TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1960
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COMMENTS ON MERGER PROPOSAL Charles P. Taft, the press for a barrage of questions on the proposed merger
a lawyer and layman Episcopalian, makes his comments are, from left, Taft; Methodist Bishop John Wesley Lord,
on the proposal of merging four of the major protestant Washington, D.C.; Dr. Fred Hoskins and Dr. James Wag
churches at a press conference in San Francisco. Facing ner, copresidents of the United Church of Christ.
(UPI Telephoto)
Too Many Church Members Said To
Be Customers Rather Than Salesmen
San Francisco -IUPII- Ameri
ca's churches are "declining"
In vitality and influence, a
prominent Episcopal bishop
said today, because most of
their members "regard them
selves as customers rather
than as salesmen" for Chris
tianity. A frankly pessimistic diag
nosis of the nation's spiritual
health was made by the Rt.
Rev. James A. Pike, Episco
pal Bishop of California, be
fore the general assembly of
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I the National Council of
Churches.
Although church member
ship is at an all-time high,
Bishop Pike said, the rolls in
clude millions of people who
are not committed followers
of Jesus Christ, and who look
upon the church as a social
club "rather than a division
in the army of the Lord."
"The church is meant to be
the 'leaven in the lump'," he
said. But in America today,
it is not transforming socie
ty, it is being conformed to
society."
Bishop Pike said popular
American religion has become
'man - centered rather than
God-centered."
Used as Tranquilizer
"Deep in the heart of our
religious boom" has been the
idea that 'religion is good for
you.' Instead of adhering to
Christian principles of right
eusness and moral responsi
bility, we have often dealt
with our religion in terms of
a 'cheap tranquilizer.' A liv
ing Christianity will disturb
peace of mind as much as it
will provide for it."
He said the church's influ
ence has also been damaged
because "we have been dissi
pating much of our energy in
fighting among ourselves, un
derlining and exaggerating
our denominational aiuer-
ences rather than learning to
work around them."
A more optimistic appraisal
of current church life came
from the Rev. Dr. Roy G.
Ross, general secretary of the
national council. He told the
assembly that all "statistical
indications" point to a con
tinued "rising tide of reli
gious interest in the United
States."
Says Churches Healthy
"It is my firm belief that
the churches in America have
never been healthier or more
vigorous in their witness than
at the present moment in his
tory," said Dr. Ross. "There
are many evidences today of
renewed faith, of broader vi
sion, of deepened dedication,
of enlarged conceptions of
service and of more relevant
types of witness which augur
well for the future.
"The very fact that the
church can afford to look cri
tically at her inner life and to
assess her shortcomings is in
itself a sign of strength."
Mrs. Giroud B. Davidson,
Office Manager for Med
ford Insurance Agency, has
earned the professional
designation of Certified In
surance Agent, being one
of the six successful candi
dates in a class of twenty
seven. This is the only
aaencv in Medforel staffed
will two "Certified Insur-
ance Agents.'
The Rev. Dr. Truman B.
Douglass, noted Congregation
alist leacer of New York, said
the role of the church in so
ciety is to guide men "in the
choice of objectives and
goals" rather than to pre
scribe pat solutions for com
plex problems."
Modern Problems Complex
"I think it must be madden
ing to responsible laymen
when ministers tell them that
the complex problems of our
society can be solved by nar-
West Coast Now
Offers Series of
Planned Tours
Seattle - (UPD - West Coast
Airlines, Inc., which serves
62 cities in six western states
and Calgary, Alberta, Can
ada, is initiating a series of
planned tours to the Canadian
Rockies, Banff and Lake
Louise and Sun Valley.
The tours have been sched
uled because the airline serves
the well - known vacation
spots.
Two current tours being of
fered are "Skiing Holidays in
the Canadian Rockies." Tours
"Sun Valley Holidays." Tours
for a varying number of days
include all airport transfers,
round-trip rail transportation
in the case of Banff and Lake
Louise, hotel accomodations
and ski lifts. Meals and ski
lessons are included in some
of the tour packages.
Since these areas are all
year tourist attractions, the
tours will vary seasonally to
widen their appeal to as large
a group of the traveling public
as possible, the company said.
Several Holidays
Recent surveys show that
many families are breaking
up their vacation time into
several holidays throughout
the year rather than taking
one long single yearly vaca
tion. Tours are being made avail
able through travel agents,
and West Coast's sales office
in 62 cities on the airline's
routes in Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, California, Montana,
Utah and Calgary in Alberta,
according to George Hatch,
vice president of sales.
West Coast, as a result of
the route expansion, now con
nects directly with a new
total of 17 major and regional
carriers. The tours will also
be made available through
these and other airlines,
Hatch said.
Princess Margaret
Goes Collegiate
Keele, England - (UPD - Prin
cess Margaret and her hus
band, commoner Antony Arm
strong-Jones, went collegiate
Monday night.
They arrived here by plane
and attended the annual stu
dents ball at University Col
lege of North Staffordshire.
Margaret is honorary presi
dent of the school.
ECONOMIST DIES
Beloit, Wis.-lUPll-Dr. Lewis
Severson, 64, chief economist
for the U.S. Treasury from
1944 to 1948, died Monday
after an Illness of several
weeks.
