The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 11, 1954, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate country, with an average tange of only 14” Fahrenheit in the ae The Ken Weak Citis THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER American fighting service. BIRTHDAY, MARINES—A lot of the famed Marine Corps esprit de corps was in evi- ‘as members of the local detachment celebrated the 179th anniversary of the Here, Major C. L. West cuts birthday cake with his Admiral George C. Towner stands by to receive it. Ceremony took place at Birth- Club Annex.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. Local Marines Mark 179th Birthday With Festive Ball On November 10, 1775 in Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, the United States Marine Corps, the nation’s second oldest fighting service was born, From that inauspicious begin- ning, has arisen the world’s most renowned fighting machine, an organization which has covered itself with glory in battles from France to Iwo Jima, «And last night, more than a hun- @red local Marines, former Marin- @4 and their invited guests matked the 179th anniversaty of the Corps with a birthday ball in the Elks Club annex. Many War Veterans among those present were veterghs of World War Il who ‘won oho heart citations on the Pa ttlefront and their young er bretiren who received their baptism of fire in the Korean war, They heard their guest of honor, Rear Admiral George C, Towner, commanding officer of the Key West Naval Base, hail them as “the world’s best fighting machine — and that includes the Navy.” Admiral Towner in a brief talk, also told of his first hand observa- tions of the Marine Corps during World War II when he saw them being evacuated from Guadalcanal during the first great American offensive of the war. “Their esprit de corps never fal tered,” said the Admiral. Big Cake Cut Highlight of last night's fete was the traditional cutting of a birth day cake, A platoon of Marines in dress blues stood by at attention as Ma jor C. L, West, commanding offi cer of the local Marine b: cut the first piece with h and handed it over to Towner, A message from General Lemuel C, Shepherd, commandant of the Marine Corps was also read at the ball. Guests at the birthday party in @uded Capt. C. L. Murphy, Na val Station chief of staff; Lt. Cmdr L. HM. Rice, aide to Admiral Town er; Lt. and Mrs, R. C. Blevir and Capt, and Mrs, R, C. Mart The group enjoyed music Jerry Pinder's orchest floor show featu raine Butler. SALESMEN WANTED Two New Car Salesmen To Sell The All New 35 PLYMOUTH °55 CHRYSLER SS DE SOTO 55 DODGE Must be reliable and willing to work. We don't want any- one who is satisfied with less than $5,000 a year. Apply in NAVARRO, Inc. 601 DUVAL STREET Stores Announce Late Closing Key West retail stores will observe fate closifig hours for the convenience of holiday shop- pers from December 13 until Christmas. During that period the stores will remain open every evening, except Sunday, until 9 p. m. This announcement was made at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce's Retail Division yesterday. Division Chairman Harry Lu- rie also announced that the Re- | tailers will sponsor the second annual presentation of gifts to the first baby born here in 1955. Paul J. Sher has been made chairman of that project. More details on the “first baby in '55” award will be made | public at a later date. oe ‘State Dept. ‘Drafts Néw Protest Note By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON (®—The State De partment is drafting a new note to Russia on the shooting dowr a U.S. Air Force plane, hoping to find out whether the Soviets would eriously like to avoid such in- cidents im the future. There is an unusual abse' belligerency in the attitude the American and Soviet ments, despite their oppos sions of last Sunday’s Far Eastern » which cost the. life of one Amerigan airman. Only last Sunday Soviet P: Geo’ gi Malenkov expr Ambassador Charies E a Moscow dinner the make greater use of dir acy in ironin: West differences. Malen! S Mea be taken to py — p =. elat PrORER Tom becom Boneh ze to a re : 0 4 eport ¢ 0 the State Dep om Concitiatory Tone w US. note, ft i. “nde Teflect the con, ith Pres. se sab nee — E : 0 cre. © of avoiding s. a@lashes ; At note. n | | Kennel Club Renovations Under Way Track Officials Visit Key West | To Survey Plant A completely renovated }racing plant will greet Key i visitors when they visit the | West racing fans and winter Key West Kennel Club on its opening night, January | according to Louis Car- | 1, general manager of track. for the huge renovation m were outlined Wednesday Klein, vice president, and Dr. Kurt Peiser, a member of the board of directors of the racing club The opening of the Kennel Club’s third season of racing will be mark- ed by a festive atmosphere, ac cording to plans now progress, Track Resurfaced A complete resurfacing job for tk ck, to make it the fastest in Florida, has been contracted for. ey Toppino and Sons, con will start work on the ‘, bor the P pr by t in the next few days. And Club mainter e men Monday on a com- e g and refurbishing of the Stock Island racing plant. Improved pari mutuel machin. ery kennels and concession cilities are luded in the pro log fac To Enter s nager that 20 of the na- nels will have dogs in West for this year’s meeting. hooling races are scheduled ta 30. They will con Ss Bill Moore, one of the best knowa of als in dog racing, will be back this year as presiding officials td “SY aNd assoc; Mmutue] 4of a marching unit of 48 for drill Y WEST, FLORIDA, THUR Parade Is Slated For 7:30 Tonight Key West will