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Smyrna times., 1952-06-12
CHARTER
NIGHT HELD
Smyrna Lions Celebrate
Charter and Ladies Night
in Dover Grange Hall
MANY GUESTS PRESENT

Charter and ladies night was OBJ
served by the Smyrna Lions Club
on Monday night, with ninety-five
Lions, Lionesses, district officials
and deputies, as well as large rep
resentative groups from the Will
mington, Clayton, and Hartly
Lions Clubs attending. The affair
was held in Grange Hall, Dover,
with dancing following the dinner.
Music by The Starlighters. Robert
Baynum, district governor, officiat-
ed at the installation of officers of
the club. They are: Charles M.
Gee, president; Guy Edmondson,
Jr., first vice president; c. Preston
Poore, second vice president; Will
liam Doughten, third vice presi-
dent; Edward Schabinger and JAM
es Ford, directors; Lex FAIRIES, lion
tanner; Francis Gebhart, tail twist
er; Stanley Middleton, secretary
treasurer.
Years Activities Reviewed
Henry T. Price, retiring presi-
dent, reviewed the years activities,
manning the various Embarrassing
efforts; also the dinner for the
members of the high school foot
ball team; Thanksgiving dinner
for 80 underprivileged children; the
Citizenship Award; sponsorship of
March of Dimes; dinner served to
the local cub scout pack at the
Wayside Inn; many physical i'm
provements to the Youth Center;
the highly successful regular Sat-
urday night dances for teen-agers,
chaperoned by Lions; the retiring
of notes on the Youth Center by
the Antics of 1852; attendance at
church service in body; and slim
!ulating programs during the club
year. A silver bowl was presented
to Mrs. Price by the club.
Numerous Guests Present
Guy Edmondson, Jr., acted as
master of ceremonies, and present
ed the numerous guests from other
clubs. There were eighteen men,
bers of the Wilmington Lions Club,
sponsoring group, present. Mr..
Baynum paid tribute to Francis B.
Gebhart, past district governor, for
the spirit of cooperation he had in
stilled among the clubs in the dis
trict. A pin was presented to
Stanley Middleton for services as
secretary. Charles M. Gee, the
new president, stressed that his
aim will be unity during his re-
gime, with all Lions working to-
gether on all projects for the bet
terment of the club. John w.
Jacobs, Jr., was named key men,
Der, for bringing in new members.
John H. Fearon gave the invoca-
ton.
Smyrna times., 1952-06-12
Kenton To PLAY

The Kenton Baseball team will
meet Chestertown Saturday, June
IA, at 2:15 pm. on the Kenton
school diamond.
Smyrna times., 1952-06-12
Ohildren,s Day Service at Clayton

Ewell's1St. Paul Church, Clayton
will give its Chiidren's Day pro-
gram on Sunday, June Is at 7:30
pm. The public is cordially invit-
ed,
Smyrna times., 1952-06-12
WORK ON TOWN
STREETS START
Preparatory Work Started for
Laying of Storm Sewers
on Commerce Street
HAMILTON LANE SEWER

Smyrna is the scene of two i'm
portant improvement operations,
one in the center of the town where
preparatory work is being done to
the laying of storm water sewers
on East Commerce Street from
Main Street to Route 13; the other,
the sewer and water project on
Hamilton Lane and on School Lane
near the site of the new elementary
school. The latter project is in the
hands of Pleasanton & Edgell, con-
tractors, Dover; it was started a
week ago and is now twenty-five
percent completed.
Smyrna times., 1952-06-12
Work on Commerce street

