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Milford chronicle., 1959-02-20

This letter was not victim of
midwest weather, but post office
casualty, having been mis-sent TO
Newark. Del.
28O6 McAlister
Topeka. Kansas
February 8, 1853
Dear Friends:
| can remember waking up in
my parents home on Lakevlew
Avenue and looking out at the
lovely trees ON our street and find
ing them a fairy land. During the
night nature had tapped her magic
wand and silhouetted each CT her
subjects with shimmering ice. The
lovely scene faded all too quickly
for me. Here in Topeka the drama
goes on and on. Night before last
at dusk the sleet began to fall and
internationally all of yesterday 1t
continued. | don't believe / have
ever seen as much ice on the
ground as we have here in Kan
sas today. The ground is heavily
coated and each blade of grass
seems to be securely eucased. 1t
really is the most ice have ever
seen covering the ground. There
is between one to two inches. Re
markably, accidents have been few
so far, but today will probably be
a different story. | must drive our
car pool to school today. I'm cocky
enough to believe / can get there
fine, if only / were alone on the
road.
Last night after dinner | was
sitting in our family room reading
the paper and our two older daugh-
ters were watching television. |
could hardly believe what | had
lust seen. The wind outside began
to demand some attention, heavy
rain beat against our windows and
we were witnessing one of Kansas
strangest phenomenon. After a Sc
we're ice storm, Topeka was in the
path of winter thunderstorm. We
had lightning, thunder, rain, sleet,
snow all within a matter of a few
hours.
A neighbor of mine called me
this morning and said. Now what
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-20
Johnson On Budget

There indications that Senate Majority Lead
Lyndon Johnson is out to reduce President Eisen-
lowers budget. thus fatty refuting the loud claims
of Republicans that the Democrats are party of
spenders and wasters This has been evident in
'ecent days in Washington.
One source for reducing spending, being eyed
oy Majority Leader Johnson and some other Demo-
Gratis, is in the foreign aid field President Eisen
lewer and the Republicans hope to save money in
he Department of Agriculture Some Democrats
again including Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson
might be willing to money in the field of agri-
culture, rather than il the foreign aid field, in
the housing and airport program
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-20
Looking at
WASHINGTON

of State John Foster Dulles The amount of travel
ling he is doing, and has done, makes jet of dire
necessity to this .hard-workng Secretary III State.
In acquiring jets, the top executive official of the
u. S. government is. still far behind his Russian
counterpart, Nikita Khrushchev. Khrushchev has
been travelling in jets for years. have Soviet al
travellers, for this is field in which U. S. industry
has lagged-compared to Russia.
We are glad to President Eisenhower about
to receive his jet If he goes to Russia, and there
may be little chance this he certainly should trav
ell in frst-class style. 1t is almost like the old days
and the competition about the fastest except to
day the competition involves leaders of countries
and the fastest aircraft.
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-20
%%@%&
THROUGH THE CENTURIES

THROUGH THE CENTURIES
If you want to understand the world in
which you live and the activity of peoples
that now populate the globe, you must first
of ALL know much about past history and the
experiences of the human race in the years
that have preceded us.
The man, or woman, who attempts to
pass judgment upon human activity, solely
upon the basis of personal experience, has
overlooked the long tenure of man on the
earth and the varied experiences that have
combined to create our present civilization,
ward, not a decade nor 9 generation, but,
In this way, if you can get accurate in
formation as to the economic, political and
spiritual condition of earlier peoples, you
will be able to appraise the present position
of mankind. To those who critically seek to
understand the way people lived, say in the
18th century, and the organization of men
and women into the forms of human activity,
it is possible to perceive some changes and to
observe a few definite trends in human be-
havior, however expressed.
One of the predominant trends of the
past few centuries has been the gradual ac-
ceptance, on the part of government, of a
responsibility for the physical well-being of
people. 1t is evident in a variety of activi-
ties, including education, health vocational,
social and economic fields. The trend has
been denounced as a 'step toward social
ism" and the destruction of private initia-
tive" ever since it got underway, and it will
be so denounced for the next three hundred
centuries.
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-20
A FOOD SHORTAGE?

