The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 28, 1954, Page 3

Society — Personals - News Of Interest To Women SUE JONES, Editor Tuesday, December 28, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 Betty Madigan Charms Large Crowd At Casa Marina Patio Last Night The Casa Marina Patio was jam-packed last night to hear singer Betty Madigan, MGM’s top recording star, open at the spot where she got her first big break. The enthusiastic crowd of hotel guests and many Key Westers sat through a sprinkle of rain as she graciously sang number after num- ber including a preview of her newest record “I Get the Funniest Feeling.” a She also sang “Joey” and the| “Ugly Woman,” a calypso.number, especially for a table of very young bachelors. Miss Madigan was introduced by the owner of the swank hotel, Max Mamorstein, and her fluffy pink tulle gown drew oh’s and ah’s from the young feminine guests. In her more “torchy’’ numbers, Miss Madigan was at her best. Her style is reminiscent of Libby Holman in her hey day — only she | , appealing manner that | has a fres endeared her to the audience. Also appearing on the show were Luis and Lee Valenti, Fred As- taire dancers, who gave exhibitions of the mambo and tango. Joe Candullo and his orchestra played for the show and dancing. Among the Key Westers glimps- ed in the audience were the Paul Sawyers, the George Rennas, the Orion Russells, Senor and Senora Oscar Morales, Judge and Mrs. Aquilino Lopez, Jr.. Pat Towner, Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Papy and Al and Peggy Mills. A group of young people making up a table were Miss June Yates, ‘Yerry Doughtry, home on leave be- fore reassignment to Goose Bay, Labrador, Miss Zola Camus, James Baker, Bobby and Dave Donnelly and Oscar and Dorothy Oropeza. Mrs. Donnelly is the former Bar- bara Delgado and Mrs. Oropeza \as Dorothy Miller. The two young ccuples and James Baker are home for the holidays from Florida State University in Tallahassee. MRS. CUNNINGHAM VISITS THOMPSONS Mr. and Mrs. Jack Thompson, 1507 Grinnell Street have as their houseguest Mrs. Thompson’s aunt, Mrs. George Cunningham of Col- umbia, South Carolina. She arrived early last week and will be here until January 5. It is Mrs, Cunningham’s first visit here in 15 years and she has been hon- ored at several parties during her stay. ELEVATED NEWS DECATUR, Ill. —Iiean Wool- ridge, publicity chairman of the VEW, caNed the local newspaper to iréport a news item. The re- poste asked for a check on the spelling of a name but Woolridge explained it would be several minutes before he could furnish it. “My book is on the ground,” he said. A telephone lineman, he was | calling from atop a pole. About a third of U. S. deaths from heart disease occur at ages under 65, oung Set Busy With Whirl Of Holiday Parties A round of parties has kept thé | younger set in a whirl during their |Christmas vacation from schools, college and leave from the ser- vices, Bill Truesdell, home from Mt. | Hermon prep in Massachusetts, én- | tertained a group of his friends at a barbecue supper at the home of his parents Captain and Mrs. W. | H. Truesdell on Tuesday night, and a large group of the older students were at the Raymond Lord’s open | house the same night. The big dance of the holiday sea- | son was the annual DeMolay Christ- mas ball given at the Elks Club on Thursday night. The formal gowns worn by the young ladies turned the annex into an enchanting kalaidoscope of co- lor as they whirled around the dance floor with their escorts. Sammy Curry and Roseanelle Reese were crowned king and }queen of the ball in appropriate ceremonies. / Chosen as members of- their court were Pat Smeltzer, Sharon | Pritchard, Frances Saunders, An- thony Niles, Frank Hood and George Russell. On Christmas eve, most of last year’s high school graduating class gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glynn