The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 17, 1938, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West og a Che Key Wiest Citi THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1938. Key West for services and inter- ment, which will be in charge of see s+? eee ficulty In Way Of En- Outboard Motor Boat Assists In Capture Of Monster <a ane OVERSEAS HIGHWAY CELEBRATION a Already Key West has delayed too long in making ready for the celebration that will mark the completion of the bridges and automobile highway that will con- nect the mainland to Key West and give the unfor- tunate denizens of frost-bitten lands an opportunity to drive here and enjoy a breathing spell in our country’s most perfect climate. It is an occasion for universal rejoicing, for the long struggle to secure an oversea highway has been very universally shared among us. Rare indeed is that Key West citizen who has not contributed, either directly by donation, or indirectly by taxation, to the work now so happily approaching completion. The successful tax- dodger is the only one among ‘as who. must:look on the finished project as being a thing of glory in which he has no part. The celebration of the opening of the highway should, like the work itself, be participated in by all our A Hit i i Bre E i le i i i IN POPPY PRICE FIVE CENTS 7 | _ | : ‘ANNOUNCE DEATH (HARRY BETHEL : = Moser Channel Swing Span wine Ee urcult CISION _ OF MRS. WATROUS — DIED AY, s 'e | —- } . BODY TO BE BROUGHT HERE FORMER KEY WESTER SUC-) Highway Will Be Ready Dt [Toners | acne | CO Taylor ) Held For Violation A telegram’ sent to friends) Harry L. Bethel, formerly of and relatives in Key West this! Key West, died yesterday after- morning by Warren Watrous, con-| neon 2:30 o'clock in the Veterans’ a seccese ee ae eecce eeeece death of his mother, Mrs. Harriet} grams conveying this information ° . + = Pree Is heoked Vow" HENRY GASQUETON LANDS 500-POUND *3:'s3".'."<"cc3."s sess.” “~ o> Fire Bells, Laundry Whistle, Dvssios_ is Gemma - The body is to be bi t to! Phillips, a sister. j : ol ccwcctc| Call illite Ber Movie Gy) Soe West, when taken ill. He was tak-| | Fern Chapter 21, Order Eastern | on to the hospital where his ill- SHARK FROM 10-FOOT FOLDING BOAT aaie day afte: 4 o'clock from St.| Funeral services were to be con- High March / Expectations are that the Moser | >** ° coves ° eee Paul's Episcopal church. | Sates at Bay Pines, 2 o'Glock this ov, Fer - HALED BEFORE Judge Arthur Gomes of Ci Channel swing span. which is at j,2n-eating tiger shark from a 10-| rowed in and told Mr. Gasqueton Captain J. L. Watrous:; two! H. L. Bethel; mother, Mrs. L. W. / the Bahia Honda section of the {00t folding boat was the experi-| and Mr. Raveau of the school of children, Warren Watrous, of Bethel: Miss Sybil Bethel, Miss ; | | bridge about four miles from Big was accompanied by Marcel Ra-| queton and Raveau secured big Washington, D. C.; two brothers, Mrs. George Bowen, Birmingham. jens - a PiakiKey, will ke read for use| ¥°2" off Boca Chica Beach yes-| hooks and a large line and to-| Edward Mathews and Charles Mrs. Donald Stuart, Ithi within the next several weeks.| Sitting inthe bottom of his tiny|out after the school of tiger grandchildren, J Fred . |canvas boat hanging on to the) sharks. Mathews. = thi 5, | the vicious monster, signalled Mr. | er. Se oe eelere. this week. and Mrs. Moore, who were in an} Slamming into the big fellow, Work on this section appeared them and with the Moore boat danger of being pulled out of the highway which none . huge shark, the party succeeded' was towing him and, although = lowe in bringing the monster to the/they were but 300 yards off Jean de Pescay and Rene Kline shore with the current against bids received were far beyond the +--+ went out in the folding boat them and the vicious shark fight- | | when they saw a huge shadow, Finally making the beach, the! neets who made plans for the underneath the boat, streaking to- | shark was pulled in the rest of the |shadow was discerned nearby. number of visitors. As a matter of truth, it was) bids which were entirely out af | COMMER | Hine with the ideas of the engi- CE PLANS i gineers. | APPLICATION FOR CHARTER Troop 1, Girl Scouts, will be as- | '* B. M. Duncan, chief engineer of sisted in the distribution of pop-| VOLUME LIX. No. 41. FORBURIAL . | AT BAY PINES pik Tie ae veys the sad information of the} Hospital, at