The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 1, 1939, Page 3

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PAGE THRE THREE WELCOMES REOPENING OF N NAVAL STATION T TODAY MOTRMEEDOOIOIOISS: ' Greetings from County and City WEDNESDAY, NOVE oo ENTIRE | BROADWAY MARKET Fruits and Vegetables and Meats “LOST DRPUTE STAR DHT CLEANERS JOE MEDINA, Prop. 403 GROCERY STORE The convenient corner grocery store — always ready to service you. FREE DELIVERY PHONES 178—179 Cor. Duval and Angela Cor. Angela and Duval Rafael Bancells, Jr. Prop. Streets "Streets 632 Olivia Street SOUTH FLORIDA Contracting and Engineering Company LL LEE Oe OEOD | KE1CHING’S GAITI’S BARBER SHOP BILLIARD PARLOR Headquarters for EXPERT BARBER | EXCELLENT MOSQUITO || SPRAY | : | | i eC KEY WEST NAVAL ‘STATION SHOWING RADIO TOWERS 216 Duval Street WILLARD M. ALBURY 109 Duval Street Key West Has lasHad |: Long Naval Career pirates to Cuba where they were being protected by the Spanish government. White Street Phone 598 ‘ commissioned after a lapse of seven years. There are eighty officers at the Station at present destroyers, ten- der and planes. There are ap- proximately 550 enlisted men. Civil Service group here is 83. Yet to come are six officers and 65 enlisted men. There are seven destroyers, one airplane tender. six planes operating out of Key West base. Expected shortly are more de- stroyers, airplane tenders and a squadron of naval patrol planes. CARL BERVALDI _‘T. JENKINS CURRY C. SAM B. CURRY — FRANK LADD A 17-QUART EVERHOT _ ELECTRIC ROASTER WITH TABLE (Continued from Page One) ;might force their way. Working} in conjunction with the Am- jerican base at Guantanamo Bay | Civil War Activity lon the eastern ena of Cuba, Key | The base was abandoned after West is indeed an important / suppression of piracy in the area. jbase. Together effective patrol In 1856 a storehouse was built activities of all passages to the'here, but there was nothing fur- Gulf of Mexico and Panama, \ther done until outbreak of the Canal are being carried out. {Civil War. Along with Army Long. Naval Career |fortifications in the area Key Key West has had a long and! West base was held by Union stirring naval career ranging forces throughout the war, the from fighting of pirates to pres- | only southern city to be held by MELVIN RUSSELL SAM B. PINDER JIM ROBERTS CHAS. R. ROBERTS W. P. ARCHER WILLIAM T. ARCHER PEPPER’S W. A. FREEMAN — ARCHIE ROBERTS Only 95c Down -- $1.50 Per Month Regular Price of Roaster and Table $26.52 TS Buy $18 825 Complete automatic temperature control. Effective insula- tion for cool kitchen. Sanitary porcelain enamel for easy cleaning. Unsurpassed useable capacity (takes a 20-lb. turkey _ easily). Save on grocery costs—less shrinkage. Cheaper meat cuts are tendeérized. Retains natural food flavors better. Low , price. . High quality value. ..No installation cost. . .Plugs- into wall outlet. Roasts --- Bakes --- Stews THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY WM. T. DOUGHTRY, JR. ORAM MMM OO EEE 3 q N s) N N ie LITOOTTTAODIT MEMS, COMPLIMENTS OF “5*10--25e"STORE® JOHNNY’S MANHATTAN DINER Our SEA FOOD and SANDWICHES have no competition. We Welcome the Sailors 627 DUVAL STREET RESTAURANT Best wishes to personnel to be stationed at the Key West Navy Yard. Corner Fleming and Margaret Streets VILLATE AND SONS Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Dealers 418 FRONT STREET Phone 833-J TRUJILLO BROS. Good Coffees and Hand-made Cigars Streets PHONE 899-W COMPLIMENTS OF ESQUINALDO PHOTO sTUDIO 708 Duval Street BEAUTY SALON THOMASINE MILLER, LA CONCHA HOTEL ‘BUILDING ISLAND INN