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Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21
FREDERICA
By Mrs. Emma HOyey
Phone Frederica SS11
TRINITY Methodist Church

Trinity Methodist Church
Rev. Roy i. Jones, Pastor
Services for Sunday, August 23:
Worship Service at IL a. m.
Sunday School at 10 a. m. John
Woodrow, superintendent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Matlack and
children, Edward and Sarah Jane,
their houseguests, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Grice and children, Carol
and LOugene, Mrs. Merton Belts,
Mrs. Lurline Neel and Mrs. Emma
Hovey, spent Thursday at Trappe
Pond, on picnic.
Guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Earl
Ryan this week were Mr.. Webb,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Ryan and son
Tommy of Oaklyn, N. J.
Mrs. Lurline Neel and Mrs. Mer-
ton Hovey were Friday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Mitten and
Mrs. Jack Tribbett and children
of Lynch Heights.
Mrs. Bessie Martin and children
attended the funeral Of her bro
ther-in-Iaw, Walter Hunter, in
Philadelphia on Wednesday, Au-
gust IL.
Clark Nye is home from the
hospital after two weeks of treat
ment for jaundice. He is reported
much better
Mr.. and Mrs. ElwOod Ryan of
Camden, N. j., were guests last
week of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Belts
8 and family.
Miss Mildred Coverdale and
Miss Catherine Mcguire of Ches-
ter, attended the Snowberger and
Bradford wedding in Milford on
Saturday, August Is.
Sunday guests of their, aunt,
Mrs. M. HOvey and mother, Mrs.
Lurline Neel, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Milton Neel and daughter Susan
of Audubon, N. j., and grandchil-
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Eich-
field and daughter of harrington,
N. J., Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Matlack Of
ThOrofare, N. j.. and Mrs. Elmer
Twigg and children of Pitman, n.
J.
Master George II. NashOId has
been quite i'll and is in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital
Joann Thomas was the over
night guest on Wednesday of Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy Boss of Dover.
The Frederick ball team of the
Mar~Del League, played their last
game Of the season at Frederick
last Sunday. Frederick won to
2 over Ellendale. Frederick is in
third place and next Sunday be-
gins the semi-playOffs at Lewes
for the two best out of three
games. This has been a good sea-
son and we are proud of our
team.
Miss Doris HOlleger, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Holleger
of town, and Walter Simpson, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Simpson
of Harrington, were married in
: Trinity Methodist Church with the
Rev. Roy L. Jones, pastor, officiat-
ing. She was given in marriage by
her brother, w. Edgar HOlleger.
Mrs. Delema Maris of Canterbury,
sister of the bride, was matron of
honor, and Albert Simpson, bro
ther of the groom, was best man
The. bride wore a ballet length
Milford chronicle., 1953-08-21

CLASSIFIED Ads get results
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27

Today this annual offering of "a penny from each
household has become an expression on the part
of the faithful of their devotion to the Church and
the Holy See particularly of their love and sim
cere concern for the Holy Father himself Every
man, woman and child is urged to have part in
this yearly expression of fal affection and of
loyalty to the Sovereign Pontiff, and through him
to the Church itself.
Catholics are extremely proud of their present
Supreme Pontff. of great holiness of life, he
is outstanding in his leadership and ability He will
undoubtedly be recorded in history the real world
leader of this day But his kindness his fatherliness
his democratic manner, all brought to his daily work
which goes treessly and without thought of time,
make him the object of deep affection on the part
of everyone, and not just those of the household of
the Faith
In these days when the burden Pope Plus
XII is greater than that born by any other Pontiff
Catholics the world over will be anxious TO support
him with their constant prayers and will aid him in
financial way by real sacrifice for the annual
Peterspence.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27

