The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 19, 1953, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN FAINT Thursday, February, 19, 1953 The Key iest Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub-|- lisher, trom The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN - NORMAN D. ARTMAN o Publisher Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in ‘this paper, and also the lotal’ news published here. Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25c¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.6u ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites-discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR |KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium, Le enonsrecnnenenneeece LEE AND JACKSON The week of January 19th-25th contained the birth- day anniversaries of both Robert E. Lee and ‘Thomas J. Jackson, probably the two most famous military leaders of the Confederacy and among the ablest soldiers produced ‘by an English-speaking nation. It can accurately be said that the two men earned immortality even whil¢ losing a war. It is a tribute to General Lee that his achievements are now recognized by the people in every section of the country. A man who abhorred war, who had - freed his slaves before the outbreak of war, Lee brought out the fin- est qualities in men under, his command. He wag a match- *less'military leader, who could have commandefi the ar- mies ofveither side in the historic conflict. "Like many men of his day, Lee felt his first duty lay with his state, and although he sincerely regretted seces- sion, he decided to stand with his state in the struggle which ensued. In Jackson, Lee found a military leader. who needed few instructions and who exploited every opening with boldness and speed. The combination of Lee’s strategy and Jackson's brilliant tactical exploits was a force which few military commanders, of any day, could have withstood. Jackson won his nickname of “Stonewall” in the-first Bat- tle of Bull Run. At one point, when Southern troops were breaking under the charge of heroic Federals, Jackson refused to give ground. Genéral Bernard E. Bee cried out to his own troops, “There is Jackson standing like a stone- wall.” The Confederates rallied and finally won the battle. General Lee proved a great American in more spheres than the military field. He became a great educator after the war, was a great force in soothing the bitterness, and in healing the wounds of the nation following the war. Al- w beloved leader*in the South, he was a respected and red leader in every section, It is said of him that no arnty he commanded ever ruthlessly destroyed possessions in invaded territory? One symbol of the solidarity which now unites this country is the tribute universally paid men like Lee and Jackson, Great militaty leaders have often fought on the losing side and been forgotten. Great men are remember- ed, whether they won or lost, and into this category Ro- bert. E. Lee and Thomas J. Jackson fall. __SLICE OF HAM __ APPY ANNIVERSARY(| !9s% ig WORR/S—o By SID McPHID (Editor’s note: Sid McPhid, de- jected over so may persons tell- ing him his picture in his column made him look much older than he is, borrowed Siggy’s helicopter and windmilled to the Ten Thou- sand Islands to eat alligator eggs and sleep 11 hours every night in an effort to regain his youthful looks. He rejoined Swinky Swanky and Jim Koodle de Flu on an is- | o¢ land named the Figure Eight, so called because if you get lost in the 8 you can’t find your way out of it, even with a compass. Sid spent’ a week with his pals, re- turned to Key West this morning, borrowed Wingy Willie’s buzzsaw and hummed down to The Citi- zen’s office) “POULTRY” I was.talking to Norman Art- man in his office this morning, he asking questions about the efficacy of alligator eggs {o restore youth Sid McPhid and I answering them, when Doro- thy Raymer, with a sheet of copy- paper in her right hand, cantered up to us on a South Sea breeze. “Sir Sir, may I see you a moment?” “Certainly, FDR.” . Her full name is Francine Dorothy Ray- mer. When Roosevelt was living and we saw FDR in a headline, we thought the story under it was about her. “This moment belongs to you, FDR.” “Sir Sid, just before you whiffed to the Ten Thousand Islands you ran a letter in your column from Sam Goldsmith about a beautiful sunset. It inspired me to write this about a beautiful sunrise. I intended to put in in my CONCH CHOWDER column but couldn’t find a place where it was appli- cable to anything in particular or unparticular, Here ‘tis.’ And I read: Beautiful girlie, arose. . quite early And found the paint upon her cheeks had faded out; “Lord, what a vision!” was her decision, And then she screwed her dainty mug into a pout, “Ver good,” I said, and handed it to Norman. After he had read it, I showed it to City Editor Mar- | garet Foresman. She read it, and | ai {then said: | tran: | “Sidonius, the rhythm in Jim | publ 3 |Koodle de Flu’s name tangled up| can |my typewriter keys and brought | Of | this (she took a sheet of copy- | that paper out ofher top drawer and/| [handed it te me) “Jim Koodle de Flu, Pray, how do you do? I heard you married a lady of charm.” “You are wrong, Sir Sid, I married a squid, Who turned out to be a big; false alarm. Besides, Sir Sid, She has a kid. Who verily is a wow of a gem: A-gurgiing with giee ad i E q F E F i 1 i a. Le} G ALP xe a 5 eS N MARINES He shot this at me to, however, by a u H aif i 4223 THE CONCH OBSERVES SOOT IIOOITTIO Hs HEART NEVER-WON FAIR LADY! three of them. When Lance Les- ter and I went. to the Key West High School (he was two grades ahead of me), all his friends call- ed him Shorty, but the only per- now is I am the only by his boy- ime .-- Datepie. It’s i 5 : age i DAY OF PRAYER The Key West Council of Church Women hope you are planning to be with them for the Interdenominational World Day of Prayer Service tonight at 7:30 p.m. in First Methodist Old Stone Church. The drama- tic program will touch your heart. e HAL BOYLE SAYS SOMEWHERE IN THE MID- WEST (®—Monologue ‘by a man in a Pullman club car: “Yes, sir, the trouble with this world is that they give a man a dream—and then they set out to shatter it. “Take the matter of retirement. For 25 years they’ve been saying a fellow ought to plan his life so he could quit work at a reasonable age and take it easy the rest of his ‘days. “Why, a fellow who expected to go on working after 65 was not only regarded ‘as a soulless grub- ber—he was downright unpatriotic, and keeping some young man from getting ahead in the -world. “Remember the annuity ads? They showed a hale, outdoorsy looking guy holding up a raw fish he’d just drug out of a lake. Every- body who had a job was supposed to envy him. He had been a real wise guy. He had put enough acorns. away. every month so he could retire while he still bad his health and: spend his time loafing and annoying the fish. “I am one of these wise guys, too. I figure it careful. I have three plans. “TI can quit at 55, and the wife and me can build a shack at the edge of the city dump and get by on a meal a day—plus what we can scrounge. “Or I can go on until 60, and quit then with enough to rent a small apartment and eat twice a day. That’s not too bad. A lot of people today are just digging their grave with. their teeth today—they eat too much, “If I hold out until 65, me and the wife can take a small place in Florida, eat three timees a day and have enough left to buy a bot- tle of sunburn lotion once a month. “But what happens? The big propaganda, now is going the other 3|way. Everybody is pointing out as perfectly use he had th The only breach of etiquette, my boy, is, t with a fork. It’s 7 5E i itt er 4 cts | it az Litltitte: i ie 1 ERR if fe 5 t EEL ) li E ‘ age at Jeast seven. i how dangerous it is for a retire. Some doctors say @ man likely to die if he throws up job, because he doesn’t know wha‘ to do with himself, he feels useless and unhappy, and his resistance to che common cold is lowered. “I say that’s a lot of hogwash. You know who I tiink is behind it? Wives. Yes, sir, wives, Got a friend who will retire next year. He says he will have enough then to buy a racehorse, and he will let this horse earn him i is wi ainst the too much. No middle-aged