The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 28, 1947, Page 3

Conchs Meet Pompano High Tonight! In Semi-Finals Of District Cage Tourney; Homestead Also Wins GROWERS To PLAYS—_———_—_—_______ LAKE WORTH: PARRA PDO ISD ILS, Ma) AND SWEETING LEAD Frantic Search MBON ATTACK * uns os ene, sae inally Locates West High swamped Delray bau |Hotel For Conchs LAKE WORTH, Feb. 28.—Key Hieh, 42 to 19, last nignt to en-| .3m @ telegram to Principal he semi-finals of the District | boggy ga of Key Weet i Ew ‘ ; * B, basketball tourna- Pepper Sroliines ouee wok 5 a nt fhe Conchs wiil meet 2 rompane High,. State Class C th en A "ampions, last year, in the semi-; Eight Class B Basketball male tonight at 9 o'clock. Tournament at Lake Worth “pene, seeded No. 2, had its! last night came only after a nd 1 im defeating Belle! frantic search for lodging for lade High, 43 to 31, earlier last | the Key West team. ming after the No. 1 seeded! rooming houses and ®. Homestead High, had rout-| hetels in Lake Worth were | filled when the Conchs ar- Pehokee High, 45 to 12, in the ie Conchs ar nament opener yesterday af- | cvs posteriay. and it was : | Beach, one. 10: ile racis4 Hor tead will play Lake| : le miles to the south, before lodging could be found. The team is now quartered at a small Delray No. 4 seeded team, Worth Higt ' emi-final tonight at DRUBBED ST. TERE HIGH BY 48-11. COUNT (Sercial to Tae Olttzen) SL LoL Sawyer to Address Council The Monroe County Child | expected to play here, March 29, according to MIAMI CLUB'S 13-GAME ~ - SCHEDULE MAJOR Ls NINES BROWNS, PIRATES Al BRAVES ON LIST TO} APPEAR AT STADIUM Winter Loop Tilts ‘A 13-game Spring schedule for’ thé ‘Miartii Tourists of the Fler-! ida Tavernational League during > their training season here . was( announced today by Roy Hamlin, ! chairman of the Munici ipal Stad- | ium Committee. Dates for three ‘of the games with the St. Louis | ; Browns, Pittsburgh Pirates and! t Balfisiore Orioles are tentative. The major league ; elubs are! however, either on or about the dates list- ed below. The Boston Braves will play Miami here - on Saturday, a com- received from . Jay munication Tickets for the scheduled con-| Official will be on duty to handle ;} Service of the Red Cross, enter- INCLUDES Sunday Postponed For Work On Field ‘Roy Hamlin, president of the Winter Baseball League, amnounced today that the doubleheader scheduled for Sunday has been postponed’ ! unfil the following week. The | infield, which is now being resurfaced, will not be in Playing condition for this | weekend. The field is being put into shape for the Miami Tourists of the Florida International | League which will start train- ing around the latter part of next week. On March 9, however, the | regular league doubleheader |” will be played. The first game will bring the Red Raid- | ers against the Blue Sox, with the Trojans meeting the Raid- ers in the nightcap. ‘UANESPOGLG QUESTER At ONAL nee aga GANT V.A. To: Have Man 'At Office Saturday Starting tomorrow, Only one emergency cases on Saturday ; mornings at the Key West Office | of the Veterans Administration. ! This week all installations under the Miami regional office started Operating on a 40-hour week. The VA official will be on duty from 8 a. m., until 12 noon | this well-deserved certificate to | iname of U. S. Navy, Bureau of i Naval | number of war projects and pro-t | grams and served on several im- 42 TO 19 Mrs. Kirke Given ep mee nana | High Navy Award | The Weather | FORECAST For War Service, ' Key West and Vicinity: Partly Mrs. Jessie Porter Kirke, 410 jcloudy this afternoon, tonight Caroline street, today received a fr ae re Seek cee a ate A ite to fresh southeast ant Certificate of Appreciation, sign- |south winds becoming south and ed by Viee Admirgl Louis Den- | southwest Saturday. field, Chief of Naval Personnel | Florida: Cloudy, occasional rain in Washington, for services ren-|north portion oa, as jae |beeoming partly cloudy Satu lay. dered the Navy during World | partly cloudy over south portion War Il. |through Saturday. Slowly rising The certificate was forwarded,| temperatures. ‘to Mrs. Kirke by Rear Admiral | Jacksonville through the Flor- Ralph Davison, Commandant of |ida Straits and Easi Gulf of Mex- the, Seyenth Naval District..Ad- ico: “Moderate east to southeast mitt Bavison sent the document {winds today, increasing and be- with-the following letter: “The Chief of Naval Fersoang) has issued to you a Certificate of |Your Grocer SELLS That Good Appreciation to ex; in part | STAR * BRAND. the Navy’s thanks for your sin- | gular service personnel on piso sat COFFEE. a World War II. “In behalf of the Naval per-; — A Pound