The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 10, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR LITTLE SPITFIRE By Jean YESTERDAY: Still another resident of The Street asks Bren- da’s advice. Middle-aged Maud VanNess thinks Judge Harper is in love with her but too shy to Propose. Chapter 15 Temporary Comradeship RENDA’S eyes narrowed, all the laughter gone. Was this one of the queer cases one read gbout? Maud VanNess talked and looked like a character out of an O'Neill play. All very well to dis- cuss them in the abstract, these characters, read about them; an entirely different thing to be sit- ting in the same room with one, listening to her raving. Brenda rose decisively. “Tm afraid I can’t give you any| advice, Miss VanNess. I've never encountered the difficulty which appears to be bothering you. And| I really must go now!” Back in her own room she re- viewed the conversation incredu- ously. It simply could not be! Old maids like Maud VanNess didn’t exist out of plays and books. “Aunt Anne told me Id: find The Street an interesting place,” she mused, “but she didn’t warn me that it was entirely inhabited} by freaks.” Her conscience smote her at that last word. Isobel wasn’t a freak, nor Eric, nor—nor Mac;| certainly not Hugh Saltus, nor kindly Adelaide, nor even the foolish twins. In her preoccupation she had her door and rupted by a tap on it. Mac stood in the hall, smil- ing at her. “You? This early in the after- noon?” “1. I've just bought a car,” he} informed her. “Not a lordly new} one like Saltus’s, but a darned} good car, for all that. Will you| come for a little ride with me and try it out?” She hesitated. Here was a beau- tiful ehance to snub the man whom she had told Hugh she cor- dially disliked; but her luncheon with Maud VanNess had spoiled her day, she was tired of thinking, the prospect of driving through the late afternoon allured her. She caught up her hat and fol- lowed him. “1 didn’t know you w sidering buying a car,” “Tm a creature of im informed her gravely. “ with the layout f College Outfit wi notion struck me and out I darted and picked up this little model.” “I thought there was a lot of red tape about buying cars—li- censes and titles and things like that.” : “That can all be attended to to- morrow. The fellow that sold me the car wanted me to try it out anyway.” She glanced at him sharply. Something—some extra note of} cheerfulness in his voice, some} fleeting air of nonchalance in his| manner—aroused her suspicion. “Mac!” “Golly, Brenda, don’t yell «at me like that! I darn near ran into| that truck.” “Mac, did Adelaide tell you I was having lunch with Maud ‘One Swell Sport’ Hs eyes were too innocent, his tone too surprised. “Why on earth should she tell me that, Brenda? Did you have a nice heart-to-heart w e fair | Maud?” | “I believe Adelaide did,” the} girl said slowly, more to herself than to her companion. “I believe| ‘ou made up your mind that I've| m getting too large a dose of} The Street—of its anxieties and liarities. I believe you ought me out to distract me.” He looked like a small boy| caught with streaks of jam on his| “T—I—but I've been needing a ear,” he protested. “You can ask} Isobel—you can ask Erie if I haven’t talked about getting one! I pose Maud told you about the Judge?” Brenda nodded. “Yes, the poor foolish woman! I wish there was something I could do to help her!” To her astonishment he drove the car close to the curb, stopped it and turning, took both her hands in his. “Brenda, you're one swell sport! To take it like that, I mean. Lots| of girls—most of them, in fact— would merely make fun of a poor old maid like Maud. I apologize} for anything I ever said about your writing! Anybody as sweet and understanding of human na- ture as you've proved yourself since you came here is certainly cut out for a firstclass author!” She felt herself glowing with! pride, partly because of Mac’s| praise of her. partly necause he Randall was, at last, eciating her lit- erary talent. To be sure she had not yet progressed from the sec- ond square on her cardboard to the third, but she felt that Mac’s encouragement would dissolve all her difficulties. She had heard a good deal of talk in the Village about the necessity of a sympa- thetic atmosphere for the artist. She had secretly believed this to be a pose. Now she wondered if there might not be some truth in it; if Mac’s unconcealed amuse- ment over her work, Eric’s indif- ference to it, The Street’s disap- proval, might not have exerted a