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YAGE FOUK " 200 Attend Pre-Nu ptial Event For Miss Holladay, Bride-Elect & miscellaneous tea shower for Miss Marjorie Holiaday ,of Col- umbia, Ky., was attended by up- wards of 200 Key West residents in the parish hall of St. Paul’s “Episcopal church, Duval street, from 5 to 7 o'clock Tuesday evening. Miss Holladay is to be married tonight in St. Paul’s church to Joseph Bernard Allen, jr., United street, recently discharged from the ‘U. S. Navy. The bride-to-be was once stationed at the Naval Operating Base here as a mem- ber of the U. S. Navy’s Women’s Reserve. * The shower was given by Mrs. Clarence Allshouse and Mrs. Mervin L. Russell. The parish hall, gayly decorated for the occasion in a green and white motif, was banked with Easter lilies, gladiolas, ferns, cut flow- ers and tropical foliage. In the receiving line were Miss Holladay, Mrs. Allshouse, Mrs. J, B. Allen, Mrs. C. E. Shine and Mrs, Ed Fryzel. Assisting the bride-to-be in opening her gifts were her brides-maids: the Misses Betty Lane, Louise Lee, Elsie Jane Curry, Alecia McCoy, Catherine Symonette, Ernestine Evans and Helen Roberts. Prizes were won by Mrs. H. E. Dey, Mrs. Yulee Collins and Miss Florene Saunders. Serving at the tea tables were Mrs. Olaf Soderberg, Mrs. Mil- ton Sawyer, Mrs. James MacCon- nell and Mrs. Miriam Parks. At} Miss Holladay’s register book ‘was Mrs. Myron Russell. ‘Those who signed the bride’s wedding book were: Mrs. Lorena Buckley, Mrs. B. J. Waite, Mrs. E. Doherty, Mrs. Lillian Kemp, Mrs. Milton Knowles, Mrs. Will- jam’ Francis, Mrs. Harlan Weech, Mrs. Edward S. Fryzel, Mrs. » Harry Frazier, Mrs. Olof Soder- berg. ' Mrs., Myron Russell, Miriam Park, Mrs. Milton Sawyer, Mrs. Ruth Slappey, Mrs. Bernard Allen, Mrs. Eugene Kemp, Mrs. James MatConnell, Mrs. Lettie Roberts, Mrs. John Cates, Mrs. Milan Roberts, Louise Lee, Rado Cash, Catherine Joan Daughtery, Mrs. Raymond Lord, Mrs. Myrtland Cates. Symmonette, | | Joan Lord, Betty Lord, Jennie Seymour, Mrs, H, E.+Day, Mrs. J. L. Menendez, Miss Nellie Menendez, Mrs. Raymond Curry, Mrs.' Fred O. Eberhardt, Mrs. James McCardle, Mrs. Willard Bell, Mrs. J. L. Stone, Mrs. Will- iam P, Kemp, Mrs. Charles J. Curry, Mrs. Hastings C. Smith, Mrs. Willard Albury. © | Mrs. Thomas S. Caro, Mrs. Hollon R. Bervaldi, Mrs. Harry H. Baker, Mrs. Walter Landough, Mrs. Frank Thompson, Lillie Griffin, Mrs. Annie Mdntgomery, Jean Drake, Mrs. Benjamin’ Tynes, Mrs. Douglas McCarthy, Mrs. Newt W. Ketchings, Mrs. Robert R. Valdez, Mrs. Robert | Roberts, Mrs. Beryl Curry. Evelyn Bell, Mrs. Lumley Parks, Mrs. Camille Parks, Mrs. Ralph Pinder, Cassandra Know- les, Mrs. Stephen Douglas, Mrs. Sam Collins, Mrs. Yulee Collins, Mrs. Margaret Henriquez, Mrs. William M. Curry, Mrs. Chester Sawyer, Mrs. John Olsen. Mrs. Carl Bervaldi, Mrs. John Costar, Mrs. Greyburn Pinder, jMrs. Ella G. Curry, Mrs. Robert ‘Stowers, Leila Pitcher, Mrs. John G. Sawyer, Mrs. Raymond | Felton, Mrs. Laura Pitcher, Mrs. |Glorianna M. Bayly, Mrs. Clar- {ence Shine. Mrs. J. B. Parramore, Florence Saunders, Ermina E. Curry, Elsie |J. Curry, Ernestine Evans, Kay Conner, Mrs. George Robinson, Cleora Roberts, Rose Curry, 'Margaret Curry, Helen Roberts, Mrs. A. L. DiNegro, jr., Mrs. {Darnell L. Carey, Mrs. E. R. Johnson, Flossie S, Baker. Mrs. C. H. Ketching, Louise R. Ketchum, Mrs. Morris Coch- ran, Mrs. Emerson Archer, Mrs. Allison Knowles, Betty. Lane, Mrs. George Kantor, Eliza Gard- ner, Frances Parks, Mrs. T. R. Pritchard, Mrs. Benjamin Lowe, Mrs. Joe Romero, Mrs. Sam Goldsmith, Mrs. Wm. R. Warren. Mrs. Joseph Wheeler, Mrs. Naomi Pinder, Mrs. Paul Archer, Mrs. Rhoda Baker, Mrs. Ralph Johnson, Mrs. Lane Whitmarsh, Mrs. Lena Kelly, Virginia Whit- marsh, Mrs. Pastoria Perez, Mrs. Ed- 'mund Curry, Mrs. Vincent Mc- Dermott and Rita Pinder. Fernandez-Kerr Wedding Held Miss Lugarda Fernandez and Jack Kerr, Chicago, were mar- ried» Saturday night in a quiet ¢eremony by Judge Lord. 5 4 The couple left