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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10

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atmosphere richly tailored :. foam
soft, square-backed seats fashion-smart
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in a Rocket 81
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10

II Is estimated that the United
States dog population grew from
about 20 million TO about 22ls NIL.
lion between 1s47 and 1858.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-10
Dream Of Key West SoIc:cr Comes
True-He Is Home For Christmas
onLEN
By 10 ELLEN KELLER

Oscar Avid - home iox ChTlstnus.
That is dreCm hu, Oscm had hoped would come true
through fhun q yecr OF heavy lighting in Korec
Evening star., 1953-12-03
Famous Fables
BY E. E. Edgar

HELPING HAND - AS
quickly as he earned money,
American artist John La
Fargo squandered it. AS a
result, he was almost always
broke.
One day he was having
lunch with a friend. who
gathered from the conversa-
ton that the artist was short
of money. The friend had
saved $1,000 with which to
buy an Oriental rug. How
ever, when he saw how shah
billy La Fargo was dressed,
he insisted upon lending. him
the money.
A few days later. he Wis
tied La Farge's studio.
"Ah, just the man I've
been waiting for!" cried La
Fargo, greeting him effus-
lively. He led him into an
other room. Look at what
I got with the money you
gave me. Isn't it beautiful?
I just couldn't resist buying
til"
The friend almost col
lapsed when he saw that the
floor was covered with the
very rug for which he had
been saving.
Evening star., 1953-12-03
By LiIIion Cox Athey

it in the frozen earth. It sprang
up into a beautiful FIR tree with
the verdue Of spring. Let this be
your reward, henceforth when all
nature is locked in the barren
arms of winter. this shall remind
you that faith remains in the
midst Of adversely" He disap-
peared in a blaze Of light.
Martin Luther. strolling one
Christmas eve under the starry
skies, was inspired to take home
small fir tree. set 1t up and dec
crate it with candles to represent
stars that looked down on Beth
lehem. For 200 years In the
Rhineland trees blazed with can
die light.
The custom reached the New
World through German immi-
grants who brought their Christ
mas tree ornaments with them.
Candle lighted trees became Q
fre hazard until electric k0l1ts re-
placed them.
Evening star., 1953-12-03
Natures Children


cold wind and swirling snow.
there came a loud knock. The
father hurried to the door. There
stood q ragged child. He was
quickly brought inside. placed
in the best chair and given a hot
bowl Of soup. Shortly after all
became drowsy and ready for
bed. The youngest son begged the
guest to occupy his bed.
Early the next morning the
family was awakened by a bril-
liant light flooding the otherwise
gloomy rooms. In the midst of
the light sat the child, q halo
around his head, a cross in his
hand. SpeechlesS. the family
knelt to pray. remembering the
story Of the Christ Child. borne
on the shoulders Of st. Chris
topher on his earthly visits.
The guest smiled thanking
them for their hospitality. Going
outside he broke OF q branch
from the doorstep flr and planted
Evening star., 1953-12-03
A Word to the Wise sMr'. F'o"t Cobb,

slew, or pond; and a larger area
is q lake.
Water that cuts into land to a
small degree is called an inlet.
It becomes a bay if it is large;
and a gulf if it is considerably
larger.
The mouth Of a great river
forms a sound or an estuary. II
it flows between high mountains
it is a ford (also spelled f1ord) ,
pronounced: fyawrd.
The appropriate names of var
ious water temperatures are
(Fahrenheit):
Boiling (212 degrees hot CO.,
212 degrees; blood heat (98-
80 degrees): warm (65-125 de-
grees); lukewarm, or tepid, pro-
nounced: TEP-id (75-90 de-
grees); cool (50-75 degrees)
cold (40-60 degrees; stone cold
(40-50 degrees; freezing (32
degrees.
(Dtstrtbuted hy NcNauaht Rwudieata. Ina.
Evening star., 1953-12-03

A lot Of water goes under the
bridge, and so do a lot Of words.
Have you ever considered the
many specific words that fit wa
ter in its various forms and
stages?
We even have a term for IVA
ter on the BRAIN" hydrocephalus.
Water in the human system is
known as lymph; a man who
drinks water only is a teetotaler:
wood that has remained in wa
ter for a long. period of time is
water-logged; a watering place
in the desert is an oasis; watery
land is a marsh, bog, quagmire.
or swamp.
A large body Of salt water is
an ocean; a large body Of salt
water surrounded by land is q
sea; a small area of water sur
rounded BY land u Q slough,
Evening star., 1953-12-03
By Lucreee Hudeins Beole
CHAPTER 1.

