The Coral Gables Times

8 THE CORAL GABLES TIMES Thursday, September 28, 1961

He Outsmarled the Woodpeckers And His Monument Is Here Yet

By HELEN REYNOLDS Times Society Editor As the City experiments with its new luminescent street marker numbers, it brings to mind when the present markers were first installed a quarter century ago. Allison B. Curry, 1000 Hardee Rd., was director of public service here (and city manager in 1939-1942) when the markers were installed in 1935. They were Curry's brainchild, a necessity of the times, he recalls. Curry and the city fathers were smarting under the upkeep of the first street markers, 8 foot wooden poles, with dovetailed wings painted blue. But the redheaded woodpeckers (they work the year 'round in Florida) and the hurricanes, plus the rot of the wood, made replacements costly. At that time as one post after another fell, they were replaced with concrete poles. Curry said the city commissioners, and the late Paul McGarry, then mayor, were interested when he suggested the one foot-high, 300 pound-markers. The name of the street and number underneath painted in black on a light background would last and last, he argued. He said the cost would be low, since they would make their own molds and cast the same. Mr. and Mrs. Curry are pioneers in Coral Gables. They have two sons, John W and Allison B. Jr. The Currys' first home, which they built on Toledo at the corner of Escobar, was a one-story Colonial type, set on a pie piece shaped lot. Mrs. Curry could be an interior decorator; she did her own home and it had charm. Now the family resides in a two-story home in the "French Village," and you can be sure the decor follows the name. ALLISON CURRY

LEAVE OF ABSENCE

Dr. Dominique-Rene de Lerma, associate professor of music and literature, is on a one-year leave of absence to Indiana University where he will serve as visiting professor of musicology.

We're Set To Spend $1 Million

The $1 million bond ordinance to finance a variety of City improvements was passed on second and final reading Tuesday by the City Commission without opposition. Fiscal agents, C. T. McCreedy, A. B. Morrison and Robert Cook, will handle the sale of the bonds on a bid basis following a call for bids. Final approval of the move is not expected in Circuit Court until the latter part of November.

Man Gets Jail; Was Molester

A Coral Gables salesman was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined a total of $355 in Municipal Court Tuesday on charges of improper conduct toward children. He is Miles M. Teicher, 38, of 450 San Servando Ave. Teicher indicated he would appeal the sentence. The incident involved three young girls, about 10 years old, who complained that the defendant had exposed himself and made other advances at Green's Department Store on July 26.

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