The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 27, 1949, Page 4

some ty And En joyabl tm it Wee @ very active one, so- ® terge number of being Private dinner-parties, partes gather- oat get-togeth. the city. might there was tab dance, which was attended by a fes-| end Sunday afternoon Woman's Club held party for college stu- thome for the holidays. This etter, ae always, was highly suc-; enestal cred mont thoughout the city on Eve Hospital, the werd for mothers end outside the Commanding Officer, O. Smith (MC), The was at the Old Folks’ Btock Island. Thence through the Poinciana ing Project, Porter Place and spreading Yule- N Housing and good will, wor Louis Eisner's home, yor and his family came @en the rolers, and « therm @ royal reception. At the U. &. Naval Station, the ong atthe White Hat Cerviers Ladies Gate Party At County Home ‘WN “Grey Ladies’ Christmas ty for the people at the Old Peapies Home, was held last Wednesday evening, with Mes- @emes Lee Goddard, Guy Carle- ton off William Ellis actng as Pom temmes Prejeding the program, bray latices sang Chr erolt, end gifts were presented te cach the old people from the fed Crees Pou! Baron entertained with tap dances, Mr. Weaver being at the prar Refreshments of egg ete? Gnd fruit coke were served, the eae nog being the gift of the Officers Wives and Gray Ladies apd the fruit cake having jomated by Pepsi Cola Bot- through the Business mal Women's Club. and Profe Peres-Poe Engagement Announced AM interest to Key Westers is t eeent announcement by Mrs.) Gare Perez, in Miami, of the agement of her daughter, largaret. to Glenn Mitchell Poe GSrank!i'n. Indiana bride elect ts a graduate of PF Citent of Mary Immaculate, | and employee of National Air- tenes af Miami Her father is the late Charles Perez, who was in Navy Wives Club Delightful Christmas comehe Navy Wives were Mr: and Mrs, Leon Swack-' othy Gravat, Mary Kunz, Jose- Rey West Society Had Very Active le Christmas Weekend é Chrrmtmas weekend in Key, ‘thes were held, andi "| from ten to twenty guests. enjoyable. This they are now preparing for New pet 6 Wok place at Raul’s Club. | Year's Eve festivities. OCS Carolers Toured | City Eve Singing Carols NCCE Choral Group, | Club, the Officers’ Quarters and © Stallings, QM SN,|4t whedule tmeluded the/erd, Eaton and Fleming streets,| of Charlotte, N.C. and Dorothy where they | before the Quadrangle for Wards | the USO-NCCS Club for cake andj N. C. Mrs. Judy “Faulds~ was the lucky winner of the turkey AAAERBBBBA varied by USO-NCCS, with an cont rs were the Station Alleys Mesdames Gladys Ehrneiter, Dor- average handi p score of 182, in the Navy Wives’ Bowling Tourn- ament, held at the U.S. Naval. December 23. 1 hammer. Mrs. Swackhammer is phine Christianson, Helen Hola- of the Navy Wives ther Edna Breeding, Viola Bzul- Hawaii, and the couple lak Jeanne Reynolds, Vera Wood, making -their. home here | Wanda Pulnik and Grace Joy. . Swackhammer is at- |. mn! oe Wednesday's Christ- D ir ectors |Mas party were Mr, and Mrs. Of Woman’s Club To Meet Daniel Cain and their children, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cherwa and their two sons, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Duke and son, Mr. and ert Parkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Les-| Board of Directors of the Club lie Pugh and daughter, Mr, and | will be held tomorrow afternoon, | , Mrs, Mickey McGuire and daugh- | Wednesday, at 2:30 o'clock at the ter, Mrs. Fannie DeMars, Mr. and| Woman's Clubhouse on Duval; Mrs. D. Patty, Mrs. Viola Bzullak, | street. Mr. and Mrs. Levinee, Bob Ma- han, Mrs. Judy Faulds and | VY VIET rrr ry be atin} daughter, Mr. and Mrs.. David Hillier and. their’ two chidlren, Bithe 4 Me. and Mrs. Leon Swackhammer és ST ibe es AAADAALAALAEAASALA esa Braxton. Son To McWhirters The Club. members have been! A seven pound son was born’ extremely busy this past month, | Friday, December 23, to Mr. and assisting in various community | Mrs. Gerald Michael McWhirter, | and club affairs, including the] of 806 Ashe street, at 12:50 p. m., city Christmas Community Re-) in the Monroe County Hospital. ! lief program. Mrs, McWhirter is the former Ruth Evens Copes of Rhode | Island. | Pritchards Have Daughter i Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray Pritchard, 990 White street, an-| Many cocktail and dinner par-~| nounce the birth of a daughter at) held at the Officers} 11:51 a,m., Monday December 26, Club at Ft. Taylor, during the en-j in the Mcnroe County Hospital. tire week preceding Christmas}The new arrival weighing six’! and Christmas Eve there were| pounds, five ounces has been, dinner parties in town, among] named Dawn Jannelle. | Navy and civilians