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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-04
Contractor Sirugo
Maintains All "a
Projects Are Ready

Only one of the nine projects
in the $500.00o expansion pro.
gram of Monroe County schools
has been completed, William
Merriam. the architect in charge
of the program told the Monroe
County School Board in a letter
read at the school board meeting
last night.
Merriam advised the board not
to make the final payment Of
S65.000 to the contractor.
Horace O'BrYant. county super
intendent of schools. also read &c
the board letter from Joseph r
Sirugo. president of the Sunshine
Construction Company. contrac-
tor for the project, stating All
projects are completed and ready
for use of the school board"
According to the boards CON
tract with Sunshine, the building
was to have been completed by
March 80. The board voted tc
abide by the architects decision
and notified their attorney, Allan
B. Clcare, to notify the bonding
company to invoke the $50 a day
penalty clause in the contract.
In his letter, Merriam told the
board he considered only the two
room Sue Moore school at Mara
thon completed. He advised them
not to have a state inspection of
this building, until the others
were satisfactorily completed.
He stated in his letter that he
understood the troubles of the
contractor and realized some OF
the cause for the delay on the
projects was due to government
restrictions of materials But he
placed the main blame On the fact
that Sirugol failed to properly CO.
ordinate the work of the sub
contractors and that much i'll
feeling has arisen between these
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-04
School Architect Merriam
Say. Only One OF Nine
Building Projects Completed |,

working units. Merriam also
charged that not enough skilled
labor was used on the projects.
Also at last nights meeting the
board voted to pay their share OF
the legal expenses involved in
the city and county'S suit against
the Atlas Investment Company
former owners of the Casa Ma
rina hotel, for city and county
taxes.
The case has been decided in
the city and countY's favor by
the state supreme court. The
school board agreed to pay half
of the countY.s expenses in the
suit. which amounted to ap-
proximatelY $1,000. The amount
3 of taxes and penalties to come
to the city and county from the
suit is approximately $4,000.
Bids on two new 48-passengei
school buses were opened at the
meeting, following a heated de-
bate concerning sending these
bids to the transportation head OF
the state department of education
10 be approved. Both chairman
Gerald Adams of the board and
Julio Cabanas. Jr., stated opin-
ions that the county board should
make the final decision, as they
pay for and use the buses to be
purchased.
Superintendent O'Bryant be
lieVed the request from the state
for the bids was made to protect
county school boards throughout
the state from being victims. OF
high and unfair bids. BY checking
bids sent to all counties in the
state, the state board can judge
if the bids are kept at fai
price.
The board voted TO make theil
selection, then send all the bids.
with their recommendation to tho
state board.
The low bid. submitted by
Monroe Motors Company. for
two. 4s-passenser. eight cYlin-
Continued On Page Fiye)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-04
Mayor Kennedy,
Chicago, Defeats
Republican Foe

CHICAGO, April 4.-(P.-The
Democrats are still in power in
Chicago. Mayor Martin Kennedy
has been elected to his second
four-year term. He defeated his
Republican opponent Robert
Hunter, by some 10000 votes in
yesterdays election. This COM
pares wit ha plurality of 100000
votes he received in 1947.
= The Republicans won three of
the five runoff elections for the
Chicago City council but the De-
mocrats still have control of that
body by a wide margin g
The Democrats, won races for
city clerk, treasurer and munich
pal court judge. h
The Democrats have ruled Chi
eago for two decades. Last Re-
publican mayor in that city was
the late William big Bill'
Thompson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-04
Ozark Farmer
Kills Four
Persons
Arrested Early Today
Al Farmers Home In
Conway, Missouri

CONWAY. Mo-. April 4.-(R).
"A 23Year-old Ozark farmer
has admitted pumping a volleY
of shots through an Ozark's
farmhouse window. killing four
persons.
Sheriff E. 1. Cunningham iden-
titles the farmer as Kenneth
EsserY. who lives near the scene
of the slaYings.
EsserY was arrested early today
at his fathers home here. The
Sayings occurred last night four
miles east of Conway in the
Ozark hills of southern Mis-
souri,.
A prosecuting attorney says
that Essery has declined to give
a motive for the shootings. No
charges have been filed.
Without warning. the KILLER
fired volley of % calibre rifle
shots into the living room of the
farm home of 43-year-old Wilt
am Shockley.
Seconds later there lay on the
blood-soaked floor the bodies of
Schockleys mother, 73-ycar-old
Mrs. Gus Shockley.
Six other Shockley children
were in bed upstairs. the young
est 10 months, the other ranging
up to IA years.
Ten-year-old Ellen Shockley
ran screaming downstairs and
called a neighbor for help.
Luke O'Connor and his wife
sped to the Shockley farm in their
pickup truck. But on arrival the
gunInan opened fire on them,
weunding O'Connor in the. arm.
The cars windshield was shatter-
ed and glass fragments cut Mrs.
O'Connors face.
Minutes later, two of Shockley's
brothers arrived at the farm. They
were fired upon, but escaped in
Esury.
Then the killer fled into a
heavily wooded area, apparently
on foot.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-04
Engineers Club
Makes Survey Here

