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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-14
BUILDING WEEK
OVER $4,000
GENERAL REPAIR MOSTLY:
LAST WEEK WAS
LARGER

Building permits issued for the
period March 9 to IA at the office
of Harry Baker, Building Inspec-
tor, totalled the sum of $3,675,
with no new construction being
reported.
! The following repair work was
noted in the reports:
Addition to structure, home of
Leo Haskins, Leon and Washing
ton streets; cost, $1,000.
Addition to structure, home of
Fred Solomon, 922 Eaton street;
cost $1,000.
General repairs, home of Louis
Bancells, 525 Petronia street; cost
$1,000.
General repairs, house belong
ing to Guy Carleton, GIG Windsor
Lane; cost $500.
Repairs to porch, home of Y.
Cobo, Varela and Catherine
streets; cost, SIS.
Last week repairs totalled $13,-
$50.
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Stones Uncle,
Aunt Here

Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Moses,
uncle and aunt of julius Stone,
who will be remembered as first
Key West W.P.A. administrator
during the rehabilitation" Pc
riod, are guests at the Trumbo
Hotel.
They will be here three weeks
and are delighted with the city.
Mr.. Stone was one of the first to
emphasize the splendid tourist re-
sources in Key West. The Moses
are from CheSterland, Ohio.
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Teachers Leave Today
For Convention

Approximately fifteen teachers
of Key West are leaving today
for the Florida Education As
ISOLATION Convention to be held
in Tampa, Fla, from March 16
to 18. All schools, including the
High school, Harris school and
Division school will be repre-
Sented.
Running concurrently with the
teachers convention. is the con-
vention of Student Council AS
sociations of Florida, in session
at st. Petersburg. Key Vests
representative at that meet will
be Miss Jessie Watkins, president
of the local Student Council.
Teachers leaving today. some
on the S. S. Cuba, others by pri-
vate automobile, are:
High school-Mrs. Addah Ram
sey, Miss Fortune Lopez, Mrs.
Thelma Porch, Miss Marguerite
Neff, Mrs. M. Howell and Miss
Grace Hilton.
Division school-Mrs. Norma
Dopp, Mrs. Josephine Doughty,
Mrs. Amelia Cabot and Miss
Florence Albury.
Harris school-Miss Jennie Mae
Johnson, Miss Mary Pinder, Miss
Jennie Seymour, Mrs. Thelma
Watkins and Mrs. Charlotte Has
kins.
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KEY WEST YACHT CLUB MAKES
Plan To Build Small Sailboats;; Sponsors Yacht Race
PROGRESS In YEAR and A HALF

Excellent progress of the Key
West Yacht Club was reported
by Commodore ]. D. MacMullen
at Rotary Club meeting Thurs
day afternoon.
Salient points in the Yacht
Club program were ~ renova-
ton of the Trumbo Island club
house, which should be ready for
use in March or April; (2) able
presentation of the need for
deepening of the Intracoastal
Waterway between Bahia Honda
and Key West to allow yacht
passage down from Miami pro-
tected all the way; 60 a mem
bership which boasts quite a
large representation of boats;
~ plan TO construct a fleet of
small sailboats, probably of the
type most common to Florida
yachting club circles and plan
ming of inter-club meets; 60 a
list of approximately SO men,
bers enrolled in the club; (6)
work to make the Garrison Blight
a yacht harbor; CD sponsorship
of the Havana-Key West Yacht
Race held lastLweek, with the in
tention to establish it as an an
nual affair. JJsIs.s
The clubhouse will be COM
pletely renovated and furnished
and will probably be the scene
of many pleasant gatherings and
social affairs. The intention now
is to continue deepening of the
Blight, which has been begun by
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Gay Night Predicted
For Mask Ball

