The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 18, 1946, Page 4

Ga ET RR TS NE “COVERING THE WATERFRONT “OLD MAN” GREEN adalat dna inininintaindainininintninindninininininininininininininia Pather Neptune Tells Fish ©n the lonely, sand-covered nell which supports Sand Key lighthouse, seven miles out to sea fram Key West, venerable Father Neptune stood and waited. Thousands of his favorite scaly @hildren were assembling in the e® erownd him, in answer to his eget call. Under the tropic sun, the see sparkled and boiled from the threshing tails of the milling fee Neptune raised his hand. . The President Truman Is Here guide? Don’t forget there's a Citizen reporter here. You'll be quoted.” "Key West guide! Key West guide!” Heaven and sea rock- ed with the roar of the multi- tude. “Okey, you've said it and it’s your heagdache,” wound up the Father of the Sea. “And now, you,ornery imps o’ the sea... scram!” The great sea boiled from = C. E. Humphries | Weds Belva Hicks ‘At a beautiful wedding cere- mony in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Miss Belva J. Hicks, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Humphries, 1206 Duval street, was married to Private First Class Ray W. Tarrant, U. S. Ma- rine Corps, of Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday evening. The rites were performed in a setting of gladioli, roses’ and fern, by Rev. James J. Mc- ; Connell, pastor. The bride, who j was given in marriage by her | father, carried a prayer book ,and wore a pearl and white satin dress with fingertip veil. The bridesmaid was Miss Carrie Go- HE KEY WEST CITIZEN TRUMAN (Continued from rage One) handkerchief to match projecting from his coat pocket. A warm sun and a blue sky with a few fleecy clouds looked down on the | Presidential party which had ex- perienced rainy conditions from Washington all the way to Geor- gia. Jokes With Newsmen Upon seeing White House cor- respondents and photographers who had landed approximately half an hour earlier, the Presi- dent walked over and joked with them about the annual dinner of White House photographers in Washington Saturday night. { “Mr. President,” said one new: {man jokingly, “if Charlie Ros: Parent-Teachers Group Has Special Program Tomorrow | | Mrs. Ruth A. Higgs, chairman lof the entertainment committee, | Key West High School Parent- ! Teachers Association, announced | today that a special program has {been arranged for ‘an important | !meeting of the association to-| morrow night at the High School ; auditorium. Students will present a minis- | trel show and plans will be made; ;for a Christmas program. Mrs. ' Higgs said that not only parents | but. all persons interested in! | school activities should attend. West in a bright,:blue convertible car owned by. Albert J./Mills,.of | Comdr. Saath | Receives Award Cdr. Binton. Ira Smith, USNR, husband of Mrs. Mary McLagan Smith, of 1001 Von! Phister street, Key West, Fla., has been award- ed the Legion of Merit by Secre- tary of the Navy James Forrestal for the President. Smith received the award as a result of his outstanding services as Commanding Officer of the USS Goff, during operations against. enemy forces in the At- lantic Ocean Area,“from July 27 to Nov. 9, 1943. Smith repeatedly .|located and attacked U-boats cA TUAAREAUUAUUAUAAOASQOUOUUOOUHUAAAAAAEUUARDUOO DOOR SAFE - EASY TO OPERATE ing the group carrier. Fly fishing are of glass fiber rods in elasticity. i ome oGuess Pl Get the Papers ~ Wille Bros. and Les Brews For Sentimental Heasens - tity oroward and Kite PHagerst® ae Over Now - Huss Mereee and Three Sons going to keep us up so late at’ this city, and ‘accompanied The mez, dressed in a_ yellow net sea became quiet. Pectoral fins were spread, heads were raised in expectation. “Ladets and gentlefish of the Pieride channels, reefs, and God’s Gulf Stream ... ” he began. “Hooray! Hooray!” his audience feared the familiar response. “Bhuddup!” thundered