The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 23, 1951, Page 1

Key West, flaride, bes the most equable climate in the country, with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit Che Ken We SOUTHERNMOS T NEWSPA THE VOL. LXXIL. No, 150 KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURD 117 Low-Cost H Legal Phases Of * Contract Will Be Setiled In Atlanta First Of Week Legat phases of the con- tract for the low-rent hous- ing projeci awarded Joseph G. Moretti, Ine., of Miami, | Fla., will be settled the first of the week in Atlanta, Ga,, | where the ri nal housing wthority office is located. The Moretti bid was for $916,291, lowest of six bidders. Joe Sirtigo, chairman, local housing authority chairman, will ‘make the trip with Kermit Lewin, executive director ‘of the housing authori y here and. Harold Stewart, architect representing Stewart and Skinner, architectural firm of Miami who will design the proiect. Phe group will return Tuesday or Wedne day to set up building pre: cess as soon as possible, The highest “hid chy _epnera’ eentractors for the 117-unit nro. Ject mu Aap made by Goll and Pos- ey who nut a limit of $1 1087, on their bid. oe Next, to the lowe: sum named hy a contractor wag for $947,000 for the John B. Orr company, Fenublic Builders’ bid was for $961 » Witters “Construetion company set the figure at. $989,-. 950, The Payl Smith construction company whe wbaye dene _pre- vious work-of the Kind here, set their bid at $1,011,134, second hichest onthe ‘list, Members of the housing au- | thority board present, for the bid- ding included Joe Sirugo, chai man, Kermit “Lewin, © executive director, Mrs. Aloysia van Goidt- | demountable housing determin- | snoven, Ralph Betancourt and | ad to be of a temporary charac- | Everett Russell. Robert Dopp, | | ter. also a board member was not | “Projects under your juri-dic present | tion are as follows: Fla. 6255 and | After the low bidder was an-| pia, 9295 nounced, State Representative | “Effective July 1, no units in Bernie C. Papy and Robert Saun- the above projects may he rent ders of the Key West Insurance company dropped in to extend congratclations. Papy pointed out that the $7.- | 000,000 project would “alleviate | crowded living conditions and | would be of great value to the | wntire community.” Work must begin within 30} days of the awarding of the con- ;; tract. Architect . Stewart said} ain homes. that the work would take from] “Garbonell said that the “de ) Cx to nine months for comple} mountable” phrase reters toy. | COMMISSIONER LOUIS’ CARBONELL icn. Chairman Sirugo announe<|cancies and that about 135. to Sigs x ed that actual ‘construction? 145 families would be effected. TRODL CONTESTANTS HAST. NIGH we (nein eary Tay j On receipt of the letter, Car Dolores. Lo! teen year beauty, erashed through sev- Secretary Virginia Coaper, XP" |bonell immediately telephined | oral tics vt t Ps last nine td" cmerge as “Miss resenting Moretti, Inc., Of 2104} Senator George Smathers in|” oe N. W. Seventh’ street,’ Mianii, Washington, D. C. and expects to | Key West of 1951 immediately called her comeany pear from him at about 4 £.m Surrounded by music, cloud cigarette smoke and cheerful | See SRE IRN DIG WAR NC einy _ , wolf-calls the girls were first presented on the stage by City Com Beg i a few tp Coonell said he would ask | missioner Louis Ca . Th turn they came down from the I can relax now for a fewlfoy congressional extension of sas RAB. days,” the pretty russet-haired | she July 1 deadline for one year tage and walk 4 nds 0 in front of the judges, whe secret d. “And Pm g0in8 | He also said he ttempting res ge to do so right here in Key West, | tg reach Repre wantail as fa ck 3 OMI Se a city which fascinates me.” She, mies : ae is one of the few women in the I Marcinko, USN from Pitts- ficld of contract bidding revve| Rent nereases Bee sentation were donate y ea rs, Cooper explained that the | { aie H aie , nt contractor's work entailed. takes | UODUMUC Here bbe patents a huw aie happened 4oees in all phases of the job after the} Ront increases to landlords con- | and bara spe sl the contest, Miss Key survey of the lang is completed.’ tinue in the forefront of the rent!the Jay Shees. Then ee ;| West of 1951. sai " altel First step is excavation 4nd control picture, according to Free- | down to Dolores Losley and Mar- ina H y suggested oe ee | foundation work, plus the erec-| man L. Knight, Area Rent Direc- | guer Smith, and finally after a ing i'm sure happy I did, ‘ iss | tion of all supply sheds and | $6; In the f months of | lot of sweating on the part of t alias said, pane wey as workmen’s construction . build- | 1951, the Key W office granted | judges Dolores Losley w siven | Sb te va in chet black ve nee ings. The contractor is also Ye-| 171 rent hikes inv s 227 hous- } first prize e piece bathing suit and her sil- sponsible for securing the build-| ing accommodations. This repre-| ‘The ver crown, : ing permit, for which application | sented 92 percent of all petitions | Mr C7 Mr. Siddie Barrosa, Miss Los- has already been made, securing | received. Fi t, a sister, fluttered around back- of sub-contvacts for supplies and materials. She said that the foreman of the job would hire the technical, killed and every day labor. It! s presumed that as much local labor as possible will be utilized. General scope of the work con- templated calls for the eontract- | to pay for all labor, tools, | (Continued On e Eignty | Low Cost Air Coach via SCHEDULED AIRLINES PRICE TOURS 411 Fleming St. hes ousing ‘Units Will Cost $916,291; Moretti Wins Award For 1st Time Pains: Not City Water Used For Lawns Scores of Ke: Westers who seem to be wasting city water in the water shortage by sprinking their lawns Protest that they are really using water from their own cisterns and wells. Feeling piqued that com- ments have been made about profligate use of city water, these Key Westers have told city cfficials that they are innocent. Many of the old Key West houses have cisterns \ which | | | have not yet ‘run dry. So when neighbors or passers- by see a lawn sprinkler freshing up the ‘parched green, they should give the * gardener the benefit: of a doubt before jumping him about using precious city water. Well water is being used by some citizens. SS — 3enater Smathers On Housing Snag Louis Carbonell, city commis- ronaress for tenants in houses at Poinciana Extenzion, West Poin ciana and the: Fort Village exe tension. The rroblem came up tod. | when Carbonell was given a let ter sent to the local hoi thorities.trom R. E. ante, Ga The letter says: “The commission .cireular’ dat- ed June 8 refers to temporary vacant. If ed upon bei exception is made, through con gress action or otherwise, will be notified.” Carbonell said tha you he areas named nee jextension so that they can ge’ located in the new navy pre jects, but in the meantime dur- | ing construction, be able to main Knight attributed the showing not yet tied while rent control is to the price and wag is governed by the H Rent Act of 1950, which specific- ally requires rent relief to land- | lords wherever justified. One pro- | vision assures landlords a fair net operating income, which means they can get higher rents for h or costs. | “A second factor,” he said, “ | the straight 10 percent boost of- } fered landiords who have none since June 30, 1947 the different lords who received less than that amount. This pl pensate for higher operating costs Carbonell Phones — sioner is trying to’ get an exten- | sion of one year’s time through | ing au- | Boates,/of as- | “istent field office” under. men- agement and disposition of. the | ‘ district housing authority in At- housing only and. this includes | | of two factors. He pointed out that | gold tup‘ engrav ula it) Jo ng and of had | Club, and of| Barrosa of ta land- | Sorority an was adopted by | Mike Zimm Phone 124] our Rent Advisory Board to com-: son, -| Miss Key West 1951 Siesilea Pm Public Photo By National Studio SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD DOLORES LOSLEY who won the Elks Beauty Contest lasi night says, “I sure am happy I decided to enter.” ‘Miss Key West Chosen ne Night At Eiks Auditerima dozen or more gifts uggesting the best poses d with he ‘or her little sister when the cam- title, Miss Key West, ‘amg around. The sixteen Ann Mullins, Miss ca Id winner also has two 1950, presented the award t thers James and Fred. Miss Losley A floor show followed the beau- The se , May contest with Jeanne Reynolds guerite § old and year rt or fen emcee. Mrs. Ralph Hartenstine put nee local entertainers through gifts. The other cc with Gale Varela, Barbara Diaz Camalier and Glendora Jay Shees; Amel yer dancing, and Glendora senting the Cu and Danny Deon pan; Frances th niming “How Could You Be- lieve Me” and “Can I Come In For ler sang “All the Things You Ar and “A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody”, nd Mrs. Emerson W: USN from and The amer, Mr JSN, Bob Burns, West Charleston, Virginia, Continued On Page Six) eS ee Earoee visitor from Columbus, Ohio} June Boom ‘In Key West Toll Bridge Receipts | Up 27° Over Last June Hot Motels Show Influx From Many States A 27 percent last y trucks ine nues over and