The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 2, 1954, Page 3

S SUE JONES, Editor Saturday, October 2, 1954 Woman’s Club Will THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 Greet Teachers At Annual Reception This Evening Woman’s Club members were up and about early this morning putting the final touches on preparations for the club’s annual re- ception for the women faculty members of the three elementary schools and the high school. Some were whipping up delectable refreshments for tonight’s “open house”; others were gathering flowers and greenery from their gardens. The members. of the decorations committee always make it a point to use native plants and flowers in) decorating for any club occasion, | and tonight will be no exception. | The recepton for the teachers is | an annual affair given by the Wo- | man’s Club in honor of the teach- ers and as a token of the club's appreciation of their untiring ef- forts and work with the children of Key West. What started out to be a very small affair with the teachers in- vited to the first meeting of the club year has grown in recent years to what is generally consid- ! ered the first social function of the : season, This year for the first time, there will be no club business ct the meeting. The executive board, at a retent meeting, decided to “just have a party for the teac- ers.” And that js just what it’s going | tobe. The teachers will be welcomed by Mrs. Ray Byrns, club presi- dent, who-will be receiving official- ly for the first time since taking offic e, Members of the education com- mittee and hospitality committee will act ag floor hostesses and wi!l introduce, the tea guests: to club members, are expeced to run out “‘en masse” to greet returning teachers and welcome the new ones, The Woman’s Club reception, with the exception of school affairs, is the only party given annually for teachers of all the schools. It is one of the oldest “tradi- tions” of the Woman’s Club which as an organization has always ta- ken an active interest in the edu- cation of the children of Key West. The PTA was organized under the sponsorship of the education de- partment of the Woman's Club dur- ing the administration of Mrs. Wil- liam) Warren. Chairman of that depattment at that time was Mrs. Andrew Miller. During the “depression,” the club provided milk and lunches for needy children and for years spon- sored the anhual’ May «Day festi- val for the school children. Mrs, Stuart Whiting is the pre- sident-chairman of the education department and under her leader- ship, the-elub has sponsored sev- eral Federation essay contests on various subjects. Members of the Junior Depart- ment, better known as the Junior Woman's Club, will be on hand to- night and will make it their res- Ponsibility to entertain the young: er guests, The “open house” will begin at 8 o'clock this evening and club members are eagerly anticipating the opportunity of greeting their honored guests. Bushes Off On Vacation Mr. and Mrs. Harve D. Bush left Key West this morning on a vaca- tion trip to Philadelphia, Penna., and other sections of the country. The Bushes plan to visit family and relatives of Mr. Bush in the City of Brotherly Love. aval Hospital Births Weatherlys Have Girl Mr. and Mrs. Winn Weatherly, 140-E Poinciana Extension, an- nounce the birth of their daughter, Allesa Dayle, at the Naval Hosni- tal on September 24: She weighed 8 pounds, 12% ounces, , Foulkes Have Son Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alvin Foul- ke, 36-C Arthur Sawyer. Road, are the ‘parents of a 6 pound, 11 ounce son born at the Naval. Hospital on September 25. He has been named Bruce Michael, Baby Girl Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stevens of Seawall Court, have named their daughter Candy Denise. The baby weighed 7 pounds 10% ounces at birth at the Naval Hospital on September 24. Boy for Colmans Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edward Col- man, 1090 Patterson Avenue, an- nounce the birth of their son, Ron- ald Guy, on September 26 at. the Naval Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces, Blancos Have Daughter Mr. and Mrs. Charles /Blanco, I- 3 Fort Taylor, are the parents of a daughter born on September 27 at the Naval Hospital. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces and has been named Donna Felicia. Mrs.