The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 8, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE-KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, May 8, 1954 The Key West Citizen Fubllabed dally Cexcegt Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ....cviwumcnunnanunn W921 + 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ...ccuumnnmnmenivnnne Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-566] and 2-562 Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively for re ction of all news dispatches credited to it ceeded 1 ll tater, and Slee ban esata be Momber of The ace lished here. Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 a ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open’ forum and invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will’ not publish anonymous communications, . WILSON SAYS COUNTRY RELATIVELY SECURE ° Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson, whose out- spoken comments sometimes surprise reporters, told mem- bers of the House Appropriations committee recently that the United States is relatively secure against atomic attacks from Russia. Mr. Wilson said the security stem- med from this country’s readiness to retaliate with a mas- sive attack of its own. Wilson — like predecessors in the Defense Depart- ment. — is relying mainly on the retaliatory power of the United States Air Force to prevent Russian aggression. The fact that this country has built and is now operating bases all over the world, in a semi-circle almost surround- ing Russia, adds to the possibility that the Russians will be reluctant to launch the first atomic attack, even if war between this country and the Soviet Union broke out. We have long believed that the greatest danger to this country’s security lies in getting ensnared in a major land war, in Asia or elsewhere, where Communist masses could be used against United States troops fighting thous- ands of miles from home, and where U. S. troops would not be supported by this country’s superiority in atomic and hydrogen weapons, The manpower of our allies is almost a prerequisite for successfully conducting a conventional war against Communist nations and it is for this reason that the Unit- ed States must have allies. Our far-flung bases and our atomic and hydrogen weapons may prevent surprise atom- ic attacks, but only the cooperation of our allies can enable Some WOR S THE MAY QUEEN SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Elijah challenges Baal worship. 1 Kingg 17:1-19, 18 By RALPH ROGERS Bible students are impressed with the splendor and glory of Is- rael under King Solomon. While outwardly it had the tinseled gau- diness of strength and power, un- derneath and perculating through every nerve centep-of its:social and political order s creeping the devastating isdhous force us to successfully conclude another war without bleeding the country’s manpower. white. ENGLISH CHIVALRY ° Racing fans have long heard of the Grand National in England, where for over four miles, race horse and rider traverse some of the most treacherous track in the world. Recently, we saw newsreel pictures of the latest Grand National. The appalling thing to us was the fact that this race slaughters horses in almost wholesale numbers, Four were killed and the spills were altogether too numerous. The fact that the horses destroyed in this race are fine racing stock emphasizes the brutality of the classic. Even if the horses killed were only ordinary horses, a distaste for plain cruelty to animals should prevent this annual slaughter. Over two hundred and fifty thousand fans crowd into the Grand National each year — part of the impetus obviously being the curiosity to see horses and riders injured and killed. We do not see why the British continue to allow this cruelty to continue year after year. As we watched tired horses being prodded on to make very difficult jumps, oft- en falling and sometimes falling on their backs or break- ing a leg, and having to be shot, we thought mankind had little to be proud of in driving these animals through such paces for the thrills of 250,000 fickle spectators. cit te ee Some people make church work, and attendance, a part of their business or political effort. Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 87. Under- 1. Head stands covering 4 Italian 1OIM] AIVIEIRMMPIAIUISIE) IPIAISITIEMMSIT| Tt [L] LUTE MWe] UIPIPIE IRI A IDI (OL LIAISMRI AIT IE] IPIEIAIR MEM (ISITiRIUIS!T] IN| TIE Re UIVIEABEDIOIE) LIEIEISMIDIETAIRMEOIDIE} Solution of Saturday's Puzzie 4. i . lid veatone: ; do Took so . Hlectrifie 11. By birth article oA furnish. emer 5 ere 0; : tel; i 35. American i. general 36. Palma lily of envy and generattiseontent. We have just witnessed: the defection and apostasy of Jerohoam. He had heard the mumbling wail of spiri- tually hungry a faa am his people challengeg t of forc- ed labor. In net He Pa which followed he himself. became, ;.en- gulfed in the avalanche ef debauch- ery and prodigal power. The cause- Baalism. The King Challenged Ahab was’ the seventh king of Israel. He was a good mran but matried the wrong woman. The wife he selected was Jezebel, known as the meanest woman of the world, a Phoenician princess. She brought with her four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and an- other group of four hundred pro- phets of the groves connected with Baal’s female consort, Ashtoreth. These ‘evil forces working within the kingdom created confusion and with their appeal