Coral Gables Historical Archive
Coral Gables Riviera-Times
Monday, December 8, 1947, page 3 (of 8)
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EVENTS MEETINGS RIVIERA TIME TABLE
Organizations are invited to list scheduled activities in the daily Riviera Time Table. Listings for this calendar of activities must reach the Riviera-Times editorial offices by 3 p.m. the day preceding publication. This Evening MUNICIPAL COURT—Convenes at police station, 5 p.m. SANTA CLAUS—Arrives at Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Alhambra Circle, 7:45 p.m. ARMY-NAVY CLUB—Annual election at Country Club of Coral Gables, 7:45 p.m. GABLES THEATER—"Wild Harvest," Dorothy Lamour. Also Louis-Walcott fight pictures. CORAL THEATER—"Variety Girl," Bing Crosby, Bob Hope. PARKWAY THEATER—"Pugilist," Robert Mitchum. GROVE THEATER—"Down to Earth, Rita Hayworth. RING THEATER—"The Late Christopher Bean." BOX THEATER—"The Glass Menagerie." Tomorrow KIWANIS CLUB—Meets at Country Club of Coral Gables, 12:45 p.m. OPTIMISTS CLUB—Meets at Country Club of Coral Gables, 6:30 p.m. PHILHARMONIC — Concert at Country Club of Coral Gables, 8:45 p.m. GABLES THEATER—"Lost Honeymoon," Franchot Tone. Louis-Walcott fight pictures. CORAL THEATER—"Riff Raff," Pat O'Brien. PARKWAY THEATER—"Pursued," Robert Mitchum. GROVE THEATER—"Down to Earth," Rita Hayworth. RING THEATER—"The Late Christopher Bean." BOX THEATER—"The Glass Menagerie."
PONCE NEWS Students Plan Jax Trip For State School Congress
By DENIS O'DONOVAN and PAULINE MARKS Riviera-Times Correspondents Sixteen of Ponce's 19 debaters took part in the first Dade County competition Thursday at Ponce de Leon. Ponce took nine debates to edge out the Beach by one point. In the "A" tourney Ponce and Miami Beach tied. "A" Ponce 5; Beach 5; Edison 1; Jackson 1. "B" Ponce 4; Edison 4; Beach 3; Jackson 1. While Edison, Jackson and Beach entered their top eight debaters, Miss Midge Wood, in order to give new debaters experience, changed both affirmative and negative "B" teams each of the three periods. John Leonardy, Howard Mizner, Allen McCormick, Denis O'Donovan formed Ponce's "A" team, while Larry Hoffman, Charles Steers, Ted Slack, Otto Jorgenson, Tom McCreedy, Shirley Douglas, Kathy Skogstend, Roselyn Albury, Jackie May, Bruce Booher, Ernest Wolf and Phyllis Swain took part in the "B" tourney. To Attend Congress Thursday six Ponceites will travel to Jacksonville for the state student congress. At the last minute it was learned that Ponce could take one more congressman than was expected, and Larry Hoffman was chosen to accompany Steers, Leonardy, Mizner, McCormick and O'Donovan. Ponceites played hosts yesterday to members of student councils in all Dade County. Visitors were given a tour of Ponce and were then taken over to inspect the new University Campus. On their return from inspection, every one was served sandwiches and punch prepared by the girls in Mrs. Cleveland's home economic classes. Business Meeting Student council members and their sponsors then went to the Little Theater for a business meeting consisting of reports made by those who had attended the Corpus Christi convention and plans for the 4-Hi system. The 4-Hi system is a plan to make a good Youth Center for members of all high schools in Dade County. The object is to have a dance inviting all the high schools so students from other schools can meet students that don't attend their school. The committee is trying to get the Armory for a dance one night a week. Mrs. Vough of Edison asked about the Ponce Beta Club. She was given the information necessary and will probably start a Beta Club of their own. When the business meeting adjourned every one had lunch in the cafeteria. Y-Teen Ceremony Y-Teens held their formal Recognition Service Thursday at Christian Church of Miami. On stage was a huge piece of cardboard resembling the front page of a newspaper. As Jackie Harrington and Gloria Fredell read what page she had turned to, a girl's voice would seem to come from the 'self-turning' newspaper and tell of some phase of the Y-Teens. Girls wore white and held candles through the solemn ceremony. Mr. Stephen B. Labunski spoke in assembly on Thursday and told of his experiences in Nuremberg and the Slavic nations. He talked on the dangers of Communism and told his impressions in the Russian zone of Germany. American Zone of Germany receives great picture, and then talks on whether or not to do away with a small band that played while people of their town. Some of the men couldn't make up their mind whether or not there was a catch to voting, others voted but showed their choice to the man standing at the ballot box, while others, a trifle more confident, voted and folded their ballot and dropped it in the box provided. This was just a sample of the way the liberated Russians showed how poorly they were treated in Russia.
