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ape, 10. 13.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
THE MARINES HAVE LANDED

Back in 1882 when Key West Naval
Station was decommissioned in short, put
out of active service, a buck private of the
United States marines handed the keys to
the station gates to one of the civilian
watchmen. The marines thereupon pack
ed up their kits and moved out of Key
West.
Tuesday that same private, William
W. Loftin, will be on hand when another
marine detachment formally takes over the
guarding Of the Key West Naval Station.
He will participate in the guard mount
ceremony and then receive from one of the
civilian watchmen the very same keys he
gave up seven years ago.
Nearly 40 marines are now on duty at
the Naval Station. They will guard that
valuable property and protect the naval
activities against any untoward gesture by
alien agents. Later they will guard the
naval seaplane base to be erected on
Trumbo Island
Within few days another detach-
ment OF Is marines is expected from Pen
sacola, the majority of the others having
come here from Paris Island. The entire
detachment of little over SO men is to be
blleted in the old marine barracks now
being renovated for their accommodation
at the naval station.
The first informal guard mount of the
marines will be held at $3.50 a. m. Tues
day at the main gate at the foot of Greene
Street. The ceremony will be witnessed by
army, naval, national guard and coast
guard officers. 1t should be colorful
little ceremony. It is to be hoped that our
public and civic groups are also well rep
resented.
For the reOpening of the naval station
and the arrival of the marines to take
charge Of the guard detail is an important
event in Key Vests long, hard march back
to normalcy The immediate effect of that
reopenng has been a great increase in Key
West morale There is now optimism
where there was doubt in regard to the
future.
The Citizen welcomes the United
States Marines headed here by Lieut.. Col.
G.. D. Hatfield, veteran of the service. 1t
is hoped that the time will never come
again when the marines are called upon to
relinquish the keys to the naval station and
leave Key West for so long an absence.
Welcome, United States Marines
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GEKELER URGES ALL
TO ATTEND CHURCH

Keep the Record Straight. g..
by going to church on the closing
Sunday of the old year, 1889,
urges Rev. ]. c. Gekeler, of First
Presbyterian Church.
There are many other good
reasons for attendance at divine
worship, the pastor states. "The
church is your best friend. Then
why neglect it,"
At the morning service of
worship at the First Presbyterian
church, the topic will be: "Ship,
Alloy. Five questions will be
asked, viz: What's your home
port? Who is Master? What
draught is carried? What load?
For what port are you making?
There will be special music and
a solo by Mrs. Gekeler, SHILLING
the Tempest.
The evening sermon will treat
of Counting the Days, need
ed lesson in vital arithmetic.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
THREE SERVICES AT
FLEMING ST. CHURCH

Three services will be con-
Quoted tomorrow at Fleming
Street Methodist (Uptown)
Church, with the preacher, Rev.
Jim Lilly, occupying the pulpit
at each service.
At the HOO a. m. service, the
subject will be What Shall I Do
With Jesus Which Is Called
Christi. Rev. Lilly will point
out that, every individual must
decide this question for himself.
One person, PLATE, washed his
hands of Him.
At the 7:30 p. m. service, Rev.
Lilly will preach on "The Old
Year Out. The pas. or will ask
the questions: Where has it
gomez" and "Shall we meet it
again?"
Watch Night service will start
at IL p. m. Special music by
the choir will be presented at
this service and the pastor will
discourse on 1.-The New Year In.
All are cordially invited to at
tend all of the above services to-
morrow.
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Sunday School Lesson

things they would need to know
before he left them.
The last passage tells of Jesus
trip to Gadara where he was re-
ceived gladly by the very people
who, not very long before, had
besought him to leave their coun-
try when their swine were drown
ed in the sea. To him, these
mountain folk brought all their
sick and lame and blind to be
cured by this Master Physician.
And he healed them, "Insomuch
that the multitude wondered,
when they saw the dumb to
speak, the MANNED to be whole,
the lame to walk, and the blind
to see; and they glorified the
God of Israeli.
Are we the friend or foe of
Jesus? There is no halfway
ground for us. Jesus himself said,
He that is not with me is
against me"-Matt. 1890.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
EXTREMES IN NATURE

