The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 5, 1952, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, August 5, 1952 SOCIETY ... PERSONALS... NEWS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE DOROTHY RAYMER, Society Editor CONCH CHOWDER This being my very first stint as a guest columnist, and like the after dinner speaker with a brief- case full of notes, unprepared as Iam, and all that, I shall try to sub for a vacationing Dottie and made with ye old chowder. Clam style that is. Barn Theatre going being a spe- cial interest of mine, would like to take a few paragraphs of your time to extoll ye olde Player’s Workshop production that took place last Friday and Saturday. Most loud silence I ever heard fol- lowed the curtain of “You were Perfectly Fine” Saturday night. In fact you could have heard a pun drop! What really happened was that this particular Parker Opus is but a few pages long and seems to start and end righf in the middle of a situation after a little speech between the principal characers. Well, my parting shot was as quot- ed by Susan in her review,‘‘You Silly Idiot, as if I would ever let you go now. Don’t worry about it, you were perfectly fine.’ The speech preceding this indicated that I was about to get the young man a drink, following my disclo- sure that during a complete black- out caused by drinking he had pro- posed and I had accepted. Well anyhow, the audience expected a quick curtain with me returning with the drink. Truth of the matter was that I and the leading man both needed a picker upper mighty bad after such a curtain. Right then my ego had hit a new low,but on returning with the drink for Don, I was much tempted to par- ade it across the stage in the mid- dle of “For Better or Worse.” Discretion being the better part of valor, the last named play galloped through to a funny climax and much. hand clapping. Various friends of ad various ideas of Yaeger m phoney or- chids to the famous} Raymer Ask- er, It’s .a very lucky thing that they all, decided not\to bother, or had to aintance was are Steve and ki, Godparents of daughter Gail. /fhey will stay ano- ther week befére returning to the hot and sweltering north. Word from Ronnie that he arrived safe- ly via MATS and wishes he were still in Key West, which wish is fervently echoed by me. La Raymer in Miami, left via ear early Sunday. . .wonder if she made it. Will stay visiting her brother a few days, then back to little cottage on Angela to the ye Cayo Hueso to move from the Charles Street address, It is en- tirely possible that I will employ “Goliath” the big grey Caddy to Move a few items and hope a fan gets lost back of the new seat cov- ers. Dottie has an out of this world collection of fans that turns me bright kelly every time I see them. Expected to see Poor Pierre lan- guishing back of the piano Satur- day night, but nothing of the sort. He was gay as gay and making weeth ze Fransh songs like mad. Dottie’s departure from the scene is more apt to make for big deep silence and no fun at all. I know I miss her like anything. No ex- citement around here now. Sun bathers at the Sun and Sand yesterday who were chased off the meh by the rains when they came, Were compensated by the view of not one but two water spouts at sea, The spectacle drew many watchers to the pier despite the damp weather, I didn’t parti- cularly care, being rather wet from @ recent swim, and these the finest water spouts I had ever seen. Also Just missed the excitement at Dredgers Key. Was out showing the visitors around the Sea Plane base and saw all the Whirly Birds | taking off in a great hurry and then circling around a certain spot. Had the feeling that something un. usual was astir, but the sun was warm and watching the circling grew. boring so 1 left before the big fun started. That's me, Miss- out Jaxon! Now that I've clammed up the Chowder in my very best style, | Pemditures during the same period) propriation balance at the close of think I will leave it to simmer awhile. Been keeping it clean, and items under threat of accidental have had to suppress my very best homicide from Billy and Gloria, but if you should: ask me anything and promise to keep it secret, will be glad to give you all the dirt Heard that this will be followed by various chowders by Jim Cobb and Poor Pierre himself, so