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PAGE 2—The Southern Cross, January 2, 1964 Holy Land Visit— (Continued from Page 1) the Basilica of the Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. After meeting Israeli Pre sident Shneor Shazar at Megi- ddo, a town near Nazareth, the Pope will offer Mass in Naza reth and then have lunch at Mount Tabor. That day also he will return to Jordanian Jeru salem for several visits, and later he will recieve officials and special delegations at the apostolic delegation. On the Feast of the Epip hany, Jan. 6, the Pope will offer Mass in Bethlehem, ei ther in the grotto below the Basilica of the Nativity or in the basilica itself. Art objects, prepared by people of the town, will be presented to to Pope at a ceremony in front of the Church of the Nativity after the Mass. The Pope will give a NATIONAL HONOR—Jerry J. Walsh, 41, of Corona, L. I., has been named Handicapped American of the Year by the President’s Committee on Employment of the Handi capped. He has devoted his life to helping victims of arthritis since his own future as a big league baseball play er was blighted by the ail ment. (NC Photos) Specializing in Commercial . Mortgage Loans .A Corporate Funding. V Flem G. Cliett Jr. 145 WHITAKER ST. AD 37717 SAVANNAH Johnnie Ganem Steak Ranch CHARCOAL BROILED STEAKS PRIME STEAKS DINNERS - LUNCHEON COCKTAILS DINNER MUSIC Gaston and Habersham AD 3-3032 major talk there, then return to Jerusalem, where he will meet Patriarch Athenagoras I and pray with him. He will then go to Amman and leave from there by plane for Rome, where he is scheduled to arrive in the late afternoon. Plane— (Continued from Page 1) hours and 20 minutes, with the Pope due to arrive at Amman at 12:50 p.m., Jordan time. The flight is a little over 1,600 miles. The plane is newly acquired and has been put through test flights. Cocaptains for the trip are Commandant Gian Mario Zuccarini, 47, who has 11,000 flying hours, and Commandant Sergio Mosetti, also 47, with 12,000 flying hours. The full crew numbers 12, including 8 stewards. On Jan. 6 the papal plane will take off from Amman at 2:50 p.m., Jordan time, and is scheduled to arrive at Rome’s Ciampino Airport at 5;30 p.m., Rome time. Alternate airports for the Pope’s landing in the Mideast are Damascus and Nicosia, Cy prus. On the return flight Fi- umicino has been designated as an alternate landing place. Archbishop Slipyi VATICAN CITY (NC)—Uk rainian Rite Archbishop Josyf Slipyi of Lvov, who has re sided in Rome since his re lease by the Soviet Union a year ago after 18 years of detention, has been appointed a member of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Church by Pope Paul VI. St. Michael’s Sodality Names New Officers SAVANNAH BEACH — The Children of Mary, a sodality- type organization, for the ele mentary school children of St. Michael’s held elections re cently. Mary Ann Chandler was elected President of the Sen ior Division, Martina Edgerly, vice president. In the Junior division, Peggy Price was voted in as President, Betty Jane Hosti as vice-president. Each member received a booklet detailing a way of life in imitation of Mary and certain prayers and duties to perform. Unity Conference LONDON (NC)—The British Council of Churches announced it will hold a conference on church unity in the week next September during which the Second Vatican Council recon venes. The council’s third ses sion has been scheduled tenta tively for Sept. 14 to Nov. 20. Catholic observers are es- pected to be invited to the meet ing to be held at Nottingham University and entitled “The British Faith and the Order Conference.” The conference will be the first major move toward Chris tian unity in Britian in the 20th century, except for recent dia logues between Anglicans and Methodists. The Battle of Bloody Marsh, in which the English defeated the Spanish, was fought on St. Simons Island in 1742. It was a decisive factor in de termining that Georgia (and possibly all America) was to be English rather than Spanish. C. J. Woods SAVANNAH — Funeral ser vices for Clarence J. Woods Sr. were conducted at the grave side in Catholic Cemetery with the Reverend Robert Teoli of ficiating. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Theresa M. Woods; a son, Clar ence J. Woods Jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Ellen Abhrams; two step sons, T. Sgt. Richard Landolt, with the U. S. Air Force in Ja pan, and John E. Landolt of Toledo, Ohio; five stepdaugh ters,-Mrs. Mary Spohn of Tem perance, Mich., Mrs. Thresa Leu of Toledo, Ohio, Mrs. Eliz abeth Sciamvia of Lindenhurst, N. Y., Mrs. George Nelson of Savannah and Mrs. Betty My ers of Jacksonville, Fla.; sev en grandchildren and one great grandchild. Obituaries W. F. Ryan i/ IN AUGUSTA . . . MEMORIALS S.R. KELLY & SON, INC. PA 2-6972 )n Savahnah OGLETHORPE MARBLE & GRANITE CO. MILTON J. LITTLE EAST BROAD at WALDBURG ST. James A. Goethe Distributing Co. Savannah, Georgia Funeral services for William F. Ryan were conducted Decem ber 24th at the Cathedral of St/ John the Baptist with the Rev erend Lawrence A. Lucree