The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 17, 1945, Page 3

MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1945 Cons OFBMNC "EGRAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. AGAINST MIAMI BEACH TOMORROW PLAY AT MIAMI BEACH GYM- NASIUM: KEY WEST HIGH FIVE FACE TOUGH FOE IN FIRST CLASH | | | By FRED MILLER. JR. | Tomorrow is a big day at the! Key West High School. It is the opening day of the 1945-46 bas- ketball season and it will be one of the toughest games of the year.| The Conchs will engage the Mi- ami Beach High School Typhoons on the Beach co The Beach team has victo-' ries by wide margi Jand and Homestead. The r of the Saturday night ga tween Miami Beach and Pierce are not in yet, but Beach was heavily favored and probably won. The High School Va realize t! they have game in store for them. They are also confident that they can win and they’re really going to work hard to prove the: re right. The last workout was held today and the teams will get started on the road trip about 8:30 tomorrow morning. Two cars, driven player Clayton Papy and cheer leader| John Monsalvatge, will take the boys to the Beach. Others making the trip are Robert Cruz, captain; Curry Her ring, Kenneth Meador, Kenneth Kerr, Oscar Cruz, Albert Parra, Galey Sweeting, Kenneth Larson and Adolf Lastres, players: Coach | Fred Hoffmeister and Fred Mil-| ler, Jr., student manager. Game time for the battle Beach tomorrow is yet in Key West ymnasium is located in the same block as the Miami Beach High School. itymen a tough ha’ by —— as FOLLOWING THROUGH | By PEDRO AGUILAR URN ea Standings in the Civilian and} Service Softball Leagues, as of] games ending Friday night of last week follow CIVILIAN LEAGUE Club. Pet xxB29 Bombers 83 xMachinists xxDaily News Civilian Work xHolsum Bread American Legion x and xx—Tie games. SERVICE LEAGUE Club— W. 12] Pct.) xN 0 1.000 Hell Cats 1.800} xChewnik Divers 800} Ft. Taylor PCS 1384 Boca Chica Field Field Torpedo Unit .00 x—-Tie game. j 5} 5 10 BATTING AVERAGES | IN CIVILIAN LEAGUE Leading hitters in the Softball League: Civilian | then that there is only a few inch- SUN BEACH AND PIER | I was talking to William R. Porter Saturday and was given a long insight into his reasons for being so against the building of a beach by artificial means. First of all, let me say that his thought! is to have a “sunning” beach at} Rest Beach with fill brought up) from the ocean or elsewhere and brought back over the present beach and into the swamp just behind the beach hump. This ill extend clear to Atlantic} Boulevard and is about three or; four hundred feet wide. On this would be the present shallow wa-! ter affair with a long pier going} out into the ocean with diving} | off the end of it and perhaps a' dock for small boats to moor oc- sionally in calm weather. e e ALL GROUPS AGREE Let me say right off that this’ is perfectly sound and it is one of the reasons so many citizens ad- | vocated the bond issue which has been favorably voted upon. The majority of us knew that pushing the pr t clean back to the worst you could conceive the project still was a grand one and this plan, advanced by Mr. Porter, is right on the ball. ° ° FIGHTS CONDEMNATION Mr. Porter further said that he thought the price of $75,000 for Rest Beach was a good price. He then went on to say that if the county decided to condemn the riparian and land rights along the Boulevard he would fight the action right on up to the Supreme Court. He traeed the original purchase of the land which was bought just before the Florida East Coast Railway was put through down here. Then it was beaches and swamps and not al $s! very desirable location but it was’ purchased with the end in view of | being a place for development of; the future. And so it has turned out. Later the Rest Beach prop-j erties was purchased by an