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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05
Rev. Simlncrls Will Deliver
Sermon, "Dead-End Street"

Morning Worship tomorrow 90
Ley Memorial Methodist Church.
1904 Truman Avenue a. Bayview
Park. vii feature q sermon ~
the Pastor entilsd, ''The Dead
End Street.
In addition to the Congregational
hymns the musical portion q the
program win offer SchuheTt's
''Sanetus," which win be sung BY
the choir under leadership of Mr..
Herbert Ford. The service bssins
at 1879.
The informal T:3o evening wsr.
ship hour vii feature hymns ard
gospel songs which the ecngrega-
ton likes to sing. This week there
viii be several Of the traditiosal
Christmas hymns and carols q
mong the selections. ne minis
ter's sermon subject will Be, ''Ths
Passing Parade"
The Sunday School hour e s:Is
in the morning. With added faeil-
tiles Ley Memorial Sunday Sehool
is now able 10 offer religious train
ing comparable TO that offered By
any other religious organixation in
the community.
The teaching STAN IL TIE best
available to the Church, and the
lesson materials are unsurpassed.
Any persons who do not have q
Sunday School home In Key West
are invited to come 10 Ley Msmor.
ial.
The mid.week worship service.
which Is regularly held on Wednes.
day night at 1850. 10 currently fea.
turing q series Of studies on the
Biblical book. Genesis. /" This ser.
vice offers an opportunity for rsg.
ular Bible study and q eoneentrat.
ed prayer time.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship
viii have its regular fun-nisht pro-
gram on Thursday az 1850. The
group from First Methodist Church
viii be their guests. Any youth who
wishes TO join this fun4est win be
cordially welcomed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05
Florida Bala'i
Convention To
Be In Miami

The Baha'i state convention will
be held in Miami Sunday, Decem.
Der 8, for the purpose Of electins
delegates to the National Conven.
ton. The delegates chosen will
meet In Wilmette. Illinois and with
those from all other states, includ.
ing Alaska and Hawaii. viii elect
members Of the National Spiritual
Assembly.
This national body is chosen in
this manner each year and is com.
posed of nine members who form
the administrative organization 81
the Baha'is of the United States.
The administrative functions Of the
Faith throughout the world are
performed first by the local as
sembly. above this is the national
body and over all is the Interna.
tional organization.
This state convention which
brings together membership Of the
entire state Of Florida has stu
another function aside from that Of
electing delegates. It Is als1 q
consulting body, and while in SEES
sion, the members viii discuss var
ious problems pertaining to the
cause and pass along recommen'
dations for action by the National
Assembly.
Open, free discussion IL practic
ed which enables the believers %
express themselves and h. crystal
iize their ideas into efficient, har'
monious group action. The mos
vital problem now facing the Faith
is ifs vast educational program
which embraces the entire world
This is the second year thai
members from Key West have TAX.
en- part in the state convention,
Those attending from Key Wesl
are Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Crane and
Professor H. ]. Snider. Others VIII
mail in their choice Of delegates
By absentee ballots.
The number of delegates to be
chosen is based upon the number
of confirmed believers within ne
state, and on this basis. Florida Il
entitled to four delegates. There
are only nine other states which
have a larger number Of delegates
than Florida. This Is indicative Of
a substantial growth Of the Bahal
Faith in the state of Florida. THIS
religion has spread rapidly, moi
only in Florida but throughout
the entire world In recent years
Within the past century it has de
monstrated its ability to serve the
needs of all peoples throughout the
world and has become accepted
as a world religion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05
The Challenge Of The Unfinished
Task Is Theme AT First Baptist

On Sunday morning the sermon
topic At the First Baptist Church
viii be The Challenge Of the Un.
finished Task" The supreme task
of the Church is the svangeliIatiOn
Of the world. When God loved, He
loved a world. When He gave His
Son, He gave His Son for q world.
When Jesus Christ died, He died
for a world. Gods vision 10 q world
vision. That Is the vision He wants
US to have.
II Is because we are near.siFhted
that We do not have q world vision.
We show by our actions that We
fail TO concentrate on the supreme
task Of the Church, which ID the
evangelization Of the world.
At the beginning Of the evening
worship service the Ordnance Of
Baptism win be administered. The
evening sermon topic win be ''The
Call OF the Cross" The Memorial
Supper Of our Lord win be obsery.
ed.
The Choir under the direction Of
Mrs. 10 Ann McElhaney win read.
er special music at both services
and lead the Congregation In wor.
shlpful music. Mr.. Michael Mars.
cal viii accompany al the organ.
One Of the fine features Of each
Sunday Evening Service 10 the In
formal Hymn Sing conducted By
Mr.. Don Thomas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05
Hangers Damaged

