The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 16, 1954, Page 3

SOCIETY — PERSONALS — NEWS OF INTERES: TO WOMEN SUE JONES, Editor Tuesday, February 16, 1954 . Auld Lang Syne THE KEY WEST CI Page 3 ZX-11 OWC Has Meeting At Naval Station Pool ‘The first pool-side business meet- ling of the year was held at the ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE Eighty Years “Young” ae Mothers Meet | In Cafeteria | The Room Mothers of the Key | West High School met in the school TELEPHONE: Citizen Office, 25668 High School Room Valentine Queen Naval Station Pool last Wednes-| day by the ZX-11 Officers’ Wives Club. Mrs. W. R. Schueneman,| new chairman presided. | Appointed to serve on the stand- ing committees for the next three sare: Welfare, Mrs, W. M. Conover ‘and Mrs. T. C. Houck.! ‘Hospitality, Mrs. J. P. Macintosh, Mrs. O. M. Wilson, Mrs, R. L, McComb, and Mrs. W. H. McClo- sky. Mrs. C. P. McMurray will serve as publicity chairman. Due to the resignation of Mrs. J. P. Hill, an election to fill the! office of co-chairman was held.| Mrs. D. A. Renz was named to this office for the coming term. Mrs. David Spirt was elected to! represent ZX-11 as Advisory Board! Member to the Fort Taylor Club.) Mrs. H. C. Spicer announced the days the ZX-11 wives have been) ischeduled to work in the Navy Thrift Shop. Mrs. E. D. Verburg} and Mrs. T. C. Houk volunteered; COMMANDER RAY BYANS, Mrs. William Warren, Miss Etta cafeteria last Thursday night. | After a brief business session, p (Mrs. H. C. Campbell, conducted »; |the Study Course on the subject \“Job or College.” | Mrs. Campbell's discussion of the | |topic was very interesting. The group was reminded of the | |County Council ‘‘Founder’s Day” | |program and meeting tomorrow at } (1:15 p. m. at Harris School. The \meeting will be preceded by a jluncheon at the High School cafe- |teria at 11:45 a. m. A social hour followed the Study \Course. Refreshments were served| ' by the hostesses, Annie Montgo- mery, Gerry Pinder and Ella Johnson, Others present at the meeting were: Alice Roberts, Anna Ro- sam, Willie Mae Simmons, Susan Adams, Flora Garcia, Irene Brooks Edith, Montgomery, Naomi Hjort, Thelma Sawyer, Muriel Albury, Aliee Ramirez, Isabel Walterson, Patterson, and Mrs. Al Mills compare notes on previous flower shows. This year’s show will open on February 27 at the Elks Club Annex, 313 Duval Street. Other past chairmen include Mrs. Norberg Thompson and Mrs. E. L. Newton.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch, First Flower Show Sponsored By Woman’s Club As Civic Beautification Project Here ‘The Key West Flower Show dates back much further than most people realize. Phe first one was held April 12, 13, and 14 back in 1934. . The idea behind that first flower show was to awaken an inter- est in beauty and to spark a campaign, sponsored by the Civic Com- mittee of the Key West Woman's Club, to make Key West the most beautiful and attractive city in the United States. It was truly a community effort. | Merchants co eat and|Calvin Bentley and Mrs. -Clayton| trucks. Capt. Willy Demeritt of the! Cooper to come from Miami and Light House Service sent men to a help the ladies set up the exhibits|*e!P her organize the flower show. in the Public Library, then housed | Mrs. Bentley told the 28 women in the present NCCS-USO building.|Who were present that the first step Schools were closed to let the chil-|WaS to set a date because “if you} ito serve this month. The coffee-business meeting to be held March 3 will be planned iby Mrs. D, A. Renz. The place} will be announced later. The February social meeting will ibe a bridge luncheon on February 17 at the LaConcha Hotel. Hostes- ses to be contacted for reserva- tions are: Mrs. R. L. McComb, 75-B Arthur Sawyer Road and Mrs. D. A. Renz, 46-D Sigsbee Road. The meeting closed with the pre- sentation of a sterling silver baby, cup to Mrs. J. A. Flenner, the Club’s newest mother, This is the traditional gift from the officers of ZX-11 to the Squadron’s new Parents. The