The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-20

Gales, the Hookers and the Parkefs.
This was largely meeting for or
ganization but Mr. Cushing of the
Halcyon was elected vice-president
for New Hampshire. The editor is
chairman of the ~ nominating COM
mittee, but it was thought best to
get the membership cards filed before
selecting too many Of the officers
and committees that they may be
representative. More than four hum
bred members were present and the
sun parlor of the Halcyon was soon
crowded and the ball room had to be
used. We are thinking that Royal
Palm Park will be in demand ii the
membership grows to the size it
should for there are probably a couple
of thousand of New Englanders
around here. Many short speeches
were heard, but the speech that
caused the most interest was the
proposal that Baked Bean dinner
be served about two weeks from that
date. We understand it is to be held
at the Halcyon a week from Tuesday.
We went out on the steps, while
looking pleasant from this prospect,
and had group picture taken.
We have been having an insurance
convention in town and all the party
left with assurances that they liked
the town and the hospitality extend
ed. Every time the city entertains
a convention it has just that num-
Der of extra boosters. !.
OF course, we have all sorts OF
celebrities with us for they come to
Miami in increasing numbers every
season. Perhaps the one who will in
terest our readers the most is Darwin
P Kingley of New York, who is STOP
ping at the Flamingo. He was born
in Alburg, Vermont, and while ne
makes his home in New York. City,
he is interested in Vermont affairs,
and is trustee of the University OF
Vermont.
The Miami Studios, Inc. are really
getting under way and many compa-
MES have applied for accommodations.
Three carloads of equipment for the
electric plant of the Studios arrived
this week and regular consignments
for the studios furnishings are ar
irving daily. 1t is planned to have
eight stages ultimately and two OF
them will be ready for use by the
first of February unless plans fail.
1t takes a little time for new city
to get under way, but Miami is sure
ly making progress along many lines
Hialeah is sort of planning to have
hangar and landing field. The
subdivision is controlled by Glenn
Curtis and James Bright and natural
ly airplane service will be interest
ing to them both. If the plan should
go through it is the purpose to get
hangar from Chapman field at Cutler
an air station during the war. The
government will give the hangar to
the city for the cost of taking II
down and moving it and Mr. Curtis
will give the sight so the project
ought to be practical The hangar is a
steel structure and will cover 6
space 66x140 feet, but the building is
put up in sections and it ought moi
to be a very expensive job to move
it. 1t will be great convenience
for airplanes are no longer curl
osity down this way and there is
need of shelter for them.
Speaking of airplanes, Mabel Cody
and her troupe have been doing some
fancy stunts at the Beach for the
past few days. The Cody circus is
about as daring a proposition as one
would care to see as they use the
wings of the plane as trapeze and
do all sorts of stunts in mid-air
They change from plane to plane ano
from automobile to plane using g
rope ladder for the purpose. Climb,
ing a rope ladder suspended from
rapidly moving airplane would look
like quite stunt. At the Strand
theatre the Cody circus has beer
shown on the film and then Mabel
Cody has appeared in person to tell
you how it feels to perform in the
air. She says that she tried horse
back riding, then automobiles, but
both were lacking in thrills, but she
has found all the thrills she needs
in the airplane.
Another change that has come over
the town is the trolley system. We
are getting nearly all our lines into
operation and brand new cars are on
the circuit. This means that we can
90 east and west from 1st Ave. S. E.
to 18th Ave. West on Flagler ST. and
to Buena Vista and the Beach. 1t
will be a great accommodation to the
tourists, but it makes traffic condi-
lions for the automobiles more COM
plicated than usual and that is plenty
enough.
Cordially,
H. E. Parker.