Nep- tune, weaving for silence. “E called you today to tell ” he went on, “that the of the United States, te bis wisdom, has chosen Flor- ie for his winter vacation.” “What about Miami?” inter- rupted @ laughing marlin. “They are in mourning there because he passed ‘em up.” *Bhuddup, you!” rebuked Nep- tune. “That ain't polite.” “Yeu got some property on the Reach there?” yelled a barracuda. Neptune whistled a signal. De- Joris, bis pet dolphin, charged the heekler head on. The barracuda ll gentlefish.” Nep- fume began all over, “we are @esembled today .. . aw. nerts! « « « 1 gette cut out this gush end talk seaman style. Listen. President Truman‘s in West for a week.” fe know it. You said that "Bhuddup! You don’t know the “Wo! Pact is, I'm worried about ts fishing. The papers say the Navy's gonna handle it.” “What does the Navy know shout fishing?” “The Navy knows plenty about fishing, don’t you worry. But there's talk about importing out- ide guides to help. Outside fish- tea guides don’t know these wa-! ters like Key West guides do.” "That's somp'n, all right!” "Vou bet it is. .I'd:like to see the President <et in- at least me good. exciting day. And it'll take someone like Red Max- well, Johnnie West. Lefty Reagan or Reggie Trevor to turn pa) There; pre others, “You can say that again!” ex-| aimed a rveful sailfish. “One of ; that bunch got two brothers and | @ sister o’ mine last week. All; three in one‘day! And five o’ my! @ousins in a row before that.” “I know it,” grinned Neptune. | "These Key West guides are; “What you reckon makes ’em| that way, Pop?” “Teamwork, boy, teamwork! It takes a skipper and a mate who now each other well to catch you | saiifish kids. You're so excited} when you strike, y’dont notice} how that team signal each other, and manouver the boat when you're fighting.” “On!” “That's what your hooked rela- tives said, only louder,” grinned Neptune. “What you want us to do?” came a chorus. ‘t just want to ask you a se- views question.” “Shoot!” “What would you rather do strike the bait of an imported @eide or would you rather Strike @ bait set by a Key West How To Relieve Bronchitis Creomulsion relieves Promptly be it | i>? ioceen nd ‘expe cous mem- | your j Creomannge 34 0 sell you | pounds and eight ounces. threshing _ tails. smiled Serene;*7, "> The End blue sk; i Saunders Have Girl Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Saun- ders, 1325 White street, arfnounce | the birth of a baby girl at 5:28 p. m., Sunday, weighing seven| Johnsons Have Son i Mr. and Mrs. Edward John-| son of 1321 Newton street, an-| nounce the birth of a son at 2:28} P. My Thursday. The new arrival | Weighed seven pounds, fifteen | | ounces, and was born in the Key | West Municipal Hospital. | Isadore Rodriguez Visits Home Town Isadore Rodriguez, Grey- hound representative in Havana, Cuba, left this morning for Mi- ami, from where he will go to” Cuba after having spent a day and a half in Key West. Rodriguez was formerly em- | ployed with the Greyhound com- | | pany in this city, and is now. handling sales promotion in Ha- | {vana. The Key West native is ; well known locally. He was an active Junior Chamber of Com-| merce member, and played on) j local baseball teams for a num- ber of years. Rodriguez had the highest} | praise for his home city, and em-| | Phasized that if. it were not. for | ‘the excellent épportunity ‘for Ad- | ; vancement now offered him that he would never have left Key West. When asked by a Citizen re- porter about so-called Commun- istic activity in the Island Re-| public, Rodriguez replied that j the movement is considerable jand that it seems to be well or- ganized. He added, however, that | he does not dabble in Cuba’s politics in anyway. : TIME IS SHORT Don’t Forget the { V.F.W. | Strand Theater GARY COOPER in “MARCO POLO” Coming: “Janie Gets Married” | | | SOC OCCCCOOTOOLVEREOCCOOOY MONROE THEATER “BUGAMBILIA Dolores del Rio - Pedro Armendariz Alberto Galan y Elba Alvares (Clasa) | SPANISH PIC Com: ” To Beautify ‘Homes °Stores °Bars, *Hotels Large Color Selection PREWAR 10-0Z. MATERIALS | Finest Workmanship KEY WEST | gown, The mother of the bride was dressed in black crepe and wore a corsage of gladioli, and! tiny roses, A reception followed at the home of the bride’s parents, | where the young couple received; congratulations. Refreshments were served. A large three-tiered ' wedding cake occupied the cen-! ter of the dining table with a white lace table cloth with two silver candlesticks on each side of the cake. White rose buds and ferns completed the decorations. The Tarrants will make their home at 1321 Newton street. Unemployed Get $178.50 For Week Payments of unemployment compensation in Monroe county | during the, week ending Novem-; ber 9, amounted to $178.50 and night, may I suggest you not get up so early in the morning?” Mr. Truman, an _ unusually early riser, answered with a smile, “Let’s take a stroll at 5 a.m. tomorrow.” The President was accompan- ied by Graham, Clifford, Ross, Foskett and Edwin A. Locke, a special assistant. On Wednesday he will be joined by Dr. John R. Steelman, special assistant; Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughn, military aide | to the President; Fleet Admiral ‘William D. Leahy, USN, chief of staff to the President, and Judge John C. Collett, advisor to Dr. Steelman. Officially welcoming the Presi dent were Rear Admiral C. W. Styer, assistant to the chief of naval operations, Admiral Ches: ter W. Nimitz; Admiral Ralph D: vison, commandant, 7th Nav. District; Capt. Henry M. Coope +| President chatiged to cooler | Admirals Styer, “Davison and i Capt. Cooper. The party entered j the city on Roosevelt Boulevard, where it was greeted by Chief of ; Police Bienvenido Perez and a} | motoreycle escort. It then pro: j ceeded to Palm Avenue, past the | Naval Air Station to Eaton street, | | thence to Whitenead, to Southard jand into the Naval Base by the | Southard Street gate. Hundreds | {had gathered along the route to} watch the President pass andj} were rewarded with friendly | | smiles and wave of hand. i | The streets in the base were lined with Navy enlisted men in} | white uniforms and black ties in! | the traditional “man the rail’ | »mony for distinguished visi- | ; tors. At the cool, comfortable | looking cominandant’s residence, equipped with extensive jalouses in typical West. Indies design, the at- were paid to 10 persons, all rhen, | Naval Base commandant: Capt. ‘tire. Frem his’ windows he could Carl B. Smith, chairman of the | W. A. Saunders, cormmanding of- the light blue waters of an Florida ;Industrial Commission, | ficer, Submarine Base; Capt. A.’ offshoot of the Gulf of Mexico reported. Throughout the state, he said,; US. Fleet Sonar School; Capt.) hy. unted to $70,959, W. D. Davis, Capt. Frank Sutton, | 1, payments amo and were made to 4,541, of whom 2,367 were men and 2,174 were | T- women. The annual tuna pack, worth | $50,000,000, is America’s most valuable fishery. W. McFadden, commander, Capt. E. S. Hutchinson, Capt. J Ruhsenberger and Lt. Col. Clifford E. Singleton, command- ing officer, Army Harbor Defens- les, Key West. Rides Into City The President rode into Key shimmering in the sunlight. Using the direct telephone wire aintained with Washington from +, the temporary White House, the President talked with Mrs. Tru- | man and then took a stroll with i Admiral Styer, carrying a walk- ! ing cane. He paid an unexpected | call to the press room set up in ithe Bachelor Officers Quarters. | 'U-DRIV MOTOR BOATS Phone 398 | North End of Grinnell Street “UHL UEAEUAEAU Uae ane ROBERTS Office Supplies & Equipment | 123 DUVAL ST.—PHONE 250 CHRISTMAS GIFT Suggestions @ Gift Stationery @ Bridge Sets @ Art Supplies | Novelty Christmas Gifts of Distinction SiGh use the PAY-WAY THAT FITS YOUR PAY THE MUSIC BOX 726 Duval Street Phone 0:38 2 Havea more ciding. 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