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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
This Rock
Of Ours

''The trouble is" explains Louis,
"that once a tax is placed on the
people, it is hard to ever get it
lifted. 1 would rather find some
other way of raising the money if
possible"
This columniSt expressed the
thought that perhaps a swimming
pool could be built for the exclu-
Sive use of students and that fin.
ancial aid could be secured from
the school board. At least, this
would accomplish part of the aims
of the pool promoters and create
an example of what could be done
later for the general public. Car
bonell and other civic leaders We
toed the idea as impractical.
Two of the finest organizations
in Key West - the Lions and the
BPW - are pushing the project.
Let's give them our backing.
Boulevard Bridge Hazard
A Navy Chief, H. T. Roberts, has
suggested that q sign be posted on
the approach to the Roosevelt Blvd.
bridge construction job: "TRAF-
FIG LIGHT AHEAD"
He maintains that strangers, ap-
preaching the bridge when the red
light is burning, think that it is
merely a danger signal. I agree
with him.
The public is accustomed to see
ing red lanterns in such an area
but this is the first time to my
knowledge that traffic lights have
been installed.
You might argue that any sensi.
BILE driver wouldn't try to crowd
on the bridge even if he didn't rea-
lie that traffic was being controll-
ed by lights. My only answer to
that is the statistical information
which seems to indicate that not
many drivers are sensible"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
A Grain
Of Salt

that your organization get its sup
port from the chest also.''
This, perhaps, seems like a cold
way to approach the subject but I
think there 10 a limit to charity
drives.
There are, Of course, exceptions
to the rule. For example, the
March of Dimes is having an en-
Urgency drive. l will gladly donate
money for the drive and assist in
any way possible to make it a sue
cess. My two children received
Gamma Globulin.
In this case, if I had paid for the
GG shots, would not be too anx-
ious to donate money again. l viii
consider my contribution as pay
ment.
In spite OF this, think that the
March Of Dimes should be under
the community chest drive. l think
that all charities should be under
the Community chest drive.
It is not my purpose to question
the worth of various charities for
/ believe that they all are good in
substance and represent worthy
causes.
/ believe that If all charities were
under the Community Chest in a
solid front, the Community chest
could have reserve fund that
would take care of emergency
funds necessary as in the present
case of the March of Dimes.
Why don't you do as lam going
to do, give a days pay to the Com
munity chest and be done with it
- almost?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
INewsmen Find
Wrong Pair

CHARLESTON, W. Va. R-Ru.
mors spread rapidly in the West
Virginia capital yesterday that
Sen. Mccarthy (R-Wis) and Roy
Cohn were to stop over on a flight
through Charleston.
After airlines officials confirmed
that the names Mccarthy and
Cohn were on the passenger list.
newspaper reporters and television
cameramen hurried to the air
port.
When the plane landed, they
scrambled up the steps and
searched out their quarry. only
to find that another Mr.. Mccarthy
and Mr.. Cohn were travelling to.
gether - bearing no resemblance
to the Wisconsin senator and his
associate.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
By Bill SpilImsn

Boo-Koo people have apparently
forgotten what the Community
Chest was organized for. If my
memory serves me correctly, its
purpose was to put all charities
in to one big drive and save the
public from continually being con-
fronted with 4 drive from this and
that charitable organization.
The expense of charity drives ID
no small item. II is comparable to
building q house. You can make a
one room house with one kitchen or
you can make a twenty room house
with one kitchen. The kitchen cost
is the same.
The same goes for charity drives,
the cost of giving a drive is about
the same whether it is a big drive
or small drive.
Personally, l have just about
come to the point of telling people
who approach me for money for
this and that, that / support the
Community Chest and if they de-
sire my contribution, / suggest
that they become a member or
ganization of the Chest.
believe that the Community
chest requests that each person
give about one days pay. I have
not done this in the past, but this
time, - this coming drive - l am
going to give a days pay and keep
the receipt for the amount donated.
Then, when l am approached for
another charity contribution, l win
say that 81 give my support to the
community chest and / suggest
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
By Bill Glib

