'J:auntonSchool Drive Total Tops HalJ-Miliion Mark : "'The extremely generous response in the first two phases is clear' indication tt;.at the Taunton regional high school campaign for funds will be a complete success," Dr. Clement Maxwell, drive director, declared today. His sentiments are. shared by Rev: 'James F. Lyons, priest-_ di'rector, who today observed that the half-way mark toward the minimum goal of $1,125,000
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has been reached. "We are door canvass,. starting Jan. 7," happy and proud to report declared Father Lyons, a curate today that the special and at the Imm"culate Conception m""1orial gifts .~,. .,,~ Taunton parish in Taunton. regional school now total more "Of course, the total amount than. $525,000," Father Lyons of special and memorial gifts said. . will continue to increase during "The mere fact that we have .the Yule !leason," said Father achieved such tremendous sucLyons as he intimated he excess in memorial and special pects that more than 60 per cent gifts is the best barometer I of the total minimum goal. will know of to forecast the recepbe realized before the house-totion our workers will receive house canvass of individual gifts when they begin their door-tobegins.
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Dr. Maxwell noted that parents are v e r y enthusiastic over the planned regional high school for girls' in Taunton. "This is the third regional high school Bishop Connolly is undertaking in the diocese. Bishop Stang High in North Dartmouth is' already in operation. Classes are being' conducted' for Freshmen and Sophomores an(I next year a Junior .Class will be started," the president' 0 f Br-idgewater S tat e Coli e g 'e
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NEW YORK (NC)-Population limitation, "whether or not it is good morals, is bad economics and bad politics," according to British economist Colin Clark. Mr. Clark, a specialist in population questions, says that an expanding population "is generally beneficial, even when judged only as a matter of economics An Anchor of the Soul, Sure and li'irm-ST. PAUL and politics." He writes in the December issue of Fortune magazine that population growth River, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 8, 1960 "provides a beneficial stimulus, often indeed is the only stimulus • PRICE lOc .powerful enough to shake men © 1960 The Anchor $4.00 per Year out of their established ways ,;,..Mail Prlvil~gel ,;,.. Authorized at Fall River, Mass. _ :;Ocond Cla~1 and customs and make them seek something better." Mr. Clark is director of the Institute for Research on Agri. cultural Economics at Oxford University and a director of the Econometrics Institute of New York. His analyses of the socalled "population explosion" have received widespread attention. . He cites Great BritaIn, Japan Turn to Page Nineteen
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Day of Prayer We, the Bishops of the United States, call upon the Catholic clergy and laity to dedicate Sunday, December 18, as a day of prayer and. penance for th'e Persecuted People of the World. We salute our suffering brethren in humble admiration; we pledge them our solidarity; we offer our prayers that in the midst of their suffering the peace and hope of Christ will sustain their hearts.
VETS INSTALL: Taunton Catholic War Veterans install new officers. Left to right; Rev. Edward A. Oliveira, chaplain; Edward Cameron, outgoing commander; John L. Coady, new commander; Robe:t:t E.Joy, past commaader arid installing officer. .
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UrgesCatlwlics Protest,' Breakdown of M~vies \~\ WASHINGTON (NC)-A committee of U.S. bishops has added flashes of lightning to the storm gathering over alleged sensationalizing in Hollywood films. The five bishops who guide the work of. the National Legion of Decency charged Hollywood with' "bold departures" from decency and called for an "unmistakable national protest" by the country's 40 million Catholics.
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Legion of Decency-this coming Sunday. The bishops charged Hollywood with allowing its own productl'on code to be compromised and boastfully ignored by some filmmakers. Noting the U. S. hierarchy's support of self-regulation, rather than legal action, the prelates called for reform of the code administration. They also said Hollywood must come up with a system of self. classification to protect youths from material they are not yet mature enough to understand. The bishops specifically criticized Hollywood for the "subtle and insidious introduction" into Turn to Page Eighteen
The Bishops noted tliey are not alone in concern over the moral.quality of movies today. "We cite the widespread criticism which recent Hollywood films have provoked' throughout the entire country," they said. · The appeal to Catholics to help clean up' m.ovfes was made by the. Bishops' Committe for Motion Pictures, Radio and Television: as' Catholics throughout · the nation are preparing" to Members of the St. Vincent · subscribe . to the pledge. of'. t ·the de' Paul Society' and of the' Diocesan. Council of Catholic Women - are meeting with' enthusiastic 'welcome's ali they go :about their pleasant task of . W A:SHING'l'ON (NC)-The Motion Picture Associamaking contacts for the Severith ,
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pointed out. Construction of Bishop Feehan High in Attleboro is D;loving along· rapidly and the first class. of freshmen will 'beadmitted for instruction at that school in the Fall of 1961, Dr. Maxwell said, as he expressed the ,hope that it will not be to.o long into the future before the doors open for the first fr~shman clas$ at the Taunton· secondary educational institu~ion..
