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tie be continued,

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TO handle its payments without an.
other rate raise.
For example. he points out, the
city has passed an ordinances
whereby 1t Is compulsory for any.
one within 100 feet of the sewer
lines to hook into them. The re.
venue from these additional con.
nections Is being relied upon heav.
lily for the financing Of the cliy's
sewer debt.
Here's the rub. though :. Il viii
cost the user up to $500 to make
the connection and o lof Of folks
can't afford that kind Of more
II looks like q lot OF folks win be
going into debt.
But one thing Is certain. ne
city cannot get along without III
expansion and we arg getting &
good deal with the aid thu. Unell
Sam is giving Us.
We would never be able e pas
for It without government help.
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The STRAUU Donkey C I|S}
:. ..,,..,,,,.. BY A. S. FlEIscHMAN

prohibition days. At one end az
the crowded bar marimba hand
hammered vibrantly.
Brindie shouldered his way
through the Gordon Of jewellers
three deep along the bar and
presently reappeared with drip
ping glass in each hand.
my hero" Sally beamed. ~Sa-
yeah" Brindle swallowed. half
his drink in an unbroken series
of gulps- wait here" he said.
I'll be right back"
IN A small sandwich booth tut.
4 ting from the wall, a smiling
Chinese with a dried brown face
was scraping carving knife
against a sharpening rod. Two
cold roast turkeys and several
loaves of sandwich bread were
his stock in trade. Brindle rested
his elbow on a side of the stand
and looked out of the window.
u have a message for Guam
Chez" he said in 4 confidential
tone. Can you help me out?"
The Chinese continued sharp
. ening his knife.
What your business, meesta?"
You know" Brindle replied
with a soft chuckle.
The Chinaman glanced at him
for short moments. his. eyes still
smiling, but cautious and suspi-
cious. He stopped to make two
sandwiches for pair of spinsters
who were doing their best to feel
gay.
Where can / find him." Brin-
die continued, soto voce.
''You dick" the Chinaman pro-
claimed. And that was that.
1t was hard for Brindle to keen
from laughing. He was dick.
There was no use trying to deny
it. He might as well be wearing
a sign on his back.
"Okay,n he smiled. "You sized
me up. But I'm a private-does
that make any difference?"
The ChinaTnan ignored him,
Briadlc took a two-dollar bill
out of his wallet and crumpled
il into tight ball. "Where can I
find Guam Cheer" lie asked. nlac-
ing the bill against a salt sf.a.scr
on the counter.
lTs be eontinaeil
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~We've got time to do a little
sightseeing" he suggested.
Sally looked at him with sus-
picious turn of the head. i've a
sneaking notion" she said with
a grimace, 'that you brought me
down here under false pretenSeS. !"
"WiShful thinking. baby. Come
on"
"Just the same" she continued,
you're no guy for sightseeing
not just for the fun of it, any
way"
At the curb, scattered between
the parked cars, Mexicans of both
sexes and all ages stood selling
native curioS or cigarettes. IL
wasn't long before Brind!e spotted
toothless old woman, roughly
the size and shape of a bathtub,
with a lead of straw donkeys.
What must have been failing eye
sight had drawn her face into per-
maneat scowl. In an outstretched
hand she held one of her straw
Inementos, grumbling the price
at the pasSerS-by.
Brindle stopped and examined
it.
1.-TWO dollars" she said thickly.
The donkey differed from the
one Brindle had received only IN
that SOUVENIR of Tijuana was
painted in bright red and green
on its side.
"Max," Sally cut in, you're not
getting that stupid thing for me?
If you've got to spend your money,
buy me a drink"
Zone dollar the Mexican
woman grumbled.
Brindle took a bill cut of his
wallet. Holding back the money,
ne asked:
"Senord, where are these made?
Where do you buy them?"
zone dollar, she chanted duly.
He repeated the question care
fully.
She eyed him suspicious'y ma
comprendo, she Snorted, and
reached for the money.
He let her keep the money and
| the souvenir. She managed to
smile.
Nov what was that all about?"
| Sally frowned
Never mind. I'll buy you that
drink"
They crossed the street to the
| Long Bar. which was a relic OF
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Red Herring

