The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 14, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR eon” ee SOCIETY :-: Division Street School P.-T. A. Installs New Officers Tuesday! The Division Street School P.-T. A. held its regular monthly meet- ing. Tuesday afternoon,~ Mrs. Juanita Roberts, presiding. A play, “For Mother On Her Day”, by Miss Evelyn McCaskill’s class, was presented. . Mrs. Ruth O’Bryant © read history of the past year’s work. Mr, Earl E, Hamilton also’ report- ed that the school’s cafeteria was in excellent financial condition Following these reports Mrs. Mervin Russell, county P.-T. A.! president, installed th e newly elected officers for the ensuing year, which were as follows: President, Mrs. Juanita Rob- resident, Mrs. E. Me- Secretary, Mrs. Faye easurer, Miss Miriam Carey. The following committees were announced for next year: Finance—Mrs. Ruth O’Bryant, Miss Virginia Shine. H Hospitality—Mrs. Sarah Spen- cer; Mrs...Lillian Griffin. Program—Mrs. Mary Milner, Miss Frances Cochran. Publitity+-Miss ~ Evelyn ~, Mes, Caskill,, Misg Gliyds Pinder, x} Faculty Entertains | For Brides-Elect Misses Margaret Neff, Mary{ Morgan and Madeline Weeks} were honorees last evening at a surprise kitchen shower given by | the High School faculty at the| home of Mrs. O. C. Howell, 1209 United street. The honorees are{ all members of the faculty and plan to be married during the! summer months: * During the evening Mrs. John Offutt gave two appropriate! readings “Thinking of Love and | Other Things”, and-“‘The-Bride at: the Butcher. Shop’, ~ Various | { | games and contbstapaford enipied | shment and a; delightful ‘Te! | course of sandwiches, ‘icé@ Jin- | dividual cakes, fruit punch: and | nuts was served by, thé f* Mans; - Harry formerly a, Gambel, Miss Cynthia Blotimin if Membership — Mrs, Josephine A Mis Aunts Gabor, ee i lia Garhins,. 3 a # for’ every (carried by mend that an assessment of two percent be levied against all of {these special funds as a partial |reimbursement by them for their | expenses paid out of the general revenue fund. | “The second measure which I suggest as a means of strength- ening the general revenue fund is the levy of a new and added occupational license tax of $10 1,000" yor yiggeugey erylfants he yéfail Ways and Means—Mrs. Edna of Florida, with an exemption of Brady, Mrs. Joe Crusoe, Mrs. Mary Diaz. Historian—Mrs. Alice Roberts. Attendance prize winners for the entire year were: Inter- mediate classes—Mrs. Amelia Ca- bot and Mrs. Ruth O’Bryant; in ‘the Primary department were Miss Frances Cochran's and Mrs. Eulalie Jones’ classes, Attendance honors for this month went to Mrs, Amelia Ca- bot’s and Miss McCaskill’s classes and in the upstairs and down- stairs to Mrs. Eulalie Jones and Miss Marjorie Roberts’ classes. Following the meeting refresh- ments were served by the hos- tesses, Mrs. Alice Roberts, Mrs. Lillian Griffin and Mrs. Sarah Spencer. The Room Mothers of the Divi- sion Street School P.T. A. had a) C.'| mend. changes..in..the tax..struc- surprise. stork..shower.for.Mrs.. W. Lee, Tuesday afternoon, pre- “Tvious to the open meeting. The {the changed condieaap $j from the abolitio) honoreel Awas {the Hrecipient many lovely gilts. % ; ERE Ne cat Jit Couple Married Here Yesterday Errol V. Sawyer, 24, yesterday was married to Dorothy Louise Dornsief, 23, by Judge Raymond R.Lord. Both are from Key West. Perconals Mr. and Mrs. Aquilino Lopez, Sr., who had been spending a short visit in Miami, returned to the city yesterdays’ They came in on the'Flérida Métér Lines bus. Captain,.Len Lewin, who was i gent at the local Clyde- Mallory Steumship offices in Key and Mrs. Owen Sawyer #2449 4 Wests dutawhi i ALEITAN es butywho has been making Gifts were presente! his Konie'in Miami for a number | ‘the first $1,000 of stock in the case of each store. Such a tax | will-not lay on any store a bur. }den nearly so heavy as the prés jent gross receipts. tax. Further- {more, it will