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Nautical Theme Is Decor Of LuncheonEnjoyed By FAWTU Officers’ Wives

A decorative nautical theme was featured by the FAWTU Offi-cers Wives’ Club at a luncheon at Raul’s Restaurant, Wednesday,

July 24. Guests were greeted and given name cards of navy blue,

decorated with tiny anchors made of fish hooks. Shells, sea horses,

driftwood, coral and sprigs of bougainvilla and alamanda centered

tables covered with navy blue and fish net cloths.A luncheon of tossed green

salad, French fried potatoes, hot

rolls, butterscotch sundae andbeverage was served to 53 mem-bers and guests.

Hostesses for the affair wereMrs. J. C. Burks, Mrs. K. R.

Chapman, Mrs. R. W. Duerner,

Mrs. P. L. Ruch, and Mrs. R. B.Lyons. Special guests were Mrs.James Lancammer, Mrs. A. D.Dunstane, Mrs. C. N. Sutton, andMrs. D. Huckaby.

Twelve new members were in-troduced: Mrs. S. A. Belcher,Mrs. J. D. Dixon, Mrs. S. R. Fo-ley, Mrs. W. P. Mills, Mrs. W. H.Heider, Mrs. E. G. Lewis, Mrs. F.H. Mann, Mrs. W. L. Matthews,Mrs. C. E. Nester, Mrs. J. H.

*Koach, Mrs. W. R. Storm andMrs. Daws.

A short business session wasconducted by Mrs. J. D. Latimer,club chairman, who is leaving

Key West for Hutchison, Kansas.Mrs. J. P. Harris was elected co-chairman to replace Mrs. J. L.Bettinger, Jr., who in turn willbecome chairman. Mrs. T. M.Bigelow was representative tothe Ft. Taylor Officers’ Wives’Club, urged all members to at-tend the monthly luncheons atFt. Taylor.

Farewells were bidden to Mrs.C A. Dorsey, Mrs. O. A. Hamm,

Mrs. R. W. Legare, and Mrs. J.D. Latimer.

Double WeddingTo Be PerformedBy Roy Hamlin

A double wedding will take placetomorrow at the office of Justiceof the Peace, Roy Hamlin when heofficiates at the marriages of twoPhiladelphians to two Key Westers.

Nan Goldberg of Philadelphiawill be married to Henry Monroeand Harriet Wills, also of Philadel-phia will become the bride of Ran-dolph Roberts.

A reception for the couples willfollow the weddings at 8 p.m. atHamlin's office on Whitehead st.

EX-RESIDENT PAYSVISIT TO KEY WEST

Mrs. Kathleen Nottage and Mr.and Mrs. Parker Mahan havebeen entertaining houseguests fromBirmingham, Ala., Mr. and Mrs.Julian Yates and their son anddaughter, Bill and Judy.

Mrs. Yates formerly taught atthe Key West High School. This isthe first trip to Key West for thefamily in eight years. Last night,the victors were conducted on atour of * the city and theyexpressed delight and amaxementat the improve mens, especially inroads ana buildings and remarkedabout the number of people live inKey West the year around

Regular tourists to Florida, theYates said they would like to livehere. However. Mr. Yates who isa Birmingham business man mustreturn home with his family to-morrow.

Apply To WedSix couples have applied for

marriage licenses this week in theoffice of County Judge Raymond R.I*rd They include: Clyde Ells-worth Williams, Jr, USS Sea Dogand Sybil Louise England, SouthBerwick. Maine: James C. Bell,La Concha Hotel and Olga Loun-ders, 1423 Washington Street:Frank J Oblasney. Johnson City,New York and Conchtta A. Herre-ra. 1218 Sim onton Street; AmbroseMilton Heuer, GambilU. Md. andFortune Garland of 1407 AlburyStreet.

Mr. and Mrs Jay Lester Swankof 1034 Catherine St are the happyparents of a baby hoy born at 4:3?am. June 23, at the Monroe General Hospital The new son weighedT lb and 2ni aid has been namedRandolph Lee.

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Watermelon PartyToße Held TonightBy Church Women

The arrangements for the water-melon party to be held tonight onthe lawn of the Ley Memorial

Church were made at last Mondaynight’s meeting of the W. S. C. S.of Ley Memorial Methodist church.

The public is cordially invitedand the proceeds of the party willhelp the building fund of thechurch.

Plans were also made for a “pro-gressive dinner” to be held in Au-gust. It is one of the projects ofthe W. S. C. S. who sponsor suchaffairs to aid during the fiscalyear of the church. *

Mrs. Tom Curry led the spiritualprogram and talks were given byMrs. J. H. Brady and Mrs. Mer-rill Sands on Methodist nursingschools.

Hostesses for the evening wereMrs. Curry and Mrs. George Pet-erson. Attending were Miss Cathe-rine Knowles and Mesdames TomCurry, Merrill Sands, Joseph Fall-on, J. H. Brady, Harry Richard-son, W. T. Doughtry, Carl Brill,Milton Roberts, Charles Allen,Charles Lowe, Charles Meyers, R.H. Bramlett, John Milsarek, Lo-rena Buckley, George Peterson,Lawrence Hood, Stuart Whiting,Albert Carey, J. C. Harrington andEugene Roberts, Sr.

Robert E. LeeGoes Uncheered

CONVENTION HALL, ChicagoTho name of Robert E. Loowont uncheered at Wednesdaynight's session of the Democrat-ic Convention.

Reason: Tho hell was so noisywhen Permanent Chairmen SamRayburn mentioned tho Confed-erate hero's nemo that Southerndelegates didn't hear it.

Coming EventsTHURSDAY, JULY 24-

Rotary Club luncheon at 12:15p.m. Sl Paul’s parish halL

Fleet Reserve Ladies Aux. Unit56, regular coffee, 10 a.m.Beach Patio. Naval Station.

Navy Wives’ Bowling League,N.S., 1 p.m. Also open bowling.

Order of DeMolay Boys. ScottishRite Temple, 7:30 p.m.

V. F. W. Ladies Auxiliary, PostHome on Elizabeth St., 8 p.m.

Sparkling Waters Rebekah LodgeNo. 14. K. of P. Hall. 8 p.m.

Dr. Felix Varela Lodge No. 64,919 Elizabeth St., 8 p.m.

Ladies Auxiliary Arthur SawyerUnit No. 28, Legion Post Home,8 p.m.

JayShees meeting at clubhouse,7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY. JULY 23-Cayo Hueso Grotto dance and

fioorshow. Elks Club, annex,9 p.m.

Meeting Alcoholics Anonymous,First Presbyterian Church. 8p.m.

Meeting, Knight of Pythias. Pythian Hall. 721 rieming St., at8 p.m.

Fern Chapter, No. 21. Order ofEastern Star, Scottish RiteTemple. 8 p.m.

SATURDAY, JULY 26-Youth for Christ Rally. Fleming

street Methodist Church. THFleming street 7:30 p.m.

Youth Center dance, Wesleyhouse, 7:30 p m.

MONDAY. JULY 28-Beta Sigma Phi sorority, meet-

ing. San Carlos. 8 p m.Anchor Lodge No. 182, Scottish

Rite Temple, 8 p m.Meeting of Caballeros Metodis-

taa. Wesley House. 8 pro.TUESDAY. JULY 29-

Dtnner meeting. Kiwants Clubat Casa Cayo Hueso restaurant. 6 45 p m.

Youth for Christ Bible Study. 7 Jt>pm. Fleming street Methodist

WEDNESDAY JULY 30-Ladhes Day Golf Tournament, k

W Golf Course. 9 a mMeeting. Junior Ch. Commerce

riuhboc** 8 pmMeeting. Island City Navy Wives

Club No. n. Bldg. 17ft, N. ft..e m

Cerebral Palsy Association forMonroe County, meeting at 4J*Eaton Street t pm.

XX-llO W.C luncheon and badgeat Aeropaims Ipm.

Vernon <Lefty* Comer formeraoe southpaw hurirr far theYankees, -v iami* xi Sa! VagUeis the beet ptirher m the hi*leagues inj ihe last i5 years.

It used to be the custom to go

out and makenews if there wasn’tany. . .Such famous reporters as

Edgar Allen Poe did that. Of

course it isn’t accepted policy any-more. But the last few days Citizen

staffsters followed the trend—whatwith Bill Gibb laaping ino SO feet

of water to rescue a man in a carthat plunged off the road. I askedBill if he stopped to take off hiswatch. He said, "Ididn’t have oneon. But all the money in my bill-fold got a good soaking.” He didn’teven take time to stop his car. Hepulled on the brakes with the en-gine running and dived after thesubmerged car. That’s quicq think-ing and Henry Vinson can thankhis lucky stars that Gibb wastedno time. We’ve been kidding Billabout getting into Susan McAvoy’sfavorite beat, the 1 Cover The Un-derwater Dip, ever since. BUI saysno swarms of barracuda and vi-cious Man O’Wars were in the vi-cinity, but since he didn’t have aspear and gogglees handy probablythey were sporting about the epi-sode and just swam the other way.Susie is down at Dry Tortugasduelling underwater monsters rightnow. Wait until she hears that Gibbwent scoop fishing for man insteadof sharks!

FROM GOGOL!S TO OIOGLES,I cover the gag front.. .or try to. .

and here is a honey that would bestolen by Milton Berle in two lis-tens fist ifhe knew about it Againit involves reporter Jim Cobb asthe nova bursting into brilliant starwit. We were chatting at La Con-cha with Pierre Duval, masterpianist of the Trade Winds Lounge,and Pierre proposed a toast, theFrench salutation, “A votre san-te,” (to you health). We hoistedglasses and I added also, “A votresante, monsieurs!” Jim Cobblooked quizzical and then bouncedup with "Ah vote fer Kefauver!”

Jim missed the outing at whichwe initiated Duval of Duval streetinto the old American cusom ofgoing for a Sunday picnic. I’m notsure just how Pierre’s versionwpuld sound, actually, but it pro-bably would be like this: I amsleeping. lam fatigued by the lateSaturday night. There is a pound-ing on my temples, but no, it isa pounding on my door. "Ouvrezla porte, Richard.” But my nameis not Richard. Then I recall todayis the fete called the peek-neek. Iam to go with friends, Madameand Monsieur Jackson. Mademoi-selle Raymer, one called ChuckGassoway and one, Roger Des Ro-sieres. Perhaps I can converse inFrench with this one. "Make withthe bathing suit,” I am told. Sothey wait while I dress and findmy camera. Then we are off. Maisoui! Only we are off first to theJackson domain. There we drinkcoffee. It is now noon. We are onlyone hour and a half behind ap-pointment. Here, one dotes not say“laissez faire,” but one says a Spa-nish word which is much the sameof implication. It is "Manana.” Atlast we are cm the way. After go-ing on a most magnificent drive,we are arrived. La Raymer says,“Lafayette, we are here.” There isno Lafayette with us, but there isBill McLeod much enamoured of apretty girl named Gloria, and Mrs.Jackson's daughter, Gall, and She-ba. Sheba Is a dog with character.She insists on trying to savo mewhen I am swimming. TTiis con-sists of leaping on the back pawingso that you get out of the water,or drown. The others taught mehow to float. "Lie on the beek andtake a big breath, and there youare.” Voila’ Only at first I lie onthe back, take a big breath . . .butswallow water. . .Voila! I am sub-merged. Finally, though, I masterthe technique and almost hate tocome out of the water forpeek neek Here one sits on a blan-ket and consumes vast amounts ofpotato salad, frontage betweenbread, and chicken most delirioustopped off with e concoction calledKey Lime pie. Then one goes for awalk on the beach and looking forshells Starfish are found and 1am told to put them in flowerbedsto that the ants may feast onthem Sacrilege for such a matingspeetmani! Also one hi stuck hathe fingers by something withspines called as urchin, la Frenchurchin is a gamut. On a peek neek.they are not congenial But every-thing else is, and as a bon errant*,a peckneek is on* of my reeom jmendations Another is, that whenyou return, it is good to amplycollapse, in the manner which I jobserve of the starfish en th* dayafter being extracted from the see

ATTEND CONFERENCEJudge and Mrs. Raymond R

Lord are in Orlando this weekfear the Annual Comentwa of theHonda Cmmty Judges Associa-tion at the AngeMit Hotel in thatcity on July 23 and Hit.

Mrs. Everett Cox, president ofthe association, reports that col-lections have already been comingin from the boxes distributedaround town. In fact, ore visitorto Key West has done more than jhis share toward the association’sclinic. He is Frankie Creech,seventeen years old, of Southport.North Carolina, who has beenvisiting his aunt, Mrs. MyrtleWescott, proprietor of the Sidewalk Cafe.

Frankie has a friend who ha r

recovered from polio and says h<knows T’'hat it is like to be crip-pled. He "passed the box’’ to thepatrons at the cafe, and came upwith S"3O, more than five dol-1lars of it in pennies. (Nice work,Frankie).

Another contribution recentlyreceived was that of Mr. HarveyBush, who made the metal topsfor the new collection boxes.

Mrs. Grace Palacios of Thomasstreet has been named co-chair-man of the drive and is in chargeof awarding a Welsh Circulator ,fan, now on display at the Tropi-;cal Hat Cleaners, 714 Thomas jstreet A Westinghouse Mobilairefan, now on display at the Allenprinting supply store on Duvalstreet, will also be awarded. Thisaward willbe made at the danceat the Elks Club, August 2.

Now that the first year’s salaryfor a trained therapist has beenraised, it is expected that he willbe here and ready to work inOctober. The current campaignis aimed, principally, at providingequipment for the clinic. All oldmembers are urged to send intheir membership dues and at-tend the monthly meetings, andall persons who are interestedare urged to join the association.

Chief KempReturns FromVacation Trip

Chief of Police and Mrs. JosephO. Kenp have returned to theirhome at 1230 Duncan street aftera three weeks vacation.

The Kemps left June 31 andmotored first to Charlotte. N. C.,where they visited with Mrs.Kemp’s relatives and then con-tinued to Hartford, Conn., wherethey visited with Mrs. GraceBarcelo, a sister of Mrs. Kemp’s.

On the route back, they stop-ped to see other relatives inRocky Mountain, N. C.

On reaching Miami, ChiefKemp proceeded to Pensacola.Fla., where he attended thePeace Officers’ Convention withPolice Lieutenant Buster Cerexoand Irvin Hall, police officer.

Chief Kemp returned to dutyat the Key West Police Depart-ment today.

The VeteransComer

Here are authoritative answersfrom the Veterans Administrationto four questions of interest to for-mer service men:

Q. I’m a World War II veteran,

ami I Just got a job in France,where I expect to remain for agood many years. Could I get aGI loan to buy a home in France*

A. No. Property bought with thehelp of a Gl loan must be locatedonly in the United States, its terri-tories or possessions, and not inany foreign country.

Q. I’ve Just finished pre medicaltraining under the GI Bill, but !

haven’t yet been able to get admit-ted to a medical school. Does thissnean I’llhave to forfeit my re-maining GI BUI entitlement?

A. No. You will be permitted to

continue with your professional stu-dies whenever you find a medicalschool that has room for you. Youmost, however, establish the factthat you have applied for admis-sion regularly, after completingyour pre-medical training How-ever. your professional schoolingcant go on beyond July 25. list

Q. I’m receiving disability compessatieo checks each month fromtoe VA. I've had to go prettyheavily into debt, and my croditore ere demanding their moneyDo they have the right to demandany part of my compensationchecks?

A. No, Your compensation pay-ments are exempt from seisrurtlevy or attachment

Q I’m a paralysed veteran, ebgtfek for • VA housing grant igustI oat the money to buy anewhowM mb?

A. No The grant may be usedfor that purpose tsd also forthe purpose of remndtfcwg se exist-mg beam* for veur requirement-or for paying off the ladehutfa***

Louis Carbonell ToSpeak During DriveOpening For Cerebral Palsy Ass’n

Next Saturday, July 26, from 7 to 8 p. m., the Monroe CountyCerebral Palsy and Cripples Association willformally open its mem-bership and collection campaign for the year. Louis Carbonell willspeak. The Key West High School Band, under its director, HaroldCasterton, willplay. *

LEGION AUXILIARYVETS MEETING TONIGHT

The American Legion Auxililry urges that all members at*end the important meeting to-ight at I p.m.The organisation will gather at

he Legion Poet Homo on Stockisland.

ObservationsOf An Adopted

“Conch”By Comdr. Ray W. Byrne Retired.

More about the Dog RacingTrack— and a Little about thegrabbing of the Bay Bottom Lands.

A Restaurant owner friend ofmine who operates one of the ni-cer medium-priced eating places

in Key West, and whose patrons

in the winter months are about 70

percent tourist, said to me the oth-er day "I like your views on thedog racing track question.” Hewas referring to my article thatappeared in the Citizen on July17th.

"What”, I replied, "and you arestaurant man?”

"Yes”, he said, and then went onsomewhat in these words. .

. .

"You see. when 1 take my vaca-tion trip with my wife I go to theBank here in Key West and buysome travelers checks equal to theamount that I feel I can affordto spend on my trip— gasoline, ho-tel and eating expenses etc., bothgoing and returning. When mychecks begin to run low I returnto Key West.”

"And so”, he continued “I fi-gure it is the same with the touristswho come to Key West in the win- iter months and from whom I de-rive a good business. They are notithe loud sporty kind of people,flashing lots of dough, but in themain they are plain every dayAmericans like my wife and my-self— family people. They also tra-;vel as I do with a fixed amount of jTraveler’s Checks in their posses- jsion to cover the cost of theironce a year vacation. If we havea dog track down here operatingduring the Tourist Season, thesepeople, who, like myself, are notaddicted to habitual gambling butlike to take a chance now and then,will be enticed to the Dog Track.If they should drop S4O to $60.00which they can ill afford to lose,they will immediately cut theirKey West visit short and start forhome. Just as I would have to do.”

