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FREE DR. SANCHEZ, LAUGHING then, told me about his present wife, whom he mar- ried five years ago. "She's very good DR. JOSE SANCHEZ to me, takes care of me. She's a teach- BY EILEENMOOREQUINN FROM TIIE EdiTOR er, you know." HE DOESN"T LOOK like a lion. Nei- Petronia. I rolled cigars in the fac- Somehow we journeyed in conversa- ther does he roar, but speaks with a tion back to the 1930's, when Sanchez tory, and even tuned piano for awhile." went to work for Dr. Platt on 720 Flem- whispering tone of confidentiality. At 21 he was married, and at 25 he But he is a Lion. And the roar of ing Street. Another optometrist, Dr. water and electricity to consumers. took his first ride to Miami on the Kunn, decided to leave Key West around Hello- his life and achievements is heard from overseas railroad. I've spoken with a lot. of that time. Later, Dr. Platt's son sold the multitude he has served in the Keys the business to Dr. Sanchez, who then The Key Wester had to reschedule people who feel that the City should for well-nigh 60 years. "THERE WERE ONLY two ways out," its program featuring the Glenn became the only practising eye doctor not let the land it owns at the Spanish poured out and spilled Dr. Sanchez admitted, "by boat or by in Key West. Miller band. The date that was foot of Simonton Street be tradcad over me as I entered the home of Dr. rail. I wanted to go, one way or an- BIRKENSTOCKS agreed upon between the motel and off in a parcel-to-parcel swap Jose Sanchez on Varela Street, words other. I had always loved to read sci- the orchestra happens to be the with the Pier House. Some argue about paint and construction, supplies ence; it was a hobby, yes, but more: I "THERE ARE MANY Cuban and American ARE MORE THAN date of the Inaugural Ball in that the land should be held by the and services. A man on a ladder bid me wanted to study medicine. My folks were families who remember me," Dr. Sanchez Washington, D.C. and President- City since it seems that the City good morning; an attractive woman all against it. But finally, at the age revealed, "because I have been taking Elect Reagan wanted the Miller is ridding itself of too much of called out that there was a visitor, of 29, I decided. I would leave Key care of them for generations." JUST SANDALS. Orchestra for this occasion. its limited land holdinga all at and returned to her kitchen. West. I would attend the State School I looked at the doctor's calm, The management of the Key Wester of Optometry in Mount Sterling, Ken- capable hands as they rested on the graciously went along with the once. Others argue that if the Pier House wants this strip of I LOOKED AROUND. My eyes touched tucky, a small suburban school in the arms of his chair, and thought of Rep- THEY'RE AWAY request and made a new date for District of Lexington. My wife stayed resentative Joe Allen's words. the band to perform on January land, it should be prepared to upon photographs, and furnishings, fi- pay a premium price for it as it nally settling on the books. Poe, Vol- "Dr. Sanchez has indeed enriched 17th. the lives of many who were unfortunate is obviously very valuable land. taire, Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, Gil- OF LIFE. I was pleased to see a brochure bert and Sullivan. I felt familiar, at enough to have defective vision," Allen Still others are worried about affirmed. "His service to the people of People wear some shoes be- that was sent out by the Florida losing the dssp water boat access home. Keys Aqueduct Authority which told Then I saw him. For such a little this Island dates back to the beginning cause of the way they look. there^ When I first heard of the of his practice as an optometrist. His us different ways to conserve water. deal it soundod pretty good to mo. man, he filled the doorway, engulfed People wearBirkenstocks be- I was a little surprised, therefore, it; his presence commanded respect. commitment to the blind and those who The Pier House waa willing to are nearly blind dates back about 50 cause of the way they feel. to read in the Miami Herald the create a park for the City on the We shook hands, and I noticed the ' same day that Jack Maloy, executive drawstring about his. collar: emblem of' years before Social Security or the parcel it held and 1 felt that a many other agencies which today endeav- How about it? director of the South Florida park at the foot of Simonton the Lion. His full head of hair,not Water Management District, was unlike a mane of pure snow, intrigued or to answer to the needs of the unfor- would be a .lovely idoa. I was tunate . calling for us to increase our dismayed to hear that some; of the; me, as did his smile and his utter lack usage of water extravagantly to of pretense or pomposity. "I imagine I was as close to him ...footprints help the beleaguered F.K.A.A. pay objections voiced by Oommisuionor.'i as any of his associates," Allen con- for the new $10 million dollar Graham and Weekloy were Uhnt a tinued. "Sitting in his office in the park would attract "undosirab.i.oa" DR. SANCHEZ BEGAN our conversation Campbell Building, during Depression 505 Southard Street reverse osmosis plant on Stodk by joking, "I was born on April Fool's Island. Again, we are caught in and the area would be hot:tor paved. days, I watched a steady stream of pa- This sort of reasoning would loud Day, 1891. What that means for a Conch tients avail themselves of his services. a Catch-22 situation: if we don't, of almost 90, I can't begin to say." use enough water, then the F.K.A.A. us to close down all parks be- I wondered many times how he managed to cause "undesirables" uoo nuch It was turn-of-the-century Key will not be able to pay for its West. make enough for rent and the necessi- new plant, which we needed to alle- public facilities at) wo].I, I might ties of life." viate the water shortage' caused add, as everyone else;. However, I'm rambling and "MY FATHER'S BARBERSHOP was the behind with the folks, but 1 came back by the arrival of many new resi- living room of our house," disclosed "HOW DID YOU manage, back dents, and, if the F.K.A.A. can't the point is that tho City should, 'for Christmas and holidays. They all queried. study the proposal for tho land the doctor, "on Wall Street, between hated to see me go, and were so glad get us to use enough water to pay Angela and Southard. He was from Spain, The white-haired gentleman smiled. for the R.O. plant, then our rates transfer very carefully and if when I came back for good, ready to "By work and service to the people," he it does decide to make a deal Amelia Sanchez was, but he came to Key serve the people of Key West." will have to go up, or else we West from Havana, and married my remarked, will have more people move in to it should be the vary bent deal, Again I thought of Joe Allen's mother, a Baez and a Conch. He was a "YOU'RE TALKING TO a wonderful use more water which will cause a possible (I still Likes l.he idoa strict man: I went to bed early and comments. water shortage someplace down of a park). man; listen to him," spoke up the "His sense of conscience and re- didn't run the streets. But from my painter, as he climbed down from his the line, and then we will need father I learned to play the clarinet sponse to the physical and social needs a new plant, etc. This has Well, thank you for havint) ladder, saying it was time for him to of his people was exemplified by long KEY WEST well enough to march in parades with go. "Dr. Sanchez is a good man, a good happened to electric consumers been with us in 199O and we'll the Key West Band." years of service to Sociedad de Cuba, before: they try to. conserve see you in 1981. friend, a good doctor, too. He's been commonly known as the Cuban Club. For under new management, electricity to keep their bills taking care of my eyes for years." many years he spent most of his eve- down and the electric utility DR. SANCHEZ TOLD me about attend- As he gathered his equipment, nings working as secretary and was one ing the Seminary School on Simonton \ ;v Fresh Coffee Beans can't pay its bills without in- discussing tomorrow's renovation plans of the prime movers of this institution, 1 creased usage or increased rates, Street between Southard and Fleming, with the doctor, I thought of another which provided the medical, dental and f Grind - A/ -Spice *, ; and so on. Why must thrift be now known as the County School. He long-time patient. social needs of the working class dur- mentioned old island days and times, ;' | Wok Seis f i W the enemy of the big utility Cover artist thin timo i>.\ Sal ,'in.lj.110.1:0. "WHEN YOU SEE Dr. Sanchez, say ing the cigarmaking days of the middle companies today? There has to before the overseas railway system col- hello for me," she had requested. "He's century. This institution had its own His work may be noon nl; the f.Unqnr- lapsed, bringing new people and new everyt.hihg for the kiteh,en be a better way to insure adequate bread Gallery. great. When we couldn't pay, he gave us staff of doctors and other medical tech- business from the mainland. He spoke free eye exams. We gave him sponge or nicians for which the members paid a of ferry and boat trips to Havana, fish." small weekly fee." \ $• and ^§ "that very wide, exciting city," and the days of doctors' house visits, be- After the workman had gone, the always so met hiri&nbw mis fore T.V., locked doors and the Big old gentleman, anxious to get back to "WHAT ABOUT YOUR work in the Cuban is am War. our conversation, confided, "I see you Club?" I questioned. (Xtr Our mail in'i addres are looking at my family. That's my "Yes, I was secretary for 34 611 Duval mmaamm first wife there, a wonderful woman. years," Dr. Sanchez reminisced. "I also mm 513 Fleming fil,r
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310 Front St. Brunch 11 AM-3 PM Key West, Fla. 33040 Dinner from 6:30 PM 609 Duval in Key Lime Square 294-1212 tain to go to Cuba and bring over the families they had been forced to leave behind at the time of departure via the Mariel Are you tired of impersonal jewelry? boatlift. The men had been deployed to Miami and had labored s At Sunlion, your original concepts notes & antic- dotes BY DOROTHY RAYMER Ask are translated into personal and dis- in the Continental Cigar Factory there, but were unhappy with tinctive Jewelry creations. The finest the Miami atmosphere, the attitude of a resentful community, around, gem quality stones are cut & polished and the frenetic rush in a big city. They hoped to relocate to the shape you desire. Mountings ELEANOR WALSH, NOW known as "Eleanora," owner ard opera- eventually. you'll and chains are designed in solid ster- tor of the Key West Cigar Factory, located in Pirate's Alley, come to ling silver, •MK or 18K gold. looks like a gypsy, or a Spanish senora. She has straight, PEREZ KNEW ENOUGH English to recognize the sign "Key All work is done on the premises luxuriant black hair, just beginning to show traces of gray,' and in most cases I can give you West Cigar Factory" at the entrance to Pirate's Alley. He Sunlion * same-day service. All chains can be which is done in a simple, loose chignon style. Her dark came across it while exploring the streets of Old Town and custom-cut to bracelet, necklace or eyes, expressive and luminous, indicate warmth of nature, and went in to the shop to ask about work. His English was not anklet length ... or sized for wherever restrained but spirited animation, The color of the eyes fluent enough to make himself understood, and Eleanor speaks Finest and most you might want to wear them. Call or varies from almost black to a deep brown with glints of amber, no Spanish. To the rescue came a 14 year old girl, Maria Men- wrije for an estimate. I will send it, and like sherry wine—and just as exhilarating, endez, who helps her mother, Martha Menendez, in the adjacent complete selection of then your special creation, directly to San Lazario Gift Shop. Maria interpreted for Jose and Elea- Saijdwiclj you. HER FEATURES ARE sculptured along classic lines which ap- nor, switching nimbly from Spanish to English and vice versa. 14K and 18K gold , pear to be Spanish, but she is actually of Welsh origin, and Then Mrs. Menendez came into the picture to act in further On the patio in Key Lime Square jewelry in the Keys. very proud of the lineage. Her maiden name was Prosser; both translating. She is the coordinator of the Bilingual Program with the parents in Monroe County schools, and the wife of Deli, Seafood, and Vegetable Sandwiches silversmith • goldsmith • lapidary former Post Office employe and_politioan Jose Menendez. Our specialties: serve JOSE PEREZ IS 47, has a lively personality, a wife and Lamb sandwich with beer and wine. •&• three children in Castro-land, and an engaging smile. He mint and sour cream Fresh Florida custom ttwrk ictocfru repair lobster sandwich. WE DELIVER neil jefferg goldbtrg 208-a dubal street 296-3335 wra kcu toest, florida
