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Training Session For Laymen
AT The lst Methodist Church

Over this weekend the First Me-
thodist Church will be the scene
of two training sessions in which
laymen from the various Methodist
Churches in the city will be learn.
ing how to help others share with
others the joy of Christian Steward
ship.
The training sessions will be un.
der the direction of Mr.. Glenn Cold
and DR.. Bruce Gannaway of Mia.
mi.
Laymsn Take Part
The Rev. j. Paul Touchton. Pas.
tor Of the First Methodist Church
has announced that this is apro.
gram in which laymen in their To-
cal churches will take a leading
part.
The devotional on Sunday after
noon at 800 will be ledy by Albert
Carey of the Ley Memorial Metho.
dist Church
On Monday evening Harold Rus.
sell OF the First Methodist Church
will lead the devotional.
Large Turnout Expected
1t is expected that many of the
laymen of the various Methodist
Churches will be present on Sun
day afternoon and Monday even.
ing to prepare themselves to share
In this nation wide Stewardship
drive.
In cooperation with the program
OF safety week, Mr.. Touchton will
speak on Sunday morning on the
topic Life is Valuable to God"
He will stress the Importance of
extreme caution that we will not
hurt another in body, mind or soul.
Or. Csnnawsy To Preach
AT the Sunday evening worship
hour, DR.. Gannaway who is the dis
trict superintendent for the Metho.
dist Churches in the Miami dis.
trict, will preach and conduct the
first quarterly conference. Various
officials will make reports.
On Sunday morning the choir will
sing Consider the Lilies" by Scott.
The evening anthem will be "Therc
Is a Song In My Heart" by Van
Woert.
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Now, deep in debt, he is feeling
lucky over half a cotton crop-a
fourth Of a bale an. acre-and a
feed crop that is so close to failure
he may have to sacrifice his cattle
herd.
II never saw it tougher" Long
says, and he has lived on this land
since he was 10 and farmed it for
himself since 1880 when at the age
of II he bought it from his father.
!, On his $50 acres, Long has 22O
acres in cotton. The rest is in
pasture and feed crops. He runs
about IS head of cattle and IS head
of sheep.
Long and his wife have four
blonde sons-Charley and Garlic,
17-year-old twins; Boyd, IA, and
Rodney, II.
Along with fighting the drought,
Long has been paying doctor bills
for Boyd who came down with
rheumatic fever last spring. And
he's trying to find a way to send
the twins to Texas Ann a year
from now.
Roaring Springs is a dusty town
of about 435 people in the southern
part of Motley County which is at
the bottom of the Texas Panhandle.
The town got its name from some
springs three miles away. Old
timers say you used to be able to
hear the roar Of the springs clear
In town. But you can't now. The
springs only murmur over a 12-foot
drop.
That's the only running water
River and the Tongue River are
sandy arroyos.
Roaring Springs country got a
rain in. May but hardly any has
fallen since then.
Through the Great Plains, there
probably are counties harder hit
by drought and some that are bet
ter off. So Motley County is like
Charles Long-typical of a land
that has had too much sun and
not enough rain for four years.
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Drougght-Area Texans Cling Doggedly To Hope
FOR An End 10 Their 4-Year-Old Dry Spell

ROARING SPRINGS, Tex, Sept.
Is R-When it gets so dry and hot
the sap pops out of the mesquite
trees and even the grass burrs die
IN the pasture, a man begins to
wonder If it isn't time to give I'D.
That's how it is with Charles
Long. Sometimes it seems as II
the longest, toughest drought in
U. S. history has him almost
licked. But Long says: "They tell
me, the old timers, that you can't
run from the drought. And I've
done waited too long to start
scattin'."
Some of Longs neighbors have
given UP and moved out. He. has
seen others sell their land in des-
oeration, then stay on farming as
tenants. But most of them around
here are trying to stick it out.
The drought is four years old in
parts Of the Southern Great Plains,
and this year it spread east and
west-as far as Georgia and Wy
oming.
Last spring, high winds scooped
topsoil in great clouds off land
where farmers had forgotten or
ignored the great lesson of the
930s-plant cover must be kept on
fields or they will blow away. The
Soil Conservation Service, which
calls this drought the worst in U. S.
history, said two new. dust bowls
had been carved out--one in West
Texas and New Mexico, the other
in Southeastern Colorado and
Southwestern Kansas.
Rain fell soon after that and
settled the dust, but the summer
sun kept the drought strong in
many areas, burning grain, corn,
cotton and tobacco. The federal
government has granted aid in the
form Of partial payment for live
stock feed to drought-stricken parts
of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Missouri, Colorado, Wyoming and
New Mexico. Hard-up farmers can
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Glib

