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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Glib

In studying President Eisenhow-
er's proposed budget - beginning
July /, for the fiscal year 1851 =
it was rather surprising to see how
he slashed the Army and Navy
funds and spoke Of reliance on the
Air Force for major defense needs.
The man has proven his ability
with regard to military matters but
| had always thought World War
III showed that air power alone
cannot subdue an enemy.
OF course, I'm prejudiced In the
matter because / don't want to
see the morale and efficiency Of
local Navy installations injured
Nevertheless, II seems that q little
lfairer distribution could have beer
proposed between the three ser,
vices.
There are quite q few items ia
the budget that hardly appeal to
la Democrat. Guess it is to be ex'
Ipected. Wealthy business corpora
tons appear to be getting some
unusually good breaks. That has al
ways been a Republican policy.
One favorable suggestion in ths
budget is a cut in money expended
on so-called foreign aid. For year.
liz has been rather disgusting &
read how other countries demand
led = and received - millions q
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED
~ THE CITIZEN
AN ORGANIZATION BORN or NECESSITY

The average citizen in Key West often wonders
what the background and history is of various organiz
tons and individuals who in the public eye and
curious to learn more Of their place in society
This week, the Veterans Of Foreign Wars, here and
throughout the nation, are observing National VF.W
week, affording people better opportunity to know
of this splendid organization and to learn something
Of its plans for the future We believe there place
in the hearts Of all patriotic Key Wesers for this organ
cation made up Of who have shared unusual hard
ships to protect way of life.
From the history Of this fraternal group Of soldiers
sailors Marines and airmen who have gone strange
lands in the various expeditions for the past
half century to defend the rest Of from foreign ag
gressor find that they have always stood for the
right for such things would to keep their land
strong and Free 1t Is apparent TINT they have deep
for who disabled and for the
dependents of their Comrades who paid the supreme
sacrifice.
To have such attitude, and to have demonstrated
through the fftyfive years of the organizations exs-
tence in the nation that they too love their flag their
country their families their God and peaceovng peo-
pie everywhere, is highly commendable. They deserve
the admiration of people in general. who owe so
much more to the who have borne the brunt of the
battle This week opporune time to give them the
recognition they so richly deserve
In recent years. with the fine leaders it has had on
all levels, the WV. has greatly expanded its programs
and activities, until its voice is heard in many varied
endeavors which seek to make America better and
safer place to live and rear our families. .
We wish for the Veterans Of Foreign Wars organi-
cation and its units in Key West and everywhere Cod
speed in all of their worthy activities We trust that
through their efforts combined with all other
and responsible citizens, there will be no further wars
and that the sacrifices made by all veterans may not have
been in vain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

dollars. Eisenhower had asked for
q cut from the $i,SSS, zoo, 900 that
was spent this year to $1.02s, 600
90. It isn't as big 4 reduction as
many Of US would like to see but
at least 1t is = start.
Safety Council
w. L. Gale, Of the telephone
company, informs me that he
needs 4 woman to head up the
Home Safety Committee of the
Key West Safety Council. It is an
interesting job and one in which
q person could do lot Of good
toward helping the community
Anyone have any suggestions OF
want to volunteer?
Speaking Of safety, the new fen
ces that are being put up around
various Fairgrounds and schoo
yards Is q wonderful step forward
and should help to save children
from being hurt or killed. One d
the unfortunate things about safe
Ity work Is that any satisfaction de
rived from it comes from q mega
tive aspect. In other words, yos
have to wait until statistics car
be compiled and then il they show
a downward trend in the number
of accidents, you know that your ef
forts haven't been in vain.
Serge Hernandez, Patrolman q
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25
Officials SayFence Won't Solve Problem
By w. JoYNss MAcFARLAND

