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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Glib

Sometimes it is difficult to dis
tinguish the line between legiti-
mate news and advertising, but
by gosh when a large corcern
such as Couture Car Rentals de-
velops a policy which aids the
entire City Of Key West, l think
it calls for an editorial compli-
ment.
Louis Munroe contacted me and
expressed the desire to work with
the local Safety Council. In the
course of our conversation, we
somehow got off onto the subject
of Key West as a tourist center.
'The Couture Company" he
said, els doing its best to route
tourists to and from Cuba by way
of Key West.
"How Gomez" I asked. "Your
business in Miami must be much
larger than down here"
That's true enough" Munroe
agreed. but you see-if a person
is going to Havana or New York
via. Miami, he merely changes
planes in Miami.
However, if we can talk him
into flying from Key West to Hav-
ana or vice versa, he is usually
more than willing to rent a car
for several days, sightseeing along
the Florida Keys and spending
couple of days in Key West. He
can do this because the fare to
Havana is so cheap. He can rent
car and pay this fare for ap-
proximately the same as his ticket
would normally cost on the much
longer flight from Miami to Hav-
ana"
Munroe tells me that Cuban
citizens are especially pleased
with these arrangements. The
Cuban people like to visit Key
West and they like to have a car
when they go up on the mainland.
It is a big BOOST for our town
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
BY FRANK CAREY
AP Science Reporter

WASHINGTON Up - 1t may
someday be possible to cause tor
rents of rain over Russia by seed
ing clouds moving toward the So
Wet Union.
Or it may be possible - if an
opposite effect is desired - to
cause destructive droughts which
would dry up food crops by "over-
seeding" those same clouds.
And fortunately for the United
States, Russia could do little to re-
taliate because most wea-
Their moves from west to east.
The possibility such a spectacu-
lar device as this might be used
in some future total war should
not be discounted" according to
the man who heads a group set
up by Congress to advise it on the
chances for success of plans to
control the weather.
Capt. Howard Orville, USN, Ret,
who charted the weather for Doolit-
ties raid on Tokyo and helped pre-
pare the forecasts for the North
African and Normandy invasions,
is chairman of an 11-member ad-
visory committee charged by Con-
gress with seeing that current eff
forts at rain making and rain sup
preston don't get out Of hand.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01

to have a large business concern
working in its behalf. Our main
fight in the past has been with
Miami outfits which seek to divert
all traffic from Key West.
v. S. Navy
l like Navy people. If this were
not a natural inclination, I'd sure
as the dickens find some way of
making myself like them because
l know which side my bred is
buttered on. Take the Navy out
of Key West and you'll take away
the likelihood of the town. But
The other day if l could have
got my hands on a certain Navy
officer who probably also masquer.
AIDES as a gentleman, l would have
done my best to convince him that
he wasn't the little Tin god" he
pretended to be while driving.
Pedestrians caused me to stop
in the middle of an intersection
and the traffic light changed
while l was in this position. This
so-called officer, with scrambled
eggs all over his cap, 'cow-boyed'
his car within inches of the side
of mine and then slammed his
brakes on and began casting slur.
ring remarks at me.
If an enlisted man had done the
same thing to him, the enlisted
man would probably be sentenced
to Portsmouth for life. AS it was
l swung around the block and at.
tempted to intercept him before
he could get behind the sanctuary
of the Marine guards. He was
travelling too fast for me, however.
The shame of the entire situa.
ton is that an officer of this type
can bring discredit on so MANY
good men-commiSsioned and non.
commissioned personnel. Perhaps
We can turn such incidents into
compliment for to be perfectly
truthful, this one case of boorish.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
United State: Has Advantage
|Man-Made Rain Has Possible Use AS Weapon

and Weather Bureau have re-
search projects.
The Weather Bureau has been
conducting extensive cloud-Seeding
tests in the Seattle area. Meteor
ologist Ferguson Hall, the man in
charge, says results still are beinD
evaluated. He adds, however, that
as of now he does not think wealth
er control on any kind of worth
while scale will be worked out.
This opinion is echoed by one
of the top scientists in the bureau,
DR.. Harry Wexler, who maintains
that if rainfall increases claimed
by commercial rain-making firms
were real they would stand out
like q sore thumb - and such has
not been revealed, at least in the
cases we have studied"
Orville sums up the work of his
investigators this way:
IF the advisory committee finds
that weather modification projects
cannot produce important results,
it will so report and thus deter
farmers and ranchers from spend
ing their money unwisely ..
"If the comittee finds out it
can confirm the results claimed by
reputable and scientifically COM
petent operators - claims of rain
fall increases of from 7 to 50 per
cent and more - then, the dollar
benefits to agriculture, industry
and government will be so great
as to be incalculable."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
YOU LIKE FRUIT? THEN WHY NOT GROW
TAS THE OLDTIMERS USED TODO2

