The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 6, 1952, Page 16

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Saturtiay, Becethber 6, 1952 Top Bell Officials | Te a) | | | THREE TELEPHONE OFFICIALS who have played a prominent part in Key West's conversion to dial telephones are, left to rig! ager; and J. N. Dorsey, Miami District Manager. All ar cations industry. Generosity nt, J. B. Kincaid, Florida Manager; C. L. Lott, South Florida Man- e men of wide experience in the communi- Of Key Westers |Cuban Airliner Comes To Aid Of Needy Folk Crashes Off STRACHAN FAMILY RECEIVES HELP IN ALL FIELDS William Strachan, burned out one week ago, is getting the great- est help of all from the Modern Homecraft company which will lend him two or three laborers to complete William’s skeletal house at 619 Thomas street. Strachan said that Benjamin J. Silver, owner of the company told him Wednesday that he would as- sign. some of ‘his men to help Wil- liam. Silver saw the articles in The Citizen on the wiped out fam- ily and expressed his desire to help. William’s main need now is for materials such as Celotex and sheet rock with which to finish the house. Wednesday an anonymous donor gave him $24 with which to buy the materials, but costs will be a great deal larger than that, he said. Strachan is also using some of the $133 contributed before Wed- _'nesday to buy materials for the house. Meanwhile more clothing, shoes, furniture, and a clothes closet have come to the family. Oe chest of drawers, one small dining table and other items keep coming in from generous Key \esters, touched by the plight of the family of three children and two adults. A tourist down from Pittsburgh teading The Citizen stories on the Strachan family’s Thanksgiving day fire, said he would help on the tinishing of the shell of a house. He told William he had brought his workman's tools down from home. Special Music Will Be Heard At Elks Memorial Exercise A chorus of 60 voices will blend in the singing of .such popular hymns as “‘Adoremus to Music” and the “Battle Hymn of the Re- public’ at the annual memorial exercise of Key West Lodge of Elks to be held 3 p. m. Sunday in the Elks annex, The chorus, composed of Key West High School boys and girls, have been trained for the presen- tation by Tom Whitley, music teacher of the High School. JoAnne Mullins, gifted soprano of the High School choir, will sing “The Lord’s Prayer.” The memorial address will be given by W. Curry Harris, past Exalted Ruler of the Lodge. A trumpet quartet from the Key West High school band will play “Open the Gates of the Temple,” “Peace Perfect Peace” and “‘On- ward Christian Soldiers.” The public is invited to attnd the services which will be held in the air conditioned annex direct- ly in back of the Elks home on Duval Street. “Information” is always glad to serve you, but as a rule you can save time by finding the number in your directory. where he is a janitor, is today get- ting on its feet once more thanks to the kindness of Key Westers and ag also offered a truck to Wil- m. The family, a week ago, com- pletely destitute, save for William’s ‘small. wage at the Navy yard visitors. William and his family are liv- ing with his mother Mrs. Myrtle Curtis at 824 Center street ‘until their new home can be finished. Bermuda Today Havana-Bound Plane Carried Forty-Two People HAMILTON, Bermuda —The Cuban airliner “Star Of The East,” with 42 persons aboard, crashed into the sea about three miles off this island today, shortly after taking off from the U. 8. Air Force Telep”:one Co. Holds Open House Today between four and six o'clock the Bell Telephone Com- pany will hold open house for a group of invited guests, includ- ing the local civic leaders and visiting dignitaries. The group will be show the new quarters, dial equipment, ete., which will go into use to- night at midnight when the cut- over from the manual system is made, Former Key West Man Played Big Role In Change One of the men who has had a large part in bringing dia) * tele- phones to Key West is R. J. Hop- R. J. HOPPER for Southern Bell, Mr. Hopper is in charge of construction, installation base, Kindley Field, mear St. George’s. The president of the Cubana Line, operators of the plane, said po: iggyavens indicated an ex- aboard just be- fore the crash, He said the plane, outbound from Madrid via Bermu- da, was carrying 34 passengers, including a baby, and a crew eight. . A U. S. Coast Guard vessel di- recting rescue operations said four survivors had been picked up in choppy seas. about thrée miles northeast of Kindley Field. The Cubana Line’s president in Havana said later he heard six survivors had been picked up. The survivors were taken to Kindley Field’s hospital. None was identi- fied immediately. Aircraft and crash boats from the big American base are comb- ing the waters for further survi- vors. The plane, a DCé operated by Cubana Airlines, a subsidiary of Pan American World Airways, ar- rived at the base at 3.30 a. m. from Santa Maria, The Azores, and took off for Cuba at 5 a. m, Au- thorities said the plane managed an. apparently normal takeoff. About a minute later it plowed into the sea. Answer your telephone promptly. To The Martyrs Of The Indenendence Of Cuba. Photo by Lewis McLain ESENTATION OF THE PLAQUE. pictured above, will be made at a fitting ceremany