The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 2, 1950, Page 6

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ay 7 * In Final Bout Of Card Here Nell. Stewart of Birmingham, lock grips with n of Seattle, Washing- orrow night in the featur- entation at the Key West rena’s wrestling card. e8 e*ton is said to have met t ofthe ‘op notch scientific woman. wrestlers now perform- ing ut the States. She has-one loss, being the victim of Champion. Mildred Burke at the Boston Garden. The winner of the Key West bout of Stewart-Weston will meet Burke in the near future. Nell Stewart is said to be the Betty Grable of girl. wrestlers. She isnot only one of the better looking performers, but also one of-the busiest and most sensation- | al performers. Nell: Stewart wes an ordinary working girl five years ago in Birmingham, Alabama. She was a waitress, saving tips to help sup- port her mother and two broth- ers. Her father died when she was-14 years old and, as a result she. was the chief breadwinner of the Stewart clan. semi-final windup, two good wrestlers will perform. One is the* well-known. Bobby Rob- erts-who is no stranger to Key West:fans, and the other is a new- comer.to the Island City, Abe Coleman. Roberts, weight is 230, with Colémian tipping the scales at 2157Coleman is known as Mister §x5. ‘He is very short and very muscular. Last week at Coral Gables Coliseum, Coleman emerged vic- toribtis over Babe Sharkey, pin- ning Sharkey in 23 minutes. > will be an opening wrestling card that will complete the night’s entertainment. CLARENCE HIGGS (Continued From Page One) Peter. Knight, 1207 Watson Street. The entry at this resid- ence featured Santa and his sled drawn by moving reindeer, strung along the gable end at the front of the house. On one side ‘of the building, a Christmas Card feene was depicted. The central Card featured a tiny “Star of lehem” which flashed off and.on. To thé right of the cen- tral theme, and framed into an erstwhile. porch opening was what appeared to be a blank glass section. At two second in- tervals, when this space was lighted upon by a concealed in- terior light, the space proved to be a giant “Happy New Year” gard. Strings of colored lights were used effectively to light up the adjacent foliage, and a Christ- . angel hovered above the réot. pecerth place, earning a prize will be won by F. G. Jones, 717? White Street. The central theme of this display consisted of & large star, framed of colored lights, placed in the front corner Ofthe yard. In side diffused ighting effect, series of electric he lle lights” created a very 1 i 1 JEAN WESTON | WRESTLE HERE TOMORROW NIGHT A8 KEY WEST SPORTS ARENA NELL STEWART Two of the outstanding nation- al women wrestlers of the country will be given top-bill- ing Tuesday at the renewing of weekly wrestling cards here. THREE MASONIC (Continued From Page One) | Oswald J. Sheppard; Treasurer— Hastings Smith; Secretary— G. Curry; S. S—John D. S. Rivas; J. S—Noel Baker; Tylor—Donald Chaplain — William D. Marshall— Fernando E. delicately beautiful Christmas Mural was centered in the front portion of the display. It consist- ed of a glass panel, enclosing a Nativity Scene, gracefully light- ed. A display in the rear, in three dimensional figures, depicted a manger group. The surrounding foliage was effectively decorated with strings of colored lights. The contest was judged by Mrs. Mary Graham, Mrs. Wilhel- mina Harvey, Mrs. - Caroline Hawley, Earl Yates and Judge Hilary Albury. The Judges re- ported that all of the displays were extremely good, and it pro- ved to be most difficult to select five winne The Judges also noted that there were a number of other very interesting Christmas dis- plays which were not entered in the contest. The Judges part- icularily offered congratulations ‘Red Ants Cink ‘Alarm Of Fire Red ants caused a fire alarm to be sounded at 9 a. m. yester- day, Fire Chief Leroy Torres said today. ‘When Box 134 was sounded and the firemen were called to Cath- erine and Florida streets they could find no fire. Chief Torres examined fire