The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 26, 1946, Page 4

a : ~ ; elped At Office _In Key West A total of 953 veterans in the Key West area received hélp or information fram Veterans Ad- ministration contact representa- “tives during the first six weeks’ operation of the Key West con- tact office, Eugene Anheir, of- ficer in charge, announced Sat- urday. ‘ “The Key West contact office began operation under the new Miami regional office June 15 afd, up to August 1, the contact répresentatives made a total of 649 personal interviews in and <out of the office while giving help over telephones to 404 vet- erans and their families. _ Anhein aiso recvived -informa- tion from V..S. Parker, manager of the Miami regionai office, that a total of 44,495 veterans in the 10-county Miami region received help or information from VA con- tact representatives during the period. Of that number, 33,879 were personal interviews and the rest received help by tele- phone. Robert M. Grabel, chief contact officer of the Miami région, told Anheir that, the work load’ of all his. representatives for the first half of August indicated a near 30 per cent increase over that of duly. A report from J. M. Slaton, Jr., VA deputy administrator, branch 5, stated that one-fifth of the population of the United States received. help from VA contact representatives during the fiscal year ending June 30. USO Picnic Well Liked ‘Chaplain Willard Smith, USA, organized the Sunday afternoon activity for Army men of a drive to the Boca Chica beach picnic grounds several weeks ago in co- operation with the USO. : The popularity of this event was instantaneous and men wait in line to be in the first fifteen to sign up. 3 Volley ball and swimming were enjoyed by the soldiers and Junior Hostesses at yesterday’s picnic, and the sandwiches and fixin’s were devoured enthusias- tically. Those present, included: T-5 Thomas White, T-5 Allen Lee, Pfc. Roy Wrightson, Pfc. John Tropp, Pfc, George Mirando, Corp. Bill Brewer, T-4 Jonnie McDowell, Pfc. Dick Glidden, Pvt. Sal Diglio, Pvt. Herman Brady, Pfc. Jerry Walz, Pfc. Eli Tamen, Pfc, George Moralez, Pfc. Edward Yates, Pfc. Robert Imrie. The following Junior Hostesses participated: Ann Ovide, Gloria Acevedo, Alice Acevedo, Vivian Garcia, Doris Thompson, Alice DeArmas, Wilma La Fe, and the USO staff members, Eileen S. Coughlin and Cecilia Rogan. First Birthday | Party Sunday A party was given yesterday for Frances Yvonne Alexander to celebrate her first birthday at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Atwell. : Guests were served cake, ice cream and candy. Games were played and prizes awarded. The In the national picture, a tdtal} boys’ prize went to Robert Mont- of 29,952,160 interviews. were . made, 23,319,326 resulting ~from personal visits to contact offices. The rest got their help by tele- phone. Also, VA contact repre- sentatives last year filled out 7,- * 762,138 official forms, such as ap- plications for benefits, and in- itiated 3,937,207 letters to get aid for individuals who visited them. Contact representatives in the Key West office made out 103 plications of varying sorts over pe six-week period. Also 1201 letters to obtain aid for individ- uals were initiated. Figures for the entire Miami region show that 8,472 applica- tions were made out and 3,546} Mrs. letters initiated. In addition to outlying contact offices like the one at Key West, contact representatives are on duty at the VA central office in Washington, all branch, regional and sub-regional offices, VA hos- pitals, Army and Navy hospitals and separation points, local vet- erans information service centers and other locations, Also, itinerant contact repre- sentatives travel on a regular schedule to communities which have no VA offices to meet vet- erans and. their families. THREE MORE ‘VETS TAKING “ON- JOB” TRAINING Jeff Knight, manager of the U. S. employment office, stated today that three more male vet- erans had been certified for em- ployment -with local concerns un- der the “on-the-job” training. . WKWF is employing a radio engineer ,and ship's service de- partment in the Submarine Base is employing a retail sales man- ager and a manager of an ac- counting office. ‘BACK HOME FROM SUMMER VACATION Hilda Russell and Carrie Pierce, Flagler Avenue, returned last) week* from a summer vacation spent in Hendersonville, N. C. While on their vacation they were the ‘guests of Gen, and Mrs. Campbell King at Flat Rock, N. C. The Kings have a beautiful estate at Flat Rock, which is only gomery and the girls’ to Myrna Goehring. 