mark the first Veterans Day with a parade sponsored by local veterans or- ganizations at 7:30 p.m. today. The parade will be preceded by 2 memorial service to be held at the reviewing stand, Southard and Duval, at 7:15. Police Chief Bienvenido Pe- rez has announed parking rules for the parade route. No park- ing will be permitted after 6 p. m. until the parade is com- pleted along Duval Street to Truman Avenue, and on Tru- man Avenue from Duval to North Beach Road. Trophies for winning units of the parade will be presented at the Veterans Day dance to be held at the American Le- gion Home on® Stock Island, Presentation time is 11 p. m. KWHS Band 'Plans Fund Drive Sat. Annual Tag Day Event Slated For Operating Expense The Key West High) School Band’s annual tag day has been set for Satur- day, November 13. Sponsored by the Band Boosters Association, the | yearly tag day is the band’s big money raising project. Uniformed band members will | © |be on hand throughout the city to accept voluntary donations which will be used to finance the band’s activities. The Tag Day funds are. used principally for travel expenses, cleaning uniforms and to buy iy struments. Present Set-Up The band at present is made up tand 64 for parade work, There jare also about 258 majorettes, flag | twirlers and letter girls who spell out the name of the city. The concert band is composed jof 85 players and about 35 are | constantly on tap as a junior group to repace graduating band mem- bers. Generosity Lauded In the past the generosity of the | people of Key West has been such jthat the band has been able to | | represent the city, state and even the nation in dignified and show- manlike manner at both Gaspar- jilla in Tampa and at the Carnival in Havana. | The very active Band Boosters jpromote and manage the annual tag day as well as many other im- | portant activities concerning the band. The trips require much labor and planning as the problems of moving a group of this size are ; many. | } Original Band The band was first organized i 1945 when the Board of Publi Instruction hired Dr, J. W. Chi wick as band master. He found approximately 20 and girls who owned their ow struments, Dr. Chadwick im iately called a meeting of al parents interested in having ‘children learn music. During the meeting, Dr. G wick mentioned that a ban Pahokee was being disbanded that it was possible to purq from them about $2,000 wo! jinstruments for $800. At this meeting were Mr, Mrs..F. E. Camus, Earl Ya' {J rd, Rey. a IN THE U.S.A, SDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1954 Relief From Hangs On FOOD STORE EXEC—§am Freidland, president of the giant Food Fair grocery store chain, is greetéd on his arrival in Key West Wednesday by City Commissioner Louis Carbonell. Freid- land announced that his firm will erect their 206th super mar- ket in Key West shortly. Store will be built on 19-acre shopping center at Roosevelt Boulevard and Sigsbee Park Road.—Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. Food Fair To Erect Giant _ Super Market In Key West The 206th Food Fair super-market will be built in Key Wést shortly, it was announced Wednesday by Sam Freidland, president of the huge food store chain. Freidland was in Key West Wednesday to survey | the site of the new store which will be Key West’s larg-| est. It will be built on a 19 acre shopping center on Roose- velt Boulevard, near Sigsbee Park Road. Freidland added that the new store will contain more than 20,000 square feet of space. It will be closely pattern- ad after Food Fair’s giant new store in South Miami. “We are very happy about extending our service to! ey West. With the tremendous progress of Key West, is only natural for Food Fair to want to join its growth,” sid Freidland. “beialists Back | Movie Kids Get earmament Move Their Education *ARIS —By a margin of more | ! j Key West kids who may be h 6-1, the French Socialist par “i wf envious because their playmat- whe have been given bit parts in “The Rose Tattoo” don’t heve te go te school, can relax. The education of the movie neophytes is not being negiect- ed. ty voted to support the Par ‘eements to rearm West Ge ny. This was believed t ification in the Natic 1, where the Socialists hold the &zest single bloc of votes The party, which has 105 votes in ¢ 627-member National Assembi: rll vote later on whether to ! ix of its members join Premier jerre Mendes-France’s coalition tbinet A decision to join the Cab fet would come at an advants jeous time for Mendes-France, who taves this weekend for Wash- ton and talks with President tenhower. Reason: Hal Wallis Produc- tions have hired a teacher to conduct classes on the set. She's Mrs. Low Lilly, a for- mer teacher at the Puinciana Elementary School. Mrs. Lilly admits to having considerable difficulty keeping the attention of her classes centered on their lessons — and not on the bat- tery of Hollywood stars on the | scene. |DEWEY BUYS HOME RE 7 new yong t-cor near Shrimp Decks 'E. Dewey has bought an apart £ For Quick Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll Traffic Woe Of C Actior Chamber Traffic Committee Seeks OK On Recommendations By DENIS SNEIGR The city may finally get relief from its traffic head- ache if — — The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce okays the recommendations of the chamber’s traffic come mittee. And if — — The city commission adopts all of the recommenda- tions of the traffic committee. Zealous Local Actress Upsets This complicated and iffy story originated last May when the chamber’s traffie committee made these re- commendations to untangle Key West's snarled traffic Vi i CG