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CORAL GABLES RIVIERA

AN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 16TH YEAR NO. 3 CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, MARCH 7, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS

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Coral Gables May Get Own Water Plant

POLICE TO HOLD BALL MARCH 12

With "Honorary Chief" Harry Richman again acting as master of ceremonies, the Coral Gables Police Benevolent Association will stage its annual ball next Wednesday evening at the Country Club of Coral Gables. In addition to dancing to the music of Hem Olson and his orchestra, the police have lined up a star-studded floor show, headed by such stars as Joe E. Lewis, Sally Rand, Terry Lawlor, Sophie Tucker. Other night club headliners are also expected to attend. The entertainers will be whisked to the Country Club with police escorts, and after they have finished their numbers will be taken back to the various night spots where they are currently appearing. Tickets for the event are now on sale and may be obtained at the police station, Salzedo Street and Aragon Avenue, or from any police officer. Police anticipate an attendance of over 2,000.

Getting an Earful

With an extremely inquiring expression, Mrs. Celia Smith telephones local residents about their approval on the new health card law for domestics, sponsored by the Dade County Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Smith, in addition to her work as president of the Coral Gables Business and Professional Woman's Club, is head of the Coral Gables Dress Shop.

Home Owners' Poll Lists Faults of Tennis Project

With charges of selfishness and shortsightedness on one side, and counter-charges of nuisance, noise and confusion on the other, the discussion on the proposed University of Miami tennis stadium and intramural grounds near the French Village dormitories continued to arouse lots of feeling this week. Fanned by an article in the Miami Herald by Everett Clay, and by a response to Clay by Jim Moore in last Friday's Riviera, sentiment on the situation, whether it runs hot or cold, always runs high. The Inquiring Reporter approached the seventeen property owners who opposed the tennis courts and playground at the first meeting on the subject, and brings you today their statements on their motives in opposing the athletic project. Next week the Riviera will ask students, faculty, who favor the tennis plan, to an- (Please Turn to Page Four)

May We Introduce

Dr. John Timothy Stone, D. D., Coral Gables' distinguished theologian and permanent resident, at 714 North Greenway Drive. Great preacher, author and world traveler, Dr. Stone is a former moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., highest office to be obtained in the church. Dr. Stone, is at present chairman of a committee of five chosen from among churchmen in the United States by the Presbyterian general assembly to investigate and report to the Ministerial Pension Board regarding the thirty to forty million dollar fund founded for pensions. He will deliver the second in his series of Lenten sermons, "The Life and Testimony of a Saint" at the morning worship Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church, Alhambra Circle Plaza at Ponce de Leon Boulevard.

FUNDS FOR TEST WELL SET ASIDE

A municipal water plant for Coral Gables loomed as a definite possibility this week as City Manager A. B. Curry made plans for the drilling of a test well to determine if an adequate supply was available. Curry was given authority to drill the well by the city commission on Tuesday after he told the city fathers that wells in surrounding areas were producing large quantities of pure water at depths from between 500 and 800 feet. The cost of the test well, estimated at $7,500, will be deducted from the city's contribution to the area-wide water survey now being made. If the report that an adequate supply is available, it will mean a saving of approximately 50 per cent over present water costs. At present, Coral Gables is supplied with water by the Consumers Water Company, a Florida Power and Light Company subsidiary. The recent water deal between the utility company and Miami, however, will mean that this community will soon have to purchase its water from that neighboring city. The city manager also pointed out that in event the well did not indicate an adequate supply, it could still be used as a defense measure in case anything happened to the main source. The well would produce enough to supply immediate needs, he said.

Water Show Aids Named By Kiwanis

Committee chairmen for the Kiwanis sponsored pool show, to be held Friday evening, March 21, at the Miami Biltmore Pools were announced this week by Judge Thomas C. Mayes, general chairman. Proceeds from the show, which will include the Alexander Ott water follies and a style show staged by local merchants, will go to the Kiwanis Underprivileged Child Fund. Tickets went on sale this week and may be obtained from any Kiwanian and at the Riviera office. Those named by Judge Mayes include: O. B. Sobton, style show; Jim Moore, publicity; S. M. Sparks, ticket distribution; Byron Spero, ticket sales promotion; Arch Cassidy, group sales committee; Dean R. A. Rasco, program and entertainment.

