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Friday, July 4, 1941, page 6 (of 6)
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Coconut Grove News
By Susan Howe Clark PHONE 4-1634—4-3132 The written record of the origin and achievement of the Coconut Grove Red Cross unit contains scores of remarkably revealing and interesting figures . . . figures that at once disclose the wide and sincere interest of women in this area in the matter of aiding the American Red Cross in the giant task before it . . . and figures that represent many hours of work and large numbers of garments that have been made for soldiers and refugees on the other side. The group assembled May 20 for the initial work meeting, under the direction of Mrs. Lida B. White, chairman of welfare work for the Housekeepers Club. At that session 20 women registered for work and for first aid instruction. Two weekly classes in first aid, with an attendance of 39, are now held Tuesday and Friday mornings in the clubhouse, and with the prescribed term of instruction soon ending for the first group formed, registrations will soon be taken for all women wishing to enter a new class. Production figures recorded in the little black book of achievement (that is so carefully maintained by one of the workers), show that members of 18 different organizations in Coconut Grove and Greater Miami are giving many hours of their time . . . many have worked more than 100 hours . . . one young lady has chalked up approximately 200 hours in the past few weeks . . . and each woman who reports 50 hours of work is given a Red Cross award pin. Articles to be made at home and for which material is provided by the unit are credited according to estimate of time necessary in the making . . . for example: baby quilts are estimated to consume 4 hours in the making; baby blankets, 1 hour; men's pajamas, 3 hours, and bathrobes 4 hours. At the present there are 78 garments in workers' homes, all in the making, and the record shows 163, including snowsuits, bathrobes, dresses and other articles, all completed since May 20. Work meetings are scheduled as usual next week, but because of the Fourth of July falling tomorrow, there will be no Friday meeting. * * * Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Ayres, 3855 Oak Avenue, had a delightful time at the 50th wedding anniversary party on Monday. All their friends called to wish them continued happiness, and their home was a veritable flower garden, with all the bouquets and blossoms received from well-wishers. Their daughter, Miss Alice Ayres, supervisor of the Cleveland Center, Dayton, for that city's Board of Education, came down for her annual summer visit with her parents and with Dr. Ayres's sister, Mrs. H. G. Trimble, of Friendship, N. Y., were very special guests at the reception. Innumerable thoughtful gifts were presented the doctor and his wife, among these being a new radio. Dr. Ayres at one time served in the U. S. Army Medical Corps at Camp Wheeler, serving as captain. In 1918 he and Mrs. Ayres arrived in Miami and Coconut Grove. He was a village councilman when this town had its own government and was one of the prime movers in helping to procure the original Coconut Grove waterworks. He is a charter member of Lindley DeGarmo Post No. 70, American Legion, was a past comn.nder and is a former state vice-commander of the Legion. Mrs. Ayres was a charter member of the same Legion Post Auxiliary and of the Eight and Forty Society. She has, for many years, been active in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. Their son, Erling Ayres, who many years in Grove resident, now lives in South Miami, and another son, Lister, is a resident of Cleveland. * * * With the introduction of still another bidder in the Grove post officeproject, it seems Postal Inspector R. M. Morgan finds it feasible to give the matter deep consideration before making an announcement on who will erect the new station or where it will be. Postmaster George E .Merrick informs us, that he has had many letters of approval and of objection on the various locations which have been suggested. "Our job is to build the post office to the location which will best serve the town, and wherever it goes, it will be built to serve the area for 10 years," said Mr. Merrick. Name of the successful bidder for the project should be forthcoming in another week, it was said. * * * Vacationing here and there—members of the Grove Beauty Salon staff, including Miss Marie Ten Euyck, owner, Miss Jeannette Seigren and Mrs. Josephine Williams are all anticipating a combination summer study course and vacation on Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, beginning next week end. Miss Ten Euyck plans to continue on her vacation following a week's study at the hairdressers' summer school, by motoring up through Virginia Beach, Lake George and Thousand Islands. * * * Mrs. Augustus Saint Gaudens and two children, Penelope and Carlotta, are enjoying several weeks in Cornish, N. H. Mrs. Stewart Culin, (Penny's mother) went north with them and is in New York. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Marion McCune left yesterday to join Mrs. McCune's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fin Pierce, near Hendersonville, N. C. They plan to take a two-week motor trip through New England before returning home. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Orville Shaddix, Day Avenue, have left our town, to make their home in Fort Pierce where Mr. Shaddix has joined W. H. Boyd in a machinery enterprise. Before leaving, Mrs. Shaddix was delightfully surprised at a going-away party given by Mrs. J. D. Overstreet. Twenty guests, all intimate friends, were present. * * * Solana Road residents enjoying the summer months in the north are Mrs. Hugh Montgomery and her daughter, Mrs. Irene Montgomery Pearl, who left on Saturday for Waccabuc, N. Y., and Lake Sunapee, N. H. They will spend much of their time in their former home, Katonah, Pa., and when in New York will be with Mrs. Montgomery's son-in-law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs. A. T. Hutchinsin. They will reopen their home in October. * * * Miss Eleanor Love, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Love, Florida Avenue, and Miss Helen Sanborn, Miami, enjoyed a week in Nassau recently. They enjoyed their trip by Douglas plane and were guests at the Rozelda Hotel while there. * * * Rev. Albert Dale Hagler will preach on the subject "Discipline by Vacation" at the 11 A. M. service at Bryan Memorial Church, Sunday. Reverend Hagler recently returned from the Annual Methodist Conference, in Daytona Beach, where he was reappointed pastor of the local parish for the ensuing year. * * * Mrs. Jessie Moore and Mrs. Arthur (B) Ginnawer were co-hostesses at a delightful informal party given recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas, South Moorings Way. The event was arranged to greet and enjoy a visit with Mrs. Doris Barclay, (formerly Miss Doris Glendenning) who with Mr. Barclay now resides in Hollywood, Calif. A talented singer, who frequently appeared on local radio broadcasting stations, Mrs. Barclay sang several selections for her friends and was accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Annie Lauri Lee. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Sam Futerfas and children have returned to their Coconut Grove home following several weeks in the mountains and a business trip to New York. * * * Mrs. Walter Kling is enjoying a stay in Hendersonville, N. C., and will be joined by her husband (Snowden's Station manager) shortly. * * * Mrs. C. F. Cork is the vacation guest of her mother, Mrs. W. K. McCarty, in Houston, Tex.
Glass Forging Way Into Kitchen
● Glassmaking, America's oldest industry and a craft with a 5,000-year-old tradition, is today making a dramatic entrance into the kitchen. Replacing the heavy, cumbersome glass containers of yesteryear, there now appears lightweight, more durable and economical receptacles made by a new scientific technique called pyroglaze. Far-reaching in their range of food products, duraglas containers are already available for the packaging of coffee, fruits, vegetables, beverages and various other products. Even the familiar milk bottle now appears in containers made by this new technique. Have Re-sealable Caps One of the most popular of the new containers to be made available to housewives in quantity are duraglas, vacuum-packed coffee containers, fitted with re-sealable caps that help to keep your coffee fresher for longer periods. Your milk bottle, manufactured to withstand more than 35 trips is especially benefitted by the new glass technique, which has made the milk bottle lighter, clearer and far tougher than bottles of the old style. Glass has long been established in the home as the most sanitary container for food and other necessities. From the baby's bottle to the prescription bottles in the medicine chest, mothers and wives have placed their confidence in the glass container. Visibility Demanded Today in the modern market, the housewife wants to see what she is buying, and thus quality has been enhanced by visibility. The romance of glass is bound up with the history of ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece. Glassmaking was the first industry to be established in the United States, when a glass plant was established at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. Today glass containers are manufactured so economically and on such a vast scale—more than seven billion went to market in the United States last year—that the housewife can now throw away her empties without a second thought.
New Drivers Issued Cards
Tallahassee, June 3—A total 785,000 new drivers were qualified to operate automobiles, and received their licenses, since Oct. 1, Director Gillman, of the Highway Patrol, announced today. One thousand six hundred driver's' licenses were revoked, and 68,000 operators' licenses were suspended during that period. All applicants for new driving licenses will have to undergo rigid examinations on or about Aug. 15, it was stated. To Durham Miss Loll McCallan, Collins, retired, and Mrs. Collins and their daughter, Miss Jo Collins, of 1224 Alhambra Circle, left Saturday for Durham, N. C., where they will take a house for several months during the time Jo finishes her course in nursing at Duke. Care of Blankets Launder cotton blankets in warm soft water in which a mild soap has been dissolved and squeeze the blanket gently, until clean. Rinse through several changes of warm water until the rinse is clear; then press out the water as lightly as possible and hang in the shade to dry. When dry, the binding should be dampened and pressed with a warm iron and the nap should be brushed up gently. which took Mr. Futerfas to St. Louis for several days.
