The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 20, 1954, Page 7

BALTIMORE |NDUSTRIALIST BUYS CORAL HOTEL FOR $63,000 tants President Of Bio-Ramo Drug Co. | LS ES = Byington Appointed Sa, . Buys Building From Bernie C. Papy v.s. Commissioner JACKSONVILLE (P—John S. By- By DENIS SNEIGR i a ated U. S. come The Coral Hotel, one of the f fine apartment hotels | missione I Thurs- here, has been bought by a Baltimore industrialist. jay suc lliam W. Francis Ramo Cusumano, president of the Bio-Ramo Ju r Judge Drug Co., Inc., of Baltimore, paid $63,000 for the three- | B™ 3 3 story, 24-apartment building at 312 Simonton Street, : The building was sold to —-——-————_—_ Cusumano by Bernie C. Pa-| py, state representative. hotel nine years ago tom ff SALES and INSTALLATIONS Edgar Sanchez for $53,000. a ‘ mano is immediately spend- vlearview Aluminum Jalousies (Reg. Tra 000 on renovation and new Storm-Stop Awnings — Alu ure and has plans to install i P 9 Alu eteria in the lobby. Jalousie Doors — Glass or A Ithough the building is about Miami years old its lines are modern i Awning-Type Windows and the reinforced concrete and Superior Casement-Type Windows brick structure is in excellent con- : : prries Canvas Awnings and C The 24 apartments—10 efficien- Venetian Blinds — Aluminum or Wood cies and 14 regular apartments. D: are modern and conveniently laid rapery Cornices out Matchstick Bamboo Draperies They consist of bedroom-living P - room combinations, dining rooms Fol-Doors by Holcomb and Hoke and baths. | WwW ct < arren Foldin Renovation Under Way ig) Doors The renovation work now in pro- Ra-Tox Folding Doors gress includes painting and dec- | orating, new carpeting, and elec- | trical repairs. ° | Patio Furniture The corridors also are being re- | A decorated. The floors of the cor- Window Shades ridors are being painted with rub- ber-seal cement paint; palms and | other plants are being placed in | the halls as well as small tables | and chairs. | K W V ~ Bli d C |“"Cusumano feels that a modern | ey West Venetian Blind Co. cafeteria in the lobby would be a service not only to the guests but | 123 DUVAL STREET PHONE 2.5531 to the many persons who visit the | | post office which is just across | | Simonton from the hotel. | “One of the purposes in buying | the hotel,’ Cusumano said, “is to give our drug company employees | | Key West vacations.” | The company employs about 80 persons. | | Business Expansion 7 Y -s | Also, Cusumano said, Key West - , 3 * - . 3 " e¢ | will serve as a springboard for the ae: ee ee Pe . a , pas | | expansion of his drug business in | - Latin America. NEW BAR AND RESTAURANT AT LOc 4 F y : md modern bar and a revamped dining room have been unveiled by Al Logun, owner of Next week he will travel to the Logun’s Ocean Patio Restaurant at the foot 2 a th . The old bar formerly ran along one wall of the dining room. The new bar is in Dominican Republic to confer | : A A ve : +18 : si oe there with the American amba- a room of its own which opens off the dining r r rcles a stand for entertainers. The drop ceiling of the new room is of rope. The rope sador, William T. Pheiffer, in con- decorations are carried out in other parts cf t T 1 paper, showin g scenes in a seaport, is particularly suited to Key West. The new bar seats 27 nection with establishing a drug Builders’ Hardware Repairs and Renovations persons.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. manufacturing plant. Cusumano also has an appoint- ment with the president of Haiti to a i Zh 2 ee ge a ne s discuss the possibilities of a branch Bin ee : A} a |there to d h and study eny) fo buil Ment % | _Also in the works is the estab- | : CAN BE COST. y! BOSTON (#—An atomic power D ystem, is chairman of|when they do wili we be really | are sti her d some of them | lishment of a plant in Mexico | rg l e plant is planned for Pittsburgh. | 4t I Council’s atomic | excited about it.” ei | c | tty een ence anapevieee New England wants one