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Catilemen ft 3 Catholics in Britain to Use Revised Bible Only Few Minor Changes Made in Text, National Council of Churches Told Us! a uimmi Times Religion Editor 2 SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7. Pert HI LEARNING The Rev. Newman Eberhordt teaches a course in church history to a third-year class at Sr. John's Major Seminary ot Camarillo. The school, 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles, is cradle of priesthood in Southern California.

Tim photot by Jtck Cvrlck Arthur Sellond CMP Notes Seat Belt Lack in Fresno Deaths Lives of Mayor, Chamber President Might Have Been Sayed in Auto-Truck Collision I I Chided by US. Official Farm Aida Attacks Industry Opposition to Imports, Grading BAKERS FIELD An Agriculture Department of ficial chlded the cattle In dustry here Friday for Its opposition to government policies on Imported meat and dual grading. Speaking at the 47th an nual California Cattlemen's Assn. convention, Dr. George L.

Mehren, assistant secretary of agriculture, asked for an end to name-calling, criticism and antago nism. He said restrictions on Imports are not the answer to the recent decline In cattle prices. Imported meats are of lower grade than this country's and not competitive, he added. Dictated by Tastes Dr. Mehren said the dual grading plan of the depart ment, which Is opposed by cattlemen, was dictfted by consumer tastes, lie de scribed it as a means o' ridding the market of waste fat and said it will Increase the availability of meat from carcasses.

Another speaker, DeWitt Nelson, director of the Cali fornia Department of Con servation, pleaded for the cattlemen's co-operation in developing recreational faci lities. He said that In response to public demand, government at all levels has spent $900 million in the last 10 years to develop recreational faci lities In California, and more will be spent Stiff gets Flans Nelson suggested that ranchers cash in on the demand by devoting suitable portions of their land to fish ponds and hunting areas, or lease their land for commer cial hunting clubs. He also urged ranchers to take a more liberal attitude toward access to public lands lying behind their private lands. The convention will con clude today. Bill to Allow Boy, 12, to Sue Government WASHINGTON (UPI) A bill to allow a 12-year-old boy to sue the government for injuries suffered when he was mauled by a grizzly' bear in Glacier National Park cleared the Senate Friday.

The bill which now goes to President Johnson, would allow Smith Parrat, Upland, to sue for permanent and disfiguring injuries suf fered while hiking in the park on July 18, 1960. The boy, who was with a five-man party led by two park rangers, was severly injured when the group was attacked by the bear. Young Parrat already has undergone a series of opera tions at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, and faces at least two more years of operations and plastic surge ry. The legislation would per mit the boy and his parents to brmg suit even though thev had failed to do so within the two-year period set by law. TREASURE HOUSE The library ot St.

John's Ma-jor Seminary, its facade a replica of that of the Mexico City Cathedral, is a treosure house of art. California, many original 1 Herbert N. Ferguson Funeral services will be conducted for Selland at 1 p.m. Monday In the First Baptist Church of Fresno. A memorial service will bi conducted at 10:30 a.m.

Monday in Fresno Memorial Auditorium. He leaves his wife, Cecelia, and five children. rt Funeral services for Fer guson will be conducted ti 10 a.m. today in Lisle Funer al Home. He leaves his wif Laura, and a daughter, Nafft Ex-Washington Congressman Found Dead DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Knute Hill, former congressman from the state of Wash ington, has been found dead in a cabin where he lived the last 12 winters as a near-re cluse.

The 88-year-old Democrat apparently died of a heart attack Tuesday. His bod was discovered Thursday in his comfortable cabin in thi isolated Sky Valley area hi the foothills near here. Hd spent summers in his home at Ephrata, Wash. HilL an attorney, servetj In the House of Represent tatives from 1933 to 1943 loi Washington's fourth district He was a state legislatoi from 1927 until his electioij to Congress. Boy Receives Father's Medal! NORTON AIR FORC BASE (UPI) The 15-yet old son of an Air For captain killed in a cold incident five years ago day received a Purple Ilea awarded his father postriJ mously.

Capt. Rudy J. Swiestra, a San Bernardino, was Killer Sept. 2, 1958, when the CIS cargo aircraft he was pilol ing was shot down 35 mile' northwest of Yerevan i Soviet Armenia. The plaii was en route irom Aaan.

Turkey, to Iran. Ronald Swiestra, the aif man'8 son, received Purple Heart in his fathei behalf from Maj. Gen. Clyc Mitchell, The award made possible for the peart time episode as the result tnoi iq a rjtsz action oy in la President Kennedy. Mosk Lauds I i 1 Kennedy SAN BERNARDINO ft The late President KenrJ dy's contributions in tH field of controlling narcot' and drug abuse were prak I here Friday by Atty.

