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i. Gof GT 0 Conduct MEDICAL SU THE KEY WEST CITIZEN BJECTS | TOTAL OF $3,016 | (Continued From Page One) | sell, Aquilino Lopez, Jr., F. W. | Smith, Julius Stone, Abe Wol- e FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1947 than a_ millipn *. people... suffe ~OVUTCVA i from’ rheumatic’ heart disease.~ ’ | Here, Are Two of the Many Famous Brands You Are Sure to Find TO BE DISCUSSED AT NAVAL MEETING - *%Civilian Doctors, Dentists ‘euarrsssccecesnnenaenoeene j koff, Bill Kroll, Gertrude Laub- 'scher, Charles Aguero, W. E. | Julian’ and Allan Hampton. {| “Many thanks for your whole-! { f Directly Opp. Our Qld Locatiof hearted cooperation,” says Trev-! : or’s letter to the campaign; REFILL. CALENDAR PADS * ? workers. “Through your efforts | - for 1948. . ’ ! the 1947 membership drive of | Complete Calendar. Pad & Stands the Chamber was a success and | We Can Supply You With All Sizes Are Invited To Attend the organization is now stronger | EATON STATIONERY Xmas Lighting Contest The Key West Coca-Cola Bottling Company has contributed $250 to be used as prizes for a Christmas lighting contest sponsored ‘by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. It will run from December} 15;\the closing date for entries, until December 30, when the final! results will be tabulated. The winners will be announced at 1:00. p.m.January 1. * _Prizés are as follows: First ‘prize, $100; ‘second | prize, $50; background effect. Only those ; Roberts Sir 126 DUVAL STREET } And Registered Nurses third: prize, $25; fourth prize, $15; and the next six prizes, $10 each. - Judges for the contest will be announced the day. after Christ- mas. The judges have been sel- ected from among the Woman's Club, Chamber of Commeree, a city: official, an artist and a lighting engineer. ; items visible from the street will, ' be evaluated by the judging com- mittee. 4. Displays should: consist of Christmas lighting and decora- tion. In view of the fact that judging will take place during) ‘evening hours, it should be kept jin mind that effective lighting is. of prime .importance. Awards ' ' Key West In Days Gone By AS TAKEN FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF DECEMBER 12, 1937 Lowell Thomas, in his broad- { cast. last nighf, said that a wa- ‘Rules covering the contest are! will be based on the following ag ‘fo}lows: |table of values: 1,-To compete, contestant must ' General artistic effect 50% fil. out’ entry blank by mail or : Originality & 2 25% { take’ to: Christmas Lighting! Ingenuity in utilizing sur- Contest, Coca-Cola Bottling Co.,! roundings stan 15 Ye termelon may aid in’ saving the life-of a boy, ill in the city hos- pital, at Point Pleasant, N. J., and this morning . The Citizen sent a watermelon by express to the hospital. Key West. All entries must be received not later than Decem- ber 15.. The entry forms are available at the Key West Coca- Gola ‘Bottling Company at 101 Simonton, street. 2. Any resident of the City of Key West may compete except employes of the Coca-Cola Bot- tling Company, and members of the..Key West Junior Chamber of Commerce. The contest is sub- jectto all federal, state, and lo- cal regulations applicable. De- cision of the judges will be final. 8. Lighting displays are limited to places of residence _ ofily: , (Business establishments object ‘of the contest is to induce Yebsidents to prepare appealing eligible | ! Conformity to Christmas Spirit Rs (1/7 | 5. The contest will run from | December 15th to December 30th, j these dates inclusive. Between the hours of 7:30 p. m., and 9;30 ;P. m. During this period con- testants are required to have their displays lighted. Judges will. make individual surveys during this time, noting their impressions. An over-all tour of ! inspection will be made by the judges in a group on the evening |of December 30th, at which time !a recheck of the best displays | will be made for the final judg- J ing. Winners will be announced | 1948. The Junior Chamber of Com- merce committee working on the Boy and Girl Scouts are re-| Meetings would be highly pro- ; pairing toys for the Christmas’ Tree that will be.erected in Bay- view Park to provide gifts for needy ‘children in. Key West. Toys, whether new or in need of repairs, may be sent to Miss Nel- lie Louise Russell.of the Junior Woman's Club, which is spcg- soring the Christmas Tree ac- tivities. Howard E. Wilson, chairman of the Overseas ‘Highway Bridge Commission, ‘said today that he had supplied the magazine Life with photographs of the high- ;. Not compete), "The primary j at 1:00. p. m, on January 1, way and bridges, and that he had been informed two pages of | the pictures will be published in Life. Yard displays, and therefore in- 1 wed decorations or conven- , contest are Charles Curry, chair- tional Chtistmas trees in win-|man; ‘Charles E. Pierce, Earl ws canbe considered only as | Duncan and Jack Delaney. \ Apollo Boys’ Choir To Be “At High School Tonigh WILL, PRESENT PRO¥ “GRAM. OF SECULAR, “AND SACRED music| “FIVE SOPRANOS | Apollo Hane’ Choir concert. at the! “An - Associated Press’ dispate's from Shanghai, published in The Citizen today, Says that the Unit- ed States gunboat. bombed and sunk by the Jap- anese last night near Nanking. Mrs. ' Charles‘ H.