Annual Masquerade Ball to be
given Saturday, March Is, at Ha-
Madrid Club, is expected to
draw record crowd for this sea-
son. Mrs. Julio De Poo, sponsor,
and director of the floor show,
says that reservations have been
made by a great many and that
most of the reserves stated that
they were coming in costume.
This affair will mark the first
appearance of the Canadian bari
tone, Van der Schelling, in this
city. He is here for the season
and has very graciously consent
ed to render three. songs at this
affair.
One of the most colorful of the
numbers will be a Spanish love
song, sung by Mrs. De Poo and
danced by a chorus of pretty Key
West girls in typical Spanish CO.'S
tunes, some of the girls being
Miss Marie Farto, Miss Celia Bel
10, Miss Zenaida Castro and Miss
Barbara Guerra.
Juanita, the famous rhumba
dancer of Havana and Chicago,
will make her only appearance
here at this ball with a new part
ner, Tony, who is one of Key
Vests well-known rhumba dane
ers and will be remembered by
his many exhibitions at local
clubs with his sister, Miss Celina
Betencourt.
Many countries will be repre-
sented by song or dance with the
music for the Latin part of the
show being played by Miss Bea-
trice- Moreno and her father,
Lauriano Moreno, except the two
rhumbaS which will be accom-
panied by the Panama Sextette.
There will be prizes for the most
original, most comical and most
beautiful costumes and, last, but
not least, a society rhumba dane
ed by Mrs. De Poo.
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May Haze Another
Marionette Show

1t is quite possible that Key
West will see marionette show
April 81, % and 90, W.P.A. Rec
reation Department officer Vic
tor Larsen told The Citizen to-
day.
Molka Reich, director of the
Marionette unit of the Federal
Theater Project in Miami, who
put on a show this summer for
P.T.A. units of the city which
was much enjoyed, has written
Mr.. Larsen that the unit will be
available for those dates.
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Continued from rage One)
workers and efficiency in opera
ton.
Best Quality Tobacco
''The supervision of production
by Raul Garcia and a coterie of
experienced assistants gives prom
Use of a faultless product in the
mechanics of manufacturing. To
provide raw materials of highest
quality and of assured uniform
ity, we have arranged with Men
endez y Cha of Havana to pur-
chase our tobacco and prepare
the blends. Filters will be
shipped by this very prominent
Havana house direct to the fac
tory at Key West, in packs al
ready prepared, cured and blend
ed in the Menendez warehouses
in Cuba. They will likewise pro-
vide wrapper leaf of the finest
selection possible, so that the
benefit of their long experience
will be reflected in the superior
character and uniformity of the
factory products.
Believes Success Assured
"Organized under such aus
pices, with a well-knit and prop.
erly coordinated plan for hand
ling each department, it is my be-
lief that this new company will
forge ahead rapidly to an un-
paralleled and magnificent sue
cess.
''The sales policy will embody
several very unique features that
should prove highly attractive to
the trade. The combined lines
will enable the company to cater
capably to purveyors of Havana
cigars in every price field from
five cents to $3.50 per unit. The
scope of the market is broad-the
foundation onswhich the project
is promised embodies all of the
factors needed to invade it sue
cessfully.
$50, Keep your lips on 'Ha-
vana'-Keep your eyes on Key
West Havana'!".
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-14
TWO PERSONS
GIVEN DIVORCE

Final DEGREES of divorce for two
parties were granted recently,
according to records in Clerk
Ross c. SaWyer's office.
Luis Cardenas was granted a
divorce from Flarinda Cardenas.
Final decree Nr Mary v. Ri
vero was granted from Carlos
Rivero.
Bill of complaint for divorce
proceedings was filed today by
Arturo Henriquez VS.. Madeline
Henriquez.
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SOCIAL ( @ m
ACTIVITIES %at
SOCIAL CALENDAR

