The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 21, 1954, Page 3

. S SUE JONES, Editor ATTENTION, MR. JOHN!—HS-1 and Fleet Training Group Wives are busy concocting bonnets to ‘wear at the November Officers’ Wives’ luncheon at Fort Taylor, November 5. Pictured left to right are Dot McDougal and Nancy Beason, who is trying an @ppropriate little “cocktail” num- ber on Mrs. McDougal as Harriet Trask. Dottie Hearn and Marge Thomas admire the “hat” on the table —Citizen Staff Photo, Don Pinder. History, Duties Of |Former Florence Gray Ladies Corps Sawyer Visiting Told At Meeting |Parents Here The regular monthly business meeting of the Gray Lady Corps was held in the Red Cross Recrea- tion Hall at the US Naval Hospital, with Mrs. Albert Leightley presid- ing as chairman. Mrs, Patricia Willard was wel- comed to the local corps as a trans- fer from the Naples, Italy, chap- ter. . Mrs. Selma Washburn, Mrs. Ruth Carey and Mrs. Leila Pace have returned to active duty. The host- esses for the coffee were Mrs. Nancy Mann and Mrs. Edna West- fall. Schedules for the remainder of the year were prepred and plans were discussed for entering the Ar- mistice Day Parade. Also, plans were. made for the monthly brith- day party at the County Old Folks Home at which time Mrs. Edwina Knapp, Mrs. Doris O’Brien and Mrs, Bernadine Warren will be hostesses. The Gray Lady Corps was first organized at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D. C. in 1918 and received its name from the patients who affectionately re- ferred to its members as “Gray Ladies” because of the color of their uniforms. The Gray Lady Corps of the Key West Chapter had its beginning in June: 1943, There have been classes each year and Gray Ladies have been working in the Naval Hospi- tal since the corps was organized. The Gray Ladies are all volun- teers and recruited through the lo- Mrs. Gerald Naves, of Danbury, Conn., arrived in Key West Mon- day for a visit with her parents. Mrs. Naves is the former Miss Florence Sawyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Leland Sawyer, 904 Eaton Street. Mrs. Naves plans to remain. in Key West for two weeks visiting with her parents and renewing acquaintances among her many friends here. She will be joined later this week by her husband. Clinic Date Moved The Florida Crippled Chil- dren’s Commission clinic, ori- ginally scheduled here in Dec- ember, has been moved up to November 12, it was announc- ed today by the County Health Unit. of the hospital in which they may be working. In the Naval Hospital they are assigned to various duties. Some do ward visiting to help patients with any personal needs, such as shop- ping or letter writing. Some are assigned in crafts and visit the wards to interest patients in mak- ing belts, crocheting rugs, working with leather, etc. Others help in the evening with the recreation hall. The Gray Lady assigned io the bookcart takes books and magazines to the pa- tients who cannot get to the lib- rary themselves. The Gray Ladies cal chapter. Before they are allow-| also work in the clinics in the hos- ed to go on the wards in the hos-;Pital where they serve as recep- pital or work in the clinics they tionists, register patients and as- must attend a training course of, Sist in making appointments. approximately a week at which} In addition to their duties at the time they are given lectures by|Naval Hospital, Gray Ladies are the hospital staff as well as Redjon duty five days a week at the Cross workers so they are better |Boca Chica Clinic and the Old Folks qualified to accept their responsi-} Home is visited one night a month. bilities as workers in a medical} Mrs. Leightley says a new class setting. will be started in the very near The services of the Gray Ladies } future. Those interested please con- are utilized in different phases of | tact Key West Chapter, American the work according to the needs ‘Red Cross. Phone 2-3651. DANCE AFTER YOUR FIRST LESSON AT FRED ASTAIRE’S! « YOU LEARN QUICKLY. :;. EX€LUSIVE ASTAIRE SPEED-TEACHING IS THE ANSWERE .»