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PAGE FOUR THE KEY WEST CITIZEN saeeeoe ere RITES TOMORROW TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1939 } jslowly but surely discourages | thrift and investment. Even if | you only handle a pick and shov- SOCIAL CALENDAR + FASHION PREVIEW * | pramoND BACK PUI‘IC ‘SCHOOL NEWS| THINGS ONE TUESDAY— Stone Church Service Club Annex. Sadie Hawkins Day Dance, Habana-Madrid. Supper. 6 p. m. Stone Church auspices Club Marti. 9:30 p. m. ———— WEDNESDAY— | | | | Day of celebration on opening of Key West Naval Station will | be climaxed by mammoth parade at 7:30, street dance at Southard and Duval at 9 Ballroom at 10 o'clock. :30 and Officers Ball at La Concha Monroe County Council P.-T. A. meets to discuss Regional Con- | ference. 3 p. m. Harris S chool. pee Bs Sete SL ‘THURSDAY— Lions Club Supper. 6:30 p. m. . Stone Church Annex. Band Concert. 8 p. m. Bayview Park. Rotary Club Luncheon. 12:15 p. m. St. Paul’s Parish Hall. ie SEs Pa ENS SUNDAY— Band Concert. 4 p. m. Art Ce! nter Park. Fashion Parade To Highlight Annual Revue Aside from the musical and dance routines which have been featured in Rhythm Revues in the past, this year’s edition, the Sixth, to be staged at the Palace Theater, Wednesday evening, November 8, will feature a fash- ion parade. Evening attire will be modelled by the following girls: Mary Morgan, Alce Curry, Isa- bel Ball, Margaret White, Bernice’ Brantley, Norma Garcia, Theo Thompson, Martha Malone, Fay Buckley, Teenie Sarles, Geraldine Kennedy, Barbara Carey, Mar- garet Bernal, Wardena Cervantes. These st will furnish the fash- ionable clothing: Chas. Arono- vitz, Bonnie Louise Shop, Rose Marie Shoppe, Holtsberg’s, I. Ap- pelrouth, Pearlman John Pritch orchestra will feature new selections, including a new theme song just compos- ed. These students of Gerald Pin- der, director of the Revue, will appear in dance routines: Betty Canova, Maynard Daniels, Jeanne Navarro, Shirley Papy, Judy Trevor, Betty Ann Pierce, Eu- phremia Maloney and Claudia Isham. Another new number this year is the Parade of Clubs, with acts from the various night clubs of the city. Program of this section will appear later. The Revue is presented by Girl Scout Troop No. 1. Chance Again Offered To Hear Ted Lewis Drizzly rain last evening held back the crowd expected to at-| tend the dance at the Cuban Club —and as a result members of the sponsoring committee decided to hold over the dance orchestra for another affair tonight. Those who did come out last night were most complimentary in their praise for the excellent brand of music supplied by the Rockaway Beach orchestra: head- | | were returning passengers to the’ ed by Ted Lewis and his Con- tinentals. This dance music unit has attained wide fame in and around New York City and it should behoove all Key Westers to come out tonight to listen to and applaud the fine talent they display. The same gay atmosphere is planned for the dance tonight. Costumes will be in evidence— even more s this is Hallo- we'en night. Special entertain- ment along hilarious and surprise lines is promised. Details of admission are in- cluded in the advertisement on Page one today. Council P.-T. A. Meets Tomorrow so, Monroe P-T. A ernoon School, County Council of will meet tomorrow aft- at 3 o'clock at Harris president Mrs. Mervin Russell announces, to discuss the | Regional Conference to be held in Fort Lauderdale Nov. 10. Large attendance is requested by president Russell to discuss other important matters also. Rose Curry Undergoes Successful Operation Advices was received here to- day of the successful dental op- eration performed this morning in Miami on Miss Rose Elizabeth Curry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perey Curry. Rose and her mother left Sun- day for Miami for the operation. They expect to return this week- end. U.D.C. Chapter Meets Thursday |Harvis Children Presented Program ris School presented a very en- jtertaining program this morning in the auditorium of the school, lin celebration of Hallowe'en. | Witches, ghosts, black cats, bats jand pumpkins were on every | hand. Those who witnessed this really delightful performance were unanimous in saying that the pupils of the grades are to be jcomplimented on their presenta- tion, and the efforts of the teach- ‘ers were greatly appreciated. | Following is the program: 1. Song by the audience, “Hal- lowe’en”. 