The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 22, 1946, Page 4

‘ ’s Life In Florida Told WINTER PARK, Oct. 22— Ringing the bell again with a Sewerful work based on Florida's history, Dr. A. J. Hanna, historian of Rollins wi Park, records the of Achille Murat, Napoleon “s nephew, in his new- “A Prince in Their ", geleased this week by ef Oklahoma ! i | ij iy? fall of Napoleon, puppet kings and rope were scattered Id, Achille Murat, deachim Murat, Napo- marshal and king to America and} to Florida. rom Charleston, S. sloop “Rapid” and ar- Augustine, the south- limits of civilization, im April, 1824. ; at purchased “a charming estate” of 1,200 acres locat- @4 at the intersection of Matanzas River and Moses Creek. Here he devetoped his plantation “Par- themepe” which Dr. Hanna de- eeriies as “a setting worthy of Achilly’s rhetoric.” However, Murat did not have the patience required to become | @ successful planter so with his fet Florida friend, Richard Kieth Call, they opened a land office in middie Florida. later with Colonel James @adeten as a partner, Murat set- | ‘om @ tract 15 miles west of and named this plan- .” It was here he wife, Catherine Dain- Willis Gray, a twenty- gear old widow. studied law and was ad- to the Florida bar. He was ter of the Court of Middle Florida, Lipona and vice- for ports with- | of Florida » and | i af ini? z i a Ff i way f et t ? - 3 i elt Key West and Vicinity: Gen- ‘erally feir this afternoon, tonight cent and cast. Florida; Continued fair and @ild through Wednesday. decksonville through the Flor- tie Straits and East Gulf of Gentle to moderate east- winds and continued fair Weather through Wednesday. decksonville to Apalachicola: Ne small craft or storm warnings heave been issued. REPORT Key West, Fla., Oct. 22, 1946 (OReervation taken at 8:30 am, astern Standard Time, City Office) #38 am. inches Relative Humidity 69" ‘Temorrow’s Almanac (Bastern Standard Time) Fears ise 6:29 a.m. Sronset Meant ise Men onaet TIDES Tomorrow Naval Base (Bastern Standard Time) Tide Low Tide o am 2:23 a.m. #00 p.m 2:34 p.m. Additional Tide Data Reference Station, Key West Time of| Height of Btation— Bahia Honda (orvige) —Ohr. 10 min. +2hr. 20 min, —Ohr. 40 min. +2hr. 10 min. 0.0 ft. foes Chica (Sendy Point) Caldas Channel (nerth end) +1.4 ft. Pus corrections to be added. Minus corrections to be tracted sub- MRS. CUMMINGS LEAVES Mr. and Mrs. William C. Cum tings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs¢ Prank Roberts, 80@ Southard #reet, left here Friday by plane for her home in Lima, Ohio. Mrs. ©wmmings has been enjoying a Tide jhigh water, THE KEY. WEST CITIZEN Kids Cheer ‘Squeegy Bug’ Story of a Fas Launches Brothe AP Newsfeatures ribbing that paid off. “Little Squeegy Bug” out into the world, 20,000 copies strong. Bill and his brother, Ber- nard, another ex-sergeant, are in} business as publishers of chil-} dren’s books. Their first edition, “Little Squeegy Bug,” was written while Bill was at Barksdale Field and illustrated by 33-year-old Ber- nard in a hospital room where he was recovering from a_ serious spinal operation. Sales lagged dismally the first month, the brothers recall. “Book stores wouldn’t buy our book because it was too small,” younger brother, Bill, 29, said. (The story itself is about 2,000 words.) “So we started a person- al selling campaign to sell the books to the children themselves. “In two months we sold 16,- 000 copies with our personal campaign,” Bill continued, while his brother nodded agree- ment. “I'd go to schools and children’s gatherings and tell them the story of Little Squee- gy Bug, and the kids would ask their parents for the book.” Bill was in uniform when he started his selling campaign, and the idea of an army sergeant tell-{ ing them the story of a dascinat- ing firefly apparently appealed to the children. “You just have to understand and like kids to be in this busi- ness,” said Bill, who has a three- | \ “LITTLE SQUEEGY BUG" acts Bernard (left) and Bill Mai illustrations for ANSAS CITY.