The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-26
C0NCH
CHOWDER

Television would have had a h0-
liday ut the recent Rotary Club
luncheon If a camera crew had
been there to catch Ernest RAM
sey who resembles President Tru-
man with a moustache, posing in
. Kefauver coonskin cap. It all
came about when Harold Laub-
scher got up to lead the community
singing and the group broke into
the strains Of 'sDixie." Ramsey
leaped up, donned the coonskin
headgear and pranced to the mus
ic, much to the delight of fellow
members.
Someday maybe well form a
club composed of erstwhile Citizen
reporters. A little while back there
was the letter from AL Palmer,
now on the Montreal Herald. Now
comes q letter from Dick (Polar
Bear) Olmsted who writes publ
city for the Metropolitan Mu-
scum Of Art in New York City.
He's the reporter who used to skim
around on q motor-scooter. One
rainy day he gave me a lift to the
Administration Building on the Ma
val Station when ! was covering
that beat. huddled behind the
shield Of his back as we came out
the gate. ] was embarrassed be-
cause he went on to Duval street
before turning toward the office in
stead Of going down Whitehead.
and practically everyone / knew in
town roared with laughter as the
wind made parachute of my skirt.
Later Dick confessed that the rea-
son why he took the main street
is because he couldn't see the first
turn. mo windshield wipers," he
said afterward, cleaning off his
steaming glasses.
oLMSTED writes that he was
married about six weeks ago to a
fellow worker in the Museum.
She's a Vassar graduate and her
name is Erika. Eureka, Erika!
She was brought up in Germany. ).
beyond that all the info he gave
was that she is "a lovely crea-
ture. q wonderful girl" Dick was
prompted to send off q second let
ter because in this column I had
juxtapositioned him with Tennessee
Williams and sightseeing bus.
The clipping found its way to him
through the clipping service main
tanned by the Museum. He still
misses goggie-fishing and says he
takes his mask and swim flippers
out every so often in fond contem-
plation Of one of the activities in
Key West waters. He win welcome
ANY Key West characters who are
caught alive north Of Homestead"
at their place, 258 East 18th street,
New York City. Hellos were sent
to the staff and to Sue and Winnie
Jones and the Agricolas. and Bee
Ky Guthrie tnow at Fort Sill. Okla
homa) and to all .'salacious. salu-
brious people"
| GLADYS JACKSON says her pen
name Of Gladys Mckee was chang
ed In difference" not difference, /"
to her husband Ronnie. Has any
one seen q big fawn colored collie
who answers to the name of Bonn
ber?s He's wandered off from his
home with Alma and Tommy
Thompson Git. Cmdr. j. r.. that
is; Mt 2322 Harris Avenue? There's
= lost I'D in the paper about him for
further information. Bomber is
an obedience test dog and Alma
has spent two sleepless nights wor-
( rying about his disappearance .
They tell me local girl appears
In full color on the cover page of
the latest issue of Sunshine and
Health. Who Is shes. Those
tears shed by Dolores Oakley Fos-
ter as Aunt Rose. the unwanted re-
lative In The Unsatisfactory Sup
per" are not giycerin. they're
real. She manages to get in the
mood for the play. and the scene
Is so moving that there are invari-
ably several dewey-eyed people IN
the audience before the curtain
c.uses. The five Tennessee VIII
liamx' plays close tonight. although
the run could have gone on one
more week by popular demand. :.
The tro1hle Is. the cast has navy
men who are only given so much
liberty leisure.