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HartIy Methodist Church

The Rev. Robert F. Loss, Jr.,
pastor, announces the following
services at Hartly Methodist
Church for Sunday: Church
School, classes for all ages, 10
am; Morning worship, ii am.
The fourth in series of SER
mons on the Lords Prayer"
will be "Thy Will Be Done" The
nursery is available for all pre-
school children, with Miss San
dra Loss in charge of the child
rem, and Mrs. Mary T. Moore in
charge of arrangements. The M.
Y.F. will hold its regular meet
ing in the educational building
at 7 pm. The W.S.C.S. will hold
it's regular meeting Feb. 27 at 8
pm. in the church. Official
board will meet in the church
on Wednesday, March 4 at Z
p.m. Hartly-Friendship Quarter
w Conference will meet in the
church March A at 8 pm. On
Sunday, March Is at 7 am, the
men of the Odessa, Middletown,
Townsend, Friendship, Smyrna,
Clayton, Kenton, and Hartly
churches will meet in the educa-
tional building for a mems Com
munion Breakfast. The district
superintendent will be present
and the Rev. Loss will offer the
communion to the men.
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which DR.. Kirk termed one of
the best organized programs
ever staged at the school. The
assembly was opened by James
Persinger, president of General
Organization and the scripture
was read by Jeanne Faulkner,
secretary. The state winner will
receive a $l00 bond and there.
will be $50 and S25 bonds given
to the two state runners-up,
plus for the winner a trip to
Washington, d. c. July l9 to
compete for $1,000 in scholar
ships. The Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company is the ma
tional co-sponsor of the contest.
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VIEW.
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committee worked on waxing
and polishing the floor in read
mess for the dance: Steven Cor
so, John Cooper, George Barnes,
Jack Poore, Merritt Haley, and
Lester Smith. The teenage re-
cord hops will continue on Fri
day nights with dancing from
7:45 to IL pm. Friday, Feb. 27
will be open house for all teen
ayers, and there will be no ad-
mission charge. The post mem
bers emphasize to parents of
those wishing to attend the hops
that the dances are properly
chaperoned by members of the
post as well as members of the
Ladies Auxiliary. Post Com
mander Haley will attend a
membership rally and award
presentation program at the Do
yer Memorial VIEW Post Home
on Salisbury Road on Friday at
8 pm. Membership contest win
ners will be presented their
awards. Kermit G. Ellis, from
the VFW national headquarters,
will be the speaker. Any veter-
an interested in joining the
VIEW as well as present mem
bers are welcome to attend the
Transportation will be
provided from the post home.
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attend. Mrs. Helen Grier is in
charge of refreshments. One
great hour of sharing will be
observed on Sunday, March 8.
The board of trustees meets
on Monday evening at 8 pm.
The first meeting of the Wom-
ems Association will take place
on Friday evening at 8 p.m.,
Feb. 27. Mrs. Harold Senger will
preside. Circle No. | meets on
Wednesday, March A at s p.m.,
under the leadership of Mrs.
James Bailey. The Young Mar
ried Couples Group meets on
Sunday evening at $50 pm.
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First Presbyterian Church

Services for Sunday, March /,
at the First Presbyterian Church
as announced by the pastor, the
Rev. o. c. Jones, will be as fol-
lows: Morning worship, IL a m.
Sunday School, 10 am. The
Sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be observed during the
morning service. A coffee hour
will follow this service. Mem
bers and friends are invited to
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Contest Winner
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the school for having fifty par
ticipants and said that the los
ers are also the winners" He
told the students that they have
the right to attain any position
based on their ability, and as
citizens of today they are the
leaders of tomorrow. Tribute
was paid Miss Mary B. Amo,
English instructor, for her fine
cooperation with the program,
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Thefts
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caps valued at S34 from the car
of Ronald Jester, Harrington, on
Nov. is; three fishing rods and
reels, spare tire and wheel val
ued at SIS from the car of Carl
Stutz in Dover Hotel parking
lot; tire, wheel, and vacuum
cleaner valued at $3.50 from car
of Melvin Hughes, FELTON,, on
Nov. Is. All the cars looted
were parked in front of homes
or in Dover parking lots.
Smyrna times., 1959-02-26

