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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-06
Curtain Time

One takes them as they come
to mind and the first that does
among this years volumes is Mr..
Morris Curtain Time"
Mr.. Morris. an excited lover of
Americas yesterdays, is a writer
with a coy but never precious
style. When he tackles the past.
be his theme politics, social effer-
vescence, or whatever, he gives it
readable nowness.
Curtain Time" is his first book
devoted exclusively to the theater.
1t is an act of devoted loyalty to
an institution that he finds slov-
able in its most wayward conduct.
Over the 130-year period of his
history. he is unfailingly interest
ed in the people of the theater,
those who endow it with their
own human warmth if not often
with lasting artistic accomplish
ment.
From his first chapter, on prin-
cipally the skull of George Fred
erick Cooke who was the first
American theater idol, to the
latest Broadway characters, he
could teach the most successful
contemporary gossip columnist a
lot about reliability. Incidentally,
the point about Actor Cookies
skull is that it kept turning, up
until 1886 as poor Yorick's in GER
tain productions of Hamlet"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-30

corporation executives. reporting
70 the Commerce Department.
SBaslaess should be good. ! don't
expect personal income 20 be down.
Corporation earnings may be
smaller. bat not much" said
Gectgs " Humphrey. secretary
Of the treasury.
A word Of warning was given
b Edwin G.. NoJrSe. who was
chairman Of TIE presidents econ
nomie council under Truman. De-
elsred NoarSe. Conditions that
make for TIE cad Of . boon and
the coming Of a period Of conSid-
erahle TssdjastmSnt are clearly
diseernihle. There is a tough eco
nomie campaign ahead . D-day
for The Business world
The unions seem as worried as
anyone. AZ iis Cleveland meeting
earlier this year, the clio asserted
the economy lis confronted with
q major change Ia direction. p"
that is. downward. Il called for
eounlermeasures including tax re-
lief to the low and middle income
groups, expanded social security
and benefits, a planned program
Of public works and other govern
mental steps.
However, shuttle the good with
the bad predictions and yoH fine
the former pfedominating. The
general thought is that 1884 viii
not hit the levels Of 1855, but il will
be good year by almost any
standard.
There we're lot of people when
1888 started who thought the
boom would not continue as il
had. But, it did, and topped all
records.
Gross national production. that's
the total Of ell goods and services,
will increase by some 2z billion
over 1859. II should hit s6s billion
this year. II was $40 billion In 1852.
Personal income should so up by
30 billion. II is expected 10 reach
2SS billion. Last year II was 2SS
billion.
Employment reached an alltime
high, toppiOg out in August with
63, iOS,o 600 persons in Jobs.
Government spending is ieyeling
off and win decline in 1854 from
its peaks. So, this Is the word gen.
orally for the new year. It's up 10
business now TO take the bali and
run with il.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-30
FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD
y {. GONZALEZ keEMDozA

All. sweet mystery Of Life. one
lis forever rubbing ones nose
against the incomprehensihle. And
&c. Gonzales has an especially sen.
aitive, raih4r large proboscis. do
not like 70 contend with riddles
Anything that puzzles me vexes
me terribly. And 30 I live In a
constant state Of Vexation because
II am completely surrounded BY
mysteries.
Ny quest for understanding has
led me into many strange CORR.
doris of Life. None Of these CORR
doris led anywhere. But while
searched and while probed, was
always conscious of passage oi
Time of the changes taking place
within and without me. The ire,
vocability Of these alterations con.
founded, saddened, Infatuated, con,
solsd. frustrated, inspired - de,
pending on my emotional state
Nothing, however. could stop foi
one brief moment the steady throb.
bins Of The Drums Of Time.
so | looked on the faces of the
Strangers around me - strangers
al, 10 matter what their relation
to me might be. Strangers all be.
cause each one Of us must travel
alone. And / thought back to com.
panion strangers who had once
Travelled along the road Of Life with
me, all those dear departed ones.
And ! know that the only thread
that tied them to me was embroid.
cred In the pattern Of my memory.
So looked on the faces of the
strangers around me - and was
aware Of haunting loneliness. To
know, TO realize, to feel, to exper-
fence the incontrovertible fact that
| moved among phantoms, that on.
|ly the present moment made them
real, that they too would merge
into that shadowland Of past and
future and that the vast caravan
Iof Me and Thee moved onward,
ever onward, under the Pickering
stars.
And there was q deep sorrow
within me as bsheld the apparent
futility Of al endeavors. Such O
sorrow 1t was that there was q.
reused in my being pagan thoughts
What reward had the futurel Why,
Pie in the Skyl The moment was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-30

