The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 8, 1954, Page 3

SUE JONES, Editor a — oe SOCIETY — PERSONALS — Juniors Usher At “Annie Get Your Gun” » ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE Humane Society _ |St. Patrick’s Dance Is Scheduled Ball At Elks Club By Monroe Hospital Auxiliary Thursday Night Break out your shamrocks and jannual Hospital Ball on Saturday, March 13, at the Casa Marina. A The floor show at the Humane St. Patrick's Day theme will predominate in the decorations. Key Society’s Annual Ball will feature Westers and winter visitors alike look forward to this gala dance each lat least one dog act. Key West’s Year. MEMBERS of the Junior Woman’s Club who ushered at the Saturday night performance of “Annie Get Your Gun” were: Ruth Scadlock, Joan Lastres, Gladys Barbi and Zola Camus, The Juniors’ project for this year is to assis Council with its Juvenile Home.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. Author Of “Bell, Book And Candle” Was Recent Visitor To Key West John Van Druten, author of the Key West Players next produc- tion, “Bell, Book and Candle,” was in Key West during the holidays. | Van Druten arrived December 20 and stayed until January 3. The author, who was born in London, England in 1901, received | his education at the University College School and at London Univer-| sity, from which he received a Bachelor of Laws degree. For three, years he led a double life at Abery where he taught law at the Univer- sity of Wales by day and wrote articles, poems and stories for Pun ch, the British humor magazine, During this time he began writing | “Youn, I a Rai aga il cmc SG Te ital his frat major|more, he has lived on a ranch| success in the United States, An/@t Palm Springs, California. attack on the English public scholo| “Bell, Book and Candle,” or at} system, it was banned fn’ Enghand/least its title, is prime proof that a) uotil three years later. Van Druten' good working author keeps note-| converted the play into a. novel books full of all his ideas, and! which was praised by the critics)makes good use of the noteboks) tnpluding Arnold Bennett who wrote years later, that a good play had become a, The title, of course, is the medi- better book. ‘eval paraphrase for any solemn) The playwright first came to the ceremony, because it alliteratively United States in 1926, but didn’t and rythmically mentions all the settle down here until “Young Priestly paraphenalia for a mar- Woodley" proved to a stageworthy Tiage, a funeral and exorcising of enterprise. He completed his natur-/ witches. alization as an American citizen) Both the title and an idea for a in 1944, For the past decade or play groped toward each other for ANNOUNCEMENT CALENDAR MONDAY, February 8 10:00—Gym Classes for officers’ wives, Bldg. 83, Seaplane Base 7:00—Gold Star Mothers, VFW Home 7:30—Wesleyan Service Guild, 1st Methodist Church annex 7:30—DeMolay: Mothers’ Circle, St. Paul’s Parish Hall 8:00—Beta Sigma Phi sorority, on Seminary St. 8:00—Anchor Lodge No. 182, Scottish Rite Temple 8:00—PTA at Poinciana School 8:00—Executive Board, at Presbyterian Church 8:00—Alcoholics Anonymous, open meeting, 515% Duval St. 8:00—Orden Caballe: s de Marti, 919 Elizabeth St. 8:00—U, S. N. V, C. U. 6-62 Bldg. 91, US Naval Sta. 8:00—Fla. Keys Girl Scout Council. 1st. Presbyterian Church, White Street. TUESDAY, February 9 9:00—Ladies Day Golf Tournament, Key West Golf Club 9:00—Thrift Shop, at U. S. Naval Commissary, 9 - 12 10:00--ZX-11 OWC at Aeropalms 11:00—Art Exhibit, Elvira Reilly, Edythe and Hari Martello Towers, 11:30—Business Luncheon, at St. Paul’s Parish Hall 6:45—Kiwanis Club, at La Concha Hotel 7:30—Youth For Christ, Fleming St. Methodist Church Le cote 25, Fla. State Nurses Ass’n. Monroe General Hos- pital. 