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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

MAUREEN Little Mo" Connolly,
who suffered severe leg injuries
while horseback riding, sits up in
bed to answer phone calls as she
RECEIVERS in Mercy Hospital, San
Diego. Doctors said small bone
below her right knee had been
fractured. She Will not be able to
play III the national tennis singles.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

DECENTRALIZATION group
family and individual Limits toI
$500 pays doctor. visits at home
or hospital first aid and polio
Also special accident and income
policy for disability. Annie VI
Putney. Phone 468, 305 Main St. -,
Farmyille. 7-27-11pI
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03
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livered in or around Farmviile. /
Taylor Mfg. Co, Farmville. Va.
5-4-tf |
BIG STTNKY AND LITTLE
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door use. Very effective. Ask the
man that has used one Priced at
s495 and 295. j. H. Whitfield
Co. 8-3-ltp
WHY WORRY about troublesome
skin infection Try V-J-O Grays
Drugs 12-4-tfp
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RABBITS; New Zealand white 81
each. months old Mrs A. w
Lewis. Prospect, Va. 7-20-7p
HOSPITALIZATTON: The newest
coverage in capitalization pays up
to 81 200 Of your hospital bill, less
the first $50. Call or write Mrs
w. K. Carter, ll09 High St,
Phone 795, Farmville, or Mrs E
F. Striplin. 208 First Ave Phone
255. Farmville. 7-20-5tp
DUPONT DAIRY SPRAY: For
control of all types flies on cattle
and also for use on premises. 4 OF.
45c, ID. $125, 2 ID. 1925. ID
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DECENTRALIZATION group
family and individual Limits toI
$500 pays doctor, visits at home
or hospital; first aid and polio.
Also special accident and income
policy for disability Annie v.
Putney. Phone 468, 305 Main St,
Farmyille. 7-27-1lp|
FLY FLAKES: Simplest Fly Kill
Ter in history Kills in minutes.
Kills for days. Flies can't resist
EN-. 5 Id. and 10 ID. packages. j.
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

DUPONT DAIRY SPRAY For
control Of all types flies on cattle
and also for use on premises. 4 OF.
45c. / 10. 1925, 2 ID. S225. 4 ID
s375. j. H. Whitfield Co. 8-3-1tp
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

About $500 persons visit the
White House daily.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

BY OWNERS-g going grocery.
luncheonette. five room apart
ment. bath. complete waite
system on U. S. 400 between RICE
and Burkeville Mr.. and Ms. c. S.
Hardy 5000
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

RABBITS: New Zealand white 81
each. 4 months old Mrs A. w.
Lewis. Prospect. Va. 7-20-7p
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

FLY FLAKES: Simplest Fly Kill
Ter in history. Kills in minutes
Kills for days. Flies can't resist
EN- 5 ID. and 10 ID. packages. J
H. Whitfield Co 8-3-1tp
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

rooms, furnish
I'd. including heat and hot water.
Private entrance. Phone Farmville
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

HOSPITALIZAI1O The newest
coverage in capitalization pays up
to 81 200 Of your hospital bill, less
the first $50. Call or write Mrs.
w K. Carter, ll09 High ST,
Phone 795, Farmville, or Mrs. E.
F. Striplin. 208 First Ave. Phone
255. Farmville. 7-20-5tp
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

KEEP VIRGINIA CLEANl
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

FILL SOIL, 81 per truck load. de-
livered in or around Farmvlile.
Taylor Mfg. Co, Farmville. Va.
5-4-tf
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-08-03

WHY WORRY about troublesome
skin infection. Try V-J-O. Grays
Drugs 124-tfp
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25
A Letter From
BILL LANTArF

Dear Neighbor:
During the gallant stand of the
French and Vietnamese forces at
Diem Bien Phu, there was talk
about whether or not American
troops should be sent to Southeast
Asia. The fall of that fortress re.
vived this talk.
There are many factors to be
considered in connection with Civ.
ing thought to sending United Sta.
tes forces to that area. First of
all, it has been pointed out that
while the French and Vietnamese
fought courageously at Dien Bien
Phu, the United States has assum-
ed over 80 per cent of the cost of
the Indochina war.
The French spend cnly II per
cent Of their national income for
defense purposes while the United
States spends IA per cent, exclu.
sive of foreign aid. Then, too, the
French have made it clear by law
that no French draftee can be sent
to Indochina. There is certainly not
evidence of an all-out-effort on the
part Of the French.
1t is your Congressman's opin.
ion that the free world must give
serious consideration to hating the
armed aggression of the Commun-
lists in Southeast Asia. However,
should there be any war effort
against the Reds in this area, in
my opinion, it should be a United
Nations action - one that would
be a collective action with each
free nation doing an equal share.
There is another approach to this
problem and again it involves the
French. It is my belief that the
Vietnamese themselves have to
have something more than they
have now for which to fight. AL.
though promises have been made
by the French to grant the Wet
namese self-government within the
colonial empire, your Congressman
feels that the Associated States
should be granted their complete
independence, such as the United
States did in the Philippines and
the Dutch did in Indonesia.
If this is done, it is my opinion
tha the free world would be sue
cessful in recruiting an effective
native fighting force, which to
date, we have been unable to do.
Your Congressman would favor
assistance, such as we furnished
to Greece in her fight against Com.
munist aggression.
It is evident that the fate of
Southeast Asia is in the hands of
France. H.,
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25

