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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11
New Woman Dip |omat-
Mrs. Floyd B. Lee Roncher's Wife From New Mexico,
Bright, Amusing Addition to 81 Caracas Delegates

The Nations newest woman
diplomat is witty. attractive
rancher's wife who flies her
own airplane, wears smart
clothes with a flair and at
roundup time on her hus-
bands 200. 000-acre New Mexi-
can ranch camps out for six
weeks and does the cooking for
so hungry cowpunchers.
She is Mrs. Floyd B. Lee, the
only woman member of the
United States delegation to the
recent American confer
ence at Caracas.
A petite size 10, she has
crisp, gray-black hair, smiling
Irish eyes and a capacity
to tell stories on herself
which kept her fellow-dele-
gates amused during the
often far-from-amusing con-
ference.
i guess Secretary Dulles
never had another delegate like
me-" she said with a chuckle.
AT the end of the day he
would ask each of the dele
gates how things went on
their commission. I was on
the social commission, and we
had lots of problems. But in
stead of pulling a long face
would tell him a funny YER
sion.
II think you are either born
with it or you aren't. I guess
it's the Irish in me. If you are
Irish no matter how serious a
thing becomes you can always
see funny side to it. Even
when I have had serious
troubles, as everybody does. I
could see something amusing
in them"
Abrupt Debut
Mrs. Lees debut into the
diplomatic world came rather
abruptly last fall.
Active in school board af-
fairs in her State. and reason
ably active in Republican poll
tics-her husband was a Re-
publican member of the New
Mexican State Senate for Is
years. and both worked hard
for Eisenhower in 1952-she
never had extended her activ-
tiles beyond her own area.
One day last summer there
came a call from Mrs. E. L.
Moulton, Republican National
Committeewoman for New
Mexico, and a friend of Mrs.
Lees since childhood. Mrs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

The Merrie Month of May
will be gay in this Capital with
distinguished visitors from
other lands being entertained.
The Governor General of Can
ada, Mr.. Vincent Massey, will
be the first, arriving here in
the afternoon of May 8.
President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover will entertain at dinner
May 3 in honor of the Gov
ernor General, who has many
friends here, made when he
was Ambassador from the
Dominion. He will be accom-
panied to Washington by his
son and daughter-in law, Mr..
and Mrs. Lionel Massey, and
the party will stay overnight
at the White House. The
morning of May A they will
move to Blair House and that
evening the Governor General
will be honor guest at dinner
of the Ambassador and Mrs.
A. D. P. Heeney.
Governor General Massey
and the Lionel MasSeys will
leave early the next day to re-
turn to Ottawa.
Germon Chancellor
German Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer may be the next
foreign visitor of Importance
to come to Washington. He
has been awarded the first
annual award of the Blue
Army of Our Lady of Fatima
for his efforts for world peace.
The Rev. Harold v. Colgan,
pastor of St. Mary'S Roman
Catholic Church in Plainfield,
N. j.. made the announcement
a few days ago. Chancellor
Adenauer has accepted the
honor and told Father Colgan
that he would try to be pres
ent May % when the presen-
tation is made during a cele-
bration of Marian Year in
Carnegie Hall on that date.
Should he come for this event
he probably will come to
Washington to make calls on
the President and other Off
Gals of the United States.
Entertaining for the Ger
man visitor in this capital will
be Of an informal nature as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-11

MOT EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY, but number
~ of well-bred CANNES will carry home ribbons
and prizes the evening of Friday, April g. On
that date the Potomac Boxer Club will hold it's 18th
speciality show in the Post Gymnasium Fort Myer
from to II o'clock. Show entries close tomorrow
night. In addition to regular classes there will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26

or with 55-pound surfaced roll
roofing and vent openings in
stalled around the skirt wall.
Proper ventilation inside the
home is an effective means of
eliminating high humidity. The
opening of two windows at OPP
posite ends of the house for 5
minutes three or four times a
day will exchange the humid
air inside the house for the drier
outside air. The inside tenn
perature is recovered in a mat
ter of minutes and the fuel loss
is negligible.
In almost every instance, the
peeling Of paint on the outside
Of house can be traced to this
condition Of high humidity in
side. This moisture in the air
creates a vapor pressure inside
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26

