The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 11, 1954, Page 9

Thursday, November 11, 1954 THE KEY West CITIZEN —_— Page 9 Effective Citizenship Contributed by Herris Elemen- tary School in observance of Am- erican Education Week. The most significant words of) our two most important documents are, “All men are created equal,” ;our democratic principles, history | and “We, the people.” These eight words are Democracy's Manifesto, which exalts the freedom and dig- nity of the individual and respeets the coeperative method of solving | mutual problems. Through the! cooperative method of solving mu- tual problems. Through the years | we have succeeded in gaining a concept of democracy with em- phasis of our rights and privileges! and we have failed to learn that | every ‘privilege implies a corres- ponding responsibility. | This, then, is the chief objective of the’ public schools: to inculcate in every pupil all principles of good citizenship. We believe our objec- tive may be achieved by giving pupils maximum opportunities to Practice the principles of demo- cracy, as well as to learn about them. In building an understanding of is taught as a part of our present not as a series of events in the Past; for our country today is the result of what people have said, done and thought in the past. What we say, do and think in the pre- sent will make the future United States of America. In our schools today classroom procedures are organized to assist pupils in developing self-reliance, a cooperative attitude and a sense of responsibility. We are ever striv- ing to produce the kind of citizens who appreciates our system of gov- ernment and, in addition, feels a Personal responsibility to contri- bute to his country’s well-being and to make it a better land in which to live. Ike Visits His Hometown To Dedicate $325,000 Museum they went—all but the grandchil-|*Witched from chain-smoking cig-/nouncement, nor has its House of Dr. Cooper says. Judicious use of By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH | ABILENE, Kan. (#—President) Eisenhower is back in his boyhood | home town—where he once worked ‘as a “creamery hand—to dedicate the 000 Eisenhower Memorial Musetim at Veterans Day ceremo- nies today. The President arrived here from Washington last night and got in) a nostalgic 75-minute tour of his} family’s old homestead—still kept | as his mother left it when she died in 1946,-and the adjacent museum | housing many of his World War IL mementos and other keepsakes, He visited the two buildings after being greeted warmly by old neigh- bors and newcomers alike on his arrival, At the edge of the community population 7,000—there was a big} sign saying, “Welcome home, Mr. | President.” In front of the Sun-! flower Hotel, presidential head-| quarters for this stay, a brass band | blared. His homecoming meant a family reunion, He was accompanied from Wash-! ington by Mrs. Eisenhower and his | youngest brother, Dr. Milton S$.) Eisenhower, president of Pennsyl- | vania State University, Op the way, the President's pri- vaté plane, the Columbine, stopped briefly at Kansas City, Kan., to take aboard his grandchildren—! David 6, Barbara Anne, 5, and/Gary Patrick Burdette, who has; ————— Susan, 2—and their parents, Maj. | and Mrs, John Eisenhower. The| major is stationed at Ft. Leaven-| worth, Kan. | Aleeady on hand when the Presi- | dent arrived was ancther brother, Eart;-who~publishes a newspaper | in La Grange, Ml. and bis wife. | Alsé present were Mrs. Roy Eisen. | hower, of, Jgaiction City, Kan., wid- | ow of sth) another brother, Roy, and Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Fagen, | of Junction City. Mrs Fagen is| Mrs. Roy Eisenhower's daughter. | The family was sitting around reminiscing in the hotel after din- | ner when the President suggested they drive over to the old home-| ‘2, was 9:45 p.m., but oft EFFECTIVE CITIZENSHIP tVOTE HERE [a e i } is the foundation of good citizenship. Keep your schools AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK NOVEMBER 7 TO 13 SPONSORED IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST By The Faculty and Students of - HARRIS dren, who already were in bed. Av the home—now open to the/| public—the President had a won- derful time. Spotting a bedspread on a cot, he declared: “Our great-grandfather wove that—he was a weaver.” _ Eisenhower roamed around look- ing at cooky jars, old clocks, and —just outside the back door—a patch of concrete walk which he and brother Earl and son John put in for the President’s father and mother in 1938. Eisenhower recalled how the! cement from | three of them hauled the garage and how their hands | suffered. | After visiting the home, the Pres- ident and his party walked next |, door to the museum, which stirred | another flood