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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-05-18

of reality and it is this--God
is good. Life is simple with
Him. IT is we who make it
complicated.
Life is fresh with Him.
1t is we who make it dull. I
saw an adj recently of three
little subsequently, trip
let sisters - dressed in their
little oilSkins and rain hats
and boots, having the time of
their short lives in a spring
shower.
God is in every child, It is
we who become disenchanted
with life. God obviously does
not; else He would not Gre
ate so much of it--of en-
chantment and of life.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-05-18

opportunity for a few to con-
troll the supply of food, dwarf
into insignificance our cur
rent problems of monopoly
and administered markets?
These concerns may seem
insubstantial or too far in the
future to cause us worry
now. But as this years agri-
cultural centennials prove,
steps taken only 100 years
ago fundamentally changed
the face of Americas coun-
tryside. Steps taken, or not
taken, today will do the same.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-05-18


The reason is simple, and
to me unarguable. Ransoming
captives is a very noble deed.
1t is included in the tradition
al listing of what we call the
seven corporal works of mer-
cy.
Among the spiritual works
of mercy, furthermore, none
is more touching than that of
comforting the afflicted. And
we will be comforting afflict-
ed mothers and fathers,
brothers and sisters and wives
and friends, if we will help
to restore to them the prison
ers Castro holds.
THE VERY FACT that we
see no material advantage to
us in ransoming Cubans-
but rather unrelieved materi-
al sacrifice should make
this cause all the more APP
pealing to our deepest sense
of religion.
What l mean is, after World
War II, you could make a
worldly argument for pouring
out money to help the late
enemies, the Germans and
Japanese and Italians, instead
of taking the sword to them,
or simply leaving them in
their misery.
You could appeal to self
interest by saying that if we
refused to go to their rescue,
they would fall into commun-
ism, and be added to the fore
es with which the Soviets
scheme to bury us.
AM NOT SAYING that
our motivation was selfish; in
most cases / don't think it
was. But certainly the threat
of communism made it easier
for most of us to see the wis
dom in spending for foreign
aid.
But ransoming captive Gu
bans will be an act of purest
altruism. We will donate
money which we know will
90 to a man who is blackmail-
ing us, and our only satisfac-
ton will be in doing right
and in helping to give happi-
ness to fellow human beings.
What's wrong with that?
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-05-18

Editor:
Now wait a minute! One of the joys of Friday is
reading FIR. Sheerin land Mrs. Cabrera); and you, with,
out the slightest preparation or gentleness, tell us that
his column is being discontinued because of lack of
space! Now ] agree that there is great merit in reading
an article contained entirely on one page, without flip.
ping pages wildly and hunting desperately for the con-
Guiding paragraph
BUT IS lack of space the real reason for FIR. Shee-
rims dlScontlnuance, or are you simply trying to sell
subscriptions to The JosephinUm Review and the
Catholic World, or were unseen forces at work?
A few may subscribe to the magazines you sug.
gest, but I'm sure that the greater number of your
readers are not about to flood the mails with similar
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-05-18
THE YARDSTICK
Corporate farms a danger
TO treasured US. heritage

fMsor. George G. Higgins
Is ~ Europe IN connection
Nth work for the forthcom.
ing Vatican Council. In his
absence, this column has
been written by Father Wig
1ard, Director OF the Wash
ington office Of the Nation
al Catholic Rural Life Con-
ference.)
This year, 1862, agri-
culture In the United
States celebrates a triple
centennial.
During the span of a
few months in 1862 Presi-
dent Lincoln signed legisla-
ton which.
opened the vast areas Of
the West 10 settlement by
freehold farmers (the Home.
stead Act.
sinstituted the Land
Grant college system for the
advancement Of agricultural
and mechanical sciences (the
MorriI Act)
. established the us. De-
partment Of Agriculture.
LARGELY THRo u G n the
operation Of these three acts,
more progress has been made
in agriculture since 1862
than in the whole history of
man. With very little adspta-
ton the farmer of 1000 BIC.
could have fitted easily into
the agriculture of 1862.
But if the farmer OF just
100 years ago were to visit
today's m dern farm he
would be totally bewildered
The commonplaceS OF farm
equip ment and operations
would be entirely beyond his
experience and understand.
ing.
Not only the farmer but
also the nation has benefited
greatly during those 100
years. The Agricultural Rev
olution--the foundations Of
which were laid by the three
acts of 1862-has made the
American farmer the most
productive and the American
consumer the best-fed at the
cheapest price in the world.
One wonders If the mex
100 years will bring equally
revolutiopa ry c hanges
Would today's farmer be los.
in the agriculture of 2062i
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-05-18

