The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 9, 1940, Page 4

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PAGE FOUR SOCIETY : Shower Honored Evma Pinder Approximately sixty-five rela-j tives and friends of Miss Erma Pinder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Pinder, 1402 Newton street; gathered at the Golden Eagle Hall yesterday afternoon to.attend a Bridal Shower spon- sored by the bridal party named in the forthcoming marriage of Miss Pinder. The bride-to-be will marry Edderd Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Todd, of Orlando, Fla., in the near future. Presents for the honoree were displayed in a miniature dup- licate of a CCC truck used in transporting the conservationists to this city from their camp. The wagon was drawn by Martha Ann Gandolfo, Elizabeth Ann Russel! and Joan Wood. Mrs. J. J. Montgomery was first-prize winner in a Question Game and Mrs. Maggie Roberson won the Word Game. Door prize was captured by Mrs. Muriel Pinder. Program rendered consisted of Ley Intermediates In Hallowe’en Social The Intermediate Club of Ley| Memorial Church entertained | twith a Hallowe’en party,,Thurs- day night in the church annex. H orange. Favors consisting of Hallowe’en horns, balloons and crickets were given to each mem- ber. ' Many interesting games were played with prizes going to Fred Thompson as horn blower, Bobby Knowles as disc thrower, Eola Johnson for the best pumpkin | tearing -pattern and to Mary} Elizabeth Knowles as the best cricket passer. The main event| of the evening was bobbing for) apples. Delicious refreshments! were served. Those members present were Betty Eaton, Eola Johnson, Grace Torres, Mary Elizabeth Knowles, Rosetta Wise, Sylvia Sawyer, Seem MARINES RECALL ORIGIN IN 1775 | | All decorations carried out the} . Hallowe'en colors of black and Long years of service to the Nation will be remembered by the U.S. Marines. who celebrate their 165th anniversary on November 10. .Above: their first rendezvous at’Tun Tavern in Philadel- courthouse. Parental consent to phia and two sea soldiers of the Revolution. Belo w: detachment of Marines as they appeared at the the marriage was given by Mr.) New York World's Fair. Thumbing their way through over the cobbles to drop patrons! two accordion solos by Gladys} Washington, a tap dance. by] Claudia Isham and a piano selec- tion by Mrs. Samuel Drudge. Shirley Bowery, Bobby Knowles, | Galey Sweeting, Claudius Spenc- er, Harry Sawyer, R..C. Skelton, | Fred Thompson, . Mr, . and Mrs. | Delicious refreshments, eonsist- Mrs... Merrill ing of mints, ice cream and cake, yom Sewrer and, = were served. | The groom-to-be is senior lead- = . er of the CCC Park Division on|Martis Celebrate With ee eRe (Armistice Eve Dance | - | —EEE Navy Wives Club | Signing of the) Armistice will In Social Meeting {be first celebrated in Key West} jon Sunday night, 10 till ?, at the The social meeting of the Navy | Armistice Eve Dance being giv- Wives Club was held yesterday |@ at the Habana-Madrid Club afternoon at the Naval Station. jUnder the auspices of Marti Mesdames Katherine Bristow, Gladys Arnold, Lucille du Pont | and Marie Knutsen were named | furnished by John as the Welfare Committee, and if Orchestra. Souvenirs will any service personnel should | given at the door. need aid of any kind, they should | get in touch with one of these| Lowes Visiting . ei ladies. 5 a | Rivas Family ' Club. Music for this affair will be Pritchard's | be Mesdames Grethel Spakes and Mizpah Pierce were appointed as} a committee fo find out the price| Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Lowe, of of an American flag for the| Largo, are visiting in Key West their logbook to the date of their | at its doors. origin, thé U.S. Marines will turn ; back its fading pages to the year! a 1775, when’ tie pax thek*lesth [et cable 10 -serve:to ‘advantaney milestone on November 10. by sea when required”. This was Dimming records reveal that'one of the stipulations made by | the Continental Marines gather-|the Continental Congress in 1775 ed in old Tun Tavern in Phila-|when it authorized the formation delphia when