Orthodox Church. "
Communism, Mr.. Edson
pointed out, lis anti-Buddhist in
Tibet, anti-Hindu in India, anti
Moslem in Pakistan. Communist
persecution of Christian mission
aries throughout the Orient is
notorious. A prime objective of
the Chinese Reds has been TO do
away with traditional ancestor
worship"
These are things which the
catholic press has long reported
to its readers. Ii is to be hoped
that more and more secular com
mentstors will Join Mr. Edison
in revealing the true nature of
communism. If communism is
known for what it is we can
plan better how to meet its ag-
gression. Not to know it thor
ougfly is to leave ourselves open
to defeat through deception and
knsvery.
Certainly We would fashion
our strongest possible bulwark
If we brought all believers in
religion to understand that com
munism is the mortal enemy Of
all of us.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON - The wholly
anti-reIigious character of COM
munism is probably better un-
derstood here today than 1T ever
has been.
There are more and more peo-
pie coming 10 realize that the
indignitieS heaped upon Cardl-
nal Mindszenty in Hungary, upon
the numerous Catholic mission
aries in China are but partial
manifestations of the communist
way of life which must, in time,
seek to strike down all religion.
This could have considerable
importance as our Government
studies and plans to shape our
future strategy IN the cold war"
with Soviet Russia. And the Gov
ernment will be prompted to
make the fullest and best use of
this important appreciation as
word reaches out to ever more
people throughout the country.
One Washington observer who
has done a good deal to spread
this clearer understanding of
communism is Peter Edison,
whose column, Syndicated by the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27
The ".Jelke" Case

Once again The 'panderers Of the press have
caused court room ban on reporters and The pub
lie. The case, of course. is the filth-aden "Jelke"
case in New York The verdict TO ban the press was
made by General Sessions Judge Francis l.. Nalente
Most newspapers oppose The Judges decision on
the grounds that IL sets dangerous precedent They
believe that some other Judge not moved by Judge
Vaente's high motives, might place similar ban
on some future trial unlike the current trial in New
York
II newspapers would place selfimposed ban
on the type OF news they nt to send into the
homes Of the reading public, such decisions would
not have to be made. But II is another of the
innocent suffering with the guilty although no de
cent self-respectinG neWspaperman would care for
such an assignment in the lime of duty"
II is very easy for the reading public. and some
members OF the fourth estate TO believe that newspa
pers fight decisions of the Vaente type only be
cause they want 10 report the sensational revelations
IN order TO sell more papers.
Newspapermen should be quick 10 admit that
shame, and that tho same people who cheer Judge
Valentos decision and criticize the newspapers for
fighting u the who viii buy The nevSps-
pers 10 gawk over the sensational news when II is
printed
Another good reason for keeping your Catholic
press in every home and watching to sec that the
secular newspapers that do come into your homes
arc of the type that YOU wouldn't be ashamed TO
have your children pick up and read
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27
WASHNCION LEITEK
Reds Seen In True Color In
Light OF Religious Persecution

Newspaper Enterprise Assocla-
ton, reaches an impressive num-
ber of newspapers and their
readers.
The wnole campaign of COM
munist aggression, MIR. Edison
has just advised his readers, is
war against all the religions
of the world.
I'm Soviet Russia proper the
latest manifestation is purge
of the Jews alleged to be spies
and enemies of the communist
state. II has been called the
first revival of anti-Semitism
since the end OF the Hitler re
gime in l945.
In eastern Germany itself the
communist drive against the
Jews is in fact analyzed as an
attempt by the Reds to wan the
support of ex-Nazis for opposl-
ton to the Christian West.
In Poland, Czechoslovakia,
Austria, Hungary, italy and
France, the propaganda of the
communists has been directed
against the Catholic Church. In
Bulgaria, Romanla and Greece it
has centered against the Eastern
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27
Pennies for the Popcs Poor

their offerings for the Holy Father IN what is
known as the annual Peterspence collection In
the Diocese Of Columbus il has been the tradition
10 receive these offerings tho Second Sunday of
Lent annually
The idea Of Peterspence goes back In history To
787 and perhaps earlier II was found in the Mid
die Ages but confined principally 10 England and
some few other northern countries This annual
offering of the faithful to the Pope did not survive
the so-called Reformation II was not until The mid.
die Of the nineteenth century that there was any
noticeable effort made to organize an annual vol.
untary offering to the Holy Father BY the 1905
this Peterspence was being sent to Rome BY
the faithful of many countries. Following the oc-
cupaton Of Rome by the Italian government these
offerings became the main Of income of the
Holy See
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27
FATHER HIGGINS
DIR. MOyvisOn's Prescription

