»:• m •A S?1-*. tt* --V- :-s«- TO REACH BOCA RATON NEWS CA KAT€N N PHONE 3767 Serving Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach Vol. 4 No. 34 Boca Raton, Florida, Thursday, July 16, 1959 22 pages Price Ten Cents Hearing Set Aug. 11 Water Cooler Gain Made Stolen at Plant Over 1958 A breaking and entering was Postal receipts in Boca Raton On Truck Ordinance reported at 7:35 a.m. Monday increased 48 percent in the first The long-awaited truck con- at the Boca Raton Sewer Disposal six months of 1959 over the trol ordinance came up for a •Plant. Centex Realty comparable period of 1958, and reading at the City Commission An equipment trailer owned the receipts in one month of this meeting Tuesday night. by Van Guard Construction Com- Manager Named year nearly equaled the entire A public hearing will be held pany used on the job was broken receipts for the year 1948. on this Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m. so George Dickerson has been into and entry made by forcing The phenomenal growth of residents on both sides may air appointed Real Estate Manager a window. postal receipts at the Boca Raton their views. of Centex Construction Com- Reported missing was a water Post Office from a total of $12, - If the ordinance is adopted pany Inc. of Dallas, Texas. He cooler valued at, $5, police said. 589.71 in 1948 to $69,754.14 after the public hearing, trucks is now in Boca Raton making pre- The theft is under investiga- in 1957 is riot only continuing •will be prohibited from over- liminary plans for the University tion by Det. Lt. Charles Mc- but the tempo is being accele- night street parking in resident- Park development west of this GEORGE DICKERSON Cutcheon. rated, according to figures re- ial areas. city. leased this week. Also set for Aug. 11 is a University Park, comprising public hearing on an ordinance 3, 000 a-cres northwest of Boca City Will Use Short Wave These figures show that re- to rezone Block 11, Country Raton, will be built by Centex ceipts totaled $59, 096.23 in the Club Village, from residential in conjunction with Arvida Corp- first six months of 1959, com- RID to business B2. oration. The new city, which In Tri-City Disaster Hookup pared to $39, 868.70 in the first six months of 19 58. The receipts Two public hearings were received its corporate charter at Three men represented Boca in one month from January tn held. One was on an ordinance the last session of the Florida Raton at the Red Cross Disaster Autos Collide, February this year amounted to to rezone Lots 6 through 9, Block Legislature, is scheduled ulti- Committee meeting held Mon- $11, 571.16, or nearly as much 4, Boca Raton Hills, from R1E mately to have 10, 000 homes, day night at the Boynton Beach $850 Damages as the entire year of 1948. and R3 residential to business Bl. in addition to a 500-acre light Fire Department. industry section between U. S. Two cars collided on Old Assistant Postmaster Cecil The other hearing was on an or- They were Mayor Joe De- Highway 1 and the Sunshine Dixie Highway yesterday morn- Roseke said the figures point out dinance to control filling station^ Long, Fire Chief John Loughery, State Parkway. ing, resulting in extensive dam- the vital need for a new post in business B2 zones. Filling local chairman, and Col. Jewell ages to both. office. It was announced last stationsin business zones will be Cook, newly appointed head of Dickerson was transferred week that bids will be received subject to the approval of the the Civil Defense Committee. Jacob Tucker, 57, of S. W. to this position from the position for a new post office building to City Commission and will have During the meeting it was 15th Street, Boca Raton, was of sales manager of Centex be erected on the south side of to have a public hearing. brought out that Boynton Beach traveling north on Old Dixie. Dallas developments. Northeast Second Street between An ordinance to annex a 65- has installed a short wave radio He attempted to pass a car driven First and Second avenues. acre tract known as Boca Harbor station in its Fire Department. by Artis Templeton of Pompano The post office now has 19 opposite Hidden Valley was Rogers Doubtful Mobile units will be installed in Beach, who was making a left employes, including the post- placed on first reading by title Boca Raton and Delray Beach turn and also traveling north. master and assistant postmaster. only. Of Canal Funds soon. They will be directly The cars collided, damag- All 19, including 10 clerks, six A report on a natural gas Hope seems dim for Boca connected with the Boynton