Didn't Christ teach lis to do
good simply because good is
good? Didn't He instruct us,
out of His mysterious divine
wisdom, to walk the extra
mile; to give not only our
coat but our cloak; to invite
to our tables those who do
not have the wherewithaI to
invite us in return
One OF the trickiest tempta.
tons we face nowadays is that
of tending to become much
too humanity calculating; to
be too much concerned with
Figuring the angles" We
need to remind ourselves of
ten that, somehow, what is
called the folly of the Cross
is the exact opposite of folly.
We can be completely conf.
dent that it works, even when
we don't see how it possibly
can work.
For example, the Chinese
are starving. And many an
honestly troubled person is
asking whether we should
feed them if their Marxist
masters should decide to let
us do so.
OF course we should feed
them if we can. Is there any
room for doubt that Christ
would so advise us if we
could put the question direct
ly to Him?
NEVERTHELESS, we can't
help asking, Wouldn't we
simply be strengthening the
hundreds of millions whom
the communists are planning
to use for our destruction as
soon as the opportunity aris-
es
Personally, my guess is that
a Chinese people with enough
to eat would be much more
likely to overthrow the COM
munists than a people sunk in
the despair of constant creep.
ing starvation.
But even if that is not so,
nevertheless we can trust
God. He knows the future; we
don't. He sees into the deep
est motivations of human be-
ings; we don't. If He points
to the good Samaritan and
says go and do likewise, then
we can confidently go and
do, knowing that He will
make it all come right in the
end.
SOME READERS have con-
sidered me a pollyanna for
saying that if we want to do
something about communism.
we should go through each
day doing each bit Of good
that comes to hand. All the
same, | think I'm on the right
track.
You and l can't make the
decisions that COVE r n m e t
must make; we're not in Of
flee. We can't do the job of
the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, or the Surete, or
Scotland Yard or the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police; we
weren't given their work to
do. But we can do the good
that is ours to do-including
helping to ransom Cuban cap
tives.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-05-18
EVERYMAN'S FAMILY
Disenchantment in MARRIAGE
stems from man, not Cod
Bv FIR. John e.. Knott

There is the old James
Thurber cartoon showing
his version of the typical
American marriage. 1t is
the picture of the bottom
lessly bored wife staring at
an equally bemused husband
and announcing well, I'm
disenchanted, too. We're all
diSenchanted."
WHY is there so much dis
enchantment in and with mar
riage today? II may be due to
the fact that, while marriages
may be made in heaven, they
operate on earth. Unless there
is a deep and abiding love
between husband and wife,
things of earth can take the
enchantment from marriage,
dim its glow, and deaden its
spirit.
There is a living to be made,
the daily difficulties to be ov-
ercome, the discouragements
to be faced, and the WEAKNESS
of body and mind. There are
bills to be paid and sickness
TO be suffered, interminable
dishes to be washed and
diapers to be cleaned. There
is the loneliness of the kitch-
en- and the humdrum Of the
house.
There is the clash between
the standards of the world
and the laws of God. There
is the whole economic and
social environment with its
insecurity, selfishness, and
exaggerated compel | o n.
There are the demands of the
flesh with its ceaseless war
on the spirit in its ~ceaseless
search for ease, luxury, and
satisfaction of sensual desires.
THERE IS the deadly, par
alyzing routine-the eating of
the same old meals, looking
at the same old faces, meet
ing the same old problems,
watching the same old TV,
and doing the same old things
down the endless vista of the
years ahead.
There is the dry-rot of
paganism that is everywhere
in the movies-in the news
paperS-in the books-on TV
everywhere - sappiHg the
strength of your love for the
other and for God, turning
you back always into yourself.
You remember the idealism
of your younger days, the
dreams of your courtShip, the
love you felt for each other
which you thought would be
sufficient to overcome all OBJ
Stacles and dissolve all diff
culties. 1t may seem now to
have been a mirage, always
reckoning but never quite
realized, until gradually 1t
dissipated.
For you get tired with the
establishment of marriage,
tired of its problems and diff
ficulties, tired of the effort
it takes, tired of the duties
and responsibilities, tired of
the whole negative side of
marriage. Sometimes you just
get tired.
YOU CAN SAY-"If | could
only get a good nights sleep
reasonably often" And there
is no doubt as to the therapy
of regular rest, but sleep
is not the answer to the need
for a freshness of spirit.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-05-18
JOSEPH BREIC
I don't like
FideI, but