3 Those present were: Katherine Paros, Jackie Craft, Donna Jean and Eddie Conner, Brenda and Lester Yates, Kathleen Ham, Anita .Louise Bethel, Brenda Wolfred, Paul Stofer, Jr., Robert Montgomery, Sybil and Carol Key, Charles Warren Russell, Glendora Sawyer and: Myrna Goehring and Everette Atwell. Miss Rose Alfonso, Lovanda Sawyer, Mrs. Grace Craft, Mrs. Mean - Gloria Conner, Mrs. Luvinia Gates; Mrs. Amon Ham, Mrs. Louise Paros, Mr. and Mrs. Rob- ert Bethel, Mrs. Thelma Taylor, |’ Paul Stoper, Jr, and Mrs. Raymond Alexander. The Weather Forecast Key West and vicinity; Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and ‘Tuesday. Gentle to moderate variable winds, mostly southeast and south. Florida: Partly cloudy today, ltonight and. Tuesday, with .scat- tered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, mostly over north and east por- tions. Jacksonville through the Flor- ida Straits and East Gulf of Mex- ‘ico: Light to moderate variable jwihds, mostly southeast to south over southern portions and south- west to west over northern por- tions today, tonight and Tuesday. Partly cloudy weather with wide- lly scattered afternoon and eve- ning thundershowers. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: INo small craft or storm warnings have been issued. *NOTE; The tropical disturb- tance teported off the Mexican! jcoast yesterday moved inland ;near Tampico, Mexico, . during the night. Report ! Key West, Fla., August 26, 1946 (Observation taken at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time. City office.) Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night PRECIPITATION - a few miles from the summer paingatl, 24 hours ending resort town of Hendersonville. The. Kings, during the winter, reside at 1105 Flagler Avenue here and are next-door neighbors of the Misses Russell and Pierce. They informed their Key West guests they would return to their winter home here in January. Gen. and Mrs. Kings are close friends of Gen. George C. Mar- shall, former Army chief of, staff during World War Il. It was Mrs. King who introduced Gen. Marshall, now ambassador to); China, to his present wife. Marine Corps Transfer | Deadline October 15th Captain J. S. Durant, Marine Corps, Key West Marine Bar- racks, has announced that a dead- line has been established for the submission of applications .for transfer to the Regular Marine ant eligible officers on active duty, those on terminal leave and all eligible officers on inac- tive duty who desire to request transfer to the Regular Marine Corps must submit application on or before October 15, 1945, | Capt.-Durant said. 8:30 a.m., inches —. 0 RELATIVE HUMIDITY 10% TOMORROW'S ALMANAC (Daylight Saving Time) Sunrise - : 7:06 a.m. Sunset 7:51 p.m, Moonrise 7:43 a.m, 'Moonset 8:47 p.m, TOMORROW'S TIDES Naval Base High Tide Low Tide 11:04 a.m. 4:11 a.m, 11:43 p.m. 5:22 p.m. EISNER RETURNS FROM VACATION Louis Eisner, resigned chief of police of Key West, was around City Hall today shaking hands with old friends and renewing acquaintances following his re- turn from a three-week vacation in New York City. While in Gotham, Mr. Eisner had a talk with busy, popular Mayor O’Dwyer, who served with Eisner on the New York police force years ago. Mothers of Girl Scouts | Entertained At Wesley ! House Musical, Banquet Girl Scouts of Troop No, 8 en- tertained their mothers with a: musical recital and banquet at! the Wesley House on Varela, street last week. | Conch shells were used to dec- orate the main table and the: shells held. large sprays of fern! and beautiful radiance roses. Girl scouts themselves prepar-j tion, ed the supper, which consisted of meat - loaf, baked beans, potato salad, cole slaw, chocolate pie and orange punch. ‘ i Invitations carried out the; shell mofit, the cards being dec-j orated by