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t 4 Yates County Genealogical jnd Historical Society, Inc V P E N N Y A N COURIER, ^THURSDAY, DECEM BER 15,1949 Invest r, ents For The Road Ahead Published each Thursday by The Courier Press Robert H. Clarke, Editor NATIONAL €DITORIAI— Church Members I I! What a Wonderful World It Would Be n 4 n 'E A r$ 5 G N < W N O s h b v » c e Subscription rates: Seven cents per copy; by mail, six month, SI.35; one year, $2.50; payable in advance.________________ Entered as second class matter at the pastoffice, Penn Yan, N. Y., under Act of Congress, March 3,' 1879. Piuribus Unum Out of many, one. That has long been the motto of this nation of ours. Many states, exercising self-govern ment, but banded together into a strong federation that they may do together what they cannot do alone— is meant by the very phrase, United States. This week the representatives of 19,000,000 Protest ants are meeting in Greenwich, Connecticut, in a long- sought conference aimed at eventual attainment of a united Protestantism in America. The conference was called by seven denominations representing 15,140,000 members, of which the Methodist, with 8,567,000, is larg est; and the Presbyterian, with 2,274,000, is second larg est. Seven other denominations, representing 4,257,000 members, have sent observers. For yeafs a working union of the great non-Catholic denominations has been advocated by leading church men, but not too mucli progress has been made. In union there is strength, yet, in the past, it has often seemed that the churches preferred to perpetuate their own pet ty differences. Back of the present move for unity is the belief that a united Protestantism will help to build churches where they are needed; consolidate existing churches where population has dwindled; level a more powerful attack on such social problems as racial strife, juvenile delin quency and sub-standard housing. If unity is to be attained, some sacrifices will have to be made, of course. But why shouldn’t they be made i f the church can thereby be made more effective in her ministry? Self-satisfaction is just as detrimental to the church as it is to the individual. McCarran as Advisor EN. PAT McCARRAN of Ne- vada, No. 1 enemy of Europe’s homeless refugees, now has set himself up as chief volunteer put> lie relations counsel to Europe’s No. 1 Fascist dictator. On his latest junket abroad, sup posedly to “ investigate the current refugee situation,” McCarran gave Spain’s Francisco Franco some shrewdly cynical advice on how to make friends and influence people. In the course of two lengthly inter views, the senator from Nevada assured his attentive host that ,i , i “ with a little smart handling at L i i a i this end, Spain can be right back in the front parlor by this time next year.” McCarran happens to represent a state containing less than one- tenth of 1 per cent of the U. S. population, and most Nevadans are not the slightest bit interested in Franco. Nevertheless, McCarran did not hesitate to speak for all the American people. Babson Park, Mass., Dec. 14. If peace is to be achieved in this most unpre- d i c t able world, it By Morton Clausen John T. Flynn has written another book: ‘The Road Ahead”. He tells in its opening sentence why he wrote the book: “My purpose in writing this book is to attempt to describe the road surely must aj0ng which this country is trav- H o g e r W . Euhfton It has been come upon an u r ,gi ng tide o f s P i ritual faith. There must be a jnighty wave of religious reawakening, again and proven again to the misery of all peo ples, that materialism is a dan gerous foundation. Only upon such concepts Ruie, the Ten as the Golden Commandments, “ The overwhelming majority of the American people,” he said, “ are convinced that your country has been given a raw deal. It’s just a question now of pounding the point home and getting enough pressure put on enough congressmen to whip the state department pinks.” i and the Sacredness of the Indi vidual soul, can1 any real solu tion for the ills of the earth be found. Stimulate Religious Activity This means that we must go down swiftly to the very grass roots of religion and stir the common people to an awareness of the potency of a spiritual re birth in combating today’s multi fold threats. We must build well our churches, even the smallest eling to its destruction.” The book has the power of log ic and persuasion,carries a strong appeal to reasoning into funda mentals, and is a weapon badly needed in our battle for survival as individuals and as a free na tion. “The Road Ahead” exposes With amazing clarity the forces that have successfully attacked the free enterprise system in Europe to sUPplant it with a ool- leetivisitic tyranny, and how we in America have directly and in directly aided and abetted this subversive movement. John T. Flynn realistically re veals how far down the road to Socialism we have traveled in America. He points out how re