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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-21
Door Of Groce' Moy Open for Princess Charming
After Today and She Moy Wed Whom She Chooses
BY Alvin Sieiallsopi
AP ketCsteatares

DRINCESS MARGARET is Is years
L old today. and it could be very
important date for the little sister of
the Queen.
For the first time in her life, the
blue-eyed. elfin princess stands squarely
before the door of grace" 1t could
open. and she might step through to
new happiness.
The door of grace" is legal and
ecclesiastical term meaning that. by
settling a few minor formalities. she
may now marry any man she chooses
The approach of her 25th birthday
brought new flood of speculation as
to whether she may become the wife
of 39-year -old Group Capt Peter Town
send. Their names have been associated
in romantic guesswork, but an obstacle
has been that he is divorced
On her birthday, which Buckingham
Palace spokesman say will be observed
as "a family affair Princess Margaret
is freed at last from the hardest provi-
sions of the Royal Marriage Act which
was forced through Parliament in ITO
by George III. the mad king who lost
the American Colonies. His hand
reaching down through the centuries.
has been firm control on the princess
heart.
The Royal Marriage Act prohibits the
marriage of persons in the royal family
without the sanction of the sovereign
AS sovereign. Elizabeth II would find
it embarrassing to approve the marriage
Of her sister and the Air Force captain
because the Queen also is temporal head
Of the Church Of England. which dis
approves Of the remarriage of divorced
persons while discarded spouSes are still
living.
But now, on this birthday. the Queen
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Bishop Ready officiated at the
Final Absolution following the Flu.
neral Mass and spoke of the deep
faith" of Mr.. Wehrle as the distin
gushing virtue of his life and
work. Seminaries, orphanages and
missions were the principal bene'
ficiaries of Mr.. Wehrle, the Blsh.
op asserted.
Nearly fifty priests, including
three Benedietine Abbots. were
present for The Funeral Mass.
Many more Sisters, members Of
various religious communities
were also in attendance. Among
them were Sisters and children
from 81. Vincent orphansse, Co.
Iumbus, who were The special OBJ
ieets of Mr. Wehrle's financial
aid.
At the time of his death, Mr.
Wehrle was still president and
treasurer of the Wehrle Realty
Company of Newark, but was
known as one of the former oper'
ators of the Wehrle Stove Com
pany, now known as the Newark
Stove Company.
In failing health since 1941
when he was i'll for months, his
condition had improved during the
past years, although he still suf-
fered from a heart condition He
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was in daily attendance at his Of
flee until the Thursday before his
death. Confined to his home, he
entered St. Anthony Hospital, Co.
lumbus, after his condition became
serious, and died there few hours
later.
Mr.. Wehrle was for many years
associated with his brother, the
late William w. Wehrle, in the op-
Grafton of the Wehrle Company
regarded as the largest stove man.
ufacturing company in the world.
He was the son of the late JOS
eph and Philomena (Morath)
Wehrle. His father, captain of q
company of infantry which he or.
ganized in Newark during the Civil
war, and who was mustered out
with the rank of colonel, first en-
gagged in business here as grocer
with the late John Mccarthy.
The partnership was later dis.
solved when Mr.. Wehrle and John
Moser in 1888 established small
foundry in East Newark and Mr..
Mccarthy opened his own store.
The foundry business known as
the Moser and Wehrle company un.
til it became the Wehrle Company
under the operation of the two
brothers, W, w. and A. T. Wehrle
continued to grow and d new loca
tion was sought, which later in
sured growth and development Of
West Newark.
The plant which gave employ
peent TO approximately 1000 per-
sons, gained the title Of the old
est manufacturing firm in New.
ark and Licking County, and in
1888 three years before fhe sale
of the company to eastern inter.
ests the soth milestone in oper-
alton was reached.
The local operators sold Their
interests in the stove plant Feb
81, 1886, and production was start
ed again March 9, 1886 under the
name of the Florence-Wehrle Stove
company. The new managers alsC
operated similar plants in Gard
ner. Mass, and Kankakee, Ill.
In 1889 the plant assumed new
title when officials announced ;
change in the name to The New
ark Stove Company, to avoid con
fusion with the company's associat
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Private School
Enrolment at
AZ Million

