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Show :: m mm mews (SHUnSMES No Magic Formula, But He Gets The Job Done j I BY From the Religious News Service and the wires of Ihe Associated Press and the United Press International.) Seeks Merger r A survey of Anglican and United Church of Canada clergymen indicates that they endorse the projected merger of the denominations Canada-wid- According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. in Toronto which conducted the survey, the results were: Sixty-eigh- t per cent of United Church ministers approve the merger, 22 per cent are opposed, and 10 per cent abstained from voting. -Fi- fty-three per cent of the Anglican clergy back the union, while 38 per cent registered opposition. Nine per cent abstained. i Student Transfer Dame research team reported that the shifting of an estimated 60,000 students from closing Catholic elementary and secondary schools next year may cost U.S. taxpayers an estimated $32,200,000. The date was based on a survey of the nations 148 Catholic school superintendents. That figure, the Notre Dame researcher said, does not include the number of Catholic school students who will voluntarily switch to public schools because of rising enrollments. Nor does it include, they said, the amount of capital expenditure (construction) that the shift of 60,000 pupils may cost public school systems. A University The state attorney has announced that he will appeal a Circuit Court decision overturning, on conantistitutional grounds. Marvlands blasphemy law. T. Brian Mclntire described as unprecedented the courts reversal of a magistrate courts conviction on a charge of blasphemy against Irving K. West The defendant allegedly became involved in a fight and used blasphemy when arrested by police officers. The state attorney noted that blasphemy falls Into the category of decency laws and added that its dismissal would lead to the elimination of laws dealand even ing with Sunday activities, profanity dress. Not Affected .5 k 'I .? a policy. $ Graduates ' Heroes 1 Do the 1969 graduates of Roman Catholic colleges and universities in the United States have any i r: 1 3 ' , i ? y Young seminarians would be deferred In the same way under President Nixons draft lottery proposal as under the present system, a spokesman for the Selective Service System said. While the Presidents proposal, presented to Congress May 13 by Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service director, made no reference to deferments for divinity or theology students, or those preenrolled as such in colleges, the spokesman said there would be no change in the present deferment 4 ' ? i heroes? News Editor SAN DIEGO, CALIF. Barry P. Knudson of San Diego is a who gets things done. He has no magic formula; he knows how to plan and how to work. Mr. Knudson learned to work as a farm boy on his father's farm at Brigham City, Utah, where he was born. He learned to organize and plan from necessity. I W'as a very timid boy, he said. I signed up for a speech class in school and only lasted until they asked me to of Notre 'Blasphemy' Law 4 Churcfi e in 1974. J M. HESLOP A national Catholic family magazine, in a survey covering 325 graduates in 15 colleges, posed this question and the answers proved surprising, both in their inclusions and exclusions. John F. Kennedy was the most popular hero of the collegians, according to the St. Anthony Messenger, published by the Franciscan Fathers in Cincinnati. The assassinated President was mentioned by 41 per cent of those responding to the survey. The other heroes, in order of popularity and with the percentage given in parenthesis, were: Robert F. Kennedy (29.5), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (27), Pope John XXIII ,15), Jesus Christ (14), Sen. Eugene McCarthy (11), Bob Hope (10), Winston Churchill (9.5), Dr. Tom Dooley (8.5), President Nixon (8), and Mahatma Gandhi (8). talk. Then dropped out. It was very difficult get up before people. Tilings are different now. Mr. Knudson has completed as president of the 15 I to years San Diego Stake. He was released June 1969. He is exec- utive vice president and general manager of Scott Walker Stores, vice president of a Boy Scout council, on the Chamber of Commerce board and was the first chairman of the Try, San Diego First committee which set and reached a goal of saving a half million dollars per day in business. When Barry Knudson and his wife, Joan Neva Hendricksen, moved to San Diego, there were only four small branches of the Church. We went to work in the Church where we were needed, he said. We worked in the Sunday School and MIA. When the stake was organized in 1941, I was asked to be the stake superintendent of the Sunday School. Mr. Knudson next served on the high council and in 1945 was called as bishop of the Hillcrest Ward, now the San Diego Ward. He became stake president in 1954. The Church has grown from four branches to five stakes since we moved to San Diego. I have had many years of pleasant service. Now I am adviser to the Priests Quorum and I like that assignment very much, Mr. Knudson said. In his work he has gained the respect of his employer, Mr. Scott who introduces him with a good deal of pride as bishop or "president at business meetings. Though he has the respect of his business associates, he is not always understood. Why do you want to take on something like that? he has been asked many times. Because it is worthwhile," has been the answer. It has been with this attitude that 30,000 Barry Knudson has served the Church, community and his fellowmen. Latest of his projects has been to bring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to San Diego. I have been working on it for about two years. It has been a lot of work, but very worthwhile, he said. When he is called on to serve his community, he serves with the same vigor. As chairman of Try San Diego First" Committee, he met with businessmen and convinced them it would be profitable to think locally and help each other. The economy improved to the amount of a half million dollars a day. Mr. Knudson is a busy man, but the Church has been the center of his life. His daughter described him as, "near e jobs, father, perfect in three stake president, and businessman. Working as an administrator in the Church has given me insight that is most valuable full-tim- Working with people has been a big help. With the lack of formal education these opportunities for growth have Jacobs-Durha- deCormier, and Holst. For its standing ovation, the Beginning the program were the national anthems of the United States and songs by Schubert, Grieg, Dykes, three arias from two Handel oratorios, Mechem, German, Howard Hanson, Vaughn - Williams, l, There , is a greater opportunity today than ever before if we will accept responsibility and apply ourselves, he added. During his service as bishop and stake president many servicemen have called for help. I think what if rrr' son or daughter wanted to know how "fir get to Church or needed help, so it has always been a pleasure to help, he said. His greatest joy is his family. Mr. and Mrs. Knudson have a son and two daughters. One daughter wrote in a tribute to him, Somehow you were wise enough to learn it is impossible to get out of debt to the Lord but youre determined to do your very best. Barry P. Knudson does work like a man trying to get out of debt to the Lord. Listen To Choirs 'Salute Continued from page 7 Clayton-Comwal- been good for nie. I feel that once a person has caught the vision that they can accomplish and are willing to take responsibility there is nothing that can Mr. Knudson keep them back, explained. audi- ence was rewarded with the Tabernacle Choirs most popular number, the Battle Hymn of the Republic, The Lord's followed by Malottes Prayer, and the third and final encore, God Be With You Till We Meet Again. And for all this the sing ers were again given a standing tion. ova- combined to Indeed, everything make for one of the happiest birthday parties in which the Tabernacle Choir and it must has ever participated have also been a happy birthday for everyone involved from San Diego. WEEK ENDING JULY 26, 1969 . , CHURCH-- 11 |