- Blanco is the daughter of Mrs. Hazel Daley also of 13 Fort Taylor, Hortons Have Son Mr. and Mrs. Robert Merwin Horton are~the parents of an 8 Pound, 6% ounce son born at the Naval Hospital on September 26, He has been named Russell Den- nis. The parents live at 808 Simon- ton Street. Baby Girl Barnes Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Clifford Paul Barnes of 78 Maine Road, announce the birth of their daughter, Ann- ette, at the Naval Hospital on September 27. She weighed 74 Pounds at birth. Barretts Have Son Lt. and Mrs. William Francis Barrett, Jr. are the parents of a 7 pound, 5% ounce som born at the Naval Hospital on September 27. He has been named en Noll. The parents live &t 2: ‘atterson Avenue, bears Baby Girl Ilic Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pete Tlic, Salt Pond Trailer Park, have nam- ed their daughter Debra Ann, She weighed 7 pounds, 4% ounces at birth on September 27 at the Na- val Hospital. Daughter for Spencers Mr. and Mrs. Charles» Samue? Spencer, Salt Pond Trailer Park, announce the birth of their daugh- ter, Debra Jean, on September 27 at the Naval Hospital. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 4% ounces. Baby Girl Rives Mr. and Mrs. Robert Benjamin Rives, Jr., 42-C Arthur Sawyer Girl Scouts Together | Road, have named their daughter, | Robin Christine. The baby weighed |7 pounds, 9% ounces at birth at | the Naval Hospital on September | 28. At a recent Investiture Ceremony held by Girl Scout Troop 14 of Sigs- bee Park seven girls were invest- ed as members of the troop. Sponsored by the Naval Air Sta- tion Wives Club, the troop meets at the Seaplane Base Sunday School this year. Troop leaders are Mrs. Donald Dunton, Mrs. Willet White and Mrs. Claude Spears. The troop com- mittee consists of Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. Raymond Fincher, Mrs. Miles Young, Mrs. John Rule and Mrs. Chauncey Willard. The troop has a full enrollment with a waiting list of seven. The girls who passed the Inter- mediate tenderfoot requirements and received their Brownie Fly-up Wings and Girl Scout Pins were, Lucille Verburg, Linda Carathers, Peggy Williams, Katherine Cooper, Rhoda Sturtevant, Karen Young and Andrea DuBose. Mrs. Henry Smith, leader of Brownie Troop 23 participated in the ceremony, presenting “fly-up wings” to the girls formerly in her troop. , The troop is presently making Nu Phi Mu Slates Initiation Monday Formal initiation of new mem- bers and sponsors of Nu Phi Mu will be held Monday at 8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Edith Lopez, 1310 Reynolds Street. Officers officiating are president, Jackie Schrader; vice president, Joyce Lounders; secretary, Sandra Thompson; treasurer, Norma Avi- la; and sponsor, Mrs. Edith Lopez. Nu Phi Mue is an international, cultural social and service sorori- ty for young women between the ages of 16 - 21. It is the Junior affiliate of Beta Sigma Phi. Flag Field at the Seaplane Base on October 2. Brownie Troop 17, also of Sigs- bee Park, has resumed its meet- ings under the leadership of Mrs. Richard Graffy and Mrs. Walter S. DeLany, Jr. The group has been working on various craft projects and is now ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE READY FOR THE INAUGURAL VOYAGE—Pictured aboard the “City of Key West” are Mr. and Mrs. Alex Balfe and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Davis, Jr., of Miami. among the 155 passengers making the first tri The two couples were ip to Cuba aboard the new ferry. Left to right are Mrs. Davis, Mr. Balfe, Mr. Davis and Mrs. Balfe.—Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. Your Child Today | By DOROTHY V. WHIPPLE, M.D. Six-year-old Chris and his pal Tom were busily playing in Chris’ room. Mother wasn’t paying much attention, since the boys were happily occupied by. themselves, Suddently she caught the odor of burning cloth. She dashed up to Chris’ room—and just barely in time. The boys had built a camp- fire in Chris’ toy closet. The flames were just beginning to curl up toward a stack of drawing paper on an upper shelf. Mrs. Hayworth grabbed a blanket from Chris’ bed arid smothered the fire. No real damage was done, but she was badly scared. The boys, too, were scared. What did this mother do? What