Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Guide
Thursday, December 8, 1960, page 1 (of 24)
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THE GUIDE
the local newspaper for all South Dade Vol. 2 No. 26 William von Maurer, Editor Thursday, December 8, 1960 Published by TIMES-GUIDE 308 Aragon Coral Gables, Fla. HI 3-1661 Combined Circulation 44,095 BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit 742 Miami, Fla.
OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK THE GUIDE and The Coral Gables Board of Realtors CHRISTMAS HOME LIGHTING CONTEST
Name Address Telephone Category (check one) Most Beautiful Most Original
Enter The Home Lighting Contest Let Others Enjoy Your Yule Display
Share your outdoor Christmas lighting display with others this year. You can by entering the Christmas Home Lighting Contest sponsored by The Times and the Coral Gables Board of Realtors. The Times will run the names of each entry beginning with the Dec. 15 issue. In that way the list will be a guide to the outstanding Christmas lighting ideas in the Southwest area. The contest rules are simple. Any home in the Southwest area is eligible, except those owned by employees of The Times and the Coral Gables Board of Realtors. Entries will be judged in two categories: Most Beautiful and Most Original. The object of the contest is to encourage Yule lighting exhibits in keeping with the season and to invite residents of the area to view the displays. Originality and ingenuity will be scored heavily by the judges. The amount of money spent on displays will not be the main factor in determining a winner. Sterling silver awards and honorable mentions will be announced for each of the two categories. First, second and third prizes will be awarded. In addition, here are a few more rules. 1. Decisions of the judges are final. Announcement of the winners will be made in The Times on Dec. 29. 2. Entries must be made on official Entry Blanks and mailed to The Times, 308 Aragon, Coral Gables, or to the Coral Gables Board of Realtors, 367 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables. 3. Entries must be lighted between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., Dec. 22 through 29, when judging will be done. Winners and honorable mentions must agree to keep displays lighted for the same period and through Jan. 1 to allow the public to view winning displays. 4. Decorations will be judged on Artisit Merit, Originality, Lighting Techniques and Ingenuity. Only decorations that can be seen from the street, roof tops or windows are to be entered. 5. The contest is for residential property only.
South Miami Gets Look At Master Plan
By EDWIN KNIGHT South Miami Council and the city's Planning and Zoning Board Tuesday night received the final result of the Stott Bagby and Associates master plan which may be cussed and discussed long before it goes into city use. Presented by Bagby along with an hour-long explanation of some 15 maps and graphs in the 72-page book, the plan will next go to the Planning and Zoning Board for discussion and approval. From the Planning and Zoning Board the plan will then go to the City Council, according to Mayor Paul U. Tevis, who urged the city's Planning and Zoning Board to scrutinize the plan for necessary alterations. Final Status Although the plan is intended by Council as a preliminary to the final product, some more copies of the plan are due to arrive in Miami during the next week which may give the book presently in the Council's hands a final status. Asked by Mayor Tevis Tuesday night whether the present plan was the final one, Bagby inferred that it was. He said that a committee of citizens and city hall officials had worked with him throughout the nine months of planning and said as far as he was concerned the plan was finished, except if he was retained as a consultant. Council had hoped that Bagby would present rough drafts of the plan before sending it to the printers. In this event, both the city's Planning and Zoning Board and the Council would have been able to make suggestions to make the plan easier to work with. Accept Or Reject As it is now, Council must either accept or reject the plan. If it rejects the plan, it is doubtful whether Bagby will receive the final payment owed to him for his effort. Total cost of Bagby's contract is $13,500. Of that amount, the city already has paid Bagby $10,125. The remaining payment depends on Council's opinion of the plan. If and when Council accepts the plan, it then will go before numerous public hearings followed by a referendum by the city's freeholders, probably in February.