Eleanor Walsh paternal and maternal sides of the family came to the United States from Wales several generations ago to settle in Con- necticut where Eleanor was born. The Latin looks may be the gene characteristics inherited from Spaniards shipwrecked after the Spanish Armada defeat, George Culmer but historical research has established that Phoenician trad- sings and plays guitar as a hobby. ers, who were accomplished seafarers, sailed all the way from He began making cigars in early boyhood and is very ex- the Mediterranean area to the British Isles as well as along perienced. As soon as Mrs. Walsh understood that he was apply- the continental coasts before the Roman invasion. It may be ing for a job, he demonstrated his skill in turning out a hand-made cigar. Impressed with Joe's craftsmanship, Eleanor that is the true source of dark Latin looks which crop up in Guide your Canoe Silently Into The Serene Celts and Gaels . hired him on the spot. She told him she could :use another Beauty 01 Protected Tropical Island worker or two, Wa/ecs. See The Keys As The Indians AT ANY RATE, Eleanor Walsh has succeeded in rapport with Did, And Explore With An Ex- Cuban refugees, and has employed three of them as cigar- THE NEXT JOB applicant was Senecio Garcia, 33, a native perienced Local Naturalist. makers in her little factory adjacent to her sales shop, at of Havana. He makes the inside of hand-rolled cigars, and he's the rear of the courtyard enclosure just off Front Street called a "buncher." Garcia, a slender, dark-skinned man, is across from the original Conch Train*Terminal. an all-around helper at the factory as well as in the actual industry. He once worked in a steel factory, and- another EQUIPPED CANOES & LUNCH " Up until last fall, only George Talmadge Culmer, now 87, FOR MORE INFORMATION WRITE time as assistant in a hospital operating room. He is a part- RO. BOX 62 BIG PINE KEY, FLA 33043 remained of her staff of cigar-rollers. Due to ill health, he time musician and plays the big African drums. He hopes to be was not able to work steadily, and Eleanor was considering able to bring his family to this country; he has a wife and applying to a refugee placement agency to find help. But the four children whom he misses and has not seen since last July. CALL 305-872-2620 TeAK search was not necessary. THE THIRD NEW worker is Waldo Perera, 62, from Las V.il- IN OCTOBER, JOSE Antonio Perez and some friends came to las, Cuba. He arrived in May, 19 80, in the early part of the Key West to look for a boat which they might be able to ob- 534 DUVAL St. NOTES continued on p. 22
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^^|V 6^ MARINE BIOLOG.ST ^O^M^^^ paternal and maternal sides of the family came to the United States from Wales several generations ago to settle in Con- necticut where Eleanor was born. The Latin looks may be the gene characteristics inherited m from Spaniards shipwrecked after the Spanish Armada defeat, George Culmer but historical research has established that Phoenician trad- sings and plays guitar as a hobby. ers, who were accomplished seafarers, sailed all the way from He began making cigars in early boyhood and is very ex- the Mediterranean area to the British Isles as well as along perienced. As soon as Mrs. Walsh understood that he was apply- the continental coasts before the Roman invasion. It may be ing for a job, he demonstrated his skill in turning out a .hand-made cigar. Impressed with Joe's craftsmanship, Eleanor that is the true source of dark Latin looks which crop up in Guide Your Canoe Silently Into The Serene Celts and Gaels. hired him on the spot. She told him she could use another worker or two. •=^ Beauty 01 Protected Tropical Island ^j£ f^^Waters. See The Keys As The Indians -aSE AT ANY RATE, Eleanor Walsh has succeeded in rapport with | ^^ Did, And Explore With An Ex- % '^^^ Cuban refugees, and has employed three of them as cigar- THE NEXT JOB applicant was Senecio Garcia, 33, a native perienced Local Naturalist- ^JK V makers in her little factory adjacent to her sales shop, at of Havana. He makes the inside of hand-rolled cigars, and he's the rear of the courtyard enclosure just off Front Street called a "buncher." Garcia, a slender, dark-skinned man, is 9AM-*4PM .INCLUDES S2SSOper person ^jSm across from the original Conch Train Terminal. an all-around helper at the factory as well as in the actual industry. He once worked in a steel factory, and- another EQUIPPED CANOES & LUNCH ' *H&$ Up until last fall, only George Talmadge Culmer, now 87, FOR MORE INFORMATION WRITE W% remained of her staff of cigar-rollers. Due to ill health, he time as assistant in a hospital operating room. He is a part- RO. BOX 62 BIG PINE KEY, FLA 33043___^__--n y&T was not able to work steadily, and Eleanor was considering time musician and plays the big African drums. He hopes to be Wi applying to a refugee placement agency to find help. But the able to bring his family to this country; he has a wife and CALL 305-872-2620 I4 /In M Su ST6AKH search was not necessary. four children whom he misses and has not seen since last July. 1 IN OCTOBER, JOSE Antonio Perez and some friends came to THE THIRD NEW worker is Waldo Perera, 62, from Las V.il- las, Cuba. He arrived in May, 1980, in the early part of the tmi • Key West to look for a boat which they might be able to ob- 534DUVAL5t NOTES continued on p. 22
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All are welcome MANPAHIN AMP SiSCHUAM =32: 10 11 handle the many problems caused by the flood of refugees . . . U.S. 1 ORCHID TREE RESTAURANT beginning to carry a steady stream of trailered vessels coming down BY GIL RYDER from the mainland to help in the MONSTER "Sealift" . . . Boat trailers being parked in empty lots and Peary, Court KEY WEST 1980 WARMED OVER while the boats they carried go back and forth between Key West and Mariel . . . Bus convoys are moving out JANUARY starts off with Carl For sale or for rent 305-296-8627 Rongo flunking smuggling, and Manny with refugees, and people all over James gone conspicuously missing. the United States are beginning to SSJOECJJ: think Key West is sinking under the City police receive pay increase weight of refugees stacked six deep the setting for unique to give them parity with the Sheriff's all over the island. and casual dining Department. The City rejects the plan for a The Sealift is now beginning to FEATURING redevelopment of the Truman Annex - push the Truman Annex, Land Plan, Salt Exciting Tofu Entrees Ponds and the Drug Business off the Natural, International, Sea Foods 505 5outhorrJ Street apparently responding to public Fine Beer & Wine pressure. front pages. K W FKAA asks residents to conserve A bill is filed in the State Sunday Champagne Brunch Legislature to abolish the FKAA. 921 Truman Ave Reggae Nltes on 296-9104 water and the State promises aid in Wad. and Sun. HOO FRONT STREET KEY WEST the water crisis. Lucy Hicks, the City Finance Catering for all occasions Director, resigns. The items most often mentioned MAY-starts off with 400 U.S. Marines being ordered to Key West to Mexican Food & Cocktails in local news are the controversy over the Truman Annex plans and. the help with the refugee problem . . . water problems besetting the area. Refugees pass the 50,000 mark in the middle of May, making front pages all the 16th annual over the country, but in spite of the refugee news, Truman Annex, the Salt Ponds and water problems are 016 Island 6ays IN FEBRUARY, the City Commission still holding their own in the local appoints a Charter Revision Committee news - nothing ever seems to get Custom work 6§}&CCh( to overhaul the City's somewhat out of settled, but discussions go on. Our fabric or yours date Charter, chaired by City Commis- • festival City Commissioner Weekley warns vv sioner Alton Weekley. Cushion recovering ln the Harbor House" The City Commission considers us that the City is in a precarious ' • financial position, adding that the Sea bags and tote bags in stock Open 9 to moving the airport to the Fort McHenry or designed to your needs 5 Missile Ease, but 19B0 ends with the situation is so bad that the City airport in its regular place. could face dissolution. Hand and Machine Engraving The replica of a Spanish Galleon,; Duffle and dive bags SquaRe While You Wait or Shop Blacks plan a drive to have more blacks register to vote, the drive used by Treasure Salvors, sinks at its SatUR&ay and Sunday spearheaded by the Neighborhood dock. City unhappy with progress of Also Custom Work sewer repairs - so are the residents feBRUARy 21 an6 22 Improvement Association does meet with 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. a degree of success. in the area of repair work. STEVE NESS 18K Gold -Diamonds sporisoReb By Open till 3 AM Friday arid Saturday Nights Items most consistently in the Refugees coming through Key West KATHY HOISINGTON news in February are still "the Truman pass the 67,000 mark before end of key west ART, center We Buy andSell (Happy Hour for restaurant employees month. 1 AM to 3 AM) Annex, City Land Plan and the Salt #U KEY LIME SQUARE 423 Front Street 294-6407 Ponds. 2S4-8216 5O91/2 Duval 294-9215 The first week in JUNE sees the MARCH brings us Purie Howanitz refugee flood pass the 100,000 mark as the new City Plumbing Inspector. and the City government asking Governor The City accepts the Redevelopment Graham to seek federal financial aid Agency's plan for the Truman Annex to help overcome ••"'"" "conom.ic stress and passes it on to GSA. caused by ;.;he L The State closes down Sloppy The Utility Board (CES) is still Joe's . . . the Planning and Restor- working toward a tieline to the main- ation Commission approves the Land land. The tieline, when completed, is Use Plan. (In case you haven't expected to make lower electric rates noticed, Sloppy. Joe's did re-open.) possible. Miami Herald sports a headline: City Manager working to reduce "Drug Industry Major Part of Island overtime by employees and trying to Visit our showrooms and browse through our large inventory of wicker and Economy." reduce work force in order to relieve rattan furniture and the largest selection of fabrics in the Keys, Manny James is still unavailable the City's financial problems. Gordon Smith to open a dealership your full service pet shop Custom Draperies & Slipcovers o_ line. a¥ and the Miami Herald's articles on Wallpaper Rattan & Wicker Furniture Lamps ^ And State Attorney Gautier and the druq for electric automobiles. • • • Carpeting & Vinyl Flooring lfvj AW-tsaoriis Mayor McCoy proposes moving some Largest Selection of Fabrics in the Keys "iost situation in the Keys are beginning to Select a Friend push the Truman Annex, Land Plan and City offices to the old Customs House on Clinton Square. hooilWil-ti Salt Ponds off the front pages. trom the large variety of BIINER-MOSELY INTERIORS • Margaret Dennis wins her battle Two Key West policemen are charged For vour complete professional interior decorating service- with conspiracy to smuggle drugs . . . pets of ali types and the right to continue livincr aboard 1025 While Street 616 St t^ Tcltt^s her houseboat the "Pea Dog", tied up both are found guilty by a federal jury. WE DO DOG & CAT GROOMING Key West at South Roosevelt Blvd. Governor Graham signs the bill KEY PLAZA 296-6912 Telephone 294-1278 Purie Howanitz is promoted to that temporarily kills the FKAA. Public Service Director, Larry Rodriguez becomes Public Safety Director and FKAA Manager Dennis Wardlow hires ''Your Telephone Secretary" ex-City Commissioner Ralph Arnold as Early JULY discloses that City his assistant. Attorney Joe Allen, III, not Gordon Smith, is the franchise holder for FKAA's Chief Engineer is fired and the electric auto business. the South Florida Water Management A federal Grand Jury orders City District begins to get into the act. officials to turn over ail City records, RITE Our water problems seem to be worsening dating back to 1975. 24 HOUR but City Electric is running like a ' Cuban refugee total passes 117,000. TELEPHONE sewing machine - only one major power Linda Fields is killed by a hit outrage and that was restricted to the and run driver while she was riding her ANSWERING Truman Annex. bicycle. SERVICE EXQUC 8, erotic Five story Hilton Hotel is pro- A PERSONALIZED SERVICE tropical clothing posed for foot of Duval Street. NOT A RECORDING' from here & abroad Polynesian Cuisine $20 million more needed for pipe and , • APRIL opens up with the City line and Key West continues to run All Message* Confidential Rum Concoctions trying to find the money for pay out of water . • • situation normal - - Tom Woodruff raises given to Police and other in a Desal plant closed down . . . water DOWNTOWN OFFICE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE Galina Andrews municipal employees followinq a situation very tight - those lucky Tropical Island 'referendum on the subject. enough to have wells in the yard are Key West's Oldest, Most Experienced Atmosphere This is the month that the'^ using thtent city in Key West at Truman Annex . . . causing consternation for practically everyone. GLENN LAS PALAAAS DEL MUNDO Lucy Hicks comes out of retire- ' NOVEMBER, City needs loan to pay The Oldest Natural & Seafood Restaurant in the Florida Keys ment to go back to her old job, head expenses . . .adopts $7,610,470 Key West's Floating Restaurant of finance and bookkeeping. " budget. MILLER Post Office wants to put up-a Charter Revision is voted down new building at Fleming and Whitehead in referendum. IS PROUD TO PRESENT FOR THE Streets - not a completely popular And then came the flood! . . . j move . . . Utility tax suggested as 22.75 inches of rain closed the way to help City finances - that isn't airport, pretty well closed the too popular either. streets also except to water skiers, City taxes expected to go up bv rowboats and hi-wheeled vehicles. 29%. . -• . City still owes $1.7 million SPECIAL from
