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VOL. 17. NO. 21 CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS

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Classes Started at Coliseum Embry-Riddle To Feed Men At Barcelona

Even before workmen completing remodeling of the Coral Gables Coliseum had pounded the last nail, trainees from the army detachment of Air Corps enlisted men at the Embry-Riddle School of Aviation began studying Wednesday in the new classrooms, and technical instruction proceeded on schedule in the huge building recently leased by the Riddle company from the City of Coral Gables. Remodeling of the Coliseum, which has been used for ice skating and roller skating derbies, included laying a new concrete floor, partitioned classrooms, moving the front end and painting the exterior. Enlisted men who will be trained at the Coliseum are quartered at the near-by Antilla Hotel, 1108 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, and the Solana Hotel, 116 Alhambra Circle, both recently leased by the Riddle company "for the duration." George Wheeler, vice-president of the company, also announced Wednesday that the Barcelona Tea Room, 834 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, has been leased. This restaurant, which seats 300, will be used to feed the men stationed in Coral Gables. Embry-Riddle's training facilities in Coral Gables were inspected by Col. John R. Walsh, from Patterson Field, Dayton, Ohio, in charge of training and operations of the Air Service Command, and Major John J. R. Weiss of New York City, acting assistant to the commander of the First District Army Air Force Technical Training Command. This was in connection with the formal transfer of the Embry-Riddle detachment from the Air Service Command to the Army Air Force Technical Training Command.

Methodists Plan Vacation School

A daily vacation Bible school will start from 9 to 12 June 15 at the Coral Gables Methodist Church and continue until the 26th. All ages from 4 to 14 will be welcome, with a definite program presented. Mrs. W. J. George, superintendent of the children's department, will be in charge. Teachers include Miss Elizabeth Hiersch, Mrs. W. B. Shuler, Mrs. S. S. Wheat, Mrs. George Dixon, Mrs. A. J. Carmichael and Mrs. Frederick Parkers. Program for the beginners is entitled, "Our Happy World"; primary, "Children in Bible Times"; junior, "Followers of Jesus"; intermediate, "O Come Let Us Worship". The pastor, the Rev. Carlock Hawk, will leave next week for Lakeland to attend the Methodist conference. His sermon topic for the 11 o'clock sermon Sunday is "A Thanksgiving Ordinance." The Methodist church has enjoyed a remarkable growth during the past year, with 164 additions to the congregation being made.

Monthly Cadet Tea Set Sunday

The Coral Gables Woman's Club will entertain from 3 to 6 Sunday afternoon at the club with the regular "cadet" tea and open house for all cadets stationed in the Gables area. Mrs. Dickey Oglesby is chairman of the party. She is being assisted y Mrs. A. B. Morrison, Mrs. Alice Burchard, Mrs. George Henry, Mrs. Evan D. Roser and Mrs. A. E. Cook.

Robert Emil Schneider, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Schneider of 520 Alhambra Circle, Gables, Fla., is a member of the graduating class at Moses Brown School. Robert graduated Thursday, June 4. His school record includes: Captain of track, '41; member of the football team, '38-'41; chess club member, '38; member of the dance committee, '41.

Scientists To Open New Church

The congregation of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, will worship in their new church edifice for the first morning service at 11 A. M. Sunday. Facing west, the new building is beautifully situated just east of Merrick Park, across Biltmore Way, from the Coral Gables City Hall. The interior is finished in mahogany and magnolia woods. The auditorium, including the balcony, seats more than 500. A full set of chimes, the gift of the Sunday school, has been installed. Operated from the keyboard of the electric organ, they are amplified outside. The new structure has taken more than a year to build. The congregation has been worshiping in the Sunday school unit built in 1935 at 2056 LeJeune Road.

Navy to Induct Many Sunday In Ceremonies

The Miami area will join other cities throughout the nation Sunday in observing the six-month anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor by conducting a mass induction of naval recruits in Bayfront Park. Men enlisting in the Navy between now and Saturday will be sworn into service at the patriotic ceremonies which will start at 2:25 P. M., the exact time in Miami that the first bomb fell in Honolulu (at 7:55 A. M.) on December 7. Planes from the Miami Naval Air Station are expected to roar over the park during the ceremonies. Patriotic and drill groups, including an American Legion color guard and the Miami Edison Cadettes, will take part in the program. Those considering enlistment in the Navy were urged to do so by Saturday, so they, too, can take part in the Pearl Harbor anniversary program. "All of the men who want to avenge Pearl Harbor should see us in Room 231 of the Post Office Building," said Guy F. Hull, chief carpenter's mate, who is in charge of the Miami Naval Recruiting Office and is arranging for the Sunday program.

