The Coral Gables Times

A Horse, a Poodle, an Iguana & You The Lash She Flutters May Not Be Her Own

By VANGIE GRANT Correspondent During the past six years, Barbara Gillis has made eyelashes for over a thousand Coral Gables women-plus a horse, a French poodle, a rabbit and an iguana. Thus when a young man walked into her Miss Koma Beauty Salon on Merrick Way the other day and asked to be fitted with a pair of false eyelashes, Barbara didn't bat a glamorous eyelid. She simply went about her buisness of measuring his eyes and snipping off a chunk of his hair. Barbara learned the basic stitch for making false eyelashes from a Parisian war bride, who in turn learned from an old woman who made them for the girls in the Folies Bergere. At first Barbara made them for fun, but the idea has become a business. "It's a painstaking task," she said. "Each single human hair is knotted to a piece of nylon thread, and we use from 75 to 120 separate strands." When asked about "we," Barbara said proudly that she employs eight handicapped people full time in their homes weaving the individual hairs. This is only the basic step. "Each pair of lashes takes from one and a half to six hours to make," she explained. Periodically, Barbara collects the eyelashes from her employes SEE EYELASHES, PAGE 2 Before After

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THE CITY BEAUTIFUL Vol. 36, No. 15 24 Pages Thursday May 25, 1961 Phone HI 3-1661 Price 10c

Help Is Coming

If you're wondering what there is around the Gables for the children to do in the summertime we've got an answer for you. On pages 12 and 13 of The Times today is a list of dozens of activities to be conducted by the Youth Center. From judo to story writing to day camp, there's something there for the kids. And, as you'll note, for the mommas and poppas, too.

Parking Tickets Double '60

Coral Gables issued three times more parking tickets in April of this year than it did the same month last year. A total of 4,264 tickets were issued, compared to 1,811 for April 1960. Why the jump? "It's easy; I put 'em to work," said Finance Director Kenneth Allyn. But he said it wasn't really that simple. A complicated set of factors have entered into the picture, Allyn said, since the Finance Department took over responsibility from the Police Department. Meter maids, formerly with police officer status in the Police Department before the transfer, were often assigned duties that had nothing to do with writing parking tickets, Allyn said. Two of the meter maids are awaiting an appeal before the City Trial Board following their recent firing for allegedly falsifying tickets to cover for lost time. Changes in enforcement policies from time to time have also accounted for differences, Allyn said.

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We'll Sue Miami If Her Bad Breath Isn't Taken Away

(Picture, related stories on page 13) The Coral Gables City Commission threatened to take legal action against the City of Miami Tuesday unless smoke and smell caused by the Miami incinerator in Coconut Grove is removed. Acting City Attorney William Burton Jr. was authorized by the Commission to institute injunctive action against Miami if City Manager L. W. Robinson Jr. and Miami City Manager Melvin Reese cannot come to an agreement. The action follows months' of complaints from residents living in the Gables area adjacent to the new Coconut Grove incinerator, advertised as a smokeless, orderless and fallout-free operation when started last summer. Never living up to its advanced billing, the incinerator has been blamed for ruined boat paint jobs, dirty swimming pools and asthmatic conditions. Said Mayor Robert L. Searle Tuesday: "I get it in my office even." "They're being a bad neighbor," said Commissioner Joe Murphy. George Wilson said, "I don't think that would help the situation any," but he voted along with the majority after Dr. Franklin Evans pointed out that the fallout and smell created a health hazard.

A Misinformed Metro Eyes Our Bus System

(Related story, page 2) By MAURICE LABELLE Times Staffer A briefing session for new County Manager Irving McNayr on the countywide transit system turned up an important fact Friday: The Coral Gables bus system is not in the bag for Metro. Raymond Butler, director of the Metropolitan Dade County Transit Authority, indicated in his briefing session held at the Everglades Hotel that only formalities remained in incorporating the Gables' system (See METRO, page 2)

Lost a Canary?

Mrs. Carl Blohm of 4821 Granada Blvd. was surprised last week to find a canary hopping around her patio. 'Tisn't hers, she tells The Times, and she'd like to restore it to the owner. The bird's got a band on one leg and has "quite a lot of dark feathers mixed in with the yellow," according to Mrs. Blohm. Meanwhile, until the owner comes, Mrs. Blohm is being a Good Samaritan and feeding the little fellow. BUTLER JACOBSON

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Coral Gables Girl Dottie Seipp Chosen Miss South Miami

The usual experience of South Miamians participating in and winning Coral Gables events was reversed Saturday night when a Gables girl, Dottie Seipp, 19, of 431 Villabella Ave., was named Miss South Miami by the South Miami Jaycees. A blonde, green-eyed beauty, Miss Seipp captivated the judges with an Indonesian dance in a gown she had fashioned herself. Also catching the judges' eyes, were her 37-24-36 measurements on a five-foot seven-inch frame. She weighs 124 pounds. The Coral Gables High School graduate will compete later in the Miss Florida contest. She won an expense-paid trip to Sarasota, an evening gown and a play suit. Runner Up was University of Miami pre-med student Amelia Herrell, 18. From Arkansas, Miss Herrell is a Chi Omega, and baton twirler. Third place winners were Diana Ruff, 18, of 8225 SW 112th St., and Dianne Dalbey, 18, another University of Miami student from Norfolk, Va. Miss Ruff gave a dramatic reading and Miss Dalbey sang. The judges couldn't choose between them and awarded them both third place. Miss South Miami ... Dottie Seipp

Gables to Name Master Planner

A joing meeting of the Coral Gables Planning and Zoning Boards and the City Commission has been set for May 31 to select a planning consulting firm. The decision to go ahead with an overall plan for the City of Coral Gables with the accent on the high rise building problem came at Tuesday's City Commission conference meeting. It followed a request by Coral Gables Federal Savings and Loan Association to build a six-story addition alongside the present three-story structure at the corner of Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Avenue Andalusia. The Commission deferred making a decision on the financial firm's proposal for one week. MORE PLANNING Next Wednesday's meeting with the Planning and Zoning Boards is designed to give the Commission the benefit of additional thinking on selection of a consulting firm. Four firms have submitted proposals with a tab running approximately $12,000 to $13,000 for the over-all planning job. They are, Rader Associates, First Research Corporation, Urban Land Survey and Brennan and Associates. The meeting has been set for 5:30 p.m. for the Riviera Country Club. Consultants are scheduled to meet with city representatives immediately following the earlier conference. Tuesday, the City Commission tentatively agreed that any plan the consultants come up with would be subjected to (See CITY, page 2) (Picture on page 8)