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Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03

DR.. and Mrs. Raymond Richards
and son of Wilmington, were Sun
day guests of Mr.. Sallie Joseph.
Mrs. Blanche Rule was in Phila-
delphia with her daughter, Mrs.
Helen Cordrey for Christmas,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Wilkerson of
New Castle were holiday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Price Webb.
-
Miss Maize Riley of Atlantic
Highlands, N, j., has been the holi-
day guest of the Misses Gertrude
and Helen Tatman.
Duane M. Porter, of Chambers,
Nebraska, was the holiday guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Holland Prettyman
and Miss Eleanor Prettyman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Corder and
children, Lisa and Bruce, have
been spending the holidays at Sizes
ia Key, Sarasota. They returned
home this week.
1t. and Mrs. James H. Johnson,
Jr. and, son, Scotty, have returned
to Fort Bragg, N. c., after having
spent the holidays with their par
ents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Holloway
and son, Stephen, returned home
to Hampden, Va, after being the
holiday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank r. Grier.
Glenn NJ. Watson, having spent
the holidays with his wife and
relatives, has returned to Fort
Bliss, Texas, where he is attend
ing Basic Officer Course.
Major Lewis H. Dickerson of
Forbes. Air Force Base, Topeka,
Kansas, has been the guest of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Dick
erson, this week, having arrived on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Eifreth
and children, Allen and Anne, have
spent the holidays at their home
"Sunnybrae", near town. They will
return to Philadelphia on Sunday
to spend the winter and spring.
Jack Webb, who was in Miami,
Florida with his sister, Miss Mary
Ellen Webb for Christmas, is now
the guest of his grandmother, Mrs.
w. A. Webb. He will return to the
American University in Washing
ton this weekend.
Ronald w. Wix, who has been
spending his 15-day leave with his
mother, Mrs. Ellen Wix, will report
back to U.S.C.G. Base Rec. Center,
Cape May, N. j., on January 5th,
. to finish his two weeks boot
training.
Sgt. and Mrs. Kennetf1s Draper
of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, spent
the holidays with his grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Draper and
his father, Leroy Draper. While
here, Mr.. and Mrs. Draper were
given a Miscellaneous Kitchen
Shower. Sgt. and Mrs. Draper re-
turned to Kentucky on Friday, De-
cember 26th.
Major Frank Mick, USING, ar
rived Friday morning to be with
his mother, Mrs. Eleanor Mick,
over her birthday and to visit his
brother and sister -in-law, DR.. and
Mrs. Felix Mick. The Major re-
turned on Monday to the Marine
Corps Air Station, Cherry Point,
n. c.. where he is the Commanding
Officer of Headquarters and Main
tenance Suuadron-35.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03
Items of q Purely
Personal Nature

Mrs. Barrett Marvel spent the
past. weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Smith of
Blackwood, N. j., spent Christmas
with Mrs. Carl Allen.
Mrs. C. Harvey Wood has re-
turned home after being patient
in Lankenau Hospital in Philadel-
phia for treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gebhardt
of Germantown, Pa, have been
holiday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Dutton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Martin and
children of Charlottesville, Va,
have been holiday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Garrett Grier.
James R. Draper, who spent the
holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George H. Draper, Jr., at
their home in Golden Beach, re-
turned home Monday.
-
Lieutenant and Mrs. Robert
Green of Columbus, Ohio, are
leaving today after being the guests
of the Reverend and Mrs. Robert
E. Green for a few days
On Sunday evening, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace Daisey and son and Mr. and
Mrs. William Collins, Dagsboro,
Delaware, visited Mrs. Bertha Dom
ovan and family.
Charles Van Pelt, of New York,
and Eugene Robertson, who is at
tending East Carolina College in
Greenfield, N. c., spent the holi-
days at t.v.r home with Mrs. Jen-
ME Short.
William Wood, who has been the
holiday guest of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. Edgar Wood, returned
to Denver, Colorado, on Monday,
where he is serving in the Air
Force.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Isaacs are
leaving this weekend for Fort Lau-
derdale, Florida, to spend the win
ter there. They will be accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Isaacs, who
will remain for short vacation
and return home by plane.
Tio,1touopf opd Mrc To,,o1 n
O'Steen and children, Danny and
Scotty. have been spending a few
days with her father, DR.. James r.
West and Mrs. West They left for
Ellington Field, Houston, Texas,
Wednesday, where Lieutenant o.
Steen is stationed with the Air
Force.
S/Sgt. Melva J. Bradford has re-
turned to Otis AFB after spending
the holidays with her mother, Mrs.
Betty Bradford All and Mrs. A.
Rhees Bradford and daughter,
Catherine Heidi of Florida, flew
here to spend a few days with their
paren S, Mrs. Louis B. Wells of
Paoli, Pa, and Mrs. Betty Bradford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman d. Walker
returned to their home on Elm
Street, Monday, after spending the
Christmas holidays with their chill
dren and grandchildren, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred d. Gillespie of Westfeld,
N. j.; Mr.. and Mrs. Fred ID. Giles
pie, Jr., of Floral Park, Long
Island, N. Y. Also, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph w. Rogers of Elizabeth,
n. ]. While away they enjoyed the
Christmas Show at Radio City. En-
route home they were house guests
for two days Of Mrs. Fred Davis
and family in Wilmington, Del.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03
Winners Are Named
In Annual Light
Contest Here