dinner adds something over a
quart, and the bathroom BARI
tones shower contributes half q
pint per chorus.
Another source of moisture in
homes built over a crawl space
is the damp earth beneath the
house. 1t has been found that
this uncovered earth beneath an
average Six-room house can give
off as much as IL gallons of
water a day. Much of this will
find its way inside the house if
this crawl space is not thor
oughly ventilated.
The most logical means of
overcoming this trouble is to
eliminate the moisture at its
source. For instance, you may
install a kitchen ventilating fan
and operate it while preparing
meals and washing dishes. A
similar fan should be in the
laundry and a mechanical
clothes drier should never be
installed without a vent to the
outside. Open the bathroom
window after taking a shower.
Crawl space under the house
should be covered with cement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26
|Hiqh Humidity Causes House Paint to Peel

the house. If this pressure is
not released through open win
dows or by ventilating fans, it is
capable of passing right through
the building walls. Plaster and
the light buildingt felt used in
wall construction offers only
slight opposition to it.
Remember that water vapor
cannot be seen. The white cloud
that you see coming from a ket-
tie on the stove is not water va
por but is formed of minute par
ticles of water already con-
densed from water vapor. Water
vapor will pass through many
things which are impervious to
water. It is this water vapor
which has passed through the
walls Of your house and which
has condensed upon reaching the
cold outer surface that causes
the bliStering and peeling of
paint.
On completed homes it is not
practical to install the proper
vapor barriers within the walls.
The only alternative is to paint
the interior walls so as to prevent
as far as possible the passage of
this vapor. No paint has been
especially developed for this pur-
pose. but latex base paints offer
good vapor resistance when not
less than two coats are applied.
Three coats of oil paint have
also been found to be SatiSfac-
tory.
(Released by The REGISTER and Tribune
Syndicate, 19h4.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-26
By Hermon Boun

MY house is a five-room. one
story construction. Last sum-
mer I covered the outside with
insulated siding and installed
gypsum board over interior walls.
also installed a gas floor fur
mace.
''Now, a great amount of moiS-
ture forms on windows and walls
whenever the outside tempera-
ture goes below freezing. Is
there anything that can be done
to take care Of this excessive
moisture?
II also had the outside trim
painted with good-quality paint.
This is peeling OF in long strips
and abrown substance ooZes out
of the wood. Do you have an ex-
PLANTATION for this?" A. w. H..
West Virginia.
Answer-You have plenty of
company with this problem.
High humidity damages inside
paint and wallpaper. causes out
side paint to blister and peel
and even structurally weakenS
the house by promoting decay
Of timberS. We moderns are liv-
ing under conditions which
might be ideal for a florists
greenhouse but not so good for
any other purpose. We seal our
selves up in homes that are as
alright as we can build them,
then we install inside the house
all manner of gadgets which
throw off huge quantities of
steam and then we are perplexed
as to why we have these trou-
bleS.
If you have any doubts about
the amount of water that you
are putting into the air inside
your house, here are a, few fig
ureS which were determined by
Purdue University Experiment
Station. hopping the kitchen
floor puts more than a quart of
water into the air; washing the
clothes Of an average family, two
quarts; and drying those same
clothes indoors puts a whopping
three gallons of water into the
air OF your house. Preparing
Evening star., 1954-05-12

Smart little money savers (YouD will SCOOP up thes
demonstration machines with plastic windows in thu
tubs! The foctorys overstockng means money in you
pocket, and at the time, you get brond-nev
EASY with the famous SPin-Rinse, thot will give yo,
years Of SERVICE land at q savings Of $50 who mind
q picture window in the tubsD Limited quontty-se
hurry in! (AIIow days for deIiveryD
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Ex-Boxer Petro.s Fist Leads
To Trouble as Woman Is Hurt

Of striking Miss Doris l.. Under
wood, 33. of 4506 Randolph road,
Silver Spring, Md, on Mon
day night.
Municipal Court Judge Mil
ton s. Kronheim, jr., placed
Petro under $500 bond and con-
tinued the case until May 18
after the assault with a deadly
weapon-a trained f1st-was re-
duced to simple assault
Police said Miss Underwood
had been talking with Petro in
a restaurant in the 1900 block
of H street NE. She left with
a friend. George M. Dawson,
1903 Goodlawn road, Silver
Spring, and walked with him to
a nearby bus stop.
Police said Petro approached
them and became involved in an
argument with Mr.. Dawson.
Witnesses reported that Petro
swung at Mr.. Dawson but hit
Miss Underwood instead. She
was taken to Casualty Hospital,
where she was treated for
injuries.
Petro, who left the ring in the
late 1940s, has kept right on
slugging, with charges on his
record from diSorderly conduct
to robbery and assault.
Evening star., 1954-05-12
Military Engineers
Tour Navy Laboratories

