The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 3, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR VF. W. AUXILIARY SPONSORS CONTEST “BENEFITS OF DEMOCRACY”! ESSAYS BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OF STATE = (special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 3.—An opportunity for high school -stu-} défits in Florida fo win cash pfizes totaling $2,000, with $1,000 as first award, by writing essays on “The Benefits of Democracy”, Was announced today by Colin English, state superintendent of public instruction. The contest is sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary tothe Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Boys and girls regularly en-! rolled in any public, private, or parochialschool in grades nine through 12 are eligible to com- 4 The y may be written asa class assignment or as a per- somal endeavor. Essays must be 500°to 1,000 words in length. Preliminary contests are to be coneluded in time to permit filing local winning essays with the state contest committee not later than midnight of February 22, 1940. The national winners will| | CRACKS “aa COMMENTS| Seoeccvccecvsvere | By A | | FLORIDA CRACKER @ FOOSE OSOAAASEEOSEBENE Week's Realty Activity Real estate deals recorded in jthe County Courthouse during the week ending Monday fol- ANCHORS AWEIGH: The of- ficers’ ball Wednesday evening at the Hotel La Concha was a gay! jow: and glittering affair. Distinguish-! Louis Miller, administrator of ed men and bautiful women. | the estate of Victor Miller, sold to “Reminiscent of former social life;p, Harris lots on Blackwater in Key “West”, says-Col- George Sound of Key Largo. E. Brown, 0f Miami each, Who, | ‘ Trumbo Properties sold to City with his beautiful wifg was'busy|of Key West the 1703x50- and shaking hands with old friends by }1780x50 property on Trumbo Is- the score. land, from the center portion of Mrs. Melvin Russell was -beau-|the Boulevard past. Key West tifully gowned in a quaint black|yacht Club Building. There is and pink taffeta creation. Mrs.|an opening in the property, which L. C. Brinton looked very dis-|will be widened for entry of| tinguished in a gown of black yachts. The strip of land isa pro- | chiffon with silver trimming. | tecting breakwater for Garrison Miss Ruth Rose Galey looked | Right. like a picture out of Vogue. | Juanita Albury sold to Brown Col. and Mrs. J. D. MacMullen’s | properties, Inc., a 100x160 piece table was a gay and jolly group. | o¢ property on Louisa near Howe Also Dr. and Mrs. Wm. R. War-| street. Also a 177x133 lot on ren’s, Dr. and Mrs. H. C. Galey’s, | Louisa near Emma. Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Douglass’,; Alice Talley Smith sold to T. Major and Mrs, W. F. Putnam,! Jenkins Curry a 100x105 lot on Jr.'s, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Rus- | Key Largo. sell and Miss Russell’s, Mr. and; Nellie Weeks sold.to Francis W. Mrs. Howard E. Wilson's, Mr.) primm a lot in Pinecrest subdi- and Mrs. Charles Falk and Miss | yision of mainland property. Falk’s, Lt..Comdr, Fort Callahan | "" (WHE KEY WEST CITIZEN oe "I IOODDOI OL: REAL ESTATE NEWS . 'sees see rire, SEES FLEE FIRE Marathon Beach, Inc., sold to. : B. M. Goetz two lots on Marathon | Beach. 3 | Sam Roberts sold to Mary | Louise Sawyer a 26x99 lot on Francis street. M. Claude Kennedy sold to |Lulu S. Yetter property on Grassy | Key. : 4 A quit claim deed was mint out from Ben G. Kendall to. John Szady in the Pinecrest subdi- jvision of the mainland. I ee Building Permits ds Building permits for the month of October numbered 15 and the |valuation has been placed at $3,- '775 according to the records in |the office of Building Inspector \Harry M. Baker. There were but two permits | during the last period of the month and were as follows: | Addition to two story®: family |residence at 1415 Division street. |Owner, G. R. Smiley; cost, $100. |“ | Repairs to roof of one story} 1. Census 1930: England 810,- building at 532 Margaret street, |000; Scotland, 354,000; Wales, 60,- |Owner, Rosa Cruz; cost $25, 000; Northern Ireland, 180,000. ; | ‘ i Lh uhuteuubiuhuate THE. ANSWERS See “Who Knows?” en Page Two and Mrs. Callahan’s. | Seated at the table with Mr. ‘FUNERAL HOME and Mrs. A. E. Sharpley-was Miss TTOURISTS. CAN. SEE gia2=™ * ; . + «5 Captain’ | | 6. More than 6,000,000. 