The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 30, 1943, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | | LIEUT. KETCHAM xt SOCIETY :-: COMMANDER FALCON MISSES SEEING Father And Grandfather Brought Ship To This Port! WO BIRTHDAY PARTIES WILL BE ak k kt STAGED AT NAVAL OPERATING BASE' FAMOUS SCHOONER BY VERY FEW DAYS “| ee Stee perties in com-| The Commissary party to be! cacti 2ibeasiaias-<-ap-aparcvit | © organization be held in the Fleet Reserve As-| In 1878, Peter E. Falcon and his; the Falcon, with all sails set, glid- » Reserve, U. S.'sociation is in Charge jo? | Ghief jton, James D. Falcon, grandfather }ed through the Northwest Chan- weber staged Commissary < jand father of Lieutenant Com- | nel into Key West harbor. “Wreck- ~ - Wee WAVES this Hoff and who, plan- , mander Ray C. Falcon, civil per- ers” was the term applied in those "Peter Glee tere 2 com-'3, C. Bennett, Lieut. Ge) Sarah lof the Labor Board in Key Weet,|derace salvaging. but the ite eee oe Sle yt farewell and Paine, Lieut. Samuel Hirsch and | sailed into Key West harbor in the | on their arrival here, learned that|C-V(S) upon being assigned his tering the service of the U. S. Na- fer WAVES Mrs. Hirsch, Lieut. W. M. Holm-|50-ton schooner Falcon, which the |the wrecking business—the type |M&W duties. ivy, Lieut. Clements was assistant Lieut. (jg) John L. Henderson, ' vice-president of the First Nation- Peer Porn iLT. CLEMENTS ASST. GIVEN TRANSFER OPERATIONS OFFICER Lieut. (jg) Gordon Ketcham,; Lieut. Milford L. Clements, who has been on daty at the Sec- D-V(S), USNR, is the assistant Op- tion Base here for several months, !eretions officer and Devision Of- was detached this week for anoth-;ficer of the Military Duty Office er assignment. tat the Key West Naval Operating Since his entry into the Naval} ‘ th He was bern in Des Moines. Ia., | Service more thah a vear ago aS and received his early education |D-V(S), USNR, Lieut. Ketcham,ithere before moving to ‘Miami, completed an extensive! where he concluded his studies course in communications at Har-;und entered the banking profes- \sonnel officer and senior member |days to men who engaged in un-|¥@"4 during his indoctrinatiqn'sion about 15 years ago. For the last six years before en- iF ; ae Shed © the Com- berg and Mrs. Holmberg, and two elder Falcons had built them- that renders assistance to ships! { , ‘ones wud Bewurday eve-|Lieut. (jg’ James L. Clarke. _| selves, and Lieut.-Comdr. Falcon, :hat have been stranded—was | D-V(G), USNR, has been trans- al Bank of Miami and additional —? WAVES recrea-| ‘This affair, slated to start at! coming here 65 years later, missed ‘among the most important under- | fred to Jacksonville. iduties also had him in charge of pest christened the J - 4 | seeing the Falcon by only a few jtakings in Key West. The ship- Two new officers who have re-, the bank’s publicity and advertis- ae te Gels St nly es peg 4 yards here could not turn out! Ported to this activity are: Ensign | ing program. cxtttee tF tance and party birthday party for the new | Rugged and interpid men of the! schooners fast enough to meet the | Joseph L. Maher, E-V(S), USNR,| He was active in numerous civic é “ te committee in| WAVES but also a farewell 0c-| sea, with a record of undersea sal-/demand, and Peter E. and Joseph |2"4 Ensign Matthew F. Thomp- organizations of that city and ee for Sat- casion for members of the de- | vaging, much of it exceedingly; D. Falcon were offered so high a °°" E-V(S), USNR. ‘played a prominent part in the SaEEEREEN EE ‘wide and varied program of the see Frances Pot-,parting enlisted personnel and 2) dangerous, runnig back to 1854,’ sum for the 50-ton Falcon they de- See end Evelyn celebration of recent promotions, | the elder Falcons built the schoon- cided to sell her . == tevekeepers, third one of which was the advance-| er in question in Chicago, sailed) All followers Tee Geer wll last from/ment of Chief Storekeeper Her-| down the Mississippi River and many other residents remember © «Gee eet refreshments bert L. Jones to the rank