Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 57, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 8 October 1959 — Page 2
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Knights Os Columbus Mark Founder's Day Specking at the annual founder's day dinner-dance at the Decatur Knighis of Columbus hall Wednesday evening, John W. Gerlach told the audience, of more than 250 persons that "Christopher Columbus brought the holy faith to the North American continent, and it is now the job of the Knights of Columbus to carry on (he work that he initiated." Gerlach, who is the chairman of the state council speaker’s bureau, delivered a brief outline of why the name of Christopher Columbus is associated with the Catholic laymen’s fraternity known 1 now as the Knights of Columbus. Cosmopolitan Group Formed Gerlach told how the Rev. Michael J. McGivney formulated the idea for a Catholic lay group to assist in promoting Catholic action amongst the immigrants flowing daily into the United States arcxind 1880. The idea of a cosmopolitan group readily took hold and on March 9, 1882, the Knights of Columbus took physical form. Previous to the actual forming, when Father McGivney and his committee was searching for a man horn history to use as a symbol for their organization, they delved fully into the life of Columbus when it became apparent that he was probably the most versatile of Catholic laymen. A strong re-
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ligious impulse had been instrumental in his desire to explore and discover. He sought wealth to free the Holy Sepulchre from the hands of the infidels and even left this written in his will. But more so, he dedicated his flag ship, the Santa Maria, whose main sail was emblazoned with a likeness of the Blessed Virgin Mary, to his personal crusade against paganism. Gerlach concluded the talk by telling the group of K. of C. members and their wives that the charter of organization provides for charity, unity and brotherly love. Today, he said, 1,100,000 men are united into one group. All these men, he concluded, could do much for Holy Mother church as individuals, but as a group they do many fold more. Others Speak Gerlach spoke after the dinner and prior, to the evening dance. Denzil Dowell served as master of ce'emomes and Gene Braun, grand knight, delivered a few well chosen words. The invocation was given by the Rev. Robert Contant of St. Mary’s Catholic church. Dancing followed from 9 to midnight with the npusic of John Fay and nis orchestra. Plans were also announced for the annual New Year's Eve dance, for which reservations must be turned in well beforenand.
Legion Criticizes Le May Statement INDIANAPOLIS (UPD — The American Legion’s national executive committee was on record today as highly critical of Gen. Curtis LeMayin his recent statement that the National Guard is not adequate to meet an enemy attack. The committee adopted a resolution deploring LeMay’s statements on grounds they would “tend to destroy" the combat effectiveness of the guard. The committee called the criticism “a vicious and unjustified blow at America’s citizen soldier.” The committee also adopted resolutions urging action against security risks on defense projects, supporting the Office of Civil Defense and Mobilization, favored “balanced” defense forces and incentives for men to remain in the armed service, and the manufacture of “survival kits” for use in case of atomic attack. Another resolution urged that the draft law be amended to permit assignment of men who have escaped the draft to civil defense work. >
Herbert Hoover Speaks On Juvenile Problems
EDITOR S NOTEi In the followinj dispatch written far United Press International, former President Herbert Hoover speaks out on the problem of juvenile delinquency. He recommends, as one means of combatting it, formation of youth organisations, such as the Boys* Clubs of America, with which he has been associated more than 25 years. By HERBERT HOOVER Written for UPI NEW YORK (UPI) - Twentynine years ago, when assembling a White House conference on health and problems of children and youth, I said: If we could have but one generation of properly born, trained, educated and healthy children, a thousand other problems of government would vanish. That was an ideal a long way from realization. But it was a great ideal. That conference reviewed the whole of the problems to be solved. It suggested remedies for our ills. It issued a “children’s charter” which was circulated to millions through the press and otherwise. Same Problems Today Today another White House conference is struggling with the same problems. The obstacles to the attainment of the ideals of 1930 are the same now as they were then. But the situtaion has grown worse. In 1957 the number of teen-agers arrested for crime was 740,000.• The causes are the same now as they were twenty-nine years ago; parental neglect; lack of religious training as the base of morals; and slum areas where the only outlets for kids are the pavements and where the gregarious instinct of youngsters leads to the forming of gangs which drift into crime. The basic solution twenty-nine years ago was, and is now, to organize prevention whatever the merits of punishment may be. The weeding out of the slums is helpful, but that does not cure the street problem. The creation of playgrounds is also helpful, but playgrounds without organized sports and their systematic direction is not the whole answer. Despite these efforts teen-age crime is increasing. No Born Criminals Kids are not born criminals. But they are dynamos of energy, curiosity and adventure. One aid to the solution of their problems, as I see it, is to create faculties by which their explosive
energy has an alternative to the streets and pavements; a place where character - building can overcome the failure of parents; where sportsmanship, second only to religious faith, is a teacher of morals and can be substituted for the gang. And don’t blame parents too much. They cannot keep the kids off the streets after school and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. There are many character building institutions working in these fields. They have proved by innumerable statistics that they are an effective method of prevention. But all of them lack sufficient financial support. Cites Own Experiences I can cite some experiences in one of these organizations where I have taken a part for some twenty-five years. That is the Boys’ Clubs. These clubs, built in slum areas, offer sports, games, recreation, fun and comradeship; they give preliminary training in handicrafts, in the enjoyment of reading and music and in methods of health—all under skilled and sympathetic guidance and direction. And these facilities are open that part of the day, every day, when the boys are out of school and until they should go to bed in their own homes. The astonishing growth of these clubs in the last quarter of a century is proof that they are a contributicn to the solution of the problem.
Says Pinball Owners Innocent Os Charge CROWN POlrtT, Ind. (UPD—A special judge ruled today that seven pinball machine owners charged after a raid weeks ago were innocent of violating the law because police introduced no evidence of cash payoffs to winners. Harold Hector, a Hammond attorney, issued the ruling in connection with a suit filed by the owners of nine pinball machines to force lawmen to return the devices. The machines were confiscated in raids staged on orders of Lake County Prosecutor Floyd Vance after a judge at Lebanon ruled the pinballs with free play recordings were violations of the state anti-gambling laws. The owners had contended the machines were not in operation at the time of the raids.
■■ MW V ' I SSIiIIIh fcO •> v,f .1 J a GRACING PARIS —Princess Grace of Monaco, the former you know who, holds daughter Princess Caroline and gives the camera a smile on arrival in Paris. She also brought her son. Prince Albert. Prince Rainier was arriving later.
Twin Celebration WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (UPI) —Joseph Torneo wasn’t too surprised when his wife gave birth to twins. After all, he’s a twin and it was his birthday.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1959
A Thought for Today WALPOLE, Mass. (UPD—From The Mentor, Walpole State Prison newspaper: “An electric chair is a good example for period furniture, because it always ends the sentence.”