The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 25, 1953, Page 6

. * ae ~— i /EARLMAN'S DEPARTMENT STORE AND ALLEN’S STORE m: Being torn down is the 63 year old frame ‘building. Seymour Rubin has leased: the Simonton Street,—Citizen Staff Photo. Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Saturday, April 25, 1953 om : | VENETIAN BLINDS EXCLUSIVELY WITH Permit Taken Out To Expand Plant CUSTOM-MADE VENETIAN BLINDS Precision - made to fit your windows perfectly ... choose from decorator inspired colors ... either matching or contrasting tapes, areencieonenienereecicuemermance | April 6 are as follows: Porter-Wagor-Russell, | construction. PHONE US FOR FREE ESTIMATE The Maxwell Company 909 Fleming St. cost of $50; J. B. ATS AN ~~ | house at a : riguez, 101 putting up unit at a Lau The Roycl Palms |: an ice ¢ f $500; APARTMENTS Accepting Applications Now | Furvished and Unfurnished 2 Bedroom Apartments FIRST STREET and [33° PATTERSON AVENUE HOME OWNERS CLEAR TITLE TO ake way for a new $50,000 building. i dary 518-520 al Street f ears from Pearlman and Allen, Pearlman bought out the store back in 1916 from A. ey po alge by had been there since 1890. Allen’s father had his store at 518 Duval for 25 years. Cc Construction Company, of which Pearlman, Odes McKillip, and Joe Pinder are owners., will art the new store building on May 10. Allen moved his print shop last year to a new building on New $11,000 Addition For Thompson, Inc. : Saran ing to the Encyclopedia Ameri- cope be aad 3 @ Built to Fit Serecity Mee hee cana, married to a Pardon. C.| amining WALL FINISHES teits bril- Any Size Window! Thompson Enterprise has taken Greene of Key West. That was a| Title Rant tastes. . jout an $11,000 building permit for | little side research I did to stop|take out New Beauty ~~ {the addition to their ice plant ai From. suggesting. to: ms, tadtindes : wl AcHEAD Slats edie P “Why don’t you do an article on| by an attorney. Wi beovtitul shades ond white voile | ROLL t) Easily Removable! | Caroline Street and Margaret. Other permits issued by Build- ing Inspector Ray Kuopp since! here. Pardon’s wife Hetty Greene er from any VITA-CAL $435 did live here, and was a busy lady | don’t show up in the ch SELF-SEALING Gal. Inc, are| with her husband’s property, deed- - hg heir that did his, LAT WALL FINISH c building two houses; one at 1221 ing it to this one and that in the Ashby Street, for $8,500 and an- 1830's, and later. other at 1222 Ashby at a cost of f $200; W. A. Douglass, 16 Hilton| ds to the records in the offices of Haven, is painting his roof at aj the Clerks of the Circuit and Fed- Symmonette, | eral Courts, and other public of- 506 Francis Street is painting his|fices, and signed by the Land Rod. fi al Street is putting | G. “416 Olivia | Department of the company, That g on to his porch} Grill is installing| price at 907 Angela and at Tru- | Margaret Street. He is also break- ven | shutters at 2116 Fogarty Avenue at tral : Seana enancnsaeticerecnennae pa Annee ver a rear e side of her } a Bs at a cost of} i ck Aguero, 2100} are building an | Look at all the new homes, motels and business buildings in Key Eaton excaldence. Yours should be one of these outetanding buildings ta too, for we engineer the job to fit your taste and your pocket. Ps boos. Discess you building ideas with Ed Ambler now. LA three lots on|F. Andrews of Marathon $6,700 two lots ia Mar , | Joe And Jane Get A Certified "Plans For McCrory Store On/S=u2= Abstract Before |Dnval And Eaton P. ° ra "Georgs Staion $5;| Bea aces. ' part have sold to Building Home st ton Progressing "i ts wae - | $3,500, Busy Real Estate —— Sombrero Subdivision, i eel is in Key Vaca, Bay of Flo- Mr. and Mrs. Clecle Ee oni Ae ska io § {have sold to Mr. and Mrs. Stanley coc ME. BENNETT CONSTRUCTION Co. GENERAL CONTRACTING 4 Mr, and Mrs, William S. Turn- | er have sold to Fritz Zuendt, Key | RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIRS Largo, for $2,500 land on Black Water Sound, Key Largo. ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES AVAILABLE ... FREE ESTIMATES Ralph E. Lund of Tavernier has OUR NEW ADDRESS — 217 DUVAL sold to Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.| Lund for $10,500, a lot in Taver-; nier. DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM OLD ADDRESS Phone 2-2333 See Us BY SUSAN MCAVOY Real Estate Editor Before Joe and Jane Key West and their contractor Ed Ambler can start building on their Key ; West lot, and before they can Prove clear title to their lot, they must have an abstract brought up i to date. Into the maze of property abs- tracts I wandered last week guided by Jesse M. Blow, Vice-president of Land Title Company of Key West. A veteran of 30 years’ ex- ;Perience with these documents, he Patiently explained tone the who, why, when, what and where of titles. An abstract is a history of the title to the lot, setting out any deeds, leases, mortgages, or such ; instruments affecting the title (i. e. ownership) of that lot. In Key West every lot must be] lows: traced back to the original base title, - the grant of Don Juan Es- trada, Governor of East Florida, to Juan P. Salas, dated August 2, 1815, and filed January 23,. 