The Society of American Mill
tary Engineers. at its Saith annual
meeting today in Annapolis, was
to tour laboratories at the United
States Naval Engineering Experi-
ment Station.
Comdr. Palmer w. Roberts.
U. S. NJ, was to receive an
award for an article in the
Military Engineer. Howard H.
Demmert of Philadelphia won
the society's medal for distin-
guished service.
Lenox Lohr was to be in
stalled as the Society'S new preSi-
dent, and Rear Admiral Joseph
F. Jelley and Col. John H.
Carruth as vice presidents.
The an-day meeting includes
an afternoon parade by Naval
Academy midshipmen and a tour
of Colonial ANNAPOLIS.
Evening star., 1954-05-12

Former Featherweight, Daniel
F. Petro found himself in
trouble again this week, after
police charged him with "as-
sault with a trained fist"
Petro, 80, of the 1400 block OF
Eleventh street Sc. is accused
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
Club Calendar
EVERY WEDNESDAY


sOO-Junor Chamber of Commerce. Clubhouse, Eagler
1O:30-Poncana Junior Garden Club, at the school
WEDNESDAY. JULY n
1O:OO-Navy Wives Club Bldg. 1885, Naval Station
12S0-HS-1 Officers Wives Club
12:30-Naval Air Station Officers Wives Club
SO0-Dade Lodge Masonic, Scottish Rite Temple
8:O0-Busness and Professional Womens Club
EVERY THURSDAY
1O:30-Convent Junior Garden Club a
H:15-Roary Club, ST. Pauls Parish Hall
1:OO-Thrft Shop Navy Commssary, until 400 p.
6:30-Lions Club, at Lions Den 1907 Seminary st.
7:30-CAP Cadets, Poinciana Community House
7:30-Princes of Syracuse Pyhan Hall, 728 Fleming ST.
THURSDAY, JULY n
7:30-JaySheeS
7:30-Nu Phi Mu sorority San Carlos Hall
8:0O-Amecan Legion Aux. Stock Island
8:00-Civi Air Patrol, Ponciana Community Center
S:00-Knghts of Columbus Noes Hail. Duval
S:OODr Varela Cuban Masonic Lodge Elizabeth Street
EVERY FRIDAY
1O0-Gym Glasses for Officers Wives Bldg 49, Seaplane BASE
1O:3O-HarrS Junior Garden Glib, the school
7:3O-Youh for Christ POinciana Baptist Church
FRIDAY. JULY %
7:S0-Rebekah Lodge, Pythian Hail. Fleming Street
S:00-Eaern Star, Scottish Rite Temple 533 Eaton Street
EVERY SUNDAY
2:00-CAP Cadets. Poncana Community House
3:S0-Orden Caballeros de Ia Luz. 422 Amelia St
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
Local POcahOntas
Council Raises
Ne1U Chiefs

In solemn and impressive cere.
monies, the new chiefs of Minoca
Council Is, Degree of PocahontaS,
were raised to their new stations
by Deputy Adeline Muse assisted
by Senior Past Chief Mamie Saw
yer.
The ceremonies were held last
night at the Golden Eagle Hall on
White and Petronia Streets.
Mary B. Cruz will serve the coun.
Gil as Pocahontas; FlosSie Taylor,
as Wenonah; Christine Key, as
Powhatan, and Erma Braxton, as
Prophecies.
Scout and warriors will be MIN.
la Skies, Sarah Spencer, Alice AL
bury, Doris Edwards, Myrtle Sands
and Jennie Curry.
Blanche Sands and Marguerite
Burchell will serve as runners. and
Annie Ulchar and Marian Arrange
as councillors.
Guard of Tepee is Luellen Saun-
ders and Guard of Forest, Antoin-
cite Roberts.
Annie Baker will serve as trus-
tee.
The new chiefs were honored at
a reception following the ceremorl-
les. Refreshments were served bv
Edith Stephens.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
Garden Books Are
.GiUen Library

Two new books we're given to
the Key West Library for the Gar
den Club shelf by Miss Eta Pat
terson and Mrs. Lettie Patterson
Shedd.
Miss Patterson presented the
library with a copy of the Jap
aneSe Flower Book" of selected
arrangements by Koun O'Hara.
Mrs. Shedd'S gift is "The Better
Homes and Gardens Garden Book. I"
1t is a gardeners "guide and
counselor" The book will be of
special interest to new home own
erS.
The volume contains chapters on
lot planning, lawns shrubs, vines
and maintenance.
Another chapter is on the con-
troll of pests. The chapters on seed
starting and house plants have up
to-date information on the subjects.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
Most Women Like
"DO 1t YOURSELF
Hair Preparations

