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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
Personal Mention
Visiting Dement'S

1t. Col. Alvin r. Moore, US.
Engineers at New Orleans, and
Mrs. Moore have arrived here to
spend the holidays with Mrs.
Moore'S father and mother, Cap
tain and Mrs. William Demeritt,
900 Fleming street. i,..>t
Colonel Moore is accomplish
ing lot of.sport fishing in Key
West waters during his stay.
The Moores will leave by car
December &c, for New Orleans
with a stop-over in Tampa. Col.
Moore is due back at his duties
January l in New Orleans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
Funeral Service
For Mrs. Parker

Funeral services for Mrs.
Sarah Parker, Sc, who died yes
terday morning in her residence,
1902 Sixth street, will be held
this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in
the chapel of Pritchard Funeral
Home.
Rev. ]. B. Reid of the Fleming
Street Methodist Church will Of
ficiate at the services. Burial will
be in the family plot, in City
Cemetery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
Naval Patients y
ReceiUe Gifts

The patients at the u. S. Ma
val Hospital will all receive
presents Christmas Day as a re-
suit of the thoughtfulness of the
Lions, Elks, Woman's Club, Ro-
tary Club and the Jaycees.
This was a project of the Com
munity Service Committee of the
American Red Cross of which
these organizations are mem
bcrS. The Woman'S Club and the
La Concha Navy Wives are also
providing home made cookies for
the patients.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
Flora Michael
Hurt I'm Fall

Mrs. Flora Michael, 522 Grin
nell street, was seriously injured
last night at 10 o'clock when she
fell to the sidewalk from d truck
that she was leaving.
Mrs. Michael was out with a
group of friends singing Christ
mas carols to the shut-ins in the
city.
She was rushed to the Key
West Municipal Hospital in a
Pritchard Funeral Home, am
bulance
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
COi,ch Club Holds
Dance Last Night
BY BILL WARNER
Club Scribe

The Gators" members of the
Key West Conch Club of the
University of Florida, and their
lady friends, enjoyed the dance
given at the American Legion
Hall at Stock Island last night.
No special program was plan
ned in order to have all evening
for dancing and visiting with the
various members who at length
discussed their experiences. Col
leges from different states were
represented.
Music was furnished by the
Three Sharps, who were kept
busy by the many requests for
Key West Rumbas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
Elect Officers =
OF Shrine Club

Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., has
been elected president of the
Key West Shrine Club, it was
announced yesterday. Gerald Adj
ans is now vice president and
F. c. Schneider, secretary and
treasurer. Besides the officers,
the board of directors are Eu-
gene r. 'Albury. Jr., Benjamin
Fernandez and Fernando CamuS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
Xmas Carols To
Be Sung Tonight

A special program of Christ
mas music will be given in the
Poinciana Baptist Church at 8
o'clock tonight, the Rev. A. d.
O'Briant, pastor, announced to-
day. Carols will be sung by the
congregation and choir under
the direction of Mrs. Haupt.>
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
announcement
Of Engagement

Captain and Mrs. j. E. Russell,
1909 Duncan street, announce the
engagement of their daughter,
Harriet Patricia. to Raymond l..
Mcdowell, USN, of Granger,
Iowa.
Date of the wedding has not
been set.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
Visiting Grandmother. Aunt

Donald AbramSon, New YorE
City, is spending the holidays
visiting his grandmother, Mrs
Sarah Gardner, and his aunt, Mrs
James Pindcr, at 1921 Petronia
street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
Visiting Parents

Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Archer
of Charlotte, N. c., accompanied
by their two children, George E.
Jr., and Nell, arrived over the
highway to spend the holidays
with MI. Archer's parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. George F. Archer, 1925
Newton street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
Fern Chapters
Christmas Party

Fern Chapter, No. 2, Order of
the Eastern Star, will hold its
annual Christmas party Friday,
December 26, after the regular
meeting .at the Masonic Temple.
Gifts will be exchanged.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
Your Horoscope

WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 25,
-Today's disposition is apt to be
vacillating, and uncertain and
procrastination may be a beset-
ting sin. There is considerable
ability and there is no reason
WHY the labors should not be
crowned with success, II the
mind can only be concentrated on
a single object.
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No Citizen
Tomorrow

