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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
ny CHARLES MERCER
For HAL BOYLE

GLEN RIDGE, N. J. u The
spot where I am writing this may
some day be in the middle of a
six-lane highway. Or maybe it will
be beside the highway. Or maybe
the highway viii be a block away.
And possibly the highway never
viii come this way at all.
The spot is my desk in our house.
After ] got out of the Army in
1916 we lived in furnished rooms
while we hunted and hunted for a
home. The places we could af-
ford we did not like, and the places
we liked We could not afford.
Then, one Sunday afternoon in
1947, we saw The House. The land
curved around it and nine big oaks
stretched their arms about It and
people had dwelt happily in it
many years.
''This Is it," I said after we'd
been through II and learned the
price.
Eyes, this is it," my wife said.
"But we can't afford it."
30 We bought 1t and moved into
i all our possessions portable
typewriter, a portable radio and
wedding gifts that never had been
unpacked.
Since that time we've been told
BY various people that It's a nice
houst but: /. We can't afford it.
.. It's much bigger than we need.
.. III get q coronary working on
al that lawn. 4. "You trying to 70
high hat or something moving
here?"
We always reply that we like It
ana view It as q permanent home.
For In 1947 we were hunting per-
uianence and certainty after much
uncertainty, and along with the rest
of the world we still desire per.
manence and certainty today. So
We furnished the house and lived
In Il and the sheriff has stayed
away from our door. We've known
happiness and sorrow here. It's be.
come q place much lived In and
attained In our minds the perma-
nence we desired. q
About year ago we first heard
Ne state was mounting an attack
On ". Cloths pushing bulldozers
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15

The first Military Dependents
Identification Card issued in the
Key West area was presented Fri
day morning to Mrs. George c.
Towner, wife of the local Naval
Base Commander.
Close to 5000 Navy and Marine
Corps dependents here are ex-
pected to receive the new identifi-
cation card within the next three
months.
This Identification card will be
recognized by all Navy, Marine
Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard
bases when existing facilities are
adequate to provide this service.
All local Navy and Marine
Corps dependents must have their
Military Identification Cards by
the first of September.
The new Identification card will
replace the eligibility cards
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
BY ROWLAND EVANs JR.

WASHINGTON u Sen. McCar-
ran (D-Nev) said today a move by
Sen. Flanders (R-vt) to strip Sen.
Mccarthy (R-Wis) of his Senate
committee chairmanships should
never had been made and it has
no chance of approval"
McCarran, in an interview, de-
clmed to be drawn into further
discussion Of the motion, which
Flanders has said he plans to dis
cuss further in the Senate some
time today.
After he offered it last Friday,
Sen. Knowland Of California, the
Republican floor leader, said the
move was 4 mistake and not rusti-
fled.
Knowland said that II Flanders
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
Hal Boyle
Says

I would invade from the west, we
were told, driving super-highway
through US toward New York. Citi-
zens Of transferring age were
mustered in meetings of protest
where it was impossible to sift wild
rumors from military intelligence.
The road would 60 here; it would
60 there; it would 60 anywhere.
Some people in the threatened
zone of attack wanted to sell, but
nobody would buy. One fellow
stopped painting his house. A few
optimistic strategists figured our
positions were secured by a large
cemetery half mile forward of US
which also protected a wide All
muth of our left flank. But a pessi-
mist said he had it straight from
the State House in Trenton that
the highway would 60 all the way
around cemetery and then hit us.
Everybody felt that a good clean
death-ike having the highway
driven straight through you-was
far better than the Gripping wound
of the highway creasing your prop
erty. Nobody, in short, wanted to
live by the side of the road and be
a friend to man.
Well, I wish could report a
courier had just galloped in from
Trenton with a message there new
er will be a highway coming this
way. Actually no new word has
come. Actually, as we were say
ing last night on the porch, life
isn't like that.
Yet I can report some good news.
Nobody has talked about the high
way in several months now. That
fellow has finished painting his
home. I have spread much fer
tilizer and top soil on our lawn.
Life goes on.
The good news around here, I
think, is that people now feel alb
solute permanence is too much to
ask in this or any time.
The sense Of permanence must
be in us and not in our house.
If 1t hits US Wen move and be-
gin again somewhere else. If It
misses us wide we'll stay. And,
as we said on the porch last
night, if it creases us we might
just live beside the highway and
be a friend TO man.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15
Please