of memories. | After today’s dedication cere- monies Eisenhower planned to fly | to Toledo for a round of Lake! Erie duck hunting tomorrow and Saturday morning as the guest of Secretary of the Treasury Hum- phrey. | SPECIAL IRON LUNG TO AID 2-YEAR-OLD | SALT LAKE CITY —A special | small iron lung was flown here} yesterday from Denver in an ef-! fort to save the life of 2-year-old | bulbar polio, | Gary entered the hospital Sat- urday. He .was out info an adult- sized iron lung—the only one avail- able—but it failed to work satis- factorily. MRS. GEHRIG TO __ HEAD. CAMPAI i NEW YORK "AIgY jeahor Gehrig, widow of Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees ¥i ll team, has accepted the na@ofi@l chair- manship of the 1 id cam- paign of the Muscular, Dystrophy Assns. of America. Her husband died 13 years ago of a form of sclerosis, related to muscular dystrophy, { iy) ee strong. SCHOOL ¢ | Cancer, Heart Trouble Studied (Cigarette Danger Pointed Up In By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE | AP Science Reporter | NEW YORK ‘#—One of the most | | found little risk in them. society study has so far at least) chiatrist, Dr. Howard N On the other hand, a few. sur- * [Seven Year Wait !Jane Wyman Sues | Ends In Tragic SANTA MONICA “_ os e leging cruelty, Jane W | man has sued bandleader eos ser Frederick J. Karger for ¢ v°The actress Tuesday asked the June Report mental | : 7 eae, De, Reward N. cower.|News For Woman 1. If you tell yourself that “to- DETROIT w—Probably they'll court for permission to resume ner former legal name, Jaae Wy- man, The couple married in 1953 and separat Saturday, She pre» viously was married to actor Rom and before that ‘%o Myron Futtermaa. , ald Reagan manufacturer |sensational reports of danger in | Veys or observations do not find morrow’ you will stop smoking, tell Mrs. cigarettes came last June with an- nouncement of findings in the Am- jerican Cancer Society's big statis- jtical study. | Oddly, many people apparently missed one of its most significant findings—its evidence that cigar-’ ette smoking steppea up the risk of heart attacks. This aspect, new to most people, could have been over- |Pipes and cigars as free of indi- you'll find tomorrow rarely comes. cated hazard as the cameer so- 2 If you quit until some future ciety study does. date, like Jam. 1, you'll probably Clearly, one effect is that most find that the desire to smoke flares Americans are aware of the ques-| Up on that very day, regardless of tioning over cigarettes. New bits of how well you had been doing until news, pro or con, are ¢oming | then. . i regularly. 3. If you just eut down, you'll A month ago, the Public Health probably think. about cigarettes far Cancer Assn., a ‘small organiza-,™ore, and this usually leads to, ‘| tion of cancer specialists ‘im public Smoking as much as ever. health responsibilities, by @ 133 4. If you really want to quit, vote adopted a resolution ad- quit forever and completely, Or vising the public to stop smoking duit completely “just for today,” as a way to reduce lung cancer but do the same thing tomorrow, run about twice the risk of heart | deaths, and suggesting thatyouths Which is again a “today.” You disease and cancer as nonsmokers. | ponder whether the risks in smok- build up an investment, like an Smokers run more risk not only |ing were worth the pleasure. | aleoholic who is just not drinking \of lung cancer, but other forms of Some authorities now term cig-| today, and enough todays can add jeancer. Heavy cigarette smoking | arettes “a major factor in caus-/ UP to years or a lifetime. might cut an average of seven ing” lung cancer. The New Eng-| Smoking, he says, is a habit, not years from the life span. }land Journal of Medicine has said | #2 addiction, and it involves psy- This study, headed by Doctors|editorially that the evidence chological satisfactions far more E. Cuyler Hammond and Daniel| amounts to “proof within the or-|than physical satisfactions. People | Horn, attracted attention because |dinary meaning of the word.” | Smoke partly because they feel/ it was based upon interviews with But other authorities—physicians |S0me emotional need for reassur- some 180,000 men about their | and scientists—say a link is by no ance. smoking habits, then checks to|means proved. |The greater a person’s tensions learn what they died of later. | The American Medical Assn. |in life or competition are, the less Said Dr. Hammond, whojhas not yet made any editorial pro-| chance he has of stopping smoking, looked in concern over cancer. In main essence, this study found: | Men, aged 50 to 70, who smoke a pack of cigarettes or more daily (Next: Scientific quests for the verdict.) There are 3,000 islands in the| Indonesian republic. | | Your Grocer SELLS That Good | STAR * BRAND AMERICAN