The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 26, 1945, Page 4

“£GB FOUR VI VV VV VV OOTY CORAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. SPIRITUAL FOOD By J. W. R. AMARA BARAAABDADDADADAENADAAAAAEAAEEEES HISTORY LESSON History 1s a great instruc-) tor and looking over Judge Browne’s History of Key West, | Page 136, there are these para- graphs: “In 1907 Key West had} thirty-eight licensed saloons. | One-third of the population be-} longed to the Latin races whol drink mild wines and beer, but rarely to excess. Here the lig- uor traffic seemed safe from molestation. Suddenly an agi- tation was begun for a test of} strength between the two forc- es. Rev. First Methodist Church, took the lead, heartily supported by Rev. Charles T. Stout, the Epis- copal clergyman, Rev. M. A. Clouts of the Baptist church, and all the other Protestant ministers on the island. es | LEGIOS PETITION | Petitions were then circulat- ed asking the county commis- sioners to call an election to determine if the saloons shouli continue in Key West, and be- fore the whiskey people realized the strength of the movement, the requisite twenty-five per- cent of the registered voters had signed the petitions, and the election called for Novemter ; 4, 1907. ° ° BITTER CAMPAIGN The campaign was a bit- ter one. Besides the ministers of the gospel, Hons. Jefferson B. Browne, William A. Ma- lont, Jr., Allen E. Curry and George L. Babcock took the stump for the anti-saloon side, and Hon. J. N. Fogarty, mayor,‘ George G. Brooks and E. M. Sample, for the wets. Rev. W. J. Carpenter of the Methodist Conferenfe of Florida, and Rev. John A. ‘Wray of the Bap- tist church came to Key West and made powerful anti-saloon speeches. A joint debate be-; tween Rev. Mr. Carpenter and Hon. Robert McNamee of Tam- pa, in Jackson Square, was at-j tended by the largest audience ever assembled in Key West. e e WETS CARRY The “Wets” carried the county by forty-eight majority. ° ° CRIME INCREASES “Mr. Albert F. Shultz was Campaign manager of the anti-saloon campaign and much credit is due him for his work in that capacity. The whiskey People did not take out licenses’ when due on October first, and; all saloons were closed during! that month and for six days in November. During the period the saloons were : closed, there were fifteen cases in the police court; in the month of Septem-| ber there , were sixty-two, and | for the twenty- four days in November, there were seventy-| three. ° DATE SLIPUP Here’s the inside on the! messup of all papers on the Da- | vid King story. As you know, The Citizen, by keeping its ea to the ground, was first to pre- dict that King would be the city | manager. This paper also de-} termined that the city commis-! sion of Berkeley, Michigan, had j; granted King his release and that he would report to work in Key West today. (By the w: he’s expected in at 2 this after- noon.) Then suddenly Mayor; Demeritt received a letter stat- ing that King would not be re-}{ leased by the Michigan com- mission and all papers carried a Stoty that King was out of the running for Key West’s city manager. Then our “Dr. John-| son” of The Citizen, editor Sam} Harris got busy. He ran woes a tip that King was actually} packing his bags Monday prep- aratory to coming to Key West.; Checking further with commis. | sioner Sweeting, Sam urged a telephone call and it was then that King revealed the letter was written December 17 and that it had been delayed in the mails. ir ay,! ° ° KEY WEST FOLDER Florida Motor Lines wrote The Citizen recently and asked for its two pictures, both of them serial views. one on entering Key West and another on leav- ing Lower Matecumbe. These photos were printed in the Overseas Highway Souvenir Edition. Unfortunately, no prints were available, but this column scouted uD some __ interesting shots for Chamber of Commerce Secretarv. Singleton and pre- sented them to him for noss‘ble purchase and mail on. The last FML folder was printed in blue and red on slick white paper and showed the buccaneer grounds of Kev West. Free ad- vertising for the price of a few Photos. Incidentally. I under- stand that the Hotel Association’ is getting up a folder showing E. A. Harrison, of the! , Planted my lusty branches ) Key West's hotels and a num-| ‘ber of large shots of