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MEOFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 20. 1962
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Cross Former Execution
Instrument Said Most
Beloved Symbol on Earth
By LOUIS CASSELS
A visitor from another
planet would soon discern
that the most widely beloved
symbol on earth is a T-shaped
cross.
He would see it thrust sky
ward from the spires of
churches, carried reverently
in solemn processions, worn
proudly in coat lapels. He
would find it carved in stone
to mark graves, displayed in
neon lights to guide derelicts
to a slum mission.
He would conclude that
mankind's highest hopes are
somehow tied up with this
symbol. And he would be
right.
Horrible Ancestor
But he would never guess
that the cross was an instru
ment of execution - an early
and particularly horrible an
cestor of the gallows, the
guillotine and the electric
chair.
It is surely one of the
strangest paradoxes of history
that a gibbet has been cher
ished for 2,000 years as the
supreme proof of God's love
for man.
This paradox is worth pon
dering for a few moments at
Easter time. It is a fresh re
minder that something very
extraordinary must have hap
pened in and near the city of
Jerusalem in the spring of
the year A.D. 30.
A New Community
Men may argue about the
precise nature of this Event.
But it is a matter of objective
historical fact that it pro-
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duced a new community of
men and women known as the
Christian Church, which
quickly spread all over the
Roman Empire.
This community was char
acterized from the outset by a
radically different outlook to
ward life and death than that
which prevailed in the world
around them. Among other
things, they were about to
look upon a cross as a symbol
of victory rather than defeat.
Why?
The answer stands forth
unmistakably from the earl
iest records of the Christian
community which have been
handed down to us as the New
Testament. These men and
women had become followers
of Jesus of Nazareth because
they believed he was sent by
God. Then they had seen him
arrested, tried and put to
death on a Roman cross.
They had fled from the
scene of the crucifixion in
panic and despair, their hopes
crushed, their own lives in
peril. If the story had ended
there, the cross would certain
ly have been the last thing on
earth they wished to be re
minded of.
Jesus Returns
But the story didn't end
there. Within three days,
Jesus had returned to them.
They were as startled to see
him alive as you would be
if you met on the street today
a friend whose funeral you
attended a few days ago. No
person hearing the story of
the Resurrection today can
possibly be any more skepti
cal of it than were the
Apostles when they first heard
about it. The record shows
that Jesus had to go to great
lengths to overcome their in
credulity. Once he ate an im
promptu meal of cold fish and
honeycomb - the only food at
hand - to demonstrate to one
diehard doubter that he
wasn't a ghost.
No Example
Once the disciples got over
their surprise, they were
totally convinced. There is in
all history no example of a
group of human beings who
were more absolutely, un
flinchingly certain of a fact
than the early church was
of the reality of the Resurrec
tion. Any suggestion that their
conviction was feigned found-
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Three Medford Men
Receive Trophies
Three Medford men, driv
ers for Greyhound lines, were
awarded trophies by company
officers during a meeting last
week in the Medford hotel.
The drivers are Tom Work,
Don Tackley and E. B. Van
Horn. They were given the
awards for a 16 per cent im
provement in their safety rec
ords. Making the awards were
Stan Ossman. San Francisco,
director of safety, and R. N.
Dick. Seattle, assistant region
al manager.
ers quickly on the crosses of
the Christian martyrs which
soon sprang up from Jeru
salem to Rome. Men do not
die joyously to perpetuate a
hoax.
Divine Sign
It is also clear from the
community's earliest records
that the Resurrection did not
impress the disciples merely
as an awesome miracle. These
devout Jews had never doubt
ed that God could resuscitate
a dead man if he chose to do
so. The good news was that
God did choose to do so, in
the case of Jesus. Thus the
Resurrection was above all
else a Divine sign and seal on
the work of Jesus. It was
the ultimate confirmation that
He had indeed been sent by
God, and that He had told
men the truth.
Unexpected Fact
Christian theology did not
begin with belief that Jesus
was Uie son of God, and work
forward to the Resurrection
as a logical sequel. It began
with the startling, unexpect
ed fact of the Resurrection,
and worked back to figure out
what manner of person this
was that had walked among
men.
It was in the light of the
Resurrection that the disciples
learned to understand the
cross as an acted parable of
God's love - a love that ex
tends to paying the full price
of reconciliation with men
who do not even know that
they need to be forgiven.
Crusade Plans for
Prospect Noted
Prospect - The American
Cancer Society volunteers in
the prospect area have organ
ized their residential Crusade
under the chairmanship of
Mrs. V. L. Chapman, who has
been education and crusade
chairman for the past four
years.
She will be assisted by Mrs.