|
Once upon a time in a land
far away there lived a little girl
named Henrietta. Her family
was very large and very poor.
She lived with her parents and
her grandparents and two uncles
and two aunts in teeny tiny
house. She was the only child in
the house. There was hardly
room for her to move without
stepping on some one.
There was never a Christmas
in this house. Worse than that
there was never enough to
eat. Nor enough blankets to
keep a body warm at night.
There was hardly ever a bright
new toy for a child to play with.
But Henrietta didn't mind.
She was a cheerful, happy child.
Only sometimes she was lone
some.
With no children to play with
and no toys and no money to go
to the movies with or anything
well, you can understand why
she would be lonely now and
then.
Henrietta Met Willie.
But one day Henrietta met
Willie and she thought she
would never be lonesome again.
1t was near Christmas. Henri
eta was coming home from the
store with a bag of turnips for
the family dinner. When she
came to her house she saw sit
ting on the bottom step the lit
tlest, softest, brightest looking
brown and white puppy you ever
dreamed of.
Henrietta stood there and held
her breath and gazed down into
the deep brown eyes of the
puppy. The puppy gazed up
into the soft blue eyes Of Hen
rietta. For a long moment there
seemed to be nothing else in the
whole world except this one
little girl and this one little
puppy. . 8 -. :.
Henrietta dropped to, her
knees. She put down the bag
of turnips. Slowly she held out
her hand. She never said a
word. She dared not breathe.
Suddenly a stump of a tail stick
ing from under the puppy began
to wiggle furiously and the little
dog leaped into Henrietta's s
arms ttks ss ) s.
oh, you wonderful. wonder
fu1 thing cried Henrietta.
She scooped up the puppy
and, leaving the turnips forgot
ten on the sidewalk, ran into
the house.
Mother! Father! Grand
Evening star., 1953-12-03
Christmas Trees.

Millions Of evergreenS will
wear glittering robes this Yule-
tide. It is an old established Gus
tom celebrated in many parts
of the civilized world.
Records indicate Queen Vic
toria established the practice Of
bringing evergreen into the home
at Christmas. In ancient Rome,
when the citizens desired riches,
honor, beauty and success, they
appealed to the gods by decorat-
ing an evergreen. Their poet Of
the day left this, And thee. o
Bacchus, they do evoke with
pleasant lays, and for thee they
hang soft masks from tall pines"
A beloved story at this season
Is about q weary woodsman, who
at the end Of q hard day. sat
with his family before a roaring
fire In their tiny cottage. While
they were giving thanks for pro-
lection and warmth from the
Evening star., 1953-12-03
Word Game
Find 90 or more words in
WHIMSICAL,

Find % or more words IN
WHIM SICAL
meaning, full Of whims, odd,
queer" Average is Is; time
limit, 25 minutes.
Rules Of the game-1. Words must be
of four or more letters. 2 Words which
acquire four letters by the addition OF
IS such as bats" cats are not
used. 3. Only one form of a word is
Gsed. 4. Proper names are not used.
Answer to ENTERIC.
enter. entice. entire, erect, niece. nicer,
inter tern, teen tier, tire. tine, tierce
trine, trice. tree, rein, rent, recent
recite rice, rite, icer. inert. inter
center, cent, cite.
Evening star., 1953-12-03

mama! Grandpa! Every one!
Come quickly!"
All the family came. They
saw at once this marvellous
thing that had happened to
Henrietta.
Hes minel" cried the little
girl. "He has no collar and he
wants me and. oh! I love him
sol" She pressed her face into
the soft warm fur Of the puppy's
neck.
They Patted the Dog.
The family smiled and patted
the dog and spoke gently to the
child. All the family except one.
Henrietta's father stood there
silently. He watched the child
and the dog and slowly, sadly
he shook his head.
Henrietta turned to her father.
She was afraid. II can keep
him, father?"
The father cleared his throat.
His voice, when it came, was
tired and old. Poor folks can't
afford a puppy, Henrietta. We
have no food nor room to spare"
"But, I'll give him food from
my own plate!" cried Henrietta.
"And he can sleep with. me.
Why, you won't even know he's
in the house. I promise! I prom
iSe!"
The puppy wiggled free from
Henrietta's feet. He licked the
fathers broken shoe lovingly.
The father did not smile nor
speak. '~
Christmas will be here soon, /"
said the mother, taking pity on
Henrietta. Let the child have
her dog"
"I'll call him Willie!" ex-
claimed Henrietta. She threw
herself down beside the scam
pering pup and gathered him
into her lap.
Whats the harm?" mumbled
grandpapa. Let the child have
her dog"
s"I'll love him forever and
everp. whispered Henrietta. The
dog escaped from her and ran
joyous round and round the tiny
room.
Its the only Christmas she
will have!" said the uncles and
the aunts.
Hes my dearest friend!"
breathed Henrietta. my only
friend"
8 But the father stood stolidly
Einsthe kitchen doorway and said
not a4word.
'Oh, father. pleased" cried
Henrietta and she burst into
tears.
(Nert:: Life With WHlie.J
ZAP Newsfeaturesl
Evening star., 1953-12-03
Contract Bridge
By EosIey BIockwood

