Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Guide
Thursday, October 26, 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 BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Permit 742 Miami, Fla. Vol. 3, No. 20 16 Pages Thursday, Oct. 26, 1961 Price 10c
Phooey on Metro, So SM Fills Holes On Sunset Itself
South Miami Council last Tuesday night, by a four to one vote, passed a resolution appropriating $10,220 for the resurfacing of a half mile of Sunset Drive, a county-maintained street, from South Dixie Highway to SW 69th Avenue. Fed up with promises, stalls and lack of maintenance by Metro, Council accepted the bid of The Brewer Co. of Florida, a paving contractor, to repave the street. Lone dissenter to the resolution was Councilman Joe Kline who questioned the legality of the repaving and brought out that by South Miamians will be paying twice for the repaving, since they already are paying taxes to Metro. "I don't think we have any right to spend $10,000 for the repaving of a street that should be repaved by Metro," Kline told his fellow councilmen. City Attorney George B. Hardie, Jr., ruled that the city does have the right to repave any street in the city it wishes. City manager C. B. Petry told Council that secondary road funds would not be available for the Sunset Drive repaving before the 1962-63 budget. "And it may be a few years after that before the paving is actually done," he said. The city has received numerous complaints about the condition of Sunset Drive and the city has pleaded with Metro to proceed now with the repaving. Metro, within the next several months, is planning to repave Sunset Drive from South Dixie Highway to Red Road. In other business, Council: APPROVED the application of Dante's Italian Kitchen, Inc., for a beer and wine license at 5952 South Dixie Highway. PASSED on first and second readings an ordinance decreasing the fees for public hearings before the Planning and Zoning Board from $20 to $10 and decreasing inspection fees from $10 to $1. PASSED on first and second readings an ordinance amending the city's code of ordinances to provide for a section on rules of procedure governing Council meetings.
POOR little creatures from outer space invaded the earth, but were no match for our robot and headless horsemen. Playing in costumes they'll wear Oct. 28 at Coral Terrace Elementary School's carnival, 1:30-6:30 p.m., are, from the left, Robby Haas, 2140 SW 65th Ave.; Ron Lipsitz, 6460 SW 21st St.; James Guin, 6471 SW 21st St.; and John Lattman, 2940 SW 63rd Ave.
Carnival At Kenwood
Kenwood Elementary School will have a carnival and spaghetti dinner Oct. 26, 2-8 p.m. on the school grounds at 9300 SW 79th Ave. The PTA is sponsoring the carnival. During the day there'll be a 'Spook House' and other attractions. Dinner will be from 5-8 p.m.
Costumes Will Spark These 2 Carnivals
Tropical Elementary School, 4545 SW 104th Ave., will have its annual Halloween carnival from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. today (Thursday). Only the children will be in costume, for which prizes will be awarded. There will be booths, a cake walk and a country store. Mrs. Angelo Chieffi is president of the Parent Teacher Association sponsoring the affair. * * * Coral Terrace Elementary School, 6801 SW 24th St., has named its annual carnival, "Halloween in Outer Space." Mrs. Herbert Nichols and Mrs. N. Denny are co-chairmen for the PTA-sponsored affair. Following the theme, monsters from outer space will lurk and a peep show, just right size for the small fry and a fish pond, and cake walk will be among the lures.
Junior High To Heat Up
South Miami Junior High is going to warm up its students this winter. The school is one of three, including Miami High and Ida M. Fisher Junior High on Miami Beach, scheduled to be heated. Bids are now being received by the Dade County Board of Public Instruction.
'Rio' Waits For Them
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Raubfogel and daughter, Gretchen, 12777 Pine Needle Lane, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hackspiel, 5800 Moss Ranch Road had a two-week trip to Rio as winners of the Fedders sales contest recently concluded. The Raub organization also won two other trips in the contest.
Southern Bell to Query CEDar Numbers by Mail
Cedar exchange users will soon be getting a postcard from Southern Bell Telephone Co. asking for any comments and criticisms about the company or about telephone service. The Company is mailing postcards to all 9,500 telephone users in this exchange, said Bill Gale, district manager. "This postcard canvass is part of the company effort to provide the best possible service to people," Gale said. A double postcard will be mailed to each customer on Nov. 1. "People will start getting them about Nov. 3, and we hope everyone will take a minute to fill out the return half of the card and mail it to me," Gale said. "We're not necessarily seeking compliments," he said. "If any of our customers have criticisms, we would like to hear them. This helps us give people the kind of service they want." Complainants will be contacted to eliminate the source of trouble, Gale said.
Children's Art
A children's Halloween art exhibit is being presented in the windows of Red Bird Shopping Center merchants, to run through Wednesday. Work on display represents students in the schools at Banyan Elementary; David Fairchild Elementary; St. Brendan's Elementary; and St. Theresa's Elementary.
Rabbi Waxman Back to Pulpit
Rabbi Alfred Waxman of Temple Zion, has returned to his pulpit after his long illness and officiated at the Friday Oct. 20 services starting at 5:30 p.m. The Oneg Shabbat, Saturday, at 8:45 a.m. will be sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Scherer in honor of their daughter, Judith whose engagement to Marvin Adelman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Adelman of Miami, is announced.
Baptist Church Slated in SM
A permit has been issued by the City of South Miami for construction of the Mount Oliva Baptist Church, 6316 SW 59th Pl. The permit, for $4,950, does not include land values. Architect is O. K. Houstoun Jr. and the general contractor, Grubbs Construction Co.
In Our Area Fire's Something to Cackle About
By ADELE SITKIN Correspondent Farmers and housewives stood looking over their fields in the Southwest section Saturday afternoon wondering if a brushfire would turn in their direction. Lloyd Hedman, 21, and his parents arrived home at 4:30 p.m. and found a fleet of firetrucks on their property at 117th Avenue and 104th Street. For two hours firemen had been working to steer the flames from huts which contained 1,200 chickens and rabbits. A truckload of Boy Scout volunteers stood ready to help the firemen if needed. A line of flame spread over the 10-acre Hedman farm as far as the eye could see. At the end of this flame, firemen watered the field closest to the chickens. On the far side of the fiery wall another fireman fed the flames with gasoline to burn a path toward a creek where the fire would come to a controlled end. Lloyd guessed that a careless match or cigarette was the cause. Already, a large field near by the Hedman home was burned clear of all vegetation and small animal life. Asked what he might do with that ground, Lloyd gave a sad chuckle and said, "May-be we'll plant some tomatoes." Mrs. Hedman expects the egg production to be adversely affected because of the excitement. An abandoned house on a neighbor's property was burned to the ground. This and the burned brush were the only real damage.
WISE WORDS
Before you make a friend, eat a bushel of salt with him. —George Herbert.
Neil Grossman Bar Mitzvah
Neil J. Grossman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Grossman, 3401 SW 17th St., will be Bar Mitzvah at the 10:30 a.m. service Saturday at Temple Judea. Neil is an honor student at Shenandoah Junior High School.
THE GUIDE
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