The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 29, 1937, Page 1

By PAUL MAY Cpectal of The Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., March 29.—Plans for a new water main im Key West were abruptly ter- minated today when the Works Administration that the application for federal main project and at the same time! te give employment to jobless in Key West.. It is considered possible that an abridged applicavton may be sub- mitted if local officials find such @etion feasible. Captain _ Reasons for the disapproval! three daughters and two sons, On¢| sgqgeceea jeocseenese make this information public, of. ficials revealed that local authori- ties in the city had been advised ef the causes behind the negative The project it have met dis- ‘aster when it failed to meet legal, engineering, or financial require- ments, or lack of need of PWA mony of their service to our city. PAP BEF BPS EBS ‘Wytheville .... Easter Sunrise Service | At Park Much Enjoyed The Easter Sunrise Service conducted yesterday at Bayview Park, under the auspices of the Key West Ministerial Alliance with Rev. Joe A. Tole, pastor of Pirst Methodist Church, as gen- eral chairman, was well attended and greatly enjoyed by the many assembled for the occasion, Using as his subject “Our Ris- en Lord, the Foundation of the Gospel,” Rev. Yancy Tillman Shehane, pastor of First Baptist ehureh, delivered the Easter sun- rise sermon. After the prelude and hymn by the congregation, Rev. Shuler Peele of Fleming Street Methodist church said the invocation, and Rev. M. L. Smith of Ley Memorial ehurch pronounced the _ benedic- tien at the conclusion of the serv- iee, jp» Captain Canova hada large His many friends in Key West were expressing regret Saturday upon learning of the death Friday captain succumbed to pneumonia in the hospital of Sailor's Snug i ‘at “Brighton; N.°Y. i master of the Houseboat Eve the property of the ‘Colonel Robert Thompson, who ad came almost annually to Key ‘West during the winter season. Canova is survived by home in Key to a host of There is .a'so the his win e POCCoooooeoscocosooceoce Highest Station— Abilene _. y- ‘KEY WEST _ 76 Little Rock .. 44 je 64 46 76 A 42 Nashville 44 {New Orleans 54 1New York «2: 34 Oklahoma City 28 40: Pensacola A Phoenix 5 » } Pittsburgh Bs St. Louis - en ‘40 Salt Lake City 28 i062 ‘San Franciseg 50. 2 62 {Slte, Ste, Marie 22 30 Seattle 52 Tampa 60 Washington 44 Williston ...... 22 38 26 38 The order of the service was as follows: Prelude, Key West Hospitality Band. Hymn, “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Narie.” Invocation, Rev, Shuler Peele. Scripture, I Cor. 15:12-23, 85-38, Rev. J. C. Gekeler. Anthem, “Christ the Lord is Risen Today,” choirs of all ehurehes, directed by Miss Edna Smith, Offering, Boy Scouts of Amer- ica, Band, Solo, “Alleluia,” Humphries, by George Mills White. Sermon, “Our Risen Lord, the Foundation of the Gospel,” Rev. Y. T, Shehane, Hymn, “Christ Arose.” Benediction, Rev. M. L. Smith. Postlude, Key West Hospitality | Band, late |seakeep the people of Key West vic Offertory, Key West Hospitality | State Senator Arthur Gomez! left yesterday morning over the | nee qetee ee te: Roms, highway en route to Tallahassee|@ed gave his impressions during where he wil! attend the session| an interview with The Citizen. of the legislature which will con-| vene at the capital on April 6. The senator said he will not go direct to the capital from Key West but will visit constituents in other sections of the district and discuss matter of import which are | Board of Health, Sanitary gineer J. B. Miller, State Board of Health, C. A. Branch, PWA resi- night of Captain J. Canova. The|to come before the legislature at dent engineer, and B. M. Duncan, | \the approaching session. | “I do not expect that this ses- bmannger of We escent ision will be a ca:m and -peaceful | Read and Toll Bridge Commission, one,” said the senator, “but I do t % |Ienow. that. those billaiwhich 1 will| “™t Met ‘essineer of the preject. ; Present will be for the benefit of | The following camps and *proj- Key West in every way, and I will’ ects were inspected: Thomas F. fight to have them carried! | through.” Kenney Company, Contract ‘G, at Asked if he wi!l keep in touch bected to do just that and will a!