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O C3 OJ T1 * Parishes Won't Die But o :o m o I S3 OJ 33 o j r- \ji a Q ro O c/3 odo Weather Paradox Treals Watersheds, Teases Farmers Heavy snows of recent days which Theisen. ‘‘Things aren't looking very moisture, Hull reported. bad,” he cautiously added. “ There is less mois soaked Colorado’s mountains with plement companies just a few years ago, good. The dirt's blowing and the The area received about six inche.s of ture now than there was in the ’30s,” he pointed only one survives. Few want to start any man above normal moisture failed to reach wheat’s barely alive,” he explained. snow during the past week, but heavy winds out. the parched Eastern Colorado plains new businesses in that farm community. A ould have blown much of it away. Hall said. St. John’s parish in Yuma also is feeling dentist there has found that he must move X and dryland farmers there are facing 33 “THE PEOPLE are awfully dis “ Things don’t look too rosy,” he added. the effects of the disaster, Blach commented. in order to survive financially. the threat of a dust bowl more severe couraged and very gloomy,” ob.served “ The parish income undoubtedly will show a A druggist in another Eastern Colorado ants than that of the 1930s. Father Patrick J. Kennedy of St. An DESPITE THE poor outlook, mo.st Akron downward trend” during the crisis, he said. ould , As Denver residents waded through thony’s parish in Hugo. “ It is going to town declares he is in financial trouble for area farmers will hold on because “ they The Yuma church is a new one and pa giving credit when the farmers are not able ' a blanket of snow which fell Sunday, take a long time to get the soil back have their roots here,” reported Father Clem rishioners still owe an outstanding debt of about that farmers, ranchers and businessmen to in shape.” he said. to make pa>*ments on their biils for needed ent V. Gallagher of St. Joseph’s parl.sh in $20,000. “ We will have a hard go of it,” Blach medicines. He fears he will have to close ions the east gloomily surveyed the weath Many persons in the area are work Akron. said. er picture, the keynote of which ing on borrowed money. The drought down soon. “ But there arc no optimistic smiles here,” Paul Landwehr, who works with a distribu seemed to be “ toQ litt’B, too late.” is hurting more than just the farmers. THE GE.NERAL altitude is that the farm he added. Father Gallagher said the drought tor of bulk gasoline in Hugo, summed up the The blizzard dropped nearly 10 inch Businessmen are feeling the economic- is affecting his parish’s income. Many of his ers will survive the conditions caused by the businessmen’s plight by stating the future es of new snow on Denver Sunday and decline caused by the climatic condi parishioners are either cautious or just do not severe lack of moisture. Family ties to the “ is going to be terrible. It just doesn’t look blanketed the watersheds west of the tions as much as the farmers. have the money to support the Church. country hold them to the soil despite the pes favorable. I’m afraid there’s no hope for the capital with 10 to 16 inches. But it Thomas P. Hall, who operates a grain Theisen, in admitting that prospects are simistic future. Even if the needed moisture skirted the eastern farmlands. elevator in Akron, said credit “ is tightening wheat farmer.” the very poor, said the disaster would not get does come, it will take at least three years to A teasing one inch was noted at up.” Akron, in Northea.stern ('olorado. al.so orn had enough to force his parish in Hugo to die. get the soil and economics somewhat close to AND WITH little hope for the wheat farm Limon. Hugo and other areas farther is experiencing the drought, but not as bad Some optimism exists in Yuma. “ We have where they were before the drought hit, es er, the future is gloomy for the other resi • il- south received only a trace. as in the area farther .south. om a hearty group here,,’ said Sherman Blach. pecially in Eastern Colorado. dents of Eastem Colorado who must depend al- “The moisture condition is very Business volume in the Akron area has who farms in this northeastern section of But businessmen cannot survive the losses on the farmers for economic stability and poor,” lamented Hugo farmer Eugene dropped 25 per cent because of the lack of Colorado. “ But conditions have never been this long. In Hugo, where there were several im growth. the Br ing DENVER CATHOLIC ks n- REGISTER al i' il- Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations oo 1- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1965 DENVER, COLORADO VOL. LIX, No. 26 iis ■ ^ 11- at ' ^ 5S Who Said ‘No Readers?’ sy f, 'Register' Story Brings K Top Scouts [f * C Results Within 2 Hours n * i- A Denver Catholic Register news item in a recent issue, », telling of the lack of beds and bedding among jioor families In Denver, brought five offers of assistance within two hours of (he paper’s publication, the managing director of the St. Await .A Day Vincent dc Paul Bureau said. ' The story drew a tremendous response, he added, includ More than 100 Catholic Boy Scouts will receive ' i> ing dispatch of a station-wagon load of blankets from Mt. St. awards at the hands of Archbishop Urban J. Vehr, at Gertrude’s academy, Boulder. a colorful ceremony in Immaculate Conception cathe ‘ V dral on Sunday, Feb. 7. at 4 p.m. * i’ S.\LV.\GE BUREAU telephone numbers have been changed On Sunday he will present 97 “ Ad Altare Dei” and extended by the St. Vincent de Paul society in Denver, to award.s, and five Pope Pius V which Father Wogan will call provide faster pickup of unwanted, useable goods from donors. XII awards to scouts and ex plorers who have qualified as forward recipients to be pre For all pickup services Monday to Saturday, from 7:30 practical exponents of the sented with their awards in- a.m. to 5 p.m. the numbers arc: 244-5303 and 244-5504. dividuailv by Archbishop ♦ Coloradans at Ohio Installation Faith. Special pickups are taken care of on Saturday, Walter The Ad .Altare Dei award is Vehr. Denver Pro\ Ince was represented at the Installation David M. Maloney, Auxiliary Bishoji of Denver; and the Pytlinski, bureau director, told the Register. the highest conferred by the of Bishop Clarence G. issenmann as Apostolic Adminis Rl. Rev. Monsignor John Ca\anagh, “ Register” editor. Church on scouts and explor trator and Coadjutor Bishop of Cleveland Tuesday, Feb. The Cleveland Bishop and Monsignor Cavanagh were as NEW PHONE .NU.MBERS for the retail stores run by the ers who have met the require 2. Left to right arc the Most Rev. Charles A. Biiswell, signed to the “ Register” staff in the same year. Society are: ments of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting. Miss Bonfils' Bishop of Pueblo; Bishop Issenmann; the Must Rev. At 1951 Logan street; 244-1815. .At 123 So. Broadway: 777-0811. SCOUTS AND cubs will as At 7505 Grandview avenue, Arvada; 422-2789. semble by units at Cathedral Gift To Aid V Apostolic Administrator high school, 1843 Logan street, at 3:15 p.m. Sunday. They will parade, accom School Cost SRO Sign at Masses panied by police escort, to the D.U. Alumnus, Left-Winger, Cathedral. It-d by a color By the signal generosity of guard of Denver explorers. Miss Helen Bonfils. a large Stranded Weekenders Send Members of all Catholic- portion of the cost of the Bon sponsored explorer groups fils high school of St. Mary’s Is Installed in Cleveland will then march in massed academy in Denver, will be 'Ski Town' Into Frenzy formation, followed by the defrayed. The most illustrious stalled as Apostolic Ad tertained a certain hope of sors. and within no time she Miss Bonfils’ gift of $500.- graduate of the Register ministrator and Coadju paralleling another diamond had “ Father Izzy” teaching (In next week’s issue, the .-\ccommodations proved the “ Register” will present a de only problem for skiers at ScouLs to receive awards 000 goes a long way towards College of Journalism tor Bishop of Cleveland immortal in one way at least. the class when she could not Bishop Issenmann related be present or could not com tailed account of the traffic at Minturn last weekend during listed on page 2. Story on meeting the estimated final and an alumnus of Den Tuesday, Feb. 2. He Is the the ski areas in this “ their the snowstorm, the Rev. Scout committee meet, page cost of $950,000. Most Rev. Clarence G. Issen that he was a left-hander, plete the two-hour class owing ver university was in- that he started out as a pit to other duties. best year” with a report on Thomas P. Stone, pastor of 12. mann, S.T.D., formerly of Co weekend Mass attendance.) St. Patrick’s church, Minturn, At the civic banquet held in lumbus and Cincinnati. cher, and was .subsequently During his tour of duty in shifted to the outfield even as Denver. Bishop Issenmann “ Fantastic!” “ Out of con reported. Fourth Degree Knights of the Denver Hilton hotel on When Bishop Issenmann He provided housing for Jan.