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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
Leo Riiyas
Graduates

CAMP GORDON, Georgia PVT.
Leo r. RivaS of Key West, Florida,
will graduate this week from the
Pole Line Construction Course, one
of the many courses offered at The
Southeastern Signal School, Camp
Grodon. Georgia. He is the son of
Leroy Rivas, I'D Fort Village, Key
West, Florida.
The Pole Line Construction
Course, which is weeks in length,
trains selected enlisted men to con-
struct, maintain and rehabilitate
open wire, cable and field wire
communications systems.
During training, Pvt. Leo R. Ri
vas received technical education
worth thousands of dollars. He will
now be reassigned to an active
unit of the United States Army.
The Southeastern Signal School
is a component Of the Signal Corps
Training Center, a mammoth COM
munications college, which sup
plies trained signal technicians to
Army units all over the world.
Pvt. Rivas is a graduate of
Douglass High School, class of 1854.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
Consultant
Named For
US Workshop

TALLAHASSEE - Especially -
Edward Taylor Clayton, managing
editor of Jet, the national weekly
news magazine, will serve as a
chief consultant for the fifth an
nual Florida A and M University
Interscholastic Press Workshop
scheduled for January 20 80, 1855.
This was announced by Charles J.
Smith III, workshop director.
More than 150 high school jour-
nalists from the southeast are ex-
pected to attend the two-day con-
fab to receive a concentrated
course in journalism. The list of
top-flight consultants will include
both working journalists and jour-
nalist educators, Smith said
Clayton joined the staff of the
johnson Publishing Company, pub
fishers of Jet, in 1948 as associate
editor on Ebony, the monthly. He
was promoted to managing editor
of Jet in 1851 at the beginning of
the publication of this weekly news
magazine which now has a circula-
ton of over 400, 900 and is the Tar
gest circulated Negro weekly in
the world.
Following his discharge from the
Army Air Force 1945, Clayton serv-
ed as sports editor of Louisville
Defender, his hometown weekly,
until he moved to Chicago to join
the johnson Publishing Company.
He also handled various rep0r-
torial assignments for the United
Press, Associated Press (Negro), J.,
and did feature work for the LOU
iSville Courier Journal, q daily
newspaper in his hometown.
Clayton is a graduate of Ken
lucky State College, Frankfort,
class of AZ. He served as editor
CT tne ScnOOl paper, the thorough
bred during the school years 194O-
AZ.
During the period 1914 As, he
was assistant editor of The Hawks
Cry. the Tuskegee (Ala.) Air Field
newspaper which rated among the
top three of all army mimeograph-
ed newspapers.
While at "Skegee" Clayton CO.
authored the CT musical review
Roger" the only Negro show pro-
duced by CTS during World War
II. The show toured the east coast
from Washington to Florida and
was presented as non-profit show
to raise $1,000, 900 in War Bonds
and over $10O, 900 for the Red Cross.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24

guests remembered that they were
invited to attend a grand supper
given in honor of a visiting digni-
tary at an outstanding hall.
"By the way, are you Jewsh?"
asked the host.
Yes" replied the man.
81 am very sorry, but you can
not go. This invitation is only for
GentileS. This is a Christmas din.
ner given in honor of a visiting
dignitary."
Who was the man from heaven?
Jesus. You are right.
Is your Christmas for a visiting
dignitary and not for Jesus?
Let us resolve on this Christmas
to open our hearts. How realistic
is this story. They were rushine
to meet dignitary, when the
greatest of all - the King of Kinps
was in their presence. Yet, they
saw him not because they were
blinded with hatreds and preiu.
dices.
Let US enjoy Christmas with a
hope of bringing Christ to the ma.
ton and peace to the world.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
Witnesses Are
Here For Meet
Sun.

