The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 12, 1952, Page 1

SE Key West, Florida, has the most equuble climate in the counry, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit ee Kev West Citiserir: THE SOUTHERNMOS T NEWSPAPER IN VOL. LXXIII. No. 11 THE ; QE o> e Associated Press Tel eatures and ‘or 72 Years Best Photo Dev Interests o KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1952 Bramletts Play Host To ‘Ailing Duck ': Local Birdwatchers Report Steady Improvement To Date The first visitor for the New ;Year at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert M. (Tex.) Bramlett, 1421 Catherine Street, was a Blue-Winged Teal. He dis- covered by Mrs. Bramlett as he shyly walked into the yard, al- most breathless. Driver At Several Accidents Have Not Been Followed Up According To Law. Max Marks Announces State Treasurer id Insurance Commissioner J. Edwin Larson is cracking down on persons adjudged guilty in accidents who have not acquired releases and liability in- surance, his assistant Max Marks | announced today. Marks who has been in Key West ; was Mrs. Bramlett, a most gracious PRICF. FIVE CENT: ees ey | City Com. Wants No Gambling In instructed “City Manager Dave Kina not to allow gam- bling establishments to re- oren in the Island City. And if there is any gambling in Key West to have it stopped immediately. Vote was 4-0.. Commis- sion Louis M. J. Eisner was | im Miami and did not arrive in time to vote on the issue. Later Eisner, with Car- | bonell secondinz, proposed to build the Wickers’ Sted- ium roof from cigarette tax Survey! Reveals Monroe County Public Schools _ School System Is In Best Financial Shape In History Sanitation In Monroe County Restaurants rmment Standards ——* Sanitation Law Monroe County «si. | 1940 When County Actgpiat dt NEW YORK. ~ 12.— | Monroe County is one of a {limited number of com- ' } i moneys. The motion was de- , the hi in tates which have beén praised for the excellent, in receipts of a copy of: the audit ed for movabie equipment. Inter- debt ors $145,231.79 ae July : United if a 49,231. y 1, feated by 3-2 vote. Harvey. order of their records {or the State Department covering ‘nal accounts were not maintained ; as compared with $483,106.76 J j ta- Delaney, Cobo opposing. A recent communication from | three fiscal years, beginning July at all schools.” In the Support and ! 30, 1951, Money to defray this bond ||. lati mee li Mr. J.L. Graham, Director, Ad- 11, 1943 and° ending June 30, 1951. Maintenance Funds, the report | indebtedness is derived from the “ou regulations for public SSS ninistration | and Finance, states: |'‘This includes a six-month period , showed an improvement of $114,-|State Foundation Program funds | eating and drink % ~' “The checking of your Annual Fin- j Prior to Mr. O’Bryant’s taking of- | 037.39, for the period from July 1, | and no local tax money is used. | ishments that 1 Search Continues jancial Report for 1930-51, which |fice as Superintendent. The audit | 1948, thru June 30, 1951. July 1,!A sharp criticism was made that 5 has already been acknowledged, | states: “The financial condition of | 1948, showed unmatured bonds insurance on school buildings | ¢ial Government sts oe ° For Missing Pilot all week conferring with law en-|hostess, welcomed the little forcement officials here said that | guest, and gave him a room of | there have been several accidents|his own on the enclosed back which have not been followed up properly, according to Fiorida law. | “The party at fault has not ac- | quired the proper releases from the parties damaged and acquired lia- bility insurance,” Marks said. “Therefore several warrants will be issued for the arrest of the (See Picture on Page Eight) | jporch, complete with bath—a tub |} of water in which she ‘had placed green plants. The ‘little “duck was’ j has been completed, and found to | the Board was good. Finances have ‘the amount of $148,000.00, as com- jhad not yet been arranged on the | This was revealed by the [be in excellent order. We wish 0 | been gene well managed, and pared with $525,000.00 unmatured | staggered five-year plan as requir- U.S. Public Health i | thank you and your Finance Off ; enditures have beem held with- | bonds on June 30, 195% This in-'ed by section 235.07, Florida Sta-j;-°"" | too “-ex-} ee : hausted to pay much ‘attention to — arte: elal- {for your cooperation. You he 4. the resources. Tax levis have. crease i sine tute: ‘in a study of the pr oe ed P : ; Hes _ The Navy Department offiei you he sa the resources. ‘Tax levis have crease in debt service is due to tutes. jimas } 1 (Continued vi Page Eight) “this new:honie for the ‘first aay. Linpobteed today the disap. Dee?.very helpful to us.” The Fin- fhereased over prior years: s | the issuance of $500,000 Bonds, vot-! Superititetident’ OBryant is ar jade in restaurant: sanita: . jor two, but after’ that he deve-)'> ’ Ension Robert Elmer | 2nCim Report .referred to abov quired by the Minimum Found- | ed for new construction in 1949. ‘rangi cor his 5-¥ a - : ik Eisner Ur es loped an enormous appetite «and | pearanee of Ensign Robert Elmer | ¢ the ‘fiscal year beginning ;ation Program for the county ef-! Available cash balances in the | 1ollowed just as r : [tion in recent Lope, $ t: ; devoured quantities of: rolled oats Blackburn, Jr., 22, a. flight stu- | July 1, and ending June 30, j fort were provided. Depository co- , District Bond Interest and Si nual premitts on scioo! buildin: Ordinances = nd other { ‘ k T directly from the hands of his|dent et the Fleet All Weather 1951. No ir rity was cited by “lateral was not adequate at all! Funds, July 1, 1948, $2,768.2 become due.’ Budgets were proper- | tions meetiny Federal wmakers 10 jhost and hostess. -He also enjoy“ raining Unit, NAS, Key West. the State Department ‘times. compared with $41,893.24 on n June ly prepared but sufficient amend- | “Te now in effect in bu jed the tub of water to such an Florida is Superintendent O'Bryant is also! “Property records were maintain-\30, 1951, showing the net funded onunued Gn Page sevens nicipalities and 346 = at i C cess , laa i «S38 a s the country. This, Increase GI Pay (gx g.t"' pecs nce Ps atacvun tas ater a ee City Commissioner Louis. M.J.|floor, to absorb « the splashed piecing. cae ey fea ten | “Albury Installed March Ut Dimes advence since 1946, when Eisner. reports to The Citizen that | water. In another féw: days he eee ere ae ohuidtoe | itera y a 1! a Ss 6 ¥ é previous tabulation was made i ~ {The nber of people Jer tro | nee ee es aes ial Sglery” and - greens routine training flight 13 miles | t As Chancellor Show Tonight On pre nuns zt ee ete tat a i‘ i land and to Representative Bill | Bramlett, an ornithologist Sr aed area Hae Of Libby fee P i hi ( D = ] N jit is now ; Lantaff, urging them to vote for in his own right, was awakened Thureday -hight Se inne yt Jan ‘omdr. wuva Street | The Government's model. 0 the pending legislation in Congress |onz night by a peculiar noise in| concerning the 10 percent increase his bedroom. Upon investigation! in pay for servicemen. lwith his flashlight he discovered , Commissioner Eisner told the | “Puddles,” the little Teal, sitting , lawmakers he could see the need|on the bedroom floor staring at > Famed Torch Singer Silence Orde for this increase to coincide with! him through the light. the ever rising cost of living. The Louis M. J. Eisner Will. Qualify For, Sheriff Post him eat oats from thelr Pog y mg rm waged Pot Since “Puddles” ha’ made an the ing today for the offite of excellent recovery and is now unable to confine his hocturnal wanderings to the baék porch, , the Bramletts called upon the Audubon Society to release him so he may again join the flock. | |Mr. and Mrs. Bramlett and mem- bers of the Audubon Society will is officially escort “Puddles” to nade wabh Bean or ponies Big Pine Key this week end. and | eupenicdit, Milieds <ccusnier }place him under the custody of | of the New York City Police | J:ck Watson, Law Enforcement department for 21 years, until Officer of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. he retired from it. In Key | “\puddies” has become too tame Sheriff of Montoe County in an announcement to The Citi- zen, He said: “I positively will be a can- didate for the office in the May election.” By Her Doc To Rest Voic For Eurepe Tour By Susan McAvoy | talking. Libby can and does. ' Slim and vital she moves | around like a dynamo. Her face expressed her joy at being in Key West which she has loved > ot idinance was developed Deputy Grand Chancellor W. F. Edwards installed the officers of Key West Ledge No. 163, Knights Pythias at a interesting meeting of the lodge held last even- ing. The new officers are: William V. Albury, Louis Carbonell, City Cam- aign Director for the March of Dines, today announced that the -famous street shows on Du- eet will begin tonight. shows have become a in Key West and are of very Charier Of Local \synonymous vith the March ot | Federal Savings, ; tradition Chanceller | Dimes program in Key West. Guest stars, and © musicians oanin’ Sou” Low” and “Body and! arrangements ushered in the | here in Key West for a fortnight on strict doctor orders not to, ;open her famous throat even for one single word. Yesterday I met the singer and her manager Bud Williams at lun- e ch with Jennings Per and Jack N columnist Tentzel, hville busi thusiast. Otficial U.S. Navy ged Clad in old knee length denims ENSIGN BLACKBURN }and a shirt of which the sleeves — had been irregularly siashed the Search throughout Friday faiied internationally known blues singer ito reveal any trace of the missing | communicated via pencil and pad |pitot and his F6F Grumman Hell- It's difficult for a woman to Libby Holman whose husky-toned / , era of low-voiced blues singing, isp , | messman and Key West fishing en- ; bince 1936. Her quick hands ges- ‘Commander: Edmund Higgs, Vice tured and she also spoke with | Chanceller:' George W. Adams, ‘neds and shakes of her mane ef Prelate: Calvin M. Barnes, Master | i fong black hair. of Works; J. Winfield Russell, Se- | cotlectichs © victim of .a sinus, infection, | cretary; W.F, Edwards, Financia 