| don't like to see ransom paid to Fidel Castro's
Communist regime any more than anybody else does.
But when an appeal for funds for that purpose is or
gained under proper auspices, l intend to give as gem
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1962-01-26

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G GIYiI Uf9tIfD 
  K3EHHk5 NHEHkHN

The first annual dinner of the GfaateE saldefaa Chamber of Commerce K announced for 2 pm. ah Feb. 3 a the River ide House
 decision change the name ef tae eigle group to Greater so5d6ena S ef 6 was made a the Jan meeting 8f directors
 Area 6o 5e included will be
 aP9oeHe. Sterling. Funny Riv- eE H8sa a1ea. KaIIf8H5ky Beach eeaa afea. Kasilef. Goboe and NiaIieHiK as HeH as soidotna.
 1he meeting 0ilI include enter zaia4zI reading 5f the annual report announcing af projects for z8a Es4 aaa voting aa the road EHes aa outlined bE the Chamber committee
 Iha ff5ea chicken dinner also a##Hl kiak eff for 8 membership drive. with yearly dues beng se go for india Fa9aaIs and s4H for busiues
 a reservations gre being talk ea Tickets plate must be purchased zH advance and may be obtained fHaEI5= Chamber members aH from Bertha t1idVe6t, C of 6 secretary. a #4s Hzk Realty of- 8Iees Village Shopping Center.
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 Ire Heaaa=Hoein basket, which has hsea circulating among club
 asHhsEs benefit for the zAsszz8zszAs sz85A neeeh-therapy fheraHE work among area chil- ##ssa. has =sEEsa z6s parpose Inc HllB realized #5H h4 this means zH8 #. z#. #. EHfHea over t9
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 Ghe basket. if4 which each mem Der takes aad places q gift be- fore sending # ca with a small cash donation. is now again in circulation. The current fund is to be contributed b the k ena Health Center te help deffay costs of immunization innocula- tons and other expenses.
 Committees for the coming spring style show are to be ap- pointed at the next meeting which is set for pm. at the home of Mrs. Ralph Belts.
 Classes in millinery will be conducted at the next two meet- iags under direction of an in- struetor to come from Wildwood Station The last meeting on Jan. 15 was held at iSoldotna school with Audrey shelman and Mil- dred BagIey as eo-hostesses.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1962-01-26

KNAPP SHOES. All types for
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OPEN HoESE ARD

sOID0TN Az M. and Mrs. Jake Dubendo4.f, Soldotna, were the winners of a pair of vanity lamps awarded at the Lewis and Aetzger= =npenhouse at the firms neW subdivision development n o64tHatIa Ef1Is past WeekeTlu.
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1856 4-I1f Ford Sedaa9 Bird
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 Lotus Market, George Great neaks 64-3b
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1962-01-26
FIRST FERRY NAMED

