The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 26, 1954, Page 3

4 SOCIETY — PERSONALS — Hu Key est . vesday, January 26,1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Se Page 3 NEWS OF INTERES. TO WO ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE Miss Wuebbold_ | ‘Paintings Of Three National Artists |Wins Contest | RA 8. REILLY, internationally famous painter, interprets the Key West scene in her current tion of oils now being shown at East Martello Tower by the Key West Art and Historical ty. Re: ri And Edythe Kidd {pleasant harmony. Now On Exhibition At Galleries Of _|In Magazine East Martello Tower In Key West ‘The paintings of Elvira Reilly, Edythe Kidd and Hari Kidd eom-|¢f 719 Eaton St., is represented in bine to form an unusually effective exhibition at East Martello Tower the February issue of “The In- in the Key West Art and Historical Society’s monthly show. At the reception preview held Sunday afternoon for members of chers’ magazine. Miss Claire Jeanne Wuebbold,| daughter of Mrs. Lillian Wuebbold | |structor,” nationally circulated tea-| \the Art and Historical Society, the paintings were divided into groups} Miss Wuebbold won an award in lwith each artist with Elvira Reilly’s oils of Key West scenes in the'an art contest conducted by this first gallery upon entering, Hari K idd’s water colors which he titled! magazine last year while she was jin Praise of Women” in the gallery to the left and Edythe Kidd’s teaching grade 6 in Hawthorne oils in the gallery leading to the museum. There was a definite demarca- ithe paintings unmistakably both’ \through the individual style of the, ‘artists oe see as through the phy-' ‘sical plac¢ment of the rooms, yet, ' 5 lthe whole show ties together in a\years, is a former director of the of the current issue. [Martello Gallery and she has held Mrs. Reilly’s oils drew consider-\one-man shows at the Argent Gal- and Girls’ Secretary at the YMCA able comment and- attention in her} the Key West scene. There is mood) land a projection of the basic qual-| ity of her subject, through warm,| jelean color and well-balanced pat-| tern. There is strength and under-) standiag in her paintings, and aj sense of the fundamental that) gives them power and vitality with- jout being weighty or oppressive. Mrs. Reilly, who has made Key West her winter home for many jery in New York City and has) participated in many group exhib. its both in this country and in France. In the gallery to the left of Mrs. Reilly's show is the collection Hari Kidd’s water colors which) have been described by critics as} “individuality with courage and| clarity,” “personal adventure in| color that renders his work dis. tinctive” and “controlled improvi- sation.” ~ There is vigor and boldness in} the water colors combined with! rhythm, flexibility and color that! brings a virility and fresh con-| cept to this medium, Unlike many| | | | glartists, Hari Kidd makes no pre-| liminary sketches for his water} colors. He paints in his difficult) medium directly from thought to) termediate steps. This gives his work an infinite sense of the pre- sent and the beauty of the immed- liate. He paints with great sensi- tivity, originality and marked au- thority in his technique. Hari Kidd received his training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and traveled and pain- ited extensively in Spain and Mex- lico, finally settling in Key West which is now his home. His paint- lings have been shown from coast to coast on invited tours. His wife, Edythe Wallach Kidd, has presented her oils in an ex- hibition in the third gallery at ‘East Martello Tower, and among her collection is some of her Mex-| HAR? KIDD, whose artMcludes ofts, as shown above, as well as the collection of wat/ colors of three outstanding now being shown in the exhibit sat East Martello Tower galleries. oT oday’s Women By Dorothy Roe are largely the result of suggestions ring|and complaints. | J. Earl, vice fal Motors. If it weren't fg Women, he says, IM be driving! land maybe even be shifted by ‘Woman who has When women wrote in that they snagged their nylons and scraped their shins getting in and out of cars, front seats were redesigned. Studies made with hidden cameras. of women stepping in and out of cars, showed seats were so high and threshold plates so wide that the girls were constantly striking the backs of their legs against the seat edge. This was eliminated by PAINTINGS OF MEXICO expressed in the modern idiom are exhibited by Edythe Kidd in her collection at the East Martello show. Each of the three exhibits is grouped separately.