The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 11, 1946, Page 4

- SOCIETY \? NAVY CIVILIAN PERS By PATRICI GAY. TIME OVER HOLIDAY SEASON By J. HARMAN NOB 945, »wson ISSUE DI-, reports! pirit pre-| sersonnel of the, resenting an atmo-| nd gaicty rilliant tree was vith Supervisor, iany nice and their who a love- cy re- and the a very Civilian at Raul’s uccess present j - Ha all Smith, | ‘ood, and! A waltz by Ree- 1 tt ed ska and the) liss Lu Fer-| St. and Duval St © tickets to; lassic was won t, 814 Olivia St. RE LATION: S—The little s, thanks contribu- Schnei- is the dream nally entation Mrs to the Eleanor tinchart recent-| ring but nas at Mt Penna we that Lt. Comdr trained leg is pite of his ‘shuffle- Oscar Lantrip is £ after a visit with his Alabam’ ing for a new our midst when will marry Phila Bonczek atulations, Jos Holland of -typist in the | job’ n clerk Bennett recently f-cm the tiniest state in the wishing his Year’. . w Year, many festive time at the baby lian Beach ed i ng party nce patio was a gay, hats silver orful ned with and glitter i Gras masque-; oorted drum H. WHITNEY RECAL LS | PIONEER, DAYS ON F By J. HARMAN BRODOWSKI NOB Civilian Pi fishing east coast of the run by deer Whitney te- this camp a tiny the by jungle popular, till as is! camp has and is now whose an-j in| rica , Was rear- s plantation | and attended Southern New York Whitney le busi- ation with nautical Corp. and Mr. pneumonia sthma, ed miserably fromj BRODOWSKI Civilian Publicity Director Ones gifts for! re-| taff to! conduct-, . cutest Lt. return-" :, was Kansas City, Re-, Only | A * PHONE 535 ONNEL HAVE major’s hats, large Napoleononic affairs, dashing el rancho grande chapeaus and many new and won- drous headgears apparently cre- ated by some color-struck Dali Among those present were Comdr. Walton Smith and ° his party of guests, Lt. Elizabeth Cherney, of the Accounting De- partment. Also present was Mr Wilson, “That's All!” ... LABOR BOARD—Mrs. Minnie Sands was in Miami, where she joined her hubby, just returned from overseas. Her friends at the Labor Board will be anxious to welcome back these “civilians”. Mrs. Anna Meyers and her hus- band also made. an out-of-town holiday trip to Jaxville to spend} | Xmas with her folks Mrs. Al-| bert Cooper and Miss Monteen Bryant were just another couple of K’Westers who were practically crushed in the crowds of happy holiday shoppers in Miami re- cently ... JOINER SHOP, X-63, Greetings, greetings artd-#hear- ty “Hello” from) this shopafe, its newcomers: Carlton. Smith, “Rob- ert Knowles, Richard Underwood ! and Charles Taylor. Some of the folks in the shop who were on holiday leave are: Mrs. F. P. Kel- ly, Allen Fargason, Guy Thomas, Joseph Steadman and Henry W. Kling . . .THE BASE COMMAN- DER’S OFFICE welcomes two new employees, James Kelly, re- cently of the Navy, and Herman Bethel, Jr., of the Army Air Forc- es. ELECTRONICS OFFICE NEWS—The Air Maneuvers in Miami were visited by Wallace, Clayton, Harris, Acevedo and Shepard. Harold Harrison is on leave in Arkansas for a few days. “Hams”: added to the list of ama- { | teur radio operators working inj this office is Mrs. Ernestine Mc- Masters whose: radio call letters are W9GXM. Mr. Wallace’s span- iel had the nicest litte® of the cockers. you . ever ,saw! PUBLIC WORKS NEWS: |The last few weeks could very easily be called “Vacation Time” since many PW workers were off on leave, among them were Mr. and Mrs. J. Hicks, Power Plant, who were spending the holidays in Hastings, Ga.; Mr. Wilson, of ‘thé Joiner Shop, was in Clearwater, Fla., for Kmas; Marcel. Mazeau, PW Engineer, was outof.’town / also. Miss Margaret Cégnish vis- ited in Tampa, Mrs. Johnnie Mack stayed in Tallahassee, Mrs. Jeanne Keltner went to Miami, while