Coral Gables Historical Archive
Coral Gables Riviera
Friday, August 8, 1941, page 6 (of 6)
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Scanning the Screen
Abbott and Costello are back again in a laughed-filled film, "In the Navy." It is playing at the Grove Theatre this Sunday through Tuesday, August 10-12. Also in the picture are the Andrews sisters and Dick Powell. Anything to Oblige a Lady-James Cagney extracts cactus needles from Bette Davis after she does a sit-down strike in a cactus bed. Even if it wasn't much fun for Bette, it's all part of the fun in "The Bride Came C.O.D.," the year's comedy highspot, opening Saturday at the Gables Theatre.
$408,091,000 Replacement Value Is Set on Florida Hotels
According to figures compiled by the statisticians in the office of the State Hotel Commission, the present worth of replacement value of the hotels, apartment houses and rooming houses of Florida is placed at $408,091,000, covering buildings, equipment, including furnishings of rooms, lobbies, offices and ballrooms and banquet halls, but not including real estate. The total is broken down as follows: Hotels, $178,858,000; apartment houses, $134,518,000, and rooming houses, not including private homes which accommodate occasional paying guests, $9,471,000. The figures were arrived at after consultation with hotel and apartment house men, real estate experts, contractors and others who became interested after reading a statement emanating from the office of Hunter G. Johnson, State Hotel Commissioner, giving the numbers of hotels, apartments and rooming houses in active operation in the state at the close of the fiscal year, June 30 last. In that statement is was shown that there were 18,274 hotels, with 89,429 guest rooms; 7,456 apartment houses with 168,147 rooms, or 6,729 units, and 11,635 rooming houses, large and small, with 94,715 guest rooms. To arrive at the replacement value, it was decided, after going over the estimates submitted, to average the cost of hotels as $2,000 per room; apartment houses at $2,000 per unit, and rooming houses at $1,000 per room. It was admitted by those engaged in the research that there were many hotels in which the valuations per room ranged from $2,000 to $7,500 per room when lobby space, banquet halls, ballrooms, convention auditoriums, etc., were considered, but it was conceded that there were many others in which the cost per room ranged from $2,000 to as low as $250 to $500 per room, and it was believed the average of $2,000 per room was fair. A similar reasoning was followed in arriving at "fair" valuations for apartment house units and rooming house rooms.
MEAD BEEBES PLAN EXTENDED TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Mead Stephen Beebe of Avenue Sevilla will leave Sunday on an extended trip to California. On the way out they will pick up their daughter, Mrs. William Overbeck, wife of Captain Overbeck of the staff school at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Beebe, who formerly lived in California, will combine business and pleasure on this trip, expect to return about the middle of October. During their absence Mr. and Mrs. Charles Susong will occupy their attractive home.
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Florida Climate Best for Health, Says Local Man
(Continued from page one) sula is bounded on the east by a wide expanse of the Atlantic Ocean, flowing through which are the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. On the south and west are the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. All of these waters are in the zone of the northeasterly trade winds, which maintain a gentle breeze, night and day. These are nature's permanent features. They create for the southeast coast a mild, equable temperature and atmospheric pressure. The Southeast Coast of Florida lies south of the northern storm belt and north of the equatorial belt of extreme heat. Dunn explains further that the human body must be retained within a temperature range of 10 degrees, and if the body heat rises over 2 degrees above the normal of 98.6, or 5 degrees below it, life is endangered. He states that here again the southeast coast's equable temperature plays its vital role. Jumping from the strictly physical to the mental side of living to a ripe old age, Mr. Dunn counsels would-be octogenarians to "play on the sunny side of life." He points out that Florida's climate and restful atmosphere is a big help in banishing worry and fear. Mr. Dunn's book contains 50 chapters, written so that a layman can understand the reasons of climate to health, although each chapter takes up a different phase of living and atmosphere conditions, each drives home the point that this section of Florida is the place to live and live long. He concludes his book by stating: "There are just two classes of older people in this world: 1. Those who live in Florida; 2. Those who desire good health and wish to prolong their lives and who contemplate coming to Florida."
