Coral Gables Riviera

CORAL GABLES RIVIERA

AN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 16TH YEAR NO. 40 CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, OCTOBER 17, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS

Nineteen Now Working for New Royal Typewriters; First Machine Presented

That Proud expression on Mrs. John Hardeman's face is justly there. She is receiving her Royal Portable Typewriter from Albert E. Harum, Riviera publisher. Mrs. Hardeman got the typewriter by selling 25 new subscriptions to the paper. We had a little presentation ceremony here at The Riviera this week as Mrs. John Hardeman was formally awarded her Royal Portable Typewriter, secured by obtaining 25 new subscriptions to the newspaper. "I'm tickled to death with it," she said, as she fingered the keyboard. "It's the smoothest little machine I've ever used and I certainly am proud of it." Mrs. Hardeman is now well on the way to securing another machine for her son. In the meantime, it became apparent that Theodore Fossum would be the next winner, reporting this week that he was well past the half-way mark. If he keeps up at his present pace, Theodore should have his typewriter before the week is over. Another in the field who forged ahead during the week was Barrett Blair, 502 Madeira, a new entrant who has already shown surprising progress. Two additional workers entered this week and have started out to earn their typewriters, bringing the field to nineteen. The new workers are Doris Cocco, 3616 S. W. 26th Street, and Gertrude Fernandes, 3537 S. W. 26th Street. It's easy to get a $44.50 Royal Portable Typewriter the Riviera way. All you have to do is to sell 25 new subscriptions to the paper and the machine is yours. Renewals count, too, as half a subscription. Why not get started today?

Scare Launches Building 'Run'

Permits Hit $419,900 In 15 Days

Coral Gables building department did a business unequalled since the boom during the last few days as builders rushed to take out permits before a shut-off of materials by OPM due to war priorities. Permits issued during the last fifteen days neared the half-million dollar mark, according to Inspector L. W. Robinson, Jr., chalked up $419,900 in prospective construction. Most of these were taken in a three-day period, he said. The new permits bring the total to date for 1941 to $1,562,650, as compared with $1,328,986 for the same period last year. During the first 15 days in October, 1940, permits totaled $75,500. Robinson stated that many of the permits were issued subject to later approval of plans, as construction men hurried to get their proposed buildings on the city's record. Leave for Washington In the meantime, a delegation of Greater Miami builders left for Washington to see if something cannot be done about the shut-off of building materials which will ultimately mean the payoff of 20,000 men engaged in building trades in the Miami area. At present there are 97 buildings under construction in the Gables, Robinson said, with 44 additional permits having been issued but construction not started. Thirty-one residences, two apartment houses, a store, duplex, and a filling station are included in the new permits. New Library A permit was issued for the construction of a library building for the University of Miami, estimated at $40,000 and to be located at Segovia Street and Avenue Anastasia. Dr. S. L. Rainforth took out a permit for $50,000 to construct his sports center on the Trail next to Howard Johnson's, with the plans still subject to final approval. A permit was also issued to the First Church of Christ, Scientist for a $35,000 additional structure adjacent to the present church building at LeJeune Road and Avenue Andalusia. The store is to be built by the Renuart Lumber Yards, next to their present property on Alhambra Circle.

