The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-11-17
CONCH
CH0WDER
BY RAYMER

COL Ralph Rogers Haunted
Towering hibiscus shirt at Rotary
club meeting the other afternoon
which ought to make him candl-
date for the White House press
conferences ~. On the brilliant
/ flash in the pants roster is Ted de
Weird who has new bathing trunks
in shining lime-green N0mlna-
ton for the prettiest blonde at the
beach is movie star Louise Albrlt-
ton who is stopping at Ell Patio
with her husband Charles Colling-
wood of CHS And he gets a
nomination from the femmes here
as being the haudSomeSt of the
Presidential news coverage cOVey.
They tell me that the first night
the two arrived, they left their keys
in their rooms and on return were
unable to arouse anyone for pass
key AS a result, the first night in
Key West had to be spent at the
Overseas hotel not the high
way,
SMOOTH is the word for the Key
West Players first rehearsal of
The Passing of the Third Flor
Back, under the direction of Joe
Hurka. It's the first time / have
seen the group put down their
scripts at such an early period in
preliminary work and begin TO get
the feel of the lines and action
Barbara Schlech (Wally is back,
by the by was superb in her in
terpretation Of the slavey
of the boarding house .
Peg Dubree was nicely shrewish
as the landlady with pretentions
of grandeur Dick Hanavan as
the gay young blade cut smart
swath . Bob McQuain has an
excellent stage voice but more
later as the job progresses.
COMMENTATOR FOR FASHION
show this afternoon is a stint which
had me spinning with visions of
glamor clothes whirIing through
my head last evening even as
\ was relaxing at We Tides
Rebel Reeves of the Gilmore drop
ped in and said howdy and
also had a bit of troubling news
about his left eye which was in
jured by too bright sunlight in the
days before the new type binocu-
lars we're issued Treatment
after he finishes a present navy
course is in the offing for just after
Christmas There's nothing
more accommodating than a handy
man about the house, MS. yours,
or anybody's Jack Stewart
happened to be talking to me about
the signs the Legion is putting up
at all the schools and that
made me think Of safety stop lights
then the lights at my house
which had been blinking So
Jack took a look at them and
found that the bulbs had burned
out through a short circuit He
located il just in time there
( might have been a bonfire on my
backporch, he said.
! MARATHON is a word used by
the Greeks, not only as the name of
a city, but the name of relay
race It's back as focal point
OF the news locally for the Sadie
Hawkins dance given there to.
night and the party at Lee
and Bob Pollock'S Marathon rooSt
Wen be off in a burst of
glory late thlS afternoon Bob
said 1t as BBB affair which
means bring your own and
you fill IN the rest Miami bound
/ weekenders will mss fun Read
between the lines, included
Is 1t true that Jim Djegel is head
Ell for Key West in fact NAV
have arrived by this writing He
may head fer the Riviera this win.
Ter IN official naval capacity
/ honoie AmeS Of Safeway Travel
/ had conference with John Nc.
'onoush recently and may come
10 Key West for another regarding
sho" IN the near future Note
from heiile Virgins Of 2X-li SAYS
she is so glad so be back in Key
West after my trip TO Washington,
/ &c You never know what a gem
this \. ". IS until you leave And
let that be a lesson to YOU wander
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