The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 16, 1934, Page 3

DE-BARRITT CIVES ADDRESS + ‘The ‘following is a copy of the ~~ DURING MEETING OF PT. ASSN. : without a permit from our fine address giyen by Dr. Alfred De} mayor. Barritt on the subject of “Good! For two liours this Earl told! Citizenship,” at the meeting of! ' the Harris School Parent-Teacher | children who labored in the coal Association on Wednesday: Good Citizenship When you invite Dr. Warren he speaks as a physician. Mr. Malone, our mayor, as an attorney. Dr. Kemp, as a professor of dentistry. The speaker a8 a Christian min- The ministet’s text book is the Bible aud this Book is full of teachings about citizenship. One hundred and seventy-five passages about the poor, Fifty speak of the fatherless. The Old Testament champions the cause of the poor. When you remember how little attention ‘was given to the poor in those days, its message .is remarkable. Pagan nations have never shown large consideration for the poor. The Old Testament laws distti- buted the land equitably among all the people. Every fiftieth year the land thould be re-distributed among the people, God intended the land and ‘the natural resources. of -the Whorid for the benefit of all and simply for a favored few. The rich are warned, again and again not to oppress the poor in Parliament of the women and mines, They were subjected to awful conditions. He again won out. The women and children wete banished from the coal mines | of Great Britain. If he lived in-Key West he | would insist that those wretched houses, unmentionable; should be! removed from the vicinity of the Douglass public school. The owners of the homes would be prosecuted and failing that, the school building should be re- moved so that children need not lhe contaminated. When you ask for a girl to mind your children. you might kindly remember that school and ‘pray and insist that wrong things shall be put right. Seeing the boys on the streets, | “ragged, barefooted, he spent the midnight hours in visiting them, and established schools with the unfortunate name of ‘Ragged Schools.” Many of those boys became good citizens of their country and tanany were sent to the colonies. 1 am glad,we have Bayview Park for our children. I rejoice that the colored people are to have a park for their~ehildren ‘also, and I shopld like to see half dozen playgrounds in our city, before yy: way, and not to take ad- the work of the CWA is finished. > And: close: all,;;we are. com- manded.to love our neighbor as -whole-heartily ina splendid aqua-|ment of the wotth-while of .the ourselves, ‘The Church has always, more or less, often less than more, recog- nized its duty to teach good citi- zenship. No minister worthy of his call- indifferent to good citizenship. < When he opens his hynin book he reads: “Lord for all mankind we pray; Of every clime and coast, © hear us for our native land, The land we love the most.” The P.-T. A. is doing a fine work in the teaching of good citi- zenship and deserves all the help and encouragement we have the power to give. ‘The method by which the Church of our Lord has adopted to deal mé.to give you one con+ crete example, and ed pers mission to select one of my own o jen, the seventh Earl of ‘He was very wealthy. He might have rented the whole flat of some. expensive hotel to entertain his friends, or taken half the deck of our liners, but he did neither. A’ Christian nurse trained him for God. It we had more such general servants in Key West, citizenship would be within a our reach tomorrow. At 25, he entered parliament with a determination to be a slave to no party. Tammany methods not appeal to him. was filled with indignation manner in which the in- treated, or mistreated. person brings out the or the worst in you. He.in- ttoduced legislation and that was were. bought and sold r dlaves,-‘He a ‘that ne child should work ~@ thah 21 1-2 hours'a day. sKryamun 288s potatrered ‘stung Parliament, into aetion. have to sting some folks to them to move at all. We do well to remember what Coolidge said to one deputation. “The president can only go as far as the people will go with him.” I'think our late miayor said something like that, and we might do well to bear it in mind. If Shaftsbury had lived in Key West I think he would not have on brought from Fee slept their last sleep, smothered in the chimney they had been seat to clean. ‘That bill was passed. John Bull was beginning to wake up jast a little. "] should like to see eee perhaps there is one ) Berras bey shweht- ve Olivet ox our streets during school hours, .{. 1 believe: heartily in a -ware- house for our sponges, just as rium-for .our fishes; I want to see our streets oiled and paved, and,I.should vote -100 percent for! a swimming pool for our people, ‘anda home-where our aged people eould die, who are too poor to.have attention in their homes. I believe the time will arrive when .we shall have a YMCA for ur young men, and I know no better.task for our Ministerial As- ' sociation to.attempt than just such la home, especially for our navy lads. We have Blue Geese, Golden Blossom, and a host of places! where they ate welcome, but have {lone very little to tempt our navy authorities to’ consider Key West as.a splendid centre for. our navy men. Good citizenship ean find tine field in our fine community. Well, the time came when the THR KEY WEST CITIZEN If you do not | paper by 6100. 