The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 14, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Ci ed Dally Except Sunday By Publisher ew : Mitizen Bull e and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County tired at Key West, Florida, as second classe matter Member of the Associated Press the Associated Press ar republication of all news dispatches credited to »r not otherwise credited in this paper and also news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES >wn on applieation. SPECIAL NOTICE notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ry notices, etc., wil! be charged for at nts a line. entertainment by churches fron which to be derived are 5 cents a line. » is an open forum and invites discus- ublic Issues and subjects of k -al or general »ut it will not publish anonyr .us communi- All reading ebitu IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN er and Sewerage. Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airperts—Land and Sea. €or solidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Cheerfulness is the mother of many virtues, It's easy to give somebody something that righttully belong to-others. It may be hard to believe but you can | help yourself by helping others. | | Eee | Charit; as good for the giver as it is | oy those who need a helping hand. Advice to students: Forget the hash about the easy road to knowledge. Individuals who think for themselves | ever have to wait on other people to make up their minds. Patriotic Americans might as well be- } ein to understand that they will have to 1ake some sacrifices. If everybody in the world agreed upon. | everyiing, the progress of the world would come to an end. Painters and poets have leave to lie, so runs the old adage; but that was before the age of propaganda. There are some people who still be- lieve that a college education will make a man something which he is not. : al om | Educational objectives would be greatly facilitated if young America had | the same idea about education that his | parents have. The ideals of today often become ihe hope’ the furopean ideologies now proclaimed will. never prevail. :Lties of tomorrow, but we Churches of Key West are open Sunday. The man who thinks reli- gion is a good thing ought to be in one of em during services An old Persian philosopher's prayer: | “Oh God! be merciful to the wicked. To tue good Thou hast been sufficiently merci- ful in making them good!” Sacrifice is intimately bound up with religion and perhaps its most characteristic The greatest sacrifices of man hav been tor his religious beliefs. act. It is an old theory of cycles that every phase of ization will repeat itself. If there is ary truth in it we are today ex- periéncing the dark ages again. The spirit of freedom has always been the spirit of progress. We must ‘be alert and ever watchful that no governing in- | dividual or body ever thwarts that spirit. Nobody knows what the next twelve hold in store for the people of the Tnited States, but it is safe to assume that there is sacrifice ahead for every loyal _ American, mont «3 exclusively entitled to use | | was conducted at a profit, ; the present fiscal year should be in excess | a ‘JUKE JOINTS’ Far be it from The Citizen to pour cold water on local business enterprise—if such it may be called—but this matter of “juke joints” is getting a little out of hand. We reier to the baxer’s dozen of such establish- | ments that have thrown open their portals since September Ist. So that we may not be misconstrued, this has no reference to the regular places known and patronized by Key Westers over a period of years. Rather it applies to the fly-by-night “snow-bird” dives that have but very re- cently added their unhealthy glow to the nocturnal scene. A distinguished winter resident— naturaliy his name is withheld here—hit the nail on the head yesterday ina ch. t with ' The Citizen. “What's been happening around here fall?” he asked indignantly. “Why, everywhere I go it seems a new joint has been opened. It’s getting so that I can’t go to bed before midnight without being kept this “awake by the din of their ‘juke organs.’ ” The gentleman has something there. His views dovetail exactly with those of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, one of whose aims is to discourage this: sort of thing. E Perhaps we could take a page from the noteliook of Miami Beach regarding this problem. The city council there has passed a rule which forbids the issuance of any more night club licenses. They have limited the number to fifteen. And the type of dive that has been mushrooming around here is definitely more obnoxious than a night club. The Citizen concedes that places of amusement are necessary—particularly in view of the various military posts here—but there is a limit to everything. THE PRICE WE PAY FOR SPEED The 1940 death toll from automobile accidents will pass the figures for 1939, when 32,600 individuals were killed in traffic accidents. This is a high price for a nation to pay for speed but there is no indication that the public thinks the cost is too high. Nearly every motorist takes it for granted that the accidents will miss him, or her, and the procession continues without ceas- : ing. We have called attention to the per- | sons kiiled on highways on many occasions | and we do not hesitate to do so again al- though we have not the slightest idea that it will impress the average reader any | more than it impresses us. Speed in transportation is definitely demanded by the average American and our people, as a whole, seem willing to pay the price as long as necessary. In time, no doubt, the fatalities will be re-— duced but, meanwhile, we pay the price for what we consider as progress. FHA SERVES AT A PROFIT The resignation of Stewart McDonald as Federal Housing Commissioner calls to min: his statement tnat the FHA’ has_in- sured loans on small homes in excess of $2.500,000,000, with a loss re‘tio of only +wo-hundredth of one per cent. Moreover, through insurance miums and inspection fees the ‘program of $9,000,000, afte payment of all ex- * penses and deduction for all losses. These are interesting figures because they demonstrate that the effort of the government to help thousands of Amer- icans to finance their homes has not been a financial failure. It definitely shows that private enterprise, if alert and anxious for investment, could have done the job at | a profit. HERE'S A WISE OBSERVATION Many foolish statements are made by public men, duly reported in the news- papers but occasionally one comes across the truth tersely stated, which makes it worth while to read a lot of trash. Mr. Chester C. Davis, former official of.the Department of Agriculture, but pow | serving on the National Defense Advisory | Commission, is to be credited with a wise remark when he told the members of the National Grange the other day: “We cannot be military friends and | economic enemies of Latin America at the same time.” : You can read this sentence over and think about it and the more you cogitate the more convinced will be your conclu- | sion that Mr. Davis has something. pre- | which during ! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY By Brandon Walsh | IM SO HAPPY . IM GOl ING TO EMPTY MY PENNY BANK AND BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS. THAT SHOULD HELP MAKE OTHER CHILDREN HEALTHY, TOO. RELIGION OF LIFE By REV. TED M. JONES, Pastor of First B: Our wicked imaginations have betrayed our intentions for living better and doing good. Living for *the future, trying to cover up one’s past, creates but a puny, false present, painting no beauti- ful scenes to leave behind, only disgraceful, unsightly graves of vanity and shame. Most of us disguise ourselves with pity, and sympathize in our short-coming or bad luck, when we should be bubbling over with gratitude and appreciation. Real pity is due the Pharisee who said, “God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, are.”—Luke ‘18:11, for (as) he, like many of us, are only thank- ful in the negative. { Jesus through example teaches us that we are not to expect that someone will help us, but with ;what we have, minister to the; needs of humanity what’er they | be. ‘ Besides there being joy, there | is much gloom for some at the; Christmas time, and those of us who have been blessed with! health, happiness, and enough to live comfortably with should re- member the less fortunate than | ourselves. The Master said, ‘Who- soever shall give a cup of cold water to drink in my nafne, be- cause ye belong to Christ. he shall not lose ‘his reward’.— Mark 9:41. In our city the Tubercular Seals have been distributed to aid the destruction of that horri- ble disease bacillus. The Red Cross makes its plea for funds to supply the needy and distressed, women, children, and suffering in all parts of the world. In many cities the Salvation Army sup- plies needs to those who have no direct church afiiliation or have been neglected by their own body. A compassionate cry comes 2 to us from the many Childrens’ Homes and orphanges, “Come over and held us.” Local homes for the aged, under privileged and distressed should not be for- gotten. Then too, each of us, in our own separate society, order, and church, have friends who would like to see their children’s faces beam with radiant joy that Santa Claus might prove a reality; but for pride they have smothered this hope far deep in their hearts. If we in our earthly, human way understand how to