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WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1969 BY LAWRENCE W. ALTHOUSE WPIHIIIIt DIFIEIElIKt Lesson for June 1* 1969 Some Looks At Books By BETSY LINDAU THE INQUISITOR'S HOUSE, by Robert Somerlolt. (Viking. $5.95.) days, charged with highly in dependent spirits, stubborn men and women determined to have their rights. Sacicground Scripluro: Brodus 14-15; Leviticus 19:11- 18; Roth; Proverbs 10:1-5; Amos 7:7-9; Luka 15:3-10; 24:44; Acts 2:1-4; Philemon. Devotional Rending: Psalms 121. In this newspaper there are a variety of literary forms. On the front page there are news stories. Inside there may be editorials and columns. On other pages you may find some recipes, a weather report, classified notices, car toons, comics, letters to the editor, advertise ments, etc. Because you. recognize these differences, you read them dif ferently. Your expectations for Rev. Althouse news stories are somewhat different from your expectations for editorials. You do not regard a column like this in the same way as you would an advertisement Generally you would not turn to recipes for laughs, nor to comics for di rections in preparing food- A library Frederick William Farrar has written that “We must never lose sight of the fact that the Bible is not a single or even a homogen eous book. The Bible is, strictly speaking, not a book but a library.” Furthermore, like a newspaper, it is a library that contains many varied literary forms: prophecy, history, nar rative, poetry, wise sayings, Gospds, epistles, and apoc alypses. Recognizing these differences, we need to read them differently. This is not a new discovery. John Wycliffe, who in the fourteenth century translated the Latin Bible into English, also has passed on to us his rules for interpreting the Bible: Jt shall greatly help ye to understande Scripture, If thou mark Not only what is spoken or written. But of whom) And to whom, With what words, At what time. Where, To what intent. With what circumstances. Consider what goeth be fore And what followeth. ' The reporter and the poet In most of the ne^ trans lations of the Bible we find large portions of scripture that are rendered as poetry rather than prose. Some books of the Bible, Psalms, Proverbs, and the Song of Solomon, are entirely poetry. Other books contain poetry along with prose. It is important for us to treat Biblical poetry differently than we treat Biblical prose. The poet does not intend his words to be understood in the same man ner as the words of a reporter or a historian. He uses colorful, iniaginative language that relies heavily upon imagery. The re porter is more interested in using precise language that recounts data in as objective manner as possible. Riches Jesus used the language of im agery at times. When he said, "I am the door,” he did not intend us to interpret this to meanthathe consists of wooden planks,' a lock, hinges, and a doorknob. His par ables were not intended to be re garded in the same light as some of his other utterances. When we read the words of Jesus, therefore, we must understand what kind of language he is using if we are to know what he intended to com municate. This is no less true as we read the whole Bible. To read proph ecy in the same manner as a pastoral letter, is no more logical than to regard the weather re port in the same light as the comics. The Bible is rich in its variety and diversity and those riches can be ours only if we recognize them and approach them ac cordingly. (Boiod on ourilnot copyrighlwl by Ibo Divlilon oi ChrUHan EdiieoHon, National Council of tho Cburehn of Chriil in tho U. $. A. RtiMitd by Conununily Prms SftvktJ Throwing all restraint to the winds, Robert Somerlott has written, in The INQUISI TOR’S HOUSE, a Gothic nov el to end all Gothic novels— and a rousing good one. It has everything, ghosts, madness, mysterious deaths, exotic settings, exotic charac ters, exotic plot. The roster of characters, by itself should make it a parody—does, in fact. You have a master magician complete with black cape and waxed mustaches, not believ ing in but unable to disbelieve in the possibility of communi cation with the dead—his past as exotic as his