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Evening star., 1951-01-19
Head Of Tide Of Toys Drive Honored al Leqion Ball

Irving Geist, national chairman
during 1850 of the American Le-
gion Tide of Toys Campaign, was
the guest of honor at the thir-
teenth annual ball of the Legion's
Guard Of Honor last night. He
now is vice chairman of the 1851
campaign.
During the event in the Shore
ham Hotel, Past Capt. Guy v.
Nadeau, general chairman of the
event, presented Mr.. Geist with
the National Guard of Honor Gold
Distinguished Service Medal. This
was in recognition of his services
in collecting more than 5000, 900
toys contributed last year by the
children of this country to orphan
Evening star., 1951-01-19
Times-Picayune Co.
Denies lis Practices
Restrict Rival PAPER
By the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 19.-The
Government contended yesterday
but the Times-Picayune denied
that it is using it's afternoon COM
panion, the States, as "a fighting
instrument" against the opposi-
tion Afternoon daily, the Item.
Government Antitrust Attor-
ney George Leonard said the Gov
ernment believes the States Is
operated at a loss to restrict the
Item.
Mr.. Leonard and another anti
trust attorney, Fred Turnage,
yesterday concluded two days of
deposition taking which may be
used when the Governments civil
antitrust suit against the Times
Picayune Publishing Co. comes up
for trial.
The suit, filed June IA, main
tains that the advertising and
certain other business practices
of the Times-Picayune Co. are
L4J uA lOuo w Vic 4GEIIl.
1872 Others Use System.
The Times-Picayune Publishing
Co. requires advertisers to buy
space as unit in both the morn
ing Times Picayune and the
States. The company also pub
llshes the. Sunday Times-Pica-
yune-New Orleans States.
John F. Tins, jr., Times-Pica-
yune Publishing Co. general man
ager, told Mr.. Leonard that 1872
other newspaper combinations use
the same forced advertising unit
as the Times-Picayune and States.
Asked what it would mean if
this combination selling of adver-
tising were terminated, Mr.. Tins
said:
That is a difficult question.
But I believe our profits would
be impaired"
Other witnesses included Ad-
vertising Director Aubrey Murray.
Denies Freeze Plan.
Mr.. Turnage questioned Mr.
Murray. Part Of the interroga-
ton follows:
| @. Have you ever used advertis-
ing sales practices designed to
freeze out the Item?
A. mo. And let me say at
this time it has never been
thought of mine or anybody in
the Times-Picayune Publishing
Co. to freeze the Item out of
business.
@. Have you ever made a
yelled threat to an advertiser
about running ads in the Item?"
A. None whatsoever"
Another witness was Circula-
ton Manager Donald w. Coleman.
He was questioned about the
Governments contention that the
defendant company interferred
with the Item street sales.
Mr.. Coleman said differences
between the two publishing COM
panies began in 1949 when, he
4UCL1l Ol1iIldlo bCSd11 Ca
erting undue pressure on news
vendors to increase Item sales"
He said it was an established
practice for downtown corner
vendors to sell both afternoon
papers, the States and the Item.
But that it became noticeable to
him that he States was being side
tracked while the Item was being
pushed.
$50 when the Item Sunday
paper started we told the news
boys they could not handle both
the Item and the Times-Pyca-
yune-New Orleans States" he
Esaid.
This order was later rescinded.
In its answer to the original suit,
the Times-Picayune Publishing
Co. said the Item discontinued in
a large measure the practices they
objected to and the restriction
was lifted
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-11-02
Troop No. Ii
DecOrates Float

Girl Scouts of Troop IL met on
Saturday May 10. 1851 at the Sea-
plane Base at 1000 o'clock to
decorate a float which we entered
in the Armed Forces Day Par
ade. Each girl brought her nose
bag" lunch and we had a fine
time decorating the truck which
was made available TO us by
Captain Robert Quackenbush.
