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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
Monroe County
Nurses Elect
Officers

0lEeaFs for ne nre5Y orRentsa4
sob district 81 Re PIN Di1lriei II
ne pisf5as Nurses Associates
we're elected II ! meetlng lee
week
TIE new ofiIeers - rezssiefe1
nurses snnsnee9 iazae ere as
fasloes 5ean3e ss4ser, Nc
chagfman Mrs ge4hetfe Fields.
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Mek q she so ssrlrf ~
o. 49, 81 sAe iasi Man4as q eacA
naush. Tim netf meeena waii -
Apra 2 q 8mree GeneF.l Eios
ptai Is ~
- l4st weeks uiHetia4 fsita
wefe en - Hiss Heha sesr1
~. Il exeemse keernfaFy a
tie fa Arses Asstfaa
aaa Mr. Kssherine Fr IN.
pre< q tae FtsA Dxsri e
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
Man Facing Five
Accident Charges

Edgar @. Ingraham, local Navy
man attached 10 the uSS Odax
was arrested yesterday on three
separate charges as the result a
an AUTOMOBILES acciseut en- Reese.
Yelt Boulevard, police said today.
According to the police report.
IngFaham was travelling east al
the Boulevard when he failed AZ
negotiate q curve 1T Fifth street
and mmpea TIE earh. The car
landed some 80 feet from ne
road In ! maagyoFe swamp. nam.
sgs 10 TIE vehisae vas eSsimAfra
III $4,000.
Ire driver vas charged wsA
af5ging whtse Gafaxicated. reckless
dFsVtag AID esang zn aecsea1 ~
ess afseeF Ew Ard Ramirez He
e. sFFaiznea = city esrs o.
aay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
Split Is Seen
In Ranks OF
School Board
Group May Keep
Fired Personnel
Board Members
Reveals Today

The Monroe County School
Board Is apparently split right
down the middle on the question
Of the firing Of two officials Of the
school system with one member
Of the board. who declined to be
named. stating that ''if the mat
ter comes up for vote againthey
win both be approved b. the
board. Z
However, when the school
board meets again tomorrow
night TO open the bids on the
Truman Elementary School ad-
difion. whether Or not tho ques.
fen Of The firing Of the two men,
Randolph Russell. Harris School
head and G. o. schweiirer, Key
West Hish School principal win
be discussed, remains TO be
seen.
The five man board voted 50
not to renew their contracts for
the coming year.
But the whole question as to
whether the action the board took
Is strictly legal has been advanc-
ed. Russell was not recommend
ed for unemployment By Superin-
tendent Of Public instruction Of
Horace 0'Bryant but the board
members went against his wishes
In firing Schweiizer and failing to
GUST General Supervisor Of Instruc-
ton Leland March.
Both Of the ousted officials have
been with tire school system for
four years and although Russell
requested - continuing contract"
which would make II more diff.
cult for him ID be removed, he
was not given the pact Last wear.
The board member interviewed
today said that there are sever
Al legal points that he wants clari.
Continued On Page Eight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
Trial OF Sailor
On Assault OF
Minor Put Off

The case against Henry Joseph
Fernau, sailor. charged with break.
ing and entering and unlawfuIIy
assaulting person was postponed
By request Of the Navy until the
next term Of Criminal Court so
that he could obtain ! lawyer.
County Solicitor Allan B. Cleare.
JT., said today.
Fernau has now employed Tom
Watkins as attorney 10 fight for
bis freedom On the charges before
the jury next month. He is accused
Of breaking into an apartment
where > minor child was sleeping
and assaulting her.
The Criminal Court jury yexter.
day recommended 10 Judge Caro-
Confined On Page Eighfy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
"Neyer Asked For Dismissal
OF Schweitzer,' O'Bryant Says
Full Dress Meet
To Reconsider
Board Action
Tomorrow Night

