The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 11, 1954, Page 7

oe 25 ait Seturdey, December 11, 1954 THE Ker wear GrieeN Page7 Colored Community News FT; i it & HT a Fe Fe : i By Fi iy a } f ¥ ze : z RE ‘ ee F a F H i F ; : 2 i f : | % & é 2 8 i ERS E, 5-5 g g gS a tt i ifn z : i fe 183 pi it sf ae i i st 32 53 i is a 2 Gray Ladies Give Party For Aged Aa sTecPEBLpLY yy i mittee of the department of higher }edueation of the Florida State Teachers’ association recently held @ one -'day session at Florida A and M University. schoo:s and the institutions of high- er education? The problem was stated by Dr. G. T. Wiggins, dean of Washington Junior College of eae who is the FSTA presi- Dr. W. S. Maize dean of the A and M graduate school welcomed the visitors and gave the purpose of the meeting. . Others present were — Mrs. Jes- sie B. Greer, chairman of the so- cial science » Florida Normal and: Industrial ge; Gilbert L. Porter, executivite secretary, FS- TA; Bradley G. Moore, director of the division of education; Florida Noman; Walter L. Johnson, head, agriculture and home economics, Florida A and M; William L. Brow, in the department of h, Florida Normal; James . Epsy, ‘dean, Edward Waters Col- lege, and Miss E. M. Caldwell, in- or in the department-of sci- } and mathematics Florida S be & dlzdi ef ig ze i ae Meyer, Miami Beach attorney and » and the Rev. Edward tie Pastor of Mt. Zion Bap- Since the fund was set up, $194.88 as been spent for elothing sis Meats and Groceries TELEPHONE 2-6122 ‘Jbe used for the benefit of other POSTER BOY—James Clark Allen, Jr., five-year-old gon, of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Allen of Tyler, Texas, was stricken with polio in his second year. He has been officially designated 1955 March of Dimes Poster Boy. His picture will appéar in thousands of windows all over the nation dur- ing the drive for polio-fighting funds next January. News stories ture his Let’s Observe Safe-Driving Day Wednesday, December 15, has been selected as SD (Safe Driy- ing) Day. While jt is true that every day of the year should be ob- -| served as SD Day, special emphasis has been placed on this day. Thousands of needless deaths occur each year in traffic accidents, Approximately 19 traffic deaths occurred in this eounty alone in the past year. A great number, if not the majority of them, involved our immediate group. Each time an accident occurs on December 15, our fire bell will ring. Let’s keep that bell quiet! Drivers are not theonly ones at fault in traffic accidents. Pedes- trians -too_are greatly at fault. Following are some rules for “‘Safe Walking.” 1, Carry or wear something white at night to help drivers see ou. : 2, Cross only at crosswalks. Keep to the right in the crosswalk. 3. Before crossing — look both ways. Be' sure the way is clear before you cross. ; 4., Cross only. on proper. signal, 5. Watch for turning cars. = 6. Never go into the roadway from between parked cars. 7. Where there is no sidewalk, and it is'necessary to walk in the roadway, walk on’the left side, facing traffic. “ cialist who performed the dpera-» tion hadn’t donated his services. There now is $9,493.63. Receives Award Of that, $493.63 is in cash; $6) Matilda Roberts, daughter: of 000 in United States “bonds, and! Mrs. Maria Roberts, 300 Olivia $3,000 in treasury notes. Street, was the recipient of a cer- It will be used for Cora Lee’s}tificate of honorable mention and schooling, training, medical expen-} 4 $95.99 Savings Bond, awarded by ses, and other needs. the Jaycees as third place winner In event of her death, any un-| in the Voice of Democracy contest. spent funds in the trust fund would 1 Miss Matilda Roberts Back To Jail FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. ap! When the traffic light changed to green, the car in front ofa State Police squad car backed up. The troopers decided to investigate. They arrested two escapees from Regardless of race, color-- or, the Kansas State Prison. The fugi- creed, Americans come to the aid‘ tive who was driving explained of the needy — a good practice of | that he wasn’t familiar with the the “Golden Rule.” automatic transmission on the car, | which had been stolen. persons similarly afflicted, or giv- en to the Lighthouse for the Blind. to this fund. What was done for Cora Lee is an example