The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-21
SUCCESSFUL AILKEYs

aa1oetauon. Ne maintained that
distance represents a problem IN
getting members cut 10 meetings
and that eoopeEatl0n am0GE the
three Chambers has been difficult
% attain In The past.
We are not gong b get swsy
from our sectionali3m," she sald
Key west chsmser kaasssr
haFsid Lavbseher ssia Ne wss
wurrisS sbevf fks sxpamss "a tha
psspesed sdvsVfisina ssmpsisn.
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eAsmhsgs' drives tsr esatribu.
ssess. This Assssissisn's earn
pslgn hes " be IN sddliiea " Ne
FssgisF chsmbss ~ csmmsres
danaiiena."
I.aubscheF pointed out that the
cooperation a. local business peo.
pie Il Imperative and that some II
them have been taking a free ride
on TIE efforts ~ others
Sad0wxki answering any and ell
questions as they came up said
hat the billboards could be finane.
"a BY business people on the var.
sous Keys
Il know q half . dozen o. them
Who would pc up 800 right now
Cor . pelican billboard"
Hs stressed that the advertising
u individual s.vms on the blil.
boards would be secondary 10 the
useful information on each Key
whlch would be- given the tourist
as he travelled from the Dade
County line down 10 Hey West. The
lhlghlighted billb0aTds presented By
Sad0wski told the number Of tour.
lss rooms available: the number
'Df charter boats restaurants,
tackle shops. out boards
last year more than i.4iT 600
people passed through the toll
gates. and al least 100 90 more
stopped before they got 20 the Up
per Toll gate. Yet what have We
done for these people1 We haven'I
even set up q sign saying Wei.
come 10 the Florida Keys nor
nave We told them whs, the Fl0ri.
ia Keys are like or what they vii
.slnd on the Keys"
''se many have driven 10 ksY
West. turned aEeund. end sons
away from tire Keys, saYlns shss
there lna't snythlns here. Vet.
these same psopls. v they hsd
Ell u the eats sbovs the FleFlda
Keys wovld ssop snd IlnssT, End
n IL ioF this Bvrposs thss We ere
getting toaetheE en- Assoeiatiea
=. IN order that we will have
ere esnssr point Ger advertising
snd plugging ths FleElds Keys.
IF every person who has visited
the Keys had extended his stay BY
only one day, this would have
meant $4,000. 900 more business %
as"
In addition 10 the one big Asso-
citation linking The three Chambers,
Sadowski proposed that two fish.
Ing contests should be conducted
Cor the entire Keys area. one In the
summer and one In the winter,
lasting six months each.
Anyone could enter these fish.
Ing contests al anytime. thereby
allowing the fisherman 20 enter his
catch a. any weighing station in
the Keys. A copy Of this catch
could be sent Immediately 10 the
chairman u the tournament.
Sadowski Ia Offering q $1,000 lot
as the prize In an All Florida Keys
Fishing Tournament.
4 In addition 20 the 50 billboards
10 run from Jewish Creek down
20 Key West. Sadowski suggested
distribution AZ pamphlets b. The
new Association.
Paul Sher a the three man Mon.
roe County Advertising Commits.
sion which must recommend ex.
penditures for advertising only. for
authorization by the County Com.
mission addressed the leaders.
Wen weigh every suggestion
We start from scratch on October
Il l. Not one cent o. that 81 200 has
been earmarked for any adyertiS.
Ing" Sher stressed.
I II was proposed that the 50 600
could best be spent through a com.
bined Association 81 the Chambers
rather than the individual groups
This suggestion viii be taken back
70 the local gr0Ips along with the
suggestion for en- Association az
i've members Of each Chamber for
advertising promotion.
Each % she Flerlda ksv. ~n.