each scout. Mothers expressed themselves! as having enjoyed the delightful supper and were pleased to learn of the wonderful work their daughters are doing -in the scout troop. - Scouts present included Blanch Alligood, Barbara Adams, Julie Lang, Patricia Cope, Joyce Loun-} Scholarship Dance The Key West High School Associa’ a scholarship dance this Thurs- day, August 29, at 9 p.m, at the Driftwood. This will be the first time in the history of the school that a dance of "this type has been un- dertaken by the Alumni Associa- , Dances and other entertaining affairs will be held during the “yéar to raise money to send the ‘two students with the highest scholastic rating to college. It is the intention of the Alum- ni Association to continue this ,type of work with the school dur- jing the future and send two stu- {dents to college the beginning of teach Fall session. ‘Legion Sponsors : Local Student Billy Albury, son of Mr. and ders, Sylvia Taylor, Penny John-; Mrs. Everett Albury, Islamorada, son, Dora Castro, Sylvia Knowles, | js attending the American Legion- Dana Rae Knowles, Joyce Valen-/ sponsored Boys’ State being held NEW leaders as members of the Na- tional Board of Sponsors of the National Arthritis Research Foun- dation.” : Mr. Barrymore, chairman of the board, named Senator Claude Pepper of Florida among “the group of distinguished sponsors. The National Arthritis Re- ‘search Foundation was begun. a ‘year ago by officers of the Leo *N. Levi Memorial’ Hospital, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, America’s only national and non- sectarian hospital devoted to the free ‘care of arthritis. Following a series of confer- ences with medical leaders and publi¢ health authorities, Foundation embarked upon a campaign for $2,500,000, with Louis Kranitz, St. Joseph, Mo., as j the national campaign chairman. than i | zuela, Jo-Ann Valenzuela, Shirley; at the Florida State. College for| the Foundation are to be located Nelson, Evelyn Nettles, Elizabeth} Women, Tallahassee, beginning | Ann Russell, Carleen Moore, } August 25 and continuing through Jeannie Canova, Marlene Parks,! August 31. Ernestine Valdez, Norma Ma-| Albury is sponsored by Arthur chado, Mariland) Adams Sawyer Post No. 28, American Clarabell Garcia. Legion. All expenses will be paid Leader Mrs. Dorothy Sands) by the post. Albury is.a twelfth and assistant leaders, Miss Eola} grade student at the Key West and Johnson and Mrs. Gladys Rob-/ High School. erts, were also in attendance. Miss Reynolds, of Wesley House, was among the guests en- tertained by the scouts. Cemetery Property 3 Is Being Cleared City Cemetery property is be- ing cleaned up and good prog- ress has been made, it was learn- ed today. Public Service Director Robert Dopp told The Citizen this morn- ing that “the city. feels it cannot: fask individuals to clean their por- Rion of the cemetery until it has’ Hone its part first.” As soon as the city’s example has been shown, individuals will. ibe required to toilow suit. i ‘Cuban Visitors Stop Off Gabriel Ferro, Alberto Ayme and B. Fernandez were arrivals in Key West Sunday from Ha- vana. After visiting with friends and; relatives here, they left for Tampa. Mr. -Ferro will be remembered as having been connected with the Florida East Coast Railway in this city, later having been transferred to the company’s of- fice in Havana. Late Captain Ellis’ Daughters Visitors In Island City Recent arrivals in this city in- clude the Misses Lula and Flora $llis, who are guests at the North Beach Inn. The Misses Ellis are daughters" ‘of the late Captain David Ellis} and Mrs, Ellis, former residents ; of this city when Captain Ellis, was in command of the light-! thouse steamer Arbutus. SEPARATION CENTER FOR NAVY CLOSED: (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 26.