The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 29, 1953, Page 8

whe Groups To Share Community Chest Funds EVERYBODY BENEFITS... EVERYBODY GIVES COMMUNITY CHEST MANY canrarens i» ONE ing through training in first aid,| The Community Servicemen’s} The Key West Youth water safety’ and simple.nursing Center located at 711 Whitehead|Provides a Repu program - Fe skills Street was organized as a demons-|voted mainly to the needs of fully screened by. a Community)”” * : tration by local citizens and Naval|younger “teenagers.” This center} Chest committee to make sure that, The Key West Chapter is head- personnel to meet the spiritual so-|is opened on Tuesday nights with donors will get full value for their ed by the Rev. Ralph Rogers. Mrs. cial, educational, recreational and/activities which include a wide charity dollar, Carola R. Nettles is the Executive welfare needs of the members of Variety of games, crafts, wood Organizations interested in al- Secretary. the Armed Forces and their fami-| working, ete. : most every phase of charitable’ The Monroe District, South Flo-jies. A daily program of activities! It is a non-denominational pro- work are represented in the Chest|rida Council, Boy Scouts of Ameri-|is promoted with an average daily|@tam of supervised recreation lineup. ca have also been approved as attendance of from 60 to 250 par-|through crafts for youngsters from For example, the Key West chest members. The Boy Scouts ticipants. Father John H. Reese is the sixth grade through Junior Committee of the American Heart are busily building character today|the chairman while Mrs..Marie S./High School, using coth volunteer Association, headed by Dr. Her-|in the men of tomorrow—a com- Welters is the Directress. land professional leadership. Aver- man K. Moore is devoted to the munity-wide educational and recre-| Mrs, Neil Saunders, is chairman @8e attendance is about 60 per fight against diseases of the heart ational program for boys 8-18 years of the Monroe County Council Girl) week. Mrs. Grace Crosby is chair-| prey hacbaagee Laney: oes te old, for all races, creeds and color,/Scouts of America, a leisure-time, prerperostionia Winston Jones is ives are now being enjoyed by'stressing citizenship, physical fit-\character building organization for the e those who suffer from heart di- ness, aed moral development.| girls 7 to 17 years old. Emphasis) The Monroe County Juvenile sease. Training in Scout craft stresses pa-lis placed on citizenship training,| Council was instituted to study) Could anything be more worth- triotism, courage and self-reliance./e9mmunity service, worth while the major needs, problems and While? | Cub scouting is for, boys from|recreational activities, develop-|Conditioas affecting the lives, par- Twenty-five years ago, 50 Per the age of 8 through 10; Boy Scout-\ment of inobbies and outdoor life,|ticularly of children and youths cent of people who had coro- ing is for boys from the age of 11) Any girl, regardless of race,|Who are delinquent or who may, nary oc€lusions died in the first through 13; and Explorer Scouting ereed or color may be come a become delinquent, and dependent attack, Those who survived lived js for boys from 14 through 18 Brownie, Intermediate or Senior |juveniles within the meaning of the an average of 2% years, Now, be- years of age. Cub Scouting is a/Girl Scout, Under the guidance of statutes of the State of Florida. cause of the newer knowledge and home centered program under the trained volunteer _ieadership,|_ This group was orgaized to en- drugs which have been discovered|supervision of the parents, Den! groups of girls of the same age list community*support, to create by research and put into practice Mothers and Pack officials. Its aim|meet weekly and have fun in ajinterest, and to alert and educate by physicians, the mortality rate is to teach the boys educational program which includes eleven|Parents of the inadequacies that in the first attack is approximate- crafts, ideals, recreational games, fields: arts and crafts, community|might be adjusted by community for funas as their snare of a Key} West United Community Chest| campaign tomorrow. On Novem-| ber 12, the city-wide campzign will) begin. c | Goal this year is $50,285. What is this money used for? The answer: Twelve Key West charitable, welfare and social a- gencies will share the proceeds of the fund drive. Their budgets for the coming year have been care- | |Pleture Co=>any Sued dived within 30 feet of their home, { Hlumbia Pictures, Inc, by Mrs.