The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 19, 1946, Page 3

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1946 CIETY * Hampton Installed As Chairman of Red Cross Chapter This Year Allen Hampton will lead the Personnel Practice Red Cross Chapter this year fol- lowing installation at a mene Spedlal *Publicity? Chairman id Thursday at Chapter Head-; for WareFund neers. | W. H. Henderson, Mrs. L. P. George Lucas is vice chairman:; artman, Jr., Mrs. Pauline Hem- “harles Roberts is treasur neaae Tuttle: ts Members present were O. L. SS Bossom, Lt. A. S. Irving, Mrs. Hampton, chairman; Lenord Connely, Miss Marie lton, Lieuteant A. S. Irvin,) Hartell, Leonard Curry, George Marie Hartell, Fred J. Mil-|Q, Lucas, Dr. J. B. Parramore, na B.C — |Mrs. Gertrude Morrison, Mrs. Other committees follow: Florence Dulion, Jeff Knight, War Fund Commitiee | Charles. Roberts, Enrique Es- pecial G Edwin Trevor;| quinaldo, W. E. Fowler, F. J Industry, C Taylor, Joe Miller, Earl Hamilton, Dwight Pearlman; Public Offices, Jeffj Hunter, Allan Hampton, Anna Knight; Residential, Mrs. Fer-| Tuttle. nando Camus. | Red Crease peroneal pore seoe i i ! were Miss Marianna Ni aaa Joe. Field Director U. S. Naval Hos-| BS ord. Con-. Pital; Mrs. Stone, Field Director! Ab, eae | NOB; Mrs. Leona Selzer, Gen-) {eral Field Representative from) | Atlanta, Ga, Mrs. Opal Van} Rob-! Deursen,''"'Exééutive Secretary} | Key West Chapter: | Jeff Knight. s Minnie Pearlman, nely. Finance Committee Larry Gardner, Charles erts, Dr. J. B. Parramore. | Patricia Traces Famiily® » History Of William’Kerr | . William R. Kerr was born Savannah, Ga., where he secured! atick, Mass., on the 27th of! employment as a mechanic andj September, 1836 | worked six months, after which) de i 5 he again began business as a con-} ceived his carlier education,| tractor and builder, which he which was completed in Boston,| followed with varied success for! Mass., where he remained from; three years longer, in Savannahy} 1846 to 1852, when he went to; when he left for Cedar Keys, Washington, D. C. and entered as! Fla, arriving there in 1871, an apprentice under Geo. Nailer,; where he remained one year, and served his apprenticeship as; when he left for Key West, and! a mechanic. j arrived here in 1872, when he Mr. Kerr remained in Wash-| formed a_ co-partnership with ington until 1861, at the break-| Mr. J. L. McDermott & Higgs, ing out of the war, when he went] and continued the co-partnership into the United States Civil En-} until the latter part of 1884, or gineering Service and was sta-| the first of 1885, when the firm tioned at Fairfax Court’ House,| dissolved co-partnership by mu- in where he re- where he remained until thé} tual consent, and Mr. Kerr be-}; summer of 1865, after the sur-j gan for himself, in the same line render when he left the above! of business, ‘on Ann street wher¢ place and went to Ft, Foon, on} he conducted a large and pros+ the Potomac’ River,’ to complete} perous business as architect, con- the Fort that had. been begun: tractor and builder. during the.war, where he -|_. Mr. Kerr, was a lover of ‘the mained one year, when he left; beautiful, as his handsome priv- ce of the United States) ate residence on Simonton street | will, verify. It, is, said to have been the most artistically and elegantly finished and furnished; In 1867 Mr. Kerr went to Balti-| each room having recently been . Md., and‘ engaged in the} georgeously and artistically fres- ting and building business! coed with beautiful scenic and s