The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-12-04

KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just 10 Years
+! Ago Today AS Taken From
The Files OF The Citizen
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Official opening of the Overseas
Highway may be postponed until
after Christmas was the statement
/ issued today. This, however, will
have nothing to do with the use
of the thoroughfare when the fer
ries are delivered. The object of
postponing the official opening is
to insure better service when the
public is finally invited to use the
thoroughfare. This win be inn
possible for the first few days af-
ter the ferries go into service. The
personnel will all be new to the
service, the capabilities of the
new craft will not be fully known,
and there will be numerous
rough spots" to be ironed out be-
fore the service will be declared
ready and a smoothly working or
ganiZation established.
T. R. Hodges, state shellfish
commissioner, advises that an ex-
pert from the Boothby Harbor
Station of the United States Bu-
reau of Fisheries, has been order
ed to Key West to direct the
Matching of crawfish in the states
hatchery. The equipment for the
hatchery is on a barge and will be
towed to Key West through the
inside quite as soon as the spawn
ing season begins.
In a very good game the Young
Giants were defeated yesterday
on the Coast Guard grounds by a
picked team. The score at the
end of the game was to 1. 1t was
in the fifth inning that the Giants
scored their only run. Mack trip
led to deep right and scored on
Nemo's single.
The Cuban Stars lost to the
Young Sluggers in a well played
and interesting game of ball yes
terday afternoon. The score was
4 to l. There were number of
tense situations where it looked
as though the Stars were about to
stage a rally, but in the crisis the
Sluggers came through and main
tanned their lead and kept on the
winning end until the game came
to close.
Editorial comment: The third
of the Monroe county ferries is to
be ready and will be launched by
January l, the builder of the craft
says. And just as certainly the
vessel will be badly needed about
that time.
Mrs. A. F. Fanger, state presi-
dent of the Parent Teacher Asso-
citation, is scheduled to arrive in
Key West tomorrow and remain
until Wednesday. She will adj
dress the parents of children at
the Hotel La Concha tomorrow
evening at 7:30 o'clock. Upon the
arrival of Mrs. Faneher she will
be met at the Florida East Coast
Station by delegations from the
three organizations in Key West.
The first airplane built in Key
West was christened yesterday
and proved successful. For alti-
tude and distance it isn't so much,
but for endurance it will equal
any flying machine ever built.
The device may be seen in the
window of Frank johnson, with
an airplane and a replica of one
of the ships of Columbus at either
end of beam, and the action is
similar to that of a merry go
round. 1t is to show the advance
ment in transportation from 1892.
j. E. Lubberly and Mary A.
Lone were married yesterday in
the office of Judge Hugh Gum at
II o'clock. The ceremony was
performed by the Judge.
Only two marriage licenses
were issued from the office of
Judge Hugh Gum during the past
week. They authorized the mar
riage of Horace Averette and
Dora Ann Johnson; Hubert easy
and Lusata Duce.
Arrival of the Steamship North
land is scheduled for $3.50 this af-
ternoon. The vessel will take uu
the run to Havana from Key West
tomorrow morning, relieving the
Steamship Governor Cobb, which
viii be sent to dry dock for clean
ing and repairs.