The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 16, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR S OCIAL ACTIVITIES SOCIAL CALENDAR MONDAY— Regular Camera Club meeting.'7:30'p. m. Key West Federal Art |. Center. TUESDAY— Sas te Stone Church Service Club supper, open to winter visitors. 6: 00 p. m. Church Annex. Daughters of King of St. Paul’s Church will meet Miss Hélen Grace Warner, diocesan president, at her annual visit. 4'p. m. Residence of Mrs. C. E. apes WEDNESDAY— Annual Reception and Tea of of winter visitors and new officers. 4:30 p. m. to 6:30 p. m. Woman's Clubhouse. THURSDAY— —— Rotary Club meeting 12:15 p. SATURDAY— * Jaycee Jitterbug Dance. 10 p. SUNDAY— a aed Concert, Key West Hospitality Band.5 p. m. Art Center Park. Miss Vilna Mifones Given Birthday.. Party At Hahana-Madrid Last‘Night! Birthday party given for Miss Vilna M. Alfonso by her aunt Josefina Lopez Montero at the Habana-Madrid last night was ‘enjoyed by a large number of her friends. Dancing was the principal en- tertainment of the evening. Re- ‘freshments of cake and punch jwere served. Miss Alfonso wore @ gown of blue silk embroidered ‘net. Following are those present: Those attending were: Misses ‘Mery June Crusoe, Sylvia Hen- riquez, Margaret Bernal, Zenaida! ‘Castro, Celia Bello, Maizie M.} Gaiti, Annie Crusoe, Verlie Saw- Monrul, Josephine Ovide, Vir-; ‘ginia Perez, Peggy Domenech, Gloria Barrosa, Juanita Mayg. Misses Lita Molina, Solita! Cobo; Josefina Lopez Montero, Marjorie Gwynn, Louise Lee, IN KEY WEST eceaapecocecccoscecoocs Monday , le Young,Democrats Club meet- ee 7:30 p. m. County Court- base > Repulie Island City Basketball playing DeMolays and Park) Tigers playing Seafood Grill. | 7:30 p. m. High School Gym. Tuesday Opening of Daumier Litho- j graphs from Paris by Mrs. Vir- ginia Paterson, and permanent Shine, Flagler Avenue. Key West Woman’s Club in honor | mmunity Art Center. m. St. Paul’s Annex. Commas Wednesday ing outing on charter boat. m. Gulf Dock. Thursday Regular Key West City Coun- cil meeting. 8 p. m., City Hall. Blind bogey tournament ester | direction of pro Eddie Bush. ip. m. ‘Key West Golf Course. Friday Regular Island City Basketball | doubleheader: with Lions and Army and High School and Sea- food Grill. 7:30 p. m. High School Gym. Key West Boat Club stages regatta with outboard, sailing, rowing races. 3 p. m. m. Boca Chica Club. Louise Hawkes, Mary E. Wha! | ton, Pauline Phelan, Louise De-' jlaney, Anna L. Castello, Ada/ Rodriguez, Celia Vargas, Frances ; Ellsworth. John Pritchard, M. C. Butler, Basin. George Henriquez, Lieut. Paul’ Pirates vs Key West and ae Williams, Lieut. J. Bromley, | jans vs Blue Sox scheduled Thurman Sands, Jr., Larry! regular Monroe County petal |Sothern, Walter Acosta, Gerald! doubleheader. 1 p. m. Navy | Jaycocks, George William Ybar-' Field. ;mea, Edward C. Cassidy, Joe; eee 'Allen, J. A Mendoza, Frank! Shuffleboard courts open to the | |Guerro, Gilmore Parks, George public daily are at Courthouse Lee, M. W. Porter, R. L. Hanna,’ Square. Bathing Beaches are at Thomas Alfonso, Jr., Fausto Cas-' south ends of Duval and White tillo, C. H. Wardlow, Jr., Douglas Streets. Swimming pools are at! ete. yer, Consuelo Carmona, Romesa | McCarthy, Julio Barcelo, Jr., Joe Roosevelt Boulevard and Yacht/ and Handball ; ; Richardson. (Basin. Tennis |_ Mrs. Ella Freedman, Mr. and courts, diamondball field, picnic | Mrs. M. R. Scammons, Mr. and’ tables, riding devices for chil- | Mrs. Ernest Godwin, Mr. and dren, checkers, chess, domino ' |Mrs. H. A. Crusoe, Mrs. Eloina tables, horseshoe court at Bay- Medina, Mrs. N. W. Owen, Jr. view Park. For further infor- OF Coral Ge Copy Coral Gems Rev. Mother Tranquilla, supe- rioréss of the missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, New Or- leans, thanked Rev. A. L. Mau- reau, S.J., for the copy of Coral Gems, Vol. II, printed by The Artman Press in 1936. Bey. Mother Tranquilla is quite Pleased with the poems about Key. West, Rev. Maureau says, } and hopes to see the city some day. Mrs. Vecker Here For Stay mH Mrs. S. P. Vecker, formerly Miss Jennie Williams of Key} West! but now of Raleigh, N. C., has atrived for a two months visit here as guest of Miss Ileen Williams at the residence, 522 Elizabeth street. Mr. Veecker is expected in| March for a 10-day visit. Mr. Vecker was one of the first mana- gers of the Key West Gas Co. Wiman’s Clab Tea Wednesday