The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 9, 1947, Page 8

\ er emma Choir To Sing : ‘| Here On Friday; OBSERVATIONS | “is Noted Grex OF A FOOL The Apollo Boys’ Choir, which 2: By BILL LEE , will appear at the High School SRNR”; Auditorium here'on - Friday at ‘'Newspapermen, radio annoync-: 8:30 under the auspices of the ers. and: enginers and news photo-; Women’s Club, was organized jad rs: who came here with. by its director, Coleman Coop- sident Truman last week. er, in 1935. went,“‘native” shortly after their| ’ It is'an American version of arrival im Key West. . tthe “Vienna Boys’ Choir, “Joseph Fox of the Washington; Won world fame before the war. Star simply wore his bath robe. In this country the Apollo Choir and-a-pair of slippers down to is: a somewhat’ pioneer group the Thursday morning confer-; and was the only one prepared | ence ‘held by Charles G. Ross,jto- replace the renowned Euro- Is Noted Group, which |_ the’ President's press secretary. } its activities were halted by the war. A non- sectarian, non-profit ensemble of singing boys who travel far and. wide giving concerts of ‘seri- ous music is not a usual phase of American iife. -The fact that the Appllo Choir has. surpassed all standards set by the European visitors has been’ firmily -established by Am- erica’s leading critics, and is a matter for: national pride. This probably accounts for the organ- ization’s tremendous success and capacity concert business ‘in. all forty-eight states; also its fre- quent demands for return en- gagements. The Choir members. range in age from 9 to 14 years and are all boys of superior intelligence. On tour, their diet, and living habits are as closely watched: as are.those of Olynipic’ athletes during the games. »Besides a broad program of activities cen- tered’ around the school in Dal- - It. certainly feels good to be! fatural for a change”, said Fox.;: “Here, too”, agreed Anthony ; Laviere of the New York Times, | who was wearing a jersey shirt with the words “Truman Athle- + tié Club” written on it in bold type, He. also wore. a pair of trousers that had just been res- gued from a rag-bag. , Several of the men appeared in similar attire. Then in walked Chatley Ross, They all yelled when they saw him. He was clothed: in overalls. and wore ‘a blue’:jumper. He admitted he borrowed..the outfit from a sail- Op et “It certainly is a change, and for: the ‘better, too, to get away from) all ‘the clothing and stuff you're “supposed to wear around figton”, said James F. sof. ‘the Kansas City Star, ‘The newspaper boys certainly erijoyed themselves: while they were here. They took time .off pean Choir when to".g0. fishing and several of | las, Texas, a simmer camp with them ‘caught some whoppers—to hear: them: tell it. . Talk ‘ot the..big time they hd@’upon'Sugar Loaf Key, when they. ‘were ‘the guests of Jack Frost, ;,vice. president of Eastern Air Lines, ‘was still going the Tounds' while’ the boys were Feady $0 pull out of here yester- fay ‘morning. There was a great deal of kid- ding ‘about the number of coco- puts whieh they had gathered on Sugar ‘Loaf. “Phey. picked them up to take home to .their ‘wives and fami- lies”, ‘said one of ‘them. “They didn’t ‘cost them anything, that’s why. What did you do about mailing, the. post cards’ you got for’ your “wife?” ‘He--poitted his question at a uur-faced: photographer, who ates’ a:.16 milimeter camera. +“I've got, them in my suitcase”, he said. “I forgot to mail them atilthis, morning. I'd beat the mail. home, so I'll just take them up, and give them.to my wife” hen’.the “boys” got out to get’ im: the cars and buses that were to take them to Boca Chi- ca Field: they were loaded down with: coconuts and presents of all kinds,’ in¢luding necklaces of pearls... .They could barely squeeze: into the machines. “T can't figure out whether to give my. present to wife when 1}, k gat) > or wait until Ch , said one. “Pil-figure that out for you— you'll, wait until. Christmas”, res) led another. “But you don’t know my wife”, said the first. “She'll ex- pect something when I get back and again something on the day of ‘Christmas. Oh, well, she'll probably have it figured out by the time I get back to Washing- —_—— ton.” 5 ee the visit of the Pre- gident, short as it was, meant a whale