The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-08
Plane Marked Key West
Will Be Included In Air
Tour To Worlds Fair
Matter Brought To Atten-
ton OF County Commits
siOners AT Meeting Last
Night

Night
Aviation Division Of the State
Read Department viii have in
the air tour TO the Worlds Fair
81 planes and one of these will
represent Key West. with the
name Of this city in large letters
On the side of the plane. which
win be operated by Foster Forbes
and Ed Butts. according to a
communication from H. C. Whit
neY. director. which was read at
the regular meeting of the coun-
iY commissioners last night.
Present at the meeting were:
Chairman Carl Bervaldi, Com
missioners B. B. Warren, VIM.
Monsalvatge and T. Jenkins Cur
~; Clerk Ross c. Sawyer, At
storney w. Curry Harris, Chief
Deputy Bernard Waite and sew
eral interested spectators.
Report of Sheriff X. o. Thomp-
son showed deposits in the First
National Bank during the month
of May amounting to $1,000.
Report of Tax Collector Frank
H. Ladd showed deposits in the
bank for the month of May to-
falling $I,00771, distributed as
follows General Revenue Fund,
$30I67; Fine and Forfeiture
Fund. $7i41. Special Advertising
Fund, $7l.4l; Road Fund, $500;
General School Fund, $23B. OF;
Special School District Number
/, $3.50.
Clerk Ross C. Sawyer reported
tax certificates purchased or re-
deemed during the month to-
tailed $533.07-$450.73 in cash
and $l02.34 in bonds.
Murphy Act Activities
Activities under the provisions
of the Murphy Act included BAL
parcels during the month of May.
There were 1898 inches of print
ing and the amount of taxes cam
celled totalled $128, 373.48. Cost
of the activity was as follows:
To The Citizen, $2,186: Clerk
Sawyer, $4,205; Collector Laid,
$l,227.33; Collector Maloney ac-
count, $884.75.
Report of c. Sam B. Curry,
clerk of criminal court, was read
and placed on file.
Report of licenses issued by
Judge Raymond Lord showed
revenue for the state of $l85 and
tor the county of $92.50.
Clerk Sawyer reported receipt
of the last of the race track fund
checks from J. M. Lee. amount
ing to $1,000. This was directed
10 be distributed as follows: ST.
500 TO the General Revenue
Fund, and $500 to the Fine and
Forfeiture Fund.
Appointment of Raymond r.
Msloney as deputy sheriff was
announced. The appointment
was made by Sheriff Thompson
and the sureties for $1,000 bond
were signed by H. S. Mckenzie
and w. NJ Pinder.
Communication from Edwin
Trevor relative to the continue
ton of activities at the Key West
Community Art Center, which
was published in The Ciizen of
June 1, requesting that letters be
written TO senators and congress-
men in Washington relative to
the matter, was read and the let
tiers will be written by the at
torney.
Make Donation
Letter signed by Chief Harry
NJ. Baker of the Key West Fire
Department and Members Mil
ton Roberts and Cleveland Dill
lon requested donation to as
sist in paying the expenses of a
committee to Tampa to attend
the Firemen's Tournament on
June 10. 20 and 81, was read and
the sum of SIS was authorized
10 be paid from the Special Adj
vertising Fund.
Communication from Myrtland
Gates, director of the Junior
Safety Patrol. requesting assist
ance in paying the expenses Of
the patrol for q trip TO Miami,
was read and it was ordered that
SIS be contributed.
Letter from Fred Taylor,
through his physicians, asked for
(Contfnua6 an Pare EnuRl