The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 24, 1953, Page 4

THE CITIZEN—Xmas Edition ‘Thursday, December 24. 1953 The Key West Citizen en ae pum! DEAR CHILDREN: To some Published (except Suncay) by L. P. Artman. lisher, frocs The Citizen Building. pa of Greene and Streets. scople seeing is believing. To Onty Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County others, believing is sering. Some L. P. ARTMAN blisher Susiness Manager Publisher 27" (0 see through their very NORMAN D. ARTMAN sensitive fingers. A great many more learn to sce through their Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-566) and 2-5662 hearts. Countless others see clear- jly through faith. Many of us see | truth in our dreams. Some chosen Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusive: entitled to use for reproduction of ail news dispatches credited to or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news few see revealing visions; but there are none so blind as those who will not see —-THE AUTHOR CHAPTER SIX ow es t's get aroun to this fact of realiy seein, anta c an “! ain - fiesh. yhen was a very, ver. This is the time of the year when memories of both| little bes t the youngest and oldest citizens in the community go) rons heat oa back many years to never-to-return Christma Al- rectly. The most without exception the memories of. Christmas, the Sandmen used family, and the home constitute the sweetest of one’s ooh al pacionpsnledingt Sioa lied childhood. arrived; but I always saw him in The true Christmas spirit is sometimes missed in| ™Y ¢reams—and T'll bet you do, today’s commercial trample, however, and this is re-| Ree st FOR -Bre Hind of Witle grettable from several standpoints. In the first place, too] ,, After 1 stew & Dit bigger, Santa much commercialism tends to make Christmas an ordeal, | to hurry, faster and faster. When especially for those charged with the final responsibility |! @sked Mother about this, she of buying presents, selling presents, or dealing with the! \evauy' see fast cnosyh cas commercial aspect in some other form. | really good look at Santa; but that In the second place, the commercialization of Christ-|1 could see his reflection in her , . | eyes, or in Father's. I did see the mas tends to reduce its pleasure, since the real pleasure | repections of Santa in both their to be derived from the season comes from a spirit of giv-| eyes many times. ing—not getting—the exception being the children who | What's all this reftection busi- expect Santa Claus to come through for them, as he does) 88? Well, if you will go and . . .. >. look straight into a mirror, right on Christmas Eve night or early Christmas morning. now, I'll show you. Are you ready? The proper emphasis to place on the Christmas sea-| You can see quite a few things son is a religious one, and every American—regardless of his faith—should keep this in mind. A full and beautiful realization of the inspiration Christmas should be can be realized only through a proper appreciation of the spirit-| ual nature of the observance. i | The custom of observing-Christmas is now a com- | ¥% have seen your own reflection bination of customs which have come from Germany,|""” wr paged siete England, Italy and many other countries, and combined,| you HAVE often seen the re- they usher in a beautiful and varied observance. When, flection of a passing automobilé in combined with a rededication of our spiritual lives, they, ohgalyirdes cable yrgiid iar take on an even more beautiful meaning and give us the} of sight. You know it was there, real meaning of Christmas and its message for all man-| ° You couldn’t have seen it, and kind—peace on earth and good will to men. agi rgpblinbel adi aaBgereneaatgrs There are many people in Key West during the |.one more thing you should remem- Christmas season who are in need in one way or another.| P& #8 You look for him, There are also many others who can easily afford to give; Santa, himself, only comes them a helping hand but who go through the year, week “cect alga Chaoyang orto after week, not having the time to give this problem their comes—that ye has to zzzip right thought or attention. We suggest that those who are lucky enough to be blessed with plenty enjoy this Christ-| Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida| Subseription (by carrier), 2¢ per week; year, $13.20; by mail, $f5.00 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION | THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT see anything that's right behind your back; but you are doing it right now. You are looking at the reflection. In fact you have \never really seen yourself; but down one chimney; and then—fast like "lectric—zzzip