The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 11, 1953, Page 1

Warmest City In Nation Today Was KEY WEST fp 53 VOL. LXXIV. THE SO Ne. %6 | Higgs U rges Patience On Loner Keys Koad Says Commission { Is Completing Requested Jobs With Great Speed i | County Commissioner |; Clarence Higgs begged Low- ar Keys Property Owners as- sociation members “to bear with us and patient” | about getting new roads on} ihe Keys. Earlier a young man nam- ed Miller had asked Higgs, | acting chairman, if a road} couldn’t be rushed through his place on Big Pine, He said that it was in such de- olorable-condition he and his | tamily had to travel four to ‘ive miles an hour. Higgs askéd Commissioner Bent- ley to take the chair. He exploded | nto a statement: / “The County is building roads as fast as possible for taxpayers | who ask for them. After all you pay only $1.22 in faxes a year. | -' don’t think’ we have treated you tower Keys people bad at all. We have to go by law, we can’t rush jobs.” ’ «Miller afld Louis Muniz, who. is president of the LKPOA, com- plained that agroad had been built from U, S 1 % Little. Torch Key bench — a completely uninhabited . Sot, yet they had been asking for a-road. oh Big Pine for. .three months, where people lived. Commissioner: Harry Harvis, who is, chairmat ef the road. commit- —tee.of the.Commission, replied: ta for: Mitteetorch rood. signed as pe ition stating that they planived to build homes..They were , not ivst_Romestedd exeniption .tax- be that fhe county has built roads. j Internactional at Cuba’s OFFICERS” WILL, BE" GIVEN VALUABLE PRIZES BY AAA If Key West law enforcement of- ficers appear to be particularly courteous these days it may. be because of a list of prizes which jhave been offered by the Florida Division of the American Auto- mobile Association to be given. to the “Most Courteous Law Enforce- ment Officers” in the state. Tourists, as well as Florida Citizens will vote in the contest which will sun from February 5th through March 3st. it is open to all uniformed men in the state including municipal police, sheriff's deputies, and U. $..re- gistry, customs and immigration officers. ‘ They will be judged on their Courtesy, Affable Attitude, and Ac- curacy of Information. Ballots will be distributed by the AAA and will be published in news- papers throughout the state. The, winning officers will be selected by a committee of newspapers, radio, police and AAA officials They will be awarded plaques addition to.the following prizes: A three day stay at Havana’s famed Hotel Nacional and 4 plane trip there via Cuban National Air- lines with all expenses paid. A three day vacation at the Hotel Veradero in Miami Beach ineludihg the of a cabana. Azd we had been promised that theuses would be built there.” } Muniz and. Miller, both Lower (Continued on Page Eight) Road To Races To Be Repaired Monroe Coufty. Engineer John Py Goggin will survey the Stock Iiind road leading to the dog tf? for repairs and widening, CFmmissionér Harry Harris said lagt night. Many complaints have come to Commissioners ‘ about the condi- tion of the road, Fifth Street, which is; now being used by .dog race nados. The voad will have the ditional burden of movie goers when the new drive-in theater) jens County Commissioners accepted the proposal made by Building Chairman Clarence Higgs _ that ie be accepted from the School Board for the garages which they ate taking down to make way for their new administration building. STARTS TOMORROW! The Key West Players Present . “THE BAT" By Mary Roberts Rhinehart and Avery Hoowood At The Barn Theatre | (Rear of the Woman's Club en Duval St.) Registration Needed For 1953 License Car owners. applying for 1953 license tags -are urged to - bring their 1952 registration with them, Tax Collector Howard Wilson. said | today. . A record of the 1952 tag must be made before issuance of the 1953 tag, it was-explained. Further, stickers are not ‘issued with tags. The car owner must go. into the office-of gistration Sam Pinder and swear (Continued on Page Eight) ~ Audubon Society Business Meeting To Be Held Thurs. A business meeting of the Mon- roe County Audubon Society has of Mrs. David MeDaniel, 1214 nary Street, it was announced te- day by Stuart S. Whiting, Presi- dent. The principal items of business will include g report on the finan- cial status of the Audubon Screen Tours for the current season by Archie Roberts, Treasurer and con- sideration of whether the ‘Society should