Coral Gables Riviera

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1941 THE CORAL GABLES RIVIERA -PAGE 7-

Coconut Grove News

By Susan Howe Clark PHONE 4-1634-4-3132 There is a conspicuous void in Coconut Grove and vicinity since the passing of genial Captain Richard (Dick) Carney, pioneer resident-developer and captain of several of the world's best-known vessels. The captain died Saturday from a heart attack following an operation. Burial services were on Tuesday. There were but three houses in Miami when the captain sailed down Biscayne Bay from his home in Middletown, N. J., back in the '80's. The population of 10 or 15, at that time, the captain told this correspondent not long. All south Florida was hammock land, dirt trails and mosquitoes, but all along the shore line, was glistening Biscayne Bay, and the captain loved it. He was Dade County's first sheriff in '86, and was one of the few pioneers who attempted to carry the mail to the scattered residents, despite the threat of alligators, insects and the primitive means of transportation. The first house on South Beach which came from Middletown and floated down the coast to the Bay, now stands on the grounds of the Carney estate, on south Bayshore Drive ... the captain used it in his coconut planting venture on the beach in '86. It is heavily built was then, except the roof was replaced ... it is used for a tool shed now ... With his friends, E. T. Field and Ezra Osborne, the captain planted 334,000 coconuts on South Beach, 78,000 on Cape Florida, and 116,000 up around Norris Cut (north of Baker's Haulover) ... they had bought the land from the government for a few cents per acre ... but the coconut planting enterprise didn't work out very well, for the rats ate the fresh coconut seeds and in time, the venture was abandoned. The captain went back to New Jersey then, and while still a very young lad, met and became a great friend of the late Commodore Ralph Munroe. He made several trips down to Biscayne Bay with the commodore, eventually helping him and a few other pioneer sportsmen to establish the Biscayne Yacht Club. The first yacht race was held on Washington's birthday in '87, when 15 responded to an invitation to participate in the race. Captain Carney's boat "Maggie", was one of the winners, that day, and the race marked the origin of water sports in Biscayne Bay waters ... he became captain of the first W. L. Mellon vessel in 1904 ... the ship was built in Jacksonville ... then he went to Kiel Germany, where he supervised the building of the latest Vagabondia ... he was captain of this ship until his re:irement in 1930. In recent years, he was deputy harbor master and assistant dock master for the city of Miami. Surviving him are the widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Carney, a daughter, Mrs. John S. W. Farrelly, whose husband is first officer of the Mellon Vagabondia, and a son, Landon, of Homestead. Mothers of school-age children, members of the local Parent-Teacher Association, are about to get a "summer roundup" underway" for the benefit of those children who will be of sufficient age to enter the grades for the first time this Fall. Mrs. C. W. Hamilton, acting head of the organization, is assembling a committee, members of which will personally visit all homes in this area, where there are children of eligible age. Plans will be formulated whereby all these prospective scholars will have the benefit of a health examination before entering school ... and where physical impairments, dental work or other medical attention be needed, the committee will be instrumental in making needed provision. Mrs. Hamilton recently returned from Gainesville, where she attended the university's short course in parliamentary law, publicity work, and public speaking. More than 160 bridge devotees have made reservations for the large mid-summer dessert card party which is scheduled for 1 p. m., July 2nd, by the members of the Housekeepers Club. Mrs. Leslie Barrett, chairman of the event, anticipates an attendance of 200. Moneys earned will be added to the mortgage fund. Elaborate table and door awards are announced by the committee, which includes Mrs. Gordon B. Certain, refreshments; Mrs. F. A. Sutton, Mrs. G. E. Broking, Mrs. John Ritter, Mrs. H. S. Pablo, Mrs. Alice Mecke, Mrs. J. Lawrence Kelley and Mrs. A. D. Harrison. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Stiles, their daughter, Miss Helen Janette and their two dogs, "Jeri" and "Le Petit Petitt," "Peet" for short, Fairhaven Place, are enjoying a several days' fishing cruise on their boat, "Billy Boy". They are at Elliott's Key and will return early next week. Postmaster George E. Merrick is expecting Postal Inspector M. R. Morgan down from Jacksonville within a day or two and soon thereafter, will announce the inspector's decision regarding a new postoffice in Coconut Grove. "I think we will have something very nice there", was the extent of the postmaster's statement at this point. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Witmer have purchased the former Stewart property, more recently occupied by the Samuel Bells, 4080 Douglas Road, and with their son, Penn, will occupy the home later. U. S. Coastguard (Dinner Key) Commander K. P. Maley and family have moved to Coral Gables from 3696 Bay View Road. Mrs. Fulton Jordan and daughter, Ann, DelMonte Road, have returned from a week's visit with friends in Deland. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dillingham, 1000 Hardie Road, have gone to South Strmsford, Vt., for the summer months. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Hyzer, 4288 Douglas Road, have returned from a visit in Washington and New York. The Frank C. Gibsons, 3659 Bay View Road, write of their safe arrival in Greenville, Pa., "but I still like and prefer Coconut Grove", said Mr. Gibson. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Matheson are in Milton, Mass. today, attending the marriage of their son, Finley L. Matheson, to Miss Lucretia Brooks. The Mathesons left here recently for their usual extended vacation cruise. Harry K. Reeder, son of Mayor and Mrs. C. H. Reeder, Cornelia Drive, was among 27 Miami young men who received private pilot wings from a local aviation school recently. Presentations were made at a large dinner dance at the Coral Gables Country Club. Mrs. Clark Napier and her sister, Mrs. Irving J. Thomas, 411 Custer Road, write of enjoyable visits with relatives in the nation's capital, and in New York. Governor Holland this week vetoed a bill raising the salary of circuit judges from $5,000 to $6,000 a year because he pointed out it would require expenditures exceeding the present revenue of the state. Passage of the bill would have called for an additional $40,000 for the payment of salaries. Jacksonville's new Main Street Bridge, providing a second crossing of the St. Johns River, is scheduled to be opened officially on July 4th, it was announced this week.

Civil Service Exams Planned

Civil service examinations for the positions described below have been announced by the U. S. Civil Service Commission. Applications will be accepted at the Commission's Washington office not later than the closing dates specified. The salaries are subject to the usual 3 1/2 percent retirement deduction. Electrotyper (finished), electrotyper (molder), stereotyper; $1.32 an hour for a 40-hour week. Appointments will be made in the Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Applicants must have completed at least 7 grades of formal schooling and an apprenticeship of 5 years or 5 years of practical experience in the trade. In addition, they must show that they have had at least 1 year of journeyman experience. The closing date for receipt of applications is July 2, 1941. Junior clerk, $1,440 a year, for appointment in Washington, D. C., only. This examination is open only to persons with specialized experience. Optional subjects are filing and statistics. For the filing option, applicants must show that they have had at least 1 full year of paid clerical experience, the principal duties of which were the preparation for filing and the filing of correspondence or other office records. For the statistical option, applicants must show they have had at least 1 full year of paid clerical experience, the principal duties of which were of a statistical nature, such as the making of computations, tabulating of data, and preparation of charts or graphs. The closing date for receipt of applications is June 16. Full information as to the requirements for these examinations, and application forms, may be obtained from Miss Nell C. Hollands, Room 209, Post Office Building, Miami.

Death Takes Bruce Minear

Funeral services were held Thursday in Mt. Pleasant, Ia., for A. Bruce Minear, well-known Y. M. C. A. secretary and educator. Mr. Minear died Tuesday at Mayo Hospital, Rochester, Minn., after a long illness. At the time of his death he was treasurer and business manager for Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant. He was general secretary of the Chicago Y. Men's Christian Association in Miami from 1926 to 1936, when he was appointed assistant general secretary of the Chicago Y. He was retired in 1938 after 35 years of continuous service with the association. During his Miami association days, he lived in Coral Gables and was one of the founders of the First Presbyterian Church and its clerk of sessions until his removal from the city. He leaves the widow, Mrs. Nell Downer Minear, two daughters, Mary Alice and Nell Louise all of Mt. Pleasant; a son, M. D. Minear of Chicago, and R. B. Minear of Coral Gables.

