The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 17, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST Citizen Wednesday, November 17,1954 The Key West Citizen Pahiishid Wale Caunuin ae eee Published daily (except Sunday) trom The Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County LP. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN TELEPHONES :2.5641 and 2-5662 Member of The Associa’ entitled to use for re otherwise ¢: or not ction of all news lished here. in this paper, and, the S also the local news pub- Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ Der. week; year, $13.20; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or gener; ‘ : anonymous communications’ "=. mterest, but it will not publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WE OCA’ BY THE CITIZEN oe More Hotels and Ap: 1 2. 3. 4. 5. HOW WELL IS KEY WEST KNOWN? HOW MUCH IS IT TALKED ABOUT? How well is Key West known, how much is it talked about, how anxious are people to come here on a visit? The publisher of The Citizen found an answer to that question when he attended the recent conference of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association held at Boca Raton. The delegates, when they learned that The Citizen publisher was from Key West, plied him with questions about this city. They wanted to know this and that, and all of them expressed a desire to come here. The pub- lisher, when the head man of the Associated Press in Florida spoke about Key West, asked him if he intended to visit here, and he replied: é “I pass my vacations in Key West, but always set the time for my going there when the big bosses from New York come down to visit Florida, because they in- sist On going to Key West, and they go along with me.” There you have it. Key West has been so often in the news since former President Truman came here, virtually-everybody is anxious to see it. To them, it has a great deal of glamor because it is the only city in the United, States where frost has not occurred since. the Weather Bureau was established here 83 years ago, or so far as is. known before then. | 4 Many of the delegates; with whom The Citizen pyb- Misher conversed, spoke of Key West as the southernmost y in the United States. They asked about the fishing in\local waters, what was the best time te fish for tarpon and.sailfish, and some of them knew about that doughty fighter, the bonefish, said to be, size for size, the fastest and the “sportiest” fish in the sea. i i All last summer tourists came to Key West, and they are coming ‘in greater numbers now. As we remarked a short time ago in a Citizen story, every indication is that this winter will be the most successful tourist ‘season in the history of Key West: The Citizen has said so many a time, but it is not amiss to say it again, Key West has the most clement and equable climate in the United States, and a benign cli- mate is what the bulk of tourists are looking for when they come to Florida, Any financial expert can tell somebody else how to budget his money. wee. on All of us want to be popular but the price that one must pay is often exorbitant. Everybody is willing to help the other fellow if he has the money to help himself. ¥ ; Modesty is not generally associated with advertising, regardless of what is being given publicity. Crossword ACROSS 1. Equality 4. Dim 9. Dude 1. Eagles nest 14. Finial 15, Esteemed objects Hawaiian lava $7. Finish 39. Sheltered 41, Italian town 43. Lake in New York state 45. Perfume 46. Part ofa curve 47. Higher 49. Novelist 52. Stop 56. Vandal 56. Wireless 58. Greek letter 59. Affirmative 60. Severe 61. Norse god DOWN 1. Sound of contentment 2. Malt liquor IAI PIAIT] WAIYERSITIEIN! 1) TE TTC meAICIE! WHEL IEE Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle A| cl 3. Tell 4. Breakfast meat 5. Not so much 6. Syllable of hesitation 1. Three-toed 10. Unclose 11. Hindu title 16. Goddess of peace 18. Dutch wine measure 20. Silkworm 22. Apples 23. Genus of the oat 25. Besides Lasso 27. Step 29. Wide- mouthed jar 33. Square dance 35. Tardier 38. Flows off 40. Old French coin 42. Thorough- fare 44. Skill 45. Protective garment 48. Couple 49. For what Teason 50. Regret 61. Rodent 53. Pigpen 54. Coal producs $7. Down: prefix squeezers 28. Baking compartment 29. Lubricates 30. Steep 31. Myself 82. Part ofa building 34. Self: Scotch ae Lou Carbonell probably does more ‘than any three men in Key West toward community improve- ment, Whether you like his argu- mentative manner on the City Commission floor, you’ve got to give him credit for getting things done. Lou doesn’t just lend his name as prestige in sponsoring an event. He rolls up his sleeves and gets behind the project with actual la: bor. Check any ohe of half a dozen charitable drives for proof. If Samuel Friedland brings in a modern Food Fair store on Roose- velt Boulevard, part of the credit for this additional improvement should go to Lou Carbonell. He has maintained personal contact and encouraged Friedland. This year, Lou will be general manager of the ‘Key West Kennel Club, Don’t ask me where he finds the time because after