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CORAL GABLES Riviera Times

PAGE FOUR RIVIERA TIMES CORAL GABLES Riviera Times Published Monday through Friday afternoons by the Riviera Publishing Co., 100 Avenue Aragon, Coral Gables, 34, Fla. Established as a weekly newspaper January, 1926; combined with The Dade County & Florida Green Tea. (1927); published daily except Saturday and Sunday. MEMBER, NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION, FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION AND CORAL GABLES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ALBERT E. HARUM Editor and Publisher | GEORGE M. REYNOLDS Business Manager MAE G. NICOLL Managing Editor | MARVIN A. GIBBS Circulation Manager PHILIP HAMPEL Society Editor | THE GABLES SPORTS EDITOR PEGGY NORTH Classified Department ELLEN M. McCRORY Woman's Page Editor THEIS & SIMPSON, National Advertising Representatives New York | Chicago | Atlanta | Detroit MEMBER, AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS Full Leased Wire, UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS SUBSCRIPTION RATES One week ........ 15 cents | Three months ...... $2.00 One month ....... .60 cents | One month ...... .60 Three months ...... 1.50 | Three months ..... 2.00 Six months ....... 3.00 | Six months ...... 4.00 One year .......... 12.00 | One year ......... 15.00 Outside of Dade Co.: One year: $15.00 Mailing address: P. O. Box 6972 Coral Gables, 34, Fla. Telephone: 4-1628. Classified Department: 48-2641 The Coral Gables Riviera-Times is liable for errors in advertising only to the extent of the space in which the advertisement appears.

All in a Day

By GEORGE McNEILL RAY Well, the Christmas tree doesn't look like it did, does it? Mine has joined the ranks of forgotten forests, too! Which means that we, no doubt, have forgotten about the glitter and brilliance of those once-lighted Yuletide joy-bringers of Good News and Peace on Earth. We've shucked off any and all resemblances of that day, making ready now for a fresh start into 1948, bills unpaid and headaches galore in store! To me this whole thing carries the earmark of sadness and tragedy. I'll tell you why. It's just like this, we set aside a day for Christmas and in less than twenty-four hours we pull away from it and run toward another Big Event, tinfoil and snow still hanging on us! Just as soon as we can get rid of Christmas we run to the calendar and mark her off just like we were keeping score for Father Time, with St. Nick snugly tucked away like an old rag doll nobody wants to see anymore. Yes, Christmas gets one day old and she's as obsolete and old fashioned as last year's baseball scores. "Peace on Earth" is only sung for the time being; yet, peace on earth is needed more today than ever. But, we are satisfied to merely sing about it for a given length of time. After that, all hands on deck for another Great Event one week off! If we think this thing is worth the effort to practice may imply for instance, to prepare especially for the occasion, and to go through the excruciating experiences of downtown last minute rushes, aglow with numbered odds around counters and store-windows, why then isn't it worth keeping-this peace we sing about? Another thing-this New Year idea! The calendar is only man-made and points out with pride the passing and coming of another day. But that's as far as the calendar can take us. Here we are at another calendar New Year, and when you come to think of it isn't this moment, this very minute, a part of the Old Year as well as a part of the new? Yes, and what's more, the two merge. Old and New, are so close together as a split second when you come right down to it, isn't it now? The Old Year slips right into the New Year without any notice, save the sounding and echoing of whistles and mid-night masquerades marking the coming of the New and the going of the Old! We've come to the place in the Event and celebrations that no sooner has one event slipped by we are anxious to get going on the next. We cut off Christmas and the Old Year like we cut off water at the spigot. Just like that! And, off she is! We change attitudes to fit the events! For instance, if it's July 4 we make a lot of noise, whooping it up. If it's Labor Day, we all take a rest! If it's Mother's Day, we go to her church just to make her happy-for how long,-just a day! If it's time for Easter we all join the parade! Christmas, we go to Bethlehem and sing about the Little Star there! New Year's, we dress up like clowns and make little resolutions that last maybe through the night! It all seems so foolish and a waste of time! That is, if we are going to continue to observe these Days and Events for seasonal-allotted time-twenty-four hours! I'd be check-mated immediately if I went out after January 1 wishing everybody a successful New Year! Now, wouldn't I? Yep, I'd be tagged "crazy in the head!" If I want to wish you a Happy New Year next week, that's just what I'll do! I haven't any set Day (and after that forget it) to wish anybody happiness and good luck! Unless it's when I run into them!

