The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 31, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR” SOCIETY NEWS | By NINA LESLIE GULEY The P hones: Residence—629-X] Mrs. Cornelius Peterson Honored With Birthday Bridge And Liuiticheon Party By Mrs. M-L. Ohne of the dutGanding events honoring Mrs. Cornelits Peterson during her. recent three *weeks* stayin Key West avas the Mersin | luncheon given by Mrs. .Mervin L. Russell, at her home.at 629 Wil | liam Francis. liam street on Wednesday, May 25 ye: as The luncheon: tables _ were | cus in pastel shades, and it being Mrs. Peterson’s bikthday, there was a special table holding the | son Knowles, beautiful cake adorned with col- {Jr., ored candles. The luncheon, a delightful one corfSisting of chicken salad, devil- | led eggs,- home baked beans, a] variéty of relishes, and iced-tea, was climaxed with the . cutting and serving of this birthday cake. Several lovely bridge prizes! were awarded, Mrs. Vincent Mc- ! - Dermott being the fortunate win- | ner of the first prize, which- con- sisted of a . cunningly-arranged, colorful and dainty Chinese Gar- den. The second prize, Friendship, Of Officers Wives It has been i cdaak that the Officers: Wives Club will hold a luncheon meeting on Friday, June 3 at 12:30 p. m. at the Offi- cers Club at Fort Taylor. The Club will have as its speci- al guest for the occasion the well- known lo¢al artist, Cyril Marsh- all, who will entertain the gather- ing with what he terms “A Free’ Art Lesson,” and this. presenta- tion is much looked forward to. Mrs. D. E. Packard will be the hostess of the day, and it has; been requested that all those de- | siring reservations for the lunch- eon make same piior to 6 pR m. tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday, communicating with either Mr, er Mrs. Stone . at “the, Officers’ club.; » Re ‘The Club stesseg again that*it | berg, William Francis, Roy But- charmingly decorated with hibis- | ler, J. B. Ailen, H. E. kone - | Alishouse, Myron Russell, E. | Mumford, Emerson Archer, Mrs. Nathan Giles, a mop ee Artist Cc ‘yrill} Marshall To Be Special Guest At Luncheon Meeting Club This Week | ed. seasick tp pots AE OROLEDENR 4 as Citizen Office—S1_ ; . Russell Last Week Geedanl Perfume, was won by| Mrs. H. E. Kemp, . "and sets of | brushes in pastel tints were won | by Mrs. Roy Butler and Mrs. Wil- : Attending the bridge ‘Risi¢hiene were the Mesdames Olof Soder- ‘ali, John Blackwell, Vincent McDermott and Hil- ary Crusoe, Jr. Mrs. Peterson, who with Cap- tain Peterson has for a past num- ber of years been making her home in Staten Island, New York, just completed a three-weeks vis- it to Key West with the Captain, ‘and was extensively entertained while she was here. The Petersons left on Saturday }and before returning to Staten Island plan to spend a week*in Miami visiting their oe. EW AMBASSADOR —Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pan- dit leaves the White House after presenting to President Truman” her credentials as new Ambas- sador from India to the U, S. Astronomy. - Club Meets Tomorrow .It has been announced that a meeting of the-Key West Astron- omy Club will be held tomerrow evening, : Wednesday, at 8:00 o'clock, at the ~ First Presbyterian Church, White and Washington streets. : Tomorrow night's meeting wil be the last one of the club to be held until the fall season. 3 Key Westers Are Graduated Three Key West boys were graduated, this week from St. Leo’s’ Preparatory College | at Dade City. They weze John B: Dion who, with another boy, won highest honors in the: college, and_ was awarded three’ athletic honors, |: baseballj football and basketball; John W. Pinder, who was award- ed a music honor, and John Sosin, Fred J. Dion, father of John B, Dion, returned yésterday from‘ Dade Cityey where he attended the, extends a cordial invitation to the wives of all officers stationed in the Key West area to attend these luncheon meetings, which are always enjoyable, and which offer a means for the newcomer to become acquainted with other officers’ wives here. . The Club is also sponsoring a bridge and other games party to be held on Wednesday, June 8, for the benefit of Navy Nurse- ry, and it is expected that ‘the af- fair will be very largely attend- A‘sale of cake, ‘candies and cookies will be held ‘in conjunc- tion with the games, and. pro- ceeds from the joint affair will be used for the purchase of toys and equipment or ig dgrsvinghth Del ishefiil: Picnie Held Surely k By USO:NECS AtPerky Lodge On Keys\4 A delightful picrfic was held Sunday by thé; USO-NCCS at Perky Lodgé, ‘seventéen miles: from Key West. This igs the third Sunday this groug, has held ‘a weiner roast and swimming party’ at this refreshing spot, and from comments heard, it won’t be the last, for the lodge is an outstand- ing hit. The swimming pool, diving board and outdoor fireplace seem to make for anything but a dull Sunday. Everyone goes all out in an effort to outdo the other fel- low in enjoying themselves. Servicemen and Junior Host- esses who participated in Sun- day’s activities were the Misses | ;Maud Ross were the chaperones —_ onjot the three boys. i 6, rovias SQ... a O Pesteriger © | MAARAAAAADAALAAAAAS Doloyes Mira; Jo¢, Mira, Ramon Valdes, Cartlog Fuentes, Zoila Sybil and, Sharon, Mardis, Diand Goldberg, Janice and°Naney Ross, Rosalie and Caroline. Camalier, Hilda Castillo, Joyce. Bradley, Betty Garing, ol ayor,| Fuentes, John: Hancock, Edith Claudina and Velma Laie and| Hancock, Elma Jacobs, Joan Bill Van Carlin, Tetald ford, ; Jacobs, Juanita Landau, “Betty SA, James. Wealdand, SA, Ralph | Moacki. Pyatt, SA, Larry Sigety, SA, Ray| Miguel oe Clara, Mar- Highland, RN, Joe ‘Cullihan, RN,| chante, Thomas archante, Al Don Tucker, USN, Walter Mac-| Canto, Rachel Canto, fred Farlane, FN, Russell Dix, SA,| Witzke, Anne Witzke, Henrietta |’ Louis D’Ambrosio, SA, Andy Witzke, William Hubbard, Helen Black, SA, Roy Sehneider, and| McWilliams, Jack McWilliams, Bob Johnson, RA. (Ellis McWilliams, Shirley * Mc- Williams. Hi Raul Fernandez, Hipolito Salas, William Isted, Mary Isted; ,Luise Olave, Elsia Rios, Emilo Cavie- Mrs. Lillian Saunders and Mrs. for the day. i i ts ee Of Vea s Improvements Held A large number. of: persons were in atteridahce Sunday even- ing at the Dedication « Services held at Fleming Stréet Methodist Church, when. dedication of all improvements made’ during the past year was made by Rev. J. B. Reid, pastor. Installations of officers of the Board of Stewards, WSCS and Young People for the coming year were also held, and the Church Report to be carried to the Annual Conference to be held in Lakeland was read by Rev. Rcuaisth Mey K ‘Guard Of Honor Promoted To Y Corporal PFC Kenneth Albury,: son of | Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Albury, Jr., has been promoted to the rank | of Corporal, effective May 23, it| has been learned. | He enlisted in the Air Force in | Guard of Honor, thtir wives and dez, Elena. Cavidez, Enriqueta Diaz, Juan Ulloa, Rosa Alonso, Pedro Alonso, Norman Woodard. Coming Events” WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1—* Meeting, Key West Astronomy . Club, 8:00 P.M., at First Pres- byterian Church, Whité and Washington Streets. At Fleming Church Reid and ©. Sam B, Curry, and it ; was agreed that this report is one of the best that she Church has ever had. Music for the evening was pro- vided by a male chorus of local we talent under the direction of Miss man is . = ; ! -M. vin Leona Moreland, and “his chorus : ubroon. s, uilding 178, Naval Station. rendered two selections, “Now the Day is Over” and “Lead Me Gently Home.” Following the service a social hour was held in the church an- nex. THURSDAY, JUNE 2— Special Meeting, Ladies Agaxili- ary, Fleet Reserve Assgotia- tion, Unit 56, 8:00 P.M., at Clubrooms. FRIDAY, JUNE 3— Luncheon Meeting, Officers Wives Club, Ft. Taylor. Cyril Marshall, Artist, Special Guest. ; SATURDAY, JUNE 4— Tacky Dance, Sponsored by Ladies Auxiliary, Fleety Re- serve Association, Unit 56, 9 P.M. to 1 AM. | rooms. Benefit Cancer Fund ey West Held Fish-Fry Members of the Key West guests gathered at the Legion June, 1948, and is now stationed at Davis Monthan Air Force Base | at Tucson, Arizona. It is expected that Corp. Al-; bury will be home some time during the month of July to spend his 20-day leave here. Seek Divorces Petitions seeking divorces were | filed yesterday in the office of Circuit Court Clerk Earl Adams} by Lucille Jeanette Sotak Build- er against Gustav Builder; by John A. Silva, Jr., against Frances O. Silva and by | Patricia Cumpiano Allen against | Grant R. Allen. | WILL YOU SMILE? Frederick | | and Entertainment for Dis- Home on Friday evening for a an : YUE: Ee . \fish-fry with hus-puppies and abled Veterans. Music by | us : A Coral Isle Serenaders. cole-slaw. The committee in oe ras 2 : WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8— . charge were Robert M. Daniels, Sige) (Pant: andeiGakes and Francis Piodela and Anthony L. mege ary = ane ae Gichas. : f Candy Sale, Sponsored by | Officers Wives Club for This affair was the second in a ene ‘i ‘series of monthly entertainments Benefit of Navy Nursery. ; Planned by the Honor Guard for THURSDAY, JUNE 9— ' their wives and guests. { Meeting, Veterans Foreign | Wars Auxiliary, 8:00 P.M. VFW Home on Elizabeth St. SATURDAY, JUNE 11l— 2 Key West High School Alumni Association Annual Reunion and Banquet. A. & B, Lob- ster House. Sliding Seale Hairdresser+-permanent wave | would be five guineas, ,.madam. Of course, you could have a tem- | porary one for a guinea. Flapper—I say, scouldn’t you give me just a momentary one} \for about five net After the Norman tonquest of Britain there were more than 70 ; mints coining gold and silver in the country, more than now exist in the world. i cloudy and continued warm thru || Wednesday. Scattered thunder- showers in the area. ‘pand evening thundershowers thru | Wednesday. Continued warm. | Straits:. Light ‘cloudy with thundershowers. ‘ East Gulf: Light to moderate | Highest yesterday at Club-| Moderate easterly winds. ‘ Florida‘ Scattered afternoon ‘Jacksonville Thru’ Florida to moderate vari- tly easterly thru Weather partly able. winds Wednesday. variable winds mostly southeast weather Tuesday and Wednes- day. Widely scattered thunder- showers Wednesday. REPORT Key West, Fla., May 31, 1949 (Observation taken at City Office, 8:30 a.m., EST) Temperatures Lowest last night - Mean Normal Precipitation Total last 24 hours +... T. ins. Total this month ...... 1.01 ins. Deficiency this month — 2.53 ins. Total this year —.._. .. 4.14 ins, Seca ~* this year .. 5.37 ins. itive Humidity,. Roms 2m. 73% Barometer ’*(Sea Level), 8:30 a.m, 30.00 ins.—1015.9 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 5:38 a.m. Sunset + REL pth, 1 Moonrise _.. _ 9:51 a.m. ‘Moonset. .............-..-..-----11:45 p.m. TIDES (Naval Base) Tomorrow (Bastern Standard Time) High Low 1; 748) acm. 5:25 a.m. 1251 13° p.m. 7:49 p.m. ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA (Reference Station: Key West) Time of| Height of Station— |high water Bahia Honda (bridge) ___—0h 10m 0.0 ft. No Name Key (east end) _-+2h 20m Boca Chica : (Sandy Point}—0h 40m Caldes Channel (north end) -+2h 10m +14 ft ws 000 - Cy Sis sign: © Corrections | to be subtracted. ~ (4)—Plus sign: * Corrections to beadded, . . What's Doing at the YM.CA-US.O. SUNDORL ° (a “Java Hour. 2: M.—Classic Hour. 5:00 P.M—Ping Pong Tourney. 9:00 P.M.—Song Fest and Fel- lowship Hour; Bea Moreno, piano. 10:00 P.M.—Refreshments serv- ed by Hostesses. MONDAY— 8:00 P.M.—GSO meeting (2nd and 4th Mondays). 9:00 P.M.—Dance under the Stars—John Pritchard’s Orch. TUESDAY— 8:30. P.M.—Bingo-Prizes. WEDNESDAY— 7:15 P.M.—Mrs. E. E. Crowson at the piano. .8:15 PM.—Beginning Ballroom dancing—Mrs. Ralph Horten- stein. 9:00 P.M.—Country Dancing— Mrs. R. Hortewaiein—Diree- tor. THURSDAY— 7:30 P.M—YMCA Glee Club; Marjorie Coburn, Director. 9:00 PM.—Dance under the Stars—John Pritchard’s Orch. —Mrs. Ruby Metzer, Dance Hostess. FRIDAY— 8:00 P.M.—Pinochle Tourney. 8:15 P.M.—Movie on the Patio; —Buster Perpall, operator. SATURDAY— 7:30 P.M.—Movie on the Patio — Buster Perpall, operator. 9:00 P.M.—Second Showing. Executive—Forest Turner. Program Director — Mrs. Wahneta Kovash. The U. S. frigate “Constitution” once carried a statue of Andrew Jackson as a figurehead. { NORTH BEACH NURSERY]! | Opening June 10 Registration between May 28th and June 5 by Phoning . . “4 @ JOHN S. BUGAS (left), Ford vice president in charge relations, and Walter P. Reuther (right), president’ of United Auto Workers, shake hands in Detroit at seft! en Ford strike. The agreement sends 107,000 Ford workers } their jobs. Arthur C. Viat, regional director of the F: ‘diation and Conciliation service, joins in the. h helped management and labor together. Chieago ' Trees Are: ee i CHICAGO-—-(AP)—-A big department store planted line elms on State St. in the fall of 1947. It aie d pits, each five feet long, five feet wide and five foot < : built in the sidewalk. Each one was equipped with a ¢ filled. with soil on a floor of crushed rock, and covered grate. The skinny trees began a struggle for survival agaii fumes and an unhealthy environment.: The subway uncerneath. Streams of pedestrians pass on .one'side, of automobiles and busses roll by on the other. There a steady flow of advice from curbstone coaches. “Glad to see you wrapped those trees in paper to protect them.” “Take that paper smothering them.” “They need more water.” to get these trees ‘We have retained = one ¢ It’s | best nurserymen in, the mid \ = Pagar these trees» , daily and prescrii for “Too much water. You want to’ Soe asa pene Soulaal drown them?” | To “get these trees esta One lady dashed up to the’ —and they are- deemed tok waiting room, snatched a sheet good shape—has cdst of free stationery and put down $1,000 per tree to date. nap hot words: “I don’t believe, The grates were sealed ret it does your store any credit to , let these trees stand here and —_ — —_ ~ is die. Eebiican’ d od . sidewalk. ins winter, It also ca Oo something, ' ike Giee oact ped a trickle of coins that {down the hol end She was informed: a spending ime, off. more oe “We are ,Store’s only chance to get effort and money jreturn on its invegtment. * ‘ _———— one ee. | PUSHCART | AUTO COUPE COLORADO SPRINGS, rada—(AP)—A pushcart 10-mile zip-trip down a # j tainside to involve 27-yel ; Leslie Kincaid in a stral | fic accident. | The cart, a light affair JOSEPH WILLIAM KELLY, born! @ railroad section gang h BIRTHDAY _By AP Newsfeatures’ K May 31, 1901, at Crawfordsville, | the Rockies, took off its Ind., son of a brewery wagon| from a spot on the othél driver. This quiz master of the | Manitou Springs. quiz kids on the radio started| The section hands ‘jul earning money when 8 years old | a car and gave chase after his father died. 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