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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
By Bill Glib


of the shop, this letter would land
in the trash basket because it
lacks a signature. The only objec-
tional feature that l can see how
ever, is that the writer failed to
say: Secretaries and colomn-
lists" Then l could have put an
"amen" in the place of the sigma
ture.
Here's the letter. What is your
opinion on the subject?
Dear Mr.. Glib:
am not going to sign my name
to this letter because / like my
boss and my job too well and
wouldn't want to embarraSS him
in any way. I would rather it not
even be printed but am writing
you just to see if, through your
column, you can help the women
who are holding down two jobs in
order to help with finances at
home, namely being a housewife,
a secretary and last but not least
"a mother. We are really holding
down three jobs. There are a lot
of women in Key West in the same
circumstances, and it would be so
much appreciated by all of uS-if
you could just get something over
to the bosses down here. The sal
airy they pay their secretaries is
absolutely disgraceful.
A secretary here is expected to
work s hours a day and a lot of
us have to work Saturday morn
ings. The top salary is $4,000 a
week. After all the deductions are
made-answer truthfully now-is
it worth it? Out of that amount at
least $1,000 a week is paid for
someone to keep the children or
for nursery school. We actually
work all week for around $27.0O. /
think you men should be absolutely
ashamed of yourselves (eXcuse me
if you don't have a secretary.
You bring in money right and left
under our eyes (Which incidentally
wouldn't be possible if you didn't
have us to do the biggest part of
the work. and you never once
think about your secretary-how
far that little measly salary goes
or whether she might just be
tickled to death if you offered her
a raise once in awhile to make it
all seem worth the effort and that
she is appreciated. What in the
name of Heavens do the bosses
around here think-that it is up to
the secretary to ask for a raise.
After all she does for the-can't
he be thoughtful enough to give
her a raise now an then-and /
don't mean a raise that puts us in
another income bracket and there
fore taking all the raise right back
for the Internal Revenue Collector.
If the bosses down here have a
good secretary and they want to
hold on to her-they should gradu-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
But they haven't.

Probably a lot of folks are under
the impression that word Of the
Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
scandal" did not spread beyond
South Florida.
But Reggie Abury can tell you
differently.
He and Mrs. Albury returned re-
Gently from a vacation trip to Las
Vegas.
On their way home, they hailed
a cab early one morning in New
Orleans.
The driver had his radio tuned
in on a news broadcast and the
announcer was relating the story
of how the national guard had been
called in to clean up the vice situa-
ton in Phenix City, Alabama.
ats about time they did some
thing" commented the cab driver,
"and now they ought to send the
army to clean up that island down
in Florida"
"What island?" Albury asked.
"Key West" replied the cabby,
"didn't you hear about that over
seas highway business? Why those
guys. :"
"Wait q minute, I happen to live
in Key West" roared Albury, "and
unfortunately you can't believe
everything you read in the news
paper"
Loyal Conchs, the Alburys spent
the next few minutes sellng the
cabby on the virtues Of Key West.
They did a good job - the cabby
said he's going to spend his next
vacation here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

ed from Tallahassee last week to
inquire about q suit that Key West
attorney Tom Watkins was suppos.
ed to be handling in the state sup
rene court, it was only the latest
in a long series of mixups which
has plagued Watkins for many
years.
The AP had him confused with
J. Tom Watson former state attor-
ney general, now Republican can
didate for governor.
Watkins, a native Key Wester,
was elected city Judge in Tampa
for IS years. Watson also practiced
law there.
The similarity between their
names and the fact that they were
both members Of the legal profes-
sion resulted in considerable con.
fusion.
They were always getting each
others mail, for example.
But when one or the other hap
pened to be running for politica
office, a real mixup would result
People used to stop Watson OF
the street and congratulate him fol
speeches that Watkins had made
- and vice versa.
Watkins thought that when h
moved back to Key West to prac
tice law, at least the newspaper
would be able to keep thing
straight.
But they haven't.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Dick
Says

