Voi. 13, No. 156 BOCA RATON NEWS Thursday, Nov. 28, 1968 22Pagps Parade, football mark Thanksgiving holiday *>:••' *•" Churches will hold special services Boca Raton residents will t r take time out today to count their blessings and say thanks. The Thanksgiving will be said in many ways. Some residents will attend church services, some have said their thanks by making it possible for 105fam- ilies registered with the Wel- fare Council to have a nice Thanksgiving day, some are spending the day with rela-r tives in the northern climes, some are having relatives.from the northern climes spend the holiday with them. For football fans Thanksgiv- ing Day has a dual identity. It's also Turkey Bowl Day, which means most Boca Raton parents and residents, after a morning Two of the new characteristics of Boca Raton's changing of watching parades, and bowl faces are combined in this photo — high rises and traffic. games on television, and after Also evident are two of the old factors that have helped a large turkey dinner, will head bring about the growth — all that sunshine and swaying palm for Palmetto Park road and the trees. Turkey Bowl parade. Mayor Harold MauII welcomes football players and coaches from Lexington, Ky. The team will The parade will start at 5 meet the Boca Raton Jets in the annual Turkey Bowl game. p.m. at the Intracoastal Water- way and will head for Memorial Pioneer residents shot Park. Featured in the parade Hearing room jammed will be floats, marching groups, bands, the Boca Jets, Jet Jun- iors, Lexington Colts and Del- their own turkeys here ray Beach Rocks. From Memorial Park activi- By MARLENE FREED MAN Zoning changes protested ties will move to the Boca "All we had- was a nine- foot - wide rock road from Mi- Raton High School field where It was at this time of year ami to Palm Beach and the ed "Already restrictive zon- the- Fifth Annual Turkey Bowl that the men loaded their guns Protests were loud and minutes, rear estate brokers, game wilt be played.. ;. .,;/ Florida East Coast Railroad — lePGthv Mondsv nighr at a •o?>'>' developers and homeowners ar- . ing," penalized -high,, -,: rise and stalked thescrubland'of Bo- it was out of-the trains and apartment builders and,,w>is "a '' -:$e% juniors, and Delray^Koefesrca Raton for Thanksgiving tur- lie he'aring held by the Plan- gued £b?Hr*.the proposed r.szon- •ftii'iltek off at 7 p.m. and the into the sand-spurs," the vet- ning and Zoning Board to con- ing, paragraph" by paragraph. disservice to the community". keys. eran resident exclaimed. Only one speaker praised the Defending the proposed re- Jets^itnd Colts game will be- Such memories are recall- sider establishing a new zon- gin ati approximately 8:15 p.m. At Thanksgiving, Gates went ing district for oceanf rent prop- proposal, while more than a zoning — which would create a : ed by Mrs. Harley D. Gates, out to the "prairie" — now dozen others complained that R-5-A residential district for During halftime the Turkey city pioneer, as conversation erty. Bowl Queen for 1968 will be Boca Raton Hills — and shot a it was "unreasonable," extend- all oceanfront property — was in her antique shop turns to turkey for the holiday feast. For three hours and five Robert C. Rodgers, chairman crowned and the Carver High today's holiday. School Band will play as well Smilingly, she. adds, "he also of the board. The ageless raconteur re- shot quail and rabbits out in He contended that the pro- as the Junior Anchorettes who laxed in her rocker and re- will twirl fire batons for the the prairie." Clock strikes twelve, posed restrictions on density counted how it was when she Reminiscing, she wistfully were designed to prevent Boca first time. and her late husband settled in Otherwise all is quiet today. recalls how Boca Raton was Raton from "turning into anoth- Boca Raton 52 years ago. "before it became a cement er Gait Ocean Mile." The stores are closed. So are "There were seven or eight city hall, post office and banks. canyon," This brought forth a volley white families then," she noted "It has the the most beau- zoning board quits of pro and con comments about Only city employees on duty when she came here with her will be the fire and police de- tiful tropic beauty . I don't It was midnight so Planning made up the audience that the the planning attributes of the new husband. think of the misquitoes, I don't high - density oceanfront mile partment, and students at Boca ' 'We weren't too welcome at