The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 13, 1952, Page 5

Saturday, September 13, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 — ee Canadian Millionaire David Lord Constructing Home On North Beach Drive Kk ak kn t Now Is The Time To Build Homes, Make Repairs Before |Be Built By Winter Season Approaches Owners of motel, restaurants, homes and other properties could on to work from early in the morn- save a lot of money and wear and | ing into the night hours.” tear if they would get their prop- erties in order now instead of wait- ‘anti the last minute before the iter season. Right now is the time that labor is available for repairs, new car- pentry and building. Later the sit- uation tightens. One builder said recently: “I suppose one of the reasons for this dead period every year, when labor is plentiful, is that the hurri- cane season deters people from do- ing anything, and then when the hurricane season is over around the end of October everybody rushes to do their work, and the labor is taken up, and most of it is finally The builder quotes Sam Gold- smith, Weather Bureau chief say- ing “we had only three hurricanes in the past 50 years”. “So it would seem that folks would not be taking too great a chance to fix up,” the builder said. He concludes that “if folks would do a lot of their fixing up now it would be a lot easier on every- body around November and De- cember, including the property owner's pocketbooks.” When Mananger Lou Boudreau ; recently returned to the active list of the Boston Red Sox he was signed to a player-manager con- acoomplished in the closing weeks | tract covering the balance of 1952 of December, when labor is called | and all of 1953, GIFFEN INDUSTRIES, INC. SERVING MIAMI SINCE 1930 AT KEY WEST 219 Elizabeth Si. Phone 588 For All That's Best In EVERY KIND OF ROOFING ALL TYPES OF SHEET METAL. WORK AIR CONDITIONING, VENTILATION ‘SOLAR WATER HEATERS, BOOSTERS POURED-IN-PLACE GYPSUM ROOF DECKS Key West Floor Covering Co. ~ Announces .«« A Complete Stock of Armstrong Vino Floor Linoleum Also Kentile and Armstrong Asphalt, Rubber and Cork Tile ®&. Formica and Plastic Wall Tile * INSTALL 1T YOURSELF or Expert Guaranteed Installation Call 1454 — For Free Estimate _Key West Floor Covering Co. 132 DUVAL STREET The Royal Palms aes APARTMENTS -Accepling Applications Now Furnished and Unfurnished 2 Bedroom Apartments FIRST STREET and PATTERSON AVENUE zx kek ¥ $37,500 Sale 54 Houses To Contractors Porter-Wagor-Russell Say 24 Of Them Have Already Been Sold Porter-Wagor-Russell contractors will build 54 houses in the next 60 days and have already sold 24 of them, General superintendent James L. Staples announced today. Two dozen of the houses will be built on Duncan street between Thompson and George street, on land bought last week for $48,000 from Charles Toppino and Sons. One sample house is on exhibition at 1616 Seminary streets, from 1 p.m. to 6 every Sunday. It is a two bedroom model. Houses in con- | struction include one, two and three | bedroom styles, Staples said. The company which put up | Peary Court apartments on the site of the old Army barracks has a busy schedule ahead. Next week 12 houses will start construction on United street between Thompson and George. The Duncan street houses, 24 of them, will be started 30 days from now and the 18 houses on Catherine street between Thom- pson and George will start within 60 days. The houses sell for $10,500 with lot and sodding, if two bedrooms, and for $11,150, if three bedrooms. The company is also building houses on lots bought by owners. Next week Porer-Wagor-Russell plans to open permanent downtown Offices, Summerland Key Channel Request Application has been made to the Department of the Army by Mrs. Grace W. Munford, in care of Mr. John P. Goggin, Civil Engineer, Marathon, Florida, for a permit to dredge a channel and to construct a mole, in and conneating with | Niles Channel, an arm of Hawk |Channel, at applicant's property, \lot 17, about 1000 feet southward from United States Highway No. 1, on Summerland Key, Monroe Coun- ty, Florida, It is proposed to dredge a chann- jel about 40 feet wide and 5 feet deep, extending into the waterway about 400 feet from the main high- | water shore line. The dredged mat- erial would be deposited along the southerly side of the proposed chan- ; nel to form a mole about 12 feet | wide and about 400 feet long, with | an elevation