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The winner was Marlene Ogg and she is a tenth grade student at Nary Immaculate High School. THAT WONDERFUL PRODUCTION of "Annie Get Your Gun" at the Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Theatre was the biggest money maker and had the greatest local involvement of any show thus far, I undersand. The next musical production will be "Hair" which, incidentally, has caused a performance conflict with the Key West Dance Theatre. Ttiey will now perform at the Waterfront Playhouse May 19-May 22 with a possible matinee on May 21. THE 13th ANNUAL Lily Ball to benefit Easter Seals will be on April 16th at the B.O.Q. at Trumbo Point. Music will be by Fred Ames with Ginny Tucci . . JANE SAMUELS reports that: Our' unprecedented winter storms are steadily destroying what is left of the Swimming Pier at the end of Reynolds Street. Rain, wind and high seas have frustrated the best efforts of Mr. Edward Stickney of the County Public Works Department .to stabilize or repair i t . HE REPORTS THAT Mrs. Wilhemina Harvey, County Commissioner, has been most interested and helpful about this problem. A little extra money has been found for repairs. But Mr. Stickney .is afraid "if this weather doesn't let up, there won't be any- thing left to repair." MEANWHILE, THE LARGER project to replace the pier with a new sturdy structure has been quietly going forward. As reported last month, Mr. Stickney has designed the new structure and is planning to include this project in next year's budget. Hoping to get it started sooner, and at Mrs. Harvey's suggestion , stickney has asked his consultants to check out •the possibility of securing funding by a Federal grant. NO PROGRESS HAS been made on the suggestion of a citizen attempt to raise private funds to help meet the cost of the proposed new s t r u c t u r e . However, Mr. Man fried Ihe.1. , who led the effort to collect 400 s i g n a t u r e s on a petition to have tha pier re- stored, is back in town and indicated his willingness to lead such an effort. THE KEY NEST Orchid Club has received an inyitation to submit floral arrangements to the- World Conference Orchid Show in Miami next year. This is quite a flower in their buttonhole since you have to bo very, very good to be invited. HERE IS THE schedule of Channel 5 for our local shows. Monday at 5:30 p.m.: "Improving Human Capabilities" with Professor William Trantham 7:00 p.m.: "Page One" with Townsend Kieffer and Betty de Boer; 8:00 p.m. (1st and 3rd Mondays only): Agenda Preview of the City Commission with Tom Gregory. Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.: "Health Dimensions" with Dr. Debbio Flynn; 7:00 p.m.: "Page One;" 0:00 p.m. "Plants in Paradise" with Kathy Wolf; 8:30 p.m.: "Gray Rainbow" with Gary Norris. Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.: "Fitness Factory" (host to be announced) ; 7:00 p.m. "Page One;" 8:00 p.m.: "Theatre and Arts" with Marsha Gordon. continued on page 32 Our cover photo of Tennessee Williams is by photographer George Daniell. The photo was loaned to us by Liz Lear. mss B OUR mm&atmtm HERE IS $15.00 FOR MY SUBSCRIPTION TO 11 ISSUE OF SOLARES HILL. NAME. ADDRESS. CITY . STATE .ZIP Our mailing address: 513 Fleming Street Rm.3 Key West, Florida 33040 Phone numbers are In Marathon call 872-2915 Solares Hill is a community newspaper published every month on the slopes of Solares Hill, Key West's highest point, by Solares Hill Company, 513 Fleming, Room 3, Key West, Florida 33040. EDITOR BILL HUCKEL EDITORIAL CONSULTANT .BILL WESTRAY ART DIRECTION SOLARES HILL DESIGN GROUP a. tittle, help {,/iom. OUA Solares H i l l Co., I n c . ©SOLARES HILL, 19S2 TENNESSEE WIII IAMS TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DOESN'T live here anymore. Key West has lost its star resident, the world has lost one of its greatest contemporary playwrights and many of us here have lost an old and dear friend. Controversy surrounds his death, as it did his life. There has been much press, and rumors proliferate like gnats around a stagnant pond on a hot summer's day. It is as if he has written his last play, the opening act of which takes place in the Hotel Elysee. The play is thing in the world was deliciously palatable. He was witty, charming and loving and cast a warm glow over every- one within his orbit. But when he was bad, he was much like that little girl with the proverbial curl and not nearly as Ipvable. Being a victim of his wrath was a devastating experience. Of course, aside from everything personal, his work stands alone; the pure work of genius and that's all that ul- timately matters. A few of Tenn's many friends have been persuaded to share some of their Tennessee with his mother, Miss taking on box office smashing propor- tions and looks as if it will run for years. I'm sure Tenn is enjoying every moment. THOSE OF US who knew him well ex- perienced the complexities of his per- sonality. When he was happy, he was a joyous companion. He would roll his eyes and smack his lips with relish as if °"ery- Edwina, a number of years ago. memories of him here. What emerges is a tender, funny, sometimes sad but always colorful minia- ture portrait of the man. GARY TUCKER, DIRECTOR OF TENNESSEE'S LAST PLAY IN CHICAGO Gary lives in Key West in a lofty paartment that looks out into treetops. It's an exciting space that Tenn would AWAISAN BOUTIQUE Specializing in: * A complete line of martial art supplies and equipment, and a new line of punk wear. > Largest collection of Hawaiian shirts for men and women start- ing at $995 & up. BEAUTIFUL NEW TROPICAL DRESSES GIFTS 60S Duval St. By Liz Lear have loved. I could easily Imagine him there, pacing out stage moves for a new play. "It was New Year's Eve in New Or- leans in 19 76 when I met Tennessee; I was working on an adaptation of Baby Doll for the stage. On impulse I called Tenn and he invited me to bring it over for him to see, and he liked what I had done. I told him that I was very inter- ested in producing three of his one-act plays, including The Frosted Glass Coffin, a black comedy about old people living in Miami in a retirement home. They have come to terms with the fact that all their friends are dying. Any- way, the play was done in Atlanta and Gainesville and was a big success. "Tenn was pleased and invited me down to Key West to work with him on some other projects, like Preferred Anal- ysis Given by a Parrot, which concerned two middle-aged ladies who went to a convention. One is overweight and the other has a bad skin problem, but they're out trying to pick up men. "There was another, called Some Problems for the Moose Lodge, that ended up with the title A House Not Meant to stand, his last play staged in Chicago, directed by me.1 "When we were in Chicago we stayed at the Delaware Towers, in the Rush Street district. It's interesting that when he was in Europe he always stayed in first-class hotels, but in America he chose theatrical sort of places. Tenn liked the Delaware Towers because it had a kitchen and, at times, he liked to stay in and cook. On a night after rehearsals he begged me to fix Hoppin1 John_it was one of his favorites, a spicy stew. "As the pot simmered he kept tast- ing it and saying, 'Put in more pepper, ' it isn't hot enough', so we kept adding pepper. Dinner was finally served, with a Caesar salad and some good Australian wiiie. "Tenn took one bite and spat it out all over the table. He grabbed the wine and downed three glasses, fast. Then, he said, 'Oh, baby, there's too much pepper; I think, we better send out for some Chinese food!1 "I remember another time while we were there, and the play had already opened. Tenn always got up about 4 a.m. to work. He liked to have a glass of wine, at that time, and there wasn't any in the place. He went downstairs and asked the old man at the desk if there was any store open where he could get some wine. He was told it was after-hours but there was a saloon open called Trotter's. He told Tenn to tell the bartender that the old man had sent him. Off Tenn went to Trotter's Tavern which turned out to be a seedy place filled with derelicts and street people. Spa/te Changes offers you this Change VALUED A f $1.00 for any purchase under $10, or VALUED AT $2.00 for any purchase from $10 to $20, or VALUED AT $5.00 for any purchase over $20. Cut out and bring down to Spare Changes, 507 Duval OFFER GOOD THRU APRIL, 1983 "The only thing the bartender had was J&B scotch, whereupon Tenn pulled out a large wad of bills from his trenchcoat pocket, and many of them drifted to the floor as he thrust a handful at the bartender to pay for the J&B. He turned and left with his bottle, loosely stuffing the rest of the money in his pocket. "But he left a trail of bills like breadcrumbs as he walked along the street with half the early-bird cock- tail group following him down the street, picking up the money. "He said, 'Baby, they followed me all the way home like I was a bitch in heat,1 and he wrote a funny story about the incident called A Happy Trot to Trotters. "Tenn felt very tender about the ladies he liked," Gary went on to say. "I remember going over to his house in Key West one day, telling him that Doro- thy Raymer was in the hospital, and he insisted that we go over immediately. On the way, we stopped at a flower shop and he carefully chose a bouquet for her. "When we arrived at Dorothy's room, we found a very old woman sitting silently in a chair by the bed; she must have been 100 years old and looked quite dead. Tennessee was terrified and didn't even want to go into the room; but we did, and he gave Dorothy the flowers while he talked to her sweetly and held her hand. "Then we just flew out of there; he was absolutely convinced the old woman was dead." I asked Gary if he was familiar with the Hotel Elysee in Mew York. "I stayed there with Tenn, some years ago; it was the same apartment he had maintained for years. It had been Tallulah's before she died. At the time, we were working on Tiger Tail, which was a stepped-up version of Baby Doll with much more of his fascinating philosophy added to it. "Tenn was in rehearsal with vieux Carre when he suddenly decided he would go to Bermuda. I had some business to take care of in Georgia so we arranged to meet back in New York before the opening. That day Tenn wrote a poem and gave it to me. "While I was going through boxes, photos, letters and papers the other day, I came across that poem and read it through again. It was just heart- breaking. My friend is now dead. The poem, which had been a kind of good-bye* note to me before he went on holiday, now took on a whole new meaning. It* was, I think, a premonition and was hand-written on Hotel Elysee stationery." With Gary's permission, we can print the poem here: 'Why do I want to go away? 'I don't have no reason to stay. 'Do this, do that, they name the hour. 'My heart is in a tall clock tower 'And keeps striking hours that say: "Time for you to slide away." 'what should I do? Of course, obey! 'And there ' s no profit in delay. 'Never mind No. 1201* (I think the number is thirteen) 'Going, going, almost gone — 'Done ray bit and travelled on.' *The number of his room suite in which he ultimately died. GENEVIEVE LEAR, ARTIST, SAILOR AND WORLD TRAVELLER: Genevieve, when' not off to some far flung corner of the earth, lives with me in Key West. She arrived on the island when she was two years old and met Tenn when she was seven. "We were very poor in those days and I remember that we ate many dishes that were made with ground meat, like spaghetti and meatballs, and so forth. Tenn used to come for dinner so I guess he used to like that kind of thing; around the table with us would usually be Frank Merlo, Joey Tunnell and John Young. "Tennessee laughed a lot and rolled his eyes dramatically. He thought I was a precocious brat but he was always very nice. "When I was about 8, my mother married Bud, who's my stepfather. The wedding and reception took place in our apartment on the second floor of the Woman's Club. There were a lot of people there including Tennessee. "Well, at one point my new grand- mother, my mother and Tenn were sitting on the couch and I was perched on the arm next to them, suddenly, my grand- mother turned to Tenn and said, in a puzzled voice: "'Tennessee? Tennessee? Don't you sing and play guitar?' "My poor mother went about seven shades of red, but Tennessee just burst out laughing and said: "'Yes, ma'am, I do and very good, too. ' " She had been thinking of Tennessee Ernie Ford! "When I was 12 or 13, I used to love to dress in antique clothing and I would go to visit Tenn, gathering a bouquet of flowers on the way over. I'd arrive in a floppy picture hat, A long dress and trailing a feather boa—he just loved that." EVAN RHODES, AUTHOR: Evan spends much of his time in Key West,, when he's not off on a whirl- wind book promotion tour. At present, he's in New York working on a musical show being made of one of his works. "I met Tennessee in Key West. Jamie Herlihy introduced us. I think, it was 1958. It was a lovely season, we all even made plans to take a trip to Mo- rocco together; in fact, it became a standing joke every time we ran into FLORIDA - KEYS COMMUNITY - COLLEGE See us today. . . Have a better tomorrow. Register for Term IMA Classes April 20-June29 Term III B Classes June 21-August 2.5 Call 296-9081 For Appointment FLORIDA KEYS COMMUNITY COLLEGE An Equal Access/Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action College ,..>. J t>tfJI each other over the years—we'd talk about taking a trip to Morocco, of course we never did. "I saw all of his excellent plays, though I remember seeing—oh, what was it called—you know, the one with Brian Bedford and Estelle Parsons.* Anyway, I didn't like it at all, something just wasn't right. Then, one day in 1972, Tenn had Jamie and me to lunch. After- wards, he read the first act of that play to us. What an experience! I was en- tranced, it was wonderful. I finally understood what he meant by that play. "He read with such sensitivity, you know, that man could have been a great actor. He was a true genius of the theater." *Kingdom of Earth EDEE KIDD, ARTIST AND GUARDIAN OF A FLAME: , When I arrived for my interview, Edee was sitting in her front porch in the company of a beautiful tortoise- shell cat. She graciously invited me into the studio to see the paintings of her late husband, Hari. I had heard a lot about the collection for years but had never seen it. During our talk, my eyes were constantly drawn back to those extraordinary paintings. "I first met Tennessee in Chapala, Mexico. I think it was 1945. I remember that Class Menagerie had just closed. Luarette Taylor had died and at that moment Tenn hadn't wanted anyone else to do the part, so he closed the play. "Hari Kidd and I were friends of the poet Witter Brynner. One evening while out walking we ran into Tennessee and Witter introduced us. We all pro- ceeded to a cantina and had a wonderful evening, mostly discussing the D.H. Law- rences. It seemed that Tennessee had just been to meet Frieda Lawrence. Tenn and Hari were both acquainted with Freida so there was lots to talk about. Key West was never discussed, and at the time we had no idea where we would end up. "When we did arrive in Key West in the late 1940's our friendship with Tennessee was renewed, and we remained friends till the time of-his death. "There are many happy memories was always so kind and considerate. "I remember once telling him one of Hari's stories. It was a story I never tired of hearing, and it was to me, like a child's bedtime story. Hari had Everyone's having a great 'time at David Wolkowsky's apartment by Capt. Tony's in this photo taken in the early 1960's. Dorothy Raymer, David and Tennessee are identifiable but the man in the foreground is not. of him, wonderful shared moments always been living in Majorca in the 1920's in to treasure. Too much to recount in a one of those typical Mediterranean-type mall soace 3 homes with balconies and shuttered "The first years after Hari died, windows that opened out onto the sea. • 1964, were very difficult for me. Tenn "One night, just before bedtime, Leisurely Dining DINE IN ONE OF OUR FOUR UNIQUE DINING ROOMS OR JUST RELAX WITH A COCKTAIL IN THE "BUTTERY GARDEN BAR" 120.8 SIMONTON SERVING 6-11 7 DAYS A WEEK 294-0717 PATAGONIA SHORTS FOR WOMEN & MEN $25 00 EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE AT PERKINS & SON CHANDLERY 218 WHITEHEAD ST. * 294-7635 SPRING... Love Blossoms & Gardens Grow, a time for Plant Lovers to visit Duval St. Nursery 710 DUVAL ST./KEY WEST/294-3916/10 AM TO 6 PM MON-SAT, SUN APPOINTMENTS ONLY during a severe storm, there was a tapping at the shutter and he opened it. A small bird flew into the room and landed on the back of his chair and then hopped down onto the book he was reading. The bird spent the night perched on the bedrail next to Hari's head. In the morning., when the shutters were thrown open the bird flew away. "I felt sad whenever he told the story, and Tenn. said severely: 'Edee, don't you know that grief never leaves you. ' "Another time, this is funny, I returned from Tucson in 196 8 and Tenn and I were driving around, the island. It was such a glorious warm, sunny day and I felt such an outcry of joy and welcome sitting next to him and let my body relax on his arm. He turned to me and said: 'Edee, I love you in my fashion—but get yourself a shrimper.' "And another time, when, we were having lunch at the Sands, he asked me if I was happy. I didn't answer and he said: '.Nobody's happy.'Then he asked me if I was still painting and I said I paint best when there is a special per- son in my life, and he said: 'Oh, you found that out.' "You know, he really always got to the heart of things, didn't he?" After the interview, Edee took me into another room to see her own delightful paintings, several of which I fell in love with. MARGARET EORESMAN ...once the editor of The Key West Citi- zen and now the special assistant to the mavor of Key West: A glamorous Margaret Foresman posed in the lobby of the Coconut Grove Playhouse with Tennesse and Jack Alpln. It was a grey, overcast Sunday morning when 1 visited with Margaret in her cozy cottage in Conch Grove. The welcome was immediately warm and cheer- ful and we spent a pleasant hour remin- iscing about Tennessee. "Frank Merlo introduced me to Tennessee," she said, "it was in 1942 or '43. Frank was a close friend of Don Pinder, the photographer at The citizen. In fact, Frank had a great many friends in Key West as he spent a lot of his time here making Tenn's house a home. He was a lovable, very human person and I've always felt that Tennessee's life and work never recovered after Prank's death. "Tenn and I were close friends until we had a falling out in 196 9 when he was going through his blackest period—I have many wonderful memories of the good years. "He attracted many people to Key West, lots of stars came to visit him. It was great fun for all of us getting to meet them, and Don Pinder was always • invited over to take pictures so I have many mementos. "I remember when Night of the iguana opened at the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Tennessee kindly invited Danny Stirrup, Dorothy Raymer and me up for the opening. Afterwards, there was a big party for the cast and everyone at Marion Vaccaro's house. It was at wonderful evening. "In the late'1950's I was very close with Jack Alpin who, at the time, owned the old Casa Marina Hotel. We would have Tenn over for dinner often and he really enjoyed being there. You know, he had an impish sense of humor; I remember once when he was having a big party and he told Key West's leading society matron that it was a costume affair. Well, they swept in dressed regally at Marie Antoinette and Louis 14th. Needless to say, they were the only ones in costume. Tennessee thought it was hilarious. "I'll never forget the time he decided to embrace the Roman Catholic faith. His baptism took place at St. Mary's here on Truman Avenue. Bill Glavi'n, who was then his close friend, his brother .Dakin, and his.maid Leoncie and I were the witnesses. I picked up Lee and drove her to the church. We were the only non-Catholics so we thought it best to sit in the second row so that we could observe Tennessee and company in the front row; we could watch them and know what to do at the appro- priate time. Of course, they came in and sat in the third row. "It was a real strain trying to listen and at one point I overheard Tenn say to Dakin, 'I can feel grand- father's presence.' His grandfather had been a Protestant minister. "Then it was announced that Tennes- see must go to Confession. I thought, well, this is going to take a bit of time—but he wasn't in there more than ' three minutes! "After the service we went back to Tenn's for dinner and in the car, driving over, Tenn said he was a little disappointed, that he had expected roses to fall from heaven. I felt sorry then. Had I known that I would have put two or three roses on his porch and he would have thought it really had happened. "He was kind to my son, Timmy, 1 remember, when he was in the Naval Aca- demy. At one point, Timmy was doing poor ly in English. His professors said that if he got an interview with Tennessee Williams for the school paper he would give him an A. Next time he was home, Tennessee gave him a two-hour interview and Timmy got his A. "I must say he was good to young people and always very cooperative with the press." . MERLIN CURRY, WELL-KNOWN LOCAL MAN-ABOUT-TOWN : "Tom was a good man. If it wasn't for him and Jamie Herlihy I wouldn't have had an education, "Back in the sixties, they paid for me to go to the University of Miami, paid my tuition and all my expenses for 3*s years. There were no strings attached; he did it out of genuine concern for blacks. He was definitely a beautiful person." continued on page 20 KEY WEST AN.GEIJ PIZZA Takeout and Delivery Service Available. OPEN DAILY'TIL 4 AM 208 DUVAL ST ,.;,'•; Garden Dining Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner "Cocktails • Entertainment Nightly , Credit Cards Accepted *&$d:ftptit. Street*. 