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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
FOOD DEALERS MEET
AND TALK PRICES
Social Gathering at South Lake
Lodge Friday Attended by
Many from City and Section

Cafe owners, lunch room opera
tors and other food dealers held a
gathering at South Lake Lodge yes
terday afternoon, with barbecue and
Brunswick stew being served the
gathering.
The problems Of such dealers in
food were discussed at length, and
the entire group went on record as
opposed to profiteering and boosting
of prices on the strength of the Eu-
ropean war, and declared that prices
would remain as low as the price of
necessary commodities would permit.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
Building
For $4,000

Only one building permit was is
sued in August by Fire Chief Coon
er Ellis, he stated today. 1t went 10
Allie B. Young for his new residence
on Young street, to cost $4,000.
In August last year total new
building amounted to $4,000 in three
permits. No permits were reported
for July this year.
Through the first eight months of
this year, new building covered by
18 permits totaled $54,17O. In the
like period of 1888 there % permits
for a total of $50,65O. New building
for 1889 is ahead by a total of ST.
$40.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
SOPHOMORES ASKED
TO MEET TUESDAY

Members of the rising sophomore
class of Henderson high school were
asked by officers of the class today
TO meet on the bleachers of the
athletic field Tuesday morning ut
10 o'clock. The request signed by
Jean Gambler as president and Sue
Hartley as secretary, did not state
the purpose Of the meeting, but
characterized it as important.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
TWO OFFICERS AID
WARREN'S SHERIFF

Vance county ABC officers J. C.
Champion and L. A. Jackson as
listed Sheriff w. J. Pinnell and his
deputies in whisky raid last night
n Warren county.
The officers seized IA gallons Of
illicit whisky, but four men made
their escape.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09

The world badly needs a free in
terchange of trade. Now if Hitler.
Stain and Mussolini would accent
a sporting proposition with Britain.
France and the United States and
permit free interchange in both
trade and ideas-let them each trade
ldealogles and goods freely with each
other-what a lot of fun this little
old world would see.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
Traders Take
Stock Profits

New York, Sept. 9.-(AP)-Stock
market traders were still war con-
scious today, but the buying urge
faded a trifle, and with the week.
end recess at hand, many inclined to
cash profits which had piled up since
last Tuesday, Gains ran to two points
or so for selected industrials and rails
at lively opening, in which the
ticker tape was behind for while,
and blocks of as much as 5000 shares
changed hands. Activities then slack
ened. Closing prices were under the
top in many instances, and here and
there moderate declines were in evil
dence
Transfers approximated 100000
shares.
U. S. Governments slipped and
secondary corporate bonds showed
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
Mrs. Coffin Joins
Zeb Vance Faculty

Mrs. w. M. Coffin will be mem
Der Of the faculty of Zeb Vance
school, it was announced today by
Prof. R. c. Young, principal of the
school. Mrs. Coffin's work will in
clude piano instruction, gee club
work, and she will be in charge Of
music in the grades.
Mrs. Coffin will be at school for
the opening Thursday, September
IA, to begin arrangements of the
work.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
Cotton Drops
.1-3 OF Cent

New York, Sept. 9.-(AP)-Cot-
ton futures (old) opened Is to 35
points lower on active foreign, New
Orleans and hedge selling, and COM
mission house liquidation. Buying
was confined mainly to trade and
local accounts. Prices around the end
of the first hour ruled 5 to II points
lower.
Futures closed at the days lowest
levels, off 80 to 38 points; middling
SPOT. 9.35. off AZ.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
August Fire
Damage SIG

A fire loss of SIG in August was
reported for Henderson today by Fire
Chief Cooper Ellis. This brought the
total for the first eight months Of
1889 to $14,O16, compared with only
$8.698 in the like period Of 1888
Last months fire loss compared
with none at all in either August
last year or July this year.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
THREE MORE PAY ST
TRAFFIC RULE FINES

