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The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01

the years, however, some of the
presidents have as yet to have t1-s
work done.
Some of the presidents write o.
the office and inform us that they
cannot get the secretaries of the
0local lodges to make out their re-
port blanks as the office requests
Our conclusion is this: if the lodge
is going to let one of its elected Of
ficers be greater than the whole
lodge, then the lodge is weak indeed.
When the office and the lodges
throughout the Association decide
nat they are going to stop co-opera-
ing, then it is time to close the doors
of the Association. Mistakes are
made in the office and in the local
lodges and when they are made, it
it our duty to adjust them where-
evsC Nley are.
Presidents, please see 10 it that
your records are kept UP to par
Secretary.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01
Lodge No. 500

Dear Secretary:
This comes to let you and the
many readers Of hte Echo know that
Lodge No. 500 is still working hard
to increase our membership.
We had our Anniversary on July
18th, and the General President, Mr..
G. D. Cotton, installed our officers
and gave us some information con-
corning the Association.
Rev. j. NJ. Moody preached a Won
derful sermon Four new members
were added to the lodge
The finance amounted to $685. and
we donated the president $500
Refreshments were served to all
present.
Mr. L. R, Jones, Jr., President
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01
too BIC A HURRY

Vie are kindly asking the local
presidents to please take time off
and read tie application blanks be-
fore filling them out We have one
Form that is used for new members
only, one kind for duplicate policies,
one kind for renewals for the cur
rent Quarter and another kind for
back renewals By Back we mean
members who have been out Of the
Association ninety days and more.
It is really expensive TO have to
write two and three times to a local
president Apout a matter that could
have b e eh adjusted in the first
place, had the president taken time
to read the blank before filling it
out. I think the proper thing to do
Is 10 have a few of each kind Of APP
plication blanks on hand.
1t is nothing new to fill out re-
newal blanks for members who fan
10 pay on or before the date of the
Board, but we have some presidents
VINO invariably send ia the names of
the applicants and the mcaey and
when we send the blanks back to
them to fill out, they will not return
them. l am sure if some of the local
presidents knew the tremendous a
mount of unnecessary work that
some of them cause us in the office
that they would stop right now and
make New Years Resolution to do
better in 1854.
Some of you complain about the
trouble you have with your men,
sers, but you have not seen anything
yet. If you were to work one day
in the office, you would become "a
harmed Just as tn General Presi-
dent, Mr.. G. D. Cotton, who assisted
us in checking a few report blanks.
He became so utterly disguised with
ssme of the presidents that he gave
up" Presidents, yeu are so nice and
understanding and yet, I believe that
you are in so big hurrXb do what
you h a We in mind to- VI that you
ball" things up. Please take your
time and especially so when filling
out your report blanks. If you were
to have your Secretary or someone
who writes a legible hand, to put all
Of your members names on your re-
port blank when you first receive it,
it would eliminate some of the num-
erous mistakes that are made in
VI. .- o.e~ .wre nd names tnae
are 10 .e Del er- of your lodge.
Secretary.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01
IMP aIAMI MJTLl,E,
4U EAaG3 Z. LIN It's
Dear Presidents

This article Is Intended TO assist
you in keeping your local records
up to par in order that you will not
be embarrassed at some future date
For the past fifteen years or mo,e
it has been the policy Of the office
to write you shortly after the close
of the Quarterly Board informing
you as to the members of your lodge
who failed to pay that particular
quarterly assessment.
We find that some of the local
secretaries fail TO put all of sle mem
bers names on the report blank,
thereby causing errsrs to be made
It is the duty of the local presi-
dent to have the secretary Of the
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01
Vice President Badges
In Stock

For 5Smetune we have had in
quiries conceNang H. B. A. badges
for the vice Presidents of the local
lodge. We have not stocked this
particular badge before because we
have rot had any calls for them
This win nform all concerned that
We have Vice President badges and
if we have any calls for H. B. A.
Treasurer, Chaplain and Secretary,
we can get these. too.
The price is the same as member
edges.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01
Agent S Report
By
Nh. A. J BARNETT