present. You have a beautiful wom an who is able to summon the dead, her insane husband, and her servant, a hunchback call ed Little Brother. You have a cruel and friendless, half-Irish Mexican officer, a wealthy half-Indian woman who leads two lives, a Wallace-Beery type Mexican bandit, and so forth and so on. Everybody has an exotic past. Here’s the opening para graph: “At the last moment of the Day of the Dead, No vember 2, 1903, when the bells of a dozen churches were chiming midnight, an explo sion of uncertain origin dam aged the second story of a mansion which had stood for more than two centuries not far from the Governor’s Pal ace in the ancient Mexican city called Guanajuato. The blast, accompanied by an as tonishing and lovely cloud of pure white fire, turned the stone structure into an incin erator or, more accurately, a crematory, for five of its six occupants were instantly dis patched to Kingdom Come.” The mansion’s past, too, was exotic.) What a movie, it would make if we could call b’afck some of the stars who have gone on ahead-—think pf it! Lon Chan ey, John Barrymore, Errol Flynn. . . the mind reels. THE REVOLT FROM THE VILLAGE: 1915-1930,, by An thony channell Hilfer. (UNC Press. $8.50.) Carol Kennicott was de pressed by the ugliness of Main Street—would she have liked piuviumg our shopping centers better? The new structure will be 16 Work Started On Revamping N. C. Speedway Workmen began ripping up North Carolina Motor Speed way near Rockingham Thurs day in preparation for the first step of a plan that calls for almost completely reconstruct ing the one-mile super-speed way. The asphalt on the North bank (third and fourth turns) was removed and workers manning heavy equipment be gan cutting through the bank to clear the way for a tunnel. The new tunnel will be lo cated beside the, old tunnel, providing two-way access. The original force of Indian fighters numbered 106,000. 'To day there are only two surviv ing veterans of those wars. THE 1 NORTH CAROLINA COLONY, by William S. Pow ell. Illustrated. (CroWell-Col- lier. $4.50.) Although the FORGE OF FREEDOM series is intended primarily for history students, THE NORTH CAROLINA COLONY, which is one of the series, has much to interest those who are unacquainted wtih North Carolina’s history except in bits and pieces, from seeing THE LOST COLONY or visiting Tryon Palace or read ing James Boyd’s and Inglis Fletcher’s excellent novels. To most of us who have not studied history in recent years, the past tends to boil down to isolated events (often distort ed), and all continuity and significance are lost. A certain amount of disto. tion is almost inevitable, even for those who are well ac quainted with the state’s colon ial history. For example. Gov ernor Tiyon is remembered, more often than not, as a “bad guy” heartily hated by the “good guys.” Powell, who is librarian of the North Carolina Collection of the University of North Carolina, presents evidence to indicate that Tryon was, in fact, one of the best of the Royal Governors who handled the rebellious Regulators, the mobs who protested the Stamp Act, and other violent disor ders wisely and fairly. His costly Palace which be came a symbol of outrageous tyranny to many of the col onists, was, in fact, sanctioned by the very men the colonists had elected to represent them in the Assembly, but it was Tryon who was hated for it. A sort of neglected step child, the Cinderella of the Southern Colonies, North Car olina was, from its earliest She was angered by the smug ignorance of Gopher Prairie— would she have found a true love of knowledge on our campuses today? She was shocked by the. atrophied emo tions of the small town—how would she respond to the raw emotions erupting in our streets? Gopher Prairie and Spoon River, Winesburg, Ohio and Altamont are a long way back in time, aren’t they? In 1921 Carl Van Doran named “the revolt from the village” as an attack on a cherished Ameri can belief: “the belief that the American small town is a rural paradise exempt from remediable tragedies of the place characterized by sweet innocence, an environment in which the best in human na ture could flower serenely, a the vices, complexities, and ir- cities.” Mark