The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 31, 1936, Page 1

_ Associated Press Day Wire Service, For 56 Years Devoted to th Best Interests of ia West VOLUME LVII. No, 260. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1936. NEW PROJECTS GIVESNUMBER § |MUCHINTEREST | EDWARD TREFZ . DISCUSSED BY. OF ELECTORS! NOWCENTERSIN |. GIVES TALK AT COUNTY BOARD}; COMING ELECTION ~:BAYVIEW PARK } . SHOWN TO BE 5,630 REGIS. DEMOCRATIC UNITS WORK- COLLEGE OF | TOSI O IIIS S| ELECTORS HAS * | "rRom THE HEAVENS MUCH ROUTINE! A bright and glistening star fell from Heaven on ‘Thuredsy night open the sovideie i ra home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel ORGANIZATION OPERATE! IN FORMALITIES IN CHOOS: ING CHIEF EXECUTIVE TERED IN MONROE |MATTER OF SUBMITTING PRO- COUNTY | POSED PROJECTS TO PLAN- NING BOARD TAKEN UP YESTERDAY J. Pierce, 714 Olivia street, in the nature of a bouncing son, which brought joy and happiness to the Pierce fam- ily. Mother and baby are re- ported to be getting along nicely, while “Daddy” Sam is dancing with joy over the new arrival, and is wearing a smile that appears to be indelibly stamped on his pleasing coun- tenance, 1 . GIVES, THOROUGH OQUTUNE gg ggg ee eae w - ther theo) ieee al OF TOWNSEND PLAN; Pr pg a Visiters Are Engaged ie WARD VICTORY ON TUES-| DRESS. ALSO MADE BY E. IMMENSE PERMIT Play Wah Local Az Many times during the past | DAY, NOVEMBER 3 j WHETSON few weeks The Citizen has been asked just how many qualified Memters of the board of county Efforts are continuing to con-: By CHARLES NORMAN (By Associated rrens) NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—The col- lege of electors fcctball team, but it’s voters are registered on the! Though his audience was very books in the 10 precincts in Mon. | *aet every one of the qualified ‘small, it was one of the most at- voters shown on the j ‘commissioners met 4 o'clock yes- | terday afternoon in the county! roe county and Supervisor John lists Pre 'tentive nities an thd ! court house to discuss the matter} England made this announcement |P@'¢d by Supervisor John Eng-/ . E j | Park and listened for more than an GL LID I IID MDE «¢ wsrmitting to the Southeastern! this morning: land, and it is anticipated that! NAME DEPUTIES i iheur to the address last night by members of the committees who! : ek for Monroe county. There are, said Mr. England ‘ m 5,630 registered voters in Monroe! have this work to do will have acne) ee ann ate te ae Ot em I ‘terest from start to conclusion. “OOM M MM DDD Ds han Ct mm FOR ELECTION: Present at the meeting were: | | Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Commis- county, or approximately one half; & the: eta count the | complished their purpose before’ "s last figures issued by the census! the election on Tuesday. | The meeting was opened by J. MAJOR RHEIN | canes: Wares Goa eeatae, bureau, which gives this a Bernard H. Waite, treasurer of Roland Adams, who, after a brief jmey Arthur Gomez, Clerk Ross C. talk, introduced E. H. Whetson of | j Sawyer and Chief Deputy Bernard | |J. Waite, almost 12,000 population. Mr. Whetson went into, Mr. Bervaldi called attention to doesn’t have a a famous institution. That's because all Planning Organization proposed United when sovereign people of the States go to the polls to elect a the tlectors who elect the presideat.| APPOINTMENTS MADE SHERIFF OF THOSE TO SERVE ON TUESDAY president, they only elect BY However, said Mr. England,!the Monroe County Democratic) j but 4,076 of the registered | Executive Committee said today strength of the eounty qualified, that each member who was work- by paying their poll taxes which ing on this part of the leaves unqualified 1,554 of the! E arrange.{%8 Outline of the ideas to be pre-| The electors themselyes can’t do anything about it until _ they’ye been notified of their election byj the secretaries of state of their re- spective states. It’s all very complicated, par- ticularly article XII of the consti- tution which provided this method chief but it works out pretty smoothly, | of choosing the executive, and a good time is had by all, par- ticularly the electors. As for the} sovereign people, practically every-' bedy in the United States will) know the night of November 3 who | has been elected, although it won't, be official until the college elec- tors say ind it won’t “talk” } uatil the fi Monday after the second y in December. oks, gUIdebooks, the con-| ‘on itself failed to make the of anh. was therefore necessary to trac one down. This has been done.