Tragedy struck our home last
Sunday.
Our pet parakeet flew into an
electric fan. 1t didn't die imme-
diately. AS matter of fact, it was
the braveSt little bird Imaginable.
1t continued to chirp cheerfully
even though its legs were para
lyzed.
We had read in Bill Gibbs col
umn about William RuSsell's ex-
perience with parakeets so we
took our bird around to RusselPs
house. Russell recommended that
we contact Warren Bethel at the
County Home on Stock Island.
Bethel is considered an expert on
parakeets. There wasn't any way
he could help ours, however. 1t
died that night. We've always been
so careful of that electric fan. I
still can't figure the momentary
negligence that made us forget it
last Sunday.
Some good did result from the
sad occurrence. / met Warren Be-
thel and learned about the wonder
full County Home which we have
on Stock Island.
Like most folks, l knew the
Home was there. That was about
as much as the fact registered On
me. I'm sort of ashamed of my
ignorance now.
The Bethels are doing outstand-
ing work at the County Home.
They showed me over the place
and it is really a lovely spot.
Spotlessly clean - friendly, con-
genial atmosphere - Bethel tells
me that he thinks it ranks foremost
amongst the Homes of its type in
Florida. Pm inclined to agree.
Even wealthy sanatariums usually
are marked with an institutional"
atmosphere. That isn't true on
Stock Island.
The Bethels are to be commend
ed for their outstanding work.
U. S. Royal headquarters is To-
Gated at Dicks Tire Service. Lodi
recapping too. We still have q
"Buy 3 - One Free Sale" in eff
feet for U. S. Royal Air-rides. And
you might be interested in check
ing the newest Royal product -
the u. S. Royal 8.
Address is 929 Truman Ave.
Phone, 2-2S42. Dicks is the shop
that stresses courtesy, promptness,
and efficiency. You save money at
Dicks Tire Service. (adv.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

Embarrassed Cuban officials
begged me not to tell this story,
but since I've heard it several
times in public, I think they'll for
give me for letting readers in on
the tale of how a group of Key
Westers gained some first-hand in
formation on how violent Cuban
politics can be.
The Key WesterS included,
among others, Mayor and Mrs. c.
B. Harvey, the Navy's Captain c.
L. Murphy, DR.. and Mrs. Delio Co.
DO, DR.. and Mrs. Edward Coma
les, County Commissioner and
Mrs. Joe Allen and the writer.
The incident occurred on a visit
to Cuba last May to mark their
independence Day.
We were guests at dinner one
evening of the Rotary Club in the
small town of Cotorro, about Is
miles from Havana. 1t was beau
tiful evening and after a superb
dinner in an open-air restaurant
the speeches started.
For about an hour, the Cubans
filled the evening air with their
inimitable style of oratory.
In the middle of a particularly
fiery speech, a wild-eyed man, his
hair disheveled and his shirt-tail
flying, burst in on the scene.
Gun borracho Ga drunk" com
mented one of our Cuban hosts
dourly.
alright folks, let's have three
cheers for General BatiSta," the
man shouted. With all the show.
manship of a song-leader at a Full
Ter Brush salesmen'S convention
the man by this time was the cen
ter of attraction.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
ON AUTOMOBILE SALES

Although there is much competition in the automo-
bile industry and much talk about the current recession
automobile sales this year continuing at high pace
Record levels of 1858 sales not being attained but
sales totals surprisingly high despite the words of
those who business is slow in the automove world.
Wards AutOmOtve Report says 1854 sales expect
ed to top 100000 units and that minor boom in de-
ferred automobile buying expected in the last part of
the year
Wards reports that U. S. production this year -
measured late in May totaled 233O,966 and 447
$50 trucks.
1t is apparent from these figures that automobile
sales continuing at lively pace, though the in
dusry is involved in highlycompetitive business
Competition in the industry is not bad sign and long
sales reach surpass the 5000 OOO-mark annually,
the major automobile companies will satisfactory
profits.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

A man by the name of Joe Gal
askas is q living example Of the
reason why Communism will never
make much progress in America.
He's the owner of Sloppy Jee's
Har and the story Of how he arriv-
ed in this country an unlettsred
Immigrant and then by dint Of hard
work rose to the point where he
Is a substantial businessman is =
tribute to our American way Of
life.
Joe recalls his first job. He was
ak years old, and he spent hours
behind a plow on a small, pitifuliy
barren farm in Lithuania.
He didn't always have enough to
eat.
In 1913 when he was n years
old he ran away to escape service
in the Russian army and caught
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Poison Ivy May
Yield ToLotion