of about 2.5 feet above main low water. $5,790 In Building Permits Issued Building permits totalling $5790 were issued this week from the of- fice of City Building Inspector Ray Knopp. They include: Bernie C. Papy, 316 Simonton street, a permit for $3,000, covering the construction of an addition to ‘an existing structure. A permit for a $1500 addition to the facilities of the Key West Out board Sales Company at 116 Eaton | street. Flora Vargas, 78 Windsor Lane repairs, $190 Armando Acevedo, 1008 Catherine street, repairs, $150. J. C. Gardner, SS Catherine | Street, repairs, $150. { be a welc A. Maitland Adams, repairs to a Recorded On Florida Keys The Toppino family ac- counted for $60,000 of all the real estate transfers re- corded at the office of County Clerk Earl Adams this week. In two deeds of $24,000 each, the Toppinos sold parcels of Key West land to Porter - Wagor - Russell, Inc. contractors. The sales were made by Mr. and Mrs. Charley P. Toppino, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Toppino and Mr. and Mrs. Benja- min Bernstein. One parcel of land is at United and Duncan streets; the other on Seminary street be- tween Thompson and Ash- by. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Toppino were also buyers at $12,000 of six lots in Block three of Martello Towers, a subdivision. Sellers are Mr. and Mrs. Russell N. Hyde of | Dade County. Other sales of interest recorded last week are as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sosa sold for $15,500 lots 20 and half of lot 19 on Stock Island. Buyers are Mr. | and Mrs. Robert H. Garrison. Sunshine Construction company sold for $15,000 Lot 1 of Sunshine Subdivision to Mr. and Mrs. An- thony H. Dropp of 1120 Laird st. A sale of $37,500 on the Keys by Miss Jean Thornton Linderman, to Arthur V. Davis of Miami was re- corded. Key West property was sold for $13,500 by Mr. and Mrs. William Gilmore to Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Johnson, 2107 Flagler avenue. American Telephone and Tele- graph company has bought for $1,- 000 a lot 50 by 100 feet on Long Key from the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge district. Mr. and Mrs. Buck Grundy of Islamorada have bought lot 14 in Block 5 of Stratton’s Subdivision for $3,200 from Lenoy Russell. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Schofield of 29-2 Poinciana place have sold for $3,500 Lot 8 in Crain's Subdivision of Grassy Key to Mr. and Mrs, James S. Y. Ivins of Washington, D.C. The City of Key West has bought for $1,000 land ai the corner of Olivia and Packer streets from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. Neal B. Witmer of Palm Beach have sold for $7,000 six lots in Crain's subdivision to Mr. and Mrs, Brooks W. Bateman of Marathon. . Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Clark have sold for $2,500 land on Som- brero Subdivision to Mr. and Mrs. John H. B. Brantner of Marathon. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Barry have recorded three sales last week, The first is for $1,000 for Lot 16 of Punta Brisa on .Big Pine Key, to Ross T. Huslander of Alabama The second sale is for $500 to Donald C. Bennett. Finally they have sold Lot 16 for $1,200 to Mr and Mrs. R. D. Hubbard of Shali- mar, Florida The Engel family of Dade coun- ty, relatives in Washington. D. C and Palm Beach, have D, Gautier, —___. structure on Front street, $400 Mrs. Joseph Aritas, 518 White street, repairs, $200. ABOUT YOUR HOM By PRANCES DELL Every house should have & family living room—mother will be the first to agree—I'm sure. This room is a little different from the long popular den. The dens of @ past were usually very at tractive and more-or-less dolied-up with paneled walls and good bird pr ing room can be most attractive. but its main function is to provide a re for all the members of the im the family a good game of darts or bridge or listening to records — have the necessary equipment handy It is a good idea to have this room connect w the kitchen so meals can be served there when desired. An open fireplace ar lots of books and ma Actually, this room will pay for | with pieces that can tz |of hard knocks an if over the years. Fu c the wear and t walls and formal rooms A convenient is a good idea One of the r outside ha There d a record player Here. also gazines and c sold for} $10,000 land on Key Largo to Elinor, x ke* kk *& | Will Live In | | Home Facing | Garrison