Last Year
As Good to
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Presf International
The year just ended was, on
the whole, a good one for Am
erica's churches.
The resurgce of religious
activity, which has been one
of the most striking phenom
ena of American life since
World War II, seemed to con
tinue unabated throughout
1959. Government reports
show that expenditures for
new church buildings climbed
to an all-time high of nearly
one billion dollars.
Statistics on membership
growth, Sunday school enroll
ment and giving are compiled
by the churches themselves,
and it will be some months yet
before the 1959 figures are
available. But it appears like
ly that they also will set new
records.
If any churchman is tempt
ed to complacency by all this
evidence of institutional pros
perity, he may find it a sober
ing antidote to look ahead at
some of the formidable prob
lems which confront the
churches in 1960.
Space permits the listing of
only a few of the more im
portant ones:
Combatting Religious Bigotry
The inevitable frictions may
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Churches
be magnified in I960 if one
or both major political par
ties should nominate a Catho
lic candidate for President or
Vice President. -
Although Catholic - Protes
tant relations have improved
considerably in recent years,
as the recent birth control
controversy demon strated,
there still are a number of
issues on which they disagree,
and on which each side feels
conscience-bound t o uphold
its position vigorously.
Many churchmen feel that
this problem cannot be solved
by trying to declare a mora
torium on public discussion of
the real and important ques
tions that divide Christians.
They feel the only solution is
to air these questions with full
remembrance on both sides
that Christ's first command
ment to his followers was to
love one another.
Converting Own Members
Clergymen are increasingly
conscious that the postwar re
vival has brought into their
congregations many new
members who are sincerely
interested in investigating the
relevance of religion to their
lives, but who are not yet, by
any means, committed believ
ers. It was this situation that
prompted one minister to say
recently that "the biggest task
the church faces today is con
verting its own members."
In many cases, conversion
must be preceded, or at least
accompanied, by an adult edu
cation program. Surveys in
dicate that millions of church
members have extremely
vague ideas about the central
affirmations of the faith they
have embraced on trial. One
California pastor, for exam
ple, was' profoundly shocked
recently by the discovery that
not a single adult member of
his congregation could make
a passing grade on a test com
posed of 20 simple questions
about the Bible.
The Clergy Shortage
Virtually every denomina
tion is suffering from a grow
ing shortage of trained cler
gymen. The Methodist
church, for example, needs
at least 2,800 new ministers
each year to replace those
who have died or retired or
to take charge of new con
gregations. But its seminaries
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I recently read an article
by Dr. Richard W. TeLinde,
one of America's most disting
uished gyne
cologists. He
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broids of the
womb should
be done only
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dr. alvarez opment, or ex
cessive bleeding, or decided
discomfort, or pain, such as
occasionally is produced by an
unusually large tumor. The
doctor joins with other dis
tinguished professors of gyne
cology in saying that the mere
existence of a fibroid is no
reason for an operation. As
Dr. TeLinde says, there is
many a border-line case in
which the surgeon should
search his soul before under
taking an operation on a
woman's pelvic organs.
TeLinde doubtless pleased
many wise old family doctors
when he went on to say that
often the present-day fad for
performing a tremendous op
eration for a probably hope
less cancer of the womb is
not justified. As he said, when
the chances are so great that
the patient will not be cured,
why operate? Why try to ex
tend the patient's life when if
she is m a d e to live a few
months longer, her days will
not be comfortable or happy,
or worth living?
are graduating only 900 a
year. The National Council of
Churches estimates the total
clergy shortage in. all Protes
tant bodies at more than 25,
000. Despite some increases in
recent years, clergymen still
are paid far less than any
other professional group, in
cluding teachers, and in many
cases, their compensation is
substantially below that of
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man and in that of his wife,
but there was a strongly posi
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1-H NEWS
Bobbing Bobbins
The bobbing Bobbins 4-H
Sewing club of Central Point
held their third meeting at
the home of Carol Foote.
There was a short business
meeting and a Christmas
party. Games were played and
refreshments were served by
Joyce Anderson and Christy
Chamberlin.
Our next meeting will be
at Mrs. Franek's home on
Saturday, Jan. 9.
Carol Straus,
Secretary.
BORGNINE WEDS
Cuernavaca, Mexico - (UPD -Actor
Ernest Borgnine and
Mexican star Katy Jurado
were married Thursday night
beside a swimming pool in
the garden of the Jurado's
luxurious Cuernavaca home.
A religious Ceremony and, an
other civil ceremony . in Cal
ifornia will follow.