ingness of the Congress to adopt
even a fraction of labor's legisla-
tive program. All in all it would
seem TO be more accurate TO
state that, for better or for
worse, the farmers and the bus
mess community are politically
and economically stronger than
the American labor movement.
Be that as it may, DR.. Nor
rison does well TO remind his
readers that the American labor
movement is stronger and more
influntial at the present time
than il was at the turn of the
ce"tury; that, consequently. the
social ideals of American Protest
antism ought to be re-examined
accordingly He is on the side
of the angels, certainly, when he
concludes that "the Christian re-
sponsibility Of the churches in
the present situation cannot now
be defined in partisan terms for
either labor or capital, but in
terms of stabilizing this now cap
italist-labor economy"
Dangerous Conclusion
Regrettably, however, it must
be added that Or. Morrison's
"Non-partisan" remedy for the
instability of American economic
life is extremely dangerous and
completely unethical The
churches" he says must con-
denim as morally and socially vic
ious the alleged right to strike"
The strike, he says, is inherent
ly" immoral and can no longer
be justified.
Surely this is a classical ex-
ample of throwing the baby out
with the bath. Because the right
to strike may have been abused
in certain cases and or because
the use of the strike in certain
sensitive industries creates an
emergency for the whole com
munity, Or. Morrison illogical
ly jumps to the dangerous con-
clusion that there is no ethical
justification for the right to
strike under any circumstances
whatsoever THE strike" he
says, "has been christened as q
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27

right, not by the application of
any ethical principle, but by the
catering of political parties and
legislators to the power of the
labor union"
Surely Or. Morrison will want
to amend this emotional general
ization, for il is completely in
accurate as il now stands and
viii be recognized as such by
anyone familiar with the social
teaching of the Protestant
churches. To suggest that the
Protestant churches have defend
ed the right to strike for politi-
cal or opportunistic reasons,
without any reference to the
moral law OF economic life, is an
insult to the intelligence of the
readers of The Christian Cen
tury.
The Washington Times Herald,
published by Colonel Mccormick
of the Chicago Tribune, favor
ably characterizes DR.. Morrison's
article as strong language" and
then goes on to ask the rhetor-
ical question. But what disin-
terested person can find flaw
in DR.. Morrison's argument"
The flaw is very obvious
as obvious as the concentration
camps of Nazi Germany or Com
munist Russia. This is not to
pass judgment on the personal
motives of DR.. Morrison who is
undoubtedly very sincere and
certainly correct in emphasizing
the importance of peaceful la
bor-management relations The
fact is, however. that he has
proposed an unethical remedy
for industrial strife - one that
could be enforced only by. to-
talitarian dictatorship. His pre-
scription for industrial peace
unquestionably will be summarily
rejected by the overwhelming
majority of American protest
ants. IT would be comforting to
believe that it would also be
rejected by Colonel Mccormick,
if. as, and when Congress tGod
forbid should ever try to write
1t into the law of the land.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27

to you, you will never find
Yourself more bereft than the
lilies of the field or the fowls of
the air.
The worst weakness of Cath
olicS in America and according
to recent reports, in Germany,
tool is the terror with which
they face the possibility of bear
ing more children than their in
come permits them to support in
luxury and ease. II is subtle
and understandable temptation:
the parents love of the child is
aIl-encompassing and is even
capable of jealousy within its own
ranks. Here is the first-born son,
aged two: shall he be deprived of
of superior e education
and a good start in life in
favor of a shadowy unknown,
still unborn younger brother?
The temptation to protect his in
terests is strong in any mother
and mothers are never moderate.
Their loves are violent and al
ways proiudiced-as every love
must be.
He Does Arrive
The book that Msisie Ward
has written is book compiled of
testimonies from IA families who
took a chance on the Church and
her teachings. in spite of all the
dire warnings offered to them
by a cautious society which told
them they we're fools. They toere
fools but they were Fools for
Christ. They discovered that
when the rent is due and the
youngest baby is suffering for
need of her formula, an unex-
pected check always arrives. They
found that God never forgets his
children-although He is, appar-
emily, quite willing to let them
reach the verge of nervous
breakdown wondering whether
He till arrive in time.
We are surrounded by world
which Judges things in terms of
the material-uses numbers and
arithmetic to Judge all things,
even spiritual things. The two
child family is its ideal; the ten
child family fills it with fright.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27
INQUIRY CORNER
Q. Did God really take a rtb

