The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 6, 1953, Page 2

Blanding Retires As Business Mer. Of Famed Museum Colonel John W. Blanding, busi- ness manager of the Ringling Mu- service with the State of Florida. The past nine years of that service have been with the Board of Con- trol, and the past six years with the "Ringling Museums, Although Col. Blanding’s retire- ment takes effect as of February 28, the responsibilities of the busi- ness office at the museum have al- ready been assumed by C. A. Selby, who has been chief accountant to RE EY EXPERT Radio Repairs BY FACTORY MAN All Work Guaranteed LOU’S RADIO & APPLIANCE 622 Duval Street DIAL 2-7951 PICK UP SERVICE ———____. STRAND FLAT TO states: Hayden. Richard Larson and Bill Phipps In Technicolor Drama & Action TUES. & WED. NEW » MEXICO Ayres and Motive Maxwell Western Serial: SON OF GERONIMO — No. 4 ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, January 6, 1953 the Board of Control in the Talla- hassee office. When he leaves Sarasota, Col. Blanding will look after peer interests in Key West, where and Mrs. Blanding will make att home for the present and in Fort Myers where he was in banking before* he entered the service of the State. At the time of the First World War, Blanding spent four and a half years in the armed forces of the United States, and emerged as a Lieutenant Colonel. He is a brother of General A. H. Blanding, and is the father of one son, Ro- bert L. Blanding, Ensign USN, who was graduated in June from the U. S. Naval Academy, and at pre- sent is assigned to duty on a des- troyer out of Norfolk, Va. FREIGHTER IS SAFE GIBRALTAR — The 7,256-ton American freighter Western Ran- cher arrived here Sunday un- aided and left again for Hampton Roads, Va., despite earlier reports she was in distress off the coast of Spain. RUGS CLEANED All Formal Garments chemically pirpremog All: work <a fully insured. “BOINCIANA DRY 218 Simonton St. Dial 2-7632 AIR CONDITIONED Mat. 2 & 4:06 Night 6:12 & 8:18 Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat APRIL IN PARIS Ray Bolger. Doris Day, Eve Miller and Geo. Cixot The Best Musical of 1952 In Technicolor AIR COOLED Mat. 3:30 Night 6:30 & 8:30 Thurs, - Fri. - Sat. THE WILD NORTH Stesbast Cinaibioe and Syd Charisse Adventure In Technicolor Monroe And Maxwell Create” {Hillbilly Tunes Confusion With Same Names By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD — Five years ago, Marilyn Maxwell tossed a Christmas Eve party at her Holly- wood apartment. Among those present was another blonde, lovely but uninvit Miss Maxwell met the girl and was struck by the similarity of | their names. “Is that your real name?” she asked. “Oh, yes,” replied the blonde. “and do you plan to go into the ree Soe th ‘I certainly “Gee, maybe you'd better change your name then. It might get confusing.” The other blonde, who has actu- |i ally born Norma Jean Baker, didn’t change her professional name. She still calls herself Mari- lyn Monroe. She is much better known now, thanks to a well-cir- culated calendar pose, among other things. And, as her hostess predicted five years ago, the confusion be- tween Marilyns Maxwell and Mon- roe is considerable. “] was the only Marilyn in pie- tures until she came along,” said Miss Maxwell. “I suppose she is subject to the same confusion, but people often call me inadvertently ‘Miss Monroe.’ My answer is: No, T’m the Marilyn with clothes on.’” Miss Maxwell added that she is subject to ribs from her friends. A pair of school chums even sent one of the Monroe calendai with Maxwell’s head pasted on it. Despite the confusion, Miss Max- well said she isn’t peeved with the other Marilyn. “I think she has done a great deal of good for the movie indus- try,” said Miss sor who is currently emoting in “East of Su- matra.” She is just what the business needed—someone to put some glamor and magie back into Holly- wood—I think we have gone too far in promoting stars on the ‘girl next door’, level. We need to re- turn to excitement and allure of the days when Garbo was a reign- ing star.” We somehow got on the subject of cheesecake and lingered there, since it is somewhat intriguing. Miss Maxwell said that she does not indulge in much leg art any more. “IT had to do a lot of it when I was under contract to MGM,” she remarked. “I didn’t mind it, because that was part of the star- let routine. However, I was a little heavier then and didn’t care about — CIFELL'S #2 T.V. 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