The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 10, 1953, Page 7

mayor of Los Angeles in the Arpil primary. HOTEL CLERK IN L.A. MAYORSHIP RACE Swift was forthright in his rea- LOS ANGELES i?—A political json for seeking the office. He said unknown, Robert E. Swift, 47, iden- |he wanted to fulfill ‘a childhood tifying himself as a hotel clerk, / ambition to get to the top.” The has declared his candidacy for'job pays $18,000 a year. New Home Beauty j Fine Fabrics Renew The Looks Of Your Furniture! Choose from our quality fabrics to reuphol- ster or slip-cover your furniture for Spring. We do quality work at low cost. Umble’s Canvas Shop 802 Caroline St. VENETIAN BLINDS EXCLUSIVELY WITH | The MAXWELL COMPANY Nationally Advertised# E © Built to Fit ss Give Your Windows Any Size Window! New Beauty With <ahenioun “3 Slats ROLLAcHEAD CUSTOM-MADE VENETIAN BLINDS Easily Removable! 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Cormack, who works in the office of County Tax As- sessor Claude Gandolfo, sub- mitted the 60 permits to County Clerk Earl Adams last week. Largest single permit in the per- iod from October 13 to December 13 was that of the Stock Island dog track. The Key West Kennel Club took out a permit of $150,000 for this job which is expected to be completed by February 1. The club paid $300 to county for the permit. Joseph Moretti is listed as | contractor. Here are 19 of permits for the Period from October 13 to Decem- ber 31. A. Karson is building a $4,000 CBS house in Driftwood Estates. Lamana Corporation is building a $4,000 CBS house in the Parrish Subdivision. Atlantic Refining company is building a $17,000 edifice in Som- bero Subdivision No. 3. Floyd Lamb is building a $4,000 CBS house in Section 6, Township 66, Range 33. George Snare is building a frame structure for $2,000 in Anglers Park Shores. G. A. Johnson is building two $2,000 frame edifices in Marathon Heights. Frank Russo is repairing a CBS dwelling for $450 in Sunkrest Sub- division. Horace Ladd is repairing a frame house at a cost of $1,000 in John- sonville. D. D. Lett is building a CBS hourse in Section 6, Township 62, Range 39 at a cost of $8,000. S. Y. Ivins is building a CBS Key West Yacht Club As It Will Look me sane 6 * sper menercocen SIDS FOR CONSTRUCTION of the Key West Yacht club will be opened at where the club has been holding its weekly sessions in past years. The new clubhouse and slips will be built out in Garrison Bight off Roosevelt Boulevard, near Hilton Haven.,.Fill has already been prepared at the building site. New Commodore of the club ‘is Charles Taylor of Gulf docks. Dredging Permit On Matecumbe Herbert R. Roth, Box 326 Isla- morada, has applied for an exten- sion of time to December 31, 1955 to complete work under a permit issued May 13, 1949. Roth applied to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete dredging and constructing a break- water in Hawk Channel at his property, lot five, Palm Harbor, Upper Matecumbe Key, Monroe County. The authorization expired December 31, 1952. house for $8,000 in Crain’s Sub- division. W. O. Snyder is building a frame house for $4,600 in Plantation Beach Artie McKensie is building for an $8,600 series of 3 cabins in an un- specified location. C. E. Regan is building an $8,000 dwelling at Matecumbe Ocean Bay Subdivision. Henry Wiedmann is building a CBS car porte at a cost of $800 in an unspecified Jocation en the Keys. Henry Boggard is building a $5,000 frame house at the corner of Sunset Avenue and Road 4A on an unspecified Key. Frank Sandhammer is repairing a frame building at a cost of $1,000 some where on the Keys. Casa Islamorada took our a per- mit for $5,000 in CBS construction in Stratton’s Subdivision some- where on the Keys. Richard R. Arlt took out a per- mit for $5,000 in CBS building at Atlantic Shores, S. H. Peach took out a permit of $2,000 in Sombrero Subdivision No. 2 for CBS building with two stories, CRAB DOUBLES AS MOUSE-CATCHER TIPTON, Eng. — Watch out, cats, you've got competition. A young crab has got itself a job here as a mouse-catcher. The crab, due for the boiling Pot in Tipton fishmongers, escaped from its crate last Saturday. When found, it nad a mouse in its pincers. Since then, except for rest peri- ods in a bowl of salt water, the crab has been allowed to roam the shop mouse-hunting. Bag thus far: five mice. ener anc eee ARS Look at all the new homes, motels and business buildings in Key West. You'll see only one in character. At a glance you will discover quality and architectural excellence. Yours should be too, for we engineer the job to fit your taste and your pocket- book. 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Hudgins and Alfonso have also sold for $600, lot 5 in Summer- | land Beach Addition No. 1. Buyer | is Albert Fladeland, Port Orch- ard, Washington. Up on Big Pine Key, the Sands Subdivision shows sales of in- terest. Carl L. Justice, trustee for Wilbur Gager, 77, Coral Way, Coral Gables has sold for $1,800, 18 lots in Sands Subdivision to Mrs. Ela Gager, Miami. Justice also sold lots in Pine Crest Sub- division, ten of them to Mrs. Gager. Mrs. Gager has sold two of the Sands lots to Mr. and Mrs. Marston L. Patterson for $200. BUILDING Malertals and lune? OFFERS BUILDERS A COMPLETE LINE OF MODERN BUILDING MATERIALS, and LARGE NUM- BERS OF ITEMS THAT ARE PE- CULIAR TO BUILDING REQUIRE- MENTS IN THIS AREA. STRUNK LUMBER YARD 120 SIMONTON ST. 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