CORFEE, and CUBAN — TRY A POUND TODAY — STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE. Triumph Coffee Mill ALL onesies jarettes to a pipe: |Delegates passed any resolution. {Crutches can help—like pipes or The effect found on the heart/ Life insurance companies have | Chewing gum or candy or more) jis much more important than the | not raised their rates for smokers. |@ttention to and enjoyment of leffect found in lung cancer, be-| It would be simple to build a|meals—but there can be hazards cause heart disease is so much seemingly convincing case by tak-|in them too. : | |more frequently a killer than lung ing just the findings by various) If people didn't smoke, he says, | cancer. qualified investigators or experi-| “We might well have a nation of | Again, there are many medical enced men who have had some-|More alcoholics, more fat people |men who do not agree with Ham- thing to say which could be inter-|Who eat too much, more gum-| |mond that cigarettes play any! preted as pro or con. chewers, more nail-biters, more, | great role in contributing to heart, For example, one American stat- people who simply talk too guest | attacks, \istician has figured that men who | It has long been known that) are now 40 or older and smoke | smoking can make tiny blood ves-| heavily have 5 to 15 times more |sels narrow down, kick up pulse|chance of getting lung cancer by rate and blood pressure. Nicotine | age 80 than nonsmokers. But an is usually blamed for this. | English statistician wonders why In some diseases, particularly the British cancer death rate is | Buerger’s disease—a plugging of| apparently double that of the Uni- blood vessels in the extremities—|ted States, although he says the moking is banned as a measure | British smoke 30 per cent fewer to save life or avoid amputations. | cigarettes per capita than ‘Ameri- | Publication of the Hammond- | cans. Horn results sent tobacco stocks; To what they have heard or learned so far, many American smokers respond with a shrug. caused by research reports. Some don't believe the accusative Apparently the announcements of /evidence. Others apparently feel cigarette-danger studies have\that if there is a risk, well, there knocked consumption down to/is a risk in everything, even cross- sume degree, and have been an im-| ing the street, and the risk is well petus for greater sales of filter; worth the candle because of their cigarettes. enjoyment from smoking. They have persuaded some peo- Others say they think they should ple to stop smoking, at least tem- stop smoking, and some wonder porarily. A number have switched how best to do it? to cigars or pipes, since the cancer| On this score, a New York psy- make your dream come true... | | step by step You've gazed longingly at pictures of all-electric kitchens—so beautiful, so efficient; at all-electric laundries—washday work done in minutes; st sir conditioning, and modern lighting, and all the other fine electrical home fea- ures. Dreamed of them all. ; You can make cae come true... step-vy-~iep. Buy your e.eciric appliances one at a time... and enjoy them while you're planning your next step toward all-electric living. That's the easy way to take full advantage of that come with an all-electric home. the savings and convenience City Electric System Maria Vrattos about it today. She arrived hewe yesterday from | the Grecian island of Rhodes, where she had waited seven yea for her husband Sam, 36. make enough money as a $35-a-week dishwasher to bring her and their 9year-old son to America In her pocket was Sam’s last letter, telling how he had finally | saved enough money through hard work and living in squalor Sam wasn't there to meet his 38-year-old wife. He died Oct. 20 of carbon monoxide poisoning when a faulty furnace flue flooded his tiny room with gas fumes. Mary's brother. Nick Halkias, of Algonac, Mich., said he just couldn't tell her yeesterday. ANNOUNCE TROTH WEEHAWKEN, N.J. & — Two former members of the Arthur God frey cast plan to be married here Nov. 15. Composer-arranger Archie Ble} er, of New York, and singer Janet Buschman Ertel, Freeport, N.Y., applied for a marriage license here Monday. Bleyer, 45-year-old owner of the Cadence Record Co., lef: Godfrey } after a seven-year association in December 1953. Miss Ertel, 41, is a member of the Chordettes. S Groucho Shoots Palace Guard Caught in the act of shooting a shako is that rabid home movie fan and laugh producer, Groucho Marx. The pro- duction he'd r y like you to see is the beautiful, new De Soto for ‘55. The only new car that is styled for tomorrow. Premiere at your De Soto dealer's showroom November 17. Go see it! "55 DESO ON DISPLAY W VICTORY 804 White St. WE DELIVER OPEN SUNDAYS — 9:00 A.M. TILL 1:06 P.M. 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