WASHINGTON IN - please
build this fence, Mr.. President"
a bereaved father wrote the White
House, but sympathetic officials
reported that the barbed wire
alone won't keep children from
drowning in the Contra Costa Can
al of California.
The letter Warren Anderson Of
Martinez, Calf, wrote President
Eisenhower after s-year-old joe
Anderson lost his life Nov. Is In
the canal brought from the Presi-
dent the reply that rarely had be
"been so touched by any letter
as by yours The President or.
dered an investigation.
Reclamation Commissioner W.
A. Dexheimer's report to Score.
ltary Of the Interior Mckay, who
has jurisdiction over the canal,
twas made public recently. The gist:
1.-THE problem Is more properly
one that requires the cooperation
tof each and every grownup In the
area through which the canal
Winds"
4 Anderson wrote the President
that SO persons had lost their lives
lin the canal. He asked protection
mot for my Joe, but for some
lother little Joe-or David-who's
, all boy and will be No. 81"
Dexheimer reported that he
lcanal had been fenced at the point
, where Joe fell In, but that The
! wire ''had been cut and trampIed
down."
"Adults az well as children made
I a habit of crawling through and
over the fences to reach the canal
! to swim or fish," the report said.
Tight fencing might be q deter.
trent, It continued, but it would
lalso be q challenge to the young
J sters" and might hamper rescue
efforts in case Of further mishapS.
Il And to fence the whole canal,
) (which is trayersed by us bridges
and numerous culverts and siphsn
dressings, would be difficult and
! Expensive, Dexheimer concluded.
But he said there probably would
! be no objection to fencing eff The
members Of the Contra Cosls
/ County water) district 20 desire
and are willing to pay for il, even
though the preceding statements
/ indicate our belief that fencing 6
I mot the answer"
Dexheimer said investigation
showed that eight Of the persons
listed among the 80 drowning vic.
.Etims actually lost their lives "a
I other canals or bitches, not con.
5 structed BY the bureau, that II Of
. the others were soldiers stationed
E at Camp Stoneman, many Of whom
were AW0L and under the n,
5 huence Of liquor and that several
of the remaining deaths occurred
lat fenced portions Of the canal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

hardship of a Congressman's job?"
Answer: The frustrating exper-
|ience of trying to accomplish three
Jobs at once becomes almost be-
yong personal endurance at times.
IA conscientious member Of the
House has to try to divide his time
between correspondence and assist
ing individuals with personal pro-
Iblems. committee work, and leg
|islative matters, while actually he
could spend all Of his time on any
one of the three.
Finances again enter the picture
when you consider that each Con-
gresham receives the same q.
mount Of money to maintain his Of
flee staff, telephone, telegraph and
stamp allowances, regardless Of
the size Of his district. While the
present allowance might be suffi-
cient to service . district Of $50,
600 Il has proved inadequate To
properly service my district Of ov.
| er 600, 900 people. A more equitable
allowance must be established 50
that Congressman Of large dis.
lfricts are not comeplled to dig
down in their pockets and make
further financial sacrifices in order
ito serve their constituents proper.
lily.
Space does not permit me fur.
Their opportunity to discuss witt
you the unbelievable problems
which face Congressman today
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25
Chapter !.

Chapter Is
co Ted Eggleston moved in 10
- live with the Whittiers, and IL
there was one thing that pleased
Jane more than another, at the
start. il was that Carl seemed 20
like HIM 50 well She had worried
q little about that Ted was. and
anyone could tell IL just to meet
him. all the things that Carl never
had been.
She had been afraid that Carl
might put Ted down as a pretty
boy charmer and decide he didn't
want that sort Of fellow around
the house. But when she tried 10
feel Carl out, approaching the
subject in rather roundabout
way: @Our Ted certainly knows
how 30 turn on the charm around
the gals, doesn't he?" Carl simply
laughed
'-Ted's all right he said. Hes
Q nice kid"
@Not such . hid. Carl He went
thr0ugh three years OF war, saw
some Of the toughest fighting in
the Pacific. And he's only q few
years younger than you are
Hes still just kid. Maybe he
always viii be. You can't always
measure age by years and expert
ences, Jane. It's what impression
the years and the experiences
have left on you. They seem 10
have passed Ted over very light
~, unless he's deeper than we
think and Is burying things inside
himself. He may grow up later on,
find himself, learn 4 more adult
approach to life. However. he's an
extremely likeable boy and ! en-
Joy having him around the house.
Don't your"
"Yes," Jane said. II do. I think
It's swell having him here. II you
do"
"Good," Carl said. srm perfect
~ satisfied. In fact, it's something
of a relief to me in a. way. hav-
ing Ted here. ] get so swamped
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25
Hal Boyle
Says

NEW YORK R-"Anything you
do for kids takes lots Of time. And
while we are willing to give them
everything else, that is the one
thing We are reluctant to give them
time.
"And that is probably why we
have so much juvenile Delinquent
cy."
l think that remark pretty well
sums up the problem Of dealing
with children. wish 1t were my
observation, but it isn't.
It belongs to Frank Blair, who
discovered the truth Of it by liv-
ing. Frank, who was a transport
pilot In the last war, has seven
children and makes more money
than a successful counterfeiter--
except Frank makes his honestly.
He is newseaster of the NBC-TV
network show called To-day"
But having and loving seven chill
dren--and earning them a good
lliving-Frank found wasn't quite
enough. Too much of the burden
fell on his pretty wife, Lillian.
with my odd working hours, =
Ihe said, ~ couldn't spend the time
with my kids that | felt Dad
should"
| But Frank, who at SO looks like
"a handsome older brother Of his
Iciildren, found the answer-in .
family corporation in which each
member has voice in the family
decisions. Here's how it came
about:
LIN and discovered the kid
liked to have bull sessions to dis
Ecuss where they'd got out of line
and done wrong or to talk oyel
family projects. We found they
didn't mind being punished if the,
had a voice in deciding whether
1.-THE punishment fitted the crime.
AT their own suggestion We
started having these Let's talk ]
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25
"A Letter From
BILL. LANTAFF
Dear Neighbor:

Lear NSlkuUuAs
. One of the most difficult deci-
sions your Congressman has ever
had to make was the recent one to
retire from the United States Con-
gress.
Most Of you folks know. from
my retirement announcement the
reasons which prompted this deci-
sion. Financial hardship, coupled
with my desire to move back to
Florida with my family and return
to the practice of law, impelled me
to arrive at that conclusion.
The other day newspaper pos.
ed some questions in connection
with my retirement. should like to
pass on to you the answers given
them. Their first question was,
"From your experience, can q Con
4ressman maintain suitable stan
dard Of living in Washington and
keep up q home in Florida on his
present salary?" Answer: II is de-
pendent upon many factors. II Is
possible that a bachelor Congress.
man or a Congressional family oi
two might do so. A Congressman
With minor children, who halls
from an area with as moderate
climate as Florida, runs into
complete winter wardrobe.
Further looking into this question
|of salary, one has to live in Wash
|ington to realize that the area j:
recognized as one of the most ex
pensive places in the United sta
ties to live. Evidence brought oui
lin recent Senate Judiciary Com
mittee hearings show that the SIS,
GOO per year salary received b,
Representatives today places hin
lin 4 worse financial situation thar
in 1889 when the salary was SO.
loco a year. The Committee ha.
pointed out that the compensation
of a member having only one de
pendent and no outside sources d
income actually comes down Il
ls6. 724 in terms Of 1889 purchasing
power. 1t is indeed difficult to NEE
the financial requirements of keep
ing your family in winter cloth
ling: maintaining home in Wash
Iington and Florida: travelling be
tween the two on many occasions
as the job demands; and carinl
flor constituents from the distric
without embarrassment, on th'
lpresent salary.
The second most important ques
Ition asked by the newspaper was
"Apart from poor financial return
what do you consider the principa
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25
A MAN TN THE HOUSE

And why, Habit People form 2
habit and il goes on generatiM
after generation, and no one ever
stops TO ask themselves WIZ.
Well. you and ! are going q
change all that We're going .
set q new pattern. Thenceforth
in this establishment, "Wednesday
viii be cleaning day. And Satur-
day We 60 after the dirty linen.
You fool" Jane giggled. Hon.
estly. Ted, you're the craxiest
thing. Look, ] wasn't serious
about having you help with the
housework. I don't want you 90
We'll. ! want To-" Ted said.
And that settles that Good
Lord, he added, pretending %
become quite heated on the sub
Ject don't you want 90 keep
your hands soft and glamorcusl
Don't you want to keep them SAT-
my smooth. lovely as rose petals
against your husbands whiskery
cheekl Do you suppose that won.
derful professor 81 yours would
ever have fallen in love with you
il your fingers had scratched. Do
you? just tell me that ScratchN
fingers. Ugh" Ted made q quite
dreadful face.
Jane sat down On door cnsh.
lon and went weak with Laughter.
Honestly, Ted" she said. aHon-
estly. Were you born q screwball,
or did you work it out yourseifi"
What do you Think
He was cute when he went 10
work with the vacuum cleaner.
He could run it with one hand
while he rolled and lie q cigar.
cite with the other. Jane couldn't
imagine how he did Il. "You must
teach me to do that, Ted" she
said. Rolling the cigarette, I
mean. With one hand. Not that I
want to roll my own, even with
two hands. But Il would Be q nice
trick to know
Ted winked at her. Fl know 4
lot Of other nice tricks, beautiful"
! re 10 sentinued1
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25
LOCAL. MEN COULD DO IT
Editor, The Citizen