-~, The U. S. Naval Personnel Sep-| aration Center was officially | closed Saturday at a ceremony! in which Captain Maurice M. | | farewell Chicago is the second largest city in the United States. DeWolfe, commanding officer, presented discharge certificates | and his thanks for a job well done to 313 separatees, the ships company of the center and the last of the Naval Reserves. The center was established in} August, 1945, by Rear Admiral; G. B. Stockton, of Jacksonville, who turned the command over to Captain*DeWolfe on Septem- ber 5, 1945. Since opening its! doors the center has returned ap. proximately 102,670 Navy men and women. to. civilian life. Captain M. M. DeWolfe in a speech, thanked all! hands, both navy and civilian, | for assisting to complete the! Navy’s demobilization program | on schedule. : | The job is finished. The most powerful war time navy in the} world has Been reduced to peace. | time strength. Uncle Sam's navy ! Florida Boys” State is an effort ‘on the part of the American Le- | gion to bring to the boys of Flor- fda a knowledge of the funda- mental principles of American government through actual prac- ‘tices in the duties of city, county and state offices for the period of Boys’ State. The program is entirely non- } partisan and is not military in any ‘Sense. Consideration of govern- mental problems will be free from propaganda. The program 4s designed to teach boys that there is nothing fundamentally ‘wrong with the American form of government; that it has not outlived its usefulness; that what it demands is an intelligent citi- zenry, and a clean, honest, im- partial administration. Each boy will have a chance Here On Way To Tampa to learn for himself that govern- ment is just what he makes it. Recreational and _ sightseeing activities are included in the pro- gram for the week. Approxi- mately 300 boys from all parts of the state will attend the session. $50,000 PAID BY DELINQUENTS Archie Roberts, city iax collec- tor-treasurer, today reported that of the $122,000 in taxes that was delinquent when the delinquent tax list was published in The Citizen for the first time three weeks ago, over $50,000 has been paid into the city treasury. The $50,000 was paid on 360 parcels of land and these have been stricken from the list. In- eluded in the $60,000 is a pay- ment’ of $14,000 by an individual whose name was not divulged. The delinquent tax list appears in The Citizen today for the last time. It has been published once a week for four weeks. 42,000 PENNIES TACOMA, Wash.—Mr® Lewis D. Shay, Puyallup bakery store manager, recently went, to the bank with 42,000 war-time zine pennies. She had saved all of them she got for nine months. They weighed 269 pounds. Subscribe to Tne Citizen, sign gage: in busine us name of Duval St tend to r titious name. Circuit Court of Monr Florida. , Dated August 2nd. is now regular. Shea sp A SHOW THAT FAILED DENVER, Colo.—When Dousg-' se las Phillips, city detective, went on his vacation, his 14-year-oid son, Douglas, Jr., decided to show how his father used his hana- ' euffs. During the exhibition, t! manacles snapped shut on his wrist and it was discovered that! Dad must have taken his keys! with him. Officers at the police ' station tried to pick the lock! without success and Douglas was about to despair when a military | policeman came along and used | his key succesfully. i In South Africa a native white, | especially a Dutchman, is called an Afrikander, i Ha. otherwise ed therein al, ed at Key West, Florida this 3rd day of August, A. D. 1946. (Cireuit Court Seal) wyer Court, dson, Clerk. Ross Clerk of € By: Mary K \ Deputy William V. Albury. 01 for Plainti a eae ‘augs-12-19-26,1946 evr ve ce rvrrvvee STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE TRIUMPH COFFEE MILL AT ALL GROCERS 444444424244244444445 | $595 | FLIGHTS DAILY” ¢ in Hot Springs. Clarified Electrical Appliance Prices Mildred Shepherd, OPA price ‘clerk, has received a letter from the district office answering ques- tions regarding the price increase allowed retailers of electrical ap- pliances. The increases, the price clerk pointed out, are only for stock | purchased from the date of the , order allowing the hike. All oth- er stock now in possession of ,the dealer and which presumably ‘was purchased at a lower price, must be sold for the price that it is ticketed for, and in no case must it be retailed for the new increased amount. Colored People Ask A petition containing 116 names has been signed by -the colored citizens of Key West asking that Aristides Castro be allowed to jerect a