Louis Carbonell indicates that he
would like to see the proposed
swimming pool located on the Mon
roe County Beach. ''This Rock
will 60 along with him on that.
Any development that will help to
improve our recreational facilities
along the waterfront will also serve
to attract tourists and furnish Ma
Wy men with a place to 60.
The Business and Professional
Women have struggled for years
to secure a pool in Key West. Now,
they have offered a thousand dol
lars as an incentive to get action.
Such spirit is praiseworthy but l
can see no reason why the City
Fathers should accept the money.
Let the cost of such a pool be
shared equally by all residents! If
the BPW still wishes to use its
money it will probably find plenty
of opportunities through beautifica-
ton of the area.
In previous years, this column
has objected to construction of
swimming pools until our natural
beaches were improved. The City
of Key West has made no progress
in this direction, however. The
County has long-range program
under study which sounds interest
ing but offers no immediate solu-
ton.
Financial Problem
Needless to say, construction of
a swimming pool presents a de-
finite financial problem. Commits
sioner Carbonell says that he
thinks a utility tax will provide the
answer. He hastens to add that he
will 60 along with such tax only
if assurance is given that it will
be removed when its primary OBJ
jective has been accomplished.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
Bride Selling
lis Problem
In Yugoslaviia
By ALLAN JACKS

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia N -
The centuries-old practice Of o
tiny Albanian minority in Yugo-
Slavia-selling girl brides-poses
the government one of its toughest
social problems.
President Tito's Communist 70.
glme has been trying, principally
through education and propaganda,
to stamp out the practice, but it
is slow business.
The difficulty was pointed up re-
Gently in a report from the district
of Orahovac in the southern Yugo-
Slav province of Kosmet. Young
girls still are being sold to hus-
bands there for as much as 800, 900
dinars Isl, 00O). Even worse, said
the report, greedy fathers are SELL
ing their daughters to old men
who can pay the highest prices.
Bride selling is a custom Of
MoSlem Sciptars (Albanians), q
custom as old as the opposite prac-
tee of girl taking a dowry to
her husband. To this day many
young Sciptars leave their native
villages to FIND jobs in more re.
warding areas. Often they even 60
abroad. They live frugally, save
their money and then go home to
buy a local girl as a wife.
The report on the present situa-
ton said that in recent months
fathers in the district sold As girls
to husbands and that 361 girls
under IA had been unlawfully
pledged to potential buyers Cen
gaged).
But there are some good signs
too, said the report. Thirty girls
recently sought protection of the
law because they did not want 70
marry old men.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
SAFETY SUGGESTION

Editor, The Citizen:
AS resident of Key West for seven months and
owner of home here, l hereby express my opinion
about the safety of the people, especially children who
ride their bicycles in the evening and at night
thing it could be made safer by using the space
between the paved part of the and
lawns. AS a specially provided roadway the paving
would have yellow color which would serve as guide
in the darkness of the night.
1t would be good for pedestrians too.
Respectfully yours,
SAUL A. ISRAELSOHN,
1919 United Street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10

They ought to put stop to his
nonsense before the ladies really
start wearing those whalebone and
birdcage attachments calculated to
alter the silhouette of American
womanhood.
Wen wager that if any of our
Key West gals show up in one of
those creations, it will result in a
bigger furore than that which has
confused the fluoridation issue.
It will really be a revelation,
though, if they follow through with
it - and it will create a lot of
honest women.
Joey Balbotin, our copyboy had
this simple comment on the situa-
ton: ''Impossible!"
For my part, I'm just going to
stand by and see what develop
ments show up.
X X X
A behind the scenes hassle has
developed after a raid was con-
Quoted one Sunday recently on the
American Legion clubhouse on
Stock Island by the local constabu-
larry.
Seems that drinks were being
served in their bar during the
hours of 6 9 p. m. that Sunday,
in violation Of the city code.
The law provides that LIQUOR
may not be served during those
hours on Sundays, except in private
homes.
But what the Legion boys want
to know is why the cops picked on
them - and apparently do not
bother other private clubs in town
X X X
POTPOURRI: One of the amazing
things about the fluoride contro-
versy is how the opposition seems
to be unable to understand the fact
that the addition of sodium fluoride
to the water supply does not cons
titute mass medication. A medi-
cation is a drug administered to
cure a given condition. Sodium
fluoride-and you can believe this
- prevents tooth decay. So there!
Winston and Sue Jones are on
a vacation trip to the north - in
Marathon Ed Beckman is due
back in town shortly to begin drill
ing his high school football squad.
Bet he has a nervous breakdown
in November. Take a look at that
schedule. Bill Neblett, who'll re-
present us in the state senate come
next April, is. one of the most &C.
complished orators in these parts.
Number one orator, we think, is
State Attorney j. Lancelot Lester.
He's ball of fire when he gets
wound up in court. John Bowers,
along with Reggie Roberts, Jack
Crouch and Johnny Richardson re-
Gently returned from Tavernier
with Bowers new 28-foot cabin
cruiser. It's been a cool summer,
up to this week, hasn't it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10