To Hear Reports On Center Junior Women Meet Monday At Tiffin

Members of the Coral Gables Junior Woman's Club will hear of tentative plans for a recreation center for service men when they meet for their first summer bridge luncheon at 12:30 P. M. at the Tiffin Monday. Mrs. W. O. Mehrtens, club president, and a committee of ten members met last week to organize plans for such a center to be located in Coral Gables. The club would act as sponsor group for the center and would ask the co-operation of other Gables civic clubs. Mrs. Mehrtens will give a report on the convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, which she attended as a Gables delegate recently. Mrs. Jack Coleman is chairman of the luncheon, which will feature 25-cent Defense Stamps donated by members as bridge prizes. Officers of other clubs in the area and federation leaders will be honor guests.

Will Present City Budget Estimate

Coral Gables budget estimate for the fiscal year of 1942-43 will be placed in the hands of the City Commission early next week, City Manager George N. Shaw predicted yesterday. Shaw said that he had just about completed work on the estimate, which will be handed to the commission, together with the City Manager's letter of transmittal. Open hearings on the budget will be announced later, Shaw stated.

Major Lewis Is Kiwanis Speaker

Major H. B. Lewis, commandant of the Seventh Battalion of the Florida defense forces, explained the set-up and duties of his organization to the Coral Gables Kiwanis Club on Tuesday at the Country Club of Coral Gables. Major Lewis said that there were now three companies in Miami and efforts were being made to get authorization to muster in a fourth.

University Girls Open Date Bureau

Coral Gables' newest service for men in uniform is the "Date Bureau," which is being opened this week by two University of Miami girls. Temporary headquarters of the bureau will be Room 232 in the main building at the University. The object of the bureau is to bring together harmoniously men and girls of similar tastes. Miss Dorothea Gluhr and Miss Aniver Sari will be co-hostesses of the bureau. They are asking for girls between the ages of 18 to 25 to call them at once, for they have several "registras" already on their books.

Venetian Pool To Close For Improvements

Closing of the Venetian Pool for a week or ten days for extensive improvements was announced yesterday by City Manager George N. Shaw. Shaw said that the exact closing date depended upon the awarding of the contract for the improvements. It is expected that all work will be completed and the pool will be open by July 1. Following the pool's reopening, approximately 17 church and civic organizations will take advantage of the city's offer to permit the use of the pool free on Thursday evenings throughout the summer for picnic suppers and water-game parties. Coral Gables organizations interested in securing dates for the use of the pool can contact the publicity department at 4-4807. It is the city's belief that by offering the pool to church and civic organizations that all local residents will be afforded the opportunity to use the pool without charge.

LIEUT. W. O. VIENS SAFE AFTER FORCED LANDING

Lieutenant W. O. Viens, a graduate of the University of Miami Navigation school, one of eight men aboard an army bomber which made a forced landing in Brazilian jungles late in January, was reported Thursday to be safe, along with the other members of the crew. Officials at MacDill Field, Tampa, said the young navigator underwent an operation for appendicitis as soon as he could be brought to civilization and is now recuperating at Morrison Field Hospital, West Palm Beach.

IN VERMONT

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ruggles, Coral Gables, are in Arlington, Vt., for the summer.

120 Receive Diplomas At Ponce High Ceremony

Diplomas were presented to 120 seniors at Ponce de Leon High School at commencement exercises held last night at the Coral Gables Elementary School. The valedictory was delivered by John Robert Hoehl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney S. Hoehl, 1307 Lisbon Street. Hoehl had the highest average in the graduating class. He was also a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, Student Council, Debating Club, Band, Top Hatters Senior Assembly and National Forensic League. He was sports editor of the Ponce Tribune and won the civic leader award. The invocation was given by the Rev. Nevin H. Schaaf of the Coral Gables Presbyterian Church. Colonel Charles G. Mettler of the Army Air Corps delivered the commencement address. William Newberry Pierce, with the second highest average, delivered the salutatory. Pierce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Pierce, 1129 Avenue Palermo, has been a member of the Key Club, Top Hatters, Student Council, Golf Team Debating Team Tennis Team, National Honor Society Ponce Guards, Business Manager of the Tribune, National Thespian, National Forensic, Track Team and Quill and Scroll. He has won the Key Club speech contest; school oratory contest American Legion oratorical contest and the county oratorical contest. He was also elected the most likely to succeed by his classmates in the "senior superlatives" balloting. Charles G. Turner of the Dade County Board of Public Instruction, presented the diplomas, while awards and honors were announced by Harry N. Rath, principal. Class officers include Philip Wesley Dorn president; John Bradley, vice-president; Lillian Florence Gregory, secretary, and Robert Ayers treasurer. Mrs. Pearl Davis Mrs. Belle Crutchfield, Miss Ann Gilkey and Abbott Messler were class sponsors. Music was furnished by the Ponce de Leon High School Band and Glee Club. (More Ponce Pictures on Page 5) PIERCE HOEHL

