The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 17, 1945, Page 1

ated Press Day Wire int of Key West VOLUMELXVI.No.196 >. William Curry’s Sons Presented WithCentennial Plaque By Harold Colee Bronze Piece Was Given In Name Of Florida State Chamber Of Com- merce "SRI OLDL LAD. WARNING ISSUED BY OPA ON RETAINING RATIONING BOOKS (Br Associates Prensa) Saheanid cited amet meaaememinene ane amass ote roe * KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1945 ~ : COLEE ATTENDS JAP REPRESENTATIVES Fall 10° = ‘State Chamber Of Commerce |MET TWO FORMER CO-WORK- TO ARRIVE. DURING NEXT. WEEK | aM és ERS, JOHN COSTAR AND * a ye a ee ; mt PeaceTine Goods To | yates Pe Remove Tolls From*Bridg : were still fighting today in i tal ee sa isu gss| Soom As Practiable soe tint JACKSON SQUARE USO OUTLINES _(Suereted That Serves rf ‘ here. : THE SOUTHERNMOST N EWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. LIONS MEETING ARRIVE IN MANILA; EXPECTED | ; iene a : T — To Give. Active® 0 KINGMAN CURRY Be Made Available As | ANI Aus: 17-—ep Soows) Chamber of Commerce, who in “Every resident of Key West fie and news was received satisfaction of nesting with’ John ors, new electric irons, new auto- and Manchuria were complaining» s biles, i i t i = ; * a NAEEINGTON, Ae es Costar and Kingman Curry, two AW the tee sree rng machines — ‘because the Russians still were The Jackson Square U.S.O. has the lot and a fire place construc- Movement . ; é sg former co-workers of those days to get for fo ti ” engaged jn offensive warfare. | planned a festive week end. To-, ted. ; i William Curry’s Sons, at a| 48¥: at the Lions’ Club dinner-meeting ur war-time. yeurar: |ooeneee am | The present staff consists of! banquet and meeting “held Don't throw away your liast evening. peck Sellers, chairman of the lo-| From Moscow word was re- Night the new fire place will be William H. Henderson, Director. gasoline rationing books. | Mr. Colee spoke to the Lions ,°@/, tioning board, said today. | siveq here that the Russians will d¢dicated and the additions to the tyr, Henderson has been here since} _ Harold Coiee, executive this afternoon in La Concha Hotel, was presented with a centennial plaque by the Mlorida State Cham er of Commerce. The plaque was Presented to the company by Harold Colee, executive vice They will be needed in check- ing up on your mileage when you apply for tires. Don't throw away your green coupons in Book 4. They will be used later on as meat coupons, The OPA further said that violators of gas and other president of the chamber.|) rationing provisions, against Mrs. Wallace B. Kirke “| Wem charges hid been rheds ecpted the plaque in behalf 0! (abd gpa elec arial against Japan, will still be the Curry family. It is a| prosecuted. bronze plaque, weighing 0 (reo OOD MMs pounds, and on it is lettered: | [ee Honoring William Curry’s Sons In Recognition of More Than 100 years success far beyond his imag- i ination. _ “This youngster was Will- , ion ee Zounden cr the in- | stitution we honor today. His of Continuous Service. | first employment in 2 Key Presented By | West was an office boy in The State Florida Chamber 10¢ store of Weaver and | Baldwin. His hours were of Commerce from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. for n 1945. which he received $1 a week, A Maitland Adams, presi- a‘small room over the store, dent ¥ West Cham-) and was provided his meals ber of Commerce, presided; by the. Baldwin family. at the prese: mceremon-; “Despite his many hours jes, which were started with! of work, he found time to an invocation by W. H. Hen-' study. He resigned from the derson, director of the Jack-' position with Weaver and {Oklahoma; : | Baldwin to become ottice hoy | Director Duval Street USO. lished on January 26, 1788. sen Square USO. Mrs, James Roberts sang in the office of the United “My-O wn—-Kkoy>West” and. Stetess.quartermaster. corps. Horace O’Bryant was _pre-| He rose to chief clerk in that sented by President Adams.) office and. after five years Mr. O'Bryant, who gz a! of that duty resigned