The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 13, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equitable climate in the average Fahrenheit country, with ar range of only 14° VOL. LXXIII. No, 142 The Rey West Citisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1952 Best Interes*- IN THE U.S.A. PRICE FIVE CENTS Navy Assigning Squadron 12 With 1200 Personnel To Key Wes st; Reed Housing ze kkk kkk zx* ® & & xe * onroe County Votes For Or Against Dog Track In August; $3,500 Deposited For Referendum Navy Repairs Section Of — Waterline On Palm Avenue —_| Heads Local MASTER MECHANIC |Insurance Men JOE CORNELL Arthur Valladares was elected Father,s Da SUPERVISES WORK | Underwriters’ "Association ats THIS MORNING noon meeting of that organization Thursday. Alse voted to office were the following men: Newell Menendez, Vice President; Cia- rence Gates, Secretary; J. P. Sy- monette; C. J. Hacerland, H. S. Holcomb and B. J. Waite, Direct- . H. A. Demeritt, whe has been a National Committeeman for the past two years will con- tinve in that post for the com- ing Residents crossed their fingers . today not because it was Friday B Rotarians the 13th, but because the water y flowing into the city was shut off Father's Day was marked by | at 8 o’clock while Navy workmen the Key West Rotary €lub Thurs- | rushed the mending of the leaking, Pipeline at North Beach drive and Palm avenue. Navy Yard Master Mechanic pervised z i panding water facilities at Florida H i “Wildcat” Driver Claws, City and below. “ tae and grandson “Michael The House Appropriations com-| Bites, Tears Shirt Off mittee must now make the actual i : ‘ . 4 a ey !abringss ~ funds available to the Navy for the| 11 Way Officer Walden; : eke as 8: year oe rain helped out in 8 * ee of a drawing for the prize. State Highway Patrolman Jack the emergency situation, but a fire in the city, requiring large expen- ditures of water today, would quickly diminish the short supply of the increasingly precious fluid. This morning three Navy trucks pulled up at the affected pipeline area on North Beach drive near Peary court. They brought with them welding machines, winches and other equipment for the job of welding the new five feet of line in place of the old leaking pipe. Traffic slowed up as it came around the curve. Small boys watched as two workmen stood in rubber boots in the hole dug out where they could cut the pipe line. Cornell did not expect great gushes of water when the of the old pipe was completed. By the time the job of replacing the | old with new took place, the water | would be turned off sufficiently to | keep the flow down. Cornell has worked on the pipeline since it | was laid in 1942. Expansion of military and civil- i Visitors at the meeting included; (Continued On Page Three) Walden learned last week first hand that the female is deadlier than the male when 106-pounds of female, bit, scratched, kicked and tore his shirt off, he testi- fied in Criminal Court today. Guilty was Gladys Redding Brayn, 22, of Miami, who not only scarred Walden but two other men who could not control the fighting woman convicted of drunken driving and no driver's license. On her third count, re- sisting an officer, Mrs. Brayn’s sentence was deferred. For the fine. The five foot four woman was driving down the Keys, making an interesting, if dangerous pat- tern on the Overse: Highway, Walden said. She zig-zagged her car at direct angles from right to left on the highway. It was in the execution of these motorized dances that Walden spotted her, with her five year old son in the car. She then became a wildcat, according to Walden, managing to wound him despite the hand- cuffs he placed on the screaming, kicking, biting, scratching woman. A strong, though slim man him- ; self, Walden called on two truck drivers for help so he could drive. One of them, a big man, tried his hand at holding the woman, but MONTHLY PAYMENTS BASED ON ONE THIRD