The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 24, 1947, Page 5

Bite & WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Mary Des Armier Receives Turkey | For Bowling Prize | Of the USO Navy Wives con- tending at the Navy Wives Bow]l- ing, Submarine Base Allies, Tuesday, Mrs. Emily DesArmier was awarded the Christmas Tur- key. Nearing the winning score were Mesdames Lucille Brown- ing, Flo Faulconer and Vivian Driver. ‘ The turkey was awarded by the USO-NCCS and given to the! Navy wife with the highest num- ber of pins on the Tournament Day. Bowling is to be continued by Navy Wives and their guests and all wives interested in bowling are urged to come out for this recreation, Other bowlers were Mesdames Dorothy Dunnavant, Ronnie Dun- navant, Mar; Louise Gardner, Gwen Kutzleb, Dot Murphy, Lil- lian Meek, Edna Porter, Betty Reineke, Rae Skeirik, Vera Wood, Lucille Yarbough, Jean Davis and Helen Owens. The Weather FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Mostly fair and continued cool today and tonight; partly cloudy and warmer Thursday. Gentle to moderate variable winds. Florida: Partly’ cloudy today and tonight; cooler extreme north portion tonight. Thursday partly cloudy over south portion, considerable cloudi and cool- er over north por' + East Gulf of M and Jack- sonville through the Florid: Straits: Gentle to moderate vari- able winds today, tonight and! Thursday except becoming mod- erate north to northeast over ex-| treme north portion late today. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warnings | have been issued. REPORT Key West, Fla., Dec. 24, 1947 (Observation taken at 8:30 am., Eastern Standard Time, City Office) Temperatures Highest yesterday 75 Lowest last night 61 ;Mean 68 ‘Normal 70 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m., inches Relative Humidity * 91% Tomorrow's Almanac (Eastern Standard Time) Sunrise 7:08 a.m. Sunset 5:46 p.m, Moonrise 4:08 p.m. Moonset 4:50 a.m. —_ TIDES Tomorrow Naval Base (Eastern Standard Time) High Low 8334 a.m. 1:45 a.m. 47:25 p.m 1 p.m. Additional Tide Data Reference Station: Key West Time of| Height of Station— Tide |high wete: Bahia Honda —Ohr. (bridge) _--1Qmin. 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, (NOTE: Minus sign—correc- tions to be subtracted. Plus sign—corrections to be added.) Daughter to Keys A daughter, weighing seven pounds, one ounce, was born in a loval hospital at 10 a. m., De- cember 23, to Mr. and Mrs. SI- well M. Key, 802 Duval street. Son to Eks vas born Monday morn- o'clock in the Naval Mr. and Mrs. Ray The A son ing at 5 Hospital Erie Ek, to 906 White street. neweomer weighed five pounds, 13 ounces | Conch Club Holds Dance Last Night By BILL WARNER ' Club Scribe | The “Gators,” members of the | Key West Conch Club of the | U of Florida, and their | lady friends, enjoyed the dance | given at the American Legion) Hall at Stock Island last night. No special program was plan- | ned ‘in order to have all evening for dancing and visiting with the | various members who at length discussed their experiences. Col- | leges from different states were | represented, | Musie was furnished | Three Sharps, who w by the ‘e kept busy by the many requests for— mind can only be concentrated on|j Key West Rumbas | 24,1947 - CLL LEAL LS LA No Citizen Tomorrow The Citizen will not be is- sued tomorrow. That hi been the practice every y under the present ownership beter Paper. The Citizen observes thr. holidays, Christmas, Fourth of July and Labor Da: Lak ddd tf 2) Xmas Services InF lemnig Street Church Tonight Christmas services will be held tonight in the Fleming Street Methodist Church, its pastor, the Rev. J. B. Reid, announced this morning. The services will begin at 10:30 o'clock and will last till midnight. The first number on the pro- Sram will be showing