7th Year.

HOMESTEAD LEADER-ENTERPRI

The Redland District's Reliable NEWSpaper Since 1912

‘ HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1948

Consolidation Threat Spu

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rs Move

For New City in Matheson

Bird Sees County’s Duty
To Help South Dade Area
_ Meet Park Opportunity

Since the development of Ever-
slades ‘National Park will bring
to South Dade its greatest single
asset, the county commission must
study and co-operate with citizens
of this area in problems arising
from the opportunity to aceom=

modate a great influx of visitors,
County Commissioner Preston B,
Bird of Homestead said this week.|

“1 am fully conselous of the
responsibilities which this great

park ‘will place on us as county | di

commissioners,” said Mr. Bird

“It means that we must. plan an,

improved and well-regulated road

system, which will not only aie
ic

siudy and cooperate with the peo-
ple of District 4 in the problems
of housing, automobile parking
facilities and other services which
a large volume of new visitors to
our district will require.”

Commissioner Bird reiterated
this week the county's eagerness
to eliminate “blind comers” which
copstitute a major traffic hazard
in the Rediand District and have
evoked appeals from civic organj-
zations.

“Wherever consent of the prop-
etty owner can be obtained,” he
said, “county workmen will re-
move vision-obstructing trees and
shrubbery, These county workers
cin not intrude on private prop-
erty without the consent of the
owner, however, so we appeal for
the co-operation of property
owners"

CITIZENS PLAN
SECOND BIRD

 

Silver Palm, Princeton Methodists. i
Consolidated by Membership Vote}

Consolidation ot the er

Palm and the Princeton Methodist

churches was effected Sunday and

the two congregations will bexin

worshiping together

1 when the mode

Chureh building on Coconut Palm
iy for 0

‘The merger action w

Apr. & at a, quarterly

held in Silver Palm,

Sunday by ballot of both mem-

voted

berstips’
‘The Rev, W. E. Rowell, who has
wil

‘The churches have similar his-
tory in that they were both or-
ganized a8 interdenominational

THOS. J. HARRIS
DIES AT HIS HOME
IN HOUSTON, TEX.

Thomas J. Harris, father of
Former Mayor ‘Tom J. Harris and
Mrs, Carl Deden of Homestead,
died Saturday at his home in
Houston, Tex., at the age of 81
A native Texan, Mr. Harris served
as. district attorney for many
years and continued the practice
of law until the day of his death,

In addition to the son and
daugtiter here, Mr. Harris leaves
his wife, Mrs. Nellie Harris; two

sons, Bob Horris:of San Antonio} }

and Jack Harris of Houston; two
daughters, Mrs, Walter Exuers off
Ramonville, Tex., and Mrs, Nett
Swartz of Houston; 13. grand-
children, and eight great-grand~
children.

Lions Club Will Elect
» New Officers April 27

New officers will be elected
Tuesday, Apr. 27, by Redland [is~

 

community congregations fi) the
days, and both suffered

loss of church buildings in

‘The Silver Palm
worshiping jn the
| roum until the new

building is ready

PRIDGEN 10 HEAD
TARY CLUBPOR
R918 2 40)

t week's meeting
0 was re-elected

mana
Fertile

Homeptead
ing Of the
elected
wns

HENRY PRIDGEN

seortiary. Maj, Thos, B. Royal, the
outgoing president, automatically
bovortes vice-president. The new
offigers will be installed the first
meeting in July.

EB King of
the building
tinued on Page

 

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of a youth

PRUITT 10 TELL
WHO IS BEHIND
MERGER AND WHY

“Who Is Behind Consolidation
and Why" will be the subject of »
talk to be given by Wm. J. Pruitt
at 8 o'clock tonight on the W. B.
McVicker lif in Princeton

The meeting is under the aus-
pices of the South Dade Citizen's
Protective League, formed re-
cently to safeguard citizens’ rights
against the encroachments - of
ene .

“1 will @xpose those who pre-

eres they gdoeboDe eee

tives that prompt them an@ what
they seek to gain,” saids Mr
Pruitt yesterday. “I will empose
the full vielousness at the

“Twill tell you why, the bill
should be defeated and why R. B
Gautier who steered it through
the last legislature should be de-
feated. I will t€ you the whole
story”.

There will be refreshments and
music

V.F.W. Distriet Meeting
Sunday in Coral Gables

V._F. W. posts and. auxiliaries
of District 13. will district
officers Sunday. at_a convention
to be held at the Elks Lodge, 22)
Giralds ave, Coral Gables, Ray
Renuart Post and Auxiliary will
be host groups.

A joint meeting will ibe held at!
10 a. m. and separate meetings of
the posts and auxiliaries at 1:30
pm,

Lime, Avocado Survey
Being Made for Booklet

A wrvey to obtain accurate’
figures on the Dade Count:

age set to bearing and

ing avocados and limes

made by County Agent Chas. H
‘Steffani and Assistant Agent John

D. Campbell,

The data will be used by Dr.
Geo, D. Ruehle, vice-director in
ge of Subtropical Experiment
tion, in revision of his booklet
on the avocado and lime industry.