It's q wonder that Key West has
any luck at all In obtaining teach
ers for its school system what with
all the weird gyrations the school
board has been going through in
past weeks. Scandal is apt TO
strike in any city but seldom
does it reach the magnitude of the
recent trouble here.
Not only have some highly re-
spected educators been smeared,
blasted, embarrassed and finally
fired, but whatever dignity the
board ever had, has been com.
pletely shattered.
The whole situation would be
slightly laughable were It not for
the fact that it is the kids who
win be hurt In the long run.
What gives with all this talk OF
Communists In the school system.
Wen wager our American Legion
button that there Is not q single
communist party member within
in q hundred miles bf here. much
less in the school setup.
The idea Is ridiculous.
It's true that we must be ever
alert against the Communist
threat since they seem TO be osis
to get US. But that doesn't mean
that we have the right to handy
the accusation around indiserimi.
nately - either openly or by u.
ference as happened last week.
Most Of the self appointed watch.
dogs Of our political morals would
not know a real Red II they we're
watching n May Day parade 10
Moscow. They think that the i5eal
way 10 handle the situation Is to
shout long aad Loudly whichever
they get the haif-baked idea that
someone Is suspected. And they
caIl themselves Americans.
They are only making dopes out
Of themselves.
Mephid s<sepsd
sidney MePhid. that dsshiEg
yussns juvenile whose wrissns
shows Q maturity not indicated Ia
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Saturday, May ?, 1853

Florida Press Association and Associate Daies Florida
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09
By i'm cosB

are 1900 Alligator eggs laid every
year?
so what. z | countered
"Well, Jim continued, every
year the poppa Alligator eats ex.
actiy 1l,934 Of those eggs before
they are Matched.
Very interesting I. yawned.
"You are not showing the pro.
per enthusiasm replied Jim Koo.
die de Flu. latter all, If the popps
alligator did not eat all those eggs
we would De up to our necas Ii
alligators. -
Can We pay7
Now that the city has succeed
ed In selling its revenue bonds fol-
the sewer system expansion, al
that remains Is for the system Il
be built = and paid for. Can We
At least one expert has grave
doubts that the city viii be able
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at the bank. They never miss 4
train or a plane, and they know
the right time TO leave a cocktail
party. People who come to their
cocktail parties had better leave
at the right time, too, or they won't
get invited back.
The right people lead lives that
are proper. prim and premeditat.
ed. They see their dentist twice a
year. get medical checkup every
spring, and eat three fresh green
vegetables every day. The only
thing that ever brags them by
surprise is the common cold. their
only real link 10 ordinary. catch-as-
catch-can humanity.
They pay their income tax q
month before ii is due. Thes not
only have written their Wills and
bought a plot in desirable part
Of the cemetery, they even know
what they want carved on their
tombstone.
Most men are prisoners Of i'm.
pulsA. .anA.sAair lives are a COM
PROMISE between an instinct for
some kind Of order aud free
wheeling appetite for pure chaos,
So II II with my life, and some
times the patterned security of the
right people seems more dexira-
Bile.
But never for Ions. For the trOl-
bic with the right people is they
have life Ill wrong. Their biggess
mistake Is that ihey never make
one. They are the sznag vertical
dead, upright bat rot really alive.
They rsod from goal 10 goal but
lack the gasty adventure. To chase
an impossible dream. They are
afraid 10 dream. for fear e Will
break their little patterns.
The al parpose yssaEsia pills they
eOnsuEae each day may keep them
healthy - . cos ID meadow ot
enaorvphyii. Bot they never nlbhas
ca tie xrpsn raoan eAeese cs Tia
gson, ard ii IN oniy ~ tee6inE co
innsnFtal dreams tai naaa may
rmogsrSss hss spAgSt 90 y rkaseau
s>gssaxa LIE ken 81 re e0w. an6 BE-
exssna--A A4aaan 9xxrN~
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HAL BOYLE SAYS