The Citizen published front-page cut Saturday
showing James Knowles, 1912 James Street. holding a
Hayden mango, weighing three and one-half pounds
that he had grown in his yard. What Mr. Knowles did
other residents don their yards not only in growing
mangos but also every other kind of tropical fruit
The Citizen said recently that Key West is not like it
used to be, and may be added that Key Westers
not like they used to'be Mr. Knowles an oldtimer
will tell you he recalls the time when Key Wesers grew
tropical fruit abundantly Practically every yard the
city, in those days. had fruit trees growing in it.
The Citizen recalls yard, in which the fruit trees
included hogpums apples, guavas, Jamaica apples
sapodllas Spanish lines soursops, tamarnds and even
purgenuts But today only few Key Wesers know what
hogpum They will tell you that is the most delicious
plum grown How does it taste? Ah that's something no.
body describe accurately. Ask Pope, who kept the
coffee shop Duva Greene street, many years.
what he did with the nckels and dimes he got when he
boy. When he got Nickel he headed straight for
fruit stand to buy hog pums and received 20 of them
for his nickel They kept his mouth watering till he ate
the last Of them.
And how many Key Westers know what purgenut
is? Those who know will tell you it is plum that resem
bles the hogpum in shape and color golden but that
there arness in its sweetness as there is tartness in
taparind, that makes you smack your lips.
Then take the owly tamarind. What delicious fruit
you know how to prepare i'll Put rpened tamarnds
in jar with srup and keep them there for three months
and you have tart that sharpens your appetite
for breakfast any other meal Besides ripe tamarinds
put in shaker with ice cubes and water and sugar. make
the one drink that hits the spot warm day. Once
time, Key Westers shipped tamarnds away
California for in making that cooling and satisfy
ing drink.
Trees don't live forever For many years now fruit
trees that died in Key West have not been replaced
Finally, Key Westers not like they used to be
In the matter of growing fruit they were they would
have abundance of fruit in their back yards.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
WHY THE FERRY DELAY?

Editor, The Citizen:
The service station Route Is in Pennsylvan-
la put it simply: God must have stake in that IS
land, he said, speaking of Key West "the way them hur
ricanes keep mssin' til"
This is thoughtful of Cod no doubt, but it leaves
the question of blame perchance of a hurricane
strikes Key West So is with the death of parrakeets,
the mismanagement of city, the indifference of citizens
toward their civic responsibility. With responsibility lies
the burden of blame To become bameless is not to be-
come Irresponsible
If the city commissioners and county clique do not
want Ferry Service to Havana, is relatively simple
for them to If the people of Key West do
about it, potential tourists from the United States don't
either.
What's the delay? Doesn't anybody give boot?
Where all the voices of the citizens? Are there no
objections to the qubbng? Some have taken their time
to use this column to refer to private feud in public
between certain individuals, to dferentate between
statesmen and politicians Gan admirable differenceD
to infer boredom of the whole mess but who states their
DESIRES civically personally, or generally?
Let these city servants know what their masters
want Tm getting tired of seeing this character H. " B.
individually exploit this column!
H.V. B.
Elmra, N Y
June 81, 1854
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01

1t is Orville'S personal view that
if the United States would devote
the same effort and money to wea-
Their experiments that it does to
atomic development it could, in
about 40 years, increase precipi-
tation over any area almost at will,
using favorable situations"
However, he emphasizes that the
advisory committee does not take
it for granted weather control will
or will not work.
In the law setting up the adj
viSory group, Congress said appli-
cation of scientific advances to the
problem of weather appears to be
practical"
Primarily, Congress wants the
committee to determine whether
experiments, public and private,
strengthen possibilities of large
scale weather control.
But the committee has a corol-
larry job: to determine whether fed
eral legislation is necessary to be
sure that attempts at weather mod
ification don't result in disaster,
such catastrophe droughts,
storms, floods and other pheno-
mena. :"
And finally, Congress wants the
committee to recommend to what
extent the government should ex-
pertinent with or engage in wea-
Their control activities.
Some federal work already is un-
der way. Army, Navy, Air Force
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
Leqionitems
BY JUDsoN STEPHENS,
Arthur Sawyer Post. No. 10
American Legion
Post MeNtino:

