The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 8, 1946, Page 3

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1946 a Baseball © Diamondball Football Tennis Basketball Golf Swimming Track CONCH NETTERS TO TAKE ON REDLAND FRIDAY NIGHT REDLAND HAS BEATEN| HOMESTEAD; KEY WEST FIVE BECOMES “B” CLASS, TEAM By FRED MILLER, Jr. | Tt 1 school basketball | second road { season on| f this week. It will be ame trip. This game will yed in the Redland High| 1 Gym., Friday night all indications Redland od t this year. It ten badly tk Miami rly in the season, but n has improved quite a beat Homestead, which} excellent team, | beat the Havana} team, which _ is| schools | 1 take its current father | s still seeking its after two defeats s of Miami Be: been establ is no longer school from a The grading ed this year. The | chools in the s at} highe it number of boys This in- , Miami Sen-! . Miami ‘Edison, Andrew | and Ponce de Leon in area 64 next largest schools’ made “B” class. Key West in this category. The only r B class schools in this area} we know of at this time} Gesu of Miami and Fort -auderdale. Homestead and Redland are C ss schools this year. an CIVILIAN WAR WORKERS HAVE NEW BALL CLUB' SOME OF FORMER CITY'S BEST PLAYERS ON NEW) BASEBALL TEAM; HOPE FOR HAVANA GAME r of civilian war work-}| € city are forming a base- 1 to play anything in the} mong the players are active perform- ity at present. the civilian workers Naval Operating, 1 become members | best att Aurelio Las- rabriel La Mario Hernan- , Bubber Sweeting, Machin, Jim Albury, Clark, Fernandez, g, Graham, Chas. andez = will ng manager be and captain, | Graham! », with a little practice, d to beat, sports en- writer, nge a game! in outfit from} ilated > University Sta-} ana recetly. He hopes ne for the new ci- as FOR FIRST. PLACE MACHINISTS AND B29'S MUST| WIN TONIGHT TO RETAIN | HOLD ON TOP RUNG | chinists of NOB and! s are tied for the top| ay different teams to-| . must win to hold on} > position. the Machinists and e out victorious, a] result to decide the; will tangle with Hol-/ | runs, | runs, | produced 38 hits for | age of . 'MARAUDERS AND PANTHERS BALL RECORDS SHOWN FORMER CLUB HAD .215 AVE.:| LATTER CLUB HAD .288 AVE.; AGUILAR REVIEWS 1945 ACTION By AGUILAR In continuing our review of softball activities in Key West during 1945, we have up for dis cussion today the players on the former Marauders and Panthers. Here’s how the players’ bat- ting avérages stacked up for the; | games they played: Marauders Joe Fleitas, 18 times at bat, four runs and. two hits, .111. A. Lastres, 20 times at bat, four) runs and four hits, .200. Demeritt, 19 times at bat, six] runs, five hits, .263. Register, six time: run and one hit, .166. Rodriguez, 11 tim three hits, .272. F andez, 1 times at bat, three runs and four hits, .210. Guerra, 16 times at bat, two] runs and four hits, .250. Castro, twice at bat, .000. Nestor, twice at bat, .000. Albury, twice at bat, .000. Gar twelve times at bat, two five hits, .416. Fornes, 16 times. at bat, two. runs, four hits, .250. Alonzo, 12 times at bat, four hits, .333. J. Fernandez, 14 times at bat, two runs, one hit, .071. A. Garcia, three times at bat, one run, one hit, .333. Valdez, once at bat, .000. A team, the players went to times, scored 31 runs and am averagé: i at bat, one} at bat, two} ru two} bat 17. of .215. Panthers Oroposa, 13 times at bat, runs, one hit, .084. W. Collins, eight times at bat, three runs, one hit, .125. G. Richardson, 14 times at bat, two runs, six hits, .428. Charlow, 13 times at bat, five runs, three hits, .214. Brill, seven times runs, one hit, .142. K. Kerr, 10 times at bat, six runs, five hits, .500. | Herrick, twice at bat, four runs, one hit, .500. C. Herrings, three runs, two at bat, no 11 times at bat, hits, .545. Thompson, 15 times at bat, thfée runs, ‘three hits, .200. gi Artas14 times at bat, four runs, four hitp, .285. Williams, -@00. Arthur, once at bat, one hit, one run, 1.000. Patterson, twice at bat, no runs, one hit, 0. . Richardson, runs, no hits, .000. L. Casado, six times at bat, two runs, one hit, .166. Osterhoudt, seven times at bat, one run, two hi & The club as a whole went to bat 125 tim: ‘ored 