Marie Deck enjoyed a delightful week in Key West. Mrs. Willie Albury’s choice of vacation spots Mo. Greetings! And a hearty “hello” to Public Works newcomer, Mrs. Marina Tangeman, Mail & File Clerk. LORIDA’S EAST COAST ublicity Director Mr. Whitney sold cars and con- sidered himself a_pretty £0045 driver. So, during World War Mr. Whitney signed: up: as > an ambulance driver — with wet YMCA bééadse* Hl health dis- qualified . him “trem service. A group of thirteen drivers went ovérseds én the “old “Chicago” and landed ih France rarin’ to go. Mr. Whitney’s ideas in re- gards to his driving abilities were soon changed as he bounc- ed over rut filled, bumpy roads in pitch darkness, trying to fol- low the pin point of red light that distinguished the ambulance ahead. With bombs bursting and shells screaming across_his hood, Mr. Whitney came through \the war with only a shrapnel cut finger. He was saved by the sturdy construction of his am- \bulance, the door of which j stopped a large piece of metal meant for him. Some of the {others in his group weren’t so lucky. Of the 13 that landed in THe KEY WEST =| THEY ADD THE FEMININE TOUCH TO AS. DEV. LAN T Citi TIZEN T. ACTIVITIES Navy, Phurogragh GROUPED AROUND Lieut. (jg). Agnes Baird, Communications Officer, of the Sa eatty Unity the!” WAVE, personnel there hold a chat session as they erijoy a few spare moments, The WAVES ettive In sémi-circular formation around Lieut. Baird. whe hails ‘from lacy Mich., reading semi-circulerly, are Mary Alice Fitzpatrick. Slc. Research Office, of Pepkiny I Ft.Lauderdale, Fla., together. dea Gerry Zimmer. Y3c. Personnel Office, of Spring Valley, N. Y.; Carol*Bulger. Y3c. Captain’s Yeoman. ‘of Wilmington, Del Coldwater, Ohi Slc (Y), Executive Officer's Yeoman of Pine Castle, Florida. Waswsiti s Glad Past PTA Heads Are Honored At the Division Street P. T. A.! meeting, held Tuesday afternoon at the auditorium of the school,! Rev. Doherty of the Ley Memorial Church, ga talk on Love. The past presidents of the as-! sociation was. honored and each presented with a fragarent cor-' sage of Gladiolas and Chrysan- themums by, Mrs, Edwards, the publicity chairman: Past presi- dents at the. meeting were Mrs. Roland Adams, Mrs. Josephine Mrs. Juanita Roberts, Amelia Camus. Each gave a short talk on the accom; plishments of the P. T. A. during their term of ofice. | Mrs. Marion Curty, ‘the present president, \dlgog ga¥é ‘a’ talk; and Professor Hamilton mage speech in apreciation of P. past and present. Afterwards there was group singing and later refreshments of punch and cake were served by the hospitality committe. On the committee were Mrs. Anna Ros-; am, Mrs. Eliza Brantley and Mrs. Jeanette Sawyer. e Allshouse New Senior Warden At a meeting of St. Paul’s ves- try last night in the rectory at St. Paul's Church senior warden Clarence Allshouse was appointed by Rev..James H. MacConnell. Milton E. Sawyer was then el- ected dunior warden. Sam, Gold- smfth was elected treasurer and! Charles Roberts, clerk of the ves*| try. Committee on finance appointed are so Goldsmith,, Milton Saw er J Otto Kirchheiney. " Committee on church einen and grounds are Clarence Alls- house, Jeff Knight, Jr., Mrs. J. S. Roberts. Committee on Church music: Charles Roberts, Edmund Curry, and J. J. Trevor Reba Moye. Sic. Research Office. of Macon, Ga.; Rita Kramer, Slc, Supply Office, of; Mildred Krudener, Sic, Research Office. of Union City, N. J.; and Mildréd Harris,| | Dr. Frank Bowser ae Here Dr. Frank E. Bowser | nouncea the opening of office at 420 Simonton street this week in fulfillment of a promise made five years ago when came to Key ,West as the flight ; medical field. "He decided ‘his family) wo dispensary on the air lien) that he ahd dslike to lve} hére permanently, and that the'| end of? le war ‘woultl! See hinr: back in private.