Halloween Dance, at the
Fire Hall, was largely attended
last week. Little Linda Schwartz,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Schwartz received first prize, for
the prettiest costume, little 10 Ann
Thomas, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Thomas, for the most orig
inaI costume, and Mrs. Andrew
Palmer and Jimmie Faulkner, third
prize, for the funniest couple.
Mrs. w. L. Mcqueen and Mrs.
Julia Camper are patients at the
Kent General Hospital at Dover.
Mrs. Marion Stevenson, enter
tanned some Dover friends at a
luncheon last Thursday
Miss Ruth Ann Stevenson, spent
the weekend at the University of
Virginia, and attended some of the
activities.
Mrs. Mae Tatman and daughter
Mrs. Catherine Lockwood of Viola
and Mr.. John Melon of Wilmington,
were Sunday visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dewey Shahan of near town
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Shahan arc
having ranch style bungalow
built near town. When this is com
pleted, Mr.. and Mrs D. Shahan and
two sons and families will all have
homes side by side near town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Robbins
motored to Wilmington on Satur-
dav visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Linwooc
Clark, Mrs. Leora Moore also ac-
cOmpanied Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins
On Saturday evening, Mrs. Moore
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clark attended
the Ice Follies at Philadelphia
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Barrett, oi
Upper Darby, Pa, were recent
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs
William Sipple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Culver ant
daughter of LeWes, visited her par
ents, on Sunday and ATTENDED
Homecoming service at the Church
Mrs. Annie L. Camper OF nea
Bowers, had her son, Mr.. Waite
Camper of HaddOnfield, N. j., owe
the weekend. Mr.. Camper came b,
4lEQldUG anu ldl40Su IA uAo AAAoSAASA
field, across from her home nea
Bowers.
Mrs. Jane Cook and son Donald
and Mrs. Laura Spurry of Whining
ton, called on friends and relative
in town on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. SpurFy enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Gaul
of Berlin, Md, Rev. and Mrs. E. S
Gault and son of Baltimore, Md
Rev. and Mrs. Roy Jones Of towI
Mrs. Lester L. Carlisle, Miss LiZzi
Lank and Mr.. and Mrs. V.
Warren of Houston, at a turke
dinner last Sunday.
Roger Gourley celebrated his foul
tn birthday by entertaining a grou
of friends at a party on Saturda
afternoon. Those present were
Janet Lawton of Dover, Charlie
Bryan and Ann Christensen
Magnolia, Charles and David Dill
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-09

guests of the Stevens in Philadel-
phia.
Mrs. June Grise entertained a
number to a brush party Friday
evening. Mrs. Ruth Ann Savage
was also overnight guest Of
June's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Bennett
had as their guests to dinner last
Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Lynch, Mr.. and Mrs. Halton John
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Wilgus,
Mr. and Mrs James Savage, Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Murray.
Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman spent
the weekend with her son and
/ daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
James Hall. Added dinner guests
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-09
Re M. and Ms Fdward

Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vaughn Long and
Edward McKenney spent last week
with relatives at Rhode Island,
N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis (Dicky)
Lynch spent the weekend with
relatives in Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-09
Dining Lleht

Frogs have been known to get lit
up dining on fireflies. Birds, despite
their good appetites for insects. are
more fastidious, and rarely If ever
a t fireflies. U. S. Government
studies show.
Milford chronicle., 1951-11-09
Chemical Aid

Coal hydrogenation plants for pro-
ducing gasoline will also aid in sup.
plying the nation with such aro
matte chemicals as benzene and
phenol.
Evening star., 1951-05-04
| Redmon-Wolzl
White Photo

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl w. Walzl of
Colmar Manor, Md, announce the
marriage of their daughter. Louise
NJ. to Mr.. John H. Redmon of
Baltimore. The ceremony took
place recently in st. Andrews
Lutheran Church, Capitol Heights,
Md, the Rev. Paul Manrodt Off
|ciating. The bride was attended
by her twin sister. Mrs. H. l..
|Bergendahl, and the bridegroom S
best man was Mr.. Frank Wall.
After a wedding trip to Florida,
they will reside in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1951-05-04

/ st. Johns Catholic Church in
Forest Glen, Md. was the scene
April % Of the wedding of Miss
Rita Marie Leapley and Mr.. John
Freas Clarke, the Rev. Francis
Veith officiating.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Anthony
Leapley of Silver Spring and the
groom is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert B. Clarke, also of Silver
Spring.
Following a reception at the
home of the bride. the couple left
for a southern wedding trip after
which they will make their home
in Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Miss Greenbuum Is Married