The, town has engaged George &
Lynch, contractors, who started
work last week to lower the sewer
laterals and lower and renew water
services from Four Corners to the
DUPONT Parkway, two blocks. This
work on East Commerce Street is
in preparation for the laying of
storm water sewers on each side of
the street by the State Highway
Department, and the resurfacing
by the department of that section
of Commerce Street. This is a
long-awaited project which will do
away with the excessively high
curbs which are hazardous to mo-
torists, and to take care of water
during heavy transforms. Com
merce Street is the through traffic
route from Matapeake Ferry, and
barricades have been erected at
Four Corners and the Route 13 in
tersection, with traffic detoured
! through Main Street. Two town
employees are being used as inspect
ors on these jobs, according to
Town Manager Stanford c. Marvel.
James Warren is on the East Com
merce Street project, and John
Unangst at Hamilton Lane. The
big Glenwood Avenue project will
be given an impetus when bids are
received for water and sewer i'm
provements in that area. Bids will
be opened at meeting of Town
Council on Friday, June 81, and the
project will be awarded soon after
the bids are tabulated. Mr.. Mar
vel also has announced that plans
are twenty-five percent complete
for the new disposal plant which
will be erected here.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-07-04
For Your Protection

The Bishops Of the world, the direct successors
OF the Apostles, have many solemn duties imposed
on them by the nature of their office
They are directly responsible to the Vicar OF
Christ himself for the spiritual welfare of their
focks accomplishing this end through the exercise of
their Ordinary Powers the spiritual leaders, the
teachers and governors of the faithful.
one OF their principal duties is that of guard
ing the ancient law Of the Church: TO that
the law is carried out according 10 the letter
and spirit Of the sanction placed upon II by the
Folv Mother Church and to to IL that nothing
new. that could be construed being contrary IN
spirit to the tenor of these ancient canons be adj.
mitted as a practice in their Dioceses
Al their annual General Meeting held in Wash
ington al tho end Of last year, the Bishops of the
United States by common action recognized the
necessity of recalling TO priest and people the
cient law Of the Church protecting the essential sane
tty OF the Holy Sacrifice and governing the ac-
ceptance Of stipends for the intentions expressed
by the faithful The individual Ordinaries were TO
promulgate the condemnation of the current abuses
as they found them in their own Doceses
After careful investigation, Bishop Ready last
week issued q condemnation OF the abuses he found
current in the Diocese of Columbus hitting espee
tally al the ~socaed Mass Leagues, Mass Associa
tions purgatoral Societies which propose 10 en-
roll individuals and family groups on the payment
Of fixed monetary contribution" with the promise
"of daily and perpetual remembranees in large
number Of Masses"
The whole purpose of the Hierarchy's condemn
alton Of the strange and unholy practices regarding
Mass Associationsn- foiie"{re tfe -~eiont law
of the Church-ia 10 proteet the faithf,d and to
keep the Mass in the sacred esteem Of all g o.eS
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-07-04

system what a chaotic inadequate affair our edu-
cation would bel"
We all can imagine more or less, just what 1t
means to be blind Never to see the face of loved
one; never to be able to enjoy the sight of Gods
wonderful creation always to live in perpetual night
time.
one, those blessed with sight appreciate
the wonderful contribution made by the obscure
Catholic blind boy Louis Braille, to the happiness
of those who cannot
Bodily blindness is a fearsome thng-but it is
not the most terrible kind of blindness. The blind
ness of the soul is far worse. Those who cannot
see" God as their Creator and Christ His Son.
their Saviour are blind to the only facts worth
knowing
We all admire Louis Braille and his accomplish
ment And yet, have it in our power to do some
thing hundred times more wonderful IT, by our
word or example, person only was led TO sight
of God in true perspective-our fame would out.
shine that of Louis Braille.
To live in spiritual blindness is to live in dark
ness dense than the deepest night. Who among
us has not acquaintance who is cropping his way
in that terrible obscurty? Reach out your hand to
him. Help him to lift up his heart Help him to guide
his stumbling footsteps, to find the Way to the
Light that shneth in the darkness Man in his search
for God and for salvation is often helped by an
other man. 1t takes with the "eyes" of faith
though. IF blind man leads blind man they both
fall into pit" None is so blind as he who will not
see. Thus it sometimes takes act of will to
the light
Why not make yourself famous person. todayf
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-07-04
More Vatican News Tips

