Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Guide
Thursday, August 10, 1961, page 1 (of 23)
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THE GUIDE
RED-BIRD KENDALL SUNILAND WEST DADE WEST MIAMI SOUTH MIAMI WESTCHESTER CHAPMAN FIELD WESTWOOD LAKE Vol. 3, No. 9 24 Pages Thursday, Aug. 10, 1961 Price 10c
LEARNING TO SWIM are these preschool youngsters in a Southwest YMCA class. Aquatic Director Rosemary Lee watches her charges at the Veterans Hospital pool. They are Danielle Baum, (left), 5600 Altara Ave., and a boy from India, Tapu Choudhury, 5, 3115 SW 6th St. (Staff photo by Raymond Lang).
Water Show Ends Program
You're invited to the Southwest YMCA's First Annual Water Carnival which will be staged at three different pools during the day and evening on Saturday. The carnival is the culmination of an ambitious summer instruction program under which some 400 students were taught beginning or advanced swimming. Twenty students were taught lifesaving. Here is the schedule for Saturday: SPLASH ONE: 9 a.m. and a.m., pool of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon E. Anderson, 9011 SW 19th St. This will be a demonstration program for beginners. SPLASH TWO: 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., pool of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jordan, 9201 SW 67th Ave. This splash will consist of progressive swimming skills, a life-saving skit and a life-saving demonstration as well as aquatic games. SPLASH THREE: 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., pool of Mr. and Mrs. Norman F. LeFevre, 6820 SW 126th Terr. This will be a water ballet pageant and synchronized swimming demonstration. Miss Rosemary Lee, aquatic director for the Southwest Y, has directed the summer program. It is her sixth summer with the Y and she worked her way through college that way. Miss Lee said this week that she especially wishes to thank the pool owners who have made their pools available. And as for the program itself on Saturday: "The climax is the water ballet in the evening. Several unusual costumes will be worn and there will be a special surprise water ballerina only 4 1/2 years old." Three full - time instructors worked on the program. They are Miss Elizabeth Lee (sister of the director), 225 Alesio Ave.; Mrs. Jerome F. Rice, 10001 SW 37th Terr.; and Mrs. Richard W. King, 1645 SW 82nd Ct. Pre - summer classes were taught by Jacques Junger, 3801 Durango Ave., and several classes of progressive swimmers were taught by Mrs. Robert M. Eller, 2630 Natoma Ave. Children under six were accepted in the program and Miss Lee said one of the program's best swimmers, Christy Ann LeFevre, 6820 SW 126th Terr., is only 3 1/2 years old.
Free Eye Clinic Coming Next Week for Children
The Coral Way Jewish Center Men's Club is continuing its free eye clinic for school children. Dr. Hebert Seltman, chairman of the eye clinic project, said he and his committee members will be at the Coral Way Jewish Center, 8755 SW 16th St. on Aug. 16, from 9 a.m. till 4 p.m. Children from seven to 17 are eligible for the clinic screening. The children must be accompanied by a parent or given written permission. The project is non-sectarian and all religious organizations, civic groups, day camps, and nurseries are invited to bring their children to the clinic in groups or individually.
CG Parking Fines Now Cost Only $1
By BECKY DOYLE-QUINN Times Reporter It's 50 per cent cheaper to violate the law in Coral Gables parking lots today. The City announced this week it will begin handing out $1 instead of $2 tickets on the off-street lots it controls. Because of a Metro ordinance, on-street overtime violations will continue to cost $2. For the Gables, the reduction in the parking fine is the Continued on Page 9
THE GUIDE
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WEST of the City Limits with Ron Levitt
THE POLITICAL FRONT: About a dozen of the leading civic workers and organization presidents in the suburban Southwest have been invited to a get-together tonight (Thursday) aimed at pushing for a pro-Metro vote in the Fall election. Commissioner Winston Wynne is expected to be present along with several other leading political figures from the downtown "capital." The meeting, similar to those being sparked throughout Dade County, is the brainchild of a group called the Citizens Committee for Good Government. Leading this group are a number of well-known local figures including Bob Morgan, Mitchell Wolfson, Bill Singer, Hugh Emerson, Bob Searle, Bill Grogan, Mrs. H. Franklin Williams and Bill Simmons. The Citizens Committee hope to get the Southwest suburban civic groups to work with them toward saving Metropolitan government and defeating the McLeod Amendment (which seeks to end Metro). The Citizens Committee regards the suburban Southwest as one of the most important areas in the upcoming election. First, they figure about 10 per cent of the entire number of registered voters in Dade live in the Southwest's suburbia, and from previous (See West Of, page 2)
SOUTH MIAMI BUS STATION TO BE TORN DOWN
Offices To Replace Terminal
By ED KNIGHT Correspondent South Miami Council last Tuesday night paved the way for the removal of the city's bus station and the construction of a tentative three-story building. Council granted a variance to Marian B. Lee through her agent, James G. Stewart, for 39 off-street parking spaces on three separate lots bordering on SW 73rd St., Sunset Dr. and SW 58th Ct. Stewart said the three lots will be used for the construction of a building to house stores, offices, a lounge and steak house and a coffee shop. Construction will begin about Nov. 1 on the structure which will replace the city's bus depot. South Miami Coach Lines, which uses the bus station will be taken over by Metro Sept. 1. The depot will not be used by Metro. The building will be an L-shaped structure facing on SW 58th Ct. and Sunset Dr., with parking in the rear on SW 73rd St. Although the owner did not have enough parking spaces for the structure, there are other municipal parking lots near the proposed building that could be used by office tenants and the steak house and lounge customers. "With the setback and parking requirements out of the way, the only thing needed is the financing," Stewart told The Guide following the meeting. He indicated he thought he would have little trouble with the financing. For the time being, Stewart said, only the first floor would be constructed. If enough interest is shown, the second floor will be constructed at the same time. The foundation will be built to accommodate a third floor, to contain office space, if and when the floor is needed. "We'll have to forget about the third floor for a while and Continued on Page 2