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• RED-BIRD • KENDALL • SUNILAND • WEST DADE • WEST MIAMI • SOUTH MIAMI • WESTCHESTER • CHAPMAN FIELD • WESTWOOD LAKE Vol. 3, No. 5 16 Pages Thursday, July 13, 1961 Price 10c

First Unit For Gateway Church Set

A ground-breaking service for the erection of the first unit of the Gateway Chapel of the University Baptist Church will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. On a five-acre tract of land on S.W. 97th Ave. and 62-64 Streets, purchased in July of 1960, the permanent building will be constructed for the chapel. The plant includes a worship auditorium with a baptistry, seating 183 persons, and an educational unit, including separate areas for seven Sunday School departments, will seat 247 persons. The chapel was organized by the University Baptist Church in December, 1955, and met in the David Fairchild School until last October. The unavailability of property suitable for a church in the Fairchild School area resulted in the congregations' move to the 97th Avenue area. Services are held every Sunday, morning and evening in the Blue Lake School building. The minister of the Mother church, Dr. T. Rupert Coleman, states that the new project will have a total asset of approximately $80,000 upon completion of the building. O. K. Houstoun is the architect, and the contract for erecting the building has been awarded to Shafer and Miller, contractors. The minister of the Chapel, Rev. Ernest Sikes, serving the Chapel since March 1, 1956, will preside over the ground-breaking service. In addition to the two ministers participating in the ground-breaking will be Judge Boyce Ezell, Ira C. Haycock, A. J. Lewallen, J. E. Lewallen, Cliff Malcolm representing the mother church, and Howard Boerner, Tom Foster, Gene Torbert and Jim Patterson of the chapel congregation. Rev. Ray Dobbins, superintendent of Missions, for the Miami Baptist Association, will bring the challenge from the association. At the 7:45 o'clock evening service there will be a joint baptismal service at the University Church of the mother church and chapel congregations, with the minister of the Chapel bringing the message, following the baptismal ordinance.

You Got a Metro Gripe? McNayr Will Hear It

If you've got a gripe about Metro, here's your opportunity to let it be heard. County Manager Irving McNayr will be guest speaker at the next meeting of the West Dade Democratic Club. The meeting will take place Wednesday, July 19, at Christopher Columbus Auditorium at 8:15 p.m. Any complaint will be open to discussion during a question and answer period with audience participation. This is the third of a series of public meetings sponsored by the club regarding Metro. Both sides of the question have been discussed by both Metro representatives and former Commissioner John B. McLeod, who is spearheading the drive to abolish Metro. President Carl Lovig urged the public to attend the meeting. He stated, "The public will be the deciding factor in the battle over whether Metro stays or not. For this reason it is essential they be provided with all possible information."

MRA Play Is Offered For Groups

"The Ladder," a moral-rearmament play by Peter Howard can be presented before your club, lodge, church, union, corporation or legion home by calling MO 6-0632 to make arrangements. The Palmetto Players, drama group of Palmetto Presbyterian Church "Have Trailer-Will Travel" and they will travel with all play props to present this outstanding play to any interested group in the county. "The Ladder" has a message as it concerns man's quest for success. You won't ever forget the punch ending, the church says. Play time for this MRA play is 40 minutes.

South Miami 4-H Unit Is Formed

A new group of 4-H girls has been formed in South Miami with Mrs. Joseph Scrani, 1830 S.W. 76th Ct., the sponsor. The girls meet Friday mornings from 10 o'clock to 11:30, with their sewing baskets in hand, at Mrs. Scrani's home. The future homemakers are Patty Day, Patty Fulton, Janis Martintez, Sherri Gula, Lorraine Gorski, Mary Judith Falcone, Diane McGlade and Debbie Jan Bale. Hemming tea towels was the first lesson, for the new group.

St. Thomas Plans Socials

Two social events are on the calendar for St. Thomas the Apostle Church of South Miami. First is the pool and patio buffet to be held this Saturday at the home of Mrs. Joseph Zavertnik, 5230 SW 59th Ave., sponsored by the Ladies Guild. On August 6 there will be a picnic for all the families of the parish at Crandon Park.