give good gifts to those who need, certainly how much greater shall a reward be for those who would practice the “Golden Rule” in giving. Petty has said, “I never knew the joy of giving until I knew how to give until it hurts.” Of course, there are few who could give to every cause, but there are many who can give to one or more causes; and after we have given let us look at the great Teacher's words in Luke 6:38: “Give and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give in- to vour bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured unto you again.” All of us who can do as much as Tiny Tim, and say “God bless everyone,” and many of us can do much more than this,—Have you, are you, will you do your part? — Sunday School Lesson PRAYER ' ! International Sunday School Les- son for December 15, 1940 Golden Text: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find: knock, and it shall be opened unto you” — Luke 11:19. Lesson Text: Luke 11:1-13 The disciples of Jesus came to him asking that he teach them how to pray, and in reply to this request Jesus repeated the vari- tous petitions which Christianity calls to this day, “The Lord’s Prayer.” “Prayer is not a burden to be borne, an obligation to be fulfill- ed; something that is due to God and must be paid,” says Harry Emerson Fosdick. “Prayer is a privilege, like friendship “and family, love and laughter, great books, great music, and great art, it is one of life’s opportuni- ties to be grasped thankfully and used gladly. The man who miss- es the deep meanings of prayer has not so much refused an obli- gation; he has robbed himself of life’s supreme privilege—friend- ship and God.”. “A devout. religious life blos- soms into prayer as inevitably as the bulb of a lily unfolds, through growth, the prophetic loveliness at the heart of it,” says Gaius Glenn Atkins. “Prayer, therefore, is as old as religion it- self. Wherever religion has risen above the lowest level of fear and superstition, it has expressed it- self in some kind of prayer. We find prayers on the broken clay tablets of old civilizations. They are imbedded in old literature, they are aspects of ceremony and sacrifice. The world has always been girdled by a chain of pray- ing folk, the centuries are bound together by the prayers of the devout.” the misery which vice. Ah, that God’s Chares Kingsley says if God's will were done on earth as in heaven, “it would abolish all the vice of the world and therefore springs from will were but done on earth as it is in the material heaven overnead, in per- fect order and obedience, as the stars roll in their courses, with- out rest, yet without haste; as-all created things, even the most awful, fire and hail, snow and vapor, wind and storm, fulfill God’s word, who hath made them sure for ever and ever, and given them a law which shall not be broken. But above them; above the divine and wonderful order of the material universe, and the winds which are God's angels, and the flames of fire which are his messengers; above all, the prophets and apostles have caught sight of another divine and wonderful order of rational beings, of races loftier and purer than man-angels and arch-angels, thrones and dominions, principal- ities and powers, fulfilling God's will in heaven as it is not, alas! fulfilled on earth”. The petition and daily bread is commented upon by J. D. Jones as follows: “This prayer pro- claims the fact of our depend- ence upon God for the very s:mp- lest of boons. It is a prayer for all men, for the prince as well as for the pauper, for the rich as well as for the poor, because all are absolutely dependent upon God. ‘In the last resort, all men depend upon the produce of the field, and the produce of the field is the gift of God. Men can- not create bread. He cannot com- mand a harvest. God must give it. And he gives the harvest year by year. I have read some- where that, when the month of ‘August comes around, the world is, each year, within two months {of-famine. -How forcibly such a LEY MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH Corner Division and Georgia Sts. Rev. O. C. Howell, Pastor Church School} 9:45 a. i Miriam ‘Carey, superinten Morning worship, 11 dalock. Subject: “Measuring Ourselves By God’s Rule”. Intermediates meet at 6:30 p m. Mrs. O. C. Howell, leader. Young People’s Department meets at 6:30 p. m. Cecil Cates, president. Evening worship, 7:30 o'clock. Subject: “God's Long Range Plan Of Salvation”. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY 327 Elizabeth Street Sunday School, 9:30 a. m. Sunday morning service, o'clock. “God The Preserver of Man” is the subject of the Lesson- Sermon which will be read in Churches of Christ, Scientist. throughout the world on Sunday, December 15. The Golden Text is “The Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and under- standing. . He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints”.