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PAGE FOUR THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE fHURSDAY, JULY 10, 1947 LATEST NEWS OF THE COUNTY TOWN OF WHITBY. Phone 703, AD Departments Business Office, Miss G. Macpherson; Wm. T. Williams, Editor. CATHOLICISM SAID WANING FORCE IN EUROPE Christianity | Strengthened In Professor Says R.C. Church Was Dealt Body Blow Speaking at the International Missionary Council conference being held in the Ontario Ladies College, Whitby, Dr. Kenneth S. Latourette, Professor of missions and Oriental Histry at Yale University, said yes- terday that the Roman Catholic Church is suffering irreparably from south-western "serious blows." oe at the conference which is ing force," he sald. . He added "the inroads of secular- ism, scepticism and anti-clericalism have been very severe. In some re- gions in Europe the Roman Catholic Church displays marked vigour. Here and there it even gives indi- cations of revival. It will continue indefinitely in Western Europe as a strong factor--yet it is a minority element." LegionDowns 2 Palm Sports ada." Dr. Latourette was quite emivhatic in his statement that the church in the Anglo-American world has been modified in varying degrees by the recent war. He said that the church had undergone changes and that the nature of the evangelistic task which confronted missionaries throughout the world had been al- tered. He added "in order to under- stand the church of the present and the challenge to evangelism it is of prime importance to first of all know the environment." Clarifying his statement Dr. La- tourette stated the church is now confronted by two sets of move- ments one of which is composed of trends which had been operating before the war and which were ac- centuated by it while the other is made up of conditions which arose immediately out of the war. He said that the former, which are of long term duration may be expected to continue and increase and that both the long term trends and the con- seqgences of the war have direct bearing upon the immediate and the far outlook for Christianity. ledge seeming .control of the physical world about him; the fragmentation of many of the local units of society, absorption in amusements, sex and liquor, the scientific attitude and approach, secularism, with its em- phasis upon things, the growth of the power of the state and the closely associated - phenomenon of nationalism; the mounting power of the United States with the at- tendant decline in the relative posi- tion of Great Britain and Western Europe in world affairs, He sald that "because of the huge Russia process been celerated by the war" he added, "which have taken such heavy toll on both Great Britain and Europe. The effects upon the church are beginning of her administration has always been. Here most of her saints have cruited. "The decline of Western Europe, therefore, is a body blow to the Ro- man Catholic Church. Moreover in Western Europe itself the Roman Catholic Church is probably a wan- By 5-1 Score Oshawa Legionnaires combined the fine pitching of McConkey with the timely hitting of Bathe to hand Palm Sports a 5-1 setback in the town park last night in an Inter- mediate "A" game. Jumping into a two-run lead, the visiting Legion lads held on until the sixth inning, and then added single tallieg in the sixth, eighth and ninth to clinch the game, while at the same time, they played shutout ball until the last of the ninth when Whitby scored an unearned run. McConkey on the mound for Osh- awa pitched a four-hitter with all four of Whithy's hits being equally divided between Price and Wally Samanski. Bathe wag the big hit- ter for the winners, starting off the two-run first inning rally with a double, and adding singles in the sixth and eighth. Oshawa scored twice in the top of the first inning, to move into the lead. Bathe douhled after two were out, McMullen drew a walk, and McConkey came through with a timely single to drive in both runs, and really win his own game right then and there. - Both sides went scoreless: from the first yntil the sixth, when Osh- awa increased their margin to 3-0; 'and again it wag Bathe who. started the rally and scored. In th, Bathe drove in a run in the gnib, following Seneco's lusty triple, to make it 4-0, and another single tai- ly in the ninth ccwopleted the Osh« awa scoring, as Bidgood and Bris. bois contributed ginzles. ' Mayne al< lowed Oshawa only nine hits, but | they were able to bunch them to- gether, and make the most of their opportunities, Whitby threatened several times before they scored their lone run in the last of the ninth. W. Samanski singled to open the second inning for Whitby, but after being: sacri- ficed to second by brother Eddie, he was left stranded. In the sixth, Price hit a double with two out, but the next batter flied out to the out- field to end the inning. Finally in the ninth, an error and Price's sine gle & run for Whitby to ey of his shutout. R. HE. 200001011--5 9 1 veces. 