The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 20, 1939, Page 4

PAGE FOUR SOCIAL C ALENDAR Pythian Grand Chief Erma Haslam pays official visit to Temple | MONDAY— 20 in Key West. Supper age eeetes CUESDAY— Stone Church Service Club meeting. 6:30 p. m. Church Annex. St. Paul’s Choir will be given Fellowship Supper by Woman's | Auxiliary. Music program at First Congregational Church. 7:30 p. m. Key West Garden Club meets to study further objectives. 8 p. m. Key West Library. THURSDAY— Rotary Club Luncheon. 12:15 eee Lions Club Supper. 6:30 p. m. Stone Church Band Concert. 8 p. m. Bayvi Social meeting of Junior Woman’s Club with Mrs. Joseph Lopez and Mrs. Arthur Sheppard entertaining. 5 p. m. Clubhouse. eg ns SATURDAY— House Warming Key West Yacht Club. 5 p. m. Garrison Bight Clubhouse. as SUNDAY— Band Concert. 4 p. m. Art Center Park. Coach Offutt Married Saturday In | Coronado Beach; Couple Here Now, Mr. and Mrs. John Offutt ar- rived in Key West last night fol- lowing the wedding in Coronado Beach, Florida, Saturday after- noon. Mr. Offutt is head coach at Key West High School. He attended Motomoc State Junior College at Keyser, West Virginia. He grad- uated from Stetson University in 1936 with a Bachelor of Arts De- gree and was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. Mr. Offutt was head baseball and football coach at New Smyrna Beach High School for the past three years. at 6 o’clock at Pythian Hall. i { p. m. St. Paul’s Parish Hall. | . inex. iew Park. | | | | | | i | i i | | | | | ;At Key West he is coaching | basketball and baseball and is in| charge of an intramural program. | the Florida State Highway Patrol|of Tallahassee, captain in charge ; organization, second row center,/and, Ramone S. Eaton, American Mr. Offutt is from Chicago and| son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Offutt. | Mrs. Offutt is the former Miss | A. Senneff of Marathon, Fla., pic-|ducted by representatives of the Patrol; Sheriff C. J. Hutches of Katherine Deal, daughter of Mr.itured in the above group, first) Federal Bureau of Invstigation,|Manatee county; J. T. Lowe, and Mrs. J. C. Deal of Coronado Beach. She was voted outstand- | jing freshman at Stetson Univer-|second week of a four-week|and other agencies connected|Hutches, give instruction ih mo-| sity and is a member of Pi Phi sorority. The newlyweds will take their | wedding trip during the Christ- | mas Holidays. They are at home! jat 1122 Seminary street. (Special to The Citizen) BRADENTON, Fia., Nov. 20. Thrity-eight recruits, which com- prise the initial rookie class in training sch pl, located at Me- morial pier fere, include Stuart row, sixth from left. The recruits are now in their Rookie State THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Coecccccccccccccccccccconccococoseceeoooooce Patrolmen Attending School eeece eecece course and are receiving inten- {with law enforcement and safety.) torcycle work; W. F. Reid, direc- sive training under the super-| Shown to right of Miss. Irenetor of public safety and director j; vision of Major H: N. Kirkman Arnold, secretary to the «patrol of the Florida Highway Patrol jof training school activities. jis Major Kirkman; Captain Red Cross, Washington, D. C. | Lecture courses are being con- George Mingle of the Ohio State; “Application and interest by the candidates is gratifying”, said Major Kirkman, in summarizing the progress during the first |week of training school _activi- ¥ ‘ : {the Red Cross, National Safety!member of the Duval county |Council, attorney general’s offic2}Road Patrol who, with Sheriff THE ISLAND CITY TRANSPORTATIO Cuba In This Morning hi Cezrcevedccccoos: Today’s Birthdays | i | | Claude G. Bowers, Ambassa- MIAMI is about one-third full ~ MONDAY, x OVEMEER 20, 1989 LARGEST TIMBER SALE RECORDED (Continued from Page One) stored in lakes and ponds all’ over New England, that when! milled it will fill 350,000 flat} cars. The lumber disposed of is} sufficient to build 125,000 homes | of five rooms each. About 250! million board feet of the devas- | tated lumber has been milled; and operations are going on at a rate exceeding four million board feet per month, All over the six New England States, the bright yellow of fresh cut pine, spruce and hemlock, gleams from clearings where it is Stacked; and vast heaps of saw- dust raise their, golden crowns to the skies of swift-approaching winter as the loggers and mill men dig in to the temporary lumber camps. ‘ Herman I, Hymans of Detroit, a