The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 3, 1951, Page 4

sPage 4 THR KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, August 3, 1951 “= BARNEY GOOGLE AND SNUFFY SMITH Steg 4 By Fred I1SSSSSSERSR RRR 2 2 2 8 8 8 BB whole USA. And Pen and I had theft, hurricane—and, of | ovine Peril To Planes two of them.” cows. i , i * The rate of aviation A pioneer, Fred Davey wrote > rat ; ‘the first airplane insurance | pe said, is no higher ss jautomobile. The —- i) " ITS EASY AS ALL GIT i ce ee yee the United States. The plane, @igigher because of the: ub SNUPEY SMIF it 7) - CHI, |Fred Davey Insures Against Crack-Ups And Cows) Curtiss Seagull, valued: at $5,000 | greater cost of the plane she: ¥ [YE PULL A MEAN, CYS Ou 'e x &k & x * * was totally destroyed 30 minutes | pared with cars. — Bein ga HALP! EA) fA ha - H. after Fred’s insurance went into; — a Se as n ?F 1 tal e 3 ‘, ‘Among —_ Aviation azards ie:: a es a (OF | He insured Lindbergh's “Spirit “94, an the flying ba Oe es. Touis” and Amelia Eat) py : ng ii us 4 - . orida, I am optimistie- nt By SUSAN McAVOY , Waco,” laughed Davey, a big.) part's “Frier p.” covering the state | Don't park your plane ~in a} Smiling brown-eyed man. } Back in 1927 he insured the! ance, particularly, the di ‘ | nad to cover the loss of @jcatled those pioneer days when|sident of Sertel-Reducka Insur-|warn careless drivers is a4 ie eS Re peo pear se plane chewed up by cows along! they were derided as “wacky” {ance agency, in charge of the | consisting of a 24-inch Be: {with their cud. These cows were | because they owned and flew/ aviation department. si lerete separators with sq G' {Longhorns—so they finished off | flying machines. | He'll insure pianes, pilots. pas-| faces and when the cart i ~-cow-pasture if you value its long- | j evity #| B,4| known aviati | told the plane by butting their horns} } Davey and his. wife dropped| _ 4 | first aircraft American Airways between ami and Havana eastern section,” he said, Davey and his wife j their home in Coral consid- | will be visiting Key We fly ajhe said, to renew fi West | friendship with Pen Edg; | \ { Pan Mi- by operated jdown to Key West yesterday to | visit their old friend, Pen Edgar, <a:netionaily | who with Davey worked ‘in Aero , Insurance Underwriters, one of} “In those da Sterday® that {the largest heir baie ai ae madness to 4 an hike , poy. | S¥ndicates in the U. S. That was} land plane betwe Pecial taste for the cov |back in 1932. | and cae he said. i Yesterday—Pen and Fred re-| Today Fred Davey is vice pre- — > Fred N. “Davey Yngirgnce me Bs ‘of airplanes The singing: center “T } that is | tact the scored surface fire, a loud hum. “there in the airborne sengers, cargo anything against accident, “In 1930,” said Davey, nto the fragile fusillage of thei were only 5,000 planes 1E. THEY CALL! RAGTIME. KEEP MANO FOLLOW ME, HEY! WHERE'S RAGTIME ? ype rit; ant ~ WHEW 2TH WAS A CLOSE CALL! \ SHE ALMOST FOUND OUT YOU HAD THE RING GOT FOR HER # THINKS YOU IN SOTED. roe REALLY DID SS) t th er ior fin le gh BRINGING UP FATHER ihe serve an ‘it 408 oe Sccnaik Cesena ocelot ed ihg serve an ‘importany faucwon) vans: eae i _ the child’s development. | Attend Installation Of DAV Command er oa. : : FRONT ROW; (HOLDING HANDS) Misses Nancy and Norma Mende, Hialeah, daughters of Fourth District Commander. H, Mende. Center: Miss Georgia Lea Norcisa, daughter of Commander George F. Norcisa, Key West Chapter No. Mr. Emilio C. Norcisa, wife of Jr. Past Commander and Adjutant of Key West Chapter No. 33, DAV: Mrs. Gerge F. Noreis wife of Commander of Key West Chapter No. 33: Mrs. Joseph H. Murphy. wife of Commander of Coral Gables Chapter’ i 12; Mrs. Herman Gordon, wife of Sr. Vice Commander. Key West Chapter No. 33; Karl H. Mende, Fourth District mander, DAV: Mrs, Robert T. Kelly. wife of Treasurer of Coral Gables Chapter No. 12, ~ GEORGE NORCISA NEW COMMANDER, DAV, KEY WEST CHAPTER ++» Brother Is Past Commander TOP PICTURE, KNEELING: Jimmie Green, Commander. Daniel W. Mullins, Chaper . . Jr. Vice Commander, Hialeah-Miami Springs Chaper ge prion Frank Socata tee ee No. 28, American Legion, Key West; Joseph Caruana, Commander, Hialeah-Miami District Adjutant; Juan Lopez, Vice President of San Carlos Institute, Key West. mander, Key West Chapter Ne. 33. DAV; Karl H. Mende, Fourth District Commander, DAV. Hialeah: mander, Key West Chapter No. 33, DAV: Louis M. J. Eisner. Hon. Mayor of City of Key erans of Foreign Wars. Post No. 3911, Key West; Edward Sr. Vice Commander, John Harris, Jr., Vice Commander, Summerall Chapter No. ¥ Florida, DAV, Miami. Bottom picture: Emilio C. Norcisa, Frank Piodela, Acting Officer of the Day. Key West Chapter ter No. 33; Edwerd J. Cooper, Sr.. Vice Commander. Depariment West Chapter No. 33, DAV: Robert M. Daniels, Jr.. Vice iated member of Key West Chapter No. 33, and Karl H.