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lasted until after nightfan. To the
nusic Of the drum and home made
reed flutes, villagers would march
the two miles from Rodanthe to
South Rodanthe, now called Waves.
It's not clear whether the custom
Of exchanging gifts was ever as
sociated with old Christmas here.
Some say Dec. Is was adopted as
new Christmas, complete with
decorated trees and Santa Claus.
after folks on the mainland
claimed the islanders were pagan
because they ignored the date.
AT any rate. the Jan. 5 celebra-
ton seems TO visitors to have little
in common with Christmas other
than its name and decorations.
With old buck and the general air
o. hllarity, it's more a combination
of Halloween, New Years and
Mardi Gras.
Onee-isolated Hatteras now has
paved road running its length
and visitors from neighboring is
lands and the mainland join in the
flu on this island short distance
north Of Cape Hatterss, the grave
yard Of the Atlantic" where relics
of shipwrecks recent and ancient
are scattered on the sand.
Nearby is Kill Devil HUI, where
Wilbur and orville Wright flew
the first airplane so years ago.
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portant part In the holiday. He
beat the drum passed down to
him from his grandfathers. The
drum. reputedly a relic from a
= Arship carrying sail a century or
more ago, has been re-headed sew
eral times through the years.
Payne, who now lives on neighbor-
ing Roanoke Island, brings it back
here each year.
In his youth, Payne recalls, the
holiday began at daybreak and
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line coast. almost forsaken during
most Of year-except at Christ
mas. II comes twice for the people
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Christmas Comes Twice To Hatteras Island

RoDANTHE. N. c. Up - Hat
teras Island Is . wind swept
stretch Of sand off the North Caro-
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Thursday, December "a. 1859
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-01-10
COrntdck Issues
90 Construction
Permits Since
October Is, 1852

A | m 0 s t 100000 in
construction permits were
issued in the last two and
one-half months of 1852, the
period when the new County
Building Inspector Donald
Cormack was in office.
Cormack, who works in
the office of County Tax AS
SCISSOR Claude Gandolfo, sub
mitted the 60 permits to
County Clerk Earl Adams
last week.
Largest single permit in the per-
iod from October 10 to December
Is was that of the Stock Island
dog track. The Key West Kennel
Club took out a permit of $50, 900
for this job which is expected to
be completed by February /. The
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Suntn,erIar,d Key,
Big Pine Key
ShOtU Busy Week

Svmmsrland Key and Big Pine
Key are active real estate mar
kets, according TO deeds filed at
the courthouse last week.
HUdgins and Alfonso sold lot
n, block ], Of SUmmerland Beach
addition No z for $500 to Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph 3. KaVanaush
Of Fort Meyers Beach.
Hudsins and Alfonso have also
sold for $500. lot 5 in Summer.
land Beach Addition No. !. Buyer
is Albert FladeIand. Port Orch.
ard, Washington.
Up on Big Pine Key. the Sands
Subdivision shows sales Of in
terest. Carl L. Justice, trustee for
Wilbur eager, II, Coral Way,
Coral Gables has sold for 81, 300,
10 lots in Sands Subdivision to
Mrs. Ella eager, Miami. Justice
also sold lots in Pine Crest Sub.
division, fen Of them TO Mrs.
Eager. Mrs. eager has sold two
Of the Sands lots to Mr.. and
Mrs. Marsfon L. Patterson for
$500.
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Building Boon, o., KEYS
Shown I'm 1852 Permits

club paid $500 to county for the
permit. Joseph Moretti is listed as
contractor.
Here are 10 of permits for the
period from October Is to Deem
Der 81.
A. Karson is building a $4,000
CHS house in Driftwood Estates.
Lamana Corporation is building
$4,000 CHS house in the Parrish
Subdivision.
Atlantic Refining company is
building a $1,000 edifice in Som
bero Subdivision No. 3.
Floyd Lamb is building a $4,000
CHS house in Section 6, Township
66, Range SO.
George Snare is building frame
structure for $1,000 in Anglers
Park Shores.
G. A. Johnson is building two
81, 900 frame edificeS in Marathon
Heights.
Frank Russo is repairing a CHS
dwelling for $3.50 in Sunkrest SUBJ
division.
Horace Laid is repairing frame
house at a cost of 1000 in John
Sonville.
d. D. Lett is building a CHS
hourse in Section 6, Township 81,
Range 80 at cost of $1,000.
S. Y. WINS is building a CHS
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house for 5000 in Grains Sub
division.
W. o. Snyder is building a frame
house for $500 in Plantation Beach
Artie McKensie is building for an
$500 series of 3 cabins in an I'M
specified location.
C. E. Regan is building an s., 600
dwelling at Matecumbe Ocean Bay
Subdivision.
Henry Wiedmann is building
CHS car porte at a cost of $500
in an unspecified location on the
Keys.
Henry Boggard Is building a
5000 frame house at the corner of
Sunset Avenue and Road "A on an
unspecified Key.
Frank Sandhammer is repairing
a frame building at a cost of
81 900 some where on the Keys.
Casa Islamorada took our a per.
NIT for 5000 in CHS construction
in STATIONS Subdivision some
where on the Keys.
Richard r. Arlt took out a per-
NIT for 5000 in CHS building at
Atlantic Shores.
S. H. Peach took out a permit
of $1,000 in Sombrero Subdivision
No. 2 for CHS building with two
stories.
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Dredging Permit
On Matecumbe