On Feb. %, 1945, the Ameri-
can Flag was raised for the first
time over the Japanese fortified
island of Two Jima, when mem
bers of the 28th Marines plant
ed the Stars and Stripes on the
highest point, Mount Suribachi.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-12-11

Those political adversarles. of Presi.
dent Eisenhower who have accused him
of being indecisive and hesitant in his
public statements, must have been
greatly surprised at his response to the
question on birth prevention and gov
eminent action at his December 2 press
conference.
Speaking slowly and with measured
deliberateness, Mr.. Eisenhower left no
doubt as TO his feelings on the matter
when he said: II can NOT imagine any
thing more emphatieaily a subject that
is not a proper political or government
faI activity or function or responsible.
ity."
He said emphatically that it is not the
business of the us. government to
provide birth control information to any
government, and added that so long as
he is President. the Government will
make it its business not to get involved
in such a program.
This has naturally brought loud
moan and cries from various Protes.
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The President Said NO

tant and Jewish leaders, but the Presi-
dent is correct. Amy action of this kind
would definitely be an interference in
the internal affairs OF other countries.
The whole question should never
have been brought up in the first place.
But. Ri. Rev. James A Pike, Episcopal
Bishop of San Francisco, posed it in an
apparent attempt to minimize the i'm
pact of the us. Bishops statement on
population problems. Catholic Times,
Nov. 81. 1850.
Bishop Pike, like most apostate Cath
olics, seems to 60 to ridiculous ex-
tremes in opposing any stand the
Church takes. AS The Catholic Stand
ard and Times of Philadelphia has well
said: Birth prevention is not wrong
because the Church or any Bishops
said so, but because God said So" And
the Presidents statement has exposed
Pixies remarks for what they are-"a
shabby attempt to persuade Americans
that it is unpatriotic, uncharitable, and
un-Christian to have children" - GAF
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-12-11
The NickelOdeOn

proval of the organized motion picture
industry of this country. The advertis-
ing of these films can have serious
moral effect upon the uniformed and
impressionable youth of our land"
So we can see the Legion is still
necessary. This Sunday we renew our
pledge to show the world of entertain
ment and our neighbors that we care
about the moral quality of movies. We
should be pleased TO do so since we are
obliged to observe precautions concern
ina films whether we take the pledge
or not, but this gives Us an opportunity
TO profess our convictions openly.
In general, the Legion report COM
mended the American film industry by
pointing out that only "a films were
classified Objectionable out of 233 u
S.-made movies. And no domestic
films we're placed in the Condemned
category.
Bishop James A. McNulty, chairman
of the Committee on Motion Pictures,
Television, and Radio, declared that
many recent films. both domestic and
foreign, have been '~praiseworthy NOR
ally. artistically, and aesthetically."
More of them will be worthy of COM
mendation if the public is constantly on
the alert and patronizes the good. In
the main, we shall get the kind of o
les we want by showing our preference
at the box-office, for '"The Customer is
always right GAF
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nomic principles, is still un.
prepared to espouse the cause
of religious freedom and TO re-
spect the rights of the Church
including her right to teach
the moral law in the field of
soclo-economics then it i!
much too early to say that the
SPD has once and for all re
pudiated the Communist Man.
ifesto.
To reject the economic phil
osophy of Karl Marx. is, of
course, a great step forward
and one which calls for a rous-
ing cheer. In the final an
alysis, however, the economic
fallacies Of classical socialism
have done much less harm
than has its deepseated oppo-
sition to organized religion
and to the values for which
religion stands.
IN THE WORDS of the we'll
known Jewish sociologist, viii
Herberg, 1.-The socialist move
meni, outside of Britain, arose
in modern times as an anti
religious movement Mr.. Her
berg, writing in 1851, eau
tiousfy predicted that we are
entering an entirely new ep-
och ain which a reconciliation
between socialism and rely
ion may prove possible" Let
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-12-11