and too small for most folks tastes
for some time yet, he says.
One new black-and-white idea
you may see in your TV store this
fall will be a set with the picture
on the floor'-a Slanted screen
that rests on the floor instead of
a table. You view the program
with your head at the same angle
as when you read your newspaper.
TV engineers already have put
screens on the ceiling for hospital
patients, and think some chair.
borne customers are going to be
intrigued by the down-look idea.
The Radio Electronics- -Television
Manufacturers Assn. reports that,
even at the start of the slack TV
season, sets are being turned out
at a rate of better than 100, 900 a
week, and home and car radios at
better than $4,000 a week.
This association, along with the
National Electronic Distributors
Assn. and the Association Of Elec.
tronic Parts & Equipment Manu-
facturers, is meeting this week in
Chicago to discuss the problems
of this traditionally boom-or-bust
industry.
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25
This Rock
Of Ours
Rv R;II E;hk
By Bill Glib

There are a thousand and one
things which don't understand
about the newspaper business.
Luckily, everyone from the janitor
to the editor helps me out when a
knotty problem arises. But no one
seems to be able to provide a sat
isfactory answer as to why certain
types of news are allowed to DOM
mate a newspaper.
For instance, Burl Pinder - a
local boy - has been honored by
the life insurance company for
which he works. He was named to
the President and Founders Club
and given trip to Pontevdra
Beach near Jacksonville for his
outstanding work here in Key West.
The same thing holds true for Err.
nest Hopkins. The newspapers
haven't carried either item.
Now if Burl or Ernest were to
beat their wives, rob their COM
pany of a few dollars, or even get
traffic ticket for speeding, the
chances are good that they would
have their named plastered all ov-
er the various newspapers which
publish Key West stories. With apo
logies to my grammar teacher,
amt that a heckuva mess?
The public can be partly blamed
for this situation because Of its
constant appetite for sensational
news. However, reporters might ex-
pertinent on a small basis and give
the people a little more informa-
ton about the good things that are
happening around us every day.
Who knows? - Readers might ac-
tually be given a chance to feel
happy or a change!
Another Example
Seem like I'm writing a column
about life insurance underwriters
today but anyway, here is another
example of pleasant news facts
that are too often missed by all of
us.
Harold Todd sells insurance in
the daytime. (And if Pm any Judge
of that tribe of go-getters, he pro-
badly sells it in his Sleep. Never
theless, somewhere along the line,
Todd has found time to develop
his hobby of oil and watercolor
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25

For that I m sincerely sorry: It
seems nothing short Of tragie that
a locale with the charms of Kew
West (Which I acknowledge IN spite
Of the bitter overtones of nv ori.
ginally published letter to the NAV.
or) should permit any municipal
department to help grease the
chute to perdition for that com.
munity.
Among the clippings I received
was one from an apparently recent
edition Of your newspaper under
the stock head of "Dick Says.
I confess that certain parts Of that
column made me boil, although I
appreciate and agree with Dick
most heartily when he says that
anyone picked up on q charge sim.
ilar to mine should be giyen 4
"drunkometer test"
He carefully states that ''T'm not
insinuating that Nickerson was
guilty Of any of these charges"
(drunk and disordsrly.) But then
he does . complete about face and
contradicts himself BY adding that
g. Since he didn't abide by the
law and report for trial, we car
only take his complaints with Z
dose of salt"
I think Dick failed to grasp 1
most important point in my origin.
so, for his sake) he has never ap
ted thpureh obororing leaprrfei
preciated the pure horror of beins
in a Jail cell without any apparent
reason. The impact of such an ex.
perience is quite beyond descrip.
ton. Would you want to remain in
q community where you are no,
known, without established legal
connections, when you could get ou'
Of town where you had been treat
ed 80 unfairly, without any more
horsing around? To me it wa.
well the forfeit Of SIS bail.
In tbs connection would like Il
quote from the letter ] received
last night from the Key West CT
tizen who was also locked up on 4
charge Of drunkenness, which he
denies with the same vigor ant
honest conviction that I do.
~ returned the following day.
his letter reads, "to stand trial and
plead not guilty. After observing .
few cases preceding mine - II
every case it was the arresting Of
ficef's word, with the defendent
barely permitted to open his mouth
- decided that If that was ths
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25
Today's !
Business
Mirror

