The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 12, 1938, Page 3

z 4 t WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Nelda, a beautiful, cow , gitt, is forced to run « “ farm to make het personal come true. lettuce dreams Bul, a tanned, young lettuce jarmer, is a mystery to Nelda. k, blond, gay and wealthy, tells Nelda he has his tay on her. Mrs, Reckless, Reck’s cold and arrogant mother, dislikes Nelda. aay Nelda’s selfish sister-in~ { v2 Chapter 14 “SPLL HELP you get ready for the company,” Laura spoke up. | \dLqure Had! earnestly tried to be helpful around the house since her marriage. “Perhaps I could have them after all,” Nelda mused. “They'd be here for luneh Saturday and would probably leave Sunday afternoon. “Four meals—you’d have ’em for.” Leila came and stood in the doorway between the kitchen ahd dining room. “Exeuse me!” “lean buy some chickens cheap from Tony,” Nelda planned. “Maybe Mrs. Moresi will sell me some ravioli for Saturday's funch. . «.. Then the chicken for Sunday. «.. I catt ask Ray and Doris over «+ « two tables of bridge.” “How about your brother and his: wife? Leda asked, her lips tight. “You said you'd be busy. If you want to come—” ley: inly will not come on a’ forced in ion?” Leila flounced into the kitehen: <; Nelda let her go. From past ex- periences she knew it was impos- sible to smooth Leila down she was ruffled like that. In the next. fifteen -mifutes Nelda wrote to Claire and to Reck. She hadn’t seen Reck since she'd received the news of his i a week ago. She hoped he’d be well enough by the end of the week to join her friends at.the rancho. It Was a gay, little note she sent him: Nothing much to offer in the the baby lettuces .. Ever hear of it? He accepted the inyitation in person on Thi ‘ “Why, you look fine!™ Uncle Ham said as the young man, snappy and buoyant in a blue suit ig tie, leaped out of his Fin you were sick.” ras. Sicker than sin. But I’m who makes a quick come- 12, when | in the replied. To Nélda he ital 2 = tJ 8 ~ Eye gis : bern at Glennam, N. Y., 68 ago. Fharles West of Ohio, undersee- of the interior, born at Mt. on, O., 43 years ago. Dr.. Mordecai W. Johnson, pres- of Howard University, 1938. iously. Tt ended with them talking about the week-end party she was ae “A pai up my . he said. “TU g over some flowers Saturday morning: Loads of ’em in our hothouses.” _ “That'll be grand. There’s noth- ing out in our garden yet.” “You haven’t invited Langdon?” _"Why—no. Thete would be no girl for him.” “He wouidh’t fit in, anyway,” Reck said_carelessly, but his eyes bright with exultation. were “Oh, you'd be Ee She was thinking of the Bill Langdon of New Ye Eve. . an heoaiy man ly. “On New Year’s—” Reck made such an abgry that she ad- ded swiftly, ’s not the least bit in love with me.” “Don’t make me larf!” The cofiversation ended on that note, Flabbergasted o* PRIDAY Laura and Nelda cleaned the house ss Uncle Ham helped some, an old co ie bE ar ot lors of male contentment. As Nelda the rooms she realized that had created a certain in them since coming here. The old adobe house had an. In the evening she made salad in _ individual molds, ae magic with red gelatin, bits Pineapple and cherries with nuts tucked in where the pits had been. “That salad,” she said as‘ she ced the molds on a big gazing at it with a expression that Nelda made a men- tal note to find a hiding place for the tempting molds... Laura’s appetite never seemed to be sat phere goin be plen ’s going to be plenty to do hi id ge Seed to laoett er min ead to lunc! dinner and the refreshments to be setved after bridge. “We'll get up an hour or so earl- Bat in the morning Laura didn’t appear for breakfast. She sent ‘word to Nelda by Uncle Ham that maybe e floating kidney — and ma a _ would Nelda send her — t poached eggs, Some toast and j: and coffee in that large cup. Nelda was’ flab’ ed for a moment. Then she decided she’ taken on a job and that she’d have to finish it. Perhaps she could hire Maria Moresi to help her. Why hadn’t she thought of Maria in the first place? Maria wasn’t home and wouldn't be home until that night, Mrs. Mo- resi told Nelda. “She out with that no good — Mrs. Moresi spat out the wi “Could—would you come, Mrs. ‘pay well.” lol ihe woman returned hastily. “Me, come. ae 2 istake front of your u s. Nelda felt @ goneness in the re- gion of her ch. How could she possibly do the work and tértain her guests, too? “Would Bon some ravioli t ‘point. Béw CARBONELL STARS RETAINED LEAGUE LEAD LAST NIGHT DEFEATED HIGH SCHOOL IN CLOSE GAME: SCORE. 38 TO 27; B SQUAD WALLOPED BY PELLOWSHIP CLUB Their lead threatened all the way, the City League Leading Cartonell Stars staved off their nearest contender, the High School Varsity, with a 30-27 vic- tory at the Gym last night. In the second game of a doublehead- er, the Fellowship Club finally woke up afd went into an ofgy of séoring in smashing the High School B Squad 36-16. Never more than five points be- hind, the Varsity kegan to inch closer toward a tie near the end of the game. With less than a; minute to play, “Candy” Lewin loosed a beautiful archer that was good for two poifits, and/ brought the score a basket away from a tie. Fouled, Lewin dropped his ‘try “for©an extra ihiders! center, took ‘a ldhg trade atthe basket and ‘Sark it’ AS'the Stitstretted back td'thel¥ defeHse, ee ‘Rival Whistle Lewin was in beautiful sééfing form making-1t7 points for high point honors'’6f the night. Wood- son, in poor frame after a sctin-' tillating exhibition Friday against the Andrew Jackson Generals, dropped only two baskets. Bob Saunders with 12 points and Knowles with six were Carbonell Star leadets. The Varsity played a siow gatne against a poor Carbonell defense, and