The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 10, 1950, Page 4

Internationally Known Dancer, Ted Shawn, Visited InKey West Teternationatly ~known dianoe,ot the Dance and produced the first major Américan dance com- pany, which toared successfully for 17 years, His all-male group Ser, Ted Shawn, visited Key West-ower the week-end. His erty included his manager, John Chettien, ond Novelist Berta Daman, who were also guests at the home of Paul Baron and Nor- vel Read of 616 Duval street. Shown has just returned from eS Voo Doo dancing in Mr. Shawn was so impressed Key West possibilities that i COnedering a dance concert be given here on February 3, the date and sponsorship can be arranged. Any civie group in- terested may call Mr. Read at 198 for further discussion, Shawn founded, with Ruth St. at Denia, the first American Schoal ( ee Meeting Of toured the nation for nine years. His influence has been far reach. ing through teaching and imita- tion. Other dance stars which his art influenced include Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman Helen Tamaris and Jack Cole who scored in Mi- ami during the past two seasons. In 1947, Shawn made a concert tour of Australia and repeated his triumph this year in Canada and this country as a solo dance re- citalist. Besides being the author of six books on the art of the danee, Ted Shawn is founder and director of “Jacob's Pillow,” a university of the dance, near Lee, Massachusetts. a Jayshees Held Last Night At Clubhouse ‘The Jayshees held their’ busi-| fees Meeting last night at the ena «emiepyed § colored movies ty Mr, and Mrs, Ralph of their recent trip Florida and their visits! Points of beauty and in- jhout the state. decided, during the busi- ; Thy @ Queen to rep- | the fortheaming @ Queen to pre-| forthcoming Birthday in Polio Fund Drive, but li #3 is} i} be" partici in this wil, . ipate in ' drive” votes of the’ = Be verious Queens Gniered by other * on Flagler Avenue, « mbers of the Jayshees will the J: Dance Com- mittee, ‘and appointed last night @ committee’ of their own to handle this matter, consisting of Kay-Faraldo, Norma Dopp and Phyllis Higgs. It was announced that ‘the Jay- shets will sponsor a card party jon February 10, at their club- house, and a committee composed that the Jayshees \of Mary Jane Pierce and Juanita Pinder will be in charge of the event., A The. Wishing Well for the Polio Drive will also be handled by the dayshees 9t the forthcoming Casa Marina affair; with Mary Jane Pierce, Ada Wardlow and Fay Saunders to.be in charge of this organizations. Within ‘Well. + - High School Band To Present Concert At Auditorium Tomorrow The Key West High School; Bendedirteted by Earl Dillon, will play a concert at the High Sehayl Auditorium Wednesday, | which brings January 11, at 8:00 p. m. ‘This ig the annual semester con- | cert ig ® very fine program ha: been inged, which will .in- clude overture, Barber of Se- ville, by Rossini; the Fantasia, Scene de Ballet, by de Beriot,; and thie grand selection from the ational H. Returning to Key West this! week after an absence of several) Weeks. Mrs. Gene Kemp, Grandj Plantain of the Friends of Marti: @mmounced today that she has ef-: feeted plans for the removal of: National headquarters of this ar-- @enization from New York City} te Key West. | Negotiations for the use of an @id cigar factory formerly used) an art school will go forward this week and it is expected that More than twenty-five persons Will be employed when the set-! up is completed. ts the meantime, the local or- ge tion of the Friends of Marti nuinaking plans for taking care of the many visitors who are nad through Key West this ¢ to Havana. Also, the Friends of Marti has Miade tentative plans to haye Key! Red Cross To Assist Former POWs In Filing Adjudication Claims Here Home Service Department of the Key West Chapter of . the