Page 4 Thursday, January: 5;:1961 The Lake Worth Berald Published by The Lake Worth Herald Press 111 North Dixie Highway - Lake Worth, Florida Telephone JUstice 5-2528 A Semi-weekly at Lake Worth, Paln wr Les ATION Newspaper Published Every Monday and Thursday 1 Beach County, Florida, and Devoted to the Interests of the Peninsula of Florida, Particularly to Palm Beach County. Helen B. Easton and Karl J, Easton Jr., Owners Karl J. Easton Jr., General Manager Mervyn E. Roberts Jr., Editor Helen B. Easton, Society Editor Wallace B. Ferguson, Advertising Manager Fred Amos, Circulation Manager Iintered as Second Class Matter, Lake Worth, Florida, under Act of March 3, 1879 August 20, 1915, at the Post Office, Views and opinions expressed by writers of syndicated columns and articles appearing in The Herald are not necessarily the views and opinions of this newspaper. Advertising Rates on Request Subscription, Per Year"$5.20; Six Months $2.60; One Month 45c In Canada, Per Year $6.00; Six Months $3.00; One Month 50c¢ eR “Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, pious men from every nation under heaven.” — (Acts 2:5. C.V.) To this day it has been the hope of the pious among the dis- persion to return to Jerusalem. - Passing the Passport As Shakespeare might have put it, what’s in a pass- port? And, as in the case of a name, the answer is that one may smell more like-a rose than another. By all accounts the new American passport is to be a relatively attractive affair. (Unless you are one of those Americans who liked the rough green cloth cover better than the new plastic blue one.) You don’t have to take blue; you can have a maroon one or a black one simply by becoming an official or a diplomat to match. There are other changes in the passport. But what most people see when you are traveling is the outside rather than the inside. There was a time when the little green book commanded such respect the world over that its bear- ers visibly ballooned with personal prestige whenever dis- playing it. All symbols, however, like coinage, wear thin round the edges. Passports do too. One thing we hope for the new American passport is that it will soon cease to remind people of other nations how comparatively difficult it is for them to visit the United States. Older countries, more conscious of the value of tourism, more used to seeing “foreigners” come and Zo, have mostly abolished visas. An American can travel widely, whether handsomely or not, on his passport and a ticket. But visitors to America have to get the permission of American authorities—extra credentials above those the passports of their own nations give them—and they sometimes resent it. Someday there may come a time when even the best looking passport won’t be necessary to international tra- velers. Meanwhile, it is pleasant to think that the passport is at any rate even today in a process of evolution that is more than skin deep. —Christian Science Monitor 14 Cents Out of $10 When you buy $10 worth of groceries, how much of that stays with the store in the form of profit? It’s a safe ‘ bet that a great majority of shoppers couldn’t answer that question with any degree of accuracy. They would probably put the profit factor at a much higher proportion than it actually is. The National Association of Food Chains and the Har- vard Business School Division of Research have issued their fifth annual survey of margins, expenses and profits in the food chain industry. In 1959, net profits worked out to about 1.4 per cent of the sales dollar—which means it came to 14 cents on a typical $10 bag of groceries. There was nothing unusual about this—the profit was practically the Same in 1958, 1.38 per cent. Over the years, profit margins have held remarkably stable, in the general neighborhood of a cent-and-a-half on the dollar. Expenses, by way of contrast, have shown sub- stantial increases, with payroll costs leading the way, fol- lowed by advertising and promotion expense, and real estate costs. Summing up, the profit on food sales is so small, per- centagewise, that it would take an exceedingly canny shop- per to notice the difference if there were no profit at all. =. Pretty much the same thing is true in other basic retail lines—profits commonly run around three cents on the sales dollar. That is the principle on which mass distribution rests—very small unit profits add up to an adequate total profit because of big volume. CIVIC GROUP INSTALLS Harry Kenworthy was installed president of the Lake Osborne Es- tates Civic Association Tuesday night, together with other newly elected officers: Dan Hanley, first vice president; Montgomery Fenno, second vice president; Mrs. H. H. Black, secretary; Charles Hall, treasurer; and Kar! Rea, sergeant- at-arms. They were installed by West Palm Beach Police Chief Wil- liam M. Barnes. Reports were given by various chairmen and Jack Led- den, retiring president. Ledden urged quick action to sponser a bill in the Legislature to create a voting precinct -in Lake Osborne Estates. —Industrial News Review Sophie Tucker ... (Continued from Page One) forget how old you really are. My friends, I’ve told you time and again in songs that I have sung that I’ll always be engaged in the business of staying young. I know I’m not indestructible — time is exacting its toll. I had a goal I wanted to reach and I think I’ve reached my goal. So get busy and be useful every day that you’re on earth. With your talents and your efforts, find a way to prove your worth. And be grateful that you’re living in a world of youth today, and you, too, can