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The echo., 1953-12-01

Miss Matte D. Husband spent a
vacation in Chicago, Ill She has
returned home.
The echo., 1953-12-01

A exclusive feature designed
- help purify the air is q new
addition 70 an air conditioner
made by . pioneer appliance
manufacturer to give "better liv-
ing the year around" Known as
the "Gib-Sun- Air" ozone lamp. il
provides the aiI conditioner with
an important weapon 70 kill bac-
tsria and SOME 80 bUrNe fungus
The Gibson ar conditioner
provides essi. 1ItsseA. iveshened.
draft.fSss ~ Avrsaa warm days
ah4 heated esaAss,sasd cir on
,enld days aAl nights. IT, esoRs
~ oskee aealtltAAa1 AZ
The echo., 1953-12-01

Pvt r. C. Clark is home on few
lays Through He is stationed in
Germany
The echo., 1953-12-01
San Antonio. Texas
Awarded Golden Jubilee
Session OF The Sunday
SchooI Congress
ALAMO CITY WILL BE HOST
To 1854 SESSION

Historic City Of the Lone Star
State. Which Is the Cradle of Texas
Liberty. Will Entertain Thousands
JUNE 9-l3. 1854
The echo., 1953-12-01
Poplarville News

Mrs. Anna B. Vinson and Mrs
Elizabeth Keys were visitors in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Parker
The echo., 1953-12-01

Mrs. Edna Johnson and daughter
spent a few days in Alabama last
week
The echo., 1953-12-01

Mrs. c. B. Rush, reporter
The echo., 1953-12-01

Agent ]. c. Williams was in the
office a few days ago to make his
report before leaving for Canton,
Mississippi, where he will attend the
Masonic Grand Lodge meeting
which opened Sunday, November
10Th.
The echo., 1953-12-01

The Women of the Trnirnph Bap-
fist Cn.Ich sponsored drive and
the. -2.scd $4,000. Miss Era L.
Patterson won first prize. The men
viii be in charge on the third Sun
day IN December. Mrs Guile Coins
and daughter are visiting in Little
WOOD. La.
Mrs AIable Rawls IS now living ID
M~sel, Mississippi.
hrs IyGrr;s Jordan is on the sick
lis
Mrs. Annie I. linton, re
porter
The echo., 1953-12-01

Mrs Matte Brown is on the sick
list.
The echo., 1953-12-01

Mrs, Annie /. linton, re
porter.
The echo., 1953-12-01

Mrs. Mary Mitchell is visiting PEN
sacola, Florida.
The echo., 1953-12-01

Mr. and Mrs Lawrence Parker and
children spent the weekend in Mag
nolia, Miss.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Mother Loses
Of
Son
Case OF Neglect,
Bar Hopping And
Bad Checks Is
Told In Court

A 23-year-old wife today was de-
clared an unfit mother and the
custody of her one.year.old son
turned over to the father, an Air
Force master sergeant.
In . hearing before Eve War
ner Gibson, Judge Of the juvenile
court, sordid story Of bar hop.
ping, bad checks, and child neg.
leet was told.
Witnesses testified the woman
owed S164.3O motel bill plus bills
to baby sitters and a beauty par,
lor. One of the baby sitters told
the court that the mother had moi
seen the chilo In six weeks.
Her husband, the master ser.
geant, was in court and handed
the Judge S7Oc In bad checks which
it was alleged his wife had written
The husband also told the cour,
that he had started divorce &C,
ton in South Carolina, where he
is stationed,
II also was testified that q Key
West city policeman had paid
some Of the baby sitter bills.
When. the husband stopped the
woman's allotment check, she re
ceived notice of It. II was test
fled that bar caShed the notice
fled that 4 bar cashed the notice
owner then used it to pay a liquor
bill. The liquor wholesaler deposit
ed the notice in the bank.
That's when the notice bounced
After the judges ruling, giving
custody of the child to the father
the mother was led weeping from
the court room.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Venerable City Records Found
Beefs Have Replaced Beef Steak At City Hall

