VOLUME LV. No. 278. Hold Installation Ceremonies City And Shown Points! Of Interest Recently elected officers of the American Legion Auxiliary of | Key West were installed “yester-! pS We Herman, installing officer,! 1) wae accompanied by "Mrs, CC. and Mrs. Pearl R. Pitts, of Stuart, | : = _ | meeting, i Anfhs. : Officers installed were Presi-| tary-Treasurer Mrs. Curry Skel-; the occasion. ton, Chaplain Mrs. McGregor Waiter Kemp. Vice-President } Mrs. C. P. Hogeboom was pre-: vented from attending by a death’ ; in the family. : those in Taken For Ride Over! PARTICIPATE IN MEETING TONIGHT REV. J. C. GEKELER WILL BE W°rkers supplied by the FERA. MAIN SPEAKER DURING) puiiding. which was irreparably ; OCCASION; NO SESSION OF damaged by the fire which raged ORGANIZATION TODAY “The regular. Rotary ~“foon construction, have been tested by ; i until! competent engineers and have ‘of Hobe: “Sound. - Mrs. vamp enema until compe gil this evening ‘when the |‘ organiza- tion will ‘entertain the Rotary. An excellent program has been Carbonell said he has all the plans jarranged to be carried out at the | with Rev. J. C. Gekeler: scheduled as the main speaker of | There will be other addresses | Sands and Sergeant-at-Arms Mrs.’ given by members of the club, ith | many other features to be includ-' ed in the program outlined. i According to close After the installation the visit-| touch, there will be several sur- ing officials were taken for a ride’ prises in the way of entertain- to the points of interest in the ment features, with a promise: that the festivities of the evening will be more than pleasing to all city and afterward paid a visit to! the Marine Hospital where a: beautiful bouquet was presented to the veterans by local members and a box of home-made jelly was given by the visitors. ; At 2 o'clock the -visitors left over the highway for Miami leav- ing with regret, they said, a most interesting city and a very de- ~ “lightich sand “hospitable “people: They hoped to return at an early date. who attend. Tuesday evening the visiting officials were entertained at a dinner at the Delmonico Restau- rant by local members of the auxiliary and a number of invited guests. H Tables were artistically dec- erated in crotons and other tropi- cal shrubs and bouquets of beauti-; ful flowers. The Thanksgiving idea was evidenced by candles, turkey ornaments and over the 7 ee attered a number of STRUCTION FOR ORDER These were pre-' sented the guests as mementoes} aad of their first visit to Key West. | : Fite oat Diners wire; ‘The three visit-|, The delegation of officers | of “A the Florida Rebekah Assembly, ine officials, Mr. and Mrs. Se-j cuich arrived in Key West Mon- bastian Cabrera, Jr., Mr. and M dames Moore, Mr. and Mrs. John| Pinder, Mr. and Mrs. Will Gomez,! Mrs. J. G. Piodela, Mrs. P. R.i Clements, Mrs. Walter Kemp, Mrs.; McGregor Sands, “Miss Mizpah Roberts, Miss Flossie Baker and: Mrs, Curry Skelton. CONCERT TONIGHT AT BAYVIEW PARK: TO BE PUT ON UNDER AUS. ICES OF HOSPITAL. _; tivities | ; ganization, : ITY BAND ' were Mrs. instruction Bayview Park ck, tonight, Love In Bloom, Popular—Vocal | by Geo. Brooks and band. i Anchors Aweigh—Band. j Swiss Bay—Cornet Duet. j ' Old Chestnuts—M. L. Lake. March. 21 aliens, eluded in this program. A cornet! sengers. duet by two of the most outstand-/ Freighter ing musicians of the South, Gus ehez and George Brooks. jNew Orleans, day evening to pay visit to Key West lodge. *; terday over the high to their homes in St. Petersburg.; Those’ making Emma president of the Florida Mrs. Olive F. Crosby. Mrs. Irene Miller, ' president of the Twelfth District, van Mrs. Mildred Eve, chairman of the delegation. i The officers held a school members during their stay in Key West, and also participated in other ac- in connection with the or- for While here, up local The band concert program at, Delmonico Restaurant on 7:45 | street, and were also guest: by the Key West Hospital-' local lodge at a social hou ity Band under the direction of |lowing the district meeting