NORFOLK, Va. B-Civn De-
Tense authorities in this important
seaport city were well pleased yes
terday with the public's reaction
to a mock atomic bomb attack that
"killed" 161,62S persons and Elm
jured" 10000.
But there was a note Of diSsatis-
faction from one unidentified
young woman, who went through
the bombings of London in World
War II.
"The alarm wasn't half as loud
as it should be-" she said firmly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-15

ing in an address at Georgia Tech
and later news conference, Flan-
ders declared tai
out of the field of usefulness and
effectiveness" by seeking to estab.
lish himself as Judge of both the
evidence and the sentence"
Dmocratic leaders weren't say
ing publicly how they feel about
Flanders effort but they were
understood to feel that the issue
was one for the Republican party.
TsAsxnn Cln..s&sAa Ala Raw 0&&l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Ii. Dorothy D. Scott
To End 25-Year Duty
In Police Department

Metropolitan Police 1t. Doro-
thy Douglas Scott will retire Oc-
tober / after a career of Is years.
1t. Scott. SIS, who was married
a week ago to retired Army Col.
John E. Scott, is still the only
woman ever to hold the rank of
detective sergeant in the depart
ment.
Born in Rushville County. Ind.
1t. Scott taught English and
served as a high school princi-
pal before coming to Washington
in 1926.
She was appointed to the po-
lice force in 1929.
After five years in the Wom-
ems Bureau, she helped organize
the departments first Missing
Persons Bure3u-then called the
public relations squad "a n d
worked, in it until 1916. The job
brought her promotion to detec-
tive sergeant.
She served four years m the
sex squad. was promoted to lieu
tenant in 1850 and in that year
returned to the Women's Bureau.
She has worked as a supervisor
in the bureau ever since and has
received a number of official
concentrations for her work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott live at 1923
Chelsea lane. Bethesda, but plan
to move soon to a 400-acre farm
near HopeWell, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Season Over for Polio,
DR.. Seckinger Believes

The polio season is probably
past for this year, according to
DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger, the Dis
trict's public health chief.
There were A. polio cases here
this year, one a fatality. Last
year, there were Al cases at this
time.
The disease usually drops off
after the 35th week of the year,
said DR.. William N. Woodbridge,
director of the Bureau of Pre-
ventable Diseases.
OF this years cases. % were
paralytic, II non-paralytic and
mild ones were unspecified.
Although some medical au-
thorities have questioned the
value Of gamma globulin. there
was an increased demand for it
by physicians here, the Health
Department said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
The Week in Religion
By Samuel Mccreo Covert

Written for Religious News Service.
Editors Note. Churchmen In
this country and abroad are
noio appraising the significance
OF the recent Second Assembly
OF the World Council of
Churches at Evanston. III.
Here, DR.. Cauert, American
secretary OF the World Council.
summarizes the achievements
of the assembly. DR.. CdDert.
one of Americas beSt-kno1Dn
Protestant leaders. auas former
ly general secretary OF the
National Council OF Churches.
The main impression left by
the Evanston Assembly of the
World Council of Churches is
that the 'ecumenical" movement
now has a firm rootage.
At the First Assembly in Am
sterdam six years ago. the rep
resentativeS of the member
Churches declared they intended
ito stay together" At the Sec
ond Assembly in Evanston it be-
came clear that the World Coun-
Gil is no longer an experiment
but a well-established fact.
It is not too much to say that
a far-reaching change has taken
place which affects the life of
all~th churches with the ex-
ception of the Roman Catholic
Church.
Goal not Reached.
This does not mean that the
goal of full unity has been
reached or that it is even in
sight. 1t does mean there is a
strong and definite advance in
that direction and that it is
gratefully welcomed.
The measure of unity which
appeared at Evanston certainly
did not overcome the serious
differences between the member
churchs-whether in the theo-
logical realm or in the area of
social and political attitudes.
There was no clear meeting of
minds as to the relative emphasis
to be laid on the Christian hope
as pointing to a better world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Stay together Goal Advanced
ByWorId Council Of c hurches