stultifying effect upon her crea- tive ability. For a few moments she toyed with the idea of confiding the plot of her book to Mac, but wis- dom prevailed, and she made no mention of the Masterpiece-in- the-Making awaiting her in her own room. However, she did tell Mac about Ab Abernathy, and her be- lief that an injustice had been done Alaine’s persistent suitor. “The least we can do, it seems to me,” she szid earnestly, “is to give him a chance to explain. It isn’t fair to judge him by cir- cumstantial evidence, Mac! “No, I suppose not.” He was frowning, not so much over Ned Barrow’s supposed past as over Brenda’s knowledge of it. “I hate having you pitchforked into all this!” he burst forth. Two Letters S you think I’m a child! And let me tell you something—Alaine isn’t either—a child, I mean. You and Ab have behaved very fool- ishly about this whole business with Ned. Ask him about it when he comes back from California. If it’s true—that he’s the father of that little boy, I mean,” she went on despite the growing darkness of Mac’s frown, “then tell Alaine the whole story. I am sure you can rely on her good judgment in the matter.” retorted coldly. “There’s exactly where you’re wrong! You and Ab have treated her as if she were a baby and naturally she resents it. Any girl would! What business is it of Ab’s to say how her gowns shall be cut, or what sort of swimming suits she shall wear? I don’t wonder she threatens to elope! I would too in her place!” ignition, touched the starter. “I don’t think you're the prop- er person to advise Alaine. She’s headstrong enough as it is. I shall tell Ab ——” Gone was their new-formed sense of comradeship; gone Mac’s admiration of her attitude toward The Street, her gratitude for his sympathy. They quarreled sharp- ly half the way home, drove the rest in icy silence. At the end of a fortnight Bren- da was back on the first square of her book. To be sure she had writ- ten steadily every day but the re- sults had frankly disgusted her. It did not add to her peace of mind to realize that each evening she read over the day’s work through’ Mac’s eyes, and found it sorely lacking in excellence. “I'm being frustrated,” she told herself in surprise. “Mac is bring- ing out inhibitions I did not know were possible to me!” She wondered if, such being the case, she should not leave The Shortest Street; leave the city, for that matter. Then her small chin came up and she decided defi- nitely that Mac or no Mac she would write her book right here; and that it would be a good book, too. On the morning she crowded the wastepaper basket with type- written yellow sheets and re- turned to Square One, she re- ceived two important letters. Now according to her own care- fully formulated rules, she had no business reading those letters before noon. Grenadine had stand- ing instructions to slip the mail quietly under the door and leave it Several times Brenda had proudly ignored it for an hour or two; but usually healthy curiosity and interest got the better of her, and she snatched up the mail and ripped open the envelopes before the sound of the maid’s heavy footsteps had died away. This morning she devoured with avidity one especial letter, bear- ing a New York postmark. After she had read it twice, she rose up and, bareheaded and _coatless, darted out of the old Burnham house. Across the street Dorothy was sweeping Mrs. Arnold’s porch. At sight of Brenda she dropped her broom and made urgent detain- ing gestures while she moved to- ward the girl as rapidly as her somewhat ponderous figure per- mitted. = “Miss Brenda! Oh, Miss Bren- a THE LOWDOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE arcane me REISE ‘They sure been putting a burr under the saddle, there in Oregon. The folks went down to the voting place and they says, says they, we have a stomach- full of this tomfoolery about the electric lights. We don’t want to be any Yogi, like in India, they said, and lay on a bed of spikes the rest of our life’ We don’t want any TVA misery loaded on- to our backs. So they up and said Nix, on municipal owner- ship. Those old web-feet there, they | ‘HE laughed. “My dear Mae, do ‘ “Alaine has no judgment,” he | Her cheeks were scarlet, her | n-|eyes glowing with anger. Mac .