lookéd sad passing. >Lopez turned in nice guarding for the School. Trying long shots against a tall team, they were un- able to net the ball very well. The lanky Carbonellites broke through the five-man defense of Charlie “Little Napoleon” Yates had a good night cracking away at the hop and got 12 points with shots from all .angles. James Cooper, who has been putrid un- der the basket lately, bréke out in sweet scoring again and mark- ed up ten points with quick lunges near the hoop for the Club | whith looked good on passing and | seem to be developing, but whose opposition is always lose in theif home garden. The outclassed and lilliputian B squad had as their high scorers, | H. Boyden, with six points, who |shiowed smooth play but needs said toughening, and C. Stickhey with | x rete § b ~ vt ee and couldnt geo ey and Nelda felt the embarrassment Dr. Claude M. Fuess of ever, Mass, teacher-biographe: bern at Waterville, N. Y. 53 years ago. _ Standish Backus of Detroit, president of the Burroughs Add- ing Machine Company, there, years ago. Frank J. Hogan of Washington, D. C.,. noted lawyer, born in New York, 61 years ago. j l Co hdkdchdddadihidadhakididh, four poifits who is awkwafd but scrappy and has a height advant- age. Sececsececccescoesessseest Today In History” “— eecccee eLecccssecsese 1815—National Fast Day in the United States. 1853 — 25-year-old Baltimore and Ohio R. R. finally reaches its goal, the Ohio River. ~. 1838-—-G00. years ago) Peace Conference in Paris. 1929—Great Northern Rail- way's 8-mile Cascade Mountains tunnel opens. 1932—Justiee Oliver Wendell | ee NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS In view of repeated misunderstand- ings on the part of one and al} that-— will be appreciated. Citizen—this notice must served to advise THE DEADLINE fer all advertising, classified and display, is 1? OPCLOCK A. M. on the day of publication. To facilitate the efficient makeup and publication of this paper, the cooperation of the advertisers THE ADVERTISING DEPT. Ae ee eet zizidaitztddd Highest _ (By GRAVY) Lowest _ ecccesseesssteeseseeceoes Mean | Mr. Eddie Strunk, the new club Normal president, has put Mr. Li Plum- - ‘ mer in complete eharge of tourna- femest Peagene ,~ a ments and recommends that sev- Temhesrew’s Alsbatac eral be played duting the wintef. *This record covers 24-hour period Mr. Plummer has always said he Soa ‘aos = ‘ - = v4 om. likes them beealse he neafly al- Syn sets _ _ 5:58 p. m. ways wins and so now you may ‘Moon rises - — 3:29 p: m. expect almost atiything to -hap+' Moon sets _ 4:25 a. m. pen, . from a real golf game to a ‘Toimbrrow’s: Tides lot of nonsense. PM 7:14 12:27 The other day, Mr. Ned Caulk- Lo: ins was knoeking the putts down, and when he had finished nine holes he had a seore of 38 which he claims is the best of his career. It seems that he got going on the third for a birdie three and dupli- cated a bifdie on the 4th and these two Holes coupled with a pair of 6’s still kept his score down to 38. On the back nine he slipped to 42 but thinks 80 is good in any man’s town and especially so on sueh bum greens but he ad- mits thet he was just putting to- ward the hele and the grass was se rough all of the putts accitent- Sea’ level, 30.05. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly eloudy tonight and Thursday; not mueh change in temperature; gentle shifting winds, becoming moderate northwesterly. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, preceded by rain on southeast coast tonight; slight- ly colder in extreme north por- tion tonight and in north portion Thursday: Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate shifting winds, becom-/| ing northwesterly, and overcast weather tenight and Thursday with showers tonight. East Gulf: Moderate north-! westerly winds, and partly over-j cast weather tonight and Thurs-/} day. ! WEATHER CONDITIONS j The western low pressure area | has moved eastward to the Lake} region and pressure is moderately j low southward into the East Gulf States. July 8, 1797. 1737—John Hancock, Basten) patriot, first signer of the Dee-} 1801—Caroline M. S. Kirkiand,! a noted author and editor of her day, mother of a noted author, born in New York. Died there, April 6, 1864. 1837—Thomas Moran, iand-} Another “Low” is moving in on | scape painter-etcher, born in Eng- the north Pacific coast; while a/ high pressure area, crested over! the eastern Rockies, overspreads/ mest sections west of the Missis-| sippi River, and pressure is relae- tively high over Atlantic coast | districts. i Light te moderate rain has oc-} land. Died at Sante Barbara, Cal, Aug. 26, 1926. 1863—Robert Underwood John- | eastern Rockies eastward to the Atlantic coast. Temperatures have fallen from? curred during the last 24 hours|the northern Rockies southesst- throughout much of the Gulf and / South Atlantic States, and on the north Paeifie coast, and light to/ moderate snow from the north-} i ward into Texas, and have risen in most other sections. ally went down. However, a lot of other guys would like to know how it is done. A goed many winter visitors are now taking advantage of the spell of golf weather and are get- ting in a few lieks: Some of the regular players like Phil Emmer- son have not had enough fishing as yet while others like Mr. Al- bert Johnsom are on their way to/ Key West. A few individuals are still look- ing with pop eyes and mouth agape at the lady who walked in- | to the clubhouse with a sack of! clubs larger than Bob Spottswood | and threw them down and regis- tered and then went out and started kiioeking the ball a mile at a shot. But it turned out she was a Worhah Pro from over Eng- land way. 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