Twain had already outdone all of them when he wrote “The Man Who Corrupt ed Hadleyburg,” but in the early years of this century a number of writers—^H. L. Men cken, Van Wyck Brooks, Willa Cather, Edgar Lee Masters and Sherwood Anderson, among others — began presenting a “more realistic interpretation of the town, emphasizing its moral repressiveness and stul tifying conformity, and pro testing its standariiized dull ness.” Most of these writers de scribed their own home towns; most of them were products of the environments they de plored, and handicapped by it. According to Hilfer, who is a professor of English at the University of Texas, Masters and Lewis vvere particularly affected. feet wide, 11 feet high and will include a four-foot wide pedestrial walkway. The banked turns at the South’s youngest super-speed way which opened with the American 500-mile race in 1965, will be rebuilt from straightaway to straightaway. The track’s next race will be the fifth annual American 500 on Oct. 26. The new design for the turns was developed by Met- rolina Construction and De velopment Company after weeks of surveying and feed ing information into compu- tors. The engineers worked closely with veteran driver Paul Goldsmith. The turns are devised for maximum speed and safety with increasing degree of banking going into and com ing off the turns. The new turns will be banked 20 to 22 degrees compared with 14 to 16 degrees previously. The revamping procedure was instigated by the necessi ty of a new tunnel and the economical aspect of repaving at the same time. Speedway officials decided that since it was necessary to cut through the North bank, it would be preferable to tilt the banking a bit more for greater speed. Then followed the decision to rebuild both turns. Original plans called for extending the track to XVz miles. However, the reaction of fans and drivers caused speedway officials to recon sider. Track president J. Elsie Webb said, “Fans told us we had the best and begged us not to change. So we decided to settle for some improve ments.' It has been decided to have a “forgiveness period” for the overdue books of students in order to get back aS many books as possible before the end of school. On May 29, 30 and 31, students who return overdue, books will not be fined in excess of twenty-five cents per book. This applies to school and Community college students, and is only for the the last three, days of May. A noteworthy new book is “When the Enemy is Tired,” a chilling, but completely ab sorbing story of a prisoner of war in 1975. The author, Rus sell Braddon, an Australian, was imprisoned in Malaya dur ing World War H where he learned about brainwashing methods. The horror of this book is made bearable by the way in which it is written. Colonel Tony Russell, the pris oner, is forced to write of his boyhood in great detail, and it is this that shows how he be came the man he is. This mov ing and often funny account dominates the book until its ironic ending. A skilKully written and thought provok ing book. We also have “The Mind That Found Itself,” a reprint of the biography of Clifford William Beers which was first published in 1908. It is horrify ing in its descriptions of his confinement in an asylum of that time. Upon his recovery Dr. Beers devoted his life to improving conditions for the mentally ill. This book, which reads like fiction, has the in formation of a text book on the history of efforts to pre vent and control mental ill ness for the past two decades. For mystery lovers there is The Valentine Victim” by Dougal McLeish The story is laid in Ontario, and although the characters are somewhat exaggerated, McLeish has a good plot. “Dark Symphony” is a splendid collection of Negro Literature in America. Edited by James A. Emanuel and Theodore L. Gross, it has in structive prefaces to each section besides a brief outline of the life of each author or poet. It begins with Freder ick Douglas, who was born a slave, and goes on through the Early Literature to the section called “Negro Awak ening,” which included the- poet of the twenties, CoUn- tee Cullen, and then to the major authors, among whom are, James Baldwin ahd Rich ard Wright. The, book ends with