The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 4, 1954, Page 7

United Drive Solicitor Says Girl Scout Program Needs United Fund Aid Work Is Slow A report from Community Chest headquarters today announced that Mrs. Ruth Galey was the first among the Retail Division’s solici- tors to turn in her completed list, followed closely by Vir- ginia Rees of Gift House; Virginia Goulet of Key West Garden and Lawn Supplies; and Concha Martinez of Martinez Refrigeration. Earl Julian of Julian Appliances still boasts the largest amount col- lected by that Division’s solicitors, with Mrs. Galey’s collections sec- ond highest. However, on all of | thesg lists there are promises of | checks to be mailed direct to the Community Chest headquarters. Slow and Low Mrs. Galey’s report indicates that collections are rather slow and low. “In many cases,” Mrs. Galey said, “it is necessary to go back two and three times to see the person in charge. Many of these call-backs could be eliminated if} the ‘boss’ would have his check ready for pick up when called on the first time.” “Personally, I didn't mind at all going back,”’ Mrs. Galey continued, “because my time is more flexi- vie, but for the business man or woman making the contact, call- backs mean that they lose even more valuable time from their ewn businesses, and it works a decid- ed hardship on them — many tim- es unnecessarily.” Fund Coverage “As to the amounts collected,” Mrs. Galey said,,“‘it would appear that some do not realize that this one campaign supports thirteen agencies and eliminates what would otherwise be 13 individual drives. Of course, any donation is gratefully received, but the opera- tion of these thirteen very neces- gary agencies takes money — and that money must be raised during this one campaign, if we are to eliminate scattered drives for them during the year.” The thirteen agencies Mrs. Ga- ley refers to are: the Key West Chapter of the American Red Cross; the Key West Committee of the American Heart Association; the Monroe District Boy and Girl Scouts; the Community Service- men’s Center; the National Catho- lic Community Service; the Key West Youth Center; the Monroe County Juvenile Council; the U, $. 0.; the Children’s Boukmobile; the Salvation Army; the Children’s Home Society; and the Monroe County Blood Committee —all of which hope to obtain operating bud- get appropriations from this Com- munity Chest drive Scattered Areas Mrs. Galey is assisting the Re- tail Division by contacting the more scattered stores in order that the solicitors who are mer- chants themselves will not lose any more time from their work than absolutely ne: ary. The Key West Angels, local mo- torcycle club, have taken over the solicitation for the merchants of even more scattered territory, ex- tending all the way to Stock Is- land. The Drive, now two-thirds com- plete, is still far short of its $55,- 000 goal. Gander Becomes A Real Town GANDER, Nfld. —To thou- sands of Americans, Gander is a jumping-off place the place where one pauses briefly for a cup of coffee before flying across the Atlantic, In their minds, it is just a big airport shed But Gander is home to 4,700 per- sons who directly or indirectly de- rive a living from the 62 stopovers that transatlantic planes make here every day. Most of them have lived, since World War I, in left- over barracks, Now a new Gander townsite is springing up, five miles and one by one amihes are moving ) and 1,000 houses will be built along with stores and other facili- to it, Between | Will YOU Let Them Down Girl Scouting in this area has grown like the proverbial Topsy — who just “growed.” Like Topsy more or less without direction and kept alive only by the in- terest and untiring work of a few dedicated women who saw to it that the Girl Scout program was administered directly through the national organization and reached the girls under the “Lone Troop” program. The dream of a council of their very own was their guiding light and a goal these women kept al- ways before them as they strug- gled through the years and kept the troops active — kept the re- cords — ordered equipment and planned the programs — not just for one troop but for all the troops. It was the leaders who had to turn girls away; had to place them on waiting lists; who added new girls to their troops and did their level best when a Brownie Scout reached the age of ten to see that these little girls “flew up” to the Intermediate program and didn’t “fly out” of Girl Scouting because there was no place for them to go. Where did they find the courage to do on? Not one of them but will tell you that they had faith in the people; had faith that some day the importance of Girl Scouting in de- veloping girls into better citizens would be recognized | Scout National — ever watchful — refused to grant a charter in this area because of the unstable means of financing the program. Then, last year, when the Com- munity Chest was re-activated with Girl Scouts as a member agency and National approved the charte: sent — and is still sending — s! ed personnel to help the infant council get off to the right start, when some of the busiest people in town accepted the challenge of be- ing the first board of directors for the Florida Keys Girl Scout Coun- cil, rolled up their sleeves and got to work, these who had worked so hard and so long — alone — took a deep breath and plunged into the task of helping the new board mem- bers get oriented in Girl Scouting. That was last Spring. Most of the board members had had only casual contacts with Girl Scout- ing. They had applauded when the Girl Scouts marched by in par- ades, They had praised them for helping with community drives. They had brought cookies when the Brownie next door asked rather timidly, “Would you like to buy some Girl Scout cookies?” They had listened tolerantly when an In- termediate talked hopefully about “some day we'll have a real camp.’ They all agreed that the Girl Scouts were a wonderful organi- zation — but they really didn't know very much about it. Most of them have admitted at one time or another “I just didn't have the nerve to resign,” or “I began to catch some of the enthu- siasm of the people who had been working for years to have a coun- cil and decided that if we're going | to have Girl Scouts, let's give them | everything they deserve.” There were people who took a dim view of the Girl Scout Day Fire Claims \Lives Of Six In One Family HAMILTON, Ohio w# — Fire, be- lieved to have started when 4 heating stove exploded, took the lives of six members of one family in a little five-room frame house here yesterday, Coroner Garret Boone of Butler County listed the dead as: Ulysses Mullins, 70; his wife May, 69; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ellen Mullins, 20; and her three children, Glenn Lee, 3; Joan 2; and Denise, 4 months. William Mullins, husband of El- len and father of the three chil- dren was at work, | Bodies of all the victims but | the elder Mullins were found in a | bedroom on the first floor. Mul- | lins’ body was in a doorway con- | necting the bedroom with the liv- ing room Fire Chief George Schlotterbeck said the fire might have been caused by an exploding heating stove, _s FLORIDA POULTRY, EGG & FISH CO. 819 SIMONTON STREET - Week-End Specials PHONE 2.6385 “we Fla. SMALL EGGS . 3 doz. $1.00 . « 2 for $1.89 FLORIDA GRADE A—Dressed and Drawn STEWING HENS. . . lb. Complete Line of Fresh WEST COAST MULLET . Fish and Seafoods Dail ? ‘Tracy Stars In Camp last August. They were peo-} continue to grow, stagnate, or wi- Ple who said you can’t take a ther on the vine is squarely up ‘Tough Western Sacer crate ea “ae NOW At Strand any kind of a camp. the leaders or even the Florida! With the ruggedly Picturesque Keys Girl Scout Council — but|Santa Cruz valley in Arizona to everyone. }8ive it visual beauty and acast There are over 500 girls regis-| give it visual beauty and a cast tered with the Florida Keys Coun-| headed by Spencer Tracy, Robert jeil. Since March the number of| Wagner, Jeane Peters and Rich- | troops has increased 50 per cent | ard Widmark to add dramatic cha- |— a phenomenal growth, to be | racterizations to its story, “Broken sure — but growth like this doesn’t | Lance,” which opens today at the just happen. It happens only where | Strand Theatre, turns out to be a the need is. | very special type of western film Other than the nation-wide cook-| While it has more than the vio- ie sale in March and one project|lent action and excitement that a |per troop per year to raise funds) great outdoor picture requires, it | for the individual troop treasury —| also has strong cross-currents of not for the council — Girl Scout-| melodrama and a romance of both Any of the 80 girls who attend-| ing is supported in Key West en-| primitive and tender emotions. éd will tell you they never had a/tirely by Community Chest funds.| Through CinemaScope and color better time, and all of them —/| If, in the future, some small girl/by DeLuxe these elements were from the littlest Brownie — learn-| near and dear to; you comes home | fused into splendid entertainment. A man who has had a great deal of in the field of social welfare visited the camp last sum- mer and was astounded when he found out that the camp was not) @ prodyct of months work and professional directors — because, he said, “I've never seen a better day camp.” ed invaluable responsibility. with tears in her eyes because it! There is plenty of excitement in| {t was a bitter pill when Girl| Already the camp committee, the | will be months before she can join|the quarrel between the cattle |leaders and: the girls are talking | in the fun that Brownies have —or|rachers and the encroaching cop- | about next year. Girls who for one|if you see a lonesome pre-teener| per mine operators, which is fol- | reason or another couldn’t attend | who wants to be a Girl Scout and|lowed by a violent fight as the | last summer are busy planning to| there is no room in existing troops|racher and their Indian ranch “go to day camp this year.” — you'll know it is because you|hands ride up to save Spencer With all this word of mouth “‘ad-| didn't support the Community|Tracy and his four sons when a/ ”’ going on among the | Chest. mob of miners attacks them. Scen- | Seouts themselves. it won't sur-| You'll know it was because you|es of rounding up cattle rustlers, | prise anyone connected with Girl|— the adult citizen — fell down on |-who are led by two of Tracy’s own | Seong see the enrollment at| your job, and ducked a responsi-| sons, also provide rugged action. camp ible or even triple. | bility to our youngsters — and let; For penetrating drama there is If the Girl Scout program is to|a child down. the courtroom sequence in which) SHOOTING IT OUT—Explosive drama occurs during “Broken Lance,” CinemaScope outdoor thriller opening today at the Strand Theatre. Spencer Tracy, left, watches three of his sons— Richard Widmark, Earl Holliman, Robert Wagnez—shooting it out in the Twentieth Century-Fox hit in color by DeLuxe. Jean Peters and Katy Jurado top the distaff side. ce ee ee eee ee eee eee ee [ When you bay your wonderful new electric clothes dryer, you eam give your old clothes line to the cowboy in your family. 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City Electric System mmm mc cee me ee ee ee ee ee ee oe | l ' | | the lone wolf of the frontier, Spen-jof Tracy, and Widmark, as the) cer Tracy, explains the law of the |Tacher’s scheming, cheating son | west to the mining company’s law-| Sives another of his sterling per- |yer — that water is the lifeblood |formances in an unsympathetit of the cattleman, that he built his | Tle : |range empire by creaing his wa-| Edward Dmytryk’s direction is | ter cources, defending it with gun- | fire against encroachers, by those | | who tried to steal his cattle — in| short, by making his own laws for the sake of self-preservation. In all of this Tracy, as the hard-driving, | domineering father, gives a mag- nificent performance in a wholly new type of characterization for him. He dominates every scene in which he appears, much to the de- light of the audience Young Wagner emerges with glory, too, and Jean Peters, as the- daughter of the governor who defies convention in her love for the half-breed youth, adds to the warmth and emotional fervor of the picture's romantic values. Katy Jurado, one ot Mexico’s leading screen stars, comes in for a large share of praise for her characterization as the Indian wife KIDNEYS MUST REMOVE EXCESS WASTE. lagging backache, loss of pepandenergy, headaches and dizziness may be due to slow- | down of kidney function. Doctors say good kidney function is very important to good When some everyday condition, such | as stress and strain, causes this important function toslow down, many folks suffernag- ackache—fee] miserable. Minor biad- | irritations due to cold or wrong diet may Don’ incisive. “Broken Lance” eam ta rated with such pictures @8 “Shane” and “Hondo” for its high quality. It should be a must ea everyone's movie list. 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