The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 16, 1954, Page 1

For Quick. Communication, Use CLASSIFIED Ads! You'll reach buyers and sellers— Paramount Key West Citisen THE 4 movie makers moved their scene of action. from St. back to Duncan and Pearl Streets today for further filming of “The Rose Tat- too,” In the scone shown here, Italian star Anna ‘Magnani cries out against the forces which have eomtribuied fo the embarrassment of her high-school age daughter, Marise Pavin, at her mother’s ~ Monroe County is getting a run-around from the State Department over ding catwalks on bridg- es of the Overseas way, i was charged ay by Senator Bill Nebl _ pidNeblett siiid, in a. pi d’statement, that he had a opy of @ telegram which showed that Cecil Webb, road board chairman, had ar- the ca fir approval Ik plans ready for last also called on Monroe ‘tions “to bring con- to bear” on the ent for action on the before the Dec. 31, 1954 of the funds. Senator's Statement The text of Neblett’s staement follows: int this rummer T went to asseé and talked to Cecil Wedd, Road Board Page a-| ‘bout the progress on ¢ which had been promised ty ihe the State Road Department forthe Ov. County to highway dangers and an occasional death resulted from this practice because of the lack of catw: ralks, Mr. Webb assured me personal- ly that the peeks. wore dn the engineering section a at con- would definitely be let be- fore the end of the year; that suf- ficient funds were available and that the time would not exprire till = 31, 1954, _ Believed Webb dasis of this personal as- 7 ae ne information to local papers which eee the re- gults of this int * Not having heard eat et any further developments in this matter on November 9, 1954, I addressed a telegram to Mr. Webb reading as 2 “Please advise status of eatwalks for overseas highway bridges in Monroe County. W. R. Neblett, State Senator.” In reply & received a telegram dated Novem- ber 10, 1954, “‘Retel please contact board member Dave Turner Fort Lauderdale for priority on catwalks. Cecil M. Webb.” Turner's Reply On November 16, 1954, 1 receiv- ed 2 letter containing a copy of the following telegram which was dat- ed November 15: ‘Hon. Cecil M. Webb, Chairman, SRD, Tallahas- see, Florida. This is to advise re- garding status of catwalks plans of highway bridges in Monroe County. ‘These plans were turned into your ROOFING PAPER and FELTS — at Strunk Lumber n the scene play the part of a, school teacher and one ‘Tennessee Williams, author of the play. is in the Neblett Blasts SRD — Failure On Catwalks Beloved Lionel Barrymore Dies After 19-Hour Coma (# — Grumpy, saloon vary Lionel Barrymore, who had no stomach for the thea- ter but was long one. of the most illustrious of actors, died last night. He was 76, Stricken at home Sunday night -while reciting the “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” solilo- quy from Shakespeate’s. “Mac: beth,” the senior metiber of act- ing’s “Royal Family” had been in a coma 19 hours at y Hos- pital. ty A complication of dilments in- cluded arthritis, which, after two hip fractures, had forced him to use a wheel chair and. crutches the past 17 years. Dr. John Paul Ewing said heart congestion was the immediate cause of death. Only Ethel Barrymore, a year younger, survjves Lionel in the famed family of stage and. screen. Their brother John died in 1942. Radio fans remember Lionel’s portrayals for years as “Mayor of the Town,” as narrator of the Sun- day night Hall of Fame and his annual Christmas enactment of Dickens’ crusty “Scrooge.” ‘His last movie was ‘Lone Star,” in 1951, with Clark Gable and Ava Gardner, H.S. Operetta To End Tonight Tonight is the last opportunity to attend the operetta “Maryanne,” Presented by the Choral ment of Key West High School under the direction of Tom Whit- ley. The first-night audience Monday gave high acclaim to the perform- ers. Comments heard indicated that the high school singers were well coached and turned in good performances. The set was also noted as being unusually well done. The operetta will be presented at 8 p.m, im the high school audi- torium. Tallahassee office for final appro- wal March 19, 1954. We have tried on every letting to get these in or- der for contract. Would appreciate your getting these plans out. Dave Turner, Member, State Road Board.” It is apparent from the foregoing that Monroe County has been get- ting the run-around from the State Road Department and I am taking further steps to bring this matter to a head. I believe that it will be helpful that other Monroe County organizations would address com- munications to the State Road De- Dore Schary, head of MGM, the studio where Barrymore has’ been under contract; said his death “is a loss to the entire world of the eater’ ‘He was a great actor anda wonderful man,” .But of his own talents Lionel said: “IT have managed to get along all these years through a series of undeserved promotions