The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 25, 1937, Page 1

AGRICULTURE” Peecccccccecceocce e ‘Editor's Note: ‘This is the fourth in a .séries .of articles of “Know Fl ie Week” si Albert Pack, who is in Key West Yacht Basin on jhis Yacht Ierce and the local Chamber | and other organizations, To- morrow’s article will deal | been divided. incoming plane from Miamifor n| With Florida History. | Florida’has more than ‘The excursion sill consist of a | favms with a combined acreage of Charles S, Taylor. ride above the beautiful waters ,*!™05t 6,000,000 acres. ‘The state; Guests in attendance were Jim- . w jis divided into 67 counties. « Key and the famous The total value of Florida agri- , Garden Key on which is’ cultural products in 1936 was located that historic pile of More than $176,000,000 of which masonry, federal prison Fort Jef-( 597,333,898. \in Parish Hall, with President Jobn | “rently sponsored ‘by the Flor- | ing, while John Gekeler read from | wide State Chamber of | Com- ithe Weekly News Letter the fact tors’ meeting of March 15 were 000: engaged at the beds and the pro-| “~ & 7 ta Tage 60,000; read to the clubseby Secretary Phety ts Wat there will’ be spa Hicks, supervisor of t:mekeepers, | — — show bpd bn ‘expensive offerings when the|and Jim Roberts, clerk at the car; ote cote the Key West eity re a aks ait be ok boats return, ided, of a | tion Monday ment Marti : (je Fort aud A Mowstd. Brows] Ceenne wes mercer: Some (bere. Mayor Galey, Councilmen C. G. veiled at E Park. Presb: shi cab jeat district supervisor of the National] water is clear. The three last named are mem-| Hicks, Armando Cobo and Frank’ dent invitation’ ~~ Youth Administration projects. i fruits and vegetables ¢ontributed| MEETING PRESIDEDOVER BY PRESIDENT GEKELER; TWO GUESTS IN ATTENDANCE; ELECTION NEXT WEEK —— : IS SERVING ON SCHOOL, Movement in the sponge mar- i a fy ‘BOARD j ket .was very slow yesterday be- 2 cause of the exceedingly meager offerings, placed on the municipal si “ _ jand one official of the schoo)! sponge dock during the morning.| si ? oard we | The entire sales totaled $33.11) ete TRO Oe dnd consisted of 22: Barichan’ ‘oe}tTO™ Pelt. Ponitions th “conanse; yellow, $9; nine bunches of yellow, rian with the WPA projects. $3.26; six bunches of wool, $i6;! Those who were removed were: three bunches of wool, $2.75;; Clarence Pierce, storeroom keep- An interesting and we:l-attend- Three officials of Key West! ed luncheon of the Rotary Club was held at the noon hour today Gekeler in the chair. Songs were led by Emil Sweet- Mayor H. C. Galey is even) ei extended a greeting to of yor pes ter reducing d will remain. ; che leas visitors whom he t i his return a a on'as “ r Oe sm that the 39th District had net & ate sa three bunches of wool, $2.11. fer, also member of the county Friday, “honorary lieutenant of Cuban-Inde as he called the office of : Minutes ‘of the Board of Diree-| 4¢erding to reports there eee ee ee ae posers — Department; 5 nage oe a number of vessels now actively} beautification foreman; ©. G.{day by the mayor F 5 aay ‘dMayor Galey bers of the city counc'l and Mr.|0. ' ! | happened was given great publicity in wark Roberts is president of that body. | president of San Carlos Institute, to keep him, in» m that date = ‘Asked about their removal,| Oswaldo Carrero, president of he would come to Key West, [one tncalislan and gh Sy Maan nae ‘Area. Supervisor B. C, Moreno|the Cuban Club, F. B. Guito, of ae they were guests at people on relef and many officials \ | seid this morning that regulations the Emigrados Revolucioi | Mr. interesting, and was greatly en- { eee cue Hoved. | provide that any person holding an}Cubanos and elo Rodriguez,|a great friend gf Key West and ‘The party, said Mr. Pack, will! oniy some 5,000,000 have been!., “mouncement was made | wleetive office in the city or coun-|Cuban veteran, were accorded a| the head of the movement for the of the opinion that = drastic re iy 000, ' President Gekeler that Ladies ‘ty the salary for which equals, orjgreat reception. erection of the monument. There duction of WPA employes wilt not be able to alight as the planes|suddued and approximately only ef the service are not allowed to Hoang ori - sche coltiva: come down in the vicinity of the| Florida’s agricultural products + 'jumped in yalue from slightly! fort, but will circle the island ‘more -than $150,000,000 in 1934| 7 , 7 jto amore than $176,000,000_ in several times and then return. 