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Evening star., 1953-10-02
Frank Mum, Golden Voice.
On NBC Radio Shows

The golden voice" subse-
uuently became familiar to mil
lions as he progressed to such
NBC shows as "Waltz Time" and
American Album of the Air"
He was soloist on the album"
show from 1881 until he retired
in 1916.
Never Sang in Night Clubs.
Mr.. Mum never sang profess
sionally in night clubs, concert
halls, theaters or motion pictures.
He first appeared in radio un-
der the name of Paul Oliver. Not
a tall man Is feet 7 inches), he
weighed we'll over 200 pounds.
Among his most popular songs
were Forgotten" "Roses Of
Picardy." Somewhere a Voice Is
Calling" and "Auf Wiedersehn." "
In his programs he often was
teamed with Jean Dickinson,
noted soprano.
He is survived by his widow
and a brother Percy of Orange
City, Fla.
Funeral arrangements were
not Immediately announced.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
{. R. Stewart Dies,
Ex-MayIand Auditor
And U.S.. Accountant

Edmund r. Stewart, II, prom
inent government and public ac-
countant, died today of cancer
in Doctors Hospital.
Mr.. Stewart was chosen by
Gov. Ritchie to be Maryland
State auditor in 1929, after ir-
regularities had been discovered
in the Maryland Roads Commits
sion. In the States examination
and prosecution of the Park
Bank and it's officials in 1884,
Mr.. Stewart played a leading
part.
A native of Baltimore. Mr..
Stewart was a descendant of the
Mason and Grafflin families,
whose original home and textile
mill were on the present site
of Woodlawn Cemetery there.
He will be buried in Woodlawn
Cemetery at 2:30 pm. Monday,
after services at the Robert A.
Pumphrey funeral home, 1857
Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda, at
II am.
Express Rate Expert.
During his service with the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion from 1909 to 1916. Mr..
Stewart represented the Gov
ernment in express rate and ad-
vance rate cases, becoming rec
ognized as an expert in that
field. During World War I, he
was assigned by President VIII
son to investigate increases in
ocean freight rates, and placed
in charge of the Panama Canal
rate cases.
From 1916 to 1920, Mr.. Stewart
was employed by the Davis Coal
& Coke Co. as director of sew
eral organizations controlled by
it. He practiced as an account
ant in Baltimore from 1920 to
1923. Until 1929 he was senior
accountant with the firm of Pat
terson, Teele & Dennis.
Served With RFC.
Mr.. Stewart left the Maryland
government after Gov. Ritchie's
death, returning to Federal
service in Washington with the
Social Security Board and the
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
He is survived by his widow,
Anna Elizabeth Stewart; a son,
Rae Winchester Stewart, an
examiner in the Office of the
Army Controller General. both
of 1904 Colston drive, Silver
Spring, and a daughter, Mrs.
Marie Elizabeth Sobeck, Ro-
anoke. Va.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. Prank
Mum, 81, who rose from factory
boy to become the golden voice
of radio" died yesterday.
The Irish tenor retired seven
years ago but his fame fingered
as a result of % years as a radio
and recording artist. During
his career he always had COM
mercial sponsor.
Mr.. Mum collapsed while Wis
iting at the home of his brother
in-law, Carl Weissner. in ST. AL
bans, Queens. The singers wife,
Anne, was with him at the time.
The Munns resided in South
Hampton Shores on Long Island.
Cause of death was not an
nounced.
Mr.. Mum, the son of a Bronx
policeman, was orphaned while
still an infant. He was reared
by his grandmother.
He started work as a $3-a-
week shuttle boy in an embroid-
cry factory. It was said that he
began singing then, humming in
rhythm with the roll of the fac
tory machines.
MemOriZed Songs.
He could not read music but
memorized songs by playing re-
cordings repeatedly until he
could mimic every bit of "busi-
ness" in putting over ballad.
In his spare time he appeared
in amateur concerts, recreation
clubs and churches. Gustave
Haenschen, National Broadcast
ing Co. conductor. heard the
young singer and offered him
$500 to make a record of Little
Mother O. Mine" for Brunswick
In 1923 Mr.. Haenschen helped
him get job with a New Jersey
radio station on the Brunswick
Hour of Music" and introduced
the newcomer as "The Golden
Voice Of Radio"
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Mrs. Ida Monda Manion,
Veteran in Vaudeville
BY the Assoeiated Press