CINCINNATI Up - A new lotion
to stop itching from poison ivy in
a few hours is being tested with
good results at the University OF
Cincinnati College Of Medicine.
DR.. Leon Goldman, head of
the dermatology department, said
cases can be cleared up within a
few days instead Of the two weeks
formerly needed.
Treatment, however, should be-
gin as soon as possible after con-
tact for quick results, he told a
newSman.
"When the poison ivy gets bad,
internal treatments also are need
ed" DR.. Goldman said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
By JIM COBB

But nobody gave three cheers for
Batista.
Everybody just grinned tolerant.
ly and waited for the character to
leave so the program could con-
tinue. w. f3Is 2
Then the man pulled a pistol the
size of a small cannon from his
pocket. and waved it at US men.
acingly. That gun looked like il
was about Is caliber. It was load
ed, too.
"Now, how about three cheers
for General Batista," the mar
shouted.
Everybody gave three cheers fol
General Batista.
I, along with most others pre-
sent, figured that the time an &C.
cident might happen was when one
of the diners started after him.
We executed a good old Ameri
can manuever known as hitting
the road"
Some of the guests didn't take
off, however.
They hid under the tables.
Shortly, a policeman arrived ant
disarmed the fanatic and he wa!
taken off to Jail. Authorities sale
that he would be dealt, with harsh
ly - but the fact that he was sup
porting the right man led more
cynical observers to predict thai
he didn't have much to worry a
bout.
There were no more speeches
that evening, though.
We went to Tropicana instead
| When the Associated Press phon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

P0TPOURRI: We hope that the
city will be able to arrive at a
satisfactory agreement with the
fellow that wants to lease CARR
son Blight and sink $3.50, 900 into it
for yacht basin. The city, al
though it has had money in the
budget in past years, doesn't seem
to be able to get moving on the
project. It seems to us that it is
q natural for a pirate investor.
An example Of the low opinion of
Key West boating facilities among
the yachting fraternity may be
cleaned from the Inland Waterway
Guide. bible for yaehtsmen in Flo
rida. The book points out that there
are 1T recommended yacht moor
ings in Marathon. Key West, ac-
cording to the guide, has none. In
other words, they do not recon-
mend Garrison Blight. Do you
Diane them! VI course the city
commisson, poor fellows, are
caught in the middle. II they don't
give the man lease they'll be
accused of holding up progress. II
they do, they'll be accused of start
ing a "giveaway program" or Of
taking graft. Let's put aside petty
political considerations and see
what the fellow has to offer.
John McDonough offers this bit OF
intelligence: The pool in the Gen.
ter of the Key West Kennel Club
track is the best spot in these parts
for q cooling swim. McDonough,
assistant manager at the oval,
takes a dip daily at the end Of his
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

chores. The Lions Club members
are outdoing themselves in helping
their fellowmen - they've offered
a three-way split of the proceeds
of their charity football game this
year. They will give a third to the
March of Dimes, another third to
the Navy Relief Society and the
balance will 60 to their Blind
Fund. City Manager Victor Lang,
we hear, is a red-hot Scrabble
player. He made a score of 12s
points on a single word. Scrabble
fans will agree that this is quite
an achievement.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen expressions % shs ifs read
but ihe editor The right to delete any items which
considered beiovs The writer's should be
fair eonne The letters 200 words write On enc aide
Of The only Signature Of he writer must o
letters and will be published unless requested Otherwise
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
OUR SLIP SHOWED

Editor, The Citizen:
I'm sure the Citizen seldom fails to headline re-
cord breaking news, but you missed yesterday I
think Sam Goldsmith would feel rather hurt that YOU
almost ignored his record breaking announcement (of-
fcal weather report printed in last nights paper) that
the temperature in Key West Sunday reached high
of 81 degrees. The Chamber of Commerce in the lit
erature they distributed, that the tempera
tuure here has gone above "a degrees Did YOU
miss headline did your printer make an error did
Sam read the official thermometer wrong or was OF
not unusual in Key West
Yours very truly,
P. K. Brewer
1105 Flagler
August 8, 1854
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

