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THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1963 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 5 GEORGIA PINES Nostalgic Street Titles Saints in Black and White ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST rsr 40 BY REV. R. DONALD KIERNAN Recent efforts on the part of some people to change the name of Decatur street in downtown Atlanta, has received vehement opposition from at least two people. A former mayor of Atlanta and a venerable historian have offered object ions to the plan. Probably nostalgic memories of his boyhood days, having grown up in this area, caused the ex-mayor to voice opposition to the change of name. Those of us who are sentimental can read ily understand his feelings. The historian, more over, points out that Decatur street was a main artery for horse-drawn traffic from Decatur to the town of Terminus, this was long before At lanta received its name. So you see, there was a Decatur street before there was an Atlanta. DECATUR street is rapidly •receiving a face lifting though. -Many of the old buildings are being tom down and eventual plans call for a series of mun icipal, county and state build- jings which will run from the sresent city hall down to the 3rady Memorial Hospital. Al lready the Georgia State College, the Police Department building, and the new health buildings being constructed ar ound Grady hospital have changed the appearance of the street which was known for years by its bizarre appearance. Changing the name of a street does not change the appearance of the street, and little, if any gain is made by changing names. I note that in the paper the other night someone wrote in asking that the name not be changed to Marietta street, since there were already six or seven Marietta streets, lanes, avenues, etc., and the situation would become more confusing than ever. This is about the same as Peachtree as far as Atlanta is concerned. When someone visits Atlanta, inevit ably they ask where Peachtree street is. To this the native Atlantan has to ask, "do you mean Peachtree street, road, trail, avenue, circle, way, drive, hills, Battle or Dunwoodie?" But there is only one Decatur street. DID YOU ever wonder how a street got its name? Sometimes I think the city fathers give names to streets with a sort of tongue in cheek attitude. Most of us associate the word Boule vard with a wide, four land road, graced with trees and shrubs, but in one town Belvedere Boulevard is a rut filled street with barely en ough room for two cars to pass and runs about a tenth of a mile. Now usually when we see such street names as Pine Tree trail we can imagine some nice Geor gia pines growing in the front yards of the homes on that street. It is just as easy to imagine why Yellow., Creek or Valley Road received their names, but it is unusual to have a marriage counsellor setting up his office on Harmony Lane. BOURBON street in New Orleans probably re ceived its appelation for obvious reasons, and whenever you drive on Race street it is easy to think back to the hack races that took place on that same spot before the invention of the horse less carriage. However, one that really stumps me is Beaver Ruin road on the expressway out in Gwinnett county. When I first saw the sign I thought it was misspelt and should have read Bea ver Run road. Recently with the installation of the new interstate highway signs I noticed that it still reads Beaver Ruin. Stillwood road in Gainesville seems to be cor rectly named for it is a nice quiet street (ex cept when parish get-togethers are held) filled with yards containing many.many trees. College street, however, is on the opposite side of town from Brenau college and does not even have * grade school on it. I GREW' up on Bradford street and I knew that this was named after William Bradford, one of Massachusetts' first governors. There was an Adams street undoubtedly named after President John Adams, and Dartmouth street was called after the Ivy league college, but I never did under stand how Bay street received its name since the home town was forty miles from the ocean. At any race, while new developments are be ing constructed streets will be named and mis named; but Decatur street still lives on. NO MAJOR SPOKFSHF.lv Commonweal Chides Lack Of Response To Encyclical ACROSS 1. Unsophisticated 6. A Libyan measure 10. Neither . . . — 13. He was a . .. of Christ 14. Agreement 15. A Hebrew Letter 16. World War II Agency 17. The Book of . . . 