American Red Cross will assist former prisoners-of-war in filing claims for adjudication by the War Claims Commission, recent- iy appointed by President Tru- man, Lee H. Goddard, chapter ehairman announced Mr. Goddard pointed out that under the War Claims Act of 1948, prisoner-of-war is defined as any member of the United States armed forces who was held @ prisoner-of-war for any period after December 7, 1941, by any government of any nation with which the United States had been at_war. The Commission is au- thibrized to receive and adjudi- cate claims filed by a prisoner-of- war for compensation for viola- then by the enemy of its obliga-| fits, tien to furnish him the quantity ef food to which he was entitled under the terms of the Geneva Convention of July 27, 1949, "Co tion will be paid at f $1.00 for each day on which enemy government failed ish such food, ac- cardi: the Act,” Mr. Goddard said ct also includes civilian eadquarters Of Friends Of Marti To Be Moved To Key West - jehi; her daughter, Lucila, and a Bartered Bride, an opera by Smetana.’ Mr. Dillon has arranged a nov- ‘elty :instrumental demonstratoin ta the stage each séetion of the band, starting with the -basses; and showing just what part of a composition is given each group of instruments. Adimission is free, but all who attend must have tickets, Those who desire to attend should con- tact Mr. Dillon or some member of ‘the band. a Regie aa West represented this year at the Gasparilla Festival in Tampa. »-Mrs, Kemp has announced that she is making an effort to bring the Ectiadarian Indian Princess here-as.a final stop on her good- will mission of the United States. +. Princess Rosita Lema Cotaca- fousin, Daniel Ruiz Quinchuqui a Key West Players Preparing To Present New Play, “Laura”, Last Week Of January At Barn DOROTHY RAYMER © i Mietetline k's. interpretive _ play, a - voiced, _ auburn - haired gcvg Seine lee dat ee ee recitt broup and a combination of ag i be presented at the Barn Thea-)-Prom 1942 through ¥1945, Mrs. ter, beginning the last week in Byron Lowery, thei —— had her eyes on Key Weatherly, served a8 an offi the first Waves, West when she was only 10 shi gd eed pers years old, “My family had moved from Dalton, Ga., where I was born,” said Kathryn, “and I was in grade school in Chattanooga, Tenn., looking at a big geography book with alittle school chum. I! remember putting my finger on the map and pointing out Key West as the place in ‘which I wanted to live.” ; Another ambition, which she entertained at a tender age, was to be associated in some way with the stage. Her green evr twinkled with humor as she told about taking what was then called “elocution leszons.” “I suppose I was pretty ter- rible, but everybody acted as if 1 was a miniature Bernhardt and as if they enjoyed all those re- citations complete with elegant gestures.” Kathryn admits that she passed safely through the timé when she wanted to. be an acrobat in a cir- cus, although she~ did learn to hang by her toes “from an iron ring. The stage dream had one tense set back when she was very young. “I was walking through the woods near our farm outside of Chattanooga, talking to myself, bowing to imaginary people in a play. I even stopped to address a stump, or what I thought was one. It turned out to be our old immediately declared ‘that does hired man. He laughed so hard at jit!' We are going back to Flori- me that I almost gave up my vis- da!” ion of footlights.”—~ i He scanned magazines looking However, young Kathryn final- for a post in the south. Finally he ly took dancing lessons which re- spotted an advertisement from stored poise and was’ happy in Key West. Kathryn was thrilled, Byron Lowery, Who -outranked hers a first Lieutenant in the Navy by only a few months.