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

f Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 228. Many. Swimmers Pass Test At Submarine Base Activities Carried On Un- der Direction Of In- structor Of WP) Rec- reation Division | Beginners and swimmers tests! fheld this morning in the United Btates submarine base, under the irection of A. E. Oliver, swim- ming instructor of the WPA Rec- Feation Division, success- f fully carried out, even though the were Yough waters, to some extent, im- peded progress. However the uncertain weather id not daunt the spirits of the | boys and girls who were par- ticipating, and who g: of having profited to a great ex- tent by the expert instructions of Mr, Oliver, who has been in Key| West since last Monday conduct- ing Learn To Swim Week. e evidence fe 1 Eleven Names Appear On Registration List Of Local Girl Scout Organizatio TSI SIS IS S| THE CITIZEN IS COMMENDED FOR ITS PROMPTNESS Martha Robinson, of Community House, ap- preciates the promptness evi- denced by The Citizen in re- sponding to requests for serv- ice, and in commendation of the it shows, wrote the following: “I have recently come to Key West and I want to com- mend you on the swiftness with which our subscription to your paper was handled. It seemed that the paper was on the porch almost as soon as I hung up the telephone. If e ‘ing in Key West Troop Which Is Now Un- Headed: By Mrs. Eva: Warner on the registration list of the girl scout troop which is being form- | Eva B. Warner, and there | prospect of a number of others is a joining within a short time. Those who were listed yester- Col- day were: Misses Vanessa der Formation»:To Be! B.| Eleven names today appear up-| KEY WEST, FLORID. LEGION PLANS |” FOR GOLD STAR | MOTHERS’ DAY GION POSTS THROUGHOUT COUNTRY Honoring the mothers of the {men who made the supreme sac- ice during the world war, {President Roosevelt has issned a proclamation to the effect that ; Sunday, September 26 (tomor- jrow), be observed as Gold Star Mothers’ Day, according to infor- mation obtained from the local Ameriean Legion Post. Various forms of exercises and Vactivities‘are-being planned and sponsored throughout the country by Legion Posts to pay homage and a fitting tribute to these gal- lant mothers, it was stated, and it is expected thet flags through- out the nation will be put at half- mast in their honor on this date. The following beautiful tribute ]to the Gold Star Mothers was giv- ten to an officer of the local legion | ed under thé leadership of Mrs. | post by Misg Marie L. ‘Cappick,! lauthoress and poetess of key | West, with her permission to pub- lish if desired: GOLD STAR MOTHER jk saw her there as I went to town, ;Among her flowers in a gingham » gown. jHer white chrysanthemums were Che Key West Citizen A, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1937. COAST GUARD BOAT ARRIVES THIS MORNING MOJAVE ANCHGRED IN YACHT BASIN; CAME IN TO OBTAIN PUMP FOR NECES- SARY USE Coast Guard Cutter Mojave ar-| an-{ chored in the Yacht Basin, andj ON MOVEMENT T0 Lieutenant Frank Tomkiel came! ashore to borrow a pump to take; EV. ‘ACU [ATE KEYS on a trip to the vicinity of Tampaj to render assistance to the Power! Boat Semiramis, reported leaking ALL ARRANGEMENTS MADE badly. Wireless message received at} TO REMOVE WORKERS BY the nava! station communication j , office yesterday advised that ~ DORTMMMAMEORAE. EVENT: Semiramis was about 160 miles!: \OF HURRICANE southwest of Tampa, was leaking! badly and it was asked that the}, Howard Wison, chairman of the United States Coast Guard be.ad-) Overseas Road and Toll’ Bridge vised of the need of assistance.) | District. Gommission, who attend- Lieutenant Wm. Klaus, U. §S.!ed a meeting. of the different N., officer in charge at the naval; bodies. interested in the evacua- station secured the necessary: tion of the Keys in the event of equipment for the Mojave, which | a disturbance, said this morning jleft as soon as it could be placedjthat every possible contingency ‘on board, hound to the aid of the had been foreseen and provided lvessel in distress. ' for. Lietenant Tomkiel said that at, Mr. Wilson, with