, "a ,
NEW YORK Rs-- On Mothers
Day the rest of the family treat
Nom like a person instead Of an
institution.
But that is only one day out Of
the year.
And Nom goes along gamely for
the rider knowing that tomorrow
she will be back. in the same old
spot-taken for granted, like the
weather and the First National
Bank.
Some Mothers Day a nom Is
going to revolt. Her little batch Of
monsters and their. daddy win be
having her out for dinner. One OF
the little monsters is going to gaze
across the table at her, as If seeing
her for the first time In his life,
and say in surprise:
'Why, Nom, do you know -.
you're even kinda pretty"
But, instead Of dimpling her
thanks, Nom Is going to re. "a
over and bite her baby scoundrel
fair and hard on his nose. And Il
enoigh mothers follow her example
maybe more families viii start
thinking of the lady of the house
as a real human being the other
1874 days of the year..
Most women CALAMITY submerge
much Of their own personality and
individuality In the flutes Of moth.
erhood. With so many squalling
small egos in the land clamoring
for expression, they silently
squelch their own unsatisfied am.
billions, and don't make much fuss
about it. If they do any crying,
they do 1t in the dark, when the
kids can't hear.
Motherhood, like virtue. Is often
its own-and only-reward. Nom
has more voluntary critics than a
portrait painter in q public park.
Whatever she does to raise her
kids, someone is sure to say, ''Pd
do it different"
Right now one school Of psychia-
trists blames Nom for everything
that happens to her children later
in life, from falling hair to mental
acidosis. II she picks her lad up BY
the wrong foot as baby. that is
why he turns out to be q iop-sided
lady .hater at 80.
Under this theory no mother can
possibly win. Nobody ever raised
a perfect child, and yet Nom gets
blamed for every flyspeck and flaw
that junior develops. And trouble
is that nobody can tell Nom when
she ID helping junior build sturdy
character. and when she Is brlis'
ing his fine sensitive little nature.
She worries and worries about
this. wondering II she Is doing well
by her brood or is really an IN
caught criminal. II a stranger asks
IL she is = mother. she doesn''
know whether she ought 10 deny al
or guilty. admit, II confess"
A mother has 70 live many ter
rihie years Of qualm and douh,
before she really knows whether
she did her job wen or not. Only
the century plant has to wait long.
er for results.
Meanwhile the hours. working
conditions and keep-at-home pay
for motherhood raa be defended
only BIZ those who woald give three
ringing cheers fer the return oa
slavery. Even TIE thanks are
small.
A mother lives . true buried
life. rooted deep IN the Gesh aud
hopes al her family, TIE odd ting
about her career in that MI the
years she is trying 10 fashion her
odd-shaped hobs Ct rEosarlasna
irse respectable hannah heiags
they rarely think a. her - q In
man k<asg. Tksy take Der sar
granted as 4 green leaf haindly
aeeepts ksreagsA from The san
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09

Equal quantities of butter or
OF margarine. make a delicious
addition to cooked green peas. II
you like, add little finely chop
ped onions to the mushrooms when
you are cooking them in the but
ter. This is an excellent vegetable
dish to serve with meat or with
fish. To make it into a main
course for lunch. mix the mush-
rooms and peas with cream sauce
and serve with strips Of crisply
cooked bacon.
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is grown and has troubles Of his
own that he has the common
sense to look back and realize how
wise his mother was, how kind,
how. selhess and often far-seeing.
She is no longer an institution to
him, or tired voice telling him
to wipe his nose and pick up his
clothes, but a warm and wonderful
person he has at last begun to
understand.
And a man is lucky indeed If
his mother is still there to be told
she is no longer taken for granted,
but loved, honored and appreciat-
ed for her very. sells sake. Some
sons wait too long, and never get
to say this, and are sorry.
NEW YORK IA deer must
sometimes look through pasture
bars and wonder If it wouldn't be
better to give up his wild ways
for the safe, serene life of a COW.
So 1t Is with human renegades.
A bank robber now and then muses.
on whether he might not be more
happy if he were a bank presi-
dent, and earned his biscuit mon
ey flourishing a pen instead Of .
pistol.
We all are afflicted at times
with this wistful self-doubt. We
tease ourselves by bordering what
might-have-been If, when the road
forked ways back, we had taken
the other path.
In my case, / wonder whether
it isn't perhaps wiser to become
one. Of ''the right people," Who
are they? The right people are
the people who take care never
to do anything wrong.
Life for the right people Is never
q dubious battlefield, whose issue
IS always in doubt. II Is q step
by step operation that goes ac-
cording to plan--their plan.
They have no regrets because
they make no errors. They know
exactly what they want, and there
fore they get It.
The right people are never
caught out In a rain because they
always have an umbrella along
when the clouds clabber up. They
marry exactly the right mate for
them, and live in the right neigh
borhood. They are never tempted
TO skylark On the wrong side oi
the railroad tracks.
They have exactly two martins
before dinner. and il never occurs
10 them TO dare . third. They buy
their theater tickets two months
ahead Of time. and plan their va
cation trips two years In advance.
And they know 10 . gallon how
much gasoline their car viii use
b get them there and back.
They 90 10 the right church but
they don't listen to the sermon.
for how could II apply to them!
But they do pause and congratulate
the minister afterward, because
it's the right thing 10 do.
The right people write the right
sixed checks every rear To Tie
right charities--it makes them feed
right to do Their BIZ. But theY
never loss q quarter 10 q bum.
just TO see his beaten eyes Mght
Up like candles.
Their clothes are always neatly
pressed. their pockets are never
stuffed with junk. Everything for
them has time and . place. and
Il Il gets asst Il place il gets pat
back in - place eaick~
they always 90 W the rieht little
ressanrant. and are c0xay sure
h0w % order hast Tie rsgk. vine.
They know tie right iip 70 leave--
and they never leave . Seaay more
c. q rGnay less
Tier eheck stnhs aswaSs bal
anee. snNy are never nxsr8vswm
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Personally, we find that appeal in members OF the
opposite SEX makes life interesting and passes tmeeven
though our civilization prevents us from doing anything
about it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09
NEWS BRIEFS