The Citizen will not be is.
sued tomorrow. That has
been the practice every year
under the present ownership
OF the paper.
The Citizen observes three
holidays. Christmas. Fourth
OF July and Labor Day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
The Weather
FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Mostly
fair and continued cool today
and tonight; partly cloudy and
warmer Thursday. Gentle to
moderate variable winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy today
and tonight; cooler extreme
north portion tonight. Thursday
partly cloudy over south portion,
considerable cloudinesS and cool
er over north portion.
, East Gulf of Mexico and Jack
sonville through the Florida
Straits: Gentle to moderate vari-
able winds today, tonight and
Thursday except becoming mod
crate north to northeast over ex-
IRENE north portion late today.
Jacksonville to Apalachicola:
No small craft or storm warnings
have been issued.
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Visiting Mrs. Lopez

G. H. Harris of Tampa and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Flanagan and
daughter, Juanita, of Spring
field, Ohio, are visiting Mrs.
Benjamin Lopez Alb Bahama
street.
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Son to Eks

"A son was born Monday morn
ing at 5:32 o'clock in the Naval
Hospital to Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Eric Elk, 906 White street. The
newcomer weighed five pounds,
IL ounces.
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R1l..<.I6
Daughter to Keys

A daughter, weighing seven
pounds, one ounce, was born in
a local hospital at 10 a. m, De-
cember %, to Mr.. and Mrs. ST.
we'll M. Key, 802 Duval street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24

Rats arc sometimes killed by
piping motor exhaust gases in
to their burrows.
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Key West In
Days Gone By
AS TAKEN FROM FILES
OF THE CITIZEN OF
DECEMBER "a. 1897

Casa Marina will be formally
opened for the season tomorrow.
Manager Peter B. Schutt said to-
day that many guests have ar
rived.
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TIDES

TIDES
Tomorrow
Naval Base
eastern Standard Time)
High Low
1884 am. 1:45 am.
i7:25 pm 1:0l pm.
Additional Tide Data
Reference Station: Key West
Time of Height OF
Station Tide high wstel
Bahia Honda -0hr.
(bridge) --1Qmin. 90 It.
No Name Key -t2hr.
least side) 30 min.
Boca Chica --0hr.
(Sandy Point) 40 min.
Valdes Channel -t2hr.
(north end) 10 min. +1.4 tt.
MOTE: Minus sign-correc-
tions to be subtracted. Plus
sign-corrections to be added9
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24
REPORT

Key West, Fla, Dec. "a, l947
observation taken at $3.50 am,
Eastern Standard Time,
City Office
Temperatures
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Two automobiles, both Chew
rolets, collided this morning at
Pine and Pearl streets. In one
car were Ansell Albury and his
SON., George, and in the other
Osborn Nottage. The Albury car
turned over and rolled into a
yard. Ansell Albury sustained
two cats and a minor back in
jury. The. other two were Jun
injured.
A son was born this morning
at 5 o'clock to Mr.. and Mrs. Bcr-
tram Gates in their home at
1923 Petronia street. The baby
weighed 10 pounds.
Joe Cleare was Santa Claus
yesterday at the Community
Christmas Tree in Bayview Park.
Presents were distributed under
the direction of the Key West
Woman's Club.
Three county prisoners, whose
terms had almost expired, were
released this morning to observe
Christmas in their homes, and
eight prisoners in city Jail also
were given temporary liberty.
More sponge were sold today
at the municipal sponge wharf,
bringing the entire Christmas
sales to almost $1,000.
Key West Junior Woman's
Club will give a Christmas tea
dance in La Concha tomorrow
from to 9 p. m. In the reeeiv-
ing line will be Miss Leonor
Warren, Miss Florence Sawyer,
Mrs. Harriet Wilson and Miss
Zenia 'Hoff..s .,
Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
The biggest killers in Amer
lea today run on four wheels"
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Tomorrow's Almanac
eastern Standard Time)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24

Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
The biggest killers in Amer
lea today run on four wheels.
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Relative Humidity =
Q1G
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-24

More sponge were sold today
at the municipal sponge wharf,
bringing the entire Christmas
sales to almost $1,000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Sain Twirls 10th Win
Keeping Buns On Edge