The dismissal Of KWHS Principal
E. o. Schweitzer was never recon.
mended by Superintendent Of Pub.
lie Instruction Horace 0,Bryant,
the school head declared fatty to-
day.
In an interview with The Citizen,
0'Bryant said for quotation:
II did not recommend that Mr..
schvsstz; Sc as ssssos AZ ali. n.
report ii the paper that ! did was
erroneous.
O'Bryant, the School Board and
the Board of Trustees OF Monroe
County are preparing for full
dress meeting tomorrow night with
their attorney, Allan B. Cleare, Jr.,
to straighten out the legal tangle
that last Tuesdays meeting
caused.
The chain of authority on APP
pointment or non-appointment Of
school principals and staff men,
bers runs this way, O'Bryant said.
"As Superintendent Of Public
Schools ! make my recommends
lions to the Trustees. They either
accept or reject my Recommended
tions. They then make their
recommendations to the School
Board. Then and only then can
the School Board act. All three of
US have to agree ON an action.
At last weeks school board meet
ing, O'Bryant's recommendation
for appointment or dismissal were
not read until after the surprise
vote. Opinions from the State At
torney Generals office held the
meeting illegal. II is thus neees-
Ssry to reenact the business Of ap.
pointing or dismissing top school
personnel tomorrow night al T:3o.
The full dress meeting Is ex-
pected to resolve once and for all
the immediate future of General
Supervisor Of Instruction Leland
March. Principal Sehweitzer and
Harris school principal Randolph
Russell, ceuters Of discussion in
the past week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
50 Building Permit
Costs Man 81 Mon.

a six dollar building permit
cost Gilmore Jones. proprietor
Of the Gill Motel. Roosevelt Bou-
levsrd. exactly SCI yesterday
when he pleaded guilty 10 build
ing . Sl746 addition TO IRE ssrye.
iurs without obtsinins the neees.
ssrY building permit.
jones was arrested by City
Building Inspector Ray knopp
on warrant issue by City Ma
mayer Dave King.
According 10 fhe CITY officials,
jones was warned three weeks
ago. when the progress Of the
construction was observed by
knopp, that he would have 10
obtain . permit. ~ that time,
Jones application was turned
down because his plans were not
cornplets in that they did not
contain plot plan 10 show the
relationship Of HE building 10
lot lines. We failed 10 make an.
other application. lie was as
sesssd the s. permit fec plus
the fine.
King emphasized Today shst Il
i necessary 70 obtain permits
for ell construction, regardless
d cost and plans must be sub
miffed 70 the building inspector.
There Is no charge for con-
strueiioa up 10 $leo.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
Miami Plane Is
Lost Near Seattle

SEATTLE ia srtppIied air
transport. with "a soldiers and j
crew 81 shree aboard. vanished ca
. eight across The Cascade Noun.
tsins besare dawn today after 70.
porting 4 was Iaxfnr xititnae.
The twiaengine carrier. operated
b. Mans Airline, 1ne. a Florida.
was bringing Ia Military rassen.
esra 70 Seattle On i special charter
fIiahs.
TIE nar scheduie airsEBs's hose
usIlcs Il Mani reported Il e. ne
soldiers we're pseked - Il wask-
lngton ard 10 oshsrs u scssntcn.
Pa.
frxaiesgly. EaoEs ~ 2xm we're
hekved 10 De hea 81 overseas
ssers Tyre ID seaftse nguaily
are making ! asaek 80 u rxsrA
! sros sasp aflsr staysax konse a.
- a. pafkka.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
Keys Student
Wins County
Spelling Bee
Leonard ConIey
Is Runner-Up
In Exciting
Weird Contest

