The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 11, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che Key West Citizen N PUBLISHING CO. INC. Daily Except Sunday By . AREMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets y Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe C ; F:orida, as seconé class matter the Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use tion of all news dispatches credited to otherwise credited in this paper and also news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE ng notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ituary notices, etc. will be charged for at ts a line. entertainment by churches from which to be derived are 5 cents a line. n is an open forum and invites discus- slic issues and subjects of local or general t it wil not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN : WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be d to attack wrong or to applaud right; s fight fer progress; never be the or- o: the mouthpiece of any person, clique, n or class; aiways do its utmost for the welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue d good done by individual or organ- ; tolerant of others’ rights, views and print only news that will elevate i not contaminate the reader; with principle. never com- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN ‘ater and Sewerage. prehensive City Pian (Zoning). e Hotels and Apartments. and Bathing Pavilion. ‘Land and Sea. of County and City Gov- A Modern City Hospitai. Rest is surcease from compensation. work and its “We, who are about to retire, salute you!” Atta boy, that’s the spirit. Business, naturally, is thing that interferes with profits. It is up to the fault-finder to propose a remedy for the ills he discovers. Going to church is a good habit, even the writer is the one to say so. Few ever learn that the way to make tifficult task easy is to pitch in and do it { once. We have a constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness, but we seldom catch up withit. A good candidate takes a sock on the | chin just as he takes a tap on the shoulder, each in its day. The defeate a candidate should not fee! down-hearted and lonesome—he has lots of company. There is always a point to the para- graphs in this column, even if it is only the period at the end of the sentence. The World Calendar plan, which is rapidly receiving international recognition and which already has the approval of 14 —— rearranges the length of the familiar 12 months, equalizes the quarters ane makes the calendar perpetual, every Equalization of the. quar; raid is accomplished by giving the first month of every quarter 31 days and each of the remaining two months 30 days. Every month has exactly 26 weekdays; every quarter begins on Sunday and ends with Saturday; and every year begins with Sunday, January 1. In order to harmonize the proposed new calendar with the solar year and its four seasons, Year-End Day is added as an extra Saturday at the end of every year after the completion of the fourth quarter, and Leap-Year Day, another extra Saturday in leap years only, is placed after the completed second quar- ter at the end-of June. Symmetry, balance, order, and stability are thus achieved with- out any difficult transitional changes. r ihe same. against any-/| PASS THAT ZONING LAW! With three councilmen not voting or veting in the negative, city council Thursday night passed on first reading an crdinance setting up adequate zoning reg- ulations for Key West. Pa cf the zoning oaheocs has been cn > opera re city council for two cr three It was passed once, but the act was found to be illegal in that an en- abling act had not been adopted by the State Legislature. A year ago the Legis- lature did pass the enabling act. mer city administration neglected to act on the measure. Last fall the first official act of the new administration was to select a zoning board to study and submit an or- dinance for courcilmanic action. After ‘some months of study, the zoning board submitted the present tertative ordinance. Two weeks ago city council ordered a pub- ic hearing to be held the night of May 9. n jector appeared, so city council assage of the act. One of the cou en voted against ce or first reeding because he said he had no opportunity to study the pro- posed ordinance. It is hoped he finds time to read the document before next Thursday, so that he may be recorded as | favoreble to final passage. Constiuction of severa! new homes, i for M Thelma Strabel, story in the Saturday Eve- nt giving Key West est publicity in histéry, is being ld up beeause of a lack of a zoning or- ince in Key West. Miss Strabel and other prospective builders have refused to start