The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 24, 1952, Page 1

\saueieesneeinmmnmmmemanemememmmeememenel Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST 70 vot. LXxiH. No. 21 ‘MOST NE WSPAPER IN THE Ss Draws Old-Timers in Close Bonds Permanent Group Planned By RR Builders At Luncheon By SUSAN McAVOY Men who had not seen each other sinces the day: forty years ago when the/ Florida East Coast exten- sion chugged into Key} West for the first time; gathered together for a) three hour luncheon re-| union in Key West yester-| day. With their wives or daughters, the pioneer builders of the Key West Extension gathered around and chatted informally be- fore and after the moving program in which the old- timers, one by one came to the microphone and‘spoke briefly of the “good old days.” H. H. Hyman of Miami, for- mer office engineer of the FEC, now living in Miami ‘was a jovial master of ceremonies. He and the other men present commended E. A. Strunk, Jr. for the “swell job” he did on ar- ranging the luncheon reunion at the Casa Marina. On the suggestion of several of | the pioneers present a permanent / organization of;'the i] *- KEY. WEST, FLORIDA, aEERSDAN, JANUARY 24, 1952 (FEC 40th Anniv ersary Reunion E. A. STRUNK, JR., who ai eon with Mrs. Jessie Porter Newton and William R. Porter. mittee of the first train, John and Per ranged the reunion in Key West, and Mrs. He was Citizen Staff Photo Strunk, beam before lunch- on the 1912 welcoming com- Kirschenbaum guarded Henry M. Flagler on the historic occasion M. Roberts did missionary work in the Keys railroad camps. Pioneers of the FEC” al Key West Based Naval Lientenant Has Been Recommended For Heroism Decoration ' As Result Of New York State Plane Crash to continue meetings of the vet- eran railroad men in the futyre. Hyman appointed C. J. Corliss, | J. W. Dunaw Strunk, and Mrs. G. R. Smiley, whose hus- band was division engineer of the FEC. A minute of silent tribute was paid to the pioneers who have passed on, Then one by one Hyman in- troduced the men who built the extension to Key West, the | greatest event of the first half of ; the 20th Centurv in the Island City’s history. Mrs. Smiley Connor were the women actively connected with events forty years ago. The lat- ter better known by her maiden name “Patsy” Baker said that she drove the first stake at the Key West end of the FEC Mrs. Smiley told of the day when she was the first woman to walk across the Long Key | Viaduct. She did not know until | she startéd her journey that on- ly railroad ties separated her from the rushing waters beneath her. “I was-so frightened that down came my petticoat. The man on} my left was very polite. He said | nothing. But Tubby Williams! H. M most the | and Mrs who was on my right said: ‘My Gosh Nora, step out of it!’} teenager It Mrs. Smiley, a shy did step out of her petticoat. dropped into the swirling wat “] still look for my petticoat— (Continued On Page Fi CIFELLI'S ITALIAN | AMERICAN REST. | Specializing in Home Cooked se | Orders to take out. } Free Parking in Rear NEW HOURS 11:30 A. M. Te 12 MIDNIGHT 920 TRUMAN AVE. PHONE 235-XW FEATU ackie Price — Famous Baseball Trickster ; Band Concert by High School Band Wickers Field 7:30 P.M. ALL PROC MARCH OF DIMES ; community ADMISSION: ADULTS $1.00 Karl Thompson ‘Again Lights The Way For City (Contributed) It was Karl Thompson, former ‘owner of the local Coca Cola plant who is now retired, who “lighted” the wav several years ago for having Key West gaily decorated during the Season by his contribution of several huncred dollars as prizes | for various home owners to win for having the best lighted homes. Together with the Jav Cees, this dream of Mr. Thomp son’s became a reality which the continues interest in the con- to enjoy each vear as test increases. During the past week, this same local philanthropist has lcome through with the offer of his vacant lots at the corner of Fleming and Elizabeth streets to be used as a city plaveround It seems that the folks of Key West nd particularly the neigh- bors r this vacant property had been entertaining thoughts of how nice it would be to see children playing on this unused property—safe from the hazar on Page Three; be STILL UFE E ART ( COURSE DIRECTED BY | Gerald Leake, A.N. A. In The WORK SHOP at NOBLE’S ART CENTER FREE TO MEMBERS Register NOW 1101 TRUMAN AVE. Class Starts Jan. 29, 7 os mM. . 