Parking Rules Relaxed For Holiday Shoppers
Violators of the strict one-hour parking limit policy on Miracle Mile and Ponce de Leon Blvd. got half a break recently when the City Commission relented for the Thanksgiving-Ch[?]mas-New Year holiday period. Courtesy tickets announcing the violation, but carrying no penalty, will be issued during this period by the Coral Gables Police Department. Police, following a directive from Chief William Kimbrough Friday, Nov. 18, stopped issuing tickets to persons putting in an additional nickle to get more than the one-hour parking limit. Those who fail to put money in the meter or who allow the meter to run out will continue to be ticketed in the conventional way, Kimbrough said Tuesday. Courtesy Tickets As soon as the courtesy tickets are received, Kimbrough said, persons placing additional coins in the meters to get more than an hour's parking will receive the complimentary treatment. The ticket will read: "You are in violation — but, in the spirit of the season, we have not issued you a ticket." Albert H. Friedman, newly elected president of the Retail Merchants Division, is one of the supporters of the warning ticket idea along with City Manager L. W. Robinson Jr., Don Mullen and Frank Maury. Until a few weeks ago the one-hour parking law on Miracle Mile was not strictly enforced by the Police Department, Friedman pointed out. 'Lazy Merchants' "Enforcement was started because it came to our attention that a small number of 'lazy' merchants and employes were consistently using the parking spaces for long periods of time by putting another nickle in the meter every hour. "This inconsiderate practice was tying up space that should normally have gone to the shopper merely because the violators refused to utilize the off-street parking facilities which allow 2 to 18 hours parking," Friedman said. But, Chief Kimbrough pointed out, the license numbers of those parking more than one hour will be noted, compiled and sent to Robinson. Friedman indicated that some of these persons will be contacted personally in an effort to get them to stop hogging parking space voluntarily. But, unless the City Commission changes its mind, the policy of strict enforcement by marking tires with chalk will return after New Year's.
Famed 'Messiah' Will Be Sung
GLENN DRAPER The 110-voice University of Miami Choral Union consisting of the combined voices of all UM choral units will perform Handel's "Messiah" in a Christmas season presentation at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at the First Methodist Church of Coral Gables, 536 Coral Way. Directing the Choral Union and a small orchestra in the free concert will be Glenn Draper, UM director of choral music. Formerly choral director at Pfeiffer College, Misenheimer, N. C., Draper, 8245 SW 93rd St., came to UM in September. While in service, Draper organized a male chorus at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi which performed for two years over the NBC and CBS radio networks.
Two Teenagers Injured When Car Hits Tree
Two teenagers were injured early Saturday morning when the car they were riding in collided with a tree after going out of control at Granada Blvd. and Bird Rd. Treated at Doctors' Hospital were the driver, Timothy C. Doyle, 17, of 5940 SW 87th Ave., South Miami and Gay Hotto, 17, of 437 Bird Rd. Three other teenage passengers, Mike Klein, 18, of 1206 Capri, Bob Monro, 17, of 5040 Riviera Dr., and Sara Pendlebury, 16, of 4265 NW Third St., were not reportedly injured. Doyle was charged with careless driving by Officer H. S. Herrington. The youth was northbound on Granada, according to Herrington when he attempted to pass a car. He struck a curbstone which threw him out of control and the car struck a tree on the opposite side of Granada. Damange to the car was estimated at $500.
Youth Charged With Leaving Accident Scene
A 21-year-old Southwest section youth has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident shortly after midnight Nov. 24 in Coral Gables. George L. Perin III, of 6131 SW 44th St., according to Officer Charles W. Skaliski, was eastbound in the 5700 block of Ponce de Leon Blvd. when he struck a car which had been parked by John Edward Jones, 19, of Hollywood. Skaliski said Perin left the scene and was picked up later. Damage to his car was estimated at $300 and $100 to the parked car.
Ah, Youth!
A Southwest section woman was stopped by a Coral Gables policeman for speeding recently. Officer Lamar Gilbert weathered the storm as she accused him of picking on all the young girls in the area. Her driver's license indicated she was 56. Despite her youth, Gilbert ticketed her anyway. But she was found not guilty in Metro Court Nov. 23.