The do-it-yourself craze has gone
to most wOmen'S heads. A survey
of more than $500 women con-
cludeS that Sc per cent of them
regularly do their own hair groom
ing.
Hair care includes Shampooing
conditioning, setting, massaging
and use of tonicS and home per-
manents. According to the survey,
prepared by a beauty institute,
many women feel personal hair
conditioning is practical.
Sixty per cent of the women
questioned live in urban areas, 40
per cent in rural sections. Income
seemed to have little influence on
the frequency of home care: IS per
cent of the women were over the
$4,000 bracket, 81 per cent from
$4,000 to $1,000, 81 per cent under
So, 200.
Wide differences are shown in
methods of using hair preparations
successfully. Some women use
them before or after shampooing.
and some between washings.
Recommended by the institute is
a pre-Shampoo treatment with a
pure petroleum. hair tonic and a
hot oil method which calls for
Steamnig the head with hot.
wring-out towels.
The national survey, which took
six months to complete, reports
many women make the mistake of
douSing the head with oil. Tonics
should be used sparingly, just
enough to lubricate the dry ends
and give the hair a gloss.
Customs in hair care vary with
age, dwelling and geography, the
survey shows. Home grooming is
more popular with WeSterners,
Southerners, farm women and wo-
men over 80 years old.
City-dwellers, young women and
Fasteners tend more toward pro-
feSsional hair care.-(P) Newsfea-
lures.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
Macy Vices Club
To Haze Candy
Sale Here

The Navy Wives Club completed
plans for candy sale on Saturday
July "a at the last meeting of the
group on Tuesday, July -.
The homemade candy will be
sold in front of the San Carlos
Theatre beginning at 100 pm.
Betty Edwards, president of the
club reported that a wonderful
time was had by all who attended
the hamburger fry for members
and families at the Naval Station
Beach Patio on July 16.
The next meeting of the club will
be on Wednesday, July % at 1000
am. at Building 266 on the Naval
Station.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
Child
Today
BY DOROTHY v.
WHIPPLE, MD.

Sunshine and fresh air are good
for youngsters, but for goodness
sake don't let your children get
burned to a crisp.
Not long ago. l nearly lost a
year-old baby with extensive seq
ond degree burns over his back
and legs.
His mother was on the verge IF
nervous collapse when she real.
ICED what she had done to her ba.
by. 1t was a warm June day with
a deep blue cloudlesS sky. She put
the baby in the backyard for his
monday nap.
After an hour she picked him I'D
to discover he was limp and clam
my. She could hardly arouse him,
and he had absolutely no interest
in the lunch she had prepared.
His entire back was bright red
with a few. large blisterS forming.
She rushed over to my office and
we put him in the hospital and
started treatment Immediately. He
pulled through, but it was nip and
tuck for time.
The sun is strongest of all the
year on June 81 at noon. This IS
the time of the spring equinox
when the rays of the sun are most
vertical and therefore pass through
the least amount of air in reach
ing the earth.
Early in the morning and late
in the afternoon the sun will not
burn as quickly as at noon.
Some children have thicker skins
than others, some have more ma.
tural pigment. The thicker the skin,
the more the pigment, the more
natural protection. The thickness
OF the skin increases with age. A
week-old baby should not have
more than half a minute exposure
to direct June noon sun. At a year,
about three minutes would be
enough. Most people - babies,
children and ADULTS - develop pig
ment in the skin in response TO
exposure to the sun. This pigment,
(Sun tan, We call IT'D is a device
OF the body to protect it against
dangerous doses of sunshine. 1t de-
velopS slowly.
A short exposure the first dav
can be followed by slightly longer
exposures each day thereafter. Az
ter a couple of weeks there will be
enough tan in the skin so that long
exposures will cause no harm.
1t is almost always the first
doses of sun that do the damage,
before the tan has developed.
There are some unfortunate peo-
pie who never tan. Their bodies
simply lack the ability to form the
protective pigment in the skin.
Each time they go into the sun
they burn, just as most people do
the first time.
We don't know any way to give
these people the ability to make
pigment in their skins. They must
be careful. Sunbonnets, long-Sleev-
ed shirts and Stacks are their only
protection.
1t is usually very fair-Skinned
blends whose ability to make skin
pigment is deficient, though Of
course not all blends fail to tan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
Local Girls Guests
Of Marathon Am.
Legion Auxiliary

