The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 17, 1951, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WeS? ciTizZen Astracy, desiine ‘ - The Key Weat Citizen ~ %, Sublished daily (except Sunday) by L. P..Artman, owner ar isher, from The Citizen Building. corner of Greene and Ann Streets Only Dailv Newspaper in Key Westyfind Monroe County? = P. ARTMAN Tr ee i (ORMAN D. AFIMAN Eatered at Key West, Floriaa, as Secund TELEPHONES $1 and 1935 Member of The Asscciated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively ntitled to use for reproduction of al} news dispatches credited to #1 - not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news oublished here. dembey Florida Press Association und Associated Dailies of Florids (by carrier) 25c per week, year $1200, single copy 5 SING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION is an open forum and invites discussion of oublic issue of locai or general interest, but it will not publis' nonvmous communications. iMPROVEMENTS FOR XEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apavtments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Ailpotle—Lana wha Sea. Consolidation oi County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. pee pee KEY WEST CHURCHES * The most interestii:g thing in life, in the line -of in- formation, is about pec;de. That’s natural, because we are pedpile ourselves. But ihe most interesting thing to Us abalif people concern those who lived a hundred thou- sandy ten thousand. a thousand years ago, or as recently as omly a hundred years ugo. And our interest as Key Westers increases if the people of 100 years ago lived in Key West. t is that circumstance that makes so interesting the | story that appeared in The Citizen Thursday about the two gravestones found under the First Methodist Church. How. did the people in Key West live 100 years ago? As The Citizen story concerns 2 church, it should first, that residents of Key West were exceedingly reli- gious. The fact that Key West was isolated and had _ in- frequent communication with the outer world, might have had a great deal to do with the intense religious spirit that prevailed here gt (iat time. Key West then had three other churches to serve its population of little more than 2,000, exclusive of slaves be said, and ther Negroes who had been given their freedom. The {First Methodist, the Baptist and the Episcopal churches stood where ihey are now, but the Roman Catholie Church was situated on the vacant lot on Duval street, adjoining La Concha. When the church was burn- ed down, the present Catholic church at Truman avenue and Windsor lane was erected. These incidents give a good idea of how intensely | religious were some Key Weste’ The First Methodist Church installed an organ, and a segment of its members, who; opposed music in church, withdrew from member- ship and built Sparks Chapel on the site where the Fle- 8. b | ted By t Hila t , president and owner of the Stutts Lum- Honk Shetiage € ase | AP Newsteatures Chopter Three YENTLEMAN JIM allowed the I pays wo stop at the crest of ‘ne hill. The canyon lay three days behind ajong with its risks. Meader. Widdicombe and the out- ¢ had been left a Cay’s journey Dac ‘There it is, Happy.” he adjured the morose little man. “The goal of our endeavors. Beaold Hang. man’s Coulee!” Tne valley pelow was narrow, the hills pressing from either side. Beyond the town was the coulee from which it took its name, out of which wound a small stream. This water course twisted as if to avoid a giant cottonwood which stood with one great. outthrust ‘imb. A limb worn smooth by the nassage of many ropes. “Seein’ a thing like that gives me the willies.” Happy confessed, Gentleman Jim chuckled Tr, and look human. if you can’t loo! nleasant. And even one snort of liquor! Know your weakness!” Gentleman Jim eyea the town approvingly, the square flanked on one side by the Cattleman’s Saloon with the Silver Dollar op- nosite. Tall trees stood in the cen- er. with a watering trough. and re horses dipped grateful muz- zies You @®) Wirephoto | ber Industries, Inc sville, Ala,, is shown in Mobile, Ala., « A crowd began to collect, among after his arrest by » FBI on charges in connection with an | them a broad-shouldered, thin- allegec $800,000 in the Thomasville Bank and Trust Co. The Eons aren api ena ss : 5 Seer ae x tg | Jim's o s i: short