The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 8, 1949, Page 6

| | ‘PAGE Six THE KEY WEST CITIZEN HIGH SCHOOL WILL PLAY DELRAY BEACH Locals Will Attempt Ways Here On Friday Night Key West High will attempt! fo regain their winning ways this Friday when they mect Del-, fay Beach here in the first of two, games. Delray and Key West were rated as the top two teams in this district by vote of the dis- trict with Key West edging Del- ray by two percentage points for | the number one position in the! District Tournament Delray will be favored to take the ne due to loss of Parks and Herrick in the game with St., Leo Saturday night with sprain- ed ankles in the first quarter. Both boys will be out for at least two weeks. Saturday night’s game was one of the best seen here in a long time with Leo winning out on the, accurate shooting of Dion who scored 17 points and Mason with 11. t Hélio Oropaza continued his high scoring and nearly pulled the game out of the fire for the the Conchs with 25 points. Final score was St. Leo 45, Key West 41. St. Leo showed a complete re. versal of form from Friday ! night’s game when the Conchs used their entire squad to win 65-41. Jim Faulconer with 19 points was high followed by Ivan Watson with 10 points, O'Neal was high for St. Leo with 13. It was Key West's 7th win of the season. ENN Key West In Days Gone By AS TAKEN FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF FEBRUARY 8, f939 Sa OTT TELL TIL LL More than 50 Key Westers, in business and professional life, attended a meeting last night at the Chamber of Commerce of- fice to decide on a plan of action | to obtain a naval airbase in Key, West. To Regain Winning , Three extensions of the purchasing of the 1939 mobile license tags have made by Governor Cone. first was to January 15, second to February 1, and third to February 15. Tax Col- lector Frank H. add said today that, despite'the extensions, more than 500 owners of automobiles in Monroe county have not wat! bought licenses. me for auto- been The; the the ' { ' W. A. Parrish, deputy sheriff at Marathon, reported to the sheriff's office this morning that aman named John Rubin Strick- land had disappeared more than three weeks ago, according to in formation obtained from Strick- land's brother William V. Littie, manager of the Key West office of the Flori da State Employment Service said today that indications are that business conditions are im-| { proving in Key West With National Boy Scout Week beginning today, local Scout preparing to take over the of-| fices in the city for several hours] next Tuesday Frequent squally weather the last two weeks has interfered | with sponging in FI) da waters, | according to information brought] to town by spongers, who left their] boats anchored at No Name Key } and made the trip here by bus Mr. and M George (¢ Rus sell announced tc that thei daughter, Nelli y and Al len E. Cu will be varried on February 22 | | Today T Citiz ‘ in an edito grapl | Key many species of paln including the — itching Go the FASTEST Way 47 minutes to MIAMI DAILY SERVICE h our Commstation Pian. Book at 6 y § 1, for ench FLY WITH CONFIDENCE ON NATIONAL AIRLINES nore OF Fut AUCCAMEERS For Inform. Call 1084 of your trav | agent TODAY'S BRIEDAY: : JULIA» JEAN’ LE RES have FRANCIS {LANA} TURNER, born Feb, 8 1920, at Wallace, Idaho, daughter of a mine fore- murdered in Lana went to a convent intend-, ing to become} aonun. She changed her' mind and by aj chance meeting 4 in a Los An- lana Turner geles drugstore got her chance in the’ movies at 15. Famed as a “Sweater G she shed that label with Who Are Young” in 1940. ‘The WE ATHERMAN Key West and vicinity: tinued fair‘and warm Gentle to moderate southeaster- ly winds thru Wednesday. Florida: Partly. cloudy over the south portion. Considerable cloudiness with a few scattered showers over north portion to- day and Wednesday. change in VEMIpETAHUKE:. e. Apply To 'o Wed Applications for marriage li- censes were filed yesterday in office of County Judge Raymond R. Lord by Raymond F. Roddy, 46, and Margaret Lillian Roddy, 42, both of Coral Gables, and by Halbert G, rk, 23, of the U.'S. Navy and Mary Lou Davis, 21, of 511 Catherine street. ~ €. haek Ae Seeks Divorce A petition seeking a divorce was filed yesterday in the office of Circuit Court Clerk Earl Adams by Earl M. Owens against Jeanette Rose Owens. You Furnish i (Know America) San Francisco, ' +; caster, Ohio. “we! ‘Says:! Con- | weather. , Little! Mysterious Ancestors | NEW YORK—(4)—0f all house- hold’ pets, only the dog cannot be traced’ to its wild state to the; full satisfaction of science. The Australian dingo dog, a wild ani- mal, is probably the closest link between dog and wolf or fox. But in the entire world, says The 1949 Book of Knowledge Annual, pj there are, no other wild dogs }from which the dingo could! have sprung. Rover's ancestors completely disappeared | from the earth. | TODAY’S | ANNIVERSARIES li 1802—James W, Webb, Indian} { fighter, noted New York newspa- per editor, noted diplomat in Brazil. born in New York, Died June 7, 1884. 