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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-24

doesn't it, mother?" David inter-
rupted.
Eyes, dear, now let MIR. Kovacs
read on"
:. "The Israelite inhabitants of
the country are hereby declared
as h a vim 6 the same privi-
leges ="
Privileges" The word seemed
to ring through the room. The
Jews had never had privileges.
a.. in the exercise of all civil
and political rights as the Chris
tan inhabitants.
Rebecca had been standing by
her mother, holding on to her
apron. Now, her mother held her
hand tightly and sat down as if
she were sinking into a cloud in
a far-off world. The rabbi stared
into space. In the golden silence,
Mr.. Kovacs continued in a much
softer tone than that in which he
had been talking.
"The second paragraph reads:
AL laws, practices, and DEGREES
which are in opposition to this
provision are hereby repealed 3.
Yes, the emancipation edict. We
can thank Ferene Deak and Kali
man Tisza, for they promoted this
document"
Tears of JOY streamed down
Mrs. Schonderburg's face. She
looked up at her husband, who
remained solemn and silent. His
thoughts, however, were not 81
lent. He was, of course, grateful
to these men, but he knew where
the real thanks belonged. His
prayer, the prayer of all the Jews
in Hungary had, at last, been an
swered.
Arlene Moscovitz
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-09-24
Answer to Prayer

Mr.. Kovacs put his ~brief case
on a chair and slowly drew out
some papers. Finally, after un-
folding them, he began, To-day
an edict was passed in the Diet.
1t consisted of the following two
paragraphs" Before he continued
he reached into his vest pocket
and took out his glasses.
please read it," Mrs. Schon-
derburg exclaimed, wringing her
hands nervously.
II am happy to do So" Mr..
Kovacs answered, smiling.
"The first paragraph says. The
Tsraelite inhabitants :. -"
'"That means us = the Jews,
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burg's door just as hey were
finishing supper. The rabbi an
swered his knock. LET us go into
the dining room, Rabbi. I want
to announce something to the en-
tire family" AS they entered the
dining room Mr.. Kovacs con-
tinued, "Oh, don't rise, Mrs. Sch
onderburg. I hate to disturb your
supper, but I'm sure you'll forgive
me when you hear what I have
to say"
Hurry and tell u.s."
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relolce. And except 1or one friend of long standing, those near and dear to me seemed very far away indeed.
 lt was the Christmas Of 1921. 1 was ID New York trying to get a Job as an actor. Just out of school, had left my home ln Milwaukee and traveled to the big city. It seemed the logical place to go ii you wanted to start an acting career
 Only Broadway didn't seem to care if Spencer Tracy got started on the stage or not. l made the rounds every day. out l seldom even got an interview al the casting offices
 l might have struck out. eX cept for a friend of mlne. His name was Pat O'Brlen. We'd grown up together Tn Milwau- kee and we were both Tn the same boat that Christmas. He wanted to be an actor and was having as little luck as was
 We were sharing a room in a oroWnstone-front house Tn the west 40s. We lived on hot dogs and soda pop and tired to keep warm with an oil-burning stove. On Christmas eve we spent our last dollar on fuel to keep the room from freezing.
 Fortunately. a friend of Pats had invited us to Christmas din ner, so it didn't look as though we'd starve. But it was pretty bleak holiday-until 6 o'clock in the. evening.
 A boy delivered a telegram It was from the Theater Guild. offering me part in new play. "R.U.R." Rehearsa)S were to start the day after CH"istmas.
 played roho' cd had only four lines. But it was my first
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JUDY GARLAND

