The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 10, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit (OL. LXXIII. No. 242 Loyal Democrats Urged To Go To Miami Rally Motoreade Meets At Corner Truman And White Tomorrow At 6 A.M. For Procession Monroe County Democrats are making last minute preparations today for the motorcade to the Ste- venson-For President Rally in Mi- ami tomorrow morning at 11:30, it was announced today, Keller Watson, secretary of the Democratis County Committee urg- ed a big turnout for the motorcade. | # All persons who want to go, must meet at 6 a. m. tomorrow morn- ng at the corner of White and | fruman, Watson said. If persons iave no transportation they should call Cireuit Court Judge Aquilino | Lopez or Attorney Tom Watkins onight at home. The motorcade delegation is plan- ned as an all-out demonstration of | Democratic strength in Monroe county, Watson said. The 1952 campaign for Stevenson | was officially launched in the coun- | y Wednesay night at a. meeting sponsored jointly by the Stvenson: or-President headed by Gerald Saunders and the official Democ ie committee. Chairman of w ing committees were named a he delegatoin to Miami tomo: : mobilized. Bank Robbed Of 58,900 Today . FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. U two or three armed robbers h up the Peoples Industrial Bz: here today and escaped with $8 The robbers entered the bank «: 3:15 a. m. through a rear door. Two tellers, Mrs. Virgsni Bing, 1, nd Mrs, Lil Svilie, 22, awere in their eage, and the bank cashier, J. W. Bates, 34, entered while the ‘vebbers were there, The threé employes were com- nelled to lie face. down on the fest an@thelr hands Were: bound! behind ‘their backs with adhesive tape. The bandits then scooped up $8,500 in cash and put it in a brown paper shopping bag. They escaped through the back door. Police began searching for a 1951 blue Oldsmobile which witnesses said was parked on a lot behind the bank at the time of the holdup. The witnesses said a driver sat | in the car during the holdup. They j said the two robbers left the bank on foot, and that the car drove | off after they emerged from the ! bank. There was no immediate | evidence that the car or its driver | had any part in the robbery, Miss Harris First Key Wester Ever On National Board Miss Minnie Porter-Harris of the Key West Woman’s Chib is the ‘irst person from Key West ever to be a member of the Board of che General Federation of Woman's Clubs, the local Woman's Club has announced, Miss Harris has been named as he Chairman of Pages and Aides | for the national Federation. She is | Continued Op Page Eight) | | ATTENTION PLEASE KEEP OUR CITY -, CLEAN By Calling Me. PEINSTEIN, Phone &86.W We Buy all kinds of Junk =| LOCATED aT | SIMONTON AND DEY STS. MOONLIGHT | Bienvenide Che hmnbiiaeas REPRESENTING THE MAYOR OF HAVANA, Colonel Garcia Pi, chief of the Havana Fire department is welcomed by City Manager Dave King at Meacham Airport as he arrived with the vanguard of officials from Grito de Yara” celebration. >rineipal Carey Has Ft. Lauderdale - Shifts For Teachers, Pupils - ‘At Poinciana Grade School — Sees » Cadillae Driving | Convict From Big Pine Caught In Ga. Willie de Lyons, alias Willie De Louis, escaped convict from Big Pine Key prison camp in a Cadillac allegadiy stolen’ from Mulberg C any, was picked vp teday in Brunswick, Gax, the ed. The convict has been the ob- ject of intensive search by Florida and Southern state au- thorities in the past se LI weeks. His capture was report- ed by radio from the Bruns- wick Police Department to Florida Highway Patroiman S. R. Walker, He called in the news to the Sheriff this morn- ing at 10:30. De Lyons is said to be serv. ing a 10 to 20 year sentence at Big Pine on a forgery char; He came to Key West several weeks ago with a prison guard, escaped .the .latter’s .surveil- lance, went to Mulberg’s and asked to try out a car the He made away with it imm diately, according te authori- ties. He will be brought back to Big Pine Key by the authori- ties, and the Cadillac will be returned te Mulberg in the near future, ROLLER SKATE For Your Health NIGHTLY -— 8- 10:30 Kid’s* Matinee, Sat.. 2:30 - 4:30 TEL. 9116 POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION | Prancis at Truman Phone 913 Your PURE OIL Dealer Tires .. Tubes . . Batteries «. Accessories AND MUSIC at Al Logun’s BEAUTIFUL GCEAN PATIO Moonlight by the Man in the Moon MUSIC "THE 3 DANCING AND E EVERY NIGHT sy KEYS’ NTERTAINMENT "TIL 3 A.M, CONTINUOUS ENTERTAINMENT NEVER A COVER or MINIMUM LAND'S END — SIMONTON STREET s Senor !! en Citizen Staff Phot. that city to observe today’s “El To Have | * ALL ANXIOUSLY AWAIT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION BY DOROTHY RAYMER A cartoon on the bulletin board | at Poineiana School depicts a puzz- led man looking down at a little | school girl who says, “I’m in the! Fourth Grade, Third Shift, Second | Layer." In the background a school house is shown splitting at the seams, roof bulging up with mobs of pupifs crowded in it and at the doors. . Local school conditions are not that bad but a visit to Poinciana this week did demonstrate that there is over-erowding in local schools so that the grade school | enrollees have to attend in shifts. Another bulletin at Poinciana is [called “Children’s Bill of Rights” j with one especially pertinent clau- | Se citing {rat a child has “The | right to a schoo! program which in addition to sound academic! training offers maximum opport- unity for individual development | and preparation for living.” | Unless more classrooms and big- ger staffs are available the clause goes out the window. At the pre- sent time, Principal Albert H. Car- ey of Poinciana has to arrange | shifts for teachers and pupils rang- ing from first graders through the , sixth grade. The first shift begins at 8 a.m. and entis at noon for the younger ones. The second shift starts at 12:10 and lasts until 4:10 p.m. Their teachers start class, work at eight o'clock and leave at | 3 p.m. Leave classrooms, that is. | They have an hour for their own lesson planning and then an hour and a half helping other teachers. The second shift of lower grade teachers come in at 9 a.m. and leave at 4:15 p.m. | Sixth grade students have all day classes from 8 pm. to 2:30 p.m with a 45 minute break for lunch. Due to the jamming, two teach- ers share e@ classroom. Study is | concentrated on the fundamentals | of elementary education. There | is ne room for extra-currieyjer | activity until the new auditerium Continued On Page Eight) | FOR LEASE COMPLETE FOUNTAIN AND RESTAURANT Excellent Opportunity PHONE 894 _ AR RR POR EE TS ® NOTICE «| | Notice ts hereby given that Newt. W. Ketchings, fer pest ? years with| Lucas Electric is epening a shep known a8 T KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1952 Big Pine Key Pupils To Get To School New Bus Driver Miller Will Pick Up Children At Their Doors And Deliver Them To Schoo! A new school bus driver ts be- ing appointed to replace Mizpah Saunders who resigned because she i did not want to pick up two chil- ‘| dren on Big Pine Key according to Ed Barry, Big Pine Key developer "| today. The new driver is Vic Miller. He will make the 100 mile a day run from Marathon to Big Pine Key to Marathon and then up to Long Key and back to- Marathon. The Big Pine Key youngsters will at- tend the Sue Moore school in Ma- rathon, Ed Barry and Louis Muniz have helped Miller notarize his applica- tion for the job, following a confer- ence with Superintendent of Public Instruction Horace O’Bryant. “Now these youngsters will be able to go to school,” Barry told The Citizen today. “Prior to this Mrs, Saunders refused to go the two extra miles from highway to Palm Villa on Big Pine Key to pick them up.” Wants Another Movie Channel SAN FRANCISCO (® — Douglas Dean Connell, not quite 4, but an ardent TV fan, didn’t like the movie. “Grandfather,” he said, “I wish the movies had another channel.” uc 5 iy Echced Thr HE U.S.A, o Cis "wely Senor Billabano MR. PLUTARGO BILLABANO, treasurer of the Republic of Cuba, who is in Key West for the El Grito de Yara fieSta, had a pleasant task this morning when he greeted the “Queen” of the | Cuban shoe industry, Miss Gladys Loyoro del Castillo of Havana, upon her arrival this morn- ing from Miami. The lovely Miss is surrounded by a beautious quintet of ladies in waiting. Coast Guard Units In Key West Area Undergo Thorough (Rotary An Insyeetton By Officials - Old Friends Of Lt. Pearson Are Making Survey Of Coast + Guard Activities By Margaret Foresman Coast Guard units in the area are being put through their paces this week. This is the time when all the brightwork gets that extra gleam the lads look a little sharper and the lights shine a little bright- er. Annually an inspection team comes from the office of the South- ern Inspector, New Orleans, to make a very thorough inspection of all units in the entire area. All Coast Guard units in the southeast- ern United States come under the piercing eye of the inspection party. All floating units are taken out to sea where they go through all their drills, and their operational efficiency is judged. Yesterday the Ariadne was