The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 25, 1954, Page 2

Memories Of Tremendous New Publication Recalls Building Of Railroad] Task Revived A publication devoted to mem-!which deal with the building of ories of the days when the rai!- road was building toward” Key _ West has begun publication in Washington. The following excerpts were tak- en from Volume 1, Number 1, of The Extensioneer, published py Carlton J. Corliss, 2120 16th St., N. W., Washington 9, D. C.: Old Solomon Pinder of Knock- m-Down Key puffed on his corn- ob and looked out to sea. Word .as just reached him of Flagler’s reat plan to build to Key West, ie ocean to span. “A railroad on and, that’s proper,” said he, “But, hivér my tymbers! A railroad ts sea! If the story be true, sir, mark my words here: ‘Twill be a man-killer; the cost will be dear; and many a Conch man will go to his rest, e’er the first engine whis- tle is heard in Key West!” — Folk- song. The construction of the overseas railway to Key West has been com- pared to the building of the Py- ramids.of Egypt and the Aque- ducts of Ancient Rome, and its r, Henry M. Flagler, has likened to Alexander the The history of railway build. i few more exciting and chapters than those this unique raizroad. More than fifty thousand sun - browned men were engaged in that epic struggle against. the sea and the hurricane. But today only a few are left to tell the story! And these few are scattered to the four corners of the globe. Many of those whe will receive this bulletin attended the hastily organized but none-the-less delight- ful Reunion of Key West -Exten- sioneers at the Casa Marina Hotel in Key West on January 23, 1952, just forty years after the great celebration attending the comple- tion of the railroad to Key West. All of us who were privileged to attend the reunion are still re- calling that enjoyable event. For the record, there are listed below the names of those present as gleaned from newspaper clip- pings. R. F. Archibald; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baker; Frank Bentley; Mrs. Julia E. ; Mr, and Mrs. E. P. Comer; Mrs. Pansy Baker Connor; Mr. and Mrs. Carl- ton J. Corliss; J. Ernest Cotton, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Duna- way; Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Duncan; Mr. and Mrs, William A. Glass; Ed Goehring; Henry H. Hyman, master of cefemonies; John J. Kir- Hollywood HOLLYWOOD (#—“Oh, what a beautiful morning .. .” That’s Shirley Jones’ theme song each day. she wakes up, because she’s the luckiest girl in town. In the nation, maybe. A stage-siruck kid of 20, she is now playing ‘the “ead in the biggest musical ever made. And she is the first player ever put. under exclusive contract by Rodgers and Hammerstein. The musical is “Oklahoma to the massive I told her she’d have to change her name. Whoever heard of a star called Shirley Jones? No doubt she would be switched to Gloria La- moure‘or Rita Francais. “{ don’t-think so,” she replied witha winsome smile. “I like my name and I want to’ keep. it. nm we started the picture, I asked the director, Fred Zinne- | mam, if he thought I should change my fame. He said it had been dis- But he voted in favor of BS it. He said he was tired of all the phony glamorous names and it was time for a good old Welsh one like Jones.” Jones it is, and it fits her to a T. She has the ‘blonde unspoiled American beauty that the soap ads Notes By Bob Thomas stein realized this. when they first auditioned her a year ago. That's right—in just a year, she has risen from the chorus to the role of Laurey in the all “‘Okla- homa!” film. ..° The producers are gambling (be- tween six and seven million worth) that her charm will come across on the screen. Shirley is the pride of Smithton, Pa., a small (pop. 800) subutb of Pittsburgh, where her father runs a brewery. «|Fla. Republicans Ponder Problem FORT MYERS (#—The political emergen¢y created by the death of their gubernatorial candidate, J. Tom Watson, had Republican leaders conferring by telephone to- day with no immediate solution to the problem of a replacement candidate. G. Harold Alexander, the par- ty’s state executive committee chairman, said he was conferring with committee members as fast as he could reach them by tele- phone. He was handicapped by the fact that only a week remains before the election, and courtesy to the dead candidate and his »family proclaim. Rodgers and Hammer- calls for restraint in actions. DYE-BATH