The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 26, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, June 26, 1954 The Key West Citizen Published daily lexcen? Qunal > 22S eee iy eat Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher ....... 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ........ mane Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Momber of The Associated Press—The Associated Press entitled to use for reproduction of all nave dispatches credited tonit also al news pub- it otherwise ited in this Member Associate Dailies of Florids ee Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ——$—_____————— En ee eee ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public { and subjects of local or general interest, but it witt not publish anonymous communications, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Comitaiion af County and City Governments. ov Community hadiiorion. L 2 3. 4. 5. DON’T BLAME OVERSEAS HIGHWAY FOR ACCIDENTS; BLAME CARELESS DRIVING Because of several accidents recently on the Over- | seas Highway, The Citizen heard several Key Westers declare that driving on the highway is “getting danger- ous.” Z That statement is not true. Driving on the Overseas Highway is safe, that is, safe for the careful driver. But driving on any roadway is not safe when the person at the wheel gives a car “all it can take.” Consider that accident on Cudjoe Key at 4:30 o’clock Wednesday morning, in which a woman was killed and four others injured. It was not stated how fast the car was going at the time of the accident, but the State Road Patrol reported that the car turned over eight times and rolled 500 feet. ree You may figure out for yourself how fast a car would have to be going to turn over eight times and roll 500 feet before coming to a stop. The assumption is that the car was traveling at what is called “breakneck speed.” And it is that breakneck speed, more so than anything else, that causes so many fatalities on United States highways. Nine timed in 10, drivers of speeding cars “step on the gas” as though their lives depended on arriving at a given place at such and such a time. That too is not so, aside from cases of emergencies. Here in Key West, a car whizzes by you, which would lead you to think the driver was in a hurry to get somewhere, but likely as not it turns out that he can’t resist the urge to speed, and that the time element has nothing whatever to do with his exceed- ing the city’s speed limit. Speed mania is a terrible thing. It is the chief rea- son for the loss of between 35,000 and 37,000 lives in traffic accidents on our country’s highways every year. The press and the radio issue warnings repeatedly to STOOD UP ..AGAIN! “drive carefully,” but the warnings go for naught. Next week’s weekend holiday, tied in with the Fourth of July, will bring forth more warnings, with predictions of the number of people who will be killed in traffic ac- cidents from Friday evening till midnight on Monday ev- ening. The last prediction may run to four or five hundred, but that will not make any difference to the man or wo- man who wants to get nowhere in a hurry. Don’t blame the Overseas Highway accidents on the highway. Blame them on careless drivers. It wouldn’t be 8o bad if they alone were killed or injured, but their care- lessness sometimes results in careful drivers being hurt or losing their lives. Nobody blames the highway for that unusual accident of a boat trailer’s breaking its tie line and smashing into a woman’s car. That could have hap- pened on a country roadway. So other accidents could have happened on a country road had drivers been as careless as they were on the Overseas Highway. 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The wrong that they might do was performed in a more or less hypnotic state under the power of group leadership. Truly, man—individual man, that is—is made in the image and likeness of his Creator. If he but follows an Inner Voice, there is nothing to bar his way. from complete happiness. In a lifetime spent hopping, skipping, and jumping from one job to another—in the words of | Robert Service, “Always tired of the things that are and wanting the strange and new”—I think I’ve run into my share of human- ity. The people who couldn’t be classified as “good” were those few who temporarily forgot God and sought to run the Univegse by themselves. You’ll notice that I said “tem- porarjly” — sooner or later, even the worst amongst us gets back on the right road though often en- ough we have to bump our heads unmercifully before discovering that we’re wrong. Bible Critics There are Bible critics who will tell you that THE BOOK is noth- ing more than ‘milk-sop’ to make life more bearable for poor, ignor- ant folks. That it is filled with superstition, impractical promis- es, and descriptions of out-moded ways of life. Perhaps these critics are right. Then again, perhaps they are one of those people men- tioned above who have detoured from the true Path of Life and like a drowning person, are just strik- ing out at anything their frighten- ed minds encounter. There are a lot of things in the Italian Town Will Recall Death Of Duse | By GILBERTO FORT! MILAN (#—Great persons of the Italian stage will gather Sunday at a little northern Italian town to commemorate a tragedy 30 years ago in Pittsburgh, Pa. It will be a sad occasion for those old enough to remember. Their meeting will honor the mem- ory of Eleonora Duse, the great j| Italian actress. She was 64 years old. but still at the height of