Records at the city clerks office
revealed today that three additional
ines Of 81 had been collected there
or violation Of city traffic ordin-
ances. Those who paid the 81 fines
were L. S. Petty, F. D. Stainback and
D. Boyd Kimball.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
Army and Navy Hoping
For 100000 Recruits
To Be Signed Quickly

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nlittee received statement saying
that a group of union officers heard
Chairman Warren Madden, of the
National Labor Relations Board, de-
clare 1--WE cannot allow workers to
lose a strike, even though it does
cause blOOdshed."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
German Forces Now Hold
Most of Western Poland
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CONTINUED From Page One)
with eastern Poland.
Even greater importance is at
tached, however, to whether the
Polish army must withdraw eastward
before the north and south points OF
the pincers meet-near Warsaw
bottling up any Polish forces still
north and west OF Warsaw.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09
MR.. WESTER OFF TO
BANKERS MEETING

M. w. Wester has gone to an
executive meeting of the North
Carolina Bankers Association
being held at the cabin of the preS-
dent, Mr.. Woolard, below Washing
ton, N. c. Mrs. Wester accompanied
her husband as far as GreenVllle
where she will visit relatives over
the weekend.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-09-09

Timber Deed-N. c. Clark, guar
dian, sold S. w. Simmons timber
rights to lands in Watkins town.
ship for $500 in a realty deed lIleu
with the Vance Registry yesterday
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23

Continued on Back Psgel
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
Laud Sweeps Winner
For Spending Plan

More than one-tfird of the sum
they had received, amounting TO
$2,133 80, then invested $4,000
more in a modest home in which
they now live They spent $1,5OO
i'll furnishing the home and to
make their happiness complete,
bought a family car for $500.
More than one-third of the sum
they received went to the Govern
1nent for income tax. This amount
ed to $4,000. All the rest is being
invested in the housing project.
located in the block bounded by
Lombard, Waverly, Opal and 20th
Sts. Mr.. and Mrs. Mason retain
ed Atty. Raymond Pace AleXandei
to attend to the maze Of legal de-
tails incidental to the ConStruc-
ton and under his direction
$4,000 was spent to buy the block
OF dllapidated tenementS.
Another $4,000 will be spent for
construction which starts on De-
cember 20, according TO u Ma
sons, and the project will oe
named the FRANCES PLAZA
APARTMENTS, for it was the
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
Teachers
Win Out In
Pay Fight
Knoxville Board
Finally Agrees
To Salary Plea
BY o. B. TAYLOR

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -
(ANP)-TheN Knoxville City
Teachers league, led by its
president. Dewery Roberts.
instructor OF mathematics at
the Beardsley Junior high
school, has fought a hot per-
sistent battle with the MEM
bers of the school board dur
ing the last three years, for
sal lhry equalization where
preparation and type of work
done compared with that of
teachers among the majority
race.
Negro teachers regardless
of preparation or work done
have received 10 per cent less
than the white teachers.
AT the regular meeting of the
school board Tuesday night, Dew
ey Roberts was again on hand
with his age-old fight and conten-
tion, pointing out the injustice
heaped upon the Negro teachers
on grounds of color and colcr
alone
At last the board recants. The
motion that placed the board on
record for equal pay was made by
the Rev B B. Lavander and was
adopted unanimously. This action
boosted the 1910 school budget by
$i4,700
For the first time In The his
tory of Knoxville. Negro teachers,
where their preparation is equal to
that OF the whites, will receive
The identically same salary. The
new wage scale is effective as of
December / This far-reaching
decision of the school board may
lave repercussions in other cities
Of the State and perhaps the South
as whole.
Knox county school board adopt
ed equalization Of salaries several
years ago.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23

