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Gilmore Plans Added Events To Back Queen Mm of the USS Howard W. Gil more are still working feverishly to raise funds to make their c#n* didate the queen of the Navy Charity Carnival this year. Miss Cay Lou Bsrroso, native Key West girl, is the beauty being hacked by the ahip. A block dance has beM arranged for Thursday night between Sand 1? o'clock on Duval Street in brent of the NCCS building in the 1100 block. A refreshment stand and various concession booths will be provided. Two bands have been sheared for the oceSsien, the Gilmore Blue Motes and the Lonesome Bine Boys. Square dancing will be in cluded in the evening’s eatertain- Mat. On Friday, the Hth from • till midnight a dance will be hfld at pUBudnUUUkTinB I Miami Awning Windows Clearview Lour#r Window* Aluminum Jali .isies Storm-Stop Awnings Talousie Doors Sup#rior Castmtnts Venetian Blinds Canvas Awnings Pgtip Fumituri I Key West Venetian Blind Cos. I in DUVAL STMIT DIAL I-S|H special courses S! wJwtHI the promotion 7"*** wtnf to CITY LOAM hr the tuition .. ~ wa • These frfeedty folks • City L#en like to help I (W Jv : Fqeeie get ehied. If you're le e rut# financially, i Step In end tedt It ever with them. They'll help! CUV jjan (I. 524 SOUTHABD fIT. DIAL 2-3481 REAL ICE OUiUIANTXB* PURE FOR HOME or COMMERCIAL USE . . Wg Art Prsytjed Th Fmhh Yet Wltk Otfß, Pvt Cube * Crushed ICi Thompson Enterprises, Inc. (ice omnom DIAL 1 8831 KEY WEST. FLORIDA the Elks Club. Excellent entertain ment will be previded on this oc casion by Raveena, queen of pan tomime and variety acta. The bands who will {day for the block dahee will provide the music on this occasion also. The public is urged to take ad vantage of these opportunities for an evening of fun and dancing. COBALT BOMB IN USE AGAINST CANCER NEW YORK IB—A cobalt bomb, said to be the most powerful co balt source now in use to treat cancer#, whs dedicated Sunday it Montffiere Hospital. The bomb consists of wafers of radioactive cobalt which lire X rays t internal cancers. Its rays equal those of a three million vo)t K-ttF meehint end give as much energy as all the medically used radium In the world. Hospital officials slid the bomb i the first cobalt source supplied tea U. S. hospital by Canada. It wal made In the Canadian atomic energy pjle at Chllk River. Oat. HP % : > && xtfSKHBSuBP- ; .'fcT vy> ~ jgr MW;-- S Iffifflrlr ' m * i&k * ftgfej. . . -■ : jßSfe y ?%. % & • A retired Hearst Magazine man who is now writing books #nd arti cles about the sea, ships, and the Nlvy, Mr. Dapiel Henderson, and hia wife, who formerly worked on the Cosmopolitan editorial staff, wtrq recent visitors to Key West apd the N#vtl Bese. They ceme to Key West as part of a winter vacation car-jaunt, but, feeing the Naval atmosphere, de cided to look for a “slant” suitable to mtgaaine publication. Besides contributing to a num ber of different magazines through out the nftion, Mr. Henderson has recently written a book entitled: “The Hidden Coasts.” which is icheduldd for publication on 18 March. The book is a Biography of Ad miral Charles Wilkes, USN, the American Nival officer who com manded the U. S. Naval Exploring Expedition in 1838-42 and explored uncharted seas of the Pacific and Antarctic. Publishers of the book. Wn. Morrow and Wm. Sloane Associ ates, N. Y., have this to say about RANDOLPH RICHARDSON The two sens of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Richardson, 7 Higgs Lane, are seeing service in different military branches, one in India and the other in Korea. Randolph O’Neil Richardson, a Navy man, is stationed aboard the USB Pittsburgh. He has spent