The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 7, 1936, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 56 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVII. o. 161. Che Kr KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, JULY 7 936. PWA Makes Ready To Close Contract On Bridge’ Project ‘DESTROYERS - ARRIVE HERE THIS ine Unit To Call all Upon Over-' seas Road And Toll Accept! | | District Terms To (By Associnted Press) WASHINGTON, July 7. =| Senator Scott M. Loftin of, Florida the Public Works Administration would | FROM PANAMA CITY; SHIPS said ROUTE NORTH call upon the Overseas Road! U. S. Destroyers and Toll District soon to ac-; Barry arrived cept the proposed terms of after 8 o'clock this morning : {Panama City. Both vessels the $3,600,000 tO} once berthed at Pier “B” at the bridge gaps in the highway | nava! station for fuel oil. between Key West and the: The Barry and Gilmer Elorisemaialand: oe on —— and canon =| 5 til June 8. uring their stay the He said the PWA had. fficers and men were entertaine complete details of the loan, | by the people of Key West. and was ready to close the| Members of the en‘isted groups contract. j were entertained the night of = _ their arrival with a dance at the Long sections of the high-| CobeniChuk: way were destroyed by the! | officers were entertained at a tea hurricane which swept the! dance at the club Miramar by the : iJunior Woman’s Club and the — Keys last Septem:|i., west Woman's Club, The re j following Sunday night there was grand ball given at the Country | Cub. COUNTY BOARD | j now in port and the Childs yea to remain four da Sunday afternoon and evening the officers entertained with TAX BOOKS PRESENTED DUR-! The vessels sailed ING SESSION HELD ae sou Newen a: ' dinner on the Destroyer Wi!liam- ;Son, which with the two tests” HAROLD D, KING Gimer and in port shortly! from loan a this after- According to the statutes which! require that ih® tax book for the year must be _ pri sented at a regular meeting to be. held on the first Monday, Tax} Assessor J, Otto Kirchheiner, pr sented the Looks last night, for; equalization. | Attending the meeting were Chairman Cari Bervaldi, Commis-/ as sioners, Braxton B. Warren and Harold D. King, commissioner Wm. R. Porter, Clerk Ross C,' °F lighthouses, is due to arrive in Sawyer, Chief Deputy Bernard Port within the next few days on Waits dUMe iG ahicines a regular trip of inspection 0° After the books were received tenders and light stations, it was it was announced that the board! !¢arned this morning. would recess to meet at future’, Superintendent ‘W. W. Demeritt asse: ssment | COMMISSIONER OF LIGHT- | HOUSES DUE WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS Chiet Deputy Sheriff Bernard} Waite will leave tomorrow morn- ing over the highway with two patients for the state hospital at Chattahoochee. i Accompanyi Mr. Waite and his patients be County Pris- on Guard Leroy Torres and Ber- nard The latter is goin in the capacity of guard. §. ATWELL WILL BE OPERATED ON TAKEN ILL ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND WAS TAKEN TO MA. RINE HOSPITAL Shelton Atwell is in the Marine hospital awaiting an operation for appendicitis, which, a member of the family said, is expected to The next regular meeting of commissioner and on the return,; at the court house, Bis examination of the Ivy will in all) The Poppy and Poinciana TO LEAVE TOMORROW IN, —_——__+_—_- NO CASES FOR CRIMINAL COURT TO MEET sessions to hear any complaints left yesterday afternoon on the the board will be tomorrow night it is expected, visits will be paid; a - ee The Tenders Ivy, Poinciana and LEAVING WITH | probabi be made while the ‘now in port. will remain until CUSTODY OF CHIEF DEPUTY AT THAT TIME, BUT RE- which may be brought before it, {Tender Ivy for Miami to meet the at 8 o’clock in the clerk’s office! t© lighthouses on the reefs, en Poppy, are to be examined. The TWO PATIENTS umissioner is coming to Key W jafter the inspection. { SHERIFF B. WAITE | CESS TO BE TAKEN will Judge William V. Aibur, the criminal court of record said ‘yesterday there is a possibility that there will be no cases tried at the session of the court to vene on Monday, July 13. As far as he is able to deter- mine he said it will be impos for County Solicitor At a Cleare, jr., to have the ¢: ranged and in readines ing on the docket before some time next week. Therefore he ex- ‘pects to convene court and recess! o. con- ness, if they.are not ready by Monday morning. GILMER AND BARRY COME zs LEAVE IN AFTERNOON EN.