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CORAL GABLES Riviera Times

Published Monday through Friday afternoons by the Riviera Publishing Company, 2206 Avenue Aragon, Coral Gables 34, Fla. Successor to a weekly news-paper January, 1926; combined with the Dade County & Coconut Grove Times, 1935. Published daily except Saturday and Sunday. MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSO-CIATION 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 REPRESENTATIVES: THE INLAND NEWSPAPERS FULL LEASED WIRE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Member RIVIERA 24 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Three months, $5.00; one year, outside of United States, $18.00; local, $12.00; one year, carrier, $13.00; daily delivery by car-rier, 25 cents per week. Entered as second class matter May 23, 1926, at the Post Office at Miami, Fla., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Mail Address, Box 6975, Coral Gables 34, Florida. Phone 4-2581. Classified Dept., 83-4637. The Coral Gables Riviera-Times is liable for errors in advertising only to the extent of the space in which the advertisement appears.

A PRAYER FOR THE WORLD

OH LORD- HELP US TO LIVE LIKE BROTHERS- SO THAT WE MAY HAVE PEACE...! FEAR RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL PREJUDICE HUNGER Courtesy Institute for American Democracy, Inc.

Hospital Problem

The rising cost of construction smacked Coral Gables' hopes for additional hospital facilities yesterday, when the doctors group, meeting to hone in the University campus, announced that their plans might have to be definitely postponed. Despite slashes to original plans, the pro-posed cost of construction has increased nearly $100,000 since bids were first sub-mitted several months ago. Coral Gables needs those additional hos-pital facilities and needs them badly. The community has been faced with tasks be-fore that seemed insurmountable and licked them. It should be possible to work this one out, too. The problem will be laid before the board of directors of the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce when that body convenes at 7 o'clock this evening. Just what the civic leaders can do about it is the $64 question today. But it is to be hoped that they can suggest some means to avoid postponement of construction of this much-needed facility. With the doctors and the Chamber of Commerce working closely together, it should be possible to work out some solution to a very knotty problem.

OUR TOWN 'Til It Hutrs By Jim Moore

I was amazed this week to learn from a local merchant that in one single day he had been approached by 14 different persons and asked to donate door prizes or buy program advertising to help as many different or-ganizations. Now, charity is a fine thing, but how can the little guy—the fellow with a small busi-ness—ever hope to comply with all the demands for funds that are made on him? This merchant I am talk-ing about told me that his 14-call day wasn't unusual. He gets scores of them every month. And some of the good people who want him to put up a bridge prize or take half a page in the program for their club play get pretty huffy when he has to refuse them. Some even have been threaten to boycott his place of business. The main trouble with the whole situation is that most of the advertising schemes that are presented to him under the guise of char-ity are worth very little in their advertising value. They all build up a little good will for him, but he can never expect the legitimate return for his dollar that he should get from advertising. The Chamber of Commerce has attempted to cope with the situation by setting up a secret sanction committee that passes on all such proposals and gives those approved a letter. The members are supposed to co-operate by refusing to buy advertising in un-approved mediums. The trouble is, a great percentage of them don't cooperate and shell out regardless of what the sanction committee has decided. Then the few that do are labeled as "tight wads" or called "uncooperative" by the or-ganizations that seek their aid. I'm not trying to put the kibosh on a lot of clubs and civic groups that do good work in our town. I do think however, that the sit-uation has reached such proportions that it has become alarming. There are other ways to raise money be-sides asking merchants for outright dona-tions of money or merchandise, in return for which they get their name on a ticket or pro-gram that is read by only a few people. There are dances, carnivals and plays which give the audience some real entertain-ment and will make money for the club with-out door prizes and program advertising of negligible value. If members of a club insist on selling ads in their programs, then let the members of the club who are in business buy the adver-tising—not soak the home town merchant who sells them attire. The community needs the good work our clubs are doing. But let's everybody support it, not just a few store keepers who are try-ing their best to keep ledgers in the black.