Merchants Plan for Christmas; Committee Chairmen Named

Work on Coral Gables Christmas plans got under way this week as committees were appointed by Andrew N. Houston, president of the Coral Gables Merchant's Bureau. "Christmas decorations will be better than ever before," Houston said, "and I am sure that they will attract visitors from all over Dade County. We are also planning a festival of music, wherein the various orchestras, bands and choral groups in the community will present Christmas music in the 10-day period preceding Christmas." Also included in the plans are window decoration contests for merchants and home decoration contests for residents, Houston said. A. B. Curry, City Manager, will be in charge of the street decorations, where will be concentrated at the various intersections, with bowers of lights and pastel foliage. A large Christmas tree will be erected at Alhambra Circle and Ponce de Leon Boulevard, where the firemen will hold their annual Christmas Eve party for poor children. A platform will also be erected there for some of the musical programs. Amplifiers will carry the music throughout the entire business area. S. E. Giffen heads the finance committee, assisted by H. W. MacDonald, Teche Hollingsworth and Mrs. Celia Smith. Commissioner Wallace Bell is in charge of music, assisted by Carl Fein, Ponce Band director; Walter Jenkins, Elementary School band director, and Walter E. Schaeffer, University of Miami Band director. Heading the committee in charge of decorating homes and stores is Sam Weissel, assisted by Mrs. C. J. Susong, president of the Woman's Club; Mrs. Dana Melendon, president of the Junior Woman's Club; William S. Wood, director of the Federal Art Project, and Mrs. Charles T. Fuchs, president of the Garden Club. Teams to aid the finance committee in solicitation of funds include George T. Davis, Tracy Hollingsworth and Alma Sanchez; Ray Westcott and H. W. MacDonald; Marvin Calvert and Leland Shepard; Joe Godwin and Armand Renuart; Mrs. Wendell Sumner and R. B. Seymoure; Mrs. Celia Smith; Ira Arnott and Jeff Coulter.

Hardeman Elected by Optimists

John V. Hardeman was elected president of the newly-organized Optimist Club at the regular meeting last night at the Country Club of Coral Gables. Next Thursday evening the club will celebrate Charter Night, at which time International Optimist vice-president, Edwin E. Ellis, of Norfolk, Va., will present the charter and the local club will receive gifts from other clubs in the Fourth District. Lucien L. Renuart, governor of this district, will present the club to the parent body and will also induct into office the newly-elected officers, who will serve for the balance of the fiscal year. A display of membership campaign prizes and club gifts for the local club has been set up in the window at Coral Gables Insurance, Inc., 2201 Ponce de Leon Boulevard.

Runaway Boys Are Sent Home By Police Captain

Two runaway boys were sent back to their parents in Montclair, N. J., this week by Captain Lou Reeves of the Coral Gables Police Department. Captain Reeves, in response to a telegram from New Jersey police, found the boys, Murray Kipnis and Michael Mongiovi, living at 310 Coral Way. Money for their fare was forwarded by their parents and the boys left by bus, promising not to get off until they reached home.

WPA Refuses Storm Aid To City

Coral Gables, request for WPA labor to aid in clearing up storm debris has been refused, A. B. Curry, City Manager, stated yesterday. Curry said that he had been advised by WPA officials that workmen could not be allocated for the project because reports had indicated that storm damage in the Miami area had not been of a great enough extent. The City Manager estimated the damage in Coral Gables at approximately $10,000. This includes the hiring of extra labor and trucks to clear up storm debris and the replacement of uprooted trees and shrubbery. Among assets damaged were a great many of the 5,000 poincianas planted just prior to the storm. Curry said that all streets had now been cleared and that work crews were hauling away debris which has been piled on the parkways. Some of the trees that were uprooted have already been replaced.

Testimony in Tipton Case Is Completed

The hearing on the suspension of Police Officer A. E. Tipton was brought to a close Wednesday afternoon, with William Kimbrough, police sergeant, appearing as the principal witness. Kimbrough, who returned from Washington recently, had made an investigation of the case prior to leaving the city. Tipton was suspended on charges of conduct unbecoming an officer. It is alleged that he used a police car, while on duty, to transport a Mrs. Louise Althouse to the house of her estranged husband in Miami and at another date returned with her while she removed furniture from the home. Also quizzed was an employee of the drug store, where Mrs. Althouse worked at the time the trips to Miami are said to have taken place. Following the taking of testimony the hearing was adjourned with decision reserved until the commission studies briefs to be submitted by Tipton's attorney, William Pruitt, and City Attorney Edward Semple.

