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Like Ridicule
The New England town of
Holyoke, Massachusetts, h a 3
been having quite a chuckle over
the case of an .Air Force ser-
geant's wife who received by
mistake a check made' out for
$4,000,022.75 when it was meant
to toe $22.75.
Mrs. James' Walsh, the recipi-
ent, refused to return the• check
when she learned that •Miss Ann
Halliwell, the teller who struck
"a wrong key, had been discharg-
ed. She insisted that Miss Helli-
well, •an employee of five years,
be reinstated. Miss Helliwell has
since received several offers of
other jobs.
Now the bank is seeking in
court to recover the check - on
which it presumably could stop
payment -- lest it "be held up to
ridicule." This goes a long 'way
toward shattering the "image"
the financial Community has
been trying, to build up of the
typical banker as a genial, un-
derstanding human being rather
thanall flinty-faced guardian of,
the vaults.
In nearby Cumberland, Rhode
Island, it is related that when
a resident reported a $9 million
mistake in a check, the manager
of the bank invited hitn to New
York to 'have lunch with the
clerk who 'made the mistake.
It is a fortunate bank whose
assets include a sense of humor.
For to err is human but to for-
give may be good business. --
From The Christian' Science
Monitor.
ADDED. INCENTIVE
Los Angeles, Calif.,- rookie'
policeman John W.'Ensign -made
his first arrest when he spotted
a stolen car. He' gave chase and
captured the driver. 'The- car was
his. own, which he had parked,
two, hours before the police
stationParking let.
"Yes," said Browne, "when
my wife and I haye an argument
I alwayS have the lait word."
"Do• you'?" said his,friend, with'
an admiring, tone in his• voice.
"Hot?" • '
"I apologize."
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LESSON
Rev It. Barclay Warren,
God is Our Help; Acts 12:1.13
'Memory, Selection: Outing an.
your care ,upon him; for he
meth for you. 1 Peter 57.
Qne of our greatest needs to-
day is a.revival in, the prac-
tice, of prayer, The prayer-
meeting has disappeared from
most communities, Instead of
gathering to pray for one an-
other,' sharing one another's
burdens, people are flocking to
the psychiatrists, We have great
respect for the psychiatrists. But
if more, people were learning
how to cast their care upon the
Lord, they would be better off.
This can only be learned by
prayer, singly and in groups,
Lord, teach us to prayl
Just today I talked with
nurse in a mental hospital. She
commented on the increased
number of teenagers who 'were
coming for treatment. I asked
for her explanation. She said.
"You'd think I was catering to
you." I urged her to express her-
,self.• She said, "We're getting too
far away from what we know
is right. I think most of the
blame is with the 'parents. These
are the children of the war
years."
It's time we turned to God
in prayer. The supper; the
bazaar, the bridge party and
the dance in the church hall
won't fill the place of the
prayermeeting. When trouble
came• in the early church, the
people prayed. They didn't have
to learn 'to pray in the hour or,
crisis. 'Prayer was a" daily prac-
tice. When. Herod put Peter in
jail, planning to slay him,,
'"Prayer was made ..witheut ceas-
ing of the church unto God •for
him."• It was past bedtime. Peter
"and the, guards were asleep but
the church .kept prayihg. And
God, heard and sent an angel to,
bring Peter forth. God often
answers prayer in very ,un-
expected ways. These people.
praying in the home of John
Mark's mother just conldn't be-
lieve that Peter was at the gate.
They were astonished when
they saw him.
One of the reason for the sue-
cess of the Silly Graham meet-
ings has been the emphasis 44,
prayer. Hundreds of prayer-
meetings preceded the opening
of a • crusade. There are usually
one or two all• night prayer
meetings. God answers prayer
today.
The judgment upon Herod is
a lesson to all the proud. Let
us not seek the glory of men,
but the glory which cometh
from God,
David said, "Evening, and
morning, and at noon,, will C.
pray." Psalm 55:17. Prayer is a ‘
fitting benediction to the day, a.
good preparation and a source
of strength in the midst.
In 'a few years," said the. art-
ist to his landlord, "people will
look at this miserable studio and
say: 'Jones, the famous artist,
used to work here.'" •
"If I don't get the rent by
to-night, they'll be able to say
that very thing to-morrow."
Upsidedown to •Prevedit Peek ing.
AtiSWer elSeWlieke oil this page •
Sad Fall Of The
Pocket Knife.
and in this city do not want
fluorides added to the public
water supply as a preventative
for cavities.