to be- brief history of William Cur-| come chief clerk for Wall & ry’s Sons, said in part: ; Company. “There came to Key West “One hundred and two many years ago from the Ba- ars ago he and a. young hamas, a small boy’ whose friend,.. George Bowne, | es- imagination had been fired tablished the tirm of Bowne by the reports of the wealth! & Curry. Aiier about five to be acquired in this city|years of the joint partner- and who lived to achi a ship, Mr. Bowne retired from the firm and Mr. Curry car- ried on the busines: + oe, teadaeoa = ——————————— ‘ alone OIL SPRA Your sic ”* and in 1891 the name of the; and Chassis— (Continued on kage Four) | | “And they want to know how ee reais a me erent state ‘much these goods are going to continue to wage war till the a Maa ait ots 3 ea part thet cost when they are once more'Japs ley down their arms. - j*toriclans Played in this war. He ‘ available. OPA’s aim in its réfon-} Radio Melbourne reported that jsaid that we should be proud of version prici ze the fact that the State of Florida able the manufacturer to meme ,|Watlords in Japan were not talk-. pare greatest purchaser fair profit and at the same time to 199 @8 though they had been de- of War Bonds. .,_'see that the consumer pays a réa- feated, but were. resorting to | He named numerous Florida’ sonable price.” | Poorly disguised reservations in heroes who distinguished them- iz , at 2 |_ He emphasized that OPA’s part addressing Japanese building will be formally opened.' the first of the year. He came, vice president of the Florida Saturday night there will be a'here after U.S.O. experience in, State Chamber of Commerce, i ith all the trim.’ Leesburg, Florida and Paris, Tenn.! who came here to present & Wane Se A OU ae Mrs. Paul Dunn, the newly arrived} te ial William mings. . 4 centennial plaque to : _. , {Staff Assistant comes from Miss-| Curry’s Scns, informed The Jackson Square U.S.O., which is jssippi State College, where she... al - ; Paci.! Citizen today that the state operated by the 'Y.M.C.A., has; and her husband, now in the Paci | chamber been a “Home Away irom Home” fic, taught, Mrs. Dunn has direct] e v_will ee ay hag for service men and women tor. SUPervision of the junior and sen- t¥ ! to have selves in the war fronts, and gave in si “4 civilians “© 5° - jior hostesses. Gerald Pinder, ..a4 removed the Oversess ‘dn ‘oubliré. of th 2 * 1M reconversion was “only to cs- the last three and one half ycars.| wey] known native of Key. West,| Highway. of the numerous in- tablish prices.” Mr. Seller: inted #Pout the acceptance of the Pots- : ae LAWS 5 ae Kaw ON Pe " dustrial activities, in which Flor- ra geae aap 5 , More than 1,250,000 men and wo-' i, program Director, His programs} | Mr. Colee suggested, in the tida engaged in war production Has atone Has pclbingere eeu men have used its facilities. At are known from coast, 10 coast'ini Key West Chamber of Com ' 2 Z - ; to do with allocating materials. {| Jap. representatives, who were the present time the door count’ y.0. circles. d a 4 : Peeper eee _ as soon as those materials directed by General’ MacArthur is about 40,000 per month. Over| "The public is cordially invited! fern be fry ems Sy beter jh ' ‘ ,are apportioned, and manufactur- to be in this cit! i i 10,000 personal cameras have been Peet ae ay @ 3 ens b BOFVICe, WF businesses in Florida, which have ‘ers are ready to resume turning in STneesage he Peat cene nent checker OVERITO O00 Garces Seve tolcone ae club today aval George Gibbs, president of lee eae . more than 100 “out peace-time Goods we will act peror, are not expected to arrive been checked cach month. Over observed after 5 P. M, both days. : the Gibbs Gas Engine Con lyears continuously, one is the as speedily as possible and with here till some time next week. 1/20th_of all the. stamps sold in j pany, in Jacxsonville, and William Curry Sons Co., in Key ,an absolute minimum of red tape aH i \ 5 an abs i Pe GeneraT MacArthur reported Key West are sold to some 10,000 g re | chairman of the Florida State West. 43 {to help them,” he