This evening marks the begin-
ming of the 3-day Semi-annuaI Cir.
cult Assembly of Jehovah's Wit
nesseS at WickerS Stadium.
Many people around the southern
part of Florida, namely. Lake Wor-
tn, Fort Pierce, Delray Beach, and
other sections will be here approx
imately LOO are expected.
An important talk will be given
Saturday at 1:30 p M, OH the SUBJ
ject of Baptism. Following the talk,
the baptizing of those wishing to
symbolic their dedication for the
ministry will take place at the At.
lantic Shores Motel Swimming Pool.
The Saturday evening services
will feature much publicized film
called the New World Society in
Action"
The public is urged 10 see this
most interesting film. The movie
includes scenes from the 1853 In
ternatiOnal Assembly of Jehovah's
Witnesses which drew l65, 900 peo-
pie to New York City from coun-
tries throughout the world and the
administrative preaching and train
ing work of Jehovah'S Witnesses
in more than $50 countries.
This will he shown SATURDAY. eve
ming at 7:30 p. m.
Does God Really Carer" is the
enlightening talk of this assembly
and it will be delivered by A. Ca
tanzaro, a representative of the dis
trict assembly from Brooklyn,
Sunday, at 800 p. m.
All sessions are free and the pub
lie is cordially invited to attend
and enjoy the meeting with He
hovah's Witnesses.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
|FAMU Has
Visitors From
Foreign Lands

TALLAHASSEE - Five United
States Information Agency employ
ees from Pakistan, Iran, Egypt.
and India, visited the campus of
Florida A and NJ University on two
occasions last weekend.
The five, who were the guests of
neighboring Florida State Univer-
slty, made the trip with Edward
Whittlesey. FSU director of public
relations. During their initial visit
to A and M on Friday afternoon,
the journalists were taken on tour
of the campus by Charles ]. Smith,
III, director of public relations.
Their second visit was made on
Sunday to attend the university's
concert choir's presentation of Han
del'S 'The Messiah"
The visitors were: Mr.. Chafur
Alba, Teheran, Iran; Mr.. Hitendra
Nath Mukerjie, New Delhi, India ::
Mr.. Subramania Kaman, Bombay,
India; Mr.. Hamayet Uddin Ahmed,
Dacca, Pakistan; and Mr.. Ma
hound Ell Hawary, Cairo, Egypt.
Mr.. Alba serves as head of the
Persian branch of the USIA press
section. which maintains contact
with more than 100 newspapers
and magazines in Iran and with the
Iranian governments Department
of Press and Propaganda. He in
terviewS editors, reporters and
representatives of various organi-
cations who seek assistance.
He joined the British Informa-
ton Service in 1916 and the United
States Information Program in
l948.
Mr.. Mukerjie edits and rewrites
copy for publication in the Ameri-
can Reporter. From 1949 to 1851 he
was Economic Research assistant
with the American Consulate Gen.
eral in Bombay, and he assumed
his present responsibilities in 1851.
Mr.. Raman is Chief English Edi-
tor of the us. Information Service
in Bombay, and served with the
USOWI from 1943 to 1916. Since
then he has worked with the infor-
nation branch.
Mr.. Ahmed, Chief of the Editor
ial Unit, is a graduate of Dacca
University. He enjoyed the Infor-
nation program in 1851.
Mr.. Hawary is the translator for
the Cairo, Egypt, bureau of the In
formation Agency. He joined the
program in 1949.
Their tour is part of a USIA pro-
gram in which employees from
other countries are brought to the
United States for an orientation
program.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
Douglass Releases
Honor Roll
For End Period