lnaHaoa &C paFfaf0s antsriores. .,
cas wees psede ser detenida y
sensida pr 81 hambrs. Les que
enitavAn Ii ses0kia, Ii 1laman Il
KARMA. pefo eeIaa enieFa enc -
Ia qsIiefa namar. Is algo invencihle
lmny superior . A0das Ia fuefzns qns
lahora ~ deseubfen "a Iabofato.
rios y centres de destruction. Ella
lpuede ser eyadida . ratios, pero, Al
final, Sc EXTRA de neno en- Ia senda
que teniamos trazada D negamos
IaI final. sin saber muehas wees,
mi poder expliearn0s, por que
lqnS hemos dejado atras el senti-
lmiento de piedad. para CONVEX
iirnOs en- yerdugos o en- eeasores
linjustos y crueles de los demas
h0mbYes
/ POr ESQ no nos csnsaremos de
fepetir qIe 81 rene0f es Ell pe0F
lconseiero cue pueda tener un hom-
bre. Is q veces, como las rnuiares
lcoquetas. que sedacer q sll vietina,
para despues estrujarIes, hAsta
dejarles compietamente daseon.
solados y sin esperanzas de resnr.
reeciCn Y cue diiiefl Is, des-
lpues que Ell rene0r envuelve 81
espiFitI. Todeg sacudifse Dc sus
garras malvadas. Es nianera de
I'm amelia, que nos detiene ca Fl
canine de la Superaci6n, que n. !;
va abrisnd0 POGO a POGO y sin que
nos demos de clio cuefta, ID propia
sepultura en que hemos de eehaF
todos nuestros afectoss todas Isiss-
ras iluiones y tai vez, 81 las pos.
treras esperanzas de mejofamien.
to intellectual y econ6mico.
"pusfas Tseogera qvisn stemhre
fvsfas"s diie elocuentemente, nuess
Itro immense Ap6stol MART. No
puede esperar ell hombre que craza
por Ell sendero de Ia vida hacienda
el NAL, recoger al linal, perfumados
rosales. Irremisiblemente, ha
de tropeZar con enormes cactus,
lpletoricos de mortiferas espinas,
que romperan sin piedad sus
zapatillas y Sc elavaran en- sus
carnes, hasta hacerles desan-
grarse
Pero es a manera de I'm vertigo
que persigue q muehos hombreS,
Que les encierra en- 81 eIrculo
viciOso y que les Ileva por terrenos
rnovedizos, con el peligro eonstante
de enterrarse en- Ell eien0 de Ia
rnaldad y la desperation.
Quien sabe perdonar, quien sabe
dislmular Y no llevar sus rencores
a pianos cast homicidas. tai vez 81
este acercandose Ia suprema
perfection, que anhela TODD hom-
hre bien nacido, para su propio
bien y para el bien de Ia comuni.
dad en- que vive.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-30
81 RFNe OF