cause the large stores which carry heavy stocks on hand to pay in proportion to [the stock carried, which gets | away in some degree from the in- adequacy of the occupational li- lcense taxes levied under subdi- |vision A of the present so-called | “chain store tax act”. The oc- lcupational license levy now | forming a part of that act would continue to go to the schools in jas amount which is relatively | definite and certain as proven jby past experience under the tact—about $600,000 a year, Tax Structure Changes “J should like now to recom- |ture, largely applicable to the | counties, which I believe will fit resulting state ad | valorem: ta: eretofore |the state has ed in the proceeds. of ied against real and tangible personal prop- érty. As a participant it had a {direct selfish interest in any |property tax collected, ‘and {hence it naturally assumed much expense as well as responsibility in the intricate process of col- ilecting such taxes, It. furnished |the assessment rolls and: collec- jtor’s books and receipts, paid for advertising the delinquent tax lists, paid county assessors for their services in assessing taxes against lands. bought in by the state, actually “bought in” or took title, by law, to tax sale certificates on all tax delinquent lands for which there was no private purchaser, paid tax col- }lectors “their fees for issuing |such tax certificates, and in’ gen- leral furnished. much of the ;ma- jchinery and paid much. | of the }overhead costs of administering the entire delinquent tax ‘system. All this has. ceased, . begiming this year. jstead exemption privileges. Thi bill. would limit exemptions on | such properties to the value rep: {resented by that portion of the! building occupied and used for| homesteaa purposes. This step! would do much to insure re-! placement on the active and con-; tributing tax rolls of a class of} property which does not right: | fully gnjoy the exemption, Ry &oaflohe re-establish an im portant seurce of revenue in many of the counties where school terms have been shortens | ed largely because of such abus- “A new tangible personal props} erty tax bill has been prepared | which would, in my _ opinion, remedy the defects of the old; law and, through a firm and fair administration, net considerable new revenue to the counties. | “By the provisions of the bill all tangible pe nal property taxes become a lien on the real and personal property of the tax- r in the county in which’ are assessed from the time they become due. It follows the present law in providing that the basis of the assessment shall be the full cash value of the property. It further provides that’ where tangible personal property s been delinquent for one “month from April 1 of | the-year-foltowing that: for-which jthe ai rt ent was made the | propertylinpy be seized and, aft- fer notice of at least 15 days, the prgperty <shidll be sold’ at public jauttion.. I ‘strongly. recommend |the passage of this bill. | “As-a first step in developing an appropriate form of super-} vision by the state over the ma-' chinery for the assessment and | collection of taxes, I recommend 'and a bill has been prepared to provide, that a state tax com- missioner .be authorized and | given suitable authority to act as referee between the counties land between property owners {in the same county so that} jequality and uniformity may be: jestablished in policy and in} |practice and so that property; may be restored to the tax rolls, | “Because of the extreme need} |to make this very fair tax op-| erate uniformily and) effectively, there has been prepared a’ new,; | bill on. intangible personal prop=| \erty taxation, which redefines} land classifiés this form of prop-. erty, providing a much bettep, |method and procedure for levys} ing and -éollécting ‘the tax. Most | t } th y ‘The ,O1 sions of the views of One of the mewest nutritional is it unl its Fead- the | warnings diets in summer—diets deficient in or unwarranted, The