The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 4, 1947, Page 1

ae ene oe) oat ee a VOL. LXVII, Board Of Directors Of Chamber Will Be | Elected October 7 MUST VOTE ONLY -FOR ,12, NAMES Members of the Key West Chamber of Commerce have been mailed ballots for the pur- Rx. Agnonieted, Press) pase of voting fora new Board' WASHINGTON, Oct. 5—The of Directors in the annual elec- National Democratic Committee tion of that organization. }announced today that it had ar- Two hundred and ninety-nine Begin Soliciting Campaign Funds this week to the membership, ;Paign funds for the presidential which was instructed to vote for | election next year. 12;-ef the following names: ‘A. M. Adams, Joe Allen, Wil- It was also stated that Charles liam Arnold, L. P.‘Artman, Jr.,| Hamilton will be the treasurer lodge Dr, F. E. Bowser, Gonzalo Beza-,|ot the fund. Chairman Hannegan; ; nilla, Louis Carbonell, Allen B.|who will relinquish his post as Cleare, Jr, head of the committee on: Octo- Fred J. Dion, Robert Dillard, /ber 28, said that Sénator How- part Ng mailien umes ci +Jerd McGrath, of Rhode Island, J. D. McAndrews, Joe Pin er, who will become chairman at Clem C. Price, Everett Russell, |that time, favors the appoint- Jack Sellers, Paul J. Sher, Julius |ment of Hamilton as treasurer. Stone, Edwin Trevor, Jarry J. Trevor, Howard E, Wilson. Mrs. Daniel Sharp Hostess Those listed above represent the result of a primary ballot At Luncheon president that was voted upon last week. In the primary, members were instructed to vote for 12 names, choosing from the entire roster of members. a AID SRI tee. ATIVE f i Sy 'Key West Lodge 551 of the Elks, ballets: weve mailed:out.-earliee renged to begin soliciting cons .}ledges, which will occur follow- Gordon Lewis THE sou Coral Gables Elks Here To | Initiate Forty CEREMONIES WILL BE HELD | TONIGHT AT AMERICAN | LEGION HOME ON STOCK ISLAND Upward of 100 members of the ‘Coral Gables Lodge“of Elk; are | rived in Kcy West yesterday and} today to take part in initiation {ceremonies to be held at the! American Legion Home on Stock Island, at 8 o'clock ‘tonight. At the ceremonies tonight the Coral ‘Gables lodge will initiate ! 49 candidates as members of | according to J. Stuart Hicks, ex- alted ruler of the local lodge. Social functions of the two ing the initiation ceremonies, will be held at the Duval street rooms. Conch chowder and other native dishes will be served, and there will be dancing to music furnished by an orches- tra. Initiation ceremonies will be in charge of Andréw Healey, exalt- ed ruler of Coral Gables Lodge of Elks, who arrived in the city yesterday to help arrange the event. To Lecture At Woman’s Club The first meeting of the Key at 4 o'clock THERNM ny ost NE KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURJAY, OCTOBER 4, 1947. U.N. Assembly Leaders. T Trygve Lie, U.N. Secretary-' ings, served as President of the CITY WITHDRAWS - Ina lull during a United Nations Genera Assembly meeting, Dr. Oswaldo Aranha, President of the sembly (right), chats with lomat who has been a familiar figure at wi Dy Aranha, a 53-year-old dip- Thovteet international meet- REVOCABLE ‘LEASE IN COUNTY'S. FAVOR — “3 mgr ae Meeting Center For Colored Resi-| . Of Association dents City Manager Ellingson today notified the County Commission-, ers that the city would with- draw the revocable lease request West Woman’s Club for the 1947- | ti onary So-/48 season will be held received | ciety of the First Baptist Church,|next Tuesday afternoon in the|tu th the highest number of votes, with | was hostess on Tuesday after- {club house on Duval street. Mrs. | lor he city had applied for in the military reservation. The the exception, of several persons |noon at a luncheon for the. ex: |2an Navarro, president, said new Javea is to be used as a recrea- who declined the nomination. Counting of the ballots will be held on October 7 at 4 p. m., in the Chamber of Commerce’ A. Mrs. Geneva, ed Mrs, Leona ’ Collins; ‘third