work on their new homes until the zoning law becomes effective. No one can blame‘them for this stand. Who wants to build a home in a neighbor- | hood that is unrestricted, where casinos, | eafes and commercial buildings of all kinds might be operated? Passage of the new zoning ordinance will enable these e x one S prospective heme owners to go ahead with- | out fear that their properties will be dam- azed by nearby commercial structures. Key West needs new homes. workmen need work. The quickest way | to get the homes and provide the work is | te pass this zoning law. MOTHER'S DAY Mother’s Day will be observed by millions of Americans and it is right that some special notice should be taken of the day set aside to honor the Mothers of the nation. It should be borne in mind, however, | | that the observance of a day, once a year, , does not constitute the most appropriate or an exclusive method of honoring mother- hood in general or mothers in particular. There are men and women who nat- urally revere motherhood; they do not need a special day. They are worried, for example, by the sad plight of unfortunate methers who suffer unnecessarily in connec- | tion with birth and care of their children. | Certainly, we recommend the ob- servance of Mother’s Day but we also ad- vise that suppert be given to agencies set up to assist mothers throughout the nation. It is all right to praise motherhood but the best way to show praise is to make it pos- sible for all mothers to raise their children in a satisfactory manner. “Mother” will be the subject of ser- mons in most churches of Key West to- mcrrow, even as it will be throughout the nation. It is fitting -that she be honored in this manner, and The | Citizen subscribes to the belief that pews will be filled with grateful hearts when they listen to the many eulogies that are sure to be presented. Likewise, Key West has “Mother” on days preceding her day to- morrow. School children yesterday a brought remembrances home from classes. | Dadtlies, too, made many purchases in local stores during the week, for the mothers of their children. High lighting activities today in honor of sponsored by the senior and junior woman's clubs of the city. Key West honors that grand old in- stitution tomorrow—Mother! Both Holland and Whitehair carried | their home counties. Holland votes in Polk county compared with 3629 for Whitehair; and in Volusia Holland got |i 4489. votes to Whitehair’s 7513. In ‘both | counties the other leading eandidate was jhand in the lives of her chil-|is the platypus. ‘It -swims the runner-up.—Sanford ‘Herald. Hospitals in the United ‘States rep- | resent a capital investment of more than three billion dollars, last | The for- ‘the Our honored | “Mother’” was the | Mothers and Daughters Luncheon co- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN FROM DOUBT TO FAITH International Sunday School Les- son for May 12, 1940 GOLDEN TEXT: “The righteous shall live by his faith”. —Habakkuk -2:4, * ane (Lesson Text: Hab. 1:12-2:4) Practically nothing is known of prophet Habakkuk. The book which -he wrote sheds little or no light upon his own life and Hab- akkuk is not referred to in any other writing in the Old Testa- men. It is probable that-he lived :about 600 B.C., during dark and janxious days in the life of the Kingdom cf Judah. The good King Josiah had died about nine years before and his evil succes- sors, probably Jehoiakim, had completely wiped out all of his _ reforms. The prophet witnessed the downfall of pure religion and in its place a return to idolatry. -In- justice, tyranny, oppression, bloodshed, sensuality and un- Tighteousness wete breaking up. the nation. The Kingdom of Ju- dah had fallen into the hands of jthe proud and cruel Chaldeans. These dark days filled the prophet of God with foreboding. It seemed to him that God had forgotten Israel because if he really meant to make of Israel a great nation, as he had promised Abraham, why did he permit a ‘tyrant ‘How could a pure and righteous Sunday School Lesson heathen nation, such as the Chal- ceans, to conquer it? With his heart filled with doubt, Habekkuk did not sulk, but took his questioning to God and then proceeded to wait for God’s answer. And, God answer- ed. First, he said, “For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that. bit- ter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the . Jand, to possess the dwelling places that are not theirs”, Then God describes the fierce enemy which would conquer Judah. Habakkuk listened to God and became even more perplexed. How long would God allow this to oppress his people? God look down upon these sin- ful men without destroying them? In due time, however, the an- swer came and Habakkuk