Nada hay alex tant0 ) los lIom.
bres. en- 81 sensldo abssrasse de
Ia Erase. como Il seniimiento del
Fwne0. rs no venano que enando
- zdentra en- 81 asplFis eonduce
Al h0mbre . realIxaf act0s repro
babies. pOr Il rene0r, sueIe
naaarse hasta q cfimen.
10 mas hsrmoso que pusde
reali1ar q homhre e. despoIarte
de todo sentimiento maIsano, de
toda idea malvada en- contra Dc
eus seInejantes. Y ESQ - Iogra,
prOeufnndo siempTe haeeF el bien
eyiaan6o moIsstar al pf6iimo '
tratando, kasta donde sea possible,
de ssf Gtil . ID e0munIdad donde
vive.
A1as0 81 Ios grandes Eencores de
los aobernantes han sldo. en- parte,
las eansab que prOy0sarOn las mas
enormes confIaEraciones en- gus
IA hamanidad eubfi6 De sangre y
de laso. gran extension de IL terra.
II perd6n, no - como muehos
qsileran supOner, motive "a sunni
ei6a y e humiliation. Todo 10
ooatfaFio. n psrdbn eLele ser 81
aFnIa mas prodlgiosa para vsncer
les mas dificiles dificuitades, con
Gle lropieza 81 hombre 4 81 pasO
por ID vida.
"perdsne. q eUIeras ser per.
9eAaae", dice ell blhlIco adagI0.
No debefaos olvidAr que 4 eada
InslaAie, en- Ia iuehA que sostiene
81 h0mbfe en- 81 alan de vivir y
~ atsnder 4 ID iamilia que FL
s7iSmo cre6 solemos tropezar con
DOE lnlareses aaenos. 81 10 hace-
mes sin mala II, no debe clio de
oefmnnT 81 Fenc0r en- Ia parte
periodicals. Hay hombres que ven
snemleos en- todos los que no pien.
san como II. Nada mas lej0s De
Ia realldad y este sueie ser Ell
motive de confusion en- que Sc
pierden afectos, Sc quiebran amis-
tAdes, Qrs dsbier0n De ser eteFnAs
: hassa se rompen vineuIos fani-
M4K@8 49,
Cue triste VI poF 81 canine de
: "a vida, aquel cue Ileya el espiritu
y ii cofAaon replet0 de rencores y
0dIos contra los demhs. Los
males pensamientos, haeen daho
q qulen los tiene. Los buenos pen.
samlentos, ayudan a truman en-
las EfAndes bataiIas de Ia existen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-30
NOTAS CUBANAS

.cia. AIgunos estiman que este e
pnra fantasia. PeFo hay una fnerza
|oc-iis, que no eS del dominic del
.hombre, peTo que esta muy pog
|eneima de t0slag las ciencias y
'a1n de II propia filos0fIa. base dc
sodas las religIones y cred0s.
Es c0nfortanse para II espiritu
del honbre y tai yez ii Is una
sefal de superael6n spiritual
sentirse respetsdo por totlos Y No
'odiado por nadie. Saherse dignc
del respeto y de Ia consideration
de s1s semeiantes y praeticar Il
misma formula, en- su trato cor
los demas.
II reneOf IS yedra tfepadoFa
que sube hasta FL eefebro del hom.
Ibre y sus faiees al envoiverse En-
|eI cerebro, pOnen oscuridades En-
Ils nente = lleyan al hombfe .
|eometer delltos irfamantes. como
Us ealumnia. la difamaeion )
Ihasta 81 erimen.
De que estara heeho el hoFnbre,
que p0cas veces puede despren.
.derse de ese ifIalvad0 efiteri07
.Qle raz6n existira, para que al.
gunaS personas buenas y dignas, sc
dejen arrastfar p0f ega maldita
|c0rriente de fenc0F, transf0rmando
|amistades que fuerOn sinceras Q
intimas, en- 0di0s exterminadores
y en- maIev0lOs anhelos de ven.
Ranza y destruction?
Ia pena YER efuzar fFantc a
nuestrh tienda de peregrino. esa
caravana De h0mbres que Ilegan
q ser in6tiles en- Ia sociedad en-
que vlyen, llevados de odios y de
renc0res que destruyen sus mejores
ilusi0nes. que Sc quiebran, para
dejaf caer en- ell pantano de la
existencia. quienes dehieron de
sentirse felices y tensr Ia suave
y conf0rtanle serenidad qle ayuda
en- toda empresa y que sirve de
est mulo para veneer las agfs.
stones del infortunio.
III hombre, pese al grade de
superaci6n que Sc viye en- esios
dlas de fuerzas nucleares y de
bombas faortiferas. eonserva toda.
via, salvando las naturales ex.
cepci0nes, mucho del hombre de
la caverna. Del hombre primitive,
que tenia que conseguir por Ia
fuerza, los elementos necesarios
para vivir,
Esa fuerza ocnlta qte mencio-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-30
US. Business Boom Reaches
Unparalleled Peak In 1853