would you have done? You want your children to understand the danger of what they did, and you want them to understand it so well that they will never do it again. The two weren’t really bad, they were ignorant and inex- perienced. They needed educa- tion, not punishment. This is what Mrs. Hayworth did. She sat down and looked at those black remnants of the boys* “camp fire.” She talked about fire, what we use it for, why we need it. She talked about the invention of stoves and furnaces and fireplaces. Her own fright ebbed away as she talked and the boys became calmer too. Then she talked about the dang- ers of fire. She got up and began shaking out the burned blanket. She traced the burned spot on the wall and showed how close it came to the pile of paper and based on a the: looking forward to its birthday par- @lans for 2, dee bald at ty on Octobe 12. what a narrow escape they had ---«. wue cieaned up the mess, the boys helping her. She asked if they had any more matches. Both boys produced some from their pockets—well worn ones; apparently they had been in the pockets some days, she observed with horror. But she didn’t say anything about| that to the children. The boys gave her their supply of matches | willingly. | When Daddy came home, Mother told him what had happened. They talked quite a time and decided that the boys needed to be taught how and when to light fires. Daddy called the boys, said the house was chilly and would they help him light a fire in the fireplace. Eagerly they lugged | the kindling and the logs and} helped lay the fire. Daddy let each boy strike a match and light one side of the fire. The three of tkem sat on the floor watching the flames curl around the logs. Daddy talked about the fireplace and how we learned to make a stone pit in a house connected with a chimney | so. we chould have a fire inside the house without burning down the house. Boys must learn how to make fires and how to use matches, he told them. Until a boy is quite big however, matches must never be struck unless a grown-up is present. He and Mother would them lots of chances to strike matches but they must promise | never to use a match unless a grown-up _ was boys agreed. Mother came into the room. Dad offered her a_ cigarette, la Raines, Forrest with them. The} |Range War Is [Film Theme Based on the popular novel by Luke Short, “‘Ride the Man Down,” Republic’s spectacular story of a bitter range war of the 1890s, ar- rives on the screen of the Island- er Theatre Sunday. A rugged and picturesque cast dominates this exciting production with the top star roster headed by Brian Donlevy, Rod Cameron, El- Tucker, Bar- bara Britton and Chill Wills. In stand-out featured roles are J. Car- Holmes. Bachelor Gives Funds For Girls BELTON, Tex. (#—M. T. Good- man, a 75-year-old bachelor, has $120,000, The South Texas real estate |broker presented the gift, in the |form of real estate and notes, to Mary Hardin-Baylor College, with the comment yesterday that the ;Nation needs more Christian moth- | ers, | The school’s board of directors | voted to spend the money on a new | | recreation building. and took one himself. Chris light- |ed Dad’s cigarette and Tom light- {ed Mother's. | Mother put candles on the table, jand let the boys light them. She Iso let them light the gas stove | for her. Neither boy was ever punished for nearly setting the house on jfire, but neither Chris nor Tom | ever struck a match unsupervised |for years after that fateful after- | noon.—(AP) Newsfeatures. rol Naish, Jim Davis and Taylor | © presented a girls college here with | ~ SHADES OF 1926!—The flappers were back again at the VX-1 officers’ squadron party last Sat- urday night. Held at the Aeropalms club on the Seaplane Base, the event was a costume affair of the “Roaring Twenties.” Shown above is the party committee which worked hard to make the event a success. Standing from left to right are Lt. S. Morton Cooley, Lt. Cmdr. Bruce Weart, Mrs. Curtis Hutchings, Lt. Ed Hastings, Lt. (jg) Thomas McCoy, Mrs. Cooley, Mrs. Semmes, Cdr. Raphael Semmes. Sharing the bathtub are Mrs. Weart, Captain Hutchings, VX-1 C.O., Mrs. McCoy. and Mrs. Hastings.