West States, tourist boom t We: The Overseas Road from r Key | and the | ihe | comi g into n tne mainland is just one index of rat has hit Key since J and Bridge Co; mission reports 1 to 22 this June from all coming into Key West through | the toll’ bridge are 27 percent | vhigher than last Jine, and ‘thus higher ‘than any June in |toll bridge history | As ene officia! said; June is \ generally a low: month, It is af- | ter—the winter season and be- | fore—the summer’ season. | This June, ‘however, figures | and first hand‘ observation indi- |eate that the summer tourist sea- ‘; son began a month early. \ Every night some motels on |the beach and on Truman ave- {nue are hanging out the “No ; Vacancy” sign. A leading | Duval street hotel reports that it |had no vacancies four nights last | week. Restaurants and bars anc! led if it were Arril mber of Commerce visitor: percent more numerou than lest June, according to Sec retary Harold Laubscher The Key West Aquarium, ways a barometer of visitors t the city is averaging 300 sight- neers a day. This is 75 more than ast June. according ‘te Willian Kroll manager, and the biggest June in history. More’ tourists are visiting the aqnarium in these last. weeks o June than in the first week, saic Kroll. This means that June maj well come up to Aptit’s figurer in. the number of sightseers. More informal indiees. of ba tourist boom in Keys(West ar Hthe tirengs of« svisitors on: cae or One beach dab is a thers this;anonth as i gat oe of April: “Ap ou beach: restautan is packed cvery night with din ee are obvicusly on vaca | from June | | year revenu vehicles | other | are 50 | | | | al | tio | Ligense plates from ilinois | ‘Georgia, Ohio, Minnesota. Ne \bi a, on city streets and at the beaches, Aquarium, Chamber } Commerce testify to the June in | flux. Asked explain boom, Laubscher, the Chambe ~~~ of Commerce secretary said: ‘More people are getting more about Key West ez year. This. promises to be o¥ our biggest if not the bigge: summer on jit, history.” | Thempson Store Entered A breaking and entering at store. on Caroline 6 to the Jun t | know | Thompson Hardwar street at but nothin place o’elock this morning, as stolen. said Police Chief seph Kemp. The o'clock to i at broke southwest end o police received a call investigate a window on the the building. Charles hompsoi was notified, came ¢ to th: store, and found that the tres passer had taken nothing. City police and the office Sheriff Berlin Sawyer are mak ing an_ investigation, includir | fingerprinting the store Car Damaged To extent Of $500 About $500 damages to he 1950 Dod the result of ar accident that happened '.to Mis Ann Poulson, 622 Grinnell street at Eaton and White streets, las‘ night at 10 o'clock. Miss Poulson was driving west } on Eaton street a 1947 Oldsmobile going north on White street failed to stop at a stor sign and struck the Dodge. Driv- by William D. Wolfe, USN, | the Oldsmobile is owned by Wes- | jley H. Sorenson. ;_ The front of Miss Poulson’s when en |Dodge and the right rear of the Norma Dipietro | Oldsmobile were damaged. Both | presently residing in Washington! cars were takén to Sweeting’s| Garage. i ee The Associated Press Telety Features and Photo Ser For 71 Years Devoted to th¢ Best Interests of Key West PRICE FIVE CE? Almost 500 School Children In Recreational Program ie ee we EP opening Larger Attendance Than In 50 by SUSAN Mc AVOY 500 Key hool children are sper ' ing these-summer days supervised recreation gram which makes full us of Key West elementa and high schools, accordin te Winston Jones, direct of the program. This i percent larger attendanc than last year:-when about 300 children took part the program. Yesterday I saw six year modelling cats, ducks and heat out of soap. Sixteen year old bo: dleyed softball, tennis and ba | ball. The three schools and Bayvicv Park are. being used from 9 to 5 every day: to provide a place fc school children while their moth ers work ‘or simply try to get little vacation. Six recreation directors | the children in. the nine to f program which includes two aft ernoons. at. the. ‘Seaplane Base Pool. three afternoons at | County Beaci, and very mornin pecked with Micon | the group ren; is is. of the Sen, est things the schools have ever cone ee for the kids where th kids. phic ae mi didn't nae the Almost We COMMANDER J. F. MILLER, JR., is reading his orders at a change of command ceremeny on board the U.! Saufley (EDDE-465) as Commander B, D. Voegelin, former Commanding Officer listens. Commander J. F'. Miller, Jr. Relieves Voegelin As €. 