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RED-BIRD KENDALL SUNILAND WEST DADE WEST MIAMI SOUTH MIAMI WESTCHESTER CHAPMAN FIELD WESTWOOD LAKE Vol. 4, No. 33 12 Pages Thursday, Jan. 25, 1962 Price 10c THE GUIDE BULK RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID Permit 742 Miami, Fla.

WONDERING WHEN South Miami Federal Savings and Loan Association will move into their new $600,000 headquarters is the mailman on that route. And his last name - by mere chance - is Money (Ed), 11255 SW 43rd Ter.

The five-story structure on Sunset Drive opposite the Public Library is expected to open April 1.

New Baptist Church Set In South Miami

South Miami Baptist Church, already one of the largest churches in the area, is planning to expand across SW 62nd Ave. from its present location with $600,000 in new buildings. South Miami Council Tuesday night of last week granted variances necessary for the new structures which will include primarily a new sanctuary and church school under one roof and a recreation center in the other building. According to church representatives at the Council meeting, the new buildings will be unique - for church buildings. The sanctuary - education building will be a heptagon-shaped structure containing seven sides. Each side will be accentuated by a point in the roof nearly reaching to the floor. The recreation building will include a bowling alley, a basketball court and a section for elderly people. There will be skating on the roof. The two structures will be constructed on a triangle containing some 21 lots at South Dixie Highway and FEC Railroad tracks, SW 62nd Ave. and SW 74th St. The sanctuary will contain 1,390 seats. There will be parking for 278 cars. Target for beginning of construction is March 18. In other action, Council: GRANTED a special use permit to Edward McHale and Sons Funeral Home for the construction of a funeral home on SW 59th Ave. between Bird Road and SW 41st St. TABLED until the Feb. 6 meeting action on a petition for a Farm Stores drive - through at 7420 Red Road. GRANTED a special use permit to Stevens Market for the operation of a retail nursery on Steven's property at 6600 Red Road.

SW High Honored For Traffic Safety

Southwest High School received two awards Monday-one from the Metropolitan Court and another from Chrysler Corporation - for its promotion of traffic safety. The awards were made Monday morning by Senior Judge Jack B. Turner, of the Metro Court, and Charles W. Craig, coordinator of the Greater Miami Auto Safety Cursade for the Chrysler Corporation. Awards went to the staff of the school paper, The Lancer, and the school's Safe Driving Committee from the Metro Court for "outstanding contribution benefitting Metropolitan Dade County citizenry." The Chrysler Corporation presented the school with a plaque in recognition of the work the committee has done in promotiong traffic safety. Kathy Valletta, Lancer editor-in-chief and chairman of the Safe Driving Committee, received a special trophy from the Metro Court for her traffic safety work. She was given a U.S. savings bond and safety belt. Miss Valletta's efforts have led to the establishment of the Dade County Student Traffic Safety Council and she has been named to head a county wide program to recognize good student drivers. Mrs. Mabel M. Staats, Lancer advisor and Safe Driving sponsor, also received a trophy and a safety belt. The awards culminate a three-year safety campaign by the school paper and Safe Driving Committee. Several projects designed to arouse concern for safety were worked out. KATHY VALLETTA

Missileman Will Address Sunset PTA

When Lt. Col. John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth the PTA of Sunset Elementary School may be the first such group to know how he did it. For on Feb. 13, the PTA will hear another Lt. Col. talk about how an astronaut s launched. The guest speaker who'll address the PTA in the school auditoruim at 7:30 p.m. is Lt. Col. J. E. Pryor, chief of base plans at the missile test center, Patrick Air Force Base. The program is open ot the public. Lt. Col. Pryor will show and later discuss films on orbiting an astronaut launching missles. Lt. Col. Pryor, a pilot and squadrom commander during World War II, has flown in 95 combat missions. His decorations include the Bronze Star, the Distinguished Unit Citation and an air medal with two Oak Leaf clusters. Lt. Col. Pryor has also been decorated by foreign nations. He holds the Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation and The Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.

Emergency

An emergency meeting of the West Miami Junior High School PTA has been scheduled for 8 p.m. Jan. 30 at the school auditorium. The topic has not been announced, said Mrs. Maurice Glick, special projects chairman, but it will be one of "great importance" to the 1800 students and their parents, according to Mrs. Glick. Mrs. James Trower will preside at the meeting.

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COUNTY LINE with Ed Knight | About Those Elections | He Sees Tevis Winning

About Those Elections ELECTION TIME comes every two years in South Miami. But it seems like only yesterday that the 1960 votes were being counted in the city's fire station and George Gibbons, Edward Corley and Joe Kline took office. GIBBONS AND Corley won four-year terms and Kline a two-year term. In the 1960 mayor's race, Paul U. Tevis was unopposed. Wallace Rinz and Mrs. Jean Willis were holdovers from four-year terms won in 1958. So here we have an election again. ONE OUTSTANDING feature typical of most elections ters into this contest. That is the uphill struggle of a new candidate to unseat an incumbent. It's tough and rarely done. But it's being attempted this time and could be accomplished with a little heated campaigning. ON THE SURFACE, this election looks like a shoo-in for all the incumbents - but don't count on it. True, the incumbents definitely have the advantage. They got the votes once. What's to stop them from getting them again? ONLY ONE or possibly two of the newcomers could knock off any of the incumbents - Mrs. Willis, Rinz or Kline - in the Council race. Gibbs has the best chance of the newcomers, with Parrish as the dark horse. THE MAYOR'S race is a little different. Here you have two men, both attorneys, after the seat occupied since 1956 by Tevis. Tevis was opposed by only one person in 1958 and no one in 1960. THIS YEAR he faces David Popper and Edward Vining, neither of whom seems to be a formidable candidate in his own right. But between the two, they could garner enough votes to topple Tevis from his seat. He Sees Tevis Winning IT'S INTERESTING to note that neither Vining nor Popper has lived in South Miami more than three years and neither one has served on a City Council or advisory board. And they want to be mayor? MAYOR TEVIS served on the Council before he became mayor and in other cities it's usually advisable for a mayoralty candidate to serve the city in one way or another before trying for the big chair. MAYOR TEVIS is not as agile as he used to be. He can't pound the streets any more knocking on doors but he still has a good many friends in town and my guess is that they will see him through this election. ALTOGETHER, he has been a good mayor, an outspoken one at times, but nonetheless a dedicated man. The mayor of South Miami has few duties. But one of the most important is being a parliamentarian, the chairman of South Miami's official body. TEVIS HAS run a tight Council over the years. His adherence to parliamentarianism has been one of the outstanding aspects of his six years in office. Will Vining or Popper do as well in this department if elected?

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