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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23
THIEF STEALS CAR
LOADED WITH LOOT

BALTIMORE Up - Irving Wolf,
salesman for a home furnishing
store, loaded the company car
with Christmas orders he intend
ed to deliver.
Leaving the keys in the ignition,
he went back into the office. There
he motioned toward the car and
asked secretary to keep an eye
on it. But the vehicle already was
missing. A fleet thief had driven
off with $1,000 worth of mer.
chandise.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23
SCOUTING
NEWS

At the Grace Lutheran Church
the Monroe District Winter Court oi
Honor was held with Troop 256
sponsored by the American Legion
was host.
Members of troop 253 receiving
awards presented by Admiral
Towner were:
Star Rank William E. Dee
gan, Jr., and Edwin r. Elwood
First Glass Rank - Edgar w.
Hoppe and Jerald A. Torano.
Second Class Rank - Robert B.
Bush, Edgar w. Hoppe, Frank W
Leuck, Robert L. Mehrlinger, J.
Michael Wadel and Richard D,
Woody.
Merit Badges were given tc
Edwin r. Elwood Home Repairs
and Firemanship; Edgar w. Hop
pc Basketry; Albert L, Leight'
ley, II = Camping; Donald w. Rus
sell NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; Ron
aid j. Shelton Stamp Collecting;
H. James Steward Reading and
Observation-Disclosures and Fred
erick c. Thompson CitizenShip-in'
he-Home and Firemanship.
On behalf of the local Chapter
the following were awarded the
American Red Cross Junior Course
Life Saving and Water Safety by
Admiral Towner: William E. Dee
gan, Jr., Edwin r. Elwood, Joseph
P. Richardson and Richard D.
Woody.
The Christmas party that follow
ed the Court of Honor was ENJOY
ed by all.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23
Detective Locates Some More
Of Wife's Long-Lost Family

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Up - Car
Parker, the detective who found
a sister for his wife, has added
another member to the family.
He found the sisters a brother
yesterday.
And as il the case weren't CO.
Incidental enough from the start
Parker and the brother once lived
under the same roof.
The brother, born Merle Peek,
was adopted by Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
gar Reed, of Columbia, KY, when
he was 3, and has since used their
name.
But the story needs some re-
capitulation:
Detective Parker, who grew up
in Springville, Tenn, in a family
of II children (12 are still living),
felt sorry for his wife Doris Jean.
who grew up as an orphan never
knowing her family.
Parker put his sleuthing expert
ence to work and located his wife,
sister Miss Nancy Carol Peek, 10,
last week in Marion, KY. She is
now visiting the Parkers.
But Nancy was one up on Doris
Jean. She at least knew the names
of her sisters and brothers. She
knew she had brother named
Merle, but didn't know his adopted
name. Parker and fate then took
a hand.
A local newspaper had carried
the story Of Mrs. Parker's reunion
with Nancy-a story mentioning a
brother Merle.
A reader who thought she might
be helpful telephoned Parker and
said she knew a Merle Reed from
Columbia, KY, Could he possibly
be the brother? she wondered.
Parker said he knew a Merle
Reed too. They used to live in the
same boarding house. IN fact, they
were living there when Parker
married Doris Jean last March.
Parker called his former land.
lady and learned Reed had moved
and was working in Charlestown,
Ind.
The detective then got in touch
with Reeds employers but the ad-
dress they had for him was an
old one. Finally. Parker encoun.
tered two men who did know Reed
and succeeded in obtaining his new
address.
Yesterday, Reed sat waiting in
the Parker apartment when his
sister came home from work.
"Its just unbelievable" said
said Mrs. Parker.
1--WE still have to find another
sister," said Nancy. That sister is
Mrs. Maurene Thompson, who was
living in the Cincinnati, Ohio, vic.
Unity when last heard from by an
uncle.
We've found two ,now," said
Parker. Zone more should be
easy"
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23
Child Burns To
Death In Home

DENVER R-Four-year-old An
ME Zell Hysaw died in a fire that
ragged through a two-story apart
ment house in northeast Denver
yesterday.
Her mother, Mrs. Alzone Hysaw,
had just started new job as a
maid and couldn't be located for
several hours.
The child's burned body was
found curled around a stool in a
second-floor bathroom. She appar-
emily had fled to the back of the
apartment.
The cause Of the fire was not
determined.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23
CONTRABAND FOUND

SAN PEDRO, Calf. R-Customs
officials said they found obscene
films, guns, perfume, silks and
other contraband hidden behind an
altar aboard an s5-foot tuna fish.
ing boat
They seized the boat, The Chal.
lenger. Tuesday. She is regis
tered in Balboa, Canal Zone.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23
FOG HITS UTAH

SALT LAKE CITY IA heavy
fog rolled into the northwestern
valleys of Utah yesterday, ground.
ing all aircraft and causing numer-
Gus automobile accidents. Weather
forecasters said that only a storm
front could blow the thick fog out
Of the valleys.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23
GRANDMOTHER HAS
TRIPLET DAUGHTERS

HOMINY, Okla. R-Mrs. Cecil
Morgan, a 34-year-old grand
mother, gave birth to triplet girls
yesterday, increasing her family to
nine children.
The astounded father, a laborer,
exclaimed: "What in the world am
l going to do with them?"
The mothers Oldest daughter,
Mrs. c. M. Vandever, 16, is the
parent Of one child and is expecting
another.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23
VALUABLES LOST

DALLAS R-Oilman David Nc
Cord reported to police Tuesday
that he lost seven gold nuggets
and an uncut diamond downtown.
He said the nuggets and half-carat
diamond were hanging on a gold
chain on his tie clasp.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23

The harp usually has q range oi
Ga octaves.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23

Pure silicon is worth about $3.50
a pound - almost as much as gold.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23

Helium was discovered in the sun
(IS6S) before it was found on earth.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-23

US. railroads operate about s.
600 mail cars.