1936. Members of Mr. Pack’s party| Florida is blessed with three} ivisions of climate, Continental,/ any Rotarian desiring to contri di are Mr. Pack, David Ekwall, Ed-' semi-tropical and sub-tropical, ward Ekwall, Vera Ekwall, K./ and harvests one crop after anoth- er through the entire year. The United States Department of Agriculture has estimated Heinle, Gertrude Berryman, Flor- ence Cuppaford and George Wall-, ee ea oe ~wollwas- used to its! uational Convention to be] ——————-———__— Trine Wee tare rtm Others in the party.are the ‘of oars aE Hike, France. IMI DIMI MD SSIS SD, TO LEAVE TOMOR- At 8 o'clock the visitors were given in honor of the today has a) ita Sunounced that next given a yide through the city and Caballeros de la Luz, of which ficers and crew of the Yacht! Population slightly less than -that) {of the entire State in 1840. roperty in Rlorida is Chieftain. Hans Lorenz, _ Louis A pos than $264,000,. Larsen, Walter Johnstone, Harry} ouch, Frank Hakins, Einer-Peter- gon, Barclay Coe, Buric Sterling, | g¢ iBative to the soil and an dpeal chauffeur who is employed additional 60 or more imported wach season while Mr. Pack's yacht varieties are growing in the State. is im port, and Scott Sawyer, one} ‘Florida annually produces more ef the landing crew at the air-| than a hundred thousand carloads port. ja 4raits and vegetables above ‘her jown needs. "BADD DDD MMs oor consume wre 5,000 tons GREATLY PLEASED __ ON VISIT HERE | some $125,000,000 annually. {Woods equipment and manufac ituring plants represent an invest- [ment of more than $95,000,000. Visitors in Key West who have enjoyed a delightful time and are convinced that Key West hospitality and en- diacal products have given their tertaining citizens are unsyr- {names to two Florida counties. They are Orange and Citrus. ROTARY GROUP GOES TO HAVANA| Representatives of the Key West. Rotary -Club sailed this morning on the Steamship Cuba for Ha- vana to attend the regional con- Miami of General Electric vention of Rotary Clubs from Home Appliances; Jack West, || countries bordering on the Carib- manager of the Miami branch {bean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. of the General Electric Sup- ply corporation and W. W. Gibbs, associated with the Edison company and repre- sentative of the General Elec- trie Appliance company in {Melvin Russell, Mr. and Mrs. E. prewenincinire)s oie Three More Craft Take Berths In Local Basin Recent arrivals in the Key West; and Mrs. Harold Chamberlain, of Weeht Basin registering in the of-,the Yacht Tyche which . is also Hic. of the dockmaster Captain berthed in the basin, as guests of "@haries Archer include the Ketch;Mr. and Mrs, Sayward end r- “Btariight, which is owned by Gil-| turned this morning. ¥ Sayward and was in the basin Cruiser Sabilia HI, of New Weveral weeks ago. York, arrived yesterday with the The Starlight left about ope owner, Lucien H. Tyng, and four ago for Havana with Mr. | guests on board. The Sabilia is ~~ | commanded by Captain J. S. Rob- — EASTER CAKES — ins and carries a crew of three. BCIAL FRIDAY Pilgrim Il of New York regis- and SATURDAY |tered yesterday from New York. of the Key West: Electric company. v In the visiting group are: Harry W. Krebs, dealer in are: Mr, and Mrs. L. M. Pierce, their sons, Austin and Malcolm, tand Mrs. Pierce’s mother, Mrs. W. F. Maloney; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Trevor and Mr. Trevor's sister, Miss Mary Trevor; Mr. and