ing Tucker's car on the right carriers and a janitor, work in a survey submitted by Allen and Raton to obtaina Federal Govern- Beach unit. front fender and bumper to an small building built in 1946 and Hoshall, consulting engineers of ment appropriation this year for "In the event power lines go estimated $500. Damage to the covering about 2,700 square feet. (Continued to Page 10B) completion of the C-15 Canal as out with the mobile units, direct Templeton vehicle's left front The month by month gain in its new northern boundary. contact can be maintained with and rear doors was estimated at postal receipts this year over last Word from Congressman Paul disaster headquarters in West $350. VFW Seeking is shown in the figures released Rogers to the Boca Raton News Palm Beach as well as Boynton There were no witnesses and this week. states that although he is con- Beach, " Chief Loughery said. Meeting Place no one was injured, investigat- In 1959 the periods of com- tacting the Chief of Engineers The next meeting will be ing officer Patrolman John Lun- pilation run from Jan. 1 to Jan. The Veterans of Foreign Wars immediately, it is his under- held in Boca Raton on Aug. 10 ger said. (Continued to Page 18) Post 8189 of Boca RatDnis gravely standing that the project is not in the Council Chambers, City in need of a permanent meeting included in the 1960 budget. Hall. Woman's Finger Cut 10-Acre Tract West place and a site for socials, ac- City Commissioners recently Trying to Open Bottle Of City Brings $15,000 cording to Post Quartermaster sent a resolution to Congressman Harry Herbold. Rogers and Senators George Alligator Chased Mrs. Florence Cavanaugh of A10-acre tract of land lying The newly-organized post has Smathers and Spessard Holland N. W. Second Avenue was given west of Boca Raton was sold this no special meeting place. Any- asking that the appropriation for Back Into Swamp first aid at the Fire Department week for a reported figure of one having any information re- the canal be included in this Monday for a badly cut left in- $15, 000. A six-foot alligator startled garding a place for the post to year's budget. dex finger. Buyers were Mr. and Mrs. passersbyon A1A, near Jap Rock, meet is asked to contact Her- She told the department she John Haley and Mr. and Mrs. When completed, the C-15 just north of Boca Raton early bold at Boca 8375, received the injury when she at- JohnHarland of Deerfield Beach. Canal will run from the Sea- Monday, the Sheriff's Depart- tempted to open a soft drink Seller was Frank Kinzel of Light- The next meeting will be board Air Line Railroad to the ment said. held July 23 at the home of bottle' and the top broke off. house Point. Intracoastal Waterway and form They dispatched Deputies M. Commander John Dolen, 906 N. After the first aid was given, Francis M, Slone Sr. of a natural boundary line for die A. Rogers and Buddy Partin to VV. Seven til Street, at 8:30 p. m. she was directed to a local physi- Stoner and Ringle Inc., Deer- city. the scene and the alligator was cian's office for further treat- field Beach, negotiated the * chased back into a nearby swamp. The Long and Short of It Is.. ment. transfer of the property. Boca Raton Mail Carriers Satisfied With Trousers The recent edict on Bermuda they were hesitant to adopt Summer was made recently to too," Roseke said. as do the lightweight treated shorts issued by the U. S. Post shorts and, to a man, preferred Postmaster LeRoy Diggans of Besides the question of looks, cotton trousers which are autho- Office Department came as no the long trousers. Delray Beach. the Post Office Department con- rize d. surprise to Boca Raton mail One of the reasons given for Boca Raton doesn't concur, cluded that shorts would provide carriers. the "no shorts ruling" was that assistant Postmaster Cecil Roseke no relief in the heat to carriers. The department pointed out No Bermuda shorts will be although some men look good in said. A spokesman said that ac- that the National Association of worn by carriers, the edict shorts a good many others do not "Style or no style, hot or cording to experts in the cloth- Letter Carriers supports "our stated. present their best appearance. not, our men are satisfied with ing industry, shorts do not af- attitude on Bermuda shorts and A careful check of Boca Ra- The suggestion that carriers the long trousers. They give ford as much protection from we understand they have given ton mail carriers revealed that be permitted to wear shorts in more protection from the sun, rays of" the sun, for example, the matter serious study.