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FISHER BOULEVARD
PROPOSAL OAF
FISHER nillillik
Levi, Objecuag ToTells
Plaque To Bee edicated To; How Late Developer Named
Alton Road t
Keys Enthtisi t In ! When Mrs. S. B. Rohrer, promi-
Ceremonv S nday nent Miami Beach clubwoman of
14236 Alton road, appeared before
- .. :th memory oCarl the city council Wednesday with a
Grahamb'isher, whose vision Earl petition of names and the request
rdevelopment oft bfiami Beach that Alton road be called Carl G.
and the Florida keys/ will be paid Fisher boulevard in memory of the
at simple ceremonies next Sunday pioneer developer, Mayor John H.
when a bronze plague is dedicated Levi served notice he would oppose
the move. 1
•at the Caribbean club on Key Largo. "I'm going to be against this, be- I
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The club was developed by Fisher cause I know how he felt." ex- I •
because he looked upon the ke s plained Mayor Levi, who was in- a
,as an ideal
playground, y strumental i i getting Fisher to
P yground, and al- come here in 1912.
though he did not live to see it com- • "Once I said, 'Carl, how did you
pleted, its affair d have been con-
road?'
pick out the name for Alton'
ducted along th lines he planned road?'and he said,'I wanted a short
=in edalthe name people could remember and
stalling evelopment. I picked up a time table and saw!!!
N.Vernon Ha thorne will be the this name.'"
tprincipal speaker at the dedication Mrs. Rohrer said, "We wanted to
change the name of the street be-
ceremonies,wi
president, in cha ur' 1.. fore he passed away."
Withers assist "If you had tried to," commented
ing in the program
mod ore . ' the mayor, "he probably would
Hugh . .'atheson, Dr. liave sent his attorney down and
John GIN,. George Ade, gotten} out an injunction against
Philo.M. t,Daniel J. you."
Mahoney, Mayor Levi then told Mrs.Rohrer
;.G. Scott F_indm
la A. Fk"Katzen that the council was grateful to
tine,rl •L.Clem o L .
'Frederic ,R,-Humpage. Victor .i her for her suggestion and pointed
EhrharrillidT"'uys'`p out that a park which Fisher gave
�OO�' "" to the city already had been named
The plaque, executed by L. B• for him and that plans were under
malmans, is a duplicate of that o way to erect a monument and
,the first floor wall of the Miam mausoleum there to receive the
Beach city hall. A buffet ]un body.
will follow the ceremonies.
Fisher's Gift
Asked In Suit
$50,000 Sought. For
Riley Hospital
Suit to collect $50,000 which the
late Carl G. Fisher, pioneer de-
veloper of Miami Beach, assertedly t
promised to pay to the James Whit-,
comb Riley hospital fir children,
was filed Tuesday in N\. ral court
by the James W.;' b Riley
Memorial Associ�,jtl: of Indiana-
polis, Ind. v —
The suites s Fisher on May ;.
17, 1926, g ��,�h promisony note for
that amount to the association and
stipulated the money would be pay- -
I ahle within nnr, PPT aFtar 1,+c