Sponsors Work Day

This Friday will find Key Club members working in places other than Ponce classrooms as they inaugurate their money-making schemes with a workday. With the co-operation of Gables and Grove merchants, the club members will be placed in positions for the day. Requests for workers have come from HoustonHurst Paint Company Giffen Roofing Company, Holley's Department Store, the Riviera Bus Corporation, Renuart Lumber Company and Sam's Service Station. According to Eugene Shaw, the money from the students 17 workday will be used to add to their collection of vocational guidance books in the library, projects of benefit to the school and student body and visits to various civic enterprises. These visits will alternate with the luncheon meetings and will include trips to the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company Bottled Gas Corporation and the Miami Herald and Daily News. Newly elected officers of the club include president, Eugene Shaw; vice-president, Jack Booher; secretary Fairfax Montague, and treasurer, Bobby Paige; committee heads are vice-president Booher for the ways and means; Hayes Wood, program; John Kelley, publicity. Dick Houston is in charge of the Guards, which is sponsored by the Key Club. The Ponce Key Club is among the first five in the state to have a club sweetheart. The title at Ponce belongs to Kitty Lou Hoffman.

Lambert Up For District Legion Post

Al B. Lambert has been named as the unanimous choice of Coral Gables Post for election to the office of 5th District Commander of the Department of Florida American Legion, it was announced yesterday by W. Edward Winegar, post commander, following the regular meeting of the organization held Wednesday evening. Legionnaires present at the meeting voted to appoint a committee to immediately present the candidacy of Lambert to all other Legion Posts in the Fifth District, which comprises the counties of the lower East Coast. The district elections will take place in about 1942. Lambert has for many years been prominent in Legion and veterans' affairs. He is secretary of the Dade County Defense Council and chairman of the 5th District American Legion Defense Council and chairman of the Dade County Board of Honor for the American Legion. He is past commander of the Coral Gables Legion Post and past chef de gare of Voiture 492, 40 and 8 Society. At present Lambert is captain of the Dade County Guard of Honor and a Fifth District committeeman. Sheldon Grebe, chairman of the membership committee of the post, announced that membership for 1942 had reached the total of 126. This figure represents the highest percentage of renewals and new memberships for corresponding dates in the history of the post. Plans for the annual Armistice Day Bar-B-Q, to be held in the late afternoon of the holiday, were announced as under way by Chairman Gene Hunter. The program planned is expected to be the most elaborate in years.

Miami Faces Rollins Tars Here Tonight

Who is kingpin of the small colleges of Florida in 1941 football? More than 20,000 fans are expected to be in the Orange Bowl tonight to discover the answer to that question. University of Miami, the 3-0 conqueror of Tampa last week, will play host to Rollins, 1940 champion and unbeaten this fall, in the crucial test. Both teams lost heavily from the teams which played a 7-0 game last fall as Rollins won but both are blessed with hosts of good sophomores. The Rollins fophs are stars from the 1940 B eleven, which licked Miami's first-year men 25-6 last fall. Miami has more veterans returning and will have the edge in weight over the Tars, but Rollins is credited speed-wise for this game. The Tars haven't played in three weeks just so they would be at top speed and have a huge bag of tricks all ready for Miami. Jack McDowall, who fears no Texas Tech and Florida only a few weeks ahead—not to forget Alabama—cannot do pointing for Rollins and will just have to take this one in stride. Rollins has only beaten Miami three times in 13 games, tying one, but of late, this game has always been close and thrilling. A fast backfield, including Senior Paul Meredith, Junior Bill Justice and Sophomore sensation Eddie de La Pugh and Earl Tyler carries plenty of dynamite for Rollins. Miami counters with its 190- (Please Turn to Page Four)

Local Club Takes Honor At Meeting

The Coral Gables Kiwanis Club took second honors in attendance at the state convention held this week in Orlando, Andrew Houston, president, announced yesterday on his return to the city. A delegation of fifteen Gableites attended the meeting, at which Miami was selected as the convention city for next year. Those who represented the Coral Gables Club included Mr. Houston, Harry Rath, Dr. L. D. Pankey, William L. Gray, James M. Hoffman, Byron Sperow, Russell A. Rasco, A. O. Renuart, Thomas C. Mayes, O. B. Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Holley, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Cassidy and C. D. Potter.