The Clipper Crowd NEWS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE PERSONNEL OF PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS

By Nancy Humphreys His excellent taste in choosing feminine help must, by now, be perturbing the Division Communications Superintendent just a wee bit. For the fifth time this year, a feminine employee has announced that she is resigning to join the "Royal Road to Romance". The most recent bride-elect is gentle Miss Elizabeth Ellen Culverwell, of Dinner Key Radio. Her chosen one is Horacio B. Fraser, a flight radio operator. Miss Culverwell is the daughter of Mrs. Philip J. Kreis, 1528 N. W. 35 Street, and a great-granddaughter of the late Levi B. Windham, Windham Plantation, Windham Springs, Ala. She is also a niece of Mrs. William B. Bankhead, Jasper, Ala., widow of the late Congressman Bankhead. Mr. Fraser is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fraser, Sumpter, S. C. Before coming to Miami eight years ago Miss Culverwell attended school in Birmingham, former home of the family, and in Walkill, Massachusetts. Dates expected for the wedding, which is planned for July, will include Miss Culverwell's maternal grandmother, Mrs. R. E. L. Windham, and Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Kreis, Jr., step-brother and sister-in-law of the bride-elect. Already a variety of entertainment has been planned to honor the bride-elect, the first of which will be a shower this evening given by Miss Helen Daugherty and Mrs. Dan Shefman. Mrs. Edson Freeman, Miss Dorothea Jadronja and Miss Lorraine Davis will give another shower at 8 p. m. Monday in the Freeman home, 2368 S. W. 16th Court. The James Moffetts evidently aren't a bit superstitious, for they picked Friday, June 13th, for their wedding date. Only members of the families and close friends were present at the ceremony in Trinity Lutheran Church. Mrs. Moffett was the former Miss Priscilla Lima, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Lima, of Boston, Mass. Mr. Moffett, who is in Engineering, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Moffett, Sr., of Ohio. The Moffetts are, at the moment, busily settling down at 3817 Le Jeune Road, Coral Gables. Due to the illness of W. H. Martin, of Engineering, the newly-weds were forced to postpone their honeymoon trip until later in the summer. Phil Siefert, of the City Traffic Office, is happy once more now that Mrs. Siefert has returned from a vacation spent with her mother in White Springs, Fla. Shower Wednesday One of the last in a series of parties honoring Miss Evelyn Isaac, bride-elect of Dave Webb, was the showed given Wednesday in Fort Pierce by her cousins, Miss Marvel Helseth. Last Monday evening Mrs. Dan Shefield, Mrs. W. R. Cunningham and Miss Janet Mercer entertained at the Sheffield home in honor of Miss Isaac and Mr. Webb, whose wedding will be an event of June 29th in Bryan Memorial Church, Coconut Grove. A "summer bachelor" is Charles Howe, 34 Sunrise Avenue, Coral Gables. Mrs. Howe is motoring to Texas to visit her family; was accompanied as far as Pensacola by Mrs. Al Terwilleger, 3242 Mary Street, Coconut Grove. More than one Pan American employee is buying a home with an eye to future (semi, at least) security. C. E. (Dinty) Moore bought his house, completely furnished, from Captain Max Weber, when the latter was transferred to the Pacific Division. The Moore casita is at 4128 Reynolds Avenue, Coconut Grove. The George Murrays have purchased a white bungalow with cheerful blue shutters at 3190 S. W. 20th Street. Dick Murphy has announced that he has acquired a lot on Solano Road in Coconut Grove and will acquire a house at the earliest possible moment. The Glen Lawrences are also planning to build in the Grove, in the vicinity of Main Highway and Hardee Road. Flying down to Rio by Stratoclipper last week went Eddie Duchin and thirteen members of his band, for an engagement at the Copacabana ... Which makes just one more attraction for our wide-eyed personnel during their leisure hours in that famous capital. Mrs. Harry (Reba) Scott, formerly of Accounting, has left to join her husband in Tennessee, where they make their home henceforth. Sea-Going Club And for the divertisement of the Pan Am personnel in Miami the Miami Quarterdeck Club (that famous yacht-country club in Biscayne Bay) has opened its doors to members of the Clipper Crowd on Wednesdays (Please turn to Page 8)