Persistence is often the only way one can get
the required results. Constant and determined eff
=ort finally brings success So it would seem with
regard to those public news agencies which con
annually foretell that the Pope will soon call
consistory to proclaim the elevation of new Car
dinals Usually we are assured that reliable sour.
ces at the Vatican" are the authority for such
news story.
"Newsweek' magazine last week told us to look
for the Pope 10 call consstory before Christmas
to name members TO the College of Cardinals.
Only as men now wear the Red Hat; the quota is
70" Well, that is good enough to expect
that the Pope would name new Cardinals Such
Cardinal. The Church has lost several members
of the Sacred College in recent months the last
being the iustrious Cardinal Faulhauber of Ger
many II is therefore, quite safe TO surmise that
the Pope will name new Cardinals. The public
press has been doing this sort Of f0recasting often
and so long, that its persistence may be rewarded
with success this time. IL is especially enjoyable to
note the published belief that this will occur be-
fore Christmas.
Also "Newsweek" announces that an "extraor-
dinary Holy Year" may be proclaimed by the Pope
in 1854, commemoratng the Tooth anniversary of
the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate
Conception. Good idea. And most likely talked Of
by the priests in Rome Someone could have
thought of this and surmsed about it. That would
be sufficient TO hazard news story that il might
happen Which indeed, it might One could hope
so for the success of "Newsweeks' reported.
1t must be born in mind that the Holy See does
not do things in this fashion. And readers of the
secular press should keep in mind that such an
nouncements are merely surmse, nothing more
One cannot help but smile indulgenty at the cock
sureness of these scoops, forecast in the man
ner of Drew Pearson Persistence pays off event
ually, and people quickly forget the many fore
casts that did not materiaze.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-07-04
LOUIS r. BUDEM
Reds Bare Plans For Negroes

sissippi, land a good section of
South Carolina, Georgia, and
Alabama" This is what the
Communists call the 'heartland
base of the Negro nation. 1t is
that area which must be ''liber-
ated" by breaking it off from
the United States"
The mass of the Negroes and
many of their leaders for years
have opposed this idea, as
have emphasized. Why then do
the Communists raise the issue
again?
A study of the whole Red at
titude toward the Negro will re-
veal that this aim of "self-deter-
mination" is brought forward
only when Soviet Russia desires
specifically to create chaos Nth
in the United States. Through
this device Moscow hopes to
create tension and conflict with
in this country. In his "Founda-
tionS of Leninism," Stain has
made clear that national liber-
alton" of oppressed peoples
must be linked and made Subserv-
lent to the dictatorship of the
proletariat. And today that
means only one thing: colonial
and coiored peoples are TO be
The foilS for MoScow'S ambitions.
Seek Super Segregation
To create conflict over this
matter within America now
would not only harm the United
States, but would feed Soviet
propaganda among the colonial
peoples throughout the world.
II is Soviet Russia that the Com
munists are concerned about,
not the Negro.
This fact has been SO we'll
brought out by Father William
A. Nolan in his book. "Commun-
ism versus the Negro" that ]
recommend it to every alert
American. We could learn from
its pages what leading anti-Com-
munist Negroes have said-thst
"self-determination" will create
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-07-04
Bishop Sheen's Service

Catholic people throughout the TV areas OF the
United States constantly report glowing comments
made by their nonCatholic neighbOrs and friends
the weekly program of Bishop Sheen. Even TV
surveys indicate that the iliHstfious Bishop is at
the top in popularity.
The thought cannot be avoided that the renown-
ed orator of radios Catholic Hour is again render
ing tremendous service TO his country. this time
through the medium of teevlsion Bishop Sheen
like all regular scheduled teIecasters may not d
rectly promote the Catholic Church. He must, in
sense limit himself to generalities in this regard
Nevertheless, his weekly program is doing meal
cuable amount of good His lucid explanations OF
fundamental principles of morality and their app!i-
cation to present day problems will go long way
in helping Americans to think correctly and to act
accordingly.
No one will deny that great confusion grips the
thinking of the ordinary American citizen of today
Most Of them wish to be out of this fog. But they
are unable to help themselves, and when they turn
10 public officials they find mere politicians arc not
statesmen Universities and colleges turn out many
new scientists with the latest formulas; but there
are too few modern degreed people equipped to
think logically, clearly and honestly.
II is little wonder therefore, that Bishop Sheens
telecasts are so popular People starved for the
principles of justice and morality he gives; they
feel secure in the light of day after he clears away
the fog OF indecision nd doubt.
II anyone in America deserves Medal of Honor
for public service IT is the learned, hardworking
and hard-praying Bishop Sheen.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-07-04
WASHNCTON LETTER
3-FOLd Crisis Threatens US.

