The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1954, Page 3

——— SOCIETY — PERSONALS — NEWS OF INTERES. TO WOMEN ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE TELEPHONE: Citisen Office, 25661 Valentine Day Ceremony Unites uniors To Honor |=, ANNOUNCEMENT C ALENDAR Miss Barbara Johnson, T.C.Ward \Founders Tuesday Bell, Book And | menday, Fesrvary 15 t . 10:00—Officers’ Wives Gym Classes, Bldg. 83, Seaplane Base Miss Barbara C. Johnson and Mr. Thomas C. Ward were unit-|, Members of the Key west Jun- Candle Tonight 3:00 — Eliz, Taylor Circle, 1st Baptist Church, Annex ed in marriage in a simple, impressive ceremony yesterday at|#0T Woman's Club will honor new} 5 7:30 — WSCS, Ley Memorial Methodist, Church Annex ithe Fleming Street Methodist Street, at three .o'clock in th after-|@0d Prospective members at a| The Key West Players new 7:30 — K. W. Temple Pythian Sister, 728 Fleming St. neon. covered dish supper tomorrow production, Bell, Book and Can- 8:00 — Methodist Men, Wesley House The single ring service was performed by the Reverend James Might at the Woman's Club. | dle, opens tonight at 8:30 at 8:00 — Juvenile Council, Clinic Bidg, Statham. The altar of the church was banked with baskets of white | Special guests will be Mrs. Wal-| the Barn Theatre, 319 Duval 8:00 — Lions Club Aux., Lions Den, Seminary St. gladiolus and pom-pom chrysanthemums. lace Kirke, president of the Senior, Street. 8:00 — General Meeting, Ist Presbyterian Women, at church The bride, who .was given in| (Club, Mrs. William Warren, who Leading roles in John van 8:00—Logi “Marti” Nro. 3, 919 Elizabeth Street marriage by Lt. Cdr. John R./of Miami, brother of the bride;|was President of the Woman’s Druten’s comedy about modern 8:00—Alcoholics Anonymous, 515% Duval Street Munson, USN, wore a pale blue|the groom's mother; Mrs. K. L.|Club when the Juniors were organ-| day witches will be played by (TUESDAY. February 16 faille princess style dress. The fit-|Ballenger, and two children, Da-|ized, Mrs, Andrew Miller who was Mickey Renna as Gillian, and 9:00—Ladies Day Golf Tournament, Key West Golf Club ted jacket featured three-quarter |vid and Joan, of Fayetteville, Ark-\the first Junior Sponsor, former Josef Hurka as Shep. And of 9:00—Thrift Shop, Naval Commissary, Open 9 to 12. length sleeves. The bride's corsage ansas. Mrs. Ballenger is the sister sponsors, Mrs, George Mills White, course, Pyewacket is being 12:30—FRA Ladies Auxiliary luncheon, place to be announced was of white erceete, — acces-|of the groom. Mr. and Mrs, G. F.|Mrs. C. B. Harvey, and their pre- 6:45—Kiwanis Club, LaConcha Hotel sories were navy blue. e bride | Williams of Miami, Florida; Miss'sent sponsor, Mrs. Edgar Stark. " 7 0 jub, supper for at Woman's followed the tradition of “Some-|Elizabeth R. Lewis, Miami, Flori) 7:00 Je) Woman's: Cah auph, = thing old, something new, some-\da and Mrs. Helen Munson, Mim borrowed and something ier, Illinois. blue.” The matron of honor, Mrs. G. F. Williams, Jr. wore a coral pink two-piece ensemble with navy ac- cessories. Her corsage was white SUE JONES, Editor Monday, February 15,1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3} Valentine Wedding played by Elizabeth, a Siamese | cat belonging to Gail Simpson, daughter of Capt. and Mrs, R. S. Simpson. Mrs. Joe Scadlock is supper chairman, Local Agent Vi High Honors Three Officers The Metropolitan Life cae ru: Report To VX.-l Company, through Mr. George Full- Club 7:30—Youth for Christ, Bible Study, Fleming St. Meth. Church. 