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The Coral Gables Times
Thursday, December 28, 1961, page 1 (of 15)
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Coral Gables TIMES
THE Coral Gables TIMES THE CITY BEAUTIFUL LIVING This family has history on the living room wall! See page 2. METRO The editor talks about Living With a Monster (II) on page 4. Vol. 36, No. 46 16 Pages Thursday, December 28, 1961 Phone HI 3-1661 Price 10c
Our Junior Orange Bowl Parade Is Today at 2:30
SCENE FROM LAST YEAR'S JUNIOR ORANGE BOWL PARADE PARADE TODAY! Coral Gables' junior version of the Orange Bowl Parade — the one all the youngsters have been waiting for — gets underway this afternoon (Thursday) at 2:30. If the weather holds out, somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 persons of all ages, but a preponderance of little people, will line up along Ponce de Leon, Miracle Mile and Biltmore Way to see the high stepping strutters, the whirl of batons, the dazzling hand drawn floats, and — oh yes — the queen. She's Bonnie Burkart, who overcame a handicap to take the coveted crown. Along with Bonnie will be Princesses Linda Johnson, and Adrian Walker. There'll be bands, bands, bands — 19 of them — from as far as Grand Forks, N.D., the home of The Gauchos Junior Drum Corps. And St. Camillus Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps, from Rockaway Beach, N.Y., is always good to send a chill down your spine as they lead off the parade. This will be the outstanding band's eighth appearance in the parade. And there will be 42 floats and 27 marching units to boot, making it one of the largest. "Storyland," will be the theme repeated over and over in 42 different ways by the boy-drawn floats. Floats will vie for the loving cup donated by the Board of Realtors. The Junior Orange Bowl celebration is all for the kids, but it took grown ups to plan it. William L. Gale is this year's president of the Junior Orange Bowl Committee. He was assisted by Director of Activities Jim Barney and hundreds of others. The parade itself is headed by Chairman William D'Amico and Marshall, Paul R. Greenway. Parade Judges are John C. Harrison, Robert A. Davidson and Eleanor Gumby. On the reviewing stand will be Capt. John L. Buckley, USA, reviewing officer; Dr. James W. Parrish, vice president of Stetson University who received this year's Service to Youth Award. Everett A. Clay, president of the Orange Bowl Committee; Gale, and Mayor Robert L. Searle, Commissioners C. L. Dressel Jr., Dr. Franklin J. Evans, Joe Murphy, and George M. Wilson. Also W. Hamilton Hayes, president of the Chamber of Commerce; W. Keith Phillips of the Orange Bowl Committee and Carol Hair, Orange Bowl Queen.
Metro Stops Eyeing Gables Bus System; 'Will Work With Us'
(Editorial on page 4) Metro, despite earlier overtures, has no immediate plans to take over the Coral Gables bus system. Transit Authority Chairman Raymond W. Butler said so last week. He did not rule out a future takeover, however. For now, though, he said, "We are going to build a unified system around Coral Gables." The chairman also said that once Metro takes over William Pawley's four private lines after the New Year, Gables residents going outside this city can do so faster and cheaper. Butler made his comments at a press conference on Friday. Both Butler and Transit Authority Director Dave Reynolds said Metro is neither in a financial nor management position to take over the Gables' municipally owned system at this time. As recently as last August, the Transit Authority and the Gables Bus Advisory Commitee were dickering about a possible takeover of the local system. "They just don't have the money," said Al Jacobson, chairman of the Gables committee. A cooperative system will be worked out with the Gables to provide the county with better service, Butler said. "We are going to cooperate," said Jacobson. "We'll extend our lines and work out a transfer system." This type of service was inaugurated recently with the establishment of a new line to Baptist Hospital from the Gables. Reynolds said the authority is in no position to extend itself into Coral Gables at this time, but he indicated that some of its lines would cut through the Gables and use its terminal facilities. The tentative transfer price has been set at 10 cents, Reynolds said, but the entire operation is in a very indefinite state at this point and will continue to be until after the professional management firm hired to run the buses takes over. Butler was high in his praise of the Gables system. "Coral Gables has a good system already," said Butler. The Gables system, a Cadillac in its class, uses gas powered buses as opposed to diesel and provides personalized services not provided in other communities. Current deficits are between $60,000 and $100,000 a year. Metro had indicated it would not provide the type of service in existence. Friday the Transit Authority outlined a step by step five-year plan to bring what it says is cheaper, faster, more comfortable transportation to Dade County. Within 30 to 60 days the authority will seek to unify the four Pawley systems, initiate a transfer system between Miami and Miami Beach, implement express and cross town (See BUS, page 2)
THAT House Being Sold; Lights With It
By BECKY DOYLE-QUINN Times Reporter One of Coral Gables' best known homes is being sold. The home belongs now to James J. Cerniglias, 700 S. Alhambra Cir. It will belong to the Bent H. Kaabers, now residing at 701 Coronado Ave. The home is being sold for $105,000 through real estate salesman Truman Drake, and a bit of irony lies within. The Cerniglias are renown for their unusual display of Christmas decorations. They were the winners of the first annual Home Decoration Contest and have declined to enter since because their display is so extravagant in execution. The buyer, Bent Kaaber, is one of the three judges in this year's Home Decorations Contest. He is buying the Christmas display along with the house. The salesman, Truman Drake, is another of the judges of the Christmas decorations. Both he and Kaaber are associate members of the Board of Realtors, which co-sponsors the contest with the Coral Gables Times. The sale was begun Christmas week, and the closing will take place June 5. The third judge in the contest, John Salmon, had nothing to do with the deal. Mrs. Cerniglia told the Times Tuesday that her family's plans are indefinite. "We may build; we don't know. "The children want horses and we would like to find a place where we could have them. We have a summer home in the mountains in North Carolina, (Hendersonville). So far, we have made no definite decisions."
Apartment Owners Want Room Rent Policy Change
By MAURICE LABELLE Times Reporter The City's new room renting ordinance, scheduled to go into effect next month, will prolong room renting for as much as 40 years, Robert L. Brinkman, president of the Coral Gables Apartment Association, said Tuesday. Brinkman arrived at the 40-year figure by setting up a hypothetical case of a 30-year-old owner renting rooms till he reaches age 70. He said his group is now working to have the City Commission set up a "reasonable" cut off date to end room renting in Coral Gables. This would be prior to the time present rental property owners die, as provided for in the new ordinance. The association, incorporated in 1957, has approximately 160 members; all of them own apartments in Coral Gables. Apartment buildings, with 2,400 units (excluding the University of Miami's 1,691 units), comprise approximately 23 per cent of all living units in Coral Gables. The apartment owner said he doubted that the ordinance would be subjected to a court test such as was a previous resolution. It set up the same conditions for renting which the Circuit Court threw out. In that case, Judge Ray Person ruled that an ordinance (See ROOM, page 2)
Davidson Picked
Robert A. Davidson, 733 Madeira Ave., was appointed by the Gables City Commission last week to sit on the Planning Advisory Board until June 1963. Davidson is a realtor. The board studies planning problems and makes recommendations to the city commission.