For the second period of the
school term - 1s54-1s55, Douglass
High School releases its Junior !.
Senior Honor Roll:
Grade seven one - Charlie
White, instructor Marie Fowler.
Helen Johnson, and Juliette Saun-
ders.
Grade eight-one - Milton M.
Thompson, instructor Arthur
Clarke, Virginia Burgohy, Horton
Sc Curry and George Mounts.
Grade eight-two - Alfred l..
Saunders, instructor Ellison
A she, Bill Dorset and Alma
Sparks.
Grade nine-one - Mrs. Winifred
Sands Johnson, instructor - Ethel
Francis, Viral Role, Arthurine
Sands, Alveda James Juanita Saun-
ders and Phyllis Allen.
Grade nine-two Theodore
Sands, instructor - Judith Pla,
and Randolph Storr.
Grade 10 - Mrs. Isabel Sands.
instructor Nancy Evans and
Jean Sweeting.
Grade 11-one - Mrs. Mizpah
Crutchfield, instructor - Sylvia
Clarke and Victor Shavers.
Grade 1.-two - George Dean, in
structor - Paula Dean and Freda
Saunders.
Grade 1878 - Lillian Robinson,
Marguerite Ashe, Thelma Allen,
Noretta Ray and Jean Manuel.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
A Christmas Story For All

Again, the Christmas season is
here and all are happy. Friends
visit, children and adults as well
exchange gifts and a general feel
ing of merriment and feasting pre-
walls.
These attitudes are all we'll and
good; nevertheless, we are quite
prone to think that the true spirit
of Christmas is often forgotten.
The story of Jesus is nearly g.
600 years old but it continues TO
live on.
1t must have been in such trou-
bled times as these that Jesus
made his visit. For greed, confu-
sion and hatreds had reached a
place in the world where the whole
human race longed for peace and
watched for the fulfillment of pro-
phecy.
Rome, mistress of the world, had
taken over, and was suppreSsing
all through her pagan practices.
PolytheiStic in faith, she endowed
godly powers even on human ty-
rants, making Caesar almost chief
among the gods. There was no way
but the way of Rome.
How much can Rome be COM
pared with Russia? 1t does not take
scholar to answer, for Russia
through her Communistic practices
has suppressed all religious prac-
tees and is trying to indoctrinate
the world with her teaching. "There
is no God but the inspired Russian.
Follow him and your way of life
will be the way to peace"
We know that this is not true.
We know that Communism feeds
on hatredS, the suppression of
truths, and the infliction of cruel
ty.
As I listened to Bob Considine
tell his Christmas story last night
my thoughts wandered and I asked
am l guilty?
He said that a man in heaven
who had visited earth nearly two
thousand years ago said to st. Pc
ter that he wished to visit earth
again. Gabriel asked him did he
wish to take him, but the man re-
fused - saying, that he would ra-
ther 60 by airplane and automo-
bile.
The ride was rough. Travel was
breathtaking by earth methods.
New York was the city selected.
Landing there he went to a first
rate mems clothing store and was
outfitted.
He then proceeded to find a
room, but after trying such hotels
as the Waldorf Astoria, and the
city's leading hostelries, found that
they were all filled (memories Of
how there was no room in the inn
1000 year ago..
He then went to a cheap rate
hotel where he was received. The
owners husband and wife). were
seated around the table with their
guests. All were struck by the mas
culine beauty of the tall dignified
young man of about 20, who
though modernly dressed wore .
beard. Questions began
"Where are you FROM"
ooh, l once lived in Bethlehem,
but moved to Nazareth"
''What was your profession"
'Oh, a carpenter, and a helper
of the poor and needy"
All wondered.
Just then the owners and their
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
Freshmen
Dominate
Basketball