SYRACUSE R - Television's
troubles are being tackled today
on three fronts.
In Washington some senator's
are looking into the sad plight of
certain TV stations who saw
they're losing money because they
can't get the good network shows
and of about 20 would-be TV sta.
tons who say they dropped their
grants because of programing diff.
ficulties.
In Chicago several groups of set
manufacturers. parts and euuip.
ment makers, and distributors are
meeting jointly today to, diagnose
the ills of an industry beset lust
now by price cutting and periodi.
cally by sprees of overproduction.
On the producing level - as here
in Syracuse, where a lot of TV
sets are made - they're talking
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25

confidently of progress in color but
concentrating more just now on a
new idea or two in black and white
to stimulate sales next fall, when
they expect business to pick up.
DR.. Walter R. G.. Baker. Cen
eral Electric vice president and
general manager of its electronics
division, says the industry's main
problem just now is price insta.
bility rather than any trouble
with coy customers waiting for
color sets. He expects a good-as.
usual pickup this faH in production
and sales of black and whites -
but with the big question: Who's
going to make the sales. COMPETE
ton was never keener.
Color Tv sets will be too ex'
pensive for most folks pocketbooks
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25
ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT
RKLAYEp

ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT
kkLAYED
Editor, The Citizen
It was good of you to have pub
lished last week the copy I sent
you Of the letter I wrote to Mayor
Harvey on May Z, regarding the
night I spent in jail on May I II
Key West on an alleged drunken
ness charge.
I appreciate your sense Of fail
play, inasmuch as I understand
quite well that a newspaper car
easily avoid by intention any ges
ture which might tend to offend Z
police department, taking the my
opic viewpoint that it had better
butter up to the police instead.
You and your readers may be in
terested to know that since my let,
ter was published in the Citizen,
I have heard from another victim
Of Key West police action, who suf'
fered q similar experience. He
shares my chagrin and bewilder'
ment.
The only difference between his
case and mine, judging from his
letter, was that at least he was
told why he was being confined.
To me at least the process Of being
locked up in q cell for four hours
without any explanation whatso.
ever is still the most damning as.
pect Of the episode which involved
me -- and it should provoke ser
ious thought and corrective action
by the proper Key West authori-
ties If that sort Of things goes on
in the normal course Of events.
+ would refer to my correspon'
dent by name, except that his let
ter to me was 4 personal one, and
I don't think it would be cricket
to air his case publicly without his
specific permission. I might say
however, that since my letter Wal
published, he has also written Il
Mayor Harvey in concurrent pro
test, but to date neither my cor
respondent nor I have been extend
ed the courtesy Of even q routine
acknowledgement from the may
or's office.
In addition to sending me the
clipping Of my letter as published
verbatim in the Citizen Of May Il
my sympathetic writer in Key
West has also forwarded other clip
ping which indicated that al is moi
sweetness and light in your police
department.
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25

brand Of justice being dispensed,
I'd better keep my mouth shut, %
I walked out and forfeited my bond.
I was later advised by substantial
friends that I was wise. The local
gestapo Is unhappy when anyone
tries to get smart.
My correspondent also made Q
secondard observation With which
I concur all too completely. I won.
der how many people in yeur city
are aware of this sort Of condition
in the Key West Jail:
"one thing (amoag many) that
struck me as particularly medic
val was the plight of female pr.
soners - true, they may consist
mostly Of drunks and prostitutes,
but see no excuse for forcing
them to use q pail In connection
with certain human functions in
full view of male prisoners. Ny
lovely wife is lame, and her gait
could easily be mistaken by an ig-
norant cop as intoxieation. II the
day ever arrives when she is pick.
ed up and subjected to the indie.
cent treatment Of Key Vests jail,
I hesitate to even think Of what !
would do"
Perhaps with some malicious We.
nom, in retribution for my own ex.
pereience, I can state that I have
already succeeded In detoufing q
few prospective vacationists from
Key West, including q group Of
families with a total of ten adults
and their teen-age children, who
are planning a Florida holiday to-
gether. My guess is they would
have spent at least a couple of
hundred dollars in your city il they
were to have gone there.
I am most definitely not seek.
ing for any more personal publi-
city, nor for any additional sym.
pathy from the people Of Key West,
but II you believe this letter could
do anything constructive for the
cause of more intelligent and fair
er treatment of victims Of the
police department whether inno-
cent or guilty, you are welcome to
make whatever use of this letter
you may see fit, including its pub
lication.
Sincerely yours,
Stanton p. Nickerson
244o Sedgwick Avenue, Apt. TN
New York So, N. Y
May a, 1854
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25

