The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1946, Page 6

PAGE SIX ; ro einai i III VIF FIG IIVIT OVI Navy Relief Workers At NavSta RAAAAAAAALAAALAALASAAAAAAAAABDAAABABDS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1946 FITTED OUT At the present time more than 100 different minerals are mined CHICAGO. — When a Roman' NEW YORK.—Manifrills, fish! |in the United States. slave was allowed his liberty he and highly colored birds are said NOT COLOR-BLIND THE LOW DOWN “;| HICKORY GROVE’ a Today for my lecture—or sem- ing, even to the verge of nauseat-! inar, as we usally say here at ing as look close. And as a sam- ' Cincinnati Travel Editor Says Key West Well Worth The Trip {received a cap, a white vest and to be the only animals, with the! a ring of iron. | exception of man, which are not ' | color-blind. Following is an article on the highway along the Florida Keys i written for the} lirer by Dave Koberts, the Enquirer’s Travel; Editor. By special permission of | the Enquirer the article is repro- duced herewith: The highway miles southwest from Miami té Key West compares well with;any, of the magnificent roads which man, fashioned during the last genera- tion. As we rolled along its smooth distances, over great causeways that span the open sea, we coms d it with other trailg we'd travelled—with the road to Mexico City, with the Ledo-Bur- ™a road, with the old Alcan, with the route which skirts lovely Gaspe peninsula in Canada and tiiat ribbon of vement stretch-} ing eastward along the Mediter- Oran, in North Afri-| beautiful; all are ex-} citing and inspiring. The othe are longer and more extensive, | Cincinnati which leads 158) through his ingenuity, has} the island of Key West, he ae thousands of human bones strewn along the sandy beaches. These were the remains, probably, of | native peoples—Caribs and Ca-/ lusas—who fought often for con- |trol of this choice hunting and fishing territory. The Spaniard— so the story goes—called the place ayo Hueso island of bones). | Englishmen,. following later, cor- rupted the nanie to Key West—a very appropriate title. The city itself is not old—it was founded in 1800 and incor-| porated in 1828. But it has an interesting and colorful history. At one time it ‘was the greatest manufacturing center in the world for clear Havana cigars, al- though at the time—between 1830 and 1870—the town was entirely isolated from contact with the} outside world except by water. | Later it became a great sponge} matket, but a scourge destroyed | |the animals in Key West waters, | |and this source of revenue was lost. Today it is one of the most{ | | of Volunteer Social Workers, and Helen Kimok, SK2c, also an office but none of them surpasses in| important defense installations in scenic wonders the road to Key! this part of the world, and is be-} West. |coming, as well, a great tourist | It is unfortunate that so many travelers, vacationing in South-| ern Florida, fail to explore the! highway along the key But} we've been told that hardly one} out of 1,000 winter visitors takes advantages of the opportunities | which this unique section’ offers. | All of the state is beautiful, but few of its, beauties can ‘match those of the keys, in my opinion. There is a genuineness here that ssing in many of the great ns; a closeness to na+ »mes from personal contact with wind and sea, sand, tude and sun The first 40 miles, while they are interesting enough, tell little of the delights which lie beyond. The road carries you past small fishing villages; across narrow bridges connecting the low, man- grove-blanketed islands. But as you pass Upper Matecumbe, dist- ances between the islands begin fo grow You see | of the land, and more of the broad open sea, which lies to the right, and of the Atlantic, down south to your left. Communities are few, but the highway is smooth and wide as a city boulevard. At Channel Five you ‘hit the first long bridge. Here the road bas been laid on the old ‘truss bridge which once, ¢arried the rail line that served Key West— the line which was destroyed in the hurricane of 1935 and never restored. The bridge structure, while wide enough to carry the rails, was not wide enough in its original form to support a: two- lane motorcar route, It was sliced through.the center, from ‘érid ‘to énd, one side was extended—and Presto|—a_ broad cement” span was laid across the miles of dane- img opal sea. The longest bridge connects hey V and Bahia Honda—a distance of seven miles. Here, safe and si in hi tomobile, the motorist finds himself driving almost out of sight of any and, It is a most unusual exp nee. Tiny green islands lie acr the multicolored stretches of water. Ahead and behind is the steel and stone of the bridge—a bridge which, it mystery of a distant horizon. Each little island is an interest in itself. There’s Big Pine Key, whre forests of fair-s greens are growing. Ramrod, Cudjoe, Sugar Loaf and Saddle Bunch—one must wonder how the names were coined. Fi- you come, to Boca Chica, nificent mil port still hums with acti soon you're in Key Wes I'VE LEARNED so many times that other peopl values often fail to coincide with my own, that I've ed to wonder about it. old in several places West held little of in-| terest; that the trip there harly was worth the time and effort it requires. If you forget for a mo- ment the glory of the drive itself and center only on the little city at the s nmost tip of the you'll find—I think | will reward you | obtain. With the recent announce- seems, leads off into the | ;/all it can to care for the tourist and vacation center. The rail line, which operated from 1912 to 1935, has been»replaced by the motor road over which we’ve just driv- en. The city has beautiful homes | and pleasant shops.’ Its harbor is worth a visity; Prices; gener; "eh seem reasonable enough. intidentally, °we had one of the best fish dinners there that we've ever had—anyplace! ea, KEY WEST'S WEATHER. ig worth bragging about. This comes not only from the Cham- ber of Commerce, but from scores of visiting customers. The city is proud of the chart of “extremes” it issues. During 1944, for instance, the highest 1ecorded temperature was 92, the lowest 51. Even during the summer months the range is aown to the low 70s, while in winter the mercury often tops the 80 mark. Fogs are most unusual. Sunshine seems’ to be standard equipment, THE KEY WEST Chamber of Gommerce—in spite of the sales talk at. its, ,command—states frankly; that, tourists. will ‘find stopping: places most. difficult’ to ment: that. Navy personnel in the vity would remain about the same that it was during, the war, came the:tealization, that-only new‘con- stnugtion: gquid. accommodate any great increase in tourist business. And.new construction still lies in the futute. ‘Stephert:C. Singleton; executive secretary of the CC, told us that | his organization would welcome holiday visitors—just as soon as there were places in which to} care for them. At the present time, he said, there is a waiting list of 258 enlisted men and 181 officers seeking quarters. All ee i = f j Navy Photo ABOVE, BACK ROW, left to right. Ann Monahan, CY, Navy Relief office worker; Mrs. H. I. Smith, member of the Women’s Committee | | worker. Front row, seated, are Mrs. F. P. Gardner and Mrs. Allen Hoar, other members of the Women’s Committee. The Navy Relief drive is now underway. ee: Quiz Boys Outsmart — Quiz Girls—-Maybe ‘py WILLIAMS. coNWw&Y) i. % VAP Newsfeatures, mn the program by teachers, “pa! CHICAGO, Th. — Are (updd en ef igh: asp smaart boys smarter thar! super-j ante receive anf fi ‘questoin- smarty girls? _ naires. The most seemly can: The Quiz Kids, who do & neat; dat& @afioft "tHe mraz given job/°6F\/atiswering. questions on ; Sudibidaieadiaged on knowledge, tHé'radio, won’t answer that-one Plus personality and voi individually, but their anwser, ity. collectively is yes. The reply is Five Each Week reduced, to the exact science of The survivors . get into ~'the mathematics, but ‘it still leaves' broadcast contests. Five -partici- room for freestyle argument. pate each week, and the three During the past five years 78 with the highest scores are sen- boys and 75 girls have appeared} titled to return the next week: on the show. That’s rather close; The supervising staff, in fur- —but the boys have made a to-! nishing the statistics, also fur- tal of 944 appearances in contrast! nishes fuel for a continuing con- to 403 for the girls. troversy as follows: Good Rookies 1. “These figures would sug- The little women, however,: gest that within this highly made the best showing as rook-| selected group the boys ate ies. Only 25 of the 75 girls went smarter than girls,” but . down swinging mentally on their) 2. “Any statement that boys. first trip to the microphone, ‘are smarter than girls made as a while 33 of the 78 little men result of Quiz Kids: wouldsbe srtuck out—that is, they failed | réaningltes$ ‘for’ ‘the, ){juvenile), to hit enough of’ the high, shard Popes whole,” and: dead ones to stay on the team. way [11 But eight boys have :made:.20, 3. “Intelligence-is a inate. of| or more appearances while only; native: libifity landyeamnet: be, ac- five girls fared that: well. More- | curately measured: “by an infor- over, these five lads have aver-| fiation testi” aged 99% appearances each, while} So you better ting; the. the five lassies have averaged) 40.) pet; professor,; all the , kid: And four boys have made more} getting that, peas look. appearances than: the. girl. .with ‘ the greatest riumber: of encores. Bright youngsters ranging from five to fifteen years: in age us-} ¥ ually are nominated for ‘places: a ee | acres three years ago: for $1,500— ri ECESE CREE BALTIMORE. — Radio Teele 5 exclysiyely! Nh ofinfdhicating: with airplane: a price which he thought at the time was excessively high. He’s) been offered $12,500 for it during over: the Oceans; some. distane from the’ US. coast. Se | the present winter—and by spec- | ulators who think the price will! go still higher! Of such things Florida booms are made. Here is a wonderful MONROE THEATER PETER LORRE in “HOTEL BERLIN” hotels, houses and apartments are filled to capacity. Some private | homes have rooms for transients | —but these can’t be counted on} unless reservations. have been| made in advance, Mr. Singleton| said. He went on to say that the Chamber of Commerce is doing business but’ that officials feel the’ first obligation is to military per- | sonnel stationed here. The war, for them) is not yet over, the sec- retary ‘declared. Feiegs Geary THE REAL ESTATE,BOOM which has been sweeping all of Florida, also is sweeping the, Keys —and with a force almost as ir- repressible as that of the great hurricane. Remember, if you ean, that these islands still are almost completely undeveloped. From Key West to Miami there are no towns of any size—only tiny hamlets. A water line re- cently has been put through, jthere is electric service and a road. Yet we learn from severai sources that 100-foot lots are sell- ing in this comparatively remote section for as much as $2,500! One n unnam- Spanish explorer first visited BERMUDA JOHN COBO, Proprietor An Up-to-Date Sanitary Market — Complete Refrigeration WHITE at ELIZA Street We Expect to Have A Limited Shipment of For This Weekend At lad with whom we were fishing yesterday said he'd bought five MARKET PHONE 52 —a fabulous land. It can have a} sound, solid development if peo- | ple only will learn that true de-| | velopment comes only on sensible | price bases. Reasonable advanc-! es in real estaté values help build} a community. Such prices as are current there today build only} depression and economic disaster | for’tHousands who are unwise! ehotigh*to pay them. Sieg : augeeoee oe oaneua) Our Going: ul : FURNITURE BUSINESS News - Sports - Shorts STRAND THEATER RAY MILLAND in “MINISTRY OF FEAR” Coming: “Having A Wonderful Crime” TRRREREERARERE RE CONTINUES! | All Prices Drastically Reduced! 5 Lo de dp de dn te te te te be te be te On te te dn tnt dn tntntntndndndndntntrtntntrtntntntnd AT Ceiling Prices or Below When It Can Bé Had, Cobo Has It! Self Service Groceries, Fruits and Vegetables % WE DELIVER GROCERY ORDERS Remember---Nothing Reserved ! 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