Q. Dtd God really take RIB
from Adam and make Epe?
A. On June 80 1909 The Bib
lical Commission stated that we
may not call in question the spe-
cial creation of man, the forma-
ton of the first woman from
man or the unity of the human
race. We are bound to believe
that Eve was formed from Ad-
am. II is revealed that God has
made of one all mankind" (Acts
1929 AS to how God formed
Adam there is room for discus
sion among scholars. but we
know it was a special act of
Gods power. Then the Lord
God formed man out of the dust
of the ground and breathed into
his noStriIs the breath of life,
and man became a living be-
ing" Genesis 3:7 Regardless of
the method of Adams formation
or of Ewes we accept the teach
ing of the Bible and the Church.
II is as easy for God to make a
woman lin whatever mysterious
way) as to make Adam from the
"dust of the ground" or the
earth from nothing.
Q. How can man belong TO
the material and spiritual ,0orlds
at once? Do they not erclude
each other?
A. A materia, being cannot
be a spiritual being. There
can exist, however, beings with
both qualities. BY way of analo-
gy we might consider a vege-
table and an animal Ne being
can be both, but the animal has
the power of nutrition, growth
and generation proper to the
vegetable and the distinct loco
motive and sense powers proper
to animals. Man has in his body
the qualities of the animal with
the addition of the spiritual pow
ers land the underlying souD
proper to man. In merely physi-
cal things we have rough ex-
ample as in electricity occupying
the same wire as the copper ma
terial of which il is made.
Q. II i0ouId seem to me that
God alone is infdlRbIel
A. Only God is infallibfe by his
very nature. He can protect His
Church and the Vicar ofrChrist
on earth by making him infal-
llble in eel tain matters and un-
der certain conditions. If the
infallible God says that He has
made a certain man and his sue
cessors infallible in this relative
way we can have doubt of the
fact. 1t is reasonable to believe
that the Church which Christ,
the Son of God, established
would teach the truth. Infallibil-
ity means that God guarantees
the truth Of the formal teaching
of the Church. The Bible in
many places implies this doc
trine and clearly teaches it in
such texts as st. PauPs: Behave
thyself in the house of God.
which is the Church of the liv-
ing God, the pillar and ground
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27

Is worried specifically, about the
Protestant attitude towards trade
unionism in the United States.
American labor, he states in
very provocative article in the
January Fl issue OF The Chris
tion Century, now represents
the most powerful bloc in our
democracy" This raises the ques-
ton, he continues after scoring
the alleged responsibility of la
bors "autocrstic" leadership,
whether the long and consist
ent partisan support which the
churches have given TO the union
ought now to be re-examined."
Re-examined and reoriented, he
cautions, mot withdrawn" He
makes the accusstion-which
will come as a surprise to many
people in the labor movement
that the social leadership of
American ProteStantlSm Is still
acting on the uncritieal "assump-
tion that whatever the unions
demand is good"
Timely Reminder
nr. Morrison. in our opinion,
exaggerates the pro-labor par
tisanship of American Protest
antism. He also grossly exagger-
ates the political and. economic
influence of the present-day
American labor movements
witness, for example, the results
Of the November elections. the
composition of the present cab
met, and the probable unwill.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27
Was Eue Created
From Adam s Rib?