Mrs. and Sunday Delivery ed by W. M. Elkin of Philadel- HOT CROSS BUNS Friday j{phia, who was on board with two and Saturday guests. The captain is R. M. Sar- 8 Free Delivery! of seven. ede yowewer 204 sarciee GATHERS DATA of commercial fertilizer annually.! Florida’s forest lands bring in; Florida's outstanding agticul-| Those in the Key West party; orders early for Saturday|The vessel is 3 house boat own-j ONEY BROS. BAKERY gent and the vessel carries a crew} is Night was a huge success, but that, he felt, however, that the Rotary, chorus was the outstanding fea- ture, which of course was made all the more entertaining by the ipresence of the ladies, who added great charm to the occasion and all of its festivities. The president announced that Mrs. Aurora Gomez, widow of|is more than $200 yearly, is not} When the Cuba arrived at the they Were served a delightful the late Eduardo Gomez, who died | permitted to hold a position w-th|dock Mayor Beruff Mendieta and’ punch. ‘ : February 3, declares herself to; the WPA. his staff, Colonel Batista, com-' i be dissatisfied with the portion of{ Jt is believed, however, that} mander of the Cuban Army, aids the estate of her Jate husband to! severa: of those named above will|to. the president, Chief of the y which she is entitled under the | resign the positions to which they|Navy A.A. Gonzalez, members of and last night they were law of descent and distrivution.' were elected and retain their re-! congress, veterans of Cuban wars, a -banquet offered by the In a deposition taken before al spoctive positions with the WPA.|Emigrados Revolucionarios -Cu-' tary of i > Des notary public she avows herself SHR te banos, committee in charge of thew! of her intention to take dower in| arrangements for the Marti monu-| night life of Havana. the estate of her late husband, es WILL INSPECT ment in Key West, members of Yesterday the Key West. prov:ded by the law. : the Sovereign Grand Lodge were entertained at A declaration and deposition to Caballeros and members of the Congressman this effect was filed yesterday y i partm them from Havana, afternoon in the office of County} ‘ Sp iets baggetec — ——— ere they..will remain. WIEEIAM: ¥. LITTE? PLANS] D@ted, ‘bute to the children’s Home should; ido so now as they are making a |drive, with southeastern branch theadquarters at Miami, Bill Bates was advanced from) Iternate to second delegate )| Judge Raymond Lord. LYONS THOROUGHLY ROW MORNING ENJOY VISIT HERE eo: Th will be set aside for the election of .a president for the en-' {suing year shown points of interest and at Dr. Galey, Councilman Hicks and 10». m. were guests at a banquet Rafael Rodriguez are members. advising state administrators in- : ; presided over by the mayor of Later they were taken as guests Ernest Lyons, advertising Wm. V. Little, head of th?}Havana who gave them official of a government official to the ae auindaa aed tee anche tet manager of The Stuart Daily | State Employment Service in Key] weleome, ;Havana Country Club where pe ie t be News, and Mrs. Lyons, de- | West, plans to ‘eave tomorrow! ‘Tuesday morning they visited Punch was served. { Porn 2 <i be clare this city is one grand |™orning for a detailed inspection/ the chief of the police depart-! Today they are visiting differ- given to inevegae quote,” FOR ARTICLES place to spend a honeymoon |! the construction camps on the|ment who received them most ent government officials and 2 Referring to the a> > and Key West will ever have .