of a mo- tion picture about Christmas, with the singing of carols and other Christmas observances. After the picture is shown, the church choir will present a Christmas cantata. Westman And Other Visitors To The Citizen Welcome visitors in The Citi- zen office yesterday were Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Westman, of Mi- ami. Mr. Westman is manager and part owner of the Miami Post Publishing Co. Accompanying Mr. and Mrs. Westman were Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Lundstrom; of Chicago. Mr. Lundstrom is district manager order of service of General Electric Company at the Chicago office. Another visitor who called was H. D. Brown,: of Elvira, Ohio, of the Brown Company, printers and paper merchant: He expressed himself enthusias- tically about Key West’s de- lightful climate. Xmas Party At Parish Center A Christmas party was held at St. Mary Parish Center yesterday for servicemen’s children and young parishioners under USO- NE€CS auspices. - Christmas carols were *sung under the leadership of Misses Jean Morrison and Sylvia San- chez, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Mary McKnight. Mrs. Charles Yates assisted With serv- ing refreshments, and Antonio Martinez delighted the young- sters in the role of Santa Claus. Those present were: Charles Yates, Shiela Sweeting, Patsy Pate, Rosario D. Lopez, Delores Libas, Thelma Roberts, Sanders, Martha Rodriguez, Glo- via Disgdiertti, Theresa Signorel- li, John Carbonell, Sonny Har- den, Joe Pineda, Sara Bringman, Penny Johnson, Jennie Mae John- son, Barbara Pritchard, Dorothy Johnson, Alfred Yates, Wilbur Johnson, Beverly Jean Yates, Joan McKnight, Evelyn Nettles .Millicent Taylor, Lorraine War- nock, Alice Pons Yates, Eleanor mont, Mercedes Cle (3 amont, Diana tricia Yates, Marcella Pinder and Margaret Ponce Announcement Of Engagement Captain and Mrs. J. E. Russell, 1509 Duncan stree nounce the engagement of thei daughter, Harriet Patricia, to Raymond L. McDowell, USN, of Granger, Towa. Date of the wedding been set. has not Xmas Carols To ~ Be Sung Tonizht A special program of Christ- mas music will be given in the | Poinciana Baptist Church at 8 o'clock tonight, the Rev. A. D. O’Briant, pastor, announced to- ay. Carols will be sung by the ion and a chdir under the direction of Mrs. Haupt. Fern Chapter’s Christmas Party Fern Chapter, No. 2, Order of the Eastern Star, annual Christmas party Friday, December 26, after the regular meeting -at the Masonic Temple. Gifts will be exchanged. Your Horoscope WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 235. —Today’s disposition is apt to be vacillating, and uncertain and procrastination may be a beset- ting sin. There is considerable ability and there is no reason why the labors should not be crowned with success, if the 1 single object Sandra; amont, Sandra Johnson, Pa-! will hold its | Nat. Airlines Has Instrument Landing System MIAMI, Dec. 24. — National Airlines took a long stride toward “all weather flying” today, with the announcement that the CAA had given National its official ap- proval to employ the long- awaited “Instrument Landing System.” . Flight cancellations because of bad weather. will be almost a thing of the past this winter at most principal points on NAL routes, company officials pre- dicted. “Coupled with our fleet of DC-6's, which fly ‘over the wea- ther’ in the sub-stratosphere, this means virtually ‘all weather f! ing’ for us,” said President G. T. Baker. Instrument Landing System, “ILS” in the jargon of the air world, is the method by which the pilot guides his ship by in- struments to a landing on an airport which may be complete- ly “socked in,” obscured from his vision by smoke, fog, rain, snow or whatever else man or nature might produce. At first, GAA is limiting ILS landings to a 300 feet