The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 27, 1953, Page 10

% Young Key Wester Makes Comeback With Aid Of V.A. After War Injuries Howard Sanchez, Jr., Is Now In Business For Himself Here By DENIS SNEIGR The weather was cold. It should have been. The date was Jan. 11, 1951—mid-winter in Korea. A com- pany of American infantry slogged up a hill through the|everybody agreed that Sanchez mud. The sky overhead was a thick, gray overcast. The weather was cold. -It should have been. The outfit that had been holding it. The new men set up their radio and then waited. Scatter out and wait, they|fods and reels. were told. They did and that’s when the Red shell hit. Two men were severely wounded by shell frag- mants. One of them was a Key Wester — Howard R. Sanchez, dr. A fragment plowed through his left shoulder. He spent 14 months in one hospitel alone. When he was discharged, he still was severely disabled. But today, he is in business for) himself—assembling and repairing, yods and reels. aid and then he walked back down the hill two miles, A jeep picked him up, and took him to the bat- talion aid station. He was in a hos- pital in Japan for a week. Then he was shipped to the Army hospi- tal at Augusta, Ga. That’s where ihe spent 14 months, . , & = had wounded his right After he left the hospital at He'll never forget that winter day in Korea, He was given first Augusta, the Veterans Adminis- | tration took over. Before his.in- | A SPECIALLY BUILT JIG enables Howard R. Sanchez, Jr., to quickly and smoothly put wrappings on the rods he makes, As he turns the rod, the rod rides on roller-skate ‘wheels. And we'll bet the lady next door appreciates it, too. Consideration of others makes for friend- liness along the party line, 5 ‘SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY duction on Nev. 29, 1950, Sanchez had been a commercial fisher- man at Key West. The severity of his wounds knocked out any possibility of his returning to that job. After a series of tests and sev- eral sessions with a VA counselor, ought to have a job in his field| of greatest interest — fishing. It was decided that he should be ‘trained to repair and assemble On July 1, 1953, his training be- gan in an especially prepared work: shop. The shop space was leased in a bait house owned by his father on U. S. No. 1, just across the’ ] private instructor was hired to teach Sanchez. The instructor was Ralph Yellin, owner of Ralph's Tackle Shop here. intensive training, Sanchez was in business for himself. Today marks the cad ‘ot bis first. tell week of And he’s doing all right, He as- |sembles bamboo rods, Calcutta bamboo rods, and glass rods. These linelude trolling rods, casting rods and fly rods. He can put together a custom red to fit anybody's order and he can decorate it with the fan- ciest kinds of wrappings. When 4 reel is broken or becomes clog- street from the Key West city| docks, Because of the serious nature of Sancher’ disability and be- jable_ training facilities in this ares, a Repairing makes it spin like a new one. where Sanchez y. To save space, is hinged to one wall. The drops down out of REPAIRING DAMAGED REELS or corrosion-clogged reels is part of the service Howard R. Sanchez, Jr., renders in his work- shop. - Couples Flock To The Town Where Stars Were Wed DURANT, Okla., — Marryin’ Sams in Bryan County have been doing a land-office business the past three months—and it couldn’t have come at a better time. They haven't been the same since singer Rosemary Clooney and actor Jose Ferrer, walked in jon County Judge Seth Shoemake last July 13 to say “I do!” Young couples have been com- ling to town in droves to be mar- ried by the same judge who joned Rosemary and Jose. From Texas, Arkansas and throughout Okla- homa, blushing brides and grin- ning grooms are converging on the small community, demanding to be married at the exact spot hog Miss Clooney and Ferrer si e Shoemake is only too happy to oblige. The last Legislature passed a aw saying county judges could Let’s Elect City Commissioner Group 3 @ Experienced © Qualified @ Aggressive keep any fees they receive for performing weddings. Prior to that they had to pay the county $3 for leach ceremony and could keep anything left over. “It was a losing proposition since I usually didn’t get that much,” the judge said. Shoemake, who describes him- self as a “common ordinary gar- den-type county judge” confided the “pay is much better” nowa- days. The entertainers arrived quietly in Durant July 13, took their blood tests, then went to the courthouse ito get their license, Their mana-' ger explained they picked Shoe- make because they “wanted to be married by a judge of a court of record,” The judge says he isn’t the only | one to capitalize on the sudd upsurge in the marriage busines: “It’s almost like the old da: he reports, “when every marryin’ man in Durant had shingles out and solicitors working for them.” Police Help MESA, Ariz. uw — When Teresa Moreno complained to police last night about an annoying suitor, she found them understanding, to} say the least. | Patrolmen M. R. Claywell and! Tony Cordasco provided her escort service to the police station. On the way they picked up Henry | arcia, the male anta, was called to hear the dispute. He | took the quarrelsome couple aside, Meanwhile, police roused Mrs. Roy Franklin, deputy recorder. | She issued a marriage license. Of. | ficer Cordasco stood up as best man and Hunsaker read the cere- ACTRESS IS SUED LAS VEGAS, Nev. (#~Shelley Winters is being sued by a press agent, Russell Birdwell. for $4,750 which he claims is due him as 5 per cent of her earnings since June 1, In connection with the suit Miss Winters’ $15,000 weekly salary at the Flamingo Hotel here was at- tached. Birdwell’s complaint, filed yesterday, said the actress paid him $1,000 when the contract was signed but nothing’ since. After three and a half months of the way when not in use. His tools and supplies are stored in cabi-| nets. Stock for the rods as well as| finished rods are stored on over-| head racks. | Sanchez — 25-years-old and mar-| tied just eight months — is start-| ing a new life, and a new busi-| ness, He’s looking forward to a big, season, his first in businss for him-| self. | | “This January 11 is going to be ja little bit different from that one three years ago,” he said today.| “I'm going to be right here in Key 'West’s warm sunshine. “Maybe, just to make it seem better, I'll ever think a little about) that cold January day on top of a| Korean hill.” | Finished Product ms | HOWARD R. SANCHEZ, Page 10 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Coffee On The House EVERGREEN PARK, Il. w— Here’s a store that gives the cus-/ tomer a break—a coffee break, that is. | The branch of the Chicago Loop Fair Store takes time out each Fri- day morning to be neighborly with) shoppers. For one hour customers knock off shopping and have coffee and refreshments on the house. While they rest their feet and en- joy a snack, the store stages a) fashion show, has a critic give an oral book review or presents beau- Escaped Convict On “Most Wanted’ List Of The FBI He is Edwin Sanford Garrison, 53, known as “the Human Adding! yay out at “ ty hints. JR., left, and Ralph Yellin inspect some of the rods that Sanchez makes in his new workshop. Sanchez, seriously disabled Korean veteran, has started his own business.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch, VA Rules Scored OKLAHOMA CITY ®—Dr, Ed- ward J. McCormick, president of the American Medical Assn., Sun- day called the Veterans Admin- listration’s policy of admitting all |patients who sign a pauper’s oath la “threat to private enterprise.” VA care now is supposedly limit- ed to those who cannot afford to} pay, but the VA has no authority to question a patient’s application \for admission. | Dr. McCormick, scheduled to ispeak tonight at the Oklahoma |Clinical Society’s conference, said he foresees an expensive system of “free” government medicine unless VA regulations are modified. STANDARD OiL She's On Her Way SEE THURSDAY'S PAPER For Exciting Opening Specials! patch! mony, The happy couple left holding hands, Okla. POWs Honored I The native sons, presented Okla- homa’s new Cross of Valor, spent: a total of 35 years in enemy prison camps, So creas eee, made the parchment citat bearing his Signature, in the capitol here. 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