alarm box and found the wires had been short- circuited by a bevy of red ants, ; which were making the box their home. GERMAN REDS | (Continued From Page One) on examination disclosed that ful- fillment of the two-year produc- jtion plan was achieved only on ; paper, and ond, deliveries of | inferior quality goods to both So- | viet Russia and to East German | trade channels. The Telegraf said that Russian | Foreign Minister Andrei Vishins- | ky was sent to Berlin to jack up the Communist regime. The r added that East Ger. prime minis’ effective background, they bei! to Mr. and Mrs. Glynn Archer, | Walter ibeient wes summone: displayed from each visible win-| 1214 Von | Phister Street. Mr.'to Moscow to receive. some. in- dw of the house, and two larger} Archer is a member of the Key | struction. He went under the pre- candles of a similar type framed| West Junior Chamber of Com- , tense that he was in Moscow only the front door. A large, red} merce, and w thus ineligible for the celebration of Marshal Christmas ribbon, tied neatly in| for the con’ but his display | Stalin’s 70th birthday. @ bow above, the front door,| was commended for a splendid | SS a sponsored the illusion that the] demonstration of the Christmas The higher up a mountain one entire display was an immense | Spirit. : goes the lower the temperature Christmas Gift. Prizes are being donated and of water will be when it starts to Fifth Place will earn $20 in|will be awarded by Karl O. boil. prize money. It was a display Thompson, owner of the Key -_--——— -- presented by Mrs. L. E. Meares} West Coca-Cola Bottling Com-| Vera Zorina, dancer - actress, it 1416 Pine Street. A small and pany. born in Norway 'S ago. SOUTH GAINS ~ IN BLUE-GRAY VICTORY (®) Wirephoto FLOYD REID (9), of the University of Georgia, makes short gain for Gray team during its 27-13 ‘win over Blue team in Montgomery, Ala., Saturday. Reid stiffarms Burt Schmidt (84) of Illinois, /12 POST-SEASON | PLAYED TODAY + NEW YORK, . Jan. 2—(®).— Clouds are“ hanging .over the Bowl zone today, from Honolulu in the mid-Pacific to the tip of Florida. Showers are threatened for eight of the 12 big post-sea- son football games. Five of the top ten college foot- ball teams of 1949 will seek to add lustre to their national stand- day. i Aside from what the wekther. ; Portends, here is the wa: look in the four biggest ti bowl games. favorite over Louisiana State in the Sugar Bowl tilt at New Or-| the bridge leading. to Fleming leans. ‘ California is six points yer] menace.to naviga Ohio State inthe Rose Bowl at|that but they are fearful that Pasadena, California. Rice stands at seven and one- half points over North Carolina in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas, Texas. Kentucky, with five and one- half points over Santa Clara, is in the Orange Bowl at Miami, Florida. | The other eight bowl games to be played today are these. In the Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas, Georgetown meets Texas West- ern. In the Cigar Bowl, at Tampa, Florida, Wofford plays Florida State. In the Pineapple Bowl, , Way out in Honolulu, Stanford | will battle Hawaii. In the Gator | Bowl, at Jacksonville, Florida, | Maryland meets Missouri. In the | Tangerine Bowl, Orlando, Florida, {Emory and Henry will play St. } Vincent. In the Oleander Bowl, | Galveston, Texas, ‘McMurry of | Texas- meets Missouri Valley, Arizona State plays Xavier of Ohio in the Salad Bowl in Phoe- nix, Arizona. and Fisk meets Praire View in the Praire View| immediate steps to correct this! Bowl at Houston, texas. | & BASEBALL STANDING ISLAND CITY LEAGUE | cub—_ W.L. Pet. Adams Dairy 1. 02.000 Atomic Bombers ... 