In order to assure establish
ment of university credit classes
in Key West, the Engineers Club
is making a survey to find out
how many people are interested
in taking evening classes leading
to college degree.
To accomplish this purpose, the
club is publishing the application
on page two of today's Citizen.
The University of Florida will
give these courses only if there is
sufficient demand for them If
residents are interested, they are
urged to, complete the application
on page two and send it to the
Engineers club as soon as pos
sible. Fszgsss4 sesssea s's.'pF''sa = =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-04
Stock Island !
May Become
Part OfCity :
Bill To Incorporate
Remainder Of Stock
Island Into City
Sent To Rep. Papy
Up Wirephoto Map

A bill TO make the entire is
land of Stock Island" a part OF
the City of Key West is being
sent Rep. Bernie c. PapY at the
State Legislature in Tallahassee
by City Commissioner Louis Car
bonell. he said today.
The bill would amend The Key
West charter so as TO include
Stock Island as an integral pari
Of the city.
Dated April 2, the notice of in
tention to apply for the passage
of bill was brought to The Citi-
zen today 1t was not one of the
thirty-odd bills presented by
Continued On Page Five)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-04
No Food Increase
In Past Two Weeks

WASHINGTON, April APP.
"A second consecutive two-week
period has passed without an in
crease in food prices.
This report was made for the
February 26-March Is period by
the Federal Bureau of Labor sta
tisticS
The cities surveyed by the bu-
reau were Atlanta, Boston, Chi
cage, Columbus, New York, Rich
ington. al =, .a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-04

Key West Florida. hos the
most equoble climate in the
country. with an uveroqe
ronge OF only la Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-04
Key Westers Will Pay Lower Electric
Bills If Van DeursenRecommendation
lsApproved ByR. W. Beck Engineers
Report Will
Be Made
Within Next
Three Months

Key Westers will pay
lower electric bills if the
feasibility report of its con-
Sulting engineers backs up
the recommendation of c.
A. Van Deursen, general
manager of the City Elec-
trio system.
At present, Key West
rates, though steadily re-
duced in the past eight
years, still rank high among
cities of its size having
municipal plants. A cause
of this has been that City
Electric System has spent
more than $1,000, 900 to ex-
pand facilities. thus doubl-
ing the value of the system.
Yesterday the Utility
B a d unanimously in
structed r. w. Beck, con-
sulting engineers, to make
a study of Key West cleo
trio rates with the idea of
lowering both domestic and
commercial bills through
out the city.
The engineers will re-
port back to the Board in
three months, it was said.
Board members also voted
unanimously TO ask Monroe
county to grant them a fran
chise. exclusive, if possible. for
the installation of electric pow
er from Key West TO the end of
Little Duck Key. known as the
Big Pine Key power line.
Attorney j. Lancelot Lester
was Instructed to prepare the
draft.
Board members agreed that
if the franchise for power is
forthcoming, r. w. Beck will
call for bids on the necessary
materials for the Big Pine Key
main power line.
The entire job including later
al lines will cost about $150,000
according to w. H. Reuss, resi-
dent engineer. The main line on
which bids will be called for as
soon as the franchise is granted,
will cost about $4,000, it was
saidS Lateral lines will come to.I
ABBOTT $4,000.
The Board and Beck engi-
neers agreed that the Big Pine
Key line would probably not
be complete until August 1852.
when the S3.000.000 steam
electric plant goes into opera
ton.
Meanwhile, Beck engineers
stressed that they needed al
green light to obtain increasing
ly hard to-get materials for the
main power line that will bring
electricity to the lower Keys.
Rates and service to customers
in the lower Keys should be the
same as in Key West proper, it
was said by ReusS.
Board member c. B. Harvey
Continued On rage Fivel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-04-04
County Votes TO >&za2>
Improve Meoehom
Airport Runwuys
Action Necessary
As Portion Of
RunwdYs Already
Condemned By CAA