hostess, Mrs. W. R. Schuene- man served tiny rye bread sand- wiches, snacks and cold rinks, B’Nai Zion Auxiliary Has Gay ’90’s Skit A special program was presented, at a recent meeting of the B’Nai Kathryn Camus, Nellie Louise Pierce, Edith Gardner, Elizabeth Singleton, Sarah Watson, Yolanda Harris, Mr. and Mrs, Armand Guiterrez and Dr. Harold Camp- bell, principal of the High School. MRS. ELLEN ELIZABETH CURRY celebrated her eightieth birthday on Saturday, February 13. Mrs, Ellen Elizabeth Curry Has Party On Eightieth Birthday Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth Curry celebrated her eightieth birthday on Saturday, February 13. She was honoree at a party at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Angel Delgado, 1010 Washington Street. Movies were shown by Clarence; Higgs and Miss Beverly Simmons, gave several pantomines. Violin selections by Alfredo Barroso, Sr.| were enjoyed by Mrs, Curry and the guests. When Mrs. Curry blew. out the 80 lighted candles on her cake, Mr. Barroso accompanied the group in singing “Happy Birthday.” : | Delicious refreshments were ser- By W. L. STEPHENS George Westley and his son are going to meet at the dock which they built and it is guaranteed to! stay there in the most storymy weather. They are going to break a bottle on its completion which is| next week. Mr. Chase who lives on Little Torch Key has sand in his shoes. This is many winters he has been here. He owns his own home — a comfortable cottage and is quite a fishing addict. We met in Eddie’s.| Today’s Women By DOROTHY ROE —_ AP Women’s Editor Myrtle Gibson had many guests jat Halycon Lodge. ‘Big Pine Key Notes) Miss Hampton On The Dean’s Honor List MISS YVONNE MOORE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Moore, 217 New Street, was crowned Queen of Hearts at a Valentine Dance last week. The dance, held at St. Paul’s Parish Hall, was sponsored by St. Vincent’s Guild, Maid of Honor was Miss Pat Bethel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Bethel, 620 Dey Street. |OFFICIAL TO VISIT |\POCOHANTAS TONIGHT GAINESVILLE, GA.—Miss Edyth) Grand Pocahontas Florence Pre- Hampton, of Key West, has been Ston, will pay a visit to Minoca named to the Dean’s List at Brenau| Council No. 13, Degree of Poco- College for high scholastic stand- ing, Dean J, Worth Sharp announ-|7:30 p. m. ced today, jhantas tonight at the Golden Eagle Hall, The meeting is scheduled for Pocahontas Erma Braxton ur- A sophomore at Brenau, Miss'ses all members to attend this im- ved and Mrs, Curry received many| Zion Auxiliary, held in the Social) : Hall on February 2. eae Members ‘and guests enjoyed a} Guests at the birthday celebra-| musical parody on the “Gay Nine-\tion were: Mr, and Mrs, Charles ties.” Taking’ part in the skit\Lewin, Mr. and Mrs, Clarence were: Mrs. Marty Cohen, Mrs.|/Higgs, Sr., Mr, and Mrs. Anthony Ralph Yellin, Mrs. Billy Apple-\Demeritt, Mr. and Mrs. Evelio Talking with assorted business- men, I’ve decided that the laziness) of women is one of the chief assets of American industry. | In fact, the top brains of science} and finance are constantly at work! to make us even lazier. ing boom. tion. eral store. Hampton is a member of Phi Mu portant meeting. Refreshments will Dr. Arm is doing quite a build- I understand that the! owner is going to build a club house for the Lower Key Associa-} He is going to open a store, gen- to see the show. The flower shows were tempor- arily discontinued until 1949. The} F th hole year to plan, you| dren attend, and each child was/D@ve 4 wi y plan, y given a packet of seeds or a cut.|Still will have to do most of the) ting to take home. Miss Etta Pat-|Work in the last six weeks. terson has some pepperonia piantal Mrs, Newton relates quite frank- in her garden that were started|!y that the judges, Elmer Davis, from cuttings that Mrs.. Calvin/Robert Allen, of the “Washington Bentley brought to Key West to be/Merry Go Round,” Ernest Hem- distributed at the* flower show.