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Oct.
2.-Funeral services are planned
tomorrow for Mrs. Ida Monda
Jennings Manion. 10. a Broad
way ingenue and vaudeville per-
former in the early 1900s. She
died yesterday at her home.
She and her husband, Ray
mond Manion, comprised the
vaudeville team of "Glendower
and Manion." They appeared
also in numerous top plays of
the period with Eva Tanguay.
William Faversham and other
stars.
The couple married in 1902 at
Sacramento, Calf, with Prize
fighter Bob Fitzsimmons as best
man.
Mrs. Manion is survived by her
husband.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Anuftltttn

CORNFIELD, PHILIP. The unveiling Of
monument to the memory of the late
PHILIP CORNFIELD will be held at
Mount ebsnon oeTSeer oe@efery T. RisSs
extended, in Maryland: Relatives and
friends invited THE FAMILY. 4
GREENBERG, SAMUEL. The unveiling
OF monument to the memory. of the
late SAMUEL GREENBERG, beloved
husband and father, will be held on
SUNDAY day October @ 4, 1923 5a, at 2;3o .pa pm.,
MRS. NELLIE GREENBERG AND
CHILDREN.
BOLTZ. ISADORE. An unveiling Of a
monument to the memory of our late
@ husband and father; IsADoRE HoLTz'
Td1ls be held on sEndss' day s}Gs 0Gsobsg navid
Memorial Mem; cemeters. ii a. 'h Relatives alive land and
friends invited.
KAHANOV, MILE. The unveilinR of
ts e shs Sso2eg S6tber OF she
will be held on Sunday. October 4,
1853. at 2 pm. at the Tifereth Israel
Cemetery (old). Leaving from 1912
RsatiIes Rsn Bgrea and st. friend, nw at invited d0
THE CHILDREN.
MILLER, IRVING and RAE. A monu-
and RAE MILLER will be held on
Sunday. october a. 1858, at I a. M
hwy Falls Church. Va. Relatives and
friends invited. THE FAMILY. 4
REYNOLDS, ZELDA. There will be an
unveiling of a monument in memory
of the late ZELDA REYNOLDS, daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Jacks. on
Sunday, October 4, 1858. at . pm,
at the Kesher Israel Cemetery. Central
ave Assemble at the Kesher Israel
Synagogue, 2S01 St NV, at l:3O
pm.
WINSTON, JOEL. The unveiling of
headstone in the memory of our be-
loved husband and father. the late
JOEL WINSTON. will be held on Sun
day. october 4, 1858. at 1880 am,
at Mount Lebanon Cemetery. Friends
are invited to attend.
MRS. RAY WINSTON AND FAMILY.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Bernard A. Rondeau, 50,
Retired Lock Firm Official

Funeral services for Bernard
A. Rondeau, SO, retired superin-
tendent of the York (Pa0 Safe
and Lock Co., who died Wednes-
day, will be held at 10 am. to-
morrow in st. AIMS Catholic
Church, Wisconsin avenue and
Yuma street NV.
Mr.. Dondeau, who lived at
1885 Harrison street NV, had
travelled to all parts of the world
during his 80 years with the lock
company. He lived at Santa
Barbara, Calf, when he retired,
and came to Washington four
years ago.
He was native of Cincinnati.
His father and grandfather had
been vault and safe builders in
Ohio.
His widow, Mrs. Rene r. Ron
deau, survives him, as do his
daughter, Mrs. Presh Armstrong,
of the Hamilton street address,
and a brother, John j. Rondeau,
Portland, Ore.
Evening star., 1953-10-02

