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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17

Mrs. Albert Harris arrived at Mrs.
Harris home in Calistoga. Mrs.
Salter will be with her sister for
several months.
Book Club Meeting: The Book
Club held their first meeting of
the fan season, Thursday, Oct. 16
at eight thirty p. m. at the home
of Mrs. ]. Walton Crump, $50
Fuller Ave. Mrs. Earl Onque.
Head resident of Halle 9. Brown
House reviewed Carl Rowan S
South of Freedom" in a very
pleasing manner. The next meet
ing will be held in November at
the home of Mrs. Norman Howell,
97l St. Anthony Ave.
Uncle Ill In Hospital: Mr..
Charles Mcdonald 663 St. An
thony Ave, is in critical Condi-
ton in AnCker hospital. Mrs. J. F.
Stevens of Minneapolis is Mr.. Nc
Donald's niece.
Gold Band Society: The Gold
Band Society met at the home of
Mrs. Elzora Richardson, 3O5 No.
Chatsworth Ave. Monday, Oct.
-. At this meeting, Mrs Deola
Highs birthday, which will be
Oct 81, was celebrated. The club
will have a pow-wow Saturday,
Oct 25 at the Water Works Park
Guests have been invited to en-
JOY their hospitality. The next
club meeting will be held Monday
October q, at the home of Mrs
Marian Sayles, 756 st. Anthony
Ave
No Polio: Ten year old Betty
Thomas, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leon Thomas, 4O3 Rondc
Ave, was reported in our Oct. 1C
edition as being confined to Anc-
ker hospital with polio. This was
not correct. She was in the hos,
pital under observation and has
been released. Any of Bettys
playmates who were afraid she
had polio need have no fear now.
Enjoyed Motor Trip: Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Hanna, $40 No
Western Ave, returned Friday
oct 10, from a motor trip tc
Bonneville, Fayette and Kansas
City, Mo. They also visited If
Kansas City, Kans. They visited
Mr.. Hanna's aunt in Bonneville
his cousins in Fayette, Mr.. Han
mas birthplace his sister and hel
! husband in Topeka and his broth
er and his wife in Kansas City
Mo.
Engagement Announced: Mr.
and Mrs Granville Haskins. s.
St. Anthony Ave, announce tn,
engagement of their daughter
Tilhe Ann to Allen Guigury Jr
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Giug
ury Of Los Angeles.
In The Hospital: Mrs. Bird,
Jones. 1872 st. Anthony Ave, is il
Ancker hospital.
Extensive Trip: Mr. and Mrs
Oliver. 666 w. Central Ave en-
joyed a trip on the west coast
visiting relatives and friends. Mrs
Oliver enjoyed a reunion when sht
visited her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs
c. D. Kemp in Oakland Calf
and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Parks il
Berkeley, Calf. She also visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mullen il
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ST. PETERS A.M.E. CHURCH


Congratulations to the Senior
Usher Board, who looked very
smart in thenr new blue uniforms.
Mrs. Tom Jones Sr. is still quite
i'll at Fairview hospital.
Mrs. d. Ward Nichols, wife of
Bishop Nichols of New York, is
registered at the Lowry Hotel in
st. Paul in preparation for the
Regional Meeting of the National
Council of Church Women, the
14th, 18th and 10th of this month.
Mrs Nichols will conduct a work
shop on Wednesday,
Great plans are under way for
our big banquet at the Dyckman
Hotel on Oct. "a. L. Howard Ben
nett, son of an AME minister in
South Carolina, will give a five
minute talk why We Call Our
selves African Methodists." Ray
mond Cannon will give a brief
look at the past, present and flu
ture of st. Peters. The guest
speaker will be the Rev. Reuben
K. Youngdahl, brother of former
Governor Luther Youngdahl, and
pastor of Mt. Olivet Lutheran
church. He has recently returned
from a trip abroad and will give
some of the highlights of that
trip.
Now the $64 question-When
will we go into the new church ?
According to the best authority,
we will go into the church some
time in December. Probably by
Christmas. Anyway, we can
hope.)
The message Sunday morning
was a powerful one, with much
popular appeals. Subject when
the Going Is Hard, What Then ?
Biblical background, LIST Kings
1910. 1t was the story of Elijah
who had hidden in a cave, and
had not only lost faith in him
self, but in God. He was confront
ed by a powerful enemy in the
person of Nezebel, who represent.
ed power, worldliness and sin. A
very real enemy today.
Some take home thoughts were
Any person who puts his OWL
selfish ambitions ahead of all else
is a dangerous individual. Disap-
pointments do not kill, it's what
we do with them.
We need not give up when the
going is hard. Go on in Gods
name. Tho He STAY me, yet will
trust in Him. Have faith in God
-Wreatha Maxwell, reporter
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Social and Personal
MINNEAPOLIS

