The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-12-30

| date 10 years ago, your birth
| day fell on Saturday.
Marriages in Key West for the
year total 240, according to the
office of vital statistics. There
were 451 births recorded as against
254 deaths. The oldest person
married during the year was a
man of &c years. The youngest
i15. There were six females of this
age married.
The dinner and ball tonight at
the Casa Marina marks the formal
opening of this beautiful heel.
Every room in the palatial hos
telry has been put IL readiness for
the season which promises to be
one of the greatest ever exper-
fenced in Key West.
The contract for the erection of
the new high school building in
Key West was awarded this week
to the Johnson and Dongo COM
pany for $48, 444, it became known
today. Work will begin on the
structure within the next few
weeks and pushed to completion.
The school proper will be 1io
feet by 1870 feet.
James D. Corcoran, of Utica, N.
Y, in special article written for
The Citizen says that "as strange
as it may seem I'm convinced at
ter visiting a number of cities that
the growth of city is not simply
matter of resources or ge0g
raphy, but more essentially that
of the mental attitude of the citi-
Gems to their community"
The Jacksonville scout team that
is cleaning up all other basketball
aggre@ations on the East Coast
has just annexed another at Fort
Lauderdale. The players are all
diminutive, but what they lack in
size they make up in aggressive
ness and knowledge of the game.
They will play three games in Key
West, the first to be next Monday
night,
"The year of 1922 has been the
most successful for the police de-
partment in Key West that / have
experienced during my Is years in
office" said Chief Whitmore j..
Gardner. There were 1880 ar
rests during the year and the
vigilance of the officers have
greatly aided in suppressing law
violations. Fines collected from
law volators in the city totallad
SO, 427.70.
The valuation of building per-
mits issued during the year 1922
amounts to $110,73O. The ma
jority of these were for building
and repairs, although several BUSH
ness places and residences have
been constructed. particularly the
Renedo ard Wolkowsky business
buildings on Duval street.
| Erection of a bungalow on South
street for Paul Herrick will be
started next week by Johnson and
Dongo. The cost is placed at 3d.
200. 1t will be ofsthe modern and
lup to the minute type of architec-
ture.
The wedding of Miss Francis
Meltzer to Morris Aronovitz will
be solemnized tomorrow evening
in the Jewish synagogue and a
reception will follow the ceremony.
Through error it was stated yester-
day that the ceremony would be to-
night.
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Taxes Collected IN the office of
Collector Arthur Sheppard for the
year amounts TO Sl70,19685. Pay
ments were far more prompt this
year than in former periods.
Fire losses during the year set
new low mark. There were no
disastrous conflagrations. The to-
tai losses amount to but $11,4S0.
Licenses issued for the year of
1922 are surprising as they are
far ahead of those of recent years.
The city auditor reports collections
from this source of $22, 265.25.
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