others of the ithe time he came ashore, about commission, B. M. Duncan, chief 10 o'clock this morning, that the'engineer and general manager, Semiramis was being convoyed by! members of the United States the ‘Cutter Nemesis, and was pro-' Coast Guard and contractors or teeeding to Charlotte Harbor forj their representatives, met at possib’e safety in the event the! Pigeon Key and went over all incoming water got beyond con-|details of the plans which had trol. been worked out, and which Key West; Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Injunction Issued Restr Comptroller From Paying August Gasoline Tax Monies "SII ILS aS: GOVERNOR NAMES NEW MEMBERS ON CITRUS BOARD (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 25. —Governor Cone today ap- pointed six new members of the Florida Citrus Commis- sion to succeed those whose terms expired September 10. Those named are: W. L. Spivey, Floral City, repre- senting second district; Phil C. Peters. Winter Garden, fourth; E. C. Welles. Arcadia, sixth; W. M. Mosely, Fort Pierce, L. P. Thomas, Pal- metto, and John Maxcy, Frost Proof, members at large. VF Lkudeukeude udder SCHOOL UNITS HOLD SESSION VARIOUS COMMITTEES OUT- LINE PLANS FOR DIFFER- PRICE FIVE CENTS iRuling Interferes With pager se Comptroller Relative To Monroe County | (By Associated Press) TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 25. —Cirenit Judge J. B. John- son of.Leon county issued a temporary injunction re- straining Comptroller Lee from paying August gasoline tax funds to 39 counties un- der the terms of special di- version acts. Joe Hill Williams, attor- ney, obtained a writ in the name of H. B. Kerce, resi- dent of Union county. He said he expected the con- Although the inclement weather | kept a number of boys and girls} in each class from | lins, Evelyn Niles, Alicia Armayor, jn bloom, | Nellie Albury, Claudia Isham,{And scarlet salvia dispelled i gloom The Semiramis, it is said, is en- gaged in the fruit carrying trade, jwere said to be satisfactory to and was forced to make Key West One ¢f the last matters decid-! all concerned. moves in the same business- like way, it must be a mighty stitutionality of special acts to be placed squarely before the ENT ACTIVITIES fine place. taking the tests, there was an appreciable! "Rumber who joined in the fun,| and were pronounced victors. | The swimming tests were pass- ed by Lettie Sullivan, mas | _ Swicegood, Billy Russell, John| Wi Betty Russell, Florence, "4 an GHiitin, “Fred | : irtland, Barbara Sherman, John, B. Sawyer, Tom Ketchings,| Charles Bryant. Passing the tests for beginners Were: Leroy Sawyer, Zelma Dee _ Griffin, Charles Tift, Carolyn! Jones, Paula Higgs, Della Mae Curry, Juanita Griffin, Betty Joan Roberts. ' Mr. Oliver was a visitor to the! Gffice of The Citizen to offer! thanks for the cooperation given, and said he hoped he would havo! the opportunity of paying another | visit to “this delightful city of grand folk” within the next two months. LICENSES ISSUED NINE HAVE PROVIDED THEM. SELVES WITH NECES- SARY PAPER Several days. ago The Citizen called attention to the issues of hunting licenses from the office of! ,Judge Raymond Lord. Today it that hunters are beginning | provide themselves with the! necessary paper which permits} hunting of game. j So far there have been nine} licenses purchased and the ninth} purchaser of a license was Charle: Thompson. Just after he left the | office one person was heard to! say, “He must find it rather tam to be shooting doves and other game birds after his experience hunting wild game in Africa with Ernest Hemingway ' and it was decided to await I thank you.” | Carolyn Jones, Paula Higgs, Sylvia CORONER’S JURY | _T0 MEET TODAY kk dd dd di Sanchez, Mary Louise Porter, Geraldine Kennedy, Barbara Rob- erts. It was announced at the meet~ ing that at one time there were \ six troops of girls scouts. active in WILL EIVE RE T or KY West, and all of them were doing a great work. For one rea- AUTOPSY HELD UPON son or other they began to dis- MAURICE ANDERSON band, and the last troop went out {of existence about 10 years ago. | Another thought which was im- j Pressed on