writers should i fair and confine the io za aig ‘The body needs its daily supply of essentials in summer as in itor, The Citizen, Key West, Florida. Under the date line of “May 13, Tallahassee, by the Associated | Press,” The Key West Citizen, of that same date carries a story which states; “Monroe County business men who have been i owed money by the Key West! Placed on + Ras tonics.” Off; Chamber of Commerce since the| y, 4 are carro! levy, new cab- Overseas Highway Celebration in: eek. selene bage, radishes, scallions, spi 1938,” ete. Recognizing that the story did | satan thle Bak teat. |\PERSONAL CARDS, $1.25 per! not originate with The Citizen, | nevertheless, its publication lo-; cally is a seriously damaging statement and the Key West; me a and P kitchen, has worked Chamber of Commerce will ap-| out the following menus as sugges preciate its correction as prom-' tions for next Sunday dinner; inently. displayed? asebwas::the > Lew Cost Dinner story. w ; A “ The,, Chamber of.,,Commerce. (Seadeinpone Death aerosenneie takes a just pride in the fact that}... with:-Gueam Peppers,’ it has never owed more than Rice and Tomatoes current bills, which are promptly| Asparagus with French Dressing paid and that this policy has-been > © ior Kettuce Cups » +e ree one of the principal planks in its platform. Further; the Chamber of Com- merce had no official - connection with the late lamented celebra- tion. The only basis for the story is the fact that the Chamber of Commerce has been appointed trustee for the disbursement of $3,000 of debts incurred during the celebration ,but not by this or- ganization. STEPHEN C. SINGLETON, Executive Secretary, Key West Chamber of Commerce. Key West, Florida, May 14, 1941. Argentine pears and grapes are new in the market this week, and ‘are reasonably low, Marion Rouse. Budd, director of Rolled Shoulder of Lamb Baked Stuffed Egg Plant Glazed Onions Lettuce and Tomato Salad Bread and Butter Apricot Sherbet Tea or Coffee Very Special Dinner Cantaloupe Balls Fried Chicken, Southern Style Buttered String Beans Browned New toes Mixed Garden Galad, French Fresh Rolls Frozen Cream Puffs with Fresh Strawberry Sauce — Tea or Coffee NOTICE (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) Key West. and Vicinity: Fair] Anyone desiring to open’ and tonight and Thursday; little} make excavations in ati ‘streets U. S. WEATHER _BUREAU REPORT ke Eyl. ef WEDNESDAY, MAY 14; 194¥ Covccccccccogece eogengecce Classified Column Beereceevces eeececsureagesee - LOST eereveeccnce $s ae minerals, vitamins and proteins, |FOR SALE or Exchange—Cabin LOST—Keys in Brown Key Case. Cruiser, 28-ft., 6-ft. beam; 40 Reward. Call. Rodman! Bethel, hp. Gray Marine wil rot, 4 ag Cabrera Wholesale Gracery, f phone 183, cy 1216 Newton FOR RENT ©) 145° }|NEWLY FURNISHED 4-room Apartment for couple. Phone 580-J. _ mayl2-3t —————________-_— BELLAMAR DeLUXE JAEGER two-inch Centrifugal’ MENTS, 316 Elizabeth street: Pump. 10,000 gals. per hr.| Vacancy now. Apply §)7 Complete with suction hose.; Elizabeth street, mayl2-tt Mounted on pheumatie tires. | ——________,_ Thotaunt Te-conditioned. |NEW CONCRETE FURNISHED Price $100. Coast Equip-, HOUSE, every’ to . ment Company, 1228 S.W. First} Hot and cold pine Bo Far ea street, Miami, Florida. garage. 1216 street. maya ste apr2i-1m Information at 91 street. NEWLY FURNISHED. APART- MENT; all modern conven- iences; hot running — water. Ideal for couple. No a or pets allowed, Packer street, FURNISHED BUNGALOW, ern conyeniences; hét Apply 724 Eaton’ street. 