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Coral Gables Riviera-Times
Friday, August 15, 1947, page 4 (of 12)
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CORAL GABLES RIVIERA TIMES
Published every Friday morning by the Riviera Publishing Company, 200 Avenue Aragon, Coral Gables 34, Fla. Established January 1926; combined with the Dade County & Coconut Grove Times, 1929. MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION and Florida Press Association. Albert E. Harum, Editor and Publisher; Kenneth S. Reynolds, Business Manager; James B. Moore, Managing Editor; Helen Reynolds, Society Editor; Edward W. Wright, Circulation Manager. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 1947 Active Member SUBSCRIPTION RATES-Six months, $2.00; one year, outside of United States, $3.50; local, $3.00; one year, out-of-town, $3.75. Entered as Second Class Matter May 21, 1926, at the Post Office at Miami, Fla., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Mail Address: Box 515. Phone 4-1684 4-1626. The Coral Gables Riviera is liable for errors in advertising only to the extent of the space in which the advertisement appears.
Memorial
The American Cancer Society has announced that during the month of August it must raise $385,251 to meet its $12 million goal for the 1946-47 fiscal year. This money will be spent for research in America's scientific centers, for fellowships for outstanding young medical minds, and for all the weapons that humanity and science can turn against . . . "the cruelest killer of them all" . . . cancer. It seems to us that this desperate fight is worthy of all the popular support that can be mustered. Cancer kills one in eight persons. Statistically, it claims one life from every two families . . . yours or your neighbors'. Of the approximately 700,000 cases in the United States, about 184,300 will die this year. The true tragedy of this situation lies in the fact that while the number of deaths from cancer has been growing steadily, 50 percent of those stricken cannot be saved until new discoveries are made. Perhaps, even more tragic, is the knowledge that another 25 percent will die although they could be saved by early diagnosis and treatment. We feel a fitting memorial to the cancer dead is a contribution to this fund which seeks to do so much for the living. And we suggest that those who have a dime or a dollar to spare send it at once to the nearest Cancer Committee office or mail it directly to the American Cancer Society, 47 Beaver Street, New York 4, New York. Let's meet this year's cancer control goal.
Wrong Division
The real division among men these days is not between the "haves" and "have nots." It is between the "givers" and the "getters." It is between those who only want to have or hold something somebody has already and those willing to pay the cost of creating a new age-a world not yet possessed or known by anybody. This division is not a question of who has most of what but of what is most worth having. It musters on one and the same side ALL who fight for a bigger or better share of the world for themselves. And, on the other side, the few who fight for a better world to share with everybody. On which side are you? Do you seek a better living for yourself or to make living better for the nation? Do you seek new profits from industry or a new purpose for industry? Do you educate your children to fit into the world or to make the world fit to live in? Do you see the difference between men as vertical barriers of wealth, race or class? Or as horizontal strata which, like clouds, hang low or ride high according to the level and the strength of men's convictions? The great danger in the world does not spring from the bad men who want to break it up but from the men of vague good will whose convictions are not strong enough to knit it together. It comes from men who want to see a better world but do not care enough to become effective in it-men who find it more comfortable to go their own way.
YOUR TOWN | Bad Dream
YOUR TOWN By Jim Moore Bad Dream There being no Commission meeting on Tuesday night and the line waiting to see The Yearling at the Gables theatre looking soooo long, I decided on one of those quiet evenings in the easy chair with some light, "relaxing" reading. By chance there happened to be a magazine called "Pageant" within easy reach of my fingertips and as I leafed through the pages I found an article by Dr. J. B. Rice, MD, which was entitled, "You Can Interpret Your Own Dreams". It just so happened that the night before I'd had a very, very strange dream, so I took a deep breath and plunged right into Dr. Rice's article. According to Dr. Rice, every dream, no matter how silly it seems, makes sense when you learn to understand it. The good doctor says that your mind has three parts: the conscious part you know about; the subconscious part about which most of us know nothing; and, between the two, a mysterious part which we call the censor. Then he goes on to explain how most of the dreams that we have are definitely meaningful and can be explained if we will do a little deep delving. So now after reading Dr. Rice's learned treatise, I feel that I know what that very puzzling dream that I had the other night is all about. I was standing on Coral Way looking towards Douglas Road when I saw something that looked like a tidal wave moving towards the Gables from Miami. As it came nearer I could discern that it was a dirty molasses-colored sort of substance that exuded a foul-smelling odor. As it neared our city boundaries it started to spread and the odor grew more overpowering. I, alarmed, shouted to others about me to grab anything in sight to use for a dam, but most of them seemed paralyzed. The gooey tide grew more terrifying as it came nearer. In addition to the overpowering stench I seemed to be able to discern grinning faces, tapped wires, evil dollars, spinning roulette wheels and leering policemen laughing at pale but righteous looking men and women. This tidal wave did not stop when it reached our city boundaries. Instead, it lapped right over and began to spread north and south, encompassing and eventually covering the whole beautiful community with a slimy filth that caused everything that was good and beautiful to retch, wither and die. It was then that I woke up in a cold sweat-screaming. But I've read Dr. Rice's article. I know how to interpret dreams. Do you agree with my analysis that I've been thinking too much about CONSOLIDATION? You wished lots of folks "Happy New Year." Are yo giving it to them? New Year resolutions-like that of any other month-old baby-still need daily attention. We would not have to deal with the effects of trouble if we dealt with the defects that cause it. It's the choice of a new world on one hand, or all we can get with both hands. Self-pity is a stagnant pool which breeds resentments. Men speak of strong emotions when the truth is their emotions have weak masters.
