The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 23, 1938, Page 1

| Increase In Stamp Sales Associated Press Day Wire Service For 58 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. VOLUME LIX. No. 46. | | _ WAS OBSERVED i | LAST EVENING | | Two pieces of property in Mar- | —— | tello towers, which is rapidly be- ! jcoming the outstanding residen- LARGE NUMBER WERE PRES- | tial section of the city and in Raises Postmaster’s Salary Rechipts At Key West DENIES STATEMENT Office Increase Suffi- ON COMPLETION OF cently To Warrant A OVERSEA HIGHWAY) “” = ees? First Ladies Night of the Stone | Roe Se ae ATTORNEY MARKS SAYS NO| Church Service Club was held} WwW. C. Winkel of Racine, Wis- | homes are being built, and a sale ED BY CHURCH SERVICE of 11 acres on Hog Island, where | the outstanding sales of the week | from Tuesday, February 15 to | Monday inclusive. Tracts on the ENT AT AFFAIR CONDUCT-| Which many beautiful modern | A sizeable plot of water front! published as authoritative because of the fact that no such date has been set. Thas wis published in the recent issue of a publication | opened by April 15, should not be | the invitation and excellent pro- gram. For the benefit of male guests jand visiting ladies, Norman Lowe recited the preamble of the club and sketched roughly the the organization. | Property on the northeast end of Stock Island was sold Friday by |S. C. Anderson et ux to Charles B. Johnson of Detroit, Michigan. The land was 500 x 150. It is un- derstood that the tract will not undergo immediate improvement, ja home on the Windsor Lane |property. Hilary Whalton sold ‘the property to Mr. Burchell Fri- day. Lot four, block 11, plat 1, in Key Largo City was bought Thursday by Brand Properties, | {Inc., from Walter C. De Garnes, | Inc. | On the Keys again, in the town of Tavernier, a plot 100 x 100 froting the Oversea Highway was |purchased by L. H. Prevo and Rethea Prevo from G. C. Geiger | and Gertrude Geiger Wednesday. Harold R. Pinder et ux bought | the 35 x 181 property at 611 Fran- cis Street from Mary E. Roberts on Thursday Mr. Pinder will re- | Rovate the two story house there, | making part of it a grocery store and part an apartment. J. G. Kantor bought the 50 x 90 lot just beyond the Galey Hos- Pital on Eaton street. Two one istory cottages now stand on the ‘ot. It is understood that apart- |ment houses will be raised on it. | Key West Foundation Co. sold the property Thursday. Edward L. Graham and Mary L. Graham bought the 80 x 80 lot lat Eaton and Whitehead streets from Margaret Dion Friday. ‘The 92 x 40 property on United | Street 80 feet from the corner of Grinnell and United Streets was purchased by William J. Cassidy ! KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1938. Martello Towers, Key Property _ Major Realty Sales Past Week Electric Welders Assigned To Swing Span Of Moser Channel _ Bridge Now Nearly Completed Che Key West Citizen Over One Hundred And Fifty “This Proact Bang Carried On Under Di Passengers Arrive Yesterday More than 150 passengers ar- rived yesterday afternoon on the Steamship Cuba, from Havana, and upwards of 50 of the arrivals were passengers for Key West, returning from a tour of the Is- land by way of that city. Records on the ship's papers show that 58 first cabin passen- gers were on the vessel with tickets for Key West, eight oth- | ers were second cabin passengers. There were also 104 passengers, | first cabin, for Tampa and St. Petersburg, and four second | cabin passengers. Key West arrivals: Max Clauss, Mrs. Clauss, Elizabeth Cowles, Emilie Smith, Walter Tate, Erwin Coburn, Josephine Coburn, Leo| Smuzyashka, Frank Haines, | Grayce Haines, Herbert O. Chaf- fin, Laura Chaffin, M. Powell, Gonzalo Bezanilla, Ester Guriga, Gloria Bezanilla, Carlota Rod- riguez, Henry E. Wilson, Luella E. Wilson, James Dolan, Alice Dolan, Raymond O'Brien,, Marie