WASHINGTON - NC) -
The nations Catholic and 9th
er private elementary and
high schools will enroll about
4,469, 900 pupils this school
year - an increase of about
188,900 - the Government
has estimated in a report.
The Office of Education said
here there will be about 1864, 300
in private grade schools and some
805, 100 in high schools. The Of.
fees annual report said the over.
all enrolment for schools and col.
leges, public and private, will be
about 39,772,0OO this year.
This would see some 3,966,5so
pupils in Catholic schools, with
about 3,29s, $40 in grade schools
and about 66s,23o in high
schools.
Based on the Governments fig
ures, it can be estimated that there
has been an increase of about 207,.
$50 in Catholic schools this year,
with some 182,740 more in grade
schools and some 25,140 in high
schools
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Requiem Sung for Sister Adele.
Former PriOress of Springs

A Solemn Requiem Mass
was offered in st Mary of the
Springs convent chapel Mon
day for Sister M. Adele lief
fley), O.P., who died Friday in
st. George Hospital, Cincinna-
ii. Sister Adele had been
Prioress of the Springs until
illness forced her retirement from
active duty some months ago.
Sister Adele was born in Novem-
Der, 1880, near Somerset. Later,
the family moved to Newark where
they were members of st, Francis
de Sales parish. She entered the
novitiate at st. Mary's in 1908 and
was professed the following year.
Her early assignments in the Co
lumbus diocese included st. Thorn
as, GAINESVILLE; st. Francis, Colum-
bus, and Sacred Heart, Coshocton.
Sister Adele served as superior and
principal IN CosnocJOn anu feHidlh-
ed there for Is years.
In 1876 she was elected Prior.
ess of ST. Mary of the Springs
for a six.year term. During this
time Sister also served as presi'
dent Of the college.
AS an administrator and edu-
Gator, Sister Adele exerted influ-
ence not only in this diocese but
in other parts of the country as
well. From 1882 to 1887 she was
supervisor of Dominican schools In
the Pittsburgh Diocese. Within the
next decade she was successlvely
Prioress at st. Mary Academy, New
Haven; principal of Mary Immacu-
late School, Ossining, and superior
and principal of st. Francis de
Sales, McKees Rock, Pa.
In 1947, Sister Adele was elected
a general councillor of the congre-
cation and in 1853 began her sec
ond appointment as Prioress OF st.
Mary of the Springs.
Survivors include sister, Mrs.
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papers, carried mo appropriation
at all for future relief needs"
Speaking during an open
hearing held on the 1856 budget,
Mr. Miller continued, III seems
we have e distorted sense of
values when the budget calls for
$175,775.00 for the Columbus
Zoo, whereas there are no pro-
visions being made for our poor
and destitute people"
Commencing City Council fol
making up the deficit of 1854 By
allocating $151 900, the Vincentiar
asserted:
"We know that over and above
money from State funds for the
County Welfare Department, there
will be needed approximately
S225,O 900 or S23O,O00 during 1856
and this is a joint responsibility
of the City and the County. This i;
something that is needed In 1856
and yet there is nothing in the
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1T was once necessary, ] do not
doubt, for religious orders to care
for orphans, but certainly that day
is past. Parents are waiting to
adopt them. True, it would be diff
cult to close these orphanages, not
because of the children but because
of vested interests.
"Some orphanages are old and
long established in their routines.
And to close them would, of course,
put many people out of work, for
what would the caretakers, the
cooks and superintendents do, and
the good Sisters, nuns, deaconesses
who run some of the orphanages?
1t would indeed be a troublesome
business to set the children free
and let them go into families"
In his statement, Msgr. O'Grady
said that only an estimated three
per cent of the children in institu-
tions are full orphans.
The well-known Charities Con-
ference official said that from the
tenor of the article the group of
childrenMrs. Buck apparently is re-
ferring to is the limited number
of white babies under three years
of age given to the institutions by
their parent or parents.
'"There are 10 applications for
every one of these children avail.
able for adoption" he said.
But these children are only a
small part of all the youngsters
