Coral Gables Riviera

Bride-Elect and Bridge Groups Share Informal Summertime Parties

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by HELEN REYNOLDS These are selling-Even tho' a Gablette sells his home, he seldom leaves, but immediately builds again in the city of beautiful homes ... Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Susong and their daughter, Miss Jeanne Susong, home for the summer from Wesleyan College, have sold their home at 3245 Riviera Drive to Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Sherwood of Fort Myers and are living temporarily at 6881 Harding Avenue, Miami Beach. They'll be building soon and here ... Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Lambert have also sold their home at 3226 Riviera Drive, also plan to build again in the Gables ... Mr. and Mrs. George Kinsman have sold their home at 1313 Country Club Prado and plan to build again on the Prado ... Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sycle have closed their home at 2323 Riviera Drive and are spending several weeks at the National Hotel, Miami Beach. The Sycles may build a ranch type home on Redlands acreage they own. These are building-Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Talmadge, who have been winter residents for several seasons, leasing on Country Club Prado and Riviera Drive, are now building a large one-story home at 3511 Granada Boulevard. Mr. Talmadge is active in the newspaper publishing business. E. Dean Parmelee is the architect ... William H. Merriam has designed an unusually attractive Mexican ranch house for the Earl V. Wilson's, who have sold their Avenue Cantoria home. Situated three miles west of Goulds', the house, measuring 100 feet square, is already a-building. Feature of the onestory rambling house is the swimming pool, 17x30 feet, complete with dressing rooms and showers, being constructed in the centre of the patio. Three bedrooms, three baths, a living room and screened patio form the living rooms of this interesting house. The Wilsons have planted ten of their thirty acres in limes, have had for years, on a ten acre tract that they called the "Bamboozle" room, which will be incorporated in the general scheme ... Mr. Merriam has also designed an addition to Dr. and Mrs. Willis Sams' home at 768 Alhambra Circle. A wing facing the Circle part of the home containing a library, paneled four sides to the ceiling in knotty pine, complete with built-in gun and fishing rod cases, has been added on the first floor, an extra bedroom and dressing room on the second. It'll all be finished for Mrs. Sams and Mitchell and Bettie Jean when they return from the mountains ... Also building extensive additions are Mr. and Mrs. Edward Toomey of 1117 Alhambra Circle, who will be returning to live permanently after a year in Washington, D. C. Additions, topping half the three-bedroom, two-bath house originally five years ago, then added one extra bedroom and bath. The new addition will contain three bedrooms and two baths and two service rooms, will be ready for the Toomey's, their four children and Mrs. Maude Smith, Mrs. Toomey's mother, when they return from spending the summer in Dunkirk, N. Y. Future Debs-Little Miss Mary Malinda Willis made her bow to her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Hillard Willis (Jo Glass), July 5th at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The Willises and Mary Malinda, named for her maternal great-grandmother, have taken up residence with Mrs. Willis' parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Glass, 4706 Alhambra Circle, until their new home, about to be built on Alhambra Circle, west of Bird Road, is completed ... Another interesting future lady is the new daughter, "Delmar Durand," of Lieut. and Mrs. Frank Durand (Roxie Nelson), who was born a couple of months ago in far away Manila Bay. Lieut. Durand is home for just few days on government work, plans to return two months hence, with his family for a visit. Travel Notes-Woolen dresses, for those cold north winds shall be included in the wardrobe of Mrs. Derby Thomas, 3700 Alhambra Circle, when she leaves August 2 with Mr. Thomas for a vacation in Canada. Later Mrs. Thomas will visit her mother, Mrs. James C. Kryger, returning October first ... Miss Betty Oehler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oehler, Jr., 3116 Alhambra Circle, leaves today for St. Louis and a visit with relatives ... Mr. and Mrs. Frank Andre and children, Buster and Jackie, left today for a month's motor trip to the West and then to the Thousand mountains, where they will meet the J. H. Brocks for a vacation. Party Notes-Mrs. Ralph A. Dahlstrom used garden flowers from her own gardens at 3107 Alhambra Circle as decorations for the informal luncheon she gave Friday honoring Mrs. Roy E. Keefer and her house guest and cousin, Miss Ted Schmedlin of Madison, Wis. Others invited to meet Miss Schmedlin, who is on her way to Panama to live, were Mrs. Basil Rowe, Mrs. J. G. Eckerson, Mrs. George Rummell, Mrs. F. S. K. Lewis and Mrs. C. D. Swinson. Miss Elizabeth Giersch will make her party honoring the popular Miss Mary Lou Atkinson, bride-to-be of Lieut. James Hasencamp a night affair when she entertains 24 girls at a crystal shower. Games and more games all about brides will be the diversion ... Miss Patricia Brandt and her house guest, Miss Margaret Painter of Orlando, who will probably be here indefinitely, for she has just accepted a job in publicity at Pan American Airways, will honor Miss Atkinson tomorrow with a dessert bridge for 16 guests. Post Cards-From Mrs. William D. Fuller from Mountain Lakes, Va., where, with Eleanor and Bill, Jr., she is enjoying the Blue Ridge Mountains, sleeping under blankets at night ... Mrs. Louie Lanford from Detroit, Mich., after a week at the Homestead in Hot Springs, Va., a visit in Stanford, Ky., then Atlanta with Mr. Lanford's mother and home ... Mrs. George Kinsman from New York ... Miss Minnie Livingston from the New Hampshire Mountains ... Mrs. Clarence Francis from Richmond, Va. ... The Upton C. Ewings, wearing sweaters and sleeping under several blankets in Yosemite Valley ... Miss Carlotta Lewis enjoying "crepe suzettes" at Broussard's in New Orleans ... and from Irene (Yrene) O'Connell, who, with her husband, is spending the month of July in Havana, Cuba, doing the island from one end to the other, with a visit by plane to the naval base at Guantanamo. This & That-Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority will again occupy Mrs. Rosa Elliot's house at 2515 Desoto Boulevard with a resident chaperone in charge, according to Mrs. Elizabeth DuPuis, house committee member of Delta Kappa Chapter ... Mrs. George StrobBridge, house guest of Mrs. Whiting Paine's, is knitting attractive baby bonnets in pastel wools-asks for donations of these colors-Red Cross issues only dark wools, for her gifts to the Red Cross.

