The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-12-04
BY RAYMER


(the eyes were sunk in the Soc
kets, so it didn't hurt much was
one in the Miami Herald which
read: "JAxON SHOT, LIES IN
WOODS 5 DAYS"
| had instantaneous combustion
visions of Jaxon, Shop Hopper;
having been plugged for saucy
plugs, by some of her Gus
toners. Those hair dc ads in linn
eric style, maybe, or perhaps the
ad she sold and wrote for Horace
Young which has Johnny Prit-
chard's subtitle in parenthesis as
mo Hands," Of course after read
ing the piece thoroughly, it turned
out to be the case of the near
death of salesman, man named
B. E. Raines, who was shot in
the spine and left for dead in
woods near Jacksonville, hence the
"Jaxon" abbreviation.
PIGS, (Mr. BIGS), is another
choice cleaning from teletype
dispatch out of Chicago, Don (Red)
Kerrick's old stamping grounds.
Kerrick is the latest Navy man
to join the Players. Which has
nothing to do with porkers, except
that Red is from Indiana ard, the
220 pound Poland China pig which
won its tenth grand championship
barrow award is also an Indiana
product. The Mr.. Big of Pigdom
is named purdue Model 18th. "
And to think that back in my
Ohio State U. days we used to root,
not like pigs, please, for our foot
ball team by yelling ''Poopo0 for
Purdue"
BY this time, you will need
skein of thread to find your way
out of this spinning labyrinth Of
scattered thought, if you are still
following me. / just washed my
hair and ! can't do a thing with
it! Hope my wits are collected,
by half, at least, so that / can
say how-do-you-do properly at the
cocktail party this evening in hon
or of Admiral E. II. Won Helm
berg over at Capt. and Mrs. VIII
liam Truesdell's quarters.
SPEAKING, at least in a whis-
per, of celebrities, / also see by
the papers that an AP release
from Palm Beach recounts the
forthcoming marriage of Washing
ton blueblood, Bob Ellis, whose
real name is Raymond Asserson,
Jr.. with picture and all. Gwen
Harrison had at least two men
tons of the event sometime ago
and so did Conch Chowder, the
most recent being on the occasion
of Bob's return here to Key West
for short visit. The reason for
it "ain't' for the APP though!)
I've known Bob since 1945, long be-
fore he was a nightclub singer
here. He's pretty upset over all the
gossip about marrying an heiress.
After all, there is such a thing
as love, and it's more than a word.
At luncheon here last Wednesday,
he said one Of the reasons he came
down to Key West was just to say
hello and to make plan. for visit
here just before going to St. Tho
mas, Virgin Islands, to open the |
Mahogany Club on January Is.
WEEK AGO today Bob flew |
from Miami to San Juan for five |
singing appearances at the Ramey |
(no not Raymer) Air Force Base. |
After that he would spend two
weeks in st. Thomas, fly back TO
Miami, and then to Palm Beach
to join Ceecee Cromwell Hoffman.
who is in Boston on business
and twenty million dollars is big
business, He added that when in
London, he called Bob Printz. for
mer partner, who was playing
piano at Marathon and the mana &C. /
ment at Key Lodge thought il was
gag at first.
II Ellis and his bride elect come
back to Key West as planned,
sometime around Christmas. they
will be accompanied by Skippy. q
white mougrel who has shared the
trials and trihulatloHs Of B0b's
movie and n3ehtclub for over five
years, and two ether dogs, Ger
trude and Christina II ought 10 be
quite doggy ceiehratlon, Skppy
wili probably have to stay VITA
tho Bob Youmans as he snd Claude
VI Collie viii see only eye to eye.
teeth.
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