Archer for a big re- union and party. There were several small parties on Christmas night and Sunday found most of the young folk at the beach swimming and acquiring a sun tan to take back to school. COOKIE ARTIST ALMA, Mich, (®—Mrs. Bernard Davison switched from oils on canvas to pictures on white sugar cookies and a thriving business. She first made pictures on cook- ies as a surprise for her children. They were a hit, so she started making them for friends. The de- mand became so heavy the project is now a commercial enterprise. Mrs. Davison bakes the cookies herself, coats them with white frosting, and then paints on fig- ures. For paint she uses food coloring, which she applies with a finely pointed brush. Each takes about five minutes. SELF SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO W—A hair stylist here operates a ‘“‘self- service beauty bar’? where women can shampoo their own locks for a fee. | boats. Your Child Today By DOROTHY.V. WHIPPLE, M.D. A child will play with blocks for years and years. Blocks lend them- selves to all sorts of imaginative play and therefore are about the most valuable toys you can get for your child. A baby before he is a year old will enjoy a set of smooth light blocks to play with in his play pen. He cannot build much as yet, but he will like to pile two or three blocks on top of each other and then knock them down and chortle with glee as he does it. Later his towers will be higher. : This first set of blocks can well be small ones. They will be used by the baby in his playpen and later are very useful for quiet play at a table for times when the child needs rest when he is sick or just over-excited. Before long, as he gets better control of his arms and legs, he’ll want bigger, heavier blocks to play with. on the floor. Blocks fit wonderfully into the imaginative games of childhood. A long line of them make a road to run cars and trucks along, or a river for Piled up blocks -make a house, a castle for imaginary people to live in. Piled around in wider areas they make a house for the child himself to get into, or a boat to steam across the moon. As the child gets still older, the construction becomes more elab- orate and he may want some special blocks added to his col- lection, like arches, pillars, tri- angles. Then he'll make buildings that may set the trend for the ar- chitecture of the future. A few wooden figures of people and animals as well as toy cars, trucks, trains, airplanes fit into his play. You can easily start your per- manent set of blocks when your youngster is 18 months to 2 years old. There are plenty of good sets of blocks on the market to buy. However it’s very easy and much less costly to make your own. Go to a lumber yard and get a piece. of 2x4 lumber.: Saw it up into appropriate lengths and sand the edges. Make your largest blocks 16 inches long,- the next 8 inches and the smallest ones 4 inches or square. Make sure you measure accurately so that the blocks will fit together evenly. If you want a few thinner blocks get a 2x2 piece of lumber and cut it into the same lengths. The lumber yard will probably do the sawing for you if you don’t want to do it yourself. The cost of such service is usually not great. The blocks can be painted but children enjoy them just as much if they are left plain. I have a set that I made myself \“Doll Project” | the president Libby Acheson calling ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE Exemplar Chapter Daughter’s Troth Hears Report On Is Announced By iMrs. Carl Hesse | | Mrs. ‘The Exemplar Chapter of Beta| te engagement of her daughter, | Sigma Phi met at the home of Mrs.| iss Babette Zimmer to Watson Jeff Knight Monday evening, with | Hart, Jr. of Easton, Pennsylvania | Miss Zimmer’s father is Leonard Zimmer of Slatington, Pennsy!