to the lusts of the flesh, contaminated the faith of Is- rael, Naturally when the King tolerat- ed and accepted this strange reli- gion, many of his people followed for even then people felt that the divinely chosen King could do no wrong. Ahab was a strong military leader, but in the hands of a wick- ed wife, corrupted the faith of his fathers. There appeared on the scene strong man with the courage of a saint who boldly told the King his faults and that of Israel. For their sins he said, ‘For this, you shall be punished with a drought. There shall be no dew or rain. Your peo- ple shall die in the streets, your cattle shall die on a thousand hills.” Elijah, the prophet had spoken. He then disappeared as the King and wicked Queen no doubt laughed at such a prediction, Baal Worship Time was that as the King goes, so go the people. Jezebel urged Ahab to estabjish Baal worship as the state religion. While all peo- ples are influenced by their en- vironment we find Israel had been turned away from Jevoha many times by the introduction of hea- then gods. Baal was represented as a degenerate deity riding on a bull which represented the male power of generation. He carried bunches of grapes in his hands and through his worship encouraged such sex- ual orgies beyond the comprehen- sion of decent men. He was a god of fire and through Moloch, one of the galaxy of Baal, children were sacrificed to him in fire. Ashtoreth, the female counter- tion for new uses 31. Attacks part of this heathen god, was sup- posed to ride along side of Baal in a golden chariot. With her were flute players, fanatics gashing themselves with knives ard frenzi- ed screaming women. Such a pro- cession naturally appealed to the baser passions of men and so cor- this calamity upon Israel. Elijah meets the King in the palace where he is accused by the quavering King of being the ‘troubler of Israel.” Too often the trouble- makers in the church or commun- ity are the very ones who glibly igccuse others of being guilty. This happened to be the case in Israel. The fiery prophet stood before the King and told him to just bring all the priests of Baal and Ashtoreth to the top of Mount Carmel and there they would test the power of each. Elijah agreed to face all the prophets of the false gods alone. Let them build an altar, place thereon a sacrifice and then call upon their god to send fire to consume it. Then Elijah agreed to build an altar, pour it full of water, and call up- on Jehovah to send fire to con- sume the offering. The god who would send fire it was agreed, would be the God of Israel. E The Test The old King agreed to the pro- Position. He called the people, thousands of them to witness the test. Then Elijah speaks. He is alone facing the four hundred and fifty hostile priests of Baal, He stands before King Ahab and his wicked Queen Jezebel. He faces the eager appealing eyes of the thousands of Israelites and then he says, “How long will you go limping between the two sides? If Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” That’s air. The pagan priests start first. They began with a great show dancing wildly about their altar, springing up and dropping to the ground, gashing themselves with knives, screaming, “Hear us, O Baal, hear us.” But the heathen god does not, cannot answer with fire — only fire of the flesh. It is Elijah’s turn. He directs that a slain bullock be placed on the stone altar. He directs that four barrels of water be placed on the offering. He tells them to do it the second, and the third time— twelve barrels of water until it ran over the offering and filled the trench. Then Elijah stands quietly by and prays, “Hear me, God! Send fire, and turn back the hearts of this people from Jeze- bel’s gods.” The fire fell and con- sumed the offering and licked up the water as the crowd fell to their knees and their faces in the dust as they cried, “He is God.” The hero of the day took the prophets of Baal down to the brook Kishon and slew them there, then he said to Ahab, “Get thee up, eat and drink for there is a sound of abundance of rain.” Churches Not Wanted A churchless world would be tragic. Israel did not want the re- ligion of Jehovah. A church in Sacrament, California was denied a building permit because it vio- lated a zoning ordinance. One in Baltimore was denied because it would impair realty values and destroy the ‘sanctity’ of private residences. One was denied in Nat- chez, Mississippi because of the inadequate size of the building lot. One in Detroit was denied because the court ruled it would be a com- munity nuisance. Heathen gods of lust and avarice, of envy and mal- ice, still operate to prevent the Tising. spires of houses of God in mn America? A baptism of fire is needed to bring all ‘trou- blers’ to their knees that they might recognize the only one and true’ God, the- God of love and mercy, Based on copyrighted luced by the Division of Edueat & Liskin: Ammevitan 10th Inf. Div. Change WASHINGTON (# — The Army said today it will reorganize the 10th Infantry Division, which has been a special mountain training outfit, into a regular com/at. in- fantry unit using the personnel and equipment of the.37th Division. The change takes effect about) June 15. We love music for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, the tender feelings it can summon at a touch, —L. E. Landon. Baptist Marks Special Day Let us not forget to honor our mothers by attending church Sun- d: ay. The Latin American Baptist Church, 1328 White