The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 10, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOL. LXXIV No, 86 Papy On 7 Key House Committees Affecting Monroe County Affairs Heads Resolution, Committee And Is POLIO CHAPTER RENAMES) Military Groups On Roads, Health, JEFF KNIGHT AS HEAD State Representative Ber-| nie C. Papy has been nam- ed to seven committees of the House meting in Talla- hassee, most important of which is his chairmanship of the vital Resolutions Committee. } House continuously than any other member but one. His 20 year terms is the longest of any mem- ber except Elbert Stewart of Henry county. The legislator will be in a key position to guide all bills for | the state as well as the county as chairman of the House Resolutions committee. In addition to this post, he was appointed yesterday to serve with six other committees. On the Salt Water fisheries com- mittee Rep. Papy will start work on bills controlling the fishing in- dustry and promoting it in Mon- Toe county. On the Public Roads and High- way committee, he will study leg- istation on: the Overseas Highway and the bridges of the highway. His work on roads in the past years has heen notable, according Jaycees Slate Annual Caucus Here Saturday Sam Collins Is Elected To Serve As New President Of Local Group The Annual Caucus of the Seven- th District, Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held tomorrow in Key West, it has been announc- ed. The sessions will’ get under- way tomorrow with registration from 1:00 to 5:00 Pp. m. in the Jaycee Clubhouse on Flagler Ave- nue. State Jaycee president Burton Thornall, Miami, will be the guest at the two day affair which will also be attended by Richard Har- ; tis, Fort Lauderdale, district vice president. The new slate of local Junior Chamber officers, elected Wednes- day night, will be introduced at the caucus. Neblett Reports On March Of Dimes Campaign At Meet Jeff Knight, Jr., was unanimous- | ly re-elected to the chairmanship of the Monroe County Chapter for Infantile Paralysis at a meeting held last night at the Monroe County Clinic. Knight has headed the, group that has led the state for the past two years in per capi- ta contributions. At the same time, Paul J. Sher, who served as the treasurer of the 1953 March of Dimes Cam- paign, was named vice-chairman and Mrs. Peters was elected as secretary of the chapter. Merville Rosam was renamed as treasur- er. Monroe County March of Dimes Chairman William Neblett gave his report to the group on the re- sults of the 1953 campaign in |which per capita contributions {rose 20 cents over last year to 89 cents per person. This amount is eriough to lead the state this, Neblett said. The chairman reported that gross contributions this year ; amounted to $26,460.33 of which | about $2,000 represented donations from residents of the upper keys area. | Expenses of $93.34 brought the next contributions of the cam- KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1953 | TODAY AT NOON, the members of the Havana Militaty Acad- emy baseball team were honored with a luncheon given for them by the Chamber of Commerce at Ramonin’s Restaurant. Pic- tured are the team’s coach, Jose Jorge, center; at the left is the pitcher, Carlos Mori, and right is Joaquin Cillero, catcher, The team will meet the Junior League All-Stars tonigh tat 6:30 The team will meet the Junior League All-Stars tonight at 6:30 Citizen Staff Photo. ‘Speaker Bryant Charges Cheap Materials Were Substituted In Recent Remodeling Of Capitol State Legislature Is Told That Scout Group Off To Dry Tortugas Definite Proof Of Twenty-five Key West Boy Cheating Exists TALLAHASSEE (®—The Florida Scouts, accompanied by civilian Legislature started its biennial PRICE FIVE cents| City Arranges Contract For Street Construction to the amount of money Monroe County has received for roads. Of equal interest to natives, Sam Collins was elected to the | Paign to $25,516.93, Neblett added. Presidency to succeed Paul Es- He went on to laud all who took quinaldo who has headed the | part in the campaign as well as Key West, is Rep. Papy’s ap- | 9foup for the past year. Mervin | those who contributed. series of investigations today by jlaunching one at the request of the House speaker into