The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 12, 1946, Page 4

== norco mn * By PATRICIA Division School Chapel Program is On Be Kind to Animals Week |‘, During the chapel program held “How to Care for Our Pets” by 45 o'clock Thursday morning at Elizabeth Ann og reef the Division Street Blementary |... Man's Best Frie Sehoel, & program was rendered) “Re Kind to Animals” by Paul img “Be Kind to Brawn, 5-A. Anti” week, April 7-13, and| “My Pet Dog®by Yvonne Me- “Pan-Am = Day”. April 14. Cardie, 6-B. q . | “Strange Musie” by Betty Da- first part of the program ... 6.5. @f am emay taken from “Be Kind to Animals” by Au- the rooms represented in 'drey Williams, 6-A. Pour, Pive anc Six The second part of the pro- omay, the writer, and the wm consisted of a play called below Animals” by Lon- | z “Pan-American Day”. This beau- ‘titul and appropriate play was put jom by about twenty pupils in 6-A, by Nancy \taught by Mrs. Florence Mul- | timax Troop Has Marine Museum by Paul) |Despite Convention. Although there is a convention im Miami of Eastern Stars: there will be the usual meeting of the Stars tonight: at’ 8 o’clock at’ Ma- sonic Temple, J. E. Stirting an- nounced today. Many Stars are under the im- pression that there is no meeting because of the convention. PATRICIA’'S NOTEBOOK [ATTRA UNLETNNULAAEBUE Key West High School Basket- Girl Geout troop, The troop has a Sea Museum each Wednesday at which the patrols are working on. we House, entertained ‘The four patrols are named from pd yo SomImITiee MOM | ea Life, Turtle, Sea/Harse, Sponge | meeting was to and Star Fish, and have présented | ent of the girls with the troop with the above named ssusiiee that the troop is’ species. Professor Earl Hamilton of the #* GIVEN Division Street Schoot and Eu- lowed by gene Roberts presented the scouts ing of with their Scout Pins, Mrs. Dorothy Sands is leader of the troop, with Miss Eola John- json in charge of all activities and records. Mrs. Gladys Roberts is| * acting as head of recreation and Mrs. Mary Herrick as music di- rector. Committee members for the) troop include Professor Hamilton, Mr. Roberts, Miss Lottie Green and Mrs. Mattie Lou Hamilton. | Members of the troops are Bar- |bere Adams, Mariland Adams, mnehe Alligood, Sylvia Alvarez, 4 Castro, Paye Curry, Judy Goodman, Clarabell Garcia, Alice | , Sylvia Knowles, bara hort Th te Lang, Joyce TB, Norma Machado, |, Mar- riptt, Evelyn Nettles, Nel- Latrell Pipkins, is Piar- paioate Fore, Elizabeth Ann Russell, Ern- that estine Vaides, Jo-Ann Valeneuela, res V ! i HE #f il 5 in otk I! i i ; I i 2EFF s | § : i s f i i H ik I i , Fd % ant ‘Sue Goldman. ’ | | | Shaslik for Gomyko; He Wants Good American Chicken NEW YORK. — You can have. sit in the crowded cafe-bar where your Rustion hastik. The Andrei they ate chicken patty and drank Gromyteas prete: beer Amatgcan dish _ ae Pierre, the headwaiter, who has played host to numerous Grempke net only took o walk celebrities in his many years at 08 the UN session and the Iran the hotel, didn’t think the occa- ‘ide from the sien was anything out of the or- } But not as dinary. He didn’t inform the © fet tellieved to pass up, manager or the press that the cooking Gromykos were dining at the ana bie party of seven, in-| hotel because he felt they Gromyko, took | “ought to eat in peace.” from Hunter; The thing that made Pierre Congaurse Phare! happy that the? Gronykes seasion. He heard that at the fashionab! wp Russian, Ttal-| hotel where they live they cook ‘—- eating places to! their own food. L. Munro Make Bridge Score commie | — Reverend LIVINGSTON MUN High score, and it was really} WO, & former pastor of Key West! « high score of 890, was won by whe bes many friends in wis Ensign W. K. Waters and En- fy, will be filling the pulpit as sign R. E. Sanderson at the Wed- * spply pester for the First! nesday night bridge party, held Gongregstional Church of Key! at the Officer's Club on Wh.te- West at 627 William street, be-| head street. @ening this Sunday. His first) Runner up was Captain and s@fmon will be rendered on Palm! Mrs. Ralph Bush, and low score Semiay morning His many) went to Captain M. Fries and! apes will be happy to know of Lt. J. F, Peterson, | arrival "1 toate a a b 'Miss Knowles Is Honored Henoring Miss Catherine Knowles and celebrating her re- de- gave a fs ball team is propably- still. won- dering who their GOD FATHER: was the night of their annual banquet at the Orient Restaurant last week, This very prominent and generous gentleman happen- ed to be dining and asked the on learning what it was ‘he promptly paid the bill and asked that his name not be revealed. A friend of this gentleman sub- mitted this item in appreciation to him and as a clipping