S. S. America Keeps Busy

NEW YORK, (UP)-The United has completed its first full year of post-war passenger service. The 26,314-ton luxury liner, reconverted after the war at a cost of $8,000,000 carried 32,000 passengers on 17 Atlantic runs during the year. As the transport West Point, it carried troops in both the Atlantic and Pacific during the war.

$250,000 Chair Created

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (UP)-A chair for the study of altered history and affairs will be created at Harvard University under the will of the late Mrs. Mary McBurney Gardiner of New York, who left $250,000 for the purpose.

Back to the Primitive

ALLENSTOWN, N. H. (UP)-Under the law, those who hunt deer in the Bear Brook game refuge here cannot carry firearms. They must use the bow and arrow.

OUR TOWN | Reminders

OUR TOWN Reminders By Al Harum A long time ago I received some excellent advice from a very tough, sarcastic city editor. "Write everything down," he said. "Don't trust your memory." AL HARUM For many years afterward I always had a collection of small notes stuck in the corner of my desk blotter reminding me to do such and such and when. Since coming to Florida I have revised my system of remembering things and the new system is practical as all get-out. Here's how it works: Whenever someone gives me a tip on a story I pull out my book of matches and tear off the cover. I then return what's left of my book of matches to my cigarette pocket and put the severed cover in my change pocket. In the event of a second tax on my memory-such as a complaint about not receiving the paper-I tear the cover of the matchbox in half, indicating two things to remember, and return both to my change pocket. This procedure goes on ad infinitum, with the cover being torn in half and in half again with each added memorandum. This method I employ is much simpler than that used by ex-Premier Tojo of Japan who told the war crimes court the other day that he wore a string around his middle finger of his right hand to remind himself not to lose his temper. That string business is old stuff to an expert rememberer like me. Just to show you how excellent this matchbox idea is, I came to the office on Friday with about a dozen pieces of match cover in my change pocket. That was after the eggnog party at the Country Club on Christmas Day at which I met many friends with much information. Let's see, now, I emptied my pockets on Friday and before noon on Saturday I had been thoroughly reminded by at least one of the minute squares of match cover in my pocket that it had been my turn to write Our Town on Friday. If I had started sorting the paper scraps earlier I might have found another one reminding me to remind Jim Moore that he'd better do it. It's a sure-fire way to remember things. And all you need is a box of matches.

UP AND DOWN BROADWAY

By JACK GAVER UP Staff Correspondent NEW YORK (UP)-Most play-writing contests are piddling affairs so far as the prize money is concerned. It is rare that winning scripts cash in importantly through subsequent Broadway or Hollywood sales. Jack Gaver The Christophers have changed the picture with a contest that offers total prizes of $10,000. The Christophers-a non-profit movement which seeks to restore Christian values to all phases of public life-already are well-known in the book field, where they are conducting a similar contest for novels, with a total of $30,000 in prizes. The play contest will close at midnight Nov. 15, 1948. Only full-length plays will be considered. Anyone in the United States and its possessions and in Canada may submit one play or more. Entries should be mailed to The Christopher Drama Awards, 121 East 39th St., New York, 16, N. Y. The first prize is $5,000; second prize, $3,000; third prize, $2,000. The payments will be outright gifts-not advanced against possible royalties. All rights to manuscripts submitted remain with the authors; The Christophers do not cut in on any profits from possible future production, nor do they have any strings on disposal of scripts. Rules Simple Manuscripts must be in English, typed on one side of paper only and presented in form. Synopses are necessary, but a contestant must send a covering letter to affirm that his play is original, has not been sold or produced, and has not been produced commercially or published. Subjects must be based on any theme and may take any dramatic form-drama, musical comedy, farce, melodrama, comedy, etc. Established playwrights as well as amateurs are eligible. The judges named for the contest are Katharine Cornell, Eddie Dowling, Oscar Hammerstein, Leo McCarey and Jo Mielziner, all famous in the entertainment world. No rules have been laid down regarding content or treatment, but it might be well to know what The Christophers stand for: "The Christophers believe that complaints, criticism, and negative analysis accomplish little. Theirs is a positive approach to encourage individuals to bring every sphere of values on which our country is founded. It is the goal of The Christophers to encourage 1,000,000 Americans to bring back Christian principles into education, government, labor and management, and newspapers, magazines, books, radio and movies."

Baby Gets Break

ATLANTA, Ga. (UP)-Six-day-old She-lia Marie Keiley was riding home from the hospital with her mother and father, when the ambulance collided with a truck. A vase of flowers broke in her father's hands, cutting him. The mother, Mrs. H. J. Keiley, was "shaken up." Baby Sheila got off without a scratch.

