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Key West, Florida, has most equable climate in country, OL. LXXII. No. 278 Papy Wins $1 A Year Road Toll: —— with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit the the Che Key West Ci THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE V.S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2i, 1952 Aged Man In Skiff Is Missing Off Bahia Honda; Boca Chica Planes Search Vicinity |Vast Change LAST SEEN’ WED. AFTERNOON; LITTLE HOPE FOR SURVIVAL An 80 year old man in a 16 foot skiff is reported missing in the waters off Bahia Honda, the Coast Guard said today. The man, Sam Long, a tourist from Louisville, Ky. was last seen Wednesday afternoon off Ba- hia Honda, A Mrs. Noecker of Bahia Honda called Coast Guard headquarters that he had not re- turned to shore. A search plane from Boca Chica com! the area yesterday with- out success. Coast Guard head- quarters here have been constant- ly to reach the original source of the report, Mrs. Noecker to learn if by any chance he was found and not re . The Gulf is so rough that his chances for survival are slim, par- ticularly since he is elderly and » it was said. The Coast Guard can’t get any of its boats into the water where is presumed mis- is too shallow, aground at 7 o’clock this morning. The 38 footer was first sent out situation State Education Experts Scavenger Worker Injured Seriously Daniel Hernandez, 202 Du- val Street, was rushed to the erupted again last night when a | >* terror- 25-year old housewife was ized by two young Negroes who entered her home her at knife Mrs. Jeanette Saunders of 5 Higgs Lane told police that at again. She said that as about six feet a blue shirt and was somewhat shorter and dressed in brown. ir. Pai 4 Lots — $20,000 3-Bedroom, Unfurn. Corner — $12,180 2-Bedroom, Furnished! 2 Lots — $16,500 2-Bedroom, Unfurn, 2 Lots — $18,000 AU Fine Properties— Open to Offers Albert J. Mills Realtor Phone 26 eel nand — threatened ferin, Federal authorities did pot dis: close any details of the slaying at the time. 10 years before dying of the dis- ease. Carville is located in an iao- lated section of Louisiana on the Mississippi. River about 20 miles — of Baton Rouge, the capital city, About 400 patients are in hospital, which was opened by bes state {a 18 and taken over by the federal government in 1921, | SoA Se ea RRM | POOR OLD CRAIG SERVICE STATION Francis at Trumsm Phone 819 Your-PURE OIL Dealer Tires .. Tubes Congratulations MR. PAPY |] DRASTICALLY REDUCED | “It's A Big Help i To Key West” MARTIN THOMAS Sketing Rink Southard st. j/ Pleased At County Response MISSES STIENHANS, HOLMES WIND UP TWO DAY SESSION AT TRUMAN SCHOOL The value of ungraded primary organization of the first three years of school is being learned by Mon- roe county teachers in intensive sessions on the subject closing to- day. Miss Charlotte Stienhans and Miss Ethel Holmes, state consul- ull integrating their programs . with those of the public schools. on county teachers in the ed his meeting at 3:15 at FISHING TACKLE Thompson Enterprises, Inc. HARDWARE DIVISION Careline St. Phone 886 | BENEFIT CHILDREN | MINSTREL SHOW SPONSOFED BY TUESDAY, NOV. 25th | Convent Auditorium TIME 7:30 P.M. | ADMISSION: She AT DOOR Id Tells Of |Key In Phone Co. Lions Hear Story Of Dial Telephone , Installation Here The vast amount of labor, time and money that has gone into the conversion of the Key West tele- phone system from manual to dial operation was outlined for the members and guests at the Lions e: La ait iT eetis Gelert i 5 5§ w § eff Bay #3 aul i A suits eerie 1 fe ete ate q i de i : 7 (3 i 3 z Es i fe i ef i : i t F F gee [ igi i ag HI iH i setcd fo ar t lirst 8 ile : 7 I F j Weat Business Index Fa igi é 5 E z i aie = S Shows Five Year Record In Use Of Facilities Here rest Soon In Klug Hi Ff ef if : i F | te Bs HI H ; til aF cz uF ¥ rit : barrie t i i Ends Big Pine Gate ee Overseas Toll Commission Abolished; 25 Cent Charge For Passengers Eliminated; $1 Fee For Pvt., Commercial The people of Monroe County will pay only one Po dollar a year to travel on the Overseas Highway, from TOLL GATE January 1 onward, State Representative Bernie C, Papy PASSENGERS UP announced today. The Big Pine Key toll gate will be abolished for All indices of a greater numbers |everyone, and there will be no more 25 cent charges for ‘li eandives eressacige fend drivers coming through the north toll gate at Matecumbe, wept i pe oad bey the Papy announced. The dollar license is for all county ve>_ Gistober ‘cf “Colimeres. hicles, commercial as well as private. The slump in building permits The Overseas Road and Toll Bridge Commission to $15,223 is merely part of the | will be abolished and its function taken over by the State nationwide decline in building due | of Florida. to defense Otherwise Key West's business a fy SS heel oeens ares Will Be Sold — | a8 i i & 8 H Fi i va ref if i i bit £17.2 Z Z i i : z ' : i f j | i 4 ‘tt pe Hiss g HHH Heute 3 ! it z Al ; 3 $ H Fi 3 a i ' at ik “Hi Es Be ef Se¥e ist iy Hi Fy e2 F Al if E Fi i i E § 3 j Ha Hi fl if Ff Fi 3 et L | i je | i 2 i fh H # j i Hy i : i | : { | i? i i af j z rF iit i [| i | ‘ = ; 7 i fa i : [ : iff 4 ft t i | ef i : i i f i % i i : We Want Junk of All Kinds OLD CARS AND TRUCKS CALL 136