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THE KEY WEST CITIZEN
The Key West Citizen
Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of
Greene and Ann Streets.
Only Daily Newspaper in Key Weat and Monroe County
L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 1921 -1954
NORMAN D. ARTMAN ———— Editor and Publisher
Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter
TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662
Member of The Associated Press—Hie Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it
or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news pub
iisbed here.
Member Associate Dailies of Florida
Subscription (by carrier), 25c per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60
ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION
The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public Issues
and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish
anonymous communications.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED
BY THE CITIZEN
1. More Hotels and Apartments.
2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
3. Airports—Land ana Sea.
4. Consolidation of County and City Government*.
5. Community Auditorium.
CITY COMMISSION ACTS WISELY TO
ELIMINATE PESTS IN GARBAGE DUMP
Key West has made another step, an exceedingly im
portant one, in “going modem,” and this time the credit
is due to the Monroe County Anti-Mosquito Commission,
the City Commission and City Manager Victor Lang.
Nobody questions the fact that anything that pro
tects or conserves a city’s health is of primary importance.
And the main thing, in attaining that objective, is good
sanitation. That is what Key West now is going to get in
the treatment of its garbage, as a result of an agreement
made by the commissioners at their meeting Monday
night, with the local anti-mosquito organization.
Heretofore, trash and garbage at the city dump had
been burned, or attempts had been made to bum it. It
is easy enough to burn trash, but it is an altogether dif
ferent matter in burning garbage. Some of it will be con
sumed, but some will remain in a good enough state for
flies, rats and other pests to feed on.
But it will be different now. W. W. Warner, director
of the Monroe County Anti-Mosquito Association, assured
the commissioners that his organization will eliminate all
garbage pits and the necessity of burning garbage by cov
ering up every night refuse brought to the dump daily.
Under the covering, the garbage will be beyond the reach
of rats to eat and flies to eat and breed in.
The cost to the city in having that work done is com
paratively low. Of every dollar spent, the state will put up
an additional 75 cents.
But the abatement of the fly-and-rat nuisance is not
the only benefit the city will receive from its agreement
with the anti-mosquito organization. Warner asserts that
from three to five acres of land will be filled in annually
in the dump area.
Residents at Sigsbee Park have often complained
of flies that had been bred at the dump. Those complaints
will now cease, for there is no place for flies to breed at
Sigsbee Park. The flies at the park flew there or were
blown there from the dump.
Handling of the dump will add to the effectual
work the anti-mosquitao organization has been doing in
Key West. As The Citizen remarked recently, every resi
dent knows best about the presence or absence of mos
quitoes in the immediate vicinity of his home. But, so far
as The Citizen has heard, mosquitoes are fewer in Key
West this summer than they ever have been before.
And there are those who have never tasted boiled
peanuts.
Jealousy, like cancer, is often fatal, and never pro
ductive of good.
Enough money can buy anything, with the exception
of peace of mind and conscience.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Jesus, Our Example and
TS*o*:j #Jinq—t?jot
By RALPH ROGERS
Our lessons for this quarter are
dealing with “Growth in Christian
Living.” It has been said that the
only sure things in life are taxes
and death. Growth is also inevit
able and whether one grows in
Christian living or in some other
sort of life, he just naturally grows,
some perhaps like Topsy. Today
we are studying “Jesus, our Ex
ample and Lord.”
The Children Grew
The Scriptures give a fairly good
picture of the even's surrounding
the birth of Jesus. The Gospels
are silent regarding his childhood
and early manhood except for the
pilgrimage to Jerusalem as record
ed into today’s lesson. Had there
been anything exceptional about his
early life the apostles surely
would have heard about it and re
corded it for posterity. That
silence adds credence to the super
natural surprises and glories of his
active ministry, for tradition would
certainly spread the facts had he
said or done anything extraordi
nary in his early life.
Some students have tried to show
that Jesus spent some time in India
and there was taught by wise men.
