The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 21, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LIX. No. 18. Definite Plans Made To Organize Community Chest Important Matter Taken'VISITORS MUCH Up During Regular set PLEASED DURING sion Of Rotary Club Yesterday Definite plans to organize a Community Chest to meet the needs of a number of local charit- able works, was announced at the Rotary Club meeting yesterday. The plan, the usual means most funds, has been under considera- tion for some time and was final- ly brought up at a private Board ef Directors’ meeting Monday and publicly announced yesterday. E. A. Ramsey, secretary of the Rotary Club, has been instructed to address correspondence to the Woman's Club, the Junior Wom- an’s Club, the Stone Church Serv- ice Club, the Ministerial Alliance, the Chamber of Commerce, the i it i sWasRenuESsH) UrevEnuersEensEoy SRSALLRAIESSS| psaueansaeenansess STAY YESTERDAY Che Key Wiest Citizen ——$ $$. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1938. TS NEARING ‘FINISH TWO ARE HELD BY S&S. , A steering committee met last} _|night, with Charles Taylor as/ GROVES AND SONS CO. |i and enthuniacticallt LAST SLAB WAS TO BE told Mrs. Eva Alsmans Fuller, POURED TODAY | state director of Federal Art Proj-/ i | ect visiting here and F. Town-' send Morgan, local director of} Some of the contracts of the | the project, that they were more | Oversea Road and Toll Bridge | than glad to welcome establish- } ict are drawing to a close, | ment of a Gallery and Art Center and on two of these of the S. J.| in this city. Representatives of Groves and Sons Company, the | the Rotary, Woman’s Club, Cham- | if nothing intervened to delay the | P@t*s and Recreation supervision, | action. were present. | ; Mrs. Fuller left at noon today | These are Contracts D and E,| to be present at a meeting in Mi- with headquarters on Marathon, | ami in connection with the Fed-| lan@ it was said that after the eral Art Project there. Miami se-| Mayor Albury Vetoes Ordinance |MATTER OF ESTABLISHING ART GALLERY Phases of art besides the exhibi- tion Gallery, Mrs. Fuller stated, | tenor. the_emory ot oe AARON MPCONNELL storm victims at Matecumbe. She| IN KEY WEST HEARD AT REGULAR MEET- pointed out that the movement will embrace anything of an art) niseventuaily intended that AT ROTARY MEET the community run the Art Cen-} ter in much the same way that} oe tained. In the South and South-| west there have been natpeeeg ad 38 community art centers by the | with five galleries and five ex-} tension centers, leads the Na-} tional program in this field. honoring the memory of the FEATURE SPEAKER or culture nature. civic public libraries are main-| WPA OFFICIALS ASK FOR CO- Federal Art Project. Florida,| The invitation for the gallery 1) *|laying of the extent on the Thomas F. : slab, | cured‘its Art Project in 1936 and'}must come to the Federal Art _fhe last slab, all that '<. at ‘present constructing’ afivart | Project ‘fromi the community and builditig, Mrs. Fuller said. “The cannot be‘superimposed on the | Key West project is securing® ‘a | community. The action of the} | great deal of publicity, the New | steering “committee last night} | York Times, Miami Herald and | shows that Key West definitely "Tt Co. | Jacksonville Times Union being | wants the Center. 2 at Conch | some of the mgied aes hand- The ogre sees seevise 4 a 5 ling the story, she sta! | physical sponsorship, which in-| Bee ee pearing comple teat| The state director feels that [cludes a building centrally located | viPPEF ze asphalt wearing Key West has as good a chance} on city controlled property, Teno-/| circle in 24 hours, thus will begin. |as any city in Florida to become vated to suit the needs of the! most efficient clock ‘Work has progressed to such an | Teal art center, since there is a| demonstration; lights, telephone, | calendar wii | “natural atmosphere” here for | water, and a monthly petty cash! ferent the fills Such a place. All the people of fund. | |Key West have been most; Salaries, technical supervision Big Pine Key, that it is expected | étacious and anxious to secure |of Personnel, office equipment, ene hetapr at the regular noon |+ ‘Thecommanication. read: “I { Tum ~ of the Rotary Club yes- Sie Ht i Ht | | ! it if | rr iy ral [’ i FR | the Monroe Theater, rece! that there will be a number of | the Art Center, she said. Mr. office supplies, postage, govern- i rehandt s l | fl | temples at various seasons of the WEST SUNSHINE POSSESSING CLEAN-| Leo Gomez, former Key Wester! now making his home in Cleve-| * TICE: | iend, Ohio, was an arrival over} ETS OFFERED BY OWNERS the highway