The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-11-27
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BY RAYMER


The word went out last Thurs
I day, Muster at Wylk's Restaur-
ant for pilots of FAWTU.' The
filters didn't know what was up,
but kindly Pop" Wylk had been
in touch with the wives and
friends of the group and when
Sunny Sundquist flashed the
signal, the night filters were right
on deck, Close to 100 people en-
joyed the buffet supper and
drinks on the house served by
the congenial host. Sylvia Stan
ley entertained with her famous
piano-song ditties and limericks.
Even Hank O'Meara made the
muster although he had sworn to
celebrate only on weekends 1t
was wonderful gesture of
courtesy and appreciation and
Pop Wylk has endeared himself
to lot of guys and dolls.
WHAT RHYMES with guys
and dolls? For another party,
VERY PRIVATE? ? Could be
molls and braWls, stalls and calls.
Reminds me of line from the
current Key West Players drama
when a character says, 1.-TWO are
company, three are none. But
with you, Sir, it's somehow diff
ferent." Greater CUFF gets no man
than this, when he plays down
date for a friend. "a friends
date, that is. Tom Mosby is
now known as Mosey Along or
Caboose. That's the tail-end of a
freight train. l didn't make the
puff club either, hear
there's a new organization of es-
cort rescue squad, line forms on
, the right, with turn about not
being quite fair play 1t might be
called Gangblusters, Inc. The
question is, how many, and who,
are the charter members who
laid the first plans. If all plans
were laid end to end, it would
make quite chain of evidence
Or do you follow through
like a golfer who knows how to
handle mashies and other neces-
sary clubs Betty French may
organize feminine contingent
called Datebusters, Inc, to Off
set subversive action. All for a
) Five STAR Finale where every
body, and / mean everybody, can
get into the act A lot of people
i, would get a bang out of this.
JOKE OF THE YEAR; Last
night at the Barn Theater, Ever
EFT Winters was sitting quietly at
a corner of the stage listening to
Director Joe Hurka tell about
how the audience were dewey
eyed at the performance OF
Death Takes A Holiday" They
wept,' said Joe, Although it
wasn't very good play and
couldn't tell you why they wept"
Winters rumbled out, Maybe it
was for the dollar and half adj
mission they paid" JEANNE
Porter Kirke is reported en- route
to Key West from Italy and is
expected within the month.
Who is the nice Canadian seen
at nightspots last eve?. Polly
Carbonell says she had baby-sit-
ter trouble and due to circum-
stances beyond her control was
unable to attend the MarkWell
party, although she was on the
invitation list Bob McQuain
met the Tommy Thompsons
while fishing on No Name Key
bridge Sunday on the return trip
from the Everglades( more of
that trip later in a special inter
view story with Hurka and Nc
| Quain) and it turned out that
Bob was born right near Tom
Emy'S mothers home.
TIME MAGAZINE refers to
| the song, 1--WE Are Ready For
Harry, Is Harry Ready For U.s."
as being sung by a "fullbloused
singer named Rae Waller" Rae,
with Bob Ellis and Bob Printz,
: Tradewinds Trio, really do the
medley up with flying color tSee
J the ad in The Citizen). and
/ they also sang it at the Casa Ma
rina the other night. Lyrics and
! arrangements go 10 the credit of
brilliant Printz. a prince of d
chap, by the by. You should
see the photographs which Pro-
! fessor Lewis McClain took of AL
Palmer and myself at STOP
! sign over at Fort Taylor after
the recent Officers Wives Club
/ Emmett Commit is due
back from that Miami jaunt
sometime today, And so off to
the pacest"