The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 4, 1954, Page 4

Poge4 = THE KEY WEST CITIZEN erence (except Sunday) Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monree County oe Monday, October 4, 1954 The Key West Citizen The Citizen Building. corner of Oe PURE a s_V9MN «TSH NORMAN D. ARTMAN erneninanane- Wdltor and Publisher Entered at West, Florida, as Second Class Matter oe TELEPHONES 2.5661 and rn for Press is itches the tews baper, and Associate Dailies of Floride ———_—. —_ __ en reer §_———_—___—_ Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, #12.00; by mail, $15.60 EE OE OO ‘ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION tol cabtorte of seat ‘honymous communicat IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WRST ADVOCATED ue CITIZEN THE CITIZEN SUGGESTS O’BRYANT STADIUM AS NAME FOR ATHLETIC FIELD What has he done? That’s the question asked sbout shy man who has beén honored by his fellowmen. When the Key West JayCees choose their outstanding young man of the year, they give you the reason, detailed and satisfactory, for having selected him. So it goes with every other man who is esteemed by the people of his com- munity. That commendable procedure evokes this question: What has Horace O’Bryant done for the public schools in Key West to warrant the adoption of the name O’Bryant Stadium for the Key West High School Athletic Field? Let’s consider first the last five years of O’Bryant’s work in our public schools. He was eleeted Superinten- dent of Public Instruction in 1948 and assumed office in January of the next year. Since then, as a result of his frequent visits to Washington in behalf of our public schools, he has obtained from the Federal Government $480,000 for construction of public schools in Monroe County and $150,000 for operational expenses. One would think that that decided success would have retarded his efforts to promote further efficiency of our schools. But he realized, probably more acutely than résidents generally realized, that, because of the rapid gtowth of Monroe County, our schools still were taxed to the limit to take care of the ever-growing attendance. So what did he do? He went again to Washington te plead for more money to build additional accommoda- tions inthe Key West High School, now crowded as it has never been crowded before. Did he succeed? He surely did. He returned last Thursday from the nation’s capital with the assurance that Monroe County wpuld be given $250,090 to enlarge the high school building and $200,286 for other school construction work. But he didn’t ‘there. He pointed out to the auth- orities, including Ralj{Grigsby, director of federal school _ construction, that a ghall schoolhouse is needed in Sigs- bee Park to take cafe of first and second grade pupils who reside there. At present they attend the Poinciana school, where classes in those grades are overcrowded. He didn’t get a commitment in this instance as he had for the other projects, but Mr. Grigsby assured Superin- tendent O’Bryant that the application would be given immediate consideration because of the pressing need for a schoolhouse in Sigsbee Park. 4 O’Bryant has been connected with Key West public sehools 25 years. He came here in August, 1929, to be- come principal the next month of the Division Street (now Truman) school. In September, 1932, he was appointed principal of the Key West High School, and’ continued in that capacity untill July, 1948, following his nomin- ation for superintendent on the Democratic ticket. i He has served faithfully and efficiently for a quar- ter of a century in our publie schools, and we should hon- or him by naming the Key West High School Athletic Field O’Bryant Stadium. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK Fire Prevention Week, which is observed in the first part of October of each year, ends on the tenth of October. This year —— as in other years — we remind readers at a very appropriate time of the year — that most fires could be prevented by very negligible efforts in the way of earefulness. Fire Chief Michael Lotz, of Baltimore, Md., recently suggested several steps to be followed in case of fire. The first was evacuation, immediately, of every house in which fire is discovered. Next, do not open doors suddenly, if you suspect fire. Feel the doors first. If hot, block them with furniture or wet mattresses or cloth and keep out the smoke and gases — if circumstances warrant. Remember that breath- ing is better near the floor, since smoke rises. Hold your breath when you dash through smoke or flames. Do not jump from windows except as a desperate, last resort. Do not reenter burning buildings, since gases and smoke often fell unsuspecting victims. We commend these suggestions ‘to our readers, al- though we have one piece of advice which we think more important. That is exercise of caution in dealing with fire this fall. Despite this advice, some now reading this‘ edi- torial will lose their homes in coming months in disastrous fires. Be