The wedding Of Miss Annette
Greenbaum, daughter Of Mr.. Harry
Greenbaum, and Mr.. Charles
Luria, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
E. Luria, took place April Is in
the Crystal Room of the Willard
Hotel, with Rabbi Henry Segal
officiating.
After a honeymoon at Miami
Beach, Mr.. Luria and his bride
will be at home at $500 Woodley
road.
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Leory-FouIconer

Miss Kathleen Faulconer, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Edward
Faulconer of Silver Spring, was
married recently to Mr.. Robert
James Leary, son of Mr.. and Mrs
John Leary of Ridgway, Pa. The
ceremony took place IN st. Mi
chaels rectory IN Silver Spring
the Rev. Ralph Maher officiating
A reception for the families ano
close friends followed at the home
of the brides brother-in- law and
sister. Mr.. and Mrs. James M
Sweeney. The couple will reside
in Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1951-05-04

The marriage of Miss Margaret
Mary Logan, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William S. Logan, to Mr.
Thomas Martin McKenna, jr.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. McKepna
took place April % in st. An.
thongs Church, the Rev. Ray
mond G. Decker, cousin of the
bride. officiating.
Following a reception at the
home of the brides parents, the
couple left for a trip to New York
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Licht-Gorber

The wedding Of Miss Phyllis
Paige CARRIER. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. G. CARRIER Of Wood
bridge. Va. and Capt. Samuel
LIGHT, jr., U. S. A., son of Mr.
and Mrs. LIGHT of Denver, Colo,
took place recently in the Fort
Belvoir Chapel, Chaplain David
E. Kinsler officiating. Miss Jane
Service was bridesmaid and Capt
Bill Hynson served as best man.
Evening star., 1951-05-04
Thelnnd GeIhous To Be Married

Mrs. Cornelius w. Gelhaus an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter, Thelma June, to Mai.
Edgar w. Lichtenberger, jr., son
of Mrs. E. w. Lichtenberger of
Harrisonburg, Pa.
Evening star., 1951-05-04

The bride e-elect is a graduate
of Western Maryland College and
formerly taught in Baltimore
County. She is now employed at
the Naval Ordnance Laboratory,
White Oak, Md.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09
TOM GRAY's DREAM

Tom Gray lay down on the bar
room floor,
Having drunk so much he could
drink no more;
So he fell asleep with a troubled
brain,
To dream that he rode on a hell
bound train.
The engine with blood was red
and damp,
And brilliantly lit by a birthstone
lamp;
An imp, for fuel, was shoveling
bones,
While the furnace rang with a
thousand groans.
The boiler was filled with lager
beer;
And the devil himself was the en-
gineer.
The passengers made such a mot
ley crew;
Church member, atheist, Gentle
and Jew,
Rich men in broadcloth and beg
gars in rags,
Handsome young ladies and with
cred old hags,
Yellow and black men, red, brown
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09
HARBOR
WOMEN'S CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS

The Manns Harbor Women's
Club held it's regular meeting
Thursday night at the Community
Building with the President, Mrs.
Jaccie Burrus in the chair.
After all reports and a discus
sion of old and new business the
following officers were elected for
the coming year-1951-52. Presi-
dent, Mrs. Forrest Sawyer; vice.
president, Mrs. Richard Mann;
recording secretary, Mrs. T. H.
Midgette; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. T. o. Sutton; treasur-
er, Mrs. Jaccie Burrus; and repor-
ter, Mrs. Helen Daniels. After ad-
journment refreshments were SER
we'd by the education dept. to the
20 members present. Mrs. Thel-
bert Tillett was chairman of the
committee in charge.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09
CHOWAN BAPTIST ASSN.
MEETS AT POPLAR BRANCH