Roving Gables. Residents Return; Visitors Arrive

Returning home tonight from the recent meeting of the State Dental Assistants Association in St. Petersburg are Dr. Henry Ren-edo Jr., 1223 Avenue Almeria, and Dr. R. L. Cherry, 229 Avenue Ca-dina. Dr. John B. Hayes from Key West was was a recent guest in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Cherry, accompanied the two doctors to the meeting. * * * Miss Martha Kathryn Keel and Miss Phyllis Stapells have taken an apartment at 223 Avenue Phoenitia. As directors of the Y-Teens and Recreation programs of the YWCA the two young women have conducted YWCA camps at Snapper Creek and Daytona Beach and have many friends in the Ga-bles. Miss Keel came to Miami from Tampa. Miss Stapells spent several years in Jamaica before coming to this area to make her home. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Madison M. Ester-ly of Westerleigh, Staten Island, N.Y. arrived in Coral Gables yes-terday after a motor trip from their home state. The couple, who were November visitors here last year, will stay with the J. H. Davidsons, former Staten Islanders.

Georgia Girl Becomes Bride Of Coral Gables Resident

Joining the colony of charming brides in Coral Gables is Mrs. Charles Sidney Monroe. nee Doris Ann Parketon of East Point, Ga., whose marriage to Mr. Monroe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Graham Monroe of 1017 Avenue Easturia, took place in East Point November 1st. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Parketon, chose tradi-tional white satin for her after-noon church wedding and her bridesmaids wore Nile green taf-feta with matching elbow length gloves of the same material. Tiny headdresses of flowers and veils, and nosegays tied with pale pink satin ribbons completed their cos-tumes. Mrs. Kenneth Parketon, sister-in-law of the bride, was matron of honor. Bridesmaids included Miss Nina Sue Richmond and Miss Mary Oliver. Usher-groomsmen were Rudy Upchurch and Kenneth Parketon. Ushers were Bob Ed-wards and DeVon Monroe, of Coral Gables, brother of the bridegroom, and Howard Ray Cox of Gadsden, Ala., was best man. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Monroe also attended their son's wedding. Following the ceremony a re-ception was held at the East Point Woman's Club. For traveling to Nassau, B. W. I., where the couple spent their honeymoon, the new Mrs. Monroe wore a suit of light blue gabar-dine with black accessories. An orchid from her bridal bouquet completed her costume. After serving three years in the Army Air Corps, Mr. Monroe is now associated with his father in the Miami Crushed Stone Co. He and his bride are residing tempo-rarily in an apartment at 320 Avenue Mendoza but will move soon into their new home rapidly nearing completion at 4100 S. W. 60th terrace. Mrs. Charles S. Monroe

Six Days Here

Frank Hoover, who has been serving on the Dade Coun-ty Grand Jury, found out Monday, that if you want to get service out of the county, just forget what day the jury con-venes. Frank was busy giving a customer a permanent wave when the phone rang. It was the county solicitor's office, telling him that the judge and the rest of the jurymen were awaiting his presence. Frank had slipped up, thinking he wasn't due in the court house until today. So a Miami police squad car was sent on the double to pick him up and take him to Miami in regal style. . . . Coach Jack Harding con-fided to us today that he's letting his wife buy his shirts for him. Jack says she does a much better job of picking 'em out. The Kiwanis Club is considering a carnival as a means of raising money for its underprivileged child fund. . . . Sid and Wynelle Casell are lot hunting, thinking about building soon. Don't all you Realtors jump at once. . . . We're begin-ning to think there's some kind of a hex on this place. Last Saturday the son of Foreman Morris Cold broke his arm and yesterday Bob Wilmath, son of staff writer Cliff Wilmath repeated the performance. . . . We wonder if the reason Mac Nolah returns "You Are My Sunshine" for his harmonica solos is because of the "Sunshine Service" of his Florida Pow-er and Light Company. . . . We're still looking for the printer that fixed up Monday's palm. And made the vice president of the Woman's Club a vice president of the Coral Gables Corporation. . . . Saw Ed Poorman yesterday at noon and he sure looked relaxed for Armistice Day, sport shirt and all. The theater group at the University of Miami is plan-ning puppet shows for December. Should be a popular Yule feature for the kiddies. . . . And the Chamber of Commerce Christmas Committee is keeping its fingers crossed, await-ing a bid on construction costs for the Santa Claus that will direct traffic at Coral Way and Ponce de Leon Boulevard. . . . They're afraid it might be like the bid on the new hospital—much too high. . . . See you tomorrow.

