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PAGE FOUR The OBSERVATIONS OF A FOOL By BILL LEE As predicted in The Citizen of August 2, the month of August was the best month for construc- tion in Key West since the term of office of Errol S@wyer, build- ing inspector, began over two years ago. Key West and Vicinity: Con- \siderable cloudiness with showers in the area. Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds this after- }noon, tonight and Wednesday. Florida: Partly cloudy this aft- ernoon, tonight and Wednesday, with widely scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Scat- tered showers over southeast ‘coastal section tonight and Wed- |nesday morning. | The Weather FORECAST THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The road is hard . . . the way is long, But one day you will rest A little while, before the fight, To make a new Key West! Your young, sure hands will take thé wheel And steer a straight, clean course To hig hideals, and fresh, bright dreams, With Faith and Truth and Force! One day that dawns will find you here, Awake to all our needs, Salute to the Conch Club Your strength, your heart, your soul and mind JUNIOR “FIRST LADY” (Continued from Page One) wouldn’t have been there. They had everything. f “We tried a case just as the Supreme Court does. They brought up things I'd never had thought of. They'd ask me what ‘I thought and I'd just nod my head.” The Girls Nation campaign was exciting, but not always too pleas- ant. - Everything pretty tense Birthday Part y Radio Party Held For Sylvia Sanchez: | Miss Sylvia Sanchez received; Girl Scouts of Troop 8 held a imany gifts last night at a party radio party at the Wesley House igiven by the Bachelor Girls Club Friday night. Prizes were award- jto celebrate her 22nd birthday'ed for skits and amateur acts “anniversary. performed by the Scouts. Famous A buffet supper was served radio stars were impersonated by and a decorated cake, with 22 ,the Scouts. candles on it, was brought into | Following the program, re- the dining room as everybody freshments were served and mu- sang, Happy eet nM jsical games were played. nt were Misses Elayne Al- | ., Su ape i aati “| Scouts attending were Milli- Hilda Castillo, Ondina + ont Tasiaee Jade Goodman, Sawyer reports that the value ef building permits taken out here last month totaled $176,620, | which is $74,620 above the rec-) ord of $102,000 three months | East Gulf and Jacksonville through Florida Straits: Moderate east to southeasterly winds this afternoon, tonight and Wednes- day, except occasionally fresh over extreme south portion. Con- siderable cloudiness and showers er extreme south portion, else- » partly cloudy with widely scattered showers. No small craft or storm warn- jings are being displayed in the area. REPORT Key West, Fla., Sept. 9, 1947 (Observation taken at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, Some folks say the record for August, according to the popula- tions of the two places, was above | the figures for Miami—or was it? We don't know, but the $176,- €20 is quite a lot of building for & city this size. x~ * * : Speaking of building, W. Tims, the city superintendent f sewers, fears Key West con, , 7 struction will be retarded by rea- City Office) | sen of the relatively poor sewaye | Temperatures disposal system that Key West |Highest yesterday 29w operates. {Le last night Untainted by past New Government, \Conch Club Entertains Students At Wiener Roast One of the most delightful so- cial events of the season was held last night at the Sun and Sand Club when the University of \Florida Conch Club held a com- bination wiener roast and dance ‘party for its members and guests. The club invited to the affair ean 84 Tims has recommended of- “pee 83 fisials of the city the immedi- Precipitation te installation of pumping | Rainfall, 24 hours ending equipment in No. - Aba “ae 8:30 a.m., inches posal plant at mas midit Der canons mmrortt pty ity ‘would then be pumped over to | Mo. 2 plant which is on Garri- Tomorrow's Almanac (Eastern Standard Time) a. pees a Sunrise 6:11 a.m, Sunset 6:37 p.m, Gulf of Mexico, Moonrise 1:26 a.m. “I may be sticking my neck | Moonset 3:44 p.m. out in saying this, but it seems | | to me that the city officials TIDES | should take action looking to a Tomorrow betterment of the sewage dispo- | Naval Base i sal system”, said Tims. “It may | (Eastern Standard Time) cost up to $500,000, but the in-| High Tide Low Tide vestment is urgently needed. 