Gables Aid Shop to Open Mending Center for Soldiers

A very worthwhile and patriotic gesture is being presented by the Chaucer Chapter, British Daughters, in the opening of a "Headquarters for Mending and Alterations for Men in Uniform" shop. The new shop will be located at 208 Alhambra Circle in the Chaucer Chapter's "Bundles for Britain" center. Volunteers from all women's organizations in the Gables are asked to donate time and their respective clubs will be the recipients of the time credits. Men in uniform whose clothes need mending will take them to the shop and designate the time when each garments will be called for. Mrs. Thomas Granville Leitch, regent of the chapter, has named Mrs. Jean Gilchrist as chairman of the shop. Her committee includes Mrs. W. W. Sayles, Mrs. Gertrude Baldwin and Miss Edith Rowe. An appeal for clean used men's clothing, including shoes, for disabled seamen is also being made. The Chaucer Chapter has successfully carried on its bundles for Britain shop for the past year in the space donated by Renuart in the Renuart Arcade.

Radio Program Opens Ferry Base

Pan American Air Ferries' new hangar at the Thirty-sixth Street Airport, Miami, designed especially for servicing airplanes before they are ferried to the Allied Nations in Africa, the middle east and beyond, was officially opened Monday night. The actual ceremonies were included as part of the coast-to-coast radio program, Vox Pop, which was heard here in Miami over Station WQAM. Arranged through the co-operation of the United States Army Air Force Ferrying Command and Pan American Air-ways, Inc., this broadcast, originating from the new hangar, concluded interviews with pilots, navigators and others who are actually engaged in the ferrying operations. Since President Roosevelt announced less than a year ago that arrangements had been concluded for the ferrying of airplanes to the United States, Pan American Air Ferries, Inc., has organized a well-rounded organization which is delivering the planes to their ultimate destinations. In addition to obtaining capable captains, co-pilots, navigators and competent crews, Pan American Air Ferries, with an eye to the work which they must perform in the near future, has developed extensive pilot training and meteorology schools where already qualified as pilots and mechanics are learning the fine points required in preparing planes for and the actual flying of them across oceans to other parts of the world. Already many pilots and mechanics have been graduated from these schools and are now performing their duties in the ferrying operations.

FREDERICK STRECKLEWOLD GRADUATES AT WISCONSIN

Frederick L. Streckewold, Coral Gables, Fla., student at the University of Wisconsin, received the degree of bachelor of arts, commerce, at the 89th annual commencement exercises of the State University in the University fieldhouse at historic Camp Randall on Monday morning, June 1.

Chamber of Commerce Urges Increased Bus Facilities

By TRACY HOLLINGSWORTH Now that gas, tire, sugar, etc., rationing is the vogue, whether you like it or not, the matter of increased bus service, wherever feasible, has been suggested by the Chamber of Commerce, to George N. Shaw, City Manager, and in a letter to the chamber the City Manager points out that he has been studying various plans and promises a report on the service at an early date. In his letter Shaw states in part that "Your letter of May 27 under a new heading of congestion, which might well be worked in with any additional transportation service we are able to put on. We have ordered four new busses, two of which we hope will be delivered within the next two or three weeks. We are studying possibilities of extending service to previously unserved portions of Coral Gables, and are also considering in connection therewith an occasional run to Matheson Hammock Park." Although there has been a "reciprocal" transfer agreement between the Coral Gables bus line and the South Miami Coach line, whereby persons wishing to go to South Miami, Miami or Coconut Grove from Coral Gables, can do so for one fare and return the same way, very few Gableites know this. One of the suggestions made to the City Manager by Andrew N. Houston, chairman of the Merchants Bureau, and also the Chief of Commerce, was that a similar reciprocal agreement be secured with the Miami Transit Company whereby residents of Coconut Grove could come to Coral Gables by bus to trade, making the transfer at 27th Avenue and Coral Way. This would entail only one fare, as outgoing passengers from Coral Gables would pay on the Coral Gables bus and incoming passengers would pay on the Miami Transit bus. The City Manager advises that he is working diligently on the suggestion and hopes that some- (Please turn to Page 8)

Riverside Graduates Three Gables Boys

Three Coral Gables boys were among the 127 seniors who graduated Monday at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Ga. They were M. Lewis Hall, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hall, 751 North Greenway Drive, and Peter L. Tailer, son of Larry Suffren Tailer, 337 Avenue Minorca, and William V. Howland, son of Mrs. Fred Howland, 435 Avenue Blanca.

