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Milford chronicle., 1952-06-20
MILLsRORo
By Mrs.
B. b. Carey

The Be Ye Faithful Circle met
Tuesday night with Mrs. Charles
r. Godfrey.
Mrs. Virginia Nichols and daugh-
ter Harriet, have returned home
after spending several days in
Newark. While there they attend
ed the commencement exercises at
the Newark High School. Mrs.
Nichols nephew, Wayne Sparks,
was one of the graduates.
Mrs. John Cannon, Mrs. Georgia
Outten, Mrs. Amerieus Belts, Mrs.
Edward Cordrey, Mrs. Frank Har-
rison and Mrs. E. A. Yutzi, MEM
bers of the MillsbOro Homemakers'
Club, are attending the Short
Course at the University Of Della
ware, being held from Wednesday
to Saturday Of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Belts, Mr.
and Mrs Paul Godfrey and Mr..
and Mrs. H. B. Mitchell were among
the guests at a bridge supper Fri
day night, given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman Lewis of RehObOth.
Mesdames Matte Shockley, John
A. Cordrey, Dale Lingo, ST., Sallie
Q. Ellis and E. z. Carey, ST., at
tended the funeral services for
Mrs. Blanch Derrickson at the Wat
son and Gray Funeral Home, Frank
ford, Sunday afternoon.
George Godfrey spent Saturday
and Sunday at the Older Youth
Weekend Retreat at the Peninsula
Conference. Centreville, Md.
George T. Porter from Troy, N.
Y, joined his family over the week
end on a visit with Mrs. Blanche
Short. Mrs. Porter and their two
children accompanied him to their
home, Sunday, after spending two
weeks with Mrs. Porter's mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wharton
were weekend guests Of relatives
in Philadelphia.
Robert Godfrey has been spend
ing a week here with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. ElwoOd Godfrey,
after completing his JUNIOR year at
American University, Washington,
d. C. He returned to Washington
on Sunday, where he will be en-
ployed during the summer months.
Milford chronicle., 1952-06-20

table was placed in front with the
wedding cake and it was beauti-
fully decorated. The courses were
served from z to 8 p. m, during
which time the orchestra played and
dancing and singing were features
of the evening. The wedding took
place on the brides only brothers
birthday. The bride and groom
went by train to New York late
in the evening and few at IL a. m.
Sunday for one weeks honeymoon
in the Bermuda Islands. On their
return they will make their home
in Greenwood wnere the groom is
manager of the Southern States
Cooperative.
Those attending the wedding
from down state were Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter J. Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Mills, Miss Eileen Mills, Mrs. Min
ME Owens, Mrs. Blanche Mills and
Mrs. Catharine COpple, Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Spence, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Conaway, Mrs. Helen Har-
mon, Mr.. and Mrs. MedfOrd Cal
houn, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Coulter, Mr.,
and Mrs. Clarence Ocheltree, Mrs.
J. Roy BaTwick, Mr.. and Mrs. Mart
Uhler, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Draper,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Metzner, all
of Greenwood and vicinity; Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Frank GOrdy and daughter
of Georgetown, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
ford Adams of near Greenwood +;
Lawyer and Mrs. Cubbage Brown
of Harrington, Rev. and Mrs. Ed
win Thomas who were in Green
wood for three years, but are now
located in Odessa.
Some folks from here spent last
Sunday in RehobOth.
Milford chronicle., 1952-06-20
LAYMEN STUDY THEOLOGY

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio = (P =
Wittenberg College has just open
ed a school Of theology for laymen.
Believed to be the first program
of its kind, it will train laymen
for leadership in congregational ad-
ministration, stewardship and
evangelism.
Glasses will be conducted on Sat
urdays with four eight-week terms
to be held during each school year
in the future.
Milford chronicle., 1952-06-20

Lingo, E. E. Carey, Jr., and Will
liam ]. Wells were sworn in by
the deputy sheriff of Sussex Coun-
ty as fire policemen.
The MillsbOrO Fire Company
went on record as unanimously op-
posing legalized gambling in the
State of Delaware.
The president appointed the fol-
lowing men as delegates to the
State Firemen's Convention to be
held in Smyrna in August: R. f.
Godfrey. William F. Bachelor,
Frank Harrison and E.. E. Carey,
Jr.
Milford chronicle., 1952-06-20
ANCIENT FREcoEs UNCOVERED

