The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 14, 1953, Page 4

Poge4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, Vecemper 14, 1953) The Key West Citizen Sate es ouas Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN ublisher NORMAN 0. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 25661 ond 2-5662 ‘Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is pay hy ge published here. Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $13.20, by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites of public issues) discussion and subjects of local or interest, but it will not publish anonymous comm IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1 More Hotels und ents. (ae 4 Consolidation of County and City Governments. 5. Community Auditorium. ARE YOU AWARE OF THE WONDERFUL GROWTH OF THE FLORIDA KEYS? The Florida Keys, from Key West to Key Largo, are surging ahead as they have never surged before. Not many of us in Key West realize the rapid strides with which the Keys are growing. Not many of us know that they now make what newsmen call “good copy.” Do you know that the Florida Keys Lime Festival, held a week ago; was given nationwide publicity? Did you know that Arthur Godfrey gave six minutes of his time on television to discussing the festival and to using products of the Florida Keys in illustrating it? Do you know that a picture of a beach scene at Islamorada, with &@ woman standing beside a surf board, is on the cover! page of the magazine Scenic South for January, 1954? Representative Bernie C. Papy was the chief speaker at the Lime Festival. He noted four forward strides in| the growth of the Keys, and said, “The one we are hav- ing now is the greatest of them all. The first notable progress was the running of trains on the Keys, beginning in 1912, when I was 10 years of age. Then the operation of ferries between Lower Matecumbe and No Name Key, then the completion of the Overseas Highway, which put it in its present perfect condition, in 1943, and now extensive construction of buildings and lateral roads marks a progressve movement such as the Keys has never before experienced.” Papy could have said truly that the Florida Keys have more to offer tourists in» glamorous surroundings than the South Sea Islands had at the time when to men- tion them evolved ideas of soft breezes, colorful seas and incomparable fishing. The Florida Keys have all those things and more besides. Our climate is as mild in winter as it is in the South Sea Islands, and far more comfortable in the sum- mer. And as for fishing, tourists in Florida Keys waters catch more and gamier fish than he could catch in the South Seas. But our biggest advantage is that we are closer in hours than the South Sea Islands are in days to the populous centers of civilization. Moneyed men, some of them multi-millionaires, are behind the development on the Keys. And the Monroe} County Commissioners and State Road Department are! working hand in hand to provide more and more lateral) roads. Roads precede developments. Build a road, and| you may be sure developments will follow, as they are| following now at a score of places on the Florida Keys. Overlooked for a century and one-half, the Keys have now come into their own. Tens of thousands of people all over the country are now aware that for climate, boating and fishing no other place in the United States can compare with the Florida Keys, the only frost- free part of our country. 2 Personally, we like our movies without propaganda. ew EI) Crossword Puzzle Maa NOR (Al . CIOMPIRIETHIEINIDIS} we Gmiuscen (ADDIE! s.inthe character 36. East Indian weight 38. calculate 41. Sheeplike 44. 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If you are * not receiving all of the really worth while thiags you want out of life, undoubtedly it is because <-; oo of @ selfish mental fence, which -~> you've unconsciously built around “>= your own life—without meaning to shut yourself in, or keep others out. | Uf this és the case, this story will Pentagon May Speed Cutback In Army Size By ELTON C, FAY conference questions, that he WASHINGTON (®#—The Penta-|thought calls could be dropped to gon, slashing its draft cali for next|15,000 or 18,000 with a truce in February to 18,000 men, appears| Korea. now to be starting five months} Wilson's comments last week ahead of the ally contém-jcame as he a plane for plated schedule for cutting down|Paris after some intensive final- the size of the Army. hours work with other Pentagon The new call is 5,000 below thejofficials on the Defense Depart- monthly calls which have contin-|ment’s recommendations for the ued since last July—and something/next fiscal year. far different from recent state-| Wilson’s comments seemed to ments by some Pentagon man-|mean the Army definitely has lost power experts that monthly quotas|its battle against a suggestion might be hiked to about 37,000./from the top defense level that Secretary of Defense Wilson,|it reduce its personnel strength however, was not one of those|from aboaut 1% million now to who made such statements. It was/1,281,000 by July 1, the start of, Wilson who announced the new/the next fiscal year. February draft calls last week—| The Army previously had been and it also was Wilson who onjgoing ahead to bring its strength July 21 said, in answer to news|down to 1,423,000 by next July 1. PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes ef the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right te delete any items which are considered libelous er unwarranted. The writers should be ot the popar enay.Signeture of the writer must accompany the Paper enly. re writer must accompa letters and will be published uniess cherie. INFORMATION REQUESTED