The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 31, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, mest equitable climate has th in averag country, with an range of only 14° VOL. LXXIII. Ne. 131 LKPO ASSOCIATION TO BUILD $12,000 KEYS CLUBHOUSE Group Will Erect Their Own Building BR. ht now Key West is looked upon by residents of other parts of the United States as a Boom Town — with all the approbium and opprobium thatesuch a term engenders, depending upon in- dividual character and taste. If you are an up and coming type of go-getter — you'll approve and want to get in on this fast moving, money making type of activity. If you're the quieter, more -eserved and retirin, type — you'll try and get away from this excessive activity and retire into your own quiet routine and activity. However with all its individ- ual go-getting activity, the Key West area has not lost its early pione characteristics and vir- tues of working together — for nothing in the way of individual material reward — but just the common good. The Lower Keys Property ‘Owners Clubhouse — i: just such an activity. Some 160 to 180 per- sons including all members of families, who .ive between Stock Island Bridge and Big Pine Key ~~ got together and decided to build a clubhouse. Two of their members, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bar- ty, donated the lot on which the clubhouse is already well under- wey. Under the guidance of Louis Muniz, President of the Lower Keys Property Owners Associa- enough money has been 0) to bul’? » $12,000 build. dig, as @ commufuty center for all the members. The most wonderful part this whole community story that this 40 by 48 foot building with extensive porches on two sides is being done entirely with out labor costs. Like all repre- sentative American communiti the Lower Keys Property Ow ers Association boast good car- penters, masons, plumbers, plas- terers, painters, and just plain laborers as well as a few con- tractors, and all of them are giv ing as much as they can spare, of evenings and weekends under the direction of contractor And as C. Sam B. Curry, Sec retary of the group, smilingly mentioned — As usual, the wom- en are the most active movers in this voluntary labor " They don't wait aro. for the men to come home, but do what ever moving, shoving, or | that they know need If the women have t say — they are going t their Lower Keys Clut and soon! The 40 by 48 foot ¢ concrete buildin, by 35 foot assembly ha en’s and men’s « community ki fice. Nicely surround two sic ing.and there wil plant.*g of coc bushes and around the C! Clubhouse wi ready for some tin should ing the sumr labor continues to enthusiastically as now FOR HOT BOLLOS and SHRIMP CROQUETTES Try EL PASAJE RESTAURANT 1005 Truman Ave SPORT SHIRT DANCE AMERICAN LEGION HOME STOCK ISLAND Saturday, 10 p.m. Til? ADMISSION 50c MUSIC By Jerry Pinder a Orchestra PR es 1a ———_____ the Fahrenheit 4 is} * KW Enjoys Same Plants As Shown In “Cuban Garden” Book e 'Fester Mother | By MONA FIELDS | story—that not only happened but is still happening. But it’s not | the usual Key West fish story— It’s a cat story instead! A little less than a year ago, a grey and white mother cat who had been living down in the Conch section of the old 3rd ward that borders White street— died. She left six kittens, four of | which were pretty sturdy males, jand two long drawn-out puny | and lanky little females. The kit- tens were about two months old. | Kind neighbors quickly adopted | the chubby males, but it looked «as though the’ skinny little fe- |males were destined for the }pound, when “the lady from | California” who'd recently moved | into the neighborhood decided to take the two of them. The rather homely and skinny | | little cats never really fattened | up—even though after each meal- time they looked as though their little sides would burst. Except | for a white streak on one cat’s chin, they were the same size and looked a bit alike at first, but |were different as could be in temperament. One was a little greedy gut, and dumb as could be except when it came, to eating. the other was a little too smart even for Ker own good and her leaping and cavorting from al- | most impossible heights and dis- tances, made having her around | almost like owning a private cir- | | cus. | The cats were calle: “big girl” | j and “little girl,” and bright “Jit- turous she seldom came home| | nights. She thought nothing at | all of tackling a dog or cat three | times her size if necessary—and | in one bout