continued from page one)
George Adams, Harold Bunting,
Jack Hickman, Ann Legates, Pres
ton L. Kenton, Jacob H. Roosa,
Jr., AL Hunnicutt, Carlisle Hall,
Wilmer o. Landlord, Jr., George T..
Reed, Jr., Penn Fountain, Myron
Warren, Vernon Kerr, Charles Lur-
wick, Bob Cordrey, Doc Sills, Ed
die Isaacs, George Wintjen, Donald
Hall, Harry Masten.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03
SMALL DINOSAURS

COLUMBIA, 5. C. -(P1- Colum-
bia has more than 400 dinosaurs
but they're bit different from the
prehistoric variety. The group is
made up of youths under IA who
belong to the Richland County Ii
brary's Dinosaur Reading Club.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03

A party of Spanish colonists were
massacred by Indians in New Mex
ico's pioneer days. A later party of
colonists buried the victims and
placed crosses over their graves.
Later a city was built there and
that is how Las Cruces CThe
Crosses) got its name.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03
Weekly Weather
Report For Milford

John +. Barcus. weather record
er. reports the following weather
conditions for Milford as recorded
on instruments located on Lake.
view Avenue. for the week begin
hing Thursday. December 26th. and
ending Wednesday. January 1st.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03
Birth Of A Baby Boy

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard A RolIyson
are the proud parents of a son,
born December 18th, at Pratt, West
Virginia. The young man will be
named John Mark. Mrs. Rollyson
will be remembered as the former
Miss Barbara Thomas of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03
Dawson A. Carter
Wins Promotion
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Mr.. Carter is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Carter, of Milford.
The new manager of the Dover
District will be Eldert r. MCGEE,
of Milford, who has been an agent
of the Home Beneficial Life Insur-
ance Company for the past six
years, working in and around Mil
ford.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03

The first meeting of the New
Year of the Milford New Gen.
tury Club will be held on Mon
day. Mrs. Joseph ]. Pearce is
chairman of an educational
program with two foreign stu
dents, Miss Dorothy Schwartz
of Germany and Miss Britta
Widerstrom of Sweden, as
speakers. Included in the in
vitations for the day are men,
bers of the Shawnee Evening
Home Demonstration Club and
those of the Wildwood Home
Demonstration Club. Mrs. Alex
Sadowski, Mrs. Harwood Jami-
son, Mrs. Louis Boltz, Mrs.
Roland Beauchamp. Mrs. Ed
ward Fox, Mrs. Seymour Gel
lens, Mrs. Helen Houston and
Mrs. F. Burgette Short are on
the committee for the after
noon.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NAPLES
had open house New Years
Day and greeted friends from
four to six o'clock at their
home on Church Avenue.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03
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Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Holland
Prettyman announce the en-
gagement- of their daughter,
Eleanor May, to Mr.. Duane
Marvin Porter, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Marvin Porter of
Cham b ers, Nebraska. Miss
Prettyman is a junior at the
Bob Jones University at Green
vile, S. c. Mr.. Porter, having
served in the Air Force for four
years, is also a junior at that
university. No date has been
set for the wedding.
Ga
In the New Century Club on
Monday evening members and
their guests of the Thomas Nc
Kean Societ-', Children of the
American Revolution, enjoyed
a dinner dance arranged by the
senior president of the society,
Mrs. James B. Homan. Also
attending were Mrs. Hoey Far
row, regent Of the Captain
Jonathan Caldwell Chapter,
OAR, Miss M. Catherine Down
ing, Mrs. ]. c. Butler, organ
izing president of the society,
Mr.. Butler and Mrs. G. Mar
shall Townsend. The group
was welcomed by the president,
Michael Homan, and following
the dinner, the evening was
spent in dancing and a general
good time.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03

