The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 9, 1952, Page 1

Key West, Florida, has the Ey As: fey etree most equitable climate in the eay eto rvices country, with an average Fi aTS~Dévoted te the 14° of only range Fahrenheit interests of Key Wes bea PRICE FIVE CENTS Key West Is Selected As She Kev West Cilisen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S.A. VOL. LXXIH. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1952 CAA Grants $76,000 Toward No. 112 Adventuresome ‘Skippy’ Arrives $150,000 Purchase Price * Higgs Receives Official Word From CAA Office Of Fund Grant Allocation of $76,000 by CAA} for purchase of Meacham airport; was announced today to County | Commissioner Clarence Higgs. | The $$76,000 is more than half | the purchase price of’ the $150,000 | field being bought by the County | from owners, Key West Improve- | ment, Inc. Since the County al- | ready has $60,000 earmarked for | airport purchase, the CAA allo- cation means only $14,000 new | funds must be raised for the} purchase, Higgs said. The notice to Higgs from the) Civil Aeronautics Administration | said: “I am pleased to inform you! that the Administrator has au- | thorized the issuance of a tenta- | tive allocation in the amount of $76,000 in response to your re- quest for Federal aid, dated No- vember 23, 1951.” Signed, W. M._ Robertson, Regional Administrator. The $76,000 is available solely for the acquisttion of lands. Other CAA funds will be requested for erection of terminal building, facilities for CAA, now at Boca Chica, and other purposes. Next step in the accelerating moves by the County to buy the 160 acre airport from the com- pany, is a survey of the land. Key West Improvement, \Little League Players Dine With Rotarians _M & M Supermkt. ans Expansion Joseph McMahon and his brother, John McMahon. have dissolved their part- nership in the M and M Su- permarket at 802 White St. “Joe”, as he is more fam- iliarly known, has bought full ownersh:p in the busi- ness. John’s plans are indef- inite. He expects to rest up for the next few months be- fore aking any decisions concerning the future. The M and M Supermar- ket is one of Key West's first large stores. It houses a complete line of meats, produce, and groceries. Be- cause it is so near to Peary Court, (the new housing de- velopment on the Army Bar- racks site). Joe McMahon plans to enlarge the business. He has bought new equip- ment as well as laying in a more complete and varied line of grocery items. Before moving to their present location, the McMah- ons were in business near Bayview Park. They are Key West boys. Joe lives at 1319 Catherine St. John McMahon said: “I wish to thank my many friends and hope that they will continue fo patronize Rotary Club at the regular weekly luncheon held yesterday at St. speaker of the day was Kellar Wat- | son who pitches promotion of the | outfit. Watson was so convincing in his appeal for adequate recreation | grounds for his baseball proteges that the Rotary Club took immed- or and A. Maitland Adams are | starting a campaign to provide a! place for the Little League to practice and to play. In his address, Watson outlined the history of the baseball club which began in Williamsport, Pa. back in the 30's. There were three teams. By 1951, said Watson, the 3,333 teams in 776 leagues in 38 states and in Hawaii, Alaska, the Panama Canal Zone and Canada. Watson stated, “The purpose of the Little League outside of teach- ing the boys base ball is to teach them those principals which: will make them better citizens, and yhelp make our city and county a Tne. wil} foot the ANE feg.the surve;,,) my bro! ‘op that be has | Petter. place in which to live. Our Monroe county had six persvas | : Riese gations of -gaeoline qe said. pues himself,” main tout Aa Little League Killed, and’ S0"dnjared in 62 at-/ 1, an Tavernier, two days fron ‘ollowing that, the deed of On Fees Tee Cidents durng the months of | rave mnier to Marathon, and two | transfer nust be exchanged be | ——————— ras January au eke as was mae days to Key West. Three and | tween the -compa ¢ the| | JIE | announced today by the Depart- vater Wi : pers ie "company an ne . ment of Public Safety in Talla- one-half gallons of water were car. Cerebral Palsy Group ii $3,000 Goal Attaining the goal of $3,000 set for the Monroe County Cerebral Palsy and Cripples Association, Mrs. argaret Cox, president of the organization announced to Should any slip-ups occur »| the Board of Directors last even- sale, the suit would be renewed. | ing that immediate plans would | Meacham airport has been sa d | be made for securing a special- | Monroe County is buying the airport so that it can be retained | in Key West. CAA has said that it would not maintain its facili ties on a privately owned field The city originally filed a con demnation suit for acquisition of the field last winter. This to spur the county into The city has hel tion suit in abeyance pen final consummation of NAVARRO, Inc. 