The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 29, 1952, Page 8

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Boat Cruises Delight Kids On Holiday Time turned backward just for| Saturday and even adult Key Westers joined in to celebrate Na- tional Kids’ Day, sponsored by | Kiwanis International and the Na- | tional Kids’ Day Foundation. By nine o'clock Sat. morning some “9 youngsters were hopping| up and down on the docks at the! foot of Duval street (north) an-! xious for fun and the free boat rides arranged by the local Kiwan-| is Club. | Capt. Tony Tarracino’s commer-| cial charter boat filled up first. On-| ly 29 can board it and J. Y. Porter} IV's cabin cruiser, “Cactus” be-| cause of strict safety regulations| requiring that each person aboard! must have a life pre The original plan was to have! the boats leave on the hour every hour for the ‘rip, but since the} Kiwanis were trying to accommo- date as many children as possible, they changed the schedule and staggered the t’me so that the sec-| ond boat leaves half an hour after | the first. First mate on Capt. Tarracino’s| “Greyhound’”’ is blond Stan Spivey. He’s an Ohio man and spent nine| she tucked a dollar bill into the} gallon jugs put ‘there years in the Army. There wasn’t | time to find out what he’s doing on a charter fishing cruiser with a} background like that because the| boat stook on the aspect of a bee-| hive buzzing with activity with not a drone in the lot. “Lefty” Rea_.n, another charter- boat captain was supervising the} boarding of the “Cactus.” There were no pistols and cutlasses in| reality, but some of the urchins tied handkerchiefs on their heads, pirate style. One tike said he was “Ol One-Eye” going out to Treas- ure Island. Joseph Boza herded a_ large} flock of little girls from his car to the dock. Comdr. W. R. Neblett ANNTHING CONCERNING AUTOMOBILES SEE THE “TWINS | Beach there was no comment. 1130°DUVAL SY, PH. 1870-1871 PAY MORE? WHAT OR? Before this year, if you wanted a big-car ride... a high-compression engine...a complete choice of interior-exterior appointments... or a curved one-piece windshield and a car-wide rear window, you had to pay hundreds of dollars more. Now FORD offers all these features at no extra cost. | It’s the one fine car in the low-price field. Take co. was greeted with ‘Here comes ‘he Ice Man. He's a nice man,” as he tote” huge chunks of ic. for the colc drink containers on both boats. Free cokes are served the passen- gers. Jack Delaney was acting as dock hand. He ‘osses a “ine mooring rope. Other Kiwanis scur-| ried and providing transporta- tion for the voyagers. Uniform of the day for the en-| thusiastic guests included loud socks and bobby socks (but no} booties), sport shirts, shorts, slacks and assorted play suits. The) youngest on the ‘ yhound’’, was} four year old Jeannette Carey who} wore a pair of sun; and| maintained a Greta Garbo aloof-} ness until the cruise was half| over. By that time, all shyness} vanished and the boat was some- thing like the home of the old lady who lived in a shoe. There} were many children, but Capt.) Tony and Mate Spivey knew just} what to do! They acted as sight- seeing guides, pointing out the} scenes of interest en route. | Also assisting in care of the “younger generation” were three! 16 year old high schoolers. Bernard Srodulski of the Key Club, and Pa- tricia Byrd and Sylvia Eley, Key- ettes, were on deck to see that no one leaned too far ovcr the gun- whale. Patricia said, “Baby sitting| ona boat is a lot more fun than in a house.” | Sandra Brewer watched over her} | younger sister and brother Mich- | | ael, with Claudette Delaney, but| pocket of the >orter’s blouse and} |asked, “Will you keep this for | me?” At 9:30 we cast off, churned around the docs where several an- | glers had to pull in their lines as) we passed. Capt. Tony called out, | “That ship over there is the West- ern Union, they take care of the big cable that goes under the| ocean to Cuba 90 miles away.” As we passed the huge subtender “The Bushnell” and three subs, the gang waved tentatively to the sailors watching our craft. When they re- turned the salute, the lively cargo responded with cheers and one small girl began a semaphore sig- nal. A corner of the Little White House was visible next and Capt. Tony announced, “That's where President Truman stays when he comes here.’ An alert boy with freckles piped up, “Maybe Eisen- hower will, too, huh?” At Truman We plowed through _ glittering | stroke. | jackets on,” | “Roanoke” “The Montc.zy.” Up on the “ight deck some sixty “-et a’ ur heads, personnel were sunbathing. yelled, up to a figure trunks, “Dare ya to > Mate Spivey said that 28 men froi.. ‘The Monterey” had caucht in swim | 400 pounds of fish from the “Grey- hound” last Thursday in three hours. “After fishing, they went swimming and dived off this roof. Even guys who couldn't swim a They “ped in with life he said. m lines of the cruiser loomed up as we cir- cled. The kids waved frantically. There was no response from the | lines of men on deck. Capt. T ny The explained that they were standing} at attention for inspection and couldn’t wave back. Tv. gobs swabbing down the stern (what a job **at must be) were swinging | back and forth on a narrow plank, as they wor'cd. Between swabs they took time out for friendly wig- wags. A school of porpoises with play purpose arched and rolled a few yards .way. Everyone rushed to portside shouting “Sharks!” A few sharpshooters drew ‘nag- inary aim on gulls clustered on a buoy on the way to just off the Casa Marina Beach. Blimps and planes also had fine beads drawn on them by the gunners aboard. On the trip home someone yelled, “There's something in the water. Let’s grab it.” Mate Spivey ex- plained that the objects were big to mark crayfish traps. ‘Each one has a brand just like on a cattle ranch |for identification,” he stated. “You have to watch out, especially at night, that they don’t fowl up the propellor. We keep a spot- light on for that.” Expectant cries of “Shark” sounded again but hopes were dashed. It was only a ballyhoo, a leaping fish used for sailfish bait. s Heading for home port, Capt. Tony and the mate ordered “Everybody sit down and keep your arms and hands inside the rail.” On shore, the gang formed a THE ARTMAN PRESS PRINTING The A roguish promoter} } | Monday, September 29, 1952 green water toward the big air- cheering squad with yells for the jeraft carrier, Kiw- is‘and the “Greyhound.” “The Cactus” wasn’t in sight yet, but her reception must have been just as hearty and heart- warming. ; EXCURSION FARES SAVE : 50%: : ® © RETURN PORTION | OF ROUND = TRIP ® TICKET 2 ® 6-DAY ROUND TRIP JUNE 1 OCT. 31 e ROUND © TRIP © NEW YORK 251.249 = 104" 21158 108 Washington Philadelphia * Baltimore , au rancs @ PLus Tax NATIONAL Airlines CALL 1780 TICKET OFFICE: Meacham Airport | 10 minutes and “Test Drive” a Ford. You'll agree »..you can pay more but you can’t buy better. Twe-reae calves itearrated oad white wsrweil on jena! af cate cont. Equipmens. © 4 treme smbjent te ohange wishons sonen, rome MONROE MOTORS, inc. 1119 WHITE ST. 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