The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 27, 1953, Page 5

road DOROTHY RAYMER, Society Editor Saturday, June 27, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 5 Engagement Announced LOVELY BARBARA JEAN MOMM, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Albert O. Momm, USN, will be wed to Ensign Robert K. Karcher, ‘USN. Announcement of the engagement was made by her parents but no date has been set for the wedding. Ensign Karch- er is the son of Mrs. Ethel Karcher of Robinson, Illinois. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, class of 1953. At present, Ensign Karcher is visiting at the home of Capt. and Mrs. Momm at their quarters on the Naval Station here, prior to reporting aboard the USS Perkins for du popular and most beautiful of t Miss Momm is one of the local younger social set in ty. Key West.—Dabney, Fredericksburg, Va. CONCH CHOWDER By RAYMER Space was limited Thursday so | Chowder had to simmer until to- day instead-of being served. My | spies report that Eugenio de Ber- Tayarza, the decorator of Raul’s, is back in town staying at a motel | until he makes the trek to New| York with friends and then on to} Church Council To Hold All-Day | Meet On Tuesday An all day meeting of the Key West Council of Church Women will take place at the Congrega- tional Chureh Tuesday at 10:30 p. m., Mrs, J. Paul Touchton, pre- sident, announced today. Women who are members of the auxiliaries of the Council, Mrs. Touchton said. The program will start in the morning with important business | discussions. Luncheon will be ser- Europe. Eugenio was reportedly here some weeks ago on a return} trip, too. He likes Key West enor- ved at 12:30. A skit will be performed show- mously, jing the Christian ministry to the So does Helen Stetson She is ex-| migratory workers who follow the pected to spend the month of July | crops here and may be associated with} Piggy banks for the leprosy mis- the Writer’s Group if plans work / sions will be brought by members out. . .Bob Pollock left Alabama Thursday night and should be back in the city by the middle of next week. Meantime, Rollie Pollock is holding down the home front with to the meeting and will be opened at that time. A large crowd is hoped for at the meeting, Mrs. Touchton said. Purpose of the Key West Coun- eil of Church their Airedale and two little Chi- Women is “‘to unite hauhuas brought up from Texas.|church women in their allegiance One is mere minor size to r Lord and Savior Jesus CHILD PRODIGY DEPT: Dr. Christ through a program looking Allen Shepard's very small daugh-|to their integration in the total life ter was in her bedroom preparing | and work of the Church and to the | for a nap, The baby sitter asked, | “Are you getting ready for bed? Dr. Shepard's little lamb bleated, , “Well, I'm not waiting for a bus! . - Did you ever notice that the brass railing on the back stairway at the City Hall looks véry much building of a world Christian com- | munity. “To provide an opportunity for “hristian worship, fellowship and service, across denominational lines, Mrs. Touchton said that the James Baker Gets Bid To Join Honorary Group Word has been received that James Baker son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baker, 508 Grinnell St. has | been invited to join the newly or- ganized Alpha Council at Florida State Universtiy in Tallahassee. ~ This is an honorary council and to be eligible to join, leadership ability as well as a good scholastic record must be maintained. The tate Freshmen and council them in their first year of college. High school in 1952 and received sportsmanship. Now Hear This Dear Dorothy:- So sorry not to have written you last week - as you well know things can crowd you at times - that happened to ‘“‘yours truly” last_week. Will try to some of the happenings. The ZX-11 gals had a bang-up luncheon at Rauls’ Jast week. They had gifts and entertainment. Parris Robertson delighted every- one with her excerpts from “South Pacific!” Indeed the high light of the entertainment. Marilyn Mits- chke, Carmen Makin and Norma Klinker vowed they were ama- teurs at this hostessing business but turned out one cf the most en- joyable luncheons of the in. Naval