4:50 a.m. 12:44 p.m, “The sewage, after it is treat- 7:32 p.m. 11:20 p.m, Additional Tide Data Reference Station: Key West | Time of| Height of | ed, now empties and flows right up to the city's beaches. The vir- | us of infantile paralysis is found im sewage during epidemics. In Station—. Tide |high water! other cities the virus has been |Bahia Honda = —Ohr. found in water polluted by sew. |, (bridge) 10min, 0.0 ft. | No Name Key +2hr. (east side) 20 min. Boca Chica —Ohr. (Sandy Point) 40 min. Valdes Channel +2hr. (north end) ..10 min. +1.4 ft. 000 (NOTE: Minus sign—correc- tions to be subtracted. Plus sign—corrections to be added.) “It seems to me that Key West, remembering the epidemic of po- | lio here last year, should do something about making proper disposal of sewage.” Tims sevs that engineers Planning large structures al- ‘ways get the city data on sew- i i Daughter to Jimenezs Two native Key Westers were} My and Mrs Manding at Greene and Ann! 1993, Virela pile streets. They seemed to be inter- | ested in the Coca Cola sign on a | tn. a 2 i p. m, in a local hospital. The | biliboard and we walked up|_., eit et ae Quietly to listen to anything they poe es ne ee rae the | might have to say | angcerieaotiias. aes plain “Looks like raindrops,” claimed one of the men. “Don't in” “Well, whatever it looks like, it. makes me thirsty,” responded Rene Jimenez, t, announce the birth of a daughter Sunday at 7 ex. | Irises will grow in almost any kind of soil, but do best in sandy | | loams |been made publicity chairman = mgt 5 of the Parent-Teachers Associa ot nae oet—let's try a drink ‘tion of Key West High, School. {She is worried about a series of “clever announcements” every few days in this paper for the next few weeks to help stimu- \late a large membership drive in The two departed to a nearby coffee shop where they sell Coca Cola in bottles. The Coca Cola sign was of @ big hand reaching from an the current school year, tee box with o glass of coke “The PTA work is so useful | held in it, The outside of the | ang interesting and should ap- Glass glistened with very real- peal to a large number of per- istic droplets and the slogan— sons,” says Mrs. Higgs in a let- tee cold. ee ter to me, “Our aim is to try to, Willard ‘M. Albury, county | "herag?erenn “wey naine’ superintendent of public instruc- and meet their children’s teach- and find out just how they progressing. tion, is @ busy man—so busy, in | fact, he hasn't time this year to | take 4 vacation. The absence from his office of Dwight Hunter, formerly attendance assistant tc Albury, has created another problem which is at present tying up the superintendent of schools. “But that's not the worst of it,” said Albury yesterday. “I really |" hey will even have a gen- weed a full-time lawyer in this}, 7" a 8 a cing, etal assembly ending in a ‘lunch office: T have to atudy all the state our’ when refreshments will =| were changed by the last legisla, (Served. We hope this will be the | ture it has kept my nose to th | ginning of a bigger and better | grindstone. I must familiarize rien ee ehetunich-Senion} poy ith all the requirements |” “Although we have no children | ‘ pep of school age, we are certainly | earn, Stans comes 9 soquest Hicing to try to atiend the “lunch | month's pay when they worked on only half a month. I learned |'"S- they are not entitled to it. How- | ie we Ms ih / “1¢ r/ € sf ever, the entire matter is up to the school board. If the board PLENAMINS ‘Twe tay copsules conteia Sept. 16, at the High School. ” |There will be registry, the school ‘bell will ring and the parents \will ‘attend classes’ that evening. ,|Every parent will meet eacly)| teacher who teaches her child. | wants to take responsibility by paying the teachers the ex- tra half month, it will be all | right with me. | “But as I was saying, there are! ALL VITAMINS people who say that T do no| known to be essential to human work. I wish they could follow | autsition, plus liver and iroa. They would soon find out the truth. It would be @n eye-opener to anyone who feels. that way. This is no sine- eure. It is a full-time job.” me for a day GARDNER'S PHARMACY 1114 Division St., Cor. Varela a ar Ae Faye J. Higgs, 2850 Seidenberg | avenue, is worried. She has just Phone 177 Free Delivery \“Crazy Groceries,” ‘Our meeting will be at 8 p. m., ‘J all Key Westers attending col- leges. Announcement was made v. jot the sponsorship of a party by “the Conch Club for all Florida Alumni members in December when they return for the Christ- mas holidays. Those attending party were: Florida State University, Talla- hassee, Florida: Violetta Sosin, Carrie Gomez, Margaret Ann Pettis, Lorraine Adams, Neal Ayala, Joan Porter, Betty Cottrell, Daniel Lujan, Ar- thur Lujan, Leroy Sawyer, Ward Herrick. University ef Miami, Florida: Tom Gato, Phillip Strunk. Limestone College, Gaffney, South Carolina: Bobbie McGraw. last night's Mother-Daughter Scout Meeting Mothers of Troop 5, Girl Scouts, met with their daughters on Sat- urday at their meeting place, the Wesley House on Varela street, for a mother-daughter luncheon. The meal was served buffet style from covered dishes which the girls had prepared them- selves. The center of the table was decorated with a trefoil, the Scout symbol, madeof