Miss Lucile Singletary Becomes Bride of George Rawlins in Home Rite

An impressive home wedding Saturday, attended by relatives and close friends, united Miss Anna Lucile Singletary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Singletary and George Richard Rawlins in marriage. The living room of the Singletary home at 1202 Salzedo Street, was decorated in greens, ferns and cut flowers. Twin standards of the lilies and white gladioli interspersed with lighted tapers stood at either side of the fireplace. The ceremony was read by the Rev. Glenn H. Schaaf of the First Presbyterian Church. The bride wore a hand made gown of white embroidered organza fashioned with sweetheart neckline. The bodice was fitted and the full floor length skirt had a hip line peplum. A head dress of gardenias and stephanotis and ouquet of white rosebuds and stephanotis completed the bride's attire. A reception followed the nuptials. Low bowls of white rosebuds were used about the rooms and in the dining room, a three tier-ed wedding cake centered the table on which crystal candelabra held white tapers. Mr. and Mrs. Rawlins are spending the balance of July at their country ranch home on Hardee Road, South Miami; then plan to leave for an extended honeymoon trip to the North. The bride's family have lived in Coral Gables for 25 years. She attended preparatory schools here and Florida State College for Women, where she was pledged Pi Phi.

Milton Garis, Jr. Gets Commission

Milton Garris, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Garris, 1822 Country Club Prado, has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry Reserve, the War Department announced this week. Lieut. Garris received his training at The Citadel.