100. THE ARTMAN PRESS. apr25-tf CORSETS, GIRDLES, BRAS-' SIERS and other foundations. | Made to your particular need. Also, exclusive representative > for. the...new, \bulbless,,-and ‘: less. Truss... Write. Charles ,, aa fs... P.0. Box, 46, Key Wyss 9 Peay isthe |FOR RENT—Store spac $100, James H. ion, etronia Street. | Beaton jan3-s ‘ FURNISHED .COTT, children, no pets, Olivia street, 121 OLD PAPERS FOR SALE— Three bundles for 5c. The Citi zen Office. jan25-tf | JOHNSON OUTBOARD MOTOR, | 16 hp A-1 shape. $95.00. Apply 523 Eaton street. mayl4-1tx | $300 CASH for quick sale, lot 12, square 4, tract 20. Washington street, A, L, Murray, Columbia Laundry. “And so I will discuss, as brief- ly. as*possible, five ‘suggested new~laws’ and one proposed con- | brides-eleet im theform of large | of years, wasi |important, the bill provides fof” change in temperature; moderate | and sidewalks of the City-of : PAPER — 600 TYPEWRITING Sheets, '75c. The Artman Press. 5 mavid-tf! an apporfionment and. distribu+ !northeast and east winds. tion of the proceeds of the tax’ West must first obtain a permit in} FOUR’ accordance with Ordinance No,| MOTOR BOAT. Fully equipped le r tuded in the‘ar- pies, which revealed after cutting | rivals in the iit night, meet- through the paper crust,.. many. uSeful articles for their kitchen. ; Each gift was feaicl 4, TSH a clever rhyme attached with ad- vice as to its use. () “f ff fi Enjoying the patty weré: Mrs, Harvey Eagen, Mrs. Rob- | ert Russell, Mrs. Eryest ‘Ramsey, | Mrs, Horace O’Bryant, Mrs. John Offutt, Mrs. O, C. Howell, Mrs. John Berry, Mrs. Adrian Stock- ard, Mrs. Harry Gambel, Mrs. | Willis Hilton, Mrs, Charles Thompson, Mrs. Owen Sawyer, Mrs. Hilda Salis, Mrs. Ida Ken- nedy, Miss Ida Engel, Miss Cynthia Pearlman, Miss Edna Roberts, Miss Naomi Hill, Miss Eliza Gardner, Miss Madeline} ‘Weeks, Miss Margaret Neff, Miss Mary Morgan, Miss Mary Trevor, | Miss Katherine Mulvey, and’ Miss Clara Langford. Entertainment For... Master Masons Jose C. “Perez, district con grand mastér, and “Mrs. “Per will entertain the Master Masons of the Twenty-fourth District‘ and their wives tomorrow (May 15) evening, from 7:00 to} 9:00 o'clock, in Scottish Rite Hall at Eaton and Simonton streets Worshipful E. Camus, junior grand steward, and Mrs. Camus; Aaron McCon- nejl, W. master of Dade Lodge, arid Mrs. McConnell; Frank J. Fleitas, W. master of Dr. Felix Varela Lodge, and Mrs, Fieitas; James K. Brady, W. master of | Anchor Lodge, and Mrs. Brady will act as hostesses, All Master Masons and wives, members of thé Eastern Star and of the Order of DeMo- . lay are invited sae Bingo Party And Social Deferred Tormorrow n party and soc Guard armory will be postponed until Friday bee: of the sched- uled use of the armory tomorrow for a mass with state-county vin Lewis, defense-r ordinator announced toda The dance program t vot 7 connected Mar- will & beth Weech. their ing many-of-his"bld friends. Mrs. Phillip R. Clements and daughter Martha arrived Monday | by bus tg celebrate the birthday ; f her “ mother,’ Mrs. Mary Knowles. Mrs. Knowles was very pleasantly surprised with a beautiful birthday cake, dec- orated with roses and ferns, also lots of gifts from her children and grandchildren. NAMES OMITTED There were two names omitted in the write up in yesterday's Citizen concerning the Mothers and Daughters luncheon spon- sored by the Woman’s Club. The names were Mrs. Rexford Weech and daughter, Mary Eliza- GOVERNOR ASKS | MORE, REVENUE ; eodbatish boa pabbaael f ecorjomy, but there are at least two recommendations which [| wish to make through which 1 feel the general revenue fund can be strengthened sufficiently to avert a breakdown, provided this legislature makes no sub- stantial increases in appropria- the state mended by budget board, and above the cost of car- | rying on the necessary new ac- tivities and meeting the urgent outstanding obligations. “The first of these recommen- dations is that the various spe- cial funds, all of which receive services -provided by the gen- eral revenue fund for the sup- ort of the general government. ‘poe’ careful investigation, it appears that the cost of support- ing’ the*"general - goverhmental aewaih, governmentat activities and in general pay for the ¢ol- ler¥id@, A safeguarding, disburse- ment, auditing and administra- of the various special funds, tunts to more than three per- cent of the total disbursements