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4 o o . Unity Is a With US. By GEORGE W. CORNELL Of The Associated Press NEW YOKK UWWork is hum ming today to put broken-up churches back together again. In some cases, the mending job is proving to be a tough one. But numerous projects gradually are closing the gaps. Twenty Protestant denomina tions currently are involved in unity efforts. Of these, 13 are taking active steps toward mer gers. If these are achieved, the result will be five newly com bined bodies. ."There is a world sense of growing together," said veteran Lutheran leader Dr. J. A. Aas gaard, of Minneapolis. "We can't go it alone, any more than na tions." CHIEF MERGER MOVES Here are the chief merger moves now going on: The Congregational Chris tian Churches, with 1,284,000 members, and the Evangelical and Reformed Church, with 762, 000, are engaged in steps leading toward a two-million member United Church of Christ. Four Lutheran bodies are to vote at conventions this year on a constitution for a single, uni n r 1 J J- J ' I f ; v (Rcslster-Guard photo, Wiltshire eng.) NEWEST EAGLES The two youths above, Gary Wolfe and Orin Bruton, are the Oregon Trail Council's newest Eagle Scouts. The pair, both Explorer Scouts, received their Eagle Scout oath from Dr. E. D. Furrer, former council president and father of four Eagle Scouts. Both boys are members of units that meet at the First Chris tian Church in Eugene. Wolfe belongs to Explorer Post 5 and Bruton is a member of Scout Troop 5. Money 'Bagged' by Baptist Goes for Catholic Church LOUISVILLE, Ky. A 71- ycar-old Baptist hunter literally shot $1,955 from the heavens but got nothing for his marksman ship. Instead, the money will be used by a Catholic priest to help build a new church. The hunter, Forrest Wilson, Convict Fails In Attempted , Prison Break - McNEIL ISLAND PENITENTI ARY, Wash. Ui David Leroy Lathman's plan to use acting Warden L. T. Gollahcr as a hos tage in an attempted prison break was foiled Thursday because Gollahcr stepped out of his of fice. Richard D. Auerbach, special agent in chaige of the Seattle Federal Bureau of Investigation office, told the story. Lathman, 22, serving time from Los Angeles for transporting a stolen auto across state lines, early Thursday slipped out of his cell-house and joined prisoners In a work gang. He strolled away from the gang, telling a guard who ques tioned him he was assigned to the prison offices, Auerbach said, then made his first slip. The guard, not satisfied, followed and Lathman started to run. Auerbach said Lathman darted Into Gollaher's office brandishing a knife he had produced from his shirt. But Gollahcr had stepped out and finding the o'ffice empty upset the plans. Other guards ar rived, disarmed Lathman and led him back to his cell. The FBI agent said Lathman had a record as a trouble-maker. He originally was sentenced to serve three years in the federal reformatory at El Reno, Okla. Three years were added to the sentence and he was transferred here after an unsuccessful mutiny at EI Reno, they said. CORRECTION 0 Due to a transposition in prices, Ivory Snow and Ivory Soap were incorrectly priced in our Thursday ad. Correct prices sipear below: IVORY SNOty Giant CQC 0 IRISH & Eastside Westside 'Going' Proposition Protestant Churches fied body of 1,800,000 members, which would make it the third largest Lutheran church. A plan to unite the three branches of Presbyterianism was turned down this week in a vote among Southern Presbyterians. It was believed likely, however, that a revised unity formula would be attempted in the future. The Unitarian and Univer- salist Churches last year acted to merge some activities educa tion,, publications and public re lations as a step toward a uni fied, : 164,000 - member liberal council of churches. Two other smaller Lutheran bodies the 32,000-member Fin nish Evangelical Lutheran Church (Suomi Synod) and the 8,000- member National Evangelical Lutheran Church are discussing possible union. NINE BODIES But beyond these immediate projects is a broad long-range program aimed at ultimate unity of nine bodies with about 16 mil lion members, and including some of the country's largest denominations. Launched six years ago by the Conference on Church Union, work on the plan has gone on 33 CD was looking for rabbits last Sat urday when he noticed a huge plastic balloon floating through the air toward him. "Now, when you see something like that and you're carrying a shotgun you re going to shoot it, he said. And he shot. Inside the balloon was a certi ficate worth $1,955 to the find ers favorite charity, but Wilson didn t take the message seriously. He gave the paper to his grand daughter, Mrs. Marie Lacefield a member of St. Jerome's Cath olic Church, now in the middle of a building program. Actually, the Rev. Jerome Moore is build ing the church himself with the aid of his congregation. So Mrs. Lacefield is donating the $l,9o5 to Father Moore. "It's her certificate now," said her Baptist grandfather. "The Baptists can't blame me if she gives it to the Catholics." Wilson said, however, it would be nice if he could just get some money out of it himself. But the certificate doesn't work that way. It was the most valu able of 122 sent aloft throughout