The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-12-17
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BY
Cherries Duerkes

I
not had a blowout smack dab on
the corner OF Coral Way and
| 9th Avenue | would not have
| known that he was an artist. al
though / have known him for
| many semestefs. Earl Corwin
! and | were just ankling into
/ Shanahan's for a small sip of
| lager al the time. So Clark join
ed us while a mechanic changed
the tire
| Corwin, well known Indiana and
Florida artist, had just contracted
TO do the murals at the Emerald
! Isle Hotel, after completing a
| beautiful Job at the Scully home
I on Rive Alto island. Clark told us
he was just finishing one in the
| home of friend in opa Locka. 1t
! turns out that when Fiers hit Mi
ami fourteen years ago he opera.
ted an art school. Now he just
paints for kicks, as his music
keeps him pretty well occupied.
An accomplished and versatile
nrganist, Clark has been featured
with Earl Barr Hanson for 10,
these many years on the Singing
Strings program over WHO'D. His
music has been a feature in lead
ing night spots fQE over decade.
! Clark Whose last name is pro-
nounced F-i.r-e-s) says If he ever
has a son he viii name him For
rest just for the helluvit!
X 4 Il
John Elliot, sculptor and author,
has bought a garage just a little
hi north of North Miami, on the
. West Dixie Highway He was in
Key West about two years ago
when his beautifully illustrated
book on horticulture hit the ma
2 TONS bookstalls James Nc
knight, of the 0pa.Loeka News is
| a native son Of Key West Con
gratis to the Melbourne Ella. J
] Times Celia Ross, stripteuse
de luxe, is back on the South Flor
ida scene, but deserves better
D showcase than the one she adds
glamour to at present George
/ Chattert0n has peuned a catchy
song titled Every Days A Holt
day" II sets Christmasy lights
a-dancing in the eyes of the lass
2 who inspired il Note to Oliver
IT, Werline YNT.3, All Weather
! framing Unit, Boea Chica: send
- your lovely cousin my best,
hmmmmm? To a Busy Lass
5 in Key West Aunt Margaret I'M
derstands and is happy again ),
The distinguished looking matron
from North Miami broke up pianist
/ Churchill Cinnamon when she sat
flown on chair that wasn't there
hin a popular night spot. My fault.
| I'd just asked the waitress to seat
us somewhere else. The waitress
took the chair and the lady floated
to the carpet. But gracefully. Oh,
well, she should have been listen
ing to me instead Of Churchill.
4 4 4
Rita Hayworth is emoting for
Columbia after three year alb.
sence. Glenn Ford will be her CO.
star 10 the as yet untitled film.
Gene Autry recently presented a
print of his 1850 release, Mule
Train" TO the New York Museum
of Modern Art. He was honored at
private reception during which
Richard Griffith. curator of the
film library, said The films of
Gene Autry have been notable
contributing factor TO the resurg-
ent popularity of Westerns. With
Autry's first starring film, "Tum-
bin Tumbleweeds, III 1885, the
singing cowboy was born. Rural
audiences, which we're not attract
cd by the sophisticated talkies of
the early thirties, returned TO the
theaters en- masse in response to
Autry. The singing cowboy not
only revivified the Western, but
also assumed a significant place in
contemporary mythology" Pip
peeeeeei
Great big Frederick Crawford is
running a celluloid gamut to es-
cape being typed. He was a hood
in THE Mob. appears as a
, newspaperman in THE Dark
/, Page previously identified as
, Scandal Sheet and will soon go
before Columbia cameras as a
cavalry officer in Texas in "The
Sabre And The Arrow.
II you haven't seen "Rhubarb, :
don't miss il next time around.
Specially il you like cats, It's
hilarious. Paul Douglas. who ap.
pears for about minute at the
tail end of the picture, comes up
with a real kittenish tabby line.
Now, cousins. dash out and get
your Christmas shopping done
and use plenty of Xmas Seals on