The Coral Gables Times

Thursday, December 28, 1961, page 8 (of 15)

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8 THE CORAL GABLES TIMES Thursday, December 28, 1961

WITH THESE HANDS THEY LIFT A CANOE

LUGGING HER CANOE past these white ferns down to canal is Linda Joel.

LOUIS GERMAIN helps his daughter Gloris into a canoe as she clutches music notes in hand.

THESE TWO children and their mother dashed into their backyard to listen to scouts caroling.

Silent Night, Holy Night

Photographs by Raymond Lang It was down to the canal in ships last Friday night as a band of Girl Scouts paddled canoes through the Gables singing Christmas carols. Girl Scout Mariner Ship No. 46 sailed down the canal from Riviera Drive and Ponce de Leon Boulevard, opposite the fire station, to Bird Road. The trip took about one hour. Troop leader is Mrs. Louis Germain, 12200 SW 68th Ct. Her husband supervised the seven-canoe expedition. Linda Meyers, 547 Alhambra Cir.; who belonged to the troop and now attends Texas Christian University, paddled one canoe. Girls on the trip were Sharon Capra, 7850 SW 112th St.; Carol Hagglund, 1136 Andora Ave.; Susan and Gail Hanson, 9375 SW 116th St.; Gloria and Carol Germain, 12200 SW 68th Ct. Patsy Smith, 6880 SW 101st St.; Lorraine Jahn, 2602 Country Club Prado; Linda Joel, 1502 SW 82nd Ct.; Marolyn Waters, 6805 SW 133rd Ter. Brenda McMahon, 9045 SW 64th Ct.; Kris Olson, 9177 SW 112th St.; Pat Partney, 8800 SW 114th Ter.; Denise Harris, 10280 SW 110th St. Carolyn Feeny, 5950 SW 29th St.; Charlotte Hubbard, 1116 Aduana Ave.; Nancy Husted, 1671 SW 32nd Pl.; Pam Hudson, Northwest area; Carol Palmer, 914 Matanzas Ave. Lee Pletts, 12315 SW 64th Ave.; Jennifer Starr, 7545 SW 124th St.; Joanne White, 3920 SW 59th Ave.; Vicki Smith, 6880 SW 101st St.; and Bobbie Arries, 831 SW 74th Ave.

STEADYING their canoes as they drift down canal are left row, front to back, Nancy Husted, Linda Joel, Bobby Arries and Joanne White. Right row, same order, are Denise Harris, Marolyn Waters, Lorraine Jahn and Lee Pletts.