too. It b : ‘ ee. The council is} Webster says the region’s plans r ae | ANG, : be t m ‘ ( to get an atomic power plant|for further industrial expansion : egior ng-ter , | that plant. : It might result i ive W paige \ Ae oe a lear, segs ‘4 ring else it thinks evil | wil call for more pent of | the C. D int out. | pene = pues | ‘ hk SOO wea its money’s worth. | rev 1 las 1 New land’s indus- | energy. And its high power costs— nilitary m 2 i Cusumano, a former opera sing- | New England could use the ex- > Light ¢ utur |largely because coal and other i . a4, /et; has another singer on his | Check your home for all such sources of future pensive new gadget sooner than 1 and of t W ys that atomic elec-! fuels to heat steam boilers must ae vw S| board of directors—John Charles trouble, and have repairs made promptly. some other areas, because power s ‘ V are coming for|be tramsported from outside—will 5 as | Taomas. Also on the board of di- Fi heiabuwahial h > costs here are higher than the |S!ton nuclear p a re. Bu ees as far off the| make atomic power competitive t ant posts—suc [rectors of the drug company :s inance the job with a low-cost home improve- national average. gl W be cheap enough | here before it would be in some r har Carlyle Barton, chairman of the | But many a hardheaded Yankee cd of u t »mpete with plants powered | other areas. stly t And ¢ board of Johns See | gays he’s willing for Pittsburgh can’t discus resently in use. He says:| Other sections may give New E f if it Tears ie ean pation to have the first one, as an- t make w G first ones will ‘breed’| England a run for its money. In be ¢ a eas a8 aid ee nvEC aor The pores ee oot ae nomically : er and cheaper ones. Only |some remote areas power costs t : | 2 Be nae Estat a eel e ¢ k ; = eae | Uist. | 2 +4 c ) Pay lowing in her father’s footsteps as the bills. tudy the pr _ | far as singing goes. She is giving | At Key West That may take years ear € a concert here today at the Con-| In Cambridge, some industrial vent. | scientists have different ideas ur ot . " | She has y | They have worked closely with | 7 ae | SHEA Pe ee | YOUR FRIENDLY COMMUNITY BANK the government on the A-bomb, | o: t or | Milan, Italy. She expects to re- | have helped harness atomic ener- |turn to Milan for her debut. gy and by-products to industrial | « ment loan here. Come in and apply any time. Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation use. They claim that they could r: the money in New England (y Yankees already have seen Cusumano said he was _surpris- ed to learn that the Coral Hotel al- ready is well known in many parts | of the United States. During the | past week he has had guests from atom spawn peacetime indust : aine and other Eastern states oem ti ; | who knew of the hotel. wae su pe ‘ He plans to extend the knowledge Saturday, March 20, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN e? : § of the hotel’s name through adver- | aa ai tising and. through billboards a-| i U. S. 1 leading to Key West. | ACTRESS IS ROBBED e : . = ee f “ it’s si Cleanin I Ol : | 8 ‘ cn Ee WEST LOS ANGELES (#—Police | es sess pe te PVeias po F a a i | reported that burglars entered the | install your own ‘floor ‘ ‘ ae Es & “See | home of actress Jane Wyman and | tiling that even the Metal f : her husband, Frederick Karger, | o — vF . lady of the house can WASTE BASKETS. . . | ae [S gooce lige ee aaa , do it! TABLE CLOTHS . . cc. £ ) a P | oss NAPKINS eee = | Half the U. S. women who reach | cS opewien e. 6 1% c : Z | | NAPI age 65 this year will live to be 80.)| And we have all types of tile, linoleum FABRIC REMNANTS . 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STUTZ A ; 602 : . alll SALES - SERVICE y 909 Fleming Street Teley Hong co HOTEL IS SOLD—The Coral Hotel is now the property of @ Baltimore drug company presi- RENTALS 132 Duval St. Tel, 2-2512 dent, following purchase from Bernie C. Papy for $63,000.—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch.