Coral Gables Riviera-Times

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 OPTIMISTS CLUB—Meets at Country Club of Coral Gables, 6:15 p.m. BEACON PLAYERS—Cocktail reception, Robert Clay Hotel, 4 p.m. AQUAFOLLIES—Venetian Pool, 8 p.m. GABLES THEATER—"Northwest Outpost," Nelson Eddy. CORAL THEATER—"Ghost and Mrs. Muir," Rex Harrison. Tomorrow NEW YEAR'S EVE—Celebrations at Riviera Country Club, Country Club of Coral Gables, local theaters and private homes. LIONS CLUB meets at Country Club of Coral Gables, 12:15. GABLES THEATER—"Northwest Outpost," Nelson Eddy. CORAL THEATER—"Ghost and Mrs. Muir," Rex Harrison. GROVE THEATER—"I Love Trouble," Franchot Tone. PARKWAY THEATER — "Tarzan and the Huntress," Johnny Waismuller.

CORAL LAKE NEWS Quick Action Extinguishes Fire; Prevents Damage

By VERA BARNES Riviera-Times Correspondent Yesterday morning a near tragedy was averted through the quick thinking and fast acting of a few intelligent men. A fire started in the boiler room of the large community hall out here in Coral Lake about 9:30. The community hall is all wood and is very dry and would have gone up like tinder if the blaze hadn't been noticed. Al Freeman happened to be standing outside the shower room waiting for his wife Roberta and his daughter, E'Vonne. He was the first to notice the smoke and flames, and calling to his family to come out and come out fast, he ran into the hall and got the fire extinguisher. Jack Polowski and Lou Hefner, the owner of the store, also had presence of mind enough to come prepared with extinguishers. The flames had already gotten a good start, but the men had it under control by the time the county fire department got here. They were very prompt however, and were here just a few minutes after they were called. It just goes to show how prompt intelligent action can prevent a small accident from becoming a major tragedy. Everyone was glad it wasn't worse, and outside a few singed boards, and a burned out motor on the boiler, there was no other damage. New Arrivals There are two ways to tell that the holidays, as far as Christmas is concerned are over. One, the trailers have started to pull in again, and two; the children in camp are all sporting new bikes, guns and cowboy suits. Of course, the girls are the proud possessors of new dolls and carriages. From Boston Among the new visitors to the Park are John and Ellen Zacheini of South Boston. Mr. Zacheini is a cement finisher. There is Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Napler and their five year old twin boys, Jeffersontown, Ky., and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Coates and their sons Jack and Jim, all from Wysox, Pennsylvania where Mr. Coates is a farmer. Then there are Mr. and Mrs. John Sheehy and their son Tommie from Jackson, Tennessee, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Undereiner and their three children, Ferna, Ronald and James. The Undereiners are from Pennsylvania too, and Mr. Undereiner is a linoleum and tile mechanic. We also have Florida represented in the parade of states here in the Park in the persons of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Samis and their two children, formerly of Bird Road, and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. MacDonald, Jr., of Miami. Mr. MacDonald is a service station attendant. New Enterprise A newcomer to Florida, Walter A. Irwin, from Massachusetts, now living here at Coral Lake with his wife, Pat and their two children, Diane and Anthony, has ventured into a little business of his own. Wally and his partner, Ernest Collins, who comes from Pennsylvania, have opened a new General Aircraft Maintenance Shop out at 20th Street Airport. Their first contract was recently completed, a general overhaul on a twin Cessna, owned by the Haitian Government. They hope they will have more Cessnas from Haiti to overhaul. The fellows are not limiting themselves to aircraft maintenance exclusively though, they will be re-winding motors in addition to any kind of electrical work and welding. Wally says "If it needs doing, we'll do it!" Wally and Ernie are both veterans and we sure wish them plenty of luck and prosperity in the New Year!

