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Chaplain Praises
Modern Soldiers
PORTLAND, Ore. (NC) - The
Chief of Chaplains of the U.S.
Army praised the current crop of
Army chaplains, and the modern
soldier-“these young men with
long hair, tight pants and lousy
music.”
“I can’t quite account for it,”
said Msgr. (Maj. Gen.) Francis L.
Sampson. “These young
men...make great soldiers. They
have a sense of the relation of
rights and responsibilities and
they have a deep compassion for
each other, especially in combat
zones. They’re better soldiers
than their fathers were.”
Msgr. Sampson, who was
graduated from Franklin High
School here, returned to take
part in the dedication of St. Anne
chapel at Maryhurst College, a
gift to the school from one of his
former teachers, Julianne Roller.
Appointed Chief of Chaplains
for the Army in 1967, Msgr.
Sampson is responsible for 2,000
chaplains, 450 of whom are
Catholic priests. He said today’s
chaplains are the best he has
known in a career extending back
to World War II, when he jumped
with a paratroop outfit in the
invasion of Normandy.
“We’re getting a very high
type of applicant-bright and
energetic,” he said. “They are
screened carefully by their
denominations for academic
background, physical condition
and personality. They like to
work with men and they don’t
mind being in the swamps and
jungles. We’ve never had quite as
high quality chaplains as we have
now, and that includes
Protestant, Jewish and Catholic.”
Msgr. Sampson said chaplains
are “neither hawks nor doves” on
the war. “People sometimes
misunderstand and they think we
must be propagandists. Our only
job is to ensure that men away
from home have the right to free
exercise and practice of their
religion,” he stated.
But the priest was critical of
the reporting of the Vietnam
conflict. “I don’t quite recognize
the Vietnam war as I have seen it,
in the near caricature of the war
.portrayed, by and large, by news
media,” he said. “There seems to
be a tendency to focus
on...instances of suffering, with
the implication that it is caused
by American troops there. And
the media almost totally ignore
that about 10,000 village chiefs
and their families were executed
by the Viet Cong. Or that
- presently almost the total war
effort of the Viet Cong is sending
rockets into civilian areas.”
Msgr. Sampson will serve three
more years as Chief of Chaplains,
then return to his home diocese
of Des Moines.
“There, I hope I’ll have a
small parish in Iowa,” he said.
SERRANS Paul Kelley, Paul Smith and Robert McLellan discuss plans for the 18th District
Convention bf Serra International which will be held in Atlanta Nov. 22-24. Archbishop Thomas
A. Donnellan will give the principal address and Father Jerry Hardy will be among the panelists of
chaplains from Memphis, Atlanta, Nashville, Chattanooga and Little Rock. Kelley is general
chairman; Smith is district governor; McLellan is Atlanta club president. The fostering of vocations
is the theme of the convention.
Clark Harrison believes in getting things done. And
he wants to build the things our County needs. For example, health
and mental hygiene facilities which could act for preventive care. He
believes we must build them using available matching funds.
He believes we need a South DeKalb Hospital and he'll encourage the
Hospital Authority to pursue their plans to build us one. And he pledges
his best efforts to secure the necessary funds to make it a first-class
medical facility.
We need retirement homes for our senior citizens and those who cannot
care for themselves and he believes they should be encouraged and
developed now. He believes facilities must be expanded to handle our
increasing sanitation problem.
To encourage and develop better housing, he believes we should
immediately draw up a plan and put it to work to stop the spread of
slums throughout the County.
CLARK HARRISON
Chairman, DeKalb county Commission
November 5
VOTE
FOR
(Paid for by Supporters of Clark Harrison)
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CHARLES N.
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BORN AND REARED IN GEORGIA. MARRIED, AND THE FATHER OF
FOUR CHILDREN. RESIDING AT 674 MIMOSA BOULEVARD, ROSWELL,
GEORGIA. COMMUNICANT AND MEMBER OF THE VESTRY OF ST*
DAVID'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. ACTIVE IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF
AMERICA AND PRESENTLY SERVING AS AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT
COMMISSIONER.
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EDUCATED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ROME, GEORGIA.
GRADUATED IN 1946 FROM BOYS HIGH SCHOOL IN ROME. GRADUATE
OF NORTH GEORGIA COLLEGE IN THE CLASS OF 1950 WITH A
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE. GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
GEORGIA LAW SCHOOL IN THE CLASS OF 1955 WITH A BACHELOR OF
LAWS DEGREE.
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AN ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAVING ENGAGED IN THE ACTIVE PRACTICE
OF LAW IN THE ATLANTA AREA FOR THE PAST THIRTEEN YEARS AND
PRESENTLY A PARTNER IN AN ATLANTA LAW FIRM. MEMBER OF THE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA AND AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATIONS AND THE
LAWYERS CLUB OF ATLANTA.
TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF
SANDY SPRINGS, ROSWELL, ALPHARETTA
MOUNTAIN PARK AND UNINCORPORATED
NORTH FULTON COUNTY
PAID FOR BY FRIENDS OF CHARLES N
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