and Zoning Board mem- board might not reach a de- Raton's public and private think of the heat, I just think bers called it quits and went cision on any of the matters in Fort Lauderdale. first," she recalled, "being of the beauty ... miles of On the heels of several hours schools have been given a long Yankees." But she and the oth- home leaving three public hear- for at least two weeks. weekend vacation, from class. beach, the world was ours," ings unheard. Representatives of both of objections to proposed re- ers soon became close friends. It was only when she visit- The public hearings on re- Schine Enterprises and Arvida strictions on height, front, side Gates promoted the beauties ed the out islands of Hawaii visions of parking ordinances, Corporation objected to chang- and rear yards, and setbacks, of Boca Raton through his real this summer that she saw and district boundary 1-c ^ es in section 25-69 which deal another issue was raised. estate business -and during scenes similar to the Boca of were postponed u^ |g W t* with plot sizes and minimum Robert Tylander, attorney for World War I was selling 50- those days. Decisions and "!N &j •oor area for apartments in Schine Enterprises, told the Ann Landers Page 2B foot lots along Palmetto Park Through the days of the Casa among the boar- *° i.i-4 and R-5 districts. board: "I think it's about time Church News 8B Road for $100. Rosa banana plantation on the s we see something about theMi- revisions for R- ta - O Schine Enterprises object- Classifieds 10-llB "The town was only a com- banks of the Intracoastal Wa- residential disu ^ ed mainly because they said the lo Smith report.' Editorials 4A missary," Mrs. Gates con- terway to the land boom years also werepostp. fr.iiDec.5. changes "would jeopardize the He suggested that the plan- Public Notices 10B cedes, remembering the small with architect Addison Mizner And Col. F ;.. Rodgers, use of our land. Arvida Cor- ning consultant, hired by the Real Estate 6B wooden building just east of performing architectural won- chairman of tb ard, told the poration representative gave no city for $24,580, may have re- Sports 8-9A the old railroad station on Pal- ders, Mr. and Mrs. Gates re- realtors and elopers who (Continued on page 10A) (Continued on page 10A) Women's News 1-2-3B metto Park road. mained in Boca Raton. "I went back North to visit and sometimes my husband went with me, but he could never wait to get back," Mrs. Gates How de mi say thanks? recalled. "He just loved this place." Gii that really counts 'Sorry about that • .-." By SANDY WELSEY put in an application for him to ed for me when I really need- receive a new check from the ed some help," the man was A newspaper reporter refus- How do you say thank you >*-c!al security office, she fur- living on $ 88 a month present- 'At fox being a friend ? ed to enter into the proceedings nished him with canned goods ed the council with $10 from of city court Tuesday and the One man said it in a very from the council's stock, ob- his gift, "to buy a turkey and trial went on without him. special way to the Welfare tained fresh bread and fruit trimmings for a needy family Officer Clarence Quinn was Council. from a local grocery store in this wonderful town where giving testimony about how a The man was old at 50 years and bought meat and dairy prod- help, when needed, can be ob- man he arrested had been chok- and lonely. He had arrived in ucts with the council's funds. tained," ing a woman and had lifted her Boca Raton only twooionths ago The man would have enough The man, of course, is just off the ground by the throat. and already he was ficing com- to eat for two weeks, thanks to He offered to demonstrate on muting problems bjcause of the council. one of many who have been helped by or who have them- the reporter sitting in the court- a leg ailment. The man's story does not room. ^ He was living on a social end here. In fact, the council's selves helped the Welfare Coun- cil. But the scribe said no, in security check whici brought help was just the beginning. no uncertain terms and the him $88 a month. Tis month Someone who learned about the Thanks to the generosity of judge admitted he couldn't be his check was stolen from his lonely man's misfortune, pro- Boca Raton residents 105 needy forced into the proceedings. mailbox. vided him with another two families are today enjoying a He was desperate, -fis pan- weeks of food and supplies. truly happy Thanksgiving.