the city} |to be distributed. Incidentally | |for photo minded people the ex-} hibition by servicemen at Jack-/| |son Square USO is a honey. One} picture of grunts laid on a dock | tied with a string is superb.) Another is of Key West’s light- ; house and another of two sabe jed dock ane uso puBLiciTé * | | Want some more free publicity. i |Here’s a telegram to The Citi- Christmas Day has come and| the birth of Jesus Christ is just} as important in June as it is in} December. In fact, itis full of| meaning to the believer every day} of the year. And so this column} reproduces below a Christmas} contribution sent in by one of its) readers, Mrs. Gracie Elwood. The/ writer wishes to explain to Mrs.} Elwood that he has just come in} ' possession of the contribution. The letter containing the thoughts} below had been misplaced. zen from Pattie S. Smith, USO} z Public I for: Mrs. Elwood writes: i aa eaters me anne “There is no story that ever was; tion, 350 Fifth Avenue, N. Y. zs told that can grip the hearts of} i“We have asked New York offi- |“ ale = Epes ted P. United | YOURS and old alike as the story Eee Sen Tateeetioea meee {che costes en oreo Service and all New York dail-| 3 1 like to picture in my mind} ithe young Jewish maiden, Mary,}| Hea ao ES Se ae when the Angel Gabriel made the local correspondents if possible ! i tion. to her that} (of the swap of Christmas. din- gee: cies bag — ners between the Presque Isle, she was to be the mother of_this} : : | wonderful baby. Soni teas ot a pies “I know her heart must have re . Also wired city f fluttered with holy joy at the, editors all Miami and Key West thought. She said in her song of Papers plus those in Bangor, | A : . thanksgiving, ‘From henceforth} Maine. Life magazine cannot | aj] generations shall call me bless- cover.” If there were only more e ed’ go-get-um after this sort of free “There were many things that advertising. | came to pass at the birth of Jesus} | that puzzled Mary, but she kept} KEY WEST ‘POETRY | them all to herself and pondered Hope shortly to have more/ them im her heart. There is no poetry from the magic pens of! other birthday in all the world S. C. Singleton, secretary of the | | kept like the birthday of Jesus. {Chamber of Commerce, and_| In every nation on earth there are Barbara Greene. These two tal-| people who celebrate His birth. ented poets write of Key West| “The Wise Men came from afar straight from the heart. looking for this wonderiul Christ Here’s one entitled “Red Hi-| Child, and when they found Him. | biscus” by Steve Singleton: they rejoiced and gave Him gifts I am the Red Hibiscus: | of gold, frankincense and myrth.| vi that With those strong pioneers who “It is indeed a wise person built this State | finds Jesus toda’ I have kept step along the trail Let us all aie and thank From home, to home. | God that He “so loved the world) There have been times when | that He gave His Only Begotten their tired eyes | » Saw naught of grace or beauty oS Save my red badge of courage. In her letter to the editor con- Day by day, my vigor gave them | taining this contribution to “Spir- strength; | itual Food”, Mrs. Elwood wrote:} And, ever as they -marched, | “Your paper is so much more in- Brave women with toil-hardened | teresting since you have the hands, | “Coral Rockets” and “Spiritual | Food” columns. Keep them go- ing.” Thank you, Mrs. Elwood. And saw in me a promise as Ij waved Seat an thi ‘ibutions to this column My red flag of defiance Soa pataieie ren eDiceectins To all the sombre wilderness. | “iige your name, which will not And when beside a cabin door, |} "used if you so desire. My scarlet trumpets ‘glowed, | iy The sullen jungle owned defeat: For, by my sign it was cael | Annex. 