Station Wives had a most delightful time at their Coffee last Wednesday. Mrs. Irving T. Duke’s Quarters was the setting for this get together where oldtimers wel- comed the new comers. Sub Ron Coffee will be on Wed- nesday, July 1 at Fort Taylor. Re- gular time - 10:00 a. m. Hostess group represents the Trutta, Cor poral and the Sennet. One of the topics that will be discussed will be the coming Officers’ Wives Club Luncheon. aes Speaking of the Luncheon. Sub Ron gals will be the hostess group. Date is Friday, July 3. Place is Fort Taylor. Time is 12:30 p. m. Minnie Porter Harris’ Highlights from Around-the-World Aircruise will highlight the program. A big day all around for the Sub Ron gals - their Annabelle Workman who is the present Co-Chairman for the Officers’ Wives Club will start her term as the Chairman for the Club at this Luncheon. Everyone is invited to come - at last month’s Luncheon one saw many new. faces! Keep coming - it is your Club. Remember reser- vations are called to Fort Taylor by noon Wednesday July 1. No cancellations after noon Thursday, July 2. Advisory Board Meeting will be held at Fort Taylor on Tuesday, June 30. 10:00 a. m. is the time. Members please note. This is for the Officers’ Wives Club. Already have had rumors on the August Officers’ Wives Club Lun- cheon, The Surface Development Group will be the welcoming group. They are planning a super program. Just seems each Lun- cheon is better than the last one. , Duplicate Bridge has really been having grand crowds. Last Tuesday - the laurels for North- | South were awarded to Ledr. Mil- ler and Lt. Haggerty. Lt. Duley and Lt. Adams placed second. East West honors were awarded Ledr. Roberts and Lt. Munson. | Capt. and Mrs. Momm were sec- ond. Mrs. Julian Platon has been doing fine as the new Duplicate Bridge chairman! Dining under the stars at Fort like refugee material from an old| Council plans to do more than! Taylor has been interrupted. They fashioned saloon?. . McAvoy was away for two days} (but she changed plans for a Ja maica Run until next month), I was on the City Hall beat as sub for Jim Cobb, Up in Charles Rob erts’ office there was heavy boarding house “fragrane on that of cabbage cooking, It turne out to be the smell of food for the jailhouse inmates below, and nothing to do with any puns ab cabbage of the greenback var despite remarks by Bob Smith and s Jay Hall, reporter colleagues, 1F CAPT, SPALDING is pointed temporary City Ma there will probably be a revival the song from a Marx movie of some years ag scene, Groucho, attired heavy with helmet and Breeches with the se around his knees, was carried on a litter by four African si. He was greeted with the chorus singing, “Hooray tain Spalding, the Afr er. Hooray, hooray Some very funny di verses. Groucho dis the stretcher, stretched “How much, boys?” Dian lead Groucho gar, ‘ 1 @ome by ’ a OLO STAMPING GROUND + @ors are Mr. and Mrs. F r Skewis and daug ea coming year, Elwood City, Pa. They arrived in Key West Tuesday evening after motoring from Western Pennsyl- vai to vigit with their son, Fre- k (S\i) Skewis who just got t of the Navy. Ski's mother says her mother was a patient of my ndfather’s in Beavver Falls and “Old Doe Raymer.” 1 e people who sued to at But he could right back Fifty-three $ is a long e to practice e and he knew every fami. generations. so a degree in psychia- @ was a lot more than bed- ner in his atti! . We had a fine time reminiscing and aiking about changes in the Val- . Teveals who just kathon in raised an $200,008 for the Cerebral- Said on her ra- dcast of June 24 that the sh keep up When Susan ever to help the community in the! are working on the outside patio - | when finished it promises to be a tbrand new place. Watch for the formal opening. In the meantime buffet dinners are still being held on Wednesday: | cued spareribs! Happy Hour in the Lounge is proving 3 great meeting place - if you can't find friends at home ~—- come over to the Club. They wil! probably be here. Saturday evening Rendez- vous Hour from 7:20 p. m. to 9:00 p. m. makes a pleasant interval along with dining until the danc- ing begins. Have you tried it? This will be my last letter to you and certainly do appreicate