Right or wrong, they see fluor-
idation as only One short step
away from socialized medicine,
no.. Matter how innocently it is
cloaked in high-sounding reso-
lutions of respected medical and
dental groups,
We believe to fore() peoP1*
Who object to fluoridation to •ob-
tain their water from sources
other than the pure public sup,
ply is, in fact,, to create a pub-
lie health problem - the very
condition, the board of health
is charged with guarding against,
We believe •to ask the Board
of Water Commissioners to ex-
ceed their responsibility to de-
liver pure, tasty water at a
reasonable price to the public is
an unfair request to make.
The water commissioners are
justified - indeed, in, our view,
duty-bound - to• say "Our job
is to provide the water. If the
consumer wishes then to fluori-
date it,, that is his privilege. We
will not be put in the position
of saying the consumer, whether
he likes it or not, will be forced
to have fluoridated water."
Macon Telegraph.
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"HELP; MURDER"-Going as fast al his Nebbed feet wig
propel, him, an eastern black-backed pelican from Aus-
tralia dodges' his pursuers. The bird was captured by keep-
ers Alt N.Y.'s Bronx Zoo, for transfer to, winter quarters.
Teachers were never sharp-eyed
enough to slow him down.
There were various ways to
acquire a new knife, but as a
good. one was relatively expen-
sive", you didn't always just go
and buy' one. We swapped, and
it was customary to have spare
knives for swappers. You 'didn't
hazard your pet, because swaps
were sight unseen. Sometimes
the knife you got in a swap
wouldn't have any blade lefts
Naturally you didn't show your•
swapper around, the way you
did a good knife you were pleas-
ed with and wouldna swap any-
way. Having swapped a swapper,
bladeless and loose in the handle,
it was fun to keep on swapping
and see how long it would be
before you, got your own swap-
per back again. It usually hap-
pened.
We played jackkniVes, spinning
the knife: off our fingers and
shoulders so it stuck in the•
ground. It took skill. Miss Doyle,
a • teacher along there some-
where, used to .play with us and
was school champ. She had her
own knife, a thin-bladed rouser
we'd've given much boot for, any
of us. She took it out at Hallo-
- ween 'time to trim candles for
our pumpkin decorations, and we'
chided her for not asking per-
mission. At recess someone ask-
ed to see her knife, and one
thing led to another until she
was out on the grass with us
doing ,"headsies" with great sue-
' cess,
TIE FARM FINN
The farmer's share of the food
dollar continues to be a bOne of.,
contention in 'the United States
- just as it does here in Canada.
As evidence, I pass along to you`
the following:
* • *
"Why have retail food prices
been rising while prices received
by the farmers have been on the
decline?"
The question is' less puzzling
to processors than to farmers and
consumers who do not: always• re-
member that food passes through
many hands on its way from the
farm to the dinner, table: None.
of the owners of those hands is
ready eto concede that •his own
"take" from, the consumer's food
dollar is too large. (Some even
think their share is too small.)
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The question is' getting an in- •
creasing share of attention not
only from housewives who buy
groceries but from experts both
in agriculture and, economics
who, even with statistics and
slide rules, find the riddle difficult
Some researchers who have
been 'digging deeply into this
problem have come up with a.
report which does not solve, but
does help' to answer, the ques-
tion everyone is asking.
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Mandatory
Fluoridation
Encouraged by• a 'change in the
compo,sition of the Macon Water.
Board, the Macon-Bibb Board of
Health is. renewing its, efforts
to have the public water supply
.fluoridated. Health Board. Mem-
ber H. L. Chichester Sr. refus-
ed to be •stampeded, into violat-
ing a basic ;American principle,
simply because some imposing
authorities have said fluorida-
tion 'is a good thing.
Mr. Chichester expressed our
feelings when he said:
"I don't disagree with the
benefits of fluoridation but I do
not agree to putting it on a forc-
ed basis ... and I can't go along
with such a move by the board."
We wonder how many meni-
hers of the health board , would
, vote for banning cigarets in the
' name 'of improved health.
Although evidence' is still in-
complete, there is considerable
authority for establishing a link
between smoking and'-lung can-
cer. Even 'the U.S. Department
of Health has spoken out on
this relationship.
.Yet in the face of this devel-
opment, the' members of the
health board would say, we im-
agine, that the decision of
whether to smoke or not to
smoke should be left to the in-
dividual. He should have free-
dom of choice, so long as he
does not infringe-on the rights
of others.
We wonder how many mem-
bers of the board' Of health would
favor a law requiring that over-
weight 'persons be forbidden to
have an intake of more-than• 1,000
calories a day.
Certainly such, a requirement
would result in better health
and in longer life for many per-
sons.
Our government makes no such
requirement, nor should it.
Many people in this •country
•
"Farmers produce the bulk of
our food supply, but many other
people participate' in the trans-
porting, processing, packaging,
wholesaling, and retailing activi-
ties that are necessary to make
food available to consumers,"
states a report prepared by W. •E.