of ficiating. He was the son of Mrs. Theresa O’Keefe Ryan and the late John Chaplin. Surviving besides his mother are a brother, J. Patrick Ryan of Pottsville, Pa.; five sisters, Mrs. Samuel V. Fasola, Mrs. Catherine R. Roy and Miss Mary Agnes Ryan, all of Savannah, and Mrs. R. E. Douglas Jr. of Decatur; two neices, three nephews, an uncle and an aunt. Mrs. Rourke SAVANNAH — Funeral ser vices for Mrs. Mary Barry Rourke were conducted De cember 24th at St. James Church. Mrs. Rourke was the widow of John J. Rourke Sr. Surviving are two sons, Pal mer J. Rourke of Savannah and Ambrose J. Rourke of Jackson ville, Fla.; four grandchil dren and a great grand-daugh ter. Mrs. Ward AUGUSTA—Funeral servic es for Mrs. Robert F. Ward were conducted December 28th at St. Mary’s On the Hill Church with The Right Reverend Msgr. Daniel J. Bourke officiating. Survivors include two dau ghters, Mrs. M. E. Barber, Augusta, and Mrs. Henry J. Bambach, New York City; mo ther, Mrs. Jessie S. Reeves, Augusta; three sisters, Mrs. J. M. Williams, Mrs. J. H. Price and Mrs. F. H. Ivey, all of Augusta; two brothers, An drew E. Reeves, Augusta, and Harry B. Reeves, LaGrange, Ga.; and seven grandchildren. Mrs. Vaughan AUGUSTA — Funeral ser vices for Mrs. Mary Cather ine O' Callahan Vaughan were conducted December 31st at Sacred Heart Church with the Rev. Andrew Doris, O.S.B. of ficiating. Widow of Dr. P. J. Vaughn, Mrs. Vaughn died December 28th following an extended ill ness. She was the daughter of the late Patrick O’Callahan and Katie McNamara O’Callahan of Ireland and had lived in Augusta - all her life. W. E. Yokum SAVANNAH — Funeral ser vices for Walter Edgar Yokum were conducted December 31st at Sacred Heart Church. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Annie Wells Yokum; two sons, Walter E. Yokum Jr. and Fred S. Yokum; four sisters, Mrs. Ada Wright, Mrs. Daisy Yarley and Mrs. Edna McDon ough, all of Savannah, and Mrs. Harriet Folliard of Savannah Beach; three grandchildren; two great - grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews. STREET SCENE IN NAZARETH—This little town, where Our Lord grew to manhood, is one of the places Pope Paul VI will visit on his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Nazareth is within the state of Israel. This narrow street, typical of most of the places the Holy Father will visit, illustrates the difficulties that confront plans to follow the Pontiff’s progress with mobile television cameras. (NC Photos) Bolivian Miners Not ‘Barbarians’ By Carlos Andrade (N.C.W.C. News Service) LA PAZ, Bolivia — A U.S. priest has spoken up for the Bolivian tin miners whose ac tions in holding American government officials as hos tages led to a world picture of them as lawless barbarians. ‘ ‘Nothing could be farther from the truth,” declares Msgr. Andrew A. Kennedy. “Every thing depends on the way they are treated and understood. In their midst I never felt I was among enemies. I understood them; they understood me. The phrase that fits the sup posed dangerous miners best, in the priest’s opinion, is “Over grown children.” Msgr. Kennedy made a me diation trip from this capital to the scene of the strife between the miners and the government in mid-December. The govern ment, however, asked him to cease his efforts on the grounds that it was imprudent for a non- Bolivian to intervene. Arch bishop Abel Antezana of LaPaz then entered the situation as an intermediary and managed to bring about a truce, along with the release of the Americans and other hostages. The American missionary priest has now told of his part in the episode, which threaten ed to grow into a civil war. Msgr. Kennedy has been in Bo livia since 1956. He resigned a position as vice chancellor of the St. Louis archdiocese to come here. After working among Bolivia’s miners, he is now vicar general of the La Paz archdiocese. On the sixth day after the miners kidnaped four Ameri cans, a German, a Dutchman and 13 Bolivians in an attempt to win release of two of their own men, Msgr. Kennedy left here on his mediation trip. Stop ping overnight in the provincial capital of Oruro, he found gov ernment officials divided about the value of his efforts. How ever, he received authoriza tion to continue. Meanwhile word of his jour ney was carried by radio, and a message was received from the leftist Vice President Juan Lechin, who was with the min ers, that the priest would be received “with open arms.” Representatives of the miners, hearing that he wanted to rent a jeep for the final part of his trip, insisted that he use one of their own vehicles. The priest was warned by some at Oruro that he was heading for trouble. A Red Cross delegate who had been with the miners predicted that he would be used as another hostage. But Msgr. Kennedy instead told the miners’ union leaders at Uroro: “I am deter mined to go to the mines to show the world how afraid I am of you supposedly terrible miners.” When he said that, the priest recalls, “The union leaders al most cried.” Msgr. Kennedy went ahead to Siglo Veinte, where the miners were holding their captives. When he