• 4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 15,1967
From Where We Stand...
Total Pollution
We in America are rapidly approach
ing a situation of total environment pol
lution. and that’s not easy!
When you consider the almost per
fect start this country had just a few
centuries ago pure air, clean streams
from which tiavelers could drink freely,
a quiet serenity broken only by natural
sounds it is a real credit to our in
genuity that we have nearly wrecked the
entire natural system in such a short
time.
More and more attention, public and
official is being paid to the problems of
air and water pollution. That’s good, but
it may not be good enough.
Some experts have suggested that
the pollution situation has been neglected
for so long, and has worsened so rapidly
in recent years, that no amount of con
centrated effort can roll it back to sub
stantially happier levels. They claim that
the very best we can hope for now is a
stabilizing of pollution at its present
level. What a revolting thought!
Other estimates are more optimistic.
We believe that massive, continued ef
forts at air and water pollution control
will lead to marked improvement in the
pollution levels. When a situation gets as
bad as this one, and public awareness is
sufficiently aroused, things get done
late is always better than never, but,
friends, it is getting later every day!
NOISE POLLUTION
Water and air pollution, everyone is
aware of; they affect sight, smell, and
taste. But now we’ve got another sense
rapidly becoming offended hearing.
Sound pollution! Don’t laugh; it’s a very
real thing, even though it “sounds” ridi
culous.
Studies have shown that the level
of sound in our environment, scientifi
cally measured in terms of decibels, is
rosing ait an alarming rate. Some, in re
ferring to the increasing practice of teen
agers constantly “tuned in” to you
should pardon the expression music,
predict these youngsters will experience
a frightening rate of deafness by the
Marketing Order Fulton Grange Plans , 7QP, A M ..£•
Promotes Apples Picnie For July 24th , \. A “ e " t,f,es
Fulton Grange =66 held its LCUKOSIS VIUTIS
HARRISBURG - An apple bi-monthly meeting July 10 at
marketing order which assesses the hall in Oakryn with Mas The vnus that causes acute
apple growers for funds to be tei, Clifford W Holloway Ji. a ' lan leukosis, or Marek’s dis
used in the piomotion of Penn- presiding The committee in ease in poultiy, has been
sylvama-grown apples will be- charge of the picnic which will giown in the laboratoiy and
come effective immediately, the be held July 24, 730 pm on examined under the electron
State Depaitment of Agncul- the Grange Hall grounds con- microscope, a US Department
ture said this week sists of Mrs Howard Stein- °f Agncultuie scientist an-
The decision to have a mar- beig, Mrs Norman Wood, nounced this w 7 eek
keting older in Pennsylvania Elaine Galbreath and Mrs Don- Dr Keyvan Nazeuan, a mi
was reached here last week aid Hess They will furnish ta- crobiologist in USDA’s Agn
when 181 gioweis indicated by blecloth. drink, lolls and but- cultural Research Service, said
ballot that they favored the or- tei Membeis and friends will that the discoveiy agrees wuth
dei Fifty gioweis opposed the bung a meat dish, anothei dish findings bv British lesearcheis
oider ' and then own place setting that Marek’s disease is caused
The oider calls for apple Mi and Mis Sherman Hill will by a herpes-like virus The
gioweis with 500 or moietiees have chaise of games herpes gioup of viruses is un
to pay thiee cents a bundled xj ie Lectiner. Miss A ff nes ie l ate d to the virus gioup m
peunds on apples marketed for Spence spoke about the Grange v °l ve d ir > lymphoid leukosis,
fresh use The assessment on Centennial caravon to the Na- an °tber cancerlike poultry dis
spples for piocessing is one tional Grange Headquarters ease N a zenan spoke to the an
cent a bundled pounds and nation’s capital in convention of the Amen-
Heie is how the apple mar- Washington DC .Snecial tours can Vetennaiy Medical Asso
keting oi dei will work anansed for November 9. 10 ciatlon in Dallas, Texas
1 Apple giowei’s will notify and 11 will include the White In recent years, Marek’s dxs
a committee (which will super- House, Mount Vernon, Belts- ease has cost poultrymen mil
vise the oidei) how many ap- Mile Agneultmal Center, van- Lons of dollars in losses of
pies they ha\e sold The no- ous museums and government young chickens Although this
tifications called declarations buildings, and the Smithsonian disease produces some of the
of haivest, will be completed Institute On November 12, car- same symptoms as lymphoid
foui times a year (Aug, Xo\ , a\ans will journey to Gettys- leukosis, increasing evidence
Feb and May) burg for the dedication of the has indicated that the two are
2 Assessments will be based memorial at the National Cem- sepaiate diseases The identifi
on infoimation contained in etery From there caravans will cation of the causative virus of
the declarations of harvest move to Syracuse, NY where Marek’s disease confirms this.
