The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 29, 1953, Page 3

SOCIETY — PERSONALS — NEWS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN JO ELLEN KELLER, Editor ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE Telephone: Citizen Office, 25661 Background For Key West Living ———— MEY eT crTUEEN Pe *iJuvenile Judge |Lavonda Sawyer Ten And Twenty |New Books To Speak Tonight |Is Engaged Received By Mi omh beldc pate meetng oon Library Here - Mrs. Schuck has recieved some| wi | Although many claims have been |made that fertile mules have been Nound, many authorities believe jmules always are sterile, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund H. Saw- yer, 518 Francis St., announce the engagement of their daughter, La- Key West Retail Merchants’ As-jlibrary. There is one that may be sociation today adopted a new)of particular interest to Key Wi schedule for the opening and clos-|ers’ “Sound of the Trunpet” by ling of stores in this city. Stores|Leicester Hemingway, brother of will open at 8:30 a, m. and close|Ernest Hemingway. It is a novel at 8 p. m. except Thursdays and/of World War II. Saturdays when the hours will be Percidreprvsce baie ig - 6, and 8 - 10 ively. |a series of short biographies °t 6, respecti . a 2 Charles A. Rawlings, a writer,|ing such world figures as Mahat- and his brother, Wray, arrived injma Gandhi, Toscanini, Sun Yat-' i ‘Key West today to spend the win-|sen, Fridtjof Nansen and Eleanor, A iter. Roosevelt. The illustrations are, " drawings by the German ar-| Eddie Saunders left tist, William Sharp, who now lives} Howard T. Dickerson, 19, USS for Tavernier. be seagate tae pry joe wet teat T: —_ and Doris Fay y lay ims, 19, New Lexington, Ohio. A third addition to the library} Robert A. Chapman,’ 30, Belle|__o@l0n of Beauty Mrs. Thomas Curtis of San Fran-|Shelves is ‘a charming Christmas|Glade, Fla., and Joyce Lee Dula-|423 Fleming St. Phone 2-5263 RTHRITIS A RHEUMATISM SUFFERERS _ a : DIAL 2.2365 County Judge Raymond] 904 FLEMING ST. KEY WEST — Inthe November Ladies’ Home ; Journal, a noted reveals the shocking facts! Read “What Parenis Don't Know About Comie Books": by Frederic Wertham, = is about! Dimout regulations will be sus- a y pended in Key West on Nov. 1st,|dog, Ingrid, a Swedish. goat, Sera Rats of Swiss ancestry. . .and Domingo, A. Saunders has returned form|® stay Brazilian burro, NAVAL OFFICERS’ WIVES’ CLUB invited towns people to join with them yesterday in the review- ing of books about Key West. Attending the large gathering was Miss Marie Cappick, author of the manuseript “Key West Story” part of which was reviewed on the program. She is shown above with Mrs. R. Goodhart, left, who gave a critique on Katrina Johnson’s “Evening Street.” —Official U.S. Navy Photo. Key West Books Are Reviewed At Naval Officers’ Key West if story and legen Wives’ Meeting d'was the theme of the October Toledo after visiting his son-in-law) Young. first to arrive was master of the wreck, and it was under his direc- tions were conducted. “Lost Men” by Benedict Thielen: who was termed by Mrs. R. H. Vermette a “writer’s writ- er,” deals with the great hurri- cane of 1935 and is primarily a engineers employed on the long-|beautifully written novel about term project brought families to|the plot ithe Keys, and known as Islamorada, Henry Flag-| ler asked if the settlement would of man against the ele- m ing the con- at the .point pel tn: Geckeoran we ebm tion that rescue and salvage opera-/El Anon Ice Cream Parlo: a ae . H. 0. del to and daughter, Capt. and Mrs, H. West fl ithe OWC Book ‘When the cry “wreck ashore” rang] week, all in addition to jout through Key West streets, men|Woman’s Club library one of manned their ships and raced tojnicest place the scene of the wreck, as the/and browse § it material group keeping SES yigat E 3 gs know of to we for an hour BE i i E F i i and Restaurant 1114 Duval Street, NOW OPEN FOR BUSINEss [CENTRAL PHARMACY — Hours: 11 A.M. thru Midnight |White and Truman Avenve — Mail! Orders Filled. If No TRICK — We TREAT meeting of the Béok Review Group. of Naval Officers’ Wives’ Club yesterday at Port Taylor. The meeting, in charge of Mrs. P. W. Garnett, opened with her reading of excerpts from Miss Marie Cappick’s manuscript ‘Key West Story” which was