The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 15, 1952, Page 6

Page 6 Miss Trudeau Is Crowned Football Queen At Dance At a gala Football Dance last night at the Elks Club Annex, the Football Queen for the 1952-1953 season was crowned. She is Miss Shir- ley Trudeau, pretty and popular student at Key West High School. _ Miss Trudeau’s court is made up of four other High School lovelies, Miss Betty Cooper, Miss Betty Solomon, Miss Lynn Sellers and Miss Alice Vila. * All these girls were presented . last night at the dance, which was| Navy: Wives’ Execs sponsored by the Halfback Club, é ° Give Impressions Of Island City ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, October 15, 1952 Quarterback Club auxiliary. Be- tause of the fact that the football players were required to be in early (training rules), the enter-| ainment at the dance was begun | at 9:30°p.m. Mrs., Glynn Archer, president of the Halfbacks, acted as mistress of ceremonies. | By MARGO Lite as Navy wives has had its | ups and downs, the delegates here |for the National Convention of The first part of the entertain- | Navy Wives Clubs said. But at least ment, before the presentation of| one of them, Mrs. Waneta Gisarra the Queen, was in the form of a | from Long Beach, Calif., the na- fashion show skit in which both|tional vice president, wouldn’t high school boys and girls parti-| trade if for any other life in the cipated. To start the show, a “sur- | world, prise guest’? who was introduced as| Reminiscing about the days be- Miss America of 1912, was pre-/fore the Second World War when sented to the crowd. This was Miss | their children were young, money Sylvia Eley, high school girl, in an| was scarce, and living quarters old-fashioned swimming suit. | were hard to find, both Mrs. Gizar- The hilarious proceedings con- tinued with the fashion show. The scene was described as being At- | lantic City at the Miss America contest. Girls in modern swimming } suits came out and were told to} promenade before the judges. The | crowd was informed that the judg- | ing was fair and impartial and that none of the judges had ever seen any of the contestants before. The judges, with solemn dignity! ind tape measures (sparingly used, we admit, so they may have been just props), selected as the winner of the contest and as Miss America of 1952, Miss Shirley Trudeau. None | of the participants seemed sur- prised at the judges’ decision. The girls also modeled sports} costumes and other costumes which | might have been designed for Miss America’s trip across the country following the contest. All outfits were from the Mar-Ed Dress Shop. After the skit, Coach Win Jones and Coach Beckman were called to the stage. Coach Jones introduced Coach Beckman to the crowd, and Mr. Beckman in turn called for- ward and introduced each of the football players individually. Then he introduced each of the cheer leaders. This group assembled on! the dance floor and gave their “Beckman yell”. . _ The audience was told that this yell was one which the cheer lead- ers had composed themselves and that, although they had given it at, the football games, they had never) been able to get Mr. Beckman to stand still long enough to really listen to it. Since they had him} cornered on the stage last night,! they made sure he heard it. | While preparations were made for the crowning of the Queen,! Gerald Pinder and several students | from his Dance School presented | dance numbers for the entertain-| ment of the crowd. Miss Deanna Archer, out-going) Queen, was the first of the Queens| to appear. She was followed on to the dance floor by the five girls! ra and Mrs. Helen J. Walker, the poised and charming national pre- sident from Bremerton, Wash., told us of their background as Navy | Wives both personally and as mem bers of the club. In its early days, the Navy Wives Club was purely a social organiza- tion, the ladies said. It was started to give some form of social activity to the wives of enlisted men who found that they could not, because of limited finances, do much enter- taining or going out. Individual clubs found that they could be helpful to their members in the matter of finding them plac- es to live and helping out in other ways, so welfare was soon added as a project of the groups. Later, education was added to the aims of the club. In asking questions about the background of the officers of the club, we were surprised to learn that Mrs. Helen Friend, national treasure?, who hails just now from N, Augusta, S. C., is not now and never has been:a Navy wife. Mrs. Walker explained that according to the national constitution of the club 15 percent of the membership may be made up of women friendly to and interested in the organiza- tion. Mrs. Friend is one of the friends. She became interested in the Na- vy Wives Club when her husband was a civilian design engineer in Bremerton, and she has taken an active part