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HERE THEY COME... LOS GATOS DE CAYO HUESO. ICONOCLAST BY JIM KOGAN The Cats of Key West! SOME PEOPLE CARE how they live time and blame the architect for omit- OK, BACK TO each neighborhood, and some do not. Our town is increas- ting. each block. The sidewalk is City prop- ingly inhabited by those who do and, erty but most cities make it the ad- increasingly, they are recently from THERE IS A better way. It takes joining owner's responsibility to They're everywhere. Peering down elsewhere. As Curt Gentry said of San four citizens. Two to contribute about maintain. Law or no, there is no one from balconies. Lounging in Francisco in its boom days, they began $5 each (I'll volunteer to be one of else going to and if most of a block civilizing it when enough people de- those), one who knows which end of a needs serious repair it is less expen- sapodilla trees. Strolling cided to stay. Things here are, in hammer to hold (not me) and one to sive to get together and get a con- audaciously down Duval. Snoozing some ways, not all that different from carry the tools. It needs a plank, tractor to do the block than to do jhere you came from. some nails, hammer, saw, ruler and a each bit separately. If anyone cares. under ceiling fans. NOW, THESE For instance, it's our town and used grocery bag to bring the rubbish UBIQUITOUS FELINES are ve have to take care of it ourselves. to an ash can—put it in the Gulf THE TOO-OFTEN-TREELESS streets of Sure, we pay taxes—do we ever—but Stream and clutter the beaches of Eng- our town are uncomfortable in the snoozing, strolling, lounging, the civil service just is not set up land and what did they do to us? blazing summer sun and that affects us to do things so don't expect it. Back Sure, the civil service will who live here all year—not just the peering and even typewriting on the "home" when you wanted street trees or scream loudly—"That's our work" and winter tourists. Planting street trees fronts of...YEAH, YOU GOT IT! bike racks or whatever, you formed a "That backlog is our job security."• one at a time is one way—each owner block association and raised money Phooey. Or wait for a federal grant plant his own. But it is usually less T-SHIRTS! with a block fair and got together to and that will be the most expensive expensive and produces a better job if build them or buy them. When the City board in South Florida. The only bench the people on a block club together to planted trees, they went, by formula, with over-runs. Are we that helpless? plant the block. And in the viable to neighborhoods that do not pay taxes cities where this phenomenon is estab- and where the trees are destroyed as NOW, LOOK AT a bit more elaborate lished and working, it turns out that fast as they are planted and so the project. Mallory Dock would be a bit tenants join just as enthusiastically Now available, the TYPERCAT, who came to Key West to be a (ha-ha) tree bureaucracy never runs out of more inviting if it had a row of seats as owners. Sure, some misanthropes writer. To be followed by his truculent cousin, SNORKELCAT, as soon "work." along the back edge of the apron. say, "Let the owners do it, they care as you buy out TYPERCAT. This ad will not be seen in your local Vandal-proof (it can be done), with what it looks like" but such people FOR A SAMPLE, let's look at a arms so it does not get to be a dere- are not numerous enough to louse up theatre. very small Key West project that con- lict dormitory. But, again, if we wait the scene. cerns more than one block. At the end for a federal case or for the civil of the Reynolds Street pier, some service we'll never see them. SO, IF YOU plan to stay, you These T-shirts are thoughtful person built a homemade Or if we do, they'll be "standard might as well take a serious interest Sure. I want TYPERCAT. Send me T-Shirts. bench. Time, etc. took their toll and park benches" with limited life, like in our town for if you plan to stay it silkscreened on 100% now the bench needs a plank. Sure, we the one that was there until it got is your town, too. And the attitude of cotton. Black on red Color Size Send my CATSHIRT (S) to: pay taxes but if the civil service destroyed. "let the City" or "let the owners" do shirt, navy blue on tried to. replace the plank it would be it is that of a transient camp—which yellow, and navy blue on Name ; material for Gilbert and Sullivan. HOWEVER, THERE MUST be some we are not or at least not any more. 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No, because we were the only ones. IT WAS DONE FOR FREE, GIVEN YOU? ,re4f RIVAIS: TO BE OR NOT TO BE BY MICHAEL BULLER HAVE YOU SEEN CHANGES? Yes. It's the giving of time be- Yes. We've always 'had good will. cause one is interested in the theatre. THE We've always had a pride in our place. Nobody gets paid here. Our box office >* The Grande Terrase ** of private Lives. I enjoy talking to We started with nothing: playing in revenue goes to pay for curtains, elec- RIVALRY LIES THICK among the thea- her. She certainly knows what she's high schools, then in the old carriage tricity, lumber, costumes, rent, insu- tres of Key West, it was whispered to talking about. house behind the Woman's Club on Duval ' rance and royalties for the plays, WICKER STORE me. Immediately this conjured up images where the Red Barn Theatre is today. We of duels along the ramparts to the end AND THE GREENE ST. THEATRE, CO- only came here in 1960. THERE ARE SURELY PEOPLE IN KEY KEY LIME SQUARE of the pier — splash! PRODUCERS OF YOUR GREAT PLAYS SEASON? WEST WHO'VE NEVER SEEN YOU? Instead I found the builders of I have a loyalty to them as they WHICH WAS - They ' re surprised. FrWhat a lively our citadels of culture were far from gave me my first job in Key West. They Four walls we rented from the theatre. It's the first time I've been angry young men and women. have done a lot in four or five years city. Everything else we've done our- here in 10 years," they say. Whoever has been spreading ugly to raise the standards of theatre in selves. Another way to get our theatres little notes is probably always cast as the town. closer: Some of our people who may not the witch Carabosse or as a dumb waiter FOUR THEATRES IN ONE TOWN. WHAT have the booklearning but have the ex- or as a black bat hanging in the wings YOU AGREE WE SHOULD GET TOGETHER WOULD HELP? • perience in the theatre might lecture through the show, without a line or MORE. Goodwill. When we were planning the drama students at the College, mention in the program. Or perhaps I don't know that we have to de- our season the College theatre had al- never cast at all. They would be better cide that this theatre does that kind ready given out their 80-81 season IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT FOR MORE advised to keep quiet and listen to of play, as for instance the Waterfront publicity so we rotated our plays so THAN ONE PERSON TO TEACH AN ACTING what follows: is doing The Doll's House. We mtyst all that they wouldn't interfere with our CLASS—TECHNIQUES DIFFER. BUT PERHAPS do what we need to do as artists. But opening nights nor ours with theirs. THE DIRECTORS OF THE DIFFERENT THEATRES BILL PROSSER, Director of Theatre we also need to be sensitive to the COULD COMB TO A CLASS AND ANSWER QUES- at the Tennessee Williams Fine Arts 'fact that the community is still not TIONS, TO LAY GOOD,. TRUE FOUNDATIONS Center which opened January a year ago large enough to support all of us as SHOULDN'T YOU ALL BE SITTING DOWN AND SHOW THERE'S AN EMSEMBLE OF THEATRES bringing a new facade and added vitality much as we need. We all of us need more MORE OFTEN TO AVOID THE CLASHING OF WORKING TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY? to the fast-growing young College on support.. OPENING NIGHTS AS HAPPENED ONCE LAST We've tried workshops here. They Stock Island. SEASON? begin well but then start dwindling ACTORS COME TO YOU AND PLAY ELSEr Yes. We have to plan far in ad- after a few weeks. PROSSER: We are more fortunate in WHERE. vance. La Terraza presents some ways in having more resources than This used to worry me but less RUTH NEWTON, co-director with Rich- the other theatresi this year. Actors will go where they DOES KEY WEST HAVE A LARGER AUDI- ard Magesis of the Red Barn Theatre, is a racy cocktail lounge with delirious drinks, can have good experience in acting and ENCE? sitting outside her little red theatre the most fabulous fondues (prepared starside), MORE RESOURCES DOESN'T NECESSARILY grow. I hope there will always be a This is not a theatre town. It's in the box office. Inside the'company and MEAN BETTER THEATRE. crossover of actors. The superficial becoming one. But people still think is rehearsing Jacques Brel is Alive and notoriously delightful desserts. Absolutely, I went to"see p.s. your thing is that our theatres are our twice before coming all the way down Living in Paris. Cat is Dead at the Waterfront Playhouse homes, our identities, and superficial- the Keys. Estelle Parsons who played last night. Lovely production. ly one does set up competition in one's here last season said that this was one THERE ARE SOME 30 OR 40 EVENTS Open every day 9 A.M. to 2 A.M. We feel we have the finest The problems are when we don't all mind. Then when I see something good of the nicest theatres she'd played in. OFFERED'THIS SEASON. Fondues served 4 P.M, to 2 A.M. schedule our productions around each anyplace, I'm delighted, happy and im- We're getting more Key West people be- It's one of the remarkable things Quality Wicker other and instead we set up little camps mediately the barriers are broken down. cause our seats are comfortable and the about Key West, When I lived here 30 and think they are real boundaries. But theatre is air-conditioned. years ago the emphasis was on theatre 1125 Duval Street 294-0344 Please compare ours then when I go to the Waterfront and see ANN CARLSON, one of the three re- and writers and today the emphasis seems Lawrence Formica, proprietor before you purchase others a good play well done, I'm delighted. maining founder members of the attrac- AND THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCTIONS? to be on ballet and theatre. There's a Good theatre makes everyone want to see tive-looking, 41 year old Waterfront It depends who we have. Two years kind of ferment in the theatre here more theatre. I'm sorry I couldn't see Playhouse on Mallory Square. She di- ago we had a very talented person de- which I think is very healthy. Line at the Red Barn Theatre but I was rects, acts, is this year's president signing our sets and another loyal mem- playing and directing at that time. 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Roosevelt Blvd. 11 AM • 1 AM DAILY AT THE MALLORY DOCKS Key West, Florida 33040 294-6433 could do the Brel. By- all means, we 19 _s as said, it's your project; do it. about theatre and life in general , a DO YOU SEE EACH OTHER OFTEN? trying builder of theatre in his own way. A couple of times a week. THEATRE TAKES COURAGE AND GUTS . . . *•*.-. and And a lot of work. We had to put COMPETITION? WHAT OF YOUR THEATRE WHICH WAS SO this place together totally ... but' al- It's fine especially with the dif- WELL-EQUIPPED? c i.i Key ways there's a miracle in the theatre. ferent size of theatres. You're reach- A lot of the equipment is being L_ never ing all aspects. The Red Barn, 'doing used by the Red Barn. It would be fool- til AND TO AVOID CONFLICT IN THE MAR- experimental shows and seating so few, ish to go and start another theatre. KETINGT" : ~~ ~ is really my favorite kind of theatre. *• -f -.n The only thing you protect in the The Waterfront Playhouse is doing its THERE ARE SAID TO BE RUMORS OF n 17 professional theatre is opening night. usual and certainly p.s. Your Cat is EVERYONE RUNNING EVERYONE ELSE DOWN? jaience I've said so to Bill Prosser. I don't Dead got rave reviews from everybody. I don't think things could really mind honest competitiveness but petty be better. In the past there was a lot things are disruptive ultimately to all DO YOU SEE EVERYTHING? of rubbish talked but things have im- of us. I love theatre and want all of I try to. proved. When we first came along people T.JE RED us to be healthy. felt, insecure. They got grabby. I think As you know, in this town you CAN THE TOWN TAKE IT ALL? certainly being the oldest in town and can't put an extra teaspoonful of sugar The town can but can the theatres having survived, the Waterfront Play- LIVING in your coffee for breakfast without —and get audiences? It certainly keeps house realizes that they're going to the rest of the island knowing it by •them on their toes. It makes it diffi- have an audience no matter what hap- ^ pri"ate cocktail time. When I begin to hear cult. pens . I don't know if it's because of -r r?