The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 27, 1954, Page 6

Motel Owner Announces Plans For $50,000 Fresh Water Swimming Pool Gunite Method Will Be Used In Construction, Levitt Says A fresh-water swimming pool and all the trimmings will be built at the Marine Work starts April 15. Motel, 1325 Simonton Street. Melvin Levitt, owner of the motel, today said it will be the first fresh water pool for civilian use in the city. The pool, filter system, patios and landscaping will set him back about $50,000 Construction of the pool will mark another first for Key West, Levitt added. He said it will be the first time here that a pool has been constructed by the Gunite method. In this construction method, lic- ensed by the Paddock Poo] and Equipment Co., the concrete is ap- plied to the walls and bottom pneu- matically. The new Marine Motel pool will be 16-by-36 feet and eight feet deep. There will be a five-foot deck on each side of the pool with a patio at each end. On the west end will be a 10- by-26 foot patio and a 20-by-26 No Forms Needed The gunite method of applying concrete requires no forms and the deep end of the Pool beneath the diving board. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN , Levitt said. with the pool will change the en- tire contents of the pool every eight hours, using the water over and over. Ot course, Levitt point- ed out, it will be necessary to add some new water. Sanitary Aspects The filter unit, pl:s an automa- tic clorination unit and an under- water suction cleaner, will keep the | pool clean and control bacteria, algae and fungi. According to the Paddock Com- pany, the average domestic water supply is not clear enough for swimming pool use until it has been filtered. And even the clearest water, the company says, becomes opaque af- | ter a few days use. The clear water as a result of! the filter system plus a special interior finish will make the wa- ter in the pool appear a brilliant turquoise blue. The finish — called Silicite by the company — is a pure white Plaster that is applied over the in- terior of the pool. Levitt said workmen will start digging for the pool on April 15 and estimate that it will take 30} days to complete the job. The pool will be elevated two feet above the ground level, This elevation, Levitt said, will keep surface water out of the pool and also keep out much of the leav- be blown into the pool by the wind. READ THE CITIZEN DAILY Saturday, March 27, 1954 SALES and INSTALLATIONS Clearview Aluminum Jalousies (Reg. Trademark) Storm-Stop Awnings — Aluminum or Fiber Glass Jalousie Doors — Glass or Aluminum Miami Awning-Type Windows Superior Casement ‘Type Windows Canvas Awnings and Canopies | Venetian Blinds — Aluminum or Wood DrdBery Cornices Matchstick Bamboo Draperies Fol-Doors by Holcomb and Hoke Warren Folding Doors Ra-Tox Folding Doors Builders’ Hardware Repairs and Patio Furniture Window Shades Renovations Key West Venetian Blind Co. 716 DUVAL STREET PHONE 2-5531 . Yes, it's 80 easy to install your own floor tiling that even the lady of the house ean do it! And we have all types of tile, linoleum and trim for her to choose from: asphalt, cork, plastic and rubber tile; felt base linoleums, inlay and battleship linoleum; plastic wall tiles; sink rims; Formica; all types of aluminum trim. We Supply The Materials... You Install Them Key West Floor Covering Co. M.E. 132 Duval St. STUTZ Tel, 2.2512 Two Stores, Three Homes Lead Permits Alterations, Repairs And Additions Are | Planned By Owners | City building permits for the past week showed an increase over the previous week although none of them were unusually large. Two store buildings and three homes were among the permits is- Oh, they won’t admit this fact. sued. | Maybe they have no realization of F, Vidal had a $7,000 permit for | their egotistical manners of per- a CBS store at 928 Truman. John. | haps they've heard of a guy nam- This Rock By Bill Gibb “Tf God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.” That might have been true a couple of hundred years ago but today we have plenty of people ready and willing to take God’s place. I think it was Voltaire who said: | son and Curry are the contractors. Ralph Goferna also had a $7,000 Permit for a store at 917 Duval. | ed Lucifer and decided that they don’t want to get into any open fight and suffer his fate. Never- theless, they’re not hard to spot. The CBS Construction Co., is the| ‘The driver who blasts his horn contractor. | at parked traffic onestea Dea | apa CBS is also building a home at/ { Of & second after a frattic Hatt 2611 Fogarty for G. Fabal. The per-| mation one of these deluded indi- mit was for $11,000. viduals who rates himself above CBS is building a home for M. | all humans and just a fraction be- Thompson at 2935, The nermit was | low God. Another character that for $10,500 - | fits this type is the one who tromps es and dirt that ordinarily would | ¢o<, - ; down on the accelerator of his au- Thomas Major was issued a $9,-|tomobile and drives through traf- fic with a ‘devil take the hindmost’ attitude. Traffic offenders aren’t the only humans on this earth who presume themselves to be merely a few steps removed from God, however. We've got the smug church-goers who embarrass their pastors and fellow members of the congrega- tional by attempting to direct all activities of the church. There are dictators who would like nothing better than to take complete charge of our lives. Heck! — and before someone 000 permit for a CBS home at 1109 Howe. Other Permits Other permits on file were: Poray Studio, 409 Southard, awn- | ing, $200. Tropical Sheet Metal Co. | is the contractor. | Manuel and Delio Perez, 203 Vir- | ginia, New Age Construction Co. is | doing alterations, $3,500. | Roy Edwards, 1409 Albury, re-| pairs, $650. A. Menendez, 1901 Flagler, fence, | G. Deasmas, 510 Bahama, repair | Til Bakers Lane, | Charles Sands, 715 Olivia, roof, Justa Rivero, 1119 Whitehead, ad- dition, $1,000. Jose Ponce, 701 Simonton, car Port, $250. J, Saunders, 1409 Grinnell, fence, $75, F. Symonette, 228 Olivia, porch roof, $100. John M. Diaz, Pairs, $600. V. Vinson, 1306 Virginia, roof, $200. 