The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 17, 1952, Page 12

Page 12 CONCH CHOWDER by RAYMER Weddingbells for Al Palmer to- day in Montreal. The staff is con- sidering sending him a condolence ‘message. There will probably be a siren escort for the wedding since Al is senior police beat reporter for the Montreal Herald. And there are probably some dancing sirens who will wail in the Miami area. The chimes of Cupid are not just tinkl- ing in Key West either. Jeanne Reynolds of the USO-YMCA and Ski Skewis of the Navy will be married July 6. The engagement was unofficial some time ago. News of the outside world comes from Shop Hopper Jaxson in New York City who says she had to buy a coat. Her business work is com- pleted and she intends to relax for the rest of her vacation which ends soon. She'll be back on the job at ‘The Citizen around the first of the over at Echoasis last Wednesday was a unique affair. The models, most of them at least, eyed the lovely dresses with a practical look and in earnest. Louis Carbonell, by the by, is thinking of starting a Grandpa’s Stork Club. It’s the ear- ly bird idea, but a valid one. My landlady, Valentina Fer- nandez, can relax now and not dash out the door for false alarms. My recent houseguest, Jeane Porter Kirke and her black poodle also named “Valentina” left for New York Friday morning. Morning calls and loud whistles for ‘Val- entina’”’ proved to be quite a com- plicated affair with crossed res- ponse. If I ever own one of those pom-pom purps it will be named Dipsey. . .you know. . .Dipsey Poo- dle. There was an old song titled Dipsey Doodle which once took the nation by storm. SLACKS FOR SUMMER and slack im the social calendar must be taken up sometimes. So tempor- arily I’m doing police and fire beat again . . . cellular activity in short. Chief Kemp claps his favorite song is not ‘Jailhquse Blues.” Which reminds me, a most singu- lar thief invadedsour Duval street flowershop on Mother’s Day night and made off with orchids and roses. Such aesthetic taste! Dave King has a new addition to rules for harmonious living: ‘Thou shalt not covet they neighbor’s garbage can.”’ Startling ad in a magazine shows’ two cartoon figures with blimpish outlines walking toward a pre-fabricated wardrobe container and the caption reads “IF you wear clothes you need K- Veniences.” Cries of “Sabotage!"’ will no doubt come from the nudist Kamp of the Kay Lawrences MOST COURTEOUS gal in town is,Edythe McCarthy who not only délivers messages willingly but | takes trouble to find the people who are called at the beach. That doesn't go for some others whose motto seems to be “Many are call- ed but we stand frozen."’ Mrs. Hel- en Winningham left the first of the week adding to the general exodus of lovely people. Her daughter, Betty French, drove her to Miami for point of embarkation with Chauffeure Assistant Phillips. Cun- ning thank-you note arrived from Miami from Audrey Norris and | Buddy Freed, recent entertainers | on the high note. The card was embellished with VIOLETS. Weep not, fair lady’ The melody lingers on!. ..Mrs. George Mills White has | @ Peke who is fourteen years old | but with nary, well hardly nary, | ® gray whisker. Champ age holding tontest among dogs in the city is held by the terrier owner by Mr and Mrs. Wallace Kirke, now in New York City. Their pet is in his | 17th year. . .equivalent to over 100 years in the gauge of a dog’s life! Thinking of pets, the owners of the monkey who played “Gobbers and at the Seaplane Base ally showed up to claim him. His name turned out to be “Snooky"” but Hap Adam's boys call m “‘Beam-Runner Nelicopters Jast week fir Law-Abiding BINGHAMTON, N. Y, Seven year-old Susan Burke wanted no trouble with the law She wrote Binghamton’s Dovaid W. Kramer na lemonade stand Do I have to have Mayor mer license Susan won't seed one, the mayor tad ke blubber on 2 large whale 8 14 inches thick __ Subscribe to The Citizen Piano and Theory Instruction Mrs. Walter Price Prene 16se 0f Fleming ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, May 17, 1952 The WEATHERMAN Say: Forecast Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy and continued warm