ito spend their money. and they
have plenty of il.
This year smashed records right
ard lefs, But before Il ended. small
tears began 10 appear here and
there in the differing fabric Of
prosperity that has hlanke,ed the
nation in ever.envelOping folds
since the war ended.
Layoffs Of workers in some in.
idustries- popped up. II became a
little tougher TO sell things. Auto
mobile dealers beat the bushes and
there was rash Of sales promo.
tons Of the name your price
type. Most statesmen generals
found they no longer were bus,
order takers. They had to work
hard.
In brief, the long spiral Of ex.
cess demand over production was
lending. We were getting caught up
on things 10 buy. Demand was
lleyelllng off with production.
/ That Is where We stand. enter.
ing 1854. Business Is going to have
to work harder, turn out more az.
itractive goods, learn the hard sci.
enee Of saiesrnanship over again.
You win find a great deal OF
opinion that 1854 will oe another
good year. Maybe. some say, Il
viii show a 5 per cent drop as
compared to 1858. II so. II slill
will be mighty prosperous year,
based on any ordinary standards.
Government economists general.
! ly incline to the opinion that Il will /:
some Of the private seerS are not
so sure. The government people.
however, are quick TO say II signs
OF a downturn appear. prompt
steps will be taken 10 counterfeit
them. The government can, and
the word Is that il will. in such
circumstances, expand credit. low.
er interest and increase the money
supply. Tax cuts might follow and
tax revisions aimed to spur bust
ness expansion and consumer cred
| II. Public works are another pos.
sibility.
Forecasts as to what Is ahead
are as plentiful as falling leaves
in color.
Production should be off not
more TIM S per cent, said 100
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-30

In many primitive societies wo-
men do most of the work, the men
Occupying themselves with war.
politics, administration and relig-
ion.
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al that mattered. So the animal
In me growled Justify. Unleash
me, fool. Il cried.
C. Gonzalez unleashed the ami
mai In him and stepped forth in
TO the world Of reality.
'Hm.m-m." said 10 myself.
80 this is the world u reality
That animal unleaShed must have
certainly gone On some prowl. Me-
think / must be in the City Jail
City Jail is the world Of reality
That animal / unleashed must
have certainly gone on some prowl.
Methinks. must be In the City
jail. The City jail Is the crum.
miest place in this world and moth.
ing could be crummier than the
confines within which find my.
self. So il must be the City Jail. s.
Ny logic proved correct because
cop showed up to my insisfent
banging with q slop bucket.
What do you WANT" snarled the
lcOp.
Il wish 10 60 back 10 sleep 50
that | may wake up in a better
environment What do you sleep on
around here7"
"On those hard boards-wha,
else" answered the cop.
"YOu mean to tell me that hu-
man beings have to sleep on boards
while they are confined here?" I
gasped incredibly.
You're not human being while
we have you here. Remember this
is the world of reality. And treat
that slop bucket gently"
''WEio is that woman In the cell
next TO me?" I asked.
Oats no woman, dat's a pros.
titute," growled the flatfoot.
"And who are those men in the
other cellsg"
Denis no men, dem are vag-
rants, DRINKS, and buns"
co." | said. Il see. I sect"
When ! really didn't see at all.
A4k~- -. .,.az.~- l. ~. -
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Any way you add il up, the Ions
boom in the American economy
hit its top in 1853. Ii was > year
OF unparalleled business and in.
dustrial activity.
Take al the ouipoarings Of opln,
ion as To 1854 and IL comes to tiis:
comparatively speaking. basines.
may walk, not run, in the eoning
year.
Keeping up the level Of prosper
ity will depend 10 . gres. extent
on two things:
/. The ability Of business to sci
its products in a return OF rea
competition for the first time since
the war.
2. The inclination of consumers
of any" Well" insisted the tour
lists, where are the bathing beach
esq" "Ha," | replied. Go ask the
Chamber of Commerce about tia
$50 900 beaut built by the County
Its the most expensive mud-holt
ever built"
Well" said the insistent tour
lists, How about something relax
ing like gambling7" ''Ha." | re
piled, I'VE do have a dog TRACK
where most all the money goes tC
outside interests. But we have nc
local gambling because Il isn't lie
gal"
WE'LL" insisted the insisting
tourists, "what about night-life In
Key West?" ''Ha," said, you 1
have to ask the decency com
mitteel"
Later on that afternoon saw
five bus-loads of tourists leaving
Key West.
30 l got INTO my car and went
for a spin. | decided that Flagler
Avenue would make jolly good rid
ing since It has been completed,
resurfaced not too long ago. To
my horror, l discovered that a
sewer was being put In and that
the Avenue was shot to hell again
"My goodness" I said TO myself
"such planning, such foresight.
The taxpayers should be mighty
happy about this"
But so goes the world Of reality
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-30

