The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 6, 1937, Page 4

PAGE FOUR REVITALIZED KEY WEST BECOMES HOST: TO PROSPECTORS LOOKING FOR PAY DIRT! (By STEPHEN COCHRAN SINGLETON, Managing Secretary, Key West Chamberof Commerce, in Homestead Leddér-Enterptise of Jaly 2, 1937) EDITOR’S NOTE: That Key Westers are awaking to theixiopportunities.is evidenced by the fact that they drafted Stephen Cochran Singleton from the editorship of the Key ‘West Sunday Star to reorganize ard become managing sec- retary of the Key West Chamber of Commerce. In incom- parable poetry and in salty prose he has been writing of the beauty and the future possibilities of the salty prose he has been.writing for neaghpstwexdecades. A doer as well as a _ éccccdddsoddd! ,9eevedsaddssuadco wnceddedicdibecdedddddesds | Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer Buck,, his family) lft this’ motning” by. ‘brother and sister-in-law of Mrs. bus for the Keys Whe?é he is em- |Jameg Fort, nee Buék, and Joseph|ployed with one of the larger Buck, another brother, arrived over | camps. the highway yesterday from | Huntingdon, West. Virginia, and| are guests of Mr. and Mrs, Fort, for a visit of one week. | Mrs. Clayton Johnson left over! the highway yesterday morning} for Miami, accompanied by — dayghter Miss Isabelle Johnson, Mr, and Mrs. George Mills! en route to’ Pensacola for a visit’ i White, who have been joying| with a sister, Mrs. Agatha Sierra.! a vacation in the mountains of Nozth Caroling at a town, High} Henty Ingraham, who was in! lands, abcut 4009 fcet dbov2 sev-| Key West for ‘a few days visiting level and at an island off the! ; dréaw.er, he is the ideal man Weeters as well as to prospec Mr. Singleton was former! stead Leader and to the Key Largo Breeze. written for the Ledder-Enterprisé at the requeést to sell Key West tive visitors. ly a cotitributor to thé Home- This story was of the to Key editér who recently made a trip to Key West and noted the changes that Mr. Singleton tell Things are happening in Key, West, Over the time-consuming ferry, and by the time annihilating plane, the prospectors are coming in, locating their claims and pre- paring to cash in on “pay-dirt” when the completion of the bridges shal! bring in the horde of health, sport and recreation seekers who at present @re ha‘ted on the main- land and “cast a wistful eye” over the jade and wtramarine waters of the Bay of Plorida that roll be- tween them and the breeze-swept! “Old Rock.” | Tt is not aloné in the veins of} th visitors that the life-blood of enterprise courses with vigor and‘ that the spirit of adventure takes on new strength. Old residents! Who fiad decided to “hang their! harps on the weeping willow tree” | and do the “Key West Blues” as a vocal chorus, have suddenly siappéd out of it and are fixing) up the porch steps, painting the Kitchen, washing the dog and get- ting all set to put on a beautifi-} cation prgoram under the auspices of the Key West Garden Club and} the Tree Guild; buying rolls of film’ atid dusting off long unused | cameras to meet the demand for; pictures of Key Wat; and gener- ally deciding that life in Key West si going to be a pretty good! show, after all, i On the fifteenth of March, last, | & careful canvass of the town de-| veloped that there was no use for} &@ chamber of commerce: On the! first of April, it was conceded that’ such an institution might be ap- propriate for that particular date,| and that the promoter was prob- ably born on that day; on the tenth of April, Jonah, long, lanky and black, washed the windows of an offices in the Colonial Hotel Build- nig, an office offered through the friendly co-operation of a Key West enthusiast, Jackson S$: Gold: en, sincé gone to the reward that a-aits men of faith and vision; counters, magazine racks, desks and assorted chairs came in from unsuspected sources; and the treasurer announced that there ‘was enough coal in thé bunkers to warrant casting off, getting into the channels of the nation’s trad’ | and steing what could be picked! up in the way of charters. Life since then has been one gtand sweet song of buying pos- tage stamps, explaining to anxio inquirers that, so far as the ra‘! read is concerned, “Annie doesn't live here any more”; that bigger and better fish are biting with bit ter determination, that housés cait be rented for the summer, that the summer will hold no suca tor-! tid tomment ag«Washington and{ Pittsburgh well:know, and — that} ‘ey West offers attractions not to found: in’ Paris or New York, Key West likes