294-2042 TOM SCHMIH • PROPRIETOR ~ MARINE BIOLOGIST Gu/cte Your Canoe Silently Into The Serene Beauty Of Protected Tropical Island Waters. See The Keys As The Indians Did, And Explore With An Ex- perienced Local Naturalist. 9 AM-4PM EQUIPPED CANOES & LUNCH FOR MORE INFORMATION WRITE RO. 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A soft, high humming, while his movements were slow and his whole body seemed to drawl. "THERE SHOULD BE some wine glasses in one of those cupboards," he said, motioning toward the kitchen. "I say 1 should be' because the place has been ransacked." And then he laughed. "Luckily Tennessee finds this sort of thing funny," Dotson Radar said. But it was -not funny to be out of wine. Tennessee sent Dotson off to Big Daddy's for some more. "ARE YOU IN love?" Tennessee asked. "Yes," I said. "They ransacked the house" he said.. "We had to fit it out with new glasses, everything." I nodded. "And they killed my caretaker, you know." "I read about it." "It was in the newspaper?" "Yes." BUT THESE WERE two separate incidents, weren't they? And wasn't there a trunk full of forgotten Key West manuscripts that turned up like buried treasure? "Did you bring one of your stories to read?" Tennessee Williams asked me. "Yes." "EVERYONE WRITES HERE, you know, in this house. We're all writers. Would you put the corn in when the water starts to boil?" That was something I could do. Writing a story I was not so sure. Reading it to Tennessee Williams .... HE HAD CALLED one day while I was working as reference librarian at the library on Fleming Street. I was used to arbitrating wagers made in various watering holes and gin mills around town. But this was even more serious it seemed. "THIS IS TENNESSEE Williams , " he said, and damned if he didn't sound just like him. "I have your letter here. We've never met, have we?" "Uh, no." "I'm having dinner tonight with a friend. Would you care to join me?" "Yeah!" "At my house. Do you know the address?" "Sure." "And bring your story." IMAGINE THAT. A complete stranger. I must remember to be kind. In return. Tennessee cut his steak and salted it with the phoney salt required by his heart problem. He hummed between bites. He did not converse. "YOU'LL HAVE.TO excuse Tennessee," Dotson said. I wondered why. Was he going away? "He's very tired." Dotson said. "He just opened a play in New York." "Oh." "Why do you write short s tories?" Dotson wondered. "There's no market for them. Not even Esquire is i n t e r - ested in them anymore." "I can't help i t if they come out that way." "He's shy," Dotson said. "Don't be shy, baby," Tennessee said. "Children's plays." "I don't like children's plays," Tennesse said. V . ' THE GIRL BOOKKEEPING & SECRETARIAL SERVICE—TEMPORARY HELP 296-9873 CHEAPEST RATES YET BEST SERVICE FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY JIM PICKING Luani Plaza The Key West Optician Ph. 294-7411 . Hours: M-T-W-F 9 to 5:30: Thursday I to_9 "Wait a minute," Dotson said. "Are you straight?" "Yeah." DOTSON LOOKED AT Tennessee in mock horror. "Did you hear that, Tennessee?" Tennessee went on eating. "You've got to go easy on Tennessee," Dotson said. "He's got a bad heart." "Everybody's straight," Tennessee said. "He just hasn't met the right boy yet." "EVERYONE IS NOTHING until you love them" is what Tennessee said in "The Rose Tattoo". I prefer to think, that's what he meant. "Do you play poker?" Tennessee asked. "Sure." DOTSON CLEARED THE table. There were mint cookies for dessert. Tennessee pried one open. He took out one of the pills he was taking for his heart. He broke the capsule open and sprinkled the contents onto the cookie. Then he put the cookie back together and ate it. "It's amazing what's happening in Iran now," Dotson said. "The Shah still plans to go back. I'm for him too. He made a lot of very pro- gressive changes there, stopped being gary from being a,felony." "They don't seem real pleased with him over there," I said. "What do you think, Tennessee?" "It's too far away." * I CALLED MY partner Bub Mowry and asked him to join us for poker. "Yeah, I'm over here at Tennessee's," I said. "Oh, you are, are you?" Bub said. "Yeah. He wants to know if you want to come over and play poker." "He means for money, right?" "I guess so." , "Well that's a helluva note. Does he expect to take our money or vice versa?" "It's all in the cards." • Bub came right over. OPEN DAILY 12 PM TO 2 AM LUNCH, DINNER SUPPER AND LATE NIGHT Come join us as we start our 5th year serving great food and spirits 9OO-9O4 DUVAL ST. (GINGERBREAD SQUARE) 296-5558 WE PLAYED CARDS around a table in the front room. "I wish we could play some music, Tennessee said. "I would love to hear a beautiful concerto now." BUT THE PLACE had been ransacked. There was nothing to do but drink and play cards. Or so it seemed. It was funny. "Deuces and one-eyed jacks are wild," Tennessee said solemnly, looking over the top of his glasses. "And nines, you know." "What the hell," Bub said. He had lost about five dollars. I HAD WON about five dollars. It didn't matter. I started losing and pretty soon I was down five dollars too. Then ten. It was a helluva note. But we didn't care. Tennessee was happy. He was winning. But he didn't care either. "WHERE ARE YOU from?" Tennessee asked Bub. Bub told him. "Chicago," Tennessee repeated, and he seemed to travel some where or some time in his mind. In a little while he came back. "Do you know Studs Terkel?" I know of him," Bub said. "I used to go out with a girl who was his secretary." Dotson shook his head. "A nice man," Tennessee said. But he drinks too much." We nodded. "MY BROTHER'S RUNNING for governor, you know." "That's r ight ," I said stupidly. " I sn ' t he a fool?" You had to admit i t seemed pretty foolish. "My brother Dakin i s a complete fool!" . - "Tennessee doesn't like his brother," Dotson said. We gathered that. "I hate him," Tennessee said, and he laughed. "He is an ignoramus." We a l l laughed at that . THE CARD GAME withered away due to lack of funds of the part of two of • the contestants. FEATURING THE connie bonko COLLECTION 111B DUVAL STREET 296-3688 Restaurant Francais "It's the small touches.. Chef/Owner Claude Chauvin 6-11 PM • 7 DAYS • SUNDAY BRUNCH 1007 SIMONTON ST. • 294-7100 ARMY ALOE VERA CACTUS JUICE, 99.8% heart of aloe, .2% citrus flavor, is this month's April Special. $4.50 a qt. (Reg. $7.50) [ _ ! 10 "Read your story, baby," Tennessee said. It seemed a good idea before any more drinks made the rounds. TIME SEEMED TO stand still. Bub helped me read the dialogues. Then it was over. "It's good," Dotson pronounced. "There's no self-indulgence in it." "No," Tennessee said. "None." "That's when you can tell some- one is a pro, when there's no self- indulgence." "Not a shred," Tennessee said. There was a pause. "I like it," Tennessee added, bless his heart. "Send it to Antaeus or Partisan Review. And you, baby," he said to Bub, "what 11 nice reading 1 Would you like to read something else for me, baby?" "Sure," Bub said. "What should he read, Dotson?" TENNESSEE HAD COME to life. Dotson did not seem sure what to make of it. Before Tennessee appeared to be off in his own world, equal parts stupefied and stupefying. Now he was a moving mystery, an ambulatory myth. HE WAS OFF looking through books on the shelves, in the bedroom next to the painting he was about to finish, his lips moving,, the words of poetry and of his own plays partly voiced. The simple task itself re- minded me of me at the library. But this took place on Tennessee's planet. EARTHAKITT IN CONCERT •PRESENTED BY- TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FINE ARTS CENTER 8:30 PM SATURDAY. APRIL 9 SEATS $10-$13 RESERVATIONS: 294-6363 AND BON JOAN'S (622-B DUVAL) FREE TRANSPORTATION ON THE OLD TOWN TROLLEY PICKUP AT THE PIER HOUSE 7:30 PM PICKUP AT THE CASA MARINA 8:00 PM Tickets are tax-deductible. Proceeds benefit the FKCC scholarship fund. FLORIDA KEY5 COMMUNITY COLUGE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY- EQUALACCE5S/ AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COLLEGE - SPONSORED BY THE TWFAC FOUNDERS' SOCIETY - DOTSON GOT UP to lend a hand. Then he gave up exasperated, saying, "Ten, haven't you got a single book of your collected works in this house?" Then to us, "He's only lived here since 194 9." "Chance Wayne," he said, "And I shall read the Countess." TENNESSEE'S VOICE AS the Countess was lush, low and seductive. It was also wise, pointed, wry and curious. It seemed to be soft and yet sharp. Bub played hard-edged, thrown off balance but with a hint of anger. THEY WERE FASCINATING. And they were fascinating each other. Tennessee closed the book. "What have you done?" Tennessee asked. BUB TOLD HIM about our plays, about the ensemble in Chicago, about building sets, acting for kids, being fed up with the theater games adults played and their power plays, leaving and coming to-Key West, and now, meeting him. TENNESSEE PICKED UP the telephone. He tried several numbers but there was no answer, "It's late," Dotson said. Tennessee tried another number. "Busy," he said. "I must tell someone about this boy!" "VIE HAVE A .lot of things to do in the next few days," Dotson said. "We're expecting guests, and then Tennessee has to fly to the coast for an opening." "Oh yes," Tennessee said. "You know the boy in that play is really beautiful." "Yes he is," Dotson said. "Thank you for dinner, Tennessee," I said. It was his pleasure, he said. "Goodbye, Tennessee," Bub said. "Goodbye, baby." "Take care," said Dotson. OUTSIDE BUD SAID, "How much?" "Eight bucks," I said. "Nine," he said. "Seventeen bucks for an evening with Tennesse Williams. Not bad." "Plus, I got dinner," I gloated. "Not bad," Bub said. "Not bad." WE RODE DOWN Duncan in the cool night air. "Think we'll hear from him again? I thought about it. "No." A FEW DAYS later Tennessee and Dotson were ambling along Duval Street around Duval Street around midnight, "happily drunk," as Tennessee put it, singing the hymn "In the Garden", when LOOK TO THE SKY! HEAVENLY BODY KITES ANNOUNCES THE 7th ANNUAL KEY WEST KITE FESTIVAL FREE! 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"I am not in the habit of re- treat," Tennessee informed them, whereupon they promptly pushed Dotson down. Tennessee went tumbling after. SO MUCH FOR the kindness of strangers, at least in this instance. "I have tough bones," Tennessee said afterward. "I am uninjured. " He used to say he was cursed with longevity. Was this a gay issue? THERE WAS NOTHING very gay about it," said Tennessee. "Except for us, of course; we were slightly drunk." Dotson was indignant. "I'm very nervous here," he said. "I get the same sense here as in the gutter areas of New York." AND I HAD thought all their streets had gutters. But this was for the benefit of the media, of course. At the airport. They were making that trip to the coast for the opening. WE NEVER DID hear from Tennessee again. I wrote him letters, hand-delivered notes and spoke with whomever was minding his house, I sent him tickets to plays, but there was never any reply. WE WANTED A chance to win our money back, sure, and we wanted a helluva lot more too. We wanted his friendship with no strings attached. We wanted too much. We all did. But some took while others merely wanted. Now he's gone. NANCY AND I wanted to have him over for dinner sometime. Nancy wanted to bake him a.quiche, which he would have loved I am certain. He knew where we lived. Next to the cemetery. He had said to me that" night, "A pleasant little cemetery, as cemeteries go." BUT OUR EXPECTATIONS were not realistic. Nor were they meant to be. He gave us "truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion." And that should have been enough. 13 14 SENTENCE BUILDING Choose, cd kosk ont word-Prom each column and. use. >our in a sentenc.̂ .MqKiE as many differ^ sentences as u can awe vm dty animal erince. were, , 9ir peop\e on^Viis . They oderz. Very d fffererrt us K wansrTlaey hod "teals I ike ^ l ears tOere. ocfe. se. alsoppear w a wnok in fe ground MEMORIES KEEP BADLY: the most delicate ones fade and shrivel. Con- suming being one of the massive, social, seasonal pastimes on the island, some of one's nifty, if inconsequential, memories come a-borning in Key West restaurants. Women are canny little dears and never do they forget the axiom that real prosperity is never having to prepare your own food. THIS WRITER, EVER alert to adventure, spotted Fidel Castro lunching at Mananitas, a top peopledom lunching terrace in Cuernavaca, Mexico. All always will not be so lucky. But, let's say that you awake one morning to find yourself again in the saddle of your own personality. You are summoned to meet an elegant lady friend at the Queen's Table. You set out relentlessly in the car through gale winds gusting at 53 mph. Windshield wipers aren't working, so you drive with your head out of the window. This lunching-out experience is exalting. This friend knows, she recognizes, the refinements of lunching here. And she is in. touch with every table. There always is a man comes over to the table and says, "Helllooo" just as though he has only just sent round to her house a large bouquet of roses and a gold chain. No idea who he is. Someone says that he was once the mayor of Palm Beach. Or Palm Springs. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER friend, and she's content only to lunch at Henry's on all that buffet. As soon as she orders her blue rein (gin), she efficiently sweeps the rooms with a glance . Here , you encounter semi- public friends. This lady has the strength and courage to snub. Her acquaintances name her The Blade. Here, there sometimes is lunching a wonder- fully aristocratic, aged gentleman from the mainland. So crumbling, so nourishing, so pocked with the years. Such age does not make him strengthless. THERE IS A great treat at Terraza de Marti. For, this is Big Time. A car valet. And, he drives off your little red car with a flycatcher smile. Over there is Cornish Richard Heyman lunching, ready to plunge into his fruit salad, greeting some of his Gingerbread Gallery clients in a rich and sensuous voice. 15 WHEN YOU TAKE lunch at The Eatery, it's Key Westy, very cozy, with a good beach scene to watch. Unless that day you decide to drop into Dennis' snack* counter for its two soul-nourishing commodities - red bean soup and morning shift waitress Audrey's insults. Lunchers have been known to drive miles for these two authentic island offerings. ONE DAY, YOU say, "I'm tired of the uniformity of restaurants". That day, it is the day to nip up to Big Coppitt's Diamond Lil's eatinq spot in the event that you like off- the-wall places and are crazy about Texas chili topped with cheese and onions or snappy tacos or old timey hamburgers. ONE CAN'T GET around to all 145 island meals-out entities. And one knows that when life becomes too daily for some acquaintances, if you don't find them at Chez Emile's, you will find them at Port of Call. It would be utterly remiss to omit Sands Beach lunching place. Mildred, in an authoritative mu mu establishes you right at the lip of the ocean in a few inches of shade. You shift your chair so as not to disturb two courting ants. Little waves lick at •*-nf4r>< «?fe»x FROM 1103 TRUMAN AVENUE to 316VS SIMONTON ST. OPEN 1O-6 MONDAY-SATURDAY 294-4439 16 604 q)«toC St. - ©W fToa'n t'esf. 3feida 33040 (305) 296-2532 rj'lie oCdesi sdoe cfoftt in TKetj QA/est - cst. 1*551 KEY WEST TAEKWONDO Classes: Karate training for: M 7:15 pm - exercise W 5:30 pm - competition F 5:30, 6:30 & - self-defense 7:30 - self-discipline S 10 - 12 am Star t any time at any age But get started with THE most challenging experience of Your life. NEW SCHOOL OF DANCE 4-3509 3424 DUCK AVE. sanctioned by American Taekwondo Association North-Fisher Photography All Occasions 408 Duval Street Key West, Florida 33040 305 296-5450 LEVI'S In addition to our famous sportswear from Just Men, Jockey, Sportif, and Sun Britches, we are now Key West's supplier for LEVI'S Jeans, shirts, socks, shorts, and accessories. IM OLLEY SPORTSWEAR SWIMWEAR KINO PLAZA/FITZPATRICK ST. 294-9721 your thongs. Over the sunny, topless side, white flesh is turning on the ~spit- into a shade you recognize as Piccasso Blue Period. When a Snow- bird peels off a whole sheet of skin, he ought to leave it waving from a stake on the beach to warn other comers. KEEP IN TOUCH v;ith yourself - go out lunching. Meet you, Claire Restaurant over the French custard apple whipped cream pie. IF YOU ARE putting in your time just letting the air pass through your lungs and the blood just flow through your veins, you reasonably could expect to brighten up, lunching at bouncey, good-time Half Shell Raw Bar. If you can push your way in. No kicking, please. There's a young pal lunched there with me, sitting on a bench, smoking her celery cigarette. She lost the crov/n on a tooth, and while poking around under the table for it, on her knees, she met Prince Andrev7. So she thought. Half Shell Raw Bar possesses some kind of re- fusal against classification and discipline, and is that why it is so popular? NOW, OF COURSE, that day some go to Capt. Bob's Shrimp Dock on Caroline Street, or to the Rooftop Cafe, or to Razzles - as near as you can come to a Key West sidewalk cafe (if you except Gringo's Cantina). Razzles is pushing savory broccoli- cheese soup this season. Here you may take a sighting on a county comish. After all, he must feed, working his fingers to the bone looking out for-your interests. LAST MONTH, A lot of lunch dates get lost, stumbling into Granny's Garden Restaurant after an oblique, backside approach