The Coral Gables Times

Junior Orange Bowl Parade's Saturday at 2

This Year The Theme Is Toyland Lithe young figures whirling, trombones blaring, little children waving happy greetings from miniature, boy-propelled floats — that's the Junior Orange Bowl Parade. The 14th annual renewal of this lively event will wend its way through downtown Coral Gables on Saturday starting at 2 p.m. As in past years, some 50,000 spectators are expected to line the curbs and lean from windows along the line of march. For the ninth successive year, one of the featured parade entries will be the St. Camullus Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps from Rockaway Beach, N.Y. Another distant entry will be the New Castle Senior High School Band of New Castle, Pennsylvania. Theme of the 1962 parade is "Toyland" and dozens of pint-size, boy-propelled floats will depict a storybook world of youthful fun. Presiding over all will be the petite Junior Orange Bowl Queen. Last year about 4,500 youngsters swarmed over 42 floats, huffed and puffed in 19 bands and trudged in 27 marching groups. The parade will form at Ponce de Leon Boulevard and Navarre Avenue, go south to Miracle Mile, west to City Hall, down Biltmore Way and end at Segovia Boulevard. William L. Gale is president of the Junior Orange Bowl Committee; Jim Barney director of activities; William D'Amico, parade chairman; and Paul R. Greenaway, parade marshal.

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THE CITY BEAUTIFUL Vol. 37, No. 47 16 Pages Thursday, Dec. 27, 1962 Phone HI 3-1661 Price 10c

About Mayor Running Again Herb Said; Bob Said; Joe Said

By MAURICE LABELLE Times Reporter (Editorial on Page 4) Has Mayor Robert L. Searle changed his mind and decided to seek re-election in the April municipal election? A Miami gossip columnist says he will (see reproduction at right). This would be a change in the stand the Mayor took last July when he said he would no longer be a candidate for public office. Searle was quoted Dec. 19 by Miami Newsman Herb Rau as saying he plans to run for re-election in April. A photo of the mayor accompanied the item. The one man who could clear up the question quickly, Mayor Searle, declined to do so Christmas Eve. Not exactly, anyway. Searle acknowledged the Merry-Go-Round Ed Sullivan flew down from N. Y. yesterday to help Ben B. Gaines open the Holiday Inn on U. S. 1 in Coral Gables. Lunch-fest for the debut also attracted Mayor Robert Searle of Coral Gables (who told us he'd like to seek re-election when his term expires next April); Councilmen D. Lee Powell and Marcie Liberman of M conversation with Rau but accused The Times reporter for seeking to find out the Mayor's position. "You're just trying to start trouble," said Searle. He added: "I'd like to run but I haven't made up my mind. There are a lot of offices." Said Rau when called: "He wasn't specific about the office." To be elected mayor in the Gables you must also stand for commissioner. However, you can run for commissioner only. Also brought to the forefront by the political talk was a reputed agreement in April, 1961, between Searle and Joe Murphy, the latter then being pushed as a mayoralty candidate against Searle. Supposedly, there was a gentlemen's arrangement for Murphy to stay out of the Mayoralty lists in 1961 and Searle would return the favor for him in 1963. This week, Murphy was philosophical about any such agreement and the possibilities of an opponent in Searle. "I'm still planning to run for mayor," said Murphy candidly, but his formal announcement would not come until after the holidays, he added. Murphy said he would welcome opposition. It has been reliably reported also that Searle went to Murphy recently to discuss the possibility of Murphy's withdrawing as a mayoralty candidate in upcoming election. Neither Searle nor Murphy would discuss it publicly this week although neither denied a meeting took place. "I just don't want to get into that," said Murphy. The last time that Searle ran for office was for State Democratic Committee-man back in May. He finished fourth.

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Donna Finerty, 630 San Lorenzo, is among 142 young women enrolled in studies in physical education, health, dance and recreation for women at the University of Wisconsin in Madison

Our Town Hosts OB Tennis; Features Rematch of Champs

Coral Gables is getting, for the first time, a part of the Orange Bowl Tennis Tournament. Play opened yesterday (Wednesday) at Salvadore Park in the 12 and 10-yer-old competitions. It will end Saturday. The 12-year-old bracket was expected to be dropped from the Flamingo program this year and a Gableite, Lyle Roberts, got the project picked up by the City of Coral Gables and had a 10-year-old bracket added besides. The tennis competition is part of the Orange Bowl Festival events and the two age brackets here, with divisions for both boys and girls, will bring together more than 100 players. Feature match at Salvadore Is expected to be between Mae Claflin and Dickie Stockton. Claflin is from the area and Stockton from Riverdale, N.Y. Stockton, national champion in his category, is the only player ever to beat Miami's Claflin. This occurred last July in Chattanooga when they met in the finals. Claflin is national hard court champion in singles and doubles, an event he won in California last June. He also is the defending Orange Bowl champ in his class. He has just become 12 years old. Another name player in the matches is Ann Roberts, tentatively ranked No. 1 in the state in her class. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Roberts. The play at Salvadore is open to the public without charge. Adequate seating is there for the gallery. Tonight (Thursday) at the Coral Gables Country Club, a banquet will be held for the participants with the City of Coral Gables paying for the affair and a group of local parents acting as hosts.

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TEACHER of the Year for Florida is the title bestowed on Mrs. J. Riley Staats, 5110 San Amaro Dr., teacher at Southwest High School. As such she'll compete for the national title whose winner will be announced in the spring. Editorial on Pg. 4.

Jacobs Plumbing Repairs & 30 Gal. Water Heaters $42.95. CA 1-3740 —Adv.

Gables High Chooses 10 To Cheer

By JOYCE DENNIS Correspondent The season of excitement is especially meaningful for the 10 new Gables High Junior Varsity cheerleaders. Selected from a group of 45, the final 10 are Susan Arend, Dale Brumbaugh, Lyn Cleveland, Hope Cole, Linda Green, Genie Hanger, Janey Hasencamp, Sara Lehman, Sally Walker and Nancy Wellins. Another group of girls are happy with their new positions in Cavalettes. The new members of the precision drill team are: Fontaine Franks, Janet Jackson, Laurie Lipscomb, Kathy Natasi, Mary Parker and Mary Sittman.

CHRISTMAS? I'M SLEEPY, says four-year-old Ned Tyson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tyson, 1498 Sevilla Ave. Occasion was the Gables Country Club's Christmas party last week and Ned's shown missing the puppet show. (Photo for The Times by Martin Aronow).

Lamb Dam To Court Next Month

Metro's attempt to unblock the Coral Gables Canal and the owner's counter move to get Metro to remove its Salt dam at Red Road is going to Circuit Court Jan. 16. The long-standing controversy between Metro and J. J. Lamb, the owner of a lengthy section, will be heard by Judge Grady L Crawford. Several weeks of delay resulted when Lamb became ill following return from a summer trip. Lamb answered County Attorney Darry Davis' suit to have an earth dam between SW 67th Avenue and the railroad tracks removed by asking the court to order the County to remove the salinity dam. Each blames the other for the stagnant water in the canal resulting in pollution and hyacinth infestation and they claim that removal of the other's structure would eliminate the problem.

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