The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 12, 1937, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service. For 57 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LVIII. No. 269. » Club Holds Enjoyable Luncheon 1 i Major J. D. MacMullen Heard In Address On Subject Of Armistice Day Under a ceiling of gay-colored flags, Rotary Club held its lunch- eon yesterday, with President Charles Taylor presiding and a large attendance in evidence. The president called'on those MAKES REPORT OF CONVENTION AT PALM BEACH DELEGATE FROM KEY WEST P.-T. A. COVERS ACTIVI- TIES OF REGIONAL SESSION ~ IN REPORT READ At a meeting of the Harris School P.-T. A. Wednesday, Mrs. Wm. W. Habecker, as delegate to the first regional convention of hardy souls who had kept their pledge to dig in at shuffle-| heard courts to arise, and with expanded chests they did Those who had blistered hands the so. ‘were told to present the evidence, apd a forest of tattered palms 4 arose in the air, amid the more District 13 held at the High School Auditorium in West Palm Beach November 1, gave a full report of the convention. Mrs. Paul Sears stressed the fact that the moral phase of home training under the new in- fluences of automobiles, radio and watched. Mrs. J. Austin Williams spoke on parent education. The child or less balmy surroundings. building process is a slow, steady one. It is essential that each parent should have three bones: a motion pictures, must be carefully) Then, reluctantly, unblistered/ wishbone, a funny bone, and a hands were called for, and, with; backbone. The backbone is neces- some apprehension, exhibited. | 88ry to form children’s character, Imagine the joy of those with un-} for parents are patterns for their offspring. The parent’s funny- blistered hands when those who] pone ig necessary jn the child’s had theirs blistered were fined | jife, Parents should set aside! one dime per each for not having more discretion. { Those two workers who had ab- sented themselves from work on the shuffleboard courts were in- formed that they had been ‘desig- nated to erect the Weleome sign of Rotary, which is to be placed on the highway near the Palm Dairy, as a penalty for non-ap- pearance for the previous task. President Taylor introduced as his guest,-A. J, Hoose, of the Standard Oi! Co.; Allan B. Cleare, Jr., had as his guest, Judge Raymond Lord, and Sebas- tian Cabrera, Jr., gave the Ro- tarians the opportunity to again welcome Peter Schutt, presiding time to play with their children. Every parent needs a wishbone to desire the highest advantages for their children, realizing that there must be great sacrifice to achieve this end. Mrs. J: Austin Williams _ pre- sented “thought questions” ques- tioning the worthwhileness of this P.-T, A. year, if anything had been done to improve communities, whether enough mothers and fa- thers had been contacted in the right way to awaken their inter- est in the pressing matters of child education. In the afternoon session, Mrs. G. L, Tallman spoke on the pre- valence of home accidents over auto accidents. Every P.-T. A. group should institute a safety genius at the Casa Marine Hotel. A welcome was extended to the new member, Jvdge William V. Albury. Dr. William R. Warren and Charles E. Smith, were appointed a committee to formulate a resoiu- tion expressing the sympathy of the club with Everette Russell, on the death of his father. Newly-elected Mayor Willard M. Albury and William’ Dough- try, newly-elected to ‘the city council, were extended’ the usual hearty welcome and congratula- | program for homes to check up on the degree of safety prevail- ing in each. Panel diseussions, which calls for a group of five at each table, brought out the worth of such P.