Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Guide
Thursday, August 3, 1961, page 1 (of 16)
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THE GUIDE
• RED-BIRD • KENDALL • SUNILAND • WEST DADE • WEST MIAMI • SOUTH MIAMI • WESTCHESTER • CHAPMAN FIELD • WESTWOOD LAKE Vol. 3, No. 8 16 Pages Thursday, Aug. 3, 1961 Price 10c BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Permit 742 Miami, Fla.
Bus Service Meets With No Response
Bus service to Matheson Hammock County Park on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays has so far met with a disappointing lack of response, officials say. On July 8-9 the service was used by 191 passengers, but on July 15-16 this dropped to 179, on July 22-23 to 165, on July 29-30 to 154. The new route opens up to pedestrians a wilderness area, with nature trails, a picnic grounds, salt water bathing beach on Biscayne Bay and a unique wading area. The bus fare is 20 cents, with free transfers from other lines. Buses leave the Gables terminal every hour from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., departing at half past the hour. The return trip from Matheson is on the hour between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
ON COMMITTEE
Fred Hartnett and Robert Hildreth have been appointed Chamber of Commerce representatives to the Public Relations Advisory Committee.
Coral Way Homes Offered Water; Meeting Is Friday
There will be a meeting tomorrow night (Friday) at 8 o'clock at Coral Way Methodist Church, 7900 Coral Way, for homeowners in Coral Way Home Sites at which representatives of Community Utilities Corporation will discuss in detail the plan for installation for water services in that area. The Metropolitan and Dade County Water and Sewer Board extended a certificate to Community Utilities Corp., permitting them to serve the home sites—with the condition that at least 200 home owners sign up for the service within 60 days of the award, or by Sept. 10. The board received bids from Consumer Water Company of Coral Gables and Community Utilities. At a public hearing, the board's accountants related that the Community bid offered to supply the services at less cost to the home owner. Under the applied plan, Community will install lines to each residence at the cost of $200 to the owner. This may be paid over a four year period at $4.80 per month. L. W. Johnson, a spokesman for Community, said, "Water to be supplied in Coral Way Home Sites area, as well as to all customers in the southwest area, is fully treated, city of Miami water of highest qualities and adequate pressures." Coral Way Home Sites is not a newly developed area. It is bounded by Coral Way and 36th Street and by Palmetto Expressway and 82nd Avenue. "Homeowners in this area are now getting water from wells. They have wanted city water for some time because the water from the wells is yellow and not well treated," a spokesman for Community said.
Picnic Nearly Killed 'Debby'
Little Debby Penney left the hospital yesterday and is happily playing at home today after nearly drowning at Matheson Hammock last Saturday. The 2 1/2-year-old is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Penney of 8901 SW 117th Ave. She was discharged from South Miami Hospital Wednesday. The family feels Debby may owe her life to a Metro policeman, Officer J. Ross, who gave her artificial respiration at Matheson Hammock and then accompanied her in the ambulance to the hospital. Pneumonia developed as a complication but that was cured this week. Debby and her family had gone to the beach for a picnic with a group of about 10 people. The child wandered away. Her 12-year-old uncle, Junior Penney, next observed her floating in the water. There was panic as the child was pulled from the beach pool. It all ended happily, however, and Debby's well and alive.
THE GUIDE
TIMES & GUIDE CIRCULATION 40,095 Published by Gables Publishing Co. 364 Sevilla Ave., P. O. Box 580, Coral Gables 34, Fla. Phone HI 3-1661 ROLFE NEILL...........Editor ROBERT SLANE.......Adv. Mgr. Distributed free by carrier each week to homes. Mail subscription $3 yearly
WEST of the City Limits with Ron Levitt
Every so often something truly noteworthy happens among people — and it gives you a new feeling of pride in your community and the type of people who live there. Such an event has again taken place and it deserves our attention. Beth David Congregation, a Conservative Jewish Synagogue on Coral Way, had discovered that many of their members had moved into the growing South Dade suburban area. In order to provide these suburbanite members with religious school facilities, the Beth David members decided that a branch should be located in South Dade. When the Rev. Fred E. Stinson and the board of trustees of the Kendall Methodist Church, at 10431 S.W 77th Ave., heard of Beth David's needs, they offered the use of the church facilities consisting of a separate building containing 12 classrooms. "We are happy to be able to assist in furthering the religious education needs of our many Jewish neighbors and friends," the Methodist minister said. Rabbi Norman Shapiro of Beth David was equally gracious and considerate in accepting the aid of the Protestant minister. So, in September the new Conservative Jewish religious school will be quartered at the site of a Methodist Church. This isn't the first time things like this have happened. In the past years, such cooperation among Jewish, Protestant and Catholic organizations and churches has occurred with increasing frequency. In North Dade only a few years back, a Jewish congregation and a Protestant congregation in a suburban area decided to share facilities until their groups were financially able to build their own buildings. There have been dozens of other similar exchanges of good will and interfaith cooperation. But, every time you hear of things like this, it takes on new meaning. I have never cared much for the slogans and the placards which appear once each year to signify "Brotherhood Week", but when those slogans taken on the form of action among men, they really seem to count.
Six-Legged?
COULD IT HAPPEN in the Gables, a man with six legs? Yes when three construction men take a lunch break. It was such a hot day, the only available shade was cast by the body of the man at center. His two buddies took quick advantage and lay down behind him in this unposed picture. —Guide Photo by Raymond Lang