of Act-' headed for the mouth of the Suw- the Falcon during the 65 years she ee ing Pay Clerk. | annee River to salvage pigs of iron | plied in local waters. She was re- ‘Miami Chamber of Commerce. THER REPORT Lieut. Clements received his { of the and; commission from the Office of Of- Observation taken at 8:30 a. m/May 8, 1942, and was ordered to trom two Confederate vessels that} planked many a time during that E.W.T. (City Office) | report to Key West four days later. had sunk there. period, but her timbers continued Temperatures !He has been here since that time. The Falcons put on their diving 'to be sound. Something of the! Highest last 24 hours g91|__ Lieut. Clements resides with suits, but, after a thorough inves- | romance of the sea was interrupt-/ Lowest last night {his wife at 1321 Williams street of tigation, they ascertained that the |ed in Liecutenant-Commander Fal- | Mean a6 this city. wT wS0 CAMP SHOW FOR SERVICE MEN TO BE PRESENTED HERE ON AUGUST 5. ificer Procurement in that city on! FRIDAY, JULY om 18 —-- ‘MORE FUNDS FOR’ SERVICE — GROUPS sso" See , j other Groups must be reted oo |OBTAINED FROM SALE OF to check viclstions = i cutee | SCRAP METAL COLLECT- “The farm end other hihi i ED IN KEY WEST whith toe empl ine @ tious price contrel messutte a Relief and recreation funds of \now known Army and Navy service groups’ in Wohin « in Key West are being enriched by the ‘hunger blec Beesese af ey $1,934.40 as a result of the SCT@P: chen: thet governmene solely metal collection drive which has (been in progress in this city since | ®F¢ forcing vest pemiet ae ee Seeeaee ‘ducers ond dealers out of fan Joe Pearlman, chairman of the a }local salvage commitee, announc- , Ress, Representative Se emne ‘charged. “Official stethete - quite e different story ed today that the aprpoximately | 1,430,000 pounds of scrap donated |by individuals and business es- tab‘ishments here have been sold a Ito Superior Scrap Metal Co, of, “OWt sveye cue Gam Game Jacksonville trom which point it ly r sing profits by peters cee will find its way to various war industries. ners and the fresh fieh satuetty Besides Mr. Pearlman, Captain ang quote trade reports satelite McCracken and Lieutenant Mitch-) ° ell were actively engaged in mak-' Claims thet leege commer ing the drive a success. ‘hs e The salvage. committe: has di-| a vided the proceeds equally among Close their estebihwent: = five service groups in this city.! Checks for $386.88 are being sent, Us? Of price centeek to the local agencies of the Army tops of the vessels were encrusted! con’s not seeing the schooner his! Normal seve ee a4! pecans re ‘ _, | with six-foot growths of oyster’ grandfather and father had built Precipitation | HIGHLY-COVETED eee @ we Gee the Utle} Mary wans and. Her Family.’ shells, and that the water at the and brought to port in Key West) Rainfall 24 hours ending H pees * emp show to be ‘s/\ parents, trate | mouth of the Suwannee swarmed} many years before he was t i Fs “f ttiat wi Jar in| wr: e born. 8:30 a. m., inches T.; (Continued t-om Page One) eneeeet See & vere andthe were popular in/ with sharks. So the Falcons aban-| He arrived here on May 1 of this Total rainfall since July 1 {the oldest and most faithful em- ad seterities in Key 'the “good-old days,” while Mary-jdoned tieir proposed salvaging|vear, and a few days before the’ inches ” 160' ployes of this base. Med som will belette and her brother show how} operations and decided to make | Falcon had been sold and remov- Deficiency since July 1. ; Pierce handed the flag to four © Be WOR themver Thurs- it’s done. today. iad ian the trip ke holiday instead _. ed by the bu ‘o the west coast’ inches 1.55 other civilians who were so hon- ~ Sage . 4 the ad Be and radio sta lovely Alice One warm winter day in 1878.1 of this stat Total rainfall since Jan. 1, jored by being selected to raise the o—- oe i ; — i ae ae inches 12.86 banner atop the Administrative Tyrrel charm with her sweet * (air a a cc — “ir = 1 . “SE wemstnesodieates|singing. “A Washington D-C.8| REGINALD DeKOVEN MARRIED coupes’ micuT “inches” S'S TOF gos, Cee of otetanting wrk In con © = et eerwma up-to-the min- ‘she _ eee eee | VISITING KEY WEST AT DUVAL USO ENJOYED Relative Humidity 'neétion with War Bond sales in- SO Retmen lwovarmng mu- | musical i i cal | —_—_—— ! 700; icluded Gast Brown of the ~ Gee temeine and one of |ple,” “Count Me In” and “New eet eat ieee 10% Fo gr align STE bewding magicians. | Faces," and has sung on — Reginald DeKoven. accompan-| Couples Night at the Duval Street’. Tomorrow's Almanac Electric shop; Earl. Baumgardt, Se ceadee ¢ Hardeen, bro- | Vallee’s and Mary Astor's radio: his wife. was a recent arri.|USO Tuesday w eported by A [oueee 6:54 a. m.' vachine shop, and Mick Swift, of ee fe ete ereet Harry Hou- | programs. ed the Three 'val in Key West from St. Peters. |®- Lemon. director, so he said yes- ree "the Joiner shop. Shem fete end reputation! Appropriately called the ~ hae itt S-\terday that similar affairs will be; Moonrise Amd eo.es die tenigthveninay aha et See Breer nly to that of |Heat Waves, the three waves real-| burg, Fla., where he is now mak-' staged on Tuesday of each week in| Moonset 3 of a descending sun were one ether we ageecnan turn on the me" af li ing his home. This is Mr. DeKo- the future ‘ . sting grotesque silhouettes on ee om of wwutevilie’s great fast-paced singing, flancing and Von. first visit to this city in| Such events are tentatively re- lithe outdoor scene, the 33-piece - veers, CKOcTY foe a setheg. wore than 30 years placing the enlisted men’s parties ‘band of the 3ist Coast Artillery of on cele an of | the |ed at the Shermvallee redio pro-|. Mr. DeKoven came to Key West |Sponsored each pay day by the High Tide Low Tide ‘Fort Taylor concluded the cere- -—* Bowe fi be andi eg Seo ni the picture, “Fol- | for the first time almost 50 years! Recreation department 10:10 a.m 3:22 a.m. mony with the strains of The Star a ~—" be ag te ie ona e jago, and upon arrival in the city; The USO dances are staged = 11:22 pm. 4:49 p.m Spangled Banner piercing the egereeman ue bat- | les niet t the show is the,took up employment with the Key from 2100 to 2300 with the Army's FOREC shades of evening to echo over this og Fe ws csaggyllomatte ai Prcfessor|West Equator-Democrat, a daily ,excellent band furnishing the mu-- Key West and <= Scat. island stronghold. newspaper published at that time Sic. Refreshments are served by!tered showers and thunder-' Neatly dressed in a tropical of yesteryear is' Brilliant. ' * POR SATURDAY/NIGHT AT ST. PAUL'S! , » Se peadteeee fer the regular) Finale from 5th Organ Sympho- | i ae veeital of two | ny. Wolstenholme cased attached to the Naval| The “Prelude to Lohengrin” de- ‘hich will be{picts the visitation of the Holy) % Peul's Episcopal |Grail to earth and its return to eet © © © etek, haw been an-|Heaven. In true Wagnerian style | it builds to a beautiful climax in| tee 4 eetections will be of- the manner that only Wagner has aul e deen and [been able to write thus far. | Ss by| The “Water Music” of Handel | heme "was written to win the good favor | lof the English king whom he had | ap GemeE Catlows offended. The solo trumpets of — Q the organ play an important role | © Aeterarn—- Wagner) in the three offerings from this Cone ew | suite of music. | Sat Vivace | The writer of the closing num-| Pe ber on this week's program is the | See Mercere __|famous blind English organist, | we © Grieg | Wolstenholme. His music is def-| aotieme BA ewe yo initely of the English school of or- | Viemmt te Al Janson, 2c | gan compositions and only!