The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 1, 1939, Page 4

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES SOCIAL CALENDAR WEDNESDAY— Hel pik oe | Monroe County P,T.A, Council meets to elect officers. 3 p. m. Key West High School Auditorium: LdURSDAY— ou United Daughters of Confederacy meet at 4 p. m. at residence | j of Mrs. Allan B. Cleare, Sr.,on North Beach. ' Harris School P.T.A. Roorty Mothers meeting at residence of: Mrs. Rupert Knowles. 8130's! ‘m!" | Concert by Hilger Sisters at 8 p. m. Convent of Mary Im-; matulate. | Meeting Key West Liuns Club, Stone Church Annex. 6:30 P. M. Concert by Key West Hospitality Band. 8 a3 m. Bayview Park. | Brotherhood Banquet of Fleming Street Methodist Church. 7:45 p. m. Parsonage. Rotary Club meeting 12:15 p. m. St. Paul’s Annex. Annual Fashion Show of Senior and Junior Woman’s Clubs. p. m. Casa Marina. Play “Double Trouble” by Red Barn Players opens at Harris School Auditorium. 8 p. m. pa SSS FRIDAY— San Carlos School P.T.A. monthly meeting. Key West Choral Society regular meeting, open to winter visi- tors. High School Auditorium. ges SUNDAY— Concert, Key West Hospitality Band. 5 p. m. Art Center Park. as MONDAY— Banquet honoring ,Worthy Grand Matron don and worthy Grand Patron C. R. K 8 PB pis. Beatrice Bran-} en P by Fern Chapter | No. 21, OES . m. Scottish Rite Hall. ‘Banquet: at La! Concha Rainbow Room at 6. p. m. TUESDAY-- 24 Stone Church Service Club supper, open to | p. m. Church Annex. winter visitors. 6:00 Announce Ribbon Winners In_ Garden Club’s Flower Show; | | 1 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Johnny Weismuller Of Movie World Plans To Wed Miss Beryl Scot eS Flecida Tol | i ' ee/ Arrives in Start Shooting Scenes Peccocccocoococccce | For His New Picture, | “Tarzan In Exile” | | | | Special to The Citizen) | i ‘ OCALA, Fla., March 1.—John- ny Weissmuller revealed here to- | | |day that he plans to marry Miss ‘Beryl Scott, daughter of a weal-' jthy San Francisco rug dealer, as soon as his divorce from Lupe’ | Velez is final, which he says will ibe “about 60 days”. Weissmuller and a company of twenty arrived from Hollywood " | yesterday to start shooting scenes! for his newest MGM _ picture, | \“Tarzan In Exile”, which will be; made at Silver Springs. | MARIA HILGER Violinist Concert At Convent Tomorrow Night Lovers of good music will en- joy the Hilger Concert to bé pre- sented in auditorium of Convent tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock under auspices of Convent of Mary Immaculate. Elsa Hilger, cellist; Maria Hil- the picture-making expedition,! which was her frist trip to Flor-| ida. She confirmed Johnny’s| statement, and admitted they! were “very much in love”. | Start Underwater Scenes Preparations were made yes-} | terday to start shooting underwa-} {ter scenes at Siiver Springs to- Cocccesceusccsescscococs PONS IN FLORIDA His fiance accompanied him on’ | WEDNESDAY, MARC | **(TWO DEFENDANTS Deeeccccvccconcocooooces | (Continued from Page One) | Thursday jtaigned in the court of Peace - " ; Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., Biweekly Handicap Golf Tour-' ie cenereree in tates etineaed! |nament at 1 p. m. Key West Golf : Course. | They claimed to have no know- | Friday | ledge of the incident, in fact, they | Key West Boat Club meeting,!said they were so intoxicated © open to visitors. 8 p. m. Light-| they knew nothing of whet they house Building Three. jad done until they found them- Junior Chamber of Commerce! selves riding in a vehicle with |Business meeting. 8 p. m. Cham- ber of Commerce offices. : Sale Day of Sponge fishermen pone that had happened up at Municipal Sponge Dock, cor-|to that time. ner of Grinnell and Caroline McGarra Gave Information Streets. 9:30 a. m. However, it happened that E. B. sender. |McGarra, driver of the vehicle in Benefit baseball doubleheader | which they were riding and “who for Spanish War Orphans, spon-}was instrumental in sored by Ernest Hemingway. Blue their arrest, knew something of Sox vs. Seafood Grill and Road-' the case and told his story to the side Pirates and Conchs. 1 p. m.| justice. Navy Field. Biweekly handicap golf tourna-| ment. 1:30 p. m. Key West Golf} Course. ner of Mickleberry in the opera- the car had been stolen but had Monday Key West Camera Club meet- ing, open to visitors. 