all, the guy also has his ownibusiness to op- erate! ‘ és Dog racing isn’t quite the tonchy subject it was when: the Cif - fused to allow the track to on City land. At that time, the min- isters fought the proposal and it was a ‘nip and tuck’ proposition whether racing would be allow in Monroe County. Even this col- umn cdme out agdinst the propo- sal because I felt the track wouid encourage outside hoodlums and tin-horn gamblers to settle here. Heaven knows, the Key West var- iety of. hoodlum and gambler is plentiful enough without encourag- ing outsiders to move in! However, actual operaton of the Key West Kennel Club has shown that it is beneficial to the County. While I’ve never heard of anyone becoming wealthy at a pari-mutuel window and there are always those few who will suffer because of their inability to wager only the money they can afford to losé, -— by and large, I think the majority of residents and visitors enjoy the opportunity to partake in the ex- citement and thrills of dog racing. The track gives thousands of Na- vy men someplace to go instead of stumbling along Duval and land- ing up with a cancelled liberty pass. NEW YORK, Nov. 16 —Buying This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb Convent Students Support Action Against Obscene Comic Books Joan Knowles, 312 Margaret: St. has been assisting ‘the Juvenile of Mary Immaculate has sent her: “Dear Miss Knowles, Council in an attempt to evaluate comic books. Here’s a letter that | tion dock: this week, one of the the Student Council of the Convent] personnel of the U. S. Destroyer “The Student Council ofthe Con- November 17, 1934 While fishing at the Naval Sta- Jacob Jones had an experience which belongs in the “believe it or not” category of fish stories. A vent of Mary Immaculate wish to|‘#*Pon was hooked and after congratulate you on your stand and | *truggling to rid itself of the hook, your action in reference to the pre-| 48 all silver’ kings do, it darted sent obscene and horror, comic | #Way a-short distance, leaped high book menace, in anything youa of Key West High prove the situation: work, Sincerely yours, Student Council of CMI Allan Bonamy, President.” I'm reprinting this letter simply ditons. Our modern teen-agers are aware of problems which we adults either refuse to recognize or allow ‘}to exist because of selfish, finan- cial gain. { HIGHWAY ZOO The JACKRABBIT This is the scatback type who zigs and zags through traffic like a fright- ‘ened bunny. He may be a fat, puffy old i] geezer who couldn't waddle 100 yards ‘| in 10 minutes. But behind the wheel of his cor he’s the shiftiest, most swivel. hipped jerk on the road. NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCR. Business - Mirror By Sam Dawson ,own income and job prospects has “We are behind you 100 percent the students | wrought it to the dock safely. st let us know and we willbe glad to co- operate in every way possible, Con- gratulations and keep up the good in air, shook the hook from its , fell back into the water. ind re-hooked itself, and the angler The City Council today made arrangements with the Key West Electric Company for turning. on the White Way on Duval Street to- night and tomorrow night. x & November 17, 1944 President Roosevelt today sent]. to shut up any adult who might|to the senate the nomination of say that the youth of today are res-|Hollon R. Bervaldi as postmaster’ ponsible for many undesirable con- in Key West. As health is consideréd the most | important matter on the firing line, Key West the home front, as well as Rotary Club, at its Junch- eon yesterday, passed a resolution recommending to the State Board of Health that Dr. F, F. Fursten- berg be permitted to continue the program as director of the Monroe County health clinic which has proved so successful since his instituting it on his arrival here last January. ’ PARROT TALKS TOO DIRTY FOR CONTEST BARCELONA, Spain (#—A par- rot was kicked out of the national championships for talking birds here for using gutter language. The judges said it was a shame— the parrot could speak in seven different tongues. % The star of the show thus far is a parrot capable of whistling six popular Spanish tunes. finance companies are looking for a big spurt in business. Today members of the American Finance Conference, a trade asso- ‘ciation of 360 independent automo- bile installment credit companies, are meeting here to compare the prospects in various sections of the nation. Like the car makers, they’re hoping the outlook for wages and employment isbright they’re hoping the outlook for wages and employment is bright enough to induce consumers to take on new~ auto monthly pay- ments. ' The Federal Reserve Board ‘re- on time is picking up a little. And; more to do with the cycles in in-|ports that by the end of Septem- the merchants and finance com-| $taliment credit than anything else, | ber Americans owed more than 10 panies are counting on the postelec- tion enthusiasm in stock market and industrial centers to seep through to the consumters. This could end the trend this year to- ward paying up old debts rather than hurrying to take