DOWN |) ‘47 Buick 4door sedan $795.00 |) Monthly payments $43.80 | ‘46 Chevrolet 4-door sedan $695 |) Monthly payments $39.40 "48 Chevrolet 4-door sedan $895 Monthly payments $48. “49 Chevrolet Styline Sedan $1295 | ian population in Key West and on (Continued Or Page Three) NOTICE! WANT A NEW ROOF OR REPAIR AT LOW COST? | was given the same treatment. NO OVERHEAD | “She's wiry, that's what,” "$0 Chrysler Windsor Club NO. 1 GRADE Walden said. Mrs. Brayn who said she was Coupe $1995. sanarened (Continued On Page Three) Monthly payments $75.10 “46 Nath 4-door Ambassador $595 Monthly payments $35.65 “47 Olds 98 Sedan $1595.00 Roofing Material THE KEY ; POOR OLD CRAIG Monthly payments $49.55 SERVICE STATION “$8 Plymouth 4-door Sedan $1395 ROOFING CO. | Francis at Truman = Phone $134 Monthly payments $56.55 All Work Guaranteed | Your PURE OIL Dealer ‘Sl Plymouth Two-tone $1495 | Tires . . Tubes . . Batteries Monthly payments $59.00 ‘Sl Dodge 4-door $1995.00 Monthly payments $75.10 ‘S1 Dodge Wayfarer $1745.00 Monthly payments 67.20 Monthly payments $69.10 ‘S\ Ferd 4.door with Ford-U-Matic $1895 Monthly payments $72.00 other two charges she paid $150/ Racing Will Be Done On Stock Island Monroe County voters will de- cide in August if they want dog racing as part of their county picture next year and forever, it was learned today. The Key West Kennel Club, Inc., has deposited $3,500 with Circuit Court Clerk Earl Adams to cover the cost of a special Teferendum on the dog track issue. According fo law the County Commissioners must hold the election within 21 to 60 days after approval of a permit by the State Racing Commission. Today, Abe Aronovitz, attorney and president of the racing cluo, which is financed by millionaire Sam Friedland, grocery store magnate, applies for a permit be- fore the racing commission in Tallahassee. Meanwhile, Charles Toppino ELE ian 12 < es ying: dogg: will be about half a mile from Mom’s Place, it was said. The Kennel club has deposited ten percent of the pur- chase price with Toppino and Sons, Philip Toppino said. The final sale agreement cannot be made unless the referendum approves the dog track itself, Toppino said. Construction work on the track will begin immediately if Monroe county voters give their consent to bringing a race track within their county, Aronovitz said. He plans to have the track ready to run a 90-night season next winter. Aronovitz is President of the Kennel club. A nephew, Sidney, is secretary, and Leonard Fried- land son of the Food Fair board chairman, Samuel, is treasurer. The cost of the track is esti- mated at $300,000. Initial units will have seating accommodations for 1,000. The property extends to the w&terfront on the south side of Stock Island. It will also be landscaped with a lake in the infield of the quarter-mile track Two-thirds of the land being bought by the racing men is re- (Continued On Page Three) All These Cars Had Just One Owner. All Excellent Condition. 1951 Ford Victoria. 7,000 Miles. Radio - Heater | 1950 Lincein door Radio - Automatic $735 Down. ~SeireS COMPARE OUR PRICES BEFORE YOU BUY—YOUR OLD CAR WILL PROBABLY COVER THE DOWN PAYMENT ON ANY NEW OR USED CAR OPEN UNTIL 10 P.M. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Ford , ‘ork | 50 percent in 25 years is living a arger and better | proof that Lions are willing to take || 50 Pontiac 4-door hydromatic hold of eone else’s burdens and 91695.00 using projects | ite » with them.” He point Menthly payments $65.70 kk % * Van Goidisnoven, | Judge Eegeielie:: Takes Hele Of Lions Club ; Sweeting To Attend Housing Convention Board members for the Housing Authority of the City of Key West met yesterday afternoon. It was the first meeting to be held in the beautiful new offices located at the end of White Street in Porter Place. First business to be considered was the election of a Chairman to fill the unexpired term of the late “Ike” Russell. By unanimous vote, this