right back up, so fast that the very same zzzip mas to the fullest by following the words of the Bible and) carries him through the door of| realizing that it is indeed “more blessed to give than to|‘*¢ Bet apartment. receive.” j 4 So, vig see, Santa Claus doesn’t :, : : : s, - ave the time to waste zzzips, 3 A little thought and a little action in this direction| just waiting for folk a rh to. will bring the real] Chrstmas spirit and provide more en-| That is why you have to be looking joyment and satisfaction than all the profits that are to|* Mm at exactly the right time, that are back of you, can’t you?) Everybody knows that you can’t| hoping and trying, you will see his} \refiections thousands of times—| BY OLIVER -” BENNETT SERV ER Senta Clous—whether you can see him or not—is always there! or you may have to wait another whole year. Y ight try looking real hard for Santa this year; but, if you happen to miss him, please don't give up hoping. Go right ahead and try harder next year; and please don't ever give up trying. You will never find true happines: | until you do get to see him | Reflections grow older and slow dow t any- body, who really wants to see |Santa Claus can see him many times. So I promise you, here and now, that if you keep right on |after you've had a chance to grow some more, and your eyes get faster. One good way to train your eyes lis to be thoughtful to other people you meet and live with. You will also gain much happiness by going of kindness for others, nee IF YOU START doing little acts of graciousness daily, you will soon |make a habit of such deeds, and your own life will start filling with wonderful things you never dreamed would be possible. Soon you will receive so much joy and happiness from your own generous acts that you will have no room jinside you for personal cares and worries. Another good way to train your eyes is to stop looking for faults in others. If you see only the good things in those you meet, and learn to overlook their petty errors, you will find new friends wherever you go and this circle will widen every day of your life, You will see Santa Claus many times in the process of building such friend- ships, out of your way to do little acts! | After you reach maturity you will see Santa Claus quite often, and in the most wi al places. During the Christn season you will see Santa in little pug noses, pressed tightly against shining store windows; in the smiles of little old s, struggling along with huge baskets and bundles; in | the glowing s and sparkling j mn, on their busy the ruddy counte- policemen, helping jold folk across busy and over- | crowded streets. eee YOU WILL SEE Santa Claus in the sparkling but tired eyes of de- partment store clerks; in the | anxious eyes of youngsters, riding downtown with busy mothers; in the cheery expression ofsbusy bus | starters and busier drivers; and jeven in the eager eyes of a pan- jhandler, turned ambitious enough to peddle some cheap paper flow- ers, in order to get a years-late Christmas card started on its way —for sure—this year. Santa Claus is reflected from high steeples, where carillons and chimes ring out their concordant jmessages of hope for Peace on | Earth, to All Men of Good Wwil— | to all who will take heed. Santa Claus is reflected from |shining coins and crisp bills, | thoughtfully tossed into Salvation Army kettles and chimneys—to aid |the unfortunate and the needy; \from happy crowds, jostling each other goodnaturedly—on their ways to or from making life just ja little bit sweeter for somebody else; and from the millions of thoughtful little extra things, ciously at Christmastime, MERRY CHRISTMAS! be realized or gifts to be received, this Christmas. Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1, Meat of swine 4, Story 8. Let it stand 12. Issued forth 14. Gaelic 13. Souvenir 16, Edible parts of poultry 18. Stack of straw 19. Corroded [TIETOTSMMSIAlP BEGIRIATS) OTR AIL MAGE aL [UIN/A} WIT IF IEMECIOIN|SIE|N/T|S} STAI IES! O\B IE ISIE] OPENED OIE} TIE|NIE TT MER /O|B) WIAIN] 80. Thorough- fare: abbr. 32. Invite 33. Seat in church 34, Suffix of ordinal numbers 35. Be aware of 37, Brother 38. iam knife 39. Period of time 40. Extinct bird 41, Worthless: ic 42. Fine clothes 44, Large serpent 46. Not busy 47. Regulated 49. Wild animal 50. Goddess of discord 51. Before ISIPIEIAIR| EIRII (OL INTS! Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 1, Of that girl 2. Continent Closes tightly 24. Very small quantity 25. Land measure 26, Grown boys 27. Dad 28. United 8. Self: Scotch 9. Surgical instrument 10. Compound ether 11. Tries 13, Notch 17. Exist 21. Sott food 7. Prepares to publish You can’t do that to us Conchs! “The Conehs ain't gonna like |that movie,” was the comment of Paul Thompson, Jr., and Fotootoo, |two local eab drivers who journey led to Miami for the opening of !