The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 21, 1943, Page 6

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THE KEY WEST CITIZEN eocccccccccccccccoccccce . | | | AP Features Today is the birthday of Princess Eliza- beth, heir apparent to the throne of England. The little miss an empire once called “Lillibet” has blossomed into a Doeeecccccccccsscocscorrecsovceccoocccooocooooele MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER GIVEN ON TUESDAY FOR FLOSSIE MAE KEY There was a miscellaneous Tea, invited to attend the wedding and Shower given on Tuesday after-| reception which will be held at, noon at the Woman’s Club House! the homé of: the’ bride's mother, | No. 6 Lowés Lane: on Duval street, in honor of Miss] "Those: pievent at ® thé’ shower Flossie Mae Key by the bridal! were: |! party consisting of the following} Mesdattiés: Eugene Mears, Law- members: Miss Madge Key, Miss: ton Watson, Louis Poéllicier, C. a ! Edith Mae Sands, Miss Betty Lou’ Peat, Charles Baker, D. J, Buck-| Roberts, and Mis. Andrews El-! ley, Jerome Nottage, Car! Ber-! ‘wood. | valdi, R. S. Rodriguez, Herfry Ar- The club house was beautifully cher, H. E. Day, Sarah C. Gorl-| decorated in the royal purple and! ington, A. D. Wilson, Juliette red bougainvillaea. Piano selec- Russell, Leonard Sawver, Muriel tions were played during the af- Roberts, Beryl Curry, Hilton Hen- | ternoon by Miss Jennie Mae son, Paul Mesa, Jr., C. H. Ward-| Johnson. ‘ow, Jr, Malcolm Pinder, C. B.} The bridal party, the bride-elect Harvey, Jack Baker, Bob and her mother, Mrs. Corrine ; ders, R. R. Russell, Louis Key, received the guests on their; son, E. P. Roberts, J. E. Go arrival. Delicious refreshments B. H. Lowe, V. Almyda, Mildred were served during the afternoon’ Duggan, N. Sjursen, J. G. by: Faye Bervaldi, Lorraine Not-! thews, Corrine Key, Andrew tage, and Sarah Birtha Lowe, | wood. dressed as sailors with white; Misses Fay Bervaldi, S; pleated skirts, regulation jump-; Bertha Lowe, Lorraine Noit ers, caps and ties. Miss Key re- Frances Lowe, Sylvia r, Dor- ceived many beautiful and use-;othy Buckley, Ramona | Rod- ful gifts. friguez, Dorothy Albury, Marjorie , Miss Key ‘and Mr. ‘David Raye Russell, Mary Charlow, Edna mond will. be married Friday Roberts, Yvonne Julian, Helen evening, May 7th, at 7:30 a’clotly | siete Genny Key, Nell Rose in the Fleming Street Methodist | Jenny Mae Sands, Madge Church, All friends are cordially} | Key. AGE CUTS NO FIGURE WHEN CUPID * a Mrs. Annie A. Hendry, 70, Weds Joseph Spelock, 51 * x * x * STARTS SHOOTING “Age ‘sometimes may heighten HIS ‘LOVE DARTS’, 1601 Whitehead street, performed by Chaplain $. A. Glas- | gow. The following marriage licenses | | were issued yesterday by Judge | Lord: the glamor of marriage, as it did, yesterday afternoon when Judge | Raymond R. Lord performed the t ceremony that made Mrs. Annie A.| " Robert D. Morgan, 52, and Lor Hendry, 70, and Joseph mpslONr| Sue S. Elwood, 38, both of Key 51, man and wife. | West. Mrs, Hendry is a Floridian and | William Peacock, 28, of Cross her home county is Polk, but she | City, Florida, and Evelyn Cham- is now a resident of Key West.| bers, 26, Key West. Mr. Spelock was born in Austria,) David R. Hadley, 23, of Birmin but is an American citizen, and, ham, Ala. and Florence May he too resides here. Key, 19, Key West. Mrs. Billie Hayes and Miss'° Raymond L. Alexander, 23. « Eleanor Larsen stood with the | Moss Point, Miss., and Rose Marie couple. | Atwell, 16, Key West. Arthur K. Strole and Nancy Lee; Alfred J. Shorper, 23, of Park Hall also were married yesterday Falls, Wis., and Myrtle S. Craven, afternoon. The ceremony was i9, New Castle, Pa. DEGREE GERALD SAUNDERS T0 -PUT ON BY LODGE ar su EASTER. MUSIC AT SUNRISE SERVICE ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE AT The Key West Ministerial Al- liance has named Gerald Saun- MEETING ON TUESDAY EVENING ders to direct the musical pro- gram at the Easter sunrise sery- ices to be conducted in Bay Park on Sunday. Mr. Saunders tmembers of all cnoirs Sparkling Waters Lodge No. 14) ajjiance to be present at 9:00 met last Tuesday evening for} o'clock Friday evening in th their regular meeting at the K. P. | First Methodist Church, when Hall. The Rebekah Decree was rehearsal of the musical num : bers that will be sung the beautifully presented by the’ services will be held. members under the direction of; Sister Leona Collins. Degree Cap- BSA ‘COMMITTEE ‘HOLDS MEETING tain, and one member taken in-jj.0))); to the Lodge. The Degree Staff) were: ointrt Noble Grand—Julia Knight. | tte Monroe, Dist ee aes ~ Vice Grand—Verna Lowe | business meeting Tuesday night Past Noble Grand—Edna Al- at the home of Wilbert J..Mo- ehrke, District Chairman. The main topic of discussion was bury. Chaplain—Camille Robinson. |proposed War Stamp and Bon sale. In view of the g Musician—Rose Hoffman. Conductor—Leona Collins. At the conclusion 6f the De- of the last bond sale held d gree, District Deputy President ing Boy Scout Week in Februa Edna Albury presented to Spark-. the Committee decided to co” ling Waters Lodge, a United Ef-' another sale during the remain fort Merit Chart, from the Pres-. of this countywide Second Vic ident of the Rebekah Assembly, Loan Drive. Irene Miller. This chart repre-; It is hoped to have sents 100 per cent gained by the: necessary arrangements Lodge for the year 1942-43, At the completed in time to Assembly in April, 1942, Sister sale this Friday or Saturd Miller instructed the District ning. Deputy President in the work to; In general it: will follow be'done and points to be gained pattern of the Scout Week. Durin | this sale over '''$5,900° worth of bonds ahd stamps “was sold from for the year. Under the leadership of Sister Edna Albury Sparkling Waters the booth in front of the P: has made this 100 per cent of Theater'arid'améng the fr which they are very proud, Sister and relitives 6f the Cubs in C Albury also thanked the members Pack "No. ‘15 ‘atid the Boy Se of her Lodge for their co-opera- in Troops 52 and 59. : It is hoped to have all plan completed in time to appear in tion and splendid work in the Friday’s issue of The Citizen. past year. Brother Paul Albury RETURNS TO HOME extended to the members of Sparkling Waters Lodge an invi- Charles I. Saunders, who had been spending a visit in Key tation to attend the Anniversary Celebration of Odd Fellows at the West with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Saunders, on Eliza- Golden Eagle Hall on April 22, and requested that they present beth street, has returned Marathon, where he has been @ program. A committee consist- making his home for some time. | Me zequests. the (Contributed) in “the at all nd 5 lay ing of. Sisters Rose Hoffmas, Edna Albury and Leona Collins, was appointed to plan this pro- gram. At the close of the meeting, Sister Albury was hostess to the Roos it manpower report up- Lodge in a delightful social hour. j holds military force of 11,000,000. _| the ; ing s| to accept Seouts | 4 graceful young woman. Her Royal Hichnees at 17 looks fi for a queen. CITY COUNCIL (Continued from Page One) Miami deeling with the food sit-| uation, and expressed his re-| grets at not having been able to be present at the session heid on that night. . Two liquor license applications were granted _ lz night. One was that of Charles I. Saunders, and the other 426 Greene street. A letter was read from Rep resentative Bernie C- Papy at requesting that City! Caro and At- i ancelot Lester be sent to Tallahassee to consult with him on matters relative to} proposed charter. It was that Messrs. Caro andj make the trip as soon as ple- t was ordered that the ap- ointment of Clem C. Price on the Zoning Board of Appeals to rerlace Frank H. Ladd be con firmed. Mr. Ladd and Raymoni, Tom Hanley, ordered |R. Lord have tendered — resignations: No one has been ‘appointed as yet to succeed Mr. Lord. { Thomas Reitmeyer and a neth W. Chow were confirmed as special police upon recom- mendation of Mayor Albury, who | | made appointments. A beach committee was nam- ed to supervise activities on the} seashore. The committee is com-| posed of Councilmen Paul G-} Albury, Gerald Saunders and John Carbonell. The appointment 4 of Firmin .