BROOKLYN, Sept. 90 1t
took a pitcher who never before
had won a game at Ebbets field,
to put a crimp into Brooklyn's
bid to clinch the National
League flag today when Johnny
Sain, curve-balling Boston right
handler, hurled the Braves to an
81 victory over the Dodgers,
AS a result the Brooks, now
leading the St. Louis Cardinals
by eight and a half games. must
wait at least another day I'm
less the Redbirds, who are slat-
ed to engage the Chicago Cubs
in St. Louis tonight, drop their
game.
Sain, who gained his goth tri-
umph for the second successive
season, never gave the %, 1852
chilled customers a chance to
whoop it up. He limited the dis
appointed Dodgers to six scat
tered singles and appeared on
the way to his fourth shutout of
the year until the Brooks COM
bined a base on balls, a single
and a long fly in the eighth inn
ing for their only RUN.
The Braves, cycling the run
nerup spot, thus gained a half
game on the Cardinals and are
now only a game and a half out
of second place.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
McFadden's Playoff
Record Outstanding

John McFadden, righthanGed
nurling star for the Sanford
Sp;nners, Tobacco State league
champions, holds a unique rec
ord for playoff twEirling that
may well be a baseball record.
IN "A games he hurled six
games and won five. And he did
MOI hurl the opening game of
either the Wilmington Pirate Sc
rieS or the Lumberton Cub Sc
fies.
He faced the Pirates three
times. hurting Is innings. He al
loweI 10 hits and one run IN
the three games, Andy Poklenr-
ba's home rur in Sanford being
the only SCORING punch. Agains,
Lumberton: wkcn he lost one
game and won two, the Spin
fastbal]er was not as effective,
but had enough stuff to step in
AID win the seventh game in a
relief role.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

ATLANTA, Sept. 20 - up -
Toney Penna, veteran pro from
Cincinnati, shot near perfect
golf from tee to green to-
day to post a third-round five
under par Sc and take the lead
by three strokes in the North
Fulton $4,000 Open tournament
at 209.
Penna, who slipped over par
only once-when he missed a
short putt at the 18th hole-bet-
tered regulation figures for both
sides of the 6,707 = yard North
Fulton layout, posting mines OF
32-24, against pars Of 1886.
Tommy Wright, gangling youn-
ster from Knoxville, Tenn,
Knocked around in 70 for a sec
ond place total of oil, one shot
in front of Cary Middlecoff OF
Memphis, Tenn, and George
Payton of Hampton, Va. They
also had 70.
Jimmie Demaret, the songster
from Ojai, Calf, who teed off
in the leal today, slipped to 70
Tor a third round total of 213,
and a tie with Johnny Palmer OF
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
B0NEY WALL0PS
SMELL 81, 81

Charlie Boney moved into
the quarterfinals of the Will
mington Tennis tournament
last night after smashing
past Paul Smell, ranking net
ace at The Citadel, by 81,
81 at Greenfield park courts.
The Boney-Snell match
was the only singles contest
held yesterday, and the hard
hitting winner was never in
dancer. He will meet the
winner of the Horace Emer-
son-Julian McKeithan match
scheduled for today.
Two doubles tits were run
off yesterday. The favored
pair of Emerson and Les
Boney belted Bob Andrews
and Garlic Boney Ga, 4-6,
Ga, while Bob Getty and
McKeithan whipped Rev.
Walter Freed and Rev.
Mortimer Glovre after drop
ping the first set to the two
clergymen 81. The winners
COPIED the next two sets
81 and Ga.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
COMETS TANCLE
WITH SPlNNERS
BY JIGGS POWERS

WHITEVILLE, Sept. 20 This
finals of the Eastern State
League championship begin
here tomorrow, at American Lee
gion Memorial stadium, with the
local Comets playing host to the
powerful Bladenboro Spinners.
Starting time is 2:30 pm.
Manager Earl Brinkley is UNI
decided just who he viii send to
the hill to face the invading
Spins. The Comet leader has his
ace, H. D. Stanley, who has
beaten the Bladenboro nine
twice during regular season
play; Or, he has Dave Nelson.
who didn't face the visitors in
scheduled competition during
AT, but had a brace of wins
over them last season. Stanley
finished with a 81 record, while
Nelson is II. Another hurler
whom Rrinkley may select to
toe the rubber is Ed Smith, the
lefty who put Frank Maners
Masonboro Ramblers out of the
playoffs with a 2 hit, 80, deci-
sion, last Sunday. Stanley won
the opener from the Manermen,
20.
Almost certain to face the To-
Gals is none other than Cole Ja-
cobs, former Whiteville Ameri-
can Legion ace. Jacobs, who
was selected on the Ali North
Carolina Legion honor team,
has been wanting to face his
last years teammates, and this
series opener seems to be just
the spot he's been hoping for.
The little lefty twirled his Bla-
denboro teammates into the fl
nails by downing the Elizabeth
town Red Sox twice last week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Rebel Air Attack:
Wins From Cats

