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CORAL GABLES TIMES

20 CORAL GABLES TIMES Thursday, October 4, 1962

Extraordinary Happenings Are Commonplace In Miami

By JUNE GRAY Woman's Editor Being mayor of Miami is interesting and different from the job of most mayors since its geographical and cultural patterns make extraordinary happenings an everyday occurrence, Robert King High told members of the Coral Gables Woman's Club Monday. Speaking to approximately 50 women at their clubhouse on Ponce de Leon Boulevard, Mayor King pointed out that most of the image of Miami has to do with Latin America. Therefore, it was a treat for him to be able to visit Tokyo last fall as a guest of that city, he said. His host was the landscape architect sent to Miami to help design the Japanese garden and teahouse on Watson Island by the Japanese industrialist, Ichimuri. In order to understand their tradition and culture better, Mayor High ate, slept, and observed many Japanese customs. In comparing Japan with Latin America, the mayor said he found the biggest difference to exist in comparing their religious attitude. In Latin America, a very religious spirit prevails. But in Japan, the feeling is materialistic, he said, They do not have a very big problem with Communism there, because every one owns a piece of property and the whole family helps care for it. The legislature has 435 members and only three are Communist. Mayor High added, most of the culture there is centered around the great Shinto and Buddha shrines. One solid gold shrine to Buddha is 180 feet tall, and crowds of people come to it daily. A high literacy rate exists there. Ninety-nine percent of the people can read and write. Mayor High attributes the great urgency about education there to the determination of the Japanese people to regain their position as a world power. The Japanese express a great concern over loss of face, especially is this true among the young people. Japanese children make up their mind very young which university they will attend and prepare for it. Those who leave home for college and fail the entrance examination choose suicide rather than return home a failure in the eyes of their family and their neighbors. Japan is now showing a growing concern about this high suicide rate among its young people because only one out of each 70 applicants is accepted by the universities. Mayor High said their universities compare favorably with our major universities. There are 70 universities in Tokyo along with more than 500,000 students. They have no vacation period as the American colleges, only 20 days between advancing from one grade to the next to get orientated. Japan's factories are run almost entirely by young people due to the fact that the cream of their manhood and womanhood was lost during World War II. In one camera factory that the mayor visited, the average age was 23. Mayor High concluded his talk by pointing out seemingly honest maneuvers used by some political persons to achieve ends which will benefit them. He called this intellectual dishonesty. Discussing the $15 million cut which the House made in the Cuban Refugee bill and which has been restored by the Senate, Mayor High pointed out that the majority of the House members wanted to go on record as being against the bill because that entire body of 432 members is up for reelection in November. But only one-third of the Senate will be up for reelection. The mayor said he hoped to never resort to this type of what he called double-dealing — voting and talking one way but actually meaning something else.

Jean Linn, T. H. Morrison Plan Melbourne Wedding

Dr. and Mrs. Scott Darrow Linn, Melbourne, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jean Bowman, to Thomas Herring Morrison, son of Mr. and families of the bride and groom Mrs. Thomas Jay Morrison, 1220 Alfonso Ave. The wedding will be Oct. 24 at the Melbourne Eastminste: Presbyterian Church with only present. Miss Linn is a graduate of Palm Beach High School and attended the University of Florida, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. A graduate of Coral Gables High School, Morrison attended UF where he was vice president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He is also a member of the Riviera Country Club.

ST. PHILIP'S SCHEDULE

St. Philip's Episcopal Church, Coral Gables, has returned to its winter schedule of Sunday services. The hours are now 7, 8, 9:15 and 11 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. The daily services at 6:45 a.m. and 5:15 p.m. continue.

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Riviera Golf

Two different low net tournaments were played Tuesday by the Riviera Women's Golf Association. In the yearly tournament for the women who have won once or not at all, Mrs. John Dunn with a 67 placed first. Second place was Mrs. F. H. McDonald Jr., with 77; third, Mrs. Fay Britt, 80. In regular field play in Class A, Mrs. E. E. Butler and Mrs. Horace S. Cordes tied for first place with 76. Second place was Mrs. Albert Anderson with 78. In Class B, Mrs. Charles Zablocki was first with 74 and Mrs. Ben Costello second with 79. In Class C, Mrs. Phil J. Lawrence was first with 76 and Mrs. Harvey Elwood second with 81.

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