Regular annual tea given by the Woman’s Club honoring the incoming officers and winter visi- tors will be held Wednesday aft- ernoon, January 18, from 4:30 to 6:30 o'clock at the clubhouse, 1307 Division street. Ail winter visitors are invited to attend. Miss Albury Weds H. Nama Tedder Miss Nellie G. Albury, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Albury, becathe the bride of H. Numa ‘Tedder in a quiet ceremony Sat- urday night at the parsonage of the First Congregational church, Rev. Wm. L. Halladay officiating. Standing with the couple were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Notto. ‘The young couple will be at home EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND CRAFTS ———OF. The Key West eeaesnd, 2 of Artists Through the Att Genter and the cooperation of F- Townsend setae See aie crticia ol tne Reg We to the public from 10-4, in the small room of the lower |mation concerning Key West and (Can CAMERA RA CLUB a Tour of Key West Booklet ap- | METS TONIGHT ply at the Chamber. of Commerce | ‘or The Key West Citizen. Tour) | of Key West booklets are at the | Key West Camera Club will j hold its regular meeting tonight Chamber's ot | at 7:30 o’clock. Feature item will be a review of the last hundred ON B US LINE years of photography from the time of Daguerre’s discovery on. This review has been prepared by three of the club officials, Howard England, Jack Harris and Bob Smirnoff. The lecture is par-| ticularly interesting as the world; At the office of the Florida! has just finished hailing the hun-| Motor Lines in Key West an-! | dredth anniversary of Daguerre’s’ nouncement was made by Agent | discovery of the reaction of silver slats to light. passenger fares of the lines of, Photography in all its phases twenty percent was made effec- has been a boon to mankind,’ tive yesterday, January 15. such as in medicine the stomache! Fare for the one-way passage! camera, the fluorscope and the| to Miami from Key West, which x-ray camera. Also science, edu-| was heretofore $3.75, is today $3, , cation, sports, history, entertain-| and the round trip, which was j ment, newspapers, magazines, $6.75, has been reduced to $5.40. advertising and many other Tickets to Jacksonville from Key | fields have felt its influence. | West, a distance of 530 miles, has | After the review cea = been reduced from $9.75 to $7.55. | an open forum on ppcordia| FULL PAGE ON BIRTHDAY BALL A special ‘full pag page announce- | MADE BY FLORIDA MO- TOR LINES aRERRE PD es ea AWARDED MEDAL three years of truck driving with- out an accident has won a “hero’: | | medal” for M. H. Ebert of this |city. The medal was presented | by the Associated Motor Carriers | | of Oklahoma. (doubleheader with High School | exhibition of Key West themes by} Key West Lions Club, Stone Church Annex, 6:30 P. M.j Key West Society of Artists. | Concert by Key West Hospitality Band. 8 p. m. Bayview Park. Key West Boat Club has fish- | 8 p. 1} Yacht | TWENTY PERCENT CUT 1s| | W. L. Arnold that a reduction in! EE | | OKLAHOMA CITY — Seni THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Dare-Devil At Playland Park BEN BENO eecpee vecee PEOPLE’S FORUM | R@@eecesceccrccccccesces DOG ANNOYANCE Editor, The Citizen: I am spending a month or two \ here, and I am taking the liber- ty. of making a criticism of the! one really annoying thing here, ! ‘at least to me and my friends. Namely, the dog situation. dont thin’k I have to go into de- 1 tails as I take your paper (which |I like very much) and read an a article a few days ago about dogs here barking and being a nuis-! | ance. ; I should only like to make an | additional point that a dog lover will not bring his dog down here} more than once. of these dogs wandering around the street, of course, have lice, . To be specific, I know one couple who were planning to spend a month here, at least | (with dog included), and after 48 | hours left for Clearwater only be- ,cause of the dog question. Having been in most of the dif- | ferent towns and cities in Flor- ; ida for the last 12 winters, and thinking that Key West is by far the most attractive place in Flor- | ida, I hope to come back next | year with our dog. { %@ hope that you will publish | this verbatim or the gist of it in ; an editorial. HARRISON OTIS APTHORP. 