O'Brien, George Bulkhorn, June Kirley, Edward Kirley, Emerson Kuo, Folyn Kuo, Francisco San- supervision of Ed Sheen ‘This ts the 251 foot span of the Burke, Mrs. Burke, Charles Neill, | Mrs. Neill, Burt Engert, Mabel Engert, Sidney A. Foster, Mar- | jorie Lawrence, Jacob Zellotin, | !Yetta Balbontin, Henry Huhn,} | Anna Kuhn, Mary Rogon, Abra-| ham Rogon, Kenneth Hudson, | Florence. Hudson, Joseph Zurig-' haft, Anna Zurighaft, Mario P. Napoles, Geo. M. Wheeler, Marion Wheeler, Maria Viosal, By PAUL MAY | DEFINI! DATE HAS cen | 2s night, George Washington's | consin was the buyer of the Mar- (Special W rrespondent gsc. 5 = | Birthday, at the Church Annex telio Towers tracts. One lot was » | SET FOR FORMAL OPEN-| 4nd was pronounced a huge suc- | 59 x 109 and was sold by Evie K. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 23 pes pore ose 70 persons attended | Johnson et vir, the deed being re- | q | <3 West Citi ht | | 4 | corded Tuesday, Feb. 15. Key : jizens ee } | Decorations of pocenet | The second lot purchased by enough stamps in 1937 to give the Reteaheee eer gin on along the | Mr. Winkel was 45 x 100 and was Paul marks, attorney for the | ¥@! ite and blue stream- | 1.5 in Martello Towers. It was th $100 a year ili H $ ae * Year | Oversea Road and Toll bridge | O yery erate pein - W8S| sold by the First National Bank raise, the Postoffice Department | commission, in a letter to The} Rev. J Tolle was master |°! Key West. disclosed today. |Citizen, deplores the fact that of ceremonies and gave a spark- ae in caras les = “Adjusted” ‘receipts at the office Some incorrect information is be-| ae ee wel. | tTact on Hog Island on Tuesday, went up just $311 over the $27,000 | n= Sven Cut concerning the over-| iOS the ladies, and praised | February 15. One quarter went to sea bridges, and ‘their completion. thocx ba oats ner. Miss|Pauline Brurs Papy. Another ke which divides $2,800 offices| There has not been any date Nellie Louise R a ponded | quarter to Edith E. Moffat, and a |Set, he says, by the commission | ‘or tie Gill king Mr. Mix-| third quarter to Charles W. Perez. from $2.900 offices, the Depart | as to the date of opening, and the | = es, Fea Ss dieu cond | statement that it will be formally | 0" 2nd members o! — With the adjusted figure at| $25,000 for 1936,.the Key West| office now pay $2,800. The higher | pay will go into effect with the jin Miami. beginning of the fiscal year July | F en ii : ¥ | Mr. Marks writes further: "You | Sens sabes ‘member of the but it is quite probable that there| from Susan E. Cassidy on Wed-| Postoffice officials explained | KNOW, quite a few people in Key | - oun introduced the lady accom-| Will be improvement later. _| nesday. that the receipt figure is adjust-| W@St still think the people in| To0 tT ?'him to the Ladies’ Night; Wm. P. Burchell bought a lot| John Earl Miller et ux bought/ ted in ealculating salary and office | Miami are against any favorable | ond each feminine member in- | 50 x 100 which is situated just be-'a 50 x 100 lot on Georgia street classification because only 90|DUblicity for the City of Key) + -cauced her escort. Following hind the Catholic Church parson-|a block from Bertha street from \percent of the gross intake counts | West. But living up here as I do, 1. suggestion of Rev. Tolle, the age on Windsor Lane. It is un-!Loren C. Taylor et ux. The sale i: |I have found that peple in Mi-| 1. sarcastic and telling epithets derstood that Mr. Burchell bought | was recorded Saturday. ¥ Congress changed the law in|#™i are more than glad to give 21. isunched by the differently | the house at the corner of Angela, Clements Jaycock, Jr., bought this respect in 1933 to keep all | Key West “a break”, and are very | pondered members, all done in and Simonton streets owned by! the 26 x 93 property on Packer Postmasters from getting auto- Pleased to see it coming back ‘on | good fun, and raising peals of Mrs. O. S. Long, which he is af/Street a short way from the corner \matic raises out of three cent ‘¢ ™aP- ‘laughter. {present tearing down, that thatjof Virginia and Packer on Mon- > |_ “After all, they feel that the| A short violin interlude by Ger- the wncd will be used to cia : \ more attractions for South Flori- | aid Saunders, accompanied by) ; | Ki at the piano, was sont pg pean ea ee MRS WHLLEAMS there are s6 many fesi- | “The Long, Long Trail” at the re- lal Key Weaths (Suatctuereae tome wee'very) DED. LAST NIGHT ORGANIZA WALTER TATE “ts RESTS — _ MEETING FRIDAY RETURNS HERE Gerald Saunders, railroad ticket | | agent, was extremely humorous. ' JUNIOR COMMERCE BODY TO) MEET IN OFFICES OF | “Albert Carey gave a sketch of SENIOR UNIT _The next mark for Key West! ay taise of $100 to the Key postmaster. work made FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE W. D. THOMAS THOROUGHLY WAGONS SENT | ARRIVES IN ' HELD TOMO! ar. | nS? me Ut ae TO ALABAMA | osasc por was vileheaee Mrs. Nellie Lowe Williams, 76,! Wilton D. Thomas, auditor of 5, | STEAMER AT ENTRANCE | died last night 9:45 o'clock, in the | the Public Works Administration, | TO LOCAL HARBOR home at 322 Simonton street. Fun- | : leral services will be held tomor- | Y2° “25 in Key West engaged in row afternoon 4 o'clock from the | te work of auditing the records | residence to First Methodist |0f the expenditures on the Over- Spee avers te aboot at ie me the better for everybody con- | | the history of George Washing- | ton, while Mrs. Walden supplied | a very interesting account of the {OLD-TIME VISITOR READY | known facts of Martha Washing- FOR STILL FISHING | ton’s life. | _ | An honesty test was taken by j LOCAL WATERS | members of the club, but the | master of ceremonies, to prevent HAD BEEN USED IN OPERA- TIONS CARRIED ON IN KEY WEST BY MEMBERS OF OR- Raymond Dillon, pilot om the Miami Bar, was a passenger on . First steps toward organization of a Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce will be taken at a| meeting to be held Friday eve- ning, 7:30 o'clock, at office of} Chamber of Commerce in La Concha Hotel building. } young men of the city be-/ tween the ages of 18 and 36 are urged to attend at which time it is hoped a temporary organiza- tion ¢an be effected. At a recent meeting of member- | ship committee of State Junior Chamber of Commerce, an appli- cation for a charter for a Key! West chapter was approved. Tom Smith, vice president of the state, organization, who presented the application for the charter, will come to Key West to assist in/ the formation of a permanent or- ganization. It is hoped that there will be a large attendance at this first meeting. NEW ARRIVAL IN | SEGALS’ FAMILY Information was yesterday re- ceived by Mrs. Thurston Johnson, of Fleming street. telling of the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Segal, in Jacksonville. Mrs. Segal was formerly Miss | Portia Johnson, of Key West, has a host of relatives and friends here who will be happy to learn of the birth of a daughter. NOTICE Annual meeting and dinner of Scottish Rite Masons of Key West will be held tonight. February 23. Dinner at La Concha Coffee Shop, 7 o'clock. Election of officers to follow in tish Rite Masons in the city are invited to dinner and meet- ing after. as guests of the local body. j Happy to be back in Key West, embarassment to the group, de- cided not to take its average and meeting old friends and ac- | 8Tade. quaintances is Walter Tate, Jack-' son, Tenn., in the western part of ! that state. Mr. Tate has been coming to; Key West for the past 17 years! but his last visit to this city was two years ago. He learned with much regret of the death of Ben- jamin (Ben Tink) Demeritt, who died last year. the three Demeritt brother-fisher- Mr. Tate states! that he was well acquainted with | A