and by. fraud.” This was in a book, “We Barry- mores,” as told to Cameron Shipp, in which the senior Barrymore ob- | served also: “I was born with a conviction, to which I still hold, that anything resembling work is a asuseating spectacle.” Barrymore-Drew clan to (which he belonged had first ap- (peared on the stage in 1752, Lionel was bdrn in Philadelphia to the celebrated theatrical team of Mau- rice and Georgia Drew Barrymore. Debut At 15 He made his debut on the New York stage at 15 in “The Rivals,” in which his grandmother, Mrs. John Drew, Played Mrs. Malaprop. “T stunk,” he opined afterward, and he recalled that his grand- mother sent him a note telling him Tegretfully he was “somewhat in- adequate” and was no longer need- ed in the cast. Later she told him to continue on the stage. He said in later years he had “no stomach” for the stage but became an actor because it seemed the easiest way to earn a living. He studied art in Paris, returned and worked as an illustrator, and acted in silent movies in New York. His brother John lured him back to the stage in 1916 in “Peter Tbbetson.”” Lionel became a star with his appearance in “The Copperhead.” “Oscar” Winner He joined Metro-Goldwyn- ‘Mayer to ‘star in “The Barrier” in 1921. He won an Academy Award for * |his performance in “A Free Soul,” with Norma Shearer, in 1931. His outstanding movies included “Grand Hotel,” “Rasputin and the Empress,” “Dinner at Eight,” David Copperfield,” “Ah, Wilder- ness,” “The Return of Peter Grimm” and “Captains Courage- ous.” He was gruff Dr. Gillespie in the “Doctor Kildare” series with Lew Ayres. Barrymore was gifted in other fields besides acting. His etchings and musical compositions brought him renown. He was married twice. His 19- year marriage to Doris Mckee Rankin‘ ended in divorce in 1922. In.July of the next year he mar- ried actress Irene Fenwick, who died on Christmas. Eve, 1936. SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1954 Players’ First Performance of Season Hailed “Harvey” Actors Turn In Superb Performances By SUE JONES Mildred “Midge” Jeffers and Jack Clarke turned in superb performances as El- wood P. Dowd and his sis- ter, Veta Louise Simmons, at the opening of the Key West Players’ production of “Har- vey” at the Barn Theatre last night. “Midge” whose chief claim - to fame before last night was the fact that her sister is Izzy Bowser and her brother is Tom Whitley was terrific as Elwood’s older sister who is having difficulty launching her young daughter, Myrtle Mae, in proper society. | Rabbit Trouble The difficulty stems from El- wood’s friend “Harvey” — a six foot one white rabbit — who “dives” with them. The play opens, as Veta Louise entertains the Wednesday Forum, a ladies cultural group, founded by her mother. Elwood, they think, is safely en- grossed in a card game at a near- by fire:station, and when he brings Harvey home just in time to meet “Aunt” Ethel Chauvenet whose grandson is being eyed as a possi- ble suitable escort for Myrtle Mae, the fun begins. Gertrude -Byrns’ portrayal of Mrs. Chauvenet’s reaction to her introduction to Harvey after Veta ane Myrtle Mae had done every- thing to avoid it, was one of the best bits of action in the play, Veta’s Move Veta makes up her mind after the fiasco to “do something about Elwood” but when she attempts to commit him to Chumley's Rest, Dr. Sanderson, a stuffy young ‘psyehia- trist, played-by David. Meneghel; gets the wrong impression and has Veta admitted as a patient. Norman Markwell, as Duane Wilson, head attendant, convulsed the audience with his. description of his struggles with Veta Louise. Her insistence that it is Elwood who is supposed to be the patient leads to many hilarious complica- tions and Dr. Chumley’s decision to fire Sanderson and handle the case himself — after his flighty wife, Betty, played by Gertrude Splaine, reports on her conversation with Elwood who had wandered in look- ing for Harvey, who, incideatally, left his hat and coat at the sani- torium, Harvey's Hat It is the discovery that the hat has two large holes in the crown that sends Dr. Chumley in search of Harvey and Elwood after or- dering Veda’s release. . They all end up at the Dowd home where Myrtle Mae, played by Barbara Anastasia, is having a talk with the family lawyer Judge Omar Gaffney, played by Ray Byrns, about Elwood and his rab- bit. Veda arrives home from the san- itorium in a state of hysteria and her account of her experiences is one of the best scenes in the play. She warns Dr. Chumley, who off- stage is Commander Stanley Pierce, not to look for Harvey. He ignores her and Jeaves for the bar around the corner where Elwood and Harvey are, . Deoctor’s Action Ih the meantime, Dr. Sanderson, assisted by his nurse, Ruth Kelly, played by Laurie Monroe, prepar- es to leave the sanitorium. The two squabble throughout the play and matters aren’t helped any when Elwood, who has_ invited them earlier to have a drink with (Continued on Page Two) IN THE U.S.A. tenants or workers . . . Just DIAL 2-566] or 2.5662 Today PRICE FIVE CENTS Shipping Co. Seeks To Lease Dock Here Key West May Regain Its Bronard Corp. Gets Paving Job Grand Jury To Be Drawn For Homicide Case J. Lancelot Lester, state at- torney, said a new grand jury would be seleéted from the venire of 75 names which was drawn’ in Circuit Court today, since a homicide had been com- mitted in the county. Summonses for the are returnable Nov. 29. From the venire, a grand jury for the Fall term will be selected. Lester had reference to the ‘TV slaying in which Mrs. Elea- _ Nor Blaton, police said, shot and killed her husband, James, af- ter an argument over purchase of a TV set. Am. Henderson elieve | Towner Here Adm. Towner is being transferred, the Navy an- nounced today. Although Rear Adm. G. C. Towner, commander of the Navy Base, has not yet received his orders, the Navy said Rear Adm. Har- ry H. Henderson has been ordered here to relieve Towner. At present, Henderson is com- mander of the Navy’s Middle East- ern Forces. | Spring Change The change pf command is ex- pected to take place next’ March or April. Towner took gommand here Aug. 13, 1953, a few months after the Navy’s charity ¢arnival made sen- sational headlines. At the Navy’s annual charity car- nival here, a stage smoker was staged by Navy men. It was charg- venire ed. that the stag show degenerated | into a sex orgy. Several courts martial followed on charges ranging from sodomy to conduct of a nature to bring: dis- credit to the armed forces. Henderson’s Plans Henderson, the Navy said, will be detached from his present du- ties in December or January and will be given 30 days leave in the United States while en route here. He was graduated from the Na- val Academy in 1925 and also has attended the National War College in Washington. He is qualified to command sub- marines and has been decorated with the Bronze Star Medal. We Are Offering . . . partment to bring concerted pres-| Funeral arrangements are pend-|} 624 DUVAL sTReeT. sure to bear on this situation. ing. DURING OUR 56th ANNIVERSARY SALE A Fabulous Assortment of Diamond Watches - Diamonds Mounted and Unmounted “AT % OFF FRANK . JOHNSON TELEPHONE 2-6151 Commissioners Consider Bids On City Truck The Broward Asphalt Corp. of Fort Lauderdale was the lower bidder on a contract to pave 20 miles of streets here. The three bids that were submitted were opened at last night’s city commission meeting which got under way at 8:21 p. m, with only three of the five commission- ers present. On hand were Dr. Delio Cobo, Mayor C. B. Harvey and Jack De- laney. The Broward Asphalt Corp. bid $11.45 per ton to mix and place 10,000 tons of paving. The company bid $11.20 per ton for each 1,000 additional tons necessary. 9-Day Limit The bid sft the’ company ‘would begin work in 45 days and finish in 90 days. The Brewer Co. of Miami bid $12.25 per ton for 10,000 tons of paving and $15 for each additional ton, offering to begin work in 30 days and finish in 90 days. Third bidder was Pan American Construction Co,, Miami Springs. Its bid was $15.55 per ton for the first 10,000 tons and $15.55 for each additional ton. This company offered to begin work in 30 days and complete the job in 120 days. There was a short discussion a- bout the engineers for the street paving program. Engineers Discussed Dr. Cobo said he was opposed to using the same engineers that are doing the sewer job. J. Y. Porter IV, city attorney, said the city did not have to use the same engineers. Mayor Harvey suggested that the commission award the contract to the low bidder and then thresh out the details before signing the con- tract. The three commissioners present voted unanimously to award the contract to the Broward Asphalt Co. Truck Bids The commissioners also opened bids on a two-ton 1955 truck. The three bids submitted were refer- red to Victor Lang, city manager, for study and recommendation. The bidders were Navarro, Inc. for $2,033.63 for a Dodge truck; Mulberg Chevrolet, $2,239.49 for a Chevrolet truck; and Monroe Mo- tors, $2,074.11 for a Ford truck. Bids on a concrete slab for skat- ing at Bayview Park and for a fence at the city cemetery and at the city’s equipment pool also were opened. Of the nine bidders, the M. E. Bennett Co. was low with $2,287.21 and won the contract for the con- crete work. The four bids on the fencing were referred to Lang for study and re- commendation. Safety Council Meets Tonight The Key West Safety Council announced an im meeting to be held at 7:30 o’clock Soest | at the Lions’ Den on Se: Subject to be discussed — “S-D. ‘a What is “S-D?” Council members say they are not permitted to tell. President} Eisenhower will probably be the one to break the news. Howeve-, the public is cordially invited to the meeting tonight. The chances are that a preview glimpse of “S-D” will be revealed. Position As Port-of-Call By JIM