Herbert r. Roth, Box 326 Isla-
morada, has applied for an extern
sion Of time to December 81, 1855
to complete work under a permit
issued May -. 1949.
Roth applied to the U. S. Army
Corps Of Engineers to complete
dredging and constructing a break
water in Hawk Channel at his
property, lot five, Palm Harbor,
Upper Matecumbe Key. Monroe
County. The authorization expired
December 81, 1852.
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CRAB DOUBLES AS
MOUSE-CATCHER

Upton, Eng. R - Watch out,
cats, you've got competition. A
young crab has got itself a job
here as a mouSe-catcher.
The crab, due for the boiling
pot in Upton fiShmongers, escaped
from its crate last Saturday.
When found, it mad q mouse in
its pincers.
Since then, except for rest peri
DDS in a bowl of salt water, the
crab has been allowed to roam
the shop mouse-hunting.
Bag thus far: five mice.
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mayor of Los Angeles in the Arpil
primary.
Swift was fortnight in his rea-
son for seeking the office. He said
he wanted to fulfill "a childhood
ambition to get to the top" The
job pays $4,000 a year.
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HOTEL CLERK IN LA.
MAYORSHP RACE

Los ANGELES PA political
unknown, Robert f. Swift, Al, iden-
tifying himself as a hotel clerk,
has declared his candidacy for
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Wash your old powder puffs in
Soapy water, rinse well, and use
for polishing silverware, copper
or brass.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Water

The funds needed for the Dis
trict water system, including the
Washington Aqueduct. during
1854 are II per cent under what
is being spent this year
The budget calls for SIC, ,487 900
for the water system, $2,194, 900
less than the last appropriation
Total water revenues for 1854,
including surplus funds and Fed
eral loans. are estimated at more
than 81 million over what the
city plans to spend in the year
Despite the anticipated surplus,
the budget calls for a capital
outlay of $5,908,000. This will
continue important improve
ments to the city's water dis
tributing system and at the
Washington Aqueduct.
Major projects listed are
$3.50 900 for service water mains:
$4,000 for trunk water mains:
$120.000 for further work at the
Anacostia pumping station, and
$4.343.000 for major improve
ments at the Washington Aque-
duct such as continued construc-
ton of the pumping station at
Little Falls and new reservoir
at Fort Reno.
Evening star., 1953-01-09

the Health Department Is $12,-
490.700 with a capital outlay of
$95, 700. The new figure tops
last years appropriations of
$11. .727,375 by $763,32
A total of $4,000 capital out
lay is asked for equipment in
stallation for a building to house
high-tenSion electrical equip
ment at Glenn Dale Sanatorium.
A capital outlay of $75.700 is
asked for replacing boilers and
roofs at the tuberculosis hos
pital at Fourteenth and Upshur
streets NV, and converting
present elevator shafts in the
medical building at Gallinger to
incinerators.
New positions requested in the
budget include 20 at the Health
Department at cost of $115, ,155:
IS at Glenn Dale at a cost Of
$44, ,030: and % at Gallinger at
a cost Of s93,564.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Welfare

