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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
Legion Reveals
Plans For So
Fla. Boys State
Local High School
Students Will Be
Selected To Attend
Event June 21-27

Arthur Sawyer Post No. %, Am
erican Legion, announced today
that the annual Boys State pro-
gram would be held in Tallahassee
June 21-27th.
Post Commander Vance c. Stir
rup today indicated that Boys
State may best be defined as an
objective citizenship school which
avails boys with better oppor-
tunity to earn and understand the
basic principles underlying our Re-
preventative Government. Boys
State developed from an idea that
youth should be offered a better
perspective of the practical opera
ton of government.
The Key West High School
Faculty are now selecting boys
TO attend this years session. No
boy Is eligible 10 attend Boys
State unless he had completed
his junior year in high school and
has st least one more semester
Of high school remaining. Only
boys with outstanding qvslifiea.
tions leadership. courage. hon
or. loyalty, service are selected.
Boys from every part 81 Flori-
do will form tho 1859 Florida
Boys State.
Upon arrival In Tallahassee, and
grouping into cities and counties,
the 10Th state win be created.
For seven days the citizens of the
new state" will carry out all
functions of government, taking
the basic laws and procedure Of
the State of Florida as q guide.
The program Is free of all pro-
paganda and positively non-politi.
cal, and there is definitely nothing
military allowed in the program.
From the boys attending the ses-
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
Nonresident
Welfare Cases
Are Discussed
Closer Check
On Non-Paying
Patients To Be
Conducted Here

Non-residents Of Monroe roun.
ty are taking advantage Of the
Monroe General hospital and
claiming they cannot pay for SER
vice. ii was brought out at a meet.
ing of the Hospital Board Tuesday
night.
County Commissioners who run
the hospital convened as Hospital
Governors Immediately after the
Commission meeting.
Administrator OF me Hospital
Willard Albury pointed ous That
last year fren January 81, 1851
10 February ]. 1859. $I3,sl3 In
bills were run Up BY patients
who couldn't Or would not pay.
That's why We get In fine
red" Aibvry said.
Though careful checking of all
welfare cases is made by County
Service officer Jack Baker, before
certification. emergency cases are
brought in with clearance and turn
out to be either unwilling to pay
or indigents from other counties
and states.
we have snewkiFdx who GENE
10 Key West. falling apart and
Continued on Page Three
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Scottish Rite
Group Plans Trip
ToLake Worth

Reservations viii be taken at
the Scottish Rite meeting tonight
at 8 p. m. for the trip to Lake
Worth May q.
The trip Is to be made by bus,
leaving Key West on the 23rd at
I a. m. and returning on Sunday.
May "a. The class which has just
completed work viii be taken as
guests Of the organization on the
bus. Others going viii share the
expenses Of the fares.
Continuous exempiitication of de-
grees viii be carried on the 23rd
and oath at Lake Worth.
II is important for reservations
to be made ut tonight's meeting
so that motel arrangements may
be made for all who make the
trip.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
Dancer Asks To Perform In
Court During Her Trial On
Indeeeney Charge Here Wed.
"YOu Can't Do
Man,bO Without
Wiggling," It.
Hernandez AUers
BY JiM COBB

The question of a 21-year
old showgirl's guilt on
charge of dancing indecent
ly in public revolved around
the idea Of whether or not
YOU can do the Mambo with
out wiggling. You can't, ac-
cording to police 1t. Gene
Hernandez, but the girl, a
doe-eyed blonde known as
June NJ artin, Preview
Lounge entertainer was
found guilty and fined $50
by Municipal Judge Enrique
Esquinaldo, in city court yes
terday.
The question arose at the trial
of a group of Key West bar owners,
B-girls and strip teasers on a var
iety of charges as a result of a
series of raids conducted by Police
Lieutenants Buster Cerezo and Her
nandez last Saturday night. In an
effort to prove her innocence, Miss
Martin asked to be allowed to do
her dance In public. The Judge
declined.
Two Of the bar owners went free
when they were charged incorrect
ly, but another, Horace Young, Of
the Casa Cayo Hueso, was fined
500 for serving Liquor to 1 p1innr.
"A fourth, Jose Nnrcisa Of the Du-
val Club, died Tuesday and7chaTges
against him were dismissed by
judicial proceedings.
But, q fine of 500 was levied
against Miss Tania Houser. Mardi
Gras entertainer for indecent ex.
posure and Miss Terry Morgan,
Mardi Gras singer paid $50 fine
on a B-drinking charge. Harold
williams, owner Of the Harlem
Inn, 723 Emma Street was fined
500 for permitting a nuisance in
that his jukebox annoyed neigh
bors.
Miss Martins case was the high
point of the busy day in court when
her defense attorney Tom Wat
kins raised tie question Of just
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JudgeCibson
Writes Sheriff
Re Juveniles
Both Agree That
New Jail Is Not
Right Place For
Young Offenders