vice mailed | president, Mrs.. Bronnie. Nichols; returns being placed there until! secretary, Mrs. Edna Albury; October 7, when they will be re-|treasurer, Mrs. Raymond Jobn- moved by the election commit-| son; children’s home,. Mrs. Cath- tee to the Chamber, where al erine Logan; corresponding sec- tally will be made. retaries, Miss Holly Johnson, The membership of the Cham-| Miss Margaret Lund, Mrs. Alice ber as well as all citizens are in- | Romerez,; mission study, , Mrs. vited to ne theelection. Olivia Mock; stewardship; Mrs. ‘The ne ard “Wilt conven®| payis: community’ missiais u shortly after October 7, at which |Lois Eden. time they will select officers to Ree head the organization for the WASON APPEAL TO BE HEARD TUESDAY coming year. Ellis B. Watson, foreman in REV. M. S, AVERY Ei son, foreman in SAYS INSURANCE the Scavenger par’ ment, will} COVERS FIRE LOSS |¢yainee 7, by. the Ovil Service Rev. Meirose S. Avery, pastor | Board. Executive Secretary .Lee of the Presbyterian Church, in- |. Goddard stated that Watson formed The Citizen today that|had appealed his 10-day suspen- insurance covered the fire loss|sion which became effective at a warehouse, owned by him, |September 29. ; at N. E. 28th and F.E.C. Rail-| Charges were brought against way, Miami. Watson by Robert Dopp, director The tenant of the building ,of Public Service. i ink Com- pe wie Seminole Tru SS PE ER Origin of the fire was un- Southernmost Cushman Scooot- known. Some month previous,|er Club will hold a meeting to- Rev. Avery said, a $75,000 fire /night, beginning at 8 o’clock, in had destroyed the warehouses | Bob Daniels’ home, Caroline and of the Knight ‘Brothers Paper!Grinnell streets (rear), to com- Company on other property \plete arrangements for an outing owned by him. . tomorrow. vice. pr e MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION WHEREAS. Victory in World War II cost us more than 2,000,000 casualties and WHEREAS, there are many millions of handicapped per- sons in the United States, many of whiin by their efforts were of great aid in manufacturing munitions or providing essential service in the war effort. and WHEREAS. all of those persons, including disabled veter- ans of World Wars I and II, deserve self-supporting, self-re- specting jobs in'which they can make useful contributions to our community, state and nation. NOW. THEREFORE, I, William W. Demeritt, Mayor of the City of Key West. Florida, do set aside the week of Octo- ber Sth to October llth as EMPLOY THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WEEK, and I call upon all local officials, all local employers, all local civic organizations and all citizens to assist in every way possible. to the end that it shall be brought to the attention of all members of our community that disabled veterans and other handicapped civilians are fully capable and are performing efficiently, safely and reliably in thousands of different occupations. with him and | WER 404 DUVAL | NOTICE! Gordon Lewis, writer and lec- me “Ts OTR on Sherwood Anderson. mphasis on Ever since. Dartmouth: College |tention to build a fence, costing ! days in 1922, Gordon Lewis had /$3,000, and known Sherwood Anderson per-|crty. Meanwhile, the county. is! sonally, until Anderson's death in|to spend $15,000 for improve- 1941. Off and on he had talked | ments on the property, but would spent summers|not spend any money unless the with him in the Carolina moun-|avea was leased to the county: tains. Mr. ‘is has one of the | i collections .of “Anderson's Property. Sales William H. Suthcliffe and wife | fice of Circuit Court Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Nilson transferred to Mr. and Mrs. Ad- am A. Mayan, 616 South street, property near Reynolds and South streets, for $2,500. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Thomas transferred to Willard E. Wake, Miami, property near Olivia and Thomas streets for a nominal sum. aha ee eee teem I ET ROAD SERVICE PHONE for Our WRECKER eDAY Phone 501 eNIGHT Phone 1053W SANDY'S GARAGE ced Any qualified elector wisiing to become a candidate for the ‘office of City Commissioner, at the General Election to be hel ‘November 4, 1947, must file a re- ‘quest in writing, with the City ‘Clerk, not Jater than 5:00 P. M.. |Tuesday. October 14, 1947; that ‘his or her name be printed on the City Election Ballot. ROY HAMLIN. . City Clerk. Don't Miss Tonight's AND I FURTHER URGE ALL EMPLOYERS to place all their job orders with the Florida State Employment Service so that disabled veterans and other handicapped workers may be given an opportunity to prove their value in productive and self-respecting jobs. IT WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the City of Key West, Florida, to be affixed. WILLLIAM W. DEMERITT, Mayor. DANCE. SESSION| \V.F.W. Clubrooms | ! @ND and FLAGLER AVE. ; Good Music - Door Prizes | Refreshments feet beach front. The entrance said want colored residents the benefit now of the $15,000} have no bathing beach faciliti The proposed area for them is in exchange for one that was taken |Capitola Schmuzer, Red Cross away from them before World II. SAUNDERS REPLACES SIGN UPSTATE |hap with entertainment in the The 10 by 50 feet signboard. depicting Key West scenes, that was sponsored by the Key West Hotel and Restaurant Associa-|Ajala, Mrs. Lee Goddard, Mrs. tion, has been repaired and re- ecutive committee of the W.M.S.|Committees will be named, and jtional center. for colored resi- Members of the committee are: {Plans for the coming year’ will}dents. President, Mrs. Daniel Sharp; |be_ discussed. Size of the area is about 800 Ellingson said it is the city’s in- improve the prop- nstead of the city. The city’. saction now leaves Jalil avenues ‘open for immediate ransfer to the county. Ellingson the City Commissioners to have offered by the County Commis- transferred to Lester E. O’Neill | cioners. and wife a property on Key Lar- go consisting of 3.33 acres, for|been advised that the Navy has $4,000, according to a warranty |just’ acquired Fort Taylor mi deed filed yesterday in the of- |t lay should be experienced the egunty acquiring the area. The city manager said he had ary reservation, and that no de- in colored resident: At present placed by Neil Saunders. Masonic Notice day, Oct. 6, 1947, at 6:30 P.M. Conferring E.A. Degree. \ Members and Sojourning Ma- sons invited to attend. By order: LOUIS C. MALONEY. W.M. G. H. ADAMS, Secretary. Saunders had placed the sign| four and one-half miles north of | Fort Lauderdale. The recent hur- ricane in that area blew down jthe sign. Call Communication of Anchor ia id | Lodge, No. 182, F. & A.M., Mon-| In Jacksonville ers Association .-at Jacksonville was attended this week by Com- A. Parrish, and Circuit Cierk Ross C. Sawyer. Courb ception and entertainment of the delegates to the National Asso- March ‘at’ Jacksonville. “This means. a great deal to the state of Florida for the na- [tional association brings thou- sands of persons to their annual conventions,”. said Clerk Sawyer jtoday. “I was invited to attend |the meeting © by Commissioners | Bentley and: Parrish. TTours are te be arranged that ;will take the national delegates ito every point, in Florida. ‘The jtime in jdelegates will visit such places z Silver Springs ana Key West.” Grey | Ladies | . Met Wednesday | | ! The Gray Ladies Corps, met last Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. ‘tetreation director at the Naval |: Hqspital, explained the need for | Gray Ladies at the hospital to assist in the Craft Shop and to retreation hall. Attending the . meeting were Mts. Louise Alber, Mrs. Emma Bgcom Grooms, Mrs. Otto Sch- eqni, Mrs. L. C. Brinton, Mrs. Gty Carleton, Mrs. William Hy- lad, Mrs. Capitola Schmuzer, |Mjs. Marianna Nicholson, Mrs. | rriet Wilson, i Mrs. H. B. itaker and Mrs. Holman. || NOTICE! ny person wishing to vote in General City Election to b> id November 4, 1947, must reg- iger with the City Clerk before 5p0 P. M., Monday, October 