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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER-11, 1946 Squads Are Listed The Key West High School girls’ varsity went into undisput- ed possession of first place in the City Girls Basketball League with ® 26-23 win over the Catholic Youth Council lassies last night ws the Coca-Cola Earihquakes took the lead in the Class A Men's League with a 42-36 yic-} basketball game the High] West High and an Alumni team tory over Radio at School gym. In a Class B game, the Junior! al coaches. Conchs eked out a 12-10 win over the Romero Electrics. In tonight's games the Red Raiders need a win over Key West Transit to tie the Cokes for first place while the USS Wilkie. ting, Smith and Army Defenders will. tangle p aclasinra 3 four ss for first place in the Class B loop. The Lions Club girls will meet the High School “B” team for third place in the fair sex di- vision. For Al h ‘School Contest | Opposing squads for Friday's between Key were announced today by the riv- Coach Ed Woodson, former } baseball and basketball star, re- vealed that he was relying on} of 1944, Buck Sawyer, Everett who laso were four-sport stars: George Barber, Lysle McCown, Charlie Smith and Chester Knowles. Coach N. H. Pepper released four former members of the ‘class | sa WATERFRONT “OLD MAN" GREEN niet ee pe * ander mead ac= With a breezy nor'easter filling | 70 Be gaserted. tm The at Sante ‘have their first her sails, the luxurious 17-ton| fem, oe Marconi ketch “Siboney” scud-| TBe. sate for_ ee >= died through lively seas at a ten ‘te tinet 15 words Be. knot clip last week, making a}# @ SS OSS SSG0U BB run from Miami to Key West in MELP WANTED | a day and a half. She docked} here Wednesday for an indefinite | White or colored woman, general stay. housework. For business’ cou- Moored broadside on to the end| ple. Sleep in. Inquire. 41942 of the old Gulf fshing pier, her| Duval St., Navy Store; or 3021 graceful lines and glistening; Harris Ave. déeT-6tx | paint add an extra note of color to the sunny scene of masts and Experienced all-around _ beauti- cian. Apply. Ruth’s Salon’ of! outriggers gently swaying ; against the blue of the tropical mete Call Bath, ee Oe Key West sky. if Murray Hardie, Canadian own- MISCELLANEOUS er of the “Siboney”, former | _ _. Lieutenant in the Royal Canadi- | Electrical motors repaired, called an Air Force, and present gener-! or and’ delivered. Call Britt al manager of the “Celanese| at 585 or 1184, Romero’s Elec- In the first game last night, the} : : Cokes led by a 14 to 11 seore aft.| the following names from which er the first quarter, but. the Ra-j he will pick the varsity line-up: dio boys came to life and held a{Kermit Sweeting, Claude Val- Corp.”, Toronto, has also ex- tensive gold mining interests in the Northwest Territories. A seasoned navigator, Hardie trical Service, 2612 Harris Ave. dec2-tf Campbell’s, 928 Division, phone 21-20 lead at the half. dez. Adolph Lastres, Albert Par- ra, Bernie Papy, Forrest Arthur, Oscar Cruz, Galey Sweeting, Joe McCullough, Louis Pineda, Charles Perez, John Cerezo, Rob- ert Parks and Joe Fleitas. The. starting line-up will be announced tomorrow. In addi- tion to the five men to be nam- ed, all men on the squad will see action, Coach Pepper said. In a preliminary game to start at 7:30 p. m., the Junior Varsity ‘will face the strong Catholic Youth Center five, current lead- Charlie Smith sank seven bas- kets for 14 points and R. Schoneck made five for 10 points. pore by quarters: TP €oca-Cola -. 