The Coral Gables Times

What to Do in an Emergency? School's Foggy Notion Could Harm Child

By MAURICE LABELLE Times Reporter Are school officials operating in a twilight zone in handling emergency cases that could be dangerous to your child? Conflicting procedures are revealed in a Guide survey of four area principals. They indicate that overriding fear of law suits is blocking some of them from acting effectively in handling emergencies. The problem was brought to light recently when one boy was knocked unconscious by another youth at Ponce de Leon Junior High School and he lay there for nearly a half hour before help arrived. Aid did not come until after the boy's mother arrived because school personnel believed they were not permitted to summon aid directly. They had been led to believe this because of instructions they had received and the nebulous character of the "emergency contact card" which does not spell out exactly what should be done. But County school officials say the card is only a guide to procedure and that the responsibility for action lies with each school principal. The survey indicates that the County (See VAGUE, page 2)

THE Coral Gables TIMES

THE CITY BEAUTIFUL Vol. 37, No. 10 32 Pages Thursday, April 12, 1962 Phone HI 3-1661 Price 10c

BIG GUNS FOR SUNRISE HARBOUR preparing to answer the City's arguments, are, from foreground to rear Howard Scharlin, Clifford Gould and Joseph Amerkan. (Times Photo).

Home Owners Press Apartment Issue In Sunrise Harbour

By MAURICE LABELLE Times Reporter Residents of Sunrise Harbour, storm flags flying, failed to change the City Commission's mind Tuesday about its earlier okay for apartments in that plush subdivision. However, the Commissioners did say they would reconsider the matter. It was scheduled for discussion Tuesday night at a Commission conference meeting but was postponed due to the illness of Mayor Robert Searle. Apartments were already permitted in Sunrise but the Commission, in an emergency ordinance two weeks ago, increased the number of units permitted on various lots. The affected lots back up to a canal across which sit homes of $40,000 and up. The disputed ordinance permits 28 units on what was a 12-unit approval tract of two lots. Commissioner C. L. Dressel Jr. failed in his bid to introduce a motion rescinding the ordinance, which also set up limits on the number apartments for a large number of lots in Sunrise Harbour. Vice Mayor Franklin Evans, acting for Mayor Searle, ruled that Dressel could not make the motion since he had not made the original proposal. Clifford Gould, past president of the association, warned the commission: "The red flags are going up all over the neighborhood." Gould pointed out that such strong feelings had been generated by developer Gerald Schainuck's plan to build a two-story, on lots 6 and 7, block 2 apartment that vandals had damaged his home under construction there. "We have a war chest," Gould told the Commission. He was referring to funds pledged for legal aid Monday night at a special meeting of the association. A petition bearing 100 names, virtually all the property owners in Sunrise Harbour (See SUNRISE, page 6)

Rath to Retire His Goal: Be Proud To Be an Egghead

By DAVID GRIER Correspondent Harry Rath, the principal whose aim is "to make students proud to be eggheads," told his Coral Gables High School faculty Tuesday he will retire in June. It will end 36 years' association with the Dade County school system. First on the retirement agenda is a probable round-the-world trip with Mrs. Rath. The educator leaves behind a string of academic and school achievement records that make Coral Gables High a name known throughout the nation whenever superior educational facilities are discussed. Rath is that school's first and only principal. Since the institution's establishment in 1950, it has won, among other competitions: -First in the number of (See RATH, page 2) HARRY RATH ... goodbye, Cavaliers

New Fire Station Needed Downtown

Coral Gables is going to have to replace the old fire station before too much longer, Fire Chief Paul Matheson said this week. "Something is going to have to be done in the near future," he said. Matheson said the station at Aragon Avenue and Salzedo is obsolete because a modern ladder truck cannot be stored there and heavy traffic on Salzedo is making it difficult for pumpers to pull out of the station. A new location? It would have to be in the downtown area, said the chief. The area west of the bus terminal would be a good spot, Matheson said. Present facilities at the old building, which also houses police, need remodeling, Matheson said. But, he added, bringing the department up to its full manpower requirements will have to come ahead of the new station. A second station at South Dixie Highway and Riviera was built slightly over a year ago to serve the south end of town.

BOOK DONORS

During the past week Coral Gables Public Library received gifts of books from Mrs. John Broward, 621 Minorca Ave.; George J. Dempsey, 1321 Blue Rd.; Miss Margaret Fink, 1610 Salzedo Ave.; George H. White, 915 Aduana Ave.; and Mrs. Claude Holmes, Jr. 3419 Anderson Rd.

They Egg Him On; Judge Finds No Joke in the Yolk

Three Miami youths who chose to throw eggs at a motorist rather than drink them in their beer received suspended fines in Coral Gables Municipal Court Tuesday. The youths are Daniel Leroy Caldwell, 17, of 3515 NW 13th St., charged with disorderly conduct by simple assault and disturbing the peace. Timothy P. Haviland, 18, 100 NW 31st Ave., disorderly conduct by disturbing the peace; and Gary Davis, 17, 1050 NW 44th Ave., disorderly conduct by disturbing the peace. The trio, arrested by Officer Bryan Thomas shortly after they hit James Miller Junior of 5931 SW 64th St. in the face with eggs, had been charged in an affidavit sworn by Junior following the March 30 incident. Junior said the youths threw three eggs and scored with one after they pulled up alongside him near the intersection of Miller Dr. and Ponce de Leon Boulevard. Thomas found both beer and eggs in the car.

WOMAN HURT

A Connecticut woman was injured in a dive into shallow water at the Venetian Pool April 5. Sandra Clark, 21, of Bradford, was treated by Gables firemen and at Doctor's Hospital for head injuries suffered shortly after 1 p.m.

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