AS a results of revelations made
at last nights meeting Of the Key
West Junior Chamber of Com.
merce, a special meeting Of the
board of directors, governmental
affairs and publicity committees
will be held tonight to map out
a program designed to bring about
improvements Of juvenile condi-
tons in Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10

More than 1000 babies have been
born to service mems wives in
Florida during the past year, und-
er the emergency maternity and
infant care program for which
congress appropriated $4,000, 900,
and if present plans are carried
through, the new Municipal Hos.
pital on Stock Island will take in
such patients. It was disclosed
today that Miss Marie Hartel,
superintendent of the institution
which is expected to be opened
some time next month, hopes to
have the hospital certified for
these cases.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions Of hs views Of s read
but fhe editor the right delete items which
considered belovs should BE-
fair and eonne the letters 200 words side
Of the only Signature Of the writer ss
letters and will be nvbishsd unless rsqUesied esrWse
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
ANTIQUE ORGAN
WITHSTANDS WOES

NEW BERN, N. C. M-A1oo-
year-old organ in use here orig
inally was bought for $500 in 1854.
Sixty-two years later it was hit
by lightning. The congregation. of
the First Presbyterian church here
thought it was ruined and sold it
for SIPS to the Negro First Baptist
church, which repaired it.
Church members said the
organs tone improves with age.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
APPRECIATES RECOGNITION

Editor, The Citizen:
We want to thank you for taking pictures of our
stand in the Key West Post Office and for giving
and Leonard Warren the operator such fine publicity
We entire program will benefit from such
recognition.
Very sincerely yours.
Florida Council for the Blind
JAMES j. COX
Prevention of Blindness and
International Specialist
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10

The Rev. Eldon Simmons's ser.
mon topic Sunday at Ley Memorial
Methodist Church was intriguing,
to say the least. 4
It was "Hernando's Hideaway''
l. the title of a hit popular tune.
When the announcement came IN
to the office Friday, / phoned Rev.
Simmons. l was curious to know
| just how he was going to attack
the subject.
Rev. Simmons informed me that
| it was not the first time he had
made use Of 4 popular song title
as his sermon theme. Others he
has used, for example, are Johnny
MERGERS "Accentuate The Posi-
tive" and "The Best Things In
Life Are Free"
He pointed out that there is a
false philosophy expressed in the
lyrics of "Hernando's Hideway"
ii. e. There is a dark secluded
place, And no-one there can see
your face, Just knock three times
and whisper low, That you and ]
were sent by JOEY.
The substance of the lyrics, Rev.
Simmons said, can be expressed
this way: "Come with me and III
show you how to do all the excit-
ing things in life without being
caught" =.
Further, he says, the tune would
have you believe that II know how
you can get out of the reach OF all
moral responsibility"
"And the best part Of it is that
YOU wife and neighbors would new
er know about it," he added.
"But it won't work." said Rev.
Simmons, "your sins will find you: "
Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it.
I'll bet Rev. Simmons congrega-
ton enjoys his sermons.
Oh yes, Rev. Simmons said that
"Hernando' 5 . Hideway" is 4 very
pleasing tune.
4 X X
Speaking of pop tunes - I'll GO
along with Denis Sneigr's crusade
against juke boxes with but one
exception - "a Bunch Of Banans
and q Bottle of Gin"
That's the pseudo-calypso tune
with lyrics by Ogden NASH which
kids the pants off Ernest Heming-
way on his African plane crash
publicity. Jose Ferrer and his
spouse Rosemary Clooney are the
vocalists on the clever ditty.
While I think that we'd be better
off without the Internal machines,
the only way you can apparently
hear "Bananas" is to stick a dime
in 4 juke box.
Reason: The radio moguls have
slapped a ban on the tune because
of its reference to gin. The same
situation, you'll recall, arose in the
middle 40 when "Rum and Coca
Cola" hit the nation.
Kind Of silly, isn't It.
X kk
This fellow Christian Dior is up
10 no good. In our book.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10