Editor, The Citizen I, Luther C. Till, now residing in Laurel, Md., am writing you to see if it is possible I might gather some information concerning an uncle of mine who was killed while on duty at Key West as a policeman. I understand he was the only police officer at the time of his death, which was back in 1908 or 1910. His name was Charles Till, and he was married and had two daughters. He made his home at Key West. Would it be possible to get a copy of the paper that was published at the time of his death, as I would like to have this information for his relatives and also for myself. If a copy of the paper cannot be obtained, what in- formation may I have concerning his death? Iwill glad- ly pay any costs as to this information which will be appreciated, I assure you, whether it is from the news-' paper or the courts. Hoping I may hear from you and thanking you in advance. LUTHER C, TILL 1103 Montg. Avenue Laurel, Maryland WRITER OF KWHS SONG Editor, The Citizen: Now that we have come to the end of the 1953 football season when more than any other time of the year we have been singing the Key West High School Alma Mater, I wonder how many of those singing and listening to this piece of music know when and by whom the words were written. The Alma Mater as such was first presented by the class of 1940 under the sponsorship of Mrs. Bessie Egan who adapted the words to fit the music of her Alma Mater, Vanderbilt University. The class of °40 first presented it on the night of the alumnae banquet, their senior year. All who enjoy the stirring words can thank Mrs. Egan for this, one of her gifts to the Key West High School. SYDNEY E MATHEWS. Advantage Of Air Travel Is Shown PHILADELPHIA (®—The advan-| An estimated 400,000 persons who tages of air travel over ground|turned out to see the building cre transportation were strikingly il-| ated one of the worst highway traf- lustrated during open-house cere-\fic jams-in the city’s history. At monies at this city’s new 15-million one time traffic creeped bumper dollar International Airport termi- to bumper as far south as Wil- Bal building yesterday, ‘mington, Del, If it was to hold a level some- where near that—while balancing off losses through expiration of enlistments—it would. have re- quired a continuation of increase of the 23,000 monthly induction fig-| ure. Wilson was asked last week, as he prepared to leave for the North Atlantic Treaty ministers’ meeting in Paris, about the draft call plan and other matters. Can monthly calls be cut still more beyond 18,000? “I don’t think so,” he answered. Can the draft be dropped? Not so long as the international situation imposes substantial mili- tary manpower requirements—not “in the foreseeable future,” he! said. If there were no draft, he added, “you probably couldn't maintain half the men we now have.” help you tear down that meatal - fence, so that you can regain your «7- ~ own freedom and start enjoying a new and better kind of life—THE AUTHOR. CHAPTER TWO OU may call him 2 <z Father Christ- %<z4= mas, Bonhomme Noel, Kris Krin- gle or by any other of his many names by which he is} When I was a very little boy, known in vari-| jong before anybody wea thought ous parts of the/of inventing the automobile, world; but, in| Christmas was ushered in to the a sg Enna Heel tune of sleigh-bells, tinkling gaily from the harness of every horse tale I shall call him Santa Claus/and team. No two sets of these because that is the name nearest | bells were alike and they combined bos dearest to my own heart. We into the most beautiful ever-chang- . ve become very close personal ing symphonies, the like of which riends. probably will never again be heard Tam amazed tb find that a great | in our larger cities. Every winter number of my little friends are | Pight we would ride into the land confused by some conflicting tales|°f dreams to the soothing music and pictures of this ageless gentle-|°f these myriad never-to-be-for- man. Many of my older friends, | Sotten bells. who should be mature enough to sited: - know better, cast doubting re-| LIVING in the midst of such marks from time to time in the| Sights and sounds, we youngsters Presence of my little chums. This|Teveled in our faith in Santa Claus has roused my ire to such a degree | —Never to regret it—and never to that I have decided to do some-|Sllow passing years to fade that thing constructive about clearing | faith, even in the slightest degree. up all the questions and doubt |! am forced to admit that ofr gen- about my very good friend, Santa|¢ta! behavior did improve to a Claus; ~~ . great degree between Thanksgiv- 7 700 ing and Christmas; but that didn't 4 a mean that our faith had wavered ». HAVING lived through the ex-| earlier in the year. It merely indi- treme pleasure of more than half] cated that the nearness of Christ- @ century of assorted Christmases, |mas was constantly in our minds both here and in many foreign|from the time we heard our first climes, I wish to present a series | sleigh-bells each year. of quite indisputable facts, which] From that time on we scrubbed should answer all questions about | our faces just a little harder and this very fine old gentleman's ex-|more frequently. We washed our istence, his many problems and|harids more diligently, trying to his various methods of working.| keep tell-tale hand-prints off the Even Santa has many problems| roller towel. We were a little more today and his methods of distribu-| particular about our daily chores. tion change with the times, ~ Faith is a wonderful thing; but Distributed by King Features Syndicate ~ at 8a seact 4 eae i Ly aH RT ee Ee j HEH : é F: e nta ©laus rltttis. Shop by phone 24 hours @ day. 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