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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
EVERY WEDNESDAY

EVERY WEDNESDAY
Chamber of Commerce. Clubhouse, Fasler Ave-
WEDNESDAY, December IS
OOO-OWC Book Review cancelled will resume in January
OOO-Island City Navy Wives, Bldg 266, Naval Station
12:3O-HS-1 Officers Wives Club luncheon
12:3O-NavaI Air Station Officers Wives luncheon
Dade Lodge Scottish Rite Temple 53 Eaton ST.
S:OO-BPW Club at Club 39 Duval Street
EVERY THURSDAY
12:15-Rotary Club at La Concha Hotel
1:OO-Thrift Shop Navy Commssary, until 400 p m.
6:3O-Lions Club, at Lions Den. 1907 Seminary St.
Cadets, Poinciana Community House
7:3O-Princes of Syracuse. Pyhan Hail. 72S Fleming st
9OO-Monroe General Hospital Auxiliary ews at hospital
THURSDAY, December Is
1O:OO-Marha Franks Circle, First Baptist Church
l2:30-VX1 Officers Wives Club to be announced
73O-Amateur Radio Club Armory Bldg White and Southard
s:OO-Band Boosters Band Room High School
s:OO-Girl Council Board of Directors
S:OO-ElkS Lodge, club house. 33 Duva Street
EVERY FRIDAY
1O:OO-Gym Officers Bldg Seapane Base
7:3O-Youth for Christ Poinciana Baptist Church
S:0O-Veterans W. w. l. of Hall, 728 Fleming Street
FRIDAY, December
7:3O-Shrine Club, place TO be announced
7:3O-Triange Club of Pythian Sisters to be announced
s:OO-Cayo Groo AIS Front Street. usptars
EVERY SATURDAY
2:3O-N Duva ST. Chowder Marching Society," Duval ST.
EVERY SUNDAY
2:OO-CAP Cadets, Ponciana Community House
3SO-Orden Cabaleros de la Luz. 422 Amelia St.
EVERY MONDAY
1OOO-Gym Class for Bldg S. Seaplane Base
73O-Sigsbee Community Council at Shelter
S00-Loga "Mar Cabaleros de Mari, 9s Elizabeth
SOO-Alcohoics Anonymous
MONDAY December 70
3:OO-Elizabeh Taylor Circle Baptist Church
7SO-Pythian Sisters, Pyhan Hall 72S Fleming Street
7:30-WSCS Ley Memorial Methodist Church annex
SOO-Juvene Council Clinic Building, of Fleming Street
S:O0-General Meeting Women of 1st PreSby Church
SOO-Methodst Men at Wesley House, Varela Street
sOo-LiOrs Club Auxiliary. Lions Den, Seminary Street
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
Sinalciks Entertain
Husbands At
Christmas Party

A Christmas party was held at
the Yatch Club Monday night,
December 13, at 700 when the
SinawikS were hostesseS at bar
becued chicken dinner for their XII
wants husbands.
Mrs. Glynn Archer was chair
man of.the affair assisted by Mr.,
Ralph Faraldo. The tables were
beautifully decorated with Christ
mas ornaments and pOinsettias.
After the dinner everyone joined
in playing the games which were
arranged by Mrs. William Warner.
At the conclusion of the evening,
gifts were exchanged and Christ.
mas carols we're sung.
Those attending were MesserS,
and Mesdames Harold Campbell,
Everett Sweeting, Leroy Shaefer,
J. Stricken, Norton Harris, Eall
Dillon, Sheldon Smith, William AL
bury. William Warner, Clifton
Reagan, Joseph Reilly, William
Southcart, Colonel Holbrook, Glyn1
Archer, Jean Baillod, Gleason Snow
and Joseph Boza.
The SinaWiks held their last bus.
mess meeting of the year at the
home of Mrs. Glynn Archer, Vor
PhiSter St. on December 7.
At this meeting the new officers
of the SinaWiks were elected.
Those taking office in January
will be: President, Margaret Rea-
gan; 1st vice president, Marjorie
Warner; End vice president, Alice
Dillon; treasurer, June Harris and
secretary, Leda Campbell.
Those serving on the Board OF
Directors will be out going pre-
Sident Alice Snow, Doris Neble.t,
Nellie Boza, Elena Albury and Will
ma Schaefer.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
" omen Golfers
Announce Weekly
Tourney Results