everyone who has ever driven a
car has caught himself in some
carelessness. We would all do well
to mediate a little on the heavy
responsibilities that belong to any
driver. Anytime a driver steps into
his car he is responsible for the
life of every pedestrian or mo.
toriSt who comes within the range
of his auto - not to mention his
passengers. He has definite moral
obligations - an obligation to be
physically and mentally alert, to
watch the streets carefully, to
watch especially for needless chill
dren in congested areas, driving
slowly enough so that he can stop
his car in split second.
He must make allowances, too,
for the possible carelessness OF
other drivers. He never knows who
might bolt out of that blind cross
road.
Safety Councils in all our cities
can provide drivers with a list of
rules of caution. All drivers should
be completely familiar with such
rules. There is no room for uncer-
tainty or confusion on the road.
Most drivers try to be careful.
There are, of course, a few who
are actually criminals, but acct
dents are usually the result of a
moments thoughtlessness. A good
experienced driver may be inclined
to be over-confident. All most of
us need is little reminder. Per-
haps an aspiration to St. Christie
pher every time we open the car
door.
The summer is still young.
While past experience has proved
that many of us will kill someone
before the summer is over, a little
reflection on our responsibilities
may save few lives. Let's rem
ember then that each of us is OBJ
liged to avoid with the greatest
care anything that would endanger
the life or health of our neighbor.
Let's remember that cars were
made to be useful vehicles, not
things to be played with. Let's re-
member that God made the hui
man body of bone and flesh, q
dwelling place for the soul, a mas
terpiece of creation. But he did
not make it strong enough to with
stand the rush of our speeding car.
We may destroy a human body I'm.
less we are very careful.
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tween heaven and earth between
the material world and the spirit
ual?
God OF The Living
ut is very interesting to note
that in one occasion Christ said,
God is not a God of the dead but
of the living
SIS there a life, \ conscious and
active life in the hereafter? I'M
morality is here demonstrated by
witnesses and by an actual ex-
perience.
"Could we in our faith as we
explore the way to heaven have
the same experience?
81 sincerely believe that we could
reach that borderline in our vision
of faith if we have the courage
to climb to that mountain of
TRANSPORTATION"
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get emergency crop loans from thu
Farmers Home Administration.
It's against this background o.
near disaster that Charles Long il
nghting to save his land.
Longs neighbors say he is a
typical farmer of today's drought
area. He is a far cry from the
whipped-down men who fled the
plains when the black busters tore
up their over-plowed farms back
in the '30s.
He hasn't allowed his land ia
become barren, easy prey to the
prairie winds. He lasted out the
old dust bowl and depression, and
In the good years made improve.
ments. He put electricity in his
comfortable house; he bought a
tractor, a pickup truck and finally
car.
Long is a wiry man of Al, His
reddish brown hair is thinning and
flecked with gray. He has a droopy
brown mustache, the kind you sell
dom see any more, like the old
trontiersmen used to wear. When
he gives an opinion, he is likely
to throw back his head and laugh,
showing all his teeth, and say,
Nov that may just be a silly
mans notion"
This is what has happened to
Long, the average man of the
great drought country:
He made only a fair crop in 1851.
He did a little better in 1852 be.
cause vagrant thunderstorms wan.
dered over part of his land and
dropped hasty showers. "But where
the rains missed that year, in my
fields east of town." he says, .'I
didn't make enough to say grace
over"
Last year his luck ran out. No
rain fell. His land was so parched
that for the first time he couldn't
even plant. He didn't make a dime,
and he had to buy government
emergency feed to keep his live
stock going. He couldn't make his
land payments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
EXAMS ANNOUNCED
FOR C.. S. POSTS