-|tion Company, Contract Ar of the ections: of the logs| rne wees Com. OF the islaturte and especially of those Commission headquarters mattersry. which they are inter-| Pigeon Key. ested. ph Makes Good Headway “We found that the | Company had made very excellent | headway on their road building “KNOW FLORIDA ” (Sores The workmen were GEOLOG | comfortably situated in their liv- | ven i iste ing quarters on a barge that will oeeee * { ‘ ovceesees ' be moved along to keep pace with | Editor’s Note: Last in the, ithe work as it progresses, so that series of daily articles in ob- ; servance cf “Know Florida | the Workers will always be close to the scene of activity. ” ‘ reas ae fee “The S. J. Groves Company is | “Week” was sponsvred by the still busily engaged in erecting Florida State Chamber of | the buildings for their camp at Commerce in cooperation | Hog Key. These will include an avith “the local Chambers of | ffice building, an infirmary for Commerce and other groups. B, at Bridge at ; logically, Florida is more; @arters and a very completely t and _ dining time it.was about the same length, room. 3 : as it is now but about twice as| “It is expected that the first wide, All dife at that time is be-'Shipment of steel will arrive and lieved to have been in the sea. be unloaded about the first of | Man is thought to have first|April, at which time they will jose 180,000,000 years old. At that equipped kitchen | Marathon; S. J. Groves and Sons! Kenney |their resident physician and first doit paid. .men..comfortable sleeping. tio; ich*is of such. -vital treat ; torsinow are making every effort ; to carry out their contract proper- ily and should have the coopera- tion’ to the fullest of everyone whovare requisitioned by them. | This, cooperation in order to help fin the Overseas Highway. | Termed'Real Work = } Asked to express his opinion as ito the nature of the work on the bridges Mr, Littie replied “The ) Work on those hridges is, of " with the situation locally while| Company, Contract D, at Mara- course, real work. These are con-\tial to future advancement | to ‘duringthe time he was away, the senator said that he ex-| thon; €. Y. Thomason Construc-, tract jobs and the contractors each fuil day’s pay. However, there is nothing about the work that. any able bodied man need | hesitate to tackle, and be able to give earnest effort and good re- sults. Asked about future requisitions andsmen to fill them Mr. Little said: “We expect in a very short time our office will be receiving heayy requisitions for the several classes of labor rejuired and that before long the Employment Serv- ice will be able to use every able bodied man in Monroe county who wants to work.” How about the question of re- lief status he was asked. “ gardless of relief status” Mr. Lit- tle replied, “every man who wants to work and can do a man’s job will be given the opportunity of his share in this construc- im- portance to Key West.” In just what manner may these’ pacit!es until 1925 when he went! ‘men to whom you refer place themselves on record as searchers for employment on this work,.he was asked: And the reply was “Why the Florida State Employ- concerned, including the workmen! | them complete this very vital link} must get a full day’s work for, in recognition of ‘his engineer-, ing, clerical and nautical ability, ‘added to his - executive’ abivity, ‘stand'ng requirements very essen- higher administrative positions,” | Everett R. Albury has been pro- ‘moted to the position of depot ‘Keeper in the Fifth Lighthouse ‘District and ‘eft this morning over {the highway for his station at | Portsmouth, Va. ' Mr. Albury has established a :record with the lighthouse service | ‘which is a eredit to him and, as} was pointed out, credit is ever giv- | en to those who demonstrate their lability to grasp the ideas of the ipositions to which they have been “which form a “combination of egal jassigned and perform the duties (required in the office in a man- ner to meet with the approval of ‘those under whom they serve, » He started with the department: fin 1924 and served in various ca- _with the county engineers as chair- man. Later he was promoted as the rodman on the oversea high-' way and