The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 19, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the eountry, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL, LXXV No. 67 THE Civil Service Association Ends Two-Day Convention erry Progress Jacksonville Man Elected To Head The Group In’54 Harry A. Pierce, Jackson- Wille, was elected today to werve as president of the Florida Association of Civil Service and Personnel Ag- encies at the windup of their ‘two-day annual conference at the Casa Marina Hotel. Pierce will succeed Key West’s City Clerk Victor Lowe, who has served as the head of the organization for the past year. The association closed out a busy two-day session of addresses, panel ions and business meetings with their elections. Elec- ted as first vice president was James A. Goodlet, Hialeah City Clerk, Ernest Able, West Palm Beach was named as second vice president and Jocylyn Elks, Tam- pa, will serve as third vice presi- dent, Mrs, Louise Dorsey, Jack- wonville, will serve as secretary- tweasurer for the coming year, Convention Site The group also voted to hold their 1955 convention in the city of Glearwater. This morning the group wound up their Pediises with a short ad- dress and panel discussion calcu- lated to devise means of raising the prestige of government em- Ployees in the eyes of the public. Dr. Wilson K. Doyle, of Florida State University, Tallahassee, led the discussion, pam the prestige of public work- arely in the hands of the pan ip pe the press, Asks Effort “Only with their effort and co- ‘operation can we put public ser- vice in its proper place in the af- fairs of men,” he said. He hailed government service as “one of man’s highest ¢: nu Mr. Oliver Short, an adviser to the Hoover Commission on person- nel matters, and a guest panelist, hit out at the practice of “looking down” on government workers with stories of inefficiency and waste, when he said that in his opinion, there is very little differ- ence between the productivity of civil service workers and those em- ployed in private enterprise, Popular Joke “Tt has become popular to joke about government workers,” he said. “But when you ask for con- crete examples, the information is (Continued On Page Eight) KEY WEST'S TRAFFIC BOX SCORE To Merch Date Accidents _ 30 123 Traffic Deaths ____ iM i. Traffic Injuries _. Property Damage - $6,900 s3ses Two traffic accidents yesterday | ent sent the city’s total for 1954 over the number of accidents in the first quarter of 1953. This year’s total now stands at 129, accidents—and there are still 12‘days remaining in the first quarter of 1954. Another bleak picture is presen- ted when the amount of damage caused in those accidents is con- sidered—$35,406, Total damage in last year’s accidents was $90,000, indicating that Key Westers are going to be hit harder than ever in the pocketbook unless the accident rate takes a sharp drop. Some folks are inclined to say “so what—it’s all covered by in- surance.” But, these folks don’t seem to realize that the accident rate has a direct bearing on the cost of insurance. The higher the accident rate, the higher the insurance fees. City officials hope the rate of about 40 accidents per month can be cut in half. BOAT LUMBER All Kinds Strunk Lumber 120 Simonton St., near City Hall NEW PREXY: Harty Pierce of Jacksonville is the new presi- dent of the Florida Associatien of Civil Service and Personnel Agencies. Pierce was elected this morning at the closing ses- sion held by the group at the Casa Marina Hotel.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. Candidate Will Appear On TV e F t. Myers Bill Neblett, candidate for elec- tion to the office of State Senator from the 24th Senatorial District, left Key West Friday morning for Fort Myers, where he will appear on the new television station, WINK-TV at 7:15 p. m. today. The new television station was official- jy opened on Channel 11 _yester- day, and this program will mark its political baptism, said Neblett. Releasing copies of his prepared script to the press, Neblett em- Phasized that the problems of the mainland the Keys were similar in many respects, and that the con- tinued growth of Southwest Flori- area, especially the construction of roads on the West Coast into Mon- Toe County and the Everglades Na- tional Park, Hendry and Lee coun- ties are also vitally interested in water control and the taming of the Caloosahatchee River to pre- vent the present alternate periods of flood and dought. Tourism, said Neblett, is a vital industry that must be encouraged by advertising, good roads, and good facilities. Not only do the vi- sitors contribute to our temporary economic benefit, but many of 9 | them stay to become neighbors and rape and add to our perman- Neblett also stressed conserva- tion, salt-water fishing and shrimp- ing as being of economic