The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-08
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just 10 Years
Ago Today AS Taken From
The Files Of The Citizen

The Masters Degree work was
put on at the regular meeting o.
Dade Lodge Ii OF the Masonic or
/ deE~last night for a class of seven.
Members of Felix Varela and A
Choir Lodges joined in with Dade
Lodge in rendering the ceremo
MES. The work OF the meeting
! closed at about IL 80 o'clock when
]! che entire attendance repaired to
local cafe where bountifuI
spread was given by the members
Of the class of seven who took the
degree. Charles H. Ketchum was
POSTMASTER. Deputy G. NJ. Roy
! Garfield Of the 80 district del'iv-
cred an address and talks were
made by the grand masters of the
local lodges as follows: Roy Levin
! for Dade; John Park for Anchor
Lodge and Mr.. Gonzalez for Felix
| Varela Lodge. About 90 Masons
took part in the banquet and had
fine time until an early hour.
Partial report of the activities
and procedure OF the seventeenth
annual convention of the Rotary
International was given today by
DR.. VIM. R. Warren delegate from
the local club to the convention
which was held in Denver. Colo
RADIO. This report was so long that
Dr.. "Bill' only gave a part of it
/ at this meeting and promises to
| conclude at the next meeting. He
: stated that he had also been in
terviewed by representatives of
The Citizen and the story would
/, appear in an tissue of that pa
per-" Melvin Russell, captain in
the national guard was called
| upon to make some remarks about
! the organization and the coming
encampment. The captain said he
expects to have maximum
'strength before long and urged
the citizens OF Key West to CO.
operate with the guards His COM
! pany leaves for the encampment
at Pensacola, soon.
! American Motorboat V-13S97
with about 244 ga Ions of liuuOr
on board, was captured late
yesterday afternoon by CG-298 in
command of captain Daniels. The
capture was made 35 miles south
of American Shoals lighthouse.
One OF the largest crowds ever
assembled at the Cuban Club was
| there last night to witness the
! production OF the Patriotic Page
ant which was staged and spon-
sored by the Pythian Sisters. 1t
was "The Growing of America
and was considered by those who
saw it the finest affair of its kind
ever given in the city. Tiny tots
and oder folks deserve great Gre
dit for the work they did and the
boy scouts. who participated were
congratulated for their excellent
appearance and bearing.
George |. Knowles, dealer in
produce. formerly Of 433 Front
street is now located in his new
place of business at 10 Simonton
street. This firm has spring chick
ems. table hens and all kinds Of
! produce. Phone $40. !
Editorial comment: The human
heart is like harp OF many
strings. Harmony OF discord de-
ponds on the human hand that
sweeps the strings. If the music
happens to be harsh. don't b'ame
the harp.
Persons who read the Monroe
kTheater advertisement in The
tCitizen will learn how the manage
Ement OF that theater is offering
two free trips to the Sesqui-cen-
tennial International exhibition at
! Philadelphia. You who read this
and the advertisement may be one
Of those to win a trip.
Work OF removing the street
car trollv cables and wires and
the tracks was started today and
is going on rapid rate. The tro-l
lev is already removed from Flem-
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