27, 147. iness days, between 9:00 A.M. 12:00 Noon. 4 ROY HAMLIN, City Clerk. Reasonable Prices ADMISSION 25c Per Person ! (Tax Included) NAVARRO, Ine. Opposite Bus Station eoccce teaks, Steaks, Steaks— JILLIONS OF ’EM!! id Plenty of Seating Capacity: Come On Out—We Need thé Money!!! EAVER'S Air-Conditioned i who discusséd plahs for the re-.; egistration books are opened! Visit To Jax ATTENDED MEETING OF DI- RECTORS OF FLORIDA CIR- CUIT COURT CLERKS OR- |; GANIZATION | Circuit Court Clerk Ross’ C.) Sawyer, who went to Jackson. Ville to attend a meeting of th board of directors of the Florida} Court | {Clerks, returned to Key West'|’ Association of Circuit last night. Plans were’ discussed “at the ‘meeting for the annual state con-; jvention of the organization toi lite get ready. “ta.:‘nseat. the Labor |, _ {be held at Pensacola, January kgovernment.” 15-17, and which will include. a |trip in chartered buses for the jentire group to New Orleans, La. It was decided to have the as-. sociation charter the buses, The: |h whole . group, wives, will including their, leave Pensacola on annual, banquet at that night. The return trip to Pensacola will be made .on January 17. “It is unusual for an organiza- \another city during a conven- tion,” said) Sawyer today. tending the University of Florid: sands of dollars worth of age,” he’ said. £ unidentified driver, in a of Olivia and Duval streets. hit-and-run —_ driver northward on. Duval street. | Frank Curry - is partment. Hallowe’en Party By Jr.-Sr. P.-T. A. Junior and Senior Migh School Room Mothers will give a gala Halloween carnival and dance on Thursday evening, October 16, in the St. Mary’s Parish House on Duval street. The entertainment will start at 5:30 p. m,, for the younger children, and at’ 8:30 p. m., a dance will be held for the older 'boys and girls, and parents and friends. Music will be provided by Chuck Parris and his Rhythm Boys. Fortune telling, house of hor- rors and othef events will be conducted. PALACE THEATER Now Showing DANA ANDREWS in “CANYON PASSAGE” News and Features ee TWINS GARAGE 1130 Duval Street Phone 108 Auto Repairs, Painting, | Body and Fender.Work Genuine Auto Parts for All Cars TONITE! ALL “STAR SHOW TWO SHOWS 9PM. — 12 M. NO COVER - NO MINIMUM CLUB TROPICS January ‘16 and will hold» their \nstead the George’ i Washington Hotel, New Orleans, tion to go by chartered buses to : Sawyer met his daughter, Mrs. A meeting of the directors of |Sianey E. Matthews, and her hus- the Florida ‘County, Commission-|band, and went to the Missis- ippi-Florida football game at Jacksonville, on Saturday, Sep- a tember 27. Mississippi won the area that would be transferred |e Oners Rragk * Bebtley aro contest 14 to 7. Matthews is at- e Navy. from the Fort Tay- | J Sawyer ‘said the whole upper: ‘They were among the persons ,state of Florida is. virtually -un- de: water. “Flood conditions .are very bad, and: will cause’ thou- dam, | 5? tins Hit On Duval St. Last night at 10:30 o'clock, an car j bearing a Dade county license, | hit a_ provisions truck of the Baer’s Market, near the. corner | The Baer truck was parked on {the left side of Duval street. The continued investigating the accident for the Police De- Housewive | Food “MENT EXPERTS , Cx, The Assotiared Preasy: the housewives.” LONDON, : Oct. 5.—Winston » That\is what government ex- Churchill, former; ime ministé,{perts said ‘today about the Pres. told’a gathering of Conservative |ident’s ‘program for the volun- party Jeaders at Brighton today jtary saying of food. : They explained that if house- . 