The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 10, 1953, Page 3

Louis Latorre Is a . spraying over the area but La- Cited For Heroism torre crawled up on the tank, opened the hatch and pulled the men out, He was receommended for the Silver Star at that time but the Lieutenant who made the citation was later killed in action and the matter was forgotten. Latorre was wounded twice in the legs by shrapnel and is the Under Fire During French Campaign Louis E. Latorre, 8 Porter Place, received a surprise last week in the form of a long de- layed notification that he has been awarded the Silver Sar, one of the nation’s highest military decora- tions for gallantry in action while serving with the Army in Europe in. 1945. The Key West native already folds the Bronze Star along with several other decorations for hero- ism under fire but after spending a total of 11 months in the front lines in the Normandy invasion holder of two Purple Heart me- dals: His brother Julio Latorre has! Es been a prisoner of war ‘“‘some-' where in China” for the past two! | and a half years. | Married and the father of two} children, he is employed at the| THE KEY WEST ANGELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB of this city won the National Championship irophy \ Minister Is Bringing Hope To Others By DAVID SUMMERS | BUTLER, Pa. & — A young. | {quietly reasstring minister who | has lived in darkness for 26 years is bringing light into the lives of | others. The Rev. Melville D. Newman, | Lutheran pastor ot the nearby rural district of West Sunbury, has been blind since he was 10 years old. But the 36-year-old mini considers that an insign: his three charges heartily agree with him. Leaders of: the Pittsburgh Luth- eran Synod, of which Newman’s |lent memory and once he’s been dicap and the 550 parishioners of | Naval Station as a civil guard. for the best Uniformed club that participated in the contest at Daytona Beach, Fla. National Road parish is a part, are enthusiastic in | f-iday, April 10, 1°53 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 and give them the attention need-}trobe, Pa—Mrs. Newman's home ed? | town. worries were dispelled After he was accepted unani- ly, With bis wite ¢riving their | mously by the pavishioners, Mrs, . Newman visits his|Newman volunteered to read to After he fin- him. That was in May.| In August on he aid his wife | they were married, 2. Timothy, 7.| The couple remained in Latrobe inte the car and | until tate last year when the synod drive to next chureh in time = ‘ to hold services. | asked the pastor if he would like He doesn’t even need a cane,” to administer to the people of West ays Mrs Newman, a cane.” | Sunbury, a mach: bigger charge. Seaiieer Ue ;He preached atrial sermon and | the parishioners decided he was bi and Betha school teacher. ‘He has an excel- a" ted anywhere he remembers every the men ey vaniad. obstacle. The only worry we have | at home is that the children might | + RONG ARM BRAND COFFEE leave s lying about. But > t and seldom | Triumph ie bist ee is " typewriter | Mill them. He plays ; at and corrects any | ALL GROCERS sermons o: j and then reco: jthe sermon b jfaults in delive “Once,” he aille and campaigns in Northern :| 50—Legal Notices NOTICE OF BOND ISSUE : elates, “I played | ’ their praise of the soft-spoken /one of the talks and lay down on! clergyman, the only sightless min-| the couch to listen. Believe it or ister in the synod and one of four | not, I actually asleep listening | Races. Entered in the competition were the above, left to right, Myrna Johnson, Joe Johnson, Bob Daniels, Judd Bowles, Louis Gundy, Al Curry and Joyce Curry. This is the first time that the trophy had been in this state since 1940 and then it was won by a Miami club. Entering this contest for the WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS IN THE LINE OF FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS j $90,000 THE CITY OF KEY WEST, FLORIDA SANITARY SEWER REVENUE BONDS SERIES A DATED Aprjl 1, 1953 NUMBERED 1 to 900 Proceeds from the sale of these | bonds, and $300,000 Series B Sec- ond Lien Revenue bonds to be} purchased by agencies of the United States Government, and grants in the amount of $971,914 from agencies of the United States Government, will be used to Yinance the cost of construc- tion of certain additions, exten- sions and rehabilitation to the ‘° existing sanitary sewer system. Sealed bids will be received by the City Commission of The City of Key West, Florida, at its reg- ular meeting place in. the City Hall until 8 o'clock P.M., Eastern Standard Time, April 30, 1953, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read for $900,000 Sanitary Sewer Revenue | Bonds Series A of The City of | Key West, dated April 1, 1953 and | maturing annually on April 1 as follow: | 1957 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 vite. 1963 One of the men was already | 1964 and toe other — seriously ; 1965 :*, Machine gun fire was | 1966 900 | am | 1967 ‘ ~ M00] 1968 . . ) $1969 rrsieses 60 1970. ....... 41971 1972... 1973 1974... 1975° . 1976 .. 1977 .. 1978 ;1979 . Louis E, LATORRE .France and the Rhineland, he can’t “remember exactly what the decoration was given for - there was so much going. on.” 5 He was attached to the 8th Regi- ment, 28th Division. The Silver Star, however; is the result of an incident in which Latorre,, who was a Medical Technician giving first aid to front line troops, pulled two men from a burning tank. The tank had been hit with a mortar shelf and was burning and two noc-compissioned officers were LARGE HIPMENT SMALL | LADIOS Your Favorite Makes! § 48,000 | Denomination $1,000. 