The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 21, 1953, Page 8

US DWARFS OTHER MAINLAND OWNERS Film Theater Seating 500 For Key Vaca The real estate firm of Romer L. Baucum—Bill Ackerman, Ltd. reports the sale this week of a site for a motion picture theater. Sales- man in the transaction was Helen Bradley. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, Mareh 21, 1953 home. They expect to start con- struction on their 500-seat, air-con-| 2) ditioned theater within the next}. couple of weeks and plan to be in operation by early May. The theater will be called The Marathon Theater , and will be lo- cated mid-way up Key Vaca in the new Sheryl Subdivision, now being | © developed by Milton Lockenbach. There will be ample parking facil- ities. The owner-managers, both ex- perienced theater men, are firmly convinced that Marathon and the Keys are ready to support first-run The buyers, Herbert Wood and jpictures, and their plans include his son, Herbert C. Wood, of Isla- | future showings of third dimension- morada, will make Marathon their | al films. 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Boyer, according to a deed filed in the office of County Clerk Earl Adams last week. The Shields have also bought 3.2 acres of bay bottom land in Boot Key harbor from the Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund. This bay bottom is adjacent to Parrish subdivision. Hudgins and Alfonse have sold to Robert M. Akin, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth, for $6,300, lots V4 and 15 of Summerland Beach Addition No. J. The Akins live in North Tarrytown, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Lovis Wright have sold for $10,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Emminger of Key West, lot 6 in Lime Grove Sub- division, | Mrs. Nerberg Thompson, widew, John N. Thompson and A. Maitland Adams, executors of the late Norberg Thompson's will, have sold for $25,000 a one- | half interest te Savu-Leck, Inc. in property in Key Vaca, with | all buildings on it. Bau-Leck is @ Marathen corporation. Miss Frances Marie Fairfield has| sold for $6,500 to Tracy Fairfield | land at Fleming and seca Street. A deed Of tale for the Summér-| land Key prize lot won by Mrs.! Irving T. Duke, wife off the Rear the court- owner, Mra. Helen Shannen U. S. Naval Station, Key West. lot, called the Lucky Seven in recent charity earni by the Admiral’s wi tributed to the Carnival by Hud- | gins and Alfonso, developers of have sold for $13,900 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Smith, some Key West land. Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Arthur Royal Typewriters | Portables and Standards SALES - SERVICE RENTALS Crusoe have bought for $5,600 from the guardian of Lillian A. Williams, land at Southard and’ William Street. D. M. Andrew has sold for $6,000 two lots in Crain’s subdivision on Grassy Key. Buyers are Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Aurilio have sold for $7,500 land in Strat- ton’s, subdivision to Mr. and Mrs. Herman C. Flierl. . Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Kil- patrick have sold for $5,000 an undivided one-fourth interest in eight lots in Coral Reef estates, Key West, to Mr. and Mrs. Wil- tiem New York City. An even bigger sale was made by the Kilpatricks to the Toppine combine, and Benjamin Bern- steins. They bought an undivided one-half interest in 40 lots of Corel Reef estates. The Kilpatricks have also sold for $5,000 to Dr. and Mrs. Her- man K. Moore, an undivided one- fourth interest in the same lots in which the Toppinos-Bernsteins purchased an one-half interest. Helio Gomer has bought for| $8,000 land at Whitehead and Angela Street from Mr. and Mrs. Pedro P. Romero. A deed of sale of $70,000 for the sale of Southwind Motor court by Mr. and Mrs. George B, Renna to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel (Continued On Page Twelve) ‘Summarized Army Engineers Brings Projects Up To Date In Recent Report In a recently published pam- |phlet “Water Resources Develop- ment in Florida,” the U. S. Army the status of Federal waterway and harbor improvements in Flo- rida, as well as in Key West and the Keys. The much clamored for breakwater te protect shrimp boats during storms in men- tioned under the heading “Pre- liminary Examinations and Sur- veys Under Way.” The Engi- neers state: “Key West Bight is a small- boat harbor necessary to an im- portant fishing industry. Local in- terests request provision of a breakwater-; protected harbor refuge for shrimp boats. | The reports lists a: junderway, the work in Key West Harbor. It states: “The existing project, authoriz- jot July 18, 1918, provides for removal of coral (Continued On Page Twelve) SOMETHING NEW! With Prices y Bhing ...We Are ANNOUNCING NEW LOW PRICES! SPECIALIZING IN TRAILER AWNINGS We invite the Trailer Public to come in and see us sbout new awnings, with new fabrics. repairing present awnings er ré-covering your Order Your Canvass Awnings Before the Rush and Take Advantage of Our Easy Payment Plan! We have @ fine reputation fer regular Home Awnings tee! Assure yourself of careful custom styling and of having your awnings instelied the day you want them. UMBLE’S CANVAS SHOP $02 CAROLI INE STREET Corps of Engineer summarizes | ed by the,River and Harbor Act/ and prior acts, | - son have rebelled and his father-in-law D. A. Mc- Dougal, of Coral Gables, who hold between them 42,000 acres. No other private owner comes close to these too in holdings of the swampy, uncuitivatable land South of Axelson and McDougal is, of course, the Everglades Na- tional Park, one of the leading sights of Florida, preserved for future generations of naturalists, artists, and just plain tourists who want to go to some of the best fishing grounds in Florida The 1934 act of Congress which authorized the boundaries of the National Park in Florida, includ- ed most of Monroe County on the mainland. Since that time, some of the owners led by Axel- against actual acquisition of their pro- perty which they claim is poten- : tial oil land. The Monroe County Commis- _ sion recently passed a resolution . Opposing Park “expansion” into; ‘ the northwest section of the coun- q j ty. Park officials, however, that there is no expansion plan- , ned, that the Park merely plans to fulfill its boundaries autho- the | state | {pany, 30 Rockefeller Plaza and |Edwin C, Lunsford and his wife, jof Miami. b: | There are numercus lot owners | in subdivisions such as Pinecrest. }In fact the tax bouk of the main- jland has 742 pages of landowners lon the Mainland. Areas of the highlands land have been turned ranges much os Spark plugs must temperatures of around grees. The Royal Palms APARTMENTS Accepting Applications Now Furvished and Unfurnished 2 Bedroom Apartments | FIRST STREET and PATTERSON AVENUE ‘rized by repeated acts of the| and Federal legislature. Senator Spessard Holland mi recently made this stateme | ise ; that he is committed to the Che- -, present park, f County on the ~- | Park's taking valier tract going to the Park Service. This comprises 320 miles of Monroe County north of the most of Monroe mainland that is not already in the park area Though Axelson says that the of the Monroe County land will eat into the county’s tax income, a glance at the bocks in the Tax Assessor's office shows the low taxes on this land. For example, on 80 acres, Axelson pays only $1.20 taxes a year; on double that amount of acreage he pays only $2.40. Violet McDougal, wife of D. A., pays 30 cents a year taxes for 20 acres. The University of Miami, Gables which owns 5,620 acres or more of Everglades land in Monroe County, pays $4.73 taxes on 315 of these acres, or eight and one-half cents tax a year for five acres; Another large landowner in Monroe county is the Tamiami Everglades corporation, W. 17th avenue, Miami. 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