The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 20, 1954, Page 3

i j | SUE JONES, Editor | Saturday, Febrvary 20, 1954. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 Girl Scouts Will Celebrate Their 42nd Birthday On March 12 Girl Beouts of the United States of Ameriten will celebrate their second birthday on March 12. For Girl Scouts in Wi day will have special significance. It will be the first big Girl Scout occasion since the Florida Keys Girl Scouts Council was form- Girl Scouting began in England in 1909. Agnes B. ter.of Lord Robert Baden Powell, the founder of the ame the first president of the Gir! Guide organization. Soon Giri Guiding spread to other parts of the Commonwealth Carden Club = Scotland, Wales, Australia, South Aftica, and Canada. In less than| Aapards Poster Prizes Here year, organizations were started The Key West Garden Club has) countries — Suomi-Fin- Denmark, and Po- announced that the prizes offered’ to art students at the High School Queen Of The Baskets ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE The ; ~ Weatherman Says Key West and Vicinity: Clear to) Army Lt. Luis Gamboa, was the) C' fi lrow. i the night. Winds easterly today land Southeast tonight about 13-16 {miles per hour on the keys and | jrow will be southerly about 166 lmiles per hour on keys and 18-25 \ofe shore. The low temperature to- . {night will be about 71 degrees and \the high tomorrow near 83. State of Florida: Considerable partly cloudy tonight and tomor- | |cooler late tonight. Partly cloudy \south portion with a few showers tonight. Sunday fair and cooler. the Florida sonville through portion and Southeasterly over south today shifting to Northwest 16-20 off shore. The winds tomor-; cloudiness with scattered showers, lin the north portion. Clearing and! | Straits and East Gulf: Moderate to, fresh Southeast winds over north'been out of work a long time and! KIDNAPING CASE IN (Continued trom Page One) chauffeur said was given him by a@ group of three kidnapers. I But Rodriguez returned with a story that he was unable to re-| jestablish contact on this initial) attempt. hero of the rescue. Alerted in a Isolated light showers during $70Und and air hunt for the kid-\in southern Kentucky an “‘under- napers, he was patroling in a jeep about 7 p.m. in suburban |Melgarejo when he saw a man} jand a boy walking along the road. On the chance the boy might} e the rum heir, Gamboa shouted/ ‘Facundo!” “The boy answered immediate- ily ‘I am Facundo,’ and I grabbed him as the man fled,” the lieu- tenant said. Soldiers in a nearby field fired warning shots over the head of the fleeing man and he quickly sur- rendered. The prisoner, Echevarria, iden- b The Marine forecast from Jack-'titied himself and said Rodriguez /°*¥° was his only accomplice. Echevarria told reporters he had jneeded money. He said he and |Rodriguez decided recently to lafter exploring Crystal Cave a SOCIETY — PERSONALS — NEWS OF INTERES. TO WOMEN TELEPHONE: Citizen Office, 2-566 myer Seven Die In Ky. ve May be World’s Longest Convalescent RYSTAL CAVE, Ky. Home Fire plorers today called Crystal Cave) HARTFORD, Mich. #—Sevea jPatients—four women and three ground monster” that may be the) men—lost their lives in a fire that longest cave in the world. raced through a convalescent Members of the National Speleo- = for the aged late <r a i iety, who} In 30 minutes, the fire de- ee oo oday 078 the two-story frame build- jing, three miles west of Hartford F < “iin southwestern Michigan. |week, said they feel convinced it! Police and firemen probed the will prove to be bigger than Mam-jruins for the bodies of Harley jmoth Cave. Babcock, 76, of Watervliet; Fred The entrances of the two caveS Savies $4, of Glenn; Mrs. Lucy jare just four miles apart in the/sparjing, 91, of Coloma; Samuel {Mammoth Cave National Park|ruytz 93° of Covert; Mrs. Adeline jarea. Mammoth Cave now holds|Blakeslee, 81, and Miss Louise jthe title of the world’s longest/pichop, g3, both of Benton Harbor. Mrs. Mary Collins, 66, of Water- Neither of the