-The new Pred Astaire-Way brings out your own natural thythm and ability. No old- fashioned 1-2-3-4... your Feed Astaire-trained parener-expert will show you the modern way to new fun and populsrity. ‘You'll learn she Rumba,Sambe, Mambo, Waltz, Fox Trot, Tane propere Now for the Coming Season! Have Fun! Be Popular! Come In Now For A Free Trial Lesson 534 DUVAL STREET (Upstairs) Rollene Pollock, Director Air Conditioned TEL. 2-8760 Open 10 A.M. - 10 P.M. | Van Riper. The troop will be spon- Autumn Theme Is Carried Out In HS-1 Decorations Autumn gaiety in a theme of or- anges and golds greeted the Offi- cers’ Wives Club of HS-1 on Wed- nesday, Oct.°20, at their monthly luncheon held at the Sun and Sand Club. The hostesses for the occasion, Mrs. J. K. Eason, Mrs. John Fou- che, and Mrs. Ray Luke, carried out their Fall color scheme in the beautiful floral centerpiece of beige | 5 and yellow mums, and also, in the clever little placecards — hand- crocheted candy cups in orange tones, placed pertly on leaf-shap- ed name-cards. Even the menu seemed a propos for the moment — dessert was a suitable orange sherbet. The wives welcomed to their cir- cle Mrs. Phyllis Jensen, the new- est addition to the club, who was also the fortunate winner of an at- tractive prize — a varicolored tile hotplate. i The group also sent their heart- jest get-well wishes, and the lun- cheon floral bouquet to Mrs. Lucy Pierce who is now at home after a lengthy illness and prolonged stay at the Naval Hospital. After the luncheon, announce- ments were made by the chair- man, Mrs. S. E. Purcell, concern- ing activities of interest available to the group. The club’s next event, in co-op- eration with the wives of the Fleet Training Unit, will be November 5 Fort Taylor luncheon which the two groups are sponsoring. All the officers wives are invited to concoct an original bonnet — funny, clever, or just pretty — to wear to the luncheon and possibly, to win a prize! Sonar Wives Have Halloween Coffee Meet Wednesday The Fleet Sonar Officers’ Wives club met at Echoasis Wednesday morning at 10:00. There was a good turnout of members for the coffee and in keeping with the season, a Hallo- ween theme was carried out in Pumpkin name tags and table decorations. Mrs. R. A. Dickens, chairman, presided at the business meeting. Minutes of the previous meeting were read by Mrs. F. A. Smith, secretary. For the benefit of new comers, | Mrs. C. W. Lynn discussed the | purposes of the Fort Taylor Offi-| cers Club. A brief talk on the new Brownie | Troop which meets on the Naval) Station was given by Mrs. G. A. sored by the FSS: group. A special card party will be held | at Fort Taylor on November 2 and | proceeds will be used to assist the | troop. Mrs. W. H. Truesdell gave a re- sume of the cultural groups in Key terested in the Community Con- certs and the Key West Players The door prize was won by Mrs. J. P. Morgan and ticket prizes by Mrs. O: J. Washburn and Mrs. P. J. Sawin. | Mrs. F. J. Baczenski was chair- man of the hostess committee as- West and announced that those in-| could contact her for information. | a High School Football Queen To Be Crowned Saturday Miss Joan Knowles, the 1954 Football Queen, will be crowned and her court presented at ceremonies at the Elks Club Annex on Sat- urday night, October 23. The queen will be escorted and crowned by Wayne Brantley, hon- orary acting captain of the high school football team. The queen’s attendants and their, escorts: Miss Gail Simpson, who will be escorted by Red Stickney; Gloria Lentz whose escort is Ju- lio Henriquez; Gale Varela es- corted by John Demerritt and Ma- ry Harris who will be escorted by Mike Cates. Miss Harris is taking the place of Miss Pat Patton who was called out of town. Miss Knowles will wear a white gown and her attendants will wear deep pastel