The Commissioners plan to
amend the $18,724,100 Public
Welfare Department request to
add ST million for expenditure
in fiscal 1854 toward the Chill
dren's Center at Laurel.
Appropriation of the whole
$3.7 million needed to combine
the city's two institutions for
delinquent colored juveniles into
one institution at the Children's.
Center will be asked. with only
81 million earmarked for spend
ing next year.
The center will concentrate
the citys child institutions ex-
cept for the Receiving Home and
the Junior Village. which houses
homeless but not delinquent chill
dren.
Other permanent improve
ments, totaling $794.000. re-
quested in the budget are:
Funds to equip the new in
firmary at the Home for the
fAged and Inflrm, $134.000; in
stall storm sewers and new
steam pipes at the present In
dustrial Home School for Colored
Children at Blue Plains. SIS. 900;
| for an employees residence for
the new Industrial Home School
for White Children now being
built at Laurel, $470,000. and
equipment for the school. $685.
900.
The budget request shows an
increase of $1,413.100 in operat-
ing costs for the department.
An additional $4,000 for the
present Industrial Home School
for Colored Girls. formerly the
National Training School for
Girls. would permit a sorely
needed capacity increase from
35 to 80.
Among personnel increases
sought are some designed to in
crease the efficiency of work in
public assistance and child well
fare. officials say the augmented
force would permit closer scru-
tiny of relief cases and more
thorough casework desirable from
the standpoint of preventing
child welfare problems.
It is estimated that care of
District patients in st. Eliza
beths Hospital will cost the de-
partment $9,480.000. This Is an
increase of $793.000 over last
year, rejecting increased popu-
lation and rising per capita
| inmate costs.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
FIRE

The Fire Department budget
calls for construction Of a long
sought fire house at Forty-ninth
and East Capitol streets at a
cost of $240.000.
The department asked the
Commissioners for this new fire
house as well as another one at
Twenty fourth and Irving streets
S. E., but the second one was
eliminated by the Commits
SionerS.
The budget totaled $5,582 900,
This is an increase of $262, 900
over the last appropriation. But
it is $332,000 short Of what the
department asked the Commis-
sioners to approve.
The budget contains an item
of SIS, ,655 to restore between
is and 20 lapsed jobs. This
money was cut from the budget
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Corrections

A total of $4,253, 900 to run the
Department of Corrections is
provided. This is only an increase
of $190,500 over this years ap-
preparation.
Among capital outlay items
was a request for $4,000 to con-
tinue operation of a control CEN
ter, on which $180.000 has
already been appropriated this
year. This building will house the
Offices at Lorton, and enable
some employees to vacate dormi-
tories they are now using for
Offices and provide space for $50
prisoners.
Nine new positions are pro-
vided.
The care Of District prisoners
in United States jails and peni-
tentiaries will cost $787 1896 next
year.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Police

The Metropolitan Police De-
partment budget calls for res
toration of some 100000 cut
last year which would allow the
recruiting of about lit new po-
licemen.
Need for additional person
mel has been pointed up recently
by both Police Chief Robert v
Murray and Commissioner F.
Joseph Donohue. Both have
maintained the lack of policemen
is a major reason for the rise
in serious crime in the city since
summer.
The new men would bring the
police force up to 2,201 men. This
is still below the authorized
strength of 1880. Commits
sioner Donohue has maintained
the city needs a force of $500
men.
The department now has 206
vacancies but has not been able
to fill them because of lack of
funds.
Recruiting Project Baked.
Last summer. the police de-
partment embarked on a re-
cruiting program to fill its va
cancies. But. before the pro-
gram could materialize, Con-
greSS slashed the funds allotted
for the untitled jobs. Chief Muir
ray recently said he felt the de-
partment could recruit new po-
licemen now If funds were avail
able.
The budget also calls for seven
special promotions-a new in
spector. four captains and two
new lieutenants. All of these
except two of the captains would
be used in the new Morals Di-
vision headed by Inspector Clar-
ence LutZ.
One Of the captains would be
q liaison man with the courts
and the other would be with the
juvenile squad.
The Police Department budget
totaled $10.519.000, an increase
of $469,000 over last years ap-
preparation. Most of the in
crease was to provide for the sal
aries cut off by Congress last
summer.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Health

Payment to private hospitals
here for care of District-certified
medically INDECENT patients would
be increased from $40 a day to
1894. under provisions Of the
Health Departments fiscal
budget for 1854.
Health Officer Daniel L. Seek
niger has asked $787 900 to reim-
burse eight private hospitals and
the Washington Home for In
curables for care of District
residents who cannot afford to
pay for disqualification. Under
the departments proposed
budget for fiscal 1854, hospitals
would have been paid $3.50 for
every clinic visit by INDECENT
outpatients. However. the new
budget keeps the old figure of
50, cut by the Commissioners
and the budget office.
This years total estimate by
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Library

