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THE GUIDE

2 THE GUIDE Thursday, May 18, 1961

WEST of the City Limits with Ron Levitt

There is a group of men in Our Town who, for nearly three years, without the fanfare of publicity, have been doing a lifesaving job. Back in 1958 a group of 10 men from the suburban areas got together and formed the Tamiami Volunteer Rescue Team. The group banded together originally to aid the Highway Patrol in canal accidents. Today the group, now numbering nearly 50 men, do everything from rescue work in canal accidents, accidents in the home, drownings, to automobile mishaps. The volunteers originally covered the Tamiami canal area in Southwest Dade. Last year, it formed a second unit in North Dade and now is getting together its third unit in the Westwood Lake area in Southwest Miami. Up until last year the men bought all their own rescue equipment including first aid kits, oxygen, resuscitators and a two-way radio system which allowed them to be constantly tuned to the Florida Highway Patrol frequency so that they could hear all accident calls the minute received. Last year, they started publishing a safety manual, the profits from which were utilized to buy more rescue equipment. None of the men receive any pay for their work — it is strictly on a volunteer basis. Yet despite the difficulty in getting men to volunteer for such time consuming and often dangerous work, the group has set their standards high — all volunteers must go through the rigid and complete Standard and Advanced Red Cross courses. Although the men are busy on their jobs throughout the day, they will leave their work on a minutes notice when a distress call comes in either on their radios or on their emergency telephone numbers. In the past months, for example, members of the rescue team were first on the scene in a number of mishaps. They hurried to a home where a child had an object lodged in its throat; they rushed to a scene where a resident had been bitten by a snake; six of their men worked for nine hours to try to revive the driver of a car in a canal mishap; they rushed to the scene of a motorcycle-truck collision; they were at the scene of another canal mishap four minutes after the car had gone into the water and saved the life of the driver. The work of the Tamiami Volunteers has been a great assist to the Highway Patrol which must cover such a wide area in Our Town and usually the Highway Patrol will notify the volunteers immediately in the case of distress. Some of .these Southwesterns active in the volunteers are Milton Wood, their chief; Jerry Pucci, assistant chief; Jack Knight (Chief of Police, Sweetwater); noted diver Phil Amero; Hank White, Eddie Burke, Everett Klusner, Orlando Vitale, Bill Cantrell, David Hiyishi and Barry Gardner. These are just a few of the men — and they all do a magnificent job for our community without any thought of praise or renumeration. Today the volunteers are in the process of training more men to join their life-saving force and are also tackling the job of putting out a second safety manual in order to raise money bo buy more oxygen and recussitators for their work. As one of the members said, if their unit was even more fully equipped, "we might be able to save more lives." He told of a recent accident where two persons in a car had gone into a canal and both needed oxygen at once. However, they only had one resuscitator which they purchased themselves. "That's why we need more equipment," he said. He made his point.

Mrs. Costner Will Head Town Club

The Town Club of South Miami installed new officers Tuesday evening at the Sunset Park Pladium. Taking office, with Past President Mrs. Irma Brown, the installing officer, were Mrs. Marion J. Costner, president; Mrs. Mary Dorn, first vice president; Mrs. Bee Hamrick, second vice president. Mrs. Sylvia Martin, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Barbara Cotton, recording secretary and Mrs. Irene Zimmerman, treasurer. Ralph E. Nollner, executive director of the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, was the speaker. One of the club's projects this year was a gift of a ultra-sonic machine, to the foundation to aid arthritics in South Miami vicinity. The club's special project is emergency welfare which it has maintained since its inception in 1946.

In State Competition S. Miami Jaycees Capture 4 Honors

South Miami's Jaycees took four awards at the Florida convention in Jacksonville this week. They won first in community health and safety. They took second place in both public affairs and public relations. Their poject of statewide relief to Hurricane Donna victims netted them third spot. Bill Ussery Jr. is president of the club.

Your Water Rate's Involved in This

(Continued from page 1) appointed by the city to defend South Miami in the suit, has until Friday to file an answer to Kelly's report. Following this, a date will be set for a Circuit Court Hearing on the master's recommendation. It is not known which Circuit Court judge will hear final appeals in the suit. If the Circuit Court rules against South Miami in the suit, Long said he will recommend to South Miami Council that the verdict be appealed to the next highest court. Long said in every water company suit in Florida history the court has ruled that the utility's assets and profits on a system-wide basis took precedent over those assets and profits in a portion of that system. If the city does lose the suit, cost of the suit to the city will be about $6,500.

Four Area Men Added To Gables Police Force

Now that the graduation ceremonies of the Police Academy are over, the Coral Gables police force is four men stronger. In the ceremony that was held at Lindsey Hopkins auditorium last week, Sheriff Kelly pinned badges on 19 recruits in the graduating class. The four men assigned to the Coral Gables force were Thomas J. Charlesworth, 3810 SW 88th Pl.; Jerrold F. Rusk, 11220 SW 95th St.; James R. Stanfield, 1541 NW 31st St.; and James H. Harley, 6561 SW 30th St.

Free Tickets For Eddie

Eddie Layton Mercury Records recording star is coming to South Miami after his current European tour. His fans will see him at the "pops" concert at Ponce de Leon High School Thursday June 1 at 8:15 p.m. Complimentary tickets may be obtained at Hammond Organ Studios in South Miami. Seating capacity is limited.

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