Bight | In Wintertime | One of the most beauti- | fully located mansions in Key West is being built by | David Lord, Canadian can-} jning magnate on North |Beach drive facing Garri- son Bight. | Contractor Samuel | | Drudge is trying to com-| plete the concrete block| house by December 1. Built on a lot 200 by 180) which required 5,000 yards of fill, the Lord home | looks out on | Bight with its varied char- ter boat and sea plane ae- tivities, Designed by the American Plan service, the house has three bed- | Tooms, three baths, a livineroom | 20 feet by 24, a living porch, screened porch and kitchen. The living porch is separated from the screened porch by glass. Both give a full view of the Bight. Warming the living quarters in | winter will be a double fireplace which opens into the living room and the porch. Lord and his wife, ardent fish- ermen, will not have far to go {for their favorite sport. They will | keep their boat either tied up at their sea wall which is going up, or in a boat porte which may be decided upon. The Canadian family plan to spend six months of each year in Key West and are building the home with every convenience. A two car garage will have a sun deck over it. The numerous wind- ows will let in the Key West sun and frame the magnificent view. Roof will be pitched of barrel tile. Right now Drudge is trying to get birch for the wodd trim inside the house. Outside the concrete block will probally be white. North Beach Inn. Generation Is Served By Modern Ideal Structure An idea! house is built to serve a generation. Not everybody can design a home to “grow” with the family, but it is possible to include many fea tures which will make a house con venient and comfortable through many years. Here are some of them: 1. Plenty of bathroom facilities For needs of children when they are little and parents when they are aged, the house should have an easily cleaned bath of some sort, if only a tiled powder room on the first floor 2. The home need not be large to begin with, but its plans should make it possible to add a wing finish an attic, or convert other the blue; The lord home is nert to the | xk * * Ke khewk & Ok ok Toppino Family Buy And Sell Property Worth $60,000 This Week Rear Admiral Duke Will Lay Cornerstone Of BUILDING WILL BE 38° x 40°; FRONT PATIO SAME SIZE BY SUSAN MCAVOY Rear Admiral Irving T. Duke, commander of the Key West Naval base will lay the corner stone of | the Fleet Reserve Home on Carol- jine street, September 25 at 1 pm., club officers announced today. The $20,000 home is under con- | struction now by Edward Ambler, contractor. It will house a meeting room, bar, lounge room and will have a patio opening on Caroline street. : At the ceremony on September 25, high ranking Navy officers and civilian leaders of the city will at- tend. The new home will afford the more than 700 members of the Fleet Reserve association a com- fortable place to meet and spend hours of recreation. The building itself, one story, is {38 by 40 feet. The front patio will be the same size, with wooden | louvered fencing on the sides and a five foot concrete block wall to protect the patio from the street. While we were there yesterday brickmasons piled concrete blocks | upon each other at such a rate that two corners went up three layers in ten minutes. Ambler, who designed the build- ing as well, says it should be com- | pleted by November 25. Completely air-conditioned the building will have high strip win- dows to provide light only. Indirect lighting will keep the room keyed down appropriately for relax- ation. The M-shaped bar will have a seating capacity of two dozen, | and will be covered with formica | ED HOAG NAMED ACT, | MANAGING EDITOR, LAKELAND LEDGER }walls, and modern furniture com- | plete present plans $25,000 Fleet Reserve Home September 25 * | on the front and sides, —$—$$_—$____— and chro- | had six years of active duty. Its purpose is to support the enlisted } men in various projects or should disaster occur. necently the as- | sociation mobolized funds, furni- | ture and household equipment for The Fleet Reserve Association is | Electronics Mate Bernard Biaza open to all enlisted men of the re- | and his wife whose home was des- gular Navy and Marines who h ve | troyed by fire at Poinciana. mium stripped. Cement floors and | The exterior will have a flat roof with an over. hang. 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