lumber wholesaler, devised the plan of a cooperative organiza- tion to handle New England’s lumber wealth blasted low in the unprecedented hurricane of 14 months ago. Hymans was anxious to buy one hundred million board feet, but felt such a purchase would rip the lumber market in- to shreds for the simple reason that the estimated remaining five hundred million board feet faced a fate which could not be de- termined. ‘ Cooperative Plan Develops As a result of Hymans’ plan- ning, the cooperative project was laid before a group of interested lumber wholesalers. That the association should not enter the monopoly class the Federal Gov- ernment required no less than 30 persons must be: included in WHAT THE STATE ROAD, Steamship Cuba of the P. and dor to Chile, formerly to Spain, the wholesaler’s biying and dis- eeting of the Junior Club will be held Social m Woman's | Thursday at 5 o'clock at the Clubhouse. Entertaining will be Mrs. Jo- seph Lopez and Mrs. Arthur Sheppard, Sr. Pinder-Mathis Nuptials Today Wedding ceremony was per- formed this morning by County Judge. Raymond R. Lord when Miss Leota Pinder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Pinder, be- came the bride of Fred Freddie Mathis. The wedding was performed in the presence of the immediate family and the certificate was signed by Miss Esther Pinder and Jessie Knowles. BACK FROM OKEECHOBEE Carl Rom, senior radio electri- cian at the lighthouse depart- ment, returned yesterday from Lake Okeechobee, where he had been for several days making necessary repairs to the lights. MONROE THEATER Robert. Taylor—Myrna ‘Loy hia LUCKY NIGHT, » Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- | DEPARTMENT is arguing now | with good rents and business re-!o, S. S. Co. arrived in port. this jis that the Jewfish Creek high- | ported. This overflow will short- | morning math teee, passengers! tributing group. It was incorp-} i am Masical Progr orated under Delaware laws, with | born in Hamilton Co.,.Ind., 61 years ago. Tomorrow Night A musical program will be pre- sented at First Congregational Church tomorrow night, begin- ning at 7:30 o'clock. The public Mervin Thompson at the home on concrete’ railroad viaducts have | at the Tavernier drugstore there! | been cleared away sufficiently to for a cool drink and perhaps to fill/ship were the following items: is invited to attend. The gram will be as follows: Organ Prelude—Miss Ruth Rus- sell. Scripture Reading and Prayer —Rev. W. L. Halladay. Reading—Mrs. W. L. Halla- day. Instrumental Duet—John Lewis Day (Cornet) and James Single- ton (Clarinet). Reading—Mrs. G. W. Hutchin- son. Vocal White. Reading—Mrs. Lily Michael. Vocal Duet—Mrs. N. P. Nelson and Mrs. Minnie L. Robinson. Piano Trio—Miss Ruth Russell. Miss Marie Knowles and Miss Betty Lewin. Reading — Mrs. Sweeting. Vocal Duet—Mr. George Mills White. Piano Solo — Miss Knowles. Anthem—First Baptist Church Choir. pro- Solo — George Mills Katherine and Mrs. Marie *!a visit of several days in the city | - ‘PERSONAL MENTION Mrs. Arnold Swain is visiting: jin Key West, from Miami, and is the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. | pMeTeONSE street. | Charles Knowles who was. | visiting with his family in Key | West, left on the return to his | home in Tavernier on the 5 o'clock bus yesterday afternoon. | | Kellar Watson, of Miami, was’ la visitor in Key West yesterday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.) Lawton Watson, and friends and} jleft on the afternoon bus yester-! day afternoon. { | ‘ | Passenger over the highway yes- |terday afternoon for her home in :'Tavernier accompanied by her|the ocean-way. ifather-in-law George Albury. | | —— | Mrs. Richard Roberts left on; | the afternoon bus yesterday after | with friends. | Miss Barbara Roberts who had |been visiting in Miami with rel- | jatives for a while was a return-/ | way development is first in im-|ly get down to Key West. |portance in Overseas Highway! significance. If for any reason the wooden bridges in the lower keys are out of commission the allow one-way traffic over the affected portion. But if the |Card Sound bridge is destroyed Wester, then all traffic is halted. So the department will put the roa through Jewfish Creek and thus reach the mainland at a_ vital point, SIGNIFICANT, though, is the fact that if. any of the larger bridges below Cudjoe goes out, the only way of routing is through the railroad bridg the Overseas Highway goes on If the railroad reute must be undertaken at this point, it means that there will be about 25 miles of slow travel over one-way bridges and bumpy roadways. Undoubtedly the Jew- fish Creek roadway should be developed to eliminate any dan- ger of traffic being stopped if the Card Sound bridge is destroyed. But why not develop on the low- Offertory, Organ and Piano—/ing passenger on the afternoon’ er keys, which has a larger area Miss Ruth Russell and Miss Marie Knowles. Vocal Solo — Mrs. Michael. Anthem—First Church Choir. Benediction—Rev. Wm. L. Hal- laday. Flora Congregational Sedality Prepares | To Send Delegates The Young People’s Sodality of St. Mary’s Church, held a special business meeting Sunday to determine delegates for their | annual state convention in West/ Palm Beach, November 30th. The delegation from both the Convent and Parish Sodalities will leave on November 29th by bus and car, to spend four days at the convention. Miss Marjorie Gwynn, prefect, Miss Louise Hawkes, secretary, Miss Vilna Alfonso and Miss} Mary Whalton, committee chair- man, and Miss Mary Agnes Kelly, who represents Sodality as speaker, are “the official dele- gates. Others attending are Bert! Buckley, Thurman Sands, Frank Del Villar, Tony Martinez and Rev. P. J. Kelleher, S. J., direc- tor of the Sodality. The Sodalities. have recently sponsored a Hallowe'en dance and turkey raffle. Proceeds are used to send this delegation. Garden Club Meets Tomorrow | bus yesterday. | | \ | F. Morris of Vancouver, who! | was visiting in the city for sev- eral days, left on the early bus |this morning for St. Petersburg.| moter, reports greater attendance | photograph of pir: | this second-half of | Mrs. Robert Lewis, who had {been in the city for several days with Mr. Lewis, left morning bus for Tampa. on the Mrs. Annette Weatherly was a passenger leaving on the after- noon bus yesterday afternoon after a sight seeing visit in Key West. ‘ James B. Felton and W. Michael, who have been at’ Fort Jefferson, returned yesterday and registered at the Hotel La Concha. Manuel Dominguez, of New York, arrived in Key West yes-| terday on the bus and will await the arrival of Mrs. Dominguez! who is due Tuesday afternoon on the Cuba from -Havana. Mr. and Mrs. A, J. Cleary were visitors yesterday in the city and were registered at the Hotel La Concha. H. B. Kilgore were arrivals in Key West yesterday for a visit of several days. Miss Ernestina Garcia left on the Cuba this morning for Ha- vana where she will spend about affected and run one-way over Jewfish Creek section for a few miles? But that’s another story. ROY HAMLIN, baseball pro- the Monroe County Baseball League, with crowds increasing just about dou- es, | Mrs.| William Albury was a Which at Cudjoe and Sugarloaf | Conch hospitality. | start a swing the Bayway while! |for Key West, 46 first cabin and | jone second cabin for Havana. EVERY CONCH who takes a| ; 5 motor trip to Miami over the| eyes eae ae ana 4 ji adly sti josa, R. Sosa and Jose Sosa. | highway. will. Gneouiecly | HOP” Carried. on the: manifest of tie Norman Thomas of New York, Socialist leader, born at Marion, O., 55 years ago. Rt. Rev, Peter Trimble Rowe, first P. E. missionary bishop tc Alaska, born in Canada, 83 years ago. Dr. Earnest A. Hooton of Har- vard, noted anthropologist, born at Clemansville, Wis., 52 years ago. up with gas. There they will un-|For Key West, 22 tons of freight doubtedly run into former Key | and two sacks of mail. For Ha-| “Slim” Pinder, who /vana, four tons of freight, two} jeordially greets all.. Slim is the automobiles and 464 — sacks of link between Miami and Key mail. Judge Kenesaw M. Landis of | West. Talking to a Homestead! he vessel sailed at 10:30 | Chicago, baseball's commissioner, lunch stand owner he told a 'o’clock for Havana with 43 first! born at Millville, Ohio, 73 years| |story of a bar operator of Key'and four second cabin’ passen- | ago. | West who was stranded there! gers, three automobiles and 13 Arthur Guiterman, noted poet-| when left behind -by a ball team.|sacks of mail, which were taken | author, born’ in Vienna, of -Amer- | Befriending the gentleman, the! on at this port. |ican parentage, 68 years ago. Homesteader said that on aj ——— Dr. Edwin P. Hubble of the Mt. later visit to Key West, Key West] Cuba Brings 25 Pasengers | Wilson Observatory, California, was his entirely. And that’s’ Steamship Cuba, of the P. and| noted astronomer, born at Marsh- |O. S..S. Co. arrived Friday | field, Mo., 50 years ago. ar | from Havana with 24 first and} NEW CITY COUNCIL yester-|one second cabin passengers for| day made a careful inspection of Key West and seven first cabin | jall city properties and buildings passengers for Tampa. | {with the view to determining; Key West arrivals: Albert S.| TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ | needs and perhaps improvements. Abreu, H. S. Huselhorn, Wm.! os |Among the properties were the} Whitman, R. E. Plumbe, Luella | Below are the Answers to Today's | Aquarium at Whitehead antl! Plumbe, J. W. Johns, Anthony J.| Daily Quiz printed on Page 2 |Front, Number One Fire Station! Pilar, Cora Pilar, Maria J. Fer-; — jand City Hall, Greene street, /nandez, Grace Tschirje, Anthony} 1, Water Works at Southard, Num-! Tschirje, Ruth Gruen, Joe Gruen, | ber Three Fire Station, Incinera-|[uis Finke. Earl Myers, Robert | tor on Flagler Avenue, Golf Foy, Charles Davis, John R.| Course and Country Club on Shotiff, Elizabeth Ring, Elizabeth | | Stock Island, Sanitary Dock, foot Clark, Mildred Scott, Bert Row- | | of Simonton street. |land, Bernard Ferg, Rolette Deck-! ! jer, Phillip Ulrich, | a1 : Manifest of the ship showed| green tint withthe following items: For Key! ate, pirate flag West, one ton of freight, two! and a key with an anchor above. | automobiles and five sacks of] |Below the writing space is a pic- mail; for Tampa, 16 tons of Queen Victoria. Minnesota. 1,000. A small armadillo, with head and ears like those of a mule, native /in southern South America. Laurence Steinhardt. North America. The inventor of graph. Numismatics. Baseball. PIRATES COVE stationery is junique. It is of a the tele- offices in New York, and other offices likely to be epened in Boston, which is nearer the scene of operations. ' | No officers have been elected | at the present moment, but one of them will be a Timber Salvage Administration member. It is stated that the $24,per- thousand price which has been agreed on mayi be readjusted an- nually. That price was determin- ed after averaging salvage costs and overhead throughout the stricken area. Washington has asked to buy hurricane lumber privately sawed, at the follow- ing prices: ‘ Class II pine, per 1000 board feet, $22.50 per M; class III, com- mon and poorer, $19 per M; round edge box stock, $14.40; fir and hemlock, $17.50; spruce, | $19.50. sduitset | CIRCUS TO CUBA Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bradna were passengers on the Cuba this morning going fo Havana with a | group of actors and trained ani- mals of a circus on their annual trip for a short term of perform- ances, Let Us Estimate on YOUR Printing POSTERS BOOKLETS STATIONERY OFFICE FORMS at Reasonable Prices PHONE 51 THE ARTMAN PRESS HOTEL LEAMINGTON N. E. 1st Street at Biscayne Boulevard Overlooking Bayfront Park and Biscayne Bay Opposite Union Bus Station MIAMI, FLORIDA One Block from Shopping | Which caused this, was release of | West to bust up a reported opium ture of the Pirates Cove camp. freight and 46 sacks of mail. A writeup by a nationally-known; §'S, Cuba sailed at 5 -o’¢lock| jsports writer is on the inside|for Tampa with the following | N | with a map of the Keys on the! passengers from this port: T. E.| thus making the Key Wes‘) back cover. In the writeup are| Doyle, Mrs. I. W. Carrier, Louis| Conchs equal or weaker .than mentioned such things as “it is Labrada. ; | most teams in the league. Play-| easy to imagine shadowy figures ers released: were William Cates | swaggering along the strand, and Mario Pena, star second and hand on hilt and a light on beard-! Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- first sackers, and nifty pitching|ed lips. One can perhaps hear | Mallory Lines arrived Friday night staff of Lucilo Gonzalez and Rob- | the clink of Spanish gold, while from Jacksonville and Miami ert Bethel. Hamlin says he on the night-wind is borne a deep | with heavy shipments of lumber won't bring back the pitchers throated chorus of these Brethren |for local handlers, also ship- even in the championship series of the Coast. . Swift and sea-,ments of miscellaneous goods, | at the_end of the second-half, worthy cruisers are captained by and was in port for more than just so the balance will still be|men who know how to cut a real five hours unloading. ; | there. bait. . .There are smaller boats, The vessel was cleared at 6) |to take you westward for tarpon |o’clock Saturday morning and OVERSEAS HIGHWAY would! and bonefish or permit. There is) sailed for New Orleans. | appreciate a