The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 6, 1954, Page 5

sata November oatit ‘i KEY =r CITIZEN Page 5/residents of Key West, Mrs. Rus-! “Marge” Russell Is Grateful For American Red Cross Aid Contributed By The American Red Cross Mrs. Margaret Russell, 1026 Du-| val Street, is grateful to the Am- erican Red Cross for the aid given her. | Mrs. Russell, injured severely in the Waco, Texas, tornado in May | 1953, recalls her attitude prior to her injury. In previous years when contribut- ing to Community Chest and Am- erican Red Cross she never thought seriously of how the money would be spent or the possibility that she might benefit directly from one of the agencies services. By sharing her story with the PROMPT SERVICE IS PART OF THE TV CONTRACT When you have a TV SERVICE CONTRACT with us, we're at your times . . . every-ready beck and call at all to get to your home FAST . . . find out what's wrong and make ® RIGHT! SAVE TIME AND MONEY Ask About Our Service Contract Poinciana Television & Radio Commercial Row, Poinciana, Key West (A Few Blocks from Wickers Stadium) PHONES 2-5947 or 2-8667 IDEALS TO LIVE BY HOMES—SCHOOLS—CHURCHES ... must join hands to give hte its direction. Visit your schools. NOVEMBER 7 TO 13 AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK SPONSORED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY The FACULTY and STUDENTS of TRUMAN SCHOOL sell hopes to spread understand-| | ing of one of the many services of | the American Red Cross and wel | jurge you to be generous in your contribution to the United Fund. Mrs. Russell says, “No one whose life follows an average re- latively smooth routine ean possi- bly know the almost overwhelming | |relief the Red Cross can bring e} disaster victim. All I can do is try to make the picture a little clearer to my fellow Key Westers hoping that they will realize that jdisaster can strike anyone, any- | where. | “I lay in a hospital bed with three crushed vertebrae, paralyz- ed from the waist down. The tor- nado which blasted apart the heart of Waco, Texas, on May 11, 1953, had smashed a orick building down onto the parked car in which I sat Simultaneously it exploded the fu- ture for which my husband and I had invested seven years of study and research as well as every dol- |lar we could acquire. “The realization that now our bright plans could never mater- ialize numbed the pain of my bro- ken body until it seemed a sec- ondary, relatively unimportant thing. “I am tempted to say the mes- sage that the Red Cross would as- sume all of my hospitai expenses was like sunlight breaking through a black sky. The expression has become so stereotyped that it now lacks force. The word was more a jlike a last minute reprieve to the | inmate of a death cell. “Actually I believe it was ex- jactly that for it swept away the deadening hopelessness and brought a fierce determination to recover. From that moment I nev- er again doubted that I would some- day be up and about, able to take care of myself and justify my ex- istence. “The extent to which the Red Cross took over the job of making recovery easier for me was amaz- ing in its attention to the smallest detail. Nothing I wanted, and many things I only wished for sud- denly appeared as if my magic. “TI shall never know how much money Red Cross spent on me but it must have run into thousands. In addition to paying for 329 days in the hospital, Red Cross provid- jed me with crutches, braces and various walking aids and secured a physical therapist to teach me to use them. “Then, as an outstanding exam- ple of thoughtfulness, the Red Cross presented me with a collap- sible wheel chair. It perfectly com- plements the wonderful electric chair which was presented to me by fellow workers and officers and enlisted personnel of the Naval Sta- tion. “I am unalterably convinced that the morale boosting effect of word the Red Cross would help me was just as effective in speeding my recovery as the surgery and med- ication. I shall be forever grateful to the Red Cross. Furthermore, if anyone ever passes a derogatory remark about the Red Cross while close to me I shall bounce a crutch ‘offen his punkin haid!’ ” Through your contribution, you hefp your neighbor. Give generous- ly to the American Red Cross — and the Community Chest of Key West. Give the United Way. Lue B Contributed by Truman Ele- | mentary School in keeping with American Education Week, Nov- ember 7 - 13. Good teaching gives the student a | vision of what he can become | while giving him the facts he ought | to learn. The ideals he holds and the valu es he accepts will be those given | | him by the guidance of his school, his home and his church. Good teaching instills faith in |}God — by whatever name he is called. It extols ideals of brother- hood, mor. and ethical standards that are traits of all great reli-| | gions. Wholesome attitudes, worthy | ideals, sound values are all found | in the classroom of Literature, Sci- ence, History, and Music. Fair | play, respect for the rights. of | |others, courtesy are also taught there as well as subjeet matter. Many blame delinquency, divorce and communism on the degrada- | tion of religion, or to broken homes, or poor schools. i It appears that the three great teachers — Parents, Teachers, | Minister — must redeem this gen-}| eration in order to build a better | body, a better mind, a firmer re-} ligion, a better nation. Only we working together can do this. 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