The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 27, 1946, Page 6

°AGE SIX SOCIETY | (4 Mee ‘ By PATRICIA * PHONE 535 Welcoming Party Held For Rev; Mrs. Boobs By Congregationalists Welcoming and Mrs party for the Rev. Vernon L. Booker and mother, of the First Congrega- tional Church, Key West, Florida was held this week at the Con-| gregational Service Center. The party was held in the form of an old fashioned pound party at which contributions, many vai- uable and scarce items, were pre- sented to the honored guests at) the close of the party. Several beautiful bouquets; were played in conspicuous places which added much to the attrac- tiveness of the Service Center. A nice program was arranged and games played. At the ‘end of the program, the guests were called upon to say a word. Both Rev. Booker and his wife had composed beautiful poems on} Key West, which we hope might} be published some time. Delicious refreshments were’ gerved including pound cake, hot} chocolate and many. kinds. off sandwiches Those Rev. Robert Byron Mrs. Paul DiNegro Jr. Miss Ruthie Car Mrs. James Eugene Pitcher, Mr. and \Mrg; Bert Sawyer and daughter, Mar- garet, Roy Addis, O. Y. McClan- nan, Jr., Miss Helen Norcisa, re the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. ell,, Mr., and d son, Paul, DiNegro,. Rays Cormack;j; nt w Red Cr ross dieing Fo Mrs. Arthur, Armaydr, Mr.’ and Mrs. Alfred J, Veal and son, Terry, Mr. and Mrs. J. Carlyle Roberts, Miss, . Florence - Boza, Miss Betty .Boza, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Archer, Miss Alma Rash, Robert: Archer, Mrs. Hattie Bak- er, Mr. and Mrs, Herman Meck- lenburg, Cyrus. E, Bode, Glen Kinzer, Mrs. Ruth Rutt, Mrs. Evergreen Watkins; Mrs. Vernon Lowe, Sr, Mrs. Pearl Mrs. Ida Thompson, Robert Knowles, Mrs. Sally Jenks, Mrs. Rhoda Baker, Mrs. Katie Sweet-| | ing, Mrs, Edna Johnson, Mrs. Christina. Bunting, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Henry Archer, Mr and Mrs. John Fleming, Rev. and Mrs. Vernon L. Booker, Mrs. Christopher Knowles, Miss Marie Knowles, Miss Mary Alice Pitts, Miss Dorothy Dungan, Mr. R. G Albury, Mrs. T. R. Pitts, Mrs. Bertie L. Higgs, Alice M.. Clel- land, Mrs. Frederick Babcock, Mrs. Florida Thompson, Mrs. Ronald Bach, “Miss Betty Arma- yor, Mr@0:Percy M. Roberts, art and. Mu$:i'Wm.. W. Demeritt, J. R. Pitider,’ Mrg..J..W, Bobet Mrs. Emma Albury, ‘Mr. and Georgé! F; Archer; pe Mal 'N. BodkKer, Mr. and Mrs, John Affcheahd daughter, Jayne Lou, Miss Isabel Lazo, -Bill Anderson and=Howard: Shand, Mrs. Hazel Henson and daughter, Joyce, Mrs. Adrenna ‘Sands. r $17,000 Quota Asked Support By Lecal Chairman Ignacio Carbonell, Key West Chairman of the fund, is appealing to the people} of Key West to unite in an un-; dim: hed effort to raise the $17,000, designated for Key West, in the most important peace-time; fumd raising effort in Red Cross history. ' Through four, bitter years of conflict the Red Crdss’ catried| e: services to our valiant fighting forces throughout the world. We have seen that job accomplished, thanks to the unflagging support of the American een Today we face another equally 1946 Red Cross! important task, if not in fact) weate the glamor ! more difficult, by reason of the transition from war'to peace. It is the obligation and responsi- bility of every Key Wester to see that the. services.of the Red Cross to our veterans —, to our men still overseas — to ‘the wounded .in. our hospitals—con- tinue for 4s} ilong as these needs ane duhphide: objective of $100,000,000. for all of America and $17,000 for Kéy West repre- sents an absoluté ‘minimum. | March Ast. opens! ‘tHe campaign. —~——. a pon Cpl. Harry Sawyer Leaves After Visit Corporal Harry Sawyer, attach- ed to the Medical Corps, United rmy, left Monday night Mrs. Lopes To Wed. Weddin bf; thes, fotmér . Mis. Curry} ' Sally] | | FITTING THE GOWN... By BARBARA JACKSON AP Newsfeatures NEW. ORLEANS, La.—Any re- semblance between Cinderella! and’ ' the” Queens-for-a-Night of! New. Orledns Mardi!’ Gras is: pusgly cok The: belles who, feign’ Bxor thé i meérrymaking of: the angjgr, 1: ut | cathival “Krewes”!are almost unanimously daughters of old! families who start as tiny tots to play-act for the night of nights when their dreams come true. There’s none of this bus: ness of a waif transformed by | fairy godmother. Moreover, it takes more than a pass with a magic wand to and grace | which the crowned debutantes radiate at the New Orleans Muni-! cipal Auditorium. It means plenty of work, training and coaching. Debutanie Matilda Geddings Gray. who portrayed Queen Ber figatia of ‘England at: the annual ball\iofy the Krewe of | Pate ea year, ‘probably | e time ¢ learning regal manner as ‘the orig- inal queen. did, elise went to dancing school i | | 1 | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN QUEEN FOR A NIGHT x os kook ok ko EA ® nite ook Néw Orleans Belles Train for Mardi Gras From Babyhood Matilda Geddings Gray, queen of this | year’s Mardi Gras, went through hours of this. * to be tutored curtsying. He | leanti 0 sul of bee n the voyal art of dest “task was é da hadkte stand nonltee like-a manilein, while the quéen’s dress was fitted to perfection. All the fittings were accomplished - in’ se¢ret in aj sepcial queen’s oom at the Town! | and Country shop. On*the day) of the ball a marquee was erect- j ed from the shop to the street so! that rain, which has a’ way of falling without warning in New Orleans, would hot spot, the white; ‘satin or loosen~the rhinestones: of the. gown, Matilda’ dressed at, | the shop and rode ‘to the ball in a; limousine with police escort. The setting for the ‘tableau a grand ball in Westmi: entertaining in honor of the Earl! of Warwick and the Duke oft 4 Glonse AmENE gcpeciallye in- | vital TCL were Robin Hood from Sherwood Forest and his principal lieutenants. i | | THE BIG MOMENT .. . The king and queen rule supreme ai fabulous New Orleans bail of the Krewe of Osiris To the novice in New Orleans*: | at_ carnival time, the masker’s| lmost- thrge months to create | daiives are the most astonishing! 2nd cost about $1,400. The gown the Mardi Gras. If for-} Bh to have acquired » the newcomer can| in wonderment at ration of Robin! » Devils and: Mad) tin-; | ‘gownéed oe és in! bapuoti ‘of. the dance. | \ He has not-been educated to it’ and may “regard the occasion lightly and. express only casual admiration for the costuming. But to the queens and maids | | of the court and to seasoned | Orleanians the ball becomes a fairy tale full of monstrous fig- ures and the excitement of de- lightful intrigue, with partners whose identities are concealed by the masks. The cost.of the extravaganzas varies. None is cheap. The cos-} tumes are made with the fine’ tailoring and detail of .a real kking’s royal robes, and the court where Richard: ‘Coeur: De Lion, jewels ‘aré. rare anid exquisite land Berengaria; his queen, were] Original: désigns are made each fered by the fragile queen. year, and each year a different theme is used for the assembly of floats, ‘costumes, ball decor, and*ihe tableau. Queen Matilda’s gown, design- | ed by Emily’ Hayne Walker, took! | so | seated on the imperial was of heavy white satin em- broidered in whirls of silver and gold sequirs. ' Medici silver lace studded reck- lessly with rhinestones’. and pearls, ‘while thé) eréwning thead- dress ‘was Silvet’ with: white: os+ trich plumes’ and’, rhinestones. The queens mantle was. white| ‘ satin and” ermine, and was so heavy that ‘Matilda wore a pad- ded harness affair to help her j carry it smoothly. The costume was much too | elaborate to permit any dancing Matilda, after her entrance, spent the rest of the evening throne | ato pa dias. “A carnival queen's gown,” says Mrs. Welker, “has to be os theetrical end dramatic as a Ziegfeld creation, yet proper and perfect as a great lady’s best dress,” The fittings and even the wear- ing of the completed. dress and mantle are ordeals happily suf- Normally, preparations for a | ball by the Krewe of Osiris take about. a, year. This year’s ball was the culmination of planning. during, foyr carnival obliterated war years. * Ameties’ s Cover Girl a "By VIVIAN BROWN oe Newstbatures’ Writer SOD TER 1 BoLenvSex 1 1946 | |\Herald B. Sails Discharged (Speein! to ‘The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 27. The ‘collar was} WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1946 Annee Personal Notes By PATRICIA CUM MRS. EMILY GODDARD fet EUGENE LYONS, iormer editor of The American Mercury Maga- zine, in Moscow before:the war Mrs. Goddard is the former EMILY WOOLEY, who is well) known in the operatic wortd. With her husvand, Lieutenant Commander Goddard, they are ‘| newcomers to Key West. On the walls of their little cottage on United street are autographed | Bictures from’ many celebrities in- ‘) cluding one from the ‘late Presi- dent Roosevelt before whom Mrs Goddard sang. Mrs. Goddard is interested in the Woman’s Club Key West Players, -Friends of Music and loves gardening here as her own lovely patio is testi- mony to. She is world travelled and we think it is an honor that she has picked Key West as her home. kk Here are some notes from the Lions Glub: The . international Board of. Lions were in Miami last Saturday and are now in Havana for a board meeting with President Collazo. . . Our. best applause to Lion ALBERT Di- NEGRO who ‘is responsible for the Lion dinners each week. Lion Albert, always in a good humor joing a very which weé say a good word ‘to our jal cook, HARRY, once pit hile—tell him when you edie ae! a Bees word here and a ve ome men purcha Lions’ that she will steadily improve at her home in Miami. The follow- ing men have been approved for | membership in. our. clu GEORGE T. MORRIS, manager! of Sinclair Refining Company; ISADORE RODRIGUEZ, assist- | ant manager of Florida Motor Lines and GERALD ! PINDER. | program director USO... We ae RARE | one. 177 actif jcult job: apieciat Ss | ithe ; candidate for Queen yet,; MISS DOLORES THORNLEY.. | Sorry to hear of the illness of; Lion PAUL ALBURY’S MOTH-| ER-IN-LAW. We sincerely, pray| Smiths ‘Retiitn From Orlando Mr. and Mrs. David L. Smith have returned to their home at 2210 Staples Avenue after spend. ing several bes in Orlando with Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Groves. BEETLE STRONGEST BROOKLYN. — The stongest living thing in proportion to its size is the beetle. _A man :pro- fort-onately strong could lift 70 tons. certainly miss “UNCLE CHAR- LIE” KETCHUM at our meet- ings. We lodk forward to the time when he cah be with us again singing “Lil Liza%. Also want to hear GERALD ADAMS sing “Milkman, Keep Those Bottles”. ., We missed LEON- ARD AVANT at the last meet- ing. He was in Jacksonville. . . Saw ROD BETHEL this week. He hasn’t been with us for some- time. BRAD FORBES had difti | culty on the highway recently. . Leo congratulates LION EUGENE MARTINEZ on the erection of the modern: store on the corner of Duval. and , Virginia streets. This ‘is traly an attractive asset to the main street of our city and Lion» ytinez deserves a big hand is courage and civic pride. May his enterprise be a great suceess ‘and. many others 5 rt -Receat ion Cohte! bught up the idea of a Police Dinner shortly prajng a Lion and with cAtais: sifom the dinner the commissioners authorized _ the’ Jofja: patrol wegonwith cSotribution ts a ri | nt WAS, Of Od GET. * Juana Lopez and John R, Watson ‘Pin: -up and glamor girls are no! longer dream-dust to the boys. ill be of St. Helena, California, w This year itll be the sweet un- 1 Orleans after a visit in} Celebrated. Friday. t poral Sawyer is a son ofj Mr. and Mrs. Bernell Sawyer of} 1417 Catherine street. Church Worker Comes To City } uperinte! ndent Seventh Day Adventists south Florida, has arrive Key West and will carry op the j work of the organization:;,in, connection with a drive. inawgu rated in the interest) of the church throughout the state: Funds contributed in the. wel- fare drive will go ‘for churches, hospita d other like organi- a the benefit of: those fortunate than our- es the promoter of the, fare drive. J of t G. Gjordin: Girl vonti Have Wiener Roast meeting of the of troop 4, on Friday, de on their bikes out) for a weiner roast. 1 as had when} irls put on an hose in the show} htry, Nelly Men alter, argaret Loretta Carbonell, ' Dianna Auxier,| Helen Howes,| Jeanne Navarro. Martha Sardey | d Betty Filer. endez, the assistant , was in charge of p in the absence of Mrs. ardt. Under wood, Ann Savy Mary Ann How Joan Knowles Helen Cottr 5. J scout the t Your Lodge Meets Fern Chapter, OES, 2nd and 4:h| Fridays of each month, 8:60 P.m., Scottish, Rite Temple, Mrs. Lopez is from ‘Havana, Cuba and is a resident of Key West. Mr. Watson has been in Key West for various periods of time for the past eight years. He is manager of the “Cowboy and Sons” landscaping group here. The couple will leave on their wedding trip Saturday and will be at home next week at 1117 Duval street. Social Géilendar th, Whitehead end. Waited, ‘Si 8:00 p.m. Junior rehaeabis, of Contatérco, Clubhouse, - Flagler «fouppiue. 8100 pat Ww ik, THURSDAY Junior Woman’s Social, Wom- an’s Clubhouse. 8:00 p.m. Ladies Auxiliary, Sewing Co.:- mittee, Municipal Hospital. 2:00 p.m. Rotary Club, St.) Paul’s Parish Hall. 12:15 p,m. Lions Club, Clubhouse, Semia- ary Street. 6:30 p.m. Army Dinner Dance, Officers’ Club, Whitehead and United Streets. x xk FRIDAY Card Party and Buffet Supper, Woman's Clubhouse, given by Jay Shees. eS St. Paul’s Troop 4, Girl Set Weekly Winter Visitor. Social, }WEDNESDAY “ Bridge Club): Officer's, Cl sophisticated girl who'll ring the! church bells. And she won't be) slim—her body will be well rounded, predicts Harry Con-! over, agent for models. Why this sudden change on the romantic front? Harry says: “The boys finally got bored sitting in foxholes and canteens gazing at the unrealistic long- legged beauties pasted up on the walls. They wanted to fall in love with the kind of a girl they could visualize in the kitchen baking e pie, darning their socks or sitting on, the back porch knitting, hooties, It { makes mo difference whether soshe, is, blonde, brunetie ‘or |’ br redhead, Oné’way to identify the bors} preférénces is ‘by looking at the eurrent cover girls. Since most; of them are picked by advertising ! men who have the male idea of; beauty in mind, they select a girl: who gives the reader a warm,| familiar feeling that she is a girl, they have met somewhere before or might meet—if they are lucky. | Harry points to Madelon Mas-| on as being the ideal cover girl! for 1946. She is, wholesome, refreshing type of girl who looks just like the girl next door or down the street, but she seems like an old friend to! fied home girl’ with a six-year- sweetness | Herald B. Sands, of 714 Passover |}, street, Key West, Florida, veteran of both Atlantic and Pacific | theaters of war, received his dis- ' gan his basi charge Monday, Feb. 25 at the Jacksonville Naval Personnel Separation Center. A seaman first class, Sands be- : training in March. 1943, at Bainbridge, Maryland, and after a month at the Rec ‘ing Station in Norfolk, Virginia boarded the destroyer _ escort Weber. From then until Decem- ber, 1944, the Weber was engaged in convoy and anti-submarine ; patrol in the Atlantic. { af Returned at that time to the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the ship (was converted to. an APD (As- ault Persohnel Destroyer). The ‘Weber then went ito the Pacifi¢ ‘and participated: in the invasion''' of! Okinawa. It also. transported troops throughout ' the Far ‘East: é Sands returned to the States , at Mayport, Florida, only a week i | { | MADELON MASON | Bolegard, says Conover. Though Bettina has been typed he says, the but more sophisticated. Bettina, woman buyer likes to see them on herself. On the whole, artists, photog- in this role often in ads, actually | raphers and even Hollywood pro- perhaps just a little prettier. So, says Harry, she is a quiet, digni-} ducers are expected to want more in their 1946 girls the boys whether they see her on} old son. She, too, is never seén Says Conover: the cover of a candy box, a mag-; azine or in a refrigerator ad. | It’s no illusion. The 20- year-old, Madelon, who was born on Inde-! pendence. day, s very little: makeup, 4 nightclubs. : Parish Hall. 4: Sponsored by Hotel Associa! tion, USQ Club, corner Duval and’ Caroline Streets.” 