MEETING IN WASHINGTON, AFL-CIO executive council
sters' boss as AFL-CIO vice president lor invoicing r am .wnaraeni ueiuic K r
mittee. From left: William F. Schnitzler, secretary treasurer; George Meany, president;
James B. Carey, Electrical Workers' president and Walter Reuther, United Automobile
Workers' president. Beck has challenged council. (International Soundphoto)
Th story followed a familiar
pattern: ,
"Another Presbyterian congre
gation recently lost its church.
All that remains of the First
chuvch of Williamsburg, Iowa,
aro four (brick) walls, heaps of
rubbish and ashes, twisted gird
ers and broken stained glass and
tile scattered over the ruins. In
surance, S75.000; etimated loss
$120,000."
So the walls were brick and
stone, the girders were steel,
and all are now useless, like the
broken tile and glass. A photo
graph of the fire was snapped.
It showed the structure warping
and twisting from the blast
furnace heat within. The weak
ened walls were to be demolish
ed and the rubble trucked away.
The fire that burned historic
(stone-walled) First Methodist
church of Trenton, N. J., on
Sunday, Dec. 16, 1956, was one
of four that were set in the city
on that single day. Many more
churches, from Boston to Den
ver, were set on fire and bombed
by screwballs through the win
ter. High Testimony
John A. Diemand, president
of the Insurance Company of
: North American companies,
made a study of the fire hazard
in churches, which was pub
lished recently in "Presbyterian
Life." In it he emphasized that
only 13 per cent of church fires
were due to arson. His study
was focused on the problems in
volved in the 83 per cent of the
fires that occur in the churches
of the land.
"Figures gathered by the Na
tional Fire Protection associa
tion," he said, "show that the
rural meeting house protected
by a bucket brigade and the
metropolitan cathedral protect
ed by the finest in firefighting
equipment are almost equally
susceptible. The white clapboard
church, the stone Gothic church,
and the Brick Georgian church
burn almost equally as often and
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equally as well.
"They have much in common.
They have great open areas that
make wonderful drafts for fire;
they have inaccessible organ
lofts, galleries and attics; and
they have sporadic occupancy
six days a week . . .
"FauUy heating units are the
source of fully one quarter of
church fires. Misuse of electric
ity through defective or badly
installed wiring is another prin
cipal, cause. Fires started by
shoi-f. circuits in the organ and
the organ motor are particularly
nasty fires, for they are usually
in inaccessible spots . . . Light
ing is high on the list of fire
starters ..."
Insurance Committee
Diemand suggests for each
church a committee on safety
from fire and a fire insurance
committee, or a combination
committee on both prevention
and insurance on fires. The
panel of experts should, of
course, have a program for other
forms of disaster to church
plants as from earthquake, hur
ricane or flood.
No authority has suggested
that lumber is less safe than
other materials for church build
ing. In fact, the Church Archi
tectural Guild of America has
awarded first prize in 1956 de
signs for "a small church seating
300 or less persons" to St. Eliza
beth's Episcopal Church in
Burien, Wash., (Seattle suburb).
The winning architects were
Durham, Anderson and Freed.
And St. Elizabeth's is designed
in lumber in Douglas fir posts,
beams, planks and "glulam" roof
arches and with red cedar
shingles and siding. It was de
signed for economy, beauty, ef
ficiency, and safety of construc
tion. Acfor Gene Lockhart
Dies of Heart Attack
Santa Monica, Calif. U.R)
Veteran actor Gene Lockhart
died at St. John's hospital Sun
day a few hours after suffering
a heart attack at his West Los
Angeles home. He was 65.
When Lockhart died, a Catho
lic priest, a nun, his wife, Kath
leen, and their actress-daughter,
June, 32, were at his hospital
bedside. .
A veteran of more than 300
motion pictures, Lockhart ap
peared most often in . recent
years in roles potraying a weak
and cowardly little man. He be
gan his carer as an entertainer
some 60 years ago.
As a writer, he produced over
400 sketches and many radio
plays. He also wrote many songs,
one of his most notable achieve
ments in this field being the
lyrics for "The World Is Waiting
for the Sunrise."
Teddy Nadler Ties
In Quiz Show Test
New York kU.R) Television
quiz show expert Teddy Nadler
used his. photographic memory
to tie world-traveled Mrs. Low
ell Thomas Jr. on a geography
question Sunday night making
the total of his winnings and
question stake the highest on a
single show.
Nadler, whose formal school
ing ended at the eighth grade,
has won SI 20.000 on CBS-TVs
'The $64,000 Challenge," and is
now tied with Mrs. Thomas at
SI 6.000. making a total of
$136,000.
Previous single show cham
pion was Charles Van Doren, an
English instructor at Columbia
university, who won S129.000
on NBC-TV's "Twenty One." An
11-year bid schoolboy from Tu
junga, Calif., won S164.000 on
two programs for top total win
nings. Cars more than five years old
may not be driven on Bermuda
highways. Visitors cannot drive
for their first 30 days.
suspends Dave Beck, Team
On The Side
By E. V. OURLING
(Distributed by King Feature!
Syndicate, Inc.)
It was Robert Louis Steven
son who observed, "Marriage is
of so much use to a woman, it
opens out to her so much more
of life and puts her in the way
of so much more freedom and
usefulness, that whether she
marry ill or wel she can hard
ly miss some benefit.
Infant Prodigy
How old were you when you
first talked? What did you say?
My knowledge of my infancy is
meagre. I don't even know
whether I said "Mama" or
"Papa" first. Christian Heineck
en born in Lubeck, Germany,
talked four hours after his birth.
At one year of age he was quot
ing the Bible. At two, he was
an expert on geography. At
three he spoke French and Lat
in. At four he became a student
of philosophy. And at five years
of age he died.