than one quarter, and all carcas-
ses of all other animals were re-
CURED to remain whole until same
had been dressed and delivered at
the stall or stand Of the butcher
offering it for sale"
The eit.' hall was built in 1871,
the 1879 ekSFter shows that an
ordinance was passed allowing
Mayer Robert J. Perry 10 issue
= proclamation for sn election Of
freeholders 10 decide whether or
net they wanted TO float . sixty
thousand dollar bond issue 10 fin
snee It's construction. The re-
cords show that on May Q, 1877,
voters went to The polls and sp-
proved The bond issue and the
building was constructed.
Municipal officers at that time:
Police Justice, W. Hunt Harris;
president of the city commission,
b. B. Whalton; City Attorney, J
Vining Harris; City Clerk, William
L. Delaney; Treasurer, William
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Man Nabbed By Deputies On
Narcotics, Firearms Charge
Supply OF Ammo
And Marijuana
Found In Pockets

Robert Garcia, 81, was prepared
for something. No one yet know.
just what.
But when he was arrested yes
Iterdsy sheriff's deputies seized
6l4 rounds of pistol ammunition
% calibre revolver. and a batch
of marijuana. They also picked ur
five bottles Of tablets and CAPSULES
two boxes of empty capsules, si1
unknown tablets, and an old ciga.
ret package that was stuffed with
more capsules.
Garcia Is charged with pcs.
session Of narcotics and exhibit.
ing and reckless display Of fire.
arms not necessarily in self de-
fenSe." Bond was set NJ 81 900 on
the narcotics rap and $3.50 on ths
gun charge. He still was in eovn-
tY isil today.
The story began yesterday after
noon when Rudy Comet, 100 Wind
sor Lane, called city police anC
told them a man was waving ;
gun in his area.
Patrolman Lionel Soriano respon
ded and he and Comet went to Jus
tice of the Peace Roy Hamln
where Comet signed 4 complain
on the gun charge.
Sheriffs deputies Sydney Curry
Watson Roper, Jr., and John Leh
man were called in. They fount
Garcia in his trailer home in Mas
tic Trailer Park, 645 United St.
A. that time, he was arrested
on the gun charge. The mari.
iUsns and 100 rounds Of "A am
mvnition were found in his
pockets, deputies said.
Roper then got q search war
rant and went back to Garcia.
trailer and found the bottles o
tablets and capsules and the re
mainder Of the ammunition. Nine
Continued on Page Nine>
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Sweeting Not
In
TrafficPOst
Says Press OF
Business WOn't
Give Him Time
To Serve City

W. c. Sugar" Sweeting has de.
clined to serve as chairman of q
proposed traffic committee to be
appointed by Mayor C. B. Harvey,
he announced today.
The Mayor indicated Monday
night that he would name Sweet
ing, who served in a similar ca.
pacity on the Governors Safety
committee, appointed by former
Governor Fuller Warren in 1851.
That committee was disbanded
when the late Governor Dan Nc.
Carly took office and never was
re-appointed.
Reason given by swsstins for
declining HE post was that
"oihsr than my business, ! have
accepted additional obligations
with the result that ! do not have
fine time TO promote the program
successfully"
Sweeting, in his letter to, the
Mayor, also advocated a three
point program of improvement for
local traffic control including the
experimentation of stop lights, pub.
lie education and enforcement oil
existing traffic laws.
Before additional traffic lights
are installed. existing lights in the
downtown area should be synchro.
med" Sweeting said. He added
that the light could be controlled
by a master control switch and op.
Grated manually during peal
hours.
Sweeting also suggested that ths
city embark on a program of pub.
lie education by press and radio
suggesting that motorists use Ger.
tain streets in entering and leav
ing business areas according tc
their residence zones to alleviate
the traffic problem here.
He said further: Situated as we
are, there can hardly be a com.
promise between satisfying all per.
sons and maintaining a free safe
flow of traffic. 1t must be one OF
the other"
He was apparently speaking Of
the repeated requests of a group
of Fleming Street businessmen
who claim that commerce is being
hurt since that street was made a
one-way thoroughfare more than q
year ago.
That move was recommended BY
the Governors Safety Committee
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Decency Panel
To Meet Today

The eitY's drive on vice will
move into high gear this after.
noon at 5 p. m. when an eight.
man citizens committee starts
its probe.
Four persons will be question
ed including three policemen
and q woman identified as Do.
Iores Baxter, an admitted pros
titUie who has accused . Key
West police officer Of demand
ing paYoH money 70 allow her
TO opera'G from . taxi cab.
The meeting will mark the
first actual attempt on the part
Of the newly formed group 10
probe the cifY's vice problem.
They met Wednesday but de-
voted their time TO orgsnixs.
fionaI problems.
At that time they also de-
eided TO employ . private in
Vestisasor 70 look into fhe sifv-
alton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11

H. Williams; Health Officer, DR..
A. L. Pendleton; Tax Collector,
William Weathorford; Tax Asses
sor, William T. Pinder; Engineer,
Thomas ). Ashe: City Marshal,
Alfred Lowe; Captain of Police,
Joseph Pagan; Street Commission
er, Hyam G. FulfOrd and City
Sexton, Peter H. Williams.
The city commission at that
time was made up Of B. B. Whal-
ton, NJ. S. Mareno, George S.
Waite, Gabriel Ayala, A. L. Pohal-
ski, J. W Johnson, John T. Saw.
yer, B. P. Baker and F. r. Ma
loney.
The commission met the first and
third Thursday Of each menth and
there were strict rules placed on
their proceedings. For example.
no member was allowed to speak
more than twice on any one sub
ject nor longer than 10 minutes at
a time They were not permitted
to speak without rising.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Woman Injured In
Traffic Accident

A local woman was injured
slightly and a Navy man faces
three traffic charges as the result
of an accident at White and Eliza
Street yesterday, it was reported
by the Police Department.
According to the report of patrol.
man Mario Santana. Mrs. Adele
Bryan, IS, of the Mastic Trailer
Park suffered bruises when she
was struck by a motor scooter
driven by Joda Lenox Royder, of
the USS Wilke. The scooter then
careened and struck a car driven
by v. ]. 0'Neal. s13 Caroline Street
causing slight damage.
Royder faces charges Of speed
ing, reckless driving and causing
an accident. He win be arraigned
in court today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Red Showdown Tactics In
Korea Hamper Allied Try
At Wooing War Prisoners
Dean May Ledre
For Washington
Soon If Efforts
Continue To Lag
BY MILO FARNETI

PANMUNJ0M R-Allied efforts
to WOO home war prisoners who
stayed with the Communists-in.
GLIDING p Americans and ono
Briton-were threatened today by
Red showdown tactics which
forced suspension Of interviews
with South Korean P0WS.
Ii. Gen. X. S. Thimayya, Indian
chairman of the Neutral Nations
Repatriation Commission, said &c
RoK prisoners would be called
up for interviews tomorrow. But
there was no indication whether
the sessions would be held.
Thimayya suspended the Allied
explanation program Friday after
rs Of 30 prisoners insisted on max.
ing their own explanations to
Allied interviewing officers.
MIRO Conditions
He said that IL the POWS re.
fuse to accept MIRO conditions
for the interviews I'm afraid the
explanations will come to an end"
After a hurried meeting of the
MIRO Thimayya announced that
30 more South Koreans would ap-
pear Saturday. He did not say
whether there was any sign of a
change IN Communist tactics.
The Indian general also an
nounced that q Red Request "a
interview $50 anti-Red Kecans
Sstt day was burned a1sen be-
cause the prisoners refuse 10
leave their compound. Some Of
these prisoners were interviewed
earlier and the rest have refused
to bulge. @
Special U. S. Envoy Arthur n.
Dean said he may fly to Wash
ington before Christmas and leave
the stalled talks on arrangements
for a Korean peace conference in
the hands Of his chief aide.
Young May Take Over
II Dean leaves, Allied negotia.
tons probably will be taken over
by Kenneth T. Young, the State
Departments director of North.
east Asian affairs and Deans No. ]
adviser.
The State Department announced
in Washington Thursday that Dean
has been authorized to return
home. 1t said the spokesman for
IL nations which fought in Korea
Continued on Page Ninel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Florida Sets No
Limit On Trips
To The Altar

How many times can you get
married in Florida?
Sounds like . game. Some
thing like baseball - three
strikes and you're out. But is Is
not so about marriage.
A woman called County Judge
Raymond S. Lord today 70 ask
him how many times q person
could marry In Florida. She
told the Judge she thought sew.
en- times was The limit.
The Judge told her seven
might be fhe physical and men,
tai limit, but not the legal one.
As long as she continues 10
get divorces and find new vic.
Tins, she can go right ahead
and marry again.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Two Are Pulled
From Ocean Here

A local shrimper is in the city
Jail today and his woman com.
panion in Monroe General Hes
pital as the result of a dunking in
the ocean near the Thompson Dock
police said today.
According to the report of patrol
man Raymond Quinn he pulled
the pair from the water with the
aid of 2atrolman ]. Roberts. He
identified the man as Lake Reed,
Jr. and the woman as Marion
Channox, both Of the shrimp boat
Captain Jap.
The woman was suffering from
a bad cut on her nose, he said.
Reed was jailed on an intoxica-
ton charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Canadians Stop off In Key West
4 fer Canada- To-Cubn Ocean Trip
Pair Battle
Seas Ia 32-
Foot SIOOp
By IIM cosa

A 100 mile trip in a 80
foot sailing vessel from Que
bee City, Canada, to Hav-
ana, Cuba adds up to a lot
of sea-going adventure.
If you don't think so, walk
on down to the Gulf Docks
and have a chat with Magel-
la Huard and Charles Hack
EFT, who stopped off in Key
West on the first leg of their
trip homeward aboard their
sloop, the Coaster.
They'll tell you of battling
10 foot waves in the Gulf
Stream and threading their
way into the tricky Havana
harbor under sail in the
dead of night after their en-
CINE bad failed.
"Affter this trip, wen be con-
cent TO stay put for awhile" Hac,,,
kett commented,
Their odyssey is the result ol
years OF planning. The vessel, a
80 foot auxiliary Sloop, was built
by Hackett. who is a shipwright.
They have been sailing il in week,
end races on Canada'S st. Law.
renee river and this year decided
% make a more extended cruise.
Huard is an accountant and they
pooled their resources for the
cruise.
Their voyage started on Septem.
Der II. when they set sail up the
81. Lawrence River from
where they transferred 10 thC
Richelieu River which carried then
TO Lake Champlain and then they
transferred to the Hudson River
A complication developed there
Continued on Page eel
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11

Attention has been focused on
Key Vests venerable city hall
what with reports that the tower
is about to topple.
But few people, with the excep-
ton OF old time Conchs and their
know that the city
hall was once used as the city
market.
As . matter Of fact, in 1877 II
was illegal fer any person in
Key West 70 offer fresh meat for
sale snywhers but The city hall.
That information was garnersd
from the 1879 edition Of the city
charter Is complied by fhs late
w. Hunt Harris The beckett yves
unearfhed with Q mass Of ancient
city records taken from The city
hall tower Thursday. u contains
. wealth Of information eeneern-
ing Key Vests storied past.
According to the code, it was
also unlawful for any butcher To
bring beef into the market in less
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Local Historical
Society Is Given
Old City Records

