Eight medford (oregonj
American Churches Suffering
From Priest, Preacher Shortage
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Presi Correspondent
Washington (u.R) Amer
ica's churches are suffering from
a serious shortage of priests and
preachers, a survey showed to
day. Both in the Roman Catholic
church and 'in major Protestant
denominations, officials report
ed that the demand for clergy
men far exceeds the supply.
Thousands of churches in all
parts of the country are forced
to get along without full-time
pastors.
The deficit of trained minis
ters has been growing steadily
more acute for the past decade,
under the impact of a nation
The Family
fEditor'i note: The Family Council
consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist, a
newspaper editor, a women's pase ed
itor and two newspaper writers. These
consult with clergymen "f all faiths
and denominations. All letters are held
in complete confidence.)'
ETHEL He is sowing be
lated wild oats.
BEN She judges me by her
standards.
ETHEL My husband, after 15
years of marriage, has suddenly
decided he must sow his full
share of wild oats, something he
feels he missed out on before
marriage. I had made the stupid
mistake of being honest with
him and telling him about a pre
marriage involvement of mine
that I regretted.
Now he prowls about town as
if it were his sacred right and
duty, and he throws up to me
the confession I gave him every
time I dare to remonstrate with
him.
We have three children and
we live in a community where
our private lives are more or
less exposed to public notice and
discussion. But Ben can't seem
to understand that he threatens
the future of his children when
he so childishly indulges him
self. BEN My wife is judging me
by her own standards. I have
not been guilty of any unfaith
fulness, but I have enjoyed the
company of people who do not
regard me as a consolation prize
or a second-rater.
For 15 years, I have lived with
a woman who married me be
cause her other affair blew up.
She has never given me the re
spect or affection that a man
wants, but I have stuck it out
for the sake of the children. I
refuse, however, to be held in
solitary confinement with the
argument that "people will
talk.'o I have a right to an oc
casional pleasant evening, and
I do not pretend to be an un
married man when I go out.
THE COUNCIL: Ben is feeling
sorry for himself and is in effect
staging a strike demonstration
against his wife because he feels
that she is not catering to his
ego sufficiently. He has recalled
her early confession in order to
punish her, as well as to justify
his "prowling."
After 15 years of married life
and three children, certain
strains and tensions inevitably
develop, and life cannot be a
day-to-day adventure of pleasure
and romance. Ben is offended
and outraged because Ethel does
not constantly adore him, but
he overlooks the fact that he also
behaves In a humdrum manner.
Ben craves romance and ex
citement as he enters middle age,
but he does not think of seek
ing these satisfactions in his own
home, where an occasional gift
or attention might bring him far
more reward than in his ques
tionable circles.
Should Be Honest
These two people should be
honest, each with himself, and
ROBBED Thieves have
stolen 50,000 worth of
jewels from the hotel room
of Philadelphia publisher
Mattnew McCloskey (above),
one of the guests at the
Grace Kelly-Prince Rainier
wedding in Monaco. It was
the first big robbery re
ported since society figures
Began gathering in the tiny
principality
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wide boom in church member
ship. Despite strenuous current ef
forts to enlarge seminaries and
to recruit more young men for
ministerial careers, the situation
seems likely to get worse before
it gets better. The number of
men graduating each year from
seminaries is hardly sufficient to
meet present replacement needs,
let alone staff the thousands of
new churches which will be
built during the next few years
to accommodate a continuing
growth in membership,
Laborers Few-
Figures from representative
denominations showed how to
day's churches are re-learning
Council
then with each other in order to
realize how much they have to
gain and how much they have to
lose. The bitter tones that creep
into the discussion on both sides
should serve as warning of the
very real danger of a marriage
catastrophe.
The remedy, on the other
hand, may be very simple. Let
Ben try bringing home a pair
of theater tickets or some other
pleasant surprise, and see
whether it will not work won
ders. Ben is looking for trouble,
instead of looking for happi
ness, and he may find what he
is looking for all too soon.
(Copyright 1956.
General Features Corp.)
4-H Club News
Westside Club
The Westside 4-H Cooking
club met at the home of Colleen
Franek, and she demonstrated
how to make an angel food cake.
Nancy Barnes called the meeting
to order. The next meeting will
be May 2 at Judy Gebhard's
home at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments
were served.
Colleen Franek,
Reporter
Applegate Club
Mary Herriott was hostess to
the Applegate Knitting club
April 10. We held our meeting
and worked on our projects.