be youthful if you think and live that way.” | — \ Maas Cel Tie arcades iether io hay ra ig we CHES 4 4 Ais ')8) 6 To the Editor: On behalf of the 98 members of the Nineolers, whose weekly Tues- day afternoon tournament play has been so considerately reported in the Lake Worth Herald during the three years of our activities at the municipal golf course, may I ex- press our deepest sympathy and condolences to the bereaved wife and family of the deceased owner and publisher, Karl J. Easton Sr. Your recent editorial in the Lake Worth Herald characterized him, in the truest sense, as a courageous newspaperman, with strong convic- tions and a high degree of public duty and responsibility,. to which those who knew him can truthfully attest. Sincerely yours, DR. H. F. TIDWELL General Chairman The Nineolers, Municipal Golf Club. To the Editor: I want to add my expression of sympathy to the family of the late Karl J. Easton, and genuine regret over his passing. Although my contact with Mr. Easton was only during the last three years, I found him to be a man of great energy with friendly nature unto his fellowmen and keen devotion to his line of business and to civic duties, all of which added to his overburdened shoulders and helped to hasten his end. A one good lesson to others. Mr. Easton built up, and left be- hind him, a monument of which his family, his organization and asso- ciates should be proud and always appraise and continue to build on the solid foundation of this monu- ment. It is not an easy task to de- velop and successfully carry on a newspaper enterprise in the midst of present day of competition and the people of Lake Worth may well be proud of being served by this product of Mr. Easton’s hard ef- forts, namely The Lake Worth Herald. JOSEPH J. SWATEK 1610 N. J Terrace Lake Worth To the Editor: An Open Letter to City Commissioners Bowles, Hoover and Hossler While looking about in Lake Worth especially and that area to retire on quite above average pen- sion plus income, I read much of efforts to have that section grow and prosper. Having friends there I was predisposed to your locality. However, after two weeks stay I am convinced that I want no part of the city of Lake Worth to retire in or even again linger in. Seme of my most compelling rea- sons? About Dec. 16 or 17 I was on Lake Worth Road near the high school intersections. Apparently there had very recently been some large arrows painted there making an absolute left turn mandatory in the left lane, One could not see these arrows and act in time if in that lane because of two lanes of traffic on his right and no ad- vance warning before coming over the hump of a hill at that point. I saw an elderly driver thus sty- mied and a young police officer whistle at him. Of course the man would not instantly realize that the whistle was for him, but he did stop fairly reasonably promptly. This police officer, apparently see- ing his gray hair, verbally bully- ragged him for not stopping “in- stanter” and vigorously called out that he was not fit to drive because of his age, should be sent in for examination, didn’t have control, etc. This with only seeing the man through the window of the car. I don’t care to live in any com- munity where its policemen, es- pecially the younger ones, possibly prejudiced, are permitted to thus act as judge, jury and executioner. The man did have gray hair, his only fault I could see. Stopping by a bunch of new co- operative apartments on the west side of the 900 block of your North Federal, I was astounded to see a battery of 17—yes, 17—garbage can devices right along the side- walk in front of the place on, of all streets where a goodly portion of autos from all over the U.S. pass, FEDERAL HIGHWAY. And they project upward about 3 inches right at the-edge of the walk, mak- ing an excellent trap to stumble and end up crippled for life. Do all apartments in your city dump their garbage right in front along the streets? Most progressive towns and cities require mass garbage from such groups to be handled quite differently. I would want none of this! Don’t you have some inspection and enforcement set-up which is progressive enough to _ require something else even if an added charge? Finally, I shuddered at the possi- bilities of crippling accidents when I saw the numerous intersections with the view badly obstructed with projecting limbs, shrubbery and what not. Respectfully, EDWIN WILLISTON Grandview Heights, Ohio Dec. 27, 1960 essen em ssn sss ss SiS sss sss Ss SS SS Sls SAS * OBITUARIES x W. F. Branch ‘Mrs. Pernell Is Dead At 89 |Dies At 71 William F. Branch, 89, of 330 Cornell Dr., died Monday afternoon in a Lake Worth nursing home after a long illness. He came here 12 years ago, and is the father of R. E. Branch, presi- dent of the Lake Worth Federal Savings and Loan Assn. He was a pharmacist in Cham- plain, N.Y. from 1900 to 1923, the owner of a Ford agency from 1913 to 1925, and an insurance agent from 1915 to 1930. Mr. Branch was with the U.S. Customs Service from 1926 through 1943. From 1952 until the time of his death he was president of the Producers Bank and Trust Co., of Bradford, Pa. In addition to his son, in Lake Worth, he is survived by one other son, William R. Branch, of Brad- ford, Pa., and two grandsons. Funeral ‘services will be con- ducted in Champlain, N.Y. Barton Memorial Chapel was in charge of loca] arrangements. % * * MRS. HANNAH C. THOMSEN Mrs. Hannah C. Thomsen, 76, of 626 S. J St., died Tuesday after- noon in a local hospital after a brief illness. She had been a resident of Lake Worth for the past 13 years, com- ing here from Cincinnati, Ohio. Survivors include her husband, Otto, of Lake Worth; one son, Carl L., of Cincinnati; three daugh- ters, Miss Hilda J. Thomsen, of Lek Worth, Mrs. Helen Easton, of Milford, Ohio, and Mrs. Dorothea Wade, of Galesburg, IIl.; one brother, Christian Strand, in Nor- way; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral sevices were held today at 11 a.m. in the Lake Worth Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rey. Richard Carter of the First Congregational Church, officiating. Additional services and _ burial will be held in Cincinnati at the Thomas Funeral Home in that city. > EDWARD WALTER GREER Edward Walter Greer, 64, of 1102 Miami Blvd., Delray Beach, died Saturday in a local hospital after a brief illness. He had lived in Delray Beach 15 years and prior to that for 10 years in Lake Worth, coming here from Ohio. He served for over 18 years in the United States Naval Reserve and was a chief petty officer. He had served in World Wars I and II and was awarded six medals, among them the Good Conduct, Theater of War and Victory med- als. Mr. Greer was a member of the Catholic. Church, and was working as an accountant for a Delray Beach firm at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Georgin, and two sisters, Miss Kathleen and Miss Gladys Greer, both of Lake Worth. Funeral services were held at the Scobee Funeral Chapel, Delray Beach, Tuesday at 11 a.m. Mrs. Ernestine Jones Pernell, 71, of 619 Hibiscus St., society editor of the Palm Beach Post-Times for many years before she retired in 1957, died suddenly of a heart at- tack Wednesday morning at Falls Church, Va. Mrs. Pernell left Florida a week before Christmas to spend the holi- days with her daughter, Mrs. Betty Mackey, and her husband, Col. Neil C. Mackey, at Falls Church. Mrs. Pernell was a member of Memorial Presbyterian Church, and former president of the Dania Wo- man’s Club. She came to the Palm Beaches from Dania in 1928. She was also secretary of the West Palm Beach Bridge League, and Hollywood and local chapters of the American Association of Uni- versity Women, and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Florida Wo- men’s Press Association. Survivors include three daugh- ters, Mrs. Mackey of Falls Church; Mrs. Trueman P. Matthews of Fort Lauderdale and Mrs. Paul Williams of Miami Shores; a son, Frank, of West Beach; three sisters, Mrs. Lottie J. LaBree and Mrs. Sam S. Blackwelder, both of Dania, and Mrs. Philip L. Koerner of Kerners- ville, N.C.; a brother, Sam B. Jones of Dania, ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, Mizell - Faville - Zern Funeral Home is in charge of arrange- ments. Gary S. Jones Dies In Crash Gary Sherwood Jones, 20, son of Mrs. Geraldine M. Camp, 1209 S. E St., Lake Worth, was killed in an automobile crash Tuesday at New- port, R. I. He was in the Navy, stationed at Newport, aboard the USS Norris, DDE. Gary Jones was a passenger in the car of a fellow seaman. The car was going uphill, when another car, coming downhill, crashed head- on into the car in which young Jones was riding, according to his mother, killing both Navy men in- stantly. Gary Sherwood Jones attended Lake Worth High School, and joined the service in June, 1957. Survivors include his mother, his father, Lonnie Jones, Jr., two brothers, Levin Gilbert and Lex, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Mobley, of Miami, and Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Jones, Sr., of Miami. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Shenan- doah Baptist Church, Miami. The Glass Funeral Home, 1848 N.W. 17th Ave., Miami is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be in Graceland Memorial Cemetery. LAKE WORTH JAYCEES 1960 Distinguished Service Award NOMINATION BLANK Name of Nominee Address of Nominee Achievements and Nature of Service by Nominee: (Use additional sheets is necessary) Signature of Nominator THE RULES 1. The Jaycees’ Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to an outstanding young man of the community for leadership and service to the community during the calendar year 1960. The nominee need not be a member of the Jaycees. 2: Any young man, 21 through 35 years of age, is eligible for the nomination. If the nominee reaches his 36th birthday before Dec. 31, 1960, he becomes eligible if the activities for which he is judged were performed when he was 35. 3. The judging committee will be composed of five distin- guished citizens of the community who are now over age 35. Their decisions will be based on (1) contributions to the community weifare during the year 1960, (2) evidence of leadership ability, (3) evidence of personal or business progress. 4, All nominatoins must be received by the Jaycee DSA Committee on or before Jan. 19, 1961. Address entries to Louis Haizel Jr., chairman, Lake Worth Jaycee DSA Committee, P. O. Box 25, Lake Worth, Fla. MRS. LEAH WINGERD -Mrs. Leah Wingerd, 85, of 1503 Lake Ave., died Tuesday at her), home after a brief illness. She was a resident of Lake Worth since 1947, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Surviving are a son, Lowell H., of Grand Rapids, Mich.; and a daughter, Mrs. Joyce Copper, of Sahurita, Ariz. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 9:30 a.m. in the First Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Harry E. Bicksler, interim pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev. Fred A. Kullmar, pastor emeritus. Burial will be in Mayville, N.Y. Friends may call at the E. 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