The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 28, 1954, Page 9

aie i i i lotel On Key Lar Building And Real Estate Booms All Along The Florida Keys + Real estate and construction business on the Keys is better than ever with the $200,000 sale of a motel topping recent transactions. . The big motel sale involved the Rod and Reel Motel Court on Key Largo, according to the warranty deed on |) file in the office of Earl Adams, county clerk. The deed showed that the Rod and Reel Motel Court, Ine., bought the buildings and land from the First Federal ‘Savings and Loan Association of Miami. ; A total of 22 lots were sold, lots one to 19 in Block for $7,500. Also at Marathon, William Ma-| | con is putting up a two-bedroom, Many Homes At Key Largo Beach, Edward M. Meister is building a $9,400, CBS two-bedroom home. ‘Emmett Hart is putting in a $5,- 300 swimming pool-at Plantation each. The pool is 20-by-50° feet: John E. Bean; who recently a motel from Beulah Cass jamorada is building a $5,300 p-brick: addition on the motel. addition contains 537 square Layton of Layton’s Long amp is building a two-bed- CBS home on Long Key at of $7,900. 24 ih Cassis ‘building a club- house at Islamorada. The $9,000 building contains 1,386 square A two-bedroom frame house is constructed on Big Pine Key Arthur H. Lowe, Jr., at a cost 200. Faé a FEES Bs8E " it e : s F Fo] + 5 ge ¥ i z z Z i 4 k i E ; | I i ] i g S 8 H $y fy ey ri # 5 fut He He a i ‘ih ay out in the past week was for, an 0. concrete block, stucco home at 2433 Linda St. be built by the Noble Construc-|, tion Co, . . tig Other..permits were » issued to, ‘remont Curry, 1407 Petronia, $700 garage. sta 0 Thompson Enterprises, Eaton and White, additition, $300. ..; | Molina Bakery, 1125. Margaret, shed, $300. i V. Molina, 1129 Margaret, roof, $ homes under construction at} Gate Restaurant, 300 Southard, Marathon at a cost of about $7,000 / alterations, $3,000. Gerald md ee 2919 Staples, , The Maxwell Co., Inc. South's Largest Furniture Dealers COMPLETE Apartment - Moiel - Hotel Supplies (DECORATOR SERVICE) - ar and Restaurant Equipment (COMPLETE LINE) Telephone 2-6031 Worm Business Was Very Good OGDENSBURG, N.Y. W—A 72- year-old mental patient ‘at the St. Lawrence State Hospital was known for a peculiar penchant — digging worms. ‘He sold most of them for small. sums to employes and passersby. A couple of days ago, it was discovered the man was carrying more, tucked away in worm cans since 1915. A hospital official said the mon- ey had been deposited for the pa- tient in a special account. ELECTRIC TOOL DOs -DON'Ts = By Andrew. C. Lang ' THE WIRE CUR BRUSH FOR %” DRILL DO—tse,. this electric drill ac- cessory. for removing loose, scaly paint from, wood or . metal and for’ taking..off rust from. metals preparatory to painting. “*D0-suse ia heavy rag to protect sqsnaq n> Buyyoniyn upym n> Bujeq = wioay eax 0} 6ps Aavey-p esn— your hand when attaching the cup brush to the drill, DO—be certain that the brush is free to revolve harmlessly be- fore pressing the swhitch. DO—tilt the brush slightly for smoothest and most efficent op- reation. DO—produce an even, contin- uous coverage “by using long, sweeping motions similar to those use in sanding or polishing. x k * DON‘T—turn on the motor to “spin on” the brush even if you are in a hurry. DON’T—operate the tool with forced effort or unnecessary pres- sure. DON’T—leave the drill connect- ed when making any adjustments. DON’T—use the brush when the wires are dull, as they can be sharpened quickly by placing the wheel while the drill motor is running. DON‘T—attempt to remove the brush from the drill spindle with- wrench. pwn Fence WILL BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME WITH te — no rust itetime fittings a ‘construction yer: For FREE Estimate NEW TRACTOR HOME—The Shelly Tractor and Eq garet Streets. The M. E. Bennett Construction Co. built the the architect. The office area is air conditioned and fitted $160. A. search turned up $4,527 | OD w, & glass jalousie windows. BED ROOM.2 ED ROO! BED ROOM 100x120 @ 1225x145 BED RM 3 8:11x 10-0 * DININ 9-0x10-7 £/V/NG ROOM 13-3x 17-6 AP Newsfeatures FOR THE NARROW PLOT—This‘housé was designed to meet requests for a good looking compact-house with all of the best features of arambling, more expensive ranch model. Three bed- rooms and a total of 1,100 square feet of living space are pro- vided although the house is only 26 feet wide. This should fit, a 40-foot lot, Plan N-61, this house was planned by Alfred H. Ryder for the Architects’ Home Pla. Bureau, Box 141, Bethe, lehem, Conn. pany soon will move into their new building at James and Mar- w 40-by-60 foot CBS building.. Norman Giller, of Miami Beach, was The remainder of the building has steel brush against a moving grinding | out first loosening it with al Complete TV Service * SALES: 1955 Zenith, RCA, Motorola * ANTENNA INSTALLATIONS, featuring the FINCO 400SA, CHANNEL 4 YAGI and CHANNEL MASTER CHAMPION * COMPLETE, GUARANTEED TV SERVICE ... 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He had become, separated from a friend while picking berries near here. “Why-call the cops?” asked Mc- Connell. “I know these woods like the back of my hand. It was my a) | darn leg that held me up,” a; McConnell’s left leg is, severed :|at the knee, “It kept getting caught, coming | off, and I broke the harness on it. Salvation Army Buys House And Lot In Key West The Salvation Army: has bought a 2%by-100 foot lot and a seven-room house at 317 Pea- con Lane, according to Lt. Hen- ry Russell, commanding offi- cer of the Salvation Army unit here. Lt. Russell said there is a $3,000 mortgage.on the proper- ty. The house Is used as an of- ficé and parsonage. The price was $5500. The remainder was contribut- ed and loaned by other Salva- tion Army groups in Florida. * The Miami Salvation» Army Corps donated $250 and loaned $1,000. 2 Among the others contribut- ing were Ft. Lauderdale, $250; Orlando, $100; and St. Peters- burg, $500. 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