its chamber of | commerce, That much is evident already. Correspondents claim that they enjoy hearing from us. The board of directots present a comprehensive cross section of the/ town, and the citizens appreciate a cheating house where their hopes and fears get a hearing from a Beniamine Gigli in FOREVER YOURS TONIGHT: PRIZE NIGHT } Comedy and Short. Reel i | ewan Taanees s about. représentative group of fellow citi- zens, ahd such consideration as its collective judgment deems that the traffic will bear. In short, Key West is off the shoa’s, things are being gotten in- to ship-shape order, the cook is busy in the galley; and as gallant a@ crew as ever battled aga‘nst ad- vérse winds and tides is getting the staunch old craft tuned up to show her heeis to her sister craft, to the accompaniment of a cheer- ing, and somewhat astonished group who, dwelling on the main- land, have slight notion of the re- cuperative effeets on the ozone breathed by islanders. One thing must be noted in the story of the rise of a chamber of ecommerce in Key West, It is here; due not to any inspi- | ration of energy on the part of a promoter, nor to any clever scheme of salesmanship. It is here te- cause Key West wanted it, and because Key West enjoys the prsence of a civic-minded group of men trained in the school of Rotary. Their quiet initiative and the confidence which they command emong their fél'ow-eitizens is the reason why with her sister Florida cities by means of an active chamber of commerce, The Florida Keys By Stephen Céchran Singleton (Written in 1915) Southwest, southwest are flung | this morning accompanied by her! for an old fashion costume partY: Chas. Keister. The emerald beads that mean So little to thee now, O Florida. And yet, when they are cut and strung And set with gold, and nations bow Before their matchless beauty, }In full-voiced chorus shall be sung Thy thanks to thy. Creator Who did thee thus endow. Enioyaita Dance At Habana-Madrid ce) me of the largest crowds ever attending an affair at Ha- bana-Madrid Club gathered one minute after 12 o’clock Sunday to celebrate the Fourth of July on Key West's first “breakfast dance”. The affait was spon- sored by Social Club Marti. Beginning at midnight, the af- fair continued until dawn: Music was furnished by John Pritchard’s popular dance band. In a trucking contest, Carmen Lindsey and Eugene Thompson were déclared prize winners. Junior Club To Meet Tharsday yesterday and report a very 2} lightful visit, { Dr. J. B.. Parfamore of the Mohroe ‘County clivie, ana J: B. Miller, sanitary cngireer, also of the State Board of Hea‘th, who| had been absent from the i%7 for; sevéral days on businéss, have re- turned. Mr. and Mrs: Joseph. Cook, who; had been on an extended visit to} New York and many other points; in the north and- east, Covering. a period of about two months, re-! turned to the city last, week. In New York, they’ visited with their sons Joseph and Georgé. They re- port having had a very enjoyable! 1) trip at the many pdints included) in their itinerary: " Mr. and Mrs. Charlés Bol and son, Charles, Jr., who are. visiting in Key West with relatively “@x- pects to leave on Thursday for a) visit in Havana. They will re-| turn to Kéy West after their visit in the Cuban capital, and will then réturn to theit home in Tampa, H i Mrs. Lucile O'Hara and daugh-| ter Miss Dorothy, of Atlanta, Ga.,; are visiting in Key West and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs: J. B.! Symmonette, at their homé on Olivia street. . Mr. and Mis. James Piérée, son! and Mrs. Merrick Watson, arrived} over the highway yesterday from} Charleston, 8. C., and are visiting; with relatives and friends, | Miss Cecilia Ellsworth, who, coast of South Ca~tlinay returne}) irelatives and friends, left, yester-| day morning for Miami: Charles Aronovitz left yester-} day for Miami where he will rey main for a short time on business. Mrs. Manolo Perez left yester- day morning for ‘a visit with! friends at Tavernier and will, afterward spend a while with rel- jatives and friends in Miami. | Miss Helen Hertick; who was: for three weeks visiting her moth-! er Mrs. Charles Albury, left yes-} terday morning on Florida Motor Lines bus for Miami, You and Your Nation’s Affairs Government by Exhortation By ELIOT JONES . Professor of Transportation and Public Utilities, : Stanford University spect the unem- ployment prob- tom sequhd: pe . practically solved. But is {t not obvious that em- ployers, without exhortation, . will | gladly employ labor to the extent tha! ullen; son of Major, p, U.S. A., com- the barracks, » left on the niofning for Miami ,Ft.