of what Americans do to help the needy both at home and abroad. JOIN OUR MERCHANDISE CLUB Shoes — Fabrics SANDS’ OK Shoe Shop - Fabric Center 706 DUVAL STREET MANI'S BAR MANI PERE2, Proprietor 316 PETRONIA STREET Cornish Memorial A.M.E. ZION CHURCH Whitehead apd Angela Sts. SUNDAY SCHOOL, 9:45 AM. —V.CE. 7 P.M Worship 11 A.M. and 7:30 P.M. |] Prayer and Class Meeting Tuesday, 7:30 P.M. THE CHURCH WITH Phone 2-9272 and campaign publications will the story of his winning fight against polio. James now walks with the aid of a hip brace left leg and two Canadian crutches. After fifty days of hospitalization, he was discharged | ing units of the entire state. This care and twice-weekly, out-patient physical therapy. From June 18, 1952, to Sept. 1, Smith County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis jhas expended in March of Dimes funds to enable James to walk again. Registration : For Adult Classes Lags There is something terribly lack- ing with the adults. Just what it is, is hard to tell. Through your paper, “The Key West Citizen,” you read just how one might complete his education through attending evening classes, yet; not a sufficient number to start a class has reported. . Douglass School offers you the same opportunity as other schools in‘the city to attend evening class- es. All that you have to do is get a minimum number of 15 students and an individual to teach them bP may set up any class you Professor Alfred L. Saunders is anxious to start a class where one may get elementary or high school training. He cannot, however, do this unless he has at least 15 stu- dents. Many of you attended this class last term ‘and you know what to expect. Saunders is known to all as Se has taught in the public school sys- tem for a number of years. Come out and do something a- bout this! SICK. Mrs. Ruth Smith, 1st grade tea- cher of Douglass School, is back at her post after a long illness, Her co-workers and the students wish her smooth - sailing for the Mrs. Kathleen Whyms acted as substitute teacher during her ab- sence, It was necessary for Mitchell Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonard Hall to undergo another operation at Monree General Hospital. It is reported that he is now doing bet- Sth Annual Press Workshop 1|To Be Conducted At FAMU TALLAHASSEE — (Special) — Norman D. Christensen, director of student publications and associate professor of im at the Uni- versity of Miami (Fla.), will s--e as a chief consultant at the fifth annual Florida A and M Univer- sity Interscholastic Press | Work- Shop: scheduled for January 29 - 30, 1955. This was announced by ga J. Smith, workshop direc- More than 150 high school jour- nalists from some of the top jour- nalism educators and working jour- nalists in the country. Christensen, who will be but one of the outstanding - consultants, started a sdirector of student pub- lications at the University of Mia- mi in 1948. Since then, the three major UM student publications have won All- cutive years, The publications are Temp, a pictorial magazine; The Hurricane, newspaper, and Ibis, the yearbook. Prior to joining the faculty at UM, Christensen served two « years in the Army. After being discharg- ed, he free - lanced for a year. His nine - years of newspaper ex- perience before the army duty was with the Minneaplolis Morning Tri- bune. He began there as a reporter and served three years in that ca- pacity before switching to the copy desk. Christensen worked on the tim and served as make-up editor, assistant slotman and telegraph editor. While still on the newspaper he taught Journalism part - time at Hamline College in St. Paul. Christensen is a member of Iron Arrow, highest men’s honorary .on the atin acer Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honorary; Lead and Ink Journalism honorary, and Sigma Delta Chi, professional journalism fraternity, He has served as chairman of the advisor’s program for the na- tional Associated Collegiate. Press conventions for the past two years. Reading €linie (Will Begin December 10 ~ TALLAHASSEE — (Special) — The newly established reading eli- nic of the English department et Florida A and M University, will open its doors on December 10, ac- cording to an announcement made this week by Dr. Harry L. Fag- gett, acting head of the depart- ment. Clinic sessions