import- ance to Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Naples, Everglades City, Marathon and Key West. I own and operate one smail shrimp boat, he said, and know we must use wise conservation measures to protect this vital industry. Neblett will be introduced on television by John K. Woolslair, Prominent Fort Myers attorney, and for sixteen years prosecuting attorney of Lee County The trip will include visits to LaBelle, Clew- iston, Fort Myers Beach, Immoka- lee and Naples, following the tele- vision broadcast. MISS CAYO HUESO GROTTO Bathing Beauty Contest and Dance Saturday Night, 9 will “2?” GERALD PINDER’S ORCHESTRA Public Invited Door Prize ADMISSION . . . . . $1.00 Cayo Hueso Grotto Benefit William Primrose Scores In Local Concert Performance Packed House Hears Violist In Ist Local Appearance By JIM COBB Key West music lovers turned out by the hundreds last night for the first appearance here of Wil- liam Primrose, world-famed® vio- list, in the third of a season’s Community Concert series. And judging by their applause, they went away happy after hear- ing a magnificent musical pro- "| gram. Mr. Primrose’ offerings ranged from Beethoven to the modern »| compositions of Milhaud and Ben- jamin. Capacity Audience The audience, which crammed every corner of the Convent Audi- torium, brought Mr. Primrose back for three encores. Seemingly, as the size of Community Concet audiences grows, so does the sta- ture of the performers. Best received of Mr. Primrose’ offerings was the Milhaud Sonate. The artist performed this composi- usn, a 20th Century work based on a set of 18th century French them- es with a fluency and delicacy of phrasing that is seldom equaled. The pieces ran from delicate folk airs to haunting hymn-like passag- es with ponderous undertones. The spirit of his listeners rose and fell eae the music Mr. Primrose play- eric) he had skillfully render- ed the Beethoven Notturno, (sere- nade) Opus 42, the only work for the viola by the’ composer. Mr, Primrose’ superb musicianship was first evidenced in this work, Melodies Enjoyed The program opened vith John Barbirolli’s Concerto on Themes of Handel, and closed with a charm- ing medley of Richard Wagner’s Traume, Benjamin’s San Domin- (Continued On Page Eight) Machin Reelected To Head VFW Post Charles M. Machin, commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars South- ernmost Post No. 3911, has been re-elected for another year, it was announced today. Other officers elected to serve da would greatly benefit the Key! with Machin are: Sam Bath, Senior Vice Comman- der; Frank Aritas, Junior Vice Commander; Lacy L. Lee, Quar- termaster; Benjamin Clark, Post Surgeon; Mayford Thompson and Julius Rueben, Trustees; and J. Y. Porter IV, Post Judge Advo- cate. The date of the installation of SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN TH KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1954 Sirugo Tells Rotarians Of Paul Sher I¢ Named To Head Local Club Succeeding Rogers Joe Sirugo told Rdarians at the club’s luncheon meetng yesterday that it was practicallf certain that the Key West-to-Cubé ferry would be in operation by te end of this year. He stated that the corporation would be organized within the next 10 days. He said thatthe boat is 202 feet long, has a tm foot draft and will carry 20 cas and 200 passengers. Ferry sertice to Cuba will be on a es-a-week schedule. The Cuban trminal will be at Cardenas, although there is a possibility of arrangng to land in Havana. Tentative fares will be less than $10 each way for paseengers and $25 for cars. The trip tp Cuba will be made in approximately seven hours, and the return trip should take about five hours. Clearances Obtained He said that all necessary clva- rances had been obtained both from Washington and from the Government of Cuba. The ferry will be financed through the sale of two classes of stock. Class “A” will have voting power, while class “‘B” does not. The money and the stock certi- ficates will be placed in escrow so that in the event the ferry ser- vice is not available by the end of December of this year, the money. can be returned on\demand. Sirugo told Rotarians that while any member of the corporation could underwrite the expense of | * getting the ferry in operation, stock would be sold because they felt that the people of Key West were entitled to share in the ven- ture. The meeting was called to order by the president, the Reverend Ralph Rogers, who read excerpts from the Christian Science Moni- tor praising the work and ideals of Rotary International. Special Announcements Announcement was’ special showing of a» color movie “The Story of Girl the high school auditorium at 7:30) Pp. m. next Thursday night. J.J. Trevor introduced hie guest, Harold Allen, formerly \. Bond Officer at Key West, Jeff Knight had as his guest, Fernando