alienable rights. "
The other school of thought,
the law dean continued, made
the justice of democratic process
wholly determinable by majority
vote. considered the will of the
people, as expressed through
their duly-elected representa-
tives, morally supreme, and view
ed the Constitution as a self
sufficient instrument which is to
be detached from the moral or
der"
over-simplification
Some may argue that this is
an over-simplification of the
problem. Certainly, though no
one can deny that the struggle
between the two conceptions ex-
lists today, and has long existed.
Who has not heard, many times
over. arguments that fit neatly
into the pattern of the second
school of thought mentioned by
Mr.. Brown-arguments that fit
into that pattern, and no other?
What other school of thought
could be the parent of the seoul
arism and the doctrine of exped-
iency that we know today? =
And, as DR.. Brown also point
ed out, "a survey of the law of
divorce in the United States dur
ing the past 40 years diScloses
that the legal order of this coun-
try has already yielded to the
pleasure of secularism."
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-07-04
Are Democracy And
Church At Odds?

before World War | to avoid the
conflict, and Pope Plus XI and
XII have urged peace. In his
Christmas message in 1899 Pope
Plus XII wrote: "The unspeak-
able calamity of war, which Plus
XI foresaw with deep misgiving,
and which with all the energy of
his noble spirit he strove to
avert from the comfy of nations,
is now upon us as a tragic real
ity." In his Christmas letter of
1914 he gave the necessary con-
ditions for an effective peace
organization: unity of the hui
man family, democracy in inter-
national relations, ban upon war
of aggression and formation of q
joint organization for peace. IL
leaders of some nations seek war
and attack others Christian ira
dition has always sanctioned de-
fense by the nations attacked.
The cruelty of war is not a re-
suit of religion, nor approved
by the Church, but the Christian
man and nation is permitted to
defend himself and his loved
ones.
@. What is the Mystical
Body?
A. In the EncycIicaI on the
Mystical Body Mystici Corporis)
by Pope Plus XII he states: ''If
we would define and describe
this true Church of Jesus Christ
which is the One, Holy, Ca
tholic, Apostolic Roman Church
we shall find nothing more no
BILE, more sublime, or more di-
vine than the expression the
Mystical Body of Jesus Christ
an expression which springs from
and is, as it were, the fair flow
ering of the repeated teaching of
the Sacred Scriptures and the
holy Fathers" AS st. Paul had
described it Romans, 12:4: "As
in one body we have many mem-
bers, but all the members have
not the same office: so we being
many are one body in Christ, End
every one members one of an
other"
@. Is one committing a sin
WheR impure thoughts run
through his mind?
A. II impure imagings are will
fully evoked or kept then inn
pure thoughts are sinful. Even
great saints, however, have been
subject to such thoughts without
any guilt. st. Catherine of Siena
describes siege of such
thoughts which tormented her
for some time. She kept praying
and at the end of the tempta-
ton Christ appeared and she
asked: 'Oh good and sweet Jesus,
where vert Thou while my soul
was being so sorely tormented?"
Christ replied: 81 was in thy
heart, Catherine, for / will rot
leave anyone who does not first
leave Me-" 1t is possible that We
are sometimes indirectly re-
sponsible for such thoughts by
carelessness in our reading,
glances or conversation. Impure
thoughts of themselves must be
consented to before they become
sins.
Send questions 10 Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, Box
636, Columbus (f6), Ohio.
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situation. 1t did not rise over
night. 1t does not derive from
yesterday, nor the day before.
1t is the natural product of
national drifting, over years and
years, from certain fundamental
principles which have made this
country great.
Some observations applicable
to this situation have been made
by DIR. Brendan F. Brown, dean
of the Law School of the CathO-
lie University of America here,
in an address TO a 1852 gradual
ing class. He said fundamental
truths are being threatened by
crises of three-fold nature-re-
ligious, political and economic.
Come From God
Actually, DIR. Brown said, ''the
political crisis in the United
States has been in the making
ever since the genesis of Amer
lean democracy" He added that
one school of political thought
"has viewed those written guar
antees of human rights tthe Con
stitution with its Bill of Rights
as expressive of an antecedent
ideal moral order, existing ex-
trinsically to the will of the peo-
pie and of all groups economic
and otherwise" In other words,
his inalienable rights come to
man from God. This order
alone, said DR.. Brown, "justifies
the existence Of self-evident in
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-07-04
WASHINGTON LETTER
BY J. J Gilbert

