Coral Gables Riviera-Times

PAGE FOUR RIVIERA TIMES TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9

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Revive a Tradition

Santa Claus' arrival last night and the resulting celebration at Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Alhambra Circle did more than indicate to Gableites that the Christmas season has arrived. It also showed that something is needed in the way of a permanent bandstand on the parkway there. The temporary platform was too low, and hundreds of kiddies had a hard time getting a glimpse of St. Nick. If we erected a small beautiful pavilion, it could serve for many community functions. We could have band concerts supplied by the Ponce, Elementary and University of Miami bands. The square, if roped off, could be supplied with benches where people could sit in comfort, enjoy good music or participate in other civic gatherings. Remember the old time band concerts in the town square? They were a tradition in hundreds of American towns. Families came, brought their children and renewed friendships while the band played. The gatherings did a lot to cement community spirit and unity. Unfortunately, in many of the towns, the concerts in the square have become a thing of the past and a valued tradition is passing from the American scene. Coral Gables, noted for its community spirit, could revive the tradition by building such a bandstand at Alhambra Circle and Ponce de Leon Boulevard. Why not start the ball rolling?

HOLLYWOOD FILM SHOP

By PATRICIA CLARY United Press Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD (UP)—Instead of buzzing around Ciro's and the Mocambo these nights, movietowners are sitting home with paint brush and easel earnestly painting pictures. Painting has become more of a Hollywood thing than gin rummy. Each Monday night half an easel-load of Hollywood's movietown Michelangelos meet at Paul Hesse's swank photographic studio on the Sunset Strip for lessons from John Vogel, portrait artist. The stars assemble at 8 p. m. and sometimes stick to their easels until 2 or 3 a. m. "I've never seen a more serious group," said Paulette Goddard, who begrudges every moment away from her oils working in Paramount's "Hazard." "This is no publicity gag. We're paying good money for lessons." Styles Differ The class also includes Linda Darnell, Ann Rutherford and Merle Oberon. Greer Garson and Miss Goddard's husband, Burgess Meredith, are thinking about joining. The Paramount executive, Anita Colby, a subject for many painters, is an ardent student. Miss Goddard, no slouch as a painter herself, says each star has a different style. "Anita Colby's style is abstract and highly stylized, and she likes brilliant colors," Miss Goddard said. "Linda Darnell is an accomplished portrait painter who prefers dark, lush colors and has a very smooth technique. "Ann Rutherford's work is delicate, and Merle Oberon paints tiny objects—like butterflies—and her brushwork is very feminine. She could make a living as a painter." Vogel Demonstrates Spencer Tracy, another class member, would have little trouble earning a comfortable income as a commercial artist, and director King Vidor also is deft with the brush. Andre de Toth, Veronica Lake's director-husband, is an old painting expert. Every second lesson in the Hollywood class is devoted to demonstrations by Vogel, whose portraits of top stars have decorated magazine covers for years. Some movie stars have been interested in art for a long time. Vincent Price is an expert connoisseur. Edward G. Robinson is known to possess one of the most valuable collections in the movie colony, and has took up painting himself. His wife is an accomplished painter. The movie stars aren't hiding their masterpieces in the attic. Miss Goddard says they're going to have an art show, as soon as everybody has something to show. The show probably will be a big success. What movie fan wouldn't jump at the chance to hang a Linda Darnell over his fireplace?

OUR TOWN Checking the Spiral By Al Harum

Now, let's see. This fellow in Washington says I should pay more taxes to stop this inflationary spiral. If I pay more taxes, I'll have less money for myself and therefore increased exemptions means more I won't pay the high prices for meat and eggs and the spiral will stop spiraling. AL HARUM Now this other fellow says the government should increase exemptions to stop the upswing of prices. Increased exemptions means I'd pay less taxes which would mean I'd have more money for myself and I wouldn't have to ask for a raise. If I didn't ask for the raise I'd get along and my boss is making down and then all prices would come down and everything would be okay again. * * * The dispatches from Washington say that the banks down here are getting too lenient with credit. They should tighten up, says the solon, and the HCL would come tumbling down like nobody's business. They say that the banks are committing a downright inflationary act when they lend me money. They enable me to build up inventory and hoard materials and thus send up price. Now this other dispatch from Washington says that banks SHOULD lend money to legitimate business to help increase production which would increase supply and not necessarily increase demand. And who doesn't know what happens when supply goes up and demand remains the same. Why, prices go down, of course. * * * Increase the national debt to stop the HCL, cries another expert. Issue more money. Everyone will have more money. The money will be worth less. We'll have 25-cent dollars. The High Cost of Living will be entirely artificial. Increase the national debt! Put a halt to this government borrowing and limit the national debt, because an enormous national debt is pyramiding to such an extent that taxes will keep climbing and climbing. That means I'll need more money to pay more taxes and my boss'll have to charge more for the product we make and people'll have to make more to buy the product, etc., etc., etc. * * * A research man declares folks are eating 17 percent more today than they were 10 years ago. Also, they're still spending the same old 23 percent of their pay for food. * * * We're kinda mixed up!