7:30 p. m. | Art Center. ago, was anothr witness for the prosecution. | The actions of Mickleberry and | \Fulmer, it was shown, after the | Shuffleboard courts open to the BROUGHT TO CITY someone, but knew nothing about! effecting, J. N. Wheeler, who was a part-} j tion of the parking lot from which; ended his connection several days/ |accident had a tendel |ate a doubt tn the m justice of peace as to plete ignorance of the in connection with the the prisoners were ret the county jail under $200 each to await action next term of criminal coi | ANNOUNCING— | EXPERT WATCHMA (Now operating in connec! with FRANK. JOHNSON 602 Duval Street iiThgrough ‘experience with ing watch factories WORK DONE REASONAB' | \ with ARNESTO DECATONE CASEIN PAINT {| Will cover wallboard, etc. in one coat. Makes 1! gallons of paint. Sods oan tiie price, $1.95 KEY WEST PAINT CO. 512 Fleming St.—Phone 118 i} Direct ‘Arnesto’ Factory Store | public daily are at Courthouse, Sqifare. Bathing Beaches aré at} |south ends of Duval and White Streets. Swimming pools are at| Roosevelt Boulevard and Yacht) Basin. Tennis, and Handball / courts, diamondball field, picnic| ‘tables, riding devices for chil- f dren, checkers, chess, domino f tables, horseshoe court at Bay- 'view Park. For further infor- ; Mation concerning Key West ap- , ply at the Chamber of Commerce ‘or The Key West Citizen. Tour | of Key West booklets are at the, | Chamber’s offices. { BRINGS NEGRO me DEE i GE: THE BUY OF YOUR LIFE! A dane, eo) THE FINEST REFRIGERATOR (By Nifia Leslie Calleja) Among the distinguished visi- tors attending the recent Flower Show were Mrs. Porter Baldwin of West Palm Beach, Fla., State President of Federated Garden Clubs; Mrs. Paul Palmer of Mi-| ami, State Director of Sixth Dis-; tric, and Mrs. Y. Lott, Chairman of State Program Committee. In yesterday’s report of the show mention was made of the public school exhibit. This should have read “Harris School,” as this school was the only one par- ticipating in the Flower Show. Following is a list of ribbon winners, and should there be any additions or corrections to this list, The Citizen will be glad to publish same. Displays: Tropical Blossoms, blue; Wildflowers, blue; Crotons and Coleus, blue; Shells, blue; Tropical Fruits and Vegetables, biue;-Cactus, red; Bougainvillaea, red; Oleanders, red; Handicraft, jger, violinist, and Greta Hilger, | pianist, will render a_ splendid Gite. | rogram of beautiful composi- { tions. Electrical Table, | David Printz. | Harris School Exhibit, blue. |W. P. A. Horticultural Exhibit, blue. | Individual Crotons: Red, Miss Mary Daly; | White, Mrs. Will Richardson. Coleus: Red, Mrs. Milton Saw- atl MUS ae lat Ui eeat P.-T. A. will meet at the home of red, Room Mothers To Meet Tomorrow Room Mothers of Harris School day and jungle scenes all along ‘the Silver River. Johnnie said! jhe had been trying ior the past) nine years to get his company to} jconsider this location for one of! his Tarzan pictures, and felt! very happy that he had been! successful at last. Johnnie launched his motion picture career at Silver Springs ‘nine years ago when he and! Newton Perry, Silver Springs’ swimmer, made a _ underwater! ishort. Perry and members of the University of Florida swim- ming team plan to work with Weissmuller in some of his} scenes. Florida Scenery To Fore Richard Thorpe, director of numerous screen successes, in- cluding “The Crowd Roars” and “Huckle Berry Finn”, who is here to direct “Tarzan In Exile”, said! that this is the first major com- | pany to film a picture in Florida since the California tax squabble) |four years ago. Impressed with Florida jungle , afternoon on Steamship Cuba, | West, six tons of freight, ARIAS SEEM FAR from the mind of shapely Lily Pons of the Metropolitan opera, vaca- tioning at Miami Beach. She wears a moire silk taffeta suit with heart-shaped bod- ice. The twisted chiffon turban is in a hunter's green S hue. eeecccevever” seccceccces | TRANSPORTATION S.S. Cuba Comes and Goes GENERAL ELECTRIC EVER BUILT TO KEY WEST CHARGED WITH DRIVING CAR WHILE UNDER IN- FLUENCE OF LIQUOR | Cleve Johnson, constable from} the Third District arrived last! night 10 o’clock bringing Ernest’ White, negro, charged with driv-| Arriving at this port yesterday ing an automobile while under! first cabin and five second cabin passengers for Key West, and 41 first cabin passengers for Tampa. driven off the road, apparently | There were shown on the mani- fest of the ship’s items: For Ke six sacks of mail; for of the influence of