Gf Stanley Mosk. Mosk told a narcot I symposium sponsored by tj Fraternal Order of Eagles Pioneer Park Auditoriul that Mr. Kennedy was tlj first President to recogni the drug and narcotics prcl lems 8s national ones. By Dan L. Thrapp, PHILADELPHIA A Ro man Catholic edition of the Protestant sponsored re vised standard version of the Bible will be used In Great Britain by Catholics next year.

It will have a "few minor alterations in the inter est of Catholic usage," ac cording to an announcement Friday at the sixth general assembly of the National Council of Churches. The weeklong assembly will end today. The special edition of the RSV, bearing the imprima tur of approval by Catholic authority, will be published hext vear bv the Scottish firm of Thomas Nelson Sons, according to Dr. Luth er A. yveigie.

22-Year Task Dr. Weigle. educator and scholar, led the 22-year task of translating and publishing the RSV, which has been accepted by many Protestant groups in this country and abroad. Often it replaces or is used in conjunction with the traditional King James version. "The Bible is coming to be, as it should be, a bond of Christian unity rather than an instrument of division.

isaid Dr. Weigle. "And. I rejoice that the RSV has an effective part in the move ment toward fuller reallza tion of our oneness in Jesus Christ." He said negotiations lead' ing to the Catholic RSV had been under way since law. Catholics, he added, took the initiative in them.

Remarkable Work An American Catholic, the Rev. Dom Benedict Avery, has said, "When compared with the many other English translations now avail able RSV stands out as a remarkable and useful i)iece of work. "For Catholic students of the Bible who are unable to make use of the original texts. RSV can make a i All Peoples Church to Be ielt-boverning All 1 e's Christian om 771 oruu IlUiWl, 044 ail interracial congregation, is about to become self-govern ing and self-supporting. A home mission Christian service center of the Chris tian Churches (Disciples of Christ) the past 21 years, the church will be on its own beginning Jan.

1st. It will raise its own funds, pay its own utility and maintenance bills, hire and pay its own staff and buy its own equipment and supplies. Over 300 Members The church will be known as. All Peoples Christian Center, continue under the support of the mother church. It will be administered by a staff approved by the board of trustees of the United Christian Missionary Society.

Only two Chinese children and the staff worshipped at the first service when All Peoples opened in 1942. Now the congregation has more than 300 members. FESTIVAL Continued from 5th Fag Syrian invaders and the rededication of the temple. On Tuesday at sundown the shamos or overseer candle will be lighted on Menor-ahs throughout the world. That night a second candle will also glow on each candelabrum.

And each successive night a new candle will be lighted until on the 7th and 8th night all eight lights will glow on each Menorah can delabrum. Joyous Event Because it is a Joyous season, there will be songs and dances, drama and feasts. For children It is the time of the spinning of the draid el3 special Hanukkah tops with Hebrew characters inscribed. A traditional food cher ished by every Jewish fami ly during the festive season is latkes potato pancakes. In many homes gifts are exchanged.

All temples have special event3 In connection with the age-old holidays. unique contribution in bringing them closer to the inspired word of God than any other complete English Bible now available." Nearly 100 visitors and delegates to the assembly Friday journeyed by bus to Washington to call on their congressional repre sentatives, urging prompt enactment of the civil rights act. Specifically they asked congressmen to support the discharge petition, a parlia mentary maneuver to force the civil rights bill out of the House Ways and Means Committee and onto the floor for a vote. The assembly Friday morning adopted without dissent the traditional "mes sage to the churches." It is a document written in the shadow of "national tragedy the assassination of President Kennedy and with a sense of sober ur gency." It commented on the "change, accelerated, radical, often irreversible," which is a mark of the times and urged the churches to take the lead in guiding the na tion through it. "At the point of race the Christian church must now profess or deny Christ," It said.

It urged churches to choose pastoral and lay lead ership without regard to race or ethnic background. The statement commented also on vast changes wrought by economic revolution and their implications for the churches, particularly with respect to unemployment, added leisure and the dignity of persons "in a technol ogical society." Hails Unity Moves I he statement hailed recent moves toward Christian unity. It hoped will be many local conversations between Catholics, Protes tants and Orthodox," as well as with Protestant bodies not now members of the NCC. This includes particularly the Southern Baptists, num bering almost 10 million, and the Missouri Synod Luther ans, Z.o million, as well as many churches realted to the National Assn. of Evan- ge lie a Is, a conservative group.

