The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-21
.CONCH
.CHOWDER
BY RAYMER

Let's race IL, as 1Op man VI
The Totem Pole says, Wher
notes or cards are sent to any
department on a newspaper, the
communication should be signed
legibly. not with cryptic mi
tial. People who are bold enough
to write to a columnist or any
editor or publisher ought to bt
brave enough to sign his or hel
name. Or am / casting pearls
Anyway, / would like to con
graduate the wit of the Grea
Unknown who addressed very
funny card to me as "Moonbean
McRaymer." Just like in the
funny papers, almost! The hand.
printed card Il wouldn't try tc
have the handwriting traced by
the FBD referred to lush bit OF
prose describing blend of storm
and moonlight which appeared
in this column last Thursday. The
card read: 1T must have been
under some such influence as
your blended and serene silver
patina' that the Agha Kahn met
Rita Hayworth. Don't it drive va
nuts, kid? Take an aspirin and
lie down, you'll be alright"
In my grammar, you spell it
"all right" but this is verbatim,
up and at 'em. Aspirin would do
no good. The remedy isn't Hada-
col either. Personal remedy is an
old family custom handed down
for generations by whole ava
lanche of other Moonbeam Nc
Raymers. Tried, tested and true,
ADD GOLDWYNISMS. The
other day at Rotary, Joe Pearl
man praised speech made by
a visiting Rotarian and then
said, at was the most outstand-
ing address I've ever heard. But
! forget the topic" Luke Luz
kasik and Clint Roach. a couple
of doughty sailboat friends ar,
rived at the S. and S. in a small
craft with 'steen other sailing
fans on Sunday. They should
have been singing Anchors
Away" instead of Anchors
Aweigh" because all they had to
hold the boat with was a length
of rope. The redhead with Gus
De Castro was Shirley Haynes of
New Orleans. Rhymes with
sweet sugar rralines.
HELP WANTED: 1t. Comdr.
]. r. Tommy Thompson) is
scouting around for 16 nm films
Oh short subjects and cartoons
suitable for entertaining the tiny
tots at the Navy Nursery
The subjects should be suitable
for children ranging in age from
two and a half years through
the venerable age of eight. .
His wife, Alma, says that the
little ones crow with delight over
pictures which have been shown
over and over again, but that
additional films are sadly needed
Tommy. by the way, has sal
vaged a vast number of little
coats, sweaters, panties, socks
and other articles of clothing left
behind by visiting children and
never called for. He plans to
give unclaimed articles to some
worthy organization after a le-
ultimate time has elapsed. ,
And what's more, hard working
Thompson washed all of the old
clothing himself. He counted
the socks as he hung them on
the line: there were 408 of them!
Said Tommy, 'They ranged in
size from some I couldn't get my
thumb into through some big
enough for ten year olds, and
there was every color of the rain
bow in the collection" A neigh
Dor with a flock of kids OF his
own watched Tommy at work
and shook his head in amaze
ment when he saw the array of
washing on the line. He said
nothing, but by this time he must
think Tommy is in secret league
with Old Man Stork. page
Sweeting, Higgs and other big
hearted men in town who might
have the required films for rent
or borrowing. Just call 1t,
Comdr. ]. r. Thompson at the
Seaplane Base.)
ATTENTIONS c IL EE R-U P
SQUADSi-Lt. Peter Larsen will
be In the naval hospital for a
whole month as of today. He
halls from Boston and that's a
long way from home. Frank
Bardecky startled beachcombers
by appearing in swim trunks and
flying boots. That's the old
boots on" tradition spirit. D..
Visitor to Key West this past
weekend was handsome DR.. Ho-
ward Inches, health expert, and
he looked it. every inchl