through a lane and ' over construciton material, sharp coral rocks cutting through their espradrilles. Exhausted, they exclaim, ."Leave it lay where Jesus flung it!" They are Conchs, and this is a venerable old Conch saying. And then, they pick up Granny's menus and say that they are pleased. (May Granny's Garden Restaurant rest in peace. Memorial services as yet unannounced.) The DIRECTORY of SERVICES FOR The GAy COMMUNITY of Key WEST BY B I L L ROSSER HOW DOES A gay person find help in coping with problems in Key West? This is a question Allan 0' Hara has been concerned about for some time. After living in this community for several years, he was just becoming aware of some of the services that were available to gay people. Therefore i t was easy for him to understand how diff icul t i t would be for a newcomer to discover such ser- vices in time of need. ALLAN SERVES ON the Education Com- mittee of the Keys to the Kingdom Metropolitan Church. As Chairman of the Publications subcommittee he suggested that the church assume responsibility for filling this void by publishing a directory. The directors of the church readily agreed and he was selected to spearhead this project. Thus the direc- tory came into being. IT IS BEING published quarterly and is how about to appear in i t s f irst anniversary issue. I t includes sources available for problems with alcohol, substance abuse, c r i s i s assistance, health problems (physical as well as emotional) , legal problems and a variety of other areas where one may need help or want to get involved. I t includes notices of particular interest to the gay community here. COPIES OF THE directory may be found in a variety of locations through- out Key West (be sure to replace your reference copy each quarter) . You may obtain a l i s t of these locations or request that a copy be sent to you by writing to Allan at P.O. Box 4073, Key West. Those l isted include those who are dedicated to full and equitable service to gay people and have a particular bearing on this alternative lifestyle. If, after reading the directory, you should have suggestions please contact Allan with your ideas . I t i s your con- tribution that makes i t work. m STATE-OF-THE-ART EXERCISE FOR KEY WEST THE BODYSIiOP COMPLIMENTARY INTRODUCTION 333 SIMONTON 294-2828 TIIE ICONOCUST BY JIM K06AN OUR OWN BUS LINE FEDERAL LEVEL DEREGULATION in inter-city bus service opens the way for us to think about our own bus line. The former monopolies—mostly Greyhound—are no more. The big out- fits , again mostly Greyhound, have already cut off many routes and many communities in Florida and other states. At the same time. I have met enough people—including myself—who have had enough brushes with "hup, two, three, four, that's not, my, job" to suggest setting up our own bus line. AND, AS A sound generality, a locally owned, locally responsive operation can be expected to serve us better. Now let's look at how such a business can be put together. IT.WOULD USE three vehicles—two running and one spare/shop unit. It should offer three trips a day, each way—leaving each end in the morning, to arrive before noon, after lunch to arrive before supper and in the evening to arrive before midnight at latest, preferably eleven-ish. IT WOULD BE possible for a Keys service to take nearly an hour off the Greyhound running time each way—use the Turnpike and Expressways north of Florida City that could fit in four trips, cutting delay allowances close. WE NEED SERVICE to Miami Airport and downtown Miami but the hour and a half of heavy traffic serving local business between Miami, Coral Gables, Perrine and Homestead just makes our trip tedious. Miami-Florida City and intermediate is the territory of some- one concerned with that area. Most DECAFEEINATE / Our new full-bodied Coffees and Black Teas are decaffeinated with a Swiss chemical-free process, leaving rich flavor and no solvent residues. Bulk teas or bags, whole beans or fresh-ground to your requirements. Come by and Taste-Test some at INSIDE® 529 SOUTHARD ST. / 296-2393 bus rides are local, not national in scope. IN A PRACTICAL schedule, each vehicle can make one and a half round trips a day; one vehicle overnights in KW and one in Miami each night. The line would need a permanent motel room in Miami since one driver would over- night there every night—obviously not the same driver every night. . THE RESULTING 21 round trips a week would provide steady jobs for five, perhaps six drivers with due regard for days off, vacation relief, etc.—all based in KW. It is probable that vehicle maintenance would best be done by contract in KW with some outfit that already has a vehicle maintenance operation. The new business would use about 900 bus-miles a day, with each vehicle overnight alternate nights at the shop in KW and the third unit available for time of need. This work load does not suggest a full-time shop staff but it is some business for a local shop. THE NEW BUSINESS might well solicit package and mail traffic— there are several ways to handle it but full-time station staff are not needed until the volume gets quite heavy. There is no need for the passenger fare to subsidize these peripheral functions—much less help maintain elaborate support facilities elsewhere. Or "system overhead". AND DRIVERS CAN be instructed to accomodate the customers—after all, any service business lives by serving the customers and when an outfit is full of "we don't do that" it is not doing well. For just one instance, there is no good reason why a driver should refuse to sell a round trip ticket, especially at a place where no ticket counter is available—as Greyhound does so refuse. —Presents— "A LUNCHEON FOOD BAR" of 3 Fresh baked breads 2 Homemade soups 3 Hot Vegetables 3 Desserts Plus! A 25 Stem Salad Bar Over 40 items for only! - $ 3 . 9 9 - SERVED MON.-SAT. 11:30-3:00 1405 DUVAL ST. 294-2727 MON THE OCEAN" 17 NEW! YESTERDAY'S FAMILY RESTAURANT GOME IN AND TRY OUR S O U P S AND S U B S AND DELI DELIGHTS OFF-STREET PARKING IN OUR LOT! 42O SOUTHARD MON.-SAT. 7 - 4 P # M > SUNSHINE'S ARTS & CRAFTS' "" . i '• "• 1 Painting & Craft Supplies\O CONSIGNMENT SELLING Classes being offered: • Tole (decorative) Painting • Tole Painting - advanced • Glass Staining • Ink & Painting on Glass • Cailigraphy • Macrame Call for information & registration Get A Gift 10:00-5:30 Give A Gift! 906-D Kennedy Dr. 294-2274 J. , • < LA GALERIA ji- J ha/A ^American import'ja/ on/if tAejfae&t in: • Bolivian a Peruvian tapestries • Pre-Columbian ceramics • Basketry • Jungle crafts •• Sculpture ® Bags and clothing of natural fibre 6O1 DUVAL ST. #4 (next to Huck's on Southard St.) 294-7449 18 AND THERE IS no good reason why accessory services such as baggage checking should be supported by passengers who do not use them--in a phrase made famous by the Govern- ment vs. IBM cases "unbundle the services" and the customers will benefit. And we, who live in the Keys, are the customers. AGREED, THE PRESENT service is three trips a day though not all go to the airport—though we cannot know when it will be cut by decisions taken far away by a company trying to learn how to live in a world where it has no monopoly any more. Furthermore, the fare level has to cover costs that it seems should not belong to our segment—the time spent in traffic in South Dade for instance, or the rentals on separate stations in places where local merchants can handle the bus business on commission- and absence of stations where a rented station is not warranted and the company declines to establish a contract station. ALL IN ALL, it seems worth while to see if some'entrepreneur is inter- ested in organizing a locally owned line—bring our business home. (Mr. Kogan's opinions are his own, and do not necessarily reflect those of the Solares Hill manage- ment or staff.) 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Seafood, and Vegetable Sandwiches Our specialties: Lamb sandwich with mint and sour creai Fresh Florida lobster sandwich. 3R.IGHT COLORS studio and showroom off duval and southard in key lime square 296-6691 noon to six monday thru Saturday c ml B 1 4w TBl mm it ^ Custom work Our fabric or yours \ Cushion recovering Sjjess,̂ Sea bags and tote bags in stock Jn^^^g, - or designed to your needs % / \\ h Vi Duffle and dive bags T jX . STEVE NESS U U U ^ KATHY HO1SINQTON #U KEY LIME SQUARE 294-8216 mis "one of a kind designs" • TEXTILES • FINE ART • STATIONERY • INTERIORS • GREETING CARDS a COSMETOLOGY CONSULTATION 506 SOUTHARD ST. (just off Duval) 294-0589 PROM GOWNS CLOTHING TAILORING DRESSMAKING JEWELRY GIFT ITEMS 1 9 "a heart's delight" An Asian Restaurant & Teahouse Serving Pan-Asian Cuisines Featuring Whole 8̂ Natural Foods. Dinner 6-11 PM Chinese Beer &. Wines Available Carry Out Service 294-6230 613 Duval (Rear) . Key Lime Square MOE'S FAMILY HAIR CARE CENTER Plus . * Slage Lighi Cosmelics * Timex Waiches * •* Mi. Collee Authorized Service * far All Your Hail Caie Needs Good Quality &.Reasonably Priced Food in a Leisurely Garden Setting ©PEN 24 HOURS FREE BEHYEEf #7 Key Lime Square* 294-9836 601 Duval #3 (on Southard) Casual 24 hour dining Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner . Weekend Brunch Dinner Specials 6 to midnight 24 Hour Sandwich Menu Free 24 Hour Delivery llVtACjE o f EIDERS: A PREJudicEd View BY BURT GARNETT A VERY BAD image has been foisted upon Americans aged sixty-five years and older. This has been done by an earlier generation, many of whose mem- bers now bear the image themselves. The culprits are former tycoons in big busi- ness, government and union halls. The image—word, innocent enough in itself, is "retired." It falls upon human beings once engaged in money-earning occupa- tions , now become—_solely because of age—classified as outworn, unemployable creatures, excepting those of us who have been K e p t busy working without remunera- tion a t such civic enterprises as sal- vage and preservation of structures of historical, educational or recreational value, and fund-raising for.support of these and other worthy establishments and institutions. THE WORD "RETIREE" is not included in the 1949 edition of my big, un- abridged dictionary. To be retired, in my youth, was to be envied or admired. It meant, to be wealthy enough—through successful enterprise or inheritance— to live well or perhaps luxuriously, without any wage-earning or salaried employment. The lucky devils! Today—in too many cases, it means a cast—off; a great many people regard the retiree as a nuisance, a person who has to be supported by pension from former employers, or by government sub- sidy. He is often sneered at by affluent (or by politically "conservative") persons. I SAY THAT this is a vicious and wholly unjustified image. A person who loses his job because he has reached age sixty-five may well be, and often is, at the height of his productive capacity. Big business often fires workers—including brain workers, idea- men or -women—because of policy. Most of the excellent work done in preser- ving and maintaining public facilities that local governments regard as without their jurisdiction is done by retirees and other volunteers. "FIRE THE OLD guy to make room for a younger person who needs a job" is the urgent word often heard in hiring halls and employment offices of industrial plants. Inasmuch as proprietors, the bosses, seldom apply the sixty-five retirement rule to themselves, the idea of firing young, not entirely respon- sible or competent persons and giving the job to competent and responsible elderly persons can not be dismissed with a shrug. WE CENTENARIANS MUST not 'be regard- ed as complainers. We appreciate radio and television, frostless refrigerators, social security checks. But neither must we allow ourselves to be muffled, about changes that have made living less convenient and, indeed, troublesome and depriving, not only for the aged but younger persons, too. WE CAN'T GO to the theater, or concert halls, at night. There being no corner grocery stores, we can't buy foodstuffs—there being no stores that make deliveries—without help. Most of us are sensible about driving automo- biles when we have faulty eyesight and impaired hearing—no matter how clear our minds may be. We used to be able to go to baseball games, symphony_concerts, prize-fights, and such entertainments by using convenient streetcars—with transfer arrangements from one line to another. There were no parking problems. Hacks and taxis were plentiful and not too costly. There were easily-accessible markets where farmers sold their fruits, vegetablesf dairy products and poultry without cellophane wrappers. Icemen delivered ice; bakers delivered fresh bread and pies and cakes; laundry wagons collected our soiled garments and de- livered them clean and neatly folded. WHY IN THE world we, in our earlier days, permitted these valuable and Keys Island Sandblast Co. is licensed and insured to meet your needs... be it residential, commercial, boats, pools, M o b i l e Equipment or trailers. (See our ad in the yellow pages.) 913 Duval Street 711 Eisenhower Drive 701 Florida Street 1420 Vernon Street 523 Elizabeth Street 923 Eaton Street 1017 Eaton Street 701 Southard Street 620 Southard Street 324 Elizabeth Street 1003 Casa Marina Court 1707 Washington Street 1529 White Street 915 Angela Street 919 Duval Street 333 Simonton Street SANDBLAST CO. ^ For appointment call Butch Schutt 305-872-3220 Florida National Hanks of Florida Great Stale. Great People. 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Sunday7:30Till PM Brunch Specials all Afternoon LUNCH 11:00-3:00 RAW BAR 11 AM-5:30PM Daily on Patio Draft Beer& Wine DINNER 6 PM^-ll PM Daily JpeclifliilHj in Local Seafood, Lamb, C6lt Liver, Veal & S*««t Breads Old Town Square 425 Front St. 294-6707 pleasant services to be abolished and ourselves to be deprived of decent public transportation is an easily-answered question.. We didn't think. We became so dazzled by the products of Messrs Edison, Ford, Firestone and others that we stupidly let ourselves be robbed. We meekly accepted the idea that movies projected into our houses via television and radio hook-ups would be better for us. The fun and enlightenment we got from going to opera houses was denied us unless we were taken in hand by rela- tives or friends or excessively costly hired attendants. THESE THINGS COULD be restored. When a centenarian is elected president, and his common sense based upon knowl- edge and experience of better times is employed, we will see a restoration of public services based upon what the public wants instead of what Big Business decides the public may have. WE SEE—ESPECIALLY in government— the need for sound judgment, knowledge of the past, and openings that we are entirely capable of filling, but we know that if we are more than sixty- five it is almost hopeless for us to try to get such jobs for ourselves. OP COURSE, THERE are oldsters who, like youngsters, can hot perform happily. (Witness the current occupant of the White House.) But appreciation of past policies and practices, which we elders have and very few youngsters have bothered to learn, should be a constant guide for lawmakers and administrators. HOW MANY YOUNGSTERS—persons under sixty-five--know that one hundred years ago the United States Treasurv had a surplus? How many of them know that surplus was due to the fact that revenue measures enacted to pay for the costs of the Civil War were maintained in effect until the debt was paid? How many of them realize that.the wiser elected officials of a century ago regarded debt as something to be paid off— especially if it were incurred because of a war? THE ADMINISTRATIONS THROUGHOUT the Twentieth Century have failed to pay off war debts--from the Spanish-American War to the current national debt of more than three trillion dollars. How many of them do anything more than worry about the vast annual cost to taxpayers of the interest on the national debt? I'D LIKE TO bet that an adminis- tration of thoroughly mature men and women—in executive and legis- lative positions—would develop and enforce laws and measures that would utilize the wealth of this nation to reduce to a sensible rate the amount 21 of interest paid by the government and also steadfastly extract from that wealth --no matter in whose hands it was held --sums that would return the condition of the U.S. Treasury to that of a cen- tury ago. I would equally like to bet that if it is ever done, it will be engineered by men and women of long and thoughtful experience--the "senior citizens," so-called. WE THEN WOULD present an image such as we can and ought to make. (Burt Garnett, newspaper man, author, social activist and prominent local citizen has been heard to remark that he nay make a run for the presidency when he is 100 years old a birthdate not so far a.way...ed.) 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This leaves victims open to illnesses that would not normally be a problem. AIDS is not a "Gay Plague." About 25% of the victims are heterosexual (straight) and although most of these are male, women, too, have become victims (as have children, hemophiliacs, Haitians and drug addicts). Until we know the cause, we all need to be aware of the progress of this disease so that we may reduce the risk to ourselves and to others. Complications ALTHOUGH AIDS ITSELF is not yet curable (there are no known cases where a body after a severe shutdown of its immune system returned to normal), the diseases that can attack the AIDS victim are treatable. These "opportunistic diseases" as they are called, most often include a rare form of cancer known as Karposi's sarcoma (KS) and/or a rare form of pneumonia known as Pneumocystis carinii (PCP). There are many other diseases that can occur but these two can be life-threatening so early detec- tion is vital. Symptoms THERE IS NO one sympton and no single screening test that can tell you if you have AIDS. The illnesses that occur can be diagnosed and treated. Some symptoms include: swollen glands, sudden unexplained weight loss, fever or night sweats, persistent diarrhea, red or purplish bumps or spots (usually on the legs, feet or arms, but can occur anywhere), persistent flu-like symptoms (severe fatigue, shortness of breath). Prevention SINCE THE CAUSE(S) of AIDS is still unknown, there can be no definite way of knowing how to prevent it. There are some clues, and there are some practices that are known to suppress the immune system to some degree. It seems that many different sexual part- ners may increase the risk. Intravenous drug use, "poppers" (inhalant nitrites), and excessive use of marijuana may also' suppress the immune system to some de- gree. Maintaining healthy nutritional and hygienic practices, and avoiding excessive use of all consciousness- altering drugs, will help the immune system do its job. Latest Developments THIS NEW DISEASE has been reported in most states and in many other coun- tries . It seems to be doubling each six months in the number of victims it claims. Screenings (consisting of several tests, blood samples, history, etc.) have been conducted here in Key West by the University of Miami's School of Medicine to help identify those who may be in a high risk group so that they may take extra precautions. An additional test (called thymosin alpha- 1) is now available and can be of use when used in conjuction with a compre- hensive screening program. What You Can Do To Help_ And To Get Help SOME OP THE best medical minds in the country are working to solve this mystery. You can be of help by writing . to your representatives and let them know that you want further funding for AIDS research. You may also contribute to research by sending funds to AIDS Medical Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc., P.O. Box 431861, Miami, Florida 33243. If you want more infor- mation about AIDS you-can call toll free 1-800-221-7044. If you