‘medical practice here. To this end, Dr. inations and received his. licerisc| to practice in Florida before: going on his , first, seg iduty ‘ast! flight surgeon. ;, for,.the carriers] | WASP. He was Abdita’ when the" WASP was..torpedoed in they | Coral Sea and jumped from thes flight deck of‘ the “burning car~ rier, to be rescued several hours,) later. Upog his return to this country he _ served as mediéa executive officer at the Cher Point Marine Air Station, then returned to at Honolulu and Kwajalein, {from which he has only recent- | ly returned. Captain Bowser |first World War ribbon, the naval reserve medal, ribbons! {for the American, European and wears the | Pacific theatres, and the Purple} | Heart. Dr. Bowser graduated ifrom the Univ of Pitts- burgh medical school and has jhad graduate work at Harva | and Golumbia_ Univers! He {practiced in Erie, Pennsylvania, | before: oing on active dutyewith 4 the Navy in-1940. He ja) | family art deeply inte! | in all Hein 'Dokey Club | Holds Meet A very enthusiastic and large-} activities over the mandnt ‘Key has an- he | Bowsez*! took the Florida medical exain.! and } further duty ! and his are | |New Heads For ‘Brownie Troop i Miss Cates is leader Louise Ketchum leader of the | Brownie troop. The age for the Brownies is be- tween seven and ten, and all of; those who are betwen those ages! and Miss! is the assistant newly formed a most enteresting’ surgeon in charge of opening the'-and would like to join should meet at the Fleming Stret Meth-! | odist Church on Saturday’ at 10:00 a. m. The registration is sixty- twocentey) (| ptt ee eG JWCs To Have : : Valentine ‘Cabayet € ¢ | ea Junior Woman's Club’ held FRIDAY, JANUAR te hh bn il nnd hhh bdr bbb bnbdndn ds Passing Of Old Year And Coming Of Another By SENATOR CLAUDE PEPPER £AA4444444444444448444444444444464464488 The old year has gone. The new We are the makers of our own | is here. The old year 1945 goes destiny and it cah surpass even tquieklyesit had sits. jays.and. sar: .qur.dreamis if we will build it so. } bows, for each of, ys and for othe, Then 1 let us, gathering strength ation. ;} from our Sorrows ani joys, push Bast! Ghristhias iniy two broth@’s) ony’fo ote appiothted ‘tasks. There were gyerseasy one im the far Pati-* are many loved Qfes by our side,! told ach, of the! boys gbodbye,' morally certain he woyld pever se@ Bithéi Yeain. Now he: was only’ auietly looting down upg) {four over the’ wires | children suddehly felt, been thrust up into ae eration. There was a vacant chair and sometimes more than one by many firesides and Christmas trees. At other Christmasses a mother or father, husband or wife, son or daughter had sat there. I knew of so many homes from which a-son had given his life in the way over here or in' some far part of the world and my} heart went» out ‘to loved ones. there. On a moyntain side in Ro- | mania, by Cassino, in France and Germany, all 0%ér Europe, I saw} | the white crosses where someone's! , Sons, the Nations’ sons, slept in ; hqnored slee; Hey-were so young and fresh and fineptAlidi-so rave and. un- complaining. In S6iffe -wag''the® end came ea: the loved OaAt HG behind. Someyinss sf oh ronly Son’ and | now J thére! §SMécor Gnd hevet will be onBiSbibfimes he was a dathes owhom., a.son or , daughter, will never know except from a} er gen- a hugging memory, and apytait. aA | fic, oné in France. My father and maiy~ edrtwarming friends. Frank's wife gathered-around our experiences and couritless little ‘almost ‘everyone for another with the world. There is the joy of be reunited. | big or little, the old year is gone, journ We were all together ete a va¢ant chair. My father had! bat hse j; remembered