After my soiourn in City Jail.
/ went for q walk around town.
Everywhere / went was button
holed by tourists. "Say. bub." ask.
ed the tourists, "where are the
fishing piers on this island?" ''Ha''
i replied, go ask the Chamber
of Commerce because | don't know
The guardian., 1953-05-09
FISK JUBILEE SINGERS AT
COLLEGE FUND LUNCHEON

Europe, including Queen Vic
toria of England.
Luncheon speaker will be DR..
Harold C. Case, president of Bos-
ton University. He will be in
troduced by Edward Weeks, edi-
tor of the Atlantic Monthly and
1853 New England area cam
paign for UNCF. The Fund seeks
a national goal Of $1,500,000 of
which $4,000 is sought in this
area.
This is the tenth annual cam
paign for funds needed to sup
port ten per cent of the educa-
tional budgets of 81 private, ac-
credited colleges and universities
located in II Southern states
where rs per cent of the colored
youth of college age reside.
Luncheon chairman is Mrs.
William A. Shurcliff, Cambridge.
Regional chairman for New Eng
land is Michael T. Kelleher.
Co-chairman of the drive is Gus
tave Solomons.
The guardian., 1953-05-09

will continue through next fall,
according to School Supt. Hobart
M. Corning, who held a press
conference May 1st.
Supt. Corning told how school
planning for September is being
discussed and acted upon this
month before the Board adjourns
for the summer. Since the u. S.
Supreme Court has not yet ruled
on the anti segregation cases
which were argued on last De-
cember, Washington does not ex-
pect to change its SYSTEM
Colored parents have been
for action on two over
crowded schools and have asked
for transfer of their children to
white schools to relieve the sit
uation. Corning's answer to
this, however, is: "a very inten-
sive study is in progress. What it
may show, I do not know" He
has recommended a third story
addition to a new wing of one
of the schools to keep the segre-
gated system in tact.
The guardian., 1953-05-09

ments are Trustees Of the build
ing, H. B. Turner is Sow. Grand
Commander of the A.A.S.R. The
property, which is now being
converted to Masonic use, will be
formally dedicated in September.
The name of each Grand Lodge
in the affiliation vii be inscribed
on the cornerstone.
Grand Master st. Clair Kirton,
80 of Hiram Grand Lodge in
Massachusetts was summoned to
Washington April 27 by President
General, Hon. Floyd Clark, 80,
of the General Grand Masonic
Congress of Grand M ters,
A.F.&A.M., for the purpose of in
specting the building and making
a report on the project. Grand
Master Kirton is assistant Secre-
tary General of the Congress.
While in Washington, he was
house guest of Grand Master
Peter T. Saunders, So and Mrs.
Saunders. Before returning home,
The guardian., 1953-05-09
31st Annual Session Of United
Bapt. Convention of Mass. and RI.

The 3lst Annual Session of the
United Baptist Convention of
Mass. and r. I. will convene at
the Metropolitan Baptist Church,
Roxbury, Mass, Wednesday thru
Friday, May Is, IA and Is.
All auxiliaries of the conven-
ton will participate on the open
ing day program presided over
by the Rev. H. Benton Harris,
president, pastor of JohnlSt. Bap-
tist Church, Worcester, Com
munion will be served at the
close of the day. There will be
special music each evening by
choirs and choruses of Concord
Baptist Church, Boston, Peoples
Baptist, Western ave, Cambridge
and 3rd Baptist of Springfield
land on Thursday the convention
chorus under t he direction OF
Mrs. Octavia L. Walker will make
its debut
Each department will offer dis
tinctive features. The parent
body is presenting the we'll
known and eloquent theologian,
Rev. J. C. Bellups of MontcIair,
N. J. On THURSDAY the Wom-
ems Auxiliary, Mrs. Mary o.
Spratley, president, will have
Mrs. Lillian Coan from the Hick-
ory st. Center, Buffalo, N. Y. and
Miss Doris A. Warner a teacher
in the Hyde School. On FRI
DAY Joseph S. Maddox of the
church school dept. will offer an
instructive and inspirational pro-
The guardian., 1953-05-09

