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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Fairfax 10 Give
for Polio;
Safety Stressed
Doctors Say Object
Is to Fix Worth in
Preventing Disease

The Fairfax County Health
Department and the executive
committee of the County Medi-
cal Society yesterday decided
despite Walter Winchell's state
ment regarding dangers in polio
vaccine, to proceed with plans
to administer the tests to Sec
ond-grade students later this
month.
In a joint statement, the So
ciety and DR.. Harold Kennedy
county health officer, said the
purpose of the trial is not to de-
termine it's safety-"that has al
ready been proven-but to de-
termine it's effectiveness in pre-
venting paralytic POLIO"
The statement emphasized that
the program is strictly voluntary
and that no child will be vacci-
mated without the written per-
mission of his parents. The
group said it is necessary to
make the trials "just as it once
was necessary to make trials on
vaccines for other diseases such
as smallpox and diphtheria."
Safety Factor Cited.
The doctors said, insofar as Mr..
Winchell's statements are con-
cerned, they are true to the ex-
tent that certain patches of
vaccine have been found to con-
tain live virus. The biologics di-
vision of the Public Health Serv-
ice freely admits that live virus
have been found in some patches
of the virus studies.
"This is not unusual in this
type of investigation and the
very fact that the patches have
been tested and that only tested
patches which have been found
safe are to be used, constitutes
a safety factor in the use of the
material.
"It should be emphasized that
each batch before use has been
tested by three different labor
atories. There is no method by
which any individual physician
or group of physicians outside
of the laboratories can test this
material. Therefore no one on
a local level can guarantee it's
safety or expected results. We
as physicians can only place our
faith in the ability and integrity
of the testing laboratories and
we have that faith"
Not Unusual.
"This again is not unusual
since we used tested biologicals
for prevention of other diseases
every day.
Because physicians of this
community recognize the i'm
portance of such studies, they
have volunteered to provide their
services without recompense and
unless new evidence is presented
regarding the danger of the
vaccination material, they will
proceed with their original
plans. :"
Presiding at the meeting at
ne Dardanelles Restaurant in
alls Church was DR.. Claude
Cooper.
Fairfax is scheduled to begin
the test on second grade chill
dren who participate on April 90
Officials plan within two weeks
to ask parents for written ap-
prevail for their children to be
tested.
Arlington plans to join in the
trial if vaccine can be obtained
in time to complete the tests
before the end of the school
year. Alexandria officials will
meet this week to determine the
city's part in the program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Prince Georges Plan
Saves Architect Fees
In School BUILDING

Adaptation of existing archi-
tect plans for the construction
of new elementary schools has
proved so successful, the Prince
Georges Board of Education
said, that the policy will be fol-
lowed in the county's current
$4.5 million building program.
It will be extended to high
schools whenever feasible.
Thomas S. Gwynn, in charge
of school construction. said sew
eral thousand dollars in archi-
tects' fees and construction costs
already have been saved
He said when the Douglass
Elementary School for colored at
Upper Marlboro was proposed as
a nine-room building. the low
bid was $226.900. Two months
later. when the same basic plans
were modified for schools al
Morningside and Woodbridge
both for II rooms, low bid of
$455,338 was received.
mot only did the Board of
Education obtain more class
rooms at a lower cost than the
Douglass bid" Mr.. Gwynn said,
"but by reproducing the school,
architects fees were reduced
considerably and through repeti-
tive bidding. a more economical
bid price was realized"
Under Consideration.
Mr.. Gwynn added that in the
current construction program,
the same procedure has been
authorized for an elementary
school at Clinton Grove and is
under consideration for two
other schools.
All the schools have kitchens
and multi-purpose rooms, Off
ces and book-reference spaces.
Mr.. Gwynn said each plan is
devoid of establishment and
without adornment or unnec-
essary features.
The same plan has been fol-
lowed at the Adelphi and Park
way schools, both of which were
built from plans adapted from
those used for the Carole High
lands School.
The school board, meeting in
Hyattsville last night. heard a
proposal by Mr.. Gwynn whereby
all groups using school facilities
would be charged fees. Board
members took the plan under
Amusement.
Faculty Changes.
School officials listed the
following faculty changes: Allen
I. Chotiner, principal at Green
belt Junior High, will be prin-
cipal at High Point Junior-Sen-
ior High, Cherry Hill and Pow
der Mill roads. when the 1900
student school opens next fall;
William G.. Miles. vice principal
at Hyattsville Junior High, will
be principal of the Glenridge
Junior High. to be opened to
425 students next fall.
Also, Edward S. Beach, gen.
eral science teacher at Hyatts-
vile Junior High, will become
principal of the 1,000-student
school, replacing Mr.. Miles, and
Miss Margaret A. Beardsley,
principal at the Kentland Ele-
mentary School, will become SUI
perintendent of county kinder
gartens on July ! with an Office
in Marlboro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Alto Vista Panel Set