Engaged: Mr. and Mrs James Fraction 3s41 Clinton Ave
&c. the engagement of their daughter JoAnn
Everett Johnson of Mrs Anna L. Johnson of Duluth
Miss Fraction born in Des ones Iowa She graduated
from Central High school and she employed in the First
National Bank building in the personnel department Mr.
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-05
ABOUT YOUR HOME.
BY Frances Dell

There are so many varieties of azaleas that it is
often hard to decide which The best way to
go about making this decision to choose your azaeas
to fit your climate
In the northern sections of the United States, 1t is
reasonably safe to say that your best bet will be thoss
azaeas which deciduous In the South choose ores
that evergreen and native species that decduous
From northern limits to Boston and inland to the
northern shore regions of the Great Lakes the best
cies seems to be Rhododendron kaempferi salmon to
pinkorange Schlippenbachi clear pink, R. yedoense
poukLanense, lavender-pink, R. japoncum, yellow to
orange and some of the Ghent and Molls hybrids.
In New York, Long Island and Northern New Jersey
all of the above will be successful The Gable hybrds and
few of the Glenn Dales will do quite well.
From Philadelphia southwark, all of the above
good except for the Client and Mollis hybrids.
In the west from Washington to Oregon and coastal
Northern California the native R. occidental R. moe and
R. japonicum are successful
Azaleas usually do best in wooden gardens. When
placing your plants avoid clashes among the many reds
pinks and scarlets Pure white azaleas important in
selection because, properly placed they will enable
you to make use of all the beautiful coors available -
even in a small garden.
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-05

Passing along fhs broad shaded
ster, entrance was found TO
Fhs rooms. or cells, which had
bsen occupied by the nuns OF
Santa Clara. These were narrow
and afforded no room for more
Than bed and a chair. A large
nook or the wall was for bang
ing fhe few garments the oeeo-
pants possessed Nothing more
was there--no place for more.
The guide offered the informa
ton that those who designed the
building Wished to keep before the
minds of the nuns the fact that
the passage from this world to the
next is by the narrow confines of
the grave.
Here it was easy to picture those
Spanish women who had consecrat-
ed themselves to God-beautiful,
refined and Of gentle manners
spending their days in prayer. All
the things of the world they could
possibly enjoy were sunshine and
the blue sky overhead, as all cells
opened on the patio with its wealth
of beauty and fragrance.
The stairway leading from the
lower cloister TO the upper is the
one originally placed there when
the convent was built. Worn to a
CLASSY surface by many hands long
since dead, the balustrade shows
the wood to be well preserved and
no marks of any kind deface the
surface. The steps are lower on one
side than on the other which in
dicates that the Claristas held to
the hand rail when going UP or
coming down steps.
That Spring day when a visit
was made to the old convent which
had recently been vacated, doors
swung to and fro In each passing
breeze. One ereaked on it's hinges.
Birds sang in the trees utterly obli-
vious to the fact that the convent
was vacant.
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-05
THIS ROCK OF OURS

sILL cIBB

Van Goidtsnoven, and Billy Free
man. 1t is headed by an executive
director, Kermit Levin. Harvey
himself is more or less a figure
head.
have known Mr.. Harvey for
some time and on occasion, taken
a slap at him in This Rock when,
in my own opinion, the situation
warranted criticism. There is not
a doubt in my mind though, that
c. B., (aS he is popularity called),
is an honest and conscientious man.
His predominant trait of loyalty
would not permit him TO use his
position in either the Navy Yard
or City for selfish motives.
More housing is badly needed
in Key West. Perhaps the new
trailers win provide partial ans
wer to this problem. As for the
location, / don't like it because
it conflicts with city zoning ordin-
ances. Either these ordinances
should be enforced or thrown out
the window.
More on this subject later.
Jack Burke Again
The other day we mentioned how
hard Jack Burke was working with
the Key Outpost, a Navy publi-
cation. Well, Jacks work is paying
off - he now has a rating as
journalist and is proud as a pea.
cock of his future prospects in the
Navy.
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-05
PUBLIC WORKS DEPART

