The Key West citizen., 1949-06-09
LEGION TO MAKE AWARI
TO KEY VESTS MOST
OUTSTANDING CITIZEN
This Year Trophy
Will Be Awarded
At Legion Charity
Festival July IA

49,
today that citizens of Key West
who in the past have worked
in ANONYMITY for the betterment
of the community will from this
day on be rewarded for their
service.
The Legion will institute an
annual award to be given to the
citizen who is selected as out
standing for the current year.
This year the award will be
made at the Legion Charity
Festival to be held from July !
thru July 4.
The trophy will consist of a
beautiful loving cup which will
be engraved with the name Of
the person who is selected, and
will be on continuous display in
the trophy room of the beautiful
Legion Home on Stock Island.
The award will be a continuous
one and each year a new name
will be engraved upon the cup.
The selection of the recipient
of the award will be made by a
board which will be composed Of
one member from each civic
club in the city, representative
from each of the locally distribu-
ted newspapers, the radio station,
and three members to be select
ed from the Legion membership.
Letters have been sent to all
clubs in the city inviting them to
send delegates to a meeting to be
held at the post home on Wednes-
day June 18th at 800 p. m. for
the purpose of ironing out vari-
Gus questions which may arise
and for the purpose of entertain
ing nominations for the honor.
One subsequent meeting will
be held at which additional NOM
nations will be entertained and
the final selection of the recipi-
ent will be made.
The American Legion stresses
the fact that the award will be
made on the basis of outstand-
ing service to the community
state, or nation. No restrictions
as to race, creed, political con
viction, or any other limiting
circumstance will be imposed
and the final selection will be
made by a secret ballot of the
selection board, balloting being
held until one candidate has a
clear majority.
Nominations for the award
may be made by anyone in any
walk of life, whether a member
of any club or not, and may be
made in writing or verbally.
Persons making nominations may
do so ANONYMOUSLY if they so de-
sire. The only condition to be
made is that the nominee must
be a bona fide resident of Key
West in the judgment of the
selection board.
In order to help the board in
making it's selection nominations
should if possible be accompanied
by substantial evidence as to the
accomplishments of the nominee,
Nominations should be addressed
to the American Legion.
In announcing this award the
Legion feels that it is making a
sorely needed contribution to
the local scene. 1t believes that
nowhere else is there a greater
proportion of citizens who are
working in the civic interest
without hope of reward. Many
other cities make a similar award
each year and the event is al
ways anticipated with keen in
tereSt.
1t is the hope of the sponsors
that this will become an out
standing event on the civic
calendar here in Key West.
Announcement of the winner
of the honor will be made "a
hours before the trophy is to be
presented and it is hoped that
complete secrecy can be main
tanned up to that time. Plans
have tentatively been set for the
presentation to be made on the
afternoon of Sunday July 3rd al