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

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country, with on average range of only 14° Fahrenheit VOL. LXXV Ne. 197 October 15 is Date Set For Community Chest Drive Start REPRESENTATIVE OF UDCS MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS October 15 is the tenta- tive date set for the be- ginning oi the United Com- munity Chest drive in Key West. The action was taken by the executive committee at a luncheon meeting held at the La Concha Hotel yester- day, Rear Admiral Towner, wice chairman of the Com- munity Chest presided in the absence of Bill Neblett, president. William Plunkert of the United Defense Community Service at- tended the meeting and made sev- eral suggestions and recommenda- tions to the group regarding the Community Chest drive. Red Cross Aid Dave King, representing the Am- erican Red Cross, reported that at a recent meeting of the Red: Cross chapter, it was unanimously voted to co-sponsor the Community Chest drive. ~ The question of designated gifts was brought up in regard to the Red Cross as well as other agen- cies. Plunkert told the group that this ‘was an important question and should be settled one way or the other: He suggested and Joe Pin- der moved that the presidents of the Community Chest and the Red Cross each appoint a committee of three members to discuss the pro- cedure and report to the executive committee. Heart Assn. Request Dick Evans, Chest secretary, read a letter from Dr. Herman Moorerequesting. the inclusion of the Heart Association a8 a mem- ber agency, The request was re- ferred to Joe Pinder, co-chairman of the budget dnd admissions com- mittee. Organizations that have request- ed inclusion are the Salvation Ar- my, the NCCS Club, Monroe Coun- ty Juvenile Council, Community Servicemen’s Center, Key West Youth Center, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the UDF (USO-YMCA) and the Children’s Bookmobile, ‘These and any others are requir- ed to submit their proposed bud- gets not later than August 30 for action by the budget and admis- sion committee. Z Navy Names Chairman Admiral Towner announced that Captain S. G. Walker of the USS Bushnell would serve as Navy chairman of the Community Chest drive. Sam Collins who will act as chair- man for the Community Chest drive announced that negotiations for office space were underway and that he hoped to have the mames of the sub-chairmen before the next meeting of the executive committee. Miss Judith Cauman of the Child Welfare League and the UDCS was @ guest at the luncheon meeting. Present at yesterday’s meeting were Admiral Towner, Dick Evans, Joe Pinder, Dave King, Sam Col- lins, Mary Sinclair and Sue Jones. Comedian Suffers Pre-Show Injury HOLLYWOOD WA breakaway door that didn’t break laid comedi- an Red Skelton low yesterday dur- ing a rehearsal for his CBS tele- vision show half an hour before the program was due to go on the air for the Eastern audience, the network reported. Skelton suffered a brain concus- sion and a severe neck sprain. According to the seript he was to walk through the stage prop door yesterday, carrying on his head a| chunk of balsa wood painted to | resemble a block of concrete, The breakaway door, supposed to shatter when he banged into it. didn't. ; He was replaced on the show by Johnny Carson. ee ee SLUMP BRICK in Various |” Colors and Sizes—at Strunk Lumber . ul By SUE American Citizens. Young Mother. Says She Stole For Her Kids Calif. Woman Tells Of Holdup While Mate Hunted Job LANCASTER, Calif. (@—‘‘When your kids are hungry you do stupid things.” Awaiting preliminary hearing on charges of robbing a liquor store with a pistol that wouldn’t shoot, a young mother of three children, the eldest only 4, told her story to newsmen. Mrs. Janet Sarver, 25, arraigned yesterday, remains in jail in lieu of $2,500 bail with the hearing set for next Wednesday. Officers said she took $189 in a liquor store holdup Tuesday night. “I wouldn’t do that again. Not for a million dollars,” she asserted tearfully. Bad Luck Hits “My husband, Don, lost his job. Our home burned. Illness hit us. “Last week I earned $10 as a part-time waitress. Don said he heard of job opportunities in Utah. I gave him $5 and he left last Sunday. When my money ran out we only had three cans of milk in the house. The neighbors gave me some pears and tomatoes. That’s all we had for two days and then I found that old gun.” Police seek her hitch-hiking 30- year-old husband who lost a leg in a motorcycle accident six years ago. “Good Machinist Mrs. Sarver told newsmen he was a machinist “‘and a good one” | but couldn’t find work in this des- ert community where the family (Continued on Page Two) PRE-SCHOOL INSTITUTE SESSIONS ANNOUNCED Sessions of the pre-schooi insti- tute directed by Miss Judith Cau- man of the USCS and the Child Welfare League will be held at the school administration building on Fleming Street as follows: Thursday, August 19 from 7 to 9p. m. Monday, August 23 from 7 to 9 . m. Tuesday, August 24 from 7 to 9 p. m. 4 A joint meeting COMMUNITY CHEST LEADERS—Sam Collins, chairman of the United Community Chest Drive this year, left, and William Plunkert, of the UDCS, discuss plans for the coming campaign at a meeting of the Community Chest executive committee at the La Concha yesterday.—Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. Teachers Convene For First General Meeting Horace O’Bryant, Monroe Caunty Superintntendent of Public Instruction, urged the instructional staffs of the county schools to concentrate on turning out “good What is good for America is good | O’Bryant and representatives of the Ken West Citis THE @ JONES for the world,” he said. O’Bryant spoke at a general s.meeting ate.ghe “high ‘auditorium yesterday after- noon, All schoéls in the county were represented at the meeting and the new teachers were welcomed to Key West and Monroe County by city and county as well as civic organizations. O’Bryant said he always “feels very much at home at the high school and I am always happy to see familiar faces in their usual places.” Regrets Losses He expressed regret that Miss May Sands, Hilda Salis, Edna En- gland, Mary Milner and Mavoreen Meador will not be on the staff this year. “Key West is a wonderful city,” jhe continued, “and if our new teachers will meet the citizens of the community and make friends with them, they will find that Key West is a fine place to live.” He complimented Mrs. Margaret Wellons and the CTA on their suc- cessful efforts to find housing for the newcomers, and Edith Rob- erts, coordinator of instruction on assembling such a fine faculty “in spite of the fact that our prin- cipals are sometimes hard to please.” City Manager Victor Lang, on behalf of the city of Key West, welcomed the new teachers to Key | West and urged them to take an active part in community affairs. Reception Invitation SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1954 LSS Meeting To Plan Fiesta Scheduled A meeting will be held next Thursday at 8 p. m. in the city hall for the purpose of get- ting planing under way for @ gala fiesta here October | to mark the maiden voyage of the “City of Key West’ between here and Cardenas, Cuba. Mayor C. B. Harvey, who is- sued the call for the meeting, has invited city and county commissioners, the Chamber of Commerce and other civic groups to attend the meeting. N. C. Hines, executive vice President of the ferry company, and Hoyt Agey, who is hand- ling the publicity for the firm, will also attend the meeting. Agey is former publicity agent for the of i John L. Day Named Finance Director Here Key Wester Gets Nod Over Nine Other Applicants John L. Day, of 828 Sim- onton St., has been appoint- ed City Finance Director, it was announced today by City Manager Victor Lang. Day who has been an agent attached to the Key West office of the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue for the past five years, will assume the duties of Craig Bowen, who resign- ed effective August 30. Native Son A native Key Wester, Day is a graduate of the Key West High School and the University of Flo- rida, where he received his Ba- chelor of Science, degree in. Busi- pons. Administoatiod, He* mii in accounting. * Day served two years in the Ar- my in the European Theater of op- erations. He is a member of the First Baptist Church. | In commenung on nis appoint: | ment Day said “I’m very happy about it — Key West is my home- town and I’m gratified at the) chance to serve it.” | Day’s appointment, recommend- ed by the Civil Service Board, will have to be approved by the city commission. There were nine applicants for the post. Ike Begins Drive To Aid Republicans WASHINGTON (® — President Eisenhower flew to Illinois today for the first speech in what amounts to a cross-country drive for a tighter Republican hold on Congress, and a later address on world affairs. Aboard his personal plane Colum- bine, the President and his party took off from National Airport at 8:18 a.m., headed first for Spring-| field and a frankly political ap-| pearance at Republican day cere- ;Monies at the Illinois State Fair. An invitation from the Key West Woman's Club to attend the annual! reception for women teachers was} extended by Mrs. Winston Jones. | The reception is to be held at the Woman’s Club on October 2. | Paul Sher, speaking for merchants | of Key West, said that O’Bryant had asked him to speak at the (Continued on Page Two) i} His speaking time there around 1:30 p.m. was Later in the afternoon he had al date to address the general assem- bly of the World Council of Churches on the Northwestern University campus at Evanston The speeches are only two of six which the President has definitely | scheduled in states heading intu (Continued on Page Two) SAN DIEGO, Calif. —If you; |think a small boy and a big dog} jean’t cause a lot of commotion, | just check with the San Diego Po-| lice, the Coronado, Calif., police— | and the U.S. Navy. | Yesterday the police received a/ ; number of calls that a boy and jing busy Harbor Drive, fouling | |up the traffic. They picked up 8-year-old Steve | Boy And Dog Cause a Foul-Up the submarine Hammerhead, said | Steve. So the San Diego police began to look for his mother. and ha d | the nearby Coronado police help} too. | Unable to locate Steve’s mother, | they contacted the Navy. The Na-| found the submarine was en route to Mare Island, Calif. The Coronado police finally got school teachers of grades 1 through |he did know where his father,|said he had run off with Barney | H. 3 will be held at Poinciana E. Thompson, a navy chief, | 120 Simonton St., near Coca-Cola|on Wednesday, August 25 at 1:30) was. p.m. ‘ “Where?” said the cops. Aboard | that morning, apparently because | he was spanked family automobile. was today named as the city’s Wester.—Citizen Staff Photo. William A. Douglass, ;committees have completed Douglass addressed the members of the Junior Chamber of Com- merce last night at their regular meeting in their club house on Flagler Avenue. He spoke in opposition to the fluoridation of the water supply at the request of the club in an effort for the members to hear both sides of the question before taking an active stand on the proposal. Last week, the Jaycees heard Dr. Delio Cobo, a dentist, tell of the advantages of the proposed fluoride program. Cobo is one of the sponsors of the proposal. 16 Year Wait “The results from putting fluor- ide in the local water would not be known for 16 years,” Douglass said. In his discussion, Douglass rais- ed what he called the primary question: “How are the citizens of Key West and Monroe County going to be benefitted by adding fluoride to the water supply.” He said that a congressional | committee has seen fit to investi- results of the investigation should jtaken. “There is no hurry,” he | Said. 1940 Observations In citing an example, Douglass lreported that the University of Arizona had made observations in 1940 of two cities in Arizona where fluoride was put in the water by nature. One city had 1.2 parts per million of fluoride in the water compared with 0.3 parts per million in the other city. Douglass stated that “only”? twenty-four percent of the children were free from dental cavities had the same percentage of chil- dren being cavity free even though the amount of fluoride in the water differed by a factor of four. Douglass stated that from re- ports of observations made by the Arizona University in 1940, one city his dog were crossing and recross-|vy checked its records — and|in which fluoride is naturally in the water, 50 per cent of the residents | over 24 years old had false teeth. | The report did not state whether Thompson and his dog Barney. He | results — they located Steve’s mo-| the false teeth were whole or par-| with public | didn’t know his home address but|ther, Mrs. H. E. Thompson, who | tial plates. Amount Of Fluoride On the question of how much for starting the | fluoride should be put in the water, (Continued on Page Two) IN THE Craig Bowen, who resigned recently. gate the program and that the/| }be known before any action is| He also stated that both cities U.S. A. oe ty oe NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR—John L. Day, 828 Simonton St., new finance director to replace Day is a native Key Jaycees Hear Argument Against Addition Of Fluoride To Water By BILL SPILLMAN a retired research chemist, urged the ctiy commissioners and civic clubs to with- hold endorsements of the proposal to put fluoride in the Monroe County water supply until the congressional their investigation. Suggested EDC Change Told By ALFRED CHEVAL BRUSSELS, Belgium #—French Premier Pierre Mendes-France, who wants to revamp the Euro- pean Defense Community treaty, | outlined his views of the continent's political aspects before foreign ministers of the five other pros- pective partners today. Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian for- eign minister and president of the conference, appeared discouraged as the group broke up after a meet- ing of almost two hours on general aspects of the crisis provoked changes. Spaak refused to make any state ment, saying it was too early to know what might develop. The ministers planned to continue the general discussion this afternoon. 15 At Session Only 15 men ateended this morn- | ing’s meeting. The ministers sought an intimate atmosphere for a free discussion of their views. West Germany and Italy had three rep- resentatives present, and the other |four nations—France, Belgium, | the Netherlands and Luxembourg— (Continued on Page Two) For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2.5661 or 2-5662. PRICE FIVE CENTS Carbonell Pans Moving City Hall To Poinciana Says Offices Should Be Set Up At Square. Corbonell made that Center on Duck Avenue. First Polio Cases In 8 Weeks Listed County Total For 1954 Stands At Thirty-Five Today Polio struck twice in Mon- roe County today, bringing the county’s 1954 total to 35 cases. One of today’s cases was the first polio reported in Monroe County this year outside Key West. Today’s cases were the first po- lio recorded here in eight weeks, Last. year, the county’s’ ninth case was recordedon Aug. 20. Dr. C. W. Morrison, county heal- th officer, said one of totlay’s cases was a 34-year-old Navy wife, a re- sident of Key West, who has a paralytic form of the disease. She has been transferred to Var- iety Children’s Hospital in Miami. Tavernier Case The other polio victim Dr. Mor- rison reported today was a seven- year-old boy who lives in Taver- nier. He has a non-paralytic form of the disease. Thirty-five persons were given gamma globulin shots because they had been in contact with the two new