Monroe County Commits
sioners voted last night to
ask for bids on improve
mentS to the runWayS on
Meacham airport and the
construction of a connect
ing taxi road.
Airport Manager George
Faraluo was present at the
meeting to urge this &C
ton. He said that Civil
Aeronautics Authority of
ficials had warned of the
necessity of repairs to the
runways.
He emphasized the fact
that the only work neces-
sary would be scarifying of
the surface, bonding, wet
ting, and rerolling. No
new material would be re-
quired.
Joe Sirugo, president OF
the Sunshine Construction
Company, suggested to the
commissioners tn a TIT
would be impossible for a
contractor to make a close
estimate on the work. He
said that the county could
be surer of adequate work
o. he rsn1 ays II 1t rentea
the necessary equipment.
Several Of the commissioners
disscreed. IS did Farsldo. Corr
missioner Clarence Hugs said
that the airport manager could
take contractors over the
ground and explain what was
required. II was agreed tbat
specifications could be made
exact enough so that bids
could be asked.
A road far taxis, connecting the
two runWays. was also needed.
Faraldo said. The commissioners
agreed to include this in the re-
lunst for bids on the runwavs.
The commissions endorsed a
resolution presented by the En-
gineers Club of Key West re-
questing university extension
courses for the city. The resolu-
ton pointed out that funds were
made available by the state,
through the University of Florida.
or such courses in various parts
If the state. 1t asserted that Key
Vests isolation, and its need for
more trained people, made ex-
ension courses necessary.
Commissioner Frank Bentley
accused Commissioner Joe Al
len of attempting to hold tho
board up to ridicule in saying
at public meeting that it was
considering Bird Key as The
possible site for an airport. He
asserted that he had asked each
of the commissioners afterward
and none had any knowledge of
this.
He also said that the story in
The Citizen, following this meet
,ng, was misleading and made it
.ecm as il Joe Allen was the only
commissioner there
Questioned after the meeting,
Mr.. Allen denied that the com
nissioners had not discussed Bird
Key as an airport site. He explain
I'd that some confusion had ex-
sted and that Rockland Key had
n reality been referred to.
The commissioners turned So.
500 over to Monroe County Hos
pitaI from the hospital main
Continued Tn Page F'ivei
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26
IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK
1s41-TEN YEARS AGO-194i


South Soon takes second place IN Greene
County Fusng 1498 pounds His bro
her Snyder Yellow Springs finished first with 5o9 pounds
18Een Chnowet London OF two winners IN laent unt
O Citizens Loew's Broad Theatre, Columbus
19Plan City have Haowe sponsored by American
Legion Post
Wenz township farmer hooks 14 b bass
in Deercreek Sterling
20-Babara Coming queen when West
Jefferson football Holy Family of Columbus
20Muay Robert business
grocery AZ when
sold to Funk
2-Yomgsters judging Ohio Poland
County Fairgrounds Top
judging
Jaycees claybrd Country
club. Sam Rhodes London wins with 49 SO
Oct 22Ray Miller Rosedale representing Madison county in state
23-Iadon County Riding organized Wilbur H
Hume, president
Oct 24-Lyceum opens Jefferson.
1926-TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO-1926
18James Emery So assistant
81 years, dies home after lorg illness
18-Foster Beey Son Clothing sells entire stock
Oct 19s Ena Gahanna of former Presbyterian
minister, London, dies.
Dnsmore youthful golf STAR
at London Country Club
DR.. E B Meade, former of Sedalia,
Oct 20Mrs Edna Howay Newport grammer grades
ports 1907 attendance of is pupils for September.
Oct 21Raph Emrck Welson
jefferson while trying to kill humble bee in
Oct 22Tay clothing merchant adverses big
Trade Expansion Sale"
Oct 22Judge Florence Allen Columbus addresses Domestic
Science club of jefferson
Oct 2SK Building Loan Companies county make
gain of $146584 during year
Oct 2London residents gorgeous display of Northern
at midnight. 9
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26
Phone 81 and 80
RETAILING IN THE ECONOMY