1851 RING SHOW Friday, Jan 25th CHILDREN SOc EEDS TO Christmas | PC SKIPPER AIDED SURVIVORS AFTER ACCIDENT KILLED 26 PASSENGERS Recommendation that Lieuten jant William Bischof, Commanding | Officer of the USS PCS-1384, ‘sta j tioned at Key West, be commended ‘for his heroic actions, of the crash of a Continental Char ters Airline Company plane has | been forwarded to the Chief of Na val Personnel by Lieutenant Com |} mander F.R. Raleigh, Officer-in- | Charge of the U.S. Navv Recruit ing Station, Buffalo, N.Y | The plane crash, which occurred jat Little Valley, New York, on ibe night of 29 December 1951, resultéd survivor \in death to 26 passengers, among them two Key Westers, and injur- ies to 14 others. Lt. Bischoff as. | ststed in evacuating the surviving | passengers from the plane. His i quick thinking and presence of ‘mind contributed greatly to the \.saving of many lives. The recommendation goes on to | say, “The initiative and resultant action of Lieutenant Bischof not only vitally assisted other survivors phvsicallv, but spiritualy as well and in the maintenance of their morale. “It is recommendec that officer be commended for his act- ions, as they uphold the best tra ditions of the naval service.’ ubject subje avy Plans New Escort Carriers WASHINGTON # — The Nav nlans to bu’d several escert craft carriers of a new type spec ia'lvy designed to meet the threat of Russia’s growing submarine fleet Congress has been prove the construction of the first of these fast, 16,000-ton. Coatiaued In rage Mothers V Will March on POLIO THURSDAY, JANUARY 31 7:00 to 8:00 P. M. LEAVE YOUR PORCH LIGHT BURNING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED CALL 1736-J OR 7399 AFTER 5:09 P.M. Five) asked to an-| 600-foot | ARES ERS 1c ee ‘Allies Make Bold Strikes At Commies Heaviest Fight Was West Of Chorwon Where Infantrymen, Tanks Battled Chinese Troops By SAM SUMMERLIN SEOUL, Korea (P—Allied raid- ing parties ended the 19th month of the Korean War todav with bold | strikes into the on the western front The heaviest fight was west of } Chorwon where United Nations tanks infantrymen fought for | six hours Wednesday with Chi-| nese entrenched on a hill The raiders struck again at 7:30! a.m. Thursday. The Chinese rained hand grenades down on the Allies | and opened up with heavy ma chine-gun and rifle fire. The fight | continued, the U. S. Eighth Army reported Another Allied force hit the Chi nese northwest of Kora pre-dawn raid. The E a Army said the raiders pued back after killing 20 Reds in an hour-long fight The frozen eastern and central j fronts quieted after heavy Allied [tenk and artillery blows Wednes- day. ow Allied tanks clanked up to Continued Cn Page Five? at DINE & DANC Red defense line | Music For Your Dancing Pleasure Casa Cayo Hueso Supper Club by Key West's MAN OF MYSTERY with his Piano and Orchestra LeMay Still ‘Hopeful Of Seeing Wife etal And Brother Returned To Their Home In Montreal Today MIAMI brother of Hughuette LeMay, year-old Canadian beaut; in the Florida Keys since Jan. returned to their home in Montreal today still hopeful that she may be found George LeMay. 