caves are yet'vliet, died en route to Watervliet fully explored. But Thomas C. Hospital. Barr Jr., Nashville, Tenn., a geol-| Five of the victims were bed- ogist, pointed to a theory first ex-| ridden, pressed in 1928 by Armin K.) Three other patients were res- Lobeck, New York. cued. They were Mrs. Jennie Barr said Lobeck, a prominent)schuister, 83, of Benton Harbor, geologist, holds that a comparison| and Chris Bender, 70, and his wife, of surface formations shows that)Katherine, 80, also of Benton Flint Ridge over Crystal cave in-\Harbor. They were treated at a dicates it is the longer cave. hospital for burns. One exploring party reported,! The home had been operated reported, “the more tave We the last two years by Mr. and Mrs, found, the more leads we got, and\clark Shimee the more endless the cavern be-| Mrs, Bessie Costakis who was over the north portion tonight and attempt a kidnaping and chose over the south portion Sunday. Con-/Facundo because Rodriguez had siderable _ cloudiness, Scattered|the job with the Bacardi family} showers and probably a few thun-|as chauffeur. They put the final] dershowers in the north portion be-\touches on the plan Thursday coming fair Sunday. Partly cloudy| night. south portion with a few showers) One of those touches, he said, tonight. . was the crudely written ransom! Western Caribbean: Moderate note which Rodriguez delivered to! Easterly winds today and Sunday.jthe frantic parents: to the judges, Elvira B. Reilly, William Graham and Lephe Hold- en, all well-known artists, Sasi Saithibe's 36 Sew Clear to partly cloudy weather. “Tf you want to save your boy’s came.” caring for bed-ridden patients on call was followed by a group of girls from Nina Pape’ United States was or- ‘1913, the name was irl Scouts. of the’ Girl Scouts dur- the early years is the story of ss energy and enthusiasm ene woman — Juliette Low. was handicapped by ill and almost total deafness, t she traveled all over the Unit- ed States sharing her idea with _ and starting Girl Scout it years she financed Girl herself, She was not weal- ‘found the money that was needed, even when it meant treasured _ heirloom end of 1915, there were and Girl Scouts. The Or- ganization had a national council, a constitution and bylaws, and a charter, Mrs, Low became the first president. ‘ Girl Scouts became known for thel: services during World War One, and-by the end of 1918 there were 34,061 members. ‘At the pre- gent time there are more than a million Girl Scouts in the United States. In Monroe County there are 23 troops registered, including Brown- ie Scout Troops. Nearly every troop has a- waiting list of girls who want to share in the fun of Girl Scouting. The Florida Keys Council wants them to have this experience and 's school, On March first Girl Guide com- Girl Scout Meetings Set For Next Week There will be a meeting of the membership - nominating committee of the Florida Keys Girl Scout Council at the high school, Tuesday, February 23 SHARON PRITCHARD was selected as Queen of the Basket- ball Season last night at a dance held in the High School Gym. Attendants were Deanna Archer and Theresa Bardwell, At the same time’as the crowning, Glynn Archer; Jr., was named as captain of next year’s team.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. Isolated light showers, life send 50,000 pesos (the peso is equal to $1) by chauffeur. We will Observations Taken At City Office|{ind the chauffeur.” Key West, Fla., Feb. 20, 1954 “All I want is to save the life at 7 A.M., EST o my bey and see him back in} ooeoas, is mother’s’ arms safe and A TEMPERATURES sound,” the father said. Highest yesterday .. at 3:15 p. m. The Girl Scout Leaders club will meet Wednesday night et 8:00 p. m. at the Wesley House, 1100 Varela Street. All ledtiers and committee members are, urged to attend this important meeting. Navy Wives Club Meets Wednesday The Island City Navy Wives club) No. 88 held its monthly social meeting Wednesday morning, at the C. P. O. Club Lounge on the! Naval Station. President Betty Ed- wards presided at the meeting. Before the social activities begén| ANNOUNCEMENT CALENDAR EVERY Sunday '. 