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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Charlie Holmes Blogaramaski ......Believe it or JAM IT: Gentleman bartender succumbs to cancer

Charlie Holmes Blogaramaski ......Believe it or JAM IT: Gentleman bartender succumbs to cancer: BY ROBERT SILK Free Press Staff rsilk@keysnews.com ISLAMORADA -- "Trapper" John Petersen, perhap...

Today in History ( The Keys)

20 YEARS AGO
Unit 303, Beach Club One, at 1500 Atlantic Blvd., sold for a reported $315,000.

The Hi-Noon Lions Club welcomed Debra Robey and Monica Geers, the first two female members of the club.

The Key West Hotel and Motel Association donated a Honda scooter and a Giant bicycle to help the city police become more mobile in Old Town.

50 YEARS AGO

The Florida Development Commission recorded 177,407 visitors that came to Key West by automobile during the calendar year 1960.

The 13-member Advertising Advisory Council appointed by the County Commission approved an advertising plan and hired a firm to administer it.


Capt. Clyde Montgomery, of the glass-bottomed Fireball, returned to its dock at the end of Duval Street and resumed the boat's reef trips.

100 YEARS AGO

The Key West Custom House receipts for October were $72,700.44. The cigar factories were working full-force.