The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 29, 1952, Page 8

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, November 29, 1952 BOCA CHica’s WHO OWNS THE BOCA CHICA WATERFRONT Here are the owners of the water- front on Boca Chica Key. Though the U. S. Government owns much of the Key for the Naval Air sta- tion, the waterfront is chiefly own- ed by individual Key Westers, and other private landowners, who hold more than 700 acres, com- pared to th. more than 220 owned by the USA. Beginning at the Northwest side of Boca Chica, going northeast, and around to the well known Boca Chica beach here is the own- ership of the waterfront. Little Raccoon Key with its 46 and one half acres is owned by Kirby McClain, Jr. Unnamed Island of 34 acres in- cluding bay bottom, owned by Robert W. Dasey. On Boca Chica Key proper, Sec- tion 19, ‘Lot 1, Hilary Whalton of Key West. Lot 2, Ruth V, Alfeld, Key West, owns 122.7 acres, no bay bottom. Lots 3 and 4 are owned by the USA. Section 29, Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5 are owned by USA. Cutting across south through Bo- ca Chica Key to the South shore we find the following waterfront owners. Vesey Johnson, Key West real- tor, owns 5.75 acres in Section 26, Lot 6. Earl Denham owns 53 scres in Section 27, lot 5. V. A. Johnson, owns 25 acres, Section 27, lot 6. Susanna Bodine, also of Key West owns 24.25 acree of waterfront in Section 34, lot one. Johnson owns another 1.25 acres in Section 33, lot 1. USA owns part of lot 6 in Sec- tion 33, amounting to 44 acres. Johnson owns another 4 acres in Part of lot six. USA owns part of lot 8. George and Louise Lee own four Man Hunts For Noah’s Ark By Helicopter waterfront acres in part of lot 8. USA owns 40 acres in part of lot 9. Johnson owns 8.25 more acres in part of lot 9. USA owns another five acres in part of lot 10, section 33. Charley. Toppinio owns 9 acres. USA owns the next 51.5 acres in Section 32, lot 5. Norvin Maloney owns 10.75 acres in lot 6. Lou Roberts owns 43.5 acres of 1. lot 7. Leoncie G, Grimmins, Key West, owns 2.50 acres in the rest of lot if Augusta Kline of Miami Beach owns 6.50 acres in Section 6, part of lot 1. N. G. Maloney, Jr. and Ida E. owns the next 42 acres of water- front in lot 1, 2, and 3. Julius. Stone owns the 42 acres of Boca Chica beach in Section 1, lot 1. Julius Stone also owns 7 man- grove islands off the tip of Boca Chica beach with bay bottum. C. E. Huelsenkamp owns the next 33 acres of waterfront in Sec- tion 36, lot Mary Navarro heirs own 62 acres in Section 31, lot 2. Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. owns the next 80 acres of Boca Chica water- front on the western end of the island. It is divided into lots 3 and 4 of Section 31. USA owns lots 4, § and 6. The latter two lots are in the process of being condemned by the Govern- ment. Private owners were A. Louis and Sons. USA owns lot 7. USA owns 79 acres in lot 3 of Section 30. Benjamin Weinstein of New York owns 49 acres in lot 4 of Section 0, foot. Man must use modern means —even when in search of a holy relic.” A wealthy Floridian already has expressed interest in a new air expedition, he reported. Smith recently resigned as presi- dent of Southern Wesleyan Bible College in Intercession City, Fila., Gas Station And Drive-In To Go Up At Blvd., Ist St. JOE SIRUGO, TO BUILD GAS STATION; MAX COHEN, EATERY Roosevelt Boulevard at First Street will soon be occupied by a gas station and a $20,000 drive-in restaurant, according to the action of the Key West Planning Board. The board approved the erection of a drive-in eatery of 2,000 square feet in size last Monday night. Max Cohen, motel man took out the building permit for th ebig restaurant Wednesday. Workman have already been seen at the site which fronts on the Boulevard and is near the George Allen housing project. It is on the west side of First Street. Joe Sirugo is putting up the gas station on the northeast corner of | the Boulevard and First Street, near his Royal Palm apartments and duplexes. Plans for both commercial struc- tures are being studied by the City Building Inspector, following approval on zoning by the City Commission which is the Planning Board of the City, The Planning Board acts on re- commendations of the Planning Commission, a separate body which Bids Are Asked 3 On Boca Chica Construction Sealed bids are for a fleet main- p. m. EST, 7 January 1953, by the District Public Works Officer, building 12, U. S. Naval Base, Charleston, S. C. Construction will consist of a con- crete shell-arch type of structural steel arch type hangar structure jwith a clear span of 150 feet, | flanke don either side by two story |teantos. one 60 by 241 feet and the jother 100 by 241 feet, complete with two-level crane and moarail system; electrical system, ventila- tion; air conditioning; plumbing and storm water drainage; and field painting. Exterior walls will units and interior wails and parti tions of concrete-masonary units jand prefabricated movable parti- tion units. |meets and constders zoning re- | quests by various property holders. “RBUAY SHAT MUST NOT FAIL to return to Greensbor: and live | GREENSBORO (#—Dr. Aaron J. | With his son, Leon Smith. | Smith, a grizzled man of 65 who He said he will devote his time to still dreams of finding Noah's Ark | ‘Tavel and lecturing until plans for on “The Mountains of Ararat,” j® pew Ark hunt materialize. has returned to Greensboro with | A fresh hopes of continuing his Bibli- | 149 that Smith blueprinted his first eal quest by helicopter. expedition to Turkey At the time, iis Gacek here (sland oak me was dean of People’s Bible Col- lege here other Ark hunt to Turkey as soon The journey drew immediate fire as world conditions permit. from Moscow. Pravda, the Com- Smith won world-wide fame in| munist Party's official newspaper | 189 when his Oriental archaelogi-|in Russia, branded the expedition cal research expedition combed | «a Biblical masquerade” to spy on Mt. Ararat for the petrified re! the Soviet Union (Mt. Ararat is on | mains of Noah's storm-tossed ves- the border of Soviet armegia) sel. He gave up the search after) Smith himself was called an “ip. 1S days of hazardous exploration. |telligence agent of the Anglo | “A helicopter would be perfect," | American bloc of imperialists.” he said It would take us above —— | the rocky crags and int. hidden In tropic regions pine trees are valleys impossible to reach on found chiefly im the mountains, It was in Greensboro in 1948 and | | | _WATERFRONT | Cruisers And |Skiffs Tie Up | * At Johnson’s Capt. Bob Provides Shelter For Big And Little Boats Me. nade channels and water have made Johnston’s Point in |Su: merland Key a shelter for . |y -hts and » tarting place for SN .-5 | skiffs. The veteran Capt. Bob Johnston who has been in the Keys since 1938, fics eleven “‘ffs at his dock, which sailors from Key West, tourists off the highway or anybody who} wants to find bonefish, permits, or| the more customary barracuda can | rent. | Yesterday one group of sailors ; | Caught enough fish from their out- | board ‘o fill a ten foot line. They | | were at work for an hour cleaning | their catch. Johnston has deep water in front | of his place, deep enough and | wide enough for a cabin cruiser to |turn around and tie up with con- | venient access to the dock. The skiffs at Johnston’s as at |other camps along the Keys are the fisherman's transport to the | fascinating waters of Gulf or Atlan- | tle. | At Johnston’s you can take your rented outboard north up to Con- tent Keys, the bone fisherman's Paradise, or if you just want some | | Sight seeing, you can go under | Niles Channel bridge to the south, | in five to eight feet of water, and \skim over the turquoise sea to | View some of the Island estates | of the Lower Keys. One such is Anderson’s Island, | owned by Sam Anderson long-time fisherman and devotee of the Low- | er Keys. Anderson's Key is blessed | by nature with high ground, and some magnificent coconut palms. Man-made is the yacht basin and the long steel based pier reaching out into the Atlantic, Cook's Island, another luxury es- | tate, is inaccessible save by skiff. Though a channel is to be dredged some time, at