Coral Gables Riviera-Times

Gables, Grove Collegians Head Homeward For Xmas

Hustle And Bustle Keynote Activities As Parents Welcome Returning Sons, Daughters By Chuck Wiley Judging from the hustle and bustle going on in Gables and Grove homes now, Christmas must be practically here. Best proof of this is the preparations which parents of the college set are making for the homecoming of their sons and daughters from various universities and colleges. Arriving from Princeton University in Princeton, N. J. will be Keith Loring, Lee Stapp, and Hal Betts. Keith who is the son of Mrs. Margaret Loring of 3848 Little Avenue in Coconut Grove will arrive Friday. On Monday evening, his mother and grandmother, Mrs. Leslie Wilson, will honor him with a bridge party at their home. Sixteen guests have been invited. Lee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin L. Stapp, will arrive Saturday to visit his parents at 3965 Leafy Way. He is a pre-med freshman student at Princeton. Hal, another pre-med student, will arrive Sunday. He is the son of Mrs. Gilbert E. Broking of 3251 Mary Street in Coconut Grove. What he originally planned to do during his Christmas vacation will probably be forgotten by the time he gets here, said his mother. A few weeks ago, Hal wrote her that he will "rest, relax, and study" when he gets home. With a brief pause after that phrase, he added "that's what I say now." Flying in from Columbia, Missouri tomorrow will be Susan Stevens, daughter of Mrs. Henry D. Stevens of 3950 Leafy Way. Susan is a senior at Stephens College and what is really different about her choice of school is that Susan Stevens goes to (Susan) Stephens College. Also coming home tomorrow will be Carol Gulliver and Diana Roesch from Smith College in Northampton, Mass. Carol, who is a freshman at Smith, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Gulliver of 3644 St. Gaudens Road in the Grove. A birthday party will be given in her honor by her parents on the second of January. (Please Turn to Page 8)

Stangs Plan Open House Christmas Eve

There may not be a hearth full of a warm, cozy fire to gladden the hearts of the Omar Stangs' Christmas Eve guests but there'll certainly be plenty of cheer in their home at 5200 Red Road. Following a tradition, the Stangs will hold open house for their friends. A buffet supper will be served all guests who drop by the Stang home any time that night. There'll be gifts for everyone on a big Christmas tree which will be in the living room. According to statistics, this means that there will be plenty of food and gifts disposed of on this particular night because, says Mrs. Stang, "between two and three hundred people drop by to see us each Christmas Eve."

Fiesta Gets Ovation From S.R.O. Throng

A standing-room-only audience in the patio of the Country Club of Coral Gables last night gave an ovation to the first Fashion Fiesta. Close to 1,500 club members and their guests thronged the spacious patio and overflowed onto terrace to get a glimpse of the parade of pulchritude presented under the stars by fellow and sister members on the fashion show committee. And outside the club, a crowd of sidewalk Schiaparellis glued noses to iron grillwork to add their bravos to the applause within. Feminine Fiesta-nighters, whose gowns vied for lavishness and high style with those displayed in the spotlight, greeted each costume with enthusiastic and audible approval that was an invitation to make the formal supper show a yearly tradition. Even their dinner-jacketed escorts were forced to concede the gals had something in the fashion parade with theater theme. The Fiesta was a triumph for apparel and accessory shops whose fashions of tomorrow proved be- (Please Turn to Page 8)

"OH, BOY, LOOKIT!" said friends of Holly Haynsworth as the guest of honor unwrapped birthday gifts during the party at her home, 215 Avenue Mendoza, Saturday. Nineteen friends, many of them classmates, were on hand to help Holly celebrate her eighth birthday. —Riviera-Times photo by Binner

GABLES, GROVE RESIDENTS BID XMAS GUESTS

Mrs. Gilbert E. Broking's mother and father, Dr. and Mrs. Larimore C. Denise will arrive from Lake Worth Tuesday to spend Christmas at the Broking home at 3251 Mary Street in Coconut Grove. The Denises have recently moved to Lake Worth from the Island of Kauai in Hawaii where they resided all during the recent war. * * * Invited to take Christmas dinner with Major and Mrs. Davis H. Estill at their home on 1402 Pizarro Street are Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Evan D. Roser, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Ammen and Mr. Ammen's mother, Mrs. M. A. Timberlake, from Washington, D. C.

Christmas Forecast: Wright Party, Right Place—No Turkey Left!

Approximately twenty Wrights will be in the right place at the right time on Christmas Day. Roast turkey with all the trimmings plus mince and pumpkin pies will be plentiful when members of the Wright family get together for Christmas dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wright of 1430 Avenue Placentia. Out of town members of the family who'll be there for dinner will include the J. A. Wright's son, Jim, Mrs. Wright's sister, Mrs. H. J. Waters and Mr. Wright's brother, N. T. Wright. Jim will arrive tomorrow from Wallingford, Conn., where he is a senior in the Choate Prep School there. Mrs. Waters, who is a resident of Titusville, will arrive Monday. On the following day, Mr. Wright will arrive from Providence, R. I. The guests will be here until after New Year's.

