The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 3, 1938, Page 1

“Associated Press Day Wire Service E For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Kry West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1938. VOLUME LIX. No. 2. M A I ( : [FIRE HERE ON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NEEDS SUPPORT - uc nterest ters [ —sT" j There are disturbing runtors on the street that the Key j Admiral Butler 36% _—— STRUCTURE ON FLEM- | West Chamber of Commerce is considering the necessity of Wi N | | With Naval: i Yi .é { nt e 7 ING STREET ENTIRE- | closing its doors for lack of assured support. LY DESTROYED This is something that must not be allowed to occur. S. C. Singleton, Secre- ORLANDO’ FOLK After Spending Holidays Here: “== Under modern conditions, a Chamber of Commerce is as tary Of Commerce Body, | | RETURN HOME Stay In Key West After spending Christmas and, Miss Rose Appel, junior, president | 1 } = aes. = a | San alarm of fire was migeiag | ee a part of a city’s organization as are the depart- Hopeful Of Great Pub- New Year's with their parents of Fla. State Conch Club, Miss) ,. oo — : \Saturaay night shortly after 9 | ments provided for in its charter. | o'clock, calling the apparatus to} It costs money to maintain a Chamber of Commerce, ; hieity For Key West Sion 5 Kathryn Lowe, junior, at FS.CW. as nay See panes CE es yesterday morning and Mrs Butler. whe were spend Kennedy, a point on Fleming street be-| . 14 that fact entitles us to ask, “What does it do to justify _Laadien 25ers |its existence?” “How much should it cost?” and “Who boys and girls left over the week~) 55. 4 Z - end for their respective colleges, and Miss Josephin Pea as r oi! * aie a oe = = | | where a building was found to/ a |GREATLY ENJOYED FISHING) be burning and was almost com- should pay for it? The present Chamber of Commerce began its work the University of Florida and}man, at the same school, left by Key West. during which time the Florida State College for Women) bus Saturday. * admire: J made the customary = DURING STAY IN | pletely wrapped in flames. Z : 2 KEY WEST Appearance of the conflagra-| last April; and no one questions the fact that it has worked |. beginning classes 8 o'clock this} Lance Lester, freshman medi- morning. : jcal student, Tulane University, “Pectiom ieftcver the Righway ee eae tion was such as to warrant a well and faithfully. Correspondence with the outside world (Commerce begins to take on the | | general alarm being sent in and | has developed until the cost of postage alone for the month aspect of a ship-yard. as cata-| Dr. and Mrs. E. V. Adams, of | the entire department responded, | of December was over twenty d¢ Secretary Singleton maran and proa models near com Orlando, who were in the city for! and did excellent work. | has made valuable contribu to Florida Keys publicity With Billy Warren, senior at/ Ignatius Lester, freshman Arts yesterday morsiing Sem the University of Florida were | and Sciences, Tulane, Buddy Ber- —_ er U. of F. boys: Robert Dopp, | kewitz, sophomore, at the U. of Key. and there tock « Rest Ser president of the Conch Club, and/F. left by car Thursday morningyiHieg Key. " ja vacation and to try the fishing, | = id the! 3 pletion. Secretary S. C. Single- |left this morning over the high-| Chief Harry Baker aid was |oVer 3 period of nearly twenty years and brings to his work asenior, Paul Sawyer, junior,| Jack Hayes, freshman dental stu- Hilary Albury, freshman, Edward |dent Loyola University, New Or- fore leaving the admiral saad |way after highl; cessful | building was of frame 7 a ‘ s ; ton sees in this small beginning a Tshing trip, a wate tie ~re |old, and was very combustible. |an intélligent loyalty to this lecality and its people; coupled Woodson, sophomore, Jeff Knight, | leans, La. left by bus Friday and tht the work at the nawsi station freshman. The group left yes- | was to meet the group in Miami gave evidence of hewmg becu source of national publicity and |ance’of Mimi Malone. | Hard and ceaseless work on the/ with an ability to eli¢it appreeiation for the charms of his “the ization of Key West's Dr. Adams declared that he has part of the firefighters prevented adopted city, on’ the ‘partofithosetoewhont /he talks or terday morning. jand journey up with them. Sidney Aronovitz, freshman at} Vining Sherman, senior, Al Lo- {never had a more successful trip, | the spread of the flames, and not) eet 3 ar R i Greatest natural resource, the |®°T has he ever enjoyed himself} another building in the neighbor- | Writes. © It is safe to sayethat practically: all the’ contacts ‘sunny summer sailing which | the Univ. of Fla, left by bus/berg, Dave Shilling. phee fishing as woe as he did) hood was effected. jhe has made, 5 Wa enantio wd tha while out with ie “courteous An alarm of fire at 2:25 this!>- Wee that te? subject; prevails here, when northern |“#Ptain”. | afternoon called apparatus to the | friends ial mer pe - P re anne | ‘The catch was large and the Caraballo garage at the corner of | his conservative repties*to"questions Goimmatid respect for Sportsmen sadly ee “ea brea bie — take! Simonton and Petronia streets. | his statements. craft hauled up on the shore, |Cnsisted of groupe barra-|The apparatus responded and) 4. + cost, it is likely that the management of the Key junior, left with Joe Cabrera of|mouth College, Hanover, New Miss Ruth Rose Galey, senior at | senior at Middleboro High School. jeuda, and 30 of the finest king-| song that the automobile of Swathed in canvas and shrouded fish brought to port this season. | Captain of Police Alberto Camero,| West Chamber of Commerce, composed of a directorate Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Middleboro, Massachusetts, left by Virginia, left Saturday by bus.|car Thursday morning for their in snow and ice. | which was undergoing repairs, |selected from among our best business men, has set a new From one of the greatest pro- ‘OPERA UNIT WILL arlige = EOD boys suc-|™rk in the ratio of slight expenditure as compared to Miss Betty Moreno, who is tak-| long trek back. ing a course at the Pennsylvania} William W. Demeritt, Jr. senior moters of the sport, Charles F.| CONDUCT MEETIN: ceeded in smothering the flames | Service secured. Lacking funds for an up-to-date booklet, |Museum of Industrial Art in at Atlanta Southern Dental Col-/ High Naval Official And | Party Left Yesterday Chapman, comes a cheering word | with a blanket, and in so doing | mimeographed sheets are,mailed in response to requests of encouragement, in reply to |suffered a number of Painful for information. No rent is paid; the generosity of the La clippings from The Citizen, tell- | } pg is re |Concha Hotel management has provided an office which ing of the interest shown in the |PLAN MEETING | was furnished largely by the Joan of needed equipment. formation of a yacht club, which FOR TONIGHT | The response of the community, in memberships has been Thompson, sophomore at Trinity car last week for Atlanta, Geor- is being promoted under the con- College, Washington, D. C., jour-| gia. Paul Mesa, who is taking 2 structive guidance of Major James D. MacMullen, U. S. A, com-! < x manding officer at Key West! ° ee anid ok tho barracks. for the first rehearsal on a new The recent talks made by|show to be presented here this Yachtsmen Eugene Williams, of February. All of the old members Fort Pierce, before the Stone |2%¢ urged to be present and any -done mueh.to’convince Key West| Rehearsals will be held at the} sportsmen that a yachi club can 5°. . ase ry be readily attainable for this city, pang. eS. DSnnins tS with membership in the East} Three Gilbert and Sullivan op- Coast Yachting Axsociation. Secretary Singleton’s distinctive |concert choral numbers, it is said. toncern is a model yacht club for | Scraearat wae PINK HAPP IS Petition with their fellows, and | afford the nucleus of the great | organization which the Key West | | ATIVE TO OBSERVANCE OF JACKSON DAY All arrangements have been completed for the meeting to- ~~ a qinight,.calied. by . Judge~ Arthur | Gomez, to discuss