present the owners and their guests can only travel by light small craft. Clara Mae First Baptists Enlarge Church | Downey’s Island,. also part of the | magnificent Newfound Harbor In $7,500 Job | Keys; can be viewed from out- board or cabin cruiser, The First Baptist Church has! Back under Niles Channel bridge taken out a $7,500 building permit | Which has a headroom of nine feet, for additions. to the Church at| x as stated on the Coast and Eaton and Bahama street, it was |# : chart, the skiff skipper learned this week |can cruise over to Isle of Mark Other building permits issued by | Time, formerly Howell Key, or the Office of Building Inspector | beyond to Big Torch Key, and) ? Sadowski In Marathon, Porter-Wagor In KW Sell Total Of $72,000 Porter-Wagor-Russell, Inc. and Sadowski and Sons made the larg- est sales in the county last week. The former firm sold almost $40,000 in property. Sales totalling $33,000 ‘- made by F. P. Sadowski and sons to buy- er of land ii Marathon. Mr, and Mrs. Theodore C, Lin- dahl of Marathon bought lot 23 in Block B of South Marathon Shores subdivision for $26,000 and three lots in Little Venice Sub- division for $2,000, according to warranty deeds filed with Coun- ty Clerk Earl Adams in the court-.. house last week. ee Sadowski sold the east one-half of lot 17 in Little Venice subdivi- sion for $5,000 to Dewey Daniels, Chicago, Illinois. Pirates Cove, a subdivision on Key Largo not on the cove on the Lower Keys, shows activity with five sales made of five ‘ots for a total of $2,900 last week. Sellers are Mr. and Mrs. George D. Flem- ing. Buyers of single lots apiece jare as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Ro- bert Hightower; Lee G. Hall; Va- dia M. Hall, widow; Mr. and Mrs. John R. Peacock; and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kanduth. Albert M. Dart sold for $10,500 to Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Clair- mont a lot in Key West. Clairmont then sold the same lot to Mr. and Mrs Warren W. Humphrey for the same price. The Humphreys live in Key West. The Sunshine Construction com- pany of Key West has sold for $20,000 12 lots on Stock Island to the Stock Island Investor, Co. Porter—Wagor—Russell made these sales in the last week total- ling $39,700. Buyers for one lot sold by the company are Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. McLurin of Key West for $11,200. Mr. and Mrs, Charles Vallet of Key West have bought for $11,300 a lot in Key West. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace F. Vinson have bought for $11,200 a lot in Key West. Mr. and Mrs, Rexford B. Weech have bought for $2,000 another lot from Porter-Wagor-Russell, Inc, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Yellin have boutht. for $2,000: a1 lot-from the company. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Veliz have bought a lot for $2,000 from the Ray Knopp were as follows: | even wind around to Big Pine Key tenance hangar at the U. S. Naval lee Air Station, Boca Chica, Key West, | repairing and Fla., will be received until 2:00 | E. McDonald. be of brick and concrete-masonary | Bertis Roberts, 919 Cornish Lane, | @nd_ its waters. house for Allen Then back to port at Johnson's} rear 61 Street, Point, where Capt. Bob and his - M_ Wife greet you and comment on oulevard, | Your catch, or help you tie up at} build Charles Baker. | their dock. Visiting yachts are Truman and Simonton Streets, | !¢: 2ing that south of Marathon, neon sign erected: Max Cohen, J0 on’s Point is a good place to 508 South, build water airator, $300; | tie up. Armando Canalef, 510 Amelia Street, $200 for replacing,a porch with cement; a Roy | Hamlin, r a New Flowers For 1306 Truman Av ep, general re 6 | airs, $500, ] i | ee U. S. Gardens El Patio Gets NEW YORK (® — A top horti- culturist recently returned from 7 New 7 and with 300 varieties of plants, Ne u Entranc e, all strangers to America, most of ee ch eventuelly f way in- Doubled K itchen ar aecstnly: ind their way in Francesco Zeppa, cordon bleu T. H. Everett of the New York etor of the gourmet’s Botanical Garden said that