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The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

was In the red brick building that
stands al the foot of Whitehead
Street and Green Street. The Navy
has offices in the building now.
In 1918 she enlisted in the Navy
as yeomanette. She worked In
the disbursing office at the Naval
Station here as a yeomanette third
class and, second class and was
honorably discharged as a yeo-
manette first class.
Mrs. Haitriek has long been ac-
tive in veterans organizations and
lodges.
Charter Lssionnsirs
She is a charter member OF Ar
thur Sawyer Post No. Is, Ameri.
can Legion. She has served tha,
post as chaplain and as historian.
Mrs. Hattrick also is a mem.
Der of Veterans of World War /,
Key West Barracks No. 1876.
She Is past president Of the Ste
phen r. Mallory Chapter OF the
United Daughters of the Confedei.
acy; past matron of Fern Chapt-
er No. II of the Order Of the East.
ern Star: past chief Of Key WeS.
Temple No. 10 of the Pythian Sis.
ters.
Since 1881 she has worked al
Tallahassee in every session of the
State Legislature.
Miss Hattrick has worked in the
Legislature as verified in the en-.
rolling room and for the last four
sessions as secretary and assist.
ant supervisor in the enrolling
room of the House Of Representa-.
| tiyes.
All my life" she said, 1--WE
enjoyed all my jobs. especially the
Jobs ! have had ia the legislature.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
KEY VESTS
TRAFFIC BOX SCORE

A motorist charged with hay-
ing too much drink before he
stepped into his car, ended up
IN the drink off South Roose-
welt Blvd. early today to send
the city's accident toll up to
~ mishaps for the year.
City police tell US that drunk
En- driving arrests are on the
upswing IN Key West.
Remember, Florida Law pro-
vides for automatic loss Of
your drivers license for one
year upon conviction Of drunk
driving.
II you happen 10 have a few
drinks at q party or tavern.
why not ask somebody else 10
drive your car OR leave il
parked.
You may save yourself . lot
Of grief.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Ferry Go. Reports
Brisk Business

October and November, norm
ally, are slow tourist months -
bot the Caribbean Ferry System
apparently doesn't realize this
fact.
They, according 10 company
officials. carried q total ct 2OS
automobiles and S3l passengers
between Key West and Garden
-, Cuba in the first six weeks
Of operation Of their ferry. "The
, City Of Key West"
A. . result Of the brisk trait
fie, their sailings will be stepped
up 10 three weekly. They had
cancelled the regularly sehsd-
uled Tuesday sailing to allow
time FOR further alter raiions 10 bs
made TO fhe ship.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Clearing House
Set For Baskets

At a recent meeting of the Kew
West Ministerial Association, the
president, Reverend Eidon Sim.
mons, appointed Ii. Henry Russell
Of the Salvation Army and Rev
erend Ralph Rogers as co-chair-
men Of committee to set I'D a
clearing house" for names Of re-
cipients of Thanksgiving baskets
to be given by the various church.
es and civic groups.
II civic and fraternal groups
planning to give Thanksgiving has
ketS viii contact L. Russell at 3IT
Peaeon Lane or call 2-6S5T to COM
pare names, duplication viii be
avoided.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

Mrs. Hsttriek, a native Key
Wester. viii lead the big parade,
riding in a convertible. Then she
win review the marchers from the
car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hattrick have been
married IS years. Interviewed at
their home, sos Fleming Street, she
recalled the highlights of her life
in Key West.
Taught School
Before World War | she taught
school in Key West for eight years
Then she worked In the post Of
flee for two years as q registry
clerk.
That was when the post office
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