\ At the close of the war, the Lowérys went to his home in Walla a, Washington. Next step was to enroll as stu- dent at the California institute of technology, where Byron studied metereology and his tall, willowy : bride resumed study in dramatics, Mrs. Lowery took part in various plays given by the Pasadena Playhouse. She graduated ~ fram the. four small theater houses and Play given in the largest Pasa- dena playhouse. The produgtion was “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay.” After two solid years of ‘this excellent experience, the Lewerys returned to Walla Walla and ithryn became associated: h the little theater group there, She directed “Laura” and Gon: fesses, modestly, that it was high- ly Successful, But Kathryn had never forgot- ten Florida, nor had her husband, who was stationed in the sunny climate during part of his war service. One night after a re- hearsal of “Laura,” the Lowery jaloppy. as she calls it, broke down. Exposed to the winter weather while fixing the car, Byron caught a bad cold. “He stormed,” she said, “And public speaking courses and high- remembering her childhood school plays. During her Junior yearning to live in the Island year, she took advanced drama City. courses while attending Ft. Laud- erdale High. That’s when her in- terest in play making became in- ‘ensified. During her college training at the University of Chattanooga, which she won on a scholarship, Kathryn found an active outlet for her dramatic yen through the Chattanooga Little Theater. She played roles in “Street Scene,” “Escape” and in the late Maurice After months of waiting, ar- rangements came through. “I do hope we can stay here,” Kathryn concluded. “Right now my hus- band is up at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, on a_ meterologist job. But we want to settle here. Byron helped build the set for this play which is coming up and I enjoy the work with the Play- ers as much asI enjey Cayo Hueso.” |Paul Mesa Made \Correspondent Of In Clubhouse Voiture Local 728 There will be a meeting of Ar- }- Paul L. Mesa, Jr, was Sea heaie tava eects Ohad: pointed as correspondant of Voi- nesday), at the American Legion ture Locale 728, 40 and 8, honor Home on Stock Island, Antonio Organization of the American Arango, Jr., Post Adjutant, an- Legion, at the regular promenade nouns Aare. 3 held last Friday evening at the < Legion Home. Mesa __ succeeds Several new members will be G WwW: ho. wa received into the membership. All “George Warren, who was recent- Legion Holds Meeting Tonight have been designated by Ecuador- jan’ President Galo Plazo to ex- press the nation’s gratitude to the American people for their assist. ance after the disastrous earth- quake of last August. While in the United States, the Princess, who speaks Quechua, language of the Incas, and comes from Peguche, 70 miles northeast of .Quito, has given to President ‘Truman a’ woolen poncho, which she and her family wove them- selves. internees—United States citizens captured by the Japanese Goy- ernment in any possession of the United States or Philippine Is- lands, or those sent into hiding to avoid capture, but does not in- elude internees held in Europe. A civilian who qualifies for com- pensation, Mr. Goddard explain- ed, may receive benefit of $60 for each month of detention during which he was at least 18 years of age and $25 for each month dur- ing which he was under 18. Any former prisoner-of-war — or if deceased, the legal depend- ent qualified under the Act—may contact the Home Service worker atthe chapter Headquarters 301% Front street for assistance in filling aut form for the bene- after first obtaining appli- ation forms from the Adjutant alti g LIP ENE RT _ ly elected as Chef de Train. eens NS aber: ae It was announced that »the |Grand Promenade would be held FR Jat Ft. Lauderdale, April 19-20, Coming Events Jduring the American Legion | Stete Convention. TUESDAY. JANUARY 10— _| Following the promenade a de- Regular meeting, Sparkling licious supper was served by s Rebekah Lodge No.. Voyageur Antonio Arango, Jr. 30 P. M., at Knights of | RECA itor Pythias Hall, Fleming street.