dresses. The Halfback Club, sponsors of the affair have plarined a “Dixie” theme for the decorations. Dance will begin at 8:30 p.m. with the coronation planned la- ter in the evening so that patrons can attend the JayVee game be- tween the South Broward junior varsity and the Key West junior varsity. Dress for the affair is optional and John Pritchard’s orchestra will play for the dancing. Tickets for the dance and coro- nation may be obtained from any member of the Halfback’ Club and will be avaelable at the door Sat- urday night. The queen and her attendants were chosen earlier by members of the football squad. The escorts are all members of the team.* Coach Beckman ‘named Wayne Brantley to crown the queen on behalf of the football team Coach and Mrs. Beckman, Coach Harold Allen and Mrs. Allen, Coach Walter Chwalik and Mrs. Chwalik, Coach Harold Haskins and Mrs. Haskins, athletic director Winston Jones and Mrs. Jones and high school principal Dr. H. C. Camp- bell and Mrs. Campbell will be the guests of the Halfbacks for the dance and coronation. The queen and her escort will make their first formal appearance at the new high school stadium at the game between Key West and Jackson, Tennessee on November BAZAAR AT LUTHERAN CHURCH TOMORROW The annual bazaar, sponsored by the Dorcas Society of Grace Lu- theran Church will open at 3:00 p. m. Friday, October 22 and con- tinue until all gifts are sold. Home cooked food, jewelry, needlework, plants and Christmas cards will be sold. There will be games and prizes for the children. At 5:00 p. m. until 7:00 p. m. supper will be served. The menu offers a choice of barbecued beef on buns, ham, potato salad, bak- ed beans, coffee, milk and ice cream and cake. sd Civil Air Patrol To Have Halloween Party Members of the Civil Air Pa- trol will meet at the JayCee Club house this evening for a Halloween Party. The Cadets are in charge of the arrangements for the af- fair and have planned Hallo- ween games and decorations. Costumes are not necessary, but the committee hopes that most members will attend in costume. Apply To Wed The following couples have ap- plied for marriage licenses in the office of County Judge Raymond R. Lord: James Lennon, Jr., 22, 809 Terry Lane, and Willie Mae Dames, 22, 811 Terry Lane. F. R. Miller, 55, 915 Southard, M. C. Sawyer, 22, USS Amber- jack, and Betty Elliott, 20, 623 Fleming. and Ruth Steakley, 45, 330 Duval. | Night, Oct. 23 VFW, Auxiliary Given Awards For Hospital Service Commander Charles Machin of VFW Post 3911 was master of cere- monies at the monthly party for hospitalized servicemen at the Na- val Hospital. Entertainment, prizes and _re- freshments for these parties are provided by the local VFW and members of the post auxiliary. The Key West post was recently recognized by the VFW state or- ganization for their work. at the} Naval Hospital here. Both local groups received hospital service awards. At this month’s party, Com- mander Machin introduced Don Al- bin, popular singer, who was ac- companied by Jack Hendricks at the piano. Miss Lona Allen introduced her star pupil, 10-year old Betty Lou McCarrick, baton twirler, who was enthusiastically applauded by the audience. Nan Villareal, a member of the VFW Auxiliary, literally brought down the house with her satire of | all kinds of songs. The prize for the evening was a fitted leather military kit donated by member Lee King. A long distance phone call home donated by the Gold Star Mothers was won by John Vest from De- cauter, Illinois. Halloween refreshments of cook- | ies, punch and candy were served at the close of the program. sited at the party by Mrs. Duke and Gray Ladies Corps. ——EEEESSSSSSSSa=— GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT All registered Girl Scout adults are requested to attend the meeting of the Florida Keys Girl Scout Council at the Wesley House at 8:00 p. m. Miss Sarah Bowman, special advisor from National Girl Scout headquarters will be a guest at the meeting. All local adults registered with Girl Scout National are members of the Florida Keys Council. Chef at the KEY WESTER Planning a luncheon or dinner for your friends? LET LISA DOIT! 