in the organization ever since, Mrs. Walker, the president, came the farthest distance of any of the Convention members. She flew ‘from Bremerton, and was greeted at the Key West airport by a swarm of mosquitoes. But she has not let this give her the wrong im- pression of our city. She said that aside from the fact that she came equipped with a lovely white coat which she sees no chance of wear- ing, she is finding the weather plea- sant and the Key West people ex- ceptionally friendly. Although Mrs. Walker denies bringing a hat to wear here, Mrs. who were to be the new queen and| Gizarra admits that she brought her court. It was revealed that Miss Tru-| deau was the new Queen and act \ng football captain Tommy West placed the crown on her head. She was also presented with a lovely bouquet. The four members of her entourage were presented with cor- sages, The captain escorted the Queen from: the stage down to the dance floor, They were followed by the four girls of the Queen's court, who were met at the foot of the steps by their escorts. The escorts presented the girls to the crowd, and then the five cou- ples danced. A large crowd attended the dance, which was held with the aim of raising funds to help with the entertainment of the football players who are to come here next} month from Cristobal, Panama, for a game with the local team. Gray Ladies Course Will Begin This Month Applications for Gray Ladies will be taken Tuesday, October 21, at the local Red Cross Chapter, 301‘: Front Street announces Judge Eva Warner Gibsc >. volunteer service chairman. Applicants are request ed to telephone 296, the chapter, and make an appointment Mrs, Joseph Insiec, the Gray La dy chairman, stated the course will begin on October 27. It will last one i ‘week. Classes will be sessions da @uring the morning at the Na Hospit.l. Mrs. Insiee points out that a Gray Lady is not a professional purse or social worker, but ber work is to aid in the comfort and recovery of the sick injured and handicapped under the direction of the Red Cross and the bers of the hospital's medical » The course is an o Red Cross work an quired of the chapie lectures by doctors from tal staff. Gray Ladies’ specifi clude: Visit pat Patients: play assist p s distribute comfort. articie wimple handicrafs, xead. to be jon on is re wilh be he hospi |two chapeaux. Not only that, she also came fully supplied with glove }and coats and all the items one! | would need in most places for a | fall convention, But the ladies say |that they are finding the fashions |necessary here very comiortable, | and they are glad that life can be |so easy and relaxed even during the necessarily hectic days of a convention. | Mrs, Walker is the wife of a Chief} | Storekeeper stationed now on the USS Princeton. She makes her {permanent home in Bremerton whre she is employed by the Car! penter’s Union. One of her three } sons is now with the Air Force, and | two, aged 14 and 8 are still at home. She combines the jobs of wife. mother, business woman and club | woman effectively and easily. Californian Mrs. Gizarra remains a staunch booster for her own state but she admits that Florida is not | bad. The northern regions of Flori- da are more like California than| Workshop In Gainesville | affirmed their faith in their courts. wn vicinity, sbe says. An em- Douglas Aircraft, Mrs. | our [ployee of is the wife of a Chief Com-| p. ‘t, 4. js attending the P. T. A.! man now aboard the des- amuel N. Moore. Her only son, age 22, has followed his fa- ther’s footsteps and is with the Sea- bees gettimg ready to sail soon for duty in Subic Bay, If these ladies are typical of the Navy Wives Club of America, the organization is bound to be a high type, worthwhile concern. Full red Japanese mountain, sac Split the muffins and | Spread the cut side or sauce, Sprinkle lightly and top with strips of ets. Dest with grated and put under the broiler y amd browned. assist in the distribu- will be taken at the to 4.00 m the wer a ; The Weatie: Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy with local. showers today thru Thursday; continued warm and humid. Gentle to moderate variable winds. Florida: Mild and partly cloudy thru Thursday with showers at scattered places. Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits: Moderate variable winds mostly southeast and south. Weath- er partly cloudy thru Thursday with occasional local showers. East Gulf of Mexico: Gentle to | moderate variable winds and part- ly cloudy weather thru Thursday. Local showers over south portion. Western Caribbean: Moderate winds mostly east and northeast and partly cloudy weather with lo- cal showers thru Thursday. Weather Summary for the Tropical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea Area and Eastern Gulf of Mexico: An area of showery weather extends from the Bahamas and South Florida across Cuba and over the northwestern Caribbean Sea but there is no sign of a dis- turbance in any of the tropical areas today, TIDES Nav-t Base TOMORROW HIGH 8:24 a.m. 8:20 p.m. Duplicate Bridge Players Commence Season Of Games High north-south winners at the first session of the Key West Dup- licate Bridge Association Monday night were Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Lang. Col. and Mrs. Raymond E, Vermette took top- honors in the east-west position. The Duplicate Association, which |has changed its meeting place to the Jaycee Club House, Flagler — Low 1:68 a.m. 1:59 p.m. : 1952-53 season of playing. Twenty- hands made the evening worthwhile for all the players. Other winners for the evening were, in the north-south spot, Mrs. Arnold MacManus and Mrs. Chas. Bratenahl, second place, and Mrs. Wales Benham and Miss Katherine Lowe, third. Additional _ east-west were Mrs. Mary Eberhardt and Miss Helen Williams, second and vina Hoff, third place. Any contract bridge player who is interested in entering the Dupli- cate Association may take a part- ner and attend the meetings which are held every Monday night at the Jaycee building. BIRTHS SCHUMACHER GIRL Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Schumach- er Stock Island, are the parents of a baby girl born October 3 at Mon- roe General Hospital. The six pound, 15 ounce, baby has been named Bonita Christine. BABY BOY BORN Richard Dale is the name that |} has been given to the new son of | Mr. and Mrs. Leon Fowler, 135-E | Poinciana. The baby, who was born | October 7 at Monroe General Hospi- tal, weighed four pounds, 14 ounces at birth, NEW DAUGHTER A six pound baby girl was born October 7 in Monroe General Hospi- tal to Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Me- Bee. The baby has been named | Jeannette Hoke McBee. GREE LDS HAVE GIRL Mr. and Mrs, Ransom Greenfield | | 35 Barracuda Blvd., Marathon, be- | came the parents of a daughter, | Mary Susan, at Monroe General | Hospital October 8. The baby weigh ed eight pounds one ounce at birth. Mr. Greenfield is employed by Gen- eral Electric, Key West. Delegate Attends P.T.A. Mrs. Gertrude Holsinger a dele- gate of the Monroe County Council Workshop in Home and Family Life Education at the University of Fiorida in Gainsesville. Dr. Mildred I. Morgan, National P. T. A. consultant in parent edu- cation is directing the four day study, The Workshop will extend j through Thursday and is held to | develop leadership for county coun- jeu and local study groups Mrs. Holsinger will supervise | Women were banned from Mt. | groups im the Coral Shores and | and Key West Greyhound of res. | Marathon Schools. Fleming Street WSCS t Social The WSCS of the Fleming Street Methodist Church will sponsor a | Birthday Social Thursday evening margarine] at 7-39 in the Social Hall on Wil- j tiams St Twelve attractive young ledies i behiod tables@mppresenting the 17 i months of the year will be on hand }to help eack persom celebrate his jown birthday. | Songs to represent each month | will be sung together with the sing ing of “Happy Birthday” to al. Re. treshments will be served. A cor j dial invitation is extended te the ipublic tw attend this aifaiz, Coming Events WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15— Navy Wives’ Bowling League, Neval Station Alleys, 1 p.m. Meeting, Junior Ch. Commerce at clubhouse, 8 p.m. Island City Navy Wives’ Club No. 88, meeting at Bldg. 178, 10:30 a.m, Ladies. Golf Tournament, K. W Golf course, 9 a.m. American Legion, Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, Legion Home, Stock Island, 8 p.m. Dade Lodge No. 14, Masonic Group, Scottish Rite Temple, 8 p.m. Monroe County PTA Council, 1402 Sixth Street, 7:45 p.m, Business and Professional Wom- men’s Club, Woman’s Club, 8 p.m. Unit 56, Ladies Auxiliary, FRA, dinner at CPO Club, Boca Chi- ca, in honor of National Offi- cers of Navy Wives, 7:00 p.m. Naval Air Station OWC luncheon at Ft. Taylor, 12:30 p.m. Room representatives of Poin- ciana School, school auditor- ium, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16— Navy Wives’ Bowling League, 1 p. m., N. S. Also open bowling. Rotary Club luncheon, 12:15, St. Paul’s Parish Hall. | By WALTER BREEDE Jr. NEW YORK (Transit head- aches got you down? Here’s what transit companies in some of the major cities sur- veyed by The Associated Press: Atlanta—Bus companies in this industria] metropolis of the south complain that increased use of private cars, development of sub- urban shopping centers and rapid growth of television are making them lose riders. Patronage fell off so badly this year that the Atlanta Transit Com- pany took 27 trolleys and 16 buses out of service. Baltimore—A ding-dong battle over fare increases is in progress here between the city administra- tion and the Baltimore Transit Company. The company wants to boost the present 17-cent fare to 20 cents. The city wants it to reduce fares and run more buses, Boston—Two hundred thousand and their riders are up against | Ave., got off to a good start for the | four persons attended the opening | session. Challenging and interesting | winners | Key West Lions, meeting, 6:30 p. m. VFW Post No. 3911, at Post Home, 8 p.m. Elks Logge, at club, 8 p.m. Martha Linda Franks Circle of WMU of First Baptist Church, 10 a.m. VX-1 OWC luncheon, Aeropalms,. 