of a lot of publicity for Key ‘West: Every story that was sent out of here, and sometimes two or three a day were sent by each man, carried a Key West dateline. That kind of publicity can not be hought. Every press associ- ation, the Associated Press, The United Press and the Interna- tional News Service, was repre- sented here. You can figure ‘that about 4,000 newsppapers every day: for five days carried the Key West dateline to every secetion of the globe. Come. again, Mr. President. * We did notice on our way to and from Boca Chica Air Field a big old pelican perched atop the fish bait house at Division tell me the old bird sits on the roof of the place virtually 24 hauyrs a day. The place is said to be run by stregt and Palm avenue. | ee a befitting schedule of music and recreation. is maintained’ in the. mountains, ‘Extended . con- cert tows are made each fall ahd spring. The Weather FORECAST Key. West. and Vicinity: Most- ly fair this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday. .Continued mild. Gentle to moderate winds, most- ly east and southeast. Florida: Fair. over ‘south por- tion, partly cloudy over north portion today, tonight and .Wed- nesday Cooler over extreme north portion today, otherwise little change in temperature. East Gulf of Mexico and Jack- sonVille through the Florida Straits: Gentle to. moderate southeast to éast winds through Wedtiésday except gentle to moderate northeasterly — today, becoming “ easterly -Wednesday over extreme north portion. Weather fair over south portion and partly cloudy over north portion. Jacksonyille to Apalachicola: No small eraft or ‘storm warn- ings have been issued. REPORT Key. West, Fla., Dec. ‘9, 1947 (Observation taken at 8:30. a.m., Easterf Standard: Time, City. Office), Témperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night 73 Mean 77 Normal . 70 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m., inches 0 Meletive:ticeakaty % Tomorrow's Almanse (Eastern Standard Time) Sunrise = 7:01 a.m. Sunset _. 5:39 p.m. Moonrise 5:17 a.m. Moonset 4:20 p.m. TIDES Tomorrow Naval Base (Eastern Standard Time) High Low 9:05 a.m. 2:24 a.m. 8:11 p.m. 1;36 pm. Additiona Tide Data Reference Station: Key West Time of| Height of Station— Tide |high water Bahia Honda =—Ohr. (bridge) __.10 min. 0.0 ft. No Name Key +2hr. (east side) min. Boca Chica —Ohr, (Sandy Point) 40 min. Valdes Channel +2hr. (marth end) 10min. 41.4 ft, (NOTE: Minus sign—cprrec- tions to be subtracted. Plus sign—corrections to be added.) ———— Tuberculosis kills approximate- the Three Veterans, who, we!ly 53,000 Americans a year. It understand, feed the, pelican three meals a day; so “the bird doesn't have to go floundering around the sea looking for fish and other things to eat. x ke * Johnny J. Roberts Bailey, who winter in Clearwa- ter, were callers at The Citi- zen office the other day. They are down here to enjoy 10 days’ fishing. They are stopping at Weaver's Place on Stock Island. What interests us is the fact that: the pair is the world’s “greatest” trick artists at golf. Roberts, for instance, is left handed ‘because his right was ore and Art kills at the rate of 145 persons a day, one person every. 10 'min- , Utes. f . ee badly injured in an automobile accident. According to a card advertis- ing his trick shots Roberts can drive a golf ball over 200 yards with both knees grounded; drive a ball blindfolded; drive a ball left handed with right hand - clubs, and perform a lot of other , tricks, “T like fishing better than any- thing”, said Roberts, “I get away from golf as often as I can to enjoy the sport of fishing.” ay | & . THE MEMBERS of the Apollo er TE age OE ast THE KEY WEST CITIZEN CHOIR COMING HERE contest, “Points. of. -Interest in| Key West” will be announced shortly, it was disclosed téday by Mrs. Ruth Miller, chairman of | Education and Vocations of the Key West Business and Profes- sional Women’s Club, sponsors of the contest in conjunction with National Education Week. ! held yesterday by Dr. W. T. Ed- wards, of Jacksonville, president of the Florida Educational sociation and chairman of! judges.” . ‘ ae, § | 4 S- 1 Winners. Of. Essa: aac ¥. Contests : ; Will Be Announced Soon Winners in the recent essay*—-—— Final judging of essays was | Extra Space For Compiroller Edwin: Trevor