Benefit Festival of Trees and Treasures Set If all goes well at the Church of the Lighted Window in La Canada today its exterior is certain to be sandblasted and painted at an early date. For members of the wo men's Guild, headed by Mrs Norman StahL are present ing this year's Festival of! Trees and Treasures from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Participating In the festi val are 22 La Canada merchants.

Handmade gifts will be sold. Christmas trees of all types as small as one-half inch and as high as 8 ft will be available. And 96 breadboards made by the husbands of the Voyagers Club will be topped by baked Items. Fifty voices of the Children's Choir will provide back ground music. OF LIGHTS Henry Fonda will deliver a memorial tribute to Pres ident Kennedy as part of the mnuKKan program Thursday in Shrine Auditorium sponsored by the University of Judaism and the Los Angeles Israel bond committee.

Special programs stress ing the holiday's historical ana moral significance will be presented to thousands of children In the 85 schools affiliated with the United Jewish Welfare Fund-Sup ported Bureau of Jewish education. All to Take Part Jewish Community Cen ters, the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aeed and Jewish homes and organiza tions throughout the area win mars the observance. "While this holiday is essentially Jewish," com mented Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin. "it has a message ror an mankind.

"It is another instance of the need for loyalty to one's faith at a time whpn It wa being threatened with de struction" Seminary Ends 12-Year Road to Priesthood By Charles Hllllnger Lm AngriM Tlmw Ntwi itrvlc CAMARILLO High on a plateau overlooking sweep ing lush green hills five miles north of here is the cradle of Catholic priesthood for Southern California. It Is here at St. John': major seminary in a tranquil valley 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles that young men dedicate their lives to God. The road to priesthood Is not easy. It is a 12 -year journey requiring exacting disci pline, infinite hours of study, tremendous perseverance.

Launched With Deiire The life of a young semin arian in the Los Angeles Archdiocese is launched with a burning desire to be a priest. His vocation begins to become a reality the day he enrolls in this diocese's min or seminary, Our Lady Queen of the Angels, 15101 San Fernando Mission San Fernando. A typical seminarian be ginning his first mile on the road to priesthood is a boy of 13 or 14 just out of grammar school. He spends his first four years at the minor seminary living in a dorm, completing a high school program with much of his spare time spent preparing for his religious life. At St.

John's As normal active high school age boys, many of their hours away from classes are spent on the football field and baseball diamond. The next four years are at St. John's Seminary College, a new ultra-modern complex completed two years ago and sharing the 150-acre site here in Camarillo with the major seminary. At St. John's Seminary College the student for priesthood is enrolled in a fully accredited liberal arts course with a major in phi losophy.

The final step Is St. John's major seminary, a strikingly beautiful spacious mission- style monastic structure surrounded by lemon groves. On the last leg of the journey the program is four years of intensified study in moral and dogmatic theology, in sacred scriptures, canon law, church history, liturgy and public speaking. Average age for most newly ordained priests is 25 or At present there are 300 boys at the minor seminary, 250 at the college and 110 young men at the major seminary. The two older groups wear Roman collars and black cassocks while attending classes.

Another Hour of Study For those in the major seminary the program varies little through the year. Up at 5:30 a.m., the candidate Is in chapel by 6 for morning prayer, medita tion and Mass. Breakfast Is at 7:15, study at 8 and morn ing classes from 9 to noon. Following lunch there is another hour study period with classes resuming again from 2 to 4. The next hour and a half is set aside for recreation swimming in a large pool, handball, baseball or tennis with a regular schedule of intramural sports.

FRESNO The California! Highway Patrol said Friday that seat belta might have saved the lives of Fresno Mayor Arthur L. Selland, 57, and Herbert N. Ferguson, 56, president of the Fresno County and City Chamber of i Commerce. Both were killed Thurs-j day night when the station wagon in which they were riding crashed into a truck-! trailer at Clovis Ave. and Highway 99 six miles south of here.

Two Injured The driver, Lloyd S. We ber, 39, executive vice president of the chamber, and Richard Worrel. 50. vice president, were injured Both are in Fresno Commu nity Hospital Weber's con dition was listed as satisfac tory, Worrel's as fair. Patrolman Charles W.

Col lier said Weber apparently ran through a stop sign. The men were returning from a conference in Los Angeles. Although the station wa- gon was equipped with seat belts, he said, Selland and Ferguson apparently were not using theirs. The truck driver, Herbert Raymond Vanderlust, of Lindsay, was not injured. Selland, Fresno's first mayor under the city-council-manager begun In 1958, was also president oi the U.S.