Post Meeting:
At last regular meeting of the
Post on June %, 1854, we had the
pleasure of hearing Captain Specht
of the Civil Air Patrol give a short
address concerning this organiza-
ton, c. A. P. His talk was a very
enlightening one and was we'll re-
ceived by those Legionnaires in
attendance. Capt. Specht, COM
handing Officer of the Civil Air
Patrol particularly stressed the
fact that America must be awak-
ened to the vulnerability of our be-
loved land. The problem confront
ing the group, which is only one
of many throughout the country,
is just how to 60 about awakening
America. They, as well as other
organizations, have a tremendous
job to do. Why don't you look into
the situation and see what you can
do.
think speak for all those pres
ent that it was a worthwhile talk,
something all of us should take
notice of and not forget, as most
of us have a tendency to do.
Other highlights of the meeting
was the initiation of three new
members into our ranks by the
Key West Guard of Honor. They
are the first three members for
1855. Welcome, Legionnaires, and
let's see you at all the meetings.
This was the first meeting for
new officers and l believe that
Post Commander Kranich conduct
ed a very good meeting for his
first time. l do believe, though,
that we should give him more help
rather than jump down his throat
at the first opportunity.
The attendance at this first
meeting after the new officers have
assumed their stations was very
poor. l can assure you that unless
we have a better attendance than
wehave been having, the enormous
programs carried on by the Post,
just won't be this year. You can't
expect three or four Legionnaires
to carry the brunt of the workload.
Attend your rost meeting, pick out
some program you would like to
work tn and tell your Post Com
mander. That way we can make
1854-55 a banner year.
4 4 K
Meetings:
Regular Post Meeting, July IA,
8 pm. Post home.
Executive Committee Meeting,
July S, 8 pm. Post home.
X X X
Bowling:
The Posts bowling team has
competed in the Civic Bowling
League three times nov and are
in second place. There are s
teams in the league, and l must
say, some very good ones. Our
record thus far is wins and 3
losses. We hope to take 3 points
again this week and maybe take
first place. Come out and cheer
the team to victory.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
DOG POPULATION
LIMIT is ASKED

MOBILE, Ala. P)-A proposed
ordinance to limit the number of
dogs in any household to three -
and thereby cut down on bowling
and barking - will be considered
by the City Commission Tuesday.
Commissioner Joseph N. Langan
said yesterday that he knew of one
property owner who keeps II dogs
on his place.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions Of the ct s read
but the editor the right which
are considered bsevs The writer's should be
fair and eonns the letters 200 and write side
Of the only Signature Of the
letters and will be published unless requested otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01

Never get into heated discussions with uniformed
associates. The worst thing you do is be right
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01

It is surprising how often radio commentators enjoy
the combination Of Deep full voices and empty heads
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-01

ness was unusual-thousands of
Navy drivers display courtesy on
the road.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08
Travel Group Spends Day
In Deep Creek Area

A Presbyterian travel group of
ten persons stopped overnight on
July with the Sidney Harvey's
on Star route. This group consisted
of eight Senior High School stu
dents and two leaders from the
Central Presbyterian church, Buff
falo, N. Y, a church with almost
300 members. They stayed at
Davis and Elkins college, Elkins,
w. Va, the night before and are
going north to the Redstone Con-
ference Center at Champion, Pa,
visiting churches, colleges, camps
and conference ccnters during a
two weeks journey.
The young people are from six
high schools in the Buffalo area.
They are Judy Draper, Phyllis
Kobe, Audrey Schucssler, Carol
Gorden, Barbara Chamberlain, Le-
land Ames, Heath West and Jo-
seph Hughes. Their leaders are
Merle Alderdice, treasurer Of the
Sunday School, and W. d. Cecil,
Director of Christian Education.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08
n E w S
FROM THE
Ruth Enlow Library
BY EDITH BROCK