COBB Prospects appeared bright Monday that Key West may soon make the first move to regain its position on the nation’s shipping map. That possibility was advanced at an informal meet- wise shipping firms. They are interested in ob- taining a lease for the city- owned Clyde-Mallory docks and inaugurating weekly freight and passenger ser- vice between Key West and just about every important seaport in the nation. Survey Possibilities The attorneys, Benjamin White- stone and Meyton M. Schulsinger, said that Waterman officials were in Key West last week to survey the city’s potential and that they will be in a posiion to talk terms with the city within the next cou- ple of weeks.” The attorneys, who spent Sunday and Monday. here met with the commission in an, effort to learn tentatively what the city may ask in the ways of terms for the dock. They said that the shipping firm is inerested primarily in inaugu- rating freight operations although they would carry a limited num- ber of passengers and increase their tourist service in the future if businéss warranted it. Coastwise Shipping They said that they would pre- fer to have exclusive use of the dock for coastwise shipping only. They added that their operation would not interfere with foreign freight or tourist cruise business. No figures were discussed at the meeting although the commission and City Manager Victor Lang in- dicated that they would offer en- couragement to the shipping inter- ests in an effort to obtain service for Key West. A major. factor in the negotia- tions will be repairs to the dock, City officials have estimated that it will require $50,000 to put the dock in first class condition. Ships Pass Here Attorney Whitestone told the com. mission that Waterman ships “‘pass Key West every day bound for gulf and eastern seaboard points.” “There is no reason in the world why a shipping business profitabie to Key West and the shipping com- pany cannot be developed,” said Whitestone. He pointed out that Waterman ships are operating up and down the entire coastline of the United States. They are currently touch- ing such ports as New York, Phil- adelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, Jacksonville, Miami, Tampa Pa- nama City, Mobile, New Orleans, thence through the Panama Canal and west coast ports. “There are at least three ships poised to begin service into Key West anytime they get the word,” he added. Savings Possible It was brought out during the discussion that savings in the cost of shipment of building materials alone into Key West would save thousands of dollars annually, The fact that it costs more to ship mer- chandise from Miami to Key West than it does from New York to Miami, was also cited at the ses- sion. The shipment of fish and shrimp from Key West to northern ports was also hailed as a big factor in the interest in sailing out of Key West by the Waterman Co. The attorneys said that they will confer with Capt. Norman Nicol- son president of the firm, and Capt. W. E. Anthony, eastern seaboard manager, upon their return to New York today and probably will be prepared to make a definite offer within two weeks. LONDON TESTS SMOG LONDON, ®—Crews of “smog- men” roamed the foggy streets of. London today testing the makeup of the acrid pall overhanging the British capital. The government project is aimed at finding ways |to combat the smog, which in five days in 1952 killed off some 4,000 people. ing between the city commission and attorneys for the Waterman Steamship Co., one of the world’s largest coast« Mosquito Dist. Rallies To Job After Rain Record Rainfall Leaves Numerous Breeding Places All employes and equip. ment of the Monroe Coun- ty Anti-Mosquito District have been mobilized for the biggest battle in District history, it was announced today by William W. War- ner, district director and entomologist. The rains which fell ‘throughout the county have of course resulted in extensive’ mosquito bi district officials are conten tls annoyance will be put down in re- cord time. Larviciding Activity Full larviciding activities are now under’ way to strike at the immature mosquito along with em- ergency drainage measures. This phase of operations will con- tinue through Sunday night when special attention will then be direct- ed to adulticiding activities. From this point on operations will be concentrated between ‘the hours of sunset and sunrise: with daylight hours devoted to mainten+ ance, servicing and’ checking the area. Confidence Told Neil Saunders, chairman of the district’s Board of pa sm expressed confidence in the trict's operations and battle on “Our director and‘his crew are working around the clock and there is no question in my mind but what they will do a good job and bring about complete control at the (Continued on Page Two) Satees tast Febot Blue Ribbon Beer FOR COMPLETE FIGHT WIGHT ENJOYMENT F2éct Blue Ribbon Paddy DeMarco Jimmy C: Carter Monroe Beer Distributors, Inc.