The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 13, 1945, Page 5

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945 a ll hon lin nln ntti tn tn inn tn tn tn tp bn) CORAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. AMPLE PUBLICATION From time to time as we get’ space enough in this article we will publish short summaries of; the new city charter. Tell you the truth, other than a cursory run through it at one of the city commission meetings I hardly know what is in it, and yet over} and over again legal opinions and points are made regarding © it; which influences just about all the city’s administration. ° ° | has_all been dissolved with ap- CHARTER BRIEFS | propriate action taken. For some Well, in the introductory chap-| few days there were no cases inj ter of the charier, provision is; City court in the mornings, but! made for the old municipal gov-| NOW a police officer may desig- ernment existing under the name! nate that his arrest case may of City of Key West to be abol-' Come up either at the 9:30 or 2:30 ished. The new municipality Session, thus not inconveniencing shall secure title, rights and own- him in his necessary eight hours! ership of property, uncollected of sleep. taxes, dues and claims held by, ° e the old city and obligation WATSON INFORMS contract, including bonds hereto-| There has been some talk sued, shall be impaired or’ mong the colored folk that Kel- and all officers now hold- one 2 g ing office shall continue to hold their respective office until their successors are elected and quali- fied. ALL EXISTING ORDI- NANCES SHALL CONTINUE IN EFFECT, unle i lict with the Act or repealed or amended by the municipality.'4 The new name is The City of Key West, Florida, Provision for the city<to hold-real estate, personal: and mixed property; arrange for! burigl or cremation of the dead, MUST HAVE ORDINANCE on city proeprty; erection of wa-| My ‘old ' philosophy _ professor terworks and lighting plants, golf used‘to say that after/afpersdal courses and promenades r-| is thoroughly “educated” on aj age, garbage and refuse and may sell, lease or dispose of said prop-| to then proceed to stress the erty for the benefit of the city. | Point seven or eight times after| e e that to be sure he has it, “so COMMISSION | slow is knowledge”. GOVERNING BODY comes to my mind following City , coming more confident of them- selves and obtaining more re- spect. Under Eisner’s guidance they are told they are to be of the best and they are coming around fine. Some of the men are excellent policemen and there is a lot of courage in the depart- ment. That talk you heard about some of the police not wishing to stay on duty all night and then having to get up to spend all or agents at the bus station, was re- sponsible for having the colored man Russell Sands arrested and losing baggage business from col- ored folks. Well, Watson wishes! it said very emphatically that he] Ha not call Batice in the case. The | case is due for -eity-investigation shortly. e ° The government is to be known | Commissioner Sweeting’s quota-| Sunset as the “Commission Manager) tions on the parking meters. Al- Plan” with the commision to be composed of five members which! shall constitute the governing | stories previously stating that the} His though} body with power to PASS ORDI-| } NANCES, ADOPT REGULA- TIONS AND APPOINT A CHIEF, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER TO BE KNOWN .AS THE CITY MAN- AGER. The boundaries _ of { the city} shall include the .entire-is-} land of Key West, all eri 2 separated frpm the isla tifidal canals ‘or natural , or waterways. incladed in the Stock isan is: y of Key West: e ° i DREAMER-BUSINESSMAN PAGE One of the most interesting; talks I have, had. was with Mr. six-foot-three owner ‘pf the Transit Company, and} ~ wh@ lives in Gastonia,* “Northill Carélina, where he operated; a number of mills and mines. Mr]? Page has “never lost a centOin| an ae vide bs used to pay for the meters, still jcloudy weather, { | because of this Watson has been| Highest last 24 hours | { ‘ | though The Citizen carried two’ yoonset proceeds of the meters would be| some percentage of the population | thought the city would have to pay Su, 600 outright for them. ‘Su-| gar” Sweeting has been handling! ai wee ngatter since its inception but ‘what will be ;necessary, Sugar,} is. that a ordinance be ‘passed by ion, because accord- ‘ity charter any ex- ~pe ate dver}$500 must be leg-| alized=by city jordinance. Sweet-| ing is qi neady right now to get | going.on this project but the ordi- nanee,must be! passed first. ° . TRUCK) CHECK | ORDINANCE “It_is.the same way with the a for which $600] ‘beer provided in the city ’s) Memphis pudget== ~The Soci y is waiting | for aucheck from the city for that] | amount “to buy a car to round up | stray animals, but this amount, any business.” He is a hard-} headed, cold iron, businessman} and yet he is head-over-heels in} love with Key West. He can see| the future of the island and only | wishes he had more time to de-} vote to its advancement. As I} talked to him I thought of the! of Flagler, Merrick and} Fisher of Florid: d Miami and how their drea: came true in Miami. e . | KEY WEST j OF THE FUTURE ‘| Mr. Page drew me a picture of | Key. West as all would wish it to be, swith quaint architecture the] abiding feature, the architecture} whith has made Bermuda, 2,000) milgs out in the Atlantic ocean; nd Nassau, 150 miles out in thi Atlantic meccas for tourists and honeymooners from all over the country. .H Heap for the beach, | for cu) and widows walks, our “pictu que waterfront which should | have better docks and fish struc- i tures, our charter boat fleet which should have a regular municipal; pier, a fishing pier stuck out in! the Atlantic ocean for bridge fish-! ermen, the wonderful weather} and skies of Key West, the friend-! ly people, the Navy life here. All this is fine but all should be mod- ernized and cleaned up and paint. ed up, he says. In other word: a clean, color enlargement of the} present