The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 27, 1946, Page 3

# t FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27,'1 New Electronies. Company Of Navy Reserve Formed Capt. E. M. Cooper, command- ant of the Naval Base, announced today the formation of a new U.S. Naval Reserve unit in Key West. under Commander E. J. Quinby, USNR. The unit will be known as: USNR Electronics Warfare Company 7-B. Commander Quinky « reported to Capt. Cooper a few days ago as} commanding officer of. the new company on: orders from Rear Admiral- Ralph Davidson, com- mandant of the 7th Naval District. Headquarters. of the company will be Building No. 2, Opera- tional Division Annex, Atlantic Area, formerly called the Section 1 Base. Latest naval electronics equipment will be used. Meet- ings will be held on Friday eve- nings and those who join the company will receive’ regular navy pay for the time spent in Grills, if members of the organ- ized reserve. Commander Quinby, who will also be the USNR recruiting of- ficer here, is endeavoring to se- cure members for the new company. He went on inactive duty ‘in May, 1941, and was as- signed as a student to the Fleet Sonar School. He was transfer- red to the New York Navy Yard as an electrical supervisor and was ‘returned’ in February of 1942 ‘to the Fleet Sonar School as an‘instructor. In May of 1942 Quinby was made officer in charge of the Projects and Experimental Lab- oratory, Fleet Sonar School, and on January 4, 1946, was appoint- ed officer in charge of the Naval Ordnance Unit Fort Lauderdale. For the past few months he has been engaged in transferring this unit to Key West, including five officers and 40 men. The Commander has been in- formed that the entire facilities of the Naval Base will be used from time to time to assist the reserve company. Members are needed, -especially young men who served with communications or radar units durfng; the war, al- though both: non-veterans: and ina I vetel jarait 2) Amateur opera Nh me polar well qualified. Thos@ jixterested in joining, the elegtrdhicg; company may do‘so’ by ‘céntacting.Com- mander Quinby at his home, 900 Flagler avenue. ; : Se de hah dada atdadadadintdl FOLLOWING | THROUGH PEDRO AGUILAR Santa was kind to some of the boys in this town, : yours truly . . . For the Red Raid- ers, he gave them a victory over the Pirates on Christmas Day, al- though they had help from the Trojans and Blue Sox, but a win chavity. causes. and the rest of aie pen Soe ty boys who requested things from} isa win... Santa will get their wishes— sonner or later, just have pa- tience . . . Yours truly received from his many friends, gifts, in- cluded a turkey, socks, ties, | Poineiana Honor |, Your Horoscope perfume! presents; a ticket, for the Orange Bowl game and, handkerchi soaps, other valuable a baseball with the names of all the pla) ; aria member 6f-the Washington) Senatanseviccest yedlly thank- ful SABIE AT thank one and} all for- their kind. remembrances and wish all the sports fans in the city a Happy and Prosperous New Year. The city champs for 1946 were the Red Raiders in basketball and Bottle Cap Inn (Machinists) in softball. ithe best batter in softball, Han- cock was the best pitcher, Goeh- ring was the best manager, win- ning both halves of the league and the play-off. Claude Valdez was the best track man. Miami Daily News won the junior soft- ball league title. In baseball I will give you a complete record of the year soon —from the first game played in March by the Réd’ Raiders in Tampa and Ft. Myers against the University of Habana and the Sluggers to the present date. a at mn a a oe 946 i Christmas Aftermath 2 | Anyone extremely active in a brought to the attention of Rev. jcommunity Christmas program in Pickens after he made an appeal Key West should know Spanish, through the press for names of contends, Rev. John E. Pickens, families too proud to reveal that busy chairman of the distribution they face a bleak Christmas. committee of the city-wide Yule-} This brought the total number tide organization. . )of families to be sent Christmas “Almost all the families which ' baskets to more than 90. I visited before Christmas,” Rev. | Pickens said, “are Spanish speak-! ing. Usually th an’t under-! The task of investigating all ing./© ac a * the families which were reported kept Rev. Pickens on the run all over the city for two weeks. Each family had to be checked. ,On more than one occasion the stand me and I can’t understand them except after some painstak- ing sign language and some fragments of English and Span- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN * FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Partly | cloudy with little change in tem- | perature. Moderate to fresh east- | | erly winds today, tonight and) | Saturday, Florida: Partly cloudy along} {southeast coast, otherwise fair} | weather today, tonight and Sat- urday. Little change in tempera- Jacksonville through the Flor- ida Straits and East Gulf of Mex- ico: Gentle variable winds over. north portion and moderate. to fresh easterly winds over south The Weather | ture. ‘nam, Shirley McFall, | Harvey to the surprised mer- } cheesecloth (no na 0004444444444444 (0 27t “I expected to buy this would have been available, and | ” including } srs on the Habana club} Clayton Sterling wasj ish thrown together.” Nevertheless, Rev. added, he was able to find their needs and get them on the list for toys or Christmas baskets. | portion today, tonight and Satur- day. Partly cloudy south, fair weather north portion. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warnings |have been issued. REPORT Key West, Fla., Dec. 27, 1946 | (Observation taken at 8:30° a.m.,t Eastern Standard Time, Hl City Office) Pickens busy _ minister found he was checking a vacant lot, deserted house or address where no one by the name given him lived. When this happened, he sound- One family.which Rev. Pickens | ¢d out various people around the visited “won't have anything to neighborhood like a sort of a do with Christmas,” he said. The Good Samaritan Sherlock Holmes | | father and mother never make an! Until he traced down the family J effort to observe the day in any , Or ended against a blank wall. t way although they have four | —_—_—_— children. Consequently, the fath- | Women responded so quickly ORE Temperatures er and mother were not being in- | to appeals to wrap the candy for % Acie nm cluded in the plans of Rev. | 9500 children that Highest yesterday : 7 only one 2 Pickens’ committee for thjs fam- session was necessary to finish |ypenq leat night z ily. Each of the four children re- | the entire job originally sched- Normal Siar ceived a handsome toy, however. | uled for two nights. A total of 4 ‘Precipitation Friends of the children also con- ; 625 pounds was wrapped, four} Rainfall, 24 hours ending tributed a Christmas tree. jounces per child. 8:30 a.m., inches = { ae anal Relative Humidity Three families were drawn to| Mrs, Harvey was not only busy | 82% i Rev. Pickeus’ attention within treasurer of the Key West com- Tomorrow’s Almanac { an hour when he returned home munity Christmas program, but | (Eastern Standard Time) one night last week, tired after; was actively engaged in two other | Sunrise 7:10 a.m.} running all over the city check-' Christmas events. For the past | Sunset 5:48 p.m,| ing families reported to him. Of pre-Christmas period she was| Moonrise 10:57 a.m./ |the three new families, two had rushing from one to the other— Moonset 10:22 p.m. ; six children and one seven, all. working on three programs at ae under 10 years of age. jonce, one at the Naval Base, one TIDES | Tomorrow “Fortunately,” said Rev. Pick-' gt St. Paul’s Episcopal Church lens, “we had enough toys to and, of course, the community take care ot the children.” program. Naval Base (Eastern Standard Time) Sites High Tide Low Tide’ One of the finest.musical or- | ‘ 0:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. One striking example of the: 1:40 p.m. 6:20 p.m ganizations which has appeared ' in a Christmas event here in many years is the Sixteen Men and a Girl chorus, a colored unit painstaking effort most service- men placed on _ repairing and painting of used toys at the USO was the young sailor who spent} ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of| Height of: Tide {high ‘water! Station— “This will make» some -needy|' Lack of material for Christ-) means that families, friends and! kiddie a nice gift,” he said, hand-|mas stockings made it a lot! communities have been subjected ing it to Miss:Harvey and turn-; easier to prepare the community | to infection. Many more beds are ing away. me program. Stockings would have) needed for treatment and isola- “Wait a minute,” replied!Mrs.fmeant cutting vanes woes of tion of tuberculosis patients. other clot Oh he hn bn bt ntti one. ithis finally disappeared) and STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE then endless sewing. The time] Mrs. H. says that she has a and money which would have, TRIUMPH }hunch many merchants and! gone on this project was divert-! COFFEE {clerks shy away when they see!ed to more useful. pursuits, such MILL her coming, she collects for so\as Christmas baskets and toy-re- | {pairing and wrapping. And the | at ; candy was just as good to the kid- | All Grocers At least 20 families, most of dies in paper sacks as in stock-|) ~wwwwwvwveryvvewey them not being on relief, were | ings. ————— at At Last FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1946! For Your Cough —Though austere and rigid in Roll Announced his own life, today’s native will] — Greomulsion relieves ei The following students won! show much sympathy for others | cause ey 1 erie seat cf the ‘honor roll distinction during the|and have compassion for their trouble : loosen and expel ‘ ea We ee the entire evening paintirig toy | Bahia Honda —Ohr. | | Douglass High School. This group blocks in a dozen different col-| (bridge) --10min. 0.0 ft. sang at the Toy Collecting Sta- ors. He carefully drew each lit- | No Name Key +2hr. | deniuiucddve December Lac ank tle | line and figure. When he} (east side) ——---20 min. | Sapressed a wade: lovers whe finished the blocks looked like | Boca Chica —Ohr. |heard them with their 16-part something out of Macy’s win-| (Sandy Peint) .40 min. harmony, dow. | Caldas Channel +2hr. | Hi ia) att HB: ——' | orth end) ——10 min. +1.4 ft. '| Mrs, Wilhelmina, Harvey, com-j: . This isn’t for children to read, | Minus Sign—Corrections to. be} - munity | Chiistmas; treasurer, bas | but the Santa Claus who usually |, ~eeaity ag been bb aétive in! bdliciting ‘tdys ;WaS holding -forth ‘at the Duval|?!us Sign — Corrections’ to be for needy children that when} Street iron pot and toy station, seed: gee she went into one store recently tis the son of Rev. John’ E. Pick- : | ee) manages souictly began }ens, John E., Jr. More people aie of tuberculosis Gadling! up aor. in their homes in Florida than in sanatoria or hospitals. This} and aid nature | § ins Poinciana Reports fect attendance during the second six weeks of the school semester at Poinciana Elementary School: 2} Sidney Ramirez, Douglas Park- er, Edward Eason,.Daniel Woody, June Albury, Samuel McCraw, Mary Ann Smith, Alice Humph- ries, Kay Williams, Judith Solo- Anthony Attilio, Sally Put- Evelyn Armstrong, Carole Catlett, Gary Trowbridge, Jimmy Bracey, Lar- ry Humiston, Sandra Haffield, Joan Albury, Ray Fieldman, Wayne Albertus, Harry Bethel, Michael Carey, Fred Henning, John Marcellus, Gerald Page, George Roberts, Randy Warren, Daniel Smith, Lala Watson, Mary Nell Bracey, Charles Hart, James Dicker, Terry Banks, Betty Jane Bennett, Shirley Brill, Jeanne Haffield, Ruth Mazeau, Carolyn Putnam, Clair Putnam, Sammy’ Lee, Keith Ray, Lawrence Rus- e bottle’s the stin of our table, his beams are rosy wine. 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