cases. Meanwhile, an Associated Press dispatch from Jacksonville quoted the State Board of Health as say- ing that Florida’s polio case: though rather high, “are spread fairly widely throughout the state.” For the week ending Aug. 13, new cases totaled 63 in 19 coun- ties, the board said, compared with 60 in 22 counties for the preceding seven-day period. State Situation The board said “cases of polio have been reported up to Aug. 13 in 54 of Florida’s 67 counties for a total of 740 cases so far this year as compared with a total of 732 cases in 44 counties for all of 1953.”” Counties reporting new cases of polio for the week ending Aug. 13 were: Brevard, 3; Broward, 2; Dade, 11; Duval, 5; Escambia, 1; Gad- sen, 1; Hillsborough, 9; Lee, 5; Leon, 1; Liberty, 1 ; Orange, 2; Palm Beach, 2; Pasco, 1; Pinellas, 3; Polk; 10; Sarasota, 2; Seminole, 1; Volusia, 2; and Wakulla, 1. “Reported cases appear to be (Continued on Page Two) Safety Council Gives Constructive Criticism pea hie Ne Improvements Suggested For Local Traffic By BILL GIBB The Monroe County Sheriff's De- partment and the Key West police received criticism at last night's Safety Council meeting. Some of the criticism was favorable some of it unfavorable — all of it was meant from a constructive | viewpoint. “The excellent equipment which Sheriff Spottswood is providing for | more modern law enforcement work in Monroe County was prais- ed. Mention was also made of the | cooperation being provided the Sa- fety Council through Chief Deputy | Watson Roper. | Due to numerous complaints con- cerning traffic conditions at drive-in theater on Stock Island, a motion was passed by the Safety | Council to ask the sheriff’s office |to investigate the matter and see what can be done to alleviate un- desirable conditions. Key West Police | Chief of Police Perez was prais- |ed by several members of the Sa- fety Council for the many improve- ments he has made within the po- lice department. In spite of this fact, it was pointed out that driv- ers of police cars are not setting a good enough example of “correct driving techniques’’ for the general | public. It was decided to ask Chief Pe- a'rez to stress to his men that they USO Building On Jackson Square By JIM COBB City Commissioner Louis Carbonell today advanced a suggestion that-city administrative officers be moved to the city-owned building which now hous- es the USO and the Chamber of Commerce on Jackson should suggestion, he said, after scores of complaints had reached him protesting the moving of the offices to the old Poinciana Community The commissioners said that the present offices are “inadequate.” The city made the move a week ago on the recom- mendation of City Manager Victor Lang. Carbonell said that the USO could be moved to the Poinciana site. He pointed out that the Jackson Square property was purchased seven years ago with the idea’ of moving the city hall there. “The fact that it is adjacent te the county courthouse would make it that much more convenient,” said Carbonell, “Then citiens could transact city and county business at the same time.” Carbonell added that all city of- fices could be moved to the Jacke son Square site, and that city com- mission meeting and city court sessions, could be held there. There is a large meeting hall in the rear of the Jackson Square building. Carbonell also pointed out that since the Naval personnel which uses the USO comes from Boca Chica and the Seaplane Base, as ell as. the Naval Station, the new — for the gy men. 3 "t want to anything to hurt the Navy,” Carbonell com- mented, Complaints Made He added that he hag received “at least two dozen phone calls protesting the switch to Poinci- ana,” and that most of the com- plainers had agreed that his pro- posal to move to Jackson Square “ds a good idea.” The city offices were moved to the community center after it was given to the city by the Key West Realty Co. after the purchas of 319 pes in the Poinciana Housing pro- ct. At present, the city is not mak- ing use of all of the space in the building since there is a quantity (Continued on Page Two) Truck Driver Fined For Bus Crash In July Earl Thomas King, 38, of Fort Lauderdale, driver of a truck that collided with a Greyhound bus, to- day was fined $100 and costs by Criminal Court Judge Thomas S. Caro. King pleaded guilty to a charge of driving on the wrong side of the Toad. According to the Florida High- way Patrol, the collision occured early July 31, about three miles north of Tavernier on U. S. 1. No passengers were aboard the bus. The bus driver, Thomas G. Lyle, of Hialeah, received bruises in the mishap. The truck was load- ed with 2,500 gallons of diesel fuel. are being watched constantly by the public. If they violate an or- dinance or show discourtesy while operating police vehicles, the or- dinary citizen is likely to imitate them. Safety Week Discussion Discussion of the Safety Weck, ; Sept. 20 - 25, was continued last night. M. E. Louis, USN, Acting Post Commander of the American Legion, assured the members that the Legion was vitally interested in anything regarding safety and that the Council could depend upon his organization for full coopera- tion. The American Legion at present (Continued on Page Two)