One of the most prominent members of
;he House of Representatives, who has also
been a farmer mcst of his long life, expresses
the fear that the country may run short of
food in the next decade or so. He bases this
on the heavy exodus of people from the farms
to the cities And this has taken place at
time when the population as a wholehas been
soaring.
If the grim prospect the congressman en-
visions is to be avoided, it will be necessary
in the future to get maximum production
from every acre of farm land-and, equally
important, to conserve its productive capa-
bilities for coming generations.
Happily, the farmer has available the
tools and the knowledge to make this poss-
ible. The farm equipment manufacturers
are producing better, more efficient and
more economical machines than ever before.
New fertilizers and pesticides are perform
ing miracles. And advanced conservation
practices = accomplished with mechanized
equipment-protects the precious soil from
such ancient enemies as wind and water,
even as they produce increased income for
the farmer.
We have long been plagued with heavy
over-production of certain farm crops and
this, no doubt, has led many people to think
that super-abundance of foods is something
to be taken for granted. But it isn't. In a
comparatively brief span of years we could
have serious shortages instead. The agri-
cultural revolution must keep right on NOV
ing ahead.
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-20
Stevenson On Russia

Adlai Stevnson, speaking in the national capital
recently, warned Americans in grim language about
the challenge being made by Soviet Russia. Speak
ing in Constitution Hall, Stevenson warned that
the Russians believe in their system enthusiastic
and energetic in developing Communism, and that
theirtempo is .dynamic-while ours is sluggish.
Among other things, Stevenson says Americans
are cushioned protected, fortunate minority in
the world who will never be stirred to action by
their own needs The motivation for action, Steven
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-20

son SAYS is what the Soviet Union does, and we re-
adequately.
Stevenson's words are a somber reminder that
we are up against challenge such as we have
never faced He admits freely that the Soviet
Russians believe in their Communism, truth, with
an enthusiasm that was evident in the western
world. They, and not we, he says, are firing the
shots that heard around the world-and also
the satellites that orbit above it.
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-20
AVOIDING AND CURING COLDS

We would not discourage those who. think
they have discovered a cure for the common
cold, but so far as science is concerned, there
is not yet any vaccine or serum that will pre-
vent an individual from, at some time or an
other, Catching cold"
About the best defense for the individual
anxious to prevent colds, is to avoid those
who have cold, dress warmly and avoid be-
coming chilled or wet, eat properly, get
enough fresh air, exercise and rest.
Of course, the above rules constitute
sound advice, whether one wants to dodge a
cold or not. They represent common-sense
applied to the job of living well. The advice
will tend to prevent one from getting sick.
ness of any kind. About all that it will not
help prevent is an accident, or the unexpect
ed visit of an unwelcome relative.
The average person is apt to overlook the
possible serious consequences of the 0rdi-
nary cold. If taken in hand, a slight cole
may not be dangerous, but, if neglected, il
can develop into more serious malady. The
experts suggest, if you get a cold:
(1) Don't hesitate to take plenty of rest
and, if at all possible, stay in bed.
(2) Eat rather lightly and drink plenty
of fluids.
(3) Avoid mingling in crowds and, as
nearly as possible, stay in an even tempera-
ture. BY keeping away from others, you also
protect them from your cold.
(4) If the cold continues and you develop
fever, call your doctor. There may be some
other cause for the fever
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-20
FEBRUARY MEMORIES

Although February is known as the month
in which George Washington was born, and
the month in which Lincolns birthday falls.
there are many memorable days-of histori-
cal signifcance-about which the average
reader has long since forgotten.
For example, February 18th is the ami
versary of the inauguration of Jefferson
Davis as President of the provisional gov
ernment of the Confederacy-in Montgom-
cry, Alabama. The choice was generally ap-
proved throughout the South, Davis being
the first and only President of the Confeder-
ate States of America.
The 18th is also Ember Day, and the day
on which Martin Luther died, far back in
1916.
The phonograph was patented on Febru-
ary 18th in 1878, and few of us can remem
ber that far back. On the 10Th, back in 1902
a legislative device under which the citizens
are allowed to propose laws and pass them
by popular vote-originated in Switzerland
was adopted in Oregon.
On the same day an Act was approved ir
1903, admitting Ohio to the Union as a state.
On this day, also, Copernicus was born il
1473
The 10th and 21st are also Ember Days
and the 10th is also remembered as the day
Joseph Jefferson, one of the country's great
est actors, was born, in 1929. The Wash
ington Monument was dedicated on the 21st
in 1885.
And, of course, Washington's birthday
falls on the 22nd. The year, the 22nd being
Sunday the holiday comes on Monday. That
was the day, also, that John Adams died in
1S48. The 22nd, too, is the anniversary OF
the birth of James Russell Lowell, poet, es
sayist, and diplomat, who was born in Cam
bridge, Massachusetts, February 22nd, 1919
Milford chronicle., 1959-02-20
DEMOCRACY