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Curriculum Studied
By DORIS HUGHES
Central Point - Curriculum
study is still in progress at
H. P. J e w e 1 1 Elementary
school. The work-book evalu
ation committee consisting of
Mrs. Zelma Foote, Mrs. Olivia
Ryerson, Mrs. Katherine Lea
vitt and Bill Brewster, Jew
ett school principal, has de
veloped a questionnaire as
part of its analysis of the use
of work-books. The question
naire is being distributed to
supervisors and elementary
school teachers in southern
Oregon and throughout the
state. The committee is pro
viding information regarding
the use of work-books in read
ing instruction.
Some' of the problems in
cluded in the study are: Are
we using an adequate or an
excessive amount of work
books? How does the use of
work-books provide for indi
vidual differences within the
class? What are the advantag
es and disadvantages of work
books as compared with other
techniques such as work
sheets, chalk board presenta
tions, etc.?
. Other questions the com
mittee is considering: Is read
ing .comprehension suffering
because of excessive use of
work-books? Is the use of
work-books aiding or limit
ing vocabulary progress? Is
there a loss of creativity on
the part of the pupil because
of the use of work-books?
The committee also is com
piling information concern
ing the policies and practices
of the use of work-books
throughout the state.
Guests Christmas Eve at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
Mapel, Scenic ave., were Mrs.
Mapel's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Moore, Gold Hill, and
her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Darfel Greb,
Central Point. Christmas
morning, Mr. and Mrs. Moore
and Mr. and Mrs. Greb drove
to Chico to visit the Moore's
other son-in-law and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Ed
wards and family.
A visitor at Mrs. D. C. Ma
pel's home Dec. 28 was Mrs.
Ken Dawson, La Habra, Calif.
Mrs. Dawson is the former
Miss Jean Smith of Gold Hill.
Mrs. Dawson was a guest at
the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Smith, Med
ford. Former schoolmates,
Mrs. DawsOn and Mrs. Mapel
had not seen each other for
several years.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sage and
sons, Mike and Douglas, Hay
ward, Calif., were visitors at
the home of Mrs. Sage's aunt,
Mrs. O. T. Wilson and Mr.
Wilson. They also visited oth
er relatives of the valley dur
ing the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bish
op and daughters, Linda,
Gayle, and Joyce, visited
Tuesday evening at the home
of Mrs. Bishop's aunt, Mrs.
O. T. Wilson, Central Point.
The Bishops, who are from
Kansas City, Kan., are also
visiting other relatives in the
valley. From here they will
go to Ontario to visit rela
tives before returning to Kan
sas. Returning to Linfield col
lege Sunday after a visit
home were Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey Tonn. They visited with
Mrs. Tonn's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dale Davis, Medford,
and with Tonn's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Tonn, Cen
tral Point.
Pomeroy Takes Over
Stale Institution
Salem (UPD Dr. James M.
Pomeroy, 44, officially be
came superintendent of Fair
view Home here Fridav. He
succeeded the late Dr. Irvin
B. Hill.
Dr. Pomeroy has been on
hand at the state institution
for the mentally retarded for
the past several weeks but his
official appointment was ef
fective Friday.
Portland Sculptor
Sues After Crash
Portland - (UPD Frederick
Oittman, Portland sculptor,
has filed a suit for $4,500 in
Multnomah county circuit
court in connection with a car
accident in which his statue
was knocked over.
Defendant is Bob Franklin
Biggs, who allegedly drove
his foreign car into the satue
at the Garden of Tomorrow
at the Centennial last Septem
ber. Cabin Destroyed by
Fire in Kerby
Cave Junction-A cabin oc
cupied by John H. Dayton, 65,
Kerby, was destroyed by fire
Friday evening.
The Illinois Valley Rural
Fire department responded.
Cause of the blaze is not
known, firemen said. The
cabin was on property owned
by Hal Moore.
Dayton was at a neighbor's
house at the time of the fire.
Visiting Mrs. Royal Green
man Monday was Mrs. Ches
ter Wilson, Caldwell, Ida. The
two women were former
neighbors in the Elk Creek
area. Mrs. Wilson is a guest at
the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.' and Mrs.
Jack Greb, Eagle Point.
Visitors over the Christmas
holidays at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Royal Greenman
were their son and daughter-in-law
and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Greenman, Cher
ry, Tony, and Carrie, Klam
ath Falls.