the country last week by General Mills Inc., to commemorate the anniversary of a company pro duct. The one captured near here had been aloft about 52 hours, a detail that didn't Interest Wil son. "I think I'll give up rabbit hunting," he said, "and start hunt ing balloons." He didn't bag any rabbits Sat urday anyway. Webb to MC Awards HOLLYWOOD IW Actor Jack Webb, the Sgt. Joe Friday of television, movies and radio, will be master of ceremonies for the announcement of nominations of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Feb. 12. The event will be televised for the first time, the academy an nounced. IVORY SOAP Large Bars 25 SWARTZ So. Willamette W. 11th steadily, and early this month, a master blueprint for a "basis of union" was completed. Methodist Bishop Ivan Lee Holt, of St. Louis, a leader in the project, termed the document "one of the great papers in the history of the Protestant move ment in this country." It is, he said, the first, specific outline for unity "that has been drawn In 50 years of conversa tion." Participating are representa tives of these denominations: Methodist, Presbyterian U.S.A. (Northern), Presbyterian U.S (Southern), Congregational Chris tian, Disciples of Christ, Evan gelical and Reformed, Colored Methodist Episcopal, African Methodist Episcopal, and the Council of Community Churches. ALSO TAKING PART The Protestant Episcopal Church also is taking part as an observer. If these bodies eventually get together, it would produce the greatest consolidation of Protes tant forces yet. For the last half-century, there has been a strong trend among Protestants toward reunion. In that period, mergers involving more than 70 separate bodies nave occurred. Biggest of these was the re union in 1939 of the Methodist Church, which had been split North and South since the Civil War. With 9 million members, it is now the nations largest Protestant church. Besides the various merger moves now in process, other churches also are carrying on tentative negotations. The Am erican Baptists and the Disciples of Christ have working commis sions on the subject. The plan to join the Presby terian Church U.S.A. (North ern), the Presbyterian Church U.S. (Southern), and the United Presbyterian Church into a 3Vz- million-membcr body began in 1938. LUTHERAN GROUPS The four Lutheran bodies working toward merger are: Lutheran Free Church (Nor wegian background), with 66,000 members; American Lutheran 'German background), with 325.000 members; Evangelical Lutheran (Norwegian origin), with 920,000 members, and the United Evangelical (Danish background), with 54,000 mem bers. Target date Tor final forma tion of the unified church is 1957. This also is the time when the Congregational Christian and the Evangelical and Reformed Churches hope to unite. Governing assemblies of both churches have approved the plan. A court challenge to it has been overthrown. Local churches and agencies now are carrying on various inter-church activities to cement understanding. Dr. Albert Buckner Coe, of Boston, moderator of the Con gregational Christian Churches, says that these mutual activities by the time of union should pro duce "not only understanding of each other but a solid base of fellowship and joint effort." it BONUS QUALITY MILK for what I'm paying now?" s,you can! Here's the story! Minimum standards for milk are set by law but Lucerne sets its own special and higher standards. And as a farmer's milk meets or exceeds these standards, Lucerne pays him a bonus for the extra quality. As a result, the finest milk comes to Lucerne and to you in quality that is well above legal standards for purity, flavor and cream-content. Lucerne can sell this bonus quality milk at no extra charge because of money saved on distribution. Lucerne has no cxpeasive door-to-door delivery costs. Rather Lucerne delivers hundreds of quarts at a time to stores only. , The money Lucerne saves on distributin goes to get the "Bonus Quality" milk. That's why-though it costs more at the farm -Lucerne's Bonus Quality casta you no more than any other milk. "a1 . 11 1 . VALUEY . I RADIO CUIB ! , j (Wiltshire 'engraving) POLICE GIFT Eugene policemen proved Wednesday night that they give more than tickets. Members of the department presented a communication transmitter and a receiver to the Valley Radio Club. Lt. Donald Clark, shown presenting the equipment to Club President Jim Robertson, said that the gift is in appreciation for past services to the community. The amateur radiomen have acted as police reserves and have set up a widespread civil defense communications system. The equipment, costing $350, was purchased with funds earned by offi cers at the Emerald Empire Roundup last summer. Police Chief Ted Brown is at left. Man Nipping in Tunnel Stars in Police Television By CHARLES MERCER or The Associated Press NEW YORK OH There just isn't as much privacy these days. People tried to go about their business quietly last week and look here the whole world knows about it: A fellow stopped his car in a tunnel on the new West Virginia turnpike for a short nip on a bot tle. When he came out of the tunnel a cop arrested him for drunken driving. Seems television cameras are trained on that tun nel 24 hours a day and authorities know everything that's going on in there. In Oakland, Calif., a chap saun tering along a street paused to light his pipe. Bang! Half a block of sidewalk began to burn. Nobody ever did catch up with the terri fied pipe-smoker to find out if he was hurt. But the gas main ex plosion his match set off destroy ed a $10,000 truckload of sugar. HEAVY FEATHERS In Wethersfield, Conn., a truck driver was meekly driving down a parkway with a load of feathers when cops stopped him. They charged him with driving an over weighted truck. Turned out he was carrying 31,000 pounds of feathers. Every morning for more than a year a chap has been standing be side the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road tracks in South Chicago to wave at the crew of a passenger train. Last week one of those You mean, I can get nosey newspaper reporters check ed up to find out who he was. De veloped he was a clerk for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Then there was the man in Nor folk, Va., who was stopped by a cop and quietly explained he was driving his wife to a mental hos pital. The outburst that followed "Wait 'til I get you home," etc. led the policeman lo quietly put away his book. He knew the man would suffer enough. GOD SAID 'YES' When a man learns he has be come a father, he should have a moment of private rejoicing. But the moment came to a Cleveland clergyman in the midst of a ser mon entitled "When God Says No." A church member rushed in and signaled, "it's a boy." The clergyman paused said, 'This is one time God said "Yes," and hurried off to the hospital. Speaking of church, the new pastor of the Thomas Baptist Church at Thomastown, La., is named Roy L. Thomas. His first sermon last week was entitled "Doubting Thomas." And speaking of the South, hun dreds of robins went on a binge in Anna Maria, Fla. They flutter ed on telephone lines, fell off and lay around the ground hiccough ing. Local savants believe the birds got hopped up on fermented berries. PUBLIC SPRINGFIELD JUSTICE COURT Jan. S No operatori license Btrbar Cor veil, S3 suspended. No operator' license Joseph M. Blake, $2; Thorn as L. Whlsenhunt, $5. Basic rule violation itooert L. Rroomer, $20; Lawrence A. Lawion, 3; John Allen Lee, $10. iauur to ooey ucnai l,v t. uur bee, S3 impended. Axle overload Harry c, Chllders. S3S with $16 impended: stop fiKn violation untie i Lari son, i luspended. Tandem axie overload ivan p. Daughenbough. $36 with $16 suspend ed. Illeeal possession of venison Frank Kelly Moore, $250. uverwiatn James w. cowan, io. Failure to yield right-of-way Elm er J. Points, $10. Jan. 11 Unit overload Donald J. Varsason. 520 50. No puu permit -r- J. h. uoiiini, $10.50. TrucK overload Lioya main Hayi, Baslo rule Andrew Kcxsler, $10. Failure to stop at railroad Fred Short. $5 suspended. Tandem axle overload Robert R, Zeemln, $20, (and second charge, $45). Jan. iz Defective muffler Thomas R Chambers, $5 suspended. No PUC permit Edward Tenny son. $10. Hasic rule violation nsipn m. Hooklns. $20 30. No operator's license uarrou k. Kit hi. $5 suspended. rssstng witn insufficient clearance Glenn F. Simmons. SB, Failure to obey signal Leslie Hart Beebe, $2. jan 13 Truck speeding Mervlit H. ShoU- enburir. $5. Tandem axie overload ueioert Wayne King, $104 with $e suspended. jan. i Baslo rule violation Forrest E. Solomon. $15. Combination overload Charles O. Luiz. sen. Passing with Insufficient clearance Jack Mllo Barker, $10 (and defec tive horn, $z). Group overman itennem ny- gaard, $54 with $24 suspended . aton sign violation marion i. ai len, $2. JUNCTION CITY JUSTICR COURT Basic rule: .Alfred Fries. Junction City, $9.50. Defective muriier: itennem turner, Junction City. $6:50. Defective clearance iignta; tiiram Blerly, Halsey, $10. No operators license: wyne uavii, Harrlsburg, $9. Follow in it too cioseiy: rxana; Retschman, Portland, $9.50. Defective talllisnis: iiomer uicnn Hull, Monro, $9.50. Uvrrwifun loan; vv ancr narrows, Junction City, $8. No PUC permit: uaien Jtaray. Hea ding. Calif., $9:50. Utility Reveals Dinner Plans Employes of Springfield Muni cipal Power, their wives and hus bands, will join with mcmDers 01 the Springfield Utility Board for the utility's annual employes' dinner. The affair is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Greenwood Restaurant, according to. Frank R. Brown, Utility Board superintendent. Brown said the dinner will be the second to be held in the in terest of fostering closr rV tionshlps between board mem bers and employes. The board recently renewed a labor contrart between the util ity and its line crew employes, who are members of the IBEW. The dinner will be informal. Magician Marvin Krenk will pro vides the entertainment Tito Back in India MADRAS, India Wl Yugo slavia's President Tito returned to India irom Burma Friday to complete his state visit with a five-day tour of the aouthcrn 'J a. . -isrw ... . ' i . . a LUCERNE The BONUS at SAFEWAY I I i lrfy J o . RECORDS OAKR1DGB JUSTICE COURT (Jan. is Failure to stop at red Heht: Mar. tin Eldon McCarmick, $5. DrivlnK without liahta: Rmll Olive Goln, (Jan. 17) Basic rule: Elmer Mat Erlel, $10. No operators license: Eiton I. carr, $4.50 costs. Failure to stop: Lynn Richard Simp son , $5.50. 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