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Evening star., 1953-03-15

Volunteers
Aid Drive

Something new in the way Of
helping the Montgomery County
Red Cross meet its goal will take
place for the first time in several
years. Workers will 60 from door
to door in the Kensington area
in order to help make the $50, 800
goal become a reality.
Chairman for Kensington
proper and the Kensington area
is Mrs. Karl F. Won Klatt who
expressed confidence that the
area residents will be behind the
Red Cross In its drive for funds
to carry on the vital work in
Montgomery County and nation
ally.
Besides the area mentioned,
Mrs. Won Klatt has charge Of
Red Cross solicitation in Gar
rett Park, Garrett Park Estates,
Kensington Estates, Parkwood,
Chevy Chase View, Rock Greek
Hills. Homewood, Capital View,
Carroll KnollS, Oakland Terrace.
Kensington View. North Ken
sington, College View and Rock
Greek Palisades.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Homes Listed
For our in


The complete list Of homes to
be shown during the George
town House Tour has just been
announced by Mrs. Charles F.
Pentz, chairman. This annual
event will take place on March
81 and % between 2 and 6
o'clock.
In addition to the daytime
tours, there will be a special
showing at night of Halcyon
House, 3400 Prospect street.
This mansion will be viewed by
candlelight between z and 10
o'clock. Tickets for the day tour
also will be honored in the eve
ming, but individual tickets may
be purchased at the door Of
Halcyon House.
Homes which will be shown
during the day of March 81 are
Prospect House. 3508 Prospect
street, home of Representative
and Mrs. Thurmond Chatham;
3259 N street, home Of Mrs.
McCook Knox; 1922 o street,
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Colt de Wolf; 140O Thirty fourth
street, home of Col. ALT Heiberg,
U. S. A. F., and Mrs. Heiberg:
1856 Thirty-fourth street, home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thad Brown, jr.;
1910 N street. home of Mr.. and
Mrs. MacGill James; 1913 o
street. home of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Russell Mcqueen, and 1927 P
street. home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank G. Wisner.
On Saturday the residences
which will be open to the public
are those of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Louchheim. jr., 1924 o street
NV; Rear Admiral Neill Phil
lips. U. S. NJ, retired, and Mrs.
Phillips, 3053 P street; the Sec
retary of the Air Force and Mrs.
Harold E. Talbot, 3108 P street:
Mrs. Henry Leonard, 3038 N
street: Mr.. and Mrs. Edward R.
Fickenstaedt, 1923 N street: DR..
and Mrs. Edward Harvey Cush-
ing, BOLT N street; DR.. and Mrs.
Lauriston Hardin, 3038 P street.
and the residence of Mr.. Joseph
w. Alsop, ir.
Tickets will be on sale at the
American Automobile Associa-.
ton and the Francis Scott Key
Book Shop in Georgetown. Pro-
ceeds will go toward the social
welfare fund of st. Johns Epis-
copal Church, Georgetown Par
ish. Tea will be served in the
church parish hall both days Of
the tour from $3.50 until $50.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
PdtrOnesSeS
Headed by
First Lady

The list Of patronesses for the
annual John Mason Brown lee
ture for the Frontier Nursing
Service benefit viii be headed by
Mrs. Eisenhower. The event
viii take place on April 10 in the
Mayflower ballroom at 4 o'clock.
New committee chairmen were
announced last week at a tea
given at the home Of Mrs. JEFF
ferson Patterson, benefit chair
man. They are: Treasurer. Mrs.
John w. Davidge, jr.;; publicity.
Mrs. Oliver Mckee: printing.
Mrs. Reeve Lewis. jr.; secretary,
Mrs. Adolphus Station: boxes,
Mrs. John M. Cabot: patronesses,
Mrs. Richard Wigglesworth: ar
rangements. Mrs. Walter White:
tickets, Mrs. Eugene ODunne:
telephoning. Mrs. c. Carroll Nor
gan. jr.: radio and television,
Mrs. Neville Miller. and lists.
Mrs. Harry Dorsey Mitchell.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
Miss Edith Norris
To Become Bride

