The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 28, 1954, Page 7

: 16 Lettermen Are Expected ToLead This Year’s Rattlers i : i Hi Hf fil: Hat a eee ~ be ite e BEroce iy uf I f #8 gE i eEeE Fe i aii 20? PETRONIA STREET Phone 2-9400 Phone 2-6642 Worship 1] 4.M. - and 7:30 P.M. 1011 Whitehead Street Meats and Groceries TELEPHONE 2-612” DHS. Tigers ta By ¢. C. SEABURY _ The Douglass Tigers began foot- ball gracties last Monday morning at 6 o’eldek with an avérage size “tie Me tele wine oes ‘is Edwards-Davis Nuptials To Be Held September 5 Plans have been completed for the mariage of Miss Alice Coleen Edwards and Joseph Walker Da- will, take place at vis. the Teale byterian Church September 5, at 6:00 o’cloek in the will be held at 9-A 2-6652 Chiiréh erected at Florida, by Rev., Ji of kind white friends.. is now on for pews, Dimes Driv Ends Tu Give Now! © Summer time is polio time. As epidemics descend upon the na- tion, the threat of polio moves closer to you and your. children. Until now polio has been met by the March of Dimes,- fighting your fight against this crippling disease. But this year, March of Dimes funds were exhausted. This year’s test of a polio vac- cine placed an unprecedented drain on March of ,Dimes funds. Contributions to the Jenuary March of Dimes were not enough to complete the study.of.the polio, vaccine and at the same time continue help for mafy thousands of pdlio patients. i * ines rogram has rowed time Funds, for taken from Education pro- Dimes patient aid been operating on and borrowed mo patient aid have vital research and grams. Hospitals Jave been ask- ed to hold their bills. Hospital bills ¢an be delayed— but not forever. Polio cannot pe put off. The disease/is striking now— acfoss the najion. Polio is reach- ing out to claim new victims to add to its foll of 67,000 patients from prévious years who Still turn to the March of Dimes for lifesaving equipment, for help in their struggle to walk again. Hard-hit communities need iron lungs, meflical personnel and emergency funds to strengthen Your help is desperately need- ed—NOW. At least $20,000,000 must be raised immedately to combat the menace of polio. You can help provide thesé polio fighting funds with a generous gift to the Emergency March of Dimes which ends Tuesday. Miss Gonzalez, »|G. Deshazor Are Married Miss Jestina Gonzalez, daughter | of Mrs. Edna Burrows, 1 Baptist . | Lane, and Grover Deshazor, son of Mrs. Lillie Vera Deshazor of Montgomery, Alabama, were mar- ried following the morning servites at Bethel A. M. E. Church Sunday, August 22. The ceremony was per- {formed by Rev, Everett. Miss Gonzalez is a graduate of Douglass High School. Deshazor is a Navy man. Following the ceremony a rece?- tion was held at the Community Center. Many friends attended. RED GOOSE SHOES Exclusively Jrouth’s Shoe Center. | wa street PHONE 2.2532 Airfonditioned For Your Comfort ¥ Opening Monday, August 30 Two weeks of tedious planning and preparation for the Douglass School faculty came to an end yes- terday, August 27. The principal and faculty as a whole feel that a well-rounded pro- gram has been welded together to the end that a higher degree of Proficiency and greatly improved instruction will be attained. During the summer months, many much needed improvements Were made where the physical plant is concerned. The beautifica- tion program which began last spring is still in progress. With the help and: cooperation of the entire community, we propose’to make Douglass School one of the most beautiful sites in Key West. In order for this to be achieved, more children and parents must be willing and ready to demon- Strate their loyalty and love for the school by their actual interest and participation in this beautifi- cation program. It must permeate the hearts of all of us in an un- yielding desire to beautify and pro- tect our school and its grounds. So far, the beautification pro- gram has been somewhat retard- ed because too few of our children have rallied to the cause in the manner in which they are needed. We feel, however, that this atti- tude can and will very quickly be corrected. In an effort to clarify any mis- understanding in regards to the $3.00 fee which our children will be asked to pay, I wish to make “| this statement: “The fee is charg- ed to all pupils in grades 1 - 6 for materials and supplies which they will use and own. “These supplies have already been purchased by the School Board and Douglass School and all the other schools in the coun- ty, with the understanding that the parents of Douglass School chil- dren and all the other schools will pay these fees upon the child’s re- gistration in school. The supplies have been bought in huge quanti- ties thereby reducing the unit cost. “It is not a tax and the chil- dren will actually receive a great deal more for your investment than they would if you had pur- chased the same items one by one throughout the school year. We all want our children to have the same instruction and the same ma- terials as all the other children in the community. “This being true, we shall be ex- pected to assume the additional cost of our children’s education just as all the other parents of all the other school children do. Sin- cerely we hope that this will clari- fy any misunderstanding which now. exists. “We shall welcome your visit to the school and any future inquiry In revent, months, the’ March of | into this