Thursday, October 18, 2012

20 YEARS AGO

The multi-family building at 521 Simonton St. sold for a reported $230,000.

Mrs. Mac's restaurant at Mile Maker 99.1 in Key Largo was an American institution with great pork barbecue.

50 YEARS AGO

The local Navy had no comment on a report that 13 F-4 B2 aircraft had been based at NAS Key West.

Mayor C. B. Harvey ordered a survey to determine the number of unused grave spaces left in the cemetery.

When the City Commission was about to lease the golf course, a squad of affluent Key Westers headed by the Golan Brothers made a counter offer.

Army Corporal Richard R. Hall was assigned to the 502 Military Police Company of the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas. He was a graduate of Douglass High School.