The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 14, 1950, Page 3

SaTuRDay, JANUARY "4, 1950 g eee ey Wireghoto | its climax here. MARPORRRATE, wiv actress; and Billy Danitels Weyro night. |. SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1950 chub it the wedding cake in New York after mar- | ~Today is a degree of self-indul- fiage @ Weehawken, N. J. The 21-year-old bride is a membér of © wealthy family et Lowell. Mass. Daniels gave .his age as. 4. Marthe has been studying voice in New York and appearing * & bit playér in ‘television, VE SVEN EV OT EV ET TU V TV YTV VIED Of Interest To You, But... tin ct Bu stas didi! foo Late To Classify Sy RUSSELL KAY AAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAALAAAAAAAAAAALS Theo. Pratt’s Latest Historical Novel Will Thrill Those Who Recall Florida At Turn Of Century Those who remember Florida at the turn of the century will get @ real thrill trom reading Theodore Pratt's newest Flor ida historical novel, "The Plame Tree”, which went on sale January 9. Pratt, who makes his home at Boca Raton, is one’of Amer \ea's foremost novelists and Florida is fortunate indeed to havc him as @ citizen. j The book gets its name from the Royal Poinciana and deal with the development of the Florida East Coast by Henry V Flagler, xtension of hte Florida East Coust Railroad fror Coc West Palm Beach and ‘the building of the. Royal Poin- Oana » the largest wooden structure. ever built aaywher in the world. —— The locale ofthe story takes place for the most part in Palm When the fabulous wealth, of Beach and West Palm Beach; and oe oe millionaires while . a wi negiptethe sand a ae a The City Loan Company, 524 Southard - treet, will be open for Hpusines- Monday morning at }8:30. The new Key West concern 'will meke small loans of from | | $50 to $300 to residents of the, community. H. Earl Duncan of 1207 Duval Street is manager of the City | 4 Lean company. ; The owner of the company is! Prenk N. Magnuson. ~ Duncan formerly managed the) Commercial Credit company on ‘Greene street. The new company’s business VOR i EEE ERE GE my pig OY ATH CRO Will be entirely devoted to the{ se aig ase making of smzll loans up to aj coger \'THE ADVENTURES OF PATSY ALL THIS FAN MAIL, FOR ME, PATSY ? wWWHAT OO THEY SAY ? HAVEN'T GOT MY READING . GLASSES / Your Toroscope SATURDAY, JANUARY Il. | 2950—Sincerity is today's key- note, and the native of today will be orderly and useful. There are | many paths that will lead to suc- | eess, and the. vein of mysticism | that runs through the ten days on 'ejther side of the date will have » Pence, giving a tendency to mere “dabbling in affairs. A certain 4mount of elasticity of spirit is a ‘art of this degree also, which syill help you over any bit of hard road. A determination of purpose will go far to counteract the tendency to dabbling. BECOMING “{AKING IT HARD FOR THEMSELVES SYDNEY, Australia. — (>). — Three spinsters, anxious to im- prove their front lawn, helped themseives to some material wamped outside for road repairs and top dressed the lawn with it The result should be interesting. The top dressing used was a three-in-one sand-cement mix- ture. ANOTHER CRAFT, 250 MILES AHEAD, 1S ALSO SPEEDING FOR THE TREASURE FOLKS, THIS FLASH COMES FROM OUR SPECIALLY EQUIPPED TELEVISION SHIP “VIDEO” Some undeveloped coal beds: in { Durango, Colorado, area are esti- wee Pep ‘ated to’ be\28 inchas thick. A DAN --- 2 jdurney north to Daytona Beach, ‘ as ther® were no cross stete roads South of that pbint. The trip from Daytone, traveling by day ‘only, todk .8'"days< ahd was quite a hazardous journey, The Royal (WNKNOWN TO THE “VIDEO! PHE TREASURE IS BURIED SOMEWHERE HERE ---—> Poinpi pwas at the height of its then and I can remem- ber it Much as Pratt describes it in his ightful book. Twojexperiences of that “trip stand gut vividly in my memory; DICKIE'S CATBOAT BOY, WHAT A RACE THIS WOULD MAKE iF WE ONLY HAD A bod B44 .) a3 Pratt, emphrasizes that his | OM Was'ehanging a tire, the other novel, while “historical in fact. | Tis {@ Protect myself from the ig Hot one: of the current flood of pneel — driving rain when. tomantic novels that-are jacketed | 2USht esmectellly