The Key West citizen., 1952-12-11
CONCH
CHOWDER
BY RAYMER

soup on tuesday because IneIe
wasn't room for it. Soothing words
from the ad dept. explained that
the reason for so many ads was
the popularity of the page. Flattery
will get them no where. except
of course financially.
Christmas cards from overseas
include one to the Citizen staff
from our composing room pet,
Junior (Percy Curry, Jr.,) now
in Korea with the U. S. Marine
Corps. The card was a map of
Korea in green with a red line
dividing North and South sections.
Another to Chowder, personally,
came from AL and Jean Frizzell
now in Yokohama, Japan. It's a
handmade Japanese design with a
red pagoda showing through tall
pine trees against sky studded
with white dots. either stars or
king-size snowflakes? A little boy
is rolling big SNOWFALL In the
foreground which is also figured
with two romping dogs and XII
monaed figure with a paraSol. al
is the Red Cross head in that area.
They write that the scenery is
beautiful, people most pleasant and
''life in general very easy" adding
that there are so many naval
officers stationed there who were
in Key West three years ago that
on arrival 1--WE knew almost as
many people in this far off land
as we did back home. See you in
about year!" They have retained
their own home in Key West. Ad-
dress them, w. R. Frizzell, Ameri-
can Red Cross, Navy 1928, care
of Fleet Post Office, San Francisco,
Calf.
MAIL Pouch items also include
a card from Mike Jacobs, ABB,
now on the SIS Bennington, ";
Division, care of Fleet Post Office,
New York City, N. Y; and word
from Jon Duffy and Jackie who
hit Texas and then Mexico, still
having tour and fun. Also cherry
seasons greetings from Lillian
Uricho, who had the dress shol
and mems sport shop last year
in the Casa Marina. Lii sent the
card from Miami, NOT England
Put that on your Christmas tree
dears. Dottie Virgins will practi
cally do a handstand with this It'd
bit since she predicted no Cadil
lacs in Bundles for Britain almost
La year ago. Mrs. Virgins has q
secret crystal ball in her cabbage
patch, methinks. Hear Adds
Browne is getting out of the Navy
No more hot bollos for Boola Boo
LA?
FUNNIEST YARN of the weeI
must have names omitted, but
anyway, a certain man who has
been spending some leisure hours
courtesy of Chief of Police Kemp
spends lot of that time with a
piece of news. The other day, his
wife told him she was bringing
him some reading material. Fif,
teen minutes later it arrived, by
way of deputy from the sheriff S
office. The reading material was
made up Of divorce papers :.
Jeanne Porter Kirke, her French
poodle Valentino, and her nice
Dutch friend, Jaape van MustaE
have returned to cold, cold blast:
of the northland. He is sailing to
Holland this week but will return
to the States shortly. Jaape, anC
that isn't a nickname, is a re-
preventative of Van Houten anC
Zoom, one of Hollands oldest Co
Goa and chocolate firms. They are
now introducing fancy chocolate
bars. Remember the cocoa cans
with a picture of a white bOnneted
Dutch frau serving a Steaming CUP
of cocoa in a home which shows
cupboard bed in the background?
That's the company.
ouESTioNNAIRES We give on
for weddings come back with very
unique notations under the blank
titled Remarks. One bride last
year wrote, s'It's just wonderful. =
another wrote ''Pm speechleSs. :
The last one, and she gave me
permission TO quote, read, "Surt
viii be glad when this rat race
is over" And that reminds me
that Cupid's fluttering so darl
close in this office that have tC
duck the darts. Not one. but tive
arrows have already found the
mark. Guess Who?. Just as
finished this Adds Browne waikeC
in to put his lovely home up fol
sale. and said they really hateC
to leave Key West Rajah Rah
old, phenomenal mentalist, is
the Preview Lounge. More later