36 runs and produced 36 hits for a team aver- 88. once at bat, no DUPLICATE TAX FIGURE Due to a figure being duplicated in yesterday’s Citizen, the total of monies collected by Finance Department Head Charles Roberts ended up with $54,809.11, instead of $32,800.12. The figure duplicated was the net taxes of $22,008.99. sum Bread and the Bombers with the Newsmen. Players who have a chance to cop the batting crown are D. Per- ez, Jim Albury, S. Lewis and M. ; Hernandez. In another story on this page, s| the leading softball hitters of the are listed and it will be noticed four other players have higher averages than the four mentioned} above. However, the first four mentioned in the listing have not played in enough games to show that their averages are consistent. The players mentioned above as in the race for the crown have played in half or more than half jof the games their teams have | each; engaged in to date. THE KEY ss dat tateteeetata dda dndad tetatotn tnt trtntetad.tntntntadrntatadndnd CORAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. AAsAsAAssAsAsessasAsMBAsAsAARALEELA ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER county, Mr, Pincer periormed the Look for appointment of Mrs.! duties uf two offices for less pay White, former secretary to the} than what one official in the} Recreation Division Superinten-) county receives for doing only) dent, to take the job of assistant] one-half the work. H to city Finance Head Charles} e ° Roberts. Mrs. White has been in} SMOKE YARDS charge of the books for the Rec-| Residents continue to burn} reation Division. E. J. O. Rob-| trash and limbs and leaves in erts will probably be Sexist their yards, which is contrary to} comptroller. You can scotch alilj city ordinance. There are many | rumors that Charles Roberts, city; persons allergic to smoke and as) finance head, has ever thought of; the houses in Key West are quite! resigning under the present city| close to each other, when some-| management. Mr. Roberts has} one burns trash in a back yard) had years of training in municipal} the smoke is almost certain to go} accounting and likes his job very] into the neighbor’s house. ‘Al much, great many neighbors suffer in| silence rather than raise a fuss] about these ones: e ji e e DION FOR ASSESSOR? No one knows just yet who the’ new city tax assessor will be.! BABY BOOKS There have been a number of ap- Here are some notes as to fur- plicants for the job and Manager, ther stuff you should be getting King has changed the appoint-' soon, as taken from OPA releases ment date from today to probably from the Miami office. Begin- Thursday. Name of Fred Dion,' ning January 1 consumers, indus- who is well versed in local real trial and institutional users of estate ahd has several develop-' sugar in South Florida will apply ments in the city to his credit, has to the District office in Miami. been mentioned. But nothing is, Likewise, veterans’ and babies’ definite at this time. new books. Sugar Stamp No. 39 e e is valid January 1 for five pounds SAM B. PINDER of sugar. This period goes through There has been quite a lot of, April 30. Only 300,000 tons of adverse comment about the pub-| sugar from Cuba and Puerto Rico lished report Mr. Pinder has been! are available in “carry over” veraging $450 a month as tax! stocks from last year . . . Kero- collector-assessor under the old sene goes up temporarily half a city council and now under the''cent a gallon, two-tenths of a city commission-manager form of cént’for 2, 3, 4 fuel oils. .This is government as tax collector, Those’ doné’ $o’'more fuel oil and less who are making these detrimental, gasoline will be produced .. . remarks about Mr. Pinder’s re-; small pre-war appliances will re- muneration do not take into con-' turn at pre-war prices . . . cloth- sideration the amount paid by the ing prices have increased 50 per- county oe Performing the same, cent. But this is nothing compar- duties. Pinder’s total earn-; ed to ma happened after World ings are sae over $5,000.) War Spuds are plentiful At the same time under the old . a erRtey pine wood is being city council he assumed the duties’ increased 4.7 percent, which is an of a collector and assessor. In the average of $1.25 per 1,000 board! county, Howard Wilson is guar- feet. No increases for the consum- anteed a salary of $6,000 as col-! er. Retail dealers are required lector and Claude Gandolfo is also' to absorb this increase . . . No guaranteed $6,000 as assessor.’ controls on citrus products, huge These two salaries alone total crop. $12,000. Each of these offices has! its own assistants, who also are MEDIUM- PRICED FURNITURE paid livable salaries. Another{| Average weekly take-home of thing, when Mr. Wilson closes his pay from factory workers during books they are turned over to the war was $46 as compared to Clerk Ross C. Sawyer, who then $23.86 in 1939 . . . 1944 corpora- assumes all duties of collecting tion taxes highest in history, delinquent taxes until the books higher than in 1929... By next are opened the following tax year. | spring you will be seeing some Meanwhile, Mr. Wilson continues of the new, low priced and me- to receive two percent of all de-| dium priced furniture you haven't linquent taxes collected by the seen since the war with OPA county clerk, although the tax ceiling prices. collector has nothing whatever to} e ° do with their collection, On the’ LECTURER GETS MATERIAL other hand, Mr. Pinder collected! Mrs. Margaret Mitchell, Miss current taxes and also all delin-, Lacedonia before marriage, is quent taxes. He earned his two! working up a trip.of a well-known percent fee the hard way. Do lecturer here in which he will you think, in the light of all this,! gather material for his,. future that he didn’t earn all he received! lectures. All the gentleman through the two percent? Re-! wishes is a fishing trip arranged member, also, the city never) for him and someone to show him guaranteed him any stated sal- ary. He made what he could re- gardless of the number of hours it required of his time above the; regular working hours. In com-} paring the salaries paid by the OGDEN LEADS SOFTBALL BAT. MEN; 1.000 HELLIWIG NEXT WITH .750; PARKS HITTING .625: OTH- ER BATTING AVERAGES GIVEN so that he can gather material and he will include Key West in- formation in his lectures. Hear Mrs. Mitchell has just about ar- ranged the fishing trip and is go- ing after the tour information. ® o BOTANICAL GARDENS AND COUNTRY CLUB (Stock Island) In greenhouses here (not hot houses) are housed thousands of the tropical specimens of palm, cacti, and tropical bloom in- digenous to the Keys and tropical countries. Here are beautiful walks of coral rock in a grassy plot. Shade trees cover the grounds. Farther down the road CITY SPORTS Every Type of Play Released today are averages of the leading nitters in the City Softball League.» Pedro Aguilar, official scorekeeper, includes con- tests in the winter schedule up to January 7. The leader, with a .250 average above the runner-up, is J. Ogden, who is batting a perfect 1.000. In second place is Helliwig with a mark of .750, followed closely by Parks, .625. Averages of other leading hit- ters: Aritas, .500; Dario Perez and Jim Albury, .461 each; J. Walker, .444; M. Hernandez, .428; S. Lewis, .411; Curi Garcia, J. Villareal and Guerra, .400 each; M. Lopez, .388; Sturtz, .384; Goss and T. Valdez, .368 each; Farraldo, .363; Liucilo, .357; Joe Mira, James Mira and A. Mira, .333 each; Sweeting, R. Valdez, Vidal and Castellano, 383 each. Players who are hitting .250 or better, but not above .307, in- clude: Rueda and J. Roberts, .307 each; Malgrat, Romero and Brost, .300 DIAMONDBALL at Bayview Park Field (Night Games) TUESDAY— 7:30—Holsum Bread vs. chinists. 9:00—B-29’s_ vs. News. BASKETBALL at High School Gymnasium (Night. Games) TUESDAY— 7:00—Miami Herald vs. Coca- - Cola. 8:00—Lions vs. High School. 