o FBI similarly charged Mrs. Myrtie N. McCrory, the bank's | {its A Wweleoming smile was on cashier n at right after her arrest in Mobile. The bank's | nis face president, J. Moc Drinkard, wa: so arrested on the same | anon Pokemon pe ao of | sph ct é nt vel course,” he declared, “Welcome | charge. The FBI Stutt’s company received an RPC loan | tn buP! townl: © ain John Gilson,” | of more $445,000 and that $300,000 was used to redueé an | ~ Giison was the banker. in charge are sft | of the money being raised for the es | railroad. Since they were arriv- ! | ing as scheduled, with the little , oe } organ and the big tent in the SSS SS SS wagon. no one seemed to harbor THIS ROCK OF OURS any suspicion. Happy was begin- ning to. warm when he suddenly froze again. Another man_ was_ pushing through the crowd, And he wore a sherifi’s star. If ever Happy had seen susnicion in a man’s face it s in Sheriff's Paul Hoffman's. Gentleman Jim gave no indica- tion of unease. His greeting was hearty his handclasp as warm. for any of the others, The fact that his liken: in somewhat al- Mig tered ¢ of the dodgers in: the sheriff's deck, did not trouble him Happy heard the banker invit > ~=_==== | By BILL GIBB | Are you lonely? Do you feel the ineed for loyal companionship? For | 4 true friend? Perhaps “This Rock jof Ours” can help you | Don’t get the wrong idea, now! The column hasn't suddenly turn. advice nor has it correspon- Jed into a heart-throbbing, |to the love-lorn thing }*joined-up” with some dence club AM that it has to offer is a work able solution that might, or might | such as this exposes the innermost 'secrets of a writer's mind. There have been times when I've read “This Rock of Ours” after going to press and have been shocked to realize that it publicly stated things rot, be practical in dispelling lone jliness from your own life. It is |workable beyond a doubt, The | practicalness depends upon the sin j cently of your approach | As most of you know, a column home when you were a child? The | é : self-pity and the sick feeling that | ook At The Futur e almost wrung your heart even when ; Cee ey : you were surrounded by friendly; MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (®—Sav- fellow-travellers? ings and Joan associations can ex In both of the above cases ‘lush’ or the homesick child - mind has not developed sufficiently to realize that The Power which gave us life is everpresent; is al- ways ready and willing to offer guidance, strength, courage, and | Ce?" sabarcipacigaetic a happiness. Instead of depending |» Foday je any approximately upon this Power -- God as we are | ¢lsht _ ion fami yes Wit ie taught to call It by our various {Comes of bese Raitt churches—we too often place our {pare mae Sarit aa pe a ae confi er humans. | . A : ? CO ee tee. given the |¢ade our total population incre privilege of ignoring God but the pe Oe prado ideag ert penality for exercising such a pri- bewigg units increased by 25 pe: vilege is the deep inconsolable feel- / CM. OSG ee ing of loneliness that over-rides us| | “During the early years ne Ae when the artificial pleasures creat- | bes i ¥ & S ed by tan fail, And fail us they (‘ate of marriages in history and must since they are mortal, mat-;2 Watbaby boom. In gnother de- . cade the war babies will start the | lion within the next 10 years, Walt- er J. L. ted States Savings and Loan | League, told the organization's re- jcent convention here. remember — not} e. might be upon some! /HANGMAN'S COULEE By AL CODY j ing them tu make his Louse their home waile they remained in town, While they were eating supper. the sheriff would be thumbing through his dodgers to refresh his memory. And then— | Then, as their hostess came for- ward to greet them, he had a despairing conviction that all was fost. | Even on Gentleman Jim, the | Sight of Maita Gilson was so pro- found that he temporarily lost his breath. Maita was @ look at. but her peaty, went r than the surface. It was a rit which shone like a lamp in ¢ | room, a sort of breathless. | quality that set her apart was right in his guess, Ge Jim was smitten, TH tent was faised at the edge * of town, not far from the hang- ing tree. Gentleman Jim had to admit that this was probably the most fantastic of all the schemes which he had ever dreamed up. He could sing and talk fluently, but could he give an entertaining address which was also