Coral Gables Riviera-Times

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Moose to Elk

FLASH! - The Motheaten Moose Moose was delivered late last night on the doorstep of City Commissioner Andrew T. Healy, who is also Exalted Ruler of the Elks. During the week the baleful talisman passed from Rep. Chubby Oelkers to the Wendell Summers.

Coral Gables Riviera

VOL. 21—NO. 23 | TWO SECTIONS | CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1947 | 12 PAGES | TEN CENTS

Be Interested

The city's proposed budget for the fiscal year 1947-48 will be placed before the public at an open hearing at 5 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall. If you are interested in how your tax dollar is spent—be there for the hearing!

Error in Senate Bill May Cause Canceling Of Beer, Wine Permits TOM WATSON ASKED TO RULE ON NEW LAW Exemption Clause Is Omitted From Wording

Omission of a sentence in Senate Bill 301, which limits beer and wine bars in Coral Gables to one for each 1,800 population can mean revoking of existing licenses, Mark L. Erwin, local representative of the State Beverage Commission informed the Riviera-Times this week. Erwin stated that the bill, passed at the request of the city, does not contain a sentence exempting present license holders from the provisions of the bill. Attorney General J. Tom Watson has been sent a copy of the bill and has been asked for an opinion. Error Made City Attorney Edward L. Semple told The Riviera-Times that the omission of the sentence was an error and pointed out that the title of the bill did contain a clause exempting present license holders. He said that he while he could not pass on the validity of the bill as written that he would recommend that the city follow a policy of (Please Turn to Page Eleven)

Coral Gables Will Have Own National Guard Unit LIEUTENANT JOHN DACY NAMED TO FORM LOCAL ORGANIZATION

A National Guard unit, manned completely by Coral Gables members, was announced today following the appointment of Lieut. John Dacy as a first lieutenant in the Florida National Guard. The Coral Gables Guard outfit will consist of a headquarters company and an infantry company, and already several local young men have been assigned, National Guard Headquarters revealed. Members Named Frank Morrow will be a sergeant in Co. A; Frank N. Holly, III, company clerk, and Royce Powell, public relations officer. Dacy, who is attached to the 211th Infantry Headquarters, graduated from Ponce de Leon High School in 1943, following which he served in the Army for 30 months. Area Divided Under a new plan, announced by the Public Relations Board, Miami proper and surrounding communities to be divided into sectors with a specific outfit assigned to (Please Turn to Page Eleven)

V.F.W. Clears Ground

THESE THREE MEMBERS of the Coral Gables post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars pitched in this week to aid in clearing the lot for the new post home. Hefting the timber are Carl Whalen, C. T. Wallace and A. E. Tipton. —Mileo Photo

Soroptimists Chartered In Gables Civic Group Is Organized By Women

Coral Gables Civic luncheon organizations were joined by a distaff group on Wednesday night when the charter of the Coral Gables Soroptimist Club was presented to President Easter Russell by Mrs. T. V. Moore, director of the southern region in ceremonies at the Miami Woman's Club. The charter presentation was held in conjunction with officer installation ceremonies of the Miami Springs-Hialeah and the Miami Soroptimist Clubs. Dean R. A. Rascoe of the University of Miami School of Law was the principal speaker. Officers installed, in addition to the president, included Susan Archer, first vice president; Ruth C. Clouse, second vice president; Loretta V. Sheehy, recording secretary; Lois Palmer Luhnow, treasurer; Virginia Sumner, corresponding secretary and Herberta Leonardy, Rose Horn and Celia Snow, directors.

Hands Off Bay Island Fight To Be Watched

Coral Gables, which controls a large amount of Biscayne Bay water within its city limits, will follow a "hands-off but watchful" policy in the current controversy over a proposed American Legion Island 150 feet off N. E. 66th Street. Upon the advice of City Attorney Edward L. Semple, the city commission decided Tuesday to take no part in hearings on the Harvey Seeds proposal to erect the memorial island in Biscayne Bay. No Action "It's not in our back yard," Attorney Semple commented, "and I don't believe that the Coral Gables commission should take any action in the controversy." Semple indicated, however, that he would be prepared to act in the event similar islands were proposed for the Coral Gables area. Proposal Reported City Manager William T. McIlwain reported that he had been approached by Thomas Horobin, bay developer, on the idea of linking Biscayne Key to Coral Gables with a causeway and islands, but said that the matter had never been discussed in detail.