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Th« Dally Eannar, GraancatHa, Indiana Thursday, April 28, 1966

Refigion In America

•y Unitad fran lirt«motion«l If ■ a tar* churchgoer who flo*mt occasionally fed a close V4i«A<p with Ehitychu*. Butychus, you may recall, was a Greek youth who won a place in the Bible Acta 20:7-12 by Calling asleep and tumbling from a balcony during a longwinded sermon by the apostle

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Butychus might never have achieved red-faced immortality had he been able to read a new-ly-published paperback entitled “A Listener's Guide to Preaching” Abingdon Press. . The author, the Rev. Dr. William D. Thompson, is professionally engaged in teaching

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preachers how to preach. He is ssenrial’T professor of homiletics at Eastern Baptist Theological leiniiniji in Philadelphia. In the line of duty. Dr. Ustens to at least six practice sermons a week. Mo mu needa to tell him that preachers sometimes have very little to say, and that they often take an Inordinately long

time to say it

But OMnmunication is a twoway affair. If it is to succeed, some effort must be put forth by the listener es well as by the epee her Dr. Thompson contends there is no sermon so dull that the men in the pew can’t get something out of it if he accepts his own responsibility for “careful, creative listening.” The first step toward creative listening, he eays, is to clear your mind of certain widespread, misconceptions about what a sermon is supposed to be. A sermon is not primarily intended to be a commentary on current events, a Biblical lec-

Hollywood News

By Vernon Scott Hollywood UPI Who do you boo and Uss these days in the movies heroes or villains? According to producer—director Bill Castle you're in trouble if you cheer the hero, and you’re really “with it” if you root for the villain. Caatle should know. His horror movies are cleaning up because his heavies are the darlings of the public. ‘Humor is the frosting on the gore,” says Castle, a jolly white haired man who could play Santa Claus with a little makeup and a false beard. “Bvil itself is a thing of the past in movies. But villains like “Goldfinger” and those comic heavies on the “Batman” have become popular because there’s a little of the villain in all of us. “Our society is topsy-turvy. The old virtues are gone and we’va become a nation of villains. Evil is dirty. No one can endorse it. But villany can be fun—take the James Bond heavies for example.” In Castle’s latest shocker, “Lat’a Kill Unde,” the uncle commits a murder off screen and Uvea to tell about it in the end. If he proves to be a popular character the producer will star him again In a sequel. Another reason for the popularity of vtfUaiis, according to Castle, is the murderous streak in heroes. “Tory’s good guy shoots to MIL In the old days the heroes were astonishingly good marksmen, shooting the guns, knives, dirim and hatchets right out of the bad guys’ hands. No more. Mow they aim for the heart. And inasmuch as rim villain Is on the receiving end It is only proper that he be -offered n certain amount of sympathy.

ture, or a lesson in Christian living. It may indude any or all of those elements, but they are secondary to its basic purpose, which is to proclaim the word of God that has been expressed in Jesus Christ. “Unless you confront the living Christ in the sermon and reorder your life because you sense His claim on you,” says Dr. Thompson, “you have simply heard some good advice from a nice man.” True preaching is not a man talking about God but an event in which God reveals himself through the operation of His Holy Spirit, in tbs heart of the listener no less than in the worst of the speaker. Even if you recognise all of this, however, you may find your attention wandering and your eyes glazing over during a sermon. It may help you to know that the human mind is capable of absorbing information aurally about three times intelligibly. Few people can speak faster than 200 words a minute, but many have “listening speeds” as high as 600 or 700 words a minute. Instead of trying to slow your thinking to the space of the speaker’s voice, Dr. Thompson suggests using the “space time” to reflect on the content of the sermon. One useful technique is to concentrate on trying to pinpoint— and express in one sentence of your own—the main idea which you think the preacher is trying to get across. Then you can outline in your mind his or supporting arguments as they unfold. Or you <»an anticipate what his next point will be. If the main idea of the sermon doesn’t seem to have any immediate relevance to your own life. Dr. Thompson suggests, listen for something else— It may be a verse of scripture, an illustration, a line of poetry, or just a random phase of the sermon—that does hit home. If you listen closely, there’ll nearly always be something to chew on, even in the worst sermon. In applying the insights of a sermon to concrete situations, however, remember what Jesus said about getting the plank out of your own eye before trying to remove the splinter from your friend’s eye. “To discern correctly and with insight the things God wants at say to the man in the next pew or to the church across town doesn’t count as creative listening,” says Dr. Thompson. “It is TOU God Is trying to get through to.”