The Alta Vista Elementary
School Parent Teacher Associa-
ton will hold a panel discussion
on school conditions in Mont
gomery County at 8 o'clock to-
night in the school on Beach
avenue, Bethesda, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Did You Know Thot

The Red Cross teaches
people how to protect their
own lives and how to save
the lives of others? They are
taught safety in the home.
at work. at play and on the
highway.
Last year. in the District
Chapter alone, $1,000 per-
sons were enrolled in 1,243
safety classes. Help the Red
Cross teach more people how
to deal with emergencies by
contributing generously to
its campaign fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Arlington Man Held
On Lottery Charge

An Arlington man today faces
a charge in County Court Of
operating a lottery. He is
Cradle Roosevelt Mintz, 81,
colored, Of the 2400 block Of
South Kenwood street.
Mintz was arrested about /
pm. yesterday by Policemen
Charles M. Mackey and Charles
N. Hyden, who picked him up
on tip from Detective Sergt.
Russell L. Runyon. Mintz was
released on $1,000 bond pend
ing a hearing April Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Club to Hear Dr.. Stirlino

DR.. M. w. Stirling. chief of the
Bureau of American Ethnology,
will address the Washington Ex-
plorers' Club at the Shoreham
Hotel at 6 o'clock tonight on his
work among Indians of Darien
last winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-06
Croundbreukinq Set

COMMUNICATING Cele.4.JnieS for
the new Rehabilitation Center of
the Anderson Orthopedic Hos
pital on Army-Navy drive in Ar
lington, will take place at 2 pm.
tomorrow. The center will De
built, as was the original hospital.
through contributions of labor
and material from citizens and
organizations in the metropolitan
area.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
New Year
Brings Hope
.ToAn

The passing of the year is re.
garded by many of US as a mile.
post for We shall never pass this
way again.
The New Year is to be greeted
with hope, optimism and resolu.
tons to make the most of what is
before US, however true the lines
!. Something of the past clings
to the present an dive do not lose
all of our yesteryears". We can.
not disregard the future as but an
.unbeaten path.
One who travels alone is more
conscious of sound than he who
travels in a group. The breaking o.
a twig, the sound of q bird, the
rustling of leaves and the ripping
of water, all convey a specific
meaning.
! Should one drop the ''y" in the
word year, he would have the WORD
"ear." As We cross the threshold
of the "New Year." does not a new
challenge come to US? Our future
happiness and usefulness depend or
what we hear, and how we hear
Do we hear in the singing of bird.
God speaking to US in the rhythm
of its music? In the roaring Of Sc:
pillows, do We not discern the pow
er of an unseen hand?
1t is the common lot of man q
intermingle with others as the mo
ments and days 60 by. We heal
much talk in our homes, on III,
streets, at work and places o
amusements as well as on rail
roads trains and passenger pines
We do learn a great deal of wha
we know from what we heaI
through these channels.
The New Year may be taken d
radio receiving set. 1t is up to tn
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
.ManyPeople
Return Home
ForHolidays

It was something beautiful and
noteworthy the way people return
ed home this holiday season to be
with their relatives and loved
ones. This is a custom as old as
Christmas itself and one that is
looked forward to by Christian
families as a time for reunions.
I was reading just the other
day of the deep feeling some have
regarding this time and was par.
ticularly impressed by a story told
on LaRosa, TV Man of the year!
IT read like this.
elm the midst of a thousand God.
frey-LaRosa headlines, a night club
owner offered LaRosa $4,000 a
week If he would come to Miami
for the Christmas holidays.
"My family always calls on our
relatives and close friends on
Christmas morning." LaRosa re,
piled, eff I went to Miami,
wouldn't be able to do that"
"See your relatives when you
get back" the nightclub owner
urged. Twenty grand is lot Of
money"
LaRosa said, "I'm sorry, but
I'm going to spend this Christmas
with my family"
Not everyone has $4,000 pei
week to turn down, but the spirit is
the same.
OF particular mention in this
aspect of coming is the attitude Of
the college students among whom
who came were Samuel Brown,
Verdell Trotter, and Betty Towns,
st. Augustine College, Raleigh,
North Carolina; Pauline Edwards,
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala
bama; Dorothy Dean, Lincoln
Academy, Kings Mountain, North
Carolina; Hetty Lou Nicely, Xavier
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02

