The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-07-29
Don't Go "The Tourist Way'
60 The Real WAY"
It's More Adventurous
KENTUCKY COUPL E.
/ ADRIFT THREE DAYS
KEY WEST HAVANA
TRIP

Honey, now that we are il
Key West, let's make the trip t
Havana by planets only 81
miles," Mrs. Leo Ashby inquired
of her husband. Mr.. Ashby re
piled Sure, / have always want
ed to see Havana, but / wish WI
could go the real way, not the
tourist way by plane" As Mr.
and Mrs. Leo Ashby, of Irvington
KY, were staying at the Cactu!
Terrace they went to the mana
ger, the locally well-knowr
Joseph Zorsky to find out abotl
the trip details. Mr.. Zorsky an,
swered that there was a 49, foo
cabin cruiser by the name Of
"Boy Mac, owned by William
Gates, playing manager of Rec
Raiders and who is well known
in Florida professional baseball
leagues where he starred for {
number of years.
4 Leaving for Havana tomorrow
ZorSky said:
II don't know how they are GO
ing to make out charging only Sic
a round trip, but the captain o.
the ship said that in addition t.
the passengers, they were going
to take merchandise also. The
merchandise turned out to be {
1000 Id, Jeep.
AT Z am. Thursday, July Is
the boy Mac" sailed for Havana
Aboard her were Mr.. and Mrs
Leo Ashby, Mrs. Ashby's father
A. c. Bettersworth, a horse.
breeder and farmer from Bowling
Green, Ky; Bob Byron, owner Of
the jeep; Captain and Mrs. Don.
aid Schrouse and First Mate
TONY.
IL noon that day both motors
stopped and water was coming in
at such rate that Captain Don
ald'' gave the order to throw
everything that was loose over
board. Into the Atlantic went
chairs, tools, etc. They even trieo
to throw the jeep overheard bu
were not able to do SO due to the
excessive weight of. the machine
The captain then gave the order
for the lady folks togo to the bow
as the boat was not balanced
properly. This the ladies did ano
the men remained behind hard al
work bai1iYig the boat olt:
Sufficient water was taken ou'
of the boat so that one of The
motors began to function just az
hours after stopping at 2:30 pm
The, boy Mac limped along un.
til | am. Friday with the proper
balance order of the captain be
ing adhered to- At this time
everything stopped except the
water-bailing.
From / am. Friday (abou
30 miles from Havana) until Il
pm. Friday, for nine long hours
the boat tossed and tossed, ano
Mrs. Ashby got sicker. and sicker
AT 10 pm. Friday-it happen
ed! They were spotted! Rescue
was made by the Grand Haven"
lorida-Havana freight steamer
bound from Havana to For
Lauderdale took the three Ken
tuckians aboard. They were thu
only ones to go aboard = The
others remained behind as they
did not want to abandon ship
The remaining crew were giver
food (there was none aboard the
"Boy Mac"O and contact wa
made with other craft in the vi
cinity stating the boy Macs
condition.
Grand Haven" was not only
the name of the boat but it wa'
exactly that to the rescued trio
The Ashby's were loud in thei
praise of the ships crew. MI
Ashby said everyone wa
grand. Gosh, they certainl,
were NICE; Mrs. Ashby said
Couldn't have treated us an.
nicer if we were royalty Offer
to pay expenses or submitted tip
were rejected by the crew.
After having his stomach burn
ed by gasoline, three days o
growth on his face, Leo Ashb.
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