little maintenance|a long swimming pool where you; ——— funds from the State Road De-jare protected from the loving S.S. Colorado partment with a number of bumps caress of either barracuda or! It was said at the Mallory Lin appearing at various places in the | wandering shark. . .Well stocked |offices this morning that the! highway. | library includes tales of doughty Steamship Colorado, which was | |deeds of other days, while to the to have arrived this morning will | devotee of the camera there are|not come to port until some time unparalleled opportunities of ; next week. > t : t photographing many phases of! The delayed sailing was caus- smuggling ring in the city, report | wild life. . Through the medium} ble. Smart “Connie Mack” trick, four Key West Conch players, Ozark Left This Morning | i | G-MEN in Miami, who, from time to time make trips to Key | t 10. No. ed by the’ longshoremen’s strike and the vessel is expected to sail on November 22 and arrive No- | vember 27. Chas. Laughton—Clark Gable Franchot Tone MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY also COMEDY and SHORTS POmccccccsscococsesccescs “Key West's Outstanding!” LA CONCHA HOTEL Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING and DANCING Strictly Garage Open The Year Around that it is amazing the advance of a mullet a lasting friendship information on -their arrival; with “Old Bill”, pelican, sene- | which greets them.each trip. Onjschal of the pier, may be estab-| many. occasions they are met at’ lished”. ' various. places and cordially names by| MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED | |two weeks with relatives and Mrs. J. D. MacMiullen, eho eee dent, will preside at a meeting) Mr, and Mrs. Raul Llanes were! of Key West Garden Club to be Passengers on the Cuba this held at the Library tomorrow | morning for Havana where they | @vening, starting at 8 o'clock. _| go to spend a while with relatives Old members and any persons! and expect to be gone for sev-| interested in objectives of the eral weeks. H Garden Club are urged to be | present at this meeting. Alayon-Watson Wedding Saturday |day afternoon by Notary Public | Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. | and Mrs. Manuel Alayon, 1012) United street. \ Guests at the wedding were| }certain smiling’ persons,: greeted by their right an where they’ go over grapevine has pre x and they are well-known? A ‘marriage license was issued | | Saturday afternoon from the of- | \fice of Judge Raymond R. Lord, tried to trap a suspected opium |authorizing the wedding of John dispenser but that person would'G. Maris, Bloomington, Indiana, ! not follow the requests made by |and Helen F. Ascher of Key| the officer, who: was stumped | West. { cold. The sponge fishermen here! It was shown that Miss Archer | claim a similar grapevine existed! is but 18 years of age and it be- among the Greeks in Tarpon|came necessary for her parents Springs. Everytime _ the Conchs | to legally give their consent to made an attempt to arrest the | the marriage of their daughter. Greeks, who were trespasing in| _—_—_—_——_ | Monroe county waters with for-| B. F. Smith of Connellsville, | bidden equipment, the Greeks|Pa., railwsy employe, in spite of Reurd Out Your KEY => " Leave Key West, 10:30 A. M., EST, Monday and Thursday. ‘ive Havana, 5:90 P. M. Monday and Thursday. Leave Havana, 9:00 A. M., ‘Tuesday and Friday. Arrive Key West, 315 P. ‘Tuesday and Friday. CUBAN TAXES, - 62c M. EST, EST, EST, 10 DAY Limit To PORT TAMPA, Tuesdays oad Fridays, 5 p.m FE The PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL S. S. COMPANY For Information, Tickets ead Reservations, Phone 14 Single Room with Bath—$1.50; Districts and Amusements SUMMER RATES UNTIL DECEMBER Double Room with Bath—$2.00 ALFRED SIMONS .... Manager | } ! ALL POINTS ON MIAMI and KEY SUNDAYS) AT ‘WEST CEPT SUNDAYS) AT Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between— MIAMI AND KEY WEST ALSO SERVING FLORIDA KEYS KEY WEST DAILY (Ex- 1:00 o'clock at Miami at 7:00 DAILY (EXCEPT 1:00 o'clock A, M. and arri at Key West at 7:00 Slock kB. Miss Denora Alayon and John’ relatives R. Watson were married Satur- ' friends, i of the family and|would be advised and get well \2 out of those waters. legacy of $47,000, declared that he would “keep on railroading”. ! 4. H. COSTAR, Agent FULL CARGO Office: 813 Caroline St. FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE INSURANCE Phones 92 and 68 WAREHOUSE—Cor, Eaton and Francis Sts.