all the Christmases sky, All the things he used to say and Like the round candy jawbreaker And the or ee beecemes more by | The Tones brings a strange sun The rain comes The wind injects a chilled current i There is a faint twang The sweet aroma, That seems there We're in for a norther! mother, my’ wife and I, my sister There'}s the beauty of the world. and her _ farfify,"-my Brother There'is tertainty of many great fireside and Christmas tree in Tal-; delights and satisfactions when lahassee. We looked forward like we shall laugh and feel all is well: Christmas when there should be work and the thrill of accomplish-' peace and broken families should, ment, the exultation of victory, This Christmas the boys were but long live the new. The future home. I had returned from a long ever cal!s us forward and upward. again by the fireside and the, Christmas tree but there was still i | passed ‘away July 8 before either Down wher oan light blue waters of the boys returned home. We Touch the pale pink blush in thé | when he had been with us from And the pale pink changes | - i ; the first time Santa Claus came.‘ Into the een red orange do. We xemembered how he had That kids used to roll and suck From cheek, to cheek. cred, 57% Bey Smguldeying at the top and etiges) Scare fingers dow; igi the last warm glow At the tropical horizon. —* So distant from the earth. The clouds form. In torrents, | And then cut off. That mixes with the breeze. Of vegetation burning. I remember in the north Caught in the nostrils, Of burning leaves To be the usual incense | Which pleases the god of fall. ‘Th’ enatives know A dozen times-or more “Jan fors TA"Key, West these changed winds In winter blow. The wind caught, in the cocoanut | | (tree’' Blows straight 13 upright? | Her open palms, - Which stretch out against theiy monthly _business meeting! phofobtidbh® oh thé dresser: He of-! he light blue sky? * * * ; Tuesday night: The club is going, givea Cabaret on Valentipes| Day, February 14, at™ a «Club Sugaloay There will be fifty- fie in the | cast Paul Baton, of the Schbof of | Music on Duval street, who’ is | well known in the movies, will be! one of the cast. Gerald Pinder | will direct. {to and Thursday every week from now until the cabaret at the , Woman’s Clubhouse at 7:30 p.m. Church Group the Sunday School Council of the Poinciana Community Chutch, pmet Wednesday night at the.hor of the pastor, Rev. John E. Piek- ens. The wrk of the past year was, Pearefully considered wit t iew to improvements. the Hew, ‘Year. Records showed erage | H attend neh dor 1945 ae egeh 2 have bee! ages bpainning wit ith thiée ae old: ‘present time the teaching staff ineludes Mrs. Charles McCraw, Miss Margaret Mrs. Charles Collins, Mrs. on, Mrs. John E. Pickens, Ernestine Walls, Miss Helen ns, Mis Althea Pickens, J. W. Committee on Youth activities}1y attended meeting of the Key | Windham and the Pastor. are Glenwood Sweeting, Sydney Mathews Jr., Joe Allen PTA Valentine Dance To Be Held Junior-Senior High School West Dokey Club was held apt jevening at the Knights Pythias Hall on Fleming attest: }This was the first meeting of | |the club held under the= leader- ship of the new president; B. |M. Forbes. The report of Winfield Russell J.j the | Secretary, showed Mr. Windham was elected Sup- erintendent with Sgt. Jack Buck- Hingham. ss Assistant: “Mrs. Fred Schael is to be Secretary-Treasut ; er, with Miss Kay Ross as Assist- ant. The officers will be installed | next Sunday morning. A resolu- j tion of .apreciation was adopted for the faithful work of Mrs. room mothers held their monthly | condition of the club to” be in” bur Halzopfel who has been ser ks of asthma for} France, seven were killed. Ser- | meeting at the home of Mrs, John his wife