The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 5, 1954, Page 7

School Official Tells Of Advances High School Driver Training Course Likely By BILL GiBB It seems to be an assured | heard them. fact that a driver’s training | course will beeome part of | offi the high school curriculum | this area, in order to lay plans the forthcoming National Safe effective This was revealed at a re- cent meeting of the Key West Saftely Council. Thanks to the efforts of Superin- tendent Hparace O’Bryant and Dr. | Harold Campbell, (principal of Key j West High School), this long-sought | goal is finally in sight. Textbooks | have been ordered, qualified in- structors located, and at least one dual-control instruction car promis- next September. ~ Roper is now attempting to contact Lt. Simmons, commanding cer of the highway patrol in Driving Day schedule Dec. 15. Special Meeting A special meeting of the Safety Council will be called when it is known the exact date that Lt. Sim- mons can furnish a trained troop- r to render technical advice to Council concerning observance e the of this day, In the meantime, it was decided to invite Officer Herman Conley, Key West Police Department, to visit the Safety Council at a regu- ed for the course. |lar meeting. Officer Conley recent- Long-Standing Interest \ly returned from a special traffic The Key West Safety Council, in| school conducted at Northwestern conjunction with the numerous | University. Since sending local po- other civic organizations such as {lice officers to school is one of the the Lions, the Kiwanis, the Jay-| Objegtives of the Council, members Cees, and the Rotary Club has| are anxious«to hear from Conley long been interested in obtaining a | Tegarding the value of his studies. driver's training course. Too many | accidents are being caused by youngsters who are improperly trained. Generally, this improper driver’s training can be blamed on | parents who pass along their own bad habits to their children. Records reveal that accidents a- mong high school trained drivers are few. Insurance companies give recognition to this fact by lowering rates for such drivers. Key West will be joining the Tanks of most other progressive Florida cities when the new course | is instituted. Safety Council Meeting “Two more crosses are need on the highway to correctiy tally the} number of deaths in Monroe Coun- ty,” Watson Roper, Chief Deputy | Sheriff, told the Safety Council last Wednesday. Those casual words Were enough to send shivers ... better wait! flair-fashioned coming Nov. 17 ——————_ NAVARRO, Inc. | 601 Duval Street TELEPHONE 2-7041 | Meetings Nights Changed e Time and day of regular meet- ings of the Safety Council have been changed from Wednesday to |through the Council members who TODAY'S STOCK MARKE NEW YORK #—A selling wave hit the stock market today in early dealings, but the offerings were absorbed and the market held higher. Prices were higher all around at the opening with a few signs of | profit-taking following the great post-election advance of the past | two days. The movement of prices in either | |direction was small with by far the majority of issues showing small fractional gains or losses. Among higher stocks were U. S. Steel, Goodrich, International Har- vester, Republic Aviation, Radio Corp., American Telephone, Ken- necott Copper, American Cyana- mid, Santa Fe, Texas Co., and Eastern Air Lines. Lower were Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Chrysler, General Electric, American Tobacco, Youngstown Sheet & Tube, Inter- ST BARES i ae Page One) French Climbers he had ordered the TV set and fo] Airy At Tough Job go ahead and install it. “Mrs. Blaton threatened to call the police,” Lubinski said. “She said she didn’t want the TV in her house and that nobody was going to bring it in the house. Then she walked away.” Later, Lubinski said, Mrs. Bla- ton returned and he quoted her as saying: “T pay all the bills and I can't afford the TV set. I have a guf pa I know how to use it. The irst one who brings anything into the house, I will shoot.” Lubinski said he offered to put the TV set in the house next door for the weekend while Blaton and Mrs. Blaton talked the matter over. Tells of Shooting NEW DELHI # — Himalayan Club officials said today they have received