THE MOST memorable Christ
 l mas Tn Judy Garland's event filled life was the one she spent with her husband and l2 strang- CTS aboard a Hollywood to- New York train
 It took place Tn 1852 when Judy and her husband. Sid Luft. had boarded the train on Christ mas Eve to hurry to New York for a business appointment.
 T brought Sld's and my pres ents and a Christmas tree to our drawing room.' Judy recalled.
 The tree was decorated by the time the train reached Po- mona and we began opening presents at about San Bernar- dino Both of us were rather blue at having to be away from home and the children over the holidays.
 Only l2 other passengers were on the train. l kept the door open and pretty soon they had all dropped in and gathered around the tree, Some brought small gifts and things to eat, and we sang and played records most of the night. Under ordi- nary circumstances we might never have spoken to each other, but the loneliness of travellers adrift from families and homes at Christmas had brought us to- gether.
 q never thought would cher ish the memory of spending the Yuletide with strangers, but I think this was one of my most heart-warming Christmases. This Christmas I will spend with Sid and our children in our new house and I know it will be a happy one."
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to Alaska and entertain the troops, frozen In up there for the holidays. 1 gave him all the reasons why it couldn't be done this time But l knew l was go- ing 1 knew it all the time.
 Hold on, Stu. while l call Dolores on the other phone." l said
 After l told her about It, she said. But what about our plans? What about the children?"
 I repeated this to Stu. Dolores waited.
 "Take Dolores and the chil- dren with you" Stu suggested.
 That's all we needed. Christ mas in Alaska. with the kids.
 Next morning, Stu picked us up in a Constellation.
 We did II shows in two and half days. But the big thrill came at Eilson Air Base on the tip of Alaska near the North Pole. w. went to midnight mass on Christmas eve. along with thousands of G.I.'S.
 When mass ended. the G.I.s assembled outside the church and gave me an ovation. Songs. cheers and tears from those kids. thousands of miles from home. simply broke me up
 Who was 1 to rate this? 1 asked myself And yet they made me feel like some saint-a saint with a lumpy Adams apple tied up into a neat boW-knot.
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Soc what they are
 We'll. that particular Christmas morning. walked into the room and on my table sat what looked like a huge oriental statue. con cealed oy table cloth. You see. l collect oriental ob1etS q art, and for a horrible moment l thought Andre, who IS wildly eXtravagant had managed 10 buy an incredibly expensive Chi nese Goddess which I had ad- mired at a recent auction. Buy ing thls statue would have meant almost bankruptcy
 Gingerly. l walked up to the table and with shaking hands withdrew the table cloth from the motionless figure There, as suming the pose of a Buddha. sat my mother whom Andre had brought over from Paris as a surprise gift for me-
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news of the generals return home the best Christmas gift she ever received.
 According to Alden Hatch in Red Carpet for Mamie" lHenry Holt, she was waiting for the general Tn her apartment, ad- joining the apartment of Ruth Butcher Tn the Wardman Park Hotel Tn Washington. Long past midnight the two women heard muffied laughter in the back hallway The general and his aide, Harry Butcher were ran sacking the kitchens of both apartments. eating all. the raw on,ons they could find.
 When discovered. each was carrying a tiny puppy-belated Chr stmas gifts for the children.
 Ike was so excited Mamie has racounted. he could hardly speak. In a strict personal way this brief home coming, this chance to see again the people he loved so much and had missed so sorely. meant more to him than all the honors he had received and the victories, he was winning.
 q found out that he was to be Supreme Commander of the Allied Invasion Forces"
 After Eisenhower had spent his leave in fast and furious Iocbino from ,1acn tO nlaPp in curtained limousines and dodg- ing in and out of back doorWays visiting his son, John. at the Military Academy at West Point and borrowing Gen. Marshalls house at White Sulphur Springs, he was about to leave. Mamie said to him:
 Don't come back till it's over l can't stand losing you again. "
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was In ped. and no one could come near me: no visitors from among my playmates, no friends or relatlVes-no one. What was worse 1 was haunted by the convection that even Santa Claus would avoid thls house of con- taminatlon. and l would never see the beautiful doll carriage l had my heart set on
 But when Christmas morning came. the carriage was there when was momentarily per mitted to leave my bed for one brief peek at the tinseled tree. l cried that morning-tears of joy. and of gratitude to Santa Claus. who. for my sake had risked catching the humps.
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an Eastern city to a neighboring Sunday school, He heard there some wonderful things about Jesus and began to announce his new discovery to playmates and adults whom he met. He was surprised to find that others had heard about the man he had just come to know
 A public school teacher told me about an experience in her school room. She had a prl- mary grade and as Christmas approaching she asked the children to draw something sug- gested by Christmas She had to use her imagl- nation in seeing what the children had drawn. because she did not want to ask child what it was. Coming to one little girls drawing she said. Il see you have drawn the child Jesus in the manager and here is Mary sitting by him. "
 Whereupon the little girl said "That is not Mary That is baby-sitter Mary and Joseph have gone to cocktail party
 Ignorance on the Campus
 was on the campus of one of our largest western universities during religious emphasis week. As was Interviewing one after another of leading sorority group, I asked girl what God meant to her Her reply was q have never in my life thought about it." Through her re, plies to further questions learned that she had never been inside a church, and she was sure that neither her father or mother had ever gone to a servlce of worship.
 This religious illiteracy our better Amer can homes is appalling. One of our distinguished juvenile court judges in America has been quoted as saying. Among the thousands of boys and girls before me I have never had one who had known any real religious training Tn the home"
 Christianity is contending today with Commit nsm and secularism for mans soul The Presl- dent of the United States one of his greatest tary might to stop the advance of Communism, and that we can never. stop it by defeat of Russia on the battlefield We must meet the thrust of communism by the counter thrust of a
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usual sta tu quo-; dead l y. d r e a r y. monoton us succession of nothing ever h a ppen n g. with weather view ed with disfavor even D V D 0 ] a r bears.
 T h ere W e found young A m erie a n s sentenced to a
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l was ms erable. l had
 he humps
 MunpS are 10 joke al any -inle But to in S. old W h o c a m @ l OW n W l { h them lust be- fore Christ mas. they are l tragedy the end of tn Q world
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Why Children Should Be Taught YuIetide s Religious Meaning