19. He Was A Child Of 21. A Period Of Time 23. Paris Is Built On It 25. Australian Birds 26. Disposes Of 28. Sly And Malicioous 30. A Pole 33. Type of Willow 35. The Iliad, foe instance 37. Girl’s Name 38. More Profound 40. Leather Strip 42. Japanese Coin 43. Absolute 45. Sucrose 47. Work 48. ... Joe 50. Mosquito Which Carries Yellow Fever 52. Aromatic Herbs 54. Carpenter’s Tool 56. Appears 58. She Asked For The Saint's Head On A Dish 61. 20 Quires 63. Repose 65. Prominent In The Alger Hiss Case 66. ... and Eggs 68. Makes Driving Dangerous 70. Relinquish 71. Part of A Fisherman’s Gear 73. Educate 75. Liquor 76. One Of The Senses 79. Slow Moving Mollusk 81. Suffix 82. Hockey Ball 83. Genus 85. Suave 87. Distorted 88. Room For Household Goods 89. Savor DOWN 1. Japanese Drama 2. Diving Bird 3. Cow-Headed Goddess 4. Plant Which Climbs Walls 5. Railroad Locomotive 6. Made Homeless By War 7. Tap 8. Prominent Seaport During Crusades 9. Particles 10. Not Quietly 11. Ceres' Mother 12. Scotch Explorer 13. Cherry-Color 16. .. . Had Him Imprisoned 18. Cuts Off 20. His Father Became ... As A Punishment For Doubting God’s Promise 22. Good-Bye ?4. Preoares For Publication' 27. Partitions 29. Tans 31. Cymric Deity 32. Container 34. Neworks 36. Scandiinavian Legends 39. Interprets 41. Heathen 44. Large Spools 46. Objects Connected With Saints 48. Clothing 49. Notion 51. Fish 53. Bobby ... 55. His Father 57. Prophets 59. Standard Of Measurement 60. Opponent 62. Moslem 64. ... Butter 67. Irregular Vibrations 69. Worn by Popes 72. Ken 74. Points 76. In What Manner? 77. "To ... is Human" 78. Exclamation! 80. Measured From The Equator 84. Norse God Of War 86 Compass Point ANSWER TO LAST WEEKS PUZZLE PAGE 7 NEW YORK (RNS) — Pope John XXIII's call for different approach to communism in his encyclical, Pacem in Terris, has had no public endorsement from a major American Catholic spokesman or theolo gian, it was asserted here in Commonweal, Catholic weekly magazine edited by laymen. In the lead editorial of its May 24 issue, Common weal observed that a “general paralysis" had gripped Ameri can Catholics in the face of the encyclical's “implicit 'opening to the left.'*’ “THE most common reaction has been either to deny that die encyclical represents any kind of change in the Church thinking on conjmunism, or to restrict all comments to a cau tious description of what the encyclical appears to be say ing,” the magazine stated. “NO major Church spokes man or theologian has publicly espoused the idea, so clear in the encyclical, that the times may require a different approach to communism," it stressed. “Nor for that matter has there been any notable su- port for the current diplomatic negotiations now taking place between the Vatican and the Soviet Union." In a series of events over recent months, it has been noted by observers that the Holy See and Communist leaders have QUESTION BOX Should Pastor Account? ARNOLD-REVfKWING 6 The Yellow Canary 9 BY MONSIGNOR J.D. CONWAY Q. IN OUR PARISH OUR PRIEST PRINTS A FI NANCIAL REPORT OF EVERY ONE IN THE PARISH- HOW MUCH EACH ONE GAVE. BUT THERE IS NO REPORT ON THE PARISH PRIN TED. I THINK EVERYONE IN THE PARISH IS ENTITLED TO KNOW HOW THEIR PARISH IS PROGRESSING. NO ONE KNOWS HOW MUCH IS IN THE TREASURY, OR WHETHER IT IS GOING TO THE COMMUNISTS. A. You have a very good point there. Why not take it up with your pastor? I dare you! Q. I HAVE A PROBLEM, AND I THINK EVERY ONE DOES, AS TO HOW TO DONATE TO CHAR ITY. WHY CAN'T WE CATHOLICS HAVE A UN ITED FUND? I GET MAIL ALMOST EVERY WEEK FROM SO. AFRICA, SO. AMERICA, ETC. THERE MUST BE DOZENS, AND I .AM SURE THEY ARE ALL BONA FIDE CHARITIES, AND ALL NEED HELP BADLY. WOULD N'T IT BE BETTER TO HAVE ONE LARGE AGENCY, WHICH COULD DISTRIBUTE OUR DO NATIONS ACCORDING TO