An interesting list of the extremes in
natural substances was recently compiled
by Professor Hopkins of the University of
Illinois, in which the following were
named:
Radium is the most expensive, being
worth about 100000 times it's weight in
gold.
Platinum is the heaviest of we'll
known metals, being 81 times as heavy as
water but the rare metals asmium and
iridium are slightly heavier.
Hydrogen gas is the lightest ordinary
substance, having only about one-four-
teenth the weight of air, but a temporary
gas produced in certain vacuum tubes is
somewhat lighter.
Diamonds are the hardest substance
known, but carborundum is almost as hard
Electric furnaces produce the great
est heat known on earth, running up to
nearly 1000 degrees Fahrenheit, while
the extreme in cold is solid helium and
other gases which solidify at about 458
degrees below zero. These extremes of
heat and cold are not natural, however,
but are produced by artificial means.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Eaton between Duval and
SimOnton Streets

GoIOIi OCLWCCu buNdl dtt0
Simonton Streets
Sunday school, 10 a. m. T. Il
Kelly, superintendent.
Morning worship, II O'Clock.
Subject: forgiveness. Rev. j.
D. PEBBLES, DID,, supply pastor,
preaching.
Baptist Training Union, $50
p. m.
Evening service. 7:30 O'Clock.
Rev. A. Randolph PEBBLES preach
ing. 1a- 2.
Watch Night Service, Sunday,
IL p. m. Rev. A. Randolph
PEBBLES preaching.
At each service there will be
special music by the choir, under
the direction of Prof. Harry H.
Fisher, formerly Of Philadelphia.
Rev. A. Randolph PEBBLES is a
licensed minister, alumnus of
William and Mary College in
Virginia, the oldest college in the
South. He has been doing mis-
sion work in Riviera, under the
First Baptist Church Of West
Palm Beach, which church gave
him his license to preach.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday.
7:30 p. m.
Choir rehearsal Thursday, 1880
p. m. Harry H. Fischer, musical
director.
Visitors in our city are given
special invitation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
OIL AND SYMPATHY

Since September 1st, it is estimated
that Russia has bought more than 1,200,-
900 barrels of gasoline in the United States.
This indicates, to some observers, that
Russian gasoline production is at low ebb
or of an inferior quality. The gasoline is
needed for the Russian war machine or
else replaces some of Russia's gasoline
that is going into Germany
Experts familiar with Russian produc-
ton do not believe that the Soviet indus
try can take care of the demand of the
Russian war machine. Hence, in their
opinion, it necessary to get high-grade
gasoline from some other nation.
If it is true that American gasoline is
necessity to the Russian war machine,
the United States might strike blow for
Finland by prohibiting shipments of gaso-
line to Russia. 1t seems that American
gasoline goes to Russia and Japan while
American sympathies are extended to
Finland and China
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
GUEST SPEAKER
AT STONE CHURCH

DR.. Riggio of Miami will be
the guest speaker at First Metho-
dist (Stone) Church tomorrow
morning at the IL o'clock service.
The choir, under the direction
of Gerald Saunders, will present
a program of vocal and instru-
mental numbers at the regular
worship service in the evening.
beginning at 7:30 o'clock.
Annual watch. night service
will be conducted at IL p. m. TO-
morrow ard will close promptly
at midnight. The pastor. Rev. G.
w. Hutchinson, will conduct this
service, bringing a special New
Years message that the congre-
CATION won't want to miss.
Visitors and home folk alike
always find warm welcome at
the Church of the Flaming
Cross.
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Gold Sfonel

Rev. G.. w. Hutchinson, Pastor
Corner Eaton and Simonton SITS.
Church school, 0:45 q. IN. Ger.
aid Saunders, superintendent.
Morning worship, II o'clock.
DIR. Riggio of Miami, guest
speaker.
Epworth League, $50 p. m.
Evening worship, 7:30 o'clock.
Vocal and instrumental program
by choir.
Watch Night service, Sunday.
IL p. m. Rev. Hutchinson will
bring a special New Years mes
sage.
Prayer service, Wednesday, 1880
p. m.
Choir rehearsal, Friday. 7:45
o. m. Mrs. Joseph Sawyer.
organist: Gerald Saunders, direc.
tor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH
William L. Halliday, Pastor
So. wiIIia,,, Ctroat

