The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 2, 1952, Page 8

‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesamy, ewig uy wind AND SNUFFY SMITH Page 8 BARNEY GOOGLE DURN "OL SNORT'S” HIDE, ENNYHOW !! I'VE LOOKED TILL ((M BLUE IN TH’ FACE, AN' HE AIN'T NOWHAR TO BE BY JEEPERS! ic x ever GIT MY PAWS ON THAT WILD, RAMPAGIN' OU’ BOAR I'LL TIE A KNOT IN HIS TAIL AN’ WAAL ('LL GIT ME A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP TONIGHT AN' GO OUT LOOKIN’ FER HIM FusT THING IN TH’ MORNIN COME ON-You'RE » GOIN’ HOME --!'M GITTIN’ TIRED DRAGGIN' YOU AROUND // OH! NO! COME BACK INSTEAD OF MILK, OUR Cow DID GIVE WHATS- GOING ON A TOMATO JUICE COW SWEE'PEA, DON'T You UKE IT Zz AT LiKe TOMATOY. JUICE, POPEYE, ‘ BEGINNING SOON, A FEATURE COLUMN WITH “YOUNG IDEAS 7 WRITTEN BY A POPULAR MEMBER QF THE LOCAL SODA-SET —MISS Erra IN THE By Jose Salinas and Rod Reed + AND T_FIOURE ANY MAN WHO COULD CATCH CISCO IS MORE MAN THAN CISCO \S. WHAT'S YOUR NAME, HONEY BOY? WELL, AT LEAST You HELP. YES..BuT/ CAN'T COMPLAIN ABOUT MY FIELOING..A DOZEN / TOUGH CHANCES § HANDLED WITHOUT AN ERROR J GOTTA ADMIT FAMILY.f= HOW DARE YOU WHISTLE AT ME ? ? CAN'T WE GIRLS WALK ON THE STREET WITH- By Paul Robins ~WHAT HAVE I SWEET: TALKED MYSELF INTO 2! MY BRAIN BELONGS IN A COLUMN -~ THE u" on }resurfaced in many places and N sting had gone out of the sun Melisande decided to explore the neighborhood. Paul she remembered, would be work- ing between noon and five o'clock. She dwelt a moment upon this unexpected self-discipline in a personality otherwise utterly de- void of any suggestion of plan, but soon dismissed it as merely a fresh complication to an already complex character. No—hardly a new complication, she finally re- solved. Rather, the first glimpse The man worked to set hours: it was the one thing about Paul that she might ¢all a common denom- inator with the outside world, Thus engrossed, she was well within the precints of the play- ground before she was aware of having entered at all. “Good afternoon——” She looked up and quickly ap- age the smiling figure before her. “You're Mr. Taylor,” she said at once. “Yes, I'm John Taylor,” he said. “You're a stranger here, I expect.” arrived only yesterday. I am g at Number Thirteen.” aul Gardiner’s place.” “You know him, then?” “Of course. Paul often visits us here. In fact, he start class amongst the “How extraordi! “He's an extremely interesting person, we find. The kids are just a little uncertain of him.” Melisande liked him, He wore a free and gracious manner with the same ease as he wore his shorts and open-necked shirt, and there was something about him slightly reminiscent of some old world soothsayer. This man, Melisande instinctively knew, would be as calm as an Autumn day, and as impartial as the wind, “They're starting to arrive now,” Taylor said. They came with a yelling, ear- splitting accompaniment of noise, that rose to a fierce crescendo the moment they espied the super- visor walking towards his office. “Would you like to meet some of the kids?” the supervisor asked. CVI VV IV IV VI T VT CT TTS THIS ROCK A le ak dk dS ee a a Joe Domenech and his wife who live at 14-1 Poinciana Place, have a justifiable complaint that is pro- bably shared by a great many other people, including this writer. On the ocean side of Roosevelt Boulevard, the sidewalk has been the curb no longer exists. The re- sult has been that cars use the sidewalk as a parking -area. What's wrong with this? Well, there is, or used to be an ordinance against driving automo- biles on sidewalks. The import- ant thing though is the fact that the lives of pedestrians are placed in danger. Large numbers of tourists and residents like to stroll along the boulevard and enjoy its scenic beauty. When cars are permitted to park on the sidewalk, these strollers are forced to go out into ; the heavy automobile traffic of the road to get around them, How abcut it, Mr. City Manager or Chief of Police Joe Kemp? Are we going to keep the sidewalks for | | pedestrians and the roads for ve- hicular traffic? It would be no hardship for automobile drivers to j park where they belong. | Also |} Scooter drivers are making a | |muisance of themselves riging on | sidewalks, passing cars on the left hand side, driving the wrong way | lon one-way streets speeding in town ~ to make a long story short- hazarding their own and the pub- | lie’s 5 hat most of the offen r ungsters but this should prevent something being done such practices to a halt. s should learn to res- rights of other drivers. If to learn it graciously h the helpful advice of their then the police should in- respect through the use of legal means. Jack Delaney i; Com ner Delaney dropped by the office and wanted to know lif I had beard any reactions, pro or con concen his proposal to tax es in order to get tan n and other civie im Unfortunately, I could m my own opinion