RUsSI, Italy (P Three
frescoes almost 1000 years old,
were uncovered in a barn near
here by General Pietro Pozzi-si-
boni.
The frescoes were part Of an an
cient church which was turned into
a barn when a new church was
built in Russi.
The three frescoes represent
three unidentified saints and are in
excellent condition.
Milford chronicle., 1952-06-20
READY FOR FISHING

GRAVELBOURG, Wash. - Up
The thief who raided a hardware
store here should be all ready for
the summers fishing. Missing were
two fishing rods and reels, 400 fish
hooks and volume entitled How
to Fish"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
Swift Valves Extradition;
Leaves For Philadelphia
With Philly DA,Agent
HEADS NORTH
TO FACE PAST
HE TRIED TO
FORGET
Citizen Staff Photo

Michael Swift, flew out of Key
West to Philadelphia with an agent
of the Philadelphia District Attor.
ney's office at 8:15 this morning,
Chief Deputy Sheriff Tommy Dix.
on announced today.
Dixon accompanied the prisoner
to the airport. Swift had voluntari-
~ signed waiver of extradition
before Circuit Court Judge Aqui-
limo Lopez, Jr., yesterday.
The man who has been in Mon
roe County Jail since August 8
was sent back to his home state on
the warrant signed by Governor
Fuller Warren permitting him to be
returned.
Escorted Back To PhiIIy
Theodore D.. Mitchell, an agent
for the District Attorneys office
came into Key West -yester-
day and escorted the prisoner back
to the Quaker City.
He was due to arrive there at
about ! p. m. today. In the int
erests of the prisoners safety, the
Sheriff's office did not release the
news of his return to the press un-
til IL am.
BY that time Switz was winging
his way back to face the past that
he sought to forget as a shrimper
in Key West.
Swift took with him only a suit.
case Of personal belongings.
Swift has successfully evaded the
law for Is months only to be cap
tured on the tip Of a small boy
who recognized his picture in the
police station.
Earlier h. had escaped detection
when he was arrested by Mexican
authorities on charges that his
shrimp boat had violated the terri
Continued On Page Sikh
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
Sirugo, PearIn,an,
Others Investing
In DriUe-In
Theater

Key Vests first drive-in
theater costing $1,000
will be ready for audiences
of 500 cars and more, by
january 1, Joe Sirugo, con.
tractor announced at noon
today.
The theater viii be on
Stock leland just aeross the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
Weather Bureau Chief Tells
KiWanis Club OF Precautions
To- TAKE During Hurricane
GOLDSMITH SAYS
HURRICANE "ABLE,
WILL PROBABLY
MISS KEY WEST VI

1T the present hurricane which
mas been reported in the caribbean,
continues on its resent course. and
does not blow itself out it will
strike the state Of Florida some
where In the Melbourne area, said
Sam Goldsmith, Meteoroligist in
charge Of the local weather station
In talk before the Key West XII
wants Club last night.
Hurricanes have occurred in
Key West only four times in the
past 50 years.. Goldsmith added.
They can occur at any time, al
though August. September and No
vember are the most dangerous
months, he said.
In discussing hurricanes. Gold.
smith outlined the basic rules for
safety in the event a disaster
should strike. He recommended
that homes be battened down Sc.
curely with special attention being
given to windows. He suggested
that one window be left open on
the leeward side of the house 10
prevent pressure from building up
Inside Of the house.
Goldsmith warned the public not
10 leave shelter when the winds
dissipate since il is possible that
the EYE" Of the storm Is passing
over. This often takes an hour
after which the winds will resume
from the opposite direction, some
times in even gerater intensity.
The window that had been left
open should be closed and another
opened on the opposite side Of the
house.
Goldsmith also outlined the his.
tory OF the United States Weather
Bureau which was founded in 1870.
The Key West weather station. he
said. was one Of the first to be set
up.
In speaking Of the Characters.
tics Of the atmosphere, the wealth.
erman said that a hurricane Is
simply IN ''overgrown thunder.
storm. He said that warm air
Continued On Page Sixl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
Youth Dies
OF Heart
Attack Here
Morton Wyatt Doyal,
IA, Of Pensacola,
Died AT Sun And Sand
Club This Morning

