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THURSDAY. AUGUST 15. 1M3
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Br ERNEST 8AKLER
United Pimi International
Vatican City - (DPD - The
"director of God"' has start
ed giving orders to his third
pope.
He is Msgr. Enrico Dante,
prefect of papal ceremonies
and the only man who can
give a pope such whispered
Latin orders as: "get up,
sit down," or '"kneei. '
' Pope Paul VI complies, as
did John XXIII and Pius
XII. No man - not even a
pontiff - knows all the de
tails of the magnificent and
complicated Vatican ceremo
nies as well as Msgr. Dante,
The gentle, thin-faced pre
late with the beaked nose has
been a Vatican ceremonial of
ficial for the past 49 years,
and master of ceremonies
since 1947. He served under
six popes (although he gave
orders only to the last three)
and played ceremonial roles
in five conclaves, about 100
beatifications and about 50
canonizations, Including those
of St. Joan of Arc, St. Pius
X and St. Francis Cabrinl,
the first American saint.
Dante Is Calm
Exactly where Msgr. Dan
te got his legendary imper
turbability - "wise calm,"
Pope John called it in a let
ter to Dante on his SOth year
of the priesthood - is not
too clear. He could hardly
have inherited it from his fa
ther, Achille, a fiery Italian
patriot born in the then Aus
trian city of Trento.
Achille Dante, a lawyer by
profession, served under Giu
seppe Garibaldi in his youth
and was imprisoned several
times by Austrian police. He
eventually left his native
town for Rome, where En-1
fives rdeirs on Lofiini; IPoipe Paul VI Complies
rlco was born July 13, 1884
Enrico lost his mother at
the age of eight and started
looking after two brothers
and two sisters, all younger
than he. One of the brothers,
Araaldo, later also became
a priest and went to Brazil as
a missionary.
Young Dante was a sports
loving boy and became one
of the star players of the
Pro Roma soccer team, which
later merged with Fortitudo
into the present Roma. He can
still be seen fascinated be
fore a television set watch'
ing Roma players in action.
Loved Sports
The love for sports acconv
panted Dante through his
life. In addition to soccer, he
played tennis and until a few
years ago delighted in swim'
ming and in long excursions
in the Dolomite mountains.
Dante started calling the
Vatican home March 25, 1914
when Pope Pius X - the man
who has since been sainted
in a ceremony Dante directed
- appointed him a pontifical
master of ceremonies. But the
protocol Job did not prevent
Dante from continuing his
priestly work for 40 years
at the Neo-Gothic Church of
the Sacred Heart not far from
the Vatican.
Pope Benedict XV wanted
to make Msgr. Dante a Vati
can diplomate, but he de
clined the offer so he could
stay in Rome with his two
unmarried sisters
Handlas Riles
In 1923, Msgr. Dante was
also appointed assistant sec
retary of the Sacred Congre
gation of Rites, the Vatican
department which handles
church rites and cannoniza'
tion and beatification causes,
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He became secretary of that
congregation only four years
ago -for the very simple rea
son that his predecessor,
Msgr. Alfonso Carinci, a man
of amazing vitality, served on
in the post until the age of
97. Carinci, who rw.rked his
100th birthday last Novem
ber and is the world's oldest
Catholic archbishop, is now
secretary emeritus.
Directing Vatican ceremo
nies is not always an easy
job, even for a man with Dan
te's experience and savior
faire. During one recent cere
mony in which cardinals were
to pay obedience to the pope,
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
who was supposed to lead the
procession, failed to notice
Dante's gestures and remain
ed seated. Dante eventually
had to call him aloud, a thing
he normally never does.
Like every human being
even Msgr. Dante is not per
fect. Few people outside the
Vatican know, but an "adora
tion" of Pope Paul by the
cardinals the day after his
election had to be postponed
by half an hour - because
Msgr. Dante, tired from the
fatigue of the conclave, had
taken an afternoon nap and
overslept.
Keener Elected To
District Position
John Keener of Medford
was elected secretary - treas
urer of District 3 of the Loyal
Order of Moose at the state
convention recently held in
Corvallls and attended by 480
persons.
Joe Cole, also of Mcdiord,
was appointed deputy for con
servation for the state of Ore
gon. The appointment was
made by national headquar
ters.
Astoria was chosen as lo
cation of the next state con
vention and the mid winter
conference will be held in
Hillsboro.
Also attending the conven
tion from Medford were Mrs.
Joe Cole, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Mast, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Withrow and Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Carlon. Mast is secre
tary of the Medford local and
LWithrow is the Junior gover
nor.
No Community Said To Be Safe From Integration Moves
By AL KUETTNER
UPI Correspondent
It has become increasingly
evident during this "summer
of decision" on the racial front
that no business or commu
nity, large or small, is safe
from integration pressures
Some have moved volun
tarily to drop all racial bar
riers. Others resist,
Atlanta restaurant owner
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SINGER GREETED Kyu Sakamoto, 21-year-old Japanese
rock'n roll singer, center in white suit, waves as he descends
a moving stairway at Los Angeles International Airport.
More man two dozen policemen, airport security officers and
airline personnel were forced to lock arms to hold back an
estimated 5,000 wildly cheering teen-agers who greeted the
Japanese radio and television star. Sakamoto is in the United
States to promote his records. (UPI)
Stanley R. Davis, who simply
wants to please his customers
and stay in business, had this
to say about the situation.
Target of Pressure
"When I opened my restau
rants on a segregated policy,
I was the target of integra
tionist pressure and propa
ganda," Davis said in a memo
entitled "For Better Under
standing" which he placed on
the tables of his eating places.
Davis lamented that when
he went along with other
Atlanta restaurants and de
segregated two of his places
on an experimental basis, "the
segregationist forces were not
long in inaugurating a pro
gram of harrassment." '
'I find myself in the middle
of a controversy for which
there appears no immediate
solution," he said. "I am a
restaurant operator and not a
social agitator. Now that the
racial issue has been joined,
I can only solicit your sympa
thetic understanding."
One thing appears certain:
From here on, Negroes will
use one victory as a stepping
stone to others.
This week the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, the
nation's largest landlord, an
nounced it will desegregate
the 34,170 apartment projects
it controls in the United
States.
Negro leaders have now an-
4-H Horse Show Slated for Fair
Corvallis - There will be
a 4-H Club Horse Show at
the 1963 Oregon State Fair,
That s the word from Glenn
Klein, Oregon State univer
sity state 4-H agent, after re
ceiving clearance from the
state veterinarian. The show
had been in doubt until a
few days ago because of the
recent outbreak of equine in
fluenza in the state.
However, the number of
cases is declining and state
officials feel that the show
can now be held, Klein said.
It is hoped that all counties
will be represented, even
though several county 4-H
horse shows were cancelled.
Counties are being encour
aged to re-schedule their
horse shows or to make some
other arrangements by which
their young men and women
can be represented in the
event, the state agent said.
For the first time this year,
the state 4-H Horse Show
will be a regular part of the
Oregon State Fair program.
Horse shows are planned for
both Friday and Saturday
nights, Sept. 6 and 7. Last
year, 4-H horsemen held their
statewide event the day be
fore the fair opened.
The two evening shows
will be in addition to the reg
ular horse demonstrations.
showmanship contests and
the "Dad Potter" horseman
ship tryouts, Klein noted. A
special trail horse class exhi
bition to increase the pub
lic's knowledge of these
horses is planned, he added.
Other special events may be
added later.
Boys and girls participating
in the 4-H horse events can
bring their animals on the
Salem fairgrounds Sept. 6 be
tween 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. No
horses will be accepted be
fore 10 a.m. that day, Klein
stressed.
nounced a move a bring about projects - Parkchester, reier
similar desegregation of facil-1 Cooper Village, and Stuyves
ities owned or controlled by ant Town, which also are in
the Prudential Insurance Com-; New York.
pany and the New York Life
Insurance Company. They
finance thousands of apart
ment projects throughout the
nation.
Roy Wilkins, executive vice
president of the NAACP,
called the Metropolitan agree
ment "a major breakthrough."
He said it was part of a gen
eral move in similar firms.
It obviously was also part of
the fulfillment of an NAACP
slogan of three years ago -"Everybody
Free by Sixty
three." A Metropolitan spokesman
said the huge firm is prepared
to "go down the line" on its
new policy.
"If a Negro is a qualified
tenant and there is a vacancy
for him, he will be given an
apartment whether it is in
Alexandria, Va., at Parkches
ter in the Bronx or anywhere
else."
The company's decision, ac
cording to a spokesman, was
worked out "harmoniously"
during a month of study at the
firm. It averted threats by the
NAACP Youth Council to
picket three Metropolitan j
Negroes also are winning
a major breakthrough in the
advertising industry.
Lever Brothers, a soap
products manufacturer which
is one of the nation's biggest
advertisers, announced re
cently it has asked all its
agencies to produce sugges
tions for more effective use
of Negroes and other minor
ity groups in the firm's ad
vertising. The trade publication, Ad
vertising Age, listed Lever's
advertising program last year
at $46 million.
The publication said the
first Lever Brothers television
commercial to appear under
the new policy likely will be
an advertisement for a de
tergent showing a Negro
housewife being interviewed
about her laundry problems.
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JackswflftviMe Museum
An HISTORICAL TREAT!
Tho attractive old brick courthouse that house the Jacksonville Museum
l, Itielf, stooped In the history o tha days before the turn of the
cantury. Tha former seat of Jackson County government, dating from
1113-14, this vonarablo old structure was scene of many bittar court
cite, tho most sensational being tha trial of tha D'Autremont brother,
train bandits, and tha trial of alleged Ku Klux Klan members for an
attempted lynching. To accommodate tho growing number of exhibits,
tho Southern Oregon Historical Society hat added buildings adjacent
to this old courthoute-all opan to tho public ... all freal
Tha entire Rogue River Valley is rich in the romance of
the old West, and there's no finer, more enjoyable way
to relive those days than to visit YOUR Jacksonville
Museum. You, your family and especially out-of-town
guests will delight in the mora than 6,000 individual
collections. Among its most popular exhibits are the
Brill Gallery, a replica of Peler Brill's Photographic Studio,
one of the earliest in the Pacific Northwest, tha Indian
Room, containing artifacts and relics made and used by
tha valley's first inhabitants, the Gun Room, mineral
displays and fluorescent room, a children's room, parlor,
collection of wedding dresses and a Civil War exhibit.
The Southern Oregon Historical Society administer and
maintains this museum one of the finest in the West
and mora than a HALF MILLION name appear on tha
registration book) One of tha finest ways to keep our
southern Oregon guests here for an extra day it to
suggest a visit to tha Jacksonville Museum. They'll lova
it-and it's all FREE!
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One ef the inlereitine affrxrieni at the Jacksonville Museum is this
eM-fashiened pipe erase from an Ashland church. Four buildings
comprise the museum with eihibirs ranging from early-day wagons
to pioneer day dolls. The famous Britt collection of paintings, cam
eras and photos Is especially papular . . . guns, rocks, Indian baskets
are but a few of the various displays. The historic Beckman bank,
once southern Oregon's leading financial institution, is another fa
vorite attraction, along with the Beckman home and Jacksonville's
ever-popular antique shops. Be sure that YOU visit Jacksonville along
with your guests!
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