unsuccessful on other designs; many of the de-| of failing hi and signs being executed in oil, by! vired to com {the best artist that could be In 1868 Mr. in' found in the state. ington where he rémdined until 1867 mor landed Florida Keys Subject OF New York Lecture Last Night Florida} when Mrs. Wallace B. Kirke ex-| be re-|tended invitations to the service | e New} personnel and her friends to her} York audience, when nes B.!showing at her home. i Pond presented his fuli-color fea-} Mr. Pond, a former president ture-length motion pictures at the | of Circumnavigators Club, editor} Town Hall. of Program magazine, a life mem- Mr. Pond’s program, which was} ber of the Ni\ ¥5 ‘Zoblogteal | Sax enhanced by personal antedotes| ciety and felt tiembel Sf] the and commentary, was the first of | Raydl "Geoxtaphital,/is &:Fascii= a series of eight given by famous | ating Spedker' and ‘the NeW York travelers. | prograt iff undoubtedly create | A small gathering of Key West| great ifférégt in thé Keys and residents had the privilege of see-| Key West’'arnong its hundreds of | ing M:. Pond’s film last summer ‘listeners. The beauties of the Keys was scheduled to vealed last night to a 1 Miss Beulah Tyler, Former Key West Girl, Is Cadet Poster Girl Postergirl for for Cadet Nurse: drive |of Mrs. Settle’s aunt and uncle, Beu-!Mr. and Mrs. Bascom Grooms, lah Tyler, now Mr Set-/803 Washington. After visiting} tle. Mrs. Settle, a well-known, four days the couple left for Mrs. beauty, was scheduled to play in/Settle’s home in Yorktown, Vir-| the picture, “G. I. Joe” and to/ginia. enact one of the Cadet Nurses| Mrs. Settle’s sister, Miss Har- but, due to the length of the pic-/riette Tyler, recently made the ture, the role was cut. |pages of “The Epaulet", Florida| Mrs. Settle and her husband tate College for Women’s liter-j Lt. Settle, have been the guests'ary magazine. 1 . | Social: €alendar iSATURDAY. soe Social, .. +, Celebrating ,, Anchor Lodge; Masons; 37th, Anniver- sary, & p.m, High School Musical Group Makes Progress i (Communicated) 1 The first appearance of the | High School Band und Chorus Gymnasium. . ;, ‘ at the P.-T. A. meeting Tuesday | Wik was very successful, according to | MONDAY the complimentary remarks made! Key Wes tPlayers,-Barn Thea- in regard to the progress that has! ter. 8:00 p.m. been made this year. | pen a Svcd Members of the groups are USE OF STEEL very much encouraged in know-| par ae ing that their work is appreciat-| CLEVELAND—] ed, which will endow them with! (04 ea oe more and more interest and am-j| °°"*. More steel “was for bition to raise the standard of! building U. S. merchant vessels music to a higher plane in our|during the war years than went city and should long continue in| into combat ships of the U. S. later years as an outstanding part | Navy. of their school and will in the! PHONE 535) | Dwight Hunter; 0. (L; Bossom,! | Mich.; Many Attended Lively Winter Visitor Meet \TALK ON SHELLS, COMMUN- ITY SINGING, GET TOGETH- ER, REFRESHMENTS HiGH- LIGHT EVENING ah at At the social for new residents and winter visitors last night at the club at the corner of Duval and Caroline streets; there was a large attendance, highlighted by a talk on shells by Frank Smith, well-known local amateur collec- |tor, who has contributed to scien- jtific knowledge in this field. First prize in a names contest | was won by Mrs. Oliver Griswold 'with Mrs. L. P. Artman, Jr., tak- ing second prize. The game con- jsisted of getting fifteen names ‘written down of the guests pres- jent. City