uba suggested | to for relief. | for a while, no he tried St. Pete no relief. Depressed, vith pain and continu- sity in breathing, Mr. headed for Cuba via Keys. Stopping over- West before board- a ferry, Mr. Whitney surprise of his life , expec to toss nd cough through the t, he lay down and y for eight unin-| ving with many distinguished }fighting units, Mr, «Whitney's | the famous 42nd Division, ‘popu- jlarly known as_ the ese il | Division. se Mr. Whitney who basa wotked } with NOB for four years,. has ic Key West grow from a tropical wilderness and watched the Naval Operating Base spring {from its sleepy, prewar infancy {into the bustling, efficient activ- |ity it is today. Mr. Whitney has one son, Lieut. Comdr. Herbert Whitney, Jr., of the Naval Air Forees currently stationed at Carbonell Tuesday. They completed final plans for! February 15 in the Elks patio. Mrs. Carbonell served a Ievely! refreshment of tomato stuffed with erab salad, crackers, % Seheese | entertainments and coca-cola The next meeting will be held; at the home of Mrs. Hilton Tift.’ Point Pleasant Visitor Here Mr. and Mrs. Paul Burns of paped shape. | lans were made for holding a banquet on February 19 in {the Order Knights of Pythias. The club is also making plans | for holding a number of other in the nedr Short talks were: made =p: Winfield Russell, J. R. Daa: Samuel R. Silberman, Gerald | Saundersand other | |Rev., Mrs. Howell 'House Guests future. } ing as Secretary-Treasurer. Mrs. Holzapfel was one of the original ' founders of the Sunday School in Whitney tried | ambulance became attached to| the valentine dance to be held on celebration of the founding of! the early days of Poinciana devel- | opment. The Poinciana Community Sun- | day School meets in the commu- ni hall, Duck avenue af t5th stret, Poinciana, each Sunday at he Community’ Church is -sectarian, although supported by the Congregational Christian Churches, communi the services. SOCIAL CALENDAR are invited to attend Rehearsls will be on Tuesday; Holds Meeting | Teachers and oficers comprising ' and all people of the{ jthe fa ths | { first lo’ | wife wh Set ety {rushed thrqughg atl zthe -agts of life’s great nyo arri- | age, motherhor jowhood. | Most of the time yas& boy! who never got to;live. The Nation, too, has mourned. That great voice is silent. The mighty heartewhich moved the} | world is still, Fyauklin D. Roose- velt in 1945 a he army asleep and became’a‘ti memory. And we > hay lost Patch and Patton and many more who be- longed to us and to the world. It is the way of life and God. The younger will find it harder to understand. We who are older have gradually reconciled to what Providence brings us. We know that.all those who have been with us are apart of us and of all | Me things.’ They will ievét leave‘ us ae yen HOWE © faith; have.been given to ti i and ally, wé wi Uh a pore estes ee le us over the intervening distance. | _Webttienew year: pens, pright. We have many dlegsingy; and. it | would take a long time ‘oh any of Py. ! us to “Count Them One One”. ed to most of the world, has been spared the scars of war. And by the standards of people anywhere We are afree people. All the world looks to'us to guide it to a new future of prosperity and peace than man has ever known. Our future is truly within us Maybe Youre e Past 40 has Vitamin B1 and Iron to help promote appe- tite. Get pleasant, VINOL | VINO® from yourdruggist. ~ ORIENTAL PHARMACY == ean tad HE. CANFIELD, M.D. Eye, Ear, Nose»and Throat Also Glasses Fitted Office Hours, 7 to 9 p.m., and by Appointment, Phone 19, at Dr. Galey’s Office, 417 Eaton Street We have peace. America, compar-} we are a land of marvelous plenty.” Like the ,ex-rayy picture Of, a mggni feather. The: AusttaliaAPine waves ¢ With