marigold and press fern. Miss Green, director of the Wesley Community House, intro- duced Miss Marie Frakes, the new kindergarten teacher for jthe Wesley House. Each girl in- troduced her mother. Piano music during the meal was furnished by Grace Fernan- dez. Patsy Yates sang a solo. Several camp songs were sung by Jacqueline Sheafer. A game, ” was played by the mothers, and the drawing of names found Mrs. Fernando Camus the winner of a little re- | minder of the mother-daughter luncheon. A shoe game, learned at camp, was demon: number of the girls. Much credit is due Troop 5 Girl Scouts, on their first mother- daughter luncheon, and it is sin- cerely hoped that this will be the beginning of mary more such meetings, where mothers and daughters can get together. Those in attendance were: Mrs. Amelia A. Camus and daughter, Zola; Mrs. Mark Mc- Donald and daughter, Helen; Mrs. A. R. Davis and daughter, Betty; Mrs. Mary Hampton and daughter, Edyth; Mrs. Margaret Gato and daughter, Eleanor; Mrs. M. Sellers and daughter, Lynn; Mrs. W. C. Tims and dz rated by a, ighters, l greeds. new glories won. New ways you shall know best— And so my heart salutes you now, The Conch Club of Key West. ‘ —BARBARA GREENE. Hunter. College, Hunter, New | York: Mr. and Mrs. John A. Lowe. Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Zetta Frances Cabrera. Mercer University, Georgia: A. S. (Buddy) Navarro. Conch Club members attend- ing were: Nilo Albury, Arthur Armayor, Forrest Hunter, Ernest Avila, John Day, Helio Gomez, Harold Haskins, Tom Ketchings, Adolph Lastres, Joe Lowe, Sydney Mat- thews, Carolyn Papy, Hugh Papy, Clayton Papy, Albert Parra, Charles Park, Donald Pearlman, Kermit Roberts, Bill Robinson, Andy Rodriguez, Charles San- chez. Aimoné@ “non-student guests were: Faye Bervaldi, Faye Roberts, Mrs. Charles Sanchez, Helen Kangas, Mrs. Sydney Matthews, Eveiyn Skelton, Concepcion Sar- dinol. Lolah and Betty; Mrs. Floyd Sheafer and line; Mrs. A. Fernandez and daughter, Grace; Mrs. Elizabeth Woods and daughter, Joan: Mrs Leonard Curry and daughi Gale; Mrs. Verdane McCardley and daughter, Yvonne; Mrs. J. D. Bardwell and daughter, Teressa; Mrs. Elizabeth Meggs and daugli- ters, Frances and Barbara; Mrs. H. S. Burkett and daughter, Car- larta;, Mrs. Ler Thompson, and daughter, Elsie Lee; Mrs. Neil Saunders, Miss Lottie Green, Miss Marie Frakes, Patsy Yates, Majorie Gomez. Te. | Open All Night “6 P.M. to 6 A.M. Brown's Chicken Shack 800 Caroline St. Phone 9238 Serving... Chicken Baskets and daughter, Jacque- BAR-B-Q MEAT Cuban and American Coffee | STRAND THEATRE Now Showing “LADIES'’ MAN” Eddie Bracken 1 Starting Thursday || ‘THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER’ Loretta Young H e MONROE THEATRE Now Showing “CHILD DIVORCE” Regis Toomey | Starting Thursday “FEUD OF THE WEST” Hoot Gibson Pepsi-Cola Company, Long Island City, N. Y. portion of the PTA meet- | Franchised Bottler: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co, of Key West. Phone 581 | so | When OPEN—I’s | When CLOSED—It’s i CONSTRUCTED OF HEAVY GALVANIZED SHEET METAL _ GUARANTEED WILL NOT RUST OR ROT Finished in Gleaming Enamel—Your Choice of Colors, Monogram or Design Simple to Operate - FHA Terms - Model on Demonstrati Sun and Storm ALL METAL AWNINGS A Distinctive Awning A Perfect Storm Shutter —" LEE BROS. — ST. Phone for FREE Estimate All Kinds of Sandwiches | "i Pita, Marina Sikes, Pierina Perea, 3 Dee Albury, Joan Elbertson, Shirley Lieder, Marie Hyde, Betty Johnson and Sylvia Sanchez. f glad because you know what peo- ple think of Oklahoma.” Her hope is that the Girls Na- tion idea can sometime be ex- ® panded to a Girls World, with girls from all countries attend- ing. “But they'll have to change the idea some. Our Girls Nation copied from our form of gov- ernment, with a president and congress and everything. I don’t think some of the other countries :. would like that.” Edmond welcomed its favorite daughter home with a flourish. Hundreds of citizens and the high school band met her at the rail- ANN HICKS ... .!road station in Oklahoma City a Nast, and paraded her for twelve of Girls Nation. wr. foe. Gov. Roy J. Turn- right before the election. Every- er greeted her and gave her two one was too nice, sugary sweet. I doce an ie idn't. like Eas he temporary forgotten man didnltilikerthar much put sthals suber (boy) tuendeenillerecess eMIGL ecu ‘son of the pastor of the Chris- She v tan church here. personal victory, but of Oklaho- He couldn't get to her because the First Girls of the crowd. four girls nami. | “Women,” observed Bill nated for ent and v osely, “should stay at president, ahoma was repr Politics is for a man.” sented by two—George Ann, the! 5 candidate for presi- and Helen Mary Walker, of IN CASES Delivered To Your Home GEORGE President as proudest, not of her ma‘s record at Nation. 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