 said, We do not need 10 feai any nation in the world, nor any organized church If Christians were to become more Christian then the days of Communism might be numbered
 One night in Rangoon a year ago saw burn to the ground village of l2.O00 Burmese, ref ugees from Communist terrorists. Heart heavy with the stark tragedy. saw against the night sky the golden dome of the great Buddhist temple and recalled the words of Burmese leader, Communists may cverrun country but that which will prevent the domination of communism IS our growing revival of interest in our Buddhist religion
 The Real American Enemies
 In our Amerlca the zeal enemies ot the Amer lcan way of life are not the few Communists discovered in Congressional investigations, but the millions our people indifferent to things of the spirit The children in our homes could be so taught as to change the materialistic eli mate in our land
 Suppose we start now to send children to Sunday schools and parish schools and places ot religious instruction. Suppose create more ot religious atmosphere in our homes. We may not gather them around us as in "The Cotter's Saturday Night for long evening of Bible reading and prayer because the family IS so scattered. but we say a word of thanks to God at the table, and teach our children to say simple prayers of trust
 As Christmas comes we have the finest oppor- tunty of the year to stress the deeper mean ing of Gods coming into our lives We will be thrilled by the laughter and songs about the Christmas tree, but we can also recall the birth day of the Christ-child. and His meaning for our lives
 A Favorite Christmas Story
 A favorite Christmas story of mine is that of the little boy who went to the country for Christmas with his mother and father The father, famous surgeon, determined that his son should not be taugh. Christmas myths. The grandmother anc the nurse had told the boy the familiar Christmas legends
 On Christmas Eve the father was called away to sick person, and his return at mid night he found his little boy in the barn waiting to see If the animals would kneel at midnight. Early Christmas morning the little boy took his father to the edge of the well 10 show him a star mirrored on the surface of the water See, Daddy. the Christmas Star" The father replied "Yes. Son, Daddy sees it and he will never lose the star again."
 Children with a real sense of spiritual val could grow up ID our homes-and they could lead to such appreciation that we might create spiritual movement that would save our American way of life and our Chris tian civilization
 At Christmus let's take our children's hands and renew our dedication to religious values.
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By IRENE DUNNE