‘Beard Writes Descriptive Booklet
About Everglades National Park

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mini snare utiva| Post Office Receipts Rise 24,9%
Above Those of Like Period in ’47

ive booklet on Eve-

£2

Gross reeeipts of Homestead

"| post office for the first quarter of

1048 exceeded those of the like

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EARL SMITH +
Gave Their Lives at Pearl Harbor

Impressive V.F.W. Ceremonies Attend
Memorializing of Arrant and Smith

luce inttalled Commander Phittips
,/and the other new officers; Théo-
dote Oldendert, senior vice-com-
ArrantSmith Post of the Vet- Widw, Weiss, junior ‘wlee=
erans of Foreign Wars paid trib-lcommender; Rrle, Bridges, quar-

ie gies or ova f we bs

named, Anderson Arrant and fart
Walter Smith,

First Redland District service
meh to die in World Wor 1, Ar
Fant and Smith were lost in the
bombing of the U.S.S. Arigona at
Pearl Harbor, Earl's body ‘was|
recently returned to Arlington
Cemetery for interment; Ander-|

ANDERSON ARRANT

At joint installation ser
tn Leffion “Hall Monday

 

son's body was never recovered.

More than two hundred per- |
sons witnessed the award of the
V. F. W. citizenship medal to John
Arrant, father, and Miss Betty|
Arrant, sister of Anderson, and
to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Smith,
brother and sister-in-law of Karl
Newly installed Commander |
V. Phillips was assisted in |
senting the medals by Past
manders James C. Vann, J. T
Godwin and Vernon W. Turne

In memory of the two boys,|
Mrs, Smith presented to the post
the flag which druped Kur!’
ket in the militery rites
Arlington.

Stanley Wittkop song “Sleep,
Sailor Boys” to piano ace

A. Y, PHILLIPS
case » New V.E.W. Commander
at

naster; John Davis, post advo-

Walker, chaplai
eo. S. Skah, surgeon; and retir~
ment played by Mrs, mander Vernon W, Tur
Carl Smith, a nephew 1,|ner, three-year trustee. The Wm.
Joined-in with his trumpet in the! A. “McAllister Post ritual, team
final chorus. | officiated.

Announcement wis made that! Appointive “officers named by
the post with its 3 mbers |Commander Phillips were: F, A.
holds fifth place in’ memb rship | Rutt, adjutant; BB. MeGarra
in the state, officer of the day; Philip Bourn,

District Commander Bob Wal- — (Continued on Page’ Four)

Clubwomen to Place Bronze
Today to Commemorate Gift to Park

A bronze plaque, commemorat- president, and Mrs. W. 8. Jen-
ing the dedication ‘of Royal Palm |instrumental I having the trect
State Park to the Everglades declared Florida's first state
National Park by the Florida Fed-| ‘The plaque is the
eration of Women's Clubs, will be| was presented to
permanently affixed to a boulder! Drury, director of
in Royal Palm Park in a brief| Park Service, by Mrs,
service to be held at 3 o'clock this] and Mrs. Jennings in
afternoon. xlades Park dedication

Representing the federation will Dec. 7 in Everglades City,
be Mrs. L. J, McCaffrey, retiring} Park Superintendent Dan
will take part in the
here today,

Orange juice will be
members of the Woman's
the Redlands,

Since the incorporation of
Palm Park into the natienal
the park lodge has been used
ranger station,

Oddfellows. to

the first quarter of 1948 and 253,-
411 for the first three months of
1947.

AND AUTHOR HERVEY

BILL BRADLEY
‘BENEFIT GAME
SET APRIL 23

Mamestesd and Miami all-tar
softball teams will clash ino
benefit game for Bill Bradley te
be sponsored by Arrant-Smith

o'clock Friday
t the city park.

will be]

cer and member of the local post,
{6 Min James Archer Smith Hos-
pital. He is on leave of absence
f duties ax instructor in
et Redland

Promised for Meeting

On Monday the South Dade
Garden Club will hold a meeting
devoted to parliamentary pros
cedure, and everybody interested
is invited to attend, Mrs. E. L,
Thayer, parliamentarian of the
Florida Congress of Parents and
Teachers, will give a refresher
course from 3 to 5 and from 7
to 9

The afternoon meeting will be
devoted to items of special interest
to women's clubs, and the night
meeting is planned to interest both
men and women.

Between 5 and 7 o'clock, sand-
wiches, pie and coffee will be
served to .all who care to stay.
Each woman who belongs to the
club will pay for her own meal
and her husband's meal by bring-
ing @ ple. All others are asked to
pay 35 vents apiece.

Mrs. 0, W. Calkins, program|

chairman, asks that non-members,
club groups or individuals, make
reservations at once by telephon

uses humor to put her points

‘The threat of snide

County consolidation has prdetipt
4 the calling of an election’ Fe-
day, Apr. 0, by the
mock Area Assoclation .
property owners to detetmitne
whether the said area shall (he
incorporated. The law e
that any 25 freeholders may
an election on incorporation, 1-
ports Chas, B. Spotford, president
‘of the association. i
As described by Mr. Spottond,
boundaries of the area
‘Sunset dr. on the north,
Highway on the east, Dade
Park on the south, and an
lar tine along Red, Davi
Schoolhouse roads on the wait,
Mr. Spoftord estimates that
there are approximately ~O
istered freeholders. in
and 180 nonresident

‘oe

tion, he said,

Prominent members
sponsoring association are,
Allen, author, r
. Price, Ieving Thomas, W.T,
Rowe, Roy Page who is
with the Coral Gables
Mile and Fred Zorbaugh of the
University of Miami faculty.

ENGLISH WOULD
LIFT TOLL FROM
OVERSEAS HWY.

Colin English this weeks.
tained the swift tempo, that
marked his since

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ne project: atid believed It

be accomplished by him as

ernor during the next four.

“Lifting the tolls would
ue of

across, says-Mrs, Herman Hein-| =

lein, president. She is not charg-
ing for her talks here,

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