by plane for New York\ York, ,|where they will spend their’ honeymdon, and then they wui go to Chicago. where they will make their fu- ture. home. The bride was an employe of the’ Submarine Base since 1942. She is a graduate of the 1940 class of the Key West High school. ’ GIRL TO SAWYERS Mr. and Mrs. Millard F, Saw- yer announce the birth of a girl, on June 22nd, at thew home, 204 Simonton street. The new arrival has been named Marsha Francine. Mrs. Sawyer,| before marriage, w: as Josephinc Ovide, [s4cxson SQUARE | U.S.O. PROGRAMS || pe Semicete tt iccincarteeiecirarlaell THURSDAY 1:00 p.m. Deep sea fishing— sign at the Jackson Square USO in advance. 9:00 p.m. Movie quiz. FRIDAY 6:00 pm. SPECIAL GSO. (Girls Service Organiza-| tion) meeting — weiner roast at the Club. Dance called off because of po- lio epidemic. SATURDAY : 1;00 p.m. Bottom fishing—girls and sailors sign in ad- vance. 9:00 p.m. Feature movie, “Home Across the Bay.” SUNDAY : 9:45 a.m. Java Club. 12:45 a.m. “Marine Life Adventure” along the keys. 1:00 p.m. Gilmore motor launch party to Sand Key. G.S.O, sign in advance. 8:30 p.m. Coffee Hour. 9:00 p.m. Movie. bE SCRIBNER DUE HOME Second Lieut. John Scribner of Key West is among the names included on a tentative list of South Florida troops scheduled to arrive in the United States! a caki ‘re baki r ve th shortly from abroad, according | SU ra rnin aiken Gea | to the Associated Press, |BOARD WILL OPEN HARRIS SCHOOL BIDS Tomorrow afternoon at 1 o’- clock the Monroe county school board will open bids for repairs to the Harris elementary school. which was partly destroyed by fire a week before the énd of the last school term, Superintendent Willard M. Albury. said today. He ‘explained that while thé project has been approved by the Civilian Production board in this district, it does not mean that the contractor who receives the bid will be given priority in ob- taining materials. Mr. Albury explained that the action of CPB is in the nature of a “go sign”, and that -obtain- ing materials is an altogether different matter. He added that he thought the schoolhouse will be completed for occupancy when public schools in Monroe county are re-opened on Sept. 9, in the event the contractor can get H adequate materials. | The same thing, Mr. Albury said, applies to the construction of the proposed schoolhouse at ;Marathon, contract to build} | which was awarded to Vincent Cremata. That building will be | of concrete block construction, and Mr. Cremata is making the }forms in Key West. When they are completed, work will begin on the building at Marathon. | Capt. Rushenberger Commands New Unit Captain J. R. Rushenberger of Indianapolic, Indiana, has as- sumed command of OsDevRen- Lant, a U. S. Navy fleet unit air wing recently moved to Boca Chica Field, it was learned to-! | day. His executive officer is Commander Paige Knight. The unit, which will continue development of anti-submarine warfare tactics, has 56 officers and 230 enlisted men. It will be} gradually brought up to full) strength of 60 officers and 350 enlisted men. The unit was for- merly stationed at Miami. Navy To Continue Use Of Craig Dock | Incorrect information given out by the public works office jat the Navy here yesterday was {to the effect that Craig docks, used by the Navy, would be turned back to the owners soon. Declaring that this informa- tion was false, a Navy attache said this morning that the Navy jhad no plans for turning the docks back in the near future. ‘ If you ever burn the crust on iwith a knife crust with a grater rather than | \ Sunrise 6:40 a.m. | Sunset 8:20 p.m. Moonrise 5:58 a.m. Moonset s 8:08 p.m. TOMORROW'S TIDES Naval Base & High Tide Low Tide 8:30 a.m. 1:43 a.m. 10:18 p.m. 3:37 p.m. Specialists, Says Captain Gresham| In a world of atomic bombs, thé engagement of their daugh- robot/|ter, Faye Joyce, 18, to John Ger- jet-propelled _ planes, bombs, television and radar, the Regular Army is calling, on all skilled technicians