The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-01-12
rrONCH
CH'0WDER
by RAINIER

lin Cobb. new man on the total
(totem) poll of the Citizen Staff
has reddish hair, is six feet three
inches tall and says he is no out
lander because he's been IN Key
West for a year. Il stopped here
on my way back from Havana and
got lost. I've been here ever since.
He added that he had gone to Cuba
for good reason, "cherchez la
femme" and that all was salts
factory. Reminded that since the
atmosphere was Spanish, not Fren-
oh, we asked AL Pita, staff photog
what the Cuban phrase was, and
he said a"Cazar la mujer". AT
! least that is the polite term. Any
way. jim likes our town and OF
course. coming from Rochester,
NY, the camera town of the
IU.S.A., he knows about photogra-
ply. He worked for National STU
dos here. holds B.A. in history
from the University of Rochester.
He claims he is one guy who did
not arrive by boat, but by fluke'
His background includes work
with the famous Eastman Kodak
company and commercial photo
graphy, over period of four
years.
PLAYMAkER Helen Sloan Stet-
son. 34O9 lie Jeune Rd., Coral Cab
les, writes to ask, among other
things, if Capt. (Redbeard) Evans
of the Royal Navy has been back
in Cayo Hueso. but the last l
knew he was getting command of
a new ship and heading for the Kor-
| can front. She has written the first
act of a new play and it concerns
my sister Faith who left us last
] March. The act will be tried out
at the University of Miami in Jan
uary. and she wants me to con-
fer with ideas for the following
two acts. Roger, wilco and try to
over. Bert and Happy Hayes,
Smoothies of the dance at the Casa
Marina, will be featured in movie
short based on new dance creations
the filming to be done at the no.
tells patio soon.
/ DID YOU KNOW that some intre-
| pid character appeared at a Duval
street bar wearing a Civil War cap.
not the gray with the. Stars and
Bars. but the .G saAs n 7, type In fdafN
blue with CROSSED rifles? So far.
there has been no report of his
being mobbed. Il have one at
home, a real one. and a tall
silk hat that reads "Facile Print
emps' inside. on the lining, al
though, since it is great-grandfa.
/ Tiers vintage, the spring no long
er works. So some night on
gala celebration, I'll drag out the
toppers Just for variety. JEANNE
Blount goes back to domestic cap
/. tivity 4 mean captivation. come
! Monday and I go back on the sox
desk. Who was il said WIVES
and TIDES wait for no man?
COMMISSIONER JOE ALLEN
handed me this letter which had
been sent to Willard NJ. Albury OF
the Monroe General hospital. from
Savannah. ga.
Dear Sir:
II have had no reply to my let
ter regarding payment for my tee
IN lost while patient at the hos.
pitaI II | do not hear from you
within the next ten days, will be
forced TO take further action.
Somebody is up for the bite. Here
is something you can get your
teeth into, unless ii is false ru-
NOR Joe grinned and asked me If
had noticed the new teeth Albury
was sporting at the County com.
mission meeting where this was
read. by gum Fun at the
Courthouse also includes Judge
Tom Car0's remark when asked
what the little closet way up next
10 the ceiling in the County Clerks
room was for. He said, That is
where We keep Harry Dongo be-
tween sessions. Harry said he
didn't mind He doesn't have
'closetphobia.