Our theme was Camping on
the Keys" with each girl sitting
around make-believe fire toast
ing marshmallows and singing
songs. We decorated the base of
our float with palm fronds. The
floor of the truck was covered
with sand and in the back ground
was tent with a troop flag and
an American flag on either side.
On the back of the float a huge
sign was posted which read
"'You Shell Out. We Camp Out.
The idea was that the girls are
trying to raise money for a camp
on the Keys,
On our float with us were our
leader. Mrs. E. w. Parish, and our
Co-Leader. Mrs. w. e. Lefnos. We
had a fine time and hope that
the spectators got as much en-
joyment out of watching the par
ade as we did in participating IN
it,
Barbara Trout, and
YoIanda Garcia
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Green and Mrs. Merrill Sands
and registered February, 1916.
The intermediate program was
wide and varied. The girls have
explored each of the eleven
fields, agriculture. arts and
Crafts, Community Life, Health
and Safety. Homemaking, Inter
national Friendship, Literature
and Dramatics. Music and Dane
ing, Nature, Out-of-doors. and
Sports and Games. We have some
very pleasant memories of spec
ial programs; parties, camping
picnics, hikes and exploring the
eleven fields.
Last February when it was
time to register for a new wear
the girls being of Senior Scout
age decided to form a Mariner
instead of Senior Service Troop.
Mrs. David Myers consented to
help us launch our ship. Soon
after starting, Mrs. George Ment-
ger, Mrs. MurieI Staples and Mrs
Donald Cobb joined our Ship as
Mates. Mrs. Sam 10th had Joined
the troop as Co-Leader. June
1913. and took the Leadership in
February. 1850 when Mrs. Sands
mad to leave due to illness.
Most of the present Mariners
were members of the troop dur
ing the intermediate program
The troop is sponsored by the
Wesley House and meets in the
Club Room of the beautiful new
Wesley House every Monday at
ZOO p. m.
IN September, Mrs. Myers and
Mrs. Mentzer took a leave of alb
sence for the remainder of the
year to the regret of all. Mrs.
Mary Degtoff came to the rescue
ana IS now member of the Snip.
Mrs. Staples has been unable to
be with the troop since summer
The Mariner Ship 8 has the
following members: Norma
Avila. Phyllis Blotti. Elizabeth
Braun, Yeomanette; Sarah
Bringman, Bosun; Mirta del
VALE, Barbara Fob Joan Knowl-
es, Purser; Dorothy Lesher, Irene
Munyan. Evelyn Nettles, Crew
Leader; Kathryn Sanchez, MILL
cent Taylor, Fay Williams Lor-
raine Warnock, Crew Leader.
Leader Mrs. Sam 10th.
Co-Leader-Mrs. Mary Deg
toff.
Committee Members - Mrs.
Stuart Whiting, Chairman; MIR.
and Mrs. ]. M, Bringman, Mrs. |
Donald Cobb, and Miss Airline
Merritt.
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Troop No. 9

Brownie Troop No. 8 had its
beginning in the early part OF
1850.
Harris School PTA was the
sponsor of this troop. The princi-
pal gave permission to let the
group use the library each Fri
day throughout the year from
$3.50 to 500.
The troop was first registered
with headquarters in August,
1851, with eighteen (l8) girls.
| These were:
Darlene Guizguski.
Henriette Sands.
Kristena Dopp.
| Gail Guinette.
Dawn Loeblich.
Marilyn Bearup.
Brenda Stickney,
Sybil Key.
Pat Dooley.
Kathleen Dooley.
Ciaudette Sails.
Joan Key.
Shelia Stresland.
Janet Hayes.
Dianne Riggs.
/ Mildred Hart.
| Loire Lowe.
Marilyn Joy.
| In September the sponsors
bought our flags.
The year has been spent with
two new leaders and two active
committee workers learning
scouting right along with the
| girls.
/ The girls have learned TO sew
paint, and cooking on very
small scale. The meetings were
| discontinued for the Summer
| After few trips to the beach
| 10 teach the little ones to swim,
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Brownies Like
Good Riddles

What has ears but can't hear?