all the cooperation you have given me. If it hadn't been for your in- terest and help this letter would | never have come into being. purpose of this council is to orien- | James graduated from Key West | the Jaycee award for outstanding | catch you up on i SOCIETY ~— PERSONALS — NEWS OF INTERES ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE Glendora Sawyer And Pvt. Fred Sher Married June 12 In Aberdeen, Md. MARRIED IN MARYLAND Miss Glendora M. Sawyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund H. Sawyer, became the bride of Pvt. Fred B. Sher, now with the U. S Army at Aberdeen, Maryland on June 12. A double ring ceremony united the two Key Westers in marriage. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Sher, 1127 Johnson Street. The bride has been making her home with her parents who live at 518 Francis Street. The bride, a well known Key—————— os West beauty, wore an unusual and lovely wedding dress featuring a redingcote of white organdy em- broidered in tiny pink and yellow rosebuds which formed the designs j of wedding rings over a white cot- }ton satin strapless gown with shir- |red bodice and a very full kirt. She carried a bouquet of lillies-of- the valley clustered about a white orchid, She wore a big picture hat of white nylon lace trimmed with tiny flowers. Maid of honor for the bride was her sister, Miss Lavonda Sawyer who chose as her attire a blue cotton-satin shirred strapless dress with a tiny bolero. Her corsage was of white orchids. Young Sher is serving at Aberdeen Md. with the U. S. Army at pre sent. He was graduated from Riv- erside Military Academy as cadet lieutenant in 1951. The bride is a graduate of Key West High School, class of 19 and was winner of both the Ba Commercial and an English award She was treasurer of the group as well belonging to the hon civic units including the Sub De! Rainbow Girls, contests. She was selected Miss American Legion of 1950, Miss or society, She was active in many | ‘ American Legion Auxiliary, and won several beauty | | Bervaldis, Wades | Enjoyed Vacation | In New England husband will where Wade University ¢ Advisor Named To Head New Junior Sorority is the la kind in the ranged fc been recommend ship in Nu Phi have b: which |the sponso | Sorority, }1014 Jol | matically beco {Sigma Phi a Every senior | ~ class and a member of the Colo, OCRRRRRiSR NENT REY Mace aR | Rummage Sale Monday | sored Monday at the House by the Christian Society Christian Service Methodist Church, A rummage sale is being spon- of El Salvador om LI LO WOMEN \ DIAL: Citizen Office, 2.5661 F AWTU OWC Pool Luncheon Enjoyed At Naval Station On Last Wednesday y, June 2, turned out to be a good day after all for ed FAWTU fficers’ Wives pool luncheon held at the Na- Amid shorts, swimming suits, pedal pushers, and under , and sunning chairs, champagne punch was ser- erg, chairman of — : ed the meeting to even new ma Carroll, , Joan Hopkins, Jeane Rice and yives were sorry od bye to Vi For- ain and Helen mooth sail- station. en, ad. drink and served by a compe- choasis staff. Mrs. J. H. door prize of a T. A. Le- d winning the other d especially since aison made it her- a la jeweler’s pin , a treasure any love to call her ow Toth, Mrs. W. Moore were the sts of the day. J. H. Koach, son, Mrs. F. C . L. M. Bigelow for sponsoring this V.F.W. AUXILIARY GETS NEW MEMBERS mbers were obligat- lar meeting of the to Post No. , June 23. They were Saw Mrs. Mar- . Mrs. Dorotha Car- a Wilma Lowe, and Mrs, | Anna Christiana Sands. Also elected to membership was rs. Louise H. Miller, who will be 1 at the next meeting with { Chris Scribner. On Friday night a weiner roast 1 be 1 team of the Little e. All members of the ches and manager are ed to be present at 7 p. m, on on this con- of this ¢ s. Curry at 2-3603. A inform com- ” 7 pply To Wed Penley, 25, USS Sars- n Ann Poultney, 24, reet have applied for license at the office of e Raymond R, Lord. lvin Staa' 23, USS line, 25, y Street, have also ied to wed. There is virtually no distinction between tame and wild reindeer, R.| n at Rest Beach for the| Training Course In Nursing Begun | By Local Student to} | Eleanor Garcia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D, Garcia of 1733 South , Street, has begun her training as ja member of the June class at | Mount Sinai Hospital’s School of | Practical Nursing at Miarni Beach. Upon the completion of four | months of training Eleanor will re- | ceive her practical nurse’s cap and | at the end of the year’s course whe | will be eligible for state licensing. |She is now making her home ai | the students’, residence on the grounds of the hospital. Applications are now being ac- cepted for the next class at the | School which enters in October. Fernandes Nominated | By Legion Auxiliary Benny Fernandez has been nominated by the American Le- gion Auxiliary as their candidate for the most outstanding citizen eligible for the American Legion award, “By his cutstanding communi- ty spirit and his deep concern for the youth of the community, and by his special efforts in connection with the Key West _ High School Band and the base- ball team,” said a spokesman | for the group, “the Auxiliary Fernandez as their Repeat Recital To Be Presented By Dance Pupils A repeat performance of the re- cent Pinder School of the Dance recital will be given Friday, July 3rd with a matinee performance only, beginning at 3:30 p. m, Several numbers of the original production will be omitted due to \the absence of the professionals | who appeared in-solo ballet and in the finale, “One Touch of Venus."* The recital, however, will be augmented with other numbers jand the complete program will be announced later, this week barbe-| Best man for the bridegroom was Pvt. 1-c Neil Reilly. The newlywedded couple will honeymoon in Washington, D. C. Elks Club in 1951 and was noted for her modeling ability. She has | been employed at the Florida Keys Aquedeuct Commission. Native Son | Returns Here | On Navy Duty | Richard James Lund, USN, re- jcently reported to the USS Ho-| | ward W. Gilmore for duty, Chief | Lund is a native of Key West and) will be remembered here by many | | persons, His family lived for years | at 112 Washington Street. Chief | Lund’s father was connected with the U. S. Customs Service. | He is a nephew of Mrs, Kathleen Lucas and a grandson of Mrs. Ma-| | bel Felitis, 1301 Flagler Avenue. {| Chief Lund has been in the Na- vy for 12 years, recently complet- | ing a three year tour of duty on | }the USS Grand Canyon (AD-2),} | based in Norfolk, Va. | Miss Lund is the former Miss | Helen Wilkins, daughter of Mayor | and Mrs, T. D, Wilkins, prominent your | Meekers Entertain Out-of-Town Guests The Rev. and Mrs. Charles Meeker, 527 William St tertain the following ¢ the next few days Mrs. Percy V. Ft. Lauderdale Taylor and Miss Sioux City, lowa. Mrs. Dawe and Mrs. Taylor daughters of the Meekers. Mrs. Taylor and Miss Sken buty have been visiting the Dawes and are to come with them to Key West Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Tay lor will make an extended visit the home of her pare will uests Rev Planta the awe. uth Skentelbury mercantile family of Blacks. The young social set ext warm welcom> te Chief a Lund who have taken up re at 1608 Stevens Avenue Read The ( At 4:30—The csipper Duplicates Thanks a million! Special thanks | | to all the gals who helped my grapevine. Gertrude MeMurray |was my ZX-11 gal and Zoe Wohi was the Sub Ron gal. Many others | did their share of sending in news. So again to Everyone “thank yen.” | A new gai will take over the jletter and I know you will get more and better news! Smooth Sailing, LEE Biack bean, cream of celery, soups ¢ serve chilled Your Drink Skaal Hour SU NDAY AFTERNOON 3- 6 Hors d’Ouvres Fun — Entertainment — Prizes Trade winds Air Conditioned Lounge Doors will be open at the 1100 Varela Street location from COIFFURE DESIGNERS the p.m. to 5 p.m, CARD OF THANKS tT J. REID'S Salon of Beauty 423 Fleming St. Phone 2-5263 LA CONCHA HOTEL are ADELINE S Interiors Custom Work Done In Our Own Decorating Workshop DIAL 22365 904 FLEMING ST. KEY WEST Tired Of Eating Out? .... Then Try RAUL'S Tonight SUPERB FOOD SERVED IN A DELIGHTFUL AIR CONDITIONED ATMOSPHERE DINNERS PRICED FROM $1.95 Dancing From 10:00 P.M. to the AMERICAN RHYTHM OF NESTOR MILIAN and HIS ORCHESTRA REALLY FINE MUSIC LATIN Our Drink Prices Are The Lowest In Town No Corer No Minimum