Editor The Citizen
In your issue Of January IA full page is devoted
to the New Fleet Sonar School, the advertisement being
sponsored by the Key West Chamber of Commerce.
Key West is proud to have this school but it must
be embarrassing to the Chamber Of Commerce that in the
long list Of subconractors there is not single Key West
firm among them and the question might be askedwhy?
Who can supply flooring roofing illwork, painting,
hardware venetian blinds plumbing, fences, in fact
bout half of the work that was done by outsiders.
Perhaps of lesser Importance is the omission Of the
name Of the architect Plans for $2000000 group Of
buildings do not grow trees and it would have been
impossible for the contractor and subcontractors to do
the work without bluepris His should have been
included in the list
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Bu Florence Stuart

with details, I have 20 spend 50
many evenings working IL I'm
ever to get the material together
for that book It's sometimes wor-
ried me that I have so little time
10 amuse you or take you out
Ted seems 70 like TO hang around
the house evenings and he's COM
pany for YOU And you seem 70
enjoy him
IRON the day that Ted moved
T. in, there began 20 be Q subtle
change in Jane. scarcely notice.
able at first unless one were
watching her very closely. She
wasn't conscious OF it herself AZ
least not at first.
For one thing, she laughed more
easily and much more often than
she had in long time. Well, that
wasn't 10 be wondered at How
could you help laughing at that
idiot. Ted, actually setting out 70
do the houseworki
Wonder OF wonders, he really
could M anipulate q vacuum
cleaner. And what's more, he
seemed to enjoy doing il. Jane
couldn't imagine how he had ever
worked out his college schedule
| to leave so much free time. But
he swore he wasn't skipping
classes, and he showed her his
list of class hours TO prove it.
Saturdays he had free, the
whole day. And Wednesday after
moons. And odd hours in between.
Wednesday. he thought. was 9
good day for the cleaning. Be-
cause no one else ever cleaned
on. Wednesdays, and he liked 20
be different
why" he demanded solemn
Fly, edo people always clean on
Fridays or Saturdays?"
Some do il on Mondays" Jane
informed him.
swell, there you are. Fridays,
Saturdays, or Mondays. And I'm
not even sure you know what
you're talking about. Monday, my
pretty little dear. is wash day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

over sessions and they developed
into mock trials, and Lii and I
found ourselves on trial, too, some
times. We found out what the kids
thought we were doing wrong, par
|ticularly after one of the kids got
the idea Of keeping minutes Of the
meetings"
Then Frank decided to create a
family corporation to rule on all
family questions with each men,
Der being allowed one vote for
each year Of his age.
The current voting status is as
follows: Frank, 80; Lii, 81; young
Frank. II; John, Is; Tom, -;
Mary. Z; Theresa 4; Paul, /;
Bill, I.
Currently the senior partners are
able to outvote the junior members
lof the Blair corporation rs to 5!
lin a showdown, but Frank says i
doesn't often come to that.
1.-The kids don't vote as a blot
against u.s." he said. 1.-THE frs
thing we found out is that they
won't take advantage Of a situa
ton if you give them a sense o.
participation. That is the wonder
lful thing about children-their rea
sense of honesty and fairminded
mess"
The family corporation meets
Ievery Sunday. The members voti
fines and penalties and punish
Iments, decide questions like wha'
TYPE of new car to buy and wher,
Ito spend vacations.
/ The kids have routine chores
they are expected to perform, bu
.Iare paid for extra duties such al
baby sitting. Each member of tn
family pays a penny a week fol
leach year Of his age, and the po
lis divided among the kids just be
fore Christmas each year, includ
ing as a bonus the money chippes
lin by Dad and Nom. Iii acts a
treasurer by popular demand.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25