An 81-year-old anniversary
will be celebrated when the
world-famous Fisk Jubilee Sing
ers of Fisk University, Nashville,
Tenn, are featured at a lunch
con at the Hotel Lenox, Boston,
Monday, May II in connection.
with program launching the
active phase of the New Eng
land-wide effort in support of
the 1858 United College Fund
campaign.
The sixteen mixed voices of
the Jubilee Singers are modern
counterparts of the original group
which last sang in Boston at the
Coliseum before an audience of
10000. Then the group was only
year old, and on the first lap
of tour which took them
around the world twice and
helped raise badly needed funds
for the music department of
Fisk University. 1t was on that
tour that the original group sang
before the crowned heads of
The guardian., 1953-05-09
MASONS BUY
IN CAPITAL

A four story brick building
situated on R Street, Washington,
DC, which formerly was used as
a school of music, has recently
been decided to the Supreme
Council of the Ancient Accepted
Scottish Rite, (Southern and
Western Masonic Jurisdiction)
and its Affiliated Bodies.
Heads of the various depart
The guardian., 1953-05-09

gram to church school workers.
On the program will be Rev.
Jack Clark, Miss Gladys Holmes
and DR.. Olivia Stokes and others.
Courtland Burnett, president of
the B.Y.P.U, offers a program
for youth, the feature of which
will be a sermon in the form of
a movie.
Each session begins at $3.50
each morning. Meals will be
served each day. The public is
cordially invited to attend each
session.
The guardian., 1953-05-09
New Battle Against Work Bias
RENEW FIGHT TO END
EMPLOYMENT BIAS

WASHINGTON - Senator Irv-
ing M. Ives, Republican of New
York, Wednesday introduced in
the Senate a bill to amend the
Taft Hartley Act by making dis
elimination against a worker be-
cause of his race, religion, color,
or national origin, either by an
employer or by a labor organ
ization, an unfair labor practice
under the Act.
The proposal received the sup
port of all members of the Senate
Labor and Public Welfare Com
mittee except Senator Robert A.
Taft, Republican of Ohio and
The guardian., 1953-05-09

Senator Lester Hill, Democrat Of
Alabama.
The bill embodies the specific
recommendations Of the NAACP
as presented to the Labor Com.
mittee last week by Executive
Secretary Walter White, Senator
Ives said.
Mr.. Ives, father of New York's
Commission Against Discrimina-
tion law, said his amendment is
a new approach to solving the
problem of bias in employment"
Sen. Kennedy Sponsor
The Bill, which embodies the
Continued on Page Four
The guardian., 1953-05-09
ELKS AID YOUTH

The Bunker Attucks Lodge
1875. IB.P REv headed BY
Exalted Ruler Bona B. Smell, has
opened its home, 158 w. Spring
field ST., to the young people of
Boston and vicinity in an effort
to help curb juvenile delinquency.
Mr.. Smell, widely known for
his interest in young people, said:
1T is my sincere belief that it is
the duty of every citizen to help
the youth to become better citi-
Sens. In order to get them off
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SCHOOLS HELD OVER

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Though
there's change in the Admins
tration in Washington, there will
be no change in the segregated
school system in the Nations
capital. The segregation system
The guardian., 1953-05-09
Death Takes
Rev. McCIane

Funeral services for DIR. Walter
d. McCIane, former rector of st.
Bartholomew'S Church, were held
ct the church Wednesday, May 6,
at noon, attended by business
and church associates and many
friends. Rev. McClane died May
2 in N. Y. City at the age of 70.
Floral tributes were numerous
and beautiful and many cars fol-
lowed the hearse. The widow
and three sons survive. Resolu-
tions and other details next week.