The Woman'S Golf Association
held their regular Tuesday morn
ing tournament on December IA.
The handicap tournament was
played on the back-nine with 8
holes thrown out. The determined
hole thrown out was drawn from a
hat.
The winners in each class were:
Class A. Anne Witzel; calSS B,
Louise McCabe and class c, Fran
ceS West.
Participating golfers were Clara
Stanley, Rose Gavilan. Lou Duke,
30 HingSon, Charlotte Rule. Mickey
BayliSS, Ruth Holtzberg, Kola Reid,
Mary O'Brient and Helen Alton.
The regular members are enjoy
ing different type tournament
each week and extend a special in
vitation to women golfers to come
out and join them every Tuesday
morning at nine o'clock.
The weekly prizes will be pre-
Sented at the luncheon TO be held
In January.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
GROUP SINGING is
ENJOYED At HARRIS
PT4 MEETING

The regular monthly meeting of
the Harris School Parent Teach
er Association last night was call
ed to order by the president, Mrs.
Doris Edwards. A devotion was gl-
ven by Mr.. Glenwood Sweeting, fol-
lowed by the flag salute.
A short business session was held
followed by an enjoyable half hour
of group singing led by Mr.. Vim
cent Gehr, and Mr.. Ned Simmons
played the piano.
The regular Christmas program
that was planned could not be pre-
sented due to the music teacher,
Mrs. Mary T. Tichenor being i'll
The Association was adjourned
to the library for a delightful So
cial hour.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15

Mrs. Leland Goddard expressed
qualification at the number OF men
who are interested and attending
the garden club teas.
Mrs. Hugh Williams, made a help
full suggestion to Key West cItlzenS
who have ground floor bedrooms
and are beset with the problems Of
peeping toms considered one OF
the lowest forms of amusement and
often leading to crime. :
Mrs. Williams suggested that
planting cactus at bedroom win
dowS would help solve that pro
blem. Also Mrs. Williams offered
cactus cuttings to any one who de-
sired them.
Those enjoying Mrs. Hicks hos
pitality were Mrs. H. c. Galley,
Mrs. Arnold MacManus, Mrs. Me-
mis- Warfield, Mrs. J. W. Rothwel,
Mrs. W. W. Whitley, Mrs. Hugh
Williams, Mrs. Lula Russell, Mrs
Henry Sands, Mrs Walter Landuyt'
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Mills, Mrs.
c. NJ. Wassell, Lcdr. and Mrs
T. M. Dick, Mrs. Joseph Cleare,
Commander and Mrs. Leland God.
dard, Dr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Morgan,
Commander and Mrs. Ray Byrns,
Mrs. Emery Komlos, Mrs. Byron
Lowery and Mrs. Mildred l.. Mills
Mrs. Goddard stated that the
next Garden Club party hostess
would be announced at the regular
officials meeting to be held the
first Thursday in January at the
Key West Woman'S Club.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
CS Troop 10 Has
Court Of Aurards
Last Saturday