will be changed from the. east room in City Hall 0 a’rdom on the westerly side Of the building which is now oc- oupigd® by the office of City proyide Comptroller { morning, held at the , their leader, Mrs. Lee Thompson, | Girl Scouts of Troop 5 gathered Roberts’ ' TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1947 | Girl Scouts In Christmas Seal Activity At a meeting on Saturday home of to work on the Christmas Seat | Sale of the Monroe County Tu- Office of Acting City Manager , berculosis and Health Associa- tion. While working with the seals, the girls enjoyed a song- fest, singing Christmas carols. At noon, the girls took their lunch to Bayview Park, where it 4 was eaten under shady trees. ‘Comptroller Charles Roberts. | After lunch, the girls played _{- The move: is being made to, games for awhile. Those helping in the day's ac- coming to the Key West High School Boys’ Choir, which are Auditorium at 8:30 p.m. Friday under the sponsorship of the Woman's Club, are shown in sthe photograph above. They will render a program of sacred and secular selections. HOMES FOR AMERICANS Poexeae AP Newstedtures It is hard to understand why certain individuals and organ- izations continue to insist upon levying a general sales tax upon the’ people of Florida. A sales tax‘such as the one a_ certain senator attemepted to pass in the 1947 Legfislature would, it is conservatively estimated, si- phon $100,000,0000 a year from the pockets of the people of Florida. What do the sales tax schem- ers want with all this extra money? Where do they plan to put it? According to the Com- Ptroller’s 1947 report, the people of Florida paid last year $137,- 243,149.04 in state taxes alone. That was far more than enough to run the state, for on June 30, | 1947, a surplus of $17,897,572.59 was in the treasury. Yet the sales ‘taxes want $100,000,000 MORE. The oft-urged argument of the sales taxers that Florida should have a sales tax so as to make tourists ‘pay taxes don’t hold water.(Tourists are already pay- ing and paying plenty of taxes to the state. They pay (1) the } Sasoline tax, (2) the beverage tax, (3) the -cigarette tax, and (4) racing taxes. These four tax- | es accounted for $86,483,740.81 of the state’s total revenue of $137,243,149.04. So the conten- tion that a sales tax should be imposed so as to make tourists contribute to the cost of state government must fall before the facts. It is even moreé specious and phony than the other argu- | ments for a sales tax. | If it should develop between | now and the convening of the: 1949 Legislature that present seca Newsman, Files ivy % DE LAND,. Dec. 9. — Dick Cooper, newspaper editor --and war veteran, this week became the first candidate for goyernor to file his qualifying oath and | filing fee with Secretary of State Gray. | “Although I realize I do not . A vided for selections by the stu-/ . { dents. : a eer eed +] The essay. committee of each | ' : For Governor): the three “high sehoots’ the! Girl To Johnsons : The contest, which was open..Pffice more room. Robert Dopp,’ tivity were: to all Key West High-Schoot flirectov:‘of public service, had’ Elsie Lee Thompson, . Helen students of the ninth, tenth,/§0me. trouble moving a safe McDonald, Barbara Meggs, Fay eleventh and twelfth grades un- | ftom the city manager's office, ; Williams, Sandra Warren, Jac- der direction of . a -committee ; Put.manager it after some effort.’ queline Sheafer,- Lynn Silbers, selected by the principal of each}. 7 = i ae ee Laat Teresa Bard- school, closed November 26th. Seek Divorces jo arama es Listings of the many points | ee SIAR of interest such as Old Island|’ petit; > ki ivorces F ; - itions seeking divorces ¢a] supervision, preferably i: eae Bey Ais aren tecture | were filed yesterday with Cir- peep itale is the first eeaguiniie® in fad ele have Berar a and cuit Court Clerk Ross C. Saw- the treatment of tuberculosis. fauna-of the istand, Latin Amer-'ver by Lois Treida against: __ ican relationships, fishing, shell ayne Monroe Treida, and by and other industries,--were pro: | Pyar Mancino against Beatrice Complete bed rest under medi- Key West High, the Convent. of Mary, Immaculate and the Doug- las High School, selected; the thee most representative es- SAYS.) ‘ { With , pamés ‘and all : sehool identification’ deleted, the es- says were numbered and sent to the state: judging: boaid, wher : Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. John-} gon, 1009 Watson street; an- | mounce the birth of a girl at 6:45) la. m., Monday, at a local hospital. | The ‘baby has been named} ¥venne /Marie. She weighed! ‘dine pounds at birth. have the political connection or financial resources of ‘some, I am they, will be judged on original- ity, correct use. of English and {JANE and SHINE 1502 BERTHA STREET Relieved AX ENGLISH COTTAGE gets “a new look” in this design by Elmer i & Gylleck, 120% So. Grove Ave., Elgin, Ill. Calling for brick ve- Aéér construction with half-timber decoration, the house can be painted white with timbering and blinds stained brown. full basement the house has 25,000 cubic feet. which the architect says could be converted into a bedroom with dor- mer window to the rear and an open stairway between living room and dining room. The square layout is economical. | FACTS and FIGURES | ‘ By FULLER WARREN qualifying to prove my sincerity and earnestness in taking a con- , structive program before the citizens of our state a_candi- date for governor,” said Cooper. “It is time for a change in Florida, and for an aroused citi- zenry which will make its own decisions for itself without being hampered by political and finan- cial obligations of its leaders,” asserted the 27-year-old candi- | date. “It will take freedom of thought and action to solve the ‘great problems of conservation, cooperation before — us,” said. “All that is being offered to- day in problems of taxation are new levies patch-worked upon jerry-built state tax structure. We need the courage to re-build ‘our entire tax structure, recon- ; ceiling the city, county and state needs. We must provide for ex- panded programs of education ‘and public health, and yet build , upon a principal not just of op- portunity to tax, but ability to ) pay.” ; Mr. and Mrs. Cooper and their ‘year-old baby girl live at 314 Clake street, DeLand. A director of the Florida Press Association Cooper has had 12 years’ ex- perience on newspapers in Fort Pierce, Lakeland, Clearwater, With a Sarasota, Orlando and DeLand. It has a large attic He is a veteran of World War II, entering as a private and being released as a Major in the Corps of Engineers. Cooper “PLAN SR-24 ed plants when they are return- ed to the tax rolls in 1949. With these two sources avail- able. for additional revenue, the person who wants to clip the people of Florida for an addi- tional $100,000,000 a year with a sales tax must indeed be a boondoggle to essential taxes will not yieuld enoi pay the utely s government, a se- verance tax (a tax upon phos- phate, limerock, Fuller's earth and other mine: nould be imposed. Twenty. states al- iy have such ix. Flor VETS! REMEMBER TO BRING ' a sev ance tax products only. a severance ta as to petro- Florida has as to petroleum YOuR DISCHARGE CERTIEICATE, OR PHOTOSTATIC COPY, WHEN products only, which is yielding | APPLYING FOR GI BENEFITS $1,900 a month in state reve- geo act af OEE nue. A severance tax on all Flo- rida minerals would yield mil- lions of dollars a year in re- venue. Another lust source of tax re- venue will be available in 1949. Sec. 12, Art. 9, of the Florida Constitution, exempted from all taxation for fiften years but not beyond 1948, certain industrial plants such as pulp mills, paper mills, bag mills, oil and sugar refining mills, ete) Many milli- ons of dollars in revenue will be dervied from these now exempt- sory AWNINGS When OPEN—It’s A Distinctive Awning When CLOSED—It’s A Perfect Storm Shutter CONSTRUCTED OF HEAVY GALVANIZED SHEET METAL _ _ GUARANTEED WILL NOT RUST OR ROT Finished in Gleaming Enamel—Your Choice of Colors, : Monogram or Design Simple to Operate - FHA Terms - Model on Demonstration mat LEE BROS, “nies °° by Phone for FREE Estimate taxation gnd labor management | by Rexall’s Wonder "tor ene “nave been! Holiday Specials—FREE! paver ea rey Hehe pine sts end. We have the latest equipment for checking carburetors, batter- second: prize, five dollars, and i shave ire ‘ ha ies, spark plugs, ignition, com- Papacy two! / and:-one-halt pression and timing in your car ‘for perfect running . . . 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