The motion picture industry has
come a long way since the Nickelodeon
gave way to the plush theatres OF today
with Cinemascope, Cinerama, Todd 40
or What-have-you.
The technical achievements OF the in
dusiry are impressive but the purpose
is still the same: TO sell a product. Maxi
ing -. g, for Inc most part, is not an
evangei,s.ic eaGeavor or an artistic ex7
pertinent, it is a business. And that is
where we come in: we are customers
and we shall get what we ask for.
Movie audiences were rightfully dis
turbed about improper productions dur
ing the early 1905 and many attempts
were made to check these eXcesSes. In
1884 the Catholic Bishops Of the United
States ~inaugurated the Legion Of De-
cency to classify motion pictures. The
purpose of this service was to evaluate
Ollie audience and to influence produc-
ers to strive for high standards.
IN is a fact that with HoIiywood's own
Hays Office, the Legion saved the NOV
les from disaster-and this is affesfed
TO by key men within the motion picture
industry itself.
The most recent report of the Legion
of Decency has pointed out that too
many films have fallen below accept
able standards. II is to be regretted
that many of the morally unacceptable
films, produced and intended for jul
venile audiences, have received the APP
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-12-11

to the Planned Parentheod
Federation. Julian Huxley
said. that birth control has be
come "a moral imperative as
well as a social and economic
necessity Rather than take
Huxley's word for social and
economic necessity, | would
like to ask sociologists and
economists what they think Of
a long-term program to give
contraceptive pills 10 the hun.
CRY in Asia and Africa.
THE CRYING NEED in
these underdeveloped coun-
tries is educated leaders,
trained technicians and teach
ers. Birth control would cut
off the supply of such per.
sons. Then again. the sloWness
of the program among the ig.
norant natives would mean
that the wealth of these coun-
tries would be concentrated IN
fewer and fewer hands las
the upper classes would be
a
practicing birth control) and
poverty would be increasing
among the lower classes. Not
a pleasant social prospect!
What would sociol o & j 5 { s
and photographers think of 4
program that would decimate
the free world while the Rus
SLAMS and Chinese would con.
tinue to multiply their human
resources?
FINALLY, what would JUL
an Huxley think of a free
world in which those sim,
moral Catholics would be the
only group that would in.
crease in numbers. Or would
he prefer a situation such as
Orwell describes in his 1884
in which the most intimate ac.
tions of every person are
watched and spied upon by
Big Brother?
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-12-11
The Yardstick
German Social Democrats
Try To Bury Past
By Msgr. George G. Higgins

maximum increase of produc.
ton and of the indispensable
power to insure the common
good"
The full text of the new
SPD manifesto is not yet avail
able in this country. Conse-
quently | do not know wheth-
err, in addition to rejecting
the economic principles OF the
Communist Manifesto, it also
repudiates the anti-religious
principles of classical Marxist
Socialism. All | have TO go on
with regard to this matter is a
report in the New York Times
for November IA which says
that the SPD will "henceforth
adjure the class struggle and
hold out a friendly hand to
religion"
LET US HOPE that this is
an accurate report. II it is,
November 1859 will certainly
go down in the books as a cru
cial turning point in modern
social history. But if the SPD.
while rejecting Marxist eco
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economic principles, II comes
out in favor of a system of
private property and parlia-
mentary democracy. The
standard Socialist demand for
the naturalization of indus
try has been reduced to the
principle that effective pub
lie controls" must prevent
misuse of the economy by
the powerful"
HERR oLENHAuER, SPD
Chairman, told the delegates
to the recent emergency con-
ference near Bonn that pub
lie ownership could be a legit-
innate means of combating ex-
ceSsiye and antl-social concen-
trations of economic power in
the hands Of big business.
Very significantly, however.
he went on 10 repudiate the
original Marxist emphasis on
naturalization as a cure-all
for the ills of economic life.
1T is uncomfortable" he said.
"that pure naturalization no
longer solves the problem of .
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-12-11