are a physician you may report cases to the AIDS Task Force of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) at 404-329-3472. A support group for AIDS victims will begin here in the near future. For more information con- tact your physician, the Directory of Community Relations at the Florida Keys Memorial Hospital, or the Help Line (6-HELP). AN EXCELLENT DEFENSE against this threat to our wellbeing is keeping in- formed , being alert to the symptoms mentioned, and seeking prompt informed medical attention should one or more of these, symptoms appear. We can all bene- fit by taking better care of ourselves; we need to become our own "best friend." (Mr. O'Hara is a member of the Board of Advisers, AIDS Medical Research Founda- tion of South Florida, Inc., P.O. Box 431861, Miami, Florida 33243. His Key West address is P.O. Box 4073.) Is managing your own rental property costing you money? Does it take too much time? Are you charging the right rent? Do you get the best maintenance service and prices? If you're not sure, get the rental and management specialists. of Key West Inc. P.O. BOX 1737 • 400 SIMONTON ST. 294-3600 • 296-7766 MLS monnoe county Qlass & miRROR inc. CLASS & MIRROR FOR ALL PURPOSES • Auto Glass Tub & Shower Enclosures • Mirrored. Walls •Aluminum Storefronts • Sliding Glass Doors • Plexiglas • 3/8" Class ONE DAY SERVICE on all cutting orders I 1983 on Key West by Rochelle H. Duhois 1983 and I awake to a waning moon at dawn in the garden dwarfed by coconut trees the disease of too much solitude has lifted like the fog as I soak up a flood of sun and tropic fauna pretending Key West is Tahiti. Is it that I am a wild plant or flower who requires a kaleidoscope of emerald green and poincianna to exist all winter wherever limbs are cold and bare or is there a thief dreaming in these bones or blood that would steal and rape even nature to possess the body and face of truth reflected in Parradis that is warm water, swooping pelicans and a mirage or plunge of tropic power waiting for my embrace. Northern Italian Cuisine 615 Duval Street, Key West 294-6565' ' INCORPORATE Biq PINE KEY? PART BY GIL RYDER THE "STUDY COMMITTEE for Incorporation", established in January 1983, is still"working hard at the difficult task of gathering and collating information. THIS IS EVIDENTLY a monumental task. Hard facts are hard to come by, the laws and regulations are not easy to understand and seem to be open to different interpretations, and there is no money to pay legal experts for pro- fessional analyses of the depths and obscurities involved. THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS named in January are: L. Field, G. Bigelow, L. Simpson, H. Moorman, H. Staples, L. Nicholas, R. O1Brian, R. Bigelow, R. Nichols, and P. Mannillo. THESE NAMES REALLY only represent the tip of the iceberg. Other Big Pine residents are also working, in cooperation with the named Committee members, to the extent that their time and abilities permit. A total of approximately fifty Big Pine residents are actively -involved. IT SHOULD BE clearly understood that the Committee is not working for the incorporation of Big Pine Key, neither is it working against the incorporation. THE COMMITTEE IS purely and simply working to compile factual information concerning municipal incorporation, and .ultimately to clarify that information, print it, and place it in the hands of the registered voters of Big Pine Key. THIS IS AN arduous and time- ' consuming task. Residents of Big Pine- Key should respect these dedicated persons who are giving so freely of their time and expertise in order that Pigeon House Patio Restaurant is ready for you to enjoy a good time ... Fabulous Food and Cocktails, Dickie Allen at the Piano Bar together with Jay Foote Please join us from 11 a.m. till 2 a.m. for cocktails, brunch; lunch, and dinner 7 days a week. Hactpy Hour 4 to 8. Reservations (suggested) 294-1034 301 Whitehead Street at Caroline the voters of Big Pine may make a . knowledgeable and intelligent decision when, as, and if, the time comes for the voters to decide whether or not to incorporate. THE BASIC INFORMATION gathered so far is as follows: It would probably be possible to incorporate and have no tax increase whatever, and provide no services whatever, services, by the County being continued by the County. IF THE VOTERS of Big Pine decide to incorporate, and want to participate in revenue-sharing to any degree, they must tax themselves a minumum of three (3) mills in order to reap the monetary rewards of revenue sharing. .THERE IS.A time delay involved in revenue sharing. First, the City must tax themselves the 3 mills, then wait a period of time before the revenue- sharing money begins to come in. So far, there seems to be some doubt as to whether the time delay is one or two years. No one on the Committee has as yet suggested using the 3 mill tax in order to benefit from revenue-sharing. SOME MEMBERS ARE now investi- . gating whether or not it would be legal and feasible to have a tax of 3 mills and then turn around and give the money back to the tax payers by using the 3 mills to contract for garbage disposal and eliminate garbage bills and, in this way, be able to participate in revenue- sharing at little or no cost to the taxpayer. THERE IS AN assumption that elected City officials would per- form their duties for a salary of one dollar a year for each elected official. THE POSSIBILITY OF a part-time City Clerk is being considered. - In an interview with Paul Sipos, presi- dent of the local Chapter of AARP, Mr. Sipos said that very capable retirees would be available to handle the duties of City Clerk at about the minimum wage. MR. SIPOS SUGGESTED * that, in the event of incorporating and utilizing the service of retirees, many of .those qualified would not want to work full time. With that in mind, it might be wise to consider having a City Clerk's office open 7 hours a day, five days a week, using the services of two City . . Clerks, each working 17% hours a week, equalling a 35-hour week City Clerk job at, say, $4 per hour, " totalling $7,280 a year. AN INTERVIEW WITH an attorney produced the information that it would be possible to retain a City Attorney at about $8,000 a year and that the City Attorney would be available for all City Commission meetings, Zoning Board hearings, etc., and would take care of run-of-the-mill legal matters. It would have to be understood that the City Attorney would not be able to represent the C-ity in any time- consuming legal matter without extra compensation. SEVERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS thought that it might be possible to contract with a retired builder, architect, or engineer for Building Inspector on a fee basis, rather than salary, in that way paying only for work done. OTHER EXPENSES WOULD include phone and light bills, office rental, stationery, stamps, and normal office supplies and equipment. Other, perhaps minor, expenses will probably be thought of by the Committee, or turn up as a surprise after incorporation, if that occurs. THE COMMITTEE PROJECTS an esti- mated forty-three thousand dollars income per year from building permits. According to Lois Simpson's "History of Big Pine Key, Florida", page 147, there is about $96.3 million of taxable real property on Big Pine Key, If Big Pine Key became a municipal corporation with a tax rate of one-half mil {h mill) or fifty cents per thousand dollars of taxable property, that half mill rate would produce $48,000 yearly. ADDING THAT $48,000 to the esti- mated $43,000 from building permits would give the City $91,000 to cover the costs of City operation. Whether or not there would be other sources of income available is still uncertain. The ninety-one thousand dollars would seem to be adequate, if the operation was kept simple. - THE CONCEPT OF incorporation was generated entirely by a desire to have protective zoning, making it impossible for monstrous apartment houses and other unacceptable structures to overwhelm the island, and to preserve and protect the existing ambience, and prevent overcrowding of any area of Big Pine Key. IF, HOWEVER, THE voters forget the reason for incorporating, and demand more services, they will find their taxes rising in proportion to the services provided. There's no such thing as a free lunch - someone pays. THE COMMITTEE HAS invited Mr . Dale . Eakers of the Dept. of Community Affairs to meet with them. The DCA is in a position to supply much technical The Tope flpe flTflRI, flCTIVISION, INTELUViSION, flSTRQRRCRDE ODYSSEY IS, PflRKER BROS. and more! 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There are many steps in between, including legislative action. IN THE FINAL analysis, the voters of Big Pine Key would make the decision. In the meantime, the Rumor Mill is working at a steady pace. Some of the rumors have been mentioned in a previous issue of Solares Hill, but more keep coming. Two of the latest are: If Big Pine incorporates, all property owners will have to pay heavy taxes to support Florida Keys Memorial Hospital. FACT - THOSE TAXES are already being paid (2 mills in 1982) to the Lower Keys Hospital District. The millage may go up or down, according to budgetary needs, but incorporation is not a factor. NEXT RUMOR: BIG Pine residents will have to take over all costs of the Fire Department and Ambulance Service. FACT - TAXPAYERS IN Municipal Service Tax District #1 (Summerland and Big Pine) already pay these taxes (1/2 mill in 1982) . That is fifty cents on every thousand dollars of taxable property, and incorporation will not change that. Again, like the Hospital District, costs could go up or down for other- reasons. RUMORS USUALLY START in speculative, harmless conversation, growing and changing as they move along, and can sometimes become very frightening. THE BEST WAY to handle them is to accept them as highly imaginative, idle amusement, have a good laugh, and then forget them. ONLY TIME, HARD work by the Committee, and, in the long run, the will of the voters will settle the matter. 25 ON PHOTOGRAPHY Each of us is Many; Yet , Occasionally, The one of love Is captured, And the lover Is gifted To behold The timeless essence Beloved. Mufti fjarmony in Key West the natural fiber clothing store Tropical & Classic Clothing in Cotton, Silk, Rayon and Linen. . . . for Women and Men. Men's All Silk Shirts $36 Men's 100% Cotton Shirts $11 Shorts $16 Colorful Batik Clothing $13-36 Ladies' Silk Blouses $24-45 Irka Raw Silk Blazers $45 (All at our traditional low prices) Open Daily & Located in Old Town 132 Duval Street 294-7495 WM. GAMBLE JEWELER 600 naval Street The Diamond Anniversary Ring. A band of diamonds that says you'd marry her all over again. FEIINE FATAIE BY HELEN CHAPMAN (above) Flog Thompson and Ruth Worrell enjoy a laugh with Tennessee. (left) Ida Barron's cameras were being fixed so Chet Conn took this photo of a happy and relaxed Tennessee at home. THE OCEAN ROOM ON THE BEACH AT THE SANDS own most sensual & breathtaking experience in Key West was provided by the Sands Restaurant' Breakfast Lunch Dinner EARLY BIRD THREE COURSE DINNER $10.95 SERVED 6-7 PM 1435 Simonton on the ocean • 294-6669 • 294-6660 MUCH HAS BEEN written about Key West dogs, but I feel the cat popula- tion has been sadly neglected. It is evident that the cats haven't been ne- glecting each other, the population being the size it is. But so many are wild and shy that making their acquain- tance is impossible. There are friendly exceptions, however, one of which was a torn who frequented the old Post Office Inn years ago. He never failed to greet me loudly when I passed by. He wasn't always there and en those days, I missed him. Recently a black cat befriended me on Simonton Street in the early evening. Materializing out of nowhere, she (it seemed like a she) began a game which involved trying to trip me up. That's one of cats' favorite sports. I had luck on my side because the street light was behind me and I could see her shadow approaching. I stood still while she slid around my ankles. Then as soon as she turned away, I took as many steps as I could before her shadow caught up with me again. It took me about ten minutes to go one block, but the next corner was the end of her territory. Bidding me adieu, by way of a loud meow, she ran .back up the street. It was a lovely encounter. IT TAKES A healthy ego to like cats because cats get such a charge out of making, you feel like a chump. On the other hand, cats dislike being laughed at also and that is the only weapon a human has to fight back with. Take the cat lazily sunning himself On a window- sill. The epitome of serenity. Ha! The truth is he's plotting and scheming be- hind all that benignity. There is no clue that he might suddenly get up, stretch, and saunter over to eat your African violets. Or perhaps, having every tree in the yard at his disposal, he will start sharpening his claws on your newly-upholstered couch. When you scold him, he immediately begins wash- ing as if it were anyone except him to whom you're speaking. And you feel like a fool which is exactly what he wanted you to feel in the first place! The fastidiousness of cats is truly to your advantage—beats walking the dog at all times in all weather. But some- times they carry this a bit too far, as I witnessed with a cat I once had. I'd come home from work to find a little pile covered with litter on the floor next to the box. This puzzled me as the box would never contain more than one token of his esteem. I finally caught him one day. HE SNIFFED AT the box, considered it too messy, got into it but hung his derriere over the side, after which deed he proceeded to scratch litter out of the box to bury it. When he looked up and saw me watching, he gave me a dis- dainful glance which clearly said, "Well, I fixed you, didn't I?" and strolled casually away. THE HEIGHT OF prissiness of a cat, however, was related to me by a friend who owned—oh, excuse me!—was owned by a huge Persian cat. The cat slept with her and one night my friend went to bed with a bad case of indigestion and the problem of flatulence. The cat suddenly was disturbed by an odor and jumped on: my friend's back, pawing wildly at the covers in an attempt to bury it. My friend said that, although alone, she felt very embarrassed. Which, of course, was what the cat wanted her to be! NEVER LAUGH A gift cat in the face. They're very sensitive and their small donations are meant to please. So a dead mouse is not your idea of the per-, feet gratuity. Never mind. The cat thinks you'll love it. One cat I had never presented me personally with gifts—probably couldn't stand the idea of my gushing all over him in gratitude. But he left things where I could find them. Mice were common fare and were left at random in the kitchen. But birds! Periodically I would find a pile of feathers in a corner of my bedroom. I knew then that I had his full respect. MANY PEOPLE DISLIKE cats for their independency. These are generally dog people who love to be greeted by big muddy paws on their chests and a slob- bering face-licking session. I'll pass. I prefer to be ignored until I'm ready to communicate. Of course, some cat lovers carry things too far by bestow- ing human intelligence upon felines and believe they know what you're thinking Balderdash! They aren't capable of any' such thing and—hey! you damn cat! Why are you burying my typewriter! 27 BULLETIN: ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONCH REPUBLIC, FIERCELY INDEPENDENT KEY WESTERS, BEING COMPLETELY FED UP WITH EVERYTHING, HAVE UNANIMOUSLY DECIDED TO RAISE A FINGER, POINT OUT THE FOLLY OF THE "REAL WORLD" AND TAKE THEIR PARADISE ELSEWHERE. THROUGH THE MIRACULOUSLY UNSTOPPABLE DETERMINATION THE ISLANDERS HAVE FOR MAINTAINING A CONSISTENTLY HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS, KEY WEST WILL, ON MIDNIGHT APRIL 1, 1983, RISE SLOWLY AND DISAPPEAR SILENTLY INTO A CLOUD. THOSE WHO REMAIN BEHIND CAN KEEP OUR SHARE OF WHATEVER'S LEFT OF THE WORLD. DON'T BOTHER THE POST OFFICE WITH TRYING TO FORWARD OUR MAIL; AFTER SECEEDING FROM THE PLANET, WE WILL BE OFFICIALLY LIVING IN KEY KIEST:SPflCE ISLflMD" TO F O * K E ¥ 28 TENNESSEE W H U A M S continued from page 7 JAMES KIRKWOOD, AUTHOR AND PLAYWRIGHT: Jimmy divides his time among Key West, New York and East Hampton. "I met Tennessee when I first came to Key Westr in the early sixties. Jimmy Herlihy introduced us; he and Tom were good friends. Funny that you should ask me when we met, because it reminds of a funny story about the last time I saw Tenn. "It was about a year ago and I ran into Tenn at the Miami airport while en route to Key West. He came over to me, beaming, said how wonderful I looked and how nice it was to see me and do let's sit together on the plane. He settled into our seats and started to chat about the usual things, the theater, and so forth. It was a pleasant trip. Just as the plane was landing, he said: "'Saw your movie on TV the other night. ' "Oh, I said, movie? What movie? "'Midnight Cowboy,' he replied. "Oh, Tenn, I laughed, I'm not Jimmy Herlihy, I'm Jimmy Kirkwood. "'Don't be ridiculous' he said, peering over the top of his glasses. 