The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-13

ment called Ne sssry % No
AZ whsro fissy were eeHlpleteiv
eoepsroiivs n taking dlesailen
srem me. Then ! wired NY bess
. ssll him - be IN No lsek oUs
For ilso aisrY en me ~ telstype
81 To Citizen.
Hardly had ! finished with tha'
Key West story when Felicia
laundry man came Monday morn
Ing 10 her apartment.
'Wans d ride uptOwng" he asked
Inc.
II do indeed. I" said. sim latl
for an appointment.
When / climbed n his cleaning
station wagon laundry truck ank
replied / was from Key West. h
said:
ny nephetg was dEeNAe6 y
KEY West II PebFvaFy. lis vas
Marvin Marx en- Ne unlvoFallY
~ Miami IaheratofY ship Nise
died while dIvsns undsr slse slslp
for en- InsirumeHi.
I told him that though had mol
covered that tragedy ] knew about
III.
Ills meiher 4 sllll VrisvlE. "
AAfilon vIsenoF. Marx. sseIs snld.
wore Ell shoeked end osI1v.
~ Eou sco ~ wae ~ first
haF h eur family ever - % -
eolIase. Ne was nlso Ne eldest
soa w were Oh g proud -
him
MarviE's mother Mrs. Georges
Marx lives II SOS Putnam Place:
Rsofx. wagner Us Uncle Who a
generously droys NE uptown llve1
|at 1156 Everercu nrenue, AFRO The
Bronx. ThOueh sheir aseotiation1
with Key west ar tragic. Wagner
said That Mis- sister would appreel.
late seeing something more aboui
her son ii The Citizen. I promised
u send him this copy.
On { more ehooFivl nsts, NY
last nlnAs n New York sFI4nA1
look mo = hsar selns - ny Snv-
erie M Lam a NJ eenlst 81
nat kind - musis d kAanhaisans
eddie eonden,
The waiter was Z little upStage
when Ne heard my coffee order.
Irelented / little when my partner
ordered I fIlet mIgnon, but was
stu giving is TIE brush Of tourist
Treatment when somehow Key West
game up u the conversation As
Iit Inevitably does.
You mean you are from Key
MeSti He was 4 transformed
man. The hauteur was shed n I
second. he dashed % GET my col
fee, and came back beaming.
Why Used . weFk down eM
~ keYs q NJ csrlAbean eluh-
and % lnie Key WEST. what's h
Ike ludayass
We were IN. Such service m q
New York nightelub I have never
had before. He cuuldn't do enough
for rs. running Tor Ice water, eig.
lareltes. telling rs 10 sc there a.
Ilsng IS We wanted 70. ne usual
New York nighteluh waiter - eager
for Z quick turnover On coveted
lrinExide seats.
And then IN Washington, Key
West vas not only less than i've
hours away BY plane. but ~Gin-
Iger former Society Editor, pre-.
Isent book review editor az he CT,
lien, and society reporter for The
Washington Times Herald, was ms
hostess and showed me her stack
of Citizens and begged for first
hand news Of her favorite city.
/ As I winged back this morning,
leaving Washington National Air,
port at a:20 4. m, Il seemed n,
credible that ! would be seeing my
lfavorite sea. sun and Sly II iesi
than five hours. The consteIlatior
Isped down the Eastern coast Land,
ing Us q Miami at $50 i. III
AZ Sis =. n. I bearded the famil
lar National plane for Key West
breathing Z sigh of relief that
WAS On the last lap. I fastened ny
seat belt. knowing I'd be at III
Citizen Ill : i. IA. IS l had planned
Saddenly the pilots gave eacl
Other I knowing look IL the engine
sounded ! tribe odd. The steward
less told u % disemhark. We pied
Tout Of the plane and went back d
the airport
i In hall an hour anoiher plan.
Twas ready for Us and I s9kflel
down with coffee and ron s. u.
IleOmFCrsahle seat.
j Soon the aqua water and tla.
gem like Keys came into vIw, shi
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