The text of the correspondence
between Juvenile Court Judge Glib
son and Sheriff John Spottswood
on OBTAINING juvenile delinquents
in the new county jail was re-
leased by the Judge today.
Spottswood's letter to Judge Glib
son reads as follows:
Dear Judge:
I'VE are today moving all the
the prisoners from the old county
jail to the new county jail. ! have
discussed with you on numerous
occasions the fact that there are
no provisions in the new Jail for
the detention of juveniles which
meet the requirements of the law
with respect to the detention of
juveniles.
II am therefore respectfully no.
tifying the Honorable Court of this
condition and respectfully inform
ing you that / am unalterably OPP
posed to having juveniles placed
in the new county jail and, am
further respectfully notifying you
that before / will accept any jul
venile in this jail that would only
do so by direct written order from
your Court and that such orders
VIII be carried out only under pro-
test. Respectfully yours,
John M. Spottswood."
/ Judge Gibson's reply to Sheriff
Spottswood is printed below:
CONTINUED On Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
CITIES ARE MOVING
TO THE COUNTRY

NEW YORK R-In Is years
grass viii grow in the streets of
New York and flowers win bloom
on the sidewalks. says noted arch.
itect Frank Lloyd Wright.
The cities are moving to the
country" Wright said yesterday
after being named to receive the
annual Gold Medal for Architec.
tire Of the National Institute OF
Arts and Letters later this month.
The city Is . hangover from
feudal times" be said. "onee il
was necessary. bat Il reached and
passed its peak and now you VIII
see IL disappearing"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
City Fathers OK
Ferry Lease Wed.

The city commission tentatively
gave their approval 10 q leasing
agreement for the Clyde. Mallory
docks asked by the Gulf-Atlantic
Transportation Co. The company
Is . major stakeholder IN TIE
Marine Bridge Transport Com.
pany. . Cuban firm which pro.
poses to operate . Key West-Ha.
vana car ferry Line.
The commission action came q
. special meeting yesterday after
Fred Dion. vice president Of The
Gulf Company said that Cuban Ia.
terests are prepared . arrange
for d dock at thai end Of the line.
City manager Dare King point.
Cd out that The resolution ealing
for approval d the lease which
viii bring ! minimum guarantee
II s3o.000 annually % shs city u
rental. il contingent % the start
Of ferry service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
LII Yachts StopIn Key West
En- Route To Havana Vacation
Yacht Shippers
Comment On Need
OF Docking Space
LIN Island City

A fleet of eleven cleaning yachts
ranging from 40 to IS feet tied up
in Key West yesterday afternoon
en- route to Havana for a two week
gala vacation for shippers and
crew.
Sponsored by the Cuban Insti-
tute of Tourists. the cruise left
Standard Oil and Gulf docks at
midnight last night after a dinner
at the Caribe restaurant.
Yachts from the West coast of
Florida left from Everglades City's
beautiful Rod and Gun club Tues
day morning. The Miami yachts
departed from the Miami City
yacht basin. All converged at Mar
7thon where they tied up at the
.ocking facilities called '.splendid'
~ yachtsmen at Davis Docks.
When the fleet GET 10 Key
West. however, they found ss all.
yaehfsmsn find that there are no
adequate docking facilities, &C.
eordins to n. 3. Crafts, skipper
Of shs Mary Haydn. out Of A..
lants, CO.
The new Key West Yacht club
has no facilities ss yet for local
Or visiting yachts. 50 Me fIess
had 10 fie Up a. ihs Standard
OIL and Gulf Oil decks. They re-
fueied and made ready for their
midnisht departure.
As they sailed for Havana last
light, the feet was conveyed By
he Key West based Coast Guard
eescue vessel Ariadne and BY 1
uban Navy vessel. All reports
rom these escort ships 60 into
Miami. local Coast Guard said.
The fleet will return through
Key West on Tussday. May s In
the morning. Ysehssmen end
their ladies win be both refresh
ID and exhllirsfsd BY . fortnight
Of fishing. cocktail parties. din.
ners. sightseeing ard shopping In
the Cuban capital.
All yachts In the fleet 10 become
eligible for the cruise called 'sTho
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Rep. Papy Introduces Bill To
Allow Summer Dog Racing Here
Local Syndicate
To Build Track
If The Measure
Gains Passage