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May 7, in District Court held here. “We will celebrate the event this weekend.” she said. “You see, my husband is so busy during the week that we haven't had time.” Jordan is an electrician at Southern Engineering. They have one son, Karl A. Jor- dan III, who is two and one- half years old. Mrs. Jordan was born in Warrington. Lancastershire, England. She met her hus- band shortly after the war when he visited her town. They have lived in Key West for the past six years. Mrs. Jordan said; “I couldn't vote in this election because I wasn’t an Ameri- can citizen at the time. But T'll get to cast my first vote next fall for my first parti- cipatinn in a Presidential electio, “ | { | Six Persons Killed On H’Way In Jan.February hassee. This meant that ten percent of the Of these, 45 17 the accidents reported by county were fatal. were rural accidents, and were urban. All six fatal acci- dents were on the highways, not in Key West ‘itself, according to TAKES EIGHT DAYS TO COMPLETE TRIP IN SMALL CRAFT By Bill Gibb “Skippy” Rosinski has arrived in Key West after an eight day boat trip from Miami. He says “I came the inside route because “Prudence is the petter part of va- lor’.” Tf you want an explanation of that phrase, take a look at thr ac- companying news picture and see the pint-size boat in which he made the trip. Rosinski is a regular visitor to the Florida Keys. He owns a thirty foot boat, “‘The Monsoon”, that he built himself and has brought to Key West several times. And on every trip in the past, he felt a compelling urge to explore the bays and backwaters of the many small islands that he passed! Last week in Miami, he decided to do something about this desire. CONVERTS DINGHY The ‘“‘Monsoon” carrys a 7 1-2» metal dinghy. “Skippy” figured that this flatbottomed craft would be just the thing to get over shai- ow waters and reefs. He rigged it up with a splashboard tarpaulin | covering the bow and long enough to stretch back over the stern, | clipped on a 1 1-4 HP outboard mo- | tor, stowed away enough gas and provisions to last a few days, and headed for Key West, 180 land miles away. “The trip was uneventful,” Ro- sinski said. “‘Of course, a few lit- tle unscheduled things happened. My gas stove caught fire, I ran aground on a bar that had all of the charteristics of quicksand, thought I was finished that time, | but all in all, it was a swell trip|_ and I've enjoyed it.” § STATISTICS pee ned ried, It was necessary to restock this supply enoute. Crawfish grains and fishing tackle heped replenish the small amount of canned food that Rosin- ski was able to stow aboard. “Most of the boats that I passed didn’t even see me because I was | such a little speck in the water,” “SKIPPY” ROSINSKI wore the day voyage from Miami in the discomfort Rosinski says the tri Raninahi And Dinghy EIT LE Citizen Stafi rnow seat of his pants out on an eight above small craft. Regardless of ‘ip in the dinghy was worthwhile because it enabled him to see otherwise inaccessible back bays. the report. ented the adventuresome | “Mav 2° 27 Pri PL A tn the state. on 8 whole there | ate g “a. cty fois Seti! | ay rimary Plans Are were 181 persons killed, and|Cyrry of the Artmar, up at Jack | 3,542 injured in the same period. | Key. He was sponging and getting More than 11,000 motor acci- | a nice haul. I ‘spent a luxurious | eing | a e n ounty n dents were reported, night aboard his big boat and wa s | aa treated like a king. portional | t t t we heard all the pre-election news Two DROWN on his radio, You know, I made | ou: ou € a € LAKE WALES (® — Two of ; three children who drowned believed trying to save the third. | Cherry, 13; Geraldine Ellis, 15 |and Inez Love, 12. Another girl Elsa McNeil, 9, was saved by her 11-year-old brother, SHORT HOURS COCKTAIL See Mr. Bob | CLUB TROPICS | 700 Duval St. START & GO WITH HESTER GUARANTEED BATTERIES special — A $16.00 Battery FOR ONLY $95 insra Ec and old bettery LOU SMITH 1116 WHITE ST. TO My | te express my ¢ 2! | re vote of confidence makes me doubly certain 1! ot the pesypions pec enroe County want an efficient and he tot ac jini LAND O° SUN MILK a THANK YOU NEW 2 QUART CARTON One ae “i Cream Top Milk 55c Pd. Pol. Adv. PHONE #4 in Snatch Lake here Wednesday were The victims were listed as Levi ELE A | Wanted Immediately WAITRESSES Tel. 1493 ATES LE hone BEE re-electing me to the COUNTY COMMISSION for a third term. | sure that my vote was in before | | leaving Miami.” | FISHING | Game fish were abundant all along the Keys. Most of those Mec were too big to handle from 7 1-2’ dinghy and had to be turn- led. loose. Barracuda and tarpon | were the most plentiful species. “There was on beauty of a tar-| of Canvassers pon”, said Rosinski. “I fought him; Saunders came to the Office of for about forty-five minutes but Registration Wednesday (Continued On Page Three) at 9:30 a m. and worked through until 5 a ESL EIT Fine Fishing Tackle “ The hardworked Board of Canvas- | sers and Registration Office is pre. paring for the second primary May | 27 now that the first primary is a | matter of Monroe county history. Gerald Saunders, Monroe County | Commission chairman put in rec- ord breaking hours on the Board | 5 m. Thursday morning, ape a few hours break Wednes: y af oN. ‘The tired Board of Canvassers. clerks, and Supervisor of Regis Thompson Enterprises, Inc. tration Sam Pinder cannot rest on their laurels. RDWARE DIVISION Ler Phone AT THANKS 2 Is NEW ..om the bottom of my heart. I thank you. HARRY DONGO (Pd. Pol. Adv.) FRIENDS titude te all yew fer your great SAVE MONEY morning | election results to where they will be canvassed by the State. Then he has to start recording Tallahassee | Site For 1953 Convention Of Fla. Rec. Association Hundreds Of Visitors “ill Come Here, King States By a 5-1 vote Key West has been selected as the site for the 1953 Florida Recre- ational Association Con- vention. City Manager Dave King today received a telegram from Paul Albury informing him that the convention, now meeting in Orlando, had selected Key West for its next meeting. “It means hundreds of visitors will come to our town,” said Mr. King. “And the publicity will be wonderful advertising ° d the community.” The City Manager and Mr, Al- bury have worked hard toward the accomplishment of this se- lection. Both are to be congrat- ulated on their success. Last Tuesday, Mr. King wrote Howard G. Danford. President of the Florida Recreational Asso- ciation and said in part, “The Mayor and City Commission of the City of Key West earnestly request that Key West be select- ed as the site for the Florida Recreational Association —Con- vention to be held in 1953. We feel that we have more to offer in this locality to conventions of this type than. any other city in | Florida... . Paul G. Albury was sent as a representative of this city. He has attended such meetings for years and much of the informa- tion and data which he has put to such good use here in town | has been obtained from meetings of this type. Sentence Of Thompson Cut George O, Thompson who was originally sentenced to a year in jail on a grand larceny charge and for issuing worthless checks today had his sentence cut in half by Criminal Court Judge Thomas Caro, | absentee voters for the May 27} Convicted on January 25, 1952, primary. the case of Thompson was re- To date the only candidates | opened today and the sentence known to come up on the May 27) reduced to six months instead of | ballot are Claude Lowe and R. D./ the original 12 months. Zetterowe: who got 410 and 483 Judge Caro also reduced the votes respectively for the Justice | se: nce of Robert E. Turner, of the Peace office in the third dis-| convicted of petty larceny on trict, on the Keys, and D. M. An-| March 28, 1952 from 90 days to drew versus Manuel Arsua, con-' 60 days. Turner was ordered to stable, third district race. Arsua (Continued On Page Three) got 446 votes and Andrew, 494 (Continued On Page Three) Pinder is sending up the offici! .!__—_——n/ | I WISH TO THANK | ALL WHO SUPPORT- ED ME IN THE PRI- MARY OF TUESDAY Neil Saunders Pd. Pol. Adv To The Citizens The hot contest for Governor of ‘THANKS FOR GOOD WORK 1 wish to teke this opportunity to thank Samuel Pinder, Super: visor of Registration, and his efft- cent staff for their splendid and henest work in connection with Tuesday's election. This staff work- ed throughout Wednesday night counting tee votes. They de * serve the pleudits of the entire county. Sincerely, JOSE ESPINOSA “Smokey Joe” Pd. Pel. Ady. of Monroe County 1 am deeply grateful and deem it 2 sacred trust for the Confidence shown at the poll Election days are over son May 6th. the people have made the decision therefore let us unite under ene commen banner for the good of our city and county and mere perticulerty our schools GERALD Pd. Pp n. ADAMS ‘ol. Advt