NEED? CONSIDERING THE I HIGH COST OF POSTAGE IT SEEMS THE ONLY ONE BENE- FITTING IS THE U.S. MAIL. PERSONALLY, I HAVE QUIT ALL THESE APPEALS, JUST TO' SEE IF THEY WILL QUITSPENDING .ALL THEIR MONEY ON POSTAGE. A. They won't. As long as there is sufficient return on the money spent the mailings will continue. A central agency and a united drive would be ideal, but it is hard to make them work. We do have a united campaign each year for our Bis hops's Relief Fund. The Society for the Propa gation of the Faith is a united fund for the mis sions; but its income is entirely inadequate to take care of all the needs. I am in sympathy with your attitude, and I frankly admit that most of the appeals I receive daily go into the waste-basket. Otherwise I would spend all my time writing checks. However, there are two great problems; (1) the amount contributed to one single appeal would not be adequate, and (2) there would be wide dissatisfac tion with the distribution. So the individual ap peals would still come from those who felt they did not get their fair share; or who simply want to get a bit of their own in addition. Q. OUR PASTOR KEEPS TELLING US OF THE GREAT HARDSHIPS AND SACRIFICES THE SIS TERS PERFORM. MY WIFE IS ALSO UP AT DAWN, BUT SHE DOESN'T GET TO BED UN TIL AFTER MIDNIGHT, NOT BECAUSE SHE WATCHES TV, BUT TO DO THAT EXTRA WORK WHILE CHILDREN ARE SLEEPING. OUR SIS TERS HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MODERN CON VENT. ALL I COULD GET MY WIFE IS A SMALL HOME, HUMBLE BUT CLEAN. I DRIVE AN 18- YEAR-OLD CAR; OUR SISTERS DRIVE A BRAND NEW ONE. I CAN'T RECALL WHEN WE HAD DINNER IN A RESTAURANT OR WENT TO A THEATER. OUR BUDGET WON'T YIELD FOR LUXURIES. BUT OUR NEWSPAPER KEEPS US INFORMED: SISTERS BOW LING, SKATING, ICE CAPADES, THEATER. AND TODAY LATE OP ERA. OUR EXTRA PENNIES ARE IN CONSTANT DEMAND, ONE DAY FOR A BRICK TO BUILD A SISTERS' CONVENT IN ANOTHER CITY NEXT DAY BECAUSE SISTER NEEDS AN OP ERATION, ETC. • WITH FOUR CHILDREN MY WIFE FINDS TIME TO SCRUB THE CHURCH, SEW FOR SCHOOL PLAYS, COOK A MEAL BECAUSE SISTERS' COOK IS ILL, WORK FOR THE PTA. PLEASE. MONSIGNOR, DON'T TELL ME, “THEY HAVE SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES." OUR WIVES AL SO SACRIFICED TO HAVE GOD'S CHILDREN; THEY ARE ALSO FRAIL WOMEN WITH ATOMIC ENERGY; THEY DEPRIVE THEMSELVES TO PAY BOOK BILLS AND SCHOOL TUITION; THEY SACRIFICE TO SEND JUST A LITTLE TO THE MISSIONS; THEY FAST DURING LENT AND DONT ASK FOR SPECIAL PRIVILEGES. THEY WOULDN'T DREAM OF BEING PAID FOR SER VICES RENDERED TO THE CHURCH; THIS IS FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD. WHAT PRIESTS AND SISTERS FORGET IS IF IT WASN'T FOR THE VOCATION OF MARRIAGE THERE WOULD BE NO RELIGIOUS VOCATIONS. A. Man, you have a wonderful wife. Be good to her. And I hope you feel better after getting that off your chest. It has apparently been eating at you for a long time. It is terrible how these sisters carouse around, isn't itl But sometime, when you have a day off, just follow one through her daily duties. You will probably be as tired as your wife when you get home at night. Sisters would be the last to claim a mono poly on sacrifice; we all need it to expiate our sins and sanctify our souls. But 1 am sure that your pastor, in praising them, intended to make no invidious comparison betwen them and your wife, or any of the other wives of the parish. And I suspect that the good sisters sometimes thank God heartily that their vows have spared them some of the problems, annoyances and sacrifices that your wife has to make. Nothing personal in that, sir; the same may be said of most wives. j Q. WHY IS IT THAT SOMEDAYS AT MASS THE CREED IS SAID, AND SOME DAYS IT IS NOT? ^ A. The Creed is said on ail Sundays and First Class Feast Days, and also jn votive Masses of the First Class; on Second Class feasts of Our Lord and His Blessed Mother; during the oc taves of Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost; and on the principal feasts of Apostles and Evangel ists. Other days it is not said. BY JAMES W. ARNOLD TTiere's nothing like a kidnapping to restore character and break up a budding divorce. At least this is the moral