There is no evidence that he learn
ed from any others than those in
his own home and village. In
Stewart’s Life of Christ, the author
says, “He who would worthily
write the life of Christ must have
a pen dipped in the imaginative
sympathy of a poet, in the Pro
phet’s fire, in the artist’s charm
apd grace, and in the reverence
and purity of the saint.”
Jesus had a most normal and
healthy physical development. All
descriptions of him indicate that
he was a perfect physical speci
men. The hard, arduous days in
travel during his active ministry
are evidence that he was physic
ally fit. No doubt the labor in the
carpenter shop so developed his
body as to fit it for the physical
tortures he later was forced to en
dure, and so as a child he grew
and waxed strong.
Jesus also increased in wisdom.
There is no evidence that he ever
went to school but he acquired
knowledge from some source since
he astonished the doctors when at
twelve years of age he was able
to answer their questions. It takes
an intelligent person to ask ques
tions and his enquiries about the
profound things of life puzzled and
amazed those who heard. The
Jewish law imposed on parents
the responsibility of instructing
their children in the knowledge of
God, His mighty acts and His laws,
and also in disciplining them in re
ligion and morality. It was the
home in Nazareth which put Jesus
in possession of such knowledge as
to be the envy of scholars.
Finally Luke .states that the
grace of God was upon him. Here
is evidence that such home train
ing does kindle in the heart of men
a flame that bums brightly for the
highest and best in life. In his
messages and ministry there was
faith, hope, beauty and glory to his
heavenly Father.
Visit To Tho Tempi*
Palestine was a small country
any part of which could be reach
ed in a few days journey. It was
rich in historical lore. The mem
ories of what had taken place in
Jerusalem made it a most attrac
tive city. It must have been a
great day in the life of any child
permitted to accompany his par
ents to the holy city. Jesus was
permitted to make this journey
with his parents when twelve years
of age, a most impressionable per
iod in his life. He no doubt had
been told about the prophets of old
the great kings, the captivity and
exile of his forbears. This enabled
him to converse with the doctors
intelligently.
Then too we find that Jesus was
familiar with the Old Testament.
He used it continually in tempta
tion, conflict and suffering. It is
significant that successful lawyers
often use scripture in pleading
their cases. The word of God is
final and convincing. Scholars
have tried in vain to link that ex
ceptional knowledge which Jesus
displayed to the Rabbinical schools
or to special training in the esoter
ic wisdom of the Essenes. How
ever no proof can be found that he
had such training and his perfect
knowledge was based wholly on the
Old Testament and the training he
received in his home.
Then too, he knew human nature,
its littleness and greatness, the lit
tleness that dwarfs the human
soul and the greatness that polish
es the soul into a gleaming dia
mond. He could read human
character with unerring and swift
glance. In the bounty of nature
he could draw lessons of inestim
able worth, from the trees, flowers,
the birds and the sheep. But the
thing that impressed his listeners
most was his intimacy and certain
ty when he spoke of his Father.
The story is told of Jim Farley,
the great politician, whose father
died when he was ten years old.
He went to work from 3:30 in the
morning until eleven as a machine
boy in the brickyard earning less
than a dollar a day. He says, “I
never missed church. I took a
confirmation vow never to drink
or smoke, and I’ve kept it. Per-
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Gibb
I’ve been asked to comment on
juvenile delinquency. My feelings
today on the subject are not much
different than they were three
years ago. Therefore, for the
first time since “This Rock of
Ours” has been published, I’m go
ing to run a reprint:
Novambsr, 1951
Ralph Waldo Emerson in his
“Journal” once said: “I hate quo
tations. Tell me what you know.”
However, he also wrote:”—Quo
tation is good only when the writer
whom I follow goes my way, and
being better mounted than I, gives
me a cast.”
Now, journalistically speaking,
Mr. Emerson is mounted on an
emperor’s chariot and I’m plodding
along on a donkey. I don’t think
he will mind therefore, if I repeat
his words on “Civilization”—
“The true test of civilization is
not the census, nor the size of
cities, nor the crops—no, but the
kind of man the country turns
out.”
Are we concentrating on this
idea enough here in Key West?