4 }wives. buy. fewer choice cuts of f ‘Churchill declared ‘that’ a get- beef; the price of that commod- |éral-election is’ likely. to be'called' tity: is. sure to come. down, but at ‘any time,” due td the “bung-|eaded. that, should) the demand ling” f the Labor government in'}for choice cuts continue at it is Great Britain's eco-}/at present, prices are certain to ituation. . “ fincrease. peasy pa hae vee Tomorrow night, President ‘hurchill maintained, the {Truman, Secretary Marshall and ine Luckman, chairman of the President’s food investigat- ing committee, are to make bitoadcasts explaining inj, detail ‘ences in trade} and hastened to pte economic conditions in the add thatthe did not think. that ;United States. stand. would ‘be “objectionable to: They will point out that if the the United States, B * {people in this country are more | ve ae selective in their buying and ex: Manuacturing Mas: tonal waste, theenswilt be Employment On - Upturn In-State sufficient foodstuffs for home ie The Cittadad, nom) ‘} With aing Leis have widespread unrest. fit ‘their. ranks and are likely to yfal t \ il apart at any. time. : He ‘said also that the Canser- \vatives favor imperial prefer- consumption and also’ for ship- ment to western Europe and parts Of Asia. - ‘In connection with the appeal. itailg’:"expected > that Americans: wilt be told that there is littl: fikelihdod of reinstituting a ra- ing program té save food 3, it was said, have: not that SeAneetnt tMand-trom some quarte: according to’ th pridé.control law for food: be en- estimates released’ by Carl . B, |@cted. ‘Smith; chairman’. of: the Florida Industrial. Commission. Manufac- turing employment increased by $00 “between: mid-July and mid- August; and’ was 2,600 above August, 1946, The primary reason for the uptrehd in July was. increased employment in the manufacture (o£ cigars. There was also £6mée increases. in ;employment. in. the: nianufacture of féod “ahd. kindred products and: in the manufacture of chemicals and allied products. The increase in cigar manufac- turing was reflected in the em- ployment in furniture and fin- ished lumber products which re- sulted from: the increased pro- duction in cigar boxes. Increased employment in chemical manu- afcturing resulted _—_ primarily riea6. Total man Ployment was. 76, Women’s Week To Be Observed By Local Club National Business Women’s Week will be observed from next Sunday, October 5 through Octo. ‘kée 11; and the Key West Busi- ness and Professional Women's Ciub will observe the dedication to women in the business world of today. with an eight o'clock “Bring Your Boss” dinner next Wednesday evening, in La Con- cha Hotel. Interest of the local organiza- tion will center this month, around the advancement and achievement of today’s women, from the increased production | according to Mrs. Aloysia van of fertilizer. Goidtsnoven, president of the group, STORE BEING PUT : UP IN WHITE ST. Work has ‘started on the con- struction of a store, 25 feet by 67 feet, at White and Virginia streets, which will cost about $11,000, according to an an- nouncement tociay by City Build- ing Inspector Errol Sawyer. Edward Kohen is contractor Miss Gertrude Laubscher will nave charge of the Wednesday evening program. Reservations for the dinner will close on Tuesday, and those wishing to ettend are urged to contact Mrs. Eloise Felton or Miss Laubscher. PAL Meets Monday Police Athletic League will taeet Monday at 7:45 p. m., in the tor the job. It will be of con-|Parish Hall, Windsor Lane, A. rete block construction. The {Lucille Calverley, secretary of building is being built by Man-|the orgafiization, announced to- uel Perez. MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, Sunday, the Sth day, to Sunday the 12th day, ef October, has been designated as Business Women's Week, and WHEREAS, It behooves évery cititen to recognize Business and Protessional Women arid in this way join with the citizens of the entire nation, NOW, THEREFORE, I, William W. Demeritt, Mayor of thé City of Key Wést, Florida, hereby ptoclaim the observance of Business Women’s Week from the 5th fo the lIt? of Octo- ber, 1947, and request unaninious support of our women and their idéals, Dated this 3rd. day of October, 1947. WILLIAM W. DEMERITT, Mayor of City of Key West, Florida. jon, ilor set the we, 7es, ral, ant, re- ac- ani- to hy- far. pn- on- g9, De- ait. ow na- the est ng 2e- an, hl tin