Hamilton, director of research,
American Farm Bureau Federa-
tion. Mr. Hamilton made .the re-'
port for the National Planning
Association, • whose agriculture
committee, of which'he is amem-
bet., signed the statement.
`1All • of these services cost.'
money,"' the report continues.
"All add to the price that must
be paid by a consumer for farm-,
produced food."
But the addition to price does,
not all go Into profit for the mid-
dleman, as is sometimes .implied
by critics of food prices, writes
Helen' Henley in the Christian
Science Monitor.
"Both farmers and the various
middlemen who moved farm-
Anyway, if this "dangerous
weapons;', edict.• means that al]
uses of a knife beyond personal
affray, have gone by 'the. board,
this is a poorer world, When you
pause'and •think of all the things
vice did with knives without stab-
bing anybody, it makes for
alarm,
How does a bey dig,his spruce
gum today? How does lie, cut an
alder for ,.fishing? How can a
boy make a kite, or peel a' wil-
low switch, or make a whistle? •
How does 'he bore a ;hole in his
horsechestnuts . . . open .a clam
... fix the: string on his bobsled?
What does he use to ream a hole
in' the heel of his boot, so he can
attach his skate? -' By John
Gould in The Christian Science
Monitor.
corn syrup.
The citrus industry is cited as
further proof of the •fact that
consumer-dollar percentages do
not always represent accurately
the return to' farmers.
"A United States Department
of Agriculture .study of market-
ing margins for Florida oranges
and orange Products in the 1952-
53 marketing season found that
the growers' percentage of the
consumer dollar was higher for
frozen concentrate (34 per cent)
than it was for• fresh oranges (25
per cent).
"But the growers received
$1.93 per boxior oranges sold for
fresh use in comparison with
only $1.82 per' box' ;for oranges
used for frozen concentrate. Con-
sumers paid 'the equivalent of
$7.31 • per• bbx for fresh oranges•
and $5.30 per fresh box equiva-
lent for concentrate. What prob-
ably is more important is the
fact the development of frozen,
concentrate resulted in an ex-
pansion of the total• market for
oranges."
In spite of "a natural ,tendency
for producers and' consumers to
consider -that marketing mar-
gins are always too •high," the re-
port concludes, "as a matter of
practical economics . : . market-
ing margins are too high only if
the same 'or a better job of, mar-
keting could be done for less
money, or if a better job could
be 'done for the same money."
Further study is needed, the
committee agress, concerning the
extent to which "marketing mat-
gins are (or are not) increased
by monopolistic activities, adniin=
istered prices and wages, govern-
ment regulations, taxes, and eco-
nomic, cycles."
* 4.
Among the devices listed
which might be considered as a,
means to reduce margins are: in-
creased competition, encouraged
by increased cooperative activi=
ties, more direct marketing and
effective action to eliminate any
monopolistic or restrictive trade
practices; increased labor effi-
ciency;• possible -reduction of
, government expenditures and re-
•peal or reduction of taxes which
increase distribution costs; efforts
to reduce fluctuations in the vol-
ume marketed.
The key to reducing margins,
according to =the NPA report, may
be for farmers and other groups
involved in marketing farm
products to 'see' that every mar-
keting function is performed as
'economically as possible.
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The degeneration of the "knife"
into a component of. juvenile
delinquency slums as well as
anything to what base .uses the
fine arts may be turned in a
society that misconstrues its pur-
poses, I gm .gratefUl for a. letter
from Tracy Stalker, who tells me
knives "or other dangerous wee-
Pens" have been deleted from
+schools. It's pretty hard to look
at that edict and still believe
boys are no worse than they used
to be, Certainly knives are no
worse,
My own ownership of a lethal
capable, businesslike knife goes
back beyond my .own recollec-
tion. I had a knife.as soon as I'
'can remember having one, ,and
so did every other boy 1 grew
up with. Indeed, I had several
knives, Foremost was the pocket-
knife, a jacknife, which folded
for the hip pocket, and was as
much a part of our 'normal accou-
terment as the pants that sup-
-ported the, pocket. This knife was
'everyday.
I also had .a fish knife, a longer
And leaner blade; that got sum-
mertime use if we •went fishing.
Then' I had a sheath knife, kept
sharp as a razor in 'my sea chest,
which had never been to sea, and
I didn't get it out •much. If• I
went camping, maybe, but it had
to be worn on a belt, and wasn't
as handy as the others.
Of course, the sheath knife is
traditional, state-o'-Maine equip-
ment, for both sailors and woods-
men, and I don't belittle it. It
was a wild-looking thing except
in line of duty, and except, for
allowably erratic instances of
piracy or poaching it was a tool.
and not a weapon.
