The Guide

THE GUIDE

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Tax Suit in S. Miami Asks an Exemption For the Hospital

Owners of South Miami Hospital buildings and land there have brought a suit against City of South Miami demanding a tax exemption and claiming the hospital to be a charitable institution. South Miami City Attorney George B. Hardie Jr. informed South Miami Council Tuesday night of last week that the suit is the result of a tax bill for some $3,187.50 sent to owners of the building by City Tax Assessor and Collector C. B. Petry. Although a hearing date has not been set, the city attorney will defend the city. Whether the hospital is a charitable institution is not a question in this case, according to Hardie. The question to be decided is whether owners of the land and buildings should pay real taxes on the property, even though the land and buildings are being used for charitable purposes. The hospital is leased from James F. Lyons, Elizabeth H. Hudson and South Dade Professional Building, Inc., for a reported $8,750 a month. Owners of the property leased the buildings to the hospital operators for 99 years. Federal, state and county officials have declared the property tax exempt. In other action, Council: TABLED to the Jan. 16 meeting two rezoning petitions because the attorney appealing the rezonings won't be available until that time. FAILED to second a motion made by Councilman Ed Corley that the city enact an ordinance closing all retail establishments and forbidding them from doing business on Sunday. Corley's motion came as a result of a letter from the City of Coral Gables urging more strigent blue laws. APPOINTED Angelo J. Astuto, 6081 SW 19th St., to the city Slum Clearance Board. RECEIVED from engineers an economic feasibility report prior to the city's consideration of a city-wide sewage system. The report considers the cost, means of financing and general design of the system. During January the city will receive a similiar report on a natural gas system. The reports are being done by Allen, Hoshall, Smally, Wellford & Nalvern, of Asarasota and Memphis and Stieglitz, Associates, of South Miami.

Old-Time Shipwreck Near Florida in Book

A new addition to the Coral Gables Public Library is the "Journal of Jonathan Dickinson." This journal, of especial interest to Floridians and historians, has been out of print for years. Jonathan Dickinson sailed from Jamaica Aug. 23, 1696, on the barkentine "Reformation." With him were his wife and six months old son, bound for Philadelphia. Passengers included: a relative of Dickinson; Robert Barrow, a well-known Quaker missionary; eight mariners; eleven slaves belonging to Dickinson; and Joseph Kirle, commander of the barkentine, Reformation. They were shipwrecked off the coast of Florida near what is now known as Jupiter Inlet. The journal is the account of their capture and treatment by Indians and the torture they suffered. "By God's Protecting Providence" (the subtitle of the book) they arrived in St. Augustine. The journey from St. Augustine to Charleston was made in open boats. They arrived in Philadelphia April 1, 1697. This journal is edited by Evangeline and the late Charles Andrews. It includes biographical material on the passengers, and a good account of the Florida Indians in the seventeenth century.

Union Dues Check Off For Food Fair in Court

A group of Coral Gables attorneys will square off Jan. 3 in Florida Supreme Court on the union dues check off case. Arguing for the AFL-CIO Retail Clerks Union's right to force Food Fair Stores to make compulsory deducations for union dues will be Claude Pepper and Robert Haverfield. Opposing the appeal will be Bernard B. Weksler, who represents a group of Food Fair employes who sued to cut off the compulsory deductions as a condition of employment. The lower courts have ruled for the employes.

South Miami Hospital Nearing Elevator Goal

The South Miami Hospital crash campaign to raise $28,000 for an urgently needed patient-emergency elevator has reached the 3/4 mark. Raymond F. Poore, hospital administrator, reported this week that $21,000 has been pledged to the hospital for the elevator, which is to be installed in March. "The community response to this hospital need has been most enthusiastic. "We have had 17 persons join the Legion of 300,, which is a group of men and women who support the hospital financially with a gift of $300 or more. "On Dec. 2, nearly 1,500 persons contributed to or attended the Citizens' Advisory Board benefit barbeque to raise additional elevator funds." South Miami Hospital, which has 130 beds and serves 70,000 people in South Dade, was built because of a community need and financed with a public bond issue. "None of the taxpayers' money has ever been used, either for construction or operation," said Poore, "and we have never before asked for contributions. "We sincerely appreciate the community's support in this drive and will welcome the additional contributions needed to push the elevator campaign over the top."

Jon Makes Eagle Scout

Jon Hodgin, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hodgin, 10900 SW 61st Ct., has been made an Eagle Scout. The youth received the award Dec. 14 at South Miami Methodist Church, sponsors of the troop. He has been with the troop since he was 12 and is an "A" student at Palmetto High School.

New Church In Westwood

Westwood Lake Church of Christ, 10790 SW 36th St., is building a new $27,200 addition. The one-story, 108 by 81 foot addition will house 10 new class rooms. General contractor is Dean K. Thompson, of Goulds, and the architect James L. Deen, of Miami.

The Day of Days Is Here! Children, Music, Bands

PARADE TODAY! The kids take over today (Thursday) in Coral Gables. It's the day of the Junior Orange Bowl Parade — the 13th edition of thid dimpled offshoot of the grownups' Orange Bowl Festival. At 2:30 p.m. the police escort will roar down Ponce de Leon Boulevard and 88 separate units will swing into place behind it. The honor of leading the parade this year has been awarded to the St. Camillus Fife, Drum and Bugle Corps of Rockaway Beach, New York. This will be the eighth succesive appearance of this group of boys and girls in the Junior Orange Bowl Parade. The unit farthest from home will undoubtedly be the "Gauchos" from Grand Forks, North Dakota, a drum corps of 45 youngsters under 16 years of age. Parade Chairman William D'Amico reports a pre-parade estimate of 4,500 pint-size participants. They will ride 42 floats, tootle vigorously in 19 bands and march with varying degrees of precision in 27 different marching groups. The theme of the 1961 parade is "Storyland." Most of the floats and marchers will depict story-book characters and situations. No motorized equipment is used; the floats are limited to a size that can be pushed or pulled easily by boy-power. Center of attention on the float-of-honor will be the Junior Orange Bowl Queen —12-year old Bonnie Burkart and her court. They were chosen last Saturday in the finals of a contest in which 924 junior misses competed. Queen Bonnie is from Coral Gables, Princess Linda Johnson is from Port Charlotte on Florida's west coast, and Princess Adrian Walker is from South Miami. The parade will move down Ponce to Miracle Mile, then west to the reviewing stand at Coral Gables City Hall. It disbands two blocks beyond this point. In the reviewing stand with Mayor Searle and the Coral Gables City Commissioners will be guest-of-honor Dr. James W. Parrish of Stetson University; Reviewing Officer Captain John L. Buckley; Carol Hair, the Orange Bowl Queen; and other dignitaries. Tickets for the grandstand opposite City Hall are available at the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce at 50c each.

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THE GUIDE

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