1 ; wore jing were Kitty aece e_.? ee By PATRICIA gone but the spiritual value of PRAISE COLORFULLY DRESSED AND HERE IS some High School} Snapper news: LAST CHAPEL program was! turned over to Mrs. Stark’s} | speech class which presented an| open forum on compulsory mili- | |tary training. Questions were directed at a board of experts! which included Fred Miller, Jr, Margaret - Pettis, Kenneth Kerr, Tom Dion and Tom Howes. | Ww ERK CONGRATULATIONS sopho- ! mores on your first dance at the KEK COMING ELECTION fer the student council is filling the air. ; wk KK OPENING basketball game of the season brought out many fans. It had a new and wonder- {ful attraction consisting of six Doreén Cruz, ! Jean Porter, Jackie Fleitas, | Dorothy Hobbs, Cathy Jeffers and John Monsalvatge. Captain cheer — leaders, |of. the cheer leaders Dorothy Hobbs wore a gray sweater and | red skirt, with the: school letters on the sweater. Other four girls red sweaters -and gray skirts. John wore a’ white out- fit with the school red letter. The bleachers were a pretty sight. Joyce Mulberg, our school president, looked particularly i pretty in a red suit and gay sweater :and yellow skirt. Boys on the team had new. uniforms | of white and’ red. ‘Others in the bleachers who looked outstand- S, Betty Mc- Guire and Raymond M. Maloney, Jr., Rita Hulsman and Edward Johnson. z j x * PAGE * FASHION emphasis SOCIETY *Miami Beach High School .) Several substitutes. !ports balance of $24.12 jend of that time, received the Berkeley re’ sophistication | had decided to co: sequin | 2s he informed C: er Clarence Sweeting early Mon- trimmed | day evening. taffeta for the demure little | teen agers for plus. One may wear studded crepe. For the sporty type a wool jersey to the commission stating that he would be unable to come to Key PHONE 535) West because of his inability to eorcccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccocccccccecs | cet a release from the city com- | mission Berkele: letter was five d PEPPY HIGH SCHOOL CHEER LEADERS) i; destination, and. before WEDNESDAY TRYING OUT SONG DAVID KING (Continued from Page One) Cleveland { Montever {in 164 cantata, Does your child need Mich. That in nr Mr. King had‘ with nailheads. Wk * JANUARY 4th there will be eeecces a home basketball game with at the Gymnasium. . & * STUDENT COUNCIL treasury report showed $24.61 plus the $20 used to finance the Victory Bond and Stamp Drive. Faye | Roberts reported that $671 has! been sold in the Bond drive up} to December 3. Executive offi- | cers Judy Doughtry and Vincent Molina were named nominating | committee for next year’s offi-| cers. KKK | NINE A 1 and 2 held a very! a laxative? Give FLETCHER’S CASTORIA! COMING SOON! WATCH FOR IT! STRAND THEATER ROBERT LAWERY in |\“DANGEROUS PASSAGE” Coming: “Call of the Wild” enjoyable classroom meeting. Refreshmnets were served. Miss| Nicely is the new teacher for the classes. 8B1 class has been} ‘holding meetings every Friday | morning with short programs presented. Seven B 3 class has/ to date had four teachers andj Mrs. Calea-/ gano gave the class a beach party recently. | xk | GYM CLASSES for the 4th, | 5th and 6th periods of each dav are scheduled for the 8A2 boys. Coach Hoffmeister has given up teaching literature and will de- vote his full time to the gym classes. Mrs. Hoffmeister is d ing fine work with the gi classes. Athletic Association in the i treasury. Genevieve Hedges Engaged To. Almyda | Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Hedges! of Indianapolis, Indiana, and of this citys announce the engage-; { ment of their daughter, Gene. vieve, to Armand A. Almyda, yeo. man second class. United States! Coast Guard Reserve, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Almyda, 311 Pea- |CANNADYS COME HERE FOR VISIT Among Snes recent arriv Key West to spend the Chr | holidays were Mr. and Mrs. Paul} ! Cannady of Miami. They were! accomnanied on the trip by their daughter. Mrs. Cannady, who is a sister of Mrs. Ethel Roberts of South: street, was before r MONROE THEATER PRESTON FOSTER in “BERMUDA MYSTERY” Coming: “Lifeboat” Get Fietc Castorm at your drugstore t Look for the green band and laboratory contrel number on the package Fietcher’s Castoria is the laxa- tive to give your child because it is made especially for children. 