The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 4, 1938, Page 3

TUESDAY, JANUARY-4, 1933: DARE TO DREAM 1 Ab BY ALICE MARIE DODGE The Characters 7 Nelda, a beautiful, dark-eyed, derk-haired girl, is forced to sac- Tifice her personal ambitions, and Tun a ranch. Bill is a tanned, young lettuce farmer, with blue eyes. Sparks fty_when he and Nelda meet. Beek, blond, gay and dashing, is ¢ wealthy neighbor. Mrs. Reckless, Reck’s cold exJ mother, subtly warns Nelda that Reck is not for her. game Nelda’s selfish sister-in- Ww. 7 Chapter Seven Unele Ham’s Surprise ee had provided the only bright spot in Nelda’s exile and she felt a glow of gratitude toward him. “Did he invite you to go any- where?” Leila wanted to know. “No,” Nelda replied slowly, then, unconsciously falling into Reck’s nonchalant manner, she added, “I suppose.it could be ar- ranged.” “If you're ‘wise, it will be ar- ” Leila’s jaw squared in the. way that always meant busi- ness, To have Leila.concerned absut her admirers and the depth of their interest was not new to Nelda, for Leila was a bern matzh- maker. Nelda was not displeased about it now, but sh: hoped her sister-in-law wouldn't be so ob- vious that she'd frighten Reck away. Uncle Ham and Laura;, and came in then. They had been down to the new house’ watching the “Uncle Ham,” Lei ly, “we'd love to have y. ‘with us after we get settled.’ Nelda’s breath caught: So Leila wanted that $50 a month the old man for his board and room. ell,” Uncle Ham deliberated and glanced at Laura Sweeny, “I'll have to think it over.” Next morning neither he nor Laura aj for _ breakfast. Even before she knocked on his door Nelda felt that the room was em bed was mussed and bureau drawers were open and in disar- . Her glance fell upon an en- vel ope preaies against the mir- Tor, name was on it in Uncle Ham's bold script. She opened it and the words swam before her eyes. Dear Nelda— Laura and I are going to be married... bus to Santa Cruz ... few days’ honeymoon... Back home! Nelda read the note her lips forming some of aloud. home. Sweeny was coming back . As Uncle Ham’s wife.The to board them bot Nelda’s i itl SECCORSSSOSSSSSSSSOSSEOSSSSSOSSSSSSESOSSSESELOSEE PS the toys at Christmas... the $5 and $10 bills slipped into her hand when she was in-high school. “You see,” babbled Laura, -“I can help with the housework and Ham will still milk the cow.” “I won't be able to pay you any- | Ham thing this- month,” Uncle confessed in a way. “We needed the money for our | chirped. honeymoon,” Laura Nelda went. outdoors. to take stock of the situation. She would have to draw on Jack's college fund for living- expenses ‘this onth. There was no way out.of | it. For a moment all the outhful hope and courage she’d mustered up to this point seemed to ebb, leaving her to feel helpless, futile. Ambition -deserted her, too. One lived—and that was all, she thought. What difference did it make whether she was here or somewhere else? Was it really possible to raise something on the land that would make money? Well, if she was:go- ing fo be a farmer she'd have to get started. She must not think of what was lost. She must eoncen- trate on what she could make. She must plant something. She’d have to ask that Bill person to plow for her. Might as well get it over with. She started at once, walking through the orchard, past the framework of Stan’s new house and thence to the highway. A Certain Charm AS SHE entered Bill Langdon’s front: yard she noticed that it was theJast word in neatness. On the porch her attention was caught by a glimpse of blue velvet win- dow drapes. You saw gp eed the house bought it. But something told her that was not the right answer. She pressed her nose against the glass to look further into the room. “Did you want to see me?” Bill said behind her, causing her to give a start. “Yes —I utter confusion. He would catch her peeking into his house. “Will you plow for me?” she brought out | in a tumble of words. He smiled and a certain charm flashed out to her in that smile. “Certainly,” he said. “What are you going to plant?” “Lettuce, I guess.” “That’s the idea! Get a crop off i ie spring and another in the “Another in the fall,” she re- peated rs ~“You'll have to rotate yor though. Lettuce takes a out.of the soil.” “Tt does?” Her voice sounded inane to her own ears. “It’s good to plant beans in bé- 5s widened with astonishment. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS SOSSROSRSSSESSSESSSSSESETESSSSESESESOLESESSEEEEES Willard H. Dow of Midland, Lynchburg. Va. born there, 80 Mich, chemical company head, born there, 51 years ago. U. S. Senator Carter Glass of years ago. Charies Gibbs Adams of Les Dr. Edwin E Wittee of the Angeles, landscape architect, born Univ. there, 54 years ago. Willis R. Gregg, Chief, U. S. Weather Bureau, born at Phoenix, Baldwin Locomotive, N. Y., 38 years ago. George H. Houston, president, 4 ee Master in Chancery born at Cov- der $25 in payment of a bill Solicitor ¥ aa ” she stammered in® of Wisconsin, economist, bern in Wisconsin, 51 years ago. AS PRESIDENT OF GOLF CLUB ANNUAL MEETING LAST EVENING (By GRAVY) At the regular semi-annual meeting of the golf club held last night in the home of its president. Dr. Wm. P. Kemp, the reports of the last six months were read and |approved. In the course of the meeting the election of officers for the ensuing term was held and resulted in the election of Ed- ‘ward A. Strunk, president; Charles H. Ketchum, vice-presi- dent; J. Otto Kirchheiner, re- elected secretary-treasurer; Paul Mesa, Sr., and William W. Wat- kins, board of directors. The pres- ident reappointed Sath Goldsmith as chairman of the greens com- mittee. Plans to improve and maintain ithe golf course were laid and it | was the opinion of all present that the golf club is on the eve of a great expansion program. There were a number of appli- cants elected to membership and after an interesting’ meeting, the host and hostess served delicious refreshments. ; Eddie Strunk Back | Mr. Hurricane Eddie Strunk, | who has recovered from numer- ous operations, seems to be in the | best of health and battling abili- ties, and expects to appoint a couple of scrappers as captains of the teams in the next dinner | match. | He has also appointed Mr. J. Wiley Red Milligan to- get* the | golf scores and see that the mak- er thereof hears about same in the | paper. We do not know what the maker will say if the score is a punk one. Family Saved Situation Mr. Uncle Pious Watkins was almost defeated for election by | Red-but the family saved the sit-| | uation. ' Plummer Redeems | Mr. Handsome Horace O’Bryant | |and Mr. Li Plummer are so glad to have each other in the club) | that they almost came near hav- | ing each other put out of same by a secret ballot but Mr. Plummer did not vote for himself that time | and stayed within the portals. } } New Rye Greens It is believed that a few of the players will have to learn how to) | putt all over again when they get) jon those new rye greens but some | |people cannot understand that you walk on rye; they understood you ate or drank same. But wi | numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9 in first class | | shape a guy ought to make a good | This applies to all, of course, ex-} cept Mr. Red Millie and Mr. Rob-} ert Spottswood. : | Those gentlemen have a hard} | time in making the last two holes! in par if they are pushed too hard and Mr. Josie Lopez says amen to that too. | } | ) eeccocosccoocoseces THE LOW DOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE | eee ° | I been readin’ where there is so many beans raised this year in educate folks. But ‘it is hard imagine that there is anybody | who does not know about baked joesns—elo flavory bean soup. | And in New England they been | | dining on the savory bean on Sat-} jurday night and Sunday morn- | jings ever since the Mayflower. | | And for a delectable dish, you} | will go miles to find an equal, | when cooked according to Hoyle |—or Boston. | And a Boy Scout who has beer | | out all day, he will drop anything | |for a toothsome bean, and any | woman who is up a stump on there can be too many beans. I/ always figured there was not! enough. And if they have a car. / paign, there will be 10 million! men standin’ around with their! mouths waterin’, and dying to be appointed Judge as to the est way to cook the noble dish. Yours, with the low-down | JO SERRA. | Where Love Was String - “Don’t you think Egbert is of a very flightly disposition?” “Why, No; he'll never forget his first and only love.” “So, he’s been seriously enam- ored. Who was it?” “Himself.” G. R. Watson.a Chicago grocer, received from an anonymous sen. +25 years old. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN LOCAL PREP FIVE | MUST SHOW REAL STUFF TONIGHT FIGHTING FOR SECOND LOOP AGAINST FELLOWSHIP AG- GREGATION;: PLAY ANDREW JACKSON FRIDAY Having beaten the High School in their last_ game, the Fellowship Club is expected. to. have © the jump on that -five.in. tonight's game at the Gym, in a fight for second place in the City League, but Coach P, D. Huddleston of the Varsity doesn’t seem to think So. “The High School five is just beginning to look like a real team,” he said after they whipped t.e College All Stars last week, Seccsccsecocooecscsoosos Today’s Anniversaries | 1716—Aaron Burr, Presbyterian clergyman, virtual founder ~ and; first president of Princeton, mov- ed to Newark for his convenience, ' father ‘of the ill-fated Vice-Presi- dent, born at - Fairfield, Conn. Died Sept. 24, 1757. UNELE SAM’S JOB IS LIKE KEEPING HOUSE (By Associated Prees) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—Run- ning the national government is Dixie Bibb Graves, Alabama's junior senator, says so. “Government is merely house- keeping on a big scale,” she told an audience of Washington wom- jen. Observing that women are 1770—Wi=:am Staughton, the! most popular Baptist clergyman of his age, born: in England. Died near his home, Philadelphia, Dec.} 12, 1829. i 1780—Horace Binney, Phila phia lawyer, one of the greatest of his day, born there. Died Aug. 12, 1875. = ——— a 1822—Washington C. De Pauw | whose plate glass factory at New} Albany, Ind., was one of the coun-' jtry’s biggest, and whose business whose moving to the front in public af- fairs, Mrs. Graves said the na- tion’s _ “housekeeping” should show improvement. Mrs. August Daiski of Chicago @ policeman who told 3 there would have to be less. }moise at her bridal party. |Conn. Died at Middleboro, Mass., July 15, 1883. 1856—William Goebel, the cou- Kentucky —_legislater election as governor “and we expect to get much bet. cthics was above that of his age, brought the State to the verge of ter as the season wears on.” Manager Will Doughtry of the Fellowshippers. claims he has much petfer material than the varsity has and is trying to whip it into shape. His men show real teamwork in spurts, but then again go bad at times. The nar- row margin of victory over the Pinder Stars last week showed that. “We're still waiting until the fellows get:to feel each other more, and» know that a player will be on & certain. spot in a fast break when they shoot the ball in,’ Doughtry said. “When we; get that down, we'll be mighty hard to beat.” Coach Huddleston is especially interested in this game as it will show in just how good shape his five is for the State Prep games, the first of which will be Friday against Andrew Jackson of Mi-| ami, a mighty stuff opening game} opponent, at the local Gym. The two opposing satellites, J. V. Woodson of the High School and Charlie Yates, Fellowship, will be carefully watched. Yates makes a high score one game, slumps the next. ‘He slumped the last game, and is on the spot to-| STANDINGS Following are the averages of the four teams of the City Basket- | ague: aan “3 W. L.- Pet.} Carbonell Stars — = 666 Fellowship Club — High School — Pinder Stars ——___— ‘500! ‘000 | Subscribe to The Citizen—20¢ weekly. NOTIC sTE! NOTICE IS HEREBY G in pursuance of a final-deer y onorable Arthur Gomez, a} ear Court of the} Judge of the Circu Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and f Monroe County State of Florid bearing date the 24th day of De-} cember A. D. 1937 and duly eng ed in that certain cause pending in university benefactor, born at Sa- lem, Ind. Died May 5, 1887. ' 1838—(100 years ago) Charles S.| Stratton (‘Gen. Tom Thumb”),} the famous dwarf of Barnum Cir-} cus days, born at Bridgeport,‘ civil war, born at Carbondale, Pa. Assassinated and died, Feb. 3, 1900. 1873—Blanche Walsh, actress, born in New York. Died in Cleve land, Oct. 31, 1915. GET YOUR RADIO TUBES TESTED FREE We have just installed the AN latest type TUBE CHECKER and can test your tubes, METAL or GLASS, under actual operating conditions PIERCE BROTHERS TEXACO FIRE CHIEF GASOLINE PAUL’S TIRE SHOP Cor. 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