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VOL. 21—No. 24 TWO SECTIONS CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1947 12 PAGES TEN CENTS

$75,000 BID RECEIVED ON YOUTH CENTER

Special Meeting Of Directors Called Monday A low bid of under $75,000 will enable completion of the Coral Gables War Memorial Youth Center prior to its second anniversary on December 7, Harry W. Morgenthaler, president, revealed today. A meeting of the board of directors has been called for Monday evening at the Youth Center to discuss financing and select the contractor, Morgenthaler said. While the name of the low bidder was not revealed, bids opened Wednesday night were submitted by Witters Construction Co., Lyle Roberts, Reynolds Construction Co., and Hodgman Merritt. Vote to Build The directors had previously voted to go ahead with construction this summer provided construction costs could be held under $80,000. Only the first unit of the Center has been completed to date. "We are certainly pleased to (Please Turn to Page Six)

Boat License Act Deferred

Zoning Board Recommends Permit Action on the much-discussed request for permission to operate the fishing boat "Atlantis" in the Coral Gables section of Biscayne bay was again deferred by the city commission Tuesday despite a recommendation for approval from the zoning board. Considerable discussion in the past over the question of allowing a business to operate in the bay area was ended by the meeting of the zoning board Monday when that group recommended that a 6 month license be issued to George F. Sharkey for the operation of the Atlantis. The board also stated that the final approval should contain a clause providing for cancellation of the license effective ten days after notice. According to the owners, the boat is to be used for all-day fishing trips at a cost of $1.75 which would include water-taxi service from city docks in Miami, Miami Beach, and Coconut Grove. No date for reconsideration of the request was set by the city commission.

Art Studio Fire Origin Undetermined

Fire of undetermined origin swept through the Tropical Arts Picture Studio, 2311 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Tuesday night. John Juanalitz, the owner, says it will take about a week to accurately estimate the damage. According to Lt. L. S. Scobie of the Coral Gables Fire Department, the damage will probably run into the thousands.

Riviera-Times Circulation To Be Directed by Wright

The appointment of Edward W. Wright as circulation manager of the Riviera-Times was announced today by Albert E. Harum, publisher. Wright succeeds Mrs. John Vines Hardeman. Coming here from Chester, Pa., Wright was associated with the circulation department of the Chester Times for more than 15 years, where he was engaged in all phases of circulation work, ending up as assistant circulation manager. With Ledger He was also associated with the Philadelphia Public Ledger as district manager for two years, until that paper suspended publication. While with the Times he was a member of the Inter-State Circulation Managers Association. Gables Progressing "I have only been in Coral Gables a short time but I am convinced that it is one of the most progressive communities I have ever seen," Wright stated. "I believe that The Riviera-Times has a great future in store for it, continuing to grow as the community it serves grows. I am extremely happy to be a part of this progressive organization." Wright is presently living at the Coral Gables Inn until he finds permanent quarters

E. ELDRIDGE PENNOCK, who plays the jury foreman, and BETTY ARNOLD, leading lady, are shown in a scene from "Ladies of the Jury," next production of the Country Club Playhouse.

Country Club Players Open New Play Tuesday Night

'LADIES OF THE JURY' TO BE PRESENTED IN TWO PERFORMANCES The ball-room of the Country Club of Coral Gables will be turned into a county court room on Tuesday evening when the Country Club Theatre presents its second summer play, "Ladies of the Jury." Directed by Dr. Sidney Cassell, the action of the drama spins about a jury of six women and six men and their efforts to determine the guilt or innocence of the defendent. Cast Named Cast as members of the jury are Betty Arnold, Jane Gobat, Jean Hanson, Gwen Tuckerman, Betty Bliss, Eleanor Healy, Eldridge Pennock, Karl D. Schmitz, Howard Hanson, Gene Ellenson, Dick Kenney and George Nichols. Others in the play include Henry Binns as Judge Fish; Bill Hartnett, Halsey Van Stye; Gordon Taylor, Rutherford Dale; Dr. Robert McVoy, Dr. Quinny Adams James, Jr.; Dr. Donald T. Leigh, Art Dobbs; Boots Royall, Mrs. Gordon; Dolores Wright, Evelyn Snow; Jacqueline May, Suzanne and Roff Elliott, clerk of the court. The play will be presented again on Thursday evening with an extra performance on July 4 if public demand warrants.