The Fifth U. S. Civil Service
Region has announced an examina.
ton covering federal employment
opportunities for the positions of
accountant and auditor in the
options of commercial accounting
and manufacturing and processing
cost accounting, paying $4,2o5 to
5000 year. Persons who apply
will be rated on their training and
experience.
Interested persons may secure
application forms or information as
to where such forms are available
at any post office. or at the
Fifth U. S. Civil Service Regional
Office, S Forsyth Street, N. W.,
Atlanta, Georgia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
Bible Woros
for Uooap

PSALM 46:1o-"Be still, and know tia, am
God: will be exalted among the heatheu. | will
be exalted in the earth"
To me this is favorite verse of Scripture be.
cause It serves to turn mans gaze from himself 20
the God who made him, and Who is far more able TO
deal with che crucial issues of our time than any
of US who are finite beings and subject to definite
limitations Sometimes we tempted to wonder
how matters going to ,um GU. in the midst Of
tragic world, and then as we read these lines Of
the Psalmlst We reminded that the last chap.
ter of history will not be written by evil men, but
that IN due season Gods name and way will prevail
great deal of our dscoura cement is due to an
inadequate conception of God and to insufficient
faith to believe that the forces of evil are subject
TO the sovereignty of God. The New Testament
verse which might correspond with this verse from
the Psalmlst is the one in which Jesus said to
His followers: 'Be Of good cheer, I have over.
come the world" 1t is in this assurance that we
find our peace and face the future with renewed
confidence.
Dr. Edward Hughes Pruden
First Baptist Church
Washington, D. c.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
KHAKI UNIFORMS
FOR SCHOOL BOYS

AMMAN, Jordan Up - Jordan
schoolboys were ordered Friday to
wear khaki uniforms to school.
Education Minister Anwar Nu-
seibeh said the order would:
1. Encourage the Boy Scout
movement.
2. Develop the military spirit.
3. Help the nations textile indus
try. which. produces only khaki.
4. Eliminate dress distinctions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25
WALLET FOUND AFTER
TWO YEARS In SEWER

NORTH PROVIDENCE, RI. Up
Romeo johnson lost wallet con-
tanning 500 while working on a
water main project two years ago.
Working on a sewer project on
the same street Thursday he saw
fellow worker uncover the wa
let Is feet from where he lost it.
The money was all there, too.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25

per Of the Archdiocese of Chicago
and Public Safety" published by
the National Safety Council. This
is Safety Week in Monroe County.
Please read this carefully = gibb.)
~,
How many of us will kill a little
child before the summer is over??
How many will kill the father of
a family, or an aging grandpar-
ent, or a young mother?i How
many will be left helplessoand de-
pendent to mourn and grieve, be-
cause some of us will crush the life
out of our fellow men? During the
terrible battle of Okinawa in World
War II, 14O American boys were
killed every day for three months.
They were killed, of course, be-
cause the enemies of our country
aimed lethal weapons at them.
Last weekend 200 civilians, hoping
for a peaceful and happy holiday,
were killed because we forgot that
an automobile is lethal weapon.
II is hard for us to keep this in
mind when we slide behind the
steering wheel of an automobile.
We have here a wonderful ma
chine, made by man with his Cod
given intelligence to be an ex-
tremely useful and practical thing.
The automobile has accomplished
great things for us. 1t has helped
tremendously in expanding and
developing our NATIONS commerce.
In its manufacture and its use, it
has provided work, a means of
livelihood for many thousands. It
has brought fresh air and sunshine
and broadened the horizons of
many family. It has saved the
lives of many as a carrier on err
rands Of mercy. We could 60 on
indefinitely listing its accomplish
ments, but we are still faced with
a very gruesome fact - in our
hands it it our nations number
one killer.
Have your ever talked to a driv-
er who has killed someone - lit
tie child, or anyone young or old?
If you have, you have seen a sick
and broken man - even in those
instances where he may have been
completely free of fault. But US
ually there has been some fault,
some carelessness or recklessness
which will haunt him for the rest
of his life. He has seen for brief
flash the terror in the face of his
victim. He has felt the sickening
im~cct of his car smashing bone
and flesh. He has heard the one
or cf anguish. And why?
~ he was hurrying to the
O. sc2uSe he didn't get I'D on
tine. Maybe he glanced away from
the road for a moment to view
some passing scene. Maybe he was
passing another car on a crowded
road or on the rise of a hill.
Maybe he was sleepy and failed
to pull off the road. Maybe he was
just a speed-artist. Maybe he was
drunk. Whatever the cause, he kill
ed someone.
- enc time or another almost
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Every duty which we omit, OBJ
Scuresl some truth which, we
should have known. h
John Ruskin.
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in teaching little children His
Word.
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Gems Of Thought

