EIGHT MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday. April 19. 1957
Easter Again Finds World Groping
Along Edge of Valley of Death
and final article of a series by Irad
lnc Protestant and Catholic theolog
ian! on the meaning of Eaiter.
Author of today's dtspau-h Ik pro
for of hffttoriral theolocr at the
Yaie I'nlverilty Divinity School, New
Haven, Conn.
By DR. ROBERT L. CALHOUN
Written for Unitad Pratt .
New Haven, Conn. (U.R) The
return of Good Friday and East
er this year finds the world once
more groping its way along the
edge of the Valley of Death.
Not that this is new or strange.
Men have always lived within
arm's length of the grave. But
It seems new, because for 150
years, except when major war
was going on, we have felt in
creasingly safe behind a grow
ing technological screen against
death.
Now we are not sure whether
our newest machines are more to
be trusted or dreaded. And we
have the uneasy feeling that 'e
may never be sure about them
again.
One thing is sure. This anxiety
of ours is not to be quieted by
acquiring more factual knowl
edge, better tools, bigger social
and political organizations. The
real tap root of our anxiety is
mistrust of our neighbors, nd
of ourselves. We men are the
main reason the world is once
again so frightening.
Machines 'Giant Foes'
Partly our, ignorance and
weakness, partly our aggres
sions, crudities, deceits, and
evasions, partly our corroding
and unnerving fears themselves
keep the machines from being
trusted servants and make them
The Family Council
Editor! note: The Family Council consists or a judge, a psychiatrist,
tnree clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each
article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not give
advice; It merely reports on problems that have been dealt with by responsible
agencies and counselors.
Peggy G. I want to buy peace
with my husband.
Mrs. E. F Peggy should in
gist on a showdown.
. .
Peggy G. I was married a
few months ago and I have not
been very happy because my
husband has been nagging me
about certain things in connec
tion with our wedding. He and
his motfier are very angry that
certain friends and relatives of
theirs were left off the guest
list, while certain of my friends
and relatives (whom he doesn t
like) were invited.
My husband has also been
very disappointed in the wed
ding gifts we got from my fam
ily. He claims they are wealthy
enough to have given more. I
think that s true, but he should
not say it.
Just the same, I want peace
In the family, so I've decided
on a plan. My husband wants
a color TV set. I've offered to
give my favorite aunt the money
to buy one for us. She's not one
of the rich relatives and was
planning to give a small gift.
She says she'd do anything for
me, but this doesn't seem right
to do. I would buy peace at
any price.
Mrs. E. F. I love my niece
and I want to help her get a
good start in her marriage. If
this gift of the color TV set
would solve things for her, I'd
be glad to play along, but I
feel it would only makfr things
worse. Peggy's husband would
only expect things from the fam
ily all through their married
life.
I feel that Peggy should, in
stead, give it to her husband
straight from the shoulder. She
should tell him that if he mar
ried her for her wealthy rela
tives, he can just go packing.
She should insist on a show
down. Either he loves her for
herself or not.
I don't believe in spoiling a
man. Peggy is getting off on
the wrong foot by catering to
his every whim. Besides, she
has her mother-in-law to con
tend with. She should put up
a good fight now and let her
husband know that she is a per
son to respect. Otherwise he'll
walk all over her.
The Council: There must be
another way. Neither "peace at
any price" nor a "showdown"
is called for in this common
place early martial disagree
ment. Mrs. E. F. sounds like a wom
an who enjoys nothing better
than a good fight and, with her
temperament, she may have
found it a very successful way
of dealing with difficult hus
bands. But Peggy has an entire
ly different temperament and
is not equipped to carry off the
"showdown" fight.
Combat is not required for
Peggy to explain to her husband
that no couple has a right to put
a tax on relatives for wedding
gifts. She can let him know that
it is pretty petty and childish
of him to demand gifts which
are supposed to be voluntary do
nations. As for his reviewing the
wedding gift list at this late
date, Peggy should totally ig
nore his comments. He'll get
tired of talking to himself after
a time.
When a man or woman is fill
ed with trifling complaints and
irritations in the early stages
of marriage, it may be that he
or she is just reflecting some
of the strains of adjustment to
married life. It is likely to wear
off after the couple gets com
fortably settled.
(Copyright 1957.
General Features Corp.)
too often giant foes. These hu
man weaknesses and corruptions,
moreover, are beyond our power
to eradicate . or even to control.
