The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-16
The
OBSERVATIONS
OF A FOOL
BY BILL LEE


What, no Santa Claus in Key
West? No, sir, marry a one thai
we can find. 1t seems strange
not to have the old bewhisker.
co gent hanging out in some
store or maybe collecting money
on the street. We went to the
Chamber of Commerce about it.
swell, we've heard from sew.
eral mothers asking where they
can take their children to see
and to hear Santa Claus, said
Lettie Sullivan of the Chamber
They miss the old guy, they
say, because their children want
to hear what's in store for them
at Christmas directly from San
ia Claus
Well, we heard there is going
to be at least one Santa in town
He is going to be at Bayview
Park on Saturday morning at
the annual Christmas Tree Party
and if you've missed the old boy
this year you can go right out
to Bayview Park on Saturday.
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Memories of President Tru-
mans recent visit to Key West
still linger. Emmett F. Commit.
general manager of the Casa
Marina Hotel, came in the Of
ficeu to state that party was
held at the hotel during the
Presidents visit in which some
Of he aides to Mr.. Truman took
part.
Among the guests were Rear
Admiral Foskett, Naval aide to
the President, Col. Hank Mey-
ers, official pilot of the Sacred
Cow,,c the Presidential plane,
Mayor A. Maitland Adams of
Key West, Julius Kasdin, own
er of the Casa Marina and Con-
milf.
1.-The mayor was the guest of
honor. said Commit. 1.-THE en-
tife group all said they had a
fine time"
r r r
I Fred Schopflin, who is a visi-
tor here, brought in the piece of
poetry about Key West which
appears below. He doesn't know
the name of the author of it,
but the piece was given to him
to do what he wished with it.
"You can run it in The Citi-
zen, said Schopflin.
Here it is:
"Unmeasured health from aid
Beneficient Key West.
So curative for everyone
Come--put her to the test
We know of men three score
and ten
Who came here jpst to die
But now thy're changed to look
Like men
We say this not with lots to sell
No fee does urge this word
I'm seven and five and wish to
tell
Someone who has not heard"
II listens pretty good.
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Well, we'll, we'll!
AT last we seem to be getting
somewhere in this column to our
gripes concerning things we
think is wrong with the city. Re
member the story we had few
weeks ago telling of the woman
who fell among the seats in Cir
cult Court?
Well, the Monroe County
Commission authorized adver-
Using seeking bids for the pur-
chase of 100 seats for the court
room.
The present seats are worn
OUT, said Commissioners Clar-
ence Higgs. "They are simply too
old"
"We could have insurance to
protect the county from posi-
BILE damage suits, said Com
missioner w. A. Parrish.
II make the motion that we
get bids for new seats, said
Higgs.
Hooray-the motion was car
ried.
X X Il
We were out around Garrison
Blight Sunday. It's still some
thing of a mess from the last
high winds. Boats lay twisted
and broken all around.
"The wind must have caus-
ed the boatmen at least several
thousand dollars, said DR.. A. M.
Morgan, who was busily engag-
ed in repairing his own sail
boat. 1T took the mast off my
boat and smashed up the gun
vale. It'll mean new mast for
me, but I'm lucky the boat was
not damaged any more"