being taken care OF by agencies,
he said. "ln recent years, insiitU-
iions have been regarded as
places for the temporary care OF
children mos. Of whom will be re.
turned TO their own homes. Insfi.
tUtions cannot place these chill.
dren out for adoption without
violating the rights of their own
parents" he said.
A great number of Negro, Mex
ican or Puerto Rican children and
physically or mentally handicap
ped children are in these institu-
tions, Msgr. O'Grady explained.
But there are few takers for
these youngsters, he added.
Therefore, We might ask why
II is that an intelligent person
like Mrs. Buck makes such a vio-
lent attack on our religious who
are trying TO make plans for
these handicapped children, 70
build up their own homes and 70
place out in families those who
cannot be returned TO their own
homes"
Mrs. Buck believes differences
of religion should not stand in the
way of placing a child in a good
home, Msgr. O'Grady said. "She
would thus change overnight the
traditions that have been built up
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mountain range, traverses 1000
years of human history" and con-
stitutes a historical fact that cam
not be evaded, regardless Of the
attitude adopted toward her"
Declaring that fhe term "ca.
thoIieism" is not fully adequate
TO describe the position Of fhs
Church, the Pope said the
Church is "fsr mere than sim.
pie theological system. She is a
reality, like visible nature, like.
people and the state I'm
ehansesbIe in the constitution
end structure which the Divine
Founder has given her, the
Church has accepted and accepts
those elements which she needs
or deems useful for her dsveIep-
n1ent and action: men end hu.
man institutions, philosophical
and cultural aspirations, political
forces and social ideas and insfi-
fuiions."
The Thurch's mission. while by
its nature and ends belonging to
the religious and moral field, "nev-
ertheless penetrates TO the very
heart Of human history" the Pom
tiff told the historians. Adapting
herself to circumstances of time
and place, the Church seeks to
shape men and society according to
Christ's law.
In the present and the past CEN
tury, when problems Of the faui-
ly, society, the state and the social
order assumed ever increasing and
even capital importance, the Pope
added, the Church has done her
best to contribute toward the So
luton of such questions, and We
believe with some success"
Discussing Church-state reIa-
tionS, the Holy Father explained
thta the Church interviewed often
in the field Of public life in order
10 guarantee Just balance be-
tween duties and obligations on
the one hand, and rights and Iiber-
ties on the other hand"
Political authority, the Pope
continued, has never had . pro-
fecfor more worthy OF confidence
than the Catholic Church, be.
cause the Church bases the
states authority upon the will
of The Creator and Divine Law.
Because fhe Church attributes
TO public authority religious
value, she has resisted state des-
Pofism and tyranny under any
form.
Pope Plus quoted the encyclical
Immortale Del of Pope Leo XIII to
define the respective Jurisdictions
of the state and the Church, both
of which are sovereign within the
limits defined by nature and the
special objective of each.
Pope Leo, he said, wrote that
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budget for this. The City's share
will be approximately S159,000 Il
is good business to anticipate
needs and plan for them and there
fore the City should even nog
have such an item in the budget "
Thirty members Of the st. Vim
cent de Paul Society attended the
council meeting and were later
asked to meet with NJ D. Portman,
administrative assistant to the may
or.
Portman explained that the pres,
ent budget is a preliminary one
and that a more realistic budget
will be drawn up by Nov. Is.
The Vineenfisns stressed the
importance of getting the neees-
ssry financial information soon
and making certain il was in the
budget. Saying that they felt IL
should have been in the initial
budget, the group suggested that
the amount could have been de-
fermined now, al least tentative
Iy.
Pointing out that the County
Welfare Department has expert,
enced deficit in their funds for
the past two years, they empha-
sized that it is only reasonable to
expect a similar need this year
and it is the duty of the City
to help make up the deficit.
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3 Area Men
Advance in
Religious Life