Mr.. Clarence Norris announces
the engagement of his daughter,
Edith Upton, to Mr.. H. Law
renee Reese, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. M. Reese of Dayton, Ohio.
Miss Norris attended the
George Washington University,
where she was a member Of
Delta Zeta Sorority. Mr.. Reese
was graduated from Ohio State
University. -
The wedding will be an event
of May Is.
Evening star., 1953-03-15
BeiqeI-Kennedy

Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Beigel Of
Baltimore have announced the
engagement Of their daughter,
Evening star., 1953-03-15

LOOKING FoRWARDM H. strNe He
Defense shows Of the the
Orchestra
madam Ambassador looks The will
hNroH fomou
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Bank Teller Shows
Plenty OF Spunk

PASADENA, Calf. R-While she
lasted, Miss Eleanor Ramish, %,
showed a lot of spunk toward a
man who tried to hold her up in
the bank where she is employed
as a teller.
HE was rugged and about 6
feet inches TALL" she told police.
He handed her a note demanding
all the cash and displayed a pistol.
THAT gun doesn't look real to
me-" she said.
''It'S real enough" the man re-
piled.
Il still don't believe it's real,"
replied Miss Ramish.
And at this juncture, ''the floor
gave way and / went down behind
the counter" to use the teller'S
own words.
The bump reused her and she
called the chief teller, but the
thwarted holdup man escaped.
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bomber that had crashed in the
Boca Chica swamps. The fire was
almost under control when the then
Captain of the Yard had a brain.
storm and began jabbing at the
debris with pike pole. He set of
an explosion that knocked himself
as well as the rest of us looping
into the water. We managed to
hold onto our line and continued
fighting the fire when we heard
excited Navy officers yelling, Get
the Captain out" The guy was stiIl
sitting in the water in a daze but
his pike pole was gone. Perhaps
it wouldn't do for me to remember
who amongst US angrily shouted
back: Let the-------------drown!"
Oh well, if Jack feels he wants
the police work, he viii be a bene-
fit to the city. But III bet you
two to one, Excluding the minis
ters who object to gambling), that
If he ever gets into a tight spot,
he will forget the police telephone
number and call the fire depart.
ment. Habit is a hard thing to
break and Subconsciously, he
knows that there are dozens Of
firefighters who win stick with
him to the end = in spite of the
fact that he is now a Key West
policeman.
Highway Signs
While talking with local busi.
neSsman, he expressed his disgust
with the unholy mess that. signs
and billboardS have made of our
Overseas Highway. The first few
miles outside of Key West are es-
pecially ugly.
Most communities throughout the
nation have put an end to clutter.
ing up the highway with CONNER
cial signs. They ruin the beauty Of
surrounding territory. In Monroe
County, our biggest asset lies IN
our scenic waters and surrounding
keys. Only in the toll bridge dis.
trict, however, can a tourist en-
JOY such beauty. Elsewhere there
are battered up bilIboards, pIa.
cards of last years political can
didates, etc.
Wonder if anything could be done
about the situation?
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THIS ROCK OF OURS
BY BILL GLIB