Camus. Harold Laubscher, chairman of the Ladies’ Night committee, ask- ed Rotarians to make reserva- tions for the dinner’to be held at the Casa Marina Thursday night. Dr. Roger Turner, a Miami Ro- tarian will be guest speaker, and toastmaster will be Bob Dopp. The Rotary Club will not meet at noon Thursday, March 25, be- cause of the Ladies’ Night pro- gram. There will be a member at St. Paul’s Parish Hall from 12 noon until 12:30 for the benefit of visiting Rotarians. Sher to Head Club Paul J. Sher was elected presi- dent of the Key West Rotary Club for the ensuing year. Elected to serve with him were: Neil Knowl- officers will be announced. es, vice president; Merville Ro- (Continued on Page Eight) Potential Value Of Area Cited Chamber of Commerce Opposes Park Expansion |= The Key West Chamber of Com- merce is opposed to the Evergla- des Park acquiring any more land, according to a resolution passed yesterday. The text of the resolution fol- lows: Resolution Whereas the Everglades Nation- al Park is now attempting to oc- cupy about 70 per cent of the Southern end of Florida below the Everglades City-Miami line, and desires to add 271,000 ad- ditional acres of Monroe lands; and Whereas we feel it is not neces- sary for this park to add these Brailey Odham CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR Will Speak TONIGHT, 8:00 P.M. Bayview Park His Address Will Be Carried Over WKWF from 8:00 to 8:30 (Pd. Pol. Advt) lands, as the mangrove islands and waterfront in them are no different from the bays in Monroe County which this park is already in possession of; and aes "ake are Whereas the lands park is attempting to potentially of great value for wa- terfront résort purposes and for oil deposits, and agricultural and other uses; and Whereas The Official Opposi- tion of the Monroe County Com- missioners is being over-ridden by the Everglades National Park, now therefore Be It Resolved that we oppose the Everglades National Park buy- E U.S.A. For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You’ tenants or workers - - Just D'AL 2.5661 or 2-5662, PRICE FIVE CENTS Hogan Sentenced Today To Florida Penitentiary GETS 2% YEARS IN PEN—Jo! tenced to 24 years in the state hit-run death of a woman pedestrian. Shown with him is one of his attorneys, Enrique manslaughter. hn Hogan (left) ecaiee was sen. penitentiary at Raiford for the He was convicted of Esquinaldo.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. Legion Slates Final Event In Anniversary Celebration < M. Browning, general for the celebration of Anniversary of the birth | t American Legion, today re- leased the program for the high- light of American Legion Week. This event is to take place at 2 p. m. Sunday at the American Legion Home on Stock Island. The complete program is: Call to Order by Post Comman- der. Advancement of Colors. Prayer by Chaplain Dale E. Fox. Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion, ~ Introductions. Anniversary Address by Nor- man C, Kranich, Post Adjutant- Finance Officer. Cake cutting ceremony (Cake furnished by Herman Gordon, a member of the American Legion for 35 years). 3 Memorial Service paying tribute to those who have gone before. Retirement of Colors. (Continued On Page Eight) ing or condemning any additional | lands outside the established boun- daries of this park on Feb. 22, 1950, as being in‘urious to the wel- fare, growth and development of Monroe County and South Florida, and we call upon our Senators and Congressmen, our state of- ficals and state legislators to use all lawful means within their pow- er to save and protect these threat- ened lands from being shut away within the Everglades National Park, and to preserve them for development and use of our grow- ing population. { Key West Chamber of Commerce Maryy Lee Graham, President NOTICE! Tangible and Intangible Personal Property We are calling to the attention. of every person, firm or corporation in this county that has control, management or custody of tangible or intangible personal property that April 1, 1954 is absolutely the deadline for filing these returns. Also if these returns are not filed they bear a 10% penalty and the Tax Assessor will set the valuation. cLaube A. GANDOLFO, > Tax Assessor. | LL SSS Hotel Is Sued For $50,000 A woman who says she fell on the pier at the Casa Ma- rina Hotel yesterday began a $50,000 damage suit against the hotel. According to the complaint filed in the office of Earl Ad- ams, county clerk, Betty Ben- son says she was walking on the hotel’s pier on or about Jan. 30 when she suddenly fell. The fall, the complaint con- tinues, was due to the abrupt incline of the pier. There were no signs to warn of the abrupt incline, the complaint adds. Further says her complaint, she suffered shock, was woun- ded, bruised and injured about the ankle. All this, she con- tinues, caused