declared. “The that 10 Jap fighier plane took service men and women cach SBt. Jas, Gallagher | Improvement Commission, is . Colee expressed great sat- objective of OPA’s reconversion to the air this morning to try month at the Club. Sports equi Dies In Coral Gables the: endeavors that will be jmade to make the brides News bas been received in the} toll-tree. ‘ city announcnig the death of Ser-| Mr. Gibbs is the prime ars of usage it} geant James Gallagher on Wed- mies pers > = the ex» y to repaint! nesday night at a government’ tension of the Pan-Amerionn pyane Highway througa the Florida isfaction at the progress shown pricing program is to encourage ; ent i dea x th as bicycles, golf ba fin Key West since he last visited maximum production which in SESE Gee Han aioe ‘and mer if jhere in 1935, and assured,his turn will help assure maximum tion a vee Japan, and that loaned out 859 times during the! thearers that the Island City “has employment. two of the Jan planes were shot Past month. \2 very promising future, provid-' Mr. Sellers concluded, “The down and the others returned Afier threé y ed that the civic leaders of Key best way to smother the flames their i: x seh copaeartiat was deemed nec West do not go to sleep on the of inflation is to bury them under 1° _DAases: and decorate th pe linea ene Ree ee eee uilding inside PR Gicayyasete Aa hcay dite ep ert job. an ever-increasing flow of fulrly-! Zag mmm, and out. The furniture has been! hospital in Coral Gables, Fla. Nol ey. ang, by ferries, te Maw |. Other guests of the. club were priced civilian goods.” i A re-upholstered, a new sto Dra | Ama Ne made ¥5| ona and on to Yucatan and Arthur Curry, Wilbur Cates, | HOOD’S and fully equipped dark room| yet for the funeral. other countries, and he i the |Stephen C. Singleton, Hugh W. | Cox, U. S. Navy; Bud Stanley, U. | S, Navy; Stanley Moyle, Flint, | ‘Mich.; Charles Parris, Shanes, settlement at what Bill Schmidt, Relief of Sydney, Avstra 919 Southard Street NEW YORK. — The first reat Battery: xeised ow the:city FRYERS Wak chia DRESSED RABBITS Ihave been added. ‘The patio has| Sergeant Gallagher is survived ' t F | been extended to the corner Of py nis widow, Mrs. Charlotte Gal- ia lagher, and many other relatives. AAADDASADSAAAASLAS | : ,. Pure, Freak; The deceased, who had been {PRESCRIPTION Ingredient} maknig his home on Southard Sac ct sl hc aa street between Grinnell and vares.s ‘cis, left here several months ’ i, > » GARDNE! Ss PHARMACY ‘or. treatinent..at. the. Veterans’ | pldined/thet Mr, Gibbs is & cles - Phone 17? Free Delivery! hospital in Coral Gables, where nd of Governor Catiwelt F7 Oe or = ee are - he remained up until the time of} the chairman of the St ———— ] his death. Department. It will t The | gurumpompersroremtm | He came to Key West many | the governor and the rr y ; ago, and was stationed at] ment, Mr. Colee ade Bottle Ca I . i LIVE POULTRY great length of time, retiring from |can be brought to a head in # | | l I ) i the service several years ago. | ida, and then the proposal eat p ROASTERS and Battery | — laken up with the Reconstrue t ¢ local Army Barracks for a{ movement to remove the * * - EERE nance Corporation thre 1128 Simonton Stree’ Raised FRYERS | ESTABLISHED IN 1788 chief proponent in em tablishing a ferry system te» tween Key West and Have ana.” Mr. Colee said he thought thet the removal of the tolls is primer ily a state proposition, and ey Lion Albert Di Neg:o informed | ace j the Club that.he had made ar-| FE, Taea Ee fe rangements for a° smoker~tobhe given the patients of the Naval i Hospital on August 22. | al ch the ! {sociation announces, in an adver- j ment today, that all member enators and the repress jstores will be closed all day on: i 9 CENTRAL HOTEL of the Fourth Congression (ES BR ADY S Cool, Airy Rooms | ye ay t the Fir (Live) POULTRY and Ratestwolperecns ec Chaliner af Clima $10, $12, $14 Weekly Opposite Bus Station EGG MARKET 1214 White St. Phone S4t t itself to its utmost t the bridges made toll-free. 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