for the team’s serapbook. ee Ever see that car running around town with Here Comes John on one end and John, The Fisherman’s Friend on the other with the letters painted in orange. Well L. R. and ROD BETHEL, two Key West boys, are owners and operators of John’s place ut at Rock Harbor and this is their means of advertising. There is also a public address. system on the car whereby. broadcasts id made to fishermen along the bridges. Their place at Roek Harbor is familiar. to their friends and hundreds, of tourists who stop negtlarly for Pure Oil Gaso- ! and service for, their cars: y have quite an array of food too; Soft. drinks, sandwiches, cigars, cigarettes. and beer and | wine... The Bethel. boys . invite bepress and. the public )to on ees - Here’s a little pieee sent from | the Daily Herald of Biloxi by MIMI HAYES; French Foyer directrice to Key West Citizen via her mother here. Miss Hayes is well known for her work it Key West: “The regular Sattr- day night darice will be held this evening at the Beach USO: Clab (Biloxi) Sgt. Gordon Arthur’s Sextet will furnish the music. All servicemen, servicewomen and their wives and junior host- esses are cordially invited... . The movie for Sunday starting at 8 p.m. will be “Once Upon A Time”. A ‘loat representing the USO, and iis activities is being designed by members of the Beach USO staff to take place inthe National War Fund drive parade Wednesday afternoon. USO cars will also participate ih the par; aN Looks , today is a lot of plugs for adver- tisers. But” regardless of this news is news. Do you folks know HY ALTMAN? Hy was last \in Key West in 1942 where he was connected with Maxwell's Furhi- ture Store. Then’ he left for Sok say duty and was in service two years. He returned here and replaced Sam Cohen who manh- aged Maxewll’s during the war. Hy says he likes Key West im- mensely. He will shortly get back into civic work when things are organized here. Meanwhile he is getting ready for an anticipated expansion of Maxwell’s. He las been with the company for eight years. xk & | BEN GROSS, radio commen- tator, editor N. ¥Y. Daily Mirror— is vacationing here in Key West with his wife at their home on United street. xk * We were destressed to hear recital last Sunday! lease from the Naval Hospital! that MRS. MARY JUNE MESA’S ‘49 “ x * ‘ Ie i thé ‘right’ pfoducts; to | the ‘ ee do §XAbib coh ‘right’, customers. ' = Hy organ was shown off Friends of to attend, cs to the Priends of where she underwent a delicate jittle girl broke her arm and had arm operation, a few of her very! to be taken to Miami for treat- close friends entertained her! ment. And Mrs. Nelly Louise y friends anc members| with a delightful supper at the| Russel! and Mrs. Louisa Delaney Music were so} hom of Mrs. Merrill it was impos-| 1421 Catherine street. many music] The table was decorated with! come — are both tending sick children. xwr ZETTA FRANCIS CABRERA’S red candles and fruit while the} current boy friend from Missouri, aya, Mire. Quinby played] menu was carried out in true|is to leave shortly for Navy the most pop-| Spanish tradition. play: \ training in Norfolk, and so she ed was} Those present were Miss Cath-| wouldn't forget where. ne was of Man's De-| erine Knowles, Elizabeth Resam,| going told her, “I'm going to a . Stdthe new Vibra Harp} Eola Johnson, Mrs. Alecia Langs-| small craft school and if you wdded to the} ton, Pay Johnson and Mrs. Doro-| can't remember that, just say thy Sands, little bouts” & TAMPING AP Newsfeatures ground with his feet. —that directly above the seeds—loose. stake at the edge of the plot to earth. After seedlings have be heavier. Retail Furniture Group Gathering April 17 Key West housewives no doubt will be interested in what trans- pires at the annual meeting of the Florida Retail Furniture Associa- tion to be held in Jacksonville on; April 17. Furniture is a subject; close to the hearts of all house- wives. Key West dealers, by attend- ing the meeting, will be able to! learn a thing or two fot their own} benefit and for the benefit of the: housewives/| Reservations can} now be made as is révealed‘at the end of this “Slant’”. s Highlight of the meeting (and) you dealers should be there). wili! be a talk on.