The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 14, 1945, Page 2

WHERE OUR.FUTURE LIES —— *, Most. of ns were too optimistic about *|the number of - West, as the first figures issued ie census enumer- ator for Monroe een indicated, with only 17,924 listed at that time. - Mrs, Hutcheson, the enumerator, said the compilation was incomplete, but to ‘what extent nobody knows until all “skips” have been listed: . - | RIES i. Pe! Yoel ER Sieted a) bey Went, Florida, as second class matter rgee te exclusively” sated to Cy ise credited In this are not included: in the count, neither is anybody who has: not resided here six months or intends to,mdéye away within the next six months. Probably Key West reached its peak | of population about a year ago, and had | the census been taken at that time the total would ‘have been. mueh more than it will | ve. Since then many hundreds of work- nen have left Key West with their families. But Key West’s future does not lie in ja big population, though, for some unex- plained reason; the leaders in all cities strive to increase the number of residents, as though progress lay in that diréction. What is of far more importance to Key West is in making it a city that will be at- tractive to tourists, and we are in a better + position now than. ever before to gain that foal. Heretofore, it did not require many tour- ‘sts or visitors: who came here to aoe winter''to take up all our housing om- stim comes at | Modations, but things are different now. when evident). the war is half over, Several thousand visitors will. learn, on - more than half. But this will not | their coming here in postwar days, that mean a relaxation of the admirable effort they will be able to get accommodations thousands of men and women who | With all modern improvements. volunteered to sell these bonds, or an Key West Chamber of Commerce’ has — of mind in the millions | Prepared to “go after” tourists and all- to purchase them. winter, as well as all-year-round residents, Some think of us as a money-loving | 8 soon as the country is at peace. Many they used to. Our pur- | 2@mes of persons who have inquired about , time and again, in drive Key West are on file in the chamber’s of- ‘proved that it is not so. | fice, and, with our Overseas Highway now a good investment——in a tragic, | im tiptop condition, the outlook is promis- ed p! rere ienay inflationary era ing that Key West will entertain far more before. i ~ Cheer up; it won’t be long before the the individual purchaser thinks of. His in- @iration is human, not economic; the sub: lime example and the bitter plight of some We do not count the cost, . The way we wage war js exceedingly. -{Brergiody. sings the _praises.of Nature “maintaining the lines of battle | ir the Spring, but the same Nature also Wt a safe distance from home, with infinite contrives ‘tortiadoes, cyclones, and hurri- supplies and prodigious armor, and'a high | canes. standard of living for the armed man, and ak bri ite st, the the English ped Lit, painstaking medica! and surgical scie if and when he comes to grief. age are sti Occasionally an anxious statesman or |to *pronou nee “through”, vigilant newspaperman complains a. little | “though”, “tough” and “bough”. of our extravagance in this. way’; of need- capa less experiment, waste of metal, change of “| AW AN AMERICAN” DAY plan. Who cares? —_— Right around the world our service- men stand ready to give their lives; tho 9 more of them we can buy back, the better. If there is the remotest possibility that by the eXpenditure of a small fortune a young man’s life can be saved, all right; we eet the voice of the man in uniform trem ward it as well spent. Dled slightly as he premised to “absolutely tn selling this la est issue of war bonds | and éntirely renounce and adjure all allegi- es be only one kind of. \falgs-resist- ance and fidelity to any foreign p: prince, po- e } of indifferencg,,. that is entate, @ or sovereignty ws 3 e American givilian. is | which a what careless, forget{y), axer-opti- | sutject;* retofore been a Citizen or m character. stitution an laws If we stop, to think, if we consider the | all enemies, foreig’ contribution of fighting man — the|true, faithful ‘tha pledge allegiance to empty trouser leg’ of the infantryman, the }same; and to’ take this obligation firmly Fcough’ A aie in a U. S. Army uniform stood | the blazing North Afri Facing ae s.00d a special.representative fem the U. S. Immigration and Natural zation Service. Both faces were serious the’ U. S. “A. against burned and patehworked face of the avi-] without any ‘mental reservation or purpose iS etor, the emagiation of the sailor drifting } of evasion—so help him God.” in the lost boat, the tropical fever in the His budilies say that was the proudest Wood of the marine, the sickened mind of }and happiest day of his life. At last th the prisoner of war—we will not begrudge country he loved had made him one of it the surplus of our -war-time prosperity, town. ready cash and creature eomfort. We will | Iialy—just a few miles from the little vil- net put ourselves to shame. lage where he was born. There are 11,492 other men and wom- News is what you hear about what | en of the armed forces who have been nat- bappeted. : uralized in the European, North African, Middle East, Persian and Pacific war thea- White paper may be scarce but there | ters. A total of 102,149 in our armed forces seems to be an ample supply. of billheads. | have taken the oath of citizenship since | Pearl. Harbor. to thege men and women that “I merican Day’ is primarily dedi- " i, May 20, 1945. Even before this Ep, 5 - - eceivede The Japanese radio has ouanied ‘the pe téTisk their lives tordefend it. Some hope that the United Nations. will be as | have lost their lives. The great majority considerate of the fallen foe as the fallen | will return, full-fledged citizens, already fee weuld have been of the conquerors, |,having proved that they will give far more German arch criminals should thank |than lip. service to the ideals of their iueky stars that their conquerors are | country, the same ilk as they themselves, or “I Am An American Day” offers the the’ would be enslaved and: tortured as prest: of usa chance to take stock, and se the ehelaved and tortured miltions of their, i just how much ‘more than lip service we capttyes, ? ourselves are giving to those ideals. One thing about bridge;, it taught |! seme women how te work mifor sums in arithmetic. An cal ‘they wi asked, ¢ is a plane with two, gliders in zn sunshine. | of whom or | 5 Ba 3 aft@rpoon : about the taxes ow he city by rt_and befriend. ire evompany. No’ agieem eff as and domestic; to be’ A few weeks later he was killed in} them ..as. citizens, they | ic ot he ic Sos fan dav rate vi His her. Suddenly she tiated inks he had. expected her this | morning, would have been disap- pointed if she hadn’t come. “It was grand and gay, Doctor. Perfect if you could have been there.” They. laughed together and pres- ently Kay rose. “I'll come ¢ tomor ” she promised. need to rest now They looked. at each haces a long moment and glanced about the room, falling on the. little miniature o the dresser. S° > walked over and picked it up. “Why, it’s Mother!” she cried. “Yes” “[’ve never seen this picture of her_ before.” : “No. There was only one made} kn at the time.” sighed and placed the pic- ture back. “And only one Kath- igs ing she added. Dr. Sims held out his hand and took Kay’s. “Kay, the bad thing about being a bachelor is not hav- leelings for | ing a daughter like you.” Ji Bis Isc the a moe on 40, ness in his, yes. And because there was real- sir?” | thing to say, she answered, cals ut) think ‘how embar- »| rassing it would be to be a; bach- nd bao and have a daughter, too!” He laughed, and said, “Get out! That’s something to take a nap upon.” r was about the first of Decem- ber when the rumor spread about Lowell that there would be no tree in the Community House on Christmas Eve. “But that’s absurd.” Kay told Babs who had heard the news He grunted. “Rex Warner came j to see'the last night. Pity he was coming. We're going probed Aire that, be nt lance. You oe Seay. Never a. dull mo-_ “Humph! you iike him, oer he asked sud- denly. A “Very mueh! = aie ‘ “Strange.” mused “Warner told med same ig about, is ment.” Babs looked down at Mae pk pany z Pattern thi eed he’s ol thinks I’m just a silly - and-so.” T= doctor closed his eyes and lay back on his pillows. “Kay, you are your mother’s daughter. She taught you