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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1954
By LOCKIE PARKER
Some Looks At
Books
THE ROYAL FAMILY by
Pierre Berion (Knopi! $3.75). This
bock deals with the personalities
and idiosyncrasies of the British
royal fsimily from Victoria and
Albert down to Elizabeth II and
her children. It is sympathetic
but candid. The author is a Can
adian and a journalist, so his ac
count has less reticence than a
Briton might have shown and all
the liveliness one expects from the
editor of a popular magazine and
a writer of scripts for a radio au
dience.
Mr. Berton explains many of
the confUcting characters and
characteristics by the mixture of
two different strains,—the lusty,
violent, impulsive Hanovers and
the serious, moral, restrained Co
burgs. Queen Victoria was the
daughter of a marriage between
these two families, and her own
husband was a Coburg. Albert
was a conscientious, hard-work
ing man but never popular. Her
son, Edward VII, reverted more
to the Hanoverian love of pleas
ure and good living. He was more
popular with the people despite
a few scandals. Later monarchs
showed varying mixtures.
You will not find any profound
discussion of the politics of the era
here but you will learn how
Queen Alexandra was so hopeless
ly unpunctual that she even de
layed the coronation and had her
husband pounding on the door
and calling, “Alexandra, if you
persist in being troublesome you
shall not be crowned at all!” But
this Danish princess was also
•beautiful, generous and adored
her children.
The dramatic case of the Duke
of Windsor is treated with so
much sympathy that you surmise
the author feels that he would
have acted the same way under
the same circumstances. He sug
gests that the marriage with Mrs.
Simpson and the abdication were
only the climax of a long series of
rebellions against the restrictions
imposed on royalty and a distaste
for being the symbol of power
when he had so little.
About a third of the book is de
voted to Elizabeth II whom he ad
mires profoundly for her devotion
to duty, her poise and charm.
THE PEOPLE OF ..SOUTH
AFRICA by Sarah Gertrude Mil-
lin (Knopf $4.50). For those who
want to understand the racial sit
uation in South Africa, this book
is the answer. Mrs. Millin first
published a part of it as “The
South Africans” in 1926, then re
vised it in 1934. Since then there
have been changes in South Afri
ca, and the present volume has
taken cognizance of these.
Mrs. Millin is best known for
her distinguished novels, but this
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book is not fiction. It is a history
of South Africa from its settling
up to the present time. South
Africa was discovered by the
Portugese explorers the same year
that Columbus dicovered Ameri
ca. This fact makes it interesting
to compare the difference in de
velopment in these two countries.
Both have been melting pots for
many different peoples, but in the
case of South Africa there has not
been as much assimilation of
other national strains as here.
While they speak of the Union of
Scuth Africa, there is no real
unity even among the white peo
ple.
Their racial problem cannot be
compared with ours as the natives
there outnumber the whites forty
to one. They also have an East In
dian problem. Indians have been
there, it is said, since, the time
of King Solomon, but it was not
until 1860 that Indians were im
ported to work the sugar planta
tions. They were a prolific people
and in time presented a problem,
as their status was better than
that of the natives. This recogni
tion of Indian rights was gained
by a campaign of Passive Resist
ance led by the young Ghandi.
All of these problems are shown
with clarity by Mrs. Millin but
she no more than anyone' else is
able to solve them. The book is
written with beauty' and feeling,,
and one feels the earnestness of
her desire to understand.
—JANE H. TOWNE
BORN A YANKEE by Grace
Carstens (MCacmillan $3.00). This
story of a girl, Kate Fyfe, born
on Cape Cod in 1914, depicts a life
that one can hardly believe still
exists—that of the native New
Englander living in the traditional
ways, side by side with the out
siders or “summer people.” Kate
was the slave of the family tradi
tion. The first Fyfe had left the
Plymouth colony in order to have
more independence than he found
there. Kate’s father was a hard
father and expected a great deal
cf her. Although she developed a
considerable musical talent, she
was not allowed to go to Boston
to study.
