The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 15, 1937, Page 4

/ } ; = ndiiataadine ties pire ELD Pal DAYS GONE BY eeeeeeee | Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From ‘The Files Of The Citizen Members of the choir of First! meeting was held last evening in Methodist (Stone) Church en} the La Concha Hotel by the joyed a “Covered Dish Supper” | Chamber of Commerce and many ‘@vehing at the home of Mr,| friends of the membership. The and Mrs. C. C. Brown in Army| Docent, Dr. J. Y. Porter, St Barracks. who afterward delivered a com- | Bach member’ attending con- prehensive resume of the ac- tributed to the.supper by bring. | tivities of the chamber during the 2 . 1 rear. ing a covered “Aish with food to, Past ¥ make up the menu. After supper those attending spent a delightful evening singing and playing games. Peter Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-| ner workings of the body, but it is liam H. Sands, Mrs. E. M. Ethe-!in fact, a duty of every interested ridge, Mrs. Minnie Robinson, Mrs.! citizen to acquaint himself or Harry Roberts, Miss Lauriette Listausd ~ ce blah eden font . ‘ with a v 0 offering construc- eal ee ce tive criticism or tangible , a operation. Jenson, Gerald Saunders, Fred Knight, Mr. and Mrs. C .C. Brown |: and Rev. and Mrs. Joe A. Tolle. Garden Club Unit Condacts Meeting There was an intergsting meet- ing of .the executive committee ef the Garden Club and Tree! Guild held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. P. D. Holloway, president of the organization. Tt was decided at this meeting, to hold an annual flower from February 24 to 26, a hazy idea of what is needed and the work accomplished by an active body of this kind. It should be borne in mind said the doctor A perfectly brilliant and ela- borate affair in every way will be the formal opening for the lyear 1927 of the Key West Coun- try Club to be given in the club ‘building on the evening of Janu- lary 19, at 7:30 o'clock. A new and noted orchestra just secured for the season will fur- nish the music for this delightful dance and entertainment. Ross C. Sawyer, club secretary, says there are now 69 members and hopes to increase the list to 100. The club is making splendid prog- show| ress, he says, and is open at all in-, times to members. f u enigma) ehaismen’ fer the) | West is the best place I today said Malcolm Meacham, big Florida developer and president of the Key West Foundation company, as he landed this morning from the Steamship | Cuba and was greeted by #everal friends. “We are going ahead with the work on our subdivision The committee which will se- leet a suitable place for holding the show is composed of the fol- lowing members: Mrs. P. D. Hol loWay, Mrs. Norberg Thompson, A most successful get together gathering was welcomed by the; This report was 4} revelation to many who have but; cor Patterson, W. B. Kirke and expect to push ahead until the ‘Congress is thinkin’ of amendin’ the law of gravity—to keep the tax- Payers from goin’ up In the air, ‘The feller who agrees with you has got good sense. | Jack Davison, prominent in the | world of sports, and representing jone of the largest sporting goods maufacturing plants in the world, left yesterday by plane after Spending a vacatign. with Robert Spottswood. He was, accompan- ied by his secretary, Miss Dorothy Bickel}, Mrs. A. D. Silviera owas’ a’ pas~ senger on the F’orida Motor Lines bus this morning going to Miami for a visit with relatives and friends. John Saunders, connected with the switching forces of the Flor- ida East Coast Railway, this morn- ing left for New Smyrna after a brief visit with his parents, and other relatives, Miss Betty Moreno, who was spending a vacation With her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Curry Moreno, left this morning over the highway en route to Washington where she is an art student at the BIG PINE KEY (By W. L. STEPHENS) strong for the past five weeks, and it has been impossible to do weather. He is preparing to drag his boat upon the shore and give it a complete overhauling. Captain B. E. Calkins has re- turned to Big Pine Key after a sojourn of three weeks in Mi- ami. He is going to beach his boat and paint her bottom. every trip it makes, with many visit lightful climate of Key West. with two mails daily. “Hey hu: garden. dog gives every one a welcome. is again in session. {much impressed with the key life. jand praises the wonderful climate |that is afforded. \ keys afford. weather moderates. Clarence Key is waiting at Big! Pine Key in his power boat ae) the weather to moderate. He says! |’ pti ; : that the wind has been blowing, third best year in its history, with any sponging with that kind of, The ferry is loaded to capacity! s coming to enjoy the de-j The postmistress of Ramrod| Key is a busy