The Coral Gables Times

Thursday, January 3, 1963, page 16 (of 20)

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'And Any Home Ec Teacher Would Disapprove'

By RAYMOND LANG Times Reporter "I'm like some people that can't walk past a bakery," said Mrs. Ken Goelzer, talking about the 13-year fascination that sewing her own clothes holds. "I can't pass a store without going in and buying material and then the housework suffers," she said in the living room of her home at 418 Savona Ave. (The living room was quite neat.) The only one in the Goelzer family that hasn't gotten something to wear after the hum of Mrs. Goelzer's machine has stopped is their cat, a white and orange ball of fur who answers to "Butterscotch." "I had taken a domestic science course in high school," Mrs. Goelzer reminisced, "and I learned to sew badly. "And then Kay (now 15) came along and when she was one or two, I thought I'd like to sew her some things." Dresses and pinafores, for example. For Mrs. Goelzer's son, Kennie, 9, and in the fourth grade at Sunset Elementary School, there was a blue bath robe. And what about Mr. Goelzer, vice president of the advertising firm of Gottschaldt and Associates: "I made him a terrycloth beach outfit, but he feels slighted," said his wife. "After Christmas, I'll have to make him some sport shirts." The attractive ash-blonde had on an outfit she had made. A polished cotton dress with an ascot (collar tie), green with round, red medallions. "I'm sure my methods are unorthodox," said Mrs. Goelzer, "and any home economics teacher would disapprove of my technique. "But," she added, with a quick smile, "I get things done. I look for short cuts. "They tell you to iron the paper pattern and make sure it's smooth and I've never done that in my life. And they tell you to iron the material. "I just throw all the material on the floor," she said nonchalantly, "and smooth it out with my hands and cut. "And I don't baste. I just pin." Basting is sewing an outfit together with large stitches and then making the smaller ones on the machine. Mrs. Goelzer's short cut does away with the large stitches. Mrs. Goelzer finds the main advantages to making her own clothes: 1. She doesn't worry about finding her size. 2. She can choose any material she likes. Price is also important. Making her clothes costs her, she estimated, only one-third of what it would cost if she bought from a store. Mrs. Goelzer stepped away for a few seconds. She was back quickly with a crimson doeskin wool coat she just finished. And she proudly showed a pair of grey and red slacks. Her daughter, Kay, laughed. "It's from a kilt she made me. She had too much material left over." STAFF PHOTOS BY RAY LANG WATCHING THEIR mom, Mrs. Ken-neth Goelzer, at her sewing machine are her daughter, Kay, with Butterscotch, the cat, and Ken, 9. Mrs. Goelzer has made her own clothes for the last 13 years and loves every stitching minute.

Bad Cley Luck

The Henry Cleys, 937 Coral Way, apparently have a streak of bad luck running for them. Their home was recently damaged by a gas heater-started fire. They had had a $650 ring stolen at a party before that. And recently they reported to Gables police that someone stole six prize orchid plants, valued at $300 as they are staying with friends while fire damage is being repaired.

Firm and City Differ on Taxes

A Coral Gables firm which was assessed three years' back taxes, is suing the City for relief after its tax valuation was increased more than 25 times. The firm is the San Carlos (Park) Land and Title Co. with offices at 135 Madeira Ave. The City claims a discrepancy of $1,100 between taxes due and paid. San Carlos claims in its suit that they paid their taxes annually as presented and made no attempt to escape. The City says that the firm has never filed a tax return in the four years it has done business here. San Carlos also claims, among other things, that the City's tax roll is illegal. The City says if this is so, why didn't the firm appear before the Board of Equalization to complain about its taxes? According to Paul Gieman, the City's internal auditor, the firm had been assessed "arbitrarily and ridiculously low" when it followed the practice of not filing a return on its furniture, equipment and other non-inventory property. In 1959, Gieman said, the firm had a valuation of $750 put on its property. This has since been raised to $19,500 after on-site inspection. By 1962, this has depreciated to $13,500. John Gautier, who represents the firm, recently appeared before the City Commission in a direct appeal, but City Attorney Ted Semple advised commissioners to stand pat.

Wanted: Teacher

Wanted: Somebody who would like to spend a year in Colombia teaching business subjects to the Spanish-speaking people there through the People-to-People Program. Required: Some knowledge of Spanish; proficiency in shorthand and typing. Salary: To be worked out along with aid in locating living accommodations. Contact: Paul P. Brocchini, Central Colombo-Americana, Apartada Aereo 16-49, Cartegena, Colombia. Ed Russo, a local attorney, can also fill in some details. When: Write now. You're wanted on the job in February.

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