She finally managed to break
away at the age of thirty-four.
The story of her escape makes in
teresting reading. It is written in
the fifst person and at the end,
Kate says, “I have committed the
first Cape miracle. Although
plenty of outsiders have come and
stayed, I am the first native that
has voluntarily become an out
sider.” —JANE H. TOWNE
PILOT PETE by Alan VUliets
Scribner's $2.50). Here is a new
tale of the sea for youngsters writ
ten by a man whose sea lore has
delighted both adults and chil
dren. The hero of this one is a gay
young porpoise named Pete who
rolics around an Antarctic island
with sea gulls, albatrosses, hump
back ‘ whales and his special
friend, a sea elephant. There are
lots of gay drawings of these crea
tures, and I especially liked the
droll sea elephant who is called
Slackpants and looks it. They all
ke a hand in trying to teach a
backward young albatross, call
Jet-propelled,” to fly. Then one
day there comes a storm and a
ship, and life gets to be very ex
citing for the animals and birds
around Perseverance Harbour.
Tactical use of atomic weapjons
will be an important phase in the
Army’s atomic defense maneuver
“Flash Bum.”
THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
WITH THE
Armed Forces
Pvt. Jesse W. Cobb, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim M. Cobb, Route 2,
Carthage, will move to Fort Bragg
with Headquarters Company of
the 27th Engin^r Combat Bat
talion for Exercise Flash Burn
during April and May.
His unit, stationed at Fort
Campbell, Ky., is one of more
than 165 Army units which will
test the nation’s newest weapons
and tactics during the large scale
training maneuver.
Private Cobb, whose wife, Cath
erine, lives at Fort Campbell, is
a driver in the unit’s Medidal De
tachment. He entered the Army in
May, 1953.
William Kenneth McCrimmon,
19, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R.
McCrimmon of Pinehurst, is com
pleting his Air Force basic mili
tary training course at Lackland
Air Force Base, the “(J^ateway to
the Air Force.”
His beisic military training is
preparing him for entrance into
Air Force technical training and
for assignment in specialized
work. The course includes a scien
tific evaluation of his aptitude
arid inclination for following a
particular vocation and career.
BY DR. KENNETH J. FOREMAN
Scripture: John 17.
Devotional Beading: I Timothy
2: l-8a.
Bookmobile
Schedule
DRIVE CAREFULLY — SAVE A UFE!
Mrs. Standley To
Be W.M.U. Speaker
Mrs. Robert Standley, mission
ary to Brazil, will be guest speak
er at the annual meeting of the
South Sandy Creek Woman’s Mis
sionary Union Wednesday, April
7, at 10 a. m. The Woman’s Mis
sionary Union of the Cameron
Baptist Church will be hostesses
for the meeting. Rev. L. M.
Dixon is pastor of the church and
Mrs. Lloyd Thomas is W. M. U.
president.
Lunch will be served at 12:30
p. m. Members of all W. M. U.
Societies are invited to attend.
HOMECOMING DAY
Homecoming Day at Presbyteri
an Junior College, Maxton, will be
observed Saturday, April 3, with
the alumni luncheon at 1 p. m.,
followed by the annual alumni
meeting. A baseball game with
Chowan College will follow. At
8 p. m. the Homecoming Dance
will be held in the McNair Cafe
teria. On Saturday, April 10, High
School Day will be observed on
the campus.
It often takes as many as 10
applications of insecticide to con
trol boll weevils in North Caroi
lina cotton.
Pray for Others
Lesson for April 4,1954
AX^HAT Christ prayed for, we
T » have,a right to pray for. This
is not to say that we can, so to
speak, simply quote his prayers af
ter him and sign our name in place
of his. He prayed for objects for
which we need not now pray, as
when he prayed for Simon Peter.
But the kind of thing for which he
prayed is the kind
of thing for which
his followers can
boldly pray. For
no one has ever
known the mind of
God so well as
Jesus. To pray
against the mind
of God is to pray
in vain; to pray
with God’s mind is Dr. Foreman
to pray with success. One point is
clear from all Jesus’ prayers, but
especially from the great prayer
in John 17; it is that the blessing
of God rests on sincere prayer for
others.
