The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 4, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Actress Recreates a Style a Plaid and checked taffeta, whose last great boom was during the horse-and-buggy days, suddenly seems the prettiest thing on earth today, as evidenced by this flowing black and white taffeta worn by Mary Healy, young 20th Century-Fox actress, who has a feature role in the forthcoming Cosmopolitgn Production, “20,000 Men a Year.” High School P.-T. A. Hears tev. Hutchinson Speak On Hom Rev. G. W. guest speaker High School terday at the his topic being “Char velopment in the Home”. High- lights of the speech stressed the fact that “Democracy must begin in the home, in which every- body shares and each person has something to do. Worthwhile work is necessary in the home where ‘people live’ Children learn in early life to participate in a democratic world”. Program, presented by Mrs. Charles Ketchum included a cor- net solo by John Day and a vio- lin solo by Gerald Saunders, both accompanied by Kingman Curry Business session was conducted by president, Mrs. Milton Saw- yer. Prof. Horace O'Bryant wel- comed the assembla and had high s of praise for the full- year’s program planned. Chief project for the year will be the purchase of posters con- taining Character Education sub- Hutchinson v at the Key West meeting held yes school auditorium, ter De- Local 0.E.S. Members Remain In Miami Mrs. G. N 1orn, Mrs. Sharpley and Willard M. Al bury, who left earlier in the week for Miami to attend assemblies of the Eastern Star, have notified their families that they do not ex pect to return until the latter part of the week. There held a number of im nt meetings ‘during the remainder of the w and the members decided to remain for the ev and will return Sun day, it xpected ce are to be Pythians Meet Friday Evening The Knights of Pythias are scheduling an open meeting for this Friday evening, to start at 7:30. o'clock in their hall. The oc- casion celebrates “Pythias Week” as observed throughout Florida this ok Visiting Pyt we ns and Pythian Sisters are invited to attend the meeting. Entertainment will fol- low the business session. Sixth Rhythm Revue Staged Later In Month Plans now going forward for the Rhythm Revue” to be staged at the Palace Theater this month. The Girl Scouts ‘will sponsor the Revue, which will feature acts from the various night clubs of the city Studenis of Gerald Pinder will be seen in are A. E.| 2 jects to be placed in both senior and junior schools. Hl Mrs. L. E. Watson, chairman of {Ways and Means committee, an- nounced the following commit- | tees in charge of raising funds: |° October, Ways and Means, No-! vember, Room Mothers, Decem-| ber, Program, January, Hos- pitality, February, Membership, | March, Teachers, April, Publicity, | May, May Day Festival. | The Annual Hallowe’en Car-! nival will be held on Harris} School grounds Friday, October | }13 at 4 o’clock. A full program) for both young and old is plan-| jned. Committee chairmen are,} ,Cake, Mrs. Charles Ketchum, Candy, Mrs. Benj. Lowe, Stunts, | Mrs. W. P. Archer, Ponies, Mrs. | Juliette Russell, Tar Babies, Mrs. Donald: Myers, Parade, Mrs. | Benj. Demeritt assisted by NYA} girls. Mrs. Eva Warner will be} judge of the parade. Prizes will! be awarded best costumes. Room Mothers of the associa- | tion will meet November 3. Reg- | ular meeting will be held Novem- | ber 7. | | Dramatic Club To Hold Candy Sale The Dramatic Club will put on a candy sale at the High School and Harris School tomorrow to raise money for their coming Pro- | been in Key West for one month! Floridians, is known in parts of duction, the three-act play, “Jane Ey Cocoanut candy, fudge, and caramels will be sold. Fréda | public schools, left on the early |ntits’ ate roasted and eaten as a Hancock is managing the sale. Lorayne Harrington, Elaine Carney, Blanche Cervantes, Flos-|Miss Marie Westmoreland, who! States, is found on the Keys, as| sie Mae Key, Lillie Mae Knowles, Julia Saunders, Helen Archer and Shirley Pierce will make the candy. | Lillie Mae Knowles and Char- |lotte V. Mercer will be in charge rival on the Steamship Cuba! jof the sale at the High School, {and Roland Keeton and Blanche |Cervantes at the Harris school. Mrs. Piercy Visits Currys Mrs.