TUESDAY,
Stone Church Service Club winter visitors 600
p. Church Annex.
Division Street School PTA. meeting Auditorium.
Young Womens Circle of Ley Memorial Church Wes
ley House with hoseSSS Miss Martha Robinson Miss
Sarah Fernandez
Junior Womans Club meeting. p m. Woman's Clubhouse
Aumnae of Convent of Mary Immaculate meeting Resi-
dence of Mrs S. F. Lowe Southland street
EverTeady Star Club meeting $3.50 Residence w.
j. Inglng, AT Simonon street
WEDNESDAY,
Birthday party of The American Legion Legion Hall
THURSDAY
Meeting West Lions Club Stone
Concert by Key West Hospitality Band Bayview Park
Rotary Club meeting 1915 p. m. st. Pauls Annex.
FRIDAY
Key West Choral Society regular meeting to winter v
High School Auditorium
Junior Chamber of Commerce supper $3.50 Alibi
tarant
SATURDAY,
Ball at Habana- Madrid. p m
SUNDAY g.
Key West Hospitality Band m. Art Center Park
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-14
YOUTH SENT TO
REFORM SCHOOL

Albert Haverly, Ia, who was
convicted of stealing grave mark
ers from the Red Mems plot, and
who is to serve in the state re-
form school until he is 81, was
taken to Marianne this morning
by deputy sheriff Bernard H.
Waite. ~
Haverlyl was sentenced in
Criminal Court of Records. He
has been in the county Jail since
his arrest. His charge was grand
larceny.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-14
TICKET OFFICE
s: CAUGHT ATTIRE

Engine No. 2 from Number
Three fire station, using a booster
pump, quenched small blaze in
the ticket office of the baseball
field on Trumbo Island last
night about $50.
Alarm was given by tele-
phone call and prompt attention
saved number of kerosene cans
and other equipment in the Of
flee.
1t is believed that the fires was
of incendiary origin.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-14
WEATHER FORECAST
CTin 7::3O p. m, Wednesday,


Key West and Vicinity: Gen.
orally fair tonight and Wednes-
day; somewhat warmer tonight;
light to moderate winds, mostly
easterly.
Florida: Fair, slightly warmer
except in Palm Beach county to-
night; Wednesday fair, warmer
in extreme northeast portion.
jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Light to moder-
ate winds, mostly northeast and
east, becoming east to southeast
over south portion and southeast
and south over north portion, and
partly overcast weather tonight
and Wednesday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-14
SQUARES UP THINGS

WHEELER, Ore.-The South
ern Pacific Railroad office in
this city received a letter con-
tanning a dollar bill, in which
the writer explained he had lied
to escape paying a fare, but
to settle the account be-
cause he had accepted religion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-14
START HUNGER STRIKE

DUBLIN - Misses Eliza and
Mary Gilroy of this city refused
bail and started a hunger strike
when arrested for taking posses
sion of a house illegally.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-14
RIDES BEYOND STATION

GLASGOW - Bertram Morse
of this city was fined for riding
without a ticket when he fell
asleep on a train and went two
station beyond his own.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-14
PLANNING BOARD
GROUPS TONIEET
WEDNESDAY,. NJ
SESSION TO BE HELD IN
FORT LAUDERDALE: MON
ROE DELEGATION PLANS
TO ATTEND


