The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 31, 1952, Page 10

Citizen Staff Photo| was allowed in. No one out. Our WORLD-FAMOUS HILTON SIAMESE TWIN SISTERS were shown the beailties of the 1953 Dodge by Dan Navarro when they appeared in his show rooms here Saturday afternoon. The twins, Violet and Daisy, say that the Dodge is the car with the “easiest ride” for them. “We can ride for haurs in a car like this without tiring,” they explained. McCarthy Given '8 War Citations | WASHINGTON (# — Sen. McCar- thy (R-Wis) received six decora- tions for his World War II service from the Marine Corps this week almost eight years after his dis- charge. The presentation, in the senator’s office, was made by Col. John R. ;Lanigan, commanding officer of the Fifth Reserve Marine District. McCarthy, an air combat intelli- gence officer, flew 30 combat mis- sions in the Pacific. The citations—for the Distin- guished Flying Cross, the Air Med- al and four stars in lieu of addi- tional air medals—were signed by Secretary of the Navy Kimball. The Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded, in the words of the citation, “for heroism and extra- ordinary achievement...” Lanigan said the long delay in formal presentation of the awards was not unusual, Happy New | Year to all our friends and pa- trons. x May we take this mo- ment to thank you and to say that we look for- ward to serving of good health en- joyed ... of hopes realized ...and you in °53. dreams come true. Key West Outboard Sales & Service 116 Eaton St. Dial 2.3715 PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. 611 AMELIA at SIMONTON KEY WEST, FLORIDA In the giant book of time, we wish that chapter 1953 brings fulfilment of every joy and achievement you've wished for. We join with you in fervently hoping for a year of peace, brotherhood and prosperity for all the world. May °53 be a bright page for you. SOUTHERN ENGINEERING CO. 1118 WHITE DIAL 25021 Page 10 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, December 31, 1952 Drum Head Court Martial At Turn Of Century Recalled C. V. LUNN TELLS OF 1899 YELLOW FEVER QUARANTINE AND VIOLATORS BY SUSAN MCAVOY Key West has had everything in its long and colorful history, in- cluding a drum head court mar- tial. Charlie Lunn of 608 Grinnell Street whose middle name is Val- entine and who will be 75 years old on Valentine’s Day told. The Citizen the other day about the time 53 years ago when Key West was in the grip both of yellow fever and martial law. “On September 6, 1899,” Lunn said, “yellow fever broke out on North Beach where Senator Ar- thur Gomez’ widow lives now. “The commanding officer of the Army Barracks immediately put a quarantine or a chiain guard on our post here. We had 21 sen- tries around the barracks. No one More Forecasts For Coming Year By DOROTHY ROE AP Women’s Editor Since this is the season for re- trospect and forecast, I will join the parade and predict for 1953... That bangs will be the most popular hairdo of the year. That a number of baby girls will be named Mamie, and lots of baby boys will be called Ike. That just plain Americanism will become fashionable, and that parlor pinks will seem a little out of date. That there will be a Marilyn Monroe sweater and a Rosemary Clooney bathing suit. That an increasing number of jalopies will be decorated with the words “Little Mo” and that all feminine teen-age skaters will try to look like Barbara Ann Scott. That Vivien Kellems will declare an armistice with Uncle Sam’s income tax collectors and will be- come a television star. That Oveta Culp Hobby will set the millinery trend for 1953, and that Ivy Priest will inspire several thousand college girls to major in economics. That tiaras will be worn by 1953 debutantes, with a bow to Queen Elizabeth, though the common gar- |_ den variety will be made up at home from such rhinestone and Pearl necklaces as Happen to be at hand. That coronation white will be the color of the year, closely followed by Mamie blue. That the new girl favorites of TV will be wholesome, Betty Fur- ness types, with modest necklines and well-modulated voices, suitable to well-bred U. S. living rooms. That America still will be the best place in the world in which to live and enjoy it. as SPEND NEW YEAR'S EVE in the Beautiful Hotel La Concha’s Rainbow Room. Dancing 9 ‘TH? orders were to shout halt once. If they didn’t halt - shoot.” One night Lunn and his battery B were waiting for transportation to take them to New York. One of the non-commissioned officers discovered that 2 of his men were missing out of the battery. The commanding officer ordered “Call to Arms” blown. So the men all fell in grabbing their guns, bare- footed, and disheveled. The First sergeant called the roll. The two men were definitely missing. Lunn explained that they had sweethearts in town living close to the barracks. These two missing heard the call to-arms and tried to get back into the Army barracks the same way they had gotten out, through a hay loft, manure pit, through the grave- yard, and over the fence that was then at Newton and White Streets. As the two offenders tried to get back in over the fence they were captured. Six officers tried them in ten minutes. The verdict was simple and concises. Dishonorable discharge! They were then and there kicked out of the Army in what is called a drum head court martial. Lunn in reminisicing about these days said tha one of the most heart breaking cases of the quar- antine was the cook’s wife and child. They lived outside the Army barracks. He was locked up in- side. The cook's wife cried con- stantly outside the fence, and then returned to her home Oy Angela Street. The cook had to leave when the Battery left on the Clyde Mal- lory freight boat, Sam Martin. The boat has scarcely left port when the. wife died of yellow fever on October 7 and the child on October 14. The cook out at sea never saw his wife and child again. They are buried together in Key West’s Catholic cemetery. Of the battery, 19 men volun- terred to stay behind and keep charge of the Army post. Five out of the 19 died in the yellow fever epidemic. The bulk of Lunn’s Lattery pro- ceeded to New York to quarantine at Swinbourne Island in New York Harbor, then to. Fort Terry, 15 miles from New London, Conn. “We were in the Admiral Dewey parade when he came back from Manilla,” Lunn said. He and his battery were ordered back to Key West after the yellow fever subsided. But fever had broken out once more in the is- land city, so the battery never |reached here. Lunn reenlisted in 1902 and was once again sent to Key West. Something new had been added to his life, then, a native Key Wester Mamie Stickney. She was up in Newark, N. J. at the time. Lunn and she were married in the same church there in which her father and mother had previously been married | Lunn has been in Key West ever since. He worked on the Florida | East coast railroad. One day he was underneath one of the cars. A co-worker took a derailer down jthe tracks. Lunn “‘crawfished” to get out from under the wheels. | The fellow worker didn’t know that Lunn was underneath the train. He |started it’ crushing Lunn beneath jit. He loast his arm just below | the elbow receiving $7,000 dam- | ages and a lifetime job with FEC. \Crities Select \“Bests” For 1952 When the bells ring out at the stroke of midnight, may they ring in one o: best years of your life... with good health and abiding happiness for you and your family . . . with success for your highest ambitions and fullfillment of your most cherished desires. $1.25 per Person Our New Dear’s Ressliitians & To continue to provide you with electric service. a To keep your electric rates as low as possible... 36 To work toward making our comifimanity # which to live—through electricity. dependable, night-and-dag. | place in To All Of Bou, A Happy New Years | NEW YORK & — “High Noon” has been selected as the Best Film ;of 1952 by the New York Film Critics. | The critics also made dil , choices j i Best Actor—Sir Ralph Richard son in the British film “Breaking Through the Sound Barrier.” Best Actress—Shiriey Booth in “Come Back, Little Shebe.” Best Director—Fred Zinnemann for “High Noon.” Best Foreign Fil: “Forbidden Games Lake Superior navigation is cles- ed by ice about fouur months a year