Bay Pines, Fla. Tele- -_-—e —— Funeral services will be: tec Re ee ce F Of ; Ca! h Wi ceund = ZA | afternoon. | tching 4 huge Pound | Cutting the line quickly the pair! Survivors are the widower.) Survivors are: The widow. , Mrs.! JUVENILE JUDGE “ Court im the Elewenth Jed jence of Henry Gasqueton, who big shark they had seen. Gas- Pennsyivania, Mrs Clifford Myer,|Yulee Bethel, of Jacksonville,| Se | terday. | ether with the Moore boat went! Mathews, of Key West, and two| ‘This statement was made by one! jine, Gasqueton, who hooked into| They agreed to assist each oth- i outboard motor boat, to assist;Gasqueton was ‘in momentary to be one of the projects on the | puting the folding boat and the fragile boat while the Moore boat ders cared tp secure, as all of the | Beach. | shore, it was a long pull toward estimates compiled by the engi- and were catching small fish, ing every inch of the way. highway. ‘ward a hooked fish. Another | way and attracted quite a large sites ct JUNIOR CHAMBER consideration, brought so many | to do the work, using men | and under the direction of the en- | }which is the sponsoring body of | bridge construction, said-he would! SENT TO ROBERT SMITH. pies next Saturday, February 19, do the work and under his di- rection it has been done, is al-| most completed, and at a cost, . Mr. Duncan said, that is approxi- mately $25,000 less than that which was offered by the lowest bidder. ~ The swing span of the bridge VICE PRESIDENT OF STATE GROUPS | Plans to start a Junior Cham- , ber of Commerce in the city were | by the members of the trdop, most of whom have volunteered. Members of the auxiliary com- mittee attended the regular meet- ing of the troop last week, and explained the purpose of the sale, and showed how the poppies are made by disabled veterans. These ; fs 251 feet long. It had to be cut! initiated yesterday when an ap-!veterans and those who are not the entire length, which in itself was a difficult and dangerous piece of engineering, the two halves tied together and then aft- this part of the work was fin- each half section gradual- ly spread a distance of four feet placed in position for the tion in readiness for the finishing Though considered one of the really hazardous pieces of engi- neering on the hridges, and one which taxed the ingenuity of the engineers, the fact remains that the span is rapidly being gotten in readiness for the finishing work, and wil} be shortly swung bask inte position. In charge of the work is Captain Ed Sheeran A recent visit to the project, made by an engineer who has had a wide experience and who is ac- tively: engaged now on several Projects, brought forth the state- ment from him that: “The entire project of handling this swing span, the able way in which the difficulties of the work were overcome, reflected great credit on the engineers who did the work, especially because of the saving effected, and because there was not one man injured, not even a tool lost overboard. “A magnificent piece of work”, this engineer concluded. LODGE OFFICIAL TO VISIT HERE Mrs. Charlotte B. Perry, Wor- thy Grand Matron, Order of the Eastern Star of Florida, will make her official visit to Fern Chapter No. 21, at a special meet- ing to be held at Scottish Rite Hall, Friday eveing, 7:30 o'clock This will be Mrs. Perry’s first visit to Key West. She will be ‘accompanied by several members of her official family, and the party plans to remain in Key West over the week-end. | plication for a charter was sent to Robert Smith, vice president of the Florida Junior Chambers of | Commerce, and will be presented ; |at the directors meeting to be held this weekend in Palatka. A small group in the city has initiated plans at the suggestion of Robert Smith, who sent a ‘long distance phone call through | yesterday and told them that Key West was the only city in Florida that amounted to anything which did not have a Junior Chamber of Commerce. If the charter is approved, a membership drive will be imme- diately begun, Joe Allen, tem- porary secretary and Earl Adams, councilnian, said today. Anyone who is under the age of 36 will be eligible for membership and application may be made to either of the two before-mentioned for the present. It is hoped that the Key West Junior Chamber will be organized before the convention of Junior Chamber of Commerce units of the state to be held in June at Miami The importance of a local Jun- ior Chamber, and the fact that Key West, which is hailed every- where over the state as a city that is coming back with a bang. needs such a unit, is stressed by the group initiating the plan. Co- operation with the Senior Cham- ber of Commerce is promised. G. FERRALDO BECOMES ILL George Ferraldo was taken sud- denly ill this morning at his home, 905 White street, and was rushed to the Marine Hospital in Pritchard's Funeral Home ambu- lance, where he was given med- ical attention, shortly after which he was returned to his home. This afternoon he was reported to be rapidly recovering from his brief and sudden illness. +Mpis.