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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-23
EIGHTEEN NAMES
WERE RESTORED
TO VOTING LIST
MATTER WAS BROUGHT TO
ATTENTION OF MEETING
OF COUNTY COMMISSION
Frs LAST NIGHT

An informal meeting of the
county commissioners was held
last night in the office of Clerk
Ross c. Sawyer for the purpose
of hearing from those qualified
voters who may have been err
roneously stricken from the list
and published in the disqualified
list of last week.
None appeared before the board
to ask that their names be re-
stored. Supervisor of Registra-
ton John England advised the
board that he had investigated
the claims of some applicants
and had restored to the voting
list the names of Is voters.
Present at the meeting were
Chairman Carl Bervaldi and
Commissioner Niles, who joined
the others after the Overseas
Highway celebration meeting was
concluded; Commissioners VIM.
r. Porter. Norberg Thompson
and B. B. Warren.
Chairman Bervaldi read COM
munication from Mrs. F. Babette
Root, anent an advertisement in
the Key West Overseas Periscope,
and advised that rates would be
furnished on application.
Mr.. Porter called attention to a
meeting to be held in Washing
ton next week on the matter Of
Inland Waterways, and said that
the firm of Hill and Treadway
would be asked to represent Mon
roe county at the meeting
Report that the culvert on
Roosevelt Boulevard had been
completed. 1t was shown that the
allotment of funds for the work
had been all used and the county
was obligated to pay for the la
Dor which had been furnished by
c. J. Peet. The amount was SIS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-23

ganization. Until Miami Beach
in June so long.
Present at the banquet were:
Those attending were:
Ralph K. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Allan Armstrong, Anibal Armay-
or, Clara Bernice Landlord, Joe
Allen. Miss Norma Garcia. Ed
ward Bayly, Miss Isabel Kelly,
Howard England, l.. P Artman,
Jr., Marco Mesa, Miss Violet Nc
Linden.
Isadore Weintraub, Miss Mar
guerite Hernandez, Benjamin
Birs, Miss Rosalina B. Sawyer,
Howard Pinder, Miss Winifred
Shine, Malcolm Pinder, Miss
Maude Lowe, Everett Perpall,
Miss Ophclia Lester. Earl Adams,
z. D.tHarrison, Miss Lois Sawyer
MIR. and Mrs. Julio Lacedonia,
Darnell Carey. Miss Marjorie
Stevens. Edward Johnson. Miss
Margaret Tyler, Robert Brady,
Sidney Einhorn. Mr. and Mrs
Franklin Albert, Hays Wood. AL
Ian Z. Curry, Miss Nellie Louise
Russell. John Blackwell, Miss Ed
ma Gomez, MIR and Mrs Bernie
c. Papy. MIR. and Mrs. Howard
Wilson, MIR and Mrs. George
Lucas. Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Fechthell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace O'Bryant
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-23
KITCHEN IS ON PARADE AT
NEW-TYPE COOKING SCHOOL
OLD TIME BOOSTER
RETURNING TO CITY

Phil Henson. never ceasing
booster for Key West, his
home town. writes The Citi-
zen he will be coming 10 the
city within the next few days
TO carry on his campaign of
good will and boosting.
He writes that he has not
forgotten. but believes that
he can do more good telling
visitors to Miami what an in
teresting city Key West is
than he could do here. for he
knows that once the visitor
gets 10 the city. he soon
realizes that the truth about
the bridges and the city. as
told by those who have been
here. is never exaggerated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-23
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Scout Leader Sees Key
West As Scouting Center

Al q meetind of local and
visiting Boy Scout leaders
last night in Troop 81 head
quarters a. L. MacF arlane.
Dade County Scout Execu-
tive. saw the early establish
menf of an honor court in 10
cal scouting circles and many
more scout camping trips 10
Key West because Of the ex-
ceilent outdoor camping spots
here.
REGARDING the honor court.
Mr.. MacFarlane said he could
recommend that one be eS-
tablished as soon as possible.
Key West should be the
center Of scout activities 10
compete materially with Mi
ami in this respect IN The
very near future. Mr.. Mac
Farlane said. Not only have
you a wonderful group Of Is
lands with many camping
and fishing spots. he said
but you have the best
climate in Florida TO make
outdoor camping that much
more heaithfui. II is mY be
lief that scout leaders will
come TO realize the 0ppor
iunitY in camping on the
KEYS and down TO Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-23
Highway Celebration central
Committee Conducts Meeting
At Court House Last Night
DADE TAX COLLECTOR
SEES KEYS DOTTED
WITH BIG ESTATES

