The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 11, 1953, Page 7

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‘Thursday, June 11, 1953 Page 7 Gala Celebration Planned At Marathon For Fourth Of July MARATHON - Plans for a triple-| Class A, B, C, and “free for all’ action public July 4th weekend | sections of the boat races, Trophy celebration under the auspices of| Chairman Chet Tingler is arrang- * Marathon’s American Legion Post| ing for additional trophy awards 154, were announced by Post Com-| this year. To date, it has been an- mander Dan O'Connell and Adjut-| nounced that trophy awards for ant John Castell. the several class winners will be Beginning with a two-hour free | made respectively- by The Reef fireworks display in Marathon’s| Resturant, Flamingo Restaurant, Chamber of Commerce area, the | OVeTseas Lodge, with the “free for festivities will start at about 8/ all” trophy donated by the mem- p. m. Saturday night, July 4th. {bership of American Legion Post Immediately following the fire-|154 and the Post’s American Le- works display, American Legion; | gion Auxiliary, The naming of ad- Post 154’s annual July 4th festival | ditional trophy donors will be made Dance will begin at the Chamber | Within the next week. It is antici- of. Commerce Auditorium. The} pated that at least 50 DORE: boats THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Dance, at which a popular Key West Orchestra will play, will be; open to the public. Minors will not } be admitted. Activities will reach an exciting climax Sunday afternoon, Ju) at 1 p. m., when the Legion’s 5th Annual Invitation Outboard Motor Boat Races will be held along the One Mile charted course in the Gulf waters behind the Chamber of Commerce Building. The com- petitive nature of this annual sports event will take on added signifi- cance this year with the announce- ment that the Marathon hosts :to entries from other Florida cities and towns, will have at least five speedboats of their own entered this year. In addition to entries | from the Key West Outboard Mot- | orboat Club, Repeat winner Frank Bowlen, Daytonna Beach, compet- itors from Homestead, Beach and similar areas, it is an- ticipated that this year’s races will attract racing enthusiasts from | other communities, as well as Nor-| thern tourists bent upon capturing | ehair was. built in 1300 on orders |i 1951, some of the ever increasingly tro- | of Edward I to enclese the famous \totals show. phies. In addition to the traditional | | will participate in this year’s races ‘and plans are being made to ac- comodate a capacity audience much greater than approximately | 1,000 spectators who have witness- * | ed the races each year in the past. As in past years, food and re- ireshments for race participants, their families and crews will be provided by the Post’s Legion Aux- iliary. Cooperating with the Legion Post will be the members of Marathon’s Volunteer Fire Department. The Volunteer Firemen, under the su- pervision of Fire Chief R. O, Bush- ea, will handle the operations of the July 4th night fireworks dis- play in the Chamber of Commerce | area, behind the Volugteer Fire Department Headquartérs. Post Adjutant John Castell, al-/ so serving as Arrangements Chair- “| man, will accept additional entries | Miami} for the power boat races at the | | State Highway Patrol Headquart- ers in Marathon. famous England’s coronation | | Stone of Scone which he captured in 1296. Capt. Fernandez Addresses Legion Captain Manuel Fernandez, cele- brated Korean War jet - fighter, was the guest speaker at the re-| gular meeting of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion, on Wednesday evening. The Legion- naires in attendance thoroughly enjoyed his discussion. Final plans for the installation of officers were completed for Sat- urday, June 20th. Details of the installation ceremonies will be re- leased at a later date. Melvin J. Edwards, General | Chairman of the 4th of July ob-| servance, outlined the plans for the | festive affair being arranged by the Post. Six new members were dbligated | and included Russell G. Whitehead, | Jacob Moser Jr., Edwin Mahoney, | Frank L. Martin, Robert N. Fleck, | and David Schrieber. OSS Officers To Testify WASHINGTON ®—Former offi- cials of the hush-hush wartime Office of Strategic Services (OSS) | were called by Senate Red hunters | today to testify at a public hear- ing. The Senate internal security sub- committee, seeking to show what | Chairman Jenner (R-Ind). has de-'| scribed as a “pattern of Commu- nist infiltration into government,” declined to identify the witnesses in advance. |FLOOD OF BILLS WASHINGTON (?-—Senators this year have introduced 2,061 bills—45 more than had been introduced the same time in the 82nd Congress the Senate bill clerk’s | hiewdsa | Subscribe to The Citizen | VICTORY CASH MARKET , 1028 Truman Ave. FIRST’ CUT Pork Chops 39c Spare Ribs Alc We Deliver BRISKET OF BEEF RIB Stew 19¢ Phone 2-2013 HEAVY WESTERN CHUCK ROAST 33c rw comer ROLL BUTTER « 69c THE SWEETEST STORY EVER TOLD FACTORY PACKED Sugar 5--9¢ WITH REG. ORDER OF $10.00 OR MORE — WITHOUT ORDER .,. 45 LUX SOAP Waldorf TISSUE 2 ris 15¢ Vi SWIFT'S PREMIUM ENNA SAUSAGE 2 = 33¢ ARMOUR'S EVAPORATED MILK 3 Cans 3% GOLDEN HARVEST TOMATOES Ideal DOG FOOD 2 25¢ Bake-Rite 3.6% 10 DAY HOME Trial Give him a Sunbeam Shavemaster for Father’s Day (June 21). 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