intoxicants, and | the P. and O. S. S. Co., were 140° goin 'Y and had done considerable damage Seven to lime trees in a grove through | automobiles, one motorcycle and Everything you want in a refriger- ator—best method for convenient, economical and practical food pro- tection known to modern science— new conveniences—quicker freezing ~and the enduring economy uni- versally identified with the G-B Triple-Thrift Refrigerator. All this is yours today at lowest prices G-E ever quoted. Get the inside story! ig damage to personal prop-! erty. | Mr. Johnson said the man had} with no control over the machine} which the machine had been Tampa, driven. | Simple, Silent, Sealed-i THRIFT UNIT with Oil Cooling “The daddy of them all!” blue; Seeds and Seed Pods, blue. Colonial Dinner-table, blue, (Mrs..W. R. Warren). Wood Table, blue, (Mrs. W. B. Ferns: Blue, Mrs. Reynolds; Red, Mrs. H. Bethel. Shadow Boxes: Blue, Miss! Martha Watson; Red, Townsend | Kirke). Morgan; White, Mrs. L. Wurtele. | Oleanders Dinner-table, blue,| Roses: Blue, Miss Lula| (Mrs. S. P. Vecker). Scheurer. | Anita Berkowitz, Get DAR Honors (By ULRIC GWYNN, JR.. School Reporter) Yesterday afternoon, during a| Berkowitz and Phyllis Adams. | special assembly, representatives, 11. Orchestra selection under | from the Everglades Chapter of ;the direction of Prof. Theodore | the Daughters of American Rev- | B. Klebsattle. | olution presented.“ Gitizenship| _ 12. Short!{Speech _of Appre- awards to three senior girls |Ciation—Jessi¢’ Watkins, Student elected by the student body. | Council President. Heretofore the awards have; 13. Announcements. 3 been presented by the principal! 14. Closing Talk on Benefits! to the winners during the Class Of Good Citizenship and Value of Day Exercises, but due to the |Awards of DAR—Professor o-) Overseas Highway being opened , Bryant. | it was made possible for the DAR | esc ay peace | to present the awards. i 1 | To Bonnie Mae Watkins went | Benefit Show the gold medal of Good Citizen-| Tonight ship and to Anita Berkowitz and| Phyllis Adams a Certificate of} Good Citizenship. f Tonight between fifty and | seventy-five* professional singers, , Program of this special as-|dancers and musicians will offer sembly was as follows: their services in a “benefit Jam- 1,. Orchestration, Spirit of St.:boree” to be held at the Habana- Louis—High School Orchestra. ,Madrid Club. Entertainers from 2. Flag Salute—Student Body. ‘every night club in the city will 3. Presentation of Corsages to take part. Five orchestras and the DAR representatives * byiiififty’acts will contribute to the: Ottolee Kirchheiner and Nellie @véning’s goal. Louise Russell. F: "The admission charge to the 4. Special selections, Medley night’s “entertainment will be of Tschaikowsky’s Themes—High | “pooled” with all personal money School Orchestra. » 2cpeo; \) donations, and the entire amount | 5. Introduction of ; DAR Rep-;used for :transportation expense | resentatives by Professor Horace of Herman Lewis, popular per-| O’Bryant. |formef and well-known to the! 6. Talk—Mrs. Paul Taylor,|theatergoers in Key West, to a Regent of Everglades Chapter, ; Miami hospital. Mr. Lewis’ con- Daughters American Revolution | dition is critical and his recovery of Miami. 'depends entirely upon an im- %. Introduction of Mrs. Everest |mediate removal to Miami. George Sewell by Mrs. Paul! For many years Herman Lewis Taylor. jhas been a “friend” to actors and 8. Talk—Mr’. Everest George musicians—tonight all Key West Sewell, Chairman Good Citizen-|is invited to be a “friend”. to ship Pilgrimage Committee, DAR, him, by attendance, in small or State of Florida. large parties, at this benefit per- 9. Presentation of Citizenship formance. A complete mention Medal to Bonnie Mae Watkins by | will be made of all participants Mrs. Sewell. jin tonight’s show. Dancing will 10. Presentation of Good/start at 10 o'clock, and acts will) Citizenship Certificates to Anita begin at 11, i scenery, Thorpe said he believed ; this is the beginning of a series of such pictures to be made in | Florida requiring jungle shots. While here the company will Photograph background scenes for the picture “The Yearling”, based on the book by Marjorie | Kinnan Rawlings, who lived here! j and wrote her best seller with | this section as the locale. Ross Allen In Picture The company with its quarter of a million dollars worth of {equipment and numerous animals }expects to remain at Silver {Springs approximately ten days. Ross Allen, part owner of the | Reptile Institute in Key West, and Newton Perry have been cast in the picture. ‘HEPBURN NAVAL BOARD ARRIVES, Judge Arthur Gomez, of the}, (Continued from Page One) Eleventh Judicial Circuit, who Marina upon arrival at 12:30 and was in the city for a few days, Were guests of the Citizens com- visiting with his family at the; ™ittee of Key West which is home on North Beach, left yes-| Waging a fight to establish the terday afternoon on the return to '2ir base planned for Florida in Miami. |Key West. Tropical Blossoms: Blue, White’ Mrs. Rupert Knowles on Eaton \Calotropis; Red, Spathodea Cam-|street,:; tomorrow afternoon, |panulata; White, Native Lenten; ! thursa: 3:30 o'clock. | White, Dwarf Poinciana. ee? re ee Miniature Vases: Blue, Two! Mrs. B. C. Papy is chairman of Blue Glass Vases with Yellow | the group. | Flowers and Green, Miss Elleen Hellings; Red, Mrs. E:'P. Winter, | lGened of Thorns; White, Red Mallory Chapter To ee and Green in Red Clay Meet Thursday Potted Begonias: Blue, Mrs. S. ren |P. Vecker; Red, Mrs. Mervin L.'_ Stephen R. Mallory Chapter, | Russell. | United Daughters of the Confed- Specimen Plants: Blue, Crown ‘ercy, will meet Thursday after- of Thorns; Red, Sanseveria noon, March 2, beginning at 4 Cylindrical; White, Diefenbachia. | o’clock, at the home of Mrs. Allan B. Cleare, Sr., 900 North Beach. All members and _ visiting daughters are invited to attend. San Carlos P.-T. A. To Meet San Carlos School P.T.A. will hold its monthly meeting Friday night. Dr. Julio DePoo will give a talk on hygiene for children. Members and the general public are cordially invited. e6e J. A. Hazard, of the Texas Co., who was in the city yesterday on a business. visit with the Porter Dock Co., left late in the after-/ noon on the return to Miami. | Military, city, county officials ,and citizens were at the luncheon FAMOUS SURGEON ‘and discussed the Proposed site | with the Congressmen. It is ex- EXTENDING STAY ‘<2 that tours of the Naval Station and other military facili- | ties on the island will be con- yous later in the day and a trip Dr. Frank E. Burch, interna-|to the excellent ship and plane tionally-known eye specialist, | anchorages of Key West Island who is at.the Casa Marina, will:aboard the Overseas District remain ‘a few days longer enjoy-|launch, “Le Pecheur”, Captain ing the fishing of Key West wa-| Eugene Demeritt. _ : ters. | Among those in this group Dr, Burch is of St. Paul, Min-' Were: Leonard W. Scheutz of Il- nescta! jlinois; William H. Sutphin of | 5 |New Jersey; Joseph B. Shannon |of Missouri; Melvin J. Maas of COUNTY BOARD |Minnesota; Frank R. Havenner HAS MEETING ° California; J. W. Mote of Ore- jon: Ww. S. ae be Ped York; is eee William E. Hess of Ohio; George (Continued from Page One) |. Bates of Massachusetts; T. e. tinuation of the sewer project in Eaton of California; Walter S. Key West at this time $4,000 and Jeffries of New Jersey; J. K.! that $6,000 would be available on Griffith of Louisiana; B. M. Vin-| March 15. cent of Kentucky; William S. A reply to the telegram of Jacobsen of Iowa; Warren G. Mayor ‘Abney is being awaited by Magnuson of Washington. Wives county and city officials and by'of many of the congressional the WPA officials, ‘ group accompanied them, there were 45 tons of freight. White had been arrested and. Sailing from Key West shortly given a preliminary hearing be- after 5 o’clock the steamer car- fore Peace Justice Lowe at Tav- ried 16 passengers booked at this' ernier, and placed under bond of port and two automobiles. | $150 for appearance at the next St m term of criminal court, which will roars shia | meet on March 13. Steamship Colorado of the Clyde-Mallory Lines arrived from New York this morning and berthed at the Mallory dock at 3:45 and began unloading cargo of general merchandise of more than 110 tons weight. Unloading operations were con- cluded .at 7:20 o’clock and the véSsel sailed for Tampa. << | :SReEerne | Two Great | Morning Shows FOR THE LADIES ‘MYRT «4 MARGE’ SUPERSUDS 10:15 A. M. ‘HILLTOP HOUSE? PALMOLIVE 10:30 A. M. Keep Your Radio Tuned To 560 ke Your Station THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC CO. If a candle had three ends... Those who burn thé\candle at both ends are borrowing tomorrow's pleasures for). today. If a candle had three ends they’d burn them all. 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