lentlessly shrewd has been the propaganda against the “Ameri can Way” and how socialistic ten- ents have become an integral part of our social and economic thinking; how even the most conservative-minded have be- of them; we must find ingenious come tainted and umvittingly methods of swelling attendance, become and of creating greater financial jn the vicious war upon esitaJb- support of all our religious insti- lished tradition. tutions. The Ibook reveals that although Our churches must be made through our Constitutional Gov- the cornerstone of our national eminent, historic precedenc Courtesy Appreciate Americ * . i A to | culture, not merely houses of worship for a handful of the I truly devout. Religion must be i forged into an instrument of vi- sponsor Spain’s admission ( tialization and progress for our- specialized agencies of the ! “healthy bloc of senators, McCarran added, are prepared to advocate, early in the next con gressional session, that the United States 4 4 Let us hope that we live to see the day when the ! critici*m; iust. United Nations. “They are prepared to put the heat on a few of our European charity patients so that you can get invited into that western union club of theirs,” McCarran said. However,” McCarran warned Franco, “don’t let your pride keep you from blowing your own horn, good and loud. You’ve got to keep telling everybody that Spain de serves a place on the anti-Com- i munist team. Don’t bother about I anything else, or answer any other keep hitting that selves and our neighbors. Love Lical ideologies, we have had the weapons and power to combat and forestall this drift ing into Socialism, we have lack ed the clarity of vision, the po litical and economic astuteness also for individuals and for the in- and the moral integrity to wage f p u r ' _ _ . . _ ____ • . . n ? ___________________ j . i . . , ________________________ __________________________________________ stem trinsic human soul must be made so much a part of our lives that ming the tide, lust for power, economic greed, The book exposes the degener- and brutal means to an end will be repulsive to mankind. No Church Too Small ___ o . ____ that work in our social, economic, political and moral fabric, and which have allowed us to drift It will do us no harm to ob- toward the brink of ruin. It serve and learn from the tactics charges that we have failed to ■V6W, of a Pennsylvania minister what adequate can be achieved by a little battle pervise and protect Protestant churches of America actually achieve a unit ed front and avail themselves of the greater opportunity for promoting the spiritual life of the nation. Behind the Scenes in American Business By Reynolds Knight New York, Dec. 14—A Merry Christmas for retailers? Most of them say “yes!” if not too em phatically. They’re hopeful public, appearing in miniature on Hallmark greeting cards. Platter Chatter A year and a half long battle in the phonograph record field will probably wind! up along about year’s end as a result of a enough, but don’t want to indulge recen4 turn-table triple play by in wishful thinking, after a dis- RCA> 0116 the industry’s “big one line, and you’ll make the grade.” Franco, whose background hasn’t given him much experience in molding public opinion, must have been grateful for these tips. For less than a week later, Franco followed McCarran’s suggestions closely in an exclusive interview with a U. S. correspondent. Radio Madrid, on its short-wave broadcasts to th e . Americas, has also begun to bear down heavily ! on “Spain’s contributions to the struggle of western civilization against Russian Communist barb- in the big war of religious re- vival. Asking for the toughest assignment available, the Rev erend Hudson Clements was as signed by his Lutheran Board of Missions to the Trinity Lutheran of government, relegating those functions to radical minorities and to weak and easily corrupt ed politicians. In the Penn Appreciation Day Yan is a pretty good place after all according to re plies received on the Shopping Habits survey recently conduct- Good news for those who are planning to attend the 77th an nual sessions of State Grange in Rochester next week, is the fact that we are to have National Grange Master Albert S. Goss with us. This is a long overdue visitation from Brother Goss, and we are particularly fortun- _ __ _____ o chapter, John ed. Plenty of suggestions for im- 1 a4e in having him here immed- T. Flynn tells what can be done provement were received and i^tely following the national ses- Church at Butler, Pennsylvania, about it. He gives an outline for everything from the schools to There were only 25 persons m American sions in California last month. W e know that Mr. Goss will the congregation when he took in the effort to win back some over. There were 24,477 souls in of the ground that has been lost. the housing and parking situa tion and the local cops were criticized. All kinds of stores .. Pittance to those of us