The old summer resorts of this
area are the subject of a special
exhibit in the Garrett County His
torical Society case. Pictures and
other material have been lent by
Mrs. June Huntington Grimes, the
White and Hart families, Mrs.
James Treacy, Wilbur Davis, Miss
Margaret and nellie Browning,
Bells Studio, Fannie Johnson, f.
Herbert Shaffer, and Mrs. Ardyth
Frantz. One Of the oldest items in
the exhibit is a picture of the Deer
Park Hotel taken on the day of
its opening, July /, 1878, lent by
Mrs. Patrick Garrett. An enlarged
photograph of the old Glades Hotel
has been presented to the Histori-
cal Society by Arthur Lawton. A
poster has been made by Mrs. Jack
Veader.
A number Of books have been
given to the library by Mrs. Will
son X. lowering, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Watt, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Bowen, Mrs. Rosanna Calls
White and Doris Jean Harvey.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08
McHENRY

Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Riley anC
daughter Linda, Washington, D
c., visited Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Mosser, Sunday. Mr.. Mosser ac.
companied them back and will en-
ter Johns Hopkins hospital for OBJ
servation.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Stoner, Mr.
and Mrs. Don Stoner, Mrs. Vera
Thomas and Jess Thomas, all OF
Laughlintown, Pa, visited Mr.. anC
Mrs. A. j. Thomas, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Savage, jim
my and Vida, and Howard Miller
of Akron, are visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Lowe visited
relatives here over the weekend
They arc relatives of the Bowmans
and a picnic dinner was enjoyed
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Bowman on Sunday. Present
were the Loves, Elliott Riley, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Riley, Oakland, and
son Lawrence, of Pittsburgh; Mrs
Mary Martin, son and daughter. of
Mt. Lake; Mrs. Jane Bowman, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Kahl, Accident;
Mr. and Mrs. Harland Bowman and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Y. w. King,
son Bob and friend, Mrs. Charles
Bowman and daughters, Linda and
Karen.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hodgson
of Pennsylvania, are spending this
week at the Mclean home.
Mrs. Carl Duckworth entertained
in honor of her husbands birthday
on Sunday. Guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott Duckworth, of Keysel
Ridge; Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Bren-
neman and Mr.. and Mrs. Webster
Brenneman.
Odell Glotfelty. Barton; Mr.. and
Mrs. Homer Glotfelty and Larry, of
Grantsville; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Glotfelty, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Knots and daughters, Crellin, Wis
tied their mother, Mrs. Nora Glot-
felty, during the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. George yelling, of
Oakland, and grandson Richard
Cuttings, New York, N. Y, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Glotfelty Satur-
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bud Cyerak and
sons, of Johnstown, Pa; Mrs. Lena
hardwood and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Crump and daughter, of Cor
riganville, were Sunday guests OF
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Glotfelty. Mon
day visitors were Mr.. and Mrs
Okey Glover, of Morgantown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Glotfclty and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Bond and children visited Mrs. Cora
Glotfelty, Addison, Pa, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Harvey and
family and Mrs. Ida Cummings
and children, Baltimore, visited
Mrs. Nora Kurtz and Mrs. Ruth
Humbert over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Goehringer
and son, Atwater, o., visited rela-
tives here over the holidays. Her
mother, Mrs. Daisy Savage re-
turned with them for visit.
Rev. and Mrs. Bernard Wendall
and daughter, Oakland; Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilbur Wendall, Akron, O.,
visited Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Jacks
on Monday.
Mrs. Fanny Stark and grand
daughter Barbara Stark, Akron;
Mr.. and Mrs. William Walton and
Mrs. Martha Guislcr, Pittsburgh
visited at the Mclean home over
the weekend. Mrs. Effie Fike, of
Accident, has returned to the Nc
Lean home for the summer.
Mrs. Roy Mcfarland and daugh-
Ter, Everett, Pa, are visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Katie Glotfelty,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08
NEW GERMANY

