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tion Here Provides All Labor For Construction Of New Church | Local Jehovah's Witnesses Are Aided By Group From Miami Case Hopes For Salvage Of Air Base Surpluses By EDWIN B. HAAKINSON Feeaageas — they amen ment decision to pee Navy ASHINGTON wW—One ‘the for an air base ater was Bureau of Yards an S super crv ssa chuked an oe US not built,” he explained. vise the job, instead of the Army seein. baila ;,| Case said he hopes this pipeline | Engineers which traditionally has | Church members are build need Atte a are sedi ee oie Trey peony neo pp Pata er pea a = | day other American-purchased surplus struction here and abroad, jing their own church here—ja® So-mile fuel pipeline leading materials in North Africa can be The Corps of Engineers was jeutting out all labor costs, sks og at : res rae salvaged for use in construction criticized in Congress for its hands | worth of surplus lumber baking | Thenew concrete block!in the sun. of new U.S. bases in Spain. ling of the multimillion dollar ceca { r The Military Construction sub-/North Africa air base program, ag aD bifiding - S0-\ SD), chatene ws Sen. Case committee vuldes Eabeaied: se begun soon after start of the Ko- ing up at 2309 Harris Ave.| armed Services subcommittee that Million dollars to permit an im.|tean War in 1950, ‘and will be completed in|keeps tabs on military construe- merase start on the Spanish \May. tion. ! Congress maintains a double | Members of the Key West ‘Apparently they. put down a check on military construction. ROBER |Congregation of Jehovah's, ° ga Regione -c eae |Witnesses plus members of Small Size \the Miami congregation are ork. But before the money ac-| Office Equipment |working every Saturday and| jon subcommitees im Both houses" Owvel Street Phone 2:44 Sunday. Equipment Aid Royal Typewriters Included in the ations are’ ‘ must give their specific approval. Portables and Standards jall types of master mechanics — By BILL KING They do so only after questioning military officials behind closed! doors, masons, plumbers, electricians, SALES - SERVICE }earpenters, painters — who are do- RENTALS BROOKLINE, Mass. — Provid- ed with scale-to-size basketball nating their services. 5 ley of Miami, drew up the plans equipment, a 12-team league of| Even the architect, Jack Quig- member oft Man Congress ets oe potan we Sod Ml CATES and INSTALL ATIONS Clearview Aluminum Jalousies (Reg. Trademark) i ’s Wi Municipal Gymnasium. — psec gy ;.| And Cliff Fitzpatrick, supervisor Storm-Stop Awnings — Aluminum or Fiber Glass Jalousie Doors — Glass or Aluminum ed at a cost for materials of $13,- ok Apert: Pe pects ea Teene Miami Awning-Type Windows ters will find it three times ea 500, will be 30 feet wide and 61 |to score then with regulation-sized Superior Casement-Type Windows Canvas Awnings and Canopies feet long with a seating capacity /equipment. wen of 18) Fitzpatrick estimates that such Venetian Blinds — Aluminum or Wood Drapery Cornices 1 : It will have a flat roof of 90-\Youngsters score an average of 1) Building permits for the city), R. Alvarez, 4115 Packer, enclose! pound slate, aluminum and glass out in he pbraihaenenmaegn ey ... Ear T Matchstick Bamboo Draperies Fol-Doors by Holcomb and Hoke picked lation 29% inch ball and the 18- The Ground Wane Fig Dae et, this past week’ porch, $300. windows, asphalt tile floor, and inch hoop fixed 10 feet above the Ra-Tox Folding Doors By JIM COBB Congregation Builds Own Church — The Case subcommittee also agreed to a new departure in base construction. It approved a Defense Depart- Witnesses, with help from the Miami The skilled workmen of thé congre- It is estimated that the building will be ready for use in May.— MEMBERS OF THE KEY WEST CONGREGATION of Jehovah's congregation, are building a new church at 2309 Harris-Avenue. aay are donating their services. Te- Frank Yaccarino, 922 Truman, |pair roof, $500. The lighting in the church will/ vermont basketball _ player, be the new cathade type. “grows” with the young competi- | FERTILE TERRITORY |“: The ball hag a 27-inch pas. (OOGA w—C. iference. The hoop has a 16% in den, owes et i diameter and five height adjust- night and charged with stealing/ments from 8 ond to 8 feet 10 an automobile in the 1500 block imches. Its backboard meee of Long St. 2% feet by 4 feet instead of the Last year, regulation 4 by 6 and the hoop pro- temodel. store, $1,000. Dewey Riggs, 1310 Newton, I on Sands, 722 Whitehead, repairs, | Pairs, $500, " a Sag 1423 Flagler, “T. Knowles, 516 Greene, build|"R**, Porch, $500. shed, $200. : gE. A. Einhorn, 901 Duval, repairs, Doreh, holiday slump. The, M.A. Padron, 1101 Whitehead, | two tile rest rooms. The entrance floor. { $150, amiga 1016 Duval, build) Paul R. Roberts, 18 Hilton Drive, Builders’ Hardware Tih following-were among those on file build CBS store, $11,500. will be ‘through wooden double! The new equi it F fs ul equipment, designed by | ney mall: Robert. Ryan, 905 -'Pantine, ors. 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We'll be glad FIXTURES te give you a FREE cost estimate! 800 Whitchead Street Phone 23031 To borrow a phrase from Char- ley Conch: Today’s best bet for the County Commissioners — Hasty Judgement. For National Airlines — Stop Joking. 