held Alfredo Barroso, was announced: on Tuesday evening. Colorado, an DUCTED SCHOOL OF official left yes- en route the The Rotzrians have been put- ting in some hard practice in the/ singing of the new songs, and it is said that several of these will! be rendered in connection ! the meeting tonight, which it is expected, will be largely attended. LODGE OFFICIALS — ss"sszhae""" LEAVE YESTERDAY cyTy LICENSES _ AFTER VISIT HERE with party Thornburgh, emb! reta they were district deputy enter- [tained at a banquet given at the Deval today. : It follows: | Before leaving yesterday, the March. | visitors expressed themselves as Apollo, Overture—L. P. Lau-/ having thoroughly enji i their rendeau. ojourn in the Island City, and _Enchanted Night, Waltz—K. L.! stated that they hoped to have an King. |opportunity of returning here March. again for a longer stay. Oh, Harold, Fox Trot—Lee = as Roberts. Sleepy Head, Popular—Sung, CUBA BRINGS IN by band. t 83 PASSENGERS. Steamship Cuba arrived | Havana yesterday afternoon with The Star Spangled Banner— ; 83 passengers of whom there were The vessel from iled for of Tampa 6:30 o’clock with 19 pas- the | Clyde-Mallory Lines, is due to ar- Ayala and Rafael Solano and two rive in port Sunday morning from excellent vocal solos by E. S. San-| New York en route to Tampa and of ‘ KEY WEST, CLEAR PREMISES TAMPA UNIS OF REBUILDING: HE WORK NOW* BEING: CAR: RIED ON-IN'KEY WEST WALLS WILL BE ONLY PART! OF OLD STRUCTURE TO BE’ RETAINED; ACTUAL OPER-| G. A. Viola and D. C. Campbell, | ATIONS TO START SOON j | of the FERA engineering forces 2 Tampa, were visitors in Key West and callers at local head- Work preliminzry to rebuilding‘ quarters. the Strand Theater was started, They went over the different this week with a ioxce of men em-' projects and activities and ex- | Ployed by the proprietor, Juan pressed themselves as being very | Carbonelf, and another unit f° enthusiastic over the rehabilita- | tion progress evidenced. thei | Practically every part of way for Miami this afternoon the visitors said they hoped to be able to return at an early date. ‘J. HUAU NOMINATED ‘TO MEMBERSHIFIIN ‘MILITARY. SOGEEY Mr. | for several hours on the forenoon ‘of July 6, this year, will be torn i down leaving only the walls. } The walls, which are oz massive been declared in perfect condi- , ton, All the rest of the structure ; was condemned. | When seen this morning, and specifications in readiness, ORGANIZATION MOST PROM- will start actual construction work . within a comparatively short time, and will carry the project through | to completion. ~ Asked would the same type of | construction be used in the new theater, Mr. Carbonell szid decid-; edly not. There are many new ‘ideas in the construction of thea- ters since the Strand was built. and the best of the ideas and im- provements will be incorporated! the World War. His name w. the new structure. ‘sented by In detail it will compare with: George E. Ijams, commander in any other theater in the stete. he| chief of the organization. | said, and will be entirely differ-} This organization is the most ent in every way from the old! prominent and exclusive of _ its Strand. _ {| kind, it is said, in the United There will be no steps or Tis€s; States and is headed by officers anywhere in the building, and all! of the army and navy who gained exits and other requirements of | dictinetion in the service of the ;the law will be complied with. country. What the actual cost will be hasj Honorary commanders in chief not. been_stated but it is under-| a6 General John J. stood that a conservative estimate | Admiral William Sowden Sims and : places the ultimate cost of restora- ‘tion at $25.000. ITS NATURE STATES, IT IS SAID . J. H. Huau, “Polly” to his (friends, has been notified of his Ss pre- | Brigadier General John Ross De- lafield. Officers who served in the } world war and hereditary s are eligible for membership. Receives Letter Huau hes recently rece’ a letter from Colonel Ijam: Mr. ISSUED EXCEED ed extended by his party