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n OTHER EDITORS SAY | OBSERVATION PLATFORM •• Dear Madalyn Hurray: I would be less than candid if I said it was a neighborly im pulse which prompts me to of fer new ammunition in your fight to promote atheism. But as a neighbor, who liv ed down The Alameda a few blocks from your neighborhood in .Baltimore,- Hfij^kept up with you since you first hit the back page of “The Baltimore Sun.” In fact Ifiye across the street from the junior high where young Bill first refused to take part in school prayer. Now, about the help. You al ready have made it subversive to pray in school, you have them' hanging on-the ropes about not taxing church property, and you probably created the climate where the Bi&figfeiuld be out lawed in the school room. j How would it be, Madalyn Mur ray, if you could get the Bible banned from the whole country? You have already proved your self bold enough-to tackle the most, imposing problems. No doubt, Gen. Eiseiiliower was an inspiration to you when you worked on his staff as a WAC. This is a figW1 that should gladden your soul, and make “Murray vs. Curlett” look like a finger exercis#? The caper depends on the Su preme Court's decision about Ralph Ginzburg’s conviction as a smut peddler. Those poor old men have been thrashing around about pornography until, in des peration, they have opened the door for just your type. It wasn’t the content of what Ginzburg printed that the jus tices objected to. After all, “The Housewife’s Handbook on Sel ective Promiscuity” has been used as a therapy tool by pro fessional psyche-tinkerers. What they objected to was the way Ginzberg advertised his wares. Get it? You can get a book banned by emphasizing its salacious content in book ads. You claimed to have read the Bible when you were 13, and if you need to refresh your mem ory, borrow the Book from the library again. You can find all kinds of drama — sexual, scata logical and sanguine. A little im aginative copy writing, some easy fund-raising and your legal machine can crank up again. At this point I must say I do not like you, Madalyn Murray. I would not be'kindly disposed to ban the Bible in any event, except that I think it would be the biggest shot in the arm for Christianity since the Romans found an entertaining way to feed the lions. Can you imagine the impact if the Bible, the most ubiquit ous yet least read book, sudden ly became forbidden? How would that be for getting them back in the fold? Can’t you see the possibilities, with the customs men searching to find the forbidden Book smug gled in from Paris under a jet set girdle? Maybe Billy Graham could es tablish a floating radio station off the coast of Bermuda, and read selected passages late at night with millions of Americans glued to t&eir receivers in dark ness. 's it.’V. It would1 he a great thing for religion — all the excitement of the days of the martyrt, but with out all that torture and gore. In fact, when you start your war chest, you might make a successful appeal to the preach ers. But don’t put my name on your list, Madalyn Murray. In fact, this newspaper won’t even run your Bible ads. by R. W. Plewden Walter Jones Announces April 14th Meeting for Southern Educators First District Congressman Walter B. Jones today express ed concern over the HEW School Guidelines recently released. Jones said that, based on per centage formula it would com pletely disregard the freedom of choice, allowing pupils to at tend the schools they prefer. Congressman Jones termed the Azalea Arts Festival Sunday and Monday, Expected to Draw largely The Azalea Arts Festival of the Kinston Arts Council is a two-day event scheduled for April 17th and 18th. Mrs. John H. Kelley, project chairman, and Council Presi dent, Mrs. James M. Tyler start ed getting committees together last November to plan one ma jor project during 1966. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt A. Minges, volunteered a beautiful setting for the event. “Hillcrest,” a 70 acre farm, was offered by the Minges as a background for an art exhibit, luncheon and fash ion show. At “Hillcrest” there are about 2,500 camellias with over 1,200 varieties Sind thousands of azeal eas, marly dogwoods and inum erable varieties of evergreens. Outstanding attractions at “Hillcrest” include a Japanese Tea House with matching Japan ese garden gates, a 10-acre lake and fifteen acres of virgin tim ber. With Mrs. H. C, Wooten Jr., Mrs. S. P. Hines, and Mrs. Jamek f Haw to Urn the rich life on a ^cylinder budget Your 6-cylinder budget gets you Mustang’s hot 200-cu. in. Six «*•' ' the Six thatcomes on tike an Eightl Plus buckets, carpeting, 3-speed floor shift, vinyl trim, padded -dash, Wheel covers I i Mustang Hardtop 1-save at your Ford Dealers SEE YOUR LOCAL FORD DEALER UFO. LICDISI NO. ISO msMm D. Tyler as special coordinators, Mrs. Kelley assembled working committee chairmen and tne fes tival began to take shape. Mrs. Carl C. Wooten and Mrs. James E. Todd, luncheon chair men, bbgan plans for lunch to be served in decorated boxes. These boxes will be decorated by Kinstonians at “Box Parties” scheduled between now and April 17th. At the same time, Mrs. W. L. Stump, Art Exhibit chairman, has been busy with plans for an interesting exhibit of the work of outstanding North Caro lina artists. Mrs. Francis Blakeslee Speight, artist of Greenville, and Wesley Crawley, Professor of Drawing at East Carolina College and professional sculptor, will serve as judges for the painting and sculpture entries. QUESTIONS VETERANS ASK Q — My husband tried to en list in the Navy and was turn ed down because of his health. He then enlisted, in the Mer chant Marine. He died in 1939 and I would like to know why I am not entitled to a pension from the Veterans Administra tion? A — Members of the Merchant Marine are not veterans. They are not eligible for the various benefits in the Veterans Admin istration program. TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFIED SECTION HELP WANTED Sell Knapp Shoes part or full time. Earn $25 to $150 a week on high commissions and bonus. Steady year-round business. Equipment furnished free. Write to R. L. Johnson, Knapp Shoe, Brockton, Mass. J—4-14,28 directive “grossly unfair to. cit izens of both races,” and pledg ed his efforts toward securing revisions to continue the plans under which the schools operat ed last year. Jones stated that the directive does away com pletely with freedom of choice, and, if the percentage forinula is placed in effect, it will force students to be enrolled in schools against their wishes. The per centage formula as promulgated by HEW also applied to facul ties. Here again this will re move the right of choice from many members of the teaching profession. Anxious to secure amendments or a revision of the recent guide lines, Jones has conferred with Henry Hall Wilson, Presidential Assistant, Vice President Hubert Humphrey and HEW Commis sioner Harold Howe, pointing out the unfairness of the recent directive in stating his belief that it was illegal and contrary to the Civil Rights Act and the Supreme Court decision of 1964. Jones Challenged Commissioner Howe to show that he had Legis lative authority to issue and en force the directive. As a result of Jones objection, Commissioner Howe stated that he would have a meeting of Southern Educators within the near future to discuss the matter more fully, and this conference is to be held April 14 at 3:00 p.m. "My greatest concern is the future of the North Parolina public school system, and I will do an possible to protect the future of our public schools and the maintenance of its high stan dard,” Jones said. “I have directly protested to the proper authorities if HEW refused to amend or alter their position, it is my hope that some school board win challenge their actions. I do not believe that under the law the Commission er or the Department has the authority they have assumed,” stated the Congressman, who is spending the Easter Recess in the First District. _ - to'' ;wT ta .ts! aq« UseReady-Mixed I ht i Ci 3; i No Mess — No Waiting — I Our Ready-Mixed Concrete | Is on the Job When You Need It. * : sd w *'/, ' }}o5>' >'• i Abo Sand, Gravel and Crashed Stone. 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