However. the Chief OF Naval op.
erations squashed Towner's sug-
gestion.
At least. the CNo refused to act
officially.
But today's secret session may
achieve the same result. There Is
more than one way of killing a cat,
the cat in this case being the
$l3o,oOo Federal grant to Monroe
County.
And If the Navy succeeds in
having the grant withdrawn, il
may mean the collapse of the coun-
tvs half.million dollar airport i'm
provement program.
This in turn can mean The end
Of Mssehsm Airport, ore Of fhe
first ports Of entry for cir pass.
snssrs in she United States.
In his letter to the CNo, Towner
said he was opposed 10 the paving
and lengthening of the east-west
runway al Meacham because such
improvement would bring the traf-
fic of Meacham and Boca Chiea
into conflict.
But Monroe County already has
acted to prevent this conflict.
Planes taking off from Meacham
to the east make right turns out
Of the field. carrying the planes
away from Boca Chica.
As further safety measure, the
county commissioners authorized
the installation Of a direct tele.
phone line between Meacham and
Boca Chica TO help control take.
offs and landings.
Besides fhe Navy. NsfionsI
Airiinss. roo. Is bringing pressure
70 bear 10 close Mesehsm 10 cir.
line planes.
NAL has an inside track at the
airport use panel.
In effect, National has q repre-.
sentative on the use panel in the
form OF q representative of the
Air Transport Association.
The ATA Is an organization
made UP of airiines, including Ma.
tionai.
An ATA representative said that
the ATA sought TO get a Navy
okay for NAL to fly into Bocs
Chica several months ago, but the
Navy refused permission.
National still would like 10 move
from Meseham to Boca Chica.
The airline made that clear II
a recent advertisement in The Cit
zen.
MAILS dissssss for Mssehsru
apparently stems frem ths eovn.
fy's determination 70 set snd eel-
Isef is own landing fees si me
sIrpert.
MAI. and the county now ar,
tangled In court fight with IN.
county seeking either to collect III.
landing fees II set or to attach
NAL property TO pay more thar
81. 900 in fees which the county say
NAL owex.
A temporary injunction Used b,
Circuit Court Judge Aquilino 10
per, Jr., has blocked the county
attempt to collect for the time be
ing.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Two Key West Children Burn
To Death In { lar In So. Carolina

Two children burned death in their
Charleston yesterday Their brother by passer-
by.
Dead Katherine Loughn 2 and Daniel Loughn the
Associated Press reported.
Michael Loughln Daniels pulled the
by James L. Merdth who broke window with stick.
The ehidrens mother, Mrs Donna Regina LOughln %
driving Washington D. the chldrens
father Dennie Loughn c0mmiSsay steward second class
temporary attending Navy school at the Anacos Naval
Air Station,
Loughn shopping in nearby store when the fire
Cured.
the bodies of the dead children
the fire put out a-4~-A-~--1s-.-~~~~~~~~-
believed remen said that the children playing with
matches in the and set the seat covers afre.
Loughn attached the USS Baish here He and his FAM
lily lived in Navy housing at l2B Seaplane Base.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
CarDeposits
People, Chair,
Sheriffs Dept.
Tells Weird Story
Of Highway Action

A crippled man, his
wheelchair, his wife, his
dog, and another man were
put out of a car on U. s. 1
at widely different spots
last night, the sheriffs Of
flee reported.
Deputies and the highway n.trol
sun I<e .seaEching for a man and
woman who were in the car =
late model Pontiac sedan with Flo
rlda tag number i.64SOo
The Highway Patrol office AZ Ma.
ration had only one name - that
OF the crippled man. He gave his
last name as Conner of es2e NV
4th Avenue. Miami.
whs' Hoppsn1
This is the way the story goes.
Conner in bis wheelehair sIons
win ms wife and dog, were on :
Miami street last night when ths
Pontiac sedan pulled up and asked
them II they wanted 4 ride.
The Corners and the dog and the
coiiapsible wheelehair were loaded
IN the car. Besides the driver.
mere were a man and a woman al.
ready in the car at the time
Mrs. Conner late told the High
way Patrol that she thought they
were going for short ride but the
next thing she knew the car was
headed out Of Miami for Key West.
On Grassy Key, Conner and his
eoliapsible wheelehaIr. we're put
out Of the car.
Then There Were Two
In Marathon, Mrs. Conner and
the dog were forced out Of the ear
Later the other man was nut Of
The car 10 Marathon.
taAs sit Uhiy woman and the
man driver in the car.
AZ Marathon, the American Le-
glon post put up the money to send
Mr.. and Mrs. Conner, the wheel.
chair. and the dog Gin a cardboard
box) back TO Miami on a Grey
hound bus.
The other man paid his own way.
Up to noon today, the car had
not been found.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

Marines stationed here VIII eels-
hrated the I79th anniversary Of the
U, S. Marine Corps with a bah al
the ElkS Club tomorrow night.
A birthday cake viii be cut with
the traditional Mameluke sword.
Major c. I. West, commanding Of.
fIeer Of the Marine Guard Detach-
ment here, VIII preside.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
CHILD DRINKS POISON