contemporary literature. This book is a course in itself, and one only regrets that there is not enough space to include more of several of the writers., Nevertheless Hilfer is at his most interesting when he writes of Sinclair Lewis, and most particularly in his criti cism of Lewis’s best novel, ELMER GANTRY. Tom Wolfe enters late and hardly seems to fit in the re volt. If he showed up Ashe ville still his struggle for free dom seems to jhave been directed primarily 'against his own family. He was like the others in that he also loved his home town, and in that he had nothing much better to sug gest. .. Whispering Pines News VETERAN BENEFITS The widow of a veteran who died of a service-connected condition niay receive depend ency and indemnity compensa tion regardless of her income, according to W. R. Phillips, Manager of the North Carolina Veterans Administration Reg ional Office'. But, he added, an income limitation does ap ply to a widow if the VA death pension is for a wartime veter an who died of a condition not attributable to service. Attend The Chureh of Your Choiee Next Sunday Reference Books For Graduation Gifts The New Funk and Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary Plain 6.50 Indexed 7.50 Random House Dictionary College Edition Plain 6.95 Indexed 7.95 Bartlett's Familiar Quotations 14 th Edition 15.00 Roget's Thesaurus Revised & Modermzed Plain 6.95 Indexed 7.95 Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary Plain 5.75 Indexed 6.75 Prints - Cards - Notes - Puzzles 180 W. Penn. Ave Call 692-3211 ST. ANTHONY’S CATHOLIC Vermont Ave. at Ashe St. Father John J. Harper SUNDAY MASSES 8:00 — 9:15 — 10:30 A.M. DAILY MASSES 7:45 A.M. (except Friday, 11:16 A.M.) HOLT DAY MASSES 7 A.M., 6:30 P.M.. 7:80 P.M. Confes sion Saturday, 4:80 to 6:30 P.M. and 7:30 to 8:30 P.M. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH New York Ave. at South Ashe St. John Dawson Stone, Minister Bible School, 9:46 a.m. Morning Worship Service, tl a.m. Youth Forums 6:00 p.m. every Son. Lay Ministry Ciass, Wednesday p30 p.m. Choir practice Wednesday 8:16 p.m. Missionary meeting first and third Tuesdays, 8:00 p.m. Church fam ily suppers second Wednesday, 7 p.m. BROWNSON MEMORIAL CHURCH (Presbyterian) May St. at Ind. Ave. James R. Dellert, Pastor Early Service 9:00 a.m. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. Worship Service, 11 a.m. .« «« Women of the Church meetings 12:00 Noon. Luncheon - 3rd Monday. The Youth Fellowships meet at 6 p.m. each Sunday evening. CALVARY MEMORIAL CHURCH Civic Club Building Ashe St. and Pennsylvania Avenue Kent Kelly, Minister Sunday School, 9:46 a.m. Worship Service, Sunday 11 a.m. Evening Service, 7 :S0 p.m. Young People's Meeting, Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Mid-Week Service, Wedhea- day, 8 p.m. Telephone 692-2251. EMMANUEL CHURCH <Epi»copiil) East Massachusetts Avena. Martin Caldwell, Hector (Summer Schedule Throusrh Sep. 1) Holy Communion 8 a.m. Parish Service, 10 a.m. Holy Communion, Tuesdays and Holy Bays, 10 a.m. Penick Home, Tuesdays 5 p.m., ’Thursdays at 10 a.m. MANLY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Manly - Southern Pines Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Worship Service 11:00 a.m, P. Y. Fellowship 6:00 p.m. Choir rehearsals: Youth choir Wed. 7:16 p.m. Adult choir Wed. 7:46 p.m. Mid-Week Prayer Service, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Men of the Church, Second Tuesday, Women of the Church, Third Tuesday, 8 p.m. Prayer Circle every Wednesday, 10 :00 a.m. ST. at THE UNITED CHURCH OP CHRIST (Chnrch of Wide Fellowship) Cor. Bennett & New Hampshire Ava. John E. Harrison, Pastor Sunday School, 9:46 a.in. Worship Service, 11 a.m. Youth Fellowship, Sunday 6:00 p.m. Women’s Fellowship meets 4th Thurs day at 12:30 p.m. Tele-A.Prayer — Dial 692-2941 JAMES LUTAeRAN CHURCH (Missouri Synod) 983 W. New Hampshire Ave. R. E. Neely, Pastor Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Worship Service, 11:00 a.m. Bible Study, Tuesdays 7:80 p.m. OUR SAVIOUR LUTHERAN CHURCH U.S. I South Phillip W. Deese, Pastor Worship Services, 8:30 & 11 a.m. Sunday Church School, 9:45 a.m. Youth Ministny, Sundays. 7 p.m. Church Women. 