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

CH0WDER
BY RAYMER

Hey! What gives? No avalanche
OF June weddings? Last year there
was wedding announced almost
everyday. But this June is off to
a most slow start. My editor,
Margaret Foresman, suggested
that the damp weathe. might have
something to do with it all. But
romance was never flooded out by
our other rainy seasons. In fact
If one is to believe Rain" with
the Sadie Thompson angle, it is a
Sultry season in the tropics and
seml-tropicS. Could it be that girls
are more career-minded and young
men are awaiting the outcome Of
the Korean truce talks before tax.
ing the jump?
Jumping, by the by, was quite
a mark of spring (oopS) these last
few wet days with streets like the
Mississippi in flood. Susan Nc
Avoy goes around wearing real
Dutch sabots which are very con-
Venlent. Of wood, they can be re.
moved and the water bailed out
oy a simple tipping of the shoe.
She has mastered the art of clump-
ing with no audible cIump. Won
der how japanese sandals or clogs
will be handled when Ed Gibson
returns from the land of the Ris.
ing Sun? AS for me, I'll take pom
toons.
GENERAL CURTIS LEMAY
OF the Air Force has a sizeabIe
article in the recent issue of Ma
tional Geographic magazine about
how to survive in deserts
swamps, tundra or woodland coun.
try If you are a downed airman.
It is illustrated in full color and
has 10 do with the training of men
who must survive under the most
adverse conditions. One fact noted
was that a flier'S best friend is
his parachute. From it can be
made sings, Stretchers, tents, sig.
nal strips, fish hooks, implements
Tor camp work; SnareS for game.
etc. 1t seems to me that Boy
Scout training would stand such
survival trainees in good stead. In
terestlng note was the use of In.
dian methods. the tepee shelter:
the Apache snare for game which
snaps the victim up in the air out
of reach of animals who would
grab the prey; knowledge of
what plants. roots, leaves, berries
are edible, and the good old smoke
signal system. LeMay, an alumni
of my old school, 0. S. u, was ms.
pired to make UP a survival pack
and instigate the training course
after seven men died in Labrador
back in l943 only short distance
from an Eskimo settlement simply
because they had no knowledge of
how to live under the circumstance
es. Besides being informative, the
story is faseinatingly written with
plenty of punch.
FAREWELL and may he fare
well to It. Moxie Mickey Craus,
USS Mercury AKS-20, FTP New
York, N. Y. CHATS his new adj
dress) who was at the wonderful
coronation party on Tuesday. Mic
key loves Key West, he says, and
hopes to come back. We're old
friends from back in 1850 when he
used to ehum around with Karl
and Deedee Agricola now in Sagi.
nav, Mich. still just beginning to
thaw out from that winter season.
Lcdr. Ben Berry and his wife who
wears those becoming lowered
hats leave in August. The Trues-
dells 80 In July. / hate summer.
time because so many people /
know like TO so away and the exc.
dus always leaves a gap in exis.
tence. However. old friends are
back: George and Honey Stone at
the A and B Lobster house. and
the Fred Hansens have taken over
popular lounge as managers.
They began by giving the place q
Danish rub. and il takes a Scan.
dinayian to do that, but good.
TOM MoSHY is still looking for
an Uncle Tons cabin. meanwhile
he's Al the Blue Marlin. lie was
supposed to drive the Neids. French
household 70 Coconui Grove. but
Il turned out that Betty took the
caravan up, courtesy al Marty and
Eugene Gray. She drove back with
their car. thea made The return
trek slone. What policeman who is
taking flying lessons landed on tie
highway at Bahia Honda Ia syner-
geaeys Card from Jaxoa is a
ChlneSs restaurant al Ridxewooa
n. J.. Saw Lcslr. Bob Simmer.
man al TIE nureil kitcAsng party
4. Also Adds Browne Is non
Caleago looklaE very III Fres4
SeheEglsn, back 10 t0&a wlls MA4sle
Speaee gF0n M2r2tAoa la TOYS e
wish Renee. sAs h.SEtfe WHh e.,