000000001--1 4 2 McConkey and Seneco; Mayne and A. Samanski. LEARN BRITISH WAYS. London-- (CP) -- Under direction of National Council of Social Ser- vice, a small number of selected German women will tour Britain to give them "a fairly comprehen- Sve view" of the British way of e. NOW PLAYING : : Two Shows at 7:00 and 9:00; Saturday Matinee at 1:30 [Missionary Discusses Yoodooism Whitby, July 10--(CP)--An inita- tion of the throbbing rhythm of jungle voodoo drums echoed through the auditorium of the On- tario Ladies' College yesterday as Rev. R. O. C, King, Jamaican dele- gate to the International Mission- ary Council, answered a fellow de- legate's question on heathen rites in the British West Indies. Mr. King, who said his own an- cestors belonged to the Ebo tribe on Africa's west coast and were taken as slaves to Jamaica, said the problem was an economic one which concerned mostly uneducat- ed people in the islands who fol- lowed practices based on ancient African jungle customs. Thumping the pulpit to simulate the rhythmic pound of the calf- skins and then moving his arms back and forth in time to a chug- chugging chant, Mr. King, rector of 8t. George's Anglican Church in Kingstom, Jamaica, said: "That gives you an idea of it. The people get themselves over- stimulated emotionally on nights when the moon is full and then are no good for work in the field next day." - Avoids Smash By Taking To Deep Ditch As an aftermath of three minor rear eud collisions which occurred just outside the western Town limits of Whitby yesterday afternoon, a lumber truck owned and driven by J. J. Kelly, RR. No. 1, Norwood, took to the ditch on .the north side of the road to prevent. a collision. The Kelly truck landed in the ditch only a few feet from the spot where a brewery truck went into the ditch in an accident two weeks ago. An- other coincidence .was that nether 'tryck. was involved in the initisl collision. . The lumber truck was procéeding 'west 'about two o'clock, when it came over the brow of 'the sight hill, and' it took to- thé ditch, to prevent a collision, with the rear end of. one of the cars held up by the minor, accident. The limber trifck had to be pulled out with.a tow truck, but suffered only slight damage and trafic was delayed. Provincial Constables Charles Hef4 ferman and Frank Linklatér in- vestigated. What's The By NEIL MacCARL Palm Sports dropped a 5-1 deci- sion to. Oshawa last night, as they found timely hitting of Bathe and the four-hit pitching of McConkey too much for them. Sec- ond sacker Bathe of the Legion- naires banged out a double and a pair of singles in four trips to the plate, started off two rallies, and drove in a run with his third hit, and in addition played a fine game in the field to lead his team all the way. McConkey also earned star rating, as he limited Whitby to four hits, and then came through with a e at the opportune moment to drive in two runs, and win his own game. +9 *» All the hits for the Palm the pitching of McConkey, Even though losing, the Whitby team proved that never again will on . play White Eagles in Oshawa. Whitby downed White Eagles the last time these two teams met, and they are looking for- ward to repeating the job. : he Whitby Intermediates travelled to Peterboro last night, for a game with Peterboro Marines, and we | wouldn't like to suggest that they || were defeated, but there was no {| score book turned in after the §i| ame, and that is always a good in- | dication. Anyway, tomorrow night, Whitby will play the classy Toron- to Stanton Fuels in an exhibition {| game beginning at 7 pm. The half hour late start is at the visitors' re- quest. Coach Warpy Phillips will probably introduce several 'new- comers to the lineup to give them Misery Leads To Communism Says I.M.C. Delegate "Communism challenges the Christian Church to build a better world than it itself does, and the best -- the only -- proof of superi- ority is to accept the challenge and make good," Dr. Matthew Spinka, Waldo professor of Church History at Hartford Theological Seminary, told delegates of the International Missionary Council last night. "We Christians must not allow masses of men; economically ex- ploited, living in preventable pov- erty or suffering disease, some on the very verge of starvation, dis- criminated against because of color or race, to find their most helpful and sympathetic friends outside the Christian Church. It is misery which leads to Communism. The task of making a better world is by rights far more ours than theirs. It is safer for the church -- it has ever been so -- to find itself among the sinned against, exploited--rath- er than the sinning and exploiting. The worthiness of Christianity must not be obscured by the un- worthiness of Christians. Alas! The Church is permeated by the bourgeois standard of life and esti- mate of values--not the stan- dard of Beatitudes! Without offer- ing men the bourgeois standard of wealth and power, we Christians must not forget that men cannot live without bread." Continuing his talk on the Ap- peal of the Communist Gospel for Young Men, Dr. Spinka said: I believe that the appeal lies chiefly in the concrete and positive program for the building of the Communist Kingdom of God (the classless society, free of social in- justice and economic exploitation), by means of scientific economic and political