—"Sergeant Squeegy Bug”, the fellows down at Barksdale Field, La., used to call the tall, handsome sergeant-editor of the camp newspaper. Sergeant Squeegy Bug is Civilian Bill Martin now, and has gone ¥—————_________________ cinating Firefly rs as Publishers By ELIZABETH TOOMEY It was the kind of year-old son of his own. A dra-} matics minor in college helps ac- count for his vivid recitations. The kidding he took from his fellow G.I.’s while he was writing about Squeegy Bug was tossed off with a shrug and a grin by Bill. “Yeah, they called me ‘Sergeant Squeegy Bug,’ but most of them were really sort of interested in the whole idea.” A famous. American artist, Thomas Hart Benton, played an unwitting part in the creation of a Squeegy Bug that looked like a definite personality according to the artist half of the brother pub- lishers. Sketches made as he lay in the hospital bed just didn’t fit the Squeegy Bug in his brother’s sto- | ty, Bernard related. “So I made a clay model. It was a trick I learned when I studied under Tom ‘Benton at the Art In- stitute here.” * From the clay model of a ro- tund little figure Bernard then drew his full color illustrations that accompanies each page of the tiny book. “We'll put out a book of our own each year, but we also plan to illustrate and publish stories written by others,” Bill stated. } Sequel to squeegy bug will be | “Buzzer the Bee With the Ter- rible Temper.” | | :% as mascot while ex-sergeants tin go into a huddle over children’s book. | WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 (FNS) —A case involving the future of Florida East Coast Railway will be expedited by Interstate Com- merce Commission, officials stat- ed last week. i Final arguments were conclud- ed on two proposals, one by At- fantic Coast Line Railroad to thorize independent operation of owned by the Alfred I. duPont estate. Senator Claude Pepper of Flor- ida objected to the St. Joe plan on the ground the duPont estate sought to make FEC a link in a vast industrial chain. This was disputed by St. Joe attorneys, John R. Turney and Giles Patter son. They said’ independent op- in the public interest. Opposition to ACL’s merger plan also was registered by Frank L. Mulholland of the Railw ay La- bor Executives’ Association, and T. H. Hutchinson of the Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen, on the ground that the consolidation would mean loss of seniority and Pension rights of FEC workers and impai rvice to the public. { | | | Poles Say Dollars Keach Destination WARSAW. —(AFP)—The Paper Dziennik Ludowy s “dollars will flow into Poland. It explained that American currency sent from Poles in America to relatives in this coun- jtry no longer is removed from |letters and that correspondence new: | FOUR SUITS FOR Railroad Merger ,, merge FEC and the other to au-! FEC by the St. Joe Paper Co.,| eration by the company would be | ~ his son, Ralph, Jr DIVORCE FIL The following suits for divorce ave been filed in the office of | the clerk of the circuit court: Dorothy Walker Bilks against: Joseph Bilks. Stephen Grant Forbes against | ! Felicia Teresa Forbes, Kathryn Grace McCaffrey Mel. | endez against ¥smael F. Melen-! dez. Harold P. Dowell and Dorothy Evelyn Dowell LEGION MEETING TOMORROW | } A Arthur Sawyer Post No, 28, American | Legion, will be held tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock in the Legion Home, corner White and South- ,ard streets, The membership is urged to be in attendance. Visit- ing Legionnaires in the city are welcome. i regular meeting of FRIENDS GET SAD NEWS WESTBURY, N. Y.—As Ralph | Weidler, a contractor, and his life-long friend, Ralph Eldridge, | Sr, building superintendent, | stood talking while at work to-| gether, two policemen approach ed them. One officer spoke quiet- | ly to Weidler and the other lis-} tened with a grim face as Weid- | ler was told his son Robert, 13, had been seriously injured in an auto accident. Eldridge put sympathetic arm around his old} friend as he heard the bad news. Then the other policeman step- ped forward and told Eldridge , 31, had been drowned in another accident. | Both accidents were reported to have occurred at precisely 8:58 | a.m i = | He Who Gets Followed — | ; Week, October 27 to November 2. ‘a slight increase over the regular ‘Only 10 People Air Mail Week To Be Observed ' Oct. 27 - Nov. 2 Hollon R. Bervaldi, postmaster of the local post office, said to- day that his office is active in making preparations for the ob- servance of National Air Mail} He explained that the primary ; motive behind the movement is to familiarize the people of the United States with the ad- vantages of using the air mail at first-class mail. He gave as an in- stance the sending of a letter by air mail from Key West to New York. Mailed in the morning, the next morning it will be in the metropolis, whereas it requires two days by regular mail. With the price of air mail re- duced to five cents an ounce, Bervaldi stated, sales of air mail stamps has increased in his of- fice, crease is not as pronounced as he had expected. For five cents, he concluded, an air mail letter may be sent.from Key West to any part of the United States and its possessions, including far- away Guam. Get Compensa tion Payments Here Unemployment compensation payments in Monroe county