'Now come on, tell me, what do they pay you for those TV showings.1 "Tenn, honest to God, I'm Jimmy Kirkwood. "But he just wouldn't have i t — there was no way I could convince him he was in error. Finally, I said, oh, I'm not sure what they pay, quite a bit I suppose, I'd have to ask my accountant. "One of the reasons I always loved the man was because of his great kind- ness to my mother, Lila Lee. He would have her over for lunch and bridge quite often. He treated her with great respect and was always the Southern gentleman when in her company. "Another reason, was the encourage- ment he always gave to me and other writers. There was never any jealousy, just kidness, encouragement and always a good quote. "You know the critics were so curel to him and I hated them for it, espe- cially when they made remarks like 'obviously, he's finished, dried up, etc.1 What a helluva thing to say about a man whose life is his work; who gets up every day and sits at the typewriter, no matter what, he and I discussed that several times and I said to him: "Tenn, if I could just write one play half as good as The Glass Menagerie I would die a happy man, and it's true. But he was never convinced; it always hurt. You4 know I always hoped he would write another blockbuster and have a big comeback, just to show them." STELL ADAMS, TENNESSEE'S SECOND COUSIN AND FAMOUS KEY WEST PALMIST: I met with Stell one sunny day for lunch on the patio at Claire's. When I arrived, Stell was sitting at a shady table accompanied by her little white dog, Sugar. "Over the years, Tennessee had invited me to Key West many times, but the timing was always wrong. Then, about three years ago, I received sev- eral urgent phone calls—would I please come down and help him care for his sister, Rose. "Tennessee loved his sister Rose, ' you know. He had bought a house for her and moved her out of the institutions to Key West. There had been several com- panion/housekeepers but for one reason or another they hadn't worked out. I agreed to come but made a mental note to myself that I'd only stay a maximum of one year. Needless to say, I fell in love with the island and have been here ever since. "You know, Tom really had a wonder- ful sense of humor. My first day in Key West he gave me the 'Grand Tour.' We drove all around, Tom explaining the points of interest, suddenly he said: "'Look up ahead, that's the Conch Train,1 (now do remember I'm Stell the tourist, I didn't even know that Conch was pro- nounced that way); 'see theose people on the train? Well, they're the same people; when they get off the train at night they're' fed and put to bed in large dormitories. In the morning they're fed again, and put back on the table.' "Isn't that, funny? You know, he almost had me believing it for a minute." I mentioned to Ms. Adams that I thought it was wonderful that Tenn had made provision in his will for a fund to help struggling writers of promise. "I remember once in 1952," she went on to say, "we were all together in New Orleans. We were having breakfast one morning at Brennan's. Tom said that writers should be helped as they are in Europe and Russia, that they should be spared the awful financial struggle that he had experienced in the beginning. He said he was going to make it easier for them. " "I met Tennessee in New York in 1955 at a big party. Jamie Herlihy was there and also Anais Nin. That night, I re- member, he showed slides of his house in Key West; he just loved it and said it was on the edge of a swamp. I suppose it was in those days. There were no homes on the other side of the street, then. "After the premiere of Jamie's movie, All Fall Down, Tenn threw a huge cele- bration party at his house and there was even an enormous cake, shaped like the book with the cover all done in frosting. "I was a singer then and Tenn always loved to hear me sing 'Danny Boy' ; even 25 years later he would still ask me to sing that song. Asked to recall some humorous inci- dent with Tennessee, Dick said, "I re- member one evening in Key West when The Fugitive Kind was playing at the old Monroe Theater, long before it turned into an X-rated movie house. "Frank Merlo, Tennessee, Tallulah Bankhead and I went to see it and after it was over we were standing out in front on Duval Street. Tallulah said, 'Tenn, you must be very upset. They turned your bad play into a terrible After a performance of a Williams one act play at The Affair, a restaurant tiiat preceded Claire at that location, the playwright joined the stars, Adair Jameson and Jay Drury, for this photo. VIOLA VEIDT, DAUGHTER OF MOVIE ACTOR CONRAD VEIDT: Viola's fortunes have seen many a rise and fall. Today, she is very happy living in a home on Whitehead Street with people she likes very much, and with three cats she adores. "Oh, darling, I met Tennessee in Key West, I think it was 1946 or '47. "He always wanted me to sing 'La Vie En Rose,' no matter where we were, in taxicabs, or wherever. The last time I saw him, he asked me to sing and I did, of course. "Now he's gone and I hope he's finally found his 'Vie En Rose,1 that's all I can say, darling." DICK DUANE, PRODUCER AND NEW YORK LITERARY AGENT: Dick and his partner, Bob Thixton, have a wonderful home in Key West which they escape to whenever they can. Un- fortunately, Dick was in New York so I had only a brief interview with him over the phone. movie. ' "Tenn threw his head back and roared with laughter." JOHN MALCOLM BRINNIN, POET AND AUTHOR: John Malcolm lives near a small stretch of golden sand ringed by huge coral boulders. It is the perfect place for him as the ocean breeze blows through his apartment and from his little writ- ing nook he can watch the sun rise over the sea. On the day I visited with him on his small sandy beach, the sun struggled to shine but was not quite successful. "It was in 194 3 or '44 in New York when I first met Tennessee, just before the opening of Glass Menagerie. "I had done a little dance poem for Valerie Bettis; she was making her dancing debut with Paula Primus and I had never seen the piece done. I received a telegram from her saying 'come on down.1 I was living in.Boston at the time. "After the show there was a party and Margo Jones was there with a very shy young man wearing a blue serge suit. He was so quiet that he almost blended in with the wallpaper. This was Tennessee. "The next time I ran into him, some months later, it was after the success of Glass Menagerie, and he was wearing a salt-and-pepper tweed suit and sporting" a mile-long cigarette holder; even his voice was different. Truman Capote and I tried to analyze the sound of his voice and decided it could only be described as an 'Oxford drawl.' "I saw quite a bit of him in 1946 as we were both spending the summer on Nantucket. Tenn was there staying with Carson McCullers, being her muse, while she wrote Member of the Wedding. A whole crowd of us would go to the same little beach, spreading our blankets side by side. Tennessee was already playing the role of a pasha, holding court on his blanket—-he seemed very happy then. "Over the years I'd run into him quite often in London and various places; he and Truman were pretty good friends in those days . He would often come to the Poetry Center in New York when I was running it; he was a great fan of Edith Sitwell's, I remember, and she loved his Camino Real. "I remember during that time, Carson was booked for a reading of her work and we had a buffet supper get- together before the reading. Carson said she was extremely nervous and coulnd't eat, that she could only drink some bourbon. "Well, Tennessee would not allow that; he spoke gently to her and prac- tically spoon-fed her the entire meal. "When we arrived at the Poetry Center, Carson said she was too terri- fied to go on stage alone and would I please allow Tennessee to sit up there with her. I said yes, of course. "He sat with her, holding her hand through the whole thing; I thought it was very tender and sweet of him and of course the audience adored it. Carson was one of the waifs of the world and people responded to her and took care of her. Jane Bowles was another." Just then, friends of John Malcolm's arrived to share the somewhat wan sun- light and the talk about Tennessee ended. J"AMES LEO HERLIHY, NOVELIST, PLAYWRIGHT AND TEACHER: Jamie lived in Key West for many years; he owns property here and returns from time to time* following various travels. Happily, he was in town recently and recalled some marvelous stories about Tennessee. "For a time there in the 1960's about every newspaper and periodical carried articles about what they called 'the population explosion.' Life maga- zine had just done a big story; it seemed that in 1990 every person in the world wouia have only about a square foot of earth to stand on. "I went over to have dinner with Tenn the night I read that, and I was just full of it, full' of myself and just bursting with all this information. "Tenn listened carefully and finally took his cigarette holder out of his mouth, blew a cloud fo smoke ceilingward and said, 'oh, baby,don't worry, nature will take care of things. That's why we have the Bomb. ' "Another evening, at the time of the New York opening for In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel f Tennessee took his mother to the first night. Miss Edwina, his mother, was by then in her 90's and Tenn was about 61. As everything knows, the play just didn't work. "Afterward, Tenn took his mother^ back to her hotel in a cab. No one said a word. Miss Edwina gazed out of the window and after about 10 minutes, she turned to Tenn and said: "'Tom, maybe you should fxnd an- other line of work.'" DANNY STIRRUP, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER AND MEMBER OF AN OLD CONCH FAMILY: Danny was born and raised here and in the course of his career in building design he introduced to the island open-beam ceilings, windowed- eave-ends, French windows and the garden deck. God bless him. "Frank Merlo remained one of my closest friends from the time we all met in the early 1950's until his death in 196 3. I stayed good friends with Tenn until things really became unbear- able in the late 1960's. I was around him during the. good years when he was turning out one smash hit after another. In those years, he was always in a high, 2 9 of hard raps. "Soon, Marion came floating into the room wearing a voluminous bright orange traveling coat. "As you know, Liz, Miss Marion was known to drink a bit. Well, to put it mildly, that morning she had already obviously had quite a few. Anyway, off we went to the airport. When we got there, they took one look at Marion and said she couldn't go, but I could. I quickly explained that she didn't drink; she only had one and that was to give her courage to get into the plane, and it had immediately made her dizzy—Marion Don Pxnder, who had been photographing Tennessee autographs a photo of him by mid 5O's. good humor and we had wonderful times, all of us. "I remember when he was working on the screenplay for Night of the Iguana. MGM had rented a villa for him down in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, the scene of the film. I think the villa had once belonged to the Rosenbergs, you know, the spies. Tenn and Frank had only been down there a couple weeks when I re- ceived a phone call from Tennessee asking me to come down to Mexico, as his guest, and would I please pick up Marion Vaccaro in Miami, and bring her. I said I would. "At 10 a.m. on the morning of our Tennessee in Puerto Vallarta w/Marion Vaccaro and Danny Stirrup. departure, I arrived at Marion's house in Coconut Grove, as prearranged. "It was a grand house, situated next to Vizcaya, so you can imagine what it was like. Her mother, Mrs. Black, was still alive in those days and invited me in. Marion was nowhere in sight. Mrs. Black simply picked up an old common house broom and gave the ceiling a couple Tennessee for over 30 years watches as Don at a showing of Don's photos in the used to call it 'the dizzy virus.1 They finally let us board the plane and we took off. "Frankie was waiting for us at . the Mexican airport with a car. On the driv" to the villa, Marion insisted that we ' 'op at numerous cantinas so she coul1 buy food to feed the many starving dogs we saw on the road. "I. had a great time down there and at one point Frank and I went to Mexico City for a few days. When we returned, we found Marion lying up in the big Chinese bed with her nakles all covered with bites. She'd been nipped by Satin, the dog that Anna Magnani had given to Frank; the dog had freaked out and bitten her. "One day we were all in the bank in Puerto Vllarta where Tenn wanted to cash some traveler's checks. There was apparently some grievous lack of com- munication and Tennessee suddenly tore up all the checks, into little pieces, and threw them all over the floor. I think it was about, $2,000 worth. We all stamped out of there and into the street. "Just then a funeral hearse drove past with gold letters stenciled on the side, saying 'Quo Vadis Funerals.' "'That's it,' Tenn screeched, 'I'm going home.' "When Tennessee and Frank were in Key West I was over at the house almost every day. Do you remember when he and Tallulah had that big falling out?" I said I didn't. "She was appearing in Streetcar at the Coconut Grove playhouse," Danny continued, "and a lot of her gay young friends were in the audience when she suddenly started to camp it up. "Tenn got furious. 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"Some months later, we were all sitting around Tenn's living room when, through the window, who do I see creep- ing along the picket fence like Butter- fly McQueen, but Tallulah and Jamie Herlihy. "Tennessee threw open the door and welcomed them in as if nothing had ever happened. "That was typical of him." JOHN J. YOUNG, BON VIVANT, TENNIS ACE, CHEF EXTRAORDINAIRE: John had made his home in Key West for many years in an unusual second floor flat overlooking Duval and Flem- ing, one of the town's most active corners, specially in the wee hours-- but he never seems to tire of the sounds and sights of the street. Occasionally, our conversation was drowned out by the noises of trucks, cars and buses. He met Tennessee in the early 1960's when he first came to Key West. "We had a pleasant, casual friend- ship in the beginning--bridge games and dinners, that sort of thing. "In 1970, Te.nn returned here after his traumatic stay in Barnes Hospital in St. Louis. His domestic life was coming apart at the seams. His current companion, I remember, was -dismissed unceremoniously one evening while I and other friends of his were visiting him. ' "It was evident to me that he could not be left alone that night and I suddenly found myself playing guardian angel, and that night literally turned into six months. "It was.a fascinating time but also totally exhausting.'At the end of six months I felt as if I used up three years of my life. It was a 24-hours-a- day job. I had to rehabilitate him to- tally? it is miraculous what good food and a pleasant home environment can do. Pretty soon he lost that dreadful grey, lost look. "At the advice of Audrey Wood who, at the time, was his agent, I secretly kept control of his. alcohol intake and his use of sedatives. I would open up each of the capsules and shake out about one-third, and I would do the same with the wines, substituting one-third water. He never seemed to notice. Once only did I think my subterfuge had been discovered. "Tenn didn't like Beaujolais wine at all; he loved a good, hearty, heavy red. At lunch one day, he held up his glass to thelight and said, 'Baby, you know I don't like Beaujolais.' "As his life took on a certain normalcy, with my encouragement he gradually accepted some reading engage- merits at certain universities. These trips with him were really exciting. The CHEAP ROOMS Day Week Month The TILTON HILTON "The Last Resort" 511 ANGELA ST. 294-8697 kids just loved him. I particularly re- member one to the University of Georgia, they gave him a standing ovation that went on, and on, and on. We were both just stunned. He was so pleased and, it was so good for him to be with young people and get back to the source of • things." Tennessee in Puerto Vallarta I asked John if there were other special times he remembered with Tennessee. "Oh, I remember the report on TV of the Kent State shooting and we both sat there weeping. "And then there was one morning when he came out of his studio after working on Out Cry—a two-character play about a brother and sister, actors, who were locked up for eternity in a snowbound theater. Anyway, he didn't look well, at all, and I became concerned and asked him if he were sick. "'No, baby,' he said, 'I'm all right, it's just them—I can't make them shut up.' "Liz, even though it was a diffi- cult six months, I wouldn't have missed it for the world." AN EXTRAORDINARY VOICE had been silenced. Everyone who knew him or of him is shocked and saddened. Each person deals with sadness in his individual way. For some the loss can never be reconciled. Most of us, however, will find com- fort in the knowledge that as long as plays are produced, that acting as a profession continues to exist, and that language is spoken, his work will live. PROFILE: By V. K. Gibson ARTIST KATHLEEN ELGIN came to Key West about eight years ago, bought a little house inside of two days, and- settled down. She found her present residence £.hree years later, a distinctive two story house on Fleming St. , which has been featured several times on the Old Island Days House and Garden Tours. SHE LOOKS on her participation in the tours as something of a civic duty, "So people know there's something more to Key West than Duval St. and drug busts, that people live quietly and sanely." She's gone so far as to let visitors climb the metal spiral stairs to her huge attic studio. Unlike some artists, she doesn't even mind all the questions. "EVERY PERSON IS different, with original thoughts' and questions," she explains. "After all that's what art is trying to transfer a feeling, an emotion, to another person. Elgin admits to satisfaction, tnat she can climb the stairs to her studio and thus be insulated from even the fair distractions of Key West. She is by no means a hermit in her attic however. She takes part in community affairs. This season, for example, she donated all the poster art for the Red Barn Theater. SHE WAS BORN in Princeton, New Jersey, and was raised in Ohio. This accounts for her "in-between" accent. She considers her Midwest upbringing a wholesome process, and is glad she didn't experience a great metropolis like New York until she was grown. There are advantages, she feels, in having the exposure to sophistication come after the foundations of character have been laid. SO, AFTER TWO years at the Dayton Art Institute, she.went to work in a stained glass studio in New York, with one of the best stained glass artists in the country at that time, Robert Metcalf. Together, they made windows for the Mayo Clinic, in Rochester, Minnesota, and for a church in New York, St. John the Divine. STAINED GLASS WAS a happy medium for her. 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Then came the time when the use of photos began to replace art and this pushed all the artists into the rather narrow children's book special- ty. The competition "became ravenous." TO COPE, SHE taught herself to 'write children's instructional books, which she also illustrated. One of her best efforts is a series of twelve books called: The Human Body, for ages eight to twelve. One of these volumes won a First Graphics Award at an international assembly of-fellow professionals and publishers. your full service pef shop Select a Friend from the large variety of pets of all types WE DO DOG & CAT GROOMING KEY PLAZA 296-6912 If you couldn't find the time to give your teeth the professional care you deserve ... we have the time for you! E. WILLIAM GOLDNER D.D.S. & ASSOC. P.A. General Dentistry & Cleanings Available Evenings and Now Saturdays, too. Call 294-6696 to reserve your time. DR. MEL EATON / DR. BILL GOLDNER 1721 Flagler Ave. SHE ADMITS THAT this all sounds terribly hectic, but says she was able to travel once success was achieved. She went to Europe for the first time in 1948, visiting England, France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. Elgin lived in Mexico, and fondly remembers the people. HER CAREER REMAINED stimulating, and she stayed with it until, as far as she was concerned, "Publishing fell apart," because of what she calls "paperclip editors," people who didn't care enough, and adverse con- glomerate influence in the industry. IT SEEMED A good time for Elgin to tread new waters—as an artistic free spirit. Her years of training and discipline made the transition less bumpy than it might have been for someone fresh out of school, with grand ambitions to be "an artist." KATHLEEN ELGIN IS delighted to live in Key West year-round, now. She's travelled all over the world, looking for The Place. "And this is it." 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He had a role in drafting the original Area of Critical State Concern {ACSC) legislation back in 1971, but has been critical of how DCA has monitored and administered ACSC for the Florida Keys since Monroe County and Key West were so designated by the Cabinet in April 1975. THE FAU/FIU Joint Center under DeGrove recently completed opinion surveys and studies for DCA (STAR Project #81-013) analysing the impact of ACSC designation on the Florida Keys. One study was done in 1976 and the latest in 1981 and the results compared. One finding of the study was that while the elected officials of the City of Key West and Monroe County strongly opposed the ACSC designa- tion, the citizens of the area favored it and doubted the ability of local government to deal with growth issues. HOWEVER, IN SPITE of the T€NN€tfG€ WILLMM9 FIMC dRTS C€MT€R SHOWBOAT APRIL 25 FILM SHOWTIME 7:30 B0X OFFICE 294-6363 Individual Films $3.CO Free transportation on the Old Town Trolley. Pickup at the Pier House 6:00 P M Pickup at the Casa Marina 7:00 P M Florida Keys Community College A n Equal Opportunity - Equal Access / Affirmative Action College designation, a vast majority (4 to 1) of the Keys residents surveyed, felt that the quality of life in the Keys was declining be- cause of continued growth and development. Residents felt (2 to 1) that local governments were not doing an adequate job of re"gulating growth and protecting rhe environment, with almost every application for major new development having been approved in recent years. A large majority (3J5 to 1) of those surveyed in 1981 believed that the designation of Critical State Concern was necessary, and a lesser majority (2 to 1) felt that the Keys will be a better place to live because of state action. TWO POINTS WERE clear from the FAU/FIU Joint Center ACSC surveys. First, the Public viewed the state action favorably, and second, little change of opinion has occurred during the time since ACSC designation in 1975. We would hope that DCA under Dr. DeGrove would become increas- ingly more effective in controlling growth and protecting the environment of the Florida Keys. continued from page 2 Thursday at 5:30 p.m.: "Porch Talk" with Emma Cates; 7:00 p.m. "Page One;" 8:00 p.m.: Key West High School Sports" with Glynn Archer. Friday at 7:00 p.m.: "Page One." MARGARET DEVNIS, A twenty year resident of Houseboat Row, who has been battling the city over the controversial right of the houseboaters to remain moored along South Roosevelt Blvd., writes that city efforts to involve the State in this issue have proven fruitless. She says, "The fact that we have been sitting over state- owned submerged lands may be true; but all those precious lands were dredged fifty years ago for construction of Federal Highway A-l-A.. .N-eeded fill for the highway resulted in a channel directly aft of the crafts moored along the wall, automatically making the waters navigable, hence Federal waters." SHE GOES ON, however, to say that the city should enforce its sanitation laws in the area by removing those boats without proper facilities, or requiring that they comply with standards, and leave those who are in compliance alone. This has been the Solares Hill position all along: Clean up the area by enforcing stan- dard requirements, but don't destroy Houseboat Row. It can be a colorful adjunct to our island heritage. CONGRATULATIONS TO DEBBIE Peterson, a very pretty young lady, who has just won her fourth Conch Blowing contest. This talented girl performs on TWO conch shells at once. LARRY GOMEZ IS pushing for an exit road' out of the Florida Keys from Big Pine Key across the Florida Bay to Everglades City in Collier County, a distance of 45 miles. He argues that we need an alternate hurricane evacuation route, another way to avoid the congestion on U.S.I, that the military could use another way to move in men and material, etc. Like many of Larry's ideas it is an interesting one and one that merits attention to determine its feasibility. ALTON WEEKLEY'S WIFE and son "J" and John Bernreuter's daughter Barbara Bernreuter Winitzer got left out of the family listings for two of our recent stories. At Fausto's, therefore, Alton's wife Beverly and son "J" and at the Deli Restaurant , Barbara Bernreuter Winitzer are hereby officially included in their respective family groups. And we include our apologies for the ommission! JANET'S SECHET AdiviiRERi Ticri BY MARLENE OGG 1 , THE FOLLOWING STORY is the winner of Solares Hill's 1st Annual High School Short Story Contest. First prize is $100 and publication in Solares Hill. Our winner is Marlene Ogg and she' is a student at Mary Immaculate High School. 2nd prize of $50 goes to Anna Yaccarino of Key West High' School. 3rd prize was a tie and $25 goes to Janet Diaz of Key West High School and Mark Bollong of Mary Immaculate High School. Our judges were David Ethridge, publisher of Florida Keys Magazine; Phyllis Pope, puppeteer and speech teacher at Florida Keys Community College; and Irving Weinman, an American writer now living in Great Britain. Dear Janet: You don't know me, but I know you. I know lots about you. Your name is Janet Treeberry. You're sixteen years old, and a junior at w. R. Thomas High School. Your best friend is Cindy Callahan, who has a brother named Mike. You're an only child which must make you feel very lonely sometimes. Although I must keep my identity a secret from you, I will adore you from afar. With all my heart, Your Secret Admirer "WHAT DO YOU think!" Janet asked. "I think he's loony," Cindy said. "He may even be dangerous." "Maybe it's someone we know," Janet suggested. ."Yeah, but who?" Janet shrugged. "Somebody from school, maybe." Cindy put on her glasses, which made her look very sophisticated, and picked up the letter again. "Why don't we make a list of clues?" she said, as she pulled out a sheet of notebook paper. "He might be some kind of pervert." "WHO'S A PERVERT?" asked Mike, entering the room. "You are, creep," Cindy said. "Not me," he said, and opened the refrigerator. He pulled out a carton of milk. "Yours truly is normal in every way." "Except your mind, which is incapacitated." "Incapacitated," Mike said to Janet. "Bet she doesn't even know what it means." He grinned at her, and she felt her face blushing. She really liked Mike, but he never noticed her. , "DO YOU WANT to see this?" she asked. "Don't let him, he'll tell every- one," protested Cindy. "No he won't." Janet handed the letter to Mike. 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AS THEY WALKED in silence, they listened for sounds that might signal the approach of trouble. When they had reached the basket- ball courts, Janet looked back. Fifty yards behind them, a dark shape ducked into the bushes. Janet could hardly speak. "What's wrong?" Cindy asked. "I think someone's back there." "What are we going to do?" "Let's just get out of here." "WAIT A MINUTE," said Cindy. "That could be your secret admirer." "Let's go, Cindyi" Janet and Cindy hurried along the path. "We should really wait and see," insisted Cindy. She had turned around and saw that the man was much closer now. He was wearing dark sunglasses, a black jacket and dark pants. "Quick," whispered Cindy, "let's hide behind here." THEY CROUCHED DOWN behind some dark bushes. For a long time, they didn't hear anything. "I'll take a look," whispered Cindy. As she stood up to look, a face with a big grin on it appeared above the bushes. Just then, Cindy let out a piercing scream, that seemed to last forever. When the girls finally looked up, the head removed his glasses and was standing further back. "YOU CREEP!" Cindy screeched. "Why are you following us?" "I thought if I followed you around, I might run into Janet's secret admirer." "All you did was scare.the heck out of us!" "Will you stop griping so we can go home?" said Janet, as she started to laugh. THEY CONTINUED ON their walk home. Janet wanted to get Mike's attention, but she didn't know what to say. "Janet, the guy who wrote the letter isn't so crazy," Mike blurted out. "Wait a minute," interrupted Cindy. "Let's not get mushy, Mike, because I want to get home before the sun rises. " They walked the rest of the way in si- lence. Janet wondered if Mike was finally taking notice of her. She was glad she didn't reply to Mike's comment, because she didn't know what to say. She looked up at Mike, and turned away quickly because he was looking at her. WHEN THEY REACHED Janet's house, they exchanged goodbyes. The next day at school Janet didn't see Mike at all. At lunch she sat at her familiar table and waited for Cindy. "I don't believe it," Cindy said smiling. "Somebody actually asked m£ to go to the dance with them." "Who?" "Freddy Chambers." "That's fantastic!" exclaimed Janet. "I wish I had someone to go with." "Maybe Mike will ask you." "Gosh, I hope so." AFTER SCHOOL JANET got on the bus arid sat down in her usual seat. "Hi, sugar face," smirked Glen as he sat next to Janet. Glen was over- weight, ugly and a real jerk. He had been in jail for assault, or so Janet had heard. "What?" "You're real pretty. I like you." "Are you a weirdo or something? Get away from me." "Not until you go out with me. " "You're vulgar and rude. " VOLPIAN 1100 TRUMAN AVE. 296-6698 We can save you 35O-9OO bookkeeping hours per year and more. • CASH REGISTERS 8 INVENTORY CONTROL •GUEST CHECKS & SUPPLIES featuring H E A V Y D U T Y SWEDA CASH REGISTERS (Buy a new, top quality Sweda cash register for as low as $36.66 a month if you qualify.) m"Sweda AUTHORIZED DEALER MON.-Ffli.9-5 SAT. 9-12 "What's wrong with that?" he asked, and laughed. "I don't want to go out with you, so leave me along." "You don't want to get yourself hurt, do you?" THE BUS STOPPED, and Janet got off, feeling relieved. "You don't want to get yourself hurt, do you?" That phrase kept running through Janet's mind as she walked home. When she arrived she called Cindy. "Hello?" "Cindy?" "Yes "This is Janet. My parents went out tonight, so why don't you come over?" "O.K. I'll be over when I've finished dinner." ''See ya later." "Bye." JANET WAS ON her way to the kitch- en, when the doorbell rang. She looked under the curtains, and there was Glen. Janet didn't answer, for fear of what might happen. "I know you're in there!" shouted Glen. Just then one of the windows started to shake. Was he trying to get in? Quickly she ran into the kitchen to close the only open window in the house. SHE GRIPPED THE edge and pulled as hard as she could. It was stuck. She looked outside and there was Glen look- ing in at her. "Get out of here!" Janet shouted. "We've got a date, Janet." "No, we don't!" GLEN REACHED IN and took hold of the kitchen cabinet. Janet reached up for the window and slammed it on his arm. He cried out in pain, and when he had his arm free, he ran down the street. Ten minutes later, Cindy and Mike arrived. "I'm so glad you came, Mike." "Should I go home then?" said Cindy, irritated. "Oh, no, I didn't mean it that way, Cindy," said Janet. • "Well, how do you mean it?" "You know Glen, don't you?" "You mean the nut case," said Mike. "Yeah. He rode home with me on the bus this afternoon. He kept bugging me about going out on a date with him. "Did you?" Cindy asked. "No!" "Good," she replied. "Apparently he followed me home." , "He didn't hurt you, did he?" Mike asked, concerned. "No. I think I_ hurt him." "WHAT DO YOU mean?" Cindy asked. "He tried to get in the kitchen window, and I slammed it on his arm." "Good, he deserved it," Mike said. "I'm really scared. He might come back." "I'll protect you," Cindy said sarcastically. Janet looked at Mike, who was probably thinking of what to do next. "Let's watch T.V.," he said. WHEN THE FIRST commercials came on, Cindy went into the kitchen to get some cookies. As she walked back, she heard someone knocking at the door. The house suddenly seemed spooky, with half the lights out. She dropped her cookies and ran into the living room where Mike and Janet were engulfed in a scary movie. • They both turned around startled by her entrance. "Oh my gosh! Glen's here again," she said,frightened. MIKE REACHED up and turned the T.V. off. "You two stay in here, and I'll go see what he wants." "Get out of here, turkey!" Glen shouted. Janet and Cindy had snuck up to the window by the front door. Glen reached in his pocket and pulled out a knife. "Put that away," warned Mike. ' "I'm calling the police," whis- pered Cindy to Janet. =. Mike stepped forward, "Get back," threatened Glen. "WAIT A MINUTE!" shouted Janet. "I 35 (UNDER NiW MANAGEMENT) "Enjoy o great breakfast on the oceanfront." 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FiratChnrch of Christ, Scientist 327 Elizabeth St. Sunday Service and Sunday School 10:00a.m. (Infant care provided) Wednesday evening meetings 7:30 p.m. Reading Room open in Church Building Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. AM are welcome don't want you to get hurt , Mike." "Go out with me, Janet, and every- thing will be f ine ," shouted Glen. "O.K.! Put away your knife, Glen, then I ' l l go with you"." "What!?" shouted Kike. "I don't want anyone to get hurt." "You're going to get hurt, if you go out with him."' JANET WAS HOPING desperately that the police would show up. Cindy ran outside. "This is no time to be brave, Janet ," she screamed. They al l turned around to see flashing red lights a couple of blocks away. Mike reached over to grab Janet away from Glen. "Get away!" he screamed. The lights were at the end of the s t ree t . MIKE SWUNG HIS f i s t at Glen. Glen stumbled and swung his knife, which slashed Janet in the stomach. She slumped over in pain. Glen looked horrified. The police pulled up and grabbed Glen. He dropped the knife on the pave- ment . Mike was holding Janet, and they could hear the ambulance coining. Cindy was sobbing hys te r ica l ly . When the ambulance pulled up, they placed Janet on a stretcher and took her away. EARLY THE NEXT morning, Mike went to the hospital to see Janet. When he had reached her floor he fe l t nervous. "Hi." "Hi. I 'IT. glad you came." Not knowing what to say, he reached in his pocket and pulled out a ring. "Cindy was too upset to come," he said as he handed it to her. She looked at it. It had "J and M. forever" inscribed on the inside. Mike reached over to hold her, because she was crying. "Mike?" "Remember the letter I got from my secret admirer." "Yes." »I'mrglad/''he whispered. He held her tight. t "Key West is the only place in the world where Rainbow Pineapple Kumquat turns out to be someone your little girl plays with." —it 's Mack and Jamie in the May issue of Florida Keys Magazine. Mack Dryden writes about the road from Key West to semi-stardom In the comedy business. OMYOUBNEWSTANDSOON! L.' BOX 818, MARATHON, Ft S3C50. Tfunmy APRIL SPECIAL Multiple Strawberries $3.95 up Just arrived! 4OOO new trees and plants 1319 WIUJAM STREET, KEY WIST • 2 9 6 5 2 1 2 CnuisiNq BY DENNIS DEMRES LATE IN THE evening on deck, lay- ing on my stomach looking down into the sparkling galaxies of phosphorescence in the lagoon, trailing a small line through the water in spiral patterns, creating my personal super-novas of biological wonder,- and watching all the while the meteor-like traces of curious fish shooting for the unbaited, unhooked line. Paradox. If I were striving to catch those fish and call them mine, how elusive they would re- main. No thought, no intention, no possession, and my galaxy is filled with their wonder to observe. Joy, that's all. As Cecelia's father would say to her as a child, trekking through the woods on birdwatching expeditions, "Pay attention. It doesn't get any better than this." HOW DID I get here? What are the forces, the efforts, the spaces, the finances involved in allowing myself to see and feel this joy, if only for brief moments at a time? Have I made it happen, or has it happened to me. Am I a "man dreaming he's a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he's a man?". Perhaps if I go back a little bit in time, a story will unfold that will lend a certain insight to both you and me...an insight into an alternative way of living and seeing. An alter- native not for everyone, but certainly for someone. KEY WEST, LATE spring 1980. We had been pondering contingencies for quite some time now. Pursuing alter- natives to the circle of rent - utilities - work today - work tomorrow - go to the store - come back - go for a swim - what do you want to have for dinner and do this evening? A common affliction for even as uncommon a place as Key West. The rumblings of a transformation were there, and a close friend of mine, sensing our unrest, gave us our first words of advice, "It's sometimes better to do the wrong thing than to do nothing." We gathered our reflec- tions, tallied up the "wrong things" against the "nothings", and passed over events that had brought us this far...comfortable, yet rumbling. ISLAND LIVING. BEAUTIFUL, but sometimes crazy. Know what I mean? A beauty of Key West is that one can try and try, and no matter how hard you try, you can't avoid coming in contact with the water....that giant sanitarium, a temporary check-out from the occasional creeping crazies. Hmmmm....our reflections reminded us of the good fortune and patient cap- tains that took us aboard their vessels for sanitarium rides. Day sails to Sand Key and diving on the reef, being awakened by the phantas- magoria of swaying color and form and tuning into that seventh sense, the shark sense. The day sails grew into weekend sails to the Marquesas Islands with dolphin escorts and mangrove dinners. "Cranking winches in local races, flying spinnakers and trying to get them down when a Norther' hits in the middle of December, in the middle of the night, in the middle of the Gulf Stream, in the middle of a race to Cuba. Pickle in the middle. HMMMM AGAIN. SAILING. Going and coming. What about being? We joined a friend for a month long passage across the Atlantic Ocean. Besides being an exciting adventure, this voyage illuminated for us the possibilities for a boat as a self contained environ- ment. Our reflections on the tally 37 Escargots Restaurant • Bar 423 Front Street $4.25 Artichoke bottoms stuffed with crabmeat & benrnaise 4.75 House Phte - .4,00 Soup du jour 2.25 French onion soup 3.00 Spinach salad —spinach, eggs, bacon, & mushrooms 3.75 Fish salad — chilled fish salad with tartar sauce & capers 4.95 Eggs Benedict with sauteed potatoes 3.25 Three egg omelet du jour with sauteed potatoes 5.25 Crbque Monsieur — ham& swiss sandwich, dipped in egg bailer and grilled 4.75 Sliced chicken and avocado sandwich 4.75 Chicken with green peppercorn sauce and vegetables du jour 7.75 New York Strip with vegetables dujour 9.95 Paula with fresh seafood sauce 6.95 Catch of the dav mark tit price Desserts - nsk about the desserts made fresh daily hy our own pastry chef 2.00 LUNCH TUESDAY - SUNDAY 11:30 - 3;00 For Distinctive Fine Dining BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER OPEN 24 HOURS FREE DELIVERY #7 Key Lime Square (Southard & Duval) 294-9836 CAYO HUESO wreckers, salvors, sponge divers,- the busy port of an older Key West. CAYO HUESO the oldest name, an aged scent — limes and musky spices. An aftershave for men A cologne for women, if they choose. Key West Aloe 524 Front Street / Key West, Florida ® (While supplies last.) A 1 oz. C a w Hueso miniature with any Key West Aloe*1 purchase of $7.50 or more. 38 sheet began to indicate that a water- craft could also become a home, not only to come and go with, but to be with. We sought more fuel-for our by now growing enthusiasm for the "wrong thing". The subversive boating and sailing periodicals started to litter our living room, bedroom,, and bathroom in direct proportion to increases in rent, utilities, and screeching tires. To buy a boat large enough to live in and call "home" became our focus. THE NEXT QUESTION for us, and perhaps you if you have stayed with the story so far, was the question of money. How could we ever begin to entertain - sail-away thoughts without having found a bale in the mangroves or commited basic insurance fraud? Plain old working and saving, boring as it may sound, had allowed us a financial stash with enough leverage to give consideration to the possibilities in our new enthusiasm. We had been working on and off with the seasons of Key West, Cecilia waitressing for the "Lazy Afternoon" and doing illustrations for "Solares Hill". I, as a wood worker, had. been fortunate enough to be a part of the burgeoning renovation period of Key West's classical conch homes. That was the income, and the savings came from trying to stay healthy. Enthusiasm high, money in hand, but where was the boat? ANTICIPATING A LONG and opinion bombarded search for our ideal craft, we felt it was imperative to hit the road immediately and drive through the Keys checking out the marinas, canals and channels before our high spirits waned. If you could have seen us coming, we could have been characterized as "ripe". Our first day of serious shopping took us as far as Ramrod Key, where, visible from the highway, sit- ting in a canal, sat a craft that caught our attention. It looked very odd, yet curiously familiar. We THE RED BARN THEATRE BETRAYAL BY Harold Pinter April! 