Tragedy struck early this
morning when a fourteen year
old boy persisted as he played on
the beach at the Sun and Sand
Beach Club.
The lad, Morton Wyatt Doyal.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs, George DoYal
.of Pensaeola, F-i3sfda Mas the
victim Of an incurable heart
disease, according to coroner Roy
Hamlin.
The family had arrived in
Key West only last night for a
vacation.
At about 6 o'clock this morn
ing, Doyal, in the company OF
Morton and another son, five
year old Paul, went to the beach
for an early morning outing.
While playing on the beach,
the older lad spotted a crab and
ran after it TO give it to Paul"
The elder Doyal said that when
his back was turned, he heard a
thud and when he turned around
Morton was lying face down in
the sand.
He dispatched his younger son
for aid and began to apply arti-
fetal respiration in a futile at
tempt to revive the boy who was
pronounced dead by DR.. Herman
K. Moore at the scene.
Coroner Roy Hamlin. who
win issue q certificate Of death
caused by natural causes. said
that the boys doctor in Densa.
cola had reported that the boy
was suffering from an incurable
heart disease that was expect.
cd to cause his death between
the ages Of IL and ls.
The body was taken to the
Lopez Funeral Home. No ar
rangements have been announc-
ed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
KEYS Chambers
To Cooperate
On Legislation

The Upper Keys Climber of Com
merce has asked the Key West and
Marathon Chambers to meet per-
iodically with it to discuss legis-
lation affecting the Keys.
Representing Key West at these
meetings will be Horace O'Bryant,
Albert Pierce and Enrique Esqui.
naldo, Jr.
Commenting on the closer co.
operating in the future among the
Chambers, Harold LaubScher, Man
ager says:
at is likely that time, distances
and tolls are the reason that a
closer working agreement has not
been entered into in the past. Gov
erner Warren has stated, of course
that tolls viii be removed before
next year so perhaps one Of the
obstacles will soon be removed"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
1000 Persons Expected 10
Cast Ballots On DOG Track
Registration
In Monroe
County Has No,O
Reached 1900

A big turn out at the
polls il expected for the
dog track referendum ON
September 30, Supervisor
of Registration Sam PIN
der said today.
With 1900 Monroe
county voters registered, Il
10 estimated that at least
1000 or more will vote ON
September 80.
In the May 6 primary
Tor county offices and
State Representative, 8, 79l
out of 1891 registered
voters cast their ballots,
Finder said, including
1000 absentees.
Since May, 12s more persons
have registered to vote.
Despite some claim that Sept.
ember 80 would not find most KEY
Westers in town, others at the
courthouse said today that Labor
Day actually marks the return
OF voters to the county and city.
School begins September 1.
which means parents must be back
IN town." one official said. "And
vacations seem to end with Labor
Day here. Wen get q big vote. a
representative one"
Another observer at the Court
house said that the dog track in
terest, the Key West Kennel Club
Continued On Page SKI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
Officials Ask
For More Data
On Citys Sewers

Arrangements for the n.
nancing Of Key VESTS pro.
posed two.millicn dollar sew.
or system Improvement pro.
gram moved q step nearer
completion today. when. City
Manager Dave King announc.
ed receipt Of . telegram from
officials Of the Housing and
Home Finance Agency in
Atlanta requesting further
information 50 that the deal
could bs Fl lily approved.
King said details Of The
request are on the way in .
letter that hs has moi yet re-
ceived. The rehabilitation Of
the aniiquatsd sewer sys-
tem IL being engineered by
the City Manager and will
be financed largely by funds
from the Federal govern.
meni.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27


bridge from the u. s. Naval
hospital, Most Of the $780,.
900 for the modern and de.
luxe drive-in IL being put up
by local people, Siruso said.
The driye.in win cover an area
Of ten acres.
at viii be the most modern set.
up and equipment available In Key
West" Sirugo told The Citizen.
The contractor has been trying
to get permission for this theater
for two years. He finally obtained
tcontinued On Page Sikh
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
Shack Leyeled
By Fire Today

Arson is suspected by fire de-
partment officials as the cause
OF an early morning blaze that
leveled q small shack at 6l3
Petronia street.-The second time
in as many days that firefighters
have been called to that vicinity.
One person in the area, said
that the blaze started with an
explosion, giving the authorities
reason to believe that the fire
was started with gasoline.
Yesterday they were called to
q house adjacent to the shack to
extinguish a mattress fire.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
TaUO Mer. arrested
By Aleriffs Dept.