organization of so- ciety, as against the secularist futil- itarianism or the old bourgeois- capitalistic order of society. No one can rightly understand the full force of this appeal, who does not realize that particularly since the 19th century vast num- bers of men have been motivated by purely secularist world view. For them, God was and is dead. In Nietzsche, who spoke for this class of men, the fact that "the great Pan is dead" was an undoubted Dostoevsky 1s obsessed with the problem of the man who has lost faith in God and yet has to live. What for? He realized -- as alas 'most people do not, that if the Christian God is dead, the Chris- ) truth, but 'he admitted it sadly. | high tian ethics, which are woven into the very fabric of our Western cul- ture, no longer can serve as the presuppositions of the life of our society. A new world has to be built, on other than Christian ethics. Young Masaryk, preparing for the academic career at the University of Vienna, analyzed this situation in his thesis: he observed that during the 19th century the percen- tage of suicides among the well-to- do and educated classes has great- ly increased. He traced the cause to the loss of faith. Men had noth- ing to live for. Life was meaning- less, and therefore not worth living. It was "A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying noth- ing." In short, it was futile, But such philosophy of futilitar- ianism is intolerable. Man has .to worship something: if not Ged, then half-Gods. An intelligent man cannot live in a meaningless world. That is the reason why Marx, Hitler and Mussolini found among young men such enthusias- tic acceptance: they literally gave these young people something to live for, and even die for, It was not always worth dying for. What a pity that Christianity failed to arouse the enthusiasm as these causes did. But at least, these se- cularist causes were positive \and concrete--a challenge to build a new world. They saved men from the respair of vacuity and futility, The Marxian gospel is not a mere economic theory. It is a world view, a philosophy of life, a religion. It demands total loyalty, regimented cooperation in a rigidly organized party, a supreme devotion to the particular task alloted to. the indi- vidual member. Subordination to the will of the party is as cardinal a principle with a communist as obedience to his superior is to a Jesuit, In fact, there is great simi- larity between the two organiza- tions. Individualism so character- istic of the Renaissance culture in the last days of which we live is an anathema to the communist; to him, the society as a whole is su- perior to any of its individual mem- bers,r He rejects the Christian principle that personality. is the est value in the world---the good of society to him is the high- est value. Accordingly, he is neces- sarily totalitarian. That why MISERY LEADS * (Continued on Page 11) According to Rev. Satereki A. Tuilovoni, Methodist minister from Suva, Fiji, who is a delegate to the International Missionary Council conference being held in the On- tario Ladies College here, the elder element in the Fijian Islands are extremely difficult to evangelize, therefore missions in the islands have and are concentrating more and more upon the younger gen- eration, To illustrate his state- ment regarding the difficult: task of evangelizing the older generation of Fijian natives he said that in 50 years of Christian service among the people there only about 1,000 out of a population of some 120,000 have become Christians. Tall, dark-skinned and bushy- haired, Rev. Tuilovoni further de- clared that it was unfortunate but "few Christian Fijians chose to come to the ministry as mission workers preferring instead to seek higher-paying government jobs." He said that the main reason for Small Percentage Of Fijians Christians-Minister Are the apparent lack of interest in be- coming a Christian stemmed from the fact that there are too few qualified teachers of the Gospel in the islands. He stated that as a result of new hope arising from war experiences, the missionaries there realize that the time is now opportune for the Fijian workers to shoulder more responsibility than they have ever done before, . In concluding his brief address to the conference Rev. Tuilovoni said that "the effect of the war in Fiji has been mixed, but it also served as a sorting out process. Out of the evil of war there has emerg- ed new opportunities, both mate- rial and spiritual. Our faith has been tested in this war and after this struggle there has dawned a new day. The evils brought by war have been a means of waking us up to mind the things of eternal truth. We are determined to fight the darkness of this world." a chance before signing them, or using them in a league game. PRR Shorty's Tiger play hosts to Brooklin Dodgers in a regular junior softball game tonight, and the Tigers will be trying to stop their losing streak at 10 games. Already this week they have played two games, losing to Westmount 3s and Jhen taking a 20-3 drubbing from Fittings on Tuesday night. L EB J Whitby Bowling 'Club will hold another weekly jitney at their greens tonight for their own