The Chowan Baptist Associa-
ton has completed plans for its
Missionary and Stewardship
Week. Meetings are to be held
in Poplar Branch, Swan Quarter,
Gatesville, Corinth and Edenton,
Monday through Friday, Febru-
airy 1923.
Members of the Manteo Bap-
tist Church who wish to attend
any of the meetings in Poplar
Branch on any of the five even
ings are urged to notify their pas
tor, the Rev. Henry V. Napier, and
he will see that transportation for
them is arranged. He may be
reached at Manteo telephone 49,
w.
The distinguished speakers who
will bring messages to the meet
ings at Poplar Branch are as fol-
lows: Mon, Feb. 10, Arthur r.
Baltimore, for many years a mis-
sionary in China; Tues, Feb. 20,
=. w. BaZem0re, one Clme pastor
in the Chowan Association, later
missionary in the Roanoke Asso-
citation, and now with the Biblical
Recorder; We'd, Feb. 81, H. H.
Nc MILAN, veteran missionary
to China; Thurs, Feb. %, Earle
L. Bradley, general missionary in
Eastern North Carolina; Fri.
Feb. %, James W. Ray, secretary
of the Student Union department
in state work.
Offerings will be taken at all
services o defray expenses of the
sneakers. Should there be any sur
plus, it will be used in the work
of the Chowan associational mis-
sion program.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09

and white,
Andpall chained together-a horri-
BILE sight.
While the train dashed on at an
awful pace,
And hot wind scorched them on
hands and face.
Wilder and wilder the country
grew,
AS faster and faster the engine
flew;
Louder and louder the thunder
crashed,
And brighter and brighter the
lightning flashed.
Hotter and hotter the air became,
Till the clothes were burnt from
each quivering frame.
Then in the distance there rose
such a yell,
Ha! Ha! croaked the devil, we're
nearing hell.
Then oh, how the passengers
shrieked with pain,
And begged of the devil to stop
the train!
But he capered about and sang
with glee,
And laughed and joked at their
agony.
My faithful friends, you have done
my work.
And the devil can never payday
shirk.
You have bullied the weak, you
have robbed the poor,
And a starving brother turned
from your door;
You have laid up gold where the
canker rusts,
And given free vent to your f1eshly
lusts;
You have justice scorned and cor
ruption sown,
And trampled the laws of nature
down;
You have drunk and rioted, muir
dered and lied,
And Knocked at God in your hell
born pride,
You have paid full fare, so I'll
carry you thru,
For it's only right you should get
your due;
Why, the laborer always expects
his hire,
So I'll land you safe in the Lake
of Fire,
Where your flesh shall roast in
the flames that roar,
And my imps torment you more
and more.
Then Tom awoke with an agoniz-
ed cry.
His clothes soaked with sweat, his
hair standing high.
And he prayed as he never pray
ed before.
To be saved from drink and the
devils power;
And his prayers and his cries
were not made in vain,
For he never more rode on the
hell-bound train.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09
over Alligator River

There are more than 1900
frozen food locker plants now in
operation in the United States.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09
THE FAVoRITE POEM
OF RICHARD ]. DUDLEY

Richard J. Dudley, Jr., resi-
dent of Belhtven for many years,
was born April 16, 1878 in Beau
fort County. He has brought us
his favorite poem. Mr.. Quidley's
father, Richard ]. Dudley, ST.,
was born April 5, 1910 at Halter
as, N. c., and died on January 10,
1916. Amanda Wright dudley,
the mother of Mr.. Dudley was
born October z, 1s43 in Beaufort
County and died November is,
1928.
Mr.. Dudley was married in
Belhaven November 9, 1902 to
jamie Sermons Dudley of Hyde
County. Born to this union were
seven children, two of which died.
He has eleven grandchildren and
five great grandchildren.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09
COAST GUARDSMAN RECALLS
PROHIBITION ERA CRIME
NV AYC0CK RRnWN