woman these days: band is getting ready to p'ant a} The postmistress’ little| plus is absorbed. Mrs. Moore is glad that school; She is very; Ray Vanatten is the cook at hi In the near future, you arg castle, and he has quite a few visi-! likely to see a highly technical tors. Mrs. Nellie Shanahan paidj discussion going on as tO the them a visit at their mansion a! merit: and demerits of “easy few days ago. and they talked | money.” over the many opportunities the! For four years, the Federal The champion crawfish people,|to make money more the Gibsons, are gettinz ready to| Any security holder can bear wit- make a big catch as soon as the; ness CITIZEN **'| Economic Highlights | (Continued from Page One) ‘housing shortage, and the build- ling industry hopes that 1937 will| {finally prove to be the year in; which Americans will go into the braatkes for new homes, as well as of old | extensive modernization | homes, STEEL: Has just closed the | preduction the best since 1929. with potential labor difficulties. RAILROADS: Traffic is good, profits are small. Some executives i tinue the emergency surcharges is a serious blow. ICC says, on the , other hand, that the emergency is over, that more freight pick-ups | wil cover the loss. Time can only tell which side is right. In the meantime, the lines-are continu- ing their expansion and better- Mr, and Mrs. Craig are kept! ment progfams in both freight) The 12 th: king highest busy at their tourist camp taking! and passenger fields, | ere Nore Ee eare of the wants of the tourists) ge and docking the incoming boats. | a steadily increasing appeal to that|commissioned as members of the AIRLINES: Seem to be making | part of the traveling publie which ‘ean afford the higher fares. One line reports a 122 per cent jump in business, EMPLOYMENT: As mentioned | above, is still one of the most se- rious of our internal problems. Unemployment total is hovering around six or seven iillions. Busi- ness must make big’ progress: in Politics, taxa- |tion, labor troubles and techno- {logical advance are great obstacles to normal employment, AGRICULTURE: Had the best ‘gross income since 1929 inaI936, ' Crops were smaller, as a result of | drought, but prices were higher in | practical-y all linnes, | government has steadily forced iinterest rates down, in an effort plentiful. to that—where Grade A | bonds used to command five and | sometimes six per cent, they now But this industry also is troubled’ feel that the ICC’s refusal to con-; production before this labor sur- |; W. L. James of Chicago has, bring less than 4 per cent for the entire development is realized,”| Corcoran Art School, one AO. Laetal. he said. next regular meeting of! The the club will be held on January eres Mrs, Isadore Meltzer and son, beginni t y hi Sree 5s who were visiting Mrs. “ of +44 = agg lind big In closing its January session) ) ’; mother. Mrs, Charles Kirke, 410 Caroline street, | “day Criminal Court clears a) Cu left this morning on the docket which carried 36 cases, and in all of them there was only one acquittal. The county soli- citor said that this is the first time the court records will show six eases in one term being sent to the penitentiary. Clerk C. Sam B, Curry paid off the jurors to- day and the payroll totalled $414, return to their home in Miami, Arrange Dance At Raul’s Club Management of Raul’s Club on Roosevelt Boulevard is prepared to entertain a large crowd at the regular Saturday night dance be- ing given tomorrow at the usual hour of 10:00 o’clock. John Pritchard and his popular dance orchestra will be on hand to play a program of the latest dance Pe ae sccelnaa heaeac SPORT COATS, made of fine Flannels and Wor- steds, fine tailored and priced at— The Box Factory team and the Cuban Stars will meet in the regular Sunday morning session| at the Army barracks and a fast and exciting contest is anticipated by the fans. The managers of these excellent aggregations have afforded the people of Key West $6.95 $10.95 $14.95 sx» $20.00 SPORT TROUSERS, made of all-Wool Worsteds, Serges, Gabardines and SPECIAL ORCHESTRA TO PLAY AT DANCE much amusement and entertain- a Fiannels. From ment with their teams, and their] ‘Special attraction at Sloppy $3.95 po BS1O00 jl cttorts are being deeply appre-|Joe's tomorrow night will be a special Cuban orchestra to play the rhumba. . There will be other entertain- ment and the regular orchestra 'to render a good program of music for dancing. Dances given at. Sloppy are absolutely free, no admi or couvert, The public is invited to attend. _———— OFFERS BARGAINS == Mendell’s Exclusive Men’s Shop carries a fine line of resort wear who visit here in| make this store their | ciated by the fans. WHITE SUITS, made of}! Pangora cloth. Guar- anteed pre-shrunk— $14.95 WHITE LINEN SUITS, * or double Editorial