or-} ganization of which Norberg Thompson and Maitland Adams are the principal owners. ° e DEFINITEL ROCK AREA Shortly after the railroad came through Mr. Porter told me he had a careful survey made of the} sites and he found out definitely | es of sand over a coral flat rock! bed bottom both in front of the Boulevard site and the Rest Beach site. Thus it would take | blasting to dig out to a required , depth. . . STORM DAMAGE Then in speaking of storm dam age, Mr. Porter said first that there was quite a ridge of sand right under where the present Boulevard is and that in this storm a channel was torn right through where the present Boule-} vard is and emptied into the Salt Ponds. Later this channel from wave action began to fill up, but, to hasten the filling Mr. Porte had a concrete and rock groi | eA hAA444444444444444% 4444444 44444444) NICE, NEW COURSE | The Country Club proposition! advanced by the Jaycees is really} getting all steamed up. Right now city favor seems to be lean- ing toward the Jaycees but I un- derstand that if they are granted the club they also want to run} the Golf Course which is stepping | ahead a little too far. The Golf! Club now at present is a very efficient organization and very! great lov of golf. Now the, Navy is stepping into the picture.! What with expanded training at! Boca Chica, it was reported at! ne of the recent meetings of; these interested groups that Cap-! tain Hamilton of NAS Key West} proposed to have the Navy take] over the course put it into A-1/ hape and have it in fine condi-! tion both for use of local and Navy| olk. The Navy considers ‘the Golf Course a prime means of} recreation for recreation hungry} navy men from Boca Chica, This} is one of the best moves I know} to put the course back on its feet.} I think everyone even the Golf} Club will submit to this. The end result is a darn fine course for all citizens of Key West and naval men to play on. But regarding the Clubhouse there should be some sort of “gentlemen’s agree-| ment” of clause in a lease granted the Navy that the ballroom on the second floor may be used by the Jaycees Golf Club, any other civic organization, as a dance hall} and as a place to bring winter visitors to the city for entertain- ment. So also for the Navy boys. If this arrangement is made Ij think all should be satisfied. The, last meeting of these organizations} was rather a disjointed affair inj the various kinds of proposals ad- vanced but a lot of ground is now cleared . e FREE ADVERTISING By the way “Florida Outdoors” which is just itching for Key West fishing stuff is located at Coral Gables. The address is H. Wesley Harbison, editor, “Florida Out- doors”, c/o Parker Art Printing Association, Coral Gables, Flor- ida. This magazine will probably receive some of the publicity planned .by the Advertise Key West Council. Individually, you may send stuff off now. . . ADVERTISING PLAN On this advertising by the way] my thought is that first of all principal advertising should be di- rected against the tourists “after” they get to Florida and the Miami} area and also direct answering of! letters and inquiries as the Cham- ber of Commerce is now doing.| There should be adequate litera-} ture here for the tourist to ac- cuaint himself with the sights of} Key West and any other infor-| mation he requires for personal) needs and pleasure seeking. Out of state advertising to my way| of thinking should be limited to! pictures and news copy sent the} effective publications over the} country which is hungry for this} stuff. My belief too is that a {the annual ! to enjoy his delightful company; jter acquainted we became the ‘ told first in a N } book form and through the motion} |ances under the auspices of fhe | built about four hundred feet out’ young man, a good writer, should) into the sea directly off Bertha! be hired at a week