TALLAHASSEE - Especially -
The freshmen-dominated Florida A
and NJ University basketball team
will face a rugged 20 game South
ern intercollegiate Athletic confer
ence visitation schedule beginning
January 7 when the Rattlers meet
the Benedict College Tigers in Col
umbia, sc.
Eight first year men are among
the II candidates for starting posi-
tions. Eight returning lettermen
and five returning non-lettermen
round out Coach Ed Oglesby's
squad.
Returning lettermen from the
1854 squad which won the loop visi-
tati0n crown and finished in the
runner-up spot for the tournament
championship are - Roy Young,
sophomore, Anderson, Ind; Alvin
Wright, senior, Lexington, KY;
George Gillian, junior, Tallahas-
see; Walter McGriff, senior, st.
Petersburg; William McCoggle,
senior, st. Petersburg; John Guy
ler, captain, senior, Hartford,
Conn.,; william Rice, senior, San
dusky, Ohio, and Herbert Dixon.
Non-letterwinners who have re-
turned are-James Blair, junior,
Maryville, Tenn; Robert Battle,
sophomore, St. Petersburg; God
frey Murray, sophomore, st. Pet
ersburg; Victor Muldow, sopho-
more, Newark, NJ, and Maurice
Graham, junior, Wilmington, NC.
The freshmen candidates are -
Willie c. Barnes, Jackson County
Training School, Mariana, Fla;
Andre ]. Streaty, Anderson High
School, Anderson, Ind; James
Stanley, Florida A and M High
School, Tallahassee; Herbert Ed.
wards, Florida A and M High
School, Tallahassee; Roosevelt
Giddens, Westinghouse High School,
Pittsburgh; Reginald Moss. Booker
T. Washington High School, Suffolk,
Va; Carl Evans, Jones High
School, Orlando, and Andrews
James, Middletown High School,
Tampa.
Barnes, Streaty and Stanley
earned starting berths in the first
two Rather games and Stanley hit
for "a points in the two contests to
pace the Rattlers offensive.
The complete 1855 schedule fol-
lows-home games-Morris Brown
College, January, 10; Tuskegee In
stitute, January IS; Allen Universi-
ty, February, S; Benedict College,
February Z; Alabama State Col
lege, February 8; Xavier Universi-
ty, February IL; Knoxville College,
February IL; Clark College, Feb
ruary IA, and Morehouse College,
February Is.
Games away-Benedict College,
January z; Allen University, Col
umbia, SC, January 8; Morehouse
College, Atlanta, January 10; Fisk
University, Nashville, January IA;
Knoxville College, Knoxville, Janu-
ary IS; Clark College, Atlanta,
January 2s; Morris Brown College,
January 20; Tuskegee Institute,
February 2; Albania A and M,
Huntsville, February 3; Alabama
State, Montgomery, February A;
Xavier University, New Orleans,
February 19.
The SLAC tournament dates are
Eebruary 24-26.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
DEATHS

The funeral of Mrs. Mary Moreno
76, who died at Monroe General
Hospital last week was conducted
from Newman Methodist Church
Monday, December 20.
Mrs. Moreno who resided at GOT
Thomas Street, was a lifelong re-
sident of Key West, an ardent civic
worker and for a number of years
a teacher at Douglass School.
She is survived by numerous cou-
sins and friends.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. A. R. Smith, pastor of
Newman Methodist Church. of
which she was a most faithful
member.
Burial was in the family plot of
the City Cemetery.
Mrs. Emma Brice, 55, died at
her residence, 3O4 TrumanAvenue.
December 16, after long illness.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed from Trinity Presbyterian
Church Sunday, December 26, with
the Rev. W. N. Mclean, officiat-
ing.
The deceased is survived by her
mother, Mrs. Georgiana SAWYER.
Key West; two daughters, Mrs.
Kirkelina Clarke, New York; Mrs.
Janette Walton (adopted), New
York; II grandchildren, 2 sister:
Mrs. Sarah Sands, New York City;
Mrs. Florence Austin, New York
City; 6 brothers, Rudolph, Samuel,
Charles and Julius Sawyer, Key
West; and Alfred and George Saw
yer, New York City; a host of
nices and nephewS.
The body will lie state, at the
residence from Saturday night.
Burial will be in the family plot
or the City cemetery.
Albert Knowles, 81, died at the
U. S. Naval Hospital. December I.
The deceased, a veteran of World
War l, is survived by his wife.
Mrs. Sarah Knowles, sister, Mrs.
Grace Sears, two brothers, Octavio,
New York City; and Samuel Know
les, Miami. Florida; and a host Of
nieces, nephews, cousins and
friends.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed from Bethel A. NJ. E. Church
Sunday, at 800 p. m.
Rev. Everett will preside.
Burial will be in the family plot
of the City Cemetery.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24