—Official U.S. Navy Photo. | Service Notes John C. Betancourt, United States Coast Guard, son of Mr. court, 15-E Porter Place, is spend- ing a 10-day leave here before reporting to the US Coast Guard Base in San Juan, Puerto Rico for further assignment. Betancourt was relieved of hi: duties at the Marine Inspection Office in Tampa where he was deputy shipping commissioner for the Port of Tampa, and his duties included issuance of Merchant Mariner’s documents and port security work. While stationed at Tampa he was promoted to Yeo- man, 3rd Class. Betancourt is a graduate of Key West High School and before be- ing transferred to Tampa he was Stationed aboard the USCG Cut- ter “White Sumac” in Key West. Jose Rodriguez, Jr.. seaman, USN, of 414 Amelia Street., is a-| board the attack transport USS | Bayfield, at Haiphong, French-In- | do China, taking part in the eva-| cuation of the anti-communist Viet- namese refugees to Saigon. The attack cargo vessel Skagit and attack transport Bayfield be- gan the evacuation operation in August when ships were ordered here at the request of the French and Vietnamese governments. More than 200,000 refugees are expected to be transported before the end of the operation. Franklin Betancourt A-3 C Franklin Betancourt, 19, | son of Mr. and Mrs, Manuel Fig- | ueroa has entered the USAF Tech- nical School for Aircraft Mechanics | at Sheppard Air Force Base, Tex- as, the largest school of this type in the world, During his specialized training | as a student at Sheppard he will receive intensive training design- ed to provide him with the| thorough knowlelge and basic skills required in servicing, inspect- | ing and maintaining aircraft cur- rently used by the United States Air Force. Upon graduation he will be a- | warded the rating of Airplane and Engine Mechanic. Along with the majority of graduates in his class, he will enter a course for advan- ced training, or will be assigned to one of the major Air Force com-} mands for on-the-job experience with first-line operational aircraft after completion of his schooling here. Prior to his enlistment June 8, 1954 Airman Betancourt attended | and graduated from the Key West | High School. | Sandses Return Home | Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Sands, 1217 Washington Street, have Teturned | from a one-month visit with their daughter and son-in-law, Lt. and Mrs. E. V. Anderson of Fort Camp- bell, Ky. “The freedom of the press and an able press are so ingrained as a part of American civilization that any enumeration of its value seems unncessary.’” — Herbert and Mrs. John Clements Betan-| TELEPHONE: | Today's Women By DOROTHY ROE AP Women’s Editor | The extreme modern trend in |home decoration and furniture is jon the way out, says C. Eugene Stephenson, president of the Amer-| jican Institute of Decorators. “The shock value has worn off,” {explains this knowing expert in the evolution of the American} home. “‘All the tricks have been |done. Modern design is getting | more sensible and traditional fur- |niture is getting sxore contempor- ary. A happy medium is now in | Prospect.” | Stephenson and his wife form a highly successful decorating team, operating from their spacious |apartment in New York's fashion- |able East River section. Their own | office-home combines modern and traditional pieces harmoniously, | tied together in a color scheme of off-white and Bristol blue, a deep, bright turquoise color. | ociety ~— Personals — News Of Interest To Women Citizen Office, 2-5661 Schroeder Quits Housing Position After nearly fourteen years ser- vice, Henry Schroeder recently re- signed his with the Key West Housing Autho: ity. His resig- nation became effective on Sept- ember 30, Schroeder came tc Key West in 1941 to serve the Wallce B. Kirke, director. He has w Poinciana project Porter Place and Fo: jects. He was later transferred to the George W. Allen Apartments. After a trip to New York, Sch- roeder expects to return to Key West. rity under executive at Village pro- about what’s going on in almost any field. The only trouble is that she may know too much and have ‘rouble selecting from all the wel- ter of information the things suit- able to her individual needs and “astes.”” Here is where the advice of a decorator comes in handy, he Points out. Often a decorator can save the householder money — a The Stephensons have a great | fact many people do not realize. 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