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WHITE DEER NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1974
Weekly Message ...
From Our W.D. Ministers
. FATHER JAMES GURZYNSKI
Sacred Heart Catholic Church .
I'm writing this somewhat in
advance but if my guess is right,
the week will be usual, not too
eventful, except it may be col-
ored with some excitement of
people returning from brief but
well deserved vacation, and busy
action of getting ready to get
back to school. This week we
Catholics will observe a Holy
Day of Obligation. Some undoubt -
erly feel that it just another day
that they are required to attend
Mass. The Holy Day is called
The Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary. To most of you
who read this, that doesn't mean
much of anything. To others,
"Ah hah, another man made
Roman dogma! " We probably
still have a few Catholics around
who very simplistic ally would
explain this as the day Mary
zoomed up to heaven like Mary-
Super-Jet. (This is probably what
they learned around grade three
and is indeed a man made dogma,
neither Roman nor Christian. )
Well, to begin with, Chris-
tianity has something to do about
Christ. And amazingly enough,
some Catholics are Christians,
just as some Methodists, Baptists,
Lutherans, Assembly of God pe- >
ople, etc. , are also Christians,
although we all like to claim
the name. Christianity obviously
isn't about Mary or it might be
called "Marianity" to coin a
new phrase. But since the Mos-
lems venerate her, and modern
Jews are willing to admit that
she was a nice Jewish girl, it is
equally fitting that we Christ-
ians should consider her import-
ant, since indeed she was very
important to Jesus. In fact, last
year when I was in Ephesus where
Mary lived for a spell with John
the Evangelist I was quite sur-
prised to discover that the Mos-
lem people venerated her reput-
ed home as a religious'shrine :as'
much as Christians did. (Be mind-
ful that Ephesus is in Turkey wh-
ich is predominately Moslem. )
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a long-term loan
at reasonable
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more important.
Extra years in which to repay
and an interest rate kept as
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Phone 537-3965
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A lot of stories have been built
up around Mary, and admittedly
quite a few rather silly. But Ch-
ristian teaching is rather serious
about Mary's assumption. The
Greek Church doesn't call it
that. They call it the Dormition
of the Mother of God. Quite a
differnet approach, you see,
but I still bet you don't knovr
what it means. Well, it's got to
mean something, especially
since archeology tells us that
the oldest Christian churches
built after Emperor Constantine
allowed such goings on were
often dedicated under these
titles.
Easily put, the Holy Day con-
siders that fact that since Mary
was so intimately involved in
the life of Christ, faithful to
him before and after his death,
and prayerfully engaged in the
life of the early Christian church,
she indeed enjoys that fulness
of eternal life which is the ev-
entual hope of all Christians, A
teaching which centers on the
promise of Christ, and a firm
belief that he is faithful to his
•promises.
The word "dormition" is easier
to understand. It simply means
"falling asleep. " The Greek
world doesn't want to say that
Mary died. That's too final.
Jesus died, but that didn't end
it. His death had more meaning
and was altogether qualified by
his resurrection. And so when
the Greeks use the work "falling
asleep" they are telling us that
something more than end and
finality happened in Mary's life
as she breathed her last.
The western world used the
word "assumption" to explain
the same thing, but from a dif-
ferent point of view. If you lived
when the phrase wasQoined, you
too would think that heaven is
up. (According to that point of
view, the Chinese come to Am-
erica when they die, if they go
up to heaven. ) One regular, or-
dinary dictionary tells us that
the word "assume" means "to
take up. " So from that view
point Mary's assumption means
that when she completed her
life in these parts, she was taken
up into heaven.
So in a sense what we Catholics
commemorate on the Feast of
Mary's Assumption is everybody's
Easter. That's important. We
believe with great hope that life
and death are not final in them-
selves and that Jesus is faithful
to those who are faithful to him.
And that Mary the "first Christ-
ian" enjoys that new life already.
And we "second Christians" de-
sire to follow her.
Governor Approves Grant
For Law Improvement
Austin—Governor Dolph
Briscoe has approved two crim-
inal justice grants totaling
$100,955 for improving law
enforcement in the area served
by the Panhandle Regional
Planning Commission, based
in Amarillo.
Larger of the two grants,
$69, 263, goes to Amarillo
for fourth-year funding of the
Potter-Randall Metro Intell-
igence Unit. The unit is made
up of members from the Am-
arillo and Canyon police de-
partments and sheriffs' offices
of Potter, Randall and Deaf
Smith counties.
The unit conducts investig-
ations and surveillances per-
taining to organized criminal
activities and either assists in
making arrests or provides in-
formation to an enforcement
unit for arrest and prosecution.
The second grant, to Pan-
handle Regional Planning Com-
mission for $31, 692, provides
continuation of the law enforce-
ment academy. Two basic law
enforcement training courses
of six weeks each and a nine-
week specialized training course
will be offered to some 340 off-
icers with 1974 funding.
The money comes from the
Criminal Justice Division of the
Governor's Office. CJD admin-
isters the state's block grant from
from the Law Enforcement As-
sistance Administration under t
the Crime Control Act of. 1973.
The local grants were among
60 totaling $4. 7 million which
the governor approved.
Heje From Hait
Kenny Barnes of Hart was a
weekend visitor in the Clifton
Williams home.
Legal Notice
NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING
Notice is hereby given that
the Trustees of the White Deer
Independent School District will
hold a hearing at 8:00 P. M. ,
Monday, August 12, 1974 in the
Board Room of the White Deer
High School Building, White
Deer, Texas.
Persons interested in discus-
sing the 1974-1975 budget with
the Board may do so at that
time.
Jerry O'Neal
Chairman of the
Board
Fishing In Oregon
Mr. Clyde Holland is on
a fishing trip in Oregon. Mrs.
Holland has returned from
Minnesota where she visited
relatives and friends. While
there she attended the 42nd
anniversary of her high school
graduating class.
Political
Announcements
The White Deer News has
been authorized to present the
names of the following candi-
dates for office subject to the
General Election Nov. 5, 1974.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
For Carson County Judge:
1 CLARENCE C. WILLIAMS
For County C District Clerk:
SUE COCKRELL
For Carson County Commissioner
Precinct 4
CLINT FREEMAN
For Carson County Treasurer
• PEGGY BUTLER
Texas House of Representatives
65th District
ROBERT D. SIMPSON
Congressman. 13th Congressional
District
JACK HIGHTOWER
(* Incumbent)
New Social Security
Handbook Available
, Lawyers, accountants and
others who advise people on
their social security rights and
responsibilities should add the
new edition of the Social Sec-
urity Handbook to their refer-
ence library, according to Ho-
ward L. Weatherly, Manager
of the Pampa social security of-
fice.
Intended for professional pe-
ople and others who need de-
tailed information, the hand-
book explains regulations and
rulings relating to retirement,
survivors, disability, and health
insurance, black lung benefits,
and the new supplemental sec-
urity income program.
The fifth edition of the hand-
book contains the major provis-
ions of the Social Security Act,
as amended through January 1,
1973. Copies may be purchased
directly from the Superintend-
ent of Documents, U. S. Govern-
ment Printing Office, Washing-
ton, D. C. , at $4, 30 per copy.
Order by stock number 1770-00220.
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White Deer News (White Deer, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1974, newspaper, August 8, 1974; White Deer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1170741/m1/2/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.