Leland H Bull, State Secre- tiie National Grange Centennial Lymphoid leukosis, a chronic
tary of Agriculture, is expect- se ss i o n will be held Miss s^ rik , e , s °ld er bir ds, jo warn All Horse Owners...
of The apple production of the ar | not known to affect man Some “ J e^ aa
draw up the rules and regula- growers who voted for the mar- ® tl \ diesof sudan . < - orff i m rn d h " h ° n(1 - S
tions in administering the mar- ketmg order amounted to 435 !^ e . k sta f* e . d , two horses could the c-fneo
keting order He will make his million bushels last year. The yea^T’,t? S sciant * sts bave
selections from names submit- production of those opposing (Continued on Page 7) when horses consul
ted by the State Horticultural the order totaled 678,869 bush- gpence conducted a Safety quiz ed this forage by grazing or
Association, other fruit grow- els Pennsylvanias apple crop and a roll call “The Most Me- when green-chopped thev
ers associations and individual, m 1966 was eigbt million bush- morable Trip or Vacation I showed a. wobbly gait’and a
apple farmers. els.'- * 5 * ?■- - - -'“-Have' Taken.”' t " ?-* -» r -urinary- ‘distiiribahce),-sM.ares
time they reach their mid-twenties.
There is so much competition among
sounds in our environment today that, to
be heard, each has to “out-decibel” the
rest. Thus the level keeps rising.
We experienced something recently
in this regard. After a day’s work in the
garden, mowing the grass, painting the
back fence, it felt real good to relax in
the evening on the side porch. When you
sit outside like that, quietly, completely
unoccupied no radio, no TV, not even
reading you become aware of indi
vidual sounds that normally might be
just a discordant blur.
Trucks. We live not too far from the
Route 30 Bypass, and with a southeast
wind the roar of truck traffic is tremen
dous in the summertime. Planes. While
the sky was not so long ago only oc
casionally puncuated by a small airplane
or a two-motored transport, now it’s jets.
It sometimes seems that as fast as one jet
roar fades, another begins at least
it seemed so at the time. And the scourge
of suburbia—the power mower! Everyone
has one, no matter how small a plot of
ground he must mow. And in a small,
relatively-crowded community you can
hear each individual mower; even though
it may be a block away it adds its un
pleasant growl to the crescendo.
And of course, the more you listen
for sounds, the more you hear. How much
sound can we take before our hearing
rebels completely by ’turning off all
sounds? Don’t know, but if anyone were
to ask us which of the five senses we
would give up if we had to choose, it
would certainly be hearing.
We noticed -this week in the evening
paper that a group is organizing nation
ally to prevent the manufacture of the
new supersonic jet airliners on the
grounds that the sonic boom they would
make as they passed over each area on
their cross-country routes would be con
stant and unbearable. Doubt if this will
be sufficient grounds for keeping them
out of the air. We’ll just have one more
sound to add to our daily dosage!
Christ Plus...