Eaere are friends who have seen
me wearing black here of late
and they've kidded me that I'm
in mourning. My reply has always
been that the darker clothes suited
cold weather better. That is a lie,
however. The honest truth is that
| am in mourning. You see, one
of my best friends, Jack Carey
has transferred from the XIV Fire
Department to the police force.
can think of no greater calami-
ty that might befall me. Jack =
the boy in whose hands I've placed
my life more than once, the
young man who, in turn, has re-
lied upon me for his safety with
confidence now he is a Key West
policeman. Let me stop for a
minute and wipe away some of
these tears that well in my eyes.
They are as huge as the tears of
any crocodile.
1t was Jack who came down in
the engine-room of a PC that was
on fire and booted me up to the
arms of Chief Harry Baker when
/ didn't know / passed out on my
feet. It was Jack who gave several
of us drenching in boiling oil
when we answered a general
alarm" We had climbed aboard
a burning tank. truck and Jack
turned his play-pipe into the man.
hole; we expected foam and got
pure water instead. The resulting
eruption resembled a Mt. Vesuvius
and it was the only time / ever
knew the MOB Fire Dept. to back
away from fire.
1t was this same Jack Carey,
now a policeman = Heaven forbid
j. who wore the legs off of poor
Jack Williams by hollering More
foam," when we fought a burning
PPM that had crashed into an
ammunition dump on Fleming Key.
Eleven men died in that fire and
we were licked before we started
though Chief Baker wouldn't say
quits until the last spark was
BACKED out.
And, If I'm not mistaken, Jack
Carey was with us when, following
the lead of Bert Baker, we climb
ed aboard the wing of a burning
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I've got to find out what we can
eat to make US live that long,
pete, did you ever see an ALI
gator when he was resting, with
his eyes half closed? In him you
see perfect relaxation. Swinky got
his idea of what to cat to live 200
years by looking at alligators re-
laxed on the strand at LoStman's
Key in the Ten Thousand Islands. !"
IF you live that long, Sid, you
won't look any older than Siggy
looks now. But don't tell him /
told you that. He still primps up
and still thinks the girls fall for
him. And every time he gets a
chance he tells you about his
doing this and doing that when he
was in college, but / think his
college career was like Hambone's
went through the front door and
out the back door"
mo, no, Pete. Siggy didn't go as
far as Hammy. Siggy went in the
front door and jumped out the
first window he came to. But let
me tell you what Swinky found out
by seeing the relaxing alligators.
He analysed an alligator egg and
learned it contained vitamins not
found in any other food. The eggs
have vitamins LII and LIZ, which
stands for long life, and vitamins
RI and ST.. which stands for re-
Taxation and sleep. Alligators live
to be from eco to 800 years because
they give their hearts plenty of
rest. A mans heart beats one bill
lion times in 20 years of life, and
the slower ii beats the longer he
lives. When asleep or lying down
resting, his hearts beats five times
slower then ii does when he's ex-
cited.
When Swinky finished his ana
lySis of the alligator egg, he said,
Boys from now on. we each eat
an alligator egg every morning and
one every night, and it won't be
long before wen be able to relax
and sleep like alligators.'
"Phewl l don't see, Sid, how
you can stomach alligator eggs.
Pete, everybody has preiudices
about eating. For instance, you
wouldn't eat rattleSaake meat, but
it's canned in Florida and sold for
81 a pound "
You're right. Sid, about pre-
iudice in eating. Take Sam Harris.
He won't eat shrimp and craw-
fish because he doesn't like the
way they smell,
Pete, the most ridiculous pre-
JUDGE of all is Sam Guldsmith's
against eating eoconuts. He was
hit on the head by q coconut that
fell from a tree in his yard. But
he wasn't hurt because he was
walking to bis car to attend a
reception and had on a silk hat
as tan as a shake.
Try alligator eggs. Pete. After
You eat the first ore, you'n feel
strong enough 10 throw The biggest
bull that ever tyotted INTO 3 Span
lsh hullrlng.
SD. yea don't have to eat alli-
CATER eggs. or Go into a bsiilring.
70 throw as much huh as Spain s
champion 5alltlshter Monolilo ever
threN. :,
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VOTERS PROTEST
Editor. The Citizen.

Editor, The Citizen,
/ have never been so disguised
with anything before, as this latest
caper Of the County Commission.
It's enough to make any red blood
ed Americans red blood boil.
Just who do these men think
they are? Condemning a mans pro-
perry. because he probably
wouldn't sen ii to them cheap
enough, and then have the effrons-
cry to turn right around and pre-.
vent a man from building 2 park
ing lot in competition with one Of
the countys so that they'd have
a clear field
Oh, brother What next? Why
doesn't the county tax county air.
Then they could really clean up.
When the next election rolls
around. we aren't going TO vote
Tor any Of the present County
Commission members. In my opin-
ion, they aren't worthy Of their
posts. Free enterprise doesn't have
any chance in Monroe County, at
least il seems that way.
Fight this. Mr. Glen Price ard
Mr.. Marco Mesa. At least tao
people viii hack yoa up
Why condenn one p<rsons pro
perry Ger personal gains q another.
THIS is al insult 10 . pers0n's
mentality.
What next?
Mrs. Louise Robiascn
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life will be dull and over-serious
under the Republicans.
Most Republicans just feel you
can have fun without doing it in a
way to get you arrested. They are
merely bit more restrained than
the Democrats. Thex prefer the
dry chuckle to the belly laugh.
The zoot suit, yo-yo and bubble
gum all reached their peaks of
popularity under Democratic pres
idents. Cloth of bankers gray, a
thoughtful nein, and chess may
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now be more in keeping with the
times. If you can't understand
chess. you may keep some SEM
blance of social standing by work.
ing crossword puzzles.
And if you hear an elderly Re.
publican grumble. "Drat that man
in the White House." don't leap 10
the conclusion he IS criticizing Ike.
1t viii probably be Just a mOmen.
tary memory inpse.
II is going to take time even for
the Republicans TO get used to the
fact they're in power again.
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Digs For Treasure;
Ends In Prison

MEXICO CITY tR-Elpidio Con-
zalez Avila has gone to jail on
charges of damaging private prop
erty. His landlord said Elpidio dug
such a deep hole in the floor of his
ground floor apartment that part
Of a house wall fell in.
Elpidio said he was digging for
buried treasure and would pay for
the damage when he found the
treasure.
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My borrowed bus, with its blow
out tires and a rattle that sounded
like dragline in operation, skid
ded about the Coco-Cola corner and
headed toward the foot of Front
Street, where Pete Roberts, our
piscatorial philosopher, has his
fish stall. This time Pete wasn't
meditating, but was so acutely
alive to his surroundings, he swung
to the top of his stall when he
saw and heard my bus clamoring
toward him.
AfterI had said, Whoa, baby"
got out and walked to his stall,
Pete asked, where did you get
that tincan?"
"Siggy's great-grandson Willie
Knowles loaned it to me. He said
he built It out of four different
makes of cars
1T sounds like he also put four
boiler factories in it. But, speaking
Of Siggy, he was here yesterday
and said you surely have nerve
to accuse him of handing out
baloney sandwiches and then give
us all that blah-blah you had in
The Citizen Monday about you,
Swinky Swanky and Jim noodle
de Flu, who are going to live 200
years in the Ten Thousand Is
lands"
Pete, Siggy can't see a wall
till he butts into it. Thirty years
or so ago, Professor Horace
o'Bryant came here from Oxford,
Florida, to he principal in the Key
West High School. Swinky Swanky
was student in the school at that
time. A few days after his arrival,
Professor 0'Bryant spoke briefly
to the class about the nutrient
values of various foods. That talk
started Swinky to studying vita
minis, porteins and everything else
pertaining TO foodstuTfs. He read
every book he could buy on the
subject, and then took a summer
course in dietics at Cornell. To-
day, Pete, Swinky can pick up a
grunt on your stall, a hunk of beef
or anything else in our super
markets and tell you the nutrient
value in each of them =
Jaw, Sid. don't talk to me about
vitamins, You never heard about
them when we were boys, and we
got all the vitamins we wanted out
of grits and gruntS. a hunk OF
salt beef. new potatoes in their
jackets and a betty slab Of cab
bage, or cOnch or grouper chow
der, or a slab of SOW belly and
turnlp tops. And what was the re-
suit? II sou went TO the auction
rooms, down in the next block. and
was pushed by a man on this side
and a man on the other side OF
you, the chances were their ages
ranged from 50 to more than 100
years. No wonder Siggy said We
had so many old folks we had 10
round them up once a year and
take them out 10 the Second Tower
and shoot them
Pete, it's unhecoming 70 in-
terrup a gent before he concludes
what he's set 10 say. When we
arrived in The Ten thousand IS
lands - years ago. Swlnky said.
Boys, we here for 20 years, and
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income tax tarms, which VIII be
explained.
Statistics shCw between 90 ard
IS per cent at the naEion's senior
and aEuior high school pupils
make enough daring Vacations 50
that iasy EgSt Ell CT forms.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-23
CLEVELAND KIDS TO
LEARN ABOUT TAXES

CI.EvEI And n ~ About 50 DO
Cleveland sehcSd kids axe gong to
learn about igscnne taxes.
Tie Beard CT Ea1caticn's radio
staten. WOE. VII broadcast q
Is minute program emphasizing
forms used u TAX ceectlon.
Before tiaA sgaganass as ssgs listen
IN their STUDS rooms wlIz h9 regular
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-23
CHILD LABOR EXPLOITED