2. Devotional Exercises jrected by Rev. O. C. Howell. | 3. Salute to the Flag. 4. Song by the audience, “Am- | erica”. 5. Song, “Merry Be Our Hal- we’en”, four children. | 6. Recitation, “Jack O’Lantern ‘Time Is Here”, eighteen first grade members. 7. Song, ; Diane Dickens. | 8. Pumpkin Drill and Pump- ; kin Song, twelve children. | 9, Song, “Whoo! Says The | Owl”, Sergio Milian and Lydia | lo | Paz. | 10. Song, “Hallowe’en”, twelve first graders. 11. Playlette, “Mother Hal- lowe’en”, written by members of ithe first grade. | 12. Song, ‘Here Comes a Jack | O’Lantern”, audience. ‘PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. Matilda Manegold, who had been spending the summer | with relatives in Cincinnati and visited at the World’s Fair on the | trip north in company with Miss | Margarita Lacedonia, returned to |the city yesterday and is at home to her friends at 1405 Newton | street. Mr. and Mrs. Seferino Almyda {city from Miami Sunday and Mr. Almyda left yesterday over highway to rejoin the Tender Poinciana, which is berthed at ; Moorehaven. Walter McCook, assistant chief engineer on the Steamship Cuba, {who is enjoying his regular vaca- |tion left on the early bus this |morning for a visit with Sam |Stevens at Torch Key, and plans {to return and join the Cuba Fri- |day to resume his duties. | Arthur Mulberg was a passen- |ger on the early -bus this morn- ling going for a business visit in |Homestead, and expects to re- jturn to the city this evening. Mrs. Ed. Freyberg and mother Mrs. S. Salvador, who were in the city for the funeral of Colo- |nel Sam J. Wolf last week, left |on the 7 o’clock bus this morn-| ing for their home in St. Augus- tine, Fla. Mr. Freyberg left Sunday. Mrs. O. C. Howell, wife of Rev. Howell of Ley Memorial |church, left on the early bus | this morning, for a visit with her |sister, Mrs. J. B. Pharris, who is ill, in Jacksonville. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Demeritt, who had been, with their three children, Charles Richard, Joan and Mary Patricia, spending a | week in Miami with Mrs. De- meritt’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Ackerman, returned over the highway yesterday afternoon. |and Mrs. D, Anderson, who were | visiting in Key West and yester- jday enjoyed their trip sight- | seeing around the island, left over the highway this morning Three first grades of the Har- di- | | “The Goblin Man”, Mrs. M. Leonard, Mrs. L. Tums | ENTERTAINING _informal- ly? This smartly tailored pajama suit of fuchsia rayon- crepe with quilted jacket of flowered rayon-taffeta is cuite chic. \John Offutt Will Be Married Nov. 18 John Offutt, athletic director at Key West High School, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Rex J. Offutt of Chicago, will wed Miss Kath- erine Deal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Deal of New Smyrna |Beach, Florida. | The wedding will take place November 18 at Coronado Beach. Mr. Offutt is a popular teacher} and athletic director at Key West | |High. He also pla the Key West Cone! Sadie Hawkins’ Day At Habana-Madrid It’s Sadie Hawkins Day at the Habana-Madrid Club tonight and the big affair is going to get un- der way at 10 o'clock, lasting un- til two in the morning. Gould Curry’s popular orches- tra will furnish dance tunes for the “hoe down” and “dog patch” style dancing and feature num- bers. There'll be fancy costum- ing, all in the famous comic strip fashion which features Sadie Hawkins, “Lil Abner and Daisy Mae—and many novel and inter- esting events are on tap for those who have made reservations. A good crowd is expected to attend this long-heralded event. De- tails of admission are on page one today. FLORIDA EXHIBIT WELL PUBLICIZED (Continued frora Page One) Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Canada Manila, P. I. sone District of Columbia 124 24 76 the | Total— 27,636 In volume the space represent- ed in the foregoing list would fill more than 400,000 column