Truman Elementary School, Is pro
baby one Of the hardest working
men In Key West as far as pro
noting safety goes. The man goes
far beyond the call of duty in his
efforts to protect school children
and teach them 10 take care d
themselves.
Politics
This Rock" viii never be able
to understand local politics - Of
national and international for that
matter.
Fairly reliable sources indicate
that Mayor c. B. Harvey viii entel
the race for Representative thi.
Spring. That viii make three of oul
leading citizens who are after tn,
job - Papy, King and Harvey.
Now, there isn't much honor il
being State Representative, there
is practically no solary, and ther,
is Z heck Of lot of abuse. VIII,
do people fight SO for the job? Fol
that matter, why do they spen,
so much and cut each other
throats for even smaller electiv,
positions within the City and Coun
lty?
It is a puzzle that is worth think
ing over and trying to decide be
fore you 60 to the polls and vote
Too often we put a man We lik
lin office rather than the one wit
high, idealistic motives. The latte
type Of guy IS the one who Wi
improve local conditions over
period Of time.
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in his conscientious attempt to ser.
We his people. ! sincerely regret
leaving Congress and shall always
feel deep sense Of gratitude to
the people who have afforded me
the honor to serve South Florida
as a State Representative and as
their Congressman.
Sincerely yours,
BILL LANTAFF
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-01-25
Very truly yours
]. EDGAR WILLING
I'll Sirnonton Street
Key West. Florida
WANTS KEY WEST COFFEE

Editor The Citizen 1855 II
While was in the Navy during the believe ]
had the privilege of visiting local coffee firm which
would like to contact now. Their product is very
tasty coffee and reasonably priced coffee. Up
here we pay up to S1OO for poorer grade coffee
Would appreciate it immensely if you would refer this
letter to them.
Respectfully yours,
CHARLES BICKFORD
Box 1877 Derry Rd.
Hudson, N. III.
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PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions 81 ihs is read
bot the editor HE right 20 delete items which
considered beoUs The writer's should Be
fair and eonns s letters 400 words and side
OF the only. Signature % HE writer accompany he
letters and VIII be published unless requested Otherwise
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-04-08

Hattie Stoltz.
Mrs. Alta Locker of PaineS.
vile was a Sunday guest OF
Miss Hattie Stoltz and the two
ladies visited Mrs. Elsie FriS.
bic and brother, Guy Trask, in
New Lyme.
Miss Alta Mae Stoltz accom-.
panied by two girl friends OF
Painesville, attended the Maple
Festival Sunday and later
visited Mr.. and Mrs. H arly n
Stoltz and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Hilg a r
and granddaughter, Judy Hilgar
recently visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Break in Kirkland.
Ray Hilgar and son, Fred,
were in Kidron, Ohio, Satur-
day where they attended a
farm machinery sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Cook of
Painesville spent Sunday with
their Son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hilgar Jr.,
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rehor and
twin daughters, and mother
Mrs. Ed Hemer of G aug a
Lake, visited Mr.. and M r s..
James Hemer Sunday.
An electric pump has been
installed at the aid society
rooms, and running water in
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-04-08

Bill Campbell and D a V Ia
Steingass of Boy Scout troop
96, Hambden, won first place
in the tent pitching contest AT
the Maple Festival.
John and George Landon
spent the weekend with BUD
and Dick Street of Chardon.
Josephine Little of Willough-
by spent the weekend W / t h
Sara Landon.
A baby shower was G v e n
for Shirley Clemson of Hamb-
den, Thursday, April 1st. 1t
was held at the home OF Ruby
Sidler. The ladies that attend
ed were Mrs. John Grant, Mrs.
Bob Murray, Mrs. Ida Cam,
Mrs. Carey Paige, Mrs. Daisy
Lambert, Mrs. Sofie Ringer,
Mrs. Ruth FeldScher, M q.
Peggy Kunkle, Mrs. Olive Able,
Mrs. Dorothy Mish, Mrs. Eva
Peterson and Mrs. Ruth Bart
lett. She received beautiful gifts
for the baby, and a buffet
lunch was served.
The English club had a tea
party at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Line of Hambden,
on Wednesday, March 81. The
members that attended W er e
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Trask OF
Middlefield, o. Mr.. and Mrs.