The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 22, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, :has the most equable climate in the country, with an average tange of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXIII. No. 226 Police Nab Peeping On Fleming Street Surday * |Miss Key West Of Man Arrested In Area Where Four Similar Incidents Were Reported Arrested as a Peeping Tom, Kenneth E. Jones of the USS Monterey was taken into custody last night at 10:55 at 515 Fleming St., and held under $75 bond. The woman who saw the man looking in a window is a young | attractive matron. She called out | to the intruder, “Get away from the window or I'll call the po- | Nee.” Jones replied, “Go ahead! help you call them.” The courageous woman left the house to run to the corner for help | and the sailor pursued her, but was arrested en route. t At 3:35 this morning Darragh E. Johnston was arrested for trespassing on private property on Grinnell street and his bond set at $55. Charles H. Cowart was arrest- ed for drunk and disorderly -on- duct »nd indecent exposure on | Whitehead street today at 6:40) a.m. Municipal Court will have a/| full day with over-the-week-end charges of speeding, drunkeness, | use of profanity, vagrancy and ac- cidents. Nelson Lee is held under $200 | bond for having an accident while in illegal possession of a| car belonging to G. E. Burks. Lee crashed into a coconut tree on Virginia street and sustained a cut over his left eye. the wound required two stitches at! Monroe General Hospital. | The accident occurred Satur- | day at 10:45 p.m. while Lee was | driving Burke’s car on Virginia St., 200 feet west of Duval. He | applied the brakes, but his foot slipped off the brake pedal and | bit the gas pedal The car-crash-| ed into the tree on the right side of the road causing total | loss of the right front end of the | vehicle. The wreck was towed to | Sweeting’s. Lee, who lives at | At Elks (Continued On iil vacsincenten ale Four) Ti dition to her title as Miss Key There were 14 entrants in the annex Saturday night. THE BAMBOO ROOM Proudly Presents Jack Hendrix =| | | SECOND BEAUTY TITLE THIS YEAR IN ANNUAL FETE By DOROTHY RAYMER | For the second time this year, | petite and pretty Miss Gloria ; Muniz was crowned as a beauty | Saturday night she was named Announcin g The Return of | Resident Piano Tuning | Within a Few Days | | PHONE 320 | For Appointment SAE TT WHEN YOU BUY AT NAVARRO GLORIA MUNIZ was the winner of the contest sponsored by the Elks Club to determine the beauty queen of the year. In ad- holds the winning trophy for Miss American Legion of the year. Gloria: Muniz Is Chosen “Miss Key West Of 1952” Club Contest Saturday WINNER CAPTURES = *——————_—____ 'Laureando Moreno} IN THE U.S.A. Tom 1952 West of 1952, Miss Muniz also competition at the Elks’ Club Miss Key West of 1952 in a con- | test held at the Elks Club annnex. | A few weeks ago, Miss Muniz won the beauty contest conducted by | the American Legion and was judged as Miss American Legion | of the Key West Arthur Sawyer Post. Mrs. Robert Youmans, Miss Key| West of 1949 piaced the sparkling} silver crown on the queen’s head at the end of the contest and pre- sented her with a gold trophy and an orchid corsage. She was also awarded with 11 other gifts rang- (Continued On Page Four) POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Truman Phone $14 Your PURE OIL Dealer Tires .. Tubes . . Batteries «+ Accessories SOR RRRINNERP RC RRO SAVE $$$ $ BUY HESTER BATTERIES | For Plymouth, Chevrolet, Dodge, ‘Land Sales | By SUSAN McAVOY | | struck by the rapid growth that , Punta Brisa subdivision near the | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1952 Roadeo Events | Show Skill Of Young Drivers Prizes Awarded In Automobile, Scooter Contests At JayCee Sponsored Meet Sun. The Jaycees Teen-Age Roadeo held Sunday afternoon was full of thrills and excitement both for the participants and for the audience, Precision and coordination were displayed in the operation of automobiles and scooters. The event took place at 1 p.m. on a marked course in the rear of the Poinciana Rental Office, with a large crowd of spectators present. Contestants were drawn from the ranks of the Jaycee Youth Safe