ARTERBRIDGE
John Thomas Arterbridge, SO,
retired manager of the Lewes Can
ming Factory, died Dec. 2S at High
Bridge, N. j., where he had been
living recently with his only son,
Thomas W. Arterbridge.
Due to falling eyesight, he gave
up the canning business some time
ago and afterwards served as GUS
todian of the Lewes Presbyterian
Church and cemetery.
He married Miss Georgia Pru-
dence Johnson of Milton in 1892
and the couple had celebrated their
sixty-second wedding anniversary
before she died in April, 1854.
They first lived in Rehoboth
Beach but had made their home
in Lewes for SO years at 141 JEFF
ferson Avenue.
In addition to his son, he is sur
vived by four daughters, Mrs. Eli
zaheth West, Wilmington; Mrs.
Ethel Lekites, Philadelphia: Mrs.
May Schmierer, and Mrs. Margaret
Paris, both of Lewes. He also
leaves II grandchildren, II great
grandchildren, and two great
great-grandchildre
The funeral was held Thursday
at 2 D. m. in the Nelson Funeral
Home, Lewes, conducted by the
Rev. Dr. William Leishman, re-
tired Presbyterian minister. Burial
in the family plot in Lewes Metho-
dist Cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1958-01-03

SUSSEX CLINICS January
6, 1858: Venereal Disease Clinic,
Georgetown, Health Unit, sos E.
Market Street, II noon.
January z, 1858: Well Child Con-
ference. Laurel (c), Health Unit,
Pine Street, 1000 a. M; Venereal
Disease Clinic, Milford, Health
Unit, Shore Theater Building, 1880
a. m.-12:30 p. M; Cancer Detec-
ton Center, Seaford. Nanticoke
Hospital. For women 25 years of
age and over. Call Seaford 7786
for appointments.
January 8, 1858: Prenatal and
Postnatal Clinic, Seaford (c), Nam
ticoke Hospital, 10:00 a. m: Chest
Clinic, Georgetown, Health Unit,
sos E. Market Street, 1000 a. m.
and 200 p. m.
January 9. 1858: Well Child Con-
ference, Frankford (c), Health
Unit, Main Street, 100 y. m.
January 10, 1858: WILL chifd
Conference, Bridgeville fc). Health
Unit, 10 Market Street, 1:20 p. m;
Cancer Detection Center. George
town, Health Unit. sos e. Market
Street. For women 25 years of age
and over. Call Georgetown 7347
for appointments.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03
IN DISTRICT COURT

Robert Kalerak was arraigned
on charge Of statutory rape and
Fred Crane was appointed as his
attorney.
Arrangement Of Robert Rice
was transferred to the Fairbanks
District Court where ne was ar
rested on warrant from Nome.
In the case Of Moletor and
Doremus VS.. Jerry Headrick, the
case was dismissed with prejudice
and without cost to either party.
In the case OF ellis VS.. the
M & M Bank, the defendants
motion for dismissal was granted
by the court and the plaintiff has
20 days to file an amended COM
plant.
In the case of the US. VS.. Jack
Hudson, who was indicted on two
counts, the defendant pleaded
guilty to assault and battery and
was fined $500. The charge of
assault with a deadly weapon was
dismissed.
A divorce was granted to
Wayne from Mary Mahaney.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03
Pioneers Run Off Third
Game Of Whist Series