319 DUVAL ST. (REAR) 296-9911 ISLAND IMPORTED CARS QQQQ QE&1XDN Sf t The Key West Art And Historical Society Bern Conrad Dianne B, Trie Trac at Key West presents KAREN GUARDENIER STAINED GLASS PAINTINGS TAPESTRIES April 7-April 27ORIGINAL SILKS • GENUINE VICTORIAN ANTIQUE CLOTHES KAMALI SWIMWEAR ACCESSORIES East Martello Gallery and Museum 3500 S. Roosevelt Blvd. (At Airport Entrance) Key West, Florida ph. 294-5929 unique boutique Designer Clothes W Ok approached politely, rather tourist like,, for there appeared no "For Sale" sign. As we got closer, a head popped up from below and a recognizable "hello' beckoned us to come closer. It was Jay Cene, a peculiar man who had been building boats and surviving in the Keys for the past twenty-two years, and we were beholding his latest creation. I had met Jay a couple of years earlier, and I even had a carpenters' familiarity with one of his previous vessels. Recognizing me, he invited us onboard for a cup of coffee, and he gently took the hook out of my mouth. The boat was only weeks in the water, and Jay and his wife Gloria were still living out of cardboard boxes with tools, empty paint cans, scraps of wood, and sundry parts scattered about. In the midst of this sense of organization stumbled a spring-loaded drooling Doberman puppy with feet too -large for its half-grown body. "Yes, the boat could be for sale." After all, this is what Jay did, build and sell.... starting the new boat in his mind be- fore the present one was finished, darting from project to project with a creative energy I have yet to see rivaled. DOWN BELOW, KEEPING the concept of "home" in mind, we found that I couldn't stand erect, but Cecelia could. (That got me out of cooking, I began to figure,) The stainless steel oven/stove, more than adequate screened ventilation, and pleasant natural light captured Cecelia immediately. I found a berth I could stretch out in and have room left over OCX (I'm 6'5"), which made up for the lack of standing headroom. Of plywood and fiberglass construction, the boat was 39' long with an 18" draft, ideal for the shallow backwaters of the Keys. The design looked like the child of an illicit relationship between a New England dory and an Oriental river sampan. Strongly built with absolutely no frills, with enough simplicity to allow an interior environment to develop around our transforming needs. Not yet rigged for sail, but a 10HP outboard motor mounted on the rudder seemed to move the boat economically and adequately. How much would Jay sell for? Too much. We'd have to take a slow, ponderous ride back to Key West, keeping our eyes open along the way. WE COULDN'T SHAKE the good feeling we had'about the boat and Jay. Though it was the first one we looked at, we decided to call back the next day and make an offer commensurate with our funds. Surely, he wouldn't accept, I could avoid making a decision, and the matter would be dispensed with. So I called, he accepted, I hung-up the phone, and an overwhelming childlike pang inside me screamed, "I really didn't mean it." Suddenly, all the words, all the fantasy, all the doubts, had to be put aside. We took a deep breath, and jumped into it. WITHIN A WEEK,.we brought the boat down to a canal behind a friend's house on Big Coppitt Key. Having donated or sold most of our material 39 FULL FURNITURE AND CARPET LINE NOW! 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After a few initial experiences of adding something to the boat, having someone come by and say, "That will never work", taking it off, having someone else come by and say, "That will never work", putting it back on, etc., I soon learned why boating people have opinions and decrees: to defend themselves from other boat owners with opinions. My defense became, "Keep it simple, and let's get underway." WITHIN A FEW weeks, KARUNA was ready, and we pretended likewise. Having talked up a storm about the whole matter, we realized there was no squeezing out now. Amidst private fanfare of blowing horns and taking photos, we eased out of the Big Coppitt canal on a sultry July afternoon and headed up the backside of the K e y s — . a couple of hundred dollars in our pockets and destination unknown. THE FIRST DAY underway is more important for what it symbolizes than for how far one gets. Putting away the tools (though the work is never finished), taking off the dock lines, closing a chapter and starting a new one, has a magical way of making all the previous events seem eons away. About CATERING OR BAKING NEEDS BY "Chef Ivan" is back and ready to take care of your catering or baking needs. No party too big or too small. 296-5558 (ask for "Chef Ivan") tea/ •:•':•:•:•:•':•: cobr/::::::v:v:: old town 532 DUVAL l l ^ R I ^ U ten miles up the Keys, we found our first anchorage in the lee of Bill Finds Key put out two anchors and toasted to what was to become our first lesson in the promiscuousness of nature. The clear afternoon was coming to a close with a wall of clouds as dark as i ^^M£:1 ' V evening itself steadily creeping our way. The weather broadcast a special warning for mariners. A severe squall was approaching. Suddenly, strong gusts of wind, blinding rain, and simultaneous lightning and thunder descended upon. us. KARUNA thrashed about in a disinterested fashion as Cecilia and I peered out the portholes as if Jack Benny's "Rochester" had just seen a ghost. Throughout the night we pounded and swung on our anchor rodes, and as suddenly as the squall had appeared, by day break it just as suddenly disappeared. A second lesson learned: "It will pass." THE BRAVADO OF the morning. "Got through that one. No problem." Con- tinuing confidently on our way, with cormorants on the mangrove branches, watchful and hesitant. . .quivering feet as we approach. Winding through the shallows, often poling our way as we discover new cuts and passes made possible with our slight draft. Across Big Spanish Channel, tucking in behind Little Pine Key, our second night anchorage proved the advantage of screens. "Is that smoke rising above these mangroves?" No, mosquitos. Diving below, quickly closing the companionway doors as a rearing squad- OPEN DAILY iron of mosquitos engulfed KARUNA, turn- ing the screens black. "The bloods in here, bubba, too bad." Decree number two: Screens are a must for Florida cruising. THE NEXT DAY found us' doing, a slalom across Lobster Pot Bay, more commonly known as Mosher Channel and the Seven Mile Bridge. Managing not to get a line from a lobster trap marker entangled around our prop, we safely made what was for KARUNA her first "big crossing". Anchoring off Bamboo Key, just west of Grassy Key, .£_•; 41 LC&CjiiO, we startled a slumbering turtle. They still are spotted in the Keys. Right next to the highway, if one were to sit still long enough, that supposed rock off in the shallows may just start moving about. Whizzing down the highway had been the extent of our previous myopic exposure to the Middle Keys. Water travelling was beginning to open for us, a new 'per- spective of the fragile yet determined nature of such a unique part of the world. Our senses were slowly waking, tuning in....wonder what we were not seeing. GETTING TO FEEL the rhythm now. Taking our time, moving with the weather, waking with the sun, naked dives overboard into the clear water. Eating simply, no refrigeration, fresh fish, grains, rice, sprouts, Key limes in water. Rowing ashore for that first cold beer in days to take the edge off of feeling so healthy. Walking through the community of Islamorada like a child in an amusement park, agawk at all the goodies on the store shelves and' people zipping and zinging about, doing their thing as we take the time to let our new waterborne perceptions be flooded with the energy of people, candy wrappers and fluores- cence. A starlighted row in the dingy back out to KARUNA, and we remark to each other how loud the stillness at anchor can be. AS WE CONTINUED on, signs appeared telling us we were entering "Everglades National Park - A Protected Area". Passing through Dusenbury Creek, an approach to Blackwater Sound west of Key Largo, another late afternoon black squall line was headed our way. We edged the boat stern-first into a small tributary of the creek, tied lines to the mangrove branches and comfortably sat below as rustling leaves pitter- pattered on deck as the darkness wisked over the tree tops. Late in the evening a small boat passed by in the main creek, then returned slowly. A spotlight was put on the boat, and as I went naked on deck to investigate, I noticed that a wildlife ranger was just slipping his gun back into his holster. "Thought a flying saucer had landed", he half-jokingly stated. Our interior light projects forward through a series of oval ports, and the eerie glow from such a large craft tucked in the bushes made the officer a bit leery. "Yes sir. Mexican Food & Cocktails Open 12-12 Monday - Saturday 1-12 Sundays 509 Vi Duval 294-9215 SHAMROCK TYPING SERVICE " WE MEET DEADLINES" • All Typing Needs . Temporary Office Help . Mail Forwarding . 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BY NOW IT was Labor Day weekend, and we decided to lay-low off Adams Key in the southern part of Biscayne Bay and watch the brilliant sun set incongruously behind Turkey Point nuclear plant across the bay. We anchored as far away from the approach- ing weekend revelers as possible, but this turned out to be a mistake. KARUNA, by virtue of being the last boat in the bay, became an end marker for waterskiers. As they made their swoops around us, we felt as though we had anchored in a washing machine. We held on for the weekend, and after the wakes settled, headed for Dinner Key Marina in Coconut Grove to visit an old friend who lives there on a house- boat. AS WE APPROACHED the entrance to the marina channel, a thunder storm caught us fron behind and took us for a rain drenched sleigh ride between the markers. We flew downwind past an anchored trimaran, where, standing on deck with a bar of soap in one hand, and flipping us the "peace" sign with his other hand, was an aging bearded hippy indulging in his afternoon shower. Finding a sheltered spot to anchor, we then rowed over to my friend's house- boat, and upon entering found the tri- maran-hippy sitting on the floor, as if expecting us all along. We connected iremedlately in a rather magical way, and Cecilia and I began to realize being a part of a new cormunity, the cruising community, where friendships come quick because tomorrow that friend may be on his way. AFTER SPENDING TOO much money in Coconut Grove, we decided it would be in the best interest of finances, to keep moving. Choosing the cultural route up the IntraCoastal Waterway (ICW) through Miami Eeach, the back- yards of Ft. Lauderdale, Palm Beach, etc. proved interesting and also harrowing. This stretch of waterway has a glut of overpowered motor boats, with car-like tinted windscreens and roaring exhaust pipes. The level of aggression was similar to the highway. Think of passing through Houston, Texas on the Interstate a 5PM on a Friday, and you will not be far off frora the ICW through Ft. Lauderdale on a weekend. And they wonder where all the manatee have gone? AS WE MOVED north, the traffic and condominiums thinned out, and we entered Hobe Sound and the St. Lucie River for our journey into the interior of Florida. Peacefulness returned as we passed through a bird refuge, watching the birds watching the eagle fly. Occasionally dotting the shore of the St. Lucie sat original folks with straw hats and cane poles. Hungry, yet patient in an impatient world. Moving quickly became con- spicuous. The more slowly we travelled, the more the river world opened up to us. We had the time to listen, and people unsuspiciously be- gan to approach us with their stories. An anthropological excursion became - V ODD WORD OUT irtri UnderTinOle word fl\af~does norbelonqiiTeocFrrw" Bi~sS£ can hA of a ..reason why » A^s^Q-^M.-^Z^a^ other ^uncle sisfir 3. cow kH-fen horse duck i sun fog ram hail 5. socks shoes glovte boots 6. Arizona Miami New Jersey Texas 7 harp Violin band t rumpt & bird ffeh turtle frog 9. tennis ftofball golf basketball (0. nine five fen ttiirfeen ound he-r- roanboco dolor s ; Ir Our-e. S e e .-4-hc-OLLah the direction of our cruise. ODD LOOK KARUNA with her sweeping bow and radical flare became a good letter of introduction. First contact usually began with someone on shore or in a passing "john-boat" hollering out, "What the hell is it?" Rather than elaborate, I'd holler back, "Things to come. " Laughter and a smile got conversation rolling from there, especially with the lock tenders who took us gradually up to the level of Lake Okeechobee. Being a sleepy time of the year, the friendly tenders took delight in our entering their continued on page 45 ROMANTIC ... ELEGANT ... NOSTALGIC early evening specials $9.95 CANDLELIGHT AND WINE WITH AN ENTICING MENU i Every evening from 6 to 7 except Wednesday when we feature our Seafood Extravaganza, we are offering a $9.95 special Choose from Conch Chowder or House Salad, and from Catch of the Day, Veal Leo, Prime Rib or Key West Bouillabaisse, served with vegetable & rice pilaff The dinner menu is also available at this time. So for an evening of elegance you will long remember, call for reservations at Henry's, 296-3535, ext. 7750. THE CASA MARINA .Marriotts* Ke>' ̂ "es! Resort Reynolds Streei on the Ocean. Key West. FL33040 Shaklee is here* Products In Harmony With Nature Complete lines of natural, nutritional products for improved health, body building or dieting. SLIM PLAN DRINK MIX MULiWITAMIN & MINERAL SUPPLEMENT INSTANT PROTEIN CHOLESTEROL-FREE DRINK MIX PETER C. 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After being locked through, we were often invited into the control station for conversation and a demonstration of their responsibilities. They proved to be humorous local in- formants and yarn spinners, particularly while we sat at the bottom of Port Mayaea Lock breathing love bugs in the still air, while the tenders chatted away in the breeze at the top of the lock. ALONG THE SOUTH shore of Lake Okeechobee, through Moorhaven and into the Caloosahateh.ee River, resplendent with overhanging Spanish moss and preying alligators. We tied up at a public dock just past Ortena Lock, in company of a tiny sailboat. On board lived Charlie, a retired and disabled Estonian merchant seaman. On a meager pension, Charlie lived between cans of beans and. public facilities. He slept long hours to avoid the day, but when he eventually came out of his tiny cabin, he generously shared his re- collections of Bombay, Rio, Capetown and other far off romances of the past. Charlie and I would go ashore and sit under a shade tree and wile away the hottest part of the day playing chess. In five long games in five days, •Charlie modestly took delight in capturing the title of "Chess Champion of Ortena Lock". CECILIA AND I left Charlie and Ortena with somber and paradoxical reflections. We could feel and see the old man's loneliness, yet were envious of his earlier adventures; happy in that we brought activity and conversation into his week, and sad in that our leaving contributed to his solitude. "The world knows that the few are more than the many", wrote Tagore. We wondered about how many more Charlies we would encounter. OUT THE CALOOSAHATCHEE to Ft. Myers and across to Sannibel Island, dodging tug boats and barges along the way. It was now the middle of October, The Choice of Champions9 LACOSTE FOR KIDS at 4A WORLD FOR CHILDREN' 512 Angela St. Just off Duval Hours 10:30-5:30 Phone 6-4015 Visa, Mastercard Accepted and the evenings were becoming notice- ably cooler. Being considerably north of Key West was apparent, not only with the temperature, but also by the changing geography. The coral was gone, replaced with long stretches of beach, the Barrier Islands. Mangroves thinned out, wind whistling pine trees and moss drenched Cypress became more visible. The water was murkier, ostensibly from rain water run-off from the land. Manatee manifested themselves daily. We were entering a vast new area for exploration. Sannibel, Captiva, Cayo Costa, and on up the west coast, each barrier island distinct in itself. BUT OUR FUNDS were running low. We began speculating on our work possibilities, a thought that no matter how hard we tried, would not go away. To remain "cut loose" was a deliberate ideal, and we were dipping daily into the resourcefulness of our wits to continue that ideal. However, there exist advantages in our ideal that create exciting prospects, not stressful concerns, and we basked in a sense of security new to both of us. We were not unlike turtles, carrying our shelter with us. Prac- tically speaking, our home was paid for and we had no debts. Utility bills in the form of propane for cooking were negligible. All of my tools, and all of Cecilia's pens, pencils and watercolors were onboard. Superfluous things in life come sharply into focus when contrasted with the feelings of good health, high spirits, and joy in being more intimate with this water planet earth we experienced. And besides, the mullet were jumping and my cast net was ready. We were confident that between us work would appear. We were also confident that a different kind of end was coming to our story. An end reminiscent once again of the Indian poet, Tagore: "True end is not in reaching of a limit, but in a completion which is limitless." LASPALMAS Vogue Says: "Perhaps the best food on the island." And Eastern Airline Review Wrote: "The best stuffed yellowtail anywhere." Also Featured In The New York Times Glamour After Dark Village Voice and Playboy The finest in seafood, chicken and pasta dishes. We also feature seasonal game dishes. Open Daily (Except Monday) 6:00 to 11:00 PM Traditiunal Weekend Brunch Sat. & Sun. 9:00 to 2:00 PM 1029 SOUTHARD STREET 294-7991 MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED "one of a kind designs" Clothing • Tailoring • Textiles Fine Art • Stationery • Interiors • custom made clothing • hand printed fabrics worked into choice garments • hand designed greeting cards; jewelry & accessories 506 Southard (just off Duval) Key West, Florida 294-0589 Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum A 8»gls4er«d National Historic Landmark Thfi Silt P g i u i t t t Exceptional Volu« InCemaiMtoroiing M Illustrating Th* Hitlsry of Th* Unilad StiilI*»mr. Th« hem* "*> l~)lt In Sr«»lih C«!«"l«l Style •( ixllx rack Uxn Ira* Am pwmli wild fwalililw, ruji. lll«, ehaixbll«i trough! by >>« H»*l»«- vnri I I M Spain. Africa onj Coin. Luat*l«n, wolk pteini ami m>i «r« bo* all n o * • w«!d. It »•• U H»i M>. HMlnewar <*•* f— WW du Ball T.It.. Groan HlIU of Africa, A FOTMVII la An.., Tha Fifth Calwnn, Tl» $»•». o« Klllmnlora, and TK. |bco»W Affair. Mr. Hmlna»ay M S ri* llrif MeortaM «ritor » d!»»w and «aln Kay **<< Ma Kama. Ha owtoa' rt» haa» fraai 1931 M 1M1. C»vw> Ooa Acra lMf«dl»a. J>«J A*f Gwtt H* *u trine Tew Camara F> honW InhnMta K M BonUw 01**«, PRIVATE USE mi iM Public Good ~> sval of the plans • Her plans included t r -. swimming pool in *•__!. P. permit was -'" ~ is City by the pool r ^ started bulldozing - t. -) ^ ''-ĉ d a wall before a stop work order was issued when it was discovered that appropriate perr.its had not been granted by the OIRC or the Tree Commission (which protects endangered tropical trees.) Ms. Sadler obtained a spot on the next OIRC agenda to present her plans for the renovation. MEANWHILE THERE WAS also a question about the use of the building. Originally the house had had apartments in it, but'the renovation was for a guesthouse. Ms. Sadler either had to change the plans for the guest house or obtain Cofieli Cols Company, •' keep;ng * i :h 're 3p;; The Cofittt Republic, l a s -3e;.a"0.feo Tfs* Cofich Dollar, (me entree a/ui tA& otAer- i& an/ an f/s price menu all nigAt 6^:00 - f?:00 •', Saturday and Sunday f; can eat Seafood- au ff/xitin, J Sf Scamfti ana( J(asi(j€tedoc>3 i- wit/i* ettucane- karip Sjbecta/- every.