paratus then will leave for pre-
arranged concentration points
already designated for assembly
in event of an actual enemy at
tack on Washington.
There will be four concentra-
ton points Sunday, under the
direction of Floyd B. Heimer of
the Branchville Fire Depart
ment, Robert j. Smith of West
Lanham Hills, Ralph Small Of
Boulevard Heights and Claire
Loughmiller of Morningside.
Two in Charge.
Joe Sonnabend of Riverdale
Heights, civil defense deputy for
fire service in Prince Georges
County, will have charge of the
drill. Howard Larcombe Of Sill
yer Spring will head the Mont
gomery County group.
While it is not under direct
sponsorship of civil defense au-
thoritieS, at least two top State
officials will be present. They are
State Civil Defense Training
Deputy Robert Creighan Of
Pikesville and Prince Georges
County Civil Defense Director
P. E. Clarke.
The Fire Extension Service Of
the University of Maryland also
will be interested observers under
it's director, Robert c. Byrus. The
extension service expects to
gather valuable information on
long-diStance pumping relays for
the Pumping Engine Standards
Committee of the National Fire
Protection Association. Mr.. Byrus
is member of the committee.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Painter John Marin, 81;
Noted as Wafer CoIorist
By the Associnted Press

ADDISON, Me-, Oct. John
Marin, 81. noted watercolor
artist, died yesterday at his
summer home. He had been
bedridden for seven weeks.
A native of Rutherford, N. j.,
he maintained a winter home at
Cliffside Park, N. j.
His work hangs in many i'm
portant American and European
galleries. In 1948 he received the
fine arts medal of the Amer
ican Institute of Architects.
Mr.. Marin studied at Stevens
Institute of Technology, the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, the Art Students League
in New York and in Paris.
He held several one-man
shows of sea and landscapes in
New York, including one at the
Museum of Modern Art in 1896.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Maryland FIemen to Stage
Civil Defense Games Sunday

Volunteer flremen from SO
nearby Maryland communities
will converge on the Suitland
(Md.) area Sunday in q civil de-
fenSe exercise Stimulating a
bombing of the Governments
Census Bureau buildings there.
It will be similar to the recent
Operation Fireball" exercise
held at the Tidal Basin in Wash
ington.
This time, however. it is the
f1remen who are conducting the
drill, not Civil Defense authori-
ties.
According to the Prince
Georges County Volunteer Fire
mems Association, one Of the
sponsors Of Sundays affair, the
project is to convince the fire.
men that delays and criticisms
directed at them in the Wash
ington exercise July 19 were not
their fault.
Operation Relay"
This weeks exercise has been
designated Operation Relay
and will involve some 800 volun-
teer fire fighters from Prince
Georges County and another rs
or SO from Montgomery County.
Dozens of fire trucks will par
ticipate, and a highlight will be
the setting up of eight fire
streams 2 miles in length. Water
will be pumped from gravel pits
in the Suitland area to the
Census Bureau.
Companies participating in the
operation will sound their ST.
rens at 8 am. Sunday. Fire ap-
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Louis {. Oscar, Aide
Al Bureau Of Standards

Louis c. Oscar, 81, a materials
engineer in the cement division
of the Bureau of Standards, died
today in Emergency Hospital
after a three-months illness.
A native of Washington, he
was graduated from Mckinley
High School and George Wash
ington University before going
to work for the bureau. He lived
at 623 Missouri avenue NV.
Mr.. Oscar, who was unmarried,
is survived by three sisters, Mrs.
Lena o. Gerber, 1920 Connecti-
cut avenue NV; Mrs. Ida
Shapiro, 1860 Peabody street
NV, and Mrs. Israel Diamond,
1925 Webster street, and a
brother, Benjamin Oscar, 6420
Eighteenth street NV.
Services will be held in DAN
zansky's funeral home, 1901
Fourteenth street NV, at l pm.
Sunday, with burial in King
David Cemetery, Falls Church,
Va.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
August Road Deaths Rise A.,
But 1853 Rate Is Low
By the Associoted Press

CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-Traffic
accidents took more lives in Au-
gust than in any previous month
this year.
The National Safety Council,
in reporting that finding yester-
day, placed the August toll at
3,700.
That raised the total of IA
talities in motor vehicle acci-
dents to 24,120 for the first eight
months of 1953-an increase of 2
per cent over the number in the
corresponding period last year.
But the council said the 1858
record is not as bad as it would
seem at first glance. 1t said the
travel in the first seven months
of 1853 showed a gain of per
cent, while fatalities rose only
2 per cent. 1t added:
"The mileage death rate
deaths per 100 million miles
for the seven months was 6.5,
the lowest ever recorded"
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Mrs. Price Collier, SO,
Lost DeIuno Survivor
sy the Assoeiated Pres.