-T. A. activities as lunch-room projects, visual education, pedes- trian education, worthwhile use of leistre. The Monroe County division was recognized with two awards at the end of the session, one for membership and another for the, "| number of magazii it subseri tions, by the Rotary membership, | so, . cyber ares in unison. pee). thaving come Speaker of the day gras Major | tance, J. D. MacMullen, comniariding et ficer at Key West Barracks, who vi SED gave an Armistice Day talk, ely| peiositassz gas plete with incident and strongly} city clerk Wallace Pinder stat- urging preparedness and a Peace ‘ed today that it was discovered measure. From his speech ® feW that a variation in the filing of exeerpts are recorded: reports showed that his count of the farthest dis- It was also recognized as! “To all of us the armistice of; ballots should have been increas- a hope that warfare was a thing 9 by 50. of the past. Human nature has, oy, Sepik made-to.Ats effike not yet, however, changed to such jn one precinct showed a total of an extent that wars need not be}s39. ang another vepert. Siem the feared. Whether it will ever. same source heeed tat ite = neg extent, is should have been 382, which is the matter 0: joubt, oO + 2 “It is our hope that the ye carta making his total we now have will never be u } but just as we maintain a police force and fire fighting force in the hope they will not bei needed, | they are there if © circumstances arise for théi* requirement. “A common ides exists.to the effect that persons trained in the art of war, automatically become militarists and saber rattlers, This} JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 12. is far from correct, if you will ac-}|—Monroe county has 36 boys and cept the definition of a pacifist as) young men in the Civilian Conser- ome who has seen the horors of vation Corps, according to figures war and hopes,dévor Many } | (Speetal to Monroe County Attending C. C. C. Camps| never te}made public here from the office; see them again. I | claim to being one of the world’s most out- standing pacifists.” The major paid a high tribute fof Clayton C. Codrington, state j welfare commissioner. I NOTICE GUARDSMEN! te the serviee performed by the} American Legion in times of fire, fleed, storms and disaster, and to their activity in work. The campaign in Palestine fur. ished some interesting material (Continued on Page Four) } All guardsmen going on active jduty Sunday, November 14, will }6:30 a. m. on that date. WM. C. HARRIS; } Captain, C. A. C., FNG ‘nov 2-1t BOARD IS KEPT ENROLLMENT OF PERSONS FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AND OTHER MATTERS RE- QUIRE ATTENTION NOW JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 12.— (FNS) With each of the twelve districts fully staffed for the first. time since the State Welfare Board was inducted office on July 1, enrolling of persons en- titled te receiye old age assist- anee is progressing at new high speed, acconding:to announcement today from the office here* of Clayton C. Codrington, state wel fare commissioner. The grand total of district per- sonne} was announced as 666° by, Codrington, the breakdown being as follows: Visitors, 407; district directors, 12; unit supervisors, 40; secretaries, 12; financial and statistieal elerks, 13; stenograph- j ers, 123; clerks and typists, 59. When the State Welfare Board took over, Codrington explained, | it adopted the merit system in the; | Selection of social service person- nel. This necessitated the hold- | ing of examinations in each of the 67 counties of the state for the purpose of obtaining an eligible list, from which all appointments jare made. With these examina- | tions now in the baekground, the ‘ “full steam ahead” order is in ef- i fect, and it is antcipated that the into | estimated case load of 27,000 will be on the payrolls early in the {new year. Despite the handicap of being understaffed, the number | receiving old age assistance had climbed from 10,912 in July to 417,551 late in, October, the latest, available figures. “Governor Cone has been es- pecially insistent that assistance be given the aged needy as rapidly as possible, and has found the State Welfare Board heartily in) accord with his aims,” Codrington said. “Every effort has been made to speed up the program from the first, and such good re- ,Sults have been obtained that the time is not far distant when , tapering off must begin. This will ;Mean a drastic cut in field per- sonnel. A sizable