The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 10, 1947, Page 8

ooo PAGE. BIGHT 40 and 8 To Conduct An _|PAVING, LIGHTS TO BE |REV. JOHN E. PICKENS PLACED ON GROUNDS AROUND COURTHOUSE) "er Pr 0 eet ~ Jnitiation Here; Parade Will Feature Ceremonies ENTIRE WEEKEND TO,* UCU ENEATUN SNORE, BE GIVEN OVER TO" COLORFUL “WRECK” CLASSY CATS BY FUN GROUP SUL a ac Al AP Newsfenturen -Voiture Locale 728, 40 and 8, ‘T. ONCE was thought that cats fun and honor organization of could do little else than purr, Arthur Sawyer -Post No. 28, meow and lead nine lives. But American Legion, will conduct | . eta @n initiation or “wreck” in the | RCW cats seem to be getting ¢ity during this week-end. smarter, as witness these ex- The first of the three degrees | amples. will be given Friday evening,’ ,. December 12, at 8 o'clock, at the American Legion Home on Stock Island. The second and third de- grees will be conducted Satur- day afternoon. A court trial of the PG’s (Prisonnier de Guerre) or ini- tiates will be conducted at 12:45 p. m., Saturday in the City Court of'the City Hall. Albert J. Mills will serve in the capacity of , Judge. , Plans include a parade which‘ begins at’1:45 p. m., at the cor- ner of Duval and Division streets, ' and which will, proceed down Duval! street to Eaton street, where: it. will disband. The par- - ade will be led-by the colorful +* and. snappy Key West High| 44 * School Band under the direction binder of Earl- Dillon, director. The parade will include the candi- dates, 40 and 8 locomotives, Voy- aguers, etc. Following the parade the “wreck” will be held at the Legion’ Home. In the evening at 8:30 o'clock, the Voyageurs, wives and guests will be feted with a_ turtle steak dinner at the Hotel La Concha. Toastmaster will be Al-' bert J, Mills. A dance at the; Legion Home will conclude the} festivities. The class of candidates in-; clude. approximately 14 Key West Legionnaires and 12 Dade; county Legionnaires. It is expected that a large delegation of Dade county 40) and 8 members will attend. The 40'and’8 Train of Dade County USHER: Mitzie ‘ Elizabeth, N. J., make: use of a brush. above sink, |. C3 .POLE-SLIDER: Tapper of Bos- Voiture 492 will be brought] ton can go to blazes just like down. The locomotive of Key his pals in: the firehouse. ~ West Voiture will also be on o hand for the festivities. Robert’ D. Smith is the Chef de Gare of the Key West Voi- ture. George J. Pernick is the immediate Past Chef de Gare during» whose term of office funds ‘were raised for staging this “wreck.” The “wreck” will ‘he’ under. the direction of Con- ducteur Robert M. Daniels, The’ 40 and 8 © conducts no membership campaigns. It ex- tends its membership as an hon- orto select Legionnaires in rec- ognition of their service in the work of the Legion. )For. 27 years the Forty and Eight in its blue chapeau, bright smocks, with its locomotive and Te ia County Commissionrs De-* cide To Call For ‘Bids Dave this work done for about 3 | $200,” said Higgs. “We can get For the cable cheap and prison labor 2 Pavements Have can build the bases of the lights Li is ‘and dig ‘the trenches for the| ight Fixtures, Lf g j gable: The County “Court House|* “Itsy now very dark and grounds will be paved and the loamy ,around the court house front of, the building lighted as' result of . action night's" meeting of: the-«Gounty. Commission: t! Chavence Higgs, chairman of the court house com- mittee, said that bids should be| by using the wire fence around] received for paving, the roads around the court house. “The parking space at the rear of the building is rough and very dangerous,” said Higgs. “Then, the pavement in front of the court ‘house is in “peor candition. I move we receive bids for pav- ing the. entire gtounds.” After this was favorably acted upon, Higgs said the coynty had the light globes.and fixtures for half a dozen lights: that. would be placed at the Whitehead street entrance, and ,four-lights in front of the, building, ie: ; '*T think: that using prison ‘la? bor, with an electrician, we can taken. at Jast’j ers.” THE KEY WEST CITIZEN - 4 at night. We can make the spot “attractive for tourists and oth- At +Further,..Higgs said the coun- ty might save some of the $15,- 4000 allocated to the. negro’ ;swimming beach at Fort Taylor {the West Martello Tower to fence off the colored beach from the Navy installations. | “We are not going to use the |fencing at Martello Tower, so ‘we might just as well mark the ;fence there for use at the col- ored beach,” said Higgs. “We might have some other use for the fence,” said Com- imissionet W. A. Parrish. “Why ! got just’ hold up action on mark- ‘| Poincianas. Congregational; Takes Up State Work With Home At Avon Park At the monthly meeting of! the Official Board of the First! Congregational Church last night | Pi Hearing F riday | In Case Against ublic service, his resignation ‘as pastor, to be-}@8ainst Horace Averette; ;¢it y come effective January 15th. About three, and a half years) ""A hearing of the case against ago the Christian Commission‘ Averette will be ‘conducted by for Camp and Defense Communi- { the-Civil’ Service Board Friday ties, made up of representatives } morning, beginning at 10 o'clock. of the Federal Council oft *° °° © ——=—-~i— Churches of Christ in America," Leaps a cnenuains age or ‘mer Key West | Youth Now Heads ager Edwin Trevor. requested the Home Missions Board of the Congregational; of a Community Church in the aoe a Curtis H. Stanton, san of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Stanton, formerly of Key West and now residing in Fort Lauderdale, was appointed This was accepted and the Rev. John E. Pickens, then pas- tor of the Congregational Church at Norwood, N. Y., was sent here | ing the fence for use of the col- ored beach until we are certain | we won't have .any other - use ‘) for-it?” Higgs’ motion was passed, with Parrish alone opposing it. ee Art | Students Present Most Interesting Collection. Of Works At Convent Sunday Firemen Work Repairing ‘Toys’ All city-fremen on duty at No. 1 Fire Station are (turning their hands, and most of them are skilled hands,*to. the task of re- pairing ,toys.sent there intended to be given to the poor children at Christmas time. F “Weare doing a, ggod pbk: aid Fire Chief Lerey Torres} -““/ ny- one with toys that ‘they can spare, which are. just slightly out of whack,.can bring them to sire headquarters ‘and we'll do our darnest to put. thém in shape for the poor children | of -Key West.” 5 Tuberculosis Facts In; Florida: in -1946; 704 deaths from tuberculosis’ wer ted listed at the State. Board of Health, and’ there’ are” thdu- sands more not yét discovered. eae In 1948, mass*X-ray surveys in Florida aré expected ‘to reveal 15,000 unknown cases of tuber- *® DISPLAYS “arp: m:, sevitiF chosing, “at 6 p. box cars, and other trick items of rolling stock, has spear- headed the fun at American Legion conventions. That's the part the public sees. culosis and- suspected’. tuber- culosis, provided the goal of one million X-rays is reached. If the State Board of Health CORN-CHEWER: Right on the cob is Susie of Erlanger, Ky. She has real manners. Behind the ‘“portes” French for doors) of the Forty and Eight, other kind of fun goes on which is only for its mem- bers to see and enjoy. Behind all the work of the American Legion, are the efforts of the hard-hitting Voyageurs of the Forty and Eight. Legion work, as well as Legion fun, is oltend spearheaded by the 40 and 8. The 40 and 8 numbers among its members many of the most distinguished men in American life today. No. 1 Voyageurs Mili- taire is the President of the United States, Harry S. Tru- man, who for 20 years has been a member of Voiture Trois, Kan- sas City. Governors, nators, congressmen, and notables in all tields ‘dre among the wearers of the 40 and 8 tab. COMMISSIONERS (Continued From Page One) man who is supposed to clean the South Beach is on the city payroll?” City Clerk Victor Lowe: “ he is on the city payroll. Commissioner L. Carbonell: “The Seach is in poor shape; umbrellas need immediate re- pair. Broken glass is on the beach.” Acting City Manager Trevor: “I find that the building, which is on city property, is in dis- utable appearance. It is also a fire hazard.” Commissioner L. Carbonell: “The building is much better now. The owner has done a lot of good to the front of the build- ing. You should see the improve- ment he has made there.” Acting City Manager: “I have | not seen the building from the front.” Mayor Adams: “I have receive WATER-LOVER: Duncan of Honolulu has become a swim addict and makes daily dips. | BELL-RINGER: Ricky of Om- aha politely rings a bell when calling for his supper. ed permission from the owners of Rest Beach to have the city use a bulldozer and clear the beach,” ry goal of one million, X-rays is reached, it is estimated that ap- proximately 5,600 cases of tuber- culosis needing: treatment of sort will be discovered. 4 Of.the 701, pepple killed by tuberculosis in Florida last year, 357 were between the ages ‘of 15 and 44, and the most produc- tive years of their lives. Tuberculosis, once the cause of death in this country, is now the seventh cause; if acci- dents are excluded, the sixth. gts as ~° Sm & a (ey Rates Reasonable Ford Hote) | first = HOTELS in. MIAMI * Located in the Heart of the City ROOMS with BATH and TELEPHONE Pershing Hotel Hotel 60 N.E. 3rd St 226 NLE. Ist Ave. 229 N.E. Ist Ave. | 80 Rooms 10 Roomr 80 Rooms Elevator Elevator Elevator Solarium Heated BY 39 ART SCHOOLS’ MEMBERS; SEVERAL HUNDRED SEE EXHIBITION ‘Never, in the history of this Island, was. there such an inter- esting collection of art as that presented Sunday afternoon at St. Mary’s Parish Center, which attracted several hundred resi- ;dent and visiting art lovers. The spacious hall was used to hang the many beautiful paintings— oils, water color, black and white and other specimeris of work— by 14°students of the Key West School of Art, and 25 students of the Island City School of Art, the former under the direction of Miss B. Betty, and the latter directed by Mr. Clark, until