TUXEDO PARK, N. Y, Oct. 2.
Mrs. Price Collier, SO, last sur
vivor of the Delano family, died
yesterday at her home. She was
a sister of the late Sarah Delano
Roosevelt, mother of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
She is survived by three daugh-
ters, including Representative
Katherine st. George, Republi-
can, of New York.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Mrs. Alice K. Stevens, g,
Former U. 5. EmpIoYe

Mrs. Alice Kenney Stevens, SO,
former Government employe
here for 26 years, died Tuesday
in the Eastern Star Masonic
Home in Arlington.
She was born in Charles Town.
w. Va, and was the widow of
Charles E. Stevens of Lynchburg.
Her parents were Judge John w.
and Sarah Rutherford Kenney
of Charles Town and Wheeling.
For a number of years she lived
with Mrs. Nelson A. Coleman
and Mrs. E. B. Reed in Charles
Town.
Mrs. Stevens had no immediate
survivors. Services were to be
held today at Zion Episcopal
Church in Charles Town.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Third Polio Case
In Loudoun Listed
Special Dispoteh 10 The Star

LEESBURG, Va, Oct. o.
Loudoun County'S third polio
case this season was reported
yesterday by DR.. Charles c..
Souder, health officer.
The victim, a 10-year-old boy
of Hillsboro, was taken to Chill
drens' Hospital in Washington
Wednesday afternoon. His case
is described as mild.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Leslie |. Forgrave, II,
Newspaper Cartoonist
By the Asseeiated Press

PIPERSVILLE, Pa, Oct. g.
Leslie L. Forgrave, II, active in
various phases of the newspaper
industry and for 81 years car
toonist and creator of the King
Features Syndicate comic strip,
big Sister," is dead at II.
Prior to starting the feature,
Mr.. Forgrave was an engraver,
fashion artist and advertising art
director.
A native Of Leon, Iowa, Mr..
Forgrave worked in st. Joseph,
Mo-: Houston, Tex; Chicago,
New Orleans and Toronto.
Surviving are his widow, a
daughter and a brother.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Actress Has Third Child

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Oct.
2 (P.-Actress Esther Williams
gave birth yesterday to her third
child. The infant. Susan, born
in Santa Monica Hospital,
weighed 7 pounds, Is ounces.
Miss Williams and her husband,
Ben Gage, also have two sons,
Benjamin, 4, and Kimball, 8.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Crush Kills Jet Pilot

LAS VEGAS, New, Oct. 2 (P).
Second 1t. Winston H. Murph-
rec, jr., %, Florence, Ala, was
killed yesterday in the crash of
his F-86 Sabre jet fighter two
miles north of Nellis Air Force
Base. He was on a training mis-
sion.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
nORsEY. JosEPH A. (PETEl. on Tues

DORSEY, JOSEPH 4. (PETE). On Tues
day, September 20, 1858. JOSEPH
PETE) DORSEY. son of the late
Mrs, Elizabeth O'Neil of New York
City and Mrs. Helene C.: Bowen ot
Falls Church, Va. Friends may cal
at the Lee Funeral Home, Atm st.
and Mass. ave. ne. where prayers
will be offered on Monday. october. 5,
at 1890 pm. Interment Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
RAYMOND G. FREMEAU. President.
STANLEY D. BRADSHAW. Sec.

CHICK, KATIE. On Wednesday. Sep
tember 80, 1853, at her residence, 935
Kennedy st. NV, KATIE CHICK be-
loved wife of Jack Chick and devoted
sister of Mrs. Dora Tennenbaum of
New York, Mrs. Leah Dorrman, Able
Solomon of Minneapolis, Mimi. and
Bernard Danzansky g. Son Funeral
Home, 35O1 14th st. NV. on Friday.
October ,. at pm. Interment Obey
Sholom Cemetery. Memorial week, 935
Kennedy st, NV.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
1n' Mrtttnrtattt