Recreation Division |Head Mr. Hunter was in charge of this part of the program and of the community singing held. Refreshments were furnished by Postoffice Inn, with Manager E. A. Wolkoff in charge. Those present were: Arthur Hoffman, New York, N. Y.; Migs. J. E, Sutman, Monouga- hela, 'Pa.; Robert Passwater, An- derson, Ind.; Mrs. C. W. Hess, Landaster, .Pa.; Ray Stoner,.Au- i; Frank Smith, Fort Stan- .N. M.; William Coyle, River- sidéy N. J.; Oliver Griswold; Lotlise White, New York City; Gertrude. Laubscher. Ruhard Madey, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. Lena Truax, Detroit, Adolf’ Ewing, College Point, N. Y.; Mrs. Ewing, New York; Mrs, Geo. Richling, Day- ton, Ohio; Milton Traux, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Nita Wells, Freemont, Ohio; Raymond Garrison, Engle- wood, N. J. Mrs. A. A. Wells, Fremont, O.; Norman Dittmeirer, Long Island, N. Y.; Mrs. C. W. Hess, Lancaster, Pa.; Albert Myers, Boston, Mass.; L, P. Artman, Jr.; Mrs. Artman, Jr.; M. Lacedonia Mitchell; Hen- ry Starling; Mrs. Oliver Griswold, Washington, D. C.; J. Sutman; Sally Gibney;.Anne Rylet, New York City. A. C. McKenney, Ducker, Mich- Z Chicago, “Ill; Madison, * Ohio; HL Seana DEY. , WAZon; »\Texas; igan; F. B. N. n lutyca, Circléville, Mr. and Ms. Jerome’ Kotz, Pittsburgh, of) bMasils > Aubert Shnaeder, Cleveland” Heights, Ohio; Alfred: Walter, New: York, N. Y.;. Dorothy Hamilton, 'Mal- den, Mass.; Mrs. Geo. Juengér, Jr., Maplewood, Mo,; Mrs. Edith Stoner, Aurora, Ill; Norris! J, Burke, San Pedro, Calif.; J. Paul Gorro, Chicago, Ill; R. L. Beard, Newport News, Va. Charles Shematt, Morrisville, |Pa.; Sylvia Seim, Rochester, N. Y; Mrs. Josephine Seim, Roches- ter, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Wat- son, Tilusville; Mr .and Mrs. Ar- thur Prichard, Kansas City, Mo.; O. W. Nail, Indianapolis, Ind.; J. A. McKenney, Kingston, Mich. Mrs. O. W. Nail, Indianapolis, Ind.; Robert McLeard, Wrenshall, Minnesota; Mrs. Frank Rector, Pendleton, Ind.; Frank Rector, Pendicton, Ind.; Mrs. Lana Pass- water, Anderson, Ind. Mrs. A. C. McKenney, Mrs, Wil- liam, Laubscher; Grace Kempton, Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Roy, Stoner,. Aurora, Ill. Celebrate 3ith Anniversary ANCHOR LODGE HOLDS PAR- TY AT HIGH SCHOOL GYM TONIGHT Thirty seventh anniversary of Anchor Lodge F. & A. M. which was chartered January 21, 1909, will be celebrated at a party to be held tonight a t7:30 o'clock in the High School Gymnasium. Dr. S. P. Alderson, member .of Biscayne Bay Lodge No. 124 of Miami and honorary member of Anchor Lodge and Past Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky and Florida. will | lecture as will Everett R: Rivas, Past Master of Anchor Lodge | No. 182 and Deputy Grand Mas- ter of 24th Masonic District. ~ Master: of ‘Ceremonies: will ‘b2 Horace O’Bryant. General committee is compos- ed of Clem C.: Price, chairman; Laurie Higgs, Fernando E. Camus and Thomas Gibson, TANKER SQUADRON MILWAUKEE. — The Amer- ican tanker fleet now consists of 763 vessels of 11.4 milion tons, an increase of 250 per vent in number of ships and 350 per | cent in tonnage as compared with the prewar fleet. end go a long way towards cre- | rebuilding of a better world in ating a better citizenship in this which to live, A mole, unfed for 12 hours, will starve to death. JA. heen Ringston;' Mich3}/ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ° CLASSIF Information for RATES FOR REGULAR and BLACKFACE TYPE Advertinements ander this hea' will be inserted in The