scholarly and meaningful? How could he hope to fool such people as the banker? And, remembering Maita, the warm. friendly welcome that she had given him. he wondered for a moment if he wanted to. Happy’s music, community sing- ing and a set of lantern slides would take care of the ‘entertain- ment. Which left a lot for him. There was. he decided, just one way. When you had a job to do, the idea was to throw yourself into it, heart and soul—to believe the part you, were plaving. That }made for sincerity. But what | would he talk about? Unexpectedly, Maita Gilson sup- | plied the answer. “I've heard that you are a pow- erful temperance lecturer, Pro- ; fessor. and a great foe of gam- | blig. That’s what we need here.” Gentleman Jim did not bat an | eye, “That's what I hope to do, Miss. | Gilson.” | Happy crossed to the organ, The | big tent was nearly full, and Gen- leman Jim stood to lead in sing- ing. Silver Threads Among the | Gold. Loch Lomond, Rock of Ages. }One after another. for half an hour. the last song ended. | Gentleman Jim felt a moment of panic. It passed, and he leaned | forward “Friends,” he said quietly. “We have all come here for one pur- 3 1 in ‘Summer Jobs WINNIPEG, Man, @®— lent employment — prospects pect to double their business from | university students on the prairies, —-————--——— the | the present total of nearly $19 bil- next summer were forecast by} superinten-| Ray, president of the Uni-, dent of the Unemployment Insur-; ance Commission, Business organ-} enquiring! Fred White, regional izations already are j about workers, he said, i The person the victim of j often to blame | stance: who calls circumstances DISTINCTIVE CHRISTMAS CARDS : ARE HERE { at | ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT =“ ag | pose—that we may be tetter, mentally and in all other yg [ss for this meeting of minds We might spend all our time in light entertainment, or in singing. Or | in deep discussion of those; fun- damentals which affect the lives of all of us, I think that a. judi- cious mingling of all will be bet- ter My hope is that we'll afl get what we really want, out of ‘these meetings.” That sounds good, Happy, re- flected dourly. Only it cart be done! Not with us wantin™ that hundred thousand bucks, the |) sheriff wantin’ us, and the cro wantin’ what we ain’t got toi give! But Gentleman Jir.. could fairly talk a bird off a tree, and hm was doing it now. geben ne but straight from the shoulder His theme, 'as announced, was cnooks. And he'd ought to know f lot aout them, Happy reflected, In the middle of the discourse, a gun-shot sounded, followed by a wild shouting, and more! guns serenaded the stars. Then a full score of men were milling: out- side the tent, discharging; their guns wildly. They began circling the tent, and there was no chance to go on talking. Gent.emam Jim relaxed, waiting. The boys wanted their fun. All at once a horseman came | surging in at the rear of the tent, where the canvas was tied back to-make a doorway. Behind him came ‘the.others. Faces lost, their | color as the audience drew ‘back. Women and children were close to panic. | The audience gasped as the professor stepped from behind the speaker's stand, directly into the path of the plunging cayuses. There was confused melee, then the horses were sliding to a halt. Gentleman Jim had the bridle Hie of the lead horse, close up to the’ bit, With his other hand he tabbed. the rider’s arm, in what looked like an act. it worked so smoothly; He jerked the rider out | of the saddle, on to his feet in front of him, swinging the cnyuse sidewise, blocking the others. This man was bigger than. him- self. and there was no trace of humor in those agate eyes or leathery jaw. Quite the contrary. “When you come seeking per- sonal instruction,” Gentleman Jim { said. “remember to act like a gen- | tleman. Since” you forgot, turn around and apolosize to the crowd xcel- —On your. knees!” (To be continued) | America’s faith is not in its gov- |ernment, its institutions, its poli-| | tieians or even in its armies; but in itself and in God. ep DAILY! himself « is | for the circum: | | | longes or, {to pay this bill for four months!” ., ROUND TRIPS MIAMI " 47 MIN. NON-STOP SS _ : * Official U. S\"Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Don- ald W. Evans, USN. son of » Mrs. DeVerl Smith, 1908 South a. 15th E., Salt Lake City, Utah, + has