|°¢Verel Keys, ‘including Lower! graciously and invited them to from 5 to 6 o'clock will be heard propriation to camy the program a warm place in their hearts, ‘Matecumbe and Conch Keys. =| enjoy a punch which had been over one of the Cuban stations in to the of Coal |MRS, PAUL DIETRICH IS NOW| they said before leaving. On this trip Mr. Little will be| prepared in anticipation of their brief talks about their trip and June 30, which eee pealeatel ea “Key West h glamour | 2¢companied by Dr, James B. Par-| veception. reception in Cuba. ‘This evening the assumption that ah fherease ramore and Sanitation Engineer {James B. Miller, of the State Board of Health, who are station- SPENDING VISIT IN KEY WEST In the afternoon they went to the Key West visitors are to be in private employment would we the president’s palace, and found guests of army and navy officers’ move 600,000 an the role, Mr. i Chief Executive Bru in confer- at Camp Columbia, and tomorrow. Williams’ letter points out that od ta Hes Wie ba Bein bas ence with ‘his secretaries, but who they plan to go on board the the quotas were fixed on this . he called a recess of 10 minutes Cuba for the return to Key West. basis and were approved by the ‘i | WPA ‘ield : A } Overseas Road and Toll Bridge . d representatives who plegsed with the Spanish | nictrict'a launch and itis expect-} sosees eeescnne are familiar with local condi cuisine, Cuban coffee, re- 4 ed that the trip of inspection will iCUBA BRINGS IN tions, i ms ad howe and “ |be cone‘uded quickly and they will TEMPERATURES i “However I believe the inter meres © people. ‘return tomorrow night. seececceqcecccscecocoesoe | }ests of workers on our prejeete “Everywhere we went we | f P. ‘are amply safeguarded by Air. were warmly and courteous|: Lowest Highest inet ah tneteeeaah meidead ky the. ssoeie se 'MRS E MCANN Station— last night last 24 hour | ore yo ia ~—. ‘we are looking forward to ome Abicene’s........:-98 14 VESSEL ALSO BROUGHT IN ped.” and color which is possessed by no other city in Florida and will undoubtedly show great progress when the road | is completed.” Eoth Mr. and | Mrs. Lyons were especially An interested and _ interesting sitor in Key West, and who will remain for about one week, is Mrs. Paul Dietrich, whose mis- sion is securing data for a serxs of articles to be published in the travel. section of the Detroit ‘News. jbeen permitted the use of ‘There have been a number of articles relative to Key West ap- | pear in the \travel sections of the] ¢oming back and spending | ARRIVES IN CITY Apalachicola, ... 66 Kr | ; _ Asked this morning What . «ne News, which were written by] our next vacation here.” 1 Atlanta...) 60. 70 | TWELVE TONS OF the status in thim ares Super- S. L, A. Marshall, travel editor, “Years ago when I was a | tad {Boston ......... 30 48 FREIGHT visor B. ©, Merefio said that up Jand Mrs, Dietrich plaps to assem-] young reporter on The Car- | Beawnseile 66 80 | to this date he had not been ad }ble facts on other interesting sub-] melite in Carmel, California, | Mrs. Frances McCann, of the ‘ vised of any proposed changes im ijects which have not been cove: I interviewed an artist, Stan- |Home Making Projects Division|Buffalo ....,..... 18 36 | Steamship.Cuba ‘of the P. andi Key West nor had he been sd jed in the articles by Mr. Marshall.} ley Wood, who had just re- jin the Miami District of which| Charleston 62 74 fo, nig i seis age re rs pre vised of any proposed reduction | One of the subjects of Mrs. Die-] ceived distinguished recogni- | Key West is a part. arrived Tues-|Chicago ........ 22 36 Dee en eee eee eee tet jot the number of workers ¢ iw a = ere Pai . Rees te Jay eeting | morning from Tampa with 14 first . \trich’s writing with a descriptive} tion in San Francisco for his j day and is today meeting a! Qor5us Christi 58 82 lena fe As pps a ployed on the different projet article of what is generally known! revival tempera process of | number of persons to discuss mat-|)) oy a pase Seay Wait: He piste Sk pte ana as Shark Island but is known local-| the old masters. When we ters relative to Key West. ere ORE ote ag inate nay anger \ly as Garden Key where Fort Jef-| were diming in a local res- It is understood that Mrs. Me- Detroit sesso 20 34 eae - DAIGEPD FOF ee E MARRIAGE ferson, the now national monu-} taurant the other day | was ; Cann’s interests lie in looking in-|Dodge City .. 