of the latest bird-titled movie, “The Yellow Canary," an erratic thril ler with two distinctions; a Rod Serling script and the tough-guy acting debut of onetime teenage crooner Pat Boone. The movie, not surprisingly, concerns a pop ular singer. He is (1) surly, (2) fatheaded, (3) surrounded by not-so-fawning “yes" men, (4) married to a beautiful but neglected blonde, and (S) parent of a cuddly little rascal who is ab ducted by parties unknown. The crisis precip itated by the last item ultimately solves the dif ficulties inherent in the other four, at least un til the audience can get out of the theater. BEFORE Jndfcing it too harshly, one should know that the movie was ground out in 20th Century Fox's low- budget department (by dollar- conscious producer Robert Lip- pert) and intended to change the image of actor Boone. Up to now he has been the only teenage idol one might imagine subscribing to Reader’s Digest. Here Boone (whose only im portant adult role previously was pursuing the worldly Ann-Margret in “State Fair") gets to chomp on cigars, bully his screen wife (Barbara Eden), shout at cowering employes and polices, and in general imitate the fellow on the TV head ache commercials. At times his scowl makes him look like Kirk Douglas, but mostly Pat seems like a nice guy doing a heavy in the college play. The film has its nerve-jangling moments, es pecially early in the show before the audience has figured out what's going to happen. Director Buzz Kulik (like Serling, a TV alumnus) and actress Eden catch everyone in mid-gulp with a splendid kidnap-discovery scene. Finding a pasty- faced doll where a human should be, Miss Eden half-gasps a scream, then fractures the sound track. Later, as she sits sobbing on the staircase, she drops die doll on a nearby chandelier, creating all sorts of eerie lighting and closeups as she cries, “Save my baby!" BUT eventually imagination pales and Kulik is reduced to producing shock with loud musical stingers and sudden closeups of corpses. Writer Serling provides a few cynical insights into die relations between a celebrity and his we'll-swallow- our-pride-for-money flunkies (Steve Forrest, Jes se White and Rod Steigerish new-comer Steve Har ris). But the suspense leans on such belabored gim micks as having the hero search the bad guy's room while the bad guy comes back sooner than expected. As a kidnap epic, “Canary" suffers by compar ison to last year's classic example of the genre, “Experiment in Terror." In both the criminal is a phychopath, but “Canary" makes a clumsy effort to keep his identity secret. The culprit is terribly obvious; audiences will chuckle when Boone, wide- eyed, finally stumbles onto the Answer. The who dunit element achieves nothing; it manages only to kill the suspense generated when we understand the killer's motivations and learn what he is think ing and doing. “Terror" was also of more help in establish ing respect for law enforcement agencies. TTiis is vital in kidnap cases, since panicked victims are often warned “not to call the cops." In “Ter ror" the FBI not only caught a clever villain through dogged detective, work, but kept him from knowing they were even involved. IN “CANARY", the police (represented by jour neyman actor Jack Klugman) fuss around and carry on intellectual conversation but help chiefly by cle aning up after the various murders. They pull in credible boners, like pacing the aisles of a thea ter, grimly peering at the spectators, as if the killer would stand up and throw a tomato just so he could be captured. In all they justify Boone’s nagging insistence that if he wants his baby back, he’d better do it himself. Eventually he does, in one of the dullest thriller finales since “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." More crucially, in the 1962 film the victims were normal, likeable people ( a pretty secretary, her teenage sister). Customers will find it difficult to identify and sympathize with the “new" Boone; to this extent, the effect of the movie has been sacrificed for the actor's personal effect. THE PLOT allows Boone to sing a few number's, like “ I Can't Begin to Tell You" and "You’H Never Know," while the inevitable female adoles cents scream mercilessly. It's trying, but it's bet ter than Boone banging the mantel with his fist, and shouting (with perhaps unconscious poignance); “How can a rich big shot like me suddenly be so naked?" FOR REFERENCE; All things considered, these are the best 10 movies seen by the reviewer in the last 12 months: 1. The Miracle Worker. 