If you can stand shock look up your budget rec
ords for 1889 and note the difference the of living
That was just fifteen years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

EDITORS NOTE: Don't blame the wsaherman Sunday. b;oh
should ~. Maybe
that ~ slip through $500 " "
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

With the arrival of three com.
panies Of the Florida National
Guard and the headquarters and
medical detachments yesterday,
the scene at the Florida East Coast
Railway station took on an atmos-
phere Of gaiety and happiness that
is only evident on occasions of
this only evident on occasions Of
this nature.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06
Key West
In Days Gone By
~ W.
@06Y

Last year two young men caught
a queer looking sea animal in the
waters near Key West which caus-
ed lot Of discussion and was call
ed a number of different names
including the medusa. The ques-
ton of the proper classification was
referred to DR.. Robert o. Van
Deusen, Biologist with the Piladel-
phia Aquarium, and he said the
animal belongs to the echioderms
but the exact species he did not
state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

Duval street, Key Vests main
thoroughfare, will have its White
Way back this coming Saturday
night under the efforts of the
Kappa Pi social organization of
the city, and if present plans 60
through, on every Saturday night
thereafter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-06

When the Associated Press phon-
Evening star., 1954-05-02

No II Of the 49, bell coon the United Sotes by The
Netherlands dedcoted Zeeond flooded during World Wor
Its inscription tells how enemy and voter both detected
Evening star., 1954-05-02

BY Ruth Hamilton l.ivermore
suggested the answer-a set
of the perfectly tuned bells
for which the Dutch are
noted.
The idea proved so popular
that money started pouring
in from all parts Of the
Netherlands to make possible
this gift of musical bells.
Highlighting National Music
Week, the presentation cere-
mony will take place Wednes-
day in West Potomac Park on
a peninsula between the Tidal
Basin and the Potomac. The
carlton later will hang in a
belltower (also a gift of the
Netherlands people, to be
erected on the Nevius tract,
adjoining Arlington National
Cemetery.
Carlton making is an art
which the Dutch have handed
down from father to son for
centuries. Three such tradi-
tional foundries, Van Bergen
of Heiligerlee, Eysbouts of
Asten and Petit g. F'ritSen Of
le-Rixtel, have collabo-
rated in producing the carlton
soon to be heard here. It's
40 bells, tuned like the pipes
of an organ at half-intervals
of the chromatic scale, are
equipped with both manual
and pedal keyboards, and
have a range of four octaves.
Thus it is possible to play full
melodies, just like on an
organ, in variations, arpeg-
gios, trills and fugues.
Typical carlton music in
cludes patriotic airs, national
folk songs, marches, SYM
phonies, hymns and classical
themes.
The bells are decorated with
engravings representing coats
of arms and poems, each an
object of art. They were de-
signed by Mrs. E. van den
Grinten Lucker, sculptreSS;
Evening star., 1954-05-02

TTAD A WRITER in Holland
Ill not helped his wife with
the supper dishes one eve
ming, Washington would not
have one of the finest caril-
Ions in the world.
AS told by the Dutch news
paper, Haagsche Courant, the
people of the Netherlands
were eager to express their
gratitude to the people of the
United States for aid during
and after World War II. How
best to do this became a
national problem.
It was just when the prob
lem seemed impossible Of
solution that the writer gave
his wife a hand with the
dishes. The ringing sound of
two glasses coming together
Evening star., 1954-05-02