inspected, and before the team concludes its work here early next week the 83-foot cutter and the buoy tender White Sumac will also demonstrate their skill Today an inspection of all man- ned lights in the area was begun. One of the party, Cdr. G. A. Nord- ling, made the trip to Dry Tortu gas to inspect the light and other Coast Guard activities there. Other Continued On Page Eight) Dental Officer Leaves Key West For West Coast Cmdr. Frederick B. Lukins (DC), | USN, Assistant Dental Officer | leaves today for assignment with the First Division, Fleet Marine Force in Korea. Cmdr. and Mrs. Lukins are plan- | ning a leisurely 25 day drive to the | west coast where they will be house | guests of Cmdr. and Mrs. J. B Robertson, at their home In Walnut Creek, Calif. Cmdr. Robertson was formerly Supply Officer here at the Naval Station before his departure | last April. | During Dr. Lukins’ assignment jin Korea, Mrs. Lukins will make her home in Honolulu, where she has many friends. Mrs. Lukins is well known for her generous con tribution as instructor in sheil jewelry at the Hobby Shop and for her many artful shell creations. The Lukins are expected to leave i San Francisco on November 7. * Ford Lincoln Mercury PHONE N-0-T-I-C-E Miami Can't Beat Our Prices! See this 17 Hudson ferder sedan Radic and Heater, ready te ga. very clean car nt td American College of Physicians. Dr. Schmitt, a distitiguished look- ing man, commanded rapt atten- j tion of Rotarians as he spoke on |the human heart. His speech title was “The Well Spring of Your | Existence,” taken from a Biblical reference which says, well thy heart, for out of it are | Herz of this city who said that the | specialist would repeat the add- | ress tonight for the Lions Club. Dr. | Herz pointed out with wry humor that the man who discovered the circulatory system df the body wa | burned at the stake. Times have | changed. “Now,” he said,” we just often discourage them.” | | Opening his talk with history Dr. | | Schmitt spoke of poetry and how j jeven popular ‘Songs nowadays} ;showed “how closely the core of | the body is bound to emotion.” j He gave statistics which amazed | | listeners, telling that the heart | beats 70 times a minute, 100,000; times a day, or two and a half billion times in a_life span of 70 j Years. To help visualize the power | of the heart. which is like a pump with offfy 1-260 H.P. motor, Dr.| Schmitt pointed out that “this mus- | | FISHING TACKLE | HARDWARE DIVISION } Phone bead j ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY | @ RITA WAYNE—Radio And Might Club Star OF Bives And Terch Songs @ PAUL REIMAN— { Pianist and Composer | @ ART AND RUTH } FORMERLY OF SLOPPY vd DA ENCES MEAS } j ' Specialist Addresses Lions Hey West Citisen Cf Freedom Has oughout World’-Payson Naval Officer Says El Grito De Yara Inspired Freedom For All “The dramatic words which Carlos Manuel de Cespedes uttered on Oc- tober 10th, 1868 have been picked up and echo- ed throughout the free world inspiring others to fight for the cause of free- dom,” Captain Harold Payson, Naval Station Executive Officer told an assemblage at the USS Maine monument during today’s El Grito de Yara celebration, Captain Payson went on to say that it is “| that our brothers from Cuba have gathered here today to pay tribute to Americans who lost their lives in the cause of free: dom for Cuba.” _ He added that in these times, Citizen Staff Photo ‘our freedom, lie is possibly facing it’s greatest danger -~ we ‘must not | Slacken out efforts to preserve it”. san ihe east ienwertant of Cuban holidays, E! Grite (the Cry at Yara) marks Clubs Here aah a Ne « Nap ban, water. “However, he added with humor, “The heart rests more than it works and between each beat there is that ‘slight pause for re- freshment’.”” ‘ since the time of Quo Vadis, said the doctor, naturally more live to the age when the heart dis- esase attacks more frecuently. | Cuban F; There are 638,000 cardiac deaths a | der command year more than that of all other | del Rio Chaviano diseases (tuberculosis, cancer, ¢t monies today. al) Schmitt observed, adding that) Rodolfo Bors 4,000,000 peopie in the U. 5S. have) Oscar Morales heart disease. | tors to Key West and In discussing symptoms, he said | mae! Negrin that not all pain in the chest came} The board from heart trouble and that mod- | tors, ern seience had developed techni- ques which made it much esaier to detect cardiac disease. 18 chief causes of hea | Condinued On Page BIG One Cent Sale OCT. 15 THRU is Gardner's Pharmacy 114 Tremen Ave, Hey Mom! Please Dad! 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