Coral Gables Riviera

CORAL GABLES RIVIERA

AN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER Published every Friday by the Miami Riviera Publishing Company, 306 Coral Way, Coral Gables, Florida Established January, 1926 Combined with the Dade County and Coconut Grove Times, 1929. JOHN D. MONTGOMERY. President JAMES B. MOORE.. Editor and General Manager Mailing Address, P. O. Box 704 Telephone 4-1634 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year by Carrier, Coral Gables and immediate vicinity.. $2.00 Six months.. $1.25 One Year by Mail.. $3.00 Entered as second class matter May 21, 1926, at the Postoffice at Miami, Flotida, under Act of March 3, 1879.

"U. S. O." Is A Vital Cause

● During the past few years alphabetical agencies happened to us so fast that even the most ardent "new dealer" had trouble trying to remember all of them, let alone keep track of what they were doing. In view of this fact you may have formed the opinion that the "U. S. O." is just another one of these government letter societies and decided not to worry about it. To set you right, "U. S. O." is NOT a governmental agency. The "U. S." doesn't stand for "United States", and the "O" doesn't stand for "Official". The letters "U. S. O." stand for "United Service Organizations"—an independent civic effort to do a mighty big and important job that needs to be done right now. Your Uncle Sam has had his hands plenty full the last few months getting a million or more young men into camps throughout the country and training them for national defense. The hours are long, the work is hard, the regulations strict and the pay poor. But these men have answered their country's call and they are not whining or bellyaching about it. But when the cross-country march is over, when the planes are grounded, the artillery is muzzled and the tanks are in the shed, there are hours allowed for rest and recreation. Now a large percentage of the boys in our Army camps today find themselves away from home for the first time in their lives. And some of them are a mighty long way from home. They get a day or an evening off and they are lost. They have nowhere to go. Their friends are all back home. They used to be able to "go over to Bill's house" or there'd be a party at Mabel's, or dance at the clubhouse. There was always something to do, some place to go, friends, companionship, fun. Towns and cities in the neighborhood of our great military camps, while able to meet the normal demands of their own populations for spiritual, recreation and welfare needs, have found themselves totally unable to cope with the problem of meeting such needs of thousands of young men who have swarmed in from nearby camps. That is where the U. S. O. comes in. For the U. S. O. is comprised of the following agencies: Y. M. C. A., The National Catholic Community Service, the Salvation Army, Y. W. C. A., National Jewish Welfare Board and the National Travelers' Aid Association, who are pooling their efforts and plan to maintain and operate clubhouses for service men where religious services, social and guidance, dramatics, music and crafts will be provided under the leadership of capable men and women especially trained for such work. At these clubhouses the boys will be given an opportunity to meet young men and women of the local community in a clean and wholesome atmosphere. They will find any number of interesting and worthwhile activities awaiting them. Books and magazines will invite them in specious reading and recreation rooms. There will be desks with stationery available and friendly folks to help and advise them and see that they "get acquainted" and always have somewhere to go and something to do. Today about the only place open to the off-duty soldier is a cheap beer hall or noisy jook joint, and his welcome, even in such places, wears out as soon as his money is gone. Companions he picks up in such places don't help him or the morale of the nation's military service. The U. S. O. is the answer to this acute problem. The government is providing suitable buildings for these clubhouses in those communities near camps and the U. S. O. is prepared to man and operate them. Now here is where you and I come in. Our job is to provide the funds for eqiping, furnishing and maintaining them. During the next few weeks you will be called upon to contribute toward this worthy cause. It is not "just another" drive. It is much bigger, much more important than that ... It is a major effort in the National Defense . . . It is an opportunity for you and for me to really DO SOMETHING. R.K.