CHRISTMAS should have nigh > excitement surprise or splr- ltual reward l can recall one that held all three It happened when l was 8. There Is only one reason l remember 1t so well.
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On the eve nlng of Dec. 23. 1 was Wip- Ing m a k e up from my face in my dress n g roo m W h e n { h e phone rang. IL was Stu Sy- mlngton. sec retary ot the Air F orce
 calling from w Washington. He wanted me to fly with him
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when l walked into our New Y ork living "oon. My hus-
 oand. An dre ostela n tz. and ] each
 nave a table
 which we cov- 1T with a spe- cial cloth so hat while we each arrange
 our gifts. the )t CT w on [
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-24

One ot tn most important Evangelistlc frontiers is that of childhood and youth. Every new generation requires the fresh pres entation of the gos pei. Among the most impor' tant methods in Christian nur ture are the techniques de. veloped in Sunday schools. youth programs and. not least Christian training in tn C home "
 There IS a constantly fad ing emphasis on religious teaching in the home. A child went from a wealthy home in
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m l943. Tn the darkest days of World War II. when she was told that Gen. Eisen- mower would D e com l n 2 nome secretly around New Years Eve of mat year.
 Mrs. ElSen- oW CT still considers the
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-24
By BOB HOPE

IN l949, Dolores and l were fix \ ing up Christmas festival al home with the kids-our first ID several years. We vowed that nothing would be allowed to SideSWipo our plans
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part on the protesslonal stage, and l couldn't have been hap pier. Do you wonder why l re- member that Christmas of 1921?
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Bv WALTER PIDGEON

MY MOST memorable Christ
 M mas was on a desolate ice cap called Greenland. l went there in 1851. when that frozen section of the world enjoyed its
The Nome nugget., 1954-12-24
By LILY PONS

THE MOST wonderful Christ
 mas present 1 ever received? That IS easy I'll never forget
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BY BISHOP IVAN LEE HOLT President World Methodist Council

THE SECOND Assembly o1 the World Coun-
 | c:l of Churches emphasized the necessity of Christian nuture in these words:
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Siberia like existence. without even the alarms and excitement of a shooting war to keep them distracted
 In with nowhere u go, nothing to do. less to see "a day off was spent m the luxuriou idlencss of staying in bed.
 And yet the spirit winch greeted us was as vital as any we had encountered Tn other areas where G.I.'s were sta toned. The traditional Christ mas tree Shipped from Amer ica). the makeshift ornaments and turkey and trimmings ere ated the Christmas spirit. Only the usual G.1 jokes made us realize that here were Ameri- cans. as full, of the real Christ mas spirit as Tiny Tim.
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DNE Christmas often stands U out dboUe dll others in our memories-SOmetimeS for gladneSs, sometimes for sad ness. Here are some personal ndrrdtiDeS describing My Most Memorable Christmas"
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MAMIE EISENHOWER

THE FIRST Lady of the Land,
 | Mamie Eisenhower. says her most memorable Chrl>",DaS was
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By SPENCER TRACY

! REMEMBER one Chrlstmas
 when it seemtd d as though rod. no blessings for which to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-24
JayCees Favor Setting Up OF
KWHS Driver Training Course

cation had requested information
about Key West facilities.
Information Asked
A letter was read from a Navy
man stationed in Guantanamo. Gu
ba, in which he requested infor.
nation about the Key West to Gu
ba ferry. He stated in the letter
that many Navy men stationed
there would now drive to and from
the Naval Station there.
1t was also announced that Ber.
ME c. Papy has offered his pro
perty for use as a Jaycee football
parking lot. Papy offered the land
that is across from the new Ho
ward Johnson restaurant. 1t wa,
stated that the only stipulation hi
made was that he requested Z
space be held for his car when he
came to the game.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-24