There were some very proud
mamas and daddies at the Wesley
House last Saturday night as they
watched their young daughters,
members of Girl Scout Troop 10,
serve a delicious spaghetti supper
and afterwards receive hard-earn-
ed Girl Scout badges in an impress
sive Court of Awards.
Miss Arlene Merritt, co-leader of
the troop, conducted the candle
light ceremony.
Ten tall green candles, each one
representing one of the Girl Scout
laws, were lighted by members of
the troop as each repeated one of
the laws.
Miss Merritt then officially in
vested Sylvia Machin and present
ed her with her Girl Scout pin, and
welcomed Diana CovingtOn, a
transfer, to the troop.
Second class rank and pr0ficien-
cy badges were awarded to Flor
ence Hoffman, Kathy Hanskat,
Tommie Sue Montgomery, Janet
Greenlee and Barbara Luke.
Second Class Scouts who receiv-
ed additional badges were Marie
Huggins, Vera Stout, Madeline Han
son! Darnella Carey and Shella
Stersland.
Beverly Sue Jones was advanced
to first class and Sally Lewinsh
and Ginny Nolte received their
curved bars.
These girls we're also given their
proficiency badges.
Mrs. Higgins prepared the din
ner assisted by troop members.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
Local BPW's To
Visit H0vuna

A good will tour to Havana, Gu.
ba has been arranged for mem,
bers and guests of the local Bus.
mess and Professional Women's
Club.
The party will fly to Cuba Fri
day afternoon and return Sunday
afternoon.
While in Havana the local BPW
members will be entertained by
the Havana club.
Reservations are being taken by
Angela Caro-, chairman of the tour
and Joan Mardis, president of the
local club.
Members and guests are urged
to participate in this tour.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
Today's
Women
BY DOROTHY ROE
AP Women's Editor

The only way to live through
your chldren'S teens and retain
your sanity is to keep a firm grip
on your sense of humOr, says Mary
Brian, who has acquired an unot-
ficial rating as the typical Ameri-
can teen-ager's mother through her
TV appearances in that role in
the CorlisS Archer series.
Though she has no children Of
her own. Mary now qualities as
an expert on and Off-Stage. Pretty
Ann Baker plays the role of Cor
iSS and is a typical teen ager in
real life as we'll as before the TV
cameras. Says Mary of a recent
trip to New York with Ann:
This was AIMS first trip to
New York, and she had all the
typical reactions, while l went
through all the typical mOtherly
worries. One night when she didn't
get in until late l couldn't sleep
and was almost pacing the floor
when at last she arrived. 1t was
all perfectly reasonable when she
explained-but | can understand
now what mothers go through"
Mary has been acting in movies,
plays, summer stock and TV since
she was IL, when she played Wen
dy in the first movie version Of
Peter Pan" She lives in the San
Fernando Valley with her husband,
George TomaSini, a film editor.
In observing problems of parents
of teen-agerS, Mary has worked
out some sound theories:
/. The amusement provided by
a typical teen-ager offsets the an
nOyance
2. Hard and fast rules don't
work. Discipline is important, but
it should be pliable, to allow for
unusual circumstances. For ex-
ample, you can't set certain hour
at which your daughter must be
home from every date-take into
consideration where she is going,
what the occasion is, and what
traffic conditions may be.
3. It's a mothers job to explain
the customs of the new generation
to father, who usually takes these
things harder than Nom.
4. Don't try to pick out a teen.
age daughters clothes for her
you're almost sure to be wrong.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
Surprise Birthday
Party Is Ciren
For Mrs. Butler

Mrs. Alice Butler, manager of
the Poinciana Elementary School
lunch room, was honored with a
surprise birthday party given by
her fellow workers Monday night
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Viii
liam Russell, 1910 South Street.
The assembled group greeted
Mrs. Butler with Happy Birth
day" wish when she entered the
Russell home, which had been de-
corated in observance Of the oc-
casion.
The evenings entertainment con-
sisted of playing games, with priz-
es being given to f. L. Miller,
Mrs. Dorothy Thompson, Roy But
Ter. Mrs. Elizabeth Miller, Mrs.
Julie Gibson and Mrs. Butler as
winners.
A hilarious take off on Liber-
ace and his brother George was
given by Mrs. Russell and Mrs.
Mary Roberts, complete with can
delabra, appropriate costumes, and
the presentation of well known
numbers.
Miss Elizabeth Ann Russell,
daughter of the hosts, played for
group singing and presented num-
ber of Christmas selections on the
piano.
A gift from the entire corps Of
employes was given to Mrs. But
Ter, as well as a number of lndi-
vidual gifts.
A beautifully decorated cake,
bearing the words Happy Birth
dav Alice" was also presented to
the honoree, who blew out the can
dies after making the traditional
wish.
Fruit punch, sandwiches, devlled
eggs, potato chips, and candies, as
well as cake, were served to the
Buffers, Mrs. Mary Roberts, Mrs.
Thompson, Mr.. and Mrs. Miller,
Mrs. Albert Carey, Mrs. Genevieve
| Carey. Mrs. Gibson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Garcia and Mrs. Betty Ann
Legeman.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
SCOUTING
NEWS