lservitude. On their arrival bond
servants were sold TO employers
and had to work for their masters
for . term ranging from five to
seven years. At the end Of their
lindenture they were free.
In her concluding remarks, Mrs.
johnson urged her people to live
so that the memory of the past
will only be reminder Of the
greater things to come. To do this
she read the conditions Of the EN-
ancipation Proclamation which fol.
lows:
Lincoln announced in a public
declaration that unless the Confed-
crate states returned to their ALE
glance by January l, 1868, the
slaves in all states under arms
against the Union would be freed.
BY Southern leaders the very idea
was regarded as absurd, but on
| the date set Lincoln carried out his
Ipromise. The Emancipation tEus
proclaimed was a war measure,
taken by the President as CON-
lmander.in-chief of the armed for
ces on grounds of military neces-
sity. It did not abolish all slavery.
II only emancipated slaves in pla-
ces then offering resistance to fed
eral authority. Everywhere else, as
far as the Proclamation was con-
cerned slavery remained lawful.
"But to seal emancipation for.
ever and to extend freedom to the
whole country, Congress in jan
luary, 1865, on the urgent advice of
Lincoln, sent to the states the Thir-
teenth Amendment, destroying sla-
very throughout the United States.
BY the end of 1855, the Amendment
was ratified. The nation was no
longer divided against itself; it did
not fall; it was all free"
AS this country is free; let us all
be free. Let us make up our minds
to be better and to devote our
selves to our children so that they
can become better spiritually, NOR
ally, morally and educationally.
Let us remember:
''The heights by great men reach.
ed and kept
We're not attained by sudden
flight,
But they, while their compan-
ions slept
We're toiling upward through the
night"
Citizens playing an important
lpart in the observance of this &C.
casion were Mrs. Eta thinner
man, Mrs. Grace PALACES and
Mrs. Mary Moreno.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02

University, New Orleans. Louisi-
ana; and Louis Thomas Alfred
Saunders, and Alice Edwards, Flor
ida A and NJ University, Tallahas-
see, Florida.
II is indeed a reflection on the
people of Key West that never Is
there single entertainment given
for these returned students. They
are just taken as q matter of.faet.
I daresay that there is not single
community of this size where stu
dents are so completely ignored.
It would be noteworthy that some
club put among its New Years
resolutions determination to en-
terrain vacationing college students
during the Christmas time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
MRS. E. G. MORRIS
PLAYS At JUNGLE BAR

Mrs. Edith Clark Morris, fea.
tured as Edith and Her Baby
Grand at the Jungle Bar, corner
Petronia and Duval Streets, is an
artist of experience. She completed
her high school training at Central
High School in Columbus, Ohio,
where she was born. Upon the
completion of her high school work,
she went to Sam Houston College
in Austin, Texas. She was there
only two and one half years when
she joined the Cotton Club Orches.
ira, a big name band. She remain.
ed with them for a year during
which time she broadea sted over
station KNOW. From Austin, she
went to Chicago, where she be-
came affiliated with . booking
agency that sent her throughout
the middle west playing her piano.
While in Champaign, Illinois. she
met and married Leroy Morris.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
James A. Gabriel Visits
In Key West For Holidays

