Dy HAROLD SHEEHAN Newspaper Enterprise Assan. New York - The congriegation adjuaIts to their seats as piped-in organ music Plays the approp- riate selection. 'Lights, pro- grammred to dim ut the precise mnomient, carry eyes in the direc- tion of Ihýe emply pulpit. No one ln the church hears the Sof t hum of the tape recorder as, the prýofessiosial voice with ad- jusled local accent delivers the sermon. Discreet, num be re d ights in each pew alert worship- r r r r r r r r r r 2 K- r Y- r r r r Stifl Shacckling Psy Tlvso Paysteleviion bas won another round in a l0-y-ear legal b5ttlo, but i r siby ano,, la the dcean f apulblie test-vei. The U S. Court of Appeals lu asbs~gon asaporoved thle wil- lgnless o!,i>eF2elra Cmmni cations Cmiso epri unle ,ta-ition 10triy eut 'lite y as-you-se (c)an f r treya ftuî ltecae aygo 10 the su- lrem Court. ,are- tryirng to de,"~ said Dr. Par- ker, "la te alert people 10 the problem andget them thiinking-." Soi-e 'IWO copies of the film are being distributed to church filni libraries arounid the country. In coming months, Dr. Parker hopes church, labor- and management groups and thie generai publie will be stmulated te assess- auto-. mation's im-pact ln local cen- munities. What viewers will see, aniont other bhîngs; ,0 The ail tee f amiiliar lines ef unempioyed searchintg vainly for work as sophislicated machines move inbthe factories. Why huis the United Church e! Chirist. taken n interest ini the problem? "The church bas the greatest epportunîty for leadersiplY findinig a solton"sid F)Dr. Parker."lms every,ýbodïy will be affected one way or another by automation ini eoming years." Elsewhere, the -National Coun- cil of Chuirches, which iemàbraces 33 denomninations .. tue UnitedI Church of Christ included - li conducling s t n d y sessions througheut the couinry le explore lite problem, A national study conferencýe will be held la Pitts- burgh in November. The 400 pen- son, expected te attend will sle-P from ldue raniks of the clergy, laý- bor, business, goverrument and education. As Dr. Parlker saysutomat'Iion sems1 be Cevrbodvy's prob- "Suirely," sýaid ' lite aàp pe0a le uourt,, "theCoi mssonspower bu see Ith Ibis areca cf the pub- lic dem:ain is used lu tHe publie inteýrest is not less for 'paid,' tele- vis-ioni than for the exsigsys- teoit so-calle-d 'free' television.'" The lawstiit -waz brought b3r sceth'e "xeimna pay- TV station is le opuirate wI art- ford( Regardess ofail the ea argumhts~ hich ere turned down bY lIhe court, the purpose oftelitigatien is toeleliinateý Nfcw there is ne0 more m-oral res boutLilaw pay lelevsoi tian thexe wold ibe b ouLt]aw a circus, or bolng r basebaLi, becýause lthey comipLote for the public'.s entertalumecnt dollar~ wit muvies, or "tree"' TV., W. deni't bDy law quashi a nieW soap just because il: comrpote-s with existin-g soaps, As with any other promisingil new enterpnise, pay television Le enlitied te ils fair chance. Thea- public -wi!! decide whether lb le lnu1th4e "Public Interst." Ill te end lbmay be a fo.But te promoters who have tveil thiir moneýy, trnry and lingýenu- ily have 3a riglit 10 birsk. - Was;hwnton uDAilvy Newsý 'wsthe lasI week i April, so whiat did we gl Justtw days of suýffocating, heat, that's3 what. Nalurally wve got busy ta- ing of f stormi windïows and puttting onýr screens so wve wer e al ready for summer, Bu1ýt now we have the furnace going alain! Even withi it we are net anyv too wvarm as there is aîoldwind blowing off the lake thal. seems, to get into the bouse. Wtý are hopîing w,,e don't get a frost a3 we would hate ta see our shrubs kille-d thbat have juýst started 10 blooim. However, wve can't cag the weather and il oudta/ke. too long Ï,to cov-er alil theshus so0 I guess xeshah hve o tk a chapce? and hooue for the bei-t. Yen Iknow, 1 have been ljookîngI- arond tlthe bare re and 1 ,can1'l reýmember