here and now and the Christian
hope as promising a lnal tri-
umph of God beyond our his
toriacl scene. There was likewise,
no solution of the problem of
inter-communion at the Lords
Supper.
Cultural Differences.
Along with the differences in
theological Interpretation, there
were those arising from the re-
lation of the Churches to. their
environing culture. The sharpest
illustration of this was found in
the presence of delegates from
three areas under Communist
control, Hungary. Czechoslovakia
and East Germany. The very fact
OF their presence, however, testi-
fed that there is a unity in
Christ which is deeper than all
political separations.
In general. the spirit Of unity
at Evanston in spite of the
differences suggests that true
unity does not mean an absence
of differences. but a way of deal
ing with them.
The significance of the World
Council for dealing with diff
ferenceS in an atmosphere of
fellowship was illustrated by the
reception of two new churches
into membership. Both were
South African bodies. One was
the Dutch Reformed Church of
the Cape. wholly white. The
other was the Bantu Presbyteri-
an Church, wholly colored. They
took their places by the side
of each other at the assembly,
although in South Africa the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

prevailing culture keeps them
strictly apart.
Another impression left by
the assembly is that the churches
in the council are developing
cornnendable capacity for self
criticism. This is made evident
In many Waxs.
Diyisiyeness Opposed.
For one thing. the existence
Of the council is in itself a re-.
Election Of a healthy dissatis-
faction with divisiveness within
the Christian family. For arlotll-
er, there is a frank recognition
that all the churches have tend
ed to adapt themselves too cas-
lily to the standards Of. secular
society and thereby to weaken
their distinctively Christian wit
ness.
The most radical evidence of
self-criticism had to do with
the position of the churches with
regard to race relations. An out
and-out rejection of the prin-
ciple OF racial segregation was
made, especially as applied to
the church itself. While it was
recognized that differing his
torical backgrounds would mean
different processes in applying
the principle, no doubt was left
that segregation must be treated
as unacceptable to the Christian
conscience. .
In several respects the Evans
ton assembly was more fully
representative than Amsterdam.
The Eastern Orthodox. had more
adequate delegations and played
a more active role. The So
called younger churches" oc-
cupied a much larger place.
In summary, it can clearly
be said the council gives increas-
ing evidence of being a World
Council and not merely coun-
Gil of Western Europe and
America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
New Bridge to Link
Turkey and Greece
BY the Associated Press

IPSALA. Turkey, Sept. IA
foundation stone has been laid
for a bridge across the Evros
River linking Turkey and Greece.
The bridge will shorten the dis
lance between Salonika and Is
tanbul by so miles. It will cost
81 million and will be finished In
1856.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

Protects cor floor. Motshield
will fit front or rear floors.
Choice of coIors.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-11-20

az Interested III the Reserve
program OF those who are
still obligated should not
wait tor the unit to be set
up but should contact either
this headquarters, Reserve
Armory, SO7 Norfolk Ave,
5. W., Roanoke; or w. f.
Frazier, Pulaski representa-
tive for this newspaper. You
may also get information by
calling Pulaski 4-1647.
We have had two marri-
ages since summer camp.
First it was Cpl. David
Washington of Roanoke, and
now it is Cpl. Harry Adams
of Pulaski. Our unit advisor,
Sgt. Maths, did the trick
somewhere in between the
two. = .ss8E
Beginning this week, we
shall invite news of men on
active duty. If your soldier
gets promoted, married, dec
Grated, hurt, discharged OF
is merely home on furlough
drop US a card and tell us
about it. We are always in.
terested in whatever any
soldier does. Write or cal
this column at the Tribune
office or cali the above
phone number.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-11-20

sented d play Friday, Nov.
10. The title was Surprise
Guest" Mrs. Dorothy NJ.
Deberry was directress. She
is excellent in her work and
we like her very much. She
acts as secretary to our
principal, Mr.. j. Nj. Robin
son. In one of my future
reports, | hope to write the
life story of Miss d. Nj. De-
berry.
We are hoping to have a
Turkey dinner, the 23rd or
24th of this month, spon-
sored by our principal, Mr..
j. Nj. Robinson.
Master Freddie Meyer is
i'll at his home on Altoona
Street. We wish him a
speedy recovery.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-11-20
OBITUARY

