The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 1, 1954, Page 7

Fresh-Water Pool Is Being | & Built By Motel Owner Here / Construction To Be Completed By Saturday, May 1, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 7 The End Of May |Belll Company Aids Key West Growth Work was under way to- day on the fresh-water swimming pool at the Mar- ine Motel, 1825 Simonton Street. According to Melvin Lev- itt, owner of the Marine Mo- tel, the pool will be the first fresh-water pool for civilian use in Key West. It also will be, he said, the first pool to be built in Key West by the Gunite process. In this process, the concrete is Southern Bell Telephone and: Telegraph Company has been con- tributing its share to the growth and advancement of Key West, with the tremendous spurt of ac- tivity in installing new telephones here. This week the 7,000th telephone was installed in the local exchange. The installation was made in a home in Sigsbee Park, where the Telephone Company has just com- pleted a $58,000 constuction pro- it to ide service to the 1,000 tits in the Wherry Housing Bre applied pneumatically to the walls jects. and bottom of the pool. Persons driving by the pool site have noticed that the excavation for the pool appears to be in two sections. A wall of rock runs across the excavation near one end.’ Actually, this small excavation’ at one end is for the underground Toom that will hold the equipment, such as the filter system. To Apply Concrete Levitt said the concrete will be applied next week. The Paddock Pool and Equipment Co. licenses construction companies to use the Gunite method. The pool, with its patios, decks and landscaping, will reach a total cost of about $50,000, Levitt said. When completed about the end , the new pool will be 16- 36 feet and eight. feet deep. will be a patio at each end and a deck along each , end of the pool will y a 10-by-26 foot patio. @ 20-by-26 foot patio end. Shuffleboard Court eer it Siz 2 gv Ls & Onee the pool is filled, Levitt said, the filter system will change the entire contents every eight hours, The filter system uses the water over and over, adding a little as needed. : The pool will be kept clean and the bacteria under control by the filter system used in conjunction with a chlorination unit and an underwater suction cleaner. Since the Gunite method of ap- plying concrete requires no forms, all the corners can be rounded. There will be no dirt - catching square corners, Levitt added. Underwater Light At the deep end of the pool, there Now You Can Admiral Aids William Gale, Telephone Com- pany Manager, expressed his ap- preciation for the personal interest shown by Rear Admiral George C. Towner in assisting the tele- phone company in securing neces- sary right-of-way on this govern- ment property. He also commended. Claude Spear, manager for Wher- ry Housing, and his employees for their fine cooperation. i All telephones requested in Sigs- bee Park and Peary Court will be installed within a couple of weeks, Gale announced, ‘After this instal- lation is completed, the telephone company will have installed ap- proximately 2,000 telephones since the dial conversion in December 1952. About 600 of these telephones will have been installed this year, Gale said, ‘These figures are @vidence that the telephone com- pany is exerting every effort to meet the telephone demand and needs here and that substantial progress is being made. This does not mean the task of bringing telephone service to the people of Keg West is finished,” he added. “Instead work goes right on as we continue to go forward with job of providing still more and better telephone service.” ie be a 500-watt underwater t. When finished, the water in the pool will appear to be a brilliant turquoise blue color. This, Levitt said, will be due to the special finish — called Silicite — that will be applied to the pool’s interior. This finish, although it is a pure white, causes the water in. the pool to appear blue. To help keep the pool free of dirt and leaves that might be blown in by the wind and to also keep out surface water, the entire pool will be elevated two feet above ground level. The Viking Pool and Equipment Co., Inc., of Miami, drew the plans and also is doing the construction work on the new pool. ‘Get The Best At NEW LOW PRICES! 