Gerard van Remmen, sculp-
tor; Louis Meys, painter, and
Ben van Eysselsteyn, the
author of the poems.
The largest of the bells and
lowest in tone, dedicated to
the Netherlands Antilles,
weighs 1928 pounds and
stands 6 feet high, with a
diameter of nearly 7 feet. It's
inscription reads:
islands over the ocean
Shining in the sun
Your iOiShes, hope and ,01nting,
Antilles,
Shall ring out in nty vOice."
The smallest bell, gift of the
Netherlands children, weighs
only 4l.8 pounds and is only
8 inches high, with a diameter
Of about 10 inches. It is
inscribed, II smallest, the
purest." Included in its deco
ration is a map of Holland
with a raised dot for Amster-
dam, and on the opposite side,
a map of the United States,
with a dot for New Amsterdam.
The other bells, which are
graduated in intermediate
sizes and weights, are dedi-
Gated to the II provinces of
Holland and to the different
groups in the population, the
coats of arms or the symbols
of which they bear, with in
scribed verses describing their
main characteristics.
The origin of the carlton
is not known, but as far back
as the 18th century, the name
was used in connection with
the four diatonic bells of the
tintinnabulum.
Bells became a part of
Dutch national life in the
14th century when they were
mechanically connected to
great clocks in the municipal
believers to sound the hour
and play little tunes. Bell
towers are symbolic of mu-
nicipal freedom and civic
unity in the Low Countries.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1954-10-15
Fri cess e2ook.AEkss

Right, Nos. S141 and S142-Princess look
alikeS. BAL is in sizes 10, II, IA, 16, 18, 20.
Size II, yards 45-inch material; "a yard con-
trast. 8142 is in sizes 3, 4, 5, g. z, years Size
4, 17s yards 45-inch material "a yard con-
traSt. Two patterns 80 cents each.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-24

years ago. Large numbers OF the
public haye been educated to seek
regular physical checkups and to
watch themselves carefully for
suspicious symptoms of serious
illness And, of coure, high level
of employment has more of us
better able to pay for medical
care.
Many authorities question whe-
ther it is actually possible to pro-
vide insurance protection for COM
plete medical care to the point of
including minor bills such as oc-
cur in the normal experience of
families. People with fire insur-
ance aren't more likely to have
fires, nor are life insurance hold
ers likely to die sooner because
they have insurance. But there is
no doubt now, as result of H.
IFS survey that health insurance
is carried by people who for one
reason or another use health care
more than those who do not have
it.
It seems clear that those who
have insurance are not only the
wiser ones - wise in seeking care
when they need it and being pre-
pared to pay for it-but that they
are people who, for various rea-
sons, are more health conscious
and would be likely to seek medi-
cal care whether or not they had
insurance.
Another factor may be that carry
ing insurance makes people more
conscious of their stake in good
health and easier in their minds
about health costs. Non-insured
people, for the most part, are
more likely to make surgery, for
example, a life-or- death PROPOSE
ton. A man or woman with sur
gical insurance consents more
readily to doctor who suggests,
You'd better have something
done about that gall bladder. It's
going to give you lot of trouble
in a couple of years" They are
$1,000 - -
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-12-24
Can We Insure
Good Health?
BY Jhan and June Robbins

BY Jhan and June Robbins
This is the fifth of series of ar
ticles based on a recent national
servey sponsored by Health
information Foundation a public
service organization supported by
165 drug, pharmaceutical, chemi-
cal and allied companies - which
provides facts about family medi-
cal costs and how they are being
met.
A recent survey of the people
who use personal health services
in the us. - that is, those of us
who are forced to spend money on
or all three - comes up with a
curiously contradictory fact. 1t is:
Families who carry voluntary
health insurance with the idea of
defraying part of the expense of
the cost of good health actually
spend more time and money on
medical care than those who aren't
insured at all! They are, of course,
in better health and suffer fewer
serious illnesses than those who a.
void or put off needed medical
care. Primarily, it is likely that
those who pay most attention to
otheir health and think they are
likely to need medical care tend
to be the most aggressive pur-
chasers of health insurance.
There are now some 81 million
Americans who carry insurance
against the possibility of having to
go to the hospital. Each year,
survey sponsored by Health In
formation Foundation reveals thir-
teen out of every 100 of them hav-
ing insurance get there! But those
who don't have disqualification in
surance go to the hospital at the
rate of only ten in 100! Similarly,
among those who carry surgical
insurance, 7 out of 100 had opera
tions in single year. Among those
who were not insured only a out
of every 100 went to the operat-
ing table! These figures do not
change from one income group to
another - a relatively poor man
with insurance is more likely to
seek medical service than a we'll
to-do man who is not insured.
What does it all mean? Is full
Uncovered health insurance a pipe
dream, a goal we work for but
will never reach? Are the people