moving picture theater at 805 Emma street with a seat- ing capacity of from 350 to 500. The latter figure would be the capacity should a balcony be con- structed. Aristides Castro said today that “with nearly 5000 colored people in Key West, they are without a theater of their own”. This petition, which Castro pre- dicts will contain a large portion of the colored population of Key West, has just been started. Over two months ago, Castro asked the CPA for permission to. build the theater, and to date approval has not been received. | He is of the opinion that ‘this pe- tion, when filled with names and forwarded to Washington, ._ may ‘help to bring quicker action on the part of CPA. ‘ | LETTER OF THANKS | the contest sponsored by Walter ans of Foreign Wars. You do not know just how grateful I am to know that old home town friends | were so generous to me. | I want to especially thank my making the solicitations and the following friends for their contri- | butions: W. S. Kuckhahn, Toney } Valdez, S. D. Leggett, Garrard Claire, Roy Gibson, Shedrick Hannibal, Joseph Bosfield, Arthur Brown, Cleveland Tynes, D. K. Bain, L. A. Gabriel, Oscar Claire, George Cambridge, Eli Albury, Victor Tynes, R. K. Bain, Cecil ; Bain, Harold Ferguson, Joseph | Hannibal, Amando Guteirrez and | Anthony Welters. J. A. GABRIEL, Post Commander, 1417 12th Street, Augusta, Georgia. | MINUTES TO MIAMI {ONE WAY) Pena | THREE CONVENIENT || #Plus Tox 1 f We WEST NATIONAL AIRLINES the | |The main research laboratories of !* For Own Theater | I take this method in thanking | my many friends of Key West} for their liberal contribution to} J. Jackson Post No. 3887, Veter- | dear friend, David K. Baine, for} Nancy Valdez won hearty applause “with. rhumba interpretations. The next rehearsal will be held on Tuesday, August /27, at : T>p. m., at the Driftwood. eS public is invited to. attend i j | | | a \a rehearsals and encourage these}. young folks in their effort to| ~ make the city’s celebration ’a suc- | cessful and colorful one. Semi-Annual Audit director -.comptroller, submitted his semi-annual audit to the city commission at last Friday night's special meeting. ment of revenues and expenses Commercial Credif crn INCORPORATED ——eneeceen Submitted To Citv Charles Roberts, city finance The audit is a condensed state- for the past six months and gives ‘Homes °*Stores the status of the budget. ‘i *Hotels Budgetary appropriations for departmental operation for the Large Color Selection In the report submitted | Finest Workmanship WHEN YOU Wo tile-fnnien. PAY-WAY THAT FITS YOUR PAY DAY DUVAL 8ST. Located in the Heart of the City Rates ROOMS Write or Wire Reasonable for Reservations with BATH and TELEPHONE Hotel Avenue Ford Hotel Pershing 60 N.E. 3rd Street 226 N.E. 1s! 80 Rooms - Elevator _ 100 Rooms - Elevator Solarium Heated 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION Ete. ROT eel [ paandiemniinn sa mikitary schools, of America's outstanding 4 the few s6 ith RO.T.C. unite ? War. Dep’ tramation adarems Cob. WY ~e 4g, St. Petersburg, Floride ts jeerullud ST, PETERS ENTRY BLANK Labor Day Swimming Meet at Navy Yard Enlisted Men’s Pool Prizes Donated by Paul Sher, Jeweler Boys’ Events Ages Up to 12 Years 12 to 16 Years 50-Foot Free Style 25-Yard Free Style Goldfish Scramble Coin Scramble 16 Years and Over 50-Yard Free Style - 25-Yard Back Stroke Girls’ Events Ages Up to 12 Years 12 to 16 Years 50-Foot Free Style 25-Yard Free Style Goldfish Scramble Coin Scramble 16 Years and Over 25-Yard Free Style - 25-Yard Back Stroke DIVING FOR BOYS and GIRLS OPEN TO ALL AGES Check your events on this form and turn in to: Miss Jane Hopkins at Bayview Park, Mr. Adams at Jackson Square USO or Mr. C. B. Harvey at 518 William Street. NAME BS BSB BRB RSEREE Seee eeu ee Se BURG * FLORIDA Pee Le i *Bars full 12-month fiscal year is $352,-| PREWAR 10-0Z. MATERIALS 095.16. tothe commissjoners for a past) six months, total expenditures, both paid and unpaid, are listed | KEY WEST as $175,049.37. This means that) Yenetian Blind Co. ‘departments are. spending funds . in accordance with the budget 120 Duval. Jefferson Hotel Bldg. and are not over their allotted al- lowances. | Sats ieee toe Soe