Mayor Costas, bespectacled right group at a meeting in his office
With hat in hand, entering Parish Church for the ceremony of flags, posters down the street in his memory with a "that" much. What a pity!
Costas Leonardo's personality was multifaceted, as well as their professional performance over 88 years of intense life. He was a doctor, diplomat, politician stem, sports and naval aviator, winemaker, leader of intermediate entities, a councilor of the city of Buenos Aires, municipal mayor Patagones Party ... permanent resident of inclusion in community issues and a pioneer in the settlement of a sector of the city maragata 50 years ago was only field, and today has become the most quoted for the construction of elegant mansions.
data to write this review were taken from the book "The streets of my village", a collection of Maria Cristina Casadei and others, a few newspaper clippings of the weekly "New Era" and "Time" of the 60's, the testimony of Rolando "Tito" Martinez, who was his secretary of government polyfunctional Municipality Patagones, between 1963 and 1966, and an article René Alcides Aguirre, who also met him and he inherited from his father (the clerk remembered René Aguirre) a cane that belonged to Costas.
He left and returned
Ovid Costas Leonardo was born in El Carmen on August 24, 1887 and completed his studies here primary, but around 1898 he went to Buenos Aires where he made his first high school and later medical career. Just been admitted to hospital Cosme Argerich, in the neighborhood of La Boca, one of the most important medical centers in the city of Buenos Aires, where he developed an important career of 40 years, of which 18 was spent in the office of director.
His outstanding professional performance was accompanied by concerns of social and political, that led him to accept a nomination for city councilman in the city of Buenos Aires in the neighborhood of La Boca on behalf of the Union Radical, in the late 20 '. Since the presidency of the ruling bloc and the radical committee Boca became gigantic work, which earned him an excellent relationship with leading party figures of the era: Hipólito Yrigoyen Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Roberto Ortiz and others.
was a friend of the two patriarchs cultural Vuelta de Rocha: Quinquela, painter, and Juan de Dios Filiberto, the musician.
At the time of his second term Yrigoyen entrusted with a delicate and high diplomatic mission as an emissary of goodwill with the Government of Chile, who managed to function effectively and meet talent.
After reaching his deserved retirement as medical director of Argerich Hospital in Buenos Aires, and for mid 1950, decided to return to his native El Carmen, with the purpose of passing healthy here, with his wife Amelia Vernengo, the last years of his life.
Currú The Rock of Leuvú
Its primary purpose, after the return to the homeland, was to build a house in a privileged position on the ravine of the river in the same place he was called the "Rock of Currú Leuvú." They sent out a comfortable but not luxurious villa, equipped with generous vineyards were irrigated directly from the river and allowed the craftsmanship of a fine wine.
to his refuge in view of the river, where now they have built other magnificent residences, came one afternoon a group of neighbors to ask him to accept maragatos occupy temporarily the post of municipal commissioner. The year was 1956 and although he was 69 years age, he felt his duty was to provide a service to his people and he accepted. In 1958 he ran for mayor of Patagones by the People's Radical Civic Union, but was overtaken by the Radical Civic Union Intransigente. In 1963 he filed and won. He was 76 years old when he assumed office on October 12 that year. There was no shortage of skeptics who thought that his age would hinder the performance of their duties ... but they were wrong, because the administration of Mayor Leonardo Costas, later interrupted by the military coup of June 28, 1966 - had significant achievements and progress in a number of very interesting projects.
Action and austerity
"Tito" Martinez could not help getting excited, later that winter of 2003 when the reporter told him some details of the communal government led by Costas Leonardo, where was his right hand. "He stressed, above all, their decisions in the field of social assistance, the consideration of raising the living standards of workers and municipal employees, including the Municipal Hospital, destitute and forgotten in the recognition of his most delicate tasks," said.
brought a summary of actions taken by the mayor Costs: Distribution of land for settlement of families in Villa Lynch, disposal of municipal fields awarded to those who occupied them for several decades before, creating the nursing home, arranging for vocational school School would later Malvinas Islands, modernization and refurbishment of the entire municipal park road, construction of elevated water tank of one million liters with decanting and purification plant, construction of the access bridge to Bahia San Blas (in replacement of Wasserman old bridge, which was by then very old) building the tourist lodge in the same town of San Blas Bay, rubble and street improvements maritime village.
also personally took charge of supervising the restoration of Brazilian flags captured in March 1827, culminating in the act of August 17, 1965 by placing them in boxes which are still preserved in the parish church .
Not all the works planned by Mayor Costas could be realized, because as we said his four years was interrupted prematurely. In 1964 the Municipality of Patagones achieved, funded by the provincial government of Buenos Aires, the purchase of land located on Oliver Street at its intersection with Comodoro Rivadavia, in front of the school 2. Shortly after the plans were approved and funding to raise in this place for a tourist hotel in El Carmen.
Disruption of radical governments in the province and the municipality aborted that work that surely would have changed the face of city services. The land was abandoned for a long time, used as a park until the seventies was built the so-called civic center that houses the registration civil and other provincial government offices.
"But in addition to its ongoing share, permanent trip to 'the lion's den" as he liked to call the city of La Plata, another very strong feature of Dr. Costas was his austerity. When he was elected to the position before taking office, decided to change the order and became his friend as a Di Tella Magnette Borassi (equivalent to an average car today Siena) and told me to buy it now then do not say I used money from the municipality. Then he sent for the mayor bronze plates, because they would use as official car, and how he discovered that had been stolen earlier did buy other, and paid out of pocket, "she said Rolando Martinez, who dedicated his admired boss several chapters of his book" Experiences and something else, "edited by his family after his death in November 2004.
Other personality profiles
René Alcides Aguirre wrote about Dr. Costas, with references to other personality profiles. "Argentina aviation pioneer, along with Almonacid, Jorge Newbery Sanchez Zinni and was operator a car that lead as a test driver to remain world champion and renowned motorcycle motorist at the time, Gaudino. In 1914, with a mechanic friend, he constructed a motor on a Model T chassis, truck type, and this car made a voyage from Buenos Aires and La Pampa, traveling with a couple of friends. The trip lasted a month, with shortages of all kinds, such as staying a week in a precarious position waiting to send him a replacement shield. "
"Her travels were always more than studio tour, and that their wealth of knowledge added his desire you know, with curiosity visited both museums, historical sites, such as neighborhoods of the towns or cities, the markets where the truth really is dimensioned. An anecdote: while in Algiers unleashed a terrible and bloody strife and presented to the hospital director to provide professional services voluntarily and made field surgeon, teaching hospital medical technologies specialty " he said Aguirre.
A reminder of Costas's friendship with President Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, a thin wooden stick used by the head of state, was presented by the former mayor to the clerk Rene Aguirre, and later his son, René Alcides, donated to the Historical Museum Emma Nozzi of El Carmen.
His last years
forced retirement from office of the popular will which came after the military coup of June 1966 Costas Leonardo spent his last years, between memories, at his home in the suburbs, until his death on December 15, 1975, almost 35 years.
In July 1985, the Honorable Council Deliberative approved the imposition of its name to the artery that was mentioned briefly at first, parallel to Yrigoyen Avenue, between Boulevard Mascarello and Moreno. Someone must take care to correct the misspelling of his name.
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