A cornstalk.
Why did Johnny take ruler
to bed with him? To see how
long he slept.
What goes up when the rain
comes down? Umbrellas.
Why is a watch like a river?
Neither runs long without wind
ing.
What's the difference between
a bus driver and bad cold2
One knows the stops and the
other stops the nose.
What is the largest jewel in
the world? A baeball diamond.
What has big head but no
brains? A cabbage.
why is hat like a king? Be-
cause it has crown.
A duck before two ducks, a
duck behind two ducks, A duck
between two ducks, how many
ducks in all? Three.
When is it easiest to read III
the woods? When autumn turns
the leaves.
why did the moron drive his
ear off the cliff? He wanted &c
try out his new air brakes.
Why did the moron lock ms
father in the icebox? Because ne
liked cold pop. =.
why did the moron throw ms
clock through the window? he
liked TO see time fly.
Do trains have ears? Yes, they
have engineers.
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Picknicking
Is Real Fun

In the summer Brownie Troop
7 had a family picnic at the
Navy Recreation Beach. The
mothers, fathers, sisters and
brothers came with their Brow
ie. The families brought supper
for themselves. We played many
games. We had our regular
brownie Meeting so our daddies
and mothers could know what we
do. After supper we joined hands
in our Friendship Circle; every
one of us at the picnic! Then we
made our wishes and sang Taps.
The picnic was so much fun for
all of us. We will have another
one soon. All Brownies viii en-
Joy family picnic. u
Anne Phillips
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Troop No. 2

Our Troop was stared October
of 1945 with 20 girls registered
at that time, and five more re-
gistered in November. Mrs. j. A.
Harris was the original leader
OF this Troop.
Brownie Troop No. 2 of Poin-
ciana, which NETS every Thurs
day afternoon. from 3 o'clock
to four-thirty, at the Community
Building. consists of nineteen
lively girls of seven to ten years
of age.
These girls are, Linda Powell,
Cheryn Oneta, Tamara Lang,
Sandra Hawkins, Madeline Han
sen, Vera Stout, Patty Wright,
Carol Ann Chinchare, Mary Jane
Chapman, Dottie Boukal, Sharon
Stewart, Judy Stewart, Pat
Trauth, AIfreda McFerron. Patty
Chapman, Darnella Carey, Gail
Boswell, Becky Fowler, and
Jackie Ellis. Mrs. Loren Hawk
ms is leader of this group and
her co-leader is Mrs. Wright.
The committee members, who
help with this troop are Mrs.
Carlton Smith, Mrs. John Chin
char.
The Sponsors are the Poincia-
ma Parent Teacher Association.
Several outdoor trips were en-
joyed by these Brownies this
past year.
On one occasion, trip to East
Martello Towers was made. On
another, they visited Municipal
Aquarium, which was of great
interest to the girls.
One Saturday they were taken
on tour of The Citizen office
and printing plant and across the
street the firemen of Number |
Station intrigued the Brownies
with their explanation of the
Signal system, their sleeping
quarters, and last but not least,
their shining fire enines.
Fun was had at two beach pic
MICS.
The highlight of the year was
a Day Camp for five days, held
at Boca Chiea. Every morning,
several mothers, the Brownies
and their leaders met at eight
o'clock at the Poinciana Commu-
nifty Building for their trip to |
Boca Chica. Mothers provided
transportation and assisted the
leaders with their work. Upon
arrival the flag was set up. Lean
tos were made and wood was
gathered for the fire for the noon
day meal.
The troop was divided into
TASK Was asst gned to sacn = group,
Cooking, dish-washing and fire
under supervision, and
lean-to making kept them busy |
for part of the morning.
Beach hikes, shell collecting,
finger painting and fashioning
of plaster paris molds were some
of the projects.
A Woodworking snack helped
to quell their ferocious appetites.
A one pot meal such as stew 'or
spaghetti, served with salads,
drink and bread and butter COM
prised the noon day meal.