keep watching! Apply To Wed Donald Eugene Ebeling, Naval Air Station and Marjoric Ruth Miller, 18, 1024 White stree- have applied for a marriage ! cense at the office of County Judge Raymond R. Lord. Archers Announce Wedding Plans Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Archer announce the marriage of their daughter, Mildred Lynn Archer, to Frank Earl Janssen, Mr. Janssen is the son of Frank Janssen of Chicago, Il. The wedding will take place Sat- urday, Aug. 9. at 5:30 p.m. at St. |Paul’s Episcopal Church. There will be a reception held after the ceremony at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glynn Archer, 1214 Von Phis- ter St. The Glynn Archers are the ; aunt and uncle of the bride-to-be. | All relatives and friends of the bride and groom are cordially in- vited to attend the wedding and reception. Rev. Pickett Guest Speaker Rev. Pickett, assistant pastor of the Miami Unitarian Church, was guest speaker at the First Congre- gational Church here in Key West yesterday. ‘ Following is a summary of his sermon: Our Unitarian Heritage “Though it is true that agree- | ments never have been formulated into creeds to which one must sub- | seribe if he is to be a Unitarian, | there has been general agreement j on basie principles for which Uni- tarianism has stood — The basic assumptions which have charact- erized Unitarianism have been a critical spirit and freedom of | thought. . . “The main point. . .is that in America Unitarianism grew with the Nation’s beginnings. It was the religion of many of the founding fathers and a powerful influence upon all of them. This was not in the least coincidental. The attempt to build a free nation of free peo- ple was inspired by faith in the free mind and in the religion of spiritual liberation. . . “A Unitarian is not at liberty to believe just anything at all. Ra- ther, ours is the liberty to believe the truth; the truth as i persuades the mind, no matter what he con- sequences; the truh as i assails the conscience, no matter what the sacrifice. The faith of a Unitarian must represent his true conviction and his honest thought — it must be real and reasonable... ' “Unitarianism is not an indivi- | dual thing but rather true devotion ' to sincere and actual social pur- poses. The real goals of Unitarian- ism can be accomplished only by working with others. . .Unitarians may differ, and they do. What their church requires of them is honest seeking and sincere conviction. . .” 1 CHARLES ROBERTS (Continued From Page One) ceipts for the Sewer Revenue Fund are $4,872.83, or 14.06%, in excess of the amount anticipated. Collections for the Interest and Sinking Funds were $4,412.11, or 9.489, less than the amount esti- mated, and Cigarette Tax Revenue is $15,264.80, or 25.50°¢ in excess of the budget figure. Taxes collect- ed for the Monroe General Hospital are $1,426.25, or 25.46%, in excess of the anticipated receipts for the period. y General Revenue Fund appropri- ation expenditures, aggregated $341,355.24, or 91.30% of the total amount appropriated for municipal operations. An unencumbered ap- propriation balance in the amount of $32,521.38, (8.70% of the total operation budget), is indicated at the end of the period. Sewer Fund appropriation ex- penditures totaled $20,867.16, or 83.30% of the original estimate. A | balance of $4,181.84, or 16.69% of the budget appropriation, is shown as unencumbered on June 30, 1952. Comparison of total revenue re- ceipts from all sources and for all funds indicates that revenue realiz- ed during the period under review is 10.73% in excess of revenue re- ceipts for the same period in 1951; 18.89% in excess of collections in 0; and % in excess of re- enue realized during the corres- ponding period in 1949. Total expenditures through funds during 1952 show an incre jof 12.47% when compared with Year 1951 expenditures (6 months); an increase of 55.91% when com- of 39.31% when compared with ex- | in 1949, | Actual departmental operating J and capital expenditures during 1952 show an ncrease of 19.77% when compared wth 1951; an in- crease of 44.79<@ when compared with 1950; and an increase of n compared with 1949, of the various re- during the six dd under review indi- f the total amount col- 14, 27.48% came Property Taxes; terest and Penalties; 6.11%—Other Local Taxes; j—Licenses and