The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 28, 1947, Page 1

i fas <4 Rivcs rep tbat The Washington correspond ering the President may have @ year, 'Charies H. ixetchum, 172, died | ‘yesterday afternoon at 4:36 o’clock in his-vesidence, 616 Eaton street, | after ‘a long: illness. . Funeral services will be held ‘Wednesday at 5 pm. in. First Methodist. . Church, where: the , pbedy will be, placed at 2:30 p.m. held: at tthe finest of beds, but no time'in} °-° ° cpa 7 whieh to sleep in them; the finest E Hawei.” (of, food, with no‘ opportunity ‘to Center on “enjoy it; educational sights: with- mre IA TTR ‘ —T ia Sraliel “ship” ‘to - Bermuda~- and fa ‘ether Tive seen, a lot of water, a lot of rackage. I’ve othe “East? Gulf -‘antt> Jacksonville ing. in at airports in the’ dark- eam dog Straits: Gentle ness of early dawn. - and tonight, bécoming gentle to} The life of the ~{ moderate ¢ast to“northtast winds ‘Tuesday. Partly ‘cloudy. -weather. Pky 28, 1947 wer ie Cet S26 in. correspondent, despite the whirl that carries him to colorful date- lines for his copy, is not all am- brosia! Yet the “good trips”, as the cor- respondents call them, wipe out memories of the bad. Take‘ Bermuda, Those. thé cortespondents like to recall, ).they lived “high up on’ the It was last summer. Huddled in a. crowded cabin on a destroyer’ escory :.their: sea . jackets. and 1 avy-.overcoats: ready for the . ,T..worst, they headed for New Eng- Jand,,waters; with President Tru- man. ; They were following the presi fz Time) dential yacht, the USS. Wi AER 53 a:m.{liamsburg. A few hours out of S 6:56 p.m.|Quonset Point, R. I., they. learned 57 p.nf{the ships’ course had been. re- 35 a.m.|versed. A‘couple of days later, they fe relaxing at Bermuda. Mr. ruman had turned there when the seas got rough. . we Far-a week the reporters had little to do but bask in thé sun- shine, enjov the naval base bar and roam around Hamilton. do- ing a little fishing and swim- ming. in between. “The: present trip to Mexico City, however, was a nightmare for. the ‘White. House. press: Everybody feved the city, but nobody saw. it. Pyesident Truman, always an West t of water dawns ely Mgmt ut was ee States. Everybody had to get up at 4 am. # They had left Washington five ‘days before at 6 am., after at- tending the annual dinner of the ‘White House Correspondents As- sociation. The second dav. after covering Mr. Truman’s visit with his, mother at Grandview. Ma., they had taken off from Kansas City at 2 am. | Navarro, Toc, rie Ker, est. to | nth for ‘tha , pment: trddp: ‘It is expected thatthe en campmeht will take place‘at Snap- ‘per Creek Cafnp, near South Mi : | satan, approximately June 46-to 23. Finat” plans'.will “be” made ata later date. fast year, about - 25 scouts were 0 go on the encamp- j iment; but it; was called off:due to, the polio epidéimic. Ernest Avila, former ‘aésistant White’ House j.coutmaster and veteran of. scout-, ing -is ‘to’ succeed’ Archie Potter, who has-been-promoted tg a high- er position: Scoutimaster’ Avila has stated that he .intends ‘to see that Troop 52 continyes to be Key 'West’s best scout troop.. Several lopenings* still exist, in. the. :troo; It is Scdutmaster Avila’s, intention that these..vacancies ‘We filled as’; sdom as possible so that. the troop. will be at«full strength at-camp time. at The unde: lows: Scoutmastér Avila,. Assistant Arthur Boza, Jr., Assistant Raoul Perez, Senipr Patrol Leader Jack Smith,.and Seouts Charles Auxier, Tony Barrera, John Curry, Ralph ,Estevez, Jose Fernandez, Robert Fernandez, Al Goehring, Murray Harris, Ronald Hendricks, Ralph