Activities will begin with
a giant fish fry and open
house aboard the ship at its
Duval Street pier, and wind
up at 8 a. m. Saturday when
the vessel leaves the Key
West harbor bound on its
maiden voyage.
Louis Carbonell, general
manager of the Kennel Club
offered the use of the Stock
Island racing plant.
Sandwiched between those events
will be broadcast of Tom Moore's
radio quiz program, True or
False" direct from the Key West
Kennel Club, a gala Ferry Fiesta
Ball, also set for the Kennel Club.
a motorcade on the morning of the
sailing and addresses by local and
visiting dignitaries just prior to the
sailing of the ship on its maiden
run.
Escort Set
The ship will be escorted 10 the
sea buoy by a flotiIla of small
craft, including Navy vessels, char
ter and pleasure craft and mem.
bers of the Key West Cupboard
Club.
1t. John Hayes, commanding of
flcerof the local Coast Guard sta
ton is in overall charge of the
flotilla, while Captain jake Key
and Captain John West will serve
as Commodores.
Indications are that he Cuban
navy will furnish an escort for the
ship to Cuba.
Parade Plans
Louis Carbonell, in charge of dec
orations and the motorcade said
that the parade will form at 7:45
a. m. Saturday at Duval and South
SITS. and viii proceed at 8 a. m.
down Duval St. to the dock.
He urged all local organizations
to join the motorcade.
Carbonen also pointed out that
local merchants are cooperating
magnificenty by decorating Their
places of business.
Hostesses To Serve
Local women will serve as host
esseS aboard the vessel during the
open house. They will wear rib
bons with the inscription: ASK
Me, l Live Here"
Meanwhile, Ray Knopp and Can
tain West, cO-chairman of the fish
fry committee have reported that
planning is nearly complete for
the worlds biggest fish n.y."
They have succeeded in obtain
Ing 500 pounds of shrimp, along
with quantity Of other food stuffs
and soft drinks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-24
Man Admits
Staying

DELRAY BEACH IA hitch
hiker who got suspicious when he
saw a pistol was credited today
with causing the arrest of a North
Carolina man who has admitted
killing Mrs. Margaret Baynard, 4s,
of Jacksonville.
Police Chief r. c. Croft said
Eugene Hayden of Miami turned
Joseph L. Ezel, A, of Graham,
N. G. over to Delray Beach police
Wednesday night when he noticed
the man had a AS automatic.
Ezell at the time, Croft said.
was fleeing from Jacksonville
where Mrs. Baynard's bullet rid.
died body was found-about the
same time-in a clump of weeds
alongside a road.
Tells Of Drive
The police chief quoted the man
as saying he saw Mrs. Baynard
about breakfast time" Wednes.
day in a tavern and that she in
vlted him for a ride in her car.
He said she saw he had a pistol
and asked him to take it along
as she might like to shoot it.
The police chief continued:
"Ezell said they took a drive. had
a misunderstanding, she slapped
MIN, he lost his temper and shot
her in the head and shoulder;
then dumped the body out and
drove back to get his own car"
The woman's husband, Joseph
). Baynard, told police he woke
up about tbs a. m. Wednesday
and discovered his wife and car
missing but did not report it. The
car, bloodStained and with two bull,
let holes in the front seat an door
was found about 8 a. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-24
BY BILL SPILLMAN

A resolution to go on record al
supporting Key West High SchoO
Driver Training program, was un
animously passed by members o.
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
during their regular weekly meet
ing Wednesday night.
1t was pointed out during the dis
cussion that the school superinten
dent and the school board hat
been thinking" about the driver
training subject for some time
However, they have not as yet tax
en- any action.
1t was also revealed that the Jay
Gees had backed the proposal a
bout three years ago. 1t was stat
ed that the organization had gone
to great lengths in obtaining in
StructorS and a training car, only
to have the proposal given a chl
ly reception by the powers tina
be" in the school directive system
Football "chhl"
The measure was compared to
the chill given to the local high
school football proposal before the
team became a reality.
1t was also pointed out that, pre-
viously, when the proposal was
made to the school superintendent,
he would have permitted it on an
after-school hour, voluntary basis
only.
The driver training resolution
passed by the local chamber is a.
long the same line as the resolu-
ton passed by the Florida summer
convention of Jaycees.
Conference Move
The summer conference had re-
solved to request the state legis.
lature to take legislative action to
make mandatory a driver training
program for all Florida high
schools.
The local Kiwanis club has the
measure under study and it is ex.
pected that other civic clubs will
follow in the driver training pro-
poSal endorsement.
During routine business conduct
ed at the meeting. it was an, mr.
ced that the National Flying Farm
ers of America are planning on vi
sitting Key West in their winter
flight-tour south. The flying organi-