-t a rumors I say never mind and can't be us or whatever, but I think the quality bothered. But when it gets very bad, DID YOU FILL YOUR GREENE ST. of their shows has improved and they're >i = i -s i.een. I'm likely to call up and say: "Now THEATRE? trying a lot harder. 3<= ar-ering look.here. . . .! " We had our ups and downs.'But it's -^r rtmg. The best thing for all of us is always that way when trying not to cater WITH ALL WE'RE DOING, WHAT'S MISS- Ha to hive a to have direct communication; if we can always to popular taste. ING? get Bill away from Stock Island for a The only thing we haven't done is few minutes and all of us sit down WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING FOR THIS new shows, new plays .... - have SEASON? e came RODDY BROWN, director of Greene We're co-producing the Great Plays P.S. YOUR THEATRE IS ALIVE AND St. Theatre, is quiet-spoken, relaxed Season with Bill. Later we plan to do a LIVING IN KEY WEST. play followed in the spring by several nights of one-act plays. I'm also con- Kite,, Kits sidering an association, perhaps a small Flying Toys Puppets theatre, working with Ruth and Richard. © T5 T3 unique boutique C to »- Designer I*' Clothes Scott Barry Willi Smith a Carol Horn Marta Salvador! at Key West -A** Prices! 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I press my hand to my young guys stand silently watching mouth. Ruth Lawrence (may she rest in 'neath the hibiscus bushes. Is that peace) gave little "breakfasts." There Emily Goddard from down the block, ^ Wemaa I first had hearts of palm salad, made come to turn on her devastating charm? ANNOUNCEMENT up with ice cream, peanut butter and No, someone else. Christmas carols, shredded lettuce. Women don't mess with Latin style, waft over on the gentlest William H. Hagan, Realtor KRISHNAMURTI. A SMALL book about "breakfasts" and daytime meals at home Atlantic breeze from nearby. Two bicy- the life of the spirit. Being wrapped like that anymore. Certainly, younger cles arrive, a Honda. Someone running announces, he is now doing as a gift. Sink onto the quilt, still women are more apt to spend their time like a guarterhorse. The breeze hard- business as in a running position, one leg still on projects or jobs. ens, chills. Turn home. The smell of propped on the floor, and read to page . ashes, ashes furrily filtering onto ISLAND MANAGEMENT 84 without stopping. This always is the LEAN AGAINST THE Washington Avenue memories. Vernon Avenue, tender, en- way Krishnamurti engrosses me. There is marker. The flames have whipped up a chanted street of memories which never SERVICES, INC. a flicker on the page. A fire! Run rosy aura over Vernon Avenue, a short, quite go up in flames. Yesterday's (Realtor) over, yank back the green curtain. Down beautiful wayfare, flanked by palms, memories that remain to combat today's Vernon Avenue, The Street of Broken making its way down to the ocean's edge bustling. Property Management Specialist Dreams. A huge tulip of smoke forms in and so impacted for me with yesterday's Now representing over 527 Fleming Street the sky. Race to verify that the Gazebo people. AN INVESTMENT IN QUALITY 294-0948 still is there, its existence being fifty companies such an admired disaster. . Somebody is carrying a baby, its Yves Saint Laurent Eyewear, elegantly detailed, quietly "10 years experience in Key West" ~ little, spider-webby fingers, head ten- distinctive. Hand cut and hand polished for the look and Throw on the red robe and emerge derly,bald. You note in those standing feel of unmatched quality. (many exclusives) from my ancient two-story edifice, the there that soft expression that comes kind with tongue-biting craftsmanship onto faces when is observed an infant 500 SimonW 294-9600 that shipbuilders put up with exterior or a very frail, little helpless old staircases and tin roofs. Fire engine one. panting now in the street. The adrena- OP SHOP features line stirring clang of the bells. Is THE AIR IS clattery with fire many designer frames Bum Farto in his Flame Jacket to emerge hoses and shouts. Eyes lift to the spa- mistily? cious verandah down on the curve of Waddell Avenue, the verandah which ' "A BEAUr/FUL FI.ORA1. TFAOtfiON" Restaurant going under? A SHORT MAN in a red suit with a wraps around the house where Miss Ruby 294-4651 925 WHITE STREET Not making what you should with your pale, young topless girl leaning on him and Miss Alice held forth. The White heads for the fire, as do neighbors ladies, mother and daughter. Miss Ruby restaurant? Want to start a restaurant from all around. The tall, box shape of made her lovely egg salad with black The Yellowmost House safely is etched olives for brother, Fred Johnson (may. but don't know where to begin? against a sky now copper tinted'. he rest in peace). All the south end LINDA PATCHETT Is the fire raging at the cottage children watered at Miss Ruby's porch We liuve an expert for any ureii of your where Henry B. Lee III lived for so fountain. And Miss Ruby passed out tem- OPTICIAN restaurant, be if design, concept, equipment, menu, long, a fire devouring all that ecto- perance folders to gents going to their bur, kitchen, floor, controls or muiiujii'iiient. plasm,of the City Commissioner, the cars from Louie's Back Yard. It gives me Extensive experience with nil types of City Electric board member, the aristo- a sweet feeling, just to think about cratic hooked nose, the canny slate- Miss Alice. Her conviction that Faith rcHtaiirnnlH—nil over the U.S. Inipeceuble blue eyes over the half glasses, the will deliver you out of the greatest referenced. We can Hiive or make you enough to half cigar? This little house now has external distresses. It will set into pay our fee in a matter of weeks. 1('H worth a call. passed on under the stylish and grace- motion all the power of omnipotent love ful egotism of David Wolkowsky. to rescue you. 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And also, they are grateful for other ALL THREE NEWLY-HIRED men have proved to be adept in the advantages they have acquired in this country and to "Elea- little factory and get along very well with senior employe nora"--she even has a cigar named for her under that label. George Culraer. In fact, George supervised their work when For it was she who did away with all the delaying red tape they started. Eleanor was glad to have skilled craftsmen on and got the refugees settled. the premises to speed the making of cigars in preparation for the coming season. Culmer still contributes limited time to THE MEN HAD been staying at the Tilton Hilton, but with the job. the small amount of funds they had, even modest rates were beyond their living means. The big barrier was to find a THERE WERE A few adjustments necessary to get everything location where they could live, sleep and prepare meals, at running smoothly. The language barrier was one, although with more reasonable rates. the help of the Menendez women, and a lot of sign language, Appeals were made at the Latin-American Chamber of Com- communication became easier. merce and some other agencies, to no avail. Mrs. Walsh then Mrs. Walsh had conducted her business for 17 years, two consulted with a local businessman with interests in the Ha- in other enterprises and 15 in cigar-manufacture and market- vana Plaza and the Key West Villas. She called at the Villas ing. She was used to a somewhat sedate and certainly calni office and made arrangements for her three new workers to move over to the Flagler Avenue place. THEY HAD AN ancient car with the temperament of a reluc- tant dockey. It was crammed full with suitcases and other be- longings for the trek across the island. Eleanor had to lead the way in her car since the refugees were unacquainted with the streets and would have become lost. She took some of their items into her own car, and put the top down so that Senecio, who was riding with her, could Jose Perez atmosphere. The staff, chiefly older people, worked in an ad- jacent area, and she ran the shop section with no confusion a sunglass emporium and relative quiet. 120 duval SUDDENLY, ALL THAT changed! When the three new men came: to work, they did so with exuberant emotion and were often joined by excited friends whom they had met at the Fourth of: Senecio Garcia July Restaurant, favorite rendezvous for Cuban refugees. Tho visitors dropped in, often, bringing coffee and sometimes INTRODUCING snacks. They all chattered in continuous staccato Spanish, watch behind for the others. The expedition was almost a dis- bubbling over with enthusiasm and Latin vivaciousness . aster, although everyone maintained a sense of humor about the incident. Eleanor said it was like an old Mack Sennett comedy. THE CONCH CARIBBEAN ELEANOR DIDN'T MIND the apparent happiness, of course, The wreck of a jalopy, driven by Perez and friends, stalled but all the interruptions slowed down daily production, and at every red traffic light, and it took precious minutes to also interfered in dealing with customers who came to buy get it started again. Eleanor, in the lead, said she was sud- packaged cigars .and to put in mail orders. denly aware that she was several blocks in advance. The first time this happened, Senecio got out on the street and began III All the comings and goings and constant talk made it signalling. The other Cubans, coworkers and many friends who difficult to handle people who crowded into the sales section were helping in the moving, all got out of the stalled car which is very small. It was also difficult to hear what was some distance back on Flagler. Said Eleanor, "You should being ordered and to get the names and addresses. There arc have seen the gestures, the arm-waving, the beckoning, all doors between the sales room and the factory space, but tho the shoulder-shrugging and despairing expressions—all ex- Cuban visitors just left them open. tremely dramatic—and all, when put together, very funny." FINALLY, SHE SOLVED the problem by circling back on other streets off Flagler and returning to the place where the car had been started once more. But only temporarily. "That crazy car," she related, "just kept balking and then jumping forward and stalling, and I kept coming back to guide' the way along the route. We finally made it and arrived at the Villas. Talk about "comedy of errors'—that was a modern version!" BUT ALL BARRIERS had not yet been removed! The utilities had not been turned on! No lights, no water and no gas for the cooking stove. Again, consternation reigned, and exaggerated Latin la- SAN ISLAND ments, verbal and by sign language) prevailed. Once more Eleanor solved the problems. She went directly to the water company and the electric system. She paid the necessary cash GB RESTAURANT deposits. The crews were sent to turn on water and lights at once. 115 DUVAL STREET • RESERVATIONS: 294-7195 She is especially full of gratitude for the manager of the gas company. He permitted her to sign for the gas utility and was extremely cooperative. He is what the Cubans regard CARIBBEAN SPECIALTIES Waldo Perera :as "muy simpatico." D NOW ALL IS tranquil on the Key Western front, at least ll^Z'J^™ ^ AiL^^^ that business hour. at the present moment. The cigar-makers are paid by piece work and they are diligent. Through the interpreter, Martha 2 BARS 2 Menendez, they indicated contentment en the job. factory site where the "Much better than in Miami," they have decided. And they LUNCH & DINNER SERVED DAiLY FROM 11 AM TO 1 AM like i'ey West—and climate, the people, and most of all, the CLOSED SUNDAY Today has to be explained to tourists • freedom! . mUSe MASTER CHARGE, VISA & AMERICAN EXPRESS CARDS ACCEPTED tic antiaues cKar^if *l*Z * ™ quipped wik authen tic antiques--cigar molds, tobacco presses, old-fashioned weighing scales and other articles of interest--time haf to 25 24 in his own right by virtue of an Shirley Temple movies, I could see making myself into a Florence Nightin- event sponsored by the.local Jayce.es. right there. gale who could put up with anything. Formally, it was known as the Key West "Of course, I'll do it. I Kathryn accompanied my father and Jaycee's Second Annual Hound