|home near Newhall, maintained. Average nightly at-jcoming year will be a major pro- Carolyn Ward Satterfield for her-|March 3 while filming “Mission itendance is 4 blem for approximately 3,507,000'self and three chil Over Korea.” She stated De A Lame tacts ks tele ot eee ; abainie ine he i became hysterical her death when two movie planes|shock. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, October 29, 1953 OUR STREET PAVING CUP IS RUNNING OVER Finance Director Says: “Invest Our Surplus Street Paving Money In Bonds” Why Not Invest It In Street Paving PULL LEVER 15-A and ELECT NEIL SAUNDERS City Commissioner, Group 4 “A Hometown Man"—-Not A Boy (Paid Political A and the National Recrea- Association. The Community Chest needs and deserves our support. vrtisement ORRECTION! Sweet Vitamin Rich California Carrots Danny Thomas Sued SANTA MONICA, Calif. —Suit for $1,017,000 damages has been filed by writer Lewis Meltzer against comedian Danny Thomas pra the producers of his television Meltzer charges that Louis F. Edelman, Martero Productions and Thomas orally approved his ly 15 per cent and life expectancy is about 14 years, Many Jive far be-ing At 11, the boy learns outdoor, yond 14 years. ‘skills of ‘camping and woodcraft Another change has taken place with his buddies under the leader- in that 25 years ago, a.heart at-'ship- of a Scoutmaster. Exploring tack meant that a person was con- is a more adventurous program. sidered to be totally and perman-|There were 365 boys registered in ently disabled, At present, approx-|the Boy Scout program in the Key imately 80 per cent of those Who West area as of October 1, 1953, have heart attacks return to a use- Joseph M. Bringman is the local ful occupation and. most of them chairman while Bernard Frank is to their original jobs. |Commissioner. “Much has been learned about) Mrs. Catherine Argo, who is haw to prevent and cure some division superintendent of the Chil- types of heart and circulatory di- dren's Home Society of South Flo- seases, but there js much more to rida says that it is a state-wide: be learned. Approximately one half child placing agency. It has been| of the deaths in Key West are in existence for 51 years and has, caused from heart and blood ves- helped thovsands of children to! sel diseases, Through its program find excellent homes. Each year, of research, education and servic- 4 number of infants and children @s to the heart patient, the Key are relinquished because their pa- West Committee is helping to'rents are unable to care for them. Change the outlook in heart di- These parents ask the Children’s Seases to a hopeful one. You'can pome Society to find a home for help by contributing to the Heart the baby. Each year, many mar- Association through the Key West!ried couples find they are unable United Community Chest’ Cam-'t, have children of their own. paign — either through the Navy) They turn to the Society for a child. or civilian drive. |The Society brings these two, the The Key West Chapter of the abandoned child and the childless American Red Cross is another couple together and starts the agency which stands to benefit foundation for a new and happy from the Chest. The Red Cross family. symbolizes the modern concept of During the first nine months of comprehensive organized relief on’1953, eleven. cases have been given a world-wide scale, principally service in Key West — of this num- through volunteer effort, and its ber, three children received a to- greatness and indispensable posi- tal of 492 days care in the receiv- tion in the world today is embodi- ing home in Miami; one baby was ed in that fact, and it stands as relinquished by its mother for adop- one of the greatest guardians of tion; one mother explored adoption our fundamental democratic way service with this agency but made of life. Those who contribute to the other plans; and six children were Red Cross find its services a Prac- placed with adoptive parents in tical expression of the finest im- Key West. Pulse of the human heart —‘con-! At the present time, cern for the misfortunes and needs there are of ‘their fellow men. They help re- filed appli store both shattered homes means of livelihood to victim: in Key West nine couples who' have ication for a child and oe are waiting for a home study; is of three more couples are in the pro- disaster; they help our servicemen cess of being ratios: and Ais and their families through emer! couples have made inquiry about gencies both great and small; they making an application for adop- help save lives and lessen suffer- tion, and to prepare him for Boy Scout-|life, health afd a safety, home-|@! jmaking, international friendship, literature and dramatics, music jand dancing, nature, the out-of- \doors, sports and games and agri- culture. Besides having fun, which is so important, the girls learn new skills, both