| at} were! Friday evening the’ cents per hours, $68 month, or 60.714 cents { ‘Clas .| Those who continue to ¥é dropped from the rolls. le until the cases are all in readi-! CONTINUANCE WPA PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED »NEW WAGE SCALE PUT IN- TO EFFECT; NUMBER oF, CHANGES TO BE MADE IN| REARRANGEMENT ! i | | H i | | | Take a little experienee, and a jdash of common sense and know- With a new wage scale now ef-'ledge of psychology, season with {cooperation, and stir together is to with the milk of human kindness, land you have the average ferm jJa which workers on the Board of 1, when’ Social Welfare here are applying ; t» their countless problem put in opera-, fective the WPA program continue along lines similar to | | those in effect before July the new setup w ; . waserny A check-up on a few of their ase histories citer a fe months r ion would indicate that pier here to'd The Citizen today. he turning out some ile products. tion, Thomas D, Orr, WPA direc-| There are a number of changes! | rge amount of al ingredients have obliged effects the the workers in District No, 10, 3 Eoar ocial Welfare, to evolve {working man being that in the peardiotisonl Wolters Hee scale of wages. The other change; their job. Without funds, they have found that common sense frequently be rsed to take the iplace of actual cents. For this stete board is*one branch of en- @eavor which has no money to di jtribute. It was set up as an ex- ; periment, with the hope that it District! would prove its worth in such a way that the state leg'slature will There is to he no inerease in C2?Ty on after the current funds a are exhausted. It been main- the quota of men, but the tained for more thin a year on crease in pay is material, it was funds that would have la:ted less pointed out. The new pay sched-, than two weeks if distributed as ule goes into effect with the first: material relief. To persons who think that the term welfare entails handing out Bay, Schedule |money, food and clothing, the ac- Under the new setup the pay tivities of the board would prov 1 workers is 4s follows: a revelation. From the Federal $35 month, or Surplus Commodity committee, Class 3,/ Which buys surplus foodstuffs for ~:canning and putting up for dis- or 40.625 tribution to those on relief, the 4, 112 board obtains its only tangible supplies, with the exception of vper hour. Class 5, 84 hours,’g#rments made at the WPA sew- S : ay ing rooms, six of which are | $68 month, or 80.952 cents Per tained throughout the. di hour. { Nen manual labor: Clas: 104 hours, $35 month, or cents per hov Class 3, pee month, or 50 cents \hour. Class 4, 92 hours, $68! ‘month, or 73.913 cents per hour.! 76 hours, $68 month, or 'g9.474 cents per hour. Class 6, 68 hours, $75 month, or 110. cae cents per hour. {will not be- cured by Mr. Orr said he had been one | alone. week in Jacksonville working on} 4 middle-aged couple this matter, the wage scale eS-\ d-ughter suffering from di pecially, and on returning made! Their meagre income _ is a check of conditions in Key West | ficient to give her the te find that the increase in pay foods that she must have. Con- will add approximately £72000 | signments of commodities to this monthly to the WPA payro! 7 family feed the parents, and the Key West. jmoney they would other ! This new rate of pay, he said,ito spend on food for all was equal to that in any section} can go for the necess of the state. Under the new rules/|the daughter’s diet, and regulations and the prevail-| 4 young fellow comes from a ting rates of pay men are expected | siftless family ‘They’ve all! to perform a fair day’s work. lgone to the do: so I might as show 8 well go too.” is his attitude. All endeney to loaf w'll be summarily | efforts to improve the fami smissed. jseem futile, but the boy is recom- | Those To Be Retained ;mended for the CCC camp, and is Under the old setup, the diree-} becoming a useful, self-respecting tor said. the needs of a man were | citizen once more. . . | the main factor in the provisions} Seven i his working. Under the new! setup men who display efficiency | tana ability and a willingness perform tho tasks assigned, ‘be retained. In Monroe county, it was said, jmany of the projects which were jbeing worked, were continuations reFod FERA projects. These have | morals, and health of an_ older | practically all been closed. Here-|son, who had been sent to reform after only approved WPA pro-!school, she comes in seeking jects will be worked on. | There are a number of menjted! id women on these old projects, id the director, who will of|of poverty-stricken children, necessity be either transferred or! father lands in jail, an older s ter attempts to keep the family in the new schedule, the greatest ne and that which lis that which went into effect jwhen the state was redistricted. { There has been, said Mr. Orr, , two districts climinated. Monroe :ty was before the change, Dis- ct Number now mber 4. 2 5 is iNu in-’ payroll period in July. cents per hour. $52 month, hour. Class ; $21.8’ H 128 ho bsard limited canned goods What can a welfa> 654 with only 104 The answer is that frequently jiust the helping hand of a few j groceries may supplement a fam- tily’s need and tide it over. . .and that workers can attempt to get at the causes underly family difficulti¢es—causes that money has rete: insuf. a three it girls in families on re- lief receive vocational training as part of the federal projects, and will | ful positions. . One in playground work, several stenographers and clerks. . the improvement in About New Projects Asked relative to new projectsjin by an older brother. . .L' Mr. Orr said there are some pro- | conditions are such that the n: jects being planned to take care| bors object and seek to have the of the community’s needs but} broken -up and distributed most of the work will be confin-|to institutions, . :Through the :ed to the sewer and water jects and a special effort will te} is considerably cleaned up, taught ;made to complete these projects|something of hygiene, the young-! {we ithin the year. Additional equip-jest sent to kindergarten. The many | toplater are able to work into gain-! landing in the reformator is found that his parents allow| him no spending money at all, and | that he takes things to make a ckel or a dime. . .By getting the parents to allow him a moderate amount of money, a reform school sibility is averted. And so on down through the ist of cases, 351 of which were endled last month. Of thes> 14 were for service on 49 for service and commodities, 293 for commodities and recommerdation for work relie’. It is the job of the board to certify those c¢ligible for WPA aid to the WPA, to the CCC camps, individuals need of special care to state in- stitutions. As part of rogram it is making a with view to building up case hi tories of those in such state in- stitutions as the insane asylum, reform and industrial schools. boys Foremost on its current prob- lend is the ma of preparations to put into effect old age pen- sions when all the remai in the state r the movement matching federal funds. With this in mind a is bein; made of the need for old age pensions, for Which the board will be the legal j administrative agent. Though $16 a morth may seem little to the avs p n, the urvey is revealing many cases in which it will mean the difference between e and destitution, a number h by ekeing out fami'y incomes, it wi'l probably keep old peorle ont of institutions. ; The exact amount of the pension will be variable— estimated that it will average $16, with $5 as minimem and $30 maxi- | mem. do and a few clothes to distribute? , yhad to special ; ise have | items in| . For those whose fancy runs to $200 a month, there is a_ little humen interest yarn ¢leaned from board’s files, telling the story of one eighty-year man who would, be perfectly content wit one! dcllar a day, and who would} protably be delighted with half | that amount. | He's the an old negro, living off: in country, where the worker! ch him over a wash- board, winding roadv-ay. He proud- ly announces he’s the best farmer thereabout, po with pride to his garden. He gets his litle shanty to live in and plot for his orden and $1.50 a week from the owner, for potter und the piace. But he shakes his head and admits that the $1.50 doesn’t go He doesn’t want $200 a month, wouldn't know what to do with it, but a dollar a day would make the “happiest niggah 1you eber seen.” at dollar would | provide the