“‘How to Make the| Most of the Coming Opportun- | ity.” Clay Pearson} ‘ssutheastern territorial manager of the Alexan- der Smith & Sons Carpet Corh- pany and the Masland Mills, will deliver the address at 2:30 p.m./ It will deal“With floor coverings. ‘This. was announced today by G. D. Wood, president of the associa- | tion. The Florida retail furniture @ealers will have headquarters in Hotel Roosevelt. “Today more than ever before the entire home furnishings indus- try, and this includes the retailer, is’ striving to serve the American homemaker,” Mr. Wood declares. | “In Florida, just as in every part of the United States, home has never meant so much to so many. We representatives of the home furnishings industry feel a great responsibility to serve that home. “Retailers who sell their prod- ucts ‘right’ serve America best. New merchandising tools, such as sales training and the Basic Home Furnishings plan of color coord-} ination, now available to stores throughout the country, will help the retailer do a better job of sell- | “No horhe furnishings’ retailer can afford to miss this opportun- ity. We anticipate a very large attendance zrom all over the state. Reservations may be made by writing to 910 Kings Road, Jack- sonville.” Fort Myers Little Theater | In National Contest Here’s a goal for the Key West | Players to shoot at: Little Theater of Fort Myers, less than a year old, has been se- | lected as one of 12 in the entire} country to compete in a national + |one-act contest to be held in Chi-| cago on June 10. | The Fort Myers group earned| the invitation after obtaining na-| tional recognition in rapid time. The local chamber of commerce directors agreed to put up $1,000 to send the Little Theater to Chi- cago for the contest. Talent scouts of all major film studios and representatives of large New York producers will be at the competition, which is spon- sored by a national theatrical pub- lication. Traffic Accidents In Florida Costly Recklessness and negligence on ‘the part of drivers are listed by the State Department of Public Safety as the major contributing | factors in the $28,000,000 property | damage and toll of 625 lives caus- ed by 1945 traffic accidents in Florida. The tremendous increas@, im ac- cidents, the public safety director and WATERING. NEWLY SOWN SEED By GEORGE QUINT { jaa the gardener has set his seeds into the ground and has coveréd them with soil by using a rake, he should tamp the planted; and with a fine spray, watering should be directed chiefly at the tamped-down soil, and never should be forceful enough to wash away the loose begun to sprout, the’ watering con ee ;and gaming devices seized. jand asked the governor to ap- lefforts to the betterment of the | ‘ Simply walk slowly over the loose earth, one foot on each} side of the cord indicating the row. Leave the soil in the mniddies When that task is completed, remove the cord, leaving the! indicate what seeds have been} water the garden. The initial POV SOG CITI VOTO OF INTEREST TO KEY WEST * * * * * NATIONAL and STATE NEWS WITH A LOCAL SLANT 02£2£44444444444 444444444 4444444444444 By IL.WR * announces, is continuing the first part of this year. He said the in- crease started when gasoline ra- tioning was lifted last year. There were 4,786 accidents in 1945. Besides the property dam- age and loss of life, 3,280: persons were injured. Other contributing factors in the accidents were speeding, fail- ure to yield right of way and driv- ing on the wrong side of the road. Accidents resulting from mechan- ical defects were led by blowouts and ‘steering gear trouble. However, the director said that “4f-'more’ drivers: would practice courtesy on the highways, many serious! ‘accidents: could be. easily avpiPede! = eascoh 7 ' WPB Ganmibling Situation ‘ Still,“Hot”. mie: In-past issues this’ column has! likened | the $? g: Bi situation nee to PALA bie ca co in oat \ Rahm |Beaehs » However, » recént events in WPB have pushed the local? gambling; flareup into the background. : A West Pali Beach grand jury in March instructed the sheriff, police chief and county solicitor there to investigate alleged gam- ing at a notorious night club. The officials failed to comply. The jury then requested the governor to send in a special investigator. The investigator assigned to the |county by the governor made in- quiries and in company with the sheriff and police forces raided the night club and two other bo- lita places. Thirty defendants were arrested, $15,000 confiscated Later the grand jury met again point another county solicitor to prosecute the defendants. The jury, in a letter to the governor, said that, in view of the failure of the present county: solicitor to respond to its previous request to investigate gambling, “it' is felt that it would be for the best in- terests of the future prosecution of these cases for the county soli- citor of another county to be as- signed” to the court there. The circuit court judge excused the jurors, praising them for the “real service” they rendered the county. He told them they would continue as a grand jury, subject to further activity at their own discretion or at call of the court} until the June The grand ju port highly | commended its