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by helen reynolds society editor Louise (Mrs. A. D.) Barnes, who has resided in Coral Gables for 35 years, is quite upset over the fact that the City Beautiful might become a city of skyscrapers instead of a residential city. Mrs. Barnes brought a clipping, a feature article from the Kansas City Star dated Nov. 6, 1960, to The Times, which was sent to her from a friend. The article contained a three column picture of Coral Gables City Hall, with a convertible (top down) containg three people in the foreground, and this caption, "That's City Hall, the disbelieving motorists are telling themselves as they drive past the ornate municipal offices of Coral Gables, Fla., a city that stays conscious of its architecture." Opening sentences or the article says, "No walls separate Coral Gables from bustling metropolitan Miami, which presses close about it. Yet the moment you cross its boundaries, you are conscious of entering a world which is subtly different from anything else you have seen." * * * * Mrs. Charles S. Roberts and her daughter, Miss Gloria Roberts, have issued invitations to an at home from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts are members of the Opera Guild of Greater Miami and have been long time residents of Coral Gables. * * * * A Merry Christmas card in color from Paris, France, from Mary (Mrs. Ivar) Axelson of Coconut Grove depicts the left bank with the majestic Notre Dame towers in the background. * * * * A Christmas-red folding card, the cover of which features a tall "Gullible" white bird in matching cage, is an invitation to a Christmas Sing from the students of the Everglades School for Girls, 2045 So. Bayshore Dr. The party will take place Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Dell. * * * * Ruby (Mrs. William D.) Yergason, 2100 Country Club Prado, says she had the experience of casting her vote in the sidential election this year in a foreign country. It was in Rome, Italy, where she was visiting at the time on her seventh trip abroad. All she had to do was write to New York, her hometown, for her absentee ballot (they are printed in October) and then on the November date proceed to the building next door to the Embassy building to cast her vote. Ruby says the Embassy building, like all buildings in Rome, is beautiful. She also said the building where she voted was thronged on voting day with Americans. * * * * It will be a gay Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Selden L. Stewart II of 424 Almeria Ave. this year. Their two sons, Selden III, a senior, and David, a freshman at Duke University, will be home. David will be host to an open house for about 50 of his friends next Thursday. * * * * Nationally known Sue Hastings puppets will be the Christmas attraction fr the children of members of the Country Club Coral Gables during their holiday party Sunday from 3 to 4 p.m. at the club. Mrs. Clark Liles is chairman . . . The Youth Group will have its party from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 24, with Mrs. Jack Heath in charge. The Junior High group will have a tea dance from 3 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 27 with Mrs. Henry Noyer as chairman . . . Junior members will have their formal holiday party Friday, Dec. 30, with Mrs. Charles Miller the chairman. * * * * At the Kings Bay Yacht and Country Club, the Junior-Teens * rmal Christmas ball will take place Tuesday, 8 p.m. to midnight . . . A "Santa Claus" party will be held Thursday, Dec. 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. and on Saturday, Dec. 24, the club will serve Christmas Eve dinner from 6 p.m. to 10, with dancing from 9 p.m. to midnight. President of the Florida Restaurant Association is James J. Marks of Pensacola.

Legion Auxiliaries Open Gift Shop

Approximately 225 units of the American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Florida, contributed Christmas gifts for the annual Gift Shop Display, held Friday at the Veterans Hospital in Coral Gables. The long tables bearing the gifts were open to the public in a preview from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Mrs. Mabel Byrd Francis, Veteran Hospital representative, is celebrating her 15th year in charge of the numerous details involving such a large order. Lahry J. Baechle, a Legionnaire, of the Hospital Supply division assisted Mrs. Belva Morris and Mrs. Al Cage with the decorations of red, green, gld and white. Parcels contain from one to 15 gifts each. The bed-ridden patients are served first from gaily decorated carts from which they make their selections. The Lantana TB Hospital and the Orlando TB Hospital are handled on the "mail order" type program.

Market, Books Is Topic For Pen Women

Mr. Ron Shaw, representatives of Doubleday Publishers, will discuss "Markets and Books" for the prose workshop of the Coral Gables branch of the National League of American Pen Women on Thursday, Dec. 8. The coffee will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the home of Mrs. Ethel Howard, 6825 SW 87 Ave., South Miami. "Give a Book for Christmas" theme for December will also be discussed. Guests will include Dr. Margaret Landis, professor of philosophy and art, University of Miami; Beatrice Washburn, book reviewer for the Miami Herald; and Joyce Reid, composer of the musical comedy "Once Upon An Orbit." Mrs. Reid's musical will be presented in January at the Gallery Theater of Coral Gables directed by Sid Casell. Mrs. Marjorie Pither is chairman of the prose workshop.

Grove House Is For Crafts

Several members of the Chamber of Commerce of Coconut Grove are sponsoring the opening of "Grove House," a receiving station for amateur craftsmen's wares. They are Lester Pancoast, James Merrick Smith, Peter Jefferson and Mary Whitlock. Grove House is situated in the former Coconut Grove Bank Building on Ingraham Highway and is a non-profit organization. Mrs. Jon E. Hoffmeister of Rochester, N. Y., is general advisor.

Nira Beatty To Be Bride

Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Beatty, 2900 SW 79th Ave., anonnue the engagement of their daughter, Nira, to Ernest A. Barthel II son of Mrs. Ernest A. Barthel of 415 Tamiami Canal Rd., and the late Mr. Barthel. No date has been set, but a Spring wedding is planned by the couple. The bride-elect was graduated from West Miami Junior High School and from Southwest Miami High School. Her fiance is a graduate of Miami High School. An electrician, he is with the Dade County School Board of Public Instruction.

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