mem- beers. Tnursday night is rapidly becoming an important night for local bowlers, and great interest and competition are shown, The jitney is held primarily to encour- age new members of the club, but théy are enjoying a large degree of success, as well as providing a good night of entertainment for * po taking part. On Tuesday night, the club staged a mixed trebles tourna- ment, and for the first time this yedr, Whitby bowlers were able to keep at least part of the prizes at home, as they won first and third prizes. Previgusly in the Fairwell Trophy tournament, and again in the first women's tournament, -vis- iting bowlers frem Oshawa made a clean gweep of the prizes. Yester- day afternoon, several Whitby rinks travelled to the tournament at Co- bourg, but no results are available as yet. LAR 3 The Whitby Tennis Club staged a tournament on its own courts last night, with the Ontario Hospital Club providing the opposition. Full results of the tournament were not available at press time, but they will be published tomorrow. : "Whitby News In Brief Accounts of social events and of visitors to and from the town are appreciated by this department Evelyn Balmer was honored at a miscellaneous shower on Monday evening of thir week when Mrs. Lawrence Heffering entertained ahout 25 friends of Heydnshore Park. Mrs. Heffering had the living-room decorated with white wedding bells, pink and white streamers, and flow- ers, The bride's corner was very attratcive with a watering can de- corated with flowing streamers, at the end of which a large basket contained the beautiful gifts for the bride. After Miss Balmer had opened and admired each gift she thanked the hostess and friends. Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess and friend Miss Scott, assisted by Mrs. George Balmer, mother of the bride-to-be. Whitby Rink Cops Bowling Tournament The Whitby Lawn Bowling Club staged a successful mixed rinks trebles tournament Tuesday night with 16 entries, and for the first time this year, the first prize was won by a Whitby rink. The winning trio were James Sleightholm, Mrs. J. Annan and J. M. Hicks, skip who won three games with a total of 31 points. Mr. Cochrane's Oshawa rink of Mrs. Coppin and Mrs. Cochrane finished a close second, with three wins and 30 points, losing out by a single point. The high total for two wins was also. won by a Whitby rink, with skip Norm Thomas, Mrs. B. Donnel- ly, and Mrs. A. Patterson winning third prize with 28 points. Fourth prize, high for one win was taken by James McCutcheon's trio from Osh- awa, of Mrs, McCutcheon and Mrs. Gibbs. Lunch was served by the ladies following the tournament. Five-Cent Wage Increase For Foundry Workers The members of Local 2458, United Steelworkers of America, last night accepted an offer from the Whitby Malleable Iron and Brass Company for a five-cent raise in wages and payment for three legal holidays--Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. The terms of the wage increase were arrived at under an open end clause in the contract signed last September. The raise is retroactive to May 30 last. Sport Calendar TONIGHT Junior Softball--Brooklin Dodgers at Shorty's Tigers, Town Park, 7 p.m. . Ladies Softball--Ajax at Whitby, High School Grounds, 7 p.m. Juvenile Baseball-Whitby Rotary at Oshawa Sunnysides. FRIDAY, JULY 11 Exhibition Baseball -- Toronto Stanton Fuels at Whitby Inter- mediates, Town Park, 7 p.m, VOLCANOES IN LINE Europe's most active volcanoes, Etna, Stromboli and Vesuvius lie in a straight line. Occupied Nations Religious activity in former oc- cupied countries of Western Europe is now flourishing more than in pre-war days it was related to the 120 members of the International Missionary Council in session at the Ontario Ladies' College last night, by delegates from these countries. Youth groups are thriving, congre- gations are busy rebuilding churches which were damaged or destroyed, and missionary groups are anxious- ly pressing to resume their overseas work. Delegates also heard Rev. Carl Heinrich Ihmels of Leipzig in the Russian zone of Germany express fears of restrictions arising from failure last week of the Paris con- ference on the Marshall plan for economic aid to Europe. Typical of the reports was that of Rev. Matti Alavi Peltola of Hel- sinki -a missionary of the Finnish Missionary Society, who said there had been an "unprecedented" rise in Finnish interest in missions work. More candidates were offering themselves for the ministry than could be accommodated. Rt. Rev. Axel Malstrom, bishop of Viborg, Denmark, said 98 per cent of the. Danish population be- longs to his denomination, the Evangelical Church of Penmark, and that a spirit of cooperation was growing among the various Danish missionary groups. Christianity in Norway went "from, strength to strength" during the war, said Rev. Olav Guttorm Myklebust of Oslo, assistant profes- sor of missions in the Church of Norway's Free Faculty of Theology. He sald that at the end of the war the Scandinavian countries co-op- erated to obtain a plane to fly mis- slonaries home for furlough from African mission flelds cut off by the war and to take out their re- placements. Later