RiehArd NnhnaeA Is hsins
hold on peate bend Of $500
ON the complaint Of Carload
Gates. who charged That john
son threatened her with bodily
harm.
Johnson was arrested by
! Chief Deputy Sheriff Tommy
Dixon yesterday.
Dixon also announced HE
eapias arrest Of e ard
Strange for operating . motor
vehicle without . state drivers
license. Deputy Serge Herman
dsx made the arrest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
Fleet Reserve
To Construct
$4,000 Bldg.

srsneh s. o. ihs Fleet Reserve
Association with club rooms 10.
Gated ~ 4isM Frent Street today
seek cut . building permit fer .
new modern building 10 20 70 a.
szo Caroline Street a. . cost Of
$40, 900.
The enc sfery tropical structure
viii be erected BY I'd Amhlsv's
censsrvetien company end will
provide ths 100 members Of
ersneh s. with . new msss;na
space end suitable quarters for
the many planned social affairs.
The main section % the build.
ING viii measure ~ By ~ and
will DO completely cir conditioned.
In sddifien, . pssis with me- same
measurement will bs located IN
HE trent en- Caroline Street add
Ing much 10 fhe appeal o. shs
bviIding.
Estimated dase - esmplesioc
b set Ter Nsvsmksr 18th a. which
time spprsprisss ceremonies arc
plannsd.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
One Tampa
Judge Hits
At Another
Calls Statement
An Absolute Insult
To Our Legislature

TAMPA tR-One Tampa Judge
says another Tampa judges sharp
criticism of the new state juvenile
law is ian absolute insult to our
Legislature
Juvenile Judge Paul Kickliter
said Criminal Court Judge L. A.
Grayson is doing more "a de.
Continued On Page Ski
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
Eleven Constitutional
Amendments 10 Be Voted
On By County Nov. 18th
Voters Will Haze
Time To Become
Informed On
Amendments

Between now and No
vember 4th Monroe coun-
ty voters will not only have
TO make their choice of
President, Vice-Presidenl,
and Governor, but they
will have TO inform them.
selves ON eleven cOnstitu-
tional amendments pro.
posed by Last years legis-
-laattire -. i.
These ainendmentsmust
be approved by a popular
majority. Citizens of Mon.
roe county have a voice i'm
deciding what citizens of
Escambia county and Lee
county, and others will
have in their governmental
set-up.
BY the same procedure,
voters in the other &c
counties help d ecid e
whether or not Monroe
county gets a Senator from
the newly created 39th
Senatorial district.
Bay and Washington counties are
both seeking one Senator from the
new district to be known as the
40th'district, il the voters approve.
Voters in Monroe and through.
out the state will also have to de-
eide on the controversial home
rule amendment which would
give each county the right TO set
up its own form of government.
That amendment was blasted
yesterday by County Clerk Earl
Adams and Supervisor of Regis.
tration Sam Pinder as tending to-
ward confusion" and resulting in
appointive rather than elective of.
flee.
The complete roster of Amend.
ments to be voted upon by citizens
Of the state as well as Monroe
county is printed by The Citizen as
public service.
Voters are urged 10 acuuaint
themselves with the purposes and
provisions Of these amendments so
they can make an intelligent de-
cision.
No. / Constitutional Amendment
Article XII, Section 10.
Proposing an amendment to Art
icle XII by adding thereto Section
Is. providing that beginning jan
uary /. 1853 and annually there
after for thirty years. an amount
equal to $500 multiplied by the to-
tai number Of instruction units
IN all the counties Of Florida shall
be taken from the first revenue
Continued on Page SKI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-08-27
Community Band
Organizes Here
Tomorrow Night

An organization meeting for a
Key west Community Band will be
held at the Key West High School
annex tomorrow night at 8 p. m,
Harold casterton. band director,
announced today.
All persons. young or old. who
know how 10 play q band instru-
CONTINUED On Page Six)
Evening star., 1952-06-20

Rear Admiral John B. Heffer-
nan must pay a plumber $1.717
for what began as a simple clear
ing of a clogged basement sewer
pipe and ended up as a costly
job.
The admiral refused to pay the
plumber. Yesterday in District
Court, Judge Edward A. Tamm
ruled the bill was legitimate and
must be paid.
Admiral Heffernan commented
after the judgment against him
that he was being forced to pay
for the mistake of the plumber.
c. M. Lipp g. Son Of 1912 G street
NV. He said the project was an
unnecessary operation.
The work in and around Ad-
miral Heffernan's home at 1929
@ street NV. took place in the
spring of 1850. The plumber was
called to clear clogged basement
sewer pipe.
A device known as a snake"
was inserted in the pipe. It then
broke off. Admiral Heffernan
said he was away at the time and
the plumber told his wife it would
be necessary to dig in the front
lawn. He said she gave a casual
go ahead and the project and the
large bill developed from there on.
A series Of diggings were started
in the yard to locate the sewer
Evening star., 1952-06-20
A. Y. Sheridan, Engineer,
Killed in New York Crash
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, June 20.-Arthur
v. Sheridan. 64. prominent Amer
lean engineer who once wrote a
book on Traffic in the Bronx, "
was killed yesterday in a Bronx
traffic accident. His car collided
with an oil truck.
Police said Mr.. Sheridan was
en- route home from his Office as
commissioner of borough works
in the Bronx, when his car
skidded on wet trolley tracks. He
was thrown from his car.
Mr.. Sheridan twice has re-
ceived presidential commenda-
tions-from Presidents Hoover
and Roosevelt-for engineering
work he did for the government.
During World War II, he was a
scientific consultant to the army,
in this country and abroad.
At various times, he has edited
several engineering journals and
twas engineering professor at Man
haitian College and New York
University.
His wife and son survive.
Evening star., 1952-06-20
BY the Associated Press

