The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 25, 1952, Page 3

_—e 5S A 4% anni Ht { Tyesday) March 5, 1952 1 ue KeY west GitizeN Page 3 ease fo enna gaa en BARNEY GOOGLE .\ND SNUFFY SMITH | ., . ByF ee HOLL ‘OOD SAKE: ALIVE, | [SHES SweeT AN Qi A] Ey SHES Gouna uevea NOTES | }L WISH YE'D TRY RID LES! N : TH GROUND ITCH a — (€ SHE DON'T B+ 603 THOMAS | athena | appa GIT UP Gree Hee Ms ae | | it . ‘HANDS AN’ KNEES ago, a doctor leaked at the erus form of Barelay Allen, bril young pianist whe had been gied in an auto accident. The ter told Mrs. Allen: “Your } Be band has two hours to live. a Today Allen is ready to. resume ris musical career, and he ¢r hi al to: bis faith in. God. “I was never-a religious man,” tas i the pianist, whe is now paralyzed frem the chest down, | “Bat eve that God was the | reason that F yar ranges not* something b A counle of ye | riding the’ MAGGIE -ME DaRLin’ THEY Re NOT HOME-MRS, COMENGO WENT TO THE WRESTLING MATCHES - HE WENT TO A | /itMhiin) | BURLESQUE SHOW--WHAT ; great was his suecess that he, was OTHER IDEAL COUPLES it ‘able fo form a. band and tour under DBO > j his own banner. Then fate inter- vened, . “I was playing a date at the Cal Neva Le at Lkae Tahoe," he , recalled. “‘I finished late that night and was driving home when I fell jasleep. The car hit an embank- ‘ment and overturned.” has Allen became intimate with the face of death in the months®that’ followed. He was in the almost continuously for opera and ailments that threatened to take his life. The musicians of Den- ver, his home town, rallied to help pay the immense medical bills. . | When it appeared that he would By Tom Sims and B. Zaboly | survive, Allen was taken to his i rs “| North Hollywood home, where he 4 Bohys | lives with his wife and two chil. NOMMA " 5 tom yp | dren, Ronnie, 10, and Peggy, & | - (. | Then ke faced the nroblem of find- jing a return é¢ use ife. Helping UZ @ELL, SOMEBODY : jing Protas 4c useful life oO EAT M' eS AN tim in this was the church. HAS ‘3 “Like most kids, I had gone to Sunday School,” he remarked, |But I didn’t pay much attention. OH-YES-MR VIGGS - THIS 16 THEI HOME - ~BUT- YOU SEE-- 1952, King Featares By religion after I grew up. Since t was working in bands, I always | used the excuse of working late on |Saturday night for not gcing to chureh on Sunday. “After IT eame home, my wife | became ective in the Emmanie Lutheran Chureh in North Holly. | wood. She got me to go to chureh ; with her, and it was a rewarding | experience. I 'egan to realize the _ Scheme of things. Th “TL used tc think of church goers ag uninteresting people. But now: I have a creat resnect and admira- tion for them. I attended a broth *' erbood meeting at church last: With the help. of his new-found; faith and his desire to .returnodo» | +a productive life, Allen began. to,. we-k at the piano. He started by playing a few minutes each day: ,}and increasing as much as the ,| Pain and discomfort would let him; “At first, I didn’t know whether: I was going to be able to use my | left arm or not.” he said, “It wi | lame for a while. but by exercise, | ing. I got the use of it back. F | think God toc’: care of that, tog,’ , | Now he is able to play a : \\\) | hour or more at a time, and | ‘ feels that his ability is approac! ing that of his pre-accident His only difficulty is that he can- not play the entire range of the keyboard, since he cannot move in ony | his wheelchair. But he is wor! 3-25 > 4 on a way to overcome that.” *< . ’ , Allen has already made his' e+ tirn to public performance. ‘Hé’’ played for the Ash Wednesdiy’’ Holy Communion. service at the | Emmanuel Lutheran Churehi- sit. ; Was a way of thanking the churoh:’ members, whcse prayers he feelg helped him along the road to:reKi covery. ‘ no Today’s Birthday, WILLIAM HARDING JACK” : SON, born March 25, 1901,‘ in® Nashville, Tenn., son of a fatmer” Deputy director of the Cetitral | Intelligence Agency, he is chief | assistant to Gen. Walter Bedeéli | Smith. Jackson is a lawyer, grad- uate of Princeton .and Harvard: Law School. He also was a parte: ner in an “investment banking firm. He rose from captain to Colonel in World War II, serving in Army Intelligence. Just TILL d He ces USED TO HE TRAVEL. INFORMATION - TICKETS SEABOARD RAILROAD TICKET OFFICE AGENTS ALL SCHEDULED AIRLINES HAVANA-NASSAY | WEST INDIES HAVANA ROUND TRIP AIR $20.00 TOURS FROM $42.58 TRAVEL AGENCY y Bus Station 510 SOUTHARD STREET PHONE 298 “3 right, and I met some fine men.’” ="