Il visualize the Keys as
built up with waterfront
homes by millionaire winter
residents within the next ten
years to an, extent which will
surprise everyone. Hayes
Wood. Dade County Tax Col
lector. said yesterday.
People like those who own
the Deering estate have TO
pay enormous taxes. Mr..
Wood said. and they will be
glad TO build homes on the
Keys. where taxes are neg
ligible. and there is plenty of
ocean and bay front.
IFS true that Miami Beach
is built up only ten miles or
so, but this comparison can
not be applied 10 the Keys
since a great number of resi-
dents are absorbed in the city
of Miami. Without a large
city like Miami along the
Keys il is natural that the es-
tates will be spread out all
along the hundreds or so
miles of islands.
Ninety per cent of the
people who visit Miami want
TO come 10 Key West. This
promises much for future de-
velopment of Key West and
the Keys. Mr.. Wood con.
cluded.
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ATTENTION PLUMBING
CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby gwen that the
City Council will convene IN
Recessed session at the City Hall.
Council Chamber. Thursday. April
n. 1888. at 800 p m. for the
purpose Of meeting All Of the
Plumbers Of the City 10 discuss
the Plumbers code" ia order 70
draft the Ordinance desired.
By order Of City Council.
WALLACE PfNDER.
sprZ3-it City Clerk
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-23
Hayes Wood Presents Charter
To Local JayceeS Last Night
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COME TO ISLAND
CITY FROM ORIENT

Visitors have come to Key
West during the past several
months. especially since the
highway was opened. from
every part of the United
States and from several coun-
tries of the Old World.
Registering on the record
book at the Chamber of Com
merce yesterday were a cou-
pie from far off China. who
have just returned TO the
states. They were Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward L. Faupel. and
gave their residence city as
Shanghai.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-23
John COstar Was Appoint
ed Chairman In Charge
OF Activities; Other
Committees Named

John costar vice chairman OF
thee Oversees Road and Toll
Bridge District. was appointed
chairman of the central executive
committee in charge of the cele-
braiion which will mark the for
NAL opening of the highwsY on
July 4. at a general meeting held
last night in the county court
house.
Mr.. Costar. acting as temporary
chairman presided at the meet 5
ing. and Temporary Secretary
Charles Taylor, acted in that
capacity. Mr.. Taylor declined
the nomination as secretary of
the permanent body, when nomi-
mated, because of the fact that an
executive secretary would be re-
CURED to devote practically all
of his time to the work, and this
he was unable to do. because of
the volume of work which must
come under his direct supers lsiun
daily.
Followed a long discussion as
TO the suitability of a person 10
act as executive secretary. II
was finally decided. after a num-
Der of suggestions had been
made, that the All Florida Organ
ization of the Chamber of Com
merce, be communicated with
and their suggestions be called
for.
Members of that organization
have had wide experience in that
phase of entertainment and there
are among It's members. men who
have demonstrated their ability
to organize and manage large
celebrations such as contem
plated The suggestion that a
person from the organization
mentioned. would be the proper
one 10 handle the celebration.
was heartily received.
After this had been decided Il
was suggested that employees
who are on the lists Of the WpA
and NYA could be secured VINO
could assist the executive Acere
tary in carrying out some ~ tho
plans made by him. and prove
Of valuable assistance IN that ca
pacity The suggestion was de-
clared feasible.
Naming Of committees 20 act lu
conjunction with the secretary
and 90 attend 10 the different de
tails as outlined vas then an
nounccd and the following we're
named
For the Overseas Road and Toll
Bridge District. John Costar. &
{. Symonctte and Willard Al
bury
Lighthouse department ASSIST
ant Superintendent II y Haakin
Chief Clerk L. H. Plummer ami
Radio Electrician Carl Rom
Chairman a b Hale, 81 the
state road department, was nam
Continued on Page SIX
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Key West 44th To Join
State Group; Wein-
traub's Team Wins Mem
bership Drive