- | | vania and her fiance’s parents are | Carl Hesse is announcing the meeting to order. Ways and means co-chairman, Mrs. Newt Ketchings gave the report in the absence of chairman, Mrs. Flor- ence Rabon. Mrs. Ketchings reported that the recent Doll Project grossed $290.50. Little Terry Perez of 704 Bakers Lane was the lucky little girl to} receive this doll. All funds from this project will be used for the} Chapter “Joy for Underprivileged Children Fund.” The Exemplar members wish to thank all persons, who so gener- ously contributed to this project, netting funds for this worthwhile cause. A special thanks goes to Mrs. Dolce Albury and Mrs. Losely who gave their time in making the clothes for the doll’s trousseau. Service chairman, Mrs. Jeff Knight, reported that the Chapter was able to deliver 10 Christmas Laskets, complete with turkeys and a Christmas tree to needy families at this time. The baskets were donated by Charley Toppino through the cour- | tesy of Mr. Muniz of the Gulf Stream Food Center. Heartfelt | thanks is extended to these two | men, who took time at this busy, season to remember those less for- tunate families. i Mrs. Evelio Cabot, teacher at} Truman School, and the Chapter’s | representative at that school, re-} ported to Mrs. Knight that there} were 12 children in that school who would be unable to exchange the| customary little Christmas gifts on closing day before the holiday be- gan. Mrs. Cabot was furnished a check to cover the amount need- ed. Since the Audubon Shows will be- gin in January, Mrs. Knight is re-| questing a list of names for all) schools of those children, who, for financial reasons, will be unable to attend these educational features | Tickets for the season will be purchased by the Chapter and dis- | tributed to these children. The money raised from the Doll Pro-| ject will be used to furnish all of these necessary things to make a child happy. Circus tickets, Punch and Judy show tickets, Audubon tickets and school items will be furnished to those needy children through the remaining school term. Mrs. Hollon Bervaldi gave the social report in the absence of so- during the war when it was next to impossible to buy toys. Liter- ally hundreds of children besides | my own have built almost every- thing you can name with those blocks.—AP Newsfeatures. | New Look For Tables MISS BABETTE ZIMMER Mrs. Charles James and Watson | Hart, Sr., both of Easton The engaged couple are grad- | uates of Easton High School and | are both students at Pennsylvama State University. Miss Zimmer is a home eco- nomics major and Mr. Hart is majoring in civil engineering. MRS. T. R. DULION VISITS FRIENDS Mrs. T. Roy Dulion of Roslyn, New York, arrived by plane | day evening to be the gues’ Mrs. Leo Allen and Mrs. Irving Scott at 1601 Leon Street. Mrs. Dulion was director of ex- | tended school services during the war and was here for four years. She is delighted to see the ve great improvement in Key West. | APPLY TO WED Manuel Gonzales, 52, 713 Southard, and Mary L. Russell, 38, | 914 James. J. A. Farina, and Ana Losada, | 24, both of 1506 Seminary. J. D. Youngker, 23, 140 Duck, and Alice Garcia, 19, 529 Elizabeth. cial chairman, Mrs. Ed Toppine. She reported on the success of the | Chapter’s Christmas Party. held at | the home of Mrs. Toppino andj{ which was thoroughly enjoyed by all attending. | The meeting was adjourned and | a social hour followed. Mrs. Jeff | Knight and Miss Acheson were | hostesses for the evening. | TELEPHONE: Citizen Office, 2-5661 Club Calendar EVERY TUESDAY 9:00—Ladies Day Golf Tournament, Golf Club 9:00—Thrift Shop, Navy Commissary open until 12 noon 6:45—Kiwanis Club, LaConcha Hotel 0—Yonth for Christ Bible Study, Fleming St. Methodist Church 7:30—Youth for Christ, 620 Southard Street 8:00—Knights of Pythias, Pythian Hall, 728 Fleming St. 8:00—Stock Car Association, Legion Home, Stock Island TUESDAY, December 28 10:00—FRA Ladies Auxiliary coffee — cancelled 3:00—Ever Ready Star Club 30—PTA County Council 30—Harris School Room Representatives 30—DeMolay, Scottish Rite Temple, 533 Eaton Street 00—Sinawiks :00—VFW Post 3911, Ladies Auxiliary, Post home, 325 Elizabeth 8:00—Island City Navy Wives Club, Bldg. 266, Naval Station EVERY WEDNESDAY 8:00—Junior Chamber of Commerce, Clubhouse, Flagler Ave. WEDNESDAY, December 29 12:30—FAWTU Officers’ Wives Club 7:30—Junior Debs, Woman’s Club, 319 Duvai Street 8:00—BPO Does, Elks Club annex, 313 Duval Street 8:00—American Legion, Post 28, Post Home on Stock Island 8:00—Sacerdotisas Del Hogar, No. 1, 919 Elizabeth Street EVERY THURSDAY 12:15—Rotary Club at La Concha Hotel 1:00—Thrift Shop, Navy Commissary, open until 4:00 p. m. 6:30—Lions Club, at Lions Den, 1007 Seminary St. 7:30—CAP Cadets, Poinciana Community House 7:30—Princes of Syracuse, Pythian Hall, 728 Fleming St 9:00—Monroe General Hospital Auxiliary sews at hospital THURSDAY, December 30 i Mu Sorority, San Carlos Hall f Legion Aux.. Post 28, post home on Stock Island 8:00—Civl Air Patrol, Poinciana Community Center 8:00—Knights of Columbus, NCCS Hall, 1021 Duval Street 8:00—Dr. F, Varela, Cuban Masonic Lodge, 919 Elizabeth 8:00—Lower Keys Property Owner’s Association 7:00—MAC, First Presbyterian Church EVERY FRIDAY 10:00—Gym Classes for Officers Wives, Bldg 83, Seaplane Base 7:30—Youth for Christ, Poinciana Baptist Church 8:00—Veterans of W. W. I, K of P Hall, 728 Fleming Street. FRIDAY, December 31 7:30—Rebekah Lodge, Pythian Hall, 728 Fleming Street 8:00—Eastern Star, Scottish Rite Temple, 533 Eaton Street Because of the holidays many of these meetings may have been cancelled or postponed. Please contact your president. EVERY SATURDAY 2:30—N. Duval St. Chowder and Marching Society, 209 Duval St. BUSINESSMEN’S LUNCH Special ... PDC You'll enjoy the thoughtful service, restful surroundings, our savory cuisine. , COCKTAIL LOUNGE unc 11:30 am-4 pm. For Reservation Tel. 2-9436 Dinner __ 5 p.m.-10 p.m. SUN and SAND CLUB SIMONTON STREET AT THE ATLANTIC Breakfast 8 am. DANCE STYLISTS—Luis and Lee Valenti, Fred Astaire dance stylists and Mambo specialists, are giving nightly exhibitions at the Casa Marina Patio to the music of Joe Candullo’s popular dance orchestra, The Valentis are appearing under the super- vision of Rollene Pollock, director of the local Fred Astaire Dance Studio. Mrs. Pollock has announced the opening of the Casa Marina branch studio with the popular artists as instructors. Tomorrow night they will feature a “Champagne Hour” as part of the evening's entertainment at the Casa Marina Patio, now @pen to the public, A NEW FLATWARE PATTERN “FJORD” in stainless steel was designed by Jens H. Quistgaard of Denmark, and was an outstanding exhibit at the recent Triennale in Italy. The steel is hand polished, handles are of teakwood. It is budget priced like most stainless steel tableware and is said to be available at department and jewelry stores. FRED ASTAIRE INVITES YOU TO SEE... LUIS and LEE Astaire Dance Stylists Now Appearing Nightly at the CASA MARINA HQTEL PATIO If you visit us today, you can be doing the Mambo by New Year's ‘€ve the easy Fred Astaire way. 534 DUVAL ST. PH.: 2-8760 ROLLENE POLLOCK, Director TAN red ASTAIRE Se 512 DUVAL | MISS ENEIDA ROCHE — whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Roche of Tampa, recently announced her engagement to | L. M. (Marvin) Hepburn of St. Petersburg. Miss Roche is the niece of Mr. and Mrs. Mario | Veira. Sr., of 645 United Street, and is well-known in Key West. Her fiance’s mother, Mrs. Irma | Hepburn, is a resident of St Petersburg. Relieve Suffering Fast-Effectively with VICKS VaPoRUB She’s blond, blue-eyed and beautiful. See how Diane Macom turned herself from a dowd; (160 Ibs.) into a tin sted beauty (110 Ibs.) and gained an active modeling career. 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