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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17
Dick


So many folks have been asking
me about the ferry to Cuba that |
made the trip over there last We'd
nesday just to be able to answer
their questions.
Biggest objection that ! can see
is the length of time it takes to
cover such a short distance. OF
course, I'm not a fair Judge be-
cause was not on a vacation with
plenty of leisure time. Nor do |
care for boats. My stomach gets
queasy!
There is no question but that the
ferry is decided improvement for
Key West, however. Tourists like
the novelty of the trip. Landing at
Cardenas detracts from the aver
age Americans idea of gay, care
free Havana. understand the COM
pany plans to change this soon by
putting in at Veradero Beach. This
will help matters.
BatiSta is still the big man In
Cuba. His pictures are as promin-
emily displayed over there as some
of our local politicians in this
country. Outside of that, there is
nothing to report from our good
neighbor to the South. l saw no
pinching males-but there were
some mighty pretty senoritas who
might possibly incite single man
into a 'pinching episode'-me? I'm
too old to get involved in such fool
ishness,
Dicks Tire Service, 929 Truman
Ave. suggests that you give Safe
ty' to your family and the public
this Christmas by equipping your
car with US. Royal 8's-tube or
tubelesS. The popularity of the
tubeless tire is sweeping the coun-
try. Before you buy one, however,
be sure and visit Dicks because in
our opinion, the Royal 8 tops all
other brands.
For those who wish to economic
but still guarantee themselves safe
riding conditions, Dick invites you
to try Lodi recaps. Our steam full
Gaping jobs carry the same war.
ranty as a new tire-and at Dicks
z
you're not tied down by a guaran-
tee OF limited mileage or time. We
make our Lodi recaps and We
stand back of them,
visit Dicks Tire Service. Tires
provide a long-lasting present. A
gift that the receiver will appre.,-
ate throughout the months to come.
Ph. 2-2842 for road service. (adv)
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17

WASHINGTON R-At a time
when the United States is trying
to improve its relations with the
non-Communist races of Asia, It
is making progress at home in
racial relations by broadening the
protection of civil rights.
A catalogue of that progress over
the past seven years was published
this week by the American Jewish
Committee in a 30-page pamphlet
called The People Take the
Lead"
This week was the 163-rd ami
versary of the adoption of the Bill
of Rights, those first constitutional
rights to American citizens. The
committee issued the report IN
honor of the anniversary.
At the time the Bill of Rights
was added to the Constitution in
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17
Hal Boyle
Says

Meanwhile he is pretty grim
company for other members of the
house, and the kids keep asking:
mama, what's the matter with
Daddy? Did somebody give him a
new ulcer for ChristmaS?"
The way to avoid this situation
is to start your year-end brooding
right now. But don't do it all at
once. Space it out.
You can begin gradually. Just
brood S to 10 minutes a day until
you feel you are getting the hang of
It. Too much sudden brooding, like
too much sudden exercise, is bad
for anybody, and particularly bad
for people over 40
One easy way to get into the
swing of it is to start off by
brooding over all the wrong things
you did yourself.
But, of course, to do thorough,
sll-around job of brooding you
can't treat it like one-way street.
II you don't brood back over your
own mistakes, you're only doing
half the job, and you're missing
the real scientific value of brood
ing.
1
The main thing is to buckle dowr
to the task right now Then, when
the new year arrives, you'll be all
hrooded out, and eager to face the
challenges ahead.
And that brings up a final sug
/ gestion., Timing is very important
in constructive brooding. Dom
wait until next June to get youl
1855 brooding underway. Get in Z
little spring practice during April
Then, if you are really getting
the knack of profitable brooding
you'll take time to brood abou'
what lies ahead as well as what i:
. already past.
The guy who is most likely t.
stay out of trouble in this worlc
is the guy who does a little con
, structive brooding in advance-fol
if he doesn't like the price tag OF
what he sees. he won't have t
| buy the penalty.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17
By Bill spillman