understanding and kled: as don’t tong to to» call me about tie apie & aie chi ees iner a a, an ir DAYS GONE By) POST OFFICE wr tea = meme “Back from a tour of duty in/0Ut Plans in spite. of opposition: | #ROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN /the Mediterranean, Lieut. Wal- | This is\ well, if not. carried too OF MAY 14, 1935 }ter H. Lundy. USNR, has been! jfar. Do not-depend,: however, too — assigned . here as officer-in-| much on your éwt powers, but All'Gk Coie Gen ion of! charge of the: Fleet Post Office. .; Sister to. the advice ‘of others, aka pina tre The wholesale pecan. business the criminal court was devoted to| 3. the heritage of Lieutenant/ vem if you do not: entirely, follow argument by counsel for the de-{ Lundy, who was presiddnt of it; for some-of it may good. fense in the case of the State in. pecan Sales Co,. wholesale or , ee THE CIRC Fiant Board against ‘several Key | | geen 4 eee paca ee FLOR Westers. whe, ref tenlet rep-' resentatives of board spray trees in yards. It is expected the case will go to the jury some- time this afternoon. t iRCULE Ast oe ‘A skytraim) stopped here ‘this norning .on its way to' Havana. poe z Plaintiff... One! i MARJORIE MARIA RRADER, dant, PUBL ACATION \.7T° SIARIORES MARTA READER, Camp Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia. You are hereby required to ap-, pear to the bill for diyorce filed against you in the above styled cause on or before the June, A. D. 1945, otherwise the alle- } gations contained therein will be taken as confeRsed. Done and Ordered this 5th day of M D. 1945, at Key West, Fla. t Court Seal) Ross C Sawyer Clerk of Circuit Court. | By (sd) Kathleen Nottage, Deputy Clerk | ENRIQUE ESQUINALDO, JR., focw, |” Final check of Monroe-county, | Millard B. Gibson, state’ census | mumerater im the county, said , sho\vs the population to { } ‘2 National guardsmen, who jhad fy) j-een on duty at Lower Mate-: “ the trouble” started tiy, returned to Key , as quiet ‘has been ored at the camps of the r widge workers. LIEUT. W. B. LUNDY Post Office distributors of’ Albany, Ga., be- Solicitor for Plaintiff. fore entering the Naval Reserve on January Following a doctrination * Lieutenant Lundy! was assigned to duty in French| Morocco, and before returnimg to held a-con- ates i . j the: States ip. September, ::1948,!. 94) 41 creaitors and all Person had filled assignments in Algeria, | Having . Claim Demands Bunisia, Sicily, Italy, ,.Malta,; \eainst Sala to thie amount Aas been reache; z bs You, and 8ach wed me amodp Ps os Libya, Egypt, Ireland and New- |! notnica and required ¢ 2 tk ° foundiand. His last assignment? oes demandes tke ‘Bes f was as :officer-in-charge, of the Charles, Kdward Thomp- ed, late of Mon to the Hon. Ra’ ty Judge of nd. file the same in his , Fleet Post Office, Algiers, Alger- ia. aera in. Sy three-column, aring in t Coun fice int Monroe r, Ga, Lieu- ended the high and is a graduate of Florida, r mouths from the dat n hereof. | Deo. N who had of Georgia in omen th een visiting relativ here the West he resides h a few days, left yesterd ie street. fternoon for his home in Day- jtona Beach oln, noted Cleve- born Paines- Citizen says in an 1] paragraph: S ese week consists of ys. Jonah wants td know y do with the remaining ville, Ohio. ARRY 0. TRAYI Attorneys for ‘Administratrix. may 14-23-28;jum4,1945 LEGALS CIRC IW TH : IN THE cMmcurT ¢ RT oF THE! os } aN SUDIOHAL cIncutT | oF 2hw Stave, OF PLONIbA IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY. CHANCERY, aN Cressgre ln Case No. INTYRE TODAY'S BIRTHDAY ¢ led+book de- FRANCIS J “vis rantntift, i DIVORCE | MILDRET PEATRICE M, EDGES Bruce Rogers, » 2 Tveféndant: far ener ee Lafayette, Ind., 6 ORDER oF $oeo po MILDREI Gert’ C. Forbes of New York \renthan, business journaiist - publisher, are | born Seotland, 65 years ago. filed pln nti you in the ; Dr. Katharine E. McBride, 5 ed cuuse. on or Ue t |rresident of Bryn Mawr College, 2 ee ag rh ;Penna., born Philadelphia, 41 taker nfessed by you. ee ee : Done ne and Ore t Key West, | years ago. A this 28th day of April, A. 1 | Dr.» (Helen) Flanders Dunbar Fi Ross C Sawyer || }of New York, noted psychiatrist, orn Chicago, 43 years ago. ; De. George A. 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