They Should Know It
Let us hope it is not impertinent
to pass on a few thoughts suggest
ed by this prayer of Christ, espe
cially with regard to praying for
other people. Intercessory prayer
in the true sense is always un
selfish, though one may literally
pray for other persons with a self
ish motive. For instance, if a wom
an whose husband is a candidate
for office prays for his election,
that is praying for some one else,
right enough; but maybe she is
saying one word for him and two
for herself. So an ambitious mother
might pray that her child would
make good in Hollywood. (—and
bring home the bacon.) This is
not intercessory prayer in the
Christian sense. Christ’s prayer for
others shows that he deeply and
completely desired their highest
good. But he does not offer this
prayer in silence and solitude. He
prays in their hearing, they knew
they were on his heart. We Cannot
always pray in the presence of
those for whom we pray; but it
does them great good to know we
are carrying them on our hearts
before God. No service of friend
or loved one is more cherished
than the simple yet sublime serv
ice of intercessory prayer.
Schedule of the Moore County
Bookmobile for the week April
5-9 has been announced as follows:
Monday—Niagara, 2 p.m.; to
Union Church with stops at Mar
tin, Kelly, DarneU and Briggs
homes, 2:15 to 3; paved road to
Vass with various stops, 3 to 4;
Vass, 4:10 to 4:30; W. F. Smith’s
home, 4:40.
Tuesday—West End School, 10
a.m.; Eagle Springs School, 11 a.m.
Vinelend School, 11:30.
Wednesday—Aberdeen School,
10:15 a.m.; Colonial Heights , 4 to
5 p.m.
Thurs(is.y —Carthage Library,
11:15 am.; Elise High School,
12:30 to 1:15; Robbins Library,
1:30 to 2; Putnam, 2:20; Glendon,
3; Floyd Willcox’s, 3:20; Joe Press
ley’s near Cole’s Mill, 3:40; Mrs.
Ora Pressley’s, 3:50; Nicholson
home, 4:15; C. F. Wicker’s, 4:45.
Friday—Eureka route in after
noon.
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Al. Cole, R.Ph. Graham Culbreth, R.Ph,
Night Phone 2-7094—Night Phone 2-4181
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OPEN SUNDAY AT 12:00
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at 5:00 p.m.
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It Should Be for the Best
Prayer for others should be for
the best—and this in two senses.
It should be in line with God’s best
purposes, and it should be for the
best things. When Christ prayed in
Gethsemane that the cup might
pass from him, the prayer was not
granted, because what God willed
would not be possible, or would not
have been possible, if Christ had
not been willing to drink that bitter
cup to the dregs. God will not
grant requests that upset his plans,
no matter how earnest and appar
ently right the requests may be.
But prayer for others ought to be
for the best things. Not that we
should not pray for lesser things.
It surely is not wrong to pray that
mother may find her wedding ring
that got lost In the laundry, or
that Uncle Hariy may get over his
cold. But surely as we grow more
mature In the Christian life we
can begin to appreciate the kind
of prayer that Christ offered for
his friends. He did not pray there
at the Last Supper for their health,
long life or “prosperity.” He
prayed for their inner spirits, he
prayed for their unity of heart, for
their vision of God. How often we
pray for something to happen to
our loved ones, how seldom do we
pray for them! When a child lay
dying of rabies, hundreds of pray
ers went up for his recovery. These
were not granted. But other pray
ers were offered for his parents’
faith; and these were granted.
• * *
Nothing You Ask—?
“Nothing you ask will be de
nied,” a popular hymn says. But
the Bible does not promise that.
Jesu^ never promised it. What is
promised, and what is true, is that
the more our prayers harmonize
with the wiU of the God of Love,
the more surely they will find an
swer. Now we often pray for our
friends, as we do for ourselves,
that God will help them do what
they want to do, or get what they
want to have, or get rid of what de
presses or pains them. Give them
what they want! is our cry. (Many
of us are too selfish even to get
that far in praying for others.)