was commanded to write it down in order that “he may run that read- eth it”. The answer was in seven short words: “The just shall live by his faith”. We mortals are so prone to doubt the justice of God because, apparently, the wicked prosper while those who try to live right and dd.right are often- times put to it to live at all. We think of the span of our lives here on earth as the ultimate, forgetting that our stay on this ™ earth is only a brief period be- fore we enter our eternal exist- ence. Tributes To Mother wcccccesccscscccececesceccessececooesesesesesees Was in charge of the “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother”—Abraham Lincoln. MY MOTHER By DR. V. A. AVAKIAN i Who went through shadowland of death To give me form and flesh and breath? Who idolized me from the start, And pressed me to her eager heart? Who prayed that we would never part? | —My Mother. Who eased my pains and dried my tears, } And banished all my early fears? Who took my foolish acts for play? Who rocked me patiently each day, . {And crooned me ‘way? —My Mother. Who was my true and constant guide, And spoke of me with joy and pride? Who lived birth To make my life a heaven on earth In spite of gloom and gainless mirth? —My Mother. Who taught me how to thwart defeat, cause retreat? , Who worked all day for my suc-! into slumber’s for me before my And temptation’s quick cess, And sought at night for me ne} less? Who helped when I was in dis-| tress? —My Mother. I | Who kept alive her faith in me,! | Believed in what she could not | goal, } And played for me a martyr’s! role? H | Who loved me most? God rest; her soul— —My Mother. | Chattanooga, Tenn., | May il, 1940. | SERMONS HONOR MOTHER AT STONE CHURCH SUNDAY Both services jices et First M. | | (Stone) Church tomorrow will be in honor of Mother's Day. Rev. G. W. Hutchinson will thave as his ‘subject at the 11:00 |a. m. ‘service, “The High’ Calling , Of Motherhood”. He will em- \phasize the sacredness of the | nerne and motherhood as a high land hely calling. | “A Mother's Throne” will be | the subject at the 8:00 p: m. serv- In this message it will be ‘shown that a mother’s throne is; her love, her guiding | dren, and and her influence on their | destinies. The science of power} is not through foree foree but through | my That is great lesson’ the world ticeds these day: of § crisis. A ‘ the in i: . JOIN THE SPUGS FOR MOTHER’S DAY By PENETRATOR A cartoon of the rough-riding Teddy Roosevelt adorning the wall of a local cocktail lounge re- minded us of the approach of Mother's Day. Which needs ex- plaining. It is told that Old Teddy found- eda society which he named S.P.U.G., and we wish all could join the Spugs in observing Mother’s Day this year. If you have not guessed, S.P.U.G. stands! for Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving. What is useless giving? The gift presented with- out love and thoughtfulness for the person receiving it is useless. GUR MOTHER Bv CHAS, MENDOZA. SR. Whc is it that bears our worries and woes, Defends us against our enemies and foes, Our Mother. When all ‘turn against you, and, you see the end, Who is the one that’s always your friend, Our Mother. ‘Who thinks you are right, you may be wrong, Gives up her life to defend you from the throng, Our Mother. God bless all those who have a Mother's care. I have none my burdens to bear: Mine is in Heaven with the An- gels above, tho But she still guides me with her ; love. Mother’s Day comes once each year— Let us enjoy it with good cheer. Think of your Mother, send her a card of love, And the Angels will from above. LEY CHURCH GROUP HONORED MOTHERS bless you A lovely party took place last‘ night im the Ley Memorial Church School Annex when the women of the Missionary Circles entertained. Special guests were the mothers of newly-enrolled pupils in the Church School. The Young Women’s Circle, of which Miriam Carey is chairman, program. After a social hour delightful re- freshments of fruit punch, sand- wiches and cake were served. The follownig program dedi- cated to “Mothers Of All Times’ was given: Origin of Mother's Day—Mrs. Tom Curry. “A Preper Doughtry. Medley of Old Songs—Miss Catherine Knowles. “Explained” — Elsie Thompson. “A Boy’s Best Friend”—Leo Hicks, Jr. Xylophone Doughtry. “A Mother’s Day Wish”. Fay Roberts. Solo, “M-O-T-H-E-R-” beth Rosam. “The Common Cruz. Violin Solo—Joan Doughtry. Solo, “Mother”—Leo Hicks, Jr. Solo, “The Songs Mother Used To Sing”—Mrs. O. C. Howell. Playlet, “Secrets Of Mother's Beginning”—Ann Lee Selection — Ann —Doris Gift”—Betty —Eliza-' Your mother would be pleased Power”—Modern Mothers: Mrs. if you telephoned a store and in- Alicia Boeyen, Mrs. Albert Ca- structed a clerk to pick out a gift rey; Spirit of Song: Mrs. Eliza- for her; even though it bore a beth Rcsam; Accompanist: Miss card with your name signed. in Catherine gXnowles. another's handwriting. But Services Tomorrow wouldn't mother be more pleased Mother's Day will be featured if she knew you took the time at both services at this church to choose a gift for her person-/tomorrow. The chiirch will be ally? decorated with flowers by groups Perhaps you cannot afferd to who will be responsible for each buy your mother a gift, if so, window. Bouquets contributed something you have made with by various persons in honor of SATURDAY. MAY 11. 