By Gaylord P. Godwin WASHINGTON UPI — The Agriculture Department considers U. S. carryover stocks of farm commodities to be at manageable levels because of export and acreage diversion programs during the past five years. The agricultural surpluses five years ago were among the department’s big concerns. This July the wheat carryover will be nearly 57 per cent lower than it was in July, 1961. The feed grain carryover on Oct 1 will be 34 per cent tower than in 1961. The department's Economic Research Service said exports

stone would not have brought about the sharp cut in the feed grain carryover from 85 million tone to 56 millions tons, nor the cut in the wheat carryover from 1.41 billion bushels to 610 million bushels. ERS said that even with the same export level, total production from harvested and diverted acreage would have pushed feed grain abodes to 333 million tons by this year, and wheat stocks to more than 1.6 billion bushels. The ERS projections were based on two assumptions: That yields on the acreage Averted would have been only 90 per cent of those obtained from the

acreage harvested; that prices for both wheat and feed grains would have remained at the same levels as in the 1961-65 period. Department economists believe that feed grain stocks this coming October—the beginning of the feed grain marketing year—will be more than adequate for all demands. For wheat, stocks on July 1 will have been reduced to a volume considered adequate as a national reserve.

New Maysville News Mrs. Ethel Keck of near Brick Chapel visited last week with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Peari Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown and family of near Eminence, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Leak and family of Indianapolis were visitors

PASS PERFECTION TULSA, Okla. UPI — Tulsa end Howard TwiHey holds national college records for most caught in a game (19), (134) and career (261); most touchdown passes caught in a game (5), season (16) and earner (32); and most pass-re-ceiving yardage to a season (1*799) and career (3,343).

NEGRO FUND GAINS HEW YORK UPI — The United Negro College Fund reports it received a record sum of 94.2 million during 1965. The total represents a |1 mutton gain over 1964 and is the in the

Pension Retirement Laws Unfair To Women - Tipton

ELDEN C. TIPTON

A man and his wife, along with being partners in marriage, are also business partners, whether the man works in n factory or is n professional man or former- his wife is his business partner. He toils at his daily labor while she keeps up her end of the partnership by caring for the children, keeping house, cooking and her other numerous chores . . . they are partners In living. Most states have recognized this partnership by enacting community property laws. However, there Is one ginring oversight! Social Security income and pensions are predicated on his salary. If the woman should become widowed it’s as though her husband was fired from his job. The income from Social Security and pensions is not under our present laws, fair to widows. She Is treated more like a dependent than n partner. If nominated and elected, this is just one of the injustices I wiU tight in WashingVOTE FOR ELDEN C. TIPTON Candidatm For CONGRESS — 7th Dist. DEMOCRAT PRIMARY Hear My Channel If Programs Friday, April 29 Monday, May 2 Both Days — §M p^s.

My Democrat Friends And Putnam County Citizens In staking tha offica off Putnam County Commissionar from tha Sacond District, I can offfar you only honasty and sound business principles in order to bring batter roads, and improvad county government to each and ovary one of us. I am a formar member off the Putnam County Council roprosonting Greencastle City and Township from 1958 to 1962. Then retired and did not run for re-election. Served on the Tax Adjustmant Board. Actively engaged in operating grain and livestock farms. Associated with tha Martin Marriotto Corp. as sales agent for past seven years. I have lived in and around Greencastle, for the past 40 years, and graduated from tho Greoncastle High School system in 1943. May I serve YOU, tha people of Putnam County? Your friend and neighbor, JAMES G. REASOR

during the week of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Leak and family. Rufus Buttery was taken to the Crawfordsville hospital last visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Clarsomo better. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Soot and daughter Mrs. William Soots and daughter, were Tuesday night supper guests of Mr. (and Mrs. Bob Leak and family. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ward of Linsburg, Mrs. Harold Soots and daughter, Mrs. William

Soots end daughter, Bob and Violet Leak, Sharon Hart and children and Roy Weller, were Monday. The last report he was ence Ward during the week. Marsha Solomon of near Bainbridge spent Friday night and Saturday with her friend Cathy McGuire. Mr. and Mrs. John McGuire spent Sunday with their son and family, Mr. and Mrs. John D. McGuire.

FATAL WIND WASHINGTON UPI — The scourge of the Sahara is a southeast wind known as irifi. It stirs up a blinding cloud of sand and dust that can be fatal to man and beast, reports the National Geographic Society.

Clean electric appliances after use by rubbing them with a little detergent on a damp sponge. Then dry with a clean cloth.

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A 5-Point Program For All Tho Pooplo. 1. Work with and oarn tho respect of teenagers. 2. Complete cooperation with all state, federal, and local enforcement officials. 3. Immediate response to all calls and complaints. 4. One Deputy on night duty. 5. Sheriffs office and jail will bo operated on a minimum budget.

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