Nauss Rites Here Tonight

Funeral services for Joseph H. Nauss, pioneer Coral Gables real estate broker who died Wednesday morning at his residence, 830 Pizarro Street, will be held at 8 o'clock this evening at the Flagler Funeral Home, 2987 West Flagler Street. Born in Rochester, N. Y., he came to Coral Gables in 1925 and associated himself with the Coral Gables Corporation at a time when the city was still in its formative stages. In 1929 he opened his own real estate office and maintained an office in the Renuart Arcade at the time of his death. He was a member of the Coral Gables Board of Realtors and the National Association of Real Estate Boards. He was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. Widow Survives He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Amy Slocum Nauss, and a niece, Mrs. Raymond Puff of Haddon Heights, N. J., who arrived this morning for the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Nauss celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on September 30, 1945. Nauss was also state agent for (Please Turn to Page Six)

EDWARD W. WRIGHT

Quick, Henry

New Service Wars On Mosquitoes By CLIFF HEINZEL It's getting so that a poor, struggling mosquito can't even make a decent living these days, what with the increasing activity of the County Mosquito Control division. Where formerly the voracious little critters could take their pick of outdoor affairs and make gluttons of themselves, they now have to be extremely careful that they don't choose an open-air gathering that has taken advantage of the free, mosquito control service. If they do they can almost certainly count on a quick trip to wherever deceased mosquitoes go, according to Fred H. Stutz. The service, which consists of treating the grounds and sur- (Please Turn to Page Six)

Knight Drawing Working Plans For VFW Home

Plans for the new home of the Ray Renuart Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, are now being completed by Howard Knight, architect, and will be submitted for bids soon, it was announced today by post officials. The building site, located at 125 Avenue Valencia, was cleared last week by post members. The Ralph Helms Construction Co., donated a bull-dozer, operated by post member R. Lassiter, who donated his time. Work will begin immediately on landscaping the site and a sign has been prepared, stating that the new post home will be built there in the near future. In addition to meeting and club rooms, which will be made available to other civic groups, plans call for an outdoor patio and band-shell. The land was purchased from the city.

Kiwanians View Emerald Isle Via Sound Movie

Members of the Coral Gables Kiwanis Club were taken on a tour of Ireland, Tuesday, by means of a sound motion picture shown at the weekly luncheon meeting at the Country Club of Coral Gables. The film was obtained from Pan-American Airways and show by Bill Mason of Travel, Inc. Rev. Harvey John Fritsch was program chairman. Harry Shay ,chairman of the Projects Committee, reported that the Kiwanis Youth Foundation Fund was $2,125.20 richer as a result of the recent Kiwanis Charity Ball.

Jacqueline May In Radio Contest

Miss Jacqueline May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. May, 835 Columbus Boulevard, will be one of the finalists in the Florida Radio Queen competition on Monday in Fort Lauderdale. Miss May, who does humorous monolgues and directs the Youth Center program over WBAY, was selected as one of seven finalists Wednesday night in a program broadcast from station WFTL in Fort Lauderdale.

JUNE PERMITS FOR BUILDING ARE BOOSTED

Three Residences; Proposed Store Are Listed A total of $58,300 in building permits issued this week was added to the rapidly growing June construction figure which has already become one of the largest in the city's history. The report from Building Inspector G. B. Campbell listed permits for three homes, one store building, and one residential addition issued since last week. Permits issued included: Andrew Cambigue, $18,000 duplex at 214 Avenue Antilla, H. George Fink, architect. R. H. Peck, $13,00 addition at 933 Avenue Sorolla, designed by owner. $14,000 Home Louis Paffy, $14,000 residence at 6101 Cellini Street, Walter R. Shiner, architect. J. H. Rickey, $13,000 residence at 414 Avenue Palermo, Carlos B. Schoeppel. Porter and Wagor Construction Co., $7,500 residence at 1305 Avenue Venetia, Gordon Severud, architect, construction to be done by the owner. Margaret H. Groen, $4,500 store building at 4207 LeJeune Road. William T. Techumy, architect.

Thief Leaves Blood Trail

No Articles Reported Taken A burglar who left a mysterious trail of blood throughout the residence of Earl Rhine, 1300 Coral Way, and departed empty-handed, led the parade of house-breakings in Coral Gables this week. Police, who said that the house had been ransacked, theorized that the intruder had cut himself on the window he broke to gain entrance to the house and the annoyance of his wound had caused him to leave without taking anything. Empty Handed Burglars who broke into the Trio Corner, 375 South Dixie Highway on Tuesday evening also departed empty-handed, as the owner, B. J. Obarski, has not found anything missing. The burglars cut a screen to gain entrance. Lloyd Park of Parks Motor Service, 1607 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, did not fare as well. Burglars escaped with two loud speakers from the building, valued at $50 each.