There are about 800 bridges b
Amsterdam. the Netherlands.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09

II Is estimated that The worid'f
oceans of the world says The Ne,
tons Of magnesium.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09

Balloons have become : pest b
parts Of Africa where large meal
eating animals which used 70 IN
tisen of have been eliminated g.
reduced ia numbers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-09

In the 18th and 18th Centuries
Great Britain transformed Nc
areas Of Wild marshland % tariffs
farming areas.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-23
il. Women Learn
They Aided Many
With Medical Care

The Farmyille Junior Woman 5
Club held its regular meeting on
Wednesday. october IA, at p m
Members Of the club signed UP
to work al the X-ray Clinic on
October 81, %. and 80 from 8 to 5.
A report was given by the Com
munity Service Chairman 10 the
efefct that through the efforts Of
The club 27 children had their
teeth corrected and three were fit
ted with glasses This project is
undertaken by the Junior Women
to assist children in this area with
poor teeth ana eyes. who would
otherwise net receive the medical
attention they need
The club decided to donate So
a month to Miss Lucy Adams for
use at her own discretion. with
particular emphasis on supplying
soap and towels to the Elementary
School
Ms Lorraine Chapman gave
report on the District Meeting
held earlier II October N Dan
vile, which was attended BY sew
eral members cf the group At
that meeting, Mrs. Robert a.
Smith, president Of the local group
was selected as chairman lor the
District nominating committee.
The program consisted Of talk
and film on cancer which was
presented BY william Booth Field
DWestor 81 the American Cancer
Society gom Charlottesville
The film a highly interesting
and educational enc was titled
BYeast Self Examination
During his talk. Mi Booth sug-
eestcd that people should visit a
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-23
Girl Scouts to Attend
Church on Sunday

The FmmWIe troops Of Brown
les and Carl Scouts viii attend
services in the Presbyterian
Church. Sunday. October Is, at
II a m
The occasion marks the begin
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-23

ming of Girl Scout week, which
celebrates the birthday Of Jul
iette Low. founder of the Girl
Scouts in the United States.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-23

are oil excellent men Ond
are admirably equipped
TO fill these respective Of
fic e S. For Governor,
Thomas B. Stanley, who
served with obiIity and
distinction for seventeen
years in the Virginia
House Of Delegates, ond
for three terms " O S
Speaker of thot body. He
then served in the Con-
gress of the United Stotes
from November 6, 1915
to February 3, 1858. He
is O mon Of sterling
worth and lrreprOochoble
character ond from his
troining and experience
is fomiIior with the needs
Of our people and the
problems Of government
For Lieutenont Cover
nor A. s. S. Stephens
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Pennsylvania led all states last
year in the number Of coke ovens
IN uses ,900-and in the produc-
ton OF oven-c oke-l5 million tons
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-23
TO THE DEMOCRATS
OF PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY

The coming election on Tuesday, November 8 1853
is highly importont We to elect governor,
euenon governor and attorney general for the
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-10-23
Longwood Teacher
Has Leading. Role
In Brigadoon'

Joel EbcrsOle Of Springfield. O.
who is on leave Of absence from
his teaching duties at L0nqWood
Colleee. Farmyille. while DONG
graduate work il the Indiana
University School OF Music viii
sing Of the lcadIng roles II the
Broadway mt "Brigadoon to b.
presented at Indiana University
MOy 1914 EberSole was enrolled
in the Unlvcrsltys graduate school
during the past summer and ap-
peared N the summer session
production OF "BM2adoon
When presented on the ! Y.
campus this summer. "BrlgaGoG
played to four capacity houses.
A mixture of fantasy. sentiment
and humor, "Brigadoon" Han for
$50 performances IN its original
N W York production Il was cho-
sen by the New York Drama Crit
les Society as the best mus cal Of
l947, and is one O. a very few
musicals which have been inciud-
Cd in the annual volume called
. Ten Best Plays"
doctor every six months Of at least
once a year tor q thorough exam
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, 1953-12-07

one. Ii IS also gratifying that Puerto Rico can,
through continued association, have the time and opportunity
to work out its many problems before making the decision
to seek such Independence.
MTHE MEANTIME it can set itself to the task OF 50
shaping its economy and social programs as to ease into fulI
stature as a member Of the family Of nations and therefore
be fully ready when the time comeSs.
, 1953-12-07
MONDAY. DECEMBER Z, 1858
GOVERNOR MUN0Z Is RIGHT

## P2 4A#1A 6#@8N.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY Governor Mumoz Marin
that he, AS well as a majority Of the Puerto Rican people
favor continued association with the United States is. wise
and constructive one. IT shows that the Governor Of Puerto
Rico IS statesman Of no mean stature.
IT WILL NOT be easy to reconcile this majority view
with that of the Independence party in Puerto Rico which
stands for complete independence from American rule
Speaking through its legal adviser, Vicente Geigel Polanco
the Independence partytook the position that Puerto Ricos
status was Just a colonial farce, and that the Presidents mes
sage simply confined their view. Nationalist will be ella
moring for quick severance Of all ties and launching forth
as an independent nation.
HOWEVER it may not bealI that easy, and the calmer
more resolute heads know that there is much more to indie.
pendence than the mere declaration ia words and the cele-
bration that follows. There are many problems to work out
and leaders, headed by Governor Marin know what is re-
qured.
PUERTO RICO is densely populated. During the past
few wears literally thousands have been pouring. into New
York annually IN an effort to escape the economic and other
problems which over-population poses. AS an Independent
nation it may not be that easy-smply to get On a plane, fly
to New York, and once there claim and share all rights Of
full citizenship.
THEN THERE IS the problem of developing its econo=
my to the point where it can stand more fully on its own
feet. Millions of dollars have been poured into Puerto Rico
through housing developments and the many programs and
projects. Ii is most unlikely that Congress will find the le-
cal basis for continuing this type Of aid, directly o. indirect
N, even assuming that some such idea as Point ~ be used
as the basis for such aid.
THERE Is NO question that just as soon as t~helegisla-
ture Of Puerto Rico says the word it can, like the Philippines
become fully independent. That thought is a comforting and
, 1953-12-07
AUCTION PLACARD

|At the request Of ALMERIC Z. CHRISTIAN, ESQ attorney
for and on behalf Of ADELE VELASQUEz. plaintiff in GER
tain action for partition, and pursuant to an Order OF the
District Court, dated the Bird day Of October, 1888 the vendue
director will sell at public auction
Properly No. 10 King Street. christiansted
which is owned BY the parties in -the said partition acton on
January Il, 1854. At 800 pm,
at the Police Court Room, christiansted
The conditions Of the auction will be read at the time Of
the sale.
The Vendue Directors Office, Chrisdansted, St. Croix' the
Both day of! November, 1858, AID.
William +. Moorhead
Vendle Director