city. But he says that! there is some evidence that there! is a drift toward a honky-tonk town. This should be guided carefully, he said. You cannot MAKE people build in Key West’s oldstyle but if you do so yourself why people around you will fol- low up with the same. He quot- ed Martello Towers in the Casa Marina area. . . BUT WILL BE MODERN From what one ¢an see, this; is all largely true and it is prob- ably safe to say that Key West will alw: have its atmosphere and a great deal of its charming; architecture and color but more and more you will see Key West become like Saint Augustine, which is predominantly modern! and Gulf Stream in architecture, |! although a large number of the} residents carry out the Southern and Spanish styles in their homes. ° . DISQUIET QUIETED I think there is quite a bit of evidence for police officers ‘sa too, must be passed by city ordi- nance before payment is allow-| ed. If the commission holds this as an emergency measure the ordinance can be drawn up and signed at the next commission meeting next week. ° .- BRIGHT NEW FRONT PAGE Well, I was glancing over sam- ple pages of the front pages of newspapers all over the country and ‘saw that our new typography for The Citizen will closely} ap proximate the front pages of better newspapers of the~coun— trys‘especially the New York fierald? Tripune.~\¢The present large*heads You ¢e.in the “ears” of The Citizen is Cheltenham Bold } Céndensed. “The regular two line! and three line single column heads which are scattered all over the front page is ordinary Cheltenham 24 point condensed. Well, Bodoni type will soon rule The Citizen's heads. We will have Bodoni for all the one col- umn heads in both 24 and 30 point and in both capitals and lower) case. There will also be a beau-} tiful 12 point Bodoni for smaller articles. The body type will re- main as it is in the classic Mem- ‘ phis Bold and the 8 point Excel- An addition for job; sior light. work and newspaper work is the 10 point Memphis Medium and| Italic which The Society be changed. is very heads The will also Chelten- ham will also be available for! other uses and for large type there will be 36 point Pabst Ex- tra Bold Condensed and 36 point Metroblack, both clear and black. | The new Blue Streak linotype has arrived at The Citizen and will be installed within a few weeks. dstinctive.| i | 1 | | | FORECAST | cloudy with seasonable temper- | atures this afternoon, tonight! and Friday; gentle to moderate | southeasterly winds. Florida: Considerable sia | ness with occasional light rein! and warmer in north portion, } partly cloudy and continued mild in. south portifin today: partly cloudy and _ continued/ mild tonight and Friday. H Jacksonville. through Florida Straits: Gentle to moderate east | to southeast winds teday, to-j; night and Friday, -partly cloudy} weather. East Gulf: Gentie to moderate | southerly to easterly winds to- day tonight and Friday; partly except scatter- in extreme north} ed showers portioh today. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warn- ings have been issued. | REPORT Key West, Fla. Dec. 13, 1945 Eastern Standard Time | (City Office) Temperatures | 73) Lowest last ment | Mean == Normal - 70{ _ 70 | Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending i 8:30 a.m., inches ______. 0.00 Total rainfall since Dec. 1 | inches ___ —t. 87)) Deficiency since “Dec. 1, inches 0.38 Total rainfall since Jan. 1, | inches 40.11 inches __- : Relative ‘Humidity 96% | Tomorrow’s Almanac Sunrise —___.. 7:04a.m. — 5:40 p.m. | 2:20 p.m. 2.92 | Moonrise = 2:05 a.m. Tomorrow's Tides | (Naval Base) | High Tide Low Tide | 5:35 a.m. 11:22 a.m. 5:53 p.m. a | aaa | TEMPERATURES Temperature data for the 24 hours | ending 7:30 a.m. Highest Lowest Station lest 24 hours fast night | Atlanta _ Boston . ___._ Brownsville Charleston Chicago ___ Detroit Galveston Jacksanville Kansas City . KEY WEST K. {W. Airport 47 33 i 24 13 67 | 46 | 28 26 64 a7 29 a 71 40 Miami __- 75 | will be invited to Se infantry badge, purple heart point it is usually quite necessary! Excess since " January 1 | o | standing acti THE KEY WEST CITIZEN FERN CHAPTER TO MEET FRIDAY NIGHT | There will be a regular meet-} evening, December 14, at j o'clock, at the corner of Eat | and Simonton streets. An election of officers will be held. Following the meeting, there will be a social hour and refresh- ments. Ali members and visitors are urged to be preesnt and to | bring or send their aprons. URGE SUCCESS (Continued from Page One) pier New Year for the help! Since the task is urgent, le get ready now to undertake it. | All that is asked is whatever | used clothing. shoes and bedding {we can spare. “According to Mr. Kaiser's} letter to me each contributor enciose in the garments 2 ‘good-will’ letter to the unknown recipient. I think | it is a wonderful idea to have j this expression of international ley Watson, one of the baggage| Observation taken at 7:30 am.| | friendship.” |GERALD F. KNOWLES GETS ARMY RELEASE | (Special +o Th ca ! FORT McPHERSON, Dec. 13.—Gerala F. ae Rf 1112 Eaton street, Key Wé FI has been given an honorabl, > from the United States Army. He has been in the service f | 30 months, eleven of which he spent overseas. He was awarded the combat nd good conduct medal, besides oth- er awards given him for his out- in connecton with his Army ice. The first state to levy a regis- jin ‘CAPT. GOLDMAN AGAINST MERGER In a recent address here, Capt | ing of Fern Chapter, No. 21, Or-| R. B. Goldman, industrial ma RARAABARRERERRRED Aas aneeeenanannnnn Key West and vicinity: Partly| ger of the Eastern Star, | ger, NOB, action at W s for a merger o ed forces. Declaring that one of the sults of Pearl Harbor w: ization of of def Gold continued ar under a single com mand. England, with her tri- partite defense organ a most lost the war . . the S into the ae or ganiza that land and the A: used to lead j them to, in England's case, nea complete defeat, and in the Axi case, to complete annihilation. 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