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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-13

For several weeks now, you good
folks of Monroe County have stood
by patiently and listened to sensa-
tional news reports concerning the
Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
District. News reporters have cap
italized on surface events without
fundamental knowledge of actual
working conditions. Will you grant
me few minutes of your time to
add some words of my own? Re-
member that "This Rock" seeks to
interpret - not furnish - news.
For nearly year I worked on
Bahia Honda and lived at Pigeon
Key under the supervision of
Brooks Bateman. It isn't my inten-
ton to defend the man for any
wrongdoing in which he might have
been engaged but / don't like to
see Bateman or any other en-
ploye of the District kicked around
more than is necessary. And right
now, that seems to be. the popular
pastime.
To begin with, politics might have
played an important part in de-
termining employment at Pigeon
Key but it wasn't the sole criterion.
Otherwise, yours truly, who has
never catered to the group in
charge. wouldn't have been able
to secure work up there.
We were paid fifty dollars a
week plus room and BOARD for do
ing a job where fellows life was
at stake every minute of the day.
Contrast that amount which figures
up. to SIPS an hour with the base
union scale for this kind of work
Il think it is around $2.75), and
you'll see that no money was vast
ed unnecessarily on our salaries. Of
course, there did seem to be GER
tain amount of favortism in the as
signment of jobs. Certain men
couldn't or wouldn't work on the
more dangerous parts of the bridge
and these were assigned to house
painting or maintaining bridge ap-
proaches.
Men like George c. McCown,
Clifford Hicks, and other honest,
respectable Monroe Countians per-
formed an excellent job of super
vision. Bridge work is difficult.
For example, Bahia Honda isn't
one long continuous structure. It is
composed of dozens of spans -
each span a separate unit in itself
with no connecting link to the
other. That is why when you ride
over it, you'll hear the click of your
tires which are actually jumping
through open space. Even the
bridge ratings are divided in this
manner.
To take care of expansion and
vibration, all of these separate
units are mounted on rollers. Thus,
bridge like Bahia Honda is not
only broken up into segments but
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-13
Membership Committee @y
Knights OF Columbus To Mark Anniversary Here

The Membership Committee is
one of the most important COM
mittees of any organization. This
group is responsible for always in
creasing the Councils membership
by enrolling new members and re-
storing former members to active
status through reinstatement pro-
cedures. - -. s~s .-.--
Tonight at the regular meeting
of Father Dougherty Council at the
Noes Hall on Duval St., about
thirty new members will be initial.
ed, as the results of an anniver-
sary membership drive.
Within the membership COM
mittee are sub committees respon-
sible for the enrolment of new
members. An Admissions Com
mittee interviews and investigates
each applicant; A Conservation
Committee helps to prevent men,
bership suspension through person
al contacts with members about to
be suspended because Of arrears in
dues and so forth.
Other sub committee groups for
membership include the Member
ship Quota Committee whose res
possibility it is to see that the
Council achieves the new member
ship quota as set down by the
Supreme Council each year. Faith
er Dougherty Council has achiev.
ed its award for 1853 and 1854,
mad has been placed on the Orders
Honor Roll. It is the further res.
possibility of the Membership Com
mittee to maintain a membership
level within the Council which viii
guarantee the effectiveness of the
work to be done and make Column
bianism a potent and worthwhile
factor in Catholic; Community, and
National life.
M. Ignatus Lester is the current
chairman of the Membership Com.
mittee of the Father Dougherty
Council. 1t takes a. minimum Of
twenty five members to success
fully carry on the works laid down
for this committee under the five
point program.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-13