-Tessie Piercy was an ar- rival on the Steamship Cuba Mon- day morning from Tampa and is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Curry at their home, 1411 Albury street. Mrs. Piercy is a daughter of O. V. Roberts and is visiting with ‘him at the Curry home. She plans |to leave Friday afternoon on S.S. Cuba when’the vessel returns from Havana and will proceed to ‘Tampa. i i BIRTH | ANNOUNCEMENTS Albert Arnos, Jr. Arrives Mr. and Mrs. Albert Arnos, + . THE KEY. WEST: CITIZEN ce : THE ISLAND CITY | | ATTENTION of this columnjing. . while the card playing and | |has been called to the book, |discussions. . were still in prog-| “Life and Death of a Spanish | ress up and down the main’ 'Town”. The scene and char-jstreet, far off shore the fishing! jacters before the island Bpantibs | boats were rising and falling town is overrun with Fascists is! with the swell. . . the.boats came |said to be an exact parallel with/in. . . . The first stop for Cap-| | Key West. Let us examine ex-|tain Juan, the cleverest of all the | jcerpts and make our own com- fishermen, would be Cosmi’s ho-; parison: |tel, where Antonio and Catalina | | — would select what was needed} “JUST BEFORE SUNRISE while the fishermen went to the) {Santa Eulalia... .began to awake.|bar for coffee. The big fish re-| |The shutters scraped as Antonia; maining would then be iced and| ‘opened ihe cafe at Cosmi’s hotel. | placed on top of the Ibiza bus} Because. . .of the footsteps of an/for shipment to Barcelona. . . .| lapproaching fisherman ‘the vil-;The men carrying baskets <of | lage dogs who had been sleeping ;smaller fish made .many more) in the dusty roadway cocked | stops. | their ears, stretched and walked in a dignified way to the side-; walk. Sindik. . liked best to make large cartwheels and the huge devices by which mules, walking blindfolded in circles pulled up water from wells to irrigate the fields. The men who needed these were not over- prosperous but they were not in a perpetual hurry, like the build- ers, so Sindik preferred to work for them and never made much money. “IN THE HAPPY DAYS of Santa Eulalia the men sat long IN SANTA EULALIA, Don! |Abel Matutes made all the! imoney because he controlled all the means of transportation, gave out the licenses, filled or jemptied cash boxes. The fisher-! 'men. . .were certainly friendly |with the wealthy Don Carlos, | |Don Ignacio, Don Mariano. The’ jvisiting millionaire who had built a summer house in Santa) Eulalia, they pitied because’ his wife was so holy and he was jafraid to behave as he liked. { o j .. (ALL THE INHABITANTS | NEW ENGLAND Cape Cod. As shown the interior calls for a seven room, two bath interior with two bedrooms on each floor, However, if desired the upper floor can be left un- finished and completed later as conditions may warrant. The liv- ing room measuring better than 19 x 13 feet is amply large and the fireplace not only lends charm to WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1989 “PEOPLE'S FORUM Editor, The Citizen: | Following is a summary of the} life of the Seminole Indian chief, j Osceola, which may prove inter-} esting to your readers. i + John Osceola, grandson of! Chief Osceola, was buried at the Pirates Cove village. This inci- CLASSIFIED COLUMN MALE HELP WANTED DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE WANTED for surrounding ter- ritory by nationally known con- cern manufacturing complete line of printed business forms including salesbooks, manifold books, lithograph stationery. Opportunity to aggresive young dent reminds me of the account I copied at the Tampa College li- brary from a book, “The Sem- inoles of Florida” by Minnie Moore Wilson, who obtained it from the manuscript of Dr. Wee- don. ; “Osceola (As-se-ho-lar), The Rising Sun, chief of the Semin- oles, was captured by treachery and kept in prison. Half an hour before his death, unable to speak, he makes signs for his full dress. He puts on the insignia of a chief, but exhausted he lies down on his couch, The young warrior soon rises, his face agleam with smiles, and reaches out his hand to bid farewell to all the officers and chiefs, as well as to his kneel- ing wives and little ones. He |lies down and with slow hands draws out his scalping knife, and with, his, right hand lays it on his left: Quickly he smiles away his last breath without groan or man to work part-time for sub- stantial income. Reorder pro- tection. Write Box SS for sales prospectus. oct2-4tx FOR RENT FURNISHED APARTMENTS, electric refrigerators. Apply Valdes Bakery. sept30-3mo FURNISHED ROOMS for Rent, with or without board. Rea- sonable. Good location. 