Writing in The Wall Street Journal, VIM.
Henry Chamberlin observes: "A few conclu-
sions may be drawn from the experience of
the ups and downs of democracy. This sys-
tenn must grow from within; it cannot be
artiicially implanted by few young enthu-
siasts drawing up an admirable paper consti-
tuition and shouting a few slogans. Demo
eracy has no reality without widespread edu-
cation and a diffused ownership of private
property. The United States viii be well
advised to frame its foreign policy not by
abstract considerations of whether foreign
country is democracy or a dictatorship
but by positive evidence that the country is
going our way politically and recognizes
Lon { e cC-.,r.o1 iYt-rcrt"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-23
Castro Brings "Justice"
To Cuba, US. Writer Says

thus advised the surviving
brothers not to be a part Of
the firing squad which exc
cuted the Batista follower af-
ter his capture by one of the
brothers. After apprehension,
the Batista man was prompt
ly turned in for trial and con-
victed.
And so Justice is at last
coming" in Cuba, reports
Dale Francis in the first of a
series of articles cabled from
Cuba and appearing in the
current Jan. 25) issue of Our
Sunday Visitor, national Cath
Ollie weekly.
In detailing the horror of
tortures and murders under
the Batista regime, the writer
states:
II do not like to do this but
if | do not then you will never
know why it is military courts
are sentencing men to die in
Cuba and you might be mis-
led, as many Americans al
ready have been misled, into
believing justice is not being
done Justice is being done
and done in a reasonable and
orderly manner ..." =.
MIR. Francis, a regular OSV
columnist and editor of the
Lone Star Catholic, Austin di-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-23

BOSTON BoSton's
Cardinal said here that
the visit of Anastac |.
Mikoyan was a GROWING
achievement for commun-
lists in a year that the
Reds will chalk up as one of
great progress in the United
States.
His Eminence Richard Car
dinal Gushing, Archbishop of
Boston, said US. communists
have reason for glee because
in 1858 they successfully adj
vanced several important fea-
lures of the Moscow line, aid
ed by many US. noncommun-
list agencies.
The Cardinal charged In q
lengthy article in the Boston
Sunday Globe that The visit Of
fhe Soviet Deputy Premier,
described as Moscow's trade
chief, was made "for the pvr-
pose Of persuading The Unit
ed States to build up Soviet
defense, thus making II more
imperative that we. in turn,
build up . higher wall and
higher taxes for our own de-
fense."
what is particularly ironic
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ocesan publication, said that
the Cuban story must be told
$50 that Americans can un-
derstand why it is that Cubans
were sickened by our State
Departments closed eyes
while murder was going on
before their very eyes"
He said that us. blindness
to the situation under Batista
became "a symbol of Ameri-
can stupidity" for the Cubans.
A former resident of Cuba,
the writer said he is gather
ing facts "firsthand" from
Church officials and from
priests "who have seen mutt
lated bodies" and from "peo-
pie / know speak the truth"
He said that Archbishop
Enrique Perez Serantes of
Santiago de Cuba estimates
that in his province alone the
Batista-inspired murders to-
tailed more than 5000"
In describing the slaughter
by Batista followers of five
young Catholic Actionists last
Dec. Is, feast Of the Holy In
n0cents, Francis wrote:
"They were shot first of all
in the arm, not once but many
times, rising up from their
wrists. Bullets tore through
their body in non-vital places,
the ears, the chin, the cheeks.
Their bodies were slashed
with knives in a manner too
horrible to detail. And then
when they could be tortured
no longer they were given the
sweet release of a bullet in
the temple"
MI. Francis reported a
priest-friend of these "mar-
tyrs of the new Cuban free
dom searched through a
stack of more than 60 bodies"
before locating them but then
found Identification difficult
because of the disfiguring tor
lures.
In making contact with
rebel soldiers-"country boys
for the first time in Havana"
Francis described them as
"conquerors who do not swag-
ger, who are polite and quiet,
who want only that there
should be peace and freedom
in Cuba"
He said that the truth
about what has happened
these last terrible years are
things that have not yet been
reported in the newspapers
and magazines of the United
States and they are things the
people must know"
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St. Vincent...
Continued from Page u