“Beneath The Twelve Mile Reef.” | (Fotootoo’s (pronounced 422) real name is Carlos Marerro, but few would know him if you asked for him by that tag.) Reason for their statement, they jsay, is that the Conchs depicted in the Key West-made movie have |turned out to be the villains of the jstory, “Why, those Greeks from Tarpon Springs are all the time beating }up on our Conchs,” Fotootvo said angrily. “They don’t like each lain because the Key Westers 25. In addition" 26. Animal's ay 37. € point 38. Know: Spanish 40. Myself | 41. Knocks claim they trample on the sponge beds—but then the Greeks trampling Conchs.” “It was horrible—my heart bled for those poor Conchs all through the movie,” he added. Fotootoo also pointed out a few start ooo CS db dnd dada dedn dy de dntedadn dn baddadndnda tn dndntntndntndndndndnde) The Ground 7° By JIM COBB POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE © STATION Francis at Truman DIAL 2-9193 i Your PURE OIL Dealer EXPERT SERVICE selves when the “Beef” comes to town. “I just hope that they don't throw roeks at the screer when the Greeks start beating up on the Conchs,” he concluded. (Fotootoo says it's movie.) Qde fo Our Constant Readers The Citizen is bathed in was- sail and cheer, But, the Editor, works me teo hard, So that even though it’s that time of year, I’ve torgetten to mail you a Christmas card. a terrific our 2. ‘that’s all wrong,” Fotootoo emphatically, that Duffy's Tavern Bill's Southernmost Garage 540 GREENE STREET “Everyone does hopper, redcob, th the Dimmic , la Ramer, the Agri AAADAAAAAASAAASAASAAAABASALABABBASEAs Tir Tubes . . Batteries | oe ¢ Conchs would have been murdered before the cops got there.” “I bet you can’t guess who the cop is that answers the eall,” Fo- tootoo said. “Bill Gibb,” I replied. “Nope, it was Buster Cerezo-- but he couldn't find anything wrong and he left without putting any of those Greeks in jail—he made a big mistake,’ Fotootoo moaned. He concluded his review with the hope that Conchs will contain them- ACCESSORIES LEE’S ORIENT RESTAURANT CHRISTMAS MENU which folk always do more gra-| By MARIE CAPPICK Cc park bench settling herself. hi teck a good look at the cupant of the bench and figure of a mam — coat collar tu “We know I'll not hu little old lady th “So what?” the man question sourly “Nothing.” replied the old lad The conversation lagged “] didn’t intend to hurt you ings,” the man said, tak initiative in reopen sation. “But you see,’ was deep and husky was always telling me to see good in every and everybody — could not ap her doctrine — an and I'm sorry accept every word of her theory or doc trine to have her back.” He lapsed into seclusion “Is she dead?” asked ady. “I don’t know and hope not. We separated and divorced.” The old lady rose from the bench and padded down the walk and was soon lost in the foilage and sha-| dows of the park. | The rain was coming down In big drops now and the little old lady drew her shawl more closely! about her shoulders. She sought shelter across the street where there was a building under cons-| truction, There, another woman) had sought shelter from the rain The old lady moved nearer and} offered her usual greeting to the other woman: “Good evening — A lovely night isn’t it?” “Pm glad you like the rain, I love it,” the young woman said as she came into the soft range of a guide light. | “I come to the park every night” began the older woman. “I do not} |sleep well and a stroll before bed-| time helps me to sleep.” | “T, too, come out every evening. | Have done so for the past ten| years. I'm looking for someone — my husband.” “Is he lost?” queried the old, 1a- | dy. the old No, not really lost. You see we | are divorced I miss him so much that I come here every evening jhoping to find him,” the young! woman informed the old lad: CUVE wx cirt oF HEARING | ~~ The True Story of Santa-COlang Reunion On Chrisinias Eve-A Short Story “Over yn the ooking { If the i here in the park. He sat with me and he’s 3 wife.” heard the last of the e little old lady never be woman drew nearer of the; CHRISTMAS GREETINGS Happy New Year Lindsey Motor Co. “Featuring Super Quality Used Cars” 327 DUVAL ST. DIAL 2-6241 Refrigeration Service 800 WHITE STREET To our friends ond petrons the season's best wishes, Poinciana Package Store 3426 DUCK AVENUE We extend best wishes for @ very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year >* | KEY WEST TRIM SHOP HEARING AIDS Brighten the life of a hard-of- hearing friend or loved one. Visit or phone today for com- plete information. 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