Oh, I know, .we brag" that we
have playgrounds and parks, fine
schools, good churches, etc., for
the upbringing of children. So
what do we do?
We counteract these good things
with horrid examples on our own
part that can be likened more to
saveragerv than to civilization!
We’ve forgotten such things as
haps the two greatest blesings I
had in boyhood were a fierce love
of my parents and a deep devotion
to my religion.”
Jesus Obeyed His Parents
When Jesus was finally found
after three days his parents rather
rebuked the lad for lagging be
hind. His answer was most rever
ent and explains the secret of his
whole career, “Wist ye not that I
must be about my father’s busi
ness?” Some seem to find in these
words criticism and condemnation
for his mother but what he was
trying to say was that you should
expect to find me in the Temple,
the place you have taught me to
love.
Leslie D. Weatherhead in ‘His
Life and Oours’ describes the lit
tle things Jesus must have done
at home as he advanced in stature
and wisdom. Perhaps Joseph had
an old copy of the scriptures from
which he read to the youngster
and then at seven years of age he
perhaps attended the elementary
school at the synagogue. He per
haps ran errands for his mother,
played with bits of wood in the
carpenter shop, watched the yeast
make the dough rise, and his moth
er sewing patches on worn clothes.
He watched the shepherds, the
sower sowing seed, wine poured in
to bottles, lamps cleaned and re
plenished with oil, the grinding of
corn at the mill, the baking of
bread and many other things. All
of this gave him the foundation for
the parables which have thrilled
the world in print, on the radio and
on television. No bettei example
has ever been found and like the
centurion, “Surely this is the Son
of God.”
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brotherly love, basic honesty, the
! Golden Rule of “doing unto others
as we would have them do unto
us.”
Instead, we believe in constant
fear and turmoil. Studiously, we
study every contract we sign to
make sure there is no hidden
paragraphs that might cheat us.
We twist legal phraseology to fit
our needs. We laugh at justice
and say she is blind-folded.
The equality of man?—Heaven
forbid!—All we want is superior
ity over our neighbor!
The word “politics” is almost
synonymous with a curse word.
Laughingly we admit that “States
manship” belongs to the era of
Daniel Webster and other suckers.
Can’t you realize that our grow
ing children see all of this—these
attitudes and actions?
How then, can you expect the
churches, the schools, the play
grounds. to have a lasting effect
upon their lives?
One living example of humane
ness, of goodness, of a civilized
human being, is ten hundred times
more effective on a young person’s
mind than any day spent at school
or on a modern playground.
I know I’m often accused of be
ing a pessimist and a chronic
! griper. Some say I’m a coward
afraid to face facts.
If it's cowardice not to want to
lose all the ethical concepts that
lifted mankind above the beasts,
The Meaning Of Liberty” Is Sermon Topic
“The Meaning of Liberty” will
be the topic for the sermon to be
given at the First Presbyterian
Church tomorrow morning.
Liberty stems from Christian
principles. This is strongly sug
gested by the Apostle Paul in his
letter to the Galatians. Though
Paul speaks of freedom from
ritual and dogma there is also the
suggestion made that a person is
free only as he finds freedom of
conscience and action.
Independence Day
This sermon on Liberty is in re
cognition of our National Independ
ence Day. We have an opportuni
ty, in observing July 4th, to rethink
some of the great teachings of the
past, and to meet again some great
figures of American history.
George Washington, the Father of
our Country, implemented the De
claration of Independence by ac
tion. It is just as important that
we implement the suggestion of
Scripture by our action.
At the evening worship hour the
study in the Epistle to the Hebrews
will be continued.
Youth Meetings
Youth Fellowships, both Pioneer
and Senior, will meet in the Social
Hall at 6:30 p.m. Information
came this week that the Youth
Fellowships would be visited by
the officers of the District Youth
Council of St. Johns Presbytery on
August 15th. -
The Key West Youth Fellowship
is to be honored by having every
member of the Southeast District
Council present at that time.
Vacation Bible School will begin
on Tuesday, July 6, at 9:00 a.m.