Because If Bensineer didn1
wait until breakfast he must have
been heading for DR.. Stokes's
home and his talk to Alchisez at
once"
sand he didn't get there until
after DR.. Stokes left? I don't
understand how"
That's what's importanks !
said.
What else do you knowf. che
asked.
That Alchisez was interested
IN the death of Gwynne Ealing rs
late as Last night" ! began. THAT
Or. Stokes Is sure Gwynne Eal.
ing died from natural causes.
That Bensinger died on an empty
stomach this morning. That Mrs.
Pettigrew can't be found, and
there are too many derringers 60
ing off here and there around
town."
d.
~And what I must do" she said.
Is run out to the beauty shop"
Then I thought about death.
and how doctors are able. or
think they're able, to tell how
long ago it happened just by polk
ing at corpse. ! made another
phone call, to DR.. Stokes's Office.
"When will Won he throu0h
with your work there?" ! asked
six o'clock, but don't come
over. Unless lock Nd the place
patients keep coming in and I
never get away. I'm supposed 10
meet your boss for dinner ct
seven o'clock"
"Can you come to the Office here
before THAR" ] asked him. Il
have another aspect Of the case
that needs your help"
Must I pay you and then do
the work myself? Well, I'll be
there by ten minutes after six"
I hadn't set the telephone down
before it began ringing again.
"This is Diane Ealing, Jackson
came the reply. "I'm calling you
about Mrs. Pettigrew."
what about herr"
I've persuaded her 10 talk 10
you"
I looked at the time. Il was
about four-thirty. Tell her 10
take your car and drive down
here to my Office. Get here in an
hour. No more, no less"
TO be continuedl
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Chapter q

OQapteI ~
I HUNG up, very slowly. be-
cause didn't want her to see
how my hand was shaking
Diane, tell me all about yssE
husbands Uncle Gwynne."
"But I hardly knew Gwynne
Ealing" she said. "He died be-
fore ]. married Dick"
WAS there anything strange
about Gwynne Ealing's death?"
mot that I can tell you," she
said in her usual cagey way. "He
was an elderly man, with a bad
heart. doubt if anybody felt
very badly when he went, in
Guiding Dick"
Now about Mrs. Pettigrew,"
said. After 60, maybe she'll
show up"
"And what must I do?"
Convince her that if she's not
guilty of murder, she's hurting
herself by hiding or trying to run
away. Get her to come downtown
to my Office and talk to me about
it."
Downtown, I hunted up DR..
Stokes's Office. I walked into an
Office with a walnut desk, COM
Portable chairs, and books right
up to the ceiling. DR.. Stokes
looked at me from behind the
desk. "Well, Yates? ! hope this
is important"
ITS about Gwynne Ealing" I
He took off his spectacles.
scowled at them, and put them
back on. Ever since you came
to town, I've had to neglect my
practice. Now I don't know how
I'll catch up. What about Gwynne
Ealing? He was my patient years
ago"
"when he died." I added. Tell
me about it."
He turned to a filing cabinet
and brought out a folder. He
opened it and studied some pa
,pers. "Gwynne Ealing was an
angina case. Angina pectoris is,
of course, more the name for
symptom than for the condition
itself. Laymen call it neuralgia of
the heart. Ealing's trouble was
arteriosclerotic. When you have
that, you must ease off, rest, stop
worrying and keep from losing
your temper. You cut down on
your smoking and drinking. You
eat plain foods, and not too much
of them. You're careful about
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-13
Cause
Family Trouble

WASHINGTON, ~ Sen. Nc
Clellan DARK, a member of the
Me- arthy-Army investigating SUBJ
committee, has received the fol-
lowing letter from Cincinnati:
"Mr. Sen. Mcclellan:
"Just when do you think you
could stop these hearings. My
husband has given up his job,
just sets and watches those hear
ings all day, doesn't work any
more. Being a Democrat he has
laughed so much that he has be-
come Ill and l don't think he able
to 60 back even if il was over.
He claims this is the biggest mess
he has ever seen in Washington.
The only time my husband stops
laughing is when Mccarthy starts
to grlnt and hold up his hand
and asks for a point of order. NV
husband just isn't sure just what
Nc earthly wants. Can you explain.
"a Taxpayer"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-13

Roslyn News have already pub
lished stories about the Marathon
expedition. The 1854 Pulitzer Prize
winning newspaper, Newsday is
preparing a special feature story
o.. the boys. The New York Times
reporter indicated that news cover
age will be given when all speci-
mems have been unpacked.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-13