the minds of those in of attendance was that “today more | than ever the realization that to- Members of the coroner’s jury investigating into the death Maurice Anderson, colored, United the youth of the present, among ‘other things that each community sistant steward on the Fruit Company's Ship Castillo,’ must give to its youths must be| are to meet this afternoon at aan opportunity for the wise use of | teisure, of} “The girl scout program at- :tempts to meet the needs of nor- j mal recreational opportunity for Ralph Braund and P. D. Holloway,! girls, and it supplements the more bo shew ary efforts of the home, school and community.” So strong ashore | was the call for girl seouting in lk, 7 from the Castillo Wednesday a eee ernoon on a Coast Guard plane |ing yesterday. whielf contaeted the vessel when! It is the idea of those interest- it wals about 220 miles off of Key,©¢ in the movement that «this hospital. . Communication was! jike kind which will be brought opened between the hospital and | inte being in the near future. the office of the steamship com-! Meetings are held on the stip- pany, and it was decided to hold: ulated dates at 4 o’clock in the j afternoon in the WPA building on 'Eaton street, which is located on ‘the first floor. WS dS o'clock to receive the report the autopsy held by Surgeons of the (Marine hospital. Anderson was brought an autopsy. Franklin Arenberg, peace jus- tice and coroner ex-officio, em- panelled a jury consistng of S. Owen Sawyer, foreman; Cleve- and Dillon, Elwood Carbonell,| ATLANTA AMERICAN Meee dn Pak, the-bety wont PURLISHES STORY ABOUT KEY WEST iewed where it had been placed, | t the Pritchard Funeral Home,} An interesting article on Key West appears in the the! Sunday Atlanta American of Dr. Parramore Clinic Has Returned Here Dr. J, B. Parramore, head of the Monroe County Health Clinic, returned this week from a vaca-/ tion spent in northern cities and Was & welcomed caller at The Citizen office this afternoon. The doctor had a ver, period of rest and ene of the plea: experiences he spoke about was the peaceful hours he spent in moving thea- LET’S GET KEY WEST REA jumealled for disturbance which is! findings of the surgeons holding} the autopsy. | ~| September 26, an advance | copy of the issue being receiv- Health Sd ond & on Siler = as rooms of the Key West Chamber of Commerce. The article, which carries three illustratio: deal, with the writer's visit to the Club Miramar dnd the delightful experience he enjoyed while watching Raul feed the fish- es in his private tanks. Mustrations picture Raul feeding a frog to a grouper, the proprictor’s favorite pet, after the gathering of the meal leaving two legs held in Raul’, fingers, and another with the grouper being petted following the meal. ters, and was forced to marvel} at the quiet maintained in all of them. { No whistling, screaming, stamp-' ing of feet or any other form of so often heard in theaters, the doctor said it was really a novel experience to sit and watch an interesting and exciting film shown and without unnecessary noise. DY FOR 48-| morrow’s progress depends upon | Of the Autumn day. She saw me and smiled. Her smile was sweet. Like a hap- py child. It made me joyous all that day, And glad that I had passed her way. H war, | And some one said he would re- turn no more. “But they don’t know how my boy loves me— I know he’ll come if he walks the sea. He kissed me last right where I stand, ;Then sent me seeds from a for- eign land. {He said he knew I'd want poppies to grow, {And that he liked their ruby glow. |I know he’s helping to win the fight, : But, oh, I miss him! night. How long does it take to | from France?” {She questioned me, but I saw her glance wn the winding road that leads to town. I left her there gown, | Standing beside a poppy bed Of blossoms as crimson as blood he shed... . —Marie Cappick. I’m alone at come {Do i in a gingham the Wesley Community Center Outlines Study Program Wesley Community Center to- day announces the program which {was recently worked out for Cen- i ter’s operation by a group of as- ‘sociate members. The program jof studies and activities covers the