5 : 2:00—CAP Cadets, Poinciana Community House 3:30—Orden Caballeros de la Luz, 422 Amelia St. EVERY MONDAY 10:00—Gym Class for Officers’ wives, Bldg. 83, Seaplane Base 8:00—Logia “Marti” Nro. 3, Caballeros de Marti, 919 Elizabet! 8:00—Alcholics Anonymous, 515 Duval Street MONDAY, February 22 i j 8:00—Anchor Lodge No. 182, Scottish Rite Temple, 533 Eaton 8:00—Beta Sigma Phi, Seminary Street 8:00—Cerebral Palsy Ass’n, 417 Eaton Street EVERY TUESDAY © 9:00—Ladies Day Golf Tournament, Golf Club 9:00—Thrift Shop, Navy Commissary open until 12 noon 6:45—Kiwanis Club, LaConcha Hotel . 7:30—Youth for Christ Bible Study, Fleming St. Methodist Church 7:45—Duplicate bridge club, Ft. Taylor Officers’ Club 8:00—Knights of Pythias, Pythian Hall, 728 Fleming St. 8:00—Stock Car Association, Legion Home, Stock Island there was a short business meeting.| 8:00—Beginner’s bridge, Ft. Taylor Officers’ Club ‘Teresa Braxton urged all members 8:15—Rhumba ere Ft, Taylor Officers’ Club vote this coming|TUESDAY, February : eeringe on da announced tha 10:00—Ladies Auxiliary FRA No. 56, Naval Station Beach Patio the Navy Wives Club furnishes 3:00—Ever Ready Star Club, place to be announced transportation and baby sitters fr 7:30—DeMolay, Scottish Rite Temple, 533 Eaton Street voters needing them. Arrangements 7:30—Harris School, Room Representatives, School Library may be made by ¢alling Mrs. Brax 8:00—Ladies Aux. VFW Post 3911, VFW Home, 325 Elizabeth ton at 2:3405. 8;00—Navy Wives Club No. 88, CPO Club, Naval Station Chairm: - |EVERY WEDNESDAY Avcperentataoi irpveerne sat 8:00—Junior Chamber of Commerce, Clubhouse, Flagler Ave. i 4 C. Towner will be the guest spee WEDNESDAY, February 12:30—Fawtu OWC, place to be announced er at the next meeting held on f js, Woman’s Club, 319 Duval ‘ebru: 7:30—Junior-Deb: ea ee one ad al 8:00—American Legion, Post No. 28, Legion Home, Stock Island 8:00—B. P, O. Does, Drove 89, Elks Club Annex 313 Duval St. Oe Neer eMGurce, an-| $:0UR-Sacerdotisas Del Hogar No. 1, 919 Elizabeth Street, jnounced that per capita dues for] 1954 will be delinquent as of March Ist. A household hint contest was held h KEEN RECEIVES J.C, (Continued From Page One) UNION OFFICIALS (Continued From Page One) |Moonset : Rodriguez had told this story: Lowest last night 72) He had driven only a few blocks Mean 78\from the family mansion in the Normal . T2|fashionable Alegre district toward PRECIPITATION the boy’s school when a man Total last 24 hours .. .|leaped into the station wagon and, Total this month .|threatening both him and Facun- Deficiency this month .jdo with a knife, forced him to Total this year ........ ins,|drive to Charco Mono Dam, 21 Deficiency this year ....... -2.06 ins,|miles from Santiago. : Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. There two men were waiting in 88% an automobile. They ordered ‘the| ished chauffeur to return to the family Barometer (Sea Level), 7:00 A.M. 30.04 ins.—1018.0 mbs. with the ransom note. “The last I saw of Facundo,” Tomorrow's Almanac the chauffeur said, “he was taken Sunrise 6:57 a.m,|imto the automobile by the two/ Sunset . 6:25 p.m,|™men. The boy was screaming in Moonrise ... 9:55 p.m. . 8:53 a.m. Brainy People Are Suspected ST. LOUIS #—The president of the American Assn. for the Ad-| vancement of Science says there is a growing tendency ‘‘on the part of some people to believe that anyone who has brains is subver- e +1.4 ft.