will be held in the communications room of Jack- ing. Completion: of only one phase of organization of this university - wide service is in immediate pros- pect. since a fully-equipped la- boratory will not be available un- til later, Dr. Faggett said. Mrs. Thelma Cobb of the Eng- lish department faculty and Dr. Wallace, of the school of education faculty, are co-chairmen of the reading clinic committee which in cludes James F. Condell, head of the test service bureai He is currently setting up the ad-| sree. visors program for this coming year. Douglass Sponsors Gigantic Yuletide Festival Dec. 17 Douglass is making a supreme effort to equip its band with uni- forms. The Douglass High band is an integral part of the school and the community, and does an ad- mirable job of representing these in public places at all times. Douglass is sponsoring a Yule- tide Festival which will include music and fireworks to assist the band in securing these uniforms. The Dorsey High band of Miami, composed of ninety pieces, will be on hand for a part of the musical show. Dorsey’s band is recognized as one of the outstanding march- aggregation will play Christmas music as well as execute some very interesting, but tricky forma- tions on the greensward at Athle- | tic Field on the night of December 17, These youngsters from Dorsey are suceessful- because they--love their work and receive substantial support from the community. Douglass High’s band will be on hand to render the other section of the musical portion of the program. The pyrotechnics — fireworks — will include aerial displays as well as ground exhibits. A portion of the aerial display is given to show. the variety of the program: Diamond flutter shell, aluminum shell, snow storm shell, aluminum shell, variegated. color shell and serpent shell. -Tie ground display will be quite diverse and among many other things will include a giant Santa Claus, a snow flake wheel and a Christmas tree. The Douglass band serves all of the community hut it represents specifically the colored segment of the community. This aggregation should then be the source of much pride to the colored citizens of this community. It is in this line of rea- soning that a special appeal is be- ing made, to the public in general, but especially to the colored citi- zens to support the Sa hap val sponsored by Douglass an effort to outfit its band. In this season of peace on earth -good will toward men—every color. ed citizen should make an effort to support the band which so ably represents the entire colored com- munity on. so many occasions. This entertainment is well worth the price of admission and should be witnessed by every member of the colored portion of the popula- tion of Key West. | Tickets are’ on sale at the fol- Educated Car Tags LANSING, Mich. (AP)—Michi- gan’s 1955 auto license plate: white. The see iret aah é Fay blue and gold shell, red and| i Adventist News The Seven-day Adventist Church, 1007 Thomas Street reports the following. amount of Missionary work for the month of November. Bible Readings — & Missionary Letters Written — 19 Missionary Visits — 89 baa veegd Literature Distribut- Clothing Given Away — 12 Food Value — $3.30 Pics of Christian Help Work — Persons given needed Help — 19 Treatments given — 9 Visting at the Seventh - day Ad- ventist Church, Crowder, the " "i daguhter, Yvonne, Mr. and . Henry Odom, one time residents this city, and Mrs, here, Elder Crowder James Crider, a Navy tioned here, thus making full-fledged member of the church. red and blue shell, green and|™ Eugene Hannah; and Michael mas, son of Mrs. Jo-Anne R: : . While Canada ‘watched weed, They ularly sold you tell me ae * Palm Beach, Florida. A. What have been industry. diet git Hil Fi i222 E : tH 23 weeds daily lives here moss, a in abundance Atlantic : i i fle adian the i gc | fi I ck ; i: i f hs I | u % : id i i re an | i 4 i z F it ies 5 ll Celebrate i thei alee Coral. City Ledge of Elks will Ws annual Memorial Services Sunday, December 12, at Cornish Memorial A, M. BE. , Zien Chureh, The sermon will / be preached by Rev, A. Frank- lin Hooper, PERSONALS Mise Naney Falco, daughter of, Mr. and Mrs, Milton Falco, Sr., Island, fagbit | ft GRACE WALKER SHOES FOR WOMEN — : Exclusively at ppelrouth’s Shoe Center 4 DUVAL STREET Air-Conditioned : PHONE: For Your Comfort :