indoors and outdoors. |The Girl Scout membership in the Key West area totals 524, of which 414 are Brownies, and Senior Scouts. The Junior Chamber of Com- merce sponsors the Jayteen Cen- ter which was organized in March, 1953. Since that time, its activities have been sponsored by the Jay- cees. The purpose of this project is to provide recreational facilities for the teenage youth of Key West- particularly in the Poinciana area. The provision of such a whole- ;Some place for the young people to meet and take part in an or- |ganized recreational program will go a long way in reducing juvenile \delinquency in this area. The program includes weekly orchestra dances, weekly movies, of entertainment each week. Other facilities of the center are ping-pong tables and equipment, weight lifting sets, checkers and other types of small games. Volun- teer supervision is being used for J. Pinder is chairman of the Jayteen Center, The Key West Catholic Com- munity Center is a popular ser- ‘Duval Street, It provides a whole- some meeting place and _ enter- |tainment program for all. | Facilities include athletic equi; dressing rooms, package wrapping and mailing, library, showers, etc. A wide variety of social, educ: |tional, and recreational activities jare available daily, except Thurs- day. Mrs, Eiléen Coughlin is the Director. Intermediates / jand generally one specialized type| the present program of activities.' J, vicemen’s center located at 1021} jment, musical instruments, games, | sistance as a demonstration, Leland S. March is president of the council | The Police Athletic League was formed for the purpose of prevent-| jing juvenile delinquency among boys through the operation of a ;clubhouse each week day evening ‘under the direction of a part-time recreation worker. Nightly programs include the following activities: pool, ping-' pong, boxing, wrestling, weight lifting, basketball, volley ball, et cetera. A library and reading room is NO FOOTPRINTS FOR LAUREN BACALL HOLLYWOOD —Lauren Bacall has declined to record her fodt- prints in wet cement in the Grau- |man Chinese Theater forecourt, “To me, the Grauman’s Chinese has always meant the peak,” she ‘said. “The people who have their] footprints there should be irre- Placeable and never to be forgot- jten. I’m neither.” Husband Humpbrey Bogart ce- mented the argument with: ‘ “It’s her sincere belief. and 1 \think she’s right. There are too | blasted many meaningless awards and medals in this town.” He added somewhat meekly that he recorded his footprints a few lyears ago. | Film Writer Can Appeal | LOS ANGELES #—Film writer | Paul Jarrico is free to perfect his appeal from a Superior Court de- cision that RKO Studio was not jobligated to give him screen credit in the picture “The Las Vega: Story.”* The District Court of Appeal yes- erday denied RKO’s motion for lismissal. RKO fired Jarrico after he refused to tell the House Un- |American Activities Committee whether he was a member of the | Communist party. ‘ New Store Has Attractive Window Display gost THE WINDOWS OF MILLERS’ new store o play the merchandise at an m Duval Street have been beautifully decorated to dis: advantage.—Citizen Sta ff Photo, Finch. format for Thomas’ series of half- hour shows. He claims he was Promised $1,500 a show as chief writer, 5 per cent of the profits and royalties if his format was accepted. Meltzer contends it is his format that is being used. Dear Citizens and Voters of Ki West, you have shown the “’ World” your courage and judgment in the 14 million water bond issue, but the rest best is yet to come Nov, 3rd. So don’t stay at home, come and vote. Fight for your you now have the reigns in own hands, stay. in the fight the better, not for the worst. Yours truly, ALBERT F. LOPEZ Better Known As “SHINE” IN GROUP TWO Pull Lever 7-A (Pd. Pol. Adv.) EELE: hi zi G A cienos 2+ 2% This Item Appeared As Celery in Wednesday's Paper | WHY? Mr. Harvey did you voie against: (1) Wickers Field and Stadium (2) Professional Baseball (3) The Steam Electric Plant WHY (1) were you not present fo vote on the reduction of elec- tric rates and now want to take credit for it — even though you were against the steam plant that result- ed in-the rate reduction? (2) and what has happened to the FAMOUS MASTER PLAN for the Garrison Bight? (3) did you take it upon yourself to change the sewer specification to provide for lower concrete strength when paragraph 38 of the contract limits this power to the consulting engineers — Was this looking oui for the city's interest? " We Would Like to Hear Your Answers and Are Asking In Time for You to Reply Before the Election Citizens Committee for a Better Key West (Pd.. Pol.Adv.)