two years te the Navy and has re cently seen service in Spain. At present the ship has gone to Indie for a two months’ tour of duty. DONALD RICHARDSON Donald K. Richardson, Air Foret man who was recently promoted to Corporal, has been in service for six months and is at present serving In Korea with e Radio Re lay Station there. Subacrihe to TV* Citizen Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND OS COFFEE TRY A POUND TODAY STRONG ARM BRANO COPFSS ALL GROCCtt N/^ it: “Based on years of research in Navy Department file*, libraries, and personal papers, this is an im portant contribution to American Biography.” See the beautiful new - Dual -Streak ~J^(DNTIAj(\ iCamdMnmMNsplm • VISIT GENERAL MOTORS MOTORAMA AT DINNER KEY EXPOSITION BUILDMO Miami, February 12 Thru 17 • No Admission Charge DON’T MISS THE PONTIAC EXHIBIT AT THE SHOW! See Tbc main attraction, of count. to the gnat new 1963 Poetlee that the complete line el beautiful and colorful saw 1951 models; a has received eodb an enthusiastic nceptoou everywhere. This new cut-away chassis showing famous Pontiac engineering feature* such Pontiac is truly the greatest Pontiac ever built—a General Motor* aa Dual-Range Hydra-Matk*. new Curve-Control Front Swepen- masterpiece. It*e a reSccdon of Pootisc’s baric idea—te produce riao, new Pontiac Power Steering* and many others; mi • •f* the SueaC, most beautiful and greatest performing cm that caa eatehing display el Pantiae 1953 acaaaaarim. ha hak aa eel at a price just above the lowest. We can certainly premise you this: Every minute you *pa*d it the Be aura to aae the hoautiful u 1953 Dual-Stnak Peutiae at fha Pontiac exhibit al the General Motors Motorama wfS ha a ther- Motorama. Youl And it new and nan baaoilfJ prod that ougbly mjoy able and dehgktful experience! doßar for dollar you can’t bout a Pontiac, w—m, CTimaim bu|dt jwyxiaay^^^W^ it^TT^tndy YOUR PONTIAC DEALER INVITES YOU TO SEE THESE WONDERFUL NEW CARS! Wednesday, February 11,195S THS KIY WIST CITIZIN Page t Sky-Blue Uniform I Regiment in the Washington area if DA J The blue dress uniform, if Con- May DC Approved ** approves, Win be available _ n . , # u _ to enlisted men as a counterpart pop Soldiers Soon to **“ tffo,ton * Wu€ fonnai unt -lUI ouiuias OUUU form now regulation for officers. WASHINGTON 18-A U. S. sol- But tt * won>t it free, dier who feels like stepping out of ***° w * nt it will have to dig an evening in a sharp sky-blue m their ow ® pockets, uniform soon win be able to do so—lf Congress approves end if be MAJOR DOOLITTLE '“*#£ SZZuctZ.’L, mtt* DIVORCED from wife ice clothing item wes officially an- LAS VEGAS, Nev. (B Me], nounced Tuesday. UnoffidaUy, tt James H. Doolittle Jr., son of the was said another Item wa on its famed Air Force general who way out—the informal short gar- raided Japan te 1942, baa obtained ment familiar since World War II; n divorce from Elva Savage poo yes, the “Eisenhower Jacket” little. itself. The decree was granted Tues- Another experiment win be al- day on the ground that the couple lowed to lapse when present stocks baa lived apart for more than era worn out—e green-gray uni- three jeers. THRIB HOTWLS IN HJJQH et POPULAR FRICKS Letetod te fhe Heavf ef Hm City RBASONABLI DfIAHC WRITS erWIRB RATIS AUvna for RBSSRVATIONS wHh BATH end TSLBPHONB Rifa Pershing Niller Hotel Hotel Hotel 18. Flagler St. m N.l. Ist Ave. 229 N.B. Ist Avo. 182 Reams 111 Raems 88 ■levator I levator Rasme Kalarlum MnaAnd DSSBHi W IWv Si Tv^w 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION £c?i .f? YiDwiO* ,n *feA*niD'#*f Overseas Transportation * Company, Inc. 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