| The result mokes it plain that the’ life of an elector is not an un- happy one. Above Party Honored above his fellow party! members, he is notified by the! state committee that he has been appointed an elector, He there-) upon becomes a member of per- haps the most exclusive college en- rollment in the country, if not the world. The college of electors consists of 531 men and women, or equal the number of senators and representatives. In some states the electors’ names go on the ballot. Comes election day. When the votes have been tabulated, the secretary of state of his state no-; tifies the elector of his election a! second communication tells him; what to do about it. He can) hardly wait, but wait he does, for the forms must be reserved. | ling that final {7; General Deputy, Mervin Thomp- | | by the appointees as the precinct \CUBA ARRIVES 10. S. S. company, arrived yester- |the fact that a number of projects It was learned ot the office of had been suggested, discussed and Sheriff K. Q. Thompson this morn-} had been proposed at previous app:intments of _ meetings, one of which was a fresh th an S | water pipe line over the keys to jose who are to serve as deputy Key West from the mainland. sheriffs during the election next: It was decided to have these all Tuesday had been completed, and; arranged and forwarded to the the necessary oath and other re- ‘tate pisnsing board for their ap- ! proval, Ae : = .. | Notary Public’s bond of $500, Following is the list as given’ drawn by the American Surety The Citizen: F, M. Page, Precinct : company for Mr. Bervaldi, was ap- No. 1; Reginald Griffin, Precinct proved. No. 2; J. Carlyle Roberts, Precinct; The chairman was authorized to No, 3; Charles A. Richardson, Pre- | 2pprove and sign an agreement to cinet No. 4; Phillip Baker,'lend to the PWA_ engineering Precinct No. 5; Frank MeNulty| equipment which is the property} and James A. Curry, Precinct No.' of the county. '6; Benito Molino, Jr., Preeinet No. (MRS. ME. LOPEZ DIED YESTERDAY | +PUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON quirements complied with. son, in charge of the group. ! It will be noted that in Precinct | No. 6 there are two appointments. | Th’‘s arrangement was agreed upon 2g ageee—neneaer 0 the’ ers, and the ceputies will divide the time. M Marv Elizabeta Lopez, 68, diec 3:30 o’clock yesterday after- noon in the home at 416 Margaret street. Funeral services will be VESSEL BRINGS IN) SEVEN- heli 4 o’clock Wednesdsy after- TEEN PASSENGERS; LEAVES jnoon from the Lopez Funeral 5 ENROUTE TO TAMPA - FROM HAVANA: |Home chapel. Rev. Joe Tolle, of {First Methodist church, will offi- ciate. Mrs. Lopez is survived by her husband, John Lopez; two daugh- ters, Mrs. Fred Clark, Miami, and Mrs, Corinne Smith, Port Wash- Steamship Cuba, of the P. and day afternoon from Havana with total registered list. THOMPSON RITES HERE ON MOND KEY WEST RESIDENT DIED LAST NIGHT AT TEN O'CLOCK Mrs. Thomas Thompson, 73, died last night 10 o’clock in the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. B. Felton, 1112 Elgin street. ices will be held 4:30 o’clock Mon- day afternoon from the family Funeral serv- residence at 1016 James street to Streit. _ Methes Ym “Shuler Peele ‘will officiate. ev. Members of the Knights of the Golden Eag!e will attend the serv- ices, and pallbearers will be select- ed from tne membership. Funeral arrangements are being made by the Lopez Funeral Home. Mrs. Thompson is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Mamie Wil- liams, and Mrs. J. B. Felton, Key West; Mrs, Geneva Bowser, Mi- ami; five sons, Hersell and Ed- ward Thompson, Key West, Ber- nard Walter and Larnard, Rock Harbor. There are also 29 grand- children and four great-grandchil- dren, Thomas Thompson, husband of the deceased, died just six weeks 5 ae or emer TWELVE SENT OUT To Rés){ ments had been making every ef-' sented and introduced Mr. Trefz jfert to meet those in their pre-! }¢inets and make a plea ‘ z |straight democratic ticket vote in| _ nape eo coping a oe “Key West and Monroe county. —— as envoy plenipotentiary to} So far, said Mr. Waite, not one ™™* European countries under the | thing has been left undone in the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson, | : ahat ies and his later activities as field see- efforts to bring ac- S - | coniplishment. Cars have been Or the United States Cham- Majer Wade W. Rhein, US 4 ‘allotted to the different pre-| ber of Commerce, Mr. Trefz began commanding officer of Key Wat jcinets, workers have been ap-'his dissertation on the Townsend | pointed and a concerted plan of Old Age Pension Plan. Barsacks and Fast Tayler. and S= ; activities from the present until ‘ passed heave t Ahaegels aceicloued Tocsiey kes a Sediectin j Seeing tbeen mapped out and carried on! _H¢ outlined the different phases) sessing ower the highe=s right