most of the plants are quite rare al- g though he was primarily concerned that would and be of in-} ate, 14, Be ast res' to ing his versa lty of the house. ‘ht out to mere unusual plants flowered lilac, a sweet rocket, five ei ms and bred varie en-rod. Everett said the | es are the treasure house wated flowers. | r since the Cru- people have been t varieties of mer en has bee the master ¢ will remain the same. but guests will & room as t world Fast Ride Saves Life Of Niece Ind OG ANSP Ind 1. Fuji May Erupt is years company. Mr. and Mrs, Ralph Garcia have bought a lot for $2,000, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Ste- vens have bought for $2,000. an- other lot from the company. Mr. aud Mrs. Joel Mann Mar- tin have also bought a $2,000 lot from the company. Mr. and Mrs. John Curry have sold for $7,500 a part of a lot in the Keys to Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Benchley of Corai Gables. Mary McDougal Axelson has sold for $3,300 270 acres on the mainland part of Monroe county to Lillian Weidowsky, Florence Weckstein and Dorothy M. Snow of Miami. ee Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell Henderson have sold for $14,600 to Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Roberts of Key West, land on Laird Street with house and fixtures. Mr. and Mrs. Halbert Lewin sky have sold for $8,000 to Dr. and Mrs. Julio dePoo, lots on Southard Street. Pilot Finishes FAWTU Course Ensign George H. Smith, Jr., USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Smith. 7 Reservoir Ave., North- port, N. Y., has recently completed a four months course in All Weath- er Flight at the Fleet All Weather | Training Unit, Atlantic, Key West, Fla, The course consists of ad- vanced flight training in instru- ments and night tactics designed to qualify the pilot for Carrier All Weather Squadrons He will report to the Commander, Air Force, Atlantic Fleet, Naval Big Realtors Make Big Sales In Key West And Keys Today 8500 Year Old Skull, Jewelry Found In East By T. R. LURIE JERUSALEM # — A human skull about 8,500 years old and the remains of a necklace meet on Israel’s eastern frontier. It was here two Dr. Stekelis mains of a he named tion. The this month The remai this Ni ible. Each of seashells up the Yarmukian a tiny hole bored in its ki shells are with those on the shore the Mediterranean today. Dr. Stek is short exca’ he has tion F #2 f t 33 nn ae E tt ts i | : i : i i rH] ge* F i itt f a é | H z i i é. id é | Fr B H fl gE rt ‘ | Rg i i i ; ze Bs 2 i » = The Veterans Corner Here are authoritative answer from the Veterans Administration to four questions of interest to former servicemen and their families: Q. I've been totally disabled for six months, and I applied to the VA for a waiver of my National Service Life Insurance premiums. Now that I've applied, may I stop paying |my premiums? | A. No. You should continue to pay your premiums regularly, as they become due, until’ you have Fer | ceived word from VA that you are jentitled to waiver. In that way, ‘you'll avoid the possibility of your insurance lapsing, in ease your claim is not granted. Q. Does the $310-a-month ceiling under the Korean GI Bill apply te all types of training? A. No, It applies only to veterans training on-the-job. a job fi Us Q. Are there any | not permitted under Bill education and training ram? i 3 A. Yes Courses in dancing and personality ment are cannot be a go Smith entered Naval sef-| conditions. © in 1950 as an aviation cadet! (Veterans living in a V-5 pre m. He re- vicinity who wish ngs in March, 1952 af-| mation about their the prescribed Hight contact the VA office at Pensacola. Fla. 'Office Bidg. aduated from Northport &> School, Northport. N. Y., and, Eaos Slaughter studied at Long Island Agriculteral bit 18 and Technical Institute. Parming-| He hit 13 dale, N. Y., for two years prior to’ Ther: i k Si Air Station, Norfotk, Va., for fur-| ther assignment to duty involving i fy E iif i Next time you duckling. surrond it withpineapple (ten slices that have bees light! brows melted a little be arine. time. Al? ot a ¢ or ma main course for