Hercules Would Go For Barney's Cleaner

RUMNEY DEPOT, N. H. (UP) Part of a dairy farmer's work has been eased by an invention of Joel E. Barney of Plymouth, whose device cleans a barn housing 60 head of cattle in 14 minutes. The only effort involved is pushing a button. Barney's "Magic Carpet Gutter Cleaner" does the rest. The cleaner consists of a belt lying in the gutter where manure and bedding collect. When a switch is thrown, the belt is pulled by a cable onto a drum, depositing its load in a pit or spreader. The cleaner then is put in reverse and the belt passes through brushes for cleaning and back to its place in the gutter. One-quarter of New Hampshire's 224 towns are not represented in the legislature. A community must have a population of 700 or more to qualify for a seat.

"MY WILD IRISH ROSE," Leading players in this gala musical parade down memory lane are; Arlene Dahl, Dennis Morgan and Andrea King. The brilliant Technicolor opus will be the New Year's Eve midnight show at the Gables Theater.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. co-stars with Maria Montez and Paule Croset in "The Exile," the romantic drama of an exiled king, which opens at the Parkway Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 1st.

Says Russia Still Holds 70,000 Italian Prisoners

ROME (UP)—Marshal Giovanni Messe, who commanded Mussolini's legions in Russia in 1942, told the Italian press that 70,000 Italians still are "missing" in the U.S.S.R Despite reiterated Russian official denials that any Italian war prisoners remained in the Soviet, Marshal Messe said he believes many of the men who fought under him are still being used by the Russians in reconstruction work and other tasks. Messe, a constant target for the Italian leftist press, caused a twelve-hour strike of all transportation in Rome when he held a meeting of Italian veterans of the Russian campaign. Arrest Causes Strike During the meeting, a tram conductor shouted that Messe was a potential leader of resurgent Fascism. That led to the conductor's arrest and an immediate strike by all transportation workers to protest the police action. In an article in the anti-Communist newspaper II Tempo, Messe said Communist hostility toward him was caused by "their reluctance to admit the truth about the very grave responsibility of the Russians regarding the fate of Italian soldiers in Russia." Messe was made a marshal by Mussolini when he was besieged in Tunisia in 1943, a few days before he surrendered his armies to the Allies. He was one of the first top Italian commanders to pass over to the Allied side while a war prisoner in England.

New Look or Not, These Girls Like Their Sweaters

CHICAGO (UP)—A group of bobby sixers think the "new look" will do just fine as long as they don't have to take off their sweaters. Seventy-three high school sweater girls filled out questionnaires on what they thought of the new look. They agreed that sweaters—tight or sloppy—still were their favorite garb. Fashion designers can make skirts with padded hips, pleats or hems to the ankles if they want to, the girls said, but woe to the artist who erases the sweaters. A tabulation of the survey, made by a large department store, showed that a majority thought skirts and sweaters were typical high school garb. Some preferred to wear their sweaters tucked in the skirt, some out, and nine like the kind that button. For activities outside school and casual wear, 21 chose slacks; five, skirts, and 19, blue jeans. All 45 said they'd take a sweater to go with them. The rest of the 73 said they wore blouses or jackets with their slacks. While they spend most of the day in their sweaters, the girls said they like to discard them in favor of skirts and blouses with "that ballerina look" for evening wear. But they agreed that most of the time they'd rather be sweater girls. The word coconut stems from the Portuguese "cocos," meaning monkey.

Thrift Just So-So To Student Body

FALLS CITY, Neb. (UP) — Fifty per cent of the students at Falls City high school are putting away nothing for a rainy day, a survey by the home economics department showed. The canvass also disclosed that approximately 60 per cent of the students have allowances and about 35 per cent have side jobs. Of the 146 who receive allowances, 124 stay within them and 22 do not. Forty-six of the students are saving 10 cents to $1 a week, whereas 100 are spending everything they get. Among remarks made during the survey: "I don't want an allowance—I get more by yelling for handouts." "I wish I had an allowance—then I wouldn't have to beg for money every few days." "Allowances aren't much fun—you have to keep track just the same." "My Dad gives me more than my mother—so I always see him first." "What I get all depends—pay day is a good day to ask." "Allowances won't work because my brother thinks he should have more than I get, and I disagree."

