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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-25
Planned Program

Anderson believes this pro.
gress in a result of laying out
plan of agricultural improvement
25 years ago and staying by it
until it developed to the point
where Montgomery County is re-
puted to have the highest stand
ard of living among farm people
of any county in the United
States.
while this progress has been
taking place I Wish to make it
clear that 1 did nothing by my
SELF" Mr.. Anderson said. "The
great strides made in Montgom-
cry County agriculture during
my 81 years as county agent are
the result of work performed by
many organizations and individ-
uals where have been the con-
Meeting link between them and
the sources of agricultural
science. l have been a consistent
advocate of cooperative effort
among farmers which has kept
us all working toward the com.
mon goal of increasing the stand.
ard of living of farm people. We
set this goal in my first year
after many meetings with organ
lied farmers and businessmen of
the County"
With his farm leaders Ander.
son worked out early in his ser.
vice here the following principles
for a farm program which are
still in effect:
1. A cropping program which
will conserve and improve the
soil.
2. A change from a cash crop.
ping system to one suited for
livestock. This brought about
both conservation of the soil and
increased income.
3. An advocate of changes in
grass mixtures to extend the
years in rotation and supply feed
for the increasing livestock popu.
lation.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-25

County Agent Anderson is a
native of South Carolina. He
graduated from Clemson in 1921.
Before he became County Agent
in Montgomery County he was a
dairy field agent at Cumberland
and Assistant County Agent in
Hartford County. He became Act
ing Montgomery County Agent
in 1925 and County Agent in 1926.
On retirement he will operate his
farm near Dickerson.
When candy" became County
Agent in 1926, the county's dairy
industry had just arrived at the
81 million annual income mark.
Now it surpasses SIS million a
year. The total livestock income
in 1926 was slightly less than
$11a million dollars. Now it is SO
million dollars.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-25
Platform Presented

Prior to presentation of the
platform, Hovsepian and his
slate were presented to the group
and were received with all the
thunder and rousing cheers which
mark political gatherings. Those
presented with the candidate for
mayor were John Oxley, Alex
Greene, James Robertson and
Wendell Turner.
Altogether the Committees
platform contains six major
planks.
They deal with city planning;
traffic and transportation; re.
creation; city administration;
finance, and sewer and water.
The platform was presented by
Mike Davis, chairman of the Plat
form Committee, who explained
its qualifications had been work
ed out by his group and by the
i've candidates, who also are
pledged to its support.
Specifically, in the matter of
city planning, the platform states
the Good Government Committee
believes in a master plan for the
orderly development of Rockville
and pointed out that lack of such
a plan has resulted in Council
decisions on coming utilities and
traffic problems" ION a day.
to-day basis with no effective at
tempt to promote and safeguard
the future development of Rock
vile as a sound residential and
business community"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-25
Master Planning

In addition, the platform states
that the group believes business
and civic groups as well as other
qualified persons within the com.
munity should be invited to as
sist in a thorough study of ex-
listing and future needs of Rock
vile in order to develop a master
plan.
At the same time, it was stated
such a plan should provide for
proper location of residential,
business, and light industrial
areas, new streets, parks, recrea.
ton facilities, off-street parking
and, particularly, for a sewer and
water system to serve the over.
all growth. II was emphasized
that this plan must be flexible
and be correlated with plans in
adjoining areas"
In the matter of traffic and
transportation, the group went
on record as favoring efforts of
the Board of Trade to provide
transportation to residents and
said prompt action should be
taken to relieve congestion in the
business district. 1t said a CO.
operative plan with businessmen
to provide parking should be
developed.
At the same time it was as
serted that sidewalks and stop
signals should be provided where
there are traffic hazards for chill
dren and that the present pro-
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Citizen Staffer
Has Article In
Natl Magazine

