Coral Gables Historical Archive
Coral Gables Riviera
Friday, August 22, 1941, page 8 (of 8)
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Defense Lay Shortage of Craftsmen
Craftsmen in skilled trades are the principal bottleneck in our defense efforts, according to a statement issued by Boyce A. Williams, chairman of the Florida Industrial Commission, following a recent meeting of the newly organized state apprenticeship committee. It was brought out at this meeting that nearly every skilled trade was short of craftsmen, especially the metal trades, and that apprentices to the different crafts were so small in number as to be almost negligible, the number of apprentices indentured in all crafts in the state being only 376. "The so-called white collar jobs offer a far more limited opportunity to young people today than does a skilled trade," Williams explained. "This applies to chances of advancement as well as immediate financial gain. "The time has also come when we should stop paying a premium for un-employment. For the past several years we have maintained in virtual idleness more than 5,000,000 people. A great number of these people could have been trained in the crafts that are now so vital to our national defense. "When Germany started the present war she had more than 1,000,000 apprentices indentured in the skilled crafts. In all America there is today only 85,000. "If we are ever to reach our full productive strength the fiction must become obsolete and our young people taught that a job requiring dirty hands is no disgrace—in fact it is fast becoming a badge of honor—labor and industry can both do their part by giving these young people a chance to become skilled craftsmen—so desperately needed by our nation today." Mr. Williams, in addition to being chairman of the Florida Industrial Commission, is also chairman of the State Apprentice Council. Other members are C. L. Dillon, Jacksonville; P. B. Brill, Tampa; John McKie, Miami; Forrest Lloyd, Miami; L. S. Dasher, Jacksonville; Robert D. Dolley, Tallahassee; L. S. Rickard, Tallahassee; Leo H. Hill, Jacksonville, and Charles G. Lavin, Jacksonville. The Riviera is your paper. Do you subscribe to it?
Rodeo Slated For Plant Field
TAMPA, August 14 (FNS).—Florida's top-ranking riders, ropers and bulldoggers will show Tampans just how they go about the fascinating business of riding and roping horses and steers that don't want to be ridden or roped, at the all-state rodeo to be held at Plant Field, Tampa, over the Labor Day week-end, under auspices of the Tampa Police Department. "Top Barlow, Wauchula state champion, and Paul Stokes, Dade City 1940 champ, have already pledged their entries in the main events, and tentative promises have been received from most of the other top cowhands of the state, according to Detective Chief William Bush, in charge of arrangements for the show. Entries have been restricted to strictly "working punchers" and cowgirls, men and women who earn their daily bread punching cows on the Florida ranges, and the "professional wrangler," or sideshow cowpuncher, will not compete in the rodeo, the chief asserted, inasmuch as the rodeo has as its aim raising of funds to help pay for the new police department pistol range and to show Tampans just how good the real Florida cowpuncher really is. Horse races, to be held each of the three days of the rodeo, are certain to draw many of the state's fastest horses, and several "foreign" horses from Georgia and Alabama will show their paces also, according to the pledges already received. Four main events have been scheduled: bronco busting, roping, bull riding and bulldogging, as well as milking, branding and similar events.
Army Seeks Cowboys
TAMPA (FNS).—Personnel officers at McDill and Drew Fields here are scanning service records of all men from the nation's cattle country to see if any of them have at some time ridden the range, bulldogged obstreperous steers or otherwise engaged in occupations that would fit them to enter the All-Florida Rodeo to be held here over the Labor Day week-end, under the auspices of the Tampa Police Department. For Saturday, August 30, has been set aside as Army Day, and air base commanders have given permission for any soldier who wishes to enter and try for the more than $100 a day in awards. Attempts are being made to have the army enter several of its "jeep" cars, and possibly to get a few light tanks to put on a "show" on Army Day, to show spectators that even if many of the men can't ride a bucking broncho, they have to ride, as a matter of daily routine, mechanized equipment just as hard to handle and just as capable of jarring loose back tooth as any fantailing bronc on any range. No fishing license is required for salt water fishermen in Florida. A state license must be obtained for fresh water angling.
Good Plumbing Is Health Aid
An adequate and properly designed plumbing system contributes materially to the health and comfort of the family, it is pointed out by the FHA. Only workmen who are familiar with the basic principles which create a sanitary, effective and economical plumbing system should be employed in installing plumbing. In the small single-story house, where economy is an important consideration, it is desirable to concentrate the plumbing fixtures. In houses of more than one story, it is economical to concentrate the fixtures occurring on each floor and locate them over the fixtures on the first floor.
Awards Given At Pet Parade
Eighteen pets were awarded prizes in the pet parade staged Wednesday morning on Ponce de Leon Boulevard. Sponsored by Breedings', the parade formed at the Elementary School and led by a band from Fort Lauderdale and a float from the Hollywood-British School of the Theatre, moved to the store at the Coral Way intersection. Judges were Mrs. Alvie S. Lindborg, Mrs. Paul D. McGarry Mrs. Edward Semple and Mrs. Joe Whitley. Have you told your story to the home town folks? If not, now's the time to tell it via a Riviera ad.