Dog can't promise you he'll win. He's me and Herbert out to the dog track GONE TO TNE Doqs Derby held at the Key West Kennel too stupid." . only because we promised to buy her WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY AMY LEE DEPOO Club on Stock Island. Informally it was the local dog track where greyhounds • chased a mechanical rabbit around in KEY WEST HAS GOT to be one of name. To my school of thought, sailor happened to drive down our a circle for some ungodly reason unbe- the easiest places for a dog to Herbert was well on his way to a street in a car, one would think he knownst to me. According.to John, live. The sky is everywhere, the long life of stiff, bored, stupidity. was defending us from the armies of our dog did so well at chasing cars and fresh air is plentiful and there This particular theory was borne the Inquisition. He could not be.. drunks and what have you, he was a is always an assortment of other out by the way my two sisters' person- controlled. I realized this and sure winner in this contest. Also, doas around to provide company. alities developed. My younger sister, did not attempt to grace him with It seemed to me when I was growing . according to John, the dog had developed Martha, was always a Martha - homespun, any attention from me and turned my such a strong love for Martha, he would up that dogs had an ideal environ- solid, immovable, patriotic and well-fed. energies towards more rewarding ment for perfect happiness if they probably run over hot coals to get to -knew how to stay out of trouble and her and she would be the ideal person avoid being captured by the local to accomplish this winning feat. It dogcatcher and taken to the pound. would be her big moment in life, and judging from all the cast aside fudge- If it was too hot in the cicle sticks on the front bricks, she summertime, a dog could always walk needed to conquer just a little more down to the foot of Simonton Street than the Sealtest Company. The pre- and soak his feet to cool off. a parations were on. bit. I knew for a fact that dogs living elsewhere did not enjoy this particular luxury because we had THE RACE WAS TO BE held on a books in school showing them to be Saturday, March 17, 1963. John had creatures of country or city and all the information in a blue pamphlet • those places certainly did not put out by the Jaycees. There were resembie an island in the least. 'eight preliminary races and two final Always, but always, the books that championship races, making ten-races I read demonstrated to me that dogs in all. The races all had cute names ^"••^ everywhere else shared some very starting with number one, Mighty ; ' "HE IS NOT STUPID! YOU'RE a hot dog once out there. She did common denominators: if they were Mutts, and continuing through number STUPID! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE not go in for things like this one country dogs they were named Rover eight in this order: Waggin' Walkers, bit, preferring to stay home and and has masters that wore red-checked MIND OF A DOG LIKE I DO! OH GOD, Petite Pups, Husky Barkers, Roxby I'M GOING TO THROW UP!" read or do something less strenuous. shirts; if they lived in the city Family Special (all German Shepherds), I could see she was going to be no they were named Spot and had masters "Now listen, don't throw up. Conch Capers, Running Runts and Hydrant I. was only kidding. Of course he help at all in cajoling this dog to that wore neutral colored shirts and Hoppers. Herbert was entered in the win the race. The object of an all- a jacket. can do it. I'll take him and he'll eighth race, the Hydrant Hoppers, be a winner and we'11 bring back a breeds race is to put the dog at one which was beyond me because he never trophy and put it right there next end of the track and put the child at IT WAS DUE TO this phenomenon jumped over anything in his life as to your collection of dead bugs and the other end of the track to summon that I was very disillusioned with far as I knew. I tried to point this you'll" get better and soon there'll the dog. Since the dogs were all our succession of canine pets — My older sister, Kathryn, was always activities like catching flies. out to Martha but my observations were be another race. Wait and see." untrained, it seemed very logical that invariably they had weird names given the quintessential Kathryn - intro- unheeded. According to my calcula- the dogs would want to run towards the spective, flightly, high-strung, wound- to them by my mother who did not share MARTHA, HOWEVER, DECIDED she tions, Herbert was the unclaimed son I BEGAN TO THINK I had seen one person they loved most. my waspish appreciation for good old too- tight and bossy. I, of course, had a magic gift for tutoring im- of a mysterious champion breed of dog We got out to the track and there was born to be eternally an Amy Lee, to many Cary Grant movies - he could : American names. Instead we had to becilic dogs and set about to make who just happened, by another queer were hundreds of kids milling about, tinkling like a crystal bell at sundown, do anything. I almost got sick from call our pets home by shouting out Herbert into a refined creature. I quirk of fate, to end up at the pound. my syrupy assurances but I didn't. the day was bright and sunny and a "Here Boswell! Here Boswelli" or charming as the whispering pines and could not believe she would waste her fresh breeze was blowing. I found it ever-new as nature herself. I consid- Martha began t;o groom the dog I tightened .my guts and prepared "Down Lily, that's a good girl." I time like that, but waste it she did, for their joint ascension to fame. myself for the grotesque prospect of to be very pleasant, much more so than can only be thankful that she did ered it an act of God that I was to and Herbert began showing up around I had expected. Kathryn found the be called Amy Lee because my mother told She began spending extra time with participating in a dog race. I not name one of them Irving because the yard dressed in her clothes. He him. She took him out for runs along- wouldn't have minded if it had been an hot dog stand and was more than content that was my most unfavorite name when me my father had chosen this name looked absolutely majestic in a pair to let me do all the work. After for me before I was born and it was side her bicycle. She bought him some ostrich race, or something equally as I was growing UP. of dirty underwear and. a rib-tickler doggie chocolates and then helped him refined to suit my delicate tastes, sitting through seven races and attempt There cam e a time when our last my fate to be this way. Martha, on blouse. Soon after she began dressing ing to restrain Herbert from trying to the other hand, had to be left in eat the whole box. She whispered but it wasn't, so I resolved to make old dog, a Dalmation named Lily, passed him, she began taking him down to the secrets into his ear. She coached the best of a mongrel situation. eat one of the smaller dogs (Herbert the hospital for two weeks while ocean at Simonton Street and acauainted away. It was the summer after second his posture. She got curvature of Saturday arrived and my mother was very anti-social and unaccustomed grade was over and my sisters and I they decided what to call her and it him with the delights of swimming. to good manners) I was losing my is my belief this slight indecision the spine from sitting down too close took great pains to see that Herbert were taking the trip of our lives with Unfortunately, Herbert also became to him during all those arduous patience with the whole thing. It marked her for life. She was the acquainted with the delights of old got the most complete bath of his life. our grandmother to the New England hours of doggie tutelage. It made She must have shampooed him at least was getting very hot and Herbert's states, where most of her family lived. only one to be born in Key West • fish heads and rotting seaweed and halitosis had not diminished with his (Kathryn and I were born in New York me physically ill to watch. I knew three times to remove the dully grey When we arrived home after being developed an affinity'for rolling in the dog to be intrinsically stupid bath. I was cursing the fact that City) and the nurses attending her said putrid matter. The odor of' a dinge in his coat that he had acquired gone for two months, my mother had gone and beyond therapy. But onward she from spending so much time with Martha. no one had bothered to brush this to the pound and found the mpst beauti- gave her Cuban bread soaked in wet dog is bad enough, but the odor dog's teeth before he left the house, Magnolia Sweetened Condensed milk as went, each day bringing perfervid She towel-dried him and I must ful puppy any of us had ever seen. He of a wet dog in the "sun with dead fish attempts to intensify his skills. but I realized one could not have was positively cherubic. Only God could her first food. essence and seaweed particles adorning say the transformation was on the order The day of the race approached. of heavenly white bliss. The beast of everything absolutely perfect. have made a puppy so beautiful. He his coat is enough to send an atheist"^ Finally it was the Friday was snow white, chubby, had a patent TRUE TO MY THEORY, Herbert grew to God straightaway. I could not take dull flat grey was now a gleaming, morning before the big race on sparkling mass of pure white light. FINALLY THE EIGHTH RACE was up. leather black nose and the beguiling from an intensely appealing puppy it and avoided them both completely as Saturday. I call it Black Friday. into a very stupid don. Perhaps He glowed. He radiated. His coat John had gotten a program which listed charm of an uncluttered mind. His eyes much as I could Martha could not get out of bed. all the races and the dogs and their sparkled and he hopped and skipped and it was a combination of being called picked up sunlight and illuminated I was not the only person who Martha was swelling about the throat the immediate area around- him. I was owners and right there, printed on romped joyfully at the slightest pro- Herbert repeatedly and associating avoided Herbert. My father, John, did and. was turning a most unsightly with my mother's cats in his forma- agog at how beautiful this animal the page, was Herbert's name, number vocation. My sisters and I were not have much time for dogs or cats color. Martha had contracted mumps. three, and his owner, Martha de Poo, instantly enchanted. Surely I thought tive years that transmogrified this had become. Certainly he was too good being that he was more interested in Of ali the days to catch a disease, for the Jaycee's paltry race. This absent trainer of the Hydrant Hopper he deserved a royal name", Belvedere bright pup into a drooling idiot. boats and reading, and dogs do not fit Martha's metabolism had complied All I know is that an animal may .dog deserved a one-way ticket to extraordinaire. Of course, she was perhaps, Snowball the First, Rex the well with either. (At least stinky with another unwritten, law that one not there and I considered it an Regal, something catchy. I cannot be very intelligent, alert and willing Hollywood. I felt guilty standing dogs do not fit well and Herbert " ' thing will always go wrong with a in the way of his imminent celluloid insult that my name was not substi- believe to this day what my mother to learn in its natural state, but smelled rank ninety-nine percent of meticulously planned scheme of once it entered our yard, a strange glory by dragging him to such a minor tuted but the programs had been printed did to my lofty hopes for that animal the time he was alive.) Consequently, battle. I could see that in the weeks before. John also had in his when she informed me of the name he sort of indoctrination takes place affair at the dog track on Stock Island. Herbert treated John with a kind of process of exhaustively overtraining But who knew - maybe Rin Tin Tin's hand a blue satin square with strings was to carry with him for the rest and the animal becomes very stupid. removed hero-worship reserved for the dog, she had overstepped the I had seen it happen time and time make-up man would be there and discover on it to tie on the dog. It had a of his dull and lackluster life, kings and heads of state, being that bounds of human endurance and over- big white four on it and I wondered Herbert. That was his name. Herbert. again and Herbert was no exception. Herbert as the only possible successor John occupied those positions In our trained herself to the point of to the fading German Shepherd. Anything why he was number four to run but My mother did not see it. this way. household. I'm sure the doq could see childhood disease. I went to her Anything Herbert did she thought was was possible. number three on the program. I could WHO NAMES A DOG HERBERT? It that John was the boss and was always on her sickbed. only attribute this to the strange just isn't