Jan- 28, one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Jose Marti. It is a gift from the Minister of Public Works in Havana, Doctor Alfredo Nogueiras. The plaque was brought here by Lieut. Doctor Julio C. Mena, assistant to the Minister. The inscription, translated, reads: “This monument has been reconstructed and bautified by the honorable president of the Re- public of Cuba, Major General Fulgencia Batista y Zaldivar in cooperation with Major General Francisco Tabernilla y Dolz, M.MLN. y P. and the lieutenant of the army of liberation Phutarco Vil- lalobos Marques. of |in Key West, he met and married a and maintenance activities for Florida and as such, has closely supervised the major job of changing Key West’s manual tele- phone system to modern dial. A former resident of Key West, Mr. Hopper served as a cable splic- er for the local office in 1918. While local girl, Miss Ruby Weatherford, Mrs. Hopper’s sister, Mrs, Claire Elbertson, now lives at 1020 South- ard Street. MAN IS ARRESTED (Continued from Page One) by City Police and turned over to the Sheriff's Department after the parents of the child signed an affidavit against him. He is being held in lieu of $1000 bond. Justice of the Peace Roy Hamlin said today that he will schedule a preliminary hearing in the near future. NAVY OFFICER, (Continued from Page One) sum as well as over $1500 cover- ing treatment and therapy for over a year since Susan was stricken, Susan has progressed, thanks to the latest in treatment to the point where she is a happy, self reliant individual. Physicians offer hope that she will soon be able to dis- | card the tiny crutches which she needs to get around and a leg brace which she has worn for a year. She continues to undergo daily therapy at the Naval Hospi- tal and once every six weeks has been going to Miami for further treatment which will be continued when she reaches her new home in California. The local March of Dimes Cam- paign, under the direction of attor- jmey William Neblett will officially get underway on January 2 al- thougt& advance contributions are being accepted. There were 13 cases of polio in Monroe County | this year, Neblett pointed out to- | day. if ACTION ON SEWERS (Continued from Page One) in Keys and financing of this plan | has been worked out. Can be ac- complished within 30 to 60 days. | On the big project completion will | increase capacity frompresent | 13.1 million gallons daily to ‘4.7 | million gallons. This will include | major expansions as follows: | | “Florida City additional pump- ing station, additional well, addi- | tional water treatment; Marathon, | additional booster pump; Tavernier |} pumping station. | The telegram from Cariton on the $2,100,000 sewer program stat ed Federal officials advise us to- |day that steps taken apparently insuring aid of the Housing and |Home Finance Agency and of the |U. S. Public Health Service to the City of Key West im its program ANYTHING CONCERNING AUTOMOBILES SEE THE TWINS 1300 St, Px 1870-1871 per, Florida Plant Superintendent | to expand and improve fts- sani- tary sewer system. We are ad- vised that the examing d'\isions |have completed their studies and jtoday recommended approwl to their respective agencies. I see* nO reason why final approval not be given and we should get definite answer probably a 1 next week.” — (Continued from Page One) Branner Farm Program. I stated my_ opposition to these Pad said Smathers, “My goal is to put the party on the path of Jeffersonian principles once more. We’re a nation of in- dividuals not a nation that must follow a party line. Like Governor Steveson himself, I will not put party above my own political prin- ciples. In this country we don’t de- mand 100 per cent regulation. The only party that requires that is the Communist. Either you conform or out you go.” Before listing the achievements jfor the county and city that have taken place in his administration, the Senator expressed his apprecia- tion of Rear Admiral Irving T. Duke’s efforts as commanding of- i ficer of the Naval Base to bring || Navy and civilian Key West closer. Among the problems worked out during his tenure in the House | | and Senate, Senator Smathers men- |tioned the financing for the 1,000 units of private housing for Navy | personnel at Sigsbee Park and | Peary Court; the work on the new | $2,100,000 sewer system; the appro- | priation of $495,000 for the water pipeline from Florida City to Key West; the transfer of Federal funds among various agencies so jthat the $1,000,000 debt of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commis- |sion to the RFC was absorbed yee the Navy acquired the pipe- ‘line, The Senator reached back to the days when an economy drive threatened 600 jobs at the Naval Base. It was through his efforts that the cut was cancelled. When the Veterans Administra- the habit who accepted the instrument as as a part of everyday life instead of a ‘novelty’.” He observed that first telephones in the country were made and used exactly 100 years after the idea was invented, the year of 1776. baie ase! eat pas telephone com- panies al personnel. In con- | te: lodera’ nection with this he mentioned his on. panrnecon yy saath own uucle, who was a sort of tele- northeast and gradually . diminish- phone A ras bo Key haben and | ing, a , " added tbat lephone we: was \ closely tted up with members of |, Florida: Fair tonight and Sunday. all comm unities. ve today. Warmer . Key Wes\’s present count of in- jacksonville thru the stalled phar.