The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 26, 1947, Page 4

Prenatal Class Sees Baby Bath The USO Navy Wives Prena- sal Class, under the instruction of Public Healtn Nurse Blanche , Witnessed a demonstra- tiem baby bath, at the Jackson Square USO Tuesday afternoon. Practice baths yere given the dell baby by some of the expec- tent mothers in the class. A @rewing of prizes which includ- ed a basinette, layette items and baby drug supplies, will be held’: @ the USO next Tuesday at 1:30 pm, The gfoup will then go to the Health Clinic at, 203, Fleming street to view movies portraying “Baby Care and Feeding,” “Ba- by's First Year,” “Before the Baby Comes,” and “Clocking the Chempion.” All expectant moth- ers are welcome. Licenses To Wed VODA aaaweais. You Can’t Use Pull With The Boy Scouts ALEM, Ill.—(AP).—A Boy Scout mayor-for - a - day, Bob Gofstetter, collected $50 in fines from traffic offenders —including $1 from the actual mayor, C. A. McGraw. for il- legal parking. McGraw’s re- monstrance to Alfred Myers, Scout stand-in city attorney, was futile, FMI II IS ST TS MMT MEETINGS “UU LUeEERUE LUA AaNane UAHA” V.F.W. Meets Tonight The Veterans of Foreign Wars | will hold a special meeting at 8 | o'clock tonight at the V. F. W.| clubhouse on Second avenue off | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN USO Drama Group| Miss Barbara Lowe And Benjamin Skelton To Be Wed Thursday Night Chooses Two Plays The Drama Group of the USO Service Wives’ Club selected “Uncle Bob Takes a Wife” and “There’s None of Them Perfect,” ; one-act plays, for their first re- hearsals. ‘ The casts selected include: Bet- ty Reineke, Jeanne Reynolds, Reba Stonecipher, Sue M. Smith, Eloise Hinger, Jerry Tonden, Mae Atkins, Ellen Edwards, Virginia Schuman, Vera Wood, Jayne Sears, and USO-NCCS-WD Area Worker Eileen Coughlin. CAVE-IN REVEALS RUIN ROME, Italy.—Ground, soften- ed by a week of rain, caved in on a vacant lot near the big Mar- morata street market, Shoppers peering into the yawning cavity saw the graceful arch and well- preserved walls of what happen- ed to be the private home of an ancient Roman. Mrs. Walter J. Lowe, 706 Ashe street, announced today that the marriage of her daughter, Miss Barbara Lowe, to Benjamin C. Skelton, will take place Thurs- day night at 8 o’clock in the First Baptist Church. A reception will follow at the home of the bride, on ‘Ashe street. Friends and rela- tivés ‘have .been invited to attend. A miscellaneous shower was given Monday afternoon by Mrs. Charles’ Russell, Mrs. Charlie Heming and Mrs. Hollon Ber- valdi in honor of the bride-elect, who is their sister. The shower was held in the Baptist Church annex. In the receiving line were Miss Lowe and the Misses Monteen Bryant and Gloria Giles. During the afternoon, musical selections were played by Miss Lorraine Nottage on the piano. Vocal solos were rendered by Faye Bervaldi, accompanied by Miss Nottage. Miss Lowe received many love- ly gifts. They were presented to her from a boat by little Roland Lowe, who was dressed as a sail- or. The first door prize was taken by Mrs. Dora Eakin and th¢ sec- ond by Miss Gloria Giles. Refreshments of cake, candy, ) sandwiches and ice cream were served, Annie Warburton Goodrich, ithe “grand old lady of nursing”, {born 81 years ago. SATA ee THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY TONIGHT “REINCARNATION” Classes Open to the Public 921 Eaton Street 8:00 P.M. nace R Ford Hotel 60 N.E. 3rd Strect 80 Rooms - Elevator Located in the Heart of the iy. or Wire with BATH ahd TELEPHONE Pershing Hotel 100 i Solarium 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION Mrs. Paul Herrick, and Miss ——_—_—_ Issued 2 Couples Marriage licenses were issued | yesterday by County Judge Ray- mond R. Lord to Russell H. Saw- yer, 23, 1211 Florida avenue, and | tee M atcher, 21, of 6-G{ Porter Place, and to Clarence R. Smith, 45. and Essie L. Thomp- son, 34, both of Marathon. Key West In Days Gone By W. M. Romesha announced. It’s} AS TAKEN FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF FEB. 26, 1937 A especial dispatch published in The Citizen today says that WPA headquarters in Jacksonville an- touneed that the quota of 24,- #0 workers in Florida will re- main the same till the end of Mareh Many awards were made yes terday for beautiful displays at} the flower show cnoducted under the divection of the Key West Woman's Club. Miss Betty Maloney, manager of the airways office, left this morning on a business trip to Miami iravy (Sam Goldsmith), in his wm about golf in The Citizen ele that the greens on the teeal course have been improved, ' that all those players, who hed been blaming the greens for high scores, are batting the ball wet as ineffectively now as they a6 when the greens were in ‘ hape. He asks, “What's bi now, fellers?” y T. Mercer, who had M Ha om Visiting her brother and ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ladd left terday for her " Westche r ester left rt visit in | | | ij jance” will be| the Key West Country w night in the club; Stock Island “A be wf the Flem- fethodist Church tertainment next ays in an the labor dic- a la Musso- | Flagler. Junior Women Meet The Junior Women’s Club will | hold its monthly social tomorrow | at 8 p. m., at the clubhouse. Hos- tes#es will be Mrs. Anna Laun- | dress and Mrs. Helen Schuck. | PAID! CERES, Calif—(AP)—All of Ceres’ 428 taxpayers have paid their 1946 taxes in full, collector | the first time this city of 1,333 | population hasn’t had a single