The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 2, 1954, Page 6

Pope 6 ___ The Key West Citizen Pebued Sele (eseent Senday) tom The Ciizen Balding cornea ea Galy Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher WORMAN D. ARTMAN OO D. ARTMAN . Editor and Publisher Entered _at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 32-5661 and 25662 amber of The Associated Prove — Associated Press is exclusively Pao therwise creshea goon, ot Sows dispaicien Getlied tek re ee Paper, and also the local news pub- Momber Associate Dailies of Floride Subscription (by carrier), 2%¢ per weok; year, $12.00, by mail, $15.60 ‘ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION Citizen isan open forum and invites discussion of publie Issues “of local Peon eects of local Of general interest, but it will not publish OR KEY WEST ADVOCATED SY THE CITIZEN % Hotels and Apartments. x rota aaf se" IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY NEWSPAPER CARRIERS IN AMERICA’S WAY OF LIFE Today is National Newspaperboy Day. It is being observed, for the most part informally,’throughout the - United States. ‘ Honoring your carrier boy may seem, at first glance, of little consequence, but he plays as important a role in the success of papers as do the publishers or editors them- selves, for without him a newspaper’s circulation would fall off to so great an extent its publication would not be profitable, Most papers, in a moderate way, as compared with their present success, would be able to carry on without carrier boys. But what is called a “wonder paper” in the field of today’s newsdom, probably would have to cease publication without them. That paper is Newsday, edited by Alicia Patterson (Mrs. Guggenheim), which gets its circulation in a string of Long Island villages, chiefly along the north shore of that island. Newsday has far more carrier boys than any other newspaper in the country. More than 8,000 carrier boys, on bicycles and scooters, distribute 210,000 copies of Newsday daily to every nook and corner of the north shore and to many places in central Long Island and along the south shore. : ) Newsday would lose its timeliness were it distributed through the post office. It has been the quick handling of it, when it comes off the press, by newsboys that has made it the outstanding success in rapid newspaper growth since the early 1920s, Miss Patterson, as she is called by her employes, is keenly alive to the great importance her newboys play in the success of Newsday. She frequently entertains them or arranges for their entertainment. They are her “pets.” sided “The mail must go through.” Carrier boys paraphrase that slogan instinctively to “The paper must be deliver- ed.” Of course all newspaper carriers are not on tiptoe to make deliveries, as all workmen, in every other calling whatsoever, are not efficient. But, except for a few, a boy, when he begins to deliver papers, is imbued with.the spirit to do-his work fast and efficiently. Key Westers may get a good idea of how that spirit dominates carrier boys by watching the boys, in front of The Citizen buildings, preparing their papers for delivery. The boys chatter and many of them joke, but their fingers work faster than their tongues. They vie-with one another in their efforts to be off first on their bicycles and scoot- ers to cover their routes. National Newspaperboy Day is an event worth while observing. It pinpoints the importance a newspaper car- rier boy plays in the greatness of newspapers and in the quickest possible way for them to be delivered to millions of readers. Wit ISIE mar LINIO LA nO! TIOIE tion |. Engine ea My inteed 53. Style of architectur. “5. Sensitive 06. Japan MIEN] (aithe) eetesecrele wae i Hf L a ae CEE aa Ae ARS ane Ae THE KRY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, October 2, 1954 Your newspaper—where every man has his: say. PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editer teserves the right to delete any items which are considered libelous er unwarranted. The writers should be poe a er paper ' ature iter must accompany letters and will be oublished unless requested otherwise. READ EDITORIAL WITH INTEREST Editor, The Citizen: I appreciate very much your courtesy and thought- fulness in sending me a copy of your editorial of Satur- day, September 25th, which I have read with a great deal of interest. With kindest regards, I remain Yours sincerely, ED LARSON State Treasurer CUB MASTER NEEDED ,| Editor, The Citizen: . ‘This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb Mysticism is a dominant feature prayer. Written by one of the few of Christianity. To a greater or|people that I know who is capable less extent, it is also present in|of making such expressions in all most of our other present day re-|sincerity. It was sent to me for ligions. Lately, however, I’ve no-|comment and I can only say that ticed a growing tendency amongst /I don’t like it — not for general many persons here in Key West to| public consumption — although 1 seek what I call mysticism with a| know the writer actually used re- capital ‘M.’ I sometimes wonder if} straint in his composition. their objective is really adoration and worship of God — or if they are not using the mystical ap- preach much in the manner of a kid who reads weird stories for the spine-thrilling chill he receives. Boy! If-that statement doesn't set up an argument, I don’t know one. which will! Beautiful Language of the Mysties T've delved rather deeply into the various philosophies and teachings of the mystics, (those outside of the Bible). The language and thoughts they express are beauti- ful but somehow, the words fail to give comfort like the ordinary, common sense expressions of the more popular characters in the Book of Books. For instance, take Jesus. There is no denying the mysticism sur- rounding his life. At the same time, a fellow can accept his teach- ings without so much of the hocus- pokus which is pushed off on you by the White Brotherhoods. At one time, I was engaged in a course of study which was sup- pose to reveal the secrets of the universe. Maybeso. . .maybeso. . . several of my friends swear by this particular brotherhood and it isn’t for me to say that they are wrong. I gave up my studies because the whole darn thing emphasized per- sonal ego too much. The philoso- phy of the group appeared to be aimed at achieving personal power — my need (desire) is to become harmonious with God’s Will — not to try to compete with jim. All of which seems to be getting us exactly nowhere. The object of these few lines is to make you think of your method of worship and its: aim. Here's a devout, almost pathetic Musings Of A Christian Mystic There are some who say that Thou are the Unknowable. The Aboslute. They say this of Thee Who art closer to me than the skin which clothes me Of Thee. . .Who art nearer to me than the breath I draw into this Thy holy temple. And there are those who say that Thou art the Unperceivable be- cause Thou Art Unknowable They say this of Thee, O my Beloved. . . Of Thee. . .Who smiled upon me from behind the eyes of a little child Whose Voice I have heard in the song of the Mocking Bird Whose Breath is the perfume of every fragrant bloom Whose Touch I have felt in the sea and the wind and the run. ‘They have said these things of Thee, O my Beloved, in blind- ness and unknowingness. Of Thee. . .Whose Beauty I have seen asleep upon the couch of Innocence in the Sanctuary of Holiness Resident within my own heart, whilst yet I stood at the Threshold. Of Thee. .. .Whose Light dispell- ed the darkness in which once I dwelt Of Thee. . .Whose love sustains me, Whose Presence is the Sec- Tet Place of the Most High Of Thee. . . Who are my rock, my refuge and my habitation. They know not, for they grope unseeingly, even as I in the darkness of the, Inconscience and the Ignorance, Awaken them, 0 my Beloved, as Thou hast awakened me. Stephen. J. Constant. An adult male is being sought to act as-Cub Master for a local organized group of Cub Scouts, Cub Scouts are boys between the ages of 8 to 12. At the most, there are three meetings a month that would require the Cub Master’s time. Other matters can be handled by phone, or done by the Den Mothers. : A person need not have any particular qualifications for this job, once you get started in scouting and see the results of your efforts in the boys, it grows on you. Here is an opportunity for some adult male, who has been griping that there is nothing to do in Key West, to really give some help where it is needed. If you are interested, contact Tony Martinez, 1010 Truman Ave., or this newspaper. Unless this job is taken over by 30 October, this or- ganized group of Cub Scouts will have to disband. GLOBETROTTER. RESPECT FOR GOD Editor, The Citizen: I greatly appreciate Bill Gibb’s daily comments, and I give him my “muchos gratis” for using excerpts from my letter in one of his columns, It is refreshing to talk about religious topics on Sat- urdays as Bill usually does. I wonder if I’m a bit old-fashioned or are there others in this town of many fine churches who feel as I do about the people who gather there to worship? I believe it shows respect to God to dress somewhat soberly. When I was in Great Britain a few years ago, I had the pleasure of visiting the king and queen. “Visiting” is not the correct word, of course. J was among many who were ushered in to meet them. I wore a coat and tie and I walked in quietly and re- spectfully, paying them the homage which they expect. The respect which is due any high official. Since then, I’ve often shuddered at how little respect we show our Most High ruler. The supreme being. There are “informal” churches and “semi-formal” churches where men go coatless and tieless and women wear sun dresses and over decorate themselves with jewel- ry. . When I was in the presence of the King of England; | He there was no whispering, no low mutterings or deviation from the business at hand — which was showing them re- spect. Now I'm no fanatic. God forbid! But 1 do believe God should be shown more respect than, any earthly magis- trate. I think gentlemen should wear formal attire and women should cover their naked shoulders and wear less jewelry — and less of