The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 15, 1952, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, August 15, 1952 The Key West Citizen ——${§$?$$$—$ 5 ————————————————————_ Published daily (except Sunday) by L, P. Artman, owner and pub- tisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County & P. ARTMAN Publisher NCRMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 eS ‘Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news baat here. hae Er Wember Florida Press Association and Associatec Dailies of Florida ————————————— Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12.00; By Mail $15.60 ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION —_——<— ore ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, out it will not publish @monymous communications. ee IMPR VEMENTS POR KEY WEST ADVOCATED e YY THE CITIZEN More Hotels os Apartments. Beach and Bathing Paviiion. ‘Land and Airports—! Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Coymunity Auditorium. ne KEY WEST IS BIFFED AND HAIRPULLED BY AN OH-SO-FUNNY MIAMI WRITER One Stanley Woodward (we had never heard of him before), who writes a sports column for the Miami News, thinks he’s funny. He writes about a trip to Key West and has not a single good word to say about our city. In an oh- so-funny way he jabs us about bolita, the 14 residents who have federal gambling licenses and the hometown news published in The Citizen. He speaks about the city’s proposed buying of the Clyde-Mallory property for $150,000 that “will serve | numerous purposes, one of which will be a direct sea com- munications line with the bolita, or Cuban National Lot- tery, 90 miles away.” Of course, Miami has no bolita “throwing”, has no murder case on its hands that stems from that type of gambling. Of course also, Miamians at this time of year have to wear overcoats to keep warm, because “The only thing you can say for the southernmost climate is that it wasn’t as bad as New York’s reported to have been at the time ....” He mentioned other cities where thermometers were flirting with the 100-degree mark. But not a word about shivering Miami. Instead, he preferred to be funny, oh-how-funny! Read this and laugh after you read it: “But the Florida weather bureaus (he has bureaus in the possessive case, thus, bureaus’; why, let him ex- plain) are so tourist-conscious we never are sure they take the temperature in the refrigerator or out on the front porch where a never-varying 118 degrees may prevail.” What Florida weather bureaus? Surely they don’t in- clude the one in Miami, where frost crunches under foot every August morning! He winds up his oh-so-funny column with these two paragraphs: “Harry S. Truman apparently isn’t coming back to Key West any more, so we thought we'd better tell you about this mecca as it is before the rest of the pirates have a chance to work back from the swamps and atolls. “The drive down is lovely. Watch your engine tem- | perature coming back.” Does he mean that the temperature gets hotter the closer he gets to Miami? No, no; surely he didn’t intend to shin-kick August-frosty Miami! His “pirates” from “swamps and atolls” trips us into another “Of course.” Of course, Miami has no pirates, no racketeers, no pistol-toters. That’s why Miami has no gam- bling, no.murders, no shakedowns, As to climate — rah, for Miami! “It’s always June in Miami” even when the mercury skids to,31 or bumps into the 90s. After all the gas of the first three days, convention delegates often find their enthusiasm wilted, General Dwight D. Eisenhower. is about to come to grips with the toughest foe of all: the tongue. SLICE OF HAM ’ Osear Avila Now In Korea Former Citizen Carrier Is Ammunition Handler In Army Oscar Avila, 25, of 514 Elizabeth st., is now stationed in Ch’unchon, Korea. “I’m 80 miles from the front,” Avila has written his family. “We landed at Inchon, July 15, and I’m assigned to the 65th Ammunition Depot as an ammunition handler.” Oscar was inducted last Mar. 11. He is blind in one eye and was accepted for limited service. month later found him on his way to Japan. “So far, I’ve only run into one Key West boy—Charles Font, 1015 Packer st.,” he says. Besides sending his folks a map of Korea showing the spot where he is stationed, Avila also mailed home a souvenir of pamphlets that are being distributed in an attempt to get North Koreans to surrender, Oscar is not married. He used to deliver the Key West Citizen as a boy. People’s Forum The Citizen welcomes expres- sions of ed aes of tts 4 the {air and cortine the 200 words, and writ of the paper the writer letters and will lesa requested Editor, The Citizen: Enclose find check to extend | our subscription to your paper. We have enjoyed receiving the the paper very much. Yours very truly, Mrs. Oscar S. Parmer Box 228 Richland, Michigan “BACKS DOG TRACK” Editor, The Citizen: I just read in your newspaper of August 9th, which reached my office this morning, that the State Racing Commission has issued a permit to the Key West Kennel Club for a dog track to be built on Stock Island. Iam the owner of the Casa Marina Hotel in Key West, which I believe is one of the largest and most exclusive in the Keys, and I would be very much in- terested in seeing a dog track built there, and operated. by such high class individuals as Mr. Friedland of Miami Beach and his associates, I am of the firm opinion that the citizens of Key West and Monroe County should be in favor of thig dog track one hun- dred per cept, as I fully believe that it will be a credit not only to them but also to the people who spend their vacations in several letters from sking my opinion about this @terprise