The long-sought second book
mobile is included in the Com
missioners' budget request OF
$1.636, 900 for the Public Library.
In addition, the city heads seek
SCI 900 for remodelng the read
ing room and completing reno
vations in the basement of the
central library.
The library's request for
$160,000 for plans and specifica-
tions for major extension of the
central library is not included.
but this project is part of the
Addison six-year program.
The library'S need for in
creased operating expenses of
$85, 900 stems primarily from an
ticipated staff and equipment
for the new Cleveland Park Ii
brary branch and the new
bookmobile.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
grounds at Terrell Junior High
and white Chamberlain Voca-
tional HIGH

grounds at Terrell Junior High
and white Chamberlain Voca-
tional High.
The city heads chopped a re-
quested $3.50, 900 for furniture and
equipment to $4,000. and a re-
quested $4,000 for improving
school lighting to $4,000. The
book and supply budget was
slashed from $20,969 to $10,26O.
Funds for eliminating fire haz-
ards in old buildings were cut
from $3.50, 900 to 100000.
Denied were requests for 81
librarians. IA grade school clerks.
four entertaining teachers and
a business teacher for Miner
Teachers College. The city
heads also turned down a move
to hire % new music teachers
and buy $4,000 worth of musical
instruments.
A pSychiatric social worker for
the Negro schools was approved,
and so were seven new clerks.
But Is other clerks were dropped.
Granted was an $4,000 in
crease in funds to pay substi-
tute teachers.
Funds for IS of the new
Negro teachers were approved
specifically. The other 80 SAL
aries will be transferred per-
manently from the white schools.
mostly in connection with re-
tirements. Fifty salaries were
transferred permanently this
year.
The lit new Negro teachers
won't meet the expected need
next fall. because teachers must
be requested on the basis Of last
falls enrolment.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
National
Geological Park

A $4,000 request to run steam
into the Zoos bird house is in
cluded in the Commissioners
proposed Zoo budget of 1864, 100.
The $4,000 figure represents
the only construction item re-
quested by Zoo officials. Their
request for $646.000 in operating
expenses, however, was trimmed
to $629, 100. Provision was made
for one additional employe,
against four new positions asked
by Zoo officials.
The steam heat system in the
bird house would replace an OIL
burner system more than rs
years old. Officials said the new
system would mean a saving of
$4,000 a year in fuel bills.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Streets and
Bridges

Funds to begin plans for a new
Potomac River Bridge and for
the proposed Southwest freeway
are included in the $10.817. 900
request for the Highway Depart
ment's street and bridge pro-
grams.
The $10.8 million figure is $2.6
million above current appropria-
tions, with most of the increase
coming in capital outlays. The
request calls for $2.911, 900 in
operating expenses and $7,906. 900
in capital outlay.
In addition to 100000 for a
new river span and 100000 for
the freeway plans. the request
includes $3.6 million for con-
tinuing the East Capitol Street
Bridge and 81 million for build
ing a Kenilworth avenue-Deane
avenue NE. overpass tying In
Evening star., 1953-01-09
S7,S62,1OO Requested
To Run Naval Academy
BY The Assoeiuted Press

President Truman requested
1882, 100 for operation of the
Naval Academy at Annapolis,
Md, in his budget sent to Con-
greSs today.
The new request for funds for
the year starting July l is
slightly greater than the ST.
10000 appropriated for the cur
rent year. The appropriation
for the preceding year was
$7,381.579.
The academy's estimated
needs are included in a $92, ,100,-
600 request for funds to meet
general Navy expenses, including
training of Navy personnel. This
total figure compares with
$sS,5s0. 900 appropriated for the
year ending June 80.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Funds Asked to Start BUILDING
HOSPITAL Center and VA Unit

