The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 17, 1953, Page 10

McCrory’s Grand Opening McCRORY’S NEW STORE at the corner of Duval and Eaton Streets opened this morning’ with a throng of early shoppers crowding the well-stocked store—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. "Pop ular Young ‘Team Stars In Movie At Monroe | Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie, faccording to the two traditional Hollywood success barometers, fan mail and boxoffice, are the hottest; screen combo of the season. The popular young stars.are now heading the cast of Universal-Inter- national’s new laugh hit, ‘No Room For The Groom,” opening Sunday at the Monroe Theatre. Don DeFore and Spring Byington) are seen in top supporting roles. In the film colony language com- bo means combination and com-) bination means one male and one} female co-starred to excite the ro-| | mantic effusions of the public. | While movie history is replete with) titillating combos, Tony and Piper) are the first youthful pair of screen lovers to capture the fancy of the fans so completely. | They first appeared together as| a starring combination in the Tech-/ nicolor “The Prince Who Was A) | Thief” and will soon be seen in} ‘Son of Ali Baba,” another Tech-| /nicolor adventure-film. Their popularity has already be-/ gun to exceed that of their silent] ;day counterparts, the memorable} team of Charles Farrell and Janet, | Gaynor. They made only two films| i together, ‘‘Seventh Heaven” and) ‘Street Angel.’” | Their screen combo has paid off at the nation’s boxoffices ever) | since John Bunny and Flora Finch |made their light comedies togeth- er nearly a half century ago. Since ' then every type of movie entertain- ment has received a periodic shot! in the arm with the introduction) of each new co-starring team. Tor- rid passion hit its peak with Ru- | dolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres. | Sophisticated comedy enjoyed and such combinations as Irene Dunne| [Cary Grant and William Powell land Carole Lombard, | As Tony atid Piper laughingly! say, “Two heads are better than one as long as they’re not on the} same person.” ] “No Room For The Groom” was! 'directed by Douglas Sirk and pro-| duced idbrartcrmmsase Ted Richmond. i Equal To Crisis ; OMAHA (#—Resourceful police) | were equal to an unexpected crisis jhere when they picked up a | 21-year-old man for drunkenness | and found he had his 9-month-old| son with him, | At central police station, officers | first replaced the child’s very wet |diaper with a clean pillow slip from the police ambulance. Then they used the station coffee pot to heat some milk and sent out for a bottle and nipple. Patrolman James Elder, father) of two, had taken over the feeding duties when the child’s mother arrived, Licenses Revoked | TAMPA W—The Florida Strue- tural Pest Control Board has re-| BA ported revoking the licenses of two exterminators, T. W. Crosby of Wesconnett and Elmer G. Osborne of St. Petersburg and Orlando. Board Secretary William B. |Greshman said both men failed to} notify customers of a change in| Be address. In addition, Greshman reported, Osborne did not take care of a| customer’s complaint and Crosby did Rot pay the fees: Tequired by tn Pa-nt -F Page 10 ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, December 17, & OS Be Certain To Include Child’s Full Name and Address! YOUR NAME IN GOLD...FRzEI MAURY’'S Luggage & Cutlery Shop 503 SOUTHARD STREET Subscribe To The Citizen--25c Weekly'¢ Saueeeer SOSBS : 2 arents! anta Claus’ “MAGIC MAIL BOX” Is Now In The Office Of The Key West Citizen! ‘teen mailed to Santa in this Magic Mail Box will be flown “SantairMail” to Santa Claus and Santa will acknowledge 5 receipts in The Key ; West Citizen each day! > QOOTSESSPERERERERYRLY, PO, FEHIAS HS HY Se PAIRS cl, A waded memento—a Key “West Citizen clipping with your child's name—at the time he writes to Santa Claus!