ming council, city and county Of
ficials, state legislators and
others interested in municipal,
county and state planning, are
organizing a Monroe County dele
cation to attend a special South
eastern Florida Misunderstanding
at Fort Lauderdale "Wednesday
afternoon uogt"
Described by State Planning
Board officers and representa-
tives of the National Resources
committee as a planning
Forum, the session will include
addresses by national planning
authorities, a series of confer
ences on individual community
problems and a round-table dis
cussion by representatives of II
counties in this section of the
state.
A program for possible organ
ization of a regional planning
council will be outlined to men,
bers of county planning councils
by George c. Gross, executive
secretary of the State Planning
board. A similar regional board
is being formed for the north
eastern counties at a Jacksonville
meeting Monday.
Subjects may include coming,
housing, slum clearance, parks,
recreation, Identification, water
resources, transportation, high
ways and waterways. The gen.
eral meeting beginning at 2
o'clock Wednesday afternoon and
the county planning council ses-
sions will be held at the Broward
County court house while the
conferences between local groups
and the national officials will be
arranged at the Governors Club
hotel.
In addition to the Monroe
County delegation, representa-
tives are expected from Dade,
Broward, Palm Beach, Martin,
st. Lucie, Indian River, Collier,
Hendry, Glades and Okeechobee
counties. Invitations issued by
Secretary Gross of the State
Planning board, which have also
been sent state legislators from
the IL counties, pointed out the
meeting will be open to all in
terested persons in addition to
members of organized planning
groups.
Mrs. Florence M. SpottSWood,
secretary of the Monroe County
Planning Council, says that
owing to the short notice that
was received of this meeting, she
has been unable to make any
contacts to interest people to at
tend this meeting. Mrs. Spots
wood hopes that from reading
the above announcement, that
those interested will phone 40
and indicate their intentions to
60. This information will then
be forwarded to w. Turner Wal
lis, West Palm Beach, associate
consultant of the National Re-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-14
ANSWERS TO TEN
TEST QUESTIONS
Below are the answers to test
questions printed on Page z

l. West Coast.
2. Orbit.
3. General Marie Gustave
Gamelin.
4. Yes.
5. David F. Houston and Edw.
T. Meredith.
6. Dartmouth College.
z. Golf.
8. Lon-jev'-i-te; not lon-gev'-i-
te.
9. The Pecos River.
10. Gliding.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-14
Cigar Company Finds
Key West Right Place

Continued from Page One)
workers and efficiency in opera
ton.
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Barometer 1880 q. M. today:
Sea level, 1898.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Daughters Of America

Independent Council held a BIRTH
day anniversary party in honor of
Past State Councillor Cavour o.
Bohrer, who is now serving as
financial secretary for the 22d year.
Mrs. Clara Hinson, councillor, pre-
sided. A chocolate Easter egg filled
with quite a large sum of silver
money as a birthday gift from the
members was presented by Mrs.
Nellie Deane, general chairman of
the Good of the Order Committee.
Past National Councillor Mrs. Eliza
beth Sewell, president of the Ma
tional Council Funeral Benefit De-
partment of New York, spoke.
Loyalty Council will give an en-
tertainment and dance April 26, at
BIS pm, in Northeast Masonic
Temple.
Mount Vernon Council was host
on Tuesday evening to the State
councillor and her officers on their
annual visitation. The councillor,
Mrs. Minnie Brown, presided. Past
Councillor Riley Hunt sang, accom-
panied by past State councillor Mrs.
Ida Yost. L. Vincent Cooley played
selections on the Spanish guitar and
sang songs. Mr.. and Mrs. Cooley
sang duets. Miss Gloria Middle
camp contributed readings.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Knights Of St. John
Ladies' Auxiliary

At the quarterly meeting of Dis
trict No. ! it was planned to take
part in the Catholic youth rally and
parade, scheduled for April 30 at
the Sylvan Theater, which will be
sponsored by the Catholic Students
Mission Crusade.
Mrs. Eugenia Hugin announced the
annual Easter mass is to be cele-
brated at the National Shrine at st.
AIMS altar on April % at Sam.
Initiation ceremonies for all
auxiliaries will be held on May
26 in the Knights of Columbus
auditorium at 8 pm. -
The drill team will rehearse at the
K. c. Hall on April 10 at 8 pm,
with Mrs. Emma Panzer directing.
Newly appointed deputies for the
District are: Mrs. Wilfred P. Ross
and Mrs. Emma Panzer. Mrs.
Panzers first official visit was at
Immaculate Conception Auxiliary's
meeting. held last Monday.
Holy Name Auxiliary will hold a
card party on April 20 in the K. C..
Hall.
A spring dance, sponsored by the
Junior Holy Name Auxiliary. will be
given at the Holy Name Auditorium
on April %.
st. Joseph's Auxiliary will meet
tomorrow at the Continental Hotel.
The District deputy, Mrs. Wilfred p.
Ross, will make her official visit.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Y. VIC. A. News