There were public business places
within the walls of this convent in
it's early years. These strong walls
also afforded the residents of the
city of Havana protection from pi-
rates that occasionally raided the
city. Business men and others
sought the safety of Santa Clara
against the robbers. Within the
walls was the first public bath in
the New World and the first meat
market and between the bath and
the market stands the hitching post
to which the customer at the mar.
ket or a. gentleman, at his bath,
hitched their horses while they
bought their ration of beef or made
their morning toilet.
The chapel was bare. The alter
at which the holy sacrifices Of
the Mass had been offered up
UninterrUptedlY through fhe cen
fUries had been moved to fhe new
eonveni. The choir loft, enclosed
by q heavy curtain was also Vs-
cant. Around the sides Of the chap
ell were spaces in which bodies
had been inferred then removed
TO the new convent. Above each
yawning space was rvdely cary.
ed white cross indicating that .
nun Of the Santa Clara convent
once was buried there.
A small wooden house stands in
one end of the patio. The windows
of this house have hand carved
wooden bars to protect the occup.
ant. The legend is that a widowed
sea captain had an only daughter
whom he entrusted to the Claristas
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-05
MACHINE THAT READS ALOUD

DIR. Walter Blum, electrical engineer Of Hanover
Germany has invented machine that will read aloud to
the blind This report was made to the World Veterans
Foundation by Edgar Joubert.
On the battlefield in North Africa, friend near Dr.
Blum at the front seriously wounded and lost MS
bt The inspiration for his invention came this in
cident
The invention still in the experimental stage and
has been estimated that it will take at least three years
and 100000 before manufacturing large scale IS
possible 1t hoped that this mechanical reader can be
produced for less than $500 apiece.
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-05

A mother called this week to sug
gest something be written concern
ing children and adults who per
sistently ride bicycles and disre
gard all local traffic ordinances
The column has handled the sub,
ject several times in the past. The
police force has even gone so far
as to advertise to bicycle riders
that all traffic violators would be
arrested. The latter action was
what I'd call courtesy plusl Most
law enforcement agencies operate
on the theory that ignorance of
the law is no excuse. The fact
remains however, that bicycles
are still creating a major hazard
on the streets of Key West.
If an adult with a reasonable
amount of brains wishes to endan.
ger his life by riding the wrong
way on one-way street, l don't
have much sympathy for him.
Children provide a somewhat diff
ferent case though. Too often they
don't realize the chances they are
taking or the discourtesy they are
showing to other people. 1t is up
10 the mothers and fathers to see
to it that their children know and
obey all traffic ordinances.
There are lot of 'psychos' writ
ing today who like to blame all the
evils of the world on our young
,sters. If you listen to them, you'd
say there wasn't any use in trying
to teach youngsters the difference
between right and wrong. That's
a bunch Of baloney.
If you adults go about the job
Of instruction properly, your child
rem will ride their bicycles the
way they should be ridden. We can
leave the job or correcting grown
up men and women to the police.
/ think the latter will get stricter
when they realize the people want
something done about the situation.
Trailer Camp
To the lady and several men
who have complained about the
new trailer camp to be placed off
Flagler Ave-
This is Public Housing Author
ity project an: not U. S. Navy
installation to the best of my know
ledge. / haven't been able to get
any authoritative information to
data concerning the matters which
you asked to know about.
Mayor Harvey is a Navy worker.
As Mayor, he also makes appoint
mentS to : the Housing Authority
Board. However, the strength of
the Housing Auinority hes in this
Board - composed of Ralph Bet
ancourt, Sugar" Sweeting, Mrs.
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-05

Being a clustered order they could
not admit the girl to the covent but
gave her their care in her own
little home nearby. A pent house
provided shelter for a beautifully
carved head of Christ which the
father of the girl brought from
South America as further protec-
ton for his child.
A step or two more and the
visitor steps from the peace and
tranquility of old Santa Clara con-
vent to the noise and hustle Of
the busy city of Havana. Cuba.
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-05
The First Convent In The New World