Retailing. part OF economy very much affecfeo
BY what happens all other fields OF commercial ana eeonome
activity" said spokesman large retail organizations
Gently competing for the goods and services necessary
operation of every business When the costs OF such goods
and services retailers pay he market prices tor them
TO continue in operation
That certainly simple enough but great many people aP
pareny appreciate it, And this lack of understanding has
been responsible for much unounded resentment
retailer prices have risen Such extreme examples
the pcketng OF stores by people carrying aeards demanding
immediate arbitrary cuts point Generally
speaking the price demanded would have resulted hump
ing losses for the retailer had they been made
Retailers have been faced with very heavy increases
ing costs Typical stores pay out close to 20 cent OF
every dollar OF their for wages The payroll accounts
for than SO of the amount remaining after
chande bought Almost all other items of expense have like
gone These trends which retailing has
frofhey meet the going level Just they pay
the going price for everything they need from rents wrapping
paper On top of that improved profits resulting from increased
sales have been largely consumed by higher taxes.
An old saloon sign said Don't shoot the piano pIayer-h
doing the best he can The retailer similar position today
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26
The World Today
THE BRITISH ELECTIONS

WASHINGTON Up Every
teIevision fan would do well to
get acquaintedwith the ultra high
frequencies, commonly known in
the industry as "UHF"
Within the next few years, the
majority of new television stations
will be on UFIF channels.
And Chairman Wayne Coy of
the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) thinks it
would be good idea for all of
TV to shift over to UHF, some
time in the far distant future.
IF this should be done, and it
may never be done. the public
would be given at least a ten
year notice of the plan.
The UHF is the broad, unused
spot in the Broadcasting Spec
trum where FEC is getting ready
10 carve out 20 new TV channels.
These are 10 be added to the
present u channels in the so-
called very high frequencies
WIFI and viii give the country
a total of 81 channels. This viii
make possible about 1900 u. S.
Stations. Only 1O8 now are in
operation.
Both Government and the
broadcasting industry are anxious
to get one thing over to the
general public: Don't let the in
PRODUCTION of UHF into television
scare you"
They base that advice on these
things:
l. UHF provides a high-quality
picture, superior to the VHF pro-
duct in some places which catch
a lot Of man-made interference,
such as that from faulty electri-
cal machines.
2. UHF viii be worked into the
system on q gradual basis.
}. The mixing Of UHF and
VHF broadcasting viii not make
present set obsolete.
About 100000 Of the 14.0O0.-
000 TV sets now in use were built
exclusively for VHF channel re-
eeption. Starting early this year,
some set-makerS have been build
lng into their receivers an extra
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26

5. The coward-he hides out in
the mems room every day until
noon so nobody can separate him
from the four bits his wife gave
him for lunch.
6. The empty-pockets blues-sing-
er-"Gee, you know I'd like to.
but the mortgage on our televis-
ion set comes due tomorrow.
z. The cry baby Nobody ever
took up a collection for me. I
could drop dead in my tracks and
nobody around here would even
bother to send me a get-well
card"
s. The cheerful four-flusher-
Il can't get in on it right now.
But see me Friday for sure. Now
don't forget" (He stays home
from work Friday, figuring by
Monday the whole thing will blow
over.)
9. The Philadelphia lawyer
type-"Think you are going about
this in the wrong way. How
about getting him workmen's S
compensation? Has anyone writ
ten the social security board !?
How about taking this up with
his congressman? Oh, no that's
out. He's a Republican, and his
congressman is a Democrat
10. The average guy-he puts
his hand in his pocket, gives a
wry grin, and forks over the
dough he'd hoped to buy a few
beers with. But he goes home
feeling a little warmer in his
heart for knowing the people
where he works stick together ir
little ways, in times of happiness
and hurt.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26
TAKING UP THE OFFICE
COLLECTION.

to a week on the beach at miami.
It's the only way to get rid of
miasma this time of year.
Everybody sooner OF later gets
the chore of going around the
office and taking up these collec-
tionS, and it has two advantages.
it keeps you from having to do
your own work, and if you make
the collection nobody knows
whether you actually contributed
any cash yourself.
Here are some of the worthy
cause victims you'll find in every
office in the land.
l. The stern-principled crouch
-'Tll give two bits if it's for
a funeral. Otherwise, count me
out
2. The pass-it-on-to-manage-
ment advocate" Why doesn't the
firm have a fund for situations
like thiS?"
3. The doleful donkey-he
reaches in his pocket as soon as
he sees you, and groans. Don't
tell me what it's for. Just tell me
how much you want
i. The happy contributor
Sure, put me down for a buck
I'm glad to do it. I don't have il
with me-you put it in for me
will you? two weeks later he
comes up and says, Say, don't
you still owe me that buck ]
put in for you to buy old Joe
those roses %
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26
MADISON COUNTY COURTS
ACCOUNTS APPROVED