salary to get} street at the Boulevard. Now) this stuff out and be in charge of! here comes an important point. | all mail aways just as Miami and; T00 LATE TO CLASSIFY Advertisements under this head eounts ments _fe insure publication, copy musi be in the office before 11 o'clock oz As Secretary of the Florida] the €ay of publication. Press Association, it was my priv-} ilege to make the personal ac-| quaintance of Dr. C. M. Wassell,| JSNR, whose remarkable exper it =—— ences were brought to the world} in the motion picture, “The Story} of Dr. Wassell” in which Gary] Cooper was starred. Called upon to introduce the} distinguished guest who spoke at} banquet at Silver] Springs, I was in a quandry, won- dering whether I should refer to 2 as “Captain” or “Doctor’ Wassell. Taking the buli by the} Wage rates for experienced horn, I leaned over and asked the| operators are proportion- mealy, charming gentleman him- ately higher self. With a smile.on his face and a} twinkle in his eye, he brushed away the brass and the gold braid | with the simple remark: “I am an officer of the United Stat and still on duty, but I wa tor FIRST.” Frof then on he was “Doctor Wassell” to me and to the press! group that were fortunate enough} may have their advertine- HELP WANTED TELEPHONE OPERATORS WAGE INCREASE Learners now earn a mini- mum of $26.00 per week | for 48 hours work | | Frequent increases, addi- tional payment for evening, Sunday and holiday work MANY OTHER ADVANTAGES Let our Chief Operator, Mrs. McDermott, tell you the whole story during the convention and the bet-! more we learned to love and ad-| mire this gallant and modest Na- tional hero, whose concern for the injured men in his charge was so| great that he was willing to defy | Nav] Court Martial and death it-| self to stay with them. | i | Apply 9 to 5 at the TELEPHONE OFFICE It is not necessary for me to at- tempt here the famou: this man’s exploits, they will live in the Nation's recorded history| for all time. His gripping story tionwide Broad-| cast by the President of the Uni- ted States, reached additional mil-! lions throughout the world in Leading Manufacturer Medium Priced CARS and Commercial Vehicles Has Opening for DEALER in Key West picture, which was made by Cecil B. DeMille at the personal request of the Chief Executive. It is fitting indeed that Dr. Was- sell is making his public appear-} See EUS FRED J. DION 512 Simonton Street National War Fund, for the serv-! P.O. Box 869 ice to his fellow men that is the thme of hi ersonal life story is! simply amplified many thousands! Wanted—2 girls of times by the service to man eae erst: Baal throughout the world by the agen muiwiches. Night cies suported by the FUND. Tin band) sant Stox in Leaning against a table because} Paclwad oe i of a crippled leg, the aged Doctor} = ee held his audience practically} spellbound but not with oratory.| Although listed on the program as a “speaker”, | Wassell q “speak”. He simply much as he might have done h he been seated in our quiet voice seemed to f amazing effect on his ! | you could have heard a pin drop.} His simple manner of expre: and sincerity were impresive. Referring to the 42 injured men} under his care, most of them sur- vivors from the USS Marblehead.} as my “Buddies”, the Doctor) modestly gave those men the cre-| dit for the success of the seem-} dec13-10t Stenographer - T: Openings no three stenographers, typist. Fuil or ployment. App Enterprises, Inc., St. Blankets, spreads, luggage, me clothes. State prices. n- son Ft. Lauderdale. decl3-6tx Boy’s bicycle. Good condition.