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The Seaforth News, 1959-08-20, Page 2Bathing Suit Issue Stirs Controversy Her future is e "horrible pros- pect,' said she, but she hoped that her action might "dispel the false, absurd and danger- ous notion that Catholics can- not speak for themselves," The apeaker was Sue Simone In- gersoll, 20, Roman Catholic and New Mexico's entry in the lat- est Miss Universe Pageant, and elle was explaining to reporters in Long Beach, Calif„ why she was defying her archbishop by appearing in public bathing -suit exhibitions. Albuquerque's Archbishop Ed- win Vincent Byrne, who consi- ders such contests indecent, had warned her that if she took part in the pageant he would deny the sacraments to both her and her mother. In a "statement of conscience," redheaded Sue (37- 24=36) described herself as "a symbol of one of the great prob- lems in the country today," in- sisted that she was "in no way immoral," Then she put on a white bathing suit and posed for photographers. Threatened with expulsion from Nebraska's Catholic Du- chesne College unless she sticks to the no - bathing - suit ban, blonde Mary Jean Belitz, 18, last month gave up her Miss Omaha title. To Mary Jean's mother, the ban was bewildering: her pert (36.24-36) daughter had of, to n appeared in the briefest drum -majorette costumes with- out causing church disfavour. Brings Religion Down to Earth "The church is still talking about lilies and sheep to a gen- eration of men who work with coal and steel: It's about time it used a language the industrial worker can understand." The Rev. William Gowland, a 47 -year-old Methodist minister who is the author of these vigor- ous sentiments, has been doing just that. He is an industrial evangelist whose parish is the grimy community of Luton, not far from London, Long interest- ed in labors' problems, he dis- covered a church in Luton five years ago that "looked like a cross between the Kremlin and a prison, a derelict church with no future," and promptly ex- changed his top flight pastorate it Manchester's Albert Hall for Luton. His first Sunday there "I preached at 1,800 empty seats, so I decided to change the church." He rustled up the money for a new facadewith the pub -style swinging doors famil- iar to British workmen, later added a cafeterie and a com- munity centre. But the question remained, how to get the workman through those swinging doors, One night, early in his Luton ministry, Bill dropped into a factory to chat with the men on the graveyard shift. "What's the matter, Padre?" asked one. "Did your wife turn you out of the house?" This didn't faze a man who be- lieves that the only way to "overcome suspicions is to slog around factories." His approach is deceptively simple. "What's your first name? Mine's Bill," he says to all com- ers. But beneath the warm hand- clasp and the lilting Yorkshire accent lies a deep commitment to bis faith. "Officially, the church would say I've been called by God," says Bill. "But that's too pious for me. I prefer to say that I couldn't keep out of the church." This sort of dedication has convinced industrial Luton that Chirstianity must be taken seriously: His congregation has swelled from 60 to 500, he serves as industrial chaplain to nine local factories, and two and a half years ago opened an Indus- trial College to train other min- isters in his specialty. Perhaps because he so clearly - CAST MONTH 7.IN M STORY Steal milts kilo es 5500,000 workers strike, gig Four foreleg isters open second phase Berlin tulks in Gomm !It "'�'•lrilk!'' ,JULY 23 Vice President Nison arrives in Moscow to ippon U,$, exhibition debates publicly with Premier Khrushchev; begins tourof Sovretcitie; "'iii in l ilk "" fa ty-ninesterflea Waves es nation celebrates. Independence Day. JULY 28 Hawaii. holds first Congressional elections; Republicans outpoint Democrats. JULY JULY 27 Third major baseball league—the Continental League- is formed in New York, 17 1, del Castro resigns as Cuban renier, forcing ousterofP eddentUrruties.. LY. 2G Castro yields to huge rally In Hq ane and returns top emiership, JULY 1 'flash flobd in Colombia ®Wipes out three towns 250 perish'44NI11111110111111— JU.LY'S sraeliPrime Minister Ban Gurion resigns in dispute over sale of arms to W. Germany; he. stays on in caretaker government. .;JULY 19 Pro- Communist revolt in Iraq is put down by 'Premier Kassem. i 111 MAP nli TO MOSCOW — British balle- rina Anne Stone, 14, will fol- low her twinkling toes from London to Moscow. A perform- er for seven years, Ann will be the first British girl to train With Russia's Bolshoi Ballet. practices what he preaches, the padre is succeeding in his uphill fight to make Christianity relev- ant to an industrial society. As • one ex -mine worker said recent- ly: "I drifted away from the church because i didn't think it had any of the answers to the problems with which labor is faced. Today Bill Gowland has given me the Christian answers to problems that have bothered me for 30 years." Clerical Error ? At Lambeth Palace in London where the Archbishop of Can- terbury was marrying his son Humphrey to pretty Diana Da- vis, Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher intoned: "A woman should he lovely," then hastily corrected himself as the congregation smiled, "a woman should be loving." Later Mrs, Fisher ad- mitted: "Yes, my • husband did get it a little wrong. But I thought the lovely wife was ra- ther sweet. I'm not sure whe- ther he gets enough practice at weddings—or perhaps