- nig At fr;OO - 7:30 ¥s price menu &xaud//i^ fester- andji/et at 6^:00 -, and'iJ at <9;00 Ofien (/at/p f:00 - /f: ./draiea/ at tAe Q/d (JU/HM, a use variance from the Board of Adjustment. WHEN CONTACTED, THE City Building Inspector Jimmy Elwood said that the original permit for the pool work.had been issued to the pool company after he had made a phone call to the Chairman of the OIRC, Clay•McDaniels. On first impression- they both agreed that the pool was OK, but after they discovered where the pool would be they realized that Ms. Badler needed to get per- mission from the OIRC for the work, since OIRC guidelines forbid non- traditional lawn and garden treatments such as concrete lawns, patios and circular drives in front of the houses. AT .THEIR MEETING on March 28, the OIRC discussed Ms. Sadler's plans and decided to deny her a permit to build Looking down on 516 William after it had been bulldozed in the front yard. the pool. At this time, she cannot proceed with her plans to open the type of guesthouse she wanted, nor can she construct a swimming pool in front as she wanted. 47 MS. BADLER, MORE than many people, was already aware of the necessity to obtain permits for work done in Old Island area, since the problem had been brought to her attention when she was selection for the Historic Preservation award. However, with the expansion of the Historic Preservation District, there will also be a need for others to have more awareness and a better understanding of the OIRC regulations so that property owners know ahead of time what they can and cannot plan when renovating a building. Intentions and concept are clearly not enough when the plans fail to meet the Board's requirements. THE BURDEN FALLS not only on property owners; the City also needs tighter procedures that will insure that permits are not issued without all the documentation necessary. With the continued on oacie 50 TOP OF THE LINE EMERALDS •Exclusively Emeralds' 718 DUVAL STREET KEY WEST FLORIDA TELEPHONE 294-2060 M.J. MARCIAL—JEWELER COLOURS...ALEXANDER JULIAN A collection of furnishings instantly recognizable because of its luxurious fabrications, its inspired colorations., its modern expression of total ease. It's these three facets, coupled with the designer's sense of wit and his respect for tradition, that have made Colours by Alexander Julian such a vital life force in the scheme of men's furnishings today. Here, just a representation of the top-drawer quality in store from'Colours by Alexander Julian. From left to right: pique knit color-blocked shirt in assorted colors, in cotton. S to XL; $30. Graphic check sportshirt, with full cut, straight regular collar and button cuffs. Yellow/teal/grey/purple cotton • and polyester, for S to XL; $30. HESTER HOUSE LTD. MARRIOTT'S CAS A MARINA RESORT • 294-8883 FRONT ENTRANCE ' A :nee "dorit rt"\OLM U 1 . y <, shop , „ • '"* - . •——^ it/ As near as your phone for Bridal gifts IT COSTS NO MORE . . • IT'S JUST NICER AT WM. 6SMBLS J£ff ELEB 600 Duval Street MEMBER NATIONAL BRIDAL SERVICE LIVE/ IN COLOP-.^ KEY WEST'S sr nm ri . Mars in Aries after 5 in Taurus. "•> " i r i . Uranus in Sagittarius, retrograde. 1~., as. Neptune in Sagittarius, retrograde. Pluto in Libra, retrograde, -i i*". North Node in 29C Gemini. •"-, r OUR CO-RULER Mercury is in cpp-ositior. to Saturn in the 12th house, ''.'his is also an aspect that shows much activity in "behind the scenes" maneuvering.1 This will be a great month for the gossip and rumor mills. Massage for Jiealth A Holistic approach to Therapeutic Massaqe combining Swedish & Deep Relaxation Massaqe, Neuro-Nuscular & Deep Tissue Therapies, and relaxation • throuqh Music & Imagery. ^ LICENSED .KUSSAGE THERAPIST 294-4463 BY APPOINTMENT •fife for vour selsctton of Theatre, Opera, 6 Festival lours at hoaii or aboard contact: BOULEVARD TRAVEL kx:-:-v- 294-371! 524 Duval St. at Appelrouth Ln. Natural Foods Vitamins Minerais Body Care Cook Books food Store In K*y West It71, 19 years on JHival St. Emma Cates, Owner Joe Monzon, Manager Phone: 294-1803 SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE • • • • Unique statues & sculptures • Unusual collectables •Exclusive Key West gifts •Objets d'art Fine jewelry IF YOU LIKED BROWSE A ' B M H , YOi'LL LOVE Harbor House Arcade 423 Front Street, 294-3900 Open daily 10-6, most evenings 'til 9 p.m. 49 rmmltJSEmlERiT5 b y TOM S C H M I TT ana GEORGE GUGLEOTTI APRIL MEANS SPRINGTIME, Easter, Oscars, taxes and for Key West, spring means the weather (we hope!) will be warmer and less erratic, the frangipani and royal poinciana will bloom and season will end, but one look at what's happening around town will show you that it ain't necessarily so! GETTING UNDERWAY AT the Waterfront Playhouse in Mallory Square is Garson Kanin's comedy classic "Born Yesterday" directed by veteran Jack Clarke and starring Adair Jameson in the role of Billie Dawn, the not so dumb but beautiful blond. "Born Yesterday" will run from April 4 thru April 9. Tickets are $5.00 and performances are at 8:30. For reservations and information call the Waterfront box office at 294-5015. ON APRIL 7, the Red Barn Theatre will present Harold Pinter's "Betrayal." Roy Scheider, who starred in "Betrayal" a few seasons ago on Broadway, served in an advisory capacity on this pro- duction, which is directed by Richard Magesis. "Betrayal" stars Susan Hawkens (fresh from directorial duties on the Barn's comedy hit, "Loose Ends") and will play for three weekends, Thursday thru Monday, from April 7 to April 25. ALSO THIS MONTH, the Barn will begin preparations for their final blockbuster show and the 2nd Annual Show Biz Ball at East Martello Towers. For reservations and information call the Red Barn box office at 296-9911. IT'S A BUSY month at the Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center. Final performances of Tennessee Williams, "Vieux Carre'" are on April 1 and 2. The Chamber Music Series follows this with an April 4 presentation of the internationally known Medici Quartet. On April 8, the incomparable Eartha Kitt performs in concert. This is a Founder's Members Only night. The film musical series will present, on April 25, the original film of "Showboat" starring Irene Dunne, Helen Morgan and Paul Robeson. On April 28, the musical "I-Iair" will open. Directed by Rae Coates, (who was responsible for "Godspell" earlier this season), this production of the 60's musical is being updated to show its relevance to our times. Free transportation to all TWFAC events is available via the Old Town Trolley. For reservations and information call the TWFAC box office at 294-6363. SEE YOU NEXT month!! 62O Cuval • 2rJ4-182e APRIL 1983 THE STABS: COMEDY: sand "Momhonest laughs Tab Hunter than'Airplane1." MUWW THE GIMMICK: Filmed in O0ORAMA~ ...Smelling is Believing! THE REVIEWS "Wonderous"... "HipM..!'Hilarigu APRIL 3 - 9 7pm & 11pm 'DeiickHwty sleazy... DONT MISS m", APRIL 3 -9 9pm PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK KLAl S KINSKI ISARELLE ADJAM NOSFERATl • THE \AMPYRE APRIL 10-16 7 pm PICNIC AT j HANGING ROCK "Everything begins and ends at exactly the light lime and place." Miranda speaks those words Just before she leads three Mends to ascend Hanging Rock, a geological forma- tion In Australia. The three mysteriously disap- pear, as does the middle- aged teacher chaperoning the girls. One girl Is later found alive, but she has no recollection of what happened. As director Peter Weir probes the enigmatic puz2le,'he dissects the stifling repression of Victorian Australia. APRIL 10-16 9 pm APRIL 10-16 11pm ONLY! 1 1i ^ t - . : . : ' . . :. • CENIunv-FOX t i i . l -; aVaWaMMtaMBaVBa^BBBBaJ l I THE GREAT SANTINI IS GREAT THE BEST PICTURE OF 1980 "If there is a better American movie actor to be seen anywhere than Robert Duvali in 'Apocs!>pse Now,' it would be Robert Duvali in 'The Great Santini'." p—, —Bruce Williamson, Playboy [IlLS THEC.REAT APRIL 17-23 9 pm APRIL 17-23 7 pm Susan Anspach Erland JosephBon Dusan Makavejsv's "UNCUT VERSION" ft n u APRIL 24-30 7 pm APRIL 22-24 29-1 11pm Only! missing. APRIL 24-30 9 pm 50 3 , m-~- Thai wet t f f *9 j« 4 home m ttw"W»s MO 7H4MCS «EV WES7"... VOU G/AVE FRIENDSHIP, HONORS AND BLUE SKIES AND SERENITY TO HIM. BETTY B. BROTHERS REAL ESTATE INC. LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER * ROBERT J. REIN, Manager Phone (3O5) 872-2261 or (1) 872-2318 Office: U.S. 1 & Atlantic Ocean LITTLE TORCH KEY, FLORIDA (WRITE FOR FREE MAPS AND CHARTS) Box 456, Little Torch Key, FL 33043 aontirnasd from page 47 expansion of x.he Historic District, mere people will be applying for permits to do work on protected buildings and without full public reviews ana well-publicized procedures, there are sure to be more misunder- standings in the future. IN THIS CASE, residents of the neighborhood petitioned the Board and were able to convey their sense that that proposed plans would not be in harmony wi'h the existing neighborhood. Kcsefully, Ms. Sadler will work with the city and the board to develop appropriate plans that -.-.'ill ir.eet all the enterLa ana regulations. But Ms. Eadler is not solely responsible for the orohlsTns. She is a typical cropsr permits nrior to beginning work orders and halted in the midst of a the city and OIRC must strive to enforce their own guidelines and building codes with the necessary cooperation from property owners in the historic district. Indeed, as it states in the OIRC guidelines: "The best architectural guidelines are only as effective as the public enforcement and private compliance efforts that are generated." "Only support from individuals and commitment from city officials will maintain the rich architectural heritage of Key West." This is even more important now that the size of the historic district has been doubled and is now the largest historic preser- vation district in the S. E. United States. i8tas&&. I dared to wear something provocative but comfortable. It pould have been ' ' something he said. It cpul4have been thePinaColada... U QQuldhave been r~ our clothes from~. ,; Tropical Bliss Men A Women tiNYIN"SglNS-; - 3 li) Front Street- 51 IT IS VI?.Yclear that bo TRUMAN SANDWICH SHOP 1100 TRUMAN AVENUE Open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon. thur Sat. BftEJUCFASY SPECIAL. TWQ EGGS ANY STYLE witri GriTS • TOAST • COFFEE *1.5O *:tn HAW or BACON or SAUSAGE: LUNCH SPECIAL ftttos to go: 10c extra PH. 296-6780 WE WILL DELIVER What do you feel about Race Unity? "Close your eyes to racial differences and welcome all with the light of oneness. All around the world members of the Baha5! Faith are spreading the principle of race unity one heart at a time. Won't you join us?, i Unitil?S the world... U l O n e tieartat a time We would be happy to answer questions or send free literature. Contact: BAHA'ls OF KEY WEST • 294-2060 10:30 TO 6:00 DAILY PRIVATE PROPERTY WEEI< JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION w i t h t h e KEY WEST BOARD of REALTORS for PRIVATE PROPERTY WEEK A p r i l 10 - 1 6 t h . "The Strength of a Nation Lies in the Homes of Its People." — Abraham Lincoln Private Property Week April 10-16 THIS YEAR THE Key West Board of Realtors is trying to involve the whole c i ty in i t s annual celebration of National Private Property Week. If the President of the'United States, • the Governor of the State of Florida, and the Mayor of Key West (and Prime Minister of the Conch Republic) a l l stand up and proclaim this week to be of National awareness import, then WE, the c i t izens of Key West, can certainly do something t e r r i f i c to express our gra t i tude and pride in the Right to own property. . ALREADY ADVERTISED SINCE early March, the Key West Board of REALTORS together with the merchants of Luani Plaza and other Key West businesses, banks, e t c . , i s sponsoring a Photo Contest (both black & white color categories) and an elementary school Poster Art Contest. The photos and posters wil l be on display from April 13th to the 16th. On Saturday, the 16th a t 4:00 p.m. the judges:. Ken Spector, Jim Brogdon and Richard Heyman, wil l award the prizes. F i r s t prizes for the photo contests are two two-day t r i p s for two to Disney World and/or Epcot Center. The prizes for the Poster contest wi l l be gift ce r t i f i ca tes of $25, $15 and $10 at a toy s tore . THERE WILL BE other things HAPPENING at the Plaza as well; a voter ' s r eg i s t r a t ion table , a Blood Pressure Unit, and hopefully balloon- folk and clowns too. TO KEEP YOU on your awareness- toes , there wi l l be two T.V. panel discussions concerning private property and the r igh t s of indivi- duals, zoning and how property taxes are being used. You can see these on our" local Channel 5 on a show called "PAGE ONE", from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. on a weekday night (as yet unspecified). One will be aired the week before PPW and the other during the week i t se l f . You are asked to l i s t en and call in comments and/or questions during the l a t t e r portion of the show. THE LAST AND most important event planned for th i s week of celebration i s a ci ty wide LITTER CLEAN-UP cam- paign. The Boy Scouts of America, the Girl Scouts and the Brownies too, various groups of students from Key . West High School, representing the future custodians of our right to property, wil l be out on the s t ree ts of Key "West on Saturday A.M. the 16th, picking up bottles and cans and l i t ter of all kinds. We ask and encourage all of you who believe in a more beautiful city and aren't afraid to get your hands dir ty , to come out that morning and help us tidy up after the l i t t e r -bugs! ! Even if you just do your own s t ree t , or take a bag with • you when you take a walk or walk your dog, you will be doing somethina to fores ta l l "THE TAKEOVER OF THE SLOBS", and perhaps i t could become a part of your daily routine. We can' t go on saying " le t the other guy do i t " or " tha t ' s what we pay. taxes for." Taxes go jus t so far and there are other things tha t should take pr ior i ty over the incredible expense of cleaning up after Litter-Bugs! Public property i s ours to cherish too. For those of us who don't own, i t ' s the only property we have! Come on out and join with those who CARE! 20% ojjd /ted tag mk montk S16 (^eaft) (905) 2UL&& GaAdne/i QUALITY i f f D MOT i f EXPENSIVE THF AMTfONAUr MMOWW 5HfRL£Y G4f>0£ COtlKTIOM IS MOW M JCf r WIST AT FACTOHY WMCfS The Gadols are the Originators and Manufacturers of beautiful embroideries designed for the Florida Keys •Wrap and A-ike Skirts md Comdimtes •Shorts, Sltscks, lockets, Cover-lips. •Tennrs and Golf Skirts with very Attractive embroidered animated Motifs * Exciting Men's Aforitse Shirts •fnfont ond Toddlers wear TWO iOCAIIOHS IN KEY WIST Gadoi's fectory Store, Kino Picma 294-7491 Conch iesort Wear, 612 DuvM St. 294-6097 F00DB4LACE THE PASS NOT JUST A GROCERY... BUT A SOCIAL CENTER 522 Fleming St. • Ph. 296-5663 Open 8 am - 7 pm Mon-Sat 8 am - 6 pm Sundays TWERN BREAKFAST LUNCH DINNER OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT Pier House ONE DUVAL STREET Our New Location 423 B Duval Street (Across From La Concha Hotel) Parking Available Larger selection of the largest styles in sunglasses Numerous frames to choose from for prescription eyewear Accessories to accentuate you r eyes Emergency repairs & service introducing a full line of cosmetics The only licensed opticians in Old Town Watch For Our Grand Opening! KINO PLAZA • 294-7872 Linda Patchett& Michael "Tucker" Saunders Opticians Come, walk ui-ith me. Into tho. g/ittn wind Ojj -£ .̂̂ e, and ple.a.iz hold my hand, Je.tt me. what I nzzd to know. 1 cavoht with gyp^lti, and ttlmb QKtat plnti,, to Ae.t iqulA.Ae.l6 iqu.attj.ng, fa* below on the. gKe.e.n gtiaa oi thli monopoly boaid whtut we play at being . . . . And ih.au.ld the, wind whlipzh. pKomlie.i and a.& we. be.nd.lng, nqc.kln.g- back and lon.th yleldLtiQ to the. iouhd of, thio wavci ai the.ii lull by tkli nocky aoo.it; Tke.il, blanch, out ijoa-1 love, to minz! Vo not judge, me. ion tkt holti we. anz alt meant to have In oidtn to fae wlitK.... It U the. 4n.le.ndib.lpi help mznd, In thli painful time. You. will not be. disappointed li ou-t ope.n end intki the uilndij pan ion mo/it alA, mo/ie. light, oK love. Pfcoefae R. Coan offers you this Okmge VALUED AT $1.00 for any purchase under $10, of VALUED AT $2.00 for any purchase from $10 to $20, or VALUED AT $5.00 for any purchase over $20. Cut out and bring down to Spare Changes, 507 Duval OFFER GOOD THRU APRIL, 1S33 The Perfectly Affordable Key West Gift Key West Shrimp Mug- S15.00 Classes in Ceramic Handbuilding Sat. 10-11 & 1-2 at Guild Hall Barbara Bauer Key West Porcelain Guild Hall Gallery • 614 Duval 296-6076 Gil •Y JEWELS \ DIRECTED BY RAECOATES- MUSICAL DIRECTION BY STUART PARKER TENNESSEE WILLIAMS FINE ARTS CENTER APRIL 28, 29, 30, MAY 5, 6, 7 • | | |( |l | j l | | [ 1 [ m n l [ r » ^ m m w M » « I I W M 1 | W 1 M f i ^ ^ RESERVATIONS: 2946363 OR BON JOAN'S (622-B DUVAL) FREE TRANSPORTATION ON THE OLD TOWN TROLLEY 7:30 PICKUP AT THE PIER HOUSE - 8:00 PICKUP AT THE CASA MARiN. TICKETS FOR THF A P R I L S AND MAY 7 PERFORMANCES ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE P R O L L E D S BENEFIT THE FKCC SCHOLARSHIP FUND. 55 ]*oup (Quakers) , in- ' , T 9 " 4 - 1 5 2 3 . G4tt itic* i t Ifcswti* fifots & LibftAity EVENTS SOME NEW EVENTS 1 *i Key Tv'est > •• t Co-T'ission, meetings 1st arid 3rd" rordd s at 8 p.m. , City Hall, corner Siironton and Angela s t r e e t s . Key West Poetry Guild, meetings 1st Sun- days at 121 Duval, Mostly Magnificant, 8:00 p.m. Cosmic Lightbearers, Minister: Jeanette Eottoir.s. Sun, worship - W. Martello, outside - at 2 p.IT.. - bring mat. Key I-'est Woman's Club, r e g u l a r meet ing 1s t Tuesday of each month, 2:30 p . m . , 319 Duval St. Marathon Lions Club, dinner meetings *2n"d and" 4th Wednesdays, Indies Resort, Duck Key, 7:30 p.m. Marathon Shrine Club, luncheons every Friday, at high noon. All Shriners wel- come . Monroe County Commission; meetings, March 4", Plantation Key Gov. Center, 10:00 a.m. "nrch 18, Marathon Sub-Courthouse, 10:00 a.m.; March 31, Key West Courtroom B, 1 0 : 0 0 a . E . National association for Retired Fed- eral Employees: meetings last Sunday of the month at the Senior Citizens Plaza, 1400 Kennedy Drive, 3:45 p.m. United- Humanitarians , low-cost spay pro- o?rarr. now in effect; p lease c a l l 296- 5106 far information. "65ley House Board of D i r ec to r s , meet- ir.as second Tuesday of the month, 5 v.-T:., 1100 Varela S t . , 296-5231. Alcoholics Anonymous, 404 Virginia S t . , clubrooTTi open 10 a .m.-11p.m. ; meetings every night 8:3G;;noon, raon., wed., f r i . , s a t . ; sun at 10:30 a.m.; f r i . 7 and 11. Srotior.al Health Anonymous, meets Thurs- days" at 7:30 pTmT, a t*Firs t Congrega- tional Church, 527 William St . Crereaters Anonymous, meets Mondays at 7:30 p.m. at the Fleming Street Metho- dist Church, 729 Fleming St . Domestic Abuse Shelter, Inc . , c a l l S-KELP, 4-LINE. Conscious Pregnancy Classes, 296-6259. Key %'est Singles, every Tuesday, Happy :-.our 5-7 p.m., Hukilau lounge. Fridays, Calabash Lounge, Casa Marina 5-5 p.ia. 296-937S. Program, costs you only 29 i l i g m , costs you only 2 cents, for mailing. Library, 294-8488. |S-?ksfRQPs - n Life-Drav.-ing & Painting, Tuesday Yves, ana Friday afternoons. S2-3 model fee. For times and locations contact Malcolm Ross at 294-8301. i5.t:ls_i!Siii_±iiil£: 296-HELP. Call any ti:-e vhen you need help or referra l ser- vice. 1256-4357.? ^ u c , at the high 1- vrs. Mon. throuah • , 5?.t. y :U0 a.m. - . - r s . a t 6:30 p.m. , © BOJANGLES OF AMERICA, INC. 1982 Famous Chicken n Biscuits TEAICEDFREE WITH ANY CHICKEN DINNER 2 SAUSAGE BISCUITS OPENING DAILY 6 AM DRIVE THRU OPEN 24 HRS. 2338 NORTH ROOSEVELT BLVD KEY WEST SERVING BREAKFAST ONLY FROM MIDNIGHT TILL 6 AM ©BOJANGLES OF AMERICA, INC. 1983 56

1983-04 Solares Hill Newspaper, Vol. XI No. 4, April 1983

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