FROM A RIVIERA NOTEBOOK
By Mary Helm Clarke THE CABIN IN THE CLEARING While the superb setting for "The Yearling" was not our South Florida locale, the Riviera Notebook records many stories of pioneering which parallel the Baxter experiences. Here is one. Two men emerged from the Everglades after wandering for days and days. They were caked with mud, pocked with insect bites, hollow with hunger. With they last reserves of strength they stumbled to a cabin in the clearing. It was a newly built cabin, hand hewn of green logs. A stalwart homesteader invited them in, and his wife ministered to their wounds. She was a tiny mite, but she gave them "first aid" with an efficiency that belied her little-girl stature. By the time they had washed up and rented a bit to get the weariness out of their bones, they were served a royal meal. A great platter of fried ham was set in front of one stranger-a dish of manatee steaks in front of another. Sweet potatoes and hot breads, steaming black coffee and "punkin" pie. Never had they tasted such good food or enjoyed such pleasant company. When the travellers rose to resume their trek to the hamlet on Biscayne Bay, one of the men remarked to the other: "I bet a million that man came from Georgia." And he was right. The homesteader was Charles H. Perry from Americus, Georgia. The slender housewife who ministered to them was Mary Pent Perry, his wife, daughter of a trained nurse who had been sent to Key West during the Yellow Fever epidemic. The cabin was on a tract of land now known as the Flagler Golf Course. Charles Perry built it himself for his bride. Ever since he walked to the Miami River from the Indian River country he has helped to make this area a community of homes. He brought the first horse to South Florida. He installed water supply systems on many of the early estates. He has supplied builders and farmers with machinery which enabled them to do things on a larger scale. Today, he and his wife have retired to a cottage on Navarre Avenue, just off LeJeune Road, where they garden as enthusiastically as they did 50 years ago. "Dad" Perry, as he is affectionately called around the Gables, no longer plants sweet potatoes and pumpkins, nor does he enjoy "sea cow" steaks, but his home still offers an unmistakable Georgia brand of hospitality and savoury food.
Days In The Sun
It seems that we were not the only ones who were puzzled by the sign "Welcome SETOA" over the marquee of the Gables Theatre. Manager Dan Boone informed us this week that several patrons stopped him and asked if that was the name of the deer in "The Yearling" . . . Leo Frutkoff confided in us this week and told us his secret method of building up an audience for his Elks radio broadcasts. Leo picks out an Elk with a large number of relatives in the area, such as Ronnie LaPointe and then 'ties off' a member of the family that he's going to mention 'Benny' on the radio that night. He says it never fails, the whole family and all of their friends are tuned to the station when he begins his broadcast. . . . By the way, to go back to the first paragraph, that Welcome SETOA really stands for Southeastern Theatre Owners Association. It's happy birthday this week to Mrs. Fred Bendinger, who celebrated what she termed as "positively the last birthday she's going to mention" on Tuesday . . . Mayor Keith Phillips told Kiwanians this week that his speeches are usually like his golf drives-"short and in the rough" . . . Hans Wedemeyer, up in Whitewood, South Dakota, reports that the town is so horsey that instead of parking meters they have rings in the cement to which one can tie his steed. Dick Thiel is on a diet of rice, rice, nothing but rice except mebbe an occasional piece of fruit. He says that for the first few days he could think of nothing but a big juicy steak, but that now it's not quite so bad . . . Andy Houston, Chick D'Omski and Sam Elcook were seen among early stamp buyers when the new post office building opened on Monday morning . . . Those new PO boxes, by the way, are equipped with combination locks instead of the key hole kind. Bob Clarke of the ad agency Clarkes is house hunting . . . which reminds us that over 75 people stormed the Dave Peene household when word got out they were renting the place and leaving for Canada . . . But then, can you blame folks for wanting to live in Coral Gables? A small but vociferous lad was keeping up a loud stream of chatter at the umpires and players in Tuesday night's softball encounter. As the innings went by and the little guy showed no signs of weakening lungs, an elderly spectator, seated behind him, handed him a quarter and said, "Here, son, go find yourself another seat." Jack Montgomery, who is leaving this week with his family for North Carolina says he's going to polish up on his golf which will make it tough for local opponents . . . Bob and Graham Stubbs are postcarding friends from Waynesville, N. C., but making no mention of the number of blankets they are sleeping under. Also from North Carolina (Scaly) comes word from Warren Lehman concerning a singing convention. Says Warren, "Today is a big day in Fiske Township as they are holding the annual convention of the Macon County Singing Society of which I am not a member on account of I have a mellow voice -in fact it is so mellow it is almost rotten. The main attraction of this convention, which we are attending, is the singing. All of the hymn book publishing companies sponsor quartets that will give a rendition of some old time hymns. The next main attraction is the spread basket dinner and that is where I am going to shine."