40 Days Here

There's a man in Baltimore, Md., that likes our town so well that he's named his new store, "The Coral Gables Gift Shop," he wrote the local Chamber of Commerce to get pictures and literature to guide him in his decoration theme. . . . Two more store buildings for the Miracle Mile are in the planning stage. . . . We received a news release today that has us wondering what kind of climate the Davey Tree Expert Co. thinks we have down here. The Davey people wanted us to run a story warning folks not to let the heavy snow stand on their trees. Marshall Simmons gave friends a chuckle with a card he mailed this week. It stated, "I'm not sending out any Christmas cards this season. Have a Happy New Year." The publisher is in receipt of an unsigned postcard that has him peering intently at the mirror. It states, merely, 'Why spoil your 'small town' paper by printing your picture in it every day? I don't know of another paper where the editor is that conceited-do you? And to top off the 'ego,' you're not handsome. Don't be a kid all your life. All-grow up !!!' . . . Imagine somebody sending a card like that, and at Christmas time too. Must be a touch of the Scrooge in him. . . . Here's a tip of the hat to the Santa Clauses that worked so hard in the period preceding Christmas. Dean Rasco, played Santa for the University; O. B. Sutton for the Methodist Church and the Elementary school; R. C. Willey for Kiwanis, Broward Club and Breakfast Club; Bill Davies for Frog Hollow and Arthur Brigham for the Chamber of Commerce, the Youth Center and the Pratt Hospital.

REMINISCING

By TRACY HOLLINGSWORTH The American Club in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1909, was about the only "swanky" place to meet touring Americans, Britishers and other foreigners of note, en mass, and the only place where gatherings were held to listen to a prominent "visitor" speak to the "mass." (the usual "mass" was was comprised of the "400"--just some one hundred Americans and Britishers living in the city. As a reporter on the Mexican Herald, American morning newspaper, it was my assignment to "cover" these gatherings, and inevitably they provided good "copy" both for local and outside reading. On one such occasion, the head speaker was the Duke of Manchester, of London, England, and the hall was filled with Scotch and soda filled gentry. The Duke had just left Canada, via the United States, and was heading back to merrie England. His remarks brought much comment to the "mass." He said: "I will live to see the day when the United States of America will extend from the Arctic Ocean to the Panama Canal, and it will not come by fighting, but by cooperation and reciprocity." At that time, Mexico had no reciprocal treaty with the U. S. and neither did Canada. Dollars were different in values, as the same in Central America. But the Duke is dead and we do have reciprocity in all those countries.

SHORT QUIRKS | Size Isn't Everything

SHORT QUIRKS Size Isn't Everything SAN FAANCISCO (UP)-Two of the smallest mechanics in the airline industry are in the United Air Lines maintenance base here. They are Joe Vercillino, 3 feet 11 inches, and James Cooper, 4 feet tall. Trained mechanics, they work in wing tips, gas taks and other tight compartments of airplanes where larger workers can't go.

Let 'Er Roll

GARY, Ind. (UP)-Gary Froebel High School's student band has added something new to its corps of drum majorettes-acrobatic young girls on roller skates.

Bible No Good as Bank

TOPEKA, Kan. (UP)-Mrs. Fern Williams hid her house key on the front porch. An intruder found it, went in and stole $12.50 hidden in the family Bible. Nothing else was taken.

He Was Wrong

LEICESTER, MASS. (UP)-Several days after reporting to police that his automobile had been stolen from a downtown parking space, a Springfield man discovered the car-in his own garage.

Court Carries On

WEBSTER, S. D. (UP)-Circuit Judge Harold King, not wishing court held up because two jurors were snow-bound at their farm homes, ordered them picked up by airplane. A pilot brought them to court after Sheriff L. V. Knott failed to reach them by car.

No Time for Coffee

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (UP)-When Frank O'Donnell stopped his bus to get a hasty cup of coffee, an impatient passenger took the wheel and drove the vehicle away. The bus was found empty several blocks distant.

Not Too Grateful

WORCESTER, Mass. (UP)-After recovering a bag containing $14,034 which she had left on a bus, a woman passenger handed the driver, Philip E. Booker, a $10 return reward.

Sets Safety Record

UNDERHILL, Vt. (UP)-John J. Gagnon has been driving automobiles for 50 years-ever since he built himself a horseless carriage in 1897. He has never been involved in an accident or been arrested for violating traffic laws.

Doubling It Up

BOSTON (UP)-Boston pedestrians rolling up a dozen jay-walking offenses will pay more than $2,000 in fines for the 12th offense if a bill filed in the legislature by Rep. Gordon D. Boynton of Boston becomes law. The bill provides a 50-cent fine for first offense and doubles the fine for each succeeding penalty.