curriculum for the ensuing lyear of study. |” Following are the members of | the committee which was engaged jin this work: Mrs. W. P. Kemp, ; Mrs. Mears, Miss Eleanor Ethe- lridge, Miss Ketchum, Mrs. Whita-| ker, Mrs. Joe Tolle and Rev. and | Mrs. O. C: Howell. | The Center has served Key | West well for a number of years and is one of the enterprses for} lgood which has been going on without any expense to the coun-| ity or city. or local citizens. Its ‘influence is felt throughout ,entire community. Each activity has for its pri- | mary purpose the aid of the men- , tal, spiritual, physical and social growth of the different groups. The program which therewith shown will begin is on | October 4 and any girl, boy or wo-/ man wishing to affiliate with any She told me. her, hoy had gone to " the! age| 'some weeks ago for repairs. At/eq at the meeting was the de- ‘the conclusion of some of the|cision that the Ferry Pilgrim, necessary work the vessel was} which is stationed at Hog Key, towed to Tampa by the Porter} wil! be loaded with as many work- Dock-company’s tug Petrel. jers as ean be accommodated, and convoyed from Hog Key. to No ‘CUBA ARRIVES Name Key by two vessels of the Coast guard, one of which will be on either side of the ferry VESSEL LEFT LATE IN ERNOON ENROUTE during the trip. TO TAMPA TRIP TO KEYS i AFT- Last minute advices today re- ceived from points on the Keys, of the P. and! were given as the reason for post- yesterday; poning until a later date the trip with| to the Florida Keys which was to { Steamship Cuba, 0. S. S. Co., arrived afternoon from Havana Key West; 30 first, and five see-! bers of the district commission, ond cabins for Tampa. and others. The advices were to Key West arrivals: Paul Takes-| the effect that the weather was man, Juliana B. Narango, Miguel|rather. rough and disagreeable Perdomo, Eloisa G. Abreu. On the vessel's manifest were | pone the trip. seven tons of freight and three; This trip was to be made by a sacks of mail for Key West; 60/ party of about 12 who were to be tons of freight and 124 sacks of} given an opportunity of seeing the mail for Tampa. progress being made by contrac- The vessel sailed at | tors and their forces on both the jfor Tampa with the following} bridges and roadways. , bookings from Key West: J. B.} In the party were to be Chief j Sullivan, Bert Hernandez, J. Pin-} Engineer B. M.: Dunean, Commis- der. ! sioners C. C. Symorfette, Ralph Boyden, and John Costar, news- 5 o’clock |others, some of whom had assem- | bled at the Chamber of Commerce a. Kinder- the HEAR REV. TOLLE Tomorrow at the FIRST M. E. (Stone) CHURCH |nouncement was made that the | inspection visit was postponed un- er Wesley House during the week; seeaeaseneaenteoeanieie “ eeiay: 018 STEWARD’S BODY | Monday: 9-12 a. m. Kinder-/ (Sistas dats "tea's's WILL BE SHIPPED jm. Library; 4-5 p. m. Junior Boys’! j Club; 7:30-9:30 p. m. Boy Scouts. | igarten; 3-4 p.m. Study Period | advised this afternoon to ship the (Grammar Grades); 4-5:30 p. m.| body of Maurice Anderson, color- ; Woman’s Missionary Society ; 7:30- ed, assistant steward of the Unit- Wednesday: 9-12 a. m. Kinder-! who died at sea, to the home of garten; 3-4 p. m. Study Period/the deceased at 1215 Kimball (Grammar Grades); 3:15-3:45 p./“*reet, Philadelphia, Pa. i he death cer- |}Group (6, 7, and § year olds). he had. received ti Thursday: 9-12 a. m. Kinder- tifieate that Anderson was suffer- garten; 3-4 p. m. Study Period |i from Lobar Pneumonia. The \m. Mothers’ Club. of the Overseas, Transportation es, as leompany this evening, a a i tg ae jto Mattie Anderson, wife of | (Grammar Grades); 3:15-3:45 p.| “ im. Library; 45:30 p. m. Junior! jand Intermediate Girls (Sewing) ; | The Kindergarten has its fall} quota and a waiting list so no! “CALL TO room is available at this time for | til a later date. igarten; 3-4 p.m. Study Period! fTuesday: 9-12 a. m. Kinder-| Pritchard’s Funeral Home was 9:30 p. m. Young Peoples’ Group.|¢d Fruit Lines Steamer Castillo, m. Library; 4-5 p.m. Primary! Mr. Pritchard said this morning (Grammar Grades). 7:30-9:30 p.|b0dy will be sen out on » vessel Study Period decesnnd. 