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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15

Sandra Stahl, Miss Wash
ington Of 1880" won the
judges approval with her
rendition of the Bell Song"
from "Lakme." A coloratura
soprano, she has Is years of
voice study behind her. Last
summer she left her clerk
typist job in the Pentagon,
went to Los Angeles and tried
out with scores of other young
women for a part in 'Kismet."
She was chosen to play one
Of the four slave wives
in the Pulitzer prize winning
musical.
One of the country'S most
popular night club singers is
Jody Miller, who has had top
billing in hotels from coast to
coast since winning the local
contest in 1948. A finaliSt in
the Miss America" pageant,
she also has appeared on
numerous televiSion shows in
Washington and New York,
including "Stork Club, Strike
It Rich and the 'Morey
Amsterdam Show"
But a girl doesn't have to
win the crown to achieve sue
cess in the entertainment
world. Singer Betty Madigan,
who lost out in the AZ and '48
contests, recently skyrocketed
into the top 10" group OF
the country's songstresses via
her recording of Joey" This
dark haired Irish lass has had
her own local TV and radio
shows, and dances and acts as
we'll as sings. She's also head
lined the Capitol stage, toured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15

HOLLYWOOD, Broadway,
III television, radio. =.
The success pendulum has
swung in many directions for
local beauty contestants OF
the past.
Tomorrow night on the
Capitol Theater stage, one Of
nine finaliSts will be crowned
Miss Washington of 1884"
an honor for which so girls
competed originally. The
winner will receive numerous
prizes, a chance to vie for the
Miss America" title and
SIS, 900 in scholarship awards
in Atlantic City (September
GID and opportunities for
many local appearances
through the year. More Inn
portant, the contest can serve
as a Springboard for a career
as an entertainer and in other
fields. But the crown, awarded
to the prettiest girl with the
most talent, charm and per-
sonality, retains its luster only
if kept shining with that
particular jewel known as
hard work.
Take Mary Jane Hayes,
queen of the 1949 Washington
beauties, who became Miss
Dixie" and represented the
United States as the beauty
ambassador" to South Amer
lea that year. She not only
worked hard to become a top
model, but went on to study
dramaticS at Catholic Univer-
sity for three years. Now she
is a promising starlet in Hol-
lywood, where she is known
as Allison Hayes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
Careers For Beauty Winners

the Midwest to sing in supper
clubs, made various other
recordings and appeared on
television in Baltimore and
New York.
Betty and others who never
won the title. nevertheless,
credit the contest with giving
them a start to stardom by
Offering a chance to learn to
perform before an audience,
according to officials Of Radio
Station WWDC, which spon-
Sors it. Joyce Carr, who was
eliminated in the SO contest,
won first place on the Arthur
Godfrey Talent Scouts" TV
show last August and now is
singing in a night club here.
Aletha Agee, runnerup to Jody
Miller, is a WMAL-TV star,
won the title of Miss Video
of 1850" and the next year
was voted "Washington's most
popular local personality" in
TV Guide Magazine poll.
Other Miss WaShingtOns
have embarked on varied
careers from marriage to pol
itics. Iris Anne Fitch, the SO
winner, is married to 1t. John
GurSki, former captain Of
Nays football team, and is
now living in Paris. Helen
Fiske Smith, the SO queen,
modelling and studying dra-
mates in New York, Is en-
gagged to John Dennis, the
sadistic sergeant in From
Here to Eternity" And Venus
Ramey, Miss America Of 1914,
made a vigorous but unsuc-
cessful bid last year for a seat
in the Tennessee Legislature.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

you that undertakers print ads
giving funeral prices, and you
muse over which is really the big
gest bargain.
You carry your paycheck home
without even thinking of opening
it yourself to see what's inside.
Instead of being awakened at
night by growing up" pains, you
find you no longer can doze at
your work by day because of
growing down. pains.
A hatcheck girl smiles enga ging-
ly at you, and you don't smile
back. You merely frown and won
der what's so funny.
Somebody mentions Mccarthy,
and you think first of Charlie and
then of Joe.
You begin to put foot powder into
your shoes each morning, and car
ry cough drops in your pocket
regularly.
The wife finally decides you're
old enough to have a night out
each week to play poker with the
boys-and all you want to do is
play poker with the boys.
Other peoples children seem as
pretty and smart as your own
and certainly better-mannered.
You 60 to the beach for a swim,
but merely lie on the sand in the
sun and never go near the water.
Your wife starts campaigning for
"a new fur coat" (Nothing ages
man more than the realization
that one fur coat won't last a wom-
an a lifetime.)
The family mail holds no more
surprises. You can look at every
envelope and guess who sent it.
A Boy Scout abandons an old
lady in mid-street to rush over and
help YOU reach the sidewalk
safely.
You'd rather brag about what
you used to do than what you're
going to be.
Neat can read a piece fike this
in a9newspaper and think, "Tht
guys got a point all right, though
naturally most of what he say.
sure doesn't apply to me-yet.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

the future can ''free" his aver
age earnings at the time he be-
comes totally and permanently dis
abled. The idle period or periods
will not count against him and he
will be eligible for full benefits
based upon the time he actually
worked.
To qualify, disabled person
must work under social security
for of the 10 years before he
becomes disabled, and also for IS
months of the last 3 years before
his disability.
Persons already on the benefit
rolls, whose payments have been
reduced because of as much as
six months disability, can get an
increase under the new provision
if they still are disabled.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

The Southern Bell Telephone
Company, which serves Key West
and 1,O4O other exchanges in Flo
rida and eight other southern states
is observing its 18th anniversary of
service.
The Company was founded in
December. 1879, just three years
after Alexander Graham Bell had
obtained a patent for the telephone
he invented.
SIN no other section of the ma
ton has telephone demand been
heavier since the war than in Flo
rida," said Don Nichols, local ma
nager of Southern Bell, land tele-
phone people have responded by
bringing telephone growth to Flo
rida that has out stripped any
other section of the nation. The
growth in Key West has been an
important part of the economic de-
velopment of our area and we are
grateful for the confidence express
ed in our COMPANY by telephone
users here" he said.
Telephone service in Key West
began in 1885; today, there are
7,700 telephones here. The year
1854 proved to be the greatest year
of development with the installa-
tion of 1850 instruments. Of the
total number of local phones, 10
per cent have been installed with
in the past years.
Started with l,24S Telephones
Southern Bell began operations
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
Changes Summarized
Soc. Security Retirement, Death Benefits Up

However, you can't lose your
benefits for any months in which
you did not earn more than $50
in wages, or render substantial
services in self-employment. So
you could make $4,000 in four
months, but if You didn't work the
other eight months you could draw
social security benefits for those
eight months.
DISABILITY
Since social security benefits are
based on average monthly earn
ings, from a certain starting date
until retirement, a worker who be-
came totally disabled suffered a
loss of income and often had his
benefits greatly reduced, or some
times eliminated.
Under he new law, a worker in
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

NEW YORK R-The years big
spending spree behind them, most
citizens are full of good resolutions
today about saving money.
If you're serious about it, you
might take tip from corporations.
They strike a trial balance sheet
when they want to find out where
they stand. And they keep up
watchful search for the best plan
to make assets and funds work
for them for maximum saving.
Some individuals think they have
been saving money when actually
they're worse off now than when
the year started. Others say they
haven't been able to save a cent
when actually they have added to
their net worth by increasing their
equity. in insurance or homes.
The man with a small income
has more variations on ways of
saving than he used to - and is
using more outlets too. the Re-
search Institute of America points
out today. He is buying stocks on
the installment plan, investing IN
mutual funds. using investment
plans especially packaged oy
banks.
The standard outlets for saving,
of course, continue to he banks
securities, real estate.
For its $4,000 members the in
stitute has drawn up a savings
policy memo for 1855 which shows
them how to find out if they're
really saving or not. and to deter
mine which is the best way for
them to save.
Here are the principal points:
First strike a personal balance
sheet, like a corporations, to find
out your net worth.
On one side list what you own:
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
Hal Boyle
Says

NEW YORK R - Sidewalk re.
Elections of a Pavement Plato:
How can you tell whether you
have become an adult or still re-
main a child?
Well, there are some signposts
along the way. You show definite
indications of being grownup when:
You see wrinkles above your
eyelids as well as circles beneath
them.
You start pondering whom you'd
like to leave your money to-if you
had any to leave.
The kids who used to call you
"Musclehead'' have sons who ad-
dress you as Mister"
You really start planning to see
your dentist once year, your
doctor twice a year.
You've acquired three Dear
John" letters from girl friends
who've fallen for other guys.
You learn that the surest sign of
a woman's interest in a man is
her willingness to lend him mon-
ey.
You can meet an old flame and
feel never a twinge of the old
heartburn. In fact she honestly
looks crumby to YOU,
You 60 to your monthly lodge
meeting and somebody nominates
you for the office of historian.
The laughter of strangers dis
turbs you, young lovers seem like
fools, and children make you feel
unreasonably cranky,
You no longer dare ask pretty
office secretary to lunch for fear
of what the rest of the staff. will
think. ,~ 4. Ar s--.
You start breaking into a laugh
even before the boss finishes tell.
ing a joke.
You find yourself arguing that
no morse could be greater than
Man O'War, and no fighter ever
lived who could whip Jack Demp-
sey in his prime.
You read the diets on the wom-
ans page, then the obituary no.
tees, before turning to the sports
pages. 1t no longer seems odd to
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
APPRECIATION FELT
Editor, The Citizen:

Editor, The Citizen:
I should like to take this means of expressing my
deep and sincere appreciation the Key West High
School for the very lovely Christmas program presented
at the football stadium at the beginning of the holiday
season. think it was one of the finest productions of its
kind that have Without calling any Names
for fear should miss some to thank the faculty
and student body we'll the administrative officers
for this above average production If we could have more
of this sort of programs think we should be better able
to give the true meaning of this high holiday season.
j. PAUL TOUCHTON
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
Changes Summarized
BY CHARLES r. BARRETT

WASHINGTON R-Increased re-
tirement and death benefits are
provided all along the line under
the vast new changes in the social
security law.
Some of these changes already
have taken effect, many others
are effective this Saturday, Jan.
and still others will not reach full
effect until 1856 or later.
Here is a summary of some of
the most important of these pro-
visions:
BENEFITS AND TAXES
The new law increases benefits
in three ways:
First, after 18 months coverage
after June 1858, up to five years
of lowest income may be dropped
III figuring average monthly in
come under the system. Since ben
efits are based on average income,
this in effect provides bigger ben
efits.
Second, the new law raises the
annual income base, on which ben
efits are figured and taxes are
paid, from the present maximum
of $500 to $4,000 a year.
This will provide bigger benefits
in upper income brackets. 1t also
means that workers making 81, 200
or more will pay SIP a year more
in social security taxes at their
2 per cent rate. Their employers
will pay the same increase. And
many self-employed persons will
pay $18 year more in taxes, at
their 3 per cent rate.
Third, the new law establishes
a new formula on which benefits
are based.
For single retired worker,
monthly benefits will be IS per
cent of the first $110 of average
monthly earnings plus 20 per cent
of the remainder, up to the new
maximum base of $3.50 monthly.
The old law paid out 55 per cent
of the first 500. plus Is per cent
of the first $100, plus Is per cent
CT the remainder up to the old
base of $500.
Benefits for wives, widows and
children are a percentage of the
benefit earned by the worker. So
they will go up too, under the new
formula.
The minimum for all beneficiar-
ies-retired workers or survivors
is raised from $25 to $50 monthly.
The maximum for a single retired
worker is raised from $85 to $1OS.-
50; for a retired worker and his
wife from $127.50 to $162.S0, and
for an entire family from $16S. 80
t. 5000.
Except for a family. none of the
maximumS will be reached, how
ever, until a worker has been COW
cred by the new formula for IS
months. The formula went into ef-
feet in September So the new max
imums can be reached in 1856 or
later.
RETIREMENT TEST
Under the old law, a person
from IS to rs lost his social Sc
curity benefit for any month in
which he earned SIS or more. At
IS or over, person got full bene-
fits regardless of earnings.
The new law first, lowers the
exempt age to u. And those be-
tween IS and 72 may draw all
hteir social security benefits if
they earn $1,000 a year or less,
on an annual basis. Thus a person
could earn S4OC a month for three
months and still not lose any re-
tirement benefits.
Further, the new law says per-
lose only one months benefit for
each $50 earned above 81, 200 a
year. So a retired" person may
earn 81 ,2S0 a year and lose only
one months benefit or UP to 81, ,0S0
and lose IL months benefits. Above
S. $50, he is not eligible for bene-
fits
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
This; Rock
OF Ours.
By Bill Glib

with 1,246 telephones in II cities,
including Wilmington and Raleigh,
N. c., Charleston, S. c., Augusta
and Savannah, Ga, and Mobile,
Ala. The other five were in V;r-
ginia, not served now by Southern
Bell.
In 1926 Southern Bell acquired
the properties of the Cumberland
Telephone Company which served
exchanges in Louisiana, MiSsissip-
pi, Kentucky and Tennessee. Sou
thern Bell now serves those four
states in addition to North Caro-.
lima, South Carolina, Georgia, Flo
rida and Alabama.
BY 1929 its 50th birthday -
Southern Bell had 100000 tele-
phones in operation. This was in
sharp contrast to the situation in
pioneer telephone days when some
small exchanges were closed for
a period of time because "the nov-
city of the telephone had worn off. "
1t took 81 years to reach the first
two million Southern Bell tele-
phones. But in the past eight years,
212 million more have been added.
Today Southern Bell has 4,5OO tele-
phones in 1,O41 eXhangeS in the
cities, towns and rural areas sur
rounding them. Also there are 565
independent or non-Bell companies.
which operate more than a million
telephones in 1929 other Southern
communities, joined with South.
ern Bell in serving the South.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
She Should Have
Left Him In Bed

TOKYO R-Hefty Mrs. Kayoko
Yoshino tried to rouse her sleeping
husband when a knIe-wielding
burglar br, into their home to-
day. He didn't bulge.
So Mrs. Yoshino rolled out of
bed and told the burglar she would
get him money from another room.
Instead, she returned with a meat
knife and slashed him six times.
Finally she stirred her sleeping
husband and told him to take the
wounded burglar to police sta
ton, On the way the burglar broke
lose from Yoshino and escaped.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
Today's
Business
Mirror
By Sam Dawson

cash in bank, cash surrender value
OF life insurance and annuitieS,
market value of real estate, resale
value of furniture and furnishings,
trade in value of cars, money lent
to others, government and corpo-
rate bonds, and market value OF
other securities. Add them up 10
get the total of your assets.
To find out what you owe, list:
all bills due, personal loans pay
able, amount Of mortgage still due,
unpaid taxes, balance due on in
stallment purchases. Add them up
to get your total liabilities.
Compare your asset value aud
your liabilities and find your net
worth - or (let's hope not) how
far you're behind the game.
Repeat a year from now and
see if you've been making progress
at saving or slipped furthcr into
debt.
Some of the rules the institute
works out for getting the most out
OF saving are: funds for an emer.
gency belong only in bank. Put
only funds earmarked for a lorg-
range goal into savings bonds -
interest drops if you cash them in
before maturity.
Chose insurance policies that
most closely meet your particular
needs, and change policies when
the needs change.
Don't play the stock market -
but buy shares carefully for long
term investment - if saving is
your goal.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions the views Of n. rs.d
but the editor the right delete snv ;tsm. which
eonsidsred bsievs The wr.r. houd be
fair and eonns The letters 400 words and r;. Ar ia.
ef Tho PAPER only Signature Of hs writer mus, ,s
letters and will bs pohshsd unes. rssusstsd Otherwise
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31
THE YEAR 1858

We greet the New Year with high hopes for a pros
porous year. From the business standpoint economic ex-
perts optimistic and the great majority of forecasts
paint the which will be far more success
full than 1854
For resolutions, would suggest that readers con-
slider moderation in all things, especially the highway
With the new hghpowered automobiles hong offer
ed emphasis safe driving will be required
in 1866 than in past years.
We would suggest also that Americans make 1855 q
of bipartisan progress in Washington and in
field of foreign affairs. AS nation and people, we
should unity behind foreign policy and present solid
front to the world and should do everything we can
improve our country government and the lot of the
unfortunate, meanwhile safeguarding the freedoms and
independence of every American.
Finally, every of should give thanks that we
citizens of the most fortunate and the blessed
country in the world That is something many of take
for granted, do the many uxures and high stand
ards of life which have become accustomed to enjoy
ing Properly thankful for this blessing from above we
can go forward with confidence that will safeguard
country, and make it unified force for the good
things in this world.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

The highest achievement of is to be able to
think through distorted situations arrive at the truth
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

Distinguished visitors arriving
yesterday in Key West we're United
States Senator Robert La Toilette.
Of Madison, Wise and a party Of
friends. They are guests at the Ca
sa Marina.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

A car moving 80 miles an hour
VIII cover an 440-foot block while
an average pedestrian crosses 40
foot street.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

The patronage jobholders in the Capitol are now
experiencing the pangs of political changeover.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

The person who always looking out for your rights
either has nothing to do is playing you for sap
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

Prince Albert. colored gardener in
charge of the farm cwned by John
Gates at Sugar Loaf, claims he
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

