The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 30, 1947, Page 1

KEY WEST, FLORIDA, <> lin ERE aes SPAPER IN THE ‘WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30,194 Harry James Jordan, a totally. replies. “I realize I'm danbied blind Key Wester, may see again’! Jet :my blindness get the bet- through the gift of a cornea from the eye of a girl, who has a heart ailment from which she knows she can not recover. James De-} yter of me, and Ivenjoy a good joke--now-probably a little more!’ than I did when I could see. It is ‘the only way to keep. from hreoding over. my condition, Be- i Ht a2 om ‘The, P.-T. A. of the Junior and |- Senior High Schoo! will sponsor a) James Ernest Roberts, Rosa sea. Josefa Asun- ‘Edgar John:Osmond i Emilio Alv: F. Kramer, Dalmacio Be- / Biscaya, Dulce Maria Perez, Silvino Barrios, Paula Gonzalez, Andres Matu- lee, Paterno: Escarilla, and Her- » Alberto Cuervo y lat this term . four civil cases -eriminal. cases, which to be tried be- without jury. as. of the civi whith “are set to begin Sth at 9:30 a. m., are Pictures Corporation, Artists _ Corporation, and the plaintiffs~being represented law firm .of Morehead, and Smith, of Miami, and defendant by H. H. Taylor is od H. Taylor, Jr., of Mi- J. Lancelot:.Lester, of ‘ The plaintiff named # civil case, which has ‘been idocketed for trial on the 6th at 9:30 a. m., is Mildred Fe ‘der, formerly. known as Mildred |" ‘Kurtz, and the defendant is Jack} attorneys, Allan King, of ) 22-year-dld negro, con- atahe: lait-term-of the : Hirst e fuser of ‘the U. 8. who | was estival, ayviewo Park the May Day Festival to be given i ‘temorrow at 5:30-0'clock in Bay- |. Jordan.,returned Monday. night ‘sides, I am thankfully aware that , from Miami where he underwent. €verybody who knows me is kind {the primary operation to. havel to me. Frequently,-I am led from ithe cornea transferred to his eye} Place.to place, and I don’t know after the death of the girl, The| Who is, leading me until he cornea will be placed in Jordan’s aks. Even the three-year-old right eye, which is now covered | Ghild’ who lives across; the’ street as a result of the operation. —{@ives me a helping hand’ So why September 7 of. last year Jor-;Spould I ibe glum: or ‘morose? If dan underwent an operation for}! were, I would be far worse off }. ‘eataracts on. both eyes. His eyes} than what I am.” were kept masked for four weeks,| | Jordan thas been a resident of and, when the masks were ‘re-}Key West: since 1912. He was moved he was found to be totally ht to this city bythe late blind. "gat James ‘Waddell, who conducted Despite his blindness, -fire-)4 bank “here and who: owned men in the No. 1 firehouse, where }mpuch land in Key West.and i: ¢ parts of Monroe county. All there. Speak to him, and it won| be long before he falls to joking. !’ ins in laughter wheth- Vami- to make, his home: » er he initiates a joke or is Jordan was. the captain: of one the butt of it. + fof the Waddell boats that brought “Harry, you seem to be unus-}-coconuts from Cape Sable to. Key ually merry today.” , }West during the second decade “Not today but every day,” he tof this century. ~ “hours, will tell-you ‘he is:the-mos! lighthearted person “ who comps vast coconut grove, belonged Waddell and his brother E; A. (Congress to Hear Aleman | on Thursday «(By Associated Preas} « WASHINGTON, April’ .30. | President Miguel Aleman who arrived here Gerald Saunders, past-presi- dent ofthe Key West ‘Lions Club, Will arihounce his’ 1948 can: didscy. ‘for Governor’ of. District 38, ‘South, of the Lions at the a! wilt addr j § jual ‘dist¥ict convention at ‘Sera- {United States. Congress « toiur-; spta, May’ 4-6, it was‘ aahoiinced jrow. st night following a ‘meeting of on ruman.. said, thal, the. Board. of, Directors ct thé lo- thoug! , shingtoniags ral organization. : turned aut to greet Aleman, ihe } i s greeted by even more peo-.delegatés attending the conven- on hig arrival in Mexico Gity.:.tion. Others named ‘were’ Presi- ‘Truman. added, that he was..dent*Fred: Miller, President-elect hly, pleased over the recep- Joe Allen; Third Vice President- n,.given Aleman, and then ‘elect ‘Lou’ Carbonell; ‘Allep added. he: was, accorded a bigger | Hampton, Bill Cope and Albert reception in Mexico City. ; DiNegro. Alternates named were Today Aleman was. the guest | Gonzalo . Bezanilla, Herman Ur- of honor at « luncheon of the jon and Tom Carroll. Sheriff Ber- Pan-American Union. Later he ; lin Sawyer Also will probably at- went to Arlington Cemetery to ; tend as an alternate. ~° of ‘that part of Cape Sable, with }, | Four, Made ‘CAPT... TRIEBEL WI IN COMMAND OF USS.