3:00 p.m. * SATURDAY, Brownies’ Meetitig, “10:00 ‘hims Fleming Street Methodist Churth Annex. * x MONDAY Key West Players, 8:00 p.m}. Barn Theater. Jay Shees, 8:00 p.th., J. C. Club nhs hails fro zie iene Made-| “Hon ‘and the ular ~ brunette Patty: oe _girls > eyery, mother: wor ters to look like. Though some- times the daughters prefer to the equally popular Today’s a caeachin in a nightclub. nor wearing or, doing the things she ures. inj} ads, whether it is modeling glam-; orous furs or parading a Russian} wolfhound down Fifth Avenue. Of course, other types of girls | sophisticated’ But they wont be the ult types that have been So tg in the past. However, exp! fashion -mode! their daugh-' over, a pibtberliphic model, isn’t’ because she has tnale ap is unmar- ‘will be/popular*this year. Fash- } ds and is, ion models are likely to be more! “It used to be that Holly- wood talent scouts ran far efield and picked their starlets from theatrical ranks. But to- day more and more of them | f models whose p alg familiar to millions of cover girls’ uusty,. Anderson, | Trudy former Sot D ers Warwick Ce 00 “Johnson, all now in ty must wear clothes: the way a’ wood. | soldier, Michigan governor, sec- | | railroad head, financier, donor of | the great California library, born ‘ before- his discharge. Five ribbons, the Asiatic-Paci- fic with one battle star, Euro- pean-African, Philippine Libera- ion, American theater, and the Victory Medal are worn by Sands. Before entering the Navy Sands was engaged in commer- cial and sponge fishing in Key West. He plans to take an ap- prentice course in movie projec- tion which he learned on the Weber. FAYE EMERSON Coming: “Cofidential Agent” TWO HOTELS in. TWO HOTELS in... =e WI AMES iSroroLan Paice barca Located in the Heart of the City Rates Reasonable ROOMS Write or Wire for Reservations with BATH and TELEPHONE Ford Hotel 60 N.E. 3rd Street 80 Rooms - Elevator Solarium Pershing Hotel 226 NLE. Ist Avenue 100 Bens - Elevator leated 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION. BAER’S. mane /. 901 DUVAL, STREET i Will Re-Open ° Friday, March 1 WITH A COMPLETE, NEW STOCK Christian Science Society of or West KEY WEST, FLOKIDA ANNOUNCES A FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ENTITLED “CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: - " ciel MADE PRACTICA Leonard T. Pevid. 6 SB: OF BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA : Member of the Board of Lectureship of the The Firat Church of Ghrieh Sclontiat. » Besta Sekstaiipaans | retary of war in Spanish-Ame! ‘can War, born in Lafayette, | Died Jan. 24, 1900. In The a Key West High School, White and United’ ‘Streets THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1946 AT 8:15 O'CLOCK i THE PUBLIC IS. CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND Pocahontas Lodge, Ist and 3rd Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Red Men's Hall. Pythian Sisters, Ist and 3rd Mon days, 7:30 p.m. Knights of! Pythias Hall. Rebekah, Ist and 3rd Fridays. p.m. Golden Eagle Hall O.! at Oneonta, N. Y. Died May 23, 1927. = 1850—Laura E. Richards, popu-; 1853 — ate Stepnens, pioneer’ fellow, nan lesso} ate i Sat meeting Leia lar author her day, daughter of} br iestime’ oy et Ror etch ge : land, Me. Died Cambridge, Mass.| Julia Ward Howe, born in Bos- — N.Y. Died May 10, 1938.! _Gifts to the Red Cross: called; Mar. 24, 1882. | ton. Died Jan, 14, 1943. { : aid to international good-will. | 1836—Russell A. Alger, Union 1850—Henry .E. Hutehington, Subscribe to Tne Citizen. | house. * ke I TUESDAY } Woman's Club Meeting, Wom- j ah's Clubhouse. 4: 00 p.m. (Know America) 1807—Henry Wadsworth Long: | Monroe Theater PAT O'BRIEN in “MAN OF POWER” News - Sports - Shorts EE 7:30 t i