1st Monday each month, 8 p.m. , Men’s Breakfast, 1st Saturday each month, 7:30 a.m. Junior Choir, Wednesday, 3:30 p.m Senior Choir, Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Pastoral Counseling by appointment. TRINITY A.M.E. ZION CHURCH W. Pennsylvania Ave. Sonthern Pines Joseph Johnson, Minister Sunday School, 9:46 a.m. Worship Service, 11 a.m. Senior Choir, Tuesday, 7:80 Mid-Week Prayer Service, Wednes day, 7:80 p.m. Methodist Women, 2nd Thursday each month, 7 FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST New Hampshire Avenue Sunday Service, 11 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Wednesday Service, 7:30 p.m. Reading Room open Mon. & Wed. 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.: Fri., 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Whispering Pines Ladies Golf Association held its first Invitational Tourna ment on Tuesday, May 20. The Southern Pines Country Club, Green Valley C. C. and Iron- gate C. C. of Fayetteville par ticipated in the event. In the Championship Flight low gross of 82 was won by Mrs, Harold Scott, Whispering Pines; Mrs. T. C. Worth, Southern Pines, low net of 73. Mrs. A. A. Barton, Whispering Pines, had low putts. In the First Flight, Mrs. John Cawley, Southern Pines won low gross, with Mrs. J. McConnell, Southern Pines low net. Mrs. T. E. Ardis, Whispering Pines had low putts. In the Second Flight low gross was won by Mrs. A. York, Green Valley; low net by Mrs. K. Ryneska, Irongate and Mrs. H. Wiggins, Green Valley had low putts. In the Third Flight all the winners were from Whispering I Pines; Mrs. Victor Wade, low [gross; Mrs. Cliff Zweier, low met and Mrs. Evan Dirkse won Ilow putts. In the Fourth Flight Mrs. Andrew Bridgeman had low gross; Mrs. M. Gilmore, South ern Pines, low net; low putts by Mrs. George Alford, Whis pering Pines. In the Fifth Flight Mrs. Roy Curl, Whispering Pines, low gross; Mrs. L. Breece, Green Valley, low net and Mrs. J. E. M. Wilson, Whispering Pines, low putts. Nearest to the pin on the Par 3, twelfth hole, was won by Mrs. Donald Bean, Whis pering Pines. Mrs. Anne Threatt, Green Valley was the most persistent golfer and the most inconsistent was Mrs. Ray Chuzas, Whispering Pines. The Nine-Hole Group also had a tournament. Low gross was won by Mrs. Weaver Gar nett, low net by Mrs. E. Vur- gason; low putts by Mrs. Ar thur Cushing. The most per sistent golfer was Mrs. Clad Wood. After the tournament a buffet luncheon was served at the Holiday Inn in Southern Pines, at which time door prizes were awarded. (Persons with civic, sports, social or other news of the Whispering Pines community, for publication in this column, are asked to call Mrs. W. Russell Jepson, 692-8437.) L0N6 MrADOW It looks like Montgomery. ' But it says Long Meadow. That’s right! Only the name has been changed The producers for Montgomery recently joined the Long Meadow Farms producers. Together they can offer you more efficient processing and service Nothing is changed but the name. It's Still the same locally-Produced Milk NEW HOMES TO BE BUILT * : mmmmi'- Two houses are now under construction. From more than 50 available floor plans, we can build the home you select in 90-120 days on one of our 1/2 acre lots. Heat pumps installed in all homes furnish air conditioning, heat, and humidity control. All ceilings and walls are fully insulated. All telephone lines and power lines are underground. 20 year financing avail able through F.H.A.. V.A. and Area Banking Sources including Savings & Loan Associations. Title (deed) insurance available within 10 days. CLEARWATER ESTATES Main Entrance - North Side of N. C. Highway #5 - 1 mile west of Aberdeon F. Dan Farrell - P.O. Box 837 - Southern Pines - Phones 944-2364 - 944-1292 CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE METHODIST CHURCH Midland Road H. S. Winberry, Paator Church School 9:46 a.m. Worship Service 11:00 a.m. MYF 6:00 p.m. WSCS meets each third Monday. This Space Donated in the Interest of the Churches by SANDHILL DRUG CO. SHAW PAINT & WALLPAPER CO. A8:P TEA COMPANY JACKSON MOTORS. INC. Your FORD Dealer ROY KELLY Landscape Service CLARK St BRADSHAW on withdrawable Savings BONUS „ c . a * TVTvv,.. 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