The first Of Alaska's state 8eHfies will be known as the Mot orship Malaspina, named for the largest glacier in North America. The 1500 square mile glacier - slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island, i4ts into the Gulf of Alaska at Yakutat Bay.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1962-01-26
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

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NOTICE OF
spEH ELECTION

STERLING Homemakers want to rent or borrow a quilt frame.
 Phone 262-4737. 64-8b
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1962-01-26
New Native Hospital

4 new 50-bed Alaska Native Hospital was dedicated at Kotze- bae on Nov. 30, 1861. The hos pital is located just above the Arctic Circle and 150 miles across the Refing Strait from the bor= ders of the Soviet Union.
The Kenai Peninsula cheechako news., 1962-01-26

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pUpcoM Al c
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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-10-12
Break ground
in Marion

COMMUNICATING ceremonies
for the addition to St. Mary
School, Marion, will take
place at 2 pm, today, ac-
cording to Msgr. Matthew
Howard, pastor.
The $4,000 addition will
have space for six class
rooms when they are needed,
however only two classrooms
will be finished at this time,
one on each side.
TIE remaining space on the
east side will be one long
room for multi-purpose use.
1t can be divided into three
separate rooms if necessary.
The west side will have a
multi-pupose room which can
be divided in two, and the
rest of the space will be used
for a guidance section with
two consultation rooms and
an office for small group
meetings, and for storage.
The building is expected to
be completed by January, and
Msgr. Howard says that the
first grade will probably be
using one of the rooms by
December.
Architects are limerick,
Albert and MCGEE. The gen.
neral contractor is the
Marion Contracting Com
pany.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-10-12
Relief agencies
Claim US. policy toward
Yugoslavia hurts refugees

refugees or they are treated
as secondclass refugees"
The memorandum states
that the ban on freedom of
religion and other basic hui
man rights "in Yugoslavia
hardly differs in degree
from that practiced in the
U.S.S.R.
"Yet the subtle campaign
of the Yugoslav authorities
to popularize the term eco
nomic' refugee has beeen
more than successful" the
document continues. 1T has
carried over into the lam
guage of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Ref
ugees and that of certain
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-10-12

in the problems which right
ly command the attention of
the men of our times" He
continued:
"You know how We share
the Joy which greets with
emotion the resounding sue
cesses of present-day techni-
clans and scientists whose
achievements permit the
Harvesting Of nature in a way
which not long ago seemed
to defy the liveliest imagi-
nation"
Pope John praised the ac-
complishments of science as
reducing the conflict between
faith and science. He recalled
that the First Vatican Ecu
menical Council issued a pro-
nOuncement on the accord be-
tween science and faith and
said that the scientific pro-
gress of the Goth century
confirms this accord.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-10-12

NEW YORK - (NC)
Two US. relief agencies
have charged that the Vests
uncertain stand toward COM
munist Yugoslavia is detri-
mental to Yugoslav refu-
gees.
Refugees from Yugoslav-
la frequently are not being
accorded the same treat
ment as refugees from 9TH
er R~ed-dominated nations,
according to a memorandum
prepared for members of
Congress by Auxiliary Bish-
OPP Edward E. Swanstrom,
executive director of Catho-
lie Relief Services National
Catholic Welfare Confer
ence, and William ]. vandom
Heuvel, president of the In
ternational Rescue Commit
tee.
THE at
titute of the West toward
communist Yugoslavia," the
memorandum asserts, "h a S
resulted in an ambivalent at
titute toward Yugoslav refu-
gees When we challenge
the refugees motivations,
we appear unable to grasp
why people would be flee
ing and we seem to be turn
ing our backs on them. When
we acquiesce in the forcible
return of escapes, we con-
tribute to the feeling of
hopelessness and thereby
weaken the democratic cause
within Yugoslavia - and
WlLIlOuL.
The memorandum alleges
that:
"The refugees opposi-
ton to communism is being
impugned because they are
poor"
even those few Yugo-
slavs who are granted asy-
lum are frequently put in a
lower category than refu-
gees from other communist
countries by the US. Es-
capee Program. Thus Yugo-
slavs either do not qualify as
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-10-12
Charles Lang
buried Oct. 6