The good neighbor" policy might be applied with
benefit in Key West by all of citizens.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10

Coiled steel spring weighing a
pound can be made to lift a pound
weight about 80 feet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
August 10. 1914

City of Key West is unable to
collect sewerage service fees from
the Navy and from the Housing
Authority because the city's sew
erage ordinance has not been
amended.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10

Many letters continue to be re.
lceived at the offices of the cham
Der of commerce and the secre.
tary is busy answering calls for
information relative to housing
in Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10

Tired business men might try resting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10
T. AUGUST TO. 1884

August 10, 1884
Tomorrow will be one of the
most exciting days of the encamp-
ment of the 265th Regiment, Flor
ida National Guard. Governor
David Sholtz and a party of state
officials are due to arrive az
noon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10

One of the most interesting
stories of Tortugas and adjacent
islands appears in the August issue
of Motor boating. It is entitled,
80, 900 Wings" and was written by
Don Waters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10

This fellow Christian Dior is uI
to no good, in our book.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-10

Minks are cousins Of the weasel.
Evening star., 1954-03-17
with Bill Leetch

fishing before the week end.
Although Aliens Fresh was some-
what muddy Sunday. it should
clear promptly and the fish will
return with the first good tide
backed up by southerly winds,
Pike fishing is over in Maryland
tidal waters until May /. but q
quieting down of the weather
should again bring the yellow
perch fishing to a head in the
South and Severn Rivers.
Advance notice places the an
nual Campfire of the Brother
hood of the jungle Cook for the
week end of May 14-16. Invita-
tions to members will be issued
early next month. Our advice is
to reply promptly as accomoda-
tionS as usual will be limited.
We have a copy of an interest
ing letter received by a member
of the Government Printing Of
flee Fishing Club. The writer of
the letter. a boat captain. urged
his friends" to make their leser-
vations early if they want to go
on seine-hauling trips with him,
commencing the first of April.
The writer says that those who
have gone seine fishing with him
in the past have done very we'll.
Our friend in the GPO Fishing
Club is writing for further de-
tails. He and your scribe are
somewhat amazed to think that
Evening star., 1954-03-17

any sports anglers would indulge
in this sort of thing. The man
who received the letter has never
heard before of this particular
boat captain. Well be much in
tereSted in the captains reply.
West Virginia has suffered so
tremendously from a scourge of
forest fires during the past two
years that Director Carl j, John
son of the Conservation Commits
sion is ealing attention to a
highly dangerous situation" for
the official forest fire season
which began the first of this
month and lasts through May 81,
with special laws in effect. In
order to catch up with a def
cheney in rainfall for the past IL
months some statistician has
figured it would take a daily
rainfall Of 100 billion gallons for
70 straight days. Late SHOWS have
alleviated the situation in some
sections to mild degree.
Evening star., 1954-03-17
West Catholic Game
With ST. Joseph's
Tops Journey Bill