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Mrs. Harold Campbell gave the final study of Appleby’s “Glory of the Church” and will give a com- plete review of the book at the November meeting. Her outstanding presentations have been an inspiration to all. Reports of chairmen were heard and announcement of the fellow- ship and congregational dinner to be held in November was made. Mrs. Sterling asked that the an- nual meeting be in December a- long with the installation of the new officers for the coming year. Delegates to the St. Johns Pres- ial meeting at Orlando on Novem- ber 8 and 9 are Mrs. Sterling, Mrs. Walter Clawson and Mrs. Herbert Pace. The women of the church made final plans for the last undivided meeting of St. Johns Presbytery to be held in Key West on October 26 and 27. The pastor, Reverend Richard Coulter, has been honored in being selected as moderator for the meet- Ing. The members of the circles will meet on Monday, November 1. Cir- cles 1 will meet at Mrs. H. Miel- ers, Queen Street. Mrs. Jean Bail- lod, 913 Johnson Street will be host- ess for Circle II. Circle III will meet with Mrs. Donald Myers, 1428 Walton and Circle IV. with Mrs.-H. Brad at Sigsbee Park. The emphasis for October for the Women of the Church is “The Christian World Views.” Circle I is in charge of activities. | Circle II has charge of the pro-| gram “I Saw the Church in La-| tin America’ presented by Mrs. | Herbert Pace, Mrs. B. C. Papy, Mrs. J. P. Baillod, Mrs. Richard | Coulter and Mrs. James Sterling. | Refershments. were served by members of Circle I. | WORK OF NAVY" NURSES REPORTED Navy relief nurses made 404 home service calls last month, ac- cording to the September report of the Key West Auxiliary of the Navy Relief Society. The report also said 20 layettes were given to service families; 14 gratuities were granted totaling $763.82; and 55 loans were made amounting to $3,800.80. Ociety — Personals — News Of Interest To Women ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE TELEPHONE: Citizen Office, 2.5661 Thursday, October 21, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Club Calendar EVERY THURSDAY 12:15—Rotary Club at La Concha Hotel 1:00—Thrift Shop, Navy Commissary, open : 6:30—Lions Club, at Lions Den, 1007 Tle a ee 7:30—CAP Cadets, Poinciana Community House 7:30—Princes of Syracuse, Pythian Hall, 723 Fleming St. 9:00—Hospital Aux. Sewing at the hospital THURSDAY, October 21 10:00—Martha L. Franks Circle, Ist Baptist Church 12:30—VX-10fficers’ Wives Club 8:00—Band Boosters, Band Room, High School Annex 8:00—VFW Post 3911, Post Home, 325 Elizabeth Street 8:00—GS Council meeting at Wesley House _8:00—Elks Lodge, Club house, 313 Duval Street EVERY FRIDAY 10:00—Gym Classes for Officers’ Wives, . 83, Seaplane 7:30—Youth for Christ, Poinciana Libero diy ~ 8:00—Veterans of W. W. I, K of P Hall, 728 Fleming Street. FRIDAY, October 22 7:30—Shrine Club 7:30—Triangle Club, Pythian Sisters 8:00—Cayo Hueso Grotto, Redmen’s Hall EVERY SATURDAY : 2:30—N. Duval St. Chowder and Marching Society, 209 Duval St. EVERY SUNDAY 2:00—CAP Cadets, Poinciana Community Hovse 3:30—Orden Caballeros de la Luz, 422 Amelia St EVERY MONDAY 10:00—Gym Class for Officers’ wives, Bldg. 83, Seaplane Base 7:30—Sigsbee Community Council at Shelter 8:00—Logia “Marti” Nro. 3, Caballeros de Marti, 919 Elizabeth 8:00—Alcoholics Anonymous Page 3 FOR CHIRSTIMAS You can make Christmas deco- rations at home with a new kit fea- turing styrene crystals. The crystals are placed in the kit's steel molds and immersed in boiling water for three minutes. When they are cooled and opened, they produce plastic pieces in ball, star and bell shapes. 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