Charles j. Lang, 81, of
1907 Sunbury Rd., Column
bus, died Oct. 3, at home.
He was the former owner
of c. j. Lang Co., general
contractors, and his COM
pany built many churches
and schools in the diocese,
including st. Charles Col
lege, st. Therese Shrine Re-
treat House, Immaculate
Conception Church and st.
Vincent Mission House.
He was a Fourth Degree
member of Council 400,
knights of Columbus, and a
member of st. Johns Bene-
fetal Society; the Catholic
Order of Foresters and the
Board of Trustees of st.
Charles Seminary.
He is survived by three
sons, Bernard c., Joseph NJ.
and Alphonse H.; five grand
children, and Il great-grand-
children.
Requiem Mass was offered
Saturday, Oct. 6, in st.
Thomas the Apostle Church,
and burial was in st. Joseph
Cemetery.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-10-12
Pope says:
Apparent conflicts between
religion. science on decline

the Vatican gardens.
Pope John said in present.
ing the award:
The Church readily en-
courages world research di-
rected toward a better know
ledge of man and the uni
verse in accordance with the
mission given by God to
Adam in the first pages of
Genesis. Thus We whole
heartedly congratulate this
young scientist whose books
on the nerve mechanism of
hunger, thirst and body
temperature have become
standard"
The theme of the academy's
meeting was 1.-THE Problem
of Cosmic Radiation in In
terplanetary Space"
THE POPE commented on
the theme, saying: 1.-THE
Church is closely interested
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-10-12

officials of the US. govern
ment.
"IT HAS influenced the
policy of countries which
formerly granted asylum to
these refugees to the point
where substantial numbers
of them are now being re-
patriated' instead of welcom-
ed. 1t has created a situation
where Italy permits most of
those fleeing to remain on
its soil, but Austria, using
US. equivocal policies as an
excuse, forcibly returns the
majority of the Yugoslav
refugees"
The document also charges
that the campaign of Yugo-
slav authorities has done
the following:
Resulted in drastic re-
auctions in US. aid to refu-
gees from Yugoslavia."
Resulted in resentment
by true democratic people
who see US. aid helping to
build a strong communist
state, but refusing to help
those elements that escape
its oppression"
. Caused confusion
among the Americans be-
cause p~olicy-makers fail to
understand that the basic
philosophy of the commun-
ist state is the same, whether
that of the Soviet Union,
China, or Yugoslavia."
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tentlary Columbus, and Fa-
Their William Denzel, OMI,
chaplain of London Correc-
tional Institution.
Father Lucier explained
the origin Of the devotion:
Ut WAS DISMAS, along
with Gestus, another thief,
who was crucified on Calvary
with Jesus.
Recognizing that he and
Gestus were guilty of many
crimes, Dismas was dismay-
ed when Gestus ridiculed
Christ and he strongly re-
buked him. Turning to Jesus,
Dismas said Lord, remember
me-; and Christ answered,
This day, thou shalt be with
me in paradise
"All men in penal institu-
tons have been asked to
adopt st. Dismas as their Sec
ond patron saint and to ask
for his prayers that t h y
might initiate his example of
repentance and likewise win
paradise.
Through special permis-
sion granted by Pope Plus
XII, prison chaplains in the
United States are permitted
to offer the Mass of the Good
Thief on the second Sunday
Of October" he explained.
AT THE Ohio Penitenti-
airy, Father Lucier will be
celebrant at an s am. Solemn
Mass according to the Do
minlcan Rite. Priests from
Aquinas College High School
will serve as deacon and SUBJ
deacon.
Father Norbert McPaul,
OP, will preach.
At London, $50 am. Mass
will be celebrated in the cor
regional institutions Our
Lady of Mercy Chapel. Fa-
Their Martin Mcmahon, mi
Chaplin of ORIENT State In
stitution, will preach.
In the afternoon there will