The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 31, 1952, Page 2

* one SITID S28 yan. au Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, December 31, 1952 —S MEST CITIZEN Wednesday, December 31, 1952 The Key West Citizen, eee Published daily (except sunday) by L. P, Artman, owner and pub- lisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P, ARTMAN . Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 SSR ADS 21 ett ni Na Ge RR Member,of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively | .. i sidered amazing in other town, entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it|has come up, sand it seems my or not otherwise ¢redited in this paper, and also the local news|plain Key West duty to report it. published here. { realize that many~people con- ——— SSF sider a shut mouth their Key West Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida duty, although complaints to es rj Hl teigtbies. are: tied Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 friends and neighbors and indignant. Such has been the ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION case with people around me; but pee ee a ee a I prefer to get ee age roo in the air. And The “Citizen”, AS NEW YEAR DAWNS, WHAT DO YOU hae aay acta Baas ree jection; if said complaint is true KNOW OF KEY WEST’s GROWTH? nin S ee Key Westers, as they “ring out the old year and ring in the New Year,” have good and sufficient reasons to let their gratifying thoughts linger over 1952 as it nears its ‘The Citizen welcomes expres- sions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the 200 words and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published un~ requested otherwise. ‘NOISE COMPLAINT Editor, The Citizen: A situation, which would be con- examined wrong. After a thorough search, with }the help of a lawyer, of the Code “ of the City of Key Weat, 1952-- close. No other year in our history can compare with 1952 | neatly printed and suitably bound, in the general development and progress in our city. Other | oa sageae pense abeol Boogel years might have shown more improvement in this or| garding “Noisy Establishments De- that department of our economic life, but 1952, all in all, Slated a. Neitanets’ (Chante 4) has been the most prosperous in the 140 years Key West yer alas tat, public official, has been incorporated as a city. for who I should like to have more So, as we “ring in the new”, let us be hopeful that it pong sana Sony Pishepccranid will be as generous in progress and prosperity as 1952 has ing, when he was the last resort been. However, it should be said in passing that, as we in quieting a beer tavern very ad- ‘; jacent to my establishment. The grow and grow and grow, many oldtimers among us sense id Tavecn Wid ot leads cx tenes a feeling akin to homesickness for Key West as it used to| and one raucous piano going since be. In those days, as you walked in Key West streets, you oe a. ney a fed feat ae knew almost everybody you met; today, you don’t know Hy casatle ana almost everybody you meet. This official quoted something But that condition has prevailed in every other grow- a Al a ae ing city. Key Westers, who have been away for a decade, | the source. I pave | been one to or even for half that time, have said they hardly recogniz-|find any such limitation in any ed their former hometown when they returned for visits. |Orumare i” Gre eee Fact is, even we who have stayed here during the| In Chapter 19, Section 19.2 (in growth of Key West in the last 12 years are not fully et a wan coca _ aware of its development. Time and again, as we ride|there are these plain words: - along a street we have not been on for a few months, we| “(d) Radios, Pg oennthagae ae are surprised by the new developments we see. Yes, Key pooch ewnatrngetecrhg cay eat West has been growing even faster than we ourselves|cal instrument between the hours know. -|of 11:00 p. m. oc ec ee in . volum Fortunately for Key West, the keynote of its. spirit sr ecole pal disturb any gad of progress has been the frequent improvement of the old |son in a dwelling, hotel, apartment “to make it conform with the new. Have you been at the * ow in Thapeer 3, Section 19.3 foot of Front street recently? If you have not been there | there is a method outlined in which in ize it|it is possible to take the matter Las last three months, you would hardly recognize it ae Sie the munictoal edge: Ye i fact, it is necessaty to do so to Of course, you remember the old William Curry’s|have a-summons issued: so the Sons large. b ing.on the northwesterly side of the street, santo cat be. diane p Meret not far fre weather- | sentence, “A police officer making from:.thewater front, peereviats. beaten, look a worn out old man, had been an eye- | such ee oe summoning any sore for matiy years. An oldtimer, who has known the eraint ee + oe building since he was a boy, says it had not been painted ‘To continue, the last paragraph for “‘thred score years and ten.” Take a look at it today. be Sage aaa preted spoil Tt has been given two coats of white paint, and looks like ‘nee telephone or elendlg a a new building. It is so large the cost of painting it was | police officer shall investigate any approximately as much as it costs to construct a small ne —_ 3 wed Gee bungalow. and, in cases where such violations What has the New Year in store for us? Ask - any | are observed by such officer he Key Wester that question, and he thinks of our naval =a nee ow sameeren base. To what degree will employment continue there?:| Thre is more following regarding Nobody can answer that question with certitude. But two |‘he summons and arrest of the things we may be certain of: Key West will continue to violator. , .all very clearly stated. the quoted words are be a popular winter resort and its shrimp industry will | many other words describing how continue to be a source of much income. anaes ‘his oe rag amped rong of Finally, The Citizen wishes Key Westers, residents|summons, appearance in munici- of other Keys in the county and everybody else a Happy pal court, etc~all this can be read from the carefully typewritten copy and Prosperous New Year. of the Code, or portions thereof, Lt. Porter Is Transferred To Gen. Line School Lieutenant Edward M. Porter Hr., USN, a member of the staff of Fleet All Weather Training Unit, Atlantic, Key West, Florida, for the last 32 months, has re- cently been transferred to the Gen- eral Line School, Monterey, Cali- fornia. He entered the Navy in May 192 as an aviation cadet and in April 1945, he was designated a naval aviator at Corpus Christi, Texas. He subsequently served with squadrons VF-75 and VF-3B aboard the USS F. D. Roosevelt. Lieu- tenant Porter later studied for a/| year at Brown University, Provi- dence, R. 1, under the Holloway Program. Prior to reporting to FAWTU, he was stationed at the Naval Air Auxiliary Station, Char- lestown, R. I Lieutenant Porter is married to the former Miss Barbara Hale, | daughter of Mrs. C. S, Hale, Hew. lett, N. Y. They have a daughter, Susan B. (6). j He is a graduate of Ware High | School and, Wilbraham Academy, | Wilbraham, Mass. 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I was angry for due reasons, 1 can raise my voice without being arrested if a loud beer joint cat continue with constant ordinante violation in the same area at the same time. Ey I do not have to air-condition my place to control unreasonable noise from a business invading my pf vacy. Nor would it do any gool, in this instance, as the constast racket coming through all the closed doors and windows this past week has proved. The owner of the business creating the nuisance is| held responsible for his indiffer- }}ence to violations-not his neigh- bor! And to arrest the wrong per- son is a serious error-how serious will be determined if this inex- cusable “official” conduct of an officer confronts me again. I have never heard of any law, anywhere, that makes a citizen liable to ar- rest if he asks an officer to en- force an ordinance. I don’t expect Included with this letter are five pages of paragraphs excerpts from the City Code. All of these have some bearing on “Loud, disturb- ing and unnecessary noises.”” What is this City Code of Key West— a serious, dignified set of rules to operate a growing city, or a comedy script on some Monday Night vaudeville show? The Commissioners “shall have power to pass ordinances and make regulations to secure the general health of the inhabitants of the city,” Chapter C. 2, A. 1, section 2... .“to define, abate, prevent and remove nuisances, whether affect- ing the health or morals of the community;. . ..” This would seem to indicate that the commissioners have the power to enforce exist- ing ordinances as well as pass more ordinances to be ignored for the benefit of the few. The situation cannot be cured by a half-hearted effort, as has been the rule in the past. People, other than myself, are about to get angry. ys This situation is getting to a point where the City Commission will have to admit that it does exist. 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