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Florida Associa- tion of County Clerks, and The Florida Association of Assessors. ‘The purpose df the Joint Com- thittee is to examine conditions re- lating to transfers of real estate in regard to legal descriptions of the land, and other legal docu- ments involving survey informa- tion, with the aim that future trans- actions may be consumated more economically, ethically, and. cor- rectly. When the aim is realized, the citizens “of Florida will be saved hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, A preliminary meeting was held last November. At that time it was decided to form a permanent joint committee as it is expected that the work to be done will require two or three years, at least, to accomplish the work desired, At Friday’s meeting in Gaines- ville the following were elected as permanent offices: Chairman: Professor James W. Day, College of Law, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Vice Chairman: John P. Gog- gin, Engineer and Registered Land Surveyor, Marathon, Florida. Secretary: Hugh A. Binyon, Re- gistered Land Surveyor and Coor- dinator for the West Coast Title Co., St. Petersburg, Florida. The next meeting is scheduled to be held in Orlando although the exact date has not been set. Spearheaded by the attorneys group, the joint committee voted a resolution of thanks to Engineer Goggin who conceived the idea, and as Chairman of the Surveying and Mapping Section of the Flor- ida Engineering Society contacted the other organizations and ar- ranged for the initial meeting. Mr. Goggin, an Engineer and Land Surveyor of national reputa- tion, now engaged in extensive de- 'children, parents, brothers or sis- velopment work on the Florida Keys, has long worked for greater coordination of efforts of all per- sons and organizations dealing with land conveyances, mortgages, tax assessments, and property surveys. Wants Damages LOS ANGELES (#—Movie pro- ducer Berman Swarttz demands two million dollars damages in a suit filed yesterday alleging breach of contract in filming the stag show, “New Faces.” Defendants include National Pic- tures Corp. and its president, Ed- ward L, Alperson. Cause Of Pockmarks Sought By Dealers HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. #— Police and used car dealers sought today ¢o find what caused the pock- marks or cracks in the windshields of nearly 250 cars here. The cars, discovered damaged Thursday, were all parked on used car lots. Similar windshield damage has been reported from many sections of the country in recent weeks. ——— Cabinets - Counters - Book- cases - Etc., Custom Built FLOOR COVERINGS Free Estimates KEY WEST HOME IMPROVEMENT COMPANY 515 Front Tel. 2. INTERIOR OF NEW HOTEL—This photo shows part of one of the apartments in the new South- ard Hotel, Duval and Southard Streets. The $60,000 elevator building has 20 efficiency apartments and two hotel rooms. The M. E. Bennétt Construction Co. added two stories above the existing one-story building on the corner. The Veterans Corner Here are “authoritative answers from the Veterans Administration to four questions of interest to for- mer servicemen and their famities: Q. I have a $10,000 Nation Ser- vice Insurance term policy, and I'm thinking of converting to a permanent plan. Do I have to con- vert all of it, or could I convert part and keep part as term in- surance? A. You may convert part of your insurance to one or more perman- ent plans, and keep the rest as term. You may convert in multi- ples of $500, starting with a min- imum of $1,000. Q. I’m planning to take a cor- lence course under the Ko- rean GI Bill. How large a GI al- lowance can I count on getting | from the VA? | A. Your GI education end train- ing allowance will be equal to the amount that the school requires non-veteras to pay for the same course. Q. When I was in service, I was told that the only persons I could name as beneficiaries for my GI insurance indémnity were wife, ters. If I apply for the GI term insurance available to Korean vet..- erasn, will the same restrictions on beneficiaries apply? A. No. For the GI term insur- ance, you may name any person or persons, firm, corporation or other legal entity, including your estate. The restrictions on bene- ficiaries apply only to the free in- service indemnity. Q. I am a disabled World War Two veteran taking Public Law 16 training. After I finish my course, will VA find me a job? A. No. Under the law, VA’s res- ponsibility has to end after it has trained you to the point of employ- ability. However, your VA train- ing officer will refer you to an ap- propriate State or Federal employ- ment agency for assistance in find- ing a job. (Veterans living in Key West, Florida who wish further informa- tion about their benefits should con- tact