This comes as my report to the
association and the many readers of
the Trho 1 visited lodge No. 1913
locs at Bond. Mississippi, on July
p, 1354. and installed the officers
elect as follows; Rev. E. w. Will
liams, president; Mr. Ollie Berland,
vice president; Mrs Effie NJ Ken
nedy, secretary; Mrs, Annie Will
liams, treasurer; and Mr.. Willis
knight, chaplain.
Brother Williams and his loyal
members know how to entertain Wis
itors. 1t is a treat for anyone to
stop by sometime. The members
cooperate with the president in put
ting over the program.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01
Good Lighting A Safety Factor

DARK DANGEROUS DINGYa
Poor lighting fixtures such 40
this QefD are a real hazard neaR
open stairways in the home. Motel
how greatest illumination is near}l
ceiling and not at floor levas1
where needed.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01

A delicious course consisting of
chicken, salad, cake, pie, ice cream
and drinks was served.
They were wishes many more hap
Ply birthdays
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01
Important Nos,ce 70

Important Nos.re 70
Daar Presidents:
This CONES to inform you that al,
n1embers who failed to pay the cen
ven2ion Assessment will be repuird TO pay
s. Is in order 10 renew their membership
Sign: General President
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Husband and
Mr.. w H. Husband and wife of
Heidelberg and New Orleans, were
the guests Of Mr. and Mrs. VIM.
Caraway.
Mrs Annette Caraway. Reporter
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01
H. B. A. Lodge No.
267 & 1876
MR. C. D. COTTON, President
West Enterprise

The program was very, very good
and we wish to thank those wAs
participated on the program. We
want the lodges to begin now max
ing preparation for the 1855 Con-
ventiOn.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01

local lodge to put all of the mem
bers' names on the report blank as
soon as it is received from the office
and It's the members pay, check them
up. When the president gets ready
to leave 10 rthe Board, if he has
members who failed 20 pay before
hrs report blank was mailed, he
should have all of those names on
his supplementary report blank and
make that report the day of the
board. If this is done, it helps the
office Wonderfully.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1954-08-01

But when the president comes to
the office and has to see his report
blank that was mailed in to see who
did not pay, it gives us quite a bit
of trouble Presidents, you have
always been cooperative and l do
hope that you VIII help Us ia this
instance.
Please have the secretary to ar
range all of the members names al
phabetically on your report blank.
We have asked for this throughout
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19

ing at the request of US. Ambas-
sador Frances E. Willis.
Hermann's wife and sister were
making every effort to avoid news
papermen. In this they had the full
cooperation of authorities.
Field, the former Cleveland arch
itect, flew unaccompanied into Zu-
rich. About 20 minutes after he ar
rived his sister, Elsie, was brought
to the airport in a police car. Ap-
parently his wife was also in the
airport building but police kept re-
porters from observing her.
The same precautions surround
ed yesterdays trip by Fields wife
and sister. The crew of a British
airliner said in Vienna they had
helped the two women leave their
plane in Zurich last night without
newsmen at the airport being
aware.
Howard Donovan, the US. con-
sui general in Zurich, was at the
airport to talk to Hermann, who
had been convalescing in Warsaw
sanitarium since the Poles released
him.
His brother Noel, prewar State
Department employe, and Noeps
wife Herta were hiding out from
the press in Budapest.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19
Secrecy Surrounding Fields
Family Continues At Reunion

ZURICH, Switzerland R-Her-
mann Field arrived in Zurich to-
day for reunion with lis wife,
Katy. He has not seer her since
his imprisonment in Communist
Poland five years ago.
Both Fields wife and sister, DR..
Elsie Field of Urbana, H., were
in Zurich to meet the man who was
set free by the Communists three
weeks ago.
The air of mystery and hush
hush which has surrounded the
case of Hermann and other mem
bers of his family was present
again at his arrival on a Swiss
plane from Prague.
Field was met by Swiss police
who whisked him off to the Gus
toms office in the airport admin
istration building. They barred
newsmen and photographers from
approaching the plane, and for q
while the identity of the arrival
could not be fixed.
Press Ban Ordered
Police said they had been ordered
by the governments political de-
partment to ban reporters from the
area around the plane. The airport
manager said the Swiss were act
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19
Strange Incident
AT Casa Marina
Beach Today