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Annual Bishop's Chari.ty Ball.to· ."tio~ of: ';America' :h~s responded to .the Catholic Bishops' ~e. h.el.d .at pncoln Park's l\:fil- " : indictment of Hollywood;g 1~60 film fare with a sweeping
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Ballroom .on Ja~.}~ . ~ei1ial ~f, the pr~late~' c9arges. The association of major H: Fra~k'Reillya~d Mrs: Rose' ,filfn .pro~ucer~, ,-,nder ~wh~se "We d~ not ag~ee that l:IollyWASHINGTON '(NC):-program, valued. at more Mullaney, Co-Chairmen of. th~':, auspi~el'l> th~ ,controversIal wood has made a 'bold and unthan $121,000,000 'conducted' last ~ear :for the needy ,bri~Jiant ,event~ "X:~PW'~ ...tJ:!at ."praduction.code of"~he;in-' precedented' departure f-r 0 m ov.erseas by the globe. girdling', :relief ,organizati.()il .main- many. ~re . l~o.kmgf<?rwa~d .to.. : dmitri operates . took' issue . preyiously accep,te~ mora~ sta.ndwl}at.l:9 now accepted as the area . .' . '. U S' B'sh' "C "t ards," the aSSOCIatIon SaId. "We tained by'-:American Catholics•. 'Arch'hishop~arl J. 'A~te~',of • social event, of' the ye~r.. " ,:,' ~l~ .th~ .. ,. ;.') . op.s ~ o~~m. - do not agree ,that 'objectionable Cincinnati, w~o. ". suqlll~teed, , '1'" '1'9"'9,", to' 'Septe"m'ber 1'96.O. .A. 'feature of ,this year's' Ball. teeo~ .~~~lOn P.I~~ux:.es,.;~adlo 'films' have created a 'national h" is:ArtMooney 'w,ho ~ill al?pe~r', ;~nd,:Telerl~l~~, WhlC? ,made. ·the 'crisis.' We dQ not agree that the the annu~t report 9£ C. at 0- The agency: receives' its prinCip81 with his famous l\:I!}M ~ecoreF ~ndlctme.~~. ., ,,,' production code administration lie Relief Services~Nation,.r,' .)' 'Tu..n~'Pag.e".Flve' . ing ,Orchestra.' A native' of . , . 'is presently ineffective.' The at Catholic Welfare C~f~fer'·In"vest·•.ture" Lowell,' M<?oneY's'bfirst attempt ~Cht.st·mas ,Vigil,' facts do not support any such ..ence at·. the meeting' o· the .. . . at organizing. a and. was .in. . '.' . , . . . conclusions." untry,s .. Catholic , ,hie'rarchy " :i.'heChancery OU~ce has . high school where',he ·plaYed·aU'. 'The' .Chancer.y Office' has The association's statement re, noted that for th,e. j'o~r~h, . announced that. thepubUc is \ ,the' .school's dimces:After: grad- " diioected/that Friday" Dee. 'Z3, was ,issued·from its' headquarters '.' ai~ht year the agen~y C;list.rib. invited to the Investiture 'of . 'uation· he gav:e' up,·the idea&f," should .be'. obServed··.. by .all here. ed more than one b.illion .. Rt. Rev. Bernard J, .Fenton . '/ pursuing music as.a. careeran!l. Catholics of' the Diocese' ·as· 'In·the·Motion Picture·Assodaunds of relief materJals t~ and. Rt. Rev. ·HenrI A.' Hamel .- accepted an apprentice!!hip as the Dai'of Fast ·and complete tion's rebuttal to the Bishops, • tIi~ needy overseas. . ' as Domestic Prelates to be held . a linotype operator.. Being a, Ablltine'nce.'infullfillment 'of the organization said film pro:~e report co v ere d the 'Sunday: ~ight at 7:30 -,in st. :. printer'!! dev~l didn't appeal to the' requirements o( the duction has been in "a process agency's activities from October )Wary's Cathedral, FaU' River; Turn to Page Eighteen' "Christmas Vigil. . Turn to Page' Eighteen
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