When you look at all four
hands of this deal it appears that
Mr.. Champion is very lucky. The
ace and king Of spades are both
in front of dummy's queen and
both outstanding diamond
honors are right" 1t seems that
the defenders can win two spades
and a heart, period.
South dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
NORTH
(Mr. MasterS)
A Q92
y 983
0 AQ1095
WEST EAST
tMr. Dale) (Mr. Muzzy)
AK3 J876
y Q42 06
KJ4 . 863
916Z u y 4U D
SOUTH
(Mr. Champion)
4 1854
y 1915
o 70
4 A8
The bidding:
South West North East
/ heart Pass 2 d'monds Pass
2 heart Pass 2 no trips Pass
4 hts All pass
Yet Mr.. Champion managed to
go down one. Of course, he got
some pretty tough defense-part
of it planned and part of it the
unconscious variety.
Mr.. Dale took a dim view Of
defeating the contract. The
diamond bid on his left probably
meant that his honors in that
suit were valueless. Believing the
situation to be desperate, he de-
cided to try a. little hocus-pocus.
He led a spade, but instead of
choosing the normal lead of the
king he laid down the ace.
Without thinking too much
about it, Mr.. Champion now
automatically placed the king of
spades in Mr.. Muzzy's hand. AS
for Mr.. Muzzy, he hadn't SEM
blance of a trick. Mentally. he
had given up and was already
preparing to kid his opponents
about missing a slam which he
thought they would make.
His three smallest spades were
equals and he carelessly pulled
out one of them and played it on
the first trick. 1t happened to
be the eight spot and fortunately
(for him) this heightened the
illusion that he held the king.
At trick two Mr.. Dale led the
trey of spades. Mr.. Champion
went for it. He played low from
dummy and Mr.. Muzzy won with
the jack.
Nothing happened for quite
awhile and Mr.. Ch ham pion
started to f1dget. "Muzzy," he
said. "are you going to think all
night?" .s.s..
I'm not thinking" replied Mr..
Muzzy honestly. .. =
Everybody smiled at this
straightforward statement of
fact - except Mr.. Champion.
'"Well, whatever you're doing.
stop it and lead" he said.
Its not my lead" protested
Mr.. Muzzy Indignantly.
An inspection of the trick
proved him wrong as usual. Con-
vinced, he led a third round of
spades. Eventually Mr.. Cham
pion also lost a heart for down
one.
"See if you can get somebody
to fill in" he requested. Think
I'll lie down awhile after this
rubber"
Copyright 1858, General Features Corp.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-24
Two Local Boys Gel
Furlough In Japan

PFC Thomas E. Pickett, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George l.. Pickett, q Cum
mer Street, who is stationed in Korea
with the seth Field Artillery Bat
talion's Service Battery, and PFC
Charles N. Slick, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Slick, Smithsburg, who
is stationed in Korea with the serv-
ice Battery of the 158th Field Ar
tillery Battalion, recently spent a
seven-day rest and recuperation
leave in Kokura, Japan.
Pfc Pickett and Pfc Slick stayed
at one of Japan's best resort hotels
and enjoyed many luxuries unob-
tainable on the war-torn peninsula
Pfc Pickett was formerly switch
man for the Western Maryland Rail
road, and Pfc Slick was formerly a
teacher in the Riverdale, Maryland,
Elementary School.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-24
Engagement Is
Announced
Miss Barbara Ann Rossland To
Wed John Keedy Fockler.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry r. Rossland
of Worcester, Massachusetts, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Barbara Ann, of New York
City, to John Keedy Fockler, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Mitchell Fockler,
of "a Cypress Street, Hagerstown.
Miss Rossland was graduated from
Wellesley College in 1949, and re-
ceived master of arts degree in
Spanish from Columbia University.
She is now associated with the In
stitute of International Education in
New York.
Mr.. Fockler, a graduate of Hagers-
town High School, received bache-
Tor of science degree in management
engineering from Carnegie Institute
of Technology. He did supplemental
study at the University of Pittsburg
and the University of Oslo, Norway.
He is now Research Editor of Bust
ness Week magazine.
An April wedding is planned.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-24