Jaycees Entertained At Boy Scout Dinner

Members of the Coral Gables Junior Chamber of Commerce were guests of Boy Scout Troop No. 7 Wednesday evening at a home-cooked turkey dinner served in the Scout cabin on the golf course. Following dinner, which was prepared by Scout mothers, the Jaycees were entertained by a program of stunts performed by the Scouts.

Local Selectees Sent to Texas

James L. Dotter, William N. Gill, Charles H. Smith and Robert W. Watson, all of Coral Gables, have completed their initial period of service at the reception center at Camp Blanding and will be transferred to Fort Knox, Ky., where they will be assigned to the Armored Forces Replacement Training Center.

Three Sentenced In Police Court

Convicted of driving under the influence of liquor, Jerome Carr, 152 N. E. 21st Street, was fined $100 and costs in Municipal Court this week. Robert Quinn, Miami, was given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to a reckless driving charge. David Spicy, Negro, was fined $20 and costs on a reckless driving charge.

Eugene Matthews Seeks Re-election

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 14—Eugene S. Matthews, senior member of the Florida Railroad Commission, announced today that he will be a candidate for reelection, running in Group One on the May primary ballot. Mr. Matthews is a member of the advisory committee of the transportation and communications division of the Florida State Council for Defense, a member of the Methodist church, is an Elk, an honorary member of the Florida Sheriff's Association, an honorary member of the Young Democrats of Florida and a member of the Tallahassee Junior Chamber of Commerce.

John Dawson Has Short Career in Transfer Business

John M. Dawson, 632 Avenue Navarre, had but a short taste of a business career before being called into Uncle Sam's armed service. Dawson, who graduated from the University of Florida last June, recently went into business with B. F. Holland of the Coral Gables Transfer and Storage Company, 442 S. W. 8th Street. The firm was incorporated, a new truck and a new moving equipment was purchased, as well as readiness. Then the drafts took. Dawson is now learning bombing technique at Maxwell Field, Ala. However, he will return to the firm when his service period is ended. In the meantime, Holland, who has operated the company for nine years here, Mrs. Mayme Dawson, the boy's mother, and Robert "Red" Holland are carrying on the business until he returns.

TO CELEBRATE

The Founder's Day dinner of Pilot International will be observed by the Miami Pilot Club members and guests at 7:30 P. M., Tuesday, at the McAllister Hotel. This formal occasion marks the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the organization, as well as the beginning of the year's work in the cancer campaign project.

Convalescing

Mrs. William D. Fuller is convalescing nicely at University Hospital, where she underwent an operation last Friday.

Mrs. Allington, 82, Knits Mufflers Daily for Red Cross

Mrs. Kate Beach Allington, mother of Mrs. Ernestine Tylee of 1225 Avenue Castile, does her share of knitting for the Red Cross despite her 82 years. Mrs. Allington, who lives in Elmira, N. Y., knits mufflers and turns them out just as rapidly as she did the sweaters, socks, helmets (remember those?) and wristlets she made during World War No. 1. Mrs. Allington learned to knit when she was a child, and at seven pieced her first quilt. Now piecing quilts for her grandchildren (she's on her sixth) is her first duty. Mrs. Allington observed her birthday anniversary Saturday. She has one grandson serving in the U. S. forces, William J. Tylee, with the U. S. Marines in San Diego, Cal. William is the elder son of Mrs. Ernestine Tylee.

Funeral for William Brown Held Thursday

Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon for William Rutherfoord Brown, 73, who died Tuesday at his residence, 1545 Avenue Murcia. Burial took place in Woodlawn Park Cemetery. Knights Templar conducted the services. A native of Scotland, Mr. Brown came to the United States in his youth and settled in Norfolk, Va., where he and Mrs. Brown lived for forty years. They moved to Coral Gables eight years ago, and have resided here since that time. Mr. Brown was a retired merchant. Mr. Brown was a Presbyterian and a member of the Masonic order. He leaves the widow, Mrs. Agnes Amelia Brown; one daughter, Mrs. Lawrence E. Lewis, and three grandchildren, Mrs. L. Gordon Walters, Mary Louise Lewis and Lawrence E. Lewis 2d, all of Coral Gables.

