Resolution 065-1995
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Mayor Emeritus Wilhelmina Harvey
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A ~~t:1Jit&N4 Of Tt1E BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN RECOGNITION OF THE
LATE L. P. ARTMAN, JR.
WHEREAS, L. P. "Poly" Artman, Jr., a long-time resident of Key West, has passed away
at the age of 81, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Artman, who was born in St. Simon's Island, Georgia, move to Key
West with his parents when he was three months of age, and
WHEREAS, after high school, Mr. Artman graduated cum laude from Loyola
University, attended post-graduate school at Emory University and the University of Florida,
and graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in which he had served as a lieutenant
communications specialists, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Artman was editor of The Key West Citizen in the late 1930's and
1940's, and in 1946 he founded The Key West Star newspaper with his wife, the late Marie
(Pat) Albers Artman; the business is still in the family and is currently known as Florida Keys
Offset Printing and Publishing, Inc., and
WHEREAS, Mr. Artman authored many great historical and tourist-related books, and
he helped supply merchants throughout Key West and the Florida Keys with Key West gifts,
souvenirs and post cards through his business Florida Keys Wholesalers, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Artman was active in many civic organizations including the Key West
Rotary Club, the Key West Jaycees, the Key West Chamber of Commerce, and the
Downtown Business and Property Owners Association, and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners desires to recognize the late
L. P. Artman, Jr. for his extensive public service and his vast dedication to the community;
now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1.
The Board hereby adopts this Resolution as evidence of its regret and
mourning for the passing of the late L. P. Artman, Jr. and in recognition of his extensive
dedication and vast public service to the people of Key West and Monroe County, Florida.
Section 2.
The Board hereby requests the Clerk to forward copies of this
Resolution to Mr. Artman's surviving brother, Norman Artman, and to his surviving
daughters, Carolyn Blackwell and Diane Crockett, to express the Board's sorrow.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of the Board held on the 21st day of February, 1995.
Commissioner Douglass ~
Commissioner Freeman ~
Commissioner Harvey not present
Commissioner London ~
Commissioner Reich ~
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Deputy Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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By
May /Chalrman
(SEAL)
ATTEST: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, CLERK
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