The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 20, 1951, Page 5

; q Christmas Party For Legionnaires? Children Saturday| The American Legion Christmas Party for children of Legionnaires is scheduled to get underway at the American Legion Home on Stock Island at 5 o’aocx Satuday | afteroon. Mike Jacobs, will be the | Master of Ceremonies for the Party, Chaplain Harry J. Metzger stated today. An excellent program of entertainment has been arrang- ed Santa Claus will arrive at the | Legion Home in the Bus of the Key West Guard of Honor. Assisting Chaplain Metzger in completing the finals plans are Legionnaires George Hanskat and Antonio Ar-! ango, Jr. } College Students | Are Honored At Annual Tea Dance College students home for the CONCH CHOWDER | AXYMER | Christmas gift is a guest column for today by Margaret Foresman, wife of Lt. Comdr. J.R. Foresman. She wrote the humorous skit put on at the recent ‘Southernmost Xmas Party” at Fort Taylor Offi- | At Bankers’ Dinner cers’ Club. Joe Lazarovici_nar- Fated it while the characters act- ed out x1 verse ia pantomime. The take-off on the traditional “Night Before Chrisimas” was hilarious. Right in the middle of the reading, the loudspeaker called for Lt. Com- jj Foresman, and he is i mander accused of being a ol” hammy, thundersteaier. After all, | an OPI man wants his publicity! big, However, when I told him I thought 4g his wife was a bit of a genius of ™ Satire, he said, “I've known all along she was a genius. The only holidays will be honored guests at the annual Junior Woman’s Club; Christmas tea dance to be held | Sunday afternoon. The dance will | be from 4 to 7 o'clock in the Elks | Club annex Students who have already arriy- ed here and parents of all others are urged to contact Mrs, A. T. Sjursen, Jr., in reference to their | invitations. Mrs. Sjursen lives at | 1304 Senminary street and can be contacted there or by phone every evening after 6 p.m. Her Phone | number is 852-M | Ail club members are reminded | to pick up their invitations at} Mrs. Sjursen’s nome. | The club will not hold a bake sale | this Saturday, but will have a yarn | doll sale on Duval street until 6| p.m | | Do You Know That Atomic energy uranium ore Starts with raw | Castor and Pollus, the twin sons | of Jupiter, were the ancient gods of sailors. Rhode Island was so-called from | its fancied resemblance to the classic isle of Rhodes The medieval barber surgeons | devised the red-and-white spiral barber's pole as a sign that bleed- | ing was done there | Do You Know That Tag | Written records no less than 6,000 years oldin Northern Babylonia prove that writing and ilization | were then by no means in its infan- | Navy Photo Official U. S. Lieutenant Commander Joseph | A. Lovington, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Lovington, | 181 Whittle Avenue, Bloom- | field, N. J., recently com- | pleted a four months course in | All Weather Flight at the Fleet All Weather Training Unit, At- lantic, Key West, Florida. The course consists of advanced flight training in instruments and night tactics designed to qualify the pilot for Carrier All Weather Squadrons He will report to the Composite Squadron Four, Atlantic City, N. J.. for duty involving fly j Commander Lovington entered naval service as a Midshipman | 1t the United States Naval | Academy, Annapolis, Md., vhere he. received a Bachelor | f Science degree in 1942. Fol- lowing his graduation, Com- | Lovington was ah ed to the destroyer U wards as a deck officer. He merits seven campaign staps for | mander combat action in the Asiatic- | Pacific area aboard the Ed wards. | In July 1944, Commander Lov ington was selected to enter flight training. Thirteen months later, he was designated a nav- al aviator after completing the prescribed flight training course at Corpus Christi, Texas, In addition to the B. S. degree he received from Annapolis, Commander Lovington holds a Master of Science degree in Physics from Massachusetts In- stitute of Technology. He was member of the Sigma Xi chapter at M. I. T. He is married to the former Miss Inez Jewell Boyd, daugh- ter of Mr. Clay Boyd, of New- ark, New Jersey. They are the of a daughter, Lynn and two sons, Mark parent: Beth, Ross, 3, and Todd, born Decem- ber 11, 1951 th a tae mistake she ever made was to| marry me!” | Here's the rollicking result of | Mrs. Foresman's applied talent | TEN NIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS ! By MARGARET FORESMAN ‘Twas ten nights till Christmas | and all through the Keys | The palm trees were swaying | with each passing breeze. | | or icicles marred scene. the night's The joints all (Navy payday’s a