806 Pearl, re- Ignacio Perez, 913 Duval, re- Pairs, $150. . Emory Curry, 1510 Seminary, shed, $150. Clem Price, 8 Charles, repairs, $1,200. John Oarey, 318 Julia, repairs, $300, Activity Is Slower During Past Week’ Transfers of real estate in the county were slow this past. week, according to the warranty deeds on file in the office of the county clerk, ag following deeds were on Twenty acres of Monroe County land were sold by Ray L. Parker to Albert Pitman, for $1,800. Land at Staples Ave. and Fifth St. was sold by Edwin J. Burke, Jr., to Harry S. Mockridge for $8002. A lot in Islamorada was sold by Ernest Cotton to Frank V. Birch for $950. for $500.- sold for $4,500 by Emory R. Brown to Frances Primm, Four lots at Palm Villa on Big L. Chase to John Dickson III for $400. Stratton’s Subdivision to Jim M. Holbert for $2,200. Cc. Knight a lot in Buttonwood County Real Estate|" Anna W. Lofton sold a lot in Man- | dalay subdivision to A. F, Mende | Largo Beach Lot | A lot in Key Largo Beach was | Pine Key were sold by Augustus | Harold K. Evans sold land in| A. M. Cunningham sold James | | beats me to it — there are even columnist who feel it necessary to |point out evils which everyone knows exists anyway. It’s a rough, | rough situation! Humility Of course, the answer to all of these problems lies in the keyword, humility. “Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet, everybody is content to hear.” It might be added that no one seems to really understand what is meant by the term, either. For several years I’ve met oc- casionally with a group of men and women who are quite sincerely de- voted to the achievement of humi- lity. You might think that because they all have this singleness of pur- pose, they would find it fairly easy to achieve a common definition of the word. But no — even after years of discussion — the argu- ment still goes on: What is humili- 2 T honestly don’t know the answer. ROBERTS Office Equipment 126 Duval Street Phone 2-5634 Royal Typewriters Portables and Standards SALES - SERVICE RENTALS Shores on East Key Largo for $500, George E. Wilby sold to Howard Burkhart 10 acres of Monroe Coun- ty land for $400, Grassy Key Sale Mary Parrish sold to Paul T. Washburn two parcels of !and on Grassy Key for $6,000. Roger Albury sold to Stanley K. 000. Herman three lots at Waddeli and Alberta Avenue for $8,500. Charles Greenhalgh bought from J. Hilmer Johnson land on Big Pine Key for $1,300. ———_—_—_——————— CABINETS - COUNTERS - BOOK- CASES - ETC.—Custom Built to Your Specifications—FLOOR COV- ERINGS . . . Asphalt, Plastic, Rubber and Linoleum Tile — Free Estimates — Installed to Satisfy! KEY WEST HOME IMPROVEMENT COMPANY 5 Front St. Tel. 2-6501 | Seen errant Dimock land on Key Largo for $2,- || Mr. Brown Invites || to Visit Him at | Location. THE SAME FRIENDLY, Of Ours I've got a feeling that it is one of the conditions that is a requisite to faith but, whereas faith has a tenflency to cling to one, humility has fluid, quicksilver qualities that make it hard to hold on to. We only have to go as far as the nearest mirror to observe a man or woman who has experienced the unstable character of humility and often suffered as a result of it. Luckily, nature has a leveling off process so that most of us who balloon ourselves into a strato- sphere of self-conceit are prompt- ly brought back to earth by our friends and companions. A few unlucky souls continue to float freely until they run headlong into , tragedy. -Everything considered, lack of humility isn’t something for which we should condemn another Person but rather, he should be pitied. And we might take his con- duct as a warning to make a per- sonal inventory of our own thoughts and actions! Hey — Wake Up! The sermon is over now. Some- times it amazes me how “This Rock of Ours” goes off on a tan. gent and starts trying to compete with the preachers in Key West. It’s a foolish attempt because the church leaders dish their advice out “for free.’ Even if all other things were equal, no sensible reader wants to pay a nickle for some- thing that is given away for noth- ing on Sunday. Suppose we work out a com- Promise? You go to some church on Sunday and this columa will stay off of this kind of subject during the week-days.’ To Come In and Browse 8:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. RS.V.P. | 105% DUVAL STREET His Many Friends His New Central COURTEOUS. POLICY WILL PREVAIL. DROP IN AND SEE MR. BROWN AT HIS NEW MODERN OFFICE, Gottlob Koenig bought from Max | | SOUTHE Maxwell Co, Inc. FURNITURE and FURNISHINGS Cordially Invites You DISPLAY IN NEW STORE—Shown above Is a portion of one of the displays in the Key West Venetian Blind Company's new showroom at 716 Duval Street. completely renovated building has efficiency apartments on the second floor. Eo be The The company The store opened today. still maintains its shop and warehouse at 123 Duval Street—Citizen Staff Photo, Finch. 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