up to the present and will, °f the idea, and in a ser‘es of se-} | be gontinued until the last vote is’ quences showed the progress made | ** | polled. and the hopes entertained by the ' the major will be instructor for he 'ABSENTEE VOTES scents est = “HERE TOTAL 25 i Hoag speaker of the evening. a for al ficient number of members in the; Had Major Eheim rem==cd == jhouse and senate to carry out the, til January 1, 1937, be would Sewe ‘idea of Dr. Townsend. lucen im Key West for five Reviewing the years since a Jeetion of George Wiesh ngton he | — ummarized the failures and sue-j i cesses of the several eras in groups | Changes, especally st Fort Tayo. lof years, and declared that the time lit is said, which nave comrbote¢ has arrived for trying the greatest +, the beauty of the Teseruntion. plan ever formulated for the PTO-| ond the efficiency of the gureem. tection of those citizeng of the United States over the aze of 60 Among the changes and unprore- and which will, atthe same time,!ments was the cstablishmest of = put to work the rest of the popu-j| permanent camp fer the Fores lation who are willing and quali-j 3 Gusré Artillery Carpe {fied to work. “yee: “the 265th Regiment He then itemized the mathe-| hich enables Se > ‘™matical problems to be conSi@ered | to annually be ¢ onal cam, auntie jin the-tunctioning of the Town. and rifle practee ser She mest send plan and in a few simple ex. conden. planations showed how feasible it? gt was just recently Get is and how readily it could be made| A™* ong om the erection ' effective in its great scope | Opets oe of prefabmestee houses el DENTS NOW: IN OTHER SECTIONS | Last minute absentee ballots were voted yesterday afternoon by a group of eight Key Westers who will not be in the city next Tues- | day, making a total of 25 abgen- ; tee voters to cast these preelection votes. Those voting yesterday ‘were: Ruth Hoeffer, Oliver Armayor, Ross C. Sawyer, Jr., Mrs. Ross C. Sawyer, Jr., Eddie Albury, Leon Cates, Nevi:le Stirrup, Thomas i with the least possible expense for | Moore, one first class and one second cass passenger for Key West; 15 first class and no second class passen- gers for Tampa. Arrivals at Key West were P. Ross Roberts and Amando Perez. The S. S. Cuba sailed 5 o’clock with ‘the following bookings from Heads For State Capital i On the first Monday after’ the? second Wednesday in December he says good-bye to kith and kin. Hey; takes a train to the state capital! electors, | All. pose j He meets his fellow strikes up friendships. for pictures. en masse, The governor may re- ceive them as honored guests. ~. The amenities observed, the electors hold an organization meet- ing, choose a chairman and are called to order. Each elector is given a ballot. Now comes the most momentous moment in the career of an elec- tor. One of them puts the President in nomination. As each man casts ‘ance will meet in its regular month-/the highway last evening and There is 9 luncheon, ; jo’clock from Miami with ‘tons of freight for Key West. this, poxt;' Mr. and Mrs. Edwin F. ,Treyorjand two little daughters; G,; S,.. MeMulien, Mrs. Augustine Villaverde, Ed. Russell and Tom Roberts. The power boat Powers, Cap- tain Veral Roberts, of the Over- seas Transportation Company, ar- lrived in port this morning at 6 twelve | | MINISTERIAL UNIT TO MEET MONDAY The Key West Ministerial Alli- i i \ jMAJOR J. ington, New York; two sons, John Lopez, Key West, and Clifton Lopez, Hoxie, Kansas; three broth- ers, George Pierce and Eugene Pierce, Key West, and Harry Pierce, Homestead; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Demeritt, Key West, and Mrs. H. C. Houtchings, Miami, and four grandchildren. RHEIN’S RELIEF y COMES T0 CITY MacMULLEN AR+ RIVES LAST NIGHT, ACCOM- PANIED BY HIS FAMILY Major J. O. MacMullen, U. S. A., who hrs been appointed to suc- ceed Major Wade W. Rhein as commanding officer of the army forces in Key West, arrived over is ensconsed in quarters at the bar- There were no’ additional bal-/ lots sent out to Key Westers who! are away from the c'ty and will} cast their bellots in other places. ! Hence the total activities in con-! nection with absentee baliots in the office of County Judge Ray-} mond Lord amounted to 37. Of! these, there were 25 cast in Key) West and 12 sent to residents in| other cities. { ago. EW ARRIVAL IN WAITE’S FAMILY Hereafter it wi!l be en regle to address Chief Deputy Sheriff Ber- nard Waite as grandfather, be- asi fT tet ees ‘ cause at an early hour this es , ‘ ing, his son, Bernard H. waite,| HERMAN RANES H advised him that a son had been! | born to Mr. and Mrs. Waite at/ BURIED TOD AY | their home, 1108 Fleming street. | And the son is a husky young-; i