The National Child Labor Committee reported re-
Gently that than 900 children between fourteen
and fifteen years of of school and employed
Another 100000 in the sixteen and seventeen year old
group have cut short their schooling for employment The
Committee warned that work by school children
must be brought under stricter regulation if exploitation
OF child labor is to be checked.
By excessive work, the Committee means work which
requires more than ofschool hour time and work which
requires children to quit school altogether The Commit
tees study Shows that about ten per of So 900 esab
Hshments investigated by the Federal WageHour Division
lasgear were employing minors in violation of the Fed
eral Child Labor Law.
The industries which seem to contain the largest per-
cege of violations the logging agricultural in
dsres The highest percentage of under-age children
foHd working in logging operations in which the
legal minimum Is years The legal age minimum in
thegrcuural field is 16 years and there are many in
decisions that this law is widely violated
The Committees report charged that the "worst child
labor abuses in agriculture with the children of mi
grant workers suffering most of ALL Farm accidents
said also often caused by the mmaturity of children
operatrg heavy machinery AS an example, the Commit
teasted fifteen child deaths in Minnesota Iowa. Indiana
Michigan and Wisconsin il the last harvesting season-a
involving farm machinery and children
The Committee believes of the reasons violations
widespread is the inadequacy of inspection saff
prded for the enforcement of state laws 1t indicates
that the states must clean this situation the most
paph If substantial progress is to be made.
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Peoples Forum

The Citizen welcomes express
Stons of the views OF its read
ers, hut the editor reserves the
right 20 delete any items witch
are considered Iibeious or unwar-
ranfed. The writers should he
fair and coBfine the letters 20
zoo words and write ON one side
of the paper only. Signature Of
the writer must accompany the
letters and viii he published un-
Iesa requested otherwise.
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Spatfer. paint q small metal Ela
box and use Il f1r bousehoid keTs.
Keep TIE box il : handy place
50 the members If the family ~
re sure 10 replace TIRE keys sEfeF
they'ye used sAsm-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-23

People who think they too smart to be governed
by The customs of their are over-esmatng their
smaftness.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-23

Lamb ssew, bread ard hntter.
lssse green salad asee and talsin
padding and be erage. made .
gccd family Sarper.
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The use of ordinary courtesy the highways might
some day save your life; why practice it?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-23
Hal
BOYLE
SAYS

NEW YORK ITO the poor
mans philosopher:
Dear Sir:
Il am young man who doesn't
remember what it is like to live UNI
der a Republican administration.
my problem is--what to expect?
How should l act? Personally, l am
a Democrat, but number of my
young Republican friends are in
the same plight. They have no
memory of what life is like under
a COP regime.
Have you any etiquette tips for
us?
Worried voter"
Young man, you have hit upon
the problem of the hour. Tens of
millions of Americans are in your
predicament, including many for
mer Democrats who voted Repub-
lican for the first time.
Naturally, everybody feels a bit
uncertain. This is even true of the
new Republican officeholders who
are taking over the ship of state.
They are in the position of a mid
dle-aged man who hasn't touched
his hand to a paddle in 20 years
and suddenly finds himself in a
canoe with a fat lady in the middle
of a stormy lake.
The fat lady in this case is the
262 billion-dollar national debt.
So don't Iaugh-or try to rock the
boat. Republicans at this period
are peculiarly sensitive. No matter
how ardent a Democrat you are,
wait at least another week before
jeering, ''It's time for another
change" or, "Graaddad says we
had it better under Mckinley"
Remember, the millennium comes
slowly. Patience does it.
Don't throw away at the race
track the money you expect to
save by having prices and taxes fall
to the level they were at in the
Harding administration. Franklin
d. Roosevelt went into office prom
Using to balance the budget, and
Harry Truman went out of office
20 years later still searching for a
way to do it.
Even under the thriftiest of Re-
publican regimes it may take days
and days TO find a solution. The
main thing to keep in mind is that
when a Democrat says, After all,
what's money!" the Republican
answer is well, it ought to be
money"
That is always a big aim Of any
Republican Observation-Disclosures
to make money stay money.
Some Democrats are afraid that
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The reason truth makes such slow progress in the
world is that it is in competition with pretense.
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THE CONCH OBSERVES
BY SID McPHID

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Milford chronicle., 1953-02-20
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brdkin9 power

Chevrolet trucks up to 1000 Series
heavy-duty models are equipped with
"Torque-ActiOn" brakes. Series 1000,
5000 and 5000 heavy-duty trucks use
extra-large "Torque-ActiOn" brakes in
front, ''Twin-Action" type in rear.