matters per- Jackson Day, to be held January &. Judge Gomez, who is to pre- said today that a number of or- ganizations have been invited to | generous in a few instances disappointing in many. The TO DISCUSS MATTERS REL. | city government, handicapped as it is, has nevertheless | recognized the work of the organization to the extent of | its ability. And the Chamber of Commerce, adhering to | its fixed policy of not running in debt must, in spite of | work well done and extreme economy in management, close its doors unless additional support is promptly forth- coming. i | “We come to the question, “Who should’ pay for it?” lOverseas Hotel each Monday and/taining to the observance of|The answer is, “The. community at large.” There is no {reason on earth why one public-spirited grocer, hotel man, | or merchant, should foot the bill for the cost of bringing erettas are in rehearsal besides side at the meeting as chairman, in business, a share of which will go to each of his com- petitors, while they contribute nothing’ toward meeting neyed with Walls Zurhorst, who beautician's course at Artistic is in the first year of an air con-| Beauty Institute in the same city, |ditioning course at Washington, | accompanied them. j |D.C. Miss Leonor Warren, fresh-| Miss Edna Roberts, of F.S.C.W.| man at Smith College, Northamp- | left by bus Saturday. Miss Faye | ton, Massachusetts, went as far as Adams, sophomore at the Univer- |Miami Sunday with her brother, sity of Alabama, left Saturday by | George Allen Warren, Sanitary’ bus. Miss Mary Sullivan, junior Broward County, and __ house; Miss Eunice Mcintosh, guests of Dr. and Mrs. Wm. R.| Northwestern i Lauderdale, accompanied them.| Jack Hall and George Gabriel! | Alice Parks, senior at F.S.C.W. students at Rollins College, Win-) jleft by bus Saturday morning. ter Park, Florida, left early last- Miss Cleo Kemp, sophomore, week. : SOO CCCrrrececceceeeeeeceeeeSESESeESeEseEEeeeeeeee Engineer, Public Health Service, | at F.S.C.W. left Friday by bus) that cost, and so, get a free ride at ‘his expense. | attend the meeting; to be held at i That the Chamber of Commerce should have a large | '8 o'clock in the court room at the county court house, and he anticipates a large attendance. At the meeting the judge is to give a general outlirie of history _membership, fully representing the various interests of the city, is a matter of course, and to accomplish this, the dues should be fixed at a figure that could be readily met MAGNIFICENT SPECIMEN OF TARPON le eee eee , 0. L. Coon Of Chicago Uses Ordinary Hand Line eee eee eae Hey : ell headquarters at Yard. Besudes the i iW L BODY WILL SE BROUGHT TO Yacht Club may readily become, |ARRIVES ON VESSEL WHICH jn connection with General Jack-| hy the smaller business men and by interested citizens not | before these Key West boys ha | son, and explain ir detail matters | . a : yshave} ISBERTHEDATLOCAL | in business. But no Chamber of Commerce can do = CAUGHT BY YACHTSMAN WITH CAFF reached their majority. There is} lin connection with the celebra- a national model yacht associa-| YACHT BASIN ‘tion, and the plans which are| required work on dues alone. SOCOOSOSESESOSOSSSSOOSHSEOSSSESEESSSSSESOSSSOSOEE hoped to be put in effect, and This is fully recognized by the Florida cities with| Having travelled all over the| ner. Sagas me®"| which Key West must compete for popular favor if Key 20, told of Key ma panag enehar Pep can tn ont of Florida and never taken) It is urgently asked that all West is to get its fair share of the business of the country. ang queer things happening to\be over den Sank oat aheet j opportunity of coming down | persons, who can find it possible | i ‘The Cleare. tion, and another fruitful avenue | ‘of publicity for Key West. TEMPERATURES 1 a Aegy ! |to Key West, Pink Happ, of Ma- }con, Georgia, owner of the “Pin- |mar”, a 35-foot Chris Craft, fin- hrs. ally heard so much about the is- jland that he came down_ last Lowest Highest toe night Tot | Mir. Happ states that the island isindeed unique. He is especially