ster weighing eight pounds and! apparently perfect, says his grand-| Herman Ranes, 38, a native of dad, and is to be named Bernard | Christiana, Norway, was buried H., Jr. He and his mother are|11 o’clock this morning from the doing nicely, funeral home chapel of Pritchard’s This is the first birth of a/Mortuary. Rev. Shuler Peele con- Waite in the family, said Grand-| ducted the services, father Bernard, since the birth of} The deceased was a member of the baby’s father 20 years ago, |the crew of Oil Tanker of the C'ties and as soon as the announcement Service company, and died at sea. was made, other members of the} He was brought to Key West sev- | \ i his vote he signs the rolis. (Some- jly session Monday at 10:30 a, m. times engraved ballots are kept as " Rey, M. L. Smith will lead the | racks, souvenirs.) _.. | devotional, announces Rev. Yancy; Accompanying the major were Once more there is a nomination | Shehane, president of the organi-!Mrs. MacMullen and their daugh- family in different parts were ad- vised of the new arrival. eral days ago by the Coast Guard | Cutter 244, —for the vice president. Again the electors cast their ballots and sign the roll. Thereupon all receive checks for their expenses from the secretary of state. They shake hands all around and “drop in to see m some time” is heard, or perhaps— “I’m catching the’ 4:15; can yo make it?” State Does Rest The rest of the job devolves upon the secretary of state who sends the certified ballots to the secretary of state at Washington for transmission to the two houses of congress in their joint session. There the ballots are tabulated by states. bases jzation. eS CAST YOUR VOTE in the General Election, November 3rd and help Monroe County win a LOVING CUP Offered by incoming gov- ernor Cone for county polling largest percentage of democratic votes. ters, Misses Margaret and Joan, and their son, James, In company with Major Rhein today, Major MacMullen was vis- liting the different government ac- tivities, meeting those in charge or command, and also meeting offi- cials of the city ‘and county by whom he was extended a hearty welcome. HOLIDAY NOTICE open for business on that day. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. OCt31-2t eecgccegocccccccccccccccscccccescesoccecccocesce i Election Day, Tuesday, Novem- | ber 3, a legal holiday in the State’ of Florida, this bank will not be EMOCRATIC RALLY at BAYVIEW PARK MONDAY Every true Democrat is invited to attend the rally to be held at 8 o’clock Monday night. Music will be furnished by Hospitality Band from 7:30 to 8:00 p. m. VOTE THE STRAIGHT DEMOCRATIC TICKET First seven names on ballot are for Roosevelt DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. i -¢ used Dy conwaiescent: = CCC camps. The family told The Citizen ths ag that during ther stay ‘Bey wide cock of oprating. lwhich il During the entire speech Mri Trefz did not mention the name of! President Roosevelt except to say/ that he believed the president wag ™°T™" actuated by a desire to do the/have formed 2 |right thing and im proof of this | friends who have contributec ww cited the fact that he, a democratic che happiness they have -njeped candidate for reelection, had 24-'s... and when they a meet vocated the re-election of the late‘ 2 Senator Couzens, Senator Norris, “= seme Some wher tbe oroages ‘and others of the Republican pa'- ate completed ty, because the’ président realized their worth. Advocate of Swanson Continuing he said that he wes advocating the election of Candi-| date Tom Swanson, of Ft. Lav erdale, to sueceed J. Mark Wil! ‘cox, as congressman from + fourth district, and wert int eulogistic review of Mr son's accomplishments and cluded by saying that Swan one of the three smartest 2: accomplished attorneys United States, naming the ot He excused the non-apr« of Candidate Swanson, wi this week lost his son, ar that he was too bowed d > grief over his terrible los- eble to. gppear in Key W: Fs bk 2 addrss. aa NAVARRO BACK IN CITY AGAIN | asc HELP KEY WEST WIN A TROPHY FOR THE BEST PERCENTAGE OF VOTERS BY CASTING YOUR . g route te Sam Franciscs, ~te-= ~ = = = ae T 2. 8 ok = Atl @e coccoset sate be etyeree SERAFLOSES LEFT YESTER Day aFTERESOOS FOR memo Semep Eosflesm &«& = Suede’ Feat af See iwa PRosespma. eecet poe ey soe 5 presseca Memes ace mete oo fect oS ot Gee Peer Bet oe Pregte Gurra of Ge Cpe Minkeory Loe. aeowes 135 « core free ew Geese ett em Ser Key Wem ome aed 2 38 6 cork fer Meme ace Jeceeewtie eee a eT pegs ee Serame: Gotan. of ee Sars ae¢ Pret acc Soe cans aed et omit Cte fee Pebeeee Ss oe 30S gles of St a cote off--s to fame 2 mace for any wee’ pee = 6 ake prem ses te mary them fee and te cram 2 “commendation for 2