1848 rid LEY MEMORIAL METHODIST; FIRST METHODIST CHUECE CHURCH (Oid Stone O. C. Howell, Pastor Rev. G. W. Hutchinson Paster Corner Division and Georgia Sts | Corner Exton end Simomtes Ste Church school, 9:45 a.m. Miss. Chnech school 9<5a m Ger rwurrw MELE Pits em a Sermon subject: “The Christian /Sermon subject Home”. Intermediates meet at 6:39 p m. Mrs. O. C. Howell es leader. | Young people's department meets at 6:30 p.m. Cecil Cates, |Throne” president. Cher rebeerssl Frigey. D5 Evening worship, 820 dcleck' 9 m Mrs Jemph Sowyer Sermon subject: “The Christian —— Gereic Seunsers Greer Mother”. Prayer service, Wednesday 7:30 p.m Choir practice after prayer. service. Mrs. J. Roland Adams pianist. 2S< Epworth League £53 > = Evening worship. 8:90 ociock Subyect “A Micthers ‘FLEMING STREET METHODIST (Uptown CHURCH Rev. Jee Lay, Peer FIRST BAPTIST Fiemmg a: Wiluam Soeet CHURCH Church School meets a #45 2 ; Eaton beiween Duval and = Norman J. Lowe general Simonton Streets supermtendent fe Sunday school, 10 a.m. TL —— ey = Kelly, superintendent. ‘oung 4=Peapie’ rt Meening worship, 11 o'clock Ue? Sects at 629 p me Jock W. P .Archer will occupy the pul- pit. Baptist Training Union, 70 2. m. Mrs. L. C. Taylor, presi- dent. Evening service, 8:00 oedk "Sermon by Harry H Fischer. Subject: “Mother” Prayer meeting, Wednesday, 8:00 p. m. Choir rehearsal Thursday, 739 p.m. Harry H. Fischer. musical director. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ae = Teesiay evenieg 145 ccieck. Srotherhesc Bange. 615 Wei bom street You are cordaly erate’ hu x fend these eccveeess and Gee «2 White and Washington Streets John C. Gekeler, Paster Sunday school, 10 a. m 8. Norman, supermtendent. Morning worship, 11 o'clock The sermon will be im keeping with Mother's Da Subject “What Price Home’ Evening worship, 8:00 o'clotk Sermon: “The Mother Of Al Living” We Everane Pee Soe Se Gactscr, 2:98 o'cieek Weer Devs CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY 327 Elizabeth Street Sunday school, 930 a. m Sunday morning service, o'clock. “Adam and the subject of mon which Churches throughout the day, May 12. The Golden Text ix “That which is born of the fiesh & flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit’ John 34 Wednesday evening meeting. & o'clock. Reading Room is open on Tues days and Fridays from 3 t 5 Pp. m. Maxx TH 2 = Evemmg Prever 538 « ‘Ceomace Mermens Praver 8 1 Fallen Man as the Lesson-Ser- will be reed @ Christ, Sciemtist world on Sun of their mothers will also add to the decorations. There will be special music at both services and bouguets will be given to the oldest mother and the youngest mother .pres- ent. The mother with the largest number of children present will also be honored at the evening service. your own hands will please her. You argue, perhaps, that you do not know how to make any- , thing, so you will just buy hera jbeautiful card. .Chosen with} yeare, cards are excellent. For these who cannot afford even a card, mother’s: heart would be touched if you took a piece of wrapping paper and wrote on it, jt love you, Mother”. “I love you” should be the thought behind each and every ‘gift, no matter what its form. see? in churches |who chose my happiness her!We think that is what Teddy ‘meant S:P.U.G. members should 'do. Won’t you join? eee If you are fortunate enough to j be with Mother Sunday, pat her’ !on the back and tell her, “You're ‘swell’. “She'll love it. ee Add a message to Mothers: No matter how your kids:say it, you know they mean ‘it, don’t you? ‘MOTHER'S DAY AT UPTOWN CHURCH Mother’s Day Day will be celebrat-— ed at both services at Fleming: Street Methodist (Uptown) . Church tomorrow. Pastor Jim Lilly will have as his subject in the 11:00 a. m. is “A Mother’s Opportun- In the evening, at 8:00 o’cloek, the subject will be “A Mother and | A Cross”. Announcement is made cial music for both servi are-invited to-attend the servi and bring friends. © Bsc a The puzzle of the animal walks but cannot fly, but suckles. its front _ Poisoned It has a feet and a f 1: i BEEGE i fle: il 4 e be E =. 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