alike, ranging] -In addition to December 26) being the birth of their first child, | On Christmas Day many howse- it is also the date of the Prit- holds held Open House, and there chards’ wedding anniversary, and was a great deal of visiting back the birthday of the father, Char-/ and forth, in addition to the large] ey Ray. So the Pritchards on De- family dinners that always take|Cember 26, will hereafter have a triple event to celebrate, All in all, it. was a delightful ae time for Key West society, and Son To Bierwirths Aseven pound, seven ounce son was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Bierwirth of 1319 Eliza street, at 10:25 a. m., this morn- ing, at the Monroe County Hos- pital. | Apply To Wed the waterfront, for the ships. An application for a marriage Streets traversed by the Carol-| license was filed in the office of ers included Flagler avenue,|County Judge Raymond R. Lord Duval, Frances, Simonton, South-| by Joseph H. Woodruff, Jr., 28,! of Council, ! Carolers returned toj Belle Fiowers. 26, hot chocolate, ut the end of a long and happy evening. The Carolers included, W. C. Stallings, QMSN; Buford Strange, YN3; Gene Messier, AA; Jack Witt, ET3: George Lunney, SN; Kedar Adour, SN; Mike Belice AA; Bill Goad, SA; Dick Stock- inger, SA: John Kristoff, ET 2; Gene Di Nitale, SA; M. Lore, SN; J. W. Cotter, SN; Danny Driscoll, RD3; Joyce Park, Alva Rod guez, Paul McAdams, SA; Wil- liam Batsford, SO 3; George Pizzi, SR 2, and Mrs. Vera Wood, USO- NCCS Program Assistant. Coming Events TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27 Regular meeting, Sparkling Waters Rebekah Lodge No. 14, 7:30 P. M., at Knights of Pythias Hall, Fleming street. Visiting Rebekahs invited to; attend. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28— Meeting, Board of Directors, Key West Woman's Club, 2:30 P. M., at Woman's Club- house on Duval street. Regular meeting, La Concha Navy Wives Club No. 88, 7:30 P. M, in Clubrooms, Building | 178, U.,S. Naval Station. | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29— Open House, Martello Gallery,} 8to 10 P.M. Lecture by| Marian Murry, assistant di. rector of Ringling Museum Public invited by Key West Art asd Historical Society ta; attend. Opening of new art) show TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS {Know America) Oscar Levant, composer, radio star, pianist, born in Pittsburgh, 43 years ago. Marlene Dietrich, screen star,| born in Berlin, 45 years ago. Louis Bromfield, famous novel- USO NCCS Christmas Dance Lovely Affair The dance held at the USO- NCCS on Christmas evening was enjoyed by a large attendance of Junior Hostesses and Servicemen, Music for dancing was played by Ida Gellrich and her orchestra. A lighted tree decorated each pillar in the hall, and a large Christmas tree, gay with orna- ments, lights and decorations, had been erected on the stage. Re- freshments were served by Carl Cock, FN, Gene Messier, AA, and Bob Malone, SN. Junior Hostesses and their | guests included Joan Porter, Nan- ,ey Ross, Hilda Pullara, Mary Saunders, Shirley Garner, Lillian Stewart, Nathalie Valdez, Gwen Quinn, Onei Ramos, Estelle Deigado, Joyce Bradley, Jessie Smith, Nancy Ryals, Doreen Bris- years ago. James M. Mead, member of the Federal Trade Commission, ex- U. S.-senator from New York, born at Mt. Morris, N. Y., 64 years ago. Cyrus S, Eaton of Cleveland, noted banker-industrialist, born in Nova Scotia, 66 years ago. Mark Woods, president of American Broadcasting, born in Louisville. Ky., 48 years ago. Ewan Clague of the Depart- ment of Labor, noted statistician, born in Prescott, Wash., 53 years ago. ter, Joyce Park, Marina Sikes, Rosario Lopez, Dora Martinez, Norma Martinez, Nica Smith, Betty Armayor, Olga Brost, Mag- dalene Russell, Elsie Mora, Doro- thy Derry, Helen Smith and Joan Strayline. the wholesale grocery business for years in Key West. Mr. Poe is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Russell Poe of Franklin, Indiana, and an employee also of National Airlines, serving with the radio :wnaintenance division of that firm. The date for the wedding, which will take place at_ Tampa, Plorida, hes been set as February 24, 1950. The National Safety Council says horse travel was more dan. gerous than is automobile travel today with about 30 fatalities per 100 million miles of horse travel in 1909 (the peak of such travel in the United States) com+ pared with seven deaths today for each million miles of auto travel. Mrs. Lee Goddard, president of , Mrs. Clifford Behrens and their |the Key West Woman's Club has two children, Mr. and Mrs. Rob- | announced that a meeting of the { at sea ist, born in Mansfield, Ohio, 53 TIDES ago learned, had a way , ing thi whic! mean. And that s be particularly true of He found that Wanda wos eyeing him gravely, asked an abrupt question. ~~ , “You and Saralee good friends?” “I guess you could call us that,” | Wanda agreed. i “This 64—who runs it?” ~ “I do,” she said briefly. She gestured off toward a wooded sec- tion in the hills with a nod of her head. “She went that way,” she sg “Thanks.” Valse agteed, is a pieasure to have met you, ma‘am.” He lifted his hat again, turned his horse as she had indicated. Being a woman, W: ly believed that Saralee faa not meant quite what she said, He came upon her an hour later. Saraioe had dismounted, leaving her horse to graze as it nleased. She was standing le a tiny stream, gazing down into its depths, when she heard and turned with a little start, Looking at her, it seemed to Valse as though the long years had been Swept and this. was yes- terday again.,But he knew that she saw a change in him. e was shock in-her eyes, so that he | wh: knew that she had recognized him. And with it came a He chenze—a small, indefinable | ], must ad “Saraleet You at lain?” her on. “You couldn’t be claim to be. He left me all these. years, to w: without a word. now it’s cruel—cruel to come and try to Ret what doesn’t. ann oa Ou, aan fs aise claim to 2! ive. y don’t you go on trail and let me have a little _She turned then. alm ning to where her horse stood half hidden by a clump of\brush, It was like the flight of.a_ wild thing. Valse followed and ‘hi voice stopped _her, “Saralee! You can’t go this way!” “P'm going,” she said. “Don’t| bee: try to stop me!” “But you know that I’m alive! his face Won't you even listen to me?” “T don’t know a ‘ing of the sort,” she said breathlessly. go away!” She had reached her horse, and she swung has! ii jerked it around, fone in a sudden burst of speed. Valse stood where he was, gazing after her, his face washed out and enol He suddenly looked years older. She had known *him—he was certain of that—and knowing him had put wild panic into her heart. ly? is face hardened. Had she told him simply that she no longer something in her face, a sort of calculated withdrawal which had not been there in the old days. For a moment the silence held, and then he was off his horse, “Saralee!” he said. “What do you want?” she asked. “Saralee!” he repeated. “Surely you know me?” Slowly she shook her head. Her voice was almost a whisper. “T don’t know you,” she sai “But you must! In that moment, all the unecer- tcintv of the vears. the pain and vearning, were in his face. throb- J The WOMAN OF YEAR “WEATHERMAN Says Key West and Vicinity: Cloudy with showers today; partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers. Moder- ate east and southeast winds. Florida: Partly cloudy~vand+ continued warm with a few seat-} tered showers in south and east portions today and Wednesday. Jacksonville Thru The Florida , Straits: Fresh to occasionally moderate easterly winds today decreasing to moderate east/to} southeast on Wednesday. Partly! ionally ‘eloudy with tered showers. e East Gulf Of Mexico: Moderate east to southeast winds’ thru Wednesday except fresh at times today. Partly cloudy’ weather and isolated showers. } Jacksonville To Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warnings | have been issued | ee ae | REPORT | ‘ Key West, Fla., Dec. 27, 1949 (Observation taken at City Otfice ; 8:30 a.m., EST) Temperatures Highest yesterday he _ persisted. GARALEE rode, spurring, driv- } brush clined chat * her like rs z bing in the tones of his voice. ther shoulder now and aoe with loved him. that five years had made a change in her life such as they had made in him, hi would have understood, cepted it. But when she knew that refusal to admit the truth} mal was keeping Armin Zachary in}; contro) of the Gun, and Zachary was the man whom she was now plannin; different story: one which twisted his heart and left it, like his face, cold and unfeeling. e ind ac to marry—that was a ‘were dry and burnin; jand even tears. w \to her relief. ‘To be continued) ing her horse headlong through eve VERVYN VV VerUETEVENTY Pe :. 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MARGARET MEAD, not- | ed anthropologist shown above, H has been elected Woman of the | Year in Science in the annual Associated Press poll of editors to choose the year’s outstand- ing women. i Lowest last night Mean Normal Precipitation Total last 24 hours ‘otal this month Deficiency this month Total this year Deficiency this yea : Relative Humidity. 8:30 a.m, 82% Barometer (Sea Level) 8:30 a.m, 30.04 ins—1017.3 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 7:10 am, Sunset 5:48 p.m, Moonrise 1:05 p.m. Moonset 1:16 am. 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