were met by him at the in American Legion Convention Miami. In the letter is informa- PECIALLY SO IN MATTER-tion that Mr. Huau had been sponsored for membership by OF SALE OF AUTOMOBILE: Colonel Ijams. “Polly” not only saw service TAGS i during the-World War as | lieutenant but was also in service during the Spanish American War and served in Cuba as a lieutenant on the staff of Calixto Garcia. Among the anecdotes he tells of that stirring period encompass of his experiences while on the | filibustéede MT Heee Friends” when it was chased by a Spanish gun- boat and bthér incidents of | fili- bustering and-gan’ ronning. His father was in Key West at dif- s of are in ex- me period Sales of the s Willard Albury. Especial is this noticeable in automobile tags. The ow that on November! . 701 of these had been soid. This date shows 983 secur- ferent periods and fitted out a ed by motor vehicle owners, or, number of expeditions to Cuba. 282 more than this date last Exciting Incident year. One of the most exciting in- In the matter of occupational; cidents of that period happened: licenses the ess is not so great just after Karl Decker, on his but is appreciable. Last year on’ yacht “Buccaneer” had rescued Evengelina Cisneros from prison in Cuba and was at Key West. A number of newspaper cor- respondents were at the Merrill House, which was afterwards the Hotel Jefferson and is now FERA headquarters, and Karl Decker went to the hostelry. While he was there some November 22 332 had been is- sued. This date 426 have been is- sued. j It is estimated that before the! end of the month more than 450 will be secured. It is estimated} that 1,050 auto licenses should be issued which with the 983 pur- chased leaves but 77 to be sold.} TENDER POPPY ‘marks were made, it is RETURNS HERE ‘stood, reflecting on the prowess _ LEFT RECENTLY TO ENGAGE} Mr. Decker and his rescue of IN WORK AT COSGRGVE SHOALS Te- Cisneros. In a few minutes ; thing “Polly” remembers before laving the vicinity with several friends is Mr. Decker’s call for a weapon of any kind, even hatchet, with which to wreak ven- geance on his traducer: a Lighthouse Tender Poppy ha: WHERE TO GO i returned to port from Gosgrove; Hh Shoals where the vessel went to | begin operations preliminary to; TONIGHT erecting the lighthouse authorized! Monroe—‘His Greatest Gam- for that area. { ble” and “Police Car No. 17.” With high seas running no at-| Palace—“The Man From Hell.” , tempt was made to construct the beens a working platform nor select loca-| TOMORROW tions for the disks through which) Monroe—“Among the Missing’ j the piling are to be driven. The | and “His Greatest Gamble.” i ‘tender will leave again tomorrow.| Palace—‘“The Man From Hell.’ ; meeneeiee a Pershing. in which he is thanked by the} i ! i ¢ ' FORMER PERIOD colonel for courtesies MEMBERS OF FLORIDA RE-, the former when the colonel and ' BEKAH ASSEMBLY CON- IN- THIS IS SHOWN TO BE ES-: bad ’ OPEN PLACE TO MANY) ; WINTER VISITORS ; completed. | The interior of the tanks are | {being made into an exact semb-! lance of the different classes of ; }reefs found in the waters near’ Mey’ West, rock and coral being “the material used. The whole is! funder the per-~nal supervision of #Df: Robert O. Van Deusen, of the {Fairmount Aquarium of’ Philadel- j phia. Within the next two weeks the! ponds and the foun- the center of the! IN UNITED) structure. will be transformed in- INENT AND EXCLUSIVE OF | ‘*° large oval p {tain pool, ii 1 ‘and reptilian ; Of all the having been nominated to mem-! nie are acquainted with forms of bership in the Military Order of tise on earth, especially through = “4 the mediuni of zoos Lieutenant Colonel! maintained in many of the larger which during it all parts of the jcities, and | the season ‘country. } But of life in the waters of the in- can jonly be gained by visits to well ‘equipped and spacious aquariums |such as the one at Key West will | placed in them. reuses jearth, not many ‘formed and this knowledge Before leaving over the high-/ the interior