The Key West citizen., 1954-02-09

"They used TO call people who
lived in trailers, 'Tin-Can tour
ists'," James A. Leftwich, New
York writer and public relations
counsel said in an interview with
The Citizen this week. "But we
feel living in a house on wheels
in Key West deserves a better title,
so we are members Of the South.
ernmost City's Winter Trailer Co
lony'."
Stating that this is the second
winter his family has spent here,
Leftwich enthusiastically said,
"Key West is tops, though ii is at
the bottom of the U. S. A., and II
has the only dependable weather in
Florida. The Leftwich family
plans to spend two months here
every winter from now on.
"Our trailer is parked at the
Key West Trailer Court, 1O15 Sim.
onton Street, in a palm-tree-s stud.
Ided. poinsettia- -punctuated oasis, {
few block from the calmest, blueSt,
warmest, most-inviting water or
the Atlantic seaboard," Leftwict
said.
"The trailer" he added, was 9
gimmick cooked-up to accommo
date our family and all the knick.
nacks we like to take on vacations
It's like going camping yet beine
home all the time. People we have
met here in two winters have made
our trips intimate and friendly. L
has given us feeling of partly be-
longing to this community we have
come to like so much.
Whether it be butcher, banker
baker, or beach-comber, we know
almost as many people here as a.
home in RumSon, New Jersey. Lo
cal names and interesting person
alities among them, here in Kev
West, make big news in our fam
lily.
From the time we 90 to thu
post office In the morning and ge
our mail at the general delivery
window from genial Fred Mat
thews, or Mrs. Louise Taylor, al
through the day our winter vaca
Ition is made agreeable by the fac
that our family is acquainted witt
people who live here all yeal
around and make Key West tn,
natural, unaffected place that it is
ALI this and the climate, too, is r
restible.
''If any OF US get an ache or {
ipain we have discovered DR.. Aller
Shepard on United Street. Rober
SpottSwood of the Key West Drue
Co. fills our prescriptions and sell.
me too many cigars. We alsc
like Mr.. Arnold Of the Southern
most Drug Store. Down at the SUI
and Sand Club, on the Atlantic
ocean end of Simonton Street. Mr.
and Mrs. KeyeS and their staff. d,
Ieverything to make our winteI
lSplaShing, summing and dining
real treat. Up at our trailer park
Joseph Levesque, owner. and hi
energetic manager Ed Godfrey keeI
things humming and as neat as ;
shiny, new pin. with humorou:
SnatcheS of conversation to match
LeveSque thinks he's better anna
Iteur photographer than / am, br
that has to be proven with a ioin
exhibit
Il had a tooth-ache here once
That brought DR.. Ramon Rodrigue
and his charming wife Ruby int,
our orbit. We're great friends now
don't wait until a biscuspid start!
acting up, but drop around ofte,
to see them and their private tro
tpical botanical garden in their bscl
yard. I'm going fishing soon witt
the good dentist and we hope I,
Iyank some big fish, not teeth. On,
of the most charming gentlemen i
Key West is his uncle, s7.year-ol,
DR.. Rodriguez who during his hal
century career as q medical doc
tor made a record by the deliver,
iof 10000 Key West babies.
/ The Bryans Of the Standard Ser