20,000 PAIRS It’s safe and gentle——as a child's laxative should be—and it works thoroughly and effectively. Always take « laxative only as directed on the package or by your rh, There are no harsh drugs in "OO" Fletcher's Castoria. It will not cause griping or discomfort. Moreover, Fletcher's Castoria is pleasant -tasting. Children like it, so you don’t have to fight with your child to get it down. PRESCRIBED FOR IN THE PAST 14 YEARS RAY BAN SUN GLASSES BAUSCH & LOMB That not more transients paused | To loot the forest and pags on But that a home would sl abide When weaker dismayed Laid down died, Affrighted at the wilderness, My flaming pillar led men on Into their Land of Promise And gardens rallied round my faith. planted things, their heads and} NAVY BASE NEWS | 26 HOME = | In accordance with AlNav of |} Dec. 9, directing that personnel eligible for discharge on or be- | fore 31 December, be processed \for separation beginning on 10 | December in order. to spend} | Christmas at home, 22 enlisted }men and 4 WAVES from NOB! got orders this week to Separa- i con Lane, Key West. } Elsie Thompson, Sense Date of the wedding has not! Addie Thompson of W! hitehead | been announced as yet. Yeoman: street. | rans cae" | LEGION POST WELL MEET THIS EVENING! SOCIAL CALENDAR | H ——— | A regular meeting of Arthur ‘Sawyer Post No. 28, American THURSDAY | Legion, will be held this even-| Junior Woman's Club. 8:00, ing at 8 o'clock in the Legion p.m. Womare ee bhpure: |Home, corner White and South- * | er gent, he says to me, Josephus, In the hearts of | tion Centers. | WAVES INVADE DEVLANT | WAVES first invaded AsDev- |Lant. the organization now oc- cupying the Navy Section Base, | in May with the arrival of two} Yeomen followed about a {month later by two research) | Who is it calls my dauntless technicians, and later still by scarlet, “common”, two more from Boot School who And would supplant me with together with Lieut. (jg) Agnes reluctant flowers Baird, Communications Officer, To grace decadent luxury? Not|complete the WAVE Division any Pioneer! | there. their hearts with} Where to quarter seven blood as red, WAVES on a base capable of As common, as my blossoms are, handling 50 or more. That was Let those who love bought] problem number 8,888. The reg- service | ular barracks were too large} Bribe uncommon flowers with, and would require a separate} hireling labor, piblic address system so the} But those whose trails led girls could talk to each other! Uproot me? Pioneers My roots are twined; and, while | men Take pride in memory of bitter struggle, Like coals upon a heartstone Will I glow about their homes. For pulse Where the road now runs |The first two that landed (liter: See in my vivid flame ally. by plane) in Key West The Undimmed light of home. swept (and scrubbed) into ac-| tion. By sundown the former Spar | THE LOW DOWN: Officers’ Quarters were ready,| jin college dormitory style, for} | the full de¥achment of Navy | | WAVES! After sharing real rug- several months in Port Ever-| You know, gettin’ a compliment} glades, Ft. Lauderdale. the fe- from a banker is some . {male complement of AsDevLant | just got one—so I ita ly had finally obtained a home} away from home. It may be some spell before I get) The WAVES have also aaa another, if ever. Well, this bank-| covered how conveniently close | trouble Cuba is and have taken advan-| tage of a good way to Christmas | shop and have fun, too. you get around some, tell me, he says, what there is to this “take- home-pay” I been reading about | —I would like to try takin’ some home, he says. Ed, I says—everybody calls him} Ed—I didn’t know that bankers read fairy stories. There is no! such animal, I says, as “take-| j home-pay”"—I mean where you take it home and keep much of! it, if that is w hat. you got in mind.} “Take-home-pay” is a slogan. It} sounds skookum. And if you are head-man down at the Labor} Temple, it helps you keep your} job. Or if you are a senator you; can make speeches on same ant it has been helping on votes, or anyway they been thinking so up} to recent-like. But with new elec- tions in the offing, it is looking) different as more people get st GARDNER'S —— —and registered. Advisin’ a banker, brother, it is oe | hard to keep the buttons on my | vest. Yours with the low down, | JO SERRA. RELIEF FOR ACID\ INDIGESTION Christmas Tree Program. p.m. Sunday School cel First Methodist Church. ALBURYS COME TO CITY FOR VISIT, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Albury | were among the late arrivals in Key West to ‘spend the holiday! season. Mr. Albury was formerly con- nected with the Lighthouse De- partment in Key West. KEY WEST PALMS SENT JAX. HOTEL | Six coconut ait cae have pect ent the Hotel De Soto in Jack- sonville, Florida, Secretary S. C. Singleton, of the Chamber off Commerce, announces. 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