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or THE KEY WEST CITIZEN NE BOOTH MURDER feeeeenal __ane 8 Observation taken at 739 2 = | oN ARERR EIRENE RRO aR RNR VSth Mer. Time (City Office s } % ‘Temperature: if i Precipitetic= Rainfall, 2¢ ‘hours ending ing: 4 7:30 am. inches 08 icarbon Z J Mrs. George Allen Total rainfall since Dec - } irrer we returned to Fort) inches 342 z enjoy the lovely Christmas cards Lauderdale after a visit to Dr. and! Exess simce December é : that thrill and please you so much Mrs. Wm. R. Warren. inches - i. s . : ‘ and you resolve that next year if eee Total ramfall simce Jan : - ~ the }¥ou are living so help you Hannah Possesso Cano, formerly of Key| inches 57 » — tyou will address your Christmas’ West, but who is now making his | Excess since January ~ F -eards in August and not fail even home in Miami, was included in| inches 46 2 Vagain to send Yuletide greetings the recent arrivals here for sev- Relative Hurmdity = iow * : when you realize the happiness eral days’ visit. j 96 =a oe 3 you have from those sent to you. — } Tomerrow's Almanac s —— 2 It's the day you look at the lovely 1. P. Artman, Jr. arrived | Sunrise has rae: a Christmas weappings and ribbons Wednesday from Chicagc, Ill, | Sumset 5:46 " —, <« * and wish you could keep them for where he has been in iraining at a, Moonrise x a — 2 lever, they are so gay. Ho hum, naval training station, and will | Moonset SE aNg | my only rich relative sends her je in the city for a short time. | Temorrow's Tides War ” > | (Naval Base - =. | photograph. She used to amaze | }my childhood honesty by laying ayy and Mirs. Gabriel L. Lowe | Fout the family. Bible when the so%' eam were included in the re-| Heh was expected to call | cont arrivals in Key West to spend | Will have the picture framed and the holiday season with relatives hang it up. . .When she comes. . . " Key West and Viemity-: Parth Talking to little boy on street who #4 *riends. Pee poner che pao —— : was unhappy over buying his | loudy th —_— mea | mother a little present that he had Snappy Program | night; cooler tonight = = ‘given so much thought and ail his At Samoa Club | Wierda: Colder tonight. much 2 pues Se tiny savings to but she had forgot colder in north portion. showers at c—=g ages wi te 3 ‘t that =i ear = fr = piare¢ | elie inca aes Pinch ex. Wino Rimaldo's Orchestra wili| @ central portion and fab e ra most i open tomorrow at Samoa Club, | ™#inder of the state ; — - tra). A Pleasing young » | . . SES i man. featuring a snappy musical pro-| Hatteras, N.C. ahs ‘ gram for the Penny Cocktail] cola, Pia: No small craft or storm Gebecribe a The Cite Sie CHRISTMAS HIGHLIGHTS: Hour, 5 to 6 p. m, and the regu-| warnings have been issued ween . and lar Saturday night dance. = ; Jack Thompson, son of Mr. an an aes fi Marval *This column's at war, lady! You got to wait.” Pecatlepes ing 7 ap vigil to feature some of the) PPO OM PAP PLL L LZ ; —— & — [holiday highlight was the news CxPects to fes alae MES a ; “Give me that wrench!” “Army,” i i i . that soon he will be doing his bit country’s tert at ; * y, Asey said briefly. liver these clams, an’ then you for bi He hast calied| the Samoa and for tomorrow I Asey shrugged. 2 | “They're startin’ to pass. an’ that wiper, no Army,” Jennie _ for his country. He has night promises 2 good time to alll 2 i Jennie Bangs It “One them columns? One of! said with final: ge to stop by the selective service draft and as attend. i ” he said: “Here| 22% Jong strings of cars an’|me now, not with n almost | will leave in two weeks to report; ¥7° ® } a be — oy guns? Jerinie’s voice | in sight! I'm goin’ to deliver (for duty. One of Key West's most ‘ t lot|hear's content. Aa’ TH promise “Uh. eee comeay.. | these clams by 2 popular young men, he will be Birthday Celebration With a stride that reflected her ; a i | belligerent determination, Jennie | Steatly missed during his ab- | marched over to the soldier Asey . | sence. For Chas. Northrop no oa y sighed and turned up his | \sORE -CHRISTMAS HIGH-| Seventy-eighth birthday of fer cid jaan, aS snatches of “ LIGHTS: As expressed by Joe Charles W. Northrop was cele- | even over the clatter of the pass- Allen who says, “The beautiful) brated in a quiet manner this jing column. He had no desire’ to “| service of mid-night mass at St year at the home with Mrs. sally forth into the downpour, (Paul's Church and my brother's Northrop on Grinnell street. it — Jennie began to pump | visit has been the best part of The Northrops were formerly feces nti Beas Fett bem ; Christmas. to (me.. Shirley of Panama but have been mak~ the curtail her. Schulte: “Old Santa brought me ing their home in Key West for as energetically | _ He arrived on the scene just in _lots of pretty clothes and I liked! the past several years. F red lantern at the| time to hear the soldier’s patient that”. . Joe Pinder: “The nicest, Mr. Northrop stated that his) | @ngwer to her verbal onslaught. / thing I have had is my date with | greatest miss was the absence of racy, for, fhe | peed a ; Ruth Rose Galey for ‘the Junior his som, Lieutenant Thomas E, fy 3 Md a‘ “8 ae ae | § i i g i i A i F H ER F Hf i E f i i i i His i ? is ‘als f fi f i thks it Seer ier, ou can’t pass through | Woman's Club tea dance”.. Judge | Northrop, who has been called to, bigwigs, you don’t care a|Plumped jthis’ column. ‘This ‘column's “at Raymond Lord: “The children sevice at Belvoir, Va. Li me en’ Syl!” —y war, See?” You got to wait—hey! | having fun and seeing so many of Northrop usually acts as toast~ Eg: Avy So we eH | our friends” .. Mrs. Ivan Elwood: | master at his father's birthday al til gee rhe tically Ba ig Fl |My darling gave me a wrist) parties but this year sent greet- yelled and blew his whistle at a | watch”. It is pretty too..Jack ings by mail. = — had ee around | Sawyer: “I like all of Christmas,! n an Was now % , - slowly edging behind him, in 1) poe york, {he fun and the play”. --| Musical Program front of Syl’s truck. i Royce, Bing i Mach + Under the impetus of the sol- ‘ Hillite of Boston, Key West and} Enjoyed |dier’s shouted orders, the sedan {the Mackel-Leach Co: “Just be- a fe He a 4 ve i) F i= ‘ Pde hk deh dadededidad deadadadad ICE DIVISION ahead of ‘em, but I Fy iH ever make it in this truck | was rather reluctantly backed up ing alive is pleasing to me, butI) On Christmas 1 d j Slongside + he soldier (H2V¢ had a very merry Christ-| number of service PBONE NO + : ” vearily i hear: “Women're mas”. . Billy Ladd: “It was all so ladies and \ - : ‘orst! Always got something ice that I cannot think of any at the USO-NCCS WORE IAAL OL II OSS, 3 I J got to get to. Baby to special thing”. . Mrs. Joseph ya} street to it Sy ROE, z / rday, ar in the oven. They got tode Brown: “The happiness of having! of the Convent f | ‘get out on any |, Asey chuckled. “Nope,” he said. to mak understand topped every thing for me”. . .| an hour. i a expeditions,” he|“I didn’t bring up the Hayseed 'r the middie of a Kitty Symmonette: “My daddy Following ; told Jennie as he relaxed his grip | Sleuth angle, Jennie. We just got retical Blitzkrieg! They—” gave me a beautiful gold bracelet ent joined i “let's give our-|t0 wait Everybody's got to ni” Ine driver of | with a gold heart and he is going carols, led i an’ drive somethin’| Wait. It's too bad about the slight to have my name engraved on it”.| a than this|Clams, bat we'll explain to Mrs | face was barely bo my gt = Doane how we got thwarted by/large umbrell po- L Nice doings é for you Kitty and i ine Apes, She can’t carp at thai itely clearing her throat to get jyour sister, _ Rosemary, | % fe “Jennié/'this ‘hail's changin’ to| and was tugging .a? the so! 2 3 y for now? If it's that pesky four| rsin—jook outside. It's already | Taincoat. “Young man, 1 fully tne | said hnig- Christmas hightight 4 ime stoppin’ for it! You sail right | POUFD, pitehforks an’ gun shov-|derstand—can you hear me? 1 | the-box of aspirin he found on hi sey" cis en’ the only ‘thing you'll get| understand the Justice of Your |dresser this morning. . .