bottle of med'cine for his “rheumatiz”’, clothes to ess up and go to church, and “terbakker” for his pipe. The district Board has Dr‘ Carl Herman its chairman and Miss Hester Graham as director. both of West Palm Beach, and employs a staff of approximately 16. EXTRA CUTTERS One mother is so delighted with! manners, ; ail way to get a second one commit- | A mother deserts a large family | the |going with meagre wages brought! TO DO SERVICE WILL, BE USED IN THIS VI- CINITY DURING HUR- RICANE SEASON Coast Guard Cutters from the Scuth Atlantic and Gulf districts} | will do service in this v h- | ing pro-| work of a case worker, the family | alled hurricane months, according to information received by The Citizen. Cutters, in addition to the one igned for regular duty in this istrict, will be in service for! periods of approximately 30 days each. BOARD OF SOCIAL WELFARE PROVES VAITE FAMILY EFFICIENCY WITHOUT EXPENDING A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY By EMILIE C. KEYES Palm Beach Post-Times Staff Writer | COSCO CCODCCOCCCCLSCOCCCOOOCES jap BEEN ATTENDING RE- GIVES STATUS OF ‘Cactus Jack, As Throttlebottom RETURN HOME Masks Might Behind Buffoonery SUNDAY NIGHT RuddyFaced Texan Wath Big Grim One Of Mest Peweriul Figures in Ad mumistratiss UNION IN MIAMI; ABOUT PLANE SERVICE WILL CONTINUE THIRTY MEMBERS PRESENT ON OCCASION ; AT LEAS nie PENDING CERTAIN AR Chief Waite, dren, Deputy Sher Bernat Mrs. Waite Bernard, Jr., RANGEMENTS era, returned over Sun they evening fre went to union of mer family. 828 N. W. ce du the d in the evenii ner was enjoyed Mrs. rene Pinder, daughter, at M Shor Children o 1 Ww aite number six They include Miami; Bernare ; Mrs. Anthony Twenty morning ter, a rew Gee Wai G Doris Waite, Miami. Attending the nion Waite and e W., Robby M daughter, A. P. Jerguson Ruby. Catherine om; Mr. and Waite, Georgia Mr. jaughte: . Su twins, and ons, thony Gest. d ughte . the Louis; Mr. der and Ee nest an COAST GEODETIC UNIT LEAVES MEMBERS OF ORGANIZATION B rnard Ww all of the sent, there z family family Gul GO TO BIG PINE KEY ix me HERE ort the in AFTER STAY ‘ sippi._ and several ¢ unalle to attend, STEAMER CEIBA COMES T0 PORT FRUIT VESSEL FUEL CIL AND PROCEEDS TO FRONTERA, MEXICO TAKES ON of the Stand. mshiy Steamship Ceiba, ard Fruit and arrived o'clock Sunday ed for Fronte: taking the Porter Yor nd . at mors 2 Hon wk efter at $2,464 gallons of -ailed for the same de Steamskiy, Oz Malley Lin terday afleino ns and s BAKER FUNERAL HERE THURSDAY BODY the morn sciled MISS E. GARDNER DIED YESTERDAY FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE WILL BE PLACED i LEY MEMORIAL CHURCH AT 2 O'CLOCK Baker wh CONDUCTED HER= THIS AFTERNOON Miss Evelyn Gardner, yesterday afternoon 3 o'clock the residence. 408 White Funeral services » be stre NOTICE FROM, an Gardner is survived by two r Mrs. George Ruose K d Mrs. Kate Johnson, Mi ‘ment has been ordered which will | father gets out of jail. and gets} One of these, the Kimball, now’ Th deceased was for many be performed tomorrow. Mr. Atwell was taken ill Sun- day night and his condition was such as to warrant his being tak- en at once. There are other com-} plications, it is said. The suflZerer only recently re turned from, New Lendon, Conn. JUST ARRIVED Truck with large shipment FRESH | FRUITS AND VEGETABLES A. VILLATE SONS imonton Street permit working 400 more men. |some Federal work. Referring again to the wage equilibrium is maintained seale Mr. Orr said: ‘ “The Mon-! ficiently to prove that institutions: roe county wage scale is as fair;are not necessarily the answe! 'as any in the state, and men even though the easiest should feel they are being well). - - ,paid for the work required of; A youngster stcals from his} | them. is joao: is on the verge -The family! suf-| about August 1, solution | another be sent to re on duty here, wi!l remain until when it wil, in be returned to the cagoula Mi and place it. The Kimball has a__ personnel of two officers and 20 enlisted ‘all, prob=bility ! station at P: of ! men. years a school teacher th + and there an men and women here, who to remember be ith re cnt thanks the prince’ of 1 ing and education received when y were pupils of “Miss Eve- WaLLa E < WATCH FOR THE “DAILY DOUBLE”.--THE NEW SIX PERCENT HIGH POWERED BEER. IT. STRUCK MIAMI LIKE WILDFIRE. WILL BE SOLD EVERY WHERE!