2. To Kill a Mockingbird 3. Lawrence of Arabia 4. Whistle Down the Wind 5. Sundays and Cybele 6. A Taste of Honey 7. Last Year at Marienbad 8. Long Day's Journey into Night 9. Gigot 10. The Longest Day. LITURGICAL WEEK Pentecost Fills, Elevates Human Nature Continued from Page 4 menical Council has made all Catholics more aware of the meaning and function of the bishop in the Church. If we have ever been tempted to think of him in terms belonging to a secular administrator, today's Gospel in Pentecost week forcefully reminds us that his authority and pres idency is itself a work of the Spirit and not merely a matter of organization. “And the crowds with one accord gave heed to what was said by Philip" (First Reading). For the Catholic, this is a normal means of discerning the Spirit's voice. JUNE 7, EMBER FRIDAY AFTER PENTE COST. The great emphasis in the Masses of this week on visible evidence (miracles, etc.) of the Spirit’s presence may tempt us to think His presence capricious. But the real test of the certainty of His indwelling, as we can see in the lessons of the week, is love of Christ, committed dlscipleship, faith. Then He and the Father comb to us, and with d»m the Holy Spirit. Evidences of miraculous power are not the necessary fruit of this indwelling. Rather is it that the Spirit “will recall to your minds everything that I have taught you." JUNE 8, EMBER SATURDAY AFTER PENTE COST. (Ordinarily, the second to the fifth lessons are omitted.) “The charity of God is poured forth in our hearts by his Spirit dwelling within us" (Entrance Hymn and Second Reading). been attempting to reach a modus vivendi in Church-State relations behind the Iron Cur'- tain. COMMONWEAL went on to note that the reasons for the apparent lack of support for the encyclical's approach to com munism lie in the Church's unequivocal opposition to athe istic communism over the de cades." “Any suggestion that the Vatican may be moderating its attitude is bound to have deep Husband-Wife Team Presidents GAINESVILLE .A husband-wife team have been chosen to head the Holy Name Society and the Altar Society in St. Michael’s parish, Gainesville, for the coming year. At seperate meetings held in the rectory of this north east Georgia parish Mr. CharlesBuechlein was named to the presidency of the Holy Name society while his wife was named head of the Altar society. ANOTHER husband - wife team were chosen for the vice- president of the respective parish societies. Mr. Frank Falcanero was named vice-pre sident of the Holy Name men and his wife, Dorothy, will be vice-president of the Altar so ciety. Assisting Mrs. Marge Bue- chlein in the Altar society will be, in addition to Mrs. Falcanero, Mrs. Donna Fallyer, Secretary; and Mrs. Tommy Williams, Treasurer. Mr. Don Brothers was elected Secretary of die Holy Name society, and Mr. Donald O'Connor will be the Treasurer of the men's group for the coming year. practical and psychological re percussions," Commonweal said. For some, the magazine con tinued, the encyclical has pro voked “a great sense of un easiness, a'crisis of confidence in the Pope." For others, it added, "it has been the occasion of labored rationalizations, often tinged with the suggestion that the Pope, while a good and visionary man, is ’un realistic." “HARDLY anyone has de fended the Pope or creatively seized upon his words," the - editorial said. Commonweal asserted that the Pope's intention in the ency clical is to work out a degree of flexibility in the Church's dealing with communism. “He does not seek to com promise with, much less to deny the evils of, Communist theory and practices," the magazine held. “But Pope John XX111 is a realist," it added. “He knows that the danger of nuclear war is a very real one; he knows that