Coral Estates, Coral Groves Holiday Guests Still Arrive

By DOT THAGARD Riviera-Times Correspondent "Hail to the New Year, blast out the old. May the New bring cheer, banish the tears all told of the sorrows and grief past gone, and happiness to everyone with the New Years dawn. Forgive the poetic levity—it just pops out occasionally. Guests are still coming, to help us celebrate the holidays. The Sherman Andersons of 703 Obispo are so busy being arrangement chairman of the 'Associated Bible Students' Convention which convenes at Simpson Park, Dec. 30 and 31, and the 1st through the 4th of January. Besides doing chairman duty Sherman is the local class' elder. The Andersons have as their convention guests Leonard Jezuit, Mrs. V. Lolwinki and I. Zawacki, all of Chicago, Ill. Mrs. D. B. Lancaster, of St. Paul, N. C., and her son, Col. D. B. Lancaster, Jr., of Hamilton Field, Calif., aunt and cousin of your correspondent's better-half, is visiting our area for the holidays. Mrs. Lancaster remarked the growth of our fair city is just nothing short of phenomenal. This is her first trip down since 1926, and we all know of the change that has made Coral Gables the thriving and bustling city it is today. One of our favorite teenagers, the very talented Lois Davis, did us proud again, by furnishing the vocals of all the Christmas songs at the Riviera Country Club's egg nog party Christmas morning. Blonde Lois looked lovely in a Red dress with the definite "new look" very 'Christmaxy.' Mr. and Mrs. Lew Davis of 710 Obispo, have every reason to "pop" with pride at their young daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Adeeb have decided to remain as permanent residents of 716 Obispo. Commuting for the last five years between here and their home in Jacksonville, they finally decided there was no place like 'here,' so for extra comfort to their very attractive home they are adding a laundry (with a Bendix—lucky people) and a patio. To Michigan Game Forsaking the Orange Bowl extravaganza to fill a pact made years ago with classmates, "that if Michigan ever played the Rose Bowl, by hook or crook we'll be there," has taken the Ralph Bowens of Obispo Avenue out to California. The news of available tickets came through to Michigan Alumnus Ralph, last Monday, and the couple took to the road Wednesday. Christmas spent traveling is not so bad when you consider the culmination. The Bowen's expect a big reunion with former friends and classmates from Troy, Mich., when they arrive in Pasadena. Preston Building We hear that after building homes in every section of Dade county, Mr. George Preston, the contractor, is building his own home on a beautiful corner lot in the 600 block of Sorollo. Earl Gates is also joining our congenial colony with the start toward construction of a new home for his family on a corner lot in the 600 block of Obispo. Welcome newcomers. Guess this is all now, with the area celebrating the arrival of the New Year at the country clubs and at home parties, we think we'll start our next week's round on New Year's morning, bright and early. Oh, yeah! But a very Happy New Year to each and every one of you, from dot's Dot.

Concrete Blocks Made With Color Sealed In

FRANKLIN, Ind. (UP) — Dan Patterson claims to have developed the first practical method for the mass production of concrete building blocks in color. Patterson provides building blocks in any color or color combination in 50 different designs. The colors and designs are incorporated in the concrete itself, and not painted on. Patterson developed the process after two years of experimentation. The inventor said the blocks sell for approximately twice the price of standard concrete blocks.

The tallest concrete tower in Europe, rising almost 240 feet, has been completed near Stockholm. It will be used for experiments with ultra-short radio waves.

Franchot Tone questions lovely suspect Adele Jergens in the howl-arious mystery comedy, "I Love Trouble," opening at the Grove Theatre on Wednesday, Dec. 31st. Janet Blair, Glenda Ferrell and Janis Carter.

Tipsy Driver Finds Sand Trap No Haven for Quiet Snooze

(Continued from Page One) charges against Gray were dismissed. Case Held Over The case against Charles Boatwright, Negro, 222 Freeman St., held on nine charges ranging from causing an accident to possession of a stolen car, was continued when several witnesses failed to appear. The Negro is acused by Chicago police of stealing a car from that city and detectives here say the auto stolen from Chicago was found in Boatwright's possession here. Albert Haskell, 19, of 3613 Royal Palm Avenue, paid a $25 fine for reckless driving. Louie Moore, Negro, whose address was given as the Gazley Riding Academy, was jailed for 15 days for intoxication.

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