The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 1, 1954, Page 5

Visit To Cardenas Gives Navy Men A Preview Of Ferry Terminus CALYPSO BAND — A native band beats it out as crewmen of EPC 618 are entertained with a cock- tail party and dance at the Cardenas Naval Base. Uniformed man at right is a Cuban Navy CPO. BREAK — W. L. Fisher (right) EPC 618 fireman from Detroit, takes a break at the dance given by the women’s club of Cardenas. "Sailors lived it up between dinner parties, sightseeing and a visit fo a rum factory. For Best Results, Use Classified Ads Shop by phone from 8:30°A.M...Call: 3-111 Kurdines Sunshine Fashions FREE DELIVERY ON WEDNESDAY through the Florida Keys down to Key West To better serve the needs of our cus.” tomers, beginning Oct. 6, deliveries to the Florida Keys area will be made every Wednesday instead of Friday as at present. There will be no delivery to this area on Friday Oct. 1. Instead bulk and packages will be delivered on Wednesday-Thursday Oct. 6-7 and every Wednesday thereafter. Shop by phone, by mail or in person! Your purchases will be delivered free of extra cost, Simplify your shopping..adopt one of Burdine’s four convenient credit plans. Ask our Credit Department, © 30-Day Charge Accounts @ Permanent Budget Accounts © Household Club Accounts © Purchase Certificates ORDERS RECEIVED BY NOON TUESDAY WILL BE DELIVERED WEDNESDAY SIGHTSEEING — The inevi le tour of the city saw the crew of EPC 618 visiting points of interest including national monuments. These sailors were convoyed on their tour by pretty senoritas. All Navy ships don’t make liberty in Havana. To get a preview of Car- denas, Cuban terminal of the new ferry, EPPC (experi- mental patrol craft) 618 re- cently visited that city. EPC 18 was met at the pier by a delegation of Car- denas city brass, The crew BE BOP OR SAMBA? — What's the difference, says R. D. Saun- ders, crewman.of EPC 618, as he swings out with his pretty Cuban partner at the dance given by Navy Men Headed For ‘Gitmo’ May Go Via Ferry, Highway By BILL SPILLMAN It is now possible for Navy peo- ple to drive to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Station. The advent of the Key West-Cuban ferry now allows service people who are transferred to and from the Cuban Station to proceed in their own cars. This method of official travel does not as yet have the approval of the Navy Department. In the past, practically all people entering and leaving Guantanamo Bay did so by military aircraft. The few vehicles that are on the foreign station were taken the eom- plete route by ship. The distance to the Naval base is only 564 miles from the ferry land- ing in Cardenas. The complete route is over a first class road with the exception of the last 60 miles from Santiago to the Guan- tanamo, Naval Station. This sixty- mile stretch is in the process of being improved at the present. Scenic Route The route along the length of Cu- ba, in the center of the Island, is a road of scenic mountain beauty. There are several cities on the way where adequate hotel accommoda- tions are available at reasonable rates. Gasoline and oil are available in all of the many small cities along route. The large cities have gar- ages and spare parts of most popu- lar makes of American automo- biles. Those people who are not accus- tomed to Cuban driving should drive only in the daytime. Drivers should become accustomed to Pushing the horn button at every intersection. Expression has it that the person who honks first has the right away unless you are a for- eigner; then you are automatical- ly wrong. Take Extras Along People making. the trip should carry along a spare tire, an extra fuel pump, and other small items that may give trouble to the car in some desolate area. To those. people who wish to make the trip in the form of a lei- surely vacation, there are many resorts along the route-or close by. Hunting and fresh water fishing is especially good in the moun- tainous regions. Anyone hunting should have a Cuban guide. The Navy has not as yet given its official sanction to their person- nel to drive to the station. The rea- son being because of a lack of a ferry in the past making it impos- sible. People who plan to make the trip should plan on at least two full days of driving from Cardenas. Plans should also call for four hours driving the last 60 miles. The local Junior Chamber of Commerce has already received a letter from a Navy man at the Guantanamo Base, requesting in- formation concerning the ferry. All people making the trip should be very careful to check automo: | bile “insurance clauses. Most poli- cies are not in effect for foreign driving. Gillispie Ends Thirty Years Of Naval Service first was taken on a tour of the city in buses and autos. The first stop was the Naval Base at Cardenas for cocktails and dancing. Crewmen of the EPC 618 then visited several national monu- ments. At one monument, Lt. (ig) David Greathouse, commander of EPC 618, laid a wreath in com- memoration of the dead of Cuba’s war of revolution. The next stop was at the Areche- bala rum factory and then to the Palacio Municipal where Bathuel Posada Delgado, mayor of Carde- nas, welcomed the crew, For You That night, the crew attended dinner parties in private homes and then a dance given by mem- bers of the Cardenas women’s club. The four accompanying photos show some of the crews’ activiites | during the Cardenas visit. All pho- tos are official U. S. Navy photos. The Library of Congress has a} Japanese collection which totals 380,000 volumes. The Mayas, like the ancient Greeks, had a philosophy of “noth ing in excess.” Subscribe To The Citizen r Needs HARDWARE GLIDDEN PLUMBING GALVANIZED PAINTS FIXTURES PIPE — Copper WINDOW GLASS After 30 years of service with the U. S. Navy, CHRELE Thomas J.! Gillispie of the Fleet All Weather | Training Unit, Atlantic, at the U.| S. Naval Air Station, was retired | today. In his 30 years in the Navy, | CHRELE Gillispie has worn every | uniform the Navy has and has held every rate and rank up to and in- cluding Lieutenant Commander. | CHRELE Gillispie has received | several offers from ‘arge civilian | oragnizations for a position as Elec- tronics Engineer in the new field! of “Avionics.” This field encom- | Passes among other things, Radar, | Electronic Aids to Navigation, and | Airborne Communications Systems. | The mother of the first wife of | Columbus owned a sugar planta- tion. ——<____ New York State motorists use more than eight million gallons of gasoline a day. 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