This Week in Defense
CIVILIAN DEFENSE Director LaGuardia announced plans for a nation-wide Fourth of July celebration, with a radio address by President Roosevelt at 4 P. M., to be followed by the singing of the national anthem simultaneously throughout the nation. Commenting on the arrangements, the President said, ". . . it is altogether fitting that we should rededicate ourselves to defend and perpetuate those inalienable rights which found first expression in the immortal Declaration. Those words never had a deeper or more solemn meaning for America than they have in this hour of anxiety and peril . . ." FOREIGN AFFAIRS — President Roosevelt, asked at a press conference the U. S. would give all possible aid to Russia in its war with Germany but that no list of Soviet needs had been submitted yet. The Treasury Department announced it had licensed Russia to use its $40,000,000 in frozen funds here. Acting Secretary of State Welles announced the Neutrality Act, which prohibits American vessels from combat areas, would not be invoked in connection with the Russian conflict. Mr. Welles said that while the Communist dictatorship is as intolerable as the Nazi dictatorship, the immediate issue is defense against Hitlerism and the German plan for universal conquest. The State Department ordered Italy to recall all Italian officials and cease all activities in this country except those at the Washington Embassy by July 15 because they "serve no desirable purpose." AID TO DEMOCRACIES—The President indorsed the British recruiting drive for 15,000 to 20,000 American technicians to aid in air raid detection in England. He also pointed out that American youth can join British or Chinese armed forces if they do not take an oath of allegiance to any country other than the U. S. He told a press conference the possibility of sending rifles to Eire is being considered if the Eire government gives assurances they would be used against Germany in the event of a German attack on Ireland. PRODUCTION PROGRESS—The President said the over-all defense production picture is not discouraging although there is a critical lag in munitions productions because entire plants have to be built before quantity production begins. He said, however, production of some items is already at peak. ARMY—The War Department announced total strength of the Army as 1,441,500 officers and enlisted men, including: Regular Army, 505,700; National Guard, 288,800; Selectees, 594,-000; Reserve Officers, 53,000. Army Chief of Staff Marshall announced that Congress will be asked for funds to add 100,000 more men to the Regular Army to replace those sent to outlying bases. The Army also announced it has recommended to the President that steps be taken to obtain authority to continue the National Guard and Reserve Officers on active duty for more than one year. NAVY — Navy Secretary Knox announced the U. S. fleet expansion program is "setting records every day." He also announced creation of ambulance contracts for the Marine Corps Reserve to provide service for the duration of the national emergency, and asked Congress for authority to continue all naval enlistment personnel in service for the duration. AIR—The War Department announced unification of its air activities in a new unit known as the "Army Air Forces," consolidating present units in a single command under Major General Arnold, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air. Secretary of War Stimson said the air forces are now independent within the Department. The Civil Aeronautics Authority announced at $95,000,000 program to complete work on 250 airports now under way and to construct or improve 149 additional airports. ALUMINUM COLLECTION — Civilian Defense Director LaGuardia announced July 21 as the date when governors, mayors and other officials, local defense councils and such organizations as the American Legion, Boy Scouts, women's clubs, labor, farm and religious organizations will cooperate in collecting unneeded aluminum from every home in the land. Mr. LaGuardia estimated that 20,000,000 pounds of aluminum —enough for 2,000 fighter planes—would be collected. NURSES—Medical officials of the Army, Navy and Public Health Service, stated that a shortage of nurses is beginning to be apparent and appealed for a larger number of women to seek nursing training. PRICES — Price Administrator Henderson announced he will set ceiling prices on new automobiles and, "in all probability", used cars, because certain manufacturers have refused to cooperate in avoiding inflation by keeping prices at their present level. Mr. Henderson also froze prices of tires, inner tubes and rubber at price levels of June 16 to prevent sky-rocket-ing in connection with diversion to defense of approximately 25 per cent of rubber consumption. The Price Administrator also set maximum prices on pig iron, major raw materials used in steel, and asked furniture and household refrigerator manufactures not to raise prices. PRIORITIES — The OPM announced priority action on crude rubber, zinc and tungsten compounds. Rubber consumption is to be reduced from 817,000 to 600,000 tons a year; 16,000 tons of metallic zinc will be reserved in an emergency pool to meet expected 1941 shortage; and priority control over tungsten has been extended two months past June 30, the originally scheduled expiration date. U. S. Housing Authority Administrator Strauss issued instructions that wood and stone will replace rubber, cork and strategic metals in the building of USHA slum-clearance homes.
