The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-05-17
CONCH
CHOWDER
by RAINIER

day in Montreal. The staff Is con-
sidering sending him coincidence
message. There will probably be
siren escort for the wedding since
AL is senior police beat reporter for
the Montreal Herald. And there are
probably some dancing sirens who
will wall in the Miami area. The
chimes of Cupid are not just tinkl-
ing in Key West either. Jeanne
Reynolds of the USO-YMCA and
Ski Skewis of the Navy will be
married July 6. The engagement
was unofficial some time ago.
News of the outside world comes
from Shop Hopper Jaxson in New
York City who says she had to buy
coat. Her business work is COM
pleted and she intends to relax for
the rest of her vacation which ends
soon. She'll be back on the job at
The Citizen around the first of the
week.
"sToRK CLUB" fashion show
over at Echoasis last Wednesday
was a unique affair. The models,
most of them at least, eyed the
lovely dresses with practical look
and in earnest. Louis Carbonell. by
the by, is thinking of starting
Grandpa's Stork Club. It's the ear
" bird idea, but a valid one.
My landlady, Valentino Fer
nandez, can relax now and not dash
out the door for false alarms. My
recent houseguest, Jeane Porter
Kirke and her black poodle also
named valentino" left for New
York Friday morning. Morning
calls and loud whistles for ''Val-
entina" proved to be quite com
plicated affair with crossed res
ponse. If | ever own one of those
pompom purps ii will be named
Dipsey. you know. .Dipsey Poo.
die. There was an old song titled
Dipsey Doodle which once took the
nation by storm.
STACKS FOR SUMMER and
slack in the social calendar must
be taken up sometimes. So temper
arily I'm doing police and fire beat
again 4. cellular activity in short
Chief Kemp CLAMPS his favorite
song is not "Jailhouse Blues. ,
Which reminds me, a most singu
lar thief invadeds our Duval street
flowershop on Mothers Day nigh
and made off with orchids ano
roses. Such aesthetic taste! Dave
King has a new addition to rules
for harmonious living: Thou shalt
not covet they neighbours garbage
can" Startling ad in a magazine
shows two cartoon figures with
bl'mpish outlines walking toward a
pre-fabricated wardrobe containeT
and the caption reads "IF you wear
clothes you need X Veniences. y
Cries of Sabotage" will no doubt
come from the nudist camp Of the
Kay Lawrences.
MOST COURTEOUS gal in town
is Edythe Mccarthy who not only
delivers messages willingly but
takes trouble TO find the people who
are called at the beach. That
doesn't go for some others whose
motto seems to be Many are call.
ed but we stand frozen" Mrs. Hell.
en- Winningham left the first of the
week adding to the general exodus
OF lovely people. Her daughter
Betty French. drove her TO Miami
for point of embarkation with
Chauffeure Assistant Phillips. Gun
ming thank.you note arrived from
Miami from Audrey Norris and
Buddy Freed, recent entertainers
on the high nute. The card was
embellished with VIoLETS. Weep
not, fair lady, The melody fingers
on. Mrs. George Mills White has
q Peke who is fourteen years old
but with nary, well hardly nary,
q gray whisker, Champ age holding
contest among dogs in the city is
held by the terrier owner by Mr..
and Mrs Wallace Kirke, now in
New York City Their pet is In his
nth year. equivalent TO over 100
years in the gauge Of a dogs life
Thinking Of pets. the owners Of the
monkey who played "Gobbers and
ilelicopterS " az the Seaplane Base
last week finally showed up 10
claim him. His name turned out
TO be Smoky" but Hap Adam )