during the construction work was assistant resident engi- ; come to what is now the Sunshine , requisition the Florida State Em-| ment Service is urging every per-|neer for over one year on the high-: Stete about 450,000 years ago.' ployment Service for a large num-'son to call and register so that: way from Lower Matecumbe to They then, as others today, were | ber of men. jfleeing northern ice and snow. |. “We found about Florida is an important non-) busily engaged at the 100 Cc. men YY. and has many undeve‘oped isources and many untapped de- | placing and cementing | posits. The Sunshine State stands sec- ond in the production of Fullers Earth, having lost her preemin- ‘nee to Georgia in 1924. Plorida’s three classifications of phosphate—land pebble, soft { and hard rock—yielded more than ‘STUART AUSTIN $8,000,000 in 1935 with a pro-! FS duction of almost 3,000,000 long} tons. TO CONDUCT CLASSES . AT LEY MEMORIAL them ly eut in the concrete and build- base of the highway. ‘Plorida clays are of the sedi-) mentary type and are grouped in! five classifications: Kaol:n, pot-} tery clays, Fullers Earth, Bon-; tonitic clays and impure or stain- ed clays, CHURCH } Florida has stood first in the i production of phosphate for near- lly a half a century. Its phos-} H. Stuart Austin, extension phate resources were discovered | secretary of the Board of Chris ie RBS. |tion Education of the Methodist | Coquina was widely used by the jfirst Florida explorers in con- jstruction of their forts secause of its capacity to absorb a canno jball and not shatter upon its i act. . Pe svorida’s lakes were formed by|2%¢ Mrs. Shuler Peele, of Flem- collapse of the limestone base|in@ Street church, and Rev. Joe which supports most of the state.| Tolle, of First Methodist church. Underground waters dissolve the} Mr. Austin comes for the pur- |limerock, the roof of the cavern! pose of conducting classes in the |study of The Life of Christ. The jchurch, was an arrival this morn- jing from Lakeland, via Tampa, and was met at the steamer by {collapses and the lake is born. | Morida has 21 outstanding|classes will be held at Ley Mem- springs, from Silver Springs, near orial church and will continue Ocala, with a flow of 370,000) daily through Thursday, gallons of crystal-pure water per; Mrs, Earl Garnet, of Boynton, minute, to Waldo with a flow of, Fla., will arrive this evening on 12,000 ga‘lons per minute. the bus and will also conduct | Florida has undergone no geo- | classes in the Principles of Teach- |logical conclusions during the , ing, jages of her creation as many parts | is brother-in-law and sister, Rev. j j they will be available when this opportunity is presented.” Asked if there had been any re- ; Construction Company contract jing forms for the concrete slab: for road work at Lower Mate-! This part’ } cumbe. 'NO CUT EXPECTED IN WPA UNIT HERE | Asked this morning if he { expected that the Key West | area will be effected in the event of a cut in the quota in District 4, Area Superviso: | | C. Moreno said that he did not expect any cut in the local quota, ‘While there has been much said about a cut and in some quarters it is believed that a } cut will be made, Mr. Moreno | said, he does not feel that Key West will be affected as the present force is well below the quota as provided. ‘ONE MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED During the week ending today |there was but one’ application re- ‘ceived in the office of Judge Ray- {mond Lord for a marriaze license. This issue was made to Hous- ton Pent and Rosalie Llanes. jof the land-areas in the world| jhave, but was formed by genth jrise and fall of the land from the | jsea-bottom; sedimentary deposits | § |made while under the waves and | ®@ GEO. 0. LUCAS, Secretary. mar29-1t ELECTION! ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE, the washing action of the rains! § ie while above the ocean. {g _ Those who have join ice e join the KEY WEST CH NOTICE, B. P. O. E. |$ Will meet in the ball room of the Colonial Hotel to All Elks Pees i ats elect a Board of Directors on Tuesday, March 30, at Gnd Special Ractues fue an 7:30 p. m. Bring pen or pencil. March 380th, Lodge Rooms, 8: 0's p.m. = ed, and those wishing to AMBER OF COMMERCE Leo F. Hughes, Chairman. eevcce eeeccecccccscceoves ,the Dade county line. H | In May, 1927, he was employ- ,ed as instrument man during the: metallic mineral producing state; Thomason Camp unloading ce- cent requisitions for labor Mr.