} Apply 1501 United Street. } decl7-2tx | J. Ogden, Parks, .6 Farraldo each; D. Perez, .461: Sweeting, .428: I. Lopez, Gu: eg th: I; 385 feucito and R. each; Joe Mira, J. Garcia, Hernandez each; Gos: Jar C. Vi Cruz and A. Lastres, C. Garcia, 312; Romero, Brost and J. Albur 300 each. , 1.000; ‘ o | > EROSION PROBLEM | Where the end of this groin once there was a low blat and | the groin was out of water four| hundred feet out. Since then the groin has partly been destroyed by storms and the flat has eroded away to an extent that there is fairly deep water where the flat w This erosion must be care- fully considered in planning for the beach, Mr. Porter said. Mr. Porter then pointed to the fact} | that the cistern which is just off| | the highway at the Boca Chica side of the Boca Chica bridge| | once was in the middle of a man- grove swamp and held fresh wa- | ter with the shoreline or beach +| 400 feet farther out to sea than z it is now. Four hundred feet out Miscellaneous | now there is a flat and sandy bar Most hor illa-| which is submerged at low tide. rent 3 > water is very shallow and Most two-base hi ddy going out to this flat and| P. Baker, James n drops right off. Mr. Porter erts, S. Lew ther pointed to serious erosion Castellano, 2 each round Rest Beach, which once} Most stolen bi was quite shallow well off shore Albury 3. : a nd now deep water runs right ees eines walked—T. Vald to the roc , Higgs 9 Most times d D and S. Lewis, .500} a and J. Villa- z | Valdez, .384 380: Malgrat, Sturtz, and J. Walker, M 375 368: s Mira, .352: , Jordan, J. Roberts, O. 333 ea s—P. Baker ce , ° . = z > GEOLOGIC EXPERIENCE a So that careful engineering s who have not struck) based on the geologic experience! ‘astellano, J. Garcia, Lou Key Westers and the present) Gonzalez, “Sue” Griffin, F. Tyne$. | geologic evidences will be a ma-} ZAalgrat. Joe Mira, —_ or and most important task of a "| the engineer who will plan the mero, J. Ogden, Rue Rod-) beach and declare Sot ecabeel riguez, T. Valdez, F. Baker, B.| the type of construction and loca- Roberts and Jim Albury tion. Most heartening to me though is that the “sun beach” } can be constructed with a deep} water pier running out to sea and} the casino and cabanas on good solid fill. Then it will be up to’ the engineers to see if the beach’ or rockbed cannot be dug out so} that an area of deep water will! exist not too far from shore. At} all event come these surveys all} parties now agree that a beautiful} Official tells realty men sales) project can result from the pro- of war plants encourage the! posed beach. And boy I'm real- RFC. ly looking forward to it. ckout—V_ of GOVERNED BY RULES New York.—Moroccean women's lives are governed by rules. Teeth to be brushed up and down and} not cross-ways, the Devil’s way; rouging includes the soles of the| feet; never blow out a candle;j never stroke any living thing. Miami Beach publicity agencies! CITY SPORTS Active or Passive Recreation DIAMONDBALL at Bayview Park Field (Night Games) THURSDAY 7:30—Outside Machinists Holsum Bread. 9:00—American Legion vs. Avi-! ation Civilians. BASKETBALL at High School Gymnasium (Night Games) MONDAY— 7:00—High School Lions. 8:15—Coca-Cola Lumber Co. 9:30—WKWF vs. Earthquakes. WEDNESDAY— 7:00—Convent Varsity vs. Con-} ent Alumnae. | 8:15—Key West Transit Co. vs. Miami Herald. 9:30—Sweeting’s Auto Service! vs. Miami Daily News. BASEBALL at Municipal Stadium | (Afternoon Games) | vs. Girls vs. vs. Lindsley SUNDAY— | Doubleheader to be announced.) eee RECREATION | Bayview Park — Shuffleboard,} tennis, basketball, and handball) courts. South Beach and Rest Beach— Swimming. Masonic Patio—Shuffleboard. Gulf Dock and Rest Beach— Deepsea fishing, small boats. Japanese midget submarines be- ing destroyed by Amezicans. Subscribe to Whe Citwzen. ingly hopeless situation, resul- tant rescue. He told how many of | the injured men owed their lives to the East Indian retive girl who gave her blood time end again in} direct transfusions, of the indom- | itable courage of the men themsel-} ves who elected to go on when the} odds were overwhelming against them. Vividly