-St. P. compensated, receive the benefits. TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest last night last 24 hours Abilene 36 62 Apalachicola 60 70 Atlanta 44 58 Boston 16 26 Brownsville 72 76 Buffalo sd 20 26 Charleston ____. 48 50 Chicago 32 36 Corpus Christi 70 74 Denver 10 12 Detroit 24 30 Dodge City 4 18 Duluth 12 16 Eastport 10 El Paso 64 Galveston 70 Hatteras 42 Havana Helena Huron Jacksonville KEY WEST Kansas City Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami 0 10 62 73 uu Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Pensacola Pittsburgh St. “Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Sit. Ste. Maric Seattle Tampa Washington Williston Wytheville SRYSBRABSSSSER SR os] SBEw w * PBELVERLACKRALLS or a) ah ® citizens; and their representatives in their respective civic organizations should join hands in its preparation and observance. That act alone, like the highway itself, will mark the beginning of a new day of cooperation and success for the Island City. The Key West Citizen which has never wavered in its devotion to the idea of a road to the mainland, even when that course met with opposition, in its inception, regards it as an earned privilege and honor to sound the call to the people of Key West to join hands and make ready to celebrate the realization of this long-cherished dream. We urge the County Commission, the City Council, the Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Wom- an’s Club, the Cuban Club, the miniistry of various faiths, the great fraternal! orders; all the elements that present organized intelligence to the consideration of our civic problems, to appoint representatives who shall coalesce into one moving spirit to direct the universal rejoicing of our people on that great day of Key West. And let it be Key West's day. Close knit as only those can be who have come through great tribulation we know our resources of talent and energy. We need ne strange voice to tell us what to think and feel, we need no alien performers to amuse us. Our own people and the people whom we have set in the seats of power in city, county, state and nation and who therefore «re our own, possess all the resources that are needed to voice our heartfelt rejoicing and te put inte words the aspirations that we shall yet translate into deeds. The organizations we have, named hoid within them the ability toe create a celebration that shall command the respect and admiration of the nation, so many citi- zens of which, will gather with us on that memorable day. But the time has come for us to bestir ourselves and to secure fer our citizens, great and small whom we represent, the acclaim that is so justly their due as Vic- tery crowns the result of a prolenged struggle against heavy odds. RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET SPECIALIZING IN FINE WESTERN MEATS Clear Green Turtle Soup—Sea Foods CLEAR GREEN TURTLE SOUP —and— the famous scene in which Key, West was turned over to the fed- eral government will be reenact- ed at the County Court House. | land will be taken as has been | done since Tuesday. Director George Black stated today that he thinks the scenes are coming out “swell”, but that one can never be sure until they ‘are actually seen on the screen. Yesterday the March of Time group were at the naval station to take pictures of the workmen leaving the station at the close of a day's work, and others of the liberty parties going ashore, and the general activities as they were before the depression. by the use of the personnel of the mine planter Cormorant, and the | Coast Guard Cutter Nemesis, both \of which vessels were in port. il if j ili = by FETeeS lite gl felt ble Prk tt i f tit it j | ? 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