re- ‘cently.with the Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, Fla. "From. the opening hour, Oy there was a continuous stream of visitors to the exhibit, all of whom were loud in their praises .of- those whose works appeared, and equally appreciative of Miss Betty for her indefatigable labor in making such an exhibit pos- sible. Besides students from the two art schools mentioned. above, there were displayed paintings by the following artists: Harry Kidd, Burt Garnett, Marie Cappick, Gertrude Laub- scher, Elvira Reilly, Messrs ‘Leek, Henry,,and Clark of the fagujty of the Island City School of Art, and Luck Planco. « ;Mrg..Eygenio Martinez was in ‘charge’ of door ,registrations and the record showéd 642 register- ed; there were many others ‘pres- , ent who did not register. The proceeds from the art ex- hibit will be distributed among the several schools, and a state- ment will be published in a short time, it was announced. eoce “BICYCLES— Repaired and Rented Also in Stock—NEW BICYCLES - TRICYCLES WAGONS - SCOOTERS SKATES 920 Division St. Phone 1380 Poegoceccccccccce at POPULAR PRICES Write or Wire tor Reservations Miller Utilities at a meeting of the :Or: lando’ Utilities: Commission ‘Nov. 20th. eos iss . . An: assistant: general manager of the ptilities since — April . 1, tote Stan for the work. The Poinci na | Community Church was organiz- ed and has since operated under his leadership. : é y Last December :the First Con- gregational Church = and i Poincidna Community Church entered. into. an agreement whereby a yoked’ relationship was,possible with Rev. Pickens | er. His ‘ as pastor of both churches. !gineer with the Peninsular & QO. The Florida Congregational! cidental Steamship’ Co, | Conference agreed to furnish|that line operated car assistance for the work by send- He here ie thi ing ministers who would act as ler =graduating «| associates in the two churches. | Wést:High’ School, Class ‘of This yoked relationship will be | CU'tis Stanton attended the’ Uni terminated, as other plans are Hea wee he Calle GL Eee res arranged for the Poinciana neering of that 5 institation = S 5 9 and joined the rh Rev. Pickens is to be associat- Electric Co. at Schenectady. im- ed with the state work as a mediately thereafter.» member of the staff of the Con-! He left the General Electri sregational r i to accept the ‘p ence, with residence at Lake of assistant general manager cf Byrd Lodge, Avon Park, which: the Orlando Utilities -Comn is the Congregational Christian ' sion at Orlando, a Center. | (While attending Hi Rev. and Mrs. Pickens will be , her, Reatia was ‘a carrier boy official host and hostess’ of the for Citiz ee lodge responsible for all meet- | serve ings there, including the summer youth camps. He will give some} time to the promotion of youth, work in the state and otherwise : assist the superintendent, Dr William N. Tuttle. i Geo, Valdez’. Have Son A son was born at 11:35 o’clock last night in the Key ‘West Muni- cipal Hospital to Mr..‘and -Mrs. LECTURES AT GOSPEL HALL A series of prophetic lectures are now being given at the Gos- Geaogge, ., Valdez, pel Hall, 720 Southard Street. A streets “Th large dispensational chart, divid-. pouritts; six ounces. .* ing time from eternity to etern-| . ity | into seven .dispensations {Fhe subject: for-to-~ v We may be on the 1310., Virgin night is Church.” i threshold of a stupendous, globe: 603-05 GREENE STREET encircling event. Come and hear! what the Bible has to say about, Offers Christmas this coming event and the signs; You $500 Money Free pointing to its near approach.|—-EACH WEEK’ IN CASH—. There will be no meeting on|To the person, who, in the opin-{ Thursday night. but on Friday; ion of the judges, submits the best . night the subject will be “The: advertisement in not more than’ Four Horsemen of the Apoc-; 50 words about Tony’s Auto Body | alypse”. Meetings are at 7:30.| Shop. You have nothing to buy or SUBMITS RESIGNATION 2 . City Mechanic Robert H. : Dopp,. -director of has . preferred \Rev. John E. Pickens presented Pcharges‘of dereliction of duties Jechanic,. to Acting. City: Man- |; Christian Churches to undertake | etese the organization and. promotion Orlando Utilities general’ manager of the Orlando |< e- baby weighed six ie BODY SHOP i : WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 194 Navy Wives Club | Installs Officers, , A candlelight installation of Club was held Sunday evening in La Concha Rainbow Room. The affair was in the form of a husband-wife dinner, after which the installation was performed by Chaplain O. E. Sporrer of the Submarine Base. The officers installed were: President, Eloise Hinger; vice président, Vera Wood; treasurer, Dorot Bickel; _ secretary, Jaynd Sears; parliamentarian, Jeanne. Reynolds. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hinger, Ralph Reynolds, William Bickel, Jack Sears, Blaine Shav- ‘er,.and. Mesdames Vera Wood 5 OFFICE Roberts Strrics 126 DUVAL STREET Directly Opp. Our Old Location . ‘Sample Books for . 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