“They’ i. from goin’ out an’ fussin’ at those | Stopping cross traffic, but consid- pes meant to. ly,’ fellers the lanterns is a good|ering that I am driving on the drenchin’! Now, sit down an’ be|Same road, and that my passing patient!” jthis intersection will in no ag 5 “After all I been through to-|impede the Army's progress, ted|day, with Syl an’ his ankle, an’|feel that you might reconsider 5 | the doctor takin’ so long to come,|and allow me to go through.” “What for? What's the matter?”' an’ tryin’ to get someone to de-| To be continued -: SOCIETY Please phone your Society Items to 4 r * 5 takes precedence over| the soldier's attention. Now, ap- fine ; oF an, annie sai@: anybody's ‘clams. So— Jennie,| parently realizing the futility her. | 2 ‘we’ could if you'd onl ait where: you goin’?. Jenn come|¢ throatclearing in competition was 4 your mind to it—for meres Syke hete.an. sit-down! Jennie!" | with so many varieties of engine met i] what're you slowin’ down ‘You leave go of my arm noises, she reached across was ¥ Janior Clab Gives | Mrs. Thompson Wayne J. Chutz, 26, -: Tea Dance |Wins Contest aig BOARD MEMBER ATTEN-/neer from Morganza, {| The Junior Woman's Club held} Mrs. M. E. Thompson, 412}TION: A very important meet-j ne married to Marion r {its annual Tea Dance Thursday | White street, has been declared | ing Will be held tonight of the | Green of Bishopvilie, S. t : ee MRS. HUGH WILLIAMS, phone 241 or 51 j afternoon. from,5:90 until 900 atthe winner in the Boy Scout| Key West Chapter of the Amer-| did not disclose : g ) | ican Red Cross at the office of the! date. ; 1 She Garder of Rases. Christmas contest held on Wed-| executive secretary inthe federal + The spirit of Christmas pre-|nesday, December 24. building. ; And Mrs. Raymond eee CROSS BOARD {veiled swith greetings’ between! The contest was conducted by! = Entertain MEETING: TONIGHT ‘friends biome: frothy eblieges for | Troop No. 51, under direction >. sbi i. | the sholidays ‘and.frem|Army and | Scoutmaster Allan Hampton. PPollowing their annual custom,| A Special: palJ,;meeting of the N-vy .posts. 7 Mrs. Thompson was award: board of, directors, has been is-|. _Nowhere.could onetind @ more | an 11-pound? S4ounce ‘turkey. sued for tonight and will be held ; beautiful setting for. a buffet a ‘ im the office of Miss Leonor/ supper than the Patio in the; Warren, executive secretary. | Garden of Roses. Matileea eo Chapter To Meet Tonight i Every member is expected as’ lights strung into the glistening! importance. jand Christmas decorations gave! There will be a regular meet-; THOUGHT FOR and Mrs. Raymond Lord ‘ this is a meeting of the utmost green leaves of the orange trees | md profusion of flowers com- = ja Yuletide aspect to the scené/ ing of Fern Chapter, Order Eas‘ Muletide decora-| cnri [ Episcopal of gaiety. ern Star, held tonight beginning | 40”, Milton. Defense church this forenoon. |. More than two hundrde mem-|at 7 o'clock, at the hall, corner | Seldom taken by frontal attack. Mr. Demeritt is a First Lieu-| bers of the younger social group|of Eaton and Simonton streets, | They--must first be weakened ltenant in Dental Reserve Corps; attended the dance. Mrs. Joseph There will be a Christmas par-| from within and that was a | Lopez, president of the Junior}ty following the business meet-| img good editorial in The the | Wom 's Club, was assisted inj ing, and a good time in general! 4 few-days ago about j cruel il and receiving by Mrs. FL. Johnson, |is promised all who attend. and needlessly and | Mrs. Jeff Knight and Mrs Albert; All members are requested to/ founded reports about {be present, while an invitation + ete, Noted among those Present/ is extended to all visiting mem- who are home from colleges dur-| bers of the order. Louise Bonniwell, Livinia Rick- : ik