| jthrough the help of friends who Soee © Bietey Fortress Is | transcribed his improvisations bey Swaps Lather-Plummer | was he able;to write down for us tt Meet Arranged by Ormo) of the beautiful melodies | et Wr enay Siedinemiesisi “ate heard in many English | @reeent by Organist thet arch fo E : SPONSOR AmeRiCAN LEGION AUXIL WAVE PROCUREMENT DRIVE IN KEY WEST | Seedieee Lemon Auxiliary |John E. Collier, _ recruiter-in- a Met of Florida have charge of the local Navy Recruit- “ht © eee program in a ing Substation outlined the pro- fa eplietment of | gram to the members present. All * Phe ee! American Le-, American Legion Auxiliary mem- Sh See) wetter direction of | bers who were not at the meeting eee Mee Mery §E. last night are urged to contact _~- - -: « whe Mrs. Archer immediately for in- Semen @ whos endertak- formation regarding the program = The campaign is to get under-! - . mecting was he id | way today on the first anniver- , of Mee Adrian Sends | sary of the WAVES. ' ARKER | CAPT. HENRY TAYLOR GIVEN NEW DUTIES ‘IS HERE ON VISIT Capt Henry H. Taylor, Jr.. * A aptain ry lor, — 7 OV). USNR UBA. a Key Wester, avrived here tomtine Siemereetion Officrr & few days ago to visit fis moth- He Keg Weer Neovai Operat er, Mra. } he Taylor. b ee Bee aie been made by Cap. | He intends to leave this! after- awe © Breeden commandant hoon on his return trip to Fort lew Perber @ sie the NOB Hane, J. whete he is sta- Poiegitme Cte tioned He i ed with the Military Intel Division. ent tanier grede, in the Capteys Taylor was a practising © Bere @ Morte Ve Maret attorney in Key West and was city a attorney when he entered gett te Rew eet for duty in Com. | 88 Services ere ard Ree been affiliat- |p.) menu Harry con business in 5 cetty since that! 1929 in Portsmouth, Va, his home LARGE and WAREHOUSE. me city, and continued in this profes- om 3 Uni-! sion ig beth Portsmouth and in Apply between 9 and 5. 2831 ae mm. D.C. at) Philadelphia, Pa, until 1940. Flagler Ave., Key West »* « fege of Emmits-! Then he hecai assistant ex- ee he retested from) ecutive director of the Portsmouth, Taylor Construction Company. See ete ot Bebeon Park,, Housing Authority and continued! F aste tered the churchservice. ‘in this post until entrance into the | by Charles B. Pendleton, which/ was situated on the site where the Habana-Madrid Club is now lo- cated. « Mr. DeKoven was for some time owfier of a millinery store op- | erated on Duval street, between, Petronia and Angela streets, andj; was also affiliated with many oth-| er businesses during those days. FOR SALE ! RENTAL LIBRARY BOOKS. Li-| brary copies of latest best seli- ers at reduced prices. PAUL) SMITH, bookseller, corner Si- monton and Eaton Sts. jly1-tf SPECIAL—One thousand Manila Sheets, $1.00. 500 Sheets, 60c. These prices now in effect. The Artman Press. aprl-tf FOR SALE—1-32 Volt Genera-! tor and Motor, complete. Ca- pacity 1% K. W. Enquire Side- walk Cafe. jly28-3tx Classified Column the Catholic Daughters of Ameri-' storms this afternoon a night with seasonable tures. He married Miss Clara Florida Little change in tem- now deceased. ;perature this afternoon, tonight At the present time Mr DeKo-'@nd Saturday forenoon; _ scat- ven is operating a hotel and room- ,*eTed showers and, _thunder- ing house in St Petersburg. | orght this afternoon and eariy a been making his res-| Hatteras, N. C., to Apalachicola, r y __|Fla: No small craft or storm | Warnings have been issued. TEMPERATURES Temperature data for the 24 hours ending 8:30 a. m., July 30, 1943, as reported by the U. S. Weather Bureau: and to- tempera- De Leon, HELP WANTED KITCHEN HELP, colored, male or — 'HOUSE, cool, 29 windows, 23 doors, 2 large porches, modern, suitable apartment or duplex,’ immediate occupancy. Phone , 820-3 jly28-6tx {1938 PACKARD, with new ra- dio and hot water heater. Run- | ning order. $100. North Beach ; Inn. . jly29-tf ONE PENTOL Five-Gated Hor: seven years old; color red and | white; gentle $175. 1904 Staples Avenue. jly30-lty FOR SALE—One Simmons Dou- ble Bed with Springs and New Mattr Sheets, Pillows and Cases and Spread, Blankets and Rugs. Also Bed Lamp 229 D Poinciana Place ' jly30- Highest Lowest female. El! Patio, 609 Duval. last 24 hours last night jly9-tf Atlanta 90 74 Boston 70 63 WAITRESSES at once. MUST be Brownsville 93 79 experienced. Garden Restau- Charleston 91 76 rant, 609 Duval jly20-tf Chicago 86 64 Detroit 70 57 WAITRESSES and FOUNTAIN Galveston 88 81 GIRLS. Good salary. Southern- Jacksonville 90 7 most City Pharmacy. _jlyl-tf/ Kansas Cty 96 70 KEY WEST 91 82 TOP SALARIES PAID for Day K.W. AIRPOR8 90 81 and Night Waitresses. Side-'Memphis 92 78 walk Cafe. jly1-tf Miami 90 72 }Minneapolis ._ 87 _ WANTED—Salesgirls. Full time|New Orleans 90 7 employment. S. H. Kress & Co.'New York 70 15 jly9 10 15 16 17 22 23 24 29 30 31x! Norfolk 93 72 a eee oma. City 22 75 HELP WANTED. white or color- rami si 86 79 ed, r or female. No ex-! pittsburgh 78 63 perience nece Apply Co-{st. Louis 97 72 lumbia Laund 89 -- jly30-tf Tampa J. DJs first of} Need restaurant 1 kinds—chef peele Da-} el loa Apply Miss Irer iesk, Jefferson Hot WANTED 'COAT HANGERS WANTED. 