sure you are not one of these. , We have always wanted to become a writer. No ore, inclucing the Rugsians, seem to know what the Russians want. If you haven’t alteady done so, dig into your pocket @ second time this year for the March af Dimes. , to local news pub- forum and invites discussion of public issu gf, general intereat, but i will ot publish New Vista Of Forecasti: GUNDER, Robot May Take Over To Aid Weather Man By DON WHITEHEAD WASHINGTON (#—A robot that can make weather forecasts better and faster than a skilled meteoro- logist is one of the exciting pos- sibilities today in the world where men are struggling for a better un- derstanding of what the weather is going to do. This robot is a highspeed elec- tronie computor which will move out of the laboratory into actual operation by the U.S. Weather Bureau next spring. Meteorologists hope the compu- tor in time will open up a whole new vista of weather forecasting. They don't look for immediate sen- sational results, but they do expect that the weather man, with the robot’s aid, will be able to predict more quickly and accurately whether cloudy or sunny skies will | prevail tomorrow. One reason for their optimism is this: In testing the machire at the Princeton Institute for Advanced | Study, scientists found the robot) had produced a weather map which predicted a sudden storm the forecasters themselves had missed. Since then, the machine had made other forecasts so success- fully that the Weather Bureau has contracted for an operational mod- el which is being built by the In- ternational Business Machines Corp. The machine rental will run around $400,000 a year. Dr. George P. Cressman, one of the Bureau’s experts, talks of the machine with a sort of affection- ate exasperation. “Don’t call this thing a ‘brain’ or a ‘wizard,’ because it isn’t,” he said. “‘Aetually it’s a stupid sort of creature. It hasn’t the faintest idea what to do unless told. But if you tell it the right things, then it works. “The machine will assist in fore- casting whether its going to be cloudy, rainy or clear. It can’t fore- cast when rain will turn to sleet or what time the rain will stop. It can’t compute the direction of a hurricane, We've still got a long way to go with our work.” The theory of forecas' wea- ther by applying mathematics and physics was first conceived about a half century ago by an English- man named Richardson. He worked out a set of equations for Predicting the actions of the atmo- sphere. But, without high speed calculators and knowledge gained since his time, his theory didn’t work out in actual tests. The development of electronic calculators reopened interest in the Richardson theory, and after World War II a research program was initiated by the Office of Na- val Research. That program now has become a joint Weather Bu- reau-Navy-Air Force effort. Im the laboratory a “model” of the atmosphere was reproduced by mathematical equation, taking into account temperature, pres- sure, wind velocity, humidity, etc. The machine, in computing a 24-hour forecast for half the United States, makes 750,000 multiplica- tions and divisions and 10 million additions and subtractions and per- forms roughly 30 million other op- erations in a matter of minutes. en all the equations are fed into the machine by means of; Punched cards, it produces on pa- per a series of printed symbols which form the basis of a wea- ther map. Geessman and a good many oth- ers are hopeful that as experience is gained more and more com- plex models of the weather can be fed into the machine to pro- duce better and better forecasts for interpretation by meteorolog- ists. “We hope that very bad fore- casts will decrease,” Cressman said, “while there will be an in- crease in efficiency. In five years we'll be doing a lot better than We are now.” Jerome Namias, the Weather Bureau’s long-range prediction ex- pert, is hopeful the mathematical method some day can be used i the long-range prediction field. “Up to this time,” he said, “we havent been able to formulate our problem sufficiently mathematical- PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to del; considered libelous or unwarranted. fair and confine the le of the paper only. Sig: re letters and will be published sto CEMETERY SUGGESTIONS Editor, The Citizen: I’ve been vacationing here in Key West the past six summers. Being a hay fever sufferer, I've found relief from it here, until re- cently. Last Saturday for lack of any- thing else to do, I took a stroll through your city cemetery. That is my first visit there—and my last. The weeds are so dense, I must have shaken pollen loose as I walked through, and I’ve been sneezing ever since. Not only amI disappointed that I can no longer recommend Key West as a haven for hay fever victims, but I am disappointed to find your cemetery in such a de- plorable condijtion. You people who are everlasting- ly scheming up ways to attract tourists here, with bathing pools | and various forms of amusement, have certainly “missed