St., has a full program Sunday both at the morn- ing services and at Spanish ser- vices in the evening, All mothers are to be recogniz- ed and horiored. There will be spe- cial gifts for all mothers attending services for the first time and for all mothers who are members of the church also. The oldest and youngest mothers will also be ‘recognized at both the services in English at 11 a. m. and at the Spanish services at night (7:30 p, m.). Sons and daughters should accompany parents to church on this special day and there are classes for all Sunday School is held at 9:45 with C. E. Baker presiding. There will be: special music by the adult choir and also the Kindergarten choir. Classes are available for all who wish to attend Sunday School with well trained teachers. The morning worship service will be held at 10:45 with the Rev. -A. D. O’Briant bringing as his mes- sage, “The Contribution of Moth- ers.’ . BTU is held in the evening with W.-W. Dunn presiding and there are groups for all. Following BTU there will be another message by the Rev. O’Briant in English and during the service other new moth- ers will be recognized. There is a special musical-dra- ma service in Spanish with Mrs. Manuel Aguayo directing. If you wish to worship in Spanish don’t miss this opportunity of hearing songs and recitations in honor of Mother. If you have a living moth- er honor her by attending church and if she has passed ‘away, honor her memory at church. Worship the Lord and honor mothers with us Sunday. Of special interest to all: On May 24th, at 7:30 p. m. a picture “Billy Graham in London” will be shown at the auditorium of the Latin American Baptist Church. Come and see what Billy Graham is doing in London. Corsage Presentation Planned For Mother’s Day Observance Ley Memorial Methodist Church will continue in the traditions of Mother’s Day at the morning wor- ship service tomorrow at 10:50. There will be a small dainty cor- sage for every mother who attends the service. And, of course, there will be bouquets for the oldest and youngest mothers and for the mo- ther who has the greatest number of children with her at the worship service. The pastor will continue the ser- ies of sermons on the _ general theme From Victory To Victory, designed to run from Easter to Pentacost. The specific subject for tomorrow will be ‘Are Apron Strings Still In Style?”, based on the idea of victory through Chris- tian fellowship in the home, Evening Worship The sermon topic for the 7:30 evening hour will be the same as that announced for April 25 — “I Am Disturbed By My Faith And Not By My Doubts.” Because of a necessary change in the sche- dule the topic was not used April 25. . During the week the regular mid- week worship service will be held at 7:30 on Wednesday. The main feature of the service this’ week will be a half hour movie on the life of St. Paul. This will be the third in a series of twelve films to be shown on succeeding Wed- nesday nights. Men To Meet Ley Memorial Methodist Men will hold its May meeting on Fri- day night, May 14, at 7:00 o’clock. Every man who is either a mem- ber or friend of the Church is cor- dially invited to attend the session. The Church Loyalty Dinner on last Wednesday night was the most successful ever to be held in Ley Memorial Church. Those who at- tended the dinner pledged more than seventy-three per cent of the budget for the new Church year which begins on June Ist. "MATTHEW, 6:33—"'Seek ye first the kingdom of God’’. Life is a quest: a seeking, searching process # i'whereby} everyone} attempts to, finds something in life that will bring a real measure of happiness and > @ sense of meaning, It takes many forms and shapes.4 »., Some seek possessions, some fame, others seek fp'security,* while many seek power of one kind or sq another.¢There are those in quest of knowledge, those whose quest is some skill or art. But every- ‘fone searches and seeks after something in life," ‘even though that something may appear to be trivial. (# > The question is, just what is the thing we seek} , going to do to us as persons? Whether or notone ever ff ¢ achieves his goal is relatively unimportant. The jy Point is that we tend to become exactly like the & i 4 3 things we most want out of life. If money is our ob- #9] jective, we become greedy,and graspifig; power ob- “us into people senseless to spiritual values. _ w* Seeking God’s kingdom first and foremost” puts * ‘life into focus, It rearanges our values, It sets us } in the right direction. The Master knew what He was talking about when He said that if we would be, ‘whole, and well, and useful to both God and our- selves, we should concentrate on God’s objectives and then all these other things would: fail into-the proper places. This is the rea] treasurethat cannot be destroyed. ( jectives make us arrogant; possessions may turn ° Dr. William F. Edge First Congregational Church Meriden, Conn. Memory Of Mrs. Esquinaldo ToBe Honored At Service The ‘Rev. Manuel Figueroa, pas- tor, cbrdially invites friends and membets to attend services in honor ®f‘mothers tomorrow at El Salvador’!Methodist. Church. His sermonkubject will be “The Bles- sed Mother of Christ.” in conection with the obser- vance "Of Mother’s Day, the Rev. FigueréW has taken the opportun- ity’ to: point out as an example for all mothers, the life of a Meth- odist mother, who like Susanna Wesley,-was “blessed by God and endowed *with virtues_and graces from Heaven which made her an angel of'inercy and an exception- ally go6a@ wife and the sweetest and most ¢onsiderate of mothers.” “Angela Esquinaldo The mother referred to by Mr. Figueroa™is Angela Benete de Es- quinald&\In the words of Pro- verbs 31/28, “Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also and‘he praises her.” The memory of Mrs. Esquinaldo is honored as one of the founders mothers of Methodism in Key West. She~was one of the charter members: and founders of La Trin- idad Methodist Church here. ' In the’ midst of many hardships and poverty, she was able to help the needy of old Key West, be- sides carrying on the tremendous task of.