the gooey stuff they plaster their lips with. They should enter their places of worship quietly and reverently. After all is said and done, isn’t our real objective in going to church, to be heard and seen of God? Certainly not to be seen and heard of our fellow man. We have the remaining six days of the week in which to “keep up with the Joneses.” Sincerely, BILL WILLIAMS General Delivery ABOUT CONCHS A Grain Of Salt _ By Bill Spillman From looking’ at all the letters to the editor, you would k that the whole town was against fluori- dation. Actually, most .of the let- ters are just repeats of factless innuendo by the same people who are impressed with something. Just what, I don’t know. I had the bonor of covering two meetings of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in which the mem- bers heard two speakers on the fluoridation subject. Dr. Delio Co- bo spoke forthe measure. William Douglass spoke-against the fluor- dation of theiwater supply. Cobo spoke at the first meeting. His speech, in my estimation, was very easy to cover from a repor- ter’s standpoint, He presented facts from countless scientific studies and evaluations by research men | of the competent type. On the other hand, Douglass pre- | sented not one’ fact that I can re- member exeept to urge people to wait before deciding on the fluoride question. H& to me, was not spe- cifie on any point. He was vague and appeared to be unsure. He did succeed in casting considerable doubt in many minds, I’m sure. Since I had given what I thougnt was a fair coverage of important facts to Cobo’s talk, I felt duty bound to be fair to Douglass and try to present his side of the story. I will tell you right here and now that I am not*for or against fluori- dation of the’water. I am indiffer- ent because I do not think it is harmful in the amounts prescrib- ed or particularly beneficial as a “cureall” as far as dental caries 6 | go. It is a proven fact that it is a necessary element for sound teeth. But fluoride in itself is not the complete answer. It must be used jalong with a tootbrush, proper diet, and other recommended aids toward dental hygiene. The other day I will call Mr, see me at The Citizen office to yell foul play, I asked him to pre- sent one fact — just one proven fact where fluoride in the pres- cribed amounts was harmful. He started with a lot of bush beating and innuendo, I stopped him by saying that I only wanted te hear of proven facts, and not hearsay. When he saw that I was not going to listen to anything but facts, he | left the office. I am requesting anyone to send me facts, in simple sentences, where fluoride was proven harm- ful in the amounts prescribed by { “competent people” for addition to | the water supply. If you don’t have any facts, don’t waste my time. + This column will probably in- spire H. V. B. to write several hun- dred letters of factless innuendo, Watch for it, but analyze it care- | fully for facts. “Are you sure,Mr. Bill Spillman? Are you afraid to check your facts, Are you guilty of spreading of mal- icious gossip?” etc! Look only for generalities, nore the word twisting people whe will pull sentences out of para- | graphs. This goes for both sides of |the fluoride question, Caldwell Asks Additions To Road Patrol ST. PETERSBURG (#—Former Gov. Millard Caldwell has pro-| posed adding 200 more patrolmen to the Florida Highway Patrol and | setting up a point system for driv- ers as two ways to curb Florida’s highway death toll. . Caldwell, who also: -w: federal civil defense administrator, gave these ideas in a speech at the sixth annual highway safety | Key West In Days Gone By Ph L. raee chairman e NRAjin = ceipt of new wore which x confers ere Friday. the state should| Louis Van Crass of the” i i .| Holland, who with ne 3 arrived here last We . “jis the house guest. of City ‘Av driver would be given points | Councilman and Mrs. Leo Warren, made or demeris.for violations or acci- | a pong a ene palin dents. When a certain number of} janded several laces. Wee points appear on the driver’s rec-| sng g variety, of other mea ‘ ord ands continues his viola- tions he is called into a hearing which may result in license revo- A group of 11 Key’ West young i men, who were members of the cation or — . {Civilian Conservation Corps and Calawelthi the “greatest in-j were in service in the camp at centive fOF Safe and sensible driv-| Ojustee, Fla., retucned yesterday ing is the sight of a state Highway} on the Havana Special. patrol car. If we can put more of them on the road for more hours of the day we will save lives, in- juries and property.” Explaining there now are 240 patrolmen, he suggested the next Legislature ,add 100 more patrol- men and the 1957 session put on another 1007” Cs eS October 2, 1944 The voters of Monroe county will be asked to decide whether or not Hillsborough county will be allowed passage of an amend- ment calling for the consolidation of municipal and county tax col- NEWSPAPERS GET BIGGEST SHARE| OF ADVERTISING DOLLAR ObvivOOR and MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES 14.5% RADIO and T.V. Total 1953 expenditure for advertising