dur- ing the week ending October 11 amounted to $73.00, and wer made to five persons, four men | |and one woman, Carl B. Smith, | Chairman of the Florida Indus- trial Commission, reported. though, he added, the in-| At Birthday Party Carl Allen Trout, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Trout, enter- tained at a Halloween party in honor of his seventh birthday, Saturday, Oct. 19, at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. W. H. Trout, 1113 Olivia street. The girls’ prize was won by Brenda Faye Howell. The bays’ prize was won by Johnny Pin- der. Games were played during the afternoon, . after which re- freshments were served consist- ing of candy, ice cream and cake. Halloween motif was carried out in decorations for the table, which was centered by a large birthday cake. The little host was the’ recipient of many_nice gifts. | Those attending were: Linda | Brantley, Sharon Pritchard, Shir- ' ley Mae Fernandez, Robert Beth- | el, Austin: Bethel, Brenda How- ell, Johnny Pinder, Betty Jenks, l'Alice Jenks, Douglas Jenks, Carolyn Jenks and Barbara Trout. Mesdames Johnny Pinder, Madeline Howell, Winer Bethel, Hubert Trout and W. H. Trout. | GIRL SCOU AND BROWNIES TO.BE IN | VAVY DAY PARADE} Mrs. Eva Warner Gibson, Scout | Girl Scouts and Brownies in Key West to attend their respective meetings to arrange to partici- pate in the Navy Day parade in i Key West on Saturday. Mrs. Gibson said that there are } five troops of Girl Scouts and; Brownies, in, Key West, and that they should’ be present at their meetings Thursday #and Friday |make preparations to attend the | parade, | | Throughout the state, he said, payments amounted to $88,129.50, | a substantial decline from the, 18.50 paid out during the} us week, and were made} .756 men and 2,982 women, | a total of 5,738. H. DeArmas Is RES To Germany In A.A. (Speciad to The Citize FURSTENFELDBRUCK, Ger- many. Pfc Henry Henry Jr. son of Henry DeArmas of | Key West, Florida, has arrived} at the European Theater Army | Air Forces Replacement Depot here and will soon be assigned to permanent duties with the oc- cupational Air Force. Located about 20 miles from Munich, this $15,000,000 former Luftwaffe flying school was Ger- many’s Randolph Field. Now un- | der the command of Col. Malcolm N. Stewart, Hampton, Va., it is} one of the best equipped and} most attractive air fields in Eu-| rope. At present several thou- sand GIs each month are pro-| cessed and orientated for their! | editor-author, 4 years ago. j occupation duties at this key sta- tion. Before entering the service in January, 1946, Pfc Henry attend- | ed the Civilian Employes Elec- hool in Key West, and was mployed by the Naval Op- erating Base in Key West, Flor- | (Continued trom Page One) in order to meet the Kirke said he did not know what commitments Washington may made by this time on the units, since the project had already been de- clared surplus. He is awaiting a ram to whether or not Poinciana can be used by Poinciana Navy request have as W | the Boca Chica personnel Kirke said that he had no fur ther information on the project question, He has contact ed the Atlanta office on the mat by telephone but been reported ter has city. from There are 35 Indian re: tions in nine different states of Brazil. erVE IN APPRECIATION Pee | I wish to take this opportunity to thank the Key West Fire de- partment, the United States serv- ices’ fire departments and the many friends who aided in fight- | ing the Poinsettia hotel fire. Their fine work is greatly appreciated D. GIBSON, 412 Francis Street. oct22-1tx Sneezys Distress of ead Colds A little Va-tro-nol up each nostril promptly | relieves sniffly, stuffy distress of head colds— | makes breathing easier. \er, Grand Exalted Ruler of the | to express our old | no action | that ; TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS (Know America) j urday. |.cover charge, no minimum. ‘ Representatives of the colored; fo} Rachel Sanchez and. known to his many friends as Frankie, has re- turned from Havana, Cuba, where he married Miss Esther Ander- son, formerly of Key West, but who has been residing in Cuba for the last 20 years. They were | married at the Montserrat Cathe- dral on the 13th and on their return will spend Several days! in Miami and Miami Beach, They | will be at home to their many friends at 1212 Duval street. VEW CAR TO TAKE PART |IN NAVY DAY PARADE) q, The 1946 convertible cabriolet to be given away November 22nd by the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Key West will be driven in the Navy Day Parade this Sat- | ' | The funds obtained from the ticket donations will be used for | a building fund to modernize the present VFW club rooms. The! drawing will take place during | a gala dance and celebration. | The admission will be free, VFW post will be present at the | drawing to include their ticket, part of the building fund pro- ceeds has been set aside for the use of the colored veterans post. Applications For | Marriage Licenses, Applications for marriage li-; ¢ es filed in the county judge's i Frank N. Coward, 60, Washing- | ton, D. C., and Viola Allen Nieza, ! 