|ingway, Consul General Carlton C, Many of the rare plants in Key|Hurst, and Juan Dos Passos, the West. gardens today were started author, were selected more for the fi slips that Mrs, Bentley |Publicity value of their nahes than, ht with her. fee their knowledge of horticulture. nts and flowers were brought|When they protested that they did from: all parts of town, One of the 20t Know anything about judging most interesting exhibits was the,flowers, she told them “we don’t Negro exhibit of herbs and plants,'/know about staging a flower show."* Many of them were originally| A large number of ribbons ha brought to Key West from all over;been purchased, and during son the’ world by sea captains’ wives.|judging, Robert Allen called Mrs.| Some were brought from Africa by|Newton and told her that they had} slaves. jrun out of ribbons. Jessie Newton Mrs. E. L. (Jessie Porter) New-/Said, “Cut them in half, so we'll ton was chairman of the Civic|be sure to have enough.” is Committee and she admits that in| Admiral C. S. Freeman, USN,| the beginning she was unable to/Was in Key West on an official! arouse much enthusiasm for the inspection and was persuaded to) project. Finally she called a meet-\open the show. The Government of| ing at her home, and asked Mrs.|Cuba sent a band from Havana on ja gun boat to provide music for| the opening. hi Apply To Wed The next two shows were held) at the NCCS and from 1987 through} The following couples have ap-|1940, they were staged in the old) plied for marriage licenses in the|Lighthouse building in the Navy} office of Raymond R. Lord, county |Yard. | judge: | In 1941, the show was moved Rudolph Dale, 60, Delray Beach,|back to the NCCS. Tea was served} and Elaine Ferry, 35, Bethany|and an orchestra played on the} Beach, Del. Sugday afternoon during the exhi- Eugene A. Baker, 27, 621 Can-|bit. Osa Johnson, famous explorer, field Lane, and Doris L. Hargrove, |flew down from Miami especially 18, 740 Windsor Lane. Patricia Carter, Monroe Gener-| al Hospital, and Melvin Calvin) Adams, 30, 917 Angela. first show under the reorganized Sheldon I. Schneiderman, 23, and | Garden Club was held at the Elks! Anna M, Repouille, 21, both of 1301/Club Auditorium in 1949. Tepmab. : | ‘The 1952 Key West Flower Show Roscoe I. Brock, 21, Section Base,/was featured in the January 1953 and Lillian B. Stewart, 21, 622 Can-lissue of National Geographic Ma- field Lane. : igazine. Mrs. Norberg Thompson’ James J. Lapinski, 23, Seaplane |was the general chairman and the| Devel and Kathryne Mye, 21, 1125|<how was staged by Gene Otto. ! Ernest H. Williams, 22, Marine|,, 1% Flower Show is ocbeae Barracks, and Mary White, 25, 109 terest to winter Visitors Duval. ists comers to the city, as well as to Stephen J. Dunleavy, Boston, and Key Westers. The hibiscus display} Katherine Fredette, 37, Hillsboro, under the direction of Mrs. B. C. | N. H. Moreno, has always been an out- Thomas Norman, 28, and Louise St@nding feature. In recent years, E, Brown, 32, both of 812 Galves-/? Magnificent orchid exhibit has ton Lane, attracted much attention, Native) Thomas J. Porter, 28, Seaplane ;Plants and shrubs are featured in} Base, and Hattie Habor, 29, g06 Many of the displays. Other dis- Baptist Lane, plays include table settings and Charles I.. McDonald, Jr., 20,|Shadow boxes. . Fleet Sonar School, and Betty Jane) General chairman of this years Steinberg, 20, Johnstown, Pa. show is Mrs. Katharine Monroe. | Eddie R. Singleton, 25, 3-A Fort Wallace B. Kirke is staging direc- Village, and Jeanne Seniors, 704 tor. | Galveston Lane. | The Flower Show and Mart will) William Houston, Jr., 19, and be held from February 27 through Maxine Hudson, both of 8-D Fort/March 2 at the Elks Club Annex. Village. | The Citizen is indebted to M Walter Collins, 23, 601 Duval,/William Warren for the loan of and Delma May Weir, 25, 1508/Scrapbook containing the original Seminary. clippings of the first Flower Show, | John P. Studley, 33, New Lon-jand to all who helped correlate don, Conn., and Ula Mae Bodine, this information, 27, 506 Front. | Maurice W. Hardie, 55, La Con-| Rhode Island has a little more| cha Hotel, and Doris E. Ricker,/than 1,000 square miles. 