a lime ,wh!en fthey have fascinated mie -so much!. From my vrom Ican se wo trcees at thie edge of the rocad aîbut a block aýway ,,7andLthe nt ural syDMme'try of their bace is really beauIliful. Unfortunaý-te,- ly it [)' be neanly 50 otie abl once the trees are in leaàf. I think. one is an o-ak and t he- other an elmn - aýnd hee'ohp- ing the elmn doesn't bcoea vitmto thI deae that is kill- irng se many C0f our lovely Iruees. whlai will the orioles do if theýy cani't find elmns frýor-n which t0 bud their hanging nests? TherQ is another elim aI the back< of ue lot and every year the onol--es core to nest and raise thei;r young.- We always k1now whNvtL- theY are here either -by thieir sweet, trilling song- or by seeing- ai fl-ash o! black and orange dor-t- ing back andc forth from Irce to tree. Just imiagine, 1I was speaking te a fniend yesterday who was born and naised on a farad yet she didnt know one bird fnoma anotheni, unless it would be a î2cw and a robin!! 1 coud bard- ly believe il. And it bothiers me( te thînký of what she bias missed as a child - and what she is stili mtissýing. Bird study a be a mosýt fa)sinatinc pastimne. Cert ain-lY chiîdren shouid be laught how te t .know and recognize every kind of bird 1f e common to the diistrict in which they live, or ln the partks and woods where theyv play or go on hilkes. Mothers, do take a littIe time ont from yvour busy life bt help your children enjo 'y- t birds. You couldn't choose a bet- ter time to start thian early. sum- mner. Incldentallly, if you want a book to help yoù îdentify 'ýfthie varlous lards an excellent one, for that purpose Is "Birds of Canada" by P. A. Taverner. Be- f ore leavin i te subject o-f birds' 1 should tell You how relieved we were yesterday to see a pheasan-t, around here again. We hadni't deen any for uver a week and we were afraici somethin-g dread-, fui hadl happenied ta them. -How- ever, I imiagIine t jut imeans the hen bird is nesting somnewbere as il was only the cock pheasant that shoed Up. A fiend of mnine - Let us eall ber Janeý - is a 'particularly ac- tive womian, quite proinient la journalism and in social organiza- biens. The other day 1 wa aking to hier and shle wa's telIing, me o! a lengthy projctf she had just compIeted- and o! another she was abotfle start. "Janie," I1 Said, "1when are you geing 10 retire?" Shre laughed. "Retire? Not at al, 1 hope. I feel 1 am much bappier wvorking than 1 would be witlh nothng dfînt tedo. Ch urches Se. Mission ln -Automation Knowsn3g Jane as 1 do 1 feit she was absolutely right. And that pnxnlcip)le applies to alot (-4 other people too. So tie quesiun remnains - when and uit what age should a person retire? Can thiere lýe an-y hard and f ast ruie? I hardly think it. And yetl imany instances industryv is maiig e- tiremet at sixty--fivce compluisory even tho(ugh the experien<ce if people in goe(,d physicai and imeni- taI conditiojnn mussi be invaluable. And haw about farmýers? EIHow miany farmners are w:tiling to re- tire at sixtyý-five? H-ow mirany ac- tually do for that mratter? Cer- tainly a man who fins worked hard on a farmr year is and year out should take il a bit easier when lie bias past sixty. But eas- ing up is a lot difffeent from- actual retiremeint. There are farmers who at somie time or other have been offered a go)od price for their farms, eitheri by the governmentf or by some,( com- mercial enterprise. 1Ma nyý have taken adivantage of what seýemed like a golden opportunity' , sold their farms and retired. ln somte cases it hias worked oit ail ighit; in other cases i t hasn't. A lot de- pendced upon the extent of the retirement. For a man, physically fit, to suddenly leave farmr work and mnove to a town or cîty can be disaýstrouIs. Or an ex-farmýer, and his ,vife may thînk that travelling in wvinter and living. in a cottage by the lake tin summruý rnay be a good substituite foi a busy farlîl fe and aïhacete see and do thi.ngs they ceuild't do before. 