1015 Flagler Ave., Key West, Fla., | Jan. 13, 1939, VERY COSTLY LONDON—Health services | London County Council jare estimated to cost during 1938. in schools $729,819 | MONROE THEATER George Raft—Henry Fonda Dorothy Lamour SPAWN OF THE NORTH || Matinee: Balcony, 10c: Orches- tra, 15-20c; Night, 15-25¢ WE STRESS QUALITY— NOT QUANTITY in the Baking of our Bread |} Try Aunt Molly’s Bread VALDES BAKERY | ARNESTO Primer and Sealer work, cement, stucco, wall (natives a turn, 1} A great many H ment of the President’s Birthday Ball to be held at Raul’s Club, Saturday night, January 28, is in| process of being prepared to ap-/ | Pear in an Issue of The Citizen) early next week. Residents, merchants and pro-' | fessional people are being asked to underwrite this page at nom- inal cost per signature. The Citi+ zen solicitor plans to make 'eX- terests of this feature. Profit, over and above bare publication! costs, will be donated to the! | Birthday Ball committéé5°"*! vee to their friends at their residence on-Margaret street. ~ + of Trustees of. the arts and ne ey eat ses vy. Jan, 17th on, Hours: gallery. FREE ADMISSION—YOU ARE WELCOME iN : aeeraas CARD OF THANKS Our sincere thanks is extended | to our friends for the many kind | acts tendered us during our re- jcent bereavement, the illness and | |death of our beloved one, Leonie | Stirrup. We are indeed grateful | for the use of the cars and the| many beautiful floral tributes. [| Sn oe -1tx THE FAMILY. board, etc, in one coat. Very heavy bodied. SALE $2.25) KEY WEST PAINT CO. PRICE, per gal. _ 512 Fleming St. Phone 118 DIRECT “ARNESTO” FACTORY STORE | Primes and seals, wood- | | tensive calls city-wide in the in, 7 OOOO ODD SS I I I a a | STARTING TODAY be. ON ALL RIDES De For Women and Children AT ALL TIMES _KEY WEST PARK OOOO | ~ BEN BENO BIG ATTRACTION AT PLAYLAND PARK’ CANNIBALS ALMOST GOT HIM: DARE - DEVIL OF SWINGING TRAPEZE: STARTING TONIGHT ployed at Pigeon Key with the’ |Overseas Road and Toll Bridge | Commission, left yesterday after- | noon for his station after spend- ing the week end with his family. Wilbur Thompson left over the highway-this morning to join his vessel at Gragsey «Key, after! spending a short time with family. a 1 One of the most ° interesting characters and far traveled peo- ple in the show business is Ben Beno, the dare-devil of the swinging trapeze, feature free act at Playland Park starting to- night. Beno has made three com- plete circles of the globe, ex- hibiting his skill and daring be- fore thousands of show-goers, both under the big tops of the circuses and in theaters. While on a boat in New Guinea and Fiji Islands, the captain put in at a remote cannibal island and invited Mr. Beno to give the | It was not pos- sible in a short time—an hour’s stay—to get out of the boat all of his equipment, so the captain lent some wire used for wireless purposes. Mr. Beno fixed this up between two cocoanut trees. ; The natives very primitive. and ‘sparing in dress and manners, | were mustered from all parts of |the island and came in schools of | thousands, women carrying babies on their backs. | It was, even to such a traveled | Cleveland Johnsén fas a pds- senger on the afternoon bus ye- terday for Marathon “where “he left his sponging vessel to come ito Key West for the week aya with his family. Mrs Charles L. Bower, of Buf-} falo, N. Y., was an arrival on! the afternoon bus yesterday for | a visit in Key West and will be} the guest of her brother and sis- ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles | S. Taylor, at their home on the, property of the Porter Dock Co., of which Mr. Taylor is manager. George F. Widmyer, PWA en- gineer in charge of activities of that branch of the government in this district, returned yesterday from Washington, and arrived on the afternoon busy, W. Anthony, visitor from Vir- ginia, who spent a short time in 'Key West yesterday, left on the: afternoon bus for Miami, after aj ride over the city viewing the | sights. Mr. and Mrs. Chester O. En-| }man like Beno, a marvelous sight | sign, of Charlotte, N. C., who; ‘and decidedly uncanny. He was | were brief visitors in the city, left | in red tights, and the natives,|on the afternoon bus for Miami | owing to the fineness of the wire | where they will take passage on} upon which he was performing, | the Steamship Florida for a stay | could not see it. They regarded | jof several days in Havana. ‘him, therefore, with awe and | — wonder: to them he was a super- | Mr. and Mrs. W. B. O’Hara, of | natural being. It