1822. Suppose that Joe and Jane Key| Mr. and Mrs, Joseph T. Watson fining Company. West had bought Lot 1, Square 64,/ have sold to Mr. and Mrs. Lewis} CBS Construction Co.. has sold | at the corner of Thomas and An-| L. Jenninson, 2915 Seidenberg Ave-| for $1,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Odes | géla Street. nue, for $11,000 lot four, block 11|B. McKillip, a lot in Key West. | Today’s seller would give them|of Lime Grove Subdivision, Key| Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Sands | an abstract of that lot, going back | West. have sold for $1,000 to Mr. and | to Estrada, the original seller. The numerous heirs of John | Mrs. James J. McKearney three | Though law doesn’t require this} Watkins, late of Monroe County lots in Sands Subdivision, Big fat documented history be given} have sold to John V. Archer, | Pine Key. : by the seller to the buyer, it is a] 425 Francis Street for $12,700 | Mr. and Mrs. N. D. Macris have | well entrenched custom. land at Fleming and Nassay | sold for $12,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Now any lot in Key West is id i Mr. and Mrs. Jack Roberts have traced back to the Big Four own- Mr. oe tag Pr. ss ers of Key West: Pardon C. Greene Price, 411 Felming Street for ; | PIERCE BROS. =| John W. Simonton, J. W. C. Flem- DIAL 2.5922 ing, and William C. Whitehead. Corner Fleming and Elizabeth Mr. and Mrs, Ivar Axelson have sold 60 more acres of their fand on the mainland north of the Everglades national park. Buyers are Joe Lamacchia of 443 North West 4th Street, Mia- mi. As usual the Axelson’s re- tain half an interest in oil, gas, and other minerals in the land, together with the right to ex- plore for, drill, mine and pro- duce the same. The land is sub- ject as is the other Property sold recently to an oil, gas and mineral lease sold by the Axel- sons to the Humble Oil and Re- * IT'S HERE! IT'S NEW! KENFLEX VINYL TILE The four American owners Ba ded up the Island by a drawing. > That means each block in the city recedes ee gages rikag of Key West, that area from Front on the Key of that p ration Street to Angela, was divided four 2$ ways. The rest of the Island was divided into tracts. Lot 1, Square 64, at the corner of Thomas and Angela Streets is traced back to the Greene chain. When Joe and Jane went TODAY'S MOST EXCITING DECORATING NEWS ; NOW YOU CAN PAINT WALLS : EASIER T0 no gtccbe ac and WOODWORK INSTALL pps as the wife of Pardon |p, Lishinth ba- “Sannnatabahic- thay thought that SAME COLOR ee the famous financial wizard Hdt- quickly .. . ty Green had been one of the cuts with early owners of their lot. This mistake has been made by many eager title searchers. Actually the famed female fin- ancier of the 19th century spelled her name without an “e” on the end of Green. She was a New Englander and was never, accord- Be li Fee Hetty Green's days in Key West?” able in these three matched finishe: The Hetty Green never lived ats f evs Ee F 5 Z Needs no priming: : — a = watinaus” * Back to 1953, however, Joe on v | r, CHOOSE FROM LOVEL COLORS | $8,000, Both houses will be CBS! and Jane Key West who have got-| building. It for VITA-VAR $65 | a K =n ee meee ‘ten a VA direct loan of $10,000| as long INTERIOR 5 Gal. copehar in Fa sae aeoee a Gertrude Malburn, 628 Grinnell | with which to build their dream be VELVET GLOSS $ f= brings you new, lighthearted, Genes, brighter | Street, is building a rail on her! house. They were given an abs- can Semi gloss for walk, woodwork. ' &, colovs that won't change under the ‘ F jfront porch at a cost of $75;| tract to their Property by the sel- their e Evon spilled grease, ink, |S. E. Stephens, 1207 Olivia @reet | ler. Then it was their task to have "\ '\VITA-VAR *5%. Seabee nn, aa heen he. Save - = |is building a $2,000 apartment in| the Title Company bring the abs- and WITERIOR GLOSS ae Colorful as rape mai ae nokect | the rear of the house there; Dai-| tract up to date to show their deed and sur-| * ° & Peacock yo : die ue! sey Carey, 725 Whitehead Street} and any other matters additional and Jane Qi dire tho sity enn’; ae |is repairing her roof at a cost of| thereto. The abstract is certified ready to H ; ET W1A-VAR Now Joe and Jane cannot find out from Mr. Blow, or any of his assistants, if the title as shown by the abstract is good or bad. That is not the province of the Abstract Pri | cost of $100, and for the same jing a curb at the latter address, | Stout Jr. is installing storm a cost of $189. ne ee West. You'll see only one in a hundred which has that look of character. At a glance you will discover quality and architectural 123 DUVAL 8%, Awnings + Doors + Windows AMBLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 1099 Catherine Street TELEPHONE 320m <EY WEST, FLOmDA