The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 27, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Features “and Photo . Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West The Key West Citizen VOL. LXXIII, No. 283 HOMELESS WAIFS HAVE A GLOOMY THANKSGIVING BY DOROTHY RAYMER Let’s suppose. Pretend you are | seated in a clean, comfortable room served with a fine Thanks- giving dinner with the turkey done to a glistening brown glaze over a thick slab of delicate white meat, and your plate is heaped with whipped mashed potatoes steam- ing savorily with gravy flanked by perfectly flavored, richly but- tered vegetables, a tasty chef’s salad, a dab of garnet-colored cranberry sauce—and visions of pumpkin pie dance through the future. All this and coffee, too. And then, suppose you found that everyone you knew and loved, or even a casual acquaintance you might have planned to dine with, had vanished. The loneliness would probably overwhelm your appetite. You might eat automatically, but the joy just wouldn’t be there. You'd feel like a deserted dog and want to throw back your head and howl. There are a half a dozen dogs out at the Humane Society in the same plignt. Only their situation is real, not ‘‘supposed”’. They are up for “adoption,” but no one has come to offer a home. On Thanks- giving Day, they will all get an ex- tra ration of meat in addition to the . regular meal. They have clean, comfortable epmpartments. | But even a dog can be lonely. £d Quinby, the Humane Society agent, does whaf he can to give the “lost” dogs 2 fitfle extra at- tention as well as excellent physi- cpl capa: byt he’s a bysy man, on Aall sdvRi days @ we a: how 6 (Contittued On Page Four) Voting Will Be With New Election Precinets 17 NEW VOTING DISTRICTS ARE ESTABLISHED IN ORDINANCE MON. Key Westers will have an easier time of it when they go to the polls in the future following the adoption of an ordinance establish- ing the boundaries for 17 new elec- tion precincts by the City Com- mission on Monday. The measure will become law shortly. The new plan, which was drawn up by City Attorney M. Ignatius | Lester and City Clerk Victor Lowe | in cooperation with Monroe County Supervisor of Registration Sam B, Continued On Page Three) De ae ce Complete Stock of Mechanic HAND TOOLS Guaranteed for Life Roy's Key West Auto Parts Co. ‘TELEPHONES 1877 - 1878 121 DUVAL STREET Fire Destroys Whitehead St. Home This A.M. Two Other Houses Are Damaged As Firemen Avert Major Disaster One home was completely de- stroyed and 2 others badly dam-} aged shortly after midnight today, when a major fire broke out on Whitehead Street. Four persons were made homeless in the fire which at times threatened to spread throughout the neighborhood. Fire Chief Ch and Assistant Fire Chief Charles Torres credited the absence of a wind with saving more homes in the area from destruction when a short circuit started the blaze in | im Strachan of 710 White- head Street. No one was home at the time. Within minutes, the small frame cottage was a mass of flames. The home was complete- ly destroyed by the blaze. Two adjoining es, one at 708 Whitehead owned by Gerald Abr; as damaged | (Continued On Page Three) Made Easier THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLOR!DA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1952 PRICE FIVE CENTS Tolls Are Abolished For Monroe County Residents In Action Announced By Rep. Papy And Gov. Warren Flat Toll Of $1 For Visitors In Cars; Trucks Pay $2 And $3 Says State Bd. Of Administration The freeing of the Overseas Highway of all tolls for Monroe County licensed cars and trucks after January 1, is the greatest step in developing the Keys in recent years, State Representative Bernie C. Papy said today. The action of the State Board of Administration yes- terday came a week after Rep, Papy appeared before the So. Florida Scout Council Here Dee. 13 First Such Event In K. W. History The South Florida Council of Boy Scouts of America will meet Key West on Decembe: 13, it was announced Wednesday. Thomas Ketchings, loc] scout leader, is Secretary of the Council, which will meet at the Lions Den in the Island City. Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held December 15 at the Court- house at 7 p. m. Other action taken at the recent Scout meeting was to appoint C. Smith to serve as assistant in the Navy Carnival coming up in Feb- ruary. Annual Christmas party for Key West Boy Scouts will be held December 22 at the Monroe County Beach, A roundtable for Cubbers will be held next Tuesday at 6:30 p. m. and for Scoutmasters at 7:30 p. m. at St. Paul’s Parish.Hall. A cub leaders’ training course (Continued On Page Three) pees Senator Kilgore Visiting Here For Holiday U, S. Senator and Mrs. Harley Kilgore of West Virginia are in Key West for a rest at The Key Wester and Thanksgiving dinner with State Representative and Mrs. Bernie C. Papy. Yesterday the senator caught his first fish of the trip out at the |Casa Marina dock with veteran | |fisherman Dr. Ralph Herz. | The genial senator is here for | | loafing purposes only, he said. He | {did not care to interrupt the loaf- ing to comment on the 83rd Con- gress which convenes in January. His only interest now he said is | (Continued On Page Three) THANKSGIVING SKATING PARTY THURSDAY NIGHT. 8 to 10:30 “A Turkey As Door Prize” 420 Southard St. Phone 9116 KEY WEST SALVAGE CO. STOCK ISLAND Contractors and Builders Attention FOR USED — STEEL PIPE - BEAMS - ANGLES OF ALL SIZES We Want Junk of All Kinds OLD CARS AND TRUCKS CALL USED CARS 136 THANKSGIVING DINNER \. B. C. Papy st marked the sec y in Key West. The West while visiting here. for the first time in history in| U.S. Senator Kilgore F ishes K W Waters KEY WESTERS HAVE MANY THINGS FOR WHICH TO BE THANKFUL Key Westers have so many things to be thankful for it is hard to determine where to begin to express our thanks. Aside from our thanks to God for sparing our lives, we, in common with Americans generally, should be thankful that the Russians lack the backbone to fight that the Germans and the Japs had before the beginning of World War II. Russia’s history proves it has been loath to wage war and that the type of war in which it is adept is to spread |lies and resort to chicanery to try to create dissension | among nations aligned against her. We are thankful that the hurricane season is over jand that no hurricanes came this way. For the benefit of atrangers who have heard dire things about “Florida hur- ricanes,” it should be stated that; in the 82 years we have hada Weather Bureau station, center of only one hur-! ricane (1870) passed over Key West, and that only two lives in all that time have been lost in hurricanes in Key West, one in the 1909 and one in the 1910 hurricane. Have you good health? If you have, then nothing j else, least of all the size of your bank account, compares | with it as a reason for your thanks, Finally, let us be thankful that we can look forward to shirt-sleeved weather ithe next three or four months, | while peopledp. other. arts. of, Ps nation have to wear jovercoats When they ven' out of doors. ; Peper cage | Contestants Await | Judges Verdict In | Oratorical Meet Three Key West High school “| girls are awaiting anxiously the results of the judging in the annual Junior Chamber of Com- merce sponsored, “Voice of Democracy” speaking contest. which was run off Tuesday night. “| The results of the five judges’ | decision will be announced Sat- The contestants were Carol ai Dalton, representing the Key High School; Jackie | Delaney of the Convent of Mary Immaculate and Attention Please! KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN By Calling MR. FEINSTEIN PHONE 1309 We BUY all kinds of JUNK All Kinds of Scrap Metal | Located at Simonton & Dey Sts. HOOD TIRES AT WHOLESALE PRICES MADE BY HOOD RUBBER CO. A DIVISION OF B. F. GOOFRICH Co. LOU SMITH 1116 WHITE en Staff F tative and satis SLOPPY JOE'S NEW POLICY No Cover WORLD FAMOUS DRINKM. {STER THINK A DRINK... JAY ROSS Will Pour 80 Different Drin! You to Enjoy on the House ar No Admission Charges TURNS WATER TO WINE k Chamber me in 4a business-getting. Chamber Plans Drive For New Members Here 10 Point Program For Future Set Earl R. Adams, president of the Key West Chamber of Commerce announced that preliminary steps have been made in setting un an organization