particularly appreciated by those who attend- ed, as Miss Cappick’s manuscript is the work of a lifetime of study, tion and documentation of the history of the Island City, and Keteabeconls: detailed and authenticated story of Key West in exis- m Friends both old and new of Key West are looking for- ward with interest to an early publication of this manuscript which fepresents immeasurable value, both historically and from a lit- not like a railway station and post freer These families, who were: 2 metlidg and ne ‘nae name Islamo- rada was decided upon. They thought it meant Isle of Home, but their Spanish was inaccurate, and the nearest meaning in a transla- tion of Islamorada, which is not an actual Spanish word, is Purple plot in a light, amusing way em- Phasizing the background of Key, West which provided the window dressing for this fiction. A FREE CONE. for the Children HALLOWEEN NIGHT ( to Be Given Away from 6:30 to 8:30 P.M. AT YOUR DAIRY Mrs, Betty Garnett read from CORNER WHITE AND UNITED STREETS erary standpoint, to the community. The introduction to her book, which was the portion reviewed by Mrs. Garnett, was titled ‘Where! and it leads: lightful narrative style which com- bines the color and metaphore of the poet with carefully document- ed: historical research. | ‘lf Key West could, by some ge- is of modern times, be laid in another section of the Uni- ted States, ticketed, labeled, bill posted and guide booked, it would be famous,” Miss Cappick’s manu- script begins, continuing “but Key West is at the very end of the Florida peninsula and Overseas | Highway, and her beauty and charm are not revealed to the wise and prudent, but to those who have the zest for discovery.” Miss Cappick describes the ar- chitecture of her native city “Key West homes are old home: homes silvered with age. ..If, by some miracle, the old homes might become vocal, what tales they could tell. , .of Indian massacres, of treasure sealed within their walls, of clay tinajas filled with Spanish doubloons found in the ci- ty’s streets and of chests of gold unearthed on South Beach buried by pirates who never returned to claim their treasure.” ‘The introduction touches on ma- By other facets of the city’s ‘past, concluding with the summary “It 4s probably that Columbus includ- ed the island now known as Key ‘West in his report on the West In- dies because of its proximity to Cuba, lying as it does in latitude 4 degrees, 33 minutes north, and longitude 81 degrees, 48 minutes west. If Columbus did not set foot’ ‘on this island, he certainly scanned its palm crested beach and wood- Island. Likewise, Lake Surprise was named by the engineers and build- ers who came upon the inland fresh water lake as a surprise, And it was so named, Though Mrs. ‘Smiley added that it now has a channel cut through into the sea. The program included the nov- els “Evening Street” by Katrina Johnson which was reviewed by Mrs. R. Goodhart and, though it! followed an unusual theme which verged on the fantastic at times, it contained much good dialogue and references to such well re-| membered landmarks in Key West as the Garden of Roses, Thelma Strabel’s “Reap the Wild Wind” was‘described by Mrs. iC, Bennett as an interesting point- ‘ing up of the wrecking industry which was one of the early busi- messes of Key West. Passages in the novel tell of the background of the men engaged in the cour- ageous profession of wrecking, of, ‘the fast ships, built with shallow draft to get into inlets, and of the jtout-hearted experienced crews. Mrs, G. R. Smiley’s anecdotes from a book which she has colla- ‘borated on with Mrs. Louise White titled “After Me Cometh the Build- er” were received with great in- terest by those who attended the meeting. Her purpose in giving these excerpts was, she said “to make the trip up the Keys to Mia- mi a bit more interesting.” She told {of the founding of the overseas railroad by Henry Flagler whom ;She described as “a man of great! courage and great vision, who, though building this railway pro- ject in the twilight of his life, had the knack of surrounding himself with young men of ability.” She pointed out the difficulties confronting the surveyors and builders of this railway that ex-' ‘tended down the Keys, saying “There was nothing at that time beyond