Grasshopper Glacier in southern
Montana contains millions of dead
grassnoppers which failed in at
tempts to migrate across the ice
during the past 600 years.
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CITIZEN ADS BRING RESULTS
Evening star., 1954-04-27
COLONY HOUSE

Take pride tomorrow, in what you buy today
Evening star., 1954-04-27
ZAP Photo.

months, I find myself in the un-
enviable position of having to
vote on many issues without that
background. / am going to make
an endeavor to keep up.
"The bills having to do with
agriculture and the other prob
lens interesting my Midwest area
certainly will receive my kindest
attention"
She does not yet know what
committee assignments she may
draw, "but I recognize I am very
Junior"
Nebraska's colorful "cowbelle, "
who actually operated her own
sprawling ranch, even to the calv-
ing, branding. and to rounding
up her prize Herefords during a
blizzard, arrived. in Washington
Sunday evening. She flew here
with Gov. Robert Crosby, one of
the candidates for the full Sen
ate term. and Mrs. Crosby. The
Governor is here attending the
Governors Conference.
The wealthy ranchwoman was
met at the airport by her sister.
Mrs. c. w. Need of Springfield,
Mo.
The newly appointed Senator
was up early yesterday morning.
but she doesn't like to say how
early, after one newspaper
quoted her last week as saying
she oversight the day she arose
at $50.
II don't want to try to set
a pattern for Washington" she
Evening star., 1954-04-27
President Eisenhower Host
I o the Visiting Governors

Governors here from 46 States
and three territories for brief
ing on major Government prob
lens and other issues dined last
evening with President and Mrs.
Eisenhower at the White House.
The closed meetings, which will
last three days. were due to get
underway this morning. Mrs.
Eisenhower's sister, Mrs. G. Cor
don Moore. was among the guests.
At the dinner were Colorado
Governor and Mrs. Dan Thornton
he is chairman of the Gov
ernors' Conference: Delaware
Governor j. Caleb Boggs, Penn
sylvania Governor John S. Fine,
New Jersey Governor Robert B.
Meyner, Georgia Governor and
Mrs. Talmage, Connecticut Gov
ernor and Mrs. Lodge. Massachu-
sets Governor and Mrs. Herter,
Maryland Governor and Mrs.
McKeldin, South Carolina Gov
ernor and Mrs. Byrnes. New
Hampshire Governor and Mrs.
Gregg and Virginia Governor
and Mrs. Stanley.
Other Governors attending
were Thomas E. Dewey, New
York; William B. .Umstead, North
Carolina; Frank j. LauSche,
Ohio; Gordon Persons, Alabama:
Francis Cherry, Arkansas; Allen
ShiverS, Texas: Goodwin j.
Evening star., 1954-04-27

January, or only until election
day this November. In the latter
case, there would be a "shopt,
short" November-to-J uary
Senate term on the Nebraska
ballot this falD.
1T am not a candidate. That
is my feeling as of now." said
Mrs. Bowring. Though it could
be fun. especially if, as I under-
stand it, it is for a very short
time, and there is no work. p"
'Forword Looking
Long active in Nebraska Re-
publican politics, where she
avoided taking sides in her
party's pre-convention fights
until she plunked for Eisenhower
early in 1852. the ranchwoman
described herself as a forward
looking Republican"
This she defined as one who
knows that while looking for
ward we must remember always
to look back and find the things
that have been accomplished, so
that We are able aways to go
forward"
In general. she comes to Wash
ington pledged to support Presi-
dent Eisenhower, but reserving
the right ito make my own de-
ciSions."
Turning serious about her new
job, she said she is aware that
many important issues are up
coming. and that much work
has been done on them for many
Evening star., 1954-04-27

