Coral Gables Riviera-Times

TAX GROUP MAY BE MADE PERMANENT

(Continued from Page One) tions, made by the Citizens' Tax Committee of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, presented to the city commission on Tuesday. Major cuts were effected by eliminating a proposed garage building, cutting estimates for drain and parkway construction, and in personnel elimination in the garage and waste departments. The Chamber of Commerce announced plans to make its tax committee a permanent board to keep a constant watch on the city's financial progress. The city will be asked to furnish the committee with monthly reports.

Beer Licenses Imperiled by Senate Bill

(Continued from Page One) allowing present license holders to retain and renew licenses. He said that he would write Watson suggesting that the State Beverage Commission follow the Gables lead in the matter. Six Possible Erwin pointed out that if the state census was followed that only six beer and wine bars would be allowed to operate, and licenses in excess of that number would have to be revoked. The bill was one of two passed at the request of the city to control sales of beer, wine and liquors by the drink in Coral Gables. The other limited sales of liquor by the drink to one license for each 3,000 population.

One Day Boom Reported Here

(Continued from Page One) Avenue Venetia; architect, George Bruce; $12,000; contractor, J. E. Shaw. Roberts Residence Wesley R. Roberts, residence, 547 Avenue Majorea; architect, Edward T. Rempe, Jr., $11,000. Lee Lincoln, residence, 815 Cortez Street; architect, Howard Knight; $7,500. Industrial Permits Permits for industrial construction issued were: R. Fulton Webb; $2,500 concrete storage shed addition at 4005 Aurora Street; architect, William E. Tschumy. Florida Awning Company; $2,500 wall at 221 University Concourse; contractor, Ace Concrete Service. Dr. Edwin Preston; $4,900 residential addition at 1206 Avenue Castile; architect, William E. Tschumy. R. Combs; $2,000 residential addition at 1229 Alhambra Circle; architect, L. K. Albert; contractor, Young Construction Company. The balance of the total, reported by building inspector was made up of minor construction work.

Children's Pets Win Show Awards

Three Coral Gables children this week proudly displayed first and second prize awards won by their pets at the Greater Miami Dog Club show held last Sunday in the Dade County Armory. First prize in the handling division was awarded to Richard Pyeatt, 13, of 4750 Red Road. Richard's dog was a cocker spaniel. Second prize in the same event went to Jean Sibley, 10, of 2124 Coral Way. Charlotte Roberts, 15, of 1269 Mariola Court, was the top winner in the sporting dog division with her prize Irish setter.

26-Ounce Baby Goes Home at 6 1/2 Pounds

Four-months-old Stephanie Lillian Doyle, who weighed only 26 ounces at birth-just four ounces more than the smallest baby ever reported to have survived-is shown with nurse Mildred Meola getting her ready to go home at Orange, N. J., her weight six pounds nine ounces despite pneumonia which stopped her breathing eight times.

Coral Gables Will Have Own National Guard Unit

(Continued from Page One) each section. From Coral Gables the infantry will be stressed from rifle company to headquarters company. Guard meetings will be held one night a week, either Tuesday or Thursday, with a full day's Army pay for each drill period. Uniforms and equipment are the same as the regular Army's and are issued on acceptance of application. Pay scale starts at $2.50 a drill period. Veterans may enlist at their old Army rates if the table of organization calls for placement. Gables men interested in joining the local outfit may contact Lieut. Dacy at 4-6545.

Embry-Riddle Will Graduate Sixteen Today

(Continued from Page One) Harry J. Avery, 139 N.W. 9th Avenue, Miami; Louis M. Carroll, Wilmington, N. C.; Robert J. Cherry, Hallandale, Fla.; Walter J. Fredericks, 1525 Euclid Avenue, Miami Beach; Clayton I. Camber, 3225 Virginia Street, Coconut Grove; Stanley Helfenbein, 608 Euclid Avenue, Miami Beach; J. A. Hendricks, New Smyrna, Fla.; J. J. Herrmann, 4322 N.W. 11th Court, Miami; Dendy B. Jamison, Stuart, Fla.; Holland C. Merse-reau, Sarasota, Fla.; Hugh B. Middleton, Jacksonville, Fla.; Carlos Benitez Perez, San Juan, Puerto Rico; James T. Robinson, Clinton, N. C.; Waldo H. Sierra, Tampa, Fla.; Fred H. Tolbert, Rock Hill, S. C., and Donald L. Wirick, 3285 N.W. 31st Street, Miami. John J. Borome, 545 S.W. 8th St., receives his ticket as an aircraft engine mechanic. Hugh Copeland, director of the school, will officiate at the presentation of the Embry-Riddle Diplomas and Civil Aeronautics Administration certificates. John G. McKay, Jr., executive vice president of the company, Ernest J. Smith, vice president in charge of operations, and chief instructors Frederick J. Dahne and Homer C. Roberts will address the outgoing students at a luncheon following the ceremonies.