Records
How often do you have guests
lor dinner? George Washington
once wrote in his diary, "Tonight
my wife and I had dinner alone
for the first .time in 20 years."
If a man still has a bad habit
after 50 years of age, it is im
possible to cure him. So says a
character development expert. I
question that claim. I know a
man of 52 who was cured of
playing three-horse parlays.
Passing By
Tempest Storm. The very dar
ing danseuse. She began featur
ing that dance known as "the
strip tease" five years ago. Her
weekly wage was then $40. She
now has a contract calling for
$100,000 annually for an active
season of 25 weeks. That gives
her a 27-week annual rest.
Curiosity -
Do you have a young son or
daughter who asks you innum
erable questions? If so, that's a
good sign. It was Dr. Samuel
Johnson, who said, "Curiosity is
one of the most permanent and
certain characteristics of a vig
orous intellect."
Asides
In the matter of tossing the
book at inebriated drivers of au
tomobiles, Johannesburg, South
Africa, tops the world. The pen
alty for drunk driving there is
$2,800 fine or 10 years in jail
or . both? . . .The patron saint
ot policemen is St. Michael. For
taxidrivers, St. Fiacre . . .Am
asked if there is a four-edged
safety razor blade on the mar
ket. None that I know of. How
ever, there may be soon. A
Japanese manufacturer has
made such a blade.
Sidelights
Agreeing the word "Incidentally"-
is much overworked on tel
evision programs, a Chicagoan
adds that even more overworked
by airwave performers and an
nouncers is the expression "as a
matter of fact" . . . What is your
favorite definition of a kiss? It
was Shelley who defined a kiss
as "the soft and sweet eclipse
when soul meets squI on lovers'
lips."
Among the Married
In the majority of cases it is
the wife who decides whether or
not the couple will have a dog.
She also decides on the breed.
That's why French poodles and
Pekinese have become so pop
ular. When you see a couple
with a small dog you can al
most always be certain the man
of the house is slightly domi
nated by his mate, if not actu
ally henpecked. The possession
of a large dog usually indicates
the man has everything under
control at his house and is, as
the saying goes, "wearing the
pants."
JUVENILE JAM SESSION .
Valley Stream, N.Y. iU.fi)
Police Sunday broke up a four
mile two-hour traffic jam on
Long Island Parkway by return
ing Raymond Olseon to his
mother. The four-year-old tot
had been stopping cars by stand
ing in the middle of the road and
holding up both hands.
HORNBROOK
Students Provide Dinner
By MRS. H. H. CHAPMAN
Hornbrook The seventh and
eighth grade pupils of the local
grammar school, their teachers
and school board members had
a Smorgasbord dinner at Bur
bel resort Wednesday evening,
March 27. .
Eighth graders attending were
Linda Blankenship, Penny Bar
num, Tim Kutzky, Edward
Lemos, Betty McCanna, and Har
vey Shfhar. and those from the
seventh grade were Loren Cum
mins, Clifford Hays, Bill Jones.
Steve McMaster, Lauran Paine
Jr., Clyde Peters, Percilla Peters,
Hellen Whitten, Ann Rutledge,
Nadine Rue, Patty Williams and
Richard White.
Teachers present were Mrs.
Loren Cummins and Mr. Cum
mins, A. J. Gregory, school prin
cipal, and Mrs. Gregory, and
board members Jack Cross,
clerk, and Mrs. Cross, Mr. and
Mrs. Lauran Paine, and Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Blankenship.
The youngsters, working as a
group, earned the money them
selves to pay for the banquet, by
presenting movies and dances
during the year. Dr. Ken Young,
curriculum consultant from the
county school superintendent's
office in Yreka, was guest speak
er for the evening.
As part of his program, he
showed colored slides which he
had taken of Mt. Shasta, and
scenes in Siskiyou county, with
a background, on tape recording,
of the reading of poems about
Mt. Shasta and northern Cali
fornia written over a century
ago. by Joaquin Miller. Officers
of each class then made short
speeches of appreciation, follow
ed by responses from the board
members and the principal.
Hornbrook students participat
ing in the annual spring concert
of the Yreka high school band
and chorus presented Wednes
day evening in the high school
gym were Barbara Burns, Shir
ley Moffett, and Linda and Lil
lian Rawhouser.
The Women's Society of the
Community schurch held an all
day meeting at the church on
Thursday, March 28 with a pot
luck dinner at noon. A total of
153 items of clothing, mostly
baby clothes made by the
women, was packed and mailed
to a missionary in Datel, New
Mexico, to be distributed to
needy members . of the "lost"
tribe of Navajo Indians.
Copco News
Mrs. Dick Trullinger was
hostess for the Pinochle club at
her home on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gade and
children from Ashland were here
visiting on Tuesday with Mr. and
Mrs. Morrie Chappel and chil
dren. Walter Friday was one of the
group of students from Yreka
high school who made the re
cent trip to San Franciso with
the art class.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Finch have
gone to San Francisco on bus
iness. Word has been received here
that Mrs. Ken Coleman of Cen
tral Point, a former Copco resi
dent, is in Sacred Heart hospital
in Medford where she under
went surgery Thursday, March
21.
Gillingham, England U.R)
A local minister Saturday re
jected a couple's request that the
hymn "Day of Wrath and Doom
Impending'' be played at their
.edding..
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Chowder Chicks
The Chowder Chicks cooking
club of Central Point met March
23 at the home of the leader,
Joan Dobrot. The meeting was
called to order by' Charla Jo
Meyer, president. ,
After saying pledges, members (
discussed the minutes of the last
meeting. They changed the spell-
ing of the name from Fhowder
Chicks to Chowder Chix.. The
club made $10 on its cake sale.
The club decided to go to Kim's
restaurant. Refreshments, were
served.
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