26, the missing beauty, said he still has hope and added that if she ,; was kidnaped, he is convinced he ; will hear from her “sooner or Jater | LeMay — The husband and 21-! bushand of who was near collapse after an intensive search failed {to turn up any clue as to her| | whereabouts, was driving home to Canada with Roger Nedeau, pri- | vate detective sent here by the {family to aid in the search. | Raymond Daoust, Montreal at- torney and brother of the missing woman, plans to return home by | plane today. {| Daoust issued a _ statement ' Wednesday night thanking Monroe County Deputy Sheriff James 0. | Barker, who headed the investiga- tion, and Miami city and Dade| County law enforcement officers | | who aided in the search. i | Daoust said Barker “has done a j Sincere and most honest job,’’ and jadded that the deputy “has ex- hausted every means to find a | solution to the disappearance of | my sister.” ! | LeMay and his wife, who came | here for a vacation, were fishing roin a‘bridge in the Florida Keys on the night of Jan. 4 when she! { (Continued. From Page Three) Italy Planned Sub | Attack On N.Y. |} ROME (®—A wartime Italian nayal commander says Italy plapned a submarine attack in New York Citv harbor for December, 1943, but the Italian’ armistice came along before the scheme could be carried out. | The commander, J. Valerio Bor-! ghese, said in a letter to the editor | published in the newspaper Roma that a long-range submarine was to carry a smaller one within close | range of New York. The little one | was to slip up the Hudson River | “to the heart of the city” to meee the attack. Borghese said he took part nl successful year-long tests of the small assault craft at Iseo Lake in Lombardy. He reported the mother sub idea was. perfected at , {an Italian submarine base at Bor- | deaux, France. i “The psychological effect on | | Americans who had not seen any | war action brought up to their own Once upon a reservation, there shores surpassed in the long run’ was an Indian boy who had ;the material damage we could wer Heard aveued S Gigga | have inflicted,” Borghese conclud- "eVer Heard about Horace (ree i ley or his advice, “Go West | {young man, and grow up with } the country!” When kindly i white woman came the re | ae x servation and adopted him, he | Thomas Dixon Is did a reverse on the Greeley : ak story. He went East and grew up |New Chief Deputy,» 9r., Sheriff Announces mere six-foot one in height Denuty Sheriff Thomas Dixon 1101) 7008 ae ae | will become Chief Deputy Sheriff N&vejo Indian, is touring Mh | of Monroe County, Sheriff Bertin en eee es aera g | Sawyer announced today. ee eee | Dixen rr Frank Webber | Ohio. He. walked into: The | whose resignation as Chief De. 7°" office the other nat res | puty becomes effective next Fri- i” forest green shirt and tr per ' day. Webber is going into busi- With ve bk a | ness in Miami. across hi ¢ | Sheriff Sawyer said he will ap- | black br | point anefher deputy to fill the his back below | place vacated by Dixon's promo- he wore. He bore ¢ | tion to Chief Deputy. note from | Webber received an award of New York writer the Jaycees several months ago, ted in the ! as outstanding law enforcement courthouse | SHficer of 1951. He is a veteranof = Susan McAvoy took or ‘ | World War 11, married and has ‘at Zhahay Horse's Son, then one three children. look at me and said Y a the interview. Mayt he blood brother v k ed u = sate chairs (s were r the E UNDER THE STARS OR IN OUR SPACIOUS ROOMS DINNERS SERVED TIL 10 P. M. Top of Duval On The Atlantic Ocean alive ee = Cs ke without so —Ghe = West Citi SOUTHE RN Florida National Bank Expands Facilities; Teo Drive-In Windows Th Associated Press Teletype. Féatures and Photo Servic2s j For 72 Years Devoted to the ! Best Interests of Key Wes’ “YEH-AH-ET-AY,” or 61d ‘Navajo Malai who is visiting in Key Westias p “hello” Citizen Staff Photo to you, was said by this 18-year- his edti- cation’ His name is Zhahay Horse’s Son. Born in Arizona on a government reservation, he spent the past decade in Ohio learn- ing the white man’s language and industry, but kept his long hair in traditional style of braids for some day he may return to his people. e & * we Wok * DOROTHY RAYMER ts handy) Low Cost Air Coach SCHEDULED AIRLINES PRICE TOURS 411 Fleming St. Phone 124 Complete Stock of Mechanic HAND TOOLS Guaranteed for Life Roy’s Key West Auto Parts Co. -21 DUVAL STREET TELEPHONES 1877 - 1878 Young eae Indian Visas We RE Zhahay Horse’s Son Likes Ships, Machines, Poetry Ke Ke & Key