ceiling— which means the plane must break through the weather shroud and permit the pilot to see the ground at a_ point no lower than 300 feet. Without ILS, the ceiling ' requirement is 500 feet—and_ operators estimate that the reduction to 300 feet will less than half of last winter's record. As_ pilots become more familiar with ILS, and as it proves itself in operation, it expected that the minimum ce! ing will be reduced. The system is designed to permit the pilot to bring his ship-to a position just a few feet above a runway, solely by instruments. TV VV V IVI VIII VITT Personal Mention 044444444444444444 Visiting Demeritts Lt. Col. Alvin R. Moore, U.S. Engineers at New Orleans, and Mrs. Moore have arrived here to spend the holidays with Mrs. Moore’s father and mother, Cap- tain and Mrs. William Demeritt, 920 Fleming street. Colonel Moore. is accomplish- ing--lot of sport fishing in Key West waters during’ his stay. The Moores will leave by car December 26. for New Orleans with a stop-over in Tampa. Col. Moore is due back at his duties January 1 in New Orleans. Visiting Mrs. Lopez G. H. Harris of Tampa and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Flanagan and daughter, Juanita, of Spring- field, Ohio, are visiting Mrs. Benjamin Lopez, - 413 - Bahama street. Visiting Parents Mr. and Mrs. George E. Archer of Charlotte, N. C., accompanied by their two children, George E. Jr., and Nell, arrived over the highway to spend the holidays with Mr. Archer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Archer, 1425 Newton street. Visiting Over Holidays Tam R. Payne Paschall, former :The Key West and Ernest employes of morning to greet the publisher, L. P. Artman, and other mem- bers of the organization. Mr. Payne is general manager of the Gadsden County Times, and Paschall is employed in the mechanical department of — the Quincy, Florida, newspaper. Both Mrs. Payne and Mrs. Paschall accompanied their hus- bands to the Island City. The Paynes will visit with relatives during the Christmas holidays. Visiting Grandmother, Aunt Donald Abramson, New York City, is spending the holidays visiting his grandmother, Mrs. | Sarah Gardner, and his aunt, Mrs. | James Pinder, at 1221 Petronia strect. A HAPPY FREDDIE No Admission Key West's Most tet tt tt ts \i cut delays and cancellations to | Citizen, paid a! visit to The Citizen office this | To Our Many Friends and Customers Xmas Eve Party Tonight * ALLSTAR SHOW... 9 P.M.—Two Complete Shows—12 M. No Cover CLUB TROPICS Bae eh etme ett tt tte THE KEY WEST CITEN OL dt LL 90-Day Moving Notice May Be Rescinded Soon Commissioner Louis Car- bonell has received a phone call from _ Representative George Smathers relative to the Poinciana project. Car- ‘bonell told The Citizen that Smathers informed him that the order giving Poinciana residents 90-day notices to vacate will be rescinded. Smathers and John Kenny, Under Secretary of the Navy. had held a conference over the Poinciana Place 90-day moving notice issued last week. It was at this confer- ence that Kenny said the order would be rescinded. No hope was given Smath- ers that the 42 families would not have to seek other living quarters, but only that the moving notice would be ad- vanced to six or 12 months. Smathers also said that there would be positively no evictions. This statement was also made by the Sub- { marine Base authorities. \ Reason for the need for the Poinciana Place quarters is said to be necessary be- cause of the large number of Navy families soon to be stationed in the city. [SS sestst ff fs Funeral Service | For Mrs. Parker Mts. | i Funeral Sarah Parke services for 86, who died terday morning in her residence, 1402 Sixth street, will be held this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the chapel of Pritchard Funeral Home. Rev. J. B. Reid of the Fleming