Karl Marx Communist
Manifesto, the bible" of
classical socialism, was
published in l849. One
hundred and ten years
later ii has nov been official
ly repudiated, for all practical
purposes, by the German So
cial Democratic Party.
THE IMPORTANCE of this
latter development derives
from the fact that the Ger
man Social Democratic Party
has been additionally one OF
the leading opponents of
MarxIst Socialism. The SPD's
first four statements of pol
lcy-the last Of which was
adopted in l925-were based
on the Communist Manifesto.
But the Party held a special
congress in the middle of No
vember TO bury its Msrxist
! past. The new Party manifesto
departs from classical social
ism in several important re-
spects, but, above all, in its
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selves TO each other. Each sees
Christ IN a spouse. Saint Paul
says that a married man is 10
the woman as Christ is TO
the Church. He did not say
"as it," Unless there is dedi-
cation. there is only INITIATED
love and that again is a con-
tradiction in terms, for one
cannot love half way any more
than one can be half virgin.
Thirdly, dedication leads to
worship. A new pinnacle of
holiness exists when couples
make OF their marriage a
means of worshiping God.
Baptism gives a person the
right TO be a citizen of Gods
Church and TO share in the
general worship. The Euchar-
ist allows a person to enter in
10 the highest possible act Of
worship. Holy Orders permits
men to ascend into the holy
of holes and TO worship in the
name Of humanity. Matrlmony
adds a new aspect to worship,
Couples return the joys, the
sorrows. the toll, the sex, the
love Of family life, to their
Divine source. Family life is
therefore, not only holy, il is
a conservation.
AS THE CHURCH offers to
God the music of man, the
song of the earth, the per-
fumes of the field. the mas
terpieces of art, so married
couples offer to God their con-
secrated love. Each couple be-
comes a living symbol, re-
minding us that God has res
cued mankind from animal in
stinct, from worldly love, and
has made OF this couple an
image Of Divine love and
priests of creation. In Civ
ing themselves 10 God. they
are offering TO Him the beau
~ and excellence of married
life.
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Sum and Substance:
Julian Huxley's Sermon
On Overpopulation
BY Fir. John b. Sheerin, esp.

Ollie readers were probably
impressed by the fact that he
took a dim view of a birth
control program asa means to
solve the overpopulation prob
lem.
DARWIN cLAIMED you
couldn't educate ignorant
peasants up to taking contra
ceptiye pills within the next
so years. You've got to teach
a billion ~ at least a billion
-groWn-up people how to use
il. Well. how many men can
a man educate? A thousand?
Something of I hat I'M d.
You've got to have over a mil
lion teachers just to show peo.
pie how TO use this. You can't
get that going in so years.
So it's out"
Now. it happens that ] also
think a birth control program
is no solution but not because
Darwin says so. II he were
talking about a scientific ques-
ton, | would accept him as an
authority. But he's talking
about educating people. up TO
a birth control program and
he is no expert in education.
ARTHUR kRoCK is an ex-
cellent columnist in the New
York Times but recently he
came a cropper when he edi-
torialized on overpopulation.
He enthused over the Japa-
nese birth-control pro 81 a m
which. he said, had brought
the birth rate down. If he had
consulted with a social work
er he would have found that
ii was abortions that decreas-
ed the birth rate in Japan.
Last year Japan had over a
million legalized a abortion MS
and only the good Lord knows
how many illegal abortions.
IN HIS TALK on Nov. II
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-12-11
Inquiry Corner
Eat Meat
On Friday?
by FIR. Heniey

@. Ia there never an en-
evsa for eating meat on Fri
day--not even when someone
has prepared . special meal
and unknowinsly served
rseaf7
A. The Law of Friday alb
stinence is a serious law and
exceptions must be proportion
ately serious. We obey the
law of the Church and show
our respect for the Good Fri
day sacrifice Of Christ for us
unless the reason is physical
or moral impossibility of abb
staining. An example of phys
ical impossibility tor grave diff
ficulty) would be that In
which we have a lunch packed
in which meat is the main In
gredient and there is no other
available food. Moral impossl-
militv would be a situation
where someone has inadvert-
emily prepared a meal in
which meat is the main course
and we eat if because 1t
would be wasted or there
would be a grave offense
against charity. Often such
awkward situations can be
avoided by mentioning Ito
none Catholics that it is a
meatless day at the time that
the invitation is accepted.
There is also the problem of
scandal and if there is reason
for eating meat it would be
well to indicate in a tactful
way tafterward perhaps why
one ate meat.
@. Will married couples be
reunited in heaven7 What II
a widow marries asain-wish
whom will shs be unified In
heaven7
A. The central fact of heav-
en- will be the beatific vision,
seeing God face to face. In
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-12-11
Making Marriage Click
Receiving Craces And
Miserable Marriages
By Msgr. Irving A. DeBlanc