By AYCOCK BROWN
Sligo. - This little Currituck
hamlet few miles west of the
county's Courthouse at the edge
of the sound is situated at the in
tersection of Highways ITO and
"a. Its location is about eight
miles south of the Cavalier Ken
mel Clubs racetrack at Moyock
and Is miles northeasterly from
Elizabeth City. It's busy little
hamlet because the service sta
ton is frequent change over
point for bus travellers coming
from down in Dare or enroute
from Norfolk of from the south
west.
Sligo was the home address of
Boatswain Sidney C. Sanderlin, a
victim of the internal war this
country had back in the Twenties
between rum-runners and enforce
ment officers. Boatswain Sander
lin was one of the enforcement
officers who with Robert Webster,
secret service agent, and Ma
chinest Mate Victor A. Lamby
was murdered in the Gulf Stream
between Fort Lauderdale and BIZ
mini on a Sunday afternoon in
August, 1927.
Captain Frank Tuten, a resident
of Morehead City, was in
Boatswain Sanderlin's crew at the
time of the massacre, which in
addition to three enforcement Of
ficers being killed, resulted in the
conviction and hanging of James
Horace Alderman, the Miami
rum-runner and murderer. Cap
tain Tuten told me the story a
few years ago following his re-
tirement from the Coast Guard.
webster had orders from his
department to proceed to Bimini
for a conference with certain
schooner owners who were sup
posed to have important informa-
ton concerning a recent flood of
counterfeit money which had been
issuing from the Bahama Island
and he made arrangements with
the Fort Lauderdale base of the
Coast Guard to provide transpor-
tation aboard the CG-249, a TO
footer," said Captain Tuten, as he
recalled the incident.
In addition to Sanderlin, the Of
ficer in charge, other members of
the crew included John A. Robin
son, Frank Lehman, Victor Lam
by, H. M. Caudle, Jodie L. Hol-
lingsworth and Tuten. The eighth
man aboard was Webster, the Sec
ret service agent. The trip to BIZ
mini started as a routine assign
ment but it developed into rem
devious with death for three
members of the party.
Reaching a point about 40 miles
off the Florida coast Boastwain
Sanderlin sighted a suspicious
schooner as he scanned the water
through powerful glasses. 1t was
Immediately assumed that the
vessel was "rummy", as the run
ners were called in those days.
The schooner was ordered to
stand by for search but it did not
do so Immediately. A blank shot
was fired across the bow of the
schooner from the one-pounder on
deck the patrol craft. Twice this
was done without results. Then a
shot was fired across her bow
and the schooner hove to instant
ly, and after circling the vessel
! the patrol craft was dashed to the
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09
LEON BALANCE NAMED
TO HEAD RED CROSS
MiddletOwn Man to Head Fund
Campaign in Hyde County
In 1851

Leon Balance of Middletown,
President of the Engelhard Ro-
tary Club, has been selected to
head the fund raising campaign
of the Red Cross in Hyde County
during the year 1861.
Mr.. Balance, who is State
College graduate is community
leader, and one of the most prom
inent farmers in Hyde County.
Further details Of the campaign
will appear in these columns lat
er.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09
PLAN GUATEMALA TRIP

Mr.. and Mrs. Carter Dalton, Of
Pungo Bay Farm, are planning a
motor trip to New Orleans and a
boat trip from there to Guatemala
sometime soon.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09
HYDE COURT MONDAY

The regular session of Hyde
County Recorders Court will be
held Monday, February IL. About
II eases are on the docket.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09

The number of fires on national
forests dropped from 2,154 in 1919
to 1915 in 1850. The total ac-
reage burned, however, was great
err,
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1951-02-09

IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-10-06
In Defence OF The Atheist
b, Alvin lllig.

IT IS True that th>rs are mo
renu when The sthtisi loves his
puny power 70 dsty almighty God
Anc he nc;crlety that Is MS In
holding a soenlrs posiron that
sta-.e. % many. b., II Is nc
sorse;y gained st . gree; price.
For these moments are followed
% seasons OF deep depression
when bitterness and iuuliy
sno ther him and ne eanno, 60
cape from hlnssl. end the world
his is,le gcc rules So re runs 10
The bsrsi,ars,es al comrades ana
arguments snG violence &c ki.l his
very the -s..s
PRIDE ~. keep him IN tbs en-
happy yts;e -. some persona. ca
,as,rophe hal.s MIN into TIE face
o: facts and ne sees That the world
arc lie are SENSE Jess with his uny
soG Ease reasoning and s,i.l fsa!-
ter &c acsuon car hold him N his
deception Or youth may desire
tie wild license ina; = the atne-
S,s
BIT By FAR the strongest link
TIA, binds TIE s,hes, io bis sad
position IS TIE mediocre hfs OF %
many Christians The atheist 10
constantly looking for Inspiration
and hope and signs OF Divine
Lie. end II you ~ follower o!
Christ dc not give him these
;hlnss YOU may - preparing .
sou for he'll
Thomas Merton. one-une dab
bier In skepucisn and athsisn
who found God IN The person Of
Jesus Christ and eventually te-
came . Trappist monk wrote DO
no; os too quick TO condemn The
man who no longer believes IN
God for II y perhaps your own
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