The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 25, 1936, Page 4

PAGE FOUR eoecovqceccace SOCIETY fia deLisa Calleja, Editress TELEPH Key West’s Annual Flower Show Will Open Tomorrow One of the outstanding events of “La Semana Alegre,” “Week of Joy brated in Key West, cial opening of the Flower Show to be held tomorrow afternoon at the Public Library on Duval street. { There will be a charge . made. for admission to the show on the! opening day, and on the following’ days a free-will offering. Tea will be in progress from 4:00 to 6:00 o’clock, and Mrs. H. S. Dexter is in charge of arrangements for this tea, with members of the Key West Junior Woman’s Club as-) sisting in serving. During the! tea hours the Marine Band will furnish a concert. On Thursday the Flower Show} will be visited by schoo] children of the city from the Convent and, Publie Schools, and children from colored schools wi!l attend on Fri- day. On Thursday night the show will be open for colored visi-, tors from 6:00 to 8:00 o'clock. This Flower Show. presented annually by the Key West Garden; Club, is this year expected to eclipse all previous shows. Mem- bers of the club have been work- ing like beavers collecting speci-, Every day sees tennis matches being played on the Casa Marina courts, for it is the rendezvous not only of guests at the hotel, | but also a large number of Key Westers and winter residents. Every Sunday there is a delight- ful tennis tea, when, during the matches, tea served on the spacious, beautiful lawn surround-/ ing the courts. : Regularly seen on the courts’ are Mrs. David Ingalls, the Misses Jane Peabody, Ellen Peabody,’ Elizabeth Tant and _ Bethine Standart and the Me: Jack Latimer, y Burdick, J. Ba: ard Boyle and Robert Voorhis. } There was a splendid match yes-| terday afternoon, when, in the mixed doubles, Mrs. Ingalls and Robert Voorhis played against Miss Tant and Mr. Boyle. A’ week ago a visiting Miami, the! now being cele-' is the offi-; | for there they will Mach dade Now rm In Casa Marina Tennis Matches . Hardie, 8-6, 6- E 149-J mens for display at the show, and there will be on exhibition at the library a great many strange, tropical flora, also more common varieties, The Flower Show is of parti- cular interest to winter visitors, view many plants and flowers that grow no, farther north than Key West, and are seldom, if ever, to be seen in northern shows. Too, there will be displayed many varieties of tropical fruits and vegetables, and a collection of seeds and seed-pods that last year excited much favorable comment from out-of-towners, and was by many people considered one of the most. interesting features of the entire Flower Show. There will be growing plants and flowers, cut flowers in vases and in many artistic arrange- ments, many varieties of ferns and palms and eacti, hanging- baskets, haskets of flowers, and several dinner, tables in charming| arrangements. The Flawer Show is a civic af- fair, and all are doing their part to make tomorrow’s official open- ing aceminently successful, beau- tiful- and ‘enjoyable one. “Red” Hastings, of Miami, with a score of 6-2, 6-4; Robert Voor- his won over George Perio, 6-2, 8-6; Larry Burdick lost to Bill 2; and Grant Hoff- man was victorious over Max Dun- lop, 6-0, 6-3. In the deciding doubles match the Messrs. Lati- mer and Voorhis defeated Messrs. Hastings and Hardie with a score of 7-5, 8-6, Last Sunday saw the largest gathering yet assembled for the regular tennis tea, which is grow- ing rapidly in popularity, and which takes its place among the various other sports in progress at Casa Marina. Fishing, which is popular with almost every guest at the hotel, is a daily feature. Today, for instance, there are eleven boats scheduled to go out. Guests are {always delighted with their catch- es, for the waters surrounding THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ITH 700 miles of sea distance between Atlantic coast ports and the Panama canat eliminated on its completion, the Florida canal is considered to have the most im- portant military value to the United States of any project that has been launched in recent years. Plans for the canal were worked out by army engineers, The photograph at top shows a fleet of Ford V-8 trucks engaged in hauling dirt out of the excavation. The view at right shows the type|river to the Gulf of Mexico. ef truck being used in this work. Inset is a map showing the course | will have to be built, of the Florida canal. This new waterway will be 195 miles long in its entirety. From Jacksonville on the Atlantic side it will follow the St. John’s river in- land, pass through a series of lakes and then follow the Withlacoochee | mates that it will carry, when com- Only | pleted, one-third more tonnage than about 40 to 50 miles of actual canal|the Panama canal. The cost is estimated at $146,000,000. Surface width will be 600- fect, tapering to 300 at the bottom with a water depth af 35 feet. The importance of this waterway to shipping is indicated by esti- School Circle To ‘Hold Meeting There will be a business meet-| ing of Room Representatives of the Key West Junior-Senior High School Parent-Teacher Associa- tion tomorrow afternoon 3:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Mer- vin L. Russell, 415 Margaret street. Chairman of room representa- tives has requested all members of this group to be present as this; is an important meeting. Alumnae Circle To Hold Meeting There will be a meeting of the Alumnae A'ssociation of the Flor- ida State College for Women at | Tallahassee held tomorrow after-| noon, Wednesday, beginning at 4° o’clock, at the home of Miss Leota Grillion, 1014 Southard street, ac-' cording to announcement made! today. Final plans for the entertain-| ment of Dr. Edward Conradi, president of the college, who will be in Key West during the ob- servance of college week during! team and a team of local players, Key West are admittedly some of| the month of March, will be made: competed, during which Jack Latimer, of Key West, defeated the best fishing grounds the! world. in Very ig errr Rania Gieen On Sunday At Cuban Club! One of the highlights of states first day, Sunday, of “La Semana Alegre” was the dance at the Cuban Club, and it was a grand affair. The club could hold the crowds. ernments were there, including: county, state and city officials, and all the local civic and frater-} nal organizations had many of} their members present. The Cuban Septet and Priteh-| ard and his boys played for the} dance, and they both furnished} excellent nm There were sev-! eral specialty numbers. Captain, Miguel Angel Perez of the Cuban | Navy gave ah exhibition of smart! dancing with Miss Perez of Key; West, and Mr. Boza danced a Rhumba. Miss “Dollis Burchell | and Gerald Pinder presented a! tango, and Serafin Soriego! Chaleco danced a Rhumba. The/ latter is chief of the Presidential) Palace Secret Service in Habana. Library To Keep oie Daring Flower Show It has been announced that the! Public Library will continue operate during the which the Flower progress, and the to; in} in| will) period Show is Librarian OLD ISLAND TRADING POST On Water Front—N, End Duyal Street UNUSUAL GIFTS Native, Mexican, West Indian Handicraft Artist Doing Portrait Sketches While You Wait hardly} dancing, and all Representatives} were much appreciated by of the American and Cuban gov-/ present, who formed a large and | Oreste’ Jiminez, Augustin Gutierrez, one of the musicians ef the Cuban Septet “4 de Septiembre,” gave a beauti-/ ful exhibition of authentic Cuban} these numbers} those very enthusiastic audience. Pedro Gorrell, director of the} Septet, and his musicians, Jose| Vigilie “Sanchez, . Jose Arias, Nilo | Alphonso} Carcenas, Ovilio Tijero Gomez,! Augustin Gutierrez and Jose Miguel Resh, all did their part to} make Sunday evening one long to be remembered. Last night they} ‘played again at the San Carlos and at the Habana-Madrid Club. The Cuban Navy Band played! at the baseball games yesterday! afternoon and at the San Carlos| j last night, and tonight they will} offer a coneert after the “Pirates of Penzance” presentation at the! avy Field. be present to issue books. It was! at first believed that it would be} necessary to close the Library for j the duration of the Flower Show, but it is now found that it will be| possible for the library activities} |to continue. Subseribe to The Citizen. at that time. All members of the tion are requested to be tendance. Church Unit Gives Banquet organiza- in at- —— Celebrating the versary of the establishment the Young People’s League of St. Paul’s Church, banquet was held last evening in the Parish Hall. fourth anni- Green, and Worthy Grand Patron,! of Frederick Mink, Service over the highway this evening ac- a companied by other ~ | MATCOVITCH HELD 'NO PARKING AT | SIARGED) WITH INTERFER- ACTION TAKEN IN ORDER TO ING WITH RESIDENT AT | ELIMINATE TRAFFIC NO NAME KEY | i | CONGESTION Mosby Matcovitch, resident of ~ No Name Key, appeared efore {Peace Justice Rogelio Gomez yesterday on charges preferred iby Carlton Craig, business man . ty of traffie congestion the WPA reereational department today -an- nounced there will be no parking | Permitted on the ball grounds at of No Name, He alleged Matco-'the naval station tonight during vitch was continually interfering the performance of the “Pirates | with him and making threats. The defendant was ordered to deposit a peace bond of $2C0 or ' of Penzance.” No cars are to be parked on Southard street. between Thomas spead 10 days in county jail. To- street and the entrance to the day he had failed to sezwe the grounds, and entrance through the ; bond, and was a prisoner in the Baton street gate will be permit- ; jail. ‘Fern Chapter Fo | | | cast in me presentation. SFT TODAY BY PLANE Mr. and Mrs. meet-; Who were guests on the Yacht ing of Fern Chapter Number: 21,: , Shiawassee III, owned by Calvin Order Eastern Star, held tonight: Bentley, father of Mrs. Stoltz, at the Masonic Hall, corner Eaton’ left this morning by plane for and Simonton streets, beginning, Miami. * ‘at 8:00 o’clock, | ‘There will be present at this'| MONROE THEATER | meeting distinguished guests, high'] Barton MiLain-Mary Astor in officials of the organization. THE IRON MAN | Worthy Grand Matron, Mrs. Della } James Dunn-Dorothy Wilson in THE BAD BOY arriving’ } Matinee: Balcony, 10c; Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night: 15-25¢ Meet Tonight There will be a special are officers of} of Florida,! Instructor, is! the Grand Chapter \ Mrs. Fox, Grand amaze Present at the event were mem. arriving in Key West on the after-| bers of the league, the counsel- lors, Mr, and Mys, Jams Roberts, noon plane today. officers are All of these} paying an official; Father Arthur B. Dimmck, Father, Visit to Fern Chapter Number 21. Burton and Mr. Russell who are; visiting here from Cambridge,| Mass. and Mr? and, Mrs... Joseph | Ladd. president of the Y. P. S. L. League pep songs were and various toasts were made by |——————_—_—___——_—_-—_= members of the organization. Committee in charge of ar.) rangements, headed by Diaz, prepared a delicious menu. After the banquet league mem- bers enjoyed several dancing and entertainment. Mrs, ‘Ladd was a former | sung! invited to attend, Kathryn) hours of| Liquid - Tablets It is requested that a full at-| IN COUNTY JAIL: OPERA GROUNDS, In order. to. eliminate vossibili- | |ted only to the members of the Fleetwood stoltz, TUESDAY, FERBUARY 25, 1936. ! Lowest Highest | winds ever south portion and ee 24 hours ' southeast to south winds ever 50 64 north portion; fair to partly over-' 30 32 i cast weather tonight and Wednes- 44 50 day. 54 70 i 42 56 26 sa 46 50 | 62 ' 0 56 38 69 66 Ad 60 68 14 WEATHER CONDITIONS | Detroit { Havana jHuren . {Jacksonville . | Kansas City -. KEY WEST .. Little Rock .. ; Los Angeles . | Louisville Miami | Minneapolis New Orleans New York ... Pensacola Pittsburgh . St. Louis Salt Lake City 28 Sen Francisco 48 © | Seattle 32 Tampa . 58 i Warhington 36 Williston ......--18 Pressure is low this morning over the Lake region and upper! | St: Lawrence Valley, Sault Ste.] Marie, Mich., 29.78 inches, from the upper Rio Grande Vai- lley northwestward to the north i Pacifie coast, Seattle, Wash. 78 inches; while high press: | areas crested off the south At- jlantie coast, Jacksonville, Fia., 130.40 inches, over the northern | Plains States, Huron, S. D., 3 !inehes, and over California, Los | Angeles, 30.18 inches, cover most ' other sections of the | Light to moderate rair jcurred since yesterday {on the Pacific coast from San! | Francisco northward and in south- tem Arizona, and there has been ~-76 ight snow in portions of ; northern Rocky States. | Colder weather overspread "| the northern Plaiz tes and ex- {treme upper Mississippi Valley with temperatures zero to 18 de- grees below in the Dakotas; while abnormally warm weather con-} j tinaes throughout most other sec- m./ tions east of the Rockies, with ki at readings 2@¢@"32 degrees above - m.| nérmal thts iim the Lake . im. | region, mide Mftissppi and Ohio | Valleys. PM | 12:09 Low .. 5:34 6:49) Barometer 8 a. m. today: H Sea level, 30.27. 28 74 74 76 72 60 68 72 40 76 44 68 52 74 36 54 40 74 50 10 and country have oc-! morning Highest | Lowest | Mean ; Normal Mean . Rainfall? Precipitation recipitat'on °Tkis, necerd eovens 2i-heuer pevier | cnding 2¢ 8 o'clock thix mornin. Tomorrew’s Almanac sue rises)... the h: Moon bs é i | High UNPLEASANT HOME / NORFOLK, Va suing | r divorce, John this | y to'd the court that h's home | a state civil} : While | tt of WEATH=R FORECAST EtG ¢ j was“ always in o (Till 8 p. m., Wednesday) | Key West and Vicinity: Gen-! a erally fair tonight and Wednes-| 4 house cat. put in a cage in! day; continued mild temperature; | Sgn Francisco with a baby squir-| moderate easterly winds. lrel nursed the youngster to full | Florida: Generally fair tonight prowth. and Wednesday; slightly warmer in west-central portion tonight, Opens Skin a i Kills Scalp itch ; Jacksonville to Florida Straits | tand East Gulf: Moderate easterly With six itch killing medicines liquid form, Imperial Lotion flows into pores and hair follicles ; and thus gets at and kills the | + cause of scalp itch. 35c and $1.00. | PALACE Donald Cook-Evalyn Knapp in CONFIDENTIAL Comedy and Short Reel Matinee: 5-10c; Night: 10-15< CLOSE TO THE BUSINESS AND ENTERTAINMENT BY PLANE FROM KEY WES1 TO MIAMI Make Reservations by Phone j Telephone 620 Regular Planes, Miami-Key West Airways, Inc. 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