When science proves new truths, they remain truth
despite the fact that people refuse believe them
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

has sugar cane growing there as
big as is grown anywhere.
+ Il 4
December 3l,, 1914
Sunday. No psperl
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

Americanism: The idea that any street corner gen.
era solve the affairs of the world given the auth
ority.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

The ignorance about this part of the nation in other
areas, is only equaed by ignorance about other
tions.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

A number of business men would give almost an,
thing to know when the rising stock market was going
stop rising
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-31

Advertisers who want full value should remember
that the basis for pricing circulation in
ly all the homes of market possibilities.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-03-03

Pomladka, kao | Duquesne
University Tamburitzans.
Radi troskova oko progra-
ma zakljuceno je da Sc zatra.
Ii Glavni Odbor pomot Cd
ST, 100000 ma narednoj pofugo-
disnjoj sjednici.
Odbor &c prema zakljucku
konference izdati program
knjigu ma trgovackoj bazi, to
&c "a istu sakupljati oglase po
naseobinama nasih odsjeka.
Konferenca je svrsila svoj
rad mirno i dostojno. U odbor
su dosle skoro iste osobe, to
vaznije promjene nije bilo.
Poslije konference bio je
mali odmor te Sc je presto
ma prikazivanje filma Hrvat.
ske Bratske Zajednice, a kot
je film prikazivao mas cinov.
mix IL 81. ureda brat Tony
Brajdic. Svi su gledaoci wolfe.
Ii film / slusali smo opaske
pojedinaca, koji su govorili da
zbilja mi americki Hrvati sa
svojom Zajednicom | Djecjim
lDomom imamo nesto cine Sc
mozemo ponositi. A bilo je {
kritike cd nekih starijih oso-
ba il jala, da je to samo pro-
paganda. Ako jest, onda je
dobra propaganda nase Hr.
vatske Bratske Zajednice !
njenog humanitarnog dobro.
tvornog rada.
Sada nakon godisnje kon.
ference nastaje pripravni rad
da sto bolje i dostojnije pro.
slavimo 60-godisnjicu svoje
Zajednice.
Flip Vukelic, tajnik.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-03-03

i Kanade;;
@ da odgaja svoje clano-
We narodno drustveno, a
kroz gnijezda pomlatka Mi
hovu djecu;
d. da podrzava i brine Sc
"a Djecji Dom ;;
e) da medju Hrvatima o.
stalim Slavenima te njihovim
potomcima promice geslo:
Svi "a jednog, jedan "a sve;
f. da uspostavlja i podrza-
va fondove, koji &c odgova-
rati zajednicarskim, humani-
tarnim narodnim potreba-
ma, u koliko to dolazi u sklad
s principima ma kojima je o.
snovana Hrv. Bratska Zajed-
MICA. (sto Sc jezika tice ma
vodim doslovno il pravila.}
Kako smo naprijed vidjeli
"Hrvatska Bratska Zajednica
u America jest iskljucivo pot
porna i bratska (bratinska)
organizacija". Takvih organi-
zaci1a ina u Sled. Drzavama
ma stotine pod americkim i
narodnosnim nazivima. Nema
u Sjev. America narodnosne
grupe a da nema jednu iii vi
Sc svojih bratskih organiza-
cija, svaka cd kojih nosi svoj
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-03-03

da bi clan umro raspisao b
Sc "rasporez": toliko po sva-
kome clanu da sc sabere 90
smrtnina" cd 300 dolara, ko-
ia je doskora bila povisena
ma 400. Osvijesceni radnici
radili su neumorno, pozrtvov.
no, odusevljeno, dobrovoljno,
bez ikakve place iii nagrade,
"a svoju bjedniju bracu. Pred.
vodnici su bill, uz Zdravka
Muzinu, urednika "Danice",
Franjo sepic, Petar Pavlinac,
Josip subasic, Ivan Ljubic ]
Josip Buneta. Ovima Sc par
godina docnije pridruzio maj.
prosvjeceniji medju NINA,
Josip Marohnic, reformator
primitivne Hrvatske Zajed-
nice j najprije tajnik pa
dugogodisnji predsjednik Ma
rodne Hrvatske Zajednice
Marohnic je divan PRIMER
socijalnog odgojno prosvjet.
nog i narodnog rada sto ga
je hrvatsko iseljenistvo dalo.
Pod njegovim vodstvom pro-
vedene su sve glavne refor.
me u Narodnoj Hrvatskoj
Zajednici ma kojima je izgra.
djena danasnja velicina Hr.
vatske Bratske Zajednice.