at once. Voyages between Cuba
ard Spain were infreqUenf in
those days and were attended by
many haFdships. Affairs of gov.
ernment move slowly even IN
der MIST favorable conditions but
as II was known in Cuba that his
Majesty had granted permission
For the erection of a convent, Col.
Simon Fernandez Lesion was dis.
patched to Madrid TO procure as
fine a statue of San crisfobai as
might be had for San cristobaI
was TO be the Patron Of the first
convent of fhe New World.
On November /, 1893, when the
convent had been completed and
Don Simon Fernandez Lesion had
returned with the finest statue of
San Cristobal that money could
buy, the convent was formally de-
dicated to the good San Cristobal's s
protection and turned over to the
nuns of the Order of Santa Clara
who thenceforth remained within
the walls of the newly erected con-
vent. They we're to spend their
remaining years there, relineuish
ing the joys Of life for that of
prayer and self-denial.
The building fromerly occupied
by the Claristas occupies an area
of two city blocks in the heart
of Havana. The walls are of solid
masonry made from mari from the
ocean. They rise to a height OF
40 to so feet-Solid walls, not a
break in the Sameness of their
Solidity. Three feet thick they have
looked down on the gay and care
free life of the Havanese during
the more than three hundred years
since the convent was built.
Life with its passing pageant ha,
brushed the walls which extend a.
long the narrow streets. Outside
all is noise and confusion. Huck-
sters shout their wares. newsboyS
shrill their dailies, nurSeaids pass
holding toddling infants by their
hands, and young men and maids
breathe vows of eternal love in
the shadow of the old gray walls
Of Santa Clara convent az even.
tide.
All was peace and quiet within
the deserted convent before the
Public Works Department moved
In and . peseefvl silence filled
the place. " seemed 10 breathe
there was not that cold stiffness
one eften finds in a deserted
house.
Entering through a small narrow
door made Of heavy wood and stud.
ded with huge nails ene came
into the patio OF old Santa Clara
Sunshine poured into the patio
where il touched the red and vel
low fruits Of the mango trees and
the leaves Of those age-OId trees
cast soft shadows along Ire clois
tered walks. Roses climbed every.
where-big red roses whose frag.
rance filed the air and soig yellow
roses that dropped as it psnIne
for the nnns Who bad Ten Them
A walk toward the north side a
the building revealed the kitchen
where the Frogt primitive mode &.
cooking was employed CONSISTING
Of an arrangement al stone d
watch the cooking uteagls were
held hy means of 80 iFu0 rinr
The stove, or what served as !
stove vas called a forgone sxeh
c0atEaganee 10 q kaasewaFe d.
t0aay would be rsdlealoax but sav
three centuries d1sly meals werg
prepared o. thlS steve.
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-05
BY Marie cappiek

OF the many thousands OF viSi-
t RS to Cuba, our neighboring re
ruGlic. few if any, see one of the
most historic and, it might be add
ed, ene Of the nest beautiful places
en- the ISLAM Of Cuba-the former
convent Ct the Clarista nuns, now
occupied by Eae Cuban Board of
Publt Works. ABIDE from it's in
tefestsng history the building which
for several centuries housed the
nuns known as the Claristas, is
an attractive site in the heart of
the city of Havana.
Romance still clings to the old
gray walls of the former convent.
The nuns who occupied it moved
some years ago to a new convent
in another section of Havana, and
the building is now one of chain
of Cuban government administra-
ton buildings.
Previous to it's occupancy by the
Department Of Public Works the
building had been partially diSman-
tied and seekers of antiques pur-
chased some of the tile and other
materials In connection with the
old building. These were transport
ed to cities in Florida where Span
ish architecture was the fashion.
AT last arrangement was made to
transport the articles from the old
convent but Fate, or perhaps San
CriStobal, ruled otherwise.
Much Of ffe materials bought
to be transported elsewhere were
placed aboard the schooner San
cristohal. Now San CristobsI
was the Patron Saint Of the con.
vent and by a strange coincidence
the vessels on which the relics
were TO have been transported to
another city, was named ihe San
CristcbaI.
Not long after leaving the coast
of Cuba, the San CriStobal was
wrecked and the Cuban govern
ment ordered the crew of the YES
sci 70 return to Cuba. II was stated
in the newspapers at the time that
the vessel carried 500 tons Of an
tiques. Be this true or not the YES
sci was a total loss and it is not
known il any attempt was made to
salvage the cargo. Cubans are. TO
great extent, superstitious and
there we're many who said that
i'll fate was attached 10 the removal
Of articles long conSecrated TO the
services Of the Lord. Others said
that il was due to the unlucky
number Is which numbered the
crew OF the San CriStohal, comm
anded by Captain Juan Rodriguez
Santa Clara convent is one OF
the most historic places In Cuba.
II was the first convent built in
tie new world. II was on N0vem.
Der 5.i6IS that His Majesty Felipe
Seguando Of Spain granted author
ity to those petitioning him from
Havana 10 establish 3 convent in
the New World and to solicit aims
FOR the erection of a suitable build.
ine. Don Gaspar Luis Paredo was
At that time captain general ot the
island Of Cubs. The people Of Spain
emaated lsyishiy Of their wealth 70
this request for they we're deeply
religious ard anxious b extend the
Faith 20 the new lard discovered
BY Columbus.
IN iS12 sufsisiena kunds had been
easleefsa ard Apessolie permis-
sian sFanted. Felipe ~ vas then
Kins ~ Spain ard ms permission
wass IN Go tire, reserved by shs
peepis ef cgea - starr hUildsns
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-05
Huge Enrolment

