The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 29, 1954, Page 3

SUE JONES, Editor Wednesday, December 29, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 i ila been a Canine Correspondent Reports On Humane Society Dance January 14 If you’ve been hearing a lot of barking and meowing lately —it’s just that the puppy dogs and puddie cats have been discussing one of their favorite subjects — humans and their antics, According to Mac, a well-known cocker-about-town, all this excit- ed conversation is about the Humane Society benefit dance and floor show, January 14 at the Elks Club annex. Mac says that all the pets and strays in the animal population are taking a great interest in this annual affair and in their own way are urging people to attend because they know best the amount of good done by the Humane Society, And, being canines and felines, they are vastly interested in hay- ing good food and a place to stay when their owners are out of town or when they find themselves sud- denly lost after strolling too far from home. Mae allowed as how Mam’selle, the kitty cat, told him tickets are now on sale and may be purchased from any member of the Humane Society. He promises that this dance will not only be fun for people, but will mean a lot to the dogs and cats. So if someone asks you to be a sponsor — you'll probably hear your pet say “‘off-woof” or ‘“‘meow”” which is the high sign for you to say “yes.” Mac will gather all the informa- tion and will tell you more of the Humane Sotiety benefit dance be- | tween now and January 14. Fleitas-Williams Nuptials Set The engagement of Miss Donna Louise Williams to Joseph Francis Fleitas, son of Mr.and Mrs. J. R, Fleitas of Key West, has been an- nounced by her mother, Mrs. Mary Louise Spottswood. Miss Williams is the granddaugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Spottswood and great - grand- daughter of Mrs. John B. Maloney and the late Dr. Maloney. The bride to be attended the Convent of Mary Immaculate. Mr. Fleitas is a graduate of the Key West High School and attend- ed Florida State University. The wedding date has been set for March. MUSIC DIRECTOR GUEST OF MISS MARY FORTNER Mrs. Forrest Nixon, director of the Nixon School of Music, Center- ville, Tennessee, and state director of the piano department of the Ten- nessee Music Association, has been the guest of Miss Mary Fortner at 411 Simonton Street. Mrs. Nixon is often guest teacher in the summer at the Chicago Mus- ical College and has been invited to visit the Musicians’ Home of America, 1564 Brickell Avenue in Miami by Miss Bertha Foster, pre- sident and director of the home. Husbands Guests At FRA Auxiliary Christmas Fete The Ladies Auxiliary of the Fleet Reserve Association, Unit 56, held a Christmas party and dance at the JayCees Club which was a gala affair for members and their husbands. The club was decorated with the traditional Christmas greens. Mrs. R. F, Kasch and her com- mittee were hostesses at the de- lightful holiday affair. A delicious buffet - style dinner was served consisting of turkey, ham, and all of the Yuletide trim- mings. Gifts were drawn from the Christ- mas grab - bag by the guests at- ITEMS OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE tending. Surprise Party For Mrs. Reagan Mrs. C. R. Reagan was honored with a surprise birthday party on Sunday evening at the home of Mrs. Clifford Peters, 1321 Reynolds Street, with Mrs. Peters and Miss Kathryn Lowe as hostesses for the occaion. About fifty friends of the Rea- gans attended the party, at which eggnog, coffee, sandwiches and candies were served. The birthday cake was a delightful pink-and- white-iced confection complete with tiny white candles. The party was a charming one, and the honoree, in expressing her surprise and happiness, stated that the occasion marked one of the nicest birthdays she had ever ex- perienced. APPLY TO WED R. R. Kemp, 1507 United, and Mary Sanchez, 17, 1120 Truman. G. W. Barber, Jr., 29, 713 Eaton, and Frances Drewry, 20, 220 Pea- con Lane. L, W. Monroe, 38, 808 Duval, and Loretta Sliter, 28, 810 Duval. E. W. Wertz, 27, and Elanor Gray, 20, both of 208 Duval. Read The Citizen Classified | Let “Em Greet 1955 In Gay Paper Hats ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED—The engagement of their daughter, Ondina, to Pvt. Hernando Hernandez, now stationed at Fort Jay, New York, is being announced today by Mr. and Mrs. Jose Chacon of 1015 Watson Street. Pvt. Hernandez is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hernando Hernandez, Sr., of Miami The wedding will take place in Key West at a date to be announced later.