The Key West based cable ship.
Western Union, is the subject of
an article in tho March issue OF
Cupboard Magazine.
The story, by Denis Sneigr. staff
member of The Key West Citizen,
includes two photos - one of the
Western Union, the only cable
schooner operating anvwhe,, '..'',,
world today, and a shot of R. T.
Steadman, mate Of the vesse..
Steadman lives at 912 Fleming
st. His father, G.. r. Steadman.
captain of the Western Union. lives
at S24 Elizabeth St.
The story briefly outlines Capt.
Steadman'S career and tells oi
some of the work the cable ship
does.
The March issue of Cupboard
Magazine, written for cupboard mo-
tor enthusiasts, also includes other
stories with Florida backgrounds.
There is a story about 200 out.
board motorists who cruised
through Florida's lake country,
starting the three-day trek at Mt.
Dora.
Another article tells how the Out
board Club in Jacksonville arrang-
ed with city officials to have laun-
ching ramps built for the use of
cupboard boats. Plans for ramps
also are shown in the article.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Private Planes
Make Trek To
Cuba Friday

Between IS and 50 private planes
will fly into Key West Friday en-
route to Veradero Beach.
George Faraldo. airport mana.
ger, said today the pilots are mem.
bers of the Sportsman Pilots As.
ISOLATION with headquarters in Gin
cinnati.
The pilots will stay here over
night and take off for a weeks
stay in Cuba, Faraldo added. Col.
Richard L. Welpton, of Homestead,
who is Florida Governor of the as.
ISOLATION, is due here Thursday for
final arrangements.
The Coast Guard will have boats
and planes patrolling the route be-
tween here and Cuba, Faraldo ad.
ded.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Replacement As
President Asked
By Gen. Chang

TAIIPEH, FormOsa R-General.
lSsImO Chang Kai-shek in an ex.
traordinary gesture today asked
his ruling Kuomintang party 10
choose another man as the next
president of Nationalist China. He
said he felt the best interests of
his nation would be served il he
were not nominated.
He suggested two men for The
post and offered, IF | am trusted"
to serve either as head OF the
armed forces or as premier.
He suggested for president phil
losopher Hu Shi, former ambassa.
dor to Washington, or Yu Yu-jen.
the aged head of the Control Yuan.
HUI is not a member OF the
IKuomintang. Yu is. Chang said
the party thus could choose a non
member.
Chiang's surprise recommends.
ton was made at the opening ses-
sion of the Kuomintang's Central
Committee meeting near Taipeh.
The party was expected TO r.
ject il.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
ROdeO WILDE
Shown Here
This Weekend
NATL Championship
Western Show And
Daredevil Group To
Appear AT Stadium

Hold onto your hats and break
out your western accent-the Ma.
tional championship Rodeo, billed
as the largest travelling western
show on the road today, is coming
to town.
The National Championship Ro-
dec and oaredevils Thrill Circus
will appear at Wiekers Stadium
for three days. Friday. Saturday
and Sunday, Feb. 10 through Il.
There viii be one performance
on Friday at s:l5 p. m. Two shows
on Saturday, at 3 p. m. and at Sis
p. m, and one performance on
at 3 p. m.
The big western show has play.
ed to more than 100000 spec.
fstors in its Is years on The road.
u has played such sfadiums IS
Yankee Stadium in New York.
City, and has Just completed a
fhree-dsy run at the Miami Sta.
alum. In each OF these great
parks, attendance records were
established.
The performances here this week
end include So events with COW
boys and cowgirlS from all points
OF the nation competing in thrilling
rocco contests of bronze riding and
bull riding.
Ihe rodeo management Is offer.
ing prize of $1,000 to any spec,
ta'or VINO can ride Big sgd, a full
onos.
Cowboy Roy Simpson and Tris.
ger Jr'' his wonder horse, sp.
pear IN person as well as the
worlds Youngest performing cow
slt' f"e'Year.OId Peggy Ann.
snd her talented pony. Peanuts.
other performers include Tir
horn Hank keenan, and his dancing
donkey, MoOnshine; Yo Yo. the
oueklng burro, who challenges any
younsSter to ride him 10 seconds;
quadrhie on horseback by eight
horSemen; Frank Biron. national
champion roper; and numerous
circus acts such as the High Fly.
ing AleAoa who use no safety de.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Miami Workman
Hurt Seriously

A Miami workman was serious
ly injured Saturday afternoon when
he was thrown from a 25-foot lad
der while working on a sign at
Dicks Tire Service, 929 Truman
Avenue.
Identified by police as Frank
Zemaitis, an employee of the Tro-
pical Lite Sign company of Mia
mi, the man suffered fractures of
both forearms and a cut over his
left eye that required II stitches.
Officer Lionel Soriano said that
the accident occurred when Ze-
MATHS was repairing a revolving
ign, believing that the current
fas turned off. But during the re-
aTs. the sign began to revolveI
nd knocked him to the ground.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Mother Supports
Sons Story OF
Dads Staying