1 O-1 | key West Cubans 0 1 ‘ip | San Carlos Saints ae Basketball Standings Island City Basketball League } High School Gym ! Bamboo Room 6 1 857 | Pollock’s Jewels 5 2...714 ‘Sonar School 5 2.74 Vogue Cleaners - 3 4 .429 Spider Web 2 5 .286 \ Dverseas Garage 0 7 .000 \Sports Calendar BASEBALL Island City Baseball League (Municipal Stadium, Afternoon) } Each Game, 7 Innings , SUNDAY— Play will be resumed January 8, 1950. ' 000 | Boca Chica Field (Afternoon) Each Game, 9 Innings SUNDAY— To be announced. BASKETBALL Island City Basketball League (High School Gym, | Night) WEDNESDAY. Jewels vs. Spi- } 8:00—Overseas Bamboo Room. 9:00—Vogue Cleaners vs. Sonar School. THURSDAY— 7:00- vider Room. 8:00—Pollock’s Jewels vs. Son- ar Sehool | 9:00—Oversed Vogue Cl GOLF Municipal Golf Course (Stock Island) Daily and Sunday play. SKATING Bayview Park “ ! (Night) Garage vs. Web vs. Bamboo as ners. FRIDAY— 7:30 to 9:00 P.M. TENNIS | Bayview Park ‘Morning, Afternoon -and Night) (Morning, Afternoon and Night) | Daily and Sunday play. SHUFFLEBOARD Bayview Park ings. But the rain may dim the| # Garage — vs.} LAE Charter boatmen tell me that Key from the Seaplane Base, is a tion. Not only someday a boat. going, through the bridge: will be pinned under falling debris if it should col- lapse. eee Ad Some of the ‘pilings are loose and sway in. the breeze, while others are. not’. more than six inches in diameter,’ if that. Built during the war, the bridge has been ¢losed to all vehicular traffic gong from the seaplane base to Fleming Key. What plans the Navy has re- garding it are unknown, but. the bridge should either be repaired or removed, or replaced. Bicycle Riders Children as well as adults are using the Boulevard sidewalk in that section where the Charter boats dock as a thoroughfare for bicycles and scooters. Walking up and down the sidewalks along the boulevard, pedestrians are’ forced to keep an eye on them to avoid being hit hy bicycle riders. Charter boatmen should take ’ condition hefore someone is seri- ously injured. If they do not have the authority to keep them off the sidewalk, then they should take steps to see that either th¢y afe given the power to do so, ‘pr that someone in authority takes the necessary: steps. Hates To Leave M. P. Milwee, Chief Torpedo- Than, attached to the Torpedo Shop at the Naval Station hates to leave Key West. It was bad enough before, but since the ar- rival of his son Michael Patrick, he even feeis worse about it than he did before. You see Chief Milkee is an ar- dent’ fisherman. Naturally grow up and fish the best fish- see ye i He By JACK DELANEY, Fishing Editor | Y things | AMAMAAARAAAAAAAADRRRAAERRRARRRRORRES 0 today’s) warts: Oklahoma is an eight-point} Bridge To Fleming Key ing. grounds in the country, but } nael Patrick is just a little too young. ~ Milwee will soon retire from the Navy, and he has given every indication that he will return to Key West. and spend his winters Here. Meantime he will just have to wait until Michael Patrick gtows a little larger. Milwee will carry away with him a souvenir of his tour of duty in Key West. It is the head of a large barracuda that he caught on ohe of his fishing trips. He took the meat off the skull, dried it out, and arranged it on a piece of hand tooled leather. He has it hanging oo the wall of his home now, and believe it or not it makés an attractive wall plaque. SCALE: Captain Jackie that Dr. Key reports Frederick Ziemann, of wife accounted for a large mess of grouper, mackerel and barra- cuda. Both Dr. and Mrs. Ziemann enjoy fishing and it is only the roughest weather that will keep them ashore. Fishing with Cap- tain Roy Potter, J. Mittelman, A. Rubenstein, Ned S. Pravdor and |S. Groves, all from the state of est catch in the party was made by Mittlemann. Rex and Moody, fishing with Captain Reg- gie Trevor, from the charter boat Osprey II were well satisfied , with their catch of barracuda, {mackerel and ‘runners. Captain | Albert Atwell, ‘reports one of these “days of days.” His party accounted for 600 pounds of barracuda, and 200 piunds of grouper. |. Rough weather has hampered operations in this area, but even so, some visitors are willing to undergo the tached to rough weather, since as they know fish can be caught in| such he would like for his son to Key Wes‘ waters, in almost any- | kind of weather, rough or calm. FIRE CAUSES BIG LOSS (Continued From Page One) ally destroyed one apartment and had spread into an adjoining suite. There was no one at home in the apartment that suffered -the most damage, and it was not known what caused the fire. No exact estimate of the loss has been made, but Chief Torre: id it will amount to several thous- and dollars. RED SSCOUTING Continued From Page One) terceptors can get off the ground. Everybody knows they are Rus- sian.” Ait Force spokesmen ‘declined to comment. BUDGET WILL BE (Continued From Page One? Then he wants to see that a new fence is built at Wickers’ Field, as part of the overall. plan of de- | velopment Jacob Aronson, vice president of the New York Central Rail- road, born in Brooklyn, N. °Y.; 63 years ago. RATES REASONABLE ace neces» MTAMI Located in the Heart of the City See the new idea in Venetian Blinds NO MORE UNEVEN SLATS ;other Ryukyu Islands almost daily. Says Micklautz: NO MORE RATTLING “You.can see vapor trails in EASY EFFORTLESS CLEANING the sky about 40,000 feet up. The | interceptors take: off after them If you have Venetian Blinds but they are gone before the in- on your mind .. . be sure to see ours! Made with the amazing new Russell “Twin- | Ladder” Tape, they are the smartest step forward in blind design we've offered in years. Both slats and tape come in a wide choice of smart, decorator colors. Be- fore you buy Venetian Blinds pay us a visit! KEY WEST VENETIAN BLIND CO. 123 DUVAL STREET Call 1042 at POPULAR PRICES WRITE or WIRE ROOMS for RESERVATIONS with BATH and TELEPHONE Chicago, Ill, accompanied by his} New York returned to port with; a catch of grouper, mackerel, dol- | phin, shark and barracuda. Larg- Bobby inconvenience at- | Se alan inh ae Mi A Is Not A Fish Story, It’s A Cat Tall Tale | Spe Cycles Kep Ft listen to what the cat did: Party mediately phoned his father to| Weekend, according to reports find out what had happened. _| day at the-sheriff’s office and The cat. had disappeared in | City September, i ii thought that the cat had simply} that given by Frank run away. the Overseas Garage. He ga Neighbors in Chicago think} party to 25 members of the that the cat may merely resemble} West Motor Cycle Club. ® the one owned by Toste. But he} Bill Marlowe and Tom Ri says that the cat not only is iden-! played on the guitar, and tical in appearance, but that he} boys report having a even has 2n injured leg such asj eating and drinking and’ n Rusty had. Toste has photo-| The party broke up after Ba Se Fee RAMA oc ll Dh Mah Dd Be dy Da Saal Spiga dl Be ty F first it may seem unbelievable. If the cat is the same one, it means that he traveled a distance of one thousand miles. Leaps UNL ag ——- graphs of Rusty to prove his} night Saturday. ; : point. “The party kept the Boys off © He also says that the cat recog-| the streets...with their motor? nized his name and when he! cycles,” said Chief Jack, Loesser + wanted to sleep, he followed his/| of the Boca Chica Air Statioin. old custom of climbing on to the 4 bed of Toste’s little daughter. The cat has other habits which Rusty! ROBERTS OFFICE SUPPLIES had. + The President of the American} and EQUIPMENT 4 Cat Association, Dr. W. A. Young, } 126 DUVAL ST. *°* PHONE 260, says the incident may sound one RSA SSS FA : credible, but that he himself} wouldn’t say that it eagge have Royal Typewriters >| happened. Young says that the ‘ senses of a cat are incredibly keen ¢. ARDS : and that the whole thing seems : possible to him even though at} for ALL OCCASIONS ; Embossed and Printed | Stationary and Napkins - “EVERYDAY LOW PRICES BROADWAY incr MARKET DUVAL and PETRONIA STREETS THREE FLIGHTS DAILY TO HAVANA TO KEY WEST Leave Arrive Leave Arrive Flight Key West Havana Flight Havana Key West 952 10:15 A.M. 11:00 A.M. 951 9:00A.M. 9:45A.M. 954 1:45P.M. 2:30P.M. | 953 12:30 P.M. 1:15 P.M, 956 4:00P.M. 4:45 P.M. 955 3:00 P.M. 3:45 P.M. AEROVIAS “Q” S. A. ROGELIO GOMEZ, Agent AAA Real ICE — e Guaranteed Pure PLACE YOUR REFRIGERATION ON A REAL ICE BASIS and You Will Get GUARANTEED Refrigeration Service REAL ICE Thompson Enterprises, Ine. Is More Economical! It Is PURE, Healthy and Safe Daily and Sunday play. 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