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SCHENLEY PARK NEWS Ingenious Aluminum Tray Wins Prize for Creator
By PEGGY GORDON Riviera-Times Correspondent The true Christmas spirit has descended upon Mrs. Erma Betts, 2608 S. W. 59th St. We found her in the midst of making attractive aluminum trays, ash trays and bracelets for Christmas gifts. Whether it was all inspired by her ingenuity in winning a beautiful Christmas gift herself we don't know, but at any rate, we learned that Mrs. Betts had read in the paper that a jewelry store had offered prizes to those who followed a particular triangular design and produced the most original manner of presentation in advertising, originality and ingenuity. Mrs. Betts decided upon an aluminum tray with the suggested design and won fourth prize which was a beautiful gold Lady Elgin Watch. Being included in a morning coffee last week at the home of Mrs. Zillah Holmes, 5740 Devonshire Boulevard, proved especially enjoyable to this scribe. Mrs. Holmes, who is a beauty counselor, presented guests with a cosmetic line she represents and we were one of the ones receiving what is called a Dinner Party Pick-Up—one of the most refreshing skin rejuvenators ever encountered. All we needed to go with it was an elegant dinner invitation. Another guest, Mrs. Donald Atkinson of 222 Avenue Phoenetia received a hand lotion gift package with soap included. For the fun of it, Mrs. Jim S. Merrihew, 2616 S. W. 57th Ct. let Mrs. Holmes do a complete facial for all of the guests which certainly enhanced her dresden-like beauty. It may be that Mrs. Holmes' artistry in the profession was inherited from her famous father, Charles Verin, a well known painter and dearly loved by the many who knew him for so many years down here before his death in 1942. It was a privilege to be surrounded by so many of his paintings. Among the other guests invited were Mrs. Mary Patton, her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Lee Patton, Mrs. Donald Atkinson and her house guest, Mrs. Clinton Fuller from Tucson, Arizona. The Parkites were Mrs. Wm. Quayle, 3756 S. W. 31st St., Mrs. J. L. Mc-Gloy, 5966 S. W. 30th St., Mrs. Geo. McLaughlin, 5797 S. W. 31st St.; Mrs. Fisher, 5760 S. W. 31st St.; Mrs. W. Canaday, 1417 Tunis St.; Mrs. John B. Cook, 5808 S. W. 31st St.; Mrs. Warren Steinback, 5881 S. W. 31st St.; Mrs. James Lieberman, 2001 Devonshire Blvd., and Mrs. R. M. Hatfield, 5766 Devonshire Blvd. Presented at the last meeting of the Interrelationship's Group of the A.A.U.W. was a talk on the Turkey Straits by Mrs. Stephen W. Hagan, 2600 Red Road, at the home of Mrs. Perry Melvin, 2281 S. W. 21st Street. Monday, Dec. 8th this Group will give a book review on Stephen Vincent Benet's "Western Star" at the Park; and the Creative Arts, Poetry and Drama Group of the A.A.U.W. The review is certainly most timely since the Freedom Train is due into Miami December 20th. Mrs. M. D. Barefield, 5778 S. W. Devonshire Blvd., has as her honored guest her mother, Mrs. E. M. Yeomans of Augusta, Ga. This is quite a reunion since it is the first time Mrs. Yeomans has ever seen her first two grandsons. Her flying trip down on one of the Constellations saved the usual long hours of travel but the five-hour wait before beginning the journey made her think perhaps it wasn't going to be as short a trip as intended. Joining them in a family dinner was another New Englander, the Rev. Frank T. Hiron of the Congregational Church when they had the fun of comparing the virtues of the No'th and South. Since the landing of the Pilgrims, the nation's topsoil depth has dropped from nine to six inches.
Chest Costs Are Upped, Reynolds Reveals
Cost of operating and administering the 21 Red Feather agencies of the Community Chest of Dade County in 1948 are estimated to be 20.6 percent higher than in 1947 and 181 percent higher than in 1941, budget figures for next year revealed today. A. L. Reynolds of Coral Gables, Chest president, presented a complete breakdown of $848,596.77 alloted to chest and agency operations for 1948 and declared it was vital that the goal be attained in the Feb. 1 to 17 drive if the executive's community is to be adequately served. "That figure is an absolute minimum," he pointed out. "The budget committee carefully screened all requests from all chest agencies and reduced them in most instances." Declaring that "charity dollars won't stretch," Reynolds said that although the wages of American industrial workers are today at an all-time high, no one knows better than these wage earners the problems presented by rising costs of services and commodities. "Donated dollars are no more elastic than those which pay the butcher, the baker, the grocer and the landlord," he stated. "The cost of an orphaned child which in 1941 cost $1.32 a day now costs $2.34, a rise of 77.3 percent. "For the helpless, the aged, the needy, the orphaned, 'prosperity' is just an empty sham, unless Community Chest givers will share generously with their less fortunate neighbors." Only reduction in the 1948 budgets was for the Miami Beach Welfare Board, made possible when the city assumed direct relief responsibilities of reportedly several years' standing and cut from $11,000 to $2,000. The budget committee had sustained its 1947 allotment of $2100. Sponsored by the Greater Miami Council of Churches, the Protestant Service Bureau, newest and 21st Red Feather agency was alloted $33,200 for its first year's operations. The new agency is designed to serve the welfare of Protestant churches of the area, augmenting specialized services of the Catholic Charities and Jewish Social Service Bureau. Largest increase of 72.4 went to the Girl Scouts, 127 N. W. 2nd St., whose 1947 allocation of $14,400 was upped to $24,906.83.