9:00—WKWF vs. Earthquakers. WEDNESDAY— 7:30—Lindsley Lumber Co. vs. Key West Transit Co. 8:30—Carbonell’s Luncheonette vs. Sweeting’s Auto Serv- ice. BASEBALL at Municipal Stadium (Afternoon Games) ¢ SUNDAY— To be announced. eee RECREATION Bayview Park—Tennis, basket- ball and handball courts. Dia- mondball. Comfort stations. * South Beach and Rest Beach— Swimming. Masonic Patio—Shuffleboard. Gulf Dock and Rest Beach— Ma- Miami Daily Diaz, .285; P. Valdez, Machin, P. Baker, Carey and A. Lastres, .277 each; Shepperd, .266; N. Albury, .263; B. Roberts, Torres, J. Lewis and the points of interest of the city] WEST CITIZEN is the Key West Country Club] and the southernmost golf. course} in the country. On it you can | drive from in sight of the Gulf of. Mexico. on some holes and on j others you can be in sight of the; Atlantic Ocean. The nine-hole! | course is “extremely sporty with high, rolling greens and bunkered | fairways. There are many nat-! ural cascar ROCK HOUSE (South and Reynolds) The wonder of this home is tha’ there is not a piece of wood in it excepting the doors and window panes. * It is built of the loose! | surface rock found on the island around 1900 by a photographer,! | William Harrison, who designed; it as a shop with studios, pee rooms and living quarters. It has} gone through three major hurri-) canes and not a crack has ap- peared. Notice the upstairs and downstairs verandas and arches. Plaster lines the walls. Twenty-Six Navy Years Navy Photo . LIEUTENANT (jg) ARTHUR / S. IRVIN Officer-in-Charge of Sonar Operiations of Fleet Sonar School Advertisements manger this will be inserted in The Citize: the rate of 2¢ a word tor each inser- tion, but the minimum charge for ‘he first 25 words or lexs in 0c. Phe rate for vinewtace ty word and the minimum the first 15 words or less Payment 10F classitied ments is invariably in a reguiar advertisers with ledger ac-| counts may have their advertise- ments charged. To insure publication, copy musi be in the office before 11 o'clock on} the day of publication, | HELP WANTED TELEPHONE OPERATORS WAGE INCREASE Learners now earn a mini- mum of $26.00 per week for 48 hours work Wage rates for experienced operators are proportion- ately higher 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 Apply 9 to 5 at the TELEPHONE OFFICE i jan1-tf Helper wanted. Pepe’s Cafe. 202 Duval st. jan7-3tx = 2 girls, nights, 4 to 11 p.m. Foun-! tain girl and sandwich girl. Ap- ply Land O’ Sun, 1001 Division st. jan8-3t a ee eee * SITUATION WANTED I have $1,000.00, a bookkeeping and general office background youth 28, am ambitioys. Wish to invest them all with an alert, progressive firm where hard work and intelligence will earn commensurate returns. Write Box S.K., c/o Key West Citi- zen. jan4-10tx WANTED Phone 1083. House trailer. ; jan5-3tx Laundry work. If bundles are brought to my home. Mrs. Reba Albury, 1010 Olivia st. jan8-2tx MISCELLANEOUS Refrigeration sales and service. Repairs on ali makes. All work guaranteed. Mumford & Ross, 220 Duval st., phone 333. dec22-1mo Used furniture bought and sold. Key West Bedding Co., phone 669, 515 Front st. jan1-tf Lawn mowers, saws, knives, scis- sors sharpened. Sewing ma- chines, small motors, suit cases, trunks, locks, etc., repaired. Keys duplicated. B. F. Camp- bell, 928 Division street. jani-1mo | Picture framing, diplomas, cer- tificates, photos, DiNegro’s Stu- dio, 614 Francis st. phone 1197-M. janl-1mo. B cbc ae LL sete i ERY FOR SALE 2-— and 3-bedroom bungalows, and unfurnished: small down payment, balance payable monthly. Johnson &. Johnson, Phone 372. janl-tf Vita Var Super Chromium Finish’ Aluminum Paint, covers 30% more surface than most of the! aluminum paints. $5.40 per gal- Ton. Pierce Bros. decl5-1mo Roman, .250 each. Deepsea fishing, small boats. Three-bedroom house. Furnished. Apply 1016 James st. jan5-3tx| | Library copies of current best Radiance roses. Vita Var House Paint, guaranteed 100% pure. $3.25 gallon. There is‘nohe finer at any price. Pierce Bros, decl5-1mo Baby crib, mattress, double bed,| porcelain top kitchen table, other household goods. 10-A,} Naval. Housing Project. jang-. 2x Fresh eggs, battery raised fryers, | roasting ‘hens, dressed’ while you wait. 919 Southard st. jan8-4t} Sorry we were out of “Lustretile” for a couple of weeks due to} the great demand. Today we} received a big supply so now you can use this magic rust re- mover and see for yourself why more and more Key Westers are asking for it daily. Try “Lustre- tile”. All you want at Pep- | per’s Plumbing Shop, 512 Flem-| ing st. jan5-3tx/| sellers—at prices that get lower with each rental. To fill your bookshelves comparatively painlessly, get acquainted with our unique rental library sales system. Paul Smith, bookseller, cor. Simonton and Eaton sts. jan3-tf One of the best grocery stores in city doing strictly cash busi- ness. Must sell due to illness. Address A. P., c/o Citizen. jan8-5tx ‘ 1939 Buick Special Sedan. 