} gus oy Visiting Rebekahs welcomed.’ Girl Seout WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1l1— | Regular meeting, La Concha! Leaders Asso. Navy Wives Club No. 88, 7:30' : P, M., in Clubrooms, Building Meets Tomorrow: 178, U. S. Naval Station. ! Meeting, Harris School Parent-| The Gitl Scouts\eLaders’ Ax Teachers Association, 8 P. M,| Sociation will hold a _ business at Schoo Auditorium, “Busi-! Meeting tomorrow afternoon, sion and film on Wednesday, at 3:30 o'clock at fety,” to be shown. Wesley House, it was announced Meeting, Woman's Society of ae Election of officers will take Place at the meeting, and new by-laws will be drawn up. Since this is a meeting of im- portant, a full attendance of membership has been requested. Apply To Wed Christian Service of First Methcdist Church, 7:30 P. M, in Church School Building. Business and social program. All women invited by W.S.- C. S. to attend. ‘ Meeting, Monroe County Has- pital Woman’s Auxiliary, 3:00 P. M. at Hospital. Full at- ; tendance of membership re- Applications for marriage li- quested. | censes were filed in the office of Meeting, Girl Scouts Leaders County Judge Raymond R. Lord Association, 3:30 P. M, at by Jesse L. Martin, 26, of the U. Wesley House. Election of of- S. Navy and Clara Coleman, 33, ficers and drawing up of new of 2-G Porter place; by Louis, B, by-laws. j Richardson, 44, of 1419 Newton Meeting, Key West Astronomy | street and Rosalie C. De Barcee, Club, 8:00 P.M., at Presby. | 39, of 724 Olivia street, and~ by terian Church. iJames P. Saunders, Jr., 26, and Concert by High School Band, ' Lois M. Saunders, 26, both of 809 Auditorium of School, 8:09 Eaton street. P.M THURSDAY, JANUARY 12— The highest land in Eniwetok, Meeting, Fleet Reserve Asgo- U. 8. A-bomb test ground in the ciation Branch No. 56 and Marshall Islands, is 16 feet above Women's Auxiliary, 8:30 P.M. the sea level. at Clubrooms, Front and Fitzpatrick streets. Social | CARD OF THANKS General, State Arsenal, St, Aug- ustine, Florida. If requested, the Home jee worker will also gbtain these forms for an appli- cant. There are estimated 130,000 to 340,000 former prisoners-of-war between 5,000 and 6,000 form- er civilian internees who come within the provisions of the Act. hour to follow business ses- | Neighbors and friends were sions. kind to us during the sad hours FRIDAY, JANUARY 13— ‘following the death of our be- Luncheon - meeting, Officers loved one, Ellen L. Crusoe, and Wives Club, 12:30 P. M., at we wish in this manner to convey Officers Club, Ft. Taylor. to them all our sincere gratitude Business session and élection for their kindly ministrations and 1945, she met and was married to, © student acting, to one professional | fi@!@ Calleja, J Ruth Stavola, wit : tuba, via Aerovias “Q”’S:A.: Delia Bejar, Diego Wasquez, Lao eo Horace, uth Horace it omy Club will be-held tomorrow i . Geake, jliam Geake, } Corrine; Geake, Charles. MeGinty, * p Anthony pee var | Juarez, Barreta.”” * ‘Guy Morello, Elizabeth Morello, | Paul McCormick, Elizabeth Mc- Cormick Norman Begun, Wil- liam Brainin, Dorothy Brainin, Loren Olsen, Margaret Olsen, Edmund Speer, Elizabeth Speer, ry Shaw. = Murral Owen, Vincente Palacio, Fernando Palacio, Maurice Su- dell, Estella Sudell, Human Klar, ; Mary Klar, Wessie Paterson, Pearl B. Schram, Ben C. Schraml, Joe M. Glott Kenneth Hicks, Robert Brown, Bernardo San Pedro Marce} La- roche, Jacqueline Gayette, Rieh- ard Goodwin, Eleanor Good eno, Marta © Beltran,. Hortensia Rodriguez, | Miguel. ‘Rodriguez, Elena Ruesga, Maria . Gonzalez, Cristina Estrada, Ana S. Brisono, Isabel Garcia, Forest C. Black- stock, Olivia Blackstock, Nelson N. Clobough. Marie Clobough, Louis Pierre, Harry Greenblatt, Ernest