they rallied their|of two battalions of Marines on members to fight for the freedom |the day they observe as their of the colonies. From this quaint | birthday. | hostelry, now no longer a land-| All during the Revolution they mark, the Marines sallied forth |performed loyal service on both with rattlesnakes painted onjland and sea. With the struggle their drums and with high hopes ;for independence only a memory, in their hearts to win recruits for |the Corps was permanently or- the “Cause”. ganized in 1798 to follow in suc- Those were the days when the ceeding years the illustrious ex- tavern was famous for its broiled ample set by its forebears. steaks and tankards of ale, while Stirring chapters of the Ma- sturdy patriots gathered in its rines’ logbook reveal that they upper rooms to smoke long were aboard Old Ironsides in her churchwarden pipes and to dis-'days of glory, helped to sweep, cuss the rising tide of public opin-| piracy from the seas at home or| ion which eventually rolled into/abroad, mounted Old Glory for | the overwhelming flood of the the first time on the battlements; Revolution. of a Tripolitan fortress, carried Sailing vessels on the Delaware their banners to the uttermost River pointed their jibbooms It was an ideal spot to enlist. ends of the earth, and fought in all the big and little wars of our! | have jing sailing frigates of our first who gave the use of their cars. |fleet to the floating fortresses of /They will never be forgotten by i vening years. j“We are proud to claim the title | A. S. MacFarlane, Scout Ex- :Scout troop at the Trinity Pres- |byterian Church (colored), with |designation, Troop 59, assigned | |to ‘the new<uhit. “Troop’* committeemen™.are A! SATURDAY, NOVEMBEE 9, 1548 niin Party Monday i Armistice Dav Bingo Party |Milton Evans, Professor St. Elmo | Will ‘be given in St. Cecilia's Hall |Greaux and *Wallace Fi |Scoutmaster will be Prof: Emest | H. Cohen and Charles Major is! | assistant. | | Troop meetings are being held | lon Wednesday nights in the Sun-) {day School building of the | ‘church. Boys over 12 years of jage are eligible for member-| | ship. MARRIAGE LICENSES j | ‘Thelma Knowles, 14, and War- iren H. Lowe, 19, were married | yesterday by Judge Raymond R. Lord in his chambers in the 'and Mrs. Cecil Knowles and Mr. Scores of countries have wit- | 2nd Mrs. Teddy Lowe. Sia, HERES SS nessed the prowess of the globe-| CARD trotting'sea soldiers who on near- | EeReA NES. — ly 200: occasions have landed on! errands for..Uncle Sam. They | press our heartfglt Hattie Grillion; enemies or guarding Americans for the untiring services of Nell in distant lands. Fulford; to the donors of such} It is a far cry from the creak- | beautiful flowers, and to those | steel which now guard our shores MARY VALENZUELA and against the assaults of some pos- /nov9-1t FAMILY. sible enemy, for the Marines have | come a long way in the inter-, sseeeeesersecoesoeescoe. | Yet no»marine could turn the! pages of the Corps’ well-filled log- jon Monday ‘o'clock, under the auspices of the ; May we, in this small way, ex- gratit po performed every task from! those who so lovingly ty in|: chasing seal poachers in the Ber-'the illness and the passing on of lk jing Sea to fighting our nation’s;our loved one, book without a quickening pulse Lloyd Nolan — Barton MacLane/ and a heartfelt response to the Lola Lane in | words of the sea soldiers’ hymn, Gangs Of Chicago | COMEDY and NEWS of United States Marine”. | swoccces evening at 8:09 Children of 's Sodality -of the Catholic Church. (Till 7:30 p. m., Sunday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen- erally fair and slightly warmer tonight; Sunday partly cloudy possibly light showers; moderate northeast to east winds. Florida: Fajr to partly cloudy slightly warmer tonight; Sunday partly cloudy, slightly warmer in north portion, possibly light show- ers near extreme south corst SHOP aEAEL a : “| i fi VW t ] iy rt W . i 4 t f ig? ipl t ul "ea LL yee: t ft lef it t tl | i i i | | | ' ql i i 4 , a | i ril r 1 ik i 4 | | straight at the tavern, while occa- sionally a stagecoach clattered HOLTSBERG’S MONDAY SALE