Driving Club under the direction of State Highway Patrolman M. J. Wilder and Tony Martinez, chair- man of the Youth Welfare Commit- tee of the Jaycees. Highlight of the afternoon’s en- tertainment was a drag or slow race by scooter contestants. In this race, the last scooter to cross the finish line was the winner. Any con- testant who touched the ground with his-foot was disqualified, so that in the last analysis this con- test was almost a balancing act. Another feat of skill was the weaving in and out among boxes set about eight feet apart, again without feet touching the ground. The audience was brought to its} feet by the excitement of the event in which contestants were required to pick a golf ball of the top of a pop bottle without knocking over | the bottle or dropping the ball. This act was performed from slow mov- ing scooters and required steady | (Continuer In Page Four) Lower Keys Mushrooming First Plane Makes “se GP Big Pine Key Airport Sun. e> The Lower Keys today re- semble gold rush communities of olden days. Yesterday on a tour of Sum- merland and Big Pine Key I was has taken place in less than a month, and the phenomenal growth in the last eight months. ; The introduction of electricity | by Christmas is the big factor in accelerating the Lower Keys | boom. Its effect is seen every- | | where. Up at Big Pine the first plane landed and took off from the | 2600 by 140 foot air strip built by Ed Barry, developer of the old No-Name Key bridge. Though it had poured rain all (Continued On Page Four) NOTICE Change of Address and Telephone No. | Holbrook Refrigeration Service) 611 Front St. Phone 739) | the boats will accommodate about Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER The Associated Press Teletype Features and Photo Services For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS One Of Four Key West Youths Nabbed In Conn. Is Wanted Here For Theft * Local Man Says Roadeo Contestants PARTICIPANTS IN THE SCOOTER CLASS of the JayCee Youth Safe line-up in preparation for demonstrating their skill. event. Kids To Be Feted By Kiwanis Club | | National Kids’ Day which is | sponsored by the Kiwanis Cubs through the United States and Can- | aWa-Wwh!be ubserved in Key West | on Saturday, September 27. This is a day which Kiwanis sets aside annually to honor the boys and girls. Each local club celebrates this day in its own fashion, and his year Key West Kiwanians have gala plans for the kids. Approximately 250 youngsters will be taken for a sight-seeing boat ride around the entire island. Boats for the trip have been donat- ed by J. Y. Porter IV and the Tar- racino Fishing Company. Each of 20 children per trip so that three | circuits will be made in the morn- ing and three in the afternoon. As well as the boat ride, the participants in the celebration will) be given treats of soft drinks and other refreshments calculated to be pleasing to children. This affair is by invitation. Each Kiwanan will choose five or six (Continued In Page Four) International Marine Paint For Boats of all Types Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St. Phone 886 SAM COHEN ‘Rules Outlined \Saturday afternoon and said this| | spections. Johnny Roberts won Photo by Sweeting Driving Club Roadeo top honors in this Seven Persons Are Injured In Automobile Accident On Seven Mile Bridge.Sun., One Jailed For Car Checks Acting City Manager Charles Roberts personally observed the city car inspection procedure on} morning that he wished to com- mend the men in charge of the in- “I found them to be alert and courteous. I was especially impres- sed with their vigilance in remov- ing passengers in cars. Mothers still persist in bringing children, even infants in arms for the brake test and no one but the driver is |to be in the car during the test,” | Roberts said. He also issued an official state-| ment of three main rules which if| followed will eliminate possibility | of mishaps during the test 1. Only the driver should be in he car when it is driven onto the| brake platform 2. The car should be driven on | to the platform at a speed of from 8 to 10 miles per hour 3. The brakes should be applied quickly and firmly Roberts added that 1,400 cars| had been issued stickers since th opening