to conduct a drive for new members for the Cham- ber. In a one-day campaign, scheduled for December 4th, a group of nearly fifty workers will contact 150 business firms extending an invitation for them to affiliate with the Cham- ber of Commerce. The work- ers will be divided into two teams headed by Bob Dopp and Joe Pinder, both of whom are officers in the organization. “A number of new businesses have been opened in Key West during the past year and they will be asked to share with other (Continued Or Page Visiting Celebrities Join KW In Thanksgiving Here By SUSAN MCAVOY Key West is celebrating Thanks- giving Day by a combination of huge turkey dinners for native families, big fishing excitement for visitors and boating, bathing and beaching for residents and visitors. U. S. Senator Harley Kilgore, Democrat, West Virginie, and Earl Godwin, noted Washington news commentator, are just two of the celebrities known to be in the Island City for the holiday. Local notables are dining at home with the family. Circuit (Continued On P2ge Three) Tonight, Fri., Sat. Key West Players Presents... “John Loves Mary” by NORMAN KRASNA BARN THEATRE Duval Street Tickets On Sale At Stinchfield’s, Opposite La Concha Hotel — JUST ARRIVED — SCHRAFFT’S CANDIES (FACTORY FRESH) Ward's Paradise Fruit Cakes FOR CHRISTMAS PLACE YOUR ORDER WITH YOUR RETAILER NOW! Reservations Southwind Motel, Phone 1362 ADM. $1.50 (Tax Included) CURTAIN 8:30 H. RAMOS & CO.., INC. WE NOW HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST SELECTIONS OF USED CARS IN OUR HISTORY —All Less Than 30 Days Old! State Road Department. It provides a real cause for Thanksgiving to all county residents. Turkey Cost Not So High; Supply Good Consumption Of Big Birds Has Vastly Increased According to an AsSociated Press report the price of turkeys is from 2 to 8 cents lower than Thanksgiving from the small ‘ffour pound broilers to huge .40 pound birds. This year in Key West, big mar- kets offered hen turkeys at 69 cents the pound, California broilers at cents, hen turkeys from Cali- fornia at 79 cents (weight 10 to 14 Ibs.) and 18 pound California tom turkeys at 69 cents per pound. Carolina hens are 69 cents, slight- ly below the California breeds. from Carolina are only 59 cents and the average size is 18 Ibs. “Beltville” turkeys range in price from hens at 69 cents to toms at 53 cents. A scanning of the ads for turkey in last year’s Citizen Thanksgiv- ing issues reveals that hen turkeys were selling at 68 cents per pound; (Continued On Page Three) COMPLETE LINE OF GARCEN TOOLS Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Caroline St. “This means that the State has granted my first request, namely that tolls be lifted entirely for all residents of the county,” Rep. Papy said today. “They figure it would eost as much to license dirvers for a year at a time as it would to free the highway completely for our people, so they lifted the tolls The State | Board also realized that the people of Monroe County are entitled to free tolls.” Visitors to the Keys will have only to pay flat one dollar tolls, no matter how many passengers are in the car, Out-of-county trucks, small ones will pay two dollars and large ones, three dollars, A truck with @ Monroe county tag, however, will go scot free through both the upper and lower toll gates, Rep. Papy said. Governor Fuller Warren wired L. P. Artman, publisher of The The Citizen today: “Very pleased to advise you that State Board of Administration of which I am chairman, today voted to eliminate all tolls on Overseas Highway as to bona fide residents of Monroe county holding Monroe county automobile license tags. This action is to take effect Jan- uary 1, 1953, “1 have had the fine coopera- tion of Honorable C, M. Gay, Honorable J. Edwin Larson, Hon- orable Alfred A. McKethan and other members of State Road (Continued On Page Three) poe termine reeset CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS Nesco and Westinghouse Roasters, Pressure Cookers, Blenders, Picnic Jugs Use Our Lay-Away Plan HOME APPLIANCE CO., INC. Phone 686) 605 Simonton St. Tel. 1 Football CLASSIC TOMORROW NIGHT — CRISTOBAL 601 DUVAL ST. NAVARRO, Inc. PHONE 600