The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 17, 1949, Page 5

BONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1949 ———. Hospitable Key West Offers Good Time fy ED CLARKE. The Cleveland Press’ Travel Editor KEY WEST. Fia ree! wqne m 1945. when | last visited he: samed for President Roosevelt, Now Premdent Truman is a re, the main highway into who liked to fish off ke keys. fond admirer of this southernmc isitor Te show thelr hospitality, the local citizens quer ad : have given ne ome of Truman Ave. to the extension of Roosevelt Blvd. | © the city can't show all its tourists its hospitality by | streets after them. it is going forward at a ste sath cal becermng G major resort center ith the guidance of g q@ smart | tt could easily rival St. Augustine ida: warting histencal centers. eee ee ee hh & bulging with such inter . int has Fort Tay- tions are the motels on the! wt i Mit and held by the ‘beach. There are a number. We | Pures wring the Civi} Stayed at the us, operated | t , built bY @ former lander. Harry | . vd Naval Mitchell, who had adopted vir- | e the Gibraltar | ‘ally all of the best features of the tawis, ‘he big metropolitan hotels. " House and FREE CUBAN COFFEE wrks of the The Hibiscus has a lobby where the guests gets acquainted, a OLD WORLD TOUCH coffee bar which serves free . + t the Old) Cuban coffee (its the best in w “ nl here the | Key West) day or night. Rooms . ‘i a's” in’ in the motels run $6 to $8 a day nied Coekney | double and include beach privi- -_* “for the! Deep sea fishing is a leading’ he! sport here. Hard fighting game ke English | fish—sailfish, dolphin, bonito | nh grated and tuna—abound in the Gulf! And bo: “= Mia treet capt Key | gan, can be chartered for $50 a - werte turing | day : There are a number of very “ geod restaurants in the city, rire: . Pes mostly owned by Cubans, and they serve both Spanish and {American cooking. Turtle mair Bis steaks, conch steaks and stews Satur. @@ Popular dishes, along with ' boxes Yellow rice and black bean soup. aie th We suggest that you try the na- chen, | Uve dishes sca Few of the houses in Key | P West are painted, for paint does ‘ n not last in the tropics. A num t hours ber of the homes are Bahama + houses, put together with pegs and brought to the Keys from | - — the Bahamas on barge: Sarina. “tory porches frequently uring the afound three sides of — these th 5 houses $30 The big thrill of going to Key on The La West is the Overseas Highway. atown The 169-mile drive from Miami ‘ cro 38 bridges—one seven miles long—and the concrete rib- moda- bens are the only divisional lines | William O. Hall Died Saturday William O. Hall, 50, died Sat- night at 9:35 o'clock in the County Hcspital, after a Concert Marks Opening County Beach Yesterday uday Monroe long Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 5 p.m. in St. Mary's illness. Star of the Sea Catholic Church, a | where the body will be placed at r 13 pm West |" Rev. F. J. Kness, $.J., will of- houre | feiate. Burial will be in the nded the | Catholic Cemetery | Lopez Funeral Home is in “A arge of arrangements. - Survivors: Widow, Mrs. Gloria Hall; two gons, Everett and Chas. G. Hall ;two daughters, Mrs. Nel- ie Varela and Miss Patricia Hall; grandchildren; five sisters, Lillie Wallace, Mrs. Irene ip, Mrs. Ruby Maloney. Mi- Mrs. Pearl Cano and Mrs. Schloubum, Miami Mes. Marueci a @ the Little White House at the submarine basek- he city was Roosevelt Blvd.,; urlween the Atlantic Ocean and » Gulf of Mexico, Toll charge| ej of Plantation Key. way | id the trip is one of the most adventures in a Flor- o'clock > the road is $1.25 each iightful od vacation, Died In Miami __|Lee’s Birthday ws, To Be Observed Robert E. Lee's sl holiday in Fle ed on Wednesday by the clo- { some county offices, but the city will not observe the date it was announced today that of Circuit Court Clerk Adams, County Tax Collec- Claude Gandolfg, County Judge Raymond R. Lord and Tax Assessor Howard Wilson will Wednesday a holiday. Florida National Bank at West will not observe the y, a le- S| 4 ~ Interesting Notes \pples grow in Norway very the Arctic Circle. lotus is a member of the The 1 family er-lil bifocal Production of a single is requires a total of 302 skills. ramce vores MJAMI Located in the Heart of the City ‘somal ROOMS «.r'neseavations REASONABLE Miller at POPULAR PRICES with BATH and TELEPHONE Pershing bord Hotel Hotel Hotel OWE fed O. =— 008 AE. Met Ave. = 229 NE. iat Ave. 8 Reon 100 Rooms 80 Rooms : ‘ Elevator x » Heated Elevator 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION Key West is one place where southern hospitality sprouts out on the city in the U. S. and a fre THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Mrs. M.A. Roberts)... 207 rte Continued From Page One) ° ° * ithe--Business and. Professional Died This Morning women's cise ceeenizations wio i jRawe cancelled their’ regular, Mrs. Margaret Ann Roberts,! meetings this week to attend in! 69, died this morning in the Mon- | their respective groups. Visiting *roe County Hospital. Rotarians, Liens: amdt Kiwanjans She is survived by .-one son,| ¥%® wish to make am meeting NBeajamin Roberts; one. sister, {Cue Co senmtinm His ci | Mrs, Lilla Pont, and: two brothers, | wi Funeral services will be held i olelock. Pritchard Funeral Wednesday afternoon at 4:30) Home is im charge of arrange- in the Fleming street} ments. Burial will be im the fam- }Methodist, Church. Rev. J. B.Fily plot im City Cemetery: "Tanker Unloads Fuel Oil Here proximately 60,000 barrels, 520,000 gallons of fuel oil at the uw. | docks. The Kennebago arrived eee ei een —+_~ aff Key: West early today, but | John. Russell and Nathanel Rus-| Reid, pastor, officiating, the body did not enter the harbor until ill be placed im the Church at|high tide at LL a m. Some experts | fifths of alk our knowledge comes {to us through our eyes. Crete og 'Do You Know That ‘On Destroy hgh lpg yay > z er ish capital is invested in Argen- | . ‘time. iUSS Bristol ves h j (meas alk aaa The Red Bull was @ famous GREAT LAKES, It, Jan. ¥7.—| London thes tre of the ITth een | Joseph Wilsom steward, seeond | tury jelass, USN, husband, of Mrs. | _——— sect , ” a Kickin Horse Pass ie situated Priscilla Wilson, 720 Elizabeth | ‘the Rocky Mountain ot street, Key West, is scheduled to; Canada, arrive in Newport, R. L, January! — 22, after a six month cruise in| The Federal Prisom northern European waters aboard | Inc. is under the jur the destroyer USS Bristol. the Attorney General. ‘Joseph Wilson Tanker, the discharging ap- ie is i ARO, S. 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