The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 21, 1951, Page 4

SE ne ee we 5 re ——Joan Mercurio = Hly Savior,” by the brass and reed ee ehoir; am réed choir. Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, December 21, 195) Le RR See SOCIETY OOROTHY RAYMER, Society Editor PERSONALS ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE ‘High Se bea Chorus Christmas Vesper Program Is Announced Chris The annual Schoo! che Methodist C as Vesper program by the West High d at 8:30 o'clock tonight in the Old Stone h H Tom Whitley, chorus director, announces the following pro-| gram of Christmas r ic, which will be presented | Part One’ “Gloria Patri”. by the chorus. po Part wo—Cantata “Glad Tidings ——___—_—— ee REE TERRE of Great Joy,” (Beliane and Koun-| brass and reed choir and congre- tz) by the chorus: including: “The | Sation. oe = if Stor of Bethelhem,” with soloist, cation, by. elie sepals “O Night of Joy 4 » choir and the congregation. iven the Stars| “Part eight—‘Ava Maria” (Schu- Are. Laughing | bert) by soloist, Peter Simpson. Judea’s Silent! Part nine—‘Oh Holy Night” Your Hearts At horus. Awake With Joy;” “Hush-a-by, s dam) by the cl aoe} Sixty-five high school girls and Child,”’ with soloists, Kenneth | poys will sing in the chorus. and Orlando Puig; and “All Members of the brass and reed | ~This. Day of Days.” choir include: Anthony Berrera, three—“How shall I Meet | Gene Lang, Yvonne McCardle, Bill Neblett, Steven Trevor, Ralph Gar- cia and Dolores Villate. The twevle girl ehrous includes: Deanna Archer, Joan Mercurio, Lourdes Diaz, Freda Weech, Carol and Gladness; in the Heavens With Joy; “Over Hills;"’ ‘“‘Let Now and “Beside Here I Stand” Thy Cradle (Bach), by the brass Part four. The New Moon at Christmas,’’ (Tyman and Marsh). | Dalton, Shirley Trudeau, Millicent by the twelve giri choir. Taylor, Marie Russo, Catherine Part five—“Gesu Bambino” (Yon z, June Yates, Esther Smith and Martens), with soloist Hoke | and Sylvia Eley. Holeomb and the chorus. Eleanor Garcia will accompany jilent Night,”.by the the group at the uiano. Part six— ~The diet Than 150 Gl Children Enjoy. Tee r ene ~~ ficers’ ar Worrall, Mrs, R. J. Massey} The bride’s brother and sister- +candeMrs. J €. Burks. in-law, Mr. and Mrs. MacWade of Decorations for the affair were| Poinciana place, ‘Key West, will in the Christmas theme and in-| attend the wedding couple. nummbluded.alargeowhite frosty-candie isd poinsettias. The _¢a was given as a door prize and went.to ae church, 8] ficers’ Club tomorrow night. A| wai ed ren large attendance is anticipated. “Spanish, ch f elementary | Dancing will begin at 9 o'clock, TH oop el Carlos school, | with dinner preceding at 6:30! age p.m | o'clock. Rede bry be OE es ze “| ‘The Quintones are well known to] be te fee rane ae | Key Westers. They have been play | Gonal. Guard Arr ing to local audiences for the pas Christmas play ss Jean’ | year. wNutsery School, Elks club an |" — ~ nex, 10 a. m SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22 'Paul Rogers And eo Child Missionary | yy . * 3 Ley Memorial church |Family To Visit | 44 ‘Rev. Mrs. Rogers cyaiay Mrdnd Mrs. Paul Rogers and héld® at Wyiks* “Christmas Party-At Naval Chapel greeted Santa Clatig as he) came et nel a ‘Chapel Tuesday «night, cafrying a with “presents tor the children More than 150 girls and boys were gathered in the chapel to present a Christmas program and await Santa’s arrival. There was some speculation among the children as to how San- ta would arrive He won't bring x Wii reindeer in the church will he?” Susan Woodard of this group was queried one. An older member of|an accordion soloist. She played the group (age four) clamed him, | “O Little Town of Bethlehem” and “Of course not he'll tie them to| ‘Angels We Have Heard ON ‘thertrees outside.” High.’ ’ ** Obviously both had forgotten: . Members of the primary and jun- Santa always visits Key West by | ior classes presented the Christm zs plane. story in four parts. Six-year-oid Santa and his helpers distribut-| girls and boys presented part one; ed large bags tied with red rib-| seven-year-old girls presented part | Elk Club To Feature Musical \ At Benefit Dane e Christmas Eve ‘Holiday Sketch Elk's Club Christmas Eve” is the title of the musica yw presented at the Elk's Club Benefit Dance Monday night. Members of the Little Theater Group of the NCCS-USO will augment « ssional entertainers in the show, whict only, in the Club Annex. The crowning of will also-be a feature of the evening Gerry Pinder structor, will direct the will be seen in several numbers At wi Mi be voeal arrangements to offer, cluding ‘Winter Wonderland.” | Other feature numbers will in- Ta ae West |clude a rhythm tap number to | ee Waller, pomelar Bh a $e | ‘Mama Inez” danced by Lou Mar- vocalist, will also be he singing ; on and Gerry Pinder; a tango, several new tunes adapted to her|«;,2 Cumparsita” danced by Car- | individual style. Roland Valle, | men De Armas and Gerry Pinder; tenor ,of the U.S. Navy, who has} and a fast vocal arrangement of also appeared on TV and radio, |S eik of Araby’’ by Neil Fleck, will be on the program The complete cast of the show A young amateur to be featured | will include: Carmen De Armas, will be Diane Ayers, ballet pupil | Lillian Fleck, Neil Fleck, Roland of the Pinder School of Dance, | Vallee, Diana Ayers, Gerry Pinder, who will solo to Tchaikowsky’s | Rae Waller and Lou Marson. “Sleeping Beauty Ballet.” Diane is | An additional condidate for the | in her second year of ballet study. | title of Miss Merry Christmas has | in. in local dance show and She is the daughter of Lt. Comdr. | also bpen announced. She is Miss and Mrs. Ken Ayers. | Barbara Freeman. Other candidat- Mrs. Roland Jackson, The Citi-|es whose names have been an- | zen’s “Shop Hopper” will be mis- | nounced are Misses Gloria Muniz, | tress of ceremonies for the show | Marilyn Leahy, Freda Weech, Gay | and will introduce the popular |Lou Barrosa, Penny Tohpeoh and | Mello-Aires, who have several new ' Gail Varela. Legion To Cie San Christmas Eve’ ‘Convent And_ '| Hospita, 7 partes St. J osephs | Pe Notniah Krahfen Add his orches-| Santa’s busy season is certainly] tra will play for the eighth annual) here, judging by the many visits! Christmas party given by the Ar-|he has been making in Key West; thur Sawyer Post No. 28. American] the past several days. This morn- Legion for the patients at the U.S.jing he was a visitor at the Con- Naval Hospital on Christmas Eve. | ent of Mary Immaculate and St. | h’s School. The Legion is also sponsoring an Josep earlier party Christmas Eve at the! Santa distributed fruit and candy Old Folk’s Home on Stock Island.|t® each pupil in the first through Mark Stanley and his orchestra! the sixth grades and each had an will play for this party. opportunity to slip him his Chirst- Both bands are being furnished| M&S lists, pr : through the courtesy of the Re-| Each of the rooms Santa visited ‘ing and Transcription Fund of | were gaily decorated and each; ig yeaa Mela siion of| had a brightly festooned Christmas| each filled with candy and| two; seven and eight-year-old girls nuts. and boys gave part three; and nine Of course Santa's visit climaxed | to 12-year-old boys presented part the evening, but the entire even- four. A chorus of members of each was enjoyed by| group concluded their part with a s alike. Christmas carol. 1A. group of two-three and four-| A 14-foot lighted Christmas tree year-olds sang ‘“‘We Welcome You’’ | and a lighted manger scene featur- to open the progiam, then followed |ed the decorations. Pine boughs with “Bells,” “Christmas Finger | decked in ribbons adorned the cha- Play,”’ and “Jingle Bells.” pel windows. » A nativity tableau was presented} The program was concluded with ‘by the five-year-olds, while their | group carol singing and a benedic- ‘chorus | sang ‘Away In A Manger.”’ ition by Chaplain H. F. Menges. Mrs. ‘McPhillips Of FAWTU Is Wives’ Club Co-Chairman McPhillips of the Fleet All Weather Training Unit Of- Mrs. A. V. fitérs’ Wives’ club was elected co-chairman of the Officers’ Wives’ club, whielr includes all officers’ wives in this area, at a luncheon and iéss' meeting of the FAWTU wives held Wednesday afternoon. The U group elected Mrs. MePhillips under the recently passed rota- tion plan of the larger Officers’ Wives’ club. Mrs. McPhillips wil ltake office x. in J at whic i : ey rary tt which lime. Mn Sadie Wade And Fred Humphrey become chairman, succeeding Mrs. J. W. Lenny The group “algo clected Mrs. C,} - B. sutford’ to ‘represent’ the| Wed Here Today FAWTLU wives on the Officers’) Miss Sadie Marie Wade and Wives’ club advisory board. Fred Humphrey, both of Georgia, Preceding the business meeting,| will be married at 5 o'clock this Cafe on Stock Is-| afternoon in the Naval Memorial feet a luncheon was served. Hos-| Chapel on the U. S. Naval Station for, the afternoon were Mrs.