The Guide

THE GUIDE

the local newspaper for all South Dade BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit 742 Miami, Fla. Vol. 2 No. 38 William von Maurer, Editor Thursday, March 2, 1961 Published by TIMES-GUIDE 308 Aragon • Coral Gables, Fla. • HI 3-1661 Combined Circulation 44,095

Six Weeks Program Coral Gables Trains 18 New Firemen

FOUR NEW GABLES FIREMEN are learning the fine points of firefighting here on the first day of a six-week course at the new station on S. Dixie Hwy. and Riviera Dr. Left to right are Donald Bender, John Kentala, Lawrence Maden and Lawrence Brockett. In the back of the classroom is Gables Fire Chief Paul Matheson and TIMES News Editor Maurice Labelle. Eighteen new firemen reported for duty recently for indoctrination and training at Coral Gables' soon to be completed fire station on South Dixie Hwy. Chief Paul Matheson, Capt. Ralph Boartfield, training officer, and Personnel Director Robert Harrison briefed the men on their duties and responsibilities. Construction of the new fire station itself is expected to be completed in a few days. The 18 new men will undergo an extensive six-week basic training program before being assigned to various fire companies. To Be Assigned The lucky ones will be assigned to the plush new quarter of a million dollar station, the others will go to the old station at Salzedo and Aragon. Following a six-month probationary period, the men will be regularly assigned. They may quit or be released at any time prior to this without recourse. Employment of the 18 new men and expansion of the Fire Department to two stations will create openings for three new lieutenants. Appointed Later They will be appointed later, Matheson said. Here is a list of the 18 new firemen: Donald H. Bender, 21, 17000 NW 54th Ave., Opa-locka. Harold W. Benson, 23, 720 NE Third Place, Hialeah. Robert T. Boutelle, 28, 4120 SW 107 Ave. Harold S. Brito, 21, 1239 NW 22nd Ave. Lawrence E. Brockett, 23, 6537 SW 23rd St., West Miami. William J. Cubberley, 26, 211 West 40th Place, Hialeah. Richard L. DeVille, 22, 330 SW 25th Ave. Robert R. Dymond, 26, 7210 SW 100th Ave. Kurtis N. Grey, 28, 2123 NW 44th St. Thomas R. Hamm, 27, 2620 SW 27th St. Robert W. Jackson, 27, 10775 SW 43rd St. John W. Kentala, 22, 683 SE Fifth Place, Hialeah. John N. Lewis, 27, 9195 Sunset Dr. Lawrence W. Maden, 26, 5900 NW 37th St. Clifton B. Smith, 25, 8865 SW 112th St. Donald V. Spry, 23, 2131 NW 49th St. Lloyd G. Griffith, 26, 4457 E. 8th Lane, Hialeah. Paul D. Baller, 24, 10000 Haitian Dr., Cutler Ridge.

Woman Leaves Apartment Sale Proceeds To UM

The University of Miami has been presented with proceeds of the sale of an apartment building from the estate of the late Mrs. Myrtle Taylor Bradford, pioneer Miami art patron. The $25,000 gift presented Friday, Feb. 10, to UM president Jay F. W. Pearson by J. McGibben Brown and Robert Draper, trustees for the estate, will be used to establish the Myrtle Taylor Bradford Memorial Art Scholarship Fund for UM students. Mrs. Bradford died Dec. 12, 1958. Her will specified that Brown and Draper should determine if the Coronado Apartments building, 249 NE 17th Ter., was suitable for use as a museum for the Miami Art League. If not, the building was to be sold and the proceeds donated to the University for the specific fund. The trustees, both former presidents of the Miami Art League, decided conversion of the building to a museum was not economically feasible.

