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Thursday, January 19, 1961, page 7 (of 23)

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2 New Schools Are Planned For Southwest

By EDWIN KNIGHT Fast-growing west Dade County is due for a new elementary school within a year and a junior high school within three or four years. According to J. H. Matteson, supervisor of school location for the Dade County School Board, the elementary, to be called Snapper Creek Elementary, a 20-classroom plant, will be constructed soon on a nine-acre site at SW 64th St. and 102nd Ave. Junior High The junior high school, according to Matteson, will be built on a 20-acre site immediately east of the elementary school at SW 64th St. and 97th Ave. The junior high will be named Glades Junior High. James E. Ferguson Jr., of Coral Gables, has been selected as the elementary school architect. Bids on the elementary school are due Feb. 1, Matteson said, with construction beginning soon afterward. The plant is expected to be completed in time for the opening of school in the fall. The elementary will contain, aside from its classrooms, a cafetorium, administrative facilities, a teachers' lounge and playground area. Cost of the elementary will be about $375,000, according to Ferguson, who added that plans for Snapper Creek Elementary have not been used for the construction of any other school. Relieve Pressure Snapper Creek Elementary, according to Matteson, will relieve pupil pressure at Blue Lakes, Tropical and Cypress Ele. The new elementary will accomodate about 600 students without any portables. Glades Junior High, Matteson said, will be constructed in about three or four years, as the need arises, to accomodate pupils who will graduate from the elementaries in that area.

Coral Gables Elementary 550 Meals Each Day, And Varied Monthly Menu

By LARRY LEDWELL A woman with a big task is Mrs. Ada Peacon, 1213 SW 23rd St., who is serving her fourth year as manager of the Coral Gables Elementary School cafeteria at 105 Minorca Ave. The lunchroom, serving 784 students daily, requires the services of nine highly competent people. Under Mrs. Peacon's direction, they prepare approximately 550 meals for the children each day. The school also supplies free milk and desserts for over 230 children who carry their lunch to school. Different Menus Mrs. Peacon draws up a different menu each month. By government regulation, she must include foods containing vitamins A and C, three ounces of protein, one-half pint of milk and bread and butter. These ingredients fulfill the requirements for the "A" plate. Approximately 74 percent of the children purchase the "A" plate each day at a cost of 25 cents each. "We have a very fine group of children here," said Mrs. Peacon, "and that makes my job much easier." She works from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. She has worked in school cafeterias around Miami for 12 years. In 1948 she began work in the Coral Way Elementary School cafeteria. Before her transfer to Coral Gables in 1956, she worked in the Miramar and Santa Clara Elementary schools. Mrs. Peacon took over the managerial position from Mrs. Jane Surface, 4401 SW 3rd St., who is now supervisor of several school cafeterias in the Southwest section. Attends PTA Mrs. Peacon attends the PTA meetings. "In my four years at this school." she said, "I have never received a complaint from the PTA cafeteria chairman." When she was transferred from the Santa Clara school, Mrs. Peacon requested that the cook, Mrs. Iola Kemp of 988 SW 44th St., be transferred with her. The baker, Nixie Irvin, makes bread for the cafeteria at least twice a week. She has worked at the Coral Gables school for 16 years, and has been the baker for 11 years. The other workers are given a special duty at the beginning of the school year and are trained in all the other jobs so that there will be no complications if someone should be ill. Minnie Walker has been at the school for 14 years; Bessie Horton for 12 years, and Ethel Reese for 10 years. CALORIES ARE OLD FRIENDS to this woman. Ada Peacon, a littlewoman with a big task, manages the cafeteria at Coral Gables Elementary School. Surrounded by pots and pans, Mrs. Peacon is weighing onions. She has to be sure that food served the pupils contains just the right amount of calories and includes all the nutrients they need for good health.

PTA Will Sponsor Civil Defense Telecast

A Civil Defense program designed to instruct parents and children on safety techniques will be televised on Channel 2 on Monday, Jan. 23, from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Sponsored by the Dade County Parent Teacher's Association, the Program is entitled "Parents and Children in Emergencies." A short drama depicting survival techniques will be part of the program.

Passport And Cash Reported Missing By Two Gableites

A passport and $115 in cash were stolen from two Coral Gables girls on or before Jan. 12. The victims, Nancy Lee Williams, 22, and Lynn Campbell, 20, of 334 Navarre, Apt. 1, told Coral Gables police that the money was taken from their apartment. There was no sign of a break, but the locking mechanism appeared faulty to police.

Agnes Crabtree Heads Gables UN Chapter

Miss Agnes Crabtree has been elected president of the Coral Gables chapter of the American Association for the United Nations. Other officers elected at the first meeting of the new year at Wesley Foundation Hall at the University of Miami were Dr. Arthur Phillips, vice president; Mrs. Joyce Banks, secretary, and Joseph Ward, treasurer. Board of Directors for 1961 will be Mrs. Claude Pepper, Isadore Schulman, Mrs. Arthur Reid, Mrs. Wirt Peters, Nicholas Silco, Carl Selander, Mrs. Mac Brogan, Dr. William Dismukes, Dr. Frank Rimoldi, D. Franklin Williams, Mrs. Duke Baird, Mrs. Anne Goldberg, Dr. James Werner and Mrs. Lucille Buffin. Regular chapter meetings will be scheduled for the second Thursday of each month at the Wesley Foundation.

Dinner Key Cruising Club Holds Rendezvous

The Dinner Key Cruising Club held a rendezvous on Sands Key last weekend. A treasure hunt and a surprise sailboat contest highlighted the weekend. Jim Martenhof, boating editor of the Miami Herald, was the guest speaker at the club's monthly meeting held Jan. 9. Martenhof discussed the boat personal property tax.

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