Business Trend Seen Rising Through State
That business conditions are steadily improving in Florida is indicated in the figures just released by Boyce A. Williams of the Florida Industrial Commission, showing a decided drop in the payment of unemployment compensation benefits and a corresponding rise in the number of job placements. In the first six months of 1940 claimants drew $2,503,012.52 in unemployment compensation benefits; for the corresponding period of this year payments amounted to $2,056,199.83. This represented a drop of $446,812, or 17.9 per cent. Part of this decrease in the payment of benefits can be accounted for by the changed eligibility conditions which became effective April 1, 1940. But that most of it is due to improved business conditions is borne out by the large increase in job placements made by the State Employment Service. In the first six months of 1940 the State Employment Service made 17,276 placements; for the same period in 1941 the service found jobs for 36,114 persons, an increase if 109 per cent. At the present time the State Employment Service has in its active file 117,842 applications for jobs. Williams explained that this was the most complete inventory of job seekers ever assembled in this state. In urging employers to make use of this free service, he said: "Jobless and Americanism do not go together. Full pay for production is better than idleness and half pay. Each worker placed in a job by the State Employment Service means that some worker has been on half pay, half rations and doing with half his normal purchasing power has been placed back in productive employment and is busy producing goods, being a good customer and providing the employer an opportunity for greater business profits."
San Blas Indian Youngsters Learn to Climb at Early Age
No doubt about it, this young fellow is headed right for the top! He belongs to what is believed to be the most pure-blooded race in existence and one that has clung through the centuries to the customs in vogue when Columbus came upon the New Continent in the New World. He's one of the younger set on the San Blas Islands, scattered along the Caribbean within easy reach of Cristobal. The San Blas Indians live in large houses with thatched, high-peaker, gabled roofs supported by trunks of bamboo or palm and divided into rooms by partitions resembling picket fences. The furniture is of the most primitive type—hammocks, some of them woven in wonderful designs and elaborately ornamented; benches and imitations of tables; and dishes made of coconut shell and calabashes. Several families, closely related, live together—for when the daughter of the household is married, her husband comes to her home to live with her family. As children and grandchildren arrive the family grows until it is too large for the house and then it splits up. The grown-ups sleep in hammocks, and the children sleep on mats on the floor. The houses are kept spotlessy clean and all the cooking is done in separate little kitchen buildings. The men of the tribe are good providers because they are food traders. Their chief products are balata rubber, coconuts, the vegetable ivory of commerce; sponges, and cocoanuts which are reputed to be the best in the world. They load this cargo in their little cayucas, sell it in Colon, and, as model husbands should, bring back a bit of gay gingham and some glittering beads for the "little woman."
Benefit Show Is Announced
Child welfare agencies of Greater Miami will benefit from a milk matinee to be held at the Grove Theatre next Thursday. Boys and girls up to 15 years of age will be admitted on presenting one tall can of carnation milk. The entire amount collected will be given to children homes and aid societies. There will be a special picture showing suitable for children.
Defense Bonds Minute Quiz
Q. Why should Americans buy Defense Bonds and Stamps? A. Among the reasons are: (1) It is the quickest way in which every citizen can both serve his country and conserve his earnings, and (2) the purchase of the Bonds and Stamps helps not only to finance National Defense but also to prevent high prices and increased cost of living. Q. Can I pledge a Defense Bond as collateral for a bank loan? A. No. Bonds are registered and not transferable. They are payable only to the persons named on the Bond. Note—To buy Defense Bonds and Stamps, go to the nearest post office, bank, or savings loan association; or write to the Treasurer of the United States, Washington, D. C., for mail order form.
Young People's Group
The Young People's Group of the First Presbyterian Church will meet at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the church. Bob Stearns will be soloist and will give "The Lord's Prayer" in the spirituals. Miss Eleanor Sudlow is the leader.
Proud of Board
The Christian Endeavor group of the First Presbyterian Church is proud of their attendance record at the Southeastern Rally held Sunday at Fort Lauderdale. They tied second place for attendance with the First Christian Church of Miami.
Queens Will Reign During Florida Day
Florida's Festival Queens, who have reigned over celebrations attended by a total of more than 1,000,000 people, have been invited to take part in "Florida Day" at Atlantic City by Earl W. Brown, vice-president and manager of Florida National Exhibits. "Florida Day," a highlight of the summer resort season, will be held the latter part of the summer, the exact date awaiting definite designation by Florida officials. The girls invited to participate include the Azalea Queen elected by the Florida Jaycees to reign at the Ravine Gardens in Palatka; the Orange Festival Queen, who rules at the Orange Festival in Winter Haven; the Orange Bowl Queen, who presides over the famous football classic every New Year's at Miami; the Queen of the Festival of States in St. Petersburg; the Queen of the Verbene del Tabaco Fiesta; the Queen of the Gasparilla, who leads the annual Madi Gras celebrating the invasion of Jose Gaspe into the City of Tampa; the Queen of the Pageant of Sara de Soto at Sarasota, and the Gardenia Queen of the Cypress Gardens. In attendance will be Governor Spessard L. Holland, Secretary Nathan Mayo and other Florida officials, government officials from Washington, state officials from New Jersey and Pennsylvania and other distinguished visitors. A series of events is being planned for their entertainment by the staff of Florida National Exhibits, which maintains two exhibits here. Several thousand buttons will be distributed on the Atlantic City Boardwalk carrying the slogan, "See You in Florida Next Winter."