| here by Chaplain Harold Menges. ‘The bride has been employed here at Ramonin’s restaurant and the bridegroom--is -a-first~ class technician in the U,S. Navy sta- set in green and decorated with The candle. was Mrs. R. M. Jones | tioned at Treasure Island, Calif. At bridge and canasta games| which followed the business meet- . ing, Mrs, Massey was the prize| QUuintones To Play winner. ae |Saturday Night Coming E ents re Fort Taylor PEDAY DECEME | The Quintones, under John Reed, : Anonymous, | will play at the Fort Taylor Of- Club, Judy, Gail and Nancy, r of Eglin Field, Shalimar, Fla., will arrive Sunday to spend the Christ- mas holidays with Mr. Rogers’} parents, the Rev, and Mrs. Ralph| daughter, A a “| Mr. Stewart extends an invitation tree. Following Santa’s visit, the| n° Musicians. 4 The Naval Hospital party will t00™ mothers conducted ; pei mas parties in each classroom.) eeer dou i. Sievert sevice | Carols were sung and refresh-} man of the affair, who reports that| ments were served. | an excellent program has been ar-|_ Santa’s visit. was arranged by. ranged. Gifts will be distributed to |the Mothers’ Club of the Convent the patients. jana St. Joseph’s and by the Com Mrs. Dorothy Daniels, chairman] ¥emt Alumnae. of the committee arranging the| Old Folk’s party, reports it will begin at 6 o'clock. Members of the Key West Guard of Honor will attend both parties. 450 Children |Attend Gilmore _ | Christmas Party The U.S.S. Howard W. Gilmore, submarine tender, and largest ship | moored at the U.S. Naval Station here, was taken over by 450 child-| ren, plus parerfts, at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The children, ail belonging to naval personnel of Submarine Squadron Four, were being enter tained at the annual Gilmore Christmas party. Each child received a gift from’ Santa Claus, especially wrapped just for him. The wrapping and individual name tagging was done by wives from the squadron. The children were treated to ice cream and cake and to special Christmas movies. All-in-all it was a big day for children and parents of SubRon} Four, thanks to the planning and work of the ship’s chaplain, Lt. L.A. Dickinson, and the squad- son. wives. oe to all the Legionnaires and Unit. members to attend both functions Christmas Dinners To Be Served At Fort Taylor Club Special Christmas dinners will be served at the Fort Taylor Offi- cers’ Club from 5 to 8:30 p.m. on Christmas Day. Reservations must the club for the Christmas dinners. There will be no raise in club price for these meals which will include the season’s delicac Woman’s Club To Pack Christmas Baskets Monday Members of the welfare commit- tee of the Woman's Club will meet at~9:30~0'clock™ Monday morning, December 24, at the club? to pack Christmas baskets. All those» with donations, for the baskets are asked to leave then at the club Friday or Saturday after- noons from 1 to 5 o'clock. be made a +Christmas » At NCCS €lub OY : For Servicemer The annual NCCS Club Christmas cs dance will be held Sunday night at the club on Duval street. | Servicemen and their ladies are Elmer Bennett Is | invited. Here For Holida ys! Ida Gellrich, trumpeter, and - her orchestra will provide the mu- Elmer Bennet, son of Mr. and|sic for dancing from 8:45 o'clock Mrs. M Bennett, 712 Eaton | until midnight. Vocals will be by street, bh arived here to spend {local servicemen. phe holidays with his parents. Ben-| Other NCCS activities include jaett is a student at Georgia Tech |caroling on Chirtsmas Eve. The in Atlanta {group will go from the club to the ee | Naval Hospital to the Old a ae ’ | Folks home. Kiu ants Club All Naval personnel and depend- Christmas Party jents are invited to visit the NC | Club on Christmas Day. Cake, can- To Be Saturday | The Kiwanis club will hold its and Well friends, done and now I can go home and [tim the’ free’ rid hang the mistle- The gift? ate bought and wrap- | ped, the turkey is in the freezer | and now is that delicious time of ex- | pectation, happy dreams of Christ- mases past, present and future. But wait, there is something about those last minute erowds of Christ- as shoppers that adds that little e to the old Christmas feeling; » come. with me once more on a ittle last minute tour of our Town. First down by Kress for a look at the big tree then a trip up and down Duval St., and all over | town The Western Auto Associates Store is spreading that eld. Christmas feeling all up “ down Duval St., these day: loud speaker wafting Sg