Farm Cats Earn Keep, Survey Reports
COLUMBUS (UP)—The American Foundation for Animal Health contends that the cat does more than any other farm animal to earn its keep. The more the cat eats (assuming his diet is rich in rats and mice), the more money he earns for the farmer own, the association said. An industrious cat with a healthy appetite will return a profit of at least $10 a year, the foundation reported.
Two Productions Slated By Miami Opera Guild
Two notable productions of favorite operas, with Metropolitan Opera stars in the leading roles, are promised this season by Dr. Arturo di Filippi, artistic director and general manager of the Opera Guild of Miami. For its seventh season, the guild will sing "Rigoletto" in Italian on Jan. 10, 12, 14, 16; and then will give "Madame Butterfly" on March 13, 15, 17. Both operas will be sung at Miami Senior High School auditorium. Production of the Verdi opera will have the famed baritone Ivan Petroff in the title role as Rigoletto, while Bruno Landi will be the Duke. His wife, coloratura soprano Hilde Reggiani, will sing Gilda, and Lydia Edwards will be the Maddalena. Virgilio Lazzari, who scored heavily last year in "The Barber of Seville," will return to sing Sparafucile. George Schick will conduct. The Puccini masterpiece will have the Met's favorite Regina Resnik as Cio-Cio-San, Jon Crain will sing Lt. Pinkerton, Henry Cordy the Goro. George Sebastian will handle the baton. A large chorus of local singers, trained by Dr. di Filippi with the aid of Otto Mrazek, will sing for both operas, while smaller roles will be handled by local singers picked from the chorus. Many of them are students at the University of Miami High School, also conducted by Dr. di Filippi. Among the local singers who will have the small roles are: Irene Patty, Harry Graham, Nicholas Shipakie, Tom Winston, Kenneth Hurd, Fred Reibel, Gloria Feldman, Marie Sjostrom, Oren Coates, Edward Doe, Claire Robinson and Jeanne Griffin. Tickets for both productions can be purchased at Amidon's in Miami and Coral Gables, Cordelia's, Miami Beach Radio Co., Opera Guild office, 625 S.W. 29th Road, phone 3-8967, and at Amidon's 3rd floor starting Monday, phone 9-1332.
Legal Group Will Honor Col. Carmody
Justice George L. Patterson, Jr. announced today that the Richmond A. Rasco Chapter of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity at the University of Miami School of Law will install Colonel John Doyle Carmody, 1233 Avenue Anastasio, as an honorary active member of that chapter. The National Supreme Chapter at Washington, D. C. has authorized his installation. Colonel Carmody is the only member of Phi Alpha Delta that has twice held the office of Supreme Justice. Other candidates to be initiated are: Charles L. Nelson, Raymond H. Pearson, Perry A. Ombres, John E. Wilcox, Robert M. Thue, Jr., Donald C. McClelland, Jr., Edmund W. Newbold, John M. Murrell, Jr., A. Patrick Cannon, John W. Fleming, Thomas C. Oldham, John V. Christie and John M. Cole. The initiation ceremony will be held on Tuesday afternoon at the Coral Gables Elks Lodge. U. S. Navy carrier pilots shot down 6,484 enemy planes in World War II, while U. S. losses were 452.
Too Gruesome
SALEM, Ore. (UP)—Lawless-ness has not been on the decrease since the police force got its new paddy wagon. "They don't like to ride in that vehicle," Chief Frank Minto explained. The new paddy wagon is a converted hearse.
'Kind Lady' Next Play At Country Club
"Kind Lady," by Edward Chodorov has been selected as the next presentation of the Little Theatre group of the Country Club of Coral Gables. A mystery drama in three acts, "Kind Lady" was first put on Broadway in 1935. At this time, Grace George had the lead role. Later, in 1940, Laurette Taylor, who played in the original production of "Peg o' My Heart," revived the play and starred in it. Since then it has been used every summer by various summer theatre groups in the north. Directed by Dr. Sidney G. Cassell, "Kind Lady" will be presented at the club February 9, 10 and 12. Casting will take place after New Year's on a date which will be announced later. The State Department of Education has established a traveling police school for the training of law enforcement officers.
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