New shipment of BARBIZON SLIPS club. jas houseguests of Mr. and Mrs, Mrs. Mary Cox was appointed! Rarnon Rivas on Fleming street> | chaplain in place of Mrs. May-| This is Mr. Lowe's first visit/ country. belle Todak, who has resigned. There being no more business LAKE COUNTY CLAIMS |SAILOR RAN AMUCK ~ on hand for discussion at this time, the social part of the after- noon began. Among the prizes for games played were Mesdames Kitty Sabola, Mary Cox, Billie Wing and Mizpah Pierce. Delicious refreshments were served during the after- noon. ARMISTICE DAY PARADE MONDAY (Continued from Page One) Wm. Doughtry of the fifth di- vision, and Everett Rivas will be marshal of the sixth division. The parade will form at 4 p. m. and will march off at 4:20 p. m. The line of march will be from Caroline and Duval streets, up Duval street to Division street to Georgia street, and thence to Bayview Park. Master of ceremonies at the park will be Dr. A. M. Morgan; the. musical director will be George Mills White and Mrs. Ralph Milner will be the choral director. Opening number of the program will be America, with the band and all participating; then the invocation by Father Maureau of the Star of the Sea Catholic church There will be opening remarks by Dr. Morgan; a selection by the band; the address by Mayor Willard M. Albury; musical se- lections by the band and_ choral chorus; the principal address by William V. Little; musical selec- tion, “God Bless America”, by the band and all - participating; benediction by the Rev. Theodore M. Jones of the First Baptist church, and the closing number will be the National Anthem by tke band. Stores of the city will close at noon on Monday, according to an- nouncement made today. The Armistcie Day parade will lineup.as follows, according to the orders. of Col. Pendelton: First Division Police Escort: Caroline at Du- val. St, facing N.E. Grand Marshal and Staff: Caro- line, between Duval and White- head. Second Division (U.S. Troops) Marshal and Staff: Caroline, between Duval and Whitehead. Detachment, U.S. Army; de- , tachment, U.S. Marines; detach- ment, U.S. Navy; detachment, U.S. Coast Guard;*Battery “E”, 265th CA. Florida Guard. Third Division (Veterans and Auxiliaries) Marshal and Staff: Whitehead Street at Carolina, facing S.E. winners of ne| 0 BE OBSERVED HERE |today that has a complete bat-jstore window. National |to this city in 18 years. = | |NATIONAL ART WEEK: | (Continued from Page One) | | with art and women’s clubs an | their function in this Art Week. | “American Art for Every Am- jerican Home” is the Council's {slogan for the week which is:de- {signed as a coordinated |a national scale to bring work of American artists and craftsmen j into the American home, business office, church, club and social | group. | | Throughout Florida, as in jevery state, local sales exhibi- tions and demonstrations are to be conducted under gubernatorial proclamation, with individuals, groups, organizations and agen- cies, public and private, inter- ested in art, cooperating in events of Art Week. The public is thus provided {an oppertunity to see and to purchasezat moderate prices results of the skill and jability . of Florida ,. paintings, sculptors and craftsmen. “Nationally this event is in- tended as a recognition. of the {cultural value and usefulness of | art in everyday life by patronage’ |necessary for American art to} continue its present remarkable lrate of development,” Mr. Schro-| Senate, and was responsible for passed in 1917. ider said. “Locally, it provides {not only the fulfilling of daily FIRST HOME GUARD (Continued from Page One) talion organization, a complete staff, and drilling regularly un- der National Guard regulations. “Our unit was organized July 1, has been drilling reg- oO”, | ular’ r i rt reg. ulatio: to the presi We have four companies of one hundred fifty men per company, or six hundred men in the bat- talion. We have a complete Army organization. Our unit is set up under state law, sponsored |by the county commissioners of | our country and I think if you will investigate you will find other home guard units simply organ- ized without