Permits; Fines an Forfeits; Scavenger Service Fees; ; Sewer Service Fees; 4.846 —Other {Revenues; and 20.62%—Cigarette pared with 1950; and an increase/ Happy Birthday “2 For Ronnie Former Society Editor Visits K.W. Miss Angele de T. Gingras, bet ter known as “Ginger” Citizen book reviewer who was Citizen Society Editor last summer is spending her vacation in Key West at the Southern Cross Hotel. Ginger is a columnist for the Washington ‘Times-Herald. She grew so nostalgic for the Island City, however, that she decided to leave the heat of the capital and look up her old friends in the coolth of Key West. In Washington Ginger’s beat in- cludes of the bigger Embas- sy parties, and some of the small but select gatherings. More impostant.to her as usual is her creative writing, work on =|movels in progress. Last winter she was given honorable mention for one of her short stories in the * | annual short story awards, Cooking’s Fun By CECILY BROWNSTONE Weekday Lunch Cucumber, Bacon and Lettuce |Salad; Creole Mayonnaise; Fruit Citizen Staff Photo RONNIE ARTMAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman D. Artman, 1307 Whitehead street, smiles as Citizen Photographer Jim Cobb catches him admiring his birthday cake, Tax Revenue. An analysis of total appropriation expenditures, comprised of charges to the six months budget aggrega' ing the sum of $428,344.33, in cates that of the total amount ex- pended 9.77% went for General and Financial Administration; 11.45%— Police Protection; 10.24%—Fire Protection; 11.09 % —Recreation, Parks, Stadium and Welfare; 17.68%—Streets, Inspections and Garage; 12.09% —Trash and Gar- bage Removal; 4.87%—Sewer Dis- posal; 7.37%—Current Debt Re- tirement and Pensions; 11.72 Debt Service on Bonds, 2.07 Sewer extensions and Drainage; and 1,65%—Monroe General Hos- pital. Municipal bonds in the amount of $67,000 have been redeemed during the six months under review; the bonds retired are more particular- iy described as follows:—City of Key West, Florida 3/5% Refunding Bonds $55,000; and 7/1/43 4% Per- manent Refunding Bonds $12,000; ‘Total $67,000, During. the past eight an one-half years Refunding Bonds in the total ‘amount of $400,000 have been re- deemed, reducing the Bonded Debt ot the City from $1,642,000 to $1,- 236,000 as outlined on the last page of this report. It is of interest to note that of the total amount of taxes levied for hospital maintenance and opera- uon, namely $28,038.59 per the 1951 dax Roll, 99.27% has been collect- ed to date, and tax allocations for- warded each month to the Monroe General Hospital, An examination of the various budgetary accounts and expendi- tures charged thereto during the current period reveals that account adjustments in the form of inter- account transfers will be required. The balancing of the various ac- | counts may be effected by trans- ferring, within each of the various epartments, a sufficient amount rom the accounts showing an un- neumbered balance to those ac- ounts in which expenditures are | shown to be in excess of appropria- ons, After eompleting transfers as | suggested above, unencumbered ap- the fiscal period remain as fol- lows:— | General Revenue Fund — 32,521.38 | Sewer Revenue Fund 4,181.84 | Bond Refunding Funds 1,549.28 | Cigarette Tax Fund 2,745.07) TOTAL gé 40,997.57 | Chapter D, Article 1, Section 5 of} the City Charter provides that at) the close of each fiscal year the unencumbered balance of each ap- propriation shall revert to the re spective fund from which it was appropriated, and shall be subject to future appropriation.” | CUBAN MINISTER OF (Continued From Page One) the press and we hope for the Navy concerned, The day-s program included the following itinerary: 10 a. m. Coffee as guests of Com- missioned Officers at the Naval Air Station. 10:30—Tour Fleet Sonar School. 11:15—Board submarine at Naval station pier. s 12 noon—Tour Naval station. 12:40—Drive to Fort Taylor Com- missioned Officers’ Mess. 12:45—Lunch at Fort Taylor. 2:15, p. m.—Leave for Naval Air Station. 2:30—Tour Naval Air Station. 