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'Taih't Fair
On Superiority
Superiority is a word, that has taken quite a lot of
abuse throughout tlie ages'—even before Hitler let loose his
diatribes upon "The Superior Race." Too often it has been
used in quotation marks, as though it were a term of contempt, and as though, no one should try to achieve superiority.
Ancl yet, isn't one of the greatest strengths of our
nation the' fact that throughout its history men have been
encouraged to lift themselves up, rather than level down to
a common equation? There has always been room at the
top and those who have made the grade have come from
all1 sorts of backgrounds.
One of the great fallacies of the devotees to Statism,
whether they be Facist, Communist, or Socialist, is that
they want to level everyone else down to them, without trying to lift the downtrodden up to their level.
But what constitutes superiority? I like the definition
from the sayings of Confucious. "There are three marks of
a superior man: being* virtuous, he is free from anxiety;
being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is
free from fear."
He is free from aipciety because he adheres to the
coui-se of right, steering away from the snags and whirlpools which might engulf him. He is not worried for fear
of what might be said—because he has given no cause for
just criticism. He never has to remember what he said—
because he speaks the truth.
He is free from perplexity, because he is wise. He has
studied things through, thought things out, and mastered
both himself and his subject. In short, he knows what he
is doing, why he is doing* it, and how to accomplish his
purpose.
He is free from fear because he is brave—not with
the rashness of daring* action, but because he has an inner
poiu'age, a reliance in his powers and a faith in the greater
powers and wisdom of his God.
He does not stand apart in pride, nor does he truckle
to the mob. He is constantly learning and never satisfied
with his own accomplishments. His word is good and he
can be depended upon to consider others before his own
personal interests.
It is the superior man who makes a good leader. And
one of the advantages of our form of government is that
we have the power to seek out superior men and vote them
into office. If we do not choose, we have only ourselves to
blame.
Let the Women Try
One of the more able Washington correspondents recently devoted his column, as Washington correspondents
occasionally do, to the question ,of how to provide good
enough education for Americans. He elaborated at some
length on the idea that if only the nation's women could be
interested in the problems of education, something broad,
and definite would soon be done about those problems.
Aside from the fact that the writer blandly ignores the
very considerable effort already being made by women
along these lines, the notion has some merit. It is true that
in recent years women, rather than men, have been mainly
responsible for community discussions of important cultural
and sponsored lectures on such subjects. There is at least a
reasonable chance that if women's study groups all over the J
country were to focus on education, the quality of the national debate could be much improved.
At present most of tliis debate revolves about such
matters as whether the parochial schools are entitled to
federal aid, racial integration in the schools, and whether
federal aid will lead to federal control in the classroom. Although these are questions that warrent discussion, they
are more or less peripheral. Tlie main inquiry should be devoted, rather, to ramifications of the central question:
What is the best way to assure that the maximum number
of young Americans, wherever they are and regardless of
their financial status, will receive first-rate education to fit
them for citizenship in a great democracy which leads the
free world? I
Perhaps the women could bring this desirable change
to focus. But it is to be hoped that they will ring in their
menfolk, too. Men also have a stake in education — and
who knows, they might even contribute an idea now and
then?
Everyone Can Help
A baby is borii with an opening in the wall that separates the lower chambers of its tiny heart. Only skilled
surgery can correct the defect and give this child a chance
to survive and lead a healthy, normal life. You can help.
An old man will die unless he receives emergency blood
vessel surgery. You can help. In a quiet laboratory a highly
skilled man tinkers with an intricate nest of glass tubing
and bottles and retorts. If he is allowed to continue along
his line of research, he may be able to evolve a better artificial lung for use in heart surgery. You can help.
In another laboratory a team of scientists is doing research on changes that take plate when a muscle tissue
contracts and relaxes. If they can proceed with their research it may lead to better understanding of that remarkable pump, the heart muscle. You can help.
Heart clinics and educational programs are saving lives
and rehabilitating victims of heart circulatory disease. You
can' help.
You can help by contributing generously to the Heart
Fund, which battles the disease responsible for more than
half the nation's deaths.
Vol. 36 — No. 23
2 sections — 10 Pages
NORTH CANTON, OHIO, WEt>NESDAY, 'FEBRUARY 28, 1962
10o   Per   Ocjpy
North Canton Has
lost' Rembrandt
'Have you soon it? T h c "lost"
Rembrandt?   North   C.inton   has
The valuable art work i.s currently on display at tlie Norlh
Canton Library on N. Main St..
llong with an appropriate clip
"rom   a  comic  s-.ri/.
