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; Se Sekar RAEN alcnemRA es i BPO IE NCB — . THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1947 The Weather FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Partly Cloudy with scattered showers. Gentle to moderate southwesterly winds shifting to fvesh to strong Rortherly tonight. Cooler tonight and Wednesday Florida: Mostly cloudy and oc- easional rain over central and south portions tonight and Wed- nesday. Clearing over extreme forth portion today and over cen- tral portion tonight. Colder ex- treme north and cooler other sec- tions today, tonight and Wednes- day East Gulf and Jacksonville thru Florida Straits; Gentle to moder- ate southwest winds until shift- ing to fresh to moderately strong northerly ovey north portion to- day and over south portion to- night. Weather fair except cloudy and showery over central portion today and south portion tonight and Wednesday REPORT Key West, Fla., Jan. 21, 1947 (Observation taken at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, City Office) Temperatures Highest yesterday 83 Lowest last night 72 Mean 78 Normal 70 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m., inches Relative Humidity 85% Tomorrow's Almanac (Eastern Standard Time) Sunrise es INGRID BERGMAN newspapers. These are women eted them into the spotlight of first time in 1946. The other five are celebrities whose names and faces already are famous, and who have won new and greater laurels in 1946. The five new stars in the field of women’s achievements are: Betty MacDonald, whose tongue- in-cheek biography, “The Egg and I’, topped the non-fiction best- seller list for most of 1946; Sarah Gibson Blanding, inaugurated in October as the first woman presi- dent of venerable Vassar College; Emily Greene Balch, retired pro- fessor of economies and history at Wellesley College, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, +s ll -| sharing honors with John R. Mott; Moonset ° *| Marilyn Buferd, youthful beauty ehosen Miss America for 1946, and TIDES i Dorothy Shaver, elected president Tomorrow '-f Lord and Taylor, New York Naval Base (Eastern Standard Time) High Tide Low Tide 10:46 a.m. 4:09 a.m. 9:56 p.m. 3:15 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key West Time of| Height of City department store. The five celebrities already well known are: Helen Hayes, chosen first lady of the theater for 1946, whose most recent Broadway success was “Happy Birthde Kate Smith, once more chosen tops among women enter- Station— Tide {high water | tainers in radio; Helen Traubel, Bahia Honda —Ohr. Metropolitan Opera star from St. (bridge) 10min. 0.0 ft. & No Name Key +2hr. (east side) __20 min. Boca Chica —Ohr. (Sandy Point) _40 min. Caldas Channel +2hr. snorth end) 10 min. +14 ft.. { Minus Sign—Corrections to be Plus ign — Corrections, to be added. Mr. and Mrs, John Atkins Steadman today announce the birth of a son on Sunday in the Key West General Hspital The newcomer weighed eight pounds 12 ounces and was nam- ed John Atkins, Jr Mrs. Steadman is the former Grace Colton, Waldo, Florida, and Mr. Steadman is a son of Captain and Mrs. G. R. Stead- man, 324 Elizabeth Street. Bernhardts Announce Birth Lt. Commander and Mrs Franklin D. Bernhardt announce the birth of a daughter, Friday, at the Naval Hospital, The new comer weighed six pounds, 111% | unces. The baby was named Sandra Jane Daughter To Robertses Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Roberts, S xf 1527 Von Phister Street, have received word from their son and daughter-in-law, nd Mrs. Paul F. Roberts, J in Denver, C ado, announcing the birth of a daughter to the Roberts couple SUNDAY LIQUOR BILL (Continaed trom Page One) xcept beer and wine shall be d, served or distributed within the territorial limits of the City { Key West, Fla., by the pack- age, bottle or container, between he hours of 6 o'clock a.m. and 7} clock p.m. (EST) on Sunday.” I dent Joseph Sirugo of the Retail Liquor Dealers Association and of the ordinance, r he sale of beer, wine nd liquor Sunday is essential to meet the demands of the tour ide and tk the prosperity of K West depends on the tour Opponents of the meas- st of the peo- are church people and that the city would tt pression on tour- ars and liquor es from operating on Sunday. that ts by prohibit CARD OF THANKS e appreciation is ex- nded and friends for kindne and sympathy shown and f floral tokens of remem- nce in the h of anxiety 1 bereavement occasioned by the rece ness of our beloved| father, the late John Gelabert 2 