—Don Ray Photo, Club Calendar 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 Duval 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 7:30—JayShees 7:30—Nu Phi Mu Sorority, San Carlos Hall 8:00—Amer. Legion Aux., Post 28, post home on Stock Island 6:00—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 Clasees for Officers’ Wives, Bldg. 83, Seaplane Base 1:30—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. EVERY SUNDAY 2:00—CAP Cadets, Poinciana Community House a Cuban Masonic Lodge Sets Installation The recently elected officers of Dr. Felix Varela Lodge, F and AM, No. 64 will be installed on January 13. The new officers are Gerald Abreu, Worshipful Master; Fer nando Muniz; senior warden; An- cher Garcia, junior Warden; Is- mael Negrin, Jr., senior deacon; Earnest Lopez, junior deacon; Ra- fael Menendez, senior steward and Ramon Valdez, junior steward. Feliciano Custo was elected sec- retary and Gabriel Gutierrez as treasurer. Reverend Guillermo Pe- rez will serve as chaplain with Jose Torres as tyler. Benny Fer- nandez is marshal. Fernando Camus and Evaristo Rivas are in charge of arrange- ments for the installation, FAMILY RETURNS TO D.C. AFTER CHRISTMAS VISIT Lt. Col. and Mrs, Elmer P. Cur- tis and two children, Catherine, 10 and Tommy, 9, left today to re- turn to Washington, D. C. where Lt. Col. Curtis is stationed at the Pen- tagon. They spent the Christmas holi- days with his mother Mrs. Mar- garet P. Curtis, 920 Fleming Street and his sister, Mrs. Harry Gregory, 620 Southard Street. The colonel is a native of Key West and received his early edu- cation in Key West schools. The children have especially enjoyed the sunshine and swimming dur- ing the family’s visit. LEONARD CONLY EARNS 1ST ACADEMIC HONORS Leonard H. Conly, Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Conly of 905 Washington Street. has earned first academic honors for the past month at The Bolles School, Jack- sonville, according to Major D. E. Hooker, superintendent. Young Conly is spending the Christmas holidays with his par- ents. Color blindness is one of the few visual defects for which there is no known remedy. VFW Auxiliary Dance Friday Is Canceled The New Year's Eve dance scheduled by the VFW Auxi- liary of Post 3911 for Friday t has been canceled be- cause of the death of Mrs. Nell charter members of pter was organized jine years ago, died Sun- day in Miami. Ticket holders may obtain a refund by contacting the per- son from whom the tickets were purchased. “™]” === PIERCES HOLIDAY VISITORS HERE Chief and Mrs. Benjamin C. Pierce of Charleston S. C are spending their holidays with Mr. and Mrs. James McCardell of 1121 Petronia Street. Chief Pierce is connected with a mine craft base at Charleston, Miss America- To Visit Florida WINTER HAVEN (— Miss America, although a native Cali- fornian, is picking Florida to spend 19 days for a short vacation. Lee Ann Meriwether plans to get in skiing at Cypress Gardens together with a little rest but to- night she is to be honorary queen of the Sunshine Soccer Bowl at St. Petersburg. On New Year’s Day she is to take in the Orange Bowl game ut Miami in the afternoon and fly to Orlando for the Tangerine Bowl game that night. LAMPSHADES GO COLORFUL New lamp shades have land and seascapes laminated between vinyl. Finger marks, dust and moisture may be removed quickly, MEND THAT BOOK A new book mending kit offers all the equipment needed to bind Magazines, notebooks, pocketsize paper books or fine leather books in a jiffy. RAUL’S GALA NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION! | things she had to put off when she 3:30—Orden Caballeros de la Luz, 422 Amelia St. January Wedding Is Planned By ope. Patricia Lewin The engagement and approach- ing marriage of their daughter, Pa- tricia Anne, is being announced to- day by Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Lewin, 2222 Patterson Avenue. ham, Alabama and the late Mr. Brogdon. The wedding will take place at the Church of Christ with Brother Marcus Crews officiating. The bride-elect is a graduate of Key West High School. Her fiance received his education in the Bir- | mingham schools and is now serv- ing in the U. S. Navy. | After their marriage the young couple will make their home here A NIGHT FULL OF FUN AT KEY WEST’S FINEST NIGHT CLUB Complete Dinners. . . . $3.50 No Cover Charge Low, Low Drink Prices Drink Minimum, $1.50 Per Person Dancing — 10 P.M. to 4 A.M. Society — Personals — News Of Interest To Women TELEPHONE: Citizen Office, 2-5661 By CYNTHIA LOWRY Miss Grace Kelly of the motion pictures is spending a two-month holiday in New York City, and to date some 30 taxi drivers have} merrily informed her that she! looks like Grace Kelly. One, however, took a second look and amended his comment: “No, I see now you're prettier than Grace Kelly.” She has found, however, that New Yorkers generally are fairly polite. “They don’t come up and ask for your autograph,” she remark-! ed, “they just wonder out loud if} you are Grace Kelly, and look you over rather closely.” Miss Kelly, who will be 26 next month and has become a popuar star on the strength of a few movies, a tidal wave of publicity and ecstatic comments by such colleagues as Clark Gable, James | Stewart and Bing Crosby, is a/ member of the new school of movie stars, which includes Aud- rey Hepburn. Miss Kelly, for in- stance, won’t allow publicity pic- tures to