Title of the Rembrandt, eteh-
'ng is "Dr. .Fa'tistus in His Stu-
■iy." It will be on exhibit
luring rcgui.ir library hours
:hrough Salurday of thi.s  week.
The eteliin,', which belongs to
.lie art show currently on display at the Lit:ie Art Gallery,
»vas missing when the exhi'bit
arrived  tho  last  of January.
It finally was located and was
forwarded to Robert Rainey, gallery  director,   this  week.
Teenagers Give Their Opinions
Bowen Gives Seniors
Job-Seeking Hints
North Canton Rotary Club's
third Senior Night for prospective 1962 Hoover High graduates
will be Thursday, March I.
Approximately fifty boys and
girls will be guests of the Rotarians for a dinner meeting at
Community Christian Church.
Guest speaker will be Max
Bowen, city (personnel director
for Canton. Hi's talk vvill include
helpful advice on finding and
keeping a job, as well as prospects for job-seekers.
Mr. Bowen is a former state
examiner, former administrative
assistant to Congressman Frank
'Bow; and an officer in the American  Legion.
Ralph Beuck is chairman of
the program, which was planned hy the club's Youth Committee.
Snow Falls, Ice Melts
Council Hall Flooded
Water, water, everywhere! Even City Council went
swimming Monday night in a sea of storm water sewer
pipes, retention basins and muddy paths and play areas.
Raining the ever-troublesome issues down on Council's
head were representatives of the Sundowne Civic Assn. and
residents nf the northeast and southeast sections hi the
City.
FAA Engineers Meet
The Akron - Canton Chapter,
Airways Engineering Society,
will meet Monday, March 5.
The society is composed of
engineers and electronic technicians employed by the Federal
Aviation Agency in the electronic facilities department.
J. L. Wright is in charge of
all FAA electronic facilities in
thi,s area. With the aid of three
assistant supervisors and 14
technicians, he is responsible for
keeping more than a million dollars worth of air navigational
equipment in perfect operating
condition 24 hours a day, 365
days  a  year.
To Observe Hi Pal
Richard Kirkpatrick interviews 10 teenagers Thursday, J. eD. TA, ror tne "X" J^uot oiuuy.
Among those answering questions were:  Gwen Spence, Tim Murphy and Judy Spitler.
We're Typical j
'TPilot Study of Public Wants
To Guide Future Programming
As a "typical 'Y' operation in a small community," the North Canton Community
Building YMCA has been chosen one of four to conduct a Pilot Study of the community
it serves.
The studies are being sponsored in four of the 175 operations in the Ohio-West
Virginia Council of the Young • Men's Christian Assn.
According to Don Davis, local
"Y" executive, this is the first
such study to be conducted in
this area. Other operations participating in the project are
Warren, Sandusky and the Central  Cincinnati   YMCA.
The purpose of the study is
to help determine how people
feel about their community and
the YMCA, to get a public evaluation of what the "Y" is doing, and to get an expression
of desire as to what should be
done.
The first training session for
tlie North Canton interviewers
was held Monday, Feb. 19, with
the two-hour interviews beginning the 20th.
To achieve a cross-section of
opinion, eight different groups
have been called in for interviews. Containing eight to ten
persons per group, these teams
represent business leaders, parents of youth, teenagers, religious and education leaders,
adult "Y" participants, committee participants, board of managers and Hoover employes.
Both "Y'' members and non-
members  have   been  included.
Tapes are beir.g made at each
two-hour interview. These tapes
will be reviewed by two teams
LENTEN LESSON
(Walk with Jesus in the wilderness during the forthcoming Lenten season. Drink from His cup, kneel with Him
in prayer and make the pilgrimmage with Him to Jerusalem. To help our readers gain a fuller understanding of
and deeper inspiration from this Easter season, we are publishing a series of Lenten sermonettes written especially for
this newspaper by area pastors.)
"Now Jesus.
of lay listeners on two consec
Program at Fair ' utive evenings. 'From this a master tape will be prepared. This
tape, which will include all of
the significant ideas, will be used   by   "Y"   committees.
Listening sessions are set for
March '14-15 at the homes of
Mrs. Carl Johnson and M r s.
Robert Williams. The final report  is to   be  made  March 16.
Among the significant results
of the project, to date, says 'Mr.
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'A woman from Hartford, Conn,
will be here Saturday to observe
one of the Hi Pal social activities.
The event will be a Fair, sponsored for the handicapped by the
I-Ii-Y an>d Tri-Hi-Y of North Canton.
The event will begin at 8 p.m.
in the Community 'Building
YMCA gym.