Masons daughter Frances, WHO
picked the winning ticKct Frank
v NickeiS, prominent local archi-
tect, will have charge of the prof.
ect. Majority of all work on the
buildings will be done by Ne
groes, with H. H. Jefferson II
charge OF construction and
George P. Young in charge of
painting and plumbing.
APARTMENTS MODERN
The apartments will be modern
il every particular. with refrig-
Grafton, air conditioning, a play
ground, lawns and fountain; play
rooms in the basement, a gymna
sium and bowling alley, a recer-
ton hall for social affairs and a
chapel for religious worship, be-
cause, as the Masons say, God
was good to them,
Local citizens OF both races are
warmly commencing the modest
couple for the spirit which prompt
ed their great philanthropy. lt
was pointed out that their charl-
table act far exceeded the public
philanthropies of the Rockefellers,
Carnegies, Guggenheims and 9TH
ers, because the Masons' sacrifice
is greater. They are giving their
all, retaining only a modest home
and the same economic level of
their fellow race members they
aim to help. Theirs is truly bread
cast upon the waters, their philo-
sophy stemmed in the thought:
we know what poverty is.'
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23

PHILADELPHIA "a N P)-One
of the most praiseworthy philan-
thropies ir the history Of the
Negro race came to ligh' here this
week when a Negro couple-for-
Eierly poor themselves tnd on
relief-who had won $150,000 in r.
Irish Hospital Sweep stake: last
March, announced that they
would use the money for construc-
ton of a loW-rent housing prof.
tct in South Phils delpilil for 100
l,oor colored families.
The public-spiriUed and Race
loving couple - Benjamin and
Pearl Mason said they had de-
cided to spend the bulk of their
winnings on the housing project,
because we know what poverty
isl. At the time they won the
money Mason was unemployed ana
he lived with his wife and two
children on weekly relief check
of $11 40.
REPAY RELIEF BOARD
Soon as their Sweeps" money
Yaa IN hand, the Masons re-
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
Letter Is
Exposed
By Paper
May be Called
Before Illinois
WPA Committee
BY ALBERT ANDERSON

WASHINGTON - (ANP)
Stunned at the sensational
expose of the Chicago Daily
News, in which the name of
Congressman Arthur w.
Mitchell figures prominently
in a controversy over the po-
litical aspects of the WPA
and the obtaining jobs
through congressional assist
ance, base Washington waits
the second act in this re-
markable drama.
In the last session Of Congress,
special emphasis was placed upon
political influences in WPA and
a specific clause inserted making
the intercession OF Congressman
or any other officials in the ap-
pointments to WPk a felony,
punishable by a fine or an i'm
prisonment or both.
SENT TO WHITE VOTER
Addressed to a white. voter in
the 1st ward of Chicago, Mr..
Mitchell's own district, the letter
as published in the Chicago daily
is as follows:
Il am in receipt of your let
ter Of Nov. l and in reply
write to say that l shall be
very glad to take your case UP
With the WPA if you will get
a letter from your ward .om-
mitteeman, requesting me to
handle this matter for you.
1T is an unbroken rule of
the Democratic organization
in Chicago, that each person
seeking help from his congress-
man must first get letter
from his ward committeeman
requesting the congressman to
take care of the matter. I
must, therefore, insist that you
get a letter from your COM
mitteeman first, and then I
shall be very glad TO do every
thing in my power to help Yo"
with very best wishes. arr.
Cordially and sincerely yours
ARTHUR w. MITCHELL"
Written on official stationery.
the letter is being offered as evi-
dence that politics is rife in the
WPA setup IN Illinois, but the
fact that the only Negro congress
man now in office is party to it
has even the staidest residents
registering amaZement.
MAY HAVE TO TESTIFY
Conjecture is rife as to whether
MIR. Mitchell will be called before
the congressional committee in
vestigating WPA activities in GER
tain states including Illinois.
An attempt to contact Col. Har-
rington and Howard w. Hunter
his assistant administrator of the
WPA, on Saturday for an opln-
ion in the matter was futile, al
though Alfred w. Smith, of the
race relations division made sew
Continued on Back Pagel
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
No Arrests In
Trunk Murder.
D. c. Police Say