In Our Mail
Editor, Riviera Times: We are deeply indebted to you and the readers of the Riviera-Times for the assistance rendered our committee in the drive for books for the Public Library. The response has been most gratifying. At the time of the committee's letter to you we had only a small list of Unit Histories. Since then a much greater number has been obtained. In order that readers may learn if certain histories are available, it is suggested that they contact Miss Margaret Beaton, Librarian at the Coral Gables Public Library. She has been furnished all the information we have obtained. Our list at this date contains: 23 Division Histories | 8 Regimental Histories | 3 Special Unit Histories | 13 Air Unit Histories | 12 Navy Unit Histories | 12 Books on Marine Units | 5 Books pertaining to CBI Theatre | 30 Books pertaining to the European Theatre | 9 Books pertaining to the North African Theatre | 17 Books pertaining to the Pacific Theatre | 77 Books pertaining to background of War and Peace. Thanking you again for your assistance, I am, Sincerely yours, MORTON J. ENGEL, Chairman of Committee, Veterans of Foreign Wars interest reading your column, "Our Town". This week you will have seen the very fine remarks, of the Rt. Hon. Hugh Emerson, postmaster of Miami anent the Consolidation of Coral Gables with Miami were of particular interest. However, I feel I must chide you gently in asking, if you do not remember the old saw by some wise old sage whose name at the moment escapes me, "You can always recognize a jackass by its bray." CHAS. H. HINES.
Mr. James E. Moore, Mgr. Editor,
Coral Gables Riviera-Times. Dear Jim: Each and every week I await with
Strictly Fresh
A former officer of the National Association of Piano Tuners says pianos have moths. Probably they're looking for Peer Gynt's suite. * * * One really sad thing about the government's dealing with Howard Hughes is that out of all that reconnaissance no planes were forthcoming. * * * An Illinois city gives quarrelsome drunks a choice of standing trial or working a day on the city's garbage trucks. Probably makes a man with a hangover never want to see another scrap. * * * When a Virginia road gang prisoner skipped in a farmer's car, all the prisoners ran for cover. One was so afraid of the hornets he'll probably have to be extradited. * * * A British county banned Punch and Judy shows on grounds they teach children to become wife-beaters. Next, they'll probably want to ban the government on grounds it teaches children to be poor providers.
The first of a series of courses
for schoolbus mechanics in schoolbus maintenance was held recently in Jacksonville. Mechanics from 11 counties attended the class. Two new types of teaching certificates - the post graduate and the advanced post graduate-were authorized by the 1947 legislature to be issued to Florida teachers.
LEGAL NOTICE
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, TO HELD AT 4 O'CLOCK, P.M. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1947, IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS AT THE CITY HALL, ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY APPEAR AND SHOW CAUSE WHY THE ASSESSMENT ROLLS IN LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS H-53 AND H-54. E. B. POORMAN, CITY CLERK THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA 8/15/47
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME STATUTE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the "Fictitious Name Statute," that the undersigned doing business under the fictitious name of Good Neighbor Guide & Shoppers Service, 536 Ingraham Building, Miami, Florida, in Dade County Florida, intends to register said fictitious name in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida. ROBERT J. JARBOE, JULIAN A. ARROYO, JR. 7-25 - 8-1-8-15-47.
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COOPERSTOWN HOME
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