Screen Star Marsha Pavan
was rescued from an eight
foot tiger shark here today
by an ex-policeman, who
pulled her up onto a pier
only five feet ahead of the
pursuing fish, according to
the Paramount publicity de-
partment.
The shapely brunette actress who
Is on location here with Burt Lam
caster and Anna Magnani filming
Hal Wallis "The Rose Tattoo" was
swimming beyond pier, outside
a fenced bathing area, when Gwen
Carter, a vacatiOning Detroit court
reporter, screamed a warning of
the sharks approach.
Johnny Yates, %, former police
man of 212O Seidenberg Ave-, Key
West, ran to the end of the pier
and hauled Miss Pavan, twin sis
Ter of Pier Angel, to safety.
The shark then skirted the fenced
bathing area, where members Of
the Chattanooga High School foot
bali team were swimming, and ap-
preached within so feet of a beach
before disappearing.
Lancaster, Miss Magnani, Di-
rector Daniel Mann, Virginia Grey,
Ben Cooper, Playwright Tennessee
Williams and others of "The Rose
Tattoo" company have been swim
ming the same area for two weeks
and Paramount Pictures officials
Immediately ordered them to stay
out of the vicinity.
Miss Pavan and Cooper, who
play young lovers in the VistaVi-
sion filming of the high Broadway
comedy y-drama, win be required,
however, to swim from a boat off
the same pier tomorrow but will
be guarded by spear fishermen
and rifemen.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19
Errant Choppers
Found By Coppers

Never LET il be said that the
Key West Police Department
isn't ready TO tackle any as.
sisnmsnt, however novel, and
carry It through to successful
completion.
Tangible proof Of that record
was in evidence early today
when the local eonstabuIary
was called upon to retrieve q
tourists false teeth from fhe
ocean off fhe Key Wesfer Ho-
tel, South Roosevelt Blvd.
Ii. Buster cerezo and Patrol
man Mario Santana were the
intrepid officers who conduct.
ed the search for The errant
choppers. They found them.
The bridgework had been
lost by a visitor at fhe hotel
from Delaware, who fell into
fhe ocean while on q nocturnal
stroll. He was taken to Monroe
General Hospital for treatment
Of . cash on his head, His wife
requested q police eseorf' back
to ihe scene to retrieve his
teeth.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19
Membership
Drive Slated
By Local WV

A concentrated member
ship drive has been slated
by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars for tonight and to-
morrow, Senior Vice Com
mander Sam Bath said to-
day.
Bath will be in the 500 block on
Duval Street tonight from s to 8
p. m. and tomorrow from 4 to 8
p. m. to outline benefits assured
by membership in the VFW and
to enroll veterans who have serv-
ed overseas in wars involving the
United States.
Leaders Urging
Commander in Chief of the
organization, Merton B Tice of
Mitchell, South Dakota, urges ELI
gible veterans to join the VFW by
saying:
''In times of war, men join to-
gether in companies, regiments and
divisions to win the victory.
''In times of peace, Americas
overseas veterans have the oppor-
tunity to join together as members
OF the VFW to help make sure
the blessings of victory are not
destroyed.
''You owe it to your country, to
your community, to your loved ones
and to the men who served at
your side overseas to belong to
an organization that is dedicated
to only one great purpose - to
honor the dead by helping the liv-
ing.
eff you're an overseas veteran
who is entitled to wear any of
Uncle Sans military campaign
ribbons, you are eligible to be a
member of the Veterans of For
eign Wars"
The theme for the membership
drive now being carried on is
America - Love it or leave it."
and Bath urges that all eligible
veterans take advantage of this
opportunity to show their love for
their country.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19
Lockwood Bowls
Reported Missing