WASHINGTON-The political
capital of the United States is
moving temporarily to Chicago
Within a space of three weeks
the two major political parties
will have their national conyen-
tions in the Illinois city. They
will nominate the standard-bear-
ers behind whom they hope TO
capture control of the Federal
Government for the next four
years. They will adopt the plat
forms on which they will stand
forth for election. The great and
the near great Of the political
world have already begun TO de-
Scend upon the midwest metrop-
oils.
II would be well if Washington
could employ this quiet, if not
vacuum, to mediate on the
changes that have taken place,
and are taking place, in our ma
tional life. II would be better if
the whole nation pondered on
these things.
Much Complaining
There is much complaining to-
day about confusion, uncertainty
and a sense of Illustration. There
is no mistaking the sense of fu-
tility and indecision that one sees
in many persons and in many
projects. But ii would be mis-
take to assume that only few
people are responsible for this
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-07-04

vast Negro ghetto" II is in
deed proposal for super-segre.
cation, and that is something
which might we'll be emphasized
In every community. The hopes
of the Negroes are TO be part,
OF America and thts scheme
Mould cut them off from such a
hope.
Challenge To Catholics
But that is not the end Of the
matter. In order to reach their
revolutionary aim of disorder
in the Black Belt, the Commun-
lists also rush forward to cham
pion equal rights and TO fight
against discrimination. We who
are familiar with Communist
tactics can understand at once
that this is for the purpose of
building a base from tuhich real
Communist objectiUeS can be adj
Danced. Nevertheless, it con-
stitutes a challenge to Ameri-
can democracy and TO Catholics
in particular.
Clearly it is not enough to
turn the searchlight on Red in
tentions Of actually aiding Mos
cow through alleged devotion to
the race problem here. Wider
and more positive moves are re-
quired, both by the dictates of
democracy and Christianity. Mrs.
Edith Simpsons statement, Il
would rather be a Negro in Amer
lea than citizen of any other
land" deeply disturbed the edit
ors of The Daily Worker /.
and they have expressed that
disturbance from September
1850 on.
Such a declaration by a lead
ing Negro representative does
require a response among the
the white citizens of this nation.
This is a plea for more attention
by white community leaders to
the matter of discrimination, of
housing for the Negro people,
and of a better understanding
of the Negro community.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-07-04

Belt" is being reSurrected. This
can only do damage to the Negro
people, since il implies armed
insurrection in order TO obtain
national liberation"
| have just seen a letter from
a well-known Negro composer
which condemns this Red aim as
being of the greatest diSSerUtce
to the Negroes IN America, That
has been the opinion for long
time of such representative
Negro newspapers as the CrtSts
and the Pittsburgh Courier.
Nevertheless, Stains follow
ers here are obliged TO keep this
goal alive, under pressure from
Moscow. The March 1882 issue
OF Political Affairs, Red theoret-
ical organ, states that "the Neg
ro people in the United States
are nationally oppressed.
THE submerged nation is To-
Gated in the Black Belt" To
make the point more definite
the word nation" is italicized.
Since Stain has said that a ma
ton must have a land, Political
Affairs declares that this nation
exists in territory forming
crescent moon shaped pattern
through at least five southeast
ern states" II adds that the port
outlets for this land are Char
lesion on the Atlantic and Mo
bile on the Gulf.
Negro Nation Urged
The separate Negro nation,
which the Communists would
thus create If they had their way,
runs through the bulk of Mis-