Couples Enjoy Snacks 'n Brew

The table was decorated with baked ham (Virginia style) and the porch-patio with a keg of ice-cold brew when seven Gables couples and their guests got together last week-end for a party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Jennings. The Dutch treat-ers quaffed beer from king-sized antique steins from the collection of their host and hostess, and helped themselves throughout the evening from the snack buffet. Attorney Joe Creel swept aside all competition during the game period and was rewarded with a bunch of lettuce for his efforts. The rest of the evening was given over to dancing in the spacious living room of the Jennings' South Miami home. Joining the party in addition to Mr. Creel and his wife were Mr. and Mrs. Lyons Williams, the George Coopers, Mr. and Mrs. E. V. W. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Grout, Mrs. Joseph T. Cox and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Glasgow.

Bettie, Newton Bollinger Arrive Sunday

Mr. and Mrs. Newton Bollinger have no Christmas holiday program scheduled in anticipation of the return of daughter Bettie from the University of Georgia and son Newton Jr., from Georgia Tech. "But one will get under way the minute they set foot in the house, I'm certain!" the collegians' mother said. One of their first activities, probably, will be to shake out the canvas on their sailboat, which at present is "moored" in the Bollinger garage on a trailer. Fishing expeditions aboard the family power boat will no doubt be another vacation "must" for the nautical-minded sister and brother. Bettie, a freshman at Georgia, and Newton, who is in his Junior year at Tech, will arrive home Sunday for their Christmas vacations. They will return to college around the fifth of January. The Bollingers live at 913 Avenue Andalusia.

It's a Boy For Peter Lowes

Peter Lowe can stop pacing hospital corridors now and get back to dancing again. A brand new son was born to the Coral Gables dance instructor and Mrs. Lowe Monday evening at St. Francis Hospital "at exactly six minutes past seven o'clock" reported the proud father. "Jonathan Wayne's a real Floridian—he was born with a sunburn!" Mr. Lowe declared. "He's the reddest thing you ever saw." The newcomer, whose mother is the former Janet Lyons, tipped the scales at seven and a half pounds. When the Lowes have babies, they go to geographical extremes. "Our daughter Kit arrived six years ago in Seattle, Washington, in the extreme North-western part of the country, and our son in Southeast Florida," Mr. Lowe noted. "I guess that's about as far apart as children could be born and still claim United States citizenship." * * * Mrs. Stephen Douglass has returned to her home in Key West after a visit with Mrs. James A. Hearn of Coral Gables.

Laura Copeland to Entertain Junior Set at Open House

Teen-agers home from distant schools for the holidays and fellow students at Ponce de Leon High School will be guests of Miss Laura Copeland at an "Open House" on Christmas Day. Some 120 members of Coral Gables' junior set will gather between three and five o'clock at the Copeland home at 1133 North Greenway Drive, to swap stories of Santa's largesse and to enjoy the sandwiches and cake buffet prepared by Laura's mother, Mrs. Olive S. Copeland. The piano will be ready and waiting for those in the mood for boogie-woogie or carols, and with a record-player at hand, Mrs. Copeland declared she wouldn't be surprised "if the rugs came up shortly after the guests come in." Laura has asked eight close friends to act as co-hostesses with her. Miss Patsy Padgett will have charge of the guest book, and assisting at punch bowl and buffet will be Miss Mary Frances Pinkston, Miss Joan Wooten, Miss Penny Berry, Miss Nell Newton, Miss Nancy Miller, Miss Peppy Nicholson and Miss Nicky Flannery.

Miss Opsahl Host At Sorority Party

A miniature Christmas tree on a mirror with tiny wax figures looking up at the tree will be the centerpiece on Miss Clara Opsahl's table Monday evening when she entertains the Alpha Eta chapter of Sigma Phi Gamma with a Christmas dinner. Associate and inactive members of this international sorority, numbering thirty guests in all, will gather at seven o'clock at Miss Opsahl's home at 3371 Crystal Court for a ham and turkey dinner. Gifts, which will be placed temporarily between the branches of a large Christmas tree, will be exchanged by guests

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TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT! Wednesday Night . . . IS MEN'S NIGHT!

TONIGHT the fair set should plan on bridge or the movies, for it's HIS NIGHT exclusively at Louise Laird's. We're giving him an opportunity to shop in a strictly male atmosphere. Aided by courteous, helpful Louise Laird attendants, he may make his gift selections for the fair members of his family from a sparkling array of Costume Jewelry, Cosmetic Gift Sets, Hand Bags, Perfumes . . . and a host of other exciting suggestions. P. S. . . . Just to make it an even more delightful event for him . . . Cocktails will be served! Louise Laird 230 Miracle Mile Coral Gables OPEN EVENINGS 'TIL 9

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