7 ' wonder if the federal grand jury bent on investigating bolita operations will have any more suc- cess than our ‘decency _ com- mtitee.” The public really missed a good show, reminiscent of “‘Grea- sy Fingers” Guzik’s ‘performance before the Kefauver Committee, at a closed session of the local sin’ meeting was when a loeal cab driver had his inquisitors tied up in and the press in convulsions’ with his artful method of dodging the quer- ies put to him. An example of his. performance: Q. Are you engaged in taxi pros- titution? A. What did you say? Q. I asked you if you were en- | gaged in taxi prostitution, | A, Oh, I see, you asked me if} I was engaged in taxi prostitution. Q. Well, are you? A, No. And then: é Q. Do you know a girl named Dolores Baxter? A, What was that again? Q. I asked you if you knew a girl named Dolores Baxter? Q. Well, do you? | A. What does she look like? Q. I'd gay she’s about five-six,| E blonde, rather attractive (motion-| | ing). A. Oh, she’s a blonde? Q. Yes, do you know her? A. No. | Speaking of Mr. Kefauver, high | school athletic director Win Jones | was once buttonholded by an irate | gambler who mistook him for the} | Tennessee crime-buster in a Duval |St. restaurant. Hand me down my |coonskin hat, says Win, | It looks like you’ve got to be a chemist these days just to cook} up a mess of wild boar. We were glancing through the food page of! a newspaper the other night when) we Tan across a recipe for said| “delicacy.” It said: Take one wild boar, season to taste with mono- }sodium glutamate . . . i (wife of Don “Green Koom” Price)| : “Sounds like some| Yeligion.” Lucy, inci-} is a terrific southern cook! she hails from Gainesville, Reports from Havana have it that this year’s earnival season is! not going te be as gay as in the! |Past. Reason, say my informants, | is that Senor Batista doesn’t like} large crowds to other words:~He’s scared. My Dad, whom I never saw g0 to a movie before last year, sends’ |this report-on Twelve Mie Reef} lfrom Rochester, New York: “12) | Mile Reef is a “B” picture in my OK and interest- Price! @ Congregate. In} - months of a sentence for stealing a car—in the 1500 block of Long St. juarde Henriquez, who is a fine musician in the Latin manner, as well as a painter, is the man res- ponsible. Word from Raymer has been re- ‘ceived via Elvira and Harold Reil- ily — she’s got her own publicity ‘setup in New York and lives in a cottage (that’s right, a cottage) in Greenwich Village. Harold tells us that through him, Dottie is renew- IT saw you, I noticed the character! ‘was wearing shoes and that elimi- redcob, as we kids call him, en- closed two reviews from the Roch- ester Democrat and Chronicle and ‘Times Union which had plenty of' good things to say about‘Key West. The Democrat: “One is apt to forget the players ‘when the screen is filled with the glory of a: Flori- da sunset, its beautiful coastline jor the wharves of fabulous Key West where the film was made.” 1 see the Miami papers have blasted Ted Williams again for! being uncooperative with the press./with Bob Hope and Fred. MacMur- He must have been on his goodjray, clients of his. She took it! behavior the other day when Iiright in stride, he says. talked with him out at Meacham; Elvira, one of Key West’s better Field, A more genial or friendly|painters, along with Hari and Edy- guy I have never seen. Of course,|the Kidd will show her paintings at he’s not all wound up with the|/Martello Galleries in February. strain of a pennant race right now,!Watch for them. which may be the reason. The City suffered a great loss The Key West Artist’s Group, who are planning their annual jed away. Aithough I knew him but street fair for Feb. 7-13, have ajslightly, it was evident that he was northern show and newspaper world. He’s the founder of the Building. He was telling us the other night of Dorothy’s meeting a Cuban Band on hand for their] is the city’s loss. The imprint of the opening day. The town could use/tradition he built will be with us a little of that sort of color. Ed-|as long as there is a Key West. good idea — are planning to have/not an ordinary man and his loss! court’s foul lines. Fitzpatrick agrees with the de- signer’s claim that scaled-to-size equipment will advance youn: |groups previously incapable ‘handling the regulation size ball. Killick points out that standard |basketball equipment imposes too ‘great @ strain in the 5-13 age igroup, It is his theory that basket- ‘ball is primarily a sensory sport ing her acquaintances with the|and not a muscular game like foot. j ball. “Muscles, naturally, play an it- Reilly Health Institute in the RCAiPortant par, but the key to the} jsecret of basketball success lies in the fingertips and is referred to as ‘touch’ in the jargon of the game,” Killiek explains. “Closely allied with touch, and equally important, are the reflexes. A lad blessed with good reflexes and a soft touch is three-quarters of the way along the rad to bas- ketball success.” Making shots with and at regu- last week when L, P. Artman pass-|lation equipment, Killick claims, | ‘imposes muscular strain on the ‘legs, backs and ams of youngsters, instead of just their wrists and jfingertips. |CITIZEN WANT ADS PAY OFF Barges Dock At Sussnnceliapial Key | A. Oh, I see, you asked me if I} p= know a girl named Dolores Bax-| esa ' by-70 foot barges with a six-foot draft are docking FOR WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST TIME, barges are docking in jects two feet near the regulation) sters’ basketball development by) two years, It, permits play for age} of Repairs and Renovations Key West Venetian Blind Co. 123 DUVAL STREET PHONE 2.5531 IT'S HERE! IT'S NEW! KENFLEX VINYL TILE TODAY'S MOST EXCITING DECORATING REWS q cuts with kitchen shears. EASIER TO KEEP CLEAN waxing ex- cept to add to its brii- liant tustre. 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