enter into a contract for the sixth Screen Tour Season. The discussion of the 1053-54 Screen FEBRUARY 18TH : Special Surday Night Performance TICKETS $1.50 — Tax Inctudeu | ON SALE AT | SOUTHERNMOST CITY PHARMACY $01 Duval St., or Box Office after 7:30 P.M. Tour season will be lead by Wal- lace B. Kirke, Sereen Tour chair- man. WANTED WOOL PRESSER At Once Columbia Laundry PROCEEDS FROM TONIGHT'S RACES WILL GO KEY TO THE NAVY CHARITY CARNIVAL FUND “MOST COURTEOUS { Supervisor of Re-; ‘City’s Police Officers Will Participate In State Contest = Solons Survey Sea Cow License For Sea Theater Modern life is so regulated that even sea cows have to be MNegnsed; according to discussions | at County Commission last night. ed The Theater of the Ser the county selons for a. te house one of the huge mam- mals at, its esteblishment up at Windley’s Key. Commissioner Clarence Higgs said he didn’t know if it was within the provience of the Com- mission to grant such permits. County Legal Advisor Paul Sa’ yer said he would study the sea cow's legality. The sea cow it was pointed out | might not be caught in Monroe county. It would be found in ithe waters) ef the U. S. Park Service in the Everglades. The correct mame of the sea to Dr.. Lester Is Commander Of ACS County Unit An announcement of the appoint- ment of Dr. J. L. Lester Jr., as Chairman and Mrs.-Dorothy Dan- iels as Commander of The Monroe County unit of the Florida Divi- sion of the American Cancer Soc- iety was made today by L. H. Peterson of Tampa, executive vice- sident of the Florida Division. He also announced the appoint- ment of Joe Pinder as Treasurer of the 1953 education arid *fuhd taising campaign of the American Cancer Society to be conducted in Monroe . County along with the mation during the month of April. Initial plans are being made for the drive in which, it is hoped that all Monroe County will participate, as cancer was no. 2 killer in our county in 1952. Cancer killed @nnounced were the names (Continued on Page Eight) Man Jailed For Concealing Gun Arnold Loomis, Miam!, was ar- ota concealed weapon as the after- math of an altercation at the cor- | Se of Whitehead and Fleming Streets. | Police said that they were called te the scene by a local man who | said that Loomis was carrying the pon, a 3-caliber revolver, in- his shirt. They found the pis- tel in his car which was nearby. was released this morning on for appearance in city All Kinds of Located UTHERNMOST NEWSPAPE - KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1953 IN THE U.S.A. Hold The Line - | On Everglades All 5 Members Agree At Meet A strong resolution oppos- ing the extension of the | Everglades national park up | into the northern section of | Monroe county was unani- | mously ‘passed by Monroe! Coun ty Commission last) night. | Though Chairman Gerald) naga’ Saunders and Commissioner Joe Allen were absent with flu, Acting Chairman Higgs announced he had obtained their vote/by phone prior to the meeting. The resolution. will be forwarded | to the J. S. Secretary of the In-| terior, the Director of the National Park Service, Florida’ members of the Senate and House of Repre- | 4 sentatives, and the Director of the | Nafion Park Service. A> | y\var Axelson, owner of 12,900 vacres of the Monroe county land y adjacent to the park, was pre- sent at the meeting last it to see the ri .. He first asked Commissi for last week. At that tim® he Sal he represented the Everglades National Park Landowners aéso- ciation. Axelson later told The Citizen In an interview that under the Park's: establishment act of 1934, it was | authorized to expand northward |? into 225,000 more acres of Monroe county that it has at present. The Park Service has made no move since June 1951, he said, | to try and get this land: At that | time the Internal Improvement Fund trustees agreed to the ex- pansion. No action was taken, however. | The Monroe County Tax Collec- | | tor and Assessor both said last week that condemnation of more | | acreage by the Park Service would | | preclude any reduction of Monroe | jcounty taxes and might even lead , e fs |to their being raised ‘tO. pecia 3 \ i | | | | That the amount of taxes paid | en the Monroe County land north (Meet Tonight of the Park is 70t considerable The. City Commission will hold was admitted by Axelson. Taxes vary from five cents @ up te 13 to 15 cents, he He s only $800 a p 5 his 12000 acre pa a special meeting fonight for the in-law who owns 25,000 purpose of considering several precy rye meainia items of business. =f about $2,000 a year he said. First on the agenda is the es- Last night County Clerk Ear! | . Adams’ reported to Commissioners | tablishment of a plat for the news that he had received five lengthy |!