Coral Gables Riviera-Times

RIVIERA-TIMES

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1947

CORAL GABLES Riviera-Times

Published every Friday morning by the Riviera Publishing Company, 2000 Avenue Aragon, Coral Gables 34, Fla. Established January 1926; combined with the Dade County & Coconut Grove Times, 1939. 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 1947 ASSOCIATION 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, 1897. Mail Address Box 704 - Phone 4-1694 4-1695 The Coral Gables Riviera is liable for errors in advertising only to the extent of the space in which the advertisement appears.

Two Problems

Our problem No. 1 abroad is to send materials for world recovery while halting the world conquest attempted by materialistic forces. We try to do this by increasing the flow of food and money abroad. We may, however, be pouring both into a bottomless pit-pouring good money after bad-until and unless we begin pouring good men in among the bad men. This alone could give other nations the moral strength needed to found sound economies. The opposing strategy of the materialistic forces is to pour bad men in among the good -dividing men to fight against each other instead of for their country-demoralizing men till they think selfishly of their own needs while their nations cry aloud for fuel and food. Problems created in an industry or nation by infiltration of evil minded men can only be corrected by an inflow of high-minded men who recognize the nation's needs as greater than their own. Problem No. 1 at home is also how to deal with evil-minded men who infiltrate government posts and key positions in our labor unions. We have tried to do this by the passage of restrictive labor laws. Legislation, however, has never changed a man's beliefs or lessened his bitterness. Tighten the law and the men affected simply tighten their lips and carry on their scheming underground as we go on in a false sense of security. Here again the problem must be met, not so much by new measures as by new men. We must change as men, until we hold and live such high beliefs that we can change the belief of others and change their bitterness towards us. When you and I become selfless enough to infiltrate and change self-seeking men at home and abroad, we will have the answer to both problems. We use our hands and feel till they are tired out. Why not our hearts and heads? All of us have just lived through the world's greatest tragedy. But no single state or statesman has yet said, "We were to blame." Some try to get to the heart of a problem without giving their heart as the answer. It's more leaders that we need, not more drivers. We'll win the fight when we feel sure it rests with you and me. What you do for your family you do for your nation. There are many who do no wrong, but who also do no right. Think what we can do for others-and we won't have to think what they can do to us.

Poet's Corner

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IN OUR MAIL

Editor, Riviera-Times Dear Sir: Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Miami Defense-Rental Area Advisory Board, this is to respectfully request your cooperation to advise, through your newspaper, all individual landlords who own tourist housing accommodations that are now exempt from the Rent Regulation. It is the Board's request that each landlord give the tenant thirty days notice of intention to increase the rent or evict said tenant, and file with the Area Rent Office a copy of said notice. A brief resume of the reasons for the notice should be attached to this copy. The Board feels that since many tourist tenants are away at this time, if such notice is not given, there is the possibility of many landlord and tenant disputes arising and would result in adverse publicity to this community as a whole. We will appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Very truly yours, C. Lawton McCall Chairman Mr. Al Harum, Editor and Publisher Riviera-Times Coral Gables, Fla. Dear Al: Congratulations and most sincere wishes for success in becoming a daily. I should be happy to send a story in to the Publishers Auxiliary, but I wish you would airmail a picture of yourself at once to Joe LeBlaine, Editor Publishers Auxiliary, 210 South DesPlaines Street, Chicago, Ill. Joe usually likes to use thumbnails with the more important stories. As you know, I will be in your town this weekend Tuesday with the Sportswriters Association. I am looking forward to seeing you and Jim. Sincerely, Ash Wing Western Newspaper Union A. E. Harum, Editor and Publisher Coral Gables Riviera-Times Dear Al: Thanks a million for sending me the news of your expansion to a daily and we shall be very happy indeed to feature this in The Newspaper News. I wish to take this opportunity to wish you every success and assure you that if there is anything I can do from this office to help you at any time, you have only to call on me. Sincerely, Russell Kay Editor and Publisher Florida Newspaper News

Strictly Fresh

The Inter-American Defense Conference has decided to make the Monroe Doctrine a community affair. The children have grown up and are starting to help support the family. The Labor Department's Women's Bureau predicts rough going for career girls unless they show more intelligence. A girl had better do a good job of apple-polishing or she may be selling them. Because of noise Army has ordered all Tokyo personnel to get rid of cats and dogs. Next they'll try to eradicate pet peeves. The 20 firms of the Brake Lining Manufacturers' Association have been indicted by the Justice Department. Price fixing is the rub. A 400 per cent increase in some water bills in Phoenix, Ariz., uncovered the story of the meter reader who just stayed home and dreamed up his readings. Who says we aren't fundamentally inflation-minded? There's a Colorado state law against angling for trout while on horseback. Never fear, law enforcement officials, it's difficult enough the way it is!