Fern- andez, Anne Ba; her, Gary Felsher, Herman Fels- her, Bertha Felsher, Luisa Hern- andez, Anibal Perez, Fred Hop. , Green Helen Kelly, Agatha Keen- er, Ada Keener. Betsy Keener, Lorabelle Keen- er, Armando Ayalo, Charles Goodwyn, Marianne Nellie Roth, Ellen Van Camp, Edith Hoover, Ralph Breen, John Wanger, Jerry Rhoads, Germain L. Salden, Jorge Fonts, Maria Gomez Y Sanchez, Corine Kern, Harvey Bradshaw. Eva Bradshaw, Lorenzo San Juan, Luther Wood, Ala Wood, Charles Wiffler, Charlette Wif- fler, Jack Stowell, Mary Stowell, Wesley Cubier, William Hayes, Betty Hayes, Pedro Villalobos, Maria Alvareg Fierro, Maria A. Villalbosa, Jose F. Puiggros, Osidro Alvarez, Juan Martinez, Juana M. Monfort. Marta Martinez, Arthur Tucker- ‘than; Bernice Tuckerman, Wil- liam Goodman, Harry Waldman, Beatrice Gar- fetson, Oswaldo Altonage, Lilia T. Guermes, Jerome Stavola, William Neblett, sé M. Fernandez, Phillip Orta, Jose A. Young, Silvia Rodriguez, Dulce M. Moreira, Jose Martinez, Joaquin Cueva. and into a Studebaker sho in and treat yourself 130 Dwal ss | THE of co-chairman j expressions of sympathy, J. L. CRUSOE and FAMILY. Balder was the ancient Scan- dinavian light god. jani0-1t | Passengers leaving for Havana, ; Homer Bleckley, Alice Bleckley, Worth West, Margaret West, Har-| Killip, Frieda McKillip, Maria Poinciana, and the father is with Fraward Hallv. Ellen Hally, Mary Lowe, Caridad izquieruo, Luz M, Izquierdo, Gra-} twin, Josefind B. Ayala, Marta “Mor- 4 hist, Gail Fels- | Joseph Jones, Herbert Lee Jones, son, Martha Hopson,, Ellsworth Goodwyn, Guy R. Smith, Anna E. Smith, | Ann Goodman,! ~ Frank J. Knight, Elizabeth q THE KEY WEST CITIZEN.” Knight, Frank Knight, IV, Her-| gag GQUPON ‘ Dictlonsty 98¢ (Bp mall $1.08) man M. Moser, Henrietta L, oH a Moser, Anna Plank, Lawrence: 4.4 sites oe mall to our @ Neme Plank, Lawrence Plank, Jr., John | office together with 986 t Dennis, Mae Hendrickson, For- and receive your dic € Address rest S. Hargrove, Donald F. Mar- ciate, When etteriog ‘ 3 cy, Floyd Coots, Welby Cain, id Golda Gerkey, Carlos Ruiz, Mer-' A/a Rg Re eee eee esan anne Make Studebaker your 1950 buy word for thrift VE your new-car money achance to buy you America’s top value in a low-price automobile this time. Step out of the groove of habit and eyeful of the refreshingly new and ate eee nereinemcec » ees page ‘Club T. we |” It was announced today that a Daughter To A™ seven meeting of the Key West Astron. inet oe ease eee ard Lb Eaw: at 8:00 0’- or at 708 oe , January terian Church. 6 at the United States Naval members have, been eon oe ec ebro 8 ge , n given the-name Mera | Es ee eae Marie. The cacints,tesile 6 ate wee letereatat in ‘Thomas street, ° ‘ject of astronomy will also : cedes Ruiz, Stella Braun, Etta DCC and’ Mrs, Joseph M. Benschoter, Jo:eph Benschoter, Grimm announce the birth of a John Waggoner, Marilyn Wag- Savsbter on. Friday, January 6, goner, Dorothy Canady, Dorothy ## the U, S.\ Naval . Hospital, : McKinney. phage —. ss . Anna Kelly, Ruby McClintock, atthege- been “3 Helen Lichtenberger. Frank Mc- Marie. The parents reside at 32-1 del Carmen Villar, Rosa Lapique, ' tte UTT School at the U. S. Na- Nat ak Albert Sheray, Ha -_ Station, man Lowenhar, Benjamin Lowe- nhar, Margaret Dunbar, Frank 5° To Lendenmanns Messersmith, Luva Messersmith, Lt, and Mrs, Werner Lenden. Lee Messersmith, Henry Bechtel, mann, 646-A United stteet, an- Margaret Bechtel, Henry LeFev- nounce the birth of a’son at 2:18 er, Camilla LeFever, Casto Carol, a. m., on Monday, January 9th. Theodore Chandler, Willie Nic- The new arrival weighing six hols, Lawrence Walden, Ernest pounds has been given-the name Resch, Ernest ‘Barner, Jr, Her- of Karl Werner. 3 y ‘ear’ a 4 peer ck j bert .Fearnow, Norma Fearnow, Son Te Cirot , : Hilda Schmaltz, Crrine Kern, Anne. Donlevy, Lillian Scott! 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