great pain, an- guish and suffering. Also she spent money on medical treat- ment. attorney is Jack A. Falk of Miami. Two-And-A-Half-Year Term Set In Manslaughter Case John Hogan, 34, of Miami, today was sentenced to two and a half years of a woman pedestrian, in the state pen for the hit-run death He was sentenced at noon today by Criminal Court Judge Thomas S. Caro. A six-man jury last night brought j in a guilty verdict County May Get Added School Funds Supt. O’Bryant Says Amendment Offered May Grant Increase The Monroe County school sys- tem today had a chance to get additional Federal funds for new school constrvction here. Horace O‘Bryant, county sperin- tendent of public instruction, said an amendment to the supplemental appropriations bill will be offered in the Congress Tuesday. It ealls for 55 million dollars in old entitlements and 58 million dol- lars in new entitlements. Impact Areas The money is spent for schools in Federal impact areas — areas where large Federal operations — such as the Navy here — throws an unusual number of extra pupils on the schools. Under “he? old entitlemgp' additions { Poineiana~ and man schools were built. / However, O’Bryant said,/ the Federal funds were depleted be- fore more school construction could be started here. Still pending under the old en- titlements, are additional class- rooms and office space at the high school Douglass School. New Construction This new construction amounts to several hundred thousands of doilars that the school system here never received. If new money is added to the old entitlements, there is a chance cr this construction will be start- — cl ‘Bryant sent the following tele- gram to Congressman Bill Lantaff, urging him to support the amend- ment that will be offered on the floor Tuesday: “Congressman Bill Lantaff “House Office Building “Washington, D. C. ‘Congressman Fogarty to offer Amendment to Supplemental An- propriation Bill on floor of House next Tuesday, March twenty-third. Amendment to include fifty-five million ($55,000,000) for new enti- tlements under Public Law 81. This seems to be the only chance Monroe County has for getting (Continued On Page Eight) SPEAKS TONIGHT—Brailey Odham, candidate for governor will speak tonight at Bayview Park commencing at 8 p.m. The public is invited.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. and four classrooms at| after being out 50 minutes. Hogan was charged with being the driver of the car which struck Mrs. Matilda (Tonie) Hartman last Oct. 29 at Marathon. Mrs. Hartman and her husband, Howard, lived here at 1009 Whitehead Street. The jurors were: Paul C, Heflin, Leonard F. Ow- ens, Otto Aguero, Albert L. Saw- yer, John Rivas, and Hector D. Pita. Cpl. S. R. Waiker, of the State | Highway Patrol, testified that he arrived on the scene shortly afier Mrs. Hartman had been hit by the car. He said he called an ambulance and saw that Mrs. Hartman was started for the hospital here. Car Found After checking motels along the j highway toward Miami, Walker | said he saw a car traveling north that only, had one headlight. The ear, he added, was weaving back and forth across the highway. When the car pulled off the high- way at a metukgy/alker seid he pMeced the dad, Hogs0, under ares‘. Walker testified that Hogan was obviously drunk; that his speech was incoherent and that he “could hardly stand up.” He added that the right head- light was smashed and that there was blood on the car. Walker said he turned Hogan over to the sheriff's department. Bartender Testifies Joe Kilgore, a bartender at the Reef, a Marathon bar, told the court he had seen Hogan in the Reef once or twice. He said Hogan was in the Reef 30 or 45 minutes the night of the accident. He added that when Hogan came in the Reef he looked like he had been drinking. Kilgore said hé sold Hogan one drink and then served him two ginger ales on the house when Hogan asked for more liquor. The bartender also said that he offered to drive Hogan home but that Hogan told him he could ;make it home himself. Cross Questioning On cross examination by Wil- liam Albury, who was defending Hogan along with Enrique Esquin- aldo, Kilgore testified that he saw Hogan later that night at a police station. Kilgore said that at that time Ho- gan told him he wished he had let him (Kilgore) drive him home. Watson Roper, Jr., criminal in- vestigator for the sheriff's depart- ment, took the stand and identi- ied evidence he had sent to the (Continued On Page Eight) MAN JAILED FOR CONCEALED WEAPON Charles G. Chickering, 38, of Camden, S. C., today was in the county jail on a charge of carry- ing a concealed weapon. Bond was set at $250. The sheriff's department said | Chickering was picked up in a lo- |cal bar while he was carrying a -32 caliber revolver. C. B. Harvey Will Speak Over WKWF at 7:20 P.M. TONIGHT (Pd. Pol. Adv.) ieeskeaiie | |