| leaned forward and turned on the THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SOCIETY :-: — Party Honored ‘Married Satard: |Mary Alice Albury In the presence of a few close| “Mr. and Mrs. Willard A. Al- friends and relatives, the wed- |bury, 726 Southard street, enter-| |ding of Miss Helen Ardell Curry | tained in honor of the first an-! to Robert Franklin Roberts oss, Sse of the daughter, Mary | solemnized Saturday night at the ! aii, a ecoants kogas-aeet aman sees a — at their home} street, by Rev. Jim Lilly, pastor | Co: Seng >, i of the Fleming Street Methodist; Coralean V. Banks together Church. jwith Leonard, Lois Marie and Miss Curry is the daughter of Bobby Roberts were winners of the late..Roland Curry, former ‘the several games played. sheriff of this county, and Mrs. | Those present were: ‘Sarah Curry, 415 Whitehead; Priscilla Ann Cruz, Alice Fay street. ss Mr. Roberts, an employe of the rihag Cieeres Sn United States Post Office Depart- ‘pyj5- Russell, Judith pad Nancy ment, is the son of Mr. and Mrs.) . pellicier. Virginia ‘Rae Thomas Frank Roberts. He is @ Knowles Mary Louise Skelton, | graduate of the Key West High 'p.,hara ‘Louise Ramirez, Jean School; Cass oes ‘and Joan Albury, Rose Marie and Attending the young couple ‘yrarius Cruz, Jr, Coraleen V. were Mrs. Mavereen Meador, ponks Nancy Rose McDonald, cousin of the groom, as matron ‘patsy and Edyth Hampton, Lois of honor, with Bert Roberts, /yorie Leonard and Bobby Rob- | brother of the groom as best | ort. "Elizabeth Cooper, Phyllis a !Elizabeth* Cruz, Joyce Ann Rob- Following the ceremony a re- erts Glendora Marie and Ed- ception was held, at which time rund Sawyer, Jimmie Elwood, delicious refreshments, consisting Becky Dillon, Virginia Roberts, of ice cream and cake, Wef€ Roce Marie and Martha Shana- MONDAY, JUNE 10. 1968 Helen Carry | | | . ded yesterday aftermoen at 4 | t . = =F 4 Oceck > te rwesiieoee & . = Lowe's Lane fuseal soviess Wil be bed hs safes = 5389 cick Som the Gap of the Loper Puneral Home Bex ‘Ted M. Janes, of the Piet Sapte sho =i Church. offacuating Pallbearers. - Smith, Charles Curtis. Carl Bee valli Willem Colizgihetd af Ctifferd Watkins Survivors are augme Mes Verges Lew at Mo Laura Canfield: ieee grande @rem anc two grest-grancchs Gren. and ame quster. Mrs. Chari: W. Sewyer. of Targa. Pie WM. J. LEE IN HOSPITAL | Willem Lee. wh ke i121 ‘ami Delly News & eckely @ 8:19 at the Maree Hospital 9 Eeer- «ORECAST ing the hospmal tee weees age (Till 7:30 p. m., Tuesday) Mr. Lee had apparently recover Key West and Vicinity: Partlyied fom bs fiees oof come . 3 tle set in. howewer, pesterder. ond . as 4 he was returned & t& bang moderate -ss0utiaiast-» and €25t whee he will nemaie jurday afternoon by L. W. }sell, state road patrolman; B. J. |Waite, chief deputy sheriff, and jhis son, B. H. Waite, who. were |riding over the *‘Satur-|5 day afternoon and ampon the | | inches i x Sir: [thief ag Be cotgnitial Whe’ theft |Potal seinall since Jan i Concerning the article in The; De Voe was arrainged for pre-| | inches : sd |Citizen, June 7th, the loyal this morning | Deficiency since January 1, = inthes . \liminary hearing before Peace Justice Entique Es-! quinaldo, Jr., and was placed un-| der bond of $100 to appear at the} next session of the criminal | court. Te Sea level, 30.02 (10166 millibars) Tomorrow's Sunrise Sunset | Moonrise agency helpful and truthful and believe that you will, in this in- |stance, correct the errors in the above named article which a/ brief study of the matter will re- veal. The truth of the matter is that a few of the members resented certain rulings of the Bishop of the church three weeks ago and REALTY TRANSFER Transfer of the property at the jcorner of Emma and Southard streets, by Harry O. Pennick and ; Ruth N. Pennick, his wife, to Roy | The price paid was $10 and other valuable considerations. 5362 m 727 p m 1106 a m Moonset _ 1134 p m! Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 1:39 7:09 I s Low = | Runner. Pennsylvania. Honolulu, Hawaii. The Library of Congress. Salt water. Chief Justice of the United States. Maxime Weygand. pee | Sylvia Henriquez Audubon Official Left Engagement Announced Mrs. Jennie Lynne Kyle, who; had been visiting for a week at Tortugas in the interests of the Florida Audubon Society, lefti this morning on the bus for her' home in Jacksonville. Leave To Attend FSCW Mrs. Mavereen Meador and |Miss Jennie Mae Johnson left on; |the early bus Sunday morning. going to Miami and will there entrain for Tallahassee to attend |the summer session of teachers at Florida State College for Women. The First National Bank of Key West Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporenon Serving Key West and Monroe County Simce 1891 A Standard-Size HOTPOINT ELECTRIC RANGE for only $89.95 LESS $10.00 FOR YOUR OLD RANGE have been constantly agitating in every way Leacageee rt ckaeagy Saray Sr served. Sie have the church wii Ww m. ———_—_—_—_— = The penne i ae ped Mesdames Edward H. Cruz, fail sc Spa ripe ate macat ANSWERS TO eS Florence Russell, Grace Fernan-| > ot groom’s parents on Southard /gez J. B. Gunter, Ellis Russell, tie grat | TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Street and = be at home to their |p Pellicier, Marion Knowles, R. Ses urch ¥e2"* | Below mat ‘china to Today's me Ss C. Skelton, Alice Jane Ramirez, “© 1 1. recalled that Rev.