The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 16, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the mast equable climate in the country, with an average ramge of only 14° Fahrenheit noe ee. VOL. LXXII. No. 247 Navy Wives Group Votes To Set Up Scholarship Need For Fund . : : Told By Speaker | J, F’, Pritchard Co. Facing Nan Pace" Penalties Amounting To $150 Daily In Steam Plant Delay The Navy Wives’ Clubs of America will set up a schol- arship foundation with the CONSTRUCTION CO. TO LOSE BONUS; SAYS DELAY DUE purpose of establishing a! self.perpetuating fund to be | TO SHORTAGES Failure to complete the $3,00,000 } es e iw te City Seeking used for the education of children of enlisted person- Recruits For ete the $00 ‘ ; 5 November 16, will cost J. F. Prit nel in the Navy, Marines Police Dept. chard Company contractors $150 a and Coast Guard, it was de- ided day in the after- : aeet eed mt sama day until completion, Utility Board noon business session of the members agreed Tuesday. Navy Wives’ Convention. Resignation. Of Had the company finished their Two Officers Wed. contract before November 18 they Creates Need For More Policemen % 1. : The need for such a schol would have been paid a huge bonus arship fund was brought be- by the City Electric System. fore the group by Mrs. | Chief delays in the plant which Ralph Skylstead, represen- will produce 10,000 KW for light and et «spe P Appications for becom power in Key West have been eaus- tative of the Bureau of} 18 */ed by boilers and pipes, according Naval Personnel in. Wash-|™°™e! of the Key West police de- | to Kenneth Ward resident engineer Z partment are being considered,| for R. W. Beck. ington. She is with the De-| city manager Dave King said to-| Though the starting engineer pendents’ Aid Section of the | day, adding that ttose wishing to sapere hess especie saa Bureau, and to that section | apply could do so providing they | released by Pritchard. Until they are referred all requests|met the necessary qualifications. - oe they will have to pay up : Th df iti i 150 a day in what is wn as li- font ceoe, into the: Bureas men sie be ae quidated damages, = for mid for Navy children. | 114 5 Brodhead and Armando Pe. |, The turbines have been ready Mamy of these requests are re- Sy scapes shay gs hg for months,” Ward said. ceived from counselors and educa- |? Tesigned yesterday, their resig- | ‘The five Utility Board members tors who are under the impression | 2@tions effective at midnight last | present got into a heated discussion that the Navy gives scholarships so night. _ {led by Louis M. J, Eisner, that Navy children can go to col-| King said he had nothing pertin- lege. There have also been offers|@Mt to say on the resignations. of contributions to such a scholar-| “When two men no longer want to ship fund, but so far none has been instead of steam electric we'd have been oprating long before now. As it is even with the new plant we'll have to use the old Diesel plant to meet our growing needs,” Ernest Ramsey, Board secretary said: - “You might just as well forget about Diesels - you have steam - “If we had gone to Diesel engines be policemen, there is nothing to do save accept their resignations. I did not see the first. resignations which they turned in on Oct, 7. But 1 saw these last two, and they are final.” Now, with the Navy Wives’ Clubs wf America voting- unanimously to set up such a fund, there, will be Work To Begin THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1952 On Duval St. ‘Building Today Structure Will House Four Stores At Cost Of $40M Contractor Says At least $40,000 will be the total cost for the new store building to be put up in the 400 block on Duval street across from La Concha ho- tel, building contractor James L, Staple said today. The building will contain four stores. Owner is Seymour Rubin of Miami Beach who purchased the property from the Florida National tual foundation was begun this morning, and that he expected to have his part of the construction completed in about six weeks. The | architect is A. Herbert Mathes of ; Miami Beach. Consulting engineers on the steel structure portion are | Obler and Clark of Miami. Staple, whose office is at 1213 Georgia street, described the build- ing as a one-story high, modern buiding ‘with. a four store front, made of concrete block, stucco and / steel. The facade is specialized and Bank within the past month for $48,000, : Staple sald that work on the ac- Key West Chamber Of Cor Urges Removal Of Road Tolls In Resolution * Group Petitions . State Road Dept. After Meeting _ Here Wednesday Immediate removal of the tolls from the Over- seas highway was urged in a resolution of the Key West Chamber of Com- merce board of directors at the first meeting of the new board yesterday at the Chamber hi Newly elected President Earl R. Adams signed the resolution copies of which will be forwarded to the Florida State Road Depart. ment, the Florida State Board of Administration and the Monroe _ County New Officers Of Chamber Of Commerce the display windows and actual front may be done by another con- cern. The permit for the store building was issued