Yacht Regatta Planned To Celebrate Opening Of Gables Waterways

● Plans for staging a gigantic yacht regatta and barbecue during the early part of December, celebrating the completion and opening of the widened and deepened Coral Gables canal from Miller Road to deep water in Biscayne Bay, are now in embryo and will be worked out by a tentative committee appointed by Frank N. Holley Jr., president of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce this week. "The completion of this ideal haven for large yachts in Coral Gables' own canal will mean a great deal for this city as well as the entire area", Holley declared, "and a real celebration in honor of the completion of the first unit of George E. Merrick's dream of "40 miles of water-front", will attract yacht owners from all parts of the country to participate and eventually utilize its facilities". The tentative committee as named is as follows: Roy Page, chairman of arrangements, and Dr. H. L. Cartee, Milton Garris, J. Lamar Paxson, Samson Pederson, Dr. F. E. Kitchens, A. J. Daino, A. B. Curry, Upton C. Ewing, F. N. Holley Jr., W. Keith Phillips, Wallace Bell, Paul D. McGarry, Jon Whieldy, Andy Healey, Tom Mayes. Judge D. J. Heffernan, H. W. MacDonald, J. J. Lamb, George C. Estill Jr., Harry Rinckart Jr., Dennis V. Renuart, A. R. Cassidy, Warren Lehman, George Caster, Chester M. Vance, Lewis Edward, Paul Wickler, T. C. Carrico, L. E. Lewis, A. O. Renuart. H. F. Doughty, L. E. Huguelet, T. W. Henderson, Hawley Russell, J. Allen Brown, Gilbert Chaplin, L. H. Coombs, George T. Davis, Rodney Miller, E. B. Rines Jr., Duffield Hopkins, James Moore, Riviera, Frank Malone, station WIOD, Bill Matthews, Miami Daily News, Ellis Hollums, Miami Herald, and Fred Mizner, station WQAM.

Houston Hurst Named Agents Of Express Co.

● The Houston Hurst Paint Company was this week appointed local agents for the American Express Company, according to an announcement made by Andrew N. Houston. The local firm will handle American Express Company money orders at the same rates as the United States Post Office. The firms' offices in Berlin and Lisbon are still functioning and accepting money orders from the United States, Houston said. The American Express Company is the successor to the Wells Fargo Express Company of historical fame.

Methodists Will Hear Bishop Blake

● Bishop Edgar Blake, retired, will fill the pulpit at the First Methodist Church Sunday, in the absence of the Rev. Carlock Hawk who is attending the state conference at Daytona Beach.

May Teach Spanish in Grade Schools

● Tallahassee, June 19, State Superintendent Colin English today urged Florida's elementary school teachers to prepare this summer for instruction in conversational Spanish and the history and customs of our neighbors in Latin America. The teaching of Spanish in elementary schools is an inovation adopted by the State Department as an educational defense measure. Instructors are urged to pursue special reading, travel, or summer courses relating to improved cultural relations of the Americas. Following the appeal by Superintendent English a special summer course was announced by Southern College at Lakeland. Elementary teachers who have little or no training in the Spanish language will acquire skill in pronunciation while high school Spanish teachers assist them in preparation of word lists, Spanish club units of classroom activity, and related reading in geography and history. Nine rural summer schools in Polk County have been teaching Spanish in elementary grades since they opened May 1. Superintendent Frank Brigham reports that pupil interest has already resulted in classroom and home conversation in the Spanish language and a demand of teachers for enlarged word lists suited to use of both parents and children. The schools are Kathleen, Polk City, Rockledge, Green Pond, Ft. Meade, Griffin, Carver, Combee and Winston. The program is in accord with a recent request from the national office of education for "prompt enlargement" of study of Latin-American countries as a step toward long-range, hemispheric, or toal defense.

● Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Edwards returned Wednesday from Texas.

● Miss Margaret Beaton, librarian for the Coral Gables library left this week for New York and Boston. She will attend a six weeks library school at Columbia University. Later Miss Beaton will attend the National Library association meeting in Boston.

Joins Summer Staff

● Dr. Robert Gregg has joined the staff of the University of Miami summer session faculty to teach courses in general and field zoology. He teaches regularly at the State Teacher's College, Duluth, Minn., and has taught at the University of Chicago.

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Water Purchase

(Continued from Page One) sions of the bonds, but operation after the purchase by the City of Coral Gables water users will not be directly effected [?] a part of their water bill payments will be used for acquiring an equity in a plant which in all probability will save them money in their taxes. Water rates may be reduced in the future, when the incomes of the system have grown sufficiently to guarantee the payments on the bonds with reduced water rates.

Air-Minded—

(Continued from Page One) way to winning their coveted wings. Jean, who, like Dorothy, took her primary training at the Riddle seaplane base on the County causeway, has two ambitions: she again, like Dorothy, wants to ferry planes, but if denied that, she will become a flight instructor. "They won't admit it, perhaps, but there are an dalways will be certain types of women whom men dislike to teach flying. I'll take on these and make meal flyers out of them," Jean declared. These three girls have, in a sense, pioneered co-ed flying at the University, and have won their wings within the past two weeks.

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Bayliss Dairy Restaurant

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Peacock Lumber Company

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Thomas Dairy

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