Visitors at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. f. Martin, ST., over the
weekend were Mrs. Ida Liddie and
son Wesley, Mrs. Barbara Lem
back, Miss Elizabeth Martin, Miss
Jean Dey, Vaughn Largent, Balti-
more; Miss Eve Debenec, Washing
ton, d. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
George and son Jackie, Jack Dick
inson, Homecoming; Mrs. Milton
Hart and son, Westernport.
The New Germany Homemakers
club met at the home of Miss Zella
Broadwater on Thursday. Mrs. Guy
Hardesty, a member of the Cassel-
man Valley club, was present and
gave a report on her trip to Col
lege Park.
The annual kamp reunion was
held at Spoerlein's Grove, July 4
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08

Betty B. Teats, of Friendsville,
now serving with the Women's
Army corps at Fort George G.
Meade, has been promoted to the
rank of sergeant.
Sergeant Teats is a graduate of
Accident High school, class of
1852, and took basic training at
Fort Lee, Va. Later she attended
a clerk-typist school at Camp
Breckenridge, KY, and was trans
ferred to Fort Meade in Deem
Der, 1852, where she is now serving
as bookkeeper and typist.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08
MARRIED

Couch Hauser-Mr. and Mrs.
Darwin Hausel announce the mar
riago Of their daughter, Margaret
Ruth, to Mr.. William f. Couch,
son of Col and Mrs, Frank V, B.
Couch, Of Florida. The ceremony
was performed in Los Angeles,
Calf. on SATURDAY., July 3.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08
7 Births Recorded

Seven births including one set of
twins occurred at the Garrett
County Memorial hospital in Oak
land during the past week, four
girls and three boys.
The twins were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. William o. Treacy, Oakland,
last night.
On the LIST daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Arlie w. Figlcy, Tunnclton,
w. Va.
On the 3rd daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Raymond Darr, King
wood, w. Va.
On the 9TH daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. TroXell II. Keplingcr, Terra
Alta, w. Va.
On the 9th a son to Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul r. Skipper, Swanton; a
daughter to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Henry Hardesty, Deer Park.
During the week 81 patients were
admitted to the hospital and %
persons were discharged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08
DEER PARK

Members of the WSCS were en-
tertained by Mrs. nellie Lashorn
and Mrs. May Weimer Thursday
evening. Mrs. Mary DeBerry had
charge of the worship service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Clary and
family, Baltimore, are visiting Mrs
Frances Clary and other relatives
Sister John Anthony, Washing
ton, d. c., was a guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. +. c. Clatterbuck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08

Over fifty people were dead and
80 missing in greatest Rio Grande
flood in Texas history.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08
ADDITIONAL LOCAL ADS, TOO
LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

MODERN RESTAURANT doing
good business on 2l9, near lake, for
sale. Phone 2-2076. ADV. l9-tf.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08
Extension Meetings

Homemaker and Four-H meet
ings for the ensuing week were
announced by Miss Ethel Grove,
home demonstration agent.
Mars Hill, July 10, at home of
Mrs. Ellsworth Beachy, , p. M,
EST; Deer Park, July 10, at City
Hall; McHenry, July Il, at home
of Mrs. Raymond Klotz, 1:30 p. m.
EST; Friendsville club, July 10;
Acorn club, Oakland, July 16.
The Monte Vista All club will
meet July 18th.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08

Brazil gave us. check for Sc
million as final payment on it.
lend-lease obligation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelley, of
McMechen, w. Va, visited Mrs.
Alice Turney and other relatives
over the weekend.
Twin sons were born to Mr.. and
Mrs. William o. Treacy at the Gar
rett County Memorial hospital in
Oakland last evening, July 7.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08

Twenty-Five persons were killed
in an earthquake in Philippines.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08

THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1854
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-08

The Republican is published
every Thursday at The Republican
Building, Second street, Oakland,
at the following rates of subscrip-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-07-22
BealI Bids for AcquittaI;
County Still Manager-Less

Former Montgomery County
Manager Edward T.. Beall, on
trial in Portsmouth, Ohio, on an
embezzlement charge, Wednesday
made a second bid for a directed
verdict of acquittal.
Common Pleas Judge Vernon
Smith was to rule on the action
about noontim e Wednesday,
shortly after the Sentinel went to
press.
Beall a former city manager
and hospital head there, is ac'
cused of embezzling $736.S1 from
hospital funds. He quit his Mont.
gomery County job after he was
indicted by a Portsmouth grand
jury.
Meantime. Montgomery County
still is without a full-time man.
ager. Some 80 applicants have
been screened" and the field has
been narrowed down to a dozen