Post Office Closing Brings Mail Box Jam

A jammed mail box on two successive Wednesdays, resulting from the practice of closing the Coral Gables branch post office on Wednesday afternoons as well as Saturday afternoons, brought a protest yesterday from the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. Informed by Mrs. Mary T. Moore, executive secretary, that persons were unable to deposit mail in the box at the post office on Wednesday afternoons, because it was crammed to overflowing, Postmaster Right Emerson promised to install an additional box or a larger one. Mrs. Moore quoted Emerson as saying that all branch offices are operating on the same schedule as Coral Gables and that this is the first complaint he has received. He added, Mrs. Moore said, that Coral Gables must be having an unusual large volume of mail. Maybe it's an unusual lack of service.

Legion Blasts For Curtailed Use Of Biltmore Hospital

Second Half League Play Is Slated

Carl's Meets White Temple On Saturday The fast-playing Coral Gables softball league swings into the second half of the summer schedule on Monday with the number one and two teams of the first half seeing action in the opener. Carl's Liquors, who cinched the first half pennant with 16 straight wins will endeavor to capture the 17th from a determined group of South Miami firemen, who chalked up 12 victories and two defeats to take second place. Also slated to see action on Monday are the third and fourth place teams, Taylor's Sport Shop and Members of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce in luncheon meeting yesterday went on record as favoring a 25-cent charge for grandstand seats at the Men's League diamondball games at Youth Center Field. Action was taken when E. D. Rogers informed the group that many persons were refusing to contribute or were dropping pennies in the box for the priviledge of watching the games. Delta Airlines who are listed as opponents for the second game. Taylor's were credited with 10 wins to 6 defeats in the first half playing while Delta had seven victories and six losses. Exhibition Game The classy Carl's combination is slated for another exhibition game (Please Turn to Page Six)

Teamwork Cited As Effective By Lantaff

The "teamwork" of the Dade County legislative delegation enabled the speedy passage of more than 150 bills affecting county residents, according to Representative William C. Lantaff, who addressed the members of the Lions Club of Coral Gables this week. The club met at the Country Club of Coral Gables and the speaker was introduced by President Ira C. Haycock. Lantaff gave his listeners an insight into the technical operation of the legislative branch of the state government and said that the local delegation "made quite an impression" on delegations from other parts of the State. House Divided "Legislative groups from other counties—who are divided on what they wanted from the legislature—had the effect of dividing the house when it came to the voting," Lantaff said. President Haycock will be succeeded by President-elect George Okell and the new slate of officers at next week's meeting, with the formal installation scheduled for July 15th at a Country Club banquet.

Forty and Eight Group Will Meet in Gables

Voiture 498 of the Forty and Eight Society will meet at 8 p.m. this evening in the Coral Gables American Legion Hall, it was announced today by Bill Keefe, Chef de Gare.

FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY NECESSITATES EARLY PAPER

With the Fourth of July holiday falling on a Friday next week, it will be necessary for The Riviera-Times to go to press one day early in order to insure mail delivery to our subscribers on July 3. The cooperation of advertisers and persons wishing to have announcements published will be appreciated. All copy should reach The Riviera-Times offices by Tuesday afternoon.

1947-1948 BUDGET SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS AND FINANCING

Budget Passage Scheduled At Meeting on July 8th

OPEN HEARING HELD MONDAY; FEW CRITICISMS HEARD Coral Gables' budget for 1947-48 sailed virtually unmolested through an open hearing Monday night and seemed destined for adoption when the city commission meets on July 8. City employees yesterday expressed general satisfaction over wage increases achieved in the new budget without any increase in millage. Appropriation Questioned At Monday's hearing mild fire was leveled at the University of Miami appropriation, the library fund and the amount of money being paid to refund TPC's. Otto G. Benz questioned the advisability of continuing the $15,000 appropriation to the University of Miami, now that the school is on a self-supporting basis. Benz was informed by Mayor W. Keith Phillips that a certain amount of continuing endowments are necessary for the school to maintain its scholastic rating, and that the city will probably decrease the appropriation when other endowments are obtained by the institution. Mrs. Evan D. Roser and Miss Margaret Beaton told the commission that $13,000 appropriation to the library was insufficient to (Please Turn to Page Six)