Suit for Speed and Sun
Briefswim suit in white gabardine with green leaf motif is worn here by CBS actress. said in some instances workers have been barred from defense jobs "solely because of race, creed, color, or national origin." The OPM announced Atlantic shipyards had agreed to a two-year pact eliminating strikes and lockouts and providing periodic adjustment of wages according to living costs. LABOR SUPPLY — President Roosevelt created a Committee on Fair Employment Practice to investigate complaints of discrimination in defense employment and ordered all Federal agencies to include in defense contracts a provision obligating the contractor to avoid discrimination. The President
SUMMER SPECIAL
Reg. $3 Vigorol Scalp Treatment $1.00 Reg. $2 Facial $1.00 Coconut Grove Beauty Salon 3417 Main Highway PHONE 4-2724
SNOWDEN'S GROVE SERVICE STATION
GRAND AVE. - VIRGINIA ST. Complete Body - Fender Painting and Mechanical Work
ROLLER SKATE IN COMFORT
SPECIAL RATES TO PARTIES Afternoons, 2 to 5 P. M. Children 20c - Adults 25c plus tax Evening 7:30 to 11 P. M. Admission - - - 25c plus tax VENETIAN SKATING RINK 2700 S. W. 27th AVENUE
Old Stove Round-Up ROPER GAS RANGE SALE
GENEROUS OLD STOVE ALLOWANCE
Gas - Oil Products
Division of Delaware Valley Utilities Company 1912 PONCE DE LEON BLVD. Phone 4-0821 4146-48 W. FLAGLER STREET Phone 2-4961
LETAW'S PHARMACY
COSMETICS PRESCRIPTIONS DRUGS LETAW'S PHARMACY THE REXALL STORE PONCE DE LEON BOULEVARD PHONE: 4-0848
WARTH PAINT COMPANY
PAINT Headquarters Whether you want to paint a house or just touch up a piece of furniture, we have just the paint to do the job—and do it RIGHT. See us for advice on your painting and waterproofing. Reliable contracting. WARTH PAINT COMPANY 1911 PONCE DE LEON BOULEVARD PHONE 4-0267
Is Your Home MODERN
Now is the time to bring your house up to date . . . add a room, porch, re proof—or maybe a joint job inside or out. Our loan department will help you secure the money for these needed improvements. RE-NU-ART LUMBER YARDS, INC. "Everything to Build Anything"
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 1941. All interested persons are hereby notified that the Commission of the City of Coral Gables, Florida, will hold public hearings upon the proposed appropriation ordinance for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1941, and ending June 30, 1942, said hearings to be opened in the Commission Chamber at the City Hall in Coral Gables at 5:00 o'clock P. M. on Monday, July 7, 1941, and again at 5:00 o'clock P. M. on Tuesday, July 8, 1942. The City Manager's Budget Estimates for that period, which is the detailed basis of said ordinance, may be viewed at the Coral Gables Public Library or at the Office of the City Clerk in the Coral Gables City Hall. G. N. SHAW, City Clerk The City of Coral Gables, Florida.
