The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 29, 1952, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WEST cinzeN Monday, September 29, 1952 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) oy L. P. Artman, owner and pub ‘isher, trom Che Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets Only Daily Newspszorr wm Key West and Monroe County LP, ARTMAN NCRMAN D. ARTMAN __ Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES §] and 1s.5 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to use for reproduction of al! news dispatches credited to it or got otherwise credited in this paper, and also the iocal news aiolishea here. Publishe; Business Manager | ember Florida Press Association and Associate. Dailies of Florida a Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12.00, By Mail $15.60 ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The VJitizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue ‘and subjects of toca] or general interest, out it will not publish anonymous communications, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Paviiion. Airports—l.and and Sea. Consolidation 0‘ County and City Governments. Coumunity Auditormum. ‘SHOEMAKER, STICK TO YOUR LAST’; LET NURSES STICK TO THEIRS That was cheering news for Key Westers about the continued improvement of the financial condition of the Monroe County Hospital, as reported Thursday by Com- missioner Joe Allen. He said the hospital will be out of the “red” by January 1 of next year. It is a waste of words to tell of the importance of a hospital in any community, because everybody knows it fs essential to the physical wellbeing of residents in that community. The good news about our hospital is equivalent to saying that, when it goes out of the “red” into the “black”, | it will be in a position to expand its equipment till it will be comparable to that in any other hospital in a commun- ity as large or larger than ours, But, coupled with the good news about the hospital, was an announcement that bristles with contention. The commissioners had no intention to project a question that would rouse opposition. They acted in good faith, though unthinkingly. They used too strong a word — sory” — about the proposal to engage a nurse anestheist at the hospital, and that it be compulsory for doctors to use her services.” You can’t compel a doctor, a lawyer, or any other professional man, or a business man, for that matter, to do! anything that is not backed up by a law governing the | doing. And there is no law to compel a surgeon, about to perform an operation, to have a nurse administer the an- esthetic. Anesthetics is a major study of all surgeons, they could get their degree in college, they had to know, | to the ultimate detail, how to administer that drug. That ! knowledge included, first of all, the condition of a patient about to undergo an operation. The heart stands out prim- arily in determining the extent to which an anesthetic may be safely administered, Some surgeons insist in using the anesthetic them-| selves; others, who are to do the operation, have a fellow surgeon attend to anesthizing a patient; still others have it done by a nurse under their direction. Local surgeons have objection to engaging! a nurse anestheist at the Monroe County Hospital. If they wish to use her in an operation, they will do so, but they do object to being “ “compul-| | Before no compelled” to use her. They will be responsible for what happens to a patient given an anes- thetic, and, in assuming that responsibility, they being free to do what they deem is best to do in any g case. That right attitude is an exemplification of the old saying, “Shoemaker, stick to your last.” | insist on | iven | The trouble with most books today is that the ors write them with an eve toward what want to read. That makes them no bett SLICE OF HAM __ | | most aders | | er than ay KNOWS ALL TELLS Att Is Ready For “Patients” Now his small-animal clinie yesterday | compartments tc confine ailing ani- | jbest veterinarian schools in the Maltese cat with a dislocated hip. country, Station, Texas, in 1951. “While | now | appropriately, 'veterinarain venture {will be no phone at the clinic until oe Public Friend Number One VV VIO VV VOT VIF IV IC IVI VIG IOV ICCC IVT TTC: wom THIS ROCK OF OURS BILL GIBB 5424446444 4444444444 44444 44D EAS eoeieces| jan appearance again. Pete Fern | andez of National ee which claimed to have been } in circulation since at least as far | | baek as 1929. Minus the usual re- , quest for money, ed Fernandez that he must mail it | | on to others. It br: through the good luck achieved |from the letter. There were also ‘ % the person who broke the chain. It q cited such things as instantan eous death, accidents, etc., | are suppose to have happened to others who failed to mail the lett- worked with Dr. Yarborough in Miami. When ‘the opportunity came for the Old Rock establish- ment, Dr. Landrum made a prelim- } beliefs. inary visit here, but he already knew of the lesperate need for a full-time veterinarian. Dr. Yarbor- ough and other veterinarians ad vised him of the situation. of Key West pet owners who had | kind. | jcannot be placed in such a cat- | to take their animals all the way f, to Miami also told of the sad lack. | Airlines received the letter inform. | Possess. ed that Roos- | evelt won his third term election | {the usual threats of ill fortune to | which | &'S | they Scores | handed dowff to us through man- | Chain letters seem to be makinger as ordered. | Such letters are a disgusting ‘fruad. They are designed to appeal | to a superstitious trait that even the | most intelligent person seems to Usually the letters de-| mand money. If you receive any of | this latter kind, it might not be a| bad idea to turn them over to the | postal authorities. | If you’re interested in various superstitions, magical formulas, |ancient beliefs -te., I sould sug- gest that you -ead James G. Fraz- “Golden Bough’. There is a condensed version on the market | now