419 Southard street. sept30-lwk |COMPLETELY FURNISHED BUNGALOW and Apartment. Frigidaire, hot water, ete, 1321 Newton street. gps. -sept29-tf FURNISHED DOWNSTAIRS APARTMENT, two bedrooms. All modern conveniences. 1500 Seminary street. septl9-2wks ‘hours after dinner in front of the | of Santa Eulalia‘had an Oriental jcafes. They talked, argued. . . .:love of’ noise: They let doors |The climate was such that on| bang, raced their éngines, pound- |very few days was it necessary é¢d“dn ‘tables, shouted all to close the doors of the cafes.|Vversations that did not have to |Men lived out-of-doors nearly all/be whispered, encouraged ‘dogs \of their waking time. A lot of.to bark and donkeys to bray. hard work went. on in Santa/Stopping just beyond the post of- . Carlos Ramon, the bus con- | |Eulalia coincidentally with the / fice. . most artistic and — successful near-idleness ever achieved by pleasure loving and lucky folk. |The hard working men were| sidewalk and those’ who had ‘er-| friendly with the ones, and neither envied the other. Nature furnished labor the ‘for those who needed it and food an effortless and efficient way.! for those who did not. “FAR ALONG THE SHORE . could be seen at sunrise a strange figure of a man, Plate, nicknamed the Admiral. He would have a short fishing rod and he knew where the fish. . . lurked. The Admiral had long unkempt hair and beard. I have heard him walking home drunk in the brightest moonlight, carry- ing on a reproachful and defen- sive conversation alone, | one voice in Spanish, the other in French. Plate had been one of the largest landowners in town. Then his wife developed some ailment that ‘baffled even the doctors on the mainland. Plate spent a fortune trying to cure her. After she died he started drinking and gambling. He moved into a little shack eight by four feet... . THE FISHERMEN led a happy- go-lucky life. If the weather was the least bit rough they stayed in town, strolling from |eafe to cafe. Each calm morn- | driver, would honk his horn un- til his arm muscles ached. Each | |morning Ramon stepped to the! | easy-going | rands for him to do in MS Sf ft ff |gathered around. Ramon _ per-| formed the service gratis and in| |The four general stores in Santa | ‘Eulalia were very similar. . none, of them called attention to their wares by advertising. | | —— GUILLERMO appeared to do almost no work at all, he was so often on the street and in and out of the various bars. Never- theless without him little iron would have been done. . . . There, was almost nothing he could not | repair. Guillermo was town scribe. Often farmers in from the country would tell Guillermo their needs and follow/ admir- ingly each meticulous flourish of | the pen. In the end he would! offer to pay and Guillermo | would make a marvelous geés- ture, his arm flung upward, tossing payments to the skies. One auburn haired Irish-looking | man from Galicia got bellowing drunk ‘each Saturday night and sang as he staggered home. There ;was no thought of saving one’s energy for some unnatural use in the afternoon. One ate and drank, ‘and be damned to energy, and) | the entire interior, but is prac- tical as well. The gabled roof, broken just off of the bedrooms, the old’ stone wall, and the picket fence help to create an appearance of simple dignity about this house. This house appears in the Sep- tember issue of HOME Magazine, published at 1337 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C, | | ——BUT WHO KNOWS? Catch of an as yet uniden- tified species of fish was made by Johnny Marrero at the’ Saddle Bunches channel opposite Bird Key yesterday and was given to Key West Aquarium. The fish is believed to be, long to the robin family, but Superintendent J. J. Romero said he has not seen one like it here before. © ~~ * It has the body and eyes of @ puffing fish. An inverted arrow head appearance with a yellowish color. From each side of the body protrudes two sets of fins or wings ap- proximately ten inches long. At the tip of each is a beau- tiful blue. Romero will make a trip to see if other fish of the same species are there. He will also bring back baby tarpon. SIS aI Sa SS Ss struggle. Friends and foes wept FOR SALE over the dead chief. He died, January 30, 1838, as he had lived, a hero among men, a patriot and warrior”, FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100, street. K. W. PIED PIPER, apri4-s | rear 1217 Petronia |Key West, Fla., : aoTaS | IT MAY BE A ROBIN FISH | ~|the new arrangement will see the jOct. 4, 1939. | “TRANSPORTATION S. S. Cuba Arrived Yesterday Steamship Cuba of the P. and |O. S. S. Co., arrived from Ha- |vana yesterday. afternoon 5:10 |o’clock with nine first and two second cabin passengers for Key | West; five first and four second SECOND FLOOR COUNTY BOARD "MEETS TONIGHT | i | Board of County Commission- ‘ers of Monroe county will meet | cabin for Tampa. ithis evening at 8 o’clock.in the; Key West arrivals were: Rey- loffice of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer | nod, Mullin. pale a i ati | a Mullin, ine ling, ae bikes tae regular meeting of betas: Mantico, Jacovos. Sarti, | Aside from the regular teed | Cee ee iii j business there is nothing to be] acme costae Daniel Bann, {brought before the meeting, it sre wafer st “ | ‘i | Estrella Baeza. ; was said, except that the pur-| The vessel was in port but a |chase of bonds offered through |p .ic¢ time, sailing 6:25 for Tam. | the State Board of Administration | 0 tne" SFiet and two a pay: bring on some discussion. pe 4 ee {cabin passengers, two sacks of |MILLS LEASES |mail and a small quantity o | freight. TRUMBO HOTEL | Announcement is made togas | of the leasing of Trumbo Hotel land Restaurant for a period of five years to A. G. Mills of this | [/ city, present owner-operator of} the Club (ayo Hueso. Pani Trumbo Properties, Inc., ‘spén- | sor of the announcement, . state | Boston, New York, Miami SIGNS—“For Rent”, “Rooms For Rent”, “Apartment For Rent”, “Private Property, No Tres- passing”, 15c each. THE ART- MAN PRESS. nov25-tf FOURTEEN-FT. V-BOTTOM CYPRESS BOAT; Four Hors Johnson Outboard Motor; Four Life ‘Preservers, One Fire Ex- tinguisher; Pair of Oars and Row Locks; Anchor with Rope; Umbrella—all for $85.00. Apply 1217 Petronia Street. jun27-s ‘ HOTELS a BRING YOUR VISITING friends in need of a good night’s res* to THE OVERSEAS HOTEL. Cleanrooms, enjoy the homey atmosphere. Satisfactory rates. ‘917 Fleming St. mayl?-tf Boris Karloff MR. WONG IN CHINATOWN also COMEDY and SHORTS 2 \ _\FAST DIRECT \ FREIGHT SERVICE thea @ lang, lone ses: | Marriage License Issued PERSONAL MENTION | Mrs, W. E. Fowler, who had} \visiting with |teacher in the her husband, Monroe — county | bus this morning for her home in |Athens, Ala. accompanied. by \arrived Sunday for a brief visit, en route to her home in Nash- ville, Tenn. | Mrs. Anne L. Kling was an ar- lyesterday afternoon for Havana for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Sarah Lowe, at the home 708 | William street, | atives. Mrs. Gladys Roberts, former | supervisor of the Social Service {Unit in Key West, left on the| ‘bus yesterday for St. Petersburg | a to join Mr. Roberts who is keeper with the Lighthouse Serv- ice and is stationed in St. Peters- | burg. Today’s Birthdays | | Gerald Stanley Lee of North- ampton, Mass., author-educator, |born at Brockton Mass., 77 years ‘ago. ni Miriam Van Waters, superin- jtendent of ‘the Mass. State Re- formatory for Women, at Fram- ingham, Mass., born at Greens- {burg, Pa., 52 years ago. Homer Rodeheaver of Chicago, dancing numbers, | 630 Olivia street, announce the! gospel singer and music publish- among them Maynard Daniels, | arrival of.a boy born yesterday jer, born at Union Furnace, Ohio, Jeanne Navarro, Ann Judy Trevor, Betty Ann Pearce, Euphemia Maloney and others. John Pritchard and his popular swing Orchestra will furnish mu-| sic for the show. Beautiful stage settings have been ordered and everything is being done to make the show a street, born at 9 o'clock this, success. |The baby has been named Al- {bert, Jr. Baby Born To Vilas Mr. and Mrs. A. Vila announce the arrival of an eight © pound |boy at their home, 6 Havana (morning. Sawyer, at the home weighing ten pounds. |59 years ago. Charles J. Rhoads of Philadel- phia, banker, ex-commissioner of | (Indian Affairs, born in Philadel- iphia, 67 years ago. Prof. Walter A. Maier of the ,Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, ‘noted Semitic scholar, born in Boston, 46 years ago, | Vice Admiral Edward H. Camp- and other rel-| THE KEYS— isd GOLD COAST (Continued from Page One) iknown and enjoyed by South To Key West Visitors In the afterncon of yesterday |there was issued from the office ‘of County Judge Raymond Lord a marriage license authorizing the wedding of David Schaffer, of Minsk, Russia, and Geraldine Reid of Arcadia, Fla. After receiving the license the purchasers repaired’ to the office of County. Solicitor ‘Allan B. Cleare, Jr., who,.performed the ceremony. | | Venzuelan the | South America as |chestnut. In that country | chiesttiuti') Black iron wood, the heaviest‘ ‘wood’ in the United jis also the annetta, a small tree | | yielding ‘an orange eolored vdge; | lused for coloring butter and oth- ‘HOTEL MEMBER: er foods. Trees that are valuable | ELECT OFFICERS for oils and other properties in- | (Continued from Page One) clude the pomegranate, button wood and princewood. products that are commercially | one year, are as follows: valuable, it seems use could be| R. A. Lehmann, president; Mrs. made of some of them. Furniture |Hugh Williams, first vice-presi- from Key woods would be some- | dent; Charles H. Johnson, second thing, and in time might develop | vice-president; L. S. Gruber, into a large industry. j treasurer; John H. Lehman, sec- (To Be Continued In Suc- |retary, and William J. Lee, pub- ceeding Issue) | licity representative. enemys Five directors also were elect- ee hy ed.. They are’C. A. m4 Mrs. | | Suzanne Staley, Archie jomp- ‘Today s Horoscope \son, Miss Elizabeth Sharpley, and eccccccoccevcseceseesees | Mrs. Jack Golden. | This is one of those days with) Another meeting will be held a dual nature, when much de-|next Tuesday at 2:30 o'clock. |pends on the other aspects. It is same type facilities for. guests in effect as held during. the past year when the hotel’and restau- rant were operated by them. WE WISH THEY’D DO OUR EDITING, TOO (By Ansociated Press) KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 4.— Two co-eds will direct publication of the Volunteer, University | of Tennessee student yearbook, this year for the first time in_ his-| tory. Evelyn Darst, ‘senior from | Knoxville, is editor, and Thelma | Guinn, senior from Ducktown, is business manager. Commenting on their pioneer- ing in the journalistic field, Miss With these trees, and their |new officers, who will serve for! Darst, said: “We're going to try| extra hard to show people just what girls can do”. | And Miss Guinn: “We feel we jhave opened the way for other ‘ girls”. For Fifty Years a NAME! in Coffee in Key West STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE THAT'S A REPUTATION jchangeable; not vacillating, but} shifting from an appearance of jhigh endeavor to the opposite. In some cases this is due to diplomacy, which is a prime fac- tor in this degree. Under other conditions it may lead to various joccupations or engagements. Ni COMPLAINT If you bell, US.N., retired, born at South Bend, Ind., 67 years ago. Buster Keaton, actor, born at Pickaway, Kansas, 43 years ago. MONROE THEATER The Jones Family in IN HOLLYWOOD and ' EAST SIDE OF HEAVEN -. ho ae Eon Poa a” chestra 15-20c; 2S By 6 II POPPLIL LLL 2 ¢ Between 6 cn ein erlat mniatiae ane ge tinia S Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN and a Western Union Messenger Boy will . deliver your copy of The Citizen. SOIIITIIIIIIOIOIL LS. cape do not P.M. and 7 P. M. OC hehehe de hehe he hehe ule Jacksonville, Galveston KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS |! New orleans and Beyond | AG es From Key West alternate Mon- OPEN MEETING ON days. FRIDAY EVENING | From New York every Thurs- 7:30 O'Clock | day. | From Boston every Tuesday. | From Jacksonville, Miami and New Orleans every two weeks. | Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. 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