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legislation was introduced and
passed by the Vermont State Leg
islature that amended the mo
train travel" Sunday law.
The amendment provided that
trains could only be operated on
Sunday II there was Bible in
at least one coach Of the train.
The amendment further pro-
vided that not only must the pas
senger train be equipped with a
Bible. carried in a specially con-
structed rack, when running on a
Sunday but that the conductor at
some time during the run must
read q chapter Of the Scriptures
to the passengers.
IL these two provisions Of the
amendment were met, Governor
Paine or anybody else that had
one could run passenger train
on Sunday through the Green
Mountain State in perfect and
full accord with the law.
Available records indicate that.
It didn't take long for the Yer
mont Central people to buy a sup
ply OF Bibles and install them in
special racks in the passenger
coaches. And conductors dutifully
read Chapter from the Scrip
lures each Sunday morning as the
cars hauled by wood-burning loco
motives or the pre-Civil War era.
meandered along through the val
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By EuLA N. GREENWOOD

IS IT BELK? 80. The man who
was sworn in last week to succeed
Spencer Bell as State Senator from
Mecklenburg County will probably
some day be Governor of North
Carolina. 81
He could be the very next Gov
ernor. sa
The tall, slender Irwin Belk of
Charlotte, named by the Mecklen-
burg Democratic Executive Commit
tee to fill the Senate vacancy
caused by Bells getting a Federal
judgeship, is president Of Belk
Enterprises, Inc, director Of the
Belk group Of stores, and has serv-
ed two terms in the State House of
Representatives.
Belk will be 40 this coming April
4. He is an active leader of the
Myers Park Presbyterian Church
in Charlotte. He is a director Of
some 35 business corporations hav-
ing strings (or ropes) leading into
virtually every county in the State.
He was a Sergeant in the 9th
Air Force in World War IL; and
was elected one of the "Ten Out
standing Young Men" of Charlotte
for 1854, 1855, 1856, and 1857.
Mecklenburg Democrats are not
noted for their unity - one of the
main reasons this populous area
does not have more political influ-
ence - but the delay in naming a
successor to Bell could mean Belk
will not have much opposition in
next springs Primary.
The Belk's have four children:
two boys and two girls.
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down. The news of the discovery
was promptly telephoned to the
Gull Shoal and New Inlet Stations,
situated, respectively below and
above the stations first named. The
Chicamacomico life-savers there
upon set out down the beach with
their breaches buoy gear. They
came abreast of the vessel two
miles from their station and were
soon Joined by the crews of the two
other stations, the vessel having
stranded in the meantime twelve or
fifteen hundred feet out from the
shore. The velocity of the wind at
this time was fully 20 miles an
hour. Moreover, it blew almost di-
rectly toward the land, rendering
he outlook for putting line over
the schooner exceedingly doubtful.
However, as the state of the sea
was such as to prevent the, launch
ing of boat, the breaches buoy
offered what appeared to be the
only chance Of effecting rescue.
Moments were precious. Only SO
minutes had elapsed since the YES
sci struck. She lay low in the water,
with her jib, foremost and main
mast broken off, and was already
breaking up. The life-savers could
see that she would last only a short
time. Her crew, all whom Were
still alive, were huddled on top of
the cabin, clinging to the spanker
boom.
The first shot, fired with g.
ounce charge of powder, carried a
No. 9 line not more than halfway
to the vessel. Before another line
could be sent out a heavy run of
seas swept over that part of the
ship which had offered temporary
refuge for the sailors, further
crumbling the schooner and acrry-
ing overheard all hands except one
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maintaining an unassailable nation
al defense posture. No nation can
fail to maintain it's strongest de-
tense as long as Russia has one nu-
clear bomb without being at the
mercy of the Soviets.
ISSUES OF NEXT CONGRESS
- With the opening of the Con-
gress little more than a month
away, it is well to be aware of
some of the major issues that are
certain to confront your lawmakers
in the next session. In most instan-
ces the most perplexing problems
will be old ones or ones that have
confronted the Congress for some
time, such as: our defense policies
and an adequate military deterrent
to war, tax revision, trade agree
ments with other nations, and over
all spending policies in relation to
balanced budget. These broad
concepts will be of much concern to
me as | prepare to go back to
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WANcHEsE PERSONALS