Photograph by Gableite Hung In Gotham Show

"Cameo" a salon print by H. L. Silleocks, 2717 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, will be hung in the eighth international salon of the Pictorial Photographers of America, according to word received this week. The exhibition is being held at the Museum of Natural History in New York City until March 28. The arfist, which is a nude study, embodies a new toning process which gives the illusion of flesh color. Mr. Silleocks also received word recently that he is being accepted for membership into the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, one of the oldest and most distinguished societies of its kind in the world. It was founded by Queen Victoria. Mr. Silleocks operates the Workshop School of the Camera in Coral Gables.

G. SARAZEN, HOGAN WIN FOUR-BALL

The name of a new team was being inscribed on the Roddey Burdine Memorial Trophy today, emblematic of victory in the Miami Biltmore International Professional Four-Ball golf tournament. For Gene Sarazen, the Connecticut squire, it was the second time he was co-winner of the event, but for his partner, Little Ben Hogan, it was his first victory in the $5,000 tournament. The award of $1,600 to each of the winners brought Hogan's earnings to the $6,055 mark, keeping him at the top of the money winners for the year. The veteran Sarazen and the younger Hogan breezed through the finals of the 18th annual fixture Wednesday on the Miami Biltmore course, putting down Sam Snead and Ralph Guldahl, 1939 winners, 4 and 3. Pairing together perfectly, Gene and Ben divided the honors in the final. Hogan doing most of the chores on the morning's front nine and Gene polishing off on the last set. In the afternoon Ben carried most of the load, except on two occasions when he needed help and Gene was right there to give it. Not since 1928 had Sarazen won the International Four-Ball, and that year he was teamed with Johnny Farrell. For him, one of the most colorful followers of the fairways, Wednesday's victory was sweet,-and decisive.

Resolution Bars City Help From Political Activity

First reverberations of the coming June political campaign were heard in city commission meeting Tuesday when the board passed a resolution barring city employees from taking active part in any local political campaign. Introduced by Commissioner Joe Whitley and unanimously passed, the resolution prohibits any city employee from "contributing directly or indirectly, in services, cash or otherwise, to the election or attempted election of any person to any elective office in the city of Coral Gables." Disregard and infraction of the letter or spirit of the resolution will result in the discharge of the employee. The rule also applies to employees of the city who may be inactive because of leaves of absence. T. Grant Walker, discharged parkways department employee, appeared before the commission to request a hearing on his dismissal, which he claimed was "unjust". Walker stated that he was discharged seven months ago by Harley Pittman, parkways superintendent, on charges of general inefficiency and that he had been employed for nine years. The commission told Walker that a date would be set for a hearing and that he would be notified.

Dr. Arthur Weiland, crippled children's fund; Harry N. Rath, Ponce band; James M. Hoffman, speaker. At the meeting Tuesday, Dr. Arthur Weiland told the group of the work now being done by the South Florida Crippled Children's Association and introduced Mildred Firnkoess and Jack Frost, two of the children who are being aided by this group. Also present were Miss Nell Reamer, state nurse and Miss Clarissa Green, publicity director for the South Florida Crippled Children's Hospital.

Pan American Airways Buys Curtiss Building

This week saw the manufacturing branch of Pan American Airways branching out in Coral Gables, with the establishment of a new radio plant and meteorology offices in the old Curtiss Aerocar building, which P. A. A. bought for the purpose from the Somerset Co. of Baltimore. A transaction has just been completed by which the Pan American Manufacturing and Supply Corporation, a Florida corporation known as PAMSCO, has acquired the large piece of property formerly occupied by the Curtiss Aerocar Company, and previous to that used for garage purposes. The property is 100 x 300 feet in size and is covered practically in its entirety by the one-story building. Pan American will begin shortly painting the exterior and remodeling the interior of the structure for strictly manufacturing purposes. The architect is Dean Parmelee. The new plant will be used for the manufacture of the extensive radio telegraph receivers, transmitters and parts for Pan American aircraft used throughout the System, including Alaska and the orient, New Zealand, the Transatlantic services and the extensive lines linking the 32 countries and colonies of the West Indies, Central and South America. This manufacturing work, which also involves radio research engineering and design, has for the past several years been carried on in the two-story structure on Coral Way known as the Baldwin building. The equipment and personnel will be removed to the newly acquired property as soon as possible, probably during the current month. The radio telegraph equipment manufacturing organization includes some 40 men headed by Chief Radio Engineer F. W. Sullinger. The building will also include offices of the Chief Meteorologist George W. Brands and his staff.

