The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 25, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR “ALABAMA GROUP DESCRIBES KEY WEST AS AN INTERESTING CITY Appearing in a recent issue of the Montgomery ~(Ala.) Journal and Times was an article describ- ing the visit of a group of Mont- gomery travelers over the Over- seas Highway down on to Key West, which they claim is an ex- ceedingly interesting city of old world charm. The ‘article relates the history of Key West and states it was once a thriving city, well known to seafaring men and a large num- ber of travelers when Miami was nothing but a nameless mangrove swamp ard when even Jackson- ville was known as Cow Ford. The article in its entirety fol- lows: “Maps definitely have their place among the things that make life fun and the Montgom- ery -Florida-See-ers and their maps were as inseperable as a pair of pants by the time they started from Miami to Key West. Without a map a road is a road, however pretty or picturesque. But with a map, especially’ one of the new illustrated maps, it is a:-whole country-side. Towns, rivers, relative distances, local products, native fish and animals and even flowers become instant- ly familiar. Imagine getting such a store,of information free just by driving into a filling sta- tion and asking sweetly for a map. “To the once Tired Society Edi- tor and the once! Weary Statis- tician driving along the Overseas Highway from Miami to Key West there was only one fly in the heavenly ointment—all other roads forever must seem pretty dull after a ride over this miracu- lous ‘Highway That Goes To Sea’. “The Florida Keys are a broken string of coral beads flung out where the Atlantic meets the Gulf of Mexico, and across these tiny islands the highway runs out to the southernmost tip of the Unit- ed States. Islands and bridges break glorious stretches of water so pink and blue and green, one would like to scoop it up and set it in a ring if it were not un- lucky for those not born in Octo- ber ‘to wear opals. “Key Largo, largest of the is-} lands, is the first of the coral string after leaving the mainland a few miles below Homestead. Here the travelers found .rising from a green sea of lime orchards an. observation tower and a sign advertising ‘lime pies’. : “A view and a new delicacy— happy combination—and on this trip the plunging Plymouth stopped at every interesting pros- pect. A weathered old seaman with Venus tattoed on one arm atid Neptune on the other offer- ed his binoculars and. the view from the tower was breath-tak- ing—a panorama of water and ships and tiny islands. “Once more on tetra firma there was the lime pie, as delectable a dish as ever made a mouth water. The cook was vague about its concoction, it’s made with eggs and lime juice and condensed milk, something like a lemon pie, but only the Key limes can give it-its entrancing flavor. - “Another bridge and there was Upper Matecumbe and over to the -left the remains of the rail- road where over 300 veterans lost their lives in. the hurricane of 1935. Only the: pilings remain above water. Near Islamorada stands a beautiful monument over the crypt holding the bodies of. those, by somebody's blunder, taken unaware in the storm. “Another bridge, and on the Gulf side Lignum Vitae Key| where gun-runners once took on supplies when revolutionists were fighting for ‘Cuba/ Libre’, Then Lower Matecumbe, Long Key, Grassy Key, Crawl Key, and Key Vaeas, all joined by bridges, and the travelers came to the famous long bridge, seven miles over un- believably opalescent waters, the longest bridge across water in the world—and another of Florida’s superlatives. $e “The most spectacular part of a spectacular journey came after erossing Bahia Honda Key. The road mounted over the top of the truss bridge of the old East Coast |i Railway, destroyed in the hurri- Big . Pine hid in their secluded. har- bors by Pirates looting the weal- 375 miles farther south than Cairo, Egypt. “Southernmost and to them most interesting, an island city of old world charm. “Key West, that two by four little island, where every breeze is a sea breeze and Spanish is the language heardion the streets, claimed the*hearts of your Mont- gomery travelersas the most fascinating ‘spot in 2,300 miles of wandering around among the su- Perlatives of Florida. They ar- rived late Monday afternoon still starry-eyed from the beauties of the Overseas Highway and found the town a little sleepy looking, a little shabby looking and not too prepossessing. No use de- nying—they were let down. “Settled in a lovely hotel room the cool breezes (remember they were 275 miles farther south than Cairo, Egypt, and a thousand miles south of Montgomery) be- gan to lift their spirits. But it must have been during dinner that they began to fall in love with Key West. What a dinner— lobster cocktail,’ green turtle, yellow rice with enchilados, that crusty Cuban bread that comes in long: loaves one breaks off, avo- cado salad, and a delicious desert of preserved guavas and cheese— all cooked’in the inimitable Span- ish way’that would make an old rubber heel fair eating and turns good food into something to send telegrams about. “Outside ‘again the once Tired Sociéty Editor and the once Weary Statisitician found them- selves succumbing fast to the old world charm of this tiny island city. A full moon, as round and yellow as a tropic moon can be, lighted the brilliant flowers of the bougainvillaea, the hibiscus and the poinciana growing riot- ously over the weathered old houses. And in its bright glow stoad out date and cocoanut palms bent by the wind, bread. fruit, tamarind, sapodilla and ma- hogany—exotic trees of an exotic island. The streets were throng- ed with Cubans, their sonorous language filling the air. You're right, Key West had them in ‘the palm of its hand after only on evening’s acquaintance. “This was a lucky trip for these two Montgomerians. “A chance stop in a tourist bureau next morning brought them the ac- quaintance of an altogether charming young man who spent most of the next two days show- ing them about his native city. The palm-lined streets; the unique houses, sturdily fashion- ed by ship’s carpenters to with- stand the gales and made some- times of solid mahogany or cedar; remnants of the old Key West which was well known to sea- faring men when Jacksonville was known as Cow Ford and Miami was a nameless mangrove swamp; the Turtle Crawls where 300 pounders are landed before being made into steaks, soup and “turtleburgers”—they saw them all and more. “If you read Ripley you've heard of the sharks trained to eat out of a child’s hand. They heard the youngster call these man- eaters by name and watched them grab for the bits of lobster and mullet held in his hand. They climbed to the top ‘of the lighthouse and looked far out over the Atlantic and the Gulf; then down on ‘the home of Ernest ing arourid Key West. “And they enjoyed more Span- ish delicacies—Cuban ‘sandwiches made of ham rivalling Virginia’s best, and any number of un- familiar ingredients piled onto that wonderful Cuban bread; ice cream made of fresh cocoanuts; and that famous Cuban rum, of course. “Then they went deep-sea fish- ing with an old Cuban seaman, who rolled his ragged pants high over his bare feet and looked like a pirate but knew exattly where the big ones were biting. For hours over a coral reef, miles Hemingway and heard first-hand | ‘ tales of his fishing and story tell-| « PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. Ethel. Roberts of Southard street, accompanied by-her daugh- ter, Miss Gladys Roberts, who had been visiting in Miami with Mrs. Roberts’ sister, Mrs. Elsie Cannady, returned to Key, West Fernando Voght was a passen- ger on the morning bus.today go- ing to Jacksonville for a visit with relatives and will be the guest of his daughter, Mrs. W. D. Ferrill. o'clock bus this morning for Mi- ami to attend to business and ex- pects to return early next week. Mrs.Marie Blackwell and little daughter were passengers leaving on the early bus returning to the home in Miami. Mrs, Yara Martinez left on the early bus today for Tampa where she will spend some time with relatives. Ernest Hemingway, interna- tionally known author and writer, who made a brief visit to his home on Whitehead _ street this week, left over the highway this morning and after a brief stop in Miami will proceed to New York. Edward J. Hancock, owner of four newspapers in Indiana, was an arrival in Key West this morning with ‘his family, and paid a visit to The Citizen. He was disappointed at learning that the_publisher of The Citizen was not in the city to greet him. Mrs. Waldo Johnson arrived over the highway last night to be in the city while her father, Aaron Diaz, this morning under- went an operation in the Marine hospital. Reports this afternoon are to the effect that Mr. Diaz is resting comfortably. Karl Goodbread, of the WPA Employment Field Division, and Major E. C. Close, of the WPA Operating Division, were in the city this morning, and after a brief visit to different activities, left in the afternoon for Miami. J. J. Roberson, Jr., travelling auditor for the’ Texaco Oil Co., is a visitor in the city checking accounts with ‘the agent, the Porter Dock Co., and expects to remain for several days. luxury ‘and comfort in an exot- ically tropical setting. “They had found a_ vacation paradise ‘in Key West—but va- cations are fleeting things and with another dawn they had to be off again”. CLASSIFIED COLUMN PLANTS IN LARGE, PAINTED CANS for sale, cheap. Suitable for Hotels or Apartments, Ap- ply Rear 618 Fleming Street. aug25-4tx CORNER LOT 60x104 ft., located FOR SALE—Bargain; Furnished House, situated on two lots, 100x100 feet each. Apply to 1306 Virginia Street. may25-tfs .Mario Sibila left on the 7{" THE KEY WEST CITIZEN HOLTSBERG ON BUYING TRIP Herman Holtsberg left Wednes- day for the second showing of dresses being held in New York fashion centers, in response © to buyer’s advice that a representa- tive be on hand for the showing of what promises to be the “grandest assembly of dresses ever shown”. Morris Holtsberg returned re- ‘cently from New York, where he ttended ‘the first showing of the ew season, The Holtsbergs anticipate a big tourist season this coming year} and are making preparations to take all steps to cater to the rush ,0f business. One move is the es- jtablishment of a new annex next Tto the store to provide more Pte two trips made to market, including the one now in process, will act-to provide a full stock of all lines of merghandise, in- cluding Christmas stocks. Before departure, Holtsberg vouchsafed this infor- | mation, that he “thought the re- tail business had many prob- lems”, but that he thoroughly en- joyed it. | GE Miss Morgan Leaves Enroute Home Miss Mary Francis Morgan, sis- ter of Mrs. W. T..Fripp, who was spending part of her vacation with Mr. and-Mfrs. Fripp at the yesterday on the early bus. for her home in New Orleans. Miss Mary Francis told: “The Citizen that she was preparing to complete her course in journalism and contemplated a return to Key} West and would like to secure a position on The Citizen when she felt that she was qualified. She also said that she had en- joyed her visit immensely and was sorry that the necessity of returning to her studies required her cutting short her delightful stay. EUROPE AWAITS HITLER’S ACTION (Contniued from Page One) (Roosevelt) is not the man to de- mand peace”. Evacuation of the city of Paris has been started, with thousands of women, children and old meh being transported to locations in country zones. Similar evacua- tion of London is being considet- ed.’ Foreign tourists are “being admonished to “get out’ of thé danger zones” by all embassies. Huge liners are reported to be booking capacity sailings—many of them turning down late re- quests for booking. President Roosevelt today stated that he still is hopeful that no war will come out of the prést ent tense situation. He did not expect to call any special session of Congress, it is stated, unless war actually is declared. A paridoxical situation is be- ing forced down the throats of Italians as a result of the Ger- man-Russian non-aggression pact. Italians understood that they “fought the war in Spain to stamp out communism”. Now it appears that.communism is a friend of fascism and nazism. MONROE THEATER Wild Bill Hickok-D. Gulliver IN EARLY ARIZONA and EVERYBODY'S BABY ul ONIONS, Sits 10 TOMATOES, Herman |; 4, residence, 1409 White street, left/' | SUNDAY DINNER ‘ Key West, Fia., Aug. 25, 1939, By CORA ANTHONY Observation taken at 7:30 a. m. Director of A&P Kitchen 75th Mer. Time : Mc meat and poultry prices are ‘emperatures low. Beef, Te Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night - Mean Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending Excess since January are ‘Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level _ WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p.m., Saturday) showers tonight and. Saturday east and northeast. Florida: Partly cloudy, tions tonight and Saturday. and Saturday. Business Luncheon . At La Concha La Concha, ‘Gene, Autrey—Smiley Burnette IN OLD MONTEREY —also— COMEDY — SERIAL 0 ° SALE ON FAMOUS NORWALK TIRES 4, § and 7 ply and PREST-O-LITE BATTERIES Factory prices to all on SATURDAY AND MONDAY Not Second, Third or Fourth Buy one and we give you one at half price... we will high 9 heavy-duty TUBE, with every tire purchased! CRUSOE’S TIRE STORE 117 Duval Street _. 29.98 Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy, ptobably local thunder- gentle to moderate winds, mostly local thundershowers in northwest por- tion this afternoon or tonight and probably in south and east por- Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to moder- ate winds, mostly east and north- east, mostly overcast weather with occasional showers tonight Business luncheon-meeting _ of the Board of Directors of the Key West Chamber of Commerce was held this afternoon at the Hotel It was stated that the meeting is based on the many important matters, which are pending in the files of the commerce body, and the attendance of a full member- ship of the board was requested. at 7:30 p. m., inches 0.40} Gf tne month. Melons are ble and Total rainfall since Aug. 1, acceptable in hot weather. ROHR cae: _... 2.42| Small size oranges, lemons and limes are Deficiency since August 1, nad lime, deans, heets, carrots, inches __. in SS pe ceeplant, squash, ane potatos i are choices inches TY 7 | both alley and price Tea or Coffee Milk Very Special Dinner ‘Tomato and Avocado Cocktail Fried Chicken and Ham Glazed Sweet Potatoes Green Beans Pickled Peaches Rolls and Butter Spanish Cream Coffee BATTERY AND TIRE SPECIALS! Crusoe’s Tire Shop, 117 Duval | stfeet, announces elsewhere in| this issue a Tire and Battery sale that should prove of interest to automobile drivers of Key West. | _ Substantial reductions are of-| fered on first-grade Prest-O-Lite | batteries, with good allowances} for. old batteries, Norwalk tires are offered at half-price when one at the regu- Jar price is purchased—or, if only one tire is needed, a free heavy- ‘termediate Club of Ley Memorial ‘Rest Beach, under the supervi- flores Alvarez, Grace FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1939 Charch Group Enjoys Picnic Monday the members of the In- Church held an all-day picnic at sion of Mrs. Maud Sawyer and | Mrs. Dorothy Sands, Many interesting and exciting games were played and various races enjoyed by all, but cahoe- ing in thé Hawaiian canoes prov- ed tobe the thrilling event of the day for all. During the games and races pictures were taken. Various water games and swim-/ ming exhibits were held during the day. . A delicious picnic lunch con- sisting of ham sandwichs, spiced ‘potato salad, home baked beans, bananas, and iced root beer was served at the picnic table under the tropical umbrella. Those members attending the outing were: Eola Johnson, De- Torres, Gloria Riggs, Irene Gates, Louise Collins, Rose Atwell, Ruth Rose Roberts, Shirley Weatherford, Sylvia Sawyr,, Zenaida Yado. Milton Spencer, Henry Vinson, Jose Cook, Henry Sawyer. Mrs. Maud Sawyer and Mrs, Dorothy Sands, — Bermuda Market “Top Quality Always” Just Received SHIPMENT OF RHODE ISLAND REDS and DOMINIC POULTRY Guaranteed tender, or your refunded. money ALSO—Have Some Fine, Young PULLETS. =. _ 26 PULLETS. : ee 30c . 38¢ Prices and Quality considered —you can shop no better anywhere than at FRYERS, ea BERMUDA MARKET White and Virginia Sts. PHONE 52 Harry Sawyer, Odes McKillip, ARCHER’ 814 Fleming Street duty tube is given with each sin- gle tire purchase. MEAT HOT-SHOTS PORK CHOPS, : 22 tb . 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