matter which you would like to make; for we believe that our parents love their children just as much as any other parents in the world.” Count Basie’s Band Is Tops CHICAGO (# — The Count Basle organization has been named the top jazz band in the second an- nual poll of jazz critics sponsored by Downbeat Magazine. The Basie band was an over- whelming choice, polling 128 points to 18 for its nearest rival, Duke Ellington’s band, last year’s win- Neely-Culmer Nuptials Take Place Here In a beautiful decorated church bedecked with gladioli, fern and garden roses, Miss Betty Lou Neely, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Neely, 714 Thomas Street and Corporal Floyd Culmer, son of Mr; and Mrs. William Culmer, Windsor Lane, exchanged mar- ine bag by Rev on ceremony v erette, Pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church, the church where the ceremony was performed. Preceding the ceremony, Willie C. Haggins, a senior graduate of Douglass School, class of °54 sang “T Love You Truly.” ’ Wedding music was rendered by Mrs. Ellen Sanchez, pianist. She is a popular music teacher and pianist of the city. At exactly 12:15 p.m. following the morning services, the wedding procession began, led by Elbridge Curry, followed by Gilbert Gon- zalez, Kenneth Butler, and Harry Schwartzman, ushers. Bridesmaids for this occasion were Miss Betty Christine Towns, and Miss Pauline Edwards whose dresses were made in identical style of the princess type in or- gandy with a ruffle of nylon satin topped by scallops. For the head- pieces they wore crownless hats of identical material and carried Nosegays of assorted garden roses and satin. . Miss. Betty Towns was clad in pink and Miss Pauline Edwards in yellow. f . Miss Patricia Ferguson was maid-of-honor for the occasion and wore green organdy of the ident- ical style of the bridesmaid. Mrs. Mary Roberts, first cousin of the bride, was matron-of-honor. She wore a beautiful waltz length dress of orchid nylon nét over slipper satin with matching ac- cessories and carried a bouquet of sweet peas centered by an orchid with satin ribbons. Harry Schwartzman was best man. Flower girls were Judith Ed- wards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jones; and-Juliette McIn- tosh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McIntosh. The beautiful dresses of the very lovely girls were designed and made by 5 Monvella Bartlette of Nassau, N. P. Reginald Ball, son of Mrs. Georgians Edwards, was ring- bearef. © The bride was beautiful, indeed, in her waltz length dress of nylon net over bridal satin resigned with a scalloped sweetheart neck- lin: trimmed with sequins and seed pearl. The skirt was made up in bouffant style. Her beautiful il- lusion fingertip length veil fell from a tiara of seed pearls and simulated sequins. Her only ac- cessory was a strand of pearls, gift of the groom. The bride car- ried a white Bible topped by a white carnation. - The bride was given in marriage by her father. The mother of the bride, Mrs. Sarah Neely, wore a waltz length powder blue dress of nylon with ner. Twenty-three critics voted in ‘the poll. One full vote was counted 10 points, with five given for half votes and three for thirds. The Modern Jazz Quartet won the combo division, polling 65 Points to 23 for the runner-up the Dave Brubeck outfit. Individuals voted the best jazz exponents on their particular in- otruments: Bill Harris, trombone; Dizzy Gil- lespie, trumpet; Charlie Park, al- to sax; Stan Getz, tenor sax; Har- ty Carney, bariton sax; Buddy De Franco and Benny Goodman tied on the clarinet; Art Tatum, piano; Ray Brown, bass; Jimmy Raney, guitar; Buddy Rich, drums, Lionel Hampton, vibra-harp. Joe Mooney on the organ was voted) the best in the miscellaneous | High instruments group. Louis Arm- strong was named best male sing- er and Ella Fitzgerald was voted best female singer. Received a card from Mrs. Thel- ma Curry and son of 1-C Fort Vil- lage, telling of their very pleasant visit in Tampa with Mrs. Coretha Stalworth, 3613 Twenty-sixth St. On the sick list this week are: Mrs. Ruth Reddick Carter, Mrs. Josephine Cole, John “Trapp” Hernandez, and Mrs. Gates, |. a white crownless hat surrounded with garden flowers. Her acces- sories were white. She wore a beautiful orchid corsage. The mother of the groom, Mrs. Miriam Culmer, wore a tailored dress of black-and white embroid- ery with matching accessories. Her corsage was also an orchid. Following the ceremony a/ re- ception for the bridal party was held at the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs, Zerlina Reckely. The general reception was held at the home of the bride’s parents. Mrs. Culmer, a junior student of Xavier University, New Orléans, will return to the university for the 1954-1955 school term. Corporal Culmer, husband of the bride, a graduate of Douglass School, will return to his army base in Alabama. The couple spent a week in Havana, Cuba on their honey- moon. MISS HANNIBAL QUALIFIES IN MUSIC Miss Mercedes Hannibal, daugh- she ‘iia es MISS BETTY LOU NEELY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Neely, 719 Thomas Street, and Floyd Culmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Culmer, Windsor Lane, were joined in marriage Sunday, August 15, in*a double ring ceremony performed at Bethel A.M.E. Church by the pastor, Rev. Everett, They are shown as they get ready to cut the cake. THEY PLAYE By ALPHONSO