After giving the Garrison Blight
proposal serious thought, have
lost some of my anxiety.
To begin with, something strikes
me as not being just right and fair
for the city to lease choice yacht
harbor property and water to build,
in addition to docks, stores, res
taurantS and other profiting con-
cessions that will hurt business al
ready paying taxes and operating
in the city.
My personal feelings are, the city
is perfectly justified if the lease
is for the man to build piers and
a yacht clubhouse to rent dock
space, etc. But to 60 beyond that
and allow stores to be constructed
over the water of the Blight to work
in competition with people who
are paying high rents, taxes, or
have paid for expensive property,
is not exactly morally right.
There is property across the bou-
leyard that can be used for store
spaces - but then, it is not owned
by the city.
1 dare say that if any of our
merchants in town had a few hun.
dred thousand dollars, they would
be glad to develop Garrison Blight
to put up few stores.
l would be the last to say that
anyone should interfere with the
Bight's development. Also l think
that the more stores in town, the
merrier, the more competition, the
lower the prices, etc. However
fairs fair.
As it now stands in Garrison
Blight, we have a yacht club but
no space for yachts.
1t is a matter of getting yachts
to come to Key West, I am tod
that minimum type 100-foot fin
ger piers can be built for about
$1,000 each. I am told also that
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17

NEW YORK R-Are you a last
minute brooder?
Do you wait until 1855 actually
begins before you start brooding
about all the wrong things you did
in 1854?
Well, why keep putting it off?
Why not be an early br0oder?
There are still some good brooding
days left before the, first Of Janu-
ary. Why not do your brooding
Low. and avoid the, late season
rush, ~s-a. rr,scr, -gs4 yq
It is this habit of postponing his
brooding that ruins the post-holi-
day period for many an average
man. .~s-... i. .-...
He wakes up on New Years
morning, feeling the effects Of too
much partying the night before,
takes a look at himself in a mirror,
then crawls back into bed, mutter-
ing to himself:
"Boy, what louise I've been all
year,"
His 12-month collection Of con-
science pangs strikes him all at
once, and he writhes in mental
self-torment. His mind is crowded
with the memories of all the ways
he has let down himself, his boss,
his wife, his kids-and Norman
Vincent Peale-during the preced'
ing 365 days.
Overwhelmed by a vast sense
of guilt, the tortured wretch takes
no joy in the bright prospects OF
the year ahead, because he feels
he has wasted all the splendid Op'
portunity in the year just ended.
In a blue funk he makes wild,
hopeless resolves to do better
good resolutions that would test
the mettle of an angel, resolutions
he knows he can't possibly keep,
and thus plants the seeds OF future
conscience pangs.
Reduced to a kind of moral jelly
ty. this titanic attack of mass
brooding. the guy really doesn't
manage to lift himself out of his
depression until he sees his first
robin.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17

'firsts' could probably fill an en-
tire book.
Five years ago the National
Committee on Segregation in the
Nations Capital scored widespread
discrimination in Washington. To
day segregation in public facilities
in the capital is the exception
rather than the rule.
Five years ago Negro students
were rarely admitted to Southern
state universities. Today some
1900 Negro students attend inte
grated college classrooms in the
South.
And the most far.reaching ad
vance of all-the US. Supreme
Court historic decision on Nay
II, 1854, banning segregation in the
nations pubic schools-was only
a far-off dream, five years ago.
"In every area Of American life
the gap between ideals and prac-
tees is closing-slowly, to be sure,
but steadily"
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17
They're 10 Years Old
They're 10 Years Old
Cirminello Quads Make Life Interesting