The collection of local lore of the
Key West Art and Historical So.
ciety is being enriched considera.
bly, with the granting of a quantity
of city records dating back to be.
fore the turn of the century.
The records were removed yes.
terday from the tower in the city
hall which is slated for demolition.
Joe Allen, vice president of the as.
ISOLATION inspected the records yes.
terday and they are being turned
over to the society for their mus.
cum.
Included are old tax and city
financial records.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
New Sonar School
To Be Dedicated
On January IA

The Nays new Fleet Sonar
School buildings viii be commits
stoned and dedicated here Jan. IA.
il was announced today.
Who the principal speaker viii
be and what notables-Navy and
civilian-will attend has not yet
been worked out.
The three new buildings cost
about 81, 600, 900 and viii be CON-
Ipleted about Jan. /. This is one Of
the two Naval sonar schools. The
other school is in San Diego and
serves the Pacific Fleet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Couzenko To Talk Some About
Red Espionage In The US.

NEW YORK R-Robert Morris,
counsel for the u. S. Senate in
ternal security subcommittee, says
former Russian code clerk Igor
Gouzenko may tell the committee
what he knows about Russian spy.
ing in this country tomorrow or
next week"
Gouzenko exposed a huge Soviet
e pionage ring in Canada in 1915
after walking out of the Russian
Embassy in Ottawa with many
secret documents.
Last night, Morris said he under
stood from newsmen who talked
with Gouzenko somewhere in
Ontario, Canada, that he was
ready to testify "'tomorrow or
next week" The interview may
b. in Canada.
Morris said he talked by tele-
phone late last night win Sen.
Jenner (R-Ind), subcommittee
head. Morris said Jenner told him
he planned to get in touch with
the State Department today to
work out a date to see Gouzenko.
Under stipulations by the Cana
dian government. the date and
meeting place will be kept secret
for security reasons.
We've scheduled no hearings
of the subcommittee fol this COM
ing week." said Morris. We're
just standing by, ready to CO.
Meanwhile, in Washington, Sen.
McCarran (D-Nev), top ranking
Continued on Page Nine)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-11
Johns Announces
More Suspensions

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. R-ActinR
Gov. Charley E. Johns today sus-
pended the State Road Board and
Hotel Commissioner Mack Hum
|phrey, all appointees Of the late
Gov. Dan McCarty.
He charged them with "mal.
feasance and-or misfeasance and
or incompetency and-or neglect Of
duty"
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-13
March of Dimes
Continued from Page i

Continued from Page II
during the informal discussion
period. Latest campaign sugges-
lions from state and national
headquarters of t h c National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
were presented by Captain Jewell
and Mr.. Hodgkins,
Polio News
Mr. Hodgkins showed a 10
minute movie for workers, Polio
News for 1858"
In one Of his remarks. Captain
jewell said, Every area of Viz
ginia that was eligible for Gamma
Globuhn through the National
Foundation last year. received it.
1t is the hope of both the state
campaign chairman and state
representative that more Gamma
Globulin will be available for cpl
demic areas next year And they
said that experimentation is pro-
crossing with d polio serum.
S. l. Graham. Prlnce Edward
County Chairman, arranged the
area meeting.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-13
Davidson's
Continued from PAGE i