7:30—WSCS, at First Methodist Church 7:30—PTA at Truman School 1:30—Order of DeMolay, at Scottish Rite Temple 7:30—District 25, Nurses’ Ass’n., Monroe Gen. Hosp. 7:45—Duplicate Bridge, at Ft. Taylor 8:00—Beginners’ Bridge, at Ft. Taylor 8:00—Ladies’ Auxiliary VEW Post 3911, at VFW Home 8:00—Navy Wive: ub No, 88, CPO Club, U. S. Naval Station 8:00—PTA at Harris School 8:00—Knights of Pythias, at Pythian Hall 8:00—Stock Car Ass'n, at Legion Home, Stock Is. 8:00—Southernmost Pistol and Rifle Club, Legion’ Home 8:15—Rumba Lessons, Ft, Taylor WEDNESDAY, February IC ‘ 10:00—Fleet Sonar -School OWC, coffee at Echoasis 10:00—Fleet Training Group, OWC, place to be announced 10:00—FAWTU OWC, place to be announced 4:30—United Daughters of the Confederacy, to be announced 1:30—Key West Art and Historical Society, East Martello Tower 7:30—Junior Debs, Woman's Club 8:00—BPO DOES, Drove 89, at Elks Club Annex 8:00—Scottish Rite Bodies, Scottish Rite Temple 8:00—Sacerdotisas Del Hogar, 919 Elizabeth St. 8:00—American Legion Post 28, Legion Home 8:00—Junior Chamber of Commerce, at clubhouse Kidd East er, Barbara Allen, Sharon Lones it the Monroe County Juvenile a rather nebulous conception in ferent type of role in his latest’Thomas as chairman. Elected to- Van Druten’s mind in the late for- ties. Exactly how the story of a modern witch falling in love first conceptual details of every other play he has written. Van Druten’s first version, writ- canine performers are always rea- dy to give generously of their time and talent to help those less for- tunate than themselves. The dance will be held at the Eiks Club Annex this Thursday night, at 9:00 p. m. Tickets are available from patrons of the Hu- the wives of physcians and surge- The San Carolos School has re- ‘mane Society and will be sold at the door. There will be no reservations, Herman Moore, chairman of host- Pupils on the honor roll are as/ ibut tables will be set up to ‘ac- comodate large and small par-| Mrs. Bernie C. Papy and Mrs. Children’s Division (Elementary Tom Whitely and his popular Regional Officer To Visit FRA Mrs. Cecilia M. Knickerbocker, Tegional vice president of the Fleet Reserve Auxiliary will make her official visit to’ the local Branch, Thursday, February 11 at 8:00 p. m. The meeting will ‘be held at the Branch home. Following the meet- ing Mrs. Knickerbocker will be honored at a buffet supper. Mrs. C. B. Harvey will be guest speaker for the evening. This meeting will be of interest to all members and a good at- tendance is requested. i Thrill-Packed Film At Monroe Stars Henreid Paul Henried, the suave, sophis- ticated lover, has a completely dif- film, “Man In Hiding,” which lopens Thursday at the Monroe {Theatre through United Artists re- began brewing in his consciousness, |!€ase. In this picture, he is a pri-\er; Mrs. L. N. McKeel and Mrs. the author can’t recall—an aston-\Vate eye on the hunt for an es-'p. Kluger,. hospitality committee. ishing circumstance in view of the ©Ped killer who is hiding out in/Mrs, V, F, Hulstrand remains as fact that he can remember the London. Not that he forsakes TO-| advisory board member for the mance completely in his new role, |for he finds time to become quite | i 7, 45 aera of tee ene, os the ad. endeavors are directed toward find- vice of friends, however, who felt} ing a killer and freeing an inno-} jtrayed by Lilli Palmer Rex Har- lwill be taken by Josef Hurka. it should be written along the lines Cot man accused of murder, of “The Voice of the Turtle,” one of his earlier hits (and among the ten longest run plays on Broad- way,) he rewrote it as a comedy love story. The role of Gillian, which will Mickey Renna, was originally por- rison played the