to- day through Sunday; isolated showers possible, especially along ‘ the shore. Moderate, occasionally fresh offshore, easterly to south- erly winds. Florida: Continued mild and clear to partly cloudy today and Sunday. Widely scattered show- ers Sunday and inthe extreme south portion today. Jacksonville through the Flor- ida Straits and East Gulf of Mexico: Moderate southeast winds over ne ch portion and moderate, occasionally fresh east to south- east winds over south portion to- duy. Sunday, moderate, occasion- ally fresh winds, southeast over south portion and southerly over north portion. Clear to partly | cloudy weather. Isolated showers over the extreme south portion. Key West, Fla., May 17, 1952 Temperatures Highest yesterday — ae Lowest last night Mean :s Normal ——— ve) Precipitation Total last 24 hours | Total this month | Deficiency this month | Total this year Deficiency this year - Relative Humidity at 9:00 A.M. 80% 73 i 90 i 7.42 .23 ins. Barometer (Sea Level) 9:00 A.M. 30.04 ins.—1017.3 mbs. Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 3 Sunset Moonrise — Moonset Tides Naval Base TOMORROW 84) _| their best efforts do not seem High 5:34 a.m. 5:56 p.m. 1 Baseball Standings By The Associated Press Won Lost American League Cleveland Washington Boston New York St. Louis Chicago Philadelphia Detroit National New York Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati Philadelphia St. Louis Boston Pittsburgh Flerida Intern: Miami Beach Miami‘ Havana Tampa St. Petersburg West Palm Beach 20 Lakeland 13 Fort Lauderdale 6 Florida State League Del and Sanford Jaxville Beach Gainesville Orlando Palatka Cocoa Daytona Beach Leesburg St. Av p.m. 10 10 12 2 “4 REERRSE League zg 8 gustine Sinclair Pete —By _i. O. Hamilton Bey, ab bey. this service ts spoiling me! We will give you the type of service that will spoil you and keep you coming back Special Price on Underceating 322.95 U.S. No, 1 Terminal Service Station Key West Fla. Phone 1512 PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen ewetcomes expres- sions of views of its rend- editor reserves the y items which je letters to on one side Signature of “OPPOSES DOG TRACK” Editor, The Citizen: The cost of personal freedor is sometimes too heavy to be welcome. But, I find myself free My future and its liabilities are all behind me; Fate has not in store that I can fear and so I ean say anything that I think should be said without regard to brickbats or bouquets, orchids or scallions. It may be that there is a cer tain obligation, resting u man in my position, to speak fo those who may think as he does but who are not equally at libert to say what they think. Like a small hotel, Key West with its limited area must decid just what class of people it wishe to entertain. Key West, for eral reasons, will never lack fo. toursit business; the only ques tion is, will Key West be a haven for Presidents or paras Key West can become the m lovely résidential and small dustry city in the country; o: streets can be filled with a shilt ing throng of hopeful small-time gamblers and shrewd exploiter who know how to get without making any useful re turn. The proposed dog-track ma be one of the best managed and highest quality tracks in ti country. I can not dispute that I can only say that it seer unlikely. It would seem im- probable that it would be in the same class as the track Miami. And, no matter how and noble the managers of tracks are, no matter termined they are to mair high standard of ethics inp th betting business; unfortun money Ks in fine how prevent the presence of a lot of hangers-on, real sports, who ar¢ willing to wager their last dol and do. And then, too often (read the police reports in Miami) have to resort to extreme methods to raise the “go away” money t will take them to the next pl where race track followers broke.” With as much as two dollars my pocket, I would feel walking down dark streets in! die n safer My permanently-starched fish. Slim siceve- bess bodice, a full parasol skirt frosted with white pique. Brown, leaf green, grey, Fed Wto 20 Make This Headquarters For CHAS. ARONOVIT blessed with race stampeded by any s that Key West ost town unless enterprises that not exist unless they could ore out of a community put into it. i come to be any ine? Well, if it isa Key West quite vith no expectation or ake any thing out of an serve me with a war- al prosperity can West when you Intracoastal Waterway on Bight. And keep Key of it for your children. did not get rich sell- estate, but by keeping it A been hard to resist for a trade. That 4 came to swap his or a measely mess of e traders and the have been quite active, ever since. STEPHEN COCHRAN SINGLETON. Key Followinc Through Pedro Aguilar SPORTS SCHEDULE FOR WEEKEND. ay May 17—Armed For- game of stars at Naval rounds. This game will ai 3 p.m, arting batteries will be Navy All Stars. Karrman P. Mace cat- cher - Key West All Stars. Alce in the box. D. Roberts catchers, y afternoon at the Wickers At 2 p. m. VB-I Flyers Boca Chica will play the Strand theatre and the Strand will us Thier star in the box with Fernandez catching. The Na- vy Flyers have not announced their battery. from ANYTHING CONCERNING AUTOMOBILES SEE THE TWINS 2130 Ouval Sr. Pe 1870-187) COTTON ICE Store Your Graduation Gifts DEPARTMENT STORE SPORT ‘SHORTS WINTER PARK (® — Southern Interscholastic Golf Champion Ce- | cil Calhoun, Columbus, Ga., has decided to enroll at Rollins next fall, Rollins Golf Coach Clyde Kelly said today. DAYTONA BEACH ® — A Flori- | da junior golf tournament for boys | up to 18 years will be sponsored by the Florida Junior Chamber of Commerce here June 25-28. It will be a 72-hole medal event. The winner qualifies for the national Jaycee tourney. DAYTONA BEACH (® — Boys and girls teams from Fort Lauder- | eale were favorites today to grab top honors again in the State Class AAU Swimming and Diving Cham- pionships. Some 225 competitors represent- ing 21 Florida high schools were expected. Coach Tom Lamar’s girls will be trying for their sixth consecu- tive championship for Fort Lauder= dale High and his boys team will be after its fifth. | Preliminaries were held this morning and the six top perform- | ers qualified for the finals tonight | (8 p. m.). There will be 18 events on the finals program—nine for girls and nine for boys | CORAL GABLES (® — The Uni- | versity of Miami baseball team+ will try to make it two in a row | today against the University of Tampa. The Hurricanes beat Tampa, 9-4, Friday behind the careful pitching went time. the distance for the first TALLAHASSEE ® — The 5-hit hurling of Ed Sessions helped the Florida State University Seminoles win their 17th baseball victory of the season Friday. The Seminoles beat Stetson’s Hatters, 4-2, Expected To Live MIAMI (#—The 15-year-old Fort Lauderdale boy who plunged from the sixth floor of the Alhambra Hotel Monday is expected to live. Homicide Detective B. J. Pal- mer quoted doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital today as saying that Allen Walsh “will live but will many, many weeks.” Palmer said he had not been | People’s Forum “FINE COVERAGE” | Editor, The Citizen The Monroe County Division of the American Cancer Soeiet: is very grateful to your news paper for the fine coverage the 1952 Cancer Crusade. The Crusade was very success- | ful. This success was due to the | excellent publicity given by your news articles. Respectfully yours. MRS. DOROTHY DANIELS, Campaign Chairman. ference tel ees |student as to what he was doing at the hotel. |_ Walsh suffered a fractured skull, jbe confined to the hospital for | fractured pelvis and broken nose when he struck the back of a parked automobile and bounced to of Freshman Jim Stuart, who ,able to question the ninth-grade | the Pavement. If you are going North — Have the Citizen follow you while away this summer. By doing this you will have a daily report on the happenings in Key West and Monroe County. New Attractions New Activities Real Estate News Building News Social Activities RATES BY MAIL (Includes Postage and Cost of Paper) --Any Place In U.S., Its Possessions or Canada- + 1 MONTH $1.30 6 MONTHS $7.80 § MONTHS $11 Circulation Department Key West Citizen Key West, Florida Please find enclosed $ mail subscription to THE 10 3 MONTHS $3.50 1 YEAR $15.60 FO COV OF nee mene HONS KEY WEST CITIZEN.