The Park View Chapter will be
hostess at the tea today from 4 to 5.
The last of the nationality programs
will be presented, under the Young
Danish Club, from to 6, during the
Music Hour.
On Monday the Girl Reserve and
Elizabeth Somers Glee Clubs will
meet at and tbs, respectively.
The Business and Professional
Women's Music Club will meet
Tuesday at tbs and the Amicitia
Club on Tuesday at 7:3O.
The Wednesday Club of 614 E
street NV. will be entertained by
the Park View Women's Club on
Wednesday at 4:15.
The Xenos Club will meet Wednes-
day at to hear Miss Louise Dam
forth, membership secretary of the
"Y," speak on the Timer Workings
Of the Y" At there will be q
book chat.
st. Adams Chapter will have
luncheon on Thursday at 1890 at
the home of Mrs. Maurice Weaver,
2l01 Wisconsin avenue NV. Dupont
Chapter will have a luncheon on
Friday at the home of Mrs. G. H.
Markward, 1921 Monroe street NV.
The Mckinley Girl Reserves will
meet on Thursday to hear a speaker
from the Abbott Art School on
style" at 4. The Bethesda Chevy
Chase Girl Reserves will have a
silent supper" at 6 on Thursday.
The Central Girl Reserves are hav-
ing a mother-daughter banquet on
Friday at 6 pm.
The Blue Triangle Club is having
its club supper at the Fuhrmann
Studio on Thursday at 6.
Mrs. Helen Duey Hoffman, direc-
tor of the Washington Housing
Association, is taking her class in
housing" given at the Y. w. c. A..
on housing tour from 2 to S o'clock
on Saturday.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Hotel Greeters of America

Charter No. 81 and Women's
Auxiliary No. 81 will meet on Thurs
day at the Continental Hotel at
$3.50 pm. Chairman Sam Marcus
Of the "Showboat Cruise" Commit
tee will present plans for this an
nual affair, which will be held in
June. A talkie movie will be given
on How to Remember Names and
Faces"
Mrs. Mary Catherine Lewis,
educational chairman, will present
program on Hotel Credit" for the
auxiliary, which is the topic assigned
for this month. Auxiliary No. 81
is on the national honor roll for its
programs, arranged In conjunction
with the national educational as
signments.
At the recent regional convention
here Auxiliary No. 81, with Mrs.
Harry D. Stewart rs membership
chairman, received first honorable
mention for . membership increase
Of 81.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Odd Fellows

Columbia Lodge will meet Thurs
day night, F. F. Ball presiding. The
lodge will hold a joint entertain
ment with Dorcas Rebekah Lodge
on May 4.
Columbian Encampment will meet
April 26 at the I. o. o. F. Temple.
A. F. Nebel presiding. John A.
Martin, degree director of Morley
Encampment. Alexandria, Va, will
be present with his degree team to
confer the Royal Purple Degree.
Odd Fellows of this jurisdiction
will celebrate the 12oth anniversary
of the founding of the order April
20. A program, which has been ar
ranged by Grand Master Hiram
johnson, will start at pm. in I.
o. o. F. Temple. Deputy Grand
Sire George S. Starrett of Columbia.
Mo-, will be the speaker. The pro-
gram will terminate with dancing.
Evening star., 1939-04-16