Eston Lockwood, IA, was report
ed missing at 10:30 p. m. last
night by his father, A. L. Lock
wood, Sab Sigsbee Park, the sher-
ifs department reported today.
The boy had been missing since
noon yesterday.
He was described as slender.
five feet, four inches tan, and
weighing ITO pounds.
Eston was wearing T-shirt,
blue checkered jacket, blue dun
garees and pilot boots.
The sheriff's department said Es-
ton was last seen with George Tay-
lor, another youngster.
The department said it had no
description of the Taylor boy.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19
Painters Union
.Pickets Motel
In Protest
Renovations At
Cohen's Beach
Motel Hampered

Work on renovations to
the South Beach Motel,
Simonton Street, came tc a
virtual standstill Thursday
when Local 1915, Painters
Union, threw a picket line
around the establishment in.
protest of the hiring of nom
union painters on the job.
The painters action resulted In
the union carpenters, masons and
roofing officials removing their
workmen from the project.
Cohen Warned
Gus Disdier, business agent of
the painters union, said that the
owner of the motel, Max Cohen,
had been warned that the action
would be taken but that he had
gone ahead and hired non-union
workmen. They are being paid
from SIPS to $3.50 per hour instead
of the union rate of $2.47 per hour,
Disdier said.
The picketing started Thursday
and continued today. The other
trade unions pulled their men off
the project early today in SYM
pathy.
Two union painters continu-
ed to work on the exterior of the
building today, but all other work
was at a standstill.
Second Action
1t was the second Key West bus
mess place to be picketed by the
union men in the past two weeks,
according to Disdier.
Meanwhile, motel proprietor Co
hen shrugged off the infant strike
saying: "Let them picket - I'll
still be open for business Nov. "a"
He said the motel is undergoing
a complete remodelling job in pre-
paration for the winter season. ,
II 4 Al . "a
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19

IiiS dLtGIlClOn Oh OCnerS.
Col. Moore and Charles Curry.
Monroe County Civil Defense chair
man, were guest speakers at a
recent meeting of the Business and
Professional Women's Club.
Both men agreed that women
are "vital" to the civil defense
of a community.
Curry spoke on Recognition of
Civil Defense Needs in a Com
munity'' and Col. Moore, who was
stationed in England during World
War II, spoke on "Civil Defense in
Action and the Part Women Play
in IT.
Meaning OF c. D.
"Civil Defense" Curry said, "is
exactly what the words imply -
defense on the part of civilians
and is recognized as the fourth
arm of defense of the nation"
The speaker told the business
women that the Congress had turn
ed the job of organization over to
the states and that Florida had
charged the counties with the re-
sponsibility Of having adequate
civil defense.
In Monroe County, he said, Key
West had received favorable action
from the city commission who adop-
ted an ordinance officially recog-
nizing Civil Defense and providing
leadership for residents to follow
in organizing their own civil de-
fense.
Apathy Raped
He blamed public apathy for the
lack of activity in Civil Defense
and warned that the community
should overcome this soon since
we never know when disaster may
strike"
In answer to the question
whats the use of worrying about
Civil Defense in Key West with
the Navy here?" Curry replied that
the Navy viii be doing the actual
fighting and these men would not
be available on land to save lives,
give first aid and provide atten-
ton.
He listed the "big ten" of. civil
defense - the services it is up to
the civilians to organize.
These services are warden, fire,
police, health, welfare, engineering,
Continued On Page Ten)
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19
Chamber Backs
Traffic Plan

The Key West Chamber
of Commerce has gone on
record sustaining it's traf-
fic committees recommen-
dation for easing the flow
of automobile traffic in the
business section, it was an
nounced today.
After several months study the
chambers special committee sub
mitted plan that included expan-
sion of the metered parking area
to streets adjacent to Duval, and
Simonton SITS.
Parking on Duval was recon-
mended to be abolished, except for
loading and unloading on one side
only.
Parking Area
Another recommendation the
chamber made included the pur-
chase of the property at Simton-
ton and ANGELA Streets for a pub
lie parking area.
Parking space at the Clyde :
Mallory property on Front Street
was also included in the plan.
The recommendation now goes
to the City Commission with the
chambers boards blessing.
Prior to this the Traffic Com
mittee itself headed by M. E. Ben
nett and the city's traffic COM
mittee headed by Jim Keene ap-
proved the plan.
Now the recommendation has the
entire Chambers approval through
this Board action.
Growing Alarm
Chamber directors expressed
their growing alarm of what the
downtown traffic picture viii be
during this coming winter season
if immediate action isn't taken to
relieve the congestion.
They agreed that the parking of
autos and trucks on Duval Street
was the principal cuase of traffic
bottlenecks. All-day parkers on
downtown side streets also contri-
butte problems.
They have expressed hope that
this action, if adopted by the City
Commission, viii help put to an
end some of our problems.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19
NEW ATOM PLANT

AUCKLAND, New Zealand IT,
Work on New Zealand's first
atomic plant probably win begin
within a year, Dr.. H. r. c. Pratt,
a member of the United Kingdom
Atomic Energy Authority, said to-
day. Britain IS financing the ini-
tial plant.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19
Women Play A Vital Role In
Civil Defense, Leaders Say

Colonel Alvin R. Moore, USA (ret) urged every wo-
man in Key West to responsibility for some lob
In Civil Defense if it is to learn to take proper care
OF her own children in the event of national disaster be-
cause this were done, these children would require
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19
Spray Planes
ArriUe Today

Three spray planes from fhe
Brsvsrd County Mosquito Con-
troll district arrived at Meacham
Airporf st ] p. m. today.
The planes were brought here
10 fight an expected mosquito
swarm that may hatch as . re-
svlt Of last weekend's record
rainfall.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-19
US. Takes On Building
Billion SRn6aar = Project
Distant Early
Warming Posts
ArePlanlled

WASHINGTON (APy -
The United States has as
sumed the job of building
the distant early warning"
line of radar stations along
the Canadian-Alaskan rim
of the continent.
An announcement made
simultaneously today in
Washington and Ottawa
said the two governments
have agreed:
l. ITO proceed with the construc-
ton" of the perimeter warning net
for enemy. bombers, whose cost is
unofficially estimated at about one
billion dollars.
2. That although both Canada
and the United States will particle
pate in the project, responsibility
for the work of construction and
installation should be vested in the
United States"
Money Available
D efense Department officials
said sufficient money is available
in the current budget to go ahead
with the project and that additional
money will be requested ia the next
budget.
The announcement was much
like one issued last Sept. 27, out
lining two existing or building
northern radar systems, saying
there was agreement on need for
distant early warning system.
That announcement said "the basis
Of participation by the two coun-
tries in the construction and oper-
alton of the line, and the division
of costs" would be determined
later.
In Planning Stage
Today's coordinated announce
mentS spoke only of planning" for
the distant line.
However, in September 1858, the
Western Electric Co. announced it
was starting work, under contract
with the us. Air Force, of the first
experimental units of a distant
early warning line" That an
nouncement said the project was
started in December 1852. and that
the first units were being installed
on Barter Island, off the northern
coast of Alaska.
In response to questions, an Air
Force spokesman said today the
first experimental units have been
linked to the continental defense
system.
Announcement Text
Today's announcement said:
'Four main elements of warm
ing and control system now appear
to be practicable, namely: The
main control and warning radar
installations in the populated part
OF Canada (the jointly operated
Pinetree network) and in the
United States, which are now in
operation; a warning line north Of
the settled areas of Canada (the
mid-Canada line), being built by
Canada; a warning line across the
most northerly practicable part of
North America (the distant early
warning or Dew line); and portions
OF the complete warning and con-
troll system in Canada to be extend
ed to seaward on both flanks Of the
continent by the United States"
The announcement did not ex-
plain this latter reference. How
ever, it presumably referred to air
borne and seaborne radar. Also, the
United States is constructing off
Its own eastern coast series of
radar stations mounted on towers
standing in the sea at points up to
100 miles off the coast.