the VA office at Room 218 Modern Apartment In New Southard Hotel The hotel formally opened its Bank Deposits Increase Over A Million Dollars In 1953 | Deposits in the Florida National ank here increased over one mil- lion dollars since April, 1953, a bank statement showed today. On April 20, 1953, a statement showed $13,396,458.14 on deposit. A statement dated April 15, 1954, showed this amount in deposits: $14,448,415.22 — an increase of $1,051,957.38. “This increase in deposits,” Jer- ry J. Trevor, bank president, said, “shows that business has been favorable here during the past win- ter. “It means,” he amplified, “that our depositors had a pretty good winter. They made money and they have’ money in the bank for. improvements and expansion dur- ing the summer.” The current Congressional inves- tigation of the Federal Housing Ad- ministration’s Title I repair and that many thousands of home own- ers in Monroe County and other communities have used that pro- gram to help- improve their pro- perties at a reasonable cost with the aid of low, convenient monthly Payments, according to E. A. | Strunk, Jr., local lumber and build- ing materials dealer and member | of the Public Affairs Committee of | the National Retail Lumber Deal-| ers Association. “FHA's self-supporting Title I Program serves the needs of home owners well, at no expense to the jaxpayers, except where it has/| en abused by a small number Post Office Building.) UNIONS ASK FOR MONEY TO FIGHT UNEMPLOYMENT WASHNGTON (#—Three of the nation’s bigger unions have laid the groundwork fur united action against. unemployment and the Taft-Hartley Labor Relations Act. A plan for joint efforts by the United Mine. Workers, the AFL Teamsters Union and the CIO Steelworkers was drawn up yester- ata luncheon meeting of their leaders. Afterward, mine workers Presi- dent John L. Lewis told newsmen he, Dave Beck, the teamsters’ president, and David J. McDonald, president of the steelworkers, had agreed to try to prod the govern- ment into a spending program to Lewis also said the three unions at an er forces to con- tinue to w outright repeal of the Taft-Hertley Act and to in- fluence the course of legislation in which they are interested on the federal, state and local levels. of irresponsible individuals who have sought exhorbitant profits and have made false and mislead- ing promises,” Strunk said. “The irregularities which Con- Bress is investigating have occur-| ed principally in cases where home | owners have signed contracts with unknown operators from out-of- town. i “As early as last September, our | National Association began to as-| sist FHA officials in tightening up| Construction Co. Applies To Build Six $9,800 Homes Porter - Wagor - Russell, Inc., this week took out $58,800 in build- .ing permits for six $9,800 concrete ,block and stucco homes, according to building permits on file at city wee RENTALS The permits are for houses at ‘1106 Ashby, 1107 Thompson and at the following numbers on Catherine | Street: 1617, 1613, 1609, and 1605. Other building permits on file in- frou se en land TW Service j en Pinder, 416 Margaret, repairs, , Calls A 2 John Gallagher, .615 Mickens Promptly Lane, roof, $200. WE DO ANTENNA M. Castillo, 1006 Catherine, car- INSTALLATIONS Eee ee aca Car Radios A Specialty . Castillo, abeth, alter- ations, $775. 826 Duval Street TEL. 2-8511 ea ee ROBERTS Office Equipment. 126 Duval Street Phone 2.9634 Royal Typewriters Portables and Standards SALES - SERVICE M. F. Welch, 1614 Washington, fence, $200. Elect... DAVE KING State Representative reme cur xa “Government By The People” My Past Accomplishments for Key West Establish What I Can Do As Your State Representative PULL LEVER 19-A @aid Political Advertisement) doors today. Trevor said the deposits were increased not only by a good winter season but by more people mov- ing into the Key West area. It is well known that investors— such as chain store organizations— check bank deposit statistics very | carefully before putting money in- to a community to open a new business or to expand a business. “Bank deposits are a true busi- |mess barometer,” Trevor declared. The comparative statements also showed that the bank had more money invested in U. S. Govern- ment securities this year than at the same time last year. The April, 1954, statement show- ed $8,375,357.67 in government se- The Maxwell Co., Inc. South’s Largest Furniture Dealers COMPLETE Strunk Lauds FHA TitleI Program As Home Owner Aid modernization program will show! 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