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THE GUIDE

RED-BIRD KENDALL SUNILAND WEST DADE WEST MIAMI SOUTH MIAMI WESTCHESTER CHAPMAN FIELD WESTWOOD LAKE Vol. 3, No. 2 16 Pages Thursday, June 22, 1961 BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit 742 Miami, Fla.

Dade's $8,000 Opens Stadium-Briefly

C. Columbus, SW High Are Happy By MAURICE LABELLE Correspondent Metro came to the rescue of the Coral Gables Stadium Committee Tuesday. It agreed to pick up an $8,000 tab and thereby assured a place to play 22 football games scheduled for the stadium next fall, including Southwest High, and Christopher Columbus. The move by the Metro Commission came on the heels of last week's rejection by the Dade County Board of Public Instruction of a similar request. "We are just delighted that the County Commission decided to help us out," said Ira (Dutch) Willard, chairman of the Stadium Committee Wednesday. ONLY STOPGAP Willard described the move as stopgap, but one that will insure operation for at least one more year. Coral Gables, which owns the land, has borne the burden of the deficit operation since 1957. The stadium, located at SW 76th Ave. and Coral Way, is operated by a private non-profit corporation under the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce Stadium Committee. Its financial troubles began at the inception. A complicated series of land swaps between the City of Coral Gables and private individuals plus some purchases eventually created a 55.2-acre tract, of which approximately 16 acres was set aside for the stadium, the Police Benevolent Association shooting range and baseball diamonds. The rear portion of the site is the home of the Coral Gables incinerator. BIG FILL Members of the PBA prior to 1956 expended much energy (See Long Range, page 2)

South Miami Roundup

with Ed Knight FOOTBALL SEASON is a long way from now. This is baseball season, with leagues for every school age group and even adults. The major league races are far from being decided and there will be a lot of home runs hit between now and October. YET, FOR ALL the baseball being pushed down the kiddies' throats on every diamond in Dade County, football is still the most popular sport in South Florida. Miami is a football-mad town. Baseball never has drawn the crowds here that football has. And it probably never will. Look at the Miami Marlins as a good example. THAT TEAM folded up like an accordion after several seasons here because of poor crowds. And chances are good that the same thing would happen to any other baseball team that was given a chance in South Florida. But football is growing all the time in Dade County. MIAMIANS VENTURE through inclement weather, heavy traffic and bone-breaking crowds to get a seat in the Orange Bowl on Friday nights. And high school football is just as popular. Big high school games in the Orange Bowl draw up to 40,000 people. The spirit is felt on both sides of the field. It comes of school loyalty, area associations and new-found champions. HERE IN THE Southwest we have our own football stadium. We nearly lost it two weeks ago when the Dade County School Board refused to shell out $8,000 to put the field back in operating shape again. But Metro came to the rescue last week, put up the $8,000 and everyone in the Southwest is happy again. The thought of losing the stadium because of a paltry $8,000 nearly tore me apart. THE STADIUM is Coral Gables Stadium, at SW 74th Ave. and Coral Way. We've seen some mighty fine football played there. A couple of rivalries have sprung up during the five years that Gables Stadium has been open. You won't find better high school football then is played there between Coral Gables and Southwest High in their annual Thanksgiving Day encounter. And when Southwest plays Palmetto, an official West Dade champion is decided. The stadium is the home field of Coral Gables, Southwest and Palmetto Highs and Christopher Columbus parochial school. NOW, THANKS to the Metro Commission in one of its more popular moves, there will be football again at Gables Stadium. Actually, there was no doubt in my mind at all about whether football would be played there this fall. The money had to come from somewhere. And Metro was the logical source. ALTHOUGH THE stadium is operated by City of Coral Gables, it is used by public and private schools for sports events. It isn't fair for the citizens of the Gables to foot the bill for repair of the field, although most citizens of Coral Gables can well afford it. Nor was it fair for the Dade County School Board to repair the field. Goodness knows the School Board has enough trouble scraping up enough money to operate the huge Dade County school system. So the job fell on Metro. And we see it as a natural decision for the Metro commission to make. At Coral Gables Stadium the county already has a ready-made high school football field. It is centrally located. It serves all classes of high schools and certainly comes under the heading of county recreation. Better still, Metro was obligated to cough up the $8,000 because of an appropriation made several years ago to build a baseball stadium in the City of Homestead. Now, taking into consideration the lack of popularity of baseball in Dade County and the more prevalent popularity of football, it's surprising Metro didn't give more than the $8,000 to Gables Stadium. The building of the Homestead baseball field was a bitter pill for some Southwesterns to take. The Stadium cost well over $100,000 and was built with the idea that it would be used by the St. Louis professional Cardinals as a spring training site. It's being used for this too. If Metro can build baseball fields to be used by professional teams, it certainly can dig up enough funds to keep a small southwest Miami football field operating for the benefit of four county high schools and a flock of Southwest football fans who will see the 22 games to be played this year at the Gables Stadium. Football still tops baseball in South Florida.