CLARE. Mich. uH - A mother
backed up her 16-year.old sons
story today that he shot and killed
his drinking father last night 10
protect her in their small farm
house five miles north of here.
Mrs. Fran Helmic, 81, said her
son Gary shot her husband, 80,
when che tried to make me 60
out and drink with him."
Minutes later she, Gary and 9th.
er Helmic children were telling
their story to Clare Patrolman
Michek Mcdonald.
Mrs. Helmic, with her i1.month.
old son, David, in her arms, told
police that her husband was a con.
slant drinker and had taken a
'cure" in vain a little more than
. year ago.
Gary admitted to state police
that he shot his father with a 16.
gauge shotgun.
The boy told police that he got
the gun from his fathers car and
when he arrived back in the house
bis father was starting for his
mother to force her to go with
him. Gary said he told him to stop
and when he didn't he fired.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Boy Is Injured
In Auto Mishap

A Nebraska man faces three traf-
fic charges as the result of an ac-
cident which resulted in minor in
juries to a youthful cyclist Satur-
day afternoon.
Police identified the man as
John r. Ward, of Omaha, Nebras-
ka. They said that he failed to see
a stop light at Roosevelt Boule.
ward and Sigsbee Park Road and
struck nine-year-old William Elan.
ney, So Sigsbee Road.
Young Flannery was taken to the
Naval Hospital where his injuries
were diagnosed as abrasions and
Commissions about the body.
Ward was charged with reckless
driving, causing an accident and
failing to heed a stop light.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Maintenance
|OfU.S. ForceIn
Europe Needed
BY JOHN m. HIcHTowER

BERLIN @-American officials
said today that Russia's rigid de.
termination to keep her forward
military positions in Europe means
the United States must maintain
stable forces on the continent for
"a long time.
Smoking out Soviet military in.
tentlons in Germany and Austria
as evidenced by their refusal to
roll back power at any points
regarded by U. S. Secretary of
State Dulles as one of the most
important achievements of West
ern diplomacy at the Big Four
conference.
The American group here is also
convinced that this finding will
clear away any confusion and un-
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
MayorHarpeyAskQuick
Action On Poinciaua offer
Advocates arly
Offer On Units
For Operation
By The City

Mayor C. B. Harvey said
today that he will ask the
city commission tonight to
''take immediate acton" to
purchase a large portion of
the Poinciana Housing pro-
ject.
Earlier, the city commits
sion moved to instruct City
Attorney ]. Y. Porter to me-
gotiate with the owners of
the land for its purchase to
save about 500 housing units
from being torn down.
Under the Lanham Act,
the housing would have to
be removed before the land
could be returned to its CT
william owners.
Immediate action appears to be
imperative If Poinciana is to
be continued as a public housing
project for the benefit Of the low
err income group" Mayor Harvey
said today.
''The time Is rapidly drawing
near when the city must take posi-.
tive action to acquire the property
or allow it to be transferred into
private hands. l feel that the city
can best operate this housing in a
manner which will rebound for the
benefit of all concerned and at the
meeting Of the city commission TO-
night / viii ask that body to take
a positive action toward acquiring
the property by making definite
offer to the owners Of the land.
This offer should, of course, be
made subject to an appraisal
which has already been ordered, {"
the Mayor stated.
~ the land, which Is now pri.
vaislY owned. Is purchased by
the city, the buildings thereon,
which are owned by the govern
ment, will be transferred 10 fhe
city without cost for the purpose
Of operation as q public housing
project and will fill . vital com.
mvn;iy need" Mayor Harvey
concluded.
The city commission ordered an
appraisal on 164 units in Pom
ciana on January Is preparatory
to making a purchase offer.
City officials have been unani.
nous in their opinion that the Cd.
Grafton of the housing project
would be profitable to the city.
The project is now operated by
the Housing Authority under the
supervision of the federal govern.
ment.
The onwerS OF the land have re.
portedly been anxious to sell be.
cause they receive only about S..
900 annually for rental of the land
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Plans For $500, 900
City improvements Submitted
Program Would
Include New City
Hall With Other
Municipal Projects