remodeling and other construction projects. |hosts Andy Garcia and Norman | Kranich, left here at 7 a.m. to- jday on board the USS PCS 1385 for a day of fishing and sight- seeing in the waters near Dry Pointment to the Public Health and Safety Committee. It is this é son the timosquite legistation. The Keys ean look forward to active help from the state. on the battle against the insects if | the committee's proposed meas- | ure is passed. The Public Health | group also studies and acts upon measures to improve saftey. on the highways. Rep. Papy’s fifth committee ap- | pointment fs to the Social Securi- | ty group. Here he and his collea-) gues will try to write a better law | on the amounts paid to elderly | people, and will, try to prevent state agencies from cutting down the monthly payments to them | after the legislature has adjourn- ed. He will also serve or the Mili- tary and Veterans’ Affairs com- mittee. His‘inclusion on this committee is attributed to the fact that he represents this coun- ty which has such a large Na- | val and Air force installation. | Finally, in, recognition of Rep. | Papy’s long standing efforts for} better relations with Latin Ameri-; ca, he has been appointed to the} Interstate Commerce and asl procal Trade committee. A glance at these seven com. | mittees reveals that the legislator! is serving on the main committees | affecting the social and economic | welfare of the county. Baby Jasper’s Mom To Be Honored | Mrs, Jasper Walker, mother of seven month old Jasper Walker who was aided by scores of Key Westers in.a fight against a brain disease, will be the guest of honor tonight at the Key West Kennel Club. The evening has been designated e§ Shrine Night by the members) of the group: who were instru Mental in raising the funds which sent the baby to the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. ‘The hoy was at first thought to be incurably il, but examination by specialists there proved that, was not the case The Key West Kennel Club aided the drive for funds with the entire het proceeds of ome night at the track. A handsome trophy will be given by the local fraternal group; in appreciation of the part the Kennel Ctub officials played in the fund dr | Masonite - Plywood | Cmes Pine Calng STRUNK LUMBER YARD Diet 270" 120 Simenten St. Thompson and Joe Pinder were named to serve as vice presi- dents and Charles Fisherman will Serve as treasurer of the group. Bill Whitehead was appointed as recording secretary and” Helio Garcia was named correspond- ing secretary. The new board of directors of the group consists of &d Ervin,! Jim Keen, Tom Ketchings, -Joe Tilacqua and Louis Ovide. The new officers will assume their duties the first week in July, Following the registration for the caucis tomorrow, there will | be a cocktail party from 6:00 un- til 7:30 p. m. at the home of M. Ignatius Lester, Roosevelt Boule- vard, Saturday evening, an informal dinner and dance will: be held in| the clubhouse. Sunday morning at 8:00 a. m, there will be breakfast served at |the Jaycee clubhouse and the bus-| iness session will get underway there at 9:00 a. m. Social affairs on Saturday are open to members, their wives and guests, al Campaign Gets Underway Against} Rheumatic Fever ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. w—A nationwide preventive , campaign against rheumatic fever wa: launched today It is the first large-scale effort to put into general use the recently marshaled evidence that recur- rences of rheumatic fever can be prevented by daily use of penicil- lin or sulfa drug, The plan is to have some four million Americans—most of them school children—receive a dose of bone of the drugs every day for a period of years. The various state and local Heart Associations pledged themselves to the effort at the annual meeting of the American Heart Associa- thon (AHA), The project—to be undertaken by the state and local associa is designed to 1id the three per cent of the population who have had at least ome “bout” -of rheu matic fever. That's the malady which sponsible for m of the i. seast in children and a large share of beart trouble te voung adults. It causes more deaths in the first two decades of itife than all other re }communicable diseases taken to- gether Local heart