The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 20, 1953, Page 9

$203,000 McCRORY BUILDING PERMIT M. E. Bennett Gets Contract For Duval Street Ten-Cent Store More Changes On Duval Street The $203,000 building permit for the new Me- Crory’s store at Duval and Eaton has been taken out by baum. M. E. Bennett is con- “, SEYMOUR RUBIN, the busiest builder of store structures in Key West, is putting up these retail outlets at the corner of Angela and Duval Street. More than any single person in the past year, Rubin has contributed to the changed appearance of the main street of Key West. A Miami financier, he is leasing and buying business properties at a great rate.—Citizen Staff Photo. County Building Permits Reach Up To $344,888.00 Building permits issued on the 9 during May were $344,888 it announced today by County Building Inspector Jesse Slone. Top permit of the month as to ‘VENETIAN BLINDS EXCLUSIVELY WITH The MAXWELL COMPANY an ie @ Built to Fit New Any Size Window! - ue J With “Aluminum Stat: f ROLLACHEAD Easily eieavenit CUSTOM-MADE VENETIAN BLINDS Precision - made te fit your windows perfectly ... choose from decorator inspired colors ... either matching of contrasting tapes. ARI PHONE US FOR FREE ESTIMATE WAL The Maxwell Company 909 Fleming St. DIAL 2-6031 The Royal Palms APARTMENTS Accepting Applications Now Furvished and Unfurnished 2 Bedroom Apartments FIRST STREET and PATTERSON AVENUE value, already reported on this | page, was the $90,000 residence and service buildings being built by | Arthur Davis on Broad Key, Another large permit was that for $35,000 issued to George J. | Murrary, Rock Harbor, Key Lar- | go for a mote! and garage. Julius Pieper, N. Marathon | Shores took out a $2,000 permit for a new home | lamorada. Orange State Oil Company Is building a $19,400 service station | at Islamorada, | J. D. Howard, Is building a $13,000°CBS house at Key Largo. | Charles and Ida Munroe are | building a $10,750 duplex residence at Hall’s subdivision, Marathon. | L, E. Gay is building a $7800 du- plex at Ky Largo, J, J. Hall took out an $8,000 per- ; mit for ‘Helen E. and James Me- | Willams, for a home in Marathon. Matthew Konopka is building a $2,880 CBS house at Rock Harbor. | Edward Rae, Islamorada is You owe it to yourself to LET TRY A hUFFY MOWER Why kill yourself pushing a hand mower when cheap, con- venient electric power can take all the work out of mow- ing? Try a Huffy. You'll see why it's popular, The Quiet, Lightweight Huffy Mower makes your lawn easy t mow, Trims close. Cuts tall weeds Has tour small blades that anyone barpen. Two-way mow- Card € 1 1 OVERSEAS CYCLE STORE 1830 Eaten Street DIAL 24016 Marion Bertram is building a} #' $14,000 adobe brick house in Is- building a $1,280 house, Raymond Navarro, is building a $670 utility room at his property on Grassy Key. Miss Isabel Mustard is building a $3,600 frame residence at Grassy Key. Otis Curry is building a CBS house at $5,760 on Stock Island, A. O. Short is builging a $2,940 CBS house at Holiday Homesites, Key Largo. William R. Schuler, Jr., fs build- ing a $2,400 frame house at Wind- ley Key. Don Gurgiolo is building a $5,000 CBS house at Plantation Key. Ben Sheppard is building o $5,500 CBS house at Plantation Key. , N. H. Richards is putting up a $7,500 CBS house at Plantation | Key, Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Haggard are building- a $3,000 CBS house at Plantation Key, previously re- ported on this page, H. S. McKenzie, Tavernier is | building a $3,780 CBS duplex, and is also moving and repairing a | frame building at a cost of $3,200, | J. R. Peacock is building an $800 porch at Pirate's Cove, Key Largo, | Arthur Bennett, Plantation Key jis building .an $1,150 boat house. Stanley Chryzan is building a $6,800 commercial building at | Rock Harbor, Key Largo. | Bernard Holzinger is building a | $2,240 addition to his house at Ig- | lamorada, |. John D. Phillips is building an jlee Cream Drive-In for $2,006 at | Grassy Key. J. J. Hall, Halls Camp, Marathon is moving and repairing a frame | residence at a cost of $1,000. W. L. Brainerd is building « | vice Station, Marathon. | $4100 house at Helidey Homesites Plantation Key is building a $600 porch on two