of the state for all purposes. In the effort to be conservative in approaching this matter, I recom- each Thursday in the “eS (TCH ING ‘the FIRST bottle of Papiety, ot Imperial Lotion aay of aah, Heiter, Sable org, teh money, returned Tepes: jal Lotion as & a i mature Helps heal, DICK FORAN in HORROR ISLAND Also, Comedy and Serial ve stitutional ‘amendment providing for/ad. valorem taxation in the | counties, which represent in spe- | cific form’ several of the recom- {mendations of the Tax Inquiry | Couneil of Florida. | “The first bill provides for |fair and uniform assessment and |for strict and equitable collec- | tion of taxes on real estate. Uni- | form assessment procedure and {valuation is the first objective. | Material increases in valuation will by practicable in counties | where the valuations have been lowest and full cash as: ent, ag now provided by law {in order on the 1942 rolls. | “This bill contains the pro- vision that the holder of a tax |certificate may apply for a tax | eed? after a period of one year, except in the~-case~of~a ~home- | stead on” whith’ the minimum {| time would be two years. | | “The bill r provides that |the purchage given the right! jaf immediate possession after jdequiring a tax deed. Mere ir- regularities-in assessment or ‘col- lection’ machinery “will consti- tute no defense against a tax | deed, and the only legal defenses will he that the tax was paid that the property was not sub- | ject to taxes or that the property |had been redeemed prior to is- Master Fernando | tions, above the amounts recom- | suance of the deed. | Homestead Defined “The second measure is design- fed to avoid continued abu: which have become prevalent some of our counties where such buildings as apartment hou hotels and business establis ments are now enjoying home- in j eteitfunetions whieh render ° service! i ‘your summer tip for you now. Transpor- tation. hotels. sightseeing all arranged in advance. saving time and money, Avoid Gsappointments and receive better ac commeodations af your favorite vacation ‘got. Phone, write or call the Florida Motor Lines travel bureau. BUS STATION PHONE 242 t will be | |in. the following manner:.-75 per} |cent to the state’s general revenue | fund and 25 per cent,te the count wherein thé tax is ‘agsessed: andj collected. Phis distribution should | give an added incentive to the} county officials to see to it that. all the intangible property im’ their counties is properly assessed | and that the tax levied thereon is seperti pericope wtmemeen, collected. Although the state will | 115 C. §. relinquish a share of this tax un- der the provisions of the bill, it is my opinion that its full and fair operation, together with the in- centive.given the counties by the percentage distribution, should result in an appreciable increase in revenue to the state’s general revenue fund. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC! Due to increased costs of liyina, the undersianed Barbers hereby notify the public that 17 the price of all Haircuts will SAWYER'S BARBER SHOP MARIANO CABRERA MANUEL ROGER ‘ JOHN A. GRIFFIN | RAMON RUBIO i PABLO PEREZ ‘ Ls } } Dc 3 POUR BOILING WATER ON iT > WALK ON ita SPILL HOT GREASE ACID OR ALCOHOL -_ tekes more effective SATURDAY, MAY be 50c. FRANK'S BARBER SHOP SAI jO VALDES NTIAG JOHN A. COLLINS F. S. EUFEMIO SUAREZ VOUGHT’S BARBER SHOP KEY WEST BARBERS’ ASSOCIATION WEW! SAFE, SCIENTIFIC PROTECTION! punishment than ony other var- nish made! Use it outdoors and in...far every vornish purpose — boots, furniture, woodwork, floors. Lasts twice as long. PIERCE BROTHERS Cor, Southard and Bahama Sts. Fleming and Elizabeth Sts. [irorioaMoron|imes ; and one Johnson Outboard mo- tor, 4-hip. $150... James’ H Pinder, 1217 Petronia Street. Wh ee ee STORE with living quarters.| sixty Olivia and Windsor Lane. Lot| ward is off 60x100’; 1%-story house on, fone fo r Olivia street; lot corner Von Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between—