knight. California; Paul p.
Patterson, Oregon; Edward F..
Arm. Kansas; Charles H. Russell.
Nevada; Robert B. Crosby.
Nebraska; Sigurd Anderson.
South Dakota; Arthur B. Langlie.
Washington; c. j. Rogers, Wyo-
ming; j, Bracken Lee, Utah:
Johnston Murray, Oklahoma:
Edwin L. Mechem, New Mexico;
Howard Pyle, Arizona; B. Frank
Heintzleman, Alaska.
Still others were Vermont
Governor and Mrs. Emerson,
Kentucky Governor and Mrs.
Wetherby, Tennessee Governor
and Mrs. Clement, Louisiana
Governor and Mrs. Kennon,
Indiana Governor and Mrs.
Craig, Mississippi Governor and
Mrs. White. Illinois Governor
and Mrs. Stratton. Maine Gov
ernor and Mrs. Cross, Missouri
Governor and Mrs. Donnelly,
Michigan Governor and Mrs.
Williams, Iowa Governor and
Mrs. Beardsley. Wisconsin Gov
ernor and Mrs. Kohler, Mime
sofa Governor and Mrs. Ander-
son. West Virginia Governor and
Mrs. Marland, North Dakota
Governor and Mrs. Brunsdale,
Montana Governor and Mrs.
AronSon. Idaho Governor and
Mrs. Jordan and Guam Governor
and Mrs. ElVide.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Girl From the Cow Country
New Woman Senator Is Witty and Friendly

said. "And don't want to stay
UP as late as you do either"
Her first appearance on the
Fill yesterday was at a House
Interior and Insular Affairs
Committee hearing. where she
was escorted by Nebraska's SEN
ior Senator Butler. The COM
mittee was considering a Me-
braska matter.
She arrived at her Office by
10. and met the staff. all of
whom formerly worked for her
predecessor, the late Senator
Griswold. She has asked Lorne
Kennedy, the Administrative as
sistant. and the entire staff to
stay on with her.
Greets Mrs. Smith
After the press conference and
some tape recordings she went
to the Office of the only other
woman Senator. Margaret Chase
Smith of Maine, for photographs.
The two greeted each other
warmly. owe met once before
at a party, but I'm sure Mrs.
Smith doesn't remember me"
Mrs. Bowring said)
Mrs. Smith offered her an auto
graphed picture which she ac-
cepted gladly. as her houSewifely
eye was already disturbed by the
absence of any pictures on the
walls.
Another wall was quickly
adorned with a huge picture bor-
rowed from the reception room
a photograph of the modern sky
scraper which houses the state
house at Lincoln, Nebr.
The rest of the newcomers
morning was consumed with re-
ceiving well-wishers, and at 10
of IL a Sizeable entourage started
for the Capitol, where she was
to be sworn in shortly after noon.
She was escorted to the Vice
Presidents Office and then to the
Senate floor by Senator Butler.
Governor Crosby and Assistant
Defense Secretary Fred Seaton.
who held the same Senate seat
for while.
Vice President Nixon drew
laughter by announcing:
"The senior Senator from Ne
braSka has asked me to announce
that no inferences are to be
drawn from the fact that the
senior Senator is a widower while
the Junior Senator is a widow" I"
There followed a luncheon at
the Capitol, with Senator Butler
as host, followed by a dash to
the Sheraton Park to select a
small one-bedroom apartment.
A TV recording came next, and
by then the new Senator was
about ready to throw in the
towel.
II do better on a horse than
on my feet" she said ruefully.
Some one suggested I bring my
horse. but I guess that isn't very
practical. I am numb-and you
spell that with an "n," not a ID" +"
Evening star., 1954-04-27
Mrs. Eva Bowring,
Nebraska Roncher
7 axes Senate Scot
BY lsobeIIe Shelton

