The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-28
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sY RAYMER


Hits from broadway musicals
are the specialities of Judson
Smith, now at the Trade Winds
Fantasies Bar after an engagement
at the Holiday Lounge in Miami.
Previous to the Florida jaunt.
Jud spent three and half month
stint at the elite Coco Lobo, st.
Thomas, Virgin Islands. He was
supposed to sign up for a month
but was held over. .Jud used 10
be in the Army Signal Corps
special service at Camp Gordon,
Ga. He directed a chorus of so
male voices there for two years
and his singers won first place in
the Third Army contest: then
walked off with second place hon
ors in the All-Army singing con-
test Of 1852. Of course local navy
may come in and start asking for
repeats Of Anchors Aweigh, ]"
but that shouldn't bother Jud. He
has a Bachelor of Music degree
in both voice and piano, knows
classics as well as popular music
\. and probably is up on his
psychology, too.
BUD MAHER. navy lad, was on
the movie location today but says
he doesn't come in for his scene
until Thursday. Ski Skewis of the
Navy and also a Key West Play.
er Cmember Of the board). . with
lovely table partner, brunette
Betty Madigan, Casa Marina sing
er also in the portion of the pic
ture where the Spongequiteers
come into Duffy's. Early yester-
day Aquilino Lopez, Sr., was doing
duty behind the bar with Guy
Carleton. The scene will continue
there today. Hear the Coast Guard
had to come to the rescue of
boats which hove into sight just
when the storm hit Key West
Sunday. Unintentional casualty
was Lubinsky's craft. and that's
another story.
THE HAROLD J. REILLYs
leave Friday for New York and
their greenpastures. Houseguest
there is La Comtesse Y. lie Guales
De Mezaubran who was also at
the Willing Goddard party a few
days ago. Mr.. Anderson, who is
with Westinghouse labs down here,
dropped in and gave me the latest
dope on transistors in hearing
aids. Found out what made the
new models noisy. just a few
electrons prancing around. /. Was
supposed to 60 fishing Sunday
with Jim and Marianne Cobb but
our guide" didn't show up. In
the afternoon / heard a funny clop-
pop noise and went outside to IN
vestigate. Was narrowly missed
by a coconut being dropped from
the upstairs porch where Lois
Dimmick was completing the CO.
eonut opening job. Operation CO.
conuts with Larry Dimmick and
two comnanions looked like a tus.
sic. The would split the outside
shell, grab pieces of the husk. and
then pulling in opposite directions,
rip off the covering. Next step
was to toss the coconut to Lois
up on the balcony and she would
drop it on the cement sidewalk to
crack the shell.
HAS ANYONE noticed how
much City Manager Dave King
looks like movie tycoon Daryl
Zanuek?. Jean Calder Of Toron-
TO, Canada Is still visiting here. (.
Farley Bird johnson dropped in
to say goodbye yesterday. Hes
leaving for New York. Province.
town, maybe and Europe. i did
not write the story on Where's
The Dames7" 50 all the married
men In the movie company can
put away their strangers ropes
when they see me. and Jack
Sontag can stop glaring.
BIGGEST FAMILY in town are
relatives of Mrs. Charlotte Saw
ger, eolored woman, now about T6
years old who came 10 Key West
from the Bahamas when she was
about eight. According 10 some 81
her II children who have children
themselves. there we're nine girls
and enc boy. Seven Of Mrs. saw.
yer's children are alive. Mira. Saw,
yer's grandchildren number ab0ss
50. Her greatgrandchEidren num.
Der about -. ard By this time
great grtat-grand child Is expect,
ed. Mr.. White Who used 20 be In sht
lnsaranre Business took ne acwn
b interview the yenerahae Mrs,
Sawyer. has 80 cnuldn'i fad her,
She wns visiting arpHnd the neigh,