|; of : GILMORE © Late in May Capt. Charles 0. Priebel, USN, will come to Key {West from Sands Point, L. 1, to faddell.-The latter went to Mi-} assume .command of the USS Howard Gilmore, to succeed FCapt. John: B. ‘Azer, USN, who has '‘ keen» commanding ‘officer for some timé. |; “This, - was’ ~ one changes in the official family of _|the:- Gilmore - and Submarine | ‘Squadron .4, announced today by: Capt. Lawrence R: Daspit, USN, commanding *:officer of the squadron, and Capt. Azer, com- manding officer of the Gilmore. Other changes in the official makeup of the ‘squadron and the Gilmore. follow: : Capt: Azer will succeed Comdr, # James‘ D, Grant; ‘USN,’ as com- tantinding ‘officer of Submarine Di- vision « cbiitinue' his home’ in thé city.’ ‘Comdr. C. Vance Gordon, USN will conie’ here jate in May: to a: Stime‘comthand -of'*the: former German submarine, the USS Ex. H, ‘Steinmetz, USN, who. goes.to the submarine base, at “New Lon;. ‘don, Conn. for a new assig: ment. Comdr. D. .L. hihop, yUSN, (aiunatbaebgh senile ‘arthle Squadron 4, is being Gata Lt. Comdr, Gilés F. Bani by 4 of ‘the Lire School at Newport, | R.1. Comdr. B. E. Wiggin, USN, executive officer of the Gilmore, is being detached ‘Several, Changes in Official of - several} it "Key ‘West\‘ tind will, tN SAN C. Sawyer transferring the fol- | Leen eae free, view Park. {put a wreath on the grave of the ; The High School band will play | Unknown Soldier. } 5 ii The convention will-open with ni axon h € N ith | ordered by Ohio State University an impressive memorial service jat Columbus, Ohio, to the admin- ; Daughtry, Joe Fieitas, acrobats and tumblers will! {in honor of Lions who died. dur-] istfation and training institute at ‘main. event will be the of the May Queen by illiam W, Demeritt. The ill be Gerry Albury, of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- ' Albury. The King will be Arth Tony Arthur. Attendants will be Ann Daugh- Conchita. Varela, Judy Richard and Charles Walker. ' Cake, candy, ice cream, sand- wiches and soft drinks will be » son of Mr. and: H A |Parish Center ; Ceased are three Key Westers, iCapt. Charles Reardon John H. t ‘ ' Holds Class Costar and Charles Ketchum. ° in Shelleraft , An interesting ~ group of St. ‘New Spear -Arrow Mary’s Parish girls and Girl; i Scouts, accompanied by Mrs. ! Andrew Pritchard, Assistant | Leader of Troop 8, attended the ; co | | Heading the list of new spe- ‘dicot shelleraft class at the Par- ; cial interest groups at the Jack- ish Center last night. i - | The i b son Square USO is the Spear and j ie instructors were Misses | Ariow Chih, composed of a group Fran Watson and Bett: i . poe bs y Johnson, ; of outdoors men and open. to all jing the past year. Among the de-! Club is Formed): the ‘university. In June Lt. Comdr. R. V. Welch, USN, engineering officer aboard the Gilmore, will be de- ‘tached and will go to the ord- Nance engineering course, post graduate school, Annapolis, Md. Resignation of Lt. (j. g.) C. G. Pfeiffer, of the chaplain corps of ed and he will return to Gordon, Neb,, where: he will again as- sume his duties as pastor of a church. Lt. Pfeiffer is being relieved he U. S. Navy, has been accept- | and USO NCCS WD Area Work- | er Eileen S. Coughlin. Class: members included Donna Saw. yer, Barbara Pritchard, Julie Lange, Nancy Sawyer, Joyce Lounders, Lorraine Wranock and Carleen Moore. Send Out Program Enlisted personnel of the Sub- marine Base will broadcast a new radio program, “Here Comes The Navy,” over a loéal station each Tuesday and Thursday, it was today. Carl H. Griffin; | dr. and Philip W. Hyatt, Ir. two enlisted men at the Subma-! Base, will ‘be in charge of Apply to Marry An;application for a marr i zen. Jones Director Gen. J. E. Jones, USMC, re tired, was elected a director of the Key West Yacht Club at a special meeting of the officers of | the organization Monday night. At the meeting Lee Pi ge | president of the: group,. presided. er, former commodor left Key West for Miami Gen. Jones and his wife and daughter are now living.in the city. The general enjoys boating fy \and fishing and he says that Key West is one of the few places throughout the world where he can enjoy these things. Gen. Jones was here briefly about 20 years ago. rvice personnel in this