1817—Richard S. Ewell. famed Confederate lieutenant - general. | | born in Georgetown, D. C. Died | Jan. 25, 1872. 1820—William Tecumseh Sher- man, Union general, third gen- eral of the army, born in Lan-! Died Feb. 14, 1891.! 1833—Launt Thompson, noted | | American sculptor, born in Tre- | jland. Died Sept. 26, 1894. ' 1860—Charles H. Dennis, mated | | longtime, journalist, editor of the 1 Chicag Daily News, born in De-! {eatur, I. Died Sept. 25, 1943. Se SS | TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS | (Know America) | Dr. Maud Slye of the Univer- sity of Chicago, pathologist emer-! itus, born in Minneapolis, 70 'S ago. Virginius Dabney, Richmond, Va., new born University, ago. editor of the! papers, Inc., | 48 years| Betty Field, actress, born in! : Boston, 31 years ago. | |’ Lana Turner, screen star, born, , Wallace, Ida., 28 ye; ago. Frank E. Mason, head of Fire- side Press, born in Milwaukee. | 56 years ago. Peter Edson of Washington. | D. C., columnist, born Hartford City, Ind., 53 years ago. Charles Ruggles, actor. Los Angeles, years ago. | Vice Adm. William W. Smith retired, born in Newark, N. J., 61 | years ago. { {> Dr. Charles W. Cole. president | of Amherst College, Mass.. born at Montclair. N. J.. 43 years ago. Clifford F. Hood, president of American Steel & Wire. Clev land, born in Monmouth, IIL, years ago. born in) the Heart... Well Furnish the Candy Whitmans...Nunnally s 1 to 5 tb. 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Johnson of Ken- tucky is elected Viee President by the U.S. Senatesonly such instance in American. history. 1849—(100 years ago) Height of} the gold rush for California—this | day alone 130 ships leave New York for the Pacific Coast. 1881—The pneumgnia-carrying germ discovered by Dr. George | M. Sternburg, army surgeon gen-; eral. ' ‘ 1910—The Boy Scouts of Amer- ica dncerparg ted in Washington, D. C. 1913 — \Unitea States signs agreeme: t’ to -bitild a canal across gua—but it is never confirmed by the U.\S. Senate. 1942—Gen. MacArthur -attack-| ed by Japs on all three sides on’ | Bataan. 1943—From Africa, U.S. B-24’s| blast Naples, Italy. 1944—President Roosevelt signs’ | repeal of Chinese Exclusion Act.! 1946—President Truman asks | prompt Congressional approval; FOR RENT| Office Space One to Four Rooms; . «|; In Heart of Duval Street Call at | 517, DUVAL ST. at tHe S@a@Zegl-_ ICE CREAM FLAVOR-OF-THE-MONFH Loe reve eR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1949 ao of his plan to build three million; houses within two years. 1947—Judge Picard dismisses Mount Clement case, original portal-to-portal suit. When the British and set fire to buildings, Dolly Madison, the President's wife, carried some of the great White House treasures, including Wash- ington’s picture and the original draft of the Declaration. of Inde- pendence, to safety. NOTICE The place of eternal punish- ment for sinners is in the “lake of fire”, according to the Bible. Would you like to hear how science has FOUND such a LAKE OF FIRE? Come to the Gospel Hall, 720 Southard St.. on Saturday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 P.M., and hear a scientist, a Fellow of the American Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Science on this subject. He will also speak on the ATOM and ATOMIC BOMB and what the Bible has to say about it on Sunday. Feb. 13, at 7:30 P.M., at the Gospel Hall, 720 Southard St. This scientist has written and spoken on the subject of atomic power for the past 15 years. Next Sunday, at 7:30 P.M., at the Gospel Hall. All seats free. Come early. All this week there will be Bible Study in .the Book of Ruth at the Gospel Hall, 720 Southard St., except on Satur- day and Sunday. On those nights there will be Bible study on special subjects. These are also of special interest to everyone and all are invited. There will be ro admission charge and there will be no collection, Mr. C. T. SCHWARZE Emeritus Professor, N. Y. Univ. 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