The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 12, 1953, Page 3

SOCIETY — PERSONALS — NEWS OF INTERES. TO WOMEN JO ELLEN KELLER, Editor Rogers Given Housewarming By Church Members The Rev. Ralph Rogers and Mrs. Rogers were given a housewarm- recently by members of ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE Housewarming Party ie ye gathering was scheduled for out-ol-door supper, but took ce at the Church of the Rock inclement weather. C. B, Harvey, Mayor) fest, and Mrs. Harvey at-| affair, as well as over and 1 : ? 2 a § < members of the! § i A supper of baked beans, frank-| and coffee were ed while guests gathered a- to give their good wishes to their clergyman and his wife who are now living in their new home. Among those present were the, Marinus Abrahamse, the Harry Bakers, the Rogers Browns, the Leslie Browns, the George Con- ants, the George Ehrharts, the Richard Evans, the James Gamb- les, the Fred Enanders, the Rob- ert Garrisons, the Curry Hartises, | the Henry Higgs, the Wallace Kirks, the William Hills. Also atterding the housewarm- ing were the Robert Russells, the Pearsons, the Marion Welshes and the Mesdames Walter Bell, Ruth; Jackson avd Margaret Pritchard and Mr. Atwood Sands. Among the many others present E —Citizen Staff Photo by Finch. were honor guests Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Johantgen of Indianapolis who are the houseguests of the Rogers. Mrs.Johantgen is the sis- ter of Mrs. Rogers. ZX-11 Wives '‘Hathaways OWC Book Group Entertain Guests |To Review From The North |“Period Piece” The Earl Hathaways, 511 Fran-| The Book Review group looks cis St., have as their houseguests forward fo a brief mid-morning’s! this season, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.|relaxation from Christmas prepar- Moore of Scenery Hill, Pa, Mrs,/ation chores when its members To Hold Moore is Mr. Hathaways maternal Luncheon aunt, and this is her third winter The monthly luncheon for the| Journ in Key West. ZX Officers Wives Club will be| Guests ot the Hathaways last held on Wednesday, December months were Mr. and Mrs. Lewis 12:30 p. m, at the Sun and|Connally of Jacksonville. Mrs, Con- San Beach Club. ~ {nally is the former Susan Lakin ‘The hostesses, Mrs. D. Spirt and|°f Key West. Other November Mrs. A. ‘Robertson are workiig to /svests of the Hathaways were Mr. make it an enjoyable and happy|@%¢ Mrs. Bob Phillips of Rich- holiday event. (mond, Calif. and their small daugh- Reservations should be made on ‘€r- or before Monday, December 14, b, : dialing Mrs, D. Spirt at 23017. Key West Girl been contacted are cordially Wins Hi e ly in- Wed io attend. ms ee At Florida U Capital’s Mae Kaplan, daughter of Mr. Parties Are Gay This Season and Mrs. Harry Kaplan, 325 Duval! St., who is a senior ‘n education! at the University of Florida,! Gainesville, was nominated to Tri- T thought the invitation said 5)470n, woman's honorary leader- o'clock, but just to be fashionably |Ship fraternity. late I arrived at the splendid Cu. Her achievements were in or- ban embassy, where a reception |Sanizational work and service, She was being held to honor Senora de|is 2 member of the Florida Union Batista, wife of Cuba's new presi-|Social Board directorate, vice- jand guests meet at 10 o'clock, |Wednesday, December 16th at Ft. |Taylor Officers’ Club. | Betty Garnett who could not pre- sent the review last time due to illness, will discuss that light and) \delightful piece of wit, ‘“Pericd) 'Pece,” by Gwen Raverat. | With an eye to future discussion | the Book Review chairman sug-| jgests reading the current and su-| perb “Spirit Of St. Louis” by) Charles Lindbergh. Better than 3-| D for putting you right in the plane with him, utterly remarkable in its expression of a sixth sense of sup- erhuman power, very beautifully written with the hand of Ann Mar- row Lindberg undoubtedly there. And, as thi: is Christmas, let no jone who has not yet read them, miss Catharine Marshall’s ‘“Man) Called Peter” and Peter Marshall’s “Mr. Jones Meet The Master” For,} to know Peter Marshall intimately) as one does by reading these two,} THE REV. RALPH ROGERS, right, receives a large, double charcoal barbecue from the mem- bers of his congregation of Church of the Rock. Dick Evans, left, is shown presenting the gift to Mr. and Mrs. Rogers. The Rogers have recently moved into their new home on South Street. Apply To Wed The following couples have ap- plied for marriage licenses in the office of County Judge Raymond R. Lord. George Font, Jr., 24, 1222 Grin- nell St., and Mary Elizabeth Font, 21, 1015 Packer St. Otis C. Myers, Jr., 30, 1015 South St., and Elizabeth Mainella, 29, 1511 Johnson St. Blair B. Hickson, 30, Naranja,| Fla., and Merry Gensch, 25, 1321) Reynolds St. Charles E. Nester, 31, FAWTU- LANT, Boca Chica Field, and Le- Vaughn Cork, 23, 804 South St, COMPANY BUFFET It’s fun to start off a company eal with a surprise appetizer! Bacon Rollups Wheat Crackers Chicken Pie Fruit Salad Butterscotch Compote Brownies Beverage BACON ROLLUPS Ingredients: 20 large prunes m butter, salted peanuts, 10 slices ba- con. Method: Slit prunes so you can} Saturday, December 12, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TELEPHONE: Page} ; KEY BOOKS By A. de T. GINCRAS (BALLADS MIGRANT IN NEW office at the Senate office building ENGLAND by Helen Hartness in Washington. (This book is avail- Flanders and Marguerite Olney,'able at the Key West Library, Wo- book of ballads, published by Far-|man’s Club.) tar, Straus and Young, 101 Fifth (IN LOVE by Alfred Hayes, con- Ave., New York City, 248 pages.)/temporary psychological romance, Floridians have an hereditary if published by Harper aad Bros., 49 terest in New England, for many/East 33rd Street, New York City.) People from the other end of the! The peregrinations of a man and eastern coast of the United States,|woman in love remaia eternally in- have fled its long winters and teresting to readers. rocky soil to take refuge in the) Mr. Hayes puts his characters sunshine state. junder more high powered miscros- This new book by the wife ofjcope than usual. . .Ail-their bio- Senator Flanders of Vermont is a-'logical and emotional reactions are ;bout the heart of New England be-/revealed in minute detail, some- cause it is about the songs that times to the point when the reader have spring from her people. jis tempted to suggest the parties The ballads gre about everything involved take a cold shower and a from a false Rearted knight to afew liver shots. blind beggar’s daughter, from the| The story, of course involves two shanty boys to a castle by the sea.|men and a woman. Whether it be Some of them have their ballad|‘‘The Little Hunt,” France's latest Citizen Office, 2.5661 Wonien By Dorothy Roe Asociated Press Women's Editor At the age of 5, Mary Brooks Picken hitched her wagon to a needle and thread—and it has car- ried her to heights of fame and fortune. This bright-eyed, pink-cheeked lady probably is the world’s fore most authority on sewing, dress- making and all varieties of needle. work, She considers a bundle of sewing more important to the health and peace of mind of the average woman than a medicine cabinet. Says she “If more women had to do things by hand, as our mothers and grandmothers did, there’d be less! business for psychiatrists.” This age of automatic house. roots in old England and some in colonial America. Some were born long ago in a Turkish castle, and some when men were laying tracks | for the first railroads. Familiar fellows are there like Robin Hood! and King William, Herod and the! Brave Wolfe who fought Montcalm. Most of the songs are preceded) by several bars of the music to! which they are sung, and short ex- Planatory paragraphs regarding} their beginnings. Mrs. Flanders does most of her} own leg work when she collects her ballads. And after more than twenty years as a song sleuth, she has a steady stream of clues com- ing in all the time. These are most- dramatic contribution to sophisti- cated Broadway, or the “Barretts of Wimpole Street’ with Eliza- beth Barrett torn between her fa- ther and her poet lover, most love stories involve a triangle of one kind or another. The love of a man and woman unchallenged or un- threatened by a third party tends to be fictionally routine and dull. This particular love triangle is enacted in an urban milieu. It be- gins in the bar of an American ci- ty when a man of about forty is contemplating picking up a young lady somewhat younger. The story then cuts beck to the man’s next to last romantic adventure. A bed by bed description of his visits to keeping is a wonderful thing, but it also has its drawbacks, in the opinion of Mrs. Picken, It’s likely to leave women with too much time on their hands. And if those hands can’t pick up a bit of fancy work or a pair of socks to darn, there’s trouble ahead. Mary was born on a farm near Arcadia, Kan., and before she was old enough to go to school she learned not only sewing, but also spinning and weaving, from her grandmother, who lived on an ad joining farm. She estimates her grandmother walked an average of 20 miles a day when spinning— ‘back and forth, throwing the yarn over the spinning wheel from the was widowed before 3, embarke: upon her needle-and-thread career. Her Sist book, the revised edition the Singer sewing book, has been published, containing every. thing any home seamstress might be likely to want to know, includ- ing how to darn, mend and em- broider by machine, patterns, how to get p finishes on dresses and sw to make slipcovers and drapes, rugs and bedspreads, children's clothes and gifts. Since home sewing is the fast. est-growing hobby in the country, 20, e was jshe has a wide audience, She’s firmly convinced that every woman in the country should be able to do some form of sew- ing, knitting or other needlework, for therapeutic purposes. She says: “Whenever I feel nervous or up~ set, whenever I get to feeling sorry for myself or have a problem to work out, I get out one of my bundles of sewing. I always have something handy, all cut out and waiting. After I've worked on it awhile I find my nerves relaxed and usually my problem’s solved.” Since the death last year of her second husband, G, Lynn Sumner, Mary has had opportunity to test her theory, and it has worked. Grief-stricken and lonely, she turned to her sewing when the go- ly in the form of letters, or con- the apartment of his mistress, are |be hidden. jidyll. The second man has money If her tipster has told her that and marriage as his winning cards, the barman in the tavern outside so the conclusion is inevitable and of a New England town has been'known from the beginning. But the jheard to sing a forgotten song, she steps leading to her choice, and jis off to that tavern is her little|the hero's feelings as the love of versations with acquaintances, tip-|followed by her meeting with an-| Ping her off to where songs may other man who intrudes ov the love} distaff in her hand. ling got tough, and the needle and | Mary was married before she'thread saw her through, (ee \Perhaps “The Happy Altitude Fac-jthat too tends to happen during tory” could be classes as science improvisation, when the flow of fiction. Through them all shines words must not stop and break the Mr. O’Hara’s essential good na- thread. ture. ‘car. And if the clue is an authen- *|tie one, she has her recording ma- chine right in the back o1 the car to take down the song in all its Or it may be that someone has tipped her off to singing that goes on after square dancing in some wooden house where the weeds have taken over the garden, and where an old lady sits on the prch in the summer dusk and sings, Robert Frost, in his introduction to the volume says: “. , .ballads lead their life in the mouths and earls of men by hear-say like blue- birds and flickers in the nest holes of hollow trees. But that’s no rea- son specimens shouldn’t be brought to book now and then for sport |(eooked just until tender), peanut! 20d scholarship. . .” And Mrs. Flanders has personal- ly asked this reviewer to postscript her comments on the book with the. pristine rendition by the barman.) farmhouse kitchen, Or about a} | Mr. Weaver writes pleasantly, his mistress cools, are described He has caught the fireside atmos- with reality and simplicity. |phere well, and if his imagination | JUNIOR SELECTION view by Margaret Symonds. Many zologists rank the chime panzee as the most intelligent ant- jmal with the orangutang second (guest re-jis a little forced here and there,|and the elephant third, * i (MR. O'HARA by Jack Weaver, | book of short juvenile fiction, pub-' |lished by Viking Press 18 E. 48 St., New York City,) These stories have the made-up- |as-you-along flavor that children Hove, and they are illustrated with jbejeweled fishes and octopuses with bangles on their arms 1 Mr. Weaver offers the 5 to 8 year olds a book a amiable stories told by Mr. O’Hara to an audience of all age groups, in his general store iin a country town. In his youth, jthe storyteller left Ireland, and brought with him to America his red hair, whimsical Irish humor, | Fabric Center, Incorporated 622 DUVAL STREET and his countrymen’s talent for jyarning. He is himsel: the hero of his stories and none would pre-| is to know truly the meaning of Temove pits. Stuff each prune with ee president of Grove Hall, and active dent, promptly at 6. in WSA, Pan American Day Com- t- | A couple o: liveried butlers gree’ ites. ed me at the head of the red-car-/ peted marble staircase, graciously bowed and scraped but politely in- formed me the receiving line had- not formed yet, The party was) from 6 to 8. ‘ Tt only took two to form the line} —Senora de Concheso, the Cuban ambassador's wife, and the visit- ing guest of honor—and I was the first to go down it. Joe Davies, for- mer. U, S. ambassador to Russia,! and his. very elegant wife followed but after a quick tour through the big beautiful drawing rooms and several how-do’s departed. So did a number of others among the 600 guests, for it was a big evening,| with parties at the Korean and Pakistani embassies also on the! echedule. | Hesper Russell To Wed Navyman Mrs, Lenora Russell announces the engagement of her daughter, Hesper, to George Varonick, chief gunner’s mate, who is attached to the USS Bushnell. The date for the wedding, which will take place soon, has not been set. In Norfolk Some of the guests arrived at © ‘the Cuban affair, by far the most brilliant embassy event ot the sea- eon to date, in evening clothes for the later dinner parties. A group of Cuban military officers wore black ties and soft white shirts with their khaki colored dress uni- forms, bedecked with medais. Ambassador de Concheso, a big Bandsome dark-haired man, hap-| pily relieved from standing in Jine with the two ladies, lost himself among the guests gathered around the bers and buffet tables. The embagsy, ene of the handsomest in town, is renowned for its brilliant) Parties. 1 saw more than a dozen ll Dasadors, including the British. Freach, Norwegian, apanese and/ German, Mme. Bonnet, wife of the French, Norwegian, Japanese and a Dior creation of sieek biack silk im the new short length. topped dy a -champegne-eolored silk coat, ful!- gathered from 2 fitted yoke, Mrs.| Stentey Reed, wife of the Supreme Court justice, chatted with the, Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Donglas McKay, and smiled across} . the room at attractive Nancy Ke- fauve>. Nancy, in a stunning taf- fete frock of emerald green, was, ENE SHEPPARD, Dis- ng Clerk Third Class, he husband of Mrs. Betty Sheppard, L-6 George Auden Apts. is now in Norfolk awaiting assignment to a Na- val unit in the Atlantic area. EUG! - alone because her Democratic sen- ator husband was politicking in Tennessee, |Christmas. Any of these books make mar- |velous Christmas presents, Births The following births are all at} Monroe General Hospital: Girl to Kents A daughter, Anne Elizabeth, was! born December 2nd, to Mr. and) Mrs. Clement Kent, 25 Maine Rd., |Sigsbee Park, Hancocks Have Boy Mr. and Mrs, Edward J. Han- cock 2016 “Patterson Ave. announce} the birth of a son Edward Forrest, on December 2nd. Pritchetts Have Daughter Mr. and Mrs. J, C. Pritchett, Poorhouse Lane, announce the birth of a daughter, Denise, on December 5th, Daughter to Barbers A daughter, Laura Lea, was born} \to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barber, | |713 Eaton St., on December 6th.| | Hernandez Have Girl I A daughter, Rosario, was born jto Mr. and Mrs. Ferman Hernan- jdez, 1008 Thompson Lane, on De- cember 7th. Son to Johnsons Mr. and Mrs. Albert C, Johnson, 909 Pauline Lane, announce the birth of a son, Albert Carter, on December 7th. Born at Naval Hospital: Daughter to Leclairs Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Arthur/ Leclair announce the birth of a| jdaughter, Christine, on November |28th at U. S. Naval Hospital. Mrs.; Leclair is the former Betty Jean! Thrift of Key West. \ Remember to store your plum Pudding in a cool place—the lower shelf of your refrigerator is a good place for it. If your pudding is a very large one, you can cut off the amount you will need for a, meal, land heat it in a double boiler. {who passed away four years ag Peanut butter and a few salted pea- nuts, Cut bacon slices in half. Wrap a half slice of bacon around each stuffed prune; fasten with picks. Place under preheated broiler un- til bacon is crisp, turning to cook bacon evenly. Serve at once. Makes 20 appetizers, Do your small fry like to make ginerbread men with you, before| Christmas, for tree decorations? | After you have the cookies cut out, | press small cord loops into the | back of the heads before baking, | so the little figures will be easy] to hang on green boughs. | IN MEMORIAM In memory of our beloved father, T. Reginald Pritchard, today, Dec. 13, 1949: Four years have passed Since that sad day When one we loved Was called away. A pleasant smile For all he met; His heart of gold We can’t forget. DAUGHTERS: request that any New England liv- ing in Key West who has a clue to an old song, should write to her mont, or care of Senator Flanders’ sume to question his truthfulness. The fellow has in his repertoire at Smiley Manse, Springfield, Ver-| jsomething for every taste senti- mental romance, travel yarns, ;stories about animals who talk, fairy tales with leprechauns, and KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL DEPARTMENT Under the Direction of MR. THOS. WHITLEY Presents Their Annual CHRISTMAS VESPERS at the KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Thurs. Evening, Dec. 17 ADM. FREE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS For Your Shopping Convenience RAUL'S Mrs, Louise Mrs. Eliza Brantley. ADELINE S 904 FLEMING ST. KEY WEST greicic tai DESIGNERS J. REIDS Salon of Beauty Phone 423 Fleming St. LA CONCHA HOTEL _ Mrs. Walter Price Piano and Theory Instruction 409 Fleming St. Phone 2-6371 Interiors Complete Line of HALLMARK Greeting Cards There’s Still Time To Order RESTA URANT Special Complete Sunday Dinner Served All Day from 12 Noon fo 10 P.M. CHOICE OF Creamed Chicken Soup, ala Reine Orange, Tomato, Grapefruit or Pineapple Juice Personalized Christmas Cards Photo Albums... Chest 60614 DUVAL STREET Eversharp Pen & Pencil Sets Gift Stationery Cameras All Kinds Christmas Gift Wrappings Film Developed Here Treasure Gift Camera Sets With Champagne Sauce . With Dressing ................-.... Roast Stuffed Vermont Turkey With Chestnut Dressing, Cranberry Sauce ........ Baked Virginia Ham 52.50 Roast % Spring Chicke: Roast Sirloin of Beef, I OG nian cenessnersnsennenenenernssnncemnennen CHILD’S ORDER OF Roast Turkey or Baked Ham Candied Sweet Potatoes, Mashed Potatoes, French Fried Potatoes Fresh Green Peas, Fresh Carrots, Vichi, Chef Salad with French or Russian Dressing Rolls and Butter Hot Mince, Apple or Blueberry Pie dello Coffee Ice Cream Sherbet Tea