The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-04
C. A. P. TURNER
GUEST TODAY
OF ROTARIANS
SEVERAL OTHER VISITORS
ND ENJOYABLE
LUNCHEON TAKING PLACE
AT NOON HOUR

c. A. p. Turner of the C. A. P.
Turner Company, who was re-
Gently given the option for build
ing the Oversee bridges, was a
guest at the Rotary Club at the
luncheon at the Hotel La Concha
today.
Mr.. Turner said that he had
been offered the option to proceed
with the work and that he was
risking his money on the PROPOSE
ton, believing that it can be put
across.
William Bates announced that
the. club had collected $1,071 in
the Red Cross roll call, which was
completed last Saturday.
Two new members were also
added to the Rotary Club, Allen
IL Schlendorf, architect, and
Henry R. Mallory, engineer.
Judge jefferson B. Browne well
coined them into the club, stress
ing the object of the organization,
service.
The nominations for the Off
GERS for this year were made. For
president, the following were
nominated: Frank H. Ladd, AM
drew r. Miller, Allan Cleare and
George Perpall; for vice-president,
William Demeritt, Robert F..
Spottswood, John j. Maher and
Frank Johnson; for. secretary, l..
r. Warner; for treasurer, Bascom
Grooms and William Bates; serge
ant-at-arms, Mr.. Roberts; three
directors, DR.. J. Y. Porter, ST.,
Frank H. Ladd, Capt. Clark d.
Stearns, William Demeritt, Mel
YIN Russell and Ben Trevor. The
final election will take place next
Thursday.
Cant. John j. Maher, who is
planning a minstrel, announced
that the tentative date for this to
be staged is March %.
Harry Hampton, Key West golf
professional, was a guest at the
luncheon. He played at Tampa
last week and led the entire course
the first day with a score of Sc.
He tied for fourth place in the
open golf championship of Flor
ida.
Hamilton Wright, newspaper
man, was also a guest. He said
that the day the Oversee High
way was completed tens of thou
sands of people would drive down
south Just to make the trip by
motor over the keys. He also said
that in Europe interest was high
ii the project.
Guests at the luncheon included
the following: E. H. Small and
r C. Small manufacturers of
Pail River, Mass; C. A. p. Tur-
ner of Minnesota; Morris N.
Partridge, Lieutenant Command
er Linsley, new captain of the
yard; Hamilton Wright and ]. F.
Gordon, lawyer Of Miami.
The next classification talk will
be given by v. A. Johnson,
realtor.
81 am indeed sorry that it has
befallen my lot to have to speak
at this time. For the physician
this period of the year is by far
the busiest of any other and so
avails us of very little spare time
TO devote to the making of paper
such as | should care to present
to you," said DR.. Eugene Lowe in
classification talk before Rotary,
at had been my intention to
speak to you on a subject of far
greater Importance to this com.
munity and to you than is my
classification, but in order to pre-
pare q paper on that subject
would have required considerable
spare time in which to obtain the
statistics by which to show you
tina great Importance of the sub
jeet. Therefore shall merely
mention il briefly and then pass on
to my classification.
The crying need in Key West
OLA modern hospital. We need
bridges aud roads-we need sew.
erags and fresh water--we need
more hotels and apartment
houses. but gentlemen, If you could
appreciate as only we physicians
are able to do, you would agree
with me and the other physicians
in this community that none OF
them are needed more than an up,
to-date, well equipped City OF
County Hospital.
ibid you ever stop to think and
realize that in a city of an in,
hAbitance of around $4,000 people
that there are available only ter
hospital beds in this community!
Those Of You who have grown ~
in Key West and have abided here
all your days, have become aeeus.
toned to these conditions and IL
consequence are content. Gentle.
men, during January, February
March we have in our midst hun,
dreds Of strangers coming here
from the cities of the north where
they are educated 20 tho fact thai
In sickness, of whatever nature
there are unlimited advantages t.
be had in 4 well-eQuipped ans
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