West In Educational Tour BREBBT ESRB Baws R ena ses’ We which is said “Yeh-ah- ‘hello.” is pronouced phonetic if that helps an opener ally as Gzzawhay ny. I recognized the red band as being that of a Southwestern tribesman, and thought it might be symbolic. “Why do Navajos wear hea nds" His answer was typically Indian keep out of the eyes,” he replied. and if anyone ever tells you an Indian ha: e of humc it won't be er ur not You h ad a squint at the n he Asked about first essior { Ke West, he ashed w teeth, raised his level eyebrows and said, “Nar street , 4 hay Hor as if eact » encased vert occ I looked wn a feet. He ore mod ern sneaker H accent harsh Oh ang. It took six ea f k t English nd ever ou can’ sense a buckskin leash on the expres- s. A graduate of high school t tin’s Ferry where he lived NOTICE SPECIAL MEETING Cayo Hueso Grotto Friday, Jan. 25th At 8:00 P. MM. Cuban Odd Fellow’s Hall, 418 Amelia St. All Interested Petitioners Are Re- quested To Be Present. To Be Initinted. By Order Delio Cobo Wm. Leon Sands, Chief Justice Sec. ee em ee ee PRICK FIVE CENT: -* Plans For New Building Have Been Posiponed For Present Jerry J. dent of The tional Bank at Key West. announces that the is about to start on a pro- gram of alterations in their banking quarters that will allow them to provide the more adequate facilities that this growing munity needs. The present banking structure is to be completely done over and fa ilities provided for an ex ded service, which will include the add ition of two ¢rive-in windows fo the use of customers who wish to trenseet their business without 'e ving their cays. This ‘s a se that has proven to be ponul elsewhere. Additionz’ safety dev. sit boxes and night depository ilities will be added. The, hank guerters will be commetelv air com ditioned and the interior done over and when comr’eted Mr. Trever stated that the Kev West ‘hankir house will be in the tradition other new quarters of the Florida National Group of Ranks and enm pare favorably with any banking Trevor, p Florida Na- Bank com- as the Gar wom quarters in the state. Work will begin as soon necessary contracts can be award- ed. Mr. Trevor added that plans fer @ new building had to be set as’ until such time as critical mater- 4 * again become available. Mr. Trevor siated that the Bank 5 Tg gublished statement of condi showed a svdstantial growth be % “past \year and that tiv | the Bark “in praviditiz {modern banking quarters is cer- | tainly a vote of confidence in the continued growth of the com- | munity. ° 1 Kills Three; Then Takes Own Life CREAM RIDG®, N. J. (@—A year-old Fort Bix civilian emplove shot to death his estranged auhurn ! haired wife, his mother-in-law wd his wife’s aunt Wednesday night and then killed himself. State police said the me ner Powers, killed the thr en in the Powers’ home while his 4-vear-old son looked on in horror Dead after the ‘shooting orzy were the attractive wifes G'oria 27, her mother, Mrs. Helen de Mayd, 59, and her aunt,- Mrs Louise Bowker, 61 Then, police said Powe grabbed up the boy, Gary, ran to the nearby home of Mrs. Bow ker’s daughter, and shouted “Take care of Gary. I just shot the whole damned bunch o* them He left the boy, dashed-back to his own home and fired a bul'et from the .45 caliber pistol into his head, police said. Powers had separated about a week ago because of marital dif ficulties, police said, adding ‘that Mrs. Powers’ mother and aunt had gone to the Powers home in an attempt to make peace between the couple Adams Qualifies For School Board Gerald Adams has oualified to run for reelection on the Monroe County Schol board, it was an nounced today Adams will run from the second district. He is one of two members of the five-man board who will come up for reeelction PRES HMRI eRe Palace Theater Whip Wilson and Fuzzy Knight “NEVADA BADMAN” Se FOR THOSE WHO APPRECIATE GOOD ITALIAN FOOD LUIGI'S RESTAURANT e—CHICKEN CACCIATORE © Pizza © Spaghetti © Veal Scaliopini © Raviola eLaSegna ORDERS TO TAKE OUT "7 DUVAL TEL