The pocketknife was a com-
panion and a friend, and it had
so many uses memory can't
catch up withthem. In our day,
you could take all the knives
you wanted to school, but they
had to stay in. your pocket, Tea-
chers had a solid rule• about
jackknives, ano there was no ap-
peal. If she saw one, she took it.
• No' ifs, ands, or buts. It stayed in
her desk 'drawer until end of
term, On The last day of school
anybody who had a knife in es-
crow could go up front and •get
it. You didn't have to be doing
anything with it - if you just so
much as brought it out so she
could see it, that was it.
If' you asked permission, that
was all right. You'd raise your
hand and upon recognition
would ask, "May I use my
knife?" Teacher would ask what
tor, and there were certain Per-
mitted .. uses: .Maybe the. sole on
Four hi-ctit had flopped and you
wanted to trim it. You might •
need to pry the lid' off your
wooden Pencil box -- or perhaps,
7,ou had a stub pencil too short
o be pointed in the machine.
There 'was one occasion, in
act, when 'the boy said he Want-
ed to stab a ,rat, and it turned
iut he' actually had' a rat in his
lesk. We followed the teacher
'tit of the room, and I•don't re-
nember, what became of the rat;
except that there was some Con-
lecture the boy had brought the
:at in himself and set up his
iNti amusement. He was equal
o it, I know,
When the ,teacher .spied
xnife and it was forfeit, a boy's
next step was merely to get a
new knife. A boy was expected
to have a knife, and had to' have
t knife. He just wasn't supposed
to .have it 'out in. school. If :you
could' find, one bethoie old maple
two-place desks anythere, you'd
tee that, knives did get eaken out
In school without being detected,
for the initials proved it. One
boy in our class had the name of.
Dennis. Ulrich MacBeith,. and he
used to carve DUMB in big
block letter& in desk after desk.
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produced food through the Chen,
riel of trade had expenses,"
plains the :report "For example
1957), about 28 pet cent of
the total, retail feed bill was paid
.ent by middlemen .es wages; a
'little, Over .7 per tent was paid
out for transportation 'which. also
involves and. about 22 per
'cent was paid-out 'for nonfarm-
supplies (' the pri,,Cea•ef ,Whidli
fleet some labor costs),, interest
taxes, (Other than federal
Otte taxes), profits of unineek,
perked businesses,, and iniseel,
IsineOtis expenses.
"With expenses of the above
typea tetaling 57 per cent of the
retail lOod bill, and about 39: per
cent of the total going
era, 4 per cent was left as CbrPci,'
It.te profits 'before takes: Cottio
rate pitfits remaining after taxes
amounted' le 2 per cent of the .
Stall food lift"
But rednetieti hi the fernier'S
Peroeiltage Of the consumer's
dellar does net necessarily
a der litie farm prices 'or in
"conic; the report states, "The re-
verse in ay 'be true if added Ode,-
eaaing itierease§ -conatitil et tte.--
niand for a farm product. donee-
' quently it 'appears desirable ta-
avoid use of such forma' as the
`fdrirloes. share` and the 'Middle,
Mari's share.'"
Net can the fierderitage.Of the'
Cbtiatinier's dollar received by a
farther be .rieadaSarily'doriSidered
an IilditatiOn Of his fitietitial
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Pt% Neumann, • the • German,
Press Attache in Rohle, recently'
'attended a ternarkable, CeretnonY'
-- the unveiling of a• memorial`.
to the 56-year-old Italian' priest,
Domenico Mercate, and the' un-
known German SS: Man who rez'
fused to ShOet hihi.•
German. soldiers, ,Partictlarly
S.S. hien. very rarely disobeyed
orders, hovrever- inhuman Or hor-
rible; but this man WAS an die,
deptien. In 1945, with the Allies
sweeping to Vietory, Oii,all fronts,,
a retreating German force O.,
tea -tea the priest, near Verona,
accused noncompliande
with their orders, and Senteneed
him to death,
However, when he Was tiliatit
to be Shot; one of the tiring, squad
protested.
8tepping fertard, he told his,
&Meer: "I can't Shoot a -priest,
I'M a Cathblic." Reminded Of the
penalty for disobedience, The
diet' rePeated! "I 'Cannot sheet,
priest" „
He Was fallen out and the firing;'
Squad then shot Father IVIeteate,
Afterwards they fired again;•this
time at their comrade NOW both
Priest arid soldier Shiite a Monti-
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.a clay bust' of Pope lohn XXIII receives finishing touches by
Rome sculptor Carlo Pisi. '
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