Harvard to Study Russia

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UP)-Harvard University has established a research center designed to provide the United States with information regarding contemporary Russia. The center will be financed by a $100,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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Lorraine Purvis Becomes Bride of J. E. Morris Jr.

In a picture wedding of Christmasy red and green, Miss Lorraine Purvis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Purvis of 4515 Santa Maria Street, Saturday became the bride of John E. Morris Jr., of Fort Lauderdale. Ivory satin gown and veil of creamy French illusion worn by the bride served as foil for the Christmas red and emerald green velvet gowns of her four attendants. Miss Constance Purvis, maid of honor for her sister, wore red velvet made with fitted bodice and a full skirt that fell into a short train. Miss Marjorie Joyner of Americus, Ga.; Miss Louise Dodson and Miss Polly Morris, bridesmaids, wore gowns styled similarly of emerald green velvet. All attendants wore velvet bows in their hair and carried arm bouquets of poinsettias. A reception at the Purvis home followed the elaborate ceremony performed by the Rev. C. Roy Angell in Central Baptist Church. Following a wedding journey to New Orleans, the couple will live in Fort Lauderdale where Mr. Morris is a members of the firm of Rogers, Morris and Griffis. The bride is a graduate of Miami High School and attended Shorter College and the University of Miami. She is a member of Chi Omega sorority. Her husband was graduated from the University of Florida and the Law School at Gainesville and is a member of Phi Delta Theta.

Society Honors Young People At Xmas Party

Both deaf and hard of hearing young people in this area will be honored at the second of three Christmas parties the Miami Society for the Hard of Hearing (a Red Feather agency) is holding, at seven thirty tonight at its clubhouse, 216 N. E. 2nd Ave. Members of the Society's "Younger Group" and their friends have been invited, together with students from Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, now home for the holidays. Others invited are pupils from the Riverside School, elements of the Co-ordination of Hearing program of the Special education department of the Dade County Board of Public Instruction and the younger members of the "Silent Club." Miss John S. Gibbens, of Coral Gables, is chairman of games which will highlight the party. There will also be prizes, dancing and refreshments and a Christmas tree. The third and last of the parties will be held at eight o'clock Tuesday at the clubhouse and will honor the older society members, their friends, and the older members of the "Silent Club."

F.S.U. Honeymooners Visit J. A. Baggetts

Christmas holidays from Florida State University mean more than just a time to get away from school to the Cliffford W. Longs. They mean a belated honeymoon in Havana, Cuba for the young couple, both freshmen at F. S. U., who were married in July. After spending Christmas with Mrs. Long's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ridgway, in Crestview, the couple arrived in Miami Friday night and left at seven o'clock for Havana. They will return today and stay with Mrs. Long's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Baggett, 7461 S.W. 21st Street, until they return to Crestview Wednesday.

Mrs. Wright Honors Houseguest at Lunch

Southern dishes and Southern hospitality featured the luncheon Mrs. W. T. Stockton of Greensboro, N. C., featured the luncheon Saturday Mrs. Mary Wright gave at the Antilla hotel. Baked Virginia ham and a special cheese cake made by the chef, added to sweet southern airs played on the harp by Earl Myers, were tributes to the Dixie-land guest. Guests included Mrs. M. M. Ferrell, Mrs. Don Cook, Mrs. Warren Steinbach, Mrs. Carl Tebeau, Mrs. Russell Rasco, Mrs. Paul McAlpin and Mrs. Ralph Murray.

Entertains Club Board

Mrs. Fred Grinham will entertain board members of the Coral Gables Music Club with a buffet luncheon at her Avenue Calabria home tomorrow. A business session will precede the luncheon.

Weiner Roast Set

A holiday party is in store for members of the Youth Group of the Gables Presbyterian Church, Thursday night members will gather at seven o'clock at the home of Betty Roesler, 1100 Sunset Drive, for a weiner roast.