They are built into the massive
structures of society and his
tory, until whole nations all
nations, 'as . well as individual
persons and groups are sick with
their poisons.
Our science and technology,
our national and international
organization are new. But our
fundamental human plight, our
bondage to our own weaknesses
and faults, terribly magnified in
fast growing world society is
very old and very tough. The
Roman world in the first cen
tury was in a similar plight,
with despotism on the rise, old
sturdy virtues in decline, and
the world clouded with darken
ing fears.
Will of God
It was to that world that the
first Christian preachers cried
out their new message of chal
lenge, of hope: that in the ob
scure province of Galilee, and
on a gallows outside Jerusalem,
God himself had entered de
cisively into the human plight,
broken the power of death, and
turned the cross itself into a
promise of life, for all who
would bear each his own cross
in faith and love.
That unlikely story, that gos
pel, evangel, "good news of
God," struck root in the pagan
world and grew In defiance of
all worldly expectation. It has
continued through 19 centuries,
vital and irrepressible, througn
the rise and fall of empires, cul
tures, and civilizations, through
times of strength and times of
woeful weakness among its own
preachers and servants. That
gospel, of God's doing and not
primarily of man s, is now more
than ever the needed word to a
world in bondage to fear and
death; the word of life and un
conquerable hope.
Ike's Plan Could
Increase Capital
To Small Business
Washington U.R) - Presl
dent Eisenhower will urge Con
gress soon to approve a tax plan
which could start a flow of new
capital ' to hard-pressed small
businesses, it was learned today.
The aim is to take some of the
risk out of small business ven-
turnes for wealthy investors.
Under the plan, anyone who
invested in an established small
business and did lose would be
allowed to deduct his loss or
part of it from his income tax
return in a single year. This
would save him literally thou
sands of dollars and make such
investments much more attrac
tive.
Can't Get Capital
Small businessmen have conv
plained they cannot get capital
needed to help their firms grow
ing in an expanding economy.
Early last year the President
created a cabinet committee on
small business to study the
problem.
Last August the cabinet com
mittee reported it was "study
ing a proposal to help' small
concerns attract capital by al
lowing investors to deduct from
their ordinary income a limited
amount of losses, in the event
that losses are sustained from
investments in small businesses."
An administration official
who has been working on the
proposal told the United Press
the plan has been worked out
and put in the form of a bill.
He said the President will sub
mit it to Congress soon.
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New Orleans (U.R) Two huge
river cranes moved into position
today to ' right a capsized oil
barge and reveal the fate of nine
missing sailors.
There was virtually no hope
that the nine men were slill
alive. Some 30 relatives of the
missing crewmembers main
tained a night-long vigil at near
by Buras, La.
The two big cranes moved
in on the capsized barge in the
north of the Mississippi river,
where the huge oil craft turned
turtle in squally gulf waters
Wednesday as it was being
towed into the sanctuary of the
river.
There were 15 men aboard
the barge, but six were rescued
by tugs that were pulling the
barge.
EASTER PLAY SCHEDULED
"Beyond Good Friday", a one
act Easter play, will be pre
sented at the First Church of
God Sunday, at 7:30 p.m. The
five characters in the play inact
a scene of how Easter changes
a- rather drab, poor house into
a pleasant home of love. Estella
will be played by Dollie Taylor;
Rosita, by Helen Noss; Orselio,
by Fred Taylor; and Carl Cur
tis will be played by Darold
Jones; and Mrs. Romero, by Cora
Hoover. The public is invited
to attend.
2,000 Students Are
Expected to Attend
Music Contest Here
Medford will host more than
2,000 southern Oregon elemen
tary, junior and senior high
school students April 26 and 27
at the annual Southern Oregon
Music contest.
The district extends as far
east as Lakeview and as far west
as Brookings. Students will re
ceive ratings of superior, excel
lent, good, fair or poor in musi
cal performances.
The Friday daytime session
will be held from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. in the Medford High
school auditorium and the buys'
gym. Class AA and A groups
will perform starting at 7:30
p.m., Friday, in the Hedrick
Junior High school auditorium.
Saturday Events
Saturday events will take
place at the senior high school
auditorium. All sessions are open
to the public for a charge of 50
cents for each day and 50 cents
for the Saturday night perform
ance. Judges at the meet are Ira
Lee, University of Oregon; John
O'Connor, Oregon State college;
Glenn Matthews, Southern Oie
gon college; Dean Geist, Willam
ette university; Oscar Bjorlie,
Southern Oregon college; and
Stanley Glarum, Lewis and
Clark college.
