The Guide

THE GUIDE the local newspaper for all South Dade

BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit 742 Miami, Fla. Vol. 2 No. 32 William von Maurer, Editor Thursday, January 19, 1961 Published by TIMES-GUIDE 808 Aragon Coral Gables, Fla. HI 3-1661 Combined Circulation 44,095

HERE'S A NEW MURAL at South Miami Lutheran Church and these two persons couldn't be more pleased. In the center, touched by the shadows, is a mural painted on tile depicting the Nativity Scene with the Christ Child, Mary and Joseph. At left is Gerry Sparks, a member of the congregation, who has made several other religious murals for the church. At right is the pastor, the Rev. E. W. Albrecht. The new mural stands 8 feet tall and 3 wide.

Two New Schools Slated For Area

At Rockway Junior High Challenge Sweeps Away Frustrations Of Pupils

By RAYMOND LANG A pupil's good mind drowning in frustration, can be swept away in the classroom, never to have the educational nourishment it needed. What that pupil's basically good mind needed all along was challenge in the classroom to really put to work the muscles of his mind. That's the opinion at Rockway Junior High School. And they're doing something about it. A pupil who has high intelligence and yet whose grades don't reflect that intelligence is labeled an "underachiever." And the search is on for this type of pupil. "Our project for the year is to find out who the underachievers are," said principal Irma Messler, "and then to study why they don't progress commensurate with their ability. "We've studied all the records—every single record of every single child. For example, if we look at a child's IQ and it's 120 and his grades are all C, we know he's an underachiever." The principal of this school with more than 500 pupils and her guidance department are poring over the records compiled on each child during his entire academic history, starting with elementary school. But when they find an underachiever, their detective work has just begun at 9393 SW 29 Ter. One such sleuth is D. Joseph O'Donnell, guidance counselor for ninth graders. What is his course of action when his investigations unravel an underachiever? "First of all, I confer with the pupil to try to find out why he's an underachiever. If the problem is in the classroom. I try to provide the teacher with some suggestions..." Dr. O'Donnell pointed out that in this case the pupil "may not find the work stimulating." There are ways to compensate for this. The pupil can be given a more prominent part in classroom discussion, handle advanced work and take on library assignments requiring intensive research. But there are other reasons for an underachiever. "One could be the home situation that the school wouldn't have much control over," said Dr. O'Donnell. "There might be some emtion-al problem due to difficulties in the home." A possible result of either the insufficient classroom challenge or the home situation could end up in the child developing a "redaing bloc." "We have a boy in the eighth grade," pointed out the principal, "with above average intelligence. But somewhere along the way, he developed a reading bloc." What was Rockaway's answer? "He's had two hours of remedial readcing each day," the principal continued, "and his grades have gone up..." So if faith can move mountains, the roadblocks will be cleared before the steps of a bright pupil... thanks to the educational crew at Rockaway.

Junior High And Eleemntary Will Be Built

A new junior high and an elementary school are slated for construction in the west and south Dade areas between now and the beginning of school in the fall, according to the Dade County School Board. Palmetto Junior High, with 28 classrooms, administrative facilities, a library, a cafeteria an auditorium and special classrooms, will be constructed at SW 74th Ave. and 128th St. Rockway Elementary School, with 20 classrooms, two special classrooms, administrative facilities, a library and a cafetorium will be built adjacent to Rockway Junior High at SW 27th St. and 93rd Ct. The junior high will cost about $1,250,000, the elementary about $380,000. Bids for construction of the schools are due Wednesday, Jan. 18. Architect for the junior high is Robert Fitch Smith, of Miami. Gordon Severud, of Miami, designed the elementary. The two plants are due to be completed in approximately six months and will be used for the first time in the fall.

