The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 3, 1953, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Mrs. ¥OL. LXXIV No. 132 R. Noble's Charge Against Mrs. Marian Stark Tabled By School Board Speech Teacher Is Unanimously Upheld By Board For Second Time |Key Westers Whe Marian Stark case flared into fire for more than an hour last night and was th en extinguished by an unan- Speculate On e fmous vote of confidence for Mrs. Stark, KWHS teacher, Job Choice . the second time in one month. Last night the charges against Mrs, Stark were brought by a member of her own sex, Mrs. Ralph Noble, mother of two chil- dren not taught by Mrs, Stark. Mrs. Noble had written her eomplaliits against the public speaking teacher to the School Board in compliance with the y 5, that all be in writing, and aired at a clos- ed hearing. The School Board with four members voted to table Mrs. No- ble’s complaints. Concensus was that the Stark case had been settl- ed once and for all on May 5 when Mrs. Stark~ vindicated herself a- gainst her former accuser Will E. P, Roberts, father of Billy Rob- erts. The accusations last night, ac- to Board Member Earl in were only rehashing those dy answered by Mrs. Stark. Neble who, appeared at the 8 p. m. meeting of @ Board in the Courthouse, even juvenile delin- rotected by anony- teacher, p Mrs. is supposed to pro- tect her pupils, not make indis- ¢reet remarks about them in « public. She caljed Mrs. Stark to task for sending her own daugh- fo private school, while she @ teacher in the Monroe \ County public schools. é ‘k said crisply in her that it was no business of Mrs, Noble’s what school her child attended. But that as a matter of record the youngster ‘attends pri- Yate school because only there @an she get transportation to and to Billy Roberts, the speech teacher said his reputation was “common knowledge” throughout the school. She questioned Mrs, Noble's knowledge of the Pasade- ‘ma affair, steting that she could not know it well enough to say whether or not it was comparable 6 the Key West school situa- Mrs, Stark's written Statement to the Board, Mrs. No- ble asked if she could read an add- itional statement. Chairman Ger- ald Adams granted her this re- She asked how could parents @ooperate with teachers when a feacher used a boy as target in @ Verbal battle with parents. She apart all the details of Stark’s accusations against Billy Roberts, At the conclusion of this state-| tent, Member Duntan said: | “I think this: case was settled at | @ publie hearing. The case was in| the two weeks before the} betting. At that time Adams ask; } td Mf there was anyone else who! wanted to be heard on the case. | ‘The things you have brought here | (Continued On Page Two) Recruiting Sgt. Here Next Week The United States Army and U. S. Air Force Recruiting Ser- geant will be at the Selective Service Office, Key West post- office, on June 8 and 9 for the purpose of accepting application for the United States Army, Avi- ation Cadets, WAC‘s and WAF’s, as well as the Army Technical Training program for high School graduates. ——— | Tentative OK Civen Juvenile Space In Jail State Prison Superintendent > Must Approve, Too The first floor of the new jail will be altered to make room” for juvenile detention space next fall, if the plans are approved by the State Superintendent of Prisons, it was agreed at County Commission last night, The Commissioners approved the request made by Joe Allen, chairman of the public health and welfare committee, that funds be set aside in the 1953-54 budget for ties the extensive renovations. Allen brought to the Commision- ers the opinion of leaders in the youth field who met at a special conclave last week in the court- house, They agreed’ that space in the new jail was the only tempor- ary solution that seemed practic- able when youngsters must be de- tained away from their own homes, The renovations suggested for the first floor of the new jail in- clude the removal of the two pad- ded cells which occupy the floor now, They will be moved to the old jail. Estimates-of the cost of the re- novations will be asked for imme- diately, following the Commis- sion's action. The amount will then be set in the new budget which Goes into the full discussion stage at the July meetings of the Com- mission, Approval: of the State Superin- tendent of Prisons was stated a: necessity before any budgetary action could be fortheoming. ‘ NOTICE! New Location!! Ralph's Tackle Shop 520 DUVAL STREET, OPPOSITE STRAND