| sive.” (—)—Minus sign: Corrections} Dr, Warren Weaver, Rockefeller to be subtracted. : Foundation director for natural (+)—Plus sign: Corrections to/sciences and agriculture, spoke -01 ins. TOMORRO TIDES (Naval Base) High Tide Low Tide 11:48 a.m. 5:26 a.m, —— p.m. 6:05 p.m. Boca Chica Sandy Pt. Caldes Channel (north end) —oh 40m +2h 10m coral, fossils, and shells were in walls, MRS. MAMIE I. BETHEL a long illness. the Chapel of the Lopez Funeral! tery. bert Bethel; five daughters, Mrs. H. A, Moore, Mrs. W. W. Sawyer, |Mrs, J. A. Farto, Mrs, Anthony | Powell and Mrs. Al Albertus; three jsons, R. N. Bethel, Jacksonville |Warren A. Bethel and William_H, Bethel, four sisters, Mrs. Rispah Russell, Miami, Mrs. L. Knowles, Tampa, Mrs. Herschell Williams, Tampa, and Mrs. Leo Williams, es, Elijah Cates and Leon Cates |Philadelphia, Pa.; and 11 grand- children, +t: Open be added. last night at a meeting of the ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Washington University, chapter of Reference Station: Key West the American Assn. of’ University Time of Height of | Professors. Tide highwater| ‘‘Anti - intellectualism is spread- ing into all social levels,” he said. 9.0 ft.|“‘There are four freedoms and there should be a fifth—freedom from vague suspicion.” . Station— Bahia Honda (bridge) .....—oh 10m No Name Key _ (east end) ....+-2h 20m 419 SOUTHARD STREET For Appointment, Call 2.6709 Bobbie Whitehead, Owner Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 5 p. m. injbed patient on the first floor. Al- Home. The Rev. John Capelle will officiate at the services. Burial will be in the family plot in City Ceme- Survivors are the husband, Dal- Miami; - three brothers, Cecil Cat- RRR EI RANA REN NNER YS Bobbie's Beauty Salon They said they stumbled into ajthe first floor, gave this account “Jost paradise” of canyons wherejof the fire: She heard Mrs, Collins scream. laid in wide streaks across cave|She ran to the scene and found that a fire had broken out in a glassed-in front porch occupied by SSH Sparling. Mrs. Costakis tried to rescue Mrs, Sparling but was cut off by a wall of flames. She called Mrs, Shimer and ran SaaS eS outside for help. When firemen arrived, the fire had nearly destroyed the building. Mrs. Mamie I. Bethel, 63, died|Further efforts to rescue the pa- this morning at 7:30 a. m, aiter tienty were futile, Bender escaped through a sec- ond floor window. His wife was a I\though suffering from a broken jhip, she dragged herself out the jkitchen door. WISCONSIN MAN HAS (Continued From Page One) |West and the Bahama House. Both \of these, he said, usually have cars parked in front of them to the detriment of a photo, CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to all the family and friends for their many acts of kindness and expressions of sympathy dur- ing the illness and subsequent death of our beloved mother, Mrs, A. Blanche Herrick. THE FAMILY. , a Discussions on REINCARNATION, INVOLUTION AND EVOLUTION Every Wednesday, 3 P.M. MRS. EMMA R. CLAYTON 1115 Casa Marina Ct. All Interested Persons Invited— TELEPHONE 2-2049 will assist interested organizations that wish to sponsor new troops. The chairman of the Troop Organi- gation committee of the council is Mrs, Fernando Camus. Organiza- tions should appoint a committee to eontract Mrs. Camus. The Coun- cil will send some one to tell the prospective sponsors just how to et a troop started, and will con- tinue to help with training courses for leaders, committee members and Ann Browning won a spathe dish for the best hint. At the close of the meeting sand- wiches and cqokies were served with coffee, EARLY IN, EARLY OUT PITTSBURGH (# — Not one of Brentwood High School’s 698 pu- pils was tardy yesterday. alleged labor racketeering and also has been directed by Judge Moore to inquire union funds have been used for political purposes in violation of federal law. ae CASTIGLIA INDICTED (Continued From Page One) ly left the night club and surrender- ed to the shore patrol. into whether} tinued, “is program chairman of the Safety Council and only. re- cently was made chairman of the Traffic and Safety Committee for At 7:30 AM, EST the City of Key West.” ani Of Keen’s participation in ali-| Atlan round community activities, Adams Aueusta said: |Birmingham “One of his main contributions in|Boston — that phase was his service as|Buffalo —— chairman of the Jaycees Public) Charleston | Temperatures 55) ee ae 40 The Mason-Dixon line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, famed as the division between North and| |South was set up to end disputes! lover private land grants, ‘Time To Stand ARMAGEDDON ’ The World’s Last War!! A FREE MOVIE TONIGHT At the Tent Where -ONG THE MEMBERS OF HS-1 OWC present at the luncheon Wednesday were: Mrs. V. D. Said Principal Thomas S. Shupe:| Castiglia has since been held in) “T thought I'd never live to see|the Monroe County Jail without! the day.” bond, | Then, for their good behavior, he dismissed the youngsters early.