CREATES NEW LIFE FOR SINGLE-OCCASION SUIT ‘ONDERING what to do with hat nice white suit Junior wore to Communion? A simple, inexpensive solution is to give it color via the all-fabri¢ dye-bath and in the little time it takes to wash and dry clothes you'll have a suit any boy will gladly ve = bs gal ie Pa eal for this jo) your wer*ing machine, W! Tintex mends for all clothing or. home decoration: All you need do is select your dye col. or from ah assortment of 50 skasae and let the washer do most of the spin-dry = Bante Ser g'by Gnageted steps f in 8 sicps for a washing machine follow. ere e in jar or pitcher pa bey Blace article in machine and fill machine with hottest” water available. Pour dye solutiof’ into washer, run ine through reg- be wed ating cure yee! ent machine is so pine article in it, e indeerts or in a shady place owtside. Communion suits come goomty in pre-shrunk fabrics, so there's no shrinkage problem involved. chenbaum; Al Lindgren; Mrs. Da- vid Pedemont; Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Pepper; Will R. Porter; John F. Potter; Percy M. Roberts; Tho- as W. Martin; Mrs. Jesse Por- ter Newton; Mrs. Nora K. Smiley; John M. Spottswood; R. F. Spotts- wood; Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Stead- man; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Strunk; James B. Sullivan; and J. Jack Wentworth.. At the Key West reunion chair- man Henry Hyman appointed a committee composed of W. A. Glass, Miami; Mrs. Nora K. Smi- wap, Miami Ba Strunk, Rey West, way, Miami; est, and the writer of this bulletin, io Jay the groundwork for a perman- ent organization. Ever since then the five have béen awaiting an op- portunity to get together in Miami or elsewhere for a meeting. Per- haps the opportunity will come this winter. Meanwhile, “The Extensioneer” is issued to keep contact with the seattered group of “members.” The Committee will be pleased to hedr from anyone who was co2- fected with the Key West Exten- sion, or who, because of family ties or for other reasons, is inter- ested in joining or affiliating with vhat may be called the ‘‘Key West Extension Association.” iThe Weatherman Says Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy today thru Tuesday with ‘Fisk of brief isolated showers. Not- much change in temperature with low tonight near 73 - 74 and high Tuesday near 83 - 85. Moderate to fresh northeast and ‘east winds, moderately strong at times - off shore today and tonight. Small craft warning displayed. Florida: Fair thru Tuesday ex- cept for isolated brief showers southeast coast. Continued mild. Jacksonville thru the Florida) Straits: Small craft warnings dis- played Palm Beach southward. Northeast winds fresh to occasion- | ally moderately strong 20 - 30 mph in display area and moderate to fresh elsewhere thru Tuesday. Clear to partly cloudy weather. Iso- lated showers south portion. East Gulf: Small craft warnings displayed on Florida Keys. North- east to east winds fresh to mod- erately strong over extreme south pottion and moderate occasionally | fresh elsewhere thru Tuesday. Fair | weather. | Western Caribbean: Moderate | Dec. 25, received a dozen dolls at e THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, October 25, 1954 Doomed Girl Johns’ Gift WALDO (#—Little Gladys Mae} Rozier, who may not live to see an early Christmas party yester- day but what she liked most was a rubber frog. Acting Gov. Johns brought the \frog. It made funny squeeks and made Gladys smile, Gladys, 13 but weighing only 26 pounds, whispered ‘thanks’ as presents from Gov, and Mrs. Jolins and a hundred or more relatives and neighbors were unwrapped. Incurably ill with a brain dis- ease and diabetes, she fainted oncé—from excitement—but quick- ly recovered and helped open some gifts. Gov. and Mrs. Johns, invited by the father, J. T. Rozier, a dis- abled veteran and part-time log- ger, brought besides the frog a cake, party dress, box of candy, a $10 bill attached to a Christmas card, and ice cream. to fresh east and northeast winds | over north portion and gentle to moderate variable winds over south | portion thru Tuesday. Mostly clou- dy extreme north, partly cloudy | elsehwere. Scattered showers. | Weather Summary for the Tropi- cal Atlantic, Caribbean Sea Area and the East Gulf of Mexico: Con-| ntil several years ed to Miami. ig survived by the widow, . Clarice Roberts Dixon. services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the br of Pritchard Funeral