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond White
of Windsor spent Sunday with
their daughter and son-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Cary Stetson.
Willie Brickhouse of Dayton,
Ohio, visited his daughter and SON
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Bal
lance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Wright
and daughter Diane spent Sunday
in Elizabeth City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Balance at
tended the funeral of Mrs. Bal
lance's uncle, John Brickhouse, in
Baltimore Thursday.
Mrs. Mearle Meekins and baby
Wesley of Raleigh are visiting Mrs.
Delilah Gallop.
Walter Balance, Mr.. and Mrs.
Larry Balance and Mrs. Elmo Dan
iels visited Mrs. Walter Balance
at Norfolk General Hospital Sun
day.
Mrs. Crowder Davis is patient
in the Marine Hospital, Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. p. Adams left
this week for California, where they
will visit friends during the Christ
mas holiday season. They were ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. Abe
Sobel, who are visiting their sons
in-law and daughters, Mr.. and Mrs.
William E. Shand of Encino, Cal.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred M. Baron
Of Los Angles.
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Do Doa Know?

Somebody once remarked that
'There is more than one way tc
skin q cat"
The late Governor Charles M
Paine Of Vermont, had no par
,ticular interest in skinning cats
as far as anybody has ever re.
tcorded. Because most Of his time
Twas devoted to politics with bank,
tsng. hotel operations and rail.
sEoading as side lines, the good
kgoyernor knew there was more
than one way to profitably and
Illegally operate a railroad back in
the 1905 when money was hard
10 come by and legislative bodies
swere forever throwing stumbling
blocks in the path Of budding
bubble utilities.
In addition to serving as Gov.
lernor OF Vermont, Paine was the
|first president of the Vermont
Central Railroad, the initial "pa.
Tent" OF the present Central Yer.
fmont Railway which operates
Through New England linking
canada with southern New Eng
land and the Atlantic Seaboard
Estates.
! Business was pretty good ON
EGOvern0r Paine's Vermont Gen.
kral Railroad, more than a CEN
Itury ago. but 1t would have been
better IL Vermont State Sabbath
Jaws hadn't prohibited the opera
zion Of passenger trains on Sun
days. The law said the railroad
Icould operate six days q week,
hat not on the Sabbath.
II folks wanted to travel on
Sundays they had two ways Of
kdOing It ~ ON foot or in a horse
drawn vehicle.
This was all well and good but
~ didn't help much in permitting
lGcyernor Paine and his stockhold-
ters to keep the cash registers
from gathering duct and rust on
the first day Of each week.
What to do about this situa-
fkiong
Well. there wasn't much that
teould be done with the law AZ
bt was with the stern and fee
hangry constables and sheriffs on
Band to insist upon strict enforce
nent.
However quick thinking ana
shrewd Governor Paine and bis
friends finally found way ont.
Through fr'~-dly law makers.
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FAST RADIO BEAM
DETECTING AUTO
SPEEDERS DESCRIBED