12:30 p:m. Birthday Social, Fleming ‘St. Methodist Church, Social Hall, William St., 7:30 p.m. Douglass High School Alumni Assoc., at school, 7:30 p.m. ‘DEATH Ricardo Marchan, two-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marchan of 642-C Peary Court, died Monday after a short illness. Besides the parents, he is sur- vived by one sister, Zenaida Mar- chan, a brother Paul, Jr., and a | maternal grandmother Mrs. Vic- toria Narciso. Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 3:00 p. m. in the Chapel of the Pritchard Funer- al Home with Father Casey officia- ting. Miss Nonnie Sawyer and Mrs, Mel- | _ Burial will be in the Catholic Ce- metery. DADE SHERIFF (Continued from Page One) | gator, was found dead at the fish- ing camp of Fred Wignall in Card Sound. The autopsy report of @ Dade county doctor showed “foul play” and that a blunt instrument had been used on Toler’s head. Dade county officials got in touch with Zetterower when it was still a question of jurisdiction. They thought that the fishing camp might be in Monroe county. A check at the Tax Assessor's office here dis- closed no Fred Wignall’s property. Today Zetterower told The Citi- zen that the crime was committed automobiles cram their way each business day into the tip of that narrow peninsula which is down- town Boston. Engineers figure that for 10,000 of them, there’s no place to park. Others ride the buses, subways, streetcars and elevated lines of the Metropolitan Transit Authority. MTA carried 433 million passen- gers in 1946; 288 million in 1951. In the first eight months of 1952 it lost $5,960,000. Fringe parking lots built bv the transit authority accommodate mo- torists who drive to the outskirts and use rapid transit the rest of the way. Meanwhile, the state of Massa- chusetts is building a two-level ex- pressway. through downtown Bos- | ton. Dallas—A bus ride that took 20 minutes five years ago takes half an hour today in jam-packed down- town Dallas. “Congestion is getting worse all the time,” says veteran operator V. E. Leftwich. “Every day we ‘seem to get snarled in more traf- fie jams. That’s one reason why we're hauling fewer patrons.” Bus patronage is off 33 per cent since 1945. Population is up 33 per cent. Car ownership has doubled. Detroit—Transit officials com- plain there are too many cars in the world’s automotive capital—an estimated 770,000 by latest count— and that.too many of them are used to bring people into the down- town business section. Department of Street Railways now charges 25 cents for express rides, — Los s—Pacific Electric Compafiy, one of two transit lines serving sprawling, thinly populated Los Angeles County, has lost 14 million dollars on its passenger operations since 1946. Los Angeles Transit Lines re- ports a 30 per cent drop in the number of its riders in the last five years. in Dade county, according to the Dade deputy. The Peace Justice could not say when the death oc- curred or under what circum- | stances. The Monroe County Sheriff's de- partment had no information. LIGHT COUNTY VOTE (Continued From Page One) | holds the high court bench by ap- | pointoment of Gov. Fuller Warren, predicted: “I will win by some 3,000 to 4,000 votes.” Drew issued a statement, say- ing: “My opponent has graciously ‘conceded my election although the returns are not yet final. 1 shall lever be grateful for the splendid | support given me by my friends esteem the state. Travel via all transit is down VICTIM OF STABBING (Continued ?rom Page One) under observation ment. Her condition is reported yesterday It was learned today that Mrs. Garcia, who does not speak much English, walked all the way from the apartment at 826 Duval street down to Pepe's Cafe “I am particularly happy over jin the 200 block on Duval the fact that by the vote given | disheveled and in her bare feet | me the people of Florida have re- | to get help. She did not approach anyone along the way because she was afraid they would not be able to understand what hed happened and might try to return her to (Continued From Page One) [the spartment where her hus- led for a summary jugement from | band had assailed her. Suffering the court, disclaiming responsibili- | from the wounds and shock, she | ty for her injuries. headed for the only place where | Just before the hearing om this she knew Spanish was spoken petition was to be held on Septem-| Persons who saw her walking ber 29, Mrs. Shaw reversed herself }barefooted and in disheveled and filed a voluntary dismissal of | condition, stared but did not | action petition. This was signed