The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 22, 1940, Page 4

PAGE FOU SOCIETY : Dramatic Club Presents “Imaginary | Invalid” At High Schoo! Tonight; ee | Guests and critics at last! night’s dress rehearsal of the “Imaginary Inval the 3-act comedy to be nted by the Key West High School Dramatic! Club at thé High School Audi-! torium tonight, were amazed by| the beauty of the French Colonial! costumes, the elaborate stage set, llent acting of the “Imaginary Invalid”, | which is dated around 1673, is} set in the home of M. Argan, an! valid” French Nobleman. | Silk and velv gings pro-} vide a beautiful background for! the rich taffeta and velvet cos-} tumes of the noble ladies and] RITES TOMORROW | FOR H. L. OLIVIERI livieri, died is ing at the resi- dence, 1018 Eaton street. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 o'clock at the Lopez Funeral cl , Rev. A. B. Dimmick officiating. Survivors are two brothers, Fabio, of Key West and Anthon: a sister, Mrs. Lula Saunders, of this city, and three nieces, Louise Pinder of Key West, Mrs. Camille Lee and Mrs. Jennie Petis of Miami. Walmer Return For Season Mr. and Mrs. E. E Kirkwood, Mo., have Key West fcr the to reside in their William street The Williamses spent the summer season at their cot- tage in the Catskill mountains at Harvard, N. Y. Last year these enthusiastic boosters of the Island City cele- brated their 50th wedding anni- Williams, of returned to winter season, home at part of ams retired 13 ago following more than forty years of service with the Mis- souri Pacific Railroad 4 years |Trovatore for her role. MYSTERY THRILLER | COMMENCES TODAY (Continued from Page One) don’t you write a book?” emphasis on the you. So she did. She thought would be a good fireside compan- ion, to be picked up instead embroidery on long winter nights. Miss Field had been for introducing Miss Mitchell to is ready for the stage. her publisher and now Miss Mitchell returned the favor. The contract for “Aunt Mag- gie” reached the author in Lon- don, was signed in Budapest, and that was the way it happened. Sally and Bill decided, very suddenly, that the engagement of |can find them in the stores or you | thiest per eapita in their two friends, Bob and Claire|can make your own. should be celebrated by a week- decorative now-as they were in, about 12,000 and house | Victorian days. end party at their count: near Atlanta. It would have been a good idea, if Aunt Maggie had jcactus design easy to crochet. not crashed the party. But Aunt Maggie did, and Eve Benedict horned in as well, Eve ball of any contrasting color, 'a base for with |@ration. eyebrows and marks wrinkles on it her face and forehead. With sun- for making the trip to Key West tan powder over of She dons a scraggly wig. Finally, |ern-most tip of the United States. a bandana over the wig and a)|We knew that Key West responsible |Shawl over her shoulders and she |island—as is Nantucket. It gentlemen in the play. White| colonial wigs are- worn by all) members in. the casti They give! a finished touch to the entire Pro- | duction. | Outstanding acting was dis- played by Walter McCook, the} “imaginary invalid”, and by} Toinette, his versatile servant} played by Rose Mary Demeritt. Romance was touchingly por- trayed by Angelique (Flossie Mae | Key) and her young lover Cleante (Charles Cervantes). The crew of gloomy doctors played by Melvin Adams, Jack Weech, John Day, and Anthony Perez lent a diabolical touch of satire. Fern Chapter Meets Tonight Fern Chapter, Noo 2) Onc ot) ————— sir Geer aat pitas NANTUCKET EDITOR wttith-Ritc Reape |’ SDBSERIBES HIS VISIT Scottish Rites Temple. H Advancement Night will be! sscaiiaiole (Continued trom Page One) “keys” in many places. A severe observed, the ceremonies to be nails Hid > tee hour. ll storm some five or six years ago members have been urged to at! damaged the railroad line beyond repair, and many a life was lost tend this meeting and visiting Eastern Stars have been ex- when the sea swept across the “keys”. For a time Key West tended a cordial welcome. was again cut off from the States, without any railroad serv- ice. But now a fine motor road links it with the Flgrida penin- Mrs. Johnson Visits Parents Mrs. F. L. Johnson and daugh- ter, Francine, of Oswego, N. Y., are visiting here with Mrs. John- | long, which stretches down from son’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff | the city of Miami Knight on Washington. street. Some of the road passes over Mrs. Johnson before her mar- the same route as the railroad— riage was Miss Cleora Knight of = a@ marvelous engineering feat, as this city. it meant the spanning of miles = ee | of water and linking “key” with MAGIC OF MAKEUP '-xey”. There are over 40 bridg- emummmmmmmmes €S to cross—one of which is sev- Voice alone doesn’t make an/en miles long and without a opera star, nor does dramatic |curve. If the reaaer can imagine ability. Makeup and costume are a modern highway built on a necessary, too, to bring the color-| bridge running all the way up ful stories of the opera stage to | Nantucket’s harbor to Wauwinet life. perhaps he can visualize what a Karin Branzell, “Met” con- stretch of water one of the forty tralto, transforms herself into bridges covers in reaching out Azucena, the gypsy crone Il from Florida to Key West. The motor highway from Miami to First she applies cold cream as Key West could not be duplicated greasepaint and to for $50,000,000, it is claimed, and make it easier to remove the when one considers what a won- makeup later. Next she models derful engineering feat it was, in a hooked nose from a wax prep-'the fifty millions does not seem Then she darkens her:such a large figure after all. But there was another reason the makeup, |other than to stand on the south- is an is also a resort, depending upon ‘visitors and tourists for its live- lihdod, just as Nantucket does. Only the seasons are different, and in drawing comparisons we _ PRICKLY MOTIF FOR PINS found much of interest. Key West was once a city of Pin cushions are in again. You |25,000 population and the weal- the United shrunk to considered jone of the poorest. In its hey- a modern cushion in'day Key West was a_ hustling, that you'll find bustling place. Its cigar factor- You'll need ajies employed thousands of hands ball of green cotton and another |No one thought its cigar busines a|would vanish, but it’ did—just as Now it has is They're as | States. Here’s sula—a highway about 180 miles | being the former flame of newly-|skein of red and a No. 7 or No, Nantucket saw its whaling busi- engaged Bob, and rather poison-'8 hook. You can use the card-|ness vanish never to return. ous in spite of her glamor. board that comes on the ball of, The people in Key West realize Then Aunt Maggie, who doted |cotton to give shape to your cro- full well that they are entirely on family records and _ such|cheted flower pot. dependent upon the patronage of like, discovered the clue to a} Fill the pot with wool scraps to | Visitors and tourists. So do the secret room some place in the old| make it firm enough to hold the ;People of Nantucket. The people house, and that brought death to cactus. jin Key West think the tide has Aunt Maggie. All through a wild! The decorative rim can be turned — thaf prosperity will night the house was isolated, and formed by turning down the last |Come back to the little island, a when next morning the police four rounds of crocheting. jscant four miles long and one and arrived, daylight saw a second ja half miles wide. murder. j There is still another reason for Nor was that all. The secret Not Covered By The AAA our interest in Key West. Its iso- secret of room held a dreadful lation makes it dependent on its its own, and one of Sally’s dear- cen gas Levties There = no nat- friends was made to suffer ural gas, of course, and no pos- cause of the fact. And Sally, sibility of piping gas down from rhe , handled isto! Miami. Key West manufactures wie — panels Pgh’ Pistol ‘taining $25. Friends helped re- its own os at as does Nan- Ws Steal peal ee a be plow the field, but without suc- tucket. And the rates are even sib aaa 3 to stage a stick-up all’ cess. Said saddened Farmer An-'}icher-in Key West than in Nan- mort drews: “There’s one ‘money crop’ 5, ‘ = are eee i : ; P tucket, But the le are happy This is a mystery which might | won't harvest. ar ut : strgagavearr said turn up in anybody’s house, 0 ee oe : among people like yourself, in a even light the beacon in the house such as you might own ne 2 ghee oo — See LOE ric iu m he to do when heavy storms sweep across the keys. Years ago, when Key West was the busy community of 25,000 people, a Nantucket man came tdown here and took charge of the promotion of the gas-works. Few people know this, but close questioning here brings out the information: “Yes, they say it ; Relieve misery direct Use swift-acting VAPORUB (By Associated Press) FEDERALSBURG,. Md.—Farm- er Russell Andrews accidentally “plowed. under” his wallet con- HEADHUNTERS ON RAMPAGE MANILA, P. I—A band of headhunters recently swept down out of the mountains and be- headed five more Christian Fili- Pinos of Balonggan, in the South- ern Philippines. This raid brought to 33 the number of victims de- capitated since 1937. New Houston Industry (By Associated Press) HOUSTON, Tex. — This city has launched its first ocean-go- ing tanker, a sleek, all-steel, 212- foot ship valued at $246,000. It was built by the Platzer Boat Works of Houston for Sacor, oil ‘firm of Lisbon, Portugal. —ee BOY SCOUT NEWS TROOP 54 Troop 54, Boy Scouts of Amer- ica, laid plans to attend the Scout Award Court in a body, at their ng held at Stone Church x last evening. The Court will be held- Friday evening, No- vember 29th, and the troop plans to meet in front of the High School, location of the court, at 7:15 p.m Hector Castillo received a large vote of approval on his applica- tion to become a-member of the troop. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN GENTLEMEN OF PRESS AND POLITICS Florida’s outstanding press men and politicians rub shoulders during the recent State Press conven« tion at Ocala-Silver Springs, as shown in photo above. Left to Tight: Recently Elected State Comp< troller J. M. Lee, of Tallahassee; Newly Elected Press Association President Russel Kay, of Tampa; New Third District Congressman Robert F. Sikes, of Crestview, (at microphone); Newly Elected Gov- ernor Spessard L. Holland, of Bartow, and Tate Powell, Jr. Outgoing State Press Association Presi- dent, of MacClenny, Florida, shown as they addressed grou attending fish fry and outing at Silver | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 'U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT AMERICANS LAUGH? | Observation taken at 7:30 a. m, |(Assectated Frees Featuse Servier) 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean jNormal - | Rainfall, 24 hours ending” | 7:30 a. m.,, inches _ ; Total rainfaH since Nov. 1, inches zs s Deficiency since Nov. 1, inches Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches Deficiency since January 1, inches Wind Direction and Velocity E—8 miles per hour Sunset ‘BORROW FUNDS COUNCIL DISAPPROVES ,,,.., FOR FINANCING ORANGE BOWL FLOAT Low (Continued from Page One) al Patrol from payment of licenses. Members of the Fleet Reserve had requested that all military personnel in the Replacing of three street lights at Elgin and Francis streets, another at Stump Lane and Francis street, and a light at Pinder’s Lane and William. Purchase of six gas masks for —one the fire department at a cost of $3.50 each. Determination of procedure to following when hospital-cases are | brought in by city policemen. Responsibility for paym of bills was to rest with the police if proper notification to the City Clerk and to the Municipal Judgé was not given. Contrary to councilman Rai y granted stead ons to five yy owners in the city. ion taken to dispose of the huge safe in the council cham- bers. Fear was expressed that the same would fall through the floor. City Treasurer Roberts is to occupy the space to be va- cated. Finance Committee is to handle two appeals for back salary ow- ing to Thadeus Atwell, $874.92, and Bertie Roberts. over $2,000, as well as a bill contracted for by ; Mrs. Eva Warner for the recrea- tion center, for $49.64. Approval to spend $50 for repairing of Golf Course equipment was given. prior opinion, ; : Today’s Birthdays see eee Se Vice-President John N. Gar- ner of Texas, born in Red River Co., Tex., 71 years ago. Cyrus E. Dallin of Boston, not- ed sculptor, born in Springville, Utah, 79 years ago. Edward L. Bernays of New York, noted public relations coun- sel, born in Austria, 49 years ago. Dr. James P. Warbasse of New York, president of the Co-opera- tive League of Amefica, born at Newton, N. J., 74 years ago. Howard Coonley of New York, noted manufacturer, born in Chi- cago, 64 years ago. Arthur B. Parsons, secretary of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, New York,- born in Salt Lake City, 53 years ago. | Howard Brockway of York, noted composer, there, 70 years ago. New born was.,a New Englander who did the *job—a fellow named Macy”. And .he came from Nantucket! His name was Thomas Gardner Macy. How many who read this knew that Nantucket and Key West were thus linked together? There is another bit of Nantucket! atmosphere also. More anon. CARD OF THANKS Our sincere thanks is hereby extended to those friends. and} neighbors who did so much to al-; leviate our sorrow during our recent bereavement, the death of our beloved one, Charles A. Rob- erts. We are grateful to those no gave the use of their cars nd to the donors of the lovely floral tributes. nov22-1tx THE FAMILY. MONROE THEATER JOHN WAYNE Somewhere In Sonora and Military Academy Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- (Continued from Page One) fore—the car to be used for both private and city purposes. Consensus of opinion was that Saturday; a bad precedence would be set moderate in all in thi ter. was referrec comm: Mayor Albury rea the city investigate mea! portio headquarters employing severe man of lic stalling proper for through thoroughfare: E counc: on United and F the street on which he Walton. for the signs if action Councilman Ra the city provide ai ings at Flagler anc to direct visitors to cloudy lowing cash is instance. ing of warrants winds, The whole mat- ittee with power to act. oce d to ap- yn part of wing room . Council- Ramsey and Z matter. ied for codes or Albury « ion of the buil es in regard and for str enses, acti et on in- P. 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