0. Of The US.S. Sauiley Here i re whet the kids who the sup- COMMANDER VOEGELIN WILE REPORT TO vee dion pa i Ate gg Were climbing tre WASHINGTON, b. C. FOR DUTY TOUR Fo} 5 3 Field. Sud- In charge of commahd cere-» denly they n front of a ear, Brg a perianal they missed being hit, Further into town I sow children sitting bored and listléss on. their’ front porches. Written on their-faceswas: ‘What can. we do now ‘to fill this long day?” monies @n board the U.SS. S Ney (ERDE-465) at 10 am. Satur- iO Ef day, Juhe 16, Commander Miller, Jr., relieved Commander B. D. Voegelin as Commanding Officer. Missing Plane Commander Voegelin Has serv Mranwhile Win Jones=-trove vd as gy Officer of me. to Hartis. Elementary .school, he for as’ where about 100 children are in wo years. He will report to Wa: the program. On the front lawh yolligsters were lined up. fey ‘a beanbag game. Bursting with excitement, and completely absorbed-they balanced the bean bags on their heads and walkea swiftly to ies goal. Recreation leader, Niys..Lc Cooper, looked as happy. es oe charges. Iaside Harris. a grotip 6 ; girls and boys were busy ¢ ngton, D.C., for a tour of duty Commander Voegelin was waduated from Yale University missioned in al Reserve after complet- four y in Naval and to t course ctics. Woild War 1 Com nar Voegelin served on. the Id destroyers GOFF and BLAKE LY, Eagle Boat N6. 2?:;"ard the ti ig up the soap shavings—the vatteship Mi ppi. In Deeem | | sults of a morning of soap model- yer. 1941, he was serying as Offi ag -er-in-Charge of the 1 Intel- k outside again—the boys igence Office at Clevelar nic shouted with excitement in their \fter the outbreak of the war he morning soft. ball gam«. They ommanded two anti-submarine quar some tips on the game vessels, one of which’ was eré recreation Jeader Harold Haskins. As we puiled alongside the curb od with damaging a Japanese sub narine in the Northern Solomons. Later in the war Commander “(P) Wirephoto’ 4t Bayview Park, [noticed a little Voegélin served ad Commander 6f Phote voy sifting * there with a huge .CS Grour 12, a group of| MISS BEA C. PICOU (above) brown paper bag. “Here it is only 11 o'clock.” laughed Win. “and this child is a!- ready waiting te go on the beach picnic at 1 o'clock, That huge bay —is the mountain of food he's from Houma, Louisiana, was stewardess aboard a Pan Amer- ican World Airways plane which vanished Friday on the rewly developed gunboats which| yperated with destroyers on the vutlying radar picket stations off Ykinawa. In the savage suicide at ‘acks off that island, his units) west Aésicun coask with 48 |%.' L fox n bringin with him: were in action ninteen us S. perionk shened The hagk: tee stein in iif ~ eee eae OY, 3 Pras nee am stejiation wes enroute from | the beach picnic in the schoo! tom the crash of a commerical, Johshmesburg, Sousk Africa, to | athletic busses. They ete, swum nlanc enroute from Puerto Rica, New York. : and played from 1 to 4 p.m. George Hoff supervised the old- er children at. iew Park ina of |. soft, ball o the United States. The second! was the rescue of a Navy bomb- v's crew off the Virginia Capes. 4 total.of 41 persons were rescued n these operations. COTE Joegelin holds the Bronze vith combat insignia, Lt, Gentery Sunon Cripps hit a new commanding | parked car, he said, rather than Sommander John F. Mil | has just com | | Was speeding. Yavy Department, Washington, | front of hi 2.C. Previous to this “he was} the 1941 parked Ford. No one was Navigator of the U.S.S. Rare 9 injured, Police Chief Joseph Kemp sin, Comander: Miller — hi | said. ie Mie epouhiets songs According to Lt. Cripps, he was He commanded the U.S.S. Prit-| driving toward Palm avenue on shett (DD-561) during the Okin-| Roosevelt boulevard at 3 o’¢lock awa campaign and was Executive this morning. A car came speed- Officer of the U.S.E. Ingraham! ing by Gripps. He had td choose (DD-694) during the Philippine whether to be hit by it or hit the invasion. Previous to this dut, wis os Cruiser- pein Task parked Ford on the side of the Force staffs on nine different! road. He chose the latter. As a petal ging a battles) |result of tho accident, Lt. Cripps acilic, piceerata Miller’s family al is charged Sh See beara! } and causing an accident, His Nash , bumper, front fenders are “badly damaged. Motorist Forced am of shuttle Mrs. Mary. Degtoff wai ‘sitting « To Hit Parked Car i gg pani pe shady tree of girls > fing from 12 to 15 or 16, They just finished a busy ide with that poo nang bg omg po collide with a passing car that] ge is, He smashed the} City Recteation Director Paul er, Jt, of shore duty in Na “in| j all but plan to move to Key West ai a future date.