some middle way must be found between abject sur render to communism and nu clear annihilation." “He knows that a more effective Chirstian response to communism must be fashioned if the Church is to have some impact on the world crisis." Visits Basilica GOA, India (Radio, NC) —Indian Premier Jawaharlal Nehru visited the Bon Jesu basilica, which contains the remains of St. Francis Xavier, for an hour during his three-day visit to Goa. God Love You MOST REVEREND FULTON J. SHEEN Begging for money without first making the givers spiritual is a kind of financial rape. It is seized without love. Catholics may have never thought of it this way, but they instinctively rebel against what they call “money sermons." They are more right than they know. Let them pick up St. Paul, who, like every missionary Interested in spread ing the Faith, had to take up collec tions. In his appeal to the faithful of Corinth to help the poor and suffering in Jerusalem, he used the word “grace" seven times but the word “money" not once. The whole subject of our fellowship with the Missions was seen as an activity of grace. Grace for him, and for us, is first the Life, Truth, and Love in the Trinity; then in Christ, Our Savior; and finally In us, mediated through the Church. Paul did not say: “Next Sunday there will be a collection for the propagation of the Faith. Please be generous." He said some thing like this: “Be devoted to Our Lord, and then you will be devoted to the Missions. If you give yourself to the Lord, you will give what you have; but if you do not love the Sacred Heart, you will only give grudgingly and out of necessity." You rebel against ' money talks" only if the priest has not tried to awaken love of Christ in your souls before asking, or if you do not have any such love in your heart, even If he does appeal in Christ's Name. Did you know that the magazine with the largest Catholic cir culation in the United States has as its first purpose that of St. Paul, namely, to make people holy. It knows that they will then be generous to others. Very fittingly, this magazine does not belong to any one missionary society but to the Holy Father's own Soc iety for the Propagation of the Faith, which aids all missionar ies, all societies, all over the world. It never asks anyone to give" to the Holy Father; it never seeks to help Africa without helping you; it never tries to convert Asia without first making you love Our Lord more. It does speak of “sacrifice", because sacrifice is pain with love — the giving up of something until it hurts because you first love Christ. We will send this magazine to you free (it is called MISSION and already has millions of readers) if you will drop us a note. A “note"? Well, a “bank note" or a “check note, if you please. If that is impossible, a “please" without anything but a prayer that we may all love God more will suffice. Let us hear from you! GOD LOVE YOU to L. J. P. for $4.50 “In thanksgiving to Our Mother of Perpetual Help for a favor granted.;; ... to E. J. B. for $35 “My husband's company dinner is this week, but I'd rather wear an old dress and work on a better position in hea ven. Use what I would have spent as the Holy Father wishes." ... to R.M. for $1 “Instead of spending money on magazines, 1 have been going to the library to read the. 1 will try to do this every month and send the money to God's poor." ... To M.B.M. for $5 “My grandmother gave me this money as a graduation present. I want youto have it for the children in Asia and Africa." WORLDMISSION, a quarterly magazine of missionary acti- ties edited by Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, is the ideal gift for priests, nuns, seminarians, laymen. Sent $5 for a one-year subscription to WORLDMISSION, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York 1. New York. * SHEEN COLUMN: Cut out this column, pin your sacrifice to tt and mail it to Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen, National Director of The Socle tv for the Propagation of the Faith 366 Fifth Avenue, New York Lx, N. Y. or your Diocesan Director. Rev. Harold J. 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