interest* have an address of major im- dozens appointing fall season. There’s little real gloom, however, and three” (the other two: Columbia arism.” High point of these propa- and Deoca). For 18 months the the majority look for a mid-De- | industry has been running 1 around in circles trying to work out a way 'o end the tag of war i between Columbia's 33 spins a ; minute platter and RCA’s 45- i cember buying spree that will help jack up overall sales for the year to something dose to 1948 marks. Meanwhile, those who ganda blurbs is the cryptic dec laration: “If it hadn’t been for Spain, England would now prob ably be the only free nation in western Europe.” are fretting about prospects for ! rpim system . Now RCA has an- UnSUIl^ Bureaucrats the new year have little cause ! nounced it wiU manufacture a i for worry, according to a cur- i new three-speed phonograph that , will not only play both 33 and rent Dun & Bradstreet survey. Prospects for 1950’s first quarter are definitely on the bright side, said most business men queried in the study. Forty-five per cent of the executives look for a sales volume better than 1949’s first 45-rpm records but can handle the fast-whirling 78-rym disc? as well. Independent record-chang er companies b m:. of course, been selling such t'l.’ee-way ma chines for months, L-t't this move 'quarter; 29 per cent expect no s^emf to mean that Victor is change; and only 26 oer cent an- yie'-dmg. The 33 $ have far out- ticipate lower volume. , S0lld the 45’s v -otor expects its Pilot’s Paradise * I new record-player to Irt the mar- The king-size landing strip re-! ^ early spring. cently completed Hughes/’ Culver at Howard Protein Permanent Thousands of words have been rained upon the reading * public about the inequities of bureau crats. However, there are bureau crats and bureaucrats and without some of them, the government couldn’t function today. For instance, a handful of medi cal bureaucrats are risking death and disease every day to safe guard the health of others. The door outside their bureau at Be- thesda, Md., might be covered with but one sign “Infectious should be ■and around Butler, consisting of As a former newspaper farmers, steel workers and mer- I know that each chapiter chants. Surely, modem business Road Ahead” is methods would be understood by such men. Reverend Clements gave his sermons a practical twist. He ap plied basic religious teachings to the topics of the day, livened up the presentation of ideas, and caused his flock to bring others to hear him .Before long he had in creased the number of his con gregation fourfold. This only whetted the (Reverend Clements’ appetite fdr further ways to build a financial backlog for further Being interested in “investments” , I expansion all forms of City aircraft Many of the nation’s 90,000 quarantine signs, alone tells the story: diseases.” must tell of his unique plan. Modern Parable of the Talents He made a visit to the local bank. The minister came away able guidebook to newspaper edi tors. Many paragraphs can be used verbatim to form the core of editorials. Truly, it is an edi tor’s handbook for a “back to Americanism” movement. My oiwn personal reaction to the book is that of being awak ened. By nature I am a conserv ative, perhaps ultra-so, and I was astonished and filled with cha grin at the extent to which my own social and! economic con cepts had become tainted by so- called “new thought” ideas. This book has indicted me on several editor, from pet shops to delicatessens ed dll A)gricQTifif§^~-^i3ld fiis >f “The were mentioned as being desired ^an?e as an economist of inter- packed as well as items from size 12 nati°nal standing makes his ap- of edi- A A A shoes to coffee grinders Pesrance on this program of and gold fish. But in the majori- hmely importance to us all. Ac- ty of cases it was felt that Penn Yan was a pleasant and satis- cording to present plans, Mr. Goss will be heard the afternoon factory place in which to shop Tuesday, December 13, at the and that on the average the Columbia Civic Center, Roches- quality and selection of mer- chandise was good for a place Radio coverage of the State ed over the Rural Radio Net- this size. From one R. D. came Grange sessions will be furnish- the recuest for more parking meters and then from the same work, FM, at various times R. D. came another stating that throughout the week, in addition all meters should be removed. to a scheduled broadcast from One reply also remarked that the convention floor on Tuesday, one could park nearer the stores here than in Rochester—so take your choice. With the inauguration of Ap- accoun'ts—lack of vision, lack of preciation Day by some 65 mer- intelligence will with a loan of $900, having giv- jn which I believe, and fall en his note as security. The loan ur to develop the weapons to chants an added interest will be gi\en to shop in Penn Yan. These ierchants are cooperating in a was passed out by the minister to the church members in crisp