The third game in the Pioneer
Card series was played Saturday
evening with Loretta Waldhelm
and Esther Kroninger leading for
the grand trophy scores and Pete
Reader. and Herb jerks in the
lead for the men.
For the evenings games high
scores were. made by Borgny
Reader and Minnie Johnson and
the low by Val Coleman. For the
men, Albin Poison led with
Charles Lewis placing second and
Bill futile the low score.
Next Saturday, March 9, the
fourth game of the series will be
played.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03
Chuck Snyder Twists
Ankle at Hoop Tourney

A wire from Coach Bill Ull-
rich Saturday said the Nome Ma
hooks lost to Seward Al to 80.
He said Chuck Snyder twisted
an ankle before the first game
and was unable to play.
Scorers for the Nanooks were:
Korky Kost Is, Joe Senungetuk
8, Aaron Bell 4, Victor Oxereok
3, Chuck Fagerstrom 2, and Ger
aid Trigg j.
The team will be home Tues
day.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03

New NC. Store Manager Arrives
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Walker and
their son Bob, have arrived from
Juneau to make their home in
Nome
Mr.. Walker, who was manager
of the Behrends Store in Juneau,
will be the manager of the Nor
thern Commercial Co. Store here.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03
Pan American Always

Leaving Friday we're Mr.. and
Mrs. Dewey Goodrich for Seattle
and Jim Walsh for Ketchikan.
Mrs. Martin Olson was an in
coming passenger.
Kay Peterson and Mile Bea-
conivich, stewardesses for Wien
Airlines were round trip passen-
gers.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03

Frank Degnan. candidate for
the legislature on the Democratic
ticket from Unalakleet, is a visit
or in town.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03
In Commissioners Court

James Cohel was fined 500
and 80 days in jail for assault
and battery, having beaten up
Dolly Prout
Jacob Smith was sentenced to
80 days in jail for being drunk
and disorderly.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03
TIME TO RENEW CAR PLATES

TIME TO RENEW CAR PLATES
The 1857 license plates expired
Friday and car owners have been
busy getting new plates. One car
owner didn't get home with his
new plates however, as one new
truck plate is in the lost and
found department at the Nugget.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03
THREE NEW BABIES
BORN AT HOSPITAL

A daughter was born Friday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Haley. The
Haleys already have two sons,
and the newcomer was named
Shondo Linn. Mr.. Haley is with
the M & M Bank.
A son was born yesterday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Caste1.
A daughter was born today to
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Reader.
The Readers have four daughters.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03
Eastern Stars Meet Tonight

Eastern Stars Meet Tonight
Tonight will be International
Night at the meeting Of the Order
Of Eastern Star, it has been an
nounced by Worthy Matron Mil
dred HARDWOOD. A special program
has been arranged and all men,
bers and visiting members are
urged to attend.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03

FOUND-One lens from pair Of
glasses. See at Nugget.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1958-03-03

LOST-Black fur mitten. Reward
for return to the Nugget.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-19
NEW
TURKEY
NOODLE
SOUP

Already . favosite Il tastes 50
good! Here's soup made extrava-
gantly from the Ohole turkey.
That's why the broth Is 50 rich
and full-fiavored why there's
80 much tender turkey meat :.
light and dark. And there are
noodles by the spoonful big.
golden. enriched egg noodles!
Diario las Américas., 1958-12-28
EMETERIo sANTovENIA
Semb|anza de Roosevelt

