The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-01
This Rock
OF Ours !"
BY BILL cIBs


A front page story of The Key
West Citizen this week told Of the
wonderful development of our
.slald during the past year. We
nave every reason to be optimis
.ic and feel that the next twelve
months will show even more
progress.
Key West will be finer and
more substantial town than il
ever was in the past.
And why?
Principally because Of its wo-
nen You can put that in your
pipe and smoke it, Buddy, like il
Of not.
a large portion of the improve
,penis that make Key West q
loYely and desirable place to live
in can be credited to the several
dozen church groups, Woman's
Club, Business and Professional
Women, Officers Wives and
Javy Wives Clubs, the County
Hospital Women's Auxiliary, and
others, too numerous 10 mention
Pm not trying 20 detr0ct from
the fine work that the various
mems organizations DO, Each Is,
III reality, supplement to tie
other But men are more interest
ed IN the material factors Of
growth, They want more income,
more Industry, better safety de-
Vices, etc,
Women, on the other hand, are
apt 90 place an aesthetic value on
their immediate surroundings
True, they deairo progress, but
they are willing 10 take the slow
81 way and always heauiify and
Improve % they 30 along
Occasionally, the men and wo.
men 81 Key West Join forces and
come up with an outfit like The
All and lIlstofieal Society The
work that they've done toward
preserving the Maltello Towers
hgs been a wonderful asset to tho
Island Another feature of tho Art
and Historical Society IL the
cultural and educational benefits
II affords the public, Not many
mall towns can boast Of the fine
haaginge that Martell0 Gallery sol
often has on exhibit,
Personally, I've never been IN
teTested IN whether Key West
grew to fifty or a hundTed-thous-
and population, Large towns can
be cold FLOODED plaees-blank-
faced walls bordering the side
walk, locked doors, strange faces,
It's a lot nicer to be in a small
place and know most of the peo-
ple--psople who will either call
you aSyfiend o. a'blankety blank
so-an@ so" And it's especially
nice hen that small place is Key
West4where The women have
creatsa so much Ioveliness in
their gardens and homes.
To DaSe King
Have you noticed the sad con-
ditiorf4 of a building on Duval
street2
Hunks Of heavy plaster have
broken off the facing and over
hanging caves. Other large slabs
look Hike they are ready to fail
In fairness to the pedestrian
publiG the danger spot should be-
semedled. Vibration from a heavy
truck might shake some of that
plastaf loose, and if anyone aap.
oensds 10 be walking underneath
well that's all, Brother!
OF Eoufse, / might be wrong
about the danger involved, I'm
not al engineers and appearances
IAN hE deceivina For that reason,
I'm nbt identifying the building
but will gladly do so privately ifI
you're interested
Again
! "Thh Rock wishes TO remind
all individuals or groups that
they can always utilize this space
to anSwer amy controversial sub
Sect which they think has been
handled unfairly by me.
The. column is written primar-
ily toscreate discussion and ulti-
natelg solve our problemsl
through democratic processes. I'll
would be narrow-minded ignor-
ance 70 say that Key West has no
problems or that any one person
can successfully work out the
,roblefns of our county and city
government