The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 12, 1954, Page 9

Friday, November 12, 1954 ter entered a float featuring a Be o volutionary soldier and his present day counterpart. showed a widow and family at a | kids watching the parade from get } National cemetery, and the Blood Bank with the slogan “Blood Sav- | es Lives” showed a donor giving blood. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN |Ra Allen was the BPO Does entry | Victorian family. THOUSANDS LINE and was followed by the Truman | (Continued From Page One) saa hyian the band trophy for the | Shei end: ave : polished badges. Beta Sigma Phi exemplar chap | ver a field of white crosses. serviceman husband Clown Car Just in time to keep the little best civilian theme float. | Post 3911 VFW Auxiliary’s float | Best Float ting bored the Surprise Store’s things up with their antics. The Key West Angels Motorcycle ma Phi’s entry was a low trailer | The award for the best military clown ear came by and livened theme float went to ZX-11. The float, a silver ship, the USS Li- Beta Omega chapter Beta Sig-| erty Belle, re-enacted the c Page 9! from the younger set and The San/ of the flag on Iwo Jima as a huge Carlos entry was a surrey with a' silver bell tolled. Navy marching units and bands “Keep Them Home” was the| were interspersed throughout the |Elementary School Safety Patrol |theme of the float entered jointly ‘line of march and the outstanding with sparking white cross belts and | by the Junior Chamber of Com-| Fleet Sonar School Emergency Pla- {merce and the JayShees. j The NCCS float was done in silver! It showed a mother and small ing unit trophy. i | children wavin; ipye to their A ¥ and gold with Columbia watching | ch — se father, | ceremonies at the American Legion home after the parade. and was awarded the trophy for the | Pet pati 3 WE parade in.| |toon won the best military march- The trophies were awarded at cluded the Elks Lodge, Hospital Auxiliary, Cootiettes, AF of GE, Fleet Reserve Association, Veter- ans of WW One, Keyettes, Lions Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, Lions raising |Cjyp, Florida Fish abd Poultry, club presented a motorized color | decorated to resemble a cemetery }' guard and the Arthur Sawyer Post Unit 28, American Legion Auxili ary’s float was a hospital ward. with graduated white crosses and | a purple wreath. j A wagon load of small cowboys | A white sports car with Miss Lo. and some real horses got applause | ~ —— ~ ccapiniainetie ee | | Atlanta | Augusta | Billings |Birmingham - |Bismark | Boston -... |Buffalo _. | Charleston | Chicago | Corpus Christi Temperatures | AT 7:30 A.M., EST _ 46 | — | Dick’s Tire Service and the Key | West Outboard Club. iin haa BUSINESSMEN ARE | (Continued frem Page One) jinto the winter season with no heavy decline. Construction has boomed ll summer. Dozens of new tourist 7 | courts have gone up, and a few hotels. The 560-room Fontainbleau, 36 | being built on the former estaie | of Harvey Firestone at Miami ‘Harris Urges ‘The Weatherman , | Says: i ‘Support For es Band Tag Day | :="ss"ssih! sch Se and tonight. Saturday partly clou- W. Curry Harris, a member of dy to cloudy. Not much change in = | temperature with low tonight 69 - Ritz | the Key West Quarterback Club to |day issued a statement asking for | 70 and high Saturday near 78. Mod- a erate to fresh winds occasionally HOTEL | t », | moderately strong offshore, varia 132 E. Flagler St. por ibe brag iad oe ble mostly easterly today ‘and to- 102 Rooms Saturday, = “| night gradually veering south. Elevator aie Resies Harris, in a letter to the editor | Solarium Heated Elevator of The Citizen also hit out at “‘ad- | Played. SMALL CRAFT WARNING dis- verse publicity” given the band,| Florida: Considerable cloudiness 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION STATION | saving that it only is a matter o: and seattered showers and con- time until the high school band i;/timued mild thru Saturday. | one of the best in the state. Jacksonville thru the Florida | His letter: | Straits: Small craft: warning dis- “The Editor, | played. Northeast winds, moder-| “The Key West Citizen, ate to fresh over extreme north | |“Dear Sir: portion and fresh to moderately! “I am submitting this letter, hop. | Stfong 20 - 30 mph elsewhere thru ing that you will see fit to pup-|Saturday. Mostly overeast with jlish same and to clarify a situa-| S¢attered showers jtion that seemingly has become| East Gulf: Fresh northeast to | Somewhat confused during the past | @St winds thru Saturday except week, mostly moderate along the shore pees as RRR pees aR MBNE 8 THREE HOTELS IN MIAMI at POPULAR PRICES = ee Located in the Heart of the City F REASONABLE ROOMS WRITE or WERE RATES for RESERVATIONS with BATH and TELEPAONE Miller Pershing HOTEL HOTEL 226 N.E. Ist Ave. 229 N.E. Ist Ave. 100 Rooms 80 - 48) 44| 48ers and hotels report a record | ~ 39/ tions for the winter. 41 | Beach, will cost 15 million dollars. | | All over the sisll Grist. mia. “Tomorrow, November 13, the Key West High School Band is con- ducting its annual tag day for the purpose of raising funds for that 47| bumber of inquiries and reserva over north portion. Mostly. over- cast with scattered showers. | Western Caribbean: Moderate to |fresh northeast to east winds over jnorth portion and gentle to mod- 35 West Coast Scene NATIONAL SHIRT SHOP 507 DUVAL STREET WIN One Of 25 PRIZES! To Be Given Away _ 45 | St. Petersburg Hotel Assn., said Galveston 56 | his group was optimistic for an | Jacksonville _ _ 6} | earlier and longer season than last |Kansas City — Tati 43 year, with many already there. |KEY WEST a. ee F Re gees a | fs Nie 73 the Apartment House sn. at . er jie aka + 5g | Petersburg reported October the Louisville e 44) best in years and said many mem- | Meridian . 