Champions Will Compete In Softball

(Continued from Page One) moundsman, and the advantage of a team associated for a number of years. When last these two teams met, in the semi-finals of the District Tourney, it required 11 innings for the Gables team to eke out a 2 to 1 victory. Carls Unbeaten While Carls Liquors is defending a sixteen game winning streak and remains unbeaten, St. Sophia has only bowed once this year in nearly the same number of games. The players on Carl's team are conducting these Saturday evening games, and a contribution will be asked at the games to continue this enterprise. Next week the Youth Center will present all the games that have been previously rained-out. These games must be played out before the new schedule can get underway. Starting June 30 there will be a double-header every night. The Coral Gables Elks Lodge entered the local diamondball picture this week when it was announced that the lodge would sponsor a team in the Men's Softball League. Playing under the banner of the Antlers will be the last place aggregation that had previously been sponsored by Mr Brother's Place. Although the nine is in the cellar position at the present time, the feeling around the lodge is that they'll soon be coming up the ladder because of the new coaching talents being made available to the softball team under the new sponsorship. Johnny Noppenberg and Mike Ruggles, both with local reputations for good coaching, have volunteered to take the Elks' team under their wing and guide it through the second half of league play. Following is next week's schedule: June 23-N. A. S. vs. Granada, Carls vs. Rogers Electric. June 24-Taylors vs. N. A. S., Carls vs. Granada. June 25-My Brother's Place vs. Delta Air Lines, South Miami vs. National Air Lines. June 26-My Brother's Place vs. South Miami Firemen, Taylors vs. Delta Air Lines.

Little Stars to Meet

Estrellita Club of Coral Gables OES will meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday for dessert bridge at the home of Mrs. Ethel Marden, 1222 El Rado.

Entertain at Club

Mrs. Madeline E. Whitcher and her son were hosts at dinner Wednesday night at the Country Club of Coral Gables entertaining a group of out-of-town guests, including Mrs. William Hill and three grandsons, Fred, Jim and David Gerry of Riverside, N. J., Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Walker and Wilson Wright, all of Miami.

Oldest Florida Home Used Free Building Materials

St. Augustine, Fla.-Florida has known the building priority nuisance longer than any other state-since 1580-but fast-growing Florida has always found a way to by-pass priorities and artificial scarcities-learning not only how to get material, but how to get it free! Latest trick was tried in Green Cove Springs, Florida, where a war-weary home seeker piled up empty Army ammunition boxes into a very respectable home. The first tussle with priorities began in St. Augustine, Florida, in the days of the first Spanish occupation (1565-1763). Because St. Augustine was primarily a garrison post on the fabulous Spanish Main, grade-A materials were reserved for royal and military construction, but the pioneer colonists either make-shifted with leftover wood and stone or went farther into the inexhaustible forests and ocean for more. Oldest House One of the earliest examples of "wartime" construction, Florida's Oldest House, is today open to the public at 14 St. Francis Street in St. Augustine. It is known today simply as "The Oldest House". From the sea (not from a building supply warehouse) came lime, shells and shell rock (coquina); from the vast forests by oxcart came sturdy fragrant red cedar. So much building material lay untouched that the priority boys never missed it on their inventories. Everlasting Architecture According to descendants of the early Florida settlers (almost all living today are excellent stone masons as were their forefathers), one way to ease future housing shortages is to build houses that never wear out. Illustrating the point, they trot out production notes on the Oldest House. Standing on sandy soil, the antique structure has no cellar. It has instead a concrete floor-foundation two feet thick upon which its heavy (17-inch) walls rest securely. This is "floating" construction, shock resistant and uniformly settling. Concrete was made by wetting equal parts of sand, shell and lime with salt water and hammering the mixture down until it no longer stuck to the hammer. The floor of the Oldest House once had a smooth marble-like finish. The pioneer concrete was coated with linseed oil after hardening. Used Small Bits When military priority left only smaller rocks and chips of coquina for home building the residential developers made use of the smaller pieces by laying them with lime mortar and sand, reinforced with cedar uprights, then coated with a mixture of shell, lime and sand, to form the thick (cool in summer) walls. Pure lime plaster, made by burning oyster shell and grinding it to fine powder, faced both inner and outer wall surfaces. The plaster powder, incidentally, had to pass a sieve test-filtering through a sieve so fine that pure water hardly drained through it! Principal construction tool used in building the Oldest House was a small hatchet, like a lath hatchet, used to chop stones to size. For rent: an Idea Historical and modern experts, putting their heads together on current building problems, suggest that if you can gather up sufficient sand, sea shells and oyster halves, you, too, can build yourself a house absolutely free (sug-gest you borrow the red cedar uprights), and you MAY have a house to will to your great great great great etc. grandsons!

Coral Gables Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 26 at the chapter rooms, Douglas Entrance. This will be the final meeting until October.

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