JAMES BELT, who departed this life
twenty-one years ago today. october
2. 1882.
Although he is gone,
His memory fingers on.
Evening star., 1953-10-02

FUNERAL DESIGNS.
GEO. c. SHAFFER, INC.
Expressive Floral Tributes. Moderate
prices. Open daily. Sun. holidays. Phone
orders also accepted $50 to 9 p m. week
nights. 900 l4th St. NV. Ma. S-0lO6.
GUDE BROS. CO, FLORISTS
1919 st. NV. Ma. 8-4276
RinoIdi Funeral Home
S16 H st. NE. Ii. 3-4SSO
Evening star., 1953-10-02

FAIR, MARION p. Suddenly. on IQeS-
day. September 30, 1858. MARION P.
FAIR of 1914 5th st. NV. He is sur
one cousin. Mamie Fair of New. York
City; three sisters-in-law, two broth
ers-in-law. two devoted friends and a
After 3 pm. Friday, october 2. friends
may cali at the Taylor Funeral Home,
1925 11th st. NV. Services will be
held on Saturday, October 3. at l
u,ni', at the above funeral home, Rev.
Rollins oficiating. Interment Lincoln
hennorial Cemetery
Evening star., 1953-10-02

members of Columbia
& nhEEFM Lodge, No. 126. Loyal order
~IR of Moose, are hereby notl-
kESA fed of the death of Brother
Director MALCOLM r.
GEORGE GRIFFIN, Gov.
LESLIE E. HAGAN. Sec. 2
Evening star., 1953-10-02

tuesday. September 20, 1858, WILLIAM
o. BROOKS, beloved husband of Virgie
Brooks, father of Helen Chase. Elsie
Fleet, Evleen Green. Laura Harper.
Alberta Lee. Lewis, Leo, Charles and
Virginia Brooks: stepfather of Earl
Gross and brother of Bernard Brooks.
Remains resting at his daughters resi-
dence, Eyleen Green. Danville. Md.
after pm. Friday. october ,. Fu-
neral from the above residence on
Saturday. october 3. at l:30 o.m.
Services at the Asbury M. E: Church
at 2 pm. Interment church Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1953-10-02

CARTER. DELLA BLAME. On Wednes:-
day. September 30 1853, DELLA
loving mother of Emet and Julia
Woody, Mrs. Pearl Davis and Mrs. Lii,
lian Garland. She also is. survived
by many other relatives and friends
After pm. Friday, october . friends
may call at the Frazier Funeral Home
3S9 r. l. ave. NV, where services
will be held on Saturday, october 3,
at l pm, Rev. E. c. Smith officiating:
1nterment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.2
Evening star., 1953-10-02

JOSEPH NJ. Printing Press-
mems Union, No. /, regret to
announce the death ot JO-
| SEPH M. CHACHO on Tues
!. day. September 80. 1853. Flu
neral services we're held on
Friday, october .. at the
st. Francis de Sales Church.
1t was in Arlington National
Evening star., 1953-10-02

BUTLER, LAURA. Suddenly, on We'd
nesday, September 30, 1858, at her
residence, 2317 Elvans. rd. Sc, LAURA
Butler, mother of Mrs Elizabeth CHS
ley, Mrs. Helen Monroe and Miss Doro-
thy Butler; sister of James, Harry and
Louis Proctor. Also surviving are
ten grandchildren, six great-granGchil-
dren, other relatives and many friends.
After 5 pm. Friday. october .. friends
may cali at the Rollins Funeral Home.
1889 Hunt pl. ne. Requiem mass will
be said on Saturday, october 3. at 8
am, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Catholic Church. Interment Mount
OliVet Cemetery
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-27
New Glasses In
Adult Education
Will Be Formed

Three new classes are being
formed for adults in the Evening
Division of Key West High School,
ii was announced today.
A class In Crafts viii include
leather work. ceramics, aluminium
etching, hand painted china, tex
tile painting. copper tooling, shell.
craft, driftwood lamp construction,
and general woodworking. This
class viii meet on Monday and
Wednesday evenings from Z to
p. m. beginning on November z.
A second class in English for
Foreign Speaking Persons is being
organized TO meet the local need of
persons who find it difficult 10
speak, read and write English. As
this class progresses. a study Of
citizenship. mathematics, science
and social studies viii be added.
1t viii meet on Tueday and Thurs
day evenings from to . beginning
on November 10.
A third class in Public Speaking
lis being offered to adults who de-
sire knowledge of the fundamen-
tails of speech, speech compositiln,
Continued On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-27
Polio Count In
Monroe County
Reaches S.