"Well,” said I. "you have cer-tainly brought forth a good angle.Sorry I didn’t think of it when Iwrote my article, but I was think-ing more or less of the effect thedog track would have on the “takehome pay” of our peoole and thelosses to our merchants”.

“But I liked your appraisal," hereplied, “The moral issue has lit-tle appeal to me.” And then hecontinued “You see it is this way,I personally see no more wrong inplacing a bet over the phone thangoing in person to the para mutualwindow at the track and placingit. But as a Key West businessmandepending to a big extent on thefall and winter tourist trade. I amconcerned about the possible lowto my business during the racingseason. The track doubtless wouldoperate at a time when I am tak-ing in the most money.”

Logical, and food for thoughtDon't you think so 4*

And another, 1 believe, northwhile Conch observation! The lossof some of our North Beach water-front.—and now the new encroachmenu on Roosevelt Blvd

What about it? Isn't it time foran aroused citizenry sod our CityCouncil to do something* Isn’t itpossible for the City Officials, ifthey have not already done so. totake immediate concerted actionand obtain the State's approval to•eil no more Roosevelt Bivd andGarrison Bight bottom lands to pnvale parties thus preserving ourdwindling Gulf of Mexico waterfront*

Or failing in this method, go into

court and use every itgal <*n*

to stop further encroachments Andof more importance to stop thefurther filling to of Garrison Bightand Roosevelt Bhd waterfrontland to anyone having already

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on a home you already have tf it

ta suitable to your needs(Veterans bvtog to Key West who

*tab further inform at *co abouttheir benefit* should contact the

VA Office a! Boom 211. FederalBkti. Key heat t

Civil ServiceAnnounces

Anew examination for Chemist.Engineer, Mathematician. Metal-lurgist, Physicist, and ElectronicScientist, was announced today bythe Board of U. S. Civil ServiceExaminers for the Potomac RiverNaval Command, to fill positionspaying from $3,410 to SIO,BOO ayear in Naval field establishmentsin Washington. D. C., and vicinityand in the Engineer Center at FortBelvoir, Virginia. Positions of elec-tronic scientist in other Federalagencies in Mary land, North Caro-lina, Virginia, and West Virginia,will also be filled froih this ex-amination.

No written test is required. Toqualify, applicants must have hadappropriate education or experi-ence or a combination of both. Inaddition, for the higher-payingjobs, they must also show profes-sional experience in the field ofwork for which they apply. Appli-cations will be accepted from col-lege students who expect to com-plete the required study within 9months. Age limits for positionspaying $3,410t are 18 to 35 years;for all other positions, 18 to 62.These age limits are waived forveterans.

Further information and applica-tion forms may be obtained fromthe Commissions Local Secretary.Mr. Robert Valdez, located at USPost Office, Key West, from civilservice regional offices, or fromthe United States Civil ServiceCommission, Washington 25, D. C.Applications will be accepted untilfurther notice and must be filedwith the Board of U. S. Civil Ser-vice Examiners of the PotomacRiver Naval Command, Building37, Naval Research Laboratory,Washington 25, D. C.

Higgs LeaveFor Washington

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Higgs,their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.and Mrs. William Rodgers, andMrs. Higgs’ father. Vernon Hicks,who have been visiting WarrantOfficer and Mrs. John E. Wells,60 Sigsbee road, Dredgers Key, thelast two weeks, willleave Saturdayfor their home in Washington. Mr.Higgs, who has been with the U S.Weather Bureau 32 years, is sta-tioned in the main office in Wash -ington.

purchased bottom land rights fromthe state of Florida.

Something must be done quickly,or Key West will find itself with amost limited bayside waterfront—-now a big attraction for touristsand local residents alike.

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LERO’ TORRESFuneral services for Chief Le-

roy Torres. 68, who died Tues-day in Mercy Hospital, Miami,Fla., will be held Sunday, 4:30p.m. at Fleming Street Church.The body will be placed there at1:30 p.m.

Rev. E. M. Beard of theChurch of God will officiate at

I the services.Burial will bt in family plot,

| city cemetery.Lopez Funeral Home is in

j charge of arrangements,

i Survivors: wife, Mrs. Florence! Torres, Key West; daughter, Mrs.Phillip Jaker, Key West; sister,‘Mrs. Hiliary Crusoe, Key West,one grandchild, Charlotte.

Chief Torres was a member of

Dr. Felix Varela Lodge No. 64F & A M.. 8.P.0. EUca No. 551,Key West Lodge Knights of Py-thias, Dokk No. 09, Knights ofGolden Eagle No. 3, and Enter-prise Hose Company No. 2 Vo-lunteer Fire Department

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