on new ones. Installment buying may pick up speed first in the auto and home appliance fields, where it’s an old American custom. Merchants too are expecting installment buying Jof clothing and furniture to. in- crease. The way people feel about their|the new models coming out, the of financing. ‘finance company officials say. | About this time last year, people were worried, and the rate of on- the-cuff buying of cars began to slump. The low point was reached in January of this year, and re- Payments exceeded new credit ex- tensions through April. But, as Sidney Rolfe, economist |for C.LT. Finance Corp., explains it, by spring people had decided: jthat the recession wouid not be- come a depression, and they began buying more cars on ume. With billion dollars on the cars they were driving, auto paper having increased 13 mullion during that) month. | Merchants had $6,674,000,000 on their books in the form of charge accounts, which was 35 million less than a year ago. | But merchants also had another jform of credit, installment plan buying, which has grown notably in the last two years. Officials of iJames Talcott, Inc., one of the firms that finanees retailers’ credit facilities, report a gain of 30 he 5 oe. cent in that period in this type t. PEOPLE’S FORUM It seems Mr. Weech has got the wrong impression of what kind of music goes on during a football game. We know the band master is doing the best he can, but the kind of music he puts on most of the time is good for a concert or some other act, but on a field you need pep and snappy music for the band members to march by. - { You say we can flip a dial on the radio and get “peppy” music. We have got news for you! We do just that! To hear the.snappy. bands. They are college bands, but with a band master:who wants the right kind of music at the football field, our band could really go somewhere. “Doc” could give them the kind of music that should be played at a football game. There is a time and place for everything. ; Now. about the football team being satisfied with that type of music. We hardly agree with you. In fact, we do not think they even hear the music. Sure the band might help,-but the team really gets their support from the thousands of Conchs that-will come out to see them, rain or shine, sick or well. Have you followed the team to games away from here? Their bands and majorettes do not put on a bur- lesque show, they just put on a show that the people can enjoy and have some praise for them after it is over with. We do not have any children in the band, but we support it every time it’s called for. Now, as we have said before, there is a time and place for everything. So let’s play music that should be played for.football season, concert music for concerts and funeral music for sadness. If you have a child in the band, he or she must’ be one of the few who go for that drippy music or if he is on the:team he must be a bench warmer. Or you are speak- ing his or her mind. There was some change in the band Friday night and people praised them and the band master for the improvement of the music they played. The band master should keep at this pace and the band members should cooperate with him. You must have been voicing the band leader’s opinion about the juke box because he asked for suggestions and some of the members gave him some and that is what he told them. So he is not in our opinion open for suggestions. This goes for. the band member that voiced his or her opinion also. What’s the matter? Can’t you march to fast music or would you trip all over yourself. MISS D. I. C. : MRS..B..E. C. SEEKS FORMER CLASSMATES Editor, The Citizen et As'aimember of the high school class of 9935, I am trying to locate as many of my former Class mates as possible. Some of us hope to have our first ¢lass reunion in Key West in 1956.°We'hdve never had a reunion and it is the hope of some thif'such cag, event can take place next year. eA. | — 3 May we have -your itancesin locating as many of our class mates as’wé possibly Gan? Your newspaper has always had a very close inte: in the welfare of Key West High School, and I feethat you will be of much help to us if you could: write in your columns some- thing about this anticipated reunidh.; There are a few members of my class in Key West and some in Miami. If you could help to-arouse an inter- est in the local members, I’m somewhat certain that we will have our reunion in Key West in 1955. Your interest and assistance will be appreciated. 