bewitched publish- er, Sheperd Henderson, His role be played at the Barn Theatre, by! | Henreid gives a smooth, com- pletely creditable performance as the combination attorney - private ‘eye who, while the London police are searching for him, discovers \the supposed killer’s hideout in a London bomb site. The fugitive, |played with realistic desperation jand terror by’ Kieron Moore, con- vinces Henried of his innocence and plans with him to expose the real killer. Their scheme is a suc- |eessful one and it explodes in a |chase through the streets and over \the roof-tops of London that makes |for some of the most thrilling foot- age ever filmed. Lois Maxwell gives a | “Bell, Book and Candle” will open Monday, January 15 at the Barn Theatre. Tickets are now on sale at Betty Ann’s Stationers, 516 Fleming Street, Commodore, Mrs. H. H. Benson Recent Visitors Commodore and Mrs. Howard H. Benson, of Annapolis, Maryland, left Saturday morning for Delray Beach enroute to Annapolis. Commodre Benson was Chief of Staff to the Commandant of the Seventh Naval District in Miami, | and also acting Commandant at various ‘times during World War Two. While in Key West, Commodore and Mrs. Benson were the guests of Captain and Mrs, David Hunt Stuart of 625 Eaton Street and Washington, D. C. | Medical Officer Reports For Duty | written by Paul Tabori and Ter-! |turned in by Kay Kendall and Hugh| sterling performance as the frightened wife of the escapted suspect killer. She| seeks a new life with a new love, a young engineer played by Bill} Travers. The suspenseful screenplay was ence Fisher who also directed the drama. Alexander Paal produced.| Two sterling performances are Sinclair who heads supporting cast, an excellent Truman Room General Chairman, Mrs. T. R.! Pritchard, has announced the fol- lowing committees: tickets, Mrs. Edward Toppino, Mrs. Frank} Toppino, Mrs. George Toppino and Mrs. Paul Toppino, Hostesses will be chosen from ons, and nurses on the staff of Monroe General Hospital by Mrs. esses. Howard Wilson will be in charge of decorations, man of the door committee, assist ed by Mrs. Stewart Hicks, Mrs./ Joan Gardner, Mrs. Earl Julian,| Mrs. George Lucas and Mrs. Carl! Bervaldi. Co-chairman for the dance and) also in charge of publicity is Mrs. Alfred Sawyer. Details of the floor show will be announced later. There will be tic- ket and door prizes including two round trip tickets to Havana. For-| mal dress is optional, Mrs. R. J. Thomas \New Chairman Of | ‘HS-1 Wives Group The HS-1 Officers Wives’ Club met for their February coffee at Aeropalms on Thursday, February 4th at 10 a. m. The results and proceeds of the late bake sale in which the group participated were discussed. The important accom- Plishments of the session was the election of new officers for the |coming quarter, | At the helm will be Mrs. R. J. day were: Mrs. H. Walters, co- jchairman; Mrs, A. Browning, sec- \retary; Mrs. W. Richards, treasur- group. The wives wish to congra- jtulate their new officers and also romantic toward one lovely lady to thank the out-going officers for|John A. Waldner, Edna L, Tiffany, s|hamed Kay Kendall. But his main|g job well-done, The.meeting was concluded with refreshments of assorted dough- nuts and coffee. Hostess for the coffee was Mrs. K, Pearson. The wives are now looking for- ard to this month’s ‘luncheon | which will be held’ at the Sun ’n jSand on Wednesday, Feb. 16th. |Hostesses will be Mrs. W. F. Lilly | | iW. r 2 ._ |Joy M. Hartley, Michael Valdez; orchestra will furnish the music.| Mrs. Clarence Higgs is chair- second grade, Brian Monday, February 8, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN NEWS OF INTERES.” TO WOMEN TELEPHONE: Citizen Office, 2-5 Page (PTA Will Honor Founders In Feb. (Contributed) Poinciana PTA holds its regular meetings on the second Monday of every month. This month, Febru- ary, honors the Founders of PTA: Alice McLelian Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst.-So let us keep faith with the objects and princi- ples of the organization and make our homes a shining example for our community, shilielagas—for sure and it’s the San Carlos ie Honor Roll Is Announced leased the honor roll for the |: nine weeks period of instruction.’ ents. Thou shalt love thy child with all thy strength, but wisely, with all thy mind. follows: Spanish and English) Third Grade, as something belonging to thee, but as a person. Thou shalt regard his respect and love, not as something to be demanded, but something worth Every time thou art out of pa- tience with thy child’s immaturity and blundering, thou shalt cail to mind some of the mistakes which attended thine own coming of age. Remember that it is thy child’s Reynolds; first grade, Veda Schmidt, Gail, Hartley, Ralph Arnolds, Dolores Chavez, Gerardo Abreu, Jr. and) Joseph Sawyer. Kindergerten — Marsha Mann, Linda Graham, Tom Sawyer, Ron-| ald Stribling, Margaret McDonaid, Ellen Hanson, Craig Wilson, Jua ita Navarro, Margaret A. Musso, Elisie Peters, Scott Cates and Ste- wart Bassert, Perfect Attendance — Craig Wil-} son, Veda Schmidt, Marsha Mann, | Jenny Valdez, Donna L. Norris, Margaret Musso, Brian Reynolds, Margaret McDonald, Gail Hartley, 'finding and moralizing. Joe Sawyer, Elsie Peters, Lucille Ranes, Albert Durkee, Joy Hart- ley and Scott Cates. Children’s Special Class (Span- ish) — Pupils in Good Standing: Virginia Rios, Orquidea Hernan- dez, Perla Sosin, Sandra McGri- evy, Marilyn DeLand, William ‘Flannery, Jacqueline Craft, Sylvia ‘Rios, Georgianna DeVolid, Raiph 'E. Howard, Rachel Mattingly, Francine McCarthy, Emily Mec- Carthy, James DeLand, Sheila Stensland, Karon Wilson, and Mar- ie Glassburg. Adults’ Division (Conversational Spanish — Students in Best Stand-| fing): First Year— Bergiljot Abraham- ison, Margaret Hundley, Katie Kil- gallon, Eleanor Fold, Charlotte Ru- le, Lucille E. Vette, Gene Symons, Pauline Brewer, Roy E, Brewer, Jose P. Balajadia, G. R. Danskin,’ H. J. Snider, Margarette B. Stone, one. Remember also that thy example Will Meet Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. “The Commandments for Par. | ‘Thou shalt think of thy child, not privilege to make a hero out of) thee and take thy thought to be a is more eloquent than thy fault- The Key West Art and Historical Society will meet at East Martello] Towers, Wednesday, February 10)] 718 Duval St. ane C, L, Tiffany, Second Year — Lucille Calver-' ley, Agnes H. Stanfield, Ruth C. \Hargis, Hilda McMahon, Capt. Wil- liam R. Burns, Katherine S. Mon- roe, Bette Tu Paz, Hazel Rivet. Third Year — Kathleen Mitchell, Ann M. Manker, and Hazel Cut- lan. » Special English and Citizenship and Mrs, Robert Kuhn. |\Harris PTA Will Observe ‘Founders’ Day The Harris School P. T, A. will commemorate Founders’ Day at their regular monthly meeting to- morrew night at 8 p. m. The meeting will honor those persons who had the foresight many years ago to see the need for parents to work parallel with educators in raising the standards for school children. Mrs. Annie Ul- char, vice president, will be in charge of the program. Attendance at this meeting should be a “must” for all mem- bers, because such programs are observed in all Parent Teacher Associations throughout the world. The speaker will be Mr. Gerald Saunders, whose subject will be}! Mothers Meet, Approve Films At the recent Room Representa-| tives meeting at Truman Elemen- tary School, Mrs. B, Curry, County School nurse, showed the films, “Shy,” and “Human Growth.” Lt. Abraham