‘ Ketchum, president of the: Senior-Junior ii made a re- last hight convention West Palm “4 the P.-T.A. she attended at Beach. The Weather FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Partly J loudy and continued warm with High School Auditorium here to-| 4 few afternoon showers likely RETA 1A night, at 8:30 o'clock will be both, aie ao widely patie Mrs. Ralph B. Boyden return- sacted. and secular and includes areas, today through Saturday.|@d on the steamship Cuba this a‘\.broad variety of selections Gentle to moderate variable} morning, following a short stay fanging in period and tempera-| winds. in Miami and Tampa. ment, from early classical to| Florida: Partly cloudy, cdn- a ; moderh. The first group will. tinued warm over south arid cen-| Today The Citizen says in an open With compositions of early tral portions today, tonight and} editorial paragraph: for Nassau where she will meet Mrs. Cates and accompany her on the return trip to Key West. Panay was; Leon Cates left this mening Liturgical Music by Bach and Saturday with a few widely scat- Handel. These works should be tered afternoon showers ‘likely. of ‘special interest as they were, Cloudy, occasional rain and most- originally for boy; ly cool over extreme north por- elivirs, but ‘are now seldom tion through Saturday. “It can happen that a girl's ideal is shattered—and totally broke.” Do You Know That { H | | | Session | First of what is designed to be la series of meetings for Naval jand_ civilian doctors, dentists HMM! and registered nurses will be held next Thursday at 3:30 p.m., lat the Commissioned Officers’ Mess at Fort Taylor. “In making this announcement today, Capt. A. O. Smith, Medi- ical Corps, USN, commander of ithe Naval Hos, 1, said that subjects up for ion at the fessional and that jtors, dentists and registered nurses were cordially invited to \ attend. Capt. Smith also said that the {first speaker at next Thursday's meeting will be Comdr. Albert G. Gibbs, MC,USN, who will ; Present a report on the recent fcancer conference at Jackson- ville. The other {meeting will be at the Robert E. speaker Lt. sent a report on the meeting of the American. Ridiol- ogy Society at Boston, Mass. Capt. Smith said it is hoped (to continue — similar {from time to time, civilian doctors, registered nurses would ; with Naval personnel in gatherings. Each speaker at Thursd meeting will talk for about minutes. One hour will be devot- ed to discussion of the topics taken up by them. Refreshments will ,be served following the meeting. the and join the and dentists STRAND THEATRE Now Showing “POSSESSED” { Joan Crawford-Van Heflin | Starting Sunday “SONG OF THE THIN MAN” William Powell-Myrna Loy e MONROE THEATRE Now Showing LAW COMES TO GUNSIGHT Johnny Mack Brown “and Raymond Hatton Serial: ‘Lost City’ No. 6 - News 4 Starting Sunday “CIELITO LINDO” Arturo de Cordova, Lupita Gallardo y Carlos Lopez Spanish Picture than it has ever been.” | | i Liming materials were used on} ‘the soil long before the begin- | | ming of the Christian era. ! 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For additional — color, these jwilk be interspersed with splos; ‘trios, and. quintettes by; rigug members of the Co semble. H ‘All group selections will be| conducted by Coleman Covper.} Accompaniments for the solos will be played by Bert Hallock.: ie appearance here is being sponsored by the Key West Com- munity Concert Association. Interesting Notes It has been estimated that the United Slates needs 300,000 more. professional registered nurses. | | { | | ' } America’s soil was protected! from ‘soil’ erosion’ before — the ; white man came by a cover of! grass and forest. Soil erosion can. be controlled | by gullies, — contou arming, | strip cropping, improving pas- tures, and growing trees. The average copper ore in the| United States in 1944 ‘contained | about 96 hundredths of one per | cent of copper. ‘Manure stimulates the activ-! ity of soil bacteria and other or- | ganisms, helps to keep the soil alive and functioning and in-! creases. its moisture-holding cap- | acity. ck i sonville East Gulf of Mexico and Jack- through — the © Florida Straits: Moderate winds, mostly old southerly over south and cen-! tion came in 1887. and northeasterly north portion through Saturday. Cloudy. with occasional rain over extreme north portion, otherwise partly cloudy weather. Jacksonville to Apalachicola. No small craft or storm warnings have been issued. REPORT Key West, Fla., Dec. 12( 1947 (Observation taken at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, City Office) ‘Temperatures Highest yesterday Lowest last night . Mean ae Normal tral portions over extreme | | | 70: Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m., inches _. “ Relative Humidity 87% Tomorrow's Almanac (Eastern Standard Time) { Sunrise ‘. 7:02 a.m.! Sunset 5:40 p.m. | Moonrise 8:00 a.m.! Moonset 6:50 p.m.! TIDES Tomorrow Naval Base (Eastern Standard Time) High Low 11:05 a.m. 4:20 a.m. 10:01 p.m. 3:25 pm. Additional Tide Date Reference Statigni Key West T | Height of |high wate: < | | i Station— jahia Honda (bridge) Bi 5 1 in. 0.0 tt. ‘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. (NOTE: Minus sign—correc- tions to be subtracted. 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