by | offer assistance. It was not Judge Lopez, releasing the City | til after she had managed jtravel the distance of over | ponsibility in the matter. Hong blocks on the main Kt is reported, however, that | that she was aided and the police Mrs. Shaw is seeking redress from | called about 25 minutes j the Mian Gow e Oe Goyteee actual stabbing took The City Attorney has had no ef-)fore she was gi ficial notice of the suit for a writ | «i of mandamus applied for by Mrs. | Margaraita Mitchell last fs Mrs. Mitchell is asking the te restore a building permit to her for additions to North Be: ; Inn, a property belonging to t She alleges that after the permit WINDSHIELD was issued by City Building Inspec-| BAGLEY. la. (AP}—M you have My one purpose shall always be to justify that faith.” FIFTY THOUSAND tor Ray Knopp, the five City Com- {trouble scrubbing the windshield: missioners voted to cancel the per- ‘clean om your car, try a corncob mit. causing ber expense and de. That's the advice of Dom Myers. a local fillieg station operater Instead of weares out expensive Survey Shows Nation’s Transit Companies Have Their Troubles|To Arrive F approximately 30 per cent, al- though Los Angeles is one of the nation’s fastest growing areas pop- ulationwise. It also has the most cars per population—one ear for every 2.8 persons, Miami—A former ambassador to Brazil, William D. ‘Pawley, heads Miami’s two principal bus com- | panies. He has needed all his diplo- matic skill to head off serious labor trouble. .The AFL drivers’ union struck for higher wages early this year | and now they’re talking strike again. Last year the larger of Paw- ley’s two firms, Miami Transit Co. : people ride to work in this biggest of the world's cities in transit facilities some of which are more than 40 years old. Wooden cars of ancient vintage creak and rattle along the tracks of the city-owned elevated sys- tem. The steaming subway is bed- lam during rush hours. The city-operated transit system has been piling up huge deficits for years, and many of the pri- | vately operated bus lines are also in financial hot water. Philadelphia—Narrow crowded streets and tight parking space complicate Philadelphia’s transit | problem. Police hand out 800 park- | ing tickets a day in the downtown business section. Philadelphia Transportation Com- pany, which operates 3,280 buses, streetcars, trackless trolleys and subway and elevated cars, carned $1,405,000 in the first six months last year. In the first half of 1952 it lost $92,982. St. Louis—A highway construc- tion program that will cost 100 | million dollars over the next 20 years is under study as a possixble cure for this city’s transit rpob- ilem. It would include a network of three express highways radiating from the downtown section—each six-lane affair with accomodations for buses as well as private cars. auto registration fees and gasoline taxes. ; San Francisco—Reversible one- way streets and a monorail transit line are among the remedies pro- posed for relieving the daily traf- fie tieups in tthis congested city of gable cars, narrow streets and steep hills. A ban on all down- town parking is under considera- Washington—The transit head- ache in the nation’s capital is “acute, unsolved ahd worse,” says one observer. at an average pace eight miles an hour. panies want auto pai on arterial streets, ADAMS’ REPORT and treat- | jai house. The county spent $107,721 in new road construction during the fiscal year. An additional $15,988 mignon i £ &g ; Fy i Fy tek a bE i : F 2 z & ii ? ' ! : 4 z i2 i if i | | the ministration. “it is rest of the termite jin can be ii! & i ge | ate of ' me Cae se LE————_ EE Rotary Official Here Murder Hearing Is Set Friday Joseph Perez, accused of the murder of Frankie Kee, will have a preliminary hearing before Peace Justice Roy Hamlin at his office Friday, at 4 p. m., Hamlin said to- day. of Kee died on July 18a a result knife wounds inflicted by Perez, Set Se ee next Monday. HAPPY WIVES, ‘Contirued “rr Page One) -years old and La Verne nounced in a clear voice was five. La Verne had encased in a cast and used steel crutches. His mother pl & rea ed that two years ago he had been Jackworth Eni attacked by polio. His father is # | Mages; Dale Grooms versus first class torpedoman aboard the Fernandez, damages; William y on Monday at 3 p, m. in courtroom, Judge Lopez said. at * and soning the ook Lopez, Lester, Adams, puty Sheriff and Tommy three attorneys showed were Albury, William lett and Tom Watkins. Number Of Driv morning that $9,501.50 will be sent to State Department of Safety. Almost four . times as Operator's licenses were as in September 1951. Here are the figures for ry categories: Operators license, 8,360; lar chauffeur's, 1,371; chauffeur (taxis) : from 14 to 16 years, 96, and stricted temporary (learners’ mits), 77. Tardy applicants for 1 licenses are still coming to courthouse office of Judge Pe 3S He : ve