I'm a green cowhand, just
come to town-a girl from the
COW country"
That's the way Mrs. Eva Bow
ring of Merriman, Nebr., who
was sworn in yesterday as the
Senate's second woman member,
describes herself.
But her cornf1ower blue eyes
twinkled as she said it, and she
promptly proceeded to disprove
it, at least so far as it carried
any connotation that she was a
babe in the woods politically.
At a short and snappy press
conference held shortly after
she arrived in her Office at 10
o'clock, she parried questions
with the skill and good-humored
aplomb of a Senate veteran.
A twice. widowed grandmother
of 62 who rides the range on
her 10,000-acre ranch. the new
Senator is a strong, sturdy
woman with gray hair, a sweet,
gently rounded face and an ex-
preston of mirth in her blue.
blue eyes.
She is blunt. witty and friend
ly. Her language is laced with
colorful cow country phrases,
some of which found their way
into the press conference.
C"Won't they have fun in WASH
ington trying to teach me Eng
lish," she quipped last week in
Nebraska.)
Tighten My Cineh
A reporter seeking her views
on foreign problems was told:
well, you know that amuses
me little. I come here per-
fectly new. and have a lot to
learn. Might I ask you to tighten
my cinch before I tell you
what my views are?"
A question on her stand on
the touchy farm parity pay
ments drew cracking: "I
didn't notice that you had spurs
on when I came in"
"You will have to vote on it
tomorrow" the reporter pur-
sued. (The Senate takes up the
wool subsidy bill today.
Eyes. and you will still be in
terested in my vote tomorrow"
she snapped back, smiling
sweetly.
Another queStioner asked if
the Senator might change her
mind in the fall and run for the
full Senate term (her's is a brief
recess interim appointment).
"Ha. ha, aren't you being
amusing" she responded. II
see you have blue eyes, too.
There's more than a little Irish
in you"
She wasn't so positive with an
other questioner. who asked if
she might run for Nebraska's
short, short" term (Nebraskas
officials are now trying to decide
whether Mrs. Bowring's term
continues until the new Con-
gress is sworn in early next
Evening star., 1954-04-27

go down the receiving line, bars
were also set up in the McNair
Gold, and dining rooms on the
first floor.
Enjoying the always popular
shrimp. ham and turkey from
the elaborate buffet were Army
Chief of Staff and Mrs. Matthew
B. Ridgway, Undersecretary OF
the Army and Mrs. John Slezak,
Army Assistant Secretary and
Mrs. Hugh M. Milton and Ma
rine Quartermaster General and
Mrs. w. P. T. Hill.
Just a few of the hundreds of
others accepting for festive gath
ering were Undersecretary of the
Air Force and Mrs. James H,
Douglas, Assistant Defense Sec
retary H Lee White, Assistant
Defense Secretary and Mrs
Roger Lewis, Navy Undersecre-
tary and Mrs. Thomas Gates,
Mrs. Robert B. Carney, Col
Carey A. Randall, Mr.. Wilson's
military assistant, and. Mrs. Ran
dali: Special Assistant to the De-
fense Secretary and Mrs. Ralph
Moore, Assistant Secretary
Charles Thomas, who will become
Secretary of the Navy, and Mrs.
Thomas: and many, many others
including quite a representation
from the diplomatic corps.
Mr. and Mrs. Kyes will leave
Washington on Monday - the
day Secretary Anderson will be
sworn into return to their
home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Accept Both Parties
Returning to the Lehman
party-this fete was not so large
but large enough for the space at
the F Street Club. Among the
acceptances for this party who
accepted the Wilson party too
were Senator and Mrs. Fergu-
son, Australian Ambassador and
Lady Spender, Senator and Mrs.
Lyndon johnson, British AM
bassador and Lady Maklns, and
italian Ambassador and Signora
Tarchiani.
Additional acceptances to the
party for the Personal Ambas-
Sador of President Magsaysay
of the Philippines and Mrs
Romulo came from the new
Austrian Ambassador and Mrs.
Gruber. former Secretary of
State and Mrs. Dean Acheson.
Associate Justice and Mrs. Har-
old Burton, former Secretary of
the Interior and Mrs. Oscar
Chapman, the Edward H. Foleys,
Associate Justice and Mrs. Felix
Frankfurter, Senator and Mrs.
Guy Gillette and Mr.. Clayton
Fritchey.
Others planning to go down
the receiving line, which was in
the drawing room of the club,
were Senator and Mrs. j. Will
liam Fulbright, Rabbi and Mrs.
Norman Gerstenfeld. Senator
Theodore F. Green, Mrs. j. Bor-
den Hartman, Mrs. James M.
Helm. Senators Thomas Hen
nings. Irving Ives. Lister Hill and
Hubert Humphrey and their
wives; DR.. and Mrs. Howard
Mitchell, Archbishop Patrick j.
O'Boyle. Mrs. Frances Perkins,
Peruvian Ambassador and Sc
nora de Berckemeyer, Senator
and Mrs. George S. Smathers
and Senator Henry Jackson.
Others There
Many other couples joined in
greeting the Romulos and found
the food very tempting.
Some of those attending the
two evening parties had had
luncheon with the Romulos and
Mrs Lord. At the midday fete,
held in the hosts suite at the
WestcheSter, were Australian
Ambassador and Lady Spender,
Pakistan Ambassador and Be-
gum Ali, Ell Salvador Ambassa-
dor and Sonora de Castro. the
Icelandic Minister and Mrs.
Thors, Representative and Mrs.
Olin E. league. Mrs. Homer
Ferguson, Mrs. Harold Burton
and Mrs. Marie McNair.
Mrs. Lord came down from
New York for the luncheon.
Evening star., 1954-04-27
To Fete Worrens

