Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Times
Saturday, August 21, 1976, page 1 (of 27)
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Bea Moss is on vacation. Her column will return when she does.
Are there no lonely people in CG? Cutler Ridge resident wants to know Needs more customers for telephone program
By ELIZABETH OWEN Staff Writer Cora Dudley is in a fix: she needs more lonely people. “I have no lonely people in Coral Gables, and I know there are some. I just can't reach them.” Cora Dudley, a tall, stately woman of 87, is director of the South Dade branch of the Telephone Reassurance Program. Organized under the Urban Ministries of the United Methodist Church of Greater Miami, the Telephone Reassurance Program was started in June, 1974, to recruit volunteers to call elderly people who live alone, at a set time every day — to check on them and keep them company. Cora, who lives in Cutler Ridge, is in charge of 70 volunteers and 65 “subscribers” or lonely senior citizens living in the southwest area of the county. She has been involved in the program since its inception. “We had only three lonely people to take care of at first, but the program has really snow-balled,” she said. Cora Dudley The director has all areas under control except Coral Gables. She has a number of willing volunteers in the area, but no one for them to call. “We call an elderly person who lives alone once a day at a designated time, to check on his or her well-being,” she explained. “When we find a person in need, we step in and offer them the different services of Dade County.” Meals on Wheels, Complete Health Care Inc., Sixty-Five Plus Club (a library for shut-ins), Red See PROJECT, Page 19
Weekend Edition
28 Pages Vol. 50 No. 68 August 21/22, 1976 * * 10 Cents
Miami Heights Elementary parents want second vote on street change
By ANA MARIA ALVAREZ Staff Writer Concerned residents and members of the Miami Heights Elementary School PTA are urging the five Metro Commissioners who voted for the widening and straightening of SW 117th Avenue to reconsider their vote before school starts. Meanwhile, spokesman for the county manager's office said the manager has instructed Public Works not to start construction until officials have had a chance to reconsider the project. A group of Miami Heights homeowners, concerned about the safety of their school-age children, had requested a cul-de-sac in front of Miami Heights Elementary School, 17661 SW 117th Ave. On July 20, however, Metro Commissioners voted in favor of an alternative proposal offered by Metro's Traffic and Transportation director, See PARENTS, Page 17
Raindrops falling on their heads — indoors!
Photo by ELIZABETH OWEN Mrs. Nancy Powell, Rita DiNicola, CG police secretaries, armed with umbrellas Page 18
Big roller skating rink coming to S. Miami
By EDWIN KNIGHT Staff Writer South Dade youngsters will have a new recreation facility soon, the largest roller skating rink in Florida. The rink will be constructed through extensive renovations of a former supermarket at 6600 Red Road. The building has been unoccupied for several months. A firm headed by W.L. Cox, the owner of the another skating rink at NW 103rd Street and the Palmetto Expressway, will construct and operate the South Miami rink. But first Cox and his business associates must get needed licenses and building permits from the City of South Miami. “After that,” Cox said, “we can get the work going and have the rink operating in a month or two.” Cox discussed his proposed roller rink with the South Miami council Aug. 17, in an effort to cut red tape and get the project's wheels in motion. When Cox first approached the city for permission to convert the former supermarket, the city's building department See OWNER, Page 20