comment: With 33 births and only 22 deaths during the month of December, Key West comes out 11 to the good. Joe’s (County and city prisoners were this morning at work cleaning up the city cemetery. There were about 30 men working at dif- ferent tasks. EDGERTON SHOES, a Nunn-Bush product— $5.00 POLO SHIRTS, made by Manhattan. Cotton and Celanese— $1.00 BATHING TRUNKS, all- THEN SWITCH TO AUNT MOLLY’S BREAD —Made By— VALDES BAKERY Wool, made by Man- for. clothing. ai hattan— In today’s advertisement this | store lists such items as sport | —————————_— $2.00 coats in fine flanne's, worsteds. THOMASINE M. MILLER nicely tailored and available in 2 wide price range. Nationally advertised lines car- ried by this store include Nunn- Bush Shoes, Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothing, Mallory Hats and! many others. | —BEAUTICIAN— Latest Air Cooled Method Permanents: $2.50 to $10.00 Hair Dyeing a Specialty Colonial Hotel Bldg. Ph. 63-W “ita sce cc oaone conan MEN’S SHOES, Whites, Blacks and Browns. From— $2.45 1. $5.00 BOTANY TIES, guar- = — anteed non-wrinkabie_-||{ PERRY RESERVATIONS|| CASA MARINA | $1.00 | Available at 1 Key West's Hotel DeLuxe |] Albury’s Service Station !|'! American, Plan — j MONITO SOCKS, fancies ||| Wuue= s=4 Baton * Paene <a] |] 200 Delightful Rooms, Each | and plains, 8 pairs for—||j ,, Tony's Service Station | 1/| ius Dinner .... $2.00 | $1.00 Administration Office Luncheon 1.50 Afternoon Tea ........ .50 Building—Eaton Street i | Palm Shaded Beach with C Phones 488 or 489 i Or 2 pairs for— i Ferries leave No Name Key | | $1.00 Masseur in Attendance i and Matecumbe 9:00 a. m. and 2:00 p. m. IF YOU LIKE GOOD BREAD—| 1 Florida East Coast Hotel C Peter Schutt, Mi | . taken an apartment for the sea- son at Palm la on Key. Mr, James has fifteen thousand miles in trailer since last July and is plan- ning to leave in March for Mexico City. He is writing a series of articles for a m ne of wide circulation on Trailer Travel. and expects to continue his foot-loose ways for several yi The Citi Subscribe = weekly. 1 BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Serving Key West Half Century 24 Hour Ambulance Service | Licensed Emba‘ Phone 135 Night 6969, Big Pine} travelled | his zen—20¢ ; int Vic | FOR SALE ‘most part. Government experts say this is a good thing, that high-priced money holds back busines: expan- sion and construction. is thus a threat to recovery Most ‘private experts say this ic true, to a cer- tain extent—but that continua- tion of present trends. with money growing cheaper all the | time, may lead to an unhealthy ispeculative boom in securities, to KS CouGH DrRoP 1 | t 1 | | | Residence 1309 Whitehead Street . Furnished two-story house: and lot at 1307: White- | head street. In exclusive neighborhood. Beautiful view | of the sea and overlooking Coral Park For price and terms apply to | L. P. ARTMAN, | The Citizen Office | over the importance of this of medicine,” declares Dr. A ae ly, should be reminded that (iy Adtedinted Frees! (By Awnoelated rene PEISACOLA, Fla, Jan. 15! LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan, 16.—|52 per cent of all hospital Pensacola youths have the oppor- a age egg Dr. A. So this country are oceupied by leas ear Sa Ce ° e University j tunity of realizing - ambitions “to 7 uisville, is just asim ty ant| tal cases. And for every one per- Seo apse nest wating ‘oan anyother Rnd of Meath /nn who actualy Ine Chad In a move to curb a “growing: service ge Louisvlle. elty hos-,27e many more who suffer from {criminal tendency among young- pital, says: jordinary nervousne.s in one sters,”! #Hé Pensacola police de-| “Those disposed to pass lightly'or anéther.” j partment and the Pensacola trade) school ¢6laborated in organtzing a junior police department and an honor court to try juvenile of-; [FLORIDA YOUTHS fenders. The department membership: yp a comprises boys under 16 who LIQUID - TABLETS - mee” as aed }passed examinations. The police-| USE AS A " jmen were required to take the oath administered regular police- men and they wear uniforms. PREVENTION Place 666 Salve or 666 Nose Drops in nostrils night and morning and take 666 Liquid or 666 Tablets every morning “2 marks in the examination were honor court and hear cases brought before them by the junior “cops.” and to a collapse in bond values. Security exchange spokesmen have pointed out that present mar- REGULAR AND RELIABLE FREIGHT SERVICE BETWEEN sf Key West and Miami NOW MAKING DELIVERIES AT KEY WEST F to" betome “excessively. optimistie*ati'a’ tiié when money ‘is cheap, and indusfria] production fis soaring. It is not generally felt that current s@éurity values jare too high—fear is held only for !po:sible exorbitant rises in those ! t values in the future. 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