Washington, ID. c., authorities
last night denied authenticity OF
reports here that arrests had
been made in connection with
the murder of a woman whose
body was shipped to Atlanta In
trunk this fall.
In telegrans TO the World,
Bernard w. Thompson, Chief Of
Detectives of the Washington
municipal police said that no
identity Of the murdered woman
had been established and no ar
rests made in the case.
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23
n. c. YOUTH EXECUTED IN
CHAMBER

RAITIGH. N. C.-(ANP)--Ray-
nond Williams, 23. was executed III
The lethal death chamber at State
prison last Friday after making q
co., fessioa that saved his own 2
The Phoenix index., 1939-12-23

brother from the same fate.
Raymond, his brother Henry and
their brother -in-)aw, Lee Simpson
were convicted of Staying a jewish
sddler, Nathan Ref, one year ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-10-23

ArocT. WITH TIE wpEEls Or TrER l1Tl
~ PLANE SMASHED N LANcsNo, WASH AND
EASY FACE MORE DIFFICULT PROBLEM ~
zesCuiNc, Nias-S LANCASTER THAN THEY bAS-
1-auNEH rCZ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-03
LARCENY CHARGE
SAID INSUFFICIENT
OSCAR cLEARE DISMISSED
At HEARING: BROTHERS
INJURY WAS ACCIDENT

William L. Griffin, member of
the C.C.C. camp at West Summer
land Key. was arraigned before
Judge Raymond r. Lord Wednes-
day afternoon on a charge of
petty larceny of clothing from
another member of the camp.
The evidence educed at the
hearing was not sufficiently con-
vincing, it was said, to warrant
the accused being held for trial
and the case was dismissed.
Accused Assailant Dismissed
Oscar sCleare, colored, who was
accused of assaulting his brother,
Gerard, with an automobile crank,
striking him in the back of the
head and inflicting injuries which
had kept him in the hospital for
about a month, was arraigned for
preliminary hearing Wednesday
afternoon before Peace Justice
Enrique Esquinaldo.
IL was brought out at the hear
ing. that the injuries to Gerard
occurred when the auto crank
glanced from a building as it was
tfrrpwn, not at his brother, by
Oscar. The circumstances war
ranted the committing magistrate
10 dismiss the charges and the &C
cused was allowed to go free.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-03
FUNERAL HOME
i. MEMBERS ELECT

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 3 FNS).
John S. Rhodes, st. Petersburg,
was elected president of the Flor
ida Funeral Directors and En-
balmers Association for 1910 at
the final convention session here
last week. Charles I. Mcintosh,
Daytona Beach, was reelected
for the eleventh time as secre-
tary-treasurer.
Chosen directors were G. D.
Van Orsdel, Miami; A. A. Crit
fifth, DeLand; F. A. Kyle, Jack
sonville; w. c.. Tully, Tallahas-
see; Clayton Franks, Crescent
City, and F. T. Blount, Tampa.
Convention for 1910 will be
held at Daytona Beach on Octo-
Der Is.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-03
.SeOeeeeessesessss
Weeks Really Activity

Real estate deals recorded in
the County Courthouse during
the week ending Monday fol-
low:
Louis Miller, administrator of
the estate of Victor Miller, sold to
D. Harris lots on Blackwater
Sound of Key Largo.
Trumbo Properties sold to City
of Key West the 1703x5O and
780x5O property on Trumbo Is
land, from the center portion OF
the Boulevard past Key West
Yacht Club Building. There is
an opening in the property, which
will be widened for entry of
yachts. The strip of land is pro-
tecting breakwater for Garrison
Blight.
Juanita Albury sold to Brown
Properties, Inc, a 100x160 piece
of property on Louisa near Howe
street. Also a 77x133 lot on
Louisa near Emma.
Alice Talley Smith sold to T.
Jenkins Curry a 100x105 lot on
Key Largo.
Nellie Weeks sold to Francis w.
Primm a lot in Pinecrest subdi-
vision of mainland property.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-03
w ar
1872 Pensioner Knows
What It Is And Hates 1t

