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SOCIA ACTIVITI SOCIAL CALENDAR RURSDAY— Square Dance, auspices Knights of Pythias. 8 p. m. Armory. Meeting Key West Liuns C! Stone Church Annex, 6:30 ». M Concert by Key West Hospitality Band. 8 p. m. Bayview Park Brotherhood Banquet 7:30 p. m. Fleming Street Methodist Church parsonage. FRIDAY— “The Crystal Queen” operetta auspices pupils Harris School. 7:45 p. m. Harris School Auditorium. eee BEE SUNDAY— - Concert, Key West Hospitality Band. 5 p. m. Art Center Park. —— TUESDAY— Stone Church Service Club supper. 6:30 p. m. Church Annex. a Poetry Society Will _ Meet Next Week Meeting of the Pan American} Lieutenant E. R. McCarthy, of Poetry Society is definitely to|the Coast and Geodetic Survey, be held Thursday night, April 27,; who has been transferred to an- at the home of Mrs. James °ther district, will leave tomor- ; \row for his new scene of activity — ue vee ese day, {at Galveston and will be assigned wae yesterday, /t the vessel Hydrographer. through misunderstanding, that | Accompanying the lieutenant the mecting would be held on/ will be Mrs. McCarthy, who was April 20, tonight. An excellent| before marriage Miss Dorothy and very entertainin; rogram |.Cleare, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. is being arranged. Se | Allan B. Cleare, Sr., and their z tbaby, E. R. McCarthy, Jr. The |family will go to Miami and |McCarthy Family |Leaving Tomorrow Art Center Group To Meet Tonight |line for Galveston. | Lieutenant McCarthy has been | there take a vessel of the Mallory! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “Grand Chief Of Pythian Sisters a ES HIGH SCHOOL HAS ELECTION’ —=F | MUCH INTEREST MANIFEST-| ED IN DIFFERENT CON-| TESTS CONDUCTED AT IN- STITUTION | | | | By ULRIC GWYNN. JR. | Key West High’ School halls were the scene of much excite-| ment and business-like students | last Friday when the High School ; Student Government Association ‘held its annual election. In past years the election had been held in the auditorium with a system of its own. This year jthe election was conducted in a way that is similar to all official) elections of the city, county, } state and national governments. | The nominating commitiée or board of electors drew up the! ballot and the arrangements to hold the election by secret ballot were completed. | From the office of the principal | came the list of qualified voters! | | | | ST. AUGUSTINE, April 20.—Miss Etta Bailey of Jacksonville is grand chief of the Grand Temple of Flor- ida, Pythian Sisters. She will preside over the organiza- tion’s 35th annual convention April 25 to 27 at St. Augus-; tine. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen jassigned to duty in this section The regular weekly meeting of | for the past four years, and told the Art Appreciation Reading|The Citizen this mornnig he Group of the Art Center will be! hopes that his next assignment held tonight at the home of Mrs.j Will be in this section where he Jeanne Taylor, 408 William! feels perfectly at home and where : . he has a host of friends. street, at 8 o'clock. } The subject of the discussion GROUP PLANNING this week will be the art of an-! cient Egypt. All those who would | like to become members of this; group are cordially invited to at-/ tend the meeting. | | CUBAN DELEGATION TO AR- RIVE THERE ON JUNE 21 Pec ccccvescescocccseces PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. Al. Armengol was an ar-| . Tival on the Cuba from Tampa! TAMPA, April 20 (FNS).—Fol- this morning, and will visit with lowing in the footsteps of De- TO VISIT TAMPA | 243 in number, of which 209 visit-/ ed the poll during the day to cast itheir vote for the officers of the {Student Government for the jschool year 1939-'40. | This election was conducted in ;such an orderly manner that at ‘no time in the day did the prin- jcipal or teachers have to call for | order. Special praise goes to Jessie | Watkins, this year’s president, jand the other members of the | Student Council for their work in j making this election a success. Also elected at this election i were the students of Senior High, {who were chosen for their ! achievements in scholarship, lead- ership and athletics. The three At a regular meeting of the city; A son weighing 11 pounds was council last night an ordinance; porn on Wednesday to Mr. and | was passed on its first reading * £ sf granting Dr. J. S. Merrill, of Mts- Julius Villareal at their Washington, and his associates, a home, 742 Windsor Lane. Mother franchise to construct, operate;and baby are reported as doing |and maintain a fresh water works | nicely. system and distilling plant in| seers Key West. The price to be charg- . ed for the water will be $3 per The ferry boats of the Florida | 1,000 gallons and $2 per gallon|East Coast Ferry company ar- | over the specified amount of 15,- | rived last night from Havana ; 000 gallons. Special rates would with 30 carloads of Pineapples, be made for the water in larger) ach i | quantities. The council will meet |" W°Fe transferred to other |in special session this afternoon |C@fS and shipped to northern |to take up the ordinance for its markets. A much larger ship- | second, third and final reading. | ment is expected to arrive to- | — j night, | With the final disposition - of| her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Soto, a Cuban delegation repre- Cremata until Monday when she | senting the Sociedad Colombists will leave on the Cuba for Mi- | Panamericana will arrive her ami. June 21. The group plans to re- —_ trace the travels of the Spanish! Mrs. Ricardo Smith, who was explorer from this point through | visiting her brother-in-law and|the Southern States comprising . x sister, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Olm- the territory traversed by De-'| Perez, president; stead, at the home in South Soto, according to Cesar Rivero, | ; ri z street, left on the morning bus | chancellor to the Cuban consul ; Tecording secretary; Nellie Louise for her home in Winter Park, | here. | Russell, corresponding secretary, Fla. The tour, designed primarily | 2nd Geraldine Kennedy, treasur- ——_ |to further friendly Pan-American jer. Eugene Fabal, Jr., was elect- Miss Betty Henriquez, daugh-| relations, will take the Cuban |ed safety director. ter of Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Hen- |delegation through Georgia, South| The Student Body selected the riquez, left on the early bus this | Carolina, North Carolina, Ten- morning for Miami where she will visit with relatives and friends for a few days. 'students elected for these posi- ions will receive awards thst are annually. Those elected to hold office next year are as follows: Ray Betty Lewin, vice-president; Flossie Mae Key, Kenneth Kemp, who was visit- ing with his parents at Coral Gables has returned and says that his father is rapidly re- cuperating from a serious opera- | tion performed+ several weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Liderer and son George Jr., who were visiting for two days in Key West, left over the highway this | morning for Jacksonville. | Mrs. Alfredo Crespo of 1011 Windsor Lane left this morning | over the highway for Miami, ac- | companied by her daughter, Mrs. | E. E. Sparks. They will visit in Miami with Mrs. Crespo’s daugh- ter, Mrs. Frank Baron. i the extensive National Ex- Mrs. C. B. Harvey, formerly Miss Wilhelmina Goehring, ac- companied by her little son, C. B. Jr., were arrivals in Key West | yesterday from Charleston, S. C. for a visit with Mrs. Harvey’s mother, Mrs. Annie Page. At the conclusion of her stay in Key West, Mrs. Harvey and son will proceed to Washington, D. C. to join Mr. Harvey who is now lo; cated in that city. THE ANSWERS (See “Whe Knows? | penditures of the City of New jleans for the celebration of the|and Canfield Lewin for athletics. through Alabama and the north- | nounced by Dr. J..M. De La| MIAMI, April 20 (FNS).— - | the first part of this week for the |up their own village at the — | hibits. AT MUSIC EVENT IN living plants, colorful accoutre- |now in progress here, brings the tee ee, eee conventions and meetings. These ; Commerce. tional Church in Florida, are ex-| Jewelers Association will hold a York the profits will be equally fourth centenary of DeSoto’s dis- | covery of the Mississippi River. ‘SEMINOLE INDIAN ' | west section of Florida. It is gxpected that detailed | Puente, Cuban consul here, when | Forty Seminole Indians and a he returns from his present trip | baggage car full of plants, Indian ‘AMPA FESTIVAL | World’s Fair in New York. Max H. Kinerer, in charge of the WELL A as an added attraction to | puildi | | The Seminoles were ‘ vHar city ao kcal its and assorted i TAMPA, April 20.—(FNS) The | 4. first of nearly 6,000 visitors who | DroVe 2p unusual attraction at are expected to come to this city | : figures have just been released | by the Convention and Tourist | Reverend and Mrs. L. 3. The Florida Furniture Lucthi, who have been attending Storage Association will meet pected to arrive in Key West | 3-day convention April 30 to May | this afternoon and will be the | 2; The Florida pcan as of | the good-will visitors to New Or-! for scholarship and _ leadership, |The return trip will take them WILL VISIT FAI plans for the tour will be an-} parm one |to Havana. huts and accoutrements left here aborigines, stated they would set building NEARLY SIX THOUSAND IN displays of jthe Ev GHid"Wwith the Florida State Music Festival, ; during the next two months for! eeeece |Bureau of the local Chamber of ; a conference of the Congrega-/| here April 27-28; The Florida | divided by the city and the state. guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. D./ Master Plumbers will be here | 3. Yes; in a private assurance. Luethi at the home on Von) May 1 and 2, and the fourth dis-| * Yes Pfister street. | trict conference of the Advertis-| 5- 32 months. |ing Federation of America will| § March 14th, 1939. L. G. Suvelewski, of the Wal-| be held May 6-7. 7. Probably Russia; maybe lace and Tiernan Co., of Belle-| Gatherings. in June include | Italy. ville, N. J., manufacturers of | Theta Chi of Florida) June 2 and! 8. Yes. electrical equipment, is a visitor | 3; Beta Sigma Phi of Florida, (mo; 9. First game in Washington in Key West and today is a wel-' date listed), the Florida Confer-|April 17; in other cities, 18th. comed visitor ‘at the lighthouse ence of Methodist Churches, (no| 10. A few, including Sacra- department, which uses the com- | date), and the Florida State Fire- | mento, Calif, and Oklahoma City, | pany’s equipment. men’s Association, June 18-21. jowla. ' | faith, trust and esteem. at { presented by the Student Council! eq the petit jurors and instructed | the clerk to pay them off. Clerk Sawyer informed The Citizen j that the money for the petit jory payroll is now available and the ‘jurors will be paid promptly jupon application at his office. “You owe it to yourself to be- |come acquainted with the only frost free city in the United Association in a bulletin that is being mailed to all members of the organization, urging that all members attend the organiza- tion’s convention in Key West, June 9-11. The secretary sug- gests that each member of the group of visitors get up a party to fill the automobile and the guests pay the driver, making it easy on‘all who make the trip. | Editorial. Comment: A_ good credit standing, like a good name, is rather to be chosen than great riches. It carries with it prestige, influence, confidence, More than 30 red blooded | American boys gathered on the }lawn at the home of Miss Bena heir wild haunts in| 2°8MSon on Division street yes- | apr20,1939 terday afternoon to enjoy one of the most delightful and exciting " ta | Easter egg hunts that has ever) which’ surrounds their living con-| been staged in Key West. They ,,PATE. estate of were all membrs of the Cubs of Junior Scouts, and at a signal be- | gan the hunt. Buster Cerezo was the winner of prize, hav- ing found the umber of eggs. | call have b both teams are determined to win the next. The teams are betting 20 cases of soda water, {the loser to serve the drinks to |the winners and guests. ; | Harris School Music Department Presents | OPERETTA HARRIS SCHOOL Friday. April 21, 1939 at 7:45 P.M. Children, 10c honor, | the Albury-Filer case in circuit Pl "y court today the docket for the! # tanning For spring term of the court was cleared. Judge Browne discharg- Alumni Meeting | Alumni Association of Key West |High School will be made at a meeting to be held in annex of | First M. E. Stone) Church tomor- ;Tow evening at 7:30 o'clock. | It is hoped that there will be a large attendance of the mem- bership at this session. LEGALS | following to receive the Student| States”, says the secretary of the; 00 nessee and Louisiana, and bring!Council awards: Jessie Watkins Florida Commercial Secretaries! yorice oF INTENTION TO ‘\AP- PLY FOR PASSAGE OF SPE mR LOCA NOTICE That at the session o lature of the State of |convened on April 4, | tion will be made for t of special or local leg substance of which will | follows: An Act amending Two (2) and Seventy (7 Chapter 147 ws of Florida, Acts of 1 elating to Ever- glades Drainage ;; District, amended; amending Sections Nine -(9), Blevgn (11) and Twelve (12) of -Ghapter | 17302, Laws of Florida! Acts of 1937, relating to glades Drain- age District; authorizing . the issuance of bonds for the pur- pose of refunding the existing indebtedness of said Everglad Drainage District and prev procedure therefor, and, pealing all laws or parts | laws in conflict with this Act. Dated this 18th day of April, 1939. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF | EVERGLADES DRAINAGE DIS-| TRICT. as | } By J. H. Franklin, Its Chairman. \IN THE COURT OF THE Co’ TY JUDGE, MONROE COUN STATE OF FLORIDA. IN PRO- YULEE VIOLA ATWELL, Deceased. FINAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will, on the lieth day got June, A. D. 1939, present to the "Honorable County Judge of Mon- roe County, Florida, his final re- turay account and vouchers as ex- ecutor of.the Estate of Yulee Viola the said time, the: to th (S4.) THADDEUS F. ATWELL, As Executor of the Estate of Yulee | Viola Atwell, Deceased. ~ | (Sd) ALLAN B. CLEARE, JR. 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