came off the worse for wear, and it was a question if her broken ribs would ever | heal up. In time both cats were about to have kittens. “Big Girl” had hers and at first was a simply wonderful mother. She kept chasing “Little Girl” off the premises while her kittens were very tiny, but as soon as the kittens started to lap their own saucers of mil through with ed all the milk in the sai erself. Meantime “L: Girl” had had her own k . but prob ably because of none of them though she was frightened of the lived ust NOTICE! WANT A NEW ROOF OR REPAIR AT Low cost? NO OVERHEAD NO. 1 GRADE Roofing Material THE KEY ROOFING CO. Werk Guaranteed Prone 1404.8 This is a really true Key West | \ ALL COMMON PLANTS OF ISLAND CITY ARE SHOWN | By MONA FIELDS | Oyez — Oyez — or perhaps it} | should be — Oir! Oir! — which! is how they say “Hear — Hear | in Spanish. How would you} like to learn both Botany and | Spanish in some 12 easy lessons. No — there is no ¢atch to it, | you don’t have to have writing | or painting ability — you just | have to be able to read — andj there it is spread before you, first in English and then in Spanish —all about our flower- | ing plants, published by the Gar- | den Section of the Club of Havana — and if you hurry you can buy one of these books at cost from Mrs. Schuch at the Woman’s Club Library. The book called “Flowering | Plants from Cuban ders is first of all very clearly done. These are excellent line draw- ings for every plant mentioned | and a number of good color! plates. It would have been won- derful if all of the plates had been in color, but anyone who j has ever had anything to do with printing knows how much that | would cost. ! And along with your Eng- | lish and ,Spanish names and | growth habits of all these flow- ering plants, you can learn the correct botanical names, the general family to which each plant belongs and where each plant is supposed to have ori- ginated. The Spanish text | just below ‘| tle girl” soon became so adven- j the English text opposite each plate it describes stays as liter- ally close a# possible to the Eng- lish text just above and makes a wonderful “pc we used to call our ve Latin text translations weren't | sup d to use. or those w we who of flower, t book witt Announcement Dr. R. C. THOMPSON Chiropodist Diseases of the Legs and Feet Wishes to a <e removal of hi from 613 Fl office ming Street to 324 Margaret Street KEY WEST, Shot Sailor Placed Under Guard Today BRUNSWICK, Ga. ® —A sailor who wanted to fly but was grounded by bullets from a sher- iff's posse lay in City Hospital under guard today. County Police Chief O. E. Burch identified him as J. A. Dowdy, who listed his next of kin as a sister, Marlene Dowdy, Everett, Mass. Dowdy, who was shot Friday— he said it was his 19th birthday—is in fairly good condition. He is given a good chance of fecovery— and answering charges of burglary and assault with intent to murder. Two teen-agers visited the Bruns- wick Air Park Thursday night and surprised a man beside a private plane that had been rolled out to a gasoline pump. The prowler fired a couple of wild shots at the boys, then roared away in a car. The boys notified police who un- successfully chased the car at speeds up to 100 miles an hour. |A burned out motor halted the road chase but a 30-man posse pursued the fugitive into coastal woods. He fired at his pursuers but hit none of them, Dowdy was cap- tured after being shot in the stom- ch. in Brunswick said Dowdy w: route from the Naval Air Training Station at Jacksonville to an as- signment at Aameda, Calif. They said Jacksonville NAS officials officials were unable to identify Dowdy Friday because his records were being transferred. They said his rank was airman (equivalent to private or seaman) and that he recently had received training in aviation electronics. Police have not yet been able to question Dowdy as to his motive. Dan McCarty . \Will Work For Nothing By MALCOLM B. JOHNSON TALLAHASSEE Dan McCar- ty is apt to find himself working full time for the State of Florida, | but without state pay, six months before he takes over as governor next Jan, 6. Other governors have. McCarty took his family to North and rest from the strenuous cam- paign in which he won the Demo- cratic governorship nomination Tuesday. LORIDA, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1952 Bill Aiding Korean Vets To Be Aired Will Come Up For Debate In House This Monday By HARRY SNYDER WASHINGTON « — A bill ex- tending veterans’ benefits to men and women who joined the armed forces since fighting began in Ko- rea on June 27, 1950 comes up for House action on Monday. The measure — carrying help along the lines given veterans of World War II—is subject to 40 minutes’ debate. Then—with no op- |portunity for any change to be made—it can be voted up or down. But if a roll call is required this will not be taken until Thursday. The “take-it-or-leave-it” method of presentation grew out of ‘the only controversial provision in the bill. The measure provides that edu- cation benefits shall be paid di- rectly to the veterans instead of to the colleges as is the practice presently. Rep. Teague (D.-Texas), author of the bill, claims it was written “out of consideration for the vet- erans and the taxpayers” and as a remedy for abuses discovered Woman’s | Officers at the Naval Air Station | ‘" the -present veteran training program. Representative Springer (R.-Ill.) claims it discriminates against the private colleges of the nation. Springer’s plan to offer an amend- ment to the bill on the floor was stymied by the committee’s de- cision to ask the House to suspend its rules and pass the bill in one action. The bill provides an education allowance of $110 a month for vet- erans without dependents or $150 for those with dependents who enroll in a full-time institutional course. The half-time schooling allow- ance would be $50 and $70. “From these allowances, veterans would have to meet all of their education costs, including subsist- ence. For apprenticeships or other on- the-job training, allowances of $70 and $95 would be made. On-the- farm training allowances would be $95 and $120. Other provisions: Education benefits would be giv- en on the basis of 1 days of training for each day of service since June 27, 1950, regardless of calendar months. not | Carolina Saturday for a vacation | Veterans eligible under the World grams and letters that have come in since his victory. “I'm going to "| acknowledge them myself when I get back,” he said There will be delegations to see, Even though he won't be elected until the general election in No- vember, his eventual victory over his Re lican opponent Harry Swan is such a sure thing that e put already accepts Mc. the next governor. will be lelegations to see s for speeches, confe people who want jobs for ves or their friends, meet 1 policy and major appoint won't have many nself, or for his months. started within two years after dis- charge from the service and fin- |ished within seven years. Only one change in a training | ciana, 2 program would be permitted | Avocational or recreational in- struction would be barred unless | a 1937 Ford sed veterans prove it will be of use in | Bruce a genuine occupation. Schools or courses must have been in existence for two years be | fore veterans are enrolled and prof- | it trade schools cent non-vete | In the fic continues the those now gi have 25 per nents. ORCHIDS AND MOONLIGHT AND THE SOFT MELLO FOR A GALA MUSIC OF THE T lola ~at aid wo wus LOGUN’S BEAUTIFUL OCEAN PATIO ORCHIDS, ORCHIDS, ORCH FOR THE BEST DANCERS 10S — FOR YOUR LADY — — FOR A DOOR PRIZE — SAT. NITE — DINNER ‘TIL 12 MATINEE DANCE DONT FORGET EVERY SUNDAY OUR NEW “SCREWORIiVER~ The Kev West Ci THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER War II program would also be | coach’s left front \ able to use the new program with | his right front fender. Both cars} benefits to run no longer than 48 | sutfered damage of IN THE U.S.A. a 4 1950 B \<e _ s j The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests ~f Key Wes PRICE FIVE CENTS Stirring Address Delivered At Memorial Day Services Featured Speakers AtK.W. High School Graduation Exercises In Bayview Park Citizen Staff Photo THE SMILING GENTLEMEN ARE: left to right: The Rev. Rus- sell Williams of Miami, featured speaker at the K. W. High School Commencement Exercises—and, Horace O’Bryant, our Monroe County Superintendent of Schools who also addressed the graduating class. Two Electric Poles Hit In Accidents This Week Some car damage and complete *- demolition of one electric pole resulted from several careless driving collisions during the last few days of this week, but for- tunately no personal injuries were incurred in these accidents. At 3:45 p. m. on Wednesday, Peter Diaz, a student, 18 years old was driving a 1949 Ford where it was performed, with the | coupe, going west on Washington | q Maximum period amounting to 36 | street when he bumped into a; morning at Monroe General Hospi- | 1949 Ford Coach that failed to|tal at 5:15 a.m stop for a Stop sign, and hit the fender with about $100 Everett Russell, |Civie Leader Dies At Hospital | | Everett W. Russell, 52, died this Funeral services afternoon at 4:30 at the ming Street Methodist Chureh ‘where the body will be placed at j each to front fenders and bump- | 2:30. He left behind him piles of tele-| The education program must be | ers, but were able to drive away At 6:30 p. m. on Wednesc also, Mrs. Barbara Lee C ger, a housewife of 103-D oin- 6 yesrs old, failed to stop at a stop sign in her 1941 Ford convertible, and she was hit by n driven by John Knowles, negro laby when he tried to turn the co: on the left side. The Ford con ut $150 ft front the t Low Cost Air Coach SCHEDULED AIRLINES Price TOURS le Prine 12 Your children re- ceive individual at- tention in beautiful spacious home - like suiroundings at the Casa Marina Annex Nursery PHONE 1360 Rev. W. J. Ashworth will offici- ate at the services Burial will be in family plot, city cemetery. Lopez funeral home is | in charge of arrangements. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Bessie C. Russell; son, William B Russell; daughter, Betty Rae Rus- | sell Russell was agent for the Stand ard Oil Company of Key West past president of the Key West Rotary Club; past president of the Key West ¢ ber of Comme: present chairman of the Flo: Keys Aqued mission; of the Key West hority; and at one time Anchor Lodge F Enzor Elected CRESTVIE G refus w ¥ will be held! Curry | 2 of the old Board of Pub- ||; Asks Audience If We Are Worthy Of Their Sacrifices Mayor Harvey has had a busy | week with all the various grad- uation and Class Day ceremonies he has had to attend. He spoke to some 70 graduates of the Key West High School at Thursday's Rotary and last night spoke to ! those who remained at Bayview Park following the High School graduation ceremonies from six to seven p.m. The occasion of the talk in the park to Key Westers was to pay tribute on Memorial Day to those honored dead of our country. There were many moving and memorable portions in Mayor [Harves’s Memorial Day speech and the following are quotations of portions that will long remain in the minds of all who stayed on at Bayview Park to hear him: “These men and women whom we honor today were men and women like you and me. They enjoyed the same things that you and - enjoy. They were ordinary people from every walk of life, every race, every religion, every political conviction — just as you and I are. And they enjoyed the thrill. and the zest for living and, they loved life — even as you and I love it. And when the time arrived when it became ne- cessary that the principals by which they lived should be pro- tected and defended by force of arms, they were chosen to de- fend these principles. And when the time came that the preserv- ation of these principles required. the sacrifice of everything that they held most dear — even life itself — they were chosen to give up their lives so that we might live according to the prin- ciples of freedom and liberty handed down to us by our fore- fathers. These men died in the name of the principles by which we live, and we pay them hon- or today and on Memorial Day each year. “But what have we done to deserve this sacrifice, What are | we, the living, doing to preserve the precious privileges which they valued above life itself? Are we proving worthy of their sacrifice or are we going to al- low their lives to have been sa- crificed in vain? Are we going to lose by default the freedom which has been preserved for us in the blood of these patriots? Are we going to stand adam- antly aside while we lose through |sloth what no dictator has been |able to wrest from us by force???? No —- not while the memory of these dead lingers on, No! Not while one fatherless d of one of these men re- ns to remind us; not while there mourns one single mother weeps a solitary widow. nat is it that these d by so many, rever- nemory of their com- n the ad: died to defend? What is 4 was more precious to fe itself? What did ed In the service fa n dedicated in the € 4 to the proposition all nm are created equal ed On Pag eedor e Five) + MRS. BERNARD FRANK, Cz, June 2 of Her Outdoor Kindergarten Jac Story telli Activities Clay. Fingerpaints. Very Chiidren 3 to 6 Weekdays 9 to 12 Transportation availab: ing ary Reservations No Mibw EXPERI- GRADUATE TEACHER a Announ‘es Summer Session Beginning S Nursery k & Jill Joyland v Cool, shady playground & porch Readiness building Pusties mited enrollment . sc Being Accepted 1160 MARGA