Dr. J. T. Tucker of Dondi, Angola, gave further details of mis- sionary plane arrangements. He said the flying. after the end of the war had been sporadic but now the Scandinavian missions were setting up a regular air service to transport their missionaries to and from their mission flelds. In process of organi- zation is a Flying Fellowship in London, England, to train pilots for flying missiongries' planes. Rev. Walter Freytag, of Hamburg, Germany, director of missions for the German Evangelical Missions Council and lecturer on missions at the universities of Hamburg and Kiel, said German missionaries went directly to mission fields upon their release from Nazi internment camps but the German groups now were having a hard time supporting the men in the fields. German missionary societies took an active part in rebuilding churches. Four times as many pros- pective student missiénaries now were available, more than could be accommodated. Reporting for the Russian zone of Germany, Dr. Ihmels, director of the Leipzig Mission and a professor at the University of Leipzig, sald that so far Russian rule'had been less severe than had been Groups met during the week for Bible Study and church workers could give religious instruction one hour a week in the schools. "Fear of restriction is greater now than after the breakdown of the Paris meeting but with 15 years of troubled time behind us we face the future with confidence," said the Lutheran churchman and author. Earlier Dr. Kenneth /8. Latour- ette, professor of missions and Ori- told the council that the Protest- antism of the United States is be- ing marshalled on behalf of a bet- ter world order--"Several of the denominations - have programs' for the education of their constituencies for world peace." : Some indications has appeared of a trend toward unification of Prot- estant denominations. Dr. Latour- ette mentioned as an example the formation of the United Church of Canada by Methodists and Presby- terians in 1925 as well as current talks in Canada between the United Church of Canada and the Church of England in Canada' looking to- ward an exchange of ministry. He said church membership ap- peared to be declining in Great Britain but it was rising in the United States. He attributed this situation partly to the shift in leadership in material wealth to the United States from Britain. Steals Three Trucks In A Few Hours Edmund Chase. R.R. No. 3, Stouff- ville, who was arrested Tuesday morning by Pickering Police and charged with stealing three trucks, apparently is a firm believer in the old adage, "if at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again." In the early hours of yesterday morning, he is alleged to have stolen three trucks belonging to Curran and Briggs, Construction Company, Pickering. The first truck was found stalled on the new high- way, one and a half miles east of Dunbarton. His second effort was with a ten-wheel Aero truck, whiz he stalled on the Brock Road hill, and finally he was successful in tak- ing a dump truck. Following his ar-'" rest early Tuesday morning, he took Pickering Police officers to where he had hidden the third truck. Chase has been lodged in the Ontario County jail, to await a hearing. GROPER GOPHER The gopher tortoise lives under d. NEW CEMENT MIXER, BARROWS AND OPERATOR 85 YDS. PER HOUR Harry W. Jermyn WHITBY, ONT. ental. history at Yale University, | [lems Whitby Classified FOR SALE -- BEATTY ELECTRIC Washing Machine, good condition, also boy's wagon, rubber tires. Apply Bruce Wallace, 120 Perry street, itby, - (July16) WANTED---WANTED TO BUY, POUL- try, highest market prices paid, also feathers and horse hair. Apply N. iy, Moiig street south, itby. Phone or 992, Whitby. FOR SALE----YOUNG PIGS. FOR SALE. Must be sold. Apply W. Cox, RR. 1, Pickering, at Audley Siding, near F. M. Chapman's. of Ji the Court House. TENDERS FOR COAL Sealed Tenders plainly marked as to contents will be received by the undersigned up until Tuesday the 15th day 1047, at 12 o'clock Noon, for the supply of coal for Home, Court House and Gaol, particulars as to grade and amount on application to Allan Lavis, Caretaker, DATED at Whitby, this 4th day of July, A.D. 1947. R. DONALD RUDDY, County Clerk, Court House, Whitby. FURNACES CLEANED! -- FURNACES 1 d, swept, d, spray ting of all kinds. Oshawa. or ithy. Q. RADIO SERVICE GUARANTEED -- IMMEDIATE BUTT RADIO & APPLIANCE St. N. Whitby Tel 707 phone 644, Whitby. FOR RENT---3-ROO] APARTMENT Adulte only. Ap y. = MED and bath. Very central, ply . P.O. Box 233, Whi WANTED TO BUY-ALL KINDS OF Poultry, also new and old feathers. Highest market prices. Apply J. Parker, 321 Brock Bt. N. Phone 486, Properties For Sale Daily Pickup and Delivery Service CLEANIT SERVICE Phone Whitby 707 é SSSI [4 New Oottage for sale, Dunbarton, in perfect condition.' Large lot. pro, srr 34200 Five room Bungalow on Athol Street. Possession 1st of . AUGUSE 4' veers ies ngsen $2,500 W. A. Lawson 115 Green Street A Whitby The Corporation of the Town of Whitby offers the' " following machinery for sale: ! 1 used Cletrac Tractor 30-45 H.P, 1 used Frost and Wood 5 foot mower Both machines may bé seen in the yard at th - of the Town Hall.