Funeral services for Mrs. Vir.
ginia Kerr DANES, So, who died
at Monroe General Hospital Mon,
day, December 81, were conduct.
ed from Bethel A. NJ. E. Church,
Thursday, December %, at $3.50
p. m. Rev. Everett, pastor of the
church officiated.
Mrs. Danes who was born at
Little Abaco, B. W. l., Sept. 2,
1891. had been in the employ OF
the Paul Veckers family for a per-
iod of AZ years, 80 of these years
being spent in the direct employ
of Mrs. Veckers' mother, the late
Mrs. Nellie Lowe Williams.
For the past several years, Mrs.
Danes has been living in Raleigh,
North Carolina, with the Veckers,
coming home quite regularly 70
spend her vacations with Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Edwards, TIA Windsor
Lane. She had just arrived from
Raleigh when she was struck by
the fatal paralytic stroke. Transfer
red to Monroe General Hospital,
she died without regaining cons
ciousness.
Mrs. DANES is survived by sew
eral remote cousins, and numerous
friends.
Burial was in the city Cemetery.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
SICK

Christmas is merry for some and
quiet sad for others. Do not forget
your friends in their trials.
Among the patients at Monroe
General Hospital are the following:
Miss Annie Stokes, Mrs. Anna
belle Williams, Mrs. Lucinda Alex
ander, Sam Bastian, Mitchell Hall,
Alfred Gibson, Antonio Morales and
Lee Russell.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
BIRTHS

To Mr.. and Mrs. Sammie Ma
jor, MI Fort Taylor, on December
II, a boy, Harry Lee. Weight: 7
pounds, 8A ounces.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24

Samuel Hannibal, a student at
Bethune Cookman College. Day-
tona Beach, Florida, is spending
the Christmas vacation with his
family.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24

Jim Keen will donate a Christ
mas tree and all the trimmings to
the Servicemen's Center, Ill White
head Street.
Keen is stationed aboard the
Saufley DE 465.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24

Willie Jenkins, S27 Terry Lane
left for Florenceberg, Georgia,
where he will spend the holiday
season with his sister and family.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
Around Zion

Attending the First District'meet-
ing of Zion A. NJ. E. Church held
at Miami. Florida, Sunday, Decem-
ber 10, were Mrs. Florence Sy-
monette, Mrs. Lucille Pope, Miss
Maxine Valdez, Mrs. Eliza Aus
tin and Rev. and Mrs. A. Franklin
Hooper.
The Masonic order held its in
stallation services at Cornish Mem
orial Zion. Church Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Vance of Memphis,
Tennessee, is in the city for two
weeks visiting her husband James
Vance.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24

Mrs. Marie S. Welters. directress
of the Center, continues to be i'll
al her home, but she still wishes
al the Servicemen a good time and
hopes they will drop by and enjoy
the Christmas atmosphere prepar-
ed for them at the Center.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24
PERSONALS

Mrs. Corona Mingo Johnson and
son are back in town after a
months vacation in New York,
where she visited with Mrs. Evan
geline Pujol.
Mrs. Pujol is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Teodor Suarez, 8O3 White
head Street.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24

Members of Squadron IL left Key
West, December 13.
The boys were very sad because
they had to leave the surroundings
of the Center.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfonso Matinee
of New York City were in Key
West, Monday, December 20, prior
to their leaving for Havana, Cuba,
for a vacation of three weeks.
Evening star., 1954-04-28
Reporter Over Diem Bien Phu
Finds Flax Gets on His Nerves