A preliminary study on an esti-
mated $S69,oOO capital improve
ment plan for the City of Key
West, has been completed by Cliff
ford and Cooper Associates, con-
sulting engineers.
The firm. who engineered The
Key West sewer project now in
progress. was asked TO make the
study by the city commission. II
covers . new city hall, . NUM-
eipsl auditorium and . garbage
ineinerafoF.
They appeared before the city
commission last week and present
ed preliminary sketches and tenta-
tive specifications for the three
projects.
They estimated the cost of the
city hall including a fire and po-
lice station at about $262, 900. The
structure would be of modernistic
one-Story design with the excep-
ton of a small upper-deck area
to be utilized as Jail facilities, dor
mitory and recreation area for fire.
men.
The engineers conferred with
city department and office force
heads before drawing their plans.
The price mentioned for The city
hall does not include office equip.
ment or cir conditioning.
Site of the city hall, according
to a master plan prepared for the
city recently, would be at Palm
Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard.
Cost Of the auditorium, accord.
Ing to the engineers would be
about $3.50, 900 including seating &C.
comodations for about 5000 per.
sons, nominal lighting equipment
and framework for stage equip.
ment. Heating facilities have been
provided for. but not air condi.
ticning, according to the report.
The estimate for the incinerator
was set at $4,000. Jack Cooper
of the engineering firm said that
the cost was predicated on the
construction of a 50-ton incinerator
which would be expected to operate
for about 10 to II hours per day
Future expansion of the city could
be expected to increase the use OF
the plant to about 81 hours daily
or what amounts to in all prac.
ublllty, continuous operation
which is the ideal arrangement for
operation of such a unit.
City Manager Victor Lang, how.
ever, said today that he is opposed
to the construction of an incinera-
tor. He termed it a needless ex.
penditure of city funds"
The county health department
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Golf Club Brings BOOSTERS Early
Morning Serenade To Abrupt End

A guest at the Casa Marina teed off a rooster
Result dead rooster.
The guest literally teed off, He used golf club to end the
ROSTERS noisy early morning senenades.
couple of weeks the annoying
the Casa Marina with his Growing.
The other morning Solomon Goldsmith Brooklyn could stand
broke golf club though the
- and went in search of the rooster.
found him. wepaced swing ended the and the
growing.
The brought the dead bird into the lobby the Casa Ma
rina and left it there.
the early mornings at the Casa Marina
full.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Ike MayCo
To California
On Short Trip
President Returns
From Quail Hunt
Sunday Night
By MARVIN l. ARRoWsMITB


WASHINGTON R-President Eli
senhower. just back from a week
end of quail hunting in Georgia,
may travel to California this week
for a brief vacation at Palm
Springs.
The White House continued to-
day to decline comment on reports
about a. Palm Springs visit, but a
government official who asked not
to be named said preliminary ar
rangements for such a trip by
plane are just about completed.
The Los Angeles Examiner said
it had learned that Eisenhower
will arrive at the California re-
sort Friday. The Los Angeles
Times also said the President
planned a visit of a week or 10
days. Arrangements repeatedly
were made for him to stay at the
Smoke Tree Ranch of Paul G. Hoff-
man, board chairman of the Stude-
baker Corp.
Hoffman, former chief Of the gov.
ernment's foreign aid program,
was an adviser to Eisenhower dur
ing the presidential campaign.
Eisenhower flew back to the Cap
ital last night after a weekend of
quail shooting at the plantation es.
tate of Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey. The estate is located
near Thomasville, Ca, close to the
Florida line.
The President brought down 10
birds Friday afternoon and an aide
reported he got the legal daily
limit of an even dozen on Satur-
day, when he turned chef and
broiled the quail for lunch over a
charcoal fire in the open.
During the Georgia trip the Pres.
ident's headquarters announced he
will send a special message on
atomic energy to Congress some
time this week.
The message win cali for en-
actment of legislation to "a en-.
courage peacetime use of atomic
energy by private industry, and
90 permit the sharing of limited
atomic information with allies of
the United States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Eleven Enter Race For Positions
On Fla. Keys Aqueduet Commission
Three Qualify
Today To Beat
Noon Deadline