painting Into top-notch quality pro
duction.
I found this out accidentally BY
going into Mobiles Art Gallery tc
see the Armed Forces Day exhi.
bits. I noticed certain attractive
paintings on the wall and inquired
as to the artist. You can imagine
my chagrin upon being told thai
the work was done by a man with
whom ! had been associating daily.
Cooperation Needed
If you feel the way I do about
playing up the better side of the
news picture, there is a definite
way in which you can help bring
this about. When something real
nice happens to your neighbor OF
yourself, call the newspaper and
let the reporters know about it.
It is true enough that newsmer
are paid to get out and dig up in
formation. Their time is limited
however, by the necessity of max
ing a daily deadline. For this rea.
son, it is only natural that the
writers concentrate on focal points
such as the police station, politi.
cal headquarters, hospitaB, and
courthouses where they can gather
a host of material in the shortest
time possible.
Speaking for The Key West CT.
tizen, there isn't a reporter IN the
staff who doesn't love to get a tip
about some human interest br hu.
morous incident that has occurred
in our town. How about living
them a break on this score some.
time?
Park Recreation
I think we can wind this column
up for today by mentioning the
wonderful recreation program that
exists in Bayview Park. Mary peo-
pie don't know about it and they
sit at home on these hot, stuffy
nights when they could be- out in
the fresh air enjoying some sport.
On Friday nights, an enthusias-
tic group of children, Cup to about
12-years old), have the time of
their lives skating. There is always
tennis and shuffleboard sat the
Park and you can usually see a
good baseball or softball game.
Take advantage of your City re-
creational efforts.
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25
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Savings Bends.
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25
oRIclNAL lLLCeIeLr


Bill Glib
c/o Key West Citizen
Dear Mr. Gibb:
In behalf of the Navy Relief Society grateful appre.
citation is expressed to you for request for funds
and support of this agency in your daily column The
Key West Citizen Your interest in this organization is
deeply appreciated and your statements have made
valuable contribution to the present fund raising cam
pagn.
Very sincerely yours,
r. M. FARRELL,
CDR. USN
Chairman, Fund Raising
Campaign
Editors Note: Jeanette Bliss who writes the column
Bssful Buying, has received letter Of appreciation
from the Navy Relief Society.
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25
GOODBYE TO POLITICS; LET'S
NOW SETTLE DOWN TO BUSINESS

In two or three hours from now you will know who
won for county commissioner in the second district and
possibly by 10 o'clock you will know who will represent
this district state senator for the four years. By
that time also may be able to determine basng your
opinion on the trend of the results who will be next
governor.
The Citizen believes that all its readers will join it in
declaring is glad campaigning has ended and that
we settle down to normal living Politics essential
to our form of government, ye say what you may poll
Tics dsrupts the amenities in any community Many of u.s.
under the pressure of political factiona fighting say
many things and do many things that don't say do
ordinarily.
Whether your candidates won or lost it is futile and
foolish now to let politics disturb your mind further Our
thoughts and efforts should be directed to helping
promote the progress of our hometown.
City and county commissioners and local civic work.
ers who do not hold public office have much to do to
Key West and the rest of the county, Civic workers
have started movement to provide better parking faci-
ties. City Manager Lang has said that our ripped-up
streets will be repaired the work in improving
our sewer system is finished.
Some of our main streets filled with ruts and
trenches several inches deep, is timely to ask City Man.
Lang repairing them be started now in those
places where mains have been laid already Driving
those tornup streets like humping the bumps in cob
blestone road that needs repairing.
In civic work, let not confine our efforts to
increasing winter tourist trade Let us strive to get
more tourists during the Tourists still in Kew
West but we should try to increase their number Many
tourists like to fish, and should remind the through
publicity that in June and July tarpon fishing in local
waters is better than during other time of the year.
Tarpon have begun to show up in good-sized schools
and In week or SO from now we to judge from past
performances they will be plentiful in score of nearby
places, including Main Ship Channel
Avast, politics. Let's buckle down to business
Those who have been without dollar, started
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25

About Is million people in the
United States have some degree Of
hearing impairment according TO
estimates OF the American Hearing
Aid Association.
The Key West citizen., 1954-05-25

The Citizen welcomes expressions ss ne views ef ss ua
considered bslsvs vnwerfsnsd The writer's shevd
fr and esnNe se siisss b ~ wegds snd write
% e pspes eNly. SenasvTe q e W9fev must aeesmpsny n
lssfs and vi 30 pvbishsd unless se4vesied Otherwise