MARIETTA, Ga. Up - A small
tornado ripped into a private air
port near here late yesterday
damaging % hangers and several
airplanes. There were no casual.
ties.
Walter E. Nix operator of the
field, said about 20 of his 40 single.
engine planes were destroyed or
damaged. The corrugated Alumi-
mum hangers were heavily dam.
aged. Nix estimated their value at
$40, 900.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05
First Upper Keys Lime FetiraI
Fish Fry Today Will Mark Festival Start

Inc Isl annual upper heyS Lime
Festival gets under way today
(Sat.) in the S Upper Keys, with q
fish fry which viii be featured to.
day, Sunday and Monday after.
moons, and special ceremonies both
Saturday and Sunday.
! Ceremonies and fish fry will be
presented beginning at noon on
both Saturday and Sunday at In.
dian Key Fill, between Upper and
Lower Matecumbe Keys. Fish fry
only continues Monday afternoon.
Among the dignitaries who will
be introduced at the opening cere.
monies there at IL noon today
will be Florida's Secretary of State
r. A. Gray and Comptroller Clar-
ence M. Gay.
Monroe county commissioners
will be present. Headed by Chair,
man Gerald Saunders, they are
Clarence HiggS, Joe Allen. FRANK
Bentley and Harry Harris. The lat,
ter, who is also president of the
Upper Keys Chamber of Com,
merce, win preside Saturday as
master Of ceremonies.
c. B. Harvey, Mayor of Key
West, and his fellow city commits.
sioners, viii also be present.
Queen Dorothy Albury, 10, Of
IIslamorada viii be crowned ant
win reign over the festival from
Dec. S to IL
Sponsored by the Upper Keys
Chamber Of Commerce, Key Lar.
90, the festival is designed to at.
tract tourists to the Keys early,
and to lure Dade countians and
other down for the fish fry and
water events.
Saturday afternoons activities
viii include a water parade of 1OC
decorated craft, While on Sunday
there will be memorial services
starting at II noon, honoring those
who died In pioneering the Keys.
Chaplain X. c. TindaIl, USN, from
the Key West Navy base, will pre-.
side, bringing a ehcir, and the
Fleet Sonar School band.
Also taking part in the Sunday
ceremonies win be the honor
guard Of the Key West American
Legion.
During the week, there win be
q 1-day fishing tournament Dec.
II. special Audubon tours and Ever.
glades trips, Conch Chowder Day,
\ Key Lime pie baking contest,
and Arthur Godfrey Day, Dec. IL.
The festival viii wind up Dec. Il
with a final afternoon fish fry al
Anglers Park Trailer Camp, Key
Largo, and the Lime Festival Ball
at Plantation Yacht Harbor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON

self was the ruler. Peter also writ
.es, Fear God, honor the king"
.U Peter AID Since God cannot
rule on earth in person, this au-
thority is delegated to select per-
sons - kings, emperors. II is ex.
pected that kings will rule with
justice and Righteousness. Even If
the king be evil he still is Gods
representative. 1t will be remem-
bered that David would not take
the life of Saul, his enemy, since
the king was Gods anointed. Il
Samuel 24:1O). One then could on
ly pray that God would remove
an evil ruler. In our democracy
we can remove any official for
malfeasance in office.
Benjamin Franklin was once ask
ed whether we had a republic or
a monarchy. His reply was that
We have a republic so long as we
can keep it. II has been said that
history is made up of the strug.
giles of men graphing with evil
forces in order to save the gains we
have made" The question OF
course is whether we can keep the
gains our forefathers have made.
How can we keep dietators from
ruling US? 1t is worthy of note that
Fiorello la Guardia took the reins
of government of New York city
after Tammany had held them for
decades ana made that city one Of
the cleanest ir the country. He was
immune to brides and when he
died he left an estate of around
five thousand dollars. That is not
an estate of a corrupt politician.
Huety Long held a strange hold
on Louisiana for a time but that
regime is new in eclipse. Boss
Tweed defied the people to stop
his looting of the public treasury,
but he died in jail.
The people are the government in
the United States. Evil fourishes
when good people do nothing. II
government under God is to rule
justly and with righteousness, 1t
win be when every Christian exer.
cises his franchise and expresses
his demand that officials serve the
interests of the people. Vigilance
lis the price of liberty. When we
fail the nation falls and it viii be
because we have not assumed our
responsibilities under God as wor-
thy of our privileges and blessings.
Paul urged US TO be good citi-
zens. He said, Render to all their
dues - tribute, owe no man any
thing. This is a public responsible
lily. Respect the authorities so
long as they merit respect. Pay
your taxes - don't evade them.
Obey the commandments and do
all this in love. That is good
counsel not only for a Christian.
but also for a good citizen While
Paul's theory of government ms-
be somewhat obsolete. his sum
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05
NEW CIRCUS HEAD

SARASOTA Rs-F'rank MeClosky
today became general manager OF
the Ringing Bros and Bsrnum &
Bailey Circus, succeeding Arthur
NJ. Concello who announced his
resignation.
McClosky, who had worked as
manager under ConceLo, was boss
his wife, Antoinette, we're stars on
the flying trspeze.
Concello said ne was "tired after
90 years in show business.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05

Chairman Edward Martin, of the Senate Public
Works Committee, says the United States needs
100000 worth Of roads to bring its highways up to
scratch This outlay for highways necesstaed by the
tremendously increased vehcular traffic using the public
highways today, Martin says.
The Republican Senator from Pennsylvania says the
capacity Of highway system has fallen behind the
times For instance there today almost ninety per
cent trucks in operation than there just eight
years ago. at the end of World War H. The estimate
that there 100000 trucks now in operation
pared to 100000 in 1945.
Moreover, the net total of motor vehicles operating
each year increases by approximately 100000 Unless
highway construction Is boosted considerably the need
for better highways will continue increase at faster
pace than those highways provided.
Perhaps the cost of defense the main reason many
states, and the Federal Government have not been able
to make adequate OUTLAWS for highway construction and
maintenance Regardless Of the reason, however the
time approaching when something must be done and
Martin believes that the travelling public should pay for
new roads He estimates that Federal State and local
governments collect $1,000 100000 in automobile
and truck registration fees alone and in taxes from the
production and sale of automobiles tires gas and OIL
One plan advanced would be the use of about half
of this money each year to bring the nations highways
up to current needs In ten years. almost $40 900 00O
600 would have been spent and the nations highways
might then be adequate for u S. needs If this DONE
the local. State and Federal governments must earmark
at least half of their for road construction and
maintenance We join Martin in endorsing the idea.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05

MIAMI R-State Rep. Robert L.
Floyd has announced his candidacy
for judge OF the Circuit Court.
Floyd, who Served two terms in
the Legislature and previously was
Miami city commissioner and
mayor. win seek the post vacated
by the death of Judge Wayne Allen
on Oct. ..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05
Corp. Bought

BALTIMORE Up 49, Mathieson
Chemical Corp. announced today
it had received enough tenders to
acquire so per cent Of the capital
stock of Reaction Motors, Inc.
Mathieson added II expects to
complete purchase of the required
number of shares by Jan. IS at SIG.
Reaction Motors builds liquid.
fuel rocket engines at Rockaway.
N. J. Last year It reported sales
of S4,s42, 497 and earnings Of S11e,-
244.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05

The TFuman-Byrnes ruckus is still going strong it
seems.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-05

Most of the stuff out of Hollywood these days con-
tains both trash and propaganda.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09
Faye Pent
Viii Marry In
Church Ceremony