| Vidal as a paid fireman replac- ing Peter Matcovitch, was confirmed. | Rogelio Gomez appeared be- fore the board and complained about the deplorable conditions ing at the cafe at 717 Du- reet, next door to his stating that disgraceful ngs were being’ carrie re and urged thatthe li-| for, the. operation, of the ad! resigned, referred to ‘or along with the Public Safety-and Taxation Conjf#ittec, who Were instructed to “Tepe findings at the next me ng of the council. It was ordered that City At torney T. S Caro and Attorney J. Lancelot Lester be paid $250 each for their services in draw- ing up the new charter. The matter of the city acquir- the Wagner property at} the foot of Simonton street from Thomrson Enterprises was cen up for discussion, althoug! definite action was taken in the matter. | The Thompson company has ade an offer to the city that it will release its claim and hold- 2 on the property in question, viding that the city will agree to cancel the taxes of the. com- | pany on» other properties to- the| amount of $18,000, with no cash} to be invoived in the tramsac- tion. It was tentatively agreed! the offer provid r title can be show! cumbrances against | with the city agreeing to a sum of $15,000 in- sad of the amount asked = the offer made. Councilman Paul Albury, fait has been handling the scavenger Service temporarily, stated last night that he will be forced to give up the management due to! the press of business. It was decided to call a special | meeting on this mater at which time the scavenger service wiil} be discussed, with changes to be made in its _ operation Month « output mark ‘of 5,560 [Army planes set in February, | | dy ane its SITTING IN (Continued from from Page One) didn’t say he wouldn’t run— Then, there’s always Stafford | Caldwell and Jerry Carter. bless: their little courageous hearts! © 56028 he Dry Cleaning Board had its ed in the when Rep. E. Clay Lewis, Buck and a price-fixing body over. the and through the ringer on and Laun-} dirty linen; ja bill to abolish it, which carried | by a vote of 82 to 10. Only Parker House last week} few others took; LILLIBE T---Fit For"A Queen t | RELIEF IS PROMISED IN DENTAL SERVICE | The inadequacy of dental ser-! i vice in Key West, and especially ithe need for dental care for the {colored population, has led Doc- | tors Carbonell, Cobo. Kemp and! | | Rodriguez to enlist the services of | the Chamber of Commerce in en- sagan to secure some allevia- 2 g PE Ben | me re the Florida Den- tal Procuvement and Assignment | Servicer: \GPA OFFICIAL FAILS ILS TO ARRIVE. Eugene Swidert, a assistant gen {eral counsel in the rents division | of the OPA, who was due to ar- | rive in Key West yesterday to; {investigate complaints that some ; local landlords have bee Saag here yei. . Swigert, who works out of |the « main OPA office in Washing- | ton, is in charge of zones two | and four in investigating south- eastern states, including Florida. i t i i made, has{ é | night for ji {O34 |Dear Mr. Singleton: i I was in Kev West a week 4 today and found the situafi ‘letter of April 14. ‘some relief down there from a | oe ntal standpoint in the very near | future. I got busy on this matter 'immediately upon my return to Ue | Sincerely yours, | E. C. LUNSFORD, D.D.S. Chairman, Florida Dental Pro- curement and Assignment Service. 'GERALD SAUNDER SAUNDERS TO |ATTEND SOCIAL ‘an a fay , ) Gerald Saunders: repre- | sents Monroe county on the State , Coming: “One Dangerous Night” Welfare Board, will leave to-| West Palm _ Beach, | here the board will hold a meet-! ing tomorrow afternoon, begin-| {ning at 2 o'clock. Mrs. James Fort, supervisor of | he Monroe county unit of the} oard, has sent to headquarters} matters that pertain to the opera- | tion of the unit in this county. { Renewals of cases, suspensions! |of others and proposed new ob- | | ligations of the board will be act 1 | i } ing “Children’s Pariy” held in the reading room Key West Public o'clock. Comdr. gaye a ver, The Le ing class T. Fisk,. Jr., x materials and join the I feel that I can promise you Saturday. Thompson were |in Key West for a visit with Mrs Eliza Almyda Olivia street. WEDNESDAY, | CHILDREN’S PARTY HELD ON SATURDAY Mrs. Smith's Saturday morn- was again of the Library at ten Mrs. Ruth Quinn, wife of Lt Quinn, Naval Air Station, Chaxminc reading of of Slee fgliow OS Sundae drew. supervised by Dr. Geo. was enjoyed by all. oe Louise Saunders played| the piano, and Dr. na SATE selections on 4 After 0 his flute. Cait much as you wrote me in your brirs thr hildren are invited to ir drawing, or Painting! VISITING HERE Mrs. Clara ‘Key and Mrs. Ros