re described the; tragic scene on board the cver- crowded Dutch ship when it was straffed again and again ty Jap planes that came in at mast levels. He paid tribute to the galant Bri- tish commander, who held his fleeing column long enough to permit transporting the wounded American sailors to the port! where they were able to depart} for Australia. Explaining that} some parts of the motion picture} were fictional, he said that for the most part it contained no exagge-} ration and was fundamentaly co--| rect as to detail. He personal supervised the filming of the pic-} ture and was careful to see that this was so. Although he might/ have realized a magnificent sum in the form of royalties from bot the book and the picture, Doctor} Wassell chose to assign the entire} earnings from both to the organi- zation for Navy Relief. As a guest of Ray and David of Silver Springs, Dr. Wassell was taken on one of the glass bottom boats for his first view of the un- derwater fairy land and it is doubtful if any Springs visitor was} ever more enthusiastic over the exeperience than he. In fact, the good Doctor has “sand in his shoes” and told that when he retires from active duty in the Navy, he plans to make Florida his home. THREE MILES AN HOUR —s— Chicago,—The normal pace of a marching army is three miles an hour. But it is the practice during every hour to halt for 10 minutes so that the average rate of prog- ress of the column is two and <i half miles an hour. MISCELLANEOUS Refrigeration salcs and service. Repairs on all makes. All work! guaranteed. Mumford & Ross,| 220 Duval st., phone 333. nov22-Imo Used furniture bought and sold.| Key West Bedding Co., phone! 669, 515 Front st. Lawn mowers, saws, knives, sors sharpened. Sewing ma-} chines, small motors, suit cases, trunks, locks, etc., repaired. Keys duplicated. B. F. ell bell, 803 Simonton street. dec5-tf J. A. Myers, painting and decor ing contractor. Call at White st. or phone 290 for estimates. decll Clifford Kerr, painting contra: Specialty, interior and exter decorating. Roof pai terproofing and corking around windows on concrete bu’ Call at 222 Duval st. or phone 1155-J for free estimate. i dec13-6tx e. Also ki Phone Logs for open for the taking. Scvscececucccovcccese! ‘Classified Column | FOR SALE i RADIOS for CHRISTMAS ' Duval Radio and Sales | 211 Duval Street decl7-7t ale—Lady’s pre-war bicycle, tion. 311 Elizabeth deci7-1tx —One 1912 ft. Hacker- peedboat, 95 h.p. Ker- r moto’ $1,000.00 Mario, Mastic Ti decl2-5tx) newly-painted bi-| shape. Apt. 39-D! te High School), after dec13-3tx aint, guaranteed allon. There any price. decl5-1mo Dg at size 60° , near le. Apply at front or 143° on Division 1124 Di and car cheap. En- ulf Stream Parking Lot. decl4-3tx| iron hotel beds, springs| nattresses. Southern Cross dec14-3tx 4 mos. old. Liv. rm., bed suite, bunk| . di isc.| between dec17-3tx and 3-bedrcom bungalows, | furnished and unfurnished; small down payment, balance; payabl. monthly. Johnson & Johnson, Phone 332. decl-tf Full Body Floor Varnish: ue, $: gallon, none, Pierce deci5-Imo nd - painted tropical : ocal artist. An gift. Paul G. Francis st. dec15-20tx| i Chromium Fini | covers 30% ice than most of the! n paints. $5.40 per gal- Bros. decl5-Imo trees. Any size. a decl5-3tx! n-foot Aladdin house good condition. Can} en after 7 p.m. or Sun-} J. Bourget, Southern Park, 612 Simonton decl5-4tx i condition. J. C. John-| 416 Margaret street. decl5-3tx one dinette set, | rs, 2 extra tables, } Apply 14B, NAS. decl5-2tx Two double be: 2 porch 0.00. -built house trailer. All sleeps four. Excellent] nm. Priced to sell. 62-2 Place. decl5-3tx ~*! Furniture: Child’s youth bed, mas- ter bed, dinette set. Apt. 42-C,} NAS. dec15-2tx Trailer and porch, completely} shed, running water, bi- garage, fence enclosure. $150. Mastic Trailer} United street. gecls Kicker, 24 hp. Price} Apply Mrs. T. R. Rob-} Mastic Court, United st. decl4-3tx } niture. Inquire at} } Housing. deci7-3tx} South? rtello Towers section, ‘al good buys i A. J. Mills, r decl7-3t scooter. Excellent otor. $175.00. 