D. Etess, USN, of Liberty, N. Y., has reported to the Naval Station dispensary as assis-| tant medical officer. | He served in the same capacity) at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va., for four months} jbefore reporting here. Dr. Etess ition in New York City before en- His wife and two children, Susan Lynn, 5, and Mark Grossinger, 2, are living in Miami Beach but will join him here soon. | Campaign To Draft Van Fleet Begins SARASOTA W—A campaign to! draft Gen. James A. Van Fleet as Republican candidate for governor has been begun by the Florida Federation of Republican Women. All chapters have been asked to} adopt a resolution of unqualified | support for the former Eighth| was with the Veterans Administra-| The films were approved by the representatives and will be shown to the children in the near future. “Founders Day” will be the fea- ture of the monthly PTA meeting February 9. All past presidents are asked to attend. The Founders Day birthday cake will be awarded as the door prize. Supervised films will be shown in the school library to children whose parents are attending the meeting. Hospital Auxiliary To Meet Wednesday Night The Auxiliary of the Monroe General Hospital will meet at the hospital, Wednesday night, at 8:00 p. m. Final plans will be made for the Annual hos- pital ball. Births Son To Kasugas | “Brotherhood.” At the conlusion of the meeting} a social hour will-be held in the! school library, at which time re- freshments will be served. Class -- Miguel Brito, Jr., Migda-' lia Brito, Eglantina Gonzalez, An- tolina Montano, Francisco Liabre, REASONABLE RATES Ritz HOTEL 132 E. Flagler St. 102 Rooms Elevator Miguel Brito, Sr., Migdalia Gar- cia, Joajuina Martinez, Zoila Ne- grin, Emma Quintana, and Melba E. Ramirez. Spanish Instructor is Miss Ben- ildes L. Remond and the English Instructor is Mrs. Alice Roberts. CMI, St. Joseph’s Mothers Club To Meet Thursday John DeWeese, Superintendent of | Frt Jefferson National Monument, Dry Tortugas, will show colored movies ofthe Fort and surround- ing area at the meeting of the Mothers Club of C. M. I. and St. | Joseph’s Schols, Thursday, Feb- Tuary 11 at 7:30 p. m. in the Con-| vent Auditorium, Mrs. Kay Hanskat, program | chairman has announced that Sis-| ter Superior has extended an in-| vitation to all fathers and school | children to see these pictures, i -— CO ME — HEAR EVANGELIST John French OF LITTLE ROCK, ARK. In A Series of Gospel Meetings KEY WEST Church of Christ 1700 Von Phis:er, Cor. of Ashby Solarium 100 Rooms Elevator Heated Harold Portons Third Time Visitors To City Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Lind 2004 Patterson Avenue have their house guests, Mr. ter and brother-in-law Mrs. Harold Porton. This is the third time in a many years that the Porions hav visited in Key West. Mr Porton i in charge of the Medical Div‘sio of the Mutual Life Insurance Co! pany, Both Mr, and Mrs. Porton a ardent deep sea fishermen, an jare Joking forward to Mr. Poi ton’s retirement when they plan t jbuild a winter home in this are The Portons have been extensiv ly entertained by their nume jous local friends during their sta: jhere, te ot Open Bobbie’s Beauty Salon 419 SOUTHARD STREET For Appointment, Call 2-6709 Bobbie Whitehead, Owner COIFFURE DESIGNERS the J. REIDS Salon of Beauty 423 Fleming St. Phone LA CONCHA HOTEL WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS IN THE LINE OF Chils-2n’s TOYS COME TO THE TROPICAL TRADER tures Horers In MPA] 2: popunar prices Located in the Heart of the City ROOMS with BATH and TELEPHONE Pershing He OTEL WRITE or WIRE for RESERVATIONS Miller HOTEL 229 N.E. 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Feb. 5 thru Fe b. 14 Inclusive NO COLLECTIONS WILL BE MADE