After lunch was a period of |
rest. Singing, recitations, and
skits were performed for the en-
tertaisfsent sof all.
Each Brownie took part. AT
clean up time everybody pitched
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in to do their part. Then the flag
ceremony was held. Tired but
happy they departed for home.
Much credit is due Mrs. John
Tibbs, the leader at that time
for this wonderful camping expe-
rience.
At the regular meetings, much
has been accomplished in the
way of handcrafts. The girls have
made luncheon sets. lanyards,
nature note books. made with
potato stamps, wooden spoons,
painted and decorated for pot
holders, and Individual first aid
kits.
All in all. the troop had an
enjoyable year.
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Mariner Scout
Ship No. 3

il
A Mariner Scout is Senior
Girl Scout with nautical learn
ings. Even though her sea may be
pond hardly larger than one
city block it is the sine qua non
of her Mariner existence. She
agrees with. the Water Rat when
the Mole asks him about boating.
rs it so nice as all that?" Nice?
It's the only thingl Believe me,
my young friend, there is moth
ing, absolutely nothing half so
much worth doing as simply
messing about in boats. Simply
messing" he went on dreamily,
messing about in boats, messing
about in boats, or with boatsi In
or out of 'ern, lit doesn't matter.
Nothing seems really to matter
that's the charm of it. Whether
you get away, or whether you
don't: whether you arrive at
your destination or whether you
reach somewhere else, or wheth-
er you never get anywhere at
all, you're always busy, and you
never do anything in particular,
and when you've done it there's
always something else to do and
you can do it if you like, but
you'd much better not. Look
Herel If you've really nothing
else on hand this morning, sup
pose we drop down the river to-
gether, and have long day of
it."
Do you agree with us that
messing around boats is fun? The
Mariner program is still in its
infancy but all are looking for
ward to a full program. So far as
we can learn. this is the first
Mariner Troop in Key West.
Since we launched our land
ship. Flying Cloud, our program
has included the following activi-
ties; Mothers Tea at the Casa
Roma; attended the Sea Scouts
Bridge of Honor; sailing meet
under the supervision of Mr..
David Myers, Skipper of Sea
Scouts. rowing with Skipper My
ers and Sea Scouts Robert Muse
and Whit Swain; visited the
Navy Yard and inspected ships
and a boat ride on Armed Forces
Day; lookout at County Beach;
cleaned paths at Botanical Gard
ems; visited Coast Guard Station:
lnvestature Ceremony; and other
interesting work on our Midship-
mite rank.
Although the Mariner program /.
by no nEans an 1nfant. me
troop was formed by Miss Lottie
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Leaders.
Go To
School

Ii scout Leaders of Key
West finally saw a dream come
true this year. Most OF them had
no professional training and had
70 rely on their handbook and
what literature they could get to
prepare them as leaders Al
though to be Girl Scout Leader
requires special talent or school
ing, like all jobs and organiza-
IONS there are specific rules,
policies and suggested procedures
to follow that are given in a
Basic Leaders Training Course. "
but the problem was to get a
qualified person to give this
course.
Mrs. Neil Saunders was sent
by the Leaders Association to
Windward Inn at Mentone Ala
bama TO take her schooling so
she could be a Girl Scout Lead
ers teacher" and she is an excel
lent one.
AS soon as Mrs. Saunders re-
turned from school, the leaders
arranged to start taking their
long awaited course. After much
discussion about a suitable place
and time they decided to meet at
the home of Mrs. Sam 10th, 1904
Leon street, 200 400 D. m,
Tuesday, July 18th, and each
Tuesday and Thursday thereafter
at the same time and place until
their course was completed.
On July II, 1851. the first
training course tor leaders ever
TO be given in Key West started
with fifteen students enrolled. At
last all felt they could obtain the
proper training as leader.
Mrs. Saunders started out by
finding just what the students
wanted or needed most in their
lessons. Those things most de-
sired were; basic Girl Scout poll
cies leaders duty to the troop and
girls, troop bookkeeping and rec
ords, program planning, camp
ing, out-of-doors programs, arts
and crafts, and patrol system.