0% }4 afternoon, use your telephone or your néighbor’s and call 51 and & paper ‘be sent to your home. A complaint boy is on duty at this office from 6:00 to 7:16 p. m. for the ;| Purpose of delivering coni- plaints. Help us give you 100 percent service by calling 51 if you do not receive The Citizen. PLAYED UP COAST | dai dation BASKETBALL OUTFIT HAVE MADE AR: RANGEMENTS TO LEAVE TOMORROW IN SOVIET FACTORY pon (By Assoctatea Press) LENINGRAD, Jan, 16,--A fac- j tory in which only blind operatives | will be used is being built hete:at a cost of arourid $850,000. The jplant will manufacture electric] with various high schools. motors andthe machinery will be} A good line-up, backed by ;equipped- for sdfety operation by! months of hatd practice, make the touch: instead of by sight. buys confident, in their success in } a “BH a jgfoup mentality, it will help mat- reg Seah gee mgr Aes fs some. ee ‘ 0 2 five regulars and one substitute. We have a song that runs: ;.| The fitst game will be played ‘And ‘when my work on earth is | vith ‘Redland High ;Sehool done, " sy ‘Fruit Growers” are expected to snk akan wotk in Heaven be-| ». the boys a hard fight as it ¢ is understood that they have al- May I forget the crown T’ve Won, | -eady. defeated good. hi: orge igh school While thinking still of others.” teamssion the mainland. This Good citizenship means sacrifice. game -will be played tomorrow “He who lives more lives than one, more deaths than one must ‘Phursday Hight fhe -Conchs ‘will “die. He Love your enemies my Master hove commanded, » Bless them. that. eurse you. Conch’ Five, basketball’ team of the Key West High Schoo), under the competent di- rection of Coach P. Dumont Hud- delston, will leave on a jaunt up- state ‘tomorrow morning over the highway for a series Pray for them,, tha despitefully use. you. + Who can be a good citizen, such terms? But think for dadson, f; Park, ¢; Ni varro)@; Anderson, g; Chas; Smith | experience, will ‘be the substitute. “With what measure ye mete, ite shall be measured to you again.” I like to ask myself a few questions occasionally and I say: Can réligion serve God without serving man? Can religion serve God without serving man? Can I think of any right without a ‘corresponding obligation? Is it socially safe for society to train intellect without training -moral ‘eharacter? Can we have good) ¢itizenship without good homes? ; Which is better for my’ child, par-| ental authority or parental -influ- ence? If I accept the hospitality of this country, what are my. obliga- tions towards its ideals? So we will pray and toil for our native or adopted land. ‘We will aim at good ‘citizenship and sup- swings about. Puffy and Fluff on the deck give a shout! “She’s sinking!” cries Fluff. of games: The | “To| ps standpoint of the whole as wel’! ys. Some of the lads! Batl was die i port as it our duty the P.-T. A. é. - roar, iesyae a eee the] sail on, nor fear to breast the kindness to dumb animals. -Lon-! 5° don was mildly astonished when they saw the first annual parade of costar mongers with.their ani- mals, nice! OT ed: with ayers se eapegerniam Sy" faith triumphant, o'er our - | For years 5 oe iafoulg <ogh pec peepee ga ep PE all with thee. . ,ate atl with offered a resting place in the thee. Abbey among the great but de- we clined and preferred a humble @rave by the side of his devoted wife, When he died London was mov. . The funeral service was held in the huge Cathedral. Kings and queens were there, Nobility. So- ciety. Municipalities, Church and state. Great masses of people on the streets with transparencies on {which was written, “Hungry and the fed me. Sick and he visited ‘me. Naked and he clothed me.” | This is what I mean by good citizenship: 1 Leve for the other man. Will- ingness to sacrifice. Desire to fServe. All these qualities come . from the presence and inspiration ‘ofthe Christ we love and serve. | There are those who assert that Christianity is solely indi- that re-! Pur hearts, our hopes, are all with thee. = Our hearts; our hopés, obr prayers, } our tears, PAELLA A he had had dd They say sligion is an affair of the ind: | vidual, and that we find salvation ‘in ones and not by groups, i Now, I am a declared enemy! of anything that belittles the in-! dividual. But we live (no refer-! ence to the bachelors) not as in-; dividuals but in groups. ' 3 must remember that my child | is not the only scholar in the school. Poor child, we say only ten minutes late, and taken to} task. Rightly so. Suppose reer | j vidualistic. scholar came ten minutes late, could any school function on those terms? Reprimanded, just because he} talked in class. Just so. Could} any person teach if all talked in} class, As a good well to view matters from citizen I shall do) the} IIAZLALLAZA LALLA LA A DD assmy own child, or children. Without the group, the indi- vidwal could never flower expression. 1 must have oncetibti into} iN LOP! TY . , BaNuAM } HFUNERAL HOME Established 49 Years Key West's Oldest 24.Hear Ambulance Service Licensed Embalmer | {| Phone 135 without th and ECONOMICAL ELECTRIC portunity to trv it in your own home at little cost. The Key West Electric Co. hh Mh hhh hed dh hd Ld ddddddddddud, the boats!” yells the mate, “Grab hold of a lifeboat before it’s too late!” ASKED TOO MUCH | BOSTON—An elderly man who! has been reeeiving financial aid) fromthe sity for several months asked the welfare department to pay for having a corn removed. Subseribe to The Citizen. athe re GAMES TO BE, ‘i Ice Refrigerators Made Of All Metal SATISFACTION Saves Food Saves Money 2 e expense o Ff modern servants You try it in your own home in your own way and be.convinced of its advantages. W. this posal, for we know its Rdvaisages. lg Fp ve dom at gste our TRIAL PLA THIS 1S OUR TRIAL PLAN ° We will install in any home served by our lines (without eest to you for witing and installation) a four burner Crawford electric range. be.made in the order in which the orders are cpeceived. Phone 16 for farther information, as this ad does not give all the details You have been wantins.to see for yourself how CLEAN, SAFE. FAST. 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