Funeral services for Mrs.
Lucinda Mosby. II. was held
Saturday, Nov. IL. at the
United Holiness Church on
Water Street. with the Rev.
Mrs. s. A. Mayo officiating,
assisted by the Rev. o. L.
Johnson.
She is survived by her
husband, Tom Mosby; one
son, James, of Anawalt, w.
Va; two grandchildren and
three great-grand children.
Burial was in Bateman
Cemetery with the Streck-
ler's Funeral II o m e in
charge.
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PAGE TMKhE

Mt. Airy Baptist Church in
Gary No. Six, w. Va, Sun
day, November 21. Mr.. w.
M. Campbell is president
and Mr.. George Tyler is sec
Rotary. Rev. j. l.. Lawrence,
pastor of the st. John Bap-
fist Church, is asking all
the Young People to be pres
ent at Sunday School on
Sunday morning. He plans
to organize Youth Club.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-11-20

their deliberate effort to
evade the law. Neither do
our Board of Supervisors
when they recommend the
fragrant violation Of the Su-
preme Court ruling.
There are problems, OF
course, i'll eliminating Segre-
cation in our schools. How
ever, the basic problemssare
not problems of color. They
are problems Of personality.
If we are determined to
be utterly fair to the Negro
in all our dealings. not only
give but insist for equality
under law, and justice and
fairness in all our dealings,
we can settle any and every
problem. We shall make our
democracy truly democratic.
We shall realize the brother
hood possible only to those
who recognize that we are
all Gods children and deal
with each other "As we
would that they should do
unto us"
This is our tribute to a
great leader and a gentle
man, your friend and mine,
the Rev. John G.. Clark Of
Pulaski.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-11-20
BY M/sgt. McClanahan

BY M/sgt. McClanahan
Ihe picture accompanying
this article might well be
titled Activity in the order
ly room," however, you. are
looking at parts OF two de-
partmentS III our unit. In
the foreground are the two
clerks, Cpl. Jerome Brooks.
the company clerk F.; and Cpl.
Benjamin Medley, personal
clerk. Their duties are in
the orderly room, and at
headquarters. AT the eX-
IRENE left is the "Ole Man"
That's short for Capt. Jo-
names Zimmerman G.. O.,
343rd Medical Ambulance
Company (Sep). Next you
see SIC James Lester. as
sistant platoon leader OF the
first platoon. Then we go
to our supply sergeant, a
very important man in any
unit, SIC Alfonzb Holland
The serious looking gentle
men, at the desk is both eX-
ecutive and supply officers
as well as first platoon lead
er, LIST Lit. Walker Wheaton.
An enlistee, David Taylor,
may be partially seen at the
extreme right. You will no
tice that the men have gone
into the winter uniform.
Along with the regular
routine of medical ambu-
lance training, the unit is
now receiving instruction in
defense against chemical, bi-
illogical and Pathological
warfare, (CBR) This train
ing is given to all types OF
Armed Forces units.
Approval has been grant
ed by Richmond headquar-
tiers, (VMD) to acquire a
larger place for use as an
Armory in Pulaski. Efforts
are also being made to estab-
liSh a platoon of this unit
in that area. How soon this
can be accomplished depends
on the speed or time it takes
| to find an available officer
to command the unit. Mer
in the Pulaski section who
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-11-20
Your Neighbor and Mine
By Tito Valdez

