Today in History

Coca-Cola Bottling Company plant on simonton Street.

20 YEARS AGO

New Monroe County Sheriff J. Allison Defoor told the City Commission he would provide deputies for foot patrol on Duval Street, but that the city would have to take steps to address its own problems.

50 YEARS AGO

Sen. Homer E. Capehart of Indiana gave an informal talk at East Martello Towers titled "Russia and the U.S. Defense."

More than 1,500 American citizens had returned to Key West from Cuba by ship and plane, according to estimates.

The Coca-Cola Bottling Co. was at 101 Simonton St.

Mrs. Georges Lemay, who disappeared seven years earlier while fishing on the Tom's Harbor bridge, remained on the books as a missing person, as no trace of her ever was found.

100 YEARS AGO

Dr. J.V. Harris, the retiring supervisor of public instruction, was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Monroe County School Board caused by the resignation of Lawrence Higgs.

The old lighthouse tender Laurel, which had been stationed in Key West for years, was condemned and sold.