Three young men from the
diocese advanced in religious
life last week in ceremonies
conducted in New York and
Alabama.
The Missionary Oblates of
M ary Immaculate received
Brother Joseph Miner, O.MI,
and Brother John E. Burns,
.O.MI., at the Shrine Of Our Lady
of Hope, Essex, NY, as they an
nounced final vows of poverty,
chastity, obedience and persever-
ance and received the Oblate
Cross, symbol of their missionary
vocation.
Brother Miner, son. of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard w. Miner, 429 E.
Royal Forest Blvd, Columbus, is a
graduate of st. Mary High School.
Brother Burns, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James A. Burns, 1449 Studer
Ave, Columbus, attended st,
Charles Preparatory School and
John Carroll University in Cleve.
land.
Both brothers studied al fhe
oblafe Preparatory School in
Newbursh, NY, and are cur
rentlY' continuing their priesfIY
education at the oblste SehoIas-
tieate, Catholic University, Wash
inston, DC.
George B. Colborn, New Lexing.
ton, a student for the missionary
priesthood at the Preparatory Sem
mary of the Missionary Servants
of the Most Holy Trinity, Holy
Trinity, Ala, was clothed in the
habit of that community last week
Son OF fhe late Mr.. and Mrs.
George 3. coIborn, Sr., the new
Brother Plus, MS. SS.T., begins
. one-yesr novitiste after which
he will complete advanced train
ing al the Father Judge Mission
Seminary, Braekney, Pa, and at
the Holy Trinity Mission Semi
nary, Winchester, Pa.
The Missionary Servants of the
Most Holy Trinity are a congre
cation of priests and brothers la
boring in the American home mis-
sion field, particularly in the
South.
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5,000-word French language sd-
dress to close to 1000 Of the
worlds leading historians gathered
in Rome for the 10th international
Congress of Historical Sciences.
In his talk he stressed that while
the Church and the state are inde-
pendent powers, they must not ig-
more each other but must collab-
crate IN mutual understanding
Among those who heard the Ho-
ly Father we're many non-Catholics.
as we'll as representatives of Sow
ct Russia and the communist satel-
lite countries. The latter attended
individually and not as members
of any official delegation.
In his far-ranging discourse
which also was heard by seven
Cardinals and members of the Vat
ican diplomatic corps, the Holy Fa-
ther surveyed and anslyzed the
historical consciousness" Of the
Church which, like mighty
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Monsignor Burkley will cele-
brate a Solemn Mass Sunday at
HOO a. m, in st. Mary church to
which all parishioners, present and
former. and friends of the pastor
are invited. Father Omer Schroe.
der. former assistant pastor of the
parish and Father Francis Schaef-
er, assistant pastor, will serve as
deacon and subdeacon, respective.
". Father George Marzluf, assist.
ant pastor, will serve as master OF
ceremonies. The sermon will be
preached by Monsignor George
WOLF, a former parishioner who
was baptized by Monsignor Burk.
ley.
Sunday evening following the
Benediction of the Most Blessed
Sacrament, reception will be held
in the school hall.
Bishop Ready will preside at
the Solemn Mass scheduled for
1880 Monday morning TO which
all the clergy of the diocese are
invited.
Monsignor John Neuman, pastor
of st. Joseph parish, Wilmette, Ill.
a former classmate of Monsignor
Burkley, will serve as deacon al
the Mass. Father Aloysius Berendt
a dean of the diocese of Steuben
vile, and a former parishioner
will serve as subdeacon. Father
Linus Dury, pastor of st. Nicholas
parish, GAINESVILLE, will act as mas
ter of ceremonies.
The sermon will be preached bS
Monsignor Paul Gieringer, rector o.
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cramped we are for space. If
that's his idea of practical
joke"
A few days later Johnny, Sue,
Eddie, Nancy, Lee, Tom, and Terry
trotted into the principals office
sending the combined high school
elementary school enrolment at
st. Mary's over 1000 for the first
time in the parish's century of
history. And they still had at home
Mary, 6; Chris, 4; Bill, 3; and Tony
and Tim, 20 months.
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LANCASTER-Sister Char
lene was excused for being
skeptical over the telephone
conversation she had just con-
cluded.
"He said his name is Nun
gesser, he's moving into the
parish, and he has eight child
rem Of school age" she told
her confreres at st. Mary's
Convent. Then a hunch: "Fa-
ther Hoffman knows how
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Charities said here.
Msgr. John J. O'Grady in state
ment discussing the article, "The
Children Waiting" said Mrs. Bucks
charges are all the more danger
Gus because of their indirectness.
Dealing with what she contends
are the reasons would-be parents
are often unable to adopt institu-
tionalized children and why so
many youngsters are under the care
of agencies, Mrs. Buck writes in
September issue of the Womdn'S
Home Companion:
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The dozen kiddies' parents, Will
bur and Martha Nungesser, can
point to a circumstance in their
early married life for their most
telling incident. Both of them were
born Protestants, they became
closely associated with a couple
who had found their way, through
intensive study, into the Catholic
Church. Their friendship was to
prove deep and lasting.
Natives of Columbus, they
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the Pontifical College Josephinum
Following the Mass on Monday
a dinner for the clergy will be
held at the Neil House. Transporta
ton by special bus has been ar.
ranged from the church to the no
tel.
No other priest in the coIum-
bus Diocese has served in one
parish as long as Monsisnor
BUrkIey. Ordained in ST. Joseph
Cathedral Aug. IS, 1905, by the
late Bishop James ]. Hartley, The
amiable prelate was assigned 70
ST. MsrY's as an assistant. He has
been there ever since.
Even before ordination, Monsig
nor Burkley's "home" parish wa,
st. Mary's. His parents, the late
Edmund and May Anna Burkley
were married there. Born May II
1880, he was baptized, made his
First Communion, and was confirm
ed in st. Mary's Church. He also
attended grade school there fol
eight years.
He took his high school, semin
airy and college training at the
Pontifical College Josephinum
earning a bachelor of arts degree
BY special permission OF the
PapaI Delegate, Monsignor BUrk.
ley was ordained a year before
completing his theological stud.
les SO that he could better care
for fhe deaf. He was the first
priest ever TO take active care of
the Catholic inmates al the State
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Father Frederick Gordon,
0.P., of Somerset, O.. was pro-
missed his freedom this week
by the Chinese Reds after be-
in under house arrest in Foo
chow, China, for more than
two years.
In "Speed-Letter" to Sister Vir-
ginia, O.P., Vicar General of st.
Mary of the Springs, the US. State
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Department revealed that THE De
partment has been informed by the
Chinese ambassador at Geneva that
Father Frederick Gordon will be
released and sent to Hong Kong
within a few days"
Father Gordon's release ends
almost thirty years of missionary
work with the Chinese he began
in 1877 shortly after his ordina.
tion.
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Attacks on Charitable
and Religious
Answered by Prelate