de- linquent. INCOME TAX ABCs for 1947 THREE WAYS TO FILE QUICK METHOD: The * ‘simplified withholding statement your employer gives you. Usually you may use this if your pay was less than $5,000. SHORT CUT: The short form 1040. (If you earned less than $5,000, no matter how you earned it.) | LONG WAY ROUND: ¢ The long form 1040 | | must be used if your income | was above $5,000, or if your } | deductions come to more than | ten per cent of total income | But anyone MAY use it. | ALBURY & SON NEON LIGHTING SERVICE 53214 DUVAL STREET Also Licensed Phone 648-M_ | Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND ant cusan COFFEE | ‘Try A Pound Today. | Strand Theater | PAT O'BRIEN in “CRACK-UP” | Coming Adventure” Monroe Theater | GALE STORM in SWING PARADE of 1946” j Coming Frontier Scouts” FOR SALE Beautiful | FIVE-BEDROOM HOME || NEAR THE OCEAN Three bathrooms, electric i kitchen. Completely furn-;_ | | | ished. $18,000 TERMS 1328 White Sireet | | Prompt Delivery CYPRESS SHADES NOW AVAILABLE To Shade That Hot, Sunny Porch KEY WEST Venetian Blind Co. 128 Duwal. Jefferson Hotel Bldg. CALL 1042 for Estimates \ —SHIRL’S— LINEN SHOP $12 FLEMING PHONE 118 @ GIFTS —Wedding —Anniversary —Birthday —Shower @YARD GOODS —Drapes —Bedspreads —Slip Covers! Bedspreads, Drapes and Slip Covers Made to Order Bring Your Measurements and CHOOSE YOUR FABRIC We Do the Best Please Read this Notice of Request or Increase in Telephone Rates Your Telephone Company has found it imperative to file application with the Florida Railroad Commission for higher rates on local telephone service and on most long distance calls within the state. This action was taken because telephone earnings are dangerously low and reasonable earnings are required to furnish adequate service. We ask that you read this message carefully so you will understand clearly why increased telephone. rates are necessary. Your telephone, rate is ‘low und it) is the\ ‘earnest desire of your Telephone Company ta keep it law. in While your rate has remairtied:the samé for many years, the total cost of furnishing, telephone seryice has steadily gone up. Since 1940 our expenses for Florida operations have increased 181 per cent, while revenue increased only 129 per cent. Wage Rates Up $3,788,784 Much of the increase in expenses is represented by wages, since wages make up the greater part of the cost of furnishing telephone service. Wages have been raised in keeping with natiohal policies and the general trend throughout the country. These wage increases were nec- essary to assure, thréugh competent personnel, the provision ofan adequate service. Telephone wage rates in Florida have been raised during the past two years by $3,788,784 on an annual basis, During 1946, new telephone installations totalled 84,- 600 in Florida, but 52,000 people are still waiting for telephones. This demand forces us to build new facilities now, in the face of high costs. The cost of erecting build- ings has jumped 75 to 100 per cent and the overall cost of providing telephone facilities has advanced 50 to 65 per cent. Despite these high costs we telephone folks—and there are 6,600 of us providing service in Florida— must continue to improve service generally. Our plans call for gross expenditures of approximately $65,000,000 for telephone construction in Florida during the next five years. Pay-Out Is Increasing Faster Than Take-In With the tremendous increase in the expenses of furnish- ing telephone service and with rates unchanged for years, we have a difficult time making ends meet. So much so, that today we find ourselves confronted with the lowest earnings in our history in spite of a record, volume of business. s No business can long continue to render service when the amount paid out to provide that service is increasing SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY cava! saw A faster than the athount taken im. Therefore, it is our duty . @§ your public sefvant.to report this condition to you since it directly affects your telephone service. We must appeal to you for ‘relief through the Florida Railroad Commission, which regulates our rates. The requested rate increase for local service would be on a sliding scale depending on size of locality. Authority is also being asked for an increase of 5 cents on most long distance calls within the state. Request Held at Minimum Today’s high costs indicate a need for greater increases than we are asking, but it is hoped that operating experi- ence under the proposed new rates will prove them suf- ficient. In view of this, the increases requested were held to a minimum. The new rates we are asking represent an increase of about 1014 per cent of our total revenue in Florida. This is small when compared with the increased costs of do- ing business generally. In fact, telephone service under the new rates will continue to be one of the best bargains available. The service has been considerably extended and its value has been increased many times since present rates were put into effect. Southern Bell wants rates no higher than necessary to furnish everyone with good service and safeguard the full usefulness of the telephone to this community. The pro- posed rates are the very minimum we can get by on. In the face of rising costs, they are very modest. PROPOSED NEW MONTHLY ATES 1 2 4 PARTY PARTY PARTY Key West Business $6.00 $5.00 2.85 Residence 3.50 Business Extension Station, $1.35 INCORPORATED NO BUSINESS CAN GIVE ADEQUATE SERVICE WITHOUT ADEQUATE EARNINGS SERRE