| The Danube River runs through —_—_— six European countries in its 1,750-) CITIZEN ADS BRING RESULTS /mile course. At PS Sa ais Se Affairs Committee. As such chair- man, he was unusually active jn! the Jaycees get-out-the-vote cam-} paign. \ “Results of his work,” Adams continued, “were best shown by the record number of votes polled in the last city election. “He also very ably emceed the) “pre-election rally held in Bayview) Park. | “He also,” Adams added, “serv-| ed as chairman of the essay con-/ test sponsored jointly by the First! Federal Savings and the Jaycee ‘on the city manager form of gov jernment versus the councilma He handled the city-wide fishing contest held for the little folks a few months ago under city spon-| sorship.” | Of his lasting community ac’ “Among these was his work de- voted to our youth. He was a vol-| unteer umpire in Little League’ baseball and he is active in Cub} |Scout work. His service as chair-| man on many tant commun-| jity-wide committees proved his} ability to lead. | “In profe jsaid, “he mate in Only reegpt ded by his sup to chief. “He married « y- n- in | est-} |New Orleans Nocfolk ntributions to/Oklahoma City Adams said: Omaha Roanoke “Up, Be Counted, #| Ulchar Says 46| The Florida Keys Aqueduct Com- 48 mission recently asked you voters| 65\0f Monroe County to saddle your-| 41,5elves with a $14,000,000.00 indebt- | ‘edness which was to be secured by Chicago rs ‘Corpus Christi —_______ Denver Jacksonville Kansas City FLAGLER AVENUE—TW KEY WEST —__ Key West Airport Los Angeles Louisville Meridian. 73 unlimited taxes on your ‘property. When the alert freeholders of this | 49 county voted a resounding NO to| 53 this proposition, immediately their | 64 propaganda machine got busy and 72 spread the lie that the impending | 4ojelection was useless. Yet in the) 56|Showdown when the chips were 55\down, we find some members of \that Commission qualifying for the 45 election. The inference is plain. {t is NOT a “useless” election. 39 NOT ONE member of the pre- 41 sent Aq®educt Commission made 67/a single public statement in justi- 42 ification of the $14,000,000.00 “pill 43)as big as a grapefruit” that we 53 were being asked to swallow. Yet 45, members of that same commission 4g)te candidates for election to the | 44jnew Commission, namely Vance 6 C. Stirrup and Alonzo Cothron. | | ITS TIME FOR THEM TO 65 STAND UP AND BE COUNTED. | Lae yu FEEL ABOU UN- CATES New York | Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis San Antonio San Francisco — Seattle —— Tallahassee Weshincton fificate of distinguished service to i iTUR: UNNZCES- -J 3 E OF $14, you. sé “It is an honor beyond that usu- 2: ag —— YOUR BIBLE SPEAKS © BLOCKS FROM WHITE Fabric Center, Incorporated 622 DUVAL STREET Baby Chenille COVERLETS ON SALE Full and Twin Sizes $ 3.98 Poet “UST RUFFLES of Chromes mae er er,” Adams c have built In handing th Adams said: My sincere congratulations.” 5 they ally bestowed on any young man lin his own home town; because, pun Taffeta ate for th e for the Aque- or Everfast Chintz duct. Caz. . I am opposed to unlimited taxation to furnish any- rd to Keen,}Key West is not your home town.| one with a $14,000,000.00 melon. ON wsick, Mrs, H. Walters, co-chairman; Mis. A. H. Browning, secretary; Mrs. V. F. Hultstrand; “On behalf of the United States |, Keen was nominated for the|I respectfully solicit your support. ‘irs. F. Fy. Mickle, retiring chairman; fad Mrs. R. J. Tomas, new chairman.—Citizen Staff photo, Figg Junior Chamber of Commerce, jaward by Mayor C. B. Harvey ané 1 am honored to Present this cer- ANTHONY ULCHAR. (Pd. Pol. Adv.) \ SALE sess Oe