WASHINGTON = NC) - Pearl Buck has made "dan-
gerouS attack" Catholic charitable institutions and has
mpugned the motives integrity and genuine interest of
thousands of religious in magazine article dealing with adop
ton the secretary of the National Conference of Catholic
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Church Has Moral Duty to Fight
To Protect Rights, Pope Asserts
Universally of Church
Explained to Historians

VATICAN CITY - NC - The Catholic Church has
moral duty to fight back when the laws of the state violate
divine rights The Church not linked to any particular cu
ure because she received her mission for all times and for
all men.
His Holiness Pope Plus XII explained this in profound
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Deep Faith of Wehrle
Lauded at Funeral Mass

NEWARK - With Bishop Ready presiding Auxiliary
Bishop Edward G. Hetnger of Columbus ceebrant of
Solemn Ponca Funeral Mass in ST Francis de Sales Church
here Saturday for Augustine T. Wehre, K.CS.G 78 prom
Catholic ayman and retired industas who died Aug
ust 81 in St Anthony Hospital Columbus after short illness
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Vincentians Urge City Council
To Anticipate SO Relief Needs

Columbus city councmen were urged this week to make
adequate provisions in the 1855 budget to avoid another
lief crisis such as the city experienced this year.
representative of the St Vincent de Paul Society Ar
thur A. Miller of Our Lady of Victory parish expressed deep
the fact that the budget reported the
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Born in Somerset, Father Cor.
don is a graduate of Holy Trinity
High School there. He latter at
tended Aquinas College and made
his noyitiate at st. Joseph's Priory
in Somerset.
He was serving as vicar provin-
eial of the Dominican Community
in the FoochoW area at the time he
was placed under house arrest in
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Ember DAYS

Wednesday, Friday and Sat
urday, Sept. 81, % and "a, are
the autumn ember days. They
are days of fast and complete
abstinence.
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Charles Frush of Newark, and two
brothers, Joseph of Newark and
Daniel of Willard, o.