Street Methodist Church will of- ficiate at the services. Burial will be in the family plot, in City Cemetery. Hurt In Fall Mrs, Flora Michael, 522 Grin- nell street, was seriously injured last night at 10 o'clock when she fell to the sidewalk from a truck that she wa: aAVINg, Mrs. Michael wa group of friends s out with a mas carols to the shu city. She was rushed to the Key West Municipal Hospital in a Pritchard Funeral Home, am- bulance . Naval Patients Receive Gifts The patients at the U. S. Na- val Hospital will all receive presents Christmas Day as a re- sult of the thoughtfulness of the Lions, Elks, Woman’s Club, Ro- tary Club and the Jaycees. This was a project of the Com- | munity Service Committee of the | American Red Civ of which | these organizations are mem bers. The Woman's Club and the {La Concha Navy Wives are also providing home-made cookies for ; the patients. Rats are sometimes killed by } | piping motor exhaust gases in- {to their burrows. GET THE Wy SPEEDY, SURE XG RELIEF FOR ACID GARDNER’S PHARMACY, 1114 Division St., at Varela) Phone 177 Free Delivery AAAAAALADAADALASADS | ee a Ht | MERRY CHRISTMAS and | NEW YEAR Featuring BERNARD No Minimum Popular Nite Club | Woman's Club. SPALDING TO BE (Continued From Page One) bonell and William Demeritt have stated that they are op- posed to Spalding’s appointment. Spalding will be privileged to “sit in” on all interim meetings prior to his assuming office Jan- Elect Officers Of Shrine Club' Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., has; been elected president of the Key West Shrine Club, it was | announced yesterday. Gerald Ad-! ams is now vice president and | F. C. Schneider, secretary and | treasurer. Besides the officers, | wary 1. the hoped of sicecors eae a Acting City Manager Edwin gene 'R. ury, Jr., Benjamin petamaienaeal Beraiads | Camuk. | Trevor. who has been serving H part-time under $1 monthly sal- ary as a civic duty, will remain in Key West In duty until January 1, the date : "| duties of the largest business in Days Gone By xr wes. set for Spalding’s assumption of Capt. Spalding was born and AS TAKEN FROM FILES went to primary and _ high OF THE CITIZEN OF schools in Bryon, Ill. Later he DECEMBER 24, 1937 {went to Anapolis Naval demy HOARSE. and graduated with the c Casa Marina will be formally | 1999. After spending two ye opened for the season tomorrow. @t sea, Capt. Spalding took i Manager Peter B. Schutt said to- ‘WO year special engineering day that many. guests have ar- Course at Renssalaer rived. nical Institute, Troy, N. Y. Then he served in the Navy at Twalautomobiles bothh Chev- (honor Vann Haadeloila spent several years in Washin eae Sear es orator ton In 1925-27 he was in P car were Ansell Albury and his , Worle there son; George, and in the other: Before and thenhes Osborn Nottage. The Albury car} COKE and ye Se Dee ae turned over and srolléa into a, Té Of World War II, Capt. yard. . Ansell “Albury sustained | SPalding was officer in chars) two dat ail. a) minorsback in- | Of construction of the Ninth Na jury. The other. two. were jn. | Val District, which included the of after ree , big Naval Training Station at { ant Ure | Great Lakes, Ill. In the Ninth Naval District. A son was born this morning! which included 13 states, Capt. at 5 o'clock to Mr. and Mrs. Ber-' Spalding had charge of the con- tram Cates in their 1123 Petronia strect. weighed 10 pounds. The baby | 000,000 worth of buildings and ‘ran at the rate of $12,000,000 a month, Santa Clau: Joe Cleare was yesterday at the Community Christmas Tree in Bayview Park.' tion there are buildings for the Presents were distributed under | training and housing of 100,000 the direction of the Key West; Naval personnel. Capt. Spalding i also had charge of the construc ‘tion of six Naval Air Stations. Three county