to join its ranks, In order to, fulfill the world- wide obligations that the United States, as a victorious nation, has assumed, the Regular Army has become an aggregation of highly skilled men. “Special emphasis is being di- rected toward securing both ci- vilaus with no prior service, and‘ former servicemen, who are qualified in some of the Military Occupational Specialties re- quired by such an Army,” Cap- tain George R. Gresham, local recruiting officer said today. The following specialists are particularly needed by the Army. Photogrammetrist, automotive Equipmént Mechanic, Baker, Cable Splicer, Cameraman, Mo- tion Picture, Clerk (non-typist), Cook, Draftsman Topographic, Lithographic Pressman, Stenog- he oa } # (THE KEY WEST CITIZEN U.S. Army Wants |Faye Pinder Is Betrothed To Navy Man ‘Mr. and’ Mrs. Hamilton Pinder, 1402 Newton street, anrounce ald Shepard, Sic, of Quincy, Fla. The wedding will take place in the near future. Mr. Shepard is stationed at the local Naval base and is an- ticipating being discharged from the service July 15. Buy Bonds And ~ Beat Inflation Treasury Urges (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, June 27.— The people of Monroe county in- vested $66,737 in U. S. Savings Bonds during the month of May, according to figures just com-/| piled by the Treasury Depart- ment. Florida sales of Savings Bonds for the same month to- talled $8,266,872, bringing the statewide monthly average for the first part_of 1946 to more than e‘ght million dollars. Calling inflation the country’s | also 18, rapher, Lineman, Teletype Me- chanic and Wire Technician. Also Classification Specialist, Investigator, Tabulating Ma- chine ‘operator, Clerk-Typisi, Radar Operator, Finance Tech- nical Clerk, Radio Repairman, Medical Aidman, Airplane and Engine Mechanic, Radio Repair- man, Cryptograph Technician. Also sought aré Supply Clerk, Heavy Automotive Equipment Operator, Camera Technician, Photographic Laboratory Tech- nician, Automotive Repairman, Orthopedic Mechanic, Medical Technician and Dental Tech- nician, All veterans and_ interested civilians should study this list carefully. Every veteran will know the distinct meaning of the job number. Each specific job in the Army has a corresponding number. All persons interested in the new Regular Army in the! “World of Tomorrow” are in- vited to visit the local Recruit- ing Station, located in the Post ; liom doMars to 75 billion dur-} ting’ the same period, and time|hold a dinner meeting tonight “Number One domestic prob- lem,” W. W. McEachern, chair- man of the Treasury’s Sav- :ings Bonds Advisory committee for Florida, in commenting on the peacetime program for the continuing sale of government securities said: “I can’t too strongly stress the importance of Savings Bonds as sound in- vestments, for there was neve: a time when national interest as well as individual weifare called more imperatively for | spending restraint on the part of | the people.” “The amount of money in cir- culation is now more than three } tames the total at the end of 1940; demand deposits in banks have soared from about 35 bil- deposits have risen from 28 bil- | lion to 50 billion. The Treasury | is now conducting a campaign to | for investing in Savings Bonds te | back their future. Office Building, Room 212, and talk over the many advantages of the new Regular Army — an Army of skilled technicians.. The Weather FORECAST Kéy West and vicinity: Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Friday, with widely: scattered early motning thundershowers. | Moderate, occasionally fresh,! southeasterly winds. Florida: Scattered night and early morning showers and thunderstorms along the south-| east coast and scattered after-! noon thundershowers over other sections. Otherwise partly cloudy weather through Friday. Jacksonville through the Flor- ida Straits and East Gulf of Mex- | ico: Moderate southeasterly} winds continuing through Fri-! day. Partly cloudy weather with} widely scattered thundershowers. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warnings have been issued. REPORT Key West, Fla., June 27, 1946 Observation taken at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Daylight Saving Time (City Office) Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night —..- Mean ee Normal <= 63 PRECIPITATION Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m., inches Ss 0 RELATIVE HUMIDITY ' 13% TOMORROW'S ALMANAC (Daylight Savings Time) Legion Group Meets | Hit By Polio Spread Future meetings of the Ameri- can Legion auxiliary have been! called off because of the preval- | ance of polio in the community, Mrs. Charles Hjort, the president, announced ioday. PROWLER FINED $10 Frank Beauchampe was fined $10 in city court yesterday »y Judge Enrique Esquinaldo. He was charged with prowling of} frivate homes in Poinciana las‘) week by Capt. B. H. Waite of the Poinciana patrol jits cash reserves in bonds, the | danger of inflation will be sen- ‘capable of “If the public will put more of sibly diminished, provided of course new sales are not offset ' by redemptions of bonds pre- viously purchased, and that is; why it is important to buy bonds ‘for kéeps’.” Your Horoscope | THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1946— Heré is a loving and trustful na- ture, which may not gain much knowledge of human weaknesses, and is very liable to be deceivea. | It is a feminine nature, though | considerable power. | The affections are too warm and! the passions too stormy, unless carefully controlled. | Wilsons Are Visiting | Friends In Miami Mr. and Mrs, H. N. Wilson left | over the highway early this week for Miami, where Mr. Wil- | son is now stationed with the armed forces. Accompanying the | Wilsons were their two children, | Sandra and Steve and Mrs. Wil- | son’s sister, Miss Mavis Bethel. | Before her marriage Mrs. Wil- son was Miss Yulee Bethel, | daughter of Mrs. E. Garcia, 1024 | United street. Mr. and Mrs. | Garcia, who had been sojourning | in Miami, accompanied the Wil- sons to Key West for their recent | visit here. The Garcias remained in Key West. NIGHT CLUB SOLD The Habana-Madrid Night Club on Front street has been sold by Juan and Fernanda Car- bonell to the Merchants Finance Corporation of Dade County. The total consideration was said to have totalled $30,000. | The use of postal cards was} first suggested in 1865 by the! director of the Royal Prussian | Post. PIN-WORM ITCH sancaren YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH Don’t let your child suffer a single needless minute of distress with Pin-Worms! Recent medical reports reveal that an amazing number of children (and grown- ups too) may be victims of Pin-Worms— often without suspecting what is wrong. So watch out for the warning signs—espe- cially the tormenting, embarrassing rectal | itch. Because now you can and should do something about it! A highly effective way to deal with this ugly infection has now been made possible. It is based on the medically recognized drug known as gentian violet. This special | Grug is the vital ingredient in P-W, the | Pin-Worm tablets developed in the labora- | tories of Dr. D. Jayne & Son, P-W tablets are small and easy to take, and they act in a special way to remove Pin-Worms. So, if you suspect Pin-Worms In ancient days North Africa was called the granary of Rome. in your child or yourself, get a box of P-W right away, and foliow the | Ask your _ Scots Short Of Eggs, Bread, Beer. Glasgow War Bride Says Here Vexed about rationing? Trou- , be rationed to four slices per ployed bled over shortages of this and that? Then listen to the story of a Scottish war bride who arrived } here: yesterday from Glasgow to join her Navy husband and who knows a thing or two about shortages. 