THEATRE Formerly 515 Fleming Street Monroe Theatre Sun., June 7 thru Wed., June 10 City May Have Tough Time In Obtaining King’s Replacement Here Key Westers are speculating to- day on who will be their next city manager but the city commission may have difficulty finding a suit- able replacement for Dave King | manding officer U. S. Naval Base who submitted his resignation Monday night. No plans have been announced | buildings housing terminal facilit- by city officials for replacing King in the city’s top administrative post, but some quarters have in- dicated that it will be necessary to find a competent engineer since the city manager will have the responsibility for the supervision of the construction of the city’s new sewer system. About 90 per cent of the men employed as city managers in the nation are pro- fessional engineers. At this time, there are only about 25 cities in the country seeking city mana; and such qualified men, those in- formed say, ean get a good job within two ~ they are that much in | nd. The present city manager gave as the chief reason for a the fact that his control over the police department in particu- lar, has been weakened to the ex- tent that he cannot do the job jus- e, The city charter states that when the qualifications of prospec- tive City managers are consider- ed, emphasis should be given to experience’ and knowledge of ac- cepted practices in city manage- ment. ‘ When the charter went into ef- fect, it was necessary that the first city manager not be a resi- dent of the city of Key West. Bar Owner Is Fined $20 In City Court Jack Grey, owner of Jack and Beta | County To Meet Che Ken We ¥ THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. ¢ KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1953 With Navy On Airport Lease 21-Year Lease Needed To Obtain Funds For Terminal Monroe County must have at least a 21 year lease on land adja- cent to its own Meacham field to obtain CAA funds for building an airport terminal, it was announced at County Commission meeting last night. The CAA informed the Commis- sion that its present five year lease of land from the U. S. Navy is inadequate for compliance with the Federal Airport act. Monroe county purchased Meac- ham field from Key West Improve- ment Inc. last year. Land needed | for the airport terminal, however, was obtained by lease only from the Navy. Since CAA-requires at least a 2. year lease for granting of terminal constuction funds, the County Air- port Committee will meet with Rear Admiral Irving T. Duke, com- to request lease extension. At present there are two frame ies of the two airlines sevving Key West. Serving on the Airport Commit- tee which will meet with the Ad- miral are Chairman Clarence Higgs, Commissioners Harry Har- tis, and Frank Bentley. The County Commissioners also voted last night to name the Flo- tida National Bank as a deposit- ory for County Funds, The short meeting adjourned be- fore 9 p. m. Senate Hears Sc ee Breakdown On, ° t Hospital Aid WASHINGTON: (}—Dr. John Ww.) Cronin, chief of the division of | hospital facilities cf the Public Health Service, has given a Senate appropriations mittee a breakdown on how the 50 million dollars approved by the House for | hospital construction aid would be | allocated in the year starting July 1, provided that total is voted by Congress. Dr. Cronin said that in 14 states local sponsors of hospital projects under the Hill-Burton act will haye to raise more money themselves or suspend construction underway and defer projects ready to start un- less Congress votes more money than the $50 million the House has approved, : Dr. Cronin emphasized that state authorities administering the Hill-Burton act will make the final decisions on federal aid to individu- al projects. | He detailed the situations where | more federal aid has been ear-| marked than would be available | under a 50 million dollar national | Program, These include: | Florida — allotment, $1,245,371; | earmarked, $1,412,682, a difference | of $167,311, Projects and their 1954 | share as originally programmed | . | include Fish Memorial Sanford, | $160,000; Munroe Memorial, Ocala, | $150,000; Broward, Ft. Lauderdale, | $140,000; St. Vincents, Jacksonville | $182,500; St. Lukes, Jacksonville, | $63,750; Hope Haven Jacksonville, $37,500; District laboratory and} public health center, Jacksonville, | A. The Associatéd Press Teletype Features and Photo Services. For 72 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CENTS