1327 decI7-3tx e 1093. decl7-3tx eS ee ! Minneapolis +, arms, but disposes of large sur decl4-3t| i For Hire—Truck, general moving. | : J. C. Ramsey, 709 Whitmarsh/APattment on William street. Lane. Temporary phone, 444, Electric frigidaire, private kitch- from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. en and bath. Apply from 5 to! dec-Imo| 7 1224 Duval street. dec7-tf PERSONAL H r = apartment. Apply? | Leaving for Atlanta Tue: 1925 Flagler Ave.) noon. Will give transportation decl7-3tx } to refined woman or couple for | companionship. Call 362 i Petronia st. In- 2 Petronia st. H decl7-3tx H furnished. Apply st. or phone 846-J. decl7-1tx! 1128} Howard piano. $125. 7 i st. decl4-3tx PAGE THREE TEMPERATURES | | t Temperature data for the 24 hours THE WEATHER ending 7:30 a.m. i - Highest Lowest | FORECAST Station last 24 hours last night! Sg Atlanta 32 Tous We Ney : oooN Boston 10 n d rather Brownsville 59 generally ner tonight h north to 69 Charleston 41 27 Chicago Detroit Galveston Jacksonville - KEY WEST K. W. Airport Miami > re continued fion today and freezing tempera- north and tonight; cloudy and ew Orleans New York Pensacola =. Pittsburgh Tampa _ ALL WERE SOLDIE Be through Florida If: Gentie to nox Milwaukee,—In the man canstitution the ci of them soldiers, were according to the equi their means made pc diers in early armies themselves. mally the Florida tonight, be- » fresh north- generally portion, portion. palachicola: Great Britain retains lus. Full study of medical care i urged by new head of the AMA. FOR RENT . da, Dec. 17, 1945 Detective stories, romances, biog- | Observ tion taken at 7:30 am. raphies, all the best new books, | Eastern Standard Time some for 5c per day, many for’ (City Office) only 10c for a whole week. Paul Temperatures Smith, Bookseller, cor. Simon-; Hi last 24 hours ton and Eaton streets. Lo decl-tf; Mean No 2 Precipitation 24 hours ending inches ll since Dec. 1, Clean apts. for coupl $25 month, near com ary, Ashby st., cor. of Washi Call after 6 p.m. or Si 1417! Rainfall, gton.| 8:30 z ine ency decl4-3t} since Dec. 1 Light housekeeping rooms. 626; inches Grinnell. decl4-6tx ; Total rainfall since Jan. 1, | inches ies| Excess nehes Relative Humidity With the cessation of host since January 1, many war workers are r | ing to their permanent elsewhere. We are soliciting applications for one, two and three bedroom apartments— Su especially for 1-bedroom apart-'S ments, with frigidaire and ker Moonris« sene range. As these are Low Moonset am. Rent Projects we may accept! Full Moon 9:17 pam only applications from famil Tomorrow's Tides whose annual family income (Naval Base) does not exceed $2100. Joseph High Tide Low Tide Yates Porter Place, Fort Vil- 9:47 a 3:04 a.m. lage. dec15-6t 8:58 p.m. 2:30 p.m. homes ‘7 a.m. p.m. p.m. f by LYNETTE TOILET WATER $2 CONCENTRATE $4.50 to $7.50 Also available in Perfume POLLOCK’S, Quality Jewelers 524 Southard Street * Opposite Bus Station See Our W Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service MIAMI AND KEY WEST Also Serving All Points On Florida Keys Between Miami and Key West Express Schedale: (NO STOPS EN ROUTE) tives at Miami at 12:00 o'clock Mid- night. LEA’ MIAMI DAILY YS) at 12:00 o'clock Midnight ~ Lg ices Local Schedale: {Stops At All Intermediate Points) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 8:00 o'clock AM am arrives at Miami et 4:00 o'clock P_ LEAVES MIAM{ DAILY (EXCEPi SUNDAYS) at 9:00 o'clock AM and — at Key West et 5:00 o'clock i i i t 1 i FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline Street Phones: 82 and 88 WAREHOUSE: Corner Eaton and Francis Streets