DUTY
Let US have faith that right
makes might. and in that faith
let us, 70 the end, dare to do our
duty as We understand il.
Lincoln.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-25

Never absent from your post
never off guard, never ill-hu-
mored, never unready TO work
for God. is obedience; being
faithful over few things"
Mary Baker Eddy.
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HOW MANY WILL KILL.

HOW MANY WILL KILL. 2
BY Very Rev. Msgr. Thomas A.
Meehan
(Reprinted from "The New
World" official Catholic newspa-
per of the Archdiocese of Chicago
and Public Safety" published by
the National Safety Council. This
is Safety Week in Monroe County.
Please read this carefully - gibb.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-15
BY Dr. Paul Popenoe

Any parent is justified in be-
ing worried when d child begins
to stutter, but Mrs. T. has par
ticular reasons for distress. She
tells me in D letter:
Il divorced my husband two
years ago and have q boy now
IS years old, not merely normal
but definitely bright for his age.
But recently he has begun to
stutter AT the same time / have
been going with man whom ]
hope to marry. This man is
greatly annoyed by my boys
suffering. although he likes him
In every other way. My former
husband. the boys father. slut
tered in his youth. though when
! knew him he had outgroWn it,
except when he became very
angry or emotionally upset. I'm
afraid there may be some in
herited tendency in my boy. /
want to get him Strengthened out
as quickly as ] can. for his own
sake, and because ] don't want to
have anything interfere with the
new marriage ! hope to make:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-15
IWodern Murrioge
| E1elpinq Suffering Child

but so far I am not making any
progress in helping my son."
You need all the information
and assistance you can get fol
this purpose. Mrs. r.. and / have
just prepared very important
new reading list on speech De-
fects in Children" It's import
ant because so many parents
face the same problem. and be-
cause most of them handle il
unwisely. A copy Of the reading
list will be sent with the COM
pliments of this newspaper to
any reader who incloses q
stamped, Self-addreSsed enye-
lope with the request. The good
books on it should be available
in your public library; and it
also lists Inexpensive pamphlets
together with some rules that
any parent should follow as q
starter.
Suffering or starnmering
the two words are usually inter-
changeable nowadays - some
times does seem to have an in
herited background. but that
fact should not discourage any
parent from dealing with it in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-15
Prob lens / odoy
BY Muriel Nissen

DEAR MISS NISSEN.: The girl
to whom ] am now engaged. and
whom ! have known for q year,
tells me she went with every
Tom. Dick and Harry that came
along, before She met me.
Twice she has broken on, but
made the necessary overtures
to reconciliation. she has been
very inconsiderate on many oc-
casiors, but / have always over
looked it. Do you think she can
ever be true and settle down to
making a happy home for one
individual?-A. G.
ANSWER: No one can pre-
dict infallibly the sort Of wife
any girl would make. Some
times the most promising pros
poets turn out to be duds and
quite often a young lady, with
no apparent qualifications for
domestic bliss surprises every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-15
Problems Iodoy
Can Girl Who Has Dotted Many Be True?

one pleasantly by becoming q
most cooperative wife and q
first-class houSekeeper. 1t would
be best for you to discuss the
matter with Q third person Of
some experience who knows you
both. Your pastor, an older
friend Of both families or a
teacher who has known both Of
you could I'LL this roll.
DEAR MISS NISSEN: This
SPRING ] met a young man who
invited me to his senior prom
thigh school. He didn't ask
for another date after that.
though we had q very nice time
together. Now hear he is GO
ing into service. Would it be
all right for me to drop him d
note wishing him Godspeed?--
H. E.
ANSWER: The young mans
call from Uncle Sam undoubt-
eddy explains why he hasn't
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-15
Back From Europe