Usually this column is
concerned with persons and
their characteristics only,
and not with any issues that
may involve those persons,
however, in this case the
person has displayed such a
high degree of courage and
leadership in the face of the
issue that to talk about the
person we must talk about
the issue. We refer to the
Rev. MIR. John G.. Clark of
Pulaski. The issue is "Seg-
regation."
Mr.. Clark is a leader, but
first let's take a look at Mr..
Clark, the man. He is a ma
tive of Georgia and grad
uate of Mercer University,
Macon, Georgia. He received
his Bachelor of Divinity de-
gree from Andover Newton
Theological School, Newton
Centre, Mass, and did grad
uate work at both Andover
Newton and Harvard.
Mr.. Clark is especially in
terested in ministry to in
dividuals, having majored in
this phase of the ministry
at seminary. After gradu-
alton, he was chaplain of
the Massachusetts State In
Urinary, Tewsbury, Mass.
In 1946-47 he spent a year
during special study in pas
toral psychology and coun-
selling at Norwich, Connec-
lieut..
Following pastorates at
Acworth, Ga, and Timmons-
vile, S. c., Mr.. Clark went
to Knoxville as Associate
Pastor of the First Baptist
Church. He came to Pulaski
from Knoxville in 1850
where he is pastor of the
First Baptist Church.
Mr.. Clark is married. His
wife is the daughter of the
former Executive Secretary
of Maine Baptist Conven-
ton. They have a son and
a daughter, ages 9 and Z.
He has done some writing
for state Baptist papers,
newspapers and for the Bap-
fist Sunday School Board.
He has weekly article in
the Southwest Times, Pu-
laski.
Mr.. Clark, who is also a
member of the Parents
Teachers Association, has
conducted Sunday night ser
vices over station WPUV for
quite sometime and we were
so impressed by the clarity
of his sermons and ability
to connect and compare pres
ent conditions, issues ana
situations with acts OF the
Scriptures and to present
logical solutions based on
those Scriptures that we, my
wife and /, have continual
Nv followed his broadcasts
up to the present time. The
first sermon we heard HIM
preach was based on Lead
ership, that OF Lot IN lead
ing his people away from
Sodom and Gomorrah 10
safety. Today MIR. CLARK Is
boldly displaying the type Oh
leadership that he has beer
preaching about.
It was no surprise to learn
that, the Pulaski Board OF
Supervisors had gone or
record as being in favor OF
continued segregation, ano
sxaazzU7zse1xEzEE'ss. 49, i
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1T was likewise no surprise
TO this writer that the Rev.
Mr.. Clark Immediately, and
IN no uncertain terms, an
nOunced his stand on the
issue as based on his Bible,
the Constitution, the law of
the land and the Golden
Rule. This he did the very
same day in a letter to the
Open Forum column of the
local press which we hereby
,, reproduce with Mr.. Clark's
permission. He also announc-
ed that evening over the
radio the subject of his SER
mon for the following Sun
, day, segregation and the
Christian Conscience"
Highlights from "Segre-
cation and the Christian
Conscience:
CD The sermon was based
on Peter and Cornelius, 10th
CHI, The Acts.
(2) My purpose is not to
tell you what to believe, but
how to think on the matter.
(3) Segregation is not a
matter of outside interfer-
/, ence by radical leaders from
the North, nor by Negro
leaders in the South.
(4) Not a question of our
relationship to minorities.
(5) Our missionary pro
gram is at stake.
CO. More than 20 nations
of the u. N. are colored, and
more than 40 percent are
either colored or have a large
| col red minority within
them.
| CD Segregation hurts the
Negro, also hurts the white
man.
(8) To feel superior we
must deny the Negro the
common courteSies.
co. Segregation burdens
us with a sense of guilt, il
burdens our conscience.
(10) We learn prejudice
from the people we love
most, our parents, etc.
QD We learn prejudice
because of our need to fee
superior.
(12) A Negro minstrel is
never funny. Nothing is
funny about another per
sons ignorance.
OBJ We have tried tt
furnish all kinds of excuses
for prejudice.
(14) We can treat thu
Negro according to tn
Golden Rule, and recognize
that God is his Creator, too
(15) That was what Pau
spoke of in his letter to tn
Ephesians.
Mr.. Clark preached tina
/
sermon. We are only Sorr.
that we neither knew short
hand or had a tape recorde
handy so that we could hav
brought you text in it's en-
tiretv. We shall try, how
ever, to obtain a copy il pos
sible, and bring it to you a
a later date. Highlights o
the address as we preSen
here cannot possibly do
Justice. We consider it
masterpiece as a sermon an
the man a leader of t h
highest type.
We know that he will NEE
with criticism and Oppos
ton, but he is not alone. "
! also know that besides n
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PAGETON, w. VA.
Mrs. Emma Holmes,

TO all Sunday School sup
erintendents of the Blue
stone Sunday School Con-
vention, you are hereby mott
fled that the Sunday School
Council will be held at the