Gwen Krouse is to give a dem
onstration on how to use make
up. The next meeting is to be
held at Lucie Sims' home on
April 24.
Jean Rowden,
Reporter
Butte Falls Sewing Club
A group of Butte Falls girls
met April 4 to sew and worked
on scarfs for the county fair
and had refreshments.
Carolyn Fuiten,
Reporter
Phoenix Tractor Club "
The use of a micrometer on
pistons and cylinders was dem
onstrated by T. W. Carter, lead
er, at a meeting at his home. He
said the cylinder was larger at
the bottom than ths top because
"it wasn't broken in right."
Members Charles Swingle and
Henry Scott are going to give
demonstrations at a coming
Grange meeting.
Jim Martin,
Reporter
Antelope 4-K Livestock Club
A successful box social was
held by Antelope 4-H Livestock
club at its meeting at the Eagle
Point Grange hall April 13.
Members and leaders decided
the club would furnish a Jack
son County member with a 4-H
summer school scholarship of
$25.
The club also plans to enter
a float in the Pear Blossom fes
tival. On the committee are Miss
Linda Malloroy, David Wool-
folk, Eob Hayes, Tom Perdue
and Ronnie Anderson
County 4-H Club Agent Glenn
Klein and members who want
to the Cow Palace gave a short
report. After the meeting the
Forestry members gave a skit
and the boxes were sold.
The next meeting will be a
tour of the members' projects
at their homes May 26. Tour
committee members are Bob
Hayes, Ronnie Anderson, Judy
Bradshaw and Linda Malloroy
Jo Anna Malloroy,
Reporter
Accidents Kill Two
In Portland Area
Portland U.R) Two persons
met accidental death in Oregon
Saturday and 'Sunday, both in
the Portland area.
Roger Earl Shannahan, 25,
Beaverton, was killed Saturday
when a tractor he was operating
flipped over on him.
Joseph C. Lambert, 25, Port
land, was killed near Gresham
early Sunday when the car he
was driving struck a power pole,
BRIDGE DAMAGED
Dayton, Ohio (U.R) Richard
Bielefield and three passengers
were uninjured Sunday when
their car smashed into a bridge.
Damage to the bridge was esti
mated at S175,000.
One drop of oil will lubricate
1,066 watch jewel bearings.
Monday, April 16. 1956
the truth of Christ's plaint that
"The harvest truly is plentiful,
but the laborers are few."
According to the official Cath
olic directory, Catholic member
ship in the United States in
creased nearly 36 per cent in the
decade between 1945 and 1955.
But the number of priests in
creased only 22 per cent. There
was one priest for every 623
American Catholics in 1945. To
day, the ratio is approximately
one to 700.
The National Council of
Churches says about 6500 men
graduate annually from all U.S.
Protestant seminaries. A con
servative estimate of the num
ber required to serve the ex
panding churches is 10,000 a
year.
Protestant Needs
The largest Protestant denom
ination, the Methodist church,
alone needs at least 1200 new
ministers a year to replace those
who die or retire, plus another
1600 for church expansion. Its
accredited seminaries are now
furnishing less than a third of
this number.
The rapidly-growing Southern
Baptist convention, the second
largest Protestant denomination,
reported that at any given time
2500 of its local churches are
without pastors, and an addition
al 9000 have only part-time pas
tors. In the Episcopal church, the
shortage of clergymen for local
pulpits has grown from 688 in
1952 to 806 this year. The United
Lutheran church said its deficit
of ministers is accumulating at
the rate of 100 a year. Other de
nominations told a similar story.
Protestant and Catholic lead
ers agreed that the trend can be
reversed only by an earnest,
long-range effort sto encourage
more American youths to dedi
cate their lives, to full-time
Christian service.
Scotland Yard
Discusses Security
London U.R) Scotland Yard
and Russia's first team of burly
security agents conferred hur
riedly today on anti-Communist
incidents here protesting the vis
it this week of the Soviet lead
ers. In the first incident, someone
threw a "Molotov cocktail" at
the door of the Soviet Tass news
agency office in Fleet st. No
one was hurt, and the damage
was relatively minor.
A few hours later vandals
stole into London's Highgate
Cemetery and daubed white
paint over the gigantic memo
rial to Karl Marx, the father of
Communism.
The advance party of security
agents here to protect Nikolai
Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev
when they start their British
tour Wednesday arrived just in
time for the arson attempt.