lasted only ten | Columbus, Ohio, were visitors in! {minutes, the boat leaving at 5| the city yesterday, rode over the! o’clock. jcity to see the sights of interest, | Big crowds came to see Mr.jand left 6n the afternoon bus for; Beno go aboard the boat, glad of |Miami where they will take pas- his departure, and he was given! sage on the Evangeline for Cuba. gifts, which from a native point | a of view, were their best offerings} Mrs. Ellen Cmmons and Miss —about three thousand bananas | Helen Ringe, officials of govern- and fourteen skulls of men cap-| ment bureaus in’ Washington, ar- tured from other tribes. It was| rived in the city yesterday and policy to accept these gifts. The | Saturday, and are occupying bananas were afterward distri-' Quarters G in the naval station. | buted among the passengers and | LA CONCHA HOTEL ‘crew of the boat, and the skulls were reverently deposited in the | In the Center of the Business H and Theater District | sea. Open The Year Around PERSONAL MENTION Eugene Demeritt, who is em- |’ lyesterday returning to the project. | bus yesterday. | Short time in Key West, left on ALL FOR ONE DOLLAR BUTTE, Mont.—One Butte city | Garage——Elevator——Fireproot employe thinks he has made the| record buy in automobiles for all | time. He bought eight of them | =, for $1, at 12% cents each, recent- ; Hear the ly when the city advertised for bids but none were received. The e Whittemore | “Tnternational Host” cars were junk models that had 5:15 P.. M. been abandoned during the year Monday thru Friday on city streets. Inierviews with plane arrivals at the famous Pan- American Airways. LESLIE HARRIS at the mike WQAM 560 KC Deepsea and Key West Reef Fishing on the Charter Boat “MARLIN” CAPT. FRANK GATES Phone... K. W. CITIZEN—Phone 5i Miami Broadcasting Company Round Gut You KEY WEST view whee LAV AINA, ia P & O Steamship CUBA Ke West, 9:302.m. Mondays-Thursdays A200 re arte sae 3:00 p.m. same afternoon Lv. Havana, * 9:000.m. Tuesdeys-Fridays Ae. Key West, 3:15 pum. same afternoon Avo Bet AT Sea % CUBAN TOURIST TAX Soe 40 DAY LIMIT "To PORT TAMPA, Tuesdays and Fridays, 5 p. m. The _ PENINSULAR s ata apse ss. SONNY cf fh For Information, Tickets end Reservations, Phone 5. H. COSTAR, va ~ MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1939 | eccccce | Senet Gaynor—D. Fairbanks, Jr. ine THE YOUNG IN HEART —also— COMEDY NEWS | | | Clyde Baltzell, who is doing some special work for the Sam Anderson interests at Munson Is- jland, left on the afternoon bus PIRATES COVE FISHING CAMP Pirates Cove, Sugar Loaf Key, Overseas Highway. BEST FISHING IN FLORIDA Individual CABINS with Appointments for the Discriminating CHARTER BOATS Mrs. Sarah Roberts, who had been spending some time with! relatives in Miami, was a return- ing passenger on the afternoon _ le Joseph R. Sawyer, of Birming- ham, Ala., who was spending a | the afternoon bus for Marathon, for a stay of several days, j Miss Juanita Saunders, grand-: daughter of Mrs. George H. Saunders, is a visitor in Key West, arriving last week, and will be guest for the next three | months of her grandmother, C. H. Stanton, formerly a resi-| dent of Key West, and Mrs. Stan-| ton are visitors in the city and} are meeting their host of friends. Mr. Stanton isa chief engineer} with the P. and O. S. S. Co., and is assigned to the Ferry Palma, which runs between Port Ever- glades and Havana, MAN ON THE CHAIR IN THE AIR Mr, and Mrs. Bernard Riley | and TES, children were among} the arrivals in Key West yester-j day for;@) brief visit with rela- tives and friends. 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Den Ameche Tyrone Power Sonja Henie J Alice Faye Shirley Temple OG Freddie CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST as at close of business December 31, 1938 Comptroller's Call RESOURCES Loans and Discounts Overdrafts ,Banking House, and Fixtures Other Real Estate - “Stock of the Federal Re- serve Bank ‘Other Bonds and Securities Other Assets United States Government Obligations, direct andor fully guaranteed Cash and due from Banks $ 301,155.43 31.28 Furniture 29,205.56 42,692.67 4,600.00 174,795.01 14.55 _ $341,061.84 - 468,983.25 810,045.09 $1,362,539.59 LIABILITIES Capital $ 100,000.00 Surplus, Undivided Profits and Reserves Dividends declared ~— et sees erable Deposits ___ Member of the Federal Reserve Momber of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation