The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-09-10
BY Stanley Sweeting


boring thousands swarmed the Vir-
GINA Beach strip Monday seeking
fun and frivolity amidst a desire to
bath in the cooling waters of the
great Atlantic.
Sun and sea bathers were dime a
dozen as picnickers and party groups
literally took the Dade county re-
creation center
1t was a grand day for an outing.
Old Sol beamed down with all his
grandeur, but never once was the
Crowd shy of his brilliance.
about the sands and along the shore,
apparently without care in the
world. Bill Aliens coy cabanas were
loaded to the gills with private par
ty groups. Others were assembled
on special benches strewn conven-
iently about the vast play ground.
Never before has a more, select
bunch of shapelies, beautiful maids
and maidens, display their beautiful
beige bodies before the sun-soaked
cameras of Mother Nature. Doubt.
less the famed Boardwalk of the At.
lantic City's gay oceanside
thorough-fare boosted more stream.
lined pulchritude than did the coun-
ty-owned mecca for Negro bathers
on Labor Day.
The colorrul crowd, the enormous,
was as orderly as a hospital on
Founders Day. Dan Johnson and
George Busbee took care of that.
Female picnickers brought their
lunches along with their husbands
and Riddles, but Caroline Johnson,
supervisor, and her assistants at the
refreshment stand, had their hands
full catering to their wants and
needs.
Busy, too, were three stalwart
young life guards, Eddie Ellis,
Fredick Allen and Newman Harri-
son, safeguarding the lives of thou
sands under their care.
Motor vehicles of every size and
description lined the quarter-mile
long beach. Cars, motorcycles, motr-
bikes, bicycles and trucks emptied
their human cargo in vast numbers
as they continued to chalk up hun
dreds Of dollars at the tolls.
Bathers motored over from the
four corners of the county. Ricken-
hackers causeway, newest of water
way spans, bulged with folk who
had poured in from Homestead,
south, FIT. Lauderdale, north, the
outlying boroughs of Brownsville,
Liberty City, Seminole, Coconut
Grove, Opa Locka and Nazarene
were we'll represented with their
fun delegation.
Assisting in caring for the holi-
day crowd were: Daniel Johnson,
superintendent; George Busbee. pa
trolman; Bill Allen, ST., cabana man.
ager; Eddie Ellis, Frederick Allen,
Newman Harrison, life guards; Dan
iel Alexander, check attendant; Le-
roy Cook, park attendant; Carolyn
Johnson. supervisor refreshment
stand; Juanita Smith, Telma Robin
son, VIM. Brockington, clerks re-
Among the many seen at the
freshment stand.
beach were:
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Stirrup, Yer
neka Stirrup, Anna Grace Sweeting,
Cornelius Ross Wells, Grace Heas-
tie. Clara Belle Brown, Mr.. and
Mrs. Phillip Wallace, Alma Lynch.
Eddie Lee Smith, Dolly Sweeting,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison Strachan and
son, Lewis, Tommy Armbrister jr.'
Clara Brown, Wilhelmina Starkey
and daughter, Clara, Katie Cren-
shaw, Frank Jones. Lige Mckinney.
Timothy Savage. Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Albury, Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Dean,
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Biackshear.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Edwards, Theo-
dora Carey Williams and Doris
Carey.
Others were Kiah Brown, Lewis
Major, Leroy Lang, Eleanor Lewis