in U.S. 7.8 billion dollars. An AP Newstectvres Pictegreph In the last decade, 25 per cent} Railroad tank cars used for of all fires in the country were| various purposes may be lined started by carelessly handled mat-| with lead, nickel, rubber, wax, ‘ches or cigarettes. zinc, tin of glass, Editor, The Citizen: As one of the many interested readers of your newspaper, I would appreciate it if you would print the following letter in your Forum. It is a fact that our Peoples Forum is often used to make un- pleasant remarks about Conchs. The question has ofte: been brought up. Why is it that a person who is not raised in Key West is not considered a Conch. The Conch is different, not bet- ter, but different from these peo- ple who so often ask the question. The average Conch feels and thinks very much alike. When there is a difference of opinion, we certainly do not write to our Peoples Forum, scratching some- one’s eyes by letter and then sign- ing our initials. This is like a child who hides and tosses rocks at his playmates. This Island. to the real Conch is more than just a rock. It is like a part of our body that we cannot live without. We live here because to us this is the only land, regardless of financial stand- ings or benefits. If we would have been born in Alaska, we would feel the same way about Alaska. We believe that if a man is raised on Texan soil and he does learn to love that soil, certainly he can- not have love for any soil. That’s our way of thinking. That is what makes us exclusive Conchs. We will live here if the Navy leaves, and go back to eating fish to keep alive. We are Conchs at heart and not because we can make a decent living here or be- cause of political benefits. Buying a home in Key West to- day is a business investment. Anyone can see that. Lime Grove homes were sold for $3,500. Today 12 and 14 thousand dollars. If the Navy was to make an in- vestigation they would soon know that the feuding that exists be- tween Navy and civilian is mostly with the adopted Conchs, The Conch that jived here in 1935 knows what the Navy means to us and what would happen if it leaves. Therefore, we appreciate the Navy and its personnel. On the other hand, most adopted Coners are wanderers and can al- ways find other soils where fi- nancial standards would meet their requirements. Most Navy families do not want to ‘be considered Conchs. They have home towns of their own and will quickly tell you where they are from. It is true that Conchs preach Christianity, but like most people, we do not live up to our preach- ings. That is the reason why we don’t criticize, not even Bill Gibb for his Saturday articles. Perhaps the Key West climat: will cure some hay fever ° where it would not be necessar for them to come and spend + much of their money and be la: basted, cussed and discussed | Conchs who are in similar eat gories. If I had fear of being lambast- lecting and tax assessing offices. Dorr Davis, field executiye of the Boy Scout Council which in- cludes Monroe County, made his farewell talk at a city-wide gath- ering of Scouts Friday night in St. Paul’s Parish Hall. Troop 52 was host to the other three local scouting units. “Then, “I recommend that each patrol car be assigned to two men and that théy, between them, keep that car onwthe highway 15 or 16 hours every day. There will be some inconvenience for the patrol- men in having to divide the time of the car in such manner but it can be done and great benefits can be enjoyed by the public.” He put out a third suggestion for improving highway safety: Ex- amination of the effectiveness of high school driver education. He explained only about 15 per cent of the public Schools teach driver ing monthly many pieces of education and he was not in a) respondence to men and Position to say whether such“train-| jn the armed services from this ing is etfedtigne He said the matter | community, state those in should be studied and if it is a step | of these activities. in - BG more empha- sis shoul but on it. Texan Gets Even With Motorist The safety ‘conference, started during Caldwell’s administration, is a citizens group working with state officials who have anything HOUSTON, Tex. # — Curtis F. Maxwell “‘got even” with a motor ist who blocked a pedestrian lane for a red light in downtown Hou- Realizing the tremendous im- portance of keeping in constant contact with the men and women in uniform, Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion, is to do with Safety. Caldwell said he did not think the conferences have accomplished as much ag should have, but then he sai Public itself can say just how effective a highway safety program it wants. “Before the ‘state can take re- medial actionzit-is necessary that as citizens determine the de- sree or “we wish to enjoy. The public.hag.the power to reduce ‘e number of accidents+by 10 or 9 per cent. Our course must be ~termined by the number of lives > wish to seve.” e for “stags name to this iter, I we ather tear it up aan mail if “unsigned. “ELOY ACEVEDO of the car, walked across the hood and jumped down on the other | side. car. | ‘Subscribe To The Citizen