"A local bill, which may make
possible the operation of another
dog track in Monroe County was
introduced Wed. in the State Legis-
lature by Rep. Bernie c. Pepy, it
was learned today.
The bill, which provides for the
issuance of permits for summer
dog racing in Monroe County, is
being sponsored by Papy at the re-
quest of Hilario Ramos, local
wholesale liquor dealer who heads
a syndicate interested in construct
ing new racing plant. The track
would be 100 per cent locally fin
anced, it has been announced.
The measure faces . possible
stiff fight in fhe Senate despite
the usual policy in the iegisla-
tUre calling, for Hands off" on
local bills. Early action is seen
on the legislation.
Although no definite site for the
dog track has been announced Of
ficially, Ramos limited on March
10th that the track would be built
close to the Monroe-Dade county
line. The possibility that large,
luxury-type motel or hotel might
be constructed in conjunction with
the track was also revealed at
that time.
The legislation is necessary be-
cause of law now on the books
which states that there can be no
dog track closer than 100-miles to
an existing racing plant.
The fact that the permit would
be issued for summer racing"
would apparently not place it in
competition with the Key West
Kennel Club which operates only
for q 90 day period during the
winter and spring. The new rae
ing dates would be between June
LIST and September 3Oth.
The bill also asks that the per-
nit be given without regard to
the distance the track of the appli.
cant win be from the track of any
existing applicant.
Ramos has emphasized that the
track will be patronized largely by
Miamians and others from the
South Florida mainland because
of its position.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14

charge of the essay judging. Other
arrangements were made and me.
dals provided by the Business and
Professional Women's Club, which
sponsored the contest.
The honor of acting as COM
manding officer aboard the uSS
Sarsfield on Armed Forces Day
goes TO Miss Billie Arnold, daugh.
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. M. Ar
mold. $40 United st. She is a Key
West High School sophomore. A
medal accompanies the honor.
AS victors in their schools. Miss
Judy Witherell. sophomore at the
Convent OF Mary Immaculate, and
Miss Paula Dean. freshman at
Douglass High School. VIII receive
medals.
Carrying out the theme Of Arm
ed Forces Day 1853, the essays
Continued On Page Three
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
Ambulance Corps
Chooses Officers

30 men and women attended the
first meeting OF the Marathon Vol.
anteer Ambulance Corps, Tues.
day evening, May 18th, At the
Headquarters Of ife Marathon Vol.
unteer Fire Department. Innedi-
ate steps were tokef. 10 draw up
q charter fer the ncs organization
and to initiate legal steps for in.
corporation.
The following officers were elec-
ted: President. Den H. Fox: vice
president. Arthur RakeF: Score.
tary. Mrs. Hill: treasurer. Raiph
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
March Asks Court Actiou
To Force HIS Employment
Claims O'Brya,,t,
School 3D.. Break
State La,U By Not
Continuing Hin,

Leland March has petit
toned for a writ of mandam-
us to compel Superintendent
Of Public Instruction Horace
Public instruction to give
him a continuing contract as
he claims the law requires
them to.
The petition was filed by the
General Supervisor of Instructions
attorney J. Y. Porter In Circuit
Court yesterday.
March's action says that he
had been employed three success.
sive years by the school board.
According TO fhe 1851 School
code, Attorney Porter says that
fhe School Board is compelled to
provide continuing contract for
insfrucfional and administrative
staff after they have "eomplst.
ed three years Of service in q
county Of the state, and have
been reappoinfed for the fourth
successive year"
According to March, he was
employed for three years, 1949-5O,
1950-51, 1852 and finally for the
current school year 1928. The
petition says:
"At no time did the Monroe
County School Board prescribe
that March's fourth consecutive
year of employment as herein.
above described be an extension
of his probationary employment in
the Monroe County Florida School
system, the minutes of the regular
meeting of the Monroe County
Board of Public Instruction dated
Continued On Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
Cupboard Races
Set Here Sunday