Home with Father John Capelle of St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church officiating. Burial will be in the igmily plot in City Cemetery. MRS. BESSIE KLINGER Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Bessie Klinger at Ashland, Pennsylvania, on Octo- ber 21. Mrs. Klinger was the sister of Harve Bush of this city. Mr. and Mrs, Bush, 1411 Flagler Ave., went to the Pennsylvania town to attend the funeral which was held this afternoon at 2 o’clock from Kulls Funeral Home there. MRS. GRACE L. ALBURY Mrs. Grace L. Albury, 80, died early Sunday morning at Monroe General Hospital after a long ill- ness, Funeral services were scheduled for this afternoon at 4:30° at the Church of God. The body was to be placed in the chureh at 2 o’clock. The Rev. J. Frank Culpepper was io officiate a t the services. Burial will be in the family plot in City Cemetery. Lopez Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Mrs. Albury is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Anthony Manders and Mrs. Benjamiti Demeriit; one son Phillip G.; one sister, Mrs. Louise Shepherd: and two brothers, Milton and Webster Grillon. CHARLES 1. SAUNDERS Charles I. Saunders, 56, died Sat- urday at Monroe General Hospital after 3 long illness. The Reverend James E. Statham officiated at funeral services which were held Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Lopez Funeral Home. The body was sent this morning to Miami for cremation, after which the ashes will be interred in South- ern Memorial Park Mausoleum. Mr. Saunders is survived by his wife, Marguerite A.; his father, Herman Saunders; one brother, John, Miami; two sons, Charles and William, both of Tampa; one daughter Mrs. Edna May Goff, Tampa; and five grandchildren. More than half the food stores in the United States now handle frozen foods. ditions are relatively stable throughout the nearby tropics and there are no signs of any develop- ation Taken at Post Office ‘ilding, 7:00 A.M. EST, | Key West, Fla., October 25, 1954 Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night Mean Normal Precipitation Total last 24 hours Total this month __. Deficiency this month Total this year -__. Excess this year Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 84% Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 30.09 ihs—1019.0 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac - 6:30 a.m. 5:52 p.m. _ 6:23' ain. 5:40 p.m. . October 26 New Moon TOMORROW'S TIDES (Naval Base) Time of Height of Tide high water Low Tides 3:16 a.m. 2:51 p.m. Station— |’ High Tides j 10:00 a.m. 9:17 p.m. _ ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Bahia Honda (bridge) ....—oh 10m (east ond) ...4-2h 20m Boece Chice : Sandy Pt. No Name Key Caldes ‘Channel (north end) | 41.4 Ht.) (—)—Minus sign: Corrections to be subtracted. (+)—Plus Correetions to be added. 9.0 Ht. —th 40m +2h 10m | the party. He said “‘I want to thank 9\es the adventures countryside of Germany of a Cap- Day. | 8. Old Reman festival honoring Pomona, goddess of fruit, was || brought to Britain during the Roman occupation and gradually com- bined with Halloween. Nuts and apples played important part in the |celebration and bobbing for apples evolved as entertainment. 9. Future husbands, it was believed, would be seen peeping Gladys was able to eat a small square of the cake and taste the ice cream. Rozier, injured.in a logging ac- cident last week, was released from the hospital in time to attend everybody for their kindness,” Cay Comedy Will Return To Strand Twentieth Century - Fox’ prova- catively titled. encore triumph comedy, “I Was A Male War/ Bride,” starring Cary Grant and| Ann Sheridan, will be shown Wed- | nesday at the Strand Theatre. Trainman Is Is Pleased By Killed In Crash PORT HENRY, N.Y. (®—The Delaware and Hudson Railroad’s Montreal -to-New York City Lauren tian Express collided head on with | a barreling 133-car freight train | near this Lake Champlain shore village yesterday, killing a train- man and injuting about 50 persons, D&H officials said- the trains were supposed to pass at a siding in Port Henry, a mile north of the wreck, and the railroad presséd an investigation today to determine why they had not. None of the Laurentian’s 125 Passengers were hurt seriously, but some suffered minor cuts and bruises. Six crewmen were hos- Pitalized. Killed was Charles Bascue, 57, of Whitehall, head trainman on the freight. j Two railroad wrecking crews, aided by floodlights, labored