embellishments are jt reproductions of sea gardens — be spec-mens will public are well ! be when completed. Built as | Prolific wi marine life, | vertebrate: jbe seen tha | ture of it it er 1 of jthe many connections to { lights and jsea_ grow jfronts are being m becoming depleted with a ble at a the electr other has been completed and with thej itanks the one inch plate in the ieties imes. pu appurtenan institutions, ; said Dr. Van Deusen, an aquarium: the one most visited. The peo- which are near the most world, in r of and invertebrates will in any other strac- d, and there is n danger of specimens in the tanks fresh work with PS. FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1934. qu RE. HELP THERESE: » =” Considemmg the geese oe have made m 2 few oot mets towards making Ker Wee g sort, i would seem Ge =eee ce longer consider cur gctiees oe) (emergenc; measures WILLIAMS OF KEY WEST This is « long ranee Geddes! ADMINISTRATION | it is an affar = which oP WE oe! MRS. M. DE BOE: |COMMENDATION ADDED IN | LETTER RECEIVED BY MISS Mrs. Mizpah Otto de Boe, who! applying the paychelegy aT WEST Pace Within a few first lass fronts are placed the tanks immediately. supply of fish and will be filled afterward tt and reptiles wili be in readiness. NEW AUTO TAGS WILL BE READY FOR SALE SOON PLATES NOW ON HAND, BUT’ WILL NOT BE PASSED OUT: UNTIL DECEMBER Automobile 1935 will be plac: in December. Mr. Li hand and are the same price as those of last year. in use. The tag this year had a grape fruit yellow ground with a raised | excitement prevailed and the only tapefruit in each of the upper) ojjhurning liners, as well as the The lettering is in black. Asked about the cupational licenses for merchants, Mr. Ladd said that they] ic ing issued daily }expected that within a short time] Miami every Tu j ali who required them would have} also beginni corners, and o were bi d them. Actual sa! than merchan 96. secur PRE-THANKSGIVING tags for the says the tags are on! sale and DANCE Benefit Junior Senior Prom CUBAN CLUB Tomorrow Gents 60c Night, Nov. 23 year on sale in the! office of Tax Collector F, H. Ladd} They are also under-| the same lock type, as those now “| great lounges and club-like «mol om bole jounges and club-li ik he 116; merchants,| day MANY FLORIDA RESIDENTS; ARE PLANNING TO GO OF BEACH; kOBETTS SFSuaEEs OLD POSITION | NORTH ON STEAMERS CLYDE-MALLORY LINE While Florida's are getting under winter, New York’: cial se: is 1 Many resident tt planning to spend at time in the big when its theaters, cial functions are offering finest and most sophistica | tertainment than can be \anywhere in the world. when its | shops are displaying their choicest collections of holiday wares an¢ j winter fashions. As always, the Clyde-Mallor Cruise-Way is the favorite for a | New York vcaation, short or | famed wey r ‘on of some this operas and so- at period the Southerners are naturally sun-}" ““*""* om , Worshippers. devotees of sports! d | and tonic air and luxurious rest in ‘STONE’S ARRIVALS j;congenial surroundings. That's " |why they appreciate the broad decks and glassedin promenades of those big, clean, comforta’ CAUSED SY TRE To wase INCTON WHICH Was UNEXPECTED ing rooms and the dancing after-| j noon and evening to excellent mu Clyde-Mallory ing January “| reach New York, the third morning . > to date are: Other | thereafter. That means two ful - s of restful. healthful cr: = ” — = nlivened by deck sports and all manner of games in delightful « a- company, and three brilliant eve.| W nings at sea. The minimum win r |ter round trip fare, with 30-day! at local - wt meets } return limit, is only $7 mclud- {ters im @ cam whe = {ing not only. first class transpor- that Mr. Stene had been calle tation but also meals and com-, Wa but weoke on | fortable stateroom accommoda-| a there shetty ofte Ladies Free itions. | Thanksgiving to the Key West booklet Diij#vit = L-'™|..6Cm.m.. mL + Scie ee — Bs. ee oe ee oe ee ee cee ee ee me mm ee me Se ee ee

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