Citizen tion, bat the minimum charge for ‘he fiest 45 words or less is 0c. fhe rate for binckince type is 3c @ word and the minimum charge for \f' the first 15 words or less is 45. BEBE BSR RBRRES 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, rr. McDermott, teil you the whole story Apply 9 to 5 at the TELEPHONE OFFICE janl-tt Messengers and clerks. Telephone for manager to see you. West- ern Union. jan16-tf One of the nation’s outstanding merchandising firms is open- ing in Key West in. February, 1946. . Applications are being accepted for women as mana- ger, assistant manager and salesladies. If you have expe- erience in selling and executive ability, apply in person to Mrs. Doris Parker at La Concha Ho- tel. “jani9-3t SALESMEN WANTED Permanent _ position Hing high-grade building and. -Machin majntenance prod- \Suatssthis Vicinity. National frm, compete line” hig’ gated Write Box 2383, Dallas, Te: 4 Salésman,, MISCELLANEOUS Refrigeration .sales.and_ service. Repairs on all makes. All work guaranteed.’ Mumford & Ross,' 220 Duval 'st., ‘phone 333. ¢ dec22-imo' Used furniture bought and sold. Key West Bedding Co., phone 669, 515 Front st. janl-té Lawn mowers, 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-1m Picture framing, diplomas, cer tificates, photos. DiNegro’s Stu- dio, 614 Francis st. phone 1197-M. janl-lmo | Red Brick Garage, corner Simon-: ton and Greene sts. Expert auto repair and: fender work, auto painting. ‘ jan9-12¢x' panics Ths a Sverernire Note ee oI Spanish teacher ‘teaches at her home at 412 Eaton street, or a pupils’ homes. For further in formation phone 58-J. : jan10-12tx Will repair or buy cameras. Evans Photo Studio, 506 South- ard street. jan19-1t FOR HIRE For Hire—Truck, general moving. J. C. Ramsey, 709 Whitmarsh Lane. Temporary phone, 444, from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. jani-lmo WANTED TO BUY Wanted—Old rags. Call at The Citizen Office. jani7-tf Wanted—Used Cars | Out-of-towh buyer will pay high- est -price-for your car. Call buyer, 657-W: jan18-3tx FOR RENT Clean apts. for couples. Near commissary. 1417 Ashby, cor- ner of Washington. After 6:00 | p.m. or Sunday. jan17-3tx Room with private bath to quiet couple. 906 Grinnell, off Di- vision. janl7-3tx Detective stories, romances, biog- | raphies, all the best new books, some for 5¢ per day, many for only 10c for a whole week. Paul Smith, Bookseller, cor. Simon- ton and Eaton streets. jani-tt piv vt?) tes the rate of 2¢ a word for each inser-) {Army colonel just returned from see] jan19-1tx | | IED ADS the Advertisers PAYMENT Payment ior classified advertixe-| | ments is inveriabls in advance, but regular advertiners with ledger me- jeounts may have their advertise- ments charged. ‘PUBLICATION DEADLINE Te insure patlication, ¢o) be im the office before 11 the day of publication, BSERBERB RR BRR BeBe FOR RENT Room for rent, private bath, hot Crashes Into . Hospital Fence William Johnson is heid by city police on charges of driv- ing while drunk and causing an accident. The accident occurred _ last night when a truck which John- son \wWas‘'driving crashed into "ou| the. fence, of the Naval Hospital on Highway No, 1. Officer Gill made a report that the owner of’ the car was George ‘Dean Se. ° 4 and cold water. 