A Christmas party for Cub Scout
Pack PIT will be held December
II at 100 pm. at the Poinciana
School Auditorium.
The regular business meeting
will be held prior to the party.
Christmas socks filled wit h
goodies" will be given to the Cubs
and their little guests.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15

It SENS that members of the
decorating committee were busy
spraying all sorts of lovely and un-
usual decorations for the dance -
and talking about the extra special
door prizes.
The club will be decorated by a
committee under the direction OF
Louis Hutchings and Anne Cruise.
Table decorations are being plan
ned by Dora Deane Rice and Mary
Jane Becker.
A large Christmas tree Will be
decorated by Lorene Rodgers, Fon-
ME Micheals and their committee.
Lillian English is chairman of the
"snacks" committee and the door
prizes were arranged for by Lo-
rene Rodgers, Anne Cruise, and
Louise Hutchings.
Table reservations are limited to
twelve with adjacent tables for lar
ger groups.
They may be made by calling
Mary Clark, 2-3511, ext. 449; Helen
Sherman. 2-6533 or Anne Lynne, 2
6O73 or Fort Taylor, 2-6431.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
Club Calendar

Publicity for organizations listed in the Club
Calendar are requested notify the society editor there
has been any change the REGULAR date. time place
of meenq so calendar will be correct at all times.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
Unusual Atmospheric Condition
Is Reported At SeapINne Base

this that pilots had complained of fine
vicinity Seapane Base making visibility
nothing the effect of this unusual amospher
ic condition their
The source finally located and investigation prov
ed that the phenomena was due to planetary disturb
ance or visitors but by preparations for the Ponseta Ball
he held at Fort Taylor Officers Club Saturday night
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
BIR 7 HIS
Rabv Girl Tounu

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Young,
Jr., of 1902 Whitehead Street, an
nounce the birth of their daughter,
Corinne, on December at Mon
roe General Hospital.
Daughter for Jacksons
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Jack
son 1908 Thompson Lane, are the
parents of a daughter born at Mon
roe General Hospital on December
6. She has been named Charlene
Elizabeth.
Baby Girl Vargas
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Vargas, 1921
Fogarty Avenue, have named their
daughter Christine Marie. She was
born on December 9 at Monroe
General Hospital.
Girl For Turner's
Mr.. and Mrs. John W. Turner,
621 Eaton Street, announce the
,:birth of their daughter, Penny Dee,
on December IL at Monroe Gener-
al Hospital.
Baby Girl Rodriguez
Mr.. and Mrs. Raul Rodriguez,
1909 Grinnell Street, are the par
ents of a baby girl born on Dec
ember 13 at Monroe General Hos
pital. She has been named Pura
Maria.
Girl to Robinsons
Mr.. and Mrs. William Robinson,
400 White Street, announce the
birth of daughter, Susan Patricia
Ann, at Monroe General Hospital
on December 13.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15

Does duckling taste best to you
when it has a tough skin? Then
roast it at a moderate (350 de-
grees) temperature for two to two
and one half hours.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-15
Cactus Plontings. Are Adpised
For Control Of Peeping Toms

Mrs Stuart Hicks 9f6 Sunday
afternoon TO the third of series of Garden Club lawn parties given
by members of the Key West Garden Club.
assisted in entertaining and serving wonderful
refreshments Mrs. c. NJ "aSSe Mrs Lula RUSSELL Mrs Al
NJ w H. Landuy
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College Announces
Summer Sessions