more than $4,000 French Union
troops. Outside are thousands
more Communicated Wet Mini
Yet we saw nothing move
Only flickers of light and bursts
Of flame signaled that the battle
was still on.
It was completely dark now,
and crewmen fastened blackout
curtains over the windows. They
shut out sight of the tracers and
I felt like a child who pulls the
sheet over his head to shut out
fear of the night.
Brave Men Leap Into Night.
In the blackness a sergeant
whiStled softly and another
member of the crew broke into
song. Others curled UP on the
floor and went to sleep.
Up front a small dark colonel
spoke into a radio mouthpiece
to direct the jumping para
troops several thousand feet be-
low us. I pulled back the cur
tain to watch, but saw nothing
but leisurely descending flares.
It takes a brave man to Jump
into the night into so small a
space, not knowing whether he
will land in frienedly or enemy
territory.
The jump was completed. The
colonel said it was good one
but only the men who jumped
could be sure.
At last we turned homeWard,
our plane bucking in the wind
and rain. The monsoon rains
have come.
Evening star., 1954-04-28
By Keyes Beech
Foreign Correspondent Of The star
and Chicago Daily News

OVER DIEM BIEN PHU, Indo-
China, April 28.-You don't have
to ask the conductor if this is
Dien Bien Phu. Dien Bien Phu
comes up to greet you with long
red fingers of FAX.
You are impressed by the re-
ception but after five hours
which Is how long our plane cir
cled over this besieged French
garrison last night-it wears a
little thin.
So do your nerves.
Our mission was routine. We
were aboard the command plane,
an elderly but durable CAT. that
was to supervise the dropping of
supplies and reinforcements of
perhaps 100 men to the defend
ers of Dien Bien Phu.
Our altitude was a healthy
10000 feet - but not healthy
enough. Communist anti-air-
craft guns below have a range
of $4,000.
Guns Announce Arrival.
We approached Diem Bien Phu
in the soft gray twilight. French
crewmen finished screwing fuses
into American-made parachute
flares to be used in case obser-
vation was bad. A lonely captain
finishd reading-for the third
! time-a letter from his wife in
Paris.
Communist anti-aircraft bat
teries announced or arrival. Red
tracers cut pretty pattern
in the gathering dusk off our
right wing.
To our left we could see Flying
Boxcars, more formally known
as C-119's, disgorging their car
go of supplies. Cargo parachutes
blossomed white in the sky.
Dien Bien Phu lay directly
below, sullen and deadly. a clump
of bare earth in the middle of
nowhere. A necklace of orange
fire outlined the garrison's small
perimeter of defense.
No Troops Can Be Seen.
Outside the perimeter the
the earth was pocked with bomb
craters.
Inside the bunkers and
trenches of Diem Bien Phu are
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Evening star., 1954-04-28
Girl, Il, Hurt in Leap
From Rear Of Truck

A 12-year-old girl was injured
yesterday when she tried to
Jump from the rear of a truck
on which she had hitched a ride.
Police said Marilyn Miller of
513 Whittier street NV. struck
her head on the pavement when
she attempted to leap from the
slowly moving truck. At Chill
dren's Hospital. her condition
was listed as undetermined.
The truck driver. James c..
Robey of the $500 block of Ken
ilworth avenue, Bladensburg,
Md, was not aware the girl had
hitched a ride, police said.
Evening star., 1954-04-28
Quebec Auditorium Threat
Is Called Red Propaganda
BY the Associated Pes.

QUEBEC, April 28.-"Dirty
Communist propaganda" says
provincial Premier Maurice Du-
plessis of reports that Quebec's S
auditorium operators are afraid
he'll shutter them If they let
six touring Soviet artists appear.
That was the province chiefs
only comment on a statement
yesterday by John Boyd of
Toronto, manager of the cur
rent tour through Canada by
the six musicians and dancers
from Moscow. Mr.. Boyd said
he hadn't been able to hire a
hall in Quebec because the own
ers feared action by the Premier,
Well-known for his anti-Com-
munist sentiments.
Solicitor General Antoine Riv-
ard said the government had
not been approached in con-
nection with the tour and Ger
ta1nly no threats were made
to any one" He added that
licensing of auditoriums is a
municipal matter but that the
provincial government could
paddock a hall used to spread
Communist propaganda.