Gablesgrape

By HELEN REYNOLDS, SOCIETY EDITOR The pleasure of presenting the Sigma Alpha Epsilon bouquet of red roses to the new sponsor, was the privilege of Mrs. James E. Markette at the holiday formal Thursday night at the Country Club of Coral Gables. Mrs. Markette, as the former Miss Betty June Cook, was the fraternity's sponsor last year. Since Mr. and Mrs. Markette's arrival to spend the holidays with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Herman Cook, 1140 Avenue Asturia, this popular couple has been enjoying the round of college set parties. Both Jim and Betty are attending the University of Georgia where Betty is majoring in journalism and Jim in forestry. They'll be joining the crowd at the Country Club for the New Year's Eve ball and will attend the Orange bowl game on New Year's day-and then back to the campus, "grind." In the meantime they are trying to snatch a few hours of sunshine, "to thaw out that Georgia cold," which Betty, born and reared in the tropics, says, has "got her." * * * Mr. and Mrs. Powell W. Veech entertained at an open house yesterday afternoon at their home, 2145 S. W. 13th Street, honoring their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ness, who are here from Berkeley, Cal., on the first visit since their marriage. Mrs. Ness, the former Virginia Veech, and their daughter, fifteen months old Ginny Ann arrived about the sixth of December. Mr. Ness flew in on the eighteenth. Planning to get in a few holes of golf at the Country Club of Coral Gables, Mr. Ness brought the family clubs along, only to find there was a surcharge of thirteen dollars for the privilege of flying them across the country! "So far," admitted Mrs. Ness, "we have played no golf, but really hope to before our return the middle of January." * * * Mrs. Charles H. Oehler Jr. returned to her home, 3116 Alhambra Circle, in time to have Christmas with her family, after a bout with a very obstreperous appendix. At Jackson Memorial Hospital the doctors and nurses attending her called her the "wonder" patient. However, Mrs. Oehler is very glad it's all over and now that she is home, she is busy planning hospitality for her house guest Mrs. Hazel Ennis of Chicago, Ill. Small parties at home and at friends' homes are being arranged for Mrs. Ennis' entertainment. * * * It's been a family reunion every day since Mr. and Mrs. Fred Littauer and family arrived from New York, N. Y., to spend the holidays with Mrs. Littauer's brother, State Representative Richard Oehlkers Jr., and parents, the senior Richard Oehlkers, of Miami Beach. Seventeen years since their last Florida visit, the Littauers were accompanied by their four sons, Richard, Frederick, Stephen, all grown and seven year old Billy and grown daughter Manita. John Richardson of White Plains, N. Y., also joined the houseguests. The junior Richard Oehlkers had the traditional Christmas dinner at their home, 1132 Ave neu Valencia, first taking their guests to the annual open house parties at the Country Club and Riviera Country Club. The New Yorkers will leave January 2nd, but will, of course, attend the Orange bowl classic New Year's day. * * * Fishing, via the deep sea way, sight-seeing and boat trips have been on the daily program of Michiganders Mr. and Mrs. Earl Betz and Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Tyler since their arrival to spend ten days with the Betzes son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Turner, 340 Avenue Mendoza. Driving down from Pontiac, it was a first Florida visit for the Tylers, uncle and aunt of the junior Mrs. Turner.

Fugitives From Ice, Snow, Find Haven With Coral Gables Kin

In honor of their Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, houseguests, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frantz entertained with an eggnog party at their Red Road and Mantu Avenue home last night. About twenty guests were present. The houseguests are Mr. and Mrs. Sam Goddard and daughters Margaret and Carol. Mrs. Goddard is Mrs. Frantz' sister. The guests will be here until after New Year's. * * * Next time Dr. and Mrs. John H. Sebben see their granddaughter, they'll know her. When the Sebbens flew in Christmas Eve from Pasadena, California, to visit their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Montgomery at 1511 Cortez Street, they got their first look at their three - year - old granddaughter, Severy Montgomery. They also renewed their acquaintance with young John Montgomery. Dr. Hibben must return to California in a week but Mrs. Hibben will be with the Montgomerys for an indefinite period of time. * * * Fishing and sightseeing will make the John H. Coppocks remember their first trip to Coral Gables with pleasure. Here from Chicago with their nine-months-old son, Charles, the Coppocks will stay through New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Monroe at 3600 Toledo Street. Mrs. Coppock is Mrs. Monroe's nephew. * * * Miss Harriet Borg, from Warren, Penn., is here for the holidays visiting her brother and sister-in-law, Capt. and Mrs. Paul M. Borg of 750 Avenue Malaga. Miss Borg is a physical education teacher in Newark, N. Y. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Hubert S. Conover, recent houseguests of the Clinton T. McCreedys of 1211 Avenue Castile, are visiting friends on the Keys. They will return after New Year's and stay with the McCreedys for about ten days. The Conovers are from Evanston, Illinois. * * * Blair Madsen Guests Depart for D.C. After a nine-day visit with their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood Madsen returned to their home in Ocala yesterday. They have been visiting Dr. and Mrs. Blair Madsen at 221 Avenue Sidonia. Hosts and guests were entertained Saturday night with a dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs. Jack McNamara at their new home at 5810 47th Street in South Miami.

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