But there is no guarantee that God
will give all men, or any,man, ex
actly what he wants. This poor
world would be in a much worse
ness than it is, if God simply act-
d at everybody’s dictation. The
best we can ask for those we love
'S that they may learn to desire
what God himself desires.
It took less than an hour—forty-nine minutes,
to be exact! The planes, the bombs, the strafing,
the invading army . . . and then it was all over.
But how long does it take to get over a war,
when it happens right on your doorstep? A year
. . . twelve years ... a lifetime?
The American who feels no compassion toward
the tragic millions in whose front yard the battle
had to be fought has forgotten the sacred scars of
the Revolutionary War. The Christian who can
not see His Lord suffering in the pathos of a
crippled world has forgotten the Cross of Christ.
This week in almost all of the churches of
our land people will be asked to give ... to
aid their distressed brethren in other lands.
Even if you haven’t been to church for a long
while—go now to share your blessings with a
world of suffering millions. And, perhaps, in
the very act of giving you’ll discover anew the
joy of worship.
By the gift of His Son, Cod touched the heart
of mankind.
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BROWNSON MEMORIAL
CHURCH
(Presbyterian)
Cheves K. Ligon. Minister
Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Wor
ship service, 11 a. m. Women of
the Churoh meeting, p. m. Mon
day following third Sunday.
The Youth Fellowships meet at
7 o’clock each Sunday evening.
Mid-week service, Wednesday,
7:15 p. m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH
New Hampshire Ave., So. Piiiea
Sunday Service, 11 a. m.
Sunday School, 11 a. m.
Wednesday Service, 8 p. m.
Reading Room in Church Build
ing open Wednesday 3-5 p. m.
Sunday, 6:30 p.m.. Pilgrim Fel
lowship (Young people).
Sunday, 8:00 p. m., Tjie Forum.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
New York avenue at South Ashe
David Hoke Coon, Minister
Bible school, 9:45 a. m. Worship
11 a. m. Training Union 6:30 p. m.
Evening worship, 7:30 p. m.
Scout Troop 224, Monday, 7:30
p. m.; midweek worship, Wednes
day 7:30 p. m.; choir practice
Wednesday 8:15 p. m.
Missionary meeting, first and
third Tue^ays, 8 p. m. Ghureff
and family suppers, second Thturs-
days, 7 p. m.
MANLY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Grover C. Currie, Minister
Sunday School 10 a. m.
Worship Seiwice, 2nd and 3rd
Sunday evenings, 7:30. Fourth
Sunday morning, 11 a. m.
Women of the Church meeting,
8 p.m. second Tuesday.
Mid-week service Thursday at 8
p.m.
THE CHURCH OF WIDE
FELLOWSHIP
(Congregational)
Cor. Bennett and N. Hampshire
Wofford C. Timmons, Minister
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.
Sunday School, 9:30 a. m.
—Tills Space Donated in the Interest of the Churches by-
EMMANUEL CHURCH
(Episcopal)
Charles V. Covell, Rector
Holy Communion, 8 a. m. (ex
cept first Sunday).
Church School, 9:45 a. m., with
Adult Class at 10 a. m.
Morning Prayer, T1 a. m. (Holy
Communion, first Sunday).
Wednesdays: Holy (Communion
10 a. m.
ST. ANTHONY'S
(Catholic)
Vermont Ave. at Ashe
Father Peter M. Denges
Sunday masses 8 and 10:30 a.
m.; Holy Day masses 7 and 9 a,
m.; weekday mass at 8 a. m. Con
fessions heard on Saturday be
tween 5-6 and 7:30-8:30 p. m.
OUR LADY OF VICTORY
West Pennsylvania at Hardin
Fr. Donald Fearon, C. SS. R«
Sunday Mass, 10 a. m.; Holy
Day Mass, 9 a. m. Confessions are
heard before Mass.
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