ass furnish free penic or sulfa drug, or give actual treatment But they will take the in i communities towards ¢ doctors to use the hod—and also tows eds the puble om the scieatifie imdings. ions won't a in uragine “Words are inadequate to ex- press my thanks for the whole- hearted support without which our goal gould not-have been accom- plished,” Neblett added. “In his final report, Neblett made certain recommendations for the benefit of future campaign mani- | gers. He stressed the need for the appointment of a public relaticns manager for the campaign to | make better use of publicity med- ijums. In addition, activities such as | the Lion's Clu football game and }the annual street shows which raised several thousand dollars for the polio fight, should be expand- ed, he added. Certificates of merit were given | to seven polio fund workers in ap- preciation of their efforts in the campaign. They were: Louis Car- (Continued On Page Two) Man Is Fined $25 For Trespassing John W. Turner, 26, 621 Eaton esterday when he was found guil- | ty of trespassing. City Court Judge Enrique Esqul- j}naldo assessed the fine when the j testimony of four witnesses showed that Turner had been found in | the yard of a Charles Street apart- ment house, However, ‘the judge dismissed a peeping tom” charge saying that no evidence of moral turpitude jhad been uncovered.” Turner claims that imental lapse as the result drinking. A head injury incurred while he was in the service, re | portedly has made him unable “to hold his tiquor.”” He was represent. ed by attorhey J. Y. Porter. he had a Promenade Of 40 And 8 Tonight A special promenade of Voiture Locale 728. 40 and 8. will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the American Le- gion Home. Chef de Gare Joe Metzger announced today. Many matters cf import- ance are to be transacted. A fall attendance of the mem- bership is urged. RADIO DISPATCH CAB CO. DIAL 2-6655 DAY and NIGHT SERVICE i Street, was fined $25 in City Court} of | 3 Speaker Farris Bryant, Ocala, left the rosttum and spoke from| The trip was organized through his Seatawe® a member to-declare|the efforts of Captain 'W. H. he had’ proof of one. simall-instanee| TMesdell, USN. ‘Cofmm*rding Of- in which cheaper materials than | eee “9 Aapstige School. a | Lieutenant (jg) RB. M. Collins, Tortugas. | | conditions at the losis Hospitai tien fected affair it tive emp! full report made Specifications called for had been} USNR, skipper of the Navy pa- substituted in the Capitol work. | trol craft. He said he had information about| The boys and their Scoutmaster, more extensive substitutions on the |Commander T. C, Buell, USN, $700,000 Capitol jéb and on other | ™aking the trip today are mem- state building projects. He zskeq{bers of Troop 54, sponsored by for and got authority to name a!the Key West Lions Club. {committee to investigate work on! Next week Boy Scout Troop 52, | All state buildings, sponsored by the Key West Rotary | Walter E. Keyes, who as director Club, is scheduled to make a }of the State Improvement Com- 9ay-long cruise on board another | mission had general supervision of Navy vessel. And each week there- | the work, said if the speaker “has after, different Seout troops in the | that proof, if he has that informa- 4rea will be invited by the Navy | tion, T think it should be inyesti- © make similar cruises. | gated. : “We'd like very much to know V R it. We'll start looking into it our.| ¥ OL€ egistration selves. I don’t see how it could ° . have happened. We certainly were- | C Sl 1 Mi n't a part of it.” | ontinuing ow y On another investigative front, | ? | Rep. Alexander of Liberty County| After a brief spurt last week, | Proposed appointment of a five-|Tesistrations for the November member joint House and Senate |General elections “have slowed committee to inquire into adminis- | down to a walk, Deputy Supervisor tration of state welfare program | °f Registration Agnes Lowe re- | during the next 60-days and in the | Ported today when she said that | two years between the end of this | Only 1,951 voters have appeared at session and opening of the 1955! her office in the ¢ity hall. Legislature. With an estimated 10,000 voters Two lawmakers had something | ¢xPected to sign Gp for the elec- to say