he didn't have his reading glasses on." In Leeds, England, Stripper Grace Kerr was fined $70 for stealing clothes. TAKING A BREATHER — Designed for babies, the world's tinlest resuscitator can even be used :on birds, It Was developed .es* pecially for new-born babies who have trouble drawing their first b-ecr1h4, TABLE TMIKS ►'�' e1aue Anclvews. rt{Y. e�ai. Here's a useful hint about keeping fresh fruits. If you're not using them at once put them In a cool place or in the refrig- erator and do not wash them un- til serving or cooking time, * M B BLUEBERRY SAUCE 2 cups blueberries 1 cup orange juice 1514 cups water x/2 to 3/4 cup sugar 1 tablespoon corn starch 3 teaspoon cinnamon 1 to 2 drops almond extract Combine blueberries, orange juice, 1 cup water and sugar in saucepan. Place over heat and bring to a boil, Mix corn starch and remaining r/a cup water un- til smooth; add a little of the hot blueberry mixture and blend well. Stir into remaining blue- berry mixture and blend well. Stir into remaining' blueberry • mixture in saucepan. Cook blue- berry mixture over high heat, stirring constantly, until it be- comes clear and thick. Remove from heat and stir in cinnamon and almond extract. Store sauce in refrigerator, in a container, with .a tight -fitting cover. BLUEBERRY. PIE Pastry for two -crust, 9 -inch pie 1 cupgranulated sugar 3 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon 4 cups blueberries 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 to 2 tablespoons butter 1 to 2 tablespoons milk Line a 9 -inch pie pan with half the pastry rolled about f- inch thick. Combine sugar, flour and cinnamon and mix well. Sprinkle sugar mixture over blueberries and toss together gently. Sprinkle with lemon juice and toss again. Turn blue- berry mixture into pastry -lined pie pan; dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry about %- inch thick. Make several slits for steam to escape. Moisten edge of bottom crust with water. Place top crust over blueberry mixture. Seal and flute edge. Brush crust with milk and sprin- kle with sugar. Bake in hot oven, 425 degrees F., for 35 to 45 min- utes or until the crust is nicely browned and the juice begins to bubble through slits in crust. PEACH MOLD 1 cup sliced peaches 1 cup blackberries (or other berries) 2 cups boiling water Milk 13/4 four ounce packages cream cheese 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 package orange flavor jelly powder Arrange berries in bottom of oiled, medium-size ring mold. Place jelly powder in bowl; add boiling water andstir until dis- solved. Pour 1 cup over black- berries in ring mold. Chill until firm. Do not allow remaining 1 cup jelly powder mixture to thicken; keep it on the kitchen table. Add enough milk to cream cheese to give it a good spread- ing consistency. Spread over firm jelly in mold. Sprinkle lemon juice over peaches; arrange over cream cheese. Pour remaining 1 cup jelly powder mixture over peaches. Chill until firm. Un - mold. on chilled platter and gar- nish with additional berries. Serve with whipped cream or dairy sour cream, 5 APRICOT DESSERT 4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar 1 tablespoon corn starch 1 cup water or orange juice or half and half 3 cups stoned; washed apricots 34 to 1• teaspoon lemon rind (optional)• 1 to 2 drops almond extract y teaspoon cinnamon 1 to 134 tablespoons butter 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour 13 teaspoons baking powder ih teaspoon salt S tablespoone shortening 3 cup milk Mix 34 cup sugar and corn starch in saucepan. Add water or Orange juice slowly, stirring all the time. Add apricots. Place saucepan over high heat and bring apricot mixture to a boil, stirring continually. Boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Re move saucepan from heat and stir in lemon rind and almond extract. Spoon apricot mixture into buttered, 1112 -quart baking dish. Sprinkle with cinnamon and dot with butter. Sift to- gether sifted flour, remaining 1 tablespoon sugar, baking powder and salt. Using a pastry ' blender or two sharp knives, cut in shortening until mixture has consistency of coarse corn meal. Stir in • milk, Stir only long enough to moisten ingredients. Drop by spoonfuls onto hot apri- cot mixture. Bake in hot oven, 400 degrees F., for 25 to 30 min- utes or until golden brown, Serve warm with thick cream or ice cream. Lots Of Big Money In Britain Yet When I detrain at Waterloo Station these mornings and pre- pare to walk or bus across Wa- terloo Bridge to the office, i cannot help noticing the grow- ing a r r ay of shining, black, chauffeur - driven limousines lined up outside. Each is there to pick up one high-ranking, presumably high-powered exe- cutive — and whisk him to his managerial desk with his deci- sion-making .and money -making capacity as fresh as when he left his suburban home. These conveyances are for ex- pense - account gentlemen, and the expensive limousines are company cars with company dri- vers, provided for two good rea- sons. One is that in a country with a high tax rate, this is one means of recompensing and re- taining a good man with a legi- timate perquisite. He need not compete for a taxi, queue for a bus, or risk walking in change- able weather. Some persons have only the welfare state's ex- pensive social services behind them. But the few in luxury limousines also have welfare business backing them, A second reason for provid- ing exclusive transportation is that the company probably can charge off the car .and driver as a