06-03-1952 Regular Meeting 97
REGULAR MEETING
MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE COUNCIL
June 3, 1952
A regular meeting of the Village Council of Miami Shores Village,
Florida, was held at 7:30 o'clock P.M. , June 3, 1952, at the Village Hall,
with the following Councilmen present:
Mayor M. E. Reynolds
George A. Frix
William E.. Carpenter
Michael J. Franco
S. D. Phillips, Jr.
Absent: None
Mr. Thomas H. Anderson, Village Attorney, was also present.
Upon motion made by Mr. Carpenter, seconded by Mr. Frix and
unanimously carried, minutes .af the last regular meeting were approved as
written.
The first business of the evening was a report from the Rader
Engineering Company on Dickinson�s Mirror Lake Subdivision. It was
recommended in this report that piling be required for every home and some
type of rip rap wall around the water's edge to prevent erosion. The Village
Manager suggested adopting the plat by ordinance and specifying these require-
ments. This was referred to the Village Attorney for preparation of this
ordinance to be presented at the next meeting.
A request was made by'Kenny's Novelty Company for a license to
install mechanical hobby horses at the Pickin' Chicken Restaurant. Mr. Frix
moved that this license be granted, provided the equipment is confined within
the building. Motion was seconded by Mr. Franco and passed unanimously.
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The Fourth Annual Report of the Brockway Memorial Library
was presented by the Board. After reading the report the Magor commended
the Library Board on the wonderful work they have done and especially in view
of the limited funds they have had. Mr. Frix moved that the report be
accepted and made a part of the records with gratitude to the Board. Motion
was seconded by Mr. Carpenter and passed unanimously.
The next item on the agenda was in regard to Mrs. Spear's request
for permit to erect a garage -at the rear of her property with a zoning variance.
This had been referred back to the Planning Board for Mr. Arnold's attention
and after studying the layout and talking with Mrs. Spear, he confirmed the
recommendation of the Planning Board that request be denied. Thereupon.
Mr. Carpenter moved that the :action of the Planning Board be sustained. Motion
was seconded by Mr. Phillips and passed unanimously. It was also agreed'by
the Council that the ordinance should be changed so that side setbacks fora
rear building will be the same :as the house.
A report was presented by Mr. S. L. . Throckmorton on his
recommendations .concerning Social Security, pension plans and other insur-
ance. It was requested that copies be made and sent to the Council for
discussion at a later date.
The next business was in regard to the 4th of July Fireworks
Program to be held at the Country Club. The Mayor reported that the display
will cost $500. 00 and recommended that this expense be divided between the
Club.and the Village. It was. suggested by the Village Attorney that an
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explanation ,of the 4th of July be given withthis display. Mr. Carpenter moved
that the Country Club Advisory Burd be authorised to spend $250. 00 for the
purpose of the 4th of July clebration. Motion was seconded by Mr. Frix:and
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passed unanimously. Mr. Phillips then moved that the Village spend $250. 00
towards the 4th of July program.and that the Village Manager withdraw this
amount from the Recreation Department funds. Motion was seconded by Mr.
Franco and passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 8:50 P. M.
o Deputy C rk
Approved:
Village Manager and C erk
AP OVER:
Mayo
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FOURTH AN= REPORT .-
6/51 to 6/52
.0tockway %emotial Xibtaty
10021 N. E. SECOND AVENUE
MIAMI SHORES 38, FLORIDA
WE WISH TO THANK:
1. Miami Shores Garden Club for the unusual plants they have given the Children's Room.
2. Mrs. Otto H. Goll for the purple Jacaranda tree which will one day shade the porch.
3. Mr. Sydney R. McCoy for expertly guiding the Miami Shores Stamp Club the past two years.
LI. Miami Shores Professional and Business Women's Club for underwriting the insurance
necessary for a year's loan of a Southern Cross Astronomical Society
telescope; for their gift of a Farquhar plastic Planisphere; and a cabinet-
made oak table for the Children's Room.
5. Mr. William W. Marwood for giving so generously of his time on Ivbnday evenings at the
telescope.
6. Miami Shores Women's Club for=
Fifty dollars which enabled us to buy the Britannica Junior Encyclopaedia;
the memorial books; the two jovial clown paintings in the Children's Room;
six chairs for the Children's Room table; their successive holiday decora-
ting of the Children's Room.
7. The Churches mentioned below for their gift of Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the
Bible&
St. Paul's Methodist Church; North Miami Baptist; Uleta Presbyterian; North
Miami. Community (Congregational); First Christian Church of North Dade;
Christ Lutheran Church.
8. The Community at large for their understanding.. as well as for the many useful books
they have given us.
9. The following strangers' who have used their talent and experience to enrich our lives:
Mrs. Anthony Chiofolo; Mrs. Hilsenbeck; Mrs. Robert Grant; Mrs. Julia M.