a few days ago for $33,000. Staple who recently branched out on his own in the building construc- tion field recently completed a home for Knight Johnson, Ailing Shrimper Brought Ashore By Coast Guard The Coast Guard rescue vessel Ariadne docked in Key West at 11:20 Wednesday with John Bri well, shrimper cuttin. a pvt disorder al Ai, ‘The resolution lows the letter of han read at tzy Commission m fered little hope for January 1, 1953. State Road sg Pag ay ber i tion re Citizen Staff Photo EARL R. ADAMS, second from right, was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce for the second time at yesterday’s Chamber election, Other officers named, left to right, are: Robert Dopp, first vice-president; Glynn Archer, second vice president and J. J. Trevor, treasurer, Greyhound Bus Hits Car Wed. Walter C. Clawson, 16, was un- Former Key Wester Settles Damage Suit Against Local Cola Company For $10,000 , ELEVEN YEAR OLD BOY’S : Key West Youth ives Letter | OF © ‘uncheon ‘held for the group yes- erday at-noon at Raul’s Restau- tant. She also presented to the troup. at that time, greetings from he Chief of the Bureau of Person- pel. Principal speaker at the lunch- eon was Ledr. G. S. Imbrie, Chaplain at the Naval Air Sta- tion. He spoke on the need for such an organization as the Navy Wives’ Clubs which pursue @ course of doing creative, loving tabor for others. Richard Evans told the group of the activities and components ‘ef the USO organization through- out the country. He suggested | ways in which Navy wives can help with the work being done by the USO. During the luncheon, a group of (Continued Jn Page Five) ATTENYION PLEASE 2 a Ys Receiv : a From Adlai’s Sec, searching Yor another vessel in dis- tress. Braswell was rushed to the U. S. (Continued On Page Five) cost of a proposed water testing chemist, Ramsey said: “You can't operate a $3,000,000 plant as you would a corner gro- cery.” , He suggested that bids be called ‘for from firms closer to Key West than the offer of a Chicago firm who would do the testing for $1850 | a year. A progress report stated that 525 electric transmissions poles have been installed on the Big Pine Key | line. No completion date was an- nounced for this project. | Present at the meeting besides Ramsey and Eisner were Chairman | The organization will assemble C. B. Harvey vice-chairman Fer-| in the band room at the high- nando Camus and Horace O'Bryant. | school, Representing the system were C. A. Van Deursen, general man- ager, Merville Rosam, comptroller and J. Lancelot Lester attorney. The fuel oil contract for 90,000 gallons a year of Bunker oi] for the new plant was approved by ors. King Brodhead and withdrew the first resignations. City Clerk Victor Lowe said that applications came through the city civil service board and presented a copy of the application form for inspection. The position requires that the applicant be a citizen of the United States, have good cha- racter references, be in good physi- cal condition and have a good em- ployment record for the past 10 years. King said that applicants should have some previous police experi- ence and be capable of handling the duties of a memer of the police department. ed from Wilson Wyatt, campaign j manager for Adlai Stevenson, Band Boosters Meet Tonight Harold Casterton, band master at the Key West High School an- neunced the Band Boosters group would meet tonight at 8 p. m. reo County High, had written the ; li Governor in connection with some | of his school work. Mr. Wyatt ans- wered as Yollows; “Governor Stevenson has asked | me to acknowledge and express his personal thanks for your kind mes- sage of encouragement and support James Ranew, a student at Mon- COMPLETE LINE OF GARDEN TOOLS Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION loss of his left eye was to 11 year old Ted He A Key West school boy is the Key Wester in his suit against proud possessor of a letter receiv- Coca Cola company. _ E, Democratic presidential nominee. lost his left eye when a Coc: bottle exploded back in 1946, brought suit for $75/000 Karl Thompson then owne: local Coca Cola plant. On first trial a Circuit Court could not agree. The second hearing the case found A settlement of $10, Circuit Court Judge Ag Jr. signed the pa orning. ] The youngster alleged that Quissing Business i z § | i A li | H 3 § E The Governor regrets that the pres- for the inspection routine, but sure of the campaign, involving ex- | the company. that so far the grand at tensive travel, makes it — thet so far the grand pars o for him to reply personally to the | : stickers issued come to only 4,678 Florida Supreme Court to (Continued On Page Five) the verdict 6f thiiitenres pot 2:30 - 4:30 leaving « a of 2372 cars TEL. 9116 stickers in the city,” of warning. Yet only 173 cers re- ported at the Poinciena stetien : [ Special Communication Anchor ‘ ’ Ledge No. 182 F. & A.M. this Pinder's Dance School evening at 7:30 P.M. Conferring AA Fellowcraft Degree. i NOT A POLITICAL FOOTBALL All members and visiting mem- hers are invited to be present. | By Order, j OSWALD J. SHEPPARD, Ww. 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