SOUTH MIAMIANS ENTERTAIN AT DESSERT PARTY

Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Van Dusen, 827 South 1st Ave., enter-tained the Good Fellowship Class of the South Miami First Metho-dist Church in their home recently. Following a brief business ses-sion, presided over by the presi-dent of the class, Vernon Jennings, the group was entertained by Fain Howell, who gave a reading. As-sisting Mrs. Van Dusen in the serving of a dessert course was Mrs. Jennings. Among guests present were: Mr. and Mrs. Walter McDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Win Meadows, Mr. and Mrs. Savoy Chim, Mr. and Mrs. Braden Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Cotton, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sierer, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Jennings, Rev. and Mrs. Carroll Varner, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Alice Herman, Mrs. J. P. Biebel, Miss Irma Davis, Mrs. C. L. Sny-der, Mrs. Andrew Aray, Fain How-ell, Mrs. Pat Bryant, Mrs. Hazel Henderson, and Mrs. Betty Blair.

Meat No Help Says Vegetarian, Boosting Luckenings

By DON DEIBLER United Press Staff Correspondent HARRISBURG, Pa. (UP)—Donald D. Deibler, vegetarian, wants to know why all the fuss over meatless Tuesdays. "People are better off without meat," he says. "It's only a second-hand food anyway." Furthermore—and this is where Deibler paves the meat mar—he believes people who eat the flesh of an animal are downright inhuman. Deibler, who with his wife swore off meat four years ago, considers the vegetarian diet the most healthful and most economical. His recipes read like a government food-saver's dream. He can prepare a tasty "steak" that comes in a can and ready to fry. It can be made from wheat gluten, mushroom broth, extract of brewer's yeast, vegetables, salt, water, vegetable protein derivatives and an arti-ficial flavoring made from wheat. Nothing "second-hand" about that steak, Deibler says. The ingredients come directly from nature. Spaghetti Favored Italian spaghetti and chop-suey are other favorites in the Deibler household. Fish or poultry never get on the menu. The Deiblers class themselves among the higher-bracket vegetarians, known as "Veg-ans," who abstain from animal foods, as well as such as, eggs, milk, butter, leather and wool. One pound of soybeans (grown in his gar-den) produces eight pounds of vegetarian milk, Deibler found. He points out this is ob-viously more efficient than feeding a pound of soybeans to a cow and getting only one gallon of milk in return. Deibler's shoes are made almost entirely of plastic. He said he has no trouble from using leather products wherever possible. His garden, one of the healthiest in the neighborhood, thrives without the benefit of animal fertilizer. He uses ashes and other fertilizer substitutes and says he finds his crops are less subject to plant disease.

'Pikes' Sponsor Of M Bonfire, Rally Tomorrow

The University of Miami's bon-fire pep rally prelude to the Van-derbilt game will be held at the main campus intra-mural field for the first time tomorrow evening at 6:45. A roar from Touchdown Tommy, the University's victory cannon, will open the festivities and then flaming arrows will ignite the huge pyre of wood collected for the occasion. Pi Kappa Alpha frater-nity, sponsoring the gathering, will present the weekly "Hurricane Hop" with music by the school band at the pep rally, and dancing at the north campus basketball courts, with their own band fur-nishing the rythms. After the bonfire a parade will proceed down Alhambra to Bird Road, along University Drive and into the Gables. The procession of cars will then swing back to the campus for the dance program.

THE BRIDE'S COOK BOOK Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Wirkus Describe Favorite Recipes By GRACE STONE HALL

Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Reynolds of 1322 Avenue San Benito vote for broiled steak as a favorite food, and will move to their new home a specially-liked family dish of Mrs. Rey-nolds' parents, the Fred Mizers. Piquancy of flavor is suggested by Mrs. Reynolds' recipe. "Instead of preparing a wine sauce to pour over steak, I merely rub each side of the meat with one tablespoon of red wine or sauterne, then sprinkle it with salt, pepper and garlic salt." "Worcestershire sauce should be added sparingly if used," advises the recent Gables bride. "Cover the steak lightly with a tablespoon of minced onion and place it on a broiler rack in oven for about 15 minutes—or eight minutes for each side." Suggested as being good with steak din-ners, Mrs. Reynolds gives this "Mayonnaise Butter" recipe for broccoli or asparagus: "Instead of going to the trouble of mixing Hollandaise, heat a mixture of mayonnaise thinned with milk on top of stove. Add salt, pepper, one-half a teaspoon of paprika and a teaspoon of salt." She notes that consistency of the sauce is determined by the amount of milk used. * * * A touch of genius is displayed by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard C. Wirkus, advance students at the University of Miami, in managing their time and keeping their menus up to the minute. For a cooking quickie, Mrs. Wirkus sometimes serves a deftly evolved "Hubbellburger." She got the recipe from her mother, Mrs. Willard Hubbell; used it first when she was doing work in Pan-ama; and now serves it in her own home at 514 Avenue Palermo. To make "Hubbellburger," put a dab of butter on one or more slices of whole wheat bread, spread with seasoned hamburger, and top with another dab of butter. "All you have to do," says this studious bride, "is put the 'burger' under the broil-er, let it get sizzling brown and serve." For a more ambitious effort on some gala occasion, Mrs. Wirkus is planning to serve to admiring guests a delicious set up of chicken and dumplings, made according to a traditionally famous recipe of her late grandmother. The recipe was passed on to our featured bride by her grand-father, noted portrait painter Henry Salem Hubbell. Chicken and Dumplings Sift three and a half teaspoons baking powder and one half teaspoon salt into one cup of flour. Moisten with milk until the batter can easily be dipped up with a spoon. Spoon batter into the chicken gravy, cover, and let boil ten minutes when it will be ready to serve. "Do not lift the cover when boiling," warns the recipe. Have a platter ready with the hot boiled chicken. Pour gravy and dumplings over chicken and place on the table. Serves three. Miss Bertha Foster Musicians' Club Sponsors Benefit Musical numbers, a ballet and a fashion show will highlight the program "Fashions to Music" to be given at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Roney Plaza ocean room. Proceeds from the sale of tickets will be devoted to the Musicians' Club of America, of which Miss Bertha Foster, is founder. Guests of honor to be present, in addition to Miss Foster, are Mrs. Cassie Shilling, national fund cam-paign director and members of the consular corps in Miami. Among artists in the musical numbers will be Miss Kathryn Norris, organist; Paul Bech, bari-tone, and Mary Davies, lyric so-prano. Georgia Mayroff will pre-sent nine dancers from his ballet school. Althea's of Coral Gables will present the fashion show of 24 hats and dresses. Mrs. Reynolds Mrs. Wirkus

ART IN REVIEW

NEW YORK (UP)—The Sculptors Gal-lery features an exhibition of abstract and non-objective sculpture. The organizers call the works "examples of the latest develop-ments in three-dimensional space concepts." Artists represented are C. Ludwig Brumme, George Cerny, Glenn Chamberlain, Vladimir Yoffe and others. The materials used include stone, wood, ceramics, wrought steel, bronze, aluminum, plastic and wire. The organizers of the show felt it neces-sary to help the public make a distinction be-tween what is "abstract" and what is "non-objective." "Abstract," they say, "is a design in the form of an extract of a natural object where the point of departure is discernible. A non-objective, on the other hand, does not derive from objects, but rather from the inner con-sciousness of the artist and his approach here is a subjective one." Frank Will, whose real name is Frank Wil-liam Boggs, is the son of the American-born artist, Frank Boggs, who made France his permanent home and who died there in 1926. The French-born son now has his first American show at the Niveau Gallery. The 21 paintings exhibited are all pictures-que scenes of Paris; his beautiful places and corners, his bridges and gardens, his "bou-quinistes" and his cathedrals, his night clubs and his quais. The first exhibition in two years of paint-ings by Max Weber is on view at Rosen-berg's. It contains 17 canvases, none of them having been shown previously.