3:15—Depart for Havana, GIRL DISAPPEARS (Continued From Page One) brother. They had been abroad for many years and were coming here for a month’s visit with Partridge’s sister at Short Hills, Partridge found a note which Pat- sy Ann had written to her parents and left in a purse, the ship’s spokesman said. He described the girl as a pretty brunette who had been studying hook illustration at St. Martin’s, a fashionable London art school. A brilliant student, she was upset about failing one examination last spring, the spokesman said. He added, however, that her parents did not attribute her later actions solely to the examination failure, CARO SENTENCES (Continued From Page One) Deputy Sheriff Tommy Dixon and Deputy Serge Hernandez on the night of July 25. The five men and women plead- ed guilty to the charge. Three young women pleaded not guilty, however, and after a trial before a six man jury were acquitted. Lucy Vera McKnight, Isadore Bullard and Mildred Boykin all tes: tified that they had been “just talking” at the juke on The Rocks. not gambling there. Witnesses whc had just been sentenced, three of them, testified that the girls spoke the truth. Dixon testified to the sound of cards and money as he and Her- nandez entered the place. Upon yers ceas- nandez swept the cards and $3.3 off the table and marked it fc evidence. He also shook down th persons found in the place for guns knives and other weapons. There ave been two violent deaths since y 3 at The Rocks, as well as rous cut and shootings g the year, Dixon said und j fined were Lottie Mae Cobb, Willie Read the Classified Ads Prince Boykin, George Hines, Law rence Johnson and Wilton Reed. Ar ity by the court and | CITY BUYS (Continued “rom Page One) peared at last night’s session and said that his company, at a meet- ing of the directorate, had ap- proved of the transaction. He added that, although his com- pany had received other, and higher offers, they preferred to sell the property to the City of Key West. City Manager King, in report- ing to the Commissioners on an appraisal of the dock, said that the value of the dock at this time has been set at $225,000. How- ever, the experts said that the market price would be upwards of $285,000. The purchase will be financed in the following manner: $25,000 will be paid in cash by the city out of cigarette tax funds; and the balance will be paid off in ten years at a rate of $12500 an- nually. The interest rate will be 5 percent. At the present time, although the buildings involved are in ex- cellent shape, according to King, the dock is in need of repairs which will amount to about forty-five to fifty thousand dol- lars. Space on the dock is now being rented to various business con- cerns, including the Cuban Amer- ican Telephone, Company and jlocal shrimp shippers. These concerns would continue their | tenancy under the new owner- ship according to present plans. Revenue obtained from these rents totals $12,800 yearly, it was declared. The city had earlier considered the purchase of dock space at the foot of Simonton street as well as | the construction of a City owned parking lot there, King, in urging the transaction said that it would be a good idea | for the City to be prepared to ‘handle the operation, if and when | it becomes a reality, rather than | waiting until the last minute. The purchase of the dock will be self-liquidating, he added. The City fathers unanimously moved to make the deal and a notion from Commissioner Jack Delaney instructing City At- torney M. Ignatius Lester to pre- re an ordinance authorizing the sale was pushed through. GOMEZ OUTBIDS (Continued On Page Four) 70 who would win the property. eriff Sawyer upped Gomez, Aero- agent, by $25 and $50 bids. ally Gomez won the South street operty, pending application by lary Cheney or heirs, at the $1125 figure. : hur Freeman, originally arrested in the group, was not in court. | Before the jury was chosen Willard Player pleaded guilty to the charge of permitting an unau- thorized perso. to drive. He was fined $15. Cobbler; Bread and Butter; Bev- erage. (Recipe for Starred Dish follows) CREOLE MAYONNAISE Ingredients: 1 egg, 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons sugar, % teaspoon pa- prika, % teaspoon dry mustard, % =| teaspoon pepper, 1% cups salad oil. Method: Put egg, 1 tablespoon of {the vinegar, salt, sugar, paprika, mustard and pepper in narrow-bot- tom deep bowl. Beat rapidly with rotary beater (hand or electric) un- til well combined — about % mi- nute. Add % cup of the oil all at one time and beat again rapidly until thoroughly combined—about »% minute. Add remaining oil in this same fashion, scraping sides of bowl with rubber spatula occa- sionally and making sure each % cupful is beaten in thoroughly be- fore next % cupful is added. Beat in remaining tablespoon of the Makes about 1 and one- Development of a new! canal per- mits ships of 4,000 tons to sail from Amsterdam to Basel, Switzer- land. ADELINE a “THE WONDER OF NATURE” FLOWER Amazing MYSTERIA Grows Like Magic %& Needs NO SUN! NO SOIL — % NO WATER they will bicom tn every shade of bine from soft Mlac to deep royal the living room. Ideal gifts for all flower lovers. Send 25e fer 1. plus 10¢ fer postage, handling. or better still save postage and for 81. 12 least 12 mow because If you or- der only a few, you're sure to wast mere and cur supply will be gone. C.0.D.'s welcome om or- ders of $1 or more, Every bulb guaranteed to bloom this year or Name Address PHONE: Citizen Office, 1935 “People’s Forum sececcccccccsoovcesooooCe ' Editor, The Citizen. “Misses The Citizen” T am enclosing my check for The Citizen. I think that will carry through until we return to our house in Key West in November. We didn’t think it possible to miss @ paper so much and believe me we are looking forward to having it again. Sincerely, Mrs. Paul C. Miller Marquette, Michigan Editor, The Citizen. “Key West Conditions” I read an article in The Miami Herald written by a Navy Wife who is only here because her hus- band is stationed here; she found faults with everything in KW — our roads, our shortage of water. She said her parents from Ohio were here for a few days and were happy to leave and go back home. Sure we have some bad roads but this, like every young city is the same. Our generation before us put up with the condition until enough taxes were available then they built good roads that the young generation now enjoy. I have sons in other parts of the nation that tell of very high rents, so much so that one of my sons always buys a place wherever he is stationed and when he is trans- ferred, he sells it to another one being stationed there. The Navy has increased and. . . water consumption is beyond ex- Pectations. Here we have a shortage until added pumps can be obtained from the government by the-Navy first because the Navy, not Fla., owns the pipeline. I only write this so that some young people may see the reason and appreciate what progress has meant to our present day com- forts. It takes money and the peo- ple have to pay for it to get mod- ern improvements. Interested Resident Darrel Jones Birthday Party Darrel Jones celebrated his thir- birthday July 29, 1952 at Mil. ler’s Trailer Park, Stock Island. Guest present were Rita Waekin Dianna Grein, Mary Jo Green, Ka ren, Therasa and Barbara Roche Molba and Bruce Briggs, Robertz Lou and Dennis Jones, Albert an¢ Glenn Miller, Robert and Ricki Scott, Michael McCoy, Victor Lar sen, Dennis and Steve Porch. Refreshments, games and prizes were enjoyed by all. DEATHS “G. H. GRIFFEE” Mrs. Gertrude Helen Griffee, 47, died Saturday afternoon in the Monroe General Hospital, Mrs. Griffee was a native of New Yor. but has been making: her home in Tavernier, Fla., for the past four years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 5:00 o’clock in the Chapel of Pritchard Funeral Home. Rev. Eldon Sim- mons pastor of the Ley Memorial Church, officiating. She is survived by her husband, Hubert C, Griffee. Burial will be in the City Cemete- Ty. . J. JOWERS” Michael John Jowers, 12-days-old, died this morning at the Monro: General Hospital. Funeral services are being held this afternoon ai 5:00 o’clock from the Chapel o Pritchard Funeral Home, Father Joseph Maring of St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church offici- ating. The child is survived by thc parents Mr. and Mrs, Bruce Jow ers of 117 Duval street. Burial will be in the City Cemetery. STOCK ISLAND (Continued from Page One) measure be amended so that it would revert to the city in th event that it ceases to be used b: the Aqueduct Commission. Th Property, which adjoins land ai ready owned by the water com pany, is situated behind the Coun ty Courthouse and is bounded by Southard and Thomas Street. Batra po: ate chy Allen ot auline to the upon his return from the Korean warfront. Aven ts visiina bis meiieet8 Key est. famous Round Bobbin rebuilt Portable Electric