Meet Your Teacher
Biographies In Brief
Mrs. Judy Russell
A second year kindergarten
teacher, Mrs. J'udy Russell has
lived in North Canton nearly a
year
(Born Aug. 10, 1938, she graduated from Lehman High School
and attended Miami University,
Kent State Uiliversity, and the
University of Hawaii.
She has been active in TB
drives, Rod Feather, United
Fund, Sr. Center work, Aultman
Hospital, Art Institute Music
'Program, league dance programs, Eastern Star, FTA president, Junior League, and PTA
officer.
'Before teaching at Clearmount
She was a college student at
Timken Park.
' 'Mrs. Russell}' lives .witli;" her.
husband, Jaek'/W'5#i Nv.'-ftiain
St. and"attends:. Zibht! ...United:
Church of Christ.
Mrs. D. Shirley Smith
A teacher at Clearmount,' Mrs.
D. Shirley Smith has taught in
the school system for four years.
She attended State Teacher's
College in Indiana, Pa., after
graduating from 'Penn High
School.
Mrs. Smith formerly taught at
Mbntclair Academy ih Jtfew Jersey.
She and her husband, _ Norris,
have three children:, Stephen,
13; Susan, 12; and Sally, 9. (Tihe
family  lives   at  950   Foster St.
A member of the Zion Evangelical Church, she is a Girl
Scout Leader and a member of
.i'i^S&kiu/%'tt3tfiiifh-,' Pa..".She
ft^-ltyed'- in.' Notth -Gantori; iot
12 "years,     ■-      -■■	
.was led about
the desert by the Spirit (or
forty days." St. Luke, 4:1
A certain non-Catholic lady
■could not understand why Catholics do not eat meat on Friday. She thought the idea unreasonable. Her gardener was
a Catholic, a simple, hard-work-'
ing old man. One day she asked him what he thought of it.
His answer cleared away her
misgivings and eventually led
her into the Church. "Ah" Miss
Mary," he explained, "Christ
lived for me; Christ worked for
me; Christ suffered for me;
Christ died for me. Is not my
doing without meat on Friday
a very small return for all
that?"
The old gardener' had the real
spirit of penance, the "why"
and "wherefore" of Lent — to
do what Christ did, not just because we must, not principally
because we are commanded, but
because Christ did so much for
us.
Why Lent? Why do we fast and
deny ourselves, why do we attend special services, say more
prayers and better .prayers for
forty long days? We do it because   Christ   did   it.
"Now Jesus, full of the Holy
Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and led about the desert by
the Spirit for forty days, being
tempted all the while by the
devil. And in those days he ate
nothing; and When they were
completed he was hungry." St.
Luke, 4:H-2.
.The same Spirit that led
him into the desert leads us
into the land of self-denial. The
•same Slpirit that called Christ
is calling you.
Picture Christ in the full bloom
of His manhood startirg out into
that barren desert. There were
no trees to give shade, no water
to quench his thirst, no food, no
friends, no comforts, no conveniences, notMrig of what the body
craves, nothing but burning sand
jagged rocks, and thorny bushes. No sign of life but the howling of wild beasts. There we see
the 'Son of God Himself, alone
and lonely.
Our Master remained there
for forty days of the most rigorous fasting, forty days of conversation with His Father, forty
days without the simplest comforts   of   the   body.
IBecause our Savior spent those
forty days in penance, we try to
do the same. He did it all for
us, but He wants us to do our
share for Him. He wants us to
follow Him, to answer the call
of the Snirit. He tells us; '"If
anyone wishes to come after me,
let him deny himself, and 'take
up his cross, and follow me."
St. Matthew,  16:24.
'For forty days Christ ate nothing. In imitation, Mother Church
asks those who can to cut down
on food and drink. We must also
fast spiritually. By spiritual
fasting we mean fasting from
sin. All year long, especially
in" Lent, Ve must keep that fast,
Past with your eyes. Are you
in the habit of looking at every
type of.#eture that comes a-
long? Do sexy and" suggestive
scenes' fiiid• ifeheir way' tfhrdutgh
your eyes into your soul? Are
your glances at persons of the
opposite sex serioUs occasions
of sin to you? Are you the "must
see every movie and TV program" type? Think of Christ in
the desert, giving up sight of
everything__pjeasant and lawful
for you. For Him — give lip the
unlawful, and sometimes even
the lawful.
Fast with your tongue. Not
just by abstaining from food
and drin'kir.g, but by abstaining
from filthy language, suggestive
stories, cursing and swearing.
Tell Christ who was silent in
the bitter silence of the desert
that you can't!
'Fast with your ears. Close
them to the kind of talk just
mentioned, and open them to the
commdands of your parents, the
advice of your teachers, the corrections   of  your   fiends.