SHORT QUIRKS

He'll Learn FALLS CITY, Neb. (UP)—A Falls City man, new in the trucking business, has learned a price lesson. His first job consisted of hauling a load of trash to a dump two miles away. The trash owner asked what the cost was. The trucker answered "whatever you think it is worth." He was handed 17 cents. Not So Funny ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (UP)—Clarence James Murawski thought it was worth a grin when Magistrate A. J. Bielby fined him $1 for driving without a license. What the magis-trate had to say in conclusion wiped the smile off his face. The judge said: "Plus costs of $9.50." Lots of Grandparents DALLAS, Tex. (UP)—The baby son born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Linehan has nine grandparents. There are two great-great-grandparents, three great-grandparents, and four grandparents. School Gets Baruch Home NEW YORK (UP)—Bernard M. Baruch's former home on Fifth Avenue has been pur-chased by the Gardner School, oldest girls' school in the city. Light Routs Thieves LANCASTER, Pa. (UP)—An automatic electric light which awakens hens for extra laying served another purpose at the farm of Lloyd Brabson. Brabson found a bag con-taining 10 smothered chickens on the floor of the chicken house when he went to gather eggs. The police believe thieves dropped their loot and fled when the light went on at 3 a. m. What's Wrong With Aruba JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (UP)—Seven-year-old Kay Bornobus, back from a 15-month stay in the Dutch West Indies island of Aruba, takes a cynical view of travel. "There's just one thing wrong with Aruba," said Kay. "No bubble gum."

FROM A RIVIERA NOTEBOOK By Mary Helm Clarke PALMS AND FIGS IN CONFUSION

We were discussing the pros and cons of palms and figs. Our hostess boasted of the profusion of these trees in the Gables, but the houseguest declared she was in a state of confusion over the same plantings. Her attention was called to a Banyan tree which had "stepped-off" a twenty foot area. "Fig trees on the parkways are not Banyans," we explained, "but they belong to the same family, ficus or mulberry." "The Black Fig at the Elemen-tary School has no edible fruit," we told her, "but the ficus Nola at Fairchild Tropical Garden has fruit two inches across." When we pointed out the Sacred Bo trees as mem-bers of the same family, and insisted that the fig at the Country Club tennis courts was not a tree at all, but a vine that had strangled a palm, the houseguest gave up any at-tempt to identify the species of ficus in the Gables. She thought she had learned all about the palms. They could be classified as feather palms or fan palms. They had only one trunk or stem, and had either a smooth or rough bark. The palms were easy to identify, she thought. She even knew several by name. The Royal Palm had a concrete-like stem and a green cap, feather-trimmed. The Coconut Palms, also smooth-stem-med, leaned in whatever direction the stem end of the coco-nut was lying when it sprouted. Rought-barked palms, hosts to strangler fig vines, were probably sabal palmettos. The date palms were the most graceful and ornamental of all, she thought. They had no stem to speak of, and the feather-like leaves were clustered close to the ground. The houseguest felt very secure in her knowledge of palms until the conversation turned numerous "exceptions" to all her rules of identification. There was the Travellers Palm, the desert "spring," with banana-like leaves which stored water in cups formed by the leaf-stalks where they branched in perfect fan shape. One palm proved to be a "Screw Pine." A Gingerbread Palm in front of the DeSoto Fountain had three branches. At Fairchild Tropical Garden she found a square-trunked palm (Galiova treubiana Beccari), with leaf bases in four perpen-dicular rows, giving the square-trunk effect. The palms and the figs belong to large families. Few people know them all by name. But don't let the hundreds of species confuse you. Spend an afternoon in the Fairchild Tropical Garden and you will learn to know many of them intimately.

IF WE CARE ENOUGH THE SMOOTHIE

"Stop here," said the Missus, "I won't be a minute." Well, there's the meter. I put a cent in it; Then I wait 'til up pops the sign: VIOLATION, Which means that the gadget wants another nickel. I put in two cents, and repeat later on And the first thing I know all my pennies are gone So, the meter's insides I am forced to tickle By dropping therein a bright buffalo nickel. Then my lady appears, just a second too late To save that good nickel from an untimely fate. But that meter—to him I must certainly hand it— He has most taking ways, has that curbside bandit. J. L. BEERS

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Gables Restaurateur Opens Coral Grille

The Coral Grille Restaurant has opened for business under the man-agement of Andrew Hellip, Coral Gables man whose home is at 1430 Avenue Milan. The new restaurant is located on the former site of the Tiffin at 2308 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Hellip, a former Pennsylvanian, and restaurateur of many years experience, announced today that the Coral Grille will serve break-fast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. "It will be our aim to serve the finest foods at moderate prices," he told the Riviera-Times. The restaurant will specialize in steaks, chops and seafood.