The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-13
BY RAYMER


| Rusty Pitman is back in town
and viii be working at local Beach
Club. He says that Rae Waller,
ex-Player and chantootsie has a
new baby son. She and Capt. Wal
Ter live at Fl. Sill, Okla, where
Waller is on duty with the U. S.
Army after his return from the
Korean Theatre. The Players call
ed off the board meeting because
LOT Gertrude Splaine, secretary, has
just undergone an operation. Ger
tie has the best wishes Of the
group for fast recovery. President
Of the Players, Joe Hurka, and
Bob McQuain leave Saturday night
for trip north and to Denver,
Colo. Rusty viii take care of the
house and Gretchen. their Boxer
dog.
Recently returned on the local
scene are George Renna from Bos-
ton, Mass, and New York City
where he visited his mother; Red
Kerrick from Hammond, Ind, and
Chicago where his mother was
seriously i'll. She was flown to
Chicago by helicopter for emer.
gency treatment after an opera
ton; Shop Hopper jackson from
New "Joisey" bounce and New
Yoick" jaunt: and by the time
this is in print, I'll be coming
back from Miami where / go to
get new antennae, etc. clearing
aid to yousel. Have to be back in
time for the big Skaal party Sun
day afternoon at the FantaSea
Room.
SECRET for skaaI is not just
the Scandinavian toast but that
each letter means something. S is
for sunhed lhealth); X is for kaer.
lighter Cove); A is Cor aktelsi
(respectJ: A is for alderdom flong
life); and L is for Iykki (Iuck). I
got all that Danish from Fred
Hansen. / cant say anything but
the word Sven for Swede. Anyway,
the cocktail party begins at 2,
lasts through p. m, with a spe-
cial surprise which is akvavit Il
can say that, tool, Norski drink,
with hors d'onevres. and if the
isea catches on. .smorgasboard
= be served at future gather
lings. am in charge of transpor-
| ton for the akvavit from Mia
mi. Phil Puco, the new mixologist,
is all set to introduce the AaIborg
delight.
PAUL SAWYER and his lively
Rita are back from the New York
trip where they saw Ward More
house, noted writer, and his wife
who used to be a schoolmate of
Mrs. Sawyer's. The night they re-
turned, they and other onlookers
we're conyulsed with the faulty
lighting of the sign atop La Con.
cha the co and part Of the N we're
cut, leaving the night sky emhlaz-
oned with the legend Hotel La
Icha. lIf ii weren't for that news
hawkeye Mickey Renna ! wouldn't
have known al thlsl. Roger the
Ledger looks as II ne had been on
the same diet as Gladys jackson
who lost 20 pounds and has d
poodle cut. Except that Roger
naturally doesn't so for poodle
cuts. She says Topsy Turvey Zim-
norman thinks d shearing would
make jackson less top heavy. Any
way, as she puts i, I've lost
me ballast.
Or. MoRRisoN's retirement
from Navy service brought out
two parody songs sung at the
farewell party given for him at
IFt. Taylor. Margaret Foresman
wrote the lyrics. The first ons Is
10 the tune OF 1.-The Daring Young
Man On the Flying Trapezc and
the chorus goes like this;
lie looks down your throat
With the greatest pf ease
And quickly detects any kind 81
disease.
His movements are swift
As he gives apes
On, he IS the doctor for me .
Finale fer the second song tune
Bell. Bottom Trousersl runs thus
Ihe ladies al adore him cause