Guests at the home of Mr.
arid Mrs. A. D. Van Horn are
Van Horn's brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. William
B. Van Horn, Edna Bay, Alas
ka. The Mill cafe in Central
Point is now under the man
agement of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Francis. Mr. and Mrs. Francis,
former proprietors of the
Cheerio cafe, opened the Cen
tral Point cafe last week.
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Court Records
MUNICIPAL COURT
Allen Warner Hardrath, viola
tion of basic rule. $10.
Richard Wallace Mather, disobey
ed traffic sign, S5.
Georgia Mae Harris, violation of
basic rule. $10.
Lawrence Wilford Luy, violation
of basic rule. $10.
Edna Louise Parker, failed to
yield right of way, S10.
Francis Vernon Story, violation
of basic rule. $10.
Harold Peter Lumsden. disobeyed
stop sign, S5.
Samuel Lawrence Gilbert, viola
tion of basic rule. S10. '
Shirel Cover Cuddy, improper
right turn, S5.
Alma Hassler Murphy, improper
left turn, $5.
Nathaniel B. Bender Jr., violation
of basic rule, S10.
Francis Willard Chausse. failure
to yield right of way. $25.
Alberto Napolitano, displayed ex
pired plates. S5.
Evelyn Jean Lee, disobeyed traf
fic signal. So.
Robert Anthony Unger, violation
of basic rule. $10.
Hellen Gertrude Florey, disobey
ed traffic signal. S10.
Donald Brood Gillaspey, violation
of basic rule, S10.
Lavora Leona Clement, failure
t6 yield right of way. SlO.
David Lee Pitts, violation of basic
rule, 10.
Lester Wiley Bogener, disobeyed
traffic sign. S5.
Clara Davis Close, no operator's
license in possession. $10.
Delbert Leland Johnson Jr., vio
lation of basic rule, $10.
Brian Clinton Watson, no vehicle
registration plates displayed, $5.
DISTRICT COURT
Melvin L. Mitchell, failure to
stop. $10.
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Shirley H. Nelson, no operator's
license. SlO.
Byron T. Billings, violation basic
rule. S13.
Arthur F. Hotho. overweight. S15.
Harry Cutter Stanley, failure to
stop, 10.
Ronald F. Khivg, overload. $53.
Elmer M. Adams, overload. $65.
Herbert W. Gifford. parking on
paved part of highway, $7.50.
Donald D. Goyette, operating
vehicle while license suspended,
$105.
Donald I. Penwell, improper
Clearance nights, $10.
Paul T. Allen, no operator's li
cense. $15.
Elwin R. Tort, overload. $15.
Carol Ann Wray, violation basic
rule. $15.
- Herbert L. Wilson, failure to stop.
$10.
Herman J. Sandkuhle Jr.. over
weight. $15
James Albert Westensce. four in
driver's seat. $7.50.
David Wayne Hunter, overload,
$31.
Michael L. Clupnerk, unnecessary
noise. $13.
Carl E. Morgan, no motor vehicle
license, SlO.
Harold E. Edick. unnecessary
noise. $15.
Donald R. Rice, failure to stop,
$10.
Robert R. Grtpp, drunk on pub
lic highway, $30.
Billy J. Lasota. no operator'a
license. $10.
Fred E. Hutton. driving while
operator's license suspended. $105.
Robert F. Brown, failure to stop,
$10.
CIRCUIT COURT
Eleanor Ruth McDonald vs.
Richard Clarence McDonald, di
vorce complaint.
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Sunday, Jan. 3, 1960
Portland, Japanese
City in Exchanges
Portland -(UPD- Mayor Terry
Schrunk has approved a plan
for exchange of paintings of
school children in Portland
and Sapporo, Japan, as part
of the "sister city" program.
The program was arranged
during the mayor'! recent
visit to Japan.
EDITOR'S WIFE DIES
Portland - (UPD - Mrs. Mar
shall Dana, wife of the Port
land business and civic lead
er, died Friday. Her husband
is the retired editor of the edi
torial page of the Oregon
Journal.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATION
Darrold L. Hargrove and Juanita
Mae Wilson, both Ridgefield. Wash.
Edward Glenn Hcnselman. 1941
Stewart ave.. and Cora Belle Ben
nett Carlson. 937 North Central
ave.. Medford.
Robert Lee Thomas. 843 Dia
mond ave.. and Linda Gail Horten,
2735 Connell ave.
Eugene J. Hughes and Dixie
Fern Cox. both Wolf Creek. Ore.
Clyde Robert Presnoll, Souther
land. Ore., and Barbara Ann
Worth. Salem.
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