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DAILY CAPITAL NEWS, Jefferson City, Mo. Thursday, December 1967 Page T-A The kinsmen of Jesus-3 Salome, Jesus' ambitious (EDITOR'S NOTE: Some deserted but ihroushout his bfief ministry on earth, Salome, his ambitious but faithful aunt, stayed by him, steadfast in her faith. FcHowins is of 3 series dealing with the kinsmen of Christ.) By GEORGE W. CORNELL AP Religion Writer She was daring, venturesome, idealistic, brimming with energy. She was a woman of property.

She apparently was ambitious and something of a firebrand. She also was Jesus' aunt. They shared the same blood, by descent, and he, by commitment, joined it with others--the hungry, the strangers, the naked, the prisoners. "As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me," he said. The fraternal Galilean linked himself by intention with the downtrodden, the poor, the pursuers of peace and justice, but he also had natural ties given him by birth.

Not all of them condoned his chosen involvements. But his aunt did. She did so with majestic expectations, and eventually, with sobered realism. She stuck close to him during the three years of his swift, momentous ministry, and was among the well-off women who, as reported in Luke 8:30, financed it "out of their means." She was sure of the cause, even though she brashly misconstrued it, while many of his hometown relatives plainly doubted it. She pressed advice on him.

She refused to abandon him. She refused to abandon him even when danger drove most of his apostles away. Salome was true-blue family. A typical sort of rich aunt, aggressive, strong-minded, meddlesome, but unswervably loyal to her own. Her name, although variants are possible, is indicated by comparing Scripture references, such as John 19:25 which lists Jesus' "mother's sister" in a group of women and Mark 15:40 which lists "Salome" instead in the same group.

Elsewhere, in Matthew 27:56, Salome is identified as "the mother of the sons of Zebedee" --James and John, who were among the apostles of Jesus, presumably cousins. He nick- named the high-strung pair of thunder." Zebedee owned a fishing business with hired employees, Scripture notes. It was a substantial industry, compared to the humble lot of the kinfolk in Xazareth. about 30 miles to the southwest. Salome valued prestige, the leverage of class and possessions.

It was the coin of world power, and she was a practical woman. But she also was socially concerned, a staunch Israelite, with strong feelings of nation and a compassion for its people. Yet she and the hardheadec; Zebedee must have been shaken when their two sons quit the profitable family enterprise to join with Jesus in his unpredictable, non-conforming activities. Zebedee kept gruffly busy with his ships and dock hands, and whether or not he approved of it, Salome began frequenting the happenings and gatherings wrought by her nephew. She likely visited often with her sister, Mary, about it.

It was a strange experience. At first, she may have been mo- tivated by a desire to stay near her sons, but she absorbed the deeper magnetism of it, the current of powerfully rising expectancy. She and other women of means furnished provisions and funds to sustain Jesus' itinerant company, and traveled much with it to attend to its needs. Salome also was touched by the fiery dedication of her sons. They were thunderbolts, indeed.

Salome matched the fervor of her sons, absorbing the crowd's excitement, the swelling intensity of the movement. All the land churned with hope of a messiah --a new kingdom to throw off Rome's yoke. She recognized that James and John held a special place of confidence with Jesus, along with Peter. John especially was the "disciple that Jesus loved." She was convinced that soon, Jesus would establish his reign. In anticipation, she went to him with her sons, as related in Matthew 20, saying she had a special request to make of him.

He was readily attentive. "What do YOU want?" The by His She put it bluntly, like an elder counselor accustomed being heeded. "Command that these two sons of mine may sit. one at your right hand one at your left, in your kingdom." It seemed entirely reasonable to her, considering jiot only 'ho family connections, but also the able diligence of her sons. It also was sound organizational planning to get major cabinet officers picked in advance.

Jesus looked fondly at his aunt, and slowly shook his head. do not know what you are asking." He turned to James and John. "Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" Always eager, not realizing the crucifixion he faced, they said. "We are able." His expression clouded, and he nodded. "You will drink my cup." Indeed they would, later on.

James slain by the collaborationist regime to become the first martyred apostle, and John arrested, exiled to a desolate island. But Jesus didn't give the details. He said that the kind of passing political power pro- saionie was not his to that relationships would in the divine orov- rhe implications didn't impress tnein. res: of apostles, ly preoccupied po- Salome had tried social privilege for Tr.v.-e usuai of power had meant much to her. A sensible, direct she had though: Jesus would achieve his sovereignty these ordinary v.

ays. But she also had a fuller, unqualified trust in him. When he i-amed. not a crown, but a cross, she was among the who stayed with him. to the hadn't turned out as Salome had expected, or wanted.

