The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-20
Founder OF Matthews Boat
Lines Praises Key Cruise
Enjoys Bottom Fishing;
Yachtspeople Buy Home,
Key West Boat; Writer
Working On Book

S. J. Matthews, who so years
ago built the first Matthews
boat, is in the city aboard the
yacht Matthews "a" and .charac-
terizes the 100 miles of Florida
Keys as a most wonderful cruis-
ing ground with excellent fish
ing.
Mr.. Matthews doesn't run The
Matthews Company anymore. He
leaves that to his son, Charles
Matthews, who continues to de-
sign and produce an excellent
class of. cruisers in 81, 38, as and
so foot lengths. Next year it
will be so years since Matthews
built his first boat for CONNER
cial production.
Mr.. Matthews is from Port
Canton, Ohio. Coming down
Through the Keys he reports ex-
cellent bottom fishing was en-
joyed. He tried for tarpon, had
a few strikes, but couldn't land
any of the silvers.
A nice little boost for Key
West is the purchase of a boat
and home here by the Pen
hicks. The Pennicks,. who are
rumored to be quite wealthy,
renovated little home right
square kerplunk at the entrance
to the Yacht Basin and a tasty
little home it is trimmed in blue
and white. They arrived here
three months ago, fell in love
with the place, bought the Key
West home and also a Key West
boat, not exactly a ''yachty"
looking boat but probably a good
one, and naming it the Ruth
Pennick" after Mrs Pennick.
They now berth it at the Yacht
Basin.
Writer John Montgomery who
with Mrs. Montgomery is at the
Yacht Basin in the Chance" is
trying his hand at novel. MIR.
Montgomery has had four ambi-
tons in his life, one to own
boat, one to be a White House
reporter, one to run a weekly
newspaper-and the last to write
book. Thus far he has done
all of them but the latter and is
at present tapping this out on a
typewriter in the stern sheets of
his cruiser. He is on a years
leave of absence from the Mem
phis Commercial Appeal. If the
book is successful-it'll be longer
than a years leave of absence.
Mrs. Montgomery helps, also.
This morning she's vanishing
woodwork on the Chance and
worrying about holidays" or
missed places in the painting.
On her first visit to Key West
Mrs. John Duff, Jr. of New Bed
ford, Mass, is convinced that she
will return again. Her guests are
Mrs. John MCGUIRE of Miami and
Mrs. Sandquist of Coral Gables.
They are on the SO feet Kalmia
anchored out in the Yacht Basin
harbor They have enjoyed
grouper bottom fishing off Fort
Taylor. Captain is Harold
Downey.
The rs foot Whereaway is an
chored out in the harbor with
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pettelo of
Dallas, Texas, aboard. They are
out today deepsea fishing. Cap
tain of their boat is Harry Jep-
son. They never berth at docks
preferring always to anchor out
as they are doing at present in
the Yacht Basin harbor. A few
nights ago they spent at the
mouth of Calda Channel
On the IS foot Harwetta Mr.
and Mrs. G.. L. Dunboar of
Sharon, Pa, Captain and Mrs.
Herberg H. Johnson of Fort
Lauderdale are at the Basin after
a leisurely fishing trip down
through the keys.
Captain John Van Mills is at
the Yacht Basin in the "Sybil''
connected with Robert Moses,
N. Y. Commissioner of Parks,
who has been a guest at the
Casa Marina for some time.