done. How could I take just great. All he had to do was catered to by the three girls and their look at her and wag his tail and way of doing things the Jaycees had. pride in the familypet with a name : mother, who comprised his family, so WITH HIS BATH completed and post- Anyway, it was all for a good cause, like Herbert? All my hopes for she complimented him profusely, he kept his distance respectfully "MARTHA, DO YOU think you'll, time approaching, Herbert was in a petted him and acted like he had just to benefit their Youth Activities . training him to be a shrewd tracker, This is not to say that John icmored live? I can't imagine life without state of frenzied ecstasy. He just Program, so I could not get too upset recited the Ancient Mariner, word vou. Who's going to train the dog didn't know how to act, being the a long distance runner, a trained him completely. He did allow Herbert with this small indiscrepancy• dancing-puff of white dog were perfect. to go for rides in the car with us when you're gone?" . cleanest he had ever been in his whole instantly and forever laid to rest. Due to this unnatural attention, but he always had to sit in the back She coughed a weak little life. He ran around in circles and It was time to line up. Herbert No human being could seriously be Herbert got the idea that anything seat. This way Herbert got a'crood cough in her best affectation of wagged his tail and tried to go under cut a striking' figure with his white expected to repeat a name like he did was just fantastic and beyond idea of how dangerous a moving*1 car is Camille. the house: Great care had to be taken coat and blue satin tie-on. I went Herbert over and over in the rigorous belief. He also developed the because he could see the asphalt whiz- "Amy, don't make jokes. Herbert to restrain him and keep him in an down to the finish line and prepared course of intensive instruction and idea that he was above reproach for zing by through the holes in the is readv. I know he can do it. Please, unsullied and pure condition. I got myself..to call him with all "the keen a straight face. It is one of all his acts of uncivilized and floorboards along with the rest of us • do this*one thing for me. Say you'll the job of holding him by his collar urgency I could muster. Kathryn aggressive behavior. Herbert got and I did not appreciate the doggie- stood on the sidelines and John held those unwritten laws of nature that Martha s adoring and concerned take him to the. race tomorrow. Say I had figured out a long time ago a certain set of quirks in his per- you'll take him and bring home a mouth fumes wafting into my face, Herbert at the starting line. The sonality. Out of the blue he became attention for the dog did not go -un- since being that close to him was flag went up. I held my breath and decreeinc'-o-fchat a person or animal noticed by my father. He came^ome • trophy. Say you'll do it." will grow to think and act like its very hostile to cars, sailors, black Martha had seen one too many very unusual . for me. But I persevered, got ready to shout for Herbert. The men and drunks. If a drunken black from, work one day and announced that Herbert was about to become a celebrity 27 26 activity all day, every day, to avoid flag went down and I began to shout. brain strain. But this group is just as Unfortunately, all the other uninhibited helpful to each other as any of the above, children began to should and call and a call such as, "Help! I just had a also, and I never experienced such Help! I HAVE This Awful ikq,E thought!" brings advice to go jogging. a cacophonous mind-boggling noise in BY HELEN R. CHAPMAN my life! The sun was strong in my eyes and I vainly tried to get a Key West should have a special organi- blimpse of Herbert amongst the furry There are many organizations anonymous viously saves everything. This compul-^ zation called Real Names Anonymous. Few moving mass ahead of me. I kept calling these days for people with uncontrolled sion realdy gets out of hand, like the people's real names are known to anyone and finally I noticed the white blur - compulsions. Everyone has compulsions, famed Collier brothers. But again, each else. Nicknames and/or descriptive Herbert was laughing and running some of which are harmful and should be member helps the other. It isn't sur- names are de rigueur. • When every so of- towards me and getting good speed ur curbed. But there are other urges which prising for one to receive a call from ten I find out someone's real name, it's when all of a sudden he screeched to we all have that don't really hurt us, another saying, "Please help me! I always a bit of a shock. Who would be- a halt and turned around and bolted but are, rather, nuisance compulsions. can't bring myself to put out the lieve someone going by the nickname of for John! I couldn't believe it - the garbage." Raunchy Robbie is, in truth, Leslie Ash- dog had turned around and was running Therefore, some new organizations anony- croft-Smythe III. (This person is fic- mous should be formed. the wrong way! This was so embarrassing. GENERAE Then there's the opposite number, tional, so don't go around trying to I stopped calling and removed myself a find him.) However,, sonte people get HEALTH Z7\STUDIO ( For example, Soaps Anonymous. This is Cathartics Anonymous. They throw every- few steps backward behind the crowd so thing away, nothing is sacred. Their tired of being called by nicknames. I would look like an onlooker. The race FOODS ( X /CENTER^ a group of people who feel watching soap They have a fearful urge to tell someone, operas is beneath them. So they go homes are generally sparsely furnished was over and some scroungy little spaniel and it not unusual for bills to be tos- anyone, their real names, but for rea- named Bull Regard (how tasteless) had around telling everybody that "I wouldn't sons of their own, can't. So they form watch that trash for anything!" but once sed out before being paid. A typical won the race with runny-eyed speed and call for help in this case could be, Real Names Anonymous and meet once a zealousness. I walked back down the a week they all get together to catch up week to sit around telling each other on The Guiding Light. Since the group "Mary, come quick! I have a terrible track in the unbearable glare of defeat compulsion to throw my husband away." the names their parents gave them. and tropical heat and looked at my Health Foods, Vitamins, tries to help each other, one member can call another and say, "Keep talking to me father, who was more than a little There are people who love making lists. Now, me, I have this compulsion to disappointed. for an hour. I can't reach the tele- and a Gym vision set from here and I have this They usually don't use them. Shopping write. Help! Somebody get this damn APPARENTLY, OUR DOG, THE white awful compulsion for All My Children." lists get written meticulously, and then pen out of my hand! gleaming wonder, had become so over Why Go Elsewhere? left at home. List makers love to plan enthused with this unprecedented Then there are the people who have parties so they- can make many revised attention from John, and had decided urges to park in no-parking zones. They lists of guests to be invited. Unfor- he would rather go back and get some The Keys' only distributor of never go downtown during slow hours. tunately, these parties rarely get off more attention rather than run in a They go at the busiest time of day hop- the ground, but the lists are spectacu- race. I was thoroughly disgusted. YORK Steel Weights and ing there'll be no place to park and lar. These folks should be inventory f'artha would certainly be thoroughly sure enough, no place to park. When they clerks. A possible call for help from disgusted and Kathryn would certainly Lifting Supplies return to their cars and1 an officer is one member to another: "Help! I just be thoroughly over-analytical the writing a ticket, their excuse is that made a list of every item in Fausto's whole way home. 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Whereas those with less RESOIUTIONS ©F CRAY BY JOHN HELLEN cop-out. "For God's sake, man, either strenuous conditions attached to their you are going to do something to better self-promise are not as likely to renege. yourself or you are not," responds the WHAT IS IT about an arbitrary self. Both of them know they are not as ' cynic to one who has vowed to cut down ONE WHO SUCCEEDS in keeping a small good as they could be. PLANT NURSERY date, especially January first, that on his smoking rather than cold turkey resolution will gain not only the bene- causes so many people to reconcentrate One person might vow to start jog- the habit. The obese person who an- fit from the particular resolution but their efforts at self-improvement? Is ging, while another may resolve to stop nounces that he is not going to skip will receive also a measure of confi- it simply that a calendrical beginning smoking. Both person's intentions are meals at all but is going to avoid car- dence that allows him to bite off a is a convenient time to start again, good; both have been subject to the bohydrates as his New Year's pledge may bigger chunk of promise for his next time to forgive one's own past excesses crush of good holiday cheer, and both not be taken seriously by his peers, pledge. The person who lumps all his 15,000-KARNGPLANTS and neglects and get back to the -hard are more than ready to meet the coming but quite possibly he will be shopping promises into the New Year's Day basket work of living productively? Or is New year with a cautious hope for survival for a trendier wardrobe several months of resolve, but then forgets them or Year's Day and its usually over-achiev- through self-improvement. after they have forgotten what their can't live up to them, will likely post- PLANT LEASING • MAINTENANCE ing resolutions more of a heebie-jeebies resolutions even were. A pledge to skip pone any new pledges until the following response to the fun-filled holiday WHY IS IT then that by Valentine's rope for fifteen minutes four times a January. Nobody has ever run a mile be- LANDSCAPE DESIGN & season just completed? Day most resolutions have been conveni- week (in the privacy of ones own home) fore taking thousands of baby steps, INSTALLATION • YARD WORK ently forgotten, or self-deceptively may be a workable alternative to the TREE TRIMMING RELIGION GENERALLY WOULD have us postponed until say, the spring, when super-effort required in lumbering ones IN REGARD TO promises of "giving believe that to en'joy too much is to the weather is better for jogging, or exceed baggage through the neighborhoods up" something versus "doing more" of Ring out the old - FREE ESTIMATES point oneself in the direction of doom. winter's gloom no longer requires a on morning jogs. something it should be noted that in. Yet, religion, knowing well the nature tiny cigarette fire to warm the nose? ring in the gold. of man, allows plentiful opportunity for Is it because' some makers of resolu- forgiveness, and indulgence as long as tions are weak, is it because they do the sinner acknowledges his evil ways not really intend to keep their vows Tls the season when thoughts turn to SOD • PALMS and vows unflinchingly to do better the when they make them? Or is it because love, and what else can express your true next time. Resolutions are a form of they have been pressured into a resolu- feelings like a gift of Karat Gold Jewelry? positive confession wherein the promise tion out of great expectation or extreme So start the holidays off right; come by FRUIT TREES to reform and do better is all that is self-concern? Yes, perhaps many people and see our exquisite collection of gold needed to be forgiven and start over. promise themselves too much, possibly jewelry - for the woman in your life. MENTION THIS AD AND GET fearing greatly an early grave from Real gold/It'll brighten up her spirits. And her wardrobe. FROM THE STOMACH-STRETCHING that their own soft vices. Instead of prom- 1 FREE PALM TREE has come^ to be synonymous with Thanks- ising themselves to try to do better in giving, to the fifty-fifty ratio.of some phase of life, many try to become (IN 3" POT) new people overnight. The person who with any purchase giving-ge1:ting on Christmas, to the bac- chanal of New Year's Eve, is it any with the best of intentions pledges to wonder that many people are ready to lose weight, to begin rigorous daily WM.GSMBLE JEWELER settle down for awhile come New Year's exercise, to stop smoking, to stop Day? drinking, to be kinder to children and GOO Dnval Street dogs, to refrain from locker room refer- KEY WEST TROPICALS ences to the opposite sex,, to get a AS ONE LOOKS back on a year just 33O5 NORTHSIDE DR. promotion at work and to start reading rt (NEXT TO SEARSTOWN) completed one has the opportunity of instead of watching T.V., is probably N£W YEAR* RE50LWI0N ISTO SMOKE. ....AMDTHIS 0N& (5 FOR JULY IO* I9fll AMERICAN