Whitman Elected By Center

Irving Whitman is the newly elected president of the Coral Way Jewish Center. He resides at 1925 S.W. 86th Avenue with his wife and three daughters, Justine, 19, Dianne, 17, and Ruth Ellen, 9. A practicing attorney, his office is in the Congress Building. He attended Pratt Institute N.Y.C. and Rutgers University where he studied Chemical Engineering and Psychology. He served in World War II. A resident of Miami since 1945, Mrs. Whitman served with the Miami Police Department for 11 years, and as a Homicide Detective for six years.

Southwest Beauty

FROM MILWAUKEE comes Mrs. Jean Hastings, a teletypist at Southern Bell Telephone Co. in Coral Gables. The 21-year-old brunette (blue eyes) enjoys horse racing. Her husband Wayne is with Florida Power & Light Co. They live at 11485 SW 57th Ter.

Dr. Higley's Installation Is Friday

Dr. Bruce Higley, an orthodontist, will be installed president of South Miami Rotary Club at a dinner-dance meeting Friday night at Kings Bay Yacht and Country Club. He will replace South Miami merchant Joe Dussault. He was elected in April, along with Vance Morgan, executive vice president, and Carl Eloff, sergeant-at-arms. A five-year member of the Rotary Club, Dr. Higley is a past director of the South Miami Jaycees, a past director of the South Miami Chamber of Commerce and a former secretary-treasurer of the business and professional division of the South Miami District Chamber of Commerce. Recently elected members of the club's board of directors are Omar Stang, Larry Craig, Clyde Crabtree and Homer Rohm. Handling the installation program is H. W. MacDonald. Following the dinner will be dancing, professional entertainment and drawings for door prizes.

Fun for Youth and Adults In YWCA Vacation Clubs

YWCA's reply to the many inquiries of, "What kind of program are you having for girls this summer?" is Vacation Clubs. YWCA Vacation Clubs will incorporate the idea of youth and adults planning together many varied activities, depending on the interests of the members in each group. There will be clubs meeting in several sections of Dade County. In the South area the ones selected are in Perrine and Coral Gables. Each club will meet from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 9 a.m. until noon on Friday. This program begins June 26 and continues until July 14. The second and final three week session begins July 17. Club leaders will be women who have taught in Dade County schools or who are college seniors. Several teen-age girls have volunteered as club assistants and some openings still exist. Many mothers have indicated their desire to form car pools and to contribute to the Fun Fund to aid girls who need financial assistance in order to participate. The YMCA is a United Fund Agency.

8 Students From Area Are Chosen

Eight students from the Southwest area have been selected to participate in a new mathematics program which opened Monday at the University of Miami under sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. They are Gwendolyn Grizzle, Lawrence Hager and Dale Heckerling of Palmetto High, and Nancy Dinnen, Joseph Faix, Kenneth Frishman, James Higgins and Lyle Latvala of Southwest Miami High. Purpose of the six-week program is to provide selected students with math training normally not offered in high school.

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