that is much more practical | for the average reader that the or- | iginal dozen volumes. | A superstitious belief isn’t . - |in itself - - necessary bad. A large portion of religion is based or. such The things we eat, the jewelry we wear, the words we speak in greeting each other - - are all a result of beliefs Modern day chain letters | egory. If you believe in the power So he pulled stakes in Miami and |of a letter you certainly can’t be- | Citizen Staff Photo DR. PAUL W. LANDRUM, JR., first fully qualified veterinarian in the history of Key West, looks up from charts of his patients out at his n clinic on Stock Island. A graduate of Texas A. and M., which has one of the top veterinarian colleges in the country, Dr. Landrum opened his office and small-animal clinic this week, Key West’s First Full-Time Veterinarian Sets Up Clinic; building had to be renovated, a be attended to ir the construction. the home work. Anxious pet owners lined up nightly at the Landrum home on Patterson avenue. Dogs can have their day care now. Dr. Landrum is on duty from 8:00 a.m. unti' noon and from 1 p. m. fo 5:30 p.m. He works closely | with the Humane Society. Hundreds of Key enthusiastic over the latest step in the progress of the city throu,h DR. PAUL LANDRUM _— examination room with scope WILL WORK CLOSELY necessa WITH KEY WEST | HUMANE SOCIETY micro- | . “ operating table and other | ily P ry equipment for the treat- ment of sick or hurt pets. “At present only emergency cases can remain out here,” Dr. | Landrum said, ‘but there will be By Dorothy Raymer | more ‘beds’ for patients in the fut- The first full-time veterinarian | ure.” in the History of Key West set up| In the back room, a number of | RUGS CLEANED AND 1F DESIRED UNTIL NOV. 30 All Formal Garments chemically processed. All work guaranteed and fully insured. POINCIANA DRY CLEANERS 21% Simonton St. Tel. 10% o Stock Island. He i. Dr. Paul W. Landrum, Jr., soft-spoken Texan, who graduated from one of the | young Boxer dog and one mals are already constructed. Two | jof them were occupied, one by a by al Agricultural and Mechan- | ‘“‘Bitsey” suvervised our arrival. ical College of Texas at College | Combining business with necessity, the interview included actual ex- And if that isn’t enough mention | amination of “Claude,” my collie | of Texas in one paragraph, it might | Dr. Landrum lifted him quickly be noted that his wife a very and firmly to the big operating pretty girl, is also from Texas. | table to look at the dog's eyes. He “She put me through five years | prescribed a drug, advised care and \ coll Dr. Landrum said. |then let “Bitsey” pose with her: I studied, she taught art, | visitor. | music and the first grade.” They | Dr. Landrum admitted there had | have been married for seven years. |been one accident in his boyhood | The family at 2304 Patterson Ave., | which was the incentive for taking | where they e taken up residence | up the study of veterinary medic- includes a three months old | ine. baby boy and a five pound black | “We had a little terrier back | and tan Manchester terrier named, | home in Texas and his leg became | “Bitsey.” Both | paralized. A quack treated him and | m and “Bitsey’? have | it took a long time for him to re- | in helping with the new | cover. I put two and two together | Since there when I studied, and it came out | four, That decided me. And besides, | m answers |I like animals,“ he said. | the telephone home and It’s easy to see that the slim | au point The number quiet | mannered young doctor 7 In case of emergency, it means what he says. Just watch | is ee ii rush the sick or injured | the way he handle your pet when janimal directly to the clinic which | you take him out for treatment! | is just a few yards off to the right Asked what most dog owners had of the road which passes the Mon- to watch out for Mies climate roe County He and the Old Dr. Landrum E s Home on Stock Island. constant danger of i: » clinic has a neat, compact office in green and white, an of Mrs. I their sh December, Mrs L: t ront — -Groseword Puzzle ACROSS Befor e coming to Key West, he | i Ss Vigator 49. Make eves 50. Ex 51. Sagacious Westers are | man‘s humanity to man’s best fam- | Stored Free of Charge) | | began the job of getting his clinic |lieve in God. into shape out on Stock Island. The | Friendly Calls Several friendly telephone calls | clearing of brush done, floors laid, have come in as well as some that | storage shelves for medicines put were not too friendly. up, and countless other things to | are Both kinds | appreciated. If the column/| didn’t occasionally make some- | It was a dawn to sundown job. And , one angry, it would be failing in its | after labor at the clinic, there was | | STRAND Ceeieced Last Times Today LADY IN THE IRON MASK with LOUIS HAYWARD AND ALAN HALE, JR. Coming: FLESH AND FURY Tony Curtis and Jan Sterling MONR DE «cote Last Times Today RETREAT HELL FRANK veins AND ANITA LOUISE Coming: Darling Hoy Could You John Lund and Joan Fontaine purpose. But it is nice to know’ that once in awhile others agree with it. It is sort of lonesome being cut on the end of a limb all by yourself. First Street Again First Street needs a sidewalk. It is one of the most dangerous areas on the island for both motor- ists and pedestrians. When are |the City Fathers going to get it |through their neads that accidents {should be prevented before they {happen rather than afterwards? Must we wait until some poor kid | is smashed up and crippled to con- vince the city that sidewallks are | needed? While we're on the subject; why isn’t something being done to re- gulate parking around the corners at Bertha and Flagler Ave.? The intersection itself is bad enough | but with cars parked right out in | the roadway, the place is a terror ————__ to get through. Such a situation isn't necessary. Jimmy’s Place, a couple of blocks further down the road, is an example of how park. ing can be well-regulated and still attract business. 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