slogan guessing contest was another very entertaining game played. An excellent menu was served guests. TUG WARBLER RETURNS HERE men, Fred, Thomas (Dinky) and| BRINGS IN BRITISH STEAMER Ben Tink, all of whom have now passed away. The Tennessee vis- itor recalled many pleasant mo- ments spent aboard Fred Demer- itt’s fishing boat of other years. Late yesterday afternoon he was along the waterfront inquir- ing about many Key Westers he knows and with whom he has been fishing. He is anxious to get/| out for some bottom fishing in a small boat that fishes close to Key West just to “get in trim” for deep-sea and further-out fish- ing, as, to use his expression, “I'm not as young as I used to be”. Mr. Tate does not care for tar- pon or sailfishing. He prefers still fishing for yellowtails, group- ers, snappers and the like. Before coming to Key West, Mr. Tate spent a while in Miami, go- ing frequently to the docks where party boats moor after the day’s trip. He stated that at no time while he was there did he notice any one boat bringing in over two sailfish, and was surprised to learn that Captain Paul De- meritt on the boat “Dac” captured four sails in one day and that two or more have been reported by a number of party boats. The same surprise was noted when Mr. Tate was told of the many: tarpon caught so far this season. The visitor arrived on S.S. Cuba yesterday afterncon from Ha- vana and is @ guest at the Over- seas Hotel He expects to remain in Key West a week or more. Mr. Tate is a railroad employe in Tennessee. ‘WIZARD’ AUTO POLISH WORKS LIKE MAGIC. IT CLEANS WHICH HAD BEEN ASHORE Wrecking Tug Warbler return- ed to port this afternoon having in tow the British Steamship Rio Azul, which was reported on Monday, ashore at Triumph Reef, jmear Fowey Rocks, and in need of assistance. The Warbler left 7 o’clock Mon- day evening, went to the secene of the mishap, and succeeded in floating the vessel. An examina- tion was made of the hull. the vessel declared sea worthy and she was towed to Key West and anchored in the inner harbor, ex- Pecting to sail later today. Belonging to the Thomas Steam Shipping Company, of London. the Rio Azul was enroute from Norfolk, Va.. her last port of call to Galverton. Is 363 feet long, and of 2513 net tons. “MONSTER” HUGE OTTER Mobile, Ala.—The cause of all the recent consternation in Fish- er’s Alley was recently killed—the victim of shotgun pellets. The “monster” was a 30-pound otter. which was about four feet from head to tip of tail Slithering thrugh the fence at the home of Charles Ardoyno, it was fero ously attacked by Ardoyno’s col lie dog and subsequently shot by Ardoyno. church. The service will be con- ducted by Rev. Joe Tolle, assist- ed by Rev. Y. T Shehane, pastor (of the First Baptist church. Pallbearers will be: T_T. Thompson, Ross C. Sawyer, Frank H. Ladd, Norberg Thompson, Bas- com L. Grooms and W. Curry | Harris. Arrangements are in charge of | the Lopez Funeral Home. Mrs. Williams is survived by one daughter, Mrs. S. Paul Veck- er, of Raleigh, N. C., one sister, | Mrs. Gena Semple, of Miami and STEAMER BRINGS HEAVY FREIGHT Another shipment of interlock- ing steel piling arrived on the Steamship Colorado last night 8 o'clock from New York. In the shipment were 162 tons of the material, consigned to the naval station. This piling, it was said, is an- other shipment of more than 8.