4 The comely Scottish lass, Mrs. Ann Rhoades, said the first thing she did when she arrived in New York City, 28 hours from Scotland by plane, was to order ham and eggs—it was her first egg since Christmas. “I consumed what would be’ more than a week’s ration of ham in Scotland right then andj there,” confessed Mrs. Rhoades. The weekly ration of pork in that country is two ounces, she said. Bread in Scotland is about to KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS MEETING POSTPONED J. Winfield Russell, keeper of records and seal of Key West! of | t Pythias, has been informed by Air Lines has announced that it | Lodge No. 163, Knights the district deputy grand chan- cellor that the district meeting scheduled to be held here on poned. However, the committee on entertainment has planned a big surprise for all who attended the regular meeting which will be held at 8 p.m. The lodge and club rooms have } been recently redecorated in a very pleasing manner. The members are urged to come out Friday evening and see what the lodge is doing. GOLF CLUB DINNER The Key West Golf Club will at 7:30 at the South Beach Pa~ vilion restaurant. j inform the public of the urgency | MARRIAGE LICENSES Gerald R. Troy, 22, U. S. Navy, jand Betty Ann Butsch, 22, Sid- play one or more of 17 card ney, Ohio. j person daily, but manual labor- ers will receive six slices, Mrs. Rhoades says, People stand in long lines in Glasgow for two- pound rations of potatoes, she recalled. Whisky is non-existant in the land of Robert Burns, but beer is easier to get, says Mrs. Rhoades. Silk stockings. are more plentiful in Glasgow than jin the United States, the Navy man’s wife said. Born near Glasgow, Mrs. Rhoades was a civil nurse during the war and was married to Charles Rhoades slightly more than a year ago, while he was stationed in Scotland. A native |of Arkansas, he is stationed at ‘the Navy submarine base here.. said the Scottish girl. She stays at the Jefferson hotel. TAMPA-HAVANA FLIGHTS MAY START EARLY IN AUGUST (Florida News Service) TAMPA, June 27.—National j will do “everything possible” to i start direct Tampa-Havana flights before launching Miami- | Friday evening has been post-! Havana flights. National recently received | permission to operate between |Tampa and Havana, and be- ; tween Miami and Havana. The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority then asked National to use Tampa as the first “jump- : ing-off” base for Cuba, since {Eastern Air Lines does not pro- {vide a Tampa-Havana operation. | “We will do everthing possible from Havana is via Tampa,” G. |T. Baker, president of National | Air Lines, advised County Avia- | tion Director Berlin. National previously announced jtentative plans to start Florida- Lae flights “about Aug. 1.” | It is estimated that more than four-fifths of the U. S. families | “I’m,in love with Key West,” : ; to see that the first trip to or} 6 ; Pa Willie. Farce, for more by. the City Scaver ment, died in the Mun pital early today. Farce died of lockjam thought to have resulted wi he cut his foot-on a Piece of glass j while working on a Barbaye truck ten days ago. VETS ADVISED HOW TO HOMESTEAD LAND (Florida News Service) | TALLAHASSEE, June 27.~- Non-resident World War II vet- |erans who want to take advan- | tage of Florida’s law permitting : homesteading of lgnd by former ; GIs can become residents by fil- ng an affidavit that they intend to make their home in this state, Attorney General Tom Watson said today. “ The 1945 legislature approved 40-acre homesteads on vacant and arable state lands for war veterans, { i Basketball was invented in j 1891 by James Naismith, IT eVELEL EST TT | Strand Theater H JOAN FONTAINE in “Frenchman’s Creek” Coming: “Salty O'Rourke” lia. a Monroe Theater ALBERT DEKKER in “WOMAN of the TOWN” | Coming: “National Velvet” } Lost your appetite? Feel drag- Gy? Whon due to simple or nutritional anemia, Vineland i] Tonic can help you “feel like @ billion (A games. . MAXWELL’S SPECIAL For Friday and Saturday Only 12-Piece BEDROOM SUITE Complete 5 1 37° © Consisting of the Following GARDNER'S. PHARM. 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