fight As was plant in California is a flyer’s beauty parlors will soon have a dream field. Its runway, believed to be the world’s longest in any private port, stretches nearly two miles—long enough to per mit a take-off, short flight and landing all in the same direction and with the strip \under you” all the way, an important advan tage in test hop flights. To facili tate testing of various aviation development pro j ects which 'Hughes has under way for the government, the millionaire fly er-industrialist has adapted for ihe field a type of lighting used ’ during the war for combat product that’s expected to pump new life into their business. It’s an unuual permanent wave lo tion that will lend a brighter luster to women’s crowning glory by treating their hair to a “protein diet” . Many women, it seems, shun beauty parlor wave treatments on the ground that the ordinary permanent tends to dull, dry, and “ break' their hair. Reason: tlhe hair's normal pro tein content becomes denatured. The new lotion, called Eska, ! won’t change present waving ; methods but will simply restore ^planes. The system makes the | the lost protein right to the hair airport as much a “pilot’s para- shaft. This, they say, will in- Inside, doctors and assistants are exploring with microscopes and test tubes, seeking cures for everything—from polio to the common cold. At one time or other, nearly everyone on the staff has been bedridden with some disease; at least three have died during the past decade— victims of their research. new bills:—$10 for those over a]So keenly aware of fear, not fifteen years old, $5 for those be tween ten and fifteen years of own ddse” by night as by day. Business and Art Business celebrated the a major realm of art crease tensile strength and elas ticity—adding more snap to curls and result in a softer, glossier venture into last week when the greeting card company awarded $28,000 in prizes to the winners of a Franco-American art compe tition. Created both to win under wider appreciation of fine art and to bring contemporary rec ognition of living artists, the award attracted 10,000 French An wave. It’s also claimed that with exhibit of the 100 and American painters. prize paint ings is being staged through out this month at New York’s Wildenstein galleries for the benefit of the American Red Cross. In the coming months the exhibit will tour the country’s key cities, and may be shown also in many smaller towns. By next Christmas will be reaching Hallmark | the new lotion the girls can get by on three instead of four per manents a year. Bits O’ Business This year’s world peanut crop will crack all previous records i for goober output. Production ‘ may sprout above 11 million i tons, 20 per cent more than pre- 1 war levels. Horse and mule pop- j ulation continues to dwindle. Since 1930 the total number has dropped from 19 to about eight million. The reason: tractors are rapidly pushing them into th« obsolete column. With one outstanding exception, 1949 Christmas shoppers are going in for more practical gifts: rugs, washers, furniture, etc. The ex ception: television seta i For such risks, these doctors are paid a modest government salary, ranging from $4,500 to $10,000, though they could earn far more in private practice. They don’t work for the glory either, since their discoveries are kept anony mous by the public health service. Yet their selfless research goes on. The doctor in charge of polio re search, for example, is Dr. Charles Armstrong who spent eight months in bed and nearly died from tular emia, or rabbit fever, and also came down with dengue fever, par rot fever, “ Q” fever and encepha litis on other assignments. He is now searching desperately for a serum that will prevent polio. age, $2 for children between the ages of six and ten. This was no gift, but a strictly business loan. Mr. Clements! then asked that each person invest the money in such fashion < that it would be doubled by a specific date. They all went to work immediately; the women sold only fear of what had happened, what is happening and what pjan to truly show their appre- c ation to their customers throughout the coming year. For any interested the Cham- December 13, from 12:30 to 1 p. m., over stations, WHAM, Roch ester, and WGY, Schenectady. If you cannot attend, be sure to tune in for this special broad cast. Sixth degree ceremonies will be held Wedneday evening, with a near-record number of Grange members having this beautiful step in the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry conferred on them. might happen, but even stronger diear that it may be too late to turn the tide. It seems to me that the author might well write sequel last ber has a complete list of ship It is estimated that at least 1200 will take it, largely from the western N. Y. counties of the state. Sessions will formally convene Monday morning, December 12; with all meetings ait the Colurn- 50 Chestnut sailings to Europe and South America. “Trends” , an