The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 30, 1947, Page 8

’ " Gd erews Septem, ses and god xuck wherever you He “ The OBSERVATIONS ‘OF A FOOL te -- By BILL LEE QgeetNUMEN MNT _ Construction of the County Beach off West Martello Tower is going ahead with fair rapidity. While there isn’t a chance for the béach to be’ fully completed this season, there will be some opportunity for home folks and visitors to lol! around the sands fairly soon, Largespilés of * sand, crushed fom marl, is now on the scene ready, to be placed along the shore to the water's edge at high “tide. ‘The sand will not be placed junder the water until the pro- stecting pier is built. ~ Contractors have been blasting ‘the rock away, so that the beach Slopes gently up from the wate Where has been plenty of noise irom the blasting but no dama ge ’ property, although some dents claim the shocks hav }n some plaster in their homes. «. First evidences of the pier jare now to be seen. A rock {fill juts out into the Atlantic sftom the foot of Reynolds jstreet. It was formed by bull- { dpsers pushing fill out into the met beach certainly looks good now, although the sand has not yet been placed. Key West this beach, the tourists will Weleome it. * * * ‘Shortly before her marriage last night to John R. Moor ss Marian V. Pickens the. Rev. and Mrs, John E. Pick- ens, wrete a little nem about an * ‘ 4 ad it and you'll not the writing but the st Mere it is: +2 am., the 25th when most Key Westers were cither cele- ‘ing Xmas or asleep waiting fer.the.annual visit from Santa Glads, a car packet full as any Xmas stocking arrived in our fair, city. “Lawrence L. Mundinger, a Navy man, his wife and two chil- dren, aged 2% years and 13 nionths, after driving from Phil adelphia, Pa., made thi first stop at the USO. This trip peg their traveling rerord up miles covered in the months. When the USO opened the dors at 9 a.m. they were the em to enter. After unloading few suit cases the family mede a bee-line for the nice het showers. They emerged @il scrubbed and shining and all gathered around the large ‘Xmas tree true in the lobby of the club. “Here, they held their Xmas Mr: MGndinger brought in a box bes gail ackages and nged them around the “two ildren. In a very few seconds tlsene paper and ribbons wer: flying in every direction and dolls and. trucks emerged from every box? “This..was their first Xmas to- in five years and_ they really enjoyed it. Pop and Mom wére-not left out. They, too, had Away | Christ- “The USO—'A Home From Home’—even at “Wwe thought this scene in the and the story by M @ns—we mean, Mrs. Moore touching and you might find it as enjoyable and wholesome as ian is. Thank you, Mrs. Moore—may you have ppi- STRAND THEATRE Now Showing “SEA HAWK” Errol Flynn - Brenda Marshall Starting Thursday “STALLION ROAD" Zachary Scott - Alexis Smith ‘MONROE THEATRE Now Showing hs “JUNGLE FLIGHT” Robert Lowery - Ann Savage Starting Thursday LOUIS vs. WALCOTT » FIGHT PICTURES Also—Tom Tyler in “The Lost Ranch” >) “BUY IT IN KEY WEST” _ SPECIAL " Service Sale Venetian Blinds ‘in <Compistly Renorsiog PAINTED , conDES | CORDED LL TAPED i Removed and Installed | KEY WE WEST | VENETIAN BLIND COMPANY | 120 Duval Street Phone 1042 Jefferson Hotel Building (3) go!” x w* * Evelyn Mahan takes | long chances. Evelyn formerly operated a store at Fairbanks, Alaska. She sold that and invested in Alaskan gold mine property, some dist- ance from Fairbanks. Before starting down to the business of mining Evelyn decided to take a little trip. She went first to Seattle. She traveled down to San Diego, going in easy stages so. as to not miss anything worth see- ing. Then she decided to come to Key West. She bought a Cushman scooter in San Diego. Fifteen days later: she coasted into Key West... She| still -is here, living in Duval} street and enjoying the lowest} temperature in the United; States. i “Four of those 15 days I laid over either because weather con- ditions weien't right for travel- ing or to go up some WAY looking ‘for sights to see,” said Evelyn to Betty and Bob Daniels poter ‘repair shop in! looked over The the scooter. »Evélyn scooted .into town on it and found it O.K. “T'lt be getting along in a few days,” added: Evelyn. “I've got to get back to my mines.” od i Oh, Most people, when they reach} Key West,. want to write poetry about what they sec | arid ‘sense. Few of them are able to express. themselves very wejl and con- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN % rhythmic roar, The southernmost ‘house of the nation stands With its windows facing far- oft lands. the lure of the distant Fands | is great ' But most of us fully appreciate {The land behind this domicile And Key West ends the traveling mile; tent themselves’ with ‘writing;We stay where azure heavens | postcards back. north . sa : gleam “We're having.a good. time © On a city beyond the fairest Key. West. ‘Wish. you were here.” dream! “But along ‘comes © someone CLIFFORD WESLEY who can write. Such a one is | COLLINS, the Rev. Clifford Wesley Col- Orange, Conn. lins, a retired Congregational minister who hails from: Or- ange, Conn, He came here and saw some things that so im- pressed him that he broke into poetry about them. ‘He: pre- sented it to.us. 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