Conference of May ors. Galli-Curci Will Probated SAN DIEGO (UPI) The late famed coloratura-sopra no Amelita Galli-Curci left the bulk of her estate to be used to help music students, probate court records showed Friday. Mme. Galli Curci, who died Nov, 26 in her La Jolla home, bequeathed about $200,000 of her $285,000 estate to the Amelita Galli- Curci Foundation to provide grants and scholarships to music students. The former Metropolitan Ooera star's home at 2456 Calle de Oro was left to Mrs Georgianna Fletcher, wife of Ben Fletcher, executor of the diva's estate.

A portrait of the smger, painted by Henrique Made- na. was willed to tne Metro politan Opera Assn. of New York. Firemen estimated da- mage to the home and contents at $11,000. The cause was undetermined but firemen theorized that the fire started in a sofa near a gas wall heater.

Mrs. Swan's husband, a Western Airlines pilot, was on a flight at the time. Vice Mayor Named VISTA Frank Gillette has been named vice mayor of this city, succeeding liar- old Wakefirid who died last week. rosary and benediction is followed by dinner. Another hour of free time and at 7:30 night prayers and study.

All retire at 10 p.m. By the time he reaches the major seminary the student for priesthood has behind him eight years of Latin, one year Hebrew, two years Greek and one to three years Sanish to mention merely his language program. Called Sub Deacon It is possible to return to secular life right up to the day of ordination. However, a man in his final year is in his time of commitment. He is called a sub deacon.

At this point he takes vows to reaa the daily breviary an hour of prayer each day as long as he lives. He also takes a vow of celibacy. On the grounds of the major seminary is the Ed ward Laurence Doheny Me morial Library, little-known, but one of the finest libraries in the west. Its facade Is a three-story arch of carved stone, a replica of that adorning the Cathedral In Mexico City. Rare Manuscripts Here are thousands of rare manuscripts and books, priceless works of art It is acclaimed as one ot the finest theological li braries on the coast, boasts one of the best collections of original manuscripts and books dealing with the development of California and the The library has one of two original Gutenberg Bibles in BIBLE VERSES FOR WEEK Suggested Bible readings for those taking part in the Thanksgiving to Christmas reading program, are these for the coming week: Sunday Psalms Monday Psalms Tuesday 2 Timothy Hi, 10-17.

Wednesday Deuteronomy 6-21. Thursday Ephe-sians vi, 11-17. Friday Philipplans a a Psalms Currier and Ives prints. The Rev. William J.

Ken neally, rector of the major seminary is optimistic about the increasing numbers of vocations by Catholic boys in this area. Brought From Ireland Many young priests have been brought here from Ireland in the past as there have not been near the number of priests coming out of local seminaries due to the population explosion and resulting new parishes mushrooming across the Southland. Now, however, seminary facilities are being expanded to accommodate the ever Increasing vocations. The minor seminary is being enlarged to house 700 boys. There is room for 400 seminarians at the new college and the major seminary has a capacity of 230.

On next ordination day, April 30, 1964, 23 sub deacons from St. john's will become priests in ceremonies at St. Vibiana's Cathedral Los Angeles. To Share All Sufferings It is hoped within a few years the graduating class will average 50 priests each year, enough to tin local needs. All seminarians at the three institutions look for ward to the day when they too will be dressed in simple white vestments, prostrate themselves on the sanctuary floor during the age-old ritual of ordination and bej summoned to dedicate their lives to God as priests of their church.

"Adsum" (I am here) they will reply at the moment of elevation to the priesthood, when the cardinal imposes his hands on the head of each candidate and says: "To live in the midst ot tne world without wishing its pleasures, to be a member ot each family yet belonging to one, to share all sufferings Lutheran High to Present Concert Lutheran Hieh School will Dresent its 11th annual Christmas concert two nights Friday, Dec. 20, and Saturday, Dec. 21. Because of its ereat popu larity this year's concert will be given at Westchester High School Auditorium. Lutheran High, at 2941 70th last year wasn't able to handle the concert crowds reason for the bigger auditorium this yesr.

Mother, Baby Daughter cape Blaze in Home THOUSAND OAKS A housewife snatched her 14- month-old daughter from her crib early Thursday and escaped from home seconds before' It was engulfed in flames. Mrs. Joseph Swan, 34, ot 1408 Calle Pensamlento, said she was awakened shortly after 3 a.m. by an explosion, smelled smoke and ran to her daughter. Virginia.

The interior was already on fire when she awclce, she told Ventura County firemen. A vliut to chapel at 5:33 for.

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