Homestead except pines jand everglades. . .no maps and’ few charts. There were some war- like Seminole tribes which were a threat, and the climate was diffi jeult because of mosquitos which’ jnecessitated the wearing of hats veiled with netting, and clothing | that could be secured at writst and ankles, This was worn even in the warmest weather.” Key West, at that time, was the |largest city in Florida with a popu- | lation of citizens of culture and| background. Their contact with the mainland was by ship, and she re- called the pleasant voyages many |Key Westers may remember on the Clyde-Mallory line. | At the time of the devastating |1935 hurricane, the entire United! |States had been suffering from a ‘an unpublished manuscript ‘of El- mer Davis’ which had Key West passages in it. She stressed his| interest in the Key West of the past and his sorrow in what he felt was the slipping away of the cultural ties and the original char- acter of the city. The Book Review group was at- tended by a large number of pro-| minent Navy and townspeople, Present were Mrs. George C. Tow-' ner, Mrs. William H. ‘Truesdell, Senora Oscar Morales and Miss|- Marie Cappick. The Navy Book Review group extended a general invitation to Key Westers for the meeting, feel- ing that the topic of Key West ‘books would be of general interest. There were many expressions of appreciation by those attending the review, The largest glacier in Colorado! — the mile-square Arapaho ice sheet — is the water reservoir for ithe city of Boulder, which, owns ex-| clusive rights on the ice. I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYES! The Values Are So Exciting! At Millers.... - See Page 5 prolonged depression, and Mrs, Smiley stated that it was not the: hurricane that caused the perman- ed interior from the deck of the/ent cessation of rail service to Key | Santa Maria as he sailed around|West. The long bridge spans of the the island of Cuba, for in one re- overseas railway withstood the i Port he stated, “I spent some time!ages of the hurricane with no dam- SPOOKY OWEEN exploring the islands in the vicinity|age to their structures as bridges, ef that land (Cuba).” We know/|Mrs. Smiley emphasized. The dam- | that Ponce de Leon came to our/age was only to the roadbeds, and, shores, and that Hernando De So-/had it not been that the depres. to looked upon it as he sailed to-jsion had gripped. all railways, in- ward Tampa. \cluding the services of the Florida A review of a government com-)East Coast road, in a curtailment | Billed guide book “Key West wasjof services, the roadbed damage given by Mrs, T. H. Polk, who/done by the hurricane could have described the chapters dealing with'been repaired and trains could the origins of the early island in-|have been going over the Key] habitants, the cigar industry which | West-Miami route within two weeks ence flourished here, and the fish-iof the date of the hurricane. Mrs, | ing enterprises. She pointed out Smiley said. Instead, the Tailway that the guide book published by|with its millions of dollars of brid-| Hastings House, was produced un-/ges was sold to the Florida High-_| der the direction of the Flori way Commission, and the original Emergency, Relief Administration bridge structures are still in use, | with the thought of its publication) She concluded her informative aiding in making Key West pro-jtalk with a brief resume of how mivent, as it now fs, as a tourist|certain Places on the Keys receiv. center. It is a brief, though neces-'ed their names. She began with) sarily limited, guide to the city Islamorada, which had its incep-| providing a thumb nail sketch of tion during the building of the ovcr- ts background, ‘seas raiload. Many of the young Fis Party Fred & Renee PLUS in your all-electric laundry Drop your soiled clothes into an automatic electric washer—and you can walk away from them without a care. When you click the dial, your washer takes over. - Then drop your drying worries into your electric dryer. Your clothes come out full of fluffy sweetness—completely dry for storage or damp-dry for ironing. You'll be free from heavy washday work ... you'll revel in extra hours of free time . . . without a washday care of any kind. City Electric System 1 I | l | | \ i | | I ! | ! ! i 1 l { ! i ) I ;