yandl-1tx THE FAMILY BETTY MAC DONALD ‘WOMEN OF THE YEAR By DOROTHY . ROE Associated Press Women’s Editor RYE new faces are among the ten women rated tops in their fields for 1946 based on a poll of editors of Associated Press League. Junior Women’s _ |Marriage License Session Thursday| Issued To Couple | The monthly social of the Jun- A marriage license was issued ‘ior Woman's Club will be held at} today to Russell L. McMurtray, ‘7:30 p.m. Thursday, a week in ad- | 18, of 161-E Pionciana Place, and vance, because of the March of, Hazel 1 Kinard, 16, of 162-D | Dimes Ball. Pionciana Place, by Judge Ray- Mrs. Withelmine. G. Haxvey, Me ee jcampaign director for Monroe Strand Theater | County’s March of Dimes, will be a guest, At that time the $150 ¢ ROBERT LOWERY in held at Club Sugaloa will be pre- “They Made Me A Killer” donation from last year’s ‘cabaret’ ;sented on alf of the club. a ”* | The ig will be held at the | Also: “March of Time’ yj. glub! 7 with Mrs. Cleora John- Coming: “Two Sisters from Boston’ Vjowldifid Mrs, Ramona Knight as | |e hostesses. All members are asked to be present. 4 SARAH BLANDING Monroe Theater SPENCER TRACY in ._' PIANO SELECTIONS; | LECTURE ON CHOPIN weeks committee work at the ' outstanding movie actress’ of the i: “we ean ° Luxembourg Congress of the,year by almost unanimous vote.' Mrs. Herbert E. Everett, of By- | SKY DEVILS In addition to having won the field, Mass., will play a series! Coming: “Saddle Seranade” whose achievements have rock-| Sarah Gibson Blanding, of Ken-| Academy Award for 1945, an- of piano selgctions tonight, be¢i)- | ay national public interest for the |tucky, was voted the outstanding nounced in January of this year, Brady will ind the old man riv lfigure in educational circles be-,She recently has scored a great ning at 8 o'clock, in Mrs. C. W. SEES SE lcause she was chosen for the post Success in the Broadway play, Bodler’s studio, 1319 Duval st. | i Louis; Ingrid Bergman, chosen! of Vass a president from a feta “Joan of Lorraine”. } Mrs. W. B. Brady will speak | WE SPECIALIZE in | woman of the year in motion pic-| of 200 noted men and women edu-| Helen Hayes, called “first lady on the life of Chopin to member jtures for the second consecutive icators, and because of additional! of the American theater” often in of Friends of Music Society year, and Mildred Didrikson Za-| honors bestowed on her for her | the past, scored a personal success 2 Purvetest 1 barias, veteran sports star, who! morale work during the war. The this } n a slight play, “Happy jscored again in 1946 b ying!U.S. Army decorated her for work Birthday”, to add to her long list off three titles—the All-Ameri-/in advising on recreational facili-|of laurels. @ Reconditioning a 5 O : S é ' 7 ‘etapin ;can Women’s Open, the National ties for servicewomen, and she; Kate Smith, radio's heloved | PLENAMINS me Women’s Amateur and the Wom- ead : sas a teak ones hy 1 i on’s ateur and the Wom. appointed a member of the| singing star, was chosen AP's | Venetian Blinds en Tranehibsssipp) golf cham- | President’s ‘committee on higher; woman of the year in radio for | ‘Two tiny capsules contein ; Pionships. ieducation,.— , | the Second time, having won the. | v | No one outstanding “woman of; Dorothy Shaver, the Arkansas | honor also in 1944. Her efforts | ALL y ITAMINS j Removed and Installed the year” was named for 1946,| girl who made good as New | and unselfish work in public | kadwetobe-essential co buman Ty | — since the vote of editors was in-| York's top woman merchandis- | causes “outside the call of duty” | sussition, plus liver and iroa. i PROMPT SERVICE | | * Ms ! ;conclusive on this point and it; ing expert, was voted outstand- | contributed much to the choice. ) was agreed that no single woman| ing in the field of business be- | Helen Traubel, the St. Louis! stood head-and-shoulders above| cause she is the first woman to !soprané, opera, toncert and radio all the others in public inte hold the post of president of a star, was an easy winner in the and achievement during the year.