- Séréven, Ga., join the C. M, Tt. ani en where? camp. bs i Mis Lou Hawkes; who has been for the past three months @ boarding student at the Convent of Mary Immaculate; left on, Florida Motor Lines bus yesterday morning for Miami and will there; entrain for her home in Buffalo,’ be there js a demand for thé producis 0 is thet ee ‘ne | lent has rious to keep prices down. this exhortation has been addressed to such important political groups as the lucers of corn, wheat, anJ cot- ton, jt has completely cscaped our at- tention. If it was addressed to the sit- down strikers when they Were con- ducting their ¢ampaign against the tire, glass and automobile manufac- j turers to gain control of the industry. j as a prelude to higher wages, it also Mrs: Phillip Clements and! daughter, Martha, also Ormond; | Cordova, left this morning over | the highway for Miami. Mrs.! Clements and daughter, having! been visiting relatives here Arrangirig For Costume Party Plans are rapidly being form- escaped our attention. In justification of the President's silence on this sub- ject it was said that he hid no author- lence continued. For | | various reasons the steel manufactu- Fara. decid “oy yield, ae they fol< lowed up their wage advances wi ineréases. Thereupon the Presi- ERY sooo cach of our friends will be receiving an ibvitatiod to our Wedding; and we want it co be the best lookiiig ittitition we at Naturally, you watt yout Wedding invitation to be the very finest; and that is why we dré tivitmg you to iispect our cemarkable line Wedding Invita- tions and Aanowncéinenits ih the Favoréd Srylés. THE ARTMAN PRESS pri dent promptly went into action, and a | broadside against price incr Ss was Tactics thatjmake price in- | or ‘necessaty do not for conment, but the re-| | sulting price imereases are cause for @xbortation. The explanation is that Government employees not to late in stocks, and subsequently mitted that his warning was méant to apply to the public also. Though there’ is no law forbidding employées to usé their savings to buy stocks as a against inflation, the President not hesitate to declare such action: goed | “against sound government poticy.” | illustration of This furnishés'a good the Presiden’s conception of personat | government, under which the conduct. | of the citizens is to be guided, not by the laws of the land; but by the Presi- dent's injunctions. (Address questions to the author cate of this neibtpaper) ; for | Bertie Higgs, Alice Keister. Key West links itself |J9mes, Jr. Mrs. Eugenia Bledsoe) two woeks, | ees Music and Favors and Prizes—Lucy Gos- horn, Lorena Saunders! Marty was an employee in the admin-! yiated by members of Fern Chap-' Lowe; Ruby Hyman. istration office of the FERA, left sister, Miss Frances, for their, home in West Palm Beach. } Bert Russell who was spending! thte week end with his family, left’ this morning for Marathon. ; t Emmet Delaney left over the! highway this morning for the; Florida: Keys, where he is em- ployed with one of the cénstrac-: tion companies, after a visit over} the Week énd with Mrs. Delaney} and the fartily: t t Jefferson Knight, who was spending the vacation period with ter; Order of the Eastern Star,’ to be held on July 22nd. A marhe| ber of novel features are sebisdl-} uled for the program, f Committees in charge df the! affair are: | Program—Lena Bervaldi, Isabel Fleming, Chas; Lowe, / Refreshments — Isabél Knap | Direct Reliet | For SKIN | A speciat combination of i agents make Imperial Lotion { tl eee of ag i ringworm’. and common itch, N6 | ting. Two sizes 36c and $1.00. | Invitations — Irene f London saw its first ¢ garett Amusements — sold in 1858. | Ametia Camus,. Fred Knapp, Fer- | nario Camus. MONKOE THEATER Ross Alexander-Anne Nagel in HERE COMES CARTER —also— ON THE AVENUE Adams, | Matinee: Balcony, 10¢; Orches } tea, 15-20; Night: 15-25¢ 8. S: CUBA Leaves Port, Tat) P. M., arriving Kop a on Sundays and Wednesdays at 4:00 est 7 A, M: Mondays and Thursdays, Leaves Key West Mondays and Thursdays 8:30 A. M. for Havana. Leaves Key West Tuésdays and Fridays 5 P. M. for Port Tampa, Fla, For further information and rates call Phone 14 There will be a social meeting of the Junior Woman's Club held on Thursday afternoon, beginning at 5 o'clock, at the Public Library rooms, The hostesses on the oc¢asion will be Miss Margaret Dextet and Miss Thelma Atwell. A request is made for a large attendance. 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