inches, its cost, could it have been bought at all, would have aggregated hundreds of thou- sands of dollars. |. In securing this very wide dis tribution of pictures and_ storie descriptive of the Florida State Exhibit, the publicity department lof the organization was splendid cooperation by the sev- eral news and picture syndicate: including the NEA, the World, the Acme, the Associated ys ball with, al given | 74777 Wide | Press, the United Press, the In-| | ternational News and others at- tracted by the beauty of the = Mhibit. A thief who robbed a Port-| land shoe salesman of his samples got 80 shoes, but all for the left foot. on the return to their homes in Paterson, N. .J. Miss Cecilia Donovan, Mary Sullivan and Miss Cath- erine Marshall, of St. Louis, Mo., Miss were visitors in the city yester-! day and had a delightful time, | they said. “Key West's Outstandingl~ : LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-conditioned Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING and DANCING Strictly Fireproof Open The Year Around Stephen R. Mallory Chapter, United Daughters of the Confed- eracy, will meet Thursday after- noon 4 o’clock with Mrs. Allan B. Cleare, Sr.. at the residence on North Beach. All visiting Daughters «are ex- tended a cordial invitation. CER Lopez Funeral Service Established 1885 4 Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers 24 Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 696 Garage | RATTLER CAUGHT BY A. SHEPPARD Arthur Sheppard, in charge of a force of men working on the beautification project on Elizabeth street, came into the office of The Citizen this afternoon with a bottle in which was a diamond back rattlesnake about one foot in length. Mr. Sheppard said that he had found the reptile in one of the trees on the street, had struck it with a piece of wood and decided to bring the curiosity to the office to show it to the force because it was such a rarity in Key FOR J. SINGLETON Funeral services for Joseph E. Singleton, Who died 1:30.0’clock| |yesterday afternoon in his home jat 315 Fleming street, are to be held 4:30 o’clock tomorrow after- noon from the Lopez Funeral |Home to First Methodist church. Rev, O. C. Howell, of Ley Me-| |morial church, will officiate. Sutvivors are the widow, Mrs. | |Lillie Singleton; two daughters, | Mrs. Edith Gardner and Miss Al- |vina Singleton; two sons, Joseph, Jr., and Clarence Singleton; par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Singleton; two sisters, Mrs. Isa- belle Rue and Mrs. Archie Al- ;bertus, and one brother, James | { |mus, Norma Watson. Honor Roll of the Division Street School for the first six ester follows: 1B1—Miss Gardner, teacher; Lee Thompson, Zola Marie Ca- 1B2—Mrs. Boyden, teacher; Donald Sands, Steve Camus, Nelia Acevedo. . 1A—Miss Carey, teacher; Alice Hernandez. 2B—Mrs. Jones, teacher; John Smith, Betsy Bell Cates, Zaida Diaz, Patsy Hampton, Lee Mc- Ginnis, Barbara Mora, Jennie Mae Russell, Betty Louise Rob- erts, Nathalie Valdez. 2Al—Mrs. Anna Roberts, West. Of course there have been a number of these animals killed at different times on the Florida Keys, but this is the first time that one of the deadly breed has ever been’ encountered in the city. And though it was only a small snake, the very name “rat- tler” provoked interested awe among Citizen employes. {| Singleton. iCITY CELEBRATES YARD OPENING (Continued from Page One) | Arthur Sawyer American Legion | Pest color guard and Arthur} Sheppard, paratie marshal, will | be “Happy Days Are Here | Again”, and the paraders, mostly | |school children of the city, will) |be singing this song so emblem- | jatic of the occasion as they march | jup Duval street to Southard. | SILI LILI LIS SS 4 | A committee of judges,’ con: | HEAR OF CAMPBELL "",22! s*==, | ALBURYS'S DEMISE *< of William Lee, Earl) i | | {Adams and L, P. Artman, Jr., will judge the costumes worn by | |}Paraders at the reviewing stand | jin front of La Concha Hotel.