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The Sanitary Sewer Revenue Bonds being offered will be is- sued under and secured. by the provisions of an ordinance dated April 6, 1953, and the principal and interest of said bonds, and of all other bonds hereafter issued under the provisions of said or- dinance, will be payable solely from the revenues derived by the city from the operation of its sanitary system after there have first been deducted from said re- | venues only the expenses of main- | taining and operating the said | system. Bidders are requested to name the interest rate or rates, not ex- ceeding 5% per annum, in mul- tiples of % or 1/20 of 1%. If more than one rate is represented in the bid, all bonds maturing on the same date must bear interest at the same rate. No bid of less ‘than 98 and accrued interest from April 1, 1953 or for less than all of the bonds will be entertained, The bonds will be awarded to the bidder offering to purchase lowest interest cost to the city, such cost to be determined by deducting any premium represented in the — bid, or adding any discount represent- ed in the bid, to or from the ag- gregate amount of interest upon all of the bonds from April 1, their respective ma- turities, Proceedings for validation of jthe bonds by the Circuit Court of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida and County of Monroe were filed on April 7, | 1953. Delivery of the bonds is expected on or about May 22, 1953 at The First National Bank of Miami, Miami, Florida. The an- proving opinion of Messrs. Cr man and Cutler, Chicago, Illinois, | will be furnished without cost to the purchasers of the bonds, to gether with a non-litigation cer- tificate dated as of the delivery date of the bonds Each bid must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked “Bid for Sanitary Sewer Revenue Bonds’ | and must be accompanied by a certified or bank cashier's check for $18,000, payable uncondition- ally to the order of The City of Key West, Florida, on which no interest will be allowed. Award or rejection of bids will be made promptly, and the checks of un- successful bidders will be returned { the } immediately. The check of successful bidder will be held uncashed as security for the per- Your Grocer SELLS That Good { STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN j|——-TRY A POUND TODAY—— MON. SPECIALS al Excellent Rubber $695 OUR USED CAR LOT IS OPEN EACH NIGHT We Pm. NAVARRO, INC. USED CAR LOT OlaAL 2-INT had their bigg appea The Club is very proud to be able | 50—Legal Notices { formance of his bid, but in the} event the successful bidder shall} fail to comply with the term of | his bid, the check may then be ;eashed and the proceeds thereof retained as and for full liquidated damages. Whenever such terms | ‘shall have been complied with, tor if it shall be found impossible | to issue and deliver the bonds, jthe check will be returned. The right to reject all bids is reserved. THE CITY OF KEY WEST By Victor Lowe City Clerk apr16,1953 | COLOR LINE OFF IN Y. LODGE CHARTER | ALBANY, N. Y. W—A pioneer | law in New York state has strick- jen a ‘“‘whites-only” membership jclause from the state charter of the Knights of Pythias. Gov. Thomas E, Dewey yester- day signed the State Legislature’s first bill to scrap a discriminatory practice by a social organization. | The law directs the state Pythi- j ans to “omit any reference to race, \creed, color or national origin as }a condition precedent to member- ship.” | PHILI PPINE MINES | Pi—Dr. - Marvin} l Security A-| s ys de-} 1 mines the ampered by diffi- | cult geologic formations and lack rtation facilities, A expert, on ioan from the University of Chicago, de- fter inspection of coal de- doro isand that spe- was required e coal beds here tend to ope steeply instead of being generally horizontal as in the Inited’ States.” Mines now operating each pro- jduce agout 300 tons daily com- | pared to an average daily output of 5,000 tons in most U.S. mines. | Dry climates in the Andes south ,of the equator makes tempera- tures at the equator lower than those to the south. Forms designed to save time, priced to save you st worry over last year’s winners, who, in their opin- test is based on several points regarding the uniforms, the club, safety features, fit and the percentage of j ambulances go too fast? money The right forms streamline your opera- ean tions, Why not get our suggestions and prices. ‘Both make sense! DIAL 2.5661 THE Ariman Press ; 3 Y HALL in the nation. When the Rev. Newman first, arrived in West Sunbury several months ago, many of his flock had doubts about his ability to cope' with the task, a job to challenge, any preacher. The parish consists of three congregations, which means he must deliver three separate se mons each Sunday and travel 15 miles’ to get from ene church to the next, with only a half hour between sermons. Added to that, his parishioners were scattered on far-flung farms. How, they asked, would the new {pastor be able to meet them all Some doctors think so and have | brought the subject before the Duval County Medical Society. | GET RID OF “Only 4.2 per cent of all ambu-! YOUR DEBTS lance patients transported might possibly be called emergencies,” | c lidate Your Small \ + Bills With Money to bring the National Trophy to Seis Rockers Say' Ambulances Must Go A Bit Slower JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Do Dr. L. L. Parks said in the report | of a survey. And, he added: \ “It is believed that if the ambu- lances were required to observe | normal speed limits and not be! permitted to break red lights or use sirens, the number of lives | lost by observing normal traffic | regulations probably would not be | more than the number of People | injured and killed at the present time by speeding ambulances.” Seteeteerre come, MAYBE HE’D BETTER | Don’t Del. CHECK NEXT TIME | wdioicancide ae NEW DELHI, India, April 10 Telephone Today —A puzzled wandering Indian holy | man learned belatedly today why | 2-5684 a village mob beat hi mafter he taken for treatment, the holy man | FINANCE Co was told the housewife—who led | sé gave the traditional blessing— “may you be the mother of seven | eae Stee caleaey had nine anes | 604 Duval Ph. 2-5684 from TOWN FINANCE COMPANY Your loan can be made promptly with an easy re- payment plan of your choos- |] ing to suit your monthly in- sons’’—to a housewife who fed him | At the hospital where he was} to my own sermon.” | “Oh, no.’ Mrs. Newman re-! sponded to a questicn. “There are no special privileges around here. Everybod s share. The | reveren ishes, makes | the beds anc the children.” | The couple met in 1944. 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