Old Saddle Comes Back
To Family After 20 Years
Wewoka, Okla (AP) ? When
Joel Keesee went into miliUry ser
vice a doien year* ago he told ?
saddle be had acquired 20 years
before when he waa 14.
Last week, while visiting his- 1
brother in Ohlahoma City, he no
ticed his nephew waa using a sad
dle Hia brother had purchased it |
in Arizona. ?
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Havana, Nassau - -
You Just Gotta' Go!
Bj JEKIY SCHUMACHER
(Editor's Note: Despite Jerry's
valiant efforts to get these columns
in the mail while he w at on the
Havana-Naaaau cruise, they all ar
rived at THE NEWS-TIMES office
within a few hours of each other.
In Tuesday's paper his first column
on the cruise appeared.
To take up the slack, we're run
ning his next two columns below,
and then ? if he hasn't gotten
tired pounding the typewriter and
snapping his camera, his column
on Bermuda will appear in Tues
day's paper. Mr. Schumacher is the
official photographer on the four
Allen-sponsored cruises originating
this fall at Morehead City).
10:00 ajn., Oct. 19, 1954
Our tired old eyes just witnessed
one of the greatest sights there is,
steaming into Havana harbor, with
all the colorful flags flying and
the whistles blowing. A cruise ship
here is a big event just as it was in
good old Morehead City. Morrow
Castle, one of the most impressive
sights on this continent was mofe
beautiful than ever. It is the Rock
of Gibraltar of the western world,
storm cl&uds for a background, sun
shining on the canncns and spray
breaking a hundred feet over the
tremendous rocks that form the
base of this landmark. Beautiful
sight.
The colored swimmers beckoning
to everyone to toss coins into the
water ? how they ever retrieve
them is a mystery to me. The har
bor is deep and the water not too
clear but these fellows never miss
a quarter thrown to them. Might
miss a dime now and then, but for
a half dollar in good old American
money, well they will go to the
bottom to get it.
Jack Holt and Charles McCul
trrs are to be part of the official
welcoming party, it seems. We
are going to be welcomed with
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ROCK HUDSON ? JUHENE DAHL
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all the pomp ui ceremony, and
Cuban official* are capable of 4o
lng this aort of thing up right.
At 12 we go on a aort of a Cook'a
tour of thia colorful ialand and at
4 the real buaineaa atarts, 23 offi
cials of which I am one, aimply
because 1 have the only camera
that can record the event for pot
terity, are to meet the president
and his party. We are to exchange
gifta and among the things that
our boy i are presenting are some
N. C. hams. We are going to ham
this thing up in more ways than
one, believe me.
You know we have a Jewel In
our port manager. Jack Holt.
When he la dressed up in his best
bib and tucker and with that mil
-on dollar smile of his, I believe
he could cwfiace Russia to ilgn
a peace treaty with Uncle Sam.
At any rate, he ain't doing us any
harm here in Cuba.
To ride in a Cuban taxi will take
10 years off your life. In the old
part of Havana the streets are so
narrow only one car can go at a
time and there are no stop lights,
you just come to a corner and blow
the horn like mad and it's a ques
tion ol which driver has the most
nerve as to who gets through first.
Yet they say there are hardly any
accidents.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen, the orig
inators of this tour, are the moat
distinguished looking people on
the boat. We are sure glad they
chose More head City.
Oct. 20, 1954
This is the morning after the
nigbt in Havana, every cabin has a
No Disturb sign on the door. We
sailed at 6 a.m. for Nassau. Most
of us got back to the ship, guess
when? Five minutes to 6, haven't
heard who missed the boat as yet.
In the dining room the brass is
not quite as shiny as usual. The
officers are still in the sack. The
crew look sort of bleary-eyed and
every chance they get, they get in
a corner and tell about where they
were and what they saw. For many,
it is the first time in these waters.
And believe me, the port of Ha
vana is something to see and also
there is something to do.
New I have to go into the dark
room and prist s million pictures
and me with no sleep since t kt
night before the hurricane. Well
heck, you're only young once.
Mr. Allen and his assistants ar
range tours for us peasants.
We each have a car, five people
that is, and a guide to keep us from
straying in the wrong places. The
highlight of the Havana tour was
the Tropicana Night Club. It has
been said by world travelers on this
boat that it is unquestionably the
finest night club in the world. At
any rate I have never seen a more
beautiful place even in the movies,
and the floor snow was as good or
maybe better than anything I have
ever se?n cither in New York or
Miami, and the amazing part was
that the comedians rolled us in the
aisles, even though we couldn't un
derstand a word they were saying,
every word was in Spanish. That
brother i$ Talent.
Next column will be from Nas
sau. Bye now.
This has been the most wonder
ful cruise. We haven't had one
minute's rough weather. The sun
shone and the water was beautiful
and smooth. Even the clouds wefe
magnificent all the way. Yesterday
we anchored just outside of Nas
sau harbor and all 390 of us went
ashore in the tender at one time.
Even before we anchored the lit
tle boats with the native boys came
along side to dive for silver.
I remember reading about this
several times in my life but I was
always told that they dove for pen
nies. Well prosperity has caught
up with these colorful people, or
maybe someone came down here
and organized a union. At any rate,
all they holler for is a quarter
now, and they have eyes like eagles
because if you throw a nickel they
won't even dive. The bedlam is
furious as they all holler at once.
And I don't think they ever miss
a coin. Sometimes five or more
will go after the same piece of
silver.
As our tender docked at the
Nam landtag Ike aatlvea were
all there wttk their wan* M ap
ready far us. Hats aa you have
?ever aeea' before, cotarflil
friaged-top turrtes li take yoa
aver the ialand, and bicycles
everywhere. Yoa eaa rent a tar
ry, bicycle, or a a little English
NG s porta ear, or you (a on the
tours arranged .by Allen travel
service. Theae are wonderful be
cause each party has Its awn car
and guide and you can see so
much more in a shorter length
of time than if you Just wander
around by yourself.
The Nassau shops were wonder
ful, and everything for the most
part was real reasonable. One lady
Lame back to the ship with eight
handbags Others had so much
they couldn't carry everything and
had native boys trailing behind
with the overflow Good English
golt balls are about half price com
pared to stateside, finest scotch,
cheaper than our poorest bourbon.
Unfortunately you can only bring
one gallon back to the states.
The most colorful part of Nas
sau to me was the boats. The
natives live aa their boats com
plete with a goat and pig. and a
million children. Looked to me
like 3* people on a 30 ft. boat or
maybe this particular family was
having a party. A wood fire
seems to burn all the time in the
middle of the deck where they
rook. Fish and roach* their main
diet.
Late afternoon we went to the
Governors Palace and presented
His Excellency the Governor. Hon
orable Earle of Ranfurty, North
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