entered the room where 40 leaders of the communist- oriented union were meeting, all rose and welcomed him. He worked with the union leaders i*i drafting a settlement to be presented to the government. Meanwhile he asked to seethe wives and relatives of the two miners held by the government, to give them letters he was car rying for them. The mother of one of them, Federico Escobal, was reputed to be particularly inflamed by the situation and difficult to approach. When Mrs. Escobal was taken to Msgr. Kennedy she showed her anger. The priest, however, held out his hands and embrac ed her with the words, “Ma- mita, how are you?” Her atti tude changed immediately, Msgr. Kennedy reports, and soon he was in a cordial inter view with the wives and chil dren of the two imprisoned min ers. The interview ended with all kneeling to be blessed by the priest. The miners asked the Monsignor to interview the hos tages. As he left the buil ding where they were kept, he noticed that most of the vil lagers held back from him. He Teachers Urged To Teach About Religion SAN FRANCISCO (NC)—A statement encouraging Califor nia public school teachers to teach about religion will be con sidered by the California Board of Education. Methodist Bishop General Kennedy of Los Angeles was chief author of the statement, said Thomas W. Braden, board president, who with William Norris of Psadena, served on the committee. Braden said many teachers misinterpret the U. S. Supreme Court decision banning prayers in schools as also banning teaching about religion. The statement, prepared at the board’s request, said Chris tian parents are protected by law against attempts to destroy or weaken their children’s faith in their religion. The statement said teachers should be able to differentiate between conducting a compul sory worship service and teach ing about religion. The Rural Free Delivery pos tal system of the United States is the evolution of a plan pro posed in Congress by a Geor gian, Thomas E. Watson. took the initiative and went among them, shaking hands. Soon, he reports, the people crowded, around, anxious to lis ten to him. Later the local ra dio station, run by communists, broadcast a friendly interview with him. At this point the government decided to move 3,000 troops against the miners. Msgr. Ken nedy made a radio appeal to President Victor Paz Esten- essero to have this movement stopped, but he was unsuccess ful. He then left the mining town. Meanwhile in La Paz Archbish op Antezana began the media tion efforts that led to the truce. Msgr. Kennedy says of the miners: “They are led by a minority of disciplined com munists, imposing themselves through fear and exploiting so cial injustice. The miners themselves, however,) are not communists. “On my trip to the mines everything I did was governed by one idea, that the miners are human beings and Chris tians. As Christians we must love one another. In their midst I was thus not among enemies but in an atmosphere of friend ship. I understood them; they understood me.” Metropolitan Visits Rome Monastery ROME (NC) — The special emissary of the Orthodox Pa triarch of Constantinople to the Pope, Metropolitan Athenagor as of Thyatira, went to a Ca tholic Byzantine Rite monas tery near Rome to pray and to visit. The Orthodox Archbishop motored a dozen miles south east of Rome to visit the Ba- silian monastery of St. Mary of Grottaferra, founded 960 years ago, before the final split between the Catholic and Ortho dox Churches. Metropolitan Athenagoras, who was to leave Rome Dec. 31, was accompanied on the trip by Father Pierre Duprey, W. F., the Christian unity sec retariat’s Undersecretary for Orthodox Relations. Father Du prey had escorted him to his meeting with Pope Paul on Dec. 28. The Metropolitan was wel comed to the monastery (Dec. 30) by the abbot, Archimand rite Teodoro Minisci, and by the entire community of Basil- ian monks. The visiting prelate went im mediately to pray in the mon astery’s historic church, which is dedicated to the Madonna. Following a long visit to the church, he toured the monas tery, showing particular in terest in the manuscripts and ancient documents in its li brary. At the conclusion of the visit, the Metropolitan spoke cor dially with novices and students of the Basilian Order who are receiving their training at the monastery. More Catholics , NEW YORK (NC) — The Ca tholic Church outdistanced Pro testant denominations in gain ing new members in the Uni ted States during 1963, accord ing to the National Coun cil of Churches (Protestant). Statistics compiled for the council’s 1964 Yearbook of American Churches fixed the Catholic Church membership at 43,847,938, an increase of 2.3% over the previous year. The council reported 222 Protestant denominations with 64,929,941 members, an in crease of 0.77%. ALBANY U - SAVE - IT PRESCRIPTION SHOP /r 0 210 PINE AVE. PHONE HE. 5-8351 ALBANY, GA. SHRUBBERY LANDSCAPING •0°/ PATCH NURSERY THE WEATHERLY’S LEESBURG, GA. TELEPHONE ALBANY HE. 6-2122 AIK 5USTA 0° /V Lily-T i ulip Cup Corp 0 // v, V aw oration A1 1550 Writ ghtsboro Road August a, Georgia