The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 19, 1954, Page 10

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| Page 10 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN _ Drivers In Texas AUSTIN, Tex # — Radar en. forcement of the state’s speed laws - bas confused at least two west Texas women motorists, the Texas Department of Public Safety. says, The car of one of the women , gtalled a short distance down the highway after she passed a radar Annual Conch Bowl Plans . Towner, mander Naval Base, will pres lee tng FREE DELIVERY ON WEDNESDAY through the Florida Keys down to Key West To better serve the needs of our cus- tomers, beginning Oct. 6, deliveries to the Florida Keys area will be made every Wednesday instead of Friday as at present. There will be no delivery to this area on Friday Oct. 1. Instead bulk and packages will be delivered on Wednesday-Thursday Oct. 6-7 and every Wednesday thereatter. Shop by phone, by mail or in person! Your purchases will be delivered free of extra cost. Simplify your shopping..adopt one of Surdine’s four convenient credit plans. Ask our Credit Department. © 30-Day Charge Accounts @ Permenent Budget Accounts © Household Club Accounts © Purchase Certificates ORDERS RECEIVED BY NOON TUESDAY WILL BE DELIVERED WEDNESDAY Friday, November. 19, 1954 Lions Hear Of S-D Day Set By President Members of the Fraternal Order “Safe-Driving Day.” urged local Pythians the Mayor and with with highway courtesy. Let's demonstrate on December 15 that we can reduce accidents when ly | everyone does his part.” The local lodge-has for several :!To Honor Its Past Masters Living Past Masters of Anchor Lodge No. 182, Free and Accept- ed Masons, will be honored at the Rite Temple on Novem- Capacity Day Marked By Sinelair Saturday, November 20, wili be marked as Capacity Day by Sin- clair Dealers in this area accord- ing to Larry Dion, local represen- tatives- of the Sinclair Refining “| Company. On Capacity Day, individual deal- ers will vie with each other in a big gasoline sales contest — the one reporting the biggest one-day gallonage increase being named the Capacity Day Winnter. A spe- cial Award Plaque and Prize will be awarded to the winning Sinclair Dealer. Larry Dion, of the Sinclair Re- fining Company, stated that. Capa- city Day helps local Sinclair Deal- ers to meet new customers. While the Capacity Day Contest itself is limited to gasoline gallon- age, all station. facilities will be open to the public. He urged friends, neighbors, new and old customers at various Sin- clair Dealer stations to get behind their man for this big Capacity Day gasoline sales drive. . .to show their appreciation for the kind of service offered by their favorite Sinclair Dealer. Dion said a sterling silver box, which can be used for cigarettes or jewels, will be awarded the win- ning dealer. There are four Sinclair outlets in Key West and one in Marathon that are competing for the prizes. Tomorrow wilF be the fifth an- nual Capacity Day, Dion said; and the five Monroe County dealers are “rarin’ to go,” he added. Bahama Native Faces Criminal Charges Today Willie Robinson, 31-year-old na- tive of the Bahama Islands, today _| Was in county jail faced with four criminal chrges, the sheriff's office , | Teported. Larry Cederberg is to be guest soloist, accompanied by Kingman Justice of the Peace Roy Ham- lin, the sheriff's office said, issued Breaking and entering at the First Methodist Church the night of ‘Nov. 1-2; Breaking and enter- ing at the Colored VFW Home, early the morning of Nov. 8; and forging the mame of the Rev. J. Paul Touchton, pastor of the First Methodist Church, to a $44.50 check. Robison tried to pass the check ; | at the Florida National Bank here but fled when asked for identifi- S. Lowe, 1933; W. Curry Harris, , Islamorada, 1931; Charles — the sheriff's ‘department Robison was arrested: by the 7 | city police on Nov. 15 and turned over to the sheriff's department, James K. Brady, W. Palm Beach, 1941; Stharlie W. Demeritt, 1945; William P.. Williams, 1946; Louis C. Maloney, Sr., Homestead, 1947; Ben Austin Roberts, 1948; Ray- mond J, Albury, 1949; Merville E. Rosam, Jr., 1950; Jack R. Hyman, Jr., 1951; Oswald J. Sheppard, 1952; and Jesse J. Montgomery, 1953, Love Affair Of Slain Wife Shrugged Off CLEVELAND (® — A Cleveland detective testified today Dr. Sam- uel H. Sheppard’ shrugged off re- ports his slain wife was infatuated with a house guest, Dr. Lester Hoversten. i Robert F. Schottke, a homicide detective for 10 years, related that he interviewed Sheppard a few hours after pretty and pregnant Marilyn Sheppard was clubbed to death last July 4. “We asked him if he had heard rumors that Dr. Hoversten had been infatuated with his wife. He said he had heard rumors. . . but he didn’t pay any attention to them because he knew his wife was faithful.” Schottke also told how he in- spected the Sheppard home after the slaying and could find no sign anyone broke in or struggled there, although he went over the murder bedroom on his hands and knees with a flashlight. “Did you find anything when you were on your hands and knees in ‘The defense has complained that Schottke and his detective partner, Patrick Gareau, Were so convinced that Dr. Sam was their man that they made no real effort to find the real murderer. The trial opened today with Coroner Samuel R. Gerber finish- Prospective Health Doctor Is Here Today Dr, Francis X. Walsh, of Bos- ton, who may be the new county health officer, was here today to look over Key West. He has been approved by the State Board of Health and by the county commissioners for the job. He said the purpose of his visit here was to decide whether or not to accept the position. He was ac- companied by his wife, At present, Dr. Walsh is with the Boston Health