lI n
A radio beam goes tipping out
at 1876, 1000 miles a second, bounces
off a speeding car, returns to the
transmitter and is translated into
miles per hour. A state trooper
notes the reading. 1t it's over North
Carolina maximum speed limit,
another speeder is in trouble.
Radar, the wartime marvel Of
Ielectronic ingenuity, is blanketing
Tar Heel highways to cut down
speeding as no motorbike cop ever
could do. The Motor Vehicles De-
partment recently said SO of the
| lightning fast speed computers had
been put into service throughout
the state.
The highway patrol operates
them in a scatterquilt pattern, night
and day, in its efforts to halt ac-
cidents.
The patrols chief radio engineer,
w. r. Sloop, says the new devices
are the "latest and most accurate"
speed timers he's ever worked with.
Sloop and his crew recently COM
pleted the installation of the radar
timers, all of which will be operat-
ed from plain patrol cars.
Sloop said the devices utilize the
Doppler, principle to pin point
speeding vehicles. He likened the
radar's effect to the apparent
change in pitch of a train whistle
as it moves away from or approach
es an observer.
with the radar Instruments" he
said, "the signal leaves the trans
mitter at speed of 10000 miles
a second, strikes an approaching
vehicle and is reflected back toward
the receiving antenna. The reflected
waves are shorter thus changing
the frequency of the returned sig
nal. This variation is electronically
sensed and related to a miles-per-
hour meter which can be viewed by
the trooper"
Sloop said the sensitive timers
can pick up an approaching vehicle
from 400 feet out and trucks even
farther. Their operation is unaffect-
ed by various homemade" jamming
devices like tin foil.
Col. David T. Lambert, highway
patrol commander, said the stepped
up attack on speeders would "def-
initely" save lives. Speeding, espe-
cialy driving too fast for conditions,
has long been the main cause of
death-dealing smashups.
The patrol chief said that Gov.
Sanford had asked for the tough
est traffic law enforcement" and
that strict radar vigilance would
have a part in that program.
fragrant speeders, with abso-
lutely no regard for the well being
of others, simply will not be tolera-
| ted on our highways" Lambert em-
phasized. Excessive speed is a
deadly business and law abiding
drivers have a right to demand
that it be stopped. With the new
radars the highway patrol will be
much better equipped to enforce
the speed law and make travel a
pheasant experience for everyone"
| Unlike the "whammy" and its
cables, which are usually in semi
fixed position, the radar cars can
go into operation instantly at any
place on any road at any time,
Lambert said.
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TRUE STORIES OF
BRAVE OLD DAYS
Gallant Deeds Of By-Gone
fcars in The Walter
Raleigh Coastland.
STRANDING OF SCHOONER
RICHARD HARTLEY

