The Coral Gables Times

Thursday, April 26, 1962, page 2 (of 28)

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Limit Sunrise Height

(Continued from Page 1) apartments because of limited street access. -Limit the industrial section-no high rise buildings. -Single family homes only south of Sunset Drive. -Discourage further ribbon development of Ponce de Leon Boulevard. -Creation of a perimiter road on the bay. -Buffer zones or step-down zoning plan for the "Burdine's" tract. -A 20-acre municipal yacht club at Tahiti Beach. -Apartment use for Tamiami Trail from Cortez to Tangier Streets. -Restricted use on Red Road from Tamiami Trail to Coral Way with apartments facing Country Club Prado, buffer on Red. -Retain residential nature of Red-Bird area with planting wall on Red Road. -A coordinated traffic plan. -Improvement of Ponce de Leon Boulevard between Tamiami Trail and central business district and to South Dixie Highway. -Rebuilding of Douglas Road from Flagler Street to South Dixie Highway. -Improvement of Le Jeune Road from South Dixie Highway to Cartagena Plaza. -Rebuilding of Old Cutler Road between Cartagena Plaza and Red Road. -A new Road between Matheson Hammock and Red Road. -Creation of an off-street parking authority. -Formation of a citizens group to study proposed plans and assist in execution.

Norton Knew $1-a-Day Wage

(Continued from page 1) can make it home to 7230 SW 53rd Ct., he and his wife, Harriet might have a barbecue and maybe later play bridge or just relax in their living room and listen to hi-fi. Norton, with silver-gray hair and dark brown eyes, tugged at a sock as he shifted in his easy chair with the lavender print. He was casually dressed in a beige sports shirt and checkered trousers. "I like to relax," he said, "and I get a terrific charge out of doing whatever I do," like dancing with his wife at the Coral Gables Country Club. Maybe Norton does prefer semi-classical and Broadway tunes spinning on his hi-fi, but for dancing, it's good old Dixieland music. "It's the only music I can keep time to," he joked. As for helping his wife in the kitchen, "I can cook most anything," he said, "a roast, potatoes... "But," he lamented," I can't cook an egg. That's the bane of my cooking existence." It's no wonder Norton is such a help when he dons his wife's apron to wash the dishes or cook. The man who's to become principal of one of the nation's leading high schools vividly recalls when he was a waiter and only too happy to work for $1 a day in the depression. NRS. NORTON IN KITCHEN ... the man's a help, too

Cost of Doing Business Likely to Rise in CG

(Continued from Page 1) visory Committee. Licenses must be taken out by businesses and renewed each year." The program, Allyn said, has three objectives: Produce more badly needed revenue. Restore economic balance imbalance caused by inflation. Equalize the fees. The fees, despite the 15 per cent increase, will still be generally below those of surrounding municipalities, Allyn said. A notice was sent out April 18 to all holders of occupational licenses in Coral Gables to come in and inspect the new proposed fees. Those having objections should write them to the City. A public hearing will then be held by the board. Final recommendations will then be made to the City Commission for its consideration. This marks a sharp departure from last year's procedure by the Budget Advisory Board which ended in a fiasco. Their recommendations at that time covered only a small number of categories and were made with less study and no public hearings. The City Commission first put into effect the recommendations, but later backed down under pressure from affected businessmen.

Friendly Dog

V. A. Granger, 6750 Brighton Pl. has a real friendly dog - real friendly. Burglars broke into his home Sunday while the family was away and made off with $40 cash, a gold partial plate, two gold service pins and a $100 watch and the dog never barked once.

PTA Money Well Used

This year's Coral Gables High School annual PTA dinner was a profitable one. Money raised will be used to purchase two sets of books for beginning economics for the Social Science Department and four Webster's New Collegiate Dictionaries for the school library. A contribution of about $300 has been made toward the construction of a handball wall for the Physical Education Department.

NEW BAPTISTS

Five new members recently joined the University Baptist Church. They are Mrs. Frances E. Krause and Richard A. Krause, 6755 SW 54th St.; Richard Allyn Mixson, 742 Escobar Ave.; and Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood G. Sharp, 7621 SW 54th Ct.

An Incredible Winner Lions Frolic for Charity

The Coral Gables Lions held its second annual "Spring Frolic" Saturday night and cleared an estimated $1,000 for its charity work, notably sight conservation. About 200 people attended the affair, held at the Rod and Reel Club on Hibiscus Island. Entertainment was provided by the House of Montell, of Coral Gables. Dancers from the studio gave several numbers, including a 12-person finale built around the cha cha. Robert Montell himself is a Lion. Numerous door prizes were awarded. The Cliff Sias family of 1920 SW 76th Ct. has special reason to look forward to next year's frolics. For the second year in a row, they won the free trip to Nassau. "No!" shouted a disbelieving member at their table when the lucky number was called. But there it was, held by Mr. Sias. They won last year with Mrs. Sias the ticket holder! And what's more, Sias isn't even a Gables Lion. He was there as the guest of Whitey Rolfes and had bought some of the donation tickets for door prizes. "What do you know about that?" said Rolfes.

Take a Peek at UM

The Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce is working on plans for "Know Your University Week," scheduled to begin May 13. The purpose of the observance is to acquaint the city citizens of Coral Gables with the physical, educational, cultural, recreational and economic aspects of the University of Miami. Among events being considered are a series of conducted tours of U.M., luncheons, evening band concert in downtown Coral Gables by the Hurricane Band and a track meet.

'We Wanted Too Much' Zamora: Too Few Families, Too Many Debts

(Continued on page 1) ped John Bigman, a real estate developer and textile manufacturer who lives part time at 11801 Old Cutler Rd. He wants to try to save the rabbi-less temple. B. Leon Hurwitz, rabbi of the Gables' only conservative temple, came here in 1954. He left for Daytona Beach last September on what was an-nounced as a two-year leave of absence. Only two years before he had been granted a life-time tenure at what was initially called Temple Pesach Tikuah. Bigman, who is trying to rally all factions, blamed personal differences for the impasse rather than ideological or the-ological conflicts. "One faction pulled one way, another the other," said Big-man. "More wanted it to fail then succeed." But the president, Nathan Davidow, minimized personal differences and cited the small size of the congregation and lack of funds for the difficulty. "It was a 'craze for opulence," he said. "I've done everything I know," said Davidow. "I don't think this has ever happened before... It's a heartbreaking experience for me." Davidow, lay leader for most of the past seven to eight years, said the luxurious and ambitious temple was just the beginning of their troubles. The small congregation could not continue to pay the heavy expenses for a rabbi. Founded with about 100 families, it now has only about 30 families. By contrast, Temple Judea here has about 300 families. When Rabbi Hurwitz left, the group was left without a spiri-tual leader. Rudolph Brill, the cantor, filled in with the help of laymen. Meanwhile, Bigman and Davidow said they are both going to try to raise the money to keep the temple going. And they are going to look into the reasons the balance on a $65,000 six per cent loan only dropped less than $5,000 after more than $18,000 on 28 payments have been made since April, 1959. But that will not solve all their troubles. Another $17,000 in long term loans are owed to other financial institutions and individuals. A Coral Gables Federal offi-cial said the reason that the principal hasn't been reduced any more than it has over the past months is due to many late payment charges plus oth-er expenditures such as taxes and insurance in behalf of the temple. Bigman estimates the temple needs $27,000 to put it back on an even financial keel. "We're a proud and unbend-ing people," said Davidow, "we won't beg." FINANCIALLY-BELEAGURED TEMPLE RABBI HURWITZ ... He Left