UNION OFFICER DIES
New York -(UPD- Joseph F
Kehoe, 49, secretary-treasurer
of the American Communica
tions Association, and Inde
pendent Union of Radio and
Telegraph Workers, died Sun-
row 'religious' methods-by a
little more prayer, a little
more Bible reading, a little
more application of the teach
ings of Christ," Dr. Douglass
said.
"Do not misunderstand me,"
he said. "I am in favor of all
these activities.
"But the Bible and the
teachings of Christ have very
little to tell us specifically
about how to improve agri
cultural productivity in a
technically retarded area.
From the Bible and the teach
ings of Christ we may derive
the principle of equal educa
tional opportunity for all peo
ple, but they tell us very little
about how to improve instruc
tional methods in our schools
and universities."
He said the church must
learn to "listen" to its compe
tent laymen to find truly
Christian answers to the high
ly technical questions facing
modern society.
Walla Walla Officials
Get Prison Escapee
Walla Walla - (UPD - Lloyd
Barker, 32, was turned over
to Walla Walla county author
ities Monday after he was
captured in Hermiston, Ore.
Barker, an escapee from
the Larch mountain prison
campin in southwest Washing
ton, was serving time on a
burglary sentence from Walla
Walla.
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Three in Molalla
Family Killed
Canby-IUPB-Three members
of the Harold Kenneth Stetson
family of Molalla were killed
late Monday when a heavily
loaded lumber truck and
trailer rig overturned on the
Canby - Marquam highway
about two miles south of here.
The victims, who were rid
ing in the cab of the truck,
were identified as Harold
Kenneth Stetsun Sr., 33, his
wife, Anita Erlene, 32, and
Kenneth Harold Stetson, 4.
The victims are survived by
another son, Harold Kenneth
Stetson Jr., 11.
The accident apparently
occurred when the load on
the trailer shifted and the
binder chayi broke. The trai
ler then apparently over
turned, carrying the truck
section with it. The three vic
time were pinned in the truck
cab for several hours.
Stetson was a truck driver
for Vincent Erickson of Mu-lino.
ILLUSTRATOR DIES
New York-IUPll-Dean Corn
well, 68, a leading illustra
tor and mural painter, died
Monday.
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
ASKED TO EXPLAIN an unexpected defeat administered
by an underrated foe, the coach of a big football squad
pointed out testily. "The trouble was we used an unbal
anced line for the first
time and our backfield
wasn't too smart, either."
"Progress," explains New
York'a Mayor Wagner wry
ly, "Is like this. Once we
had narrow dirt roads
where two automobiles
could barely pass. Today
we have beautifully paved
throughways where six
cars can collide at the same
time."
Most exhausted mailman
in the history of the Boston
post office registered a
strong complaint with his Immediate superior. "I been the
length of Boylaton Street," he grumbled, "and I'm darned If I
could find a fellow named Fragile."
"I'll tell you how cold It was down South that winter," grum
bled a Now Englander, back from a vacation under the sun. "I
saw a bird I thought was a robin. It turned out to be a sparrow
wLth a chapped chest!"
1960, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by King Futures Syndicate-
Skelton in Hospital
For Thorough Checkup
Hollywood -(UPD- Red Skel
ton's TV show tonight, orig
inally scheduled to be a live
broadcast, will be a taped
show instead because the
comedian is in Cedars of
Lebanon Hospital for a
checkup.
A spokesman said Skelton
had been "feeling kind of
low lately" and entered the
hosnital Saturday for a "thor
ough going over."
Complaintant Gefs
'Be Careful' Reply
Berlin-IUPt-Christian Melzig
wrote a letter to the Commu
nist youth newspaper "Young
World" recently to complain
about a radio he purchased
from the state-owned factory
in Halle.
He promptly received a let
ter from the factory's service
department which stated: "We
urgently request you to be a
little more careful with that
type of press complaint. It
could have very uncomfort
able results for you."
The letter closed with a
greeting for "unity, peace and
socialism."
The story was revealed
Monday by "the "Young
World."
SCIENCE JOBS RISE
Washinetnn - (11PI) Tho Ms
tional Science Foundation re
ported Monday night that em
ployment of scientists and en
gineers in industry rose nearly
7 per cent between January,
1959, and January, 1960. This
compares with a 5 per cent
rise in 1958.
FAIR DESIGNER DIES
Flemington, N.J. -IUPII- Wal
ter uorwin league, 76, an
industrial designer who help
ed design the 1939 World's
Fair in New York, died Mon
day.
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Oregon Planning
Portland IUPI1 Robert H
Tarr, director of the Oregon
Department of Planning and
DeveloDinent for ihp nnt
year, today announced his
resignation etiective Jan. 1.
Tarr said he would return
to private industry.
Gov. Mark Hatfield accept
ed Tarr's resignation with re
gret over "loss of a good man
from public service" because
of slate government salary
scales.
Hatfield a.skpH Tarr In
make his counsel available to
the department for a period
of 90 days to assist in the com
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development for the past
year."
Tarr cited the "incompat
ability of a state salary and
the needs of a large family"
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14 Church Window
Panes Shot by Gun
Medford police are looking
for the persons who, with a
BB gun, shot and broke 14
panes of glass at the Zion Lu
theran church, 502 West
Fourth st., during the past
week. Police said seven panes
of colored glass, five panes of
clear glass and the glass on
the rear door to the church,
have all been shot full of
holes, apparently with a BB
gun.
Bonn -(UPD- The West Ger
man Defense Ministry an
nounced Monday it will order
120,000 infantry ammunition
pouches from Israel.
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