Two more parties of Soviet se
curity agents were arriving to
day. Bulganin and Khrushchev
were already en route. They sail
ed from Russia Sunday aboard
the cruiser Ordshonikidse.
Remains of Ancient
Turtle Uncovered
The Dalles U.R) The bones
of a turtle which died five to
ten million years ago were un
covered Saturday near The
Dalles by geologists.
Sam Sargant, Army engineers
geologist, described it "as one
of the most significant geologi
cal discoveries in the past sev
eral years in this area."
The remains uncovered in
cluded the back shell, bottom
shell and at least two leg bones
of the turtle. The partial back
shell unearthed measured ap
proximately two and one half
feet long.
Sargant has collected several
other important fossils in the
area during the past year, in
cluding a camel and three toed
and one toed horses.
His most recent discovery was
made about six miles southeast
of The Dalles.
The U.S. has about 1,000 resi
dential fires every day.
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ME-a KID
Many grown-np drivers are show-offs.
Some are childishly impatient, or don't
care about others. Their "Kid Stuff"
causes most accidents. They should
quit it or quit driving.
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YOUR GIRL Bobbie Brown
doesn't have to be afraid to
go near the water with all
:his protection. She was re
cently voted Miss Pacific
Tourist of 1956. That in
triguing suit was created by
California's John Gantner.
Marine Riflemen
Salute Ernie Pyle
Tokyo (U.R) Marine riflemen
today broke the silence over
peaceful Ie Island in a salute
to war correspondent Ernie -Pyle
who was killed in a battle there
11 years ago.
Nearly 700 American service
men and civilians boarded two
army landing craft and three
Okinawan ferries early this
morning to make the pilgrimage
of some 48 miles to the tiny
island.
Eight floral wreaths were laid
at the marker that honors the
grave of the American newspa
perman who wrote about the
GI's war in Africa, Europe and
Asia and died April 18, 1945,
as a battle raged around him.
On the grass plot, which is
cared for by natives of Ie-Shima,
is a marker erected by Ameri
can GFs.
It reads: "At this spot the 77th
Infantry Division lost a buddy,
Ernie Pyle, 18 April 1945."
Home Transactions Joid
By Official of Agency
Several home sales were an
nounced today by Ken Callison
of the Medford branch, Soutn-
ern Oregon Land company.
The home of the late Chris
Williamson at 412 Plum "St., was
purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Bradford, 333 Maple st., who
are redecorating the residence
before moving there. The Leon
arri Dusenberrvs. DeBarr ave.,
have purchased the former
home of Mr. and Mrs. JacK
Schiro, 514 Beatty st. The Schir
os bought a new home on Ma
drona lane through the same
firm.
The Clyde Mousers, who liv
ed on North Riverside ave.,
bought a home at 417 Pearl st.,
from Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Martin
of South Holly st.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Kennedy,
West Fourth st., bought the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Davis, 2195 Meals dr. The Dav
ises formerly lived here but have
been residents of Walnut Creek,
Calif., for some time.
Portland Woman
Named Mrs. Oregon
Portland U.R) Mrs. Chris
Maletis Jr., Portland, was nam
ed as Mrs. Oregon here Satur
day over finalists from seven,
districts throughout the state in
the home-making competition.
With the title, Mrs. Maletis
picked up more than $1000 in
prizes. She and her husband will
leave by plane May 2 for Or
mond Beach, Fla., to compete
for the Mrs. America title and
some $15,000 in prizes.
Dead line for Sunday Classified is
at noon Saturday
STUFF driver?
"Coreless driving is deadly KID STUFF"
Klamath Carpenters To
Klamath Falls (U.R) Striking
carpenters were to return to
their jobs today, pending action
by both the union and employ
ers on a recommendation made
by the federal mediation service
Saturday.
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Return To Jobs
H. W. Waits, president of the
Klamath Falls Building Trades
Council, asked all carpenters to
report to their jobs today as well
as members of allied trades who
walked out two weeks ago in
support of the carpenter's de
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Quality
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20
CUCUMBER CHIPS
Nalley'i 15-oz.
Quality Size
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12-oz.
Size
24
DOG FOOD
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CAT FOOD
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mand for a $3 per hour wage.
The existing scale was $2.80 per
hour.
Union representatives met
with Commissioner George Wal
ker of the federal mediation
service Saturday. Employers are
scheduled to meet Wednesday to
discuss his proposal.
No details of Walker's recom
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mendations were made public
The work stoppage two weeks
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