| large metropolitan department |popularity poll. GARDNER'S PHARMACY (120 Duval. Jefferson Motel Bidg. One of the greatest honors of} store. | “Babe” Didrikson, in private 1114 Division St, Cor. Varela | CALL 1042 for Estimates the year went to Miss Emily; Although Betty MacDonald’s.life Mrs. George Zaharias, has Phone 177 Free Delivery | Greene Balch, of Wellesley, Mass., best-selling book was published! been outstanding in the field of (——————! who fought for peace through two in 1945, it was what is known to!sports since 1932, when she won ————— wars with the Women’s Interna-'the book trade as a world records in the hurdle and tional League for Peace and Free-'and did not reach the baseball throw, and has been dom. When notified that she was sales peaks until 1946. collecting sports crowns ever co-winner of the Nobel Peace he choice of Marilyn Buferd since. The editors felt that a 15- Prize in Jovember, she an-!as tops in the field of beauty was'vear record in sports eminence, nounced t she would give her,a logical result of her selection as |climaxed by the winning of three $17,000 award to the League. She; “Miss America”. | golf titles in 1946, deserved recog- thad just returned from twelve! Ingrid Bergman was chosen’ nition once more. Our Drivers Have 1 = awe =| Outstanding..... | Records of Service! a Feeds moover KEY WEST ‘Venetian Blind Ce. —"What Is Good For My Community Is Good For Me!” tt is men like iad our drivers who make compan- ies like ours. Our Drivers Are Courteous and Consideréte of Their Passengers ps MARILYN. BUFERD- : HELEN, TRAUBEL MILDRED DIDRIKSON. They are well informed Mathias Turner of 704 Will- iam Street a retired business- man, walked into the Citizen of- fice the other day and offered a plan designed to give Key West ja sandy beach some 1000 feet in | length, | “The city could have this beach | for only a fraction of the $250- 000 which the county is spending ficial beach,” | to construct an a | Turner commented Deftly he sketched his plan He would start with the present South Beach, which extends about 300 yards to the east from the foot of Duval Street and then more than triple its length by condemning and taking the prop- erty beyond This property consists of the South Beach Restaurant at the south end of Simonton Street and the Sun and Sand Club just across Simonton, Total cost, he | estimated, would be much less than $100,000. He would tear construction of the beach, Turn- aid. | CARD OF THANK: | During the lingering illness and | loved mother, the late Mary Eva Monsalvatge, many neighbors and \friends were kind and helpful in many.ways. We publish this card {of acknowledgement in order that }each and may know that we are very grateful an21-1tx THE “AMILY. | Reasonable Prices | _Benea .. ao TEXACO STATION Fleming and Grinnell Sts. | PHONE 9143 OR 240-A POINCIANA Ask for Gene — Retired Businessman Offers Plan For Low-Cost 1000-Ft. City Beach ice cathe tts Rnspgs (22m! owes: tipped {the restaurant down to permit, |following the departure of our be-! AUTO REPAIRS BODY and FENDER WORK k t } | | | | | 1 \ | | about things of interest and importance along their BL routes. They endeavor to make BILLED BY BUZZSAW CHARDON, Ohio. — When” William S. Johnson, |Mrs. Knapp And Daughter | 'Here Visiting Relatives S FARES Downtown Buses, & Routes 2 and 3 ) against a buzzsaw while cutting sister, Mrs E. A. Ramsey, 530 anton icilied: “Every weekday there are Oh BS ee Gi ere sie * ar William street. Mrs. Knapp is ; from a dozen to 300 bathers at! the former Helena a a pleasant journey for South Beach,” Turner said. ‘On/ qaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Z you. eundays. ae umber goes UP. Copeland Johnson of Key West eae rom 800 to 1000. This is too ; 0 Mrs.’ Knapp's last previous vis ; crowded it here was in 1935, the year het ; i] Key West Transit Co., Inc. Relieve Misery | Cc K Ss ; : 4 5 —Rub on city beach should have. For all ‘Time -Tested VapoRus property taken by the city, he ee said, adequate compensation would be given the owners, plus N : reasonable interest on their in- (FE vestment for past years. | A aA Se } He said he did not think it = - I B oe, / Poinciana and Naval Hospital 10e City Hospital. Stock Island and 15 , Boca Chica awe wood, he w: ins J. W. Sellers, Manager Phone 1057 Turner said the Sun and Sand : : parents lost their lives in the | Club has a fine dock which the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 in Matecumbe would be necessary to take over the South Beach Motel property FINISH \ on Simonton Street since it is| not on the waterfront. Turner | SEE what 7 ‘ would, however, eliminate Sim- | will whee &, DIFFERENCE TODAY'S COLOR: a onton Street near the waterfront} yur FLOORS, Wi p0DWOR and extend the beach f Duval } Street to the east of the} EASY TO APPLY... Youll! & ncio-Proos be amazed at how, without leaning any bush marks, it covers. EASV TOMLEAN.., it comes up gleaming after fraguont setab present Sun and ner lived here from 1938] 41 and returned here in| to 1945. 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