LIONS AUXILIARY TO MEET MONDAY

Mrs. T. E. Swanson will be hostess at 12 noon Monday at her home, 240 Avenue San Sebastian, for the members of the Lions Auxiliary. Covered dish luncheon will be followed by meeting. Mrs. C. A. Huskamp and Mrs. T. J. Faust won the war stamps at the Victory bridge party given Monday at the home of Mrs. Huskamp.

Committee Named To Carry Out Local Improvement Campaign MERRICK MEMORIAL, ADVERTISING AND CLEAN-UP DRIVE PLANNED; NEW BUSINESSES ARE SOUGHT

The first step to insure Coral Gables an important position in the war and post-war activities of the Miami area was taken Wednesday when the directorate of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce named committees to carry on the work of the long-range program. Denis V. Renuart, president of the chamber, explained the various activities planned, which included the establishing of a George E. Merrick memorial, which would be county wide in its scope and appeal; an advertising committee to keep Coral Gables before residents and visitors of the Greater Miami area, publicizing its advantages and charm, and to bring new business to the Gables; a sub-advertising committee to outline types of advertising to be used, and a clean-up planning committee to co-operate with the city looking towards eliminating unsightly accumulations in the downtown area and to encourage residents to clean up and beautify vacant lots. Ralph Wilkins was named chairman of the George E. Merrick Memorial Organization Committee, together with Charlie Crandon, Leslie Coombs, Andrew N. Houston, George B. Caster, Dennis Cray A. B. Curry, George N. Shaw, Jack Baldwin, Warren Lehman and Mrs. Walter Brunns, with Denis V. Renuart ex-officio member. The advertising organization committee was composed of George B. Caster, S. E. Giffen and Andrew N. Houston, and the advertising planning committee was Roy S. Vandeveer, J. K. Zain and Mrs. James B. Moore, director of the Coral Gables News Bureau. The clean-up committee was composed of Upton C. Ewing and Judge D. J. Heffernan, who will contact city officials and make recommendations as to what should be done. The directors of the chamber will meet next Thursday night instead of Wednesday night in order that those who wish may attend the Royal Poinciana Ball, to be held at the Coral Gables Country Club, and sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce.

New Episcopal Minister Will Preach Sunday

The Rev. Rex Wilkes of Chicago, Ill., who has accepted a call to succeed the late Rev. Benjamin Soper as rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, in Coconut Grove, will hold his first service on Sunday. Born in Texas, the Rev. Wilkes obtained his early education in that state, later graduating from Northwestern University, and doing post-graduate work at Columbia University and the University of Chicago. For more than three years he was instructor of speech and homiletics at Seaburg-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Ill., being ordained to the priesthood in 1935. He has served his entire ministry at the Church of the Messiah in Chicago, where he took a small mission and built it into a self-sustaining parish in less than eight years. His work among the young people of the Chicago diocese was of such an outstanding nature that in 1941 he was made educational secretary of the youth division of the National Council of the Episcopal Church, but resigned that post because it took too much time from his pastoral work.

To Charleston

Mrs. M. S. Aldrich, 749 Alhambra Circle, left this week to join Colonel Aldrich at Charleston, W. Va.

TODD SCHOOL TO BE OPEN

Miss Louise Todd is announcing a term of summer school at the Todd School, 47 Alhambra Circle, during June and July. The same staff of teachers will be in charge. French and Spanish will be specialized.

Sugarless Cake Recipes Wanted

Your favorite cake recipe with a substitute for sugar is desired in the first of the weekly contests for our "Good Cooks Contest," conducted by the Coral Gables Riviera. Only tested recipes are desired. Recipes must reach The Riviera not later than 6 P.M., Wednesday, June 10th. Address Riviera Good Cooks Contest. Recipes must be written on one side of the paper only and must be dated and signed with the full name and address of the sender, quantities being definitely stated and full directions for preparation and cooking must be given. When possible, please type recipes, triple spacing. When post office box is given, please give house number and telephone number, if any. For the three best recipes, prizes will be given. First Prize, Four Tickets to the Gables Theatre. Second Prize, Two Tickets to the Coral Theatre. Third Prize, Two Tickets to the Grove Theatre. Let's see what the Good Cooks of Coral Gables can show us. We know you can cook. Let's hear about it.