force will be retained, however, due to,exacting | faderal requirements for monthly) checking, and also beeause of the necessity for certifying persons to , the WPA, the NYA, the CCC and ‘for surplus commodities, regular , duties of the Welfare depart- + ment.” The staff will be required to enroll the needy blind-as soon as , the plan now at Washington is formally approved by the Social rien ol WO Security Board. mated to number ‘STR. A 0 Steamship Granada, of the Standard Fruit and Steamship jeompany, is lying in the haroor |awaiting orders from headquar- j ters of the organization in New Orleans. | This vessel js one of those which were frequent visitors to this port for fuel oil at the Porter Dock company and was plying between northern ports and Fron- “tera, Mexico. Boys ‘The Citizen) | The number in camp was 23 }during September, while the Octo be enrollment was 13, with none discharged. Total enrollment for the state, the largest of record, is | This is in excess of the Florida }basie quota of 5,000, due to fail- ‘ure of some other states to re- cruit their full quotas because of revived industrial activity. The enrollees receive $30 per welfare be at the Armory not later than month and send $25 per month of this te dependents at home. Eigh- teen CCC camps with quotas of 200 each are maintained within jthe state. Che Key West Citizen — KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1937. ‘STATE WELFARE [Key West Woman’s Club Met' On Tuesday RATHER BUSY Key West Woman’s Club initi- oe erates Phelan, J. F. Lang- ated their activities for the season of 1937-38 Tuesday afternoon in the Key West Public Library, the meeting being called to order by the president.” The Ciub recited! the prayer of the organization and pledged their allegiance to the flag and followed with the sing- ing of “America, the Beautiful.” Mrs, J. J. Trevor that on vote of the Board of Di- rectors meetings and club activi- ties will be held in the rooms of the Public Library during the season. Minutes and treasury reports, ‘when read, showed that the Club had not been entirely idle during the summer season. It wag announced by President Mrs. J. J. Trevor that a letter had! been received from Victor Larsen! requesting a donation for the WP Community Christmas Tree. | A motion was made and carried | that the Club donate $10 toward | this fund. Mrs. O. S. Long called atten- tion to the terrible condition of | announced) ford and Yates Porter. Floral Committee Miss Leila Pitcher, chairman; Mrs. Sam Goldsmith. Press and Publicity Committee Mrs. Stephen Singleton, chair- man; Mesdames G. N. Goshorn, Frank Delaney. Decorating Committee Mrs. 0./S. Long, chairman; Mesdames Harry Galey, B. C. Mo- reno, W. R. Warren, A. E. Sharp- ley, Chester Curry, J. S. Golden, Bascom ‘Grooms, P. D. Holloway, Geprge Reynolds and Bernie Papy; Migs Etta Patterson. “| Membership Committee Mrs, A. E. Sharpley, chairman; ' Mésdames Stephen Lowe and Step- \hen Douglas. Pianist Mrs. Frank Ladd. Historian Mrs. A. D. Luethi. | Library Committee (Mrs. Norberg Thompson, chair- ‘man; Mesdames Phillip Cosgrove, Vesey Johnson, Lionel Plummer, Wallace Kirke, Stephen Single- ton, Clifford Hicks, Donald Mac- Mullen, John Roberts and A. M. Hewett; Misses Mary Trevor, Ileen Williams and Edna Gato. Book Committee Miss Mary Trevor, chairman; esdames Phillip Cosgrove and rberg Thompson. ‘Floor Committee Plannin | Art Gallery Decision Reached To Haye Ballots Recounted In Tie Race For City Councilman W. P. Archer and Wm. H. Mon- salvatge, who are tied in the race SRE EES that there is a possibility of some- thing being found which will be for members of city council, an-|/¢@ally declared sufficient to nounced this morning that a deci- Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country ; range of only 14° Fahrenheit with an average PRICE FIVE CENTS g Establishment Of Key’ Wes 'State Director Of WPA Art Projects Coming To Island City In Interest Of Matter William S. Weed, field super- visor in District 3, WPA, wri interestingly to The Citizen, ex- change the result and thus break! sion haw been reached by both of the tie. i