TAMPA R-Faced with . rec.
ord enrolment, HillsborOugh Coun-
ty school officials are trying to
figure out ways to avoid those
distasteful double sessions az
schools.
Hillsborough recorded an in-
crease of 2.SS2 pupils, a new mark,
and more are expected.
The Key West citizen., 1952-09-05

Some of the people who waiting for prices to go
down have been waiting for 10 years.
Evening star., 1952-09-12
Flood Saves Woman
From Lottery Arrest
Only Temporarily

Mrs. Cora c. Farmer of Blad-
ensburg, Md. didn't know it at
the time, but the Labor Day flood
in nearby Prince Georges County
saved her from arrest.
The 52-year-old colored woman
was picked up yesterday. how
ever, and charged with possessing
lottery slips and operating a lot
terry. She was released under
$1,000 bond for appearance Mon
day in Upper Marlboro Police
Court.
County Detective Sergt. c. L..
Perrygo, who made the arrest with
Detective Sergt. r. E. Bond. said
Mrs. Farmers home at 4408
Forty-sixth street had been under
surveillance for about q month
and that police were ready to
move in when the floods came.
The raid had to be postponed,
however, because Mrs. Farmers
home was surrounded by two feet
of water.
Sergt. Perrygo said Mrs. Farmer
was arrested yesterday as she sat
on the back porch Of her home
with numbers slips in her hand
awaiting the arrival Of . runner.
Evening star., 1952-09-12

cy. thus displacing the present
peers uncle in that respect"
Mr.. Hankinson recalled that,
about 1889. Sir John Sempill was
created Baron Sempill in the peer
age Of Scotland-the peerage de-
scending to females in the order
of priority of birth in the event of
the failure of the male line. In
the Forbes line. William Forbes
was created baronet of Nova Sco-
tia in 1630-the 17th Baron Sem
pill assuming the name Of Sempill
after that Of Forbes.
Lord Sempill, 10Th to hold that
ancient Scottish title, created in
1889, is one Of the most prominent
Britishers in aviation. Well known
to Americans In the aeronautical
field, he began his interest in avia-
ton as a young fight lieutenant
in the Royal Flying Corps in Au-
gust. 1914, at the beginning of
World War I. He is the brother
OF DR.. Evan Forbes-Sempill.
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Evening star., 1952-09-12

ship to Lord Sempill is. Of course.
now that Of brother instead Of
sister. Until now Lord Sempill
has been recognized as the only
son Of the eighteenth Baron Sem
pill. AS Lord Sempill had no son,
the question of succession may
arise at some future date.
DR.. Forbes-Sempill took a
bachelor Of medicine and bache-
lor Of surgery degree at Aberdeen
University in 1914 and soon after
graduation took up practice in the
donside village Of Afford.
It is as founder and leader Of
the Dancers Of Don," q team Of
Scottish country dancers in 1888,
that DR.. Forbes-Sempill is best
known. The dancers did much to
revive interest in Scottish folk
dancing and invitations came to
the. team to visit London, Paris
and the larger cities of America
for exhibitions. The dance, Bon
ME Brux," named after DR.. For
Evening star., 1952-09-12

LONDON, Sept. IL. - DR.. e.
Forbes-Sempill Of Brux Lodge in
Afford. Aberdeenshire, listed in
Burke's Peerage as the Honorable
Elisabeth Forbes-Sempill, second
daughter of the eighteenth Baron
|Sempill. announces today the re-
registration of birth and change
of Christian name.
Public notice states that, hence
forth. DR.. Forbes-Sempill wishes
to be known as DR.. Evan Forbes
Sempill. The necessary legal steps
have been taken to give effect to
this reregistration.
Recently DR.. Forbes -Sempill, on
application to the sheriff of Aber-
deem, obtained warrant for the
birth reregistration.
DIR. Evan Forbes-Sempill, who is
40, is a member of the well-known
family of Forbes-Sempill Of Graf
gievar and Fintray. and has been
for several years general prac-
titioner at Afford.
DR.. Forbes-Sempill's relation