1509 South st. jan19-1tx WANTED TO RENT Permanent Key West business couple desire 2-bedroom house or apartment, furnished or un- furnished. Phone 344 before 6 o'clock and 513-W after 6 o'clock. jan14-6t Couple desire quiet apt. or room, kitchen privileges. Write Box T, c/o Citizen. jan19-1tx| ; Electric sewing machine by week or month. Contact 501-H West Poinciana. janl7-6tx 3% years in Japanese prison| camp wants quiet apt. or. small house to spend from: 2 to .3 months recuperation. leave’ in Key West. Family consists of wife and adult daughter. - Call! 1144-M. jan8-4tx The tender: Howard W. Gilmore will arrive in Key West Janu- ary 23, 1946, with 45 men. These men want accommodation for themselves and families. Apart- ments, light housekeeping rooms or rooms with kitchen priv- ileges are acceptable. Anyone having accommodations please contact Chaplain Jenkins, NOB, Ext. 446. Dave King, city man- ager. jan18-4t FOR SALE Vita Var House Paint, guaranteed 100% pure. $3.25 gallon. There is none finer at. any price. Pierce Bros. janl5-1mo Library copies of current best with each rental. -booksht aratively painlessly, getiacquainted with our unigue,rental library sales sys A Smith, bookseller, cory, Si mn and’ Eaton sts. NV Se > YF jans-te To fill- your, Try—“Lustretile’, the magic rust dissolver. Harmless to article and hands; See amazing demon- stration, at Pepper’s, Plumbing,} 512..Fleming. jani0-tf! Vita Ve uper Chromium Finish Aluniinum Paint, covers. 30%} more suriace than most of the| aluminum paints. $5.40 per gal- lon. Pierce Bros, janl5-1mo { t We have a few double cement laundry tubs, one side for wash- ing and one for rinsing. Why lift heavy washtubs full of wa- ter when you can turn on the faucets to fill these tubs and pull the plug out to empty. No fuss, no bother, makes wash day a pleasure. See them at Pep- per’s Plumbing Supplies, 512 Fleming. jan10-tf Vita Var Full Body Fioor Varnish; $5.00 value, $3.95 gallon, none better.’ Pierce Bros. janl5-1mo payable monthly. Johnson & Johnson; Phone 372. janl-tf House and lot. 709 Ashe. street. Apply 1407 Newton street. jani2-6tx Girl’s bicycle. 624 Olivia st., aft- er 4 p.m. jan17-3tx ea SEREST ETS calmer oS Fluorescent lighting fixtures, elec- trical supplies. Lowe and Son, 846 Olivia st., near Bell Tower. jan17-3t Aluminum. saucepans, 6” butcher knives, galvanized clothes line wire. Lowe and Son, 846 Oli- via st., near Bell Tower. jan17-3t Rose bushes. 509 Margaret, near Fleming st. jan18-2tx ———oo Venetian - blinds, 3: twenty-seven inches and 2 thirty-six. $15.00. 91-1 Poinciana. jan18-2tx Johnson outboard motor, 10 horse- power, 14 ft. flat bottom: boat. 74-2 Poinciana. janl9-3tx Piano for sale, $48.00. Small up- right, painted white, nice tone, light touch. Phone 625-W. jani8-3t Lady’s white shoe skates, size 3. 506 Southard street. jani9-imo -1938 Studebaker sedan, 1946 li- cense. $460. Apply 1211 Flor- jani9-Itx bicyéle, balloon. » tires. 50. 1900 Staples ave. _ jani§-1tx sellers—at prices that get lower}, FOR SALE For Sale-—Used ‘dining room suite, very cheap. 508 William street. jan19-2tx bicycle; balloon 1900 Staples ave. janl9-2tx Girl’s $23.50. Large bath tub, first class condi- tion. 907 Packer st. jan19-2tx Blond-finished bedroom _ suite, coil springs, innerspring mat- tress and bedroom chair; metal bed, coil sptings, innerspring mattress; five-drawer chest of | draWérs and three-drawer night stand; studio couch, lounge chair and Ottoman; occasional chair; two end ‘tables; tablé and. bridge lamp;; blond- finished dinette table and four chairs’ with leatherette seat cov- ets.’ Furniture new; ‘used '6nly two|months..