Attorney Lopez was asked by’ plaining the designs and work on }Phe Citizen what would be the status of the case if after a care- ful recount of the ballots it was determined that each of the can- didates had neither more nor less than the count of 716 as shown at first, armel the tie remained un-' changed. Mr. Lopez replied that the law | provides that in such event it was obligatory on the part of the council to name one or the other of the contestants in the tie, to ;be seated on the council. If the council members are! equally divided as to the choice of | membership, what then would re-/ jsult, he was asked, and he replied! ‘that the seat would remain va- them, to: ask: for a recount of the ballots. City Attorney Aquiline Lopez said teday that he was in discus-| sion with the*¢andidates and they greed, that to bring the matter i to a final issue and have it tled to the sai set- faction of both: parties, papers will be prepared ! asking the court to mandamus the election commissioners for a new the Memorial Monument to be un- veiled at Upper Matecumbe on Sunday, and that following the dedication Eve Alsman Fuller, state director of art projects, will come to Key West in the interests of an art gallery in Key West. The letter from Mr. Wood, who is well known to hundreds of Key Westers is herewith given: “As you know in the past year IT have tried to do as much as pos- the vacant lots and the sidewalks, | especially the Intter, where wens) had grown over and made it ve"¥ | Fatk and Louis Pierce. unpleasant for walking. | She)" public Welfare Department urged all members to talk “Clean| 44°” Join Roberts, Up” and to contact all . ee (Mesdames Chas. L. Roberts, Emory whose property is in this condi pe sames Adams, A.M. Kemp, chairman; Mesdames Otto Lunqduist, Chas. chairman; Judge Arthur Gomez, of the Eleventh Judicial District who is now in Miami, is the authority who will issue the mandamus for the new count. The papers are to be prepared at once, it is said, and forwarded to the judge for ac- jeamt until a choice was made to jfill the “vacant chair.” t. 1 Discussing the Monsalvatge-|'"® of art and an art gallery Archer tie this afternoon with | there. Mayor-Elect Willard M, Albury,| “On Sunday, November 14, Eve he said that he anticipated imme-j aisman Fuller, ‘State Director, | sible for Key West in the promot- ‘diate action on the part of Judge tion. = With the opening of the Over- seas Highway, said the speaker, there will be lots of folk visit- ing here who will judge the city i ! by conditions as found, and these! aepertiente wil be piittly Wied} ‘on conditions of open areas and the sidewalks. It was suggested that each member be resposible} for the block in which they live or for some piece of property in need of improvements and clean-' ing. Also the members could contact all property owners and explain the plans fer the clean- up campaign. There were several members who volunteered to do this, and| the president announced that she! would contact the } Rotary Club} and ask their cooperation in car-| rying on the proposed movement, for making the city perfectly; clean and in every way present- able. ° It was announced that the local} Red Cross Chapter was starting| the annual membership drive and; all Club members were urged to: subscribe to this worthy cause, | and this was the unanimous: agreement of the membership. Miss Bdna Smith, musical in- at the Jonior-Senior High |, stated that Mr. Jeffrey) i { |man; Mesdames Cart Bervaldi, Hewett, George Reynolds, Otto Lundquist, Ralph Russell, Clar- ence Pierce, Norberg Thompson, Edla Swicegood, J. S. Golden, R. Porter, Geo. Allen, ‘C. D. Har- ri on, Chas. Curtis, Harry Prin- Stephen ‘Singleton, “Julia Pean, Louis Pierce and W. R. Warren. Fine Arts Department Mrs. Haydn Mlingsworth, chair- Fred A. B. Ross Bascom D. Leuthi, John Gekeler, Kirtland, (Frank Ladd, Cleare, Sr., Hugh Taylor, Sawyer, W. L. Bates, Grooms, Chas. J. Curry, William Kemp, Lionel Plummer, Julian Thompson, Eva Warner, and J. F Langford; Miss Leila Pitcher. American Citizenship Department Mrs. G. N. Goshorn, chairman; Mesdames W. J. Phelan, Donald |MacMullen, Bernie Papy, C. G. Hicks, C. Curry, Curry Moreno, Dan Navarro, J. R. Valdes, Sr., J. R. Valdes, Jr., W. Hunt Har- ris, P. D. Holloway, Mil- ton Curry, Sam Goldsmith, Joe E. Shourds, J. R. Stow- ers, Lillie Cold, H. J. Miller and M. E. Berkowitz; Misses» Mamie Wardiow, Etta Patterson, Minnie Porter Harris and Ileen Williams. Junior Department Mrs. O. S. Long, chairman. All tion if he is still in Miami, or presented to him in chambers, if he is in Key West. Conversation with several mem- bers of the newly elected mem- bers of the council, elicited the information that they too felt’ ‘i that the best way to have the mat-| "yr : Dorval. sary they api ty er decided was to plead to the! pation of this result he is tonight court for a mandamus for a new holding a caucus at his home with count of the ballots and not to the newly-elected council members place the new board in the un-!so as to be in readiness for the enviable position of having to se-' meeting Monday. lect one of the two candidates} Those attending the meeting who are tied. |with Mr. Albury this evening will The consensus of many voters,’ be Earl Adams, Wm. A. Freeman, and those who are more closely| James Roberts, William Dough- interested in the result of the)try, Will E. P. Roberts and Roy count, when it is authorized, is, Fulford. — 2B Defendant Charged With Breaking And Entering Gets One Year In Jail COMMENTS ON Gomez, that the application for| jthe mandamus will be forwarded | }to Miami this afternoon, the or- | jder expected by Monday, recount ‘held that afternoon and the meet- ing for installation of the new; At the sessiin of criminal court this morning at whieh Judge Wil- Federal Art Project, is coming down to the dedication of the Florida Keys Memorial Monument with Robert J. Dill, State Admin- istrator, WPA; Rolla A. South~ werth, State Director, Non-Mannal - Projects and Ruth B. Owens, Supervisor, Distriet Three, Wo- men’s and Professional Projects. “On this monument the bas- relief design in art stone was modeled and cast by the Federal Art Projeet Sculpture department. The bronze plaque was designed by the Applied Arts department and donated by G. B. Wagner, and A. B. Curry of Coral Gables and West Palm Beach, The cera- mic tile work was executed by Federal Art Project participants Adela Gisbert, Emigdio Reyes, Allie Mae Kitchens and Capt, E. W. Affleck, formerly of your Munsen Island, atl approved by Eve Alsman Puller, State Direc- tor, and O. A. Sandquist, Field Representative, WPA Zone three. “After this dedication, Mrs. Fuller will proceed to Key West to confer with B. Curry Moreno, C. G, Hicks, Mr, Demeritt, and Dr. Galey with a view to extab- lishing an art gallery in your city.” "Hara, artist and composer of! ior Wi 9, my of our favorite Folk Songs, |members of the Junior Woman’s ‘and State President of the, Flor- pane id Federation of Music Clubs,| meres Homes Department. who will be in Miami in March nan: Mecteiis tee Coster, for the convention and has ex Frank Delaney, Willard Albury, pressed @ desire to visit Key ost. B Shapley, Ben Trevor, Har- and put on a concert March 24. | 1. Gatley, Stephen Lowe, William . Mrs. Haydn Tlingworth, chair-'write, Nellie Williams, Claude man of the Fine Arts Department | Witicm. Mary Thompson, AL of the cli, announced that the's.4 DeBarritt, Charles Falk, J. |liam V. ‘Albury presided, but one ' two eases scheduled to be! i was handled. This was the! OF case of George F. Roberts, chatg-} i jed with breaking and entering} | with intent to commit a misdemea-/ TALLAHASSEE, Pla. Nov. 12/nor, namely petit larceny. if (FNS).