The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 28, 1941, Page 4

PAIGE FOUR YESTERDAY: David Wiley is finding himself in a pretty tough spot. He loves Polly, and they are engaged. But Margo Powers, who is the daughter of David’s boss, has come back to Ardendale from Europe and is trying very hard to take David for herself. And Polly loves David a great deal—enough to resign him to Margo if that seems to be the best thing for him, But is it? Chapter 18 Worry 'HE box office of The Arcadia Picture Theatre was situated so that Polly could see for some distance up and down Main Street. It was, she thought, rather like living in a glass house, or playing a goldfish role, But each time she saw Margo Powers driving by with Peter Wiley sitting beside her in her smart-looking roadster, she had a sinking sensation in her heart, a sensation that went even further and did things to her stomach. Suppose Margo won Peter away from her while she was trying to make a little money bv working at her cashier’s job? Suppose Peter e accustomed to all the things largo could do for him? (She had seen them going into the drugstore for sodas a number of times, and she knew that Margo had ught Peter an expensive pair of water wings to help him with his swimming.) Suppose all these things impressed the boy, made him decide that Margo was the girl his Cousin David ought to marry? Some of these unhappy thoughts were with her now as she saw Margo’s car turn the corner into Main Street. And she was a bit puzzled when Margo stopped the car in front of the theatre, and got out. « “Tl be right back, Peter.” she heard Margo say. “Be sure to keep your eye on that lunch basket!” “Sure, Margo!” Peter called back. Margo came up to the box of- fice. “Hello, Polly,” she said. “Hello, Margo,” Polly replied. She waved at Peter, who was try- ing to get a glimpse of her. “How nice of you to give so much time to Peter. He’s looking wonderful, isn’t he?” “Yes,” said Margo. “As brown as a berry—and his leg getting stronger all the time. I’m really enjoying my afternoons with him. But what I stopped by for was to ask if you could come up to tea Sunday afternoon.” ’ said Polly. “I sup- a “I’m going to do some enter- taining,” Margo went on, “and I remember that Sunday is the only day you have. A friend of mine is arriving Saturday afternoon, and I want to have a little party for him. Not a big party—but just a dozen or so people dropping in.” “T'd like to come,” Polly said She laughed. “After being shut up in this g ge, it'll be nice to relax ove 1e tea.” “Then I'll expect you,” id Margo. Then, just before turning away, she said: “By the way, this friend of mine is a doctor. He did a lot of studying in Europe before everything got so topsy-turvy over there. I’m going to h take a good look ter Polly's b t took a drop then that pract floored her. to the pool in a yellow roadster, Sodas in the corner drug Water wings io help with s ming. And now a doctor to have a look at the poor shrunken little | limb—Margo was certainly going | the limit “That's wond when she had that tried to c he'll be able she said, >wed a lump her. “I do hope you something round opening in the glass of the ticket booth. “I'll be there.” Margo got back into the car. Bitterness 'HE and Peter waved, and were off—Polly gazed across the sun-washed street, absentminded- | ly fingering a stack of dimes and quarters—So David had dined with Margo the evening before. They had discussed Peter just as | she and David had so often done. David and Margo, while she sat in a ticket booth tearing off yel- | low slips and making change. | Well, Polly, you asked for it! You said working was more important than having time for seeing David! Aunt Susan warned you that he would be seeing some other girl, if left alone— And now—and now— She suddenly remembered that she only had a few more days left in which to hold down the cashier’s job. Letitia’s vacation was about over. She would be coming back from New York shortly. And then there would be no more job. It meant she would have to start looking around once more, But the thought, oddly enough, did not disturb her. She even found herself feeling a sort of ela- tion over the knowledge that she would soon be free to be with Peter, free to take him out for his swims in David's little car. She would also have time to work in the flower beds, to go on with her plans for dolling up the grounds | fn around the old . “When does the feature picture start?” a woman asked. “In about fifteen minutes,” Pol- ly replied, coming back to the present. “Allright, let me have a ticket,” the woman said. “I do wish they’d stop having double