Commissioners who prope axes on the poor re sidents of Key West need to be shot I like Jack and I think his fair honest approach to pro ng to help the town. need mone; ar position here since the govern and city. (1 say this rea’ that thas last statement is a of normality he'd yet given her. | | many tourists and vacationists | who visit the island and rent an “Perhaps it'd be better if they just kind of discovered me— “They'll infiltrate you, never fear. Excuse me, I'll have to issue some equipment.” Melisande watched them all ar- rive in groups of two or three and then she ce herself aeons the apparently neglected vat is horse and watched them at play. “Would you mind this for me, please, ‘oe ‘ Startled, Melisande swung side- ways to behold the unbelievable {ebony of the rounded, eager face that poked up from between her langling feet. “Why!” she exclaimed, “you're the boy in the picture!” The lad stretched up and de- posited the contents of his hot, sweaty fist in Melisande’s “Why, it’s a tooth!” x The other grinned, and exhib- ited an impatience to be in the basketball line-up that was pre- paring on the court. “Come out in school, it did,” he called back. “Don’t you lose it, iss.” Melisande contemplated the di- minutive tooth with incredulous amazement, Then she began to laugh softly. Presently, the su- | pervisor swung up beside her. “The little gave me this tooth to mind,” she explained, dis- playing the molar to his gaze. |} “That’s Snowball,” the super- visor said. “He has a genius for doing the unexpected.” “Paul Gardiner has done a por- trait of him, I think.” “Yes.” “You're very fond of children, aren’t you, Mr. Taylor?” | (HEY watched for a moment a | 4+ wild flurry of fists in the centre }of the playing court, and then | Taylor said slowly: | “I owe so much to them. The funny po of it is you can’t let ue lown., You just es he do i‘ | Grown-ups — yes — per! you're so inclined. Bits these | youngsters—they've gfe to have | faith in something—faith and hope. | They come here a little about things, a little disappointed | in grown-ups, perhaps, They have | to convinced of the essential goodness of world society.” \ “You said you owe so much——” Dh lhl btn bind inten tndnd OF OURS BILL GIBB ee ee eee sore subject open to debate, but in my opinion, it is true.) As for the government-owned land, without the navy and other federal departments, we couldn't exist ten days as a city. More- over, the government pays lump sums and maintains streets, etc., every so often in lieu of the taxes it knows we need. So, . .what’s the solution? The only sensible and fair one that I can figure would be a com- plete re-evaluation of taxable pro- perty and assessment at 100 per- cent value instead of the 40 to 70 Percent assessment now levied. At least, this would hit all people in proportion to their wealth. We have residents in town right now who can't afford a utility tax. Be- sides, such a tax would also hit it's about time for Key West to have a new Junkman RAGS, LEAD, BRASS, COPPER Old batteries and Scrap Metal “To these kids, yes, A whole lot. It's queer, I suppose, but in the process of giving them back their faith, one seems to get one’s own faith back. That's by way of being a minor miracle. I like it!” For the following five minutes they sat in silence, watching the fast ball game see-saw along the length of the court. Once, Taylor joined them to seitle a technical point, but a moment later he swung back beside Melisande. ‘Gente you known Paul very Melisande inwar smi She'd half expected something like this. “No. I met him for the first time yesterday. I have rented his Yor apartment.” xcuse me a moment. I must tell them to takea breather. They’ll just go on forever if you let them.” Melisande watched him halt the game. She wondered why he'd returned so abruptly to the sub- ject of Paul Gardiner, Subtlely, she tele bad no — in his char-. Ty S80, uy) is return, she hurriedly dismissed the suspicion. ane Td better be moving on,” Melisande said, springing Dm the vaulting horse. “We’ re always looking for vol- unteers,” he said. “It all helps. patent nietn reading noe ro ane bandaging euinbedt tone. tell you, this is grand work.” Melisande laughed, “Here,” she said. “Take Snowball’s tooth. He’!l be looking for it.” The wide, brown eyes caught her own in a grip of concentrated nena about i, the a al n? You wi help out?” ei “T'll see. It's not as easy as that.” “Very well. Thanks a lot for Sryping in.” \s e left the playground Melisande experienced a new sen- sation of rapture, but the feeling began ra to deteriorate as she drew away from the play area and rounded the curve that led to Number Thirteen. And, once there, all thought of John Taylor van- ished her mind as she beheld the gaunt, unsmiling figure of standing on the footpath. (To be continued) County Schools Await U. S. 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