her career when she went to Pittsburgh in 1924. She had many plans. She hoped her tour of the United States would earn her enough money to estab- lish a new dt theater in Italy. Her death, of pneumonia on April 21, in the Schenley Hotel ended her plans, but her fame has not been forgotten. A plaque was placed in the hotel. It says? “Eleonora Duse, world tragedian of the Italian theatre, ig the glory of her immortal art, ™ | Bible with which I find it difficult to agree. It was written by men, in a language different from our own, and at a time when civiliza- tiof had not ‘ham-strung’ its think. ing too much with mechanical ‘gee- gaws’. When I get in a contrary mood and find myself ‘‘comma-picking” or searching for unnecessary flaws in the Bible, I’ve learned to recog- nize this condition as a danger signal. It is time then to search out some companion, book, or church leader and digest other viewpoints. Belief in the sincerity than actual acceptance of the j words of these other people is enough to once more straighten out my thoughts. tf Christianity Christianity presents a program which I find easiest to assimulate. Probably if I had been born in the Orient, I’d lean toward Buddhism. Most certainly if I were Hebrew, ['d prefer Judaism. Each great religion develops characteristics peculiar to the times and place where it origin- ated. Ignoring the racial patriot-: ism that is so often involved in church literature, I think it can be safely said that if a man but lives up to the ideals expressed in the tenets of his church, he would be able to find heaven right here on earth. And — the amazing fact is — most men and women DO attempt to live up to these ideals. That is why I claim that basically, individ- uals are good. If you want ad- ditional proof, come down and we'll take a ride around the Island. For every bad feature that you can point out in our common acquain- tances, I’m pretty sure that I can name at least two good ones. But instead of looking for the bad which is temporal — or even thing about it'— why not go to church this weekend and express thanks for the good that exists and which is eternal! answered her last: curtain in Pitts- burgh, April 21, 1924.” She is buried in the village of| Asolo, north of Venice, which “La Duse” chose as her home and| called her “Isle of Silence.” Inj this same village, the theatrical people of Italy will gather Sunday. This will be the year’s second commemoration. In the village of Vigevano, in Lombardy, on May 10, the mayor unveiled a bronze plaque in the Hotel of the Golden Cannon. She was born there — or there- abouts — in 1859, the daughter of traveling actors. Eleonora made her first stage ap- Pearance at 13. By the time she was in her mid-twenties she was famous. Her acting, for the time, was almost revolutionary; she she scorned the arm-flinging melo- dramatics often seen then on the stage, and acted with restraint but great emotional power. Some say her greaest role was that of Camille. She became known, near the end of the century, as Bernhardt’s only rival. But in Pa- ris, when Bernhardt saw “La Duse” as the lady of the camelias she led the applause for the Ital- ian actress. | Eleonora’s only living relative is| * % Film Series To Continue At Wed. Service The daily Vacation Bible SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON{Ist Methodist V1 Kings 17:5-14,18 judgement comes to Israel By RALPH ROGERS Bringing our lessons up to date it might be well to check what events procceded today’s lesson. J the prophets. It was not the fine Pee Aare semt against Israel; it was n Seneralship oj Sargon himself, it was the deplet- ed physical and moral condition of the people which accounted for Israel was headed ‘for trouble =H the exile. predicted by both Amos Hosea. Following the death of Jeroboam II his son Zechariah reigned but six months when he was removed by a conspiracy and Shallum was placed on the throne. In about three years another revolution took place and Shallum surrendered the throne to Mena- hem in 737 BC. the Assyrian monarch, made a foray along the Maritime Plain and threatened Israel. Mena- hem then withdrew from the al-, liance with his neighbors and paid tribute to Assyria. Two years later he died and his son Pekahiah had the pleasure of the ‘hot seat’ for only two months when he was removed by revolu- tion and Pekah took his place, as King of Israel. Pekah then formed an alliance with Syria to war against Judah but the latter appealed to Assyria for help Tiglath-pileser, King of Assyria, then responded by cap- turing the Syrian capital and kill- ing the king. It is said that he also killed Pekah, king of Israel, and set up the puppet Hoshea as king of Israel and exacted heavy tribute from him. The Siege and Fall When Shalmaneser succeeded Tiglath-pileser as king of Assyria, Hoshea became careless with his tribute money. He conceived the idea that with the help of Egypt they both could resist the de- mands of Assyria. It was a sad decision, for Shalmaneser first subdued Egypt and the mov- ed northward bottling up Hoshea in Samaria, his capital city. The military genius of Omri in wisely selecting the site enabled the Israelites to withstand the siege for three years. Desperate and exhausted the city surrender- ed in 722 B.C. and an_inscrip- tion of Sargon reads, “Samaria School at Ley Memorial Metho-jI besieged and conquered; 27,290 dist Church will continue through Friday. The daily sessions are scheduled for 9:00 to 11:30 o’clock mornings. The school is staffed with a group of able and coa- secrated women and is