On the afternoon of September
2, 1918, the 469 ton schooner,
Richard F. C. Hartley, bound from
New York to Charleston, S. C. with
a cargo of salt, ran ashore on the
North Carolina coast during the
prevalence of severe east-north-
east gale, the vessel and cargo be-
comisg a total loss. The schooner
broke up very shortly after she
struck precipitating the seven MEM
bers of her crew into the sea. Five
of them were hauled out of the
surf by life-savers of the Chicama-
comico, Gull Shoal, and New Inlet
Stations. The two others, the cook
and seaman (names unkown)
were drowned.
When the schooner was overtak-
en- by bad weather she was 20 miles
off Bodie Island, N. C. It appears
from the testimony of her master
that the gale carried away her
topmast, jibboom, and head sails,
and that after this wreckage went
overheard it got under her bow,
rendering her more or less unman-
ageable. The buffeting of tire seas
which were running high, set her
badly aleak also. AS she was in
great danger of laundering, the
master choose what was doubtless
the lesser of two evils and headed
her for the shore, hoping thereby
to save the lives of his crew and
himself, if not his ship.
The schooner was discovered by
the surfman on watch at Chicama-
comico Station about two o'clock
in the afternoon of September 2
She was at that time a mile or SC
offshore and headed for the beach
with a flag in her rigging, union
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Washington. There are a number of
specific measures which cause wide
ly divergent views. By virtue of the
fact that these are carry-out meas
ures from the last session of Con-
gress, it can be anticipated that any
one of these may stir a long de-
bate and could have great difficulty
in passage by either House. They
are federal aid to education, medical
care for the aged proposals, and a
bill to create new Department of
Urban Affairs. anticipate too that
the matter of foreign aid will have
some review when the appropriation
bill is presented to the Congress.
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man. Fortunately, practically all Of
the seamen who were precipitated
into the water succeeded in laying
hold of floating wreckage, which
the wind, off-setting the force OF
the swift long-shore current, spent
in toward. the land. When these
came within wading depth, the life
savers rushed to the water to their
rescue. Almost miracuously, con-
sidering the state of the wreckage-
filled surf, five of the six were
hauled safely to the beach. The
sixth man was not seen after the
boarding seas carried him and his
shipmates away. While the rescue
work of these mentioned was going
on a No. seven line was shot with
eight ounces of powder in the hope
that it would fall within reach OF
the one man still on the wreck. This
line, like the first one, fell far short
of the mark. Before a third line
could be fired, the man was washed
overheard to his death. He was
never seen again.
That so many persons were res
cued in this case is remarkable
considering the attendant circum-
stances. The schooner literally
broke up under the feet of the crew
throwing them into an extremely
rough area of the surf, filled with
thrashing wreckage. The survivors
from the master down, were heart
lily of the opinion that the life
savers did all that was humanity
possible in their behalf. 1t was q
case where the forces of nature
wreaking their power upon an ole
vessel, accomplished its destruction
before the pigmy efforts of mar
could avail to save the lives of al
the persons imperiled.
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saturday, Edgar Womble Will ceie-
brate his 9th birthday. Leading
Episcopal layman and for scores
of years newspaperman, Utili-
ties Commission rate expert, and
with it all a clipper and charming
gentleman, Mr.. Womble has finally
retired = but only recently.
| He now lives with his son, Ed
ward, Jr., at GOA Oleandor Avenue,
in Goldsboro.
ORNERY? -. Well, we have two
notes here, neither of them good,
labout our Baptist brethren at Win
4 ston- Salem.
The first says that Bill Hide
brand, who has just finished his
second season as head coach at
Wake Forest College, viii leave
soon to return to his old alma ma
ter, Mississippi State - and may
take his entire staff with him. In
fact, is expected to - and another
! change will likely mean more years
of rather dismal football for the
Deacons.
| It says here that changes in
coaches hurt more in recruiting
| (getting in good playersl - be-
cause of loss of contacts than
the coaching itself.
| The other Baptist burn occurs in
the new "Wake Forest Alumni Di-
rectory" which has just come off
the press. Former Alumni Director
Eugene Olive says in the preface:
'The publication of THE ALUMNI
DIRECTORY seeks to put into a
single volume names and some per-
tinent information about all former
students of Wake Forest College.
No such undertaking is likely to be
without omissions and errors !"
True, Brother Olive, but we did
not expect them so soon. On the
contents page, just BEFORE the
preface, we note the book is divided
into five sections, one of which is
Recipients Of Honary Degrees.
Ornery?
| BACKWARD GLANCE This
couple, married for nearly 80 years
were out on Saturday afternoon
for the weekly round with the flow
ers, the shrubs, and the weeds. He
was putting vigoro on the crab
grass and she was pruning the
roses ~ but somehow their minds
didn't seem to be on their work.
The wife seemed especially dis
content, mubling under her breath
about something. Then, all of sud-
den, she bounced over to where her
husband was standing in deep
thought examinging his favorite ca
mellia, and gave him short kick on
the ankle. "Ouchi' he exc aimed,
grabbing his foot. "What the heck
ibid you do that for7"
THAT, she said, stalking back
TO her rose bush, ''is for being
such a lousy loveri"
The husband gave the whole
thing considerable thought, then
walked over resolutely and planted
a No. II on his wife's behind. "And
THAT" said he returning to his
camellia, lis for knowing the diff
! ference"
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THEY HOPE TO LEAD Americas az million Al
%
for I'D Bach Of these winners received $500 college
4o National 4 Club CONGRESS II e5is le shs are Mr
Suzanne Shidr ~ iat esiforn Seorns Coleman ~ pon ksn Anne
SpuiI
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BACK HOME =. Bad luck hit
the G. A. (Abie) Upchurch family
only a few months after they NOV
ed to Florida two years ago. First
lit was Able himself. He was laid
flat by a cerebral hemorrhage. but
recovered. Then his wife, the form
Ter Margaret Calhoun Of Scotland
County, came down with cancer of
the brain. They tried everything to
save her life, including weeks at
Duke Hospital. But last Friday, back
in the hospital at Daytona Beach,
she died at the age of A. She was
buried at Laurel Hill this past
Monday.
AS a public relations counselor
and newspaperman, Able has thous-
ands of friends and acquaintance
throughout North Carolina. He was
in the middle, of half-dozen SEN
atorial and gubernatorial CAM
paigns, ran into several embittering
and disillusioning experiences a.
mong certain folk around Raleigh,
but always came out smiling and
with principles unsullied. Abe and
wife lived in Raleigh 20 years.
Mr.. Upchurch is now director of
public relations for the National
Association for Stock Car Auto
Racing (Nascar), the worlds lar
gest auto racing association, with
offices in Daytona Beach.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1961-04-07
Two Scholars
In Family