¥ created Coral Reef Estates and letters’ opposing Park extension in-|the land in the Salt Pond Area to more Monroe county land. The | owned by A. E. Golan for tax pur- jletters all had Miami or Miami | poses. Beach addresses | In addition, an emergency mea- Writers of the letters were Caye- | tano Panettiere, MD. Miami‘ the city code to change the tinie Beach; Causeway Realty corp Mi-j required for the deposit of tout ami; Ira C. I k, Miami Attor-! sheets predicting the results of dog jney; Air Boa sociation of Flori-| races in the city. i 1 \da, address Miami. {such tip sheets were i | - jto be on deposit with the | | city manager at least 24-hours Choice F.H.A. Approved | advance of the race but according BUILDING LOTS in to the amendment to be = tonight, the time | Beautiful Coral Reef {ois two hous Estate | An act allowing the EXTRA LARGE AND FILLED |%f Smenton Sirest to, $2,000.00 |also come up for discussion SEVERAL WATERFRONT LOTS night. AVAILABLE j Along 10th St. From Flagler Through Harris Ave. DIAL 2-5606 on er- of ays Sts.| CHARLEY TOPPINO & SONS |and Pistol Club on Stock Island | (Continued on Page Eight) Commission To County Refuses Meacham Lot irco Mesa, who is running the private parking lot adjacent at of the county’s at Meacham has offered $3560 for the ”s lease on the county lot. . Elizabeth Burkis, who was awarded the lease on the county ng lot Before Mesa leased his Vincent Conley, said he want- Continued on Page Eight) i cle Collides th Auto Tues. irteen-year-old Buddy Walston | ed injury yesterday when cle collided with an auto- driven by Ernest Bamsey, Seminary Street, police have said that the accident oc- d as young Walston was ped- south on Pearl Street neer igh school annex. General Hospital offi- that Walston was jured seriously. U.S. ships and Naval ‘installations in the Caribbean. He is to spend three ‘days in the Cuban’ _ area and. four days in the Puerto Rican area before he returns to Fleet Headquarters in Nor- folk, Va. Accompanvipe--im on the trip are R-Adm. Frederick B. Warder, of Staff, U.S. Atlantic Fleet,” and seven other members of his staff—Citizen Staff Photo. SECOND NAVY MAN DIES AS RESULT OF ROOSEVELT BLVD, ACCIDENT INJURIE USN, Deputy Chiet LOSES 8-DAY. FIGHT FOR LIFE AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL HERE William C. Cooper, Jr., 20, 8 Navy man stationed at the Boca Chica Naval Air Station died last night as the result of injuries re- ceived in an automobile accident rer Roosevelt Boulevard February Cooper was the second Na man to perish as a result of \ mishap. His companion, Willia! Burnette, 21, also of the Naval Station, died Saturday afternoon the Naval Hospital. Cooper passed away at 10:55 fs Bs | Washington Avenue, Granite City, Tiinois. He was a Seaman Appres- tice in the Navy. . Burnette, who died from a frac- tured pelvis and internal injuries, is survived by his father, Clarence | H. Burnette, Route Four, Coffee- ville, Kanas. A third passenger in the vehicle, (Continued on Page Eight) HELP WANTED _ TOP PAY Order Cooks, Curb Girls, | Exeemenceo omy DRIVE-INN WANTED WET CLEANER. D. C. DEPT. Experience Preferred But Not Necessary | COLUMBIA LAUNDRY CITY STARTS DRIVE ON BARS ‘Commissioners Vote Opposition To Park Expansion In Monroe County Tavern Owner Held For Serving Intoxicated Man Here Last Night The city’s concerted drive to clean up local bar opera- tions moved into high gear last night when City Manag- er Dave King, in a one man tour of the city’s taverns and nightclubs, caused a local owner to be ‘arrested on charges that he segyed intox- icating beverages to a per- Son already under’ the in- fluence of alcohol. The bar owner, Lawrence Imbrurgia, co-owner of the Two Friends Bar on Front Street, was jailed by officer Edward Ramirez after King said that he personally ob- served a bar maid in“ that establishment serve a patron who “was obviously intoxf- Meanwhile, the: City Manager said that generally, he found local ii { i ‘= | H He i st Bs i ir : ? ot Page Eight Elks Club Benefit VALENTINE DANCE, FLOOR SHOW AND QUEEN OF HEARTS CONTEST SATURDAY, FEB. 14th io ‘Ml “rr Elks Club Annex Public Invited Joe Pinder and His Orchestra Adm. $1.00 EST KENNEL CLUB «. Post Time 8:15 No Minors Admitted