1940 DeLuxe Ford Coupe. Lady's bi- cycle, $30.00. 1001 Division st. jan8-3tx Vita Var Full Body Fioor Varnish . $5.00 value, $3.95, gallon, none} better. Pierce Bros. decl5-1mo House and lot. 709 Ashe street. Apply 1407 Newton street. jan5-6tx) 1945 “74” Indian Chief with side| ear, buddy seat and windshield on both. $600. Lopez, 1502; Bertha st. jan5-3tx| Pure bred Cocker Spaniels, blonds | and ‘blacks. Corner Elizabeth) and Olivia, downstairs. Phone) 826-R. Jani -Sex) 141 Maytag motor bike. H-4, Fort Village. jan7-3tx| | Freeman’s, 1121) Catherine ‘st! Prone’ ew. dec21-tues-fri-tmox — . Furniture, 3 rooms. Reasonable. Inquire after 5 p.m. 42-B Naval Housing. jan8-3tx Man’s Rollfast, balloon tire bi- cycle, practically new. Apply at rear 514 Margaret st. jan8-3tx! Living room furniture, complete. 43-C, Naval. Housing. jan8-3tx 4 FOR RENT Detective stories, romances, biog- raphies, all the best new books, some for 5c per day, many for) only 10c for a whole week. Paul! Smith, Bookseller, cor. Simon- ton and Eaton ‘streets. jan1-tt Furnished ‘apartment, private! bath. No-children, no pets. 818 Olivia street. sirens Apartment, unfurnished, 314| rooms. Private bath. Hot and; cold running water. Inquire $33 Olivia street. jan7-3tx POR HIRE For Hire—Truck, general moving. J. C. Ramsey, 709 Whitmarsh Lane. Temporary phone, 444, from 8.a.m. to 6:30 pr. jani-Imo LOST She SET ERE SST Blaek wallet containing money, Army pass, Commissary card. ; West. | noisemakers, hats, leis and other Gala New Year's Eve cele- brations for both enlisted per- sonnel and officers at NOB |helped usher in 1946 with a |lusty roar notwithstanding the | cold breezes that swept over Key A’ dance for enlisted personnel was held at the Enlisted Men’s tennis courts to which all Island naval personnel were invited. A six piece band and numbers by Bruce Cokeley, vocalist and drummer, and Willie Ward were featured in’ the entertainment. Free .beer. cokes, sandwiche funmakers were all supplied the guests who took full advantage of the 0200 curfew. Capacity crowds at the Com- | missioned , Officers’ Mess enjo: a victory celebration from 2100 to 0200 New Year's Eve with oné of the high spots of the evening a jitterbug contest won by Lt.} and Mrs. Jack Laney of Nav-! Hosp. A large orchestra supplied} the musio for the affair. i Among distinguished guests present at the COM were Capt.: and Mrs. Croydon’ M. Wasseil, ; famed doctor whose heroic ex- ploits in China were depicted in the motion _ picture; Capt. and Mrs. Robert B. Goldmah; ‘Camdr. { and Mrs. R. J. Watson; and} Comdr. and Mrs. Nels C. J. Johnson. AMERICAN LEGION COMMANDER Navy Photograph JOHN B. WINN Véteran Placement Advisor YOULL DO A RETTER JOB VITA-VAR HOUSE PAINT GAL. $325 Guaranteed 100% Pure, YOU CANNOT BUY A FINER HOUSE PAINT! a VITA-VAR QUICK-DRYING ENAMEL Glorious colors for fumiture, ‘euros, ete. OUTSIDE ond IN. COVERS IN. ONE COAT. QT. $425 VITA-VAR WALL PIERCE BROS. Please return to 400 White st. Reward. jan8-2tx { aeneeeeeeee A MB A buffet supper, door tee and the Cavaliers band , all helped to make New Year’s Bye at.Echoasis a celebrated sugeegs. With events getting underWéy at 1900, the celebration was _g0- ing strong by 2100 and remaih- ed at high pitch until 0200. tables were reserved in .advarice; noisemakers, hats, and serpen- tiné were also provided there: Heading the roster of guéats at Echoasis were Capt. and Mts. F. C. Gibbs; Capt. and Mrs.» B. Nickerson, Capt. and MrsigWeo + A. Saunders, Comdr. and Mts. Hinton P. Smith, Comdr.. aad Mrs. E. J. Quinby, and Conidr. Robert E. M. Ward, CO of ithe |Sea Leopard. New Year's Bie A form dance. was also held at the Jackson Squar USO cand another dance New Year's Day : at the Beach Club USO. } Seema ee Yéto? ? Y comils SOON / ‘For that “Double Ring Cere- mony”... twin circlets in 14K gold for the bride and groom: a : i bordered in tiny beading. motif. 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