The school will run until 11:30 a.m.
The following will teach in the
school, led by Miss Doreen Claw
son: Mrs. Ann Rosam, Mrs. Nor
man Wood, Mrs. Benj. Adams.
Mrs. Robt. Kershaw, Mrs. Lionell
Cahill, Mrs. John Archer, Miss
Betty Roberts, Miss Sara Butz,
Miss Cathy Sanchez, Mrs. Kenneth
Longhurst.
Ages 4-14
Refreshments will be in charge
of Mrs. Jules Kovash who is lead
ing this project for the Women of
the Church, who are providing the
refreshments. Children between
the ages of 4 and 14 are invited to
enroll.
The Circles of the Women of the
Church will meet as Follows:
Circle I—Mrs. Kenneth Long
hurst, Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.
Circle 2—Mrs. B. C. Papy, Tues
day, 3:00 p.m.
Circle 3—Mrs. Fred Miller, Tues- 1
day, 8:00 p.m.
Circle 4—Mrs. Norman Wood,
Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.
The Board of Deacons will meet
on Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. in
the Church Social Hall. The choir
wilL meet on Wednesday night at
7:30 in the Sanctuary.
Miss Ramona Hiint
Is Speaker At
WSCS Meeting
The Women’s Society of Christi
an Service of the Ley Memorial
Church held its regular monthly
meeting June 21 at the church.
Miss Ramona Hunt, deaconess of
Wesley House, was guest speaker
and also in charge of the program.
She spoke on youth in missions.
After the business meeting, with
Mrs. Merrell Sands presiding, the
group was served delicious re
freshments by the hostesses, Mrs.
W. T. Doughtry and Mrs. Stuart
Whiting.
Those present were Mesdames
Ned A. Simmons, George Peter
son, Virgil Brooks, M. Sands, Lem
Curry, Lawrence Ford, David
Higgs, J. H. Brady, Charles Allen,
Harry Richardson, W. T. Dough
try, Merville Rosam, Albert Cruz,
W. Hermenan, Archie Roberts,
Stuart Whiting, Philip Vosburgh,
James Higgs, Nannell Wilson, Lo
reno Buckley.
PILGRIMS IN ROME
ROME (81 Led by Archbishop
Richard J. Cushing, Boston, 300
American pilgrim* from 21 states,
the District of Columbia and Can
ada arrived here yesterday.
The pilgrimage will tour Italy,
France, Ireland, Switzerland, Ger
many Holland Belgium and Eng
land. 6
The great bulk of the Mexican
population is basically Indian with
a slight mixture of European blood.
that permitted a portion of us to
rise still higher through the found
ing of these United Sates —if this
is cowardice, I’m guilty.
Naturally, I’m proud of our town
and our country. I’m anxious to
see both grow. But prosperity
must never be allowed to be our
dominant aim.
Space is short. Let me end this
column with another quotation
one from an outstanding English
author and critic—Havelock Ellis
and his “The Task of Social Hy
giene.”:
“Prosperity and civilization are
far from being synonymous terms.
The working community that is
suddenly glutted by afflux of
wealth and wages is in exactly the
same position as the savage who
is suddenly enabled to fill himself
with a rich mass of decaying blub
ber. It is prosperity, it is not
civilization.”
El Salvador
Church Plans
July Revival
For over fifty years the Method'
ist Church has been working to
bring good news of salvation to the
Cubans in Key West.
On June 7, 1875, the Rev. J. W.
Van Duzer died of yellow fever.
He was the first missionary ap
pointed by the church to preach to
the Cubans and his last words be
fore he closed his eyes to this
world were, “Don’t give up the
Cuban mission.”
Since then many native Cubans
and American ministers have con
tinued to carry on the work initia
ted by that Christian young man
of 22 years, who gave his life for
Christ
Herd Struggle
It is a long history of hard work
and sacrifice, and many deaconess
es, teachers, social workers and
ministers have served faithfully
through the Methodist Seminary,
the Wesley House, La Trinidad
Methodist Church, El Salvador
Methodist Church, Woman’s Club,
Mothers’ Club, Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts.
