The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 26, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOUR SERGEANT PECK, WELL KNOWN HERE, TO RETIRE THIS MONTH In a recent issue of the Sunday; “All soldiers like to loék back Times of New Brunswick, N. J., there appeered an article relative | Peck is no exception. Key West; to the proposed retirement of/|in those early days was connected | Sergeant Ernest D. Peck, who is | with the mainland only by boat} jand the recruit did not see a rail- Sergeant Peck married Miss|road again for years. But he saw Jennie Lewin, daughter of Mrs. |two hurricanes and was present} Harriet: Lewin, and was station-|when the railroad came’ to’ the well known in Key West. ed at the US Army post here during the time. The article in question follows: “Unless President Roosevelt de- clares a national emergency, re-|least of which was improvement | ;The Knowles family returned to for each insertion, taining all experienced officers and men, Ernest D. Peek, of High- land Park, a master sergeant, will retire from the army on De- cember 31, with 30 ears and seven months of service to credit. stationed at Rutgers in the mili- tary science department. “Mr. Peck was on his way home to Plainiield in 1908 after wandering about the west when he stopped off at Pittsburgh, Pa.. ard applied for entrance to the army. He was sent to Columbus, ©., and irom there to Key West, Fia., where he served until 1916 wien he left the service. “The World Wer found Mr. Peck at once applying for enlist- ment. He was sent to officers’ training at p Gordon, Ga., ified for a commis: war ended before he could get into action under his new rank. “It was early in the war that Mr. Peck made the c! Te- sponse for all men denied service in France. A wor bemoaning, that her son had been sent overseas. She looked Peck up and down, then demanded “‘How is it that big, husky men like you a left home and Peck snapped, ‘the government keeps the bright ones home to train the others’. Returns To Key West “Following discharge from offi- cers’ training camp, Mr. Peck went to Key West where his wife and two children were living But he was soon back in the army and on recruiting duty in Trenton and Camden. From Camden he went back on regular duty at Fort Mott, this state (New Jer- sey), then was transferred to Fort Du Pont, Del. A tour at Fort Hancock, N. J., followed, with re- } ief to detached service at Gover- nor’s Island, N. Y. “It was in September, 1922, that Sergeant Peck came to Rutgers University where he has served up to the present time with dis- tinction, being raised in rank to! staff sergeant, then to technical and last to master sergeant, the; highest non-commissioned rank. | This is a decided attainment, for Tegulations, from which there is no appeal, allow but two master sergeants in this, the Second Corps Area, and one of these is at headquarters, Governor's Is- land. “Sergeant Peck treasures 12 discharges with character excel- Tent throughout the entire list He was made a sergeant during his first enlistment, a real achieve- ment in those days of a_ small army with consequent keen com- Petition for adancement. Early in his serice, he completed in- struction in all the schbols, such as ‘Elements of Military Typo- graphy’. which included. sketch- ] i g. ‘Infan- "Tactical and Technical Training’, consist- ing of practical instruction in war games and coast artillery gun- ‘Military Law’, ‘Military y. Leadership, Discipline and Control of Men’. lto their early days of soldiering. island over the keys. | “In decades that have passed | Key West has undergone consid- erable transformation, not the in drainage. “Warnings in 1909 that a hur- ricane was coming were accepted | without alarm by the new re- cruits. Wind was wind. So his what? Bulletins kept coming in. his home in Miami for a number of —-________ For 18 years he has Reon The hurricane had shifted, wasn’t Years, was a recent arrival in Key WANTED TO BUY—Fireproof going to hit the island. No, it was back on its former course, ect for the army barracks. | ‘We heard the roar in early afternoon’, Peck went on, ‘grow- ing into a terrible humming, high ; above the slash of rain and wind’. Escape From Hurricane “The barracks were of stone! construction for one story, with wooden framework above. ‘We piled- benches, everything could find ‘against the doors and windows’, said Peck, dren, in that one room, then nted noses. One man missing—the