| !Twelve prizes, donated by Key | | West merchants, will be awarded, | {six each to boys and girls with | | best costumes. | Street Dance Following the parade, a street | {dance will be held, between Southard and Fleming streets on | Duval street. All stores will! |leave window lights on and the/ street lights will be turned on! for the occasion. WPA band will play for dancing. Street will be! closed from 5 o'clock to mid-! night. MRS. STEPHEN LOWE RE- CEIVES ADVICE OF PASSING OF FORMER KEY WESTER Mrs. Stephen F. Lowe has re- ceived notice of the death in Rosendale, N. Y., of Campbell Al- bury, formerly of Key West, but who had been, with his family, making his home in New York for a number of years. The Alburys were very prom-| inent in social circles in Key} West and were holders of a great | deal of real estate, one of the’). “Gin larger areas being just back ofj cid f where St. Paul’s Episcopal church | yUGen's now stands. Mr. Albury is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Albury; two sisters, Mrs. Lottie Day and Miss Mattie Albury, and one brother, Charles Albury. ELKS LEAVE TO . GREET OFFICIAL A gtoup of members of B. P. O. E. 551 will leave tomorrow | Scouts, from Harris. school, | Division Street school, St.) Joseph’s college and Convent of Mary Immaculate. Patrol units of each school will march {in front of their school’s divi- | 2 j Sion. | | | | Suet SEEEMa RE Buca oe Hl eccccccencesccceceees | ‘Today’s Birthdays S.. C., novelist, born in Laurens} Co., S. C., 59 years ago. Prof. Mary Rose of Teachers; of Miami Lodge and meet Dis- | 65 years ago. ; | trict Deputy Grand Exalted; Eugene Meyer of Washington, | | ami lodge tomorrow night. | Wilbur J. Carr, retired State | Thursday the Key West group | Department official of 47 years’ | 124 consisting of Dr. H. C, Galey, service, former U. S. Minister to | 4)| Exalted Ruler; Dr. Chaplain, and George O. Lucas,’ boro, Ohio, 69 years ago. Secretary, of Key West Lodge,| Paul Knabenshue of Los An-! and Representative B. C. Papy }geles, U. S. Minister to Baghdad, will return with Mr. Talton, who Iraq, born in Toledo, 56 years will Thursday evening pay his ,ago. official visit to Key West Lodge.| Ex-Senator William G. Mc- Adoo of California, born near Marietta, Ga., 76 years ago. a Nelson Harding, cartoonist, Papers have been filed in the born in New York City, 60 years | office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, | ago. of Circuit Court, in the divorce! John W. Troy, recently resign- | suit of George A. Ness versus,ed governor of ‘Alaska, born at | Emma Ness. ‘Dungeness, Wash., 71 years ago. A. Cobo, Czechoslovakia, born near Hills- | DIVORCE PAPERS FILED Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between— MIAMI AND KEY WEST ALSO SERVING ALL POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS —between— MIAMI and KEY WEST Express Schedule: LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EX- CEPT SUNDAYS) AT 1:00 o'clock A. M. and arriving at Miami at 7:00 o‘clock A. M. LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) AT 1:00 o'clock A. M. and ng Key West at 7:00 o'clock A. Local Schedule: LEAVES KEY WEST AT 9:00 o'clock A. M. and arrives Miami at 3:00 FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline St. Phones 92 and 68 WAREHOUSE—Cor. Eaton and Francis Sts. teacher; Eugene Albury, Adolfo Barcelo, George DeValle, Kermit Kerr, William Pinder, Beverly Arthur, Claudia Roberts, Virginia Russell. 3B—Miss Cochran, teacher; Jack Larsen, Edna Jean Gard- ner. 3A—Miss Jac Roberts, k Spencer, Anne Doughtry. teacher; 4B1—G. Pinder, teacher; Elsie | Mora. 4B2—Mrs. Rose Marie Stephens. 4A—Amelia Cabot, teacher; Rose Mary Kerr, Joseph Lowe. 5B—Miss Shine, teacher; Gerry Albury. 5A—Mrs.. Seymour, teacher; Elizabeth Ann Gardner, Paul Howland. 6B1—Miss May Sands, teacher; Angelia Acevedo, Anita Aguilar, Bertha Perez. 