Park Hotel. Reservations for card
tables and Chinese checkers are to
be made with Past Matron Leila j.
Cooke, Randolph 1886.
The chapter will meet Monday
night.
Esther Chapter will meet Thurs
day at 7:30 pm. An entertainment
will be given.
The Auxiliary Home Board will
meet April % at the home of Past
Matron Jean Jones, 5123 Fifth street
NV.
The choir will meet Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. Elsie Babcock.
Hazel Shrode, matron Of Treaty
Oak Chapter, announces demon
stration of brushes at the home of
Eugene Cory, 1926 Forty-fifth place
Sc, on Tuesday evening. There
will be cards.
The Sunshine Committee will
meet Wednesday evening at the
home of vi Hodson, 5119 Connecti-
cut avenue NV.
Mrs. Lorraine Proudley, associate
matron, and Walter Lawrence. asso-
ciate patron, were honored at the
last meeting of Naomi Chapter. The
associate grand matron, Mrs. Min
ME Burdine, and the associate grand
patron, Mr.. Edward Steagal, were
honored guests. The grand matron,
Mrs. Ruth Cromelin, and grand
patron were present, also Mrs. Helen
Robbins, past grand matron, and
Harry Schmidt, past grand patron.
At the last meeting of Bethlehem
Chapter endowment night was OBJ
served, with Past Matron Hannah
Munroe of Washington Centennial
Chapter as the guest speaker.
The annual dance and card party
will be held April % at Hotel 2400
Sixteenth street NV. For reserva-
ton for cards, call Bessie Melton,
Dupont 5796; for dance tickets, call
Mr.. Van Roberds, Columbia 59l8, or
the matron, North 2458.
Senator Tom Connally will make
a patriotic address before the Grand
Chapter at a special session to be
held in the George Washington Ma
tional Masonic Memorial in Alex
andria on April 20.
Earlier in the day, a class of over
800 candidates will be initiated into
the order, the first time that the
Grand Chapter Of the District OF
Columbia has given the degrees.
Rehearsals for a huge pageant de-
picting events in connection with
the Inauguration of washington as
first President are being held by
the group of 800 Eastern Star mem
bers who will take part. This pag-
cant will be presented In the Alex
andria Memorial on the evening OF
April 20 and again in the local Ma
sonic Auditorium on the evening OF
Nav
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Job S Daughters

Bethel No. will meet April %
at Z: 80 pm. in the Anacostia Ma
sonic lodgeroom. 1t will be Neigh
Dor night. All the neighboring
bethels are invited. and each is sup
posed to furnish some kind of en-
tertainment. There will be prizes.
A carnival will be held June 12-17
at Lebanon street and Nichols ave-
nue. Sc. The money will be used
for the trip to California for the
Supreme session in August.
Miss Bette White, honored queen
of Bethel No. l, viii have her 60
to-church Sunday today at II o'clock
in All Saints Episcopal Church.
The Dramatic Clubs play will be
presented Friday at Pierce Hall at
8:15 o'clock. The cast of Here She
Comes" under Mrs. Harriet Norris,
Is: Lorraine Beale, Marguerite
Bnck, Patricia Comnungare, Adella
Errera, Audry Fergerson, Doris
Kluge, Dorothy Kluge. Ethel Read,
Rosa Robbins, Elsie Stevens, Mar
garet Wrathall and Margaret
Yeager.
Drill will be held at the Masonic
Temple tomorrow.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
B. P. O. EIks

The Dance Committee met last
Monday night and arranged for the
closing dance on April 70.
The Tri-State Bowling League of
the District Of Columbia, Maryland
and Delaware State Association will
hold its tournament at Convention
Hall bowling alleys on April 20.
Single events will open the matches
at 4 pm. and team events will begin
at 7;3e pm. A buffet supper and
dance will complete the program.
Gustave w. Brahler was presented
with q testimonial OF his long serv-
ice in office. He has served 80 con-
ttnuous years as an officer. William
8. Shelby made the presentation.
Philip U. Gayaut, president Of
the State Association, installed the
omcers Of Cumberland, Nd, Lodge
at their last meeting. The regional
meeting Of the association will be
held in this city on April 23 ut 2 PM,
With Washington Lodge as hostess.
Evening star., 1939-04-16
Order Of De MoIoy

Several candidates will be given
the first degree on April Il, by the
Robert lie Bruce officers. william
Goodman and Walter Chism also
will have chevalier honors conferred
on them. Goodman is the master
counselor Of the chapter.
The patrol drill team will have q
business meeting ut the cathedral
on Monday.