| Daily Quiz printed on Page 2 jYernon A. Albury, _ Marius 7" |Charles J. Neely (Buddie), the —— ee ee K Mc- | builder of the woe stone edifice | NOTES OF TODAY ee preriegy s: ears lof this church, lost his life while | perth . eer: -” attempting to complete the work {Cruz, Harry Sawyer, Maria | the church less than two years! pears —— {Baker, Harry Roberts, Wm. A. ao = It is therefore, deeply| Misses Eloise and Beverly | ibury, B. A. Baker and Wm. W. |280- Fahice i areeanengiac 4 Curry left on the morning bus 'pemeritt, Sr. |grievous to those 10 = going for a visit with relatives = jappreciated his work ,and his! in Tampa. lhope that it would continue; 7 jpeacefully under the diocese by) g Boston and Lexington. |which it was founded, to witness’ g Richmond. lthe attempts of a few disgruntled 10. Sailfish. * members to disrupt it because of a _ Mr. and Mrs. Pagans petty grievances. a riquez announce the en: ‘We, the loyal members of St. and approaching marriage of Stephen’s Church, invite your in-| MARRIAGE LICENSES their daughter. Sylvia, to George vestigation of this matter before | }Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wing {an opinion is formed, and thank! Marriage License was issued Lee. for the support which you! 8 Goes To Fort Myers : you for PPO! = Saturday afternoon from the of. iiss Neil RoseiSends was a! jhave given this church in ‘he ‘fice of County Judge Raymond passenger on the early bus this Everready Stars | past pasty Christian work in i Lord, oe ng pea ag i ‘i comm A intin morning going to Fort Myers to Meet Tomorrow 'ARIMENTHA NEELY. iz bs = pez 2 be guest of her aunt, Mrs. Ruby | ‘Elizard feech. | Cates. Page ; 720 Galveston Lane, | The wedding ceremony was | a Regular monthly meeting of|Key West, Fla. |performed some time later in the Everready Star Club will be|June 7, 1940. the cfficncitaanh tedios 1k held tomorrow afternoon, Tues- | —_ : rique Esquineldo, Jr. Mr. Es- day, at the home of Mrs. Fernan-: P. S. Please note that it WaS/\yinaldo, officiating. do Camus, 1420 Sixth Street. jthe Bishop of the church who or-| a. a Secretary Mrs. P. L. Mesa an- | ganizé@ the church in this city 15) Marriage license was also is- nounced that members will as-|years ago, and who has directed | .cd from the office of Judge semble at 3:30 o'clock. e co cee ae an during | Lord authorizing = wedding of I PEGS SEPT, > - |John Thomas Pittmann and Miss CHAN individuals termed “the disturb- |’, Th et Returns For Vacation |W. M. CELLOR ing Miami influence” and agita-| =e scam ite te ceed Arendt Sjursen, Jr., arrived in RETURNS TO CIT Y | tor and dictator, simply because | 5 ned by Rev. P. J. Kelleher, |Key West Saturday ‘noon from — they (a minority group) disagree |s.J., of ‘St. Mary’s Star of the |Mansfield, Ohio, where he has} Announcement is made today | with the suey o! ee ee pigs been attending school. He williof new management for the!@n ee ae rrcsacels in the et lated spend the summer vacation here Southern Service Station at the | Present Or se LOC AL GOLFERS with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.'corner of White and Catherine |church. | A. T. Sjursen, 1125 Washington streets. W. M. Chancellor, who} LOSE TO BILTMORE street. worked in Key West twenty |S 5 5 a } MCE | | years ago at Trevor-Morris Com- | Today’s Birthdays | (Continued from Page One) |To Join Mother jpany and Wm. Curry’s Sons Com- | ‘len Brown and Dr. Colquitt | Bobby Armstri eight-year-|pany, has taken charge -of the 5 j defeated Alton! |i oat Mr and ire Allen EC |station. | John W. Studebaker of Des Peete a recep Armstrong, left on the 11:00! Shorty, as he is known by his; Moines, U. S. Commissioner 0! le F. Johnson. and Hawley Rus-| o’clock bus this morning to join many friends here, has tad | Daa born at McGregor, | <1; @) lost to Sam Goldsmith his mother who is spending a twenty-five years’ experience in| Iowa, 53 years ago. land C. Harris’ 2 and 1; Ralph week with friends in Miami. jthe automotive industry. For the! . U. S. Senator Harry F. Byrd ot | Cooper and Paul:Berns (3) lost to —— | past several vears he has worked | Virginia, born at Martinsburg, W. Clem Price and Dr. W. P. Kemp, |Leave For Camp lin some of the best shops in the | Va., 53 years ago. 13 to 0; Dr. Hillard Willis and | John Lowe, Bob Tillman and | Miami area. _ Col. William R. Arnold, Catho-| chard Hunt (B) defeated Mel- lek, Weceh aee ee lic clergyman, chief of chaplians, 5, Russell and Lionel Plummer, leaving on the early is | |morning going to Tybee Beach, jnear Savannah, Ga., as members assigned to the C.M.