Word Awaited On Beer-Wine Permit Mix-up

Beer and wine bar operators in Coral Gables were still in the dark about future licenses this week as City Attorney Edward L. Semple and Mark L. Erwin, local representative of the State Beverage Commission, awaited a ruling from State Attorney General J. Tom Watson on an omitted sentence in Senate Bill 301, which limits such licenses in the Gables to one for each 1,500 population. Clause Omitted The bill was passed without a clause exempting present license holders from the provisions of the bill, which Erwin stated may make revoking of excess licenses mandatory. Semple and Erwin stated yesterday that no word has been received from Watson's office concerning his interpretation of the bill. Erwin said that as far as his (Please Turn to Page Six)

Six Fined As Mayes Takes Bench

Police court this week was presided over by Commissioner Thos. C. Mayes in the absence of Judge C. S. Robertson, who is on vacation. Accident and reckless driving cases were prominent on the docket. Noah Cardon, 1401 N.E. 147 Street, was fined $10 and costs for reckless driving by speeding. Pat Burke, Green Heron Hotel, Miami Beach, was fined the same for reckless driving by running a red light. Mrs. Angelina M. Reneda, 1223 Avenue Almeria, was found guilty of reckless driving and causing an accident. She was fined $15. Rufus Dixon, Lonnie Barretti and Dan Carmikle, all negroes, were found guilty of fighting and fined $20 apiece. Lucious Simmons, nego, of 210 Grand Avenue was sentenced to 15 days for selling bolita tickets. Charlie Fisher, negro, 3548 Florida Avenue, was sentenced to seven days for being drunk.

Civilian Plan Also Draws Criticism

Resolution Asks Additional Funds For Operation Plans of the Veterans' Administration to close off three floors of the Biltmore Hospital and treat a capacity of 350 patients compared to the Army's 1,050 were the target for a blast of criticism leveled at the government agency today by the Coral Gables Post 98, American Legion. The Legionnaires also labeled as "unwise and contrary to the best interest of the veterans" a proposal that part of the hospital facility be used by private practitioners for treatment of non-veteran civilian patients. Formal transfer of the hospital from the War Department to the V.A. will become effective one minute after midnight on Monday, according to Dr. H. F. Machlan, manager of the Nautilus Veterans Hospital on Miami Beach. Transfer of equipment will begin on Tuesday with the first patients slated to be moved on Monday, July 7. Resolution Sent The Legion's stand on the matter was made public in a resolution being forwarded to each of the United States senators and congressmen from Florida, in which they are asked to lend all possible support in obtaining additional appropriations from Congress for full-capacity operation of the hospital. The resolution stated that use of the hospital by civilian doctors (Please Turn to Page Six)

Richard Edwards Funeral Rites This Afternoon

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today in the Coral Gables Philbrick Chapel for Richard M. Edwards, 19, who died Wednesday from injuries sustained Tuesday evening when the motorcycle on which he was riding was struck by a car at Bird and Douglas Roads. Attended Ponce He was a student at Ponce de Leon High School for three years and graduated from Technical High School. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Edwards; a brother, James L., and three sisters, Margaret, Doris and Barbara Ann, all of Coral Gables.

Singing of Cecilia Duenas Pleases Local Music Critic

On Tuesday evening the Philharmonic Society of Greater Miami gave its twelfth monthly concert in the patio of the Country Club of Coral Gables before a large and enthusiastic audience. Once again Cecilia Duenas was the assisting artist and as usual completely charmed her audience with the brilliant ease and warm quality with which she performs the most difficult arias. It is rare to find a coloratura who does not sound dry and forced in the upper register, but in Miss Duenas we have that delightful phenomenon. The "Queen of the Night" aria, from Mozart's "The Magic Flute," was performed with sympathetic orchestral accompaniment, as was the beautiful recitative and aria "Pourquoi dans les grands bois" from "Lakme." Credit must be given to the orchestra, which was under the direction of Oliver Washburn, for creating a lovely backdrop of instrumental sound which augmented the vocal performances of the soloist, rather than (as so often happens in these latitudes) tending to obscure the singer. Miss Duenas performed two encores—"Aimant la rose le rossignol" by Rimsky-Korsakoff, and "Gil angui d'inferno" also from "The Magic Flute"—accompanied with understanding and intelligence by William Sweitzer at the piano. These were received with great enthusiasm. Original Composition The original composition presented on Tuesday's program, the June selection of the J. P. Riddle Foundation for Orchestral Composition, was a brilliant "Danse Espagnole, Opus 5" by Dimitri Shmuklovsky, who obviously knows his orchestra. Mr. Shmuklovsky's use of tonal, contrapuntal and rhythmic effects to enhance a comparatively simple Spanish theme shows excellent taste and considerable ability. He is a local composer to be watched. The pieces de resistance of the orchestral program were the ro- (Please Turn to Page Six)