William L. Halliday, Pastor
521 William Street
Sunday school at GAS a. m.
Morning worship, IL O'Clock.
Sermon subject: New Year
Vision.
Christian Endeavor, $50 p. m.
Topic: How Have We Used The
Year," Leader: Miss Barbara
Jean Johnson.
Evening worship. 7:3O O'Clock.
Sermon subject: Light of the
World. The following orders
will be guests at this service:
Dade Lodge No. IA, DIR. Felix
Varela No. 81, Anchor Lodge No.
1872, Fern Chapter No. 81.
Watch night service, 11-l2 p. m.
Sunday.
Missionary prayer meeting,
Wednesday evening, 7:30 o'clock.
"When this corruptible shall
have put on interruption, and
this mortal shall have put on
Immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying that is
written, Death is swallowed up
in victory.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30

A city the size of Key West naturally
has lot of garbage which would feed a
lot of hogs, but it is all wasted, because
there are no hogs 1--WE are referring to the
fourfOoters). Lakeland has been fore
sighted and nets 1900 a month from its
pork manufacturing operations, the hogs
being fed garbage collected by the city.
Fort Myers is thinking about doing the
same thing. Why not Key West where
leehon is considered such a delicacy?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH

tColoredl
TIT Simonton Street
Rev. Sigismund A. Laing, Pastor
A. Milton Evans, Clerk OF Session
Morning service. IL o'clock.
Sermon subject: ''The Changing
World and the Unchanging
Christ.
Church School. $3.50 o'clock.
Christian Endeavor League,
$50 p. m.
Evening worship: Wa &c h
Night" viii be observed, begin
ming at 10 o'clock. Sermon sub
ject: Neglect Opportunity.
A week of prayer will be con-
Quoted. beginning on Tuesday
night. january 2, at 7:30 clock.
Senior choir rehearsal, Friday,
7:30 D. m.
"And Samuel took a stone and
set it between Mizpah and Shen.
saying. Hitherto hath the Lord
helped us.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30

The recent proposal, made by prom
inent senator, that the United States gov
sell annuity policies up to 800 per month,
seems to have met with strong opposition
by the American press. Putting this pro-
pOsal into law would be just another step
towards specialization or political domina-
ton of all business. AS the Dowagiac,
Michigan, News says: "Why not take over
all business and let us become employees
with 10 worries about business-getting or
payrolls. Let's be socialists or let's not
Let's not"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
SAINT PAUL's CHURCH
Duvaf and Eaton SITS.

Duvaf and Eaton SITS.
Services during the winter
and until further notice:
Low Mass with Communions,
TOO a. m.
Sung Mass with Catechism,
$3.50 a. m.
Morning Prayer, Sung Mass,
Short Sermon, IL o'clock.
Evening Prayer, Sermon, Bene-
diction of the Blessed Sacrament,
8 p. m.
Weekdays
Morning Prayer, Gas o'clock.
Low Mass, 700 a. m.
Evening Prayer, $50 o'clock.
Wednesday,
Low Mass, 700 a. m.
Morning Prayer, 8:45 O'clock.
Low Mass, 9 a. m.
Evening prayer, $50 o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
FLEMING STREET METHODIST
tUptown) CHURCH
Rev. Jim Lilly, Pastor
Eiapnipo nj yy;Ilia,,a Cf.oot

Rev. Jim Lilly, Pastor
Fleming at William Street
Church School meets at GAS a.
nj. Norman j. Lowe, general
superintendent.
Morning worship, ii o'clock
Sermon subject: What Shall
Do Then With Jesus Which Is
Called Christi"
Young Peoples Epwor h
League meets at $3.50 p. m. Jack
Weech, president.
Evening service, 7:30 o'clock.
Sermon subject: 'The Old Year
Out.
Sunday, IL p. m. Sermon
subject: "The New Year In.
Mid-weck Prayer and Bible
Study, Wednesday, 800 p. m.
Choir rehearsal, Wednesday.
900 p. m.
Tuesday evening, 7:45 o'clock,
Brotherhood Banquet, GIG Will
, liam street.
You are cordially invited to at
tend these services and bring a
friend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
ley MEMORIAL METHODIST
CHURCH

o. C. Howell. Pastor
Corner Division and Georgia SITS
Church school, GAS a. m. Miss
Miriam Carey, superintendent.
Morning worship. ii o'clock.
intermediates meet at $50 p
m. Mrs. O. G. Howell as leader
Young peoples department
meets at $50 q. m. Cecil Gates,
president.
Evening worship, 7:30 o'clock.
Prayer service, Wednesday,
7:30 p. m.
Choir practice after prayer
service. Mrs. J. Roland Adams
pianist.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
Nearly everybody makes New Years