Continued from Page i
death Recognizing The necessity
of markets for agricultural crops
Mr.. Davidson Was instrumental
in organizing creamery. which
continues to serve the dairymen
Of this area He was president and
one of the organizers Of the Viz
oinia Dark Fired Tobacco Grow
erS Marketing Association. which
continues TO serve the farmers Of
this area.
Another company which he or
gained and served as president
was the Buffalo Shock Companv.
which provided a market for tie
farmers timber and soft woods
In addition he also operated sew
eral farms.
Older inhabitants of this sec
ton VIII recall many Of Mr.. Da-
1dSon's employees in the mercan-
tile business. but none more faith
full than Ned" Erambert. Mr..
Efambert was an institution for
many years He was a native of
FarmVille and was employed by
J. B. Wall for many years before
eoing with Mr. Davidson with
whom he was associated until his
death in 1923.
-Four present employees have
combined service Of lat years.
Miss Fannie Lie2n Who Joined Mr..
Davidson III 1904, Emmett Web
'ter. in 1912. Mrs. Mamie Fitz-
gerald in 1923, and Miss Edith
Orange IN 1926 Miss Lyon is
head Of the piece goods depart
ment Miss Orange the infants
wear department. Mrs. Fitzgerald.
.he readY-toWeay, and Mr.. Web
ster, the mems department.
w. III. Young, Manager
Woodrow Fl Young known
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-13
Wolverines Win
Over R-H 70 to 0
Squad Intact
For Friday Finale

Farmville Highs wolverines
used straight football, with Bed
ford High scouts in mind. to grind
out a methodical &c to win over
Randolph Henry High School,
Monday night
Coach Leo CARROTS Statesmen.
hard hid by the loss of their two
starting halfbacks. Earl Bailey
and Barry VaSsar, couldn't get
a sustained drive underway after
threatening in the opening
minutes, while FHS collected tbs
in each period.
The Statesmen drove 10 the
opening kickoff, but lost posses
sion there after shifting to passes
and forSaking a strong ground
attack
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-13
Baldvin's
Continued rom PAGE /

* on ttfHtu nom IuUt
the contract for the work
Although the entire front Of the
store viii not be completed IN
time for the opcning new street
windows nave been installed. Most
Of the interior work will be com
pieted for the opening.
This years remodelina and en-
larging work is the first that Bald
win Department store has an
dertaken since the early 1905,
according to T Kyle BALDWIN.
MANAGER At that time, another
store building was taken into the
store and a new front installed
Esta blished 1880
BaldW.n's Department Store was
established IN Farmyille IN 1890,
by r. A Baldwin and his three
sons, r. L. Baldwin. B c. Bald
win and F G Baldwin The father
opened his first store IN Curds-
vile. Buckingham county, in 1870
and moved to Farmville in 1890
Since that carly beginning, tho
Farmville store has established
other stores in Lynchbure, Dur
ham, N. C., and Rocky Mount. N.
c.
T KYLE Baldwin. son of F. c
Baldwin. has been manager OF
the Farmville store since 1910
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-13
Korean Speaker

Continued rom Page II
plight is the fact that she IS at
the croSsrc ads to the Pacific Thus
her neighbors, Japan China. and
Russia have an intense interest
n the little nations sentiments.
After many years Of occupation
by the japanese. Koreans finally
achieved the independence they
cherish SO dearly. only to find
their country split by the Com
munists.
During the war that resulted,
147,000 u N. troops lost their
lives. but Korea lost two million
people out Of population of 30
million. This fact alone leaves
Korea With many problems
Today, says Mrs, Pahk. a
graduate OF Wesleyan College in
Georgia and of Columbia Teachers
College, Korea must be strength
ened educationally ana economic
ally as bulwalk between Com
munism and the free world With
faith in God, in the United States,
with love, cooperation and enthus-
iasm Mrs. Pahk feels that the
world can be made safe one.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-11-13
Regional Meeting
OF Jaycee Clubs
Held In Farmville

Fifty J~ycees attended 4 regional
dinner meeting at Longwood
House, Tuesday night.
Representatives from Farmyille
Crewe Blackstone. Altavista.
South Boston. South Hill. Lynch
burg and Danville attended tie
meeting.
w. d. Gravatt. Blackstone at
torney, discussed the present opti-
mistlc outlook for business.
S. C. Patterson. president of the
Farmvllle club, introduced Gordon
Cole, regional president. of BLACK
stone, who presided at the meet
ing.
Presidents of different clubs
talked about activities Of their
clubs.