Three men-two of them
members of the present wa
ter board-today qualified
for next Tuesdays election
of the five-man Florida
Keys Aqueduct District
Commission.
Noon today was the dead
line for qualifying.
Eight men have qualified
previously, making an H.
man slate of candidates.
Voters will select five of the
IL men.
Those qualifying today were Al
ONO Cothron, Islamorada contrac.
tor; Vance Stirrup, manager of the
Key West Housing Authority; and
Paul E. Mesa, salesman for a Mi
ami wholesale food concern.
Cothron and Stirrup are men,
bers of the Florida Keys Aqueduct
Commission.
Those who have qualified pre-
viously are:
Anthony L. Ulchar, civil service
employee; Benjamin I. Freer, Jr.,
civil service employee; William
Freeman, of Showers Co.; James
W. Murphy, civil service employee;
Harry NJ. Baker, chief of the Navy
fire department; Manuel I. Rodri-
guez, of the Palms housing pro-
Ject; Allan L. Hampton, of the
Gas company; and Laurie F. Rob-
erts, former police captain.
The election Feb. q is being
held as required by . special act
Of the legislature which set Up
last years $l4.000. 900 water bond
election.
The bond issue, which was de-
feated, was to build another pipe
line from the mainland to Key
West.
Under the legislatures act, the
five-man board TO be named next
Tuesday would have functioned 4
the bond issue had carried.
With money from The bond Is.
sue. the Florida Keys Aqvedvet
District Commission would have
assumed the indebtedness and
duties Of the Florida Keys Aqve-
duct Commission.
AS it stands now, the men to be
elected next Tuesday have no du-
ties and receive no salary.
u has been rvmored that some
OF the II candidates say they will
If eleeted-start court action
to throw out the provisions of the
special act that gives them no
salaries or duties.
What action a court will take.
remains to be seen-if these can.
dldates are elected and if they
start court action.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Stray Bullet
Motorist

HOUSTON IA bullet intended
for fleeing burglar killed a for.
mer high school principal yester.
day.
Thomas Horace Rogers. 70, was
his car. A policeman in a
patrol car a block away fired at
another car believed driven by a
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Jaycee Fishing
Tourney Enters
The 5th Week
Eligible Entries
Are In For All
Glasses Except
The Tuna Fish

Key Vests own fishing tourna.
ment, under the sponsorship OF
the Jaycees, is now entering its
fifth week.
Up TO Sunday night, at least
one fish Of over minimum weight
in each Of the seventeen types
has been entered in the contest,
except for tuna.
Two dolphin were caught on Fri
day, the largest weighing 81 pounds
1t was taken by Carl C. Wilson,
of Thomasville, N. c., who was
fishing from Jake Keys Legion.
A cero mackeral, a variety that
has been scarce up to now, was
registered by Louise McMullen, OF
Pittsburgh, Pa. Her fish weighed
an even nine pounds and measured
two feet, eight inches.
The biggest fish 10 be caveh.
since the tournament began last
January II was a 4oo-pound dvs-
Ky shark. Mr.. and Mrs. Al Kis
Of Homestead landed the slant.
Unfortunately, this species is not
recognized as a game fish and
is not eligible for awards.
Bad weather over the weekend
kept many of the boats in port. OF
the few which ventured forth, the
Pilot One (Capt. Bill Wickers)
brought in a 1914 pound kingfish
caught by Harry McIntire of Ore.
gon, Missouri.
In spite of the wind and the
choppy seas, the bottom fishing
boats have been doing well with
the smaller reef fishes. The Sun.
day catches of the Storm King
(Capt. Shirley CARSON, the Grey.
hound (Capt. Tarracino) and the
Geo. H. Bates (Capt. Tommie
Lonesl were of good quantity, but
the big ones all got away.
Capt Lones' boat brought one Of
the rare and interesting rabbit
fish, which gets its name from
the remarkable similarity of its
head to that of a rabbit, lacking
only the ears.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-02-15
Sewer Project
Asked

City Manager Victor Lang said
today that he has issued an order
to the contractors for the Key
West sewer system project to post.
pone work in areas of maximum
tourist concentration" until after
April 1st.
Lang said that he was instruct
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