Nearly everybody makes New Years
resolutions but how about making a
News Year. resolution to read The Citi-
zen with your mental eyes open: Resolve
to read not only the headlines, but the full
story behind them; resolve to read the
editorials which interpret the news and
give reasoned basis for thought about it !;
resolve to read the advertisements, and to
learn to discriminate between the good,
and, by purchasing only what is adver-
tised provide for yourself and your family,
thriftily, safely and pleasantly. These
resolutions may be kept easily throughout
the year and to personal advantage.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
Eel SALVADOR"
METHODIST CHURCH
Latin Mission

Grinnell and Virginia Streets
.Guillermo Perez, Pastor
Church School, 9:45 a. m. Miss
Sarah Fernandez, superintendent.
Evening worship, 1880 o'clock.
Prayer service, Wednesday, 7:30
p. m.
Wornan's Missionary Society,
first and third Tuesdays of each
month, 4 p. M, at Wesley House.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
White and Washington Streets
Tol,n ~ Coko1oY I0acfOr

White and Washington Streets
John G.. Gekeler. Pastor
Sunday school, 10 a. m. VIM
3. Norman, superintendent.
Morning worship, IL o'clock.
Sermon: Ship, Alloy. The
preacher will ask five questions.
There will be special music.
Evening worship, 1880 o'clock.
Sermon: Counting The Days.
Mid-week Bible Study, We'd
nesday at 7:30 p. m. Please read
10 and IL of Hebrews.
Tourists will find helpful
preaching and good music at the
Southernmost Church in the
United States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
THE CHURCH OF GOD

Over Which A. =. Tonlinson Il
General Overseer
lib Olivia Street
Mary II. Thompson, Pastor
Bible school. 40 a. m, Sunday.
Worship at IL a. m.
Young Peoples meeting at 7:S0
p. m.
Evening service. 8 o'clock.
Prayer meetings, Monday and
Wednesday nights.
Bible study. Friday night.
Special music and singing. ~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
Sundays
Horoscope

The years last day does not
promise very good fortune. If
any success is attained, it is be-
cause humility of spirit is culti-
waited. The patient waiter is Oft
ener rewarded than the one who
seeks to tear life's secrets open
by strength or guile. Still a
proper application of today's pow
ers may bring success.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
MIXED BIBLE CLASS

Sam B. Pinder and w. P. Monti-
cino, Teachers
Meetings every Sunday morn
ing at the Harris School audi
forum. 10 o'clock. Men and worn-
en- not connected with any other
Bible Class and regardless of de-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
CATHOLIC CHURCH

ST. MarY's Star of the Sea
P. j. Kelleher, Sd, in Charge
Sunday Masses, z and $50 a. m.
Sunday School, 9 a. m.
Weekday Masses, $50 and Z
a. m.
Evening services, Friday and
Sunday, Sermon and Benediction,
7:30 o'clock.
Holy Hour, first Friday each
month, 7:30 p. m.
Confessions, Saturday after
noon, 4 to 6; evening, Z to 8.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
ASSEMBLY or GOD

Evangelist Florence Delaney
and Husband, in Charge
Morning worship, ii o'clock.
Sunday school, $50 p. m. Class
es for all ages.
Evangelistic service, 7:30 p. m
Prayer Meetings
Tuesday, tbs p. m.
Friday. tbs p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ
Can you answer seven of these
ten Test Question? Turn 10
Page 4 for Answers

l. Who was the first woman to
fly solo across the Allan
tic Ocean?
2. With what sport is Gene
Mako associated?
3. How many cubic feet are in
cord of wood?
4. What are pelagic animals?
S. Name the chairman of the
American Red Cross.
6. Of which country is New
Delhi the capital?
z. What is the species classifi-
cation of Holsters?
8. What are the pigment pri-
mary colors?
9. In units of length, how
many feet are in one
chain?
10. Who is the wife of Clark
Gable?
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SINAI ZION CONGREGATION