buildings. room for $500 K. L. Pangborn is building a $4,868 duplex residence of CBS material at Marathon. C. C. Valdez is building an $800 frame shed at Cujoe Key. A. A. Swearinger is building a | tractor for the job. A $16,200 building permit for building a Masonic Temple for Union Lodge 43 F and A. m. was issued also last week by Building Inspector Ray Knopp. Ismael Garcia, No. 2 Aronovitz Lane is building an $8,000 frame house. _ Leonfe Valladares, SW corner Catherine and Duval Street, is building a $14,000 CBS store i #8 eeFe i i Reis rT; $55. Charles Aronovitz, 525 Simonton Street is repairing a fence at a cost of $250. Patricia Walls is doing general repairs and painting at a cost of Lumley Parks is building a front porch at a cost of $200, at 921 Packer Street. Mary Thompson is reroofing with felt at a cost of $90 at 816% Terry Lane. C. C. Bryant, 823 White Street is repairing a fence at a cost of $42. Emery A. Curry, rear 809 Fliem- ing Street is painting a porch at a cost of $50. G. A. McKillip, 1301 Leon Street {s painting a house at a cost of $350 frame room at Big Coppitt Key. George F. Snari is $3,000 frame house at Key | Floyd Davis repairing two frame Tesidences at a cost of $2,000. W. M. Briggs is adding frame house on Big Coppitt cost of $1,000, Bertha Slone is making repairs to a house on Siock F. M. Brittien is $2,000 frame house at Homesites, Key Largo. J. Clark Anderson is building a Largo. frame house at « cust of $3,000 at) Briss, Big Pine Key, $125. | $3100 addition te hie Aero Ser- Helio Gomez, 713-15 Duval Street is making repairs at a cost of A. B. LeClair is building a | $2,000. John Archer, 320 William Street is putting up a partition at a cost $300. The estate of Elizabeth Haupert, | Street at a cost of $3,000, Because of faulty foundations the il ef! : i fe ea da of cd Gb of ab 3h acer afandehh Fred W. Crockett, Tavernier is | Tower of Pisa began to tilt while adding 2 porte cochere to a utility | it was under Bernard and Robert 5 Compariso Of Renting Vs. Owning Profit Comes To Owner, Article Shows In Study an article reprinted in the Nation- al Savings and Loan Journal May- June issue, released last month. The conclusion reached by the article is that “a home owner, compared with a renter, actually shows a profit over a 15 year per- jod for the privilege of living in his own home.” The study assumes that the value of the dollar remains con- five years, $65 a for five years and $60 a for five years. Sai eRizisex aE | He li Fie i SALES « SERVICE RENTALS JR NEW ADDRESS — 217 DUVAL DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM OLD ADDRESS Phone 2-2333 See Us i RN I ANEMIA HSIN Saturday, June 20, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 9 Boca Chica Bids Are Called For Bids for repairs and resurfacing of paved roads and parking areas Boca Chica Field and Seaplane Base, U.S. Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida, Specification No. 27422 (SF), will be received until 3:00, p.m., EST, June 24, 1953 at the Public Works Office, Building 418, U.S. Naval Air Station, Boca States is required as security for safe return of each set of bidding data. G, A. Goetzke, Jr., Lt. CEC USN, Officer-in-Charge of Construc- tion. In the early days of oil produc- tion, a “gusher” or well which spouted oil all over the neighbor- hood was hailed as a triumph by a producer, but today, the produc- ~ er who fails to control the oil com- ing from a new well considers thé result something of a disgrace, Chica Field, Key West, Florida and | ——————____________ ! then and there publicly opened for the repair and resurfacing of selected paved roads and parking areas by installing a bituminous tack coat and an asphaltic concrete surface course compacted to 1-inch thickness on the treated surface. Specification No. 27422 (SF) and other bidding information may be obtained on application to the Pub- lic Works Officer, Building 418, U.S. Naval Air Station, Boca Chica Field, Key West, Florida. Deposit of check for $10.00 payable to the Treasurer of the United R. H. WRIGHT *& SON, Inc. CONTRACTORS @Channel Excavating @Land Clearing-Filling @ Road Building IN THE FLORIDA KEYS Key West 2-2830 Ft. 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