The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-29
CONCH
CH0WDER
by RAINIER

t0Tty 10 Sink All lldIucS was tnc
onc at FORT Tay!or Officers Club
i7rlday and tic follow through at
Aeropa'mS with 'friahc Chicken -
beng only one of the wel-tricd
items on the evenings menu. Pur-
pose stated on the invitations was
Just Tor the h. of it. Other. data
in technical terms Weight; EXtrc-
mc.y buoyant alter launching. War
head. Explosive mixture of cock
tails and highbaliS. Type floming:
Heads in on any sound resembling
the clink OF glasses. Election:
Launched by student officers for
the staff. Depth; . Je established
by Gunner Gambrell one hour after
launching. and so on with wry hui
mor. all the brainimp of 1t. Q,g.)
Pala2Zola. LIT. DIN. Aulich rhymes
with hydraulic1 showed no brakes.
and Gunner Gambrcll went gam
boiling. but not on. the green. Ii.
G.gD J.R. k.lcn turned cut 10 be
from my home town! 1t. A. Lor-
rainc Santlstevan, who lectured at
the Officers ulVes' luncheon car
lier had quite5a laugh when l didn't
recognize her out Of uniform. The
Carriers carried me home finally.
Salute to Lit. Carlton Robertson who
was very cordial host.
LEGAL PARTY at Paul Sawyer S
house displayed a million dollars
worth of legal talent. IF all the
Judges and attorneys attending had
been laid end TO end, the line that
reached from thar-to thar" would
have brought lot of moaning al
| the bar y. The Bar Association ran
into competition when the party
moved TO Ra0ul's for dinner. Over
| 100 Beta Sigma Phi sorority mem
berS were on deck. Party makes
the world go dizzy There was the
/ hotel staff one at Margo'S Sunday
night, too. and although | was MOI
there. 4 hear was well represent
ed. Not in reasonable facsimile
and certainly not by proxy! Th'
chap who dropped the $64 bomb
SheH question on the hit-skip rur
might like the answer. Well, the
ammo went thetaway. target and
weapon alike blew up some time
ago. Wrong calibre for right bore
and there goes the cannon ballgame
as they say in the American Lea
que. Which reminds me, whatever
became of the huge guns they us
ed to call Big Berthas. the hot
shots that fired Paris? Perhaps
they remain mounted, memorial
style with muzzles spiked.
| PlcNicKERS, SUNDAY were
Capt. Lee Waller, the beauteous
Rae, Bob McQuain. They returned
with some beautiful shells from
Big Pine Key Beaches. The Sun
Baskers Association practically
, mobbed me that afternoon when
dropped in. topped by flame-hued
! velvet chapeau built on the line,
of an Australian campaign hat
Susan McAvoy wanted to know
where rented it, Betty French
war -whooped; Ted Baron took a
| picture; George and Elsie put on
sun glasses. but no one tainted.
In fact. al Gladys Vikings tea-par.
| ty il was admired. So il goes 10
my head. In fact ii went to Johnny
Meyers head Sunday evening much
to the delight Of the audience. In
town is big husky, handsome Bob
Russell. There are two Bob Rus.
sells, but this one is from Haakon
Bach'S neck Of the swo0dssin Wis
consin from hiclfs1fa&keyc has
| just returned vi Veidt was dis.
playing a 81 cRrat topaz brooch
big enough ID knock an eye out
Cit almost dods) and hasn't got her
own raised eyebrows back into
place yet. .bctause an admirer OF
the mammoth stone exclaimed,
Il certainly like your scatter PIN.
After seeing Beautiful Hunk Of Man
Jack Clarke as the ultra regar-
ious Harry Brock, iunkman in
Born Yesterday" everyone mar
vcled al his gentlemanly depOri-