6B2—Joan Doughtry, Diaz, Frances Mora. teacher; Phyllis Mullinax, Sanchez, Alice THE LOWDOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE I see where there is a cam- paign on to sell apples. And the paper, it says there is a big crop and apples are juicier than ever. here in the U.S., we gotta eat more apples. And Bob Clark in Minneapolis, Boy he used to tell a story about a) guy who was going into town and he met a friend. And this friend says, Si, where you headin’ for? And the guy going to town, jhe says, pardner, I’m going to} | town to get drunk, and how I do; dread it. And it is likewise with me on Julia M. Peterkin of Ft. Motte,| apples, and apple cider, and ap-| ple pie, and apple cobbler—also apple-jack. And there is only one kind of College, New York, nutrition au-| person who may be opposed to! for Miami to attend the meeting | thority, born at Newark, Ohio,| this apple campaign—and it is| the Doctors. You go to work and eat a coupla apples a day and 112 Ruler Cullen H. Talton, who will D. C., newspaper publisher, born | you are not gonna be calling up 160 Pay his official visit.to the Mi-|in Los Angeles, 64 years ago. any M.D. every time the moon changes. Yours with the low down, JO SERRA. Not Safe Over Here Friend—Which of your works fiction do you consider best? Author—My last ‘income tax return. of weeks’ period of the present sem- | REMEMBERS By R. M. HOFER | I recently saw a little folder a Affect Your Estate?” It pointed out how the growth of taxation in recent years will very mate- rially affect persons . who have. jtried to build substantial income and property holdings., The fig- ures given will come as @ shock to the average person. 5 It is sufficiently difficult to op- erate a business, even a small one, and try to meet all the taxes and regulations one faces today, but now it appears it is even more costly and complicated to die than it is to live. i The folder referred to was is- | sued by an Oregon bank and re- lates to individual income, estate and gift taxes in Oregon, and {their growth since 1913. | Federal income taxes, none, until 1913. Rates today up to 79} percent. | Federal estate taxes, none un-/ jtil 1916. Rates today up to 70} percent. i] | Oregon state income taxes, | jnone until 1923. Rates today up| jto 8 percent. | Oregon state inheritance taxes, none until 1903. Rates today up {to 25 percent. Federal gift taxes, none until | 11924. Rates today up to 524% per- | jcent. H Oregon gift taxes, none until | ;1933. Rates today up to 25 per- ;cent. i It is taxation such as this that WHERE AND WHEN CAN YOU BUY AT THE BEST? “EL PRADO CAFE” Specializing in Hot Bollos Chi Cuban Sandwiches Cor White and Division Sts, First Stop Light |But with a war in Europe, they | Participants in the parade will|are having trouble in getting | Boy Scouts, | boats to ship them in—so us folks ; MONROE THEATER Jane Withers BOY FRIEND and ISLAND OF LOST MEN Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- chestra 15-20c; Night—15-25¢ i | = ECS ILS 17 f | | inane If you VE Receive Yo Pas TTI LLLLL LL vempan By 6 deliver your copy of Everybody’s coming to Miami for the biggest sale event of the SITTTLIED COMPLAINT SERVICE... \ The CITIZEN PHONE—WESTERN UNION Between 6 and 7 P. M. and a Western Union Messenger Boy will SSIS IIIIST ISIS Is. lel, don't think you escape such a tax policy, for the man who jmight ordinarily be able to hire lyou, may be paying taxes with |Gary Thompson, Don Williams,|bank was sending to its custom- jhis surplus earnings which would |Peter Diaz, Diana Gonzalez, Elsie | ers, entitled, “How Will Taxes|otherwise have gone into pro- |ductive activity to furnish em- | ployment. | Seeccccccccccsccccsccce~ Charles Laughton-Karloff THE OLD DARK HOUSE Also—Comedy and News PRIZE NITE — TONIGHT eeccccescsce encccece NAVAL STATION OPENING with this famots REXALL, ORIGINAL Ic SALE Silver Anniversary Event A few of the hundreds of items on sale are listed here- with: 48c Aspirin Tabs.. 100’s 25c Castor Oil. 3 oz. 2: $1.00 Cod Liver Oil. High Potency. 14 oz _.%2 for $1.01 $1.00 Cod Liver Oil, Nor- wegian, 16 oz. 2 for $1.01 25c Epsom Salt, 16 oz. 2 for 26c 25c Glyc. Suppositories, Infant, 12's 2 for 26 50c Milk of Magnesia. 16 oz. 2 for Sic 75c Mineral Oil. R. T.. 16 oz. 2 for 76¢ 49c Klenzo Antiseptic, 16 Z. 2 for 50c 5 gr. Shampoo 50c Gardenia Creams 2 for Sic 25c Lavender 2 for 26c 29c Dr. Hall's Borated Baby Talc, 16 oz __ 2 for 30c 30c Zinc Oxide Ointment tube, 2 oz. 2 for 3lc Delicious Chocolate Bars, plain or almond 2 for 18¢ 534 DUVAL)STREET © PHONE 177 ™ do not ur Copy of P. M. BY The Citizen. AAs dttsdseséd dds ‘nt ay Nov. 11th Write Jane Gray to shop for you if you can’t come to Miami

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