riot) were jumping But come on-a my house; There, | everything's quiet | Mama and I had just straggled in| From resisting temptation and fighting off sin i The children were nestled, each in his own cot; They'd all had a drink and were snug on the spot And mama in her kerchief, and 1 in'my cap Were just ready to fold for a long winter's nap. Her stockings were hung on the back of a chair And I was all ready to let down my---hair When outside on South Street | there rose such a clatter T knew I'd just have to see what was the matter Away to the window I flew like a flash Tore open the shutter and threw up the sash The moon on the breast of the sand white as snow Gave a luster of midday to ob jects below When what to my poor bloodshot eyes should appear | But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer With a red-coated driver so lively and quick thought»for a minute it might be Old Nick } “It's worse than pink elephants, | Mama," I groaned | “You've seen snakes before, | Pop,” the dear girl intoned } “Now, Mama, believe me, that’s | no snake out there. H It’s old Santa Claus with his rein-/ deer, I swear.” “Santa,” she snorted | really are tight | Why, Christmas eve is nine days | from tonight.” | | You Then as she walked over to take j a look, too, We heard Santa whistle and give | a “HALLOO! j Now Dasher! Now Dancer! now } Prancer! now Vixen! | On Comet! on Cupid! on Donder and Blitzen! To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall! | Now dash away, dash away, dash | away all!” “How silly,” said Mama, “for | him to be here |Why, I'm not even ready for Christmas this year And then in a_ twinkling we heard on the roof | The prancing and pawing of each tiny hoof | As I drew in my head and was | turning around Down the chimney oid Claus came with a bound. | He was sure dressed for Christ mas, furs, whiskers and all But wi hould he make such a premature call? He came empty-handed, no toys were in sight, And I almost began to Santa was right; But I'm not a hard drinker, as | everyone knows So I just looked at Santa said, ‘Say, what goes? It's December fifteenth that’s not Christmas eve. j If you’re rusning the season, you might as well leave We're not fixed for and darned if I'll let You have it this early us upset.”” His eyes how they twinkled, his dimples how merry. His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry, His droll little mouth was drawn up in a bow And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook when he laughed like a bowl fuil of jelly. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head | Santa think and and Christmas, and get Soon gave us to know we had nothing to dread, So I said, “Sit down, Santa and then tell us please } What brings you so early down here to the Keys.” “Well, kids, it's like this: We got all the work done ! A mite early this year, so I'm a eateat Citizen Staff Photos PRE CHRISTMAS DINNER Between 40 and 50 members of the staff of the Florida National 3ank of Key West gathered in the main dining room of La Concha Hotel Tuesday night for a pre-Christmas dinner. In the top photo, bank president J. J. Trevor, looks down the lengthy table where his staff is seated, Mrs. Trevor is on his right, also looking down the table. At cen- ter is C, Larry Gardner, vice president of the bank, with Mrs. Gardner. Bottom photo shows Mr. Trevor and La Concha Hotel manager J. D, McAndrews comparing notes on the decoration of Christmas trees. In the photo is one of the two trees now standing in the hotel. Officers Of Union Lodge To Be Installed Roosevelt Sands will be installed as worshipful master of Union Lodge No. 47, F. and A. M., in ceremonies to be held at 3 o’¢lock Sunday afternoon in the St. James Baptist Chureh. Other officers to be installed in-} Charles Sands, Will Sum-| clude: mers, George W. Allen, Maxwell Shavers, Albert Curry, Charles L. Dean, James Holmes, Jose Planas, Nathaniel Wright, Elvin McBee, Samuel W. Sawyer, and Alf Allen: here for some fun. The toys all are painted, the sacks are piled high And it’s cold at the Pole, so I thought I'd. just tty A touch of the sunshine and warmth of Key West (Though I guess I came down just a bit overdressed.) ‘ I've heard this place named as a favorite spot Of other come here a lot For working vacations, bit that’s not for me. came down to loaf, see what I can see. | That Little White House is, where I thought I'd stay 2 But some pop-eyed Marine came and chased me away. So I just cruised around ‘till 1 Spotted <a place's, AB With a chimney so 1 could get in, just in case The folks were all out and had taken the keys, And I'd like to stay here with you kids, if you please.” Well, of