—Citizen Staff Photos by Finch, HOLLYWOOD NOTES By BOB THOMAS | HOLLYWOOD (—Jeanne Crain is back from the wilds of Africa with the comment that Hollywood |stars are coddled and pampered too much, The flame-haired mother of four filmed “Duel in the Jungle” with Dana Andrews, This was her first independent venture after 10 years of the glamor treatment at 20th Century-Fox. She says it was an jeye opener for her. “I never realized how much is done for a star at the studios,” she remarked. ‘There is someone to take care of your hair, your makeup, your clothes, everything. If you have to walk down a hall- Marital Woe CLEVELAND (#—A restaurant owner seeking a divorce testified that within three months after his| marriage to a widow she had! moved five of her children and| three other relatives into their| home. Josef A, Kindler, 59, said yester- day his troubles began in 1952 on the day he was introduced to Mrs. Mary A. Green, 50. She started jliving at his house immediately, jhe said, and 10 days later they jwere married, | Common Pleas Judge Frank J. Merrick adjourned the trial until |Feb, 8. Mrs. Kindler is contesting the action, —— “Tt was well worth the $40,000 I had to pay to get out.” This Was news to me, and I asked her about it. ican work painted in the free, mod-| ern idiom with pleasing play of) light throygh her, loosely-patterned canvases. She captures. much of ‘the color and drama of the country in her paintings and transmits her personal enthusiasm to the onlook- er. aes Also shown among her paintings is some of her latest work which! hag been described as giving a sense of poetry and mysticism. All ‘of her work has a delightful sense ‘of the decorative. Mrs. Kidd has studied at the |Art Student's League, has painted in Mallorca, Paris and Mexico, and has exhibited at one-man shows in New York, Mexico and MARCH OF DIMES TO BE HELPED BY LUNCHEON SALE The Convent of Mary imma- culate and St. Joseph’s School will hold a cake and sandwich sale at the schools tomorrow noon with proceeds of the sale going to the campaign funds for the March of Dimes, it has been announced, Chairman of this sale is Mrs, Ralph Milber- ger. S=—aaaeaeeOOOOeee Marilyn Fails To Report For Film I |dropping the seats 2% inches and | . “My option had already been| ‘Automobile design.'moving the cushions nearer the| Way in a scene, the director thinks\picked up for another year,” she! is in charge of'door. The carpet also was made | about whether you should do it orjexplained. “But I didn’t like the| ‘influence 75 per|wider. © ‘a double should be hired. |way I was being treated. Oh, I} roe is suspended again, for re- HOLLYWOOD @—Marilyn Mon- fusing a movie role, and there is} | talk that the picture she rejected } car purchases, and| 'g0 shopping for auto- know what they want. “Right ters than /¢T New tinted glass windshields fol-, “In Africa, it was different. We|loved the people I worked with; low the feminine fashion for|Were on our own. Our assistant/everyone was nice to me. But the smoked or colored glasses. Luxur- director was killed in the rapids, pictures! We will draw the curtain War II we/ious new decorator upholstery fab-/fehearsing a scene which Danalof charity over the last three 1 started ceive a lot more let-jrics are a result of women’s urge|2ud I were supposed to do in ajmade there, .” says Earl.'to prettify things. And who else|small river boat two hours later may be made without her. She was suspended Jan. 5, when she disappeared. But Frank Sin- atra left a reconciliation with his “When you've been at a studio “Today, PUt G per cent of the/but women would bring about ajt had one swimming Scene in the|as long as I was, you face a prob-| Jetters ag {TOM women. They’re|trend in automobiles to what styl-|Tiver, and I had to be\tied by ropes|lem. They say they have built your dete im their suggestions ists call “the more passionate col-| underwater so I wouldn't be swept name up and they have a right to, § USM to try to inter-| and ¢i “pH pret th t write her own ticket. ‘Au women, and that’s to} the tage of the men too, Men! at e \ ey squawk. But in} ‘ ally decide that "s tainbow-hued cars, with! ingtip steering control, comfort- its, Smooth surfaces, foam} Colleges grew out of the volun-jshe regretted asking for her free-\zine Yearbook, automatic shift, tary agsociation of students srdidom. al fr uphostery, pot brekes and air conditioning Just to be sure they keep up @ designers are pam-|it is to criticize styling of new danger is. I think it’ cars. "DIVORCE GRANTED BURLINGTON, Vt, (#—Barbara Lonesomeheart Taylor has been granted a divorce from Charles ylor on grounds they have lived; It is more than half a year since says, she earne, apart for three years. iteaché@ at. universities. laway, “I had faith in our director, mining taste as they felt with the feminine taste from now| George Marshall. When you get)your name lo: be. But today a woman on, General Motors now has a com- that way, you're willing to under- have created. mittee of five women whose job|take anything, no matter what the| S good too, fou get a higger thrill out of acting, and I think your work is more vital. “A lot of Hollywood stars lose 1 their vitality because everything jis done for them, They lack the \vigor of actually performing.” Jeanne ended her long association with 20th-Fox, and I asked her if “Not in the- least,” she said. fuse it. On the other h: and, if you! let them put you into anything, ses the value they! “It was clear that they were! knocking out several fast pictures! in preparation to putting all their money into CinemaScope. produc-| tion. I decided-I didn’t want to be in that setup. So I paid $40,000. my freedom.” But there is a golden linin “Duel in the Ju i 8. On $ According to the Bowling ca! there were 41) bowlers who averaged 200 or be! ter during the 1952-53 season |Home - Town wife Ava Gardner in Rome and flew to Hollywood on time for his role in the same film. to Joe Di Maggio her studio re- lented and gave her until yesrer- day to report. She didn’t, and her attorney an-) nounced: “‘Miss Monroe has au- thorized me to make this state- | ment; She has read the script and does not care to do the picture.” Miss Monroe was promptly sus- pended again. Marilyn and Joe have been hon- {) eymooning in an undisclosed spot. but it didn’t know just where. The Citizen: Your Friend] Shooting was delayed, and when'# Miss Monroe turned up married|j)) i School, Brunswick, Maine. Teach- their lesson plans. Miss Wuebbold’s entry, “Mobile Valentines,” is re- Produced in color on a full page Miss Wuebbold is now Women in Evanston, Ill. Registered Nurses § Form Unit In Monroe County -It has been announced recently) that the registered nurses of Mon-| Toe County now have a district of their own in the Florida State, a sub-district of Miami. It is now} a full-fledged district no. 25. There will be a meeting on Feb- Tuary 9 at 7:30 p. m. at Monroe General Hospital. There will be a membership drive and all register-| ed nurses of Monroe County, whe-} ther retired or in active service,| are asked to attend. For further information, please contact Mrs Ruth Forsythe at 18-) B Arthur Sawyer Road or telephone) Mrs, Jeanette Fields at 2-2431, SSS DOES’ Officers Will Have Special Meeting All officers of the BPO DOES are urged to attend a special meeting at 7:30 on Wednesday night at the Elks Club preced- ing the regular meeting of the organization which will begin at 8 o'clock. Sanaa Mothers Club Hears Paul Sher At Meeting | Guest speaker at a recent meet-| ing of the Mothers’ Club of Con- vent of Mary Immaculate and St. Joseph’s school- was Paul Sher, chairman of the Match of Dimes campaign for the Key West area. He outlined plans being carried out in the current campaign and discussed the new polio vaccine now undergoing experiment. If suc- cessful, he said, it may bring about the end of the dread disease, If results of the test-are as suc-; cessful as anti¢ipated, it may be administered to thé second and| third grades of schools, in Monroe | County. 9.3 | The first grade of.St,; Joseph’s| ‘School and fourth grade of-C, M. I.’ ‘won banners for having the most mothers present. Refreshments | were served which included punch, | cookies and sandwiches, with Mrs. | Maude Roberts as hospitality | It Pays To. ADVERTISE In The Citizen—Use Its Columns Freely!| ,MARCH OF DIMES |til 11:30 p. m. TELEPHONE: Citisen Office, 25662 FLEET SONAR PARTY TO BENEFIT U,. S. Fieet Sonar Schoo! will give a Cabaret Party Benefit for the March of Dimes eon Monday evening at the Beach Patio on the Naval Station. All Naval personnel, their families and invited guests will be those attending the affair which is one of the many fund- faising events, given by the Navy during the March of teers jclude conv letters, shoppi ete. They part Dimes campaign, e nal is lers submitted the bst rans} —EES—sssssSS tion in the groups which divided Her paintings blossom in her atten- their pupils’ creative work in art jand handcraft, accompanied by Floor Show To Be Given For Birthday Ball Plans have been completed and la floor show signed up for the An. 3014 F nual March of Dimes Presidents Birthday Ball sponsored by the unior Chamber of Commerce to be held Saturday, Jan. 30, 1954 at the Casa Marina Patio, Tickets are on sale by all Jay. cees, Paul Shers Jewelry Store, Lou’s Radio Appliance Store and the Cuba Shop, Reservations are being taken at The Cuba Shop and by calling 2-6890, No auction will be held this year,| instead there will be one drawing} held and the following prizes have been donated: coffemaster donated by Julian Appliance Store, waffle and sandwich grill combination by RayBro Electric Co., Wearever aluminum set by Home Appliance Co., radio by Yates Refrigeration Service, heater by Martinez Re-| frigeration Co, and an automatic toaster by Pierce Bros. The time is Saturday Jan. 30, 1954 at 9 p m. the place is the Casa Marina Patio and the event, the Presidents Birthday bail. The floor show will not begin ua- ADELINE ae 904 FLEMING ST. KEY WEST Red Cross To Hold New |Gray Lady Course Applications will be taken all jthis week at the Key West Chapter of the American Red Cross for Gray Lady o Morton, a irs, Raymond chairman for announced, Classes wili be held every ing the we of February The acti erving the Red Cro rds y read playing games, rams, Te- atients and v rs in hos- ct as receptionists in clin- ssist in library work, disaster $ Telief operations and educational cts, lephone 2-3651, the chapter, 'ront Street for an appoint- ment and file your application to- day. Gray Ladies are serving with the Key West Chapter in the Naval Hospital, the Disperfsary at Boca Chica Field each day, while a monthly visit is made to the Old Folks Home for a birthday party, For further information contact the Staff at the chapter, Proje Tel LL _—S SSE NOTICE Sewing hours of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of Monroe General Hospital have been changed from Thursday afternoon to Thursday morning from 9 to 11:30. The new hours will be effective at this week's meet- i ing. ————ESEEEe es Confucius was born about 550 or 551 B, C, COIFFURE DESIGNERS the J. REIDS Salon of Beauty 423 Fleming St. Phone 2-526] LA CONCHA HOTEL Zz Ce eae \ Bobbie's Beauty Salon 419 SOUTHARD STREET For Appointment Call 2-6709 Owner BOBBIE WHITEHEAD RNA Key West Community Concert Ass‘n. Presents BARBARA GIBSON COLORATURA SOPRANO Wednesday, 8:30 P.M. January 27th Convent Auditorium Membership Subscription Series Only The second bought hi one, she| Ha is now in New York. The studio } |said Marilyn was in Los Angeles, » i at ar his squaw a pair of hi TEN LITTLE INDIANS came to key west... The first bought himself a pair of hand-made water buffalo sandals ts and things and-wrought silver earrings et arts and things The third bought his girl friend an original Helen Kilborn belt st arts and things The fourth bought his papoose a rocket ship mobile and a circus mobile at arts and things The- fifth bought his friend an original hand-blocked tie st arts and things The sixth bought his sister an original fish-net shell trimmed coolie hat at arts and things The seventh bought his family a set of three black metal sea horses ct arts and things ‘The eighth -bought his aunt a smart pandanus hand bag et aris and things The ninth bought his chief an original, rather unconventional, spat shirtct cris ond *hin-g The tenth bought a two-cent siamp ... he was murdered by arts and things on Simonton, near Truman