NSOiitiIlucu lIUiu rage ~
During 1858 the Franciscan
Sisters who have operated St.
vincents since its founding in
1875, cared for q total Of l16
children. Fifty-eight children
entered during the year and
80 departed to live with their
family or foster homes. There
were II resident children at
The end OF the year. The aver.
age stay Of the 80 children
who departed was 14.8 months.
The average stay of the
II children in residence was
1913 months.
Monsignor kappes noted
THAT the chief reason for the
need Of placement in the or
phanage was continued as in
The past to the extended i'll.
ness OF one or both parents or
The absence Of . parent from
the home.
The Board expressed its
gratitude to the many bene-
factors of st. Vincent's includ-
ing the pastors and teachers
of the eight schools attended
by st. Vincent's children, the
bers who worked on the Or
phan's Picnic, the companions
of st. Vincent's, and the in
dividual donors.
Msgr. Kappes said that spec
ial gratitude was noted for the
Bishop for his personal inter-
est in and generous support.
of committee men,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-23
Plan C~hapeau-S Show
At Christ the King

Hats for an early spring will
be modelled at the "Chapeau.
Show given by Christ the King
Parish Council of Women at
Ilonka's Provincial House on
Saturday, Jan. 81.
Members of the parish will
model hats from the Louise F.
ICoyne Hat Shop, with Miss Mary
Martha Sitter acting as com.
mentator for the show.
The "Chapeau Show" will be
preceded by a punch hour at IL
o'clock and a luncheon at l pm.
Mrs. John r. Holden has
been named general chairman of
the affair and Mrs. Thomas
Quinn, Jr., is co-chairman. Their
committee includes Mrs. David
Branigan, "Chapeal-Show" chair.
man; Mrs. Adrian Downes, tick
ct chairman; Mrs. Paul ]. Nc
Donald, decorations chairman;
and Mrs. Paul Miller, chairman
of hOSteSSeS.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-23
Offer Mass
For Former
Local Teacher

Sister M. Jerome, O.S.F., who
once taught in two Columbus
parochial schools. died Jan. 8
in st. Francis Hospital, Buffalo,
at the age of II.
She is one of four from her
family to join the Sisters Of st.
Francis of Penance and Chris.
tian Charity. One of her sisters
is Sister Marianne, now at st.
Aloysius Academy, New Lexing-
ton.
Sister Jerome taught for many
years at Holy Rosary and st.
John parochial schools.
Burial was in Stella Niagara
Cemetery.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-23
TV Case
WASHINGTON, NC(

WASHlINGION, (INC)-
The U. S. Supreme Court
has been asked to review
a decision of the II. S.
Court of Appeals here
that Loyola University, New
Orleans, may operate a tele-
vision station.
The appeal was lodged with
the high court by james A.
Noe and Company, an unsuc-
cessful applicant for COM
mercial TV Channel 4 in New
Orleans on which the univer-
sity has been operating its
television station since Sep
TENDER, 1857.
Noe and Company has
claimed the Federal Commun-
ications Commission was in
error when it granted LOyola
a license to broadcast on the
disputed channel.
The plaintiffs have assert
ed that since the university
is conducted by the Jesuit
Fathers, it is an "alien" cor
poration under terms of the
Federal Communications Act
and hence should be denied
broadcasting facilities.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-01-23
Achievement

about the Mikoyan visit is
that he is being touted as the
originator of the fraudulent
'downgrading' of Stain,
where as in reality he is the
chief creator of the Stain
Cult" the Cardinal wrote.
He said that in 1899 Mix
Cyan published a declaration
indicating that Stain was
infallible' and applauding the
crimes of the late Soviet die
tator."
Mikoysn, the Cardinal con-
tinved, survived under Lenin,
Stain and Khrvshchev and
"had his share in the crimes
Of each, including the masss-
ere of his own free Armenian
Republic, the Ukrainian mas
sscres Of l932-1e33 and fhe
Hungarian massacre of 1856"
The Cardinal listed IL of the
emost outstanding" accom-
plishments by the U. S. Com
munist party:
l. Under the guise of civil
liberties, practically all our
internal security safeguards
under the law have been abol-
ished by decisions which the
communists have hailed"
2. The Fifth Amendment to
the Constitution "has been
used effectively to conceal the
extent of the conspiracy in the
US. by shielding witnesses
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Red Achievement
Boston Cardinal Hits
Visit by Mikoyan
from testifying to the