45, 1311 Truman. Jerry B. Hoye, 21, USS Bushnell, | and Barbara Lou Murphy, 20, Dev- rai ver, Colo, nge farther north than any etter land froma keel. | jfor the benefit of the routh, Mrs. Nat Cohen, Mrs. Joe ‘Pearlman, Mrs. Jack Elias, Mrs. Max Cohen, Mrs. Maury Kornick, and Mrs. Jack Einhorn. Hostesses for the meeting were ‘Mrs. Herman Holtsberg, Mrs, Sol Mrs. Maury and Mrs, Kornick. ‘The next meeting of the Auxiliary will be on February 24. REVEREND O’BRIANT IN PUERTO RICO Reverend A. D. O’Briant, Eng- lish pastor of the local Latin- guest this week of Reverend Jose D. Camacho, pastor of the First. Baptist Church of Caguas, Puerto Rico. vited to assist in services at the First Baptist Church there, Navy Hospital OWC To Hold Supper Dance Husbands will be honored by the Navy Hospital Officers’ Wives Club, at a supper dance at 7:00 p. m. Saturday, February 20, at Fort Taylor, Hostesses for the affair are Mrs. A, Barno, Mrs, W. W. Baird, Mrs. Campbell. PUBLIC INVITED TO OES VALENTINE PARTY Fern Chapter No. 21, Order of the Eastern Star will have their yearly Valentine Social, Thursday, February 18th at 8:00 p. m. at the Scottish Rite Temple. All members, visitors and friends are cordially invited. The social is Home Fund, A program has been arranged and refreshments will be served. ee Change Of Place For Mr. Roberts’ Tryouts Commander Ray Byrns has announced that try outs for “Mr. Roberts” will be held at the home of Josef Hurka, 623 Angela Street, instead of at the Woman's Club. PTA County Council Will Meet At Harris Monroe County Council, Parent and Teachers Association, will meet at Harris School tomorrow at 1:15 p. m. Founder’s Day will be observed. ‘5 tton acreage in North Caro- Cot The polar bear and the polar fox!lina decreased from 1,800,000 acres} in 1926 to about 600,000 acres in 1950. | We are encol ed to buy auto- |Rueda, Mr. and Mrs. Alfredo Bar- i ae y \foso, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Izzy Rod-| \riquez, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Page,! Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Lewin, Mr. and} |Mrs, Berlin Sawyer, Jr., Mr. and) Mrs. Pete Porter, Mr. and Mrs.| Charles Hjort, Mr. and Mrs. Char-| les B. Curry, Mr. and Mrs. Robert dishwashers, — electronic for watching the baby, cooking the roast or opening the garage doors. Labor-saving devices are among the most important products of our industrial age. matic washing machines, electric! devices | here the other day looking for pros- |pects. Mr. George D. Mahle was his name. He installs residence elevators, Clarence Key is building a sep- tie tank under his house. He is The Universal Elevator man was sorority. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hampton, of 1122 Seminary St., Key West. Brenau College is an exclusive women’s college which has for more than 75 years specialized in giving young women strong train- ing in the fine and liberal arts, In seasonal migration, Robins often fly from Newfoundland or northern Quebec to the Midwestern United Sattes, CARD OF THANKS be served after the meeting. ‘Curry, Mr. and Mrs. Glenwood We are pampered by food com-| ‘Sweeting, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Mi- panies which do all our cooking putting finishing touches on to it. for us. We can buy anything from |Clarence is not doing mueh fishing We wish to express our deep |gratitude to the family and many lot,, Mr. and Mrs. Angel Delgado.|chicken pot pie to French hors \now days. He is too busy building |friends who aided and comforted American Baptist Church is the! Reverend O'Briant has been in-| Mesdames Paul Winomenauer,/d’oeuvres in frozen food packages, his house, ‘Tony Almyda, Stanley Saunders, ready to heat and serve. Julio Lopez, Jr., Birk Simmons,| All we need to become a cham-! Mr. Ramos had better come \Jr., and Mrs. W. Sands. jone of the popular cake mixes. is good. All it needs is for you to Also present were the Misses Biscuits and hot rolls that grandma go fishing. Susan Peacon, Patsy Lewin, Bey-|used to labor hours to make are|” He says he is a busy man and erly Simmons, Gail and Linda [ours in a package. | n Sweeting, Cheryl Curry, Toni De-| The modern trend toward Jess trom his business. meritt and Olga Lopez, |ceadeery ane more fun tg a con-) Nelson Sawyer, David Sweeting,|Stant delight to the top brass of| Donald Curry, Richard Curry, Ron. U.S. industry. Ess casdiamivenereardsia er nie Milot and Mr. Ralph Simmons.