The Key West outbcard Club
will sponsor . racing program
Sunday in Garrison Blight,
starting at 900 pm.
There will be racing in three
classes, including fishing boats,
hydroplanes, c-ciass boats Up
TO IS horsepower. and free for
oil.
The public is invited TO wit
ness the races for which there
Is no charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
levin Resigns Housing
Post 10 Manage WlGWF
No Successor
;,
Considered Yet
For Job Paying
10000 A Year

One of the best paying
Government jobs in Key
West becomes vacant this
afternoon when Kermit Lew
in. executive director of the
Key West Housing Authori-
ty. submits his resignation to
the Board at a special meet
Ing at a pm.
Levin is leaving the $4,000 a
rear post to take the job as man
lger of Station WKWF, position
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
Youth Ordered
Out Of Town
On Charges
Charles Rocco
Accused OF
Concealed Weapon
And Auto Theft

Charles Rocco, 81, was advised
to leave town today following his
plea of guilty to auto theft, and
concealed weapons in the case of
the Yellow Lincoln. picked up by
State Trooper Frank Cline several
weeks ago.
Rocco. who appeared before
Criminal Court Judge Thomas
Caro-. was driving the Lincoln on
Y. S. l, three Saturday nights ago
with a sailor. The car belonged to
a man in Fort Lauderdaie who had
"loaned' it to a young blonde.
The blonde had earlier been stop
ped on the highway but convinced
Trooper Cline she had custody OF
the car for the weekend.
Early that morning Cline stopped
the car again. This time it was
being driven by Rocco. The sailor
had helped him start the car with
a wire. They prove no ownership
so Cline brought them back to
County Jail, where the car was
later identified by the Blonde as
the one she had permission to have,
The sailor was released to the
Navy after two days in jail. Rocco
was held pending instructions from
the owner in Fort Lauderdale. He
did not want to press the auto theft
charge. Rocco remained In jail
awaiting trial on an additional
charge Of carrying a concealed
black jack.
Today under questioning the q
year old revealed that he had
Continued on Page Threel
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held by John spottswood, station
owner. Spottswood, now Sheriff OF
Monroe County has hired Levin
who viii begin his duties on July Il
Joe Sirugo, active board msni-
Der Of The Key West Housing
Authority told The Citizen today:
III will be hard to find . man
on such short notice TO fill Lew.
ms place. We have no idea IS
YET who II will be. ! am sur
prised and regret that Levin Is
leaving but u he can advance
himself in private endeavor. more.
power 10 him"
Levin had under his jurisdiction
Continued On Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14
Billie Arnold
Is WillnerO OF
Essay Contest
High School Sophomore
To Act As Commanding
Officer OF Sarsfield
On Armed Forces Day

Winners in the annual Armed
Forces Day essay contest have
been announced by Lcdr. Ramon C.
Lewis of the Key West Naval Hos.
pital, Navy representative In
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-05-14

Key West. Florida. has the
most equoble climate in the
country. with On Gveroqe
range of only l4' Fahrenheit
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-04-30
Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns
Mr.. John Kog hasn't been
counting birthdays anymore,
but he had one just the same,
last week.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-04-30

Attend Opera
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kraus
of Restful Lake, attended the
Metropolitan Opera Der Rosen-
kavalier, on Saturday afternoon.
They had as their guests Elaine
Rose, and Martha Jeane Shwarz.
Banquet
The Newbury Exchange tele-
phone operators, held a banquet
at the Newbury Tavern. The
meal was thoroughly enjoyed by
all. Present were Peggy Weik-
art, Florence Hilger, Betty Bu-
denz, Betty Beck, Eleanore Ste
tina, Dorothy Mathews, Pat Mil
Ter, Mary Ann Inkster, and Hell
en- McQueary.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-04-30
Harry Shannon
Died in Canada

HUNTSBURG - Word was
received here of the death of
Harry Shannon at PIT. Edward,
Ontario, Canada, on Mondsy,
April 20, after an illness of sew
eral months. He was 20 years
of age.
Mr.. Shannon came with his
parents to Huntsburg from Can.
ada in about 1912, where they
purchased what was known as
the old Gray farm on Clay ST.,
(now owned by Kasper Hof-
stetter). Mr.. Shannon married
Emma Stafford of Hambden,
who died about two years later.
After the death of his father
the family removed to Canada
more than 20 years ago.
He leaves his wife, Jennie,
to whom he was married in
Canada, and daughter, Marjorie,
a nurse in a North Bay, On
tario hospital. His mother, and
brother Elton, who with his
family at one time lived at
Huntsburg Center, are both de-
ceased.
Mr.. Shannon had visited old
nelghborS and friends in Hunts
burg and Chardon in 1851.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-04-30
Seventeen Year LocnstS to Visit
Geanga County Mext Month