through the night to right over- turned cars and restore the 400 feet of track torn up by the collision, about 1 p.m. Dé&H officials said | they hoped to resume traffic on the | sing:e line this morning. |MORE IRANIAN OFFICERS TO DIE TEHRAN, I ad | Court sentenced five chy oto | Needs C.G. Aid force officers to death today on MIAMI (®—The Coast Guard re-| ‘ . Heder the small Honduran ship, ot Bie a — the 135-foot Launa, no longer was/ ° in distress and rescue castatiia ane ae erie = rs. |were called off. Will face firing ‘squads soon fa The vessel, with a crew of 13,|/2" appeal court or the Shah inter. called for help last night with word | “°"*S- that she was flooding and water) covered the engine room floor! plates. Today the Launa, en route from Nassau, Bahamas, to Kingston, | Jamaica, reported ‘her Pumps} wotking again and gaining on the water, and radioed that she was proceeding. Two rescue aircraft were sent back to their bases and the Coast Guard cutter Androscoggin, speed. ing to the vessel, turned back to- ward Miami. “The emergency has ended,” said the Coast Guard. : ‘Ship No Longer EISNER Furniture Co, Poinciana Cente: USE OUR LAY-AWAY PLAN POOR OLD ¢€RAI SERVICE. STATION Francis at Truman DIAL 2-183 Your PURE OIL Dealer ACCESSORIES —_—_— Eisner Furniture Co, Poinciana Center Tel. 2-695) Special ) Chrome Dinettes $49.50 Wrought tron Dinettes .... 69.50 Lime Oak Dinettes Both diesels pulling the D&H freight plunged down a 10-foot em- | bankment. The impact derailed the Laurentian’s engine, overturned one of its baggage cars and de- railed two others. About 15 cars of the freight train leaped the tracks and lay smashed and twisted along the route. Most of them were flat cars and empty | coal cars. } TODAY'S STOCK MARKET NEW YORK (#—The steck mar- ket was higher today in early dealings, ut there were many minus signs scattered broadly. The original screen play describ-| through the | tain of the French Economic Mis- }sion and his American secretary, | a member of the WAC corps. When ‘ithe couple decide to marry, the| *|complications and fun, via army "|red tape, sets in. When the WAC “lis re-called to the U. S., her spouse becomes a “Male War Bride”! More than 46 locations in the Ger- man City. of Heidelberg were used in filming “I Was A Male War Bride” on location. Authentic back- ground are said to lend much rich- ness and quality to th film. BETROTHAF. TOLD HOLLYWOOD, (® — Blonde Mar ilyn Maxwell, singer and actress, | announced yesterday that she will| marry screen writer Jerry Davis} | Nov. 21. She said they met two |years ago on a blind date. It will be Miss Maxwell's third | marriage and Davis’ second. Gains went to around a point in several instances. Losses in a few cases were as, large. The plus: signs, however, predominated in every major division of the list. General Motors was quite active and up around a point after start- ing on 1,000 shares up % at 90%. Western Union, which was up 5 points last week, started today on 5,000 shares up % at 59%. Among other blocks were Gea- eral Electric 5,000 up % at 43%, American Airlines 3,500 up % at 16, Curtiss-Wright 3,500 up ¥% at 13. Lower were Chrysler, Republic Steel, Douglas Aircraft, Dow Chem- | ical, American Can, Pennsylvania |} Railroad, and Standard Oil (NJ). DEALERS ELECT JACKSONVILLE W— John F: Zeder, Miami, was elected presi- dent of the Florida Automobile Dealers Assn. yesterday; William H. Terry Sr., Jacksonville, first vice president; and A. P. Clark, Orlando, secretary-treasurer. § 1. before All Saints’ Day. 2. on Halloween, 3. 4. Scotland and Wales. 7. In 700s A.D. the Christian WWII BOMB KILLS | VIENA (# — The Polish news- paper Zycie Warszawy said today 10 Polish children were killed when one of them stepped on an unexploded World War II bomb near Warsaw. REDS SEIZE BOATS TOKYO (®—Two Japanese shark- fishing boats were seized by Soviet patrol ships yesterday about five miles off Russian-occupied Kunasn- iro Island, the Maritime Safety Board said today. FREE! sus00» FREE! HAVA meet our staff. PR OPPOSITE COMMERCE — | “Key West's Oldest i \ NA TOUR You are invited to inspect our new office and per- haps win an all-expense tour to Havana for two persons via “Q” Airways. Come in and register imply want:you to get ac- quainted with our new location, facilities, and i 2 E WHITEHEAD use TOURS 222: PHONE 2.5100 STREETS Travel Organization” over their shoulders. 10. Ichabod Crane. 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