Ronald Beckman has been
named to the Deans List at
the University of Dayton and
his sister. Marianne, has re-
ceived a four-year scholarship
to the College of ST. Mary of
the Springs.
Beckman, a sophomore in
the College of Industrial En-
cheering, is a 1859 graduate
of st. Charles. He is q mem
Der Of the Columbus Club and
Industrial Engineers Club.
Miss Beckman is a senior at
st. Mary of the Springs Acad-
envy and a member Of the
Glee Club, Sodality and pres
ident of the Girls Athletic
Association.
They are the children Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard H. Beck
man, 725 Wiltshire Rd.
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Gary Armstrong Heads CYC
At Immaculate Conception

Gary Armstrong was installed as president of
the Immaculate Conception Y hi-division in a
ceremony held recently in the church.
Benediction' of the Most Blessed Sacrament
followed by the installation.
Armstrong succeeds Chuck Egelhoff as presi-
dent.
Other officers include Ann Mackin, vice presi-
dent; Kathy Strickfaden, secretary; and Steve Kron-
e~nberger, treasurer.
Moderator Fir. Jerome K. Raiser has appointed
the following fourfold committee chairmen: Marty
Rarick, Paul Sauer, spiritual; Carol Van Heyde, jeff
Jones, social; Mary Alice Scherer, Pat O'Reilly, cul-
tural; and Sharon Austin, Dennis Nash, physical.
Diane Johnson has been named historian and Phyllis
Rawlins will serve as ~parliamentarian.
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ity Of cases, interfere with
school grades. But at Is the
jobs you can handle are linn
tied. Since you're only a fresh
man you have plenty Of time
to work.
CONCENTRATE on school
for the present. Solidify those
study habits and get better
than ''fair grades" Develop
good reading habits, too. The
pattern you form now is i'm
portant for success in high
school. 1t will also help later
on.
So for now | would suggest
you go along with your par
ents. Wait awhile on the job
idea. And in another year or
two discuss it with them again.
In the meantime you de-
serve straight AS for your in
terest and ambition.
Doris Revere Peters is a
syndieafed coIvmnist. Please
do not ask for a personal re-
ply. Young readers are in
Vifed to write to her in care
of The Catholic Times, Box
$50, Columbus Is, Ohio.
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BIRTH RATE
DROP DISCUSSED

TOKYO Catholic mis-
sionaries here are busy an.
alyzing population patterns
disclosed by the latest jap
anese census held in October,
1860.
The census, which is held
every five years, shows a de-
crease in the birth rate from
21.9 per thousand in the 1855
census to IT. in the new CEN
sus. Also of concern to the
missionaries is the movement
from the rural areas to the
cities since the fire groups of
Catholic youth which have
been formed in the rural
areas may fail to find their
way to a Catholic parish in
the city. Tokyo, for example,
has only 30 parishes.
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Win Scholarships
To Rosary Hill

Two Diocesan students are
among the fourteen high
school seniors who have been
awarded scholarships by Ros-
airy Hill College, Buffalo, NY.
They are Kathryn Diane
Sorohan, senior at St. Aloysius
Academy, New Lexington, and
Suzanne M. Shoemaker, Sacred
Heart High School, Columbus.
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Observe Universal
Communion Day

CHILLICOTHE-The Chilli
cothe Alumnae of the College
of Mt. st. Joseph-on-the-O Ohio
observed the colleges second
annual Universal Communion
Day, at st. Mary Church, fol-
lowed by an informal break
fast at the Warner Hotel.
Miss Elizabeth Cronin is
president.
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ColOrful Dance
At St. Andrew

The St. Andrew CYC hi
division will sponsor a dance
from 8 pm. to 11:30 pm, Sat-
urday, April 8, in the parish
hall. The theme of the dance
will be "Over the Rainbow"
Judy Skulski is chairman of
the event.