HOLLIS, NY. tR - The Clrml-
nello quads are 10 years old now,
and four nicer, noisier, more nor
NAL youngsters you couldn't find
anywhere.
Maureen, Eileen, Kathleen and
Michael live with their parents,
Joseph and Kathleen Cirminello,
in a two-story gray stucco house
in this pleasant residential COM
munity in Queens, Long Island.
Their life is bounded by Queens
public school 134 five books away,
the neighborhood Methodist church
and evenings of homework, tele-
vision and devoted parents.
To them the publicity surround
ing their birth in a Philadelphia
hospital Nov. l, 1914, is apparently
just as interesting as the adven-
lures of Donald Duck, their only
comic book-and not whit more
personal.
All are good looking, thin young
sters, with straight, dark brown
! hair and bright brown eyes. Mi
chael has a spatter of freckles
across his nose.
Shortly after 3 pm, on any
schoolday except Thursday, which
is when the Girl Scout and Cub
Scouts meet, the blue front door
bursts open and the four children
clatter in.
Mrs. Cirminello, the former
Kathleen Virginia Hatcher, of Ok
mulgee, Okla, is a pretty, dark
haired, placid woman who can be
find and objective at the same
time.
Il have a headache all the time
they're home" she says as mat
ter of unregretted fact. $50 help
me, it starts when they come home
and it stops when they 60 to bed.
They get rowdier and louder every
year"
Joseph Cirminello is an account
ant investigator with the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission, He
was working in Philadelphia with
the commission and living in Upper
Darby. Pa, when the quads. their
only children, were born to his 30
year-old wife. Thev moved to Arl-
mgton, Va, in 194S, and here four
years ago,
"Before they came" she re-
recalls, "I used to think two
would be about the right number
Of children. But you get used to
four. The doctor didn't want to
worry me, so he told me | would
have twins
Since the quads' weights at birth
ranged from pounds IA ounces
to 3la pounds, their health has
been a constant consideration.
They've always been thin and
wiry and with lots of stamina, "
Mrs. Cirminello says. THE last
day of every month l line them
up and weigh and measure them.
They weigh from 81 to SO pounds,
and Maureen, the tallest. is 541a
inches. Kathleen was the smallest
at birth and still is, but she's
healthy.
Eileen wants to be a secretary,
Maureen a nurse and Kathleen "a
mother like Mama" Michael is
all set to be a doctor. because l
think can make a lot of friends
that way. A surgeon.
For Christmas the only thing
Mrs. Cirminello knows they want
is another little green turtle. Their
last one died not long ago and
thev miss him.
"You see, l don't think they're
spoiled and one reason they're not
is because they don't get a million
things. There's usually only one
Ct a thing and the four have to
share it. Consequently, they appre-
ciate what they get because they
don't get too much. And l prob
ably shouldn't say this in front of
them. but noisy as they are,
they're real nice kids"
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17
BIG TAKE ON TREES

MONTREAL tR-Canadians are
exporting Christmas trees to the
United States at rate expected
to net more than five million dol
lars before the season ends. A
check by Canadians indicates a
quarter to third of the trees on
sale south of the border are cut
in this country.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17
HE'LL TAKE HER JOB

OGALLALA, Neb. R - Sheriff
Boyd Harris of Keith County is
going to take over his wife's lob
as deputy sheriff. The newly elect
ed sheriff, Wayne Elliott, said to.
day he would make Harris his
deputy when he takes office Jams
Mrs. Harris has been serving as
her husbands deputy since Nov1.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17

An intensive program of rehabi-
lltalon is going on today and has
been for several days on the tennis
courts at the Casa Marina.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17
December ", 1894

Another contingent of approxi-
mately 300 veterans are enroute u
Lower Matecumbe and are expect
ed to arrive in a few days, possibly
Wednesday.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17
A Grain
Of Salt

the bottom dredging will pay for
itself by selling the mari.
Rental on the docks would pay
construction costs in a short time.
From last reports, the city had
over $4,000 on hand for the Blight S
development. 1t could be used to
put in piers where water and cleo
tricity are available to the visiting
yachtsman.
A man said recently that if Key
West had facilities for rs to 100
yachts, it could become the yacht
metropolis of Florida. say that if
we had space for at least one yacht
it would be a miracle.
There has been talk for the de-
velopment of the yacht basin going
around for the last several years.
If we had three 100 foot piers,
it. would be enough space to ac-
commodate about Is yachts. Even
if half the space was rented at 10
cents per foot-day, the income
void be about $500 monthly.
There is lot of truth in saying
that we must crawl before we can
walk. 1t is at least time to be put
on the floor.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17

CORAL DUST - Jack Delaney
the other night at Jaycee meet
ing said that in line with a forth
coming project he would like to Of
fer his services - Before he could
finish his statement, a member cut
in and said that he would be
glad to have him act has Santa
Claus. Delaney was thinking of the
fishing tournament project.
Guests of the old folks home
are in for treat when Cub Scouts
of Pack Isl invite them to their
party this Friday.
There is some talk going around
that DR.. Campbell is too progress
sive for this archaic system.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17

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December II, 1874
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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17
By Bill Gibb

Civil Service Board members years
ago
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-17

Citizen is open forum and invites discussion of public issues
subjects of local or general interest but will not publish
ymOus communications.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-10-09
PATRONS OF ARTS INC.
LAUNCHES FALL
CAMPAIGN

Patrons of the Arts Inc,
has launched its member
ship campaign for October
through October Is. All
members are urged to re-
new their memberships and
to encourage their relatives
and friends to become mem
bers of Detroit's outstanding
cultural organization. This
organization has served as
a springboard for many
promising young artists and
has helped to introduce them
not only to Detroit, but to
the world.
The following artists will
appear on these dates: Janet
Collins and Dance Group,
Sunday, Nov. 4. 1854; Rob
ert McFerren. Baritone, Sun
day. Feb. 20. 1855; Natalie
Hcnderas. Sunday. March
27. 1865.
f. Lowe is publicity chair
man.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-10-09
WAYNE UNIVERSITY
EDUCATIONAL TV GETS
CO AHEAD SIGN FROM
BOARD OF EDUCATION

The Board of Education
has given the green light to
educational television in De-
troit with the appropriation
of 100000 to install studios
at Wayne University and at
the Detroit Public School
Radio Station. WDTR-FM,
Lawton at JOY.
Wayne will spend $4,000
converting its Old Main au-
ditorium, until recently oc-
cupied by the library. while
WDTR will use $4,000 to
alter its radio studios for TV
presentation. A third studio
will be built by the Univer.
sity of Detroit.
All three studios will be
used by the Is cultural and
educational groups who are
members of the Detroit Edu-
cational Television Founda-
ton. sponsors of the non.
profit, non-commercial UHF
station. The Foundation has
raised nearly 100000 from
private sources which will
be used to build 500-foot
tower and purchase a trans
mitter, television cameras
kinescope and allied equip.
ment. u
Channel Sc should be or
the air within six months,
according to Wayne Vice
President William +. Stirton,
who is executive secretary
of DETF.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-10-09
Woman Wins Award

WASHINGTON. D.C.-Another
signal honor came TO Iota Phi
Lambda sorority last week when
Mrs. Anna j. Steen. former pres
idcnt OF Gamma Chapter and
national dean Of pledges.
The sorority is national or
lanlzation of business and pro-
icSSional women which celebrat-
ed its 25th anniversary last Aug
rst Mrs. Marion II. Jackson.
Washington, DC, business and
civic leader. is national prcsi-
dent
Mrs. Steen teaches at Banneker
Junior High, Washington, DC.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-10-09