position was given to Ralph Betancourt. Mrs. Van Goidtsnoven was selected as Vice Chairman. Bad Accounts Kermit H. Lewin, executive di- rector of the Housing Authority, re- quested permission to write $403.99 off the books as “bad accounts”. He explained that to try to collect this money would cost more than would be gained. The Bonet was| | in Bae eg accounts are princi- pally ily for y sums$3, “$7, $8)" ete., and extend back as far as 1949. Board members compliment- ed Mr. Lewin for his excellent re- cord of collections and for the fact that the $403.99 was only an infini- tesimal fraction of the total amount of money collected over a 2 1-2 year period. Bad accounts at Fort Village to- taled $32.31, for last year, 1951. Social Security Employees of the Housing Auth- ority are now eligible for Social Security. It' was decided to cancel the present retirement plan, tem- porarily, with the National Health and Welfare Co., Inc., of New York, and take out Social Security for the workmen. When this has been accomplished, the retirement plan with National Health & Wel- fare Co., Inc., of New York will be resumed, thus giving employees a combined plan that offers them ad- ditonal retirement benefits. Lewin told the Board that the above procedure was perfectly le- Citizen Staff Photo MUNICIPAL JUDGE ENRIQUE ESQUINALDO (above center), is shown as he is congratulated by Dr. Glenn James of Miami upon his installation as President of the Key West Lions Club. At right is City Manager Dave King. Installation dinner attracted over 200 Lions and their guests, Judge Enrique Esquinaldo Installed As 1952 President Of Key West Lions Club * DR. GLENN JAMES * WAS FEATURED interested im becoming a better SPEAKER OF the Reverend W. J. Ashworth, EVENING pastor of the Fleming Street Meth- (Continued On Page Three) The Best Deal Ralph Betancourt Elected Chairman Municipal Judge Enrique Esqui Housing Auth. Bd. | naldo was installed last night as; the 1952 President of the Key West Tn i Club at their annua) installa- | case in Daytona Beach. Social Se Of The Late | Lions Clubhouse. The dinner, which | In Ke West curities’ only requirement is that “Ike” Russell was attended by over 200 Lions, | y employees not belong to ry e Las | their wives and guests, also mark- | other retirement plan at the time Ralph Betancourt was elected | ed the 14th anniversary of the Key | ON (Continued On Page Three) | (4. Jirman of the Housing Authority | West Lions Club ve \ |Board of the City Of Key West, Paquinslae pene ha ste ra e- ns yesterday. He will fill the unex-) yi oyanus | | pired term of the late Everitt “Ike Featured speaker of the evening |] ‘4? Lincoln 2-deer sedan $1300.95 Russell. | was Dr. Glenn James, Pastor of Monthly payments $62.25 Mr. Betancourt expressed his aP-!tne White Temple in Miami. Us- |] ‘51 Chrysler Two-tone sedan | preciation and praised the work of in. as his theme, “Man Alive,” $2295.00 | the Authority in the following state j ment to the press “I am deeply thankful to the | Members of the Board of the Key West Housing Authority for select ing me their chairman. In accept ing this honor, I realize that there are two cardinal points to follow | To maintain the high standards set | by the past chairmen and mem bers of this board, and to work Monthly payments $84.40 48 DeSoto Convertible $1075 Monthly payments $54.00 ‘S) DeSote 4-door sedan $2195.00 Monthly payments $81.70 48 Dodge 4-door sedan $995.00 Monthly payments $51.85 ‘30 Dodge Convertible Coupe $1595.00 Menthly payments $62.35 Dr. Jan the L ganization in the world, said, Lions are great be se as a group they are prima interested in | doing something for someone else.” | Commenting on the wonderful work done by Lions all over the world | in behalf of the blind, he added, | “The reduction of blindness over in outlining what makes the greatest service or- | “The | al as well as a West. Such a pro- ! 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