—Proverbs n ednesday 8:00 o'clock. Reading Room is open on Tues- days and Fridays from 3 to 5 p. m. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Eaton, Setween Duval and Simonton Streets Rev. Ted M. Jones, Pastor Sunday School, 9:45 a. m. T. L. Kelly, superintendent. Morning worship. 11 o'clock Sermon subject* “Our Missionary Opportunity”. Baptist Training Union, 6:30 p.m. Jimmy Robbins, director. Evening worship 7:30 o'clock. Sermon subject: “What Do You Mean By—LOVE?” Prayer meeting, Wednesday. 7:30 p. m. Choir rehearsal Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Harry H. Fischer, musical director. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH (Old Stone) Corner Eaton and Simonton Sts. Rev. A. C. Riviere, Pastor Church School, 9:45 a. m. Ger- ald Saunders, superintendent Each department meets in its own assembly room. Morning worship. 11 o'clock Sermon subject: “Abundant Life and How To Find It”. Epworth League, 6:30 p. m Evening worship, 7:30 o'clock Sermon by Chaplain Lt. L. Blake Craft of the Key West Naval Station. Mid-week prayer service, Wed- nesday, 7:30 p. m. Choir rehearsal, Friday, 7:45 p. m. Mrs. Joseph Sawyer, organist; Gerald Saunders, direc- tor. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH White and Washington Streets John C. Gekeler, Pastor Sunday School, 10 a.m. Wm B. Normen, superintendent. Morning worship 11 o'clock Evening worship, 7:30 o'clock Mid-week Bible Study, Wed- nesday, 7:30 p. m. GOSPEL HALL 720 Southard Street Morning worship, 10:45 o'clock. Sunday school, 3:45 p. m. Gospel meeting. 7:30 p. m. Bible Study, Wednesday, p. m. Prayer meeting, p. m. 8:00 Friday, 8:00 fact preaches the truth of our de- pendence upon God!” Dgliverance from temptation is another plea. “Temptation is sometimes spoken of in Scripture as coming from God, sometimes as coming from Satan”, says Adolph Saphir. “God tempts no man to evil, but for good; he tries and tests, as he tempted Abra- ham and the children of Israel in the Wilderness. Satan tempts unto evil; he tries to enfuse evil into the human mind. Many of God's providential dealings are probations—such as prosperity, health, talent; or sickness, pov- erty, affliction. Satan converts them into temptations; our sinful hearts give him abundant facility in this. The child of God dis- trusts himself, dreads sin and says to God ‘Lead me not where there are snares and pitfalls—I am shortsighted: where there are strong enemies—I am weak; keep Satan, keep sinful allurements from me, keep my beart so that probation mav not become temp- tation to mc; lead me, that I may not fall, but abide in Christ”. Verses nine and ten stimulating challenge to itual faith of these who profess to believe. ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ‘St. Mary's Ster of the See P. J. Kellerer, SJ. Rector A LL. Maureau, 53, Assstant - : - Sunday Masses, 7-00 and 1038 am Masses on Holy Days. 6:00, 7-38 and 9:30 a m Weekday Masses. 630 and 7-38 m. First Friday at 6:39 and 8:00 a. m Sunday evenings Rosary. Sermon and Benedscher Friday evenings. Sacred Heart Devotions. Sunday School, $39 a = Confessions Saturder noons and evenings Holy Days and o ceding First Fridey o'clock and from o'clock. First Sundsy of month munion at the 7:30 o'ceck for Daughters of St Ann Second Sunday of month munion at the 7:30 o'cieck Max for Parish and High Schesl Se Galities. Third Sunday of morth Co= munion at the 7:38 o'clock Mas for Children of the Parish Fourth Sunday of month munion at the 7-39 o'clock Mis 720 evening meeting, | Sunday of month Promoters of the Sacred Sear: meet third Sunday of month FLEMING STREET METHODIST (Uptown) CHURCH m. Norman J. superintendent Morning worshm Young People’s Ep © League meets at 6:39 p Cates, president. Evening service Sermon subject Choice™. Mid-week Prayer and Site Study, Wednesday. 7-38 p = Choir rehearsal, Wednesday 8:30 p. m FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH 527 Wilem Sweet E. S Doherty Sam 738 « “A cock Tae Rev Sunday School lyle Roberts. Morning worship. Subject: “Dim Geld” Christian Endeavor. 638 p = Evening worsh 7 e Subject: “Heroes Hebrew Race” Junior ch 7pm Prayer meeting Wednesder evening, 7:30 o'clock Come and bring your Bibles Choir practice, Prider p.m. a Sam B. Pinder and WP. Mer cino, Teachers Meetings every Sunday mor ine at the Harris School aud torium, 10 o'clock Men end wom en not connected with any citer Bible Class and regardies: of d= nomimations afte mvaec = tend. Wershap et ll a ™ Young Peopie’s mectmg at 7 "Evening service. 7.38 ocieck Prayer meetings Monde: anc raghts Bible Study. Fricas mgm cept Friday. at 4