A large number of families have
benefited from the good leadership
and preaching of men and women
of God whose lives, examples and
sacrifices contributed to the wel
fare and happiness of the people
of Key West.
Now it is time to appreciate what
has been done unselfishly by those
consecrated servants of God.
Revival Slated
During the month of July El Sal
vador Methodist Church is going
to have a revival campaign by the
pastor, the Rev. Manuel Figueroa,
and he cordially invites the people
of Key West to participate in this
campaign.
Tomorrow will mark the begin
ning of the revival, highlighted by
the celebration of Holy Commun
ion.
Prayer services, home visitation,
special evangelistic preaching in
Spanish, special music and singing
of hymns will be carried on.
Richardson Goes
To Fighter Group
Lieutenant (junior grade) Rich
ard H. Richardson, USN, former
Materiel Officer of the Fleet All
Weather Training Unit, Atlantic,
has been transferred to Fighter
Squadron 82 for duty involving
flying.
Lt. (jg) Richardson is married to
the former Miss Mitzi L. Weil of
Garden City, New York. They have
a son, Peter Alfred, age 1 month.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold E. Richardson, 2901 Queens
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TO KEEP THE
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7 INCREASING
It is estimated that in our country the police come
in contact with about a million boys and girls each
year on charges of delinquency. Since census figures
show there will be 45% more children between 10 and
17 years of age in 1960 than in 1950, it is expected that
the delinquents will increase to over 1,500,000.
Is not the answer to this growing problem in the
CHURCH, where our children, through the Sunday
School, will receive a foundation in Christian living,
—a basis for uprightness? With this in mind, our Sun
day School is launching its Vacation Bible School
program this summer. You can know your child is safe
in Vacation Bible School where he is also becoming a
citizen who will be an asset to his community. So send
your child to;
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Communion
J. Paul Touchton, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, has an
nounced that on Sunday morning
the Holy Communion will be cele
brated at the regular hour of wor
ship.
In keeping with the day Mr.
Touchton will speak on the topic:
“What price Freedom! Redeemed
by a Cross.”
All men love to be free and at
times we almost boast of our lib
erty, but our freedom to live the
abundant life is given us for the
purpose that we might share with
others the joys of this rich herit
age that is ours that we may tha
more effectively serve Him who
gave Himself that we might know
God.
Spiritual Redemption
Just as many of our American
advantages came to us out of sac
rifice so our spiritual redemption
comes to us out of the riches of
God’s love.
At the Sunday evening worship
service Mr. Touchton will be speak
ing on the 19th Psalm. God thru
nature makes ample provision for
the needs of man in his quest to
understand but then God goes all
the way to demonstrate his gra
cious love for us through the per
fect demonstration of His love.
On Sunday morning the choir
will be singing, “O Jesus, Thou Art
Standing”—Mendelssohn. The eve
ning anthem will be “Thou Art My
Shepherd”—Handel. The public if
cordially invited to attend the ser
vices of worship at the First Meth
odist (Old Stone) Church.
Ley Memorial.
WSCS Board Meets
The Executive Board of the Wo
men’s Society of Christian Ser
vice, Ley Memorial Church, met
in the church annex June 24
Recommendations from the Flo
rida conference for each offict
were given the officers present.
Mrs. Lawrence Hood and Mrs.
Merrell Sands attended the offi
cers training course at Kendall,
Fla., June 22.
Report from the program com
mittee and finances for next, year
were presented.
Those members present ‘were
Mrs. Stuart Whiting, Miss Cath-..
erine Knowles, Mrs. W. I.'Dough
try, Mrs. Ned Simmons, Mrs. Law
rence Hood and Mrs. Merrell
Sands.
Chapel Road, Mt. Rainier, Md.
The father holds the rank oi Com
mander in the inactive naval re
serve.
Glad
Tidings
Tabernacle
801 GEORGIA STREET
Monday, July 5
8:00 A.M.
■ FOR TWO WEEKS
Tel. 2-5773
L. Wayne Pitts,
Pastor