DR. AND MRS. MANLEY HONOR NEW RESIDENTS

Dr. and Mrs. Louis K. Manley entertained 18 guests at another of a series of summer parties Saturday night at their home, 1222 Cordova. The party honored Dr. and Mrs. Wright, formerly of St. Petersburg, who have very recently taken a house on Avenue Alcazar. Mrs. William W. Davies, a talented singer, who recently moved here from Pensacola with her husband, Dr. Davies, entertained with music.

BUSINESS WOMEN TO HAVE PICNIC SUPPER TUESDAY

Coral Gables Business and Professional Woman's club will have a mid-summer swim party and supper at 6:30 P. M. Tuesday at the Venetian Pool. Miss Fole deJardin and Mrs. Celia Smith are the committee in charge of the supper. Members and friends will attend.

ALL-OUT PARTY SCHEDULED FOR 2 NIGHTS NEXT WEEK

An "All-Out" party and dance is scheduled to take place on Friday and Saturday nights, July 25-26, next week, at the Country lub of Coral Gables. Slacks, shorts and any kind of attire will be permissible for the two dances. Friday's party will especially be for the young collegiate set. Harry Reser's orchestra will play for both night parties, according to Karl Schmitz, executive manager.

Entertains for Guest

Dr. and Mrs. S. E. Chambers have as their house guest their niece, Miss Hettie Jo Frost, Charlestown, W. Va. The Chambers entertained at cocktails for the visitor Saturday preceding the dance at the Country Club of Coral Gables, at which Mrs. Chambers' brother, Thomas Langan, was host at dinner and dancing for the visitor.

Pilkington Photo Mrs. William W. Davies, interesting and talented newcomer to Coral Gables, who, with her husband is living at 1245 Avenue Andalusia.

New Books Added To Library

Late Fiction "Ann Carmeny," by Hoffman Birney; "Restless Are the Sails," by E. M. S. Eaton; "There's One in Every Family," by Frances Eisenberg; "Captain From Connecticut," by G. S. Forester; "Claudia and David," by Rose Franken; "No Measure Danced," by Harry Lee; "Tory Oath," by T. Fields "Furious Beggar," by Thomas Mann; "Tory Oath," by Tim Pridgen; "Fanny by Gaslight," by Michael Sadleir; "Whistle Stop," by M. M. Wolff. Non-Fiction "Time Is Now," by Pierre Van Paassen; "Florida, Land of Change," by K. T. Abbey; "Of Men and Women," by Pearl S. Buck; "Island Patchwork," by Eleanor Early; "Atlantia Migration," by M. L. Hansen; "My Sister Eileen," by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov; "George Washington Slept Here," by Moss Hart and George Kaufman; "Lady in the Dark," by Moss Hart; "White Cliffs," by Alice Duer Miller; "Doctor's Dilemma," by G. B. Shaw; "Read 'em Yourself: 30 Hours to 'em Yourself: "All in a Lifetime," by Frank Buck and Ferrin Fraser; "Men and Politics," by Louis Fischer; "Catherine of Aragon," by Garrett Mattingly; "Jonathan Edwards," by O. E. Winslow; "Sport and Games," by Harold Keith; "T. H. Huxley's Diary of the Voyage of H. M. S. Rattlesnake"; "You Are What You Eat," by L. O. Lindrum; "Digestive and Health," by W. B. Cannon; "U. S. Government Manual," by U. S. Office of Government Report; "Gladiolus," by T. F. McLean; "Early American Books and Printing," by J. T. Winterich; "Collector's Choice," by L. T. Winterich; "Masterpieces of Spanish Architecture"; "Boxing in Art and Literature," by W. B. Cox; "Sanctuary of Our Day," by Havelock Ellis; "English Maritime From the Point of View of Allegory," by W. R. Mackenzie; "Understanding Yourself," by E. R. Groves; "American Public Library," by A. E. Bostwick; "Introduction to Library Science," by Pierce Butler; "Helping the Reader Toward Self-Education," by G. M. Chancellor and Others; "Government of the American Public Library," by C. B. Joeckel; "Public Library - A People's University," by A. S. Johnson; "Bibliography, Practical, Enumerative, Historical," by H. B. Van Hoesen; "Modern Biography," by M. A. Hyde.