of truth" and in st. Matthew's
Gospel 16:1S, 10:40), st. Marks
06.16), st. Luke's 10:16), st.
Johns (20.21; 1920; 1920 and
in st. Paul Il Thess. Is; | Corin-
thians (2:4-16l
@. Is not the birth that
Christ demandS for heaven one
Of fdtth2 II seems to me that
the Catholic Church puts too
much emphasis on ceremonies
such as baptism, as though t0dter
had some kind of magic potUer.
A. Truly faith demanded by
Christ as in St Johns Gospel:
And as Moses Lifted up the SER
pent in the desert, even so must
the Son of Man be lifted up, that
those who believe in him may
not perish, but may have life ev-
erlasting." John 3:14-15) In the
same chapter, however He de-
clares: "Amen, amen, | say to
thee, unless man be born again
of water and the Spirit, he cam
not enter into the kingdom of
God" In His commission of the
Apostles He clearly states that
they and their successors are His
representatives and their re-
demptive work lies in making
disciples of all nations, baptizing
them teaching them to OBJ
serve all that | have commanded
you" (Matthew 28:18-20). The
power of baptism lies in Christ's
promise not in magic.
@. Is it not more Christtdn
to abolish capital punishment as
some governments and some
states hare done?
A. The Old Testament pre-
scribed the death penalty for cer-
tain crimes Genesis 9:6, Exodus
21:12, IL, 23). The New Testa-
ment presumes the governments
right to put criminals to death
John 1901 Acts 25: IL; Rom
ans 53:4). st. Thomas Aquinas
states that such killing is not
murder and Pope Innocent III
declared against the Waldensi-
ans that "the secular power
could inflict the death penalty
without grievous sin" 1t certain
ly is a Christian tradition to
show mercy to the criminal as
Christ did upon the cross. The
punishment of crime does not
exclude Christian love and care
for the soul of the criminal. 1t is
possible for false pity toward
dangerous criminals to under
mine the safety and happiness
of the people in general. It
seems to be more in harmony
with the Gospel to limit the
death penalty % certain grave
crimes like murder piracy or
treason. The Christian position
would seem to leave the ques-
ton open for debate with the
understanding that the State
does have the power to inflict
the death penalty.
Send questions TO Rev. Ed
ward F. Healey, The Inquiry Cor
ner, The Catholic Times, Box
636, Columbus (16) Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27
CRETT4 PALMER
Fools For Christ

Catholics here demand our great
compassion. For the landlord is
more harsh towards a child than
towards dog; the employer
makes no extra payment to the
father of a family of IL, as com.
pared with the bachelor. 1t is
not easy to be a Catholic pa.
rent in the society of the mo-
ment.
Only The Married
Easy? Certainly not Exciting
and adventurous? God love you,
Nesl The Importance of the i'm.
pact of BE Not Solicitous' is
this: it shows uS-middle-of-the.
road Catholics-how, with a lit
tie more trust zoe can join the
great community Of saints who
have given all. Not all of us, of
course, are so privileged-only
the married men and women are
permitted to perform this thing.
But all of us can, at least, cheer
and applaud.
The celibate and the merely
unmarried can recognize the fact
that, in this country, marriage is
almost of necessity an heroic act,
/! it is not miscarried by plan.
ned parenthood.
Mrs. Sheed is a happily mar.
ried woman, with children of her
own. That fact enforces the ur.
gency of her appeal. Last year,
on Town Hall program, she was
asked to debate with a famous
pagan lecturer on the question
OF whether parents or school
teachers should instruct the
young as to the facts of sex. The
pagan said, Parents cannot do
this adequately, because of their
natural embarrassment and
blushing when such q topic is
brought up Maisie Ward-Ca-
tholic mother and almost a pro-
fessional in the art of goodness
answered him, "For Heavens
sakes, why not? What is there
to embarrass anybody about
ser?
No Lament
Almost no book written in the
past IL years has shown us the
positive and beautiful answer to
Margaret Sanger and her organ
ization-Who are also, in their
benighted and uninstructed way.
fighting for an ideal, But his
book shows the glory of the
Christian attitude towards mar
riage and large families. 1t shows
how the Rhythm system, al
although acceptable in emergen-
cies. is = shabby substitute for
true Catholic generosity. II ex-
plains, as no recent book has
dared try to explain. why there
are Catholic mothers who greet
the tenth child with JOY and no
lament.
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For Mrs. Sheed
(as she is known
in private life)
has here col
lected a series
of articles by
men and wom-
en- who give
witness to the
fact that, If
you permit the
Church to die
tate your needs
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o + o I | n c
Christian Cen
turyhas call
ed upon the
p rote ST a n |
churches of the
United States
to re-examine
their social |
ideals in the
light of chang
ing economic
,on litions. He
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27

BE Not Solicitous" says Maisie
Ward. Her book by this title is
the finest blow struck against
distrust of God in many years.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-02-27
FATHER HIGGINS

The we'll known Protestant
journalist, Or. Charles Clayton
Morrison-former editor-in-chief
and now contributing edit
Kodiak mirror., 1953-10-10
RuSs'SH &ias6 Has Vacancies

There is still room for a few more students in the classes studying the Russian language which is being given by Father Alexander Popoff, Mrs. Rose Perkal announced yesterday.
 Those wishing to attend are welcome to do so," Mrs. Perkal said. The classes are being held in the downstairs apartment of Mir. William l.. Smiths home on Mill Bay Road every Tuesday at 7:30 pm, she said.