Henriquez, Jose Hernandez, Ken- Ineth Key,., Armando. Ramirez, Tony Ramirez, Millard Solomon, Mario Vidal ahd AureliosVillate. Troop 52°is sponsored’ by the Rotary Club of Key West for the eleventh consecutive year. Chas. Taylor is chairman of the special committee appointed by. the club to act. as advisor forthe troop. The other members of the, com- mittee are Harty Baker and Allan B. Cleare, Jr? : $8. FLORIDA CREW. HERE Eufemig’ Chavez, Ralph Rus- sell, AK Almetigol, Asturias and organization ef: the ,troop ‘the ‘néw setup is -a8: fol- {Papa Buddy Roberts arrived Sat- urday’ ftom ‘Havaria-to-spend ‘the here. They ‘dre. members ‘of the crew of the S..S. Florida. “TO REPLACEMENT <= PABTS Mil Diaval Bttest | eosin Phone (42 Gee shen ABA Ys ctsciter ai” The. Meceased, abandgped: raqtice of law. in. 1896 ‘as chief clerk in the| week-end with’ their families | v. G. Leon Wells. will offici- = ate.’ Burial will be, in the family plot in City Cemetery, with Lopez fonrre Bame in charge of ar- rangements. Survivors: widow, Mrs. Jennie Ketchum; sons.Beniamin W. uation, he ‘precticed ta to aecept. 78 position uartermaster department at the rmy. Bar later enlisted as a pr ks in Key West. Ha jJyi ate.in the | Pebri ame Bt ! i i i i tint Ha erred - given his | Belle Pollock and her military. dischagge se that uld résume his duties as quar- ;termaster clerk.* he | Mr and Mrs. Alexander |New York City, for ting to records on \. He returned to Condor in 1898 !of County Clerk ;t0.aecept appointment of postmas- i \ferring property land came back to Key West to go} Mr. and Mrs. ¢-imto the brokerage and insurance | Eugene A. Lewin, 1. Twa years later he resigned business. {.. Mr. Ketchum was a member of the Key West Lions Club and of the Odd Fellows. He was an or- ganizer of the first Boy Scout troop in this city and for more than 30 .years served.as a Boy Scout troop committeemen.. He was also a rmer post commander of. B. H. McCalia Spanish-American War Veterans Post. Ange *‘He will have a military funeral jand ‘the honor guard of Arthur sh-American Wai"; Veterans Post, will attend’ the funeral, ‘and ‘a volley will be fired at the grave \ with taps by a bugler. , Pallbearers will be Rodman Bethel, Charles S. Lowe, Burnell Johnson, Will Camalier, Gabriel Gutierrez and Hollon Bervaldi. (Community Chest ~ Meets Tomorrow Results of the recent Commun- ity Chest drive will be disclosed tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 when the organization will meet at the Florida National Bank in the of- fice of. Prasident Jerry Trevor. Chajrman Carl Hilton will re- port on the results of the drive and the Budget Committee, head- ed by Jerry Trevor, will report on the allocation of funds to the various participating agencies. —_—_ + aN POOR OLD CRAIG'S SERVICE STATION H. Brady, Mer. Phone 9134 Division and Francis Streets Your PURE OIL Dealer—— . CHAMPION OUTBOARD MoToRS, BA You Walt Auto Tires - Tubes - Batteries Spraying, Oil Greasing and Auto Accessories J. Other warranty tt 915 Angela street ; Eugene A. Lewin and Feral Lewin to Celia Cetala, Ls ish lane, of the proper Grinnell and Southard streets, $2,100. and Mrs. Charles 8. t : i Sawyer Post, together. with the" 2 ef Mrs. Clyde A. ami arrived in Key West and called on @ good many Wesiers in the interests American Cancer 5 Her object is to of the society ip explained that # y successful drive in funds for the (society was ducted by Clem C. Prige. Price raised almost twice as the quota assigned West. A meeting was held in an effort to organiae in Key West. The well attended but ment and mander for the & et . , rit t rf