West Catholic High Of Phila-
delphia will meet Mount st. Jo-
seph's Of Baltimore at 10 pm.
Friday in one of four games
opening the three-day Washing
ton Catholic Invitational basket
ball tournament at Ritchie Coli
scum and it is shaping up as the
best game of the night.
st. AIMS of New York will
meet st. Benedictine of Rich
mond at $50, st. Anthony will
play Bishop England High of
Charleston. S. c., at z. and Con-
zaga will meet Scranton (Pa)
Prep at $50 in other games
opening the tournament. None
of these is expected to be quite
as tough as the West Catholic
Mount st. JoSeph's contest.
The Baltimore team, private
school champion the. last four
years and city champion the last
two, features Dennis MCGUIRE,
6-foot-3. 195-pound hook shot
star. MCGUIRE, l8-year-old SEN
ior and varsity end on the foot
ball team the last three years.
is the teams top scorer. He has
scored 284 points in IS games this
season for an 11.4 average.
Scored % Points.
In the finals last week against
Patterson Park for the city
championship. MCGUIRE had %
points in one game and Is in the
other. He was named by Sport
Magazine to the All-American
high school team last year as
we'll as being named to the ALL
State first team.
West Catholic, along with St.
AIMS the pre-tournament favor
lite. has nine of its 10 players over
6 feet. -Four players have scored
952 points of their teams 1890
season total.
James McNicholas, 6-foot-5,
has 267 points; Capt. Bob Devine,
6-foot-1, 1852; Charles Eltring-
ham, 6-foot-3, 257, and Don
Campbell. 6-foot. 166.
Block Tickets on Sale.
Block tickets, good for all II
games of the tourney and priced
at 81 for students and 81 for
adults, are on sale today and
tomorrow. They may be pur-
chased at all Catholic high
schools, the Arena. Mitchels and
Fairway Sports Stores and Tuffy
LeemanS' Cleaners and Dyers
in Silver Spring and Bethesda.
Beginning Friday tickets will be
sold only at the gate at 81 for
students and $3.50 for adults
each day of the tournament.
A total of 10 trophies, Is
statuettes and 20 miniature bas-
ketballs will be awarded. The
top award, to- the championship
team, will be the Archbishop
O'Boyle trophy. to be held for
one year. A smaller trophy will
be given the winners for per-
manent possession. In addition.
10 members of the winning team
will be presented statuettes.
All of the trophies are on dis
play in the Hahn Shoe Store
window at Fourteenth and G
streets NV.
Evening star., 1954-03-17
By Rod Thlomos

For consistency plus class in
duckpin shooting it would be
difficult to top the latest per-
Torrance of Larkin Sonny
Weldon. AS a member Of the
leading Takoma team In the Dis
trict Major League, Weldon is
driving for the league individual
championship.
Last night when Takoma shut
out Chevy Chase Chevrolet. Wee
don rolled games of 148. 145 and
148 for a set of AL. In each
game he marked up six spares
and one strike.
Last week Weldon rolled All.
Thus, for six consecutive games
in the District League he aver
aged an even 142. The AL
pushed his average to 1915 for
II games and placed him third
in the standings behind Bill
Mischou of Chevy Chase and
Frank Micalizzi of Takoma.
Mischou, who ranks No. in
the Washington area, lost ground
last night with a 370 set which
reduced his average to 1880
for 80 games. Micalizzi also
slipped. with a 366 performance
which left him with 1878 for
81 strings. Bill Stalcup. Glebe
captain who a while back led the
league, nicked his average again
with a 353 set. He now is fourth
with 1862 for "a games.
The scoring pace throughout
the District League has stepped
up lately. In last weeks matches
the individual average of the
membership was 127-plus. Last
night it was 126-plus-a COM
mon average of approximately
127 for two weeks. It's an in
teresting statistic considering
that the top average is only a
point higher.
The Frederick, Md. team, with
Evening star., 1954-03-17
Single Pin Keeps
Bowler From 300
Game and New Car
BY the Assoeioied Press

CHICAGO. Mar. II. - Don
Carter of Detroit. national indi-
vidual match game bowling
champion, missed bowling a per-
feet game by one pin last night
and missed winning a new auto
mobile.
Carter. in a match with Cliff
Tolle featuring a locally tele-
vised bowling series, made II
straight strikes. Then he left
the No. 10 pin standing for a
score of 299. The prize for 800
game is a 1854 automobile.
But there's a chance Carter
may win the car, after all. In
the series of matches over 13
weeks the bowler with the high
est score for three games will
win a new car. Carter had a 1853
series. shooting 233 and 236 be-
fore his sensational third game.
Tclle, of Chicago. had scores of
1875. 161 and 1876 for a SAL series.