day, Wednesday, Sept. through Saturday. | | sedan driven by OPALOCKA MAN IS HELD ON $500 BC FOR CAUSING MISHAP! Seven people were injured in a | two car crash on the Seven Mile| | Bridge, yesterday at 11 a. m., State] 44) | Highway Patrolman Slim Walker | honored | reported today. All seven, five of whom are from Miami and two from Opalocka, are | in the Monroe General hospital wehere they were rushed by Lopez and Pritchard ambulances follow ing first aid treatment by Patrol man Walker David Posey, 30, of 1120 Jann avenue, Opalocka is charged with causing an accideri by driving on the wrong side of the road. His Bond is $500. Posey was driving north from 50 to 60 miles per hour on the bridge in his 1949 Oldsmobile se. dan. He swung out to pass two or more cars and was unable to get back in line in time to avoid smash ing headon into a 1950 Chrysler Mrs. Rose Diaz Herrera, 48, of 84 N. W. 27th court Miami In the collision each car incurred (Continued On Page Four) NAVARRO, Ine. j | Sullivan allegedly forged on jone, according to ||complaints against Cook, for Welding Tools Were Stolen From Him Last Month Sflence still blankets the charg es against four Key West youths and one from Gainesville who |were sentenced in Connecticut |last Friday for possession of bur- iglar tools. | One of the men, Howard Sapp, 28, of Gainesville who was sen- tenced * six months in jail, is | wanted in Key West for obtain- ing money under false pretences, according to Peace Justice Roy Hamlin. Sapp, it is charged, cashed a $110 check’ with the name J. B it, at Margaret Ann store. §| Another check for $110 was al- legedly forged by Joseph Cook, 27, former employee of Sullivan. Payment was stopped on that Sullivan who runs a boilermaker firm here. Though welding, Sullivan signed no the | theft of acetylene burning equip- ment and oxygen tanks, the ma- chines were missing and then found in Cook's possession in | Connecticut. It was on that {charge that he was sentenced to four months. The young men left a wide |trail. Sapp is wanted on draft dodging charges, according to one official. Federal authorities want him, and Alabama authori- ties suaght the men for alleged- ly stealing a car in that state. Peace Justice Ira Albury in whose district the men allegedly broke and entered and stole the acetylene torches could not be reached on his jurisdiction in the case. Both Peace Justices are in- vestigating the incidents. It is doubtful if the county will go to the expense of extraditing any of | the boys, it was said, William Demerritt, 26,. arrest- (Continued On Page Four) » Quarterback Club |Slates Dinner Four members of the Key West gh school football squad will be at the monthly dinner | | meeting of the Quarterback club to | be held 8 p. m. tonight at the La Concha hotel. Coach Ed Beckman of the Key West high school football team will ve a resume of the High school game last Friday night with Gesu high Associate members are also in- vited f attend the dinner, Quarter- back Club president Glynn Archer said. CALL YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DEALER —The man who lives in tewn— KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. Highest Prices For Junk Batteries, Scrap Me & »», Iron — Old Cars — Trucks CALL — 166 — FOR PROMPT SERVICE CASH Studebaker, Etc, 12 Month, 39 Plate, 80 Amp. Battery| Regular Price $16.28 FOR ONLY $9.95 | (Exch.) | | 18 Month, 45 Plate, 100 Amp. Batt. ; Regular Price $19.84 FOR ONLY $12. 95) (Exeh.) | | LOU SMITH 114 whi st. You buy with confidence because in the event of sick- ness, accident or health, your payments and car are protected. NAVARRO, Ine. Used Car Lot 424 SOUTHARD ST. A Representative of the } PERLICK CO. OF MILWAUKEE Will Be In Key West Mon., Tues., Wed. and Thurs. eDRAFT BEER BOXES eBEVERAGE BOXES eBAR EQUIPMENT PHONE OR CALL AT LA CONCHA HOTEL We have on hand only KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling FEINSTEIN, Phone 826-W We Buy all kinds of Junk LOCATED aT SIMONTON AND DEY STS. at the HAMMOND ORGAN from 8 P.M. Nightly SATURDAY AFTERNOON 1 P.M. — 5 PM, AIR CONDITIONED \four Chryslers on which } |you can get the highest Mr. : FOR (THRE KENNEL CLUB | trade-in. 600 DUVAL ST. LET'S HAVE A DOG TRACK! RACING IS A GREAT SPORT. KEY WEST KENNEL UB