The Moaroe County spelling
ehar rionship was conducted at i
q clock ia the Key West High
Sees auditorium last night. The
winner wss Rosemarv Holzinger,
yaa slh aee III r,.S,,,
tfc Coral Shores school al Tav.
egritF.
tbs Is The first county contest
whicf has been won BY student
from Tie Keys.
TIE run e. up Was Leonard Con.
ley, II year, 7ih grade boy, from
81. Josepi S Sc 1ol, Key Vest.
Rosemary Holzinger is the
dau Ser OF MIR. and Mrs. Bernard
oIzinge Eslamorada. Leonard
Corley Is the son Of Dr. and Mrs.
Leonard y. coniey. s03 Washing.
ion ST.. Key West.
Leonard missed ire word ap.
proximatasy Tbs was spelled BY
Rosemary and then when she
seeded unanimous correctly she
was declared tie winner Of the
County contest. she succeeded in
sn2illng down l6 contestants rep.
reserting eight schools ia the
County.
The Rev. Paul J. Touchton. Of
the Old Stone Methodist church
gave the Invocation. Harris Ele.
mentary school chorus led the
audience in the National Anthem
and Pledge 0f Allegiance 70 the
Flag, under the direction a Miss
Miriam Crawford, Music Director
at Harris school. A short musical
program followed with the chorus
Of each elementary school and
Key West high school singing two
numbers under the direction 81
Miss Miriam Crawford, Harris
school; Mrs. Carmen Rhodecap.
Music Director a. poinciana Ele-
mentary school: Mrs. Catherine
Logan. Music Director al Truman
Elementary school, and Thomas
Continued on Page Eight
.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
City Revenue Collections Up
By More Than Nine Per Cent
Monthly Report
Of Finance Head
Shows Increases

City Revenue collections for the
month of March shows an increase
of more than nine per cent when
compared with receipts during the
comparable period in 1852, the
monthly report Of City Finance
Director Charles Roberts reveal.
ed today.
At the same time Roberts point
ed out that the total receipts Of
$50. 120.50 represented a decrease
of more than six per cent when
compared with 1851 collections.
Increase in collections over last
year were shown in delinquent
taxes which jumped SS,5S1.Ol to a
total of $12,SSO.29, Scavenger Ser
vice Fees which rose to So, 563. IS
and Sewer Service Fees which
showed huge increase of Sc, SIS.
"a.
Also contributing to the jump
were assessments for sidewalk
improvements amounting to ST,
95O.67 and payment in lieu Of
taxes from the Housing Authority
amounting to $1,241.s6.
Roberts report also revealed
that disbursements for general
municipal operations and capital
expenditures during the current
month show decrease OF 1896
per cent when compared with last
year and decrease of more than
10 per cent from the expenditures
in March, 1851.
Current charges to the Cigar
cite Tax Fund include si.s77.s0
for mari used in street improve
ments on Fogarty Avenue, Anne.
LA and Fort Streets, engineers
fees in connection with the sewer
project totalIing 5000 and pay
ment for one steel truck body in
the amount Of $I.017.00
The Monroe General Hospital
received $2,175.OS from the city in
March.
The city's cash balance Is S5Ss.
7lI.25 not including Sos 200. 90 IN
U. S. Treasury bonds representing
the pension fund investment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
Cobo Asks Investigation
In Payment Of $4,000
For Street Building Here
Special Meet
Set For Today
To Discuss
Matter Further