foreman. The re-| port said it was understood that | the ‘Hreman “devoted his time and | county at his own expense and at great risk to his personal safety.” Visitors Must Have { ‘46 Tags On Cars i Out-of-state motor vehicle driv- | ers in Key West are warned they | must have their own state 1946 license tags on their cars or puc- chase a Florida plate. The warning comes from Tag Commissioner George H. Asbeil, who says there are now only three states in which 1945 license tags have not expired. Residents of all other states must have the! °46 license plate or be subject to arrest. | April 15 is the deadline in Vir-: ginia and West Virginia’s ’46 tags" expire June 30. Plates for Illinois drivers were late in being manu-\ factured. Delaware issues 1i-, censes quarterly. { The deadline for purchasing Florida tags was in February. | | i i | | a 090. 4, Premoted motion Lt. (jg) C. M. Davis. Li. night by the captain of the ship the Officer’s: Club. Charlie, the first names of the Twenty attended the dinner, Social Calendar FRIDAY St. Paul’s Parish Hall. ew SATURDAY Brownies, 10:00 p.m., Fleming Street Church Annex. * MONDAY Jayshees, 8:00 p.m., Home of Mrs. Delio Cobo, 455 South. * Jr-Sr. PTA, 8:00 p.m., Schoo! Auditorium. * * WEDNESDAY Bridge Club, Officers’ Ciub,.8:00 | mM. x «© THURSDAY Sewing Committee, Key West Hospital, 2:00 p.m. Your Lodge Meets Fern Chapter, OES, 2nd and 4th Fridays’ of each month, 8:00 p.m., Scottish Rite Temple. > Pocahontas Lodge, Ist and 3rd Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Red Men’s Hall. Pythian Sisters, Ist and 3rd Mon days, 7:30 p.m. Knights of Pythias Hall. Rebekah, Ist and 3rd Fridays, 7:30 p.m., Golden Eagle Hall. Key West Lodge Number 163, Knights of Pythias. Meets every Friday night at Knights of Pythias Hall, Fleming Street . The Answers (Questions on Page Two) | 1. William: Z: Fostcr. 2. In February the Govern- ment, collected, more. than, i spent but the present fiscal lyéai" will show a: deficit. 4°85 ‘In February, $279,200,000," It has been twice as fast. 7. Churchill's seribe term” “fo » de- 10. One is reported about ready for the market. U. S. Senator Warren G. Mag- nuson of Washington, born at Moorhead, Minn., 41 years ago. IN APPRECIATION To the Officers and Crew of the S.S. Willet, I extend to you my heartfelt thanks, as without your help, I do not know what I would have done. Thank you and may God bless you. MRS. JOSEPH SPELOCK. aprl2-1t ‘Your Southernmost Fashions New Merchandise Arriving Daily {2 A JOY TO BEHOLD! That's precisely what you'll be in this charming little print dress on Easter. until you see the glorious colors! BELDNER’S For Your Southernmost Fashions 528 DUVAL STREET Opposite STRAND THEATER Im honor of their recent pro- J. R. Peat and Lt. C. B. Almy, from. the Submarine. Cochcino, were given a dinner Wednesday Commander W. A. Stevenson, at The chef of the Sub baked the cake and. he. ,beautifuily + and} }} gayly decorated it roses and wrote Carl, Jack and with pink officers promoted, in pink icing. Girl Scouts, Troop 4, 4:00 p.m., their common language as do the British and Americans; reaehed an agreement. Both na- tions have just signed “an accord over standard pronunciations and Lettdrs in each. county will spon- sor adoption of ‘the commoi sys- | | tem. $ ‘TODAY. IN HISTORY. (Know America) 1693-——William Bradford sets up’ = the first printing press in New Rumorists, born in. York City. 1845—The Ne York Life In- surance Company founded. 1859—First national billiard match, in Detroit. 1861—Fort Sumter fired on — rr beginning of the Civil War. CITY STAGES ROUNDUP 1878—William M. Tweed, no- _— torious New York “boss” dies in’ “F[AVRE, Mont, — In jail. {to continued complaints by 1908—Big Chelsea, Mass., fire.’ dents about stray 1917—United.. States calls. for| nading up and down 500,000 volunteers for the war on! the police staged a “4 Germany. up and roped 25 1942—Jap planes raid Coregicd were then sold at ai dor a,dozen times within 24 hours. 1948—Japs on Kiskavand Attu in! the Aleutians repeatedly bombed: STRONG ARM by, 11th U.S, Bomber Command. ; TRIUMPH. 1944—Allied forces fight to clear Japs out of India. | COFFEE | merchant, tary of the treasury, toria, O. Died there, 1945—President Franklin D. ‘| Roosevelt dies, age 63. U.S. 9th Army crosses the Elbe to Berlin. U.S. 3rd Army takes Weimar, Ger- many. € “e 02££44444444444444. aeeee REVIVAL Hear Wilbur Horldt 730 P.M. “SPIRITUAL INSANITY” , » POOF I CTT COS ITO TOC OTOL UT the ‘situation’ in Russian) dominated aréas) Where {news jis withheld and. visitors banned. 8. Yes; some other stars. 9. Soft coal, 49 percent; next comes petroleum, 30° per cent. un PM. SATURDAY 7:30 Pld. 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