- 000 tons of this material, which will be used in the setting of the quay wall at the naval station, which work is under way at pres- ent On the vessel, also, was a ship- ment of sewer pipe for the WPA Project in the city. The shipment contained 1800 pieces of the pipe, or about 5400 feet. j sea Road and Toll Bridge project, | has received orders to travel and | left yesterday for Washington. Before leaving, Mr. Thomas said that he had never had the happiness to meet a more affable and congenial people than those he had the privilege of meeting while here, and, anticipating a | return later in the year, has indi- cated that as he believes his mother will be delighted with the city and its atmosphere of gen- uineness and hospitality, he will accompany her on the trip. EDWARD BRUCE COMING HERE Edward Bruce, nationally- known artist who conceived the idea of establishing the first art colony here and through whose plans the WPA group of artists was definitely made a part of the Key West rehabilitation projects, expects to arrive about March I For two years, Mr. and Mrs Bruce was here each winter sea- son, and occupied delightful quar- ters in the naval station. At Christmas. time, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce were among those who freely gave to the fund to aid the poor and needy, and to provide toys and food. There are a num- ber of folk who will always re- member their charitable gifts. RESTAURANT FOUR TEN FLEMING STREET Secciie aa Finest Certified WESTERN MEATS Sea Foods and Clear Green Turtle Soup BREAKFAST—A LA CARTE LUNCHEON—75Sc DINNERS—FROM $1.00 BEER and WINES Fred Auerbach. Mgr. | ALSO—LATE SUPPERS AND SANDWICHES Phone $8 AND POLISHES IN ONE OPERATION GANIZATION Four of the wagons which were operated by the State Plant Board during the spraying opera- tions in Key West, but which ceased operating when the pest menace of the fruit fly was de- clared to be no longer dangerous, were shipped this mornnig on the Steamship Colorado, to Tampa Front there the implements will be sent to Floralla, Alabama, which is near the line of Florida, where another dangerous pest is said to be flourishing, and also in the Florida land adjacent to that section of Alabama. The eradication of this _ pest, which is known as the White Fringed Beetle. is to be at once taken up by the Department of Agriculture of the United States. and it is for this purpose that the spray trucks were sent this morn- ing. Among those who will be em ployed in the work is J. F. Dyson, of Key West, who left yesterday afternoon on the Cuba for Tam- pa, enroute to the scene of op- erations, and who will probably remain on the scene until the work is over. Mr. Dyson will have charge of the wagons and other equipment as machinist- mechanic. H. S. McClanahan, in charge of activities of the Plant Board in Key West, said that some of the farmers in the section infested by the beetle said the season of 1936 the pest was bad, in 1937 it was worse, and if 1938 proved to be a more destructive season than the others, they were going tc give up farming. at least in that section of Alabama to be repeated by request at Ansual Social on the vessel at the entrance to Key West harbor today and was brought ashore by the local Pilot Boat, Bar Pilot No. 3 It was not a pleasure trip, Mr Dillion made He was designated to take out the Medina from Miami harbor, and when ready to leave the ship there was no pilot boat to take him off He continued on the vessel and sent word ashore at Key West, ty wireless, asking that he be taken off Captain A. E. Sharipey went out on the local boat of the pilots. and returned to the city about 1:30 this afternoon with Pilot Dillion RETURNS HOME John Pritchard terday over the highway from Miami, and is just recovering from shock induced by an aute- mobile accident. in which Mim Isabelle Peacock was his riding companion Miss Peacock was driving the car and ran it into a light pole The result was a broken arm for the driver and her companion re ceived a number of bruises about the cheeks and nose Mr. Pritchard was visiting ix Miami and was the guest of he uncle and aunt. Mr and Mrs J.B Mullins, of 366 southwest eleventh street. returned yes Sock FERN CHAPTER. No. 21. 0. E. S. | The only club in town with « Benefit of j Geer chow Masonic Home of Florida { NO COVER CHARGE ; Pepa es ARCHITECT Scare of Plerxte Thursday. Feb. 24 8:00 P. M.