Chervekoff; Mr. Sydney R. McCoy; Mary Ann Ballard; Mr. G. H. Lutz; and
Mr. Jesus Pena,
10. Girl Secuts (Mrs. Boyce's troop) for their gifts of books.
11. Mrs. Harp for her typing assistance.
12. Mrs. Lindgren for revising the filing of catalog cards.
ACCOM-13 TS:
13,769 volumes now in collection, of which 3,,000 were processed this year.
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Every MmpXgal book written at the 4-6 grade level that could be found in print
on the countries studied in our elementary schools.
�eaders ravaging in difficulty from pre-school primers to the 8th grade. V/
Girl Scout materials.
Astronomy.
Picture File of loose pictures in color for aid to artists.. ceramic sculptors, and
students.
Florida fiction.
Illustrators File completed for the use of Barrer College students in children's
literature.
The purchase of subject coverage for gaps in the collection as they were brought to
our attention.
68 Magazine and 6 Newspaper subscriptions.
39,916 volumes circulated.
Inventory revealed:
14.3 boobs missing.
57 books lost and paid for.
13 books lost and not paid for.
5� 277 books discarded.
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1905 registered borrowers in active status, of which 675 are outside-of-boundary
readers: 1065 are juveniles, and 840 are adults.
Accumulatively we have registered 9221 readers, 7050 of which were adults, 219/+
juveniles, and 5108 of which lived outside the Village.
ACTIVITIES:
Homemakers' Institute - October 17, 1951 to November 28, 1951 - Wednesday mornings from
8:45 to 11:30 a.m.
Conversational Spanish.
Handicraft Class: Christmas cards and gift wrappings.
Gardening question and answer forum - County Agricultural Agent.
Lectures: The pre-school child - Mrs. Hilsenbeck.
Folly of bargain hunting - Mary Ann Ballard.
Leisure time activities for adolescentse
Reviews of "Books that are overlooked'.
Brockway Puppeteers - Fridays 4 to 5:30 p.m. - 10/51 - 2/52. Childress aged 7 to 12e
Handicraft and dramatics.
Children made, under Mrs. Bruce's tutelage, fist-puppets,- shadows and scenery
then put on the plays Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and &dventurM
in Staff before a large audience of parents, schoolmates and
neighbors.
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Miami Shores Stamp Club, under the expert direction of Mr. Sydney R. McCoy completed its
second and final year of meetings the middle of April.
Monday Evening Adult Education Programs covered the following topless
Constellations a Mr. Jesus Pena.
Moon - Mr. G. H. Lutz.
The lost continent of Mu - Mr. G. H. Lutz.
Atlantis, the antediluvian world, by Ignatius Donnellyp
reviewed by Mrs. Hayes of the library staff.
South Africa, with recordings of native Afrikans' music,
glaskas tourist, emigri, native.
Hibridizing the Hibiscus, with colored slides of plants, trees, and shrubs native
to Miami. .
How to dye Easter Eggs, and what the custom signifies*
Picture Book Hour - Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m. - Fall, 1951.
Story Hour a Fridays at 4 p.m.
Star-Gazing through the lawn-telescope loaned us by the Southern. Cross Astronomical Society
Monday evenings, under the guidance of Pyr. William W. Marwood, a Village member
of this Society, has been going on since January 15, 1952. his project was
made possible through the united efforts of Mr. Roy MacKenzie, several Village
members of the Society and Miami Shores Professional and Business Women's Club.
School Visits:
Brownies,
Girl Scouts.
13 geography classes from Miami Shores Elementary for lessons in note-taking.
2nd and 3rd grade classes from Miami Shores Elementary.
Kindergarten.
The Librarian spoke on "mss Value of Etiquette" over the public address system of Horace
Mann Junior High School.
Respectfully subadtted,
Mrs. William N. Brockway
Chairman
Board of Trustees
Brockway Memorial Library
MUNI SHORES VMLUGE
BROCKWAY NEMRIAL, LIBURY
Budget Report as at May 31, 1952
FMNUE SECTION
Eat ted Actlial Under 21' (mvcar)
Revenue from Miami Shores Village 18,500.00 18,5-00.00 • - - -
Fines, Fees, Reserves, Dup, cards, Donations 1.000.00 1.116.82 (,g X6.82)
$19.,500.00 $19,9916.82 (1 416.82)
EXPENDS SECTION
&RMEEiatioag Acct ,� Under or (Over)
Salaries $12,660.00 $10,364 71 $2,295.29
Supplies 500.00 550.54 (50.34)
Utilities 600.00 394.25 205.75
Exterminating 60.00 50.00 10.00
Janitor's Supplies 100.00 83.54 16.46
Equipment 558.80 1,156.03 (597.23)
Building Maintenance 135.00 288.71 (153.71)
Insurance 294.85 282.98 11.87
Book Purchases (Books lost credited) 3,!41.7.35 3,163.74 253.61
Periodicals 250.00 263.08 (13.08)
Binding (Books damaged credited) 500.00 297.49 202.51
Plants - Interior 24.00 --- -0 24.00
Contingent Fund 400.00 IL.2.82 257_15
$19,500.00 $17,037.69 12,462.31
Cash on hand $ 25.00
Cash in Bank 3,170.19