features. I’d rather pay less and see just one long picture, and maybe a comedy—a short one— along with the newsreel.” “Why not speak to the man- ager?” Polly said. “I’m sure he’d like to know how his patrons feel about matters.” “I think I'll do that,” said the woman. She went on inside, Wardrobe Problem Quz came up to the win- ‘dow. There was a brisk sale of tickets for an hour or so. But even while she worked, Polly was thinking about Sunday, and Mar- go’s tea, She was making plans about what she would wear. Her wardrobe was pretty limited, but she ought to be able to get that old dotted Swiss dress in shape. Aunt Susan would help her. May- be the contrast between Margo Powers and herself wouldn’t be too noticeable—the girl who bought her clothes in Paris and London, and the girl who was wearing something that had once belonged to her mother— And she was right. She realized this soon after her arrival at the Powers house late Sunday afternoon. There wasn’t any noticeable contrast between herself and Margo. Only a very iced eye could tell that Pol- y’s dress was. homemade, and Margo's out of a smart Paris shop. David, for one, thought that Polly looked even lovelier than Margo. The black-haired girl, and the one whose hair was red_and piled high upon her head. Both girls extremely easy to look at and looking breathtakingly charming; Polly in white and pink, and Margo in pale green with touches of black. ‘Gosh, Sweetness.” David was saying now to Polly, “I never saw you look so darned beautiful. You look like something out of one of those fashion magazines.” “Thank you, David,” Polly said. “But you've seen this dress lots of times before.” “Have I?” said David. “That's funny. I thought it was something } you had sent down from New “IT think medical profession the prosress i not suppose t it? 0, not yet him today. We out at the Inr “I wouldn't, if ly “But why r Polly went sort of boy would be k and : Margo. “/ rn means an av me, and I v hurt by York.” ly! That shows how bad you observing what a girl it surely the hat's new.” shook her head. “Third "ve had it," she said. that a lovely wearing? I do love ially on blondes and And I like white on girls like said David. i end is awfully ‘olly went on. “I e touches of gray les. They make him David said. g talk with him. have a swim in our k there is. But going to have same. n ha TH EEY WLE Traffic Accidents Hit. IN NEED OF HOME ‘BAPTIST DISTRICT RALLY ON TUESDAY F | 4 |;PROGRAM TO BE RENDERED | . il AT FIRST CHURCH | } i HERE i| The Fifth District Rally of the| j ; } +4 j W.M.U. of the Miami Baptist As-/ j sociation“will be held at the Key | {| West Baptist Chureh tomorrow. aes e Two conferences will be held in eee® er 4 patty the afternoon and the main ses- | | sion will convene at 7:30 p. m. I} Mrs. Robert E. Lee of Ft. Laud-| i W.M.U. president, | if i and Associational Young People’s | bo oud leader, and Mrs. P. L, Theker of ONE OF BOYS AT CHILDREN’S Miami, Associational _ president, | HOME IN FLORIDA will speak at the evening ses-| | HOME SOCIETY ich ate it wine at a . bya | MAKES APPEAL 'and the Cuban Mission class will HOMELESS BOYS AT INSTITU- also be on the program. Mrs. W.! P. Archer, of Key West, District | | TION ARE SEEKING | VACATIONS { erdale, state sion. ‘Five superintendent, will preside. Rev. Ted M. Jones is pastor of the hostess church. Theme: “For Me To Live Is Christ”. Hymn No. 15, | The Children’s Home Society of | (first two verses). Florida—with Receiving Homes, watchword: “That Thy way | |at Jacksonville, Miami, Pensacola! may be | and Lakeland—is making its an- ', | | Program follows: | j “Jesus Saves” known upon earth, Thy | ation among all nations”. |nual appeal to the good people of | psalms 67:2. |Florida for summer vacation Hymn No. |homes for its Big Family of Home- | only), |less Boys and Girls, but is par-; Opening Prayer, Mrs. Maxwell ticularly anxious this year for va- Lord. cation comes for boys from ten to; special by members of fifteen years of age. = Each year for the past ten years First Baptist church choir. the Home Society has been plac-| Devotional and Prayer, Mrs. R. ing. its homeless and orphan'T. Gibson, president, local children in carefully selected W.M.U. | |family homes for the summer va-| Welcome and Introduction of | |cation period—giving great joy to Guests, Mrs. W. P. Archer, Fifth scores of boys and girls who are pistrict. superintendent. | eager to get away from the routine; Special Music by Cuban rules and regulations of the Re-! sion Children, directed ceiving Homes, and many fine Maxwell Lord, teacher. | families have had the keen satis-! “Qur Opportunities”, in state, faction of bringing a new experi- division, district, local and asso- jence and much happiness to ciation—directed by Mrs. P.’ L. | themselves. Tucker, Miami, — Associational All that the Home Society asks | president and state White Cross of the families who offer their | .hairman. homes to these boys and girls is | that they be people of unquestion- M ed good character—that they will | cy Th “hr ‘ i rough Chr treat the children and discipline |i." Mrs Robert E. Lee, state them just as they would theit/ wu. president and Young own youngsters—and that they | peopie's leader for Miami associa- | be willing to either come for the tion children and return them at the "Gf ian No. 15 15 (last two verses music Mis- sage, “For Me To Live Is . “O, Zion Haste”. end of the summer, or that they Rey. eae | Benediction, will bear the expense of having | yonce the child brought to them and later returned to the Home. The Home Society expects these boys and girls to be willing !to do little odd jobs in return for their vacation — privileges—and will furnish each child a reason- able supply of clothing for the summer. Miss Olga Marrero, an employe Full information will gladly be! at the Marine Hospital, left Fri- given by Marcus C. “Daddy”jday on the afternoon bus for Fagg, State Superintendent of the | Baltimore, Maryland, to visit her Children’s Home Society, 40/ father and from there will con- Buckman Building, Jacksonville, | tinue her trip to New York where or can be secured from any one of she will spend the rest of her va- The Society's Receiving Homes at cation with relatives in that city. 'Jacksonville, Miami, Lakeland or | Pensacola. No childr age are homes Mrs. John A. West and grandson, Mickey Bennett, and Mrs. Lula Roberts, Mrs. Chas. is Hogeboom and Miss Janice Rob- erts, who had been in Key West Au g the American Legion Con- vention, left this morning over id the highway en route to their little t n under six years of available for vacation and the greatest need vacation’ homes for boy Who will be the first respond from this community? Tt fine chance to perform a real ar older to lasting service. c by Mrs. ! Tally of those present. ! Peak During Beware of Sunday! It is an une holy day, a day of sinister hap- a day when Death reaps its heaviest harvest, a to “Here Today—,” eleventh annual booklet published by The Travel ers Insurance Company in the in- terests of street and highway Bafety. From an analysis of America’s highway accident record for 1940 can be drawn the following con- clusions: Saturday and Sunday vie for dishonor as the most dane gerous days for automobile driv- ers, Of 35,000 people who met their death in traffic accidents, 13,860 or nearly 40 per cent were Killed on weekends. When the days were divided into hours, it was discovered that the evening hours from six to midnight ac- counted for 14,180 or 40.5 per cent of those who died in auto- mobile accidents last year. © Thus the booklet reveals to the layman unacquainted with acci- dent facts that the worst driving hours and the most dangerous driving days are the very hours and days he most frequently chooses for pleasure trips. Sunday hss long been consid- ered the most dangerous day of crept up until the two are run- ning almost neck and neck as to fatalities, Most dangerous sin- | the week, but last year Saturday | “Weekends + hour, of ..24 1s between te Unexplainable is the fact thet 1939) sat although there are more persons killed on Sundays, there are more persons injured on Satur. days. atteraton, neectieg pee ie rea a tween 7 and 8 p.m., then taper off, only to jump sharply ‘about midnight—the hour when parties break up. ‘TOTAL HEALTH | FOR YOUR CHILD) |By JAMES B. PARRAMORE, M.D. County Health Officer All of us want our children to! have the full benefits of health, services and health information! which modern science has made| available. Even before a baby is| jborn, its health and welfare be-! {come the first concern of its fa- |ther and mother. On Child Health Day, May 1,| |the mothers and fathers of the} |for total health which can be; j Suaranteed to all the children. Control of the venereal diseases ; jenters early into the problem of} | total health for children. An ex-| pectant mother with syphilis | needs to be helped and her aby | jsaved. The treatment which cures syphilis in men and women will keep syphilis away from an | unborn baby. Every mother |should have a blood test, just as | soon as she knows a baby is com- | ing. Your community’s health} service is prepared to make this | test for her, if she is not in close touch with a_ private physician. | Her well-being may depend on| the test. If she has syphilis, she | can bear a healthy child if the dis- | ease is treated early. H Over_the years we have become more skillful in the recognition | and treatment of syphilis. Even} those children who are so unfor- tunate as to be born with syphilis! have a good chance teday to grow) in health and strength. It it well to remember ;$hat . many babies born with syphilis appears | gery well and healt! 