The Palm Beach Post from West Palm Beach, Florida • Page 6

General Views Show Wrath Of Twister's Passing In V' r-y -w 7-, 1 fll 1 I.il 1 eLS i Jim '4110 4 1 Photos bv Averill and Tost Staff ThotoRrapher Bob Hahe IIAVOC A frk tornado gwept In from Lak Okprchobee Sunday morning and vent much of its fury on tn sets of Nrtro quarters srparatfd by SR 15 (U.S. 441) Just outside the southern city limits or Pahokee. Pictured are Individual views of damage in the two quarters known as the R. B. Simonson and Mrs.

Antoinette Vertommen quarters. At top left is all that is left of one dwelling unit, a baby's crib teeterinr on wobbly legs, in debris of the home, a mattress and bedsprings in the foreground. At top renter is all that is left of the home of a Negro woman Identified by a neighbor only as "Tiny." In front of demolished sides of the house is a bureau. Its drawers open. At top right Is the home of Mrs.

Nora Thomas, now a patient at Good Samaritan Hospital, which was nearest SR IS in the Simonsnn quarters, the only white family's house in this layout. The refrigerator, door open, is at the left and eleetric stove at the right. Mueh of the building Is blown around and up the Australian pine tree In the background. At the bottom left, sides of the house are blown away, leaving only some furniture. A broom is at the loft; an Icebox at the right.

At the center below is a ear against which the house beside it was blown 12 feet from Its foundations. Trees were also blown down across the car. The tractor In the background was used in relief work. At the right the sides of a house were blown to the right and left, and bed lifted into the foreground from the floor. Furniture, furnishings, sides, floora and roofi were blown In every direction.

Below at right is one of 11 light planes completely or partially destroyed at Palm Beach County Airport toward the lake from the above scenes. rr -J4 Vf Li (ContlnoM From 'Killer' Twister other a few feet away was badly damaged. Eight of the planes were termed a complete loss. One was missing. Two, it was said, could be salvaged.

Two of the planes were blown 1,500 to 2,000 feet away. Frank 1- Belk said he could salvage his plane and he thouRht that W. II. Jones, could salvage his. Termed com plete lossei were two planes owned by Jack Phillips and two others he owned with Carmen Salvatore, two owned by Oil Gabaldon and two by A.

Walker. Florida Highway Patrol Troop er H. S. Peterson, who was on duty at the airport, said, "I fly some. This is my main hangout when I'm off duty.

We have a plane missing." He said the power went off at his bouse at "13 mln utes to nine." Lewis Vann, a farm foreman for Edgar Wilder, said at the air port: "I came to see one of the boys going to do some dusting. (He still was hunting someone to do some dusting at about 2 p.m.! I was in a pickup truck when it nappencd. The tornstio came from the northwest. (There were others who said it came from the southwest.) It curved across the airport and went to the northeast I'd say it probably was a hun dred yards wide. "I was there In my truck.

I thought a crop dustinf plane would come over on top of me. Whrn Salvatore said it (the tornado) turned toward my house I headed home In my pickup. I was stopped by trees blown down on the old Belle Oladc Rd. They were blown down all the way from the Intersection of Barfleld Hwy. to the railroad crossing approximately a quarter of a mile.

I rushed on foot to my house. It was torn half off. My wife and to kids had been In the house," The wife was taken to the Pa hokee hospital where she re mained last night. Civic Activities in the Palm Ileach Arra Lake Park Town Commission will hold its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. today, Commissioner L.

Fullerton, town clerk, said. Riviera Beach Elks Lodge 20fi9 will meet at 8 p.m. today at Cnpt, Alex's Restaurant, Kxalled Ruler John L. Rrmsen announced. Soiithslde Rotary Club of West Palm Bench will hear Ray Warner Rpeak on "Membership" and Toombs on "Fellowship," at Its luncheon at 12:15 p.m.

to day at Howard Johnson's Restau rant, a rum, ine Making or a Rotarlan," will be shown, Rob ert Wyckoff, program chairman, said. President Ralph J. Blank will preside, Palm Beach X'hapter, Sons of the American Revolution, will not hold its regular luncheon today, but instead will slage a "Ladies' Night" meeting Monday Oct. 27, at the Palm Beach Terrace Motor lintel, S. Ocean Blvd.

Judge Edward G. Newell, president of the chapter, will preside, Pag- 6 THE PALM BEACH he -wi Hospital Admits Traffic Victims Three persons were admitted to Palm Beach General Hospital Sunday as a result of Injuries re ceived In traffic accidents In Lake Worth. Robert C. Van Dyne, 22, of 701ii N. Lake Worth, suf fered head injuries when he was struck in front of Blue Swan Court 1230 S.

Dixie at 8:30 p.m. A hospital spokesman said Van Dyne's condition was "not too good." Lake Worth police charged Rus sell G. Fronath, of 917 Broward sell G. Fronrath, of 917 Broward accident by failing to have his car under control, striking a pedestrian. A mother and son were injured about 9:30 a.m.

when their car collided with a vehicle driven by Larry K. Johnson, of 802 N. Lake Worth, 6th Ave. N. and St.

Admitted to Lake Worth Hospi tal were Mrs. Harriett Schultz 43, the driver, who was charged with causing the mishap by fail ing to yield the right-of-way, and her son, Karl, 12, also of 1313 14th Ave. Lake Worth. Both suffered cuts on the face head, back and arms but were listed in good condition Sunday night. Three Men Hurt In Two Wrecks One man was hospitalized and two youths Injured in two sepa rate accidents in West Falm Beach Sunday.

L. J. Burke, 22. of Km Lake suffered what police called whip-lash neck injury when the rear of a car In which he was riding was struck south of Hampton Rd. on Dixie Hwy.

Albert risclone, 17, stationed at Homestead Air Force Base, a passenger with Burke in a cur driven by Frederick C. Korlle. 2d. of Prospect Park, suffered similar but less serious neck in jury. Officer Jack A.

Gemple, said the Koelle vehicle had stop ped to let a car make a left turn when a third auto, driven by John R. Hlghsmith, 17, of 711 Jessamine skidded on wet pavement at about 12:45 p. m. F.arly Sunday morning, Rich ard Morrill, 18, of 202!) Well ington suffered a cut on his forehead when he apparently drove his car Into a line of parked vehicles east of Tarker Ave. on Belvedere Rd.

Officer Albert E. Baker charted Morrill with causing the accident by failing to have his car under control. The youth was treated at the srene, The mishap occurred at 1 a.m. 1 LII" TT7 IT 0111311 Oil Name Assailant A West Palm Beach woman, who said she knew who her assailant was but failed to reveal his name to police, was beaten about the head during a fierce straggle In her bedroom Sunday morning. Officers Constantlne Petridei and Clifford E.

Brady, said the woman was attacked about 2:50 a.m. Her screams awakened a man in an adjacent apartment who called police. She said she had gone to bed about 2 a.m. She awoke less thnn nn hour Inter and saw a man standing over her, she said. Police said the bedroom showed signs of a struggle.

The woman reportedly was hospitalized, but neither local hospital had any rec ord of her admittance or treat ment. Family Of Four Tn Hospital A family of four was taken lo St. Mary's Hospital Sunday night after their car was struck at the Intersection of 3lh St. and Green wood Ave. None was believed to be seriously Injured.

The driver, Albert Schmid, 4A of 4111 Greenwood and his wife, Maseee Lee, 32, both suf fered bark Injuries, police said. Their two sons. William, 1.1, and Michael, fl, received lacerations and head Injuries. Officer Donald Huff said a car operated by Brannnn F. Law, 40, of 727 run a stop sign on Greenwood, striking the Srhmld machine.

Law was charged with causing the aeltlrnt at 6:15 p.m. hy failing to yield the right of way. Wild Hiillot Flils Through Living Room Gnlvester AUon reported to po-llce Saturday afternoon that an unknown marksman fired a .22 caliber bullet into his house at 020 10th St. Negro officers said the round, from either a rifle or a pistol, entered through the south living room window of his house, hit a living room wall and dropped to the sofa. that moved In here at about 2 p.m.

Sunday. Last night, he said, the rondllinn had passed and thera should be clearing. '11 ..1 1 is Deaths, Funerals MARIE LOllSE XEI.SOX Baby Ninn, 10 mnihs dunchtf nf Mr. and Mri. Arthur NrUon.

of 41fi ISth Rnyntnn Bench, dipd Saturday at a local hospital alter a ihort Uiness. In survived hy her parent: one Jitter. Karen, S. nn hrolher, Rirhard. 7: maternal prandtwrenu.

Mr. and Mrs. Mlrhael Protano. nf New York City; and paternal grandparent. Mr.

and Mn. Henry Nelson, of West Palm Beach. Rosary servlrea will be held at the Funeral Hnme, Delray Bearh. Tuesday at 8:30 and masf of the aneels will he held at St. Marks Catholic Church.

Bvnton Beach, on Wednesday at a.m. The Rev. ather McDonaid will officiate. Purlal will bt In bonton Beach Cemetery. MRS.

ANNA HARRIS Mrs. Harris. RS. of 212 1 Worth, died Salurday at Madison, N.J llowma an etendc lime. She came to Ft.

Lauderdale In' I'm from Madison moving to lke Worth in i. and returned to Madison In lWn. She is survived hy a lon-ln law, Rnm n. Phillips, of Lake Worth, and a grandson. Tilton Hoe, of Madison.

E. F.arl Smith and Son Funeral Home. LaKt Worth, will announce arrangement! FRFO J. SKRVATrst Funeral services for Mr. Fervatlua, 74.

of 2u7 S. Palmway, Lake Worth, whe died Saturday, will be held at a m. Tuesday at E. Far! Smith and Kin Funeral Home, conducted hy Mason 1- rareii. rector of St.

Andrew Kpisconsl Church. Burial will follow Memory flarden Cemetery. Frtends may call from noon to 9 pm. today al tht home. RAK I.

RACF.R Posary services for Mr. Rauer, of Clwiano Lake Worth, who died Saturday, were to he held at m. today at E. Earl Smiih and Son Funeral Home. uneral services will he held at in a m.

Tuesday at the funeral home, con ducted hy a Catholic pnest. Burial will follow in Pinerrest Cemetery. Pallhearers will Jack Fatrclntn nialr Liltlejohn, Paul Gould, Ivonard Sombret, Bob MKlill, Louii Beach. MRS. JCAMTA F.

BKWITT Mrs. Hewitt, 47 of Bomar Juno Reach, died Sunday at a local hospital after a short illness. she ed In Juno peach Tor two months, comlnif from Ft. Indcrdale She was a memtter nf the Methodist Church. In Kiyria.

Ohio. Survivors Include her hnshand. Ilooert Hewitt; mother. Mrs. Came Bedford.

Icith of Juno Beacti: two sns, find Ijiwrcnce. and fne daiichlcr, Mrs Pa'rlna Plpoerl. all of hlj-rln. Funeral arinopcmeoiK will he an nounced ny 'otel Funeral Home JOHN FRVST T.IH.KT Mr. ffi, o( oasis Trailer Park.

Riviera Beach, died suddenly at his home Sunday morning. He lived there six years, comma from White plains. where he was a member of the, Whit Plains Masonic lyidne No. 413. FAAM.

Sitrvlvnts Include his wife. Minna, Tllv-lera Brach; one iter. Mrs. Asnei Feld hurn, Hamhure. Germany.

Funeral services will he held at 11 a m. Tuesday at Votel Riviera Funeral Home, conducted hy the Rev. Arthur P. Snyder, of SI. John's Lulheran Church Riviera Beach, and Masonic service illl tie conducted hy Harmonia Masonic llqe No FAM.

Cremation will follow. Friends may visit the chape liom 7 to jo m. today. Aril III It lilll JMIV Mr. Jnhn.

1:1. of 4' N.E Sih SI died Sunday morning at his home al fi l'i. He came to Boca Raton two years foim PiluhurKh. He was a memtver of the Masonic Iidsa and tin lcrmont Methoitist hutch. Survivors Include h's wife, Bemlce: a daughter, Mis Pons Reitr, of Pius tnnph; a sister.

Mrs. PeaM RianlllnHcr B'cntwihrft. and a brother. John of Piiishuiali. Services and burial will he In Pitts hurgh.

Kraeer Funeral Home. Born tlaton, It in charge of local arrange menu. onvi iioiifir Fitneral services for Oliver Hodge. 7. of 1049 In et Rlvieia Peach, who died Kll'lny, vcre to ticlfl lottay al .1 ftom Trinity Methodist t'imrch, conducicd hy the Rev .1 Munav.

Builnt will be In Clenwood eicetrtv with Coleman Funeial Ih-me in cbMie Siirvuon tcrlnde two stepsons Tim othy I.un.ly and A ftrd TnMor. Atlanta. The Federal Bureau of Inves-ticstlon laboratory was estab lishcd in 1932. 1 las .71. Fu Oiw) Rakes Glades "The tornado was all over in five minutes," Vann said.

Deputy Sheriff Gibb Gross said was kept busy Saturday night and did not get to bed until between 4 and 5 a.m. "I woke up and went back to bed. I was almost asleep. There was lightning and then I heard roaring wind. I guess it was about 8:30.

There was a phone call in about 10 minutes saying help was needed. Doctors and ambulances. I dressed and came over here to SR 15. They couldn't get in with ambulances on the road. They had to go around on the Farmers Market Rd.

'When I arrived rescue work ers had Mrs. Thomas In their arms. She was put in an ambulance. They came back and got colored man. His back was fractured, and another.

His skull was fractured." Deputy Gross and G. B. Ramey, long-time resident, said the tornado swept out of the southwest toward the northeast, the latter saving It skipped about two miles until It hit the R. B. Simonson quarters to the lakeside of SR 15 and across the road to Negro quarters owned by Mrs.

Antoinette Vertommen. Approximately 21 of 27 Negro dwelling units, respectively, were leveled in the two quarters. Chief Guthrie said about 60 families were made homeless. Mrs. Veriommen's home near by was damaeed.

Mrs. H. G. MeGouirk, who sur vived the deadly 1928 hurricane, said she was scared speechless. She operates a store nearby at the corner nf Fit 15 and the Farmers Market Rd.

Two White women neighbors. Myrtle Duncan and Elma Wood, resided in two house trailers behind the store. Frightened by the Increasing wind, heavy rain thunder, and lightning, thev went to the store for shelter and com pany. The tornado then hit. Their trailers were blown Into a canal.

The Florida Powlt Light Co. plant across the highway apparently was not damaged. A short distance In hack of it on Sit 15 the tornado ripped a piece out of the corrugated metal roof. It also roused portions out of the ine'al roof of I'nlty Farms packinghouse and ripped off three hi? sliding doors. Towers nf hampers were blown down.

J. G. Thomas, the office manager, was blown off the packinghouse steps. He suffered a severe scalp wound and was treated at the Pahokee hospital, He was there at that hour In connection with a burglary at tho packinghouse riuihir night. Two bars were pried off a window, A small amount of cash, radio and a check writing machine were reported stolen.

The tornado continued to the north, rut a swath through somr Australian pines and lashed at Pelican Lake Drainage District Pump Station 2 about Ihree miles east of Canal Point tilong US 98 (Connors Hwy.) J. P. Slldham, operator, said he was looking out a window near the northeast corner of the pumn. house. He heard a roaring.

He rushed several feet aroun.1 a pump' for safety and the tornado passed over. It swept off portions of the side of the pumphoose, ripped down power lines and swept POST, Monday, Oct. 20, 1958 his car across the road into the West Palm Beach Canal. Slldham said the car was a total loss. He had gotten It, 1953 model, in a trade at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday. But it was insured, he said. As soon ai word spread of the tornado, relief and other agencies went into action. The Red Cross and Salvation Army set up stations and canteens. Robert M.

Shirk, Talm Beach County Red Cross Volunteer Disaster Committee chairman, com mittee members and others went Into action. At the scene In emergency headquarters set up in W. G. Hull's packinghouse near the FPL plant, Shirk said reports at the time showed one known death, six at that time In the Pa hokee hospital and four In West Palm Beach hospitals. He said there were eight to 10 first aid a s.

Hospital Administrator Dufresne later said there were 18 treated at the hospital. Shirk added that there were 42 persons known to need assistance. "We've been Issuing emergency clothing, food and shelter orders, Shirk said, "to everybody who needs it." He added that the Salvation Army with Sr, Major' H. Chaneey of West Palm Beach In charge was providing emergency food. Forty Salvation Army work ers were said to be on duty at the scene.

George B. Preston of Wet Palm Bearh, Palm Reach County Red Cross chapter chairman, said Southeastern Area headquarters at Atlanta had been notified. As soon as emergency needs are met assistance will pass Into the re-' "'-'Illation nhase. Richard Blurbrrg. Red Cross chapter executive director, and ft.

II. (Dick) Morris of the Red Cross chapter were among other executives working at the emer gency headquarters. The tornado skipped across largely undeveloped country some 21 miles to the east-northeast and lashed at the Pratt it Whitney properly 17 miles northwesterly of West Palm Bearh. There It unroofed a sheet metal slnn-nr hnlldlnf, csrry-Ing the roof at least 50 yards, some four miles west of the main Pratt Whitney building. Several power poles were blown dn-vn.