area. Ac-i by Lt. Charlton French, who ‘is Yacht Club Elects | tivities of the group include a , weekly Tuesday night club meet- jing at 9 o'clock, and construc- ; tion session at which throwing j spears, hunting arrows and bows | will be designed and built. Weekly field trips are planned for each Saturday at 1 p. m., to j neighboring Keys. Sunday morn- ; ing range shoots will be part of the agenda to further perfect the i eye-hand coordination. : Archery golf, field shooting, ‘contest shooting and over: { fish spearing trips will also be undertfken. Charter members the. group. include A. L. Daipin- feius, D. G. Si i D. E. Tilton, A. V. Sea- { men, Bill Polaski, E. R. Baugh. | Fellows interested in this activ- ity should leave their names and {stations at the USO. CURRY? at the “Rigno Pl Your STARTING AT 10:00 P.M. , at present stationed in the Naval | shipyard at Charleston, S. C. } Ensign J. R. Essen, at present disbursing officer aboard the Gilmore, will be placed on inac- tive duty May 15. Cf. Mach. Mate J. W. Wilken- ing has been ordered to report to the commanding officer of the 12th Naval District, San Francis- | co, Calif., for a new assigninent. Cf. Carpenter’s Mate C. E. Ackerman has been ordered to report to the commanding of- ficer of the Seventh Naval Dis- trict, Jacksonville, for a new. as- signment. It also was announced that the resignation of the Gilmore’s medical officer, Lt. F. S. Browne, has been accepted and he will shortly return to practice at Ma- nia, Upper Darby, Pa. Se eee NOTICE!!! Electrical examinations for Mas- for Electrician, Journeyman, Maintenance, and Service Elec- trician, will be held at City Hall at 8:00 P.M., Friday, May 2nd. Anyone desiring to take the ex- amination should file their appli< cation and pay necessary fee pri-|: or to time stated above at office of Building Inspector, City Hall. . Known ‘Today jz | WASHINGTON. A 30.—Be- bodies ‘lief was expressed ‘here {that the nationwide telephone | strike will be settled in the aext {48 hours, using the Pennsylvania | agreement, in ending the strike in that state, as a basis for the rest of the country. Telephone werkers in Penn- sylvania have funion. They struck for a prpise of $12, later ant born | After j y elty, ! ing from $3 to forts are being made to Pennsylvania | In ‘New York ‘phone: maintenance } I : : f . 2 { 4 i i MY Warranty deeds weve filed rday with County Clerk yes. Ross i i j ter F i ai | lowing properties: From E. M. Shrout and J. { Piper, executors of the estate |T. S. Shrout, Bath, Ky. to | Maitland Adams _ property County Road, for a nominal sum. From Alton B. Goehring to A. |B. Goehring, J. R., a property on {Fleming street, for a ne { { sum. From Leon A. Ybanez and wife ‘of Dade County, to Mable Marie Mullinex, a property on Key | Largo, for $400. | From Mr. and Mrs. Robert B.fot Alley, Clinton, Ind., to James O.) Barker, Miami, a property at | Tavernier, for $1,000, | rane Burglary Suspect | | Pleads Not Guilty Rogelio Diaz, 400 Catherine | providing the ter ‘street, who was arrested Mon-, the city. Sewerst day night after breaking into the | ice men are state’ Here jhome of Mrs, L. J. O'Brien, 1493 | much of thelr pay Reynolds street, pleaded not) cally. Tour guilty to breaking and entering | city in large sumer jcharges when arraigned today | winter monte, Grew before Peace Justice 3. Y. Por-| bulk of the mummy ‘ter, IV., at a hearing held at the | culation here anmeeliy inty Court House. “Adeumetrenen | | jiaz was taken back to jail | Key Weds guevermmernt ft | when he was unable to put up| City Manager tree The ety § $1,000 bond for appearance before 9 Building Tmepertes, Piette the Criminal Court next Tuesday. | Inspector, Phwertvmg — fngar fe City Engmeer, Park cnet ene tional Board, Pianmang (cme yon, Zuming Beard emt Pememe i i i Ft by viet! Ue green | eral | (No on around 1,000 ~ teens ve a) Rotarians Will Cndinemee Elect Directors, “Finensen The cmeret + Three directors will be elected | tax rate t 10%— setlte fer oqe at tomorrow novn's meeting of | tons, end 9% eetity fer Gott the Key West Rotary Club at/ie Acseeeuent & teont om St. Paul's Parish House, it was| per cont Ldcehons ane pinent announced today. ye President-elect Edwin ‘Trevor, The current and Secretary-elect Aquilino Lo- | 19") sll, 1 pez, Jr., will submit @ report on | tie schools ant Th the district conference held ut | operation cad sulntemer | Paces Beach Monday and/the county, The tent’ | Tuesda: ‘