OEM SOCIETY knowing what was: whether it has been a not going to keep any of these promises. ONLY OME CiGARETTE. A BAY.... 296-2445 good or a bad year is known. In looking (JALT (tViA Nothing else feels like real gold. 9 AM TO 6 PM Or if he does keep them all, his friends forward to the next year, one is stymied will find him unbearable. GRAY RESOLUTIONS REMOVE the New many respects it is as difficult to re- HOKTHSIDC DRIVE in predicting what will happen. And Year's pledge from the cut and dried frain from something as it is to attain whether a man be an extrovert or intro- realm of right or wrong. Rather than something. A person who vows to rid his vert he knows that he can limitedly con- IP WE ARE to bother with resolu- being flung into a pit of damnation or speech of ingrained vulgarities may be trol his own future provided he adapt tions at all, it seems it would be bet- assumed among the celestial chosen, the hard pressed to speak a simple sentence himself. The introvert may try to give ter to succeed in them than to fail. vower of a more moderate resolution is without using the curse-word modifiers up something, some bad habit, while the What we need then are more sensible allowed a limbo with elbow room. Those he has unconsciously nurtured over the extrovert might vow to do more for him- resolutions, ones that do not call for COME WATCH VS ENAMEL A craft, an art, a tradition... SOMETHING FOR NEW EVERYONE * Objet d'art * Fine Jewelry * Nautical Gifts * Exclusive in the 5M ot. 59 it "Key West" Gifts * Unusual Collectables rd n j r "land INSIDE Porcelain fused into copper at 1800° degrees Where The Usual Is Unusual... WATERFORD • BACCARAT ISPANKY • KAISER • ANICHINI healthy PORCELAIN 306 FRONT ST., KEY WEST, FLA. 33040 / 2944044 9 At Pirate's Alley in Old Town A HUMMELS To Name A Few... A;';-;.EN'AMELS - ashtrays, centerpieces, jewelry 1981! COLO ANf» SILVER rWNDCRAFTED JEWELRY Harbor House Arcade we accept food stamps 423 Front Street WE HONOR ALL CREDIT CARDS • OPEN YEAR ROUND (305) 294-3900 400 FRONT ST. 296-6324 37 years, which add bulk as well as belt IT IS PROBABLY better not to dwell to his statements. Another person might on the fact that one is sacrificing a pledge himself to set right the wrongs former pleasure or practicing a new . he has done to others in the past discipline, when he makes his pledges. through gossip-mongering and back- The baby steps of betterment we have DAILY SPECIALS termed here as gray resolutions are stabbing by becoming a kind of born- best practiced and kept when the as- Where You Get Good Value Every Day again praise-thrower, one who revises the old adage of not saying anything if pects of "giving up" and "doing" re- inforce each other. If a husband vows SPECIAL KVERY DAY 10:30 AM TO i VM anything good can't be said to saying something nice about others even in to give up his night out with the boys light of their obvious flaws. But such in order to help coach Little League Lunch $1.59 a person's sudden shift in verbal opin- baseball he is in effect substituting ions won't sway the opinions others one form of an enjoyable evening for Choice of Chicken, Shrimp, Fish or Hamburger made of him previously. He may eventu- another. If a housewife forsakes the Choice ol Fr Fries, Mashed Potatoes. Corn or Salad ally balance his karma but those ene- mid-morning company of her girlfriends mies made are probably friends lost over coffee to do volunteer work at the forever. nursing home for a few hours she is SPEC IAL EVERY DAY 10:30 AM TO 10 PM just chatting with older but no less agreeable friends. The student, finished Hamburger Deluxe.... $2.04 ALSO, ONE WHO is "giving up" some- with his regular assignments, .is sur- thing, especially with our call to work- Quarter-Pound Burger on a Toasted Bun. prised at. how enjoyable a non-required with Cole Slaw and Fr. Fries able, or gray, resolutions, must avoid a novel is to.read, even more enjoyable too simple vow. This writer remembers at times than cruising the strip with SPECIAL EVERY DAY 10r30 AM TO 10 PM well a friend pledging in all serious- his buddies. The chain smoker forsakes ness one New Year's Day to give up his television and pack on certain eve- Chicken Dinner $2.39 smoking. Well, he succeeded admirably nings and goes for long brisk walks. He well with little of the withdrawal pangs sees many things he never before no- With Cole Slaw. Fr. Fries or Mashed Potatoes. usually associated with quitting. Of Roll and Honey ticed. The bar-fly one day goes swim- course he had been smoking for only ming and feels fully alive. about six'hours, having bought his first SPECIAL EVERY DAY 10:30 TO 10 PM pack of Pall Malls on New Year's Eve, which he chain-smoked until he became Fish Dinner $2.65 nauseously frog green. ONE NEEDN'T BE a self-flagellant in regard to New Year's resolutions. With Cole Slaw. Fr. Files or Mashed Potatoes. Nor does one have to feel a torturous Roll, and Tartar or Cocktail Sauce THE "DOER," ALSO must avoid.too. easy a pledge. After all, a resolution anxiety over the prospect of another day must have some degree of challenge or of new commitments. The best part of a DINING ROOM - TAKEOUT SERVICE it is not really going to make one a gray resolution is that after a sur- better person. A postal letter-carrier prisingly short time the will power who pledges to play golf on the weekend originally needed to enforce the pledge Chicken TAKE in order to "get some exercise" must has given way to second nature. Which IN our realize that he already gets plenty of is to say that habit, both good and bad, UNLIMITED exercise on his daily route. Although i-S one of man's strongest controlling to vow to "do" something more for one- forces. -And the will power necessary to self is probably harder than to not do take a bad black habit and direct it into a good white habit is the gray Ph 2942204 something that is harmful to oneself, 1102 Key Plaia. US »1 the doer can mess up occasionally on his matter of sensible resolutions. resolution and still pick it up the next day. The one who gives up something tends more toward depression when he succumbs to the lure of his estranged vice and, after several nights of in- LnAtf comnia, finds himself walking a mile for a Came1. Ernest Hemingway LOSE 5lbs THIS WEEKEND! Home and Museum the UND A Registered National .. <**& kxiap tt 0UT1<3^€ Are you tired of: / Historic Landmark MmBiddlds 1 calorie counting? community's This Site Possesses Exceptional Value • dieting and gorging? In Commemorating or Illustrating CANDY STORE • diet failure after failure? 5I7DUVAL ST. The History of The United States • hating yourself for being fat? Bookstope AND finr, you can be thin without painful dieting & self-denial. ICECREAM PARLOR is a tuw weekend weight loss 7 DAYS zltucAe> edit/ Jt!ciiU<> intensive. It uses fasting, body and mind work, group support and shared experi- MON-SAT TO HID. SUN 7PM ences to ease you into a dietfree life. the finest selection of nion, Jcxufv The program uses successful elements of Western psychology with subtly powerful truths from the East. It says.iteS to life & no to fat. It holiday gifts works. & The program dates: Friday evening Feb. 20th JjkinacA; ifa/acl ^Saturday all day Feb. 21st Sunday all day Feb. 22nd Follow up: Saturday Feb. 28th •*r special OR&CRS filleo •«t in-town 6eliveRy 8 o&. Fee: $100. Pre-registration required - limited to 30. Ice Creams l • To once again see waters different I want ijoun tyzA in color, texture, even action, to wake, up Inilde. me., as I can well recall Manhasset Bay! to we.avz a iznte. o& paiplz, But here now, in late afternoon, to lay Atone, upon Atone. each day the Charter fleet returns, ovtn a gn.a\)e.yaid o& Aa.dna.AA, I realize once again I'm here to stay! to buiy all the. nlghtA that ke.e.ntd Into Alltnt moKnlngA . "Yes," I said to the ol' sea Cap, "I guess the tropics took good hold CaA Still and ain't ever going to ease its' grip on me." As there in Key West, we two sat, and as he rambled I wondered if 423 Front St he really was the old man of the sea. Harbor House a 3t<=-p head f O 0 OPEN MONDAY-SATURDAY 9:30 AM - 5:30 PM \ SUNDAYS 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM /he proicssipnatI,, orthopedidic3c -Shoen . 296-3343 J-fs -l-rie shoe -l-hal doc-iors and-nurses Vea'T, people who have 4o t>e on -j-hei r STEREO HKADQUARTERS lhe noV/CQr AUDIO -peei a4 all 4iTnes -V i( ^ nrf6rj IKHftl We 5tLU NOW YOU |Af> HAVE A CHOICE IfSC. and Wou Vl II• -{?o>l, ' STORE HOURS 10 A.M. TO S P.M. 5=81 KEY WEST: 117 Fltzpatrlck, Kino Plaza J94-4018 C3ive 14 a ^.ho+W. Come Msoinstock: • 5ONT • TECHNICS • NAKAMICHI • AIWA • JBL • REVOX • PIC'iEERCAF EQUIPMENT 13 41 Volunteers are needed to. help at the Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center during their busy Equity season (January 15-February 23) . They need people to rotate shifts in the box office, to help put up posters, to be ushers, etc. Those interested in helping should call Juliana at 4-6 363 after January 5th. MOTION PiCUJTOE AL1JCRNA1IVC ICS3 WG.Y The Monroe County Fine Arts Council is sponsoring a logo contest. They need a logo to use for official use, newsletters C2C 294-3826 and advertising. They will pay the winner a prize of $100 W^;r*Q;H'ty&. and they stress the simpler, SHOWTIME 7 • 9 IPH. S3.CC the better. For further informa- tion, contact the M.C.F.A.C. at 513 Whitehead Street. January De Broca's Crowning Triumph! TENNESSEE WILLIAMS "A MASTERPIECE. FINE ARTS CENTER I strongly suggest you DIRECTOR OF THEATRE: WILLIAM PROSSER catch'Maria Braun'." -Andrew Sanis, Village Voice "AN EPIC COMEDY AND A ROMANTIC BALLAD. 'THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN' REMINDS VS OF THE STILL IMMENSE SHAKESPEARE POSSIBILITIES OF MOVIES A SERIES OF 10 NEW LECTURES BY MADE BY MASTERS." PHILIP BURTON "Fassbinder's 'Blue Angel.'" "Hantia Schygulla is an im/>robable "I owe everything to him" — Richard Burton cross between DielTicli and Harlow.,.she raises screen MONDAYS AT 7:30 P.M. acting to a new level of ALAN BATES sexual knoivingness." PIERRE BRASSEUR -IJaiirflJenl'v.NVu. Yuri. Mtijtutine JEAN-CLAUDS BRIALV JAN. 12 Introduction GENEVIEVE BUJOLD 19 The Histories ADOLFO C6LI . FRANCOISE CHRISTOPHE 26 Richard II JUUEN aUIOMAR "THEMARRIAGEOF MICHELLE PRESLE FEB. 9 Richard III MICHEL SERRAULT - wlh MANNA SCHYCUIU KLAtSlOVt'IlU.)! IVANUESMV 16 The Comedies \ Cit-PnidunHMi ol AUuinn Him - Mkliid Fcnjkr' 27 Much Ado About Nothing MAR. 9 Measure for Measure PHILIPPE DE BROCA - 16 The Tragedies 23 Othello 30 Antony & Cleopatra TICKETS FOR SERIES (transferable): $30 JAN. 4-10 JAN. 11-17 SINGLE TICKETS (space permitting): $4 AVAILABLE AT: "AHELLOF A LOT OFJFUI4I'Scold hasassembled the' ;• THEATRE BOX OFFICE (294-6363) mbstextraordinatv etisemblefve ever seen onscreen, i AFANTASTiqALWSEDUCtlVEVISUAtEXPERIENCE" FKCC WOMEN'S CENTER, 710 DUVAL Y i (Specially for this event) "A R^RE-FILM ;TREAT! Ninb".Martlre!di ls;.eySri.rfiidie' ' extrdbrclindrv'thon he was in'Bread and GhoGOIdte: FAST BUCK FREDDIE'S, 500 DUVAL ;:.HIIARipysr':> ':'*'•;.•'*', •.^^^--fi^r^'fyr. :"A TRULY: EXTRAORDINARY PICTURE , C; : f5 ;MlNOMANFREDl Bar 319 Duval rt^> on i ^i JAN. 18-24 JAN, 25-31 Box Office *296-9911 //V.W SJ'.WJ •>' 43 42 YOU NEED the. gaM.cU.nla IT! ZuJin btoMn JLnhtxmt&i} vihzn touched SIMON TON 60 ui thU ilowe.it. you. tuAn ned MASSAGi THERAPY when touched BILL'S Have Table Will Travel! i to yowueli MUFFLER a. itowen atio. Suiqn'op nooo fiy SHOP 294-2105 the. goAdLtu.li lasses in 0an- Toyotas & Trucks a Specialty you and me 20 years experience aJUL need love. "OUR BUSINESS IS EXHAUSTING" Certified Jane V. Lee and yet io a&naid to touch. VANS* RV's-Economy Mufflers Licensed 294-2400 ROBIN LEE DEVEREAUX FREE ESTIMATES, INSTALLATION Properties for nature KEY WEST'S lovers, fishermen, swimmers, boatmen! imnra. COTES Betty M. Brothers Real Estate Inc. We can help with mortgages! On January L, 1981, the URANUS IN SCORPIO. Phone (305) 872-2261, (1) 872-2318 SUN IS IN CAPRICORN. •NEPTUNE IN SAGITTARIUS. VENUS IN SAGITTARIUS. PLUTO IN LIBRA. or write Little Torch Key, FL 33043 MERCURY IN CAPRICORN. NORTH NODE IN LEO. for free lists, charts and maps! SATURN. IN LIBRA. There are no retrograde planets in Member of National Multiple Listing. My childhood dream was to live in a home... JUPITER IN LIBRA. the Heavens. LIST WITH US FOR FAST SALES! That looked out on the open sea ... MARS IN AQUARIUS. BARGAINS! BARGAINS! BARGAINS! • LAND AS LOW AS $3,000 per inland lot! • NAVIGABLE CANAL-FRONT LOTS —Super buys, $12,900 and up! • OCEANFRONT BEACH LOTS as low as JANUARY IS KEY WEST'S birthday vibrations to this problematic $15,000 to $100,000! • LARGE GULFFRONT LOTS—$19,900 and up! month. Key West is 153 years old. area. Eventual success is the 6QI DUVAI VJ»I A NILES CHANNEL BARGAIN! This year the progressed ascendant prognosis. This attractive, sturdily-built Summertend is in Libra, conjoining the North Node i a. cKiUrWa -itov-iL m Ol YOU'RE INVITED! tovMt our office Jntfw ~OU«t School Hounf buttdtnt 33* Dwit (coiim ol Eaton Stwtl) » Coiwmicctol * kmtb 294-5155 . THERE'S ONLY ONE RULE TO follow at Robin Kaplan's JIM PICKING Monday night salon sessions, one that those who visit, by invitation only, are more than happy to observe: try not to be self-indulgent. Otherwise, be yourself. Amateurs and professionals come; most of the writers around the Old Island have dropped by; foreigners seeking an intellectual alternative to the bar scene, .native Key West residents faced with a dirth of out-of-season activities, a Ph.D. working as a - bartender - all find a comfortable haven of creative informality at the home of Robin Kaplan. "THE IDEA FOR MY SALON v?as generated by Gertrude Stein's Parisian life," said Kaplan. "I feel such kinship that I think I may be Gertrude Stein reincarnated! To foster and nurture art - to see people enjoy them- selves - that's why I'm in Key West. It's beautiful to see it happening. I say 'by invitation' so I can put the right folks together. Trie Key West Optician "What has it done for me personally, the salon? 