Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 27, 1955, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextUtah Officials Seek Polygamists Who Left 7 Wives, 31 Children Salt Lake City, Utah J.R Utah authorities, determined to wipe out the practice of polyg amy by members of a dissident sect, searched today for two men who left their seven wives and 31 children and fled in an at tempt to escape prosecution. Already jailed in the new cam paign was Louis A. Kelsch, 49, a stone mason who has five wives and 31 children in the three apartments and two adjoining cabins of his Salt Lake county farm. Others Not Revealed Names of the other two men were not announced publicly by County Attorney Frank Moss, di recting the anti-poligamy cam paign in Salt Lake county. Moss said the men both of whom had been arrested in the last major drive here 11 years ago apparently, had learned of the complaints and had run away. At the same time it was re vealed that the 1955 session of the Utah Legislature had quietly appropriated $20,000 to Attor ney General E. R, Callister Jr. to be used for "law enforce ment." ' Fund Understood C Although nothing was said about polygamy in the legisla- 4-H Club Central Point Poultry Club The first meeting of A the Chuck's Poultry club was held Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the home of the Taylors. It was called to order by President Joan Dobrot. We are going to have a different program by a different member each meeting. Joan Dobrot is going to do a demonstration of culling chickens for our first program next meeting. New officers elected were: president, Bobey Kuest; vice president, Joan Dobrot; secretary Alice Thompson; reporter, Phyl lis Taylor; song leader, - Donna Debric; and sergeant at arms, Craig Wrieght. Joan Dobrot gave a talk on her trip to Pacific International Livestock Exposition at Port land. Chuck told us Just what breeds of chickens are best for what we want. He said it is best to stay with the straight breeds and not buy crosses. - We are going to have the mem bers bring the refreshments in alphabetical order. Phyllis Taylor, Reporter. 1 tion, it was understood that the fund would be used "to wipe out plural marriage," a practice that was outlawed before Utah be came a state. Members of the fundamental ist sect to which all known advo cates of polygamy belong claim their strength in Utah to be as great as 20,000 men, women and children. However, state officials be lieve there are no more than 5000 adults and their offspring on the rolls of the Fundamental ists. The sect members purport to follow original teachings of the Morman faith. However, the rec ognized church of Jesus Christ-of-Latter-Day Saints forbade the practice of "plural celestial marriage" in 1890. Kelsch and the other men were charged with unlawful cohabi- Grange . Sami Valley Grange The Sams Valley Grange met Oct. 25 with Master Ralph James in the chair. During the business meeting it was voted that the Grange should send a letter of appreciation to the county court for the work done on Tresham lane. Due to the cooperation of the county commissioners, the road has been nicely surfaced and is now a pleasure to drive over. It was also decided that the next meeting, which falls on Nov. 22, would be a gala one with turkey, ham and all the Thanksgiving trimmings. There will be entertainment and the evening will start with the din ner at 7 p.m. in the' banquet room of the Grange hall. The turkey and ham will be fur nished by the Grange, also the coffee. The balance of the din ner will be potluck. All Grange members and their families are invited. The lecturer's hour consisted of a film on the production of beef cattle by Monarch Feed and Seed and also an interesting talk by their representative. The theme of the evening was "hard times," and there were several interesting costumes. - Donna Straus and Gilbert Mack won the prizes. After participating in some Halloween games the men did some spirited bidding on the lunch boxes the ladies had filled and decorate. , The meeting con cluded with lunch and coffee in the banquet room. tation a crime for which Kelsch was convicted in 1944. Polygamy Return Admitted He spent 31 months in the Utah State prison before return ing to his quintet of wives and his brood of offspring. One of the wives, Elsie, has 11 children Another, Susannah, has nine. Barbara and Eleanor have four each and Leona has three. Moss said that Kelsch had ad mitted returning to polygamy upon his release from prison and living with the five women "on alternate nights and siring child' ren as fast as he could." The county attorney quoted Kelsch as saying that the divine law which he followed took prece dence over Utah state law which bans unlawful cohabitation. Scene of Mass Raid Authorities suggested that some of the suspects might have left Salt Lake Valley and gone toward the Arizona side of the border hamlet of Short Creek. Short Creek itself was the scene of a mass raid on July 27, 1953, by Arizona police who arrested 36 men who had 86 wives and 154 children. Short, Creek is also a Funda- mentalist center and other units of the sect reportedly are thriv ing in several Southwestern and Northwestern ; Utah communi ties and in Sonora, Mexico, and Cranston, British Columbia. Porllander Arrested For Lewd Pictures Portland (U.R) A 33-year- old Portland barber who claims to be the "most publicized bar ber in the Northwest" was ar rested here yesterday on a charge of possession of "lewd pictures and conducting a lottery. Robert Cummings posted $500 bail after his