The Coral Gables Times

8 THE CORAL GABLES TIMES Thursday, April 13, 1961

We Want Saturdays Off, 82 Employes Say to City

A petition requesting a five-day week from the Public Service Department employes has been turned over to the personnel director, City Manager L. W. Robinson said. The petition calls for a 421⁄2-hour week, a cut of 51⁄2 hours. This is basically what had been recommended by the Personnel Department last year, but which failed to gain the approval of the City Commission. A total of 82 persons signed the petition, Personnel Director Robert Harrison said, but a couple of the signers were members of another department. Most of the city's approximately 650 employes are on a five-day 40-hour week. Exceptions are the public service employes, firemen who work 56 hours and motor pool personnel who are on a 421⁄2-hour schedule. Bus drivers are on a 40-hour week, but work 15 hours overtime. Waste Department employes work a theoretical 40-hour week, but are allowed to leave whenever through with their runs. This has been done to encourage speedier pickups, according to Finance Director Kennetly Allyn.

71 Blocks Don't Have Alleyways

A total of 71 city blocks do not have service alleys, City Manager L. W. Robinson Jr. reported to the City Commission last week. The Commission approved the improvement of three alleys last Tuesday. One of the 20-foot alleys is located south of Coral Way and running from Segovia to Cardena. The second lies just south of South Dixie Highway and running from Yumuri to Madruga Court. A third approvement will be located west of Douglas Road and runs north from Giralda Street and its intersection with an east-west alley.

Motel Gets Extra Space

Builder A. H. Sakolsky, whose plan to build a 13-story apartment at 720 Biltmore Way failed because of opposition, found himself in the role of opposing someone else's zoning variance last week. Sakolsky objected to a plan of Albert Singer, owner of the University Court Motel on South Dixie Highway, to provide additional off-street parking in the rear of the motel property. The builder said that Singer had promised to erect a buffer between the motel and neighboring residents. Additional parking constituted encroachment, Sakolsky said. Singer's request was granted on a year-to-year basis on a unanimous vote of the City Commission. No other objection had been raised.

Country Club Pool Tops CG Building

Construction activity in Coral Gables continues well below last year, building official R.S. Fralick reports. The three-month total was only $1,895,985, compared to $2,439,441 for the same period in 1960. March permits totaled $788,410. The March 1960 total was $880,249. Largest single permit was for the $168,000 pool and locker room at the Coral Gables Country Club being constructed by M. R. Harrison Construction Corp. Other permits were issued to D. A. Multren, 4405 Granada Blvd., screen enclosure. Dan Capp, 5410 Alhambra Cir., pool. G. W. Salfronck, 1228 Anastasia, three apartment additions. Miller's Restaurant, 1514 South Dixie Highway, addition. Musicians Club, 314 Navarre, additions and alterations. Alex Jepeway, 4225 University Dr., residence, pool, screen enclosure. Pete Merlino, 560 Sunset Dr., screen porch. L. A. Dix, 501 San Juan Dr., pool. Dorothy Melville, 500 Godoliere Ave., pool. Suburban Dev., 280 Palermo Ave., office. Progress Construction, 441 Perugia Ave., screen enclosure. G. J. Campbell, 12695 Old Cutler Rd., residence and pool. Lloyd Rees, 1418 Cecilia Ave., addition. S. Cantor, 907 Jeronimo Dr., alterations. O. George Hedepeth, 314 Camilo Ave., alterations. A. Schaeffer, 3414 Granada Blvd., addition. Al Jacobson, 1243 Catalonia Ave., pool screen enclosure and roof for patio. Dinapoll Construction, 700 Anastasia, Ave., residence. H. H. Couillette, 4412 Alhambra Cir., alterations. Jerry Annis, 980 Lugo Ave., screen enclosure. Nathan Baren, 1428 Algardi Ave., residence. A. R. Lindsley, 1241 Lugo Ave., bulkhead. O. Fischman, 1253 Sorolla Ave., pool. Julius Bayer, 6822 Mindello St., additions, alterations. S. Dubin, 630 Tibidabo Ave., screen enclosure. Nathan Baron, 1248 Algardi Ave., residence. H. O. Freebure, 1045 Castile Ave., additions and alterations. James Lewy, 918 South Greenway Dr., pool. D. Blackwell, 4117 Santa Maria St., residence and pool. Willa May Holm, 1250 Messina Ave., addition. L. A. Dix, 501 San Juan Dr., screen enclosure. Frank Martin, 1108 Milan Ave., residence. C. W. Battisft, 2315 Le Jeune Rd., office. Frank Klebba, 1512 San Rafael Ave., residence. A. Jennings, 11901 Old Cutler Rd., addition. William Sutcliffe, 600 Campana Ave., residence. T. C. Woodward, 1021 Obispo Ave., pool. Future Homes, 5614 Orduna Dra residence. D. H. Doughtry, 1013 Castile Ave., carport. C. A. Tindall, 825 Navarre. G. O. Melville, 500 Gondoliere Ave., screen enclosure. M. Tendrich, 4000 Granada Blvd., residence, screen. William Hoeveler, 1317 Alhambra Cir., alterations. Rovin Construction Corp., 11080 Parada Ave., residence and screen enclosure. Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Miller, 180 Arvida Parkway, orchid house. Mrs. and Mrs. Donald Plotkin, 455 Tivoli Ave., residence and screen enclosure. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Speidel, 7143 Granada Blvd., screen porch addition. Col. and Mrs. H. H. Zornig, 741 San Bruno Ave., residence and screen enclosure. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hall, 560 Hardee Rd., roof addition. Mrs. and Mrs. P. Ducharme, 421 Amalfi Ave., alterations. Charles C. Garber, 2500 North Greenway Dr., alterations. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Novak, 7340 Mindello St., screen porch addition. D. R. Hoover, 631 Sevilla Ave., addition. Mrs. Clara Aspura, 802 Mariana Ave., addition.

Elks Install James Davis As Ruler

JAMES DAVIS | James E. Davis was installed as exalted ruler of the Coral Gables Elks lodge last week. He succeeds Lawrence G. Ropes Jr. Other officers chosen to serve with Davis are John F. Pinder esteemed leading knight Howard L. McQueen, esteemed loyal knight; Henry G. Simmonite, esteemed lecturing knight. Edward Dobson, secretary; Thomas A. Lopez, treasurer; C. G. King, tiler; and William J. Powers, five-year trustee.

Thomas Davison Elected President of Gables Bar

THOMAS DAVISON | Thomas Davison III, will succeed Robert E. Roache as president of the Coral Gables Bar Association. Installation ceremonies will be held at a banquet at the Gables Country Club Wednesday, April 19. Davison is a graduate of Bucknell University and the University of Miami School of Law. He was admitted to the Florida bar in 1949. Since 1956 he has practiced here. He lives at 1436 Ancona Ave. Other officers are Robert W. Campbell, vice president; George C. Persandi, secretary; and Charles Branham, treasurer. Directors are Jack Admire, Sidney C. Kass, Charles H. McWilliams, Seymour J. Ronald and Peter E. Winegar.

Borrowers: All Is Forgiven

If you have a book overdue at the Coral Gables Public Library, would you like to return it and not pay the fine? You can do it, you know. But you've only got one day. That day, named "Forgiveness Day," is April 19. The library is giving readers an opportunity to return overdue books in observation of National Library Week April 16-22.

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Parking Lot Has to Go

Hayden Stone & Co. is going to have to move its impressive parking lot sign near the corner of Salzedo and Alcazar. The Coral Gables City Commission Tuesday turned down an appeal by the firm to leave the sign as is although it is erected in the wrong place.

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