Jim Flack, Mrs. Delcne Den
ney, Mrs. Sidney Morse, Mrs.
Harold Hixon, Mrs. Jack De
Rosier, and Mrs. Roger Sny
der. May 1 through 5 will be
"C" days in the Prospect area
when volunteers will call on
neighbors to distribute pam
phlets pointing out facts about
cancer and to acquaint fam
ilies with the services avail
able for cancer patients in
Jackson county. At this time
contributions will be accepted
to help carry on the Ameri
can Cancer Society's program
of research, education, and
service.
Unveiling at Luncheon
Saints and Sinners Club Provides
Unusual Entertainment for Hodges
There are about 300 va
rieties of sharks which range
in length from two to 60 feet.
About one dozen are consider
ed dangerous and may attack
human beings.
By DICK WEST
Washington -HPI1- When a
member of the President's
cabinet is being honored at a
luncheon, you
expect to see
some kind of
But the un
veiling that
took place
t AX; 1 1
I sivcn in non"
Li'X-kH or of Com"
Weil incice offic
iary Luther H. Hodges was,
for me at least, a new experi
ence. It was the first time I ever
saw a striptease at high noon.
Lest this give you the
wrong idea, let me hasten to
add that Hodges had nothing
to do with the performance.
He was merely the innocent
victim of a group of local in
tellectuals who are members
of the Saints & Sinners Club.
Members Pan Hodges
Club members meet period
ically to break bread together
and roast some government
official. Wednesday, it was
Hodges' turn to be panned.
In addition to bump and
grind artists, the cultural part
of the program included the
life history of the guest of
honor, as related by Walter
Kiernan.
Hodges, said Kiernan, was
born in a log house which was
built by his father The build
ing no longer is standing. In
fact, it never did. It leaned.
The elder Hodges, explain
ed Kiernan, "was a nice guy
but a lousy carpenter."
The Hodges family, he con
tinued, was underprivileged.
I "but there was no one in
Washington to tell them so, so
they never knew it."
From that humble begin
ning, Hodges rose to become
governor of North Carolina
and later head of the com
merce department.
Cile Improvements
According to the Saints &
Sinners, the department has
undergone many improve
ments under his stewardship.
For one thing, the old slogan
"You never had it so good"
has been changed to "You
never had it done to you so
good."
Kiernan said that Hodges
extended the olive branch to
business - and the steel com
panies climbed out on it.
But perhaps the major im
provement has been in the
Weather Bureau, one of the
branches of the Commerce
Department. Thanks to the
new weather satellites, the
guests were told, it now is pos
sible for the forecast to be
wrong two weeks in advance
I don't know how Hodges
felt about the strippers, but he
seemed to enjoy the ribbing
he was getting. In fact, he
managed to jest a bit about
the recent clash between the
President and steel executive
Roeer Blough.
When he told his secretary
he was going to lunch with
the Saints & Sinners, he said,
she though he was referring
to the Kennedys and the
Bloughs.
Physical Exams Set
For Jewell Pupils
Central Point-Physical ex
aminations for children who
will enter the first grade next
fall will be given by the Jack
son county health department
at Jcwctt Elementary school
April 25 and 26.
School officials have asked
that each child entering school
present evidence of having
had a physical examination.
Immunizations should be
brought up to dale at this
time, they said. This may be
obtained from the family phy
sician, or by attending the
clinic at Jewctl school.
Youngsters arc examined
without charge by Dr. A
Erin Merkel, county health
! officer.
Parents of Central Point
children may call NOrmandy
4-2740 between noon and I
p.m. week days for an appointment.
Princess Grace Has -Wedding
Anniversary
Monte Carlo -UiPD- Prince)
Rainier and P incess Grace)
observed their sixth wedding
anniversary inursday at a
quiet lunch with a small
group of intimate friends irf
the royal palace.
Among those attending wa$
Grace's mother, Mrs. John Bj
Kelly Sr. of Philadelphia, who
came to Monaco with the)
princess Wednesday after i
two-day stay in Paris. '
Madison, Wis. - IUPII - The
Philadelphia orchestra plans
to do a little swinging when
it plays a May 10 concert
here. The orchestra has asked
the University of Wisconsin
student newspaper to find a
fraternity softball team to
play the musicians' nine.
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Stephens Committee
Plans Dinner, Dance
The Stephens for Sheriff
campaign commillee announc
ed today a polluck dinner
and dance starting at 6 p.m.
Saturday at the Pythian hall,
Grape and Fifth sts. Medford,
will be held for Berle Steph
enss, Democratic candidate
for sheriff.
The event will be open to
the public, the committee
noted, and entertainment is
planned. The committee said
the event is designed to be
a family affair.
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