found in the car indicated that he
feared nervous breakdown.
Investigators said he had been
dead about 18 hours before he was
found on road leading to the Boy
Scout Camp near Fort Littleton.
Mr.. Miller, who resided at %
Calvert Terrace. was active in
Boy Scout work and was vice-pres-
ident of the Washington Area
Council. He was former chairman
of the council camping committee.
He was also member of st.
Johns Lutheran Church and the
church council. He was past pres
ident of the Hagerstown Kiwanis
Club, past president of the Hagers-
town Manufacturers Bureau and
past president of the Central Penn
sylvania Shoe and Leather Associ-
alton. He was member of the
Quarter Century Club Of the Hag-
erstown Shoe Company.
Mr.. Miller's civic activities also
included a dictatorship in the Hag-
erstown Chamber of Commerce and
the Community Chest.
He was also a director of the First
Federal Savings and Loan Associ-
alton.
He was son of Marx w. Miller
and the late Louisa (Lushbaugh)
Miller, and had resided in Hagers-
town all his life.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Nellie (Wil-
liams) Miller, he is survived by: a
son, John Marx Miller, Jr., and a
daughter, Suzanne Miller, at home;
his father and step-mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Marx W. Miller; sister, Miss
Lucille Miller, Hagerstown; four
brothers, Hubert E., and Robert E.
Miller, Hagerstown; Paul McGin-
ley Miller, Washington, D. c., and
Ralph w. Miller, Ardmore, Pa.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-24
PENN HALL STUDENTS ARE
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

Three students of Penn Hall Junior
College and Preparatory School,
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, are
home for the Christmas vacation.
They are:
Catherine Jane Brewer, Main
Street, Clear Spring; Susanne Mac
Farland Fridinger, 826 Forest Drive,
Hagerstown; and Miss Diane Lee
Young, 488 North Potomac Street,
Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-24

rectors will be kept advised as to any
changes or deals which may be made
to better the club and bring higher
class baseball to the City of Hagers-
town, at their regular weekly meet
ings.
In asking these men to serve on
this committee, l wanted it known
that they were not selected to be
rubber stamps. They have volun-
teered their services with the aSSur-
ance that they be given a free hand
in promoting baseball in Hagers-
town, that they are to be helpful and
bring about cooperation from all
groups-press, radio, civic and fra
ternal-and want baseball to become
a part of the city's growth. 1 have
assured them they have my backing
and full cooperation, plus the fact,
that I will do my best in securing a
good baseball club, one we will all be
proud of, keeping in mind that we
all like a winner, yet knowing that
somebody has got to lose.
do feel my close contact with the
Washington Clubs Farm Director
will succeed in Hagerstown's receiv-
ing fighting ball club. Our bust
ness Office will have a direct contact
with the business office in Washing
ton and will arrange for tickets to
any game and for groups that will
be going to Washington. This con-
tact will help us in showing our ap-
probation and also help in our work
ing arrangement with the Washing
ton Baseball Club.
Eugene j. c. Raney, President
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-24
CPL. HARRY E. BARNHART
RE-ENLISTS IN u. S. ARMY

Cpl. Harry E. Barnhart, son of Mr..
and Mrs. William H. Barnhart, Route
2, Hancock, recently reenlisted in the
Regular Army for six years.
Corporal Barnhart, who first enter
ed the Army in June, 1852, is sta
toned in Korea with Company L of
the 7th Divisions 18th Infantry Regi-
ment.
He arrived in Korea last March
and has been awarded the Combat
Infantrymen Badge, and the UN and
Korean Service Ribbons.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-24
FRED L. PALMER WINS
PROMOTION TO CORPORAL

Fred L. Palmer, son of Mrs. Mag
gle Palmer, Route l, Sharpsburg,
was recently promoted to corporal
while serving with the VII Corps
321st Signal Battalion in Stuttgart,
Germany.
Corporal Palmer, who entered the
Army in July 1913, holds the Purple
Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge,
Korean Service Ribbon with three
campaign stars, UN Service Ribbon
and the Army of Occupation Medal
for duty in Japan.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-24
Holiday
Store Hours

Stores will close tonight at 500
o'clock and will remain closed I'M
til Saturday, when they will be
open from 900 a. m. until 500
p. m.
On Wednesday, December 80,
the stores will close at II noon.
On Thursday, December 81, the
stores will close at 500 p. m. and
remain closed until 900 o'clock
on Monday morning, January A,
giving the clerks three-day hol-
iday.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-24
Fair Board To Elect
Officers January z
All Incumbent Officers Have
No Opposition, But 13 Named
For 10 Vacancies On Board Of
Directors.