Faye Pent, daughter of Mrs.
Leon Gates, has chosen Saturday,
Oct. 10th as the date for her mar
iriage to William E. Bailey, son of
Mrs. Herman Goldstein. Both fam
lilies are from Key West.
The ceremony viii take place at
the Old Stone Methodist Church
with the double ring service. The
Rev. Paul Touchton viii conduct
the service at Z p. m.
Miss Pent will be attended by
Miss Claire Gerber and the we'd
ding will be followed by a recep.
ton at the home of the brides
sister, Mrs. William Wickers, Ga
Ashe St.
Both Of the young people attend
ed Key West High School and Mr..
Bailey served with the U. S. Army
as a paratrooper at Fort Bragg.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09
Church
Announces Gift
|By Mrs. dupont

When Mrs. Alfred l. DUPONT OF
Wilmington, Del. heard Of the plans
for renovation and reconstruction
on beautiful old St. Paul's Church
here, she wrote a gracious note
enclosing her personal check for
five thousand dollars to aid in the
rebuilding program.
Mrs. dupont has been q FREQUENT
visitor at st. Pauls Church as she
attends it as a communicate when.
ever she is in Key West.
Mrs. duPont's gift will aid sub.
stantially in reaching the forty
thousand dollar goal which has
been set as the minimum needed
to undertake the reconstruction.
The Parish has now reached the
halfway mark in this building
drive.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09
Frank Hall Will
Return Soon

Cpl. Frank c. Hall, Is, son of
Mrs. Leona Hall, Virginia St., is
returning to the U. S. from Korea
where he had been serving with
the End Infantry Division.
The I'd Division took part in two
of the Korean conflicts most his
toric battles. 1t captured Heart.
break Ridge" after weeks of bitter
fighting in October 1851 and took
I"Old Badly" in July 1852.
Corporal Hall, who joined the I'd
in September 1852. served as a car.
|penter in the division and was
awarded the UN and Korean Ser.
vice Ribbon.
He entered the Army In March
1852 and received basic training at
Camp Cheffee, Ark.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09

was secretary of the Civil Service
Board here and received citations
from the Cuban government and
from the American Red Cross for
her unselfish achievements.
She also was founder of the Key
West Woman's Club, and continues
to be an active member.
She studied art for several years,
and was interested in water colors.
Among her teachers were Hojas
of Mexico, Muzzio of Cuba and
Tesu Hama Oh Japan. Five of her
paintings were selected by a board
of American artists to hang in the
18th annual show at Provincetown,
Mass.
Despite her diverse talents and
her contact with the great and
famous people of the world, she
remains essentially a woman of
simple tastes. content to live in
her island home with the thoughts
nd memories that live in the
pages of her Key West manuscript.
Her philosophy is perhaps best
revealed in the last stanza in one
of her verses titled Island Wo-
man.:
"Her feet know the feel of the
soft wet kelp
Storms wash from the oceans
floor;
Her ears are attuned to- cries
for help
From ships that will sail no
more.
At night her driftwood fire
CLEANS
And it lights the depths of her
soul;
From its emberS are woven her
dreams
To the sound of a bell buoy's
toll"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09
Halloween Fete
To Be Giuen By
Episcopal Church

Parish of st. Paul's Episcopal
Church will hold a Halloween fes-
tival on Oct. END and 23rd in the
church yard.
All of the church organizations
in the parish are cooperating with
chairman Mrs. Oswald j. Shep-
pard to make the program as var
led and entertaining as possible.
Proceeds Of the festival win 70
toward the forty thousand dollar
goal of the church's building fund.
The half way mark of the fund has
already been reached, as was an
nounced recently at a church sup
per by Father Armfield.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09
Gay Lou BarrOS0
IWedS Tomorrow

A wedding shower was given for
Gay Lou Barraso recently at the
Noes BY her aunts, Mrs. Faraldo
Rueda, Mrs. Stockwell and Mrs.
Swift.
She win be married tomorrow to
Robert Torrey At St. Mary's Star
of the Sea at s a. m.
Entertaining at the showers were
dancers San6ra Owen and Yvonne
Morales.
The guest list included more
than fifty friends ana members of
the family.
Refreshments were served buff
fet style from an deliberately de-
corated table. Gay Lou received
many beautiful and useful gifts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09
Fern Chapter
To Meet

Members of Fern Chapter No. q
Order of Eastern Star will hold it's
first fall meeting on Friday night
October 9th at the Scottish Rite
Temple, corner of Eaton and Sim
onton Streets. The meeting will
convene at s p. m. with Miss Gret-
ma McClair, Worthy Matron and
Mrs. Chas. H. Smith, Worthy Pa
iron, presiding.
1t is hoped that the members viii
make this meeting truely a Home.
coming by attending and participant
ing in the plans for the FAN, which
promises to be a very busy period.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09

There was no cold" or ''new''
Key West as Miss Marie Louise
Cappick told Of days gone by as
she sat in the leafy shade of her
vine-trellised porch in the white
frame house on olivia Street.
It was a volatile sense Of the
present that pervaded the stories
of the years that marked the recog-
milton of Miss Cappick, first in Key
West, then nationally as a news
paper reporter, an author of a SER
les of novels dealing with pirates
and as q poet who liked to write
her singing verses of the Florida
Keys she loves so much.
Her newspaper reporting be-
gan in a roundabout way here
in Key West when, during the
Spanish American War, the cor
respondent for the British press,
George Clarke Musgrave who was
later knighted, fell i'll and went to
the convent here for care. Hear
ing of Miss Cappick's writing abb
Ility, he asked that she take the
reports sent to him from the field
Of war in Cuba, write them into
newspaper style and cable them
each day to the London headquar-
tiers.
Marie Cappick accepted this res
possibility for the i'll journalist,
but instead of using her name on
the cables, she continued to sign
them with his. The London press
headquarters, not knowing they
were receiving stories from a
young American woman, wrote let
tiers of commentator to Musgrave
upon his reporting ability.
The Spanish-American War was
very real to Miss Cappick, as she
was among the group of Key West
ers who waited at the foot Of Du-
val Street for the survivors of the
USS Maine to be brought ashore
from the U. S. lighthouse tender
Mangrove. Among the last people
to be aboard the Maine was Miss
Cappick's paternal aunt who had
married and lived in Havana. She
was among the guests at q party
given by the officers of the Maine
the afternoon Of the same day of
the explosion. She told her niece
Iof the incredulity with which the
news was met in Havana. Lights
went out In the city with the ex-
plosion, and the people of Havana
were mortified when they learned
the cause of the blast.
Miss Cappick's ability as a re-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09
Darlene Stevenson
To We'd Mr.. Kerr

Darlene Stevenson, daughter OF
Mrs. Edith Stevenson of 1908 Vene-
tia ST., will become the bride Of
Kenneth Kerr on Saturday after
noon at 3 O'Clock at the Ole Stone
Methodist Church.
Mr.. Kerr, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Kerr. 40 Simonton ST., has
recently returned this year from
Korea where he served in the
Army.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09

fee was a recent visitor in Havana
or Key West, because he or she
said that Zone of the best cups of
Coffee I ever had was made by
pouring water over coffee held in
a horSehair bag" Well now, hors-
es being few around here, I'll 60
along with 4 plain old cotton one,
but doesn't Cafe Con Leche taste
good that way?
Il h r
Cherries in The snow" aren't
fruit out OF season. IFS new
RsvIen color At DenaId's.
r. h r
Now can you get along over the
weekend? Sure do hope so. Have
a fine time and be sure by being
safe. at home and on the road.
Rest well, sleep well. eat well, and
Monday viii be rosy as the rest
|of the week. Until Monday then,
We olde Shoppe Hopper viii sign off,
and say Il luvs va heaps" Jaxon.
advt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09
Coffee Held
By TX.I Wires

VX-l Officers Wives Club held
a coffee meeting at the Key Wester
Hotel yesterday.
Following the business meeting,
a buffet was served consisting Of
tea, coffee and assorted hot breads.
Guests divided into groups to eat
in the cabanas and later several
swan in the Key Wester pool.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-09
Apply To We'd

The following couples have filed
applications for marriage licenses
in the office of County Judge Ray.
mond r. Lord:
Charles w. Phillips, Jr., 81. Boca
Chica Field, and Marilyn Conklin,
q, White Plains. N. Y.
John Wendell, Sc, Miami and
Sadie Kopanelies, 80, Lawrence,
Mass.