be taken in her small Man- hattan apartment. While she doesn’t duck interviews, she ap- proaches them with considerable reserve and caution and she doesn’t talk much about herself. During this vacation, Miss Kelly allowed, she is doing a lot of little was working from dawn to dusk. “Like shopping, seeing my fami- ly and friends and some shows,” she said. Has she found people have chang- ed since she turned into a big-time movie star? “Oh, yes,” she said. “I meet people here that I met before two or three years ago. And when we're introduced, I try to say, ‘Oh, yes, we’ve met before,’ but they always say no, they’ve never met me.” Another thing which is perplex- ing to Miss Kelly (even the press agents for her motion picture boss- es call her Miss Kelly) is all the talk about her being so ladylike. “I don’t think I'm THAT differe ent,” she said. “I sometimes think they talk about that because there’s not very much that has happened to me.” The star-making processes are strange. When her studio was get ting together a biography, she was asked her hobby. “I don’t think I have one,”she Said after a little thought. “But you've got to have a hobby,” she was told, and after thou she said, well, once she did lil do some sketching but hadn't a couple of years. ‘Sketchi' Pastels,” the biography sa: her hobby. “But now I've really got one,” she said. “Photography. The other night I had a bunch of friends in and showed them all the pictures I took in Africa.” “Can you go to that Harrisburg benefit next week?” interrupted the press agent. “No,”’ she said firmly. “I will be with my family.” Murmuring politely, Miss Kelly excused herself from the group and went on her vacationing way—a perfect lady and one, who really doesn’t talk much.—AP Newsfea- tures | There are about 180 species of holly. An Alaska bull moose may have antlers six feet across. Retired On $2400 and they love it At Woodsmere on Lake Lucy, near Orlando, birds sing, pa- payas grow in the yard. Guy and Maude Sarvis have achiev- ed this paradise on just $2400 a year from Social Security and pension. Read how their retirement is the start of a whole new life. Don‘t miss this inspiring story in the January Ladies’ Home Journal. Out today—on ALL newsstands. No other school can offer your children this opportunity to develop their natural poise and grace. Check these features being offered exclusively by Fred Astaire’s. © A Scientific 8 year program planned for your child’s health and happiness. Ballet under the superv of Princess Nina. Appreciation of Music and the Dance Ballroom Etiquette. Transportation To and From Classes. = ‘ while Mr. Brogdon is stationed | Miss Lewin has chosen Wednes- aboard the P0579, | Music by day January 5 as the date of her oS sserecey . . | HAPPY NEW YEAR!—Paper party hats add to the spirit of | the occasion and are easy to stitch up at home. | New Year's Eve belongs to the small fry, too, and midnight is a wonderful, grownup moment for the lollypop set. But the magic of being allowed to stay up until midnight isn’t complete without gay hats to make it a real p: # Here’s a chance for your sewing machine to do unusual holiday duty. Sewing center experts have discovered that your sewing ma- chine will stitch crepe paper as easily as cloth. It’s a matter of a few minutes to stitch up some perky party hats, using gay gift-wrap ribbons left over from the Christmas presents as rimming. No pat- tern is required—simply follow these easy directions: For a boy's hat, cut a strip of crepe paper 15 by 22 inches. Fold up 22 inches on one long edge and decorate with two strips of gift- wrap tape or ribbon a half-inch in from the edge. Trim opposite | edge with another strip of tape, and then cut into coarse fringe 512 inches deep. Stitch back seam on your sewing machine, gather be- neath fringe and tape together tightly. For a girl’s hat, cut another strip of crepe paper 15 by 22 inches. Fold up 2%% inches on one long edge, and decorate with strips of tape or ribbon in crisscross pattern. Cut opposite side into four pointed petals 5 inches deep. Stitch back seam. Gather beneath petals and tape tightly. Bend petals out and trim with more strips of tape or | ribbon. Then let the small fry stay up to welcome in the New Year in real party style. You'll find it’s worth the trouble when you see the stars in their eyes Newsfeatures. | wedding to James C. Brogdon, son of Mrs. J. N. Brogdon of Birming- Liquidation SALE DISSOLVING PARTNERSHIP Closing Out Entire Stock Below Cost! BEDSPREADS - LINENS SHEETS - PILLOWCASES «.-And We Wish You All A Happy New Year! HOUSE OF LINEN 612 Duval Phone 2-6133 Read Citizen Daily | NORMAN KRANICH and | HIS ORCHESTRA Balloon Prize: Free Trip for One to Havana via AEROVIAS 0 Favors Fun! PHONE 2-9291 Noisemakers Central Location. At Any Time. © Limited Classes, Convenient Low Monthly Payments. Air Conditioned Class Rooms Mothers’ Waiting Room and Dressing Room. Transfer To Any Fred Astaire School in the Country ENROLL YOUR CHILD TODAY NEW CLASSES STARTING JANUARY 3rd