49| bers’ buildings are filled for the Miami 75| winter, ~ 43| . Auldon Dugan, president of the | | organization. | t | “Certain adverse publicity ap | erate variabie winds over south pearing your paper under date cf | Portion thru Saturday. Mostly clou- | | November 11 may seriously ham | dy north, partly cloudy south por- | per ( and I feel without any justi- | tion. Scattered showers. fication) this drive for funds. WeatNer Summary for the Tropi- | |. “The Key West High School Band | cal Atlantic, Caribbean Sea Area jis just as much an integral part | and the East Gulf of Mexico: Con-| jof our high school and community | ditions from the East Gulf east- | life as the Key West High School | ward have changed little in the | Foottall Team. I am fully con-| past 24 hours. Northeast 20-30 mph vinced that the members of the | Winds requiring small craft warn- | band try just as hard to present | ings on the Florida east coast are | Minneapolis | Memphis |New Orleans |New York | Oklahoma City | Norfolk | Omaha Pensacola | Pittsburgh | Roanoke | St. Louis |San Antonio | San Francisco | Seattle | Tallahassee | Tampa | Washington TOMORROW, SATURDAY, AT 4 P.M. No Jingles No Slogans Just Visit Our Store and Fill Out Entry Blank... You Need Not Be Present To Win, But We're Sure You'd Like To Look Over This... 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COME IN ~ PHONE IN — WRITE IN — TODAY! ACOUSTICOH ‘Ths Wert’: Pirst ond Oidest Meters of Hectrtea! Reoring Aide BATTERIES FOR ALL MAKES AMY OPTICAL DISPENSARY 423 Simonton Street ... 47| posed to tourism, it represents the .. 43| reat number of persons who pur- . 43| chase homes while retaining resi- _ 42|dences elsewhere, with the idea of . 57 | eventually retiring to the Florida _ 33| least 3,000 ER BUY COMPETITIVE Dial 2-7522 34| St. Petersburg’s city building di- 40|Tector brought a new word into 59| the picture—residentism. As op- |-you, the citizens of Key West, with a band of which you will be proud as the boys who take the footbail October and November and try to give you a winning team. I am of | the opinion that if Key West wi!l back its high school band, as whole- He said there are now at| heartedly as it has stood behind 4 such “residentism”’ | the football team, we will be able 48 | homes in his city. to have a good band and it will 51 _ Miami Picture __, | be just a question of time before Optimism is high in the Miami-| our band will be outstanding in the 45 | home. erg .. 49| Miami Beach area. After a hum-| state. 60| ready are appearing in volume “The news article appearing in 65| Railroads and airlines have com-| your paper of November 11 rela 38 | pleted plans for additional facilities | tive to the Junior Chamber of |which begin operating in Decem-| Commerce's attitude toward the |ber. Airlines are running winter | band’s tag day, I cannot believe jallexpense tours, summer fixture | properly reflects the attitude of the | which has proven enormously this | vast majority of the members of year. | the Junior Chamber. The fact that Eastern Air Lines reported it has ehartered a number of airliners | fine work in this community, de |from other companies “and tae | rives its principal income only thing that will limit our vol- | ume is lack of availability of flying! are not members of the jomupment.” The company said its| Chamber would seem to preclude planes will rack up a total of one| that organization from passing | million passengers in and out of| upon the merit of the appeal of | Miami this year. any other organization which is National and Delta C and S re | likewise dependent upon this com. | | ported “phenomenal” — business with heavy bookings for Wfuture “Yours sincerely, months. : “WwW. CURRY HARRIS.” Daytona Beach expects a new sheen peak in. winter visitors, while the! 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Go see it! | Observation Taken at Post Office | Building. 7:00 A.M., EST, | Key West, Fla., Nov. 12, 1954 | Temperatures Higehst yesterday | Lowest last night | Mean Normal | Precip’ Total last 24 hours Total this month | Deficiency this month Total this year | Deficiency this year 01 ins, 01 ins 85 ins. 35.07 ins. 1.45 ins. | Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 92% Barometer (Sea Level). 7 A.M. 30.08 ins.—1018.6 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac ) Sunrise - 6:43 a.m, Sunset ~ 5:46 p.m. | Moonrise 8:54 p.m. | Moonset 9:57 am. TOMORROW'S | TIDES | (Naval Base) ( Time of Height of Station— Tide high water High Tides Low Tides 12:13 p.m 5:42, am. } 11:30 p.m. 4:44 pm Guaranteed For Home or ° T SS seaciniae fioeiuhen Commercial Use... | Reference Station: Key West Bahia Honda (bridge) .....—oh 10m (east end) ... | Boca Chica Sandy Pt. No Name Key Caldes Channel (north end) We Are PreparedsTo Furnish You With Clean, Pure ) Cube © Crushed ICE +2h 10m 41.4 ft. (—)—Minus sign: Corrections to be subtracted. 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