7. Eighteen. He War —_— 1812 Pensioner Knows |civil What It Is And Hates It (By, Associated Press) PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 3— Mrs. Esther Ann Hill Morgan’ of Independence, Ore.,is the only dependent of an 1812 soldier stilt drawing a’ federal pension. At least she is so far as she knows. Blind as a. result of the Civil war and 82 years old, Mrs. Mor- gan has had kinfolks in most of ita’s wars, She doesn’t want any more: relatives to march away. She is sure there is “some way” for America to this time. .. Mrs, Morgan’s grandfather, Je- diah Hill, enlisted at the age of 15 and fought for two years in the Revolution. Her father, John Hill, who was 71 when she was born, enlisted with three brothers for the War of 1812, and served in the New. York militia. The soldiers fur-| W§OO OOP IIS IS SD SDD DMM. ooc oree necmegtiartaind ino stay out; FIFIIILIPAD D2 yf FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1939 nt nished their own clothing and got| recovered their sight, she-recalls, no pay, Mrs. Morgan says, while! but hundreds remained blind. the government furnished guns The scourge was called simply and ammunition. ‘ |“sore eyes”. Mrs. Morgan had uncles in the | War and nephews in the} Putting World war, too.” { Aptageiayg She lost her sight at the age of | Mrs. Newrich (to butler, indi- seven in an epidemic after the |°#ting cat on rug)—Agnes seems Civil war. Some persons afflict-|bored, Huggins—take her to the ed obtained expert attention and Palace to see Mickey Mouse. ILAOIOOSIIIII ISHS Ms, \ COMPLAINT SERVICE... If you do not Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN By 6 P. M. PHONE—WESTERN UNION Between 6 and 7 P. M. and a Western Union Messenger Boy will deliver your copy of The Citizen. ; ‘ 3 SPECIAL.... b@announced at the next’ V.F.W.|Lieut. Malone and Lt. Searls. national encampment, Qthers observed having, aymost A folder giving ‘full: informa-| enjoyable time were Mr. and Mrs. tion about the contest may be!Maitland Adams, Mr. and Mrs. obtained from the officers of the, Dan Navarro, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- V#.W. Auxiliary Units,\in any|lard Albury, Mr. and Mrs. Jim coftimunity, or from the state de-|Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Calleja, partment chairmz State offi-| Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian Cabrera, cers are as follo’ Mrs. Nina I.|Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bervaldi, Shiver, 132 N. W. 2lst St., Miami, Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Winters, Hugh president; Mrs. Evelyn Anfinson, | Williams, J. J. Pinder, Ernest 128% W. 2nd Ave., Miami,|Ramsey, Joe Allen, L. P. Artman, secretary; Mrs. May Vinal, 435 W. | Jr., Paul Dessez, Isadore Wein- 24th St, Jacksonville, essay con-|traub and many others. test chairman. Miss Elizabeth Sharpley, look- jing lovely in a gown of blue chiffon, received well-deserved | LARCENY CHARGE | congratulations on the success of the affair and the hospitality of the Hotel La Concha, which was | beautifully decorated for the occa- |sion. SAID INSUFFICIENT Helen Williams, S. C. Anderson} MEMBERS ELECT and T. E. Price of Miami, and} HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 3 (FNS). ;—John S. Rhodes, St. Petersburg, |was elected president of the Flor- lida Funeral Directors and Em- |balmers Association for 1940 at | the final convention session here last week. Charles I. McIntosh, Daytona Beach, was re-elected for the eleventh time as secre- tary-treasurer. Chosen directors were C. D. {Van Orsdel, Miami; A. A. Grif- | fith, DeLand; F. A. Kyle, Jack- |sonville; W. C. Tully, Tallahas- jsee; Clayton Franks, Crescent City, and F. T. Blount, Tampa. “Convention for 1940 will be HOW SUGAR IS MADE | 4 George W. Norris. of Ne- CLEWISTON, ‘Nov. 3 (FNS).