slow majestic movement Her straj gly plumage Mn the aif. So soft and fine her needles Relieve the paleness of the sky. | But no matter hew cold the wea- | ther No trees, nor shrubs, nor flowers Will at any time become bare. Almost every day the sun shines, | ; And most of the days are warm) and fair. Down where the purple iresxeal e COMING WATCH FOR IT! platen sp a TRI hn é COF! MILL AT ALL GROCERB y dark blue ashes} damp warm’ Y 11, 1946 |GEORGE BILLSON BACK IN STATES (S$pbeial to Te Citizen AUGUSTA, Ga., aJn. I Priv ate Gorge H. Billson, of | wst, Flotida, son of Mrs. Jessie ie jain, has returned from overseas ‘and hag been admitted to the Oliver General Hospital here for further-treatment. He hs been in the Army one year and eight months and serv- &d with the Paratroop Infantry. Olivét General Hospital is one of two general hospitals main- tained by the Army in the siate ,of Georgia. It reached its peak capacity last August when 3,800 veteratis were hospitalized at one time. For outstanding performance of duty from October, 1944, to ‘August, 1945, the hospital has been awatded the Meritorious Service Plaque. -Notice of the award came from Major Gen- jeral Edward Brooks, command- ing general of the Fourth Serv ice Command, and received by Colonel Hew B. McMurdo, commanding officer of Oliver General. ABOLISHED USE { | | i BROOKLYN.—At one time the ‘Puritans attempted to abolish the juse of the Ping at wedding c: monies, gontending that it was heathenjgh Origin. waters, Blerd with fhe sky; Where ‘the Wind sifts throtigh The soft fine needles of the pines, ' Whispering ‘a retiring lull@ty;-"» Where the golden deeds that) WeH do Live after them like the brilliant hue. Accompanying the setting of the sun. pastel blue ia the MYRTLE BYRD. 1126 South St., Key West, Fla. ‘NighT COUGH are eS bape dpbing Vicks by rul re anew shest and back relief as VapoRub AT jap x bronchial. 1 wut eT icinal vapors, aoe ES. ae and back sur- eOtenby warming poultice. YY Morning most of the mi: is gone! Remember— Po |B Gives You this spe- ion. It’s time-tested, home-praved .. the nICK ‘Ss remedy y for reliev- ihe cals Vick PO cs S: eaten Tropical. Amusement Park | 113: Duval Street | duetocolds m loosened eRe passages ont Last Time Saturday seco e ° peace. We can look forward to the’ greatest era in history when there’ eaccccce and Safe.. REAL ICE is MORE ECONOMICAL... It’s Healthy The first good, Saipan; and a daughter in New in 10 years. | York who shortly intends to said, “Why | come to Key West and make her a ‘place like this??] home Here. But as far as Mr s is the most wonderful place] Whitney is concerned, all he the world...” (Note: Mr.j wants to do is retire, start a Chamber of Com-| goat farm on his Big Pine Key property and just drink goat he auto business,| milk and fish all day long! ‘ c I leave tgleton Point Pleasant, New Jersey, were visitors in the Citizen Office yes-/ terday. This is Mr. Burns’ ninth consecutive. Florida seasonal! oriaf Church for four visit. Mr. Burns is conneeted with | now a chaplain in the arm: Point Pleasant Hardware Com-jcently returned from duty over pany. Mr. and Mrs. Burns recent-; seas, were recent house . guests ly celebrated their first aniversa-|of Mr. and Mrs. John “B. Webb, ry. 1824 Fogarty avenue. Rev and Mrs. O. C. Howell,, former pastor of the Lee Meyn- FRIDAY Girl Scout Meeting, Troop 4. St. Paul’s Parish Hall. 4:00 pm. In Europe, ‘alfalfa is called luc- jl erne. as laa 2 D STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN Try A Pound Today! ~ Phone No, 8. eeeevcceoecoccece THOMPSON ENTERPRISES, wc. (ICE DIVISION) PLACE YOUR REFRIGERATION REAL ICE GUARANTEED Refri¢- eration Service. . It’s PURE Key West, Fla. CRO e Oe ee eeseceeenoes scecccceETeeereerseseneeeeeeesreeeseses