Rabbi l.. Lehrer
Joe Pearlman. President of Con-
gregation
Hebrew Sunday School, II a.
m, and every day in week. except
Friday, at p. m.
Regular services every Friday
evening, 8 o'clock, and Saturday
morning, 7 o'clock. J
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
THE CHURCH OF GOD

L. A. Ford, Pastor
HOG Olivia st.
Sunday morning worship, IL
o'clock.
Sunday School, 3 p. m.
Sunday evening preaching
service, 8 o'clock.
Prayer meetings, Tuesday and
Thursday nights, 8 o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
327 Elizabeth Street
Sunday school, $50 a. M.

Sunday morning service, II
o'clock.
Christ Jesus is the sub
ject for the Lesson-Sermon
which will be read in Churches
Of Christ, Scientist, throughout
the world on Sunday, December
81.
The Golden Text is: II am the
light of the world: he that fol-
loWeth me shall not walk in
darkness, but shall have the light
of life. 8:12.
Wednesday evening meeting, 8
o'clock.
Reading Room is open on Tues
days and Fridays from 3 to 5
pl m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
JEHovAH's WITNESSES

935 Fleming Street
Watchtower Study, 1880 p. m.
Sunday.
Salvation Study, 7:30 p. m,
Wednesday.
Field service, 9 a. M, daily and
Sunday from $40 White street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
g. Hotels and Apartments.
4. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
5. Airports-Land and Sea.
g. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
T. A Modern City Hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30

Preachers, we understand, can tell
you that the religion of people is first to
show the effects of depression and the
last to show signs of recovery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-30
Uesson Text: Matthew 1884
to 1919

This is the concluding lesson of
the quarters series of lessons and
should be something of review.
For the past three months, we
have studied the first sixteen
chapters of the Book of Matthew
and his teachings regarding the
Kingdom of Heaven.
We should bear in mind at all
times that the events recorded in
Matthew's gospel are not given in
their time order but are gathered
together from the life and teach
ings of Jesus to prove some given
point In the first two of the
three passages of Scripture given
for our consideration this week,
mention is made of the foes of
Jesus, while the third passage
tells of a group of people who
were most friendly and who glad
ly received him and his mes
sage.
The scriptural record of the
gospels does not pass over incl
dents which might provoke ques-
tioning, which is good evidence
that it was not doctored to insure
its acceptance. We have seen
how the doubt which arose in the
mind of John the Baptist, while
he was in prison, was recorded.
Likewise, it is very frankly set
out that Jesus was not accepted
by his own family or his towns
people.
The people of Nazareth appar-
emily could not grasp his person
atty and to them, regardless of
his miracle-working and his au-
tthoritative teaching, he remained
simply the son of the village car
penter. They judged by circum-
stances and surroundings, rather
than by individual merit and
worth.
Because of their lack of faith,
we are told that Jesus perform
ed no mighty works in his home
town, and Nazareth lost its great
est opportunity. The people were
not unusually hostile or antagon-
istic, but carefully and selfishly
engaged, so much so that, they
had no time for spiritual matters
"a condition prevalent very oft
en- in individuals and communi-
| ties of this generation, as well.
While the Oppressive effect of
confinement produced a question
/ in the mind of John the Baptist,
the sole activity of his life sprang
from a fundamental faith, which
| inspired him and carried him on.
Only deep conviction of the
eternal issues involved in truth
and righteousness furnished the
basis for his courageous and
fatal denunciation of the wicked
mess of Herod. Bothered by a
guilty conscience over the STAY
/ ing of the daring preacher, Herod,
when he heard of the ministry of
Jesus, believed that John the
Baptist had risen from the
dead. In order to destroy him,
Herod connived with the enemies
of Jesus and was instrumental
in forcing Jesus to withdraw from
the more populous areas and
confine his last year of ministry
to the mountainous areas sur
rounding Galilee.
This area was out of Herods
jurisdiction and provided, not
only a refuge from those who
would destroy him, but also gave
Jesus the needed opportunity for
physical rest and of instructing
the twelve disciples in those