baker. He was in} his shack and right under the huge water tower which began weaving. We threw a stone through the the rear door just an instant be- fore the tower flattened the shop. “‘It—it was awful’, Peck con- tinued. ‘There was Zeke iaageree over in the corner and on knees, praying loudly. never prayed before. Ill never forget’ “An odd smile came with this, as though the appeal for salvation had not been entirely a solo af- fair. “As swiftly as it struck, the hurricane left, and it grew calm, not even a blade of grass stirring, and the sun suddenly came out and shone brightly. Destruction was such, however, that three of the four companies of coast artil- lery were removed. Peck’s com- pany was the only one left to face the second hurricane which | came a year later. Coming Of Railroad Sergeant Peck likes to tell about the coming of the railroad to Key West in 1912, with Presi-! dent Taft on the first train and the company being drawn up in the boiling sun wearing blue j Woolen uniforms. “‘The speechmaking and all that’, Peck reminisced. ‘But thing happened. The engine came jin alone, with the whistle tied down, and was that startling? Soldiers long after told about ‘fishermen on the island being so; scared they ran right into the ocean and got drowned’. “Mr. Peck is now on furlough, | given during the last three months to those retiring from the army. He plans to become a permanent resident at his home at 166 North Tenth avenue, Highland Park, where he is active in American Legion work as an officer of Post 88. “Mr. and Mrs. Peck have three children; two boys’and a girl. “I would do it-all over again’ Mr. Peck’ insists.““I have sol- diered with some Very strict of- ficers. But army life is no dif- ferent than civil life. If a man applies himself he gets along all} eht’.” AVIATION STEPS 10 THE FRONT AS GLAMOUR GIRL OF INDUSTRY, Py CHARLES E. HARNER, AP Feature Writer NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—On the} basis of demand, aviation enters the new year as No. 1 Glamour: Girl of industry—and war. American aviation manufactur- ers estimate their backlog of un- delivered orders at about $4,000,- 000,000—a figure eight times as great as a year ago and probably the largest of any industry in the country, active shipbuilders The immensity of this chal- lenge to production is best vis- ualized by the fact that such a figure would provide bomber-fighters, a line of ships | which, placed wing tip to wing tip, would extend from New York to Chicago. To meet this demand, the man- ufacturers are reversing part of the evolution of the machine age, and are going hack to decentral-: ized production. In so doing they are opening up an apparently fertile field of endeavor. For example: One particularly active engine maker buys from 800 separate including the extremely | parts of the country to assemble fighting engines of 9,000 parts. Many of these 800 firms are. sub- contractors, making one or more} engine parts in small, specialized shops. Others are tool Others supply raw-materials. 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Knowles, Jr., arrived tisements is invariabig{im’, 4d-fRainfall, 24 hours ending vance, but regular advertisers | ..7:30 a. m., inches GGT 5 with ledger accounts may *have! = 2 morning to join his wife and child, their advertisements charged = since Dec. who have been visiting Mrs. Advertisements under this head | Dec. ‘Deficiency since jKnowles’ Parents on Seminary’ will be inserted in The Citizen at| par oe Street for the past two weeks. | the rate of one-cent (1c) a word Total rainfall sinee Jen. 1, but the mini- |Miami in the afternoon to spend:mum for the first insertion in Christmas at home. every instance: is twenty- five cents (25c). ' WANTED TO BUY ia S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT | Observation taken at 7:30 a. m. 