Today——. sonnel who benefited by your outstanding contributions and, adding my own personal grati- | tude, I am pleased to forward TRANS-PLASTIC TRANSPARENT ~ for Paint {txoueum Permanent Glossy Finish No More Waxing you.” The certificate, bearing the Personnel, contains the | words, “In grateful recognition of meritorious personal service during World War IT.” Mrs. Kirke was engaged in a} Representative Will Call In Next Few Days Trans-Plastic Products 713 Duval Street Phone 9178 Key West, Fla. | portant committees. She was a enous" pens sional ia ov over is “ei £% pcitone HY to No smail spent ei or storm warnings have -been issued. Largest Most Complete @ Straightening— Body and Fender @ Painting — Cars and Trucks All-Makes @ Lubrication @Service and Engine Repair All Makes @ Washing and Polishing @Parts and Accessories @ Tires sa MonroeMotors, Inc. Howard E. Wilson, Pres. 1201 WHITE ST. PHONE 725 | Red Cross Grey Lady, on the USO Board, served with Home taining service men and helped in hospital work. Weman Hurt When| Truck Hits Sedan, Mrs. P, F. English of State Col- at the office in the Post Office building, Eugene Anheir, officer | in charge, stated today. | “Although the office .will be, open 44 hours a week, 'the last | four hours will be for emergency | eases only,” Anheir stated. | The regional office ‘at Miami! will: have. one physician, one den-| tist and two contact representa- | tives on duty until noon Satur- days to handle emergency cases. | One contact representative will | remain on duty until noon Satur- | | days tt the VA Nautilus hospital | in Miami Beach to assist-on-em- | ergency cases. Werth rallied in the | Beach hotel. Cone, general manager of the Mi-; ' to defeat South Broward ami club, by Hamlin today. tap dag other game PGMS MSI LIS SSI in addition to the 13 Miami . —e 5 : ames, another outstandii con- x Ces ee x a ope took UNUSUAL \ Ve is slated for Race “Actll 6, — eo Both Matha! (Continued trom Page One) {when the Havana Cubans. play a a es papermen and photographe:s will \the Key West All-Stars here. vac Nee ei aon accompany President Truman,. ‘The 13-game schedulé does not ine dour .péiats and Delray here on March 8. Where they! include | numerous inter-squad! ook enie. two The Conchs will be housed has not been defi- games which the Miami oe s meveased their 14-5 half- Ritely decided, but it is expected will play here. Games with sev- eod im the third period, they will be placed in the eral additional clubs may be an- ended with the count, 26- Bachelor Officers’ Quarters at. nounced later. ® the final period, however, | the Submarine Base. | b Ww put on the pressure, | Others in the official party of | tests will sell at $1.20 per game. yup 16 points to five for the President have not been! and will go on sale shortly. ; ~ Da a oe made known at Washington. It is, ‘MIAMI TOURIST SPRING | - he ota mebean econter, expected that the President will SCHEDULE 4 moints, closely followed have several companions with At Municipal Stadium, y Sweeting, sharpshooting, Bim when he visits Key West. Key West) ‘ > President Truman is expected Sunday, March 16.—Blue Tt ds of Key’ West to arrive here by airplane. once Sox vs. Miami; Red Raiders ' ed the Conchs to named Sacred Cow, from Wash- vs. Miami. are expected for, ington the night of March 8. Wednesday. March 19.— « finals tonight From Boca Chica airport he will Baltimore Orioles vs. Miami Pompano used only its first- pe driven directly to Capt. (tentative). ne-up against Belle Glade Cooper's quarters at the Base Saturday, March 22.—Uni- 4 . . be ae (i ins sr The President will leave Key versity of Miami vs. Miami. a Harry Bone nee ted eg West by plane early Tuesday Sunday, March 23.—Red . , { tl, respectively. and ™orning,’March 11, for San Juan, Raiders ys. Miami: Trojans fers nd Knight, guards, five Puerto Rico. After visiting Puerto! ys, Miami. a two, respectively {Rico and the Virgin Islands, the Wednesday, March 25.— j Hirown, Homestead's Commander in Chief of ‘the’ Miami Beach vs. Miami. ak gua led the Growers U.S. armed forces, will go to Thursday, March 27.—St. ‘ points, but Dewey Tomp- Guantanamo Naval Base in 1 Browns vs. Miami (tentative). ‘im Leake Worth forward, took Cuba March 17. He will return to Saturday. March 29.—Bos- ed honors with 10 baskets Key West March 23. The same} ton Braves vs. Miami. ; nm foul shot for half of ui night he is scheduled to leave for Sunday, March 30.—Tro- : ant re sel bed t ii Sula MUANENENSUUOUONEENEAUUUORRELATALATOGOTEUEN AULA ELGAR ERA Thursday, April 3.—Pitts- mon scnoo. emis | MEETINGS pak Pees, Tee Saturday, April 5.—Havana Cubans vs. Miami. Sunday. 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