First and final accounts of
Inez G. Tyler, executrix of the
estate of Henry Wayne Tyler, has
been allowed and confirmed in
probate court.
First and final account of Ella
G. Jones, administrative of the
estate of Leonard Newton Jones,
has been allowed and confirmed
in probate court.
LICENSES ASKED
Thomas Henry Kaufman, labor
er, Woodstock and Isabelle K.
Haynes. Mechanicsburg, r r. No.
2.
Lawrence Lee Beachy, farmer,
Amlin and Anna Mae Miller,
housekeeper, Plain City r. R. No.
2.
LICENSE GRANTED
Atlee V. Beachy and Martha
Kaufman.
DIVORCES ASKED
Gladys Burdette, an infant by
Clara Sword, her next friend VS.
Junior Ray Burdette.
Walter Clifton Justice VS. Kath-
leen L. Justice.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
William Robey to Ross Emer-
ick and Daisy limerick, lots AZ
and "A in Alkire-Tarbill addition
to village of Mt. Sterling.
Marjorie S. Tanner to Ernest
c. Crouch and Ruth <. Crouch,
three acres in Deercreek Town
ship.
John c. Michaels and Esta L.
Michaels to John Salmons, 1T
acre in Pike township.
Edgar M. Wilcox and June F.
Wilcox to William A. Smith ct al
part of lots 120 and ri in village
Of Plain City.
Leon Fl Killing and Eloise NJ.
Killing to Inez Given Jinkens, parts
of lots so and 81 in village Of
London
Jim Fl. Friday ct al to Char
les F. Simpson ct al lot 6 in
Murray's second addition to Will
age of Jefferson.
Lawrence G. Black and Bertha
Black to f. Ray Whitaker two
tracts in village of South Solon.
John O'Donnell by Frank
O'Donnell and John O'Donnell,
executors of his estate to Henry
D. Whitaker, 961a acres in Oak
Run Township.
Kenneth Snyder to Mary J.
Snyder property in village of
London.
Governor M. Henson and Susan
Henson to Ollie Ratliff and Mintie
Ratliff, property in village of Lon
don.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26

gadget to provide for quick and
inexpensive addition to UHF
tuning.
This addition involves pulling
out an uneeded Wifi channel
slot and substituting the desired
UHF channel. Trade sources es-
innate the job will cost under
$40"
For the straight WIFI sets now
in the hands of the public. the
manufacturers have perfected an
exterior, box-like attachment
which can be plugged into the
set. That kind of converter will
cost between SIS and $50 for a
single UEIF channel, between $40
and $50 for multiple UHF tuning.
The manufacturers plan to keep
right on making straight VHF
sets, since many communities will
have VHF service only for many
years to come. In addition, a
combination VHF-UHF receiver
costing slightly more, is to be in
troduced. Eventually, there may
be 4 straight UHF set. That de-
pends on how many places go in
for exclusive UHF operations.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26

Volunteer workers in Japanese
warehouse pose with sign which
expresses the gratitude of those
benefiting from the Christian Rural
Overseas Programs annual har-
vest appeal.
CROP food is distributed in
Japan by LARA, Licensed Agency
for Relief in Asia. Since 1947,
CROP has collected 5,400 carloads
of food for distribution among
needy people in 25 countries, in
cluding Japan.
The agency is sponsored by Cath
olic Rural Life-War Relief Serv-
ices; Church World Service, serv-
ing 90 Protestant denominations;
and Lutheran World Relief, serv-
ing the churches of the National
Lutheran Council.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26

t1Ough ne Would Prefer 70 DC
buried withth case of Bourbon
2. Susie, the bcss's varsity
stenog. has quit to 60 home and
have triplets. Let's raise a fund
TO send al least two of the kids
through college.
3. Pat. the young and popular
stock clerk. has just come down
with q bad attack Of miasma in
the adenoids. Come on, fellows
dip deep-and lets finance pat
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-10-26
Friday. October rs, 1861

requirements, of a recent Ohio
Supreme Court ruling they should
use the ones they have on hand.
But Brown said, the boards
should require the printer to sub
nit affidavits, giving the specific
reasons why he couldn't supply
new ballots, and the boards
should adopt resolutions stating
that it was impossible to get new
ballots.
The State Supreme Court last
week upheld court of appeals
decision requiring Summit Coun-
ty to reprint ballots which had
the names rotated equally only in
the office with the largest num-
Der of candidates.