The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-07
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files Of The Citizen

Local lOQSeS Oh hIISiltS "a
Pythias at a meeting held last
night launched a vigorous new
membership drive as part of the
national movement to obtain
100000 new members during the
present year. A communication
was read from Alva M. Lumpkin
of South Carolina, supreme chan
cellor of the order, which stated
the order is maintaining high
standard in welfare and charit-
able activities, and called upon
the 5000 subordinate lodges in
America to urge an increased
membership for 1929. Each lodge
should make a drive to gain an
increase in membership of at
least 10 percent, and the mini
mum set for the order as a whole
is 100000. After working out a
campaign for the local lodges, a
campaign committee was formed
and selected for the drive in Key
West, composed, of ]. Winfield
Russell, Willard B. Gibson and
Frazier Pinder. In urging the
local lodges to make a supreme
effort in the proposed drive and
doing all possible to secure new
members, Chancellor Commander
Uric Gwynn gave some interest
ing figures showing activities OF
the order up to the present time.
The proposition contemplating
fresh water supply for the city
of Key West, as presented at the
court house last night by A. o.
Beauchemin of New York, as
representative of a strong COM.
bination of concerns specializing
in the installation and operation
of water supply systems, was
heard with apparent interest by
large number of citizens. The
price of artesian water delivered
in the city under high pressure
at 311a cents the thousand gal
Ions was considered sufficiently
attractive but the rate to con-
sumers and the $4,000 the city is
asked to furnish as gamble was
considered the obstacle.
Editorial comment: The world
made marvellous step when it
discovered the art of printing.
Similarly business concerns made
wonderful progress when they
got to using printers ink.
Escapes made late yesterday
from the hull of the submarine
S-4 at depth of 100 feet in the
waters of the Gulf, radio reports
from the scene state, showed that
within six minutes after the hull
had touched bottom two of those
taking part in the experiments
had made their escape and arose
to the surface.
Regular Friday evening dance
of the Key West Country Club
will be given tomorrow night
and members will be permitted
to invite guests, if they are visi-
tors, according to the announce
ment of r. B. Austin, secretary
to the club.
| j. Edwin Baker, district deputy
grand exalted ruler, order of
Elks, has arrived and \ will be
guest of the local club this eve-
ming. The meeting will be fol-
lowed by smoker, which was
planned when it was learned that
the official was expected,
Charles Toole, fire department
chief of Vero Beach, is expected
to arrive late today with Chief
Ralph Pinder, in regard to the
Vero Beach band taking part in
the annual convention to be held
in Key West April l and 8. The
mayor of Vero Beach has re-
quested Chief Pinder to make
reservations for a party of go.
A genuine old-tirne Fourth of
July celebration is being planned
by the local Patriotic Order, Sons
of America. It will be an all
day affair, says Winfield Russell,
and there will be lots of sport.
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