The thorny question Of whether
the city should pay some $4,000 to
the TOPPING Construction Company
for street construction wiz be
thrashed out this afternoon at a
special meeting Of the city CON-
mission.
The matter was apparently set
tied last week when the city fathers
approved resolution 70 make the
payment, but at a special session
yesterday Commissioners Delio Co.
DO asked for an investigation into
the matter before the money is
paid out.
Cobo is opposing the deal on the
basis that it win set a dangerous
precedent for local contractors who
may develop subdivisions IN the
future. The contractors asked for
the money TO cover the cost Of
materials used in street conslruc.
ton already completed Of their
subdivision IN the southwest part Of
the city. When such remuneration
was deemed Illegal. the city a.
greed to pay for some so 600 in
street construction stll 70 be CON-
pleted.
cobo scored the move as favor.
itism u would like 10 see tie
commission 20 into this matter
more thoroughly. II VIC are going
to do this for one contractor, we
should survey The city and see
how many others are going to ask
for the same consideration. C0bo
said today He also said that Il IS
bis belief that bids should be called
for On the work.
The commissioner added that
~ the city found that they are
entitled to the payment. Il Is al
right With me-
Cobo was unable to push the
measure through because yester-
days session vas q special meet
ing and il would have required a
unanimous vote to allow Il 70 be
discussed officially. Commission
ers John Carbonell and Louis NJ.
]. Eisner both said that the s.in-
yestigatlon" was not necessary.
However. 1T today's meeting the
commissioners win discuss TIE
question IS well IS an ordinance
calculated 70 set a consistent pol.
icy for the city % foliow in help
ing to pay for road building pro-
iecss IL Subdivisions.
The ordinance would make 4
compulsory Cor contractors q tie
persons Oh whose property the
streets front % pay tss fhlFis a
The caSss q street construction n
subdivisions with the city kicking
IN with the ether ona third
The ordinance win Be introduced
a. an eneggenrY measure requlr.
ing uaanlmeas vote q TIE coni-
mission Such ! move VII ellini
nate he neeeEsiiy II Il hetng pass
ed % second reading.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14

Key West. Florida. hos the
most equuble climote in the
country. with ON average
Tunge Of only l4' Fohrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
Elks Teenage Club
Elects Officers

In 4 spirited election held Mon.
day night. Dennis Jolly was elect.
ed president of the Teen AGE CIuh
No. ST.. sponsored hy the Rene.
violent and Protective 0r3er Of
Elks No ST.. jolly succeeded char.
les Taylor. Ut.
Other officers elected to serve
with Jolly were. ice PineSia. vice
pFseident. Mliicent Taylor. seere-
tary ard Ralph white. treasures
All officers. as IN TIE past. al.
tend KEY West Essgh Sehooi.
y was voted % have a dance
every o&heT MnAay nsghs. TIE
ne2t danee WI ~ On Nav II
wssa Sadie Aaukak Might wss b
the theme.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
Our Town"
Scores Opening
Night Success
Difficult Play Is
A Well Directed,
Well Cast Key West
Players Production
BY N. FoRESMAN

The Key West Players have
scored another success with their
latest production. sour Town, -
the Thornton Wilder opus. This
play, due to its lack of realistic
stage settings and props, requires
great skill on the part Of the act
ors, and the local group acquitted
itself admirably.
In both previous Barn Theatre
performances this season, criti-
eism has been voiced concerning
rather poor casting in one or two
roles. This criticism does not APP
ply in the case Of the present play.
All the characters, even in the
very minor roles, are credible and
well chosen.
Jonathan jackson as Stage
fssp the man who narrates
m0sl of the play ard leads the
audience from sequence to Sc
quence by telling what has gone
on. accomplishes The difficult Job
Of seeming to tell the story as
occurs to him. He maintains the
informal air Of New Englander
with a store Of knowledge about
his town, Growers Corner, New
Hampshire.
Jackson's gestures in outlining
the town as it should appear 10
the minds eye may have lacked
a little sweep, but then Growers
Corner was a small town.
The ingenue leads, George Gibbs
and Emily Webb, were played by
Jim Mclaughlin and Constance
Lesley. Mclaughlin was excep--
tionally good as the boy who ad-
yances from adolescence 10 man
hood in the course of the play.
His mobile face showed the mix.
ed emotions Of the boy who is al
most man, and he was able to
drop the characteristics Of the
boy and become wholly the man
in the latter part Of the play.
Constance Lesley was equally
good In the process Oi growing UP.
After being wholly belieyable as
the high school girl Just falling ia
love. she became entirely the
young married woman In the
course Of the play. One small de.
feet la the portrayal Of the role
was her wearing Of her wedding
and engagement rings throughout
the play. which did not fit with
the picture Of an adolescent shcool
girl. Seine means should be found
to make them at ieast somewhat
less noticeable in the scene where
she twists her hands h girlish en-
harrasgment.
BIZ Wells and Gertrude Splalne.
as Or. and Mrs. Gibbs, were both
well cast. BY this time. local au-
diences have become acquainted
u TIE variety and competence
- Mrs Splainets talent ard
though Wells Is a newcomer 10
TIE local stage. he played his role
mere than adequately.
Dir. Webb, editor 81 TIE local
paper. was well portrayed BY
Jack Englixh. and chsriotte Pen
ulngton did al excellent lob o. En-.
acting TIE role q ; New Engiand
h0asewife vito pursaes her daily
aaEses With lew comments and ne
complasnfa.
The many more og less mfnnr
participants Ia the play al kept
tConEirzed en- Pare Eiehsl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14

The Associated Press Teletyps
Features and Photo Services.
For 73 Yeors Devoted TO the
Best Interests of Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
Mrs. ID. Daniels
Liaison With Clinic
AT St. Francis
And State Program
BY SUSAN McAvoY
iPart II OF A sariasl
tPsrt u OF A serissl

EeIt ~ VI - SEtteSl
The st. Francis Cancer
Clinic, Miami Beach, to
which more than so Monroe
County patients have been
referred by DIR. Raymond
Dalton, county. health Off
Ger, was born out of sheer
necessity.
Three years ago when a Key
West doctor spotted cancer Ia a
patient, he would send him TO the
County Health unit, which would
send the patient up to crowded
Jackson Memorial hospital. 1t
might be and often was weeks be-
fore a bed could be found for a
patient desperately in need of sur
gerry.
Stories leaked back to Key West
from patients and their families of
the long waits and heartbreaking
postponements of disqualification.
Into this gloomy picture came
Mrs. Dorothy Daniels, Monroe
County Cancer Society director
the St. Francis Cancer Clinic and
the cooperation of Key West pri.
vate doctors and the Monroe Coun.
ty health unit.
Mrs. Daniels worked out fhe
liaison between Monroe County
and St. Francis Cancer Clinic.
Local doctors referred their
medically INDECENT patients to
Or. Dalton who processed the
necessary forms. The State Cam
Ger Control Program paid for
impatient care. St. Francis Hos
pifsl opened IFS doors to these
patients, and last but not least,
the American Cancer Society
provided medical services 10 the
patients.
What was ence an ordeal for
suffering patients. became . re-
s.yesefsssn - rnadere seierre snA
fime.ass humanisarianisN com
bined.
The State Board Of Health Can.
Ger Control Program provides the
tax funds for payment 10 the hos.
pital Of SIS day for IS days. No
matter how often the patient is op-
Grated on, no matter what his
treatment, the INDECENT patient
does not have to pay il. The equip.
ment used, the diagnostie facili-
ties and instruments, are all paid
for by the Woman's Auxiliary of
St. Francis Hospital, headed by
Mrs. Herman Boughton, wife Of
the director Of the Cancer Clinic
and the American Cancer Society.
Since the Clinic began on April
|. 1851. the Auxiliary has paid
$4,000 in bills to fhe clinic. The
Society granted $4,000 last year.
We pay fhe running OK.
psnses Of ihe clinic" said dyna-
mic Mrs. Bovshten, WHISTLER
its. for expensive equipment, .
deep freeze. . cereco Camera.
or 500 Brcnehosccpa."
There is only one paid worker
IA the entire clinic setup. For a
ong time Mrs. Boughtou serves
IS secretary.typist 10 the clinic.
Finally the burden Of work be-
came so great, that the Clinic
hired a full time secretary. To-
Jay Miss Justine Jones is at the
clinic for the typing or reports.
case histories. results or confer.
ences that come through her d.
lice.
The Women's Auxiliary raises
money for the Clinic BY two main
methods.
First, Il holds an annual fash.
lon show which nets the Clinic
Continued on Page Eightl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
Local Cancer Society Head,
Key West Doctors Cooperate
To Get Patients To Treatment
Pdpy Introduces
TlOO Local Bills

TALLAHASSEE. April IA.
Rg.-Representative Bernie
c. PapY today introduced
House Bill 24l. fixing salary
of the Monroe County School
Superintendent. and HB24o.
guaranteeing payment Of ex-
penses of the office of the
Monroe County Judge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-14
TODAY In THE
LEGISLATURE

houSEs
Received series 81 Legislative
Council education bills providing
average $50 teacher pay raise.
appointment cg county school sa.
perintendents. POT college eoaslrue.
ton under Strirter cnntroi
Adopted 7s.Iz resolution submit.
ting constitutional amendment 10
Feapportion state Seaase ID 1865,
1861 and every 10 years thereafter.
Recessed until 10 i, m. Wednes.
day.
SENATE;
Adopted without dissent a. cen.
meat rule setting s0sh day Il ses-
sicn as deaGline Tor consideration
of racing bills.
Introdaaced and scat Ia eeram gssee
fof slnssy balls ca vide rage It
subjects.
Recessed ansa II 4. N. wsaaes.
day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-17
Tropical Nursery
Opens On Duck
Key This Week

A complete tropical nursery 81
miles south Of Miami and II miles
north Of Marathon wss opened IL
the public tHis week on Duck Key
Situated just east Of Toms Har
Dor, the lla-aere nursery was be
gun last July under direction d
Jack Bard, manager.
There are $500 young coconui
palms alone in the nursery plus
all types Of palms, Florida key
hardwoods and other trees indigen-
Gus to the region. Many eolorful
shrubs and plants have been in.
eorporated into the nursery.
Duck Key, owned by the New,
kirk Realty Corporation, has IL
miles Of oceanfront building sites,
three miles on waterways and bay
and Ii miles Of sites surrounding
an area for a nine-hole golf course
which win be built later. The is
lands architectural motif has been
restricted to West Indies style in
its residential and commercial
areas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-17
by LARRY HALL
and Al DOPKINc

JEFFERSON CITY, No. p -
Carl Austin Halls last day o. life
today vas filled with regret--nos
regret that he kidnapped and killed
little Bobby Greenlease, but that
MS wild gamble for quick riches
soured in a drunken spending
spree.
A few cells away from him in
death row his paramour, Bonnie
Brown Heady. was sorry too
sorry that the Illicit love affair
with wild-spending Carl was brOk-
en- up in a shocking crime.
The killers die tonight in the gas
chamber few minutes after mid.
night. They have been pictured as
sorry they snuffed out the life oil
6-year-old Bobby few hours af-
ter his kidnapping Sept. %.
Both have written to the multi
millionaire Greenlease family in
Kansas City asking forgiveness.
And both have asked for spiritual
counsel in their final hours tonight.
But II was learned from officials
who have talked witA Hall since
he entered prison Nov. 20 that his
sorrow is not over the Staying he
and Mrs. Heady plotted the day
before the kidnapping.
In his distorted mind, the off.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-12-17
Legion Friday
Night Dance Will
Help The Needy

The spirit Of giving rather than
receiving viii be the theme Of the
dance at the American Legion
Home Friday evening, December
is at 10 p. m. All can helr
the less fortunate by attending this
public dance. Admission will be by
canned goods or staple items OF
by monetary donation.
Arthur Sawyer Post No Is. oil
the American Legion knows that
there are families within our city
who cannot afford to provide them.
selves with Christmas joys. The
Legion wants to give these fam.
lies little cheer for Christmas
There are many programs through.
out the year to help these people
but at this time of the year the
greatest emphasis is placed upon
them for it is a time sacred to
that ideal.