HOTEL Welcome to the BLUE JACKETS Cor. Duval and Eaton BUSY BEE BAKERY Buy Home Town Products. PHONE 120 spo cA ent patrolling of submarine paths. | the Union throughout the war. In the early part of the 18th cen- Key West Station was used by} pirates as a place in which they | could haul their sailing craft for | periodical scraping and paintings of the bottoms. U. S. N. Com-' |modore David Porter was order- | ed here in 1821 and he laid vigor- fous attack on the pirate craft. | His strategy was to pursue them | {with old steamboats from New}; York harbor. ‘ Then, when they | tried to escape through shallow passages in the Keys, their fa- vorite trick, he followed them' with long oared seows and took them. Commodore Porter even went out of the bounds of inter- national laws and CALLEJA’S GROCERY Caroline and Elizabeth Streets | Phone Me |] _ FELICITATY NAVY DEPARTME ‘T | FIVE POUNDS SUGAR FREE || WITH’ FOLLOWING: ORDER: 3 pkgs. Salt : 3 pkgs. Matches 1 Libby’s Vienna berg 1 Toilet Paper can Black Pepper Gonpaty Soap — THIS OFFER GOOD FROM NOV. 1ST TO NOV. 4TH DUKE’S BAR-B-Q Salutes the entire crew of the U. S. Navy 300 FRONT STREET AND RESTAURANT Corner Division and Congratulates the Navy |) Department on the open- |. Naval ' fing of the local | Operating Base. 508 FLEMING ST. Phone 107 |More ships were based here than tury the present location of the! at any other port in the country} GULF STREAM HOTEL | jby the Union: . In 1897 on the| | breaking out of the war with | Spain every available ship was | jagain rushed to the Key West} area, and the Oregon and the Marietta made their record runs/| |around the Horn to Key West. Lieut. Robert E. Peary, dis-| coverer of North Pole, in 1881 re- | j built a naval wharf substituting iron piling for wooden piling. In | 1895 Navy Department bought} |property which was the home of the two Stephen R. Mallorys, fa- ; ‘ther and son, both U. S. Senators. | | In 1890 a double house was built | |for the commandant. In 1902 U. | pursued the Is. condemned for navy purposes | jall that part of the island lying | | southwest of Whitehead between | | Flemhing and Fitzpatrick..A strip | jof waterfront was later pur-| | chased. Distilling plant was con- structed in 1898 and wireless | station’ in” 1906: | “Curtailment In 1830 During the World’ War there; | was a commandant and staff of | 22 officers, 65 marines, | civilian employes arid naval per- | sonnel of 100. In 1930 first cur- tdilment came and in 1932 the | Station was ordered decommis- | sioned. In 1914 U. S. Naval Radio Sta- tion © towers ‘were © constructed. |Seaman’s and Marine’s Barracks were ‘constructed in 1919. ‘Sub- marine base and breakwater were built in 1919-20. Recommissioned Today Today Key ‘West Base was re- Our joy, along with that of the rest of Key 150 | PLUMBING SUPPLIES Eljer’s “modern as tomorrow” Fixtures . . . Galvanized Pipe Fittings . . . Dempster Pumps Valspar Varnishes . . . Valspar House Paints . . . Crosley Products. 512 FLEMING STREET Phone 118 NEW YORK BUSY-BEE RESTAURANT Especially large and deli- cious Sandwiches served —yYou'll Like "Em. Meals Served, also. 905 SIMONTON ST. ARCHER’S GROCERY i Fancy and Staple GROCERIES —Free Delivery— } 814 FLEMING STREET | Phones 47 and 67 SAUNDERS Wert, i is heartily felt on this long-awaited opening day of Key West Naval FRED J. DION Postmaster JOHNSON AND JOHNSON Registered Realtors Rentals — Management You'll sides our HIGH-GRADE MEALS Reasonably Priced 218 DUVAL STREET Phone 518 WHOLESALE GROCERY COMPANY PHONE 86 LITTLE CASH GROCERY STORE Fancy Groceries and Staples FREE DELIVERY A very select line of LADIES’ WEARING APPAREL