construction could start soon
after the beginning of the fiscal
year-if the authority is pro-
vided.
The proposed structure, con-
tanning 500 beds, is needed to re-
place Mount Alto Hospital on
Wisconsin avenue which is un-
able to handle cases in the
Metropolitan Area. Some cases
have to be sent to Martinsburg,
w. Va; Perry Point, Md, and
even as far away as Newport
News. Va.
S11.4 Million Voted.
In an amendment to the Hos
pital Center Act, $11 million was
appropriated by Congress last
year for additional hospital ia
cilities for six hospitals outside
of those in the Hospital Center
Act. These include Providence,
Sibley. Casualty, Children's, Ma
tional Homeopathic and Colum-
bia. No additional funds are
requested under this amendment
for 1854. Columbia is the only
hospital yet to submit plans to
the GSA for additional facilities.
Under this amendment, hospitals
draw so per cent of funds needed
for construction.
In another construction move,
st. Elizabeth's Hospital, under
the Federal Security Agency. is
asking an appropriation of $685.
900 for the preparation of plans
and specifications of a new
maximum security building" ="
The present structure, Howard
Hall. houses prisoners and other
patients requiring maximum
security care. The structure,
erected in 1887, is obsolete, de-
Perforated. and overcrowded, &C
cording to officials at the hospi-
tai.
$4,000 for Freedmen's Hospital.
Freedmen's Hospital, also under
the Federal Security Agency. is
asking $4,000 for a long-range
survey to determine additional
facilities needed at the hospital
in relation to its function as a
teaching hospital for Howard
University Medical School and as
a community hospital in the Dis
trict. An evaluation, by an out
side hospital consultant group.
would be made of the present
structure to determine along
what lines a new building pro-
gram, If needed, would be
planned.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Three New Schools
And III Teachers
Requested for DC.
By jones 6. Deone

Three new public schools and
lit new Negro teachers for the
District are being asked Of Con-
gress for the year starting next
July l.
The lit new teachers are just
what school officials asked for.
The three new schools are only
half the number they requested,
however. And the Commissioners
also knocked out some other
major items.
School officials asked for just
under $50 million-a $40 mil
lion increase over current year
funds. The city heads approved
$28.377 .400-an increase Of $2.6
million.
Construction funds were slashed
from requested $9.8 million
to $2.936, 900. That's still almost
three times as much as the cur
rent year.
Buildings for Negroes.
Approved new buildings are all
for Negroes. Three additions to
Negro schools also were indorsed.
The approved projects are:
Grade school at Fifty-sixt
and East Capitol streets N. E.;
grade school at Stanton and
Elvans roads Sc: junior high
school at Forty-second and Grant
streets NE: and additions to
Syphax School. Half street be-
tween N and o streets S.W.:
Terrell Junior High, First and
Pierce streets NV. and Doug
las Junior High. Pomeroy and
Stanton roads Sc.
Approved were a $4,000 land
purchase to expand Anacostia
High Schools playground, and
a $4,000 rifle range for Coolidge
High School. These are the only
major projects at white schools.
Also approved were $4,000 for
heating units for high school
greenhouses, $4,000 worth of
new lockers for various schools,
and $4,000 worth of movie pro-
iectors.
Followed Priority List.
The Commissioners followed
school officials own priority list
on capital projects except for
the Anacostia playground That
was at the bottom of the list.
Knocked out were these prof.
ects: New administration build
ing. new Negro Van Ness School,
a white junior high at Fourth
street and Mississippi avenue
Sc. a Negro grade school near
Thirteenth and S streets NV,
and site purchases for an addi-
ton to the Negro Washington
Vocational School and play
Evening star., 1953-01-09
Anti-Noise Item
For D. C.. Schools
Cut Out of Budget

Noisy District schools will
have to stay that way for an.
other year.
School officials asked for
$4,000 in the next budget to
put acoustical tile in old
school buildings to cut down
noise. The District budget re.
quest to Congress. made public
today, left out the item.
Evening star., 1953-01-09
By John McKeIwoy

Beginning construction on the
long sought District hospital
center and the proposed new
Veterans Administration Hos
pital-both on the grounds of
Soldiers Home-are contem-
plated in the budget sent to Con-
gress today by President Tru-
man.
Bids will be taken on the $22
million hospital center some time
in January, 1854. The General
Services Administration budget
estimates ask a SO million ap-
preparation for this construction
during fiscal 1854 out of $l9.5
million fund, already authorized
Some $2.2 million has been spent
on the preliminary plans of the
hospital.
The center, expected to be
completed in 1856, will incorpo-
rate the facilities of Emergency
Garfield and Episcopal Hospitals.
The center's originally proposed
1000 beds has been cut to 800,
but plans are still anything but
definite.
u. S. to Receive Property.
The Government, on compile
ton of the center. will receive
the property and facilities now
owned by the three hospitals.
The VA hospital money is con-
tanned IN a VA request for four
hospitals throughout the country
in an $50 million program. Plans
for the Washington hospital
were halted last year when Con-
gress failed to give the obliga-
tional authority to contract. The
planning has progressed to the
stage where it is expected that