ROLLER SKATE IN COMFORT SPECIAL RATES TO PARTIES

Afternoons, 2 to 5 P. M. Children 15c; Adults 25c plus tax Evening 7:30 to 11 P. M. Admission 35c plus tax VENETIAN SKATING RINK 2790 S. W. 27th AVENUE

SNOWDEN'S GROVE SERVICE STATION

GRAND AVE. - VIRGINIA ST Complete Body - Fender Painting and Mechanical Work

Quitting Business The Unexpected Has Happened! Great Excitement Prevails Entire Stock Must Be Sold

SALE STARTS SATURDAY 9 A. M. MEN'S SPORT SHIRTS-Values to $1.95 79c "TOM SAWYER" LONGIES-$1.95 Values 79c B. V. D's Regular 35c and 50c Value 29c Or 4 for $1.00 ACT QUICK Fortune Shoes $4.40 Values $3.29 "Tom Sawyer" Shorts $1.00 Values 69c Mark Twain Fancy Shirts $1.65 Values $1.29 Interwoven Socks Regular 35c and 50c Value 29c Or 4 for $1.00 SELLING OUT TO BARE WALLS FIXTURES FOR SALE IRVING'S MEN'S SHOP 3414 MAIN HIGHWAY COCONUT GROVE

PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS SYSTEM

80 MINUTES to NASSAU Improved service via new, faster, deluxe Flying Clipper Ships to Britain's picturesque island paradise. 5 FLIGHTS WEEKLY From Miami 9 A. M. Every MON., TUES., THURS., FRI. & SAT. ROUND TRIP ... $29* PAA NO PASSPORTS REQUIRED 55 LBS. OF BAGGAGE FREE *Reduced from Regular $36 Fare. 60-Day Limit. Subject to Change Without Notice FOR DETAILS SEE ANY TRAVEL AGENT, HOTEL OR PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS SYSTEM 300 E. FLAGLER ST. MIAMI TEL. 3-7383

Every Homemaker Will Profit by Using This Home Service Guide An Index of Reliable Firms to Aid You

Coral Gables Laundry

Complete Laundry & Dry Cleaning Service 222 AVENUE MINORCA Phone 4-6458

Alcazar Pharmacy

"Every Inch a Drug Store" PONCE DE LEON BOULEVARD AT AVENUE ALCAZAR Phone 4-2727

Bayliss Dairy Restaurant

223 Coral Way JOSEPH S. WHITE, Manager FREE DELIVERY Phone 4-9407

Ely Agency

ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE EXCEPT LIFE 127 Giralda Avenue PHONE: 4-6915 CORAL GABLES

RE-NU-ART LUMBER YARDS, INC.

Everything to Build Anything 226 Alhambra Circle Phone 4-2511

Peacock Lumber Company

BUILDING & REMODELING LOANS NOTHING DOWN - 5 YEARS TO PAY Peacock Lumber Company CORNER BIRD & DOUGLAS ROADS

Coral Gables Federal Savings & Loan Association

A FRIENDLY HOME INSTITUTION SAVINGS ACCOUNTS MORTGAGE LOANS GARDEN & BEACH FURNITURE

Thomas Dairy

Producers and Distributors of FINE DAIRY PRODUCTS 900 S. W. 65TH AVENUE Phone 4-3114

Dade Awning Co.

1051 SOUTHWEST EIGHTH STREET Phone: 2-1708 WHERE QUALITY, WORK AND MATERIALS AVAIL

Coral Gables Insurance, Inc.

FIRE WINDSTORM CASUALTY SURETY BONDS The Largest Insurance Agency in Coral Gables Coral Gables Insurance, Inc. REES MARSHALL, President 2201 Ponce de Leon Boulevard Phone 4-0123

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