Principals Get $400 A Year Pay Increase Across The Board Raises For All Teachers, Sec’ys And Janitors In a surprise move last night the School Board voted a $400 per year increase to each of Monroe County’s seven school principals. The action taken on the motion of Member Earl Duncan pro- vides that the jump of $400 will be added on to the present sal- ‘ies of the school heads, bring- the top salaried E. O. Schy jitzer of Key West High School to $6,400 annually The raise applies to the com- bination principals teachers at Sue Moore School, Marathon and Coral Shores, Islamorada. The move to raise pay for princ- ipals came after the final adop- tion of across the board $350 a year raises for all teachers in the Monroe county school system. It was followed by raises of $300 a year for office workers and secretaries, in the school sys- tem; $120 a year raises for janit- ors; $120 a year increases for maintenance workers; $300 a year raises for bus drivers and a raise for Joe Cates, maintenance super- visor. Harold, @terton, wand leader and, Tom. ley, music director at KWHS were also raised $350'a year. The teachers’ raises are part of a state minimum foundation fin- anced increase. Part of the in- crease comes from funds, and part from Monroe ity funds, The raise for the cipals, how- ever, comes out of Monroe county funds, exclusively, } The School Board“also approved sending out the regular and con- tinuing contracts for some of the teachers for the coming year. The total number of contracts were not available last night, Seven of nine teachers were giv- en continuing or lifetime contracts on the recommendation of the prin- cipals. Two were given additional year’s contract, not continuing, but probationary. O'Bryant said that the pay rais- es for teachers are designed in such a way as to offer inducements to teachers to remain a second year in the school system. For example a Rank III teacher! hired at $2850 will automatically go up to $3150 her second year. Examples of the new salary scale | under the general $350 increase are that a teacher with an MA degree, can receive a maximum of $4,350 a year or $435 a month. A Rank I teacher can receive a maximum of $4,750 a year or $475 a month. These figures are for the ten months of the school year, where as raises for school principals are on the basis of 12 months work a year. Earl Duncan moved that the ac- tion taken by the Board in January | against hiring Harold Cates as a | janitor since his son Joe was °s Dog Track Bill Dies Tuesday | A special bill permitting sum- | mer dog racing in Monroe Coun- | ty, introduced by Representative | Bernie C. Papy in the State Leg- | lature, died in a Senate commit- | | ready employed, be rescinded, a: Papy Outbids Cook On Keys South Of Torch $701 An Acre Bid By Solon On Keys In Atlantic State Representative B. C. Papy was high bidder on two small Keys south of Little Torch and north of New Found Harbor Keys, at the State Cabinet land sale yesterday. Papy out bid Perey A, Cook, owner of Cook’s Island in the New Found Harbor chain, whose base bid was $200 an acre. ' The State Representative upped it to $701 an acre. The islends are very small but located near navi- gable water, and near the desir- able New Found Harbor area, which is south west of Big Pine. Benjamin Bernstein of Toppino and Sons bought 14 acres of bay bottom in the straits of Florida, off Stock Island, at the same sale at $150 an acre, Kirbey L. Me- Clain, Jr. bought 34 acres: of bay bottom off of Raccoon Key at $200 an acre. ? & The Trustees of the nal Improvement Fund’ on requests that Long: Point Key, aj Stanley Switlik. He Objections were filed against Si- Tugo’s purchase, according to the AP, by Arthur Gibbon on behald of Clem Price. Two Trainmen Die In Wreck Eee er In Virginia MANASSAS, Va., WHA Wa: - ton bound passenger train cree into a standing freight train near this Northern Virginia town today killing two trainmen. Ten passen- gers were shaken up. The engineer and fireman of the Southern Railway Diesel passen- ger engine were crushed as the locomotive ploughed into the of freight cars. Freight crewmen in the caboose saw the passenger train in time and jumped to safety. Trapped and killed in the cab struction, Horace O’Bryant | get- more ‘out Navy Plans Half Million Dollar Communications Center In Dade Charleston Naval Officials Are Negotiating For 240-Acre Site The purchase of some 240 acres of land near Home- stead is being negotiated by the Navy for use as the site for the construction