|, My most recent conversation on narbecue grill.” % |the economic importance of being} 4 Ss lazy was with a big, genial Irish-| y1pe, trend OF the times is toward BOOKIREVIEW GROUP Gt pimel Dan Mahony, & mer E 5 \chandising executive for Lily-Tulip EXTENDS INVITATION Cup Corp. Naturally he thinks it’s Winter visitors and towns- | a crime to have to wash dishes), and believes everybody should use| People are cordially invited | d to attend the book review at |paper cups, plates and containers. Fort Taylor tomorrow morn- posable—and we've already gone a long way toward that goal. H ‘ourse dinner on disposable dishes, bake in disposable pans, store your leftovers in paper cartons, dress |He says: |the baby in disposable , diapers, ; “We don’t even have to work) |F. McMillian, Charles P, Curry,/pion cake baker is a package of down to his casa for the fishing! can’t find the time to get away) making practically everything dis-| | Today you can serve a full-| S. C. Barbee and Mrs. W. E.| ing at ten o'clock. jvery hard to convince people that Mrs. Jonathon Jackson will {it’s more fun to live informally. review “A Man Called Peter.’ |No woman ever really enjoyed mop the sink with paper towels, |wipe your nose with a tissue hand- kerchief and even go swimming in a paper bathing suit. Masonic | = Washing dishes—that’s for sure.) jAnd today’s trend toward back! Prince \yard dining, barbecues, patio par-! cess Of Syracuse |ties and TV snacks is right up our| To Install Officers jalley. Officers of the Princes of Syra-|. “The day of stiff, formal living} A standard Roman cohort con- | e is gone, thank goodness. Your |¢ai, of Pythias meeting at the Pythian’s * full service of china and glass-| Until the end of the 17th Cen- |Hall, 728 Fleming Street. Ware at every meal. But today’s tury, poor people in England were All Pythians and their families housewives are smarter. They buried without coffins, wrapped in jare urged to attend, give the gang hamburgers in the cloth or even merely covered with hay and flowers, Some metropolitan hotels supply guests with paper nightshirts and slippers if an emergeney finds them without haggage. _ ANNOUNCEMENT CALENDAR |TUESDAY, February 16 _ 9:00—Ladies Day Golf Tournament, Key West Golf Club 9:00—Thrift Shop, Naval Commissary. Open 9 to 12. 12:30—-FRA Ladies Auxiliary luncheon, place to be announced 6:45—Kiwanis Club, LaConcha Hotel 7:00—Jr. Woman's Club, supper for new members at Woman's Club :30—Youth for Christ, Bible Study, Fleming St. Meth. Church. 30—KW Assembly No. 13, Rainbow Girls, Scottish Rite Temple 7:30—Minoca Council No. 13, Pocahontas, Golden Eagle Hall 45—Duplicate Bridge Club, Ft. Taylor Officers’ Club 8:00—Beginners’ bridge, Ft. faylor 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 8:00—Knights of Pythias, Pythian Hall, 728 Fleming St 8:15—Rhumba Lessons, Ft. Taylor Officers’ Club 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 Com merce, Clubhouse s How Will You Bet? Can you place a dime on without touching the sides? : Greene Street the cover of this box us with their sympathy and many acts of kindness on occasion of the sudden and unexpected death of jour beloved mother, Vickey Rob- erts, wife of the late Ed L. Roberts. We sincerely thank all who evi- denced their affection and esi\eem by sending the many beautiful floral tokens, and those who gave the use of their cars. We appreciate the kind service rendered by Ahearn Plummer Funeral Home of Miami and Pritchard’ Funeral Home. 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