from testifying to the
truth of their associations
8. All the laws of the states
against sedition have been
down.
4. Communists have been
given the right to travel"
freely back and forth to Mos
COW and other places, estab-
fishing lines of communica-
ton.
5. A new smear attack
against the FBI and its direc-
tor ]. Edgar Hoover has be-
gun.
6. Cultural exchanges, de-
signed for breaking down of
American vigilance" are at q
high point.
Z. Many trade barriers to-
ward building up the Soviet
strength have been broken
down.
8. Some American business
leaders and certain business
circles are singing the praises
Of fhe Soviet Union, Thereby
drowning out the cries for
help and sympathy Of the
Hungarian people, upon
whom, in effect. the Amer
lean nation has turned its
back $50"
9. Funds from the US. are
still going to communist Pol
and and Yugoslavia, thus
keeping alive Red hopes that
this country will subsidize So
cialist countries.
10. There is a trend toward
diplomatic recognition of Red
China.
IL. The US. has been stop
ped from doing anything eff
fective for Hungary, "not even
to the point of moving
for the expulsion of the Red
Hungarian representatives
from the United Nations or
the Soviet Russian representa-
tives because of their govern
ment's persecution of the
people of that unhappy land"
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Fete Pastor.
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Continued from Page u
one Of his former Saint Cy-
prian pupils in offering his
first Mass on the Altar where
he had served as an Altar Boy
for Monsignor Kilgallen.
Fr. Curtis Washington, the
St. Cyprian Alumnus is now
q missionary priest in Africa.
The Coffee Hour" recep-
tion for Msgr. Kilgallen will
also be an entertaining one.
Selections by Saint Dominic's
Children Choir will be heard
along with soloist, Winifred
Pannell and acknowledge
ments by Msgr. James Kulp,
FIR. Michael Cattaert. FIR.
Paul G.. Wynants and FIR. Gle
ment De Meersman.
Monsignor, Kilgallen, now
Chaplain at Saint Anthony's
Hospital, extends an invita-
ton to all.
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Obscenitv

Continued from Page u
will be aware Of and able 10
know what the laws are, and
will then be able to enforce
them. Many people are not ac-
quainted with the state laws
on obscenity and do not know
how to proceed to enforce
them"
included In ths suggested
amendments would be checks
On certain types Of advertise
snsnts. Collins noted.
Collins, who is serving his
first term In the Ohio House,
Is a s~elf-employed meat pack.
or In Greenfield, Ohio, and a
member Of st. B~enignius par
ish.
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Retreat
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man, speaking at the banquet.
congratulated the men on fhe
fine work they had done dur
ing the past year and urged
them not only TO continue This
work but also TO bring others
into the retreat habit.
The bishop jokingly noted
that air conditioning was be-
ing installed in the chapel at
the Shrine so that the men
might strive for their person
al sanctification in air-cooled
comfort"
Noting that the Shrine was
operating to near capacity or
over during some retreat
weeks, he said that he hoped
the League might some day
realize its dream of expanding
the facilities at the Shrine.
Father Edward F. Healey,
director of the League, earlier
had noted that "only a small
percentage of the men in the
Diocese are able to make re-
treats"
Father HesIey said that
"men who make retreats,
therefore, must be leaders In
the Church and take part in
works Of Catholic Action vn-
der The direction of their bish-
op and pastors.
During the business Sec
ton of the banquet c. J. Ira
cy, executive secretary of the
League, announced that a to-
tai of 734 men assisted at rs
retreats for an average of
more than % men per re-
treat.
The top 10 parishes and
the number of retreatants
from each parish include: Ho-
ly Rosary, 35; st. Agatha. "a;
st. Leo, 81; Newark st. Fran
els, %; Delaware st. Mary, %;
Corpus Christi, %: Immacu-
late Conception, %; Zanes-
vile st. Thomas, Is; St. Mi
chael, Is; and Marion st.
Mary, %.
All officers were reelected,
including William D vBrvI.
president, r. Pat West. vice.
president, Tony Fernandez,
treasurer. Ralph Kramer. sec
rotary, and Cornelius ]. Ira
cy, executive secretary.
New board members elect
ed include:
Northern deanery, Francis
Bolton, Coshocton, Southern
Deanery, Joe Weisenberger,
Chillicothe, Eastern Deanery,
John Guinsler, Western Dean
cry, Joseph st. Andrea, and
the Central Deanery, DR.. Man
cuso, Ed Smith, John Gibbon-
ey and Ed Sherry.