-T.C. camp} |which is located there for the |period of training . | Returns To Boston TRANSPORTATION 252 PASSENGERS FOR CUBA Steamship Cuba of the P. and |0. S.S. Co., arrived this morning | | at 5 o'clock from Havana, but had | burgh, noted coal company presi- |the War Ohio, 59 years ago. Roland R. Harrison, manager of the Christian Science Publish- ing Company, Boston, born at | Smithville, N. Y., 62 years ago. John D. A. Morrow of Pitts- Steven Shaw, who is connected |no passengers or freight for Key | dent, born in Ohio, 59 years ago. | |to Boston, Mass. and Mrs. Harry Shaw, left on-the | early bus this morning returning | — } Sisters To Tampa Sisters Clotilde, Laurent Marie, George, Julia Marie, Arthur and |Julianne, from the Convent of \Mary Immaculate, were passen- gers leaving on the bus this morning for Tampa. |On Visit To Relatives | Mrs. Blanche Roberts and | daughter, Shirley, left on the 7:00 o'clock bus this morning for Tampa for a visit with relatives really got up on their haunches, 'and friends. and het up, about it. They figure that the Army and the Navy is plenty to keep Uncle Sam busy. ‘Rejoins Ship Elmore Pinder, who had been visiting with his parents, Mr. and tion which is being held in Ha- vana, and opens today. The Cuba sailed at 9:30 for Havana with 252 passengers who were booked at Key West, nine automobiles and four sacks of mail. The ship will arrive Thurs- day afternoon at 3. o'clock and sail for Havana at 5 o'clock. | The statue of Freedom, sur- |mounting the dome of the capi- ‘tol at Washington, was modeled by Thomas Crawford, father of Francis Marion Crawford, the | novelist. with the Stone and Webster Cor-| West. This is one'of the trips} Dr. Beth L. Wellman of. the poration, who had been visiting | being made in connection with|State University of Iowa, in. Key West as the guest of Mr. |the International Rotary conven-| professor of child psychology, noted | bornat Clarion, Iowa, 45 years | @60. | Dick Foran, actor. | > \Today’s Horoscope Today promises artistic abili Department, born in| { } | The disposition may be e-ratic, | | with but little desire to make } j 2 to 1; Herbert Jones and Frank | Bryant (B) split with John Pin-| der and John Ivonok, 1% to 1%;! J. Leedom Moore and Bradberry | Barnes (B) defeated _Atwood Sands and Marvil, 2% to %; Eu-/ gene Mumpower and, William Mecke (B) lost to Horace "Bry. | ant and Bill Fripp, 2 to 1 Members of the Key West team returned from Coral Gables last | night. friends. The fortunes are cg, ai —— |not always realized. Much sor-| the 7:00 o’clock bus this morning ‘for Belle Glade, Fla. to visit for several weeks with relatives and friends. So another Govt. adventure Mrs Hilburn Pinder and other On Miami Visit has exploded—and _ the _ drowsy | relatives, left this morning on the! Miss Jessie Watkins, accom- taxpayers throughout the nation, the early bus for Norfolk, Va., to panied by her cousin, Joseph S. get their eyebrows singed again. |rejoin the airplane carrier Roberts, left over Florida Motor They got one more white ele- Ranger, the personnel of which}Lines yesterday for a visit in phant to look after now. he is a member. Anybody in the market for a nice new shiny powerhouse, but Left Today For Tampa with no customers on the hori- zon, he-might write to Bonne- 11:00 o'clock bus today fora two, Miss Alice Marie Mrs. T. S. Caro left on the Miami with Mr. and Mrs. T. Av Leonard. = On Visit With Relatives Mason ville, there in Oregon, or to'weeks visit with relatives and rived over the highway ye Grand Coulee—or should try Wash. D. C. direct. Yours with the low down, JO SERRA. maybe he friends in Tampa. Mrs. Russell Leaves Mrs. Hildegard Russell left on day from Miami for a vacation this city with her uncle and a Mr. and Mrs. Bernard \United street. row may, at times, and however undeserved, follow this degree. i ; summer. j (a | No Down Paymeni