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours __ | Lowest last night — Mean __ lormal __ | 16 0| lover the highway early yesterday 0.00 B. Coleman, formerly of Key West, but who has been making SE—12 miles per hour Relative Humidity 82% ‘West for a visit with his parents, and burglar- =EEooe Safe. Inside’ _ Barometer at 7:30 a. m.. today 3.20! |DANIEL FROHMAN DIES IN GOTHAM (Continued from Page One) without the atmosphere of the theater. Their father, Henry Frohman, a Poor peddler, cherished the ambi- tion to be an actor. In his new ‘home he organized amateur |theatricals, playing the German |dramatists. He was wont to prac-- |tice his lines on the road in his peddler’s act, intoning Schiller with his open-mouthed son as prompter and audience. . All of the Frohman boys were jon Broadway two decades later. They shared a heritage of energy. shrewdness and aptitude for the theater that was not to be denied. Although each carved out a distinctive career, their interests were never far apart. First to gain a footing in the theatrical world was Gustave, who ran away and others of the Thespian elect} found the high road to fame as members of the Daniel Frohman Stock Company. Mr. Frohman “discovered” them and provided the initial opportunities which made them great actors actresses. the kindly tionately Frohman presented to apprecia- tive audiences the best works of Pinero, Jones, Anthony Hope Howard, Mark Twain, Howells and other “moderns” of the day. On a visit to London, Mr. Froh- man recognized the Bohemian violinist, Kubelik, as a unique artist, though the producer pro- fessed to know little of music. He brought Kubelik to New York m THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1968 A REAL LOVE HARTFORD. Comn—A coupie who were marmed bere recently left for ther wedding ip wah 1901 and “crcussed Ereal success Mr Prohman’s wife was Ma- ‘and got everybody, the women and chil-; bakeshop window. | an came to him, It sent the baker bouncing from} it} was the day before that the funny | { | Rueda. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Jack at the jhome on Southard street. Joseph Collins, former resident of Key West, was an arrival in the city on Tuesday to spend the 'Christmas holidays here. Processo Cano arrived in the city Tuesday from Miami to spend | Christmas in Key West with rel- jatives and friends. | eee A. S. Caviness and Willard Rus- sell, members of the Immigration | Department, were arrivals in Ke eS | West Tuesday from Miami over the highway to spend the Christ- mas holidays in this city. George I. Knowles and son, Dave, former residents of Key | West, but who are now residing in Miami, were arrivals in this city on Tuesday to spend the Christmas holidays. Young Da’ ,is now a student at Florida Uni- Hod | versity at Gainesville, and re- {ports received from the college }show that he is making an excel- ‘lent record in his studies. | Festival To Be ‘Held On Friday The annua: Christmas festival of St. Paul’s Church school will | be held on Friday, the eve of Holy Innocents’ Day. The service will begin prompt- ly at 7 o'clock in the church, jafter which there will be a short Christmas pageant with carols in the Parish Hall. The Christmas tree and the distribution of can- |dy and gifts will conclude the) | program. Those taking part in the pag- eant are: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Rose May Saunders; St. Joseph, Ernest Avila; The Shep- herds, Jack Sawyer, Charles Sands, Billy Ladd, John J. Ro- mero; The Kings, Bert Cates, | John Marzyck and Eugene Saw- yer; Cherubs, Mary Thedora Sweeting and Barbara Ladd. Announcement Of Engagement Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Barroso announce the engagement of their daughter, Flora, to Evelio The wedding will take place in the near future. Five Marriage Licenses Issued Dan Cupid was again busy to- day and the day before Christ- mas. County Judge Raymond R. Lord issued five marriage li- censes. They were issued to: Lee C. Wickersham, 42, of Key West, and Elizabeth Gregoza, of Key West; to William A. Brough- }ton,48, a farmer living in Irving jcounty, Georgia and Mary Vir- |ginia Williams, 46, of Key West; to Shelley Coeman, Jr., 21, of |Marathon, and Mary Lambert, | 16, of Rivera, Fla.; to Everett Lee | Spencer, 19, a sponger, and Ada, {Lucille King, 16, of Key West, and to John Roberts, 35, and Al- berta Tyndall, 37, of Key West. \Lions To Hold Meeting Tonight makers. | Regular weekly meeting of Key West Lions Club will be held in | the Lion’s Den on Seminary street «this evening at the usual hour of DON “Red” BARRY in TEXAS TERRORS also ; WANTED—O: s Sea = 29.73 (1006.8 millibars) dec23-4t Sunied 7:10 a. m. _ Sunset _ 5:46 p. m. , Moonrise 5:44 a. m. | Moonset —— __._. 4:59 p. m. ' Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 9:09. quare. Citizen. WANTED WANTED: Well tious young to earn $1 known ambi- n or young lady y easy, showing to Better | High — Everyone: rite’ CAMPUS; CO., Box 592 i decl9-7tx! 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