r-rent arrivals at her home on STRAND THEATER FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW in A “JUNIOR ARMY” MONROE THEATER | THE EAST SIDE KIDS in “"Neath the Brooklyn Bridge” and “The Postman Didn't Ring” | Coming: “JUKE BOX JENNY” CARD OF THANKS We take pressing our sincere to the many friends who so kind and considerate the illness and after our loved one Che: son We wish thank the ings their cars those w jpathy a were sok ment. We | that th j ways t | MRS. CHESTER = FAMIL Y this means of those durjng our AL & JOE 629 Eaton, Cor. Elizabeth |“THE FASTEST RADIO i APRIL 21, se ex- appreciation were party next RADIO SERVICE SERVICE IN TOWN™ Passion Service TONIGHT at the Congregational Church (Willjam S‘reet. Between Fleming and Southard 8 P. M. The simple Gospel story of the events leading up to the Crucifixion—perhaps the most thrilling dramatic episode in all history—will be read every night this week except Satur- day. There will be appropriate vo- cal and instrumental music. edonat the West Palm Beach} i meeting. FREE COMMUNITY EASTER EGG HUNT 2 to 6 P. M., Saturday, April 24th, at FOR THE FUTURE | Milk Board | this sort of thing. and some guy | ;to disregard this truth. lor welfare of a private | ance, {out of a hundred adds up to no of Leon had a kind word for this} Information from Washington | regulatory bureau which was ap-| **id that Mr. Swigert would ar- parently “caught with its pants|Tive in Key West yesterday, but| down”—A pleased and grateful! Laurence A. Schroeder, public will bless the Gentleman| “2ector of the rent-control office | from Gulf for his effort to relieve | here, said this morning that he! them of this yoke. | has not heard anything further: Pe rai Mr. Swigert’s announced! visit. * An attempt , attorney-| NEW YORK.—Plywood furni- | ture, bathtubs and walls are pre- dicted for inexpensive and dur-} | | able houses in the future. i TROPICAL AMUSEMENT PARK e = re {@ 712 DUVAL STREET KEY WEST. FLORIDA japanese residents o! razil to-; tai 180,000. 'te-\ FREE RIDES - GIFTS - DEFENSE STAMPS GIVEN TO EACH CHILD FINDING EGGS Quezon warns the Filipinos; | against foe’s promise of freedom. J e #8 notice at all. s* to rob the State of its’ price fixing pow was met by an angry pro- test from dairymen who swarmed committee rooms and lobbies liké flies around a cow barn. Cowed gislators quickly pulled in their? horns and the bovines and con- | sumers will continue to be milked | * 2 ¢ A House resoluion, introduced | by 'Emogene Commander of} Holmes | county, would ay require | legislators td . stant, sing one | verse of “America? # bn salttte | {the flag each morning... “Such ‘an! attempt to legislate. patriotism4 is hardly called for arid besides} it would be an infringement on | Rotarians and Boy Scouts. Start} will want the boys to stop in} the middle of a debate and| “I'm a Little Prairie Flow- | While an “informed” public is | the strongest safeguard a De-{ mocracy can have, there is a; growing tendency on the part | of officials and lawmakers alike! There may have been a time in our! pioneer days when the posting of a notice on a Court House door, concerning an act of gov-| ernment affecting the interest citizen orsthe people as a whole, might have been considered “adquate” but it does not hold true today. Public interest makes it im- erative that such notices ap-} pear in the public prints. In a number of bills of vital import- legislators have failed to provide public notice, other than the posting on a Court House! door, which in ninety-nine cases 28 State Senator J. Graham} Black, who succeeds the late R:| Stanley Adams as Senator from the Thirteenth District, was ap-| pointed chairman of the import- ant Senate Judiciary “C” Com-/} mittee. This is one of the few times that a layman rather than! a lawyer has been entrusted} with the post. A successful tur-} penti Operator and planter. eat to render abic; ee his state and his dis-| sriet: wet: A cae rete Lives—You Lend Your Mone Y MORE- WAR HONDS> Here We Are Open In Time for EASTER ---Ready To Serve You! With An Exciting Collection of Vivid New fame. ae “DRESSES ——f beauty and quality! —fashions reflecting the mood of Spring and Easter—all cleverly designed to meet today’s practical needs! 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