Seminoles Topic of New Book
"The Seminole Indians in Florida" is the title of the well-illustrated, 103-page booklet issued this week for free distribution by the State Department of Agriculture at Tallahassee. "It is expected that tourists and residents alike will find this a valuable source of information, for it is practically an encyclopedia on the little-known Everglades dwellers," State Commissioner of Agriculture Nathan Mayo declared. "The publication answers a long-standing demand for a brief Seminole history that can be used for reference in schools of the state," Mayo added. Written by the WPA Writers' Project of Florida, the booklet has a scholarly introduction by Ethel Cutler Freeman of the American Museum of Natural History, in which she praises the Seminoles for their honesty, courage and devotion to their families. "In order to present an unbiased account of the Seminoles, the WPA writers have gathered their material from scientific reports, old settlers, histories of the Seminoles and Florida representatives of the United States Indian Affairs, and from the Indians themselves. Their findings have been assembled into an interesting, readable narrative, which should enable the general public to a better understanding of the Seminoles. "Part of the book describes the well-known commercial Seminole Indian camps along the Tamiami Trail, but most of it is devoted to the Indians who live isolated lives in the Big Cypress Swamp, the Everglades and at the Brighton Reservation. The story of their religion, burial rites, languages, superstitions, homes, occupations, legends, history, tribal government, women, children and ceremonies—to mention but a few of the topics in the book—make delightful reading. "The appendices of the book contain a list of Florida place names of Indian origin and a handy index. For the convenience of persons who wish to visit the Seminoles and see how they live, the book has a large 4-color map of the Everglades that gives the locations of the 28 Indian camps which are scattered over South Florida.
EXPECTED GUESTS
Expected to spend the week end with Mrs. Mary E. Reynolds, 4300 Palmarito Street, will be her brother, John H. Galvin and daughter, the former of Clearwater, and niece, Mrs. Walter Fisher of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and her son, John William Galvin and niece, Shirley Ann Galvin of Clearwater. Mr. Galvin, the daughter of Mr. Fisher, is an amateur color photographer and has made some interesting pictures during her visit on the West Coast.
ROLLER SKATE IN COMFORT SPECIAL RATES TO PARTIES
Afternoons, 2 to 5 P. M. Children 15c - Adults 15c Plus Tax Evening 7:30 to 11 P. M. Admission | 35c plus tax VENETIAN SKATING RINK 2790 S. W. 27th AVENUE
Five Agents To Make Trip
W. Keith Phillips, district manager of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, was notified this week that five agents in this area had qualified for the annual convention of the company to be held next month at Grove Park Inn, Asheville, N. C., by selling their quota of life insurance for the year. Only one other branch in Florida had agents make their quota, and that was Jacksonville, where two agents made the grade. Agents making their quota in Miami were Phillipp, J. P. Baker, Sam Katz, W. Rice Gunn and Ralph Stevens. Mr. Phillips is also a member of the Coral Gables City Commission.
GABLES THEATRE
AIR Conditioned GABLES THEATRE Phone 4-1221 25c MATINEE TAX INCLUDED 35c EVENINGS Smoking Loge - No Extra Charge Open Daily 2 P. M. SATURDAY—TUESDAY, August 9 to 12 JIMMY CAGNEY and BETTE DAVIS in "THE BRIDE CAME C.O.D." Come in and HOWL! Wed., Thurs. Aug. 13-14 RICHARD ARLEN EVAR GARBOR in "Forced Landing" Fri., Sat. Aug. 15-16 WALT DISNEY'S "The Reluctant Dragon" with ROBERT BENCHLEY
GROVE Theatre
WOMETCO BEST ENTERTAINMENT GROVE Theatre COCONUT GROVE 20 Cents MATINEE Friday-Saturday 1:45 Phone 4-4929 FREE SMOKING LOGE 30 Cents EVENINGS (Inc. Tax) 6:45 Friday-Saturday August 8-9 "Men of the Timberland" with RICHARD ARLEN ANDY DEVINE Mickey Mouse Show SATURDAY, 2 P. M. Free Ice Cream Wed.-Thurs. Aug. 13-14 Torrid Tunes! Top Tap Dancing! SWEETHEART OF THE CAMPUS with RUBY KEELER HARRIET HILLIARD OZZIE NELSON AND HIS BAND A COLUMBIA PICTURE Sunday-Tuesday August 10-12 BUD ABBOTT and LOU COSTELLO DICK POWELL in In The NAVY with The ANDREWS SISTERS CLAIRE DODD DICK FORAN Butch and Buddy Condos Brothers Special Kid Matinee THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 All children will be admitted for one tall can of Carnation milk.
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