under the general direction of Miss Miriam Carey. The regular worship’ services for tomorrow are set for 10:50 in the morning and 7:30 in the eve- ning. At the morning hour, the pastor of the church will continue with the second in a series of five sermons based on the Epistles of St. Paul the Apostle to the Romans. The title of tomorrow's sermon will “The Law, A Slave, and Blood.” , Film Series The series of” thirty-minute films on the life and work of St. Paul will continue at the mid- week worship service on Wednes- day night at 7:30. These films are designed to acquaint the people with the Bible and the spread of the Christian Church during the first century. Ley Memorial Methodist Men will meet at 7 o'clock Friday eve- ning in the Church Annex. The’ program will get under way with supper promptly at 7:00. After supper the business ses- sion will be presided over by the president of the group, Ned A. Simmons. The program to fol- low the business session will be under the direction of Stuart Whiting and Archie Roberts. The Ley Memorial Men’s Club is an- affiliated member of the national organization of Metho- dist Men under the direction of the Gerieral Board of Lay Ac- tivities of the Methodist Church. The aims of the group are in line with the overall aims and plans of the church of which it is a part. Gems Of Thought TYRANNY Who invades our rights can nev- er be but an usurper. —Henry Brooke. Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. en —Washington. A tryant never tasteth of true friendship, nor of perfect liberty. —Diognes. Eclipse Warning SAN FRANCISCO ‘# — The American Medical Assn. House of Delegates has urged that persons watching the eclipse of the sun next Wednesday protect their eyes with pieces of heavily-smoked glass. 55 The eclipse will be visible in the United States from Nebraska northeastward. : The AMA’s section on opthalm- ology said “colored glasses are neither protectors nor of value.” Previously exposed X-ray film was described as an alternative to smoked glass. The name of Addis Ababa, capi- tal of Ethiopia, means “new flow- er” and the city is famous for its many varieties of flowers. her daughter, Enrichetta Angelic: Cecchi Bullough, who lives in Cam bridge, Eng., widow of a univer sity professor. s of its inhabitants I carried into captivity, fifty chariots I seized from them; the rest of them I al- lowed to retain thejr possessions. I set my officers over them; the tribute of the former king I laid upon them.” This marks the end of the northern kingdom. The Common Cause History reveals that men and nations fall largely because of their sins, Any national collapse is generally due to a breach of moral and spiritual laws. The fall was as Amos and Hosea had predicted, but it was not because they. predicted the. fall. The waywardness anc sins of the peo- ple precipitated the catastrophe. These prophets were shocked at the political, social and moral principles eating out the very life blood as a cancer which the re- sponsible leaders failed to see. Apeing the degenerate Canaan- ite cults all about: them, the Israelites soon found that such practices had sapped the mental, Physical and moral fibre of the nation. There might be a ques- tion about how conditions be improved. The king, Jeroboam II, seemed helpless. The people found it easier to pay lip service to Jehovah as they faithfully paid their tithes and filled the temple on the sabbath. Through the rest of the week they gave vent to in- dulgences and practices so alien to justice and righteousness, and their _ licentiousness weakened them for the final Assyrian on- slaught, Could such a thing hap- Lom rh America? « le Hoshea was only a puppet king having been placed on tthe throne by Assyria, he soon became foolish and refused to co-operate with his conquerors by withholding tribute. Instead of trusting in the leadership of God as proclaimed by the prophets, they slipped off to make alliance with foreign powers. This only involved them deeper in the Assyrian net. Their weak, vacillating foreign policy cost them: their national identity and they suffered the most severe Punishment Assyria could inflict- that of banishment from their be- loved ‘promised land.’ Israe! was beaten before Sargon ever arrived for the final siege. ‘The people, the priests, the people were defeating themselvs as they continued the indulgences so con- trary to the teaching of Moses and When the American patriots felt that they were imposed on by great mighty nation, they sought no appeasement, no compromise but justice. The fact that they felt under God they were right, they were willing to sacrifice their lives and fortunes for the self-evident truths that all men are created equal, that they are en- titled to life, liberty and the pur- suit of happiness, A handful of God-fearing men, hungry, with clothes tattered and torn, defeat- Jed the finest army in the world of that day. The Lost Tribes § -The 18th verse of II Kings tells a sad story, “Jehovah was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight.” We often speak of them as the ten lost tribes. Later in the year 586 B. C. the people of Judah were taken into captivity but later were al- lowed to return to Jerusalem. Under Zerubbabel, Nehemiah and Queen Esther working with the learned scribes and teachers, the Temple and the Holy City were rebuilt. What h to the ten tribes of the northern king- dom? Many of the Jews of the north- ern kingdom were transported to | jig foreign soil. They perhaps con- tinued their worldly exploits, mak- ing money, indulging in worldly