Some warm night next month
Geauga will be visited with
millions of tiny visitors. The
II year locusts are due to pay
us call.
The tiny crawfiShlike insects
will crawl out of the soil where
they have been maturing for II
years. Bursting from their shells
they will emerge as soft, milky
pale winged adults. By morn
ing they will harden into active
one and one-quarter inch black
insects with transparent, orange
veined wings and frey red eyes.
Soon they will begin their re-
sounding wailing. They feed
harmlessely on plant fluids and
mate during their single month
of adult life.
Proper term for the insects is
Cicadas but the Pilgrims at Ply
mouth colony who were the first
white people to hear them mis-
too kthem for the crop devour-
ing locusts of the Bible and fear
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-04-30

ed plague such as ravaged
Pharaoh's Egypt.
The only serious harm done
by cicadaS is during their egg
laying process. The female CHS
els gaShes in tree twigs with her
long, spearlike ovipositor and
deposits 400 to 600 eggs in a
slit. The igashing usually causes
the twig to wither and drop to
the ground.
The cicada is hard on human
ear drums. So great is the din
that schools have had to close
because pupils could not concen-
trate on other duties.
Loud as they are - it could
be worse. Only the male cicada
sings. His love call is done by
vibrating two abdominal drum
heads to make their unnerving,
dismal song" An ancient
Greek writer quipped about
them saying, Happy are the ci-
cadas lives, for they all have
silent wives
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-04-30
News from Munson

Rogers and Mrs. E. Wingenbach.
Personals
Miss Sandy Pfaff. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph D. Pfaff. is
recuperating from a tonsilecto-
my performed at Cleveland
Clinic hospital by DR.. Willard
Parker. ....
Mrs. Eleanor Zimmer and
daughter, Alice, are guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Rice this
week.
Mrs. George Martin, Mr.. John
Frantz and Mr.. Harry D. Hahn
ley, all OF Bass Lake, celebrated
their birthdays on Sunday, Ap-
ril 26th.
Mrs. William Pinney has been
confined to her bed for a week
but hopes to be back in circula-
tion very shortly.
The Chardon Lakes Golf
Course, which is operated by
Bass Lake Community, Inc, an
nounceS that the 1853 season
will be open just as soon as the
weather man permits. T h e
course is already in fine condi-
tion having been worked on dur
ing the spring weather that we
had at the end of March. AL
though price controls have been
lifted, they advise they have on
ly slightly raised three of their
fees. Their pro, Don Tincher,
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-04-30
News by Mrs. J. w. N. Jensen
Phone S-4e9l
AG

news by Mrs. J. w. N. Jensen
Phone 5-4e9l
League of Women Voters
A very interesting evening
was enjoyed by the members of
the Evening Study Group when
Mrs. Ray Hensel led a discus
sion on legislation. Guests for
the evening were Mrs. Martin
Evans and Mrs. Rose Miller,
who are active members of the
Afternoon Study Group.
=
Red Cross
Mrs. John A. Friel advises
that the Blood Mobile will be in
Chardon on May l4th. Anyone
willing to donate blood should
contact Mrs. Friel at 6-1226 as
soon as possible.
Girl Scouts and Brownies
The formation OF the Brown
lie and Girl Scout Troops in
Munson is we'll under way with
the appointment of very cap
able leadership. Guiding the
Brownies will be Mrs. R. Hor-
ton and Mrs. R. Brown as lead
erS. Their assistants will be
Mrs. r. Hawkins and Mrs. E.
Walters. Mrs. c. Steele, assist
ed by Mrs. M. Beckwith, will be
responsible for the doings of the
Girl Scouts. Other committee
members include - Mrs. M.
Warner, Mrs. M. Berger, Mrs. G..
Herman, Mrs. r. Pfaff, Mrs. L.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1953-04-30
M,nks in = COaI

II takes from so to 90 pei'I -
.,.L. , mink coat, depending upon
the the size of the individual animsi nina
and the size Of the coat n go,
sized male mink often measuit :.
90 inches or more from nose .,.sS =
ts,l.tip, Female mink run shsn1iy
smaller. Mink coats may 20 ~ coo :,
chased from $4,000 to $2O'VoO
even more.