Cuba ha satisfecho cumplidamente su de-
Der de e~naltecer la memoria de Theodore
Roosevelt en- Ell primer centenario de SUI ma
cimiento. Ha recordado que Ell gran nor
teamericano figura entire sus libertadores.
Roosevelt ligo SUI vida a la de la Isla por
medios dignos de perpetua emuIaci6n. Guam.
do nuestra terra logro SUI ingreso en- la comu-
nldad Juridica international Roosevelt, pre-.
sidente de los Estados Unidos, era un pro-
hombre de proyecciones universities.
En- aquel tempo va Roosevelt tenia la
personalidad inconfundible exaltada por Allan
Nevins y Henry Steele Commager. Habia ma
edo en- la riqueza, crecido entire gentes acau-
daladas y recibido educacion en- centres do.
centes prestigiosisimos. Nutria un espiritu
totalmente democratico y apasionadamente
interesado en- la reforma de habitos y leyes.
Resultaba I'm politico realistic, un nacionalis-
ia ardlente y un republican, convencido. Co.
Mocha por serias experiences la agriculture,
la GAIA mayor y ell arte de escribir para in
contables %lectores. Estaba en- la Gina de la
carrera de eStadista. Poseia vasta informa-
clon de todos los asuntos nacionales e inter
nacionales. Arrastraba a muchedumbres de
humanos con SUI seriedad invariable, SUI ener-
gia mil y una >veceS probada, su caracter pin
toresco y su honradez civica. Reunia en- 81
virtudes y %talentos de los que habian sdor-
nado a Jefferson y a Jackson. Creia que,
por estar ell Presidente mas cerca del pue-
bio que ell Congreso, la accion del Poder Eje-
cutivo era esencial para que las cosas Sc
hiciesen pronto y bien. Inspiraba c~onfianza
a los anhelosos de tener un jefe de fuerza y
estimulo decisivos y I'm lider del movimiento
progresista. Acunaba frases memorables, CO.
mo aquella que aconsejaba hablar suavemen,
tie y llevar una fuerte estaca.
En- America, Africa y Europa continue
Roosevelt hacienda acto de presencia, STEM
pre- con fervor ostensible, al servicio de la
ciencia y la politica. Sus numerosos libros
Diario las Américas., 1958-12-28
0jos C|aros, Serenos
ENRIQUE D4Az

AquellaS tres primeras palabras del verso
de Gutierrez de Cetina, ell soldado poeta que,
nacido en- Sevilla, fue a morir y a inmortali-
zarse en- Mexico 5quien no las recuerda como
introduction de una de las poesias mas bellas,
mas sentidas, mas expresivas de un sentimien-
to amoroso, de un amor a una mujer de "ojos
claroS, serenos"? Yo las digo ahora, cerran-
do los ojos, que es a wees la mejor manera
de yer y de Sentir nteriormente Y las digo
no con ell recuerdo de una mujer querida, nj
de I'm amor defraudado, sine pensando en- los
oJos que va no son, o pueden dejar de ser
claros y serenos, de tantos y tantos hombres y
muJeres amargados por una insospechada per-
turbacion que ensombrezca o vele la vision del
mas maravilloso y querido de nuestros SEN
tidos.
OJos claros, serenos, son palabras de ac-
tualidad en- estos dias en- que estan reunidos
en- Barcelona oftalmologos entire los mas emf
nentes del mundo, para asistir al curse inter-
nacional de oftalmologia en- ell Institute Ba-
rraquer, seminario en- ell que Sc han tornado
generaciones de oftalm6logos partidos para
%ejercer, tanto en- provincias espanolas com en-
naciones extranjeras. Bien sabido eS que ell
nombre de Barraquer esta en- ell centric de esa
trilogia ABC (Arruga, Barraquer, Castrovie-
joy que pregona la superioridad de la oftal-
mologia espanola en- TODD ell mundo, con inno-
v%aciones, estudios clinicos y ~practicas opera
torias en- la delicadisima ciencia de conservar
la vista. Por clio, es tan interesante y tan
importante la reunion de eminentes oftalmolo-
COS en- una ciudad esparola que va a la van
guardia de la ciencia de curar los ojos, ali
war sus dolencias y evitar que Sc apague la
luz que en- ellos empezo a extinguirse: ojos
claros, serenos -. Esos hombres de c~iencia,
consagrados a la salvation de la vista de sus
semejantes, reunidos ahora en- Barcelona, ha-
bran podido yer, 81 no Sc lutheran va ente-
RADIO, que a los que va no ven, a los ciegos
espanoles sin fortuna o indigentes, ell Estado
los protege en- tales terminus que tienen ase-
Diario las Américas., 1958-12-28
EeFtesia de "~Informaci6n")