Department. He was graduated from Boston College in 1933 with an A. B. de- gree and took his medical school- ing at Tuft’s Medical School, Bos- ton, graduating in 1937 with his M. D. degree. He also holds a degree as Mas- ter of Public Health from Harvard University in 1948, Dr. Walsh spent five years in the Army, three of them in the south Pacific. He was battalion sur- geon with the 144th Combat Engi- neers of the 32nd Division, and also wit hthe First Cavalry Division. Dr. Walsh said he feels housing may. be a problem for=him here. He and his wife have six children. ng testimony which has kept him on the stand for four of the 12 days e spi s e sy oe i ternoon and. elsewhere tonight. Clear to partly cloudy weather with few isolated showers this afternoon and tonight. : Western Caribbean: Moderate north to northeast winds thru Sat- urday. Partly cloudy weather with widely scattered showers. Observation Taken at Post Office Building,. 7:00 A.M., EST, Key West, Fla., Nov. 18, 1954 Temperatures 81 70 76 an 10: Lowest last night Total last 24 hours ___ 0.00 ins. Total this month 20.65 ins. Excess this month ——19.37 ins. Total this year 55.71 ins. Excess this year ____18.77 ins. Relative Humidity, 7 A.M. 83% Barometer (Sea Level), 7 A.M. 29.70 ins.—1012.9 mbs. | months, died y ; | after a. short illness. DEATHS _ ROSE MARIE BOUTWELL Rose Marie Boutwell, age six lay morning Funeral services will be held to- day at 5:30 at the residence, 1201 Varela Street. The Rev. Manuel Figueroa of El Salvador Methodist Church will officiate at the ser- vices.“Lopez Funeral Home is in charge-of arrangements. Burial | Will be in the family plot in City Cemetery. Survivors are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Boutwell; ma- ternal grandfather, Federico Casa- do; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Z, B. Boutwell, Selma, one three brothers and one sis- s DEANNA LYNN DECKMAN Deanna Lynn Deckman, two - month - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chester G. Deckman, died Wednesday night. The body was sent today by the Prtichard Funeral Home to Le- moyne,. Pennsylvania, for funeral a and burial in the family Pp — WOMEN PLAY A VITAL (Continued from Page One) ‘Tescue, transportation, staff and communications, Moore's Experiences Colonel Moore gave an interest- ing account of his experiences in England and said that if the US reacted like England in case of attack, and particularly when Key. Westers met the responsibility, 90 Per cent of the Civil Defense volun- teers will be women. American women have much in common with the English women, he said and quoted an ‘wo- man CD volunteer who said, “It is the soldier’s duty to fight the en- emy in combat, but it is the wo- .| man’s duty to help save lives and . | calm those who have been affected .| by bombs falling on or near them .| at home.” ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Bahia Honda (bridge),. .....—eh 16m (east ond) ...+2h 20m Boca Chic J Sandy Pt. —ch 4m Ne Name Key Caldes Channel (north end) 9.0 tt +3h 10m Temperatures AT 7:30 A.M., EST Atlanta Augusta Billings — Birmingham Bismark —— Boston Buffalo — Charleston Chicago Corpus Christi Denver —— Detroit El Paso Ft. Worth Galveston Jacksonville Kansas City KEY West. 1... Key West Airport —___ Los. Angeles Louisville Meridian Miami _ Minneapolis. —___. Memphis — New Orleans New York _ Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Pensacola Pittsburgh Roanoke 57 62 46 58 » 37 53 58 “61 | gussseseesessaassgas ss FREIGHTERS COLLIDE IN EAST RIVER NEW YORK, #—Two freighters in the East River last since the state began presenting ni its witnesses. Dr. Sheppard rubbed his chin and listened intently while the .| State attacked what it has called vagueness in Sheppard's descrip- tion of the man he said bludgeoned his wife to death. : By reading testimony at an in- quest Gerber held four months ago Saul Danaceau, assistant prosecu- tor, tried to point up Dr. Sam’s uncertainty about the appearance of a bushy-haired stranger with whom he fought. ame ae Colonel Moore summarized his talk by saying that “Key West, of all places, should be conscious of Civil Defense. A submarine could come up in Bahia Honda and by using deck guns demolish the bridge and disrupt the water line.” The business women voiced their unanimous approval of the lead- ership as exemplified in these two men and pledged their support and to coordinate their efforts with oth- er local organizations in helping to make every one in Key West Civil Defense conscious, BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS '% ON ALL PAINTS Monroe Specialty. Co. 1990 FLAGLER AVE. “COLORFUL FLORIDA” Unique 1955 Weekly Engagement Calendar. Contains 55 magnificent Florida Color Photographs by famed National photographers. $2 at your Dealer, or write: COLORFUL FLORIDA, Ine. Sarasota, Florida Deducktion: No Radioactivity TOKYO, \—The imperial house- She’s Allgood Now DENVER (®—Mrs. Elsie Cora Allred was granted’ permission by County Judge David Brofman yes- terday to change her name to All- ttold will hold its traditional duck | 8004. hunts for the foreign diplomatic corps as usual this year despite reports that the wild birds—fresh in from Siberia—are radioactive as hot atoms, You-know-who is i atomic tests up- in siteria. The imperial household board, sensitive to the pitfalls of stuffing diplomats with atomic duck, ran She told the court her surname was “distasteful . . . and gradu- ally becoming more so.” 10 and 13. The score in radio- activity: Head, 21 counts: liver, 17; en- trails, 18; meat, 24; feathers (of one duck), 25. Deduckting for natural radioac- tivity, the board decided the ducks its own Geiger counter checks Nov. | were all right-wingers. Here’s A CHRISTMAS CHEER! 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