and my in- ‘variable refly was that I was behind it the utmost, and therefore, believe that this letter shor be published, so that everyhhe will know my attitude in this matter. Vewy truly yours, THE CASA MARINA HOTEL = Max Marmorstein, t President. w—Joseph Holmes ired textile manufac- ‘ice executive in tex- ing World ar II, died here Thurs- Ay THIS ROCK OF OURS By BILL GiB New commercial construction is to start soon on the land of the old Bethel home across the street from the La Concha Hotel. Nostal- | gic memories are brought back by the news because as a kid, I used |to play all over the house with Mrs, Jack. It was either Bert Baker or Billy Warren and myself who proposed to teach Jack how to swim— (for the five dollar bill promised by his mother, of course). We took Jack out to a pier that }used to extend from ol¢ Fort Tay- | lor and threw him over in the deep water. The lesson wasn’t exactly successful because instead of swimming, he darned _ near drowned. We had to jump in and help him to a ladder. Oddly enough, his mother showed a disinclination to let us continue giving him lessons. I still main- tain that if she had left us alone, Jack would either have learned to swim or drowned in the attempt. | We were determined instructors. So They Scrammed An amusing incident occurred the other evening in a combination restaurant and bar. A couple of off-duty Key West police officers | were sitting at the bar in civilian clothes. They were quietly sipping a drink and were in no way to be censured. Dave King, city manager, walked into the place to speak with the proprietor. Both officers looked like children caught with their hands in the jam pot. They gulped their drinks and vamoosed in about two seconds. Dave King has a reputation for disliking alcoholic beverages. He isn’t a fanatic on the subject — he simply tells anyone who might ask that he has no use for whiskey or any of its ‘near relatives.” His objections, however, do not reach out to try to control his employees who can drink sensibly off-duty. Still and all, I can sympathize with the police officers and understand wy they chose to leave the build- iA Fire Hydrants The situation with regard to fire hydrants in this town is rough. Key West pays $25. rental for each and every hydrant belonging to the Aqueduct Commission. What do they get in return? Well, you know the water situa- tion. The fire department has or- ders never to use a hydrant if it is possible to draft water from the ocean. These orders are OK, but the truth is, that they’ve always done this anyway. Repair and upkeep of local hy- drants by their owners, (aqueduct commission) has been practically non-existent. Weeds hide the plugs, they are unpainted, quite often caps are missing from outlets, or valves are “frozen” so that even if it were necessary, it would be impossible to get water, Ernest Ramsey is manager of the Aqueduct Commission. He has furnished explanations for the poor water supply in Key West but has never said why other things, such as fire hydrants, couldn’t be maintained properly. ??? Clark Griffith, owner of the Washington Senators, was the top pitcher in the American League in 1901. Hurling for Chicago he won 24 games and lost 7, STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEB Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS . Kind of dog . Devour Effie Bethel Stuart’s son, | at large continugusly’ Too much | freedom for a dogis like too much | | juvenile delinquent, i; would keep them off other’s pro- ckname er than Closely allied Eternity Den Dessert } College cheer | Frozen water Sewing party sca: Do’s And Dont’s For Pt Owners Told By Leader The Do’s and Don’ts for pet | owners and tjn-pet owners were announced today by Mrs. George Mills White, Key West Humane So- | | ciety leader. Here they are; “Even. though your dog is wear- ing a license don't allow him to run freedom for a child. Sooner or lat- er he will get inty trouble of one kind or another, and become a “He should always be kept in the | house or restrained to your pro- perty from 10 p.m. gntil morning. This is the law. Itis far better for your dog if he is allowed to run in a fenced-in area on your own property, and once or twice a day taken for a walk on a leash. | Dogs learn to like the leash as when walking in this manner they have your company, and after all that is what they like hest. Above all the leash insures your dog’s safety from traffic and contact with other dogs, besides keeping | him away from other people’s | lawns and shrubs. Much trouble | would be avoided if ownets of dogs perty, where they are’ often very destructive. SIE you hate dogs (or cats) don’t | poison them. This is a most cruel | ee ene eee RUGS CLEANED AND Stored Free of Charge IF DESIRED UNTIL NOV. 30 All Formal Garments chemically processed. All work guaranteed and fully insured. POINCIANA DRY CLEANERS 218 Simonton St. Tel. 1086 | acquaint yourselves with the dog ESSE practice and punishable by law. If dogs or cats become a nuisance to you in one way or another and you cannot control the situation, call | the Humane Society and explain your problem, there are ways in which they can help you, and if disposal of the animals is the last resort let it be done humanely, “Pet owners and non-pet owners | ordinance,” Mrs. White conclud- | ed. “This is the animal ordinance. It applies to, treatment of all ani- SLOPPY JOE’S BAR * Burlesque * Continuous Floor Shows & Dancing Starring The Fabulous SALLY & MARCELLA LYNN AND GOGO GABE, CATHY CARROL, SANDRA mals in the community. It is a good ordinance, humane and fair toward animals and human beings alike. 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