817 Peacock Plaza, • Ph. 294-7411 You know, one thing stems from another. I've owned Hours: M-T-W-F 9 tc 5:30: Thursday 9 to 9 four bookstores, but I'm a writer at heart. One book of poetry completed; another in the works. Perhaps someday, like Gertrude Stein, I'll make it." KEY WEST AQUARIUM SUCCESS MAY BE NEARER THAN SHE THINKS. Christopher Cox, from New York's St. Martin's Press, has recently been engaged to write a book on Key West. He will Entertain your friends and relatives with a visit to the excitingly devote an entire chapter to Robin Kaplan and her Monday improved and enlarged KEY WEST MUNICIPAL AQUARIUM. night salon, feeling, as she does, that this type of indigenous artistic movement deserves attention. In order to re-introduce you to the new and excitingsAQUARIUM, NI&HTL.Y "I hope to start the Sunday afternoon poetry readings we are making a special offer to those who share our Island City There is a again also"," revealed Kaplan. For those who would get together to share works, or.listen and observe, there with us. A Helping Hand will soon be two opportunities: the Guild Hall Poetry PW1N© ON O0Pv opeH AIK Society on the first Sunday evening of every month, Purchase your ticket to the AQUARIUM, show proof of, residency, TRAIN raptfr and Sunday, afternoons at Robin Kaplan's Bookstore on and we will issue you our "Hometown Pass." This Pass will enable Behind' Fleming Street. you to visit the AQUARIUM as many times as you wish during the the next year, FREE! Be one of the first to see our new Atlantic Shore Exhibit. This is just Shield part of the $25O,OOO Improvement program now In progress at the AQUARIUM. See Sharks being- handfed at 3:O0 P.M. daily. After December •15,1980, there will be five (5) Guided Tours and feedings daily. Thousands of local specimens are displayed In their natural set- tings and habitats, KEY WEST OLD TOWN REALTY INC. itf SEE • Tarpon, the Silver King of the sportfishing world! SEE • Sawbones the Sawfish, and Sam the Giant Loggerhead, SEE • Tidal Pools, Pirates Alley Key West •Key West and the Lower Keys' : I most complete list of residential SEE • The interesting "Touch Pool" that holds many, of the sea and commercial properties. . creatures of our reefs, The children may handle and ac- SEE QUALITY HAND-MADE quaint themselves with Starfish, Hermit Crabs, Sea Squirts, REALTY WORLD 'Home and apartment rental services. Puffer Fish, along with many other exciting specimens. CIGARS ROLLED SEE • Giant Sea Turtles and Lobster as all the beauty of our Key DAILY CALL OR WRITE FOR OUR LISTING REPORTS NOT JUST A GROCERY ... West reef unfolds for your enjoyment. we fill 605 Simonton St. mail orders Key West, Florida 33040 BUT A SOCIAL CENTER School & Special Group Tours Welcome PIRATES ALLEY Telephone: 305 294-5525 Call Flynn, our Marine Biologist, at (3O5) 296-2O51 in historic 522 Fleming St. • Ph. 296-5663 for more information OLD KEY WEST P.O. Box 1 • Summerland Key, Florida 33042 Open 8 am - 7 pm Mon-Sat 8 am - 6 pm Sundays Telephone: 305 745-3645 r-i 47 EVENTS BE REAPV FOR LIFE EVENTS SELF-HELP I wake, up in the. mon.vu.nQ 1 dAzAA my&eJLl and get ph.tpah.zd SPECIAL EVENTS uxLth the. hu.n ihi.vu.ng in my ^oh. whateveA. may pa&i me. by; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. Meetings at MONROE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETINGS I'm KtAdy {OA what thz day may thing I may not Like. the. looki o(, thingi, CLAIRE, a Restaurant, 900 Duval St., various times and places. For more 294-4641. ¥oh. my iacceii and my thleA. But I have, to tn.yl information, call 294-9026. Jan. 6: Plantation Kev POSTPONED 296-5558. POETRY READINGS, LEARNING, ETC. Jan. 13: Key West, 10 A.M. by Linda. Stnano Jan. 25th and 26th: Guy Reuge, sous- EMOTIONAL HEALTH ANONYMOUS. Meetings chef at La Tulipe Restaurant, will Jan. 27: Marathon, 10 A.M. GUILD HALL POETRY SOCIETY, 614 Duval every Thursday, 7:30 p.m. at the First cook gourmet cuisine nouvelle, using Congregational Church, 527 Williams MONROE COUNTY LIBRARY, 700 Fleming St. indigenous foods. Call for more info. St., 296-9359. Open poetry reading held the first Sunday of every month. St. and Saturdays at 10:00 A.M. at Jan. 3: Outdoor Book sale, rear of All welcome to read and/or perform the United Methodist Church, 729 library. Books, 25*. original works. New time: 8 P.M. Fleming St. 10 A.M.- 2 P.M. THEATRE ARTS, ETC. Jan. 4: "As I See It", by Ray Jene Patrick OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS. Meetings every MARATHON LIONS CLUB dinner meetings, THE RED BARN THEATRE, 319 Duval St., Tuesday at 7:30 P.M. at the United second and fourth Wednesdays, Indies Rear, 294-5721, presents•"Jacques MONDAY NIGHT SALON SESSION: The Methodist Church, 729 Fleming St. Inn, Duck Key, 7:30 P.M. Brel is Alive and Well and Living creative Key West evening with Robin in Paris", commencing New Year's Kaplan, by invitation only. Contact CONSCIOUS PREGNANCY CLASSES, including Eve at 8:30 P.M. and continuing every her at the Bookshop, 534 Fleming classes in nutrition, breathing, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and St., or call 296-9089. (See "Good yoga, health, etc. Call 296-6259 for Please send notice of events of public Sunday in January. Call the theatre News Department", this issue.) information. service to Solares Hill, 513 Fleming or 296-9911. St., Room 3, by the 20th of the month GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION PROGRAM, MAIL-A-BOOK PROGRAM, for shut-ins and preceding the event. Jan. 23 & 24: Auditions for "American Library, 7 00 Fleming St. Theme: those who find it difficult to travel Buffalo", two mature men, one younger "The Search for Meaning." Meets to the library conveniently. Available man. Directed by Ruth Newton. every other Monday, 7-9 P.M. Open to all in Monroe County. Call the to all to share in discussion, if library for more info., new phone: TENNESSEE WILLIAMS PINE ARTS CENTER, each has read for: 294-8488. 294-6363, Stock Island Road, F.K.C.C. Jan. 5: The Metamorphosis, by Jan. 23 & 24: North Carolina Dance Franz Kafka". METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH MEETINGS Theatre Jan. 19: The Loneliness of the Long FOR THE GAY COMMUNITY. Sundays at Jan. 29, 30 S Distance Runner, by Alan noon at the Woman's Club, 319 Duval St. 31 & Feb. 1: The Tempest by William Sillitoe. Shakespeare. WOMEN'S CENTER, 602 Duval. 8-4:30 P.M. MONDAY MORNING BOOK REVIEWS, Library, . weekdays. 294-8481. Class schedule 700 Fleming St. Every Monday in the for January: (Call for times, places Auditorium, promptly at 10:30 A.M. and fees.) GALLERIES, ART SHOWS Jan. 5: Virginia Woolf, reviewed by Frances Signorelli Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), ARTISTS UNLIMITED, 221 Duval St., Jan. 12: Somerset Maugham, reviewed beginning Jan. 6. 296-5625. Hours: 12-5 P.M. or by Ruth and Russell Harris English as a second language, beginning by appointment. Good quality art Jan. 12. Jan. 19: Flannery O'Connor, reviewed. Intermediate English as a second AUNT LOLLY'S GROCERY and Haitian artists. by Margaret Dennis language, beginning Jan. 13. OLD ISLflND Tel. 296-3891 728 SIMONTON SI. EAST MARTELLO, S. Roosevelt Blvd., Jan. 26: Lillian Hellman, reviewed by Conversational Spanish/Health Pros., BIRD CO. 296-3913. 9:30 A.M..to 5 P.M. Marjorie Houck beginning Jan. 13. KEY WEST, FL 33040 daily except Christmas. Landscape Architecture, beginning Jan.12, 5O3 Greene St ICE, CUBAN MIX Jan. 7-31: Members' juried show. Offshore Sailboat Ocean Cruising, Cap Inn 294-2932 HOT-DOGS beginning Jan. 12. ' , . PRRROTS Open: Till Midnight FARRINGTON GALLERIES, 711 Duval St., Women in a Man's World, beginning COCKRTOOS 7 Days 294-6911. Variety of local artists, Jan. 13. mflCAWS Except Sundays including Mario Sanchez, Tennessee FILM Inter. Conv. Spanish for Senior Strong healthy birds Williams and Martha Davis. Hours: 1128 Simonton St. Till 11 p.m. Cits., beginning Jan. 12. that live. 9-5:30 P.M. daily except Sunday. MONROE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 700 296-2807 Beginning Drawing for Senior Citizens, Sexing and breeding SUNDRIES Fleming St., New phone: 294-8438. 8 AM - 3 AM GINGERBREAD, 903 Duval St., 296-8900. Children's films, Saturdays at 10 A.M. To be announced. pairs available. Hours: 11-6 P.M. daily including Free. IRS Business Tax Workshop, beginning Homemade Sandwiches WELDED WIRE & BULK SEED "THE ONLY DISCO Sunday, reopening evenings on Fri. Jan. 15. Congenial Family Bar Aifline shipping boxes available and Sat., 7-10 P.M. Featuring Henry "Lentil"; "Komer Price: \X GROCERY IN TOWN" The Doughnut Machine." Basic Income Tax Preparation, beginning Package Store Bob LaPollce Faulkner, Stell Adams, Tennessee Jan. 19. Tommy Richardson Williams, John Kiraly and Van Eno. "Haunted Cat" (Cartoon); Reasonable Prices ® NOTARY "Mike Mulligan & His Steam- Emergency Medican Technician, To be Jerry Richardson Jan. 6: John Buzogany, goldsmith. Established 33 Years PUBLIC Jan. 20: Gil Furoy, creative artist. shovel" ; "A World is Born". announced. Buy - Sell - Trade "Dinky Finds a Home"; "Great WORKSHOPS IN LIFE PAINTING AND DRAWING, GUILD HALL GALLERY, 614 Duval St., Train Robbery"; "Zoo". Tuesdays, 7:30-9:30 P.M. and Fridays, (Cartoons). 296-9359. 9:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. 2-4 P.M. ($2-$3 model fee.) For info "Hook, Line and Sinker" call Malcolm Ross at 294-8301. daily. (Cartoon); "Beware, Beware WE'RE THE BEST IN KEY WEST Jan. 4-18: Irma Quigley My Fair Beauty."- Jan. 18-31: John Cryer Jan. 31: "Reptiles"; "See": and FOR BEAUTY IN AFFORDABLE PERSONAL ADORNMENT. HAITIAN ART CO., 600 Frances St. at "V7iibur ' s Storv." (from SENIOR CITIZEN NEWS : Southard. 296-8932. Hours: 10 A.M.- Charlotte's Web.) Adult films, Wednesdays at 7:30 P.M. 8 P.M. daily. SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER at 600 White St. Free. New phone: 294-4641, ext. 363. Sat., KEY WEST ART CENTER, 301 Front St., "Magic World of Disney" and Sun. and holidays, phone 294-2801. 294-1241. Hours: 10 A.M.. -5 daily; "Zoo". Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30 to 6 P.M. On Sundays, 11-4 P.M. . "Mysteries of the Deep" and Fridays the Center reopens 7-10 P.M. Jan. 8: Regular membership "Sharks" For class schedule for senior citizens, meeting at 2 P.M. "Tennessee Williams" Theatre see,"Women's Center News", above. Jan. 3-17: Jack Baron, one man in Progress and "Filmmaking painting exhibit: acrylics Techniques". Open reception: Sunday, Jan. 28: "Following the Tundra Wolf" Jan. 4, 5-7 P.M. and "America's Endangered Jan. 17-31: Ginny Spreen, one woman Species." REGULAR EVENTS show: oils and, pastels. TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FINE ARTS CENTER Open reception: Sunday, (See above, theatre.) AQUEDUCT AUTHORITY MEETING, 1100 Jan. 13, 5-7 P.M. Jan. 5: Marlene Dietrich in "Morocco" Kennedy Dr., 296-2454. Fourth in Great Actresses in Jan. 15 & 16: West Palm Beach, 8 A.M. MOIRA, THE ART GALLERY IN KEY LIME Film Series. SQUARE. 294-1254. 10 A.M. to 5 P.M., Tuesday thru Saturday. Jim Lehmkuhl, PANACHE EUROPEAN STYLE COFFEE HOUSE, CITY COMMISSION MEETING, first and artist in residence. Ready-made 524 Duval St. at Smith Lane, 294-6433. third Mondays at 8 P.M. City Hall, standard size frames in stock. Pro- Hours: 11 A.M. to 11 P.M. daily; 'til Simonton and Angela Streets. fessional discount. 1 A.M. on weekends. A variety of 11-9 MON-SAT classic movies to be shown at various CITY ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD MEETING', 121 DUVAL ROOFTOP GALLERY, 423 Front St., 294-5892. times. Call for exact information. second and fourth Wednesdays, 5 P.M.,® 296-9456 Hours: 10-5 daily. All Keys artists Board room, 930 Caroline St. featured. Homemade jewelry and gifts NEXT TO EL CACIQUE of distinction. Northern Italian Cuisine 615 Duval Street, Key West 294-6565 i "FISH (A SEAFOOD HOUSE) Varieties of local fish for the varieties of local people 4-3374 Catty-Corner 132-Duval St. From Sloppy Joe9s