Rough Ride

FROM A RIVIERA NOTEBOOK

By Mary Helm Clarke On September 18, 1926, Miami and Coral Gables were caught in the center of a hurricane. Winds spinning at the rate of 140 miles an hour circled a vacuum center. Only a few individuals had ever been caught in the center of a hurricane before, and most of the people thought the storm was over when the high wind ceased. One of Coral Gables' prominent young citizens decided to go ahead with a scheduled tonsillectomy and his sister agreed to chauffeur the family to the hospital. Without intending to get out of the car, she went "as was", which was hardly adequate for daytime activities. Imagine her consternation when some one yelled, "Get back home, you fool! This is the calm in the center of the hurricane. The wind will come back stronger than ever." The young deb raced the storm back to home and wardrobe just before the biggest wind of all caught her skirts. She was literally blown out of life's most embarrassing moment. Many old-timers recall the hurricane wedding which was scheduled for the day after the storm, and the plucky young couple who went through with it in spite of "hell and high water". The bridal robe and trousseau were soaked and there was no electricity for cooking the wedding breakfast. Nevertheless, the ceremony took place as planned, and the breakfast, consisting of canned beans cooked over a fire in the yard, was served with all possible pomp and dignity. After the Big Blow many automobiles were topless. Soon the streets were filled with ludicrous vehicles. Some cars were covered with gayly striped awnings; others were built up with boards; some resourceful out-doors-men had even covered the chassis with tents. The most revealing stories of the storm and the indomitable spirit of survivors were written on signs displayed on stores. One grocery promised to "open for business as soon as we can get a new stock, a new location, and find our cash register". A cobbler, slightly confused in his spelling, declared "Souls sewed by hand. Our machine went to Bimini". A laundry announced "We will deliver your shirts as soon as we find them. In the meanwhile we'll wash the ones you managed to save". We can laugh now, as they did then, but with more assurance that we will never suffer such losses again. We know not to venture out in the center-calm; we have hurricane warning service so we can batten down for the high winds; and we have the Red Cross Disaster Relief in a highly organized program. September 18, 1926, is not a day we celebrate. It is, however, a day to remember.

Jenny and Benny By Art Winburg

HERE COMES THAT SMART-ALEC, WUCKY DUCK HELLO WE DONT CARE TO HEAR ANY OF YOUR WISECRACKS! ART WINBURG

CORAL GABLES Federal Savings & Loan Association

We Invite You To SAVE SAFELY Your Investment In This Association Is FULLY INSURED Up to $5,000.00 OUR DIVIDEND RATE Has Never Been Less Than 2 1/2 % PER ANNUM CORAL GABLES Federal Savings & Loan Association GEORGE B. CASTER, President 2501 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Telephone 4-7627 Member Federal Home Loan Bank Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation

365 Days Here

Two youngsters with eager expressions walked into the Chamber of Commerce office recently and asked Mrs. Bea Saunders if by any chance the Chamber had a post card with a picture of their school (the Elementary) on it. Impressed with the pride the boys seemed to have in their Alma Mater, Mrs. Saunders gave them postcards picturing the school, and then allowed them to select several other Gables scenes. About two hours later, the youngsters dashed back into the office, shouted, "Well, we sold 'em!" and started back to the post card rack. Needless to say, that was one local business enterprise that was nipped in the bud. Don Sprague, who once made a career of teaching salesmen how to sell, asked one of his carrier-boy sons if he used an agressive approach in obtaining new customers. "Sure I do," the youngster replied. "I go right up, ring the bell and say, 'You wouldn't want to subscribe to the Riviera-Times would you?'". . . and speaking of enterprising youngsters, we were accosted by a tot in front of Jephson's this week who displayed a fist full of sparklers and asked, "Hey, ya wanna buy a diamond?" Carl E. C. Graffenbergers are quite embarrassed over the behavior of their dog. A young man who was working at a nearby property rang the bell the other day and told Mrs. Graffenberger, "I hate to tell you this, but I just saw your dog jump into my car and jump out again with my lunch in his mouth. Furthermore I missed my lunch the other day, too." And Mr. Graffenberger suspects that food in the Humane Society and various kennels in the area! Marge Gebhart postcards from Ponte Vedra that "it's just pretty there and that she's right on the ocean-"home soon" . . . Friends of Colonel Joe Byerly (and he has a host of 'em) will be glad to know that he's showing improvement at Pratt Veteran's Hospital where he underwent a serious operation. Get well soon, Joe . . . They're kidding "Doc Moore" at the Postoffice Soda Shop about placing his fan so near the cold cure shelf. They accuse "Doc" of trying to drum up business via the fan's breeze. Debora Jane, just four, was complimented this week on having a South Miami play school named for her. She considered the matter, then announced solemnly, "I'm not Debora any more. I'm Gene Autry." From Valley Center, California. Chester M. Vance postcards, "We'll never say again that Coral Gables or Florida is hot. It was 101 when we arrived-'very unusual-though must tell you that I have slept under blankets every night. Went to the races yesterday in DelMar and left some Florida money. In the party of 12 was Big Boy Williams, life long friend of Will Rogers . . . Ruth Higgins, who advises that she'll be home in ten days, postcards from Grand Canyon that she and Clyde have seen a lot of wonderful scenery-so much in fact that they can hardly take it all in. Carl Singleton, who rarely indulges in his own wares (that's a joke-son) thought for a moment this week that horses were taking to hard liquor. "All I could see at first was a horse, nudging the screen door of the store with his snout. Then the rider leaned over and asked for a pint of bourbon", Carl related. Quite a few Gableites are returning from vacations these days and here are a few who are back in the fold and ready for the season. Willard Ware was up in Pennsylvania. Louie Lanford visited his mother in Atlanta and then went to Asheville and Sylva, N. C. . . . Charles Roberts sought altitude in Gatlinburg, Tenn. . . . Dr. Herbert Sperry tells us he found Rochester, N. Y. quite warm . . . Larry Westerdahl covered Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio, Mississippi and Illinois . . . Dr. T. D. Sandberg was seen in Knoxville and Memphis and the Rev. Harvey Fritsch in Detroit. Can't sleep nights for wondering whether the words "F-o-r-d S-t-r-i-k-e-r" we saw tattooed on the arm of a youth at Matheson Hammock Sunday indicated his name or his labor convictions . . . The E. A. Batemans are back home after a northern jaunt . . . that portrait of Walter Wiegman in the Elks Club lobby needs proper lighting.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME STATUTE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, desiring to engage in business under the fictitious name of FASHION FABRICS, 201 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables, Florida, intends to register said fictitious name in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida. GLADYS HISSNER A. E. HISSNER 9-19-26; 10-3-10.

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR DADE COUNTY, IN CHANCERY No. 108315-E

OLGA BACH, PLAINTIFF -Versus- ADOLPH BACH, DEFENDANT ORDER FOR PUBLICATION TO: ADOLPH BACH, and if married, his wife; their respective heirs, devisees, and all other persons. YOU AND EACH OF YOU are hereby required to file with the clerk of the above named court, in Miami, Florida, on or before the 13th day of October, 1947, your written appearance to the bill of complaint filed herein, as amended, for the establishment and foreclosure of a vendor lien covering described therein, in default of which a decree pro confesso will be entered against you and each of you. Dated at Miami, Florida, this 5th day of September, A. D. 1947. W. F. PARKER, Solicitor for Plaintiff E. B. LEATHERMAN, Clerk of the above styled court. By WM. W. STOCKING, D. C. 9/12-19-26-10/3-10.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF SUIT BY ATTACHMENT

Notice is hereby given to Chesley Farrow, Defendant, and all other persons interested, that a suit has been instituted in the Justice of the Peace Court for the Third Justice District of Dade County, Florida between G. W. Farrow Co. as Plaintiff and Chesley Farrow as Defendant, by the issuance of a writ of attachment therein against the said defendant, on which writ certain property of the said defendant has been attached and this suit been taken by the defendant, to-wit: One Dodge 1947 2-ton truck; Motor Number #DHS-1418726. The said defendant and all other persons interested, are therefore required to appear to the said action on or before the 2nd rule day of October being the 20th day of October, A. D. 1947, otherwise judgment will be taken by default against the said defendant. WITNESS my Hand, O. E. Sutton, Justice of the Peace of the said Third Justice District for said County and State, and the Seal of said Court at Coral Gables, Florida, this 9th day of September, A.D. 1947. O. E. Sutton Justice of the Peace Third District 9/12-19-26-10/3.

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NOTICE

On Saturday, September 27, 1947 at 9 A.M. in Room 101, City Hall, Coral Gables, Florida an examination will be given for Journeyman and Master Electricians. Any person interested in taking the examination must make application prior to September 25, 1947. THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES Mark L. Albury, Electrical Inspector

NOTICE

On Monday, September 22, 1947 and Tuesday, September 23, 1947 commencing at 7 P.M. in Room 101, City Hall, Coral Gables, Florida an examination will be given for Journeyman and Master Plumbers. Any person interested in taking the examination must make application to the undersigned prior to the time of examination. THE CITY OF CORAL GABLES J. H. Dunne, Plumbing Inspector

EXAMINATION FOR CONTRACTORS

Examination for all contractors except Plumbing and Electrical will be held in the Coral Gables City Hall, Room 101 commencing at 7 o'clock P.M. on Friday, September 26, 1947. Gilbert B. Campbell, Building Inspector

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