prisoners, whose! They were’ located in Kansas terms had almost expired, were!City, Minneapolis, St. Lou released this morning to observe , Glenview, Ill, Detroit and Peru, | Christmas in their homes, and , Ind. eight prisoners in city jail also| After leaving Great Lakes Na- were given temporary liberty. | val Station, Capt. Spalding went ——— to Portsmouth, N. H., where he More sponge were sold today | at the municipal sponge wharf, bringing the entire Christmas Harry Markowitz. Inc. sales to almost $11,000. y # Key West Junior Woman's | IS BACK IN BUSINESS IN Cluh..will give a Christmas ‘tea t MIAMI ON U.S. HIGHWAY No. 1 | dance in La Concha tomorrow | NEAR LeJEUNE ROAD from 5 to 9 p. m. In the receiv-; Visit Our Showrooms—Carloads ing line will be Miss Leonor | of Merchandise in Our Warren, Miss Florence Saws vt Warehouse and Yards Mrs. Harriet? Wilson and Miss! HARRY MARKOWITZ, INC. Zenia Hoff.» ; i PLUMBING E Phones 486821 and 40763 370 So. Dixie Highway Near LeJeune Road Miami 33, Fla. Today The Citizen says in an! editorial paragraph: \ “The biggest killers in Amer- ; i¢a today run on four wheels.” American Legion Here’s Wishing You All the HOME Happiest STOCK SEAN Holiday Season as Musie by the Aor Gan Three Sharps SINCERE THANKS for Your Patronage 'Dr.J.A. Valdes’ OPTOMETRIST STREET VALUABLE PRIZES Largest and Most Magnificently- Lighted Ballroom in South Florida 619 DUV..i ' AUTO and Merry Roberts SUPPLIES 126 Duval Street, Lopez Bldg. PHONE = 250—— Merry . ; Pues | Christmas Christnas Te due To AU Our FRIENDS and Friends and Patrons PATRONS THREE HOTELS in. ‘MIAMI et POPULAR PRICES Located in the Heart of the City Rates ROOMS Write or Wire for Reservations with BATH and TELEPHONE . . Ford Pershing Miller Hotel Hotel Hotel 60 N.E. 3rd St 226 N.E. ist Ave. 229 N.E. Ist Ave. 80 Rooms 10¢ Rooms 80 Rooms Elevator Elevator Elevator Solerium Heated 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION Polytech- | and | Harbor and was in engincering | home at: struction of approximately $120,- | ‘air fields. The payroll at times ; In the Great Lakes Naval Sta- |” ' Formerly of Markowitz & Resnick, Plumbing Operators in Miami, Fla. | ba PAGE FIVE [also was in charge of construe-; killed in Africa while flying a ; tion, but not on the scale that! Naval plane back to the United he previously had undertaken. | States from England. | He came to Key West Naval} The younger Spalding, who ‘Station as officer in charge of| was a Naval lieutenant, had , construction in April, 1946. Then | won the Naval Cross, the high- j he retired in the fall of 1946, and|est honor in the Navy, for his vhas lived here continuously | exploits as an aviator in Eng- | since. ‘land, and he received two Air But he had beén a frequent | Medals. His remains are expect- visitor to Key West, and decid- ed to be returned to the United ‘ed that when he retired he , States early next year. He will ; would come here. He married aibe buried in Arlington Ceme- :Key West girl, Miss Marguerite | tery. {Brown, daughter of the late’ | Frank C. Brown and Mrs. Jennie | THE NEW |A. Brown, whose death occurred | {just recently in the Municipal! vl Sarnsworth HAS STYLE ... SEE IT!! | Hospital. | The Spaldings / Ralph D. Spalding, Jr tan ai or in the | War. The younger Sp had one son, | who was | i iance Co, who was | Overseas Radio & Appliance Co. 716 Duval Street Phone 79 =A WO VERE DE PROV LOD VOLO LI DALLES MAY JOY BE YOURS AT THiS YULETIDE May your Christmas be Good and may the New Year deal kindly with your dreams and ambitions and we wish to thank you for .your patronage during 1947. CARLOS’ MARKET Corner William and Fleming Key West, Florida TELEPHONE 76 ow ry West Transit Co., Ine. J. W. SELLERS, Manager Hi ai = All Our Friends and Customers BUNNY and MAURICE BELDNER’S TELEPHONE 1133 528 Duval Street Key West. Florida