Coral Gables High Student She Designs Youth Fair Seal Winner

A Coral Gables High School student's design has been chosen to be used as the official seal of the annual Dade County Youth Fair. Gail Gutten, 3789 SW 29th St., a tenth grader, has been awarded first prize in a county-wide contest to design a new Youth Fair emblem. She will receive her prize during the four-day fair later this month at Youth Fair buildings, 9475 North Kendall Dr. The fair will open at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, and continue through Sunday, Jan. 29. Featured will be exhibits, livestock and plants grown and made by Dade County youths. Represented during the fair will be the 4-H, Home Demonstration and Boys clubs, the Boy and Girl Scouts and the Future Farmers of America. The youngsters will be competing for hundreds of prizes and ribbons covering every phase of livestock raising, agriculture and home demonstration work. In addition, contests will be held including a greased pole climb, a greased pig chase and a frog jumping event. An outstanding event will be the daily hatching of baby chicks. Spectators will be allowed in the hatching area. A first in the world of poultry may take place at the fair. A diet of food containing harmless dyes will be given to some of the laying hens. As a result of the dyes, fair officials say hens may lay colored eggs. Another big event is the annual fat steer contest with 15 entries. The steers, the most ever entered at the fair, are being readied now by their young owners. Most of the steers are being raised at the Miami School Farm, 10200 NW 17th Ave. Owners of the steers have been preparing for this contest since the closing of last year's fair. Last year the first prize winner, a black Angus weighing 960 lbs., was sold the same day for $2400. The money won by fair winners go into scholarship funds. Last year's champion steer raiser, Mike Whelan, of Hialeah, is attending a Vermont Agricultural college. The fair, sponsored by the Metro Commission, is non-profit. Students are admitted free. There is a nominal charge for adults. Fun rides and food on the midway are available.

Alvin Ewald Is Nominated For Academy

Alvin C. Ewald of Coral Gables has been nominated by Congressman Dante B. Fascell for the U. S. Air Force Academy. The youth is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Morrison Ewald, Sr., 540 Madeira Ave. Four area youths were named as alternates to the seven-year-old Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Col. The youths are James A. Granere, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Granere Sr., 3828 SW 58th Ave.; Christopher Spire, son of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Spire, 5721 Granada Blvd. Also, Thomas H. Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Hughes, 10900 SW 42nd St.; and Donald Russell Barber, son of Mrs. Beverly Jean Williams, 5301 SW 114th Ct. Congressman Fascell of the Fourth District said young men interested in attending a U. S. service academy, 1962 class, should write him at once at 1216 NHOB, Washington, D. C. Nominations to fill vacancies for the 1961 entering class at the U. S. Naval and Merchant Marine Academies will be announced later this month from the office of Congressman Fascell.

Tell Court You Want Date

If you want to "fight" a parking ticket, you now have to notify the Metro Court. The procedure used to be for the officer writing a ticket to set a court date. Failure to either pay the fine by mailing it in or paying it in person still means issuance of a bench warrant by the Metro Court. The $2 fine for overtime parking and $5 for prohibited or hazardous parking may still be mailed in or paid at 235 NW Third Ave., the former School Administration Building, or at the County Courthouse lobby.

Essay Contest Aimed To Keep Torch Blazing

Seeking to establish a bond between the peoples of Miami and the Latin American countries, the Gilbert J. Balkin chapter of B'nai B'rith Women has initiated an essay contest entitled "How to Keep the Torch of Friendship Burning." Contestants have been invited to express in 500 words or less what they would do to help maintain our friendship with Latin America or what they or someone they know has done to help Cuban refugees adjust in our community. The winner will receive a United States Savings Bond, and runnersup will receive honorary citations which will be presented at Bayfront Park at the Torch of Friendship during Brotherhood Week, Sunday, Feb. 19. Judges will be Rep. George Hollahan, Judge Kenneth Oka and Sen. W. "Cliff" Herrell. Contest will close Jan. 30. Mail entries to "Torch of Friendship Contest", care Janet Weinstock, 6601 SW 75 Ter. South Miami.

Woman Hurt By Hit-Runner

A woman was injured slightly in a hit-and-run accident at LeJeune Rd. and Ponce de Leon Blvd. Monday night. Gladys Batz, 45, of 4149 Bonita, Coconut Grove, received emergency treatment from Coral Gables Firemen Charles R. Vaughan and Jerome S. Kirk at the scene immediately following the accident shortly before 7 p.m. The victim told Officer Kenneth Bush that she was stopped on LeJeune waiting for the light to change when she was hit from behind by an unidentified car which sped away from the scene. Damage to the Batz car was estimated at approximately $150

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$480 Reported Stolen

A New York City resident, Irving Jacobs, reported to Coral Gables police that someone broke into his room at the University Court Motel while he was out Sunday night and stole $480 and papers.