\es is 5,800 with a con- Straits and East Gulf of Mexico: siderable watiting list which will |Moderate to occasionally be added as soon as time and |0ortherly winds today material perm: tted. The staff, in moderate northeast to east s 1918, had five wr spent. Clear to partly cloudy weather. This was increased to 17, Western Caribbean: Fresh north- with an additional five to handle | east winds over north portion and long distance service. moderate east to northeast winds: Cold told how the .\ew building | over south portion today, Sunday addition was larger. t)\an the es- | moderate east to northeast winds tablished part because \it had to except occasionally fresh over ex- house the new dial equipment. He | treme north portion. Partly cloudy emphasized that the auton\atic in-| weather with widely geattered stallation would not decrea:‘¢ em- | showers, Ployment and that all the girls who had been with the local c'om- Pany for sometime would be Te- tained on full time. “There will Ne no dislocation of personnel,” he. underscored, “because sume of the operators have wanted time off and not such long hours. This takes care of the situation satisfactorily all the way around,” He also said that working con- ditions would be better with air conditioning; that air conditioning would also improve operations since it would reduce moisture con- tent and make repair work less frequent. Open house with new lounges for the workers, and other improvements on display, will not be held- until a later date because the old equipment has to be moved out first, \ Says Key West and Vicinity: te: Clearing tnt fae Sunde. . Clea '. Cooler tonight with “dene rising Highest yesterday Lowest last night ...0 Men ...... Noriwal ..... 80 ™4 1 Precipitation Total last 24 MOUS wacom OO ins. Total this month ..........« 0 ins. Deficiency this month ...... .29 ins. Total this year ... 5 Deficiency this year can 457 ins. Relative Humidity at 00 A.M, ae In the open forum, Cold answer- YOUTH PULLS (Continued from Page One) man and the policeman to the Cii} oe — search revealed tha sai ad in his possession ¢ knife and a flashlight.’ Another witness to the attemptel theft, Ullyses Ragland of 720 Wind sor Lane, reported that he hat spotted the youth as he smashe two windows in the parked cat Ragland identified Ball as the mat whom he had observed when bt viewed him in the city jail. Ball is being held in the county jail pending the signing of an af — Sa him. Justice of tht eace bury is e: ted te schedule a Preliminary eaten for the youth in the near future. Sinclair Pete —By - J. O. Hamilton “I couldn’t have, Sir... my’ pump’s gone dry!” You can’t go wrong by letting us relieve you of motoring worries, = what we take pride in do- U. S. No, 1 Terminal Service Station KEY west, FLA, DIAL 26341 2 ed questions about the new dial tion threatened to close its office in Key West thus forcing veterans leery saying that party lines to travel to Miami for all infor. | Would Temain party, lines unless mation and aid, Smathers fought plications eas hae = sire nd a its retention. He was success rapidly as possible. Actual date for His office eased along the trans- ee ee . actions by which Boca Chica was sold by Monroe County to the Navy for $65,000 thus providing that sum with which the county today has bought Meacham from its pri- vate owners the Key West Improve- ment Company, Even further back when Mayor Demerrit was in office, Smathers said, he and the Mayor worked out a satisfactory compromise on granting half of Poinciana’s hous- ing units for the Navy, and the other half for civilian Key West. “I said then and I say now, that the Navy. is the biggest in- dustry in Key West.” The fact that the Navy is here to stay is shown by the fact that | y the mortgage on the Wherry hous- ing is for 42 years, Senator Sma- thers said. “Assistant Navy Secretary Fran- cis Whitehair said when the fin- ancing of this project came up that the Navy Base will be in Key West for 42 years.” Another gain for Key West was the transfer of the Advance Under- water Weapons unit from New London, Conn. to Key West, Sma- thers said. Introducing Senator Smathers was Al Mills. Seated at the head table with him were Mayor and Mrs. C. B. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. Lou Carbonell, Admiral and Mrs. Duke, and State Representative and Mrs. Bernie Papy. TELEPHONE CO. (Continued from Page One) period. Phones installed jumped from not quite 2,000 to 4,277, a 291 per cent increase in installa- asked urgently that people refrain from rushing to the telephone just at midnight Saturday when the new system switches over. “Please In closing, Cold explained that the automatic system would im- Prove party line service because and everyone will be the system,” Cold said. Visiting Rotarians were Lundy of Eldora, Iowa; Ever THE NEW KEY WEST CITIZEN NUMBERS ARE BUSINESS ADVERTISING FRED J. DION, REALTOR DIAL 26404 Federal Savings & Loan Assn. DIAL 2.6441 Wao SAYS... Here you will find a store full of Practical Gifts for MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN at Popular Prices FOR THE WOMAN OF THE FAMILY... 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