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A few weeks ago we contended
that stock car racing is in a class
with feeding Christians to the
Now there are those who dis
agree- and there can be a case
made’that we weren’t quite cor
rect So maybe the simile doesn’t
hold to the letter. It’s still our
opinion that stock car racing is
of highly questionable morality.
With you as the jury, we offer
some further evidence, taken from
a sports writer’s column:
“Scratch one image and wel
come youn Billy Wade to the hard
aosed driving fraternity.
“Prior to Friday night’s race
jt Spartanburg, Wade was con
sidered a fellow who drove with
ais head rather than his foot. . . .
But in one electrifying moment he
aecame Joe Weatherly, Curtis
Turner and Junior Johnson of the
aid school. In a burst of anger
•arer these days than red gal
uses, Wade deliberately drove
iis Mercury into race leader Ned
iarrett’s Ford.
“It was a $15,000 wallop, that be
ng the approximate damage done
;o the two cars.
“Wade later admitted it was
ntentional. . . .
“It is such rare spurts of sava
gery of wheels which will salvage
small track racing from extinc
tion. It’s costly to the participants,
aut it’s priceless to the fan. . .
“AS THE OLD FELLOW in over
ills was heard remarking to his
companion after the slugfest was
aver, ‘Now that was racing’.”
We’ll rest our case for now.
And jump to another subject.
We haven’t seen the Catholic
papers story yet, but we have seen
secular press reports on the
Church’s present study on birth
control.
We aren’t inclined to pretend
lo be theologians. And our opinion
wouldn't be worth the ink used
to publish it.
But, without taking a stand (on
issues such as this we’re happy
;o accept Church guidance) we do
'eel constrained to make, an ob
servation.
We have eight children, a daugh
;er and seven sons. Financially,
he first child broke us. The oth
ers could do little more than give
is the opportunity to be true Demo
crats, deficit financing types.
We wonder. . .
HOW MANY SONS would we
lave (my daughter is the oldest
child) if we were members of a
church that approves of birth con
sol?
We suppose those advocates of
hrth control (We still contend
hat prevention is a more apt word)
can point to our family and use
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Karachi, Pakistan — (NC) —
Hsgr. Constancio Jaques, vicar
jeneral of the Karachi archdiocese
iince 1950, has resigned his post
n order to enter a monastery in
j’rance.
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it as proof for their arguments.
But my wonderful wife and I
wouldn’t be able to listen.
We haven’t yet found a dollar
bill that can throw it’s arms around
our necks.
You know, when our friends
tell us we have too many chil
dren, we look from Karen down
to Roger, shrug our shoulders and
say, “which one should we throw
away?”
And we wonder how we ever
got along without them. ®
New Bern Parish
Gives Reception
For Nonagenarian
Miss Daisy Theresa Swert, who
recently celebrated her ninetieth
birthday, was guest of honor at a
reception given by the members of
St. Paul’s Catholic Church on June
28.
Only surviving member of the
large family of the late Bernard
and Theresa Swert, “Miss Daisy”
as she is known by her many
friends, was born in New Bern on
June 16, 1874. At the age of four
she moved to her present home on
Broad Street where she lives with
four generations of her family. At
the age of eleven, she began serv
ing her church as organist, a duty
she faithfully performed, above all
else, for sixty years. The late Pope
Pius XII confered his apostolic
blessings on her in 1948 for her
“Outstanding and devoted duty to
her church.”
Miss Theresa Shipp greeted
guests at the door of the church
auditorium and introduced them to
the receiving line, composed of
Rev. James J. Noonan, pastor ,of
the church, Mrs. Paul McSorley,
grand regent of the Catholic
Daughters, the honoree, and five
generations of nieces, Mrs. Fred H.
Shipp, Mrs. John A. Shields, Mrs.
Dr. Earl Richard Schmidt, age
27, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Mahinske of Our Lady of Lourdes
Parish, Raleigh, N.C., completed
his Internship at Pontiac Osteo
pathic Hospital, Pontiac, Michigan,
June 30, 1964.
Dr. Schmidt, a graduate of Cathe
dral Latin High School class of
1955; received his B.S. from Bel
mont Abbey College, 1959. He
completed Doctorate studies in
Osteopathic medicine at Kansas
City College of Osteopathy and
Surgery, receiving Doctor of Os
teopathy degree in 1963.
Dr. Schmidt, begins a Surgical
Residency at Grand Rapids Os
teopathic Hospital at Grand Rapids,
Mich. July 1, 1964.
SCHOOL BELL AWARD
Seattle, Wash. — (NC) — A
CBS Reports program, “The Cath
olics and the Schools,” won for the
network a national School Bell
Award at the 102nd annual con
vention of the National Education
Association.
Frank Volney, Jr., Donna Marie
Volney, Mrs. William Bryan Smith
and Deborah Bryan Smith.
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'Truly Ecumenical Occasion
Pope to Continue
General Audiences
Vatican City — (NC) — Pope
Paul VI has styled his weekly gen
eral audience "a truly ecumenical
occasion” and has promised to con
tinue his custom of holding it.
However a subsequent announce
ment from the Pope’s Maestro di
Camera declared that the Pontiff
would discontinue his private and
special audiences from July 9 to
20.
The Pope said that the weekly
audience has become “a considera
ble and significant part of our
apostolic ministry.”
HIS REMARKS and the an
nouncement following took on spe
cial meaning because of the pres
sure being brought to bear on the
Pope to cut down his heavy sched
ule of work and audiences. While
he has been in excellent health,
some of his associates have warn
ed him that he is overtaxing him
self.
But Pope Paul, noting that in
the past the general audience
“came rather infrequently” and
now has a “tendency to assume a
more frequent rhythm and bigger
proportions” exclaimed: “Let us
praise the Lord!”
The Pope admitted that some
practical problems have arisen con
cerning the general audience,
citing the problem of finding room
for the growing number of pil
grims. He said the answers for
such problems will be found “with
the help of God.”
THE POPE WAS apparently re
ferring to plans to build a new
audience hall just outside Vatican
City. The hall, to be designed by
architect Pier Luigi Nervi, would
occupy the present site of St.
Peter’s oratory, a boys’ club next
to the Holy Office.
The Pope said some “spiritual
problems” are also arising from
the weekly audience. He said he
wondered what form an audience
should take when those attending
it represent every variety of'pro
fession, education and religion.
“WE WILL PONDER how best
to answer these obvious questions.
But we say immediately that we
will take care to preserve for this
encounter the aspect of a brief
dialogue, as we have until now.”
The Pope added that the aware
ness of his responsibility is “like
a torment,” and that it “gives us
no peace.” He quoted Christ’s
words: “I have compassion on the
multitude;” and: “Come all to
me.”
And he asked: “And we, who
have the sublime and tremendous
mission of representing Him, shall
we not willingly receive all who
come to us?”
The announcement that Pope
Paul would temporarily discontin
ue his private audiences confirm
ed also that the Wednesday gen
eral audiences would continue.
This means that the Pope would
not be leaving for his summer
home at Castelgandolfo before
July 15. It was rumored that the
Pope would leave for Castelgan
dolfo on the evening of cne 15th,
following a general sudience on
that date.
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