Monroe County's polio count for
1858 today stood at IS cases.
Two new cases reported by the
Monroe County Heath Unit involv-
ed two infant boys. both Navy de.
pendents and both stricken with
a paralytic form OF the disease.
Neither Of the children had gam.
ma globulin shots.
One of the boys Is a year old.
The other Is two years and seven
months. Both cases had the onset
of the disease last Saturday and
were reported 10 the health unit
yesterday.
Meanwhile. Dade County report.
ed its third polio death Of the year.
Last year. up to this date. nine
persons had died of the disease In
Dade County. So far this year.
Dade County has had no cases Of
polio. The figure for this time last
year was 202 cases.
Forty-one Of Monroe County's
1858 cases have involved Navy
personnel or IVY dependents. Last
year the Monroe County total was
IL cases.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-27

For q new deal In Key West vote
Lever IA for P. A. McMasters
for Mayor-tPd. Pol. Adv
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-27
Lang Defends Street Program
In Statement To Commission

the reason for a prompt and ex-
tensive street program.
"What action was possible? AS
phalt concrete streets were out OF
the question under the circum-
stances. Let me point out that II
asphaltic concrete streets had been
laid over the area already treated
that roughly half of the cigarette
tax money would already have
been expended. The balance of the
cigarette tax money would be re-
quired to complete this first step.
This would mean that three
fovrshs Of the citizens would have
to wait years for fhs City 70 &C.
evmvlate enough money 70 give
them shs improved streets they
deserve now. Furthermore. The
City would have faced an insvr.
movnfabIe task Of keeping IS per
cent Of our streets In psssabis
condition, continuing 10 patch.
patch, patch. spending money
day after day on poshoIss ihsf
get larger and larger. Then re-
patching the patches sftsr every
rsinl
cit is all very well to speak Of
the highest-priced streets but pay.
ing for them with monies avail
able is omething else. Let me call
your attention to the fact that upon
our taxpayers falls the problem Of
replacing the streets ruined by the
sewers. The sewer contract orr.
ginally included hundreds Of thou.
sands of dollars for pavement re.
placement. This sum had to be
eliminated because not enough mo-
lney was available to include this
| item in the sewer contract.
"Yet these streets must be re
paired. And with city funds. It
therefore, became the first pro
blem of the City Manager to pro
vide for some means of caring fol
these streets. The present methot
was selected because ii was with
in our means to pay and because
we could supplement the contrac
Continue On Page Two)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-27
Gerald Adams Is
Named As 33rd
Degree Mason

Ross c. Sawyer, 33rd degree
Mason. who returned Monday after
attending the Supreme Council
meeting last week 10 Washington,
d. C., confirmed the election Of the
following Scottish Rite Masons Of
Key West:
Gerald H Adams to the 33rd de.
gree; Oswald J. Sheppard and
Charles H. Smith 10 knight Com
mander Court of Honor.
Joining Sawyer at Gainesville 10
see the University Of Florida home.
coming game against LSU were
Mr.. and Mrs. Sydney e. Mathews
and Miss Florence E. Sawyer, his
daughters and son-,n-law. Sawyer
was student at the University 20
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-27

A change In Key West can only
be had when P. A, McMasters is
Mayor-tPd. Pol. Adv
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-27

City Manager Victor Lang last
night released the following state
ment to the City Commission In de-
tense of the current street pro.
gram:
Memo to Commissioners:
"For over thirty years the sur
face asphalt streets of Key West,
with few exceptions. have been de-
teriorating with no attention other
than patching. Patch, patch, patch
has been the curse of the main
tenance department for years. Elk
pensive and unsatisfactory.
''The situation has become out
of hand; particularly in view Of the
extensive work necessary for re-
pairing the streets damaged by the
sewer lines. Immediate action was
necessary if the streets were ia
remain passable. This need was