14 6 12 10—42 Radio -1110 7 8&~36 In the second game, the shoot- ing of Rose Kerr won the game for the High School. Girls. ’ Has- kins’ had a big night for-Catholic Youth Council shooting six field neals and three free throws. CYC started out strong in -the fist half and led by a 16 to 9 Keys made, locks repair- finds no need for a skipper to, 189. dec2-1mo run the ketch on the varying un- ed ete. scheduled trips he takes with) his wife and guests. His love for ships and the sea is such that, | even in port when business per- mits, he makes the comfortable ketch his home. “Yes, I’m. the skipper,” he re- plied to a question on the sub- ly at the reporter and blinking | ¥ his eyes in the sun. The dog had Listings wanted on Key proper- ties. Geo. J. Rawlings, Reg.} Broker, Islamorada, Fla. nov1§-39t Merrill E. (Tuffy) Roberts will be glad to give estimates on your plumbing job and advise you Saaeasaneas ae wi FOR SALE Biooks for every age. Books for every hobby. Paul ‘Smith, Bookseller, corner Simonton sand Eaton Sts. dec2-25t 3% Pontiac, 8 cylinders, business coupe: Can be seen at/44-A, W.AS. dec6-5tx 1940. Studebaker, excellent con- ‘dition, A real bargain. Apply 167-D Poinciana. dec9-6tx (GIFTS — GIFTS — GIFTS Wedding, shower, birthday, an- miversary, or just one of appre- ciation. You can find just what ‘you want at Shirl’s Linen Shop, §12 Fleming, Phone 118. ? dec6-tf Table-top gas stove, good condi- tion, $75. 30-1 Poinciana Place. Phone 822-W. dec3-3tx Lady’s and- man’s bicycles, good ‘balloon’ tires, good paint. $19:50. 1900 Staples Ave. dec9-3tx SJpecial Offer: _ Reasonable rates will be given to families desir- ing pictures made in the home| with their Christmas trees. Call Evans, 439, for appointment. Washington Correspondent; Key West and Vicinity: Partly WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. — ; cloudy with a few scattered {World War I exerted a greater Showers this evening arid tonight. inflationary influence. on Mon-| Moderate to fresh easterly winds. roe, County farm real estate,} Florida: Partly cloudy” am! than did World War 11, it was | warm today, tonight and ‘Thurs- learned today at the Census Bu- day. Few showers along. south- reau, | east coast. . According to Census of Agri-| Jacksonville through the Flor. culture data, farm real estate ida Straits: East to southens' values in Monroe County de-, Winds continuing through Thurs- jcreased 40 per cent from 1940 to day. Velocities gentle to moder | 1945, the period encompassing ate over north portion and mod World War 11, while the same erate to fresh over south pottion values showed a 61 per cent in- Weather partly cloudy with few crease from 1910 to 1920. There, Meee See “or hical was no agriculture census in 19- ing. 14, so the World War 1 data cov- Bia ely ect irene sas ers a ten year period. 3 In 1910 Monroe County farm! T land and buildings were valued Key West, Fla., Dee. 11, 1946 at $301,500. By 1920 the value, Observation taken at 3:80 a.m., was $487,700. In 1940 the value of puto e Time, farm land and buildings was} Office) j Temperatures $547,395, and by 1945 the value was $389,635, Highest yesterday - Lowest last night Mean Hidden Defects Ndmmaine A certain prominent Roman, Precipitation according to Plutarch, was harsh- | Rainfall, 24 hours ending ly censured by his friends for di-| 8:30 a.m., inches 000... ~T vorcing his wife. j | Relative “Was she not fair, was she not} 18% chaste?” they inquired. Tomorrow's Almanee Holding out his shoe, the Ro- | (Eastern Standard Time) man asked them whether it was | Sunrise . 