yesterday afternoon | OF THEATERS \for a visit with relatives and | friends, and plans to spend sev-| ‘eral weeks here. | Results of the inspection made Accompanying Mr. Gomez were | Mr. and Mrs. H. Warnecke and’ Harold Lees. Mr. Lees is the) owner of the “A to Z” creations, and is taking time off after a , busy year, to enjoy a well earned vacation. Mr. Warnecke is a retired dia- mond merchant and comes to Key West, with Mrs. Warnecke, to enjoy the climate and rest for a period before returning to the . Gomez, while not attend- the art displays in one of department stores in devotes most of his} ime to photography, much of it; in colors, and has a fine collec-icorded for the year was on Aug- i i picture films{ ust 29 when’ registration showed and will show }93 degrees. There were several | presentation of one ticket to the |gas plant, and another to the | Valladares store. These were | from Palace Theater, and the |places are in the 400 and 500 The other ti George E. Wolfe, one of the foremost attorneys at law in Esquinaldo Pennsylvania, is a guest at the in the 709 | La Concha Hotel, and is a search- shoe shop, | & @fter rest and sunshine. In | weather like this Mr. Wolfe is seen at the beach bathing in the jsun and health giving breezes from the ocean. His home is in Johnstown, and Mr. Wolfe experienced both of; the disastrous floods which were! | developed in that section, .caus- ing terrific damage to property tickets were from and were ived by the gallery the O. K. block. Photograph block, and i 600 It is his intention to stay a | chee made for the purpose of de-/| while, then start back home visit-/ ~ which made the trip any- it enjoyable, and he was) Gardner’s Pharmacy | glad to get back to Key West. | “The Rexall Store” ‘SUMMARY OF WEATHER SHOWS KEY i [ | | year, a different temple on March | 21, September 23 and June 23. The i | our oldest timepiece, Mr. McCon- | | nell pointed out, the Aztec | der, the sun dial, and the | calender working di fi ; ) AND TEMPERATURE Annual meteorological sum- ; West unit |ments of its bodies. gee Sa ‘of the Unifed Slates Weather Bu. | 2! ae P reau gives Key West 2989 hours! King Alfred’ of sunshine during the year 1937. | Emperor of China’s or 71 percent of the possible! the “clepsydra” used he | Romans to limit times ee. the “sand , the The greatest number of sun- ebegedtt card get the shine hours of any month during ciple of which was- the year was in May when there Galileo, the burning were 295 hours, and the lowest ciock,.the St. Paul's Cathedral, | month was December, with 190 | westminster, Canterbury clocks, | a Percent of the pos- and the first spring driven clock, | if > These figures show.in: wadenk- |e ee able terms just why The Citizen; was, in 1937, obligated to preesnt the Key West Public Library on but two occasions a check for $5 j,; for each sunless day during the whole year. Average wind velocity through- out the year was 9.7. The highest j i occurred on May 2, when for a jects, “Townsend | 9 During the year there were 145 \ ater color artist, was requested ‘ig cleaf days, 137 partly cloudy, and “Stephen Cochran Singlstén ex 83 cloudy days. Thete are NO hibited the proa reeéfiily~ records of fog for the entire year, <tructed under the auspires'of thet, and thunder showers were ex- ‘ eisaaebeal Ide Yacht Club and ~explained: 7 ; principle of operation. The highest temperature re-') was annouriced as “the “formiét eorporating and active start the Yacht Club. — 92 and 91, in June, July Dr. West of the State Plant Board | ugust. unknown infestation of Lowest temperature recorded cules ious to Sk ou pee i “wai i if i rh a] & il Ht & i i k i h } : ; j L I I uf Hl ee tl : i 7 i g i & ul aH) it i L he has i it efi hl i : : i I i ) | ' i Te elf I veirl tt gf e | Board . “ in Gai rete rest of the year the low averages, ville. wes eee oP ting ss monthly, ran from 58 to 71 in Guests were D. E. January and February, Novem- ‘ = ber and December. halegery —ieeetiay Fae Heaviest rainfalls of the year iodo, Ohio; : kins, Hick: | i ‘when 453 inches fell. Monthly Key West: E J ‘Fechtel, precipitation was heaviest during West: Polycarp 4 May, which records 9.63 inches. wo.’ Lowest precipitation was record- " | ed for the month of April, shown | pV nas crane: algo ra on the record as 13 ofan inch. 5 ‘Ajexander, Duncon, Oklahoma | Ee - NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH CHICAGO.—When polite “ar-| . f Hil | . ; i ek ! | | : a f a (i th tt fel’ i t Uy Geo. Dean's Rhythm Boys —NO ADMISSION— seeeseceoeesesses | %. GOOD HARDWARE IS ESSENTIAL ON ANY FOR NEW WORK OR FOR REPAIRS--FOR ANYTHING IN GOOD HARDWARE CALL SOUTH FLORIDA,