WEST of the City Limits with Ron Levitt

LOTS OF DEMOCRATS: We're apparently loaded with Democrats in the Southwest. At least they're forming groups at a rapid pace. About seven months ago the West Dade Democratic Club was formed with Carl Lovig and Mrs. Bill (Florence) Diffenderfer heading the group. Then came the Southwest Dade Democratic Club with Bob Fensholt as its president. Now, a group is organizing called the South Dade Democratic Club with Kirk McDonald and Jena Russo, among others, getting the club off the ground. The similarity of the three names has been confusing and the areas from which they draw their membership are often indefinite . . . especially since it often becomes confusing in suburbia to decide whether you live in West Dade, Southwest Dade or South Dade. (In fact, if anyone can come up with sensible boundary lines for these three off-used location names, we'd like to get the answer so we can be SURE where we live). This brings up a problem that perhaps these Democratic groups — or Republican groups, for that matter—can solve. "Just how do we designate sections of the unincorporated areas?" For example, my home is located, according to the legal description, in Miracle Manor. When I first moved into my new home three years ago it was known as Century Homes: then, the general area became known as Westchester, because of a huge building project and a big shopping center. However, this area is also West Dade; and I see no argument in saying that it's also Southwest Dade. And even the map makers would agree it's in South Dade County. My mail comes to me addressed "Miami;" yet, in reality, I live outside of the Miami city limits. I guess one could solve the problem by moving into the Gables. I understand that for those interested they even have Republican clubs there! * * * MISCELLANEOUS MEMOS: Three Southwest (or is it South Dade men have been elected to top position in the Florida Young Democrats. They are Richard A. Pettigrew, national committeeman; Stephen Ross, state vice president; and Herb Venn, state treasurer . . . Here's hoping that recreation centers in our part of the county keep to the usual sports in its summer program. A recreation center to the north of us felt that it should give the youngsters something different: bongo drum classes . . . Crandon Park Zoo will stage a "Young Artist's Day at the Zoo" Friday. Prizes will be ribbons and recordings for the best animal pictures crayoned, painted or sketched by youngsters that day. Registration to participate in the "art show" will be held at 10 a.m. Friday. Youngsters from one to 17 may participate.

NEW OFFICERS of the South Miami Rotary Club were installed June 30 at the King's Bay Yacht Club, Left to right are Don Dutcher, outgoing secretary; Joseph Dussault, outgoing president; Dr. W. Bruce Higley, new president; and Vance Morgan, secretary.

Ordinance Against It, Judge Says

By MAURICE LABELLE Correspondent A city policy which permitted limited room renting in residential areas of Coral Gables has been thrown out of the Circuit Court. Judge Ray Pearson voided the resolution, approved by the City Commission on March 22, 1960. He also enjoined the city from carrying out its provisions, and ruled that the resolution did not change the ordinance prohibiting room renting. The suit was filed in August of 1960 by the late James W. Nichols and Mrs. Nichols, of 225 Salamanca Ave. Nichols was a former president of the Coral Gables Apartment Owners Association. City officials were the original defendants, but 28 other persons asked the court through their attorney, C. Wesley Gustafson, to intervene in the case. The court ordered the defendants to pay the $88.12 costs. Attorney for the city was Ted Semple and George H. Henry for the plaintiffs. Semple said last week that the City Commission could write a new ordinance incorporating the features of resolution, if it so chose. The commission is in the same position it was before the resolution was adopted, Semple said. This means that the ordinance prohibiting room renting in single family dwellings stands, the city attorney said. The author of the controversial resolution, Commissioner Joe Murphy, conceded privately that it would not stand up if attacked in court, but sought a way out of the long squabble short of tampering with the ordinance. Murphy's resolution, adopted unanimously by the previous commission, set up a board to hear complaints and hardship cases and recognized the right of persons to rent property constructed prior to June 27, 1944, when the ordinance was adopted. Other provisions of the resolution would have eventually knocked out room renting in Coral Gables because the right to rent could not be passed on to heirs or to a buyer. Persons renting rooms have been put in an embarrassing position after establishing their right to rent under the terms of the resolution.

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