Elmer V. Ayres of McLough-
lin Junior High school is chair
man of the contest.
Southern State
Dorcas Meet Sunday
Members of the Dorcas Wel
fare society of the Medford
Seventh-day Adventist church
will be hostesses Sunday to a
group of delegates, from seven
sister societies comprising the
Southern Oregon Dorcas Wel
fare Federation.
The session will be held in the
I. O. O. F. hall, 221 West Sixth
St., starting at 10:30 a. m. and
until 3 p. m. wltth a pot-luck
luncheon served at noon.Repre
sentatives will be present from
Ashland, Cave Junction, Eagle
Point, Grants Pass, Klamath
Falls, Valley View, and Williams
churches.
Mrs. Bliss Hudson of Ashland
president of the federation will
open the session. At the meeting
will be Elder C. J. Ritchie of
Portland, home missionary sec
retary of the Oregon conference
and Elder George Liscombe,
newly elected missionary secre
tary of the North Pacific union
conference who will be guest
speaker.
Reports from member socie
ties will be made by local presi
dents. Mrs. B. B. Blank and Mrs.
Hortense Miracle are co-leaders
of the Medford society, with
Mrs. H. Dunlay serving as sec
retary. Farewell Services
Set for Missionaries
Easter Sunday will be fare
well to the United States for Dr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Stark and
their three children, Linda,
John and Helen Anne. Members
of the First Church of the Nazar
ene will hold special services of
dedication Sunday beginning at
7:15 p.m. when they will hear
Dr. Stark and his wife for the
last time before they sail this
week for their field in the back
country of Africa. The Starks
are members of the local church.
Mrs. Stark is the former Miss
Anne Scheel of the valley.
The Stark family arrived this
week from Canada and will
spend the week end visiting with
relatives and friends before
leaving from San Francisco aft
er Easter.
The Starks have already serv
ed a five-year term. They oper
ate a hospital at Acornhoek,
Transvaal, South Africa.
BABIES HONORED
Rosebuds will be on the altar
at the three services of worship
on Easter Sunday, at 8 and 9:30
a.m. at the church, and at the
Community Easter service at
Hedrick Junior high at 11 a.m.,
sponsored by the First Metho
dist church, Medford. They will
be in honor of Gina Lynette Rae.
Sandra Kay Harrison, Andrea
Rene Huntley, Allen Lee Per
kett, Debra Marie Phillips, Mar
lowe Oliver Bates, and, Laura
Elizabeth Parke. Mrs. Anne J
Gorby, minister of membership,
is in charge of the arrangements
for this recognition.
COMBINED SERVICES
There will be a combined
Easter service of the Sunday
school hour and morning wor
ship service Sunday at the Pil
grim Holiness church, corner of
Pine at Sixth st., in Central
Point. The service will begin at
9:45 a.m., at which time the
Sunday school will present a !
program, "He Lives". The sing-
ing of the "Price of Betrayal"
will be turned into an "Offer- !
ing Of Love" in the special
Easter offering for missions.
The pastor, the Rev. H. Jarrfes
Kreider will bring the Easter j
message, "Because He Lives."
Dr. Kreisman to
Speak at Seminar
Ashland Dr. Arthur S. Kre's-
man, chairman of the, Southern
Oregon college humanities di
vision, will speak on "Courtly
Love" at the third of a series
of educational seminars spon
sored by the college student
council.
Townspeople as well as stu
dents and faculty have been in
vited to attend the seminar
which will "begin at 7 p.m. in
the library, room 2, Tuesday,
April 23.
Dr. Kreisman, in addition to
his professional duties at the col
lege, has been appearing for the
past two years on the education
al television program, "Adven
tures in Literature" which is
telecast weekly over station
KBES-TV, Medford. The pro
gram is sponsored by the gen
eral extension division of the
Oregon state system of higher
education.
EASTER CANTATA
Central Point The church
choir of the Community Bible '
church, Central Point, will pre- j
sent the Easter Cantata, "The I
Glorious Galilean," Sunday at
7:45 p.m. The choir, directed
by the Rev. Paul O. Kroon, pas
tor of the church, will be ac
companied by Miss Dorothy
Lawton at the organ and Mrs.
Elsie Kroon at the piano.
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