20 40 } itey ‘West: aesividie aD Mert |ment, is located. pleasantly surprised to see [to the situation relative to the} Duluth .... 6 18 ape. gates i elie A ace ‘ j ” ij homemaking idea and if possible Morland, J. Thompson, Mrs. J. his decorative panels. } ts _* Eastport 14 30 | i‘ler ‘STEAMER OZARK jmake arrangements to initiate a co wer = Commack, H.R a ee ae roject, here ee 5 ter, Mrs, B. T. Cale, C. S. Hardee, } ] GPLILD MD I LIDS vroject here. Beiekipnsce Ge 14 | Mrs, Hardee, H. B, Lindsey, E.R. During the past week the fob DUE TOMORROW CS aan chaps ack a -Seea ae ecenmee eh 62 72 \Kirkland, G, L. Scheer, J. R. marriage licen ‘ ee . i SR i Blair, Rhoda Saunders, Florence matters of record in the Chamber of Commerce Reorganization Meeting Hevana = = | Woods, Arline Valdez, i. Ovide. ‘fice of County Judge Rays a Helena 18 32 | The ship a'so brought 12 tons Lord. BRAZOS OF SAME LINE IS EX- We are ready to call it. Important matters of vital interest to/ Huron _.....: ‘10 “se of freieht end one sack of mail for| Rev. T. W. Norris and Cynthia és Key West await our action. Jacksonvill 6 80 | Ky West; one ton of freigl.t, one Howanitz; Clinton I. Gallagher PECTED TO ARRIVE echeen er Ee ‘automobile and 12 sacks of mail and Doris Loe Saunders: De We will defer this meeting a few days for one reason only. |Kansas City .. 26 ba ior Havens. ; ' v % joardman and De V teh HERE SUNDAY |\KEY WEST. 76 83 Some of our best timber for a Board of Directors represent cor-iy tte Rock 46 72 ya echoing = | porations located at a distance who will take memberships. Los Angeles | 54 | i Steamy Ona, of he Code-| Te gie them tine to mil their checks in; and to ite you time Lous | Twenty Nine More Men es, is due to arrive in oe age Miami .... 4. 2 4 , Hie Wmotrow irom” Miami. nj °° S*t 75er check to Frank H. Ladd, A we Rave! aokshad tse tocall ii eapolia 26 | route to Key West and New Or-|° You: we are holding up the meeting which will elect the Board. .hvilie 72 | . s Hea. of Directors, for whom plenty of work is waiting. t Rew: sOrleu 78 i aule n ri e 0 | _ Freighter Brazos, also of the} You may wish to become eligible for a position on that body.|New York =... 3 “| wal peed: Clyde-Mallory Lines, is scheduled y. nba ths inc Hae Am D. = | Oklahoma City 30 60 | |to arrive Sunday from New York,| “°™ certimly <o wish to Rave a say im its composition. Do not x(n nsscola 66 70 | Requisitions received yesterday cretors, 10 laborers and one struc will discharge cargo at this port|Pect our committee to call on you. We will if we can. It is up to! phoenix _..... 50 68 lat the office of Wm. V. Little in|tural s waterproofer to be and proceed to Galveston. you to protect your own interests; send your check to Frank H. Ladd) pittsburgh ... 48 58 charge of the Florida State Em-|'2%t to Grassoy Key. They left and get aboard before the ship sails. |St. Louis ...... 30 68 | , for the contract this morning HOLIDAY NOTICE |Salt Lake City 32 50 jPloyment Service, called for 8% | “ Roguisitions of the Clarke Com barca If you @lon’t, and the Chamber of Commerce is not run to suit San Francisco 46 54 jsignments of 29 men to projects) struction company, Contract (, « Good Friday, March 26, 1937, a| you; remember, we gave you this chance to have a hand in its man-ist ste. Marie 6 24 jin connection with the highway|Lower Matecumbe, stipulated on ornate Rigger oni State st agement. |Seattle .... 40 52 |between Key West and the main-|Dicsel dragline operator, om orida, this 3) wil not be z a ‘7 Tampa a 82 land. ‘ook, one cook’s helper, one drag open for business on that day. LEO S. HUGHES, Chairman Reorganization Committee. | Washington . 50 58 Asked by the C. Y. Thomason! line oiler and eight Gan ere THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. NOTE: The nine members of the Organization Committee will, Williston _.- 34 Construction company, for Con- They were also requisitioned f& mar24-2t meet at the Colonial for lunch Saturday noon. Wytheville 60 |tract B, were six jaqghammer op-' today.