JACKSON. Mich. R-Five-year-
old Mary Ann Lowe died yesterday
after drinking q plant spray So
luton stored In a soft drink bottle
in the kitchen Of her home. She
had climbed up on q cabinet and
reached the bottle on 4 top shelf.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
P.O. viii Close
For Veterans Day

Acting Postmaster, Clyde p.
Sfiekney said today that sll
windows al the post office will
be closed Thursday. Veterans
Day, and there will be no ear
rier delivery.
Mail will be collected from
fhe street letter boxes and dis
patched as usual.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Clty-Conmty Assessment
Merger Take Place Soon
GdndOHO Says
He'll Consider
Any Proposals

G un t y Tax Assessor
Claude Gandolfo said today
that he will give full con-
sideration to any request
that may be made of his Of
flee to take over the assess
ment of city taxes before the
January /, 1866 date set by
a constitutional amendment
approved by Florida voters
in the general election.
At that time, Gandolfo's office
will be charged with the assess
ment of municipal taxes under the
terms Of the amendment.
city's View
Some city officials, including Tax
Assessor Robert Pollock, have re-
commended that city tax assessing
be turned over to the county prior
to the deadline to save tpe city
money.
Under the terms Of the amend
ment, the city is still faced with
the task of preparing the 1855 tax
roll. The officials say that it would
be a waste of money for the city
assessor to prepare the 1855 roll
since he is not properly equipped
to do the job.
Seven thousand dollars has been
earmarked in the current budget
for the purchase Of equipment for
the tax assessors office and pro-
ponents of the plan to jump the
gun on the switchover point out
that the money win be save i'm.
mediaely and, in addition, 1t will
be unnecessary to hire extra help
to compile next years roll.
Expenditure Planned
The expenditure became neces-
sary last spring when an agree
ment whereby the city assessor
shared the county tax office and
made use of his personnel and
equipment was ended.
The plan had been in effect for
about eight years until a disagree
ment between the city commission
and the county assessor ended Il.
The city prepared its tax book
at great saving since they had only
to pay the tax assessor and ont
/ half of the salary of clerk.
Under the plan TO consolidate the
office prior to the time set up by
law, the city assessor would pre-
sumably work in cooperation with
the county assessor, as in past
years.
Wants To Help
Gandolfo, who has been under
going treatment in a New Orleans
hospital, said today that he has
not had time 10 study the situation
but that my attitude has always
been to help the city in any way
II can"
81 think We can work out sat
| isfactory plan" said Gandolfo.
City Manager Victor Lang said
today that the question Of whether
or not the city combines their of
flee with that Of the couny before
the deadline is up to the city com
mission to decide.
1T is a matter of policy for
them to determine" said Lang.
Up To Commission
He added that the recommends
tons of the city assessor have been
passed on 10 the commisslon-
Pollock, in q statement the day
after election. said that he would
take the matter up up with TIE
county and try 70 work something
out"
City Commissioner Louis Gar
bonen has advocated that the city
turn the tax assessing function ov'
er 10 the county instead OF waiting
until 1856 as provided BY The
amendment.
l
HE'LL BE ll2
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
S3-Year-Old WV Veteran,
Mrs. Hattrick, Heads Parade

Florida's oldest World War veteran will be grand
marshal of Thursdays Veterans Day parade.
The grand marshal - and don't think she isn't get
ting big kick out of the honor is Mrs Carrie Hat
trick who 83 years old last September 49,
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
Closed Hearing By Panel May
Decide Fate OF Airport Here
Navy Is Expected To Tell
Objections 10 Extension
BY DENIS sNEIcR

Key West may lose Meacham Airport as a result Of
secret Navy testimony being given at closed hearing
in Washington today.
The airport use panel The Citizen learned Is meet
ing in executive session, meeting closed to the nuh.
to hear Navy representatives
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09
HE'LL BE liz

FRANKLIN, Tex. R-Walter ".
Williams, the Oldest Of four Civil
War veterans still living, viii 90
serve his lI2th birthday anniver-
ssry Sunday.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

The text Of the letter Adm.
fownsr wrote, requesting that
fha $4,000 srsnt be killed, 10
printed on page seven.
The Key West citizen., 1954-11-09