any constituted au- thority and are not following Army drill regulations. There- fore, I challenge any home guard | unit in the United States that they were the first to organize under Army regulations and training under Army regulations as the Lake County Guard.” Battalitin‘Commander Cooley is | — IN CAR LAST NIGHT | (Continued from Page One) On a busier eve- ‘ning, any number of residents Castro’s car suffered severe; damages. So, too, did Lewin- store window. with a com- te set of panes broken. j An effort was made by un-} announced officers of the Plunk- | ett to have Dimmick delivered | on board ship shortly after the! mishap occurred, in that the ship isailed early this morning on ! patrol. { Postpone Hearing | County officials this morning that Gilbert De- meritt’s physical condition did not allow a hearing to be held on the assault charge involving Rob- | lert Sawyer. j The case arose when Sawyer! allegedly struck Demeritt Thurs- day night, at Duval and Fleming} streets, knocking him uncon-| scious. Sawyer is out of jail on! tbond of $100, awaiting call for} the hearing. announced a member’ of the Florida House} of Representatives. has been elected to a sedt in the Florida the organization of the Lake | ; County Guard under a state law [need for American art in the <j. reer, | }community, but also a sales out- let for Florida artists and artisans.” ’ Entry blanks and information {may be obtained from any art or jcrafts project center. Statewide all exhibitions open simultan- jeously on Monday, November 25, under the direction of local com- |mittees which have been work- ing for the past several weeks adapting general plans to speci- fic community function. i | B. F. McCalla Camp, No. 5; Unit- ‘ed Spanish War Veterans Aux-| jiliary; Arthur Sawyer -Post, No.} 28, American Legion; American; ‘Legion Auxiliary; other:Veterans' / jorganizations; Key West Guard. j | Fourth Division (Scouts. | } and Patrols) H | Marshal and Staff: Whitehead | |between Carolina and Greene. | Boy Scouts and Patrols; Girl |Scouts; School Traffic Patrols. | Fifth Division | | Marshal Wm. Doughtry: White- head between Caroline and Greene. | School Units. Sixth Division (Civic Bodies and Fraternal Orders) Marshal Everett Rivas: “Front street between Whitehead and | Duval streets, facing South. United Spanish War Veterans, | Units; Floats, | A LOAN \ IN TIME... HOME REPAIRS made in time often save bigger repair bills later on. THE WORK may be dome at sey “once and paid for convenient- See ™ *y =s i | | would have been in the path tak- | en by the careening vehicle. | | H Van Raalte NIGHT GOWNS a “ Five-percent WOOL BLANKETS, solid colors, on sale _ $1.00 | Kayser SILK HOSE. on sale = + 75¢ pair j New SLOPPY JOE SWEATERS, all colors $2.50 Heavy Embroidered CHENILLE SPREADS | Hand-made LACE TABLE CLOTHS, larger size | Brushed Rayon NIGHT GOWNS and PAJAMAS __ | Samples of $1.00 CURTAINS, no two alike ___ 81x98 SHEETS. 4-year guarantee - ii 36-inch heavy MONKS CLOTH, reqular 50c, yard Five pieces CRETCNNE, reqular 15c, on sale yard Large size MATTRESS PADS, regular $1.98 One case RAYON PILLOWS, on sale = Marshail Field BLANKETS, regular Full-fashion. service-weight HOSE __ a EES Little Boys’ SAILOR SUITS, sizes 2 to 6, all wool Gift Specials On Sale Monday Embroidered PILLOW CASES. initialed “her and his” 50c pr. New TABLE COVERS. large size Embroidered SHEET and PILLOW CASE SETS CARD TABLE COVERS, all colors SHOWER CURTAINS. all colors Printed KITCHEN TOWELS, on sale = BRIDGE SETS, hand-made. regular $1.35. at Reteived another shipment of NYLON HOSE, made by Kayser clusively in Key West at HOLTSBERG’S The Store of Fashion Suggests that you CENTER ALL OF YOUR WEEKEND and MONDAY SHOPPING at their store—the “Most Modern In Key West” Headquarters for Finer | Ladeis’ 5 $ a: meet | eee in Key West. The Best For Less — in Footwear for “MALLINSONS A scintillating array of Evening Gowns = ‘ A eas oat IA JAZLE ALL A fit f it ral a iit be i ® fey E il f. + t if i aig I. ' if F i : ‘ti iW : 2 w i ef He i iY rly Hi uh \@ m b> 4 im w “ Bt i “4 ® : ; Mobs ane meh aneD et seh

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