Betty Ann Henning, Millicent
Taylor and Alice Villa, local girls
were guests at a meeting of the
Marthon American Legion Auxili-
airy on Monday night, July 10.
The young ladies spoke briefly
and thanked the organizations res
ponsible for making their visit to
Girls State possible.
It was, they said, a wonderful
experience and taught them many
things. The most outstanding point,
they felt, was learning to be a
good American citizen and to face
the public.
Betty Ayers, 10th District presi-
dent opened the program with a
resume on how the boys and girls
are chosen to attend Boys State
and Girls State. She explained the
care that is taken to insure the
safety and welfare of the young
people.
Inc Key West girls were driven
to Marathon and presented by
Teresa Braxton, president of the
Key West unit.
Past president Mary Moreno was
asked and accepted the post of leg
islative chairman for the 10th Dis
trict.
Others who attended the meet
ing in Marathon we're Maggie
Dion, Tessie Wimmenauer and Do
ris Edwards, press and radio chair
man.
The Marathon Post last week en-
vited the Key West unit to attend
a program meeting in honor of the
young people from Monroe County
who attended Boys State and
Girls State in Tallahassee earlier
in the summer.
Tasty cookies and cold punch
were served at the conclusion of
the program.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
JayShees To Model
|OId-ti111e Suits At
"Dip And Dance"

Grab your towel and bathing suit
and go out to The Key Wester on
Saturday night-The JayShees are
having another one of those popu-
lar dip n Dances"
If you have never been moon
light swimming, here's your
chance! Besides swimming and
dancing, for an in-between-dip
treat, calvacade of old fashioned
bathing suits will be modelled by
members of the club.
The bathing suits are being
shown through the courtesy of
Rubin Appel'S.
Tickets can be purchased at the
Cuba Shop or from any number of
the JayShees. They will also be
sold at the door.
The JayShees hope to see a large
crowd in attendance. Their first
dip n Dance" was so enjoyable
that the club requested to sponsor
another one.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
FRIDAY NIGHT DANCES
SET At BEACH PATIO

Dances for enlisted men are
staged every Friday from 1880
p. m. to 1920 p. m. at the Beach
Patio, the Navy announced today.
Enlisted men may wear civilian
clothes to the dances which are
for couples only. The Truman St.
gate is opened for the dances.
Various orchestras, both civilian
and Navy, play at the affairs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
FAWTU Officers
Vices Entertained
by Young Dancers

The FAWTU Officers wives en-.
joyed a pleasant morning at their
social meeting Wednesday, July
IA.
The coffee was held at Aero.
palms Officers Club.
Thirty-three members and sew.
eral guests were present. They
were delighted by two young stu
dents of the Kuulies School of
Modern and Ancient Hula, conduct
ed by Mrs. Benito Abueg.
Nancy Mills, Seven-year-old
daughter of 1t. Cmdr. and Mrs. w.
P. Mills, danced to "Lovely Hula
Hands" Bernadette Parke, 10,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alton
Park. presented Little Brown
Gal"
Mrs. w. r. Weimar won an at
tractive three-piece casserole set
as the door prize.
HighlightS of the business meet
ing was the election of Mrs. E. A.
Reisinger as chairman for a three
month term.
Mrs. W. L. Matthews, FAWTU
representative to the Fort Taylor
Officers Wives Club informed the
group Of the many good causes
served by the Fort Taylor Club
and encouraged their membership
in that organization.
The next meeting of the FAWTU
Officers Wives will be at 1890
pm. on Wednesday, July %, for
a swim and card party at the
Seaplane Base pool.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
Miss Barbara Shepherd
ArriUes For Yisit

Miss Barbara Ann Shepherd of
st. Louis, Missouri, will arrive to-
night for a short visit with her IA
Their, Archer Shepherd and Mrs.
Shepherd of 626 Elizabeth Street.
Miss Archer was born in Key
West but has lived in st. Louis
since infancy.
She expects to spend about a
week with her father and other re-
lativeS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
NOTE OF THANKS

Deep appreciation is expressed
by myself, Isidra Siska, for the
wonderful care given me by the
us. Naval Hospital at Key West,
DR.. Jones, the Catholic Father,
the nurses and Commander Cor
don of the Legal Office of the
us. Navy. Also, many thanks to
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Rospida for
their kindness.
l owe my life to the above men,
toned and to many other friends
who helped me in time of need.
ISIDRA SISKA.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-21
Little Theatre Workshop Gets Off
To Good Start At Barn Last NIGHT

Applause and people filled The Barn Theatre last opening
Workshop Of The Key West Players which
will continue every Tuesday evening until October
Approximately persons elusive of old members
divided into teams groups Each
experienced member of The Players advisor
will be made the enrolment
because program such that may join any