Visiting In the city during the
Christmas holidays was James A.
Gabriel, son Of the late Robert
(Bobl and Esther Miles Gabriel.
Professor Gabriel completed the
grammar school course in Key
West at the Douglass School in
1909, with Miss Mildred ;havers
serving as principal. Graduating
with him were two persons who
are now living in Key West Mrs.
Annie Roberts and Shedraek Han
nibal.
After completing this course ne
went TO Birmingham, Alabama,
where he completed the high school
course. Continuing bis education,
he went to Augusta, Georgia, en-
tering Paine College, where he re-
ceived a b. S. Degree in Mathe'
mates. He has done further study
at Columbia university, New York
City and Prairie View College,
Prairie View, Texas.
His teaching career includes
many years OF teaching at Paine
College and his present position Of
band instructor at the Lucy Lane
High School of Birmingham, Ala
Ibama. The Lucy Lane High School
has the distinction of having had
the renowned Dr.. Mary Mcleod
IBethune as a member of its facul
Ity.
Mr.. Gabriel was member o.
the Key West Cornet Band for
number of years. Men serving a:
LEADERS at various times were
Joseph Hannibal, David Balm ano
Professor Gabriel.
Gabriel has been married twice
His first wife was the late Saraf
Hudson of Augusta. One son, Ro
bert C. was born of this union
Gabriel is serving as a probation
officer in Miami, Florida.
The second wife is the former
Miss Lola Cades who serves a:
secretary to the President of Paine
College. There is one daughter o.
the union. Esther Frances who is Z
student of Southern University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The late Robert Gabriel, father
of Professor Gabriel, was an elect
ed member of the Florida Legis
Ilature. He was also a city coun
Gilman.
Politics ran in the family fol
his cousin, Charles Shavers, wa!
also an elected member of thu
Florida Legislature and served
his term honorably in Tallahassee
Several colored people held out
standing political positions in thu
years gone by. The late Charlie!
DUPONT was sheriff of Monro'
County and q Mr.. Dean served a:
City Judge.
| Professor Gabriel returns to hi!
native city to renew acquaintance
and visit his cousins Alfonso Ga
briel, Anthony Valdez and DAME
Gabriel, While here he makes hi
home with Alfonso Gabriel, 10
Thomas Street.
| Among his friends be number
David Balm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
Reynolds Make
Home In XIV.

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Reynolds
of Bronx, New York, arrived IN
Key West, where they will make
their home.
Mrs. Reynolds, the former Mis-:
Eloise Butler, Is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Butler
800 Julia Street. She is a graduate
nurse of Florida A and M Uniyer.
sity and has made her home IL
New York for the past IA years.
While In New York, Mrs. Rev.
holds was employed as head nurse
at a Jewish Hospital for the aged
and infirm. She Is at home to her
friends at 900 Truman Avenue.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
Charles Mannings
Named Asst Principal

Charles Munnings, son of Baron
Munnlnss, 6-E Fort Village, visit.
ed his family during the Christmas
holidays.
Munnlngs now holds the position
of assistant principal at Palm View
Elementary School at Palm Beach,
Florida. His scholastic training in
cludes graduation from the Doug
lass High School, Key West, Flor
ida, class of IA, a B. S. degree
from Bethune-C Goodman College,
Daytona Beach, Florida, and fur
ther study at Cornell University,
New York.
Charles is contemplating building
a motel in Key West in the near
future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
Miss Pom Is
lin Wedding Party

On Tuesday, December p, 1888.
at 500 a. m, Miss Anna Laura
Lee, the daughter of Mr.. and MIS-
j. r. E. Lee. JT., Of Tallahassee
Florida, became the wife OF Joseph
Thomas, the son Of DR. and MIS-
Joseph Thomas of Baltimore, Md
at the Blessed Sacrament Catnone
Church in TaIlahassee. Florida.
Serving the coupe in the most
beautiful wedding ceremony in the
state were 10 senior bridesmaids
and two junior bridesmaids. MISS
Lillian Alice Pom, of Key West,
daughter of Mrs. Oretha WhiiamS
Pom, served as maid Of honor.
All ushers serving ia the bridal
party we're from Baltimore. II Is
noteworthy that the Misses Anna
Laura Lee, Frances Hayling Lit.
tie, Thelma Conely Jenkins and
LILLIAN Alice Pom were the first
debutante ladies of Tallahassee,
being introduced to society IN q
/ dubutante ball in December. 1850.
/ The bride who Is q member OF
one of the outstanding college
families in Florida is a student at
Colby College in Waterville, Maine,
where she is seeking a B S. de-
| gree in psychology.
I The groom is student Of Brown
University in Providence, Rhode
Island, where he is majoring in
Business Administration"
The happy couple is spending Its
honeymoon in Chicago. Illinois.
1 Numerous activities were plan
ned which included luneheons, din.
ners, and parties honoring the
bride, groom and bridal parties.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
Emancipation Program Is
Held At Community Center