St. Francis de Sales said,
"Believe me, the mortification
of the senses - of the sight, the
hearing, the tongue - is more
beneficial than to wear a chain
of  iron   and   a   hair-shirt."
As we follow our Savior a-
round that desert for f o r t y
days, we find him prayirg 'constantly. We must pray, too. The
best prayer is the Holy Mass;
it is the best sacrifice, it unites
all the sufferings and teachings
of our Lord into one half-hour
service. Christ gave up all comfort for me, but I don't love
him enough to give up a little
sleep! Mass is Calvary -the
desert - Gethsemane - the
Passion - the Last Supper . the
Crucifixion - and Easter all over
again.
On A s h Wesnesday, Holy
Mother Church gently puts ashes on our heads to open this
sacred season, reminding us that
we are dust, reminding us of
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Five Area Churches
Plan Program For
World Prayer Dsy
Five Xorth Canton churches
are cooperating in a public
"World Day of Prayer" observance   Friday,   March   9.
The 1:30 p.m. service will be
held in Northminster (United
Presbyterian i Church, 2.17 W.
Maple St.
Thome of this year's service
is "For God So' Loved the
World."
The Rov. Francis W. Park.
ipastor of tho host church, will
bring the message. His topic
will be "Tho Desperate Need
for   Intercessors."
'Participating in t h e observance, in addition to Northminster, are: Community Christian
Church, Faith ..Methodist Church,
Zion Lutheran Church and Zion
United Church  of Christ.
Portage PTA
To Hear Ocasek
State Senator Oliver Ocasek of
Northfield will bo guest speaker
at the Tuesday, March 6, meeting   of   :he  Portage  'PTA.
His talk on "Spending Dollars to Make Sense in Education" will be followed by a question and answer period.
Mr. Ocasek is assistant professor of education at Akron
University ancl a former principal   at   Tallmadgo   High   School.
He earned hi.s M.A. "degree at
Kent Stale and is working toward his Ph.D. ai Western Reserve.
■An outstanding political figure,
Mr. Ocasek has been voted one
of five outstanding senators in
the State and was named "Man
of the Year in I960" by the Akron 'Junior Chamher of Commerce.
The S o'clock meeting will be
in  the   .school   cafeteria.
George B. Hayes Jr., representing t h e Clearmount PT1A,
read a letter from that organization requesting: (1) gravel for
a temporary walk on the ex-
ten tion of Clearmount between
Fairview and Edgewood; and
(21 fencing in of the retention
basin off 3. Woodside. Several
other PTA members also were
present at the Council meeting.
Council President Charles
Strausser explained that the
walk should have been put into
decent condition last year, and
referred the matter to Chester
Sterling, director of administra*
tion.
Reporting on the Feb. 21 meeting of the Storm Water Sewer
Committee of Council, Councilman Donald Newbauer indicated that the committee would
seek Council approval to .proceed
with plans to extend Clear-
mount St. through to Edgewood
and to cover over the retention
basin and iput in  a park area.
To carry the extra flow of water, if the retention basin is eliminated, additional pipe would
have to bo laid, City Engineer
Leroy Cooper told Council.
Newbauer, in his request to
Council, made later during the
meeting, asked and received approval for the engineer to proceed with plans for a project
thai would take care of a 11
southeast portions of town that
drain through   to the south.
President Strausser explained, for those present, the procedure for such a project, that is
required under new istate laws:
after the engineer submits plans
and estimates, Council must
pass a Resolution of Necessity,
in order to proceed. An assessing
board is then appointed to figure
estimated costs per unit. Public
hearings are held, after which
citizens involved have an opportunity to appeal to an appeals
board. It is only after all of this
that Council can take action to
proceed or not to proceed with
the project.
In past years, Council completed the project, and then appointed an- assessing board to
figure  the individual   costs.
In discussing this project,
Councilman Russell Youtz re-
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Fund-Raising Committee
Heading the Building Fund Campaign for'Northminster
Church are (left to right), row 1: William Tannehill, Mrs.
Dale Snook, Mrs. Harry Swickard and Merrill Purviance.
Row 2: James Pinder, Richard Stratton and Richard
Weirich, general chairman. Howard Frost was absent when
the picture was taken.
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Design Church Building Program
Members of the Northminster Building Committee are (left to ririht), row 1- Clarence
Wise, Robert James, James Pinder. and Mrs. William Jewell. Row2;-R6bert Rajmsev Ransom H&U,-:.Paid Grataey, Marshall Folts and George Seanor, Dave Swickard was abenS
wh,en the picture was taken. «*»«». »."»s*is