The Netherlands Ambassador
and Nine. van Roijen are giving
dinner tomorrow night in
honor of Chief Justice and Mrs.
Warren.
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Sheila Burkholder
Weds West Virginian

The marriage of Miss Sheila Burk-
holder, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs,
Lewis Hurkholder of Cherry street,
and Joseph o'Dell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. w. O'Dell Of Rainelle, West
Virginia, has been Announced by the
The wedding vas an event of Sat
urday, August e8, at the parsonage
of the Clifton forge Baptist church,
Clifton Forgs Va.
Following Ia short wedding trip,
the couple &re making their home
with the bridegroom's parents at
Rainelle. Tbey were in Bluffton
for a visit withsMrs. O'Delfs parents
and friends over the Labor Day week
end, returning to Rainelle on Sun
day.
On Saturday evening, September 4,
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Mr.. and Mrs Llewellan Amstutz
entertained a group of nieces and
nephews and their families in their
home Saturday evening at picnic
dinner. Also their son Wade AM
stutz and family of Fairborne. Other
guests present Iwere: Mr.. and Mrs.
Ray Schumacher and children of
Findlay, Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Gessler
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1954-09-16

and childrena Uniopolis, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Anderson and children of near
Bluffton; also Mr.. ad Mrs. Ormel
Schaublin and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Lehman and children, David
Lehman, Miss Martha Sutter and
Mrs. Hulda Schumacher.
The children of the st. John church
have been invited to meet at the par.
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PAGE THREE

sonage at Q o'clock, Saturday morn
ing for Bible Study and a picnic with
the pastor, Rev. John Suderman as
their host.
Mrs. Philhert Welty of Crivitz,
Wisconsin, ID guest at the home Of
her aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Hilty and
Mrs. A. j. Welty of Lima was an
over Sunday visitor with Mrs. Hilty.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Paul miller have re-
turned from their hoheymoon trip to
the Western States land will be at
home to their friends on the groom's
mothers farm south of town. Mrs.
Mary Miller who lad occupied the
farm home recently moved to her
newly remodeled home on Main
street.
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Pandora

The Methodist Brotherhood of
Putnam County met Tuesday even
ing at the local Methodist church.
This was the first neeting of the Fall
and Winter season and the guest
speaker for the occasion was Rev.
Ernest Bigelow, pastor of First Pres
byterian church in Findlay, using for
his subject, "You Joined More Than
You Know" Special music was in
charge of Charles Buehrer and Eldon
Reichenbach.
Miss Mary Ann Burkholder was
hostess Tuesday evening for the reg
ular meeting of the Dprcas Mission
airy Society.
Emmett Augsburgers entertained his
Sunday school class Of boys at a
wiener roast Sunday afternoon on