a couple brings children into
the worId-cares for them,
teachesthem-the couple hon
orS God. If there is friction
and S~elfishness, there is no co
operation.
The spiritual level of a
home may be Judged by the
intensity, delicaey, reverence,
Wilderness of marital intimacy.
Love and graces are linked
together from the very first
moment OF a marriage. This is
the rule: the more graces
couples have the more love
they should have, and the
more love they have. the more
araces they have.
SEcoNDLY Y. cooperation
leads 10 a complete dedica-
tion. Couples give their whole
being in a total surrender 10
God The giving is uncondi-
tional and all-embraclng. In
Latin, the word sacrament
means oath. There was once a
time that 1t meant a military
oath which bound a soldier for
life 10 his country. To-day
Sacrament still means eX-
actly thai, especially where a
stale Of life is involved. as
in Baptism. Confirmation and
Holy Orders. Just an occasion
al surrender is a contradlc-
ton in terms. A whole life, a
whole person. must be involv-
ed in this giving. He or she
must be able to say, My
body belongs 10 Christ, my
child belongs 10 Christ. my
roof belongs TO Christ, my ey-
cry possession belongs 10
Christ
ISN'T THIS GOING pretty
far YOU ask. Yes, and maybe
farther than YOU realize.
Christian couples dedicate
themselves 10 Christ even
more than they dedicate them,
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Charles Van Doren, a
brilliant young English
professor. came to grief
when he stepped into the
role Of TN entertainer.
Harry Truman came to grief
when he posed as 3 music
critic.
On Nov. 10, the British BIZ
ologist Julian Huxley assum-
ed the tone Of morallst. He
declared that 1T is immoral
and wrong to try 10 prevent
mankind controlling its own
reproduction Obviously, he
was delivering q lecture on
moral theology for the bene-
fit OF the Catholic Church be
cause of its stand on contra
ceptiyes.
HUXLEY WAS discussing
oyerpopulatlon when he stray
ed into the field Of moral the
ology with his remark about
birth control. This shows how
complex the problem of over
population is. II has moral,
social, political economic and
other Implications a we'll as
biological. Huxley could help
to solve the problem if he
would stay in his own field
for there are many unanswer-
ed biological questions involv-
ed in the population ex-
plosion."
Because Of the present pres
tige OF science, scientists of
ten pontlfieate on non-scien-
tific questions, j imagining
themselves TO be experts in
all fields because they are ex-
perts in science. Take Sir
Charles Darwin, FOR instance.
This grandson OF the great
naturalist was recently inter-
viewed by the US. News and
World Report Nov. 23). Cath
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my marriage day by
day is going from bad TO
horrible. What ever hap
pened 10 all the graces |
was TO receive from the
Sacrament of Mstri-
mony?" Heide.
One answer 10 your
problem, Heide, could be
in the one word receive"
A sacrament Is not only
a matter of receiving
IL also involves giving II you
do not give, graces can be
quite sterile.
THERE ARE THREE main
areas IN marriage when you
give. This giving is not an
overflow Of the emotions, a
vague belief in Catholic prin-
ciples. II is the will to sur
render 10 Gods plan in a total
way God does not force us 10
cooperate. for then We would
be servants, not friends"
Remember that God wants our
love, and the freedom to
choose or reject Him is in
volyed in love.
The expression. Man propos-
es and God disposes' can also
be turned around. God pro
poses and man diSposeS. Yes,
man is definitely free. You
ask, How do married people
cooperate with Cod" II is
certainly not by bizarre ac-
lions, unusual behavior. artifl.
cial airs of sanetity, and splr-
itual tensions.
THERE is COOPERATION
with God in Just plain every.
day living. When a couple is
in love. more and more and
better and better they cooper
ale with God $ plan The more
intimate couples are spirit
ually, physically, emotlonally
the holier they are. When