UP AND DOWN BROADWAY

By JACK GAVER United Press Drama Editor NEW YORK (UP)—When Harry Sheresky decides to open a new restaurant he takes it for granted that such basic matters as good food and service can be achieved in the course of events and concentrates first on location. The right number on the right street is his business passion. This interest goes back many years and antedates his current activity in the restaurant field. Having made a fortune constructing chain stores, department stores and other enterprises. Hence it has been his business to discover the best sites in scores of cities around the country. During the war Sheresky got into the food-service business with a couple of still flourishing restaurants—Dunhall's, in the WOR-Mutual radio network building on Broadway at midtown, and the St. James, on Fifth Ave., near 42nd St. He then took a post-war breathing spell before plunging into two new ventures, which have kept him on the go for six months. The first of them is the new Hutton's restaurant, a fetching place near the Grand Central Palace on Lexington Ave. near the old Boar's Head Tavern once occupied the spot. Hutton's is one of the handsomest places in town, thanks largely to the decorating penchant of Mrs. Sheresky. A feature of her designing is the individual lighting of tables, not with the usual table or wall bracket lights, but through pinhole "spots" focused on each table from holes in the ceiling. The second new enterprise is in Miami Beach, Fla., where some time this month Sheresky will unveil what he believes to be the largest and most unusual cafeteria in the world. He even is going to serve such luxuries as stone crabs and caviar in the place, but will refrain from the temptation to call it a caviarteria. Anyway, the Miami Beach emporium will be known as Dunhall's Ambassa-dor, will seat about 1,000, cost approximately $600,-000 and is at Washington Ave. and Lincoln Road, a spot which you may be sure Sheresky cased completely before choosing it. As for the decoration, it will look more like a country club than the usual cafeteria. * * * Decca Records has signed a contract with the American Book Co. whereby leading stars of stage and screen will record great speeches, poems, folk songs, etc., for use in the nation's classrooms. The deal calls for 88 albums, including Bing Crosby in a dramatic narration of "The Man Without a Country," Ronald Colman relating some famous myths, Walter Huston enacting "Rip Van Winkle" and Carl Sandburg singing folk songs.

Difficult Decisions by Gluyas Williams

AS YOU LEAVE THE MOVIES, YOU DISCOVER THAT IN GROPING FOR YOUR HAT ON THE FLOOR YOU MUST HAVE GOT THE PIECES IN THE NEXT SEAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE ENDED UP WITH SOMETHING THREE SIZES TOO BIG AND ONLY A FAINT IDEA WHERE YOUR SEAT WAS, ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROW

It Says Here

Probably the most excited kids in town last night were the Cesarano youngsters. They'll be talking for a long time about their daddy, Pat, being selected to drive Santa Claus when he paid his official visit to Coral Gables... We had a phone call from a Gableite today suggesting that the police observe their own traffic regulations. He says a police car in front of him did turn into a bus lane, but also neglected to give a hand signal for a left turn... F. J. Neff of the Fire Department receives a flock of orchids for his work on the Christmas Decorations. He was the mastermind behind all the wiring, and he's still working to replace burned-out bulbs, etc.... The FHA is investigating a man who bought some refrigerators from a local dealer, supposedly for an apartment project, that later turned up on the black market... Saw Dora Thomas Livesay lunching with her new husband at the Country Club the other day. She was all dressed up in crutches and an orchid. She certainly bounced back fast from that auto mishap. There's a swell color picture of Tahiti Beach in the current issue of Esquire that also gives Coral Gables some good publicity in the cut lines, which were supplied by the Chamber of Commerce... Over at the fire station they're wondering how "Ginger" the mascot will take to the new fire engine that arrives next week. The pup is so used to the old jobs that the new streamlined pumper may seem a little strange... And speaking of dogs, the Bob Longs Cocker became a mother last week with seven little Cockers being added to the household.... We had our house painted last week and when we got the bill it was lower than the estimate. In these days that's news so we don't mind telling you that Bob Dickerson was the man behind the brush. They're even giving a course in fishing over at the University of Miami now. That's one class that should have good attendance. Who'd want to play hookey?... There's a lot of good natured rivalry underway about who's going to drive the first ball when the Biltmore course opens. Ever since the strapless evening gown and bathing suit, the male animal has been waiting for it to happen. "It" did Saturday at the Venetian Pool to a U. of M. coed: The lassie's escort made a sorry muff attempting to cover up the disaster, and the red head fled hiding her face. Which brings up the casual rationalization to which gallants must devote themselves: They'd better be prepared to handle the situation now that the chain reaction has begun...

SHORT QUIRKS

Wealth Is Comparative Canton, Ohio (UP)—The American millionaire of today would have been worth about $100,000 51 years ago, Jacob C. Meyer, Western Reserve University professor of history, said here. "We have over $200 per capita in circulation, while in 1896 the amount per person was but $21.44, bringing the value of the dollar to one-tenth of what it was then," Meyer told the Ohio Bankers Association. Change of Pace Ironton, Ohio (UP)—Sherman Rightsell has quit the automobile body and fender repair business to become a hair stylist in a beauty shop operated by his wife at London, Ohio. Ohio to Celebrate Columbus, Ohio (UP)—Ohio will celebrate its sesquicentennial in 1953. The 150th anniversary celebration will commemorate the founding of Ohio in 1803 as the 17th state in the Union. Belated Shopper Boston (UP)—When a customer ordered two pairs of "Brazilian lisle stockings" at a department store, the puzzled clerk learned through questioning that the hosiery had been advertised in a local newspaper in 1941. Chicago Looks Ahead CHICAGO (UP)—Dr. Andrew C. Ivy, president of the University of Illinois professional colleges, says that in the next 12 years $200,000,000 will be spent to build the West Side Medical Center into a quarter-billion dollar project. Columbia Gets $3,377,364 NEW YORK (UP)—Columbia University received $3,377,364 in donations during the 1946-47 fiscal year, the largest amount of contributions since 1946. The largest gift was $1,559,389.12 from the estate of the late Frederic Bancroft, librarian lecturer and author, for studies in American history. Cornell Really Universal ITHACA, N. Y. (UP)—Cornell University has 272 foreign students this year, representing 40 different homelands. Wyoming Scents Uranium CHEYENNE, Wyo. (UP)—Wyoming officials believe ore containing vital uranium may exist in the desolate area of Sweetwater County. Samples of the ore found on a ranch in southwestern Wyoming have been sent east for analysis.

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FASHION FIESTA

—Riviera-Times photo by Eisner FASHION FIESTA.—Mrs. A. C. Randolph and Mrs. Robert L. Ely Jr., give a preview of styles that will appear at the Country Club's pageant Tuesday night. Mrs. Randolph's black taffeta ballerina gown from the Valencia Shop is topped by a wide band of embroidered cloth-of-gold. Her gold evening purse, jeweled choker and diamante earrings are from Rozi. Mrs. Ely wears a graceful fuschia hostess gown highlighted by royal blue stitching. Her gown and jewels are from Daniels. Hairdoes in the sophisticated modern manner are by Josef.

Neills Fete Church Choir At Buffet

Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Neill were hosts Sunday night at a Christmas buffet supper at their home, 1000 Segovia Circle. Guests were members of the First Methodist Church choir, of which Mrs. Neill is director and of which Dr. Neill is a member. About 45, including the pastor, Dr. J. H. Daniel and Mrs. Daniel and Edward Clark attended. After the supper, the guests did not sing, as might have been expected, but played crazy kid games for fun and diversion. * * * Mrs. Cecil Turner, 2867 Trade Ave., Coconut Grove, will be host to Circle 1 of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Riviera Presbyterian Church at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning. A joy gift offering for retired ministers and their wives will be discussed. Circle 2 of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Riviera Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Howard Rothwell, 6050 Forest Ave., South Miami, Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. * * * Cards and other games will be played at the benefit party tomorrow night sponsored jointly by the Altar Society and the Eucharistic Committee of the Ladies Sodality of the Gesu Parish. The event will be held at Gesu Center.