7:01 aan not new and well made. | Sunset 5:40 pom After examining it, they re-| Moonrise 10:07 paw plied that it was. | Moonset siet vee O58 ate “Yet,” observed he, “none of! TIDES you can tell me where it pinches Tomorrow me!” Naval Base (Eastern Standard Time) | Combs of ivory or boxwood! High Tide Low Tide have frequently been found in! 6:43 a.m. 1:14 p.m. 5:46 p.m. seore at the intermission. ers of the High School League. | t i i lived on his master’s boats for | Box score: School the full four years of his useful, High Fo ad bee FT tT Connie Oates’ 5l ite, He had saved many a loose KR. Kerr, f : ; : Be ine from slipping overboard Demeritt, c. 2 1 5, Leads Pin Lea while standing his watches M. Kerr, g - 1 1 3 gue aboard. ; of Cottrell, g © © 9} ‘The USO Navy Wives’ Bowling} Lounging on the spotless after- | Lane, g S226 0} Teams revealed a new high scor- | d¢¢k in bare feet and dungarees, | Spear, 0 0 Oler when they bowled at the USN | Hardie patted the Scottie’s head. | Lumley, g _o 0 91sub Base Bowling Alleys Tues- Guest of the Hardies on the | Albury, f tej 0 0 day, Connie Oates was first with j “Siboney” is Walter Telfer, seni- | — — =1156. Runners up were Jerry Ton-|F Partner of the Canadian law | Totals— ll 4 6 den, 2nd, scoring 151; Emily Des-/ firm of Telfer & Cooper, solici- | crc ‘Armier, 3rd, 144; Dolly Wilkin-| tors for the Hardie gold mining Piayer-Position— FG FT TP sai 4th. acing. 142: and Lois| interests. j pe lg 2 66 af Treida with 141. Aagenctis on Gack So. main Fae. cl . 2 0 4{. The Christmas week Turkey | tun! e, ae le eawy, cea Arius, 0 0 6 {Tournament has aroused an en- se: a By Pewee type o 1 Collins, g -@ © O{thusiastie response, and the fe ciglageabe sun rian a Soriano, g © © {bowling scores are climbing! Reayance Ont, | Moore, g 50 0 Q{ steadily. 4 dene, chery fae i ans Roberts, g . -0. 0 0} Other bowlers yesterday: were: SYS CuPPee eae Seas — — -J|Vivian Gulick, Lou Jghnson, is Genes h abe i ayes Totals— 10. 3 23}Monie Murphy, Betty Reineke. }C¢ ‘he typical colonial Britisher : of 5 In the last game, the Junior}Anne Mathews, Dot phy, DS ee in comfortable | Conchs won in the last minute of} Marie Reuther, Jayne Sears, Were ltorida shoma: tied well sn the | he vhen Billy Ladd sank ii i i field pay ee Sanit WO} Woods, Georgia Martin, Eloise | enviable picture of a sea-going | The Electrics were held to one Hinger, Loucille Browning, Sueyketch » with -aw adventurous | re Olson, Eleanor Garrett, Pat) owner-crew. free throw in the last quarter and Geiaibar r MEO SIEW- : :| the Conehs-went scoreless iri the} DoWnen, Cede Parsons and Sue|/ Asked about the itinerary of M. Smith. ' the “Siboney”, her owner shook | second quarter. a fi Billy Ladd with six points was The teams were accompanied | his head. “We're just loafing,” he | high scorer for the Conchs andj by USO Director Frank Adams. | said, “We'll stay as long as we're Chas. Albury with five points was} and USO NCCS Area Worker| interested and move when we've high for the Electricians. Eileen Coughlin. {had enough. Next stop may be Seore by quarters: TP | Cuba.” H Electrics --2 6 1 1—10, | Both Hardie and Telfer agree | ir. Conchs 7/051 —12/Many Stars In New that if northern folks could be | aa case Te . y fee .|made to realize the possibilities of development of the Florida} Marines, Navy May Local Alumni Club Keys, the selands would soon be; 1 ° ° Many Key West High School| crowded. They expressed much Enter Cage Circuit stars of by-gone days were| pleasure in the progress of build- | among the former Crimson and | ing the new boat dock at Mara i An application for entry in thelGrey athletes who met Tuesday | thon, where they stopped on their Senior Basketball League, Class} afternon at the school gym and way down. A, being conducted by the City}formed an Athletic Alumni Asso-| A Recreation Department, has} ciation. Those present were: |New York, the “Siboney” is pate been received