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. s.
Mrs. Esther Ann Hill Morgan of
Independence, Ore, is the only
dependent of an 1872 soldier stifl
drawing federal pension. At
least she is so far as she knows.
Blind as a. result of the Civil
war and 81 years old, Mrs. Nor
gan has had kinfolks in most of
Americas wars. She doesn't want
any more relatives to march
away. She is sure there is "some
way" for America to stay out
this time.
Mrs. Morgan's grandfather, Je-
diah Hill, enlisted at the age of is
and fought for two years in the
Revolution.
Her father, John Hill, who was
II when she was born, enlisted
with three brothers for the War
of 1912, and served in the New
York militia. The soldiers fur
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-03
COOK BACK AT
OLD POSITION

Noel Cook, for a number of
years chief clerk at the Key West
Naval Station, is back in Key
West and will hold the same po-
sition as formerly for a period to
last not longer than three months.
When the Key West Station
was closed down in 1892, Mr..
Cock was transferred to other
stations and is now recorder of
the Labor Board at the Charles
ton Navy Yard. He was given
the temporary transfer to Key
West. which affords him the OPP
porfunity of being with his fam
lily and friends for a brief time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-03
TOURISTS CAN SEE
HOW SUGAR IS MADE.

cLEw1SToN, Nov. 8 (FNs).-
Florida. winter visitors and home
folks alike will be given an op-
portunity to see the great Sugar
Mill of the United States Sugar
Corporation in action during the
entire grinding season, it was an
nounced here by general manager
Jay Moran this week.
Two experienced guides will
greet visitors and carry them on
a personally conducted tour
through the huge mill, explaining
the various steps in the produc-
ton of raw sugar. Visiting hours
will be from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
every day except Monday the
cleanup day, Moran stated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-03
THE TOURIST BUSINESS

We'd like a room with nice beds
for four,
Is that speck of dust / see
on the floor?
The price must be cheap: the best
J. you can do, &.
81 We paid only a dollar IN
Kalamazoo.
There's pops electric razor
And my iron for our laundry.
Our trips on a budget CHAT
And keeps me in quandry.
We've an electric fan and small
radio,
Do you have the connections
to make them all go?
One private bath will do for us
all.
don't like the pictures you
have on the wall.
Inc peas seem quite nice ana
comfy and snug.
hope they're not pestered
with some kind of bug.
My doggie can sleep on the foot
of my bed.
Oh, don't worry about that,
he's perfectly well-bred.
Where is the phone and some pa
per to write. &azs
Wen want a card table to
play bridge tonight.
We won't be much trouble 80
make the price right.
+ I've looked at ten houses and
my nerves are a fright:
Just one more word, when we
park the car
| viii you show us the way to
| Sloppy Joe's Bar?
must have drink to settle my
nerves:
The roads in this country are
nothing but curves.
JULIA PATTON WILLIAMS.
FLORIDA Cracker)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-03
VT. W. AUXILIARY
SPONSORS CONTEST
BENEFITS OF DEMOCRACY"
ESSAYS BY HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS OF STATE
Especial to The CItIzenr


TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 3.-An
opportunity for high school stu
dents in Florida to win cash
prizes totaling $4,000, with $1,000
as first award, by writing essays
ON 'The Benefits of Democracy"
was announced today by Colin
English, state superintendent of
public instruction. The contest is
sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary
TO the Veterans of Foreign Wars
of the United States.
Boys and girls regularly en-
rolled in any public, private, or
parochial school in grades nine
through II are eligible to COM
pete. The essay may be written
as a class assignment or as per-
sonal endeavor. Essays must be
500 to 1000 words in length.
Preliminary contests are to be
concluded in time to permit filing
local winning essays with the
state contest committee not later
than midnight of February %,
1870. The national winners will
be announced at the next VIEW.
national encampment.g f s
"A folder giving full informa-
ton about the contest may be
obtained from the officers of the
VIEW. Auxiliary Units in any
community, or from the state de-
parfment chairman. State Off
GERS are as follows: Mrs. Nina I.
SILVER, 1872 N. w. 2lst ST., Miami,
president; Mrs. Evelyn Atkinson,
1872 N. w. End Ave, Miami,
secretary; Mrs. May Vinal, 435 W.
oath St, Jacksonville, essay con-
test chairman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-03
CRACKS and COMMENTS
ANCHORS AWEIGH: The Of ,
BY A
FLORIDA CRACKER

ANCHORS AWEIGH: The of
ficers' ball Wednesday evening al
the Hotel La Concha was a gay
and glittering affair. Distinguish
ed men and BEAUTIFUL women
Reminiscent of former social life
in Key West says Cot: George
E. Brown, Of. Miami Beach, who,
with his beautiful wife, was busy
shaking hands with old friends by
the score.
Mrs. Melvin Russell was beau
tifully gowned in a quaint black
and pink taffeta creation. Mrs.
L. c. Brinton looked very dis
tinguiShed in a gown of black
chiffon with silver trimming.
Miss Ruth Rose Galley looked
like picture out of Vogue.
Col. and Mrs. J. D. MacMullen's
table was a gay and jolly group.
Also DR.. and Mrs. VIM. r. War
ren's, DR.. and Mrs. H. c. Galey's,
DR.. and Mrs. Stephen Douglass
Major and Mrs. w. F. Putnam,
Jr.'s, Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Rus
sell and Miss RusselPs, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard E. Wilson's, MIR.
and Mrs. Charles Falk and Miss
Falk's, Ii. -Comdr. Fort Callahan
and Mrs. Callahan's.
Seated at the table with Mr..
and Mrs. A. E. Sharpley<was Miss
Helen Williams, S. c. Anderson
and T. E. Price of Miami, and
Lieut.. Malone and 1t. Searls.
Others observed having Almost
enjoyable time were Mr.. and Mrs.
Maitland Adams, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan Navarro, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard Albury, Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
Roberts, Mr.. and Mrs. Calleja,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sebastian Cabrera,
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Bervaldi,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Winters, Hugh
Williams, j. J. Pinder, Ernest
Ramsey, Joe Allen, L. P. Artman,
Jr., Paul Dessez, Isadore Vein
traub and many others.
Miss Elizabeth Sharpley, look
ing lovely in a gown of blue
chiffon, received well-deserved
congratulations on the success of
the affair and the hospitality of
the Hotel La Concha, which was
beautifully decorated for the occa-
sion. . -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-03
REAL ESTATE NEWS

Marathon Beach, Inc. sold to
B. M. Goetz two lots on Marathon
Beach.
Sam Roberts sold to Mary
Louise Sawyer a 26x99 lot on
Francis street.
M. Claude Kennedy sold to
Lulu S. Yetter property on Grassy
Key + EEl
A quit claim deed was made
out from Ben G. Kendall to. John
Szady in the Pinecrest subdi-
vision of the mainland.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-03
TWO CLASSES VISIT
CENTER, AQUARIUM

Class "a and Class 3B of the
Harris school, numbering 66 pu-
pills, with their teachers, Miss
Marie p. Haskins and Mrs. Emma
Albl1ry, continued their art and
biological studies Wednesday at
the Key West Art Center and
the Tropical Aquarium.
The classes first went to the
Art Center, where they We're
shown the various exhibits from
Key West and other points in the
state and then went to see the
exhibits in the tanks at the aqua
rihm. Teachers and their pupils
were delighted with the visits.