Free Course Offered Men Of Draft Age

Miami's McAllister Volunteers this week made a blanket invitation to all Coral Gables men registered under the Selective Training and Service Act to prepare them more easily to get along in the Army. Gableites taking advantage of this training will find several Gables citizens in leading posts in the McAllister Volunteers. Captain Frank Dunk, Battalion Staff, Captain W. H. Gordon, Commanding Company B, and Lieutenant John N. Kennedy, Company B, are a few of the Gableites in the Battalion. Those who wish to take up the offer are requested to notify John N. Kennedy, 2319 Ponce de Leon Blvd.

Buys Home Here

George E. Smith moved recently into the home at 828 Valencia Ave., which he bought from George Fawcett. Al Smith of the Cray and Diano offices handled the sale.

Car in Which Four Speedboat Enthusiasts Met Death

Commodore F. G. Ericson of 731 Alhambra Circle and three other speedboat enthusiasts from Washington, D. C., were killed early Tuesday when their automobile, above, hit a tree just a block from Ericson's home on Alhambra Circle. The car missed a curve in the street and plunged straight ahead to strike a tamarind tree at the side of the road. The Washington men were: Andrew A. Crawford, 42; Gardner P. Orme, 48, and James Burch, 42. All of them came here for the Biscayne Bay regatta, in which Crawford participated in several races. He and Orme were well-known motorboat racers. All four of the men spent Monday night at the Rod and Reel club at a prize-awarding ceremony, and were on their way home when the accident occurred, at about 2 a. m. Crawford was dead when the ambulance arrived. The other three, who died during the night, were unconscious. Commodore Ericson, who was 60 years old, had been a winter resident here for several years. He was an aeronautical engineer and a member of the Lambs Club in New York. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eileen Ericson; a son, Leif Ericson, and a daughter, Loraine Ericson, all of Coral Gables. He leaves two sisters in Sweden. Funeral services were held at 11 a. m. Thursday in the Philbrick Chapel. Daily News Cut

O'Shaughnessy To Leave City For Long Trip

Tuesday's commission meeting came to a ten-minute recess while the city fathers rose to say farewell to Col. P. J. O'Shaughnessy, who is planning an extended trip which will take him from his duties for an indefinite period. Col. O'Shaughnessy, who had been ill for the past several weeks, attended Tuesday's meeting long enough to say good-bye to his colleagues. He is planning a pleasure trip with his wife, and expects to enjoy a fine rest and change of scene before returning here. The commission unanimously passed a resolution giving the colonel an indefinite leave of absence.

Thief Slugs, Robs, Runs in Gables Holdup

Sitting in his own car in his driveway proved disastrous for H. M. Chronister of 801 Tangier St. Wednesday night, when a stranger approached, struck Chronister on the head and robbed him. Chronister, who called police at 11:43 p. m., said that he had just come to a stop in his driveway when the bandit approached him, said something and struck him on the head, presumably with a blackjack. Chronister told police that he remembered nothing more until he came to just before calling them. The robber took $107 from his wallet, and threw the wallet away near the scene of the crime, Chronister declared.

Six Injured In Auto Crash

TWO Coconut Grove residents and four Miamians were injured in a Coral Gables accident Sunday when two light coupes collided at the intersection of LeJeune and Bird Roads at 8:40 p. m. C. L. Riggs, John Parker, William Weatherford and Leo Parker of Miami; and Mr. and Mrs. John William Starling of the Grove were all treated for injuries in a local hospital. None were dangerously injured.

Visitors

Mrs. Richard G. Schmid, and Mrs. Helen Schaefer of Chicago, Ill., are spending the month of March as the guests of Mrs. Schmid's son, Richard Schmid, jr., of 2560 Avenue Giralda.

HISTORIANS MEET HERE

A program meeting of the Historical Association of Southern Florida was held at 8 p. m. Tuesday in the lounge of the Administration Building of the University of Miami at Coral Gables. Among the papers read was "The Mission of San Ignacia," by J. Marquette Phillips.