Hayes Wood. tax collector for
Dade County. made the formal
presentation of the charter of the
local Junior Chamber of Com
merce at Charter Night last night
al Club Miramar. The Key West
group is the 44th JaYcee group TO
come into existence in the state.
This city does not boast the
youngest group. though. Wau-
chula entering just after the local
body.
Earl Adams, president. made
the opening address, advancing
the belief that the older genera
ton had fallen down on the job
as is evidenced by the economic
shape the city is in, and placed
hope in the generation now COM
ing up to build the city on firm
foundations at this most i'm
portant time.
Mr.. Wood in making the for
NAL presentation expressed re-
gretS that state Jaycee officials
were unable to be here at the
celebration. The object of a
Junior Chamber of Commerce is
to find and train young men in
industrial, fraternal, political, So
cial and business fields, and to
see that they continue as a strong
force to social betterment in these
fields, he said Emphasizing the
fact that Key West has a very
bright future. Mr. Wood said the
Jaycees would have a very i'm
portant place in city advance
ment.
It was announced that the team
captained by Isidore Weintraub
won the drive for new members
over the team headed by Anibal
Armayor. Mr.. Armayor and his
group will be obliged to partake
of solely a lima bean diet at the
next dinner meeting. The Board
of Directors have yet to pass on
the new members before they
are officially part of the or
ganization.
Gerald Pinder and Louise
Pritchard, popular dance team,
gave an excellent Interpretation
of modern exhibition dancing.
The ladies were given beautiful
corsages of Key West flowers,
which were excellently arranged
by Mrs. Allan Hampton.
Telegram from AL Block, presi-
dent of the Florida Junior Cham
Der of Commerce groups who is
in Tallahassee, was read. 1t fol-
lows:
Earl Adams, President,
Care Junior Chamber of Com
merce Banquet,
Sincerely regret my inability TO
be present with YOU on ymlr
Charter Night However my
thoughts are with you and on be-
half of SIX thousand ambitious
young Floridians permit me to
extend to you a hearty welcome
into our ranks. Your official in
stallation marks a milestone in
the progress Of Key West which
indeed should be very bright with
the cooperation Of your new or
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Athletic Events Held To-
day; so Visiting Scouts
Pitch Pup Tents At Ma
val Hospital Camp

The khaki uniform of the Boy
Scouts of America has taken over
the city today!
Troop 49 from Miami. Troop Al
from Hialeah. Key West Boy
Scout Troops So and S and Key
West Girl Scout Troop with a
grand total of over $50 scout ex-
ecufives and scouts have stormed
the city and taken if with their
winning smiles. their Be Pre-
pared Motto. and their enthus-
iastic activity. Today has been
proclaimed Boy Scout day by the
city of Key West in an official
proclamation from Mayor Willard
M. AlburY and the scouts are jam
ming every bit of activity they
can into it.
1t is the first Scout Rally held
in Key West since 1927 and it
will be long remembered as one
of the best held here. Sponsoring
the Rally are the Rotary Club
Committee with members Z. r.
Mccarthy, chairman. Howard Nc
Clanahan and w. r. Doughty,
which is sponsoring Troop So of
this city; Troop 5 sponsors; Am
efican Issgien. JcTy Trevor rep
resentative, Scoutmaster Victor
Larsen and assistant John Rich
ardson, executives of Troop So;
Joseph Gates and assistant Dick
Hernandez of Troop 5; Mrs. Eva
Warner with assistants Miss Va
nessa Collins and Miss Alberta
Petersen, Girl Scout Troop /.
High spot in the meet will be
the Campfire Rally to be held to-
night 8 o'clock at South Beach
with parents of local scouts and
the general public cordially in
vited TO gather around the bon
fire. An opening ceremony will
begin the Rally to be followed by
general gathering around the
campfire. Introduction of guests
will then be called for. Group
singing with everyone invited to
join will follow. Games and con-
tests are next on the program.
Story Telling, and a marshmal-
low roast viii conclude the eve
ming.
Field Meet
A Scouting field meet began
this afternoon at 3 o'clock and is
featuring keen competition be-
tween the visiting Scout Troops.
40 of Miami, Al of Hialeah. and
the Key West Scout Troops So
and 5. Events are Cd Fire build
ing and Water Boiling (2) Knot
Tying CD Undressing Race "a
Sretcher Race (5l First Aid (6)
Tent Pitching CD Rescue. First
places will be given five points.
second places three and third
place one point The Troop gain
ing the greatest number of points
will capture the meet,
A swimming meet prccedes the
Field events. There will bc so,
100 and 200 yard races in all
styles.
This morning diamondball
games were played between the
visiting Scout Troops and local
Junior teams, Yesterday Girl and
Boy Scouts of the city conducted
the Miami troop on tours of the
city and also took them for a
swim In the Yacht Basin Pool.
The Miami troop came in yes
Continued on Page Six
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-23

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
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Associated Press Day Wire
Service
For SO Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
Quiz Contest
Pictures Shown

-Four Daughters" the inaugu-
raj attraction at the Silver Thea
ter tonight, is one Of the produc-
tions included in the $3.50, 900
Movie Quiz" contest, which offers
5,404 cash prizes to theater pa
irons.
Official Movie Quiz" Booklets,
giving full details of the contest
which has $4,000 as first prize
will be available to Silver patrons
tonight and throughout the con-
test.
Two Of the attractions sched-
uled for the coming week also
are included in the contest, which
is sponsored by the entire motion
picture industry as part Of the
Motion Pictures Are Your Best
Entertainment" campaign. These
two productions are Little Miss
Broadway" and Professor Be-
ware"
The Washington times., 1938-09-15

John J. Payette, General Zone
Manager Of Warner Bros. Thea.
terS In the washington territory,
started in show business at the
age Of twelve. Always drawn by
the theater, he rambled one day
through the stage door Of the old
Academy Of Music Theater and
came out the front door with the
position Of usher.
! Three years later he was made
assistant treasurer Of this old
Washington legitimate theater. He
was then fifteen and the position
necessitated his leaving high
school. However, his progress was
fast, for at the age Of seventeen
he was appointed treasurer.
1t was in 1910, while still ct the
age Of seventeen, that Mr.. Payette
became identified with motion pic.
lures. His work Is treasurer Of
the legitimate playhouse brought
him an offer to operate the Rhode
Island Theater, a 250-Seat house,
built especially for the showing of
motion pictures. His affiliation
with the theater for the next four
years brought him the fundamen-
tai knowledge Of buying and book.
ing which was to be 50 helpful in
later years.
In 1914 came the opportunity to
Join the General Film COMPANY as
assistant manager. He spent a
year in Washington in that ca
pacity, and then was promoted to
branch manager In Baltimore.
With the dissolution Of the COM
pany, he became associated as
salesman with the Baltimore out
let of WISE (Vitasraph, Lubin,
Selig and Essanay). Then came
an offer by Goldwyn which he ac-
cepted. It was while he was in
Baltimore that he bought the
Southern rights to j. Stuart
Blackton's famous preparedness
picture, 1.-THE Battle Cry Of Peace"
which he took personally on road
tour throughout the South.
With Americas entrance in the
World War, Mr.. Payette enlisted
for service overseas. On his dis
charge from the Army he joined
Harry M. Crandall'S circuit Of
theaters. Mr.. Crandall, previous
to this, had asked Mr.. Payette tol
join his organization, which was
the most progressive in Washing
ton. Back again In the theater
operating field, Mr.. Payette was
made assistant manager Of the
ace house, the Metropolitan, ris-
The Washington times., 1938-09-15

ing to the managerial post within
three weeks.
AS manager he not only booked
the house but also staged the pro-
logues which were so popular an
adjunct to the entertainment in
those days. These prologues, the
first in washington, raised the
crosses for the Metropolitan to un-
heard-of figures. The presentation
Of them was doubly difficult be-
cause the theater had no stage,
curtains or drapes. The only place
to work was O three-foot apron,
but the prologues looked so rich
that Mr.. Payette'S work was re-
warded nine m on this after he
Join g d the Crandal enterprise
with the position Of assistant cir
cult manager. HIS new duties
brought under his Jurisdiction the
buying and booking of films, con-
tinuance of the stage prologueS
and assisting in the operation Of
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
J.J. Pavette Supervises Theaters

the circuit.
The merger Of the Crandal
Theaters with the Stanley Com
pany Of America resulted in Mr..
Payette's appointment as super
visor Of theaters. The acquisition
Of the Stanley Company by
Warner Bros. saw him in the po-
sition Of general zone manager.
The Warner Bros. interests not
only added new theaters to the
Washington circuit but placed un-
der direct supervision Of the Wash
ington zone additional Warner
Theaters In Maryland, PennSyl.
vanis, Virginia and West Virginia.
with the completion Of Warner
Bros expansion plans this year,
Mr.. Payette will have under his
supervision IS theaters in this ter
ritory.
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
FESTIVITIES GREET
SILVER DEDICATION