course when the old boy explained it that way. We were tickied to death and in- sisted he stay. I jumped up and said, ‘Santa, stay right where you are. If you're not all worn out after coming so far I know just the lad te call in on this thing He'll help entertain you like you were a king.” And I yelled for Doug Neill who | lives right next door. He came running at once and I told him the score-- About Santa Claus being early this year To soak up some sunshine and pre-Christmas cheer. Doug thought it was great, and he took it from there And started in planning the fun they would share. But since Mama and I were al ready half-dead We thought the best place for us was in bed. So we'll leave it with Doug who will tell you the rest--- here About what Santa saw on his trip | to Key West. Hand Painted i SILKS \ Exclusive Designs IDEAL, CHRISTMAS GIFT N E cS | saa I $2.50 "| CHIC ‘ 826 re Open Evenings . Until Christmas | | average The. uthernmost Corner Grown-ups must seem a bit thick in the upper story to the small fry. reach “inquiring age.” ‘Take ‘this business of Santa ‘+ Claus, as. a firinstance. As soon as a thild discovers that there is considerable territory outside his own back yard he is apt to start asking how the old boy in the red suit ean cover his route in one night and still satisfy cus- tomers, in every r of the globe. “Every corner of the globe,” incidentally, is a phrase. whomp- ed.up by adults and dearly be- loved by speechmakers ahd the old witch, in Italy, and Julenesse, |a happy-go-lucky goblin, in . In Holland and.‘ but he has doubtless been’ \ ed to the salt mines by now. Santa gave me the © foregoing information when he dropped: know what sort of 3 to distribute around and about: Washington, which is in D.C, a& he does not wish to become in- well-known mén wel average second: grader is wont to regard that phrase with deep suspicion as school teachers have been. teaching that the world is round ever since Chris Columbus discovered this continent, the home of the international Santa Claus, capitalistic Uncle Sam. If there is such a thing as a corner on a sphere the American taxpayer is certainly backed '| plumb into it, which has nothing to do with “how Santa gets around to his’ clients in every cotner of t] jobe. You can yank the small fry out of their dilemmas anent this matter by 1 sa the following facts on. when they start volved in any probes. He confid. ed that there are too many ers who do not believe in aun ita, by no means a cluck, had it figured out ever since he was ‘known as Kris Kringle. In Syria, he has a camel deliver the gé and the chil- || dren put out bowls of food for him. In. Czechoslovakia stock- ings are hung up on December fifth. In Switzerland presents are delivered. December sixth. In Spain they say “Si, si".and place Srey ; their shoes upon. the window sill a a RBs: and Santa, fills them on January | |Red Cross Teaches | Changes In Life Saving Methods Leonard Curry, water safety chairman of the Key West Chapter of the American Red Cross, con- ducted a class in the change in method in artifical respiration last night at the chapter house. On December 6, Mr. Curry attended a class in Miami at which time he jwas given instructions in the new } method. | The American National Red Cross, together with many other organizations has adopted respira- | tion the back-pressure-arm lift met- hod of manuai artifical respiration as preferable to the prone pressure which has been standard in this country for many years. A supple- ment to the First Aid Textbook is being prepared describing the standard technique and_ illustrat- ing the postions of the victim and the poreator. This supplement will soon be available to chapters for distribution without cost with cop- ies of textbooks. Those receiving the new method in respiration were Mrs. Mary | Degtoff, Miss Helen Taylor, Miss Lucia Gomez, Miss Elsie Thomp- son and Donald Carey, Safety Ser- vice chairman of the local chapter, ee Cranberry juice is yottled; serve ice-cold as an appetizer. Slippers Jewelry Buckles “GET A LOAN ENTIRELY BY MAIL SAVE MONEY! | HE Beneficial Plan way to get 2 loan entirely by mail is convenient { Bi Giggrpeommpndagtct pire ver” loans made as promptly as larger amounts. EXAMPLES OF COST: $ 50.00 loan repaid in 30 days—$ «73 $100.00 lean repaid in 30 days—-$1.47 $150.00 loan repaid in 30 days—$2-20 ADDITIONAL BENEFITS: Establish your credit in over 700 af- filiated offices, coast-to-coast in U. S. aod Canada. If you need money sow for any worthy purpose write TODAY for 2 MAILOAN APPLICATION « - . immediate attention? LOANS $30 to $300 on Furniture, Car, or Nom SAVE MONEY: COMPARE!