about the attorney general's | tion in which at least three new invesgitations into conditions at the | City commissioners will be re- | Southwest Florida Hospital, Tam-| elected, city officials fear a seri- ip: jous jam will result if Key Westers | Tapper, Port St. Joe, said! do not appear earlier. The office Tampa Tubercu-| is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. re not as serious | daily and from §:90 a.m. until noon He said opera- Saturday ospital are not af-' Naturalized Americans are again at the Tampa hospital | asked to be sute and bring their ed only an administra-; papers with them when they regis- Rep. Morgan said a/ ter, Mrs. Lowe. advised. e probe would be eaveatntnena EMINEM SRE IE LEN HR rvin said he is in-’ Free Damce Sat. Nite e employes of the, FLEET RESERVE ASSN. HOME is Board at the . See ds itself. C. P. For Mem a ig s 3 manager of 8:38 P.M. ‘til 2” Door Prize the Tampa hospital has been Brest poem van missing since he was ordered to Comtauad On Page Two) BLUE NOTES ORCHESTRA TIC - TAC - TOE TRIO EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION THE LADY ARMSTRONG DUO Dining - Dancing Never #Cover or Minimum Jury List For Court Released 65 Residents Of Monroe County Subpoenaed To Serve At Trials The following 65 men have been subpoenaed for jury duty to report at the Courthouse, Mon- day, at 10 am., Crimin:d Court Clerk Harry Dongo announced today: Dalbert E. Johnson, Neil C. Shea, William Meyers, Clyde W. Montgomery, George Schreiber, Clarence V. Allshouse, O’Neal O. Stirrup, Charles L. Albury, Ben- jamin E. Carey, Carl B. Johnson, Auto Inspections Proceeding Slowly At least two thousand Key Westers face penalties for fail- ure to obtain Auto Safety Inspec- tion Stickers before next Wed- nesday’s deadline. As of today less than two thousand of an anticipated four thousand had been checked by the machine at the Number Two Fire Station, Seidenberg Avenue at 12th Street. Failure to apply for the safety checks before April 15th will re- sult in the assessment of a one dollar penalty. Violators must prove that they are new to the city if they appear affer the deadline. Motorists given tags by police for driving without stickers will be assessed @ two dollar penal- ty. City Manager Dave King said Bert Eugene Buckley, Horace S. Hudlow, Nilo Diaz, Gerald R. Steadman and Henry R. Can- field. Andrew J. Taylor, Charles A. Saunders, Paul R. Monsalvatge, ! Sr. Thurman Sands, Charles I. Park, Jr, Armando Fernandez, Joseph C. Johnson, Gerald G. Lopez, Eugene P. Marshall, Ar- thur L, Curry, Thomas R. Gibson, William F. Albury, James H. Ca- rey, Edward Goehring and John W. Wells. Payl O, Thompson, Albert | Mouradian, Jr., Stanford Wat- kins, Hilton R. Curry, George W. Malgrat, Jr., Marion W. Mc- Hugh, Cecilio Santana, Harold \E. Russell, Merville E. Rosam, George Aston, Walter O. Jolin- ' Jr, Cruz, Joseph J es ding cin Cc. Plow- man and Diego Gonzalez. Milton M. Roberts, Jr., La Van H. Braxton, Oscar L. Milian, Wili A. Knowles, William B. Russell, Joseph A. Almyda, G. C. Mc- E. Shepherd, Vitgil A. Shiver, Norman. Roberts, Jr., George ‘R. Koch, Ira Cash, Earl A, Sawyer, Vance. C. Stirrup, E. V. Kins- man, George B. Albury, Albert | Albury, George V. Perpall and/ Jack Swift. TODAY IN THE LEGISLATURE By The Associated Press House: Voted to launch investigation in- jto recently completde Capitol re- modeling job after speaker says! | substitute materials were used. j j; Received proposal to have Leg-} \islature investigate tntire state | welfare program. } Received first of expected flurry | of bills to raise school teachers’ | salaries. Recessed until 10 a. m. Monday. Senate: i Heard speech by Sen. Tapper} that conditions at tuberculosis hos- | pital at Tampa not’ as bad as/ Teports indicated. Received teacher pay raise bill. | Heard report from Rules Com- mittee member that Hodse would go along on rule to ban introducing | of racing bills in last 20 days of | | session. } Recessed until 3 p. m. Monday. ‘Reports Labeled | “Preposterous’ TAIPEH, Formosa (®—National-' ist China's foreign minister today | labeled “preposterous” reports that | Washington is considering a Ko- ‘rean settlement based om (1) a/ | boundary line across the narrow! | waist of the peninsula and (2) a! U.N. trusteeship