struck with the old world atmo- sphere here, and expect: to re- main several weeks. He is going after the wonderful game fishing in these waters, also, he added. SPONGES SOLD ON DOCK TODAY A total of 43 wool sponges were displayed on the municipal sponge dock this morning and the entire lot was sold for $71.00, the largest sale being of 24 bunches which brought $59. Two other sales of 27 bunches of yellow and three bunches of grass, sold 'fér $022, niattitig a to- tal of $80.23 for entire offerings. NEW ARRIVAL IN LOWE'S FAMILY Mr. and Mrs. John Lowe, for- merly of Key West but now mak- ing their home in Miami, an- nounce the oirth of a boy weigh- ing seven pounds, Friday night, in Jackson Memorial hospital. Mrs. Lowe and son are reported as doing nicely. SSSMRIBSEKSRSSLSLSLE| SRYSSSLRSLRL BSS eA y teheae week. The “Pinmar” is at the! |to attend, be at the court house j at 8 o'clock. | —_——___—_ | from the public; paeses:$3,600 daét‘dummer| and for this |ence of O. L. Coon, of 208 South MRS. RICHARDSON FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED THIS AFT- ERNOON Funeral service for Mrs. Vic- toria Richardson, who died yes- terday at the age of 90 years, will be held this afternoon 4 o'clock from the First Methodist church, where the body was placed at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. Joe Tolle will officiate. Pritchard's Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements. | The deceased is survived by two sons, William Richardson, Jacksonville; Reland Richardson, Key West. Four daughters, Mrs. Grace Hastings, Mrs. Minnie Cornwall, and Mrs. Ruby Bowers, Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Jennie Lewis, Servina, Md. eighteen grandchildren, twelve great- grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. Elien Curry, Key West. Still Doing Business Mrs. Trotter—Yes, we're just back from Colorade. We've been up to the top of Pike’s Peak. Mrs. Homebedy—Dear me! I've heard my father speak of going up Pike's Peak when he was a boy. T had no idea they still had it out A few instances suffice to point out what we are up against. Daytona BeachiChamber of:Commerce received winter, $15,000. )Bradertom (Chambert ef iComimerce re- DIED ON SUNDAY ceived. $8,000; in addition 40°$8000 mitinbs: «Clearwater {PS "Or™ felling. though hard to | Chamber..of Gommerres was granted: a> publicity fund of pecially one who has angled in ‘ooiKey West, there , is $13,000. The Key West-Ghamberief:Gommierce-is’ not! con- cerned at this time with any extensive program for bring- ing in visitors this winter, as many are on the way as we can make comfortable. port at all. That objective is, “A FULL HOUSE NEXT SUMMER”. ing stake in Key West will benefit; and every man should contribute to the expense of doing this in proportion to the stake he has in the city. The only way that this can be done, the only fair way that it can be done is by an ap- propriation from the advertising fund, set aside for the’ i commion good, in the county treasury. In this connection The Citizen trusts that, if and when, the county commissioners are approached for an allocation from the advertising fund of the courty they will recognize the predicament of ‘the Chamber of Com- merce and respond with a generous monthly stipend ; they may rest assured that the money will be spent judiciously for the good of all, and that the favorable action will meet with the hearty approbation of the entire community. Knew it Was Hard to Hurt Worn on Festive Occasions Reporter—I notice that where Clerk — Will one collar be I said that the man “fell on his Jue) madam? Old Woman (indignant)—Weil. [Te got more than one husband? If it can bring this about, every man hav-| | anglers, that to tell any others feet under water, seem too absurd. Yet the experi- i af La. Salle street, Chieago, seems to fi nd 5 » i nothing ? i | Strange in the story. |_ Mr. Coon was on his Yacht See Bee, berthed in the yacht basin. He wanted to catch a jewfish, so ited ‘his : HY i i f ; fF iiss i i ire i+ phy i f FF { i i : ti : ie? a BF Ut f