to the general attractiveness of
the auditorium.
Complete air-conditioning will
provide comfortable temperature
and clean, washed air in both sum-
mer and winter. There is not a
single radiator in the building,
warm air being supplied in cold
weather by the same ventilating
system which provides cool air In
summertime.
Appointments throughout are
the most modern available, with
unusually attractive retiring and
smoking rooms. Totally unlike
old-time auditoriums, the theater,
nevertheless, retains the best fea-
lures of the older houses in COM
bination with new improvements.
The Silver was constructed un-
der the direction Of A. Julian Bry.
lawski, manager of the real es-
tate department Of Warner Bros.
washington zone, and under the
general supervision of Herman A.
Maier, chief Of construction for
Warner Bros. Harry Lohmeyer is
Warner Bros. district manager in
charge of the Silver.
KEEN MANAGES
Lamar Keen, manager of the
new Silver Theater, was born in
Baltimore, Md, and entered the
theater business there as an usher
at the Century Theater. He was
promoted to the post Of doorman
at the Valencia and then, at the
age of seventeen, was made assis-
tant manager at the Metropolitan.
He has continued with the Warner
Bros. organization ever since.
From Baltimore Keen went to
the Maryland Theater, Hagers-
town, and then to the Tivoli,
Frederick. serving as assistant
manager at both. In 1884 General
Zone Manager John ]. Payette ap-
pointed him m anager Of the
Strand, Staunton. A year later
he was transferred to the Trenton
Theater, Lynchburg, and IN 1885
came to Washington to manage
the Avalon Theater on Connecti-
cut Avenue, Just below Chevy
Chase Circle.
Promotion to the Silver from
the Avalon brings to the new
Silver Spring theater a manager
with a wide range Of experience
and an excellent record. Keen is
married. names golf and fishing
as his hobbies, and is devoted TO
theater work. Patrons at the
Silver viii find him eager to serve
them in every possible way.
The Washington times., 1938-09-15

This evening-Thursday, Sep
tember 15-W arner Bros. will
make their latest contribution to
the entertainment history Of Wash
ington and vicinity. Tonight at
$3.50, their beautiful new picture
playhouse, the Silver Theater, III
be dedicated at Georgia Avenue
and the Colesville Pike, Silver
Spring, Maryland.
The doors Of the new theater
will be swung open at 1880 to-
night, and first-nighters will be
invited to inspect the house dur
ing the time before the inaugural
program begins at $3.50. Music
will be provided by q Salon String
Ensemble, directed by Alex Pod
nos. The Honorable st te d m a n
Prescott, Maryland State senator
from Montgomery County, will
speak during the dedicatory cere-
monies.
The newest in the family of
theaterS in the Washington terri
tory supervised by John J. Payette,
Warner Bros. general zone mana
ger, the Silver stands as the last
word in modern motion picture
theater construction. It was erect
ed by the Mohler Construction
Company, Of Washington, who
also erected the Shopping Center
which adjoinS the theater on
Georgia Avenue.
The Silver will be operated by
Warner Bros. under a long-term
lease, arranged through William
Wilcox, far-Sighted Silver Spring
Snowman.
COMMUNITY CENTER
An entertainment center for the
entire community, the Silver will
provide residents Of Silver Spring
and vicinity with the latest i'm
provements and developments for
the entertainment, comfort and
convenience Of theater patrons, in
cluding ample free parking space
In the rear Of the auditorium.
A true expression of the modern
trend In cinema architecture, the
Silver was designed to take ad-
vantage Of any modern develop
ment without any Of the harsh
lines or garish effects Of So-called
"modernistic design" It embodies
the full knowledge and experience
of its architect, John Eberson,
who has more than 500 theaters
to his credit in the United States.
Blue and brown are the domi-
nant color scheme throughout. A
spacious and attractive lobby leads
to the auditorium proper, which
Is cheerful and warm, lighter in
the rear but fading into darker
tones as the screen is approached.
Especially comfortable chairs with
hourglaSS spring seats and lrxu.
riously padded backs have been
placed with unusual space between
rows for added comfort.
Scientifically designed acousti-
cal properties Of the auditorium,
brought about through the use of
rock wool and other sound absorb
ing materials, provide perfect
sound, in conjunction with the
latest type Of projecting equip
ment. A floating screeA and un-
usual indirect lighting effects add
The Washington times., 1938-09-15
Muni Picked Star

About five years ago Paul Mum
was starred ON the Broadway
stage In Counsellor at Law" He
spotted one Of the younger actors
as most likely to succeed in films
About a month ago Mum walked
onto the -Four Daughters" set
John Garfield was playing q
scene.
When he finished MUM walked
over to him and thanked him for
fulfilling the prophecy. -Four
Daughters" is playing at the Sill
yer tonight.