for Formess. =| “Too preposterous to deserve |USMC, gave an informative today that “there will be no ex- tension of the time limit.” Toppino Co. Agrees To $20,000 Pact For Building The city commission, at a special meeting held yes- terday afternoon, approved a resolution granting a con- tract amounting to approxi- mately $20,000 to the Top- pino and Sons Construction Company for street build- ing to be. completed soon. The agreement cited the fact that the Toppino Company has al- ready completed street building in the area concerned, amounting to $31,221.35 without compensation from the city. At least $20,000 more will be spent for streets in- cluding the following thorough- fares: Seminary . Street, from Thompson to Ashby; United Street —E— Legion Revea Plans For Its Caneer Benefit Show To Take Place In Wiekers Stadium Thursday, April 16 plans have been made 16, was LeVan Reber, Chairman, during the regular meeting of Arthur Sawyer Post No, 28, American Legion, on Wednesday evening. Cown, Robert V. Smith, Robert]. The events get underway at) the commission voted to 7;30. p.m. with the raising of the flag by the Key West Guard of Honor. The Key West High School Band will perform. Miss Lona Allen, local baton twirling exhibitionist, will entertain those in attendance. A beautiful ground fireworks display has been ar- ranged. An all-star baseball game will follow with the Key West All-Star’ Team versus an All-Star Team from the U. 8. Navy in the Key West area. All proceeds will be given to the 1953 American Cancer So- ciety Crusade. The public has been urged by the American Le- gion to support this show and the worthy cause for which it has | been arranged. During the meeting, delegates |to the 10th District Conference to be held in Coconut Grove on Sun- day, April 12, were chosen. Dele- gates include Post Commander Vance C. Stirrup, Post Adjutant Bethel P. Johnson, Harry J. Metzger, Judson Stephens, John W. Miller, Robert C. Sheldon, An tonio Arango, Jr. Lewis Bays, and Norman C. Kranich. Finai nominations ‘for officers were made with the annual elec- tion set for April 22nd. The con tenders for the office of Post Commander are Bethel P. John son and Norman C. Kranich. ht was voted to present the Key! | West School Band with aU. §&. Flag for parade purposes Antonio Arango, Jt., Post Chair. man for Junior Baseball, indicated elaborate plans have been formu- lated for the opening game of the 1953 American Legion Baseball League at Wicker's Stadium on May 6 Assisting Arengo are Le- gionmaires Claude Veidex and Perry McCullough. Paul L. Mesa, Jr. Chairman Post's Building Committee. geve an outline of the progress of the complete renovation of the cla’ facilities that are now underway. The date of the official opening nounced shortly. First Lieut. Birney A. Adame, ad | dress to. the Legionnaires on the Keep Our City Cl (Continued On Page Two: ATTENTION PLEASE! ean BY CALLING DIAL 24735 or 2.5774 We Buy Ali Kinds of Sunk... All Kinds of Scrap Metal 12) SUAONTON ST. Street; | to Catherine Streets. | The streets } } : laney opposed terday’s 5 Delio Cobo was al At their meeting ¥ night, Day Toppino Company $20,000 for ps already completed, but City Finance Director Charles berts said that he could not jegal- ly issue a check in the absence of j@ contract or agreement between (Continued On Page Two) ee Nurses Meet ‘To Organize ‘Sub-District j { i On All Duties |. Monroe County Registered | Nurses are organizing a sub-dis- | triet of District 5 of the Florida {Nurses Association at Monroe |General hospital. tonight at |P.m., i was announced, Leading state’ officers and those of the district will attend this organizational meeting. The group hopes {to enlist ff (Fegistered nurses in the coun- ty. It will Bave as one of its alms, the insistence upon only regis- tered nurses receiving RN pay. There are instances, it was said, of practical nurses posing as R. Ns, Officers of the now group will aise be elected Fridey. Among the leaders coment, N.s., will be Mrs. Helen Shearston, executive secretary of the Florida Nurses Association; Mrs, Marjorie Gerdner, awistant executive sec 3 erine Frene pe District &. 4 ex int * the sub-diste _ ‘Dr. E. Gonzalez ANNOUNCES . , , | That He Will Resume | Practice In Key West On | Monday, April 13