the boat.” A beautiful, well-kept cemetery is a drawing card, so to speak. The most education I’ve receiv- ed is not from books. I’m sorry to say, but I’ve had the privilege of traveling. I’ve been all over the U. S. A. and parts of Europe. Believe it or not, I’ve heard many people judge a city or ham- let by its cemetery. They judge people by the respect (or dijs- respect) that is shown their dead. The first time I was in Wash- ington, D. C., the very first thing I was asked, “Have you seen Arlington Cemetery. It is indeed beautiful.” Overseas two foreign ladies ask- ed me to see how well our boys’ graves are kept who lie in Fland- ers Field. They had the deepest | respect for our soldiers’ last rest- | ¥& ing place, which is green with white crosses “row on row.” Back home in Pennsylvania, my ly to tell the machine what to do. | WM dear father and mother-in-law We don’t know enough about the equations necessary.” Namias pushed his forecasts ahead as much as 30 days. He hopes ultimately to make a re- liable day-to-day forecast 30 days in advance—and to push the gen- eral forecasts out to cover an en- tire season, This Rock We sometimes have a tendency to overlook needed improvements which are staring us in the face daily. Angela Street, between White and North Beach Road is one of them, For years there has been talk that this street needed to be open- ed up. It is nothing more than a blind alley at present yet a lot of taxpayers live in the area and a through street would benefit hun- dreds of other residents who oper- ate motor vehicles Since this is Fire Prevention Week, it might be worth pointing out the fact that part of Angela Street of which we’re speaking would definitely handicap firefight- ers if any major conflagration oc- curred in the area. Probably the City Commission- ers are delaying action until they have more money with which to work on street improvements. I wonder if it wouldn’t be better to go ahead with plans to open up the dead-end street now — when we're engaged in a general pro- gram of street repair anyway? Fire Prevention Week Chiéf Charlie Cremata and his men are attempting to emphasize the danger of fire this week, in homes as well as businesses. We have a wonderful fire department here in Key West. The guys "need our help, however. Do you have an extinguisher a- round the house? It is the proper kind for the hazards which might be. present? If you're not sure of the answers to these questions, call the Chief and he will be glad to send an inspector around to help you. Home Appliance on Simonton Street is working with Chief Cre- mata this week to stress fire pre- vention. So are some insurance Of Ours By Bill Gibb companies. Of course, there is al- ways a commercial angle to such cooperation but this does not de- tract from the value of the pro- gram to the community. Toby Bruce, of the above - men- tioned company, is hitting the sub- | ject of Fire Prevention in the way | which I think reaches into homes | speedily — through the children. | He's giving away free fire helmets, raincoats, etc. It is.a novel idea — one that you see quite often in| large cities but very seldom in Key West. Sigsbee Park The other day I mentioned that a friend had been rather abrupt in a conversation revolving around Sigsbee Park and the danger of hurricanes. Evidently, I’ve had se- lie in a beautifully tended ceme- tery. To us northern folks it is sacred ground, Several caretakers are hired and paid good wages to keep these cemeteries ship-shape. Why can not Key Westers hire caretakers? You scratch up money for less worthy purposes. Why not let your city or county prisoners do this work? You feed | them, don’t you? Many states do that. I hope my good people of the | Key West Citjzen will publish this | protest—for the people’s sake: | maybe some civic-minded person | Or persons will find a way to clean | up that African-like jungle you call a cemetery, before your tor- | ist season sets in. You'll not only clean it up, but |keep it clean in respect for your departed loved ones. A Summer Visitor BILL WILLIAMS General Delivery, Key West | HE HAS ALL HIS TEETH | Editor, The Citizen: | Yes, I'll consider your offer, Mr. Cobb, to drop by your desk and view the allegedly fantastic , claims of fluoridation objectors. I regret my last visit didn’t allow the time. For now, let’s discuss the [’rin- | ciple--right out here in the open. B So you had a tooth pulled. Well, I haven't. Never have. Don’t know what it’s like. Neither does my 8-year-old son, .or my 5-year- | old daughter; and quite logical! neither does the baby, 11-months. | veral people insult me and I’ve been so blind that I didn’t know I was being insulted. At least, that is the only way I can explain the questioners who have asked me if I was referring to them! Let me say now that only the person concerned knows of whom I was talking. My only object in writing that column was to inform this person quietly of my feel- ings. I wouldn’t have dared do this if he wasn’t close enough to me to