| construction of the new wharf at; re- ment, waterproofing steel. beams,‘ Little said that he had received a the ‘ighthouse depot and at in requisition for eight negro labor-/¢onclusion of the construction was! the slots which had been previous-' ers to be sent to the Clarks Bros.|appointed depot keeper's helper. the | During December, 1931, he’ mede his first trip on the Light- house Tender Ivy in chafge of an’ extra foree for cleaning and painting buoys to be relieved in. |Tampa Bay and since that time! has’ made trips annual'y in the same capacity. During these} trips he made every effort to im-- prove his knowledge along the: fines of navigation, buoy work! and general routine of the ship's” | duties. He has made numerous trips on ithe Tender Poppy on construction | work with Captain Peterson, now! jretired, which afforded him op-; portunities to acquaint himself, iwith that phase of lighthouse! work. On October 6, 1934, Mr. Al- bury received the appointment of , jassistant depot keeper at a salary lof $1,380 per annum, plus $1 an! ;hour when engaged in divi: |And on Saturday, March 27, |1937, received promotion to the iposition of depot keeper which) jcarries a substantial increase in! | compensation as well as added re- | sponsibility. | Those with whom he has work-} ed and under whom he has served | jduring his years with the lighthouse ; jdepartment, have only words of} highest commendation to speak in| his behalf, and predict for him a} steady rise in the service because i of h's determination to conquer ‘and his adaptability, which has been demonstrated time and again {during the time he was studying and applying himself to the tasks, ‘the accomplishment of which has! made his record outstanding. j Mrs, Albury and the children ex- 'peet to leave about July to join Mr. Albury at Portsmouth and there make their future home. PRESCRIPTIONS, Filled Accurately and Delivered Promptly at | GARDNER’S PHARMACY) “The Rexall Store” | | Phone 177 Free Deliver i is due to arrive in port FRUIT STEAMER GATUN DUE TO ARRIVE HERE TOMORROW Steamship Brazos, of the C’yde- Mallory Lines, arrived 5:15 o'clock yesterday morning from New York with heavy shipment of car- go for Key West, discharged and sailed for Galveston at 9:15 o'clock. Yacht Betty L., Hl, Yo:k, Diese! motor eruiser, ds one of the recent arrivals in tlhe Key West Yacht Basin. The Betty is of New !owned by Arthur P. Levine, who. work impressed with jhas three guests. Captain G. H. of Loveiand is master and there are coven men in the crew. Steamship Gatun, of the Stand- erd Fru‘t and Steamship company, tomor- row from Philadelphia enroute to Frontera, Mexico, The ship is con s'gned to the Porter Dock com-| pany and will berth at the main! pier for bunkers. i Report of bui'ding and repair permits issued from the office of Bu'lding Inspector Harry M. Bak er during the past 10 days, shows issues of 11, most of them for minor work and but one contruc tien project for $2,000, Permits issued were for the following: Repairs to floors at 525 Ba- hama street. Owner, H. G. Har- dee; cost, $25. : Repairs to floors, 515 Cath- erine street. Owner, J. ©. Gard- ner; cost, $30, Er2ct garage at 1015 Windsor Lane. Owner, G. W. Sikes; cost $100. Repairs to roof at 512 Greene street. Owner, Thompson Estat:;' cost, $35. General repairs at 516 Angela ' street. i i Fi Af : i : ai F : = E Es it (hi sree. f pet deletske i | z ! | | i ' eeiving fF : ereieet phones has been mest gonere the members of the committes (Continued on Page Pour) Eleven Building Permits Owner, Mire. Ro belo; cost, $200, General repairs at 1921 ton street. Owner, Char cost, $450 Repairs to r ton street. Owner cost, $150. Repairs to roof at street. Owner, T cost, $150. General repai building on wher: joined by Caroline Armour and Compeny . 8 700. Genera Cor New at 42 Yenae o ¢ 1122 We Kator 4 verhant of nell street Ue ner repairs at Division and Howe streets. Owner, P. J. Roker cost, $250. Erect residence on Plagier avenue Owner, General Com bell King; cost, $2,000. :