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DIAL 2-S66l or 2-S6S2 TodoY
, 1954-12-03

boiling point and boil 5 minutes. Add an equal quantity Of
sugar; remove the scum as the mixture starts TO boil. Boil
rapidly until the juice gives the jelly test Sheets Oft the
spoon in large dropsl Or until the temperature reacheslO5
degrees e Of 22l degrees + on 4 clear day, Or lO6 degrees
e. Or 222 degrees +. on a damp, cloudy day. Pour the jelly
into hot sterile glasses and seal with paraffin
CHERRY PUNCH Yield: s servings Il cup each1
1-1l8 cups cherry juice, AZ cups water; 3 tablespoons lemon
juice LIB cups sugar
Prepare cherry juice as directed in the recipe for jelly.
Combine all the ingredients and stir until the sugar is dis
solved. Pour over cracked ice before serving.
CHERRY SAUCE YIELD: | PINT
/ pound or pint cherries; X cup water; 1-l4 to lh cups
sugar
Wash cherries and remove blossom ends. Add water and
simmer 20 minutes over allow heat. Remove from heat and
press the cherries through a coarse sieve to remove the seeds.
Add sugar to the front pulp and reheat to dissolve sugar.
Cool Serve with meat or fowl. This makes q thin sauce II
4 sauce stiff enough to mold is desired, the mixture must be
cooked & few additional minutes.
, 1954-12-03

81 p 1AulAs 1. ~ uu0i M0 ~ - N1aSh - Aoa
VOL. 10 FRIDAY DECEMBER ), 1854 NO. $50
Virgin Isldnds Agricultural Progrom News
Contributed BY the Experiment Station
OUR "a BOMB. The West Indian Cherry
For is ID these Islands. The west Indian Cherry is The cheapest
source we know Of for supplying the family with vtaInn G. It taNes.
only three medium sized cherries to supply an adult with all the
vhamn g the body requires in one day. Whereas, It takes half cup
Of orange juice, or one cup Of tomato juice or half Of a medium
sized grapefruit to supply an adults needs of this vHamin for one
day. Children usually like the fruit, even when fresh, and there
should be no problem n serving it to them as often as possible. For
babies the juice Of the fruit is excellent, and a better and cheaper
source Of vitamin e than orange juice.
.Unlike mosts other food sources of vitamin (. the West Indian
Cherry retains extremely large quantities Of vitamin e even after
cooking. This enables the housewife to prepare cooked products
from the fruit without reducing the nutritive value to any great ex-
tent. The cherry makes a delicious jam, jelly or juice. Perhaps some
Of the mosts popular ways of using the fruit are as a filling for
tarts or pies and as a topping for vanilla ice cream. To prepare the
fruit for use in these ways follow the directions given below in
recipe for cherry sauce. but allow the mixture to simmer for fifteen
to twenty minutes after adding the sugar.
Unfortunately, this article is a little too late The height
Of our cherry crops IS about over, and they are now hard to obtain
However housewives may want to clip and save the following re7
cipes until they are again available.
Now that We know the value of this nutritious fruit We should
no longer allow them to go to waste.
CHERRY JAM Yield: Quart
) CUPS IF water; 1874 cups sugar and 3M cups cherries
Wash cherries. and remove stems and blossom ends. Com
bine the sugar and water and bring to the boiling point.
Add cherries. Cook slowly for 20 to Is minutes or until the
Juice thickens slightly, but not until it gives the Jelly test
Csheets off the spoon in large drops. Pour into hot sterile
jars and seal with p%araffin. q
CHERRY JELLY Yield: S cups
5 pounds cherries; w cups water Or barely enough to cover
the fruit; and / cup sugar to each cup Of juice
Wash the cherries and remove stems and blossom ends.
Add water to the fruit, mast, and simmer for rs minutes, or
until the cherries are soft. Strain the juice through q flannel
Jelly bag or two thickness of a sugar or a flour sack
Measure the iuice and place it in a shallow kettle with a
cap1sty St1sas. socr times nc volume Of juice. Heat 70 the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
County Mother Held
In Death Of Baby