Classified Ads . .
cheap, see Evans Stewart-Riviera. REPAIRS Joe Pohl—on vacation. Resume repairs mid July. Phone 4-1064 6tp Have your shoes repaired at Jackson Shoe Shop. The best quality and prices available. 284 Sunset Drive South Miami. 1tp HOME REPAIRS Painting - Plastering - Roofing Carpenter Work - Storm Shutters LOANS ARRANGED Fred Acker PHONE 4-0501 AWNINGS — Canopies — Vivatex treated materials—repairs and servicing. Peerless Awning Co. 2338 Le Jeune rd. Phone 4-1898 GARDENING GARDENING: LAWNS fully cared for, resetting, bitterstem grass and soil furnished. Ph. 1-7474. R. M. Poteet. DRESSMAKING ALTERATIONS and Dressmaking! See Mrs. Kerns at DANIELS. You'll be pleased with her work and with our prices. Opp. Gables Theatre. Alterations and Dress Making. 1425 Obispo. Miss Persons. 1tp FOR SALE Luggage trailer, well built, sell BURROUGHS combination adding machine and cash register. Never used. 1940 model-suitable for grocery store or department store. May be seen at Riviera office. Ford Station Wagon. A No. 1 shape. Reasonable. George Ammen, Ph. 4-2566. 1tc '41 Ford Tudor—5,000 miles. Like new. Reasonable—George Ammen, Ph. 42566. 1tc FOR RENT Furnished apartments, facing Country Club, cool and airy, many trees. Rents reasonable. 2327 LeJeune Road tf STUDIO LODGE, electric kitchen, tile shower; completely furnished; attractive porch and surroundings; garage sundeck. Continuous hot water furnished. 1510 Madrid st. Tel 4-1437. 1tc WILL TRADE WE ARE interested in trading 5-acre on S. W. 87th ave. in Coral Gables unincumbered property, a pick-up truck or large quantity of clay pots. Mangus Wholesale Nursery, Goulds, Florida. TREATMENTS MASSAGE-GYM—15 treatments $10.00 Lotty Schoemmell's Health Center, 127 Alhambra Circle; Evenings call 4-4040 tf
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL WATER REVENUE BOND ELECTION The City of Coral Gables, Florida July 15, 1941
As provided by a Resolution duly adopted by the Commission of The City of Coral Gables, Florida, on June 11, 1941, a special election will be held on Tuesday, July 15, 1941 for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of The City of Coral Gables, Florida, who are freeholders therein, the question whether water revenue bonds of The City of Coral Gables, Florida, in the aggregate amount of $500,000 shall be issued for the purpose of financing the acquisition of the water distribution system now owned and operated by the Consumers Water Company and supplying water to The City of Coral Gables and its inhabitants, and without said City, and for the further purpose of acquiring necessary working capital for the operation of the water distribution system which the City Commission has determined to be in the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars. Said bonds shall be payable exclusively from the revenues of said system, and for the payment of which the City shall have no power to levy or pledge any form of taxation for the payment of said bonds. Said bonds shall be dated August 1, 1941, shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed 31⁄2% per annum, payable semi-annually on the first days of February and August in each year, and shall mature annually: August 1, $10,000 1942 to 1946, inclusive, $15,000 1947, $20,000 1948 to 1952, $25,000 1953 to 1958, $30,000 1959 to 1964, $35,000 1965 to 1967, $40,000 1968 to 1970, all inclusive, and $80,000 1971. Said bonds shall be issued under and secured by the provisions of a trust agreement to be entered into by and between the City and a bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the State of Florida and authorized under the laws of said State to execute trust powers. For said water revenue bond election the general registration books for elections in the City shall be used and such books shall be open for the registration of freeholder electors not theretofore registered in the office of the City Clerk in the City Hall of The City of Coral Gables, Florida, (a) from 9:00 A. M. until 5:00 P. M. on each day except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, beginning Monday, June 16, 1941, and ending Monday, June 30, 1941; and (b) from 9:00 A. M. until 5:00 P. M. on each day except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays beginning Tuesday, July 1, 1941 and ending Tuesday, July 8 ,1941. The polls at said election will be open from 7 o'clock A. M. until sundown of the same day. Said election will be held at the usual polling place in the City Hall of The City of Coral Gables, Florida, and the following persons have been appointed as Inspectors of Election and Clerk of Election for such polling place: Clerk — Lewis H. Fogle Inspectors: H. R. Anderson Joseph Byerly K. J. Bauser E. G. Bishop Wm. Rutherford Brown S. J. Delanoy, Jr. Chas. A. Filer John M. Montgomery James B. Moore E. E. Temple Madeline Whitcher G. N. SHAW, City Clerk of The City of Coral Gables, Florida By order of the City Commission of The City of Coral Gables, Florida. Dated this 12th day of June, 1941. June 13, 20, 27, July 4 and 11, 1941.