interesting pam phlet showing what is being done in church, school a r « in fer i dustry cooperation youth as an outline and draining is also available. Consid- | bus Civic Center, more exhaustively detailing the erable information on both state St., Rochester. That evening the cakes, pies, rolls, <and cookies. Men thought u,p other ways of increasing thedr money. A group of families bought a concession at a country fair and sold all manner of strategy in the war that must be and national legislation is like- waged if we are to win back the wise • band in the Chamber US reference file. o Dr. Jones Says things. When i many of them a still wider No Cure for Colds Another important research task force, under Dr. Leon Atlas, is exploring the common cold. He has already isolated the elusive virus which causes colds,, has proven this by dropping the virus into the nostrils of volunteers from the dis trict of Columbia jail. However, Dr. Atlas has also discovered are many types of colds— caused by other viruses, allergies and mild diseases that do not go past the preliminary stage. manner the final settle ment day came, the $900 was paid back to the bank, and , an additional $1,124 went into the church treasury. United Front For Religion This modern application of the paralble of the talents should give heart to many of us who tions. By Paul B. Brooks, M. D. “Infectious hepatitis” — that t0 probably don’t sound like a real stirring warm weather subject. But it’s something that’s been tions from infected rats. They interesting doctors for years- and puzzling ’em. Recent dev< usual get-acquainted hour will take place, with all the fun and fellowship that always prevails Any responsible local group j at these parties. You will want to desiring a comfortable and spa- | be there. Deputy Masters ban- cious meeting place for commit- j quet is scheduled for 6 p. m-, that tees dr clubs is cordially invited to use the Oliver House commu nity rooms. Just call for reserva- oprhents put it in a new light. It’s a \catching” liver infection inflammation of the liver; s what “hepatitis!” means. have long been urging a great- that er support to the churches as j the only answer to materialism s tand totalitarianism. People of c all races, nationalities, and prominent symptom creeds are eager to contribute and backs jaundice there their physical energies to a spir itual rebirth if they are shown the way. The enormous power of religion to sublimate the good in men’s souls, to defeat the forces of evil, can be generated only if all men 0f good will throughout the world work together. With the atomic bomb hanging, like the sword of Damocles, over our heads, no time can be lost in de vising plans to aid the churches which alone can save us and our children from complete destruc tion. * • - Individual cases1 are occurring all the time and every now and then we , get an epidemic. They had a lot of trouble with it in the armed forces during the two world wars. Back around 1920 we had outbreaks scattered over New York Staffs probably a That collected live rats from places where there were outbreaks and found these spiral germs in a lot of ’em. But the patients didn’t 1 have ’em, so this was something different. Well, since then they’ve discovered it’s caused by a virus; something that goes through a fine filter that disease bacteria won’t go through. But up to 1945, nobody knew for sure how it was spread. That year an epidemic of 35r cases, in a camp, was traced, to water from a well. It was pollut ed, apparently with bowel dis- day at Salem church. State Master Henry D. Sher wood will deliver his annual ad dress on Tuesday a. m., with Brother Goss and other speak ers following that afternoon and through Friday. Resolutions will begin to arrive on the floor by Wednesday, and the heavy work of the delegates will be fast and furious from then on. Rochester is conveniently reached, and we sincerely urge you to get next to your Grange by participating in this pleas ant affair this year, whether you are a delegate or not. but, if it’s1 coagulated and filter ed first, its apparently safe. Funny, isn’t it? The first dis ease they learned to control thoroughly, smallpox, was a vir us disease. Yet other viruses still thousand or more cases year the State Laboratory made a study of it. There’s a form of epidemic j aundice, known for years, that’s caused by a -corkscrew-like germ. A Japanese discovered it. It’s supposed to be spread by excre- alone, doesn’t stop this virus charges from a previous case. It have us guessing. But here’s evi- seems that was the first time any dence we»re gaining on ’em virus disease was proven to have been spread “naturally” through water. Since then other out breaks have been traced to wat er, and one to raw milk. It’s been found that chlorination of water Owls range in size from tiny elf owls about the size of a spar row , to horn and eagle owls which are two feet- or, more in length. . - 1 niiatJMl VT *4 ■MHM --- | i *