Mrs. Doris Yankowitz was held
for action of a Prince Georges
County grand jury yesterday on
a charge Of numbering her five
month-old daughter.
Witnesses at a preliminary
hearing before Judge Mia S.
Human Crane, in Upper MARI
boro Police Court, testified the
Yankowitz' daughter, Doreen,
was found covered with bruises
and at least four teeth marks
about 8 pm. June 2. The baby,
taken to Walter Reed Hospital,
died three days later.
=. :. Attorneys for Mrs. Yankowitz,
SO, objected repeatedly to testi-
mony of members of the Dis
trict Heights Rescue Squad that
the baby was found wrapped
tightly in a pinned blanket when
they responded to an emergency
call at the Yankowitz apartment.
Mrs. Yankowitz told police the
baby was injured in a fall from
its crib.
Detective Sergeant Ralph Bond
said the mother apparently was
in a dazed condition when he
arrived. He testified she was sit
ting on the floor with the tele-
phone in one hand and a glass
of beer in the other.
Attorneys George GoldSbor-
ough and Stanley Frosh contend
ed that the State had not pre-
sented a prima facie case OF
first degree murder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
Finger Tips Found in Can;
Packing Firm Fined $500
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, June 19.-The
Phillips Bros. Packing Co. Of
Cambridge, Md, was fined $500
in Federal Court yesterday after
an admission that the firm
packed a can of sweet potatoes
in which the tips of three human
fingers were found.
Lawyers for the company said
the finger tips apparently
dropped into the can after am
putation in an accident a worker
suffered at a machine.
Attorney Robert F. Skutch. jr.,
said more than 300 cans were
searched in an effort to find the
fingers. He said it was finally
concluded they must have
dropped into a drain located
near the machine.
The company was prosecuted
for violation of the Pure Food
and Drug Act.
George T. Daughters of the
Pure Food and Drug Administra-
ton said X-ray machines are
available to find foreign matter
in sealed cans and should have
been used in this case.
Miss Phyllis Moore of New
York City made the grisly dis
covery. She said there was bright
red f1ngernail polish on the fin
ger tips which belonged to a
Negro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
New Floods Threaten
Northern Iowa Towns
As More Rain Falls
BY the Associated Press

DIES MONIES, June 49,
Rampaging rivers and creeks in
Northern Iowa hurled additional
flood threats at several towns
today as new overnight rains
sent the water coursing higher.
The normally placid streams,
swollen by rains measuring up
to an unofficial 10 inches yester-
day, poured over farm lands,
washed out crops, ripped up
highways and swirled into resi-
Dental sections of several towns.
The Weather Bureau said
more rains fell last night and
early today, adding to the bur-
den of the already over-f1owing
streams.
More than 20 families in Ma
son City were forced to leave
their homes as creeks in the
area sent water courSing far
from their normal banks. Some
of the families had to be evacu-
ated by boat. Two city parks
were under several feet of water.
Far to the west, at Linn Grove,
a town of 400 about 70 miles
northwest of Sioux City, the
Little Sioux River forced three
families to move out of a trailer
park, flooded the city park and
filled the Easements of the Pres
byterian church and several
homes.
The Weather Bureau predicted
crest of II feet feet above
flood stage-during the day at
Spencer, where the Ocheyedan
and Little Sioux Rivers meet.
A record 11-foot crest was ex-
pected at Marble Rock, on Lime
Creek and the Sherlock River.
The highest previously recorded
there was 8.3 feet in 1914. Mar
BILE Rock is about 20 miles south
east of Mason City, in North
Central Iowa.
The Floyd River, which
claimed IA lives at Sioux City
in a sudden rampage following
similar rains in Northwest Iowa
a year ago, was out of its banks
at Sheldon, so miles upstream
from Sioux City, and was still
rising. t.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
Live Theuter Puts New Life
In Georqetown's Blue Mouse

taken on the old Blue Mouse
vaudeville houSe-which had
given away before the times and
was converted to the Mott mo-
ton picture theater. The Mott,
in turn, folded about two years
ago.
A group interested in forming
such a theater club has been
working toward this end for
about five years. Many Of them
were part Of the local American
Theater Wing.
Actors From Ranks.
The club-trying to keep its
program on a professional level
set up a board Of members
who have had sSome professional
background. The actors are
chosen from the membership
ranks, after open additions.
John Greer, Georgetown in
terror designer, has been ham
ding the deliberations. The pro-
Queer and director is Hal Gould,
who was a director of the local
theater wing.
Last night. they had a little
trouble with the curtain, and the
scenery didn't shift quite like it
should. But the audience. which
just about filed the 226 seats,
didn't seem at all concerned. All
of them had that fond, proprie-
tary look in their eyes.