The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-05
Miss Gladys Roberts Gives
Address,At Rotary Meeting


l Table and the Bolshevik Table
had died away at the luncheon of
the Rotary Club yesterday, Rev.
Shuler Peele introduced to the
club, two new members, Ernest
Yates and Hugh Williams.
Guests present were Attorney
Paul Marks, of Miami, who was
| presented by County Solicitor
Allan B. Cleare, Jr.; E. F. Tib-
bett, of Chesterville, Maine, in
troduced by B. Curry Moreno, and
Robert R. Baker, civil engineer
associated with the PWA activi-
ties, introduced by Howard Will
son, chairman of the Overseas
Road and Toll Bridge District.
! Summer vacationists continue to
return to the Old Rock. Last week
it was Leo F. Hughes, who was
greeted with the song: How Do
You Do Leo Hughes, How Do You
Do" and yesterday the Rev. VIM.
j. Reagan, S. j., was the recipient
of hearty welcome.
! Key West is coming to life,
hand over hand. At least it SEEM
ed to be during a show of
hands to see how many Ro-
tarians would turn out at 4:30 p.
M, next Tuesday, election day,
and help make the dirt fly in
preparation for the shuttle board
courts which are to be installed
at Jackson Square.
/ Probably an artful, suggestion
by L. M. Pierce, that all hands get
their pictures taken, was the bait
which lured these unsuspecting
Rotarians to bind themselves to
such a frightful career of forced
labor.
But, at any rate if, as and
when any of the Rotarians go to
Jail, said a member, it will be
comforting to know that there is
a shuttle board court handy when
| they get out. And our visitors,
those who have no superstition
about getting so close to the fount
of justice, can have a good time
too.
| In the absence of President
| Charles Taylor, Past President J
| c. Gekeler, d. D., presided and
introduced the speaker of the
day, Mrs. Gladys Roberts, super
visor of the Monroe County unit
of the State Welfare Board.
| The address of Mrs. Roberts
was a factual and interesting pre-
sentation of the problems and the
diversified activities of the
board, and gave in detail every
phase of the work of the board
since its inception.
| Supplementing the talk of Mrs.
Roberts, Supervisor of the Wei
fare Department, Rev. John. C.
Gekeler, who is the secretary
treasurer of the local Welfare
| Advisory Council, told of the
work the Council is doing. In adj
dition to the persons receiving
the Old Age Assistance through
the State Board of Welfare, some
thirty cases of old and unemploy-
able persons, some of whom are
blind, and for whom no other help
| is available, have received a pit
1 lance of three and four dollars per
month from the Council. 1t is
| hoped the State Board of Welfare
viii eventually absorb this bur-
den, but until it can arrange to do
so, the prospects are that these
unfortunates viii remain hungry.
/ The only funds available to the
Council for this assistance have
come through popular subscrip-
tons. Unfortunately payments on
! those subscriptions have fallen
off. For the last two months the
Council could give this relief only
, by stretching a point. However,
it seems probable that for this
lpresent month, the Council win be
unable to make contributions to
this urgent need.
In addition to this direct relief,
the Council has been obliged to
draw upon its funds received from
popular subscriptions to pay bills
aecruing from the disqualification
| of Clinic patients sent to the
Marine Hospital. Some of these
patients have paid the small per
diem charge Of SITS. Many have
paid nothing. Some few have
paid slightly more than the re-
| auired sum.
/ Up until July the FERA con
Itributed $500 per month toward
the expense Of the Clinic. These
contributions then ceased. Ger
tain funds from the liquidation 81
FERA loans are being made avail
able for this purpose. These
funds, however. are not near O.
. large ~ has generally been be-
! lieved. Apart from the funds
from popular subscriptions the
aid 70 the hungry old peoule. ard