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restricted area WIN suggested
route for visitors TO walk-I hope
you will enjoy this visit and that
next year we win be able to
show more of what the Navy IS
doing in Key West to make peace
inevitable"
The Marine Barracks will be
open to visitors with guides to
show the visitors through the
barracks. An interesting feature
will be the display of various
weapons and amphibious equip
ment used by the Marines in
some of their history-making
campaigns.
The outstanding SPORTS event of
the day will be the All-Star base
ball game between the City's
All-Star team and the Nays
All-Star team to be held at the
Naval Station baseball field, The
game is scheduled for 3 pm. and
from the starting lineup promis-
es to be thriller. Roy Hamlin,
president of tn e Island City
Baseball League, has been in
in bringing the top
Key West players into action
against the Navy stars.
The Naval Air Station-not to
be outdone by the Naval Station
under the guidance of its Com
handing Officer, Captain R. S.
Quackenbush, Jr., has devised
numerous demonstrations n d
exhibits, all of which can be
viewed at the Seaplane Base
which will be open TO visitors
between the hours of 8 am. and
4 pm, on Saturday. There, the
general public may see demon
STATIONS of crash-fire drills, air
sea rescue and parachute pack
ing. Exhibits which will be on
display in the Seaplane base
hangar will include Photographic,
ordnance, survival, Astrological
and medical and dental.
Highlight of the Armed Forces
Day celebration will be the MAN.
moth parade sponsored by Ar
thur Sawyer Post No. %, Amer
lean Legion. The parade will
start at Front and Duval streets
at 7:30 pm, proceed south on
lDuval to Truman Avenue, turn
east on Truman and continue to
Bayview Park where it will dis
perse. City Commissioner c. B.
Harvey, will be Grand Marshal
of the parade, and Major Charles
ID. Barrett, USMC, commanding
officer of the Marine Barracks, is
aide to the Grand Marshal and
sparkplug of the whole celebra-
ton. To date, approximately
l,twenty-four floats, ten decorated
cars, sixteen marching units, fire
| trucks, and police escort cars will
participate in the line of march.
The reviewing stand will be at
Southland md Duval streets.
From this vantage point, top To-
cal government officials, distin-
guished visitors, judges, and SEN
| Tor naval base officers will sit.
Immediately after disbanding,
the famed 18th Air Force Band
attached to Robins Air Force
Base, Ga. will give concert at
Bayview Park. During the con-
Icert. the presentation of trophies
to the best, representative floats
and marching units will be made.
Transportation to and from
Key West for band members OF
the Redlands and Homestead
High Schools will be furnished
| by Navy buses, The buses will
leave Homestead at 1000 am.
and arrive Ia. Key West at 800
|spaIl, UEotf their arrival in Key
West the students viii be dis
charged at the Key West High
School Annex where their band
instruments viii be stored, and
where Key West PTA members
will be on hand to meet the girl
students whom they will enter
tain over the weekend. A picnic
lunch will be held on the school
lawn at that time. At 500 pm.
Navy buses will transport the
boys and Bandmasters of both
out-of-town bands to the Marine
Barracks where they will be as
signed sleeping facilities. The
PTA members are opening their