COncOld grapes, IN soOu sup
basket at the Farmers Markets
is generally around the middle
Growers say that the quality
is very good this year. Jam
and jelly makers are remind
ed that he 1854 crop is said
10 be slightly under normal.
Plentiful supplies Of punched
bects. punched and topped car
rcts. green and red cabbage. cell
ely. dry onions. potatoes. rad
ishes, squash and field grade to-
matoes represent a few of this
weeks top values in fresh vege-
tables 10 be found at the local
farmers markets
Carlot dealers at the Union
Produce Terminal have reported
the arrival Of the first carload OF
red Delicious apples from Wash
ington Wholesale prices started
al $500 a bushel for the extra
fancy grade
Local packers say that the
supply OF dressed pork is ade-
quaie for present trade needs.
Demand is only fair. Wholesale
prices again have dropped on
most all pork items. Fresh pork
loins are down 2 10 &c ID.
Both fresh and smoked pic
Mes have been reduced &c pei
pound al wholesale. Spareribs
too, are to &c ID. cheaper thI:
week. All grades of sliced bacor
are generally down lc pounC
at the wholesale level.
, Boston-style pork butts alOnl
with fresh and smoked. hams alst
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-10-09
DR.. HYLAN LEWIS TO
OPEN AU FORUM SERlts

ATLANTA, Georgia.
The Arts and Sciences
Forum series at Atlanta Unr
versity will open Wednsr
day, October Is, with Dr.
Hvlan Lewis speaking on
"Nationsl Development IN
the Gold Coast" The lee
ture will be at 8 pm. 10
Dean Sage Auditorium sno
is open TO the public.
DR.. Lewis, who is associate
professor of sociology |"
Atlanta University. spent tns
first three monthe of thr
year in Africa as advisor "
the Gold Coast governnnen.
He served as consultant "
Prime Minister kwamv,
Nkramah on the sociologlesl
aspects of the constructor
of a $400,000.000 TVA.typss
project which Is schedu''0
for 1866.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-10-09
REPUBLICAN WOMEN
LUNCHEON SUCCESSFUL

The women's division of
the Homer Ferguson Com
mittee held a luncheon hon.
oring Senator and Mrs. Fer
guson. Over five hundred
women and their guests fill
ed the lower banquet hall
Monday at the Veterans
Memorial and heard United
States treasurer Ivy Baker
Priest and former Senator
Harry S. Cain of Washing
ton who were the distin-
guished speakers for the
occasion. Senator Cain has
just been appointed to the
subversive Activities Control
Committee.
Senator Ferguson was un-
able to be present as he was
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-10-09
CENTURY OF PROGRESS
CLUB; MRS. JOSEPHINE
BILLUPS, HOSTESS

The Century of Progress
Club held their first meeting
of the season at the home
Of Mrs. Josephine Billups.
of fireman Avenue. on Sat
urday afternoon, October
End. Miss Hattie Winston,
the newly elected president.
chaired the meeting. After
business discussions, Mrs.
Billups introduced her prof
ect speaker. young Mr.. Her.
bert Locke. and he took the
members of the club on his
trip abroad, and showed
them many cards of pictures
of Foreign Countries. The
trip proved very interesting,
as they travelled along with
the well-mannered speaker
whose diction. department
pronunciation. as well as
the trip was so well present.
ed. The hostess served de.
lightful menu.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-10-09

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL
CHURCH Of Crosse lie was
founded in 1865 from fund lett
by Mrs. Elizabeth Forth Denni-
son which was put in trust from
her earnings
September 26ih. the Crosse He
choir rendered d program al ST.
Cyprian Episcc pal Church and
three great great great nephews
Of Mrs Dennison were acknowl-
edge by the choir and audience.
Mrs Denni-on is a race woman.
Rev Malcolm Dades theme Sun
day was Il Believe
TABERNACLE cHU RICH =
The Dict Of Ashes was the
theme Of Rev j J Mcneil
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH
a Time Of Great Decision
was the theme OF Rev J c
Oglesby. The Homecoming which
was the highligh, Of the day, was
joyful occasion for all
HARTFORD AVE BAPTIST
CHURCH The Mems Brother
hood and neighborlng churches
Brotherhood had as their guest
speaker Sunday night Rev A
Keith % Grand Rapids whC
spoke On Liberal Religion A
social hour was INDUCED in and
was most enjoyable
Mrs Wilma Robertson and Mrs
Rosa Scott were presented with
baby mum corsages from Block
63 and 6400 Club OF Hartford
avenue.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1954-10-09