-rearing a family of 11 childremnin the true principles of Christian religion. she was survived by her husband, Enrique Esquinaldo, Sr., and by her children. Her sons Enrique and Paul are well-known lawyers here, and her other children—Vil- iers, Sergio, Lesbia, Helio, Esther, Elba, Jose, Milton and Orlando— are engaged in other professions and industries here. Portrait Unveiled In the special Mother’s Day ser> vice at El Salvador Church a por- trait of Mrs. Angela Esquinaldo will be unveiled by her son En- rique, and her children will place roses as a memorial to their moth- er. The portrait was painted by Mrs. Esquinaldo’s son, Orlando, a Bap- tist minister of this city. All mothers present will be hon- ored at this service, especially the oldest and youngest mothers pre- sent. : Special mention will be made of another Methodist mother who is confined to the home of her daugh- ter who cares for her. She is Maria Verena Garcia, 84, who is a member of El Salvador church. At the home of her daughter Mrs. Maria Regla Garcia de Johnson, 1508 South Street, a prayer ser- vice will be offered in Mrs. Gar- cia’s honor. Her children, Maria Leon, Mrs. Johnson, Carolina Con- de, Rafael Garcia, Guillermina Cardenas and Dolores Gonzalez, are invited to attend this service When this faithful mother died | which will be held at 3 p. m. Church Of The Rock Will Pay Honor To Mothers At Services Since 1908 when Miss Ann Jarvis of Philadelphia suggested a spe- cial day. He set aside to remember and horfaf mothers, Mother’s Day, the second Sunday in May, has be- come most popular. Churches througHotit thé land will pay tri- bute to the mothers of men. Thed grerch of the Rock, 535 Fran “Street, will observe the day with two services, one at the Islande® Drive-in Theatre at 8:45 a. m. at which time the Rev. Ralph Rogefs*will use as his subject “A Mother's: Pride” and the second servitéttat eleven o’clock at the Chapel;535 Frances Street when the subject will be ‘‘Superlatives in ove of No better way of honoring our mothéF§ could be found than that of atténding some church service. Visit#s?and Service peronnel will find a most cordial welcome at eithetof these services. ~*"Twhistler’s ‘Mother’ The, Madonna by various artists naturally receives especial atten- tion,,.Perhaps next among the many pictures of mothers is Whist- ler’s ‘Mother.’ When Harper Pennington visited James-Abbott Whistler jn his Par- is studio and noted the unusual and distinetive picture of a woman call- ed ‘Mother’ he remarked on the beauty, and naturalness of the work,, Whistler replied to this remark by saying, “‘Yes, one does like to 4 WASHINGTON (» — The U. S. Tax Court ruled today that Tommy Armeur, former U. S. open golf champion, must re-compute his in- come tax returns for 1949 and 1950. "The' court held that when Armour mate contracts for continuing use of Hi§-name on golf equipment, he didfict dispose of a capital asset, but-father entered into a licensing arrangement. The case came before the court on claims filed by the Internal Rev- antie’ Service for $6,084 more in ‘axes from Armour for those years. The court upheld the Revenue make one’s mummy just as nice as possible.” While the arrangement is gray and ‘black was distinctly a de- viation from the cold artistic e: ons of the profession, ‘Mother’ as painted by Whistler has struck a popular appeal and is now accept- ed by the public as well as by the Academy of Arts and hangs in the Luxembourg as the property of the government of France. Purpose of Observance The twofold purpose of Mother’s Day as announced by the origina- tor was first — “to honor the memory of your mother,” and sec- ond, “do some act of kindness.” To these has been added another purpose, namely “‘to try to live one whole day, at least, as she would have you.” One can honor their mother in no better way Sun- day than by going to church. The Sunday School at 535 Fran- ces Street begins at ten o’clock, The increased number of children has made it necessary to add two new teachers to the staff. Mrs. Van Noble has volunteered to take a class of boys and Mrs. Yolanda Harris has taken a class of girls, The school has become a regular bee-hive with the building full and three classes meeting out of doors, New pupils are always welcome and there is always room for one more. The Youth Fellowship will meet at 6:30 p. m.under the lea of George Ratcliff. Teen-agers will find this a most interesting group, Armour Must Recount Income Service’s contention that Armour’s contracts produced income which could not be treated as capital gain, but represented income tax- able at a higher rate. Armour, of Delray Beach, Fla., said through his attorneys it was his understanding that the name rights were perpetual and thus in- volved the disposal of a capital asset. ———____ Mental melodies and strains of sweetest music supersede con- scious sound. Music is the rhy- |= of head and heart. —Mary Baker Eddy. 4