Lesson for July 16, 1967
i*clr9r*(/mj Scnphir# A:!s 15
o*v»ti«n«l Rt«dinf 'soioh 40 M 1
Several decades ago, a bishop
of what was then the Evangelica'
Church was asked by an earnest
layman whether a person could
indulge in social dancing and still
consider himself a "good Evan
•elic'l.” S, at that time his de
nomination op
posed social
dancing for its
members, the
bishop answered
with an unequiv
ocal "No!” Una
bashed, the lay-
man continued:
"Well then, if I
Rev. Althouse } vere to , j ndul S e
in social dancing
could I still consider myself a
good Christian?” Acknowledging
that some denominations did not
frown on dancing, the bishop re
plied in the affirmative. The lay
man was quick to respond: "How
come it’s harder to be an Evan
gelical than it is a plain Chris
tian?”
Our Particular Brand
This is hardly a new phenom
enon in Christianity. It is often
more difficult to belong to a par
ticular brand of Christianity than
it is to simply respond to the
obvious requirements of the New
Testament. When someone comes
seeking counsel on the Christian
way of life, the answer too often
given is "Christ, plus ...” That
is, we say; "Accept Jesus Christ
as your Lord and Saviour, plus
subscribe to our confession of
faith,” or "be converted in the
same manner in which L was,”
t or "make sure you worship ac
cording to our liturgy,” or "take
this stand on that particular so
cial issue,” etc. It is that plus that
can do so much harm to both
the outreach and the unity of
Christ’s Church.
Martin Luther once said that
'’there is a rabbi in the heart of
everyone of us.” What he meant
was that all Christians are some
times tempted to make legalistic
this matter of following Jesus
Christ. Whereas Paul could say,
'I decided to know nothing
among you except Jesus Christ
To Keep Garden Busy .. . dropped still-born foals after
Many \egetable gardeners ea t m S these forages.
have already harvested one or
more crops of vegetables, good Sheep producers are remind
garden management states that ed need internal para
, . ~ , , . site control if the lambs are to
be re-plant- weight efficiently . H ot,
tn vegetable crop humid weather is ideal ; fcr
from b ® nefit worm infestation of pastures
m 6 ' i T feedlots. The adult flock
pears that vegetables will be , ~ , ,
costing moie in the future, should also be treated prior to
home-grown produce will be the breeding season this fall,
economical as well as nutriti-
ous.
and him crucified,” many of ua
insist in adding a plus, alcgnllsm
that, though it may be wcll-intcn
tloncd, is contrary to the spirit of
Christ who condemned the le
galism of his own day.
What Is Essential?
The problem, of course, is
really the question of what is tru
ly essential for the follower of
Jesus Christ? Whether to receive
the sacrament of Holy Commun
ion in the pews or at the altar: is
this an essential question? Wheth
er to stand or sit or kneel for
prayer; is this vital? Is it essential
to support the civil rights move
ment, to subscribe to total absti
nance, to worship in church every
Sunday, to tithe, to pledge, etc.?
Each of these are held by some
of us to be indivisablc from what
C. S. Lewis called "mere Chris
tianity.’’
This was the dilemma that
was facing the Church in Acts 15.
The Mother Church in Jerusalem
had received word that Paul and
Barnabas had been receiving
Gentiles into discipleship and al
so founding Gentile congrega
tions. They must have received
this news with mixed feelings; joy
in learning of the spread of the
Gospel, bvt uneasiness to see a
growing Gentile segment in the
Church.
Saved By Grace
At last a council was called in
Jerusalem to determine what was
essential for Christian disciple
ship. Some were saying, "Christ
plus circumcision,” while ethers
were maintaining, "Christ alone!”
There were still those who seemed
to assume that one is saved by
the law of Moses, while others
were reminding them: "No, we
are 'saved through the grace of
the Lord Jesus’ alone.” We still
tend to forget that it is by the
undeserved mercy of God, not
creeds, doctrines, liturgies, or
moral codes, by which we are
saved.
Peter carried the day when he
said: "Now therefore why do you
make trial of God by putting a
yoke upon the neck of the disci
ples?” We are still trying God in
that same manner today, still
having difficulty ip deciding what
is essential, WhhFis the "Christ
plus” in the gospel according to
you?
* n euflmes cepyrif hfed by !he Division
«F Christien Educehen, Nbftenel Ceuncif of the
Churches ef Chris! in the U. S. A. Xeleesed by
Community Press Service.)
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