Button College has scheduled four
three-week summer sessions which
will begin June 8 according to Dean
j. S. Schultz.
Glasses in the summer school which
are patterned from the demands of
the students for the most part, are
scheduled for three hours each morn
ing, five days a week.
Suggested courses Ito date include:
Teaching of Reading, Teaching of
Arithmetic, Elementary School Prac-
tees, Child Psychology, Audio-Visual
Aids, Conservation, Bird Lore e,
Christian Ethics, Life and Letters
of Paul, Social Studies, and Art
Methods.
Dates for the four terms are June
S-26; June 29-July IT; July 20
August 7; and August 1927.
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given James unknown; and two
others whose names entirely have
been forgotten. Brown, in love with
one girl had married another and
had Joined the army rather than live
with her.
Brown, Blinn and Gallagher were
sentenced to be hanged; Roberts and
other to each run the gauntlet 16
times; and the remaining two to long
terms in irons in the guard-house.
The gallows already stood and the
sentences were carried out the next
day after trial.
Five hundred soldiers with arms
were drawn up around the gallows
less as a guard than that they might
e what happens to any who desert.
The three doomed men We're young
and fine looking-heads up and eyes
front they were as stole as Indians
and met death with quiet dignity, as
if they had nothing to fear beyond it.
Brown was first to 60. ! Beneath
the gallows a sergeant, serving as
hangman, asked him if there were
any reason why sentence should not
be carried out. Brown pointed at
Major Rudolph. "T'd rather die nine
hundred times than be subject to the
command of such a man." he said. He
was swung off without further delay.
Seth Blinn was next. The rope had
been awkwardly fixed around his neck
and Blinn struggled much. He was
strangling and three times raised his
feet until they touched the upper
part of the ga~llows--the exertion
breaking his neck.
Then came Gallagher, who swung
off and died without mishap.
A quarter of an hour after the
~hangings a messenger arrived from
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Black Rose

Tradition now died out had it in
the first half of the 1905 that in
the garden over dead mems bones the
roses bloomed black and hung their
heads and the vegetables there had a
bitter tinge like that of aloes. 1t was
the site of a galIows on which three
Fl. Hamilton deserters had been
hanged in the fall 1872, near the
fort and only a stones throw south
of the later Associate Reformed
Church. TT. Hamilton was the
beginning of present Hamilton, But
Ter County.
The rosebuds in mourning yarn is
only an old wives tale and the writer
recounts the legend only as such. But
the story of the hangings is a true
n nevertheless and is worth its
telling.
Unable to stand the cruelty and
tyranical dictatorship of Major Ru-
dolph, commandant of the Kentucky
Dragons (hrst troops stationed at
the forty any longer, seven privates
deserted, stole a canoe and made
their getaway down the Great Miami
River to the Ohio. They were bound
for New Orleans and liberty. The
fort then was garrisoned by three
companies of Light Dragons, one OF
riflemen and one of infantry.
The runaways got past Louisville
and over the falls there without mis-
hap but just beyond the falls met a
few boatloads of soldiers and were
taken. The deserters were identified
as John Brown, from near Albany
New York; Seth Blinn, a New York
widows son; a private named Gal
lagher and another named Roberts
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TT. Washington, Cincinnati, with a
pardon for all three doomed desert
ers. Col. James Wilkinson there, of
whose command the garrison at Fl.
Hamilton was a part, knew of Ru-
dolph's inhumanity and had FASTENED
to save the three from it. But Ru-
dolph had learned the pardons were
on the way and. had FASTENED the
executions.
They were buried beneath the gall
lows-where Hamilton housewives
later grew cabbages and cucumbers
and hence the legend of the black
roses.
Of the two who ran the gauntlet,
Roberts had worst luck. Two lines
of soldiers faced each other on rising
ground east of the fort, where Front
Street nov runs and the lines ex-
tended to the intersection of Ludlow
Street. Hit by gun-butts, clubs,
stones and kicked with hob-nailed
shoes, Roberts ran between the lines
eight times then fcI. An army doc
tor stopped the torture by declaring
that the man could stand no more
and that his life already had been
endangered. The other deserter COM
pleted his 16 trips but collapsed at
the end of the last one.
Shortly afterwards Rudolph was
removed by Anthony Wayne. Turn
ing pirate, he was hanged from the
yard arm of a ship in European
waters.
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Mrs. A. G. Burcky On
TB Assn. Committee