gurada la subsistencia nfediante una ocupa-
cion sedentaria que les proporciona medios
de vida Suficientes. Tambien en- este puede
ser presentada Espana como modelo a los de-
mas paises. FL pordiosero ciego o ell ciego
mendicante ha desaparecido de las GALES. En-
su lugar hay ciudadanos ciegos que Sc ganan
la vida con los medios y la organization cor
porativa que la nacion les ha proporcionaou.
GHay algo mas humane, mas cristianamente
democratico que este? Los paises que mas
Sc precian de estar en- primera Inca de la
democracia no han resuelto a6n ese grave
problema social de salvar la vida a los pobres
que perdieron Ia vista.
A todos los que aun la conservan, v mas
aun, a todos, tan numerosos, que la tienen de-
fectuosa o estan amagados de perderla, la
reunion de los oftalmologos llegados de TODD
ell mundo y las conclusiones a que lleguen en-
Ell terreno curative debieran ~interesar en- gra-
do maxine, porque Sc trata de conservar o
de salvar uno de los mas grandes tesQros que
Dios nos ha dado al venir al mundo: la luz
de los OjOS, que por algo son llamados las
ventanas del alma. Yo q~uisiera que los de-
bates, estudios o innovaciones de los sabios
de la vision, consiguieran pronto curar 10 has
Ia hoy incurable: ell terrible glucoma. Ha-
blando por mi propia experienced (inexpe-
riencia e imprevision mejor), 20 aconsejaria
a todos los que me leen "ojos claroS, serenoS",
que acudan presto a un oculista en- cuanto no
ten algo raro en- la vista, una perturbation,
unas sombras, algo que no duele, que no Sc
sabe 10 que es o puede ser. Sobre TODD 81
Sc ha pasado de los c~uarenta amos. Ell ocu-
lista dira, enseguida, 81 Sc ha iniciado va
Ell glaucoma, la mas alarmante de las afec-
clones v~isuales, porque es traidora, no avisa,
y ALI esta como una especie de carcoma que
Sc ha introducido subrepticiamente. Y, en-
tonces, como la curacion va no es possible,
no hay mas remedio (aunque no 10 hay &C.
tualmente), que detener los progresses del NAL.
Pasa a la Pagina I'D
Diario las Américas., 1958-12-28

alcanzaban los honores y favores dispensados
por ~infinitos ~lectores. La plentiful de su
existencia y ell alcance de sus miras 10 man.
tenian en- posicion de lfder universal. Dentro
de tamano privilegio nunca debi6 de faltar
en- sus recuerdos ell de 10 que habia pensado,
propulsado y ejecutado en- torno a Cuba.
Las ideas del Coronel acerca de la perso-
nalidad juridica de Cuba fueron invariabIes.
Su paso por la Isla habia obedecido al annie
10 de precipitar la independence n~acional.
BESIDE la suprema magistratura de los Esta-
dos Unidos Ell habia laborado por ell recono.
cimiento international de la obra de los Ii
bertadoreS, entire los cuales lie gustaba con-
tarse. En- momentos en- que cerebros y cora.
zones perdieron ell equilibrio AGA, y no hubo
manera de restablecerlo, reasumio la ardua
tarea de reordenar la Republica hasta situar
a Sus componentes en- ell goce de salvadora
convivencia.
Insolitas fueron las relaciones de Roose.
welt con Cuba. Para Cuba el tuvo una poll
tiea, Para ell resto de la America Latina, otra.
Nadie representa- mas cabalmente que Ell TO-
gOso republico la idea y ell hecho del impe-
rialismo, llevados a paises del Hemisferio Oc-
cidental en- forma t~ajante. Cuanto a los in
tereses cubanos, obro con muy especiales mi
ramientos. Lo que para otros pueblos era tu-
tela para Ell de Cuba era patria potestad. La
patria potestad de Roosevelt sobre Cuba res
pondi6 al mas diafano y entranable concep-
to de la institution.
Cuando feneci6 ell singular amigo de nues-
ira Antilla, lleno aun de vigor y esperanza,
entraron en- la esfera de 10 definitivo sus
pensamientos y sentimientos en- derredor de
Cuba, y de sus avatares, y de sus posibilida-
deS, y de SUI destino. La lucha ~terrenal habia
cesado. Pero quedaban magnificas lecciones.
Entire estas descollaban las que por largo ITEM
pc iban a seguir hablando loable y utiImente
de Theodore Roosevelt y la soberania de Cuba.
GoFtesla de "Xnformaci6n').