Each lescon was devoted to one
Of these subjects along with
ganes and songs.
Did you ever see group of
adult females cavorting around
the lawn? If you had passed their
school house" about 2:30 .. m,
while school was in session you
would have seen just that for
they learned their songs and
dances by doing them.
The out-of-doors took them out
at $50 a. M, to the Pines on the
Boulevard for a breakfast cook
out. Imagine giving up your
beauty sleep" for Scouting!
These ladies were SO eager to
learn and benefit from their long
awaited course that nothing was
too great an effort.
The Basic Leaders Training
Course took eighteen hours to
complete and came to a close
August 8, 1851. Those enrolled
were the Mesdames c. III. Parma
lee; John Tibbs; w. A. Cox; Lee
Thompson; James Hemphill;
Dom Cobb; Sam 10th; Jane
Chapman; Carlton Smith; T. Lit
tie; Stuart Whiting; w. G..
Stearns; Alfred Guinette; and
Thurman Sands, Jr.
All finished the course with
feeling that at last they had the
proper foundation to make a
good Girl Scout leader and ever
lasting gratitude to their instruc-
tor, Mrs. Saunders, and the Girl
Scout Leaders Association for
bringing this course to them.
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.roopNo.7

| of Mno. J. n. DeLdno
/ Brownie Troop No. z was or
ganized in January 1916. Their
birthday is celebrated on the
10th of each January. Under the
leadership of Miss Ruth Gates
the troop got off to a good start
The Misses Mary Bumgardt
Louise Ketchum, and Thelma
ECates helped from the first with
Miss Ruth Gates acting as Lead
Ter and the other young ladies as
Co-leaders. The Fleming Street
Methodist Church was and still
IS the sponsor of this troop.
The first enrolment was sixty
five girls. With the help of three
kor four mothers, who were very
faithful, the troop was able to
carry that many girls on the
rolls,
Miss Bumgardt was not able
to be with the troop too long and
later Miss Ketchum had to stop
because of her work, but Miss
Thelrna and Miss Ruth Gates
continued and were joined by
Mrs. Daisy Mcdonald, who in
Sept. of l947 became leader
when Miss Ruth Gates resigned
because of other pressing mat
ters.. Mrs. Mcdonald continued
for some time and then moved
AWAY from the city, so the work
was taken up by Mrs. Peggy
Lennox, assisted by Mrs. Mervin
Rosam, Jr. Mrs. Lennox did a
good job of leadership and the
girls were all sorry to see her go,
but she was being transferred,
so. of course, couldn't help it.
Next came Mrs. Tuggle who was
leader for several months and
was loved by all of the girls.
She was assisted by Mrs. Janet
Daniels, a former Girl Scout her
self. and between the two, they
really gave the Brownies of
Troop No. 2 a good time. Mrs.
Sarah Barr was the next leader
arid it was with regret that we
had to see her leave after only
two months with us. but the
Navy viii send their people to
other places, SO we have to ac-
cept it. Mrs. Charlene Tibbs be-
gan helping US then until we
could get another leader and she
really deserves a lot of praise
for. sticking with us for so many
rsaonths without any help. We
were indeed fprt,rs.te. q. asassrs
the help OF Mrs. Ray fIemphin
in Nov. of 1850. Mrs Hemphill
has been our leader for almost
a year now and the girls have
learned to love her.
She has done a wonderful job
assisted by Mrs. Tibbs for a
month and then by Mrs. Audrey
Mills, who has been most help
full and cooperative. Mrs. Tibbs
moved to Poinciana where she
assumed the leadership of the
troop of Brownies there. Many
interesting things have been I'M
dertaken by the troop this year
under the leadership of Mrs.
Hemphill and Mrs. Mills, among
which was the camping trip
which was held over weekend
and will probably be the topic
of conversation for. many days
with all Of the girls who were
able to attend. Since Mrs. Mills
is going to move away from Key
West in Nov, we now have two
ladies who are to assist Mrs.