accept the criticism in the spirit in which it was written. The question of whether Sigsbee Park is dangerous during a hurri- cane is one to be decided by ex- perts. I understand that the mat- ter is under advisement. There is no reason for residents in Sigsbee to become frightened. Most of the people are Navy personnel and you can rest assured that the Navy al- ways takes care of its own. I brought the subject up in a column because. I felt that the time to discuss hazardous conditions was before a storm — not afterwards. Ballroom Fire Kills Two People DETROIT, (#—Two persons were reported killed in a fire last night whieh whipped through ‘Detreit’s Edgewater Park Ballroom at the height of a wind-driven rain storm. Some 700 persons attending a charity dance in the amusement James Mangan, ballroom man- ager, estimated damage at $250,000 The fire was believed to have started in an air conditioning vent. “and were it left to me to de- park ballroom left the burning | ide whether we should have a gov- building without panic. A portion;ernment without newspapers or ot the building's rogt collapsed | newspapers without government, I shortly afterwards. The two vic-| should not hesitate a momént to bee were believed trapped by the! prefer the latter.” — Thomas Jef- ferson. > Crossword Puzzl ACROSS 1 1. Fit of peer. | ishness 4.Jamp 8. Seo ‘12. Past 13. Arabian 32. Knock 38. Weaken 35. Attitude 36. Rowing implements 37. Diminished 38. Uprising 41. Conflict 42. Particle 43. Witty say- ings 48. Strong wind 49. 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M Somehow, with county relief hand- outs and a six-foot garder a neighbor's cow, I got my The world doesn’t need We need common sense. fanantics and “crackpots” | both sides of the fence. |companies make money “pure” water, why make money selling | water? People don’t want fluoridation— |they want magic | That’s the principle | |fer common sen: Smart? Balanc of x folks are Too lazy to eat and are on sir. If selling ca poisoned | You say, Mr. Cob |no valid argumen ation. | The principle is enougt |. Eskimoes do okay without |fluorides—until they overdo, on | Sugar, sweets, and processed foods. Remind me to bring up my war |years, boy. Four years in the jaretic, no fresh vegetables, no fresh milk, boat supplies once a down to eating raw it, of c ) reed fluorid- idea of freedom! » by band- d overzealous ation isn ) It smells of dic wagon do-gooders professionals And this is just Principle. This carry the coy subject of ¢ By the w skimming The couldn't t onto the »mething n't it? P. O. 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He s “amen OXYGEN — THE BREATH OF LIFE Life can be sustained over a considerable period of time with- out food or drink, but not with- out air. So great and so insistent is the body’s demand for oxygen that air must be inhaled every minute from birth till death, » \; And so vital -. is oxygen that when it is ; longer ay: able or can no longer be taken into the DR. RADIN the only éle- ment in the air that we breathe, but it is the most important, Every cell in the body must have a constant supply of it and must be able to use it if the health of the cell is to be main- tained. The oxygen so constant- ly needed to sustain life and maintain health is carried by the blood from the lungs to every body cell. Thus it will be readily seen that four things are necessary if the body is to make the most of this vital element: 1. A continuous supply of fresh air, . Proper breathing; . Good circulation of the blood; . Ability of the body cells to make good use of oxygen. To maintain a constant sup- ply of fresh air—that is, to have good ventilation — during both sleeping and waking hours is important. This is not always simple. The construction of houses, arrangement of rooms and location of windows do not always contribute to good ven- tilation. But usually a way can be found to get fresh air, if not constantly, then at least by opening the windows at intervals during the day and keeping them open at night. To breathe properly the body must be erect, whether ia a standing, walking or sitting pos- ture. If the body is allowed to slump, the lungs are cramped so that they cannot fully expand and the muscles that control breathing are hampered in their movements. A slumping posture also interferes with the work of the nerves that control the ac- tion of the muscles and lungs. To maintain good -eireulation some physical exereise or work is necessary. Exercising or walking in the open air has the double advantage of providing a good supply of oxygen and improving the circulation of the blood. The ability of the body cells to make use of the oxygen car- tied to them by the blood, can be measured by a basal metabo- lism test. Only a doctor, of course, can make such a test or advise whether a person should have it. Deep breathing and posturé correction will bring abundant health. This article is published t interest you in better health Dr. Murray. Radin, Physician, $17 White Phone 2-5619.