Theodore Roosevelt's grandson
favors Gen. Eisenhower for Presi-
dent.
And the grandson - Theodore
Roosevelt III-urges fellow Re-
publicans not to repeat what he
called the disaster" of 1912.
Forty years ago, William How
ard Taft beat Theodore Roosevelt
for the Republican presidential
nomination. The fight was so Bit
ter - with Roosevelt charging
steamroller tactics-that Roose-
welt ran on a third-party ticket.
Woodrow Wilson. the Democratic
candidate, was elected.
Some politicians have compared
that historic scrap with this years
Evening star., 1952-06-20
South African Police Use
Tear Gas Against Rioters
By the Associofed Press

JOHANNES SBURG, South
Africa, June 20.-Police today
hurled tear gas bombs to disperse
stone-throwing Negro miners and
their wives in a riot-torn ma
tive reserve outside Odendaalsrus,
Orange Free State.
Police, welding batons, engaged
in hand-to-hand fighting with the
natives. The clash followed q riot
Wednesday night in which one Me-
gro was killed and dozens Of wom-
en- were injured.
OdendaalsruS Town Council has
ordered Negro women to register
or quit the reserve built for 1900
persons and now crowded with
8, 1000. Odendaalsrus is in the heart
of Orange Free States new gold
fields.
Today's trouble started when
native women tried to prevent
miners from leaving the reserve to
go to work. Several police were
injured slightly.
Evening star., 1952-06-20
Hartman in Arkansas
Backs Civil Rights
BY the Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, June 20.-
Presidential aspirant Averell Har-
riman forged into the solid south
yesterday with the statement that
he believes in national civil rights
legislation and the Democratic
party must endorse such legisla-
ton If it is to win.
Mr.. Hartman told more than
100 persons here that the question
of civil rights is not just a South
ern one, but that it exists in other
sections Of the country also.
The tall, lean New York million
aire told his audience-which in
cluded AZ of the GA delegates and
alternates to the national Demo-
cratic convention that "the
Democratic party ought not to go
back on any of its principles
including that of Federal Employ
ment Practices Commission, which
was included in its 1948 platform.
Mr.. Hartman also said:
/. He disagrees with the front
running candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination, Senator Taft of
Ohio, on practically every sub
ject," and believes Taft's foreign
policy would be disastrous.
2. He has a great respect and
personal liking" for Gen. Eisen-
hover, but "it's no secret that
Gen. Eisenhower doesn't know
much about domestic matters"
3. He thinks Senator Kefauver
Of Tennessee is a fine Senator
and I hope he continues So."
Evening star., 1952-06-20
Mrs. Maitland Bennett
Dies; Long Active in
|Northminster Church

Mrs. Maitland c. Bennett, SO,
widow of a Washington physician
and long active in the affairs OF
N or t h minister Presbyterian
Church, died Wednesday in the
Oak Rest Nursing Home here
after a two-year illness.
Mrs. Bennett, the former Alice
M. Chamberlin, was a native OF
Prince William County, Va, but
had lived in Washington for most
Of her life. She was widowed in
1942. Mrs. Bennett was a charter
member of the Northminster
Church. and she also had been
active in the Mount Pleasant
Union of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. of which she
was treasurer for a number of
years.
Mrs. BENEFITS home was at
1928 Thirteenth street NV. She
is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Mabel German of 1926 Thirtieth
street NV, and by a brother,
DR.. Charles B. Chamberlain, a
pharmacist here who lives at 370l
Sixteenth street NV.
Funeral services will be held at
IL am. tomorrow in the Hines
funeral home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Washington National Cemetery.