in a sum- into-fancy covers and foisted onj™€r alm squall. NO NEED FOR US TO WORRY, ABOUT GETTING TICKETS / LULU -T MEAN GLORIA- SAID) YOU CAN PICK IN HER LETTER THAT FRE ’ HERE IT 16 — COMING ToTHE Bisou THEATRE ~ SMASH BROADWA fr DRAMATIC HIT- IN THI SUBLRES the reading public by the book clubs. é $ “Phe Flame Tree,” while fic- tidn is based on actual fact. The @escription of the gowns worn by ie women of that day are au- entic ahd ‘the ‘setting of ‘the Royal Poinciana Hotel is a realis- tic picture of the famous old ho- tel thet -rew world wide atten- tion to Florida in the early days of this state’s development. To get material for his story Pratt*interviewed many old tim- ers and conducted extensive re- search. He would often get as many .as-four different versions On the same story, but by check- jig this vast amount of assem- pbled information with all avail- j able authenticated records he was, } able to‘give us a thrilling story RUSSELL KAY Says Florida Is Fortunate To Have Pratt As One WITH GLORIA DE AND ROLAND LEFTWING / TICKETS NOW ON SALE AT THE BOX OFFICE.” When we stop to think back and visualize the difficulties of motoring in those days we can teally appreciate the amazing progress that has been made by; our manufacturers of motor cars. Then it was a real job to repair a tire.- The filling stations and € services were few and far be- | tween. Every motorist learned to{ suiry just about everything he night need in an emergency in! the back of his car—tow rope, a} large assortment of tools, vulcan- | izing equipment. spare cans of gas | and oil and a jug of water which served the thirst of both yourself TICKETS WOULD BE HELD FOR ME AT THE BOX y and your radiator, To change a tire you had to jack the wheel up and remove the casing, take out the inner tube, patch itand. then put the ‘tire jback on the rim. It was no picnic, ._ £2 fs oie Of .lts Citizens that truly reflects the historical | especialiy in the broiling sun with CRAWL THROUGH THOSE VENTS NOTHING IN HERE SUT ——. incident in the book friendly gnats and mosquitoes ‘ * 4 - 0¢ Barefoot it might be While I did not take up my res-j eager to h ou " CHIEF, BO YOU FHINK THESE AND I DON'T HEAR ANY A GAL'S STANDARD : termed a ~ »n of the book idence in Florida until about 12] ~ There few closed cars in| | HOLES COULD. MEAN THERES MOVEMENT INSIDE... imee it curries on the theme of, ye*rs Jater than the period de-| those da: nd if you traveled in! SOMETHING ALIVE IN o te evriy settlement of the South- §eribed by Pratt, changes had not; the wake of another car you] % east Coast of Florida been so great but what I can well traveled in a grand and glorious Ok A tew of the characters in “The recall the narrow sand trails andj cloud of dust. If caught in a rain Berefeet Mailman” appear in washboard ‘shell roads that offer-| you had to take it and like it as ore Dye roles in “The Flame Tree” ed the only transportation by] you bounced along splashing wet | al with Henry M. Flagler, land other than the newly con-| sand and mud from hither to yon. Colonel BE. R. Bradley and Brad- structed railroad I could tell you more, but get ‘ har fe. Mary Lily. The I recall driving in‘a model T'a copy of “F > Tree” and it} { the story extends from Ford from Tampa to Miami in| will take you back ta those i] 195 te 1003, which was the period 1915. Then it was necessary to “good old days.” - — ———— --- - FAMOUS LIBERTY HORSES COMING HERE IN CIRCUS NEXT MONTH “ ‘ AH, NOW IT COMETH BACK TO ME! SHE WAS P A WINSOME SIR OAKY, MAYHAP -- BUT, GADZOOKS, I WILT YET SHOW 1 DIDST MUFF HOW TO PERFORM AN j— ASTOUNDING FEAT OF RESCUE A DAMSEL WHO WAS LEARNING WH-WHAT \ TO BE AN THE FAMOUS LIBERTY HORSES—Onte Rogers Bros. Circus act which always brings “ahs and ehe” from the spectators is the display of the Liberty Horses under the expert direction of Leon Geyder. The cirens will give four performances here Monday and Tuesday. February 6 and 7, at 8 end ® pam. each day at Wickers Field (Municipal Stadium). Doors will open at 2 and 7 p.m. Appearance of the Rogers Bros. Circus in Key West is being sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Were for the benefit of their building fund.