The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 18, 1951, Page 3

| Weeds dud More B ceeds Gn i ie Cemetery Paths New beauty has been walking *- abroad in the Old Key West Cem- etery this summer as Junior Debs , work on their project of repair- | ing the ravages of weather and vandalism. Armed with big buckets of sil- ver paint, fat brushes and a lot of energy, the teenagers descend on the cemetery like invading angels im shorts and dungarees and get to work on putting the place to rights. Right now painting the fences | is the big job. The city is straight- ng out the pushed in spokes of he fence and the Junior Debs are giving it a touch of starlight in the form of silver paint, The girls come in the early morning when the dew isn’t yet off the grass, or in the evening | when the shadows of the palms e long on the cemetery walks. | And a lot of things happen/| they put their starlight on e fences. Neighborhood children > live in the houses which bor- | pg r the cemetery, hover around | skirts. as eager as any of Tom Sawyer’s } buddies to get their fists around ing. light on the fences themselves. nd the tourists stop to listen Cuban songs with a fast tempo | when they begin to paint and then go into Negro spirituals with a slow rhythm when their arms tired. nd funerals pass when they paint on Sundays, and the sun- flowers wave, arid the Norfolk | street. pines and the crotons. And bou- gainvillea and eee flowers taff Photc panion angels are prog ein we rz denies Deb Angels Clear t »s Of Vandalism Junior Deb Angels Invade Cemeiery. Paint Fences With Silver Starlight ; sometimes blow into the pot of silver paint. And sometimes the tropic rains | come down and they all have to run to the porch of the sexton’s house with their buekets of star- | light paint an@ wait for the sun to come out again. And while they | wait fot the rains to stop Sexton | Harry Sawyer tells them about | everything from the need for new i shingles om the top of his porch {to his theories of democratic ise And Sexton Sawyer also offers j earthly ice water to these angels who paint his fences with star- light, and even if they might pre- | = fer the nectar of the gods, they | ; make all the gestures of healthy | 4 | young ladies very much in need | of a drink of water. Instead of flowing angel skirts and harps slung over their wings, | the girls look very much like | advertisements from Mademois | | selle Magazine in their shorts and | | pedal pushers and dungarees, top- | ped with various blouses and! Sometimes Mrs. Eunice Hara, one of their sponsors, comes with the brushes and put a little star- eons girls and wears such a big hat, Passing think it’s just a | people jhat painting and no lady at all to the girls singing. They sing , underneath. Pinned down to earthly ad- | Papel ey créw of Junior Deb were Carol Dalton of 922 Eaton Stréet, Sarah Brown of 44-2 Poinciana Place, Hampton of 1122 and Evelyn Nettles, Edith street, Fleming They are all juniors at | Key West High School excepting Edith who is a senior. G ity Granted Time In Suit For Airfield 30-Day Extension Allowed By Circuit Court Judge Vincent Giblin City Attorney M. Igna- tius Lester has been grant- | ied a 30-day extension of ‘time for filing an amended cham airport from Circuit |\Court Judge Vincent Gib-| lin, he said today. Original deadline for the jwas August 15. It has now) | been extended to Septem- ber 15 to permit more meetings with the owners jof the airport, Key West Improvement, Inc. The city’s original suit for ac- | quisition of the 264 acre Meach- | ort dismissed by ige Giblin on July 17. He asked Lester at that time to file a new petition conforming with the pro- visions of the City Charter. Les- | ter’s original petition followed the | Florida Airport statue of 1945. | a 30-day deadline for | of the new suit. | wo weeks ago the City Com- | mission met with Key West Im- | - Hollywood Notes Notes It won't be long before. Ameri- iM be able, to “ 3 Bod pede ae & & y wonder in the French film indus’ The film is a sly come- dy a man who can walk thre h walls. convincing taff Photo | EVELYN NETT fence, ass! i ciana Ulace we was NOT — f HURRICANE WILT Painting The Spo that takes tion—but imagination is the plus-factors in the { Jacques Bar, the 29- ‘oducer. ly has five hits to his 's president, Vin- brought “Peek-A- e U. S. as an example of France’s popular | be released in Oct- | United Artists. The ees nch-born actress, Clau- dette Colbert, believes in the old 3 that home is where the Which explains why ake another broad- ce in order to live tor-husband in Hol- hla: ata — eae Bei, e agreed to appear grt ee summer stock in the title role of a new el Coward. Kind been said about the plaudits have been pil- ette. But though it © EX-0SS MEN MAY SHP BANS TUNE-IN ae ee r 7 ie es and exciting, the contin er I actress chooses to go west. , dd i Iceland has never had an army ne NDE RSON t RG ES jor navy s the National Geo- Page One) | @Taphic taxpayers of <ensinnnnnennemeilliite oo STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE s of TRIUMPH adver- - COFFEE to resume ERNESTO DESCHAMPS Ernesto Deschamps, 51, |yesterday morning and will be |buried Monday | Tampa. | Survivors are: | Antonio and Manuel; | ters, Mrs. Charles W. Perez, Mrs. |Frank Carrasco, and Mrs. Pedro | Espinola. afternoon in two brothers, three sis- filing of the revised suit jcause September 3 falls on La- {bor Day, Lester says. | } | | 1 | i | | died | Saturdey. August 18, 1951 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN N _Ex-OSS Officers Deny Killing Maj. Holohan | provement Inc. to discuss a rea- . sonable price for the airport. S.; Pierre Robineau Miami attorney, representing the company asked ngore time in which to get an ap- suit for acquisition of Mea- | praisal of the property and to consult with his clients. The Commission agreed and set the date of September 3 on which negotiations with Key West Improvement Inc. This date will have to be postponed be- | ROT OY THES RUD SSDDELY SGnaN MERENTLENN Glee ae aa ae oc and escaped without injury. The cause of the fire was not determined. This picture was made | THEY DIDN'T KNOW peak of the flames which are sweeping the big bus from end to end. Poe Mother didn’t know that her club’s meeting date had __ been changed, so she missed the important — election of officers. ots Dad didn’t realize that the golf: playoff was - Saturday morning, and so he missed; the exciting finish. Young son missed the important Boy Scout a ‘2 -qy ybeeatuse he didn’t know he was to - ‘the meeting place at 6 P. M. That good show that the family wanted te didn’t know it was playing bere.