Curate Arrives To Assume Post At St. Stephen's

Rev. and Mrs. Paul L. Lattimore will arrive today from Martinez, Calif. Rev. Lattimore has been appointed to assist as curate at Saint Stephens Episcopal Church in Coconut Grove. The Lattimores will reside at 3439 Main Highway in the Grove. * * * A game party, sponsored by the Men's Athletic Association of St. Theresa's Church, will be held at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the church auditorium. Prizes will be awarded to the winners. Proceeds will be used to help defray expenses of sporting equipment used by the baseball, basketball and football teams of the church. * * * Floyd Parker will be host to the Youth Department of the South Miami Baptist Church tonight at 8 p. m. at his home on 14 N. 3rd Avenue, South Miami. This will be the group's regular monthly meeting and social.

Movies, Records Will Turn Clock Back When Carol Diane Miller Marks 11th Birthday

How Carol Diane Miller looked and talked when she was a tiny tot will be revealed to 10 of her friends Friday when she celebrates her 11th birthday. Since Carol was two years old, her parents have made it a custom to play records and show colored pictures made of her each year on her birthday. This year will be no exception. When Carol's 10 guests, all students at Miss Harris' School, gather at the home of her mother, Mrs. Ellen Miller, on 3595 Main Highway in Coconut Grove Friday they will see a big Christmas tree on which will be hanging Carol's presents as well as favors for them. On a table decorated with pastel colors they will note a clever musical birthday plate which plays "Happy Birthday" while a miniature Santa Claus, in a sleigh driven by eight reindeer, slowly revolves around the plate. Looking up, the guests will see many varied-colored balloons hanging from the chandeliers. For outside entertainment, the guests will play in a house which Carol has built in a big banyan tree in her yard.

Football Is Motif For Birthday Fete

Ned Williams, son of Dr. and Mrs. Edward H. Williams will celebrate his ninth birthday anniversary Saturday with a 'back yard' supper for 20 of his young friends. The party will have a 'football' motive, and even the birthday cake will take on the shape of the pigskin oval. Highlight of the party will be the planned football game, with the guests participating. They are Jonathan Raskin, George Knight, Bobby Larson, Douglas Barnes, Charles Burbacher, Johnny Cain, Bob Tod, Jimmy Metz, George Roberts, Sandy Stewart, Ronnie Lanthers, Jerry Tankersley, Ka-eb Smiley, Sally Gaskin, Nancy Jerry, Barbara Edwards, Claire Malone and Carol Harding.

Baptist Circle Meets

Circle 3 of the W.M.S. of the University Baptist Church will meet at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at the church on Ponce de Leon Blvd.

Appointed Engineer

Richard (Dick) Houstoun, son of the O. K. Houstouns of 529 Avenue Minorca, has been named junior engineer with the Savannah Paper Company at Savannah, Ga.

Dorn Home Scene of Wedding Reception for Daniel C. Northrops

Large b&ouquets of white gladioli decorated the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Dorn, 756 Avenue Navarre, Thursday evening, for the wedding reception of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Northrop. The bride is a cousin of Mrs. Dorn. The marriage of the former Miss Mildred Ringdahl, daughter of Henry A. Ringdahl of McVille, N. Dak., and Mr. Northrop, son of Mrs. Betty Northrop of St. Pauls, N. C., took place at the Presbyterian Church in Miami. The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Raymond Ringdahl. She wore a fashionable white gabardine suit for the ceremony. A vivid blue feather hat and matching accessories completed her costume and she carried an orchid corsage on a small white Bible. Ernest Gearhart sang "Because" and "Through the Years." He was accompanied by Annie Laurie Lee, organist. Miss Beatrice Rice, wearing a suit of beige complemented by maroon accessories, was maid of honor. Frank Northrop served his brother as best man. Mrs. Dorn was attired in a black crepe dinner frock with gold accessories as she greeted the 75 guests bid to the wedding reception. The bridegroom is assistant secretary-treasurer of the Little River Bank and Trust Company. His brother is vice president of the First National Bank of Miami.

$10 WILL OPEN

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