recently completed a four” - -onths ervrse in All Weather oo Flivht at the Fleet All Weather: Teairin~ Unit, Atiantic, Key Vert, “Icrida, The course cams etvanced flight thei). y steurane pnd night 5 tr ‘ 1 to cuctify the i y Carrier All ‘Weather t Evers wt report ir Force, At» | Isntic Flect, for further assien> | to ¢ vi duty ic Comer in. He entered the Navy in 1942,” as an apprentice seaman and — after two years of enlisted ser vice, including a tour of duty.” in the Aleutians, was. selec! a to enter flight training as an” aviation cadet in the Navy V-4~ program. In February 1946, he was designated a naval aviator © after completing the prescribed # flight training course at Pen- * sacola, Fla, In subsecuent duty, % Lieutenant Evans has served * aborre the aircraft carriers, « USS Midway, Coral Sea, and « Roosevelt. He graducted fram Esst High School, Salt Lake City, in June 1942 and attended the University of Kansas, for two .+ years. Lieutenant Evans is. a member of Masonic Lodge No.;. 6, Lawrence, Kansas. Dr Nho has been waiting thet Voice: “I believe | have, Doe I have been waiting for vou); oertor pre Street Methodist Church now stands. Worshippers coy — oaly to intimate eh one not everlasting, | coming of marriageable age and | 126 Duval Street Phone 250 there increased so fast Sparks Chapel was too small to} riends. Such embarrassment is os | we Can expect the rate of new; al “ : | ‘oolish { would suggest to anyone afflict: | family formations to zoom upward FER! accommodate them, so it was given to the people out in | If ten thousand read exclaim: (ed with a feeling of insecurity and | «9 4 Ae all-time high.” : SPECIAL OF what was then called, and still is called, the Rocky road | “Bosh!”, and skip over to another | of loneliness that he make a deep | eR asa Box of 28 ASSORTED Cards $1.06 Box of 25 SELECT Cards $1.00 MAKE YOUR SELECTION: EARLY FOR IMPRINTING and thorough study of the Lord's | Prayer. Visualize its true meaning. When you read the words “Our r,”’ try to feel the love that tobet : >. | column, and yet the ten thousand district and placed on the southwest corner of Virginia | ina first reader. is helped, this andGrinnell streets. It became too small there also, and |column has accomplished its pur a church, later cglled the Ley Memorial, was constructed | 208 The December draft only 16,900; the January all for was | 59, TICKET OFFICE: Meachom Airport . : ee So -- let’s go back to the subject ent within such a posses- | .--———-—-—.— ~ - ene oat SIRE LIARS Da on its present site, adjoining the Truman Avenue School. | of loneliness., sive statement. When you say “Thy | The First Methodist had an organization called the} First of all, the lonely person | Will Be Done,’ emphasize the | { RS hie es hc . they | must honestly face facts. thought within your own mind that | jug Band of Prayer, the name of which was retained by that; HE MUST REALIZE THAT | you completely surrender your own | pagty of the, membership. that, organized Sparks Chapel. | LONELINESS IS CAUSED, BY A |will in favor of a Greater Power. te Te Be Mae if ‘4 A 5 ihe winks " Jeg oi : He play a majqrity. of; Spark Chand tetas hang a} : NTO) Bet elayl arta Hiciiieeg 2s at the name.te the Epworth League, so the adherents NE }PENBICAD SURROUNDINGS... of the most beautiful’ poetry eer | oe Band of Prayer withdrew and organized the First Congre- " ‘ + ae we gational church, which was built on its present site in “a If this were not true, how would }you explain the poor ‘lush" who eries in his beer while all around written—"The Book of Psalms. Read and re-read the Ninety-first | Psalm. The rewards of the effort : 1901, jhim in a barrdom, there is an at-will be a new peace and joy such | One generation can't understand why an earlier gen- | Mosph of ail fellow, well- | as you've never experienced. With- - ! : ) met!"’? i ; ; i s cee > ye indie’ bee RR: in us all is the opportunity to prove ation did this or that, and one may be sure that future | Or if you've never been in a the statements: “Every one that generations won’t understand why we did this or that, | barroom, can you remember the asketh receiveth; and he that seek- | For that reason it is wise for us to be tolerant first trip you made away {from ‘eth findeth’ Matthew 6:8 { transport failed to show up at the Congressmen Late SLICE OF HAM hotel. 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