A'AANhA aAs
Seated at the speak...,
table were: Mrs. Don,Id e
Leonard, wife of the Rer,,sS'
lican candidate for gov. s0'
or; Mrs. Charles Dean J.
member of the Republic
National Finance commit,s.'
Mrs. Catherine Gibson, vie.
chairman of the Republic,
State Central Commit,s.'
Mrs. John M. S. Hutchin.o.
vice-chairman of the HON.,
Ferguson committee; M.
Geneva C. McNeal, st,,.
Central Committee and Az
visor to the Ferguson car
paign Committee; M.
Diane Edgecombe, A.,;,,.
ant vice-chairman Form.
Governor Wilbur M. BrucL..
who is now Asst. Sectv :,
Defense.
Seen among the capacity
crowd were: Postmaster Ed.
ward Baker, US. Attornor
Fred Keass, US. Marsha
Nowicki. DR.. A. A. BanE.
Rev. A. B. Ross, Rev. Green
Raymond Scruggs, Mrs. MIL
dred Green. Mrs. Marie Har.
ris, Mr.. and Mrs. Randolnb
Wallace, Mrs. Constanco
Thomas, Mrs. Elrene BOYD
Mrs. Iona Harris, Mrs. Mn
riel Andrew, Mrs. Mary ;
Clark, Mrs. June Roxbor.
borough. Mrs. Bessie Terry
Mrs. George Carmichael
Mrs. Fay Maynard. Nr
Mary Hutchings, Mrs. Birdie
Golson. Mrs. LOWE Rober.
son, Mrs. Gladys johnson,
Mr.. I. Boykin. Mrs. Eugenis
Brayboy, Mrs. Bessie Har.
ris. Mrs. Clara Patterson.
Mrs. Elaine Beverly. Mrs
Carrie Young. candidate for
State Representative Mrs.
Brady, Mrs. Beatrice Tals.
faro. Mrs. Clara Matthew.
Mrs. Carleton F. Gaines. and
many others.
Mrs. Frank B. MAR wal
general chairman of III.
luncheon, and was assisted
by Mrs. Charles Morgana,
Mrs. J. Dwyer Kinnucan and
Mrs. Grant Barnes.
Y w c A
Six paintings by Mrs. Mary
Bruce Sharon, of New Hav
en-, Conn, well-known H.
year-old painter of primi
tives, are on exhibit I'M
month at the Detroit Ill.,
torical Museum as part 4
the Detroit YWCA's celebn.
ton of the YWCA's world
founding in London, Eng.
land, in 1855.
Mrs. Sharon has been
painting only six wears, but
has already won for herself
a place in the field previous.
~ mcnopolized by 99-year.
old Grandma Moses.
The paintings, which are
on a nationwide tour. rep
resent scenes from the
YWCA's h istoric back.
ground. Among the scenes
depicted are the first sum.
mer camp for women in
America opened by the
YWCA of Philadelphia at
Asbury Park, NJ, in 1874
the first YWCA tipping ella"
in New York in 1880, and
the frat YWCA cafeteria in
Kansas City in 1891.
The exhibit. open to the
public. may be seen in the
Museums Hall of Citizen
ship. The Museum is open
from | to 10 nm. TUESDAY
Wednesday. Thursday. FIR
day and Sunday, and from
9 am. to 6 pm. Saturday
II is closed Monday.
The exhibit is the hrsi
of several commemorative
events planned by the
YWCA of Detroit in observ.
snce of the Centennial Of
the YWCA of the World.
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