DR.. and Mrs. c. Willard Ca
mailer, ST. of Washington have
just returned on the United
States" from tours in Holland,
France, Switzerland, Italy and
England. A former president of
the American Dental Association,
DR.. Camalier represented the as
ISOLATION as q delegate to the
meeting Of the Federation Dem
taire Internationale, held In
Scheveningen. Holland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-15
Is Married

Miss Leanore Botelho, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Botelho
of East Falmouth, Mass. was
married on July 3 to I'd 1t.
John r. Huber of Bethesda. The
ceremony which was held at
st. Anthony's Church in East
Falmouth, was followed by a
reception at the Column Ter
race Hotel in Falmouth.
Miss Veronica Botelho was the
maid Of honor. 1t. John Sabol,
U. S.A.F.R., was the best man.
The groom is a graduate of the
University Of Cincinnati and is
stationed at Otis Air Force Base
In Falmouth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-15

patton in the schools strongly.
Some schools even have later
afternoon sessions, from $50 to
1880, so fathers can observe, and
sometimes actually participate, "
she said. In many groups the
father has to promise to help
repair or build equipment on
Saturday morning"
She is enthusiastic, too, about
the trend toward mother particle
patton in the public school class
ROOM.
DR.. Whiteside- Taylor has writ
ten what Is probably the first
book on the subject. Parent Co
operative Nursery Schools" to
be published by Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University, in
August. 1t is based on her Is
years experience in this field in
various parts Of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-15
iddossol1 Group
70 fave Porty

The Kelitala Group of the
Business and Professional Wo-
mems Division Of Hadassah will
hold its annual garden party for
members and their friends on
Sunday. at 3 pm, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Nehemiah M.
Cohen. 1920 Albemarle street
NV.
Mrs. Raphael Turnover, liai-
son officer for the Hadassah
Organization Of America, will
address the group. Mrs. Lillian
Fields. membership chairman,
has planned q varied program
of entertainment for the after
noon. Mrs. Ruth Frey. presi-
dent, will assist in receiving the
guests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-15

diligently. There is no one
cause. There is a different cause
for each different child, because
the tendency develops under the
influence Of some emotional
strain in his.Iife. In the case 81
your boy. Mrs. r., it is very
likely that first the upset Of q
divorce and now the second up-
set OF prospective new father.
have been sufficient to confuse
him. Ri
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-15

dated you. Probably the task or
winding up his school year, get
ting his things ready to 20 away.
and spending as much time as
possible with his family, has
kept him too busy for OUTSIDE
activity. It would be q very
nice and friendly gesture to
write him and / hope he replies.
Write Muriel NiSsen for free
leGJet Do, "On Being Popu-
lar" In an cases, be sure to
f,tclose a stamped, selt-Gd-
dressed envelope and send re-
quest to her, care OF The
Evening Star.
Miss Smith Is Wed
Mrs. Ethel NJ. Smith of Arling-
ton announces the marriage on
July 10 of her daughter Shirley
Louise to Mr.. william H. Grant.
The ceremony took place In
the Navy Chapel.
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Baltimore Troins Mothers

At home in Baltimore. DR.
Whiteside- Taylor is supervisor
OF parent education in the Balti-
more public schools, where in
teresting work to train mothers
Tor cooperative school participa-
ton is conducted.
There. through the adult edu-
cation department with which
she is associated, mothers are
given 15-week course in co-op-
erative nursery school work. Un-
til a mother receives a certificate,
she is not considered qualified to
enter her child in a school. The
cooperative nursery schools
themselves are financed and run
independently of the school sys-
ten.
A fragile looking blonde
nwoman, DR.. Whiteside-Taylor
founded one of the first Coop
erative nursery schools in the
country in Berkeley, Calf. in
1927, to meet for herself the very
needs that draw young mothers
to these schools today.
my children needed it," she
said simply. II found nothing
had prepared me to be a mother.
Schools Evolve
Il think there are two main
differences between the first
schools and the schools today. y
the educator commented.
I'm the first place, there is
increasing emphasis on educat-
ing the parent.
In the second place, there is
increasing emphasis on the
whole family joining the CO.
operative.
l Sometimes this includes
y grandparents and older brathers
ana sisters. It is definitely a
family affair. And the nice thino
ABOUT It is that the school itself
Is really a family Of families"
She advocates father partici-