The Coral Gables Times

ALMOST A YEAR'S effort to get signs like these telling motorists when to turn off on the Palmetto Expressway to get to the Gables finally paid off. Before the signs were up, folks were speeding by, not knowing when to turn. In Jan., 1962, City Manager L. W. Robinson wrote a letter to County Manager Irving McNayr who forwarded it to the State Road Dept., who forwarded it to a SRD board member. We now have our signs on the north-south approaches to Coral Way, Bird Road and Miller Drive.

Gables Open Loss Is Kept in Check; Only $3 Over '61

Although attendance in the 1962 Coral Gables Open dropped to less than half last year's, the City lost only $3 more. According to Finance Director Kenneth Allyn's department, the net loss on the fourth annual tourney was $3,298 compared to $3,295 last year. How did the City hold the loss? It cut down on manpower, according to Allyn's assistant, Bill Klein. Weekday attendance fell to 576—a sharp drop over the 1,104 recorded last year. And weekend attendance dropped from 1,326 to 586. City officials blamed poor weather for the poor turnout and minimized the influence of the fact that few of the top pros showed up. While revenue for the four-day event dropped from $35,559 last year to $31,821, cutting salaries from $4,500 to $800 helped to minimize the loss, Klein said. Here are the City's costs over revenue in the past four years. Year | Loss 1959 | $12,000 1960 | 6,000 1961 | 3,295 1962 | 3,298

New Book at the Library Has Caribbean Business Detail

With interest focused on the Caribbean area by the recent series of dramatic events, we are perhaps more than ever aware of our colorful island neighbors. And since Cuba is now out of the picture so far as trade is concerned, many Florida firms are looking with a speculative eye toward other Caribbean countries. "The West Indies and Caribbean Yearbook," recently added to the Reference Division of the Coral Gables Public Library, contains just about everything a businessman needs to know if he is planning to trade with one of these countries. A business directory is included for each island or country, and a detailed list of its principal imports and exports. The book also provides a directory of newspapers and other advertising media in the Caribbean area; lists of steamship companies and air services; postal and telecommunication rates; a gazeteer, and a glossary of Spanish terms relating to trade. "The West Indies and Caribbean Yearbook" is available in the Reference Division of the Coral Gables Public Library. —Evelyn Duncan

Our Gal Has First Baby in Dade in '63

For two years, Coral Gables registered nurse Mrs. Lawrence C. Whetzal walked the floors of the surgical ward. She tended post-operative patients at South Miami Hospital. But Tuesday morning, 20 minutes after the tick of midnight, she wrote her own chapter to the hospital story when she gave birth to Dade County's first baby of the New Year. The Whetzals, who live at 917 Algeria Ave., named their first-born, Allan Paul. He weighed in at six lbs., four oz. They've been married for eight years.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY By: Gaither D. Peden, Jr.

"Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is here. The time to be happy is now. The way to be happy is to help make others so." The above, the stated creed of Ingersoll, is a happy thought, to say the least. It is true enough that happiness is largely a manufactured commodity. Manufactured by the individual, that is, providing that a few critical outside ingredients—hope, health, ambition, to name a few—are available in acceptable measure. Another matter, however, is the abject unhappiness of bereavement. At such time, it is wise to take comfort in a complete and comprehensive service that leaves no distressing detail unattended. Such services are available at G. D. PEDEN FUNERAL HOMES, 8231 Bird Road & 9798 Hibiscus Street in Perrine. Ambulance service. Phone CA 6-1811 or 238-2724.

Five Cars, Much Noise But No Charges

A Miami News columnist and her passenger were injured the day before Christmas in an accident that damaged five cars and a truck at the intersection of Le Jeune Road and South Dixie Highway. Injured, though not seriously were Rollene Saal, 21, 5288 SW 80th St., woman's columnist for the News, and her passenger, Bessie Mae Seales, 28, 129 Short St., Coral Gables. The Saal vehicle was one of five cars involved in a tangled mess of fenders and bumpers shortly before 5 p.m. Officer Russell Jones found it difficult to describe how the accident happened and what took place after it did. Apparently, he reported, a car driven by Marvin Plitt, 3192 Day Rd., attempted a left turn on South Dixie Highway and collided with a truck driven by James W. Baker, 52, 1170 NW 79th St. In the aftermath the Saal car was struck, as were cars driven by Vella E. Veira, 53, Miami Beach, William Haisma, 40, Antioch, Ill., and John Nolan, 17, 752 NW 24th Ct. An estimated $1,400 damage resulted, but no charges were filed in the accident.

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Few Dropouts

There was a 20% decrease in students who withdrew at the University of Miami in November over the corresponding period last year. "There was a smaller percentage of withdrawn students with the Cuban crisis than without it," said Dr. Keith Smith, university registrar. Dr. Smith believes that the Cuban crisis had no adverse effects on the population of the university. The decrease in drop outs probably can be attributed to a stiffening of university entrance requirements.

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