The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 24, 1952, Page 7

| THE'KEY WEST CHRISTMAS STORY rr erp . ° jhis skilled carpenter S.maritan to Skipper Si . Strachan | fini se in fi shed x pp S ms, Wm S — the house in time for Christ- POLIO VICTIM SENDS Thank Key Westers For Xmas The kindness of Key Westers in (GREETINGS BY AIR contributing furnishings and equip- Ai ., By SUSAN McAVOY ment means. that the Strachans some pica. mc ¥ T ‘{ vill spend Christmas, not ving | Will carry the tmas gree! Ss MORE: DONATIONS TO MOEO eS and lost as they spent ‘Thankegiv: {of @ 22-year-old polio vietim who ENT TO SIMS FINISHED HOUSE ing, but happy and festive in their how fegligel ina flag her a¢ ‘ let ‘iends ‘ NOW HOME FOR FOR CHRISTMAS neta’ ap ie tran ecankeziving |. Doris Whittaker will tape record CHRISTMAS IN GA. TURKEY DINNER [fire were a washing machine and |"? holiday messages and amateur rv Elijah Sims whose] Thanksgiving was the grimmest sagas pene east on time Hapreeecrnetidal oc ee : bs i 5 ;_ | by Strachan from Julian Appliance New Year b hrimp boat sank in Northwest “epee fhe waar Strachan fami-| store. Earl Julian rushed down to | Taees herr be picker ey ne every happiness et last week: taking. down | 5/51 ‘one mouth ago the Strachan [°° bt Ser aches two items | Kelley’s station WATUT, where her to all of our it mate James Cannon, is} house on Whitehead Street burned called General aie rsonally | friends will be gathered. riany fit ing Christmas with his fami-|to the ground taking in its flames, |°°.. fail, Satibu'| ‘They'll return her greetings, via Ridgeville, Georgia, well, |clothing, furniture, pots, pans, re- kame es Pray eee replaced | radio, and their voices will be re- | y clothed, and bearing gifts, |frigerator,. washing machine, $100 | Strachan eit ne esi hie layed to her by phone. to the Christmas spirit of]in chash, and the Thanksgiving each person on the ues Pog tae Miss ee ee here last Loe} Westers and the aid of his | turkey. ; 5 rai eae oo summer to find a job. A week 4 4% Sq company. Strachan, a Navy yard janitor |S\’°" aii freely and generously. liater she became ill and has been | 3% BAR AR SA % 22 2BS as who was rescued by the|and his three children and wife | Pe cel ae ae ae jin Grady Hospital since. hi Ne > Coast Guard last Monday |were stripped in that one fire of | eatecicigg © si it le ee ‘ ng‘in the rough waters of|everything but the clothes they | ¥O"st Thanksgiving in their mem-| Until 1834, such beasts as lions annel collapsed with pneu-{had on ory, because of the kindness of Key | and leopards were kept in a royal that day an was rushed| The Citizen told of his plight Neat: menagenemiie Serer peal onroe General hospital. in a few stories. Key Westers did It is believed that the Tower of | s faced a rough Christmas |the rest. They poured in more Party Celebrates London is moving away from. the uesday. Recovering from the| clothes than the family could ever % ae River Thames at the rate of about and exposure of 12 hours | want. They carried furniture, and Two December 23 {1 inches every 30 years. chill water, and the loss of |pots and pans and everything the ‘ nd Cannon, he lay at| stricken family could need to his Birthdays Tues. General hospital, worrying, | mother’s house on Center Street. h and penniless, The big problem still remained] A goyble birthday he has much to be thank-)a place to live. Strachan had a/ieig at the re sa <4 M ot only did his company |skeletal house that he had lacked Mrs. Paul Monsaly : gh with the hospital and | money and time to complete since gan Paul Jr ill, and busfare home,|he acquired it. His hope was he oder at sy en more heartwarming was|told us to be able to finish that Christmas. turkey response of Key Westers who|house if he could find money, Pa rie ee ere € of his plight in The Citizen, | material, and labor to help. re i eve Seiaines,/ a is still coming in for the| “A real Good Samaritan showed |® festive occ Aide Bi ‘ and is being sent to him |up,” Strachan told me today. “He | Were, méde | by | at his home in Ridgeville, Ga. |is a-white man, a skilled carpen-|5™ith whose hush ’ zy | Latest contributor is Clara Riggs|ter from Virginia Beach. He has é = , . To all our friends we wish | of Key West. worked -with me every minute he ‘p eae uv : . good cheer, not only for Sunday Mr. and Mrs. John Bal-|could since the fire to rebuild my Peseta ne) DARK Rae’ Chip : Jentine, who have done much for|house. Tonight my family moves | the hosts and honor guests were A i we oo — . _ May the wondrous joy drove him from the hospital|into the house at 619 Thomas | Billy Smith, Mar 1 AK $ an se comings em rnes vex he bus station. Street.” Hels jai Le: T 2 : Y i ( & a i emain RO Sims was boarding the bus,| Material and money for the fin-| Mary an arles Stanley. | GVERSEAS ARAGE of Christmas toberts, of the A. F. of L.|ishing of the house came from|and Mrs. John Monsalv { pia a with you all twelve , ch is working at the|a lady who employs Strachan at|Adele Roberts, Marie Roberts | TORK BEANG DIAL, 2.6021 {th n electric plant, rushed to|her garden, and from. others. | Elma Bennet, and Margaret J. months of the year. 1 him $21 collected from union | They made it possible for him and ' Crusick. PEE embers, and $2 from Pepe’s|~— — Sa SEE MGS mE AAS 4 AMBASSADOR SAY 1 4, Roberts reading of the plight of Key Wests Finest Motel.” if } r had asked the men es is &s & & & eS is SEASON’S GREETINGS To Our Friends and Customers DION AUTO SERVICE WHITE and FLEMING ST. DIAL 2.2641 ToC BOSSOSAnS kX > brighten Sims’ Christmas. He himself gave $3. The following men contributed one dollar each: | Jim Hicks, Emil Cruz, Jim Ma- \§ Earl Wanamaker, Roman co, Lindsey Patterson, Danilo | ich, Ralph» Maribona, Jim May health, trick, Bill Wagner, Walter | , Tom Cartledge, Charlie Pie cood cheer 0, Edward Koehn, M. Gar- | = iad happi nato, K, Winkle and F. M 4 sani a rush to to Sims’ Christmas joy | fact that his company paid | i your home ¢ the hospital and doctor’s bill. | . ‘ on twinkling feet and company got in touch with! a j ke Lanasa of the local shrimp; jtirm and told'him to cover those 3 j 5 } “ . Fic dacthekel Holiday Jexpenses and bus ticket for the se sseteith every good wish for making every day ; 4 ra { sick Bee Sims an aniseed i | your happiness at Christmas, wy Gititees Diy. i 9 | J : x | Wishes to all our friends, this good news Sunday when he : | 9 & Maedhe hospita. : ‘and throughout tha New Year. j “extended in warm appre: : | " % ciation of your good DELINE'S w Py peter bin age | f 4 pi , will and patronage. . M, le Ss ; ? A INTERIORS 4 H > ea : WAGNER Season’s Greetings 904 — St. Dial. 2-2365 , Be 5 : : : | | : a ans SIGNS REETINGS “ye. | | SS Seay west OF THE abide with you, To all our friends Christmas and a ve - Crusoe Insurance A 114-8 TRUMAN AVE. {Merry Christmas! OVERSEAS FRUIT ~< Foushy For many of us the Holiday season is From every tongue - also “inventory time.” This is a happy comes this happy greeting o~ coincidence. Because, when we come to with the P : count our assets . . . none is quite so valu- Ox e more it’s a joyous ion Oe AS; hope for Peace and j able as the one that never appears on our for us to send to po fs the j : Good Will Dy . books, but which is always written large Greetings of the Season and to wish ‘ throughout the j in our hearts . . . the Sone and ' New Year We sincerely hope that this loyalty of those whom we are privileged Ri 3 cistmas will hold for you oll thet nd to serve. To one and all of you we say most Year of succe i oe ‘ i a NY is — - Pinte : VA sincerely: “Thanks a million. . and may ROBERTS a # H you and yours throughout the New Year.” OFFICE SUPPLY. Om | | oh Bsr y PRITCHARD 4 Altman's Furniture Co. them a Cheerful Christm