Ceremonies To Dedicate Seven Schools In Area

A total of 13 schools, seven in this area, will be dedicated in two separate evenings of ceremonies Feb. 28 and March 7 at the schools. According to the Dade County School Board, the 13 schools, were all constructed during the last two years. Total cost of the new schools is $8,276,425, with 7876 pupils attending in 328 classrooms. On each of the two evenings, the programs will begin at the schools at 8 p.m. From 8:15 to 8:30 p.m. Dr. Joe Hall, Superintendent of Schools, will speak to each of the schools' dedication programs via television channel 2. With Dr. Hall will be a pupil from each of the schools who will give information about his or her school. Following the telecast, a 30-minute program will be held at each school in which a member of the school board will speak briefly. The ceremony will be followed by an open house and inspection of the new schools. Area schools dedicated Feb. 28 include Seminole Elementary, 121 SW 78th Pl.; Frances S. Tucker Elementary, 3500 Douglas Road; Cutler Ridge Junior High, 19400 SW 97th Ave., and Bougainvillea and Silver Oaks, West Sunset Dr. Those area schools to be dedicated March 7 include Coral Park Elementary, 1225 SW 97th Ave.; Coral Reef Elementary, 7955 SW 152nd St., and South Miami Heights Elementary, 12231 SW 190th Ter.

Area Residents Dominate TV Association

Residents of the Southwest section dominate the leadership of the Television Electronic Service Association which elected new officers recently. Daniel Prowler, 16727 SW 92 St., is the new president. He replaces A. Edward Stevens, editor of the TESA publication and Coral Gables TV shop owner at 165 Aragon, who will now become a director. Charles D. Pierce, 4110 SW 14th St., is the new first vice president and Samuel Kessler, 5800 SW Second Ter., recording secretary. Mrs. Harriet Kessler, wife of Samuel Kessler, will head the Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. C. E. Lawrence, 7130 SW 64th St., will be vice president, and Mrs. Robert Seymour, 1228 SW 76th Ct., recording secretary. Named to the TESA board of directors were Austin Hearell, 7331 SW 53rd Ter., Robert Misteah, 2000 SW 24th Ter., and Robert Seymour.

UM Art Gallery To Close Temporarily

The Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, University of Miami Campus, was closed Monday and Tuesday for the installation of a new exhibition opening March 5. Sunday will be the last day to see the current exhibition which includes Ancient Peruvian Art, and photographs by Klara Farkas and Jacques Wolff.

Seven Story Hotel Gets Turndown No Parking, South Miami Council Objects

By EDWIN KNIGHT South Miami Council Tuesday night, Feb. 21, turned down a seven-story, 102 unit hotel in the heart of the business district because no off-street parking was provided. Overriding the city's Planning and Zoning Board, the city fathers unanimously denied an appeal from realtor-investor Norm Kutner to build the hotel on the southwest corner of Sunset Dr. and SW 58th Ct., one block from South Dixie Highway and two blocks from Red Road. "I think the city has cut its own throat," said Kutner, following the denial. "This hotel would have done a lot for the city's business district. Parking is impossible to get. If I did get it, the cost of the hotel rooms would be exorbitant." Kutner said he would abandon the hotel now and concentrate on other ventures. "Whoever heard of a hotel having to provide parking?", Kutner asked following the meeting. "Even if I said I would go out and try to get some parking, the land owners around there would jack up the price way out of proportion." Speaking in behalf of Kutner at the meeting was H. J. Hoodwin, a consulting engineer, who said that the hotel would provide about 200 more people a day for South Miami businesses. Hoodwin said the hotel would be 70 by 116 feet in size and contain some 17 units per floor from the second through the seventh floor. The ground floor would contain a lobby, service and dining areas and small retail shops. "There is a terrific demand for a hotel in South Miami," Hoodwin told the Council, "especially since most people have moved away from the cities to shopping areas." He added that he believes most of those using the hotel would be people who would not feel the need for a car. Hoodwin said that financing for the hotel is available without parking and for this reason didn't feel the city would require parking.

Two Scouts Awarded Top Lutheran Honor

Tom Hutchinson, 13210 SW 63rd St., and Billy Younkin, 7575 SW 52nd Ave., members of South Miami Boy Scout Troop 382, have received the Pro Deo et Patria Award of the Lutheran Church. They were presented with the award for God and country on Sunday, Feb. 12, at the South Miami Lutheran Church. All Scouts of the Lutheran faith of second class or higher rank are eligible for the honor after completing a program of service to his church in addition to meeting his Scouting requirements. The Pro Deo et Patria program involves five major points. They are Christian faith, Christian life and practice, Christian witness, Christian worship and Christian service.

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