OXFORD, Miss, Sept. 20 -
R-The good right arm of
Chucking Charley Conerly and
the big, grasping hands of Bar
Mt Poole accounted for a
Southeastern Conference foot
bali victory for the University
of Mississippi over Kentucky's
Wildcats today. The score was
IA to 7.
Under sunny skies ventilated
/ by hurricane = bred brisk
breezes, a crowd of about 49,
900 saw the Rebels rack ur
touchdowns in the first and
third periods. Kentuckys best
effort was an opening period
tally.
It was Conerly, a 1.-the, fleet
footed youth who engineered
Mississippi's offensive power,
although his key receiver,
Poole, with every-hungry mitts,
cashed in eight losses for II
yards and one touchdown.
AS if that wasn't enough,
Conerly reeled off consistent
running gains to keep the Wild
cats defense off balance and
got off punts for an average OF
1877 yards.
Only five minutes and ten
plays were required in the
opening period for the Rebels
to tally. Eulas Jenkins returned
the opening kickoff 10 yards
and then skirted right end fo1
"a to arrange matters for Con
erly. He nailed Jenkisn with e
9-yard heave, ran for Is in two
tries himself to carry to Ken.
tucky's 80.
A pass, Conerly TO righteno
Everett Harper was good fo1
eight and then a minute later
the Chucker hit halfback Far
ley Salmon for II just before
plopping the ball in Poole's
hands over the goal line.
Minutes later Kentucky
launched a drive from OLE
Miss &C when a Conerly heave
went wayward and fell into the
hands of Wildcat halfback Bill
Boiler, who followed up the in
Perception with a SO yard dash
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

For seven full days next
week, Hatch and DeCover will
begin a drive, for marlin in the
hope of knocking off one of the
rodeo's top prizes. The;
Miamian, who Shippers the
"Patsy'' when he's home. was
supremely confident of landing
some fish.
"Don't worry about bait" he
told DeCover, "We'n catch a
few bonita and strip them for
bait"
Hatch held the record for
broadbill until last year. He
caught one weighing sos pounds
off Long Island, but Hans HIM
rich topped him by rs pounds
in the same fishing grounds this
past season. Hatch has caught
black marlin off the South
American coast, something not
found up here. He has party
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

Wolff, also from the Captains
home town Of Miami, Hatch is
well qualified to speak on sport
fishing. He started the Ocean
City. Maryland white marlin in
dustry at the request Of Paul
Townsend, son of the seantor,
and today Ocean City residents
line their pockets with tourist
gold.
"White marlin should be here
about May and June, and they
might be returning south in
October" he said.
Captain Hatch also exploded
a theory that special expensive
equipment is needed to catch
marlin. White marlin he said
can be caught with any kind
of tackle, with even a No. 6
thread. Blue marlin can be
hooked with a No. "a thread,
but No. SO is best, he said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

boated with Kip Harrington,
Amos and Andy, John Barry
more and Ernest Hemingway,
and is periodically called to fish
with American Museum Of Nat
ural History expeditions in the
tropics.
The colorful sea skipper ex-
plored the Gulf Stream off the
coast of Miami four years be-
fore any other angler dared to
try, and brought back marlin
and sails that made his fellow
anglers mouths water.
The biggest news of all about
Capt. Hatch is that he's a mid
westerner who migrated to
Florida.
"Give Wilmington a decent
inlet, about Is feet deep" he
repeated, "And then watch the
fishermen come here, and
watch the marlin and sailfish
get brought up to the surface"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Penna Leads, Palmer 3rd
In North Fulton Tourney