— Florida. winter;wisitors and home folks alike will be given an op-} portunity to see the great Sugar Mill ‘of the United States Sugar Corporation in action during the entire grinding season, it was an- nounced here by general manager Jay Moran this week. Two experienced guides will greet visitors and carry them on 8. A description of Turkey lore the World War. ak ¥ 1939;1$795.) | *20." It be- “went into. effect Oct. 24. ANSWERS TO _. TODAY’S. DAILY QUIZ Below are ihe Moauaee to Today‘s Daily Quiz printed on Page 2, . Aegean Sea, bw a personally conducted tour through the huge mill, explaining the various steps in the produc- tion of raw sugar. Visiting hours will be from 9'a, m. to 4 p. m. OSCAR CLEARE DISMISSED| ABOUT! TOWN! The residence tidld at Daytoria Beach on Octo#|évety, day.,/except i Manitaay yr ine of Miss Etta Patterson is being | dressed up in a new coat of white paint and looking very beautiful |. . .On Pena’s lawn you will see |blooming the most _ beautiful |pandoria vine in the city. ': Will AT HEARING: BROTHER'S INJURY WAS ACCIDENT William L. Griffin, member of the-C.C.C. camp at West Summer- land Key, was arraigned before Freeman reports a vety pleasant | vacation about the country with the best part coming home to Key West. . .There’s sweet-faced Mrs. | Lance Lestér, waiting, in a jear.:-; Larry Gardner and Charles: Rob- ‘erts are two boys that make it hearing was not sufficiently con-| Pleasant to visit the bank. They vincing, it was said, to warrant | are personality boys! the accused being held for trial | wometSe and the case was dismissed. MUD-IN-YOUR-EYE: On Accused Assailant Dismissed | Roosevelt Boulevard, when the Oscar,Cleare, colored, who was |™moon hangs high, some cars accused of ulting his brother, | don’t wear their license tag. Who Gerard, with an automobile crank, | Knows the reason why? striking him in the back of the| EARLE héad and inflicting injuries which | PERPETUAL EMOTION: Boys had kept him in the hospital for/2d girls making love on the abeut a month, was arraigned for | Walls of the vacant lot next to préliminary hearing Wednesday | Hotel La Concha. afternoon before Peace Justice | Enfique Esquinaldo. |_ THE TOURIST BUSINESS % was brought out at the hear- | We'd bags ebbing with nice beds inl that the injuries to Gerard ‘or four, pe hw, hentia Saito crank| JS that a speck of-dust I see glapced from a building as it was | _ on the floor? thiwn, not at his brother, by, The Price must be cheap: the best Os@r. The circumstances~yvai \ “ you can doy. : se the committing magion ae’ > iWe pus only a) dollar in t ismiss the charges and the ac- | alamazoo. cugtd was allowed to go free. COOK BACK AT ‘Our trip’s on a budget ©" | And keeps me in a quandry. OLD POSITION | we've an electric fan and small ae A radio, Do you have the connections Moel Cook, for a number of | to make them all go? years chief clerk at the Key West; One private bath will do for us Naval Station, is back in Key| all. West and will hold the same po-! I don’t like the pictures you sition as formerly for a period to| have on the wall. last not longer than three months. | When the Key West Station|The beds seem quite nice and was closed down in 1932, Mr.} comfy and snug. Ceok was transferred to other! I hope they’re not pestered stations and is now recorder of| with some kind of bug. the. Labor Board at the Charles-|My doggie can sleep on the foot tom Navy Yard. He was given| of my bed. the temporary transfer to Key| Oh, don’t worry about that, West, which affords him the op-! he’s perfectly well-bred. portunity of being with his fam-| ily_and friends for a brief time. | Where is the phone and.some pa- TWO CLASSES VISIT Judge Raymond R. Lord Wednes- day afternoon on a “charge of pd@ity larceny of elothing from anether member ‘of the camp. The evidence educed at the ‘ There’s pop’s electric razor And my iron for our laundry. | per to write. j We'll want a card table to play bridge tonight. ‘Wewon's be muti) tril make the price right. , T've looked at ten houses and my nerves are a frighf.* Class 2A and Class 3B of the} ts. school, numbering 66 pu- | Just one ae word, when we pils, with their teachers, Miss} win’ et ies seg hs ware te Marie P. Haskins and Mrs. Emma} st drier dab baat he Albury, continued their art and/y must Ree se et biological studies Wednesday at| ria rie the. Key West Art Center and) in tht the Tropical Aquarium. | Sse bat, Hass me The classes first went to the! JULIA PATTON WILLIAMS. Art Center, where they were (Florida Cracker) shd@wn the various exhibits from) Key West and other points in the A Stinger stafe and then went to see the; “My wife has been nursing a exhibits in the tanks at the aqua: | grouch for several days”. rium. Teachers and their pupils “Oh, I didn’t kno ’d been were delighted with the visits. jaid up”. Poe, 4 CPAP A hh hh dh had dead hdd ber 15. ~ TITITILSILILZISLILZ IPL PLEO LOLOL OL eee KEY clean-up day, Moran stated. 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