31 | Moweh of Libby Heiman has to be quiet for | Secretary? Millard’ B. Gibson, Tre- a month or cancel her European | asurer; Robt, J. Whifehéad, Mas- | ‘concert tour, her doctor warned! ter at.Afms; J. Frazier Pinder, he | Inner’, Guard; SL. AGais, outer | | Gard; J. Winfiéld Russell, J. Fr: | zier Pinder ‘and Millard B. Gibsos, : Trustees. Fred L. Johnson and J.Y. Porter, 23rd to prepare for Lib- | TY have been‘ ‘elected to repregent | by’s arrival. the lodge inthe Grand Lodge ‘They hope to get in a short visit Which will meet in St. Petersberg ‘to Cuba while here, but primarily | on April ward. “J, Fraaer Pinder Libby wants to soak up the Key |and J. Winfield Russell are alter- West sun and build up after her | nate representatives illness. At the meeting of this lodge to be Yesterday she darted around the ‘held next Friday evening kitchen of the Tentzel- Perry dup- | Rank of Page will be conierred on | day (Continued On Page $ a class of basictiake! i Police ors and vians “Unions for “She's being terribly geed,” her manager Bud Williams said. “She hasn't let out a word.” s leaves for Europe on Motoreyelist clist Kasased In Skid Ernest Conrad Marshall, Jr.. the U.S. Navy suffered a disloc evard at 2 this mornwug, through the courtesy of the Act- | pro- vide stellar. entertainment while the ©. made “The publié is invited,” Mr Continued From mupeetOMh PAE: Three) of ed right shoulder anc cus on the face when his motoreycle skidded on some gravel on Roosevelt Boul- Folice the | Chief Joshph Kemp ‘announced to- Officer Lounders in Car And Loan Okayed Fred Dion today received word that the Home Loar bares Board her a: “pte oh Peet ge Gee ciation. Upon receipt of the char- ter, the Washington letter stated thet the local group should complete its organi- zation, Documents evidens- ing the completion of organ- ization should be submitted in duplicate ‘the letter sizned by Dan I. McKeithen. chief of Federal Savings and Loan operations states. Dion upon receiving th« news again exfressed his thanks to The Key West Ci- tizen, the Key West Cham: ber of Commerce and other West he served as Chief of PALER es - | No. 3 was dispatched to the north | vic organisations and in- during his ten days of convales- | c h | v t ort! civic org Police for 11 months in 1946. Se Extensive search of the area is | |40 Pear . re side of Roosevelt boulevard at 2! dividuals who helped to In 1948 Commissioner Eis- Peggeers tepeors -o care of | continuing with all available Na- th Annive ersary Of First Run Flor ida East C oust a.m. He found a Harley Davidson | comglete the successful or. val facilities taxing part includ- ner piled up a record vote as otorcycie with no driver. He went yf soca To Key West Will Be Observed This Month 1) shel } ganization of the new group. Mayor of the city and held a pe agi ied auinaie tte foi ing PBYs, Beachcrafts, Blimps, jto the. Naval hospital where the ! Steps are being-taken now this office until the/Inst City jcats | Helicopters, a Navy Destroyer | guard told him that two men | to collect the committed cap- released in an‘ environment of and Navy and Coast Guard res- | | cue boats. Ensign Blackburn's _ parents, election in which he did not "s/t si ; a'two year teem on theveny | The Bramletts and many other | commission. Eisner has been Bese of Key West and Mon-) wir and Mrs. Robert E. Black: | roe County who are taking such | burn, Sr. 1821 E. Routt Avenue, dexcaliens care, of the wild life in | Pueblo, Colorado have been offi- j this arca are, commended» most | ciany notified of his disappear- | | highly bythe -Monroe. County | ance. ‘Conuntied Ot Page Eight) Ensign Blackburn entered the = | Navy as an aviation cadet in| MERA, |» :5:.19'9 208. 25. designated ja Naval aviator in June 1951 at | brought some one in. He questioned , Marshalk and learned from are that he was riding. about 40 miles | per hour on « curve when he skid- | ded. Marshalt'is a member of the | motorcvele clab. Louniders “issued | himve. summons’ for ‘reckless driv- ing:dnd' having an aecident ital subscriptions amounting to more than $100,000, Dion said. This amount myst be on band with the local sav- ings group before actusl a resident and taxpayer of Key West since 1944, ~ business can begin. { Elks Club Benefit D AN C E nye ey lPancacbha: , In the Navarro, Inc. t* ies A graduate of Central High I , TONIGHT, 9 TILL “2” =f ain 0 School, Pueblo, Colorado, he re- ' Adv. of Friday issuc ceived an Associate degree in Elks Club Annex Business from Pueblo Junior Brakes Reli Public Cordially Invited | College in 1949 rakes Relined Music by AS LOW AS j Ensign Blackburn resided at the Bachelor Officer Quarters, | in Key West. $ 00 } Seaplane Base, y Sa 45 | Palace Theater | Dan Duryea and Gale Storm in “AL JENNINGS OF OKLAHOMA” (in Color) JOSE TORANO and his Orchestra AIR CONDITIONED $11.95 Should have stated this RAUL'S? REAR ADMIRAL YOUNG and Key W. train to enter Key West, Fla st Mayor greeting January 22, 1912 THE CASA MARINA HOTEL invites it's Key West friends Mr. H. M. 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