47, Marathon. | Rudolph Gene Lamb, 24, and Mae Briscoe, 21, Louisville, Ky. ' Strand Theater WALLACE BERRY in in Chicago, 46 y ago. Constance Bennett, | born in New York, 41 yea Dr. Mary A. Cheek, president! ° of Rockford College, Ill, born at | Danville, Ky., 55 years ago. {| Charles E. Broughton of She boygan, Wis., newspaper publish- , born in Lamartine, Wis., 73| ago. | Lieut. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold, | commanding general of the First | Service Command, born in Rupy 60 years ago. | ar L. Chapman, under-sec- | retary of the interior, born at| Omega, Va:, 50 years ago. Dr. Lewis W. Chubb, director of } the Westinghouse Re: ych Lab- } | oratories, Pittsburgh, bor® at Fort | Yates, N. D., 64 years ago. Burton Rascoe of New York, born Fulton, Ky.,| El | CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend our sincere thanks and heartfelt appreciation to neighbors and friends for their | many kindnesses during the be-| reavement of our beloved’ mother, | Julia Ann Knowles. | We also take this opportunity thanks to those offerings and to sending floral THE F-. “BUY GLAMOUR by BULOVA MILY | ! | | Marquise Gird your wrist with glamour when you wear the 17-jewel, coral gold Marquise. $59.50 “BAD BASCOMB” Coming: “My Reputation” ° e Monroe Theater PAUL KELLY in “Deadline For Murder” Coming: “Bargains With Bulle’ {him, born Portland governor, U.S. secretary of state. born in Fredericksburg. Ve Diet Oct. 21, 1841. 1821—Collis P. Huntington, traveling peddler at M4, nia merchant in building Southern and president, capitutint, Harwinton, Conn. 1900. 1832—Leopold Damroset, at 40 because discontented with German iife, noted New Week musician and father of tee get ed musicians, born, Died Feb 15, 1885. 1884—George Washington Bult. merican Tobeece Co. penetdieet, born in Philadelphia, Died Gept 13, 1946, 1887—John Reo4, Harvend grad journalist, Russian sevelwiteniet under Lenin and identified @ith Oreg. Oied Oct. 19, 1920. STRONG ARM BRAND COFFER TRIUMPH COFFEE MILL AT ALL GROCERS Commissioner, today called on all| Stubs in the drawing barrel. A! .samssseeeeaeeene SALAAAAAASASESAOME SANCHEZ FISH MAKRET Foot of VIRGINIA STRERT at Bayview Park eLight Hand Fishing TACKLE eMullet. Shiners and Crewtieh BAIT Also A Complete Line of FRESH Pistt eYellowtails osewtur eSnappers ° i ede Twe tiny copeuies center ALL VITAMINS knowa to be essential to human Butrition, plus liver aad wee. 72's $2.59 + Sanat seme The South Beach Resturant Pavilion and Cocktail Lounge Foot of Simonton Street—240 Feet on the Ocean GRAND OPENING for the SEASON DANCE Friday and Saturday Evenings, October 25th and 26th DANCING 8 to 2 A. M. to the MUSIC of Chito Morales Orchestra DIRECT from the BEACHCOMBER—MIAMI Headii: BEACH ning BARON and SIMONE AllStar Review “Door Prize” TICKETS $3.00 Including full course DINN R Tickets on Sale at Simone Tours, Southernmost Flowers and the South Beach Restaurant ———-—— RESERVATIONS, - “What is Good for My Community is Good for Me” 1 AM PROUD OF MV SAFETY AND COURTESY RECORD This same statement can PHONE 45 be made by each and everyone of our bus drive Safety and courtesy is the policy of this company. We make every effort to kee; on schedule—to get you to yot destination comfortably, safel and on-time. Co-operate by having you fare ready when you board bus. "A City Is Only As Progressive As Its Transportation System” BUS FARES oe 1c ur a Downtown Buses. Routes 2 and 3 Poinciana emd Naval Hospital month's visit with relatives and)to and from the United States! friends here is not censored. The journal said Mr, Cummings, who is em-|the ministry of posts and tele- ployed by a large lumber com- graphs declared that letters are peny_in Lima, remained here to! delivered to addresses with full pena his two weeks’ vacation, | contents - Frank Johnson JEWELER 604 Duval Street BOGOTO. (AP)— Transposi- | tion of letters forming the Span ish word “succeeds” was respon- sible for this droll head appear- | ing in the newspaper El “Har n Seduces Wallace City Hospital Stock Island and 9 Boca Chica helps prevent many KS colds from developing Wer st! if used in time. Try it! Rie You'll like it! 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