situation: irginia rey No parking on Duval Street ex- ? cept for loading and unloading trucks on one side of the street: A city owned parking lot at An- gela and Simonton Streets; A city owned parking lot at the city dock for Navy yard workers; Parking meters in the Elizabeth> Whitehead Streets and Caroline Angela Street areas. Yesterday's Session The chamber's traffic committee ing of “The Rose Tattoo.” met yesterday and heard Victor 25 | Lang, city manager, tell them that In fact, during one stage | before the city commission makes of the proceedings, things | an offer for the Angela Simon on got entirely too realistic | Street parking lot, the commission chip | would like the approval or dis.p- Things Were Real Realistic On “Rose Tattoo” Set Wed. By JIM Coss Realism was the keynote yesterday during the film- The. result was a scene which | accident in which actress Ye aa BE board of the Key West ee bot Thomas | trial was such ment in N. Y. fora family home.’ viction.’ will probably impress movie-goers with its authenticity because of an WES SAL sprawling te an ‘overzealous extra. Wrethful Ladies | It all happened during a take in| which Miss Grey was supposed to| be subjected to the wrath of lead- ing lady Anna Magnani and a group | of ladies who happen on the scene, | Miss Mary Clayton, a waitress at the Casa Marina hotel was given | the part of one of the ladies. The cameras started to roll The ladies milled around Miss Magnani and Miss Grey, who were! spitting angry words at each other. | Somebody jostled Miss Clayton. | Whammy, Mammy! She bumped into Miss Grey Miss Grey ended up on the) ground. | She was unburt, but as we said earlier, the scene had realism. Meanwhile, the filming opera tions shifted today to the rear of St. Pauls Episcopal Church at Du val and Eaton Sts., where a huge | } carnival scene is | film. | The churchyard took on consid-| erable color with gaily colored bal- loons and lanterns festooning the scene. Scores flocked to the area | to witness the operations, More than 100 Key Westers are appearing as extras in the | quence being put on) ae Lancaster On Hand | Burt Lancaster, leading man in| the movie also started work today on the church location. Norman Markwell, a member of | the Key West Players has an im |Portant part in today’s shooting, that of a bingo game operator. Another platoon of city officials | got into the act today including Ci |ty Manager Victor Lang, Police | Chief Bienvenido Perez, Building Inspector Ray Knopp, and Public | Service Director Ivan Roberts. H. J. Gallagh:r, hon executive officer, ist of Navy men who in the picture. Marguerita Pasquer?, m Italy, also was some- ed to find herself in s when she was given a “Tattoo.” She’s a sister | bit part in |to Mrs. Charley Toppino, who also has five daughtersinlaw in the | MIAMI YOUTHS GET |20-YEAR TERMS | MIAMI } *—Circuit Judge Grady L. Crawford has given two Mi: youth maximum of 20 yea for k g an air line steward in at netted $25 n jury found Charles W. and Lewis R. Killen, 19, guilty on a reduced charge of mansiaughter but Judge Craw. ford declared, in passing senten, $ y that “the record of the that it would sup- st degree murder cos -; port a proval of the $73,150 price, Harc'd Laubscher, chamber manager s> 4. This price was set by an ap joard of* Realtors. The chamber's traffic committee yesterday.said, in effect: “Okay, go ahead and buy the Am gela-Simonton St. parking bt — provided the city adopt the re- mainder of the program recom- mended by the chamber’s traffie | committee.” City Committee Concurs Laubscher said the recommen- dations of the chamber’s traffie committee were concurred with hy the city’s traffic committee, _ The okay by the chamber's trat- fice committee now has to be ap- | proved by the board of directors of the chamber, “Board approval is expected be- fore Monday when the city com- mission will act on the matter,” Laubscher said, The chamber’s traffic committee is composed of Chairman M. E. Bennett, Toby Bruce, Paul Sher, Mary Graham and Sam 3ilbermar. Congested Areas Bennett has said that the most congested areas center around the Duval Street business district and the area around the Naval Station on Whitehead Street. He said his committee feels thot by eliminating parking on Duval Street and limiting deliveries ory to one side of that street, that Du- val immediately would be widen- ed by one lane. Bennett also said that the park- ing meters now on Duval Street could be moved to other areas, | thereby not cutting the city’s park- jing meter revenue As to the second point in the pro- gram, it is the recommendation of the Chamber of Commerce that the city acquire that property — now vacant — at the corner cf Angela and Simonton Streets. This lot can be used for public meter parking. An estimated 200 cars caa be accommodated in that space alone. Vacant City Land When questioned a the third point in the plan, Bennett said it provided for the utilization of ° perty already owned by the and currently serving no useful purpose. The suggestion is that the city use the land at the old Clyde Mallory Docks for allday parking for employees in that district. Although a portion of this land s already being used in the op of the shrimp business acd for the cars of the fishermen g the public docks, Bennett ex plained that there is still unused space that can park an estimated 150 cars with the same meter ar- rangement as the uptown lot. The meter can be set for ali day park- ing for employes rather thas hourly parking for shopper: it is believed, he said t the cost per car car be com zratively low — at a level with, and possibly leven under that of other cities.