Country Club Plans Dance For Many Guests

The regular club dance at the Country Club of Coral Gables will be augmented by several special tables Saturday night. The Zeta Tau Alpha sorority will sponsor a large group of young people representing the college set in town. Miss Annelia Blanton is chairman of this group. In honor of Kenneth Fagin of the Pan American Airways radio shop, a table of 20 employes of the shop will have a table. Mr. Fagin will enter University Hospital Saturday for a month's treatment. To Visit West Point Miss Roberta Jane (Bobbie) Crim, daughter of Major and Mrs. C. R. Crim, 2110 Segovia, left today for Wilmington, N. C., and a visit with her aunt and uncle, Colonel and Mrs. Richmond T. Gibson at Fort Davis. Later Miss Crim, who is a sophomore at the University of Miami, will visit in Fort Monroe and West Point, N. Y., before returning to Coral Gables.

Girl Scouts' Little House Will Be Ready for Use in Two Weeks

In less than two weeks time, the Girl Scout "Little" House on the east side of the Miami Biltmore Country Club golf course, Granada Boulevard at Bird Road, will be ready for use. Then the many activities planned for the girls will begin. During the summer, from 1 to 4 p. m. each Monday leaders, senior scouts and committee members have met at the home of Mrs. Bowman Hinckley, 843 Avenue Malaga for instructions in hand crafts. Fifteen were present Monday to take the instructions from Mrs. Josephine Deville. Finished products include hand tooled brass plaques, wood burning trays in copper and cut-outs in linoleum. In addition to the many generous donations which have made the "little" house possible, is an attractive barbecue and out-door fireplace, the gift of a Miami concern and the members of St. Theresa's troop of scouts. The barbecue will be fully equipped and installed this next week.

Mrs. Metcalf Wins First at At Biltmore Play

Mrs. John H. Metcalf won the first prize Tuesday at the Miami Biltmore Country Club's weekly summer bridge tournament play. Mrs. A. B. Morrison was second. Games followed luncheon served in the nine-teenth hole. Others playing were Mrs. Mark Max, Mrs. T. R. Harmon, Mrs. G. L. Miller, Mrs. Gilbert Chaplin, Mrs. P. B. Welch, Mrs. Paul D. McGarry and Mrs. Roscoe Brunstetter, chairman. There were three guests.

Plan Trip

Mr. and Mrs. Randal Curell will be leaving about the first of August for an extended motor trip through the Carolina mountains and on North. They will be away about three months.

Miss Denny Here

Miss Madge Denny, formerly of Coral Gables, is the guest of Miss Frances VanSiver of 1386 LeJeune Road. Miss Denny attends Grier School in Birmingham, Pa., later will see her parents in Wooster, Ohio. She will be here for about six weeks, and many parties are being planned for her by her former friends.

In Mountains

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tunis, 1125 Avenue Almeria, left Saturday for a visit in Durham, N. C., and the mountains.

Mrs. Block Wins First at Club Play

Mrs. Ralph Block won the high scores Monday at the Country Club of Coral Gables weekly bridge party. Mrs. Arthur H. Higgins won second prize. Others playing were Mrs. H. T. Nugent, Mrs. James C. Ray, Mrs. Frederick C. Beck, Mrs. Ethel Peppard Hobbs, Mrs. Charles O. Oehler, Jr., chairman, and Mrs. Roland T. Heath.

Announce Baby's Birth

Mr. and Mrs. William V. Parry are announcing the birth of a son, Charles, on Monday, at the home of the senior William S. Parry's, 1225 North Greenway Drive. The Parry's recently bought the former Earl V. Wilson home at 1437 Avenue Cantoria, to which they will move with their two young sons, William, Jr., and Charles, the new baby, in the near future.

Spends Summer

Mrs. John Gibben and three sons, John, Harry and Roy, are enjoying the summer in Detroit, Mich., where they have been with Mr. Gibben. They will return in the fall.

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