R. D. Hill, FPL division man- County Crashes Injure Three One person was hospitalized and two others treated for Injuries after they were Involved in separate traffic accidents on the outskirts of West Palm Beach Sunday, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. Authorities said Mike Carmona. 22, of Rt.

1, Lake Worth, was in good condition at Palm Beach General Hospital with a broken fineer and hand lacerations. Two passencers in a car In volved in different mishaps. Sam DeFee, 13, of 525 Jackson, Green- acres, and Gene Kite, Ifi, of 2741 Nokomis, were treated for injuries at St. Mary's Hospital and released, authorities said. Trooper L.

D. Harrell said Carmona was driving on SR rear Lantana Rd. febout 1 a when the driver of the car in front of him suddenly stopped and ttarted to turn off the highway. Unable to stop in time, Car-mona's car struck the roar of the other auto, skidded 85 feet, end turned over onto its top, Harrell said. The driver of the other car, John C.

Alvarez, 19, of Ellen- ton, left the scene and was apprehended at 5:15 a.m. about hk miles from the scene of the mishap, Harrell said. Carmona was charged with ex feeding the safe speed, and Al varer with exceeding safe speed and leaving the scene of an acci dent. Carmona's car was demol Ished. In the other mishap, Trooper W.

E. Turnley said DcFee and Kite were in a car oMiven by James Daniel Wright, 22, of 5148 Turdy Lane, along with a fourth youngster, James Edward Smith 18, of Box 86, West Talm Beach The trooper said Wright told him he was driving on State Rond fO about two miles west of Mill tary Tr. when an auto approach Ing from the opposite direction crossed the ccnterline, and forced him off the shoulder of the road. Wright's car left the rond, flipped over and landed upright, Turnley said. The trooper said he charged Wright with failing to have his car under control, and arrested Smith for being drunk.

The mishap occurred about 6 40 the trooper said. The car was demolished. IJcsorl's Police Are 'Smnkrtl Oul' A smoking alr-mndlt loner "routed" detectives and generally rnade things unpleasant at the Talm Hearh police station Sun-dav morning. When the fan on the cooler In the niunlripnl tax nffire stopped about 30, smoke mines were blown Ihrouch air ducts Into the police Indentification office, Det. 1'loyd Rlgcs said.

Firemen were called and dls-tonnected the cooling unit. 9 ager, said damage suffered by his company was hard to est! mate at the time, in the Fahokce area he thought It would be sev eral thousand dollars or perhaps more. At Pratt St Whitney he thought it would be $10,000 or more. At the plant It's hard to say because of the nature of the equipment and the fact some damage probably has not shown up yet, he explained. E.

F. Reddy, district Southern Bell Telephone ft Telegraph Co. manager, said damage estimates had not been made but that only about 25 phones were knocked out. He thought all would be back in service by noon today. Many of the lines are underground.

FPL crews were busy restoring service at Pahokee and working at the Pratt It Whitney plant. Service was being restored as quickly as possible. Ralph 0. Johnson, Pahokee Red Cross Disaster Committee chairman, Police Chief Guthrie and others were free In their praise of aid and rushed to the area, Tolice, deputies, constables, members of the National Guard Unit at Belle Glade, members of all five CAP squndrons In Group 5 as far north as Ft. Tierce, and Bnw ard County deputies, as well as the Florida Highway Talrnl and FIIP Auxiliary, rushed to the scene to assist.

All helped to keep traffic moving and away from the stricken areas. Thousands of curious and other persons flocked to the scene. News, radio and TV people swarmed in from as far as Miami. Late Sunday afternoon Chief Guthrie said there was complete order. "There has been no troll bio yet with looting." C.

M. Wlesenfeld Corps nf Engineers representative In charge nf the Central Southern Flor. Ida Flood Control Project, on behalf of himself and B. Arnold of the FCI), offered disaster officials the use of heavy equipment If needed, Wlesenfeld Is Corps of Engineers disaster engineer for Florida and Georgia. None of the equipment wn needed at the lime.

Wlesenfeld said telephones were knocked out for a time Sunday morning at Clewlslon. However, tho tornado had not hit Clewlslon R. H. Blondworth, meteorologist at the Weather Bureau Station at Palm Bearh International Airport here, said tornado conditions were favorable in front of a cold front -1 1-1 A.