4 I would appreciate the addresses of. my former class- mates, and the best way, is to ask them to write to me at 3062 River Avenue, Camden 5, New Jersey. Incidentally, the class of 1935 was sort of a peculiar event — in that we were graduated in the most eventful |year of our island city. Yours truly, THE REVEREND FRANK R. ALVAREZ, VICAR 4 COOPERATION QUESTIONED Editor, The Citizen: Now this could go on forever about our H. S. Band, but to get to the point; “Band Member,” why is it that the band doesn’t cooperate with their band master? Surely there must be some reason you don’t do that. Could it be that you all want the peppy music and you are afraid to voice your opinion? : Your band master should be open for suggestions. There was a lot of improvement in the band Friday and if you kids would listen to the people you would find out what kind of music they care for. True, you can’t please everyone, but I bet if there was a vote taken on it by the people that support the football team here and away from here there would be a 10 to 1 vote for peppy music. Why did so many band members drop out this year? I had a child in the band and I for one cried many times for how he was hurt, but thank God he took it like a man, finished school and I don’t think he was a discredit to the band. : Now let’s get to our football players. Fro:.. what I hear went.on at Miami Beach, when one of our boys got hurt and had.to be rushed in an ambulance to the hospital, they were playing taps. True it was a coincidence, but that “Theme” or drill of that sort should never be on a football stadium. In the first place, it brings back too to them. Another thing, band members, why can’t we have more band boosters? 310 Peacon Lane many memories to parents of sons that never came home | ized. BRUSSELS, #—The scar of a German Gestapo agent’s bullet still can be seen in the neat green doorway of Mme. Josef Duchene, Every time she goes through the door the mark reminds Mme. Du- chen, an Irish-born widow of 85 who has become a symbol of Bel- gian civilian courage, of the terri- ble price she paid for sheltering two fugitive British soldiers durng the last war. “People used to come often to look at the bullet hole,” said Mme, Duchene, a sweet-faced, white- haired old lady with apple pink cheeks, who wears a black ribbon at her throat. “But no one has come now for a long time.” Born Anna Hodges in Waterford, Ireland, in 1869, she came here at 18 as a nursery governess. This is the story she told me as we sat in her small living room, hung with pictures of her late husband, her two dead children, King Albert, Belgium's first world war hero, and the present Queen Elizabeth of Britain. “T felt so young and strange and homesick when I first came here,” she said, “but people were nice to me and I felt better after I learned their language and their ways, Later I married Josef, coachman to the king. I forget the year, but I remember I was 30,” During the first world war her husband was sent to England with the King’s horses. Mme. Duchene remained here during the German occupation with her children, Leo- pold and Florrie. No funds reached them and they had a difficult time. “Often we were hungry.” she re- called. “But we made out.” During this period Leopold, al- though underage, ran away. and joined the army, later was cap- tured by the Germans. Reunited, the Duchene family had a tough struggle in the years between the wars. Money was scarce, but Mme. Duchene now looks back wistfully upon this.as a happy time, because those she loved were at least together. After the collapse of the Allied lines in the last war, two young Scottish soldiers, John McCubbin and Bobby Conville, leaped from a Nazi prisoner train near here and escaped. . “The woman who hid them be- came frightened,” recalled Mme, Duchene. “I couldn’t let the Ger- mans take those boys again, so I said they could hide with us. We had a bed but , 80 Flor. rie and I rij Open our sofa pillows and made oa mat- tress, so the poor lads: sleep easier. ‘ “That Bobby he was ha good little boy. ing. My daughter ran @ and Bobby used hats.”” Bet. The two British so & the Duchene homéyat for 14 months, sometimes mi toother places during the day. ‘One day, while Bobby was out, three Gestapo agents knocked at the door. They searched the house and found McCubbin, shot and wounded him when he tried to es- cape. “I told Florrie to run out the back, that it made no difference if the Germans took me as | wouldn't live long anyway.” said Mme. Du- chene. “But she wouldn’t leave me.” Mother and daughter were put in solitary confinement in prison here, Neither would give any informa- tion to their captors. After 9 months, during which her husband had died, Mme. Duchene was re- leased. “But they took Florrie to Ravens- bruck, that awful place,” she said, “and later to Belsen, the most ter- rible of all. “When she fell ill, they took her away from the other prisoners one day. I have asked and asked what happened to her after that, and no one will tell me: “She was so good and nice ...s0 kind to everybody.” Bobby Conville was smuggled back to Britain by the Belgian underground. John McCubbin, de- spite a bullet in his back, survived his wartime stay in a German prison camp. Both men got in touch with Mme. Duchene as soon as they could to thank her. Three grateful govern- ments — Belgium, Britain, and the United States — have honored the gallant old widow with citations and medals for her’ valor. COYNE EXPECTED TO HEAD CANADA BANK OTTAWA #—Politiczi circles ex- pect the government soon to name James Coyne, 44, of Winnipeg, as governor of the Bank of Canada, He would succeed Graham Towers, 57, who Monday after 20 years as head of the central banking agency which he organ- iP» e in is now senior deputy gov-