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Civilian Technical Corps Men Not Subject to Military Rule

Men with mechanical experience considering serving in England with the Civilian Technical Corps will be interested in an announcement from the Florida headquarters of the corps at the University of Miami to the effect that enlistees will not be subject to military discipline, but will be required to sign a contract of civil service and will not, on any account, be asked to undertake combatant duties, according to the British Embassy. The classes of technicians most in demand at the present time are radio mechanics, either professional or amateur; skilled engine fitters and metal workers; technicians, experienced in vulcanizing processing, and instrument repairers, calling for experienced jewelers, watchmakers and meter mechanics; machine tool setters and operators; electrical instrument makers; motor mechanics and engine room repairmen. Radio mechanics, the class of technical workers most sorely needed, will overhaul, maintain and inspect special and complex ultra-high frequency apparatus, including aerials and mechanical gear employed at special radio stations and radio apparatus used in aircraft. General requirements are that these men, whether professional or amateur, have a sound working knowledge of radio which is practical as well as theoretical, and are adept in the use of tools.

Former Kentucky Housing Director Buys Coral Gables Residence

Forrest J. Alvin, former managing director of the Covington (Ky.) Housing Commission, and Mrs. Alvin will become Coral Gables residents, November 15, having acquired the residence at 447 Coral Way formerly owned by the late Colonel and Mrs. J. A. Smith. Mr. Alvin has been prominently identified with civic life in Kentucky. He is severing all connections with his many activities in order that he and Mrs. Alvin can make Coral Gables their permanent home. He has tendered his resignation as a member of the Covington Library Board, the Kentucky Housing Association and the Booth Memorial Hospital advisory board. Held Many Posts Alvin was selected by Government officials when the NRA was established in Covington to supervise this activity, and he was named by former Governor A. B. Chandler as a member from Kentucky of the Ohio River Stream pollution committee. During his career in Covington Alvin was in charge of the World War plant at the U. S. Motor Truck Co. in Covington and later was the merchandising manager of the Wadsworth Electric Co. He served several years as secretary of the Covington Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Covington Recreation Commission. During his activities, Alvin had close contact with the Washington officials and with the Louisville office of the WPA. Mrs. Alvin, who has been a member of the Covington Art Club, has tendered her resignation because of the contemplated change of residence.

Kenneth Keyes Heads State Realty Board

Kenneth Keyes, president of the Keyes Company, 2319 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, has been unanimously elected president of the Florida Association of Real Estate Boards.

DR. TILTON IN HOSPITAL

Dr. John Tilton, familiar figure in the Tilton drugstore, is a patient in Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he underwent a major operation recently. Dr. Tilton is resting easily.

TENNIS PRO BACK

George Gaudet, tennis professional at the Country Club of Coral Gables, has returned after a summer in the North.

SATISFIED SEMINOLE

Yep. Even the stolid Seminole would whoop with joy over the things to be found in this week's Riviera. Just glance at a few. TASTE TEASER The Casserole dessert! We secret to her plate-pleasing buttered pecan ice cream on Page 2. It's just one of the household hints to be found on the Woman's Page. POPEYE Popeye the Sailor, the comic strip hero, is back again plugging for Uncle Sam's Navy. Don't miss him nor the opportunities offered to young men on Page 7. CIGARETTES 2 Pkgs., 2c Incredible but true, just one of the many amazing values at Coral Gables Grocery this week-end. See 'em all on Page 8. Free Typewriters One gone, one going, but lots more free typewriters for sub-scriptions. See details on page 8. This Week in Your RIVIERA 306 Coral Way Ph. 4-1634