arrest. Multnomah County Sheriff Terry Schrunk said a cache of lewd pictures con fiscated at Cummings' barber shop may be the largest ever seized in the Portland area. ,. Taken by deputies were rolls ol motion picture film, 500 still pictures, bundles of football pool receipts and lottery tickets and a pinball machine. Cummings' publicity stunts have including shaving a man while blindfolded, cutting a pole sitter's hair and cutting a giant's hair while standing on a ladder. Cumberland Gap was discov ered in 1674 by Gabriel Arthur, r ft Market LIT, IMS 838 W. McANDREWS Phone 3-1666 UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT As the NEW PROPRIETOR of Al's Market L.Y., I wish to extend a cordial invitation o you all to come in and get acquainted. I know you'll like the FRIENDLY, COUR TEOUS SERVICE here, and the CONSISTENTLY LOW PRICES that will make shopping here doubly satisfactory. LARRY YOUNG -Hint's 'DOLLAR- TO NOVEMBER 6th Pork fir Deans, No. 2V2 . . .. 5 Tomato Juice, No 300 11 Tomato Sauce, 8 oz... .... . . ..14 Solid Pack Tomatoes, No. 24 4 Tomato Juice, 46 oz. . . . . .4 Shewed Tomatoes, No .2 . .5 Tomato Catsup, 14 oz. . . . .... .5 New Potatoes, No. 300 ....... 10 Fruit Cocktail, No. 300 ........ .4 Cream Corn, No. 300. 8 Whole Kernel Corn, No. 300. 8 Peas, No. 300.'. . .6 Green Cut Beans, No. 300 .. . . 5 Spinach, No. 2 .... . . . . . ... .6 Yellow Cling Peaches, No. 2 Vi (SLICED OR HALVES) Whole Apricots, No. ZVi ......4 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 cans $1.00 3 cans 89c cans $1.00 Dromedary Cake Mixes IXL Chili Con Came .With BEANS ..4 for $1.00 5 cans $1.00 Specials Fri. & Sat. HI OUR QUALITY MEAT DEPT. Packaged Bacon lb. 43 Beef Roast ... lb. 33' Rib Steaks . ... lb. 39 T-Bone & Sirloin . . lb. 49 U.S. No. 1 Klamath SPUDS 10-lb. 3 bt7c Bag 2) Thursday. October 27, 19S5 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Catholic Church Establishing Foothold in Southern States Washington (U.R) The Ro man Catholic Church has fig ures to indicate a steady mem bership gain in the American South a resolutely Protestant area for more than three cen turies. The number of Catholics in the so-called "Bible Belt" is still quite small compared to the Pro testant population. But it has been growing steadily since World War II. Figures compiled by the Na tional Catholic Welfare Confer ence show that Catholic dioceses in 17 southern and border states had a total membership of 4,157, 512 at the start of 1955, a gain of more than 40 per cent over the 1945 total of 2,778,381. Establishing Foothold The Catholic Church is final ly establishing a firm foothold in such states as Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida which have a, long his tory of open hostility toward Catholicism. Catholic population in North Carolina has nearly tripled in the past 10 years. It has aproxi mately doubled in South Caro lina, Virginia and Florida. ' Despite these gains the 'Deep South remains by a wide mar gin the "least Catholic" section of the United States. Nation wide, about 20 per cent of the population is Catholic. But in the South, Catholics constitute less than one per cent in each state except Maryland, Louisiana and Texas. Spanish Heritage Maryland, about 25 per cent Catholic, and Louisiana, 33 per cent, were settled originally by Catholics from Europe. The 1, 550.000 Catholics in Texas re flect in part its Spanish heritage and in part immigration from Catholic Mexico, A Catholic historian, The Rev. James P. Shannon of St. Thomas College at St. Paul, Minn., be lieves three factors- have con tributed to the postwar spread of Catholicism in the South. In a recent issue of the Cath olic magazine "America" he listed them as: 1. The vigorous stand against Red Rulers Claim Famine Due To Bad Distribution Hong Kong (U.R) Like old Mother Hubbard, many a per son in Communist China is find ing the cupboard bare . these days. The Peiping rulers admit it, but they stoutly insist it is not because of a nationwide food shortage. It can be traced direct ly, they say, -to improper distri bution of "adequate" supplies on hand. The government on Aug. 25 decreed strict rationing of grain, something the Reds thought about as far back as 1953. ' In November, 1953, the coun try came under what the Com munists labeled "planned pur chase and planned supply" of grain. This was not really ra tioning but involved the govern ment buying surplus' grain from farmers and then selling it back to those who needed 'it.-" In some areas, a loosely-connected rationing system was im posed oh sales, but this was no where near being nationwide nor was it very effective. Last year's, terrible floods, the worst in a century, further dent ed production, and in March of this year the situation bordered on outright disaster. The gov ernment was having - a tough time providing grain to the 240, 000,000 persons who do not grow their ' own,t such as fishermen and laborers, and to persons who are stricken by floods and by drought. Distribution Faulty Those peasants who kept pro duction up to snuff had become worried by this time and were buying back their own grain even though they didn't have any immediate need for it. That imposed a further drain on exist ing supplies. ' ' The central committee of the Communist Party acted on April 28, to ease the strains. It direct ed that a reorganization of grain distribution be made. " By June 18, the Peiping Peo ples Daily was saying that the situation had eased but that, con tinued efforts were of absolute necessity. The economic boss, Chen Yu, then got up before the National People's Congress July 21 and spoke, on the grain crisis,' an item not on the agenda. He pooh poohed any thought of iood shortages . and said there was enough- food for China to con tinue to export foodstuffs, and that importing food wouldn't help matters.- He charged that the hungry were getting hungrier and the fat were getting fatter because officials had not kept a tight grip on distribution. He accus ed peasants of hoarding grain they didn't need, thereby pre venting adequate supplies being sent to calamity-stricken regions. Mor. Production . Needed 1 The' whole blame, in other words, rested squarely on the sagging shoulders of the people themselves. Grain production (169,500,000 tons in 1954) was sufficient,' if .everyone played ball. And exports (roughly 1,000,- racial segregation taken by Bishop Vincent S. Waters of Ral eigh, N. C. A decree issued by Bishop Waters on June 12, 1953, banning segregation in all Cath olic churches in North Carolina, has "convinced many a southern Negro that he is genuinely wel come in the Catholic Church." Industry Movement Cited fZ. The movement of industries from Massachusetts and other tnditionally Catholic areas to new sites in the South. "The percentage of Catholic managers and key personnel taken south from New England by migrating industries has been well in excess of the national average," wrote Father Shannon. "Southern towns which never had a Catholic parish are now finding themselves with a resi dent priest, a Catholic church, and a nucleus of Catholic resi dei ts who automatically deserve social recognition in the com munity because of their position within the much-coveted indus try." Television Helps 3. "The television has helped to make the. Catholic Church better known;- and less . suspect among Southerners." , In support of this statement. Father Shannon told the story of s- southern mountaineer who had always refused to speak to the local Catholic priest. One day, after TV became commonplace in the area, the mountaineer ap proached the priest on the street and inquired: "Preacher, do you belong to Mr . Sheen's persuasion?". The priest replied that he and Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, a tele vision regular, were both Cath olic priests. "Whereupon," said Father Shannon, "the old gentleman in vited the j missionary into his home and announced to a startled family, 'This here is a man of God same as Mr. Sheen'." Prices Good Thru Monday! iDOHUTS 00.59 D0I1UTS BOIIOTS TRICK r' TREAT DOZ 40' PUMPKIN PIES ch59 PATTY CAKE BAKERY 11 Almond St. Around Hie Corner from Hawthorn' Mid. Plenty of Parking Space Phone 2-5736 Wonan Given 30 Days To Decide on Sentence Ventura, Calif. (U.R) A judge Wednesday gave Mrs. Florence Alene Sandberg, 33, of . Cam arillo, Calif., 30 days to choose between a $6 fine or a two-day jail sentence for " driving her automobile after dark without lights. The judge refused to accept Mrs. Sandberg's , defense that she didn't need the lights be cause she can "see like an owl." Police Question Suspect at Distance Detroit (U.R) Police ques tioned John E. Stinson, 29, at a distance Wednesday and decided they did not want to jail him "just because I got into a little old restaurant fight." The officers found Stinson hid ing under a pile of refuse in a 000 tons last year) weren't hurt ing anyone. x Production, of course, "must be. raised to keep in step with the ever-increasing consumer de mand, he added. Then, on Aug. 25, the state council lowered the boom and ordered outright rationing.. . It calls for persons doing "excep tionally heavy physical labor to get 600 catties (798 pounds) of grain per year. Those doing mere heavy work will get 638 pounds. ! Persons doing light work and university and middleschool stu dents will receive 511 pounds,' white collar workers 447, pounds, adults and children over 10 years of age 400 pounds and children under. 10 smaller am ounts depending on age. Thp ratinns arp a ffrim rpminrl- er xo ine population inai me Peiping regime has not .achiev ed all it promised. . , . In 1953, an official Communist report set at 840, catties (1,117 pounds) the per capita require ments of China. All this 'sounded rosy to the people. But actual per capita production that year hit only 600 catties, and it has dropped each year since Would -Be-Bride, 13, Returned To Mother Portland (U.R) Juvenile authorities said 13-year-old Vir ginia Bevelhymer, who almost married a 53-year-old man last month, would be put on a plane today' to join her mother in Michigan. - - - . r , . . The case camfrto attention of authorities after the girl and Roy Franklin applied for a marriage license at Vancouver. The wed ding was halted. Mrs. Barbara O'Callaghan, counselor at the juvenile home here, said Mrs. Emil Bandurske, the girl's mother, had been lo oted in Michigan and that the girl would be sent there. Porcupine Cooking Recipes Requested Portland (U.R) The Western Pine Association today appealed to i the public for recipes for cooking porcupine meat.' . The"- Association said porcu pine damage to pine "trees was becoming as serious as forest fires and insect damage. It hoped that promotion of the , prickly animal as a table delicacy might reduce its . population in the forests. PRINEVILLE MAN NAMED ' Lincoln,. Nebr. (U.R) L. E. Coles of Prineville, Ore., was elected first vice-president ofthe National Reclamation association yesterday,' putting ' him " in line for.' the . presidency next . year. Guy C. Jackson Jr., Anahuac, Tex., is the. new president. 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