by Dwight Hun-]) pou Sjmth, Harold Haskins, | tetned along the lines of the old ter, Direetor af Recreation, from Ray Schoneck, George Barber, | Norwegian pilot boats which de- the Boca Chica Marines. Lysle McCown, Kenneth Mead. | Pended on quality and speed for If the application is approved, or, Ed Woodson, Harry Kinght, | eit business. An old fashioned the U. S. S. Wilkie five will pro- Charles Smith, Chester Knowles, helm activates the dircet gonnect- bably be entered in the Class A ‘Joe Pinder, Sam Collins, Daniel ed . rudder, requiring a strong division in order to make a six- Sawyer, Kenneth Kerr, Everett | @7™ and aan feel” of | team league. _ | Sweeting, Dr. Fred Carbonell, H. hee See a aches _ M y jfrom stem to stern, she has an League Standings | 4 sumer of other athletes! 7) toot 3 inch beam, @ draft of CLASS A MEN’S LEAGUE sent nolce that they were ona 5 1-2 feet and sleeps five in three terested in forming an association | cabins, one of them for’d in the | _Club— W. L. Pett but could not attend the Tuesday | fore peak. One cozy cabin is a Coca-Cola 2) DOOR ety: | fore Dee es Red Raiders ~~ 1 0 1,000) yj, deciding to Yorm an Aen PS we ies See K. W. Transit Co. 0 1 .000 | Along with storage space a : goa ote basketball team to play the var-|six months’ provisions, she is| pais B Men's League sity Friday in a game announced | equipped with facilities for dis- | Par W. L. Pet.}in yesterday's Citizen, the grads | tilling water on a long trip. For | J Wilkie 1 © 1.000}planed to make it a two-game | auxiliary power, she has a semi- US. Army _1 0 1.000]series, the other contest to come| diesel engine readily adjustable | Junior Conchs _. 1 0 1.000} later in the season. jfor the use of several kinds of | Osterhoudt Wolves ..0 1 .000 fuel. | Romero Electrics 0 2 .000 Something Added “Strong and staunch, a worthy Girl's League Cleaning and dieing establish-| vessel . . .” All in all, the “Si-| Club-— W. L. Pct.j ment undertaking to dye uni-|boney” is a beauty. K.W. High No. 1 - 2 0 1.000) forms for civilian wear have re- | cyc —--1 1 500 ported some rather unusual re- Speaking About Time | High School No. 2... 1 000} quests from ex-soldiers. One of| “Pardon me, but have you the| Lions Club ~- 9 1 .000/ the most novel was offered to a! correct time?” firm in Memphis. “Don’t keep any artificial time, “I understand,” said a young! mister. It’s jest milkin’ time, and | ex-GI, “that you dye uniforms.”|] don’t pertend to be any statis- | “Yes, we do, in several col-jtician. If you're a city daylight} BASKETBA High School Gym TONIGHT— ors,’ was the reply. savin’ man you kin ‘do your own 7:15—USS Wilkie vs. Army De-} “Well,” said the patron, “sup-| addin’, subtractin’ or multiply-| fenders. pose you this one brown with a} in’.” | 8:15—Lions Girls _ vs. i High j pin stripe.” School “B” Girls. A Shame — rarer oe er ae “I’m sorry, madam,” said the| ian ee Judge: When you married him} attendant at the movie, “but you * you promised to share his lot,| can't take the dog into the thea- 4::00— ‘o's Electrics vs.| didn't you? ae ter. i ie etait Wolves. Wife: Yes, but I didn’t know| “How absurd,” protested the 6-00-—-Red Raiders vs. Naval/then that it was just a lot of; woman, “What harm can pic- ‘ ‘Hospital. ‘irouble. tures do a little dog like this? THURSDAY— For guaranteed plumbing work and repairs, call John Curry, 512 Margaret street, phone 781. Give us a try on your next job. Free estimates. Free ‘housing registration. Jack- son Square U.S.O. List your vacant apartments and houses. Telephone 1083. dec6-5tx Tailored seat covers, convertible; tops, all auto upholstery: repair. 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