7. The - disease | can wark very slowly, attacking | the brain, the nerves, the eyes and | preventive measure. Several dec- | per nour. other parts of the body. But once it has gained a foothold, it is there | to stay until it is recognized and| ‘fought by treatment. It may work | quietly for years, striking down} young men and women who have} been harboring the disease since childhood Long-range plans for total health of our children should include ‘blood tests for all babies and young children. We should know whether our children have to fight syphilis. If they are infect- ed, they shoul ve the best possible treatm Your State ard local health of- ficers have devoted m 2. eed and effort to, malting the pul } aware that syphilig.is « commliny / ty probleni ag well ag 2 persone! one. Pyblic™j negith syphiis Bacorepres f 4 cedure is necéssary ant to thee vantage of every citizen. “Here- nty we are con- ontrol pro- Surgeon General Public Health repeatedly attacked nited States i has Wherever syphilis vigorously, it recedes Another example of how pub- health prevents pain and suf- is the reduction in blind- ness among newborn babies. Th born to women in- t th gonorrhea are en- dangered during the passage of said s the baby through the birth canal | “Locksley Hal? j. 9% Bypthe n |front aa > MORE BOOKS PLACED IN PUBLIC LIBRARY The following books -were placed in the Public Library this week by the Womans Ciub: Tarkington’s, Heritage of Hatcher Ide. Emily Post's, Etiquette. Faherty’s, Big -Old Sun. Bell's, Swamp Water. McCuller’s, Reflections in’ a Golden Bye. Valten's, Out of the Night. Van Passeen’s, Days - of Our tian Serv-,nation will consider the chances | Years. Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. Pratt's, Mercy Island—a mys- tery story on Florida Keys. ——ee THE ANSWERS | See “Who Knows?” on Page 2 | ea A TOASTY 1, About 1400 cigarettes a year. 2. Yes, about 40,000,000 pounds annually. 3. About $19,000,000,000. 4. In Egypt. 5. The ‘weight of sea water dis- placed by a ship fully equipped and loaded. 6. No; Switzerland. t 7. British Empire, estimated, 50 divisions; Germany, 250. : 8. Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in nthe Sorhime Teaps 10, Zeuges » oe; ‘Phe baby's eves, age fram the dangerous “py plicit 8 nitrate in* the “eyes after birth. All states require this occu drop .of silver “immediately ades ago, damage by gonorrhea accounted for about 28 per cent of blindness in children. Today, an infant blinded by gonorrheal infection is a rarity. Your community health depart- ment works to protect you and your children from disease. Your Federal Government helps by al- lotting funds to the States to create and strengthen our con- trol work. Use the helpful serv-| ices thus made avaiable for you. OF LE hhh haha “Feel ; Pris iF OF hhh 5 1 Department U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT eeeeaaianeaniaemmemtnmentnenE eT ee Observation taken at 7:30 a. m., | 75th Mer. Time (city office) ! Temperatures |Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night m., inches rainfall since’ April xcess inches Benoa, | Total rainfall since Jan. o> dei ee as ‘Excess since January 1, | 9.41 | Wind Direction and Velocit | E—20 miles per hour Relative Humidity 18% Barometer at 7:30 a. m.. today Sea level, 29.97 (1014.9 millibars) Tomorow’s Almanac .. 5:53 a. m. tiinshenen since April ... 9:41 p. m. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) A.M. --10:58 oe eS 4:35 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Tuesday; moderate to fresh east and ‘southeast winds, Florida: | ‘Cloudy, occasional rain Tuesday, and in south and west-central portions tonight. |. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate to occasionally fresh east and southeast winds; mostly cloudy weather, showers in ex- P.M. 5 48 WR Shs. |Low i t | in. south and central ‘Tuesday. East Gulf: Fresh east and southeast winds; cloudy showery weather tonight and Tuesday. CONDITIONS | The northern high pressure area has remained practically | stationary for the last 48 hours, and overspreads most sections from the Plains States eastward, except New England. A rather |weak low pressure system over- |lies the Rocky Mountain States, and pressure is relatively low from the Florida Straits west- ‘ward to the'lower Rio Grande |Valley. Rain has occurred dur- ing the last 24 hours in portions lof thé Roeky Mountain, Plains, jand West Gulf States, heavy in \central and southern Texas. There LEGALS NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS " OFFICE OF THE STATE ROAD DEPARTMENT | Tallahassee, Florida | Aprit 22, 1941 | CONSTRUCTION ~ REGULAR Hl FEDERAL AID PROGRAM Sealed bids will be reeeived at this office from Qualified Contrae- tors until 10:30 A. M. (EST) on the 6th day of May, 1941, for jconstruction of the following Reg- jular Federa} Aid Project Federal Aid Project No. AN-FA 107-B ¢1), Operating No, 3158, Road No, 4-A, Monroe County, between | Big. Pine Key Ramrod Key. york to consist of constructing | four concrete and stest I-beam span | bridges with approach slabs. Total nét length of project is 0.564 miles | A certified check in amount of $6,000.00 made payable to the Chair- min of the State Road Department, | with the necessary State's Docu- mentary Stamps attached, must ac- and company each bid submitted for this | project. Cashters’ checks will not be accepted The checks three lowent bidders will | posited. «9 AM work with ‘the Plans, 4 \ Bpectal Provisions: nt Snecial galled to Spevial | Provisi WILD be forhinhed with powal. yy ¢ 7 my skit tract shall be $1.00 per hour. The minimum Wage paid to all Hlabor, intermediate grade, employed on this contract shall be 66 of the » done in a tach pro- inimuth Wage paid to all The minimum wage unskilled Ixbor employ contract sh ¢ 35 cents per hour. ' »posalx vill be furnished the | Qualified € ractors upon applica | tiem to this otfus FOR THE SUM |OF $5 EACH exy Contractor applying for pr at the same tim’ contracts on hand sum of $5 each. No pro: be ismued unless reque re received by this office at least 24 hours prior to the time for open ‘ing bide. All bide must show totals for each item and total amount of bid in- nerted on the cover of the pro- posal The right in reserved jany or all bid: STATE ROAD FLORIDA Thor A. John J HH Dowting, inert to reject Chairman State Highway En Apes: may5,194! t | - treme south portion tonight and; portions + the | MONDAY, APRIL 28,-1941 have also been scattered showers in the Ohio Valley, on the.New England coast, and in extreme southern Florida, heavy on ‘the keys. Temperature changes have been unimportant with readings gneerally near or above the sea- sonal average. LEGALS BE IT RESOLVED BY THE authorized and directed to with publish notices of the pro- posed sale of the. following’ de- scribed bonds of the, Courity of Monroe, State of Flér Saar Date of Issue: January 1, 1941. Designation of Bond Issue: COUNTY AIRPORT BONDS. . Amount of Bond Issue: $40,- 000.00. Section 2. That said notice of sale shall be in substantially the form set forth below, and shall be published once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a peda pubished in Monroe County, ida, the date of first publication thereof being set forth in the pre- scribed form of notice, to-wit: NOTICE OF BOND SALE Covering ' $40,000.00 COUNTY AIRPORT ray DYE: receive sealed he pur- chase of $40,000. - port Bonds of ps4 one dated January 1, 1941, at the Ross C.. Sawyer, Clerk of jcuit Court and ex 0 {the Board of County ‘ers of Monroe County, |the Court House at Florida, on or before tion of thirty (30) ,first publication of ‘the date of the first pul hereof being April 14, 1941. |bonds are in coupon jthe denomination 0 jeach, bear interest at the ‘six per cent. (6%) per payable semi-annually | first days of January and each year, and the said bonds is payable as to-wit, $8,000.00 on January 1 | each of the years 1942 to 1946, years inclusive. Each bid shall be for the issue and shall be, enclosed sealed envelope marked. on outside “ for port’ Bonds”, and shall be ° panied by a Cashier's or jor trust company, [conditionally to the of ui for three (3%) of the amount covered by check will County as pg of i sf a3 5 Cs uf es i a. g 4 final validation in |now pending under provisions of {Florida statutes, | ‘The said Board of County Com- (missioners will meet on °22nd |May, 1941, at 8 o'clock P.M, \ their office at the Court Key West, Florida, for considering aber employed on this con- | * | newspaper (which, of course, you | must have anyway) you can read |the best in literature (both fiction jand non-fiction)—the latest Best it | Sellers as well as much of the | older, accepted litera- ,ture. . 800 volumes from which to |make your selection “to Also please that mencing MAY |will be 1 P.M. \to6 P.M. 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