Badin, N. c. Palmer had a regu-
lation II. Others in the top ten
at ZIG were Avery Beck of Ra-
leigh, the National Public Links
runnerup, with 70; Lloyd Man.
grum Of Chicago, with 70; Lew
current U. S. Open t%itlist, with
70; Pete Cooper of Ponte Vedra,
Fla, with 70; and Gene Dahl
bender of Atlanta, with u.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Five More Catches
In Fishing Rodeo

Here are five catches that.
were entered in the Fall
Fishing Rodeo late Saturday
afternoon: Ben Buck, Will
mington, l lb. 4 OF. bluefish,
surf, Wrightsville; M. W.
Gore, Wilmington, 8 OF.
croker, Atlantic View Pier;
F. H. Elmore, Wilmington, 1
lib. catfish, Atlantic View
Pier; J. d. Gender, Sanford,
6 lb. 8 OF. red drum, surf,
Wilmington Beach; w. L.
Felker, Concord, 16 lib. 2 OF.
red drum, surf, Shallotte
Point.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

bonita as Florida or Maryland
waters have, but you've got to
fish for them during the proper
season. And you'll never be
able to get the boats up here
to make Wilmington famous for
fishing if an inlet isn't deep
ened so something larger than
a canoe can get over the bar"
eAfter IS years of fishing all
over the world, and more re-
Gently with his mate David
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
NIGHT TILT SLATED

CHICAGO, Sept. 2O.-P-
The Chicago White Sox an
nounced today they have added
another night game to their
Comiskey Park schedule. The
final home game of the season
next Wednesday against De-
troit, originally scheduled as an
afternoon affair, will be moved
back and played under the lights
at ngiht.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

GAMES TODAY
New York at Observation-Disclosures ~
1871 VS.. Coleman GID or McCahan Go
a..
washington at Boston-Scarborough a.
1D VS.. Dohson Q7-O.
(s-15) and Zoldak (s-9) VS.. Gillespie Is
u and Haynes (12-16):
Cleveland at Detroit-Black (lo-l2) vs.
Who G5-lO.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
Marlin Pioneer Here For Rodeo,
Was First Gulf Stream Explorer

by the simple method of catch
ing a white marlin in the mid
die 1905.
And the grazing angler
doesn't doubt for a single sec
ond that the same sort of thing
could be accomplished here.
"Shucks," he snorted y~ester-
day afternoon in the cockpit of
the "Jim-Jam", "These waters
have just as many blue marlin,
marlin, sailfish and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

Errors: None. Runs batted in: Rice 3,
Slaughter, Moore. Two base hit: Stur-
geon. Three base hit: Sturgeon. Double
play: Abersom, Sturgeon, Watkins, and
D. johnson. Left on bases: Chicago Z;
st. Louis Z. Bases on balls: Chapman 4
Munger 4. Strikeouts: Chapman 1, Mum
ger 4, Borowy 2. Hits: off Chapman G
in 6 innings. Borowy 4 in 2. Losing
pitcher: Chapman. Umpires: Barlick, Jor-
dan and Reardon. Time: 1:57. Atten-
dance: 1851.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
BY GIL SMITH
Star-NewS Sports Editor

The 60-year old sport fishing
king, Capt. Bill Hatch. now in
Wilmington to skipper Billy De
Covers "Jim-Jam" through the
Fall Fishing Rodeo era in quest
OF a $4,000 first prize, is the
same Bill Hatch who turned a
small village in Maryland into
one of the richest fishing para
discs along the Atlantic. Coast
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
WIN;
STAY IN RACE

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2o-tR-The
St. Louis Cardinals, stubbornly
refusing to bow completely out
of the National League pennant
picture, again defeated the Chi
cago Cubs tonight, S to 0, thus
retaining their mathematical
chance of finishing in a tie with
the Brooklyn Dodgers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 20
W.H--The Brooklyn Dodgers have
Cancelled their contract for" the
Thomasville-High Point franchise
in the Glass D. North Carolina
State league, club officials an
nounced today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21
STANDINGS

GAMES TODAY
Boston at Brokolyn-Spahn q9-1o) VS..
Branca (21-11).
Philadelphia at New York U)-Rowe
f14-9) and Donnelly 4-6) VS.. Poat (4-1)
andu Jansen $3.50.
Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (2)-Higbe
r3-15) and Queen CD or sewell GA,
VS.. Blackwell (21-8) anoi Walters $3.50.
Chiacgo at ST. Louis Browy (8-12)
VS.. Brecheen Q5-11).