But whatever kind of dynasty Jesus was establishing, she believed in it. It would be a good one. including all those unfortunate sufferers he equated with himself. He would build a bigger, nobler line. She could depend on it.

After all. he was her nephew. Tomorrow: The Organizational Brother) Student government can be fulltime job By MILT LOEVVE Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal For The Associated Press WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP)-Robert Neely, 21-year-old senior at Central Missouri State College, has a new, unpaid full- Pencils not used for writing Everyone want a taste Demand for poi up, production down HONOLULU (AP) Poi, a.to taro paddies which are never! One is the wet land or paddy-jwould be a solid investment time job, in addition to a load of college courses. full MERRY CHRISTMAS From Your Many Friends at Thrifty Finance Governments of the U.S.A.

held at San Jose, last month. To his surprise he found himself the head of the national student organization, which is the administrative arm of more than 120 affiliated student governments in the 50 states. Lincoln is a recreation! LYONS, Neb. (AP) Neely was a delegate of thei Campus Student Government Association to the national convention of Associated Student library or having a bull session (trying to find one to write with rich, pasty hawaiian food, is aining in popularity as a health jand infant food. The tourist in- There wan ts an ever-increasing jno shortage of pencils in thej supp i to give i ose to one When not in class, the Glen Robley household.

But 1 i ion visitors a year a taste of major. in his dormitory room he usual-Us another matter. ly can be found in the new of-1 Hawaii. And many residents eat it for rebuilt. method, which is now lone of the state's sugar or pine-i --The sons of the taro farmers! almost exclusively used by thei apple plantations, don't want to follow in their The other is the dry-j "They have the capital, ther's footsteps--bending overland method, which has untiljand equipment needed," Sher-l in the hot sun with water up to recently been considered unfea-jman said.

"But. as yet I know; the knees. jsible since an inferior quality of of no concrete plan by any plan--Land in Hawaii is at aitaro resulted. tation to grow taro." premium. A taro farmer can Sherman says a four-year! -'breakfast lunch and dinner as aioften get more for his land than project carried out by the ex-' fice which has been provided; Robley's hobby is collecting supp i emen for rice or potatoes.jhe could make in 10 years eperiment station shows that the.

him at the College Union. (pencils--all kinds of pencils. The organization he heads is! a young one, organized just fourj He has big pencils little pen the older, larger, militant and The bylaws of the orgariiza-jmore outspoken student organ- tion provide that he must con-jization. the National Student As- ytars ago. ifrom all 50 states and many for- It bears little to eign countries.

There are 20,000 But, as the demand for the growing taro. sticky substance, which is made from the root of the taro plant, tinue as a full time student while holding office. Neely. son of Mr. and Mrs.

R. M. Neely Exclusively at G. A. FISCHER DRUG COMPANY of them.

"It's easy to collect them, cils, old ones and new. They're gces up the supply is going in he opposite direction. The Hawaii State Agriculture Department acreage in says the the state taro has once you get started," saysj dl oppecl to a out 390 acres from Robley. The decorates Robley the four collection walls of a about 440 acres last year. The greatest percentage of taro is grown in small family- owned plots.

It is grown in dry-land method, under proper fertilization and crop manage--The taro farmers have nei-iment, can produce taro which is sociation, which boasts strong chapters on most major college campuses. Neely said the ASC had adopted a more conservative approach and that efforts to havej who owns store here, started the organization take stands on: his co i lect lon back in 1927. And 2ets for i i I JLJIG pllCe 1116 I i i 1V1 national political issues npvpr auit i i defeated at the convention. ihis taro today is higher than it jhas ever been. r' A good share of the collection i He described the mission of' ther the capital nor the equip-1 of a quality equal to the paddy- ment to take advantage of re- culture taro in making poi.

cent advances in agriculture technology for growing taro. But, the farmers don't want toj Dr. G. Donald Sherman, asso-jchange their ways, Sherman; ciate director of the Hawaii Ag-jsaid. "We're faced with a social riculture Experiment Station at the University of Hawaii, says problem." Sherman says considering the there are two methods of grow-jpresent price of poi and the ing taro.

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"Serious students who are in The oldest pencil in his collec-. college seeking a well-rounded tion is a mechanical one. which education are concerned supposedly over 400 years where they stand in the total college enrollment." Neely said when asked about the most com. mon area of concern among delegates to the convention where he was elected president. Lovely Wood Products Peppermills Spick Racks Coffee Mills "Today, more than ever be- ifore, students realize they are becoming a strong force in the I national college picture: the other two.

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