business expense, Which means, if you care to look at it that way, that those of us who. compete, queue, or walk indi- rectly are paying' for our col- league's plush ride. Without pursuing t h e social rightness or wrongness of this practice I only wish .to call at- tention to one paint it illus- trates about Britain in this pros- perous summer of 1959, It is that signs of big money are more obvious here than ever be- fore in the postwar era. A London man, for example, recently provided a well -catered party for his daughter. After noting the festivities, a news- paper columnist suggested to the father he wouldn't get much change from £10,000 ($28,000) when he paid the bills. And Father reportedly turned not a hair at the mention of his stag- gering sum. Recently, £275,000 ($770,000) was paid for Rubens' picture:, "Adoration of the Magi." The next day, the Westminster tiara, a pie c e of jewelry containing the two Arcot diamonds of more than 57 carats, was 3 o.1 d"for £l10,000 ($308,000) in two min- utes and ten seconds, Even that large and, famous department store,' Harrod's which is an institution known not only to the British but to legions of foreign visitors, has had an off e r of £35,000,000 ($98,000,000). This, big spending mood has causea lot of jocular com- ment, One cartoon portrayed two housewives with their bat- tered shopping bags meditative- ly contemplating the Rubens canvas with its "Sold for £275,- 000" 275;000" price -tag. "I still say," say& one, "I'd rather 'ave 'Arrods." The fabulous Westminster tiara, the two large diamonds of which were owned by the Rajah of Arcot until Clive of India captured Arcot, and the jewels passed to Queen Char- lotte, was sold to an American dealer. But the Rubens was ac- quired for a British collector and will remain in this country writes Henry .S. Hayward in The Christian Science Monitor. So great is the drawing power of famous art works and so high the prices offered that some of London's best known auction rooms have been forced to limit admission to thebig sales by ticket only, Tickets for Sothe- by's a n d Christie's sometimes are as scarce as those for Trooping the Colour on the Queen's birthday, or "My Fair Lady." With sums of money such as these being exchanged, it be- comes difficult indeed to con - v in c e the , average .worker it would be to the nation's detri- ment if he were permitted a few more shillings in his pay packet. Some of the sales of master- pieces, however, are made neces- sary by the settlement of great estates which are being broken up to meet inheritance duties. So the leveling process between Britain's very rich and those of low income still is going on. After taking ' one of those summer cruises, friend of ours says that he's shesick. UCDAY SCII001 LESSON 135 ttev tt. t arelay Watson a.A„ li.D. Prayers of the Captives (Daniel) Daniel 9: 4-10, 11-19. Memory Selection: If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways: then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins, and will heal-: their land. 2 Chron ides 1:14. Prayer is natural in time of trouble, The goal miners, res- ' cued several days after the ex- plosion had brought death to many of the comrades, did not hesitate to say, "We prayed," People driven from their homdi into the lake as a refuge from the fierce forest fire; passen- gers on a plane as the pilot tried to bring her in safety with one engine out; hunters lost in the woods: yes it is easy to pray when we are in trouble. And why shouldn'twe pray then? God has invited us to do so. "Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me." Psalm 50:15. I asked a Psychiatrist who was having wide' hospital experience in the treatment of the mental- ly ill, "Is it true that some people go insane over• religion?" He discounted the idea and put it this way. Here is a man who feels himself slipping mentally. Like other •people, becoming aware of serious trouble, he turns toward religion. Ile needs the help of a Higher . Power. People observe this increased interest in religion. The ill - mess may become worse and he is taken to a hospital, Some 'neighbours may say that his in- terest in religion made him ilk. But actually it may have been his awareness of his illness that prompted his sudden interest in religion. * s * In the first portion of the les- son Daniel is confessing the sins of his people. In the second por- tion he presents his entreaty. Confession naturally c om e s first. William N. Blair, a Pres- byterian missionary in North Korea, in his book, Gold in Korea, tells of a remarkable scene of people confessing their stns. "Every sin a human be- ing can commit , was publietly confessed that night. Pale and trembling with emotion,in ag- . ony of mind and body, guilty souls standing in the white light of that judgment, saw themselves as God saw them.— Pride was driven out, the face of manwas forgotten. — The scorn of men, the penalty of the law, even death itself seemed of small consequence if only God forgave." Public confession of sin is certainly not always de- sirable but in this instance it couldn't be stopped. Confession and repentance are followed by forgiveness. ISSUE 33 — 1959 FRIENDLY TOAST — Soviet Premier Khrushchev and Vice Presi- dent Nixon toast each other in Moscow. Next to Nixon is Dr, Milton Eisenhower, BOTTOMS UP IN LONDON — Flopping on their tummies atop a wall, these three young ladies kick up their heels near London's Buck inghorri Palace. Spending a lazy summer's afternoon. they are looking for Jennies in a fountain, •