music and Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men is located within the store front:and this Shopper is one who stops to eet and then | toe r goes’ih to look 29 i -won’t you | join me? There have been rumors of Pirate treasure here abouts and now we have a place called “Treasure Chest” that EVERY- ONE can plunder. It IS a veritable treasure chest of those hard-to-find greeting cards for every occasion. All kinds of photographic film — WITH EIGHT HOUR DEVELOP- ING SERVICE — believe it or not. Beautiful stationery and a large assortment of gifts for the guy with a ticklish funny bone. Another item for gents only: The South Seas Gift, Shop has a brand new shipment of alligator bags — and they are made right here in these United States. With- out any flag waving, | want te | go on record as saying here and inow that they are far superior to Cuban or Mexican bags. The leather, is finer, the detailing superb: They are lined in genuine suede and completely appointed. The American bags have the head and claws for decoration. They come in black and all shades of brown. 1f your lady doesn’t like alli- gator she couldn’t resist the hand tooled leather bag that is just as exquisitely made. That's a tip son! (Note to the ladies): This is really for you but it doesn’t hurt to lay this item down where he is sure to see it, hint! hint! toi dais It’s etsideucaw tics heathens a a \bifes:a man i -ist’t even news any more, also when a man bites dog, because what with the high price of meat it goes on all the time, but Mar-Ed has « hand painted skirt with an honest to goodness fish fastened to it, and the fish has a man by the seat of the pants! Besides being mest unusual, it’s darned cute. From the ridiculous te the sublime, Mary and Edne wish Leather me te say in their behalf that now is the Season when friend- ships are renewed, quarrets patched and all true feelings rise above worldly pettiness. And so from Mar-Ed and all the gals, a very Merry Christmas a a Happy New Year te all their goed friends dy, fruit, nuts and coffee will be served aan the afternoon. annual Christmas tree party for the underprivileged children of the and city at 6 p.m., Saturday in the JayCee hall on Flagler avenue. | Santa Claus will give a gift to | jevery child ent. Ice cream, | cake, fruit and nuts, will also be} served the children | —$—$<$<— Letters i Santa Claus We've Been Serving Inside, Dear Santa * Meeting, ane a Rogers, 1020 South street. 18., Scottish emple, 8) Paul Rogers is a mechanical p.m. engineer employed at the experi- Bid Seem zt mental station at Eglin Field, Fla. ica ri¢ — Overseas hotel, 7 Freedom of religious belief wast THURSDAY. cep E first guaranateed by the Japanese Officers’ Clut Constitution of 1868. Eastern St _ a p.m. in the Ladies Auxiliary, V.F.W. Post «Viola Higgs, 816 Ast 3911 will meet at 8 p.m. at will meet at 7:30 V.F.W. Home. oe"® at JayCee clubhouse Ladies Auxiliary, Arthur Saw- . Felix Varela Lodge No. 64 yer Unit 28, American Le- meet at 5 the } gion will meet at 8 p.m. at rr = ohan Masonic Lo Legion Home. We are in the second grade at} Truman school ere are 37 of us in Mrs. Jones’ class. Each of us is writing a word in this letter. We are good workers. Please visit us! S: Christmas. Merry Christmas to; al Saturday, WE'VE ORDERED A PALM “SOUTHE The Man In the ‘Moon Is Coming to the Re-Opening of the TRADE WINDS PATIO RESTAURANT CHARCOAL BROILED STEAKS, CHOPS and FOWL BROILED OUTSIDE BY OUR CHEF . BREEZE But Now You Can Enjey: Dec. 22nd the shopping’s all; Shop Hopping with JAXON _ NEWS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN PHONE: Citizen Office, ta and patrons. And you'd better believe it! We have an Island within an Isiand in our town — Christmas Island, and it is one of my fay- ‘ite stores, The Beachcomber Jewelers. If ever a shopping cen- ter hed that old Christmas Look, it’s there. Any woman’s dream come true would be carte bian- che st Beachcomber for just one heur — seooh what | wouldn't pick out fer myself, my home, my offspring and my favorite husband! For my last tour around town, just for the pure joy of it, | surely won't miss this store, from the first breathless entrance between the big glit- tery windews into fairyland. On my ‘the glass counter, of the sterti i Neh tea and cof- fee seta, ful luxurious china of Lenox and ether equally well known brands, On either side Jewelry to delight my little old female soul, lamps, tte decorate my home, clocks that chime out the minutes, quarter hours, half hours and hours. Novelties, luggage, leathergoods. Oh ! could go en and on looking ferever, but one of the clocks is chiming the hour, it’s getting fate and Santa is already start- ing his tour. So with a very fond wish for the Happiest and Mer- riest Christmas) of a whole fife- time, beth yours and mine, from Mr. end Mrs. Dickson of the Beachcomber Jewelers, | ieave, my Christmas tour really com- plete, ‘til next week when | go shopping for New Year's favors and start all over again. “Over at Arts and Things, mix- ed among all. the laughable and laughing zaney gifts and deco! tions, are some purely solemn and ‘wonderful little hand carved Madonnas, each in its own little Shrine of polished wood. Some tiny and delicate and some ate « little bet ant but each is ied By) the, wonder. | perfect in detail and beautiful | } in solemnity. The true meaning | ‘of Christianity and the Christmas story is contained in the hollow , of each shrine, and so too | sus- pect, that back of all the fun at Arts and Things are two people whose love of their fellow man, is not hidden or disguised, but is i making “fun and | pleasure to live ‘in So from Julian and Jack, amid their wire | sculpture, crazy mermaids, mink | trimmed Christmas balls, and magenta and black angels, comes a wish from the heart | that your Christmas be merry and gay, and the blessings of the little Mother of God rest peace- fully upon you. Selah! DONALD'S just wants to say, } **MERRY CHRISTMAS, TO | EACH AND EVERY ONE OF you!” | ‘ | ‘ fons a ) “Even ‘though the shopping’s. alk jdone for Christmas, next week will be a busy one for all of us. I} won’t see you again ‘til next Fr day, but in the meantime, the greetings are flying thick and fast. I had a little private greeting I} wrote to all my friends. Mailed! them out on little sil quares, | Then I got to thinking, what better, friends do I have than you, the; folks who go shopping with mej each week, so I'd like to extend it to you too How can I phi wish for your out sounding tr All the words, worn smooth by time, have been used and used in the centuries that have rolled over the season, and it is difficult to find new combina- tions to express the good will of the heart. I wish you well; I wish you very! well. I wish that the hand of trouble be stayed and that you be surrounded by the evidence of liv- ing love. 1 wish the wanderer’s re- j turn and the quarrel’s ending and the mending of rents in the fabric \of life. I wish you the warm fire }and the familiar faces, the smell of spruce and the sound of music. I wish you one‘ exquisite moment of pure happiness and the ability ito recognize it as it hastens past.| I wish you the laughter of children, | jstarshine, and peaceful sleep. _ Jaxon. —(Advt.) my honest mas joy with- } gard in business suits.. Ann Miller ‘romps about in a leggy way in sunbeam special ending ater ne | harrowing tries. P Maida: Night Out Out by Dot “TWO TICKETS TO BROAD. | WAY” at the Strand Theater, Janet Leigh looks fetching Martin looks | sweater. Tony tractive dancing costumes, | Bracken acts’ more like a clown than éver. The tudes in | show are nice to listen to, and the ‘color schemes are magnificent, but jas for the story, it’s a rechash | with one new angle, TV, is Janet is the high school | from Pelican Falls, Vermont w {goes to Broadway to make. She gets Tony Martin who’ | her down to some extent, givi | lectures on how not to be a jtry girl in the big city. Bracken as an enterprising is br , over-confidant and financial woe, of course, of Laughs are forced by. antics. The dialogue of two catessen store owners who | girlie troupes novel. The rest of the film is ‘pretty much old: hat, saved only by fine feathers the melodies scattered Opening chot of wistful city. looking in a hotel window. and tening, to. Martin sing has It’s light fare, whole famil, When a recipe f ies directs that, yo shortening, it shortening, should {against the sides of the bowl with the back of. the 'spoon for several minutes. CITY LU} 222 Duval Street WILL BE CLOSED ALL ON MONDAY AND TUE! Better Cough When new drugs or old fail to your cough or chest cold don't 4 Creomulsion contains only safe, help ful, proven ingredients and no mats cotics to disturb nature’s process. goes right to the seat of the trouble | aid nature soothe and heal raw, der, inflamed bronchial men Guaranteed to please you or dru refunds money. 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