“ Must, sell by es day noon. $375.00 cash. , Nava! Housing Unit, W eh United sts. ‘jan1941th Lady’s tires. $27.50. bicycle, balloon 1900 Staples ave. jan19-2tx POULTRY Baby chicks, bloodtested, bar or white rocks, N. H. reds, red X rocks, unsexed $7.95 per 100. Special assorted $4.95 per 100. Minorca cross broilers $3.50 per 100, Large’ English leghorn cockerels $2.45 per 100. Ship C.0.D. London Poultry, Box 1844, Trenton 7, N. J. jan19-1t Chick special! ‘$4.95 per 100. AAA ate ple ager ohar type roiler chicks, , F.O.B..,shippi point. No GoD, athens Quality’ Poultt'y' Co!;'4415 Mon- ticello. Road, Columbia, S. C. ri janl9n1tx Chicks,’ 18’ breeds, ‘started Chicks, |’ turkey poilts, ducklings. Bar-| gain ehicks $5.95 per: 100. Write for price list and folder; Light-} ne’s.. Chicks, Route 3, Colum- bia BC: hosts Gentg9-¥ tires. | coffee | | [Postpone Fish { Y ° ee | Spearing, Diving ; A. R. Wolkoff, committee chairman of the Advertise Key West Council, announces that ‘the diving and fish spearing ,fontest which was scheduled for tomorrow at the north end of Duval street will not be held, ’ An effort will be made to hold these contests again the follow- ing Sunday. FORMER BASE CO (Continued from Page One) another winter with conditions as they were and growing worse.” All prisoners at the camp were forced to work. Callahan’s own job was to substitute for oxen and involved being hitched to an ox cart that brought supplies into the camp. The prisoners knew the war was won five days after V-J day when a squadron of navy planes; from the Carrier Lexington flew over the camp and dropped notes revealing the good news. Lib- terated Sept. 4, Comdr. Callahan; jwas in Yokohama Sept. 5; aboard a plane headed for San Francisco' on Sept. 6; and at Alhambra, Cali- fornia, Sept. 9. é Regarding the stated aim of our government to keep an Army of Occupation in, Japan untik such time. as. the, Japanese have proved ' th Mea qualified to, take their jake mong decent and civilized’ finations;»Comédr. ‘Callahan’ does | nok, believe that aim can be ‘at-} tained in this generation. “I saw them at close range for, three and a half years,” he de-! clares, “under conditions that ; made them feel it unnecessary to wear a mask to disguise their true character, and I don’t believe we can consider them civilized.” Following a ten-day stay in Key West, Comdr. Callahan will relieve Capt. R. H. Grayson in Miami as Assistant Commandant jfor Logistics. With Mrs. Calla- han he is staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Duncan dur-! ing his visit here, a “vacation”, arranged by his hosts and his wife when he was still a Jap prison-; er. Soviet wanfs time to consider agreeing to Breton Woods plan.’ STRONG ARM BRAND CO! TRIUMPH ¢ COFFEE MILL , AT ALL GROCERS rl _-_—" $4,240 Granted In Bldg. Permits” NO LARGE CONSTRUCTION. REPAIRS CONTIN- UING Total of $4,240 in building permits were granted by City Building Inspector Errol Saw- yer this week. No large buildings were .com- menced, repairs continuing, Building . materials are-~~ still scarce, Following is the list of pet- mits issued: Peter Perez, 506 Angela St, repair roof, $200.00. Mr. Elois, 325 Duval St. re- pairs, $200.00. Frank Carey, cor. White ahd Elgin streets, metal roof, $200.00. B. B. Gato, cor. Duval ‘and South streets, slate paper ‘roof on garage, $200.00. Sam B. Pinder, 1015 ‘Baton street, general repairs, $600.00. John Fernandez, 423 Angela street, general repairs, $1,200.00. Osca Cruz, 418 White street, repairs, $300.00. , Daniel Lopez, 917 Grinnell street, general repairs, $1,000.00. Cabrera Wholesale ~Co., 423 Front street, repair floor, $40.00. 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