of a half-million dollar communica tions center, officials of the Sixth Naval District Head- quarters have announced. : The tract is situated on the Old Dixie Highway, just south of Florida City. Douglass Schl. Publgewcie Such cok teibebe Crisis Brought | Before Board the construction of barracks, mess halls, service and utility buildings as well as extensive road buflding, Colored Leaders Urged To Act Now On Their has been completed, School Problem Key West's colored community was urged to express itself on the need for getting more for their money out of Douglass, school, by the School Board at its regular meeting last night. Three parents of Douglass stu- dents appeared at the mecting,! por hnatag the Regular Fellows lub. Spokesman Arthur Sands ‘said that his group felt that the school situation had been misrepresented to Superintendent of Public In- by Douglass parents. ‘e want to do our best to im- you that we feel we should ed that the project will in no way affect local operations. There will be no cutback in personnel at the Naval Station, they declared, The station will have a com- plement of from 50 to 60 enlist. ed men and about four officers. No announcement was made re- garding civilian employment in the activity, Reason for locating the commu- nications setup in the Homestead area is the fact that the radio re- ception quality there fits the Na- vy’s standards admirably, The land being purchased has already been subdivided and the Navy is currently negotiating with the separate owners of the par- cels, No date for the actual start of construction kas been released al- though a preliminary contract for design work has jo sod ge to a Miami engineering 3 - A statement released from Char leston, indieated that security con-, siderations prevent disclosure of detajled information about the pro- Naval officials here have reveal- 4. Issue at controversy seemed to be the suggested changes in tea- ching jobs made by Prinicipal Roy Allen. Allen recommended dismis- sal of two teachers but rescinded his own action when he himself resigned, it was said. Now the action on these teachers /ppe Keys, KW Plan of the Diesel locomotive were En- The freight was a Chesapeake & Ohio train, No. 98. The C&O uses the Southern tracks at this point. The passenger train, No. 30, was only about a half hour out of Wash- ington when it piled into the stand- ing freight a mile west of here about 6:45 a.m. (EST). O'Bryant pointed out the need for new busses on the Mara’ and Islamorada run. He for a statement of prices will be available at Board meeting in July. A requisition of $7,087.4 E. Bennett was paid by the LOGUN'S PRESENTS TONIGHT and EVERY NIGHT for Your TIC TAC TOE TRIO Dining ... Dancing Sunging Ne Cover Ne Minimum OPEN ‘TIL 400 AM. Feuer aly 4 | EF will go to the Board of Trustees of the School system, ‘Bryant said. O’Bryant told the three man del- agation that there were a couple of weeks in which to get public opinion mobilized for bettering the Douglass school situation. They were urged to call a meeting. Also on the delegation were Rob- ert Butler and Cyril Fisher of the | lodge will journey to Thursday night for an interlodge meeting with Key West Elks, Club, g Board To Meet Monday The Board of Equalization will | meet on Monday night, June 8th in the City Hall for the Joint Meeting First Joint Meet Of Inter-City Lodges To Be Gala Event Elks from the Florida Keys Key West This will be the first inter-clty lodge meeting ever held by Key from Key West and five candidates from the Upper Keys Lodge. ‘This will be the first class to be of considering the 1953 tax roil, it | initiated by the new officers of Key has been announced. The panel, which is made up of West ladge, A shrimp enchilada dinner will the members of the city commis-|be served after the meeting. sion, met at the close of last Mon- day night’s commission session and then recessed. No corrections in assessments sary for those wishing such cor- A large number of the Keys Elks are expected to. to Key West a large turn expected. Visiting Zlks are ‘s tax payers. It is neces-| ed. for out The class will be initiated (Continued On Pase Two) Man Forfeits Captain W. H. Tryes@el of the Fleet Sonar School forfeited his bond of $39 In City Court yester- jday after he was arrested Monday JET BASE, Korea ® night on charges of reckless driv. ginecrs. allegedly traveling Tt was the second Sabre a rate of speed, CORNER of GREENE and ELIZABETH STREETS Ice Cold Watermelons FREE DELIVERY PHONE 2-6134