Coral Gables Riviera-Times

SOCIETY CORAL GABLES Riviera Times CLUB - PERSONALS

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7 PAGE SEVEN

Gables Women Find Modeling Strenuous Career

MODELS IN THE MAKING

—Riviera Times photo by Binner. MANNEQUINS-TO-BE shown practicing above Cunningham, Mrs. Edwin Morris and Jackie Pierce are Mrs. J. N. Brown (extreme left); Mrs. W. R. (center), and Mrs. E. S. Woodward.

Groans, Moans Mark First Club Drill

Thirty-five members of the Modeling Class of The Country Club of Coral Gables completed their initial limbering-up session yesterday, collapsed in a body—and promptly changed the name to "Grunts and Groans, Unlimited." "And modeling looks so easy," moaned Marybelle Macy from the depths of a davenport. "I think I'll go over to the courts and taper off with five sets of tennis." Billie Harting, who was responsible for the whole idea, draped herself over a well-cushioned chair. "The breeze from a putter would knock me flat," she admitted. Under the eagle eye of the Princess Nina Caracciola, ballerina who received her training from Nijinsky, the group started its session with instruction in classic ballet positions of hands and arms to develop grace of movement. From there they proceeded to more rigorous routines. Music Sets Tempo While concert pianist Lisa Vavilloff set a martial tempo, the 35 young matrons stretched and turned and bent and straightened, then "rested" by parading around the room with tummies indrawn and books balanced on heads. In the seven languages at her command, the Princess Nina exhorted, scolded and cajoled her pupils into keeping chins up, chests high and derrieres in line with shoulders. "Oh, my aching back," muttered Jean Kitchens half-way through the ordeal. "Never realized the human body had so many muscles!" Lois Bosworth was unperturbed by charges that she possessed the cracking-est joints in the class. "What do I care?" she countered. "I'm sure I've lost inches off my middle!" Aches and pains notwithstanding, the group took the medicine of unaccustomed exercise in its stride, determined to master the fundamentals of good posture and fluid movement before Nov. 20th. On that date they will make their debut as honest-to-goodness (Please Turn to Page Eight)

HOUSEKEEPERS LAUNCH 57th CLUB YEAR

More than a hundred Coconut Grove and Gables women were present yesterday when Mrs. J. Lawrence Kelley rapped the gavel that called the Coconut Grove Housekeepers into session for the 57th consecutive year. Guest speakers for the initial Fall meeting of the pioneer organization of South Florida were Mrs. H. G. Norwood, who discussed historic shrines of early American citizenship, and Mme. Lenander, who told from personal experience "How I Became an American." A program of vocal music in keeping with the theme "Peace Through Good Citizenship in Our Community" was presented by the newly organized club chorus. Good works accomplished throughout the Summer months were reported by committee chairmen. The business portion of the program closed with election of Mrs. J. P. Pierce, Jr., Mrs. D. D. Thurman, Mrs. H. G. Norwood, Mrs. William Sydow and Mrs. Effie Marshal as Revision Committee for the Housekeepers. Tea was served from a table beautifully decorated with golden dwarf chrysanthemums, green fern and yellow and white candles. Mrs. S. J. Kent poured during the post-meeting social hour.

TEQUESTA

More than 500 boats are expected to participate in the Tequesta Regatta, as part of the Crandon Park-Rickenbacker Causeway opening festivities Nov. 9-11. The event, in Biscayne Bay, set for the first day's program, is being directed by a committee headed by Alex Balfe, president of the Miami Chamber of Commerce. The committee includes lenders of all yacht, motorboat and outboard clubs in the Miami area. First big boating event of the fall and winter season, every type of craft in the area will participate. Races in six classes will follow a marine parade as the first stream of autos pours over the new span.

It's a Date

Today COCO PLUM Woman's County Fair, in clubhouse, 5:30 p.m. COTILLION CLUB, Coral Gables Woman's Club, 7:30 p.m. DARDEN-SWEET wedding reception, 9 p.m., Coral Gables Country Club. Tomorrow OPERA GUILD, 4412 Santa Maria St., 8:15 p.m. INFORMAL DANCE, Riviera Country Club, for members and friends, 9 p.m. PRESIDENTS CLUB, 12:30 p.m., Columbus Hotel. DISTRICT MEETING, Florida Federation Music Clubs, Miami Woman's Club, all day. Sunday FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, National Hearing Week, 3:30 p.m., clubhouse, 216 NE 3rd St. TEQUESTA SOCIETY, C.A.R., installation, 47 Zamora Ave., 3 p.m. Monday AAUW, Creative Arts Group, Coco Plum Club, 2 p.m. CORAL GABLES WOMAN'S CLUB, bridge-luncheon, 12 noon.

GABLEITES QUIT VACATION HAUNTS; REOPEN HOMES HERE

Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. White, former Coral Gables residents, arrived this week from Philadelphia and are guests at the Hotel Claridge, Miami Beach. The Whites and their two sons, Charles Maxwell, a second year student of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and Bradford, now taking his pre-med courses at the University of Virginia, took a cottage at Longport, N. J., for the Summer. Bradford will be down for the Thanksgiving holidays and both boys plan to spend the Christmas vacation with their parents. Present plans of Mr. and Mrs. White include a trip to South America soon after the first of the year. • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. P. Klein have re-opened their home at 1006 Capri St. after a Summer in North Carolina. The Klein gardens, containing almost every variety of tropical fruit tree, have long been the gathering place of tourists who annually photographed the famous hedge of blooming red poinsettias. • Major and Mrs. C. H. Crim have taken one of the apartments in the attractive Colonial duplex at 3600 Segovia st. The Crims occupied the home of Colonel and Mrs. Richmond P. Gibson, 3621 Monseratte St., while the colonel was on active duty. Mrs. Crim and Mrs. Gibson are sisters.

Deadline Set For Rummage Sale Gifts

Today is the last day for members to make contributions to the rummage sale of Coral Gables American Legion Auxiliary 98 to take place tomorrow at 3660 Grand Ave., Coconut Grove. Donations should be left at the Legion Hall.

Gablesgrams

By HELEN REYNOLDS, SOCIETY EDITOR Mrs. George Pawley, president of the Opera Guild, will open her home, 4412 Avenue Santa Maria at 8:15 p.m. Saturday for the first in a series of get-together member parties inaugurating the opera season. About 100 will attend the initial soiree. Arturo di Filippi, director of the guild has arranged a program featuring artists Cecelia Duenas, Fred Riebel, Irene Patty, Claire Robinson and Warner Hardman. • Off on a weekend fishing jaunt to Naples are Mr. and Mrs. Percy Pitts and Mr. and Mrs. William Forrest Sistrunk. The four-some are newlyweds whose weddings took place within the last six months. Mrs. Pitts, the former Marian Hasty and Mrs. Sistrunk, the former Mary Elizabeth Orr are Chi Omega sorority sisters. • Pretty Ann Simpson, who was recently named "Sweetheart of the Key Club" of Ponce de Leon High School, is seen riding to school every morning with Wheel Club member John Watson, her across-the-street neighbor. When queried, John bristled and said, "I'll take Ann just as often as she'll ride with me, whether she wears a Key Club (sweetheart) pin or not". Ann, a senior, plans to attend Ward-Belmont Junior College come fall. • Mrs. Floyd A. Butler of 1024 Avenue Obispo entertained at tea Wednesday honoring her mother, Mrs. M. A. Butler of Brunswick, Ga., and her sister Mrs. Don Richardson, of Charlotte, N. C. They left Thursday for their homes after attending the wedding of their grand-daughter and niece, Caroline Baker Butler, who became bride of Fred Lawrence Burki Saturday. Another tea guest was Mrs. M. Ray Pearce of Chicago, Ill., also here as a wedding guest. Tall and handsome, Mrs. Pearce formerly lived in the Gables and later in a rambling ranch type home in South Miami. She tells us she definitely prefers the cold weather of Chicago to the warm balmy breezes of Florida. But then she is definitely the fur coat type. • Tears are being shed by Coral Gables friends of the popular Mrs. Pierre Jones and her daughter Miss Jacqueline Jones who will make their home in California as of today. Mr. Jones, whose business takes him back to California where he was prior to the war, and Mrs. Jones left by motor today for Tallahassee. There they will pick up their daughter Jackie who flew up by plane Tuesday to say goodbye to all of her college friends and sorority sisters at Florida State University. The family will live in Oakland and Jackie will enter the University of California at Berkley, alma mater of her sister, Mrs. Richard Jenness, who lives near by. Jackie will renew friendships at the California University with Miss Pat Spry, who is a junior student there and a member of the same sorority, Pi Beta Phi. Pat and Jackie were gradu-ated in the same class at Ponce de Leon High school. • Mrs. James A. McCarthy, of the Chinese Village is commuting to (Continued on Page Eight)

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