'But f romnt vrsto Pwitli a feýw retired folk 1 findic that such a life eVenitually be- gins b ý,pali. hv miss thie dis-. cipline bt o nly -w ok can bcing. Ili our Case lbtvas iffrn.NS the(r Partnier nori. ýould hiave gonte on farming muýchl loniger. We are w_-11l salisfied, but yet we stili loelk back to ur farming1 dayVs with nostaig;ia - ,vithi a sort o! onesomne long-ing. Mloderm Etiquette By Anne Ashiey; Q.AeCorresponidence tcardaS Ponisidered in good baste? A. Ys and they are v(21y pop- iilar for the shori< infojrma1 kind of no)te. Ul is becom-ing mwore andl more customary for men and w-,o- men to use thesecad.oeer tihey should be used only for strictly informrai correspo)ndence., Feople are ofteu lonely bOecause they bulild walls in-stead of bridges. now about. pasters being replaced by macinï,es la any o! ils 6,400 churches,. -But they are cconcern- ed wvith the problem of Ë automia- tion, neverLhceess. Already some churches haveî arrived ai the PiPesl-in musi stage. At the United Chuirch's mission boiard, maChîi's have diplce bout 10 pensons. in ils iresearch deparîment the job of 15 mer is now being hanidiedl by an peec eiccard serter Thiýis dn ominat ion, with about 2 mdilionmembers, S aarmed nogtabouitatoination's im- pact teud somnetg about il Ils Co)un-cîl for. Christian Social Ac- tion lte preblem n iithe lune in a27mnt filmn entitied simp- ly "TowmOw?-. Prcoucrof the mouie às Ce Rev. Everett C. Panker, dlirector o! thecuchsOffice o! Comi- MWe don'ttry te offer any solu- tions toi -whïat President Ku-ienned ha ald"the major doreslic challenge o! the 1960sa What we1 Bird Haven On~ Englanýd SsSeverna As I start to write this boock en 2!l'th March, I 957,. 1 ain, sitti'ng in the window of m y studio. Tt 'i~ no'ordïinary wQýirdow, for it is ten feet across and eight feet igh, anxd it looks out upon water aryd birds- and the green fields og Glouceste'rshïre. From my armn- chiair the window frames a pic- taire of endless beauity, activity and diversity - a picture which -ives nie *a pecularily intense pleasure, because its composition, is my own creation. A pool with islands reflects the flash of the- setting sumri the ripples made by the ducks and geese that are swmigon it. There is a great crowd of birds, 300 or more, of many differeait kînds from aUl over the xvorl'd'. They haive not long been f ed and the nearest are dibbling att the water's edg@ iess than six feet away froni where I sit. Many of the birdu 1are tame ones, brought from dis-. tant counitries to live togeýther here in the Vale' of Berk i - Ringed Teai fi-m rr h Br row's Goldeneyeus fromieland, Ruiddy Du, cks from North Amnen- Ca, Ne'-ne Geese from Hawaî'Ri, Whie-inerWood Dcksfrorn Siam Bu-t Imnytroo are wiid ones from frawy reig gruns hich have elected to spend teirwinter ýtteWi- f oi Trust on the Sev-ernEt- ary, and to comý, in te feed ln front of myni.-uidow- Pintails, Tufted Diuks, Cootsý. here is a ge u eon, the lar w-ater from thlight inid, which i, comning fron) just a touchl riorth of wesýt. Th'le precise wvind direction, the ery eyeu of the wind, has alwa ' s been importaint ir n\ my ife for the-thiings which havedepededon it: thle flighit courjses ofl brds, anid th, drift of their mgato;the angl>e that aa sailing boat wýi ipoint, 3and tý'e advantageï,s 10o egainedover an'ý oppnent by !,-tacking ifU the wîfd ehanges by tý lhe smallst amont; 1the winIcl that iIlenale teto. hodaIiltiudein a glider on t'le ridg of he Ctswodsor theý wý,ind thati wil li-ift thie glider as ilganshighit lu hem bp-. current on, a c2ross-country fhlit. The s îd o ir-ds, alng or ing, alil depencl atune point or a'nother upon the eye &o the witiC and an appir-ciat;on of itspris beaning-Fro the Eyýe of the Wind," byl\ Peter SCitI. isISSUE2o - D42,