Tor Az vacancies On bOdfO vi
Directors.
All the incumbent officers of the
Agricultural and Mechanical Asso-
citation of Washington County, (more
commonly referred to as the Fair
Board), were last week nominated,
without opposition, for reelection at
the annual meeting, which will be
held Saturday, January 2. They are:
President, DR.. Robert c. Snavely;
Vice-president, Roger c. Hershey;
Treasurer, w. Walter Cunningham;
Recording Secretary, John L. Swain;
and Corresponding Secretary, Clyde
Stouffer.
However, thirteen were nominal
ed as members of the Board of Direc-
tors, from whom ten will be elected
The thirteen nominees are:
c. Neill Baylor, Park o. Beaver,
Fred c. Downey, w. w. Cunningham,
Fred c. Ernst, Charles w. Hoffman,
Edward Oswald, Jr., Charles W.
Hoffman, Edward Oswald, Jr., Clyde
R. Stouffer, Herman Stockslager,
Roy c. F. Weagly, Gall re-nominat-
ed) and John Corderman, w. Preston
Howard and Philip H. Matthias.
No further nominations are per-
missible under the Associations
Charter, but any of the nominees
may withdraw their name until De-
cember 26.
At the annual meeting the stock
holders will also vote on the pro-
posed changes in the Charter. The
revised Charter, if accepted, would
increase the capital of the organiza-
ton from $12,5O0 to $125,O0O; would
give each stakeholder 10 shares of
the new stock for each share of the
present stock now held and would
permit voting by proxy.
The question of whether or not to
put the new stock on dividend pay
ing basis, will also be decided at the
meeting.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-12-24
Around Town With
The Editor

l understand that the city
rate for 1854 will not be announced
until the end of the year.
The Mayor and Council, after dis
cussing proposed 1854 budgets with
the heads of each of the city's de-
partments, are now engaged in the
tough job of deciding what these
ultimate budgets will be. Not until
these figures are finally arrived at
and set against the anticipated re-
venues for 1854, will Mayor Burhans
be in position to recommend to
his Council, for their approval or
otherwise, the tax rate for the COM
ing year.
Everybody realizes, am sure, that
the present tax rate of SOC, that in
my opinion should have been raised
long ago, will have to be raised next
year and although l have nothing
official to go on, l feel that there will
have to be a sharp increase, to meet
not only the normal city's require
ments for 1854 but also the backlog
of work that should have been done
this year, but for which no funds
were available.
Even after the Mayor and Coun-
ell have finally decided on the 1854
budgets of each department, they
will have to decide on how much
money is to be allocated for Capital
Improvements in 1854 and in making
that decision they are faced with the
requests for extensive improvements
in the Sewage Plant, the Light Plant
and the Water Works.
Let me say here, that both Mayor
and the five members of his Coun-
Gil have spent long hours, night after
night, working on this terrific prob
lem and l feel confident that their
final decision on the 1854 tax rate
will be based solely on the needs of
the City.
The Board of County Commission
ers are also working on their 1854
budget and they, too, will announce
the new tax rate at the end of the
month, which, predict, will be the
same as it is this year.
In addition to all other sources of
revenue in 1854, the County will have
an additional $1O5 10000, represent
ing the 1850 shares of stock they
own in the Williamsport Bridge,
which the State of Maryland has
purchased at a price of $4,000 a share.
AT the weekly meeting of the Board
on Tuesday, president E. Lester
Mobley announced that the Board
expected to receive payment for the
shares on January 20.
l have been in politics for many
years and I know that, in many
cases, Office holders, when it comes
to raising taxes, are often prone to
consider such move with respect
to their own political future. But
it is my sincere belief that such is
not the case with either the Mayor
and Council of Hagerstown, or the
Board of County Commissioners,
both of whom are, in my opinion,
doing fine job.
am, and always will be, Repub-
lican and I have said before - and L
say it again - that when Mayor
Mills was in office, he too did fine
job. But when it comes to the good
of the community in which I live
and make living, am far less con-
cerned with political affiliations
than I am with the welfare of Ha-
gerstown and Washington County.
May all of you who are reading
this, enjoy truly HAPPY Christmas.