1%4c a hanger. Phone 282, we will call. White Star Cleaners,! 701'2 Duval St jlyl-tf !PURNITURE: Dre ror; two Chests of Single Bed; Felt Mattres: Poinciana Place. FOR SALE the! FOUR CONSTRUCTION SHAN- TIES, SMALL, MEDIUM jly29-6t ‘ - | WANTED. te Model Car. Will PAINT BR $e i¥ Sizes [Slay wa ae belli ca INSIDE 25 Gu. & ae PAINT FLAT WHITE Gal. 52 | ated room. R | Box T. R OUTSIDE jly30-2tx P. GLOSS WHITE Gal. $265 Complet LADYS GOERING WHITE GOLD WATCH, black band U - Reward Phon LIND jly28-3tx! LOST—Rat f—Ration Book “A for LUMBER. i eg If pee ced Simonton and Division Sts jly30-3tx BUILDING SUPPLIES, PAINT and HARDWARE white suit, Pierce opened the cer- emony with a brief talk regarding ‘the base, its employes and signifi- ‘cance of the award and pledged continued support of the War Bond program. | Captain Reordan offered s icofgratulations to all civilian em- :ployes for this patriotism and | good sense in investing their earn- ings for the future welfare of themselves and their nation and ithen introduced Assistant Secre- tary Bard for the presentation address. Sixteen shops and offices, pecially complimented for having ‘100 per cent subscriptions are Labor Board, Disbursing Office, Blacksmith Shop, Power Plant. Paint Shop, Sail Loft. Naval Air Station, Port Director and Con- vo! Personnel Office, Issuing Office, Public Relations. Intelli- gence, Captain of the Yard's Of fice, Recreation and Welfare Craig’s Dock Machinists and the War Bond Office. Seated on the Administration Building's elevated entrance were Assistant Secretary Bard, Admir- al Edward C. Kalbfus, USN iRet.); Captain Reordan; Comdr Carroll Morgan, Washington War | Bond official; Lieut. Commande | Piper. special aide to Assistant Secretary Bard: Lieut. J. W. Shoy er, War Bond officer in Miami Ensign Adams; Mavor Willard M y of Key West; Jerry Tre executive vice-president of the First National Bank of Ke West; Arthur Hill, special assist ‘ant to Assistant Secretary Bard es- fe Line of SLEY COMPANY PHONE 71 Key West, Fla. Emergency Relief, the Navy Re- lief Society, the United Service Organization. the Florida State Armory for use bv the Non-com- missioned Officers’ Club. and the company fund of the 1459th Serv- ice Command Unit, Key West Barracks. During the drive the Army fur- nished trucks and men to gather the scrap throughout the city. No money was spent in the collection, *Mr. Pearlman pointed out The drive is by no means end- ed, Mr. Pearlman added. He asked that anyone having scrap to do- ,Mate to telephone him at 39 or Major George F. Breidenbach, at Key West Barracks, Extension 40. THAT'S IT Woman Learning to Drive— “But I don't know what to do!” Her Hvusband—“Just imagine that I'm driving.” and transportation expert: and Lee M. Pierce Cammanding officers of ned all activities on the islar members of Captain Reordan’s welcoming party when the visit- j’ne dignitaries arrived at Boca Chica Sn... Buy More NO MORE CUTTING on 20 cg, OFF REG and see t Shop With Us and Put the STYLE 417 DUVAL STREET ND-OF-THE-MONTH CLEARANCE ON BETTER DRESSES Just Received From Our Designing Rooms Part of Our... NEW FALL LINE — it will be worth your time to come in NEW FALL STYLES © “DRESSES EXCLUSIVELY” “Opposite La Concha Hotel PEACE HOVERING (Continued from Page Geee , members fh eres = mittoe, including Musestian ter been arrested ond joted 86 HP the exception of Musssia» se in-lew, Count Ciena @he @ oo fo have sought refege « Vatican. 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