7:30—KW Assembly No. 13, Rainbow Girls, Scottish Rite Temple 7:30—Minoca Council No, 13, Pocahontas, Golden Eagle Hall 7:45—Duplicate Bridge Club, Ft. Taylor Officers’ Clud 8:00—Beginners’ bridge, Ft. Laylor Officers’ Club 8:00—Stock Car Ass'n, Legion Home, Stock Island 8:00—K. W. Chapter No. 33, DAV, 422 Amelia St. 8:00—Jr. Sr. High School PTA at high school Gray Ladies Meet This Thursday roses. j Diggle’s Wedding Prelude and| The Gray Lady Chairman Mrs. Shubert’s Ave Maria were played R. H. Morton has announced that, jman, manager of the company’s 8:00—Knights of Pythias, Pythian Hall, 728 Fleming St. MISS BARBARA C. JOHNSON ried yesterday afternoon at the Fleming Street Methodist Church, —Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. VX-1 OWC To Meet The VX-1 Officers’ Wives Club will use George Washington's Birth- day. as the theme for their monthly luncheon at Aeropalms, Thursday, February 18. Committee members making the arrangements for the luncheon are: | Mrs. H. D. Stence, chairman, Mrs. R. Semmes, Jf., Mrs. H. G. Smith, Mrs. M. Rumfelt, Rigsbee. Reservations Still Open For SurDev OWC It has been announced that res- ervations for the Sur-Dev OWC luncheon can be made through to-| day. The luncheon will be held at! Raul’s on Wednesday, | Hostesses for the affair are: Martha Cocke, Joan Tillotson, | Mary Fuller, and Gay Beckin. A George Washington theme will) be used. R, L. Welsh Recovering At Monroe General Mr. Robert L. Welsh, 1020 James! Street, who underwent surgery last Wednesday at Monroe General Hospital is able to receive friends ane visiting hours at the hos- pital. and Mrs. C. M.| and Thomas C. Ward were mar- Oscar Nominees To Be Revealed HOLLYWOOD #—The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci- ences tonight will announce the nominations for this year’s Aca- demy Awards, Such pictures as “Shane,” |“From Here to Eternity,” and \“Roman Holiday” are expected to get many preliminary honors, Among the performers, Burt! Lancaster as the tough sergeant lof “Eternity” is considered a fav- orite, while newcomer Audrey ‘Hepburn of “Roman Holiday” is a leading contender among actresses. Practically sure to be nominated for best director are George Stev- ens for “Shane” and Fred Zinne-' man for “Eternity.” (Oldsters Wed ARCADIA, Calif. ®—Two young- in-heart Iowans observed Valen- tine’s Day yesterday by getting married. The bride was 72 and the bridegroom 84. Martin Black, a native of Rock |Bridge County, Va., and a resident |most of his life of West Liberty, Towa, took as his bride, Mrs, Nellie Gongwer, formerly of West district office in Miami, announces that Mr. Wilfred Pearce, the local agent has just closed his most suc- cessful year with the company. He has been with Metropolitan for the past 10 years and came to Key West in November 1952. | Last year Mr. Pearce qualified for the “Presidents Club,” the company’s highest award. The a- ward is based on minimum require- ments of $250;000 in the ordinary department, as well as outstand- ing production in the Industrial, Accident and Health, and Hospital- ization departments. Mr. Pearce is to be awarded a trip to Greystone Inn at Roaring as a prelude to the wedding. \the coffee and business meeting The wedding party entered the which was scheduled for last Thurs- church to the strains of Jesu, Joy day, will be held at the home of of Man's Desiring, by Bach. Dur-|the hostess, Mrs. J. Butler, 1600 ing the ceremony, Mrs. Claude Sa-|Johnson St. this coming Thursday, lis played the Lord’s Prayer by |February 18, at 10 a. m. Malotte. A Lovely Rose is Bloom-| All Gray Ladies are urged to be ing, by Brahms was the recession- present, IL. al. Immediately following the cere-| mony, a reception was held at the | home of Ledr. and Mrs. jet the Stars To Attend at their quarters on the Naval Sta-| ne) ° wren “ Brazil Festival The ’s table was center ; with a white wedding cake in a) HOLLYWOOD —Eighteen mo- Valentine motif, with silver candle-|tn picture personalities will fly, sticks and white candles. The, ta- from here Thursday to attend the ble was covered with a handsome first Brazilian International Film white cloth: - Festival at Rio de Janeiro and Serving were: Mrs. Helen Mun-|Sao Paulo Feb. 20 to March 3. | son, Mrs. John -R. Munson, Mrs.| The Hollywood delegation will he will join the other men in the territory who have won this dis- tinction. Lieutenant Commander James! |E. Luckman, USNR, and Lt. Ger-| jald J. Hunt, USNR, have reported aboard at Squadron VX-1, the Air |Dev Ron public information office, announced. ‘ Lt. Cmdr. McGee comes to the | Key West squadron from Norfolk} where he attended the Armed For-| ces Staff College. ; Lt. Cmdr. Luckman worked as a civilian employee at the U. S. Na- |val Air Development Center, sobae ville, Pa. Lt. Hunt was employed by the! Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadel- Phia, Pa. A graduate of the Uni-| ing. 8:15—Rhumba Lessons, Ft. Taylor Officers’ Club H. McGee, USN, Lt. Cmdr. James wEDNESDAY February 17 10:00—OWC Book review group at Fort Taylor 10:00—Island City Navy Wives, CPO Club Naval Station 12:30—Naval Air Station OWC, place to be announced 12:30—HS-1 OWC, place to be announced 1:15—Monroe County Council PTA, place to be announced 8:00—Dade Lodge No. 14, Masonic Group, Scottish Rite Temple 8:00—Business and Professional Women, at Woman's Club 8:00—Junior Chamber of Commerce, Clubhouse THURSDAY February 18 9:00—Auxiliary (sewing) Monroe General Hospital 10:00—Martha L, Franks Circle 1st Baptist Church, to be annoum ced 12:30—-VX-1 OWC, place to be announced 8:00—VFW Post No, 3911, at Post Home 8:00—Elks Lodge, at the clubhouse 8:00—CAP Cadets, Poinciana Community Center Gap, North Carolina in May, where versity of Illinois, he received his SUNDAY, February B. S. degree in electrical engineer-| 21 2:00—CAP Cadets, Poinciana Community House 3:30—Orden Caballeros de la Luz, 422 Amelia St, B. L. Elwood and Miss Ellie Ray Gwynn, Mrs. Kenneth Ballenger, sister of the groom was in charge of the guest book, There were approxi- mately fifty guest present. The mothtr of the groom, Mrs. Florence C. Ward, wore a two Piece suit of lavender pink, black accessories with white trim and her corsage was of white carna- S. The bride is the sister of G. F. Williams, Jr., of Miami, Florida. She was graduated from Central Commercial of New York City,and has been employed as secretary to Cdr. S. H. Pierce, head” of the Ships Department, Naval Station, Key West, Florida. The groom is the son of Mrs. Florence C. Ward, of Roswell, New Mexico. He holds a B, S. in Electri- cal Engineering. He is a Senior Field Engineer, Philco Corporation and is engaged in electronic work for the Bureau of Ships, Navy De- partment. He served with the Navy during World War Two. Mr. and Mrs. Ward will be at home at 508 Simonton Street, Key West, Florida after a wedding trip through Florida. Out of town guests at the wed- Branch, Iowa, and now of Arcadia, ding were: Mr. Joseph C. Johnson, jinclude: Gilbert Adrian, Robert Cummings, Irene Dunne, Rhonda Fleming, Joan Fontaine, Janet; Gaynor, June Haver, Jeffrey Hun- ter, Mervyn Leroy, Jeanette Mac- Donald, Fred MacMurray, Ann Miller, Walter Pidgeon, Jane Pow- ell, Gene Raymond, Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Rush and Col- lier Young. Lavish Display LOS ANGELES (®—On display at the first annual show by Fashion Accessories of California today are: A jeweled flyswatter. A belt equipped with an alarm clock. A sun hat with a small eye) window. An earring-necklace set in cro- cheted angora. Wood charcoal is about two-thirds jthe bulk of the wood from which/ jit is made. At the time of its destruction in| ja volcanic eruption in 79 A. D.,| Pompeii had a population of more than 25,000, Dance Proceeds To ‘Student Nurse Mr. Pearce lives with his wite and daughter at 1425 Tropical St. L/ Clearance Sale And X-ray Room Proceeds from the Annual Hos- Pital Ball, sponsored by the Mon- Toe General Hospital, assisted by the Woman’s Hospital Auxiliary, | will be used to buy new equipment for the X-ray room and to sponsor) a girl through nursing school. | The dance will be held at the Casa Marina on Saturday, March 13. The ticket prize will be two round trip tickets to Cuba. Door Prizes and entertainment will be announce later, { Reservations for parties of 8 or more can be made by calling Mrs. Edward Toppino at 2-3786. \ The Auxiliary met last Wednes- day night. Members discussed Plans for the dance. Mrs. Helen Waldner was welcomed as a new| We Must Clean Our Racks of All Merchandise That Has Been Reduced for This Sale! One Piece Dresses “"" $2-$3-$5 Two Piece Dresses “:" $3$5$8$10 JACKETS. . . 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