T. DEAN Well, Friends: We have reached the place where something should be said about the men who roam- ed the outfield. We have had a number’ of very good outfielders, ‘We would like to begin with Che- leno Perez. It is a pleasure to re- call the type of player he was — very fast, smart with a good throw- ing arm, he was truly great. After leaving Key West he played with the Miami Giants until he passed on. His brother, Panchito, was al- so a very good fielder at that time. Allen Smith who also saw action with some of the great Negro teams was an. outstanding fielder. The Teacher Has Just the other night, Tuesday, to be exact, the Metropolitan Life In- surance Company presented over the radio in its weekly “March in Science,” “The Teacher.” To say that this was a most appropriate subject at this time is expressing it mildly. It took.as an example of the teacher Mr. John Doe. Mr. Doe happened to have been teaching in a school in an average town. In this school there was Al Dim, a son of Joe Dim, a financial power in the city. Al was a problem child and whenever he was corrected al- ways referred. to the correcting teacher as, ‘You $2,000 a year no good, etc.” When the teacher went to the parents, he was reminded of the fact that his job depended on the financial power of the city leaders Around Bethel Ushers Board No. 1 met at the home of Mrs. Rosalie Hall Thurs- day, August 19, at 7:30 p. m. The president was happy to see so many members out. The meeting was enjoyed by all. Following the business session a delicious repast was served by Mrs. Hall, the hostess. The next meeting will be at the home of the president, Mrs, Ma- linda Farrington, 8 Passover Lane. Entertainment will be in charge of Joe.Hanna. All members are asked to be present and on time. The Ushers Union held its pro- gram at Bethel A. M. E. Church. Choir No. 2 ‘and Ushers Board No 1. reported to Willie Ward Monday, August 23, at Bethel’s Church center. Following the report a supper consisting of friend chicken, yellow tice, beets, green peas, macaroni and cheése; het rolls and ice cream and cake was served. Attending the affair were: Mr. and Mrs. Willie Ward, Rev. Ever- ette, Mrs. Sarah Hall, Miss Edna Kemp, Mrs. Nora Rolle, Mrs. L. Adderley, Mrs. Malinda Farring- ton, Arthur McIntosh, Mrs. Viola Thurston, Mrs. Zerlina Reckley, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frieson, Miss Carnetta Poitier, Mrs. Falona Mc- Clain and Mrs. Mamie Green. Improvement Councii Holds Session Dr. Gonzales was the principal speaker at the reguiar meeting. He gave encouragipg statements about the proposed pians for the use of the extra hospital wing. ‘The league is open for a bigger All people engaged in business are especially invited to become members. D THE GAME Allen — at present — doesn’t let | anyone know how much he knows about baseball and’ I doubt if you can find anyone in Key West who knows more about the game than he. ; We also had such stars as Dou- glass Adams, Steve Lewis, Char les Storr, Cecil Bain, James “Ka- loonka” Yingchosti, Gilbert Gon- zales, Sr., John Adams, Eugene “Tron Baby” Roberts and Peter Suarez. All were good fellows. It is hard to judge who was the most out- standing, but if you have ever seen these men in action, you would elect any three for your outfied. Place In Society and if he did not behave in accor dance to their dictates, he’é have no job. No satisfaction, however, was given for the behavior of the child. The attitude of this parent is no exception. It is something that most teachers experience. This particular case is only one of the many experiences of a tea- cher, Most people look upon teaching as a second rate position and are prone to think of a teacher as a failure in life. This should not be (the attitude. The teacher is em trusted with the world’s most ser- ious work — the education of our children. Since this work is so im- portant it seems only fitting that we as parents, should stand behind our teachers. Around Newman The services were interesting throughout the day. Both choirs were at their best Sunday night. Sunday, the fifth Sunday, the Re- gular DeLuxe Club, will be our honored guests and will render a program. The public is cordially invited to see and hear’ this won- derful group. This is the third group ored guests we have had ship with us this year, of hon- to wore We are looking forward with much concern to the close of our conference year, November 14, in Jacksonville, Florida. We are looking to each member of the church to play his part well, Thursday night after the fifth Sunday, Rev. A. Franklin Hooper, the efficient pastor of Cornish Memorial A. M. E. Zira Church, and his congregation will render service. Come and Year this man of God. Elks’ Rest In Operation The Elks’ Rest is in full bloom. Come out and enjoy your favorite conch fritters and souse Friday and Saturday of each week. = The Bills entertained the Royals Club Sunday morning ing them their favorite dish — boiled fish. The response was te These youngsters have ob= jectives and should be encograged to develop their ideals, We invite any organization to make use of the facilities of the “Rest.” BIRTHS Mr, and Mrs. Kermit Forbes, 1013 Howe Street, are the parents of a baby girl born at home Mon- day, August 23, The baby who has been give the name of Gilda Veronica For- bes weighed 7 ibs, 9 oss. at birth, The attending midwife was Mrs. Tomaso Morrero, 318 Truman Ave nue,