Hemphill as Co-leaders. They are
Mrs. O'Brien and Mrs. !. G.
Cockroft. We are very much in
debted to these ladies for the
work they are doing. This brings
the Brownies up TO Oct. is, 1851.
Let us hope that this troop will
continue for many years TO come.
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Troop No. Ill

4 Troop No. ii of the Girl Scout!
] held their first meeting on Marcf
q, 1851, at the home of our lead
er, Mrs. E. w. Parish. Nine girl,
were present, also our co-leader
Mrs. w. E. Lemos. At that meet
ing we decided to meet regularly
at o'clock on Thursday at the
Key West High School Annex
thanks to the Principal, Mr.
Sweitzer, who made a room avail,
able to US.
Calendar Events:
March; In March our Troop
was organized.
April: Patrol leaders. Gail Par
ish and Sharon Pritchard, were
elected. We selected our FRS,
Aid Badge to work on.
April l4th: We had a picnic at
the beach to study Artificial res
piration under the supervision OF
DR.. H. c. Nordstrom.
April 18th: DR.. II. c. Nord-
strom visited our meeting and
demonstrated pressure points,
treatment of shock, use of tourni-
quet, and assembling of First Aid
Kit. &
April Goth: Our Co-Leader.
Mrs. w. E. Lemos, r, N. instruc-
ted us on the 10 essential points
of First Aid. Review of pressure
points and artificial respiration.
May 3rd: Mrs. Lemos demon
strated bandaging. We all prac-
ticed on each other.
May 10th, and May 18th: Ban
daging, review, and bandaging.
May 18th: Capt. L. +. Curry of
the Naval Base Fire Department
gave an impressive talk on first
aid, giving us many helpful
points, such as prevention of .ac.
cidents, emergency actions, care
and transportation of injured
people, treatment of shock. and
the correct way to report emer-
gencies.
May 3lst: First Aid quiz game.
June: Vacation time.
July: First Aid review,
August: Completed our badge.
September: We started on our
great adventure of. journalism
with the help of Miss Dorothy
Raymer, of The Key West Citi-
zen. Our weekly column given the
name, Attention Girl Scouts"
suggested by Lillian Thrower.
Sept. ID: First sewing meeting.
Sept. 22nd: First column ap-
pears in The Citizen.
Sept. 18th: Sewing. Girl Scout
skirts take shape.
eIecrs sa Edit Editor, can PARISH; AZ ,sss
sistant Editor, Sharon Pritchard.
Advertising Manager, Rose An
nellie Reese; Assistant Advertis-
ing Manager, jeanne johnson.
Patrol leaders elected: Yolanda
Garcia and Lee Jackson.
Oct. End: Sewing.
Oct 4th: Third column written
for the newspaper.
Oct. 9th: Sewing away.
Oct. 18th: Visited The Key
West Citizen newspaper office.
Oct. 18th: Skirts completed,
thanks to Mrs. H. w. James, Mrs.
j. w. Ferris, Mrs. c. r. Holden,
Mrs. N. N. White, Mrs. G.. w.
Girard, Mrs. ]. H. Clare, Mrs.
F. w. Burgess, and Mrs. w. Z.
Lemos.
Oct. 18th: MIR. John Cellars,
Advertising Manager of The Key
West Citizen visited our meeting
to give us help on getting ads for
our Scouting Around" newspa-
per.
Troop members: Merry Clarke,
Wilma FELTON,, Yolanda Garcia,
Lourdes Gonzalez, Lee Jackson,
jeanne Johnson Peggy Jordan,
Gail Parish, Sharon Pritchard,
Rose Annelle Reese Beverly
Simmons, Francine Sifugo Lii
liam Thrower, Barbara Trout, and
Daphne Warren.
Our Troop Committee: Mrs.
Harry Pritchard, Chairman Mrs.
C. w. Reese, Mrs. T. F. Schnei-
der.
Our Sponsors: Vx-1 Navy
Wives Club.