woman wants to feel her groceries are dependent upon a strange horse she has never even met and has no confidence in. “Naturally she wants my friend to go on working. But take my three retirement programs—55, 66, or 65. “She won’t even let me talk about them. Says it gives her a nervous headache. Says she doesn’t want me around the place all day, Wearing out the furniture and pok- ing my nose into her kitchen. “When I ask her, “What do you want me to do—work until I drop dead?”’, she says ‘Well, I'd rather aati you underground than under acy “Yes, Sir, it’s a plot, that’s what it is—all this talk against retiring. It’s a plot among wives. “They're afraid if their husbands retire they'll find out woman's big- gest secret—how easy they’ve had it at home-all the years their old man was out in the world wrest- ling for the bacon. “And to keep that secret they're willing to let us stay prisoners of alarm clock forever: Not me, quitting at 65, and if it kills it least I won't have to listen John Adams and -John Quincy Adams, father and son, were the first two U. S. Presidents who a brag about. We may not have best or the worst but we do 4 -NOTAS CUBANAS Por RAOUL ALPIZAR POYO Pas EVITANDO MALES MAYORES Nuestra ciudad prospera a pa- $0s agigantados. Todos los dias Se levantan nuevas fabricaciones. Tiendas, restaurantes, moteles, ete. La prosperidad, pese a las voces agoreras, esta en toda su Plenitud en esta Ciudad y Dios quiera que sus habitantes, sepan apreciar el valor de la misma y vivan alertas y preparados para cualquier eventualidad, que Heve a una depresién a este gran pais. En lo unico que nuestro pueblo esta estancado, es en el respeto al cumplimiento de las leyes. Aqui los que montan_bicicletas, no solo van casi siempre, contra el transito, sino. que, tranquila- mente, van por las aceras de la ciudad, sin preocuparse en lo mas minimo del dafo que a las mismas causan y del peligro a que someten a las personas que van por las aceras, especialmen- te, a los ancianos y a los nifos menores, i En plena calle de Duval, tan pronto el guardador del orden | 40s vuelve el rostro, los ciclistas se Pasean tranquilos sobre las aceras y contra las regulaciones del transito publico. Otra de las iregularidades y acaso si la mas peligrosa, es la costumbre de dejar un grupo de bicicletas en el frente de los teatros, sin pensar, que en el ca- so de una alarma, o de una con- flagracién, esas bicicletas cau- sarian la muerte, o las fracturas de miembros, a los que huyeran del interior del teatro. Nos consta que los empresarios de algunos teatros se oponen a que esas bicicletas sigan siendo dejadas en las aceras, frente a la entrada del Cine. Sabemos que han hecho cuanto les ha sido po- sible por evitar lo que, pudiera ser una verdadera catastrofe, el mejor dia. Pero, todo ha sido en vano. Los muchachos y, algunos mayores, se empefian en continuar espectaculo? . . . Recordamos, ha- ce afios, en la Capital cubana, que hubo en un Cine de barrio una alarma, y las bicicletas que estaban junto a la saron mayor dafio, pio de incendio caseta del opera: SEF geet in-law, has divorced Myrt T. Blum, — Administration expert and oil man. E year-old spouse yesterday, She will ‘receive 30 i } | 4 ht Ef acuerdo con esas cosas, pero ellos, como nosotros, solo pueden tuar hasta cierto limite, en~ las influencias, unas veces, 0 amistades o afectos otras, den llegar a ‘conclusiones * tivas. A Nosotros creemos que.sin: nar los intereses de nadie, : males podian remediarse. | habria de protestar, si:se le plicase que la comodidad de biciclista concurrente a..un- pectaculo, no puede tener. mayor valor, que la seguridad de cientos de espectadores. Cuando esto. se Conozca, se explique con meridia- na _claridad, posiblemente, frente a las injustas protestas de. nos, surgira la razon y. ‘el 3% = a Et $68 if Seria muy sensible, que’ mitirse el estacionamiento 4 bicicletas, un dia cualq ‘. triera una hecatombe, seriammos en lamentar. 7 ih a Fe i i ins i : fit : > i 8 F I x sft ii fe a 23 bfe t 8 38 Ht HI i i i i hi F H i i "Why dont you grew whiskers ly can't be ao 1 can pull ‘em?’ ‘a day, 5 |“The Southernmost Vandals ithe Gaited Sates.”