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omen PAGE FOUR Philadelphia Wife Prefers Alligators To Scrapple By TOM BRADSHAW AP Newsteatures IA.—Mrs. Gertrude Darlington finally has for- saken the idea of a vine-covered cottage in favor of things lke electric eels in the Amazon, anacondas and periodic at- ‘tacks of malaria. Mrs. Darlington's husband, | Charles W., has convinced her at! last that exploring is fun, as the | two prepared for their jaunt into | the South American jungle. | The shift from office worker | end housewife to 20th century Magelians began back in 1945} after Dardington began interest-! @@ in books on exploration. As @ result, Darlington left his fob in the accounting office of | @m explosive plont and invested | hts $4,000 savings in adventure. | Mrs. Darlington, 32-year-old | former public high school physi- | eal education instructor, was not, @t all happy about the prospect of | following her husbana into the) South American jungles, but fol- | tow she did The little vine-covered cottage | the had been dreaming of owning | some day faded gradually. In- stead she found herself sleeping | ender mosquito netting in steam- | fea jungle country. She lasted | @ut that first six-month excursi-j @m and insisted on going again} with her husband last November. | Both of them shifted their diet | from ham and eggs to alligator! tells, iguanas and = armadillos.' They learned to go barefoot thru! the water-filled swaps fashion despite leo nes and fire ents And they learned to laugh Rgybert Harold Albury @ such experic sas the time am electric cel shocked Mrs. Dar- Hatton's ox, causing the animal te throw her ! Derlington says that now his wife is as confirmed an explorer @ himself. She wasn't bothered at all by helping to chaperone three anaconda snakes back from Geuth America recently to the Philadelphia Zoo. The ship's @few was more disturbed by the presence of such passengers, Dar- lington says. Those first two jaunts into the jungle were planned pretty much by Darlington himself. Now hus- tend and wife are working to- gether preparing for their next adventure i Jaycees Meet At Community Center, Junior Chamber of Commerce meets tonight at 8 o'clock at the + Peinciona Community Center. Orlando Esquinaldos iting Family Here Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Esqui- neide and son, Orlando, Jr., who have be ding in Beaumont, Texas, two and one-half year are in Key West visiting rela- tives Esquinaldo is a staff artist with the Bea mnt Journal and the Beaumont He studied under F Wing, nationally | known illustrator, and also un- der W. L. Bartholomew at the CHICAGO.The Bible is still the world’s best seller, according te the Bibi records of the American Society, which reports that sen to such pro- the end of the war the Society's annual production of 12,000,000 copies is absorbed immediately. The Bible @F parts of it, has been translated into 1,060 languages or dialects by the Society and three collab- erating foreign societies. that ~) Bed going thru the functional Y period pecultar to wom- en ¥rs.)? Does this make you Suffer from hot flashes, feel so ner- high-strung, tired? Then bo try Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- relieve such '® Compound call & also has what ‘tonic effect! LYDIA E. 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Before you know it, you'll be going back to school or your job or your household duties, and trying to erase a muddy see aoe motorists and he was anxious to move. The salesman assured him that any occasional automo- bile meandering in the new neighborhood proceeded at @ snail's pace. “It's a deal.” the prospect said. “Draw up the papers immediately.” A squeal of brakes and a dog’s yelp came from the street. Both men ran out. There lay a dead dog. Thi was off. And Betty Mae Chapman Married In Pensacola Rebert Harold Albury, son of of Pensacola, were married in that city, according to information received here by Mrs. E. A. Roberts, 1819 Harris avenue, Mr. Albury, who attended Key West High School, was employed by the National Airlines in Key West. He was transferred to} When thi 34 Pensacola in November, 1946, and wh Bees eaves felyou nt Bo SEEN crcund looking is still connected with the com- |i) 3 ig sens pany in that city. 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Fretwell, chief scout executive of the Boy Scouts of ‘America, will be presented to the National Headquarters of the Boy Scouts of Cuba when the iKey West delegation of Boy Scouts visit that country August 11-15, Scoutmaster Ernest Avila said today. vana plaza is renamed in hopor of the City of Key West. Chief Executive Fretwell’s let- ter recommends the Key West Scouts: to the kind consideration jof the Cuban Boy Scouts in full assurance that they will receive a Scouts’ welcome from all mem- {This letter will be presented to the executive of the Supreme Na- tional Council of Boy Scouts of Cuba immediately upon arrival of the Key West Scouts in Ha- vana. There will be a group of 23 Scouts and five leaders making the trip to Havana. The group will be under the direction of District Com: ioner David Me- Curdy. Commissioner McCurdy’s | associate directors will be Joseph ; A. Boza and Archie R. Potter. All members who will make the trip are undergoing a period ef training and preparation for their activities in Havana. Apply To Wed Applications for marriage li- censes were filed yesterday with County Judge Raymond R. Lord by David F. O’Berry, 28, and, Winifred L. Guthrie, 20, both of Miami. and John E. White, 21, of 1805 Flagler avenue, and Bet- ty J. Portness, 21, of 222-C Poin- | ciana Place. bers of the Brotherhood of Scouts. ‘ | ‘Jacqueline Stewart | Get Letter From 'And J. G. Atkinson} Headquarters Married In Georgia Mr. and Mrs. George M. Stew- ort, 1321 Angela street, today an- nounced the marriage of their ,daughter, Jacqueline Yvonne, to ‘James L. Atkinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Atkinson, Chilli- ,cothe, Ohio. i The wedding took place on iJuly 16, at Folkston, Ga. Mr. and |Mrs. Newell Aspinwall of Jack- ithe Key West High School. | The newlyweds will make \their home in Jacksonville. 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