7-830 p. m. Intermediate Group. } jany children of Kindergarten age, | PMO DAD OLD, the croups is asked to rogister|it is stated. WAS DEFERRED, and it was thought better to post-| per ntatives. from Mi- y J. E. Faigle, c.} Si N., S. C. Singleton, and jand were in readiness, when an-| | | A joint meeting of the execu- tive board and room mothers of the Junior-Senior High School P.-T. A. was held recently at the home of Mrs. Charles H. Ketchum, 816 Eaton street. the court by proceedings. Among the counties listed | eens Messen ond Maiti The comptroller is al- outlined by the various commit- tees, with hopes that the schoul year of 1937-38 will be very suc- cessful. Those in attendance at the meeting were very enthusiastic over the plans outlined in con- nection with proposed activities, jand each and everyone present entered into the full spirit of ;Serviee toward the school, with a hope expressed that their efforts | would be fruitful of results in ad- four second cabin passengers for | have been made today by mem-|vancement of the school which} ‘they represent. It was announced that there !will be another similar meeting {held at the home of Mrs, Jeffer- son Knight, Washington street, on the first Monday in October ‘at 4 o'clock in-the afternoon. | Miss Jule Graves, supervisor of midwives for the State Board of ;Heaith, was the guest of the Mon- roe County Health Department on September 23. { | A Midwife Institate was held jat the Health Department under) {the supervision of Miss Graves, | ving a morning and afernoon session. The institute was open- led by Miss Norma Diaz, public health nurse, with the midwife prayer, which was repeated by the lentire assembly. The song, “We |Are Midwives Indeed” was sung jby the midwives. | Demonstrations of preparing {the bed and patient for delivery twas given by Miss Graves. These lwere practiced later by each of jthe midwives, so as to Jearn the |correect and safest methods of de- jlivering the babies. Their aim is to make the midwives’ motto: “Make Florida Safe For Mothers and Babies”, one hundred per- cent in Key West. Mins Graves was very much im- pressed with the good record shown by the midwives’ charts, which are kept at the Health De- | approximately 115 deliveries by midwives, only two have been stillborn and no maternal deaths for this year. Miss Graves is very proud of the Key West midwives as the record i, almost perfect. It j ‘ damus proceedings filed by seven counties, seeking to force payment of gas tax monies under the provisions of special acts. This situation destroys the con- fidence placed in the article which was published in The Citizen, from Tallahassee, on September |23, which indicated that “Monroe | County’s gasoline tax funds to the tune of $16,617.99 monthly, lave not endangered by refusal of | Comptrotier J. M. Lee to pay ont tateuep under special acts.” Midwife Institute Held Here During Thursday is only through constant studying and cooperation of the midwife, patient, physician and nutes, that the maternal death rate ean be lowered. Our midwives know that a moth- er must have the proper care as soon as the diagnosis of pregnancy is made, therefore, they see that the mothers get a thorough ex- amination by the physician nnd a monthly check up during the en tire prenatal period. It in thin realization that has eut down on ovr maternity deaths, ‘or, unfor- tunately, the state of Florida rates second highest in United States, it is shown. Refreshments were served to the members present at 2:30 p. m. at whieh ti Le? Paurra- partment, gave « talk on matern- al health apd read statistics con- Florida for this "year, * A Members are proud to announce 100 percent attendance of the mdiwives st the inatitute. Those present were: Mra. 1 Lacedonia, Mrs. Lula Thompson, Susan Bat- ler, Augusting Herrera, Hade! Saunders, Georgianne Sawyer, Ming J. Graves, supervisor of mid- wives; Miss Norma Diaz, public health nurse and Mrs. Meide But ler, community clinic nurse. The institute was adjourned a! 420. p.m with the song “Ged Ee With Us Titi We Meet Agzin™ the Midwife Prayer. BIG TOURIST SEASON STARTING DECEMBER. GET THOSE SPARE ROOMS RENOVATED. SOUTH FLORIDA. PHONE 598