—The startling lack of the| It was the opinion that Roberts | application of ordinary business was to go to trial, but when the’ principles prevailng at the time case was called this morning the’ Governor Cone took office in the accused entered 9 plea of guilty, LACK co of auditing of the ae- and was sentenced to one year in, at 522 Duval Street department would be giad to co-iv. Porter, Jr., Fank Gato, Louis operate in any way to make © Harris, Vining Harris, Vesey John- viet pas 7. grits actamygro! son, Fred Knapp, Luther Pinder was a $ epg thin will Bis worked ont at a later|sne “Tur Pnstorints Ofte — date. \ 9 . * aah 0M “Florida, My Flori) yur ‘Schartian ‘Crorera, chair - ae ae man; Mesdames Harvey Eagan, immediately after this delightful C..., . and appealing number, Miss Etta Gr tscine Tea apartrtemag to ~dreguony oatrpete sovet ate hag |eFitt, L. Appelrouth, J. B. Sulli- eras Py i gieeai van, Frank Brown, Roy Faulkner, cre pre Prone ogg Pe |Frank Riker, Harry Shaw, John riod of 8 5 8 Wi Bd. ly: : . Siar efterasd, “Re wns, cany to) oer en, Mamie Wardiow. enid, * imagine themselves Miss Patters) son’s companion on her delight ‘STEAMER OZARK jtour of European countries.” The’ Jaddress will be published in The} DUE TOMORROW Citizen in serial form beginning} jnext week. ' |eounts of county and state offi- cials and state institutions, many of whom handle several millions ef dollars each year, was reveal- ed last week by State Auditor W. | Wainwright. | “When we started checking up jon the last audita made of state and county offices and state titutions,” Wainwright said, “we | discovered that the accounts of many of them had not been audit- ed in the past five or six years. This was due to no favit of the officials and is no reflection upon their honesty or efficiency, but resulted from the failure of the! |state auditing department to fol- }low the law whieh requires an an- nual audit of these offices. As a matter of fact, the failure of the state anditing department to aud- in-} the county ja‘! at hard labor. Roberts wax eanght in the home jof Deputy Sheriff Henry Pinder at Rock Harbor, and the capture 'was made by Deputy Pinder, who jarrested the intrader and brought him at once to Key West for | trial. { | The case of Samuel Cleare,; | charged with attempt to break and , enter with intent to commit tres- pass, was continued for the term.’ The continuance was granted be- cause it was shown that Cleare! tis not in physical condition to wn} dergo, the trial. This prsoner is the man who! was shot some time ago by Po-/ lice Officer Bienvenido Peres; while he was allegedly commit-; ting the offence with which he is charged. Hise physical condition SPECIAL ATTRACTION The following will be given away to our customers tomor- row night, 10 o'clock, sbsolute- ly FREE— & piece VANITY SET 8 piece COCKTAIL SET 5 &. FRUIT CAKE 4-layer CAKE Sineh PIES, regular 25e, opening special All 75¢ LAYER CAKES, opening day 2-layer CAKES, po 20c THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE MANY SPECIALS We carry & complete line of 7,175. President Trevor announced the ‘appointment of the different com- | mittees and depertments as fol- Hows: Hospitality Committee Mrs. Arthur Pastorini, chair- man; Mesdames Dan Navarro, Eola Swicegood, Louise Ayxier, Luther Pinder, John Costar, Cari Ber valdi, Norberg Thompson, Gray burn Pinder, W. R. Porter, B. D i Trevor, John Wardlow, Ralph Rus- i | Jacksonville Steamship. Ozark, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, is due to arrive in pert tomorrow morning from and Miami, with freight for Key West. The ves- sel is enroute to New Orleans. The arrival of the vessel will be the first of this lines’ ships to come to Key Wiest since the strike of the longshoremen was made effective some time ago. it the accounts of officials as re-;wa, verified by County Solicitor! quired by Jaw often causes em-/ Allan B. Cleare. ; barrassment, and many of them! Following disposition of the) send in written requests that,cases set for the day, Judge Al- audit, be made. Many times bury ordered a recem until tomor- changes in laws affecting their row morning, 9:30 o'clock. duties are unknown or sre not) —————— ' jclearly understod by them, and business enterprise would think) regular annual audits gives themjof permitting any department) the assurance that their accounts/hendiing the large sums these of-/ are im order or enables them to/ficials kandle to go without an/ leorrect errors made. No private audit for five or six year” CALL SOUTH FLORIDA CONTR. & ENG. COMPANY FOR ANYTHING IN BUILDING SUPPLIES. 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