1674-7 Charles S. Krom •
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1939 E HERALD, M�A M I, FLORIDA r- �� t
QUILT BY FISHER v :HOTELREAOHES YlaminaoOpelis Its Season ,_
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Flamingo Reopens Today
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41 \ i / For 20th Season With 1 ;
' Same Manager I
i tw The Flamingo Hotel will formally I '
.,4t ii.Nak s i °'-,--/ open for the season today with a 1
sw •`� ,xt t' / gala dinner celebrating a double an-1
' t'� II A [ 'Al niversary—the twentieth anniver-I
YYI 5 pyx 1� sary of its operation and of its man-I i
I l . agement by Charles S. From. • 1
L.•• a'av s s`t,ti• However, the gala occasion will
-; .. i ..,• ' 3' be vastly different from the day 20 i
.�i`+ „It , - s y 2~S pears ago when the Flamingo,first '
• r w"4 f' of the Carl G.Fisher hotels,opened
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. t. - u +e, I. -, for Its first season on the sparsely
I '�.. t "1 settled strand of manmade soil. J I
le 1 '. f i'to r.} I', Improvements and conveniences i•
�` 1' r D not In existence then have been I'
¢ y • added to the big hotel and its 12 E
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"+ : ... acres of ground, virtually bar
+ trp`0 then. have been tropicaly land-,
...t,' ti c{'"°`' ' y`�rv� :- scoped. 1
,,, tri �i Three couples who were dinner,
°• 4 ' c: r4,„*. T4 guests at the hotel's first opening :
;' ,Itry _. h.A, day, will be present for dinner ac t
if y the. Flamingo again today. The I
- �sJj�� " are Mr.and Mrs.C. W. Chase.Jry '
�//1 -~ 'Ii and Mrs. Thomas J. Pancoas ;
-; "7 '''- 1 and dlr.and \Ira.Arthur Pancoast.
j�. Doubted Ills Wisdom
•.7,t-;t..Y' .e..,,,-...2,..;;,-..;` ,.•a When these guests arrived the
1 t ' • - were greeted by the late Carl G.
-- Fisher and From. Tonight when; !
/, 1/471,,, the hotel manager greets his guests I
• -' he will recall how Miami business;
i.�. men doubted the wisdom of spend•
VOW ing millions on developing a Jungle '
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First of the magnificent hotels to be erected at Mianit by the sea,connected with the main.,
Beach by the late Carl G.Fisher,the Flamingo Hotel toda land by only a narrow wooden
Y bridge.
will formally open for the season and celebrate the twentieth Advance reservations at the hotel
.anniversary of its establishment and ,management by are far heavier than they have been -
• Charles S.Krom. `! for many years, From reported .
Tuesday. About 70 per cent of the f i
' -- "' 'r' ^""^^e oars hotel's regular patrons already 11I
I have booked accommodations, he I
,Beach j\ said. More than 30 yachts are ex.
ews Service Sends peered to he moored at the hotel's
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Ont Ndocks.
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Brand
O p During the summer more than
a� ew I • 3°.(1°°'
0.uW w'as cent on i:n [owementa
Figures, in preparation fur the season,l:rom
)NESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1939 added. The Smprovements 'inn;Newspaper editors over the country are gettingsome new fig-
ures eluded decoration ges rthelrmain
urea from the Miami Beach News Service, g. the 11 guest cottages.
Famed for its a lobby, ballroom, dining room and
appealing pictures of scantily clad bathing beau- gurest rooms. The •golf putting
t ties.the News Service is now sending out facts and figures to show bathsealso were renovated,and nun
I that Miami Beach is prepared for Its largest winter season in his. —
I tory. �—
Racking up his belief that the0 H U 1•E L u'SEC•I'pt.OGl' — "
resort city will have more uwin(er• From the bulletin board of a
visitors this season 'tan ever be-Ito handle this influx with the cli- ritzy Beach hotel. Whiny has -
fere. Director Joe Copp, of the I max of a (ivr.'ear building pro./ just obtained the following notice
News service has opened his office gram which has more than doubled by management to employes:
in the Miami Beach city hall two'its facilities:' "It has been brought to my at-
a'eeka earlier than last .e:,r. tendon that the so-called 'Palm .
Doubled Facilities
I Work with Copps to see that
'• In his firs[ publicity releaseMiami (;rash's publicity appropria- Roach' is often called a 'Cock-
the season Copps saki. ^(tion t aerop is wan Jrtt are •roach.' I wish to k then you
looks for Its "I lorida;Stuart Cameron. as,<lstan[ director;; that when guests ask the name
cause of the interruption teI�F he• Pete Crossland, picture editor;Miss of this rodent that you tell them
peas.travel and the ut'0-,Norma Davis, society editor; alts i it is called a Palmetto Beetle.' '
'provement in business conditions,
Streeting. office secretary.' It would not be very nice to tell
:and shoot Beach is well land Photographers James Hamil•I the guest it was a 'Cockroach'
prepared;ton.Eddie Hoff and 011ie Fitz, and then have him find one in
... his room. Consequently. I ask •
• that you co-operate in this+ryy//qq-�
c,•r. The \lana"ement." /yi51-1)