Mrs. A. C. Bureky of Button has
been named a member of the nominal
ing committee for the 1854 annual
meeting of the Allen County Tuber-
culosis and Health association, ac-
.cording to Frank E. McClain, presi-
dent of the association.
Other members of the committee,
whose duties are to nominate officers
and executive committee members and
directors for presentation to the meet
ing, are HenryIJ. Conley, Lima, chair
man; Mrs. Paul H. Copeland,
Delphos; Mrs. ]. Paul Fisher, Lima;
Mrs. Ralph E. Krouskop, Route 2,
Lima.
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appoint a Iegionnaire and two as
sistants to be in charge of activity
for each meeting night.
1t is planned to have a varied
program schedule including motion
pictures, speakers, banquet, enter
tanners and Civic affairs.
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also designed to secure veterans in
the Bluffton community, who are
potential Legion members, to join
the post.
Maurice Felt has been designated
general chairman for the activities
program. In this capacity, he will
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Legion Livens
Program Activity

Bluffton Post 382 American Le-
gion, has launched an activities pro-
gram designed to stimulate post
membership, attendance at regular
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meetings and to foster better rela-
tons between the Legion and the
community
Scheduled to get underway during
the month of March, the program
will be set up TO procure the serv-
ices of every Legionnaire and is
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Mrs. Wayne Kidd viii be hostess
to members of the w. S. c. S. of the
Methodist church Thursday after
noon of next week. The program is
based on the theme, "Jesus' Concern
for Cities" Mrs. Alice Boden will
give the devotions, with Mrs. Ida
Spicer presenting the program topic.
A special feature will be given by
Mrs. Lucille Beery.
The Profit and Pleasure Club will
have their first meeting following the
summer vacation, in the home of Mrs.
Glen Huber. "The Public School and
It's Problems" will be given by Mrs.
Raymond Anderson and a special fea-
ture by Mrs. Byron Mcdowell. Mem
bers will respond to roll call with
"a Thoughtful Suggestion of Bene-
fit to Your Local School"
Mrs. Fred Grismore of Gainesville
Fla, arrived Saturday for a visit in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Mar
shall in Bluffton.
Mrs. Melvina Whistler of Bluffton,
a former resident of this community,
is driving a fine new Chevrolet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mayberry re-
ceived an announcement this week of
the recent marriage of their nephew,
William j. Porter of Marysville, to a
Marysville girl. The newlyweds are
making their home at San Pidro,
Calf, where Porter has been sta
toned for some time at L. F. Ream
Field.
Arthur Neuenschwander is show
ing the Angus cattle of the Millarden
Farm at Annville, Pa, at the Mary
land State Fair in Timonium, this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. c. Geiger and Mr.
and Mrs. Orlo Marshall of Bluffton
and their guest, Mrs. Fred Grismore
of Gainesville, Fla, were Monday
evening dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. c. Marshall in Pandora.
Mrs. Jesse Spicer and Mrs. Faye
Rouseculp of Shawnee, were Thurs
day guests of their aunt, Mrs. Alice
Bodell.
Mrs. Harold Marshall will be host
ess to members of the Au Revoir club
Thursday of this week.
After a brief visit in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlo Marshall in Bluff
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Lysle Cahill and
daughter Lynne of Cleveland, left
last Wednesday for California where
they will spend the next six months