pursuits and pleasures, having the form but not the spirit of God, and were lost to posterity. Those left behind intermarried with the people of the five nations trans- ported to the northern kingdom, and taking their name from the capital city, were called Samari- tans. Because of the corrupt re- ligious practices which were rich- ly colored with heathen indulgen- ces, they were disowned by the faithful Jews who later returned to Jerusalem. They were traitors to their nation and to their re- lig Where are the ten tribes? Were they sent to Halah,. Hebor and Gazon? It is said that the Kash- miris, the Tartars and the Tadjiks may be the descendants of the ten tribes. They may have migrat- ed to Japan or to America, as the Book of Mormon claims, to settle throughout the continent. Who knows? Where ever those ten tribes went they have been lost. They Sermon Topies Are Revealed J. Paul Touchton, the minister of the First Methodist Church has announced that on Sunday morn ing he will preach on the Topic, “The Compelling Christ.” One whose soul has been truly’ awakened to the beauty of great music can never be quite the same. By the same token those who have come to know the joys of sin forgiven and a life that is acceptable with God can never be content to go back into sin, with its crippling ways. The urgency coming out, of the understanding. of the Gospel of Christ has so gripped the hearts of men that many of them have found themselves joyously reach- ing out to share it with others across the world often in strange lands and far a places. Mr. Touchton says that we often miss the fact that the love of Christ is a compellng force which through our own faith imakes life forever different. At the evening service Mr. Touchton will preach from the 15th Psalm on the topic “Living In God's Dwelling Place.” The high ethical content of this Psalm is in keeping with the demands of the gospel and with the necessity of e. Mrs. Ruie Roberts, organist, has chosen as her music for the morn- ing worship service: Cushmann’s “Aria Pastorale” and “Consola- tion” by Mallard. The choir will sing as a morning anthem “Still, Still with Thee” by Mendelssohn, while the evening anthem will be “The Glory of the Lord” by Nor- man. June Sermon Theme Will Be Continued “Man’s Relation to God” has been the general theme through the month of June, Sunday morn- ing the Rev. Rogers will use as his topic, “‘Man’s Opportunities.” The saddest words of tongue or pen, are these, “It might have been.” If a man’s foresight w: as good as his hindsight, what difference it would make! Time and talent has been wasted had been so contaminated with | on trivialities—the hours of idle “ filth of heathenish practices that | chatter, time-wasting occupations, God would not use them further. | preoccupation with the trifles of Alan Moorehead tells in his ‘“The| life. “What doth the Lord require Traitors” that Klaus Fuchs was a|of thee, but to do justly, and to traitor selling atom secrets to an could | pre alien nation. He became so en- gulfed in science making it his god that he lost faith in God As a re- came to Israel, so it does come to the individual or the nation who rejects the precepts of the true God. only : tag—7 pick up 6pt.. at bottom. righted outlines vision ef Christ- Statham Tells Program For Sun. Services The Reverend J, E. Statham will speak on “The Fullness of Christian Experience” at the 10:50 service Sunday morning at the Fleming Street Methodist Church. “Paul says in his Epistle to the Hebrews, 12th chapter, 2nd verse, that Jesus is the author and fin- isher of our faith,” Rev. Statham said today concerning his sermon for tomorrow morning. “In order to have a fulness of the Christian experience we must start with Christ, go. all the way with him or be lost by the wayside.” Familiar Hymns Mrs. Sydney Lowe will play the grand piano for the Sunday services, and will play Hursby’s “Son Of My Soul” for her pre- lude, and “Moment by Moment” by Moody as the offertory. These love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” Micah 6; Walter Price will be at the piano and her selection of special num- bers will contribute to the solemn- ity of the hour. The public is in- vited to worship with this group. The Sunday School has just com- pleted a most successful Daily Vacation Bible School. Mrs. Emory Harris has been the director of the school, ably assisted by Mrs. Curry Harris. The women of the church di- rected by Mrs. James Gamble and Mrs. Joseph Brent provided re- freshments each day and the many projects completed by the chil- dren proved most interesting to the families who took advantage, of the graduation last Friday eve- ning. Forty-nine children received certificates of graduation. are arrangements of familiar hymns. John Knowles will sing a solo as special music fo rthe morning service. At the evening service, begin- ning at 7:30, Mrs. Lowe will play “Make Me A Blessing” by Schu- ler, and Mr, Richard Wicks will sing “The King Of Love My Shep- herd Is” by Gounod. Mr. Statham will use as \his subject, “A Christian By Grace,” “We sing with feeling and un- derstanding, ‘Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, that saved @ wretch like me! I once was lost, but now I am found, was blind but now I see’,” Rev. Statham said about his theme for tomor- row evening’s sermon. bs Two Great Services Sunday, June 27th Glad Tidings Taberade! 801 Georgia Street Hear The REV. L. WAYNE PITTS New Pastor “4 11 A.M.—“LIFE’S SUPREME OBJECTIVE” 7:30 P.M—“WHY MEN LAND IN HELL” (3 Reasons) MRS. PITSS WILL SING Radio Program —