reports a French moun- taineering team has reached the top of 25,130-foot-high Makalu 2, i Peak of unclimbed Makalu Makalu 1, which towers: more than 2,500 feet sister, was the French team’s pri- mary objective, but before leaving here the team’s leader, Jean Fran- co, said his group was to wait until next year if necessary to tackle the tougher climb. Earlier this season Makalu 1 de feated an American Himalayaa ex- Pedition from California. above its smaller Prepared | House members Friday, November 5, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN \Colo. Political | |KNIGHTS TO TRAVEL ‘Scene Presents | LOS ANGELES w—Newly elect i . . ov. win J. Knight and ‘Puzzling Picture bis bride Virg | his bride Virginia have applied for | passports for the inaugural polar | DENVER It isn’t hard to un-|flight to Copenhagen of a Scan- derstand why Colorado politicians | dinavian Airlines plane Nov. 15. are shaking their heads in a post- jelection daze. Voters in Tuesday's | general election Elected a Republican senator. Elected a Democratic governor. Elected two Republican House members and two Democratic MONROE GLASS and MIRROR Mirrors and Glass for All Purposes - Aute Glass 93 DUVAL PH. 2.4246 | | | Elected four Democrats to‘minor | state offices, Elected two Republi- | |eans to the other two jobs in the| Statehouse | Elected enough Republicans .o/ ME IN “I saw Blaton go in the yard of |phone for th i i his house,” he went on. “I don't eee nd aa | bulance. | keep them in control of the State Legislature. | “If anyone can explain why the jvoters approved four-year terms | | for county officials and voted down four-year terms for state officials in the same election, maybe we can explain the rest of the vot ing,”’ observed Charles Armstrong, Denver County GOP chairman. know whether or not he went in| the front door. | “Then the front door flew open. Blaton staggered out. He dropped @ white cloth on the porch. He staggered down the steps and point ed to his chest and said, ‘she. ..’ “They told me ao doctor was | Lubinski testified that he said) available,” he added, “and i slam to himself: “Cripes, he’s been | med the phone down.” Phoned Navy Hospital Lubinski said he personally phon- ed the Navy hospital and told them |a sailor had been shot and needed | |a doctor and an ambulance imme- diately. 524 Southard $t. Phone Key West 2-$68) Now Available . . . NEON SIGNS national Telephone, and New York | | Central. \Men Needed For the first and third Tuesdays in each month, 7:30 p. m. Thus, a one hour meeting will turn members out early enough so shot.” The witnesses said Blaton stag- gered out to the sidewalk and kept “going down, down, down until he was sort of walking on his knees Then he fell on his face and rolled halfway into the gutter. LET °EM EAT CAKE PARIS & Many Parisians were unable to buy the staple of Lubinski said he returned to the | street and saw Mrs. Blaton bend- | ing over her husband On Easy Payment Plan “Gee, honey, I didn’t know the gun was loaded,” she sobbed, ac cording to Lubinski He said he did not hear the shot. as not to interfere with regular eveing engagements. A very important meeting is scheduled for Nov. 16. It will in- volve revision of the constitution and by-laws. All members are urg- ed to be present “SCENIC SOUTH” HAS K.W. PICTURE STORY Key West and Bahia Honda are the subject of a two-page picture story in the November issue of Scenic South, Standard Oil Com- pany publication. The old Island Trading Post, 301 Whitehead, is shown, Part of the Key West shrimp-boat fleet is pic- tured also. The Chinese believe that the first bread made from wheat was eaten in China about 2,000 B.C. ‘My Three Angels’ Casting readings for “My Three Angels,”” scheduled to open at the Barn Theatre on December 13, will be held tonight at 9:00 at the Wo- man’s Club, 319 Duval Street. The play, a Key West Players production, will be the second of- fering of the current season. Director Bob Pollock stated there are parts for 7 men and 3 women and there was a particular short- age of men for the parts. Anyone interested in a part is most cordially invited and welcom- ed to attend the readings tonight. It is not necessary to be a mem- ber of the Players to tryout for a Part. 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