On Friday, January 1, 1854, !
program honOring the Emancipa.
dion Of Negroes was observed al
he Community Center, corner Of
Truman Avenue and Emmas Street.
The observance Of this occasion
by American Negroes Of Key West
dates back 70 . period OF 90 OF
more years. There was once upon
q time when gala parades and
great planning entered into the az
fair, but seemingly, with the young.
or generation the sacredness Of the
occasion has passed. This, I car
say Is attributed to the fact that
few or no original slaves live in
Key West. When some were alive
they were able to stir enough emo
ton In the people TO let them know
axaetly what freedom meant.
The average young person seems
b be ashamed Of the fact that his
ancestors were slaves not In the
very far past and tries to erase
this unpleasant thought from his
mind. II be were but q student Of
history, be would readily see that
there IL not q single nation or PEG.
pie upon the earth whose early an,
cestors were not slaves sometimes
during It's existence.
Mrs. Winifred Sands johnson, the
speaker for the occasion, In her
most stirring manner, painted a
picture Of the blessings Of slavery
TO those whose foreparents were
- fortunate as to have come To
America, the land Of freedom. To
her It was God Himself who di.
rected the Dutch to 90 to Africa
and bring the black slave 50 that
be and bis offspring would have
the privilege to share in the wealth
Of the new land.
True, he suffered, as all have
suffered, but his was not an ever.
lasting suffering. For from his
landing in jamestown, Virginia, in
1919 TO his final emancipation in
1855, he played q part in the for
nation of American history. He Is
. - American as America itself.
The Negro is patriotic and loyal.
Though less than a hundred years
emancipated, he has reached out
Into every field Of endeavor. He
Is eager for an education and has
sent his sons and daughters to the
best universities in the world where
they have entered every field Of
skill.
A future picture Of servitude was
pointed out where white people
were also slaves. This slave cate.
cory embraced . second group OF
emigrants who were too poor to
pay their passage and hence de-
pended upon others for transporta.
ton. II was customary for ship
owners or other capitalists to sup
ply passage money to emigrants in
return for their promise, or bond
to work a number Of years to re
pay the sum advanced. This sys.
TEN was called bond, or indentured
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
Miss Sears Visits

Miss Melba Sears, daughter oil
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sears, 8Os
Elizabeth Street, is visiting her
parent during the holiday season,
Miss Sears who is graduate Of
Douglass, class of SO, is taking q
secreterial course at the Monroe
School Of Business, Bronx, New
York.
While in New York, Miss Sears
makes her home with her sister
and brother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Albury.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02

Little Dechantal Jean MILAN eel
| ebrated her fourth birthday with :
party at the Community Center
December 10. About 60 guests at
tended.
Dechantal is the daughter Of Mr.,
and Mrs. Lang MILAN, 1o-A For
Village.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
Hoopers Receive
Gifts On Their
18th Anniversary

Rev. and Mrs. A. Franklin Hoop
er were the recipients of many
beautiful ard useful gifts honoring
their 18th wedding anniversary
Saturday, December rs.
Among the gifts was $500 in
silver aonoring their wedding. This
amodn was donated through the
efforts of the Pastors Club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
Death Strikes
